(whoa, I accidentally clicked on my picture above and it opened into one VERY huge picture where I can see my eyes soooo clearly. I think the one thing I love most about myself would be the colour of my eyes which is inherited from my lovely mother. nyahahaha. And thanks Tzia! I got it! ;p)

DID I MARRY THE RIGHT PERSON?

During one of our seminars, a woman asked a common question.
She said, "How do I know if I married the right person?"
I noticed that there was a large man sitting next to her so I said, "It depends. Is that your husband?"
In all seriousness, she answered "How do you know?"

Let me answer this question because the chances are good that it's weighing on your mind.

Here's the answer.
EVERY relationship has a cycle. In the beginning, you fell in love with your spouse / partner . You anticipated their call, wanted their touch, and liked their idiosyncrasies (unconventional behavior/habit).

Falling in love with your spouse wasn't hard. In fact, it was a completely natural and spontaneous experience.
You didn't have to DO anything. That's why it's called "falling" in love... Because it's happening TO YOU .

People in love sometimes say, "I was swept of my feet." Think about the imagery of that __expression. It implies that you were just standing there; doing nothing, and then something came along and happened TO YOU .

Falling in love is easy . It's a passive and spontaneous experience. But after a few years of marriage, the euphoria (excitement) of love fades. It's the natural cycle of EVERY relationship . Slowly but surely, phone calls become a bother (if they come at all), touch is not always welcome (when it happens), and your spouse's idiosyncrasies , instead of being cute, drive you nuts.

The symptoms of this stage vary with every relationship, but if you think about your marriage, you will notice a dramatic difference between the initial stage when you were in love and a much duller or even angry subsequent stage.

At this point, you and/or your spouse might start asking, "Did I marry the right person?"
And as you and your spouse reflect on the euphoria of the love you once had, you may begin to desire that experience with someone else.
This is when marriages breakdown . People blame their spouse for their unhappiness and look outside their marriage for fulfillment.

Extramarital fulfillment comes in all shapes and sizes. Infidelity is the most obvious.
But sometimes people turn to work, a hobby, a friendship, excessive TV, or abusive substances.

But the answer to this dilemma does NOT lie outside your marriage. It lies within it.
I'm not saying that you couldn't fall in love with someone else.
You could.

And TEMPORARILY you'd feel better. But you'd be in the same situation a few years later. Because (listen carefully to this):

THE KEY TO SUCCEEDING IN MARRIAGE IS NOT FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON; IT'S LEARNING TO LOVE THE PERSON YOU FOUND.

SUSTAINING love is not a passive or spontaneous experience. It'll NEVER just happen to you. You can't "find" LASTING love. You have to "make" it day in and day out. That's why we have the expression "the labor of love." Because it takes time, effort, and energy . And most importantly, it takes WISDOM . You have to know WHAT TO DO to make your marriage work.

Make no mistake about it. Love is NOT a mystery. There are specific things you can do (with or without your spouse) to succeed with your marriage.

Just as there are physical laws of the universe (such as gravity), there are also laws for relationships.
Just as the right diet and exercise program makes you physically stronger, certain habits in your relationship WILL make your marriage stronger.
It's a direct cause and effect. If you know and apply the laws, the results are predictable... you can "make" love .

Love in marriage is indeed a "decision"... Not just a feeling.

Remember this always :

"God determines who walks into your life. It is up to you to decide who you let walk away, who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go."


I Still Believe : Hayden Panettiere

Some how I know I will find a way
To a brighter day in the sun
Somewhere I know that he waits for me
Someday soon he'll see I'm the one

I won't give up on this feeling
And nothing will keep me away

'Cause I still believe in destiny
That you and I were meant to be
I still wish on the stars as they fall from above
'Cause I still believe
Believe in love

I know what's real cannot be denied
Although it may hide for a while
With just one touch love can conquer fears
Turning all your tears into smiles

It's such a wondrous feeling
I know that my heart can't be wrong

'Cause I still believe in destiny
That you and I were meant to be
I still wish on the stars as they fall from above
'Cause I still believe
Believe in love

Love can make miracles
Change everything
Lift you from the darkness and make your heart sing
Love is forever
When you fall
It's the greatest time of them all

'Cause I still believe in destiny
That you and I were meant to be
I still wish on the stars as they fall from above
'Cause I still believe
Believe in love

Yes I still believe
Believe in love
Still believe in love
I still believe
Believe in love

**=)**

Hello hello~! =)

Random pictures from a few days ago.
;)

Jan 27: Fish Spa, Bowling, Quality Family Time

Since we DIDN'T go back to Penang like we usually do every year, me and my sisters pestered my parents to take us somewhere...anywhere.

And well, we ended up in Pyramid.
Hmm, predictable. haha.
My youngest sister never tried the Fish Spa before so me and my second sis Charissa decided to bring her there.
I remembered the first time I was there. I was laughing for 30 minutes straight.
People probably thought I was m-a-d.
As you can see in the picture above, my feet was SO CLEAN that there weren't fishes swarming to my feeth the moment I place it in the water.
However..my youngest sister..Andrea..............................
before she put her feet in the water, the fishes were so excited some of 'em JUMPED.
LMAOROFLLOL.

After that, we went for some bowling.

Colourful Balls!!
=D



Candid picture by my dad. I was trying to put some strands of hair behind my ear because it was annoying me. That explains the "blur moving left hand". X)
I do not know that small boy beside me. =/

He was crying because his ball kept going into the drain. awww........

overall bowling is kinda fun. I think I'm quite addicted to it although I suck at it.
I'm improving though! Seriously! I just need practice. hahaha

Oh..but I must say, my youngest sister's score was worse than mine when I first started.
She had 3,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,9. Overall she had 12.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

XD

Got this from Nadia in a forwarded mail and found it kinda cool . :p
Is this available in Malaysia???
'Cause....



I really hate the disgusting panty lines.

GONG XI FA CAI! =)



Me and the red, red dress. It's a new dress btw, not the one I wore for Christmas. The material is different. haha. :p

We went to my Aunts house for a visit today..and I met my new baby cousin, Gavin.
He's so cute and chubby, he'd just make you wanna say "awwwww........" the moment you see him. =)

I love holding a baby's hand 'cause it's so soft and small.


I think I was playing with the baby 80% of the time.
He was hypnotizing me!!

Even in pics I had to carry him...sigh. I miss him already. =(

Btw, my youngest sister's birthday falls on the SAME day as Chinese New Year this year!
Lucky her. ;p
Bought a banana choc cake from secret recepie and she insisted that she didn't want us to sing the traditional Birthday song because she didn't like the song.
But we did anyway, just to annoy her. hahaha.

HAPPY 15th BIRTHDAY BABY SISTER

=)

My mom reserved a table at King Crab for our dinner..soo..
we left the house around 6.45pm and arrived at the restaurant at 7pm.

Obviously we had to eat Yee Sang. It's the whole chinese tradition for CNY thing.
When I was younger I really hated Yee Sang 'cause I hated the ginger and all.
But as I grew older I grew to like it alot!

Oh, and that's me eating the lovely Crab. Seafood's the best.

As far as I know..almost everyone went back to their hometown for the Chinese New Year Celebration this year!
My family used to travel back to Penang every year for CNY but this year, we decided to celebrate it differently. We're staying back in Subang! hehe.
Penang is just wayy to hot, and crammed these days.
Additional info: I'd always fall sick when I'm at Penang during CNY due to the incense burning and smoke all around. I am allergic to dust. So I'd sneeze and sneeze, get down with a flu, sorethroat and fever. It was my personal cny package every year.

Thank God, we're home this time.
Although...I miss the ang pau's from my aunts and uncles.........haha

Btw, my parents bought a set of superbly comfortable couch yesterday from The Curve and..I CAN'T WAIT 'till it arrives!!
I can't stand the bloody hard ROSEWOOD chair any longer. I've banged my head on it kazillion times and gotten blue blacks from hitting my leg there by accident. Gosh.

Tonight's the reunion dinner...
and since all of my relatives are not within Selangor, we're gonna have the reunion among ourselves. My lovely family. Although we see each other everyday and talk to each other everyday, we are going to re-unite x2. haha.
Like my dad said, "making the unity stronger". ;p


=)

Decided to post this earlier so I'd save the trouble of posting the next day (it's Sat, 12.09 am). :p

Went for bowling with my cell mates. Yeah, you heard it, BOWLING. hahaha.
It was probably the 3rd time I ever went bowling, and the last time I went for it was probably a billion years ago.
I never knew bowling could be SO EXCITING. Almost died of a heartattack when the scores were so terribly close.

I helped my team in "lowering" the score because I sucked so bad. LOL.
But we won anyway, thanks to the prooo~! Hui Wearn. She's really good at it. Gosh. Jealous-nye. :p

The holiday has begun!
And Chinese New Year is just around the corner..
I smell money...muahahaha.

Just kidding. I'm not soo money minded. ;)

It's the time for families to gather together!
Nothing can be better than that. =)

Yeayy! I finally have my pictures from last year by Terence! X)

It's probably one of the last photoshoots I've done before I decided to quit it. (too many girls were doing the same thing. It didn't feel special anymore. Any random guy with a camera can call themself a photographer. I don't even look up to girls who have "photoshoot" photos anymore. It just gets old after some time.)

I like this picture but I didn't like my face in it so I cropped off the head. hahah! (Hope he doesn't get angry) =/

Will upload other pictures later.

**wow, I updated 3 times in a day.

I need to give a piece of my mind on something.

[Hopefully I won't get sent to the freaking ISA for this] har-har.

So anyway, there's all this fuss about Gaza and the whole load of Palestinians dying shit.
Personally, I do pity the innocent civilians..BUT
did you know that they were actually WARNED by Israel beforehand?
Israel was kind enough to print BROCHURES and placed it in their homes notifying the civilians to back out because they were about to bomb Gaza because they needed to strike back to Hamas.
Although they were warned, they were STUBBORN enough to stay put into their houses and thus, all the deaths.

And don't you dare say things like "oh if it was you it would be difficult for you to leave your home too"
WELL DUH. OBVIOUSLY.
But if it was a matter of LIFE AND DEATH which would YOU CHOOSE?
Death trying to protect a house which you can re-build in time or watch your family members die one by one?

First of all, the bombing thing was started by the Hamas. If they didn't start it, none of this would've happened. Hamas were cowards. They wanted to bomb israel, yet they were hiding within the civilians, using the civilians as their freaking shield.
Why is then, everyone's saying that it's Israel who's the evil one?
They had no choice, Israel warned them, they refused.
So there.

Adding to that, Gaza was given by Israel to Palestine for PEACE.

So, don't send me emails telling me to boycott Israel OR US products because I don't give a shit.
In fact, I'm gonna drink MORE coke, use more of the computer, go for more AMERICAN movies and go for everything American.

So.. I'm sitting here on my revolving chair, staring at my computer screen, munching on my bar of chocolate while thinking "what should I write?".

At the same time, I'm tapping away on my psp and listening to some music.

Is that what they call...MULTI-TASKING? :p

Don't have much to blog about because currently I am pretty much equivalent to a piece of dead meat.
Assignments can be such a bore.
It's turning me into a boring person.

On another note altogether, I just wanna say : Yay for Nadia! It's all over! No more worries 'bout the damned thing. hehe. I knew you could do it. ;)

*continues staring at the computer screen*

.................
..........................
after 5 minutes.

Okay, I'm out of ideas. Tata

To my dearest friends, please be reminded that my number's for friends and family ONLY. Do not give my number out to anyone unless it's necessary. Thanks.
I've gotten text messages from strangers before, but none of them are as annoying as THESE 3 bloody fools whom I suspect MIGHT be the same person. Anthony? George? Fabian? DO you think I am STUPID? Hah.

0172987581
0126359660
0123049775

[Never thought I'd publish the numbers? hahahaha. That's what you get for trying to fool around with me. Assholes. I didn't want to do this because I figured strangers would naturally stop contacting me when I don't reply, but noooo it's been going on and on and on. There's a limit to my patience and THIS IS IT.]

First of all, I hate annoying guys.
Secondly, I hate annoying guys who asks foolish questions.
Thirdly, I've got NO TIME to entertain such bullshit.

I figured after this I'll be called a stuck up bitch or something,
but you know what?
I don't care.

Btw, there's this dude who's been sending me text messages in "han yu pin yin".
har-har. Very funny, as if I'd understand. He was like freaking spamming my inbox.

Kindly rot in hell you annoying guys. =)

toodles.

I can't believe the amount of work I'm having at the moment.
So this is how it feels like to be in the final year of a degree.
No wonder final year students never had the time to have fun. BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ANY TIME/or maybe it's just me.

Assignments to complete:

• International Marketing Group (5000++ words and must be of HIGH QUALITY material with loads of research to be done coupled with excellent recommendations)
  
• Market and Social Research Group ( "mini" dissertation between 25-40 pages)
  
• Advertising Group (3000 words)
  
• Advertising Individual (4000 words)
  
• 2 Business Strategy Case Studies (1500 words each I think. Topic given but I haven't even touched the assignment.)

I always thought that the previous semesters were killing me but................................
believe it or not, I'm starting to get used to the whole "deadline" thing.
I've actually started using a diary from the beginning of the year to write down all the deadlines of my assignments. (unlike the previous years where the organizers pile up dust..and to be thrown into the recycle bin the year after)
Isn't it an improvement? ;)
Kinda proud of myself. hahaha.

Ok, I'm off to bed.
btw, I go to bed at 10pm+ daily and wake up around 6.30am-6.45am.
I FEEL SO HEALTHY! =D
Seriously though, waking up early would give you more time in a day. That's what I feel. ;)

-For the love of all beautiful hair-

I'm getting quite obsessed over wigs..so, I bought this extension from Sinma. It's cheap!
Well, it's not really a full length wig cuz it's basically a long strand.. filled with hair; and all you gotta do is roll it up and pin it in to make the "bun" formation.
Whoever said that we can't have fun with short hair?
=)

AND, I was supposed to go for my CNY shopping later..but...
I've already bought quite a lot of stuff!
Going broke, but it's okay, I can still shop just a little bit more.
hehe.
[But um, obviously I would not shop 'till I'm penniless. I love shopping but I'm not stupid enough to spend every single cent I have.]

These days I've been uber busy with my college stuff and I'm getting all stressed over assignments again.

busy busy busy busy busy

I don't even have the time to write up a proper blog post.

I know it's all messed up! Forgive me.
Will return with a more read-worthy post soon.

It's my parent's 24th anniversary today!
Happy Anniversary dearest mommy and daddy! *HUGS HUGS*
we shall celebrate...TONIGHT! =)

'till then, toodles everyone!

**update:
This is a song for all you couples who are constrantly arguing.
Stop arguing and listen to this!

On Thursday, I went to Little Genting for the second time. Man, the journey there from Subang is really LONG. It practically feels like I'm off to Malacca. -.-

Anyways, I went there with Warwick and Ili. It was really fun hanging out with Ili 'cause she's really funny..and I got to know alot of "stuff" which are p&c. :p

Yesterday, Wick finally COOKED his so called "best" dish. hahaha.
Chicken and bacon with cheese and bbq sauce. Hey, the name is too long. Make a shorter name for it!!!
No pictures 'cause I didn't bring my camera with me. X)
On a scale of 1-10, I'll give it a 7. Considerably better than last time where he only cooked sausages and nuggets...maggie mee........ etc etc.
He left for Birmingham around 2am+
soo..Bon Voyage!
Have fun at Birmingham.
Don't worry, I will post more of the Malaysian food pictures so that you can SEE it.
lmao.

Presenting..the Hospital Restaraunt!


I got this from a forwarded mail and I thought it was quite a cool concept for a restaraunt although it's kinda freaky.
Would be a nice place to go for a "new" experience though. :p

Too bad it's not in Malaysia. Sigh.

I'm not gonna do a caption for every picture 'cause honestly I am too lazy to bother.






This looks like a scene from a horror movie.








I would NOT want to eat that.
Looks kinda gross.............................
(pieces of flesh drenched in blood?)


Okay that's all.
I'm thinking about blogging more 'bout the interesting stuff I come across the net instead of bombarding the blog with pictures of myself..which is what almost everyone is doing? =/

A new addition to our family!
(my house is turning into a zoo)

The very nice lady who owns the Usj 11 pet shop(same row as Chatters) were selling some Anggora rabbits on behalf of her friend.
My dad saw them awhile back but when I went there a few days ago, there was only 1 left.
So, I gave her my number and asked her to call me when her friend brings in more.

The moment I looked at the cage, this cutie kept calling out to me!
She was all sniffin' and looking at me with those adorable brown eyes..
I was smitten.

Amazingly, this is the first time I actually have a rabbit which requires brushing! *brush brush brush*
I was told that Anggora rabbits can grow to be extremely fluffly. The thing is, she's already very fluffy right now. If she gets any fluffi-er she'd REALLY look like a walking cotton ball!
=D
Ah the cute-ness. She now shares the same house as Lola, my brown bunny. =)
Oh, and my sister decided to name her..Gigi. hahaha.

The cutest dog evarrr~!
=Pp

Realised that I haven't blogged about my dog before.
Gosh. How could I not blog about my baby?!

Anyway..I got her when I was in Standard 3..so it's like a billion years ago. haha.
Still felt like it was yesterday though..
I can remember exactly how she looked like when she wiggled out of the room..smaller than the rest..quietest too. She looked like a walking cotton ball.
She was the youngest of the lot and was extremely tiny. My aunt bought her for me..as a Christmas present because she knew how much I wanted a dog. =)

Even as a pup, my dog loved to smile.
Well, okay, not exactly a smile..it was the usual dog-open-mouth to pant thing..but she looked like she was smiling all the time..
so my maid gave her the name "Jolly".
(I used to have a Filipino maid.. Me and her were like friends.)
So, I agreed on the name as well. :p

After so many years..she's still the same..fun-loving Jolly and I totally love her to bits.

Last year we had to cut her hair REALLY short to allow her fur to grow again.

Right now, her fur is super soft and she's lookin' even better than before!

Who says a dog can't look good when they're OLD? :p

btw, she's super picky in FOOD and she behaves like a human too.
Currently my rabbit is HER pet cuz she actually "pets" the rabbit gently on the head and follow her around when I allow the rabbit to run free.

Other than that, I started my first day of Semester 5 today.
I NEED to get used to sleeping early. Seriously.

I went for my semester 5 registeration yesterday and I've gotten my timetable for the sem.
When I first saw it..my expression was -> *_*

It's freaking stupid.
The timing's all OVER the place.

Monday : Class from 8am-12pm [okay I accept Monday. Monday's fine]

Tuesday : Class from 8am-10am [still acceptable except the fact that it's at 8am AGAIN]

Wednesday: Class from 8am-10am. BREAK from 10am-12pm. Continued with classes @
12pm-1pm. BREAK AGAIN from 1pm-4pm. Class from 4pm-6pm.
[what the hell? so many breaks?]

Thursday : Class from 8am-9am. BREAK from 9am-4pm. Class at 4pm-6pm.
[get this, 7 hours break. Champion.
I've already planned to go home and sleep before attending my 4 pm class]

Friday : Class from 8am-10pm. BREAK from 10am-11am. Class from 11am-1pm
[while scanning thru the 8am's I almost fainted on the spot]

Oh shit, it's like going back to MORNING high-school all over again. I'm afraid I'll be late for each of my morning classes (which means... everyday) 'cause I'm having trouble trying to get outta bed at 10AM these days.

.....HOW?!

I wish they could cram some of my 1 hour classes together so I'd have at least 1 free day..

*pouts* =(

This would be the re-cap of my 2008

For as long as I lived so far (which is 20 years..only), I have to say..2008 was one helluva rocky ride for me.
I've learned so much..in a year :

• I reflected back on my past relationships and realised that it was all just mere puppy love and I was being depressed over nothing.
• Time DOES heal a broken heart.
  
• I learned the value of family and friends.
• I found out that I could actually work well under pressure. Which means, I have learned to manage my time wisely.
  
• I have become an independent person.

If I had to make a chart for my life in 2008, it would be like this:

I was depressed during the first few months (starting from Jan 2008) because I realised that my bf (now ex, obviously) was cheating on me. Breaking up after 2 years plus when you've gotten really comfortable with someone was not an easy task but I had to do it. I knew that he isn't the one for me and so I made a decision which I've never looked back since.
Not only that, I had to go through some family problems (P&c) + heartbreak + my finals of 5 subjects all at the same time. It was a really difficult period for me. I thought I could pass out from all the stress I was facing.

*I cried so much during that period of time I could've filled an ocean..every night before I went to sleep..thoughts just creeped into my mind and I cried myself to sleep most of the nights..I had no appetite to eat..I couldn't laugh sincerely and I had to put on a "happy" mask in front of my family, which was one of the toughest thing I've ever done*

Then, I met someone. Which explains the slight increase in "happiness" at the second line which started around April. He was all nice..and funny. I fell for him. Maybe it was just because he was there for me or maybe it's just 'cause I needed someone. I don't know. But I fell, hard. And I thought I was in love. Still, he wasn't the one for me. And we moved on our seperate ways. When we broke up, I went into the downfall..yet again. Which explains the plunging third line.

*When I was going through the break up, I cried alot..again. I teared in the office where I was working in, I broke down in front of my girl friends, I cried everytime I recalled the memories of "us". I'd get depressed when I go by the places we used to hang out. Looking back now..I truly wonder...why did I feel that way? Because it all seems like nothing now.*

After awhile I met another person. We clicked almost immediately and decided to date.
Well, you should've guessed by now. Things just didn't work out between us and thus, another break.

*I'd look in the mirror and wonder...what have I ever done wrong to deserve guys like these? Where is he? The...one? *

I was thinking to myself..."what's with all these emotional joyride?"
Breaking up 3 times in a YEAR? wow. That's gotta be something.

However, despite all the emotional drainage from the lousy relationships I experienced. Something amazing happened.

I changed the way I view life as a whole.

Here's what happened:

When I reached that fourth line, where my life seemed to be getting bad again, I was thinking "oh crap, guys are stupid, guys are dumb, etc etc". You know, the usual bitching thoughts you'll have when all your life you're surrounded by L guys?

But then...I attended cell group..I listened more in church.
I realised that..I've been falling out from my religion ever since I started that relationship and somehow I knew, all those break ups, all the meeting-of-the-wrong-guys has to teach me something. Everything happens for a reason.

Slowly, the idea of dating began to slip away from my mind. I didn't have to hold on to the feeling of "being in love" anymore. After being in a relationship most of the time since high school..for the first time..I remembered how it was like when I was bf-less in form 1.
I remembered how I lived my life then.
I found the feeling of serenity and independence where I could do my own thing.
I found joy in doing simple things like staying at home, being with my family..instead of dying to get out of the house like I did for the past few years.

I changed the way I view things. I didn't have to keep going out on dates just because I was asked to. I didn't have to say yes to a guy just because we clicked. I didn't have to experience heartbreaks if I had committed my relationship to God instead of trying to handle things my way.

I'm positive that ever since I went back to becoming a real Christian instead of being a Sunday Christian, my life took a 360degree turn. I'm not joking.

I became a happier person. =))

Everything just went from good to excellent from then on. This explains the final line..which is..still rising. ;)

To sum it up..Regina in the beginning of 2008 'till September '08 was foolish. She didn't know what she was doing, she was naive, she always thought she knew-it-all but she didn't.

I'm not saying that I know-it-all now. I still don't. But I did mature in some aspects. Maybe...just maybe I'm a tad bit more matured than I was?
I am no longer searching for the "one". I've learned to embrace the idea of singlehood as a gift.
I want things to happen the natural way. If it happens, it happens. As they say.."things always happens when you least expect it."
Who knows where 2009 will bring me?
At the mean time, I will focus on my studies and hang out....with my family. I'm a family-first person! I love my dad, mom and sisters so much. I would never have kept my sanity without them by my side. =)
Oh, and I've also signed up for some charity work. hehe. ;)

12 months....1001 lessons...and only 1 chance to live it out. 2008 have been a such an amazing journey...it would be the year I would never forget.

As I looked at the sky on 00.00 of 2009, the fireworks seemed to dance away the pain I felt..like a flower bud which is begining to bloom, I could feel the future unfolding itself..
I knew then,
my life has just begun.

I took a deep breath and smiled to the sky..
it was just my way..of saying thanks to God and telling him..that I've learned.

Lastly, I would like to declare that I am dedicating 2009 to God...that I will walk in His way, not on my own anymore.

=)