Friday, July 08, 2005
Luxury for less? Interested?
A friend of mine forwarded this advert (including the location map) to my email yesterday, and I thought to myself, "Probably some of my readers knows about this, perhaps some don't.... I think I'll just make this as an entry..." And here it is!
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Nurlea Laurielle Lai Lee Abdullah
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The disastrous London blast!!!
Dearest all,
I received a phone call from VW yesterday everning (Thursday, somewhere around 1815hrs local Malaysian time) - and he sounded, down. Thought it was his usual migrain complaint ke ape ke - nope, wrong - he was totally in shock, and in so very obvious worried tone - about the terrible four blast that killed 40, injured nearly 700 people, in LONDON.

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I was driving when he called, with my mom next to me - and when I heard about it, I was like, Ya Allah, betul ke? Bile? Whereabout in London? I was concerned over couple of friends yang still in London, crew friends also maybe there, H, FA aka Botakhead also in UK (sometimes they do go to London, so that worried me a lil' bit) CN - and what not. VW also expressed his worries about his cousin who is in London; and then I looked at my mom, she went completely silent, and looked outside my car... I knew she was thinking about my abang, N. Thank GOD N is back here - tah la. So lepas chitchat ngan VW over the phone (him telling me pretty much all the details dalam phone chat tu), I asked my mom what wrong. As I expected, she thank God dalam diam, sebab bawak balik anaknya balik ke pangkuannya; my brother, N, memang stay in London, and memang selalu guna underground subway tube tu tu work - imagine if N still kat sana? I wonder how la my mom, histeria dah kot? She memang worried about all these stuffs, dulu waktu me flying pon, aircraft company lain yang crash, and I'm like 50 gazzillion miles away pon, dia dah calling2 nangis2 suruh balik rumah. Mothers, you can't blame them, kan?
Ok now back to the issue of the London blasting thingie tu. I was reading about it kat internet tadik lah kan, (when I finally got the sms reply msg from FA aka Botakhead, telling me yang dia not in London, and dia selamat. And also, CN and H came into my tb and chatted with me - thank God also diaorang ok.. am not so sure about my crew friends though - still haven't received any sms from them) - and as I was reading about this issue, yang dah hancurkan the London subway and musnahkan a double-decker bus during the morning rush hour tu, I suddenly realized sumthin'. They said it to be the worst attack on London since World War II which resulted at least 40 people killed and more than 700 were wounded; dan it is stated that a group calling itself the Secret Organization of Al-Qaida in Europe claimed responsibility- BETUL KE?

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Could it be betul memang this group yang boleh diassociatekan dengan Al-Qaida in Europe nih yang responsible? Or ade org saje menggunakan nama tu bagi mengaburi everyone? When I first heard about this, all I could think of is this - London, a day earlier, was announced as the host of 2012 Olympics. And negara yang tak puas hati? Go figure. Tapi itu la kan. Bile difikirkan balik, takkan la disebabkan pasal sape wanna be the host for Olmpics 2012 tu, nak kena perlu ade bombing nih? It is possible, tapi, takkan la kot? That was my first reaction to this story yang mek tak tahu sngt pon (thanks to VW la mek baru tahu it was already in the news, everywhere) - then, after reading more about this issue, ade jugak possibilities about the attack disebabkan, atau, sengaja diadakan so that org akan nampak the attack were designed to sort of like, nampak cam, secara kebetulan jer with the G-8 summit opening in Gleneagles, Scotland. I mean, macam2 lah skepulasi about this blast. Anything is possible dan skepulasion akan tetap go on, sampai they find out the truth behind this massive attack. Keji kan?

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Ade jugak possibilities nih semua all becoz of US Bush tu la kan? I mean, notice tak everywhere he goes, ade je serangan? Hmmmm... It is not fair la for the innocent people to kena serang also, just becoz these penyerang sentap dengan Bush, kan? I mean, get real la. You don't like Bush, tak perlu tamatkan riwayat org2 tak berdosa? Haiyoh! Mek pening lah bab nih! Macam2! So many skepulasis!!!! Tak per - for more updated news, ape kata u ols gi sokseksoksek kat internet, yahoo ke, ape ke, gi search. Sebab, mek also wanna go and search2 somemore - wanna read lah. Kesians sangat... isk!

AP Photos

Nurlea Laurielle Lai Lee Abdullah
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I received a phone call from VW yesterday everning (Thursday, somewhere around 1815hrs local Malaysian time) - and he sounded, down. Thought it was his usual migrain complaint ke ape ke - nope, wrong - he was totally in shock, and in so very obvious worried tone - about the terrible four blast that killed 40, injured nearly 700 people, in LONDON.

I was driving when he called, with my mom next to me - and when I heard about it, I was like, Ya Allah, betul ke? Bile? Whereabout in London? I was concerned over couple of friends yang still in London, crew friends also maybe there, H, FA aka Botakhead also in UK (sometimes they do go to London, so that worried me a lil' bit) CN - and what not. VW also expressed his worries about his cousin who is in London; and then I looked at my mom, she went completely silent, and looked outside my car... I knew she was thinking about my abang, N. Thank GOD N is back here - tah la. So lepas chitchat ngan VW over the phone (him telling me pretty much all the details dalam phone chat tu), I asked my mom what wrong. As I expected, she thank God dalam diam, sebab bawak balik anaknya balik ke pangkuannya; my brother, N, memang stay in London, and memang selalu guna underground subway tube tu tu work - imagine if N still kat sana? I wonder how la my mom, histeria dah kot? She memang worried about all these stuffs, dulu waktu me flying pon, aircraft company lain yang crash, and I'm like 50 gazzillion miles away pon, dia dah calling2 nangis2 suruh balik rumah. Mothers, you can't blame them, kan?
Ok now back to the issue of the London blasting thingie tu. I was reading about it kat internet tadik lah kan, (when I finally got the sms reply msg from FA aka Botakhead, telling me yang dia not in London, and dia selamat. And also, CN and H came into my tb and chatted with me - thank God also diaorang ok.. am not so sure about my crew friends though - still haven't received any sms from them) - and as I was reading about this issue, yang dah hancurkan the London subway and musnahkan a double-decker bus during the morning rush hour tu, I suddenly realized sumthin'. They said it to be the worst attack on London since World War II which resulted at least 40 people killed and more than 700 were wounded; dan it is stated that a group calling itself the Secret Organization of Al-Qaida in Europe claimed responsibility- BETUL KE?

Could it be betul memang this group yang boleh diassociatekan dengan Al-Qaida in Europe nih yang responsible? Or ade org saje menggunakan nama tu bagi mengaburi everyone? When I first heard about this, all I could think of is this - London, a day earlier, was announced as the host of 2012 Olympics. And negara yang tak puas hati? Go figure. Tapi itu la kan. Bile difikirkan balik, takkan la disebabkan pasal sape wanna be the host for Olmpics 2012 tu, nak kena perlu ade bombing nih? It is possible, tapi, takkan la kot? That was my first reaction to this story yang mek tak tahu sngt pon (thanks to VW la mek baru tahu it was already in the news, everywhere) - then, after reading more about this issue, ade jugak possibilities about the attack disebabkan, atau, sengaja diadakan so that org akan nampak the attack were designed to sort of like, nampak cam, secara kebetulan jer with the G-8 summit opening in Gleneagles, Scotland. I mean, macam2 lah skepulasi about this blast. Anything is possible dan skepulasion akan tetap go on, sampai they find out the truth behind this massive attack. Keji kan?


Ade jugak possibilities nih semua all becoz of US Bush tu la kan? I mean, notice tak everywhere he goes, ade je serangan? Hmmmm... It is not fair la for the innocent people to kena serang also, just becoz these penyerang sentap dengan Bush, kan? I mean, get real la. You don't like Bush, tak perlu tamatkan riwayat org2 tak berdosa? Haiyoh! Mek pening lah bab nih! Macam2! So many skepulasis!!!! Tak per - for more updated news, ape kata u ols gi sokseksoksek kat internet, yahoo ke, ape ke, gi search. Sebab, mek also wanna go and search2 somemore - wanna read lah. Kesians sangat... isk!


Nurlea Laurielle Lai Lee Abdullah
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ONCE UPON A TIME, I WAS THAT SHOWGIRL - Episode 19
From the last episode... Episode 18: 1st half of 2004 Part 2(iii) - Unexpected results, Miss Diva Warp 2004
Sambil angkat gelas, Dia berkata
Dia: Ko jangan sampai aku hempuk gelas nih kang!
Friend: Haiyoh nak hempuk mek? Ampunkan mek ampunkan mek (dalam nada sindiran) Tapi betul lah nyeh, Loreal pon ori jugak malam tu. Cuma dia tak der lah sampai berbedah2 kan? Hehehehe... ala nyeh, cuba buang RM90k kat badan dan muka ko tu, harus sama level ngan Loreal jugak!!!!!
Terus diam katanye itiew si DIA itiew. Terus belah cam tu jer. Then terus la mek dapat panggilan di telefon bimbitkiew, yang menceritakan segala yang berlaku (mek dinch hui, propahan ataupun kejadian itiew benar2 berlaku - tapi bukan sorang dua yang bercerita, ramai gak. So it must have been betul la kot? Hurmmmm) - Anyways, ramai cakap, mujur mek dinch ade kat situ. Kalau idak, ntah2 kena hempuk dah dengan si DIA itiew. Aiyoh! Mek takuts! - pengsan japs!
Episode 19: 1st half of 2004 Part 2(iv) - And then everything seems to go wrong again (summary of the rest of the pageants competed)
In this entry, mek akan buat concentrasion pada contests2 yang tiada arti dalam hedopkiew lagiks; the last few beauty pageants yang I decided to compete in - tapi still, dinch ada artinya lagik! (like, suddenly, prestasi mek merudum jatuh, semangat puncak dinch ade... I vonder why? Hurmmmm) And to start things off, lets start with Miss Universe World 2004. (text2 nih ade yang dipetik dari entrykiew yang pasal Miss Universe World 2005 tu ler... hehehehe - ade penambahan2 sikit if u notice la ek... ehehe)
I remembered clearly I took part as Miss South Africa - boy that was a change as I normally would take up South Americana coutries especially Columbia and Mexico...
Basically I didn't wanna compete (the fakta2 MALAS dan dah tiada kewujudan mood tu ler). But since a good friend of mine insisted that me to compete, and dia nak sponsor my evening dress, which dia berbelanja like, wooohoo! Banyak jugak, so - tannak menghampakan niat kawan, mek masuk also on last minute notice (ehem ehem, VW!). Picked up South Africa since itu jer country yang available, like - another 3 weeks before pageant itiew baru I decided to compete.
So the usuals, me shop for dresses and what not - not to mention my friend nih designed the Versace-look Evening wear, in shocking yellow and green colour - so last year's hottest colours around. Ehehe. (tapi reminder, mood dinch ade so shopping ala ala kadar jer...)
Preparations made, although ala kadar je (sseee!!! I told u ols, mek dinch feeling2 nak masuk sangat contest nih). As usual, bile dah dekat seminggu to the contest, persiapan ala kadar dah siap, and dari semangat biase biase aje terus berkobar2 nak compete, very DQ - the usual me. (Eeeerrrrrrr - cam mana nak sexplain ek? Haiyoh! Serious. Mood dan Feeling nak compete tu dinch ade tapi, biase lah, bile dah dekat nak contest jer, erm, ade lah itu sedikit perubahan pada mood dan feeling.. can't blame me waaat) Mula2 feeling like "oh well, it's just another contests- win or lose, dinch kisah" but NOPE! Just before the contest, I started setting up high expectations... my fault, my mistake. (yerrrr, mek mengaku mek salah, ok?!!!!)
So I managed to get into the top 15 semifinalists and I was like one of the talked about contestant to be in the top 10, tapi, NAN ADO! Didn't get through into the final 10. Tsk tsk tks - as usual, me, went down the stage, CRIED like nobody's business. Walhal apa la sangat mek keluarkan for that contest? Registration fees, sponsored. Evening dress, sponsored. Casual sponsored... mek bayar make up and also bawak pasang badan jer for that night. I know I know I tak patut sentap tapi if you guys were there, ugrh! (padahal mek rase memula waktu sebelum nak enroll masuk pageant tu, bukan kah mek dinch ade mood dan hanya sekadar berserah dan masuk aje contest nih? Habis tu, motif nak sentap? LOL!!!)
BUT SERIOUSLY if you ask me now, to tell u guys in detail from A to Z about last years Miss Universe World 2004 - MEMANG I takkan citer sngt, dah sebab MEMANG MEK TAK AMIK PORT lepas I didn't make it into the final cut 10. Sentap! Tak concentrate dah pun. Seingat mek, mek dah kat dalam bilik dah, dok huuuu huuuu sokkksekk soksekkk nangis! Dan ini secara tidak langsung (eh? Ke secara langsung? Hurmmm) telah membuatkan mek lebih frust menonggeng tertonggeng2 dan ia telah menjejaskan concentrasi with my other contests selepas2 itiew.
The next 3 contests, I'd say, although mek dinch all out also, tapi, kire my pencapaian, tak der lah teruk sangat compared to MUW2004 tu. Like, mek masuk Queen of the Night, Supermodel Diva, ngan Desert Queen 2004 - semuanye mek berjaya tempah spot ke finals (kire jadik finalist lah kan) - tapi pon, ia tetap tidak mampu regain back my semangat puncak nusantara (mati la kau csi_X) mek dalam arena beauty pageants nih.
I also confused lah at that time, maybe I was all sick and tired of competing? Ade kah mek dah tak berminat nak bertanding? Ke the fact that mek sentap asyik dok kalahhhh aje asyiklah menghantui pemikiran kiew? I was confused - and I didn't know....
Cuma it all hit me like dibaling batu besau dan sedarkan mek yang, THAT'S IT!; I've had enuff competing, waktu mek bertanding Miss Diva of The Year 2004. Contest nih adalah sama penganjur, sama concept cuma berlainan nama jer dengan Superdiva 2002 (the first ever drag queen transgender contest yang mek masuk dolo2 tu). During that contest, mek dah dapat rasekan something different, like, very sesuatuh sangat. And so, after dapat layakkan diri ke semifinals, mek yang sediakala terasa sesuatuh tu, proceed la jugak masuk ke semifinals; and malam semifinals tu, adalah malam everything yang telah menyedarkan mek that I nak quit masuk beauty pageants. Tapi masalahnye, that feeling came to me 2 hours before the semifinals started. So macam, dah la I felt a bit weird, and then, I felt tetibe very der very confused sangat, and on top of everything, I was worried about what will happen if mek proceed with the idea of nak stop competing tu; sampai it affected me so much malam tu. I arrived at the venue, very pening kepala, jalan melelong sangat, and I started crying, feeling loya nak muntah and what not - started talking nonsense (very DQ yang bukan dibuat2 - I dont know what was I thinking waktu tu tau) and lebih menakutkan semua, I wasn't able to walk properly and do my catwalk (serious! menakutkan sangat waktu tu!); Siap diaorang ingat I was on E or some sort of drugs ke ape ke... then, with the help of limau ais, and some time to relax, mek redah jugak semifinals tu, knowing I will not get into the finals, and just, gagahi jua contest tu for the sake of nak habiskan aje malam tu. And I did, and yeap, I didn't make it into the finals...
And then... the next day, when I woke up from bed...
Next up: Episode 20: End of 1st half of 2004 - The statement I made which changed everything - and the fact that I dropped out from continuing most of the contests after I made that SOTY itiew! LOL!

Nurlea Laurielle Lai Lee Abdullah
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Thursday, July 07, 2005
Dinner and Breakfast, in First Class cabin; 45,000 feet above sea-level?
Dearest all,
For those yang haven't flown from Kuala Lumpur to Sydney, onboard the B747-400, in FIRST CLASS, well, here's a chance utk u ols to see what MAS serves dalam flight (I wonder if this menu is still applicable... hurmmmmmm) Owh what the heck, kan? Janji, mek pernah serve these stuffs dalam flight, on the way to Sydney. I sort of like found this menu tadik dalam my room, and terus decided to buat an entry pasal it and share it with everyone - those yang tak pernah nak nengok how First Class menu looks like, and ape content menu itiew, well - here's your chance! Plus, I took the liberty to go http://www.airlinemeals.net/meals/MalaysiaAirlines and carik relevant pics for this entry. Well.. enjoy! There's more to come - nanti mek buatkan pasal Business Class pulak. Hehehehehe...
Route: Kuala Lumpur to Sydney
Ticket price: ^MYR5652.00
Flight duration: 7 hours 50 minutes
Aircraft type & class: B747-400s First Class
Meal service(s): Dinner and Continental Breakfast









Itu la dia, sedikit sebanyak pics yang dapat mek carik dalam internet nih, pasal meals yang diservekan dalam FRCL. Tapikan, it's amazing to see kadang2 waktu mek serve these first class pax; they pay so much for FRCL tickets tapi all they want is comfort and privacy dalam flight - meals, sentuh sikitttt aje! And in the end, crew jugak lah yang melantak cam binats gil gil babs dalam galley tu (hurmmmm that explains why my berat badan naik waktu I did international flights... hurmmmm). I mean, no doubt ade yang tak berape fancy airlines food - tapikan, kalau tak fancy ECONOMY class meals, mek leh terima la. Kalau Business Class and First Class tak fancy? Mek dinch tau la nak cakap ape lagi dah... Rugiiii rugi wooo! LOL!!!
As a crew pulak, serving dalam first class memang mencabar, but if you know what you should do, what not to do - service akan jadik tip top cepat. Biar la full load ke, light load ke, kalau tahu ape yang nak kena buat, no one can stand in your way (except for chiefs though... hehehe) Mek selalu dapat keje first class, sebab yer la, I was, a DC (Dedicated Crew) for FRCL (first class) and GCC (business class), and to me, keje in FRCL memang senorok, sebab tak ramai pax, dan senang keje. Kalau in Economy, hanjs lah. Dah la ramai orang, then, haiyoh, banyak keje lah! LOL! Tapi chances nak get to serve pax cando lebih di Economy kalu nak compare to chances in FRCL. Ehehehehe. Tapi ape ape pon, kalau mek dapat keje first class pon, mek tetap akan sebok2 ke GCC or ade kalanye sampai ke EYCL, saje, nak survey survey gittu! Hehehehe...
Oklah for now - hopefully semua dah dapat feeeling what is it like to be served dinner and breakfast dalam FRCL ek? Tunggu la lepas2 nih mek buat GCC pulak, ok? Daaaaa... bayennn semue! LOL!!!

Nurlea Laurielle Lai Lee Abdullah
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Wednesday, July 06, 2005
ONCE UPON A TIME, I WAS THAT SHOWGIRL - Episode 18
From the last episode... Episode 17: 1st half of 2004 Part 2(ii) - And followed by another failure, Queen of the Queens.
Although this entry is about another failure, tapi, sebenarnye, gimik aje tu. Mek dinch feel it was such a biggy wiggy failure pon - I felt like, it was one hellava experience yang mek dinch leh lupakan - flying bunga2kaca, peponen mengamuks, a pageant which made everyone wondered ape yang dah terjadi nih? and stuffs. To me, walaupun mek dinch menang, I was still a Queen, competing in seach for The Best Queen of 2004 pada malam itiew... giiittuuu! Ehehehehehe.... So am not at all upset or pissed malam tu, and that really terkujatkan diri mek sendirs. Hehehe...
Episode 18: 1st half of 2004 Part 2(iii) - Unexpected results, Miss Diva Warp 2004
After some series of unfortunate events yang bermula dari Miss World 2004 sampai lah ke somewhere around mid that year, somesthings happened when mek decided to compete in Miss Diva Warp 2004. Actually, mek dihasut suruh masuk, kalau ikutkan, mek dinch berani la nak masuk contests macam tu. Why? Sebab it involves talent round dan pesaing2 dalam contest tu mek dengar, va va voom. Tapi tak per lah. So I thought to myself.... "Dah ala ala tgh berkeadaan cam nih, tak der bezanye kalau kalah malu lagik pong. Abaikan jer la.." and then, I joined the 3rd heat of the contest. During waktu heat tu, I performed Naughty Girl by Beyonce, solo je, as for my talent round. For casual and casual and evening dress round, I was like, ok la - so so. Malas nak all out. Kang tak dapat, kes naya jer. LOL! And guess what? I made it into the semifinals. Selalu cam tu kan? Bende2 yang kite prepare lite2 ala ala kadar jer, yang tu la yang selalunye membuahkan hasil... kan? Ehehehe. Asiklaaaa mek tak paham...


Then, selang 2 minggu lepas tu, during the semifinals, I was like persuaded by Glitters.com to really do well - macam, yer lah, buat elok2, kang tak dapat, tak per. Puas jugak hatinye. Kalau kalah sebab you were really prepared, tak per. Kang kalau kalah sebab dinch prepare betul2, how lah? So oklah - mek cabut undi, I get to compete in the 2nd heat in the semifinals (semifinals pon ade 2 heat aje). Tapi the real kejutan came in bile during the second heat tu, nama nama besau also compete jugak. MATI LAH AKU! Siape? Well - let me see, Pasha was in 2nd heat, Wana, Julie Casandra, erm, ramai la lagik, semuanye very der nama2 besar, Nikwek, haiyoh! Mek gabra! Tapi tak per, Glitters.com ade to back me up dalam show tu. We did Baby Boy live version, and tak sangka, memang dapat sokongan kuat audience malam itiew. I was like happy la jugak, tapi tak expect to be in the finals.

Tengok2, booomm! Masuk finals! Lagik lah cuak. Happy tu happy, tapi, cuak. And then yang lebih menakutkan, during the finals, organizers dinch benarkan back up to be more than 5 person. Waktu semifinals tu mek bawak I think 7 orang kot! Kena la scrap jadik 5. Tak per, that tak patahkan sangat semangat mek. Yang bebetul mematahlembikkan mek malam tu, bile mek compete selepas Pasha dan sebelum Wana - haiyoh! Habis lah mek. Dua nama besar mengapit show - that's it! Orang tak pandang lah show mek! Ehehehehe - Tapi, show tetap go on la kirenye. So during the finals, mek buat lah show Beyonce Naughty Girl again - BIG MISTAKE! I should have buat balik Baby Boy yang mek buat kat semifinals tu balik. Naughty Girl was like, tah lah. Dinch ade umph? Hmmmmmmm.. hambar a bit tapi, it was ok lah kot.

The night ended unexpectedly. Why? I won? TAK DER MAKNENYE! Gile ke nak menang!? Sah sah malam tu yang ade nama2nye seperti Sheepuks, Pasha, Wana, Nikwek, Julie, Sharmine, Mas, Sharmila, Abbie Thai; - like, hallo? Mana lerrrr mek nak ade spot top 5! Isk isk isk. Hehehehehe - but I did win one subsidiary titles yang betul2 buatkan donia terkejut. Being the ONLY transgender malam finals tu, with the remaining 11 finalists semuanya transsexuals (pre and post of course), mek kejutkan semua when I won MISS BODY BEAUTIFUL! Haiyoh! Mek sendiri tak percaya. Judges buta ke ape? Haiyoh! For the first time, I felt, tak deserve sangat title itiew. Tapi, nak tak nak, nama dah diannouncekan, so, accept aje lah. Although Mek tahu memang accepting it like, menimbulkan rasa tak puas hati, especially dengan sorang contestant itiew, tapi - owh what the heck. Amik jer lah. So the night ended with me, tak menang top 5 tapi at least ade sub title. Hehehehehe...
Now, what happened AFTER the contest was kindda interesting. Tadik kan mek sebut ade salah seorang contestant dinch puas hati.. ini citenye... It was somewhere kat BB (Budak Biru Bukit Bintang itiew ler) - ramai tgh dok lepak2 minum2, makan2, sembang2 kat kedai Kak Ara tu. When all of a sudden, itu contestant came up to one table, yang sebok dok cakap2 pasal hal kemenangan mek dapat Miss Body Beautiful itiew.. and said...
Dia (the finalist itiew): Aku tak puas hati! (sambil ketuk meja - tak tahu la propah ke betul ke ape ke - tapi this is what I was informed. Sebab waktu dia lalu tu, dia terdengar kes bebudak kat table nih tgh gah citerkan pasal mek dapat Body Beautiful tu...)
A friend of mine: Ko nih kenape ha? Tak puas hati apenya lagi?
Dia: Macam mana si Loreal tu boleh menang Body Beautiful!? Dah la sekeping! Tetek tak der, rambut wig... Aku nih! Aku! Yang dah operate segala mala, malam tu seksi habis, dress mak nih ha, diamonds jer tutup celah p**i dan tetek mek, see through habis, menampakkan susuk tubuh woman mek, boleh kalah!?!?!?! Nampak sangat si Loreal tu main kotor!
Friend: Alahai Nyah - ko nih kenape nyah! Dah rezeki Loreal... biar la kat dia... walaupun dia tak bertetek ke tak berambut asli ke - janji judges dah nampak dia layak, tu yang dia menang.
Dia: Yang ko nak sebelahkan dia nih kenape! Tahu tak, aku malam tu, padding tak der, pantyhose tak der - semue ori ok! Dia tu!?
Friend: Nyeh - Loreal pon malam tu tak pakai padding, pon tak pakai panty hose?
Sambil angkat gelas, Dia berkata
Dia: Ko jangan sampai aku hempuk gelas nih kang!
Friend: Haiyoh nak hempuk mek? Ampunkan mek ampunkan mek (dalam nada sindiran) Tapi betul lah nyeh, Loreal pon ori jugak malam tu. Cuma dia tak der lah sampai berbedah2 kan? Hehehehe... ala nyeh, cuba buang RM90k kat badan dan muka ko tu, harus sama level ngan Loreal jugak!!!!!
Terus diam katanye itiew si DIA itiew. Terus belah cam tu jer. Then terus la mek dapat panggilan di telefon bimbitkiew, yang menceritakan segala yang berlaku (mek dinch hui, propahan ataupun kejadian itiew benar2 berlaku - tapi bukan sorang dua yang bercerita, ramai gak. So it must have been betul la kot? Hurmmmm) - Anyways, ramai cakap, mujur mek dinch ade kat situ. Kalau idak, ntah2 kena hempuk dah dengan si DIA itiew. Aiyoh! Mek takuts! - pengsan japs!
Ehehehe - and that was it! The soooooo unexpected turn dalam Miss Diva Warp 2004... hehehehehe.. mek suke mek suke! (Satu lagi sebab this is rather a short entry! LOL!)
Next up: Episode 19: 1st half of 2004 Part 2(iv) - And then everything seems to go wrong again (summary of the rest of the pageants competed)

Nurlea Laurielle Lai Lee Abdullah
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Tuesday, July 05, 2005
I can call him mine...
I am now soooo in love... with... these lyrics ler! Ish! Ehehehehe - so... 'sesuai' sangat! Hikhik! It's Tata Young's 'Call Him Mine'... enjoy!

Before I got tired of your ways
I tried to make you fire,
But you were only ice
And you didn't seem to wanna change
So then I looked at someone new
And he was looking back at me too
Saw that I was hurt
Knew just what to say
Knew just how to push the pain away
You know I need stability
And you know you can't give it to me
Though when I call him on the phone
I never feel butterflies
I know that I can trust
He'll always give me love
And I know mine will grow for him in time
He tells me that I'm beautiful
And I never ever heard that from you
He doesn't cause me pain
Tears falling like the rain
And though I'm still in love with you
You know I need stability
My sun may never rise the way it did with you,
And he may never kiss me the way that you'd do
But at least he makes me feel like a part of his life
At least he doesn't make me cry
I know I can call him mine
It wasn't easy letting go,
But I know that I had to think of the long run,
and say goodbye,
And find someone who appreciates me even though even though...
My sun may never rise the way it did with you
And he may never ever kiss me the way that you do, that you do...
The sun may never rise again like it did with you
And he may never ever kiss me the way you do
But at least he makes me feel like I'm a part of his life
He doesn't make me cry
Doesn't make me cry
He doesn't wanna make me cry
I know I can call him mine...

Nurlea Laurielle Lai Lee Abdullah
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What were they thinking?!?!?!
Lets do a dialogerina entry, yah? Ala ala like, ape lah yang these girls were thinking waktu pic nih tgh disnap, kan? Eeheheh - base on what picture shall we guna gunakan? Hurmmm.... hows abouts this ones? Hehehe - maaaati la mek!!! Eh salah, maaaati la Ginger, ini semua dasar idealogia dia!!!! SERANG! Ehehehehe....

Numbers yang dok ada kat ataih kepala each top 5 winners tu, not only it represents the ranking for each candidate, but it also represents, the order of the dialogue, nah? Hehehehe - mampos lah aku lepas nih! Hehehehe
1st (Winner) - Miss Peru, Ginger De La Loca:
Lehat lah donia!!! MEK MENANG!!! MEK MENANG! Biar berhijauanz segala mala, ahhh! Pedulikkan! The event dah habis, I won the crown, that's all that matters to me! Mek menang! Itu yang penting! Dan I think I'll open up a blog, something about - THE CELEBRATION of LIFE, let say, 2 years from now? Ehehehe - by that time, mek dah tak sebok nak buat lambaian2 ratus, so I that gives me a great chance to do bloggin'... hummmmm....
2nd - Miss Greece, Fifi:
Ish! Kalau ponen yang duduk tgh2 nih tak masuk malam nih, sah sah aku lah pemenangnye! Tak per, tak per. Tgk la nanti! 2005 mek akan menang Miss Diva World ok! Tunggu laa! Tgk!!! Waktu tu nanti, dia nih takkan ade title dah! Rasekan!
3rd - Miss Colombia, Lea Laurielle De La Fuentes:
Mek kalah!?!?!? I should have won! I should have won!!! Perlu sejarah 'mengapit pemenang' berulang lagi? Haiyoh! Past tense sangat lah! Semuanye di bring forward ke future. Mek sentaps!!!!! Cepat lahhh menusia2 nih amik gambaq!!! Mek nak turun stage NOW!!!! Mek nak nangisss! Hu! Hu! Mek nak nangissssssss!!!!
4th - Miss Spain, Phamala Begum (sambil memerhatikan Miss Colombia):
Ish - perlu ke mek kalah lagi dengan di Loreal nih? Dah la bentat, cam mana leh aku kalah ngan dia? Tak per. Tunggu! Nanti mek nak suntik muka mek ngan 50 jarum kebahagian, siap lah kau Loreal - kalah confirm pasti! Dan mek akan menang Miss Wilayah 2004 - tgk jer lah nanti!!!
5th - Miss France, (Erm, mek tak ingat nama dragonrina dia lah - oh dear!):
Yang penting mek cantik! (lost in her own world)... Excuse me Miss Colombia, you're blocking my way - camere2 tu semua dahagakan photos mek. Mek nak feeling, ketepihh!!!!
Heheheh - gile kan aku nih? Eh, silap, gile kan si Ginger De La Halia itiew!?!?!? Nih semua idea dia la nih! LOL! Tak pe, idea dia, yang merealizasionkan, mek! Ehehehe - jadi, sama2 lah salahkan si G nih. Eheheh - mati la kau LeeZ... LOL!!!!
***This pic nih, waktu Ginger menang Miss Universe 2003, way back in October 2003. Memories... ahhhhh (mek nak nangis - tepi! Pengsan terus.... zzzzz)
PS: Kepada keempat2 Miss, mek melawak jer nah- tujuan entry nih, saje suke2, tak der kaitan dengan hidup atau mati, menang atau kalah, semuenya just for fun. Kalau marah, sorry nah. Ehehhe... nak marah jugak? Ha.. marah la si Ginger - LETS! Hehehehe...

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1st (Winner) - Miss Peru, Ginger De La Loca:
Lehat lah donia!!! MEK MENANG!!! MEK MENANG! Biar berhijauanz segala mala, ahhh! Pedulikkan! The event dah habis, I won the crown, that's all that matters to me! Mek menang! Itu yang penting! Dan I think I'll open up a blog, something about - THE CELEBRATION of LIFE, let say, 2 years from now? Ehehehe - by that time, mek dah tak sebok nak buat lambaian2 ratus, so I that gives me a great chance to do bloggin'... hummmmm....
2nd - Miss Greece, Fifi:
Ish! Kalau ponen yang duduk tgh2 nih tak masuk malam nih, sah sah aku lah pemenangnye! Tak per, tak per. Tgk la nanti! 2005 mek akan menang Miss Diva World ok! Tunggu laa! Tgk!!! Waktu tu nanti, dia nih takkan ade title dah! Rasekan!
3rd - Miss Colombia, Lea Laurielle De La Fuentes:
Mek kalah!?!?!? I should have won! I should have won!!! Perlu sejarah 'mengapit pemenang' berulang lagi? Haiyoh! Past tense sangat lah! Semuanye di bring forward ke future. Mek sentaps!!!!! Cepat lahhh menusia2 nih amik gambaq!!! Mek nak turun stage NOW!!!! Mek nak nangisss! Hu! Hu! Mek nak nangissssssss!!!!
4th - Miss Spain, Phamala Begum (sambil memerhatikan Miss Colombia):
Ish - perlu ke mek kalah lagi dengan di Loreal nih? Dah la bentat, cam mana leh aku kalah ngan dia? Tak per. Tunggu! Nanti mek nak suntik muka mek ngan 50 jarum kebahagian, siap lah kau Loreal - kalah confirm pasti! Dan mek akan menang Miss Wilayah 2004 - tgk jer lah nanti!!!
5th - Miss France, (Erm, mek tak ingat nama dragonrina dia lah - oh dear!):
Yang penting mek cantik! (lost in her own world)... Excuse me Miss Colombia, you're blocking my way - camere2 tu semua dahagakan photos mek. Mek nak feeling, ketepihh!!!!
Heheheh - gile kan aku nih? Eh, silap, gile kan si Ginger De La Halia itiew!?!?!? Nih semua idea dia la nih! LOL! Tak pe, idea dia, yang merealizasionkan, mek! Ehehehe - jadi, sama2 lah salahkan si G nih. Eheheh - mati la kau LeeZ... LOL!!!!
***This pic nih, waktu Ginger menang Miss Universe 2003, way back in October 2003. Memories... ahhhhh (mek nak nangis - tepi! Pengsan terus.... zzzzz)
PS: Kepada keempat2 Miss, mek melawak jer nah- tujuan entry nih, saje suke2, tak der kaitan dengan hidup atau mati, menang atau kalah, semuenya just for fun. Kalau marah, sorry nah. Ehehhe... nak marah jugak? Ha.. marah la si Ginger - LETS! Hehehehe...

Nurlea Laurielle Lai Lee Abdullah
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Bloopers and Blunders of Nurlea Laurielle Lai Lee Abdullah
It's straight to the point peeps - Entry nih mengisahkan ANTARA the sialanz yang telah berlaku when I was in drag form (owh Gawd I can't believe I'm doin' this entry!!!)
Mishaps during my drag moments!
Feeling Lacey Panties Tayar kerete pancit - HOW LAH!? Road Block - Polis Traffic Series of misunfortunate events! (dalam satu malam!) The Incredible Dragon!!!! 
The highlighted spot dalam pic nih shows the keadaan ceiling tu sebelom kemusnahan Tsunalea

Noticed tak kawasan yang sama sudah didecoratekan? Sebenarnye nak cover lah! Terpaksa dicover lah! Hazab lah keadaan ceiling tu akibat kemusnahan dilandai Tsunalea... LOL!

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- Dalam kes nih, I was feeling a bit tooo 'feeling' lah. Went out shopping with couple of friends to grab something to wear for malam tu punye event. Yes, I was doin' the crowing for Supermodel Of The Year 2003. Saw this one very derrr sexy red lace panties thingie and I thought to myself, "Dang, this should be sexy; it'll go well with my red, sexy tube top dress. Hurmmm..." And so me bought it tanpa ade rase segan siliew. Malam tibe, make up sudah, everything completed, dan, tanpa was was me took that red lacey macey panties, and, pakai lah! Yes, one layer only! (Well, actually, I should have pakai something underneathe that erm red panties, just for langkah2 berjaga. Tapi takkk! Sebab feeling confidensi high level tahap dewa, tetap, just that one later of that red lace panties jer! Mati la mek)

And then, off me went to the event. During the event itself, me dah tak senang duduk. Sat pose cam tu, sat sat lagi pose cam nik... haiyoh! That lacey panties memang dinch comfortablez lah. But tak pe, I was sitting down, so what? There were few times when I ala ala adjust sikit2, sakit la sundel. The kepitan itself was a bit wohhoo sakit, ditambah pulak tersepit dicelah ruangan lacey itiew, gatal ade, pedih ade. Tapi tak per, I was sitting down. So why bother.
Waktu diaorang announced my name, to naik stage to do the final catwalk and crowning, nahhh! That's it! Bangun2 jer dari seat, I felt it! NYEHHH!!! KEPIT LARI SUNDELLL!!!! Owhhh myyy God! Mek rase pucat la jugak my face, takut kantoi. But thank God tak kantoi la kot, since no one talked about it until mek cakap NOW ler kot? Ehehehe - yang penting, catwalk dalam langkah very der small small steppies; kang bukak langkah dipersada besau2 kang, haiyoh! Mati la mek! The event habis cam tu jer, with no one knew kepitanz mautanz mek dah lari terpesong God knows berape degrees dah. Turun jer stage, quickly lari ke the ladies dan betulkan what most men would say, 'BETULKAN PARKING!'
- Hehehh - this was, erm, bangang sikit. Ok, citenye cam nih. Habis show, was a bit toooo tired, got to the car, tgk my car punye tayar dah ala ala nazak. But never the mind, 'SEMPAT LAH SAMPAI SUBANG' that's what I thought waktu itiew. Drivie2 lah dari Jalan Pinang itiew, sempat melepasi Jalan Sultan Ismail, masuk masuk jer Federal Highway, depan that one Chinese School of the left side of Federal Highway itiew (if you're from KL heading towards Subang Jaya/ Shah Alam that is.. hehehe) - nah! Tayar terus kabbooooommm melertops u ols! Shiiiaall!!! Dang! I was in drag! ALONE! HELP!?!?!? At 3.30am!? What was I thinkin'!?!? Calling2 kengkawan semua, time2 tu lah phone batt kong lah itiew ini. And I thought to myself "No no, I cannot ask for help from just about anyone yang just lalu lalang kat sinik - silap2, kang lain nye jadiknye!!" So jadik, dengan gagah perkasannye mek tukar la tayar kereta tu sorang2, IN DRAG, IN HEELS! Hitam habis my tangan, jari2 semua. Chit!
- Ok, location: Jalan Ampang. It was after yet another show kat Bleu Bar. Was tired, sleepy, and, decided to not balik Subang and just balik Pandan Cahaya (rumah Glitters) So, ok la kan. Drive2 dari KL, masuk Jalan Ampang, sampai dedekat depan Cik Sit (Transit; Esso; Glenneagles?) mek tgk like a long queue. Aiyoh! Sahih road block! Mati la mek! Tapi, kind to think of it - dinch perlu worry sangat sebab mek dinch buat salah apa apa on the road ke, or ade sangkut dengan lesen ker, road tax ke ape ke - semua clear. So, why worry, kan? Buuuuzzz! Terlupakah aku yang aku dalam drag!? Jengjejeng.... As my car approached the sekatan itiew, police office itiew dah awal2 suluh my car, and as I bukak my window...
Police: Dari mana nih? (sambil suluh2 my car yang penuh dengan barang2 show and 3 of Glitters.com members...)
Me: Baru balik show, Encik...
Police: Berhenti depan...
NAHHHH THAT'S IT! Ape hal piula!?!?!?!
Police: Mintak lesen dan IC... dan kawan2 awak punye IC sekali...
Me: Ade ape ape masalah ke Encik? (as I handed him my ic and driver's licence plus my friends' ic semua..)
He buat dekkk jer. Sambil belek2 my ic...
Police: Nama sedap2 **** tapi muka melepak macam tikus terjun tepong!
Haiyoh! Tikus terjun tepung katanye!?!?!? MEK SENTAP!!!! MEK MELU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hehehehehe...
- It was on Saturday night, me and few drag queen friends decided nak gi Modestos Bangsar, happening!!! Semua decided nak drag light2 woman, pakai simple, make up light2. So oklah. Off we went to Bangsar. First sialanz, waktu queue nak masuk tu, NORMALLY mek lepas masuk sebelah perempuan. Tapi tah, malam tu, ape kes tah, bukan setakat my friends yang ade sorang dua MEMANG pecah romah kalau drag light2 (tapi kalau dragon heavy, memang dinch pecah lobang, tapi syarat, itiew la kan - kena BERTEPONG! Heheh), namun, MEK ALSO dihumban masuk ke lane guys yang tgh queue panjang nak bayar nak masuk. Haiyoh! Pecahan lobangan pertama malam itiew. So nevermind, mek pejam mata jer la bab itiew (walaupun itiew adelah satu petanda buruk yang banyak lagik bende buruk nak jadik malam itiew)
The kes seterusnya berlaku DALAM Modestos itiew, di mana, me and one of my friends, both of us, di HALAU keluar dari toilet perempuan! MEK SENTAP ok! Kalau halau senyap2 tak pe, nih sampai ke pintu toilet those mothaf**kin'girls tu melalak - habis lahh pecah lobang lagik depan jantan2 depan bar itiew. Haiyoh! Hazab yaamats! Yang penting, mek dan kawan mek MEMANG DAH TAK TAHAN nak terkucil. NAK tak nak - MASUK JUGAK toilet laki! Hazabbbb! Kencing berdiris katanye sebab individual toilets memang queue gile malam itiew (napa lah nasib badan) dan mek memang dah tergedik2 tak tahan. HAIYOH! I pray that I will never have to meet those guys who saw a girl kuncing berdiri nih lagik! Hazab!
Lepas tu, kehazaban malam itiew berterusan selepas itiew. Dah habis membinatangkan diri kat podium lah, kat dance floor lah, semua berpeluh light2 la kirenye - lepas tu decided nak gi minum kat Bangsar mamaks. Dan disitu lah kes cilhanataz paling hazabs yaamatz! 1stly, as one of my friends tgh garu2 kepala, wignye tetibe senget dan nearly jatuh. Dah orang perasan. Dan lepas tu, one of my friends perasan something...
My friend: Nyeh, ape dot2 hitam tu u ols....
Me: What, where??? (sambil keluarkan compact powder, nak tgk mirror la kan - dan terus touch up dengan compact powder. Is it what I think it is?)
My friend: Nyeh!!!
Me serentak with my friend: SUSUK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (YER, Susuk disini bukan bermaksud SUSUK ala ala susuk emas jarum perak intan berlian yang disumbat ke muka mek yer... SUSUK DISINI MEMBAWA ARTI - itu bulu buluan di bahagian atas bibir dan bawah lobang hedong tu lah!!!!)
Owh my god! YA ampun! Sejak bile susuk nih dok ade nampak terang2an, mek dinch hui! Yang penting, it was BLOODY obvious dan kehijauan kehitaman pekat MEMANG JELAS kelihatan! Hazabbnye feeling make up light2! Biarler make up KELABU, janji jgn nampak obvious cam mek malam itiew!?!?!? NANGIS MEK LARI BALIK KE KERETA!!!
- Maati la kau Feebies! Ko suke la kan citer nih!? Alkisahnye - I was about to perform kat Bleu Bar; Dah bersediap sedias nak start gelek buat show lagu Shakira - Eyes Like Yours. Condition Bleu Bar malam itiew, sangatlaaa penuh u ols. Space menari on the dance floor pon, very der limited sebab ramai duduk keliling tu. So ok lah. As diaorang dah announced nama mek, mek naik ke podium depan DJ itiew, pose siket, gelak2 sikit kang kengkawan yang dok ade keliling tu, senyum... sambil tangan mencanak naik memegang ceiling Bleu Bar tu (yer, mek sampai ok, sebab dah panjat Podium tu, harus lah senang tangan nak mencapai - alah, ceiling tu pun bukannye tinggi pong).
And then, the music pon started, I was still doin' my posing, membontotkan diri kearah audience. And thennn, ade satu part tu, like, after the first 5 or 6 seconds after the music started (time nak masuk the real heavy music tu) - mek dengan semangatnye (sebab dah dengar sorakkan audience, kan? Lagi la semangat), telah menggelekkan bontot, tanpa melepaskan tangan dari ceiling tu, dan kemudianye........
AIYOH!!! CEILING RUNTUH OK!!!!!!!!!! Serious u ols! Tanye Fiebs! Ceiling Blue Bar depan DJ console tu reban (runtuh) ok!!! Orang2 kat sekililing tu pulak kena pegangkan serpihan ceiling tu yang ade yang dah runtuh, ade yang still dok tergantung - cam sial tak? Me? What did I do? THE SHOW MUST GO ON! Tapi yang penting, sorakkan makin kuat, mek makin tergelak, show dah tak concentrate - dah jadik show org gila, dan yang terpenting sekali, ade sorang tu sorakkan mek "HAIYOH!!! CAYA LAH LADY!!! GAGAH BAGAIKAN JANTAN U OLS EK RUPENYE!!!!" LOL!!! Maaaati la siape yang sorakkan mek itiew! Mek tergelak2 sampai ke sudah ok! Ceiling runtuh katanye!?!?!? LOL!



Nurlea Laurielle Lai Lee Abdullah
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Fashion tips - help?


Dearest Puding Roti (tertelan kejaps air liur tgk id nih! Heheheh)
Thank you so much for your email. Mek akan cuba jawab sebaik mongkin. Ehehehe... Soalan mengenai ape jenis accessories yang latest sekarang? I'd say Indianish stylos rasenye. And normally that will be so obvious on accessories like subang/ anting2 and also gelang tangan. Speaking of gelang tangan, motiiffff gelang getah2 Mc D itiew!?!?!?!?! Hehehehe... hazabs lah.
What type of accessories yang sesuai selain EMAS? Tak kire lah kenduri ke ape ke, SILVER is the best alternatives la u ols. I mean, its pretty amazing to see what ppl dah buat with silvers and plated and what not - with white gold and diamond? Haiyoh! Lagi la melertop!!! Kalah mami jarummss u ols! But depending on what type of silver accessories u ols nak pakai la kan, jgn terlalu silver as ciri2 kewanitaan tu takutnye nanti hilang ditenggelami silvers biase. Selitkan sekali dengan white diamonds ke ape ke (tak semestinya perlu ori yer.. eheheh)
About your fashion itiew.. this is what I have to comment:
- Baju kurung thai silk plain (sulam sikit2 ditangan) - Lovely choice! Mek suke kalau berbaju kurung sesimple itiew...
- Handbag cream more to white dengan red lines - depends dengan color baju kurung u ols. Kalau kain baju kurung u ols ade element2 whitish creamish dan ade red2 flowerinas ke ape ke, sesuai la dengan handbag tu. Kalau tak der, takut kureng masuk je la dengan handbag itiew.
- Kasut soft pink? Again - element colour jgn berkeceramuk banyak2 sangat u ols. Try to matchkan dengan penggunaan color minimum u ols, sebab always go back to basic - simplicity is the best answer. Gittiew. Ehehehe..
- Talking about accessories, try padankan anting2 (bukan subang ciput yer, its ANTING2) silver (Well, if u ols bertudung, then abaikan bab anting2 itiew) - Silver jewelleries selalunye mampu dimatchkan dalam apa apa keadaan warna/ jenis pakaian dan jenis functions uols. Worry not. Try to get a simple gelang tangan silver berdiamond itiew, and kalau bertudung, pakai lah pin tudung tu silver also dan brooch simple, kalu boleh - semua accessories itiew, kalau dah bersilver, jgn la berbatu bati warna warni colours of Ranggoli u ols! Try to get semuanye with white diamonds... curlast sangat u ols!
Mek harap mek dah sedikits sebanyaks dapat tolong u ols see what you wanna wear for this kenduri. Best of luck!
PS - U ols! Zhulian kan banyak jewelleries silver! Ehehehhe mek tgk LAWA2 ok!

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Monday, July 04, 2005
A Star who've inspire me - By Carlos Iskandar
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 22:58:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Carlos Iskandar" (carlos_isqandar@yahoo.com) - Add to Address Book
Subject: A Star who've inspired me
To: lea_laurielle@yahoo.com
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Dear Lea,
Sorry for not being so productive, I hope this would really appeal to your reader.
cheers
A Star who've inspired me.
In 1984 one of the greatest event in the world happen in Los Angeles, it was the at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Greg Louganis won gold medals in the 3-metre springboard and 10-metre platform, leaving very strong Chinese divers at 100 points behind himself; this was the highest spread ever occurred in the Olympics. It was also one of the greatest moments in my life, as his achievement has become an inspiration.

At a very young age, I became his fan, always eager to get new stories on him, of course for all the good reason, he is good looking, who could deny of pleasure seeing his beautiful smile, not forgetting his beautiful physique and his success stories. He became my icon and mentor for inspiration to be successful in my life.
I was glad and happy to see him compete again in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. Who could forget the incident happen to him when his head hit the springboard? My eyes watch in tears as he took his dive with head bandages.

Of course after the 1988 Olympics ended the world was again at shock with his revelation. In 1994 Louganis announced publicly that he was gay. His autobiography, Breaking the Surface, was published in 1995, where he told the world that and how he caught H.I.V. virus.

I read his book in a breaking time of one day, without skipping a single word. Each chapter of his books in a way, had relation against mine. His life story was so moving; it had me tears going through the lines. The book became my best friend at the point of my career life making a turning point and my personal life at nowhere at all.
It is not that his book would encourage you to be gay or lead a life as one. But, how ironic that he would write lots of similarities that I have to face in live. Although I have never met him but reading ‘Breaking the Surface” has moved me closer to him. He touches my life with the same things and situation that as an ordinary person would go through. Only through his book he became sort of brother, father figure, lover, etc that you would really want to have. It is all about struggles in life that we face, written honestly by a star.
His book has never gathered any dust on my shelf; I keep on reading, even only finding myself reading a chapter.

Greg Louganis, the most successful diver in history, has recently gone public with the news that his mental health took its own plunge years ago. Louganis, the winner of five Olympic medals, first experienced depression at age 12 when a doctor told him that because of knee damage, he would have to give up gymnastics and his dream of competing in the Olympics. Louganis attempted suicide by downing aspirin and Ex-Lax, trying again twice before the age of 18. While counseling sessions accomplished little, Louganis found that diving--a sport less grueling for the knees--was a satisfying way to express his physical talents.
By 1971 he had qualified for the Junior Olympics. Five years later, at the age of 16, Louganis won a silver medal at the Montreal Olympics in the 10-meter platform diving competition. He went on to win gold medals in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. But Louganis felt acute insecurities and inner conflicts about being gay. In a crushing blow, he found out in 1987 that he was HIV-positive.
For years, Louganis did not share the news of his illness for fear that it would cost him his diving career. He relied on the income from endorsements and appearances to pay his enormous medical expenses rather than submit the bills to his insurance company.
Louganis has since gone public with his illness, touring the country to give speeches about his life experiences and act as a positive role model.
*Publication: Psychology Today. Publication Date: Nov/Dec 99
Greg has written a new book but this time it is on with another passion in his life about dogs. He had said it in his epilogue in “Breaking the Surface” that he would continue doing fund-raisers, particularly for AIDS and for PAWS. To Greg, all the best and I will do my best too, to achieve what I have dream for and “Breaking the Surface” would continue to be my ‘friend’.
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