bad day

Two days ago, my world came tumbling down. And i was not prepared for it. Cos everything was going so well. And flowers were singing to me and the sun was smiling for me and suddenly BOOM BOOM BOOM. Darkness enveloped everything in the Kingdom Of Terence.

It started as a normal Tuesday morning. Went to work with a healthy mind. Was telling myself, today will be a good nice flight. Then discovered I was flying with one of the most ruthless Commanders in the company. He was known far and wide for his demandingness and arrogance. Told myself, it's ok. I'm a professional, i can do this. And it certainly didn't help that he and I had our little differences in the past and didn't quite get along. Briefed my crew to be prepared for any sudden change of moods and if i seem agitated thru out the flight, please bear with me. Throughout the first 2 sectors, everything was good. We were even earlier than expected. Then enroute to our second destination, we discovered we had mistakenly left a guest at the gate. I don't know why, but we turned back. Thankfully we were still on ground. I was called into the cockpit and I braced myself for the coming tirade.

Once back at the terminal, opened the door, brought in the left behind guest when all of a sudden someone screamed! I turned my head in time to see someone collapsing and someone else grabbing on to that person. A woman had gone into epileptic fits. And her husband was shouting for help. I immediately responded. Shouted at my crew for backup and to page for a doctor. Grabbed hold of the woman who was now just shaking violently. Her husband had put his finger into her mouth to prevent her from choking on her tongue. I was scared ot death she would stop breathing and I really did not want to give her CPR altho if it came to that, i would but I really didn't want to. I decided the next best thing was to administer oxygen. Grabbing the nearest oxygen bottle, i turned it on and then i realize there was blood on her face. Where was the blood coming from?! From her hubby's finger. She had bit down on it. Oh.. the mayhem!!

Placed the oxygen mask on her face and thank GOD there was a doctor onboard who offered his help. An ambulance was already on the way and everything was beginning to get back to normal. We offloaded her and her husband and son. Keep it mind, that it decided to rain torrentially right then and we don't use aerobridges cos it's an open bay. So wet i became. After everything was settled down, closed the door and we took off. Had to interview the doctor and a few of the guest for record purposes. Halfway thru the flight, another passenger decided to rain on my parade and tried to smoke in the lavatory. Needless to say, he got screamed at and lectured in front of everyone by a very fuming me. Thank God, the alarm didn't go off. But it did about a half hour later for no apparent reason without anyone being in any of the lavatory. I tell you, God was really testing me that day. Got called into the cockpit, time and time again.

I was eager to the entire day behind me, so i got home, showered and just lay on my bed when my phone rang and guess what? One of my girl friend's husband called using her phone and asked me to stay away from his wife and to stop calling her. I'm like WHAT THE FUCK? I had half the mind to scream at him. Turns out, he thought i was having an affair with her becos of all the time she spends with me. And becos some of the messages i send to her begin with "my dear" or "dear," or "babe". My mind just went blank and I told myself, i cannot be dealing with this crap. I just told, whatever. And put the phone down. Normally I would have argued back and stood my ground but at that point in time, i was just fed up. It was like the whole world was conspiring against me.

The next day, i was still feeling the after effects of that horrific day. Felt so blue and I really didn't want to get up from bed. A close friend concluded that sometimes God gives you all the good things he can give you for a week or two and holds back all the bad things and then gives it to you all one shot to see how strong you are. I think it's true.

But whatever it is, I survived. Thank you for all the moral support i got. You guys are eternally blessed!! And the sun is shining again once again on the magical Land of Terence.

castles in the sky

The weather lately has been excruciatingly HOT!!! It is impossible to do anything without breaking into a sweat. No matter how many showers you take, the moment you step out of the shower, you just feel the heat. Mother Nature is truly not happy with us and she's really making us pay for it. Now I think 3 or 4 times before leaving the comforts of my house. Do i really wanna face the glare of the sunshine? Do i really wanna bake in this tropical heat? Do i really wanna mingle with other warm blooded fools in this sauna? Why can't it snow here and now when we really need it?

It wouldn't be so bad if I was stuck at some beach paradise. I wouldn't complain as i would be alf naked most of the time and I would be in the water. Who cares if i turn out to be dark as night? Aaahh... What i wouldn't give for a beach holiday right now?

Speaking of beaches, last year on my island tour 2006 in Perhentian, me and the girls made a sandcastle. I can gladly say there is a reason why I didn't become an architect or an interior designer. The pic above is proof. It's really a fantasy castle. It is my first sandcastle and most probably my last. But the time spent in Perhentian was enough for me to rejuvenate and come back with a new take on life. Truly my own castle in the sky.

i do

A few days before Valentine, a good friend of mine got married. I was so proud of her. She set a goal for herself and she got her man no matter what it took.

Her wedding ceremony was bathed in gold. And all of her good friends were there to help her and it made my heart glow with warmness to see everybody take on new roles to help make her wedding a good one. And it was a good one. Very grand. Altho being typical Malaysians, the guests only started arriving after 8.30 although i distinctively remembered the invitation saying guests arrival at 7.30!! By the time everything started rolling, I swear you could hear everyone's stomach rumbling over the music.

I've attached 2 pics taken after wedding. Julie is the third close friend of mine who tied the knot within the last 12 months. First it was Stef in May, then Lissa in December and now Julie. Everyone's getting married!! Are we all really growing up?

Congratulations Julie. I wish you all the best. Stay the girl I know you are and make me prooud to call you my friend ;)

nobody wants to be lonely

This is it people.

The Red Day is almost around the corner. And with it comes all the sickeningly sweet love notes, the diabetes enducing chocolates, the gag-me romantic movies, the whole enchilada. Cupid is everywhere these days. And my posse and I have noticed that a lot of hook ups tend to happen at this time of year. Especially from mid January onwards. Maybe it's unintentional. Maybe it isn't. All I know, it gives me goosebumps!

Personally, I've never celebrated V Day and I know alot of my ladies don't either. More power to us! Never saw the point. There should never be a specific day for us to celebrate love. Sure, maybe the day has it's merits in the beginning with St Valentine's helping out all those lonely soldiers blah blah blah but NOW it's a whole load of commercial crap!! Everywhere you go you see Cupid flying around, you see hearts, hearts and more hearts!! And you see red everywhere. Jason would definitely approve ;) Let the bloodshed begin!!!!

Always been a dream of mine, to drive around on V Day with water balloons and throw them at all the mushy couples by the streets who think they are doing themselves and their so called other halves a favour by being with each other on this so called Blessed Day from Eros. Well, let me do you a real favour by giving you a wake up call. SPLASH!

He's cheating on you!!
She was a man!!
He's married!!
She's got multiple STDs!!
He only wants your sex!!
She only wants your money!!
SPLASH!

Stupid lovebirds. Should be shot dead and mounted on the wall. Plus everything is so irritatingly expensive. Gives us normal folks such headaches to even go out although I try not to cause my gag reflex isn't so strong.

My beautiful friend Colloquio sent me some amazing photos that describe my feelings for this day. So I'm sharing with it with all my fellow haters out there ;)

This one really made me laugh!! Very fitting.



















If only someone had the guts to really send this out to their wife.





















This had me in tears!!!



















This is abit Fatal Attraction but cool!!




















And this one is the kind of romance I appreciatte. Very sweet.
















Happy Bloody Valentine's to you all!!