To oink or not to oink

I came in to work this morning bright and early, and whilst making my morning cuppa I had a chat with a fellow colleague who was indulging in a packet of nasi lemak. Smells superb, the coconut infused rice released its mouth-watering fragrance tempting those near and far. Or maybe just me lah since I am such a pig when it comes to eating and I havent had a decent packet of nasi lemak since 2005. But that is not the point of this post. So anyways, we were talking about the nasi lemak and I was making casual conversations about whether the chilli was spicy enough. He replied that it isn't too spicy but that's the way he likes it. Said he can't take too much of them mini reds lest it burns a hole in his stomach. I retorted that it was just a matter of training your stomach! You know like how Msians eating mamak have no problems whatsoever, but place a Msian who's been abroad for too long in front of a plate of roti canai with fish curry and nasi briyani rendang, our friend will be shitting till high kingdom come the next day.

Again, this post is not about food.

So anywayyyys, he rattled off some chinese proverbs that sounded so scholarly until I can't even remember how it sounds like now, except it meant something like "suffer now, enjoy life later or enjoy life now but suffer in your later years".

Got me to think, how would I or rather, how am I actually living my life now? To which side of the scale am I tipping to? Over indulging because it makes me happy but suffer through the consequences a couple of decades down the line? Or am I overly cautious and never truly allowed myself to LET IT GO completely? Of course by now I am using a very generic hypothetical scenario whereby I live to a happy hearty age of 79 (is that still the average living age of a female?) with tonnes of family members around me, filial children and cute grandchildren, loving faithful husband who grows old beside me and I am still sane enough to play mahjong.

Then I wonder, but what if my preferred lifestyle now when I am still able to hop, skip and jump in a pair of 2.5 inches deprive me of all that in my later years? But if I don't enjoy, what makes you think I'd even live to 30?? Then what is the WHOLE point to life anyway?

I am not gonna go rah rah rah on healthy eating, no binging, use your discretion, the right balance is the key word, do good and live forever, bla bla bla. I think I am just gonna darn well try to be happy. After all, being happy creates beautiful memories and this is what I'd like to remember on my death bed.

And if I had to choose - I will definitely whack the spiciest nasi lemak in town! Screw that stomach ulcer if it ever hits me. And now, mission to find nasi lemak.

Again, this is not about eating ok? :p

1 wedding & a get-together

"Finally!!" - the grateful sigh from the family when we attended Han's wedding. He has truly made the most of his bachelor life and lived it to its fullest. Last week, he embraced a new beginning and started it off with a bang.

His grand wedding was held at Fisherman's Wharf, a huge convention centre with an Egyptian theme in the hallway yet with a modern sophisticated touch in the ballroom. Signages were strategically placed everywhere leading towards the ballroom, and all was made damn sure they attended the right wedding as a huge banting of the newly weds were placed directly outside the ballroom. Talk about shout-out! :)

The trip was nevertheless fantastic; all thanks to the family who flew in from all over the world to share his joy. With the combined characteristics of our side of the family, the atmosphere at Han's was astounding and cheerful and loud and chaotic. I totally loved it as it brought a sense of togetherness among us all. Even tho' all of us live in different parts of the world but put us all under one roof, it was as if time never lapsed from when we last got together. It was indeed a waste that not all Triang's 3Gs were there otherwise it would have been such a memorable occasion!

A scenic route we took daily between Han's and our hotel in downtown

St.Paul's ruins - Macau's famous landmark

The new Mr & Mrs SSH

The impressive heng tai's & chi mui's & flowerboys & flowergirls all in matching outfits

The coincidental blacks & reds, huge banting at the back

His very last nite to be James Bond

Half of the family

The wedding was held in a real chinese traditional manner like what we see from HK movies yet infused with a modern concept of the new century. The banquet was scheduled to start at 8pm but guests were welcomed by 5pm for a few rounds of mahjong! Whilst the ladies went off for a few games, the men were lingering by the bar for endless flows of liquor. The VIP table was a long stretch which faces the audience but much to the chagrin of the VIP guests, their individually served portions of dishes excluded the whole suckling pig which to say the least, was scrumptious! We, at the normal round table, of course had the luxury of the whole piglet :)

Hot Brazillian Dancers - Macau is so show business!!

Of course a shot of their naked asses is a must

The Scottish who ended up being the main attraction - there were guests coming up to him and wanting to snap photos together :))

The very adorable little koala who loves jumping up to be carried

Thankewberymuch!

Thankewberymuch!! Some of you have been most kind by offering to send me the song :) Advertisement works! Thankewberymuch Sara, should have known that you'd have it. Betcha you're into Il Divo too right? ;) Thankewberymuch hanthetan, so the efficient wan. I owe u 8 frenchfries :) Thankewberymuch HelpdeskSupport, I should have asked you right from the start since you're my Helpdesk kan? :p

Now I so layan the song la. Makes me wanna salsa. But I haven't done it in ages. Not that I'm very good at it. In fact, I only attended a few classes. And I'm not the only one apparently. *coughcough*. And I bought the shoes!! Which I have worn less than 5 times. I so wanna sway.

I am going away tomorrow. Bliss!!!!!!!!!!

sway me

It amazes me how happy I feel whenever I re-sync my ipod. With a brand new set of songs, it bestows the excitement of a brand new toy all over again.

Which brings to mind, I'm hunting high and low for Michael Buble's Sway but failed before the big re-sync last night. Although I ended up with two other versions -_- ; Pussycat Dolls (courtesy of gecko) and Dean Martin (courtesy of eve).

And since I have a blog, I might as well advertise for it! So please send it to me if you do, fadedbutterfly@gmail.com and I will be forever indebted to you :D I was hopping between Metro stations in Paris and I distinctly overheard a rendition of it. It stuck on my head the whole day! So layan okay. It played during a friend's wedding and everyone was happyskip sashaying to it! So layan okay.

I dunno wtf I'm doing blogging when I have a freaking deadline tomorrow!!

Oh shucks, mum kissed ass today. We seem to be going thru a bout of badcarlucks. Maybe we should change ALL of our cars to rid the karma.

Oh yes, send me the song please. Thankewberymuch. Even if it kills you hunting for it. Thankewberymuch. Because I got deadline mar, otherwise I'd have hunted for it myself. Thankewberymuch. And mininova died last night so I couldn't download :(