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I've MOVED!! ;D

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:28:00 +0000

ellOOWW..

Hons and Dudes!

I've officially moved to legalchicness.wordpress.com!

As wordpress do not allow tagboards,

Please feel free to leave comments instead alright?

Thanks..

love ya guys.. ;)

xoxo

you know you love me

New Year, New Blog, New Resolutions!

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:57:00 +0000

Oh so getting lil' tired of blogspot.
Planning of changing to that of Wordpress
for i need a blog with some serious concept!
Anyways.
Still halfway through tidying up the bits of my new blog though.

With new year approaching,
i seriously need ALOT of BIG changes (other than a new blog).

Like stop procrastinating in doing my revisions.
And stop spending money on 'nitty- gritty' stuffs that i have no absolute use for.
Lastly i am thinking of doing some DIETing. (What's a girl doing writing her new year resolutions should this not be added to one of her priorities? )

Anyway.

Upon countless fervent tries of putting Point 3 into actions, it was found to produce following result:

"Such is redundant, for it always gets shove somewhere far in presence of good food and mighty- sweet treats. Well- researched, tried and tested."

Meanwhile,
visit my new blog here alrighto?
Do pardon me for its pretty empty now.
Shall slowly shift over there by next year to come.
Bad thing that wordpress does not allow for tagboards or any 3rd- functionalities.
Other than that, thought its still cool.

So leave me comments instead when you are there okay?
And do relink me as well! ;)

Love ya guys lots.

xoxo
you know you love me.

Believing in Santa Claus...

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:54:00 +0000

I remembered that i once truly believed in Santa Claus when i was very small.. Mother used to get us a those huge red socks for our bedrooms so that Santa could drop his gifts to us.

On the night of Christmas eves, i would hope fervently for all the things i want in the world.
Those were really days of my childhood, hoping for silly willy things like having a complete makeup set with pink lipsticks, to hoping for school holidays to last longer.
Of course, Santa Claus was not always right in putting what i had hoped for in my Little Big Red Socks.
Maybe 'he' would be should i had wished them out really loud! LOL

After wishing for all the little wonders in the world, i would pretend to sleep hoping to catch a glimpse of Santa Claus.
For most of the time, Santa was either late or invisible.

This goes on until i'm almost ten when i start doubting in Santa, and knowing the real Santa had been Mother all the while.
Nevertheless, i still looked forward to receiving gifts every Christmas.. ;)

I would get into bed earlier on the later part of my childhood so that Mother needn't wait too late for us to get asleep before stuffing out gifts into our Little Big Red Socks.
And as Sis and i grew older, this practice grew less popular as well.
Now, we would exchange presents together on the eves of Christmas itself.

Nevermind that Santa Claus was never real.
Thinking back, instead, i felt better to have once believed in Santa Claus' existence.
What's life without a little bit of imagination....

Remember the little boy in Polar Express?
It was really heart- warming to know,
that he never stopped hearing the tinkers of the bell Santa gave him...
that he never stopped believing.

Anastasia!! I fell in love with it ever since i watched it the first time when i was eight..The songs are amazing..

and the ending's amazing as well!

well.. i'm one who hates bad endings... LOL

And so, these 2 would definitely make it on my list of must-watchs for this season!

Updates!

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:57:00 +0000

These days has been extremely exhausting for me.
Were doing lot's of moving from Woodlands to Ang Mo Kio.

For months, i had been travelling on a more than an hour journey from both work and school, staying at the Woodlands area.
Not that it was a BIG deal. But its really really traumatising to even think about having to try to squeeze into the MRT overloaded with a heaving mass of humanity, 2 times a day.
Now its so much lighter on the length of my journey being nearer to the city area.

On Saturday,
We lugged all my barang- barangs ('stuffs' in Eng) from Woodlands and drove to Ang Mo Kio.
We didn't do much unpacking except for some basic arranging of the furnitures.
I thought the new place was really fabulous.
I love the room. It faces a beautiful large green field.
And the other best thing is sharing the room with Sis.
Its gonna be so much fun!
The only bad thing is that the rooms a tad bit too small to contain all of our barangs!
The landduke and landduchess are really fantastic people, and their tastes in house decors are absolutely amazing!
Unlike the previous place i stayed, the furnishing was thoroughly boring and bland.
And the plus thing is that its a MAISONETTE! Can you guys imagine how cool is that?
Haha
When i finished tidying my room i'll be sure to post up the picts kk!

So after that we got back JB, we were greeted with some ridiculous road blocks, where we ended up doing more turns and taking more roads than necessary.
Tada. Meaning, the new JB custom are about to be up and kicking.
But why can't i feel the excitement??

Thought our irritations could be reduced with the excitement of winding in through the newly- built Malaysian custom,
but it was pretty disappointing.

People have you seen the inside of the new custom??
It was not up to expectations, or rather, not up to mine.
It felt strangely homely, rather than grand and mighty- which is what is to be expected.
The inner decor was kinda poor.
I wonder who came up with the idea of putting LEAVES on the wall.
Duh.

Okay.. enough of complaints.

Rounding up..

And so i spent the first night at the new place yesterday.

Ain't sure whether is it that the bed was too comfortable, or that i were just totally exhausted from all the unpacking i had to do.

Fell asleep the moment my head touches the pillow.

But gotta get up early this morning.

So i'm still drowsy from the lack of sleep!

Anyway...

OMG. CHRISTMAS' COMING! I can't wait!!! ;););)

XOXO

X' Mas is sooOO coming!

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:57:00 +0000

Yippee...
Christmas' coming!!

So i've finally comprehend the art of changing blogskins!
You guys won't believe how many DAYS i spent doing the new skin!
For a amateur like me,
its really a TASK!

Also due to the HOO-HAS that was generated as a result of my new chatterbox,
i've decided to revert it back to my old cbox as well..
But i'm not sure how to clear the older posts in the cbox though..

Anyway....
I can really feel the Christmas festive in the air!
Christmas has always gave me the impressions of the colours Red and Green..
Blame the fake Christmas trees we see?
I know.. stereotyping...

Would really hope to experience a White Christmas some day...!
It'll be so lovely and romantic..

*imagine standing under the mistletoe with pretty white snow flakes around....

with the special ONE...........*

XOXO

I'm so proud of you, lil' sis!

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:58:00 +0000

Its dear lil' Sis first day of work today!
I'm so proud of her.
Only sixteen and she's oh- so- grown up!
Looking for jobs and going for interviews herself at unfamiliar places,
and meeting strangers!

To my one and only Sis,

You're my dearest Sistah!

Keep it up!

Though i know you'll be too busy to even visit my blog....!

Anyway,

Mother's back!

She brought back lot's of cute stuffs

and so much fabulous goodies,

its enough to feed THREE times of us!

So imagine we finishing those delicacies by ourselves meant for THREE..

oh- i'm gonna put on weight!

uh. i'll care about it sometime later duh.

First, munch munch!

xoxo

Two long days!

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:10:00 +0000

Had very long two days!
Mother flew to Taiwan yesterday and felt really bad not being able to drive her to Changi Airport myself.
Told Mother i had it all prepared already,
i did lot's of homework searching the Yellow Pages and Street Directories on the exact routes to take to drive there.
But still failed to persuade Mother to let me take the wheels back from the Changi Airport.
To spare her the misery, i relented reluctantly and agreed to her taking the My-Sg taxi in.

Felt really sad sending Mother off,
Though she's only going for 3 days!
Missed her badly even though its only the 2nd day today.
Gave her a call just now and felt happy Mother sound great!
Said she has already gotten TWO big bags of fab Taiwan foodies already!

Okay. What she's doing there?
well.. For Rene Liu's concert!
i had to admit she's a real good singer who can't seem to lost her touch nor her youth.
Very versatile and down-to-earth!
True!
She would religiously interact with her fellow fans through blogging!
Visit here for her blog! PS its in chinese....
In ths era, which international artiste would be humble enough to do so?
Most have their 'managers' to do so for them in their places,
pretending to be them!

Anyway, back to me....
Went Cotton On again with dear Grace again before class!
Man! We were even almost late for class!
I got another 2 cotton long tees and another cute cotton dress!
I'm sooOO happy!
Sorry couldn't post up any pictures of them!
Mother borrowed mine for her Taiwan trip you see..!

Speaking of Mother again...........
I miss her BUCKETS!
Due to the demanding subjects, i couldn't afford to miss any of the classes...
Makan angin? No...!
Sigh

Holidays... Where art thou???

I need a new skin!

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:19:00 +0000

Man..

I can't make up my mind what to do with my blog..

It desperately needs a new skin but haven't got the faintest idea how to go about it!

And blogger's templates is soooo limited.

*Sigh*

Poor blog.

Christmas' around the corner but hadn't manage to get a new skin for her.

Well, at least i got a new chatterbox for her.

But can you guys even see it???

*Sigh*

I really really need to learn more new blogging tricks.

Tagged by Gracie dear

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:38:00 +0000

1. Do you have secrets?
Nope. But if you consider already- disclosed secrets as secrets,
then probably a few. haha

2. Would you fall in love with a boy/ girl younger than you?
I wonder if younger by months are considered as well?
Well its still reluctantly within my reasonable boundary...
But he absolutely can't be more than a year younger or more!
I find it an incest! LOL

3. What would you do with a billion dollars?
I would travel to every single corner of the world, built mansions in every beaches,
acquire companies of my top faved clothing and cosmetics brands
so that i can have all the pretty things easy within reach whenevr i want!
and......... to set up my own company!
( do i have enough for all that???)

4. Do you enjoy going to college?
Absolutely.
College life's cool.

5. Will you fall in love with your best friend?
i think i will if he's charming, humourous, good- looking, tall and (not necessary dark though)
............
And provided he's o the OPPOSITE sex of course!

6. Which is more blessed, loving someone or being loved by someone?
Being loved by someone you love.....

7. List 5 favourite movies;
1- The Missing (A HK film)
2- The day after tomorrow
3- Sky Captain- something (sorry, i forgot the full name)
4- Glitter ( Mariah Carey's movie)
5- View form the Top (a Gwyneth Palthrow movie, pretty old movie
but very inspiring and encouraging)

8. If the person you secretly like is attached, what would you do?
I'll do what everyone else's do! Check out the other party!
Snicker and say "bad taste" if the girl's not that impressive.
Sigh and move on if the girl's not too bad.

9. List 5 favourite TV shows
1- CSI
2- Ice World (Japanese thriller cum mystery drama, fantastic!)
3- My Girl OST (korean drama)
4- Cold Case
5- Stairway to Heaven (korean movie)

10. Do you have any regrets?
Yes, just like everyone else'sdo.
But most importantly is to do your best not to let the same thing happen again.
This way, i rather have regrets than not.
Otherwise, i'll never learn to learn.

11. How would you see yourself in 10 years time?
I see myself standing uberly- cool before the Almighty judge in the courts arguing cases,
winning cases after cases,
possibly migrated to London and having a romantic guy with sexy British accent who
loves me more than anything else...
and enjoying life like its never been better!
*cross my fingers!*

12. Who are currently the most important person to you?
My Mother, Father.
My one and only sister.

13. What kind of person that you think the person tagged you is?
Humourous in a quiet way.
Very pretty and stylish.
All in all a really nice pal whom i can share my joy, laughter and lame stuffs with.

14. Would you rather be single and rich or married but poor?
I would definitely rather be single and rich.
Being someone very practical, the thought of being married and poor scares me!
Even if we are very in love,
problems can be generated with financial issues.

15. What is your favourite colour?
White. Black. Brown. Latte colour. Nude. Peach. Beige.

16. Would you give all in a relationship?
In a BG-relationship, i probably will if i really love that worthy someone.
In a family, i absolutely would give it my all.

17. If you fall in love with 2 person simultaneously, who would you choose?
Easy. I will choose the one who genuinely loves me back and who has
better attributes.
Like i said, i'm very practical. LOL
I don't even think i would fall in love with 2 persons at the same time this life anyway.
Ha.

18. What are the top 5 places on your "to-go" list?
London
Venice
Rome
Korea
Paris

19. Name 3 things you would like to do but would not be able to.
Having my own concert.
Posing for a photo shoot in a bikini!
(this, i require lot's of courage, dieting and gym visits! LOL)
and going for a surgery for a less rounded face!
(this sounds painful and again, needs lot's of courage and money!,
something i occasionally think, but impossible!)

20. People i wanna tag:
Nazmi.. Meiguoren.. Kwok Tzea..!
Guys.. i wanna see your answers..
LOL can't wait...!
No. you can't untag! haha

why is Genius Einstein Genius??

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:48:00 +0000

MR EINSTEIN!!

(photo courtesy of Zhang Erning.)

I'm not talking about Mr Physics' dog name Einstein here (below), but the real one!

pictures courtesy from Flickr.com.

I came across this really interesting article about Eistein, or more accurately, Einstein's brain, and thought i should share this amazing article!

Click here for the article!

It depicts the journey on the story of Einstein brain;

how it had been believed to be removed and kept without permission by Thomas Harvey,

how almost none of the scientists at that time profess interest to study it,

how it travelled with Harvey DECADES,

as well as interests of academicians who raised so much controversial issues its enough to have one reading to total blindness, and nodding in agreement and at the same time shooking their head in denial.

See this excerpt from the article, a comment made on Diamond's research paper below:

"In light of these faults, only one conclusion emerges as incontestable: that without Einstein's name on it, Diamond's paper would have gone nowhere. Not that any paper that gives marquee status to a genius will automatically generate headlines."

I tried searching for the meaning of "Economo Method" used to preserve Einstein bite-sized pieces, as stated in the article, but to no avail.

PS Anybody who knows, tell me okay. I'm oh-so interested WHAT is that.

Ultimately after reading this article, i finally conclude that

(though it may possibly be tortoise cr*p for you, but what the h*ll. Conclusion is SUBJECTIVE okay.);

that Einstein possibly did not have 15% bigger brains as acclaimed for his horribly fantastic mathematical and spatial ability,

nor more NEURONS than I AM.

Though so, i found more sense in believing that with the lacked of Sylvian fissure (as stated in this Wikipedia article ) in that legendary brain which hence allowing more effective transmission of brain signals in his brain.

And though i'm not sure if Einstein's brain is 5 times heavier or bigger one thing for sure,

he's utterly brilliant and a genius.

Read this article here as well for the latest discovery on HOW genius he can get.

All in all, poor Einstein for having his brain cut into 200 over pieces, and

poor Harvey, who has been so tied down by Einstein brain pieces for decades.

Gossip Girl

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:00:00 +0000

I didn't exactly watch this serial drama honestly..
But from the reviews and synopsis i can safely guess the genre to be that very similar to Taiwanese "superstar dramas", where everything is oh-so-glamourous and so surreal.
The difference is that, being that of a Western one, it'll means having much more "liberal scenes" of course.
More smooching and more "bodily contact" or so.

Though i didn't, i know the characters pretty well.
Personally i found Leighton Meester (starring as Blair) to be much more prettier.
I really can't figure out what's the hooha over Blake Lively. Really.
Leighton Meester seems to look perfect from evey angle!

See the photos i found below!

(From left; Blake Lively, Ed Westwick,
Leighton Meester and Chace Crawford)
Yeap. I know. Ed Westwick looked pretty
squeezy in here. LOL
Personally. I dont care as long a i can see
Chace Crawford well. LOL

Blair and Chuck (below).

Utterly mesmerizing..

Above:

I think Leighton Meester pulled off bright yellow clothings very well!

It doesn't seem too much at all!

LOvely!

Me favourite picts of her!

*double thumbs up!*

Above: Some picts of Leighton's fashion

Again! Amazing pictures of her in that off-
shoulder silver dress! (Above left) Fabulous upclose pict of her!
I just love her smile!

Leighton Meester as the cover girl... (left/ right)

Some other fantastic picture of her! (Below)

Click here for more infos on the cast of Gossip Girls!

Click here for Leighton's fansite!

And more picts to come..... ;)

Photos courtesy of:

perplexigirl.wordpress.com,

starpulse.com,

hey-dollface,

instyle.com

blogfree.net

Shopping!!

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:11:00 +0000

Hi there!!

Had a great time today!

Did one of the things i enjoyed quite a lot..... SHOPPING!!

Skipped my lunch just to get these pretties!

Got them from one of my all-time fave Australian accessories store- DIVA!

Though they aren't exactly cheap.......

Above: Vintage necklace from DIVA

Below: Arabian earrings from DIVA

****
Went Far East PLaza after work with Gracie and got these!

THey were a steal!

Above/ Below: ELF Bronzing powder and bronzing brush

Its actually the first time i got products by this make up brand.

It was recommended by Gracie who said it was a pretty hot a- stuff in The States!

***

Next we went Wisma Atria's Cotton On.

Man i love Cotton On!

Stuffs are really affordable, of good quality and has great versatile styles!

Above/ Below: What i got; 2 spaghetti tees, 2 plain tees!

Summary...

See below: What i got today!

PS: I bought the hair dye because i think its time for me to do something about my hair!

CAnt stand it any longer!

The darker roots are showing and its irritating!

Mother doesn't let me dye it brown again.

Justification by Her Highness Mother; "So everytime your roots show you just keep dye-ing brown again? You want your hair to MELT is it??"

Haiz.....

So....... Black dye.

Settle it once and for all!

So long friends...

Oh toot. Help. I can't turn off the "shopping mode" in me!

Loves..

So BLESSED now!!

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:50:00 +0000

Thanks sOOooo much for all your concern pals..

Feeling very much better and VERY VERY BLESSED..

After not having any decent meals for more than 48 hours since Sunday morning,

i can finally start eating well and ALOT now.

Visited the Dr Ong on Monday after work and got a big fat medical bill of 51 bucks

and was officially announced that i was suffering from F.O.O.D P.O.I.S.O.N.I.N.G.

For my whole life, this was my first time.

It was REALly terrible.

Plus Doc was really toooOO kind.

I was prescribed near up to TEN kinds of medicines that i almost lost count of what i took.

Colourful indeed.

Various sizes, all kinds of shapes, and many colours!

Mother looked at them with utmost displeasure,

only holding the BIG, orange Antibiotics in high regard.

Chirped Mother, "The antibiotics are the most important! Only they can fight the viruses!"

Sounding exactly like what a seasonal mother who has a weak daughter since birth would say.

Given a medical leave yesterday

and i was determined to get well so i can start eating again.

Yeah. i keep emphasising on FOOD and EATING.

Unable to touch something i love for 2 WHOLE days is really unbearable..

So all i did yesterday was,

sleep, have my meals and take my medicines.

i repeated the same thing for 3 times yesterday.

But i guess 51 bucks was worthed it in exchange for my health.

I was really much, MUCH better after taking Doc's medicine.

Though it would leave me feeling all wobbly and weak taking it.....

To Nattie..
don't worry.. i'll do just that... i'll drink up a gallon today! LOL

To Naz...
Thanks for the concern pal.. i really appreciate it ;)...

To Ikhwan...
Chicken soup?? Nah.. if i intend to cook you, i must choose it to be according to MY taste right?
So its TOM YAM!!
since its ME who'll be enjoying it.... hehe....
and don't worry...
I will definitely not allow you to "LOSE" me..
i haven't finish settling so much scores with you yet!! LOL

To Qianru..
Thanks sooOOO much for your concern!! really had a fun time with you though was feeling terrible! haha....
THanks for being there for me....! love ya!!

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:50:00 +0000

Ughh
Had a pretty bad weekend
Which is really sad when i only had a LIFE when weekend comes..
Suffering from some kind of unknown illness..

I began Sunday morning with a really bad headache and an awful nauseous feeling..
I screamed for Panadols only to be lectured by Mother that i can't have it on an empty stomach.
How do i eat when i feel like throwing up??
hell, i went back to sleep for another an hour and felt slightly better.

I quilckly down some strawberry- flavoured biscuits and soda crackers, on Mother's warning to "not taking medicines on an empty stomach".
Later went out with Mother to get some groceries for home, and that's when it start to act up again.
And this time it was bad.
I had an Iced Milo, while Mother a black coffee, when she said she felt like having a little tea break..
that Iced Milo, i can bet my @$$ that its the culprit!
Probably due to the milky content, i could feel my stomach contents trying to make its way northwards!

On the way back in the car, i almost threw up but man, thank god it didn't!
Tried my very best to struggle back but my stomach wasn't persevering.
Everything just spilled out before i reach my house.

Apparently the sight of the bin (outside my house) sort of send a signal to my stomach asking it to push!
Yep the bin smelled very strongly of MILO.
After a few steps, i threw up the rest at the doorstep.
Great. how convenient.
I was only seconds away from the toilet but it just had to make everything so messy!

As a dutiful and responsible citizen,
i cleaned up what i "threw".
The mess wasn't that bad thank God.
Was mainly Milo!

Then i didn't sleep well for the whole of last night due to up to TEN counts of visits to the toilet!
Hence...
feeling very weak all over NOW...
grr...
Thought i would faint on the way to work.
I dont even know how i managed it to the office anyway.

Mother asked me to get Mdm Missy's permission to visit the doctor.
but my pride was just so important!
(when on the facts my pride just don't worth a cent at this point of time!)
Told Mother i didn't want people to think i'm such a weakling!
Mother could do nothing about me!

Anyway people rest assured.
I'll be fine!

PS Sorry for all the gory and not-so-pleasant details!
Pardon me okay..
Will make up with some better entries okay....

High School Musical 3!! Love it!

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:35:00 +0000

Yay! High School Musical 3!!

Grace and I cam-whoring!

Isn't she just sOOooo cuuuNNN?? LOL
Anyway we actually watched this movie last week!
It was fabulous!

but people.. SPOILER ALERT!!

The great things about it is that this 3rd sequel relates much more to grown-up teens, which there are much more romantic scenes and body expressions from the two leads.
Being a couple off-screen, they portrayed their feelings for each other very well in the movie.
Sometimes the feelings were too much that i would my hair standing at the end though. lol
Other than that, the songs were utterly great together with the scenes.
Two personal faves that had me humming away every moments now are "Can I have a Dance" and "Just wanna be with you".
You can try actually listen to the first song; (its the song that's playing in my blog now)

The boo parts are that there's no subtitles to follow along,
which would obviously be much more entertaining.
Well, i'm not so sure if its an international phenomenon, but there's definitely no subs for Singapore's Shaw Towers cinema.

Nevertheless i'm mesmerised and touched by the characters inside still..
Definitely worth watching!
For those of you who don't believe in musicals or found it childish,
perhaps you should give it a chance!
Trust me.. you won't hate it and thats for sure...

PS i think i'm even getting its dvd too.
I know. i'm bonkered. lol

"CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS"

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:26:00 +0000

Had a rather eventful day today.
Had my mood going up and down, sometimes going left and right as well.
Not necessarily in that order though. Haha.
That i'm having a slight headache now.

Today Mdm Missy stomp into The Cube so particularly early that i was so startled.
I heaved a big sigh of relief.
Thank god i wasn't the No-One-Will-Know-that-I'm-Late type.
Or i think i'll be eating my own shoes.

It started with Mdm Missy throwing me a bunch of docs to zap, type and print.
Mind you i'm fast.
But to do all that in 30 MINUTES, yeah, some challenge.
Touchy, with all that flame, i'll be burnt if i hit the wrong nerve.

Almost did i get burnt this morning.
Thank God managed to complete as demanded.
And as quickly as she had entered,
I haven't a second breath of air before she's out again.

Pretty brain- exhausted today
and very evident.
Did some shopping at the nearest mart and lugged two big bags of groceries home.
I guessed i was truly exhausted.

Became the joke of two tweens when i climb up the wrong stairs that lead to a dead end.
"CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS".
The huge board screamed at me.
Apparently i was not using my eyes.
Double checked and found it staring at my feet the whole time.
Had to climb the whole way down the stairs again for the alternative.
I tried acting that i am a fairy who fell from the sky.
Not very convincing though.

Yawn...

the Big things in LiTTLE things..

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:26:00 +0000

Many a times, we like to tell ourselves that life is actually very simple,
that we are only complicating things.
At times, we would convince ourselves that what we ask for in our lifes are just some simple stuffs,
to take things in our strides and to take things easy.
This way, we'll feel better about ourselves, as the easy things come as easily as its name suggests, into our lives.

However at other times, we do secretly harbour thoughts for greater success, for greater fulfillments in life.
Some of them so mighty that if spoken causes silent mockery.
Some of them attainable but doubts about turning them into reality exist, with so many great hurdles to overcome and barriers to break.
Many a times the darker side of me would ask myself,
Can i do it?

Especially at the lowest time of your life,
the darker side of us grows in power.
But thankfully, the optimistic side of me is always eventually fueled to rise in dominance.
When i'm faced with difficulties, i will it to turn it into pressure, pressure for me to strive for greater heights.
I would ask myself.
What's so big deal about reality?
What's such a deal about mockery?
Its even worse to have nothing to worry about realising it.
Of course, most importantly, to do it through actions.
They may not be great things, but are very good enough for me..

I have never forgotten what my Geographer teacher had once told us,
Pressure is what turns coal into diamonds.
I have never once doubted that.
And i suspect that i never will.

'Hero' by Mariah Carey

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:17:00 +0000

"There's a hero

if you look inside your heart.

You don't have to be afraid of what you are.

There's an answer

if you reach into your soul

and the sorrow that you know will melt away.

And then a hero comes along

with the strength to carry on

and you cast your fears aside and you know you can survive.

So, when you feel like hope is gone

look inside you and be strong

and you'll finally see the truth

that a hero lies in you.

It's a long road

when you face the world alone.

No one reaches out a hand for you to hold.

You can find love if you search within yourself

and the emptiness you felt will disappear

And then a hero comes along

with the strength to carry on

and you cast your fears aside

and you know you can survive.

So, when you feel like hope is gone

look inside you and be strong

and you'll finally see the truth that a hero lies in you.

The Lord knows

dreams are hard to follow,

But don't let anyone tear them away.

Just hold on, there will be a tomorrow.

And in time you'll find the way.

And then a hero comes along

with the strength to carry on

and you cast your fears aside

and you know you can survive.

So, when you feel like hope is gone

look inside you and be strong

and you'll finally see the truth that a hero lies in you.

That a hero lies in you."

The song that tides me over when i'm feeilng down.. and out.

Don't flash me your thighs please!

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:28:00 +0000

Got such a shock of my life today
that the tuna sandwich i was munching on my way to the MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) Station,
almost fell out of my gaping mouth.

Crossing my path in the front from the 9 0'clock direction was The Guy.
He was wearing a super SHORT shorts of such a flimsy material i had thought it was a boxer.
Nah. Even a boxer aren't that SHORT.
He was obviously an ultra-metrosexual.
Had a cool bag slung over his shoulder, hair cleverly styled, trying to play everything sporty-gym cool.
Yeah cool, except the shorts.
Worst still he matched the shorts with a black singlet.
Not that he had hairy underarms or something; he had a pretty lean bod.
But the overall effect was disastrous to me.
It was akin to seeing a girl strutting around in her undergarments.

Please guys, only girls CAN flaunt their leggies no matter how thick or thin, toned or untoned.
But NOT you no matter how toned it is!

PS Sorry for the harsh language. Can't be helped.
Disclaimer: I am not prejudiced against Metrosexuals. I have a a great deal of fabulous real cool Metrosexual buddies myself.

UgghhhH

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:58:00 +0000

Imagine having to look at the sulky face so black and irritating high-pitched voice which keeps blabbering with an incomprehensible accent- everyday.

Oh well. ALMOST everyday though.

Alright.

The accent is incomprehensible, but not the words itself.

Otherwise i might have gone mad.

Puh-leeze.

Nobody owes you. You shouldn't go around announcing and displaying whatever displeasures that you might have.

You are startling people with all that abrupt discontentments and sneaky things you so freely show and do.

The real side of you is beginning to show and its totally unattractive and almost make you fugly.

Sometimes apology can never cleanly erase off words spoken and heard.

I honestly can't help but get worried for whoever your future spouse might be.

Oh G.O.D.

I D.A.R.E you to take this test

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:59:00 +0000

i've got some really simple but interesting test of human nature for everyone.

I have only two terribly easy instructions, ie,
1)Read the situational excerpt below (italized).
2)Take note of what is the first thing that came into your mind.
Be honest about it (as the saying goes, lie to all except one ownself).
Well, really simple isn't it?

A father and a son are driving down the road. The car collides with a tree and the father is killed.

The boy is rushed to the hospital where he is prepared for emergency surgery.

On entering the surgery suite, the surgeon says,

"I can't operate on this boy. He's my son."

What was the first thing that came into your mind?
"How is it possible for the boy to be the surgeon's son? Didn't it say that the father was killed??"

My question back to you is,

Why is it not possible for the surgeon to be a female, to be the boy's mother?
Its is also possible that the 'father' referred to in the passage was someone else's father and the son being someone else's son. It was not mentioned that they are the father and son of one another.

But well, you have reacted what most of everyone else's would have reacted as well;
i did too..
what we have displayed are cognitive biasness, as part of our nature, where we tend to make errors based on cognitive factors.
Cognition is the way we used and apply our common knowledge logical, explaining why and how things happen around us.

Alexia quotes for The Day;
Each time we are faced with any complex problems, just remind ourselves that there's always more than one way to look at each time; and you'll never know when you might just discover yourself having overlooking certain precious treasures in your life...

Happy Birthday, Mother!

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:18:00 +0000

This chinese word read as "Fuo", means Buddha in English.
while this is a word no one can live without, "Jia", chinese for "home" or "family".

Today's Mother's birthday and i am dedicating this to her.

To us they are two very important things and aspects in our lives.
No matter how much bitter and petty arguments we share, the bitterness will never last, nor remembered.
Forgiving is always the immediate effect after any disappointments that may have been experienced.

Happiness enjoyed among us is always the purest and most sincere.
Nothing beats when we all share good jokes or even cold jokes!
Nothing else mattered when we all laughed together.

That's the privileges a family can give you.
You can never get it anywhere else, and long decided to grow up,
i have come to good terms with the phrase,
Happy Family, Happy Me.

PS: But still it doesn't mean i agree that marriages is always a good thing..
For this, i've yet to figure out, for this is an entirely different issue from having a family with
parents or mischievious brothers or sisters, with that of another partner!

Mother,
Stay healthy and happy always,
you can always count on me to be there for you always for definite!

My amazing trip to Macao...

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:11:00 +0000

MaCaO...!!

Picts of the preserved historical Portuguese buildings as the facade of the modern world...

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FOODS!!
Famous Macao egg tarts (pict below).. lol

I think it taste pretty much the same as i had back at home!

but still nothing beats eating the food at its authentic origins!

Macao Puddings! (picts below)
The white one is of milk flavour while the yellow one is the egg flavour.
Pretty traumatic experience i had with the egg one.
As it was to be eaten CoLD, it tasted like sweet gooey raw egg straight from the fridge.
But the milk one is the best! I just can't resist milk flavours!
It tasted fantastic though i suspect it was made with milk POWdER though alleged to be FRESh milk!

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SASA!
we all know!
Its almost a luxury (at least for poor teens like me) to visit SASA back at home.. LOL!
With the only SASA in City Square (J.B, Malaysia), it is such a drastic difference to see SASA all over Macao and HongKong!
when i say ALL oVer, i meant ALL OVER! LOL
You'll see one almost in every couple of steps!

Yeah, coming to the most memorable parts of my trip..

The Venetian at Macao!

The stunning and breath-taking place equivalent of an Asian Las Vegas!

below: drop-off point area @ The Venetian...

below: painted venetians on the ceiling..

the Golden Paths connecting The Venetian hotel lobby to the Casino (what else?)!

LOLyet another amazing feeling to just walk through this long corridor!

honestly, i really felt pretty Princessy all over for a while! lol

.... then we kept walking and losing ways and directions.....

After the longest walk ever.........

Finally In the leGendary UlTimAtum Grand Canal Shoppes!

the handsome Gondolier at Work (below pict)!
pity i didnt get to ride in them..
we were too busy getting very LOsT in there looking for the CotaiArena!
lol..

view of canal from inside...

Mother visited her all-time favourite shop- Swarovski..
yep.. the one in ALL-white tee and pants! (see below pict on left)
Some facts..
there are like 350 high-ends shops in there..
daZZlinG!
sadly.. no chance to shop anything for myself!
List includes Guess, Lacoste, DKNY.. blahs...
Interested in knowing the full lists of shops in there?
Check this out!

me and the WhiteMan. (below pict)

you can see i was pretty afraid of nearing him..

he smelled weird and i was afraid of touching him and having some of his rubbing off on me! lol

Finally, we found our way to Rene Liu's Sleepwalking concert venue at the Cotai Arena at Cotai Strip!

random shot.... (below)
my fave picts of Rene i took at the concert!
The concert fused both her stage movements with technology which produced some quite remarkable effects!
She looked so Lovely Red Rose!

so very pretty!

reflections...

just hope to visit there even just one more time...

rene is a truly capable singer with really beautiful vocals..

which i must admit to have never thought so of her before that!

well now i must say..

she sang really well LIVE..

haha nah nah nah!

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:02:00 +0000

Lol..
Got a few guesses from some of you..
But neither got it right! LOL
Some of you guys have really funny answers that really have me laughing quite hard! LOL

Haha Natalie dear..

You thought i went SAUDI ARABIA?

LOL But that's in Middle East! haha..

Wei Ling your guess... Malacca...

Very close! You're good! lol

but still not it.. Hehe

LOL Hanxiong-bEAr.. you must be kidding..

Russia?

It aint in Asia la... lol

Anyway...
For those of you who haven't already know...
Last weekend i went MaCAo!
An absolutely faBuLous place!

One of the places i went was The Venetian which was a fusion of Venice-concepted entertainment-cum-resort place!
Its like stepping into an Asian Las Vegas!
very d.r.e.a.m.y and beautiful..
Definitely worth going there hundred times over...

But my main purpose had been for Rene Liu's (aka Liu Ruoying) concert which is held at The Venetian itself.
Great time i had there!
(minus the time i was so busy snapping and recording away though lol..)

Sorry that i couldn't post any pictures i took there now..
but will do so by next week!
life been's hard to catch up on these days!

So long...

alexia quotes: Its Friday... Enjoy and have fun!

eh where am i??

noreply@blogger.com (mai_aleXIA_wei) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:33:00 +0000

I can't help but to post a pretty boring riddle here!

The riddle :"GUess my current location"

The clues: 1) Part of the address includes:

"Av.do Dr Rodrigo Rodrigues...."

2) Its definitely an Asian place. LOL

Dear readers..

try some blind guessings first la okie..

Don check it out through the Net..

It'll be more fun this way! ;)

post me your answers through comments or send me a mail!

Await more of my posts when i return this Wed! =)