"My daughter studied medicine in Canada"

Really, is there any need to trumpet out to every Tom, Dick and Harry how your auntie's neighbor's son's friend's second cousin twice removed has been / is / is going overseas?

I mean, I know you're proud of this second cousin twice removed, but please la. And some tale about him doing his Law degree in Oxford and graduating by 21 and doing his PhD in Harvard where the company pays for him to go do an interview in Spain for an hour? I mean, whatever happened to video-conferencing?

Not that thats enough - dont forget abt the fourth cousin once removed - she did her medicine in Canada. And the other who did his DISSERTATION (oooh big word, like i didnt know) in Texas with 3 professors interviewing him. And the dog who was chosen for a space project and the monkey who went in the submarine to look for Russia's underwater missiles! Ok ok.. just needed to let some steam off!

I mean, you know when something comes up in the conversation and this was added in as an example or to spice up the monologue etc, then its ok. Not just starting, sticking to, and closing with the same topic / person. It just makes people end up realising what a braggart you are. Even tho you mean well and you're really PROUD of this second cousin twice removed.

I mean, do you see me going around telling everyone I met that I'm from Oxford, Harvard, Yale AND Cambridge? Sheesh.. (ok not that i am la, but case in point).

Which reminds me - I told one of my colleagues that I was from Oxford for a joke, and we were all laughing abt it, a week later, another colleague asks me what I studied in Oxford!

We should all play that game - pass the message - and see how distorted something can get!

The past couple of weeks or so..

Well, its been a freaking nightmare.. Started off on the 5th of Dec - i was supposed to go to my cousin's place the next day for his 50th birthday and a couple of the other aunts who were gonna be there needed some belated presents.. so i was doing some last minute shopping (tip - people love photos, esp ones they dont have, so just develop a couple of extra copies and arrange them into a frame)..

Anyways, the next day 6th Dec, my sister wakes me up saying my aunt's hse in bukit antarabangsa (BAB) was involved in a landslide and my aunt was seriously injured and half an hour later we get the news that she passed away. and to think i just saw her a few days back and she was showing pics from her trip to bali! life is so uncertain.

anyways, from then on it was pretty fucked up la. went to the mortuary, the bloody press as usual had no feelings for anyone or anything except getting a picture (hence my pic was in NST and TV3 and Awani and goodness knows what else)..

she was a lovely person and she was my mom's youngest sister and to think that ALL the older ones are still alive and she had to go. and she has 3 small kids! so crappy la.. was good tht i got some time off from my boss - i think i took abt a wk off and was up and down seremban and KL almost everyday.

my sis was staying in her house but so happened that she came bc to seremban that friday (the landslide occured on Sat morn), but all her stuff she had in the room was gone. but frankly, nobody cares abt clothes anymore when a life has been taken. as usual, blame the govt. this is what happens when you take money left right centre just so you can drive a Merc you dont wanna work for. anyways..

and now i just got the news that one of my mise friends from panama just passed away in a diving accident. hence my facebook update saying this feels more like the season for dying rather than the season for giving!

The 7.30am CURSE

Just that I’ve been getting up at 730 every freaking morning. Its not like i have to get up early, i set my damn alarm for 10 something, and yet every bloody morning, some dumb alarm goes off in my head and i look at the clock and voila – its 730am. How is a person to get enough rest when her own body is saying ENOUGH SLEEP, now get outta bed?? Sigh..

Arv’s wedding was very nice (although most of the pics on the slideshow were from Friendster :p) but it was so sweeeet and Darsh was so pretty.. Met a few old colleagues and had a couple of beers.

It seems that now the fashion for saree blouses is either halter neck or spaghetti straps. Or totally backless. Its like everyone who’s in a saree has some kinda twist to their blouse – holes la, ribbons la, strings la.. Some are with a v-neck down the back and looks like the 2 ends are tied together like ribbons. I would prob hv all of em if it wasn’t such a hassle to tie the saree itself!

I mean, when i look at their wedding, and a lot of others, i always wonder why ANYONE would want to elope and miss all that. Even a small wedding with close friends and family would be nice to have compared to just running away and coming bc after tying the knot.. But to each his own..