self check

Is it the last day of October already?!

how time dashes by in a blink of an eye.  gosh, it is ridiculous. (tsk tsk tsk) :P

But i'm glad the whole month did not dissapoint.

not going to say much to elaborate on my previous post - just that everything was oh-so FABulous!!
The stand ups, the musical, the weddings.

Oh, last night's wedding dinner was almost perfect. Jap Buffet in Shangri La - so delicious! i can still taste the Oyster in my mouth (oh.. yuk), the passion fruit/mango desert. what was that?! i want to have it somemoooooore. and her dress... so simple, yet so elegant. (thank god there was NO slide show with a corny background theme song.). Sham and i burst out laughing in the middle of the previous wedding lunch (2 weddings this month, remember) when we heard the slide show's music (which went on and on and on throughout the reception) playing for the upteenth time that day.    Note: get good DJ/ more then 5 songs in playlist/no slide shows on auto play mode, please!

... self check.

yikes.
OK. i must confess - i HAVE been mentally taking notes.
from the dress, to the food, to the venue, the setting, the music, the photography, the guest list, the speech .. oh my goodness even to the color of the napkin.

i AM freaking myself out.

i wonder whether he does it too?
:P

bye bye October 2010.

Hello, November!!

to Laugh Out Loud

i knew October was going to be good. and it seems like it's getting better and better...

kicked off 4th October with winning my first Security for Costs hearing. Sure, a "mere interlocutory application" some would say.. but to face a senior lawyer (6 years seniority), topped with undue pressure from Boss - "Shobana, we can't lose this".. "you sure you can handle this, on your own??" [edit: OK la. let's not dramatize - 'twas not "undue", i know.. ;) ] and then to finally kicking ass before the Registrar and winning the application ... was aaawwesome! :) oh, did i say i was 5 days short from my first year mark in the profession that day?

wookeeyyy... all this boasting is giving me a heartburn.

But yeah, October is going to be good.

Watched Eat  Pray Love last night (as predicted, i loved it). but that's not my point - on the way to the cinema from work to watch the movie - i won 2 tickets to the coolest stage performance ever!

Kings & Queen Comedy Asia!
- cloud nine, thinking that i'll be watching Harith Iskandar, Douglas Lim and Kumar all on one stage. Vek's gonna be soooooooo happy ;)

Thanked my lucky star when FlyFm rang me up after my first sms. one sms! damn lucky. had to laugh out loud like a moron on national radio to win them tix - but it was all worth it. i love radio contests! i love the month of October!

and oh, Pluck's in town! catching them with mum, sis and Vek next Fri. Mum managed to book tix on time (way to go, mummy).

not to forget 2 blessed occasions. . family friends' kids getting married next weekend and the weekend after. (granted, i'm more concerned of the wonderful dinners, and of course - to have a reason to dress up :P ) LOL.

Octoberrrrr... a wonderful crescendo to my more anticipated November.

blessed.

ennui

the digital dial on my laptop reads 7.44 pm.

here i am, in the office. immersed in papers, files, and more papers and files. i am supposedly in the midst of drafting a witness statement.. WAS in the midst of drafting a witness statement. i stopped bout.. er.. 15 minutes ago to digress and surf the net.

that was when i stumbled upon this cool cool blog on cool electrical gadgets/tech thingamajigs.. cameras, laptops, handphones, pdfs.. the blogger actually owned practically everything he blogged about. and his write ups on these gadgets were pretty impressive. i could tell he had so much passion in them. passion...

sometimes i envy those who have so much passion in something. me? i don't know what i'm passionate about, really. surely, if i'm passionate about something, it'll be obvious enough that i need not ponder. guess that's that then. i am not passionate bout anything. that sounds sad.

but on the contrary. i'm far from that. far from being sad. sure, i'm not exactly the bubbliest of all people. but sad? hardly.

still, that doesn't answer my question. WHAT am i passionate about?

There has to be something.

At the meantime, probably i should get back to that witness statement. need to stop talking about myself, and start focusing on my client's story. wonder whether my client has anything he's passionate about...

i felt helpless... when you cried.

how could he have hurt you so

when he said goodbye

i felt sad... when all you needed

was a shoulder to cry on

but the distance maimed us blind

i felt sorry.. it had to happen

twas so unpredictable

so unnecessary and so cruel

i felt rage.. to that useless soul

why did he do this to you

you didn't deserve it at all

but of all the feelings that

i had after i read 

your sad mail, somehow i was glad

cos i know you will definitely find

someone new more sincere

and kind

let go.. and fly away dear friend

you'll find another

in due time

Pleasant surprise

Look what I found in my mailbox today!

Dave & Hui Li's wedding invitation cards arrived (proly a couple of days/a week ago - i can't rber when did i check my mailbox last.. gosh this is so anti climaxing).. and love love the presentation of it - truly represent Dave & Hui Li.

i'm so happy for you, Dave! Hui Li, you and David are just meant for each other... looking forward to the Big Day in Nov!
xoxo


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Aston's note on some stuff for Malaysians

An honest surprise after reading Aston's article on religion, on how it affects Malaysian politics and on his thoughts of the general Malaysian perspective on the different races in Malaysia. Surprised because 5 years ago i would have most certainly not  been able to imagine myself reading with such interest and agreement and admiration for any of Aston's work (5 years ago we were only 20 - and Aston surely didn't strike to me as someone as intellectual let alone so philosophical!). so yes, i was surprised.


i digress from my main intention of posting this article.

Read and be inspired!

There she goes

There she goes.. 

off to the world of fantasy and make belief;

where her craziest dreams come to life,

pulling her away from reality.

There she goes...

building castles on top of candy-colored clouds;

she sees familiar faces and, 

she points and she laughs at them all out loud.

There she goes...

not wanting to wake up from her dream;

she tries to keep herself from falling,

she tries so hard to stand on her two feet.

There she goes...

down down down on her back she goes...

she knows it's all gone now, she can't go back..

no matter how she tries to fall asleep.

.....

I'm Baaack....

*in creepy voice*