*fourfeetnine*

I might be going on a very exciting trip this May! Don’t wanna jinx it so I probably shouldn’t say anything yet..

Ok fine it’s the US for Ooib’s graduation wtf.

I’ve only recently started looking at flights and stuff so nothing’s confirmed yet but if everything is, I can tell you I will be looking at a bank account that has nothing but a couple of flying moths in it.

*cricket sound

If you’re like me – broke but still hoping for a free ride some time, good news there is a free ride!

And it’s in Western Australia.

I read Ringo’s entry here about how she wanted to visit WA and how Tourism Western Australia is offering a very very unusual chance to you (and your companion) to go on an extraordinary taxi ride from the whitest beach in Australia at Lucky Bay in Esperance to the tiger striped Bungle Bungle Range in World Heritage Listed Purnululu National Park in the Kimberley.

They were looking for passengers. And apparently the cabbie too wtf.

I scoured the website (can be found here) and found the map for the Taxi Ride route:

Which startled me a bit because, let’ be honest – that is a lot of land to cover.
But then I googled pictures of famous sights in WA..

Ningaloo Reef . According to the website, one of the world’s largest fringing reefs, reached by the world’s shortest swim.

Short swim huh I could do that.

I’ve never really been a very adventurous outdoorsy kinda person but I’ll be damned if I can rest easy not visiting all these beautiful natural sights before I die.

Staircase to the Moon.

God why does it have such a cool name.

Between March and October each year, when conditions are just right, visitors to Broome in the North West region are treated to a natural spectacle - the Staircase to the Moon.

The natural phenomenon of the Staircase to the Moon occurs when the full moon rises over the exposed mudflats of Roebuck Bay at extremely low tide creating the optical illusion of a staircase reaching for the moon.

But sucks cos I think the contest has closed

But you can still play the games on the site to win Perth holiday packages!

Solve a jigsaw puzzle in the fastest time, answer a quiz and fill in some blanks correctly and 20 people could win..

1st and 2nd prize – Best of Perth Only in Australia land package for 2
3rd – 20th prize - Shopping vouchers worth hundreds of AUD!

(AUD = Australian Dollar, not Aud Fourfeetnine wtf)

Scroll down for hints on how to win!

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Just read up on all info on WA you can get. For example, the journey legs etc in www.bethepassenger.com and westernaustralia.com. Lot of fun facts and figures to learn! Oh and also make sure you familiarize yourself with the map cos they might test you on that.

Contest closes 11 April!

Some random updates cos I’m sleepy.

1.

Fat Her spent the whole of Sunday lugging around a plastic bottle and peeing into it whenever the need arose (hahahahahaha) He carted the whole bottle back to the hospital but not without spilling some much to the nurse’s horror hahahaha.  He’s awaiting the results now..

2.

Tim and I were so bored the other day so we made these!  Oreo truffles which basically consist of nothing but mashed up Oreos and cream cheese mixed together and dipped into chocolate.

Very sinful and looks like rabbit poop / pieces of tar but they actually tasted quite nice!

3.

Jen Han asked us to go for Comedy Thursday at Zouk cos it was his first year anniversary performing there so we dragged the Parents Ooi along and it was damn funny ok!!  Every month TimeOutKL holds Comedy Thursdays to showcase like up and coming talents in comedy IF I GOT IT RIGHT wtf.

There were some funnier than others but generally they were all amazing!  Especially the guy above forgot his name let’s just call him Steve wtf.  I think I like political and racist jokes better than sex ones though I am just a prude

Parents Ooi loved it too — when we were younger Fat Her used to take us to watch Comedy Court and Instant Cafe Theater and all that so it was right up their alley.  Dunno why we stopped though either they stopped performing or they got too expensive wtf.

(me and Tim in the corner laughing up a storm at Kavin, one of the comedians) - stolen off Kavin’s Facebook

4.

The older I get, the more people I realize I don’t like I don’t agree with a lot of things that other people do or say or the principles they live their lives by.  When I was younger if I didn’t like a person I would mount an all out campaign to villianify them and stay away  because I didn’t want to compromise my own beliefs.  But recently I think it’s becoming easier to keep quiet and just bystep them.

edit: Only Dreamer, bluehaven23 [at] gmail.com hasn’t gotten back to me. Dreamer, do you want the tickets? If we don’t hear from you we will  just assume you don’t want them and pass them on to someone else

Sorry I took so long to post up the winners of the S.H.E. contest!

It was incredibly hard to decide who the tickets should go to because so many of you had really touching and creative entries.

I’m reallysorry that I can’t offer everyone a ticket T______T — if I could I would but I think I don’t even have tickets for myself now wtf.

I hope everyone else still finds some way to attend the concert though — good luck

Congratulations to the 15 winners below!

Mich_sim, nicegal16 [at] hotmail.com

Mingster, engming.lim [at] gmail.com

Angie, taurus_ann [at] hotmail.com

Sam, funky2death [at] hotmail.com

Jienell, ellone.c [at] gmail.com

Liyen, liyen.lim [at ] gmail.com

Karmun, caramelsecrets [at] gmail.com

Aurelia, ailynn4ever [at] gmail.com

J.Jin,  terrierpuff2003 [at] hotmail.com

Dreamer, bluehaven23 [at] gmail.com

Aubrey, simplyaubrey [at] gmail.com

Jennifer Chai - jenniferchaify [at] gmail.com

Jillian,  jillian-cat [at] hotmail.com

Rebecca, the.colourful.secret [at] hotmail.com

Seline, selinebaby [at] gmail.com

I will be passing your names to Nuffnang so you can collect your tickets from their office.  Either Robb or I will email you with the collection arrangements. At first I thought it would be nice to pass the tickets to you guys myself at the concert but like I said I think there’s no more tickets left for me wtf so have fun!

P/S: Can the winners also email me at fourfeetnine [at] gmail.com so that I know you know you’ve won? If I don’t get an email from you I will assume you don’t want the tickets and pass them on to someone else. Thank you!

Setting back feminism by a hundred years!!!!

Hello everyone!

Thanks for the amazing response to the SHE contest.

I will close submissions by 5pm today (Saturday Feb 27) and winners will be announced tomorrow!

(not sure what time depends on when the judge can make a decision)

Thank you again

The first time David mentioned uKimono to me, I thought wah they’re giving me a kimono! followed by hope in my eyes wtf.

Actually uKimono doesn’t mean kimono ok I misunderstood -_-

The OSIM uKimono is a new massage belt that helps to break down fatty tissue in the tummy, butt and thighs, and tone your muscles to give you a slimmer figure.

(no need to go for Suanie’s bootcamp)

The uKimono’s program is developed by a Japanese Shiatsu Massage expert. I’ve never actually had the chance to try out Shiatsu but I believe ok look at the ninjas last time damn deadly ok.

The uKimono targets both sides of the body, to relieve muscle aches and fatigue, particularly in the lumbar area.

All you have to do is strap it on and let it work it’s magic!

At first I thought this could be the answer to my sedentary lifestyle! Ever since I started working I’ve been getting fat in the middle but still refuse to take any action to save myself (besides doing 5 situps every night before I go to sleep) so this is damn good for me! Can lose abdomen lard while watching TV or blogging. But better not take my word for it – I’m sure the uKimono works best complementing any exercise program and healthy eating.

Appropriately, the ambassadors of the OSIM uKimono massage belt are

S.H.E. !!

And Selina, Hebe and Ella will be in KL this March 6 2010, 8pm at National Stadium (Outdoor) Bukit Jalil for their “S.H.E is the One, Live in Kuala Lumpur” Concert!

To refresh your memory or in case you need to be hastily educated, SHE gave us hits like these..

I am giving out 15 pairs of tickets worth RM198 each (30 tickets in total) to 15 Fourfeetnine readers who can comment and answer correctly and the most creatively the following three questions:

*drumroll

• What are the 3 colors available for uKimono?
• uKimono can knock out fats for tummy, butt and thighs. TRUE or FALSE?
• Why do you wanna go to the S.H.E concert?

However, if you don’t manage to win tickets here, there is an alternative to my blog *sobs wtf

OSIM has VIP S.H.E tickets worth RM800 and RM600 (but my RM198 ones are still wonderful nonetheless) and a whole lot of OSIM merchandise and cash vouchers to give away.
For your chance to win VIP tickets (with these tickets, you’ll be able to see their sweat droplets, kinky fellas), follow these simple steps:

1) Become a fan on the OSIM Facebook page.

2) Send an email to osimwebshop@osim.com.my with your full name, contact number and IC number, and Facebook identity name, latest by 8pm, this Friday, 26 February 2010.

3) OSIM will be in touch with the first 30 participants to do so, and invite them to come to the ‘OSIM Trim and Healthy Competition’ that will be held this Sunday, 28 February 2010, at the LG Blue Concourse, Sunway Pyramid.

4) The invited participants will then go through three VERY EASY obstacles:

• do twenty squats
• answer a question on uKimono or uKimono mini
• hula hoop for twenty times wearing the uKimono or uKimono mini.

Participants will be judged on the FASTEST TIMES to complete all three obstacles.

(I will never win)

But for the rest of you: Winning has never been so EASY!
What can you win?

• 1st place - Two VIP S.H.E tickets worth RM 800 each AND an OSIM uKimono mini
• 2nd place - Two VIP S.H.E tickets worth RM 600 each AND an OSIM uKimono mini
• 3rd place to 5th place - Two S.H.E tickets worth RM 198 each AND a RM100 OSIM cash voucher.
• 6th place to 15th place – RM50 OSIM cash voucher

*Disclaimer: Contest is open to all Malaysian residents and those residing anywhere else (if you can take the next flight out to Malaysia, that is!). You have to be over 18 years of age to take part in this contest.

I guess my posts are going to be more wordy from now because instead of coming up with polished pretty entries full of pictures I’m going to try to verbally vomit from now on wtf.

I decided that I want my blog to be somewhere I can come back in ten years and remember how things were like when I was twenty or twenty five because my memory is atrocious like that. Besides if I wanted to look at pictures of myself I can just open my album wtf.

Anyway tomorrow Fat Her is going for a medical checkup.

On Sunday while having an extended family dinner we all got a bit of a shock when we noticed that Fat Her’s palms were a bit darker than usual.

I’m not sure if we’re all just trying to find a way to detect symptoms of heart attacks before they happen so we can prevent them but my family had already noticed that my uncle’s complexion seemed a bit dark in pictures taken a month before he died.

We shouted at him oi why are your hands so black and he hurriedly went off to wash them and returned with his hands gleaming with water but pinker.

And we all concluded that it must be his Chinese New Year black pants that had stained his palms and by the end of the night when he took them off his legs would probably look like an African’s WTF (ya my family is just politically incorrect like that)

But then later they looked darker again.

And over the last few days his face looked dark too and he says he’s been experiencing hot flushes wtf…….

So tomorrow he’s going to go to the doctor and try to find out what this is.

Gluck daddy.  Please please be okay.  Even though I frequently get angry with you I don’t know what we’ll do without you.

Jammie told me she met a friend who gave concrete proof that my ex, a very big shit stirrer with a very big nose (in other people’s business) was, if not cheating, definitely lying to me.

It was years ago but I am vindicated and totally justified in my loathing for him.

Funny how life turns out.

Some time back I read an article off Super Kawaii Mama’s blog written by a woman who thought that Disney princesses were inappropriate role models because there is no such thing in the real world as “happily ever after”.

And I was outraged because I thought what was the problem with little girls being optimistic and believing in happily ever after? Doesn’t that just give them something good to look forward to in their futures? I believe in happily ever afters and I turned out perfectly okay (open to interpretation wtf)

But how can we say there are happy endings when there are divorces and deaths galore wtf. Men cheat on their partners all the time, and apparently so do women. Or you grow old and your husband dies and your kids put you in a nursing home. Is that your happy ending?

How do you know where you need to go to make sure you get your happy ending? Who should I marry? Are we going to stay married? (hopefully) Am I going to be able to have kids? (hopefully, and maintain a well-shaped vagina) Am I going to die before them? (yes please)

And not just that, how do you know you’re on the job that’s right for you? That’s been bugging me for two days now wtf. Don’t get me wrong, I love my job (to whoever who asks, I will tell you that it is true, I am an international spy with the CIA) but how do I know if I’m MEANT to be in this career?

Some people have a calling or a vocation and they know right away when they grow up what they’re going to be and go away and be a great success. It’s easier if you have a specific talent.

Like, if I had perfect pitch and big lungs, I’d audition for Broadway. Or Glee! Or if I were taller I could be a model WTF.
(but I could never give up my night vision that comes with being a midget)*

The problem with life is, you can say it’s like a box of chocolates yadda yadda but the fact of the matter is you never know what’s coming next. Or if you made the right decision. So wouldn’t it be great if we all had a roadmap to our lives?

Like turn right and you’ll meet the guy whom you’ll fall head over heels for but who will eventually turn abusive. Continue along this road and embark on your award winning career as an author but never get married. Or go downhill and overdose on pills.

Some tech dependent people will probably ask for a GPS instead but I don’t think that would work as well. A GPS doesn’t get it right all the time — it will tell you you’re on the wrong road but by looking at the GPS at a junction, you wouldn’t be able to tell where each road would lead you to.

It should be clear by now that I don’t like surprises (unless they come in a shopping bag!) if only everyone was born with like a life roadmap tattooed to their ass wtf.

I was looking at the section of the latest Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly where they publish updates of what MHC alums are doing, all the way back to class of 1930 and I thought I wish I could read what it says about me when I’m dead WTF before realizing how macabre a thought it was.

So hello to my 26th 25th 26th year (what year is it for you when you turn 25!?). I’ll still be praying for a roadmap (fruitlessly)

(done by the very amazing Miao of Akiraceo.com)

Okay this is the salon where I do my hair.

If you don’t recognize it, it’s on the Boulevard at Midvalley between Megamall and Gardens (same row as the mamak wtf)

The door wtf.

I actually once followed CJ in to Shunji before a few years back to get his hair cut but I never did mine here cos it was really expensive and I was a broke student.

I used to go to another salon but my when my staple hairstylist Raymond moved and took over to Shunji Matsuo I dutifully followed wtf because I am anal over who touches my hair -____-

Ya I dunno why I am psycho anal like that!  Once I was due to fly back to the US the next day so I showed up at my stylist’s house WTF and begged him to color my hair for me why am I like that T__________T

No wonder the next time I came back and called him I could never get through again WTF.

I used to switch hairstylists a lot too cos something that I didn’t like would pop up halfway so I’d look for someone else.

But I’ve been with Raymond for a couple of years now and I can safely say this is a stable relationship wtf wtf ^_^

The inside wtf.

My hair before.  I didn’t do much different do it this time — just trimmed it a bit and recolored.  For Chinese New Year!

This time I came they had manicure services which they didn’t before!  So I decided to try it out.

Mainly because I broke the nail off my index finger and it was quite painful T3T  My virgin experience with acrylics ^^ But just one nail la to cover the tear.

Next to me was this little old lady who I think was brought in by her daughter to get her hair done before the New Year too.

At first I was a little offended because the stylists were talking and pacifying her like she was a child.  But then I realized that her mind is that of a child’s now and I realized that the stylists were much better people than I am.  They were damn patient and kind to her, down to wiping away her drool and putting her feet back into her shoes..

Chinese New Year resolution #4859 don’t jump to conclusions wtf.

New hair!  Ok not much difference from my previous cut wtf.

That’s Raymond on my phone behind!  He’s giving instructions to my mother telling her which store it is hahahahaha.

So ok that’s my hair secret if you wanted to know!  If you want their number, this is their email wtf: enquiry@shunjimidvalley.com. They  have a Facebook page here too (very social media savvy ok wtf)

I brought Suet here too when she wanted to cut her hair short !

Their rates are ok quite reasonable and the best part is that he’s very patient with me and sits with me while I flip magazines / scroll through pictures in my laptop to show him what I want wtf.  Some stylists just nod and then give you whatever they think you want but he actually does come through with the exact style I want.

At first when I colored it I thought it was damn blond!  But I think I’m used to it now

Oh that was my first day of CNY dress!

This dress is damn nice lor!  I didn’t even try it before I got it cos I got it online no time to shop.  Let me consider if I wanna tell the store name first later people fight with me over clothes how!

(took this picture to show the ruched sides but all this photo does is show that I have no womanly curves whatsoever I am actually arching my back like nobody’s business fml)

Another look at the hair.

Ok just wanted to admire my eye makeup WTF.

Sorry ok when you’re my age every single photo that you look young nice in can cheer you up to no end wtf.  I was talking to Angela and we both agreed that it takes a lot more effort (and makeup) now to look cute than before and even now we’re not as cute haih such is life la harh wtf.

So the solution is… take more pictures with people older than you WTF WTF

Hahahaha no la these are my Chik Kongs and Chim Pohs that I see annually at CNY.

Wombeh!  Apparently clients are calling him Wombeh now too FHL.

Funnily it’s always around CNY that I miss Ooib the most cos there’s nobody to grumble with / be bored with / sing doowap numbers with.

CNY was just okay for me this year cos I spent it (a) sick (b) perpetually angry at the weather (c) perpetually grumpy at my mother who was late for everything including her own high school reunion.

Ooi family luck ok I tell you we packed the car and piled into it and started our journey to Penang for maybe 15 minutes when the car aircon broke down WTF.

We had to circle Rawang looking for a mechanic, found no willing ones and had to drive back home to change cars -_-

By then the car had turned into a sort of greenhouse and trapped all the heat inside and I was turning terrifying shades of red in the backseat.

Parents didn’t notice and I thought it weak to say anything since Grandma Ooi had low blood sugar and broke out in cold sweat wtf.

By the time we got home I had found sweat can be an adhesive when I had trouble taking off my pants.

Anyway the sudden changes in temperatures caused me a runny nose (which disappeared the day after we got back from Penang)

But this made my week / kept me occupied!  Finding an Audrey appropriate theme for my phone ^^

Whoops forgot to say Happy Chinese New Year!

So I am 25 now ZOMGZ!

25% of the way completed in my quest to be a 100 year old woman wtf.

I actually didn’t do anything to celebrate my birthday.

I figure if I pretend it never happened, I’ll still be 24 WTF.

No la kidding hahahahah truth is, I didn’t feel like celebrating my birthday… yet.

My birthday was on a Wednesday and I didn’t take the day off so I didn’t feel like going out for dinner tired and looking like crap wtf.

But doesn’t mean I’m not doing anything ok!  Birthdays are the best days of the year cos you’re queen of the day and get to choose what you wanna eat over everyone else wtf.

Saving up my birthday rights so I can still use at a later point.  Maybe after Chinese New Year…

Anyway I don’t have much time to blog but random pictures first!

Wombeh’s present to me! Totally didn’t expect it I loves it!!!

Now I am a classy woman instead of a childish child wtf.

That’s what Tim says anyway cos my previous wallet is from Samantha Thavasa and bright shiny pink.

Picture doesn’t do justice to it cos it’s actually dusty pink / very fucking pale purple

Cupcakes!  From my Wafu, Dafu and Tofu (they know who they are) <3

Glitters voucher from See-Ann and the Ihubbies HAHAHAHA (that’s what Wafu called him anyway)

Can’t decide if I should use it for manicure or lash extensions!

Refillable Hello Kitty notebook (and card holder) from @chenjoanne!

And then…

a surprise from Fat Her while I was at work one day.

WHAT THE FUCK HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

RINGO STARR WTF HAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHA

Now you know where I get my impeccable sense of humor from.