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I'm no big fan of Gwen but the whole team at the office is going so i'm tagging along we're given tickets by the bosses to go and enjoy the night away at Gwen Stefani's concert so yaaaaaaaayyy!!! Regardless the fact that I know only a handful of her songs, I'm just gonna go and hum along (or rather yell along) with the crowd, hehehe..

Everyone's getting ready to go now so toodles!! Will update y'all on how the concert goes!

A lot has happened over the past week. I'm happy that most of what has happened will bring positive changes. Vibes of positive aura is exactly what I need right now.

I have come to terms with my fiance and his temporary "disability". Realizing that whining about it is not going to help much, plus it will further add to his frustrations, I decided instead to help him out wherever I can i.e. buy him food, drop by for visits, drive him to work etc. Hopefully my little contributions will cheer him up and help speed up the healing process. Although I have only a vague idea of how long it would take for fractured bones to heal, I'm determined to make the process a bearable one for him, as I believe he'd do the same if it was me.

Apart from that, an unexpected opportunity came by my way in terms of career. I was offered a job in a highly recommended company, and it was quite a good offer too. It was a pleasant surprise to have an opportunity such as that roll my way and needless to say, I accepted the offer. I have been praying for a better opportunity for quite some time and I'm giving all my thanks to The Big Guy for listening to my prayers. Although the bosses at my current company are not very happy with my decision to leave, I still braved my way in standing my ground on my decision. With much support from friends (especially Babes!) and loved ones, I will be starting a new chapter in my job path starting this November. Wish me luck!

I have started to put my life into top priority now. I realize that though striking stars and rainbows at your workplace would ensure that you are in the good books with your bosses, it does not necessarily ensure that you'd be in the best of health to continue on at that pace for a very long time. So, here's my resolution. When I start work at the new company, I shall do my best and strive to excel but I will however, make sure that I take good care of my own well-being and make space for myself so that I can HAVE A LIFE! LOL! I miss having my own time for the past 1 year!! As I always try to remind myself, the company can survive without you, but what will you do when you run out on you?

I'm just so happy!!!! I can't wait to start in November!!! So many new things to learn, it's just so exciting Also the idea of getting better benefits is an added plus, hahahahaa… Ok, I know that I might not know what this new job will entail, whether I'd be completely happy or not, whether I'd be in love with what I do or not, but that's a chance I've got to take and it's a chance I'm not letting go! Wheeeeeeeee! 

This Saturday night I'll be having dinner with old friends from uni. Haven't had time to catch up with them for quite some time already. Kudos to Wexy for making it possible and congratulations on her graduation! Oh and one of the group could not make it as she has her own engagement to attend *giggle* congratulations to you too Jibo.

Hehehheeh….

So here's to life, to a new job, a new outlook on life…and a new breath of fresh air.

Yesterday was one of the most relaxing day I've had in a long time. Woke up real early (for a weekend) and after getting ready, drove off to pick up the Babester. Of course, as expected she was not ready yet, lol, so I just chilled in the car for a bit waiting for her. She got into the car after about 2 minutes of waiting (which wasn't long, hehehe) and we drove off to grab breakfast at McD's. Dropped off a Big Breakfast for the Datin Momma and then we were off on our little adventure!

With Babes holding the map, we drove slowly around Bukit Damansara looking for the spa where we had our appointment set. Didn't take long and we were finally there, Jentayu Spa.

It looked like a comfy little place, with a cosy ambience. After taking our slippers off, we stepped inside and a strong whiff of eucalyptus hits us. It's one of those oil thingies where you put your fragrant oil and burn a candle under it (the correct word does not seem to come to me at this point). Anyway, it was rather refreshing I must say As we took a seat in the waiting area, a young lady comes and greets us with three pots of..err..goo. She asked us to choose which of those that we would like to use as our scrub and soak? So after being a bit disgusted by the smell of the first mix, Babes settled for the second mix (which was called SENSUAL! hahahahahha) and I settled for the third one called Bliss.

Then they ushered us downstairs where we were led to a couple of wooden chairs, and then we soaked our feet in some hot water (which took a bit of getting used t..it was really hot!) and they scrubbed our feet clean. After that, we were led to seperate rooms and were told to change into…err…nothing. Hhahahaha…ok…they gave us these uncomfortable pair of disposable underwear to put on and apart from that..it was just a towel to wrap ourselves with. Then off to the steamroom we went!

It was quite funny to be talking to Babes through a fog of steam. Never did I imagine that we would be in a situation like that. Then we chatted quite a lot and I think that sort of contributed to our breathing difficulty, ehhehehe.. After about 20 minutes of steam (which felt like forever) we them proceeded back to our individual massage rooms to have our scrub and massage done.

IT..WAS..HEAVEN..

The scrub was, well, pretty much a scrub lah, nothing special but the massage was just AWESOME! Although i did wince a bit here and there (and i heard Babes give a yelp a couple of times) it was great! I felt so relaxed after that. Then after the massage was done, a warm tub of milk and bubbles was all ready for me to soak in….nothing could have beat the splendour I was having. I think babes soaked in a warm tub of flowers, some herbal oils and bubbles. Heehhehhehe….wonderful I tell ya…

I find it really impressive how they positioned the massage mat and the tub. See, the tub is placed in the middle of the room, and since the room is not so big, they don't have enough space to put in a massaging table. So what they do is they install foldable wooden bars on top of the tub, and the massage mat over the bars and voila! A massaging table! Cool ey? Oh well, I seem to think so

Apart from the occasional awkward naked moments with the masseuse, it was just the best pampering session I have been needing in a long long time. I can see how these luxurious sessions can become addictive. A little bit pricey to pamper yourself this way all the time so I can safely say I won't be going back next week, hehehhe…but it was all well worth it.

After that, me and babes felt very light headed, so we drove off to get lunch and I must say it's quite surprising that neither of us fell asleep into our plates. We continued our day together to a visit to my tailor, sending her materials for my wedding dresses and also to discuss the designs. I love my tailor, she's the best at suggestion ideas and also to see what best suits me. After about one and a half hours at the tailor's, we then took a quick detour to my wedding reception venue. Babes wanted to see and I'm very happy that she approves

Then I sent her home…and I just flopped into bed the moment my head hit my pillow. I think I have developed a liking for this, oh dear…hheheheh…

Guess what! Today my fiance gave me more news regarding his posting status. Apparently there have been more reshuffling of locations and he is now being placed in KL!! WOOT WOOT!!! oh such joyyyy!!!!

However, I'm trying my best to keep cool, can't get too excited because God knows that the people at the ministry there can be quite fickle minded. Anyhow, given his current situation (unable to move about so much and all) I'm just happy that he's resting at home and that I get to drop by and say hello to him every now and then.

Let's hope when the letter comes, the words KUALA LUMPUR is on the line which states his post's location, hehehehe….

Me on the other hand, I will continue on where I am for the time being, and ponder about my own dwellings later on. Right now, I just have too much work to worry about other stuff.

Yesterday my fiance broke his leg. Wait, wait, ALMOST broke his leg. He fractured his right leg really badly.

Talk about eventful days. Friday I found out he has to move, Saturday I find out he broke his leg. *sigh* Isn't life full of interesting surprises?

Anyway, it was an on-field football accident, which now leaves him with crutches and a leg in cast all the way from his thigh down to his toes. Currently he's slowly figuring out how to do daily stuff while trying to see how to mobilize himself if possible. 

The Ipoh move will have to wait. It's too bad, he was really looking forward to starting his job and make a move on in his career.  Well, I believe that God lays down his plans well for each and everyone of us, so this must have happened for a reason, and on that note, we shall not complain or argue about what has happened or will happen  

Get well soon you hyper-active nutcase of mine. Lots of love from me. 

Ok, i'm dramatizing it a bit too much, but if you think about it, it will change my life.

On Friday, my fiance was officially informed that he will be posted to Ipoh, as Senior Assistant Registrar. Given only a few days to pack up and leave, move to a whole different state, and thus begin his career there. How is this going to affect me? Well, this obviously means that once we're married (which is barely 9 months from now), I'd have to move to Ipoh too.

 At first, when I got his sms, it didn't really sink in. Even when he called and ask me how i was accepting the news, I just said congratulations and that I'm really happy for him. Then I focused all my thoughts and energy into work. All the way until it was official time that I could leave office. I packed up, got into my car and called up one of my best friends, Dillot,  to hurry her to get home (we had a shopping date arranged). In the car while driving towards her house, all the emotions started flooding in. I read back the messages my sister sent me after I told her about my fiance being posted elsewhere, and started crying. I couldn't help it.

At first it wasn't so much about me. So many thoughts rushed through about how it would affect other people. Who's going to have lunch or dinner with my mom when my dad has to work late? She won't eat if she's alone, she'd rather sleep off in hunger. Who's going to feed and play with my cat? She's so pampered by me that sometimes she'll wait till I get home to feed her, even if it means going hungry till midnight then jump into bed and sleep with me. Who's going to help my dad with all his computer stuff? He always panics when it comes to stuff like these and I usually jump in to help him sort things out. My parents are getting old and I am so uncomfortable with the fact that I have to leave them on their own and not be able to be there in a split second if they need me. How about my sister? She loves weekend shoppings with me and though it only takes a few hours drive, it's just not the same. 

That sent me into floods of tears, and I bet people in cars next to me were looking at me weird.

I got to Dillot's house and decided to wait in the car for her to reach home. Waited for about 20 minutes and managed to calm myself down. She got home, we drove towards the mall, and barely 3 minutes later, I broke down again. Told her about my fiance's posting, and we both started crying. I guess I triggered her being upset about me leaving. But it just dawned upon me that I won't be able to just pick her up and go out with her like we always do. Then…it was all about the things that I will have to change. No more can I just step out and go for tea with my best friends. No more can I just run to Cat's Whiskers whenever I feel like it. Bye-bye One Utama. Will I even be able to get a decent job there? What the hell is there in Ipoh? People in Ipoh come to KL to look for work! How about the weekend bazaars that I love so much? What if there's an emergency? Who can I get help from when all the people I count on are in a whole different state?

All my life, I've been living here, and this is where I want to be and where I want my kids to grow up. But now everything's going to be different..and I don't know how I'm going to manage that.

After a lot of crying and pouring my fears out to my Dillot, I finally calmed down, and a few hours walk and giggles later, I felt a lot better.

It really helped that I cried my eyes out to Dillot, otherwise keeping it inside me would've caused tears for over a week. I suppose I could now accept that I will have to start a whole new life in Ipoh, which actually is my hometown that I have only been to once. Papa grew up there so it can't be that bad. Perhaps it might even open up new opportunities for me. So yes, I have accepted it.

True, I'm not happy about it but I have decided to wall up my fears and inhibitions and just go along with it. It's not like I have a choice. So I'm just going to make the best out of it. For the love of my future husband, I'll sacrifice my wants, and support him in whatever he does…to the end.  

For those of you who do not know, 'macet' means jam, as in traffic jam and maaannn….Jakarta…fuh!

It's craaayyyzzeeeee! I have no idea how people get their driver's lisence there. The traffic jam is life-threatening!! The traffic light means nothing, almost no one uses their signal and your honker is like your communicator : Beep! – turning left, Beep! – turning right, Beep Beep! – i'm coming through!, Beep! – get outta my way! and it goes on and on. So you hear a honk every 3 seconds either from your own cab or other vehicles around you.

Speaking of other vehicles, did I mention that the distance of your car from the other is only about 15 centimetres away?? I think I stopped breathing everytime my taxi squeezed into an almost impossible opening between cars and busses. There there's also the mini vehicles that I think they call 'bajai'. They're sort of like Thailand's 'tuk-tuk'. Interesting little vehicles although I would not have the confidence to hop into one given the madness of Jakarta traffic.

The pedestrians, now they're a kamikaze lot. If they wanna cross the road, they just go right on ahead. It's either by luck or by years of experience in driving in Jakarta than they always manage to get across just fine. Busses pick up people from right in the middle of the street. Yeap, that's right, no bus stops. You wanna get on, you either wave or start a little jog towards them, the conductor gives a holler and the bus just stops – hence causing more trafic jam and major honking scenario. People clamber on and they move along.

Amazing how the citizens of Jakarta go through this every single day. I won't be able to survive a place like this, I'll definitely think it twice over i people ask me to go there on a holiday again.

Christina's concert has got to be THE BEST concert I have ever been to!! That woman is AMAZING!

Despite the bit of drama that happened in getting to the concert (no taxi wanted to take us there due to the traffic jam), we actually managed to get there on time…thank God! We expected to see an opening act by some unknown band but much to our surprise – no opening band! The concert started with Christina straight away and the moment she sang, our jaws dropped open.

Her voice was PHENOMENAL! Simple amazing!!! And the dancers were awesome too!! Herself, quite minimal on the dance moves and we later found out that she was pregnant which explains the lack of hyperactive moves. None of that affected the quality of her voice though. I just can't describe how great she was!! Ok ok, you know how sometimes when you go to a Nelly Furtado concert, or a Gwen concert or some other singer and the way they sing isn't exactly how you expect, especially after listening to their album over and over again on your i-pod/cd player? Well, you don't get that with Christina. Her golden voice was just … breath-taking! I would recommend EVERYONE and ANYONE to go attend her concert if you ever get the chance! It's not often that you get a young beautiful singer who actually CAN sing (unlike Lindsay Lohan…'hover..hover..hover..' hahahhaah).

Another thing that made it fun to watch was her change of wardrobe. She ran backstage to change almost every other song! It was awesome!!! And then she even re-mixed her old time favourites like What a Girl Wants into the beat and rythm of her new album. Very very cool. And there was this one part where she sang on a merry-go-round horse..and there was also one where the dancers all came out acting and wearing outfits like circus performers, with flame twirling batons and everything!

Another favourite part of mine was when she sang the latest favourite – Candyman

So I went home from the concert with an experience to remember…along with a Back To Basics tour book memoribilia and a super huge poster of Christina which I have no idea where I'm gonna hang…lol.

Not many pictures were taken but I will upload some of the few when I can. I just had an absolutely great time!!! Woohooo!! Next concert – JT and Aerosmith!! (if they ever get to Malaysia)