yikes.. really one quater of the year.. gone..?? well how have i been... insanely busy and sick.. yup.. there was slightly more to do at work that usual but it is under control now and i am busy with my business studies.. really didnt think it will be so much work .. fu fu fu.. :(

was also sick fo more than 2 weeks.. but i'm nearly all well now.. 95% at least and have stop barking like a dog.. just occasional cough.. weather here in germany has tunr for the better over the last few days... with day light saving came... MORE DAYLIGHT.. yeahhhh more sun, less cold.. lightens my mood somewhat.. it is still not dark at 8 as sompared to the darkening sky at 5 a few weeks back.. that was depressing..

otherwise same old same old i guess... the following few weeks will be busy.. in April and May I have work related travels.. 2 friends are visiting me in May for 2 weeks.. and we are planning to go to brussel, paris, luxembourg and armstredam. i'm really looking forward to it.. some fun time!!

((^^,))

in fact one of my visitor is jayce, my partner in crime mostly in KL, having a good time is her thing so i travel and party a lot with her.. she was feeling rather down and well this trip is supposed to be a pick me up.. she seems happy now planning for the trip although she is stressed out.. hahahha.. but happy.. so she told me that she is using money to buy happiness.. and i told her, if i could use money to buy happiness i will use every cent i have...

what is material wealth anyways, if it is unable to bring you happiness then having enough to just survive and leaving comfortably will have no difference.. maybe it does.. at least u will be comfortably miserable... hahahha :D

i went bowling last week.. in a bowling center near me with the people at work.. the bowling centre looks more like a cafe than a bowling alley and played club music.. mm.. really.. i suck at bowling.. in fact i only down 49 pins from 10 game.. sad huh.. i play worse than barack obama.. *sigh* but it was a fun night with plenty of beer..

of motto in life, just do it.. if u only do the things that you are good at.. you will be doing very few things... for me at least.. as i am not paticularly good at many things.. hahaha

im in a super good mood today.. for crabby old me... this is rather rare.. well lets see what conbtributed to this positive vibe bubbling around... my new baby:


meet nuvi 700 :) ..

I spent the whole morning, customising it.. ha haha.. I'm not really a "techie" or whatever it is that you call a gadget gaga person.. but this has unsually excited me .. maybe it has something to do with always wanting a sat nav of my own..

i am using one from the company but we have one, and we have to share it in the office. I monopolise it most of the time and I think they let me because how the *&%$ can I get around otherwise :( but i felt bad.. plus with the ammount of holiday i have plan it means I have to run away with the the existing navigator for weeks.. so i decided that i should have my own.

Why didn't I get it sooner... well.... first there was the cost.. I wasn't mentally prepared to spend so much $$.. I could spend less and get a basic one but I wanted to use it for holidays so I wanted the max ammount of countries I can get... I wanted to have America too if that is possible.. so it mean full europe and map of north america.. that also mean an arm and a leg. or maybe just the price of my liver.. considering that my liver might be unhealthy.. it might cost more than my liver..

so I brace myself and went for it. And ta da... the Garmin Nuvi 700 became mine.

I bought a ex-display, which gave me considerable cost savings.. in fact i saved 200 euro!! and it still had a full 2 year warranty.. why not?? So I has kinna high on the fact that I had a good buy.. and I found out that I can customised so many unnecessary stuff like instead of an arrow, I can change the look of the pointer representing me to a few things.. I have a superbike icon now..

it also works as a MP3 player, I downloaded some songs already so it will entertain me when I am usiang a rental car next time.. it works as a hands free when paired with my mobile via blue tooth.. wow.. and I can see my phone book on the display..

there is also a photo viewer, dictionary, calculator and many other widgets.. cool cool cool..

i customised everything to british english text but it can speak also in various language.. I had it on as mandarin first but now I have Alfred speaking to me, so now I feel like batman... hahahah..

overall .. good :) How it performs.. we will see.. the first time I used it was yesterday so the real test of how well it navigates will come :)

I also tried a really nice, unsual beer. I did a review for it on beerbeer.org I should also be in belgium in May and my plan is to stuff up on the beer and chocolates! yeahh!

I have also submitted my accounting assignment up, now 2 more to go for this month, after dinner I will start on the next one.. Urrgghhh.. April and May will be 2 months of heavy travelling me so I really need to sort out the studies thingee before work eats up too much of my time..

well time flies... phewww.. rather scarily these days... im at home saturday morning trying to finish my assignment for my accounting module.. *sigh* really this MBA thingee is harder and more time consuming than i thought... i should be able to get it done today and tomorrow I'll start with another assignment due this month.. actually 3 is due this month... ppuuuhhhhh...

im also watching gotv.. an austrian MTV sort of program to get in touch with the "music for young people" or as simon of american idol says.. i am trying to stay "current"..

the fact that i dun recognise most of the band or songs played is a little worrying though... i know the big names, pink, kelly clarkson, kathy perry was just playing but these are all new songs.. and i have no idea... *sigh* i'm getting too far remove for my own good.

i am one of those few people that hates listening to the radio in the car (which is just about the only place for me if i do) why?? too much blabbing.. and irritating commercials.. especially in malaysia.. uurrgghh.. in germany, i dun understand them so they are just irritating blabbing...

so i just burn sngs i like in a CD or put on my fav CD (which strangely ranges from westlife to eagles and carpenters to bon jovi) and listen to them over and over again.. yupp.. no so "current"..

here's a really cool MTV.. i like this.. monkey man, graffiti art thingeee.. cool..



well you learn new things everyday... and now let me go back to dissect how the TSR effects the directors' pay of Tesco group... *bang heads on the table*

really, where does time go? and it is March .. damn, one quarter of the year is going going and will be gone soon..

i am been busy and very tired recently.. not because of work.. but because the sins committed during the Köln Karneval.. well i am turning 30 next year.. so I guess the partying and late nights are getting to me more than it used to...

i had a wonderful weekend.. of doing nothing, sleeping, relaxing, watching TV, did some reading of my study material in my attempts to recover from this lingering fatique... i feel better now but still not my usual self.

life in germany is good.. in fact i dun know how i can ever work in asia again! I am so spoilt but the amount of personal space and time i have... (^^,) it will be struggle to work like a dog again. So i guess i need to work extra hard to make sure my long term plan of migrating to australia goes through in the next 2 years or i need to find some brainless, cushy job back in KL. The economical climate is working against me now though..

a number of people told me that .. or rather introduced me as someone who is passionate about working, or really likes to work.. really.. that has occurred a few times already.. being the polite person that i am.. i kept mum.. but really... me?? like to work?? wonder where they get the idea from.. having said that it doesn't mean i am a slacker. I like to get things done in a timely orderly manner and very much like garfield I do not understand why everyone else just can't do things my way.. #$%&"**... or rather just the yardstick which I think things should be done..

so that makes me a pushy, impatient co-worker.. a fact which i honestly just realised about a year ago.. but that's another story about metaprespectives.. (~~.)

was talking to a friend recently and she asked me, do you think you are happy?

i said i think i am happy, but i feel i am entitled to more happiness... hence I want to be happier..

we both agreed to this and ponder.. how can we make ourself 'happier' or more fufilled?

mm.. i love to eat.. but the goal of my life is not eating of course.. and hell no it is not working.. so what is it..?

that's what men has been asking for ages eh?