Being told off in public

When I came to the office today, I had my usual partners meeting with my business partner and reviewed the events that we attended yesterday. One of it was the final corporate Eid open house for this season in which we came in different cars. She arrived first with my senior associate and she was making the rounds nearly half an hour before I arrived. It was a stately affair as the host for the evening is one of the well-known state linked company which has 7 other subsidiaries (some well-known, some are not).

There were many corporate big-wigs in that event, top civil servants and top management of those companies and other companies. We were there more than for the food. We were there just to reconnect back with all of them and to reestablished our connections. It worked in a way as many of those we have not met for some times remembered us. Those who never met us got to know us.

I did said once in my other blog. My partner is a kind of my firm's secret weapon. Rarely people not notice her when she goes into a room. That evening she wore a red suit and pants with a dark blouse. The blouse was a bit low cut and that was the bane of her existence that evening.

When we finally met each other she did say something vague to this one VIP whom I was sitting with. I actually did not understand it. When I talked to her yesterday only then did I understand. She was actually very angry with the VIP as he was acting like an old man mentioning about how low cut was her blouse. She even called out a lady CEO of another subsidiary company and pointed out my partner's outfit as inappropriate. My partner was livid with that comment that when she went off, she did not even shakes hand with the man although he has a file in our office.

We were actually wondering, as much as an older person has the right to comment on a younger person's outfit, if it is at an event such as that, should such reprimand be allowed without any need to do it subtly? Isn't it a bit embarassing?

I am glad Beyonce didn't come to Malaysia

There is a big hoopla about Beyonce not coming to Kuala Lumpur this 25th October, just 2 days before my birthday. I had actually planned to go to the concert and let my wife who is the one who really wanted to go to the concert to enjoy herself. I have not bought the tickets yet although I got an invite to go to the Beyonce pre-concert party last week in which you could even win an upgrade for your tickets. I was planning to buy it this week but my plan was further delayed when I got an invite at the end of last week for a fully sponsored trip to Singapore for this little thing called the Nuffnang awards.

It is not the Nuffnang award night which my wife and I are really looking forward too (we feel we are too old to be excited about something which we are not going to be participating in full except as audience). We are also not that excited because we have never been to Singapore. We actually have made Singapore our yearly destination since 2006 as we tried to catch a lot of theater shows which did not makes  its round yet to Malaysia.

As for my wife, she intends to shop although we have just been back from the Singapore sale in June. Go figure...

We are excited to go to Singapore as it is FREE. That is it. Free ride and accommodation. Not the food, but just those two. Quite a half past six deal actually as most tour usually have the food part included but I think the organiser is on a tight budget and couldn't get any sponsor for the food. But, what the heck. I take what I can and hope to have fun there. Considering it as my early birthday present....

When the battery is down

A man rarely act when he feels a bit of hot temperature on his body. I mean unless you are the lazy type who looks for a reason to sit at home and do nothing, a man who has ambition or somewhere to go (like getting that million dollar contract) will just brush off any feeling of a fever and still go out to work.

That is until he is hit by a real disease like a heart attack or hypertension. I actually was a workaholic once as I don't really have a life outside of my work. Nowadays, I just take thing easy and run the administration part of my business like someone who owns the company, not like some worker who needs to show his mettle to his boss.

So, when the battery is down, a person like me can take things easy and delegate. Like my wife always says, I am one person who really know how to delegate...

The mystery of the women's handbag

As a married man, I always know what is in my wife's handbag or I can actually garb it and have a lookee inside of it. However, when I was younger and single, I am at a lost of what is inside a woman's handbag as any other single man. We even think of it as a combustible thing which may explode any time we put our hands into it.

Nowadays, I even buy my wife his handbag like the coach bag below which can even cover up as a laptop carrier. Mystery? Not anymore.

Beer Car Wash

The top floor sign says

BEER CAR WASH

Anyone? Want to have your car washed using beer?

Actually, if you come to this shop in my office, the bottom shop (which you can see the word Car Wash there) washes cars. The shop on top with the sign which is blurred as the sign is too bright is actually a pub.  Both shops have the same owner. So, the shop's window on the 3rd floor which can be seen quite afar, in order to attract customers has the sign "BEER" which has an arrow on its left pointing up and "CAR WASH" which has an arrow pointing down.

And you get that nonsensical sign which is kind of a great idea too? If Singapore can have their topless car wash, we wash ours with beer....

Cheerio Day

Was invited to a birthday party of someone turning 21. As someone who is nearing 35 (Gah!!! That is just around the corner), never have though I will be coming to a birthday party of someone turning 21. I am the youngest in my family and my wife is also in the 3 series bracket. So, logically, I don't have friends in that age bracket. Until I joined the blogging community and meet all sorts of friends. Who is she? She is an awesome blogger who has a lot of friends. I was invited to her birthday and was just there to wich her a great birthday.

So, Missy Cheerio or Ellie in her real life turned 21. Advertlets was kind enough to throw her a birthday party and as you only turn 21 once, of course it was awesome. It was at Heritage Mansion. near Heritage Row ,Kuala Lumpur It started at 10pm until late. Really late. I left by 12pm as old people need more sleep than younger people. Read her postings about the event here and here.

Here are some pictures from my camera :

The place people can sign and leave birthday wishes

 Me and birthday girl

The cake

The special drink

Yep, flaming lambo...

 

 

Pictures of the awesome place, Heritage Mansion

Late night returns

My wife and I seem to be to a lot of events these days. We live within an area where most people are asleep by 10pm or at least have retire to their house much earlier. There are rarely people hanging out or have parties or make much noise within the area. There are a few youths within our area, like in a any other housing estate, but they usually hang out in the confine of their house or at the local coffee shops which are 3 km away. So, basically, after 10pm, our housing area is very quiet.

When we come back late, with our cats excitedly meowing when they know we just came back and the sound of our car, it is quite hard for us to keep our arrival low-key. Our house is in between houses which are occupied by couples who have small kids and babies. They have good relations with us and as we are nearly the same age, they did raised the issue of the noises we make. We do know our neighbourly duty and we do try to keep it down.

However, being just the two of us, it is not easy to spend time just within the confine of our house for our daily activity. Even if we are in, we love to watch movies or television series. And as we love comedy, the sound of us laughing can still be heard even if we close the door.

Maybe that is why living in apartments or condominiums are great for people like us as most of them are soundproof and it buffered the sound of canned laughter and our laughter when we are having too much fun...

Even if you are in corner lot you can still disturb your neighbours with your late night returns

My report on Good Coffee Day

Last week, I saw a tweet (from thousands of tweets) from StarbucksMY with regards to something they call 'Good Coffee Day'. It seems that the next day, which was a Wednesday, was a day for us to get free coffee from Starbucks all over Malaysia. For 2 hours between 10am to 12pm. Pure black freshly brewed coffee. Not some latte or those sissy designer coffees but the one which can jolt you from your slumber like an elixir of youth applied to your aged skin.

Yes, that is how much I love my coffee. Even willing to have to whiten my teeth every other month as coffee makes my teeth a bit yellow. So, on the day itself, I went there at 10.15am at my local Starbucks and got it for free. I actually waited to have my coffee although I had breakfast from somewhere else. I think it was a matter of principle of getting things for free. And I also wanted to send in my picture of the coffee that I got to StarbucksMY.

Thanks a lot for the free coffee and do tell us of such event again...

The barista at my local Starbucks

 

To be 21 again

I seem to be friends with younger people nowadays. It has become such as I blog and tweet and meet them at events unlike when I was keeping to myself and telling myself that all my 30s friends are cool. Even if we get to know people below our age bracket, it is always someone's sister or brother. We think that 30s is the new cool. As we are all in our 30s, so we are the cool crowd.

Not anymore. I think the word 'Youth is wasted on the young' does not apply to the younger generation. I have met a few of them who are CEOs, business owners, innovaters, motivators and various other professions which we can only imagine when we were in their shoes.

Their writings in their blogs. Their ideas. Their passion.

Oh, to be 21 again. In this age....

This Blog Anniversary

Today is this blog one year anniversary.

Although this is really more of a diary especially with regards to my relationship with my wife, family and friends, I consider this as a place where I go just to chill and not being a lawyer. More of a human than a cold calculating machinated person lawyers are supposed to be. A person with feelings and understanding. My wife did say that a blog about men and women and relationship will never runs out of ideas. I hope so.

I have filled this blog with sexual stories which seem to be a favourite among a few of my friends. Some I got through experience and some are actually work of fiction.

One year is nothing. Like all relationship, it is just a number that you build year after year. As a celebration, maybe I will change the layout or something. Stay tune...

Here's to many more...