The J's Wedding: Jessica & Jell

The Waris-Edwin-Balandong Family or WEB for short, have been holding a tradition. Every time one of us is getting married, for sure, every one will get involve to make the event happen. We got hui* beer, we got helping hands in the kitchen department, tangkap/sembelih/potong karabau department, event decoration department, petals throwing department, bar keepers department, etc. I have been involve in every cousins and aunts & an uncles wedding. But this self-pampered girl, JV Ong, had never been such eager and helped with my all force as I have ever have done for my favorite cuzzy, Jessica. 

I have never help to make a wedding this much that can effect me to want to have a marriage reception myself. Oh no... It's not that I change my view of marriage as a whole, I just want the reception only. Hah! What a laugh! 

Anyway, I believe my name was not really on the list in the planning process. Since the bride is not only a favorite cuzzy, well all of my cuzzies are my fav anyway, she is also a best friend and a great confidante (what an exquisite position, I must say.), I would never say no when she approached me and personally ask for my help. Hello!? Like I can say no to her. She asked me to help her in decoration for the wedding arch and backdrop, cakes and champagne as well as some small details for flower arrangement. 

Of course I do not do it alone. I was not even the leader of the department, just a helper to give opinion s and ideas to the decor leader as I have almost the same taste with the bride when it comes to decors. Since I am not good in the kitchen department, and I swear that I don't have the fine talent like my mom have other than savoring meal, I can contribute my part in other process. 

I was glad how the reception went so great despite all the cancellation and replacement for this and that. Things went smoothly beyond any expectation. As a family member, I am proud for the effort my family had done. Stress? Yes! But it is all worth it.

The backdrop on the stage with the help of the ever talented and creativity of our Datin.
We even joked about wanting to make our very own wedding decor company.
Hah! Who knows! One of our members might willl!

The banner on the backdrop! Thanks to cuzzy Rayner for that!

 

The beautiful decor for the table for wedding cakes!
Well done Datin~

Sample made on the eve f the reception.

On the day of the reception. The band was doing sound checking.

Everything went good~

Ayu on the stage to sing. Mother of 3 with that body, don't you get jealous?

The groom sings before giving a speech of thanks.

Poco2 dance is still very popular in Paparians wedding.

Paparian AND Pitas peeps dance Bandau's sumazau dance.

The super adorable flower girl - my niece, fyi.

Jessica didn't use this but I love it so much, I HAVE TO TAKE PICTURE OF IT!

If anyone who have family or friends that got married to or is actually a Paparian, make sure to check out the Masak Kava or Masak Kawah. It is a traditional dish, sup Kerbau tu jo, before it ran out! Jessica & Jell's Masak Kava is THE BEST! Like the Lobo said, OPOTOH! Oh! yg ada gaut tu jaga2. I am on diet as well, so it is sad that I have to make sure that I held in the temptation to sauk more.

Next agenda? 4 November in Bandau for Jessica & Jell's Babad. (Babad is a Kadazan word to describe the wedding reception for the grooms family.) The bride asked me to assist her there and I am delighted to say yes. I can say a easy NO to anyone but her. Why not? Mata dia basar, bikin takut. wakakakakaka! 

Can't wait for Bandau! 

Did you know?

In early American weddings Victorian brides 
wear gloves with their wedding gowns 
because they symbols of modesty and romance. 
Take the 'g' away and you have a 'pair of loves'.

- JV

Oooohh.... Ang Moh in KK!!!

Did any one went out to KK lately? 

I went to CP last Tuesday night with my mom, brother and his girl. My eyes was practically ogling at the AngMoh around KK. Not many of them have buff body, but some handsome face are hard to ignore. AngMoh is Mat Salleh ya peeps, just in case you don't know. 

I am sure that the Westerners Summer break/holiday are not in October. Aren't they? So what are they doing here? Planning on a modern invasion? Lol! That is no way gonna happen! The Lobo has his theory that these ladies and gents of black men & AngMoh are probably a small or few small platoons of the USS J.C. Stennis crew. The Lobo even laugh saying "ndak tagap pun, ranggis2 suma ni Navy." 

=.=" stereotypical.. ingat wayang Steve Austin kah?

What I saw, some of those AngMoh do have buf body. Of course not all, but yummy enough for me to drool. I tried so hard not to gawk, and I hope I didn't. XD

What fascinates me are not those AngMoh but the black men. Probably because I grew up watching Raleigh's AngMoh past my front house to go to Lido and later Lintas, after it was developed, everyday while never one seen black men among them. I only came across black men f2f in KL back in 2006 or 2007 like that in Central. 

Despite of my awareness of them being extremely tall and dark skinned, I am not scared. But certainly fascinated. Jadi Sakai lah bah because rarely see dark mahogany people kan.... And I must say, like regular human being, some of them are not good looking, some are handsome! So.... who say dark skin is not pretty? Lying b*tch! I saw my mom kept staring and gawking some black young men. I just stay a bit away from her whenever she does that.

The Lobo is not around currently so, I felt like shit not able to admire those handsome black men and AngMoh as much as I did when he is around. He made fun of them while I defend their handsome-ness while mocking and made rude remarks on local ladies, trying to flirt, or worse, shag those foreigners. From their accent, I am sure that they are Americans, so...... I bet we are going to see some mixed-blood youngsters in ten to twelve years time. HAH!

Did you know?

Birth control pills designed for humans will also work for a gorilla.

- JV

DIET 101 - PART I : Why I DIET?

Note: I have divided this topic into several chapters and will be posted out every Friday!!

PART I : Why I DIET?
DIET.

It is such a taboo word to say to an overweight person. It makes overweight people felt insecure, humiliated, heartache, depress, .... ah~ the list can go on and on. When someone (not doctor) asked me to go on a DIET, I will sarcastically answer: "Oh! I don't want to DIE-YET!"

When I went to the doctor for my problematic acne-prone face, I constantly advised to keep a balance DIET and loose weight. I was confuse as what DIET and weight have to do with my acne? Turns out, they were all connected.

But can DIET actually helps one to loose weight without exercise?
- YES! OF COURSE!!! Well not what I'll recommend anyone doing though.

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DISCLAIMER: I am, in NO WAY, encouraging people to not exercise, use the method I recommend here or follow what I do to loose weight. I am only sharing my experience & some tips how I loose my weight. These tips & tricks of dieting is what I am comfortable with and happens to suit me and my lifestyle. However, be reminded that what is good for me might not be for you and like wise. Please refer to your doctor, nutritionist and any health experts to discuss what kind of DIET will suit you and your lifestyle. Readers discretion is advised.

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When I asked doctors:
- What should and should not eat so I have a balance DIET?

They will show me the food pyramid like this one HERE. But I am still confuse. I learnt of this Food Pyramid for a balance meal in school and I kind of understand it. But when I want to use it for dieting, I lost myself.

One of the doctor that I have met told me to use Google. Though I am quite annoyed that she told me to Google instead of explaining what I want, I am thankful to her. If it was not Dr Jainah (her clinic is in Centre Point, KK), I would never have this determination to loose my excessive weight.

When I met her, I was 90++kg, 5'3". According to my BMI, I am in the Obese category. Not overweight dude. Overweight is like chubby-cheese while Obese is like FATTY bum-bum FAT!

Dr Jainah explained me what are the risks for an Obese person would face, in term of health lah.

So..... can I loose my weight from 90++kg? Nope. I never thought I could. However, there was a nineties song "jika kau pikirkan kau boleh, kau hampir boleh melakukan. Jika kau pikirkan kemenangan kau hampiri kejayaan." So yeah. I believe I can ^_^

This is a loooong loooooong looooooonnnggg topic I can talk about. If you would like to know more how I DIET, wait for my next post then! Hugs and kisses!!

Did you know?

Obesity is one of the cause of death, WORLDWIDE?

- JV

Diseases Of The Society - Judgmental

They say that if you...

are FAT, you look nasty.
are SKINNY, you are on drugs.
DRESSED UP, you are conceited.
SPEAK YOUR MIND, you are a B*TCH.
DON'T SAY ANYTHING, you are rude.
are SWEET TOWARD STRANGERS, you are fake.
CRY, you are a drama queen.
have MALE FRIENDS, you are a wh*re.
have FEMALE FRIENDS, you are a player.

Responding to Inquiry

"Ini bukan kerja saya."

Growing up, I was (indirectly) learned not to take responsibility if it is not belongs to me. But the education system as well as society had change that kid into an adult with helping hand. While I am not someone who helps a lot, I would help people when I think I should.

When I enter the working environment, I was told to be careful of the helps I could give and restrain on taking responsibilities that are not mine to keep. However, I come to realize that what I have been told at the beginning of my working days may not necessarily applicable in the office at the moment. Since we have such little amount of people and teamwork is a necessity. 

It is a rare occasion that one of us would utter the above statement among us or to the outsiders. The responsibilities may not be mine, but indirectly, I would be one of the person who are handling a small part of them. 

So when I heard the statement from a staff of another department when my office issued inquiries, I felt awkward talking to the person. Not because I hate it, I actually understand the reason why they utter the statement, I just felt awkward lah.

Instead of using the overly used phrase, why not say, something like:- 

- can I pass you to the person who are handling the matter you are inquiring for? I am sorry that I am not directly handling the issue.

instead of:-

- I don't know. I am a secretary not an accountant.

or:-

- Do you prefer to have the person who handle the issue to speak on the matter with you? I will ask him/er to get back to you when he is available.

instead of:-

- It wasn't me. I don't know anything. I will tell him/er you call when s/he is here.

So effective and proper words should be used when one is handling an inquiry. Nobody wants to know what your job description is or your unwillingness to avoid responsibilities.

Treat your communication skills as your image. You don't want people to know your weaknesses and blemishes. Looking good is not just limited to your physical look. It would also be shown through your interaction.

Did you know?

James Cameron's epic movie, The Terminator (1984),
was bought for one dollar by a production company.
It was a low budget film which cost $6.5M, 
expected to stay on the theater no more than a week.
But it hit box office and earned over $78M worldwide.

- JV

DaeHan MinGuk - Republic of Korea - South Korea

Call me ignorant and stupid, it is the truth that I did not know what "Korea" was before Winter Sonata broadcasted on the TV. I am such a weakling about geography in high school and eventually dropped the subject in my study for SPM. I can't say that I am a big fan of the Kpop or the Korean Wave in general, nor do I held hateful feelings or dislike them either. I watch Korean movies, dramas as well as loving some K-songs.

For a non-Hallyu (Korean Wave/韓流) effected human being, I would say that I knew quite a bit of Korean and Kpop. Though I am not I am not a fan of KimChi, I like and have no problem with the Korean Wave Phenomenon and open with any pop-cultures. In fact, I would love to have an opportunity for a visit to Korea. Mom have gone there last year and she said no rubbish but great things about the country, well that excludes the hate she has on the smell of Ginseng.

I understand that Kpop is the IT thing for this era, just like Jpop was for me on the 90-ies. However, I don't like it when younger generation  of ours or any of my peers apply on the Korean culture while forgetting/abandoning their own. I don't have problem when anyone loving Korean drama/movies, Kpop, F&B, fashion and their whole culture. But I find it uncomfortable when I see this generation idolize the whole culture and forgetting their own or never even care to learn of their own culture beforehand.

With that been said though, I have an absolute disliking toward people who say they hate Kpop and Korean Wave in general. Most of them who hate Korean Wave phenomenon are not really do any research about Kpop industry before hating them. That is judging guys. Some of those Kpop haters would say how those Korean celebs have plastic surgery to look good, super skinny and skinnier than the Hollywood actress, look fake, irritating songs, indecent MVs, unreasonable story/drama/film plot, etc. Plastic surgery, fillers, beauty injections, blah blah blah. Pooooodah-laaah. You think those angmoh don't have injection aaah? No silicone stucked on their nose bridge kah? They are all the same, dude... bleach the hair, lips filler, reduce ribs so the waist curve deeper, etc. Even Malaysian artists also have collagen injection to reduce what they want to reduce and enhance what they want to enhance. Want natural beauty? Let's go and dive at Pulau Sipadan to see the coral island. Even my photo also not natural beauty. I put make-up to hide hideous marks and enhance what I like. Then, PS it with Piknik or Adobe PS to touch-up visible blemishes' shadows, whiten the white eyes and teeth and then airbrush the skin so it looks smooth.

The popularity and the rapid growth of the Korean Wave is absolutely admirable. Korean Wave hits Malaysia when Winter Sonata and followed by Autummn In My Heart were broadcast. If Malaysian in the 90-ies watch Bollywood movies to shed tears as Shahruk Khan's character was dying or crying, the Millennium Malaysian shed tears by watching the pitiful hero/ine while hating (and admiring) the beautiful but spiteful antagonist characters in Korean Dramas.

Dear Korean Wave haters, go Google and search "Yoo Jae Suk" or "Yoo Jae Suk no glasses". Tell me, is he handsome? When I first knew him through Running Man, I would never thought this person could be such a smashing figure in the Korean entertainment industry. He is an emcee/TV show host/presenter and known as the Nation Emcee/Grasshopper aka Mentugi/. My conclusion through Jae Suk popularity is that Korean believes talent than just a pretty face, just like the rest of the world do.

I may not be the biggest fan for Korean Wave and Korean culture, I certainly am a fan of Korean Soju. Get out VODKA! Salve mi cara, soju!! 

P/s: Beware carbs hater! Soju is full of carbs and can be too sweet for your liking.

Did you know?

Two-thirds of Korean land is forested.

That includes the Korean mainland and 3000 of its islands.

Now that is another fact to be admired at GREEN LOVER!

- JV

Comparing Two Different People Is Not Being Nice

Soooooo.... I went back to my maternal home town the other day for a niece's full moon party. 

It was like the first time I got to parade my slimmer self to my maternal relatives. I was happy being compliments and encouragement to loose more weight. I was obese few months back and recently able to loose a lot of unnecessary kilos. I am still overweight according to my Body Mass Index (BMI). But able to turn from an obese beast to overweight troll is enough to make me happy. 

Of course there are no words of hate or undermine are being thrown on me. But there was one voiced out that my body is nice enough and there is no need to loose more. I am flattered by the comments but insisted that my doctor told me to loose more to a healthy weight. Having an unflattering family medical history force me to determine and follow my doctor's order. But when the voice start say "macam si...". In a sense, the voice was comparing me to another person. DING! an off-switch was pushed at the back of my mind and I stop listening. But kept that smile, which I know for sure didn't reach my eyes.

I am not angry or hating the voice as the voice is actually one of the person I love. I just can't help to wonder why does people like to compare a person to another one? I understand if I were to be compared to my twin, which I don't have either, but being compared to another person actually hurt...... a lot. 

The other person and I have different body and body types, different face and facial structure, different height and skin tone, different name and parents, etc. But we are related and are very close with each other. She is a beautiful woman, not graceful but very fun to be with and extremely good with my dark humor. I was flattered that the voice choose her as a comparison subject but still, the twitching in my achy heart continued.

Since young, I live my life hearing things like:-
- you should be more like her/im.
- dress nicely and girly like her.
- you look better with long/short hair. Like her/im.
- your skin are just darker than her/im.
- you should treat your skin like cashmere. Like she does.
- wear makeup like her.
- you should go to a nice U/college. Like her/im

and it goes on and on and on.....

Can't we live our life like the way we want, live like how we want and have our own path of life instead of 'like her/im'?

Can't we just stop the comparison for a day and live a life without scrutinizing pressure?

Nope! We will always live in a society where we would be compared to a relative, brothers, sisters, friends, celebrities or even strangers.

Oh people who have been complicating my path of life, can't you just make this little world of your opinionated space around me a little simpler? I am such a blonde, I can't understand if you are being sarcastic, nice of just plain meanie moe.

The voice was being nice with her compliments and telling me to stop dieting. I know she don't want me to get overboard with my diets. I get that. And I also get that she did not aware that comparing a person to another one is actually not nice. But whatever.... I'm over it already. 

Life is much better when you stop thinking of the negative and blog about it. At least for me lah~

Did you now?

Rumah Terbalik Sabah or Upside Down House of Sabah

is the first of its kind in Malaysia and currently is a popular tourist destination!

Take that skyscrapers!

- JV

Stupidity is idioticracy.

I like this picture: -

Photo courtesy of  Kuku Besi Manipulasi .

Photo courtesy of Tak Wajar

Yes, they are booklet tickets to put on any non-disabled vehicles that park on parking for the disable only. 

KK do not have that many parking for the disabled. And the disabled parkings are managed well by the authorized managements. It is such a funny thing to see how some individuals could honestly think that stupidity is a disability. I understand that you can't see the sign if it is the size of a pea. But when the sign is as big as your car, I can't really say you didn't see, right? Or else how can you drive then? 

I think it is a great idea for such ticket are made and humiliate those ignorant people through Facebook. But at the same time, I felt like humiliating them on the Facebook and allowing harsh and hateful comments on the photo is unnecessary. I am not defending those ignorant individuals, just giving a peace of my mind bah. Posting the picture is humiliating enough but being called stupid, retards, blah blah blah is kind of putting it to another level called bully. Tapi tidak tahu lah, I am not a Saint either but since last time I got into trouble for Facebook, I learn to comment nothing if I have no nice thought about anything. 

Anyway, I applaud the admin who made this idea into a reality. 

Remember folks, stupidity is not a disability.

Did you know? 

In Malaysia, a bad driver would be called 

"the owner of a Kopi-O license" (lesen in BM).

Kopi-O is strong black coffee with sugar and no milk 

which is also a local idiom for instant.

Lesen Kopi-O is also indicates a type of license that owned without 

following the legal procedures and can be got in an instant. 

So Lesen Kopi-O is a local idiom to be shouted at any bad drivers.

- JV

Relationship and ground rules?

An inspirational individual had a talk to me about trouble marriage. One of the thing he said to me that makes me wonder how true about it:-

If a husband had cheated and had an affair with a or more women, though she would never forget, the wife would always be able to forgive and stay with the husband for love or for the children.  

In the other hand, if a wife cheated and had an affair with a or more men, the husband usually would never forget nor would he forgive and leave the wife for the sake of his ego.  

Therefore, if a man is able to forgive his cheating wife and stayed for the sak of love and children, he is more of a man than any man in the world. 

I know some people with trouble marriages and admired these people who able to stay strong.

Though I am not married and fear of it, I don't think I would ever be such graceful to forgive the cheating bastard I married to. For me, marriage is a sacred union between a man and a woman. Why marry if you can't say faithful?

Lobo, the boyfriend, is a faithful person - I think. That is how he is now. But I will never know what the future hold. So, I set some ground rules between us.

One, I allow him to cheat as long as there are no emotional attachment and safe "involvement". 

Two, my family, friend and I will not and never to now about his sexual affair. So if I am ever to know about it, it will be the end of us being US.  

Three, the other person needs to understand of the no emotional attachment so she would not come and bother me. And if she or they come crying and begging for me to leave him, I will gladly do so. 

Four, his affair will be very discreet and never to leave any sign of his secret involvement because he should know how I curious and sensitive I am about my instinct and how I believe my gut which always turn out to be real.

Five, drunk (alcohol) would never be a valid reason to blame of the involvement.

Those are the simple ground rules I had that does not involve marriage I made for him on the first year we got together. Yes, we did talked about marriage and the ground rules which I will only talk about it another time.

Boyfriend was sort of angry and upset when I told him about this ground rules thing. He thought I am setting it for the both of us when in fact the rules are only applied on him. Because I know I have no interest to involve with another man while I am in a serious relationship with him.

When he argued why set a ground rule as if I didn't believe in him to stay faithful. I told him how I believe that he is faithful like I believed the other one before him. It is just a "just in case" rules in our relationship and some part of me want to test him. In return, he sets his ground rule on me, never to get intimate involvement with any men no matter how discreet it is. Typical.... *roll eyes*

As time goes by, he comes to understand why I did and talk about the ground rule. He understand that I am an open person and quite a realist but to my surprise, he never took any chance or abuse the ground rules. I know very well of that because he is a bad liar whenever he tried to lie to me. He is a brilliant liar toward other people but not me. Unless you are able to read his body language and facial expression like I could.

My mother had said how I could ruin my relationship with this ground rules I made. She said that my ground rules would end up him cheating on me. I just said, well perhaps our mind does not work the same then and like my ground rules had stated, if I were to know about it, the relationship will just go crash and burn. And I always have something in my sleeves - oh, did I ever said how cunning I can be?

I know I am not the same with any other girl/woman/ladies out there. But I still believe that I am not the only one who could do like I do. Or perhaps because I believe in boyfriend so much, I could made the ground rules and expect him not ever to refer the ground rules.

So, do you set rules in your relationship/s?

Did you now?

Chewing gum while cutting onion will keep you from crying!

- JV

The Controversy of Tyler Shield's Birkin Photos

Have you seen this picture?

Photo © Tyler Shields

The picture depicted a red crocodile leather Hermes (pronounce: air-maze) Birkin handbag that cost around USD100k, being chainsawed, burned and chainsawed again while its burning. It cause such a stir in US and generally fashion fanatics around the world.

Kalau kita di KK, paling2 pun kita cakap: "tu lah kerja orang kaya yang tidak tau mana mau simpan duit. Jadi daripada dia bakar duit, dia bakar barang dia yang mahal." atau "wah! USD100k! Bagus bagi saya tu duit." atau "duit dia, dia punya pasal lah mau buat apa." ataupun juga "itu pun mau gambar ka?"
Macam2 yang orang kita akan cakap kecuali condemning the photographer or the model in the picture. (The girl in one of the pictures is the daughter of Clint Eastwood, if you didn't know)

People had been saying how it's not art, waste of money, how Tyler Shield (photographer) could use the money to feed the poor, disrespect of the fashion, how picture depicted violence, how animals are dying just to make this bag and then some disgust person do something like this to the dead animal blah blah blah.

When I saw how people had condemning Tyler Sheild and his photography he called art, I just don't understand it. No matter how I hard I try to understand, I just can't. It his damn property to burn, so why the fuss? Though I understand that the fuss is probably because he is a public figure so people have some stereotypes that public figure should do more charity rather than wasting their money. I doubt that he will get any attention if he is not a public figure.

When people said those picture are not art, I disagree. Everything in this world is art. Technology is a kind of art. Emotions are some type of art. The weather, mother nature, flora and fauna, natural disaster, greenery,  valley, human, animals etc. Those are art too. Shield's Birkin photos are considered art. Its depends on the person that view it to understand the art behind it.

To me, Shield is trying to show how violence and disaster can both destructive to such beauty in this feral world. How wo/men are feral slaves for the fashion industry. How fashion could kill anything in exchange for luxury. How fashion is worthless if it is destroyed. How luxury can become crap in a whim of destruction. Etcetera.

To the person who talk about animal get killed to make this Birkin bag and Shield had just waste on the life of the dead animal for some stupid art. I want to ask, if the animal is already dead, is it look so wrong to destroy it? Aren't we should praise Shield for his effort to destroy product made out of animal part to condemn the animal slaughtering industry. Just saying.

Shield could donate the USD100k rather than doing so pathetic art. That might be true. But he can also sell the photos and donate he money for charity, right?

Did you know? 

Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Binti Mansor is a fan 

and an avid Hermes Birkin handbag collector!

Wattpad, the YouTube for BOOKS!!

Much to boyfriend's annoyance, I am addicted to Wattpad. When I read, I'll be in my own little world. I'll ignore everyone and focus on my head on the stories. I turned deaf and oblivious to my surrounding.

Don't "ahh~ typical bookworm" me. ^O^

I love reading books and novels it has been trillion years since I bought my last book. I didn't buy new books because I don't have space to keep them. 

Though I love reading Wattpad, there are only some teenage romance in it. There are some non-teen romance, but they will be some PG-13 or R-rated scene going on. Well, this might not be a huge problem for me but I found it annoyed when the update is rather slow or the book is quite short. 

I have been reading a lot werewolf stories in Wattpad. It is funny that in the 90s and ealy 2000, werewolves were describe as some kind of feral canines that lives alone. One bites will transfer the were-virus to regular humans will turned him/er into a werewolf as well. Infected humans will turned to werewolves on full moon. That is the typical werewolf back then. But this generation of werewolves are Taylor Lautner? The boy is hot, there is no denying it. But since Twilight phenomenon, werewolves become some over-protective-territorial-possesive-lovesick puppies that lives in a pack in a large-mansion-like pack house. I do not opposed the idea but, how can the views of what werewolves suppose to be would change such drastic in such little amount of time just because of Twilight? It's amazing! 

It also affected vampire. I remember movies like the Blade series, Van Helsing, Dracula, Underworld series and many others more. Those eerie/kick-a$$ vampire image turn to Edward Callum. Okay... I know Selene from the Underworld series is also a love sick Bat, but she at least not some sappy vampy and she always face her problem instead of running off with some stupid reason like Edward did. Edward turned in 1918 when he is 17 years old and apparently, his mind works at the same level of his appearance age, just calmer, classic and traditional.

I am not hating on Twilight, I may sound like some hypocritical b*tch, I actually love Meyer's vampires and werewolves concept. She kind of make this two mythical creatures to become at peace for the sake of their love one which is Bella Swan. Though I haven't read the book, I did enjoy the movie. The visual effect, the beautiful scenery and the wonderful cast, except for Kristen Stewart as I still can't understand how she got the part, but still, awkwardly great at it.

Other than werewolf and vampire stories, I have also read some romance and comedy on Wattpad.

I have only read a lot in Wattpad but on read one extremely amazing book on Wattpad so far - Paying for His Mistakes by Dadelik! It is a werewolf story but certainly not a typical rejected-alpha-mate-bullied-by-the-whole-pack-story. The ending was something I never had expected. There are heartbreak, love, regrets and happy times but with twists here and there.

I am still reading but haven't have the same effect I had on "Paying for His Mistakes" and I have only read the English language. There are some Bahasa Melayu writer as well but I am not really interested. Mainly because.... the not exciting and kinda childish title they put for their book? I know I shouldn't have judge the story by its title but I just can't help it. I think everyone would also think like: If the title sounds childish, the content would be childish as well. Aren't they?

I have to make a not of caution on people who are never heard of Wattpad and decides to go there for some light reading, there will be some highly erotic genre. A part from that, for those who are homophobic or not so keen/comfortable with LGTB, look at tags or on the title with BoyXboy/GirlXgirl. Not to forget some BDSM going on in some stories - Since the publication of the last book of the Fifty Shades of Grey series, BDSM genre have increased in Wattpad more than ever. Beware, beware~

Did you know?

You  use 14 muscles to smile and 43 to frown.

So keep your smile on your beautiful face!! 

- JV

USS JOHN C. STENNIS dock in KKcity for the first time!!!

Hello OCTOBER!!!

I have such an amazing feeling today for so many reasons.

ONE:-

September was the month that mark the 5 years boyfriend and I have known each other. Well technically, we known each other from the internet chat-room then become great phone-friends somewhere around July or August. And we finally decides to meet with each other on September, thus the friendships anniversary lah. Yes, we were like best-friends way before we actually got together. Dulu abang angkat, pastu jadi abang sangkut? wakakakaka! 5 years of fun, misery and craziness. When I reminded him about the month last week, I can see a hint of water-work starts to form in his eyes. It's funny that I remember the anniversary of our friendship but not to our actual dating anniversary. Probably because he is the one best-friend I got to date without having no regrets? Not sure but I appreciates him coming into my life without care of what will happen to us in the future.

Two:-

Meeting canceled but postponed to besok. No matter what, asal meeting postpone memang bikin happy juga.

Three:-

I had the best time yesterday! I got the chance to see how a great facial was done! My best cuzzy, Jessica is going to have her wedding reception end of this month so she want to look great on her big day. So another cousin, BB, punya husband, Cass, suggest to go and try his cousin (I think) punya beauty hands. The result was, honestly, pretty amazing. Jessica face is slightly to the oily side, with some dull and bit of pigmentation. Being tired is one of the reason her face was looking dull. But after the facial was done, her face was glowing like she suppose to! I would absolutely go and try a facial from her as well. Tapi nanti-nanti lah. Tunggu bajet saya nanti. wakakakkaka!

Four:-

One of my favorite person in the world is a pregger! Not gonna spell the name here because not many people know about it and I don't want to be the person who ruin the fun for a new mom and tell the world what should be told by her only. Even my mom doesn't know about it yet and I am playing a role of 'not telling anything'. Its kinda fun pula kan? Bet my favorite person is having great laugh of me doing this.

Five:-

Boyfriend got back from deep sea fishing. He said he went to Semarang for a deep sea fishing trip, though they suppose to go to Mantanani saja, he said it was FUN! He got to try his new Shimano 4000 Plays Electric Fishing Reel and according to my man, the device is such an awesome little devil! Worth every cent! The biggest catch he got was a 14 kilos- Spanish Mackerel! In BM, Ikan Tenggiri bah... Since he was in dire need of money, he sold the fish and another Tenggiri (weight about 6-8kilos) and got in total RM3++ for both. I have never knew fish can be that expensive. Saya tau makan saja, jenis dan harga ikan saya masuk perut saja. hehehe~

Six:-

A weird looking ship was on the Likas Bay since I-don't-know-when-because-I-was-not-in-KKcity-since-last-Thursday-evening-but-I-think-it-was-since-yesterday. It was boyfriend who told me about the news yesterday.

him: Babe, got US Navy aircraft carrier docking at Likas Bay lah. 

me: OH! REALLY? 

him: yah. tapi xtau if open for public visits.

me: if open, lets us go see!

him: ya. I want to see it too.

me: Ya, I WANT SEE SEXY ANGMOH!

him: ya, the guys are handsome, the girls are beautiful. got black navy also leh.

me: THEN, I WANT TO SEE THE YUMMY SEXY HANDSOME NAVY GUYS ONLY! INCLUDING THE SEXY BLACK NAVY MEN!!!

him: Kalau like that we just go see them around KK only lah. no need go to the carrier...

me: NO! I WANT TO SEE THEM IN UNIFORMS!!

him: they wore uniform also when I saw them at KK tadi.

me: THEY WERE WALKING AROUND KK?

him: ya lah. where do you expect them to sleep?

me: errr... I thought they have rooms in that carrier?

him: oh ya kan? I forgot bout that. But they are walking around KK juga bah.

me: NO! I WANT TO SEE THEM IN UNIFORMS WHILE THEY ARE ON THE JOB! ON THE SHIP!!

him: okay! okay! lets go see them on the ship if its open for public visits, okay?

me: YAY! I wonder if they have uniforms in your size.

him: LOL!

*note: the capital words are me almost shouting.

The aircraft carrier is the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), the seventh Nimitz-class nuclear-powered super-carrier in US Navy.

Pic courtesy of  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_John_C._Stennis_(CVN-74)

Its sad that it was not open for public visits (as far as I know lah) but for VIPs only. YB. Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan, a MP in Kota Belud was one of the privileged  VIPs who able to visit the docking giant, he was also fortunate enough to fly in one of the aircraft and landed on the carrier. He tweeted his experience and made me super-jealous. I WANT TO SEE HOT SAILORMEN AND RIDE ONE OF THOSE AWESOME LOOKING AIRCRAFT TOO!!! 

Keep on dreaming lah J.....

Did you know?

Mudskippers or Ikan Belacak/Tembakul in Malay are amphibian fish with  

a pair of small/tiny hands/legs for it to dig deep burrows.

A 1959 Malay film, Batu Belah Batu Bertangkup, 

was produced about a mother who was sad and thought after the death of her husband, 

her children had no love for her anymore, 

after one of the children ate the mudskipper's eggs 

without leaving some for her when they knew how she was 

really craving of it. She went to a curse cave to be eaten alive for the heartbreak.

- JV