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over Chinese New Year, Martian kept going around asking all his friends and family, “do you know the secret to a happy life?”
everybody will just layan him and go, “okay what?”
then he will say… “the secret is a good night’s sleep.” and this is the cue for him to start singing praises about the new Tempur pillow he just bought that apparently improves his sleep quality by x100000. and then he will start talking about this new mattress that he also just bought that is super comfortable and extremely nice to sleep on.
aiyahhhh. who needs Tempur and an overpriced mattress (but it’s really damn comfortable lah, i will give him that!) when you have ………
Chipster!
actually to be honest, the one thing i sleep best with is my boyfriend. but when he’s not with me, Chipster is a pretty good replacement! it keeps me safe and warm and loved until i’m back in the arms of the strong and handsome Martian wtf.
better yet, i can stick his picture on the pack of chips and pretend he’s here with me!!!
and THEN EVEN BETTER YET, i can eat them chips!!! boyfriend where can eat.
and that is why i sleep better with Chipster. the end. byebye.
hahahahahhaha this has to be the weirdest post i’ve ever written. i know lah i know lah, it’s not as creative as the other ‘I Sleep Better With Chipster’ posts out there.. but i’m telling you it’s not funny how much time i spent yesterday and today preparing for some ideas that i eventually scrapped because i couldn’t find the necessary props :( like yesterday, i stayed up till 6am trying to think of a good idea for this themed post. but then i thought, why the heck am i losing sleep over a post that is supposed to be about how well i’m sleeping? doesn’t that quite defeat the purpose?! and so i ate a pack of Chipster and went to sleep :P
this post is written for tickets to The Nuffnang Pajama Party, which will surely be a blast because ……. i’m organizing it. hehe. i’m really, really, REALLY excited and i can’t wait to party with all the other bloggers who will be there :) this is going to be the biggest blogger meet Malaysia has ever seen!
if you haven’t written your post to win tickets to the party, HURRY UP AND WRITE IT! (NOTE: the deadline has been extended to the 8th of March!) cmon lah, quirkiest post wins a Nintendo Wii okay!! best pajamas wins an iPod Touch and of course there is that grand prize of a Macbook for the most Chipster packs in one picture.
some of my favorite ‘I Sleep Better With Chipster’ posts:
1. Waffle, who is Nuffnang’s programmer. haha remember the recent Nuffnang crash?!
2. Suanie, hilarious as always!
3. Eyeris, an anonymous blogger who used toy spuds as his post’s protagonist :P
4. Kimberlycun, whose idea was so innovative!
5. David Lian, who is winning the Best Pajamas prize FOR SURE
6. Jolene, ever the good storyteller! check out her 7-11 picture! damn funny
7. Shaolintiger, whose punchline gave me the giggles for the whole day
8. Michelle, cos she thinks she’s Sailor Moon and cos she’s soooo cute
9. Thomas, who cheated and cleverly went to the supermarket to pose with all the Chipster packs! damn smart right!
10. Kenny Sia, just for that picture of him lying on the bed like a beached mermaid… hahaha!
any other funny Chipster posts out there? tell me tell me!
and also tell me what you’re going to be wearing to the party!!! :D *excited* as for me, i already have my outfit picked out. not by choice….. here’s a conversation i had with Martian a while ago:
Me: so Nuffnang is going to have this pajama party, and it’s going to be so much fun, and i’m organizing it, i’m thinking of the games right now, what games would you play at a slumber party? what food would be good? ahhh i’m so excited blablablabla
Martian: what are you wearing?
Me: i’m thinking maybe my blue slip. or the brown one… or maybe the white one..
Martian: CANNOT. SLIPS ARE TOO REVEALING.
Me: then what you want me to wear! jammies ah! i dont have any, remember?
so… guess what i got for Valentine’s Day? :\
me covered head to toe :\
actually i really really like these jammies :) they’re fuzzy and very comfy, and like any gift from Martian, i love them to bits! even if he’s so cunning!!! now i can’t say i don’t have jammies to wear to the party. sigh why is my boyfriend like this.
what i usually wear to bed:
my brown satin slip which is really nice to sleep in. that’s Pooch i’m holding btw!
one of the many shirts i stole from Martian! i used to sleep in these during those cold Hong Kong nights
shorts and a tee for when i’m at home. hahaha this Star Wars tee is practically a legend. my friends used to make fun of me all the time, because everytime they came over, i’d be wearing this same tee :\
okay lah since my usual sleepwear is not allowed by Martian’s standards, and i’m definitely not wearing Anakin Skywalker on my chest to a party because he later grew up to be a real jerk and broke Natalie Portman’s heart… i guess i’m gonna be wearing my new pink jammies :)
lastly, i want to say that organizing this party and - in the midst of planning - having to talk about Chipster ALL THE TIME is making me crave Chipster practically every day. it’s tough. i keep eating and eating and eating. at least at the Pajama Party, the Chipster chips there are gonna be in endless supply and FREE :D
February 29th, 2008
my Valentine’s Day began with such excitement and romance!
i woke up to…………. a phone call by Timothy Tiah who was emoing about the fact that the general election was announced that very morning, and that it’s going to be held on the 8th of March, which is the same date as our Nuffnang Pajama Party. which means we have to postpone the party. sigh, so romantic right. actually, no, i just remembered that emo election conversation was the second time he called me.. the first time he called (and kicked me out of bed) was to ask me to do work. wtf! you can’t evade him sometimes.
i want to tell you another story about Timothy Tiah. i told him the day before Valentine’s what Waffle suggested i give my boyfriend for Vday. such is the conversation -
me: stewie! i hate your programmer!
tim: har why!
me: i asked him what he thinks would be a good Vday gift for my boyfriend… then you know what he said ah? i said that my boyfriend’s idea of a good gift are things like an external hard disk drive.. so Waffle suggested i get him a hard disk preloaded with porn. WTF.
tim: eh.. that’s a damn clever gift!!! that’s really cool! i would love something like that!
me: *insert many protests* blablabla
tim: no no it’s so thoughtful! think about all the effort that went into customizing such a gift… it’s like the male equivalent of a mix CD for girls.
me: what the….
tim: but what did you eventually get your boyfriend?
me: i got him a digital photo frame! it’s soooo cute; it’s like one of those mini LCD screens that displays an automatic slideshow of many many many photos that you upload onto a thumbdrive and plug into the screen. hehe nice leh!
sample photo of a digital photo frame
tim: hmm yaa i’ve heard of those.
*long silence…..*
me: …. YOU DON’T LIKE MY GIFT????????
tim: er… it’s just that if i got one of those things, i wouldn’t really use it….
me: WHY
tim: er.. cos it wastes electricity
sigh such is timothy tiah. no i dont know why he is like that. ANYWAY i turned the digital photo frame on when Martian was sleeping and he was very surprised when he woke up and saw it on the morning of Valentines. and he loved it :D just like he loves the scrapbook i made him for our anniversary. we spent the morning looking at the 300+ images i’d uploaded onto the screen and naming all the places and events and memories linked to those pictures :)
yknow, i’m so glad my boyfriend likes sentimental gifts. otherwise i would have been knocking on all my guy friends’ doors on Valentines Day, begging them for their porn stash so i can upload it into an external HDD to give to my boyfriend. -____-
so after lunch, Martian told me he wanted to go and get his IC done because he recently lost his wallet and all the stuff in it. i was like… ‘what! you want to go and get your IC done on Valentines Day??’ so while he went, i was at Starbucks being emo on MSN about how my boyfriend ditched me on Valentines. and all my girlfriends were like ‘aiyo why your boyfriend so bad!’ yalar damn bad right.
but then he later came to pick me from Starbucks with …
my gift :(
and flowers :(
and this box of really really nice tarts that i forgot to take a photo of and ate already.
and this damn funny Bahasa Melayu card HAHA. with a really romantic message in it.
so actually he didn’t go get his IC done, but he just needed some excuse that i couldn’t say no to. ishes. now i feel so bad that i was gossiping about him with my girlfriends :( hehe but i LOVE my presents to absolute bits! the card is so funny and obviously i love the tarts (why does my boyfriend know me so well), and as always i am very excited about flowers .. but my main present, the one wrapped in pink, is just perfect. haha but i cant say what it is yet. cos quite coincidentally, i actually need it for an upcoming blog post. so i will blog about it later ;) give you 10 sen if you can guess.
hmm eh then what happened. oh thank you Wenqi for the candle, heehee. if you know what i mean wtf.
at night, we went for dinner at Nero Vivo, which is one of our favourite restaurants in KL. i made reservations like a month ago - i am so shocked that on VALENTINES DAY itself, my blog was STILL getting hits from people googling Valentine’s Day restaurants. and the hits from the 14th logged the highest number of search engine referrals in February! why are all these people so last minute!! i do hope they all managed to find themselves a nice restaurant for Vday :\
sleepy us
it was so nice having Martian back in KL for almost 2 weeks. no, we didn’t go eat chili pan mee or red velvet cake like we were supposed to do, nor did we drive down to Melaka and Seremban as planned, and we also didn’t have that quick weekend getaway to Tiger Rock… but we did a lot of other stuff :) stuff like mice-drawing competitions.. hahaha. and Nasi Lemak Famous at Bangsar which gave us bad stomachaches. dessert with Martian’s very delightful Uncle Chris who has a billion stories to tell. going to the pet shop to play with puppies! and sleeping in till 12pm on most days. hehe.
soooooo i had a lovely Valentines day :) we night-capped it with tau foo far and the best ever double boiled soup in Lucky Garden, heehee. what did you all do for yours?
happy belated Valentine’s Day, everyone :)
p/s: eh …to all guys reading this, seriously lah… if you were my boyfriend, you would prefer my gift over a bunch of porn in an HDD, right? … right?
p/p/s: it’s Tuesday morning. should i head to Singapore this afternoon and surprise Martian? just for fun. and so we can watch Juno, because it’s not showing here in KL and he’s not allowed to watch it without me. and also because he’s bought the new season of Little Britain on DVD! if i go, i’d have to come back home on Thursday though. aiyah how ah! it’s like such a short time only and i’ve really got so much i need to settle back here in KL. decisions, decisions. i think i shall flip a coin.
February 19th, 2008
i’m blogging from home right now. it feels good to be back even if for just a little while - the whole of last week was spent staying with Martian now that he’s back in KL for a bit. i came back home earlier this afternoon to grab some stuff i’d forgotten to take with me; tonight, it’s back to the hotel again.
i like the fresh hotel towels and the never-ending supply of soft tissue. the pool and deck chairs. the ROOM SERVICE MENU! the neat room that greets me when i return, and all of my loose change stacked up nicely on the desk in ascending denomination. i like all of those things. and i love driving into the hotel carpark with Martian after dinner, both of us chattering away or quiet from sleepiness (or sulkiness.. hahaha that would be me). i love kissing him in the elevator on the way up to the room. i love going to bed with him; i love how he comes up to hug me while i’m brushing my teeth. i especially love going out for supper with him anytime i wish. i love the way he holds my hand as we fall asleep, and i even love how i have to carefully sneak away from him to go online. i love crawling back into bed with him and being welcomed back with sleepy kisses. these things and more make me give up my home for a bit.
but despite all that, i’m always missing home at the back of my head. i miss the newspaper, i miss my familiar pillows, i miss my internet connection that doesn’t cost RM 60 for 24 hours, i miss the bottle of cold water that’s always in the fridge. then i miss channel surfing on Astro, and my parents, and the sounds of my brothers playing Dota. i miss the random fruits my mom brings home. i miss my desk, the best place on earth to do work - second only to the table next to the glass panel at Starbucks Bangsar. and i always feel bad when my dad tells me that i should be spending more time at home. it’s even worse when i’m away with Martian in Singapore for long stretches of time, and more so back then when he was in Hong Kong.
but waking up to his kisses is the best part. it’s something that i find so hard to give up. i think about the few months that i have left before i leave (IF i’m accepted by any schools..) and i wonder if i’m spending it right. am i dividing my time equally? am i seeing enough of my family and friends? what do i make of my remaining months left with Martian? do we take big plunges now or do we play it by ear?
as i write this now (the continued version!), i’m already back in the hotel and it’s 4 in the morning. i am really quite hungry and i am contemplating calling for room service. this hotel has a delectable menu, and the buttermilk pancakes on page 2 are just calling my name. le sigh. back home, if i were hungry at this hour i’d be having delicious chicken-flavoured instant noodles, or rice with side dishes leftover from dinner. back home, my brothers would be awake and we’d have each other’s silent company.
but here and now, i have my boyfriend. every now and then i crawl back into bed and kiss him, then i come back to the computer. i love the fact that i have him here with me now, and that if i miss him, i can just reach over and touch him. it’s not like that when we’re apart - me here and him there. the nights are the hardest because that’s when i’m awake and he’s sleeping.. and so i look forward to 7am when he calls me on his way to work. then later at night, we have our long phone calls at 9pm.
but now that he’s here, it’s like i have infinite 7ams and 9pms. it’s like i have infinite Skype credit and a webcam with a view range that extends to every possible inch of his existence. i feel like i’m so spoilt by the very fact that he’s here.. and as i sit here writing this, i’m wondering to myself why the hell am i sitting here blogging when i can be in bed being held and kissed by him?
i love him so much that sometimes i just .. dont know what to do.
i’m not known to be very optimistic. right now, in my head, i’m just very convinced about certain negativities… but the truth, the good truth, reveals itself to me in the most unexpected and loveliest of ways. and it is this that i am most grateful for. it is what gives me hope. it is what reassures me that the sacrifices we make are not futile. i hold the keywords close to my heart.
teehee :)
a very tired me, picture taken 2 minutes ago
i’m still wondering if i should call room service…
February 11th, 2008
a few hours ago i was really angry. i had something on my mind that i wanted so badly to rant and rave about, something that i wanted to write about and expose to everyone who reads my blog, without taking into account who i know and don’t know reads my blog. i started and deleted countless drafts because i wanted to craft and shape my anger into perfection; i wanted every single word i chose to be the precise word that conveys to the very minutest of detail how furious and how bitter i was feeling. i phrased and rephrased. i used real names, then i used aliases. i decided to password protect, then i decided not to. my head was swimming with all the emotion and all the conviction. after a long hour, i finally had my perfect angry post; the truth about how i feel about everything that’s been going on; both the things i said and never said. i had it all in thousand-word perfection.
i stared at it and then i just closed the browser. and i called Martian.
he was sleeping of course, but he woke up to talk to me. to ask me what was wrong, what happened, if i was alright. no i’m not okay, i sulked. i need you here. i just needed so much to have him soothe me, take away all my anger and make me feel better the way he always does. and he did; he babied and showered me with love and concern despite all his sleepy blurness. i put down the phone feeling so loved and much happier. it is moments like this that i know why he is the most important person in my life.
lunch hour naps
yesterday i wore this cute red dangly earrings that he bought for me when he went to Beijing for work. i remembered how he left the box on the bed, and i found it when i woke up. then i started thinking about all the little surprises that he’s given me over the time we’ve been together. there was our first anniversary, where he took me on a Chinese junk boat that cruised the harbor of Hong Kong. it was so amazing because i used to always say to him that the junk boat - which is an icon of Hong Kong - doesnt actually exist because i’d never actually seen one with my own eyes in all my time there. so spending our anniversary on a junk boat was a very very beautiful and meaningful surprise :)
my healing pail has Pocky!!
and then there was the very cute healing pail he made me when i was sick. and then there’s Pooch, which he put on the bathroom floor and sat down next to while waiting for me to finish my shower. the pink bathrobe he got me. the iPod that he filled with all his favourite music and hid inside a toy duck he bought for me (i almost didn’t find the iPod!!). how he brought back 2 huuuuuge boxes of Krispy Kreme for me and made me close my eyes when he put it in my hands. the toy penguin he randomly got for Jovann. a gorgeous necklace and pendant that he hid inside a box of Godiva for my 18th birthday.
me and Pooch
and of course, there was our first Valentine’s Day that was just full of surprises :)
i remember how beautiful the whole day was. i was sleeping when he came home from work, and he gently woke me up to give me the most gorgeous bouquet of flowers!!!! <3 when it was time for dinner, he was all like 'baby i didn't make reservations at any restaurant blablabla' -____- i believed it to an extent and i dont know why i did. it would be such a mean thing to do to me!! we got dressed anyway and walked down to Soho; the plan was to just pick a restaurant and see if they had tables available.
but Martian steered us down Elgin Street, stopped in front of this very private-looking restaurant and said, 'HEY let's go in here cos it looks interesting!!!'. turns out he had already made reservations for a table there a long time ago. wtf bluffing me is very funny issit T___T some more can take the time to stop outside a few restaurants and pretend like he was seriously considering going in T___T anyway it was a really beautiful restaurant and i loved it to bits :) it's called Tribute, at 13 Elgin Street in Central Hong Kong. to Hong Kongers yet to make their Vday reservations, you must consider this place!!! it's lovely!
when we got home after dinner, i entered the bedroom to find scented candles lit and placed all over the room, rose petals strewn across the floor and bed, and soft music playing :)))))))))))) it was so very very romantic. we spent all night making love and talking in whispers to each other. the perfect end to our Valentine's Day :)
this year we’re spending Valentine’s in KL, cos Martian will be in KL then for almost 2 weeks. i cant wait!!! i love it when he comes back home - it’s so much more fun seeing and experiencing KL with him. and we’ll finally get to do another holiday soon now that all my college apps are over. i’m thinking Cambodia. or London. baby can lah London :( please lah :(
will everybody please leave comments asking Martian to take me to London!! maybe if it reaches a 100 comments he will agree to it :( maybe. *cries*
aiyah what a massive digression! the point of this post is how Martian teaches me to be less angry and more patient, even though that is so ironic because he is possibly the most angsty and impatient person i know, hahaha. well. he just brings out the best in me :) it’s a good thing lah, i really think i spend too much time being angry at things i shouldn’t be angry at.
us with paper hats we nicked from Krispy Kreme
thank you baby, for everything good that you help me become, and for everything bad in me that you accept and love me for anyway. thank you for who you are. i love you always. i can’t wait to see you this weekend. can we please go to London? :(
January 9th, 2008
2008 is so near :) i can smell it already.
and like every year, here’s my annual New Year’s Eve meme :P it’s a different one from the last 2 years - i like this new one better! and i also managed to cajole Martian into doing the meme with me… hehehehe even though he protested at first. sigh why is my boyfriend so lazy. my answers in red, his in blue. and i tag EVERYONE to do this meme cos i love reading this stuff when other people do it :D
1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before?
Climbed Mt Kinabalu, went to europe, did an internship.
went to vienna and budapest. travelled on a train and bus across different countries in europe.
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didnt make any last year because I was too sad. and I wont make any this year cos I’m too dazed.
never made any but self improvement isn’t dictated by dates
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No unfortunately :( I wish they would so I can play with babies :D
not that i know of
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, thank God.
my hk maid, edith
5. What countries did you visit?
Hongkong, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Austria, Hungary
austria, hungary, china, thailand, singapore, indonesia
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
Resolve, time, Mrs Fields cookies
a sense of humour
7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
6th Oct, 3rd Nov, 1st Dec - my SAT dates. Haha I can remember them so clearly!
dec 30 cos it’s today and i can remember it well. i’ve special memories that i don’t know the dates of.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
A lesser version of nirvana
quitting my old job and getting a new one.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not sending in entries for MPH and TheCicak, not participating in ESUM, missing the deadline for the British Council convention. yes it’s been a year of many missed opportunities..
tidying my messy apartment
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Errr a few fever spells here and there, and I lost my voice for a few days a couple of weeks ago. nothing serious!
yes. i had a hole in my heart.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
This really nice duffel from Zara which is great for my frequent kl-sing shuttling! Lots and lots of lala socks for my dress-up days ^___^
a sofa to lounge in and a coffee table to put my legs on while lounging
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Beaver’s.. hahaha. Thank you for my christmas presents ^____^
the marchers of bersih and hindraf.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The mainstream media, my interior designer, pak lah
fuck that
14. Where did most of your money go?
Starbucks, cab fare, birthday presents for friends and family, shoes, college application fees (gawd)
paying the rent
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My birthday presents!!!! Yesterday’s chocolate cupcake with earl grey ice cream! Moving into the new singapore apartment with Martian. Going back to HK for a holiday (but tak jadi…). The opening of Pavilion and Gardens! My internship. Applying to college. Climbing Mt Kina. All those huuuuge meet-ups. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!!!!
playing scrabulous
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
Joshua Radin - What If You, Michael Buble - Everything
the singapore taxi phone-in music
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?
Happier, thinner, poorer
happier. fatter. richer
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Studying, traveling, chilling out
going out into the sun
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Worrying, procrastinating
lazing around wasting time
20. How did you spend Christmas?
With Martian and his family and then with my application essays :\
sleeping with my baby till lunch with my family
21. Did you fall in love in 2007?
Every single day of the year
yes. many times with the same person
22. What was your favorite TV program?
Grey’s anatomy, ANTM and gossip girl !! Heroes can go to hell.
west wing
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Two people. I really wish I hadn’t ever met them.
fuck that
24. What was the best book you read?
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
i’m reading j.d. salinger’s catcher in the rye now which is pretty funny
25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
How the repeated symphony of glass breaking means that my house will eventually run out of drinking glasses unless i STOP PUTTING THEM ON THE FLOOR AND KICKING THEM OVER ACCIDENTALLY =(
the black key
26. What did you want and get?
a DSLR camera :) thank you baby.
a new job.
27. What did you want and not get?
Backpacking trip to India, my Peninsular Malaysia food roadtrip, a new wireless router for the home, deep red curtains
more time
28. What was your favorite film this year?
Atonement, Ratatouille, Shoot ‘Em Up, Hors De Prix
apocalypto
29. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
I did my SAT papers, I prayed for Pakistan’s elections, and I made everyone wear pink!!!! Oh I was 19 :\ so old. And I opened lotsa presents!!!!
had dinner wit my family. 25
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Doing A-Levels? Joining all those competitions I’d missed out on. Being eligible for the WSDC debate.
more time in the sun
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
Too many skirts
recklessly eclectic
32. What kept you sane?
Long drives, consolation and comfort over mcdonalds, 9pm phone calls, love.
my imaginary friend bob
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
MCDREAMY!!!
fuck that
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
Lingam tape and the bocor comment by the Jasin/Kinabatangan MPs. Pak Lah resurrecting the ISA.
do you have the time? and green issues
35. Who did you miss?
Waimin
coldplay in hk
36. Who was the best new person you met?
This is a secret :P
new friends in spore
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007.
Being a perfectionist is inefficient
trust yourself.
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Happy New Year, everybody :) :) :) i’ve got dinner with Martian later and then a house party at Frodo’s. i’m so excited!!! i love the holiday season. mwahhhhhs to all :)
December 31st, 2007
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