Daily grindings

Thursday:
Attended a dialogue hosted through the International Peace Foundation under their BRIDGES programme which is a series of dialogues to build bridges for peace. It was organised by the Perdana Leadership Foundation at the Perbadanan Putrajaya building. I wanted to go so much! The sole reason being Dr Mahathir- the legend I grew up with; the one and only prime minister I knew and loved for the first seventeen years of my life.

Yes, he was there. And better still, he was one of the speakers too! The other speaker was Dr. Robert Fry Engle III (I'm fascinated that he's the THIRD Engle of his lineage, is he of royal descent?) who was the 2003 Nobel Laureate for Economics. Raja Nazrin Crown Prince of Perak was there too. Dr. M was accompanied by his wife. :)

As expected, Dr M's speech was nothing short of interesting and daring and unorthodox. Plus he wore his trademark suit which I like. Not the normal coat over shirt and tie, this is.... button-up-all-the-way grey suit with a raised collar. There's a name for it but I forgot. Anyway I like him in that suit. I am so shallow.

We didn't manage to take a picture with him. We were loitering for the longest time around the VIP exit hoping to catch a glimpse of the VIPs. Then Cyn who had gone down to wait because she wasn't a star-struck silly girl in love with the prime minister (i mean 'ex', but he will forever be my favourite prime minister :) ) called and said that he had gone down by the lift and was now eating his buffet spread happily. In the end, she was the one who saw him up-close although she doesn't give two hoots about it. Life is just not fair like that.

When we were coming down the escalator, I saw it raining in the lobby. LITERALLY. It wasn't dripping water, the ceiling was pouring water. I was overcome with acute embarassment; embarassment for my country. This was Putrajaya, the country's policy-making capital, furthermore we were in the Perbadanan Putrajaya building. This was an event graced by a Crown Prince and Tuns, with various other foreign dignitaries in attendance. I am that patriotic I'm so touched by my patriotism.

It was a long day. But I was happy because I got to see Dr M and hear him speak. :)
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Friday

Went to PC fair at klcc with friends. I don't tolerate crowds and noise well. Took some 100plus when I started to feel some faintness. I bought a webcam!- who has skype let me know- and a creative zen stone plus mp3 player. :):):):):):):)
I must be the only person left on earth who does not yet own an mp3 player up to now. Bought a 4gb pendrive for rm25, and several others for friends. Since when did pendrives get so cheap I still remember speeding to alor star mall to reserve my 1gb pendrive cos there was a promotion at rm60.

Cyn and I were about to go for a drink in klcc mall cos we finished early. I was itching to get my sticky hands on my new purchases. haha. Then B called for us to escort him to withdraw money from the ATM. He wanted to buy a laptop. That's a lot of money to withdraw. Fui. so cyn and I played escorts to 2 guys for the rest of the day. hahaha.

Altogether 4 laptops were bought that day. I tell u I was so jealous! The asus laptop was oh so pretty! sleek shiny black. 250gb of hard disc space, 4gb RAM, and the new (or newest) intel core 2 duo processor. And it was a buy 1 free 10 purchase. buy a laptop and u get 10 freebies, including a mouse, a laptop backpack, a laptop sling bag, headset, and i forgot what's more. all for the price of RM3300. My poor lappie has a pitiful 80gb hard disc and 1gb RAM. sigh. And it cost me more. So I came back and cleaned my lappie just to spruce it up a bit. Never mind lappie I still love you. :)

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Saturday

Recycling project. Slept really late the day before cos was busy fiddling and trying out new devices. As usual, was 5 minutes late. Amount of trash collected was quite good, previous rounds were better though.

Tried to nap in the evening. Evening naps give me the most unpleasant dreams. The sky turns dark so I guess I get afraid. I dreamt I did something wrong but it was not intentional and the person bulllied me then I cried. hahahaha. A major cry. It felt nice. My theory is that the previous days were too stressful and tiring so it's my body's way of releasing all the pent-up stress. Works really well I must say.

It's really late. Narrating my daily grindings are time-consuming and boring. Tmt see what I do to make you happy. hahaha.