| | First and foremost... Diwali Valthukal to all my Indian machas. Although the likelihood of any of you guys to be reading my blog is as good as me having a romantic dinner with Jessica Alba in this quiet country town, I sincerely hope all of yous are enjoying a safe and fun Deepavali...
Today marked the second week I'm suffering from this bloody flu. It is terrible when you fall sick again every time you are about to recover because you couldn't resist the temptation of a crispy cold Heineken and a few nice puffs. I know alcohol will block my nasal even more and that nicotine smoke will aggravate my sensitive nose but I'm too stupid to comprehend this very complex scenario. I always thought I know how to take care of myself after spending so much time living by myself abroad but this is one of those things that I have yet to learn. I hate to get sick but yet, I never take enough initiative to prevent or to reduce the pain.
What the hell, anyway this is one of the best weekend I've had for a month despite being a sickie cause I have been working for the past few weekends. Life as an engineer is boring. I'm really satisfied with my job and that I'm making progress in my professional development. But I'm not happy that work has slowly crept in and started to take control of my social life. I go home everyday hoping that there will be no emergency calls from the plant on my mobile and that I can just spend some quiet time watching some classic movies, listening to songs, reading books or to do some sports. All these little things that I've taken granted for during my student days are now a luxury and a thing of the past.
All I'm thinking now is Chinese New Year next February. I'm planning to use 3 weeks of my annual leave to go back to Ipoh. I can't help but to visualise the awesome time that I'll have when I'm back. Ipoh is a sleepy town alright but it has its charming side. I grew up and spent half of my juvenile life there. Things haven't changed too dramatically compared to our neighbours in Penang or KL. And while the local government are fretting over it, I found that this is what make Ipoh so enchanting in the first place. It's as if you are stepping 10 years back to her glorious tin mining days everytime you drive or walk past Ipoh Old Town. The shops are so nostalgic and look so so much better aesthetically and structurally compared to any newly built buildings. It's no surprising why movie makers love to film in Ipoh. The latest I heard was Ang Lee's Lust, Caution joining a host of other movies like Anna and the King and Sepet making Ipoh as their prime filming location in Malaysia.
I'm really anticipating for this trip as I have also included Phuket in my stop-list. Hopefully, everything will turn out as planned. By the way, I watched Malena on SBS last night and gosh, Monica Belluci is absolutely stunning. I don't know what's going on with the current crops of Hollywood actresses and female celebrities; Jess Simpson, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton are craps. We need more classy ladies...
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