What Weekend?

Family night happening in less than three hours!

Wave Challenge tomorrow morning.

Mission Trip Fundraising on Sunday.

Wahhh this week so many things to do. 

Weekends that doesn't feel like one.

Stiff.

My neck feels so stiff right now.

I need a good long sleep with a pillow worth at least RM200!

Hahahaha. 

Can invest money on good bed, pillows and blanket. Other things no need.

:)

Michael Alexander Siow.

Michael Alexander Siow.
Second son of Sarah Khor and Howard Siow. 
Five months old. 
Male. 

So, Lachlan was in hospital for few days already due to some throat infection and mommy siow have got to make a quick run to the hospital to drop off a few things.

So, I left work earlier and Koay fetched me to her place. We played, laughed and talked to Michael for about one and half hours.

All we did was just let him lie down on his baby-rocking-chair/bed thing and he would crack a smile everytime we calls his name or when we do ugly silly faces to him. 

He's such an easy baby. So handsome.

At one point, we stopped playing with him and watched Knife Fight on Astro. He started baby-talking while watching the TV as well. Wahhh, extreme cuteness I tell you! 

After talking a while, he got tired so he started biting his toys and eyes still focused on TV. 

I bet he's going to be a major food lover when he grows older.

Whole day's stress at work gone. Just because someone looked at me and kept smiling.

Unbelievable what a smile can do to people. 

Keep smiling everyone. Keep smiling :)

It's Wednesday already, guys. More reason to smile bigger and laugh louder. 

New Email Address.

Every now and then, you've gotta change things up a bit so that life gets more interesting.

Well, the decision to change my email address wasn't a sudden one for sure. Changing an email address has soooo many cons and probably only one pro. For my case at least.

Making sure I update the new email address in my banks, Groupon (haha!), social medias, Nandos and don't know where else, tick.

Send 'email alert' to all my contacts in sarahkutu, tick.

I will not have anyone giving me that kind of look anymore when I spell out my email, s a r a h k u t u.., tick.

People always repeat, "Kutu as in kutu?" 

I will always smile and nod confidently. No more this question of shame! Haha.

I don't know what was wrong with me when I created this email address. Walauuu. 

My first one was created by my dad, sarahkhoo88@hotmail.com. I was like 12 years old or something. 

So yeah, my third and newest email address is sarahkhooyw@gmail.com.

Feel free to email me here if you need to you know tell me about stuff or something..

Goodnight MH370.

We are not giving up just yet. 

Praying for the families and friends during this very difficult time. 

I can only imagine how it must have felt like waiting everyday for a pinch of hope but in the end, it was just another news that confirms the greatest fear.

MH370, please be found. 

Whether there are survivors or not, finding the plane or the black box will give at least some sort of closure.

PLEASE BE FOUND.

13 Randoms.

I am going to need a new set of TV series to watch soon, real soon. I'm already at Season 4 of Fringe.

Throughout the entire time of visiting people, I found out that there are only 2 houses that I went that serves winter-melon juice box drink. One is Shaun Teng's and another will be my own house. Winter-melon, best!

I enjoy parking at any yellow box now because no need to use the scratchies and no parking man. FREE PARKING IS NICE. Not after 15 Feb. Blehh.

Twenty one days to Korea. Three weeks. Ohhh. I can't wait!

I'm starting to love eating cheesecake and cheese tarts. One box of good yummy cheese tarts. 25 pieces. If you want to buy some, CALL/TEXT/FB/TWEET me! :)

Sha Lynn turning one in two months time. That's fasttt.

I've collected a total of 81 red packets this year. No doubt the most I have collected all of my years that I can remember. 

Floorball Division One is starting this week. This only means our Saturdays are by default gone. Oh well, I'm excited to watch the games. Go fireBRANDS! :)

I'm starting to really like Kurt from Glee.

I spent about RM600++ on my car's aircond two months ago and whenever the car is not moving, it doesn't stay cold. So sad. It's very hard to earn money, and very easy to finish them all. Money is evil. Hah.

Some of the things that we love doing is having me stop by at his office during the day and have a glass of cold Chrysanthemum tea. Simple yet meaningful :)

"We are the champions, my friends.."

I just made a man-pedi appointment on the Feb 25th. 

That Birthday Gift.

As I grow older, I find it less exciting to celebrate the day I was born. 

After hitting the big two five last year, I feel even more reluctant to welcome that day to come. Don't get me wrong. I'm thankful (super!) that I was born and my life is as how God would have want it. I just didn't like the idea of me getting a year older and before I realize it, it's going to be my 30th birthday. That would be a real nightmare.

I'm thankful that I look way younger than my age. It's a gift not everybody has :)

I remembered when I was growing up, most girls always tend to wear/look older than they do, but never for my case. I think even now, if I have a choice to dress like a young girl, I definitely would. 

Anyways, it's like what.. like four more days to my birthday and I feel normal. No hoohaa inside whatsoever.

Then, few days ago, he skyped me and asked that I take a day off on my birthday, which is a Monday (yay! no monday bluess!) and I did, though I didn't wanna like "celebrate" my birthday. 

Then, today, he surprised me with the birthday gift. Definitely not those typical kind of gifts you give to a girl. Actually, he tried to surprise me lah. He tried. Hahaha. 

I love the gift, hun.

Can't wait to use it on Monday :)

Weird-Out.

I don't know what went wrong.

Woke up this morning at 4am-5am feeling all weird out.

A feeling that's just there. 

It's so uncomfortable kind of feeling and it creeps all over my body making me having such a difficult time to close my eyes and rest. 

I remembered myself holding onto my pillow so tightly and praying till I fall asleep. IT WAS SO UNCOMFORTABLE!

I don't know what that is or how it happened but it better stop tonight. It's too uncomfortable I don't even know how to begin explaining it. Although I kinda explain quite a lot on top d. Haha.

Tuesday has gone by pretty quickly don't you think? I did some shopping with the ladies and spent the while evening at home. Cooked my ramen with some cabbages and watched Total Blackout. 

Boyce Avenue, please make a tour to Malaysia. Anywhere in Malaysia also can. I go find you!

Okay guys, one more day then it's a longer weekend that I desperately need. DESPERATELY!

Girlie Goal.

So, we are now in the process of sending our Art Director's hardwork to get it printed and then we could start distributing them :)

I wish I have a personal assistant that can do all this things for me. Not only for WhatTwoEatHere, but for my work too. Like when they want me to call up cafes or hotels to do conference and all this. Though I kinda enjoy them, I think I would enjoy having a personal assistant more. Bossy me. Hah.

Maybe next time, in the future, my rank will entitle me to a personal assistant. I sure will demand high pay for her, because working for me must be quite tough. Hahaha. And it'll definitely be a girl because girl can multitask better than guys. Oh, and she can become my fashion person too since I don't really have a very good sense of clothing and up to trend kinda thing. Personal shopper. Hmm.. All that sounds so good lah!

I shall work hard to get to my goal. Hahaha.

What a goal huh.

two more sleeps till mad city.

The Favorite Tee.

How is everyone feeling today?

The 4th day of the week.
I know for most people, Sunday is their day one, but for me, Monday is the first day of the week. That's why Monday blues are so horrible. Start the week with waking up early for work. Heh. Okaylah, no more complaining about that anymore.

I have no idea why but as I was doing my work, I kept thinking about clothes. Yeah, clothes as in t-shirts and dresses.

I suddenly remembered of few t-shirts that I used to have for the longest time ever and how it's now all gone. All gone unvoluntarily.

Too bad I have no photos of them.

One of the t-shirts that I loved most and obviously most remembered is the orange top that's a bit oversized after all these years of washing and drying. It's orange faded a bit, and there's a medium-sized Winnie the Pooh's cartoon in front. When it started to fade a bit, it became my top favorite pajamas. Last time, I would wear them for one week straight to sleep. Haha.

Not only it was faded, it was also very torn at the shoulder area and then the "hole" grew bigger and bigger till my whole right (if I'm not mistaken) shoulder was bare. So sexy tau.

Despite the condition, I still wear it to sleep everytime it's freshly washed, till I noticed it missing months ago. Wait, I think almost a year ago d. Hmm I can't really remember.

Anyways, I went around the house (about a year ago I think) and asked everyone if they saw this orange top of mine. My family all knew exactly what I was talking about because they always see me in it close to bed time. 

I remembered clearly that everyone said no. Even Mrs Khoo. So, I just let it go. I was actually sad for few days.

The next thing I know, when I went into the kitchen few days after, I saw this orange cloth that was on the floor, that was obviously used for many days already (by the look of it) and it definitly looked like it was purposely being used at "floor mat". 

I picked it up and LO AND BEHOLD, it was MY WINNIE THE POOH'S TOP! I straight gong ki. Like literally lost for words. Emotions also all mixed up. A lot of confusion though. 

Everyone laughed when they saw my reaction to it and I wanted to get it washed but mom said it was too late because it was actually very torn by now. SUCH A SAD DAY OKAY!

They all just laughed it off and I was like, so so sad. 

Okaylah, at least my sadness didn't take like few days. Not even hours. I think it was probably that 30 minutes after I found it being "tortured"! Hahaha. 

I think my mom felt bad because she assumed that I didn't want it anymore since so torn apart d and after that she just threw it away (or at least I think she threw it away la). I'll probably still feel sad everytime I see it on the kitchen floor. Mommy is so caring :))

So, now I no longer have any favorite t-shirt that I can wear to sleep. Waitt.. actually I've got one. His grey (definitely oversized) t-shirt that I now always wear to bed. Haha.

So yeah, that's my take on my favorite top that's rested in peace already.

What's yours?

Painful Massage.

Oh what a weekend it has been.

The highlight of this one would be the trip to Rejeune with my sister on Saturday. I actually had to forgo a training in church because she had to bring someone and this isn't like any normal massage.

It's called Deep Meridian Full Body Therapy.

Effects: Deep penetration through full body dredging of meridians to unblock blood vessels, nourishes internal organ cells, to achieve skin rejuvenation from the inside out and strengthen immune system.


This is not a relaxing-kind-of-massage where you fall asleep halfway. This is torture.

Yep, from the start till the end, i remembered being in my most intense self-defensive mode, though most of the times I tried my best to not let out any "Ouch!" or "Please go softer!"

And this massage covers EVERY part of the body. Quite comfortable right after it ended, but not one day later. Now I can still feel some soreness here and there.

Basically, it helps in smoothen out the blood flow in the body and stuff. A lot of pain everywhere just means that the blood flow in that area has been not so good hence the pain. Some people even have bruises, like my sister. No thanks for me :)

So yeah, painful weekend.

Working today was pretty tough but then tomorrow holiday again. Syiokk!

Tonight barbeque by the beach sumore. Double syiokk!

:)

Sunday Funday.

Such a long "weekend" it has been.  Sort of. It's like holiday got extended or something. Not that I'm complaining or anything. 

Loving my Sunday so far :)

It has gotta be the weirdest/awkwardest place to swim or take a dip and try to relax. There were like shoppers looking over to our place and staring as we continue to "try" to relax and zone out. Hahaha. But overall, the place very windy and the water was pretty warm. SUPER NICE.

Of course after that we went to Bangkok Lane and wallop away :)

I hope no Monday blues tomorrow..

30 minutes to Khoo's Bowling Competition :)

Realization.

I realized that I already made certain plans to get that Sony that can go underwater (since we both love snorkelling quite a lot) and I've totally forgotten about it till today.

That makes me question myself if I really do need to get them now/soon.

I also realized that I ALSO made certain plans to get the luggage sets of 3 different sizes and I'm just waiting for the right time/brand/color to get them.

So, I basically need to sacrifice one.

I don't know which one.

I need both.

Oh, and not to mention the BIG holiday that I'm saving up for early next year.

I just realized that there are too many thing that I suddenly "need" ever since I started working a year ago. This is bad, guys. 

Such is the life.

Only Got Twenty Dollars In My Pocket.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God.

(Romans chapter eight verse twenty-eight)

Cockroach Trap Testing.

It's quite a long story why I decided to give this a try. There has been few occasions where these little disgusting things are caught crawling in my room. What i don't understand is that I never eat in my room or even drink. I won't let anyone do it as well. So, why are they still found in my cozy place? Must be Koay. The reason I say it's him because there was a few times he ate in my room and leave half full cup with water in them on my table. And yes, cockroach is kinda attraced to water too. Or maybe not. Hmm.

Anyways, did some googling and this is what I found: (apparently they really like sweet stuff like honey..)

"Cockroaches are one of the oldest groups of insects, indicating how successful they have been in adapting to changes in their environments. One reason for this success may be related to diet--they are scavengers and will eat anything organic. They prefer food sources such as starches, sweets, grease and meat products, but other items may include cheese, beer, leather, glue, hair, starch in book bindings, flakes of dried skin or decaying organic matter (plant or animal)."

So yeah, till today I STILL DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY COME FROM AND WHY!?

I was so pissed with the whole situation till I almost went into tears okayy. It's too frustrating. Then, after I calmed down, I managed to thank God for the whole "situation"!

I remembered my sister used this at her in law's place before and theymanaged to catch the "queen" of it all. It's really huge! Not only one, a lot went into the trap actually. So, I thought I wanna try and catch them too. Beware: if you look closely, it's seriously disgusting!

Let's see how we did with it this time.

Yed, we only manage to get 4 small ones. And all that were from Koay's car. Nothing in my house. NOTHING. We caught a baby lizard when my dad put a part of a cupcake on it. DOWNS LA.

I know they are there but why they no like my trap! But ever since then, there is no more crawlies that I see. If you happen to come to my house, you might see all these red triangular boxes at some hidden places. Haha. I am determined to get the queen out. Arghh.

For now, I am gonna keep praying no more all weird crawlies in my room. It's so mentally disturbing okayy!

I is signing off now.

12 Years Relationship.

So, I went to the Shaik's Eye Specialist this morning to FINALLY get my already-swollen-for-4-days-left-eye checked. 

I didn't think that the nurse and the doctor would remember me but they did. The last time I was there was in 2009 for a minor eye surgery and ever since then, my eyes have been so good until today.

They even remembered both my parents. 

After he looked at my eye and scribble some notes on the records, I took it up and looked to the front page. Guess what shocks me?

The fact that my very first visit to this place was 12 years ago. 12 YEARS AGO!! That's like when I was 13 years old. And that was my first minor eye surgery. Can't remember which eye was cut first. And then throughout the years, I had like total of 7 minor surgeries accumulated on both eyes (I think the left eye has gone through more times under the knife than the eye). Not only that, my last visit before this one was dated back in 2009. Crazy man. Crazy to think that this is one place that I often go last time, like it's my "favorite"place to be. Hah. Well, when I have some annoying eye condition, it is definitely my number one place in priority. Go there sure heal eh. And heal very fast sumore :)

Hoping that this infection will heal by Thursday. Wouldn't want to be looking/feeling like this for his family trip this Friday. 

And, I have got two days of medical leave. Yay to a lot of sleep and rest and spending time a home with baby girl. 

On another note, there is absolutely no appetite now. i just drowned my bowl of rice with mom's homemade corn/wintermelon soup. I need/want my appetite back for tonight's dinner date. It's Japanese fine dine tonight yo. Actually I don't know if it's fine dine or not. I think it's not la. Though the menu is quite fancy. And we won't like spend money on fine dining because it's just not our style. Let's hope groupon/livingsocial/mydeals (can't remember where we got it from) doesn't disappoint us. 

Terrific Tuesday to you all :)

Second Love Letter.

Hello everyone!

I've decided to post about my love letter number two on a Sunday because I skipped captain ball with youth and rested at home instead. So while I wait for Koay to come home from his usual football friendly, I shall post this up!

I got my first letter not too long ago is you do not know. You can read it here!

Same reason but different place.. Hah. 

Hairy Legs.

I never believe in shaving leg hair. Even when I was teased in college for having such hairy legs for girls. I kept cool and still never want to shave my legs.

Then, one day don't know what hit me and I started removing hair from my legs. Suddenly I'm like so anti-hair-leg conscious. I never shaved because that would affect the skin.

And all this while, I wanted to try the wax-pull-thing that Veet has. I knew it was going to be painful that's why I never actually do it. Oh and it's expensive too! Anyways, I decided to do it that day! Speaking of being random and spontaneous. Of course I had Koay to help me, in case I buy d then bail out. Hahaha.

First, you gotta warm the wax peel thingy by rubbing your two hands on it :)

Then, you open it into two and it's all sticky.

And then stick on the behind of my leg. SURE PAINFUL OKAY THIS AREA!

If you see carefully, you will be able to see strands of short hair on the sticky thing. Overall, it's not that painful but then, after the wax thing got pulled out, it leaves a bit of the stickyness on the skin which to me is a MAJOR ANNOYING THING. I have like 9 more of the wax thing and I have no idea what to do with it. I just don't like the sticky feeling after.

Metal Thing.

Drove everywhere today and found this metal thingy on my left back tyre on the way back to office. Well, one thing for sure is that it could have been worst, like tyre puncture halfway through the bridge or worse still if it punctures on the way to lunch. Lagi siau eh. So, I'm thankful that this happens and it has a nice shape to it. Hah.

I was so worried and focused when I heard the sound that it made while the car was moving. Scaryyy.

Oh well. Thank You Jesus I'm still alive and well :)

Crime.

Sometimes, it's really difficult not to be racist or not to say something that immediately reflects how each one of us are racist in one sense or another. I mean, it's usually them that would do all this. Desperate enough to ruin someone else's day. In tonight's case, there were probably 6 people that were affected. AT LEAST 6.

What happened was a man (believed to be an Indian as Victor chased him till he jumped into a river to escape) came into the church car park using the back door and started smashing on the driver's side window. He started with one and continued attacking others until two man saw him and chased him down the street. There was nothing much for him to steal as most cars that he broke into were empty. He tried attacking a few other cars but didn't manage to because their windows are tougher and protected with tints, I think.

We all had no idea that this was happening until youth service ended. Crazy hah?

Well, whatever it is, we are still celebrating because tomorrow is Easter's Day! 
The day Jesus rose again.

BLESSED EASTER!