The debut of my super cute boob tube bubble dress *behind there's an adorable satin bow! I paired it off with a pink wide necked top and peep toed heels :) Specially for CNY! *totally tanned... my arm consists of 3 different shades now :P
ps: Kandiahs going to Penang for Thaipusam... I'm 'too sick' to tag along :(( Aunty bans me from the free car ride. But I waaaannnaaa... stomps feet like the spoilt brat I obviously am... Looks above and wails... NaaaHiiiii!
OMG... Why the hell didn't anyone let me know how awesome Gossip Girl is!!!Okay, yeah you girls told me... but you didn't TELL ME IT WAS SO DELICIOUS! I'm supposed to be catching up on zZzZz... medicating myself... so obviously its time to drama :P I LOVE THE CLOTHES!!! How fabulous are they! Every episode I watch, I gawk 'I WANT THOSE SHOES!'... 'I WANT THAT DRESS!!!'. Though, I REFUSE TO BOW DOWN TO LEGGINGS!
I was just at my cousins wedding yesterday and I swear its like the show coming to life... It's always about who knows who isn't it... It's walking with grace and poise... It's wearing the right jewellery... The expensive saree with class and of season... It's about the right hair and make up... Its about coming from the right family ties 'Oh she's blah blah's daughter/grandaughter' ... I sway in my saree as I represent the family, my mum introduces me to the 'right' crowd, shaking hands with the famous, laughing just the right amount, speaking sense, perfectly groomed rich aunties whisper to my mum 'Oh, she's so precious...when's she finishing her studies?' *Hint Hint... I know I've got tone the wild child down :))
Its funny because the brown society has its very own Gossip Girl- ish world that the people outside know little of.It's more apparent with the Punjabi, Ceylonese and Sikh clan. They still hold on to those standards and are extremely strict when it comes to friends of the family. For proof, seems like every wedding/dinner I'm invited to is filled with the SAME PEOPLE... THE SAME 'UPPER CRUST' SOCIETY. Being someone on the inside, the whole hooplah is extremely interesting to me. Its a harsh world where one is still judged by the amount of cash, education and fabulously good looks. Those that don't play by the rules are clearly left behind *not by choice most of the time.
ps: Oh the men are just as well dressed! How sexy/evil/rock star-ish is Chuck Bass! *drool
pps: Hell knows no fury like an angry Gaya... she's been the Blair to my Serena :) Keeping a low profile never really worked for us did it... XOXO
My trip to Thailand of 6 days was unexpectedly extended... How long? We didn't know? Were we scared? Yes, obviously the thought of being stuck in a foreign country with extremely low amounts of money would scare the bravest of hearts. We didn't know when we'd get home. I'M NOT BEING DRAMATIC.
God bless, the perks of being part of the extremely close Kandiah clan is they won't stop until we've safe and home. For 24 hours they worked together to get us home. Words won't decribe the feeling of gratitude *Tq Akka,Annai! I touched down Malaysia today a wiser and stronger Premeela. ROAR! 1. It was absolutely mindblowing *I know...WTH...it keeps getting better and better... The trip was Bangkok - Ayuthaya - Phitsanulok - Sukhothai - Bangkok.
2. The air was horrendous... the haze was at a point you could barely see much as the plane touched down.
3. Yes, I shopped till I dropped... at an amazingly super low price since I'm now an expert globe trotting shopaholic. *Glorious BOOTS!!!
4. For the first time in years I was rushed to the emergency room *Not my finger this time... I got an asthma attack and a very bad one at that, the worst since I was a kid. I know people don't get the horror but not being able to breathe is clearly a bad deal. As the years have gone by, I'm clearly ignorant of my weaknesses. I've forgotten how bad it gets. I'm used to the hospital and knew how to deal with doctors. I was severely drugged and very well treated. A huge blow to my usually healthy/only cough and flu self.
5. Mum & Dad wanted us home asap because of my major health scare. We completed our trip. Said our goodbyes and MISSED THE FLIGHT... NOT MY BLOODY FAULT... I AM SOOOO PISSED... AIRASIA, YOU WILL FEEL MY WRATH! No one lifted a finger to help us, yes, we were foreign... yes, I may seem female and incapable of beating the crap out of you... NO EXCUSE. The humane thing to do is to help two stranded girls that didn't have the finances to get back home. My ATM card was suspended. YOU SHOULD GIVE A CRAP... THAT'S WHAT BEING A GOOD PERSON'S ABOUT... BUDDHIST MY ARSE... THERE'S NOTHING I HATE MORE THAN RUDE, HEARTLESS PEOPLE.
The plane touches down... I've never been so glad to be home. We were rationing our crackers in case we had to stay longer. It was an ADVENTURE from start to end.
ps: Everywhere we went 'Soooo beautiful...from where?' How the hell am I ever to feel less than perfect :P
Okay...seems like I shop alot dont I :P Dad gave me the 'Stop spending your damn salary!' lecture... He says 'You used to be such a saver!'... Blood rushes to my head as I prepare to defend myself.
You see, I used to shop at malls *thats all there is in unfashionable Msia... thus, one fantastic day dress would cost say about rm100++ ... now, I just buy 3-5 dresses for that price overseas mah... I'm totally rational... totally in control of my budget :P Bangkok! So fahionable... so cheap... pieces are so unique.
So, I'm off for my 6 day trip tomorrow morn... see you when I get back for another week of hols/catch up on work CNY week!
Chiao!
ps: I love Thailand... its fit for divas... so extravagant... gold everywhere! I'd love to live there for a few months just backpacking... one day *~day dreams~
YEAY!!! One of my absolute favs...still prefer their previous albums...lets see how this one fares....U2's official Web site lists all 11 title tracks for the new album, "No Line on the Horizon," which will be released Feb. 27 in Ireland and March 3 worldwide. It is the band's 12th studio album and the first since 2004's Grammy-winning "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb." *Fav U2 tune? Electrical Storm :)
OMG...OMG...I am soooo going to Thailand! Classes cancelled!!! Whoppppiiieeee... I must have been good *Everytime I've got to help a jackass out, I remember the rewards of being a nice person :P
Day 4 at Surabaya wasn't much adventure... it was the day we wake up, shop at the nearest mall... tried more local food... rode the trishaw... hopped in the jeep and sent Mindy home to Msia... Me? Hopped into the train to the fantastic Yogyakarta!
The train ride was close to 6 hours so I left Surabaya at 3pm and reached at close to 9pm. Grabbing a cab, I move to my next homestay, Duta Guest House. Very affordable and chic :) TWO BEDS TO MYSELF cos I'm posh like that! *Nope, minumum usually 2 people...so have to book em anyways.
Did I go to sleep yet... Bloody not obviously! More next!
I'm too busy to write a coherent piece for my blog... so here's some gibberish I put together in the few minutes I have to spare :P
1. Why does registration and payment of fees in Msian Universities have to be so darn hard! Whizz to the finance at one end of ginormous campus... then whizz to postgrad counter at another end... whizz to the bank... am I done? NoOoOo....after standing in a never ending line... now I whizz back to all these places to produce proof of payment because all these departments aren't already connected! Argh!
2.I AM LOVING MY NEW SEMESTER!Thing is, I've always felt a lil out of place with my fellow engineering lecturers/peers. Its like they are perfectly content being in a lil box filled with compact knowledge of just their field of speciality. A flicker of doubt began to form in me... if this was to be my line for eeeeeeternity! THEN BAM! This semester I've got two Einstein-ish crazy haired, jeans wearing, lecturers from the Physics faculty instead. Oh, I loooove my lectures because I learn so much more than just the field I'm in. They seem to know just about everything... They have the attack of constant curiosity too... and they don't mind me going 'Why? Why? Why?'
3. I've figured things out... travelling gives you time to ponder :P I've got a2009 plan of attack. If all goes well... If I put in all the effort it requires... If I save up the money needed to regain my former glory... I will reclaimed the throne which is mine! Queen of Nerd Land!
4. An uber hunk *name tag by Mum... wants to have dinner with me :)) WHAT WILL I WEAR??? I've been on so many dates but this one is different *giggles like a preteen school girl... the 3in1 package really...grrrr roar.
5. I can't go to Thailand... haih, we've been chasing this contract worth alot...ALOT... and whoopiedeedoodah both meetings are smack during my holiday... Postponed to next semester break along with Cambodia + Vietnam.
ps: OMG...OMG...I saw these babies in Ampang... literally stopped in my tracks... the owner of the fabulous boutique ushers me in... says, try these on... I think they will be puuurfect on you... Ah, she sees that girl got style :P I tried em on and bells rang... I said to her 'If I'm thinking of it as I lie in bed... I'll be back!' Please be there tomorrow!
Okay, through the holidays I've managed to cram in a few books. I've always been one of those women to go 'Bah, Shopaholic... chick lits for bimbos extrodinaire'. BFF, She who is Gay and Mighty told me she'd go to BORDERS and stand all day long with her nose in Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series. When it comes to books, I trust her judgement. So off I go, I read the first and it was like someone's finally understood what it means to be an ABSOLUTE BIMBO WITH A BRAIN :P
I'd read page after page and roar with laughter. She's the girl that loves consumerism... oh god yes, when I've had a bad day...window shopping perks me right up (OMG, I tried on this fabulous black halter with a ruffle skirt mini dress in ZARA last night... Beyonce couldn't have looked better *in my head at least... Lord, why did it have to be so pricy! ) I L.O.V.E my shoes... I haven't got a Shoe Room yet but I do have a corner in my room fit for a 4 tier shoerack! *Down with ugly Crocs! My heels, My pride and joy. My babies.
Okay sidetracked there a little... well, yes I've read these few. I'd say my favourite has to be the First of the Shopaholic series and The Undomestic Goddess. Have a read... To the women out there like me that don't see the world as black & white, a lil wonky due to refusal to conform, opinionated, will not bow down to brainless cows, caught the incurable fashionista wannabe disease, lastly mmmmm yuuummm Luke Brandon delish :)
ps: I've also read Mitch Albom's For One More Day... Tuesday's with Morrie is one of my all time fav books and this one can't compare. Yeah it has Albom's signature tear jerking moments but I didn't learn much from it. I'd say Five People You Meet in Heaven is still a better option. A good afternoon read but don't expect ground breaking revelations as with Tuesdays with Morrie.
After feeling absolutely refreshed/ rebooted with fresh apple juice, we head of to Laksamana Cheng Ho's temple. Here's a brief history on Cheng Ho. He was a great admiral of the Ming Dynasty, China. Traveled the world especially Asia.
He's buit numerous temples around Asia including those of other religious faiths. Although his precise religious views were not recorded, Zheng He has been portrayed by subsequent generations as either an orthodox Muslim who helped spread his faith into southeast Asia. Many of Indonesia's Chinese Muslims have built lives in Surabaya said to have been brought by Cheng Ho.
We move on to have a look at Surabaya's Golden Buddha. Thing is, as a Hindhu it was a little strange to see Buddha here with 4 heads. The variance is normal, the line between Buddism and Hinduism is blurry. But here's Buddha holding with his many hands what would usually be held by Hindu deities. So my confusion was... with Ganesha so close by... is it really Buddha? Was the Buddha symbolic statue originally extremely similar to Hindu deities... thus, its changed along the years?
Thoughts:
My biggest, lets say culture shock... is the fact that unlike most Malaysians that assume Indonesia is filled with Muslim fanatics, its aura is extremely different. They are very open minded *yes, even sex is perfectly normal...not EVIL. They embrace the fact that Java was once a Hindu majority, then Buddist and next Islam. They pride themselves for knowing the similarities in each religion and that they all want the basic principle of love and peace. They are very open minded which obviously means, me taking advantage and quizzing everyone on misunderstandings I've had with all types of religions. *The main mall is named Ramayana :))
Coming from the city of KL, born and bred city girl. It was a momentary glimpse into what Msia could be if racial harmony was achieved. It has its pros and cons obviously. While the races live without distinction, they all consider themselves Indonesian... the Chinese seem to have lost all traces of their culture. They speak perfect Bahasa, are as tanned as the Malays too. Question comes to mind? Which is better? Should we put aside origin and claim our new mother land?
I've learn that for unity ... its I'm Premeela Nathan, Malaysian NOT...Premeela Nathan, Malaysian Ceylonese. I love my country, it's home... each day brings a new shock to the system when I observe racist Malaysians... Bah, Postgrad my arse... I have a dream.
I got 3 hours of sleep... Porkchop yells 'IT'S CHRISTMAS!!! Preeeeeeem, breakfast ends at 10! Wake the hell up!!!' Damn those fantastic Xmas cartoons! Today we head to the Safari!
Elephants for Lata of course!
Safari 101... one sits in the jeep... drives around the Safari area... animals roam freely *at least the non carnivorous ones :P I GOT TO PAT A LLAMA!!!
Next, we head to a few local spots at Surabaya... the Submarine! OMG...its an engineers D.R.E.A.M! I got to see old school radio systems... how missiles were launched... everything was in Russian that made it hard to read the equiptments used on board. You had to hop through tiny holes to get from one section to the other... Porkchop says ' God bless, we aren't one of those 700 lbs people on Discovery Home & Health channel eh'
Did I burst into a speech 'Oh, I'm currently involved with an extremely important research super duper team designing radars for breast cancer'?... Yeah , I totally did :P
Grande volcanic adventure over... we check the clock... WTH? Its only 10am... I'm usually still in bed :P We grab breakfast *Oh, the coffee was still crap... and prepare for a long drive back to Surabaya town.
On the way, we stop by an apple farm... YES, A FREAKING APPLE FARM!!! OMG, they had apples, oranges, dragon fruit, organic veg... the tour starts with a personal guide + free fresh apple juice + coupons to pick two manalagi apples each from the farm. An experience I surely won't forget... the guide says to me:
1. SMILE TO SWEETEN THE APPLE 2. TWIST 3. EAT
We picked our apples and got even more yummy apple juice :) We next head to the popular waterfall not far off the apple farm.
Snoring like the porks we were, we get back to Surabaya town and check into our new hotel. Its Christmas eve and I can't sleep... dead tired but I MUST STAY AWAKE! CHRISTMAS CARTOONS!!! Mindy snores as I try extremely hard to keep the giggles down.
ps: I never knew that once the apples were plucked, pretty flowers bloomed for weeks before the apples regrew. The sight of the field filled with flowers was b.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l!
People that run on caffeine and fairy dust like I do will agree that:
THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH HOURS IN A DAY
How does one daily aim to be adventurous + intelligent + gorgeous + spiritual + spunky + healthy + fabulous relationships with all who matter + financially stabil + to top it off well rested when 24 hours goes by so darn fast?
2008 just whizzed by me
Pro or Con?
Both
On that note, my summary for 2008... well, thing is 2007 was so eventful it totally kicks 2008 arse miles across the field. 2008 I think was more of a 'Who am I? Where am I?' year.Personal growth as Dr.Phil would put it. 2008 wasn't the year filled with life changing decisions so to make things interesting I'm pretty satisfied with all the new hobbies I've taken up. Things I discovered in 2008:
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1. People know that I do have the legendary best booty shake in the engineering faculty. Taking up dancing class *Bollywood/Line/Belly dancing... only to realise I'm more of a free styler booty shaker compared to the follow the teacher 'Damn girl, yo mamma so stupid...you can't remember the damn steps'.
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2. Took up art class again... God, I love art...Yeah, I'm extremely artsy fartsy... problem is I CAN'T BLOODY GET OFF THE BED AT 8AM FOR CLASS... so like the overgrown child I am... I decided that sleep trumps art and QUIT *Sigh, the disappointment.
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3. Found that my curvy figure can twist & turn, bend & break in so many ways thanks to fabulousyoga. Another revelation from joining a gym is how superficial people in the city can get. How can one spare hours in the gym per day when there are children dying of hunger somewhere? *a tad dramatic... So much insecurities...You start to see that city people lose perspective.
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4. Earning ones own money and having the power to do anything you want with it. Thing is, yeap I have no savings... the excuse I give myself... I'm not sure if its a valid reason... HAPPINESS. Kudos to you for being able to put up with a high powered corporate job. Me? I've actually become far less diciplined and more flaky. *I solemnly swear to 'maybe' grow up this year!
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5. Travel. I think a well rounded person knows a little bit of everything. Only then am I fit for debates of worldly issues. Travel allows me to scoop up so much more information in such short periods of time. It forces me to discover things about myself and 'thinking time' during mobile periods.
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6. Have I found The One? My Mr.Darcy... My Bollywood hunk... Nope not yet... Hell yes, I believe in being picky and may the B.E.S.T horse win! I'm still on the evolution scale slowly crawling towards the optimum Prem model. She gets all my time for now.
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7. I made a big booboo in 2008. I will be paying for it in 2009. My best friend said something striking on new years 'Prem, people change... you grow... just because you've wanted it for a long time doesn't mean you may not cease to want it anymore someday'. I found out its okay for me to NOT want to go down this road anymore should it become less fun.
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8. Daily fights against the female stereotype! 2008 has been one hell of a year in a male dominated industry. Yes, I like my skirts. Yes, I love fashion. Yes, I have bouncy curls. Does it mean I'm any less of an engineer than your manly 'I slept in this Milo shirt, couldn't bother to change, just rolled out of bed' look? No, I don't want to have lunch with you, call me when you want to discuss telecommunications...hmph.
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9. Shopaholic revolution. I refuse to shop in all places that charge gazzilion $ for clothes that can be bought for a fraction of the price in Bangkok/Bandung/Bangsar! Don't be a slave to branding. Clothes or Technology. Its ridiculous.
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10. I'mreadingmore variety! I've stocked up my book shelf in my bedroom. Been to alot of warehouse sales this year and have enough to last me through 2009.
Yes we set both our alarm clocks... no we didn't even budge as it rang...YOU KNOW WHEN I GET TO SNOOZE... ME? CORPSE ASLEEP? We were scheduled to meet the gang at 4am... well, what do you know... KNOCK KNOCK! Who's there? Its me... Unc.Sam... 4AM... lets go... CRAP! I'm still in my pijamas and Porkchop's still snoring!
To hell with make up... we bounce off the bed just barely completing the basic face wash and teeth brushing... Porkchop screams 'We gotta eat Prem! We've gotta E.A.T! We're gonna bloody hike up a mountain!' Grabbing bimbo baggies filled with energy bars and water we hop onto the jeep and off we go into the darkness.
I'll let the pictures do the talking... but all I'll say is the $ spent was well worth it...utterly breathtaking...YES, I GOT THE CRAZY HORSE... YES, THE HORSES LIKED SNIFFING ME... NO, I DIDN'T GALLOP INTO THE VOLCANO... NO, THE GUY SOOOO DIDN'T SAY 'PERMISI MISS'AND PROCEEDS TO CARRY MY SCARDY CAT BUTT OFF THE HORSE ONCE AT THE PEAK... YES, WE WERE SO CLOSE YOU COULD SMELL THE VOLCANIC SULFUR IN THE AIR... YES, I FELT SO SMALL... FUNNY HOW MUNDANE EYE LINER AND MASCARA BECOMES IN THE MIDST OF NATURE'S GLORY!
ps: I saved the best bit last... THE MIST WAS SO THICK ... NO ONE SAW THE SUN RISE :)) ooooh... sweet irony!
pps: OMG... I've just been catching up on Season 3 Heroes... *wipes huge amounts of drool off the floor... Why don't Msian Brown men have Mohinder's sexy curls? Dagnammit I haven't spotted any Mohinder like scientists around the lab either! How is it the effect of turning monster-ish has totally boosted his sex appeal!
Don't even get me started on my fav brothers... Always a Team Nathan (I am already a Nathan afterall...seeeee its destiny :P ) Peter's so wounded and sappy... but but... Now there's manly evil-ish future Peter with sleek hair and long cape... darn, got his hotstuff self shot just when I was turning to Team Peter... WTH? Now Sylar's super hot because he's a 'Petrelli' too.
Ooooh, my sexy 'British' villian from Alias is back from the grave too... Hiro & Ando = Frodo & Sam = double the cuteness... aaaaaah man candy overdose!So much better than Season 2 eh!
We gather at Porkchop's place as her parents whizz us to LCCT. Both absolutely sleep deprived simply because who the hell can sleep at such an exciting time... we mumble incoherent replies... Porkchop states 'Prem, we need coffee!'.
LLCT, packed as it always is...we run in and get our boarding passes. Thank the lord brilliant McD's has a fab breakfast set that comes with free coffee refills :) LITTLE DID WE KNOW... damn did we regret the breakfast binge.
THE FLIGHT WAS OH SO TURBULENT! Porkchop falls asleep right away... leaving me wide awake... Indonesian uncle vomits with all his might not bothering to keep the noise down all the way... Every speed bump and the girls seated infront of me give the scream of death! Flashbacks of the first episode of LOST ran through my head... PHEW...WE LANDED SAFE! Porkchop stumbles into the loo and then proceeds to puke her yummy McD breakfast *When you've been friends since the age of 12...nothings new anymore :))
We get out of the tiny airport and a man, Unc.Sam + Unc.Vin hold a sign with our names on it. Basic introductions and we head to lunch!
We were supposed to head to the Safari but sadly flight delay causes us to head straight to Mt.Bromo. I know we've got to get there before the mist and night sets in but I swear the ride up was the absolute ride from hell. Indon's are maniacs on the road... they all drive huge jeeps because the roads are so bad.
Mt.Bromo at a distance from our guest house... Lava View*Name comes from its view of the Volcano of course :P Beautiful place for such a cheap price. Gosh, I knew it would be cold...BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS T.H.I.S C.O.L.D! I've never shivered as bad as I did taking a shower heated by caveman fire *seriously, the water was heated by plain old fire :P
Dinner *BEST HOT CHOCOLATE EVER!!!... gossip the night away... laugh at local Indon telly... doze off only to OVERSLEEP the next day! *You see, we paid the whole load of money to wake up at 3am... hike up a mountain... see the volcanic sunrise... you snooze, you miss it!
Can't say I didn't know... Lata after all described the experience to me in all its gross glory when she was in Indonesia... I WAS PERFECTLY FINE... and then... *yes,lata i can hear u rotfl
Put on my new red TopShop dress from Bandung... Counting down the New Year with my beloved people of PeeJay at The Curve last night... I was perfectly fine... I got sprayed... I had yummy curry mee... We chatted all night long till the wee hours of 4am...Got home and snored...been days since I've had a good nights sleep.
I tossed and turned all night... You see people who know me, know I've got the vomit phobia :P I sat for hours trying to keep it down... I rushed to the loo and what do you know puked a whole lotta food and my fancy bum was on fire at equal time *WORST EXPERIENCE EVER! I spent my 2009 New Years in bed... running to the loo when I can... God bless doctors, I'm still running to the loo but the puking has stopped.
I knew the food was extremely unsanitary but after the first few days... I thought hey, I've got a tough tummy... Proceeded to gulp huge amounts of teh ais... I totally got food poisoning, some people wonder if they got it or not, I DEFINITELY got it....THANK GOD... THANK GOD MY BUM HAD THE SENSE TO WAIT TILL I GOT TO MSIA, HOME SWEET HOME *sheesh.
ps: When traveling SEA only drink bottled water and fresh food from hotels *I'VE LEARNT MY LESSON INDEED.
Here's to another fantastic beginning HAPPY NEW YEARS!
OUCH my tummy still hurts... I'm terribly sorry for being unable to reply all New Years wishes!
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