Sunset through the lens....of the pork

My dept had our Away Day at Marriott Hotel on 23rd June. I was unsure if I'd ever stay awake for the whole day, my attention span could last for oh, say 30 minutes and then my mind flies away...but somehow I pulled through. Maybe I start to understand the whole business thingymajig. Cool...piagster progresses, yeah!

After the Away Day was over, we had about an hour to spend before we could proceed to dinner. So I took the liberty to roam around the hotel and snapped a few shots. The sunset was superb at the time, with the long ray of light. Gives that Ibiza chill. Mmmm....I did abit of exposure adjustment just so the rocks could have a fair share of the spotlight. Hehe...



Feel the mood yet?



If not....sit down...



They give the best seats ever...



Sit by the rocks with me if you don't believe...



This is my favourite shot....almost surreal =)



Sunset lights give the best color in alotta objects...


Okay, that's practically it...Now I'm gonna chill with my social lubricants...

Badminton Tournament / Yoyo

Updates updates...

Sharkey and I has just enrolled ourselves in the KRP Closed Badminton Tournament. We submitted our registration form on Wednesday and just knew that the tournament starts on the coming Monday.........which leaves us only less than a week to practice. Wow, that came up abit of a shock really.

Oh God, what have we gotten ourselves into...I totally set myself up. And if my memory's correct, this ain't the first time I did this to myself.....

I was truly up for the fun and thrill of losing. I mean, what good is a hobby of badminton without really putting your skillz at test eh?

Game schedule was finalised on Friday and guess what, there are only 3 teams of women's double competing. The winning positions are Champion, 1st runner up and 2nd runner up. So, Sharkey and I thought, regardless if we win or lose, we still get something. But I'd be damned if we get 2nd runner up. Perhaps we should aim for a 1st runner up. But as I said, fun and thrill of losing....fun and thrill of losing. And we're playing this Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Erm...if any of you are intending to come to support the Piagster (or Sharkey) or anyone else, no pom poms please.....don't embarrass yourselves (this also applies to the Boobai who's coming to support).

I'm excited and nervous already, heh.....

We had our first practice on Friday and wow, Sharkey's got power, wooo....me likey. Piagster has got no power. Thus, Piagster ends up covering front. First practice was extreme. I fucking regret having to overstuff during lunch. I mean, I thought I needed more for the evening energy. Turns out the lunch was still swimming inside my porkbelly for the past 5 hours. Rita got me playing more game sets than I could handle that I almost deteriorate. Was soooo pooped when I got home. But I still practiced my backhand before I slept. It's rare to sleep early on Friday nights...

Woke up early the next day feeling like a bus had hit me, for our 2nd practice at KRP. Played with Sharkey's group and ermm, looking at our collaboration, I still think we could make it. Not doubting my partner...

Now I really feel as if a train had hit me....


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Owh, Yoyo and Kenix are flying east to Miri soon! Woohoooo!!! I've got peeps to fill my weekend! They're bringing 2 other friends, Vivian and Piagster's-new-friend-to-be. This might turn out to be a disaster interesting.


Alright...I'll see if I'd like to update something tomorrow.

Expired Sausages,The Evil Daughter, Mix FM, Saturday...

I had a good amount of breakfast this morning: pork sausages, eggs, peas, beef burger and fried mihun. So buffet.

I was reading something over the net when Dad came into the room with a blue packet in his hand saying "Guess when did the pork sausages expired?". I gave that "oh please don't say somewhere in 2007" horrific hand in cheek look. Dad showed me the blue packet......20 April 2008........hhmmm...

It's almost July now. *shivers* Am I gonna be alright? *thinks of last words and unachieved doings in life*

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I'm the evil daughter. Mom was at the living room while I was at my lappy when....

Mom : Karen...
Pig : Ya?
Mom : Could you do me a favor?
Pig : *evil whisper* No, for the umpteenth time, no.......(got up from chair and fulfilled Mom's wishes anyway)

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I've been annoying to my sis. Her Sony Ericsson phone has this cool TrackID feature that I love love luurrvvvee to use and I'm always after her phone if a good song's playing ANYWHERE.

Pig : Has your phone finished charging?
Charlotte : Why?
Pig : You *know* why...
Charlotte : Nah...*takes phone from charger and hands to Pig*
Pig : *walks off to tv speaker*

(Charlotte hears familiar song from Mix FM)

Charlotte : Oi..
Pig : Yeah?
Charlotte : You wanna track this song ah?
Pig : Yeahh....
Charlotte : That's Matchbox Twenty lah....These Days Are Gone.
Pig : Ooooh yeah?
Charlotte : You idiot....

Turns out the title was These Hard Times. Blehh..

I really like Mix FM. They could play the right songs/compilations at the right time. And I'm a sucker for "right" songs. I couldn't help though, whenever ANY place plays Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" (hint: The White Chick movie).

After awhile, they were playing this familiar R&B song. I TrackID-ed the song and it was Joe "I Wanna Know". Sis thinks I'm weird.

Charlotte : Why suddenly the change of taste?
Pig : What change? There's no change. I just like the song.
Charlotte : Don't know. It's not like you.
Pig : You think I only play those asking-for-sex songs lah issit?
Charlotte : Ya...

I played Goldfrapp's "Beautiful" on speaker and she went :

Charlotte : Oh that's soo YOU now.

I think that my sister has labelled me as the nymph. -_-"

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I was to follow parents for grocery shopping and I think I was being selfish for no reason to Charlotte (it still puzzled me till this very moment).

Pig : I'm going with Mom and Dad.
Charlotte : I wanna come too.
Pig : If you're going then I'm not going.
Charlotte : Woot?
Pig : If you're not going then I'm going. Get it?
Charlotte : K loh I'm not going. My body's aching anyway.

It didn't make me happy to hear that either. But anyways, I was out with parents and we were around Pujut 7 on the way to E-mart when..

Dad : I think we need to go home now.
Pig & Mom : Why?
Dad : Radiator's acting up on me again.

[looks at radiator temperature on dashboard and ooooh what a sight, less than 1cm to Hot!]

Pig : Hhmmm.....
Dad : I think we should go to Honda instead.
Pig : Yeah, great idea...
Mom : That's why I said....I think the will car pao tza halfway to home later.

We were 20-25 minutes away from home. My eyes remained at the dashboard as the arrow went up and down like climaxing or something.

Mom : I had it worse before, my car had no brakes that time.
Pig : Mmm hmm....*watches radiator indicator flying up*
Mom : And it was dark and I was at the graveyard.....
Pig : Thank God you're fine.....*sees indicator rising*
Mom : Just imagine.....no brakes.
Pig : Mom, erm....not the right time now.
Mom : What, I'm telling my problems are so worse.
Pig : Can you wait till we reach Honda?
Mom : Dowan. I don't think I will have the mood. You know I hate saying it again. You always do that. That's the problem with you.
Dad : *silently watching the indicator*

How could you empathise the past and the current at the same time???? Tell me if this can be multi-tasked. Eeek! I only have one heart.

Okay, we were fine and safe. Don't think I'll have the chance to hear Mom's story again. Called Charlotte to pick us up. From there I don't know whether this answered the puzzle of being selfish, for appealing that one of us shouldn't follow parents for grocery shopping. It's probably a subconscious principle of mine.

So, we're all good. While waiting for Charlotte, I was sitting in all the Civics in the showroom (only 2 as a matter of fact). It's a yummylicious car no doubt. The Honda City is not my type and the Accords are too big.

Charlotte picked us up and eventually followed us to E-mart. LOL....we're still talking coz she was our saviour of the day! If I ever remind her of this, I am most sure I'd get a big thwack on the head. After the shopping, Dad's car was ready for pickup. Drove home. Was so tired I took a nice warm shower and off to nap I went. I seldom have my siestas but today has to be exceptional.

Got woken up by Charlotte's enthusiastic "Dinner time, Pig!" call. Still groggy during dinner. MTV Movie Awards was showing and Steve Carrell's voice was so distinctive. HAHA...

Well, Boobai and I decided to stay in on Saturday nite. We HAVE our reasons. Might meet Rach up tomorrow morning when she's done with church. Haha the girl doesn't really go but I'm guessing the family is making her go. I haven't been going since I'm always waking up when the Youth Mass starts.

Sorry God...

Okay, till then! Toodle-loo!

Googlism

Some things that Googlism came up with about me:

karen is a little slut - I'm not surprised.

karen is miss february 2002 - Yeah, I sang during Graduation Day...

karen is still in danger - You twit, I *am* the danger...

karen is a paediatrician and paediatric epidemiologist with a background in clinical paediatrics - I won't be one if I didn't start with it

karen is the woman of my dreams - Yes, and I'm very much in love with me

karen is married and the mother of two grown children - I didn't believe in protection...I was more into the satisfaction

karen is that bad cop - I like what we can do with a baton and cuffs

karen is a member of the firm's prosecution section - I'm a bad cop, remember?

karen is influenced by everyone who truly loves their work - I'm drawn to passionate people

karen is a dynamic trainer and has extensive classroom experience with hands - Oh, kinky..



Oh well....try it peeps!

Blogging with a confused mind...helps...

I discovered that typing your miseries out is almost the same like crying it out. It gives the same after-effect.

I typed a looooong list of shitholes I'm having, blabbering on describing the pain, how much it cuts through the bone. Teared out abit, said a bunch of fucks now and then, and the more I typed, the more I understood my hurt.

And then I pause. And then, there was a change of perspective. I say things like...

"It's okay"
"I'll try again"
"I was wrong, I shouldn't have done that"
"Dammit"
"Haiya...."
"Maybe not meant to be lah"

OR the ultimate reaction...

"What the hell am I writing?! SHEEEEESH!!"


And then....I was a new piag again.

Saturday Night / Personality Test

Staying in on a Saturday night has been a rare occasion. But here I am.

In the midst of getting my laptop to it's Last Known Good Looking Self since I got it back from the technician. I've lost everything I stored *sniff*. Now just getting back whichever I remember having.

A brand new start. =\

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I took the Jung Typology Test and discovered about the pig I am. The High-Level Description of the Sixteen Personality Types provided better definition of the results.

Take it. Know yourself better. *wink*

It's 1:21am. Time to snooze!

96 or 69? Tea or no tea? / Toying around macros..

There was a confusion when the date hit 09/06/2008. WAYN sent me a email saying "Happy Birthday Cheeky!" and a friend of mine was almost thinking it was my birthday too. =\

Yoyo's dramatic email to me...

"...N suddenly i felt nervous when i saw this date 6/9/2008. It suppose to read as June 9 2008. But my brain just read it as 69 69 69 69 69. Then suddenly something strike me: it's looks so familiar and it represented someone. I tot today is Karen's bthdy. Bt thinking it back, eh.. she cant be elder than me."

-_-" Blehhhh...

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I went to our office's Coffee Bean for the afternoon break and catch up with a friend of mine since we could utilise the coupon. Friend ordered a choc fudge cake, but my order for ice tea went complicated.

Pig : Ice Tea. English Breakfast.
Boy : *anime boy geeky smile* Sorry. No tea.
Pig : No...tea?
Boy : Hehe..No.
Pig : Blehh....
Boy : Ermm...got hot tea.

(Confused)

Pig : *wry* You have hot tea...
Boy : *anime boy geeky smile* Ya...

Pig : *wry* No ice tea....
Boy : *anime boy geeky smile* Ya...

Pig : *wry* Sooo you have no tea...
Boy : *anime boy geeky smile* No...
Pig : *wry* But you have hot tea...
Boy : *anime boy geeky smile* Ya...
Pig : *groan*


I take it that they ran out of ice. Ish...Life made uneasy.


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Pig got playful with new toy....W300.




Tramp. The ugly beautiful dog. Chases moving lightbeams from any light source.



Tippy. The ever blurblur-hinhin dog. Can never really differentiate between owner and stranger in the house. Picture explains it all.



The heavenly knot...



Belly bells. Used around the waist so while performing the belly dance, it rings and it chings....the more ringings and chingings....the better.



What can I say.....Flower.



It has been discovered that there's a new world for us out there.



A "bubbly" world......filled with earthly treasures....*bloob bloob*



It gets hot flushes when it sees hot new planets passing by the orbit....woohoo..


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I should venture into naked art landscapes soon....

Irony

It's pure irony to have the things you need not being there, and the ones you don't need were ALWAYS there, until you need it. You swore you kept it in a convenient place - but, where?

I need to find my recovery disks! Arrgghh!!

Holiday...

Happy Gawai. Got a week's holiday to spend. Wootz!

Drove my gang to Kuala Belait for sushi feasting. Oh, the salmon....and the ice peach tea. Yummy yummy...=)

Friend Eve brought us around KB in her new Vitara. Driver being driven, ah...what a pleasure! KB being small, there's truly no place to go except shop, sleep, chill or beach, which was the wrong time to even go to the beach (it was almost 3pm).

Coming back was HILARIOUS. With so much goodies in the car, the undercarriage couldn't pass the bumps without a loud thud at the back. Reaching the customs area, Rach, Aunt Judy and Julie got out of the car, and made me pick them up towards the Miri Immigration territory. Aunt Judy said it was a nice walk. LOL.

Skipped dinner coz the salmon was still swimmin', and the ice peach tea was still chillin' in my porky belly. At this moment, I miss the ice peach tea from Excapade. Will marry anyone who could give me ice peach tea now (learnt this from someone who threw that challenge).

Now, here's my Find Of The Day...White Town's "Undressed".