Thank You :-) :-)

And it's the "10000" mark!! Yay!!

Thank you so much all of you!!

Thanks a ton!! :)

Muchas Gracias!! :) :)

Yes! I can't stop smiling!! :P :P

The story of why I have a bandage on my cheek!!

Ever since 2011 started off on a low-key note, I have been besieged with health troubles. And no! Nothing of the major sort!! Uh-huh! It’s all those minor ailments that have been irritating me! If it’s not a cold, it’s my back! If it’s not that, then some nit-picking thing that can be quite a pain in the wrong place! Even the two kilos that I managed to gain after a lot of trouble and binging vanished into thin air… :-/

No! I am not gloating here how easy it is for me to lose weight… On the contrary!! If you have any tips for gaining the ‘ever-elusive’ weight please do let me know!! I will be grateful to you as long as it works!! :-)

Well, recently, I visited the doctor again! Yes! I am a regular with the doctors around this area... Why do you ask?! But this time it was not one of the ‘regular’ doctors. This time I went to the National Skin Centre! Yes! It’s a big step ahead from the local doctors that I visit! :P

You ask me why I went there!! Well… I had this huge pimple on my face or ‘something-that-resembles-a-pimple’ that was causing quite a bit of mental pain more than the physical one! And by huge I mean HUGE! So after a few times it got compared to an organism growing on my face, and some other things I don’t want to say here; I decided to go to the doc to get it checked out! Actually the crowning point was when I went for this gathering, and a little kid came up to me and asked who bit my face! That was it!

National Skin Centre – here I come!

So there I was, at the doctors waiting to get the organism on my face checked out!  After a lot of prodding and some poking, the doc-lady decided she wanted to incise it!! Right! I am not getting into the gross details of what it was and how gory it was – for me that is! I was a very brave girl!! Ask the nurse! Actually don’t! I will tell you why!

When I saw the needle that she was going to use, I did shiver a little!! And then she said the words I had been dreading – “this will only pain a little”…  All those serial killers and murderers from the countless books I had read flashed through my mind! My fear must have shown on my face and the way I was cringing away from her, she asked me if I could relax a little! Yeah right! When a needle that size is coming at your cheek, the last thing you feel like doing is relaxing! Phew! Anyways, in a bid to be brave, I asked the doctor if there was something I can hold on to! Like a rod or something! And there was none! So I looked at the nurse, a petite young thing, standing beside to help the doctor and asked her if I could hold her hand! Yes! I was being VERY BRAVE!!! :P The nurse not knowing what she was getting into, said of course I could hold her hand!!

Well to cut a long story short.. Remember that episode of F.R.I.E.N.D.S where Ross gets a shot and he squeezes Monica’s hand so hard that it cracks a tiny bit!! Okie.. No!! I did not crack her bone or anything; but she did tell the doc to get it done with FAST! I am sure my bony hand did hurt a lot!

Hmm… suffice to say that the nurse did not wish me a speedy recovery! Or anything! However she did give me a glare! Ah well! :D

Now, I have a bandage on my cheek and I have people asking me, if I got into a fight or I someone punched me!!

Better a fight than the organism growing on my face I guess!! ;-) :P

PS: My life does have a lot of F.R.I.E.N.D.S moments before you wonder!! :P :P

That machine is out to get me!!

My laptop at work has been giving me trouble ever since I got it! Of course its age has to be blamed for it! To me, it is from the ancient ages and I doubt there is an older version than this; but like some of my friends pointed out, apparently there are older versions!! It’s probably trying to prove to me that I can’t push it around and treat it like just another machine given its age; it seems that it has feelings too!! Err..! Hmm! So if it is not the keyboard that’s giving me the problem then it’s the LAN connection; and if it’s not that then it’s something else. Either ways I seem to be spending too much of my time at the IT Service Desk rather than at my desk much to the amusement of my colleagues!!

Currently it’s my Outlook that’s experiencing problems! The system has gotten into its head that I am overloading it with emails and has decided to go ahead and create hundreds of ‘personal folders’ (*pst) for me in Outlook. I am not kidding, at last count there was more than 100. How do I know? Well, the IT guy got bored after a while of deleting the folders and taught me how to do it and asked me to delete a few :-/ Ok! I am kidding! He did not ask me to delete it, but the look on his face said that he might as well have asked me to do it!!! Well, he did sit and delete it for like 40 mins or so! Can’t blame him! It’s a boring thankless job, doing that!

Anyways, apparently the problem occurs whenever I reboot my laptop. And so, every morning without fail, I am at the IT desk, asking for support! To rectify my Outlook! And now I am almost like a member of the team!

Sample this!! After one particularly long session of sitting and deleting the numerous personal folders, I asked the IT guy what I should do if it occurs again.  He looked at me straight in the eye and said “You come find me!” and gave me this sarcastic smile! Well... he did say to go to him every time it occurs! So well, next morning yours truly was promptly at his desk with my stupid machine!

Another tip from my boss – just drop your machine on the floor! And say ‘Oops!’!!

There you go! A brand-new laptop! :P

Well.. It’s all fine for him to say, I am the one who’s dropping the machine! Hmmppff!!

Anyways, that’s the deal now!

I keep cribbing and complaining to all and sundry! I call up my friends asking for tips to resolve this problem and that!

But the way things are going… one of these days I just might ‘accidently’ drop my laptop!

And say “Oops!!”  …  ;-)

Oh! Look I tried to blog!!

Yes! It’s been a couple of months since I blogged!

No! I was not THAT busy!

No! I did have a lot of things to write about!

Yes! I could have made the time to write if I wanted to!

Sorry! I did not blog for so long!

I know! The punishment for it is partly my blog rank taking a nose-dive!

Ok! I will try to blog regularly from now on!

Fine! This will be my last tag-based blog for a while!!

Yes! I promise!!

Right!! You go ahead and read!!

TEN TO START.

1. Are you single? Yes

2. Are you happy? Yes

3. Are you bored? Right now??

4. Are you naked? No

5. Are you a blonde? No

6. Are you moody? Yes

7. Are you a lover/hater? Lover

8. Are you hot/cold? Warm!

9. Are you Irish? No

10. Are you Asian? Yes

TEN FACTS.

1. Name: It’s on my blog!

2. Nicknames: Aishu

3. Birth mark: V-shaped red mark on the forehead that has a mind of its own! It’s my own mood ring! ;)

4. Hair color: Blackish Brown (yes! That IS a color!!)

5. Natural hair color: Same as above

6. Eye color: Brown, I think!!

7. Height: 5’4”

8. Facebook Mood: Err.. what’s a facebook mood??

9. Favorite color: Black and Red

10. One Place to Visit: Why stop at one place?

TEN THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE.

1. Do you believe in love at first sight? No

2. Do you believe in soul mates? Yes

3. Have you had crushes? Yes!

4. Have you ever been hurt emotionally? Yes

5. Have you ever broken someone’s heart? Yes

6. Have you ever been cheated on? No

7. Have you ever liked someone and not told them? Yes

8. Are you afraid of commitment? To an extent yes!

9. Who was the last person you hugged? A friend who left Singapore!!

10. Who was the last person you kissed? A close friend’s baby!

TEN THIS OR THAT.

1.     Love or lust? Forever or for now?

2.     Jungle trek or by the beachside? Jungle trek!

3. Cats or dogs? Dogs anyday!

4. A few best friends or many regular friends? A few best friends

5. Television or internet? Internet

6. Chinese Or Indian? Indian

7. Wild night out or romantic night in? Wild night out

8. Money or Happiness? Happiness

9. Night or day? Night

10. MSN or phone? Phone

TEN HAVE YOU EVER.

1. Been caught sneaking out? Nope.

2. Been skinny dipping? Nope.

3. Stolen? Nope.

4. Bungee jumped? Not yet!

5. Lied to someone you liked? Yes!

6. Finished an entire jaw breaker? What’s a jaw breaker??

7. Been so embarrassed that you wished you could sink through the floor? Yes!

8. Wanted an ex bf/gf back? Nope.

9. Cried because you lost a pet? Nope.

10. Wanted to disappear? Yes. This one – loads of times!! ;-)

TEN PREFERENCES IN A PARTNER.

1. Smile or eyes? Both.

2. Light or dark hair? Dark hair.

3. Hugs or kisses? Kisses.

4. Shorter or taller? Taller.

5. Intelligence or attraction? Both.

6. Romantic or spontaneous? Spontaneous

7. Funny or serious? Funny

8. Older or Younger? Older

9. Outgoing or quiet? Depends.

10. Sweet or Bad Ass? Bad Ass.

TEN HAVE YOU’S.

1. Ever performed in front of a large crowd? Yes.

2. Ever done drugs? Nope.

3. Ever been pregnant? Not yet!

4. Ever sung in public? Yes!

5. Ever been on a cheer leading team? Nope.

6. Ever Been on a dance team? Yes. Loads of times!

7. Ever been on a sports team? Unfortunately yes!

8. Ever been in a drama play/production? Yes.

9. Ever owned a BMW, Mercedes Benz, Escalade, Hummer or Bentley? Nope.

10. Ever been in a rap video? Nope.

TEN LASTS.

1. Last phone call you made: was an hour back!

2. Last person you hung out with: a friend whom I went out for dinner with!

3. Last person you fought with: Oh! I can’t remember! I can’t believe its been so long since I fought with someone! ;)

4. Last time you worked: Yesterday!

5. Last person you tackled: was my Bro!

6. Last person you IM’d: A dear friend!

7. Last person on earth you wish to see: Oh there’s a whole bunch of ‘em!!

8. Last person(s) you went to the movies with: Close friends and hubby!

9. Last thing you missed: The finale of a dance show!

10. Last thing you ate: Banana Crumble!! :)