It has been a hectic few weeks of August for me. As I mentioned in my earlier post, I was involved in an accident. It was really 100% my fault and till now I could not explain in detail what really happened on that day.

The accident happened in KL town at about 6.30pm. I was heading back home from a meeting in KL. My mood was definitely down earlier that day but it picked up later that evening. So I cannot put the blame on my mood. Normally while driving back from work (stuck in the jam), I tend to feel very sleepy and sometimes even find it hard to open my eyes. However, on that day I was feeling alright. Hence, I cannot put the blame on my sleepiness. At times I play with my handphone (which I know is not good) to keep myself awake or not too bored in the car. But on that day, I never touched my phone while travelling home. Therefore, I cannot put the blame on myself on the excuse that I was playing with my HP. So, everything seems perfect for a day back from work…and yet the accident happened! I guess some things cannot be avoided.

All I can tell people is that I was stuck in a bumper to bumper jam on the way back from KL town. The car in front of me moved forward and I did too. But my guess is (for whatever reason), I pressed the accelerator too hard that made my car moved forward too fast and hence, I could no break on time. BANG!! The poor driver in front of me was indeed shocked.

Well, I have fixed my car already and I am definitely poorer now…haha. I have already compensated the driver in front of me. But the bad luck just keeps on coming. While my car was in the workshop, the foremen noticed that my petrol was leaking from the tank (this has nothing to do with the accident). Sigh…so now my car is in the NAZA workshop for “check up”. Well, one positive thing is that my car still has two more months of warranty under NAZA. So hopefully they will do everything for free. Cross your fingers for me.

This was how my car looked like after the accident


And..this was how the car in front of me looked like after the accident..haha..(FYI, car in front of me was a WAJA)

One of these happened last night and I realised I never shared this with you. So here it is!
Few of DJ's weird/cute/funny/amusing antics before/during/after his sleep:

1. Legs twitching
2. Body twitching
3. Sleep barking (soft barks) - Like he was dreaming or having a nightmare
4. Snoring
5. Grumbling noises
6. Sudden jump from sleep and run to another spot and sleep right away at that spot
7. Sudden wake from sleep and look into "space" and snarl/bark (loudly)
8. "Chiap-chiap" sound (the sound of the tounge moving in the mouth just like when human does it)
9. Sighing right before his sleep (like he had a very long tiring day)

That's my old man DJ for you!!

DJ: Am I Cute or What? :P

This was one of the conversation I had with AK while I was stuck in the jam driving AK to the LRT station.

Me: (thinking about the jam, the work I am heading to, the financial setback, future, etc while grumbling about the jam and cursing at those KL people driving like it is their grandfather's road) Life does not have to be this way
AK: Other people is doing it and has no problem with it.
Me: Well, other people is just accepting it, does not mean they enjoy it.
AK: Then why can't you accept it?
Me: Because I feel life should not be this way.
AK: Then what can you do?
Me: If life is as what it is now, then I rather kill myself. Relieve myself from such life.
AK: Why must you say such thing?
Me: (Knowing I am wrong to say such thing but do not want to admit it) Ya la. Not true meh? Better I just disappear and then no need to go through all these feelings.
AK: (getting angry) Go find a new job then
Me: (lazy and unsure of my feelings but I feel that it is not the only reason) It is not that simple. Sigh.

I guess these "emotions" had something to do with the crazy week I had. Met an accident on the way back from KL town (another post will be posted on this incident), had a slight trauma after that, dealing with fixing the car, dealing with financial problem, etc. Bloody hell, I hate feeling this way. Maybe I am just being a baby.

Photo by http://sharondrewmorgen.com/

As I was driving home from work, which took me 1.5 hours through the jam today , I seriously thought about this. What are the advantages if I could work from home?

1. No JAM means less stress
2. Save on petrol and toll
3. Save on car maintenance
4. Less hazardous – sometimes I am tempted to doze off when I am tired
5. Better health – physically and mentally
6. More time with family
7. More comfort
8. It can be more effective
9. Rest when needed – less MC
10. No worries on being late for work – I was late an hour yesterday because of the rain
11. Maximization of time for other “important” things like exercise etc

I am sure there are many more reasons I thought of when I was driving..but I am just too tired out now to even re-think those reasons.

Sigh..I just wish one day (when I am still alive), companies in Malaysia will implement this. Perhaps work from home 3 out of 5 working days and come in to the office for the rest of the working days. This way, you also would not lose touch with the “outside world”.

What is life when you spend most of your life in this misery? Why want to get married when 5 out of 7 days you are just tired together? Why have children when you cannot spend time watching them grow? Why have homes when you aren’t maximizing your time in it? Why buy that comfortable sofa when all you need is your bed?

I know there has not been much news on DJ’s training classes since I started posting about it. NOPE..it is not because I gave up and did not want to continue. Many things happened in between. When DJ seemed prepared for the exam, other dogs in his class did not seem to be ready. Hence, the trainer gave some extra classes for everyone. While this was going on, DJ kind of sprained his front legs at home and had to miss 2-3 classes. During one of the sessions, exam was held for his classmates.

The trainer was nice enough to put me into another class after DJ fully healed. And the BIG day arrived TODAY….his exam day. I had no doubt he could pass the exam. However, he has his weird moods some days where he even will refuse to walk or do anything the whole day. I prayed hard this would not happen today because I am just too tired to bring him for more classes so that he will pass his exam.

His exam was supposed to start at 10.30am. I was there at 10.15am, to give him some time to get used to the surroundings and also towards other dogs. Due to some misunderstanding of the organizer, the exam only started at around 11.15am. This is not too good for the dogs as most dogs were already feeling tired when the exam started. And this is not good for DJ because during this hour, he found his LOVE interest (a mixed Rottweiler and a Pinscher). Hence when the exam started, he was just looking at her and whenever she moves, he wants to go near her. This was certainly a drawback during the exam.

Although DJ was not able to give me his full concentration today and had some mistakes done during the exam, he still passed :). He did came in last though with a total of 61 points and the highest of the list was a 3 year old shih tzu with marks more than 80 (fyi, his love interest had 66 points). I was a little disappointed with his performance today…but well, he is just a dog and want to have fun..in this case, he wanted to spend time with his new found lady friend :). GOOD WORK DJ! You will get to meet your girlfriend next week at GRADUATION!!!

All getting prepared for the exam


DJ looses his concentration because of his love interest :P


Exam's over and DJ gets to lovey-dovey with his "gf"

Wow…I have been pretty busy for the past few weeks. At last I got my pre-wed photos back in soft copy from Keep Gallery about 1.5 weeks ago. These are un-touched photos. We were so shocked to find out that we took a total of 299 photos!! We expected only about 200. To choose 60 out of 299 would not be an easy task.

Truthfully when I first saw them with my hubby, I was a little disappointed. The photos looked nice but just do not have the “WOW” factor…not just yet. This may be because I had high expectations on them as I have seen Eugene’s great work. I thought it would be out of the world! I am mainly disappointed on the white wedding gown I chose for the photo shoot. The gown plus my hairdo makes me look much older in the photos.

But as time goes by and I had a look at the photos again and again (and had really good comments from others who saw them) and I slowly fell in love with them..well at least towards some of them..haha. Lots of them need to be photo shopped to make my arms looks slimmer and this will make the photo look more appealing to me :P.
Anyway, in my previous post I did not show which three gowns had the Top 3 spots out of all 20+ gowns I tried on. Hence now I will present you THE gowns:

First up is a black gown (some of you may feel uncomfortable with this but we just love it in the shots! Believe or not, my parents chose their framed photo of me wearing the black gown..haha)

Front View


Back View


Second is the SEXY purple gown (with the Nu Bra effect, my boobs really looked huge!..haha)


And lastly my white wedding gown (It looks nice in most photos but some I feel I looked too old)

And as a bonus, here are some of my favourite shot of the both of us.

AKPP at CLOUD 9...



Love this shot!

At a Chinese Hawker Center Taman Desa, KL.

As usual, me and hubby with DJ in my arms walked into the open hawker center after DJ's training session. We normally would find a table at the side so that we would not be making anyone uncomfortable with DJ around (lots of people who brings their dog there chooses the side tables). Today was a little different because instead of having breakfast there, we had our lunch. Hence the place was quite packed. As we were approaching the best located table....

Men next door: Eh! Don't sit so near OK??!! (he said it in cantonese but just as rude)...(staring at us as if DJ was a disease)

I was really unhappy about that. This guy could have tell us politely to leave as he was not comfortable with a dog being so near him. He was plain rude. Even after we moved further away from him, he stared at us and moved even further.

Poor DJ.
DJ: Am I not cute enough, sir?