rainy days...

it has been raining and raining and raining for the pass few days....and apparently there are more to come. sigh...i don't like the rain for many many reasons.

- my shoes will be wet

- end of my jeans will touch my wet shoes and the wet road and it will be wet and dirty too

- have to carry umbrellas, which means i will forget that i have umbrella with me and left it behind

- it's hard to get a cab, and i have to stand in the rain for very long and might even need to fight for a cab

- laundry is always damp

- missed the sun

- hard to wake up in the morning

- cold at night, which means crawling into a cold bed...

- traffic is slow

- people are gloomy, depressed and just moody

there's so much inconvenience and depression when it rains....i think it's time for the rain to STOP!

surprise...surprise...

Took hf's nano with me on the flight back to shanghai...i pressed play without even be bothered to see the song that was halfway playing. the song that came through the earphone caught me by surprise!

i've forgotten when was the last time i listened to this song, loved the familiarity! i can even see the movie playing in my mind as i was listening to the song. i see meg ryan, i see tom hanks...and i see the dogs!!!! 

does the following ring any bell to any of you?

funny how i feel more myself with you

than anybody else that i ever knew

i hear it in your voice, see it in your face

you've become the memory i can't erase

so yeah...if any of you know what i'm talking about...do the following:

- SING IT OUT LOUD

- WATCH THE MOVIE AGAIN

and smile...

a recap of 2008

16 days into 2009....guess it's time to do some recap of what 2008 is all about to me.

after giving it some thought, i can now conclude that 2008 with one word; "change"

what has changed?

- moved into a new place

- changed job

- started cooking at home

- had sightly longer hair

- had a male boss after a string of female bosses

the list should go on...but these are some (and it think it's quite a big change) that will hopefully lead me to a great 2009!

thus in memory of 2008, i've assigned jeep to come up with a tattoo that says 'change' and it will be in my skin forever...(well, i will have to first approve jeep's design hah!)

HAPPY NEW YEAR to my family & buddies...let us all have a great year ahead!

the birth of attic

attic is born! with a nice name and a beautiful face...

attic is waiting for us to bring her friends, to get her engine roaring and probably a dog?

sitting here in the middle of the day gives me a kind of calmness that is almost unreal, can't believe shanghai can be this quiet. i turn right and i see a big tree right at my window; i turn left and i see the beautiful glass door overlooking more greenery. 

having created this by taking into accounts the tiniest detail, i hope everyone else will appreciate it as much as we do. and having said this, here's wishing attic a great ride!

identity is everything

my name is chyeyee, my country is malaysia, i'm living in china...i have been living with all these but only today did it suddenly hit me that these are what it's all about, these are what we call 'identity'.

sigh....without identity, nothing can be done. 

the thrill of it

adrenaline rush

heart pumping

nervous

stressed

excited

frustration

fear

i think the words above well describe what i'm feeling right now. it is such a mixed feeling that i have to take one day at a time, one thing at a time, give everything my best shot and hope everything falls in place at the end of the day...

but i have a feeling that it will be great and i'm really looking forward to it. i'm not sure what will i feel when its all done and we're ready to rock, i guess the feeling will be pretty amazing. and at that very moment, i can proudly say "this is my baby"...

feeling good

i'm feeling healthy both mentally and physically, and i intend to keep it up...

after spending a week of basically not really doing anything at work, it is finally coming to an end. i've been counting down the days and right now, it should be 2 more days to go. the last 15 months as a recruiter has been very useful and i know it's now time to move on or i will regret. i hope this new ride will be the answer for what i've been missing for quite some time...

i've been planning my dinner since 4pm in the office, well yes...this is what people do when they are bored in the office. after collecting inspiration from here and there, i found what i want to make tonight. as the clock tick 6pm, i'm almost the first one to rush to the lift and off i go with 2 other colleagues; walking toward the direction of bus no.49 which will take me to The Center. i walked from there on back home; put down my things...change and off i go again first to lian hua and then to the gym. 

bought all the stuffs i need...head to the gym. ran for 30mins on the threadmill while watching the replay of  the women's individual class 5 table tennis where ren guixiang (the 4th photo in the link) of China won the gold medal in the 2008 paralympics. did a bit of weights on the machine after that and then walked home. i felt so good after the run that i thought...."hmm...maybe should sweat even more.." then i thought of the crunch yoga dvd from Jen. so yeah, that's what i did...i did the fat burning yoga. it was quite a tough session (at least for people with zero yoga experience like me)...but hey, I SWEAT LIKE MAD it feels so good! after cooling down....i finally started my dinner preparation. hehe...so what did i prepare for dinner? here you go...

my roasted pumpkin on top of salad (without dressing) that contains green veg, red pepper and cherry tomatoes.