Suddenly

Its all piling in

the work
new clients
freelance assignments
scripts
brochures
videos
articles
oh
god
I am
so
not used to this

first there is the lull
where theres absolutely
jack shit
to do

and now its like someone
overturned the
dump truck on
me

Meetings.
Everywhere
with people
who i have not seen in ages
with people
who expect me
to entertain them
with business contacts
with clients
with family
rush rush
from one to the other

existing on an average
of 6 hrs sleep per night

waking up to
late night phonecalls
and texts
from lonely man-friends
insiting they are not drunk

the ability to put my
phone on silent
doesn't
exist in me.

Looking forward to the weekend
yet after work
I got other work
and I don't know
if I want to tumble into bed
immediately after
or go out and let loose
the weekend wont really come
there will be more work
involved

Diving into Bed

Oh the possibilities are endless aren't they?

"Let's go to Bed"

"Are you coming to Bed?"

"Would you like to go to Bed with me?"

"I am in bed"

"See you in Bed"

"Wanna romp the night away in Bed?"

"Come to Bed with me baby"

And so, a new lounge is born in Penang
and yes it does resemble
a certain club up north
that I was recently at..

We were excited
nevertheless
because Penang is in dire
need
of fresh new watering holes

'Oooh' we squealed
caressing the plush leather seats

'Its so Apple', said Cel
no doubt
picturing herself
and her Mac
enjoying an afternoon
in Bed.

'What shall we wear to the opening?'
said Myoung
as we sat amongst the boxes
and incomplete construction
last Monday
mental coordinating her outfit.

Excited? That we were.
Impressed, oh yes.
and it's too soon to tell
if the novelty
will wear off.

Unfortunately
the crowd here
is a constant.

Back From Lunch

and the flier in front of me says:

A RM 50,000 necklace to be win!!

It will become a great day yet..

A Stirring In My Gut

This one is for the serani in me.

Yesterday,
after an exceedingly yummy
super spicy tom yam maggi me
I was busting for a crap
in a big way.

Oh I could tell
this was going to be a good one
(and good ones are rare with me)
this one didn't deserve
a hurried cannoning
in the office loo
this was one to savour.

One that warranted a 2 hour wait
till I got to the privacy of my own bathroom
cigarette clenched between my teeth
luxuriating in every
plop.


An excerpt from an email to Butta:

"Le Tomyam noodle, was very very mouthwateringly
saliva dribblingly
good.
So good,
that I need to take a big crap now.
But am too Placist
to use the office loo.
Hold on lil buggers, 1 hr + 45 mins to go
fore I let you out of your cage!"

And oh,
when the minute hand touched 9
I bolted out of the office
zipped in and out of the jam
practically shaking with anticipation

And man I tell you
that was singularly one the best
toilet experiences in my life
in those few moments
I actually considered that it could be better
than an orgasm
but then
I changed my mind.

Here Belle,

Said Peter
barely supressing his cheeky grin
as he gave this to me

I'm supposing it's payback for the
Young Learner's Dictionary
that I got him.

Today..

The parking space that I had patiently waited for for 10 minutes

was swooped upon by an

80 year old hunchbacked lady

who gave me the 'not my problem Missy' gesture

when I honked in disbelief.

Next time, just ask lah aunty.

I freaked a little kid out

by blurredly following him out of the elevator

and to his gate

before snapping out of it and realising that

I got off on the wrong floor.

And So, I Present..

Zach.

It really is strange that he's never appeared here before.

Zach, my ex,ex.

We were what 4, 5 years ago?

If my life were a day of lessons in school,

Zach would be Chemistry.

Oh yes, back then it was magnetic,

try as we might, we couldn't fight it

and trust me we did try.

The first guy I ever went on a holiday with

The guy who cooked me afternoon tea while I napped

The one whose house I snuck into almost every night

oh we were drunk on love

Zach and I

for awhile we only existed as 'us'

then he broke my heart into a million pieces
and when he said he made a mistake

I turned around and broke

his heart

into a million pieces.

Yet somehow

we got over all that

and became the closest of friends

able to read each other's minds

to know exactly what would please the other

to finish sentences

to predict next moves.

We moved on with our lives.

He watched me prance around the world

and after 2 years of studying pharmacy

he said " I want to do something I am happy with too"

"So quit," I said.

"Go and cook, there are a thousand things you are capable of"

a week later, he quit and I almost had a heart attack.

But now, he's happy

every morning he wakes up

thrilled to be cooking and playing with his appliances all day

and I'm proud, happy.

So when Dinner on Emerald Bay came up

and I needed a + one

the perfect person

Zach.

and no.

We are NOT together.

Welcome Back To Pangkor Laut

Ladies & Gentlemen, Take Your Seats

"Don't Bug Me" said the Crab

Our Souvenir Menus

Yay! Our Live Entertainment..

2 Couples + 1 No-Longer Couple

Pour The Pinot

Scallop Schmallop

He Laughs,(obviously, I'm funny)

The 'yeah, whatever' Face

Sorbet Was Served In Ice

So So Good

The Lemongrass Risotto Was An Unexpected Stunner

Dessert Would Have Been Even Better For Breakfast

Sail With Me Baby..

The next day we awoke

bright and early (for a Sunday)

and left this:

to go and do this....

Sail Away!

Zach Has His Titanic Moment