I envy lah those who can online at work and complain they're bored - I can't experience both at my place. Loving the company and the people, the food and job - not so much. But they're paying me so who cares lah.
And I still get lost while searching for the department where I work.
I sleep 9 hours per day and I still can't get up early. I'm force myself to have breakfast every morning thinking it'll energize me more at work but I'm sitting directly beneath the air cond so it makes me sleep.
Best thing is I'm meeting a lot of people I didn't believe exist.
I live 10 mins away from Mid Valley. Sincere apologies to KLCC. You've been awesome towards me for the past few years.
Last but not least, thank you to those who called. I may not know you for long but thanks for being there. Got time we go yam cha or lepak at Mid Valley lah.
Since when this became a letter I do not know.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Reminiscence
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UK
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Past and present
Haiz ... graduated already but still need to read those darn scholarly articles on Swetswise and NetLibrary.
What? No lah I'm not going to grad school. But even if I did I wouldn't tell =P
K - who is also my driver, my hotel and occasionally my ATM is in the midst of a college dissertation so I figured I'd lend a helping hand since I'm sitting at home doing nothing but using electricity and raising the Internet bill to a new level.
So I'm back to the terrifying 3 months in Liverpool - doing the infamous literature review. The worst part like, ever.
To the good news - I was in the Mid Valley Boulevard area yesterday for an interview. Not inside the shopping complex. The interviewer said she'd get back to by this week or next. Mana tahu this evening she called me up saying I got the job.
Wuah! Sooooo happy! First time interview lagi wei. And yesterday also marked exactly 1 month after I touched down at KLIA. But anyway the job needs me to have a car and drive around town doing research and attending functions and my dad didn't think the salary is gonna be enough to live on.
Ouish
What? No lah I'm not going to grad school. But even if I did I wouldn't tell =P
K - who is also my driver, my hotel and occasionally my ATM is in the midst of a college dissertation so I figured I'd lend a helping hand since I'm sitting at home doing nothing but using electricity and raising the Internet bill to a new level.
So I'm back to the terrifying 3 months in Liverpool - doing the infamous literature review. The worst part like, ever.
To the good news - I was in the Mid Valley Boulevard area yesterday for an interview. Not inside the shopping complex. The interviewer said she'd get back to by this week or next. Mana tahu this evening she called me up saying I got the job.
Wuah! Sooooo happy! First time interview lagi wei. And yesterday also marked exactly 1 month after I touched down at KLIA. But anyway the job needs me to have a car and drive around town doing research and attending functions and my dad didn't think the salary is gonna be enough to live on.
Ouish
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Emptiness
This day 1 month ago, I was gearing up for the most unexpected event of a lifetime. This is probably the final experience of a lifetime when you have got better things to do than to worry about your future, when you’re trekking across 8 countries with your folks’ money and when you’re caught in between a new chapter and the old.
I’d be lying to myself if I said I wanted to leave the western way of life for the comfort zone I call home. I’d be equally lying if I said I never relieved the 14 days by constantly flicking through the hundreds of snapshots containing smiles and joy night after night. I’d be definitely lying if I said the event was magnificent entirely on its own, not because of the people I have came across.
I am in my final destination, where I can still freely exercise my childishness and when I can still refuse to grow up to face the reality of a dog eat dog world out there.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Plans are meant to be broken
Remember the 3 day plan I had after university life was over? Yeah I don't think irresponsible people, a.k.a. me should ever create. In fact I should be barred from planning ahead like, ever.
Sept 1 - Didn't sleep for the entire night, walked to library to print assignment, rushed for exam, handed up assignment, had lunch with Angeline & Bird, had coffee at Nero, didn't get my shoes, got ready, went to Angeline's to be dollied, called for cab, waited for cab, cab was late and we were late, walked to Adelphi Hotel with those high heels that gave me blisters 3 months ago, forced myself to finish the food, photo taking session, some dancing, went to 2 different bars, danced like a crazed maniac, went home
Sept 2 - Celebrated Xiao Ren's birthday, had tequila for the first time ever, played Police & Mafia til 3am, went home, took a shower, uploaded pics on Facebook, chucked stuff into the luggage, sleep, wake up, lugged luggage out, housemate (I think it was Mimi) thought I was flying home, called for cab, waited for cab, cab arrived, arrived at Lime Street, found the train surprisingly easy, arrived at Nottingham, arrived at Loughborough in 15mins, no elevators/escalators at Loughborough station so this white guy helped me lugged the luggage up and down the stairs, met godparents, had lunch, went home and watched TV, went for some sightseeing, had dinner, had a good chat, went online, slept
Sept 3 - Headed back to Liverpool, bumped into Wei Xiang, Derique, Sharon and Allen, took a shower, went to library to return books, converted my pounds to euros, did laundry, washing machine spoilt so loaded it to another one, went to library to return the rest of the books (yes I'm that kiasu I borrowed the entire library), dinner with housemates (who turned out to be half of the girls from Europe trip's Coach D), took my time, Mimi tells me it's 8.45pm, ran to the room and practically threw anything I could find into the bags, JC asks to have dinner but I couldn't so I gave her the unopened bottle of lemonade and pineapples, ran down to get my laundry, left the bedsheets and duvet in the room, left my unwanted stack of books as well, plus the trash, dumped the bags into the bus (I was the first! >.<), ran back to get the Internet cable and returned it and the keys, realized me and my housemates left food lying around the kitchen, totally forgot about my Mars chocolate in the fridge, ran out, housemate tells me my dinner is still on the table, I told her I couldn't finish her sayur, fiddled with my seat, looked around and thought jeez there are some weird looking guys sitting behind me
Sept 1 - Didn't sleep for the entire night, walked to library to print assignment, rushed for exam, handed up assignment, had lunch with Angeline & Bird, had coffee at Nero, didn't get my shoes, got ready, went to Angeline's to be dollied, called for cab, waited for cab, cab was late and we were late, walked to Adelphi Hotel with those high heels that gave me blisters 3 months ago, forced myself to finish the food, photo taking session, some dancing, went to 2 different bars, danced like a crazed maniac, went home
Sept 2 - Celebrated Xiao Ren's birthday, had tequila for the first time ever, played Police & Mafia til 3am, went home, took a shower, uploaded pics on Facebook, chucked stuff into the luggage, sleep, wake up, lugged luggage out, housemate (I think it was Mimi) thought I was flying home, called for cab, waited for cab, cab arrived, arrived at Lime Street, found the train surprisingly easy, arrived at Nottingham, arrived at Loughborough in 15mins, no elevators/escalators at Loughborough station so this white guy helped me lugged the luggage up and down the stairs, met godparents, had lunch, went home and watched TV, went for some sightseeing, had dinner, had a good chat, went online, slept
Sept 3 - Headed back to Liverpool, bumped into Wei Xiang, Derique, Sharon and Allen, took a shower, went to library to return books, converted my pounds to euros, did laundry, washing machine spoilt so loaded it to another one, went to library to return the rest of the books (yes I'm that kiasu I borrowed the entire library), dinner with housemates (who turned out to be half of the girls from Europe trip's Coach D), took my time, Mimi tells me it's 8.45pm, ran to the room and practically threw anything I could find into the bags, JC asks to have dinner but I couldn't so I gave her the unopened bottle of lemonade and pineapples, ran down to get my laundry, left the bedsheets and duvet in the room, left my unwanted stack of books as well, plus the trash, dumped the bags into the bus (I was the first! >.<), ran back to get the Internet cable and returned it and the keys, realized me and my housemates left food lying around the kitchen, totally forgot about my Mars chocolate in the fridge, ran out, housemate tells me my dinner is still on the table, I told her I couldn't finish her sayur, fiddled with my seat, looked around and thought jeez there are some weird looking guys sitting behind me
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
It's Sept 1st!
My last day as an undergrad. Awww ... gonna miss some of them coolest peeps ever!
Me, Sharon (who rings me up every Sunday morning for church) and Xiao Ren (without a doubt, one of them fun-nest guy ever!)
Me and Eling (who called just to see how my rashes were ... so kam tong! (touched))
So let's take a look at my upcoming schedule as an ex student >.<
Sept 1 - Go library print assignment, rush for exam, scream for joy and then sigh, perhaps more photo session, Starbucks with Angeline and Bird, maybe shop for shoes, go home and prepare for graduation night dinner and disco, go home and hope I'm hungry enough for supper cuz there's still unfinished food (>.<), pack my luggage, sleep.
Sept 2 - Wake up early to finish my Tesco ready made microwave food, continue packing my luggage, hoping it ain't too heavy so I can lug it downstairs myself, call cab, wait for cab, look around and sigh, cab arrives and head for Lime Street Station, hope I'll know which train to take and which platform to wait at, get on the train, interchange in Nottingham, reach Loughborough, meet godparents.
Sept 3 - Wake up, head back to Liverpool, if I still have time I'll rush to West Kirby for one last time and get my Bakin Boys muffins at Morrisons, rush home, do final laundry, finish my last Tesco meal, pack up everything else, head off to Sharon's place for final Liverpool gathering, run back to room to prepare, at 2130 say farewell to Liverpool and hello Europe!.
Sept 17 - Back from Europe, living in London and doing more touring.
Oct 3 - Make my way to Loughborough and doing more sightseeing.
Oct 10 - Farewell England and hello home (bluek! haha)
So let's take a look at my upcoming schedule as an ex student >.<
Sept 1 - Go library print assignment, rush for exam, scream for joy and then sigh, perhaps more photo session, Starbucks with Angeline and Bird, maybe shop for shoes, go home and prepare for graduation night dinner and disco, go home and hope I'm hungry enough for supper cuz there's still unfinished food (>.<), pack my luggage, sleep.
Sept 2 - Wake up early to finish my Tesco ready made microwave food, continue packing my luggage, hoping it ain't too heavy so I can lug it downstairs myself, call cab, wait for cab, look around and sigh, cab arrives and head for Lime Street Station, hope I'll know which train to take and which platform to wait at, get on the train, interchange in Nottingham, reach Loughborough, meet godparents.
Sept 3 - Wake up, head back to Liverpool, if I still have time I'll rush to West Kirby for one last time and get my Bakin Boys muffins at Morrisons, rush home, do final laundry, finish my last Tesco meal, pack up everything else, head off to Sharon's place for final Liverpool gathering, run back to room to prepare, at 2130 say farewell to Liverpool and hello Europe!.
Sept 17 - Back from Europe, living in London and doing more touring.
Oct 3 - Make my way to Loughborough and doing more sightseeing.
Oct 10 - Farewell England and hello home (bluek! haha)
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Whoopee
No more watching Big Brother! Wheeeeeee!!
To future Summer Semester Programme juniors, I'm not trying to scare anyone off but start watching Big Brother UK now on the Internet to familiarise yourself with the various English accent =) If Ethics is still in the curriculum (how do you spell this lah?!) lah, which I think it will be.
If you're a reality TV addict then you shouldn't have any problems with the show format. Personally it's fun but Charlie's (one of the contestant) accent just kills my mood.
If you don't know what it's all about, well, it's a group of selected people from all over UK living together in a house and each week, they will nominate some people for eviction, and the public will decide who gets the boot outta the house.
Sounds boring?
Well not really. The housemates fight a lot. Foul languages are not censored. There's love triangles. Couple years ago some housemates had sex under the duvets. And there's the racism bullying.
Still not convinced?
Either way when you're here you'd be watching it =)
To future Summer Semester Programme juniors, I'm not trying to scare anyone off but start watching Big Brother UK now on the Internet to familiarise yourself with the various English accent =) If Ethics is still in the curriculum (how do you spell this lah?!) lah, which I think it will be.
If you're a reality TV addict then you shouldn't have any problems with the show format. Personally it's fun but Charlie's (one of the contestant) accent just kills my mood.
If you don't know what it's all about, well, it's a group of selected people from all over UK living together in a house and each week, they will nominate some people for eviction, and the public will decide who gets the boot outta the house.
Sounds boring?
Well not really. The housemates fight a lot. Foul languages are not censored. There's love triangles. Couple years ago some housemates had sex under the duvets. And there's the racism bullying.
Still not convinced?
Either way when you're here you'd be watching it =)
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Pageant Predictions: Miss Universe 2009
Taking a quickie from ethical issues research cuz I completely forgot Miss Universe 2009 is few hours away >.< I had a lot of favs this year so I'm picking only a few that will most probably make the cut. Except for one though but because we're from the same country she'll have my endless support =)
All pics courtesy of Miss Universe.
Australia - Rachael Finch
Colombia - Michelle Rouillard
Ecuador - Sandra Vinces
Great Britain - Clair Cooper
Guatemala - Lourdes Figueroa
Indonesia - Zivanna Letisha Siregar
Ireland - Diana Donnelly
Kosovo - Marigona Dragusha
Malaysia - Joannabelle Ng
Mexico - Karla Carrillo
Peru - Karen Schwarz
Puerto Rico - Mayra Matos
Spain - EstÃbaliz Pereira
Switzerland - Whitney Toyloy
United States - Kristen Dalton
Venezuela - Stefania Fernandez
Vietnam - Vo Hoang Yen
All pics courtesy of Miss Universe.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Curtain call
The Liverpool Odyssey is coming to an end. I don't want to go home. I'm not ready. How bittersweet it is to spend the next 12 days oggling at horrible journals and senseless critical analysis. But put those aside and you'll see why life in Liverpool has been splendid!.
Fabulous tablemates. Eling, Sharon & Xiao Ren, thanks for everything!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Sex?!
In Zoe's seminar today we were discussing about the effects of reality TV shows on the contestants, and I figured, well, if I did get voted out I'll be sad. So I said one word "sad" which we Malaysians pronounce it "sed"
But Zoe somehow heard "sex". Apparently the British emphasizes the "A", so "sad" becomes "saad". Okay at least I won't be embarrass myself in public.
But Zoe somehow heard "sex". Apparently the British emphasizes the "A", so "sad" becomes "saad". Okay at least I won't be embarrass myself in public.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
This is Anfield
Friday, July 31, 2009
My mama said
#1. Don't take your sandals to UK. Your feet will freeze, sport shoes are easier to walk in.
Wrong. The weather isn't as cold as everyone thought so I'm searching high and low for some cheap shoes.
#2. Pack more T-shirts with long sleeve. Forget all your spaghetti straps - it's too cold.
Look at my coursemates - they're wearing that wat! So I'm itching to buy more of it.
#3. Don't bring the can opener, it'll make your luggage even heavier.
Now I have 3 cans of Campbell chicken soup and no can opener! ARGH!!
#4. Your school bag is too small for you to bring along, take your father's travelling bag.
Father's bag not nice enough so I bought a new one.
#5. Stop converting the prices, otherwise you won't eat at all.
Now I'm buying and eating too much unnecessary food. I'm thinking Cornish ice cream (1 pound), Smarties and toffee cookies (1 pound for 2 I think), chilli corn carn (1 pound also). It's 5 ringgit and 80 cents for each btw =)
#6. Buy some dresses if you like. There are nices ones you can't get here.
Yes mommy. I bought 3 dresses so far. After converting to ringgit I feel like shooting myself.
Wrong. The weather isn't as cold as everyone thought so I'm searching high and low for some cheap shoes.
#2. Pack more T-shirts with long sleeve. Forget all your spaghetti straps - it's too cold.
Look at my coursemates - they're wearing that wat! So I'm itching to buy more of it.
#3. Don't bring the can opener, it'll make your luggage even heavier.
Now I have 3 cans of Campbell chicken soup and no can opener! ARGH!!
#4. Your school bag is too small for you to bring along, take your father's travelling bag.
Father's bag not nice enough so I bought a new one.
#5. Stop converting the prices, otherwise you won't eat at all.
Now I'm buying and eating too much unnecessary food. I'm thinking Cornish ice cream (1 pound), Smarties and toffee cookies (1 pound for 2 I think), chilli corn carn (1 pound also). It's 5 ringgit and 80 cents for each btw =)
#6. Buy some dresses if you like. There are nices ones you can't get here.
Yes mommy. I bought 3 dresses so far. After converting to ringgit I feel like shooting myself.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Pageant Predictions: Miss Teen USA 2009
Okay so Miss Teen USA 2009 is on Friday and you can watch in online. Yay! It should be 1am Saturday morning UK time.
So, this is the teen pageant which is also owned by the Miss Universe Organization. I feel the teen program doesn't get much attention, mainly because the winner doesn't go on to Miss Teen Universe or some bigger international pageant. Still, it's nice to see how these teens carry themselves at this age. I was a teen once and never in my wildest dreams I could compete in a pageant. Height and looks aside, these teens are role models for many young girls around - they do well academically, some take part in competitive sports, they volunteer, they do public appearances etc.
I wonder if I got hooked onto these pageants earlier on, maybe my life outcome will be different. Oh well .. not too late to start now.
Picks for semi finalists based on headshots only.
Photos courtesy of:
Miss Alabama Teen USA
Miss Arkansas Teen USA
Miss Colorado Teen USA
Miss Georgia Teen USA
Miss Idaho Teen USA
Miss Iowa Teen USA
Miss Louisiana Teen USA
Miss Nebraska Teen USA
Miss Ohio Teen USA
Miss South Dakota Teen USA
Miss Tennessee Teen USA
Miss Utah Teen USA
Miss Washington Teen USA
Miss Wisconsin Teen USA
Miss Wyoming Teen USA
Stewart Smith Photography
Miss Teen USAUnited States of Beauty Forums
So, this is the teen pageant which is also owned by the Miss Universe Organization. I feel the teen program doesn't get much attention, mainly because the winner doesn't go on to Miss Teen Universe or some bigger international pageant. Still, it's nice to see how these teens carry themselves at this age. I was a teen once and never in my wildest dreams I could compete in a pageant. Height and looks aside, these teens are role models for many young girls around - they do well academically, some take part in competitive sports, they volunteer, they do public appearances etc.
I wonder if I got hooked onto these pageants earlier on, maybe my life outcome will be different. Oh well .. not too late to start now.
Picks for semi finalists based on headshots only.
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| Alabama - Alexandria Blansit |
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| Alaska - Zlata Sushchik |
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| Arkansas - Allison Kusenberger |
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| Colorado - Taylor Schettler |
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| Georgia - Brooke Fletcher |
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| Idaho - Marissa Wickland |
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| Iowa - Allyson Hovda |
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| Kentucky - Jefra Bland |
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| Louisiana - Brittany Guidry |
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| Maine - Jordan J. Shiers |
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| Minnesota - Vanessa Johnston |
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| Nebraska - Sarah Hollins |
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| New Jersey - Alexa Brunetti |
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| Ohio - Kelsey Stevens |
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| South Dakota - Fallyn Patterson |
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| Tennessee - Stormi Henley |
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| Utah - Tasha Smedley |
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| Vermont - Brittany Kelemen |
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| Washington - Sadie Porter |
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| Wisconsin - Elizabeth Bryson |
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| Wyoming - Amy David |
Photos courtesy of:
Miss Alabama Teen USA
Miss Arkansas Teen USA
Miss Colorado Teen USA
Miss Georgia Teen USA
Miss Idaho Teen USA
Miss Iowa Teen USA
Miss Louisiana Teen USA
Miss Nebraska Teen USA
Miss Ohio Teen USA
Miss South Dakota Teen USA
Miss Tennessee Teen USA
Miss Utah Teen USA
Miss Washington Teen USA
Miss Wisconsin Teen USA
Miss Wyoming Teen USA
Stewart Smith Photography
Miss Teen USAUnited States of Beauty Forums
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