boo! says...

boo says "OMG!"

2011-06-09T23:23:00.002+08:00

It's been more than a year since my last post?! This is habitual lapsing. This is chronic. This has become ritualistic!

Ah well. So I'll make an annual pilgrimage here then... time to sleep.

boo says "A nice office is home away from home"

2010-05-05T00:29:00.010+08:00

Here with the second light on. Sweet mood.

Paper bags contain & keep out of view loose items that tend to clutter work tops. boo da genius! :-)

So gonna miss the sofa!
Toying with opting for sofa with low long coffee table as desk in new office. Radical but workable frankly. Sure would create a whole different mind-frame in that space. Hmm, worth giving it more thought.

Me likey my office mucho mucho! Occupying it since Sept 2008. Back wall is painted sweet baby blue. Come to think of it, mine is the only personnel office that has a colour feature wall. Even boss's office is standard issue white. Then again, standard issue white is one of the key ingredients of the overall ultra-modern personality (bordering on minimalism).

Back to my 'Blue Room', it looks & feels its best at night under warm lighting. The city skyline view from the window at night rocks! Unfortunately not going to enjoy this room for much longer. Swapping rooms with my next door neighbour. Going to be a wee smaller space but cannot wait all the same! Will miss this sweet calming room; it has so far been nice to me. Plan to replicate this layout & arrangement in the new space. Only diff would be colour scheme change from baby blue to earthy or choc brown! Should be yummy! boo cannot wait!

boo says "are you freakin' kidding me?"

2010-04-24T00:20:00.001+08:00

i guess it's my turn to get pummelled into the rocks. god give me the strength to weather the storm & hail. i wouldn't mind a little divine aid to help minimise damage... thanking you in advance... this is the grown-up take-it-on-the-chin boo speaking...

THIS is the mad-as-hell flaming-red-horns-of-wrath boo speaking... how does one teach someone the moral of "If you don't do the work, you're not gonna get paid. What's more, you're gonna pay for it for letting the buck stop with me"?

boo owes George Lucas...

2010-04-21T01:51:00.004+08:00

... a belated Thank You (recent experience with Video Games Live reminded me of another original who redefined movie standards in his time) I was mailed a marvellous 8"x 10" black n white autographed photograph from George Lucas when I was 16. It arrived on the first day of trial exams for SPM making me the happiest kid to ever take any major exam! Grinned all through exam week putting green-eyed evil fear into every A-student in school! Today this priceless memento that captured a very youthful Georgie alongside Chewbacca on set enjoys special status in my office. Hard to put into words what it feels each time to read the pen scrawl, "For *my surname*, May the Force be with You". So tho' much much belated I just want to say to Mr. George Lucas, "Thanks, but can you next time add a little smiley face too?"

boo says "Video Games Live = Magic"

2010-04-21T01:22:00.012+08:00

Thank you Mr. Tommy Tallarico and Mr. Jack Wall. Not just for creating and bringing Video Games Live to Malaysia. But also for 3 special gifts… 1. For making me insanely joyful 2. For giving me valid reason for whooping like a Red Indian in public without being arrested 3. Finally on the journey to VGL Malaysia experience I unexpectedly made new friends/acquaintances who passionately enjoy video games music!

boo is chuffed. boo is grinning like a happy idiot...

boo says "NOT AGAIN?!"

2010-04-19T23:05:00.009+08:00

My blogging keeps lapsing. Putting it down to work's evil conspiracy. How long will this return to blogging last? Let's put it this way, I'm not willing to bet on myself.

boo says "I'm back! I'm back! I'm back!"

2009-06-12T10:38:00.005+08:00

Hello blog! Missed me? Has it been 1 year? Ah well better late than...

boo says "There are no UFOs. There are only tourists."

2008-05-26T08:05:00.010+08:00

A minute ago the Phoenix probe landed on Mars. Earthlings once again crash Mars' party. Congratulations to us! We are now officially an UFO on Mars. To all Martians: "Sorry for the intrusion. We're here to check out the local scene, try the food & pick up some souvenirs for the guys back home."

boo is in need of a life!

2008-05-25T20:23:00.010+08:00

Streamyx's been uncooperative all day. So I threw myself into house chores & laptop housekeeping. Came across food images library & decided I deserved a little pampering. Put the kettle on, made a pot of Earl Grey. The simple act of breaking out some ginger biscuits made me delirious with excitement. Well you would too if for the past 6 months you've had nothing but relentless work for company!

boo says "When mama in bad mood, stay out of kitchen"

2008-05-21T16:26:00.008+08:00

Big violent sounds from the kitchen. Peeped at doorway. Saw Momma hammering cloves of garlic with the flat of the chopping knife with more than the usual... vigour. I hazzarded a query, "Ahem, you ok?"

She replied without looking up, "No more badminton (to watch on tv)"

I backed out real slowly keeping her well in my sights...

If that wasn't enough she later added: "I should give Rexy (Mainaky) a bag of garlic when he is sitting in the sidelines. When he gets stressed out he can bang some garlic for me."

Me smart. Me no comment.

boo lost nerve

2008-05-19T21:56:00.004+08:00

Felt a gentle tremor at about 10.30pm? I did. Was lap-topping on the sofa. TV running in the b/g. Felt a little dizzy. Noticed the sofa was swaying from side to side. Lasted app. 4 seconds. Bounced up, woke & grabbed Mom. Trotted to ground floor, passing exiting neighbours. Mom and I sat in the car, ready to scoot out of carpark at first sign of more earth movements. Or worse, falling debris. Half an hour of sitting out in the car. Friend sms-ed me to confirm a 5.9 quake hit Northwest of Sumatra. Imagine, only took a 5.9er to 'move' KL.

boo says "Hammond got Clarkson'd"

2008-05-11T03:43:00.010+08:00

boo says "Japs are really the smartest people; they know to let sleeping cats lie"

2008-05-10T03:36:00.008+08:00

Resident cats

2008-05-10T03:36:00.005+08:00

Staying on the topic of cats... Another neighbour's cat - a black beauty, elegant and aloof. I think I have only seen it once or twice ever so briefly outside its apartment. Most times it perches on the ledge of its balcony watching the world beneath. Or perhaps looking out for prey!

There is another little grey tabby who carries itself like a PR man. He works the floor! Not a trace of discomfort amongst strangers. He made a bee line for Mom twice. Considering Mom is seldom outdoors, that is is high hit rate! The first bee line he made was interrupted by me. He was successful the second time when he managed to corner Mom and made himself acquainted right away. Mom told me he even did a little dance for her benefit!

New grey & white friend

2008-05-10T01:23:00.003+08:00

As I walking to the lift just now, I came across this neighbour's cat that I have been seeing for some weeks now. Pretty grey and white, mid length haired beauty. Has a very distinctive walk where its legs are never bent. So it gives the impression of a ballerina. During all this time, it has kept its distance though I would gently call out to it (still can't tell if it's a he or she). But it would hardly acknowledge and be on its way like it is just too busy to stop. A cat with on a busy schedule.

Well I guess it managed to clear its schedule last night because it made a bee line for me. Came right up for a few hearty rubs to boot. Looked up so sweetly as if to ask "So what's up with you lately?" I wanted to say, "Not much really. Just waiting for you to finally come around..."

boo says "pee before you watch this"

2008-05-05T20:17:00.005+08:00

boo says "Bad luck to eat singing cookies"

2008-05-05T14:00:00.005+08:00

boo wants to be this puppy!

2008-05-05T13:42:00.005+08:00

boo says HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

2008-05-05T01:15:00.006+08:00

boo says "this is one high maintenance kitty"

2008-05-05T00:52:00.008+08:00

boo waiting for dogfight

2008-05-05T00:52:00.007+08:00

All day been hearing air activity overhead. Not sure if they're choppers or jets. Certainly not commercial crafts. Was stuck beneath laptop so did not get up to look out of window. Fly-by activity started late this morning. Pretty sure one or two more in the afternoon. What gives?

boo can't speak. boo rolling on the floor laughing...

2008-05-04T16:38:00.007+08:00

Too good! Too good!

boo crying coz laughed too hard

2008-04-29T03:04:00.005+08:00

boo says "Have you ever seen lace made out of lightning?"

2008-04-16T01:23:00.011+08:00

Can't remember which flight. London to KL? KL to London? Irrelevant detail. Aircraft way above the cloud line. Dark but not pitch black. Advanced dusk. Cabin lights out. Most passengers quietly dozing under blankets. I like it like this when all is still and dark on a plane. I peered out the window aimlessly. Then I saw it. Spreading out from the beneath the aircraft was this awesome silver lightning transmitting across the carpet of clouds all the way to the horizon. That very moment, I named it Lightning Lace.

boo says "Cats are gonna rule the world one day"

2008-04-15T20:26:00.005+08:00

... First they melt us with their purrs. Now they charm us with their musical talents.Next we'll be handing over our credit cards and Facebook usernames & passwords!

boo says "Eggs... when they have too much sugar & cocoa, they go cuckoo"

2008-04-14T16:03:00.015+08:00

Joke aside. Delightful campaign. Single-minded message. Clean art direction. Spot on execution. High on entertainment value. Never seen an egg with so much personality!

boo is sick as a parrot again

2008-04-07T18:45:00.006+08:00

This Year of the Rat has hardly gone 2 months and already it has trampled me resoundingly with its tiny paws! I 'celebrated' CNY with one of the most persistent cough that I have ever had - lasted nearly a month. Last Thursday, barely weeks from recovering, I got KO-ed again by a cold and cough... Still coughing like an old truck!

boo thinks Google is cheeky

2008-04-01T20:48:00.005+08:00

Google's April Fool's gag... :-)

boo hoo! where you kitty cat?

2008-04-01T19:51:00.004+08:00

:-( Didn't get to spy if the cat returned to that house today... bet the kids were looking out for the cat to play with...

boo! says NO to cruelty to bunnies!

2008-03-29T21:23:00.007+08:00

The hair dryer one is disturbing. But gotta hand it to them, very well art directed.

boo says "Beware of 6 year olds"

2008-03-28T04:13:00.017+08:00

I started taking flights by myself since I was 6. But for my very first flight Ipoh - Kota Bahru my aunt accompanied me so I could spend school hols with my parents stationed there. The adults worried I would freak out & needed acclimatisation for my first flight. I didn't protest because I was too young to know to freak out. The Fokker engine did sound alien. There were moments of air turbulence. But the nice pretty stewardesses all doted on me! Travelling kids wearing the "Young Passenger" badge always got the first and best of anything! I was the first to get settled in by the nice "cheh cheh" stewardesses. I was the first to get refreshments. And any amount of refills. More! I got served for-kids-only treats like special complimentary sweets and toffees in baby blue MAS sweet wrappers (still remember the colour)

Here comes the part that assured my doubting aunt I was more than capable to travel on my own after that. This also turned out to be the source of acute embarrassment. And she HATES to be embarrassed!

Shortly after takeoff, a nice "cheh cheh" stewardess offered me candy from a wide tray filled with candy. At that moment, my 6 yr old brain processed "MAS = Candy Land!"

Without a word, I opened my aunt's handbag. With both hands I relieved the stewardess of the tray and poured EVERY SINGLE LAST CANDY into the bag. Then politely returned the empty tray with a soft, "Thank you, cheh cheh". If she was stunned, she was very professional about it. Not a gasp. Not a single raised eyebrow. Not a hint of anything. She simply smiled and went to refill her candy tray. Talk about killer customer service. And it was a domestic flight, mind!

My aunt was silent for the rest of the flight. She cringed. I binged.

During subsequent flights alone I continued to leverage my "Young Passenger" status. Each time I landed my parents and aunt were greeted with a grinning kid, arms clutching all sorts of MAS 'souvenirs' - face towels, cutlery, cups, stationery, toys, snacks, cookies, cushions and of course candy! Anything that was removable, I pretty much asked to keep as souvenir! And the nice "cheh cheh" stewardesses always fell for my 'innocence' and good manners. They even pack the stuff I ask for into cute doggie bags, throwing in goodies I didn't even ask for. I really enjoyed air travel as a child. Seriously I loved MAS because MAS loved kids! :)

boo saw four kids and a cat

2008-03-28T02:22:00.004+08:00

Today from my office window I spied 4 kids playing with a cat on the porch of their house... Don't think the cat is theirs (either a neighbour's but most likely a stray)... I love cats. Always pleases me to see a cat...

boo please don't be hangat hangat tahi ayam....

2008-03-25T22:00:00.003+08:00

I hope, please please please I hope I won't be hangat-hangat tahi ayam with this blog... I had good momentum last year. But then somehow I lost grip... Now I just have soooooo much I want to put down in writing, it's scary! I just hope I don't nanti suddenly hilangkan diri for months aje! Anyway, I can only control this moment in time, right? And this very moment I just want to go home and get more words and memories down tonight.... before I lose them all! Woo-hoooooooo!

boo too fat to paaaaaaarty!

2007-07-30T20:40:00.003+08:00

First posted 14 May 07

Recently I received a wonderful piece of news. Rushed home to share with mom. Delighted, she clapped her hands and announced, "This calls for a celebration!" which means something yummy like ice cream, cake or chocolate! yeehaa! I was about to jump up to rush the fridge, she cleared her throat, "No celebration for you" poking a little finger into my tummy. "You have 'celebrated' enough I think. Just bring 1 slice of cheesecake for me and I will celebrate for you."

boo chah-toe man...

boo gets away with best pal!

2007-07-30T18:56:00.008+08:00

First posted 26 Mar 07

My first vacation in nearly 7 years! A city getaway thanks to the company's annual dinner lucky dip lottery. As it turned out I won the top prize. Completely, completely unexpected. But oh so lovely. A 2D/1N stay for two persons at the Pyramid Tower Hotel at Sunway.

Immediately 2 candidates came to mind as to whom I would love to bring with me. Of course, Mom topped the list. But Mom turned the invitation down on account of her aches and pains (the more I think of her pains, the sadder I am). Anyway, that left only best friend J.

So we both took a day off for ourselves! She patiently let me do some personal shopping that I hadn't time for at other times, including weekends. Mundane things like shoes and hair clips and a massager from Body Shop. Somehow I never was in the frame of mind to go hunting for them at other times. Instead, I have been too occupied with groceries, bills, whatever. Such is my life pattern.

When she found out that I had not sat down to watch a movie at one stretch, fully concentrating on the screen, without my usual multi-tasking which includes working on the laptop, mopping, vacuuming, dusting and laundry, she insisted we went for a movie treat! My best bud, a sweetie through and through... She's wonderful.

And that's how I got to watch '300'! I felt somewhat 'normal' for having done so! Talk about being pathetic... All in all, it was real nice to catch up and talk one on one. Something we hadn't done in quite a surprisingly long while... It was good to re-connect.

boo's having a wet CNY

2007-07-02T01:00:00.003+08:00

Originally posted on 25 Feb 2007

This has got to be the wettest Chinese New Year that I can remember. After growing up all these years associating stifling heat with Chinese New Year, I have to admit the rains are refreshing. At times. Like when I see clean streets in the rains' wake. And the winds, they sure pack some gusto. It is an odd notion of Chinese lions prancing about in yin rain instead of yang sunshine. Poor mom! She has a big fear of thunder. Balls of cotton plugging up her ears! More than anything else I tell myself that the unseasonal rains are very likely a symptom of the larger issue of global climate change... Meanwhile here's sending out a little prayer that all motorists travel safely this wet festive season and through the days ahead. Safety and health above all else. Always.

boo wishes everyone Kong Hee Fatt Choy!

2007-07-02T00:55:00.001+08:00

Originally posted on 25 Feb 2007

May this be a year of blessings, good strong health, peace, harmony, abundance, courage, success, achievements, inspiration, creativity, goodwill, deepened friendships, fruitful alliances, prosperity, security, guardian angels and balance!

boo says "if you have problems sticking to your diet, it helps to have a fierce mama"

2007-06-29T00:44:00.006+08:00

(originally posted on 22 Oct 2006)

Mom sat at the dining table. Noticed she brought out the Van Houten chocolate I bought her.

I teased, "Hey, itu kita punya kawan!"

She replied straight-faced, "Itu SAYA punya kawan. Bukan LU punya kawan."

boo goes gulp!