Finally, I’m back to my lil corner! Been away for the weekend… sans the internet connection. That’s prolly why I haven’t been bloggin for 2 days already. And that’s uber long for me!
The rain never dampens my spirit
Well to share with yall why I went MIA for 2days, my family came down for the weekend to visit me. I know I may seem like a pretty urban and a waaaayy-out-there kinda girl, but the truth is that I actually do miss them. Heck, I haven’t seen their faces for almost 3 months now neither have I been in their warm embrace for the longest time.
It felt like eons.
We did what we always do, checked in a hotel in MidValley area, shopped, exchanged stories and chillaxed. I couldn’t remember the last time I actually felt that carefree… away from work, my blog, twitter and some other taxing day-to-day stuff.
It really feels so different with the love and company of your family. In my case… wacky and fun-loving family, if I may add.
correction : VERY wacky
It’s naturally an arduous task of getting grandpappy in a picture with me.He’ll get all bashful and would interrogate me with 1001 questions about what I’m going to do with the photo.
One of the rare occasions where I actually succeeded in bribing him for a photo
I do realize that fooooooooood is one of the main priority whenever the folks come down. It’s like, I gotta starve myself for centuries just to prepare my tank during our food expeditions.
Chilly crabs!
Being me, I had some Jap food…especially Unagi. That’s eel in Japanese. Ducclebears is also a die-hard fan of Unagi and so is bestie Minny back in Penang.
There there… lil one. Come to this bottomless pit
More sights and sounds await us. After almost 3 months in KL, I know most of the roads like the back of my hand now. Seriously, it was such a nightmare during my 1st week here. I kept getting lost especially at night, and even ended up all the way in Cheras and Batu Caves! OMG
Mom and I
We’d go to restaurants after restaurants to dine every other day.
Godmom and I
Aunt Queenie and Gramps
Mom, Aunt Queenie and an unidentified creature
Couzzie Shaun is often very allergic to my camera. For each time I shoot him, his eyes and facial expressions would develop an exothermic reaction and be temporarily disfigured like this :
LOL
Oh and I remember how my couzzies and I would always camwhore at the back of the car if Goddy was driving. We would just pose and pose non-stop to have our moments with the camera.
This was the most recent trip back home
Phew. So after an exhilarating weekend with the folks, they’ve returned home to prepare themselves for another working week.
And so have I..
Totally pooped out but I feel like asking…. DO YOU MISS YOUR FAMILY?
p.s – I have great news to share but will only reveal it this Thursday! I think some of you would already know Any guesses? Hee
Ever been in touch with your rough and tough side? Try some extreme sports – it’s the way to go! There’s sports like BMX biking, skateboarding, skydiving, surfing, snow skiing, in-line skating and finally ROCK CLIMBING!
Yup yup, your blogger here has pushed her boundries and tried a hand at rock climbing. Hey, since I’m into hiking, I reckon I’d do pretty alright for this sport.
Let’s just see if I do or do not, shall we?
ALRIGHT FOLKS, IT’S TIME TO BREAK SOME BONES AND CLIMB SOME ROCKS
That’s buddy Zhao. He’s in charge of taking care of me and guiding me on the Do’s and Don’ts of rock climbing. Safety measures must always be taken into priority.
I admit, I was rather apprehensive when we first started.
So I got my harness and other necessary gear all checked and harnessed firmly on me, put on my (awful-looking) climbing shoes, tied up my hair in a ponytail and I’m all set and ready to roll!
Arghh damn. I’m getting higher and higher. This sucks! Beads of sweat were already forming on my forehead
See Zhao below me holding my rope? It’s called belaying. This is where the person belaying you is to release/tighten your rope according to the pace of your climb.
I swear I did not trust my belayer at all at first. What if you drop me? I’d fall directly to my doom.
This is me persevering to climb every rock there is to get to the highest point. My palms were already drenched in perspiration but I wasn’t ready to give up yet
When I got higher and higher, the altitude began to take its toll on me. I couldn’t help but to keep looking down. How silly wtf. But at this point, my strength was failing me. Ohnoes.
Damn. I look like a frog in this position
When I kept climbing to reach higher and higher, somehow I knew I couldn’t carry on. My energy has been drained from all the previous climbing of other rocks and this sky-high rock wall was the final straw.
This is me clinging on to dear life. Aaacccckkkkk PUT ME DOWN! NOW!
I knew I was bellowing my lungs out, much to my own dismay.
It took a very long time to actually get me down. How this scene reminded me of a wet cat stuck up on a tree having to have the fire brigade to rescue the poor feline down to the ground. Yes, do not chastise me for that. In all honesty, I was terrified and stuck up there.
Oh well. There’s always next time
Meanwhile, I should just relish the sight of professional climbers -cough- like yourself. Zhao in action, three cheers!
He made it look so easy peasy lemon squeezy! Psst – he’s been into this for 2 years now
Wheeeeeeeeee this is actually the only way I can keep fit. Devoid of any gym membership whilst in KL, I’d give this sport two thumbs up! Oh and.. my trainer too. Woots!
Zhao & I
My next session of rock climbing will prolly be next weekday. Depending if he’s free and vice versa. And I know I’ve canceled out twice last minute. My bad! Won’t happen again, I promise.
I’ve began to embrace rock climbing already. Bought the 10 Pass two weeks ago and now, more to come!
IF ONLY I CAN JUST SHUT MY EYES AND BRAVE MY FEARS
and I can’t believe I’ve always wanted to bungee jump
How time flies. It's no cliche but speaks the utter truth! I've been stressing, working my arse off yet enjoying myself with endless photography & media invites and
VOILA.
It's clocking into the 2nd month here with Juice already.
All work and no play makes us dull peeps.
Our editor-in-chief cooked up something fun perk up our Fridays.
It's : CATCHA'S HAT DAY! Where everyone had to show up at work with a headgear on.
yes. ANY headgear LOL @kenwei316
Needless to say, I did not pack my fancy headgear along with me to KL. If it was Penang we're talking about, I'd prolly be spoilt for choice between my cowboy hat, bunny ears, devil horns, some old cardboard crown I made when I was 9, a feathery party hat and so on. 🙁
So, I settled for the most practical (and prolly the only headgear I brought) , the trucker cap.
p.s – I don't like the above picture. It's kinda blurry and the color quality makes me look like a cartoon character Gawd knows why I even put it up. That's unfortunately my only single pic.
Okay, at least I don't look like I jumped out into reality from an animated show in the following picture.
Chris, myself & SueAnn
Fancy some good Guiness for a Shamrockin' time?
You betcha! Hey.. St. Patricks Day is waaay over, fellas
Check out 'em fiesty felines :
Don't mess with 'em. Like, seriously.
Behold my lunchmates :
Ken, the Mr. Where-to-eat-ar?
Derek the cowboy for t he day and I ROFL
Just so you know, not every working day is as crackers as today. Believe me, everyday is an uber fast-paced day with deadlines after deadlines and one rush after another.
I know I may screw up at times, but then again, don't all first timers? Hmm.. trial & error has taught me much. House styles of writing and how things work here in the editorial and publishing world, unwritten do's and don'ts plus the riguors of how being in the media is like.
In conjunction with the mark of my 2nd month here, a very BIG thank you to my colleagues for making my first month rock!
all picture credits to : chris
My verdict? Exactly where I see myself being in, as a child of 10. I'm glad to say found my niche; so this writer/photographer will still be kickin' her swagger for years to come! BOOM BOOM POW
Believe me, that movie made me laugh & cry & laugh & cry The crying part however, did not ONLY come from the movie. You shall see why soon.
The moment I arrived, Joshua told me,
“Hi Jess, meet Jess!”
David, why do you have such an astonished look on your face? 😛
It wasn’t surprising to meet another Jess; but it was, to meet another Jess of my height.ROFL
36 peeps altogether then marched towards the theaters on the highest floor and continued more mingling. Among the highlight of the day was when Jess mentioned to Aaron :
“Hey Aaron, you actually look very nice today!”
I couldn’t stifle my laughter the moment I heard that. Hmm.. should he take that as a compliment, or a sub-conscious insult? But awww c’mon, we all know Jess meant it as a compliment 🙂
Are you ready peeps?
The movie was fab! I’d give it a 5/5 rating. It really gave me a lot of hindsight of the way two very different yet similar beings called the male and the female, work psychologically. Uh-huh. Being gurls can be quite complicated, but being guys well, can be even more complex! No worries, we gurls understand. J
At the part where the male star gave a surprise proposal to Jennifer Aniston,
(sorry, I’m tragic at screen names)
Pam said to me “How come guys don’t do these things in real life?” And I went “Haha. Maybe they prefer to skip the drama?”
AND SUDDENLY The screen warped to photos of an unfamiliar couple. I was puzzled, how come I didn’t notice these two people throughout the movie? It turned out, that Mr.Romeo wanted to give his lady a surprise proposal too. A live band played in front of all of us and the lucky gurl was surprised, I could tell. Mr.Romeo then gave his speech and asked for her hand in marriage.
BEFORE HE EVEN FINISHED HIS SPEECH, TEARS STREAMED DOWN A FEW OF OUR FACES – INCLUDING ME! Like, wtf? I’m not even the one he’s proposing to, why the eff was it touching enough for me and the rest to cry?
Pam & I went “AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW” So dramas do happen in real-life after all.
I guess all the gurls will already be expecting more from their to-be fiances’?Sorry men, Mr.Romeo here has just spoiled the market for yall!
The after-movie picture.
We then chilled by Laundry Bar for some drinks and NIGEL’S SEAFOOD PLATTER. Hahaha! Kidding, pal. Some drinks and random chit-chats more of. I was sitting at the far (read : very very far) end around Nigel, Kel, David and Jen. Wanna see how far away we are?
Kel & I look like black dots splattered on the world map While Yat & Tallen gets all the glory! 😛
That being said, Imma give Nigel, Kel, Jen and myself more glory. ROFL. Take that!
A nice montage by Nigel :
Spot me? Since there’s two Jess’
Aightey, tick-tock goes the clock. Yat was nice enough to take me back home, as I didn’t have any transport back! Thanks, pal.
To the buddies, I had a blast with you guys! And to the new peeps I’ve met too, nice meeting yall for the 1st time!
pic credits to : Kel, Nigel T, Nigel S video credits to : Jack
THIS IS KILLING ME! I JUST HAD HAD HAD TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU READERS
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Something kept me laughing till I wanna shoot myself in the head. I kept that tab open, ‘cos I wanted to write it for JuiceOnline. And everytime I switch back to that tab, I had no control over my bellowing laughter!
Even my roomie was like,
“Whaaaat? Whaaat? I wanna see!”
And when she finally saw she kept laughing as well.
JABBBAAA HUBBBBBAAA! You totally look like Jabba the Hutt
And believe me, this kept me laughing on and off for 2 hours when I was doing the write-up. Aight, thank goodness I managed to finish it before my lungs explode.
Seriously, some peeps have so much time on their hands to do these things. Like LOLcatz or the FailBlog. It’s hilarious!
Check out my write up for this on JUICEonline here : bring me there!
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