lrt moments

Sexy Bitch

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:08:00 +0000

I have no idea why I LUUUUVVVV this male chauvinist song so much...it's true that we dig bad boys *sigh*

Bounce BOUNCE?!

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:50:00 +0000

I bought 2 'good' queen size mattresses yesterday. 1 for me, 1 for Ma. So the dude who sold me the mattress was explaining to me why this particular mattress is awesome. Point number 11 was;

dude: You know, when you hop on the mattress, although it has one spring action BUT it gives you twice the amount of bounce?

me: How is that good??

dude: You know...bounce BOUNCE?! *does the action*

me: oooooooooo...

me: Wait. Hypothetically, if he takes 5 minutes, now he'll only take 2.5 minutes??

dude: Nolah...means if he takes 5 minutes, it will FEEL like 10.

me: ooooooooooooooooo...ok, buy.

p.s Yes, I can pass you his phone number if you are interested in purchasing 'the mattress'.

LIMA

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:11:00 +0000

Back from Langkawi. Was there for a week. For work mind you. It was LIMA '09. My company was one of the maritime exhibitors. I was doing a hundred million things at one time until boo-boos like this happens;

random person: So, why are you here?

me: I'm one of the exhibitionist.

random person: Oh, how nice...

me: *OOPS!*

random person: So, why are you here?
me: Para la esposicion de LIMA.

random person: WHAT?

me: *OOPS!*

random person: So, why are you here?

me: *dozing off*

random person: Lin??

me: *dozing further off*

But it was worth all the chaos. I woke up to the sound of waves in the mornings. My room was facing the white sandy beach. Slept in a bed where I couldn't see the end of it. Ordered room service. They had the bestest Tiramisu. Had clothes washed, pressed and hanged for you. Towels so huge and heavy, I got tired drying myself up after every shower. Worked with my fellow awesome colleagues from Spain (I was the youngest sole female *wink wink*). Caught up with old friends, met new ones. Ate breakfast with the Sultan of Selangor. Had tons of seafood and alcohol accompanied by obscene Spanish jokes. Vodka Lime is my old new fav. VIPs remembering who you are. Had drivers to bring you places etc. I felt important.

I think I have LIMA hangover. This morning, I was frantically looking for my 307 room key...*sigh*

The Super Sunday

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:58:00 +0000

I read about TSS in D+A (Design + Architechture magazine) a week ago. For those of you who don't know, I'm a fan of graffiti a.k.a street art but I know nuts about it. So, I decided to check them out on their website and found out that they were having a graffiti challenge last Saturday at The Summit USJ. I got excited. And I went!

I met with TSS's founder Bob a.k.a The Kioue and he was super friendly. We talked about his career and stuff. I got to meet with the manager of TSS, Why, as well. Yes, he introduced himself as W.H.Y., also super friendly.

So, they were 2 groups of 2; Double A and LLBK (I have no idea what it stands for). The competition lasted 3 hours...baaaaaanyak lama BUT was worth the wait!

Guess which one I liked the best? Which is yours?

I say HEYYYYYYY!

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:59:00 +0000

Busy busy busy...hundred million things to do BUT MAN AM I IN A GOOD MOOD! My mood's so good, I say hi and show my pearly whites at everything that moves. Yes, even to the leafs.

And this song is my moment song now...

I say Hey I'll be gone today
But I'll be back all around the way
It seems like everywhere I go
The more I see
the less I know
But I know one thing
That I LOVE YOU!

How was your weekend?

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:48:00 +0000

Mine was both bitter and sweet.

And crazy and fucked up and exhilarating and life altering and dumbfounded and astonished and idiotic and loads more of other similar adjectives.

When I'm calm enough, I'll story tell.

*sigh*

L'Chaim, it's Friday!

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:25:00 +0000

I saw a Jew! My second Jew! My first Jew was in Istanbul while visiting a mosque, how rad is that!

And this time in Malaysia in a pharmacy buying stuffs like normal?! Sorry, but spotting a Jew in Malaysia is like spotting a Sasquatch in Malaysia (A&W Bear is not it). He was very chatty with the cashier. How cool. I wonder if he's a genius...like Einstein genius or Stiller genius.

Wait, maybe that's REALLY a mini hat and not a yarmulke to replace momentarily his missing toupee.

Yes, I'm easily amused.

I got a feeeeeeeling...

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:01:00 +0000

I was dancing in the car to this song on the way to work today. Saw people locking their cars and one even sped away at the traffic lights.

I found this cover and thought that they did an amazing job. They sound so good together like a harmonious blend of green tea, lemongrass and spearmint! (I'm into this zen shit now...)

I wanna dedicate this song to you-know-who-you-are. Hope you are feeling better today...at least by tonight :)

Reading Material

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:20:00 +0000

After reading Train(ed) Men below, I gave a thought about reading material choice by men who commute by LRT. The choice of reading material during a minimum of 15 minutes ride does more or less tells you what kinda dude one is. So, I decided to encode men based on what they read and whether or not they are my cup of tree.

1. National Geographic
My eyes will always be attracted to the lemon yellow border magazine. They can be spotted from many feet away yet rare. My initial thought would be, “This dude is a least mentally adventurous…half the battle is won.” I have a theory that NG readers are intriguing. Not necessarily physically appealing to the female eye but at least they have facts and stories to keep me interested. NG magazines are quite costly and if he subscribes yearly, I’m his. However, there’s one thing you might need to check before throwing yourself at the dude, which is to look for the publication month. If it’s not current (backdated by a month or 2 is acceptable), means this dude buys second hands, which I find a setback. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all into recycling/going green/being frugal and shit but I personally feel that backdated facts are just backdated.

2. Men’s Health
I’m confused by this one. Most dudes that read Men’s Health don’t look so healthy themselves. Maybe they are in the process of getting there or they just like to admire hot men’s hot oily bods in {insert choice of underwear here} but I would suggest that until that day comes when you resemble any extras’ bodies from 300, don’t flaunt the magazine for all to see. It’s just like how ‘larger than life’ individuals happily carry commercialized gym bags around. Either you sue the gym for not making miracles out of you or the gym sues you for bad representation.

3. Newspapers
This bunch is annoying. Reading newspaper in the LRT takes up so much space. Unless you somehow know how to strategically hold the paper in a way that the ends of the paper don’t touch other humans...ever...then you are fine. Yes, you are excited about the day's news and who has a sex video out and all but it can wait until you get to your destination. Be considerate.

4. Novels
I have mix feelings about this. It would have to depend on the genre of the book. I wouldn’t like for example John Grisham readers. Too much hype, too everybody's quoting law, too ‘buy one free twenty’. But I would want to know more about a dude reading e.g. Kafka’s Metamorphosis or The Diary of Anne Frank. If he cared so much to read about somebody’s thoughts that died a gazillion years ago, he would care about what I have to say.

5. Bible or religious books/materials
For this type, I’ll run as far as my short legs will take me. It’s call ‘quiet time’ for a reason. You are supposed to do whatever religious readings in the comfort of your 90 sq ft room and not for all to see and secretly feel ‘I am holier that thou’ towards the rest (it shows by the way you carry the book). I’m sure you’ll be the number one choice for any Amish pubescent female. I rather you read a newspaper.

6. Techie Magazines
Oh how I love geeks. They will know the workings of nuts to wtf are mpegs. From loving upgrades to getting you a gadget that helps you eat Oreos the right way without using your hands. Since I have the knowledge of computers from the 80s, he will fix all my electricity driven/battery powered stuffs. Bliss.

Although, I don’t think living in a cardboard box while playing the latest PS with state of the art surround sound system the size of an amphitheatre is cool. Dudes in this category will spend every cent they have on the latest finds. It’s an addiction.

7. Travel Guides
This bunch will score very high in my cup. I love to travel so this will immediately catch my eye/heart/brain. What’s more interesting would be the destination on the guidebook. I once saw a dude who was reading a telephone-book-thick ‘Travel in South Africa for A Year’ and I wanted to follow him home. A dude studying about the place he’s going is just oh-so-sexy.

8. Self-Helps
I guess it also depends on what kind of self-help book one is reading. But generally self-help books spells lame ass. ‘How to make good and long lasting friendships with people you hate’, ‘How to ride a unicycle and contribute to world peace’, ‘How to make lemonade when life gives you one tiny lemon’, ‘How to know if you have schizophrenia and psychosis at the same time’...you get my drift.

9. Textbooks
Normally, very young dudes flip through them because exam's in 30 minutes time. But if I spot an older dude with a textbook, my heart goes out to him. It takes a hell of a lot to go back to studying at an older age (not counting dudes who just want to be in Malaysia's Guinness Book of Records).

10. Men’s magazines like GQ, FHM, Esquire etc.
I actually love to read men’s magazine. They are so much more informative and ha ha funny. I enjoy the wit but am ambiguous about dudes who read these religiously though. High maintenance and difficult to please but they know what they want and when they want it by. They dress well or least THINK they dress well. Maybe not filthy rich but has money (on credit) to spend on the both of you on clothes/bags/accessories and luxe holidays. There’s an air of arrogance even by the way they answer their Blackberry because they know somebody is always watching them. He’ll be too busy to call you but never to busy to stop by Prada to browse; they might just have a member’s 3% discount on that day.

11. Reader’s Digest
5 years ago, this would be the perfect reading material for men in the LRT (I used to subscribe to RD). It’s like the mini/portable version of NG. But now, it costs RM15 for a skinny booklet that consists of monthly updated stories of chicken soup for the soul. If it’s not some 3 legged dog saving 10 kids from a school bus plunged into the muddy river, it’s an one eyed parrot saving 10 kids from a school bus plunged into the muddy river. So dudes, change to NG please.

12. Porn Magazines (I haven't come across yet...)
Refer to number 5. Change the word ‘religious’ to ‘self satisfactory’.

13. Sudoku & Crossword Puzzle books
I hate Sudoku. For the life of me, I don’t know how filling in the grids so that every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9 gives one an adrenaline rush. No one checks it! Next time, if I see a dude/woman saying yes and does the irritating ‘YES’ arm and fist pull in, I’m gonna ask the smug to show me his/her book and check it!
I’m fine with crossword puzzles. I find it endearing if a dude is thinking hard trying to find the correct word to fill letters in the boxes and even more interesting if he turns and asks me;

“What did Gollum always say in Lord of the Rings? 8 letters.”

And I’ll answer “Precious?”

And he will gaze deeply into my ebony eyes with a thousand watt smile that makes half-inch deep dimples on his cheeks...we’ll then evaporate into thin air and disappear into oblivion together.

I watch too many Hollywood movies.

Did I miss out any other material?

Train(ed) Men

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:58:00 +0000

I came across this blog post and found it so funny and true...click the link below and take the time to read it :)

http://didhereallyjustdothat.blogspot.com/2009/02/trained-men.html

Voice crush alert!

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:33:00 +0000

ps. If you need to borrow my spade and scrape your melted self off the floor after listening to this, just holler...Happy Friday people!

1300-888-333

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:23:00 +0000

Boss wanted pizza for lunch. So, we called it in...well, I called;

dude: Good afternoon, this is XXX. What is your name? What do you want?
me: Lin. Errrmmm...6 billion dollars?
dude: What mist?
me: Pizza.
dude: What pizza mist?
me: What is the difference between Classic Chicken and Classified Chicken? (I was looking at the menu online...)
dude: Onion mist.
me: Just onions?
dude: Yes mist.
me: Just onions and you made a whole new kind of pizza?
dude: Yes mist.
me: *frust*...Ok, forget it...BBQ Chicken, thin crust, regular.

dude: What else mist?
me: A side order of Nestle Milo please. (The boss is very 'young' at heart...)
dude: The ice cream mist?
me: Do you have the Milo drink?
dude: No mist, we don't have that.
me: Then?
dude: Then the Nestle Milo mist?
me: *pulls hair* ...yes...

dude: What else mist?
me: Nothing else.
dude: So, delivery will take 40 minutes mist.
me: But it's stated here in the website that it'll take 30 minutes only.
dude: Ya, 30 minutes more or less mist. Let me check double confirm the address and phone number...*bla bla bla*

dude: So, delivery will take 40 minutes mist and it'll be...
me: Hey, you said 30 minutes!
dude: Ya ya, 30 minutes, 40 minutes...it's the same mist!
me: The same?! Are you trying to make my blood boil?
dude: We don't boil anything here mist.
me: Arrrggghhh...it's MISS by the way! *slams the phone down*

me: *shouts across the office* WE'RE FASTING LUNCH TODAY!

A Weekend in Camerons

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:26:00 +0000

Easy...

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:40:00 +0000

I'm back. You didn't know I was gone did you!

Anyway, I'll post pictures tomorrow if the gods above permit some time for me to do so.

Back to work now with this song replaying in my head constantly...

ps. I have a soft spot for guys with glasses...but my heart especially goes marshmallow over fire on guys who play a musical instrument while sounding like the above with glasses on *instant caramelising*

Detour 5.0

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:49:00 +0000

My boss who is sometimes hilarious when not annoying yelled from his office;

boss: LINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!! (btw, my boss calls me by half of my Chinese name, he's Spanish)

me: Que? (What?)

boss: Tienes pasta de dientes? (Do you have toothpaste?)

me: QUE???

boss: PASTA DE DIENTES!!!

me: HAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *tears*

ps. Sorry for detouring so much. I'm still driving to work these days...been working late. So, for the time being I do not have personal LRT moments to share *sob sob*

FWAAHH!

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:33:00 +0000

The Fun Theory

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:22:00 +0000

Will this work over here in Malaysia?

Don't think too much now...have a great weekend people!

Detour 4.0

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:42:00 +0000

Nothing like this conversation with the Assistant Head of Security of my office building to start my sunny morning;

Salma (most definitely not a Hayek!): Your building pass cannot work!
me: I know...that's why I'm here to ask you why it didn't work.
Salma: I check already and it expire already.
me: Expired?! How can it expire? It's a piece of plastic!

*3 seconds of silence*

Salma: It's because you don't swiss it!
me: SWISS?! WTF is swiss?? (of course I didn't say 'the fuck' out loud)
Salma: You know...swiss! *gestures a hand swiping movement like Scissorhands on Red Bull*
me: You mean swipe the mutherfucking thing through the security scanner? (again, I didn't say 'mutherfucking' out loud)
Salma: YA YA!
me: Look, I've been working here for the pass 5 years, 5 days a week. This has never happened before. Can you explain how I got in yesterday then?
Salma: *scratches head* I dunno lah you...
me: *faints*

*3 seconds of silence*

Salma: You got come to work yesterday or not?

Ladies and gentlemen, I think I need a pint of Guinness at 9am in the morning...on second thought, make that 3.

HEARD!

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:02:00 +0000

woman1: So, did he call you back?

woman2: Nope...haven't heard from him for about week now *sighs*

woman1: Asshole!

woman2: But why? Why are men assholes??

woman1: Well, not ALL men are assholes. Look, there are 2 kinds of men out there. Man and real man.

woman2: What's the difference lah?

My left earlobe stretched a few inches eagerly waiting for the next enlightening sentence...

woman1: The first kind are the normal men...you know, in the asshole group. Now, a REAL man makes you orgasm and pancakes in the mornings!

I swear I choked on the lil saliva that I had in my mouth and almost peed in my panties holding my laughter. So crude yet so true. At that moment, I wanted to eat blueberry pancakes with maple syrup oozing from the sides more than anything else in the world...

Subway Map Poster

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:36:00 +0000

Erin made a subway map poster for her nephew who turned 3 recently. He is obsessed with the subway. She included his favourite stops...such a cool aunt! AND...he had a subway themed birthday party as well.

Public Transport in Melbourne

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:03:00 +0000

At last but not least...

The 'Bumblebee' Tram
Inside one of the trams I rode...

The cockpit (tram version)...some drivers are uber friendly but some act like they had just strangled their pet parrot and their mother on their way out to work.

The thin blue string is for you to pull to halt the tram! My fear was pulling the string too hard and imagining all hell breaks loose like in the movies...yes, I do watch too many movies.

This narrow space between the tram and the steel bar divider thingy is a tram stop.

If you are too wide, you'll be roadkill.

One of the major train stations...

G and I walking underground towards...

this...to wait for a train

Inside a long long long ass train...

The long long long ass train's doors :)

Passing by other trains...weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Reaching a train station...(windows are super scratched)

V and I walking to a breakfast place...

which was a tram station...actually, still working...just not inside

called MART 130, Middle Park...

*bliss*

*heaven on plates*

Friday & Saturday & chilled on Sunday...

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:13:00 +0000

On my way to see my friends
who lived a couple blocks away from me
As I walked through the subway :P
it must have been about quarter past three
In front of me
stood a beautiful honey with a beautiful body
She asked me for the time
I said it'd cost her her name
a six digit number & a date with me tomorrow at nine (awesome pick up line ain't it?)

Did she decline? No
Didn't she mind? I don't think so
Was it for real? Damn sure
What was the deal? A pretty girl aged 24
So was she keen? She couldn't wait
Cinnamon queen? Let me update (muahahaha)
What did she say? She said she'd love to rendezvous
She asked me what we were gonna do
said we'd start with a bottle of Moët for two

Monday
took her for a drink on Tuesday
we were making love by Wednesday
and on Thursday & Friday & Saturday we chilled on Sunday(I LOVE this line!)
I met this girl on Monday

Nine was the time
cos I'll be getting mine
and she was looking fine
Smooth talker she told me
She'd love to unfold me all night long(what like a map? *wink wink*)
Ooh I loved the way she kicked it
from the front to back she flipped it
And I oh oh I yeah
hope that she'd care
cos I'm a man who'll always be there

Ooh yeah
I'm not a man to play around baby
Ooh yeah
cos a one night stand isn't really fair(ya right)
From the first impression girl hmm you don't seem to be like that
Cos there's no need to chat for there'll be plenty for that
From the subway :P to my home
endless ringing of my phone
When you feeling all alone
all you gotta do
is just call me call me...

ps. This video is so cool! I wonder what my 'groundhog day' would be like?

FRUS

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:04:00 +0000

For some Tuesday the 13th and Wednesday the 14th reasons, I couldn't upload pictures regarding my train, tram and bus rides from Melbourne. Some 'error' shit. So I scolded the computer, cussed at Blogspot and deleted the entire entry which I regret now cause I have to do it all over again but I'm too lazy right now which means no post on The Met yet.

A thousand apologies.

Whaaat??

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:33:00 +0000

No, your eyes did not deceive you. It's a board game. All you need to do is to take/turn the round pieces and connect the red lines to join all the alphabetized stations together like a long ass tangled snake. So fun...for the first game...which will last 55 seconds?

Coz I luv bananas...

noreply@blogger.com (karen) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:03:00 +0000