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最重要的决定

2011-05-07T20:15:00.002+08:00

我常在想应该再也找不到
任何人像你对我那么好
好到我的家人也被照料
我的朋友还为你撑腰
你还是有一堆毛病改不掉
拗起来气得仙女都跳脚
可是人生完美的事太少
我们不能什么都想要

你是我最重要的决定
我愿意每天在你身边苏醒
就连吵架也很过瘾不会冷冰
因为真爱没有输赢只有亲密
你是我最重要的决定
我愿意打破对未知的恐惧
就算流泪也能放晴将心比心
因为幸福没有捷径只有经营

幸福事小

2011-03-22T22:29:00.000+08:00

吃完镀了金的牛排镶了钻的蛋胃还是那么的孤单
只有一想到了晚餐有妳的笑下饭漫长的一天才不难捱

穿着限量版的衬衫羡慕声不断也没让我觉得温暖
如果不是有妳呼吸在皮肤上不散怎么抵御世界的冷淡

幸福是一想到妳就心安
地要老天要荒的谁还想管
幸福是一起醒来说早安
海枯石烂这种大事与我无关

听过圣诗般的称赞嘘寒或问暖耳朵也开不出花瓣
直到妳在电话那端问我几点下班动听得让心花灿烂

攀过最纯白的雪山最澎湃的海回忆也没有更精彩
直到妳侧脸的曲线在我手心蜿蜒才懂得什么事最浪漫

幸福是完成妳每一个期盼
登月或摘星留给谁去狂欢
幸福是陪着妳回味遗憾
伟大的圆满与我们真的无关

悟

2011-03-15T22:24:00.001+08:00

无量心　生福报　
无极限　无极限　
生息息　爱相连
为何君视而不见　
规矩定方圆　
悟性悟觉悟空心甘情愿
放下颠倒梦想　
放下云烟　
放下空欲色　
放下悬念
多一物　却添了太多危险　
少一物　贪嗔痴会少一点
若是缘　再苦味也是甜　
若无缘　藏爱在心田
尘世藕断还丝连　
回首一瞬间　
种颗善因陪你走好每一天
唯有心无罜碍　成就大愿　
唯有心无故　妙不可言
算天算地算尽了从前　
算不出　生死会在哪一天
勿生恨　点化虚空的眼　
勿生怨　欢喜不遥远
缠绕欲望的思念　
善恶一瞬间　
心怀忏悔陪你走好每一天
再牢的谎言　
却逃不过天眼　
明日之前　心流离更远
浮云霎那间　障眼　
人心渐离间　集苦连连不断的出现
无量心　生福报　
无极限　无极限　
生息息　爱相连
凡人却视而不见　
规矩定方圆　
悟性悟觉悟空心甘情愿
简简单单陪你走好每一天

Enough is Enough

2010-10-06T21:22:00.002+08:00

Today I finally wrote the email that potentially (hopefully) leads to removal of an idiot from our main con team.

Let's see what happens tomorrow.

Complete

2010-10-03T19:35:00.003+08:00

He said: "I can't imagine being alone, look at some of our single friends around us, feels like they're so direction-less in their lives..."

I replied: "Well, their direction of their life is to search for the other half..."

He didn't say "I love you", or any romantic phrases seen in movies. But somehow I felt very touched. It was the first time that he naturally (without being asked by me) acknowledged that we're complete because of each other.

Ang Pow

2010-08-23T22:28:00.001+08:00

Yay today received an Ang Pow...
And I'm really pleased with my new phone (except the battery)...

Worked Till 9pm

2010-08-19T22:27:00.002+08:00

First time worked till 9pm.
Hectic day.
None stop work-meeting.
Now packing for KL tomorrow.

My phone has been awfully quiet...

Quiet Night

2010-08-18T21:43:00.001+08:00

No chatting.
No phone call.
No SMS.

Awfully quiet.
Exhausted anyway.
Time to sleep.
Good night garfield...

Leaving On A Jetplane

2010-08-17T23:00:00.001+08:00

Garfield left on a jet plane... then tomorrow going out of cellular network reach on a chopper... sob...

小夫妻

2010-08-16T06:28:00.000+08:00

在 super market逛了好大一圈
想你爱咖哩或是义大利面
幸福的食谱再恶补几遍
我的优点要你百尝不厌
在下班路上租了几支影片
有你在沙发就是浪漫剧院
辛苦的时候想著你的脸
没有蛮牛活力也会出现

喔~小夫妻我的福气
这辈子可以让我爱上了你
这一路有时晴有时雨都没有关系
我们的真心超过钻石对爱的定义

小夫妻永不放弃
默契是最富有的一种储蓄
赌气话你一句我一句也觉得甜蜜
多庆幸我们望著
同样明天牵手在努力

你今天玉米浓汤有一点咸
你没送钻戒以后补我项鍊
我的通通是你的没有期限
存够钱我们逛地球一圈

我愿意这一生这一世呵护著你
一直到你当爷爷你当奶奶
还是老夫老妻

Thank You

2010-08-15T21:08:00.003+08:00

Thank you for travelling 10 hours just to spend the weekend with me.
Thank you for buying me breakfast at Lavender.
Thank you for shopping with me.
Thank you for helping me to assemble the shoe cabinet.

Thank you for being here with me.

Good Day

2010-08-12T21:43:00.002+08:00

Today is a good day because... Garfield will be here tomorrow =D
And because today was a simple day - non-stop work in office, simple vegetarian lunch, simple noodle for dinner at home, watch TV, chat with MV and KC, mask...
And my mood has been pretty good for the whole day...

Today is a good day.

My Sister's Keeper

2010-08-11T22:22:00.004+08:00

Another great movie night.
Anna's parents brought her to this world to save her sister, Kate. She donated everything that her sister needed - umbilical cord blood, bone marrow, and the next thing on the wish list - her kidney. She was never asked for her permission before doctors take all these from her. Then she decided to sue her parents in order for medical emancipation - which turns out to be a request by Kate, as she believed that even with the kidney transplant, she would not survive.
I guess the parents were just too occupied by the thought of saving Kate who's dying, and didn't realize that Anna is just as important and precious to them.

(Guess that's just how we are? Paying attention to things that we may lose or don't have, and ignore beautiful things that we already own?)

And today was a working public holiday (how does that work?).

The Time Traveller's Wife

2010-08-10T22:21:00.002+08:00

It's a great movie! In one of the very rare occasions, I actually think that the movie is better than the book.

I was smiling all the way through the movie, touched by the love between Henry and Clare. Anyway I'm just so glad that my Garfield doesn't disappear time to time, just like that...

Happy Diary

2010-08-09T22:57:00.005+08:00

Read somewhere that we should spend a few minutes everyday to record something good that happened for each day - helps when you're down; reading these happy thoughts will brighten your day/night...

Well, today...
Watched "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". Almost forgot that I liked Nicholas Cage so much! =P
Another great thing about the night out, I have not been chatting with Big Pig for a long long time. Feels good to be able to chat/talk to him, I mean, really talk...

心痛

2009-12-25T08:04:00.003+08:00

这是写给你看的.
你知道吗?我非常心痛,看着你这样子被伤害.
这一切总会雨过天晴,但是没有人会知道需要多少时间...

听话.
要吃得饱,睡得好.
这是复原的第一步.

还有.
相信我.
你是一个好男人.

Planning for Marriage

2009-11-01T12:05:00.003+08:00

Was reading this:
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/10/31/business/4860871&sec=business

This is what I've been feeling - I think we're operating like a business partnership. Except the fact that our partnership is less complicated now - without all the household expenditures and children.

Looks like that's what marriage is about. (And I thought we're heading in the wrong direction - maybe our relationship has just "aged" pre-maturely.)
For all practical purpose - I think I'm married. Lol.

I Feel...

2009-10-27T21:27:00.003+08:00

Emo swing kicks in again - I am reminded by a dream of someone, whom I really wish to befriend again. Come November, it'll be 3 years. What wound could run so deep, that even 3 years worth of time can't heal? (I really wish to talk to him again. Just as simple as asking - how are you doing?)

Anyway. I guess I'm just frustrated with my current state.
In a way, I know that I'm lucky cause many good things are coming/came my way. Even the not so good news coming from the Budget, we are lucky that things aren't hitting us too badly.
But I think I'm really overloaded with work. I am actually feeling guilty for not working on weekends. I don't think I can handle 2 jobs with only 24 hours (plus my side career - you know what I mean).

My strength comes from the diamond ring, and the man who's 380km away from me, who gave me the ring. And the light at the end of the tunnel.

Sickening

2009-08-12T11:11:00.003+08:00

3rd flu in 2 months time - am really sick of getting sick.
The antibiotic is making me dizzy. Feel like walking in the cloud.
The noise coming from the neighbour's renovation work behind my room is driving me crazy. So is the hazy air and scorching hot weather.

Just wish to be healthy.
To be able to work late in the office.
Wanna go shopping (clothes, furniture, car).
Wanna go play badminton (tomorrow is the final match of the season!).

Guess the air outside of the ostrich hole is too hazardous.
Time to go back into my cosy hole?
And hopefully no more flu.

3rd Baby =)

2009-08-10T22:34:00.001+08:00

Any suggestion for name? He's so adorable =P

Penthouse and Sweet Escape

2009-08-06T11:45:00.002+08:00

The butcher did not know.

He did not know the reason behind her distant gaze. All he knew was how much he loved to see her smile, although it always seemed to appear between a lingering sense of sadness.

She walked into his shop, once in every two weeks, always on a Thursday, at about 10am. Some days she was late, but her order was always the same - a cut of sirloin, for one.

----

"Marry me," he said.

Her answer could not have been anything else, and she knew the very first day she met him. It was the happiest day of her life.

"But there's no ring," she teased.

"There will be," he beamed.

"Will it be Cartier? Oh.. oh.. can I have my dream wedding - champagne, thousands of red roses, a Vera Wang gown...... then.. you know.. someday.. we'll move into a penthouse... right in the middle of the city.....!"

He held her in his arms, gently kissed her on her forehead and whispered, "Marry me and I will give you everything - everything, anything, just to see you smile".

----
----

Going into town was her sweet escape.

She'd change into the old 'rags' she used to wear, put on a scarf and sunglasses, take the public bus 2 hours out of the city.

For one day, at least, she could be herself again and not pretend.

----

Their penthouse had never felt as empty.

The children were away at their grandmother's, as they were every Thursday.

Her head was buried in her hands, she had finished talking and had nothing left but tears.

He was silent. His frequent business travels had worn him out, he was not quite the charming young man he used to be.

"Such irony.... I was trying so hard to make you happy, you were pretending just to do the same......"

She looked up at him.

"But neither of us were happy... were we?"

He laughed.

"It was the steaks wasn't it... You know... it was too delicious to be true.."

----

"Ma'am, he left something for you," the lawyer's secretary passed her an envelope.

It was the deed to a small cottage house in town.

"I loved you so much, I didn't know how to show it. I'm sorry. I hope he makes you happy because I couldn't"

----

Not fortelling anyone's life.. (although the story was spun off it!) just a fragmented mishmash of here and there, inclusive of my very jaded feelings.. hmm.

----

Above article is taken from a friend's blog.
This serves as a reminder to me - am I pretending to be happy to the point that I successfully fooled myself?
Still searching for the answer...

Dilemma vs Sweet Escape

2009-08-05T07:51:00.003+08:00

I'm in a dilemma.
I'm vulnerable and hurt but he doesn't know - not that I never told him, but he just doesn't see and feel it.

I found a sweet escape. Moments of pure happiness (and good laughters), when the reality and pain are hundreds of miles from my mind.
But I wonder how far and how long should I indulge in this escape from reality?
But I just can't stand to think about the reality.
Figuring a way out reminds me too much of the pain and disappointment.

Rest of Your Life

2009-07-29T18:45:00.001+08:00

Saw this in my Bible study notes (ironically, while I was looking for my "tough time" books for my friend who just broke up):

"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."
- Harry, "When Harry Met Sally"

Happy Birthday to Me...

2009-07-18T22:33:00.005+08:00

Happy birthday to me... the Ugly Betty...

I can't say that I'm not happy today - at least the wonderful 3.5 hours of Redbox session with some witty funny coursemates really made my day...
But I can't help to recognize the fact - the entire day passed just as any other Saturday - sing K, shopping, dinner at Dragon-i... nothing more nothing less...

No surprise.
No roses.
No teddy bear.
Only "let me pay for that blouse..."
Only "where you wanna have dinner?"
Which are normal anyway.
Nothing was even planned. (I organized the Redbox session myself. OK he booked the room for us.)

I guess that's how an Ugly Betty celebrates her birthday.
Or maybe that's how an Independent Woman celebrates her birthday?
(I really need to stop crying. I still have one hour of birthday left.)

Breathe. Smile.

Update:
Feeling 100x happier now - after getting roses and chocolates =)
Thank you all for the wishes...

Love

2009-07-09T23:07:00.003+08:00

Heard this line in Jolin's new song:

我们明白爱是互相依赖
Translation: we understand, love is to depend/rely on each other

Time - Interview with Robert Kiyosaki

2009-07-09T08:53:00.004+08:00

Was reading this while waiting for my laptop to start up:

Some of the highlights/keywords:
* DISCIPLINE, determination, drive
* That's how you get wiser - by hanging out with smart people
* I don't know how you can expect to get anything you want without some degree of long-term commitment
* All I talk about is money... but my decision to live in a safer community or have better good - it's all based upon money
* Flipping is gambling

The word "discipline" appeared 4 times in the one page interview.

This article hit me because yesterday morning, I just had a conversation with a senior who's getting higher pay than me, but his savings till now is less than the amount that I've invested in stocks and property in the 1st half of this year. I was very shocked to find out that he hardly saved. He told me he just prefers to enjoy life. I told him, yeah, sometimes I do get lost, wondering why people around me who gets paid less than me are driving bigger car, while I'm thinking that mcD is too expensive.

DISCIPLINE - I'm determined that delayed yet greater gratification is the way to go.

大爱之夜

2009-07-06T09:38:00.002+08:00

在我忘记之前,先把这些名言写下来:

快乐的秘诀:
为善最乐
知足常乐
苦中作乐
自得其乐

一把无明火,毁了功德林

Weee... =)

2009-06-03T16:28:00.002+08:00

I'm so happy! I thought I had no chance, but I got it! *bliss*

P/S: we bought our 1st home!

Nightmare

2009-05-28T08:13:00.003+08:00

Imagine...
When you open up your camera bag, you find your lens detached from your camera body, both of them sitting "naked" (without the covers) in the bag...

Imagine no further - cause that's what happened to me this morning!!!
I almost cried (again) when I saw this. They have been sitting there naked for 3 days.

I didn't dare to check. Immediately I attached the lens to the body, then I took deep breaths. (Was afraid that I would pass out)

I can only blame myself - for assuming others would have the "general knowledge" of how to put a camera in its bag.

Diving deeper into negativity...

The Reason

2009-05-25T20:48:00.003+08:00

This post is dedicated to the Stitch.

I was kinda quiet throughout the evening, not really because I don't have much to tell you. But I was distracted - thinking about what have I really achieved?

I guess it's a "depressing" thought when the best reason that we could come up for our job is money. I didn't want to accept that (though I myself is in a deep job-depression now).

To me, the main "driver" for me would be all the wonderful things that we could do with the money that we earned from our job, like...
buying Stitch dinner
buying my family dinner
sponsoring children
buying our new home
and knowing that we have money in our accounts when we need it for emergency

Maybe one of the reasons that I've allowed myself to dwell so deep in job-depression, is because I have forgotten to remind myself of all these REASONS...

Lamps and Flowers

2009-05-21T22:37:00.002+08:00

Some night shots taken in Boston @ Solaris, Mont Kiara during our coursemate gathering on 16 May 2009.

Quiet

2009-05-18T23:11:00.002+08:00

Been "quiet" here.
Been extremely busy - work, "part time" wedding planner, few dosage of "socializing" needs (which basically means different types/groups of gathering)

Still trying my best to fight off the negativity which came from the fact that my lead engineer is dependent on me o.O"

Today I really lost my head, and told him directly that
"There are things that graduate engineers are paid to do, such as reviewing drawings or attending courses or attending meetings to learn. Certainly reviewing HSE performance standards or design verification matrix should be lead's work."

Did that improve the situation? No. Cause the gap is still there (mainly knowledge on the project).

I'm losing the energy to even complain.

All I can do is - be quiet, do the work, and more work, and more work.
(20th is coming really soon.)

Unstable 2

2009-05-06T21:59:00.002+08:00

Unstable-ness has returned.
Been quarrelling with him very frequently.

Conclusion: very grateful that I have him =)

Kota Kinabalu Trip 22-26 April 2009

2009-04-28T23:02:00.005+08:00

Still very exhausted from the trip.
Will write more about the trip over the weekend.

Group Photo

Taken at the KK Park while waiting for our group registration to be completed (filling in 33 names + details ain't easy!)

Take nothing but photographs, leaving nothing but footprints.
This is the "tag line" for KK park - you'll see this everywhere, even at Laban Rata.

Taken at Rose Cabin on the morning before we started the hike.

Unstable

2009-04-19T14:01:00.002+08:00

Emotionally unstable.
Insecure.
Sensitive.
Jumpy.
Insomnia.

Go away.

Facebook

2009-04-16T18:26:00.002+08:00

Q: How do you know when someone blocks you in Facebook?
A: When you see your friends responding to his comment while you don't see any of his comments showing up.

Q: What kinda jerk would block people in Facebook?
A: I have no idea...

Q: Why?
A: Perhaps he couldn't stand to share the "airtime" with you, even if it's just commenting on friend's status in Facebook. He just couldn't stand to see your name and picture (perhaps the display picture is too happy).

After more than 2 years, what is the problem with him? Perhaps somebody should teach him what is "forgive and forget".

(You know whom I'm talking about.)

Mount K

2009-04-14T21:01:00.002+08:00

It's a shame to admit - but I'm actually getting more and more nervous. 8 days to the hike. I almost fainted after 3.5 rounds of Batu Caves last weekend. I slipped and fell flat on the floor during shower on Sunday - and now my right arm aches. I have rashes on my legs cause I'm allergic to the Salonpas plaster. I'm no where near to "fit" and my confidence was flushed away in the toilet bowl.

This "vacation" is making me tensed, and tired.

Can I even make it to Laban Rata?

*What kinda vacation is this...*

Love

2009-04-08T21:03:00.003+08:00

What is love? The "electricuting" feeling when you see a girl? Or the racing heartbeat when you see a guy?

We all know that these adrenaline rush will not last you forever - what's left between a man and woman when the excitement fades?

What do you do when you realize that the feeling has fade away? When you stop missing her when you're outstation? Do you give up? Or do you accept that the relationship is evolving but not ending?

As long as you're happy... my friend... as long as you're happy...

Note: It's my friend who's having a crisis - I'm just his faithful listener.

Bottleneck

2009-04-05T22:19:00.005+08:00

I thought I know what I want, but when I'm really arriving at the juncture, I suddenly realized that I was not as decisive as I thought I would be.

I think I know what I want, but I don't wanna force him into something that he (or we) is not ready for.

This tug-of-war in my head is making me restless. I try my best not to think about it but I find it harder to sleep at night.

I need... we need... a breakthrough...

DCIM 2009 @ Midvalley - 28 March 2009

2009-04-04T14:57:00.002+08:00

DCIM stands for Digital Camera.Imaging.Media.
It was a photography expo, while right next door to it there was a bridal fair.
Actually in conjunction with the expo, there was also a "Velocity Angel" search (some model competition) - which means... lots of Lengluis to shoot =P
But too bad all my shots turned out to be blur, cause I basically took the shots by holding my camera up high and just kept pressing the shutter non-stop (skill-less shots).

But luckily a few of the bridal gown shots can be salvaged...
Same "skill-less" shooting mode was used, it was by luck that I managed to get these...

Trying Out My New 50mm f1.8

2009-04-04T14:25:00.002+08:00

Bought this new lens right before the official price hike of Canon products =P
So took some trial shots at home...

Muar - 7-9 March 2009

2009-04-04T09:55:00.003+08:00

Some pictures taken at Jwee's jogging place along the Muar River.
The river itself was not a very interesting shooting object - but with some people doing their routing activities such as fishing, I was lucky to get at least a few interesting shots.

P/S: perhaps by now you would have realized that I went to Putrajaya, Melaka and Muar within a weekend =P That's why I took me to so long to process the pictures.

Melaka - 8th March 2009

2009-04-02T22:16:00.003+08:00

Went to Melaka with Jwee's siblings - it was half an hour drive from Muar.

To me, Melaka = historical town. That is why most of the pictures are post-processed with traces of "nostalgia".

Some cute stuff that I found in the food court =)
(I did not edit these pictures - they are original shots taken from a food court wall!)

Brocolli!

And the Shin Chan Potato =)

Paya Indah Wetland - 7th March 2009

2009-04-02T21:13:00.002+08:00

It was a photography outing cum picnic with Chia and Andy's family.
The park was very quiet, in fact most of the infrastructures are not fully operational.
Nevertheless we had a chance to get up-close and personal with...

...Hyppo...

...Water Duck...

...Goose...

And last but not least... our Model of the Day...

Lead Engineer vs Graduate

2009-03-25T22:52:00.003+08:00

You know what's the difference between these two?

1. Lead engineer is supposed to LEAD, not to approach the Grad with puzzled face asking for directions on how to review drawings or respond to site team queries.
2. Lead engineer has the right to delegate - but delegation does not mean that you wash your hands off the issues. And it certainly does not mean that you can sit back and wait for things to happen on its own.
3. Lead engineer is supposed to make the Grad's life easy, while the Grad will do her best to make you look good (that was the working mode, until the recent change). If the lead try to make himself look good without 1st making the Grad's life easy, beware of disasters - ain't no free lunch in this world, aye.
4. Lastly, of course, the paycheck.

(I guess by now you know what kind of lead engineer I have.)
(Also you should understand the reason for my recent craving for food + weight gain which then leads to the need for more gym sessions.)

Tired

2009-03-17T21:17:00.001+08:00

Came back from JB trip.
Very tired.
Spilled coffee, dropped a pack of milk onto floor.
Didn't do much whole day, except of trying to listen to stories.

Tired. Flying is tiring.

Valentine's Day Photoshoot @ Kid Chan Studio

2009-03-11T21:02:00.002+08:00

This year, we decided to celebrate Valentine's day by joining another 27 couples at Kid Chan Studio for photoshoot =)

We paid...
RM 99.99 for the photoshoot session
RM 50 for make up
RM 35 for each piece of picture (we ordered 3 pcs)

What we got...
15 minutes of shooting (73 shots taken)
1 piece of B&W photo with frame
3 pcs of pictures =)

And here they are...

The power of 5D Mark II =)

宠

2009-03-03T19:36:00.003+08:00

好久没写/打华文了，之前一直搞不懂这架电脑的中文输入方式，今天总算弄清楚了 =）
最近心情不太好,老是跟加菲猫吵架。昨晚还闹到半夜一点多。其实我也不是真的不爽他,可是就是肚子里一股怨气无处宣泄，所以。。。再加上最近又病了。。。

我决定了,要去买梁静茹的新专辑，宠宠自己。。。（其实我已经是被加菲猫宠坏的一只肥老鼠）

Desa Putra, Wangsa Maju

2009-03-02T20:03:00.002+08:00

Some pictures taken at Desa Putra, Wangsa Maju

Swimming Pool

Playground

Gym

Vista Komanwel

2009-03-02T19:41:00.003+08:00

Some pictures taken at Vista Komanwel Block C

View of Bukit Jalil Park

Golf Course View

Playground

Lost in the "View" (Vista)

Swimming Pool

Blue Monday

2009-03-02T17:53:00.002+08:00

Today... no good ah...

2 banks forcing me to visit them physically in order to get things done.
Issuing the 3rd cheque for my colleague just to pay RM 130 for his stay in company bungalow. (The part that I hate the most is, I have to go to the bank physically to cancel the cheque that he lost.)
My "brilliant" agent sent me auction property info via fax while I'm out of office. (Not sure what my boss/colleagues would think when they see those stuff.)
Cough starting to develop.
Wasted one whole morning in a meaningless meeting.

Perhaps the only good thing is - my senior took over most of my extra "work" that my lead engineer decided to make me do. Very thankful for that, even though I know my learning curve will slow down, but I assure you, having more than 3 packages/items that I am completely new to is destined to be disaster.

Relax

2009-02-27T01:20:00.000+08:00

I need to relax... take a deep breathe... relax...
Too tensed...

Hao Lun's Birthday Party

2009-02-25T22:45:00.005+08:00

Some shots taken using 50mm F1.8 =)
Still learning how to use it...

Some pictures taken during Hao Lun's birthday party...

Silent

2009-02-24T14:19:00.000+08:00

I have been refraining myself from talking to people. Don’t want to whine. I don’t mind people knowing that I’m unhappy and demotivated – but I just don’t feel like repeating the tale again and again.

The best that I can do now…
1. Remind myself that I’m not in the worst situation. I’m not the only one who doesn’t know when I’ll move to my next location. I’m not the only one who worked hard yet not being appreciated. I have been lucky to get a good boss so now I’ll just have to accept the fact that not all bosses are that nice to work with. I’m not the only one who’s working in a messy project team. And… at least my performance factor is not that bad.
2. I need to re-strategize. My old strategy doesn’t seem to work well. Instead of appreciating the additional value that I bring to the company, my bosses seemed to think that I’m not doing enough for my day job as I’m being distracted by my “extra-curricular activities”. They don’t seem to understand that my problem is not the workload of piled up drawings and reports – but the unstable organization that makes me one day a graduate engineer, and next day the acting lead engineer. All these transitions day in day out is driving me mad.
3. Stop worrying about things that are out of my control – put them all aside and focus on work and life! I only have 4 months left in KL, which is another reason that I’m feeling uneasy.

Anyway thanks to MV, BS and Garfield… for listening/distracting/letting me to vent…

P/S: This is the first time that I’m writing blog in office =P

Congratulations Mr and Mrs Lee =)

2009-02-17T19:06:00.006+08:00

To my dear CEO and COO,

Congratulations on the ROM on 14 Feb 2009 =)

Best wishes,
PM

Ipoh Trip - 14-15 Feb 2009

2009-02-16T21:24:00.006+08:00

We spent our Valentine's weekend in Ipoh with our newly-registered Mr and Mrs Lee, and also Mr Lee YJ =)

Again more than 90% of the shots were trashed.

This one is taken by Garfield...

Lion Dance

2009-02-15T18:35:00.005+08:00

Took some lion dance shots during our company CNY dinner, more than 90% of the shots were trashed as my lens (plus myself) is not fast enough to capture the movements =P

Pasión

2009-02-11T19:38:00.002+08:00

My cousin used this song as his wedding reception entrance track =)

At 1' 30", right at the start of chorus, the ballroom door opened and the couple walked in...

Anyway I really think this a very nice song =)
Happy Valentine's Day!

Cambodia

2009-02-10T22:42:00.003+08:00

I never had the patience to upload photos in Blogspot - cause it's such a painful wait + photo quality is really bad... but now that I discovered that I could actually upload pictures in Flickr and link them to my blog via HTML, it's time to share some pictures taken during our Cambodia trip in May 2008 =)

Note: all pictures taken using Canon Ixus 70.

Finally Here! - My Canon 400D

2009-02-04T22:06:00.012+08:00

My new camera is finally here =)

Took some shots when I got home... its a really complicated machine to operate...

A more serious shot...

Some fun shots - exploring the relationship between aperture-shutter speed-exposure

Update - 11 Feb 2009

This one is by Garfield...

Happy Niu Year =)

2009-01-26T09:44:00.007+08:00

Wishing all my friends a healthy, happy, prosperous year ahead =)

CNY celebration started off very well with a 2.5 hours chat over the phone with CCW - haven't talked to him for a year before this. And at time I was very worried that I'm losing my precious friends like him to time and distance. But to my surprise, we were able to really talk to each other =P

Will be meeting up with another "old" mate later =)

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Update: some pictures taken using my Canon Ixus 70

Lanterns @ The Gardens

More Lanterns @ The Gardens

Reunion Dinner

Prawns! *drool*

Say No to War

2009-01-09T23:11:00.003+08:00

Today, more than 5000 people have gathered in front of the US embassy to express their dissatisfaction, that US did not play their role in the pursuit of a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Palistine.

And today, Malaysia, a small country in the eyes of the world, has stepped up and called for a UN special session in hope to end the Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Today, I'm proud to be a Malaysian.

This has nothing to do with being pro-Palestine or pro-Jihad. This has nothing to do on who started it first or who's supplying the arms to who. To me, and many many small people and small voices across the world, what mattered to us is that the killing of innocent people and children must be stopped immediately. Bombing of the UN schools is unacceptable. If violence is the only way to solve the problem, I have no problem for both sides to identify a battlefield which is free of civillians, they can fire as much bullets/rockets as they like and bring each other to hell.

As for you, who are reading this, please spend a few minutes to read through the news. Those who were sacrificed deserve a little bit of our time, as a citizen of the global village, let us all remember what had happened in the past 14 days (and unknown days to come).

God please have mercy....

Read more:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/13/nation/3002500&sec=nation
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/13/nation/3004291&sec=nation
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/13/nation/3003049&sec=nation

Sentul East

2009-01-07T20:45:00.005+08:00

4 January 2009 (Sunday)

We spent the entire morning walking between this 2 condominiums - Tamarind and Saffron. Generally both condos are good...

Saffron is brand new, but considerably more expensive, comes with a small private park and basketball court, better security as you need the access card to get into the lift lobby, selling at around RM 330 per sqf.

Tamarind is 2.5 years old, well-maintained, in fact they are re-painting now, slightly cheaper - selling at RM 300 per sqf.

Both are freehold, good layout which optimizes the built-up area (decent shower room size!) - but both are too pricy for us now...

Anyway no harm to take a look at them...

Saffron @ Sentul East

Tamarind @ Sentul East

Happy 2nd Anniversary

2009-01-06T23:03:00.004+08:00

Thank you...

For all the good and (hardly) bad times...
For allowing all my once-in-a-month tantrums... (sometimes more than once...)
For all the gifts... (especially my lovely Bagman =D)
For all the good times we spent together travelling to different places...

Most importantly, for the future that we're going to build and cherish together...

Note: also thanks to le squid for her wishes...

Grilled Beef Salad with Ratatouille "Puff"

2009-01-05T21:19:00.006+08:00

4th January 2009 (Sunday)

After a long morning spent in Sentul East, we arrived at Bangsar for 2 hours of "rich people" lifestyle =P

Bangsar is a different kind of neighbourhood - it always give me the kinda not-so-Malaysia feel. Of course I still couldn't forget the experience that I had when I volunteered at the World Vision Gift of Hope booth at Bangsar Shopping Center. Lost count of how many LV bags that I saw, and of course, the 2 years old baby girl eating Haagen Daz! o.O" (sorry, HD ice cream is too luxurious even for myself)

Anyway back to topic - we had lunch at a nice Italian restaurant called Telawi Street Bistro. In total, we ordered 1 starter and 2 mains. But only this, the starter, which really caught my attention...

Grilled Beef Salad with Ratatoiulle "Puff"

(Macro shot taken using my Canon Ixus 70 - quite happy with the macro effect!)

This dish is good -medium done tender beef strips + salad + and the superb puff...

eFixed Deposit

2009-01-03T11:09:00.005+08:00

Got a "brilliant" idea to share with you all... introducing the "eFixed Deposit"!

Instead of letting your money rot in the savings account, why not put your in FD using the eFD service? Let me show you some calculation....

Assume we have RM 3000...

1. Normal savings account ~
Max interest rate = 1.51% p.a. (you'll get this interest rate if your deposit amount is above RM 500k o.O")
Interest per month = 1.51% x RM 3000 / 12 = RM 3.78

2. eFixed Deposit (tenure = 1 month, auto-renew) ~
Interest rate = 3.0%
Interest per month = 3% x RM 3000 / 12 = RM 7.50
Note: by using 1 month tenure with the auto-renew function, it's just like another savings account. You can uplift your eFD anytime you want without losing much interest.

That's almost double the amount of interest that you can gain!!

It doesn't seem to be a lot... but with a few clicks, you can get 98% extra interest compared to normal savings account, that's really "no pain sure gain" =)

Note: the above scenario is based on Maybank system; CIMB's eFD does not provide you with the auto-renew convenience, and I just found out that it doesn't allow FD placements from joint accounts.

Expensive Hobby

2008-12-27T10:51:00.006+08:00

No more turning back... Cause I have started my (probably) endless "investment" in photography after I bought the EF-S 18-200mm lense on Xmas day... Most of the people's jaw dropped when they heard that I bought a lense before I actually have a camera... hahahaha....

*Garfield is still in "shock"... hasn't quite really accepted the fact that I'm pouring so much money in this....*

Procured:
1. Canon 400D - bought at USD 315 (RM 1100)
2. Hoya Pro1 Digital UV Filter (for my beloved lense....) - bought at RM 140
3. Canon EF-S 18-200mm IS lens
4. DIY Dry Box
5. Camera Bag

Shopping list:
1. Tripod - maybe RM 300
2. 50mm f/1.8
3. Remote control
4. ......... (to be continued)........

Guess that's all I need for now (at least for 1st 2 years...)

*YJ: still there? or pengsan ady? hahahaha.....*

My Boss

2008-12-24T17:38:00.005+08:00

After working for 18 months, today is my 1st day at work - boss-less... My 70 years old Indian Santa boss has finally decided that he has had enough and it's time to retire again (probably for the 4th time). 2 weeks ago we brought him to Jogoya for his farewell lunch. And from now on whenever I am in trouble, I could only call him between 8am-12pm (that's 7pm - 11pm in Houston).

Wanna know how a 70 years old Indian Santa look like?

Posing happily with his shield....

Next thing you know...

Well, this is what we called as EDUCATION....

Nightmare

2008-12-22T19:22:00.003+08:00

I think I need to write this down... I don't think I want to forget this dream....
Because in this dream, Garfield decided to dump me for another girl whom he only met for a day!

o.O"

But I guess the most shocking part of the story is - the dream scared me awake, and I woke up with tears on my cheek...

Hmm. For the past 2 years I have been self -defensive (and to a certain extent - selfish) when it comes to relationship. Maybe I was too afraid to over-commit like I once did. Or maybe subconsciously I was just too cynical. I wonder whether he has noticed - but I hardly used the word "love"...

But the tears on my cheek made me realized - no matter how cynical I was, I am now deeply attached to this man. Call it love... bond... whatever it is.

So, this day... is the day that I declare myself "deeply and happily in love"...

PELTAC 2008

2008-11-28T20:12:00.004+08:00

I guess I hold the record of attending the most PELTACs - very soon I'll be flying to JB for my 6th PELTAC =D (but my identity changes for each camp.)

Come to think of it, PELTAC has really shaped who I am today - my good old friends, my uni memories, and even my bf... they all have something to do with PELTAC.

Most of my friends whom I hold dearest to my heart are from PELTAC...
I still remember how I cried into YJ's big broad chest when I was slapped by a participant...
I still remember how I "dared" the SC to include cash flow game into the camp as long as I can find the money needed =P
Still remember how it felt to be DM... and I'm still very attached to many PELTAC DMs (my bf... YJ... and the upcoming DM)

Forever proud to be PELTACer!

p/s: If you don't understand the acronyms, just ignore this post =P but if you can understand what I'm writing here, it's time for you to give me a call and let's meet up for coffee =)

10 Things I Like About Miri

2008-09-13T17:34:00.004+08:00

1. MV and BS and AB and many many more friends...
2. Laksa
3. Midin
4. Kelabit food
5. Clubbing kakis.... (same as item #1)
6. Thai Bar
7. Gatherings at Ade's place
8. Lunch/dinner with Structural gang
9. Dota sessions...
10. I can use GCC here!!! Wahahahaha......

Jay Chou

2008-09-10T21:19:00.003+08:00

Finally realized - that I am again willing to, and ready to, listen to Jay Chou...

=)

1st Anniversary of Working Life

2008-06-24T19:24:00.003+08:00

My blog has been abandoned for quite some time. I was just too busy because of everything else - work, training, facebook, getting sick/getting rid of wisdom tooth....

On 18 June I "celebrated" my 1st anniversary of working life. I put this up in my MSN personal message, and guess what, most of the people who nudge me with their comments were pretty sarcastic. But truth is my 1st year wasn't really that bad - in fact much much better compared to my expectation.

In the past 12 months:
1. I flew more than the total accummulated miles that I flew in the 22 years before I started working.
2. I guess I had a real spike of my cholesterol level. I had oysters and lobsters and whatever good (aka unhealthy) food more than I have ever had.
3. I think I spent less money on shopping compared to uni time. Anyway I'm starting to get bored of my wardrobe.
4. Generally... I had a good time =) (especially having nice colleagues that you genuinely wish to hang out with after working hours!)

Vote for Kuala Lumpur @ www.monopoly.com

2008-01-26T23:46:00.001+08:00

Guys and girls, Monopoly is having a poll now and the top 20 cities with the most vote will be featured on the new World version of Monopoly =)

Support KL!!!

Lazy... or Busy?

2008-01-26T14:39:00.001+08:00

Ops, my laziness has struck again and I simply lost the motivation to write or upload anything.
I just don't understand why I'm so busy.
I can leave office at 5.15pm.
I got no husband or children to take care.
I got no second job, not even singing.
I dont need to do laundry or cook.

But I do go to gym twice a week.
I do spend one hour a day on TV.
I do spend an average of one hour a day chatting with friends (which I hope that it does help me to remain in touch with them).
I do spend an hour on dinner and chatting with my parents.
And of course one hour on the road travelling to work and back.
And occasionally one to two hours of cosy relaxing time at Garfield's place.

Weekends are always packed with gatherings with friends and family.
I'm still struggling to decide whether I should spend my weekends doing something "productive" (like singing) or spend them on "unproductive" activities like singing K with friends or playing mahjong with my aunties.
But frequent travelling makes it practically impossible for me to commit into singing.
At least from now till April, I don't see that I can stay in KL for 2 consecutive weekends.

Ok la, gotta get back to my spring cleaning.
My room is really messy now, since the last time I "cleaned up" was 7 months ago (before I started work), hahaha....

I'm Back.

2008-01-02T19:19:00.001+08:00

Can't believe that I have not been updating my blog for almost 3 months. I was just too busy (or lazy?) to blog I guess.

OK OK. Really should make some time and upload some photos =P

Major updates:
1. Miri - Kuching - Brunei - KK trip (EP00 course) - Entire November
2. Jolin Concert - 15 Dec 2007
3. Several coursemate/family/Ranhill-Shell gatherings
4. Paint Ball Game

Upcoming plans:
1. Must see! - Jogoya buffet dinner - Jan 08
2. Company dinner - International Cultural Night - Jan 08
3. CNY - Feb 08
4. Cambodia trip (cant wait!) - 19-23 March 08

Hehe... 1st of 2008 is gonna be busy for me... and I still owe auntie chop and chang quan a meal...

Lost and found

2007-10-10T22:50:00.001+08:00

I have disappeared from here for quite a while. To tell the truth, I have been writing, but those posts... well, I kinda decided not to post them.

Right now I'm still considering how much "emotions" I would allow myself to display here. Recent lessons learnt taught me that I need to be extremely careful before I get used by others again. And certainly allowing others to peek too much into your head is not good, especially now that we're in the "real" world, dealing with many "real" selfish and materialistic people.

I am struggling to remain "pure" hearted and fighting to keep the bit of me who like to help people. But I do know that my helping hand is stretched very selectively now. Not to say that I'm not willing to help most people, but I'm extremely "selfish" to certain people now. I had to do so, before this people strip away my last bit of good will and faith in humanity.

I am just not as "selfless" as Harry Potter...

Bad. Worse. Worst.

2007-09-21T19:21:00.001+08:00

I feel bad. I know many people would be in worse situations than I am. But the worst is yet to come.

Seriously feeling some pressure from work. I see a desperate need for me to absorb as much as I can, as fast as I can, if not I'll continue to be "no-help" to my boss. Knowing me, I never enjoy sitting in any position without contributing enough. By saying "enough" here, I mean to my standard of sufficiency, not somebody else's.

But I guess what's driving my nerves the most wasnt my job, but a few people. One of the most important thing that you need to learn when you step into the "real" world is - how FAKE and REALISTIC some bastards can be. These people will choose to extend their so-called friendship only to those that they feel will somehow bring them some benefit. (yeah I have already experienced that one year ago. and you know exactly that I'm talking about you.) They will be all nice and friendly and polite to those rich and/or influencial people. Meanwhile for the less rich and influencial person like me, they will not bother to pay you respect; they'll just reply your questions with "none of your business", "forgot" to include you in their mailing list, "forgot" to invite you when they go for lunch or movie, "forgot" to notice your existence. (to those who thinks that they're still a kind person, time to stop and think whether you're doing all these to someone.)

The second best part about these people is - they always think that they outsmart everybody else. They'll only pay you respect (notice you existence) when you nod to every single word that they say. When you start to pipe up with your own views which they don't agree, they will never ever stop and reconsider whether what they think is wrong, but immediately they'll think that you're simply dumb for not listening to the "smart" ones. (yeah, cant believe it, but I'm part of the dumb group.) Well, it did annoy me in the starting. But now come to think of it, I should just "accept" their ignorance and let them pay the price later.

22 Dec 2008:
Conclusion - one type of rice feeds hundreds type of people. All we can do is to increase the level of acceptance, over and over again...

Sick. Sien.

2007-09-17T19:44:00.001+08:00

Suffering from food poisoning caused by some unknown reason. All I know is that my stomach started to feel uncomfortable after I took the choc milk this morning. And my bro just suffered from the same series of symptoms 2 days ago...

Anyway I know that there is a pile of "toxic waste" in my body and I just cant figure out how I can get it out. Would appreciate if you can share with me any pain-less ways to do that. (I know that the best way is to use my finger and make myself vomit, but very painful ler.)

Breakdown

2007-09-16T10:57:00.001+08:00

Broke down last night, after fighting hard to all sorts of depressing matters in the past 2 weeks. I guess it's just part of an emotional cycle. We accumulate our depressions and unhappiness, wait until we reach our storage limit then we burst. Though I'm still in the recovery stage now, I must say that at least now, the scale of my breakdowns is much more manageable compared to the past. And I'm very grateful to have a super efficient "emotion" waste management system by my side =)

Many people may not understand what I see in him; to a lot of people, he's just another boy next door with no special ability. But to me, he has the very ability of making me a better person; at least now, I'm able to look at more things on the positive side, forgive others more easily (you have no idea how some bastards have attacked me recently), be more appreciative to things that are given to me, and in conclusion, I'm more happy with my life than I have ever been in my life.

But of course "more happy" doesnt mean that life is perfect. I still face numerous problems and doubts. But no matter how tough the road ahead is, we still need to move on...

Anyway, still a bit down now... later will "peras ugut" someone for something to cheer me up... maybe dessert will do... that's some kinda privilege that I hardly got to enjoy before this =P

In The End

2007-09-06T17:22:00.001+08:00

Got home around 4.30pm (record-breaking) and my room is really really bloody hot...

Argh. I still havent got the time (and discipline) to update my Houston trip post. and now I've got my Penang trip to update somemore...

Anyway this 2 weeks I'll be attending course (break from work). Haha.

I dunno what to say here. There are things stuck in my head which I really wish I could just splurt out but I know I shouldn't disclose too much of my personal thoughts here. Well, obviously if I write it out, everyone will know whom I'm talking about, and obviously I shouldn't even be talking or thinking about this person's wellbeing anyway.

Better to just zip my mouth...

Convocation

2007-08-22T20:18:00.001+08:00

Well, convocation = 3 days of hectic rushing here and there, never ending smiling and posing for photos, really happy to meet old friends, really nice flowers and gifts, and also huge amount of money spent =P

Haha... But it was indeed a very very happy experience. We were all chatting and laughing all the way, from queueing until in the hall =) And I always remembered that WT and I have vowed that we will graduate together on the first day (back then 1st class will all graduate on 1st day). And now we've made it =)

And it felt super nice when you're in the hall sitting with all your coursemates, then turn around and talk to garfield and Cloud and JM, while Mil was just 2 rows in front of me. It felt really good when everyone that you treasure the most are right around you in the glorious moment =)
And of course my parents were there, but they were seated kinda faraway though. I must admit that it feels so good to stay at home, have dinner and chat with them every night. It's definitely worth whatever amount of allowance that I'm missing out =)

OK. Now, time for some photos.... (in chronological order)

Dean's List Award Ceremony

Chin Liang - my dear bro who helped with everything from robe collection to flower orders =)

FKA Final years (2007)

Jeng Shiunn - dear HYB junior who have been with me through ups and downs

Eljay!! - Best partner, from thesis to rubbish picking =P

Cross relationships: housemate - colleague - couple - friend

Lio... roar... hahaha...

HYB UTM Mandarin Class juniors =)

Nadz...

PELTAC 2007 =)

Anugerah NC Winner =) so proud of you...

My Sis...

Coming up next: Houston Trip =)

Updates =)

2007-08-22T20:02:00.001+08:00

Wow, it's been so long since I last posted anything. I really need to discipline myself and devote some time to share 2 important events that occured recently: Houston trip and Convocation =)

Anyway life's busy. 8 hrs a day goes to work, and I think I only have 4 hrs free time everyday, and from which I'll spend an hour on phone, an hour on TV (or more), dinner one hour, online one hour...

Work's busy too. Spending a lot of time on attending courses or things other than work....

Anyway I lurve to be busy =)

Freezing in hotel lobby...

2007-07-25T11:37:00.001+08:00

Onlining using the public computers in the hotel lobby, the only downside of it is that its freezing cold here... all thanks to azl, who locked the laptop in his room while he went out for a free trip around Houston with one of our colleagues in Houston =P

Too cold to think... and since garfield is leaving his office for lunch, I might as well just go back n prepare to sleep...

Jet Lag

2007-07-23T16:56:00.002+08:00

Help... it's 4am now and i cant sleep... anyway this is the 3rd time that i woke up in the middle of tonight's sleep... guess my bio clock is too excellent... help...

1st day in Houston

2007-07-22T21:42:00.001+08:00

We arrived at the hotel about 12am last night after 24 hours of flight and transits. Was very very exhausted and the jet lag was causing me headaches. Then I started to wonder whether I'm really those "travelling" type of people. The kinda adventurous spirit that I had when I travelled alone around California 2 years ago seemed to have evaporated. I dont really feel that excited to be away. Instead, I started to really miss everything that I have in Malaysia.

My bed baby doggy garfield wira and mobile communication... Maybe I'm too used to talking over the phone everyday for an hour, too used to driving around without having to walk (today we walked 15 mins under the burning sun just to get to Wal Mart)... I'm just home sick...

Using a public computer in the lobby now, coz azl is using the laptop....

Will have more updates (and photos) when I get the laptop (if I have time)...

(time shown is local time in Houston)

Thanks =)

2007-07-18T22:17:00.001+08:00

Today is a happy day (though a rather unlucky one)...

I received wishes from garfield, Jun Hao, Qian Zheng, Chin Liang, Wen Jie, CQ, Lian See, Yew Fatt, Sook Fun, TL, FS, Mildred, Yew Jin

Received 2 lovely presents from Mildred and garfield =) thanks a lot... hugs...

And garfield brought me to Roadhouse Grill (along Jln Ampang) for dinner =)
well, why I said today was a rather unlucky day? We took bus to the restaurant. But it rained so heavily until we got stucked at the bus stop overlooking the restaurant for almost 15 mins. And when we finally ran into the place, both our pants r half wet. I was shivering top to bottom when I sat down at the table...

But the soup and hot drink was good, particularly for a cold hungry person like me...

Chic "o" Chino (cappucino + milo) RM 4.50
a bucket of peanuts on the table - eat all you can for free =P

Hot Chicken Pasta Soup RM7.50

Super big portion Fish and Chips RM 18.90

Country Chicken Chop with mushroom sauce RM 23.90

Well, gotta go back to packing now... flying in 3 days time and my bag is still half empty...

Boycott Ci**bank

2007-07-16T22:48:00.001+08:00

In foul mood now, better jot it down now before garfield helps to flush away all my anger... need a reminder of this incident so that I'll remember to complain kao kao and lobby everyone around to boycott this bank!!!

OK. Here's what happened.

3 weeks ago, garfield, Lio and me were persuaded by a nice lady from Ci**bank to sign up for their credit card. She kept stressing that it's very very easy to get a card from this bank, free for life, and we'll be fine without our pay slip as they only need our employment contract.

And so we thought, well yeah, nothing to lose, and we filled in the form n sent in our contract.

Then passed a week. and 2. and 3.

i got more and more anxious as I really need the card for my US trip. I tried calling that lady to her desk phone and also her cell phone (numbers are provided on her business card which I now doubt whether its a coax). She never picked up the phone.

Today I lost my patience. 4 days away from my flight to US. I cant just sit and wait. I called the card center and guess what? I found out that they've rejected my application 2 weeks ago and they never bother to inform me!!!!

I got really really pissed off and i demanded the customer service ppl to give me an explanation.
But all they could say is:
"The reason of rejection is confidential."
"We're very sorry"
"Would you like me to pass the call to that sales agent?"

Idiot.
Cant believe that this is how the so-called international bank do business.

My points are:
1. If you reject, thank you very much, please inform me so that I can go to other banks who would like to earn my money.

2. I feel very uncomfortable now with the fact that I was never able to contact the sales agent. I'm seriously doubting whether she has taken our personal details and sold it for some bad reasons.

3. Never trust in these so-called international BIG banks. The way they do business is just as nasty as any other roadside hawkers. They just dont value their potential customers (well, they may think that I'm poor now, but I wont be poor forever), and they failed to realize that all those people that they don't value have mouths too (and blogs).

So people, I believe there are other banks who would put in more respect and value in their customers. At least I never felt so pissed off throughout my whole life while I'm banking with M**bank.

Boycott Ci**bank.

Busy Busy Busy

2007-07-05T20:01:00.001+08:00

Been very busy this week, totally the opposite of the so-called honeymoon life for new grads that I heard from seniors...

But the good news is - my Houston trip is confirmed!! XD
So will be there for 2 weeks for a course, and plan to visit Pei at LA during the transit...
(But I guess I wont be going overseas in the next whole year... the costs is so huge to send us to Houston...)

Plenty of things to do now for the trip... somemore with my original work load... and hopefully everything goes well next monday so that I can go Miri for training (and see MV) =)
just cant wait to see my dear fren and claim my free dinner... haha...

Transformers

2007-07-01T20:03:00.001+08:00

Spent whole day in KLCC: morning went to work out at gym (and i'm getting more and more addicted to gym), and afternoon we watched Transformers...

I've never been a fan of transformers, so I went in with a total blank mind with no idea of what's going on at all except knowing that these transformers are a pile of metal pieces who "
transforms" =P

Well, overall I liked the movie. Plenty of humour in it, in fact the whole cinema laughed all the way (except of the final fighting part of course). And the auto-bots are so cute =P but the downside of the movie is, the actions are just too exciting for me until i felt a bit drowsy with those flying up and down scenes...

And another surprise - Linkin Park's what I've done is a major soundtrack, and it appeared in the movie!! (i'm ashamed to say that I'm a LP fan...)

Work Overtime 2

2007-06-28T19:22:00.001+08:00

Sigh. For some unescapable and unforeseen reasons, I'll need to work this saturday again.
My naughty boss said that he'll drop by in the evening just to pick up the results o.O"

I think i'll ask for a laptop so that I can work from home...
(why lah.. whole office only I need to work on saturday...)

Work Overtime

2007-06-22T22:50:00.001+08:00

2moro will do OT, something tat is quite rare in my company =P
well, my naughty boss has set some tasks for me, and he wants the outcome by monday morning...

i hinted him tat i cant finish by today...
so he hinted me back tat i should work 2moro...
so no choice... =P

Work Life Balance

2007-06-21T21:31:00.001+08:00

My head is totally blank now, when i get home from work. Thats a prob to me. I need to figure out a way to draw a line between my working and non-working life. Well, now I can say that I'm partially succesful in doing so, but the side effect is that I'm roaming around the house with a blank mind. even when I read the papers, words just dont seem to register into my head.

help...

Working Life

2007-06-19T21:35:00.001+08:00

Today was my 2nd day at work. Well, my starting is a bit adventurous. Yesterday I reported to 2 places, and today I reported to the 3rd location, and this is where I'll be working for at least the next coming 2 yrs.

Feel really exhausted now. I think my stamina and working capacity have dropped seriously after my 2 months break. Guess i'll need some time to allow my body to adjust to my new life style...

Overall I'm quite happy with my job now. The company is taking good care of us, the colleagues are all very friendly and helpful, and my job seems to be quite interesting and challenging...

But anyway, i'm just too tired to write anything interesting now. Nitez...

Father's Day

2007-06-17T22:44:00.001+08:00

Today is my last day before my working life starts... Spent whole day in Klang + Subang Parade...

Well, spending money always makes me feel happy =P

and today I spent Rm180 for my new pair of Nike...

I just need it, before i can go for any trials at gyms.

And i just got myself a free 7 days pass @ Celebrity Fitness Subang Parade =)

hopefully will be able to go there this coming weekend. I'm allowed to bring guests, so anyone who's interested pls sms me XD

OK. Back to topic. Father's Day. and so 3 aunties (including my mum) decided to buy 3 dads a dinner. And so we went to the new Restaurant Laut Sungai Yu @ Klang. The business is so good, until all the tables were reserved, and they had put their customers on schedule. 5.30pm one round, then 7pm another round. (same thing happened with our seafood dinner on mother's day) and they rejected at least another 10 tables of walk in customers, cause they just dont have enough tables.

Most of the dishes are normal stuff, but they're good =)

Fried Long Bean

Fried Mantis

Lala Fried Meehoon

Fried Oyster

Teo Chew Style Steam Fish

Fried Crab with Belacan and Curry leaves

OK la. That's all for tonight. Gotta go sleep and have a fresh morning for the new chapter of my life =)

On-boarding

2007-06-14T18:32:00.000+08:00

Yay... finally its officially confirmed... I'll start working on 18 June =)

Just cant wait to end my procrastination, which I felt had made my physical fitness far worse than when I was in my final semester. Been sleeping and eating too much, and zero exercising ever since I left Skudai... and i'm gaining weight..

New phase of life is going to unfold...

OGA 2007

2007-06-14T10:37:00.001+08:00

Yesterday I have visited one of the most luxuriously decorated exhibition that I've ever seen. Probably that's because most of the time, I only visited some general themed expos such as the Matta Fair and Career Fair...

OGA - Asian Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Engineering Exhibition
13-15 June 2007
Kuala Lumpur Convention Center

I found out bout this expo from the paper, and coincidently Az sms me the same nite asking whether I'm attending this expo, and he said he's gonna buy me lunch =P Well of course with a free lunch awaiting (and I myself wanted very much to visit this expo), and according to az, plenty of freebies awaits... Haha...

I got there around 10.30am. The expo opens from 10am to 6pm on 13-14 June, and from 10am to 5pm on 15 June. But I had to queue up to register myself and redeem a visitor's pass, and the queue was almost half a mile long!!! (according to some Scomi ppl...) It took me one whole hour to line up just to get the entry pass... And I was already half dead when I got hold of it... (I was wearing high heels and office wear)...

And finally...

Aiya... wrong spelling of my name pulak... But I felt really happie to see my company's name =P

So I waited for Az and Usop to get their tags and we entered the expo. The 1st thing that I said to Az was..."see? SLB is always the biggest..." (he's gonna work for SLB)

SLB Booth

Honestly saying, this was the 1st time that I saw booth with 2 levels... maybe I'm too sua ku =P
I wonder how much they paid for this booth; they had a lounge on the 2nd level with couches, and they're giving out free coffees. On the ground level, they have their product and model displays and a counter giving out freebies (bags and pens).

Shell's booth

Very futuristic and classy booth, but probably because it's too spacious (and shell's not giving out freebies), it had less visitors. But it has a lounge and coffee counter too =)

Petronas' Booth

I think the most interesting part about Petronas' booth is their F1 Driving simulator. Anyone can try out on the simulator and the best driver of the day will win a prize =)
and the 2nd most interesting thing would be the complete map of Malaysia indicating all the oil and gas blocks along with their operators. That was really informative, especially for newbies like me...

Technip's booth

They've got a very nice SPAR model on display, and if you go near to it, one of their managers will enthusiastically explain to you how special their SPAR is, and how their global analysts team have made their SPAR stable itself without the need of mooring lines =)
And oh ya, their HR ppl asked me to promote on this - pass your resume to them and they'll give you an optical mouse for free!!

It was indeed a fruitful visit, not only I got to see all these interesting technologies, I also managed to meet up with friends and Gouramians =)

Bali Travel Diary - Day 2

2007-06-11T20:19:00.001+08:00

Day 2

Woke up at 8am, changed and packed my small backpack, and went for a walk around the hotel. We spent our 1st 2 nites in Green Garden Hotel, a small yet beautiful hotel located in Tuban area. I was very amazed at its architectural design, how the designer cleverly fitted so many rooms and a lovely swimming pool in such a small piece of land (which i think could fit a lobby for a normal Msia hotel).

View of the hotel from my room balcony

Reception cum restaurant

Looking up to my room from the poolside

Lovely swimming pool

Buffet breakfast - eat all you can =)

After breakfast, me and garfield decided to folo Bao to tour around Denpasar, while the rest of the tourmates decided to walk around Kuta area on foot. and so we went to look around at the small shops around the hotel area while waiting for Bao and our transport to come...

Actually all these shops sell similar products, like clothes, surf pants, wood craft souvenirs...
I got mouth-itchy and asked for the price for surf pants... then it started... the lady keep stopping us from leaving, price for the surf pants dropped from 60k per piece to 100k for 4 pcs. So we "thought" that the deal's not bad, and so we bought them. (and later in the afternoon, we realized that some place is selling at 25k per piece o.O")

Finally when we met up with Bao and her bf (and of course the pajero), we headed straight for lunch around Denpasar area...

the famous Babi Guling - different parts of the pig, cooked in 7 ways
this meal cost around IDR 16750 per pax, inclusive of a fruit juice

After lunch, we moved on to a popular spot for souvenir shopping - Denpasar Art Market.
But unfortunately...

Everything above 2nd floor got burnt till nothing left... and it just happened a few days ago...
But we had fun visiting their local wet market, which is very similar to what we have in Msia...

While we're eating all the big big fishes in the restaurants, this is the only kind of fish that I saw in their wet market...

Almost 30 % of the stalls are selling items that are used in worshipping...

Fresh Flower petals for sale... buy a bag then you can have your own flower bath in hotel =)

Yummy roast chicken...

Some delicious looking local delicacies that we didn't get to try...

Cute aunty... haha...

-to be continued-

Bali Travel Diary - Day 1

2007-06-11T18:05:00.001+08:00

I know this is a bit late... but i just got really lazy as i'm 90% done with the chinese version of this travel diary =P
But now with only a few days left before I start working, I just gotta finish up all these unfinish business fast...

Day 1

7am - 9 of us (7 coursemates plus Bao and her bf) gathered at KL Sentral. We then took a bus to LCCT, paid RM 8 for that. Plenty of buses there, apart of the services provided by Airasia, also got other operators such as Aeroline. So no worries if you plan to travel to LCCT by bus.

Almost 8.30am - 5 mins away from LCCT, we suddenly get a call from AZL. "Take ur time, no hurry to come to LCCT, cause.... flight delayed by 2 hrs."
Sienz... 11am delay to 1.10pm.... There goes my well-planned lunch at Bamboo Corner (we still managed to dine there, check out Day 2 dinner)

Spent whole morning berborak-borak and loitering around LCCT. Then when we checked in at the counter, a bigger shock came - one of my tour mate's passport's validity is less than 6 months and he's not allowed to board the plane!!!!

o.O"

I got pretty down at that time, felt really bad about this "good" start of our tour...

And so our dear KF quickly changed his air ticket to the next day's flight, and he rushed right away to the Immigration Dept in Damansara to renew his passport...
(thank God he managed to renew within 2 hrs, mind you the time he left LCCT is almost 12pm ady... that's quite miraculous and he joined us on Day 2)

And finally.... finally... we boarded the plane and took off for paradise...

Postcard that I got from Airasia =P

The flight took approximately 3 hrs. At 4pm, we landed at Denpasar' Ngurah Rai Airport. Then 11 of us picked up our luggages and rushed to the "karma kecil" (toilet)... imagine a bunch of sua ku looking youngsters gathered outside of toilet with tons of luggages... haha..

Then we quickly rushed out (rushed again) to find our tour guide Beni as we have the "sun" to catch. We're supposed to reach Uluwatu before 6pm in order to catch the sunset and have enough time to loiter around the temple. and indeed as Beni has promised us, his blue van is really comfy...

Our nice blue van (with Bao and HY posing in front of it)
1 day rental - IDR 500k
half day rental - IDR 300 k

On our way to Uluwatu, Beni keep reminded and warned us that the monkeys at Uluwatu are no friendly creatures that love to steal things from the visitors, and they really fancy about glasses... And so....

Our macho men have all got themselves a stick to hit monkeys...haha... (scare them actually). and thanks to them, we had a safe journey around Uluwatu...
But of course with plenty of shouting... wei wei monkey behind you... on the tree on the tree...
By the way, the entrance fee to Uluwatu is IDR 3000 per pax...

But the scenary there is really captivating...

We left Uluwatu at about 6.30pm, and we headed to Jimbaran for the famous beach front seafood dinner. Some of my tourmates had complaint that the dinner is too expensive compared to the quality of the meal, well, me and Bao ady knew about that, but we thought that dining on the beach is some experience worth trying and we were prepared to spend that sum... So to me, its pretty cool to eat while watching the waves splashed several meters away from me... And the live band is so cool....

Err... i know its blur... forgive me for not being familiar with the camera and hence produced such lousy photos =P but at least you get an idea of how we were seated... long table and everybody was facing the sea...

Err... i know its blur again =P that's the live band performing...

Beautiful crab... but shared by 5 person due to its high price tag =P

We ordered a total of 1.3 kg of squid... shared among 10 person...

Ikan Bakar...

We spent a grand total of IDR 577，610 for this meal... shared among 10 pax...
kinda expensive ler, somemore the seafood is not really that special... But i still enjoyed the ambience... superb for couple/newly-weds =)

And so after the dinner, Beni sent us back to our hotel and we checked in at about 9pm. Since there's still an hour before the shop closes, we went out to walk around Tuban area right after we dropped our luggage into our rooms...

There are a lot of small shops along the main street, and after walking for about 5 mins, we arrived at the famous Discovery Mall...

Nothing really that special about this mall, except that we found Rotiboy here... what a surprise... Shops inside are very much alike as those shopping malls in Malaysia... and things are of course much more expensive compared to those street-side shops...

.....end of day 1....

Super Luxurious dinner @ Ah Yat Abalone

2007-06-11T12:50:00.001+08:00

For the past 8 days, we had 5 visitors from China - our relatives from our kampung...

4 of them are about the age of 50s - and they're my cousins...

1 of them is younger, age 34, and he's my nephew... (i'm old...) haha...

And so my uncle decided to bring them to Ah Yat Abalone Forum Restaurant at Swiss Garden Hotel for some really luxurious food... and he invited our family to go along... yum yum...

It's a set dinner, one of their current promotion... Rm 99++ per pax...

But for some unknown reasons, the dishes that they served to us are very different from the ones listed on this board...

I really looked forward for the meal, particularly after watching "Heart of Greed" (溏心风暴), a TVB drama about a rich family that sells abalone...

The interior of the restaurant...

1st Dish - Double-boiled Shark Fin's Soup with Ginseng and Chicken
(花旗参鸡炖翅)

2nd Dish - BBQ Whole Suckling Pig
(鸿运片皮乳猪)
We only ate the skin, the whole piggy is then taken back to kitchen and later you'll see it again...

3rd Dish - Whole Abalone (4 ppc) with Fish Maw
(四头鲍扣花胶)
First time i'm eating real whole abalone...

4th Dish - Fried Crab Meat and Conpoy with Egg White
(蟹肉瑶柱炒蛋白)

5th Dish - Black Pepper Alaskan Crab
(黑椒阿拉斯加蟹炒冬粉)
Really strong black pepper, the crab is very fresh...

6th Dish - Stir-fried Squids and Sliced Fish with X.O. Sauce
(XO 酱花姿凤片)
This is nice, a bit spicy, and they fried together with celery...

7th Dish - Steamed Tiger Garoupa
(清蒸老虎斑)

8th Dish - Stir Fried Piglet (this piggy is the pig that we ate its skin...)
(椒盐炸乳猪)
This is really nice, especially if you eat it while drinking wine...

9th Dish - Fried Rice with Shrimps, Conpoy and Abalone in Lotus Leaf
(瑶柱鲜虾荷叶饭)
This dumpling is really nice, they put in a bit of jagung in the rice...

10th Dish - Dessert - Milk and Egg White Pudding Double-boiled in Thailand Fragrance Coconut
(香椰炖鲜奶蛋白布丁)
This is really really really nice, imagine the creamy mixture of fresh milk and egg white that is full of the scent of fresh coconut... This dessert is certainly heavenly...

This meal was really enjoyable, and a truly luxurious meal compared to normal hotel buffet dinner which would have cost almost the same. When they served every dish, all of us just kept discussing and guessing on the ingredients and how they cooked it. I really that its a great way to pamper your parents =)