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Hello peeps!

Ooh, it sure feels guud to blog again! I’m back — after an unexpected hiatus! : )

What’s better than to begin by sharing alil something about what’s been happening to me since i’ve gone under the radar, no?

The past year has been somewhat a roller coaster ride for me. It started off with a bang, but sorta ended in a mess. Dang! So here’s briefly recapping 2010:

JANUARY

Imagine: 1st Saturday of Jan, oredy got event to MC at: Nuffnang Friso Family Day Out @ Kidzsports, 1U, Old Wing. And that’s like my second time at it. Damn cool to hang out with kids! I make jokes for them; the parents also can laugh wan..

This month also started with a bang because work brought me to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah — FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE! And because the MAS flight we were on took a nap for 20 mins in Labuan, I can now proudly say, I HAVE BEEN TO EVERY STATE IN MALAYSIA!

*beams*

It was a company dinner. Just being there is Sabah was magical! I want to bring you along with me for a vacation there…

FEBRUARY

The ‘bang-ness’ since the year started doesn’t seem to die off.. well, at least not yet. Many many mega super duper thanks to my ‘Brother From A Different Mother’ aka BFADM — EVo, I got a FREE PASS to go watch Kris Allen LIVE at his Showcase @ The Gardens!

Fuiyohhh!

But sometimes not-so-good-things will hit you when you least expect them to, too. In this month, the Chief Pastor of my church entered glory peacefully. They had a grand send off funeral ceremony, at which i was the main photographer. (yes, i think i have developed a flair for taking funeral photos. : / I covered the funeral of another prominent man of God months earlier )

During that time, a fellow believer from India decided to visit our church –right in the middle of the funeral. Bro. Sunder Singh is one funny guy — shops like a businessman, eats like a King!

I accompanied him around KL during CNY this year. Abit sad right? LOL

And one of my greatest joy at home, i ~~found~~; saved a kitten from certain death on the road! Damn long story about here soon; i called her Keiko (finally after several different names). Instant click with the family — but later decided to ‘kahwin lari’, ie. be a runaway bride. ==!

You were in the UK; you didn’t get to meet her — for if you did, i’m sure you’d fall in love with her. ; )

MARCH

My first stint as a blogger/media @ the Kyokushin Karate Championship / presscon — all thanks to KimberlyCun! Kyukushin in the ‘other’ type of karate which involved bare knuckle combat — for both male and female players! More on that soon, too!

Work also brought me to the lovely Waterchalets @ PD. It’s so WHAO i tell you! The view, the hotel room, the beach.. WHAO! (this is why i love my job! : P)

And i helped my grandaunt aka kopoh (pronounced koh-powh in Hokkien and kuu-pohh in Cantonese. LOL) with prayer rites on Ching Ming, the Chinese version of All Soul’s Day. Almost the same time every year, without fail we will go to her late husband’s grave and clean up. I occasionally donate blood to the mossies. =/

APRIL

It keeps getting better! Work brought me abroad again, and this time to the Shangri-La Rasa Sayang @ Batu Ferringhi, Penang. This is the awesome-est hotel in Penang, IMHO. And the most expensive-est too, i would say. The food is heavenly lah, for sure. : )

Lovely view, lush surroundings and delicious food — it was superb! And not having to pay? : PRICELESS! Some of the perks of working in events — who can complain? : )

When i got back, i secured an MC stint all by my own, for the Pyramid Power Event @ Hotel Singgahsana, PJ. Never knew this hotel even existed before this event. It was ancient! LOL. Kinda made my mark at this event — made a joke in a matured crowd; they laughed. WHAO. : )

MAY

Fortunately for me, i can now safely tell people i have stepped foot on a golf turf at least once in my life. All thanks to work (again), i found myself learning about golfing ethics while madly driving cruising around in a buggy! It was a mini golf tournament @ a golf club in Semenyih, forgot name. : /

JUNE

“One year how many times wanna go back same place?”, i asked myself when i found out that i’m heading to Penang for event again. But they told me it’s at Golden Sands Resort, next to Shangri-La Rasa Sayang Batu Ferringhi, straightaway i packed my bags. Bestest room ever. *wide grin*

You can never have too much of good news, now, can you? Indeed, there’s no such thing.

With the unbroken streak of joy, my bf Elroy (best friend, boyfriend, body-fender/body guard, what ever you wana call it lah .. for all intends and purposes` ^^ ) graduated from the University of Birmingham, UK with his degree in graphic design. Boy, was i looking forward to welcome home an aspiring GD! So happy for him!

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Hello world!

It’s been a long while since i blogged. I must say my fingers were itching ~~abit~~ alot and itreally does feel good to write a post again.

While i was away from blogging, i wondered what it would be like to resume blogging — and more importantly, HOW to resume blogging after i’ve stopped and left my old blog to die. Literally.

Then i came up with this cool idea that i would set up a new blog, host it and launch it on my birthday! It’ll be like an achievement as well as a birthday present to me. You know, sail the uncharted seas kinda thing.

Finally after countless attempts to select (and decide on) a domain name, a hoster, and a beautiful template, i realized that life isn’t perfect and i can’t afford to wait until every thing was in place just the way I want it before it can be deployed.

So i took the bull by its horn’s, metaphorically speaking, dived into uncertain waters and made it happen. It may not be much or the picture purrfect moment with confetti showering down that i’ve been dreaming of, but it is happen-ing. -ing as in its a continuing process and i have a feeling i will make that picture purrfect moment happen very soon. =D

So, shot and sweet for now; tomorrow working at an Aidilfitri open house near Pavilion. 1st time having to work on my brithday — most people i know who had to work on their birthday seemed extremely crossed and upset.

While there is a stint of loneliness surrounding me this time around, i see it as not a sad, but as a different feeling. And different isn’t always all bad.

I love myself. : )