We recently had a huge re-org at work. Today was the first team meeting with a mixture of newbies and oldbies and one of the agenda was to share a little bit more about ourselves in a show and tell manner... Mine was as follows:

About Me

If I were to describe myself, I'd say that I'm a family-oriented person. Of all the things in the world, I cherish my family more than anything and they are of utmost importance in terms of priority... And when it comes to the biggest milestone in my life, it has got to be me getting married at the end of the year...

Interests

I am a gadget lover. From PDAs to Digital Cameras to Mobile Phones, I have them all and are frequently changing them... I also love surfing... I read blogs online, research online and spend the bulk of my time online... But beyond Internet, I also love to read. Stuff that I read ranges from mystery to science fiction to horror stories to self help books to etc etc... And I am an avid believer of "feng shui". To me, for something to be passed on from so many centuries ago, it has got to have some form of truth in it... And finally, I like to travel cos it's the simplest and fastest way to learn more about the diversity of culture, heritage and history from the different parts of the world.

Hobbies
My favourite pass time has got to be sleeping. I love taking naps... but then of course, I also enjoy hanging out... having a drink or two (preferably alcoholic la...). And when I'm not ZZZzzz-ing and "lepak-ing", I spend my time blogging cos to me blogging about key events of one's life is a great way to reflect upon one's life later on... I also love watching TV... I am like "Homer Simpson"... a couch potato and my favourites are of course TVB dramas...

When forced to exercise, the only form of sport I like is swimming cos I dislike sweating... and swimming's the only activity that doesn't make you sweat like a pig (even if you do, because you're in the water, you just don't feel it)... And the other form of exercise that I do is of course Yoga given that I can't run very fast nor jump very high... hehehe...

Secrets
Stuff that others may or may not know about me include... Shopping. I shop like a man. I go into shopping malls with specific idea(s) as to what I'm looking for and I walk straight into the shop / boutique that sells it to get it. Shoes. Unlike your typical women... I don't see the need to spend on shoes. Sure I have a good pair of every category available like Sports shoes, high heels, work shoes, weekend shoes, winter boots etc but beyond that I don't fancy buying shoes. So long as I have a good pair for every occasion, I'm contended.

Dress / Skirt. I don't like wearing dresses or skirts. It's not like I don't look good in them, I just don't like wearing them. The only occasion you'll catch me in one would be weddings, corporate dinners or other formal occasions that require so. Cooking. I can't cook for nuts. I can't even cook eggs without burning them though it is something I would like to master in the near future.

So there you go. A bit more about myself... :)

Hmmm... my mother was nagging me to eat more just now...
And I went: But meeeee... I AM already eating like a pig...!
To which she responded by saying: Where got???!!! You're still so skinny now...!
And then proceeded to go into her M16 mode of lecturing...
The conclusion? I look better when I'm fatter...!

So I thought... OK... let's not go too far back... past few years would be sufficient...
You be the judge:

You see...
I was born beautiful (chewah damn 'perasan'!!!)...
I mean, look at this baby picture of mine:

But like all other mortal beings, I cannot resist temptations (food especially)...
And thereon started eating like a pig...
I used to eat 2 bowls of rice when I was in secondary school and yet, I wasn't fat...
But as I grew older... my metabolism rate dropped and by eating the same amount of food...
My face was the size of a moon from close distance... (sibeh wide lor)...

I can't really remember what prompted me to watch my food intake but as you can see...
It happened in 2005... and I've tried maintaining my weight ever since...

Am I happy?
Of cos I am...
I used to wear size M...
Now... S can sometimes be loose still...

The only setback to this is that... when my face looks ok (as in not too wide)...
Everything else reduces in size i.e. my ass, my boobs, everything...
And therefore the lecture from my mom...

So how...?
I also dunno how la...
Sigh...

Character wise... I must say... people tend to misjudge me 10 out of 10 times... (ya, that bad)... and it doesn't help that I'm born with a 'lansi' look...

You see... when people first meet me... most often than not, here's what they think of me:-

• Lansi / Over-confident
• Fierce
• Cold with heart of steel (not easily moved by anything)
• Bad tempered
• Rude
• Hiau (cos of the Angelina Jolie-factor I think)
• and the list goes on...

But since this is my blog... let me then clarify once and for all...

Lansi / Over-confident - Despite my looks, I'm actually an introvert sort of person. I find it extremely hard to make small talks with people that I don't know let alone pretend to joke and have conversations as if I've known the person all my life... Thus, the best way to describe me is that I'm socially handicapped. It's not that you're not interesting or that I find you stupid/ugly/dumb etc but it's just that I'm tongue tied in front of strangers and I prefer to just keep quiet. But yala, this is not good... which is why I'm slowly trying to change this...

Fierce - All my uncles and aunties (from my father's side) is known to have nice eyes but then again, we're also known to have cold hard stare... making us look fierce... Plus, I actually don't like smiling... The reason's not as complicated as you think (not some childhood trauma or anything like that)... I just don't like to smile because I think I look like a rabbit when I smile... because of my slightly protruding upper jaw and my big sets of teeth (think Julia Roberts).

Cold with heart of steel - Nobody in my family will ever describe me as cold (ever heard of the phrase, only your family knows you inside out?). In fact, how could you ever describe someone who sobs like mad at movies, dramas, weddings and when others cry... as cold? If anything, I think I am really a bit too full of emotions...

Bad tempered - No doubt about this. I am truly a bad tempered person. But 80% of the time, I regret my actions almost the instance I lose my temper... So instead of bad tempered... I think I'm more accurately labeled as quick tempered

Rude - I am known to have low tolerance for crap and I especially despise people who pretend that they are good at what they do when in actual fact, they boot-licked or ass-licked the bosses arse so half the time I ignore these people. Correct me if I'm wrong, but these group of people are usually very good in portraying themselves as knowledgeable... only when you've truly worked with them, will you be able to uncover the ugly truth - which makes it even more unbearable to sit thru their crap! And when it comes to dealing with these sort of people, I admit I lack tact sometimes... which is why it can come across as rude... But maybe I'm just crude... (the same applies to people who are boastful... I don't give a rat's ass as to how much you make a month or that your boyfriend's a multimillionaire... I'm just not interested!)

Hiau - Again, despite my looks... I'm known to be extremely loyal... All my life, I've only had 1 single boyfriend and I've been with him since I was 18 years old... So to guys who think they could get lucky with me or that I am the kind of girl who will tolerate one night stands... I suggest you go fuck yourself FAR FAR away from me...

So you see... 'Never Judge a Book by It's Cover'...

To be continued...

Today, I will attempt to blog about myself... and will be as honest as I could...

So let's start with the easiest one first... my physical appearance:

I'm 158cm (about 5ft 2inches) in height and 45-47kg in weight (dunno why but it fluctuates on a daily basis... or maybe there's something with my scale)...

Feature wise, people around me tells me that I have beautiful eyes... and I tend to agree (chewah!) cos I'm born with big brownish eyes with long eye lashes. In fact, women in particular like to ask if I curl my own eye lashes... I hate to be 'lansi' but HARLOW... I'm born with it ok... 100% original... In fact, my eyes are so 'nice' that my neighbours call me 'tai-ngan-mui' - loosely translated as little big eyed girl when I was a little girl...

And when I first started working, my colleagues said I looked like a localized version of Angelina Jolie (ya, ya, laugh if you want to)... because of my luscious lips... I mean, one of my female colleagues actually asked me this before: So... do you inject your lips for it to be poulty? I think I went red in face (to surpress my anger) but I reverted in the same casual manner she asked that it was all de naturale!

What I dislike most about my feature is my nose! In fact, if I ever decide to get a plastic surgery done, I would most likely buy myself a nice nose. To be precise... I like Andy Lau's nose... "ngau bei" you know...

To be continued...