approaching mid year crisis..

argh.. my last post was in march.. before i left for my euro trip... feels like donkey years but sadly to say its only been cow months that have zoomed by extremely fast !!!!! it will be MID YEAR NEXT WEEK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh a lot has happened not only in the past 2mths since i came back, but also for the 1st half of the year.. had the best & worst times... the richest & broke period =p happy & sad moments... HOT & snowing Freezing weather.. surrounded by the closest & fake friends =) oh how blessed... (yes i am thankful even when it is the crappiest time, as it is those period that teaches me to b strong , put my head & never give up-sorta refering to present moment).. i have been around blogging, but more on a personal note on my other blog, even that i've left for two weeks... sometimes it's coz i've a lot to say it may end up as a 2 page essay, other times im tired or back home late.. or perhaps nothing really interesting or different happens in my life...
so mid year crisis is when u sit & think what have u achieved or done for the past half a year.. how is ur financial status currently holding (enuf to pay for ur year end investment or not) haha or have i invested in designer boutiques (yes i have a weakness for good stuff) where have u been...
after analyzing then comes the part where u supposedly try n improve the other hald of the yr to make the whole yr a BETTER yr ;) since i work hard & play equally hard , there seems to be a good balance in $ coming in (competition is in july, so june is work the bum off on ice..) also i have made plans to start a 'proper' job by august.. whee.. hope that goes well =p travel plans are there.. incl with the WHOLE family to Singapore 1st week june for coussies Grad & farewell & bday party & KK in august WHOLE family too...
in conclusion 1st half of the year was good & Challenging... 2nd half has a bright future ahead & excitement (Winter Olympics Qualifying is somewhere in Oct /Nov for 2010 Vancouver Games) whheeee.... woot woot... la la la la la laaaaaaaaaaaa.................
buenos noches amigo/as !!

7 days - 1 week - 4 places ...

ARGHHHHHH... exactly in 7 days, a week from now at this exact date i probably would have just woken up (london time) in the plane getting ready to land... This is just going to be the start of my HOLLLYYYDAYYYY.... which will then be followed by Paris- Tusnad- Malaga- London- home sweet home...
Now i'm slowly starting to care less bout the students as I think half of them are already on track with the competition, the other half didnt come and practice as much hence they have been left behind, so the new coach will have to work with them (some have also started with) and i already sent out sms to all those involved in the competition that while im away to contact the necessary ppl for lesson's and to EMAIL me or drop me a line so i can have their email add and it will be easier and FREE to communicate, as i dont feel like going on roaming and entertaining them as i am on HOLIDAY... so i have DONE my part now it is left aLLLL up to them... GOOD LUCK.... as for me HAVE FUN & ENJOY !!!

As for tomoro i am flying off early morning to Singapore for a skating seminar regarding ISU and will be back Friday afternoon to teach in the evening.. The weekend looks promising and will start packing soon....

pressure...

yessss.. still surviving from yesterday's really hectic day,as it was our 4th nationals figure skating champ closing dateline, the obvious occured, all forms came in last minute, and worse i have to go through it all last minute and submit it to another person, who is there only at a certain time...
Now that all forms have been submitted it's time to crack my head on music, editing, choreography, and making sure they PERFORM all to be done in 21 days before i leave for my long holiday, after which i return and 10 days later it's COMPETITION... GOOD LUCK TO ME !!! haha and while tearing my hair trying to search music and getting ideas for moves..while talkin gibberish to my friend i came up with this...

i can feel the pressue building up
as the time ticks
tick tock tick tock
and hrs go by as if it were seconds
oh my my she will be doomed soon
for she has 20 days to make sure
all her students programs are done
ra ra ra

Now back to work !!

fireworks...

as i gaze out my newly renovated room with a beautiful view... my neighobours are busy burning firecrackers and fireworks to end the last day of Chinese New Year (Chap Goh Mei..)

the sky looks really nice and colorful at night rather then the plain grey/dark sky it normally looks with a small hint of light(star) or a globe light (moon) once awhile...(we dont get the northern lights/ aurora borealis here unfortunately...)

i really love watching fireworks as they are not just plain anymore... there are all sorts of patterns now,color and types.... some go in the air like small little sparks then from there it grows into another part and starts to crack... verryy preeetttyy...

for my wedding / birthday / any occasion that involves 'the princesa's special day' i would like to include a nice firework display as well...

the sparks that fill the air with colors just makes you feel of the spark when you feel after not seeing someone for quite awhile... (either that or im just kinda love struck at the moment) but whatever it is... firework display around my neihbourhood during chinese new year is just FaB'z and more so now with my new sofa bed where i can sit by the window type and watch the colorful sky

=)

suprise MAMA...

after planning for weeks and emails sent across as well sms actively being sent and received... the suprise was on her way... for the birthday girl (ok pre birthday) mama... VC bought a new car to, so we were all excited to see her as well as the new ride... yeaaa Beemer won over the Lexus choice and the 525 was brought back to chancery lane... (mine still in the showroom being modified hehe) so things were sort of finalized... PC's friend will make a nice choc cake, VC will be our yummy caterer of the day serving tandoori, dhal, briyani (we going indian food... burrpp yumm) Mita has sorted out the 'sparkling candle that has sparks' the rest just bring their booty and tummy to the Ismail residence oh the new 'Laisma Villa'...
Last minute 'hiccup' Pc friend was sick so, her friend or she went to get a cake from a shop instead american choc with choc rice...

Mama kept postponing her hair coloring, so she finallyyyy said she was going to do it around 2.30 which was a nice timing, just in time for tea... however with her normal side-works she had to do, as she was bout to leave TA DA, her suprise ARRIVED in her NEW RIDE !!! lil baby sis was the suprise... in the carriage was all the delicious yummy food on board as well... Had our j.Co donughts for tea & the new dining table was set with all the new utensils for all the nice and lovely guest...

All nicely dressed me and my purple dress that hmm i probably wore only once so good excuse to wear it and mitz was a nice revealing haha green dress (she has asked me to mention it) ... Guest were all seated in at 8.20 the host was a lil late =p

The aroma lingering in the WHOLE HOUSE made my stomach rap, as i didnt eat the whole day... The food was just scrumptious... have enough for tomoro lunch and maybe dinner as well after all the ta-pau as well, BURRRRRPPPPPPPPP... and for desert... ta da... the suprise cake (which had a share bit of drama as well) - i left the cake in the room, i think PC saw it and wanted to keep it in the fridge VC said its ok as mama will eventually open the fridge and see it, PC said no cake cant be left out and ya da ya da... soooo.... i think amidst all this mama came in or some sort (narrated by mitz) and i think she kinda did have an idea... Anyhoo... the sparkling candle was niceee (THANKS TO MITZ- the creative organizer) hehe it took several times for mama to blow it out, and finally with the help of papa and staffan (eeew i think they conrtributed their saliva to while at it hahah) perhaps that was what that made the cake taste DeliciousO...

Called ween and made him go on skype, haha i think he just signed up today as he was having problem on how to use the video hahah, so he called on MSN and the line was sucky... so after figuring out skype.. voila it was clear !!!! so he gave us a tour of his 'Waikiki' place =p it was fun to talk to him on skype and see the whole family so he doesnt miss out....

IT was a nice fun night. we as usual spent hours at the newly extended dining table, sad carmen didnt have skype or else she to could have seen us and all the conversations going on at the same time :)

So Vc & staffan will be here til most likely wed.. WHEEE... so we can celebrate mama bday on tuesday after her meeting !!! :D
plans are on the way...

girlfriends

well i dont really have that many, and never did have one when i needed... but somehow it is good to have a 'girlfriend'... Lately i have been hanging out with my parents and yes a few girlfriends... One of whom i had since primary school, then we seperated after changing school, living away and had seperate lives... Then somehow along the way after growing up and maturing we found each other again :) which was good... as it was soo much fun catchin up on all those years we both seperate and we did have a lot of gossiping, memories and all to share...
Now we are in constant contact which is nice, and we hope to maintain it that way.. i remember when we were young we always said that our kids would grow up together... so may that happen, as i feel she is a true dear friend, and so glad we found each other again...
i also have my skating girlfriends, it's nice coz we share a common interest and passion as well as i guess we are on the same wave length as well... i like them...
i have had in the past several girlfriends who hmm decided to 'bite' me and they are now gone, sad but true...
today i had lunch with my skating gf's and it was good to hangout with them, as they gave me a better insight eon relationship, as they both are going through two different phases of relationship and are two different personalities... :)
hehe yes they gave me a nice long lecture on relationship and how "you shud just dive in, risk it, enjoy life" (just like entering business or some sort like that) but anyway what they tried to emphasis and convince me that some ppl do get their happy endings and just because those around me don't, i should not be influenced and i could have a happy ending of my own as i have a nice guy in hand :)

full medical check up

i have yet to do a full or rather any medical check up at all... so since mama was going to see the doc for some blood test to confirm she has no diabetes, i decided to do a full check up... had to fast from last night... i only ate hash brown for dinner and we only saw the doctor almost at 1... that more then 8 hrs of fasting and no food and drink and poor tummy was grumblig... nuinsance it was... like it is not used to fast in ramadhan... anyway we finally managed to see doc usha after quite awhile ,and she said i was fine..
then she sent us down for blood check... so gave them my blood... hmm it was my first time, and she could not find my vein, and kept hittin my arms to find... finally after tying and hitting several times, she found it and INHALE... yikes a lil and the needle was in... PULL away and she took me blood... filled it in 3 tubes not sure what... so as i type this it is somewhere in a Lab being tested for several things that i've forgotten =p
Later went up to do chest x-ray & breast ultrasound... my chest looks fine,
Then had to wait like 10mins in the freeezing room for the doc to come... aiyo, it was a male doc, but i guess he has seen like a million other pair of boobies so mine will be no different...hehe... being the first time i had no idea what to expect as always heard aunt vim and mama say that they do mammogram and squash the titties...so i was expecting it and ... ouch....
so he put the gel and there was a tv screen (Samsung getting business) that u can have a look at, i guess it's the same as seeing your baby inside... (cool hehe was gonna try ask him put for my stomach and see what he kind find in there)
However while doing the ultrasound, the doc pointed out that i have something solid on the left side and asked to "investigate" what it could be due to my history of family health condition.. so it is said on my report that i have a hypechoic lesion on life side bla bla bla bla... like i understand =p
will drop by see doc one of these days to get the full report from her... =)

voy a ser en Spain

wow spent the whole day almost searching for the best flights for out trip... so it is confirmed, mom booked our place at Club Marbella so we have our accomodation there in Spain, Romania also covered only London still left hanging... So now that accomodation is confirm, flight has also been purchased from Bucharest all the way to London. Tomoro will finalize London- bucharest... yippie, looks like we are almost set to go ... just need to check if any of those places require visa although i know they dont really require but will find out...
Alright all excited now back to working my butt off if i wanna spend... :) yeaa got to start working on my hungarian & Spanish again... awesome i finally get to speak another language in another country ;) yippie dee dooo... (to bad if they dont understand will just go back to sign language then)

not so happy ever after...

ooh a day of not-so-happy news from those around me... for starters a dear friend of mine called up from a land quite close by crying..( if you see her and if you do not know her well you will be suprise that she actually broke down and cried for a guy) see every human being has feelings it's just who they show it to if they are reserved (even animals do too..so don't think someone is cold hearted coz deep down if they did something wrong their hearts would be aching for doing such) anyway we had a long conversation after she pulled herself together... ( the reason being it was kinda her fault & she knew it but nevertheless she regrets such ) so all the best to her... then went to work another person also just broke up with her fiance.. hmm why not so many good news this "V month" perhaps cupid has other plans installed for them... several other couples i know are also working on a seperation case.... sad...
on a lighter note i went for an indian wedding for my skating school staff sometime last week... it's been awhile since i went for an indian wedding and then remember how long they are... another wedding coming up next week on V-day, for my head coach and it will be held on ice... interesting .. and all the best to him =) so i shall be spendind V-day on ice teaching, and later on ice for the wedding... ahh i soo can feel the love on ICE !!!! WE r UNSEPERABLE (refering to earlier post as well)
i wonder how would we know if the person we found will really be the one that is compatible with us and will be there for us and live happily ever after forever and ever ... so good luck princess on your journey to a happily ever after (im being optimistic here )

my unseperable other half...

we spent almost the whole day together from morning til noon... we were already going to go our ways as i had something to do and leave,when harry came and join us, so we had to hang out awhile more... (btw i landed my axel after ages of months)
then we parted awhile as i had to have lunch with mom dad then followed dad for a businees meeting at starbucks... while in the meeting i had to constantly check my time coz i didnt wanna be late to meet up again as i promised i will be back in the evening and we could spend more time together til night... then we met up again til night... after we left i finally realized i spent THE WHOLE DAY at Sunway Pyramid... it's been 11 years that i have been in this mall since all the changes, gone through with the expansion as well, and it definetly doesnt end here there are problably more years to come if i do not have another serious job...
i think we were together too long & my poor feet was suffering fromt he long hrs of lesson...and boy was it a relief to get him out of my feet... my skates were killing me... (so we had to take sometime apart, anyhow i have lesson tomoro so we shall see each other again)
i remember in the begining when we first met,after having to invest quite a lot, i was soo excited to have him (Risport Rf2) i actually slept with him at night for the 1st week hehe dreaming we will make a great team and he would help mhe achieve my dreams of going to big international competitions.. well technically he has helped me, but i have not had proper training so the dream didnt really come true...
now it's been several years we are still together everyday almost, he looks rather worn out but i dont care i think i'm gonna stick with him as he still can serve me well..just hope he doesnt give way now as i cant afford to replace him anytime soon...
so let's pray to my other half- my dear skates... i love you very much though u hurt my feet at times and cause me pain/ blisters thaank you for letting me win all those medal and trophy up in my room as well as helpin me teach kids and make $$$$$ ;) xoxo

*i have the time right now hence the frequent blogs as busy sitting at home planning our trip in march as well as, haha, the ever famous sentence of clearing the room... also now i have to go and find song, edit and choreograph students program asap...*