Time to go again
Date : Sunday, December 16, 2007
Time : 7:38 PM
Its time to go again, packed n leave.
Tucked the emotion neatly away and say goodbye to the sunny, bouncy city.
With a jolly mood, and a longing wish, i m returning to the familiar, warm, cosy city once again, knowing that there will be a open arm waiting for me. Ya.. there's a place called home, and i can smell it now even from a thousand miles away..
Vyvy, take care of yourself and be strong! Enjoy the samba-land and i shall see u soon in SG. Labels: Brazil, Days of My Life
It never fails to bemuse me..
Date : Thursday, December 13, 2007
Time : 11:05 AM
.. the vicissitudes of the weather here.
It is just the onset of summer. The capricious weather is as worse as the Highness's whimsical mood. Last few days were hot like hell & the temperature even went up to 40 degree celcius. Just when i thought the cold spell is finally over, the temperature plunged again. First it was the ominous dark clouds, then without any warning, rain started dropping. The overnight shower simply swept off the heat n leave me trembling on my working chair like a nobody-kid now. A 72 hrs straight downpour? Geez.. its gonna be depressing. (i shall overcome it thou)
I can feel the festive mood welling inside me, compounded by the whole xmas theme on my pc, the glittery christmas lights along the streets, the oh-so-tall floating christmas tree at Lagoa, the christmas tunes from radio station(come to think of it, why dont they hv an exclusive station that plays only xmas carol? i m so gonna tune in to it days n nights), and definitely the gushing excitement of being able to see the people i miss so much soon!
The office secretaries organise an advance xmas party. Nothing big, just a small BYOFood gathering AND the 'secret friend' gift exchange. Thats how it works. We get to pick the name of our 'secret friend' written on a paper note from a pandora box weeks ago, and then everybody could start go gaga over the xmas present shopping ritual. And then in the party, someone will start the ball rolling by describing his/her secret friend, and everybody will make a guess of who that 'secret fren' is, followed by gift exchange. 
My secret friend is Jeane, whose bday is one day before mine. Wat a coincidence.. we happened to pick each others name and we exchanged our gifts. =D The Prig announced his upcoming one month vacation. Oooh... all of us agreed thats the most worth celebrating reason! CHEERS =D
Labels: Brazil, Days of My Life, Nutshell Inc.
The high..
Date : Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Time : 4:03 PM
Imma as happy as Marry freakin' Poppins now, despite the stuffy nose and undesirable body aching.
Reason being...
First i got a sweet sms from Mr hooligan.
Next , i received this cute ecard from my beloved dd.
Then i was treated to a great lunch today at Outback. No saint could be mean after being pampered by their signature ribs on the barbie, blooming fried onion, spicy kookaburu wings, gold coast coconut shrimp and the delectably sinful chocolate thunder from down under. No..no.. not even a bulging stomach could spoil the mood.
And then this!!! A nice orchid table arrangements which i have just the right spot on my desk for it. =)
Thanks a zillion to the u-noe-who. Lets juz say u certainly knows how to make a gal's day.
Well.. it might be a lil' later than expected, but now.. thats the high i m seeking.. got it?Labels: Brazil, Days of My Life
Seeking for a hug
Date : Monday, December 10, 2007
Time : 9:22 PM
If there is an island in the earth called frequent sicka, i could absolutely be the queen there.
juz recovered from the world most serious sorethroat and now I m officially carrying a blocking nose and a leaking bowel. At one moment i have to breathe thru my mouth like a puffy fish, and the next moment i m running up n down for toilet like a nuts.
Arrggh.... now u got me.. a suffocated fish on the dry land..
Desperately in need of a hug now. A hug that gets me high, high enuff to fade all the uneasiness away..Labels: Brazil, Days of My Life, Rumbling.. Mulling.. Howling..
I need my McDreamy
Date : Saturday, December 01, 2007
Time : 8:00 PM
Went to the beach at Campoinhas.The soothing seawaves and and the cooling seabreeze hv the magic of bringing all the stress away. Wat a captivating scene but it only makes me miss u more. I know how much u love the sea yet I couldnt bring the calming seaview neither the smell of the ocean back.. I can only whisper in my heart and hope the seagulls can bring across my blessing to you who is a thousand miles away.
=( Enchanted is out in SG.
Wont be able to get back in time to catch it. I need to get my dose of McDreamy!! Oh boi.. need u remind me of that melt-me-in-my-shoe Patrick Dempsey's smile??
Okie.. i shall juz bear with it for the moment and catch him more on my Laptop.
Bye.. ppl. Time for Grey's Anatomy Season Four.
Oh ya.. before i forget, its finally December. Xmas is just round the corner. Imma in the mood to get a silky lil' dress, and dance the xmas nite away wif a special someone. Will the wish comes true?
Labels: BlockBuster, Brazil, Days of My Life, Jingle Bell, Sacred Dungeon
Banana - Laxative or Costive?
Date : Friday, November 30, 2007
Time : 8:44 AM
Its gonna be a nice day watsoever. 
I got a red apple from vyvy early in the mornig and then the cute lil' boxes made by Carmen's daughter. Oh my, i m such a blissful damsel wif u gals ard =D Well.. this is totally unrelated, but somehow gotta share my ponder here. Vyvy is having her first constipation in her life.. ever since she took the banana(s) from the mkt last thursday. So... we were just jokingly pointed out aint bananas help the body to detox, Suely overheard our conversation and gave us an astonishing look. "Oh no gals.. you all should not eat banana. Banana is bad.. Banana makes you to tighten not to let go!!"Oops.. in my whole life i thot banana is the best natural laxative other than papaya??!! I decided to do a survey among the brazilians and to my surprise the result is doubtfully assertive. So now i m totally confused , does banana act as a laxative or a costive?Labels: Brazil, Days of My Life, Out of the Box
Silicone No More
Date : Thursday, November 29, 2007
Time : 11:39 AM
Traffic to Rio is really bad.. Every morning we are stuck in the traffic congestion on the bridge which links up Niteroi and Rio. Boss often jokes that there is already plenty of 'jam' and all we need is a loaf of bread then we can hv our breakfast in the car.
When the traffic situation is dat bad, we need to find some entertainment. Saw this billboard commercial advertisement on the way to office. Kekeee.. gonna buy tons and tons of this club social biscuit back if its really effective. öLabels: Brazil, Days of My Life
On my way to lunch...
Date : Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Time : 2:36 PM
..this cute lil' christmas tree caught my eyes and stopped me from proceeding my track. U noe me.. i dun hv much resistance towards anything kawaii.
It is abt 24cm high, just nice to bring a touch of xmas to my boring working desk!
I shall be spending my xmas eve in Taiwan this year, and i m soo looking fwd to the trip. Have you start planning for your xmas too?? =)Labels: Brazil, Days of My Life, Jingle Bell
Mysterious Bruise
Time : 12:15 PM
Grrr...... woke up in the morning and saw this on my right hand.
Totally no clue when & where i got this from? Another X-file series?!!
Labels: Brazil, Out of the Box
The worst sorethroat ever
Date : Monday, November 26, 2007
Time : 9:58 PM
It just wont go away!!!!!!! It has been like wat?! A week ored?? And Geezz..... i start to think its more than a sorethroat!! It must be some evil throat biting virus, trying to build their cosy sleazy nest inside my throat. WAAAH!!!!! Suely, my brazilian colleague decide to roleplay as my personal GP. Except for a stethoscope, she got everything a doctor needs - the prettiest smile and the gentlest tone one could ever imagine. My sweet GP prescribed me some pills and lozenges for me, and i half-heartedly surrendered under her charmingly smile and that sincerest caring look in her eyes. Lets just hpe those green pills do help, then i could finally swallow my own saliva with that heart-piercing pain NOMORE!!Labels: Brazil, Days of My Life, Rumbling.. Mulling.. Howling..
Saturday Luncheon
Date : Saturday, November 24, 2007
Time : 6:06 PM
Went lunch with some Brazilians colleague at the newly opened bistro located in the famous Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum on Saturday.
That gotta be the longest luncheon i ever attended. The whole lunch took me 4hrs!!! From twelve thirty to four.. We spent one hr sitting in the restaurant waiting for everyone's arrival, the next two and the half hr eating, drinking, laughing and chit-chatting( Well.. when i said chit-chatting, i actually meant THEY are chit-chatting in Portuguese, while Ivy and I listened in complete puzzle awe), and when everybody finally decided they had talked their hearts all out, filled their stomach all full, drank to their bladder almost burst, we called for the bill AND spent the next half an hr waiting for the waiter swayed gracefully across the room to hand us our damages. By the time, i reached my lil' apartment, its already dinner time nono.
ARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!! I m deadbeat by now and i can assure u.. its even tiring than shopping non-stop for four nice consecutive hour. Picture to be loaded soon.. i m in serious need of rest now. (X_X) Labels: Brazil, Days of My Life, Rumbling.. Mulling.. Howling..
In Rio again
Date : Friday, November 23, 2007
Time : 9:44 PM
Guess it does make sense when people says absence makes the heart grow fonder.
After six months, Rio seems to be a better place than previously. Perhaps it's just me and my emo.. I mean, afterall I'm here for a short assignment for 1 month, and the whole trip seems more like a business trip rather than few years exile now. Haha.. I m not saying I had a bad time previously, but you know.. its just DIFFERENT.
Touched down on Wednesday nite and we went to office on Thursday morning. It wasn't a tough task for me as I cant get to sleep due to jetlag. Stayed awake all nite long watching the sky turned from nite to dawn without anyone sharing the beautiful scene thou..
The traffic situation is getting worse. We have to leave for work earlier and reach home later due to the terrible traffic congestion along the bridge across Niteroi and Rio. More and more people shifted to Niteroi as its safer and simpler, a better city to stay compare to Rio. Absurd i know it is, but i suddenly felt COE & ERP system could be a smart system to be implemented afterall.
Got Ivy, a colleague of mine coming along with me this time. She will be here for 2 yrs to accomplish her expediting task for the newly signed project. Hence part of my job is to familiarize her with the environment and prepared her for the seemingly adventurous 24 mths ahead. I had gone thru this period before and i can pretty much understand how she must hv feel. It wasnt easy for me when i first came to this absolutely mysterious samba land. Culture shock, homesick, language barrier, work related problems and so on.. Haiz.. i can only spend a month with her, pretty limited things/experince i can actually pass to her within this short span of time. Hopefully she could adapt to the new environment soonest.Labels: Brazil, Days of My Life
Arpoador Beach & Azul Marino
Date : Saturday, May 26, 2007
Time : 9:53 PM
My last Saturday in Rio, Met up with Marlin who was also in town for lunch.
We went to Azul Marino, a small seafood restaurant by Arpoador beach. Arpoador is the border between Ipanema and Copacabana. The name comes from the rock formation, that gives you a wonderful view to both neighborhoods. Ipanema Beach is renamed Arpoador Beach once you go past Rua Francisco Otaviano. Arpoador Beach is a favorite with surfers, and there are spotlights for night surfing. 
The restaurant-Azul Marino is situated on the beach lane- Rua Francisco Bhering which is open for pedestrians only (see map).We parked the car some distance from the restaurant and took a stroll along the beach.
The most captivating part is the seaview in front of the restaurant, listening to the seawave, the laughter of the beach bums, and the music played by the buskers made the food taste better than ever. We would like to take the alfresco seat but the pigeon flying over our heads seemed rather unfriendly. We had to give up the option not wanting any extra ingredients dropping from the sky while we gobble up our meal. 
Complimentary entree was fish broth. We ordered casquinha de siri (stuffed crab meat) and some fresh oysters for starters. High on the hog!!
Main courses were Moqueca de Peixe(Fish Moqueca) and grilled seafood platter. The moqueca was nice but not as fantastic as the one we had in Siri Mole. The grilled seafood platter was okie but half of the hotplate was filled with fruits & vegetables. Felt kinda cheated by the menu's description. Nothing to rave about.
Dessert choices were somehow simple and limited, the fruit salad with vanilla ice-cream looks good thou. =) 
In short, its was a close but no cigars, I dun feel the 'Oomph' from the food but the ambience was definitely a highlight esp to aesthetics sucker. It will make a good choice for lunch after a suntanning session at the beach.
My greatest satisfaction?? Hahaha.. wat else but oggling at the beautiful beautiful Ipanema Gals for the whole afternoon! I wonder why they could still wear the skimpy bik- even durinng sucha a cold weather. o_O 
Labels: 'In' Store, Brazil, Days of My Life, Lets Tuck In
Molest!!
Date : Thursday, May 24, 2007
Time : 9:30 AM
I dunnoe if i were standing at the high risk spot, or I'm the one that falls into the high risk group.Jimmy and I were doing our weekly marketing at the fresh market. I was standing at the exact same spot where the lunatic woman's attack took place few mths ago. I was wearing my not so perfect jeans while looking at the big round melon and it happenend!!! "PIAK!!" a steady sturdy PAT on my butt!!! I was pissed and stunned at the same time. I raised my hand and turned my head in the next nanaosecond, all geared up to give whorever the ham-sup-low (aka shameless detestable despicable maggot!!) a big slap on da face. Then an innocent baby-like broad smile on a wrinkled face appeared 
in front of me and suddenly my anger disappeared and i found my heavy hand awkwardly hanging in the air; pretty much like the scene in Matrix. The wrinkled face belongs to a short skinny old folk(i cant tell whether is a HE or SHE) who apparently was not having a clear mind. You can tell he/she did not know what he/she did to me was wrong and.. his/her smile.. that genuine, undisguised smile on that pickled face melted my heart and all my anguish and insults magically vanished like vapor. Its kinda weird, one second ago i was as mad as a hatter and the next moment i was as calm as a hurricane's eye. Just the other day, i was commenting on Walter's post, abt how contagious a smile can be, and then it happened on me.However, still having the phobia from the last loony's ambush, my i
nctinct reaction was to hide behind Jimmy immediately. Everybody including the fruit stall's owners were laughing at me and the naughty old folk. And wats next, i found myself grinning foolishly too. Keke.. wat a day...Wat to do, i cant blame him/her because he/she has a mental problem, Jimmy said i got a blur blur look which makes me an easy target, Boss said maybe my butt looks like a magnet to the molester's hand, AND i said: Hey, Duncha think u can grab my arse without getting slapped juz becoz u got a baby-like smile. Mind u, I bite!! Grr~~ Labels: Brazil, Days of My Life
Path to the Sky
Date : Monday, May 21, 2007
Time : 12:18 PM
Weekend was again wonderful AND over-indulged in food. =P
Saturday, 5 of us drove up to the mountain for our weekend excursion. This time round, Edward suggested 'a place near heaven'! Keke.. Boss jokingly commented he did not wanna go to Heaven, becoz its a place full of Saints, and Saints aint fun at all. Keke.. if given a choice, if there is really a place called 'Heaven', would u wanna go???
Alrite.. back to our excursion, we drove all the way up to the mountain thru Petropolis. Since none of were prepared for the long traveling time so as our stomachs , we stopped by a bakery at Petropolis for a leak and and a feast. =P
Journey continued to Noguiera, (a town near Petropolis) with 5 full stomachs in the car: less grumbling but more snoring.. Poor boss for being our driver! However, when the journey reveals its destination, its absolutely worth it! 
Welcome to Le Siramat! It is a Mountain Resort situated at the top of Caminho do Céu, literally means 'the path to the sky'. It's a beautiful place, and I strongly recommend it to whoever is after a calm and relaxing retreat with magnificent views on the valleys below. We were all in cloud nine because we were literally surrounded by clouds!! 
The view and the weather worth a zillion dollar but the food were fairly passed. The trouts were are too dry and the serving sizes were too little. I still prefer the one that we had at Araras. The Spanish wines however were a refreshing experience for the tastebuds.
In order to satisfy our very much disappointed tongues, we proceeded to our foodhunt again on Sunday. After hearing much about the infamous Satyricon- a must visit Mediterranean Seafood restaurant in Ipanema, we decided to bear the risk of burning our shallow pockets. It was a well-known restaurant which frequent by the Stars (eg Madonna) & political big shots. 
Turned out- Madonna choice was so-so. The food was nice but not really fantastic. with the money tat we paid(US95 each) , we are definitely looking for better taste and more creative dishes.
Okie okie.. dun blame me of causing u hungry again.. I already tried my best to refrain myself from posting another picture-heavy post. Yes.. believe me, i really DID!! =PLabels: 'In' Store, Brazil, Days of My Life, Lets Tuck In, Sheepish Breakaway
Tanaka-San
Date : Friday, May 18, 2007
Time : 1:44 PM
Antonio, a waiter tat we got to know from our favourite hangout joint, work two shifts a day. He works in Farani in the evening, which we normally go for dinner at; during the day, he works in another Japanese restaurant in downtown which is called 'Tanaka-san'.
Jimmy & I was thinking where to hv lunch at, and we decided to try out this place since Antonio has since been highly reccomended this restaurant. According to him, this is the ever-first japanese restaurant in Rio!
Situated near our office in Rua da Assembleia, Tanaka-san welcome its guest with a small door leading to the 2nd floor.
Not 'nuff of salmon YET?? This one was my favourite: Sliced salmon with sliced lime and minimal teriyaki sauce with sesame seed. Perfect ending of a sashimi feast!! Giving u a freshening sensation without destroying the original taste of sashimis.
There were some others variety to choose from but there were only two of us! Our desires still craving for more, but our stomaches could not afford to accommodate more foods. Thats the reason why i think all of us need a portable stomach. You know, sth that can be taken out, cleared and put back, continue serving for our craves!! =P
I shall not elaborate more on how excellent, how tasty and how ingenious the chef combines different raw materials with the sauce. Words is soooo redundant suddenly and if i may juz add-this is a meal full of wat u people called multiple oral orgasm! Ooooo......... i gotta need more!!
Labels: 'In' Store, Brazil, Days of My Life, Lets Tuck In
Traffic to Rio is really bad.. 
..this cute lil' christmas tree caught my eyes and stopped me from proceeding my track. U noe me.. i dun hv much resistance towards anything kawaii. 
in front of me and suddenly my anger disappeared and i found my heavy hand awkwardly hanging in the air; pretty much like the scene in Matrix. The wrinkled face belongs to a short skinny old folk(i cant tell whether is a HE or SHE) who apparently was not having a clear mind. You can tell he/she did not know what he/she did to me was wrong and.. his/her smile.. that genuine, undisguised smile on that pickled face melted my heart and all my anguish and insults magically vanished like vapor. Its kinda weird, one second ago i was as mad as a hatter and the next moment i was as calm as a hurricane's eye. Just the other day, i was commenting on Walter's post, abt how contagious a smile can be, and then it happened on me.
nctinct reaction was to hide behind Jimmy immediately. Everybody including the fruit stall's owners were laughing at me and the naughty old folk. And wats next, i found myself grinning foolishly too. Keke.. wat a day...Wat to do, i cant blame him/her because he/she has a mental problem, Jimmy said i got a blur blur look which makes me an easy target, Boss said maybe my butt looks like a magnet to the molester's hand, AND i said: Hey, Duncha think u can grab my arse without getting slapped juz becoz u got a baby-like smile. Mind u, I bite!! Grr~~
Weekend was again wonderful AND over-indulged in food. =P
The restaurant was nicely decorated, and the ambience was good. We were happy to see one Japanese chef standing behind the sushi counter, concentrating at his work. The sashimis displayed in the freezer looked promising indeed! We chose to sit upstair as downstair was already half-seated. 
One can choose from Rodicio(all-u-can-eat) or ala-carte. Being two hungry 
the next dishes to come was the beutifully presented salmon roll with rice croqutte:
wanna try sth special?? tuna sashimi dipped with sesame seed and teriyaki sauce. The aroma of sesame seed mixed well with the teriyaki sauce, giving the tongue another level of tantalizing effects. 
Not extraordinary 'nuff?? Tried this!!! Spicy tuna special - tuna sashimis with a tint of red chilli to spice up ur tastebuds:
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