I got My House Key today!!

On what's supposed to be a happy anticipated day for me turned sour when i think that i may have lost a friend due to tardiness. Of course there are always 2 sides to every story. Hang on guys, i'm in the mood for a looong story.

SY and my friendship has been on the rocks ever since that silent quarrel we had when instead of me going over to her place and bring her around in her area, she came to my office to have lunch and a movie later on. Maybe it was all having to do with communication problem but i was having the impression that she was suppose to reached my office right after 12.30noon. However, i waited for such a long time that my boss and colleagues kept asking me to go and have a light lunch with them rather than waiting for her alone in my office. I went along because i was hungry. So this was the start of her saying that i always ditched her for my colleagues and only look for her when i have nobody else to hang out with. She gave me the silent treatment when i tried calling her after lunch and she didn't pick up. So i just went in to the movies because she was late as well. I passed the ticket to the guy at the entrance to give it to a girl name SY. She came in after a while and it was so fucking awkward. We only talked after the movie ended. Then one day after we had not hung out for such a long time we had the long awaited argument in my car while again i drove to her place to pick her up to go to a movie near her place. I thought that i would win the arguments by saying that even though i was the one who picked her up and even already gave her a 30minutes head start to get ready, i still ended up waiting a long time outside her house for her to go to the toilet and putting on make up. But her argument was, at least she never bailed out on me. Yeah right, what about the trip to singapore? I am a patient person but i have my limit. One time i took my colleague to pick her up at her house  as well and she still let us wait outside. And my colleague finally know what i have been saying all along. I don't even remember a single time where she was waiting and ready to go once i reached! I knew that someday, tardiness will be the death of this friendship. I think i was being a pushover and i think it's about time to end it as well. I found out that she was the type who hold grudges when she told me that she hated a friend of ours and haven't been in speaking terms with her even though the friend has a few times tried to reached out. So i was really careful not to offend SY and just took it like a wuss. She was even worst, she can even cancel a trip or a flight ticket to a good friends wedding after confirming everything. But she had a good reason, that her sister had dengue and her mom needed help at home. This was also one of the reason that i was not keen on going on a holiday with her whenever she suggested it because she had the tendency to cancel at the very last minute. I am not the only one who is aware about this habit of hers.

So about today, everything was ok when i went looking for her last night for a Christmas dinner because i didn't want to be alone (oh wait, it's still about last night). I told her i was going for a massage that evening for 1 hr, but i can meet up for dinner later. So we met up, i still had to wait outside for about 10min. and we went to a restaurant near her place. And then we took the train to KLCC for coffee and to get a feel of the Christmas decoration there. KLCC even with the giant Christmas tree was not as grand as Pavilion KL to be honest. During dinner i told her that she was the only friend i had in KL, but she always said that i have a lot (referring to the pictures i took of the few outings i had with my colleagues, i knew that she will feel left out when i was posting those pics and will bring it up when she can and sure enough she did) and again said that i treated her as a second choice. Maybe i did, just because my colleague is nearer proximity wise. I did asked her why am i always the one who have to go to her and never the other way around? She said the last time that happened, she was left eating lunch alone. *sigh. I am grateful that she wanted to accompany me to get my house key, she seemed very excited last night. But in my heart i knew that she will be late and i just gave her a benefit of a doubt to prove me wrong.
At the last minute, this morning actually, my cousin who i thought was not able to go with me for the key handing over texted from the next room me asking what time should we meet the developer. I was glad that she wanted to come since i knew that she had a baby to take care of and arranging for her husband to be there with us as well. The husband even had to work today. But i thought it is still not a problem since I told SY last night that she need to be at the designated spot by 9.30am for me to pick her up and go to the apartment. And my cousin said that she can asked her husband to pick her up from the house and go there together. For me to fetch SY is actually a longer way for me to go and come back to the apartment which was just 5 minutes from where i am currently staying. But i didn't mind since i was asking for a favor. By 9 am, i called her up and she said she was already up but needed to go to the toilet and will be late and might only be able to reach at 9.40am. I was starting to get nervous because i was expecting her to leave her house by 9am. Then i saw my cousin was also rushing to wake the baby up and prepare the baby stuff. So i called her again at 9.18am and she still hasn't left her house yet. I have a feeling that she will only leave at 9.30am and I was wondering even if i leave my house now at 9.18am, i still needed another 30min to reach the place where she was supposed to be waiting. And i would probably end up waiting until 10am for her to arrive and then drive like a madman to reach the apartment for the 10am appointment. Which by then i will already be 10-15min if not 30min late. I do not want to apologize for my friend being late if i can help it. Asked my colleague, i will ditched them and wait at the restaurant for them instead of waiting around. From the tone of her voice i already knew that i started a war. If it was only me that will be affected by her being late, i probably still be okay with it. I have endured it for so many times that i lost count. But this time it involved so many parties, including a baby. I really hope that she sees where i was coming from. Because all the people in my house my cousin and her husband .. Heck even the baby is punctual or earlier than necessary. In my opinion, she should have been on time and everything will be all okay. I tried reaching out to her by sending pictures of my house defects and etc. The response that i gotten from her was something like this, "Your house has nothing to do with me, no need to tell me so much". Hm.. My so called friend. * sigh
My response "Then i am sorry for wanting to be punctual". She will text again to fend for herself when the time comes. I just hope that my heart won't beat so fast from being scared. Scared of what? I don't know.

Oh well G, i guess next year's girl trip will just be minus one? She called a while back (like weeks/ months ago) suggesting all these places for our girls trip, but again i did not give an enthusiastic response. She was the one giving the ideas, but she asked me to post it in our chat group, i was not okay with this and was baffled, i mean why?. I told her to post it herself, she said ok, but she never did. I always had the feeling that i won't be enjoying myself if i went on a trip with her. Lucky that i did not went with her and her colleagues the last time they went to Japan. So much drama. Life is much too precious for these kind of dramas.

Time Of His Life

My brother is having the time of his life.

And i am jealous.

He quit his full time job to concentrate on his part time job.

Became a nomad. He was in Cebu. Then Singapore.Then went home and then he was in Bangkok. Came to KL for a friend's wedding. Back to Bangkok, Moved to Hua Hin. Got another tattoo. Bangkok again. And now, he is in Vietnam.

My First House

Hey, it's been a while.

I always thought that writing was some kind of therapy for me and that i have been writing in my diary since i can remember. Maybe because all these things in my head is not meant for other human being to hear. Or i felt like the things that i am going through now is not as big of a problem compared to what others are going through.

One of my to do list this year was going back packing to an asean country. My cousin was planning to go to Mactan Island in the Philipines. Again there was the possibility of kidnappings. But i didn't care about that. And i find it so disheartening when i couldn't find any 'friend' to go with. I the plans for a solo trip to Phuket, up to the point of looking at flight fare and accommodation, travel time etc. But on the other hand, i have been putting it off myself mostly due to the current Dollar currency is at the all time high while Ringgit is falling. And then i found out that my cousin was going with the husband and another couple from our hometown, by this time i was still looking for 'kaki' when i was told not to go to islands during December month due to monsoon season. I found one but i have the feeling that the percentage of the friend going is basically 30%. Another reason was that I have my apartment renovation/ payment that i need to be thinking about. I am not so sure how i would fare with the responsibility of owning and paying for an apartment. 

Which leads me to the topic of this entries. My first house.!! My cousin's husband kept trying to point out the negative of the apartment. I know he didn't mean it but that's what it felt like when he said things like, 'i don't think that place will amount to anything in the future', ' so many cars parked outside, so crowded', 'it's only been a while and i already saw a few blacks'. Well i was already thinking about all those before he pointed it out.

I need someone to accompany me for the 26th Dec walk-through program. SY says she will try to go, but she wanted to choose to either go with me or go Yoga and hang out with her Poli friends. Left me wondering with he answer. Knowing her, she is someone who hold grudges. If she were to ask me, i wouldn't say no. I think she is still trying to get me back for always ditching her for my colleagues. Oh well. I tried asking my cousin, but she didn't give me any clear answer. Maybe i wasn't asking clearly.

Side track- There is a Big Bad Wolf Sale going on, and i think today is the last day. I wanted to go but not thinking of buying any books, because of all the packing that i needed to do when i move. Furthermore, i had tons of book unread from my previous haul. I'm thinking i might be doing a lot of reading in my new house since i don't plan to install any internet connection so soon.

I have been getting some useful advice from Cousin G on house renovation. Felt so grateful and a little overwhelmed on the detailed things to consider. i have been reading about cases where the contractor left after getting paid more than the works done. I have 2 potential contractors. There is another one who already gave a detailed quotation which is double my budget and after doing some research on the company, found out that they do not have a good reputation even though they said they can produce 3D autocad drawings of the place once i appoint them.

Anyhow, i hope everything turns out well.

My meaningful days in Sabah

I have an option of going to Phuket alone, going to Mactan Island in the Philippines and going back to Sabah. After a long time pondering and researching. I have made the decision to go back to Sabah. And i think that that was the right decision. I spent one night in kk, wai the 3rd brother came and picked me up from the airport. He brought along my nephew (his son) in his wife's new car. All this works perfectly for me. We went straight to lunch of noodles and prawn balls. My treat. He then sent me to big brother's to spend the night.

I spent time with my niece and nephew (his kids) in the evening, singing karaoke and playing with dolls. At night during dinner, i hung out with the nanny and the wife. Dinner was all cooked with Thermomix or as Induk (my cousin) likes to call it- the German Maid. Even down to the lemonade. Yum~~

The next day was a Sunday, so i sleep in while they went to church. By the time they finished, i was up and ready to go out and joined them for breakfast. I had noodles and after pestering big bro to order the unhealthy oily fried noodle. They drove me to the taxi stand to get a taxi back to Ranau. Note to self- a lot of taxi/ van with Seluruh Sabah- Ranau written on the side of the van.

Bro went down, talked to a 7 seater driver, and got i got the last spot on the car and i rode shotgun! I felt So lucky. The young driver, kept looking at his phone while driving though. That made me nervous and pretended to sleep while he was manoeuvring the winding road. 

Just before i reached Ranau my home sweet home, i texted My friend Eja to find out if she is around. And she was! So i arranged for a meet up once i arrived. We went out for a drink at 3pm. The wind was blowing cold wind and the  it started to rain from 4-5pm. The shop closes at 4pm, but since the owner was also still at the next table drinking with his buddies, we took our time knowing that he was around. We changed location to another spot and i texted Chal to join us, but i got his old number and never get a reply.

I drove my friend home after stopping by the supermarket to get something for mum and reload card for Eja. It was so great catching up with her.  I went home feeling full from the drinks, cakes and chicken wings we had that evening. I was so sleepy at 10pm and i hit the sack while re-visiting my teenage years rereading Slam Dunk comics.

The next day was a monday. Woke up, had breakfast chak kui and soft boil eggs and coffee. Watched tv and Started getting calls for works even though the line is bad. Tried as best that i can to arrange from where i was. In the evening, the parents took me to mum's orchard to have a look at the illegal graves of an old lady buried in 1978 and a child. We found the old lady's grave since it was recently cleared and cemented on 1st of november 2015. But we couldn't find the child's grave because of the thick bush. But it was said to be marked with a bottle. A whole long story to be told here for some other time.

Anyway, we plucked a few jack fruits, took a few pictures and ate a couple of sour lime and head back.

I continued to watch tv, read a few more comics, slept a couple of winks and it was time for dinner. Mum cooked the jackfruit fritters which i love love love. I had a few before dinner. Dinner was, sup ayam lihing, century egg, fried fish, mix veggies and another veggie soup. Watched tv again, took my shower, read a few pages of comics and dream time. I had a relaxing day. Since i can't really access the internet, i was having an internet intervention. It was what i needed.

The next morning, since i was going to kk that afternoon, I had planned to go for breakfast at Nam Hong with mom, we even told pops not to buy breakfast for us. But mom said pops bought the noodles for us already. Sigh. It turns out pops didn't buy them, but someone else did for him. We ate them anyways. I woke up hearing aunty Theresa's voice. I got up quickly to greet them after hearing my nephew Chanon was there too. Without brushing my teeth, washing my face and combing my hair. I played with the nephews the whole afternoon. I had to beg him to let me go have breakfast and pee. He was fascinated with the chickens and the soil mum had at the back of the house. They went home and left uncle to with his rifle to hunt some squirrel near the workshop.

We left Ranau at 2pm. Stopped by Tamparuli for toilet and the noodles. Pops bought 2 packs for SIL tina knowing that she can take 2 of those while pregnant. Reached wai's house and we let ourselves in. They were sleeping so we decided to head over to big bro's. We arrived and were greeted with the smell of something delicious. It was Korean Crispy fried chicken. Which i love love love. It stayed crunchy even after a few hours. SIL baked yam cake with dried prawns- can i call it cakes? Anyways, it was delicious! I had a lot of those. Yum.

At night i followed big bro to their weekly futsal games with the intention of catching up with my cousin Induk. We had a great time. My cousin Brielly was there too. We continued to have a drink after the games with the guys. They won by a lot that they lost count by the way. We then went home and after showering i continued to have 3 more of those crunchy chicken wings. I didn't even know if i was suppose to finish all 3 of the wings. But i did! It was around 11pm when i was done. I continued to watched something on tv. Dozed off a couple of times, gave up and went to bed. I tried to make the most of my off days and i think i did. 

The next day, i woke up on my own time. Shower, had breakfast, coffee and watched Transformer. I texted Linah a friend of mine who works at the airport to meet up. Dad took me to the airport. The car died one time. Oops. I waited for a good while for Linah to arrive. When she did, we only got less than half an hour to talk about what has been going on with ourselves. We had a good laugh, hugged goodbye and see you later during chinese new year. I board the flight after stretching the time as long as i can without the plane leaving my ass. 

Reaching kl, i had a nice dinner cousin Una who is always eager to listen to my story whenever i was back to Sabah since she hadn't been back a while. Now in bed writing my meaningful journey back i had back home.

Grey

I am 32yrs old. And i have been finding a few grey hairs as well as other signs of aging like oil seeds, skin tags and fats building up. 

My colleague told me not to dye my hair to kept it from going grey faster. I'm not even sure if there that is a fact but i am hesitant to dye the hair now.

I will still though just because my hair is growing out and looks unsightly.

Sydney 29th april-5th may 2015

For our company trip this year 2015, my boss treated us to a trip down under- Sydney, Australia.

After 8 hours of red eye flight.

I didn’t sleep a wink. The first day went like this.

We arrived early in the morning like around 6am and we went straight to the Sydney Fish Market for an early breakfast. We decided that is was too early for oysters on an empty stomach, so we started off with grilled seafood platters from Fish Market Café for AUD48 that we shared among 6 people.

After we had warm food in our stomach, we took 2 types of oysters that is Tasmanian Oyster (yellowish & creamy texture) and Pacific Oyster. I get why my boss kept talking about how we MUST try the oysters there because it was to die for and totally different from what we have tasted before. This combination of oysters (6+6) costed us about AUD18.

One of the rules when ordering and eating at the fish market was you must consume your food at the tables where you bought the food from. We have no problems with trying to find seats because of how early it was and seeing that it was a weekday.

We went to the fish market again during the weekend and in the afternoon. The place was jammed packed with tourists and locals alike. The seats are very limited. We ended up eating lunch at a Japanese restaurant and ordered fried seafood platter for 4.

For me this place is a must visit.

After our breakfast, it started to drizzle and our coach captain drove us to visit Mrs Macquarie’s Chair. 

Which is actually a carved rock ledge, shaped like a chair. There’s a whole history to that chair which I will let you find out yourself. It was big and covered with vibrant moss green. I like the color of the green moss a lot. Mom slept almost all the time on the coach ride. Too tired from the flight over.

We spent the entire day taking pictures of The Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge from near and far and also from a cruise. 

More specifically, the Captain Cook Cruises. We had our lunch while listening to a recorded commentary of the bridge, the small islands scattered around and the demographic of the people living close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Afterward we went to the place just outside of the Sydney Opera House. We took a walk along Darling Harbour to get to our coach. After the cruise we went around The Rock area and took some picture on Ives Steps under the bridge. On the way back to our hotel, I saw Westfield and a statue of Albert the Good.

We stayed at a hotel called Break Free On George which is located on George Street. Duh~..The location of the hotel is only minutes of walk to Coles and other restaurants. It is also just 5 minute walk to the tram to get to fish market and casino. There is also an arcade near our hotel. Market City and Pitt Street are all close by. Our first dinner in Sydney was Chinese food (the only Chinese food we had during this entire trip) which was arranged by my other boss at The Eight in Market City. We reserved 2 tables for 22 people. My boss will only be joining us on the next day.

I will definitely stay here again if I ever go to Sydney again.

On Day 2, we went to my most anticipated activity at Ana Bay and the sand dunes for some sand boarding. 

I was excited about the opportunity to experience sand boarding and the 4WD across the sand to get to the sand boarding place. However, both was a little underwhelming. 

Maybe I have much too high expectation on the adrenaline rush that I was about to get. I thought that We were supposed to stand on the board like surfing down the sand dunes. Nope, we had to sit with both feet on the board and with two hand on the back acting as brakes and slide down instead. 

I thought the 4WD is the adventure type like OMG that was real cool and dangerous kind of ride. Nope, we were all packed into a bus. Anyway the sand-boarding was not all that bad. The height of the sand dunes was intimidating. It took some talking into to myself while I was at the top of the lower sand dunes on my first try. 

And even more pep-talk on the second time around on the higher peak. The climb up was the hardest for me. Damn my lack of stamina- I’m just fat. Most of us just did 2 drops. And off we went to clean ourselves up and change clothes. 

We had lunch at Port Stephens at a restaurant called Aqua Blue.

I like their fish and chips. Chicken’s a bit tough though. We were served coffee/ tea and soft drink during every meal. Then we continue our journey on another boat. A family owned Tamboi Queen Cruises searching for wild dolphins.

I was also excited about this one plus the captain was really cute. We had the boat all to ourselves. And true enough, we saw some. On every sightings of dolphins fins, we shrieked and pointed like little schoolgirls. The dolphins even went as near as to the bottom of the boat. After that we made our way back to the Sydney suburb for an Italian dinner at Pino. The ambiance was great but we wasted a lot of spaghettis as we were not accustomed to the type of cooking. The entrée was bread dipped in olive oil, smoked meat and cheese. Then we had some greens. And then we had pizzas and the spaghetties. We had some wine and water with a slice of lemon to make the water alkaline. This dinner was also arranged by my Sydney boss. When I said this, it was paid for by my boss. Our coach left us there so that we can dine on our own sweet time which we did. My boss’s son and the girlfriend came and joined us and together, we walked to the train station to catch our ride (double decked train) back to Central. It was quite a long walk from the restaurant, but I didn't  mind it even if we had to walk in light showers. After we reached central, we walked some more right up to our hotel. And that’s a wrap on day 2.

On day 3, we went to the Koala Sanctuary Park to feed some grey kangaroo and took pictures with a Koala. One of the grey kangaroo was getting into fight with one of the visitor. It was amusing and scary at the same time. 

It was also raining that day. We also went and watch a sheep shearing show where this guy with full beard explained the process in very thick Aussie accent that I only get 30% of what he was saying. I watched this show before in Perth and it was about the same. The lanolin cream is from the sheep’s wool. We had our Drover’s buffet lunch at this place and the verdict was, the meat was tough, I like the fish and the chicken and also the milk flavored ice cream desert. 

After that we made our way to Blue Mountain to have peek at The Three Sisters rock formation. 

The weather on this day was not with us. On day 1 and 2, it did rained while we were on our way to our destination, however it stopped whenever we reached and ready to explore. But on this day, it rained the whole day. We reached Blue Mountain and the fog was so thick that we could not see anything. So we decided not to waste time and continue to the Scenic World. This could be a great place if we had time to enjoy the wildlife and read all the notes along the wooden walkway. I literally had no expectation. It kept raining and I was drenched because I gave my umbrella to mom even though I still had my cotton hood on. So we reached the train ride. It was a 52degree train track.

I was expecting a relaxing ride like the Penang Hill slanted train ride. I were totally not prepared for a sudden roller coaster like rush to the bottom. My bag flew under the seat to the rows in front, I was so sure that the bag is gone and irretrievable that I was not able to fully enjoy the ride. I think everyone was not prepared by this. 

After retrieving my bag from the passenger in front, we continued on for the cable car ride to get a closer look at the surrounding mountain area. We took the ride back and fro for a record of 3/ 4 times just because it was not clear enough to get pictures of the mountain ledge because of all the fogs and also because it was free. After some coffee and buying some souvenirs. We made our way back to the Three Sisters again but they are still too shy to meet us. We then said see you later and made our way back. We had our dinner at Palace Hotel at Market City. I had the most delicious garlic bread and beef steak. I also had some latte. Mom had salmon which I think I will definitely like as well. This dinner is also arrange by Sydney Boss. 

We played at the arcade upstairs while waiting for them to arrive. And my colleague continued at the arcade after dinner trying to capture a soft toy, and they did get one. I was so happy for them. I think this was the night that we went to The Star Casino as well. Six of us took a taxi ride for 10-15 minutes, while the driver cursed everyone that was in his way. Three of us (Ho, Yap and me) waited outside the casino for our other friends to arrive. We stood outside for almost an hour waiting for them and finally gave up and went up on our own. After locating wifi and sending them messages on where and what time to meet up, we explored our possibilities of winning the games. We saw our colleagues one after another and we started to play against a computer in roulette. I was down on my last dollar and I chose number 11 hoping for a miracle. And I got it!!! I won 15 dollars and quit while I can still pay for our taxi ride back. We should have ridden the tram to the casino, but we didn’t know that it was very near to our hotel. Oh well. Mom was very disappointed that she didn’t get to follow us to the casino. She said she would have won if she did. Hehe.

On Day 4 was our free and easy day, which was also on a Saturday. We planned it so that the free and easy days fall on Saturday to give us ample time to shop on our own pace. After breakfast, we started the day at Paddy's Market just 2 minute walk from our hotel. They have all kinds of souvenirs here. From the placenta and lanoline cream (I bought mine at a souvenir shop on Blue Mountain which is more expensive than the one selling at Paddy's Market), nuts, fruits, vegetables, soft toys, apron, bags, coin purse etc. I would suggest that people buy their souvenirs here. It is way cheaper than those at The Rocks (some even 2 times more expensive). We spent the other hour of the morning exploring The Rocks morning markets. Honestly though, the things that they are selling doesn’t really appeal to me. But if you are into hand-made arts and crafts, then you can come and see what they have to offer. Some of us followed my boss to the fish market again for lunch since he missed it on day 1. He and his wife were also meeting up with the son, son’s girlfriend and niece. The son was already in a bad mood seeing my boss was late and the place was really crowded. It was not a nice experience for me. One thing is because, I did not want to go to the same place twice. But my colleague asked me to come along and maybe we can score some free lunch with my boss being around. I can afford my own lunch. My boss was already hinting to us from the night before about how we should take the bus and tram to get there from The Rocks. We ended up having to buy our own food and look for our own seat. Two of my colleagues left right after without meeting up with my boss. My boss bought us Opal card which only cost AUD2.50 for weekend trips. So my boss became our tour guide after our lunch to hunt for supplements and nuts to bring back. We went to Chemist Warehouse, Coles and Woolworth. On our walk back to our hotel, we stopped at Gloria Jean for some coffee alfresco style. In the cold.

After dropping off our stuff at the hotel, we had our dinner at a German restaurant called Essen. 

Also walking distance from our hotel. Had pork knuckle, pork belly, hotdogs, black-forest cake, ice cream cake, pancake and some beers (ironically no German beer). All paid for by my boss. Yes even my mom’s portion.  The only thing that I missed and actually hoping to go to is The Capitol Theater which is only at the opposite of our hotel and they were showing Les Miserables. So sad that I have to skipped this and went on an involuntary 2^nd visit to the Fish Market just to accompany my boss. O, and my boss each of us (the employee) AUD100 for us to spend on this day.

This also reminds me that I didn’t get to go to see Moulin Rouge while I was in Paris when it was just around the corner from the place that I stayed in (Plug In Hotel).

Well I guess plays and I are just not meant to be.                 

On the 5^th and final day of my trip we went to Hunter Valley for a relaxing tour. First, we stopped by a chocolate factory to buy some chocolate and nougat. Then we went to Tuscany Wine Estate for a beautiful patio lunch and we had wines red and white. 

A few minutes away, we had our first wine tasting at Hermitage Road Cellars. Mom bought a pink Moscato wine. And after, we went to cheese tasting without the wine.

None of us bought any. And right next door was another wine tasting. I could not remember if any of us bought any. The lady doing the presentation was not clear enough on which wine was which that we tasted. So it was all a blur to me. 

After which we went to Hunter Valley Garden.

 Seeing that it was not spring time, there was not many flowers. But the story book display was quite interesting and at times creepy. I would like to have more time here as we didn’t have much time to explore all the nooks and crannies.

We were rushed back to our coach to get back to our buffet dinner at The Star casino. I would also like to have more time here. Hahah.. for the food and the gambling. And that was my trip to Sydney. Took forever to write this and i am still missing some pictures. I will update this post again soon or 1 month later. See ya later mate!

People's EGO

One thing that i could not hold back from was seeing my friends gets bullied.

I didn't mind if i was pushed around, but don't do it to my friends/ family because i will not stand around and do nothing.

That is why i noticed throughout all my life, with all the people that i have encountered. They either like me or they don't or think that I don't like them hence they need to not like me first. So childish i know.

Like i said before, some said that i am very naive and i am pretending, and they don't like me for it.

Others think that i am in league with the enemy and condemns me for it. It is just that i would like to think that i get along with everyone if i wanted to. 

This guy is married and he called up to get me to go to a karaoke session with him, his wife and another of my co-worker. I had just reached home from an all day shopping and quite tired. And i have to get ready and out the door in 30min. I went anyway. It started out ok. But we reached a song duet. While he kept singing i couldn't and kept using the mike to say how we sounded so bad thinking that he would just gave up and skipped the song. I didn't know he was angry at me for doing so. When another duet came on and i was singing.. He deliberately ruined the song from start to finish. His wife kept elbowing him asking him to stop. But he never. So much respect for wife eh? So childish too. He did it on purpose, i didn't know i was doing it. Again, i was taught at an early age to not retaliate. So i didn't. I was angry but i got over it.

For example, my co-workers always asked me to go with them for some dinner. I went with my tendering manager, i went with my other co-workers for another event, and i even went to other events that i don't really feel like going just because they asked me to. But when it comes the time that i need company, there was nobody there. I even planned to bring my tendering manager along for a dealer meeting/ dinner last Thursday thinking that she would return the favour. She straight out rejected me. What the hell? Asked my other co- workers, nobody wants to go. I was so frustrated and just rsvp for 2.  I did managed to get my junior to come along if my boss isn't going because he didn't really gave me an 'ok'. But in the end he did went and asked me to go along too. This brings me back to my car accident i had a few years back. Where i had dropped all work and rushed home to my cousin when she had an accident near our place. I received none of the same treatment from her. *sigh.

Anyway the point that i am trying to make and still learning is do not expect other to give you the same treatment that they seek and gotten from you.

Some people i just don't understand. They just don't see you unless you have something that they wanted. Or they wanted respect from you but gives you none. This is the people i tried to stay away from but hard to because i do seek their attention.

I have dealt with more powerful men and women. Somehow they showed you that they can be a lot more engaging than those fakers.

I wanted to name names but what is the point. There will always be these kind of people in this world, but i have an even bigger issue to attend to than their stupid Ego.

Passport Renewal at Puchong Utama JPN Branch

I went to renew my passport last December seeing how it would expire in less than 6 month and i have an oversea trip planned in January 2015.

It was really conveniant that we have a JPN branch right here in Puchong Utama. 

I went there really early in the morning, like i reach before 7am. The sky is still dark And i wonder if people have started queuing or will it be safe for a lone girl to queue so early.

It turns out i was not the only one there. There were already 16 people in front of me when i started to queue and this one Pakcik started to cut my line saying he was here well before i was. But he went to the coffee shop next door for breakfast.

I wanted to tell him off that i would like to have breakfast too but instead i stood there for 2 hrs as the JPN only opens at 9am.

I completely ignored him and told him to go to the back. He disregarded me and slotted himself in two kids infront of me. They let him. It was so not fair.

Anyway, i was a little worried that i didnt get a passport photo done as i heard that it will be taken on the spot. I did tried to get in taken the day before but the shop was closed.

So here's what you need for a passport renewal:-

1- your old passport

2- ic

3- money cash rm300

4- wear a dark coloured tops (i wore blac)

5- do not wear any short skirts or shorts (i have seen a lady wearing dress with the hem just above the knee told to go home and change as they said 'you came here for official reasons, so you better be dressed formally).

6-strong bladder and legs

We were told to queue on the right and those who wants to do their ic are to queue on the left.

When the door was opened, we filed inside to get our number and were told to go upstairs to get our picture taken. We have tl go out the front door and to the right of the staircase.

There we waited to get our turn with the picture and then wait somemore to pay for our passport. I was told to come back in 1hr to collect my passport.

I went to the malay mamak Bravo eateries, i have been meaning to go there for quite sometime but i felt like they would not welcome me. As i felt this place is so much different from sabah. I dared not go in until that day.

All in all the whole process took me 3 hrs. I was done at 10am. I could still go back to work half day but something about my company's admin that doesn't like us changing our leaves from 1 day to half day or do any changes whatsoever that irkes them.

So i took my time, went to do hair treatment, enjoyed my lunch and i forgot what else i did.

Chinese new year 2015 mood

I went to the grocery store this morning. I was amused to see the rush of people doing last minute shopping for chinese new year. There were a lot of people buying boxes of mandarin oranges, canned drinks by the boxes, cookies etc. Looking at my own basket with peanuts, junk food and instant noodles. I don't know what i was feeling at that moment. Sadness? Loneliness? People my age are married with kids running around. 

I am still holding on to a future of married life. Having kids with rockstar names.

I never planned on getting married. I played with dolls and have them get married but never have i planned a wedding of my own. 

I have celulites now! So Ugly! I Have been thinking of going to the gym lots of times.  

But i never went.

A great Start to the New Year

I had a great start to the new year.. To start, my list of things to do..

1) Backpack to an Asian country (Philipines maybe)

2) Go to at least 1 concert even if it meant me going alone

3) Go to a fun fair

4) Go to a book fair ( Big Bad Wolf)☑️ (went to it 3 times)

5) Go to Jump Street PJ for a little bouncy fun

6) Go to the gym often

7) Go to China Lung Yan ( Kong2's birth place). This could probably be in April as well.

8) Pay off PTPTN loan☑️(paid it off today 25-1-2015)

9) 

10)

Still haven't figured out the other 2 though. 

I know that a lot of people are being tied down with the burden of student loans behind their back.

I know that i was too. Everytime i went to collect cheques for the company, i never failed to mention that 'wow, this can easily pay off my student loan'. I had been given a sizable bonus this year and have decided that it was time to settle it once and for all. Plus the government has given 20% off of the loan if we are to pay in lump sum just before the 31st of March 2015.

I now am approaching 33 yrs of age have now officially cleared the one debt that has been bugging me right after i graduated. I pity my younger brother going through the same shit as me.

Freedom at last.