Text me your number?

Aunt Linda received a text from my aunt Rosy not so long ago, when she first got her cellphone and signed up for free calls on weekend promotion. She was excited because she thought she could call home every weekend! That should cure her home sickness.

And, the text went like this...

Needless to say, Aunt Linda didn't reply... Hehehehe! So, aunt Rosy called everybody else instead. She received her bill at the end of the month for USD2000!! The promotion only valid for local calls...

Hehehe...

Imagine this conversation..

Rosy: Emmie, I haven't got flight ticket back to Malaysia.

Emmie: When are you leaving?

Rosy: On the 10th...

Emmie: Oh, that's very near. Maybe I can book the ticket for you through my travel agent.

Rosy: Ok, thanks.


A few hours later....


Emmie: Hey Rosy, I couldn't book your ticket, the travel agent couldn't accept the name I gave.

Rosy: Oh no! What name did you give them?

Emmie: I told them it's for "Emmie's cousin"

Rosy: Oh really? Who's Emmies Cousin? Is she coming with us to Malaysia?

Emmie: No no, I told them to book your flight ticket using that name.

Rosy: (???) Ok.. I'll do it myself then..


This is a true story... Hehehe... I have 2 aunts living abroad with their families. One is in Chicago and the other one is in Canada (not sure the city). They come back to Malaysia once every couple of years.

Everytime they come back though, they never fail to be the laughingstock among my other aunts and uncles. It's just that they are so funny without even trying to be. I don't know why, but that's the way they are and I just love them for their antics. Hehehe!

Both are coming back this month, bringing their very westernized children and already giving us something to laugh about even before they landed!

It makes me wonder, how in the world were they able to survive in foreign countries??

Panic Attack!

I got a scare today... Bo called right after he got on the phone with my brother. Mom has been admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.. Apparently, both her legs were swollen last night and it hurt her so bad, she couldn't sleep.

Then it dawned on me, while I was having fun at the course today, my mom was in agony. I felt like canceling my appointment with the beautician lady and the urges of getting the next flight home was so strong.

I tried calling my brother and everyone at home... I couldn't get through.. My nerves were running wild. I couldn't do anything! My heart was beating so fast that I thought I almost fainted for a moment there. I didn't give up... I scrolled through my cellphone and called just about everybody I could think of at home.

Nobody turned on their bloody phones! And my dad didn't answer his phone... He's still on his fishing trip with his cousin, so he won't be able to answer it anyway. I wondered if he knew about mom's situation.

And then, I got my youngest aunt on the phone.. Strangely, when I asked her about mom's condition, she wasn't aware of it. Confused, she told me she'd call me back. And she did. Not before I started to shed tears. She too tried calling my brother, my sister in law and my youngest sister but of course! being in the hospital, they turned their phone off. But my aunt, the smarty called my mom's phone and she got through! Now, why didn't I think of that??!

What a relief, my mom's ok.. It's just that she sprained her ankle and she exaggerated the pain by having someone to do reflexology yesterday. My brother took her to our family doctor and was told to do x-ray at the hospital... It's just that... I sighed the biggest relief in my entire life! She was already on the way home and even dropped by at her favorite kopitiam to get some buns , when I called her.

My brother panicked and called Bo, Bo panicked and called me.. I panicked and called everyone! I got even more panicked when I couldn't get through to anyone!

All panic attack aside, I am just relief & happy to know that mom's okay!

Showing off!

Yeay! I have finally get a new layout for my blog.. And I'm totally loving it. Cindy of Forevertulip.com designed this layout for me and she's such sweetie to deal with. I was excited to show it off when the design was finalized!

If you noticed, the images are of me and my furry family. The dog is Noah.. and some of you may not know this but I also have 2 Persian cats... The black one is Chloe, a female and the gray one is Mikko, a male. Mind you, they were named after real people. Chloe's French and Mikko's Danish.. hehehe.. Mikko knows I named a cat after him but Chloe doesn't!

Anyway, don't you just love the cuteness of the design? It even comes with a putting green.. Something I love and couldn't leave behind.. :)

On another note... I am happy to have finally bought a new computer... I slept through the thought of deciding what to get last night. Some of you suggested that I get a Macbook, you know, I actually loved the idea of getting one. However, I decided to get a desktop instead.. I spent less than half of what I could have been on a Macbook but this comes with everything I needed to work & surf with ease. Complete with a 20" flat screen and a full Altec Lansing sound system, I am just contented. Besides, the CPU is so cute! The name's Acer emachines, if you want to know. And by the way, Fuji miraculously repaired itself this morning!

I think she'd want to stay another year (or more) with me... :)

Bye bye Fuji

Since Fuji has been giving me lots of problems lately, I have finally decided to get a new laptop. It's hard to make this decision, because Fuji has been with me for more than 4 years now and it was a gift from myself when I was promoted (in my last job) for the second time in a year. Back then, the likes of Fuji were pricey and it was like a nice treat for me.

I am sad... to be saying goodbye to Fuji... I always do whenever I have to change something I like. It was a mixed feeling when I had to give Kellie away in exchange for Mercy a couple of years ago... Technically, Kellie is still mine... I haven't sold her completely and the registration card still bears my name. But now, Bo was telling me maybe it's time to let go of her, because she has been in too many accidents since somebody else started driving her around. Now that I know she won't be handled by someone I know sadden me...

I have decided to purchase a new laptop... I have started my survey... Might change to something of a totally new concept like Macbook or something. I can't seem to decide. I think I should give it more thought and sleep it through for a few nights before I swipe my card.

Fortunately, Bo lends me his gigantic laptop while I'm deciding, so I'm not really pressured for time. But this thing is getting heavier sitting on my lap by the minutes... tick tock!!

Help... please?

I've been using the same Nokia phone for years... I did purchase a new LG, but not really happy with the features and such. So, instead of giving me joy of easy calls & texts, it's now sitting in my drawer together with the rest of my vintage telephones.

I want a new one!! I want a Blackberry or maybe an Iphone. But I'd prefer Blackberry, because of the Qwerty feature. I am not good with touch screen phone... I'd get irritated easily.

My dilemma is now, I am using Digi as my network provider. I love Digi - it's cheap and the service has been good. The downside though, I can't use Blackberry if I don't sign up for their Business Plan, which requires me to have at least 5 lines. I'm not going to commit to that just because I want a Blackberry!

So, what should I do? Anybody knows the way I can get hold of a Blackberry and maintain my existing line?

Or maybe there's a telephone or more, out there that can match the features (and looks) of Blackberry that I don't know of? Any recommendations?

Maybe I should just go to Sungei Wang or Low Yat to have a look but that's just going to take a lot of my time, and I'd really want to know from words of mouth.

So people, some help? please?

Gone too soon

Wow, what a weekend!

I woke up feeling rather tired yesterday... Bo couldn't sleep, the air-con in my room back at my parents' wasn't functioning. When I woke up, he was at the computer and told me that Michael Jackson has passed away... I was shocked of course.. Oh no! He's one of my 'concerts' wish list.. In fact, he's at number 2 of that list after Tina Turner. I was just telling Bo last month that if I could get hold of his concert tickets in London in July, I'd go... Of course Bo didn't really want me to go, what with H1N1 and all...

I went to watch CNN and I also learned that Farrah Fawcett too has gone... Unlike MJ's death, FF's cause of death was known right away to be of cancer. But Farrah Fawcett's death did not leave me as shocked as Michael Jackson's death... In fact, the news saddened me...

Whenever I listen to his songs, they always remind me of my childhood. Of the times when my youngest uncle was babysitting me and my brother after his school... He would put on the cassette and tried to imitate Michael Jackson's moonwalking, to amuse us and we would laugh our asses off because he looked ridiculous! Almost moronic! I am sure most of you have your own memories whenever you listen to his songs.

On that same day too, I heard of another death... of a relative. He's a nobody, so the news of his death came later than the 2 celebrities, though he died the night before. He's not a close relative, in fact I didn't even know who my parents were talking about until they described to me who he was.. His death too saddened me. You see, he was never married and obviously was childless. He had a piece of land and he donated that land to the community and turned it into a cememtery. My grandfather was buried there. He had been reserving the centre of the cemetery for his own grave. That particular spot has been empty for 30 years now and now it's his final resting place... Knowing that nobody would do this to him, he had his cemetery cemented. Poor guy...

Oh well, life has to go on.. On my way back from KK, I listened to MJ's songs on my Ipod, that's my way of mourning his death. Like the Beatles & Elvis Presley, he's gone too soon, but won't be forgotten.

Guess I have to re-write my concert wish list... Stevie Wonders may be on top of that list now, since Tina Turner is retiring for good.