I just turned 25, the age where THINGS HAPPEN. GOOD things too, I believe (despite having a crappy year thus far). I work as a SENIOR SYSTEMS ANALYST in the banking industry, I'm a vain Libran (any excuse for camwhoring!), I have an older sister & a younger brother. I work with Java, Javascript, JSP, Cobol, RPG, AS400 CL, mySQL, VB6.0 & COM+ technology, VB .NET, C++, Oracle (the last 3 back in college days) and no, I won't do your programming work for you. During my free time I go to the gym... I love Body Combat! And Body Step! And Dance Mania! And Funky Line! And Body Attack!, I try to read a lot, I cook weird stuff [so far I've featured my 'maggi mee curry goreng' and 'macaroni pie' recipes], I make lame graphics and I shop. A whole lot. I like to enter magazine contests, go do random things like starting a women's futsol team at the office (that is gradually dying) / 'infiltrating' other gyms aside from TF / berpoyo at expensive boutiques. But most of the time I do 'aunty' things like trying to get freebies at roadshows / shopping at Carrefour. I'm such an exciting person, aren't I? ~_~"

<--- short digression on my shopping habit --->
I don't really consider myself in a whole lotta trouble as I don't really shop *that* much, compared to most girls out there. Yeah, the way I talk about how I bought a lot of new stuff has people thinking that I have a huge "disposable income". Which is not true. I might shop a few times a month, but no really huge expenditures. I like shopping online, but I don't do it too often. Usually my favourite shopping haunts are Sungei Wang and One Utama, which just goes to show you what a cheapskate shopper I am. I'm glad that I haven't developed a habit like my best friend Ben (I am just so flabbergasted whenever he tells me about his new purchases). Maybe when I'm really rich, I can talk about being top of the waiting list for the next Kelly bag and flying to France for mini shopping sprees. Til then, it is no big deal. [Goes out to people who think I shop too much].
<--- end of my short digression / over-defensive rant --->

I am currently residing in Subang, but I drive to work in Bangi daily. Wish I could rent a cheap place outside [with Streamyx! I don't care if there isn't any TV, but I need my Internet!!]. I'm constantly thinking of ways to make more . I used to live to eat, but my paranoia about getting fat has me splurging at nice restaurants infrequently. I don't really control what I eat, and I hate to say I'm going on a "diet", because it's not so much a diet as it is a lifestyle change in food choices. I believe that I'm a lucky person, and I believe that that is a self-fulfilling belief. ;)

Ugh, I'm getting sick of typing all this out. Generally, I don't really like to start sentences with "I...", but on a page about yourself, it seems that it's unavoidable. That's all for today, and maybe I'll add on more when I can actually think of something different to write here. Enjoy the blog... or not. =)

Name: Leech
Age: 24
Location: Subang
Occupation: Systems Analyst Birthdate: 7 October 1983
Music: Dave Matthews Band, David Tao, Jason Mraz, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Postal Service, Rilo Kiley, Alanis Morisette, B'z, Carbon Leaf, Wang Lee Hom, Guang Liang, Michael Buble, Mandy Moore, Sting & The Police, Third Eye Blind, The Killers, matchbox twenty, Better Than Ezra, Arctic Monkeys, Annie Lennox, Billy Idol. I have to admit that I'm gradually descending into the "trance / feng tau dance lovers" category. O____o
Movies: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Matrix Trilogy, Dogma, Amelie, Interstate 60, Moulin Rouge, Chicago, Being John Malkovich, The Million Dollar Hotel, The Prestige, The Banquet, WHITE CHiCKS! =p.
Hobbies / Interests: Collecting postcards + socks, tennis, pixel art, digital photography, shopping, reading, gym, mixing drinks, magazine layout designs, crime investigation, linguistics.
Actors / Actresses: Zhang Ziyi, Ewan McGregor, Edward Norton, Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Low Kar Leung, Renee Zellweger, Nicole Kidman, Audrey Tatou, Miriam Yeung, Sammi Cheng.
Anime: BLEACH!, Fruits Basket, Prince of Tennis, Full Metal Alchemist, Full Metal Panic Fumoffu, Chobits, Naruto, Samurai X, Peach Girl (so girly, I know)
Authors: John Steinbeck, JD Salinger, Oscar Wilde, Terry Goodkind, Neil Gaiman, William Shakespear, Amy Tan (most Asian girls love her), Roald Dahl, George Orwell
Random things that I enjoy:
1. the brief moments between sleep and conciousness
2. the adrenaline rush before performances
3. watching people in the cinema
4. putting my legs across someone else's lap
5. pressing down hard on a piece of paper when writing with a ballpoint pen
6. the drop at the pinnacle of a rollercoaster
7. crying over sad movies
8. talking to random people, even for a while, gives me the thrills
9. walking in the rain
10. taking candid photos of people.
11. sitting in a table near people who are having LOUD and INTERESTING conversations so that I can eavesdrop. ;p
12. rainy mornings on the weekends, because you get to snuggle deeper under the covers