Princess Lilue

I hate my job! :( ... Opps, i mean i hate my project.. Ntah pa per la suruh org buat , but u guys already decided what outcome u wanted.. Then why did u bother with it? Menyemak jer.. :(

What are you currently reading? Would you recommend it to others? Is it part of a series (if so, which one)? What are you thinking about it? What book(s) would you compare it to, if any?

This week’s musing asks…

What do you think of books that receive a lot of hype? (think of the “Twilight” saga, or “Harry Potter”, or “The Da Vinci Code”). Do you read them? Why, or why not?

Some of these books are actually pretty good... but so far that i've encountered (& not many at that so i could be a little bias), are well.. not the greatest really.. chances are, i would want to see for myself what makes so & so books "hype"-ful, so yes, i would probably read them & then make up my mind about it..

However, i did read the Twilight saga, Harry Potter & Da Vince Code way before it got huge.. i really liked these books, but not obsessed.. And i have seen how obsessed some people are (for Twillight).. *shake head*...

Tepat seminggu selepas Mak Uda meninggal, Mak Tam pula menyusul. Mak Tam kembali ke rahmatullah pada pukul 4.20 pm, dikelilingi adik-beradik & saudara mara. Buat Pak Tam & sepupuku, banyak2 kan lah bersabar & berdoa buat Mak Tam. Semoga roh nya dicucuri rahmat. Buat Wan Chu, tabahkan diri atas kehilangan kedua2 orang kakak sekaligus. Allah lebih menyayangi mereka.

"You can turn a smart person into an idiot just by overworking him.. "notes Peter Capelli, a professor of management at Wharton.

Do i really have to do this work/job for the next 20 years? I so can't imagine it.. :(

Just finished reading Nora Robert's Bed of Roses.. I have to say, this Bride Quartet is one of my favourite non-supernatural books of Nora Roberts.. :)

I went to FRIM, a nearby man-made forest on wed for our team's teambuilding exercise on wed.. it wasnt my first time, so i thot.. no problem.. the hiking part is tiring, but still do-able.. whadayou know.. 15mins into the forest.. i actually step on some unstable rock (on the pathway).. man, that was painful.. but bearable, so i kept going on.. finished my hiking.. had lunch.. even went back to office (as bos told us to..) even tho it was 3pm already.. only after i reached home did my foot starts throbbing.. unsure what to do, i kept rubbing oil (minyak angin) on it..

Oh no.. i havent update my poor blog for soooo long... hehe.. i've got tons to tell, & nothing to write.. haha.. one of the point of having the blog in the first place was to sort that out actually.. guess not quite working, huh... ? ;)

So let's start with an easy one.. i know this is a bit outdated question, but what the heck..

Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about multitasking.

Do you – or are you even able – to do other things while you read? Do you knit, hold a conversation, keep an eye on the TV? Anything?

Ahaks.. i, unfortunately do do other stuffs when i read.. the main one is usually the tv.. my mum used to be so puzzled as to how i can follow thru both the book & the show's storyline at the same timee.. haha.. but then she's the type who can only concentrate on one thing at a time..

music - of course.. back when i was in school i used to be unable to study without having my radio with me, which drives my mum nuts coz she just cant understand it... but she came around eventually.. even tried to compensate it by going all out looking for the right type of music to stimulate the brain.. baroque, instrumental, that kind of stuff.. dont know if it was the music, probably not.. but i supposed i did okay back then...

i dont normally, but i can hold a conversation when i read.. but then again, i normally read on my own, so i suppose i dont really do that.. does that make any sense? heheh...

I cant think of anything else that i might be doing while i am reading.. oh ya, dont forget, munching / eating.. hehe.. that can be considered multi-tasking, right? *wink*...

I finally managed to catch the new movie, Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief.. I also just recently finished reading the series, in anticipating of the movie, of course..

Potter though..*wink*..

To all my Chinese friends...........

Graphics for Chinese New year Comments

Exactly 10 years ago today, (or rather yesterday), i was standing in front of The Eiffel Tower, watching the fireworks & welcoming the New Millennium.. man, that was one of the most memorable new year eve that i've ever had.. we were staying with some friends just outside of Paris & had this brilliant plan for new year.. we would catch a train into Paris on new year's eve, party all nite & catch the earliest train back.. main reason was, there was abt 10 of us & us students couldnt afford an accommodation in Paris.. (well, we were a little cheapskate back then..haha)... plus everything was fully booked for the Y2K celebration..

Anyway, it started out fine.. we arrived in Paris in the afternoon.. we roamed Champs-Élysées.. visited Arc de Triomphe.. had dinner.. just before midnight, we joined the crowd to find the best place to watch the fireworks..

After all those excitement & shouting, we walked past some park around the area & phew.. it was reeking badly of urine.. we didnt think much of it then, but then we realised the reason for it.. ALL the public toilets in Paris was CLOSED down for the celebration.. and i mean every single one of them.. and all the opened restaurants are locked unless you've already made a booking (and if you were in the restaurant before it was locked down).. it was only abt 1-2 am at the time & the train station would only opened at 6.

By the time we reached 3 am, everyone's face was getting a little blue, coz the last time we used a toilet was abt 10pm.. & the weather was seriously cold.. at that point, we practically went begging at some motels along the way, to use their toilet.. i think the 3rd or 4th hotel we begged, they finally took pity on us.. we couldnt thank the man enough until he practically shoved us back into the streets.. haha.. anyway, we didnt know where else to go, so we just loitered outside the train station until it opened. and we werent the only ones.. everyone rushed in as soon as it opened & practically jumped into the train once it arrived...

Anyway, that was a very memorable trip, not just for the new year's eve.. from Paris, we went on to Geneva (we wanted to go to Monte Carlo initially, but didnt have enough money.. ;p).. & stayed over at another friend's place (overlooking the Alps no less) on the way back.. hmm...wished my life is as exciting as it was then.. hahah..

Anyway, here's to the new year, new decade, new you.. !!