Notting Hill

I have been kinda mushy-mushy since Hubby left this morning. Satellite tv is down and all I could do was to turn on my pc and since I've got a few London sites bookmarked, I clicked on one marked as 'Notting Hill'. Didn't get the chance to visit this place on my last trip, I must say I do miss London very much. So I decided to watch the movie Notting Hill - online.



A few scenes had me having tears in my eyes; For those who has watched this movie and still remember, here goes:

The scene where William (Hugh Grant) and Anna (Julia Roberts) climbed over the gated park, and then William said: "now what in the world has this garden made that ordeal worthwhile?"
Anna kissed him with Ronan Keating's 'When you say nothing at all" song played. Romantic, and definitely worthwhile for William to climb over the locked gate. This part is so, so romantic!

The scene where hundreds of reporter gathered outside William's blue door apartment, when Anna was about to leave, she said: "I'll regret this forever."
I cannot forget the sadness in William's eyes while saying: "I will feel the opposite, if that's ok by you."

The scene where Anna went to the bookstore to look for William, asking for a second chance. She said: "I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her."

The scene at the press conference, where Anna requested for a journalist to repeat his question, asking Miss Anna of how long she intended to stay in London.
Anna answered: "Indefinitely"

I have always loved this movie and I must say that both Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant are really good. It's good to rewind myself back to 1999 tonight. Had quite some tears in my eyes and also a lot of laughter watching this.

My Shanghai Ole Pals

I met Eric while I was back in KL. He is a true entrepreneur now, having 2 shops at Times Square. He is selling Korean style clothes for young chaps... the 'in' and 'hip' styles. Sorry Eric, didn't buy any from you, not suitable for my Hubby or brother, not to mention my Dad. They are all out-dated for these kind of fashion. Haha! Anyone interested can visit Eric's shop at level 4, Berjaya Times Square.

It's good to meet up, Eric. Glad that you are doing well and hoping to attend your planned wedding, either on 09/09/09 or 10/10/10. 加油, Eric!!

I bumped into Princess Eileen at KLIA on the day I return to Shanghai. It's such a small world. She is sending her Dad off to Hanoi. Eileen has really slim down a lot!! She is so slim now, dyed her hair brown and rather tanned. You look good, Eileen. Can't recognise you. So glad you called out my name in front of the washroom. Haha!

It's good to see these ole Shanghai pals. Reminds me of the good times spent together back in Shanghai. Time flies. My holiday is over and I'm back in cold Shanghai. Not sure when and where will my next vacation be.

Flashback 2008

I took a look at my calendar this morning and realised that it's end of the year again!!! This is not the first entry that I posted about how time flies. I can't believe that in just a few days, we'll be bidding farewell to 2008 and welcoming 2009.

Flashback of my year 2008:

January 08 which started off with a wonderful countdown in HK. Then we have the heavy snow storm in Shanghai which made me walking like a penguin to work.

I escaped the snow storm in February 08, landing back in our warm home country, Malaysia. CNY celebration was good, and to top that with our own political sex scandal and Edison Chen's sex scandal made it even more interesting.

March 08 wasn't a very eventful month, but I visited Shanghai Flower Port with Hooi Hooi, EC, Deisy and Winston. At least there was some memories.

April 08 was my wonderful Macao Venetian trip where I also enjoyed Jay Chou's concert. A great month which I wished I could re-lived!

May 08 was an eventful month, where I had a great vacation at Yangshuo, full of water and mountain and hot air balloon. Benny visited Shanghai as well and we had fun. This is also a disaster and tearful month in China, where the Sichuan earthquake struck and killed thousands.

June 08 - I started my low carb diet and started going for slimming session. It worked. I bought new pants, 1 or 2 size smaller as a result of this. Happy! Blogger Carrie also visited Shanghai and we went out shopping for a day.

July 08 is where I grew a year older. Again, an uneventful month, not because I was older by 1 year, but because it was a month full of work and no play.

August 08 was great. It was the Beijing 2008 Olympics and I also went back to homeland for a week of great food and family happiness. This was also the month where I dyed my hair back to basics - black!

September 08, one month after the Beijing Olympics, I visited Beijing. The environment was great and I was really impressed with clean and beautiful Beijing. I conquered the Great Wall (not all of it but at least I made it to the end!)

October 08 was a month full of travelling. I went to Huanglong and Jiuzhaigou with Deisy and Jay in the beginning of the month and ended the month with a Nanjing trip with EC, Nicole, Wendy and Keng Fei. It was also the month where I skipped the company trip to Dalian because I was exhausted with travelling.

November 08 was too good, too short! I went to London with Hubby's business trip and had a really great time there. Love it! It was one of my best trip of 2008 and I have only spent a small amount of money for this trip because we saved on hubby's air ticket and accommodation.

December 08 - present.. sitting at my desk, shocked at how fast time flies. I just had my department dinner last week and the same dinner that happened a year ago was like something that happened just yesterday. Boss got drunk again, a dejavu of 2007.



Now this is really scary. Time flies, but I am glad year 2008 was a fruitful and eventful year for me. It was also a year full of economic downturns. Financial crisis hits and will last throughout the next year. We are currently in the Great Depression II. Because of this, I am trying hard to reduce spending and thus will not have a splendour 2009 countdown. It's gonna be an uneventful 2009 welcome party for me for I will be staying home this year. Now, I am just looking forward for 2009 CNY holidays... where I will once again escape the brutally cold weather here and head back to warm homeland.

Holiday is always too short

One week is just like a blink of an eye. I was on the flight back to KL, and then I was on the flight back to SH again. :(

I miss my parents, I miss shopping with them and I miss going to night tai pai tong to makan with them.

This picture was taken from my condo... each time I look at this, I feel like I am back home. Ahh... nostalgia.



Went shopping with my parents at Sunway Pyramid and took this picture in the 'sotong' room where we bought the tit-bits.



Went to pasar malam on Friday night. I can't remember when was the last time I went to pasar malam. Then we went to the tai pai tong food court. It was great! I ordered kangkung sotong, laksa, marmite crab, satay and chicken wing. Really good. I am missing those food and feelings.



Dad, Mum, I miss you and I miss home. :(
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My Past & Present Idols

I have posted about characters that I remembered and adored most in my life so far. Then I gave a thought on the people, mostly singers and artiste whom I like, or whom I've adored. There were many! Here are just some of them, don't laugh ya...


Olivia Newton John
I will never forget the first song I ever learnt to sing - Hopelessly Devoted to You. Still love this song!






Cyndi Lauper
Yes.. love her 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' and 'True Colors'. Love her crazy style too.




Tiffany
My favourite during secondary school.
'Hold an Old Friend's Hand' and 'All This Time'.




Tommy Page
Yes, the gay-lou. Also one of my favourite during secondary school. But not anymore... yulks! But he does have some nice love songs though.


NKOTB!!!!!
New Kids on the Block!!! Yes!!! I used to Love Donnie Walhberg. How can one forget Hangin' Tough, Cover Girl, Please Don't Go Girl.... aaaaaaaa... went crazy over them last time.




Milli Vanilli
Hoohohoh.... the fake ones.... Love them! Never really bother listening to the real Milli Vanilli. Hahah!




Christina Aguilera
Used to like her a lot during the 'Genie in the Bottle' days. But then she changed her image and started becoming so 'hiao'. Hated her. But still love her powerful voice!





Britney Spears!!!!
I love Britney Spears!! I think she is soooooo pretty!




Takeshi Kaneshiro
Aaaaaa!!!!!!!!! Head over heels!!! Need I say more???

My Most Influential Characters

Last night, I thought about my most remembered characters of all times. Characters that I grew up loving and that puts a smile on my face when I think of them. Here goes the list:



Tweety Bird
Sweet 'lil Tweety. Can never forget the way she says "I tawt I taw a Puddy tat"








Speedy Gonzales
Run! Run! Speedy, Run! "Ariba Ariba! Andale Andale!"







Road Runner
How can I ever forget this "Beep! Beep!"







Mario
Ahhh... remembered my TV almost konked-out as I played this game from the moment I wake up till I go to bed!





Lara Croft
...of Playstation's Tomb Raider. Not the Angelina Jolie version, ok! Spent hours trying to solve the puzzles and going through each level. (I like her butt... that's why I chose this pic!)

TeDDy!!!
My no.1 most influential character. Teddy is 27 years old and I have always loved him! Brought him to Shanghai as well. I hope he is happy here with me. Haha!

Perseverance and The Land Before Time

Perseverance, is a matter of holding on and never let go during trying times. I Love this word.


The Land Before Time - This 1988 original animation is my favourite cartoon of all times (please don't mistaken this to all the other terrible sequels). It is about four orphan dinasours travelling the ruins of their world, while grieving the loss of their families and banding together to face the odds of the world. They encounter many obstancles as they learn to work together in order to survive. I cried from beginning till the end. It was a truly emotional movie that thought us about perseverance, about teamwork and most importantly, about holding on to our dreams and never let go.

I was watching American Idol last night and one of the contestant sang the theme song from the The Land Before Time. This song is called If We Hold On Together, by Diana Ross. Being an emotional person as I am, I cried when I heard that song. It brings back memory of that movie, the hardship, the loneliness, the obstabcles, the betrayal that Littlefoot went through to find his dreams. (Littlefoot is the main dinasour character in The Land Before Time). I cannot forget how Littlefoot's Mum lost her life to protect her son. But Littlefoot's perserverance brought him to realise his dreams in the end. I am glad that it's a happy ending.

When the world says, "Give up,"
Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."
~ Author Unknown

Anyway, here a little clip of the theme song, for those who have not heard of it. It's a truly meaningful song.

If We Hold On Together
Diana Ross

Don't lose your way
With each passing day
You've come so far
Don't throw it away
Live believing
Dreams are for weaving
Wonders are waiting to start
Live your story
Faith hope and glory
Hold to the truth in your heart

* Chorus:

If we hold on together
I know our dreams will never die
Dreams see us through to forever
Where clouds roll by
For you and I

Souls in the wind
Must learn how to bend
Seek out a star
Hold on to the end
Valley, mountain
There is a fountain
Washes our tears all away
Worlds are swaying
Someone is praying
Please let them come home to stay

* Repeat Chorus

When we are out there in the dark
We'll dream about the sun
In the dark we'll feel the light
Warm our hearts
Everyone

If we hold on together
I know our dreams will never die
Dreams see us through to forever
As high, As souls can fly
The clouds roll by
For you and I

Emotional Reminiscence #1

Warning: Private & Emotional stuffs involved


I am not supposed to write about this. I really don't wanna blog about stuffs which are of emotional essence in Purple-Mushroom, but I just feel the need to shout it all out today. These moods struck me sometimes. And it just did today. It all started with me searching through Friendster as I was pretty bored at work today (well, I am very much bored each and every day though!) . I didn't managed to find any close friends, but just came across some of my secondary school mates. Ha! It was pretty funny to see people whom you used to hang out with long time ago and have sinced drifted really-really far apart after high school graduation. Then, I came across someone... a person so, so, so close in my heart. My Dear 'Lil Brother's profile.

I went through his profile, pictures, friends, comments, etc... and it just puts a smile on my face. I was reminiscing about the good ole times I spent with him, about 10 years ago... when it's all about Playstation, evening biking, roller blading etc. This is the one person whom I grew up protecting, guiding, scolding, quarrelling, laughing and crying with during my adolescent world. I sometimes really do miss the good ole times, just like what I'm feeling right now.

I don't know how to say this, but each time I come across anything to do with my Lil Bro, this same kinda feeling strikes. Eventhough he is an adult today, but my Lil Bro will always be my Little Brother, no more and no less. It's my duty to be there for him when he needs help. Afterall, I only have one, and only ONE, Dear Brother.