Its Renovation Time!

Its the usual weekend again... and I'm loving it!

Do you know the difference between a condominium and a condovilla? I was told that our new home is actually a condovilla and not a condominium. Hmm...condovilla... it does have a nice sound to it (makes us feel like we are staying in some islandic location) but due to its moorish style built-up, we felt like we are in Spain! (right...Cindy is being dramatic again...)

I'm already counting down the days when we can move in. Renovation has started and yesterday, we went tiles shopping. I never took any interest of it until yesterday. There were so many designs, styles, characteristic & brands! My FIL being the expert in this area advised me on what brands to pick and finally we settled on:-

a)White Horse Ceramic for the kitchen (double coloured wall tiles brown + white with simetric border design and matching brown floor tiles) - since we have a light maple brown built-in kitchen cabinet, we chose a matching wall and floor colour for it (Dad, did I mention the colour of the cabinet correctly? I'm still unfamiliar with these colour names - wood comes in soooo many variety of colours!);

b) Guocera Tiles for the guest washroom (whitish blue wall tiles and blue floor tiles to match with the existing blue mosaic feature wall), and

c) White Horse Ceramic for the master washroom (double coloured wall tiles white + grey and matching grey floor tiles to match with the existing multi-coloured mosaic shower feature wall).

I couldn't find the exact tiles that I have picked (but these pictures would give you some idea about my descriptions above). Lets just wait and see how it all will turn out in the end. The living room and bedroom tiles have already been selected . What else have we left out? The balcony...!

Tiles shopping can be fun! Home furnishing would probably be better! After the reno is complete, it will be furniture shopping time!

I Will Follow You - by The Nobodies

The video below is strictly not for commercial use. Song is sung by amateurs (for fun only) in conjuction with the upcoming IAG Forum Kuala Lumpur April 2010. We do not intend to sell, distribute nor make any profits from this song/ video. Its only a parody... :)

Lead Singer wannabe: Lorraine
Guitarist wannabe: Esther
Pianist wannabe: Cindy Koo
Back-up Singers wannabe: Cindy Wong & June Ng
Music Director: Cindy Wong
Location of practice: In our office

I'm Back!

Gosh! I think this is the longest period ever for not updating my blog. The truth is, for the past few weeks, i do not have the tiniest interest of wanting to login into the cyberspace.. I wonder why...

This is going to be a short note, as I know I would have lots to talk about 2 weeks from now. Now is just not the right time yet :) So, be patient, and I'll fill you in with the details :D

Renovation of our new home in Andalucia starting this Monday and the contractor and my FIL predicted it will not be another 3 months before we can move in. As I sit here in my room, thinking about my family, in few months time, I will be living on my own with my hubby. 29 years of being together with my parents and my brother, and now the thought of moving out seems pretty surreal. Ok ok.. i'm being emo here.. but I am definitely going to miss them. Us in Bangsar, them in Cheras...wow. I have to start washing my own clothes now. Buying my own breakfast. Cooking my own dinner. CLEANING THE HOUSE! Damn! I need a maid...

Another good piece of news that was given to me couple of days ago and this time it involves money. I love my job, thats all i can say :) Thank you boss!

Till my next rant... get ready for the next big news in my next post. Ciou!

India

I know.. I know.. I should be blogging more.. been having some stomach discomfort lately and all I wanted to do was just to lie down and not do anything (besides picking up my Jeffrey Archer novel and being submerged in his thrilling fantasies). Is this what you call as the "missing-him" syndrome when your life partner is away for a week?
Not anymore I hope cuz at 8.30am this morning Tim got back home from India safe and sound! Dressed in his new Indian cricket jersey and black sunnies, my little baby is back in one piece! Like some dramatic Indian tv drama, we crooned lovingly, hugged & kissed...(Tim was only away for 7 days but it made us feel like we've parted for 7 years!)

He filled me in about his experience in India, showing me excitedly on the things he bought from that country (some muruku, salted cashew nuts, muesli bars, and an Air Supply cd! My right eyebrow raised automatically at his new 'gifts'...hmm... well, thats cute! I love cashew nuts!) . Despite the hot weather and the dusty environment, he said that being where he is, having what he has, made him appreciate things a little more than before. That's good to know! From the photos he took, India seems pretty all right, about the same as what we see from Slumdog Millionaire. But the only thing that he didn't like was (besides the dust and the weather) that they sell only VEGETARIAN food! (For the sake of my other readers who do not know Tim that well, Tim only eats CHICKEN and EGG. Vegetables, pork, beef, lamb, fish and him dont see eye to eye, or rather mouth to mouth). There's nothing much he could do but to just adjust his diet...reluctantly.

Its good to have him back. The missing-him syndrome is finally cured! The next trip he goes (if its out of Asia), I'm definitely tagging along for sure!

No Chicken...No Egg...

Mumbai

Just Chillin`

Its 9.34am. Saturday. 20th March 2010.

Happy birthday Ee Ling! My dear friend of 20 years is celebrating her youthful birthday today and I wish her well and many more to come!

Guess I'm trying to figure out what else to blog as I'm sitting in this nice cozy bedroom at the Gardens Hotel all by myself as my hubby has left for work and will only be back in 4 hours time.

Tim will be flying to India for a week on a business trip and I will be stuck alone, entertaining myself with Idols, Idols, and more Idol show. I've missed a week of the Idol performances (my office work has been hectic of late + the fact that we've been recuperating our energy in this hotel for the past 2 days) and I am indeed looking forward to head home later this afternoon.

Have you watched Alice in Wonderland ? Johnny Depp is pretty good. Anne Hathaway's make-up was horrendous (her lipstick colour made her lips looked 10x swollen), Mia Wasikowska - never seen her before - was just ok, nothing fantastic. The rest of the casts looked colourful. The only thing that kept me excited about watching the whole movie was Alice's wardrobe style. Her on screen dresses/ outfit were absolutely stunning! Overall...I'll give this movie a 6 out of 10. I was expecting to watch a remake of the original Alice in Wonderland storyline (as per the story book) but it wasn't. Its a story about Alice who grew up and revisited the Wonderland again (she totally forgotten that she been there before when she was younger)...

Go watch it and tell me what you think of it. Some say its boring. I'd say, its just all right.

This outfit transformed when she was in a giant size

and transformed again when she shrunk into a miniature ant size

Chicken and Duck Talking

Have you ever talked to someone for 2 whole hours, almost in a heated debate, trying to make the other understand what you were trying to convey? After a whole 2 hours you finally gave up as you realized you were involved in a chicken and duck kinda conversation?

One, I dont speak much mandarin, maybe my cantonese is still ok (though some words i still get abit out of tune) but my English is my forte no doubt. The other party, obviously his mandarin is his best, but perhaps he was trying to show how professional he is, tried to speak to me in English (broken) the whole time despite me trying to cut him some slack by conversing in cantonese just to help him out...but he still conversed in English. I guess I have to give him some credit for trying though...

Me: No... that is not what I meant...

Him: But you have to tell me your budget. Honestly speak, no budget cannot done.

Me: Ok very simple. Just quote reasonable price. 

Him: Honestly speak, we are simple people. We try helpful people.

 If we cannot done, means we tell you, cannot done.

Me: Ok. Fifty Thousand budget. Can?

Him: No. Fifty Thousand cannot do. Must tell what you want.

Me: But you ask me for my budget, I give you my budget la. 50K. No?

Him: No. Must tell me what budget you want.

Me: (scratching my head)...Ok lah. I think i know what you mean.

 I will go home and consider ok? Thank you ah....

Oh well, he is still a nice guy...maybe I was the one that confused him and not the other way round...I wonder would sign language help?...

American Idol Season 9 - Top 20 (Week 2)

Another week another elimination (4 eliminations to be exact).

American Idol Top 20 this week showcased 10 boyz and 10 girls belt their hearts out in front of millions of viewers. Just like my previous post, you probably would realize by now, every week I would be posting about the Idol contestants, featuring one contestant whom is/was the best for the week - best for me that is!

This week's elimination round, we saw the following 4 contestants got booted out from the Idol camp:-

Michelle Delamor (no big surprise here from the way she sang this week);

Haeley Vaughn (someone who tried to look sweet week after week - guess she tried TOO hard);

Jermaine Sellers (surprise surprise. During the audition round, he was considered a good contender for the Idol crown! But lately, he seems like a nobody. Can't really remember him or his performance);

John Park (besides his body, nothing else is good, so not really a surprise that he is out!)

Siobhan Magnus

Ok...ok ... these 4 contestants are not whom I want to feature in my post here. This week's Idol highlight for me is SIOBHAN MAGNUS. I do agree with the judges' comment on Siobhan and at the same time I dont quite agree about some parts of it. Let me tell you why:-

I agree: when Simon commented that she is "a funny little thing" and interesting.
Something about Siobhan makes me want to know more about her. She seems like a simple, unique & cool kinda girl. But weird in a way. However, when she openned her mouth to sing Aretha's song "THINK" and when she hit the crazy high note, I was like...OMG!!!!!!! WOW!!!!

I disagree: the judges didnt think Siobhan was the best performer for the night, I strongly and totally disagree with them. Siobhan was the best and I hope she can pull-off another amazing performance next week!

Its going to be Top 16 next week. Who can pull it off? Who will collapse through the mounting pressure? We shall wait and see...

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