Kiss In Need

Somebody, please come and give me a long french kiss

Kiss in need now, for all good!

Olivia Ice @ the verge of breaking down

succumbing to busy, fragile, tiring life

seeing all the people being busy like ants, realize that I do not want to be part of it.

Kit Harington, can I get a hug from you? 

Probably in my dream tonight.

Love to Eat - Bukit Indah, JB

I am just a greedy food lover! I do not mind to travel a bit further, or maybe 2 hours to find some good food to eat!

I love expensive food, yet I love cheap but nice food too! The restaurants, pubs, cafes in Johor Bahru are like bamboo shoots after raining, getting more and more, and there are more varieties too! I have been to one at Bukit Indah. The bar and restaurant called Balcony, it is just next to Setia Sales Office, opposite Tesco.

I have met a chef, last time he used to be a manager in a restaurant at AeON Tebrau called Flinstone. I used to work there as a “bartender” there for making juices and coffee after graduation from high school. It was a very interesting experience of working there, staff were friendly, the manger sometimes cooked steak for me. haha! It was fun to stay outside with a bunch of friends too, we would go to Permas Jaya to eat Lok Lok and the super spicy grilled chicken. After eating the chicken, we had to order 3 cups of water each to cool down the spicy taste in mouth! That bunch of friends always laughed at me that my bf (at that time) tattooed a bird for me on his arm…well, my last name meant “swallow”..and so he wanted to tattooed it for me without my approval. My friends said that normally tattoo your gd/bf name, the relationship would never last long. And yea, it has been proven to be true.

Ok, enough of old story.

the beer variety is really little at Balcony@ Bukit Indah, only tiger, heineken and maybe carlsberg and a few more. One thing to note is that the food was out of my expectation. There are many western restaurant or cafe which serve western food, but most of the time, the food they serve are not so nice and sometimes taste and look like hong kong cafe or fast food style. Although the food in Balcony may not be as good as Chef Papaz, it still stands out from the others.

Medium cooked beef steak, which was very fresh and juicy! My favourite there, so I highly recommend this dish! For steak, I think the freshness of the beef is very important! While the pork knuckle was a bit hard but crispy! Fried house-made pork meatballs, the meatballs tasted generally good. The best part was the chili sauce that came together with the meatballs, impressive chili sauce! Hahaha! The other dish is the sauteed potatoes which was just so so.

Spaghetti Marinara, another delicious dish there. I do not like to eat spaghetti which soaked into tomato sauce, which always taste only sour and salty. This dish was with just enough sauce, the prawns and mussels were very fresh too. Btw, the carbonara there was quite creamy and cheesy. Some people like it, some don’t.

Overall, it is a pleasant place to have dinner at! Ample parking space, less crowd, relaxing atmosphere!

Address: Wisma S P Setia, Jalan Indah 15, Bukit Indah, Johor Bahru, Johor.

Favourite Song: Let Her Go- Passenger

I have been listening to Mix FM lately, switched from Hitz to Mix. Hitz Fm is getting worse, the songs they play is are not nice, the gotcha calls only get ppl angry. I think it was best during JJ and Rudin time, I could always laugh so loud.

There are a lot of nice songs played at Mix Fm, various types of songs.
The radio keeps playing this song again and again and I keep listening to this song "Let Her Go". It is a damn nice song with damn good lyrics! I just love everything about this song and the video in youtube Let Her Go- Passenger . , although the video is not that special. I realized that this song was released in Year 2012, but i first heard it in this year! Am I so outdated?

I decided to put it as my favourite song in Year 2014 anyways, lol!

"Let Her Go"

Well you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you’re missin' home
Only know you love her when you let her go
And you let her go

Staring at the bottom of your glass
Hoping one day you'll make a dream last
But dreams come slow and they go so fast

You see her when you close your eyes
Maybe one day you'll understand why
Everything you touch surely dies

But you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
Only know you love her when you let her go

Staring at the ceiling in the dark
Same old empty feeling in your heart
'Cause love comes slow and it goes so fast

Well you see her when you fall asleep
But never to touch and never to keep
'Cause you loved her too much
And you dived too deep

Well you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
Only know you love her when you let her go

And you let her go (oh, oh, ooh, oh no)
And you let her go (oh, oh, ooh, oh no)
Will you let her go?

'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
Only know you love her when you let her go

'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
Only know you love her when you let her go

And you let her go

Too often, we do not know how to cherish what we have. It is like the hardest lesson to learn in life.

"Tomorrow is never promised to anyone, so dance until your side hurts; say I love you to those you love for tomorrow may never come." 

“Wounds heal. Scars fade. Awful memories can be overwritten with better ones if given the chance. The little imperfections of our psyches become overshadowed by the people whose love we cherish because they cherish us despite our faults; physical, emotional, spiritual, or otherwise. This thing we call the human condition with all its bittersweet blind corners and senseless humor evolves from within ourselves and not because of some pre-ordained reverie we desire to cast in the constellations.

All in all it is what makes life worth living.” 

― August Clearwing, Never Have I Ever

~Well you only need the light when it's burning low
~Only miss the sun when it starts to snow...

What a peaceful Thursday with nice song!

My Experience: Dengue Fever

I am finally back to work. It was the worst nightmare this year to be hospitalized for a week!

And once again, I was sent to hospital on Valentine’s day! *Snap!* (I was sent to hospital emergency last year on Valentine’s Day too, almost died on the way due to breathing problem)

What about this time? Dengue Fever!

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Dengue fever is a virus-caused disease that is spread by mosquitoes. It is spread by the bite of mosquitoes, most commonly the mosquito Aedes aegypti, which is found in tropic and subtropic regions.

This area includes parts of:

• Indonesian archipelago into northeastern Australia

• South and Central America

• Southeast Asia

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• Some parts of the Caribbean

Dengue fever begins with a sudden high fever, often as high as 104 – 105 degrees Fahrenheit, 4 to 7 days after the infection. A flat, red rash may appear over most of the body 2 to 5 days after the fever starts. A second rash, which looks like the measles, appears later in the disease. Infected people may have increased skin sensitivity and are very uncomfortable.

Other symptoms include:

• Fatigue

• Headache (especially behind the eyes)

• Joint aches

• Muscle aches

• Nausea

• Swollen lymph nodes

• Vomiting

• Cough

• Sore throat

• Nasal stuffiness

Tests that may be done to diagnose this condition include:

• Antibody titer for dengue virus types

• Complete blood count (CBC)

• Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for dengue virus types

• Liver function tests

There is no specific treatment for dengue fever. You will need fluids if there are signs of dehydration. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is used to treat a high fever.

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I had all the symptoms above and whole body covered by rashes with itchiness! (even on my face)

I could not scratch, if I scratch the rashes will be itchier and swollen. Doc gave me only one pill for itchiness in a day, and the itchiness had driven me crazy. After my grudges, doc finally gave me calamine lotion to soothe the itchiness…well, although it did not really help, at least it was better than nothing. So every night in hospital, I could not sleep because of the itchiness, I would sit up in the midnight and stared at my feet, applying the calamine lotion so thick as if I was painting a wall. Another thing is the dripping, once I admitted into hospital, the dripping was non-stop, 24-7 until i discharged. I was swollen like a balloon. When my right hand for dripping was swollen, they switched the dripping to left hand. When left hand was swollen, they switched back to right hand but a new uninjured blood vessel.

There are a few traditional ways to help dengue fever patient to recover, which are proven to be effective and adopted by most people here. First, to make papaya leave juice. Remember not to add in any water or sugar, it must be 100% pure papaya leave juice. After washing the papaya leaves, you have to use tissue paper or kitchen roll to absorb the water on papaya leaves. The taste is bitter and awful but is able to help you to recover faster. Another one is by steaming wild bittergourd with frogs (edible one, in chinese called “田鸡”). You have to put the bittergourd and frogs together in a bowl with cover or a mug, do not add any water into the bowl. Put the covered bowl or mug into steamer to steam, the essence of the both ingredients will help patient to recover too.

A good thing was that after staying in hospital for a week, doc gave me another one week medical leave. Finally I had some time to really rest and recover. I felt like I have not been resting well for a very long time. Now I am back to work and almost used up the whole year medical leaves. 

I had received many calls, many messages during hospitalization. I did not answer or reply in time, I was too fatigue. Thanks for all the cares! During the recuperation at home, I deactivated my facebook account. Some friends thought I blocked them, some are still not aware of that, some do not understand why. The reason being is very simple, I want to run away. some people will ask, what are you running away from?

My answer: everything.

I will get myself and my life back. I am Ice.