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I got to know Mei Yee about 5 years ago on the first day of work during my time at Wavex Technologies. It was both our first day at work then and I was a Senior Web Programmer and she was my Programmer. On our first day, we got to know each other as both our PC’s weren’t ready yet, and we were placed in a conference room together with 2 other new people. I best remember Mei Yee for taking sick leave just on the second day of work, and me and the 2 other people thought she quit because there was still nothing to do. But alas, she returned the next day, and since then a bond was formed. We kept in touch ever since, even after she left the company.

Ex colleagues: Chee Way & Mei Yee

I remembered my other colleagues (now ex colleagues) and I, used to tease and bully her on a daily basis because she was the only female in the team. We always joked about her switching boyfriends and never seem to settle down for one due to her high expectations (was it like 3 bfs??…lost count). Anyway, on Sunday, she finally found "the one" who meets all her expectations. I don’t personally know William that well as I’ve only met him twice at most before they got married, but he seems to be a really nice guy and someone who can keep up with her high demands (hehe…kidding Mei Yee..). I’m really happy for you Mei Yee. So to the happy couple…CONGRATULATIONS WILLIAM & MEI YEE!!!

My weekends just seem to be so packed and precious that every weekend seems to just fly right by. Honestly, I didn’t get enough rest this weekend which is why dread going back to the office today. Anyway, lots of things happend during the weekend…met someone new…got a proposal…and then a wedding ;)

The Meeting

Yes…I met someone new over the weekend! No no…it’s not what you think…hahaha! Gotcha! But seriously…I was out drinking with Olivia and Byron on Saturday night and met a “long lost cousin”, Regina. It was just so coincidental that the 3 of us sitting at the same table with same surnames but none of us are related to each other. When I met Regina, we clicked instantly. I guess it’s because we have a lot of friends in common, and conversation topics from then on were never a bore.

The “family portrait”, Regina, Olivia and I

The Proposal

I finally got a proposal for my kitchen layout. I got the contractor to sketch out what I wanted, then chose the materials and colors to go along with it. You see, I can’t afford those really expensive kitchen systems, so I had to find the next best alternative which is to custom make my kitchen and the one of a kind bar. Of course if it’s cheap, naturally the proposal is….well…cheap! This chinese speaking contractor, just sketched out the plans on a year planner and not even on an A4 sheet. No kidding! But I must say I trust him, as he seems honest to what I can and cannot do. Besides, he was recommended by a friend to which he was her contractor for her kitchen as well.

The “el-cheapo” kitchen + bar proposal….not bad right?

The Wedding

My high school classmate Vivienne, got married on Sunday at Cyberview Lodge & Spa Resort at Cyberjaya. It was a garden wedding and I must say, it was one of the best weddings I’ve ever attended. It’s not because every other wedding is boring, but this wedding paid a lot of attention to details, like decorations, lights, and even the theme. It was themed in such that before the dinner, you would have to register upon entering the dinner hall to which you would be given a “boarding pass” of your destination. Each table is named after a destination, and you get to stamp (like those found on your passport with different shapes) and give your well wishes on a large piece of paper on the counter. Each “destination” represents a different country or city that the couple visited during their courtship and each table have photo booklet and story taken from those destinations. There were at least 40 tables, so you can imagine how many countries/cities she have been to…afterall, she was a former air hostess with Singapore Airlines. Here are some shots taken from the wedding.

Here comes the bride

Exhanging vows..

“Awww….how shweet!”

High school classmates: Lye P’ng, Evie, Eng Eng & I

Friends from high school

New friends from down under: Graham, Anne & John

Congrats again Vivienne & Richard!

Wow! 2 busy Saturdays in a row. I guess I’m really fully utilizing my off days not to rest but to get things done. Again, my day started early as I headed down to my condo to supervise the on going renovation works. Also had to meet up with the electrician as I needed to tell him where I want to move certain light points and where I wanted extra light points. I bet you guys are really curious as to how the reno is coming along, well…here are just some shots on the initial stages.

plaster ceiling

hacked wall from the master bedroom to my walk-in wardrobe :)

closed up door

Later, I went over to source for tiles for the balcony. I didn’t like the standard tiles that the condo came with because it look too, well..standard! I was recommended by Terence of this tile factory warehouse somewhere in PJ. Terence, TJ and myself actually went there last Wednesday during lunch time and I saw something that I really like and it was going for so cheap (factory warehouse mah). I wanted these dark grey homogeneous tiles that will no longer be in production once the stock clears but then apparently whatever balanced stock that they have were reserved by some Dato’. WTF! Just because you’re some bigshot doesn’t give you the right to take everything. I did asked if I could “steal” some as I don’t require much for my small balcony. The lady told me that it was ok because the fucking big shot didn’t even pay a deposit! See lah…want to book all but don’t want to pay sommore. So typical of Malaysian “bigshots” sigh! Anyway on Wednesday, I told the lady that I will be back on Saturday to purchase it once I took the right measurements. I then picked up 5 boxes of tiles. Freakin’ tiles are so heavy that they needed a forklift to carry it out for me. My car is now a few inches lower because of these boxes…haha!

Ain’t these tiles nice for my balcony?

After lunch, I went sourcing for kitchen stuff. Man!..complete kitchen systems are so darn expensive. It seem everything I like or seems nice are imported from Italy or Germany. Later that evening, I was at Mines Beach and Spa Resort for TJ’s wedding dinner. Yea this is the same couple from Seremban last week. The wedding was held by a man made beach which I thought was really great but only one problem…it was too HOT! Imagine the groom and his groomsmen having their pictures taken in their suits at around 6PM! But what to do…they wanted the sunset shots mah.

Fortune cookie. Mine read: “Your outlook and charm are your greatest assets”. =)

Congrats to the happy couple

With Nik & Sherin of RedRibbon Days

You just know we are all drunk and tipsy when people start wearing sunnies at night!

Overall, the wedding dinner was great. The service however, was terrible. We actually had to bribe the waiter to bring us drinks and to keep the booze coming. So much so, it was an eventful day for me with it ending with me having to drive home 2 “Casualties of War”. Phew!

Last Saturday was and eventful one. There was so many things going on. My day started at 630AM, as I woke up early to travel to Seremban for a friends wedding. The brides hometown is in Seremban, therefore all the "heng tais" have to gather at Subang at 730AM to start a convoy there. The interesting part of this was, it was something rather different than the rest of the customary bridal pick-ups. We were all FORCED to wear Manchester Utd jerseys as it was one of many criterias from the bride before the groom can get to her. Not only that, we were also FORCED to memorize and sing "Glory Glory Man Utd!" before they even open the gates! Buggar! Me and another one of the "heng tai" are Liverpool fans, and the groom is actually a Chelsea fan, so making us wear those jerseys was a bitter pill to swallow. The bride is a die hard Man Utd fan you see, but nevertheless, for the groom, we were willing to let this one slide (you owe us one Teej!).

This is the FIRST, LAST and ONLY time you will ever see me in a Man Utd jersey…

All the "Chi Muis" & "Heng Tais"

Anyway, we all arrived in Seremban at around 930AM and were torchured in doing stupid stunts (all part of the Chinese custom) in order to get to the bride. From putting fruits down another guy’s pants and drinking out of milk bottles to doing Karma Sutra positions, I shall leave it to your imagination on how bad it was. After the torchuring, we all had something to eat and then headed home to KL at about 1230PM (the dinner ceremony will be the following week where alcohol will be served…yay!).

As soon as we arrived, everyone headed their separate ways. I went to my condo to get some measurements as I need to source for tiles and also furniture. After getting the measurements, I headed to a few lighting shops to get some quotations for some lights. There was a shop having a 50% off promotion on all their items apart from their Best Buy items which I thought was great. Problem is, I have to speak to my contractor first because some of the lightings I want require special installation and rewirings to be done. After the light shopping (pun intended), I headed home for awhile to get some rest. It was already about 430PM by this time.

Upon reaching home, Jean called me up for dinner at BSC at 7PM. We were supposed to meet there around 830PM together with some friends later for a play at The Actor’s Studio, but since I haven’t had dinner plans made so why not right? After dinner, we met up some friends and watched Kam..In Your Face, a musical-comedy-cabaret starring actors Joanne Kam, Douglas Lim, Gavin Yap and Susan Lankester.

The cast members of Kam…in Your Face

Jean, May Lynn & I, just before the play started

For me the show was alright but not great. I personally feel the humor is a little too dry and very localized, meaning the "guai lous" in the audience would probably be wondering "What the fuck are they talking about?" Well, for me personally, I prefer something more witty and not so much of the "trying-to-be-funny-just-because-it’s-a-comedy" humor. Then again, it’s pretty subjective. I did enjoy the cabaret performances though. Another thing is that I don’t find it funny to be dissing the audience that paid less that were sitting at the sides rather than in front of the main stage. I think it’s rather rude. Just because they pay less doesn’t mean you look down on them. Although we were sitting right in the middle, I still feel for the people sitting on the sides. Very bad of them to do so. The show ended around 11PM and we headed to WIP for drink and snacks.

Just then, Samantha called to tell me that she and her friends will be at Poppy. At first I was rather reluctant to go because I was up since 630AM and was a little tired. Then again, I haven’t seen Sam for awhile, so I went down to party with her and her friends. It was around 1230 AM at this point. I must say I am getting too old for the clubbing scene. I don’t really enjoy clubbing like I did a few years back. It’s extermely packed and stuffy in there. Not to mention moving around is just urrgh! Plus you see so many YOUNG wannabes! Maybe I’ve outgrown the clubbing phase, I guess that’s why I’m not at Freedom 08 for Tiesto in Port Dickson to begin with…haha! I mean don’t get me wrong, I still go clubbing and raves if there is a reason for me to do so (friend’s birthday, farewell, mother’s day…etc), but given a choice, I would prefer to just chill at a bar anytime.

Samantha was so happy to see me after so long…

I left there around 230AM and by the time I got back, it was already 3AM. So there, 20+ hours of activity in one day. I rested for most of the Sunday, with me only accompanying my sister for lunch and to shop for her new mobile phone during the morning. And oh..DAMN IT!..Man Utd and Ferarri won…machibai!

It has been a rather busy weekend for me. It started out on Friday night, where there were 2 of my friends who were celebrating their birthdays on the same day. After work, I met up with Ashley and some friends for dinner in an Italian restaurant called Caff Restaurant (* links to a random blog site) at Bandar Puteri Puchong, which coincidently happens to be owned by one of her friend. The food was not bad at all, but it was located in a rather secluded area, so not many people know about it. Needless to say, it was still fun when the alcohol came by.

Ashley the birthday girl

Group pic…

After dinner, I had to head down all the way to The Loft on Heritage Row for another birthday celebration. This time, it was my old friend Elaine’s party. Well, you don’t think you can expect to go to a place like The Loft on your birthday and come out standing do you? That was exactly what happend to Elaine. Well Elaine, I hoped you had a blast that night….if you remember the last parts of it..hehe..

2 posers - Elaine & I

Alice, Jek, Me & Elaine

“Nooooo…not another one!!”

Saturday night. There was another birthday gathering. Well actually, it’s a belated birthday gathering for Lyn, since her birthday was actually last week. You see…some people celebrate her birthday in Krabi by the beach (tsk tsk..), so she had to do it on Saturday night at WIP @ BSC. It was fun seeing her unwrapping her presents..

The many faces of Lyn

All of us @ WIP

Sunday morning, I picked Lyn up from her place and we went down to KLPAC for their Open Day. They had loads of cultural performances and workshops from morning way up till 5PM. Unfortunatly, both Lyn and myself can’t stay that long as we both had other plans. The highlight of the day was definately the tour of KLPAC, where we got to go backstage and see what goes on behind the scenes during performances. We went up to the lighting room, the locker rooms and even up on the catwalk area high above!

Lyn & I @ KLPAC

Click here to view pictures taken @ KLPAC Open Day

Later that night, I had a wedding dinner to attend. My ex-classmate Julian got married, and their wedding reception was held at JW Marriott hotel in Kuala Lumpur. Congrats Julian & Alesia! It was also sort of a mini high school reunion too as I caught up with a lot of my ex-classmates and friends.

Us with the bride & groom

Mini high school reunion??

Phew!….so that was my weekend. Next up, it’s my brother’s wedding. So looking forward to another busy weekend again…so stay tuned for that.