Medicine*Music*Chocolate*Life

To Know Malaysia Is To Love Malaysia

This was the most popular song of 1986 and used as the theme song for the national tourism drive.

I remember it for different reasons.

The singer - whose short tragic life predicted that of the country he clearly loved.

The time - that I was still a believing innocent child, so proud of my country.

The lyrics - sung in that particularly tender way that still has the power to bring me to tears.

The loss - and knowing that it will never be like that ever again.

 

NYFW (A/W 2012) - Donna Karan...

.....is totally CANING it.

Her show is TO DIE FOR.

I am IN LOVE.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Getting more defined - NYFW (A/W 2012)

My 3rd post on the NYFW pictures from Style.com......and it's getting more apparent what the "trends" will be from the Big Apple.

I totally LOVE the entire shows by Behnaz Sarafpour and Derek Lam. So SO fabulous!!! I want everything!!! Now!.......

....but of course, there were many more yummy things out there:

More Yummy Things from NYFW (A/W 2012)

Fabulous.....Style.com really runs the best photos (below). Altuzarra.......*swoon*

Yummy Things from NYFW (A/W 2012)

A deluge of lovely pictures from Style.com......a lot of Peter Som and Rag & Bone.
A lot of fur going on around necks, long lean legs with bulkier arms, rusty/dark reds, hints of scarlet, metallic hues of blue, grey and so on. Lots of black and white. I like this palette :)

On To A Good Thing

Got roped into a big project officially today. Got the dirtiest stare because of it. From someone who should know better.

Also made friends - proper friends - with a nerdy research person I really like talking to. I am a total nerd at heart, so any chance to chat with another one is a welcome break. It's lonely in a world where everyone watched mainstream TV growing up, while I was raised on history, archeology, mystery, and science.

Another week just whizzed by. Whee~~~~

8 Hours In 3 Days

That's how much sleep I've had lately.

The Little Bro's working on my turf :) He's been there since Friday but I have yet to glimpse hide or hair of him. Apparently he's in culture shock. Oh well. Welcome to my world. Not everyone enjoys this pace, and not everyone can hack it.

Just today, the boss confirmed that we have some folks leaving, but also new blood coming in. We'll be the stronger for it.

Late this afternoon, I signed away 5 years of my life. Not a big loss. I am guaranteed a good job, and they'll have to put up with (putting) me (to good use).

I really SHOULD have an early night. As soon as dinner digests. Uncomfortably full right now.

More loot, in response to more 2012 developments

1. Lovely white quilted Jaime Mascaro's with navy tips and low block heels.

2. Valiserie, Chantelle, and Calvin Klein smalls.

3. The most unexpected thing. Amazingly fitted and soft and durable-looking Trussardi Jeans cardigan.

2012 is off to a fiery start. January flew by without pause, and we're knee-deep in February already. I've lost 2kg and intend to at least stay that way, although lack of sleep always tends to put fat around my middle.

From late Spring this year until at least the terminus of 2013, my world is going to be hellfire. I can't really tell you why, but work has taken a brand new twist that includes politics, backstabbing, and scheming (how very TVB!), and home life has taken on a few more complexities. I have also started a couple of personal projects.

In such times, I would do well to accept what comes, and remember the advice that Mom gave me, about life as a woman: "This is the time to run at full speed. You will have husband and children to contend with, and you will be chasing career breaks that will make you. Give it your all. It is the best time to get what  you want. You are mature enough by then, but young enough to have the energy."

Cooked for the Crew

My girls and their men came round for dinner last night. On the menu:

STARTERS: Onion soup, blinis (blue cheese and jam, soft cheese and caviar)

MAINS: Seafood pie, basil beef, duck with orange sauce, pumpkin & potato salad, broccoli with sesame.

DESSERTS: Banoffee Pie 1.2, chocolate bread-&-butter pudding.

We drank a nice deep Beaujolais.