Pics...finally

Some photos taken using my friend's (May Syn) camera on our last day as vacation trainees at E&Y.

All the VTs. This was taken in MidValley.

At Souled Out

May Syn & Irene (a Manager)

Me & Amanda Long.
The person who was sitting next to me in office and who had to listen to most of my complaints. Sorry, Amanda!

More pics here.

The regret of not taking a photo with my senior is sinking in. But on the bright side, I've got her contact number. So I guess it's not that bad.

Today's horoscope: "As things slow down, it's time to conserve, hibernate and get ready for next time." Things are definitley slowing down and I've got another week to conserve, hibernate & get ready for college. So, I'm going to hibernate now. Good night!

Freedom...for a day

My parents are in Genting and my siblings and I have the whole house to ourselves. Wahaha. My mum won tickets from The Sun to go see Connie Francis's concert.

















I guess I would have followed them to Genting if not for the fact that I woke up at 4 p.m. and if my sister was going too. But since my sister is going to another one of her unending birthday parties (that's what my gor-ee said), I didn't go as I didn't want to be wondering around Genting by myself. So I'm at home lazing around.

A few pics:

My sis doing what she does best

Me, about to go to sleep

Firendster horoscope for the day: "Step back today and let the crowds pass you by. You need some more time on your own." I already too much time to myself.

Last day

My last day at Ernst & Young Tax Consultants Sdn Bhd. Boy, was it a hectic day! It's a lucky thing I did most of my filing already except for the one company's expatriates. Most of them didn't have files and I, being the super forgetful person I am, forgot to create files for them. Sorry, SSW. I got to do my last Schedule of Days-In-Days-Out (DIDO) before leaving!!! Whoppee!!!! The one thing that I really hated doing last time but have since come to liking it, just when I'm about to leave.

Had a blurry start to the day. I don't know how this happened, but I put on my contacts on the wrong side of each eye (i.e. the left one was on my right eyeball and the right one was on my left). On the way to office and in the office, all that I could see were a blur. I thought that there was something wrong with my contacts and that they were not put on properly so I went to take them out and wash them. When I put them back on, everything was still blurry. I went back to the office and thought of any reasons as to why I couldn't see properly. Then it struck me that I could have put them on on the wrong side. So I went and changed them, and, yay, I could see clearly again. Blur me. I believe that I might have put the wrong cap on the container after I finished washing my contacts.

Kinda sad that I've left E&Y. I'm happy that I'll be able to get my much needed sleep (finally!) but I'm definitely gonna miss the work & the people there, especially those that I've worked with there. I only got to see my senior for awhile after lunch before she had to leave for a client meeting which she never came back from (she obviously went back home after that). I feel bad for hardly saying bye to people but we were already running late. But hey, I managed to get a hug from my senior before she left for the meeting and from Chan Sze who was super busy. Well, everybody have been asking us VTs whether we'd come back to work in E&Y, particularly in Human Capital. My answer was maybe and someone replied that a maybe is better than a no. The day before, my senior asked me the percentage of the chances of me going back to E&Y after graduating. Well, I said 50-50. I'd like to keep my options open. Then she told a manager that if I were to go back, she'd chup (book) me first. She said that my portfolio will all be under her, CLC. Haha.

Had lunch at Souled Out at Desa Sri Hartamas. Some of the seniors, staff and a senior manager bought us lunch. I had Claypot Loh Shee Fun. It was really nice but unfortunately I couldn't finish it. But it was really nice of them to give us a treat. ^_^
For dinner, we VTs treated ourselves to a nice meal together as it would be our "last time" together before college starts again. We ate at Madam Kwan's.

My horoscope on Friendster reads "You should feel proud of what you did! Don't let the jealousy of others get to you." Jealousy? What jealousy? I am proud of what I did. I managed to do my exit clearance from E&Y without much problems. Ha!

Happy Mother's Day!

Mother's Day. Ah, the day when all mothers in the world should get pampered. Hehe. However, I doubt that's what's happening in this world. I doubt that EACH and EVERY mother is being given special treatment on this day. That's kinda depressing. So, to celebrate Mummy's Day, my siblings and I bought my mum lunch at Chili's at One Utama. My mum, sister & me shared the Country-Fried Chicken & some fajita thingy (I forgot the name). My dad ate the Lamb Shoulder and my brother had Citrus Fire Chicken and Shrimp. It wasn't too bad. For desert, we had Hi and Mighty Pie. The most delicious pie around!!!!! The base of the pie is made out of Oreo and the top is ice cream. Then on the "pie" and around the plate was chocolate and caramel sauce. Heavenly! I practically finished the whole plate because everybody else were too full (hey, less men more share=p).Thanks to Uncle Chin Kee for recommending it the night before. =D
Oh, and dessert was on the house!

Me enjoying Dessert! (my sis took these with her handphone which explains why they're kinda small)


Another week of work and 10 more days thereafter till college starts again. I wish that I didn't have to study anymore. Studying is the worst thing ever. Too bad knowledge doesn't come with our soul when we're born. I know I'm known as a studious type but to be honest, I'm actually not. I only study when it's nearing exams and that's when I try to cram everything into my brains for just a few weeks will the exams are over. I only head to the library everyday because of how slow I am, especially in doing tutorials. I'm just a bad bad student.

Donated blood

Went to Tung Shin Hospital to donate blood. Was helping out my mum's friend whose mother needs 2 pints (=1.136 522 5 litres) of blood. And so I found out that my haemoglobin level is 12.5, which is at the borderline. And with this known fact, I got lecturing! So much for helping. Hmph! Just Yahoo!-ed "haemoglobin level". According to the National Blood Service of England & North Wales, there are 3 (main) reasons why one has a low haemoglobin level:

• Some people tend to have a 'low-ish' level. This is not due to any health problem, just that some of us normally have a lower level of haemoglobin than others.
• The haemoglobin level may vary with the weather. Some people tend to get a slightly lower reading when it gets hot.
• A shortage of iron. We need to make haemoglobin. If the body is short of iron the haemoglobin may fall below normal.

So there. It's not because I'm unhealthy (please disregard the last reason in considering the level of my haemoglobin ) that my haemoglobin level is heading towards the low side.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my dearest senior, MICHELLE LIEW CHEE CHIN!!!!!!!!!

So, today's a public holiday, Wesak Day! Got to sleep in till 12pm. Went to The Curve and Tesco. Had lunch at Lan Kwai Fong at The Curve. Frankly, I didn't enjoy it. Then went to the flea market. Didn't find anything interesting there as majority of the stalls were selling clothes and jewellery which I did not fancy. I found out the price range of the bracelet: RM100+ to RM200+. Yikes! I never expected them to but such an expensive gift!
My mum went and irritated this Chinese lady who was selling stuff at the Tesco parking lot. My mum was looking at this set of bowls (which came with spoons). The lady said that the price is RM35 (she said it in Chinese first and then in English. When she said it in English it sounded like "certify"). My mum, who was not even gonna buy it, bargained and said RM20. The lady said, no. The lowest she was willing to give was RM30. My mum stuck to her price of RM20. Then the lady said in Chinese to add a little more to that price. My mum went and lowered it to RM15. The lady said RM30 again. Then my mum said no. The lady got so irritated that she said, in a very loud voice, " Bu yao, jiu suan le!" (Don't want, done!). I don't get it. Why irritate someone so much when you're weren't even gonna buy the thing in the first place? I don't understand people, like my mum, sometimes. Weird!

Golly!

Got a surprise at the office today. My senior, Michelle together with 2 of my colleagues, Chan Sze and Rachel Teh bought me a gift. And I'm pretty sure it ain't cheap. It's from Diamond & Platinum Sdn Bhd . I am so terharu.


They gave it to me after lunch. Michelle & Rachel went for a client meetin earlier at Tesco. I guess they bought it from somewhere near there. If I'm not wrong, they bought it at The Curve. When they came back, it was still lunch time and I was in the office doing something while Chan Sze was out for lunch. When Chan Sze came back they asked me to go to the photocopier area where there's a table (usually used for meetings). My senior then started by saying that there was a client who is very disappointed in the work I've done and that the client was making a lot of complaints. It sounded quite real but Rachel was almost trying to not burst out laughing so I knew that this was not true. My senior continued and said, "But we're very appreciative of the work you've done," and gave me this long box. I was like "Huh?" Then she asked me to open it. So I did and inside was a bracelet. An extremely nice bracelet (and not to mention pricey). Then she said, "You must wear it now." Man, I feel so pai seh (as how some of the other VTs put it) now.

Oh, I got to meet my 1st client today 'cos Chan Sze didn't want to go meet him alone as there were some issues regarding his tax clearance. So I went with her. It wasn't too bad.

Had a post compliance meeting today. It was about the "what went right" & "what went wrong" during compliance. Pretty boring if you asked me. I was trying not to yawn as my Partner was standing in front talking.

Who would've thought.....

Who would've thought that thinking of what one likes to eat could be so hard. Well, that's me! I've never really thought about what I liked to eat best, apart from junk (big time junk food junkie here). For someone who's never thought about it, it's kinda hard to say. When my senior & colleague asked me what I want to eat (as they are planning on belanja-ing me), I couldn't tell. And to make it worse, my colleague didn't want to give me some letters which I needed to finish my work.

An intersting thing, in case you didn't notice. This morning my friend messaged me (while I was sleeping) and said that at 1 hr 2 min 3 seconds in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03, 04-05-06 (well, apparently it won't ever happen again in this lifetime). Interesting? Well, on the 7th of August 2009, at 12 hrs 34 min 56 seconds, the time and date will be 12:34:56, 07-08-09. Cool, eh?

The rubber bands on my braces, which are supposed to be grey, look like they have changed to green colour. Must've been something I ate.

'Tis over

Today is the last day for filing tax returns but fortunately we have finished what we had to do yesterday. Phew! I hope that the next 2 weeks won't be so boring now that the peak season is over. I'm happy that it's finally over but if it means being bored.......

I caught up on my sleep! Slept for over half a day! Back to my old sleeping habits! Haha.

Wanted to post something but my I'm too tired to think of how to put it in words. Har har. Maybe tomorrow. So I will just drop a note (to those who frequent my blog) to say that I'm still alive. ^_^

Oh yeah, my teeth (only the lower set) just got fitted with braces.

To the side

I keep bumping into things in the office. 1st (this happened last week), my sandals scrapped the side of a table and it was real loud and everybody in the office thought I banged my leg into the table. They were like, are you ok? Are you hurt? And I said, no. Haha.
Then today, I accidentally kicked the metal piece at the side of the wall. Loud as well. That was a laugh. Then a colleague asked me whether I can drive. Then she said, better be careful, don't drive into the divider. Hah! FUNNY!

Another week, and compliance will be over. This week is gonna be ****! Can't wait for it to be over but also don't want it to be over. Once it's over, I'm sure I'll be dead bored (or I might be wrong, considering my senior who gives me work almost everytime she walks past my table, which is actually a good thing!)

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The expander in my mouth collapsed the other day, well, one side of it did. Apparently my bone was too "strong" and it couldn't expand as fast as I was turning the screw. The results are the expander collapsing and an aching tooth which felt like it was about to "collapse" too! All's well now, I hope.

Uh oh!

I angered my mum yesterday. Reason: for not coming back early from work. She called me and then slammed the phone! Argh! I believe she's still angry at me, knowing her. She said it's not worth it to work so late and that I don't get paid! Wt*?! I do get paid for overtime! What in the world is she talking about? Sheesh! I believe it to be very worth it. The experience and knowledge I'm gaining is totally priceless. 2 more weeks and it'll all be over. What I'm actually waiting for is the nagging to stop, not for compliance to be over. I like to remind myself that my mum was one of those who told me to work in Ernst & Young as I previously didn't want to do my internship there. So, don't blame me!!!!!

Here's what my horoscope on Friendster reads: You may finally start seeing some results on all the hard work you've been doing. Ah! I'm keeping my hopes up. But does the results refer to my mum getting angry at me? I wonder.

Expander

Before I wear braces, I have to expand my upper jaw, which, apparently is too narrow. This is what the expander looks like (Warning: It may look a little gruesome; Not for the faint of heart. I meant my mouth. Haha).

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It feels kinda uncomfortable wearing it. Now when I talk, I kinda lisp. I sound like I have a speech disorder, especially when it come to pronouncing words that start with 'S'. My colleagues have been real nice though. When they ask me things they try to not make me answer with words starting with 'S'. I also have trouble trying to eat and not get food stuck in between the metal piece and the top of my mouth. It's pretty difficult.

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2 teeth.......GONE!

So, I've decided to get braces. Looks like it's gonna be a painful experience. Before the braces even go onto my teeth, I'm already suffering. On Friday, the orthodontist "forced" some rubber bands in between my teeth and now I can hardly bite. And yesterday, I got 2 teeth extracted. Now I'm trying to figure out how to eat without hurting my upper teeth and also without getting food stuck in the holes which my extracted teeth left. I feel miserable. I took two hours just to finish a bowl of noodles just now. And no more chewing gum for the "braces" duration.

No, Rhea. I've not been watching one of my favourite dramas. The last episode I watched was either 18 or 19 and I fell asleep halfway. I was too tired. Will try to catch up on it when the 2nd filing deadline is over which is in another month's time. Oh no! I didn't finish my WBL. Uh oh! Hopefully your clients will stop harassing you.

2 weeks!!

So, I finally get to come online after 1+ weeks. Not too bad of an achievement for someone who used to have to come online EVERYDAY! Haha! Well, the result of not coming online for such a long time: 51 new e-mails, most of which are forwarded junk(!) and 32 spam mails. Compliance (i.e. peak season for tax) is not over yet. But the Form E filing deadline is only 2 days away. Yay! I got to come online today because I got to come back early. The whole building had no electricity after lunch and we were told that the power supply would only be back after 3-4 hours. So, no point hanging around in the almost-completely-in-darkness office. Walking down 22 floors in heels is a killer! I wish I didn't listen to my mum about not getting new shoes. I should have bought a pair that were heel-less even though my mum would have had a black cloud over her head for days (make that weeks!). Sigh! Oh well. At least I was walking down, not up (that would have been worse).

So, I finally got my grades for the last semester. Was expecting all Ds. Surprise surprise. I got 3 As, 2 Bs and 1 C. The C was for my least favourite paper. And if you knew me, you'd have known that it's audit.

Came back on Monday and was dead tired. Didn't want to do anything except sleep. My mum forced me to drink essence of chicken. Yucky stuff that is. Bleh!

Ooh! Someone finally signed my guestbook which has been on this blog for ages with only a message from Bravenet.

Off to do my EY web-based learning (deadline is end of March, I'm doomed!) and continue reading junk mails (I wonder why I do this).

Oh, I'm still enjoying work (though I get the occasional guilty feeling when I do something wrong, which is very often). So different from studying.

PHEW!

A HUGE sigh of relief! The pass/fail results for my first year advanced diploma is finally out and I am GLAD that I passed!!! Super tough papers, especially FMC & audit!

Have been OT-ing since last week. My eyes are practically drooping while I'm typing this. I'm tired. However, I'm enjoying my vacation training. You're right, Rhea, working in E&Y is quite fun. I'm learning so many things. I'm glad I took yours & my family's advice to do my vacationtraining there.

Slaughtered!

I went on my first trip to IRB Petaling Jaya on Friday. It was a bad one. It took me quite sometime to get a taxi from office. Most of the taxi drivers did not know where the place was as almost all of them were KL taxi drivers. So finally this taxi driver said he knows where Kelana Jaya is, that's where the IRB is. But when we were on the highway, it didn't seem like he knew where it was. He said he had to take the old airport road. I, having a bad sense of direction, didn't know how to get there either. Took us quite some time to finally get there after stopping at a petrol station to ask a guy how to get there. Well, he slaughtered me with the taxi fare, he said it's what he charges when he takes the old airport road. I am not gonna disclose how much I paid, though. It was a lucky thing I still had money to pay for my ride back, which wasn't as much as what I had paid for my ride to the IRB. I'm kinda afraid that I'll be unable to claim my fare back from the office as the amount seems really unreasonable!!!! *curses the taxi driver* Sshhhh....don't tell my mum or she'll probably kill me. How am I supposed to know how to take a taxi when the last time I took one was 9-10 years ago and that was in Singapore. Argh!!!!

Was telling my mum today that if I don't call at a certain time tomorrow, it meant that I'll be coming back a little later. Then she asked me what time would that be. I told I wouldn't know as it depends on how much work I have to do. I told her that some people work till 10 pm. Then she said "No, you can't come back that late. You're only a vacation trainee, you don't have to work till so late." When she said this, I was thinking, "That's as good as telling me that I'm only a vacation trainee so I don't have to take my work that seriously." That's total rubbish!

More people!

So, had orientation today. Another one more day of orientation tomorrow. Pretty boring. Anyway, more vacation trainees are joining the group I'm in - Tax (Human Capital). Yay! But I hope that doesn't mean that I'll be getting less work to do. It's a torture to sit through an hour plus with nothing to do (Monday was a pretty boring day). I'd rather have work to do than sit down and do nothing! I nearly had to sit through another torturous hour yesterday. Luckily I asked someone for work. *phew*

It is best NOT to tailgate a car in front of you. My father nearly banged the car in front of us yesterday when that car's driver suddenly hit the brakes (I could even hear the screeching sound). But I couldn't really tell whether my dad was tailgating 'cos from where I was sitting, I couldn't see. But just to be on the safe side, NEVER EVER TAILGATE!!!!!

So "duh!"

Really! Some people don't have the sense to not send me forwarded e-mails which are purely in Chinese when they know that I CANNOT read Chinese. Is it really that hard to filter out my e-mail address when forwarding? Sheesh!

Had a whole day of training today. Pretty boring, but found out loads of stuff I can/cannot do. After today's training, I found out that I've done so many things incorrectly already. Whoops! *guilt*

New crime in Malaysia

This is just terrible.
Got this from an e-mail from a friend.

by Geh Cheng Lok & Co, Advocates & Solicitors

"I just heard a few days ago that a new type of crime has surfaced in town. It goes something like this:- Somebody slips a handphone into your pocket. sometimes it could be just a wallet with an identity card and a few ringgits. A few minutes later, the 'owner' comes up and confronts you, the 'thief'.
He makes a big commotion that you stole his stuff. You, caught unaware, are then pulled aside by the 'owner' for a settlement you are intimidated and threatened that if you do not pay up the police will be brought in. If you pay up, this 'owner' lets you go. If not, the police are brought in.

Another strange thing is that there always seems to be a 'witness' to the your 'theft'. I am told this often happens to foreigners at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) or even at LRT trains. Given that you're 'guilty until proven innocent' as far as the Malaysian police are concerned, I understand some poor people are in jail for these 'offences'.

At the KLIA, the 'owner' throws his handphone and wallet with the few ringgit notes into the luggage trolley of a just arrived passenger. The drama unfolds a few minutes later. The real culprit has easily convinced our Malaysian police to arrest the real victim (if he has not paid up the
'settlement' demand). This is a very serious matter. This is another form of extortionists operating in broad daylight. They are disgusting criminals who will do anything to rob and steal. The sickening part of the whole scenario is that unless you pay the "settlement" money, they will put you in real trouble by calling the police. The real culprit gets back his handphone and wallet but the real victim ( i.e. could be any one of us) is thrown into the police lock up and charged in court.

So do be very careful, otherwise you may end up as a "thief" as you have no way to prove your innocence."

So, I finally got some work to do today. I'm appreciating it as I'm no longer bored at work anymore, though I still don't know how to do loads of things. I learnt how to use the printer! Whoppee!!!! It took me almost half an hour to figure out how to print. LOL.

80's babies

Another forwarded e-mail from a friend. I found most of these quite true. Only applicable to Malaysians. Man, those were the good 'ol days.

80's babies (1981..1982..1983..1984......1989)
Signs that you are a 80s' baby

You grew up watching G-Force, He-man, Transformers, Thundercats, Silver Hawk, Woody Woodpecker, Chipmunks and Mickey Mouse. Not to forget Ninja Turtles, Mask, Smurfs and Voltron too.

Girls watched Japanese cartoon like My Little Pony, "Xiao Tian Tian", "Hua Xian Zi" etc.

You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in primary school after recess time.

You squatted by a drain with all your classmates beside you, and brushed your teeth with a colourful mug.

Remember the days when the school nurse, comes with a list for the dentist appointment, the sound of the drilling when your friend has a fill in his tooth.

You remember the packets of milk we get in primary school to encourage us to drink more milk. (It is only cost 30 cent per pack).

In secondary school, girls go to the library to borrow their favourite romance storybook.

In secondary school, girls altered their school skirt to shorten it and guys will go to the school appointed school uniform tailor shop to tailor make their school trousers to the then fashionable "baggy pants"!

During primary school days, the teacher will punish you using a ruler to hit your palm.

A bowl of noodles soup cost only 30 cents in primary school days.

When you were in primary school, girls like to go to the bookshop to buy cute stuff such as animal erasers, various shape sharpeners, colourful notebook etc.

Hankyu Jaya, Yaohan departmental stores used to be a favourite hangout for families during weekends.

In secondary school days, you buy the Bata BM Turbo or Pallas Jazz school shoes.
Some guys like to wear those china made ankle high shoes.
Some even like to wear those very thick socks with their school shoes.

Internet? E-mail? What the h*** is that?

So you thought a decade or more ago, your friends don't have pagers or handphones in school.

CDs? What's that? Cassette tapes were the norm. Movie tickets used to cost less than $5 last time.

The goodies from Mama shop used to be Chickerdis, Mamee , Kum Kum, UFO, O-Ya, Ding Dang chocolate balls with toys in the box, colourful hard "egg", "cigerette" bubble gum, KIKI Bubble Gum, pink bottle of bubbles c/w a small tubes with yellow sticks to blow "more lasting" bubbles that you can pop more air in or slam it on.

You never forget 'Ti Kam'.
When exams are over, the board games (e.g Monopoly, Donkey, Transportation Comparison Card) & handheld video games will be all over the class room.

Your favourite sound is the bell!
For it's the homemade ice cream man. The cream that tops Haagan Dazs!

And the other peddler you love is the old lady who sells juicy Muah Chee and thick olden syrup rolled in a balloon the tip of a chopstick stick.

Another bell is the recess bell, a time to get away from school work and to eat.

Another time when there is no bell but all guys will anxiously wait for it...The PJ (Pendidikan Jasmani), PE time.

Your favourite childhood games were playing "guli"(marbles), five stones, five bottle cover, zero-point, catching, "Pepsi-Cola one two three" and/or "Police & Sentry"!

The best thirst quencher of all times is the yummy colourful ice tubes you can buy from provision shops for only 10 cent. To eat them, break the tab and suck while holding the freezing tube!

All gals have a girl doll/strawberry shortcake/my little pony/pound puppy, while all boys have a soldiers figurine (combat) or a rubber band catapult that shoots folded paper!

Once was the era whereby ice-cream sticks were valueable items, then came the paper aircrafts, chalk fights.

Some boys made their own guns from wood, and used 'Bacali' as the bullets.

Some even used matches to shoot and burn kids'lanterns during MoonCake Festival.

And your favourite holiday was Lunar New Year! New clothes, Ang Pows, shopping, junk food and family outings!

Let's see, the majority of students in universities today were born in 1987 / 88.... They are called "youth".
For them, they have never heard of the song "We are the World, we are the Children..." And the "Uptown Girl" they know is by 'Westlife' but not 'Billy Joel'.
For them, there have always been only one Germany and only one Vietnam.
AIDS exists since they were born.
CD exists since they were born.
Michael Jackson is already whitened.
John Travolta is always round in shape and they can't imagine how this fat guy could be a god of dance.
They believe that Spiderman and Incredible Hulk are just new films.
They can never imagine a black and white screen for a computer.
They never know what is Atari or 'Game & Watch'.
They can't believe a black and white television ever existed and they don't even know how to switch on a TV without a remote control.
And they never understand how we can go out without a mobile phone when we were in university...

My first day

So, my first day at work. How was it? OK lah. Half the day was spent on briefing. The other half, my fellow trainees and me spent reading the stuff we were given (rather boring). Was supposed to have orientation today but we were told that orientation is usually held once a month and is usually at the beginning of each month. So, we'll be having ours on March. So, yeah, that was my first day at work, in brief.
Met the people I'll be working with, those on the same floor. We were introduced to everyone but I can't remember names. The only names I can remember are my department's tax partner (Tan Lay Keng), the person in charge of me (Christopher) & a girl who came to say hello while I was at my work station (Chan Sze). There's about 20 people in that offfice, I think.

Like or Love?

My friend sent me this forwarded e-mail. Seemed meaningful enough to post.

The difference between "Somebody you love" & "Somebody you like"
In front of the person you love, your heart beats faster.

But in front of the person you like, you get happy.

In front of the person you love, winter seems like spring.

But in front of the person you like, winter is just beautiful winter.

If you look into the eyes of the one you love, you blush.

But if you look into the eyes of the one you like, you smile.

In front of the person you love, you can't say everything on your mind.

But in front of the person you like, you can.

In front of the person you love, you tend to get shy.

But in front of the person you like, you can show your own self.

You can't look straight into the eyes of the one you love.

But you can always smile into the eyes of the one you like.

When the one you love is crying, you cry with them.

But when the one you like is crying, you end up comforting.

The feeling of love starts from the eye.

But the feeling of like starts from the ear.

So if you stop liking a person you used to like, all you need to do is cover your ears.
But

If you try to close your eyes, love turns into a drop of tear and remains in your heart forever.

Auntie!

This morning, I went to the SS2 market with my mum. Was supposed to look for nice cheap clothes but didn't get anything.
Just as we were about to go home, my mum decided to buy garlic, onions, potatoes and ginger. I was standing by the side minding my own business when the girl at the stall suddenly asked me, "Oi mat yeh ah, auntie?" (Auntie, what do you want?). I was like, what? She called me an 아줌마!!!! How can? Do I look like an auntie?

Food and all

Went to collect my contact lenses last night then went for dinner at "William's" (the place actually doesn't have a name as it's only a stall, the owner's name in William). Not bad, the food, I was told. It's sort of like a mamak stall but has Italian food and also Chinese. It opens from 6 p.m. to 4 a.m. It's located near the old Lim Kok Wing University building (I have no idea what the area is called). I ate garlic cheese naan, which I thought after the 4th piece was too jelak-y. My sis ate nasi lemak ayam with killer hot sambal and my mum ate cantonese yee mee, which wasn't too good. But it's the first time I've been there so I can't really judge the food yet.
The owner said I look like a Japanese (he's not the only one, I was once told that too by a tuition friend). C'mon, I look CHINESE!

I left my notebook on for the night as I was burning something for a friend. And when my idiotic brother woke up, he just had to off my power supply. And my battery had been running low. By the time I woke up, the battery had run out and my notebook had shut down. Lucky thing my disc had finished burning. PC, if you ever do that again, 넌 이제 죽었어 (you are dead meat)!

Went to collect my offer letter just now from E & Y. I've gotta go shopping for more working clothes. But there's no sale now!!!
Oh, I finally got my hair cut.

I got two calls!!!!

Went to KL today with my aunt, mum & sis. Went to the Immigration Office at Maju Junction. Man, that place is so convenient. you just have to park your car on the 6th floor and the office is just right there, in the car park. Then we headed off to the Dutch Embassy at Ampwalk to get something done for my cousin, who's in Holland. Had lunch at the Yellow Hat Cafe, a kopitiam style place. After that, my aunt bought a crystal lamp. Then we went to Lot 10 for some "shopping". Didn't really do much shopping at Lot 10. More of window shopping.

I had a call when I was in Isetan, Lot 10 at about 3.45 p.m.. It was from a lady (I'm sorry, I couldn't catch your name) at Ernst & Young. She asked me whether I still wanted to work at E & Y and I said yes. Then she asked me some questions: "Tell me about your education", "What curricular activities did you take in school & college?", "Which line would you rather work in?". I answered her questions and when I said I preferred doing tax than audit, she was like, "OK. Many of your friends also prefer that line." I was like, OK. Then she said she'll pass my application to her colleague. At about 5 p.m. I got a nother call from somebody named Christine, from the HR department at E & Y. She said that I can start my vacation training on the 15th of Feb. Then she asked till when I can work, and when I start my next semester. So I said that I start on the 29th of May and she said that's the end of May (that's weird...tell that to my college!). She asked whether I can work till the 19th of May. Of course I can. So, I'm to pick up my offer letter on Friday. No interview? I guess the 1st phone call was the "interview". How nice!!! Hehe.... Well, I hope I'll have a good vacation training. Wish me luck!

Don't they just look lovely together? Goong!

Waste of time

I wasted two hours of my time yesterday, watching Himalaya Singh. It is one of the STUPIDEST movies I've seen. Not recommended to watch.

A random thought:
My sis currently likes Chinese music.
I'm currently into Korean music.
And my bro is into Japanese music.

Learning

It's 5 a.m. and I'm sitting in front of my notebook, not wanting to sleep yet. Reason: This terrible person woke up at 5 p.m. yesterday.
But, staying up so late, I get to learn so many things. For example, I managed to get a flash file from a website and convert it to avi. The file had no music and I just added music to it. It turned out well.
In other words, I'm trying to learn how to be not so tech challenged. I'm trying to be more tach savvy. Hopefully I'm getting nearer to that goal.

A drama recommendation. 궁 Goong (Princess Hours)

KL - Cheap city?

I only just discovered this when I saw it in the News Straits Times at my aunt's house.
Kuala Lumpur, one of the cheapest cities? Really? Could this really be true? Such a shame.

O$LO: No. 1; KL: No. 95
KL one of the world's cheapest cities

Despite the flurry of price increases last year, Malaysia remains one of the cheapest places in the world to live in.

In the latest cost-of-living survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Kuala Lumpur was ranked 95th among 128 cities in the world, up three places from the year before.

The most expensive city in the world was Oslo in Norway, knocking Tokyo from the perch for the first time in 14 years.

In that Scandinavian city, the price of a compact disc is US$24.07 (RM90). For that price, you can purchase two CDs in Kuala Lumpur.

Perhaps the starkest difference between living in Oslo and living in Kuala Lumpur is in the cost of owning a vehicle.

It costs a Norwegian US$57,230 to buy a family sedan, US$443 to register the vehicle, US$2,619 for insurance and US$1.98 for a litre of unleaded petrol.

In contrast, those living here have to fork out US$41,409 to buy a 2,499cc car, pay US$65.24 to register the vehicle, US$585.11 for insurance and US$0.42 for a litre of unleaded petrol.

The survey, which compares the cost of goods and services in dollar terms across 128 cities, noted that eight of the 10 most expensive cities in the survey are in Europe.

Five of the seven lowest-priced cities surveyed are in Asia, including Manila, while the cheapest city is Teheran.

In many Asian cities, economic growth has pushed up the cost of living, the report said.

Seoul, at No 13, overtook Hong Kong (14th) as the most expensive city in the region after Tokyo and Osaka.

However, despite the appreciation of the yuan since it freed itself from a peg to the US dollar in July, Chinese cities have experienced a relative fall in the rankings as increased investment opens up pricing competition and lowers tariffs on branded goods in larger urban centres.

Shanghai, the most expensive Chinese city on the list, is still only at No 51, up five places from last year.

Closer to home, Singapore remained the most expensive city in the region. But its overall ranking improved from 19 to 24.

Jakarta, Hanoi, Bandar Seri Begawan, Bangkok and Manila are cheaper places to live in than Kuala Lumpur.

And if last year was any indication, it is likely that the cost of living in Kuala Lumpur will continue to climb.

Last year, Malaysians were hit hard in the pocket with petrol prices going up twice. This triggered an across- the-board spike in prices of goods and services.

There is likely to be another petrol price hike soon.

Also, Malaysians can expect to pay more for electricity.

This could set off another round of price increases for everything from a glass of teh tarik to a bag of flour.

Source: Click here

Hmm....I just realised that I've got 4 months off from college (not 3 months). Great! Now my brains will be goiing through some serious rotting.

Today's forecast

Here's what my horoscope forecast says today (taken from Friendster). Haha.
"With all the activity in your life, daydreaming provides an easy, harmless vacation."

CNY

Well, Chinese New Year has been OK, so far. Been eating loads, just like every other CNY. I feel kinda bored now, though. Maybe it's because I've been sitting in front of my notebook for too long. It's only the 2nd day of CNY and I really haven't anything much to do.


Pics I took on the 1st day of CNY. Here's one with my sis. The rest can be found at My Imagestation (the last few pictures)

Finally!

Well, exams are finally over. Yayness! However, I believe I didn't do well in any of my papers. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll pass them all but also have to be prepared to expect the worst! Failure in all my papers!!!!
Audit, of course, was a super tough paper and my least favourite of all the three papers I had to sit for this semester. I'm so glad it's over and that I can celebrate Chinese New Year in peace...hehe


By the way, HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!!!!!! Have a great year of the DOG.


I found out recently that "can" and "may" are actually no different. I've been told before that "may" meant asking for permission and "can" did not include the permission part. I guess that person was wrong. Well, I saw this in The Star Newspaper. Here's what two people had to say about it: Click here.


I'm at the stage where I have to decide whether to cut my hair or just let it grow long. Maybe I should just keep it long this time since I've got 3 months off (but will probably have to go for vacation training) to decide before college starts again.


Hey May Kaun, has it already been 12 years? I lost count! That's kinda long. But I have not been able to see you these past 2-3 years. Miss ya. Now that you're going to Australia, it'll be even harder.


Rhea, I've just watched Zorro 2. And yes, the son IS cute! Catherine Zeta-Jones was looking extremely beautiful and Antonio Banderas was killer sexy. Hahaha!!!!

Aja Aja!

I am super doomed. And this time it's for real. I've been studying but nothing seems to be able to stay in my head. This is bad, real BAD!!!!
Anyways, to all TARCians, 아자아자! 화이팅! Aja Aja! Hwaiting! (sorry, I'm still hooked onto Full House). Only a few more days, AFA 1. 4 more days of doom and we're free to celebrate CNY!!!!

I saw a guy on the LRT today who looked like a Furby. Hehe. I'm mean, I am.

Oh no!!!!

Just the other day I found out that my group did real badly for our audit assignment. We probably got the lowest in the whole course and we barely passed. I predict that I'm not gonna do well in that paper (i.e. I'ma gonna fail!) . I find it real hard to accept the audit theories. They just don't make sense to me. And I really have no reason to study it.
A funny thing. My classmate, Yoke Yee, asked me today on how to study audit. Haha! Yoke Yee, you've gotta be kidding me. Oh, and by the way, I'm not smart. I've just been lucky these past few years. But my luck seems to have run out. No more good results for me anymore.

HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY JUNE ANN!!!!!

Bi's NY Rainy Day Advertisement

My current favourite artist. Bi a.k.a. Rain!
An advertisement for his next concert. Rainy Day in New York. His first US concert!

Omo!!!

Saw this on the msn homepage. So cute & chubby!!!!










Bi's new single: Sad Tango

What a laugh!

Went to my aunt's house yesterday to celebrate my mum's birthday which is actually today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM!!!!!We had a wonderful time. All the ah-ees (my aunts & mum) and my ahkoo (uncle) were reminiscing about their younger days. Man we were having a good laugh. They were talking about their parents, aunts & uncles. All the funny stories, especially of my grandmother. Would love to meet my grandparents but unfortunately I never got the chance to.

Ah sheesh! I have not been able to study these two days. No thanks to being out the whole of each of the two days. I'm so doomed!

To all asian Rain fans, read this article:Star of Asia, Rain to set up Asian Fan Club
I'm hoping it's true!!! JYPE, let it be true, please!!!!! And include Malaysia (and all the other asian countries as well) too, please!!!!

Something my friend sent to me through e-mail.

Water Bridge in Germany.... What a feat!

Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long.......now this is engineering!
This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany, as part of the unification project. It is located in the city of Magdeburg , near Berlin . The photo was taken on the day of inauguration.
To those who appreciate engineering projects.....

Exams exams exams

'Tis the time to start cramming. The exam period is again separated to pre-Chinese New Year and post-Chinese new Year. All my three papers, however, have been crammed into the pre-CNY period. *sigh* How couold they do that especially with the killer Audit & Fianancial Reposting papers just 2 days apart? *ARGH!*

Great!

My phone is going bonkers. It just restarted itself just now. Hope it doesn't keep doing that.
And my Firefox keeps closing itself after I installed the newest version, version 1.5. *sigh* Nevermind. At least the world is not coming to an end yet.

I believe that my lecturers do not believe in the season of giving. They should give us a BREAK!!!!!

Merry Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Couldn't resist putting this pic up. So cute (Peru)!

Flash MP3 Player

Ah....finally managed to put up the player. Funny that it doesn't work on Internet Explorer. Seems fine on other browsers (Firefox, Opera & Netscape-Firefox view).

Wondrous Gift

Just came back from my cousin's church. Went there to watch a Christmas musical. Quite nice.
If any Malaysians are around PJ tomorrow, drop by Glad Tidings to watch the play.

Info
Wondrous Gift: A Christmas Musical
Time: 8:00 PM
Date: 23rd & 24th December 2005
Venue: Glad Tidings, No. 6, Jln Bersatu 13/4 PJ

Late day

Woke up at 4 p.m. Har har! Slept for, err...14 hours!!!!!!
Currently listening to Christmas songs just to get into the mood.

This is for MY eyes only!
I really do think that my dad is biased. His precious son means the world to him. Too bad my idiotic brother is his only son and I guess my dad feels that being his only son, my brother deserves "special treatment (?)". When I feel that my brother is at fault, in my dad's eyes, it's I who's at fault. For example, when both of us finish class at the same time, we tell each other to meet at the back gate a t a certain time. I'm ususally always there and I have to wait for my bro who's usually 10-20 minutes late. There was a time when I had to wait 30 minutes and that was during the exam period and waiting at the backgate meant getting bitten by mosquitoes (I'm not stupid for waiting but since we made each other wait I had no choice). And when I got irritated and told my dad, he told me to not get angry and that why couldn't I just wait for a while? ****! Why do I always have to wait for that idiot? It's not like my time should be wasted waiting for him. And he didn't even tell my brother off for being late! I hate it.
P.S. If you are reading this, you really shouldn't! Please erase it from your memory! Thanks! It's just my rant and should not be taken seriously!

Here's a very cute video made by a fan of IJUKSA, a korean drama. Just for the Christmas season. The doll in the video is called Peru (pronounced as pear-roo).

Bad me

Eck! Today's test was just bad! I studied and whatever I studied came out but my lack of brainpower made me not remember.
I was bad today. I skipped Audit tutorial.
I know eleven other people who skipped too. So out of 32 people, 20 people went for class (or could've been less). I felt guilty not attending class. But I'd also feel guilty if I had attended it. My tutor loves calling me to answer question because my name is first on the attendance list (so, naturally she can remember my name). I, being lazy, do not do my tutorials. So, if I'd gone, I'd feel guilty too! So, best not go. Hehehe.

I'm supposed to go out with my friends tomorrow but I'm not. Gotta sleep. And I'm not waking up till 1 or 2. Har har!

Test tomorrow

Ah great! Having a test tomorrow and I am not prepared. Gonna fail, as usual!!!!! Better tear my face away from the screen and hit the books....errr....I mean notes.

HAPPY BURFDAY Rach & Pey Tzy!!!!!!

White Christmas at Midvalley

Went to Midvalley yesterday. Very pretty, the Christmas deco.

A sample pic:
More at My Imagestation

Couldn't resist taking this pic of Humpty Dumpty. It was too cute!

Presentation

Well, my presentation yesterday went well. At least better than I expected it to be. I don't know about my marks but I didn't screw up for the first time!
My group mate, the only guy in my group, was told by my lecturer to speak louder. Haha! Of the four of us, he's the only guy and we girls spoke louder than him.
Two other groups also did their presentation.
My friend, Jia Ying, was extremely nervous. She was holding a piece of paper in her hand and it was shaking. LOL (not being mean or anything).
Then another group had this guy, which we nicknamed triple C ('cos his initials are C.C.C.). He's super cute, like a big teddy bear! Haha.

I was looking up at the ceiling when the other groups were presenting and I saw something that reminded me of the Dark Mark (Harry Potter). Haha...had a good laugh with my friend.

Dad, listen up!!

My friend sent me this e-mail. Shocking ending!

A father passing by his son's bedroom was astonished to see the bed was nicely made and everything was picked up.

Then he saw an envelope propped up prominently on the center of the bed.
It was addressed, "Dad".

With the worst premonition, he opened the envelope and read the letter with trembling hands:

Dear Dad,

It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing this. I had to elope with my new girlfriend because I
wanted to avoid a scene with mom and you.

I've been finding real passion with Barbara and she is so nice even with all her piercing, tattoos, and her tight motorcycle clothes.

But it's not only the passion dad, she's pregnant and Barbara said that we will be very happy.

Even though you don't care for her as she is much older than i, she already owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter.

She wants to have many more children With me and that's now one of my dreams too.

Barbara taught me that marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone and we'll be growing it for ourselves and trading it with her friends for all the cocaine and ecstasy we want.

In the meantime, we'll pray that science will find a cure for aids so Barbara can get better; she sure
deserves it!!

Don't worry dad, I'm 15 years old now and I know how to take care of myself.

Someday I'm sure we'll be back to visit so you can get to know your grandchildren.

Your son,
John

P.s. Dad, none of this is true. I'm over at the neighbour's house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than my report card that's in my desk centre drawer. I love you!

Call when it's safe for me to come home

Good Luck!

GOOD LUCK to my sister and all those sitting for the ACCA exam which starts tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!

I have just fallen sick. Fever and headache. Slept for a while. Head still throbbing.
I am so dead.

Of Meh Lays and what nots

I was watching a programme on Discovery Travel & Living channel yesterday. It was called Bizzare Foods: Asia. I didn't find the host, Chef Andrew, good though. One thing is that he didn't really know how to taste the food and also failed to get names of certain things wrong. I'll only comment on the part where he went to Penang, Malaysia.
A few things he said which was, well....you'll get the picture once you read them:
He pronounced Malay as Meh Lay.....what's up with that?
Ikan bilis became Eye Can Bilis....sheesh, get your pronunciation right, dude.
He said that belacan is nasty looking.....Nooooooo, it isn't!
Peking duck=Pay King Duck?!
Coagulated pigs blood is the most unpleasent thing. Yeah right, don't eat lah.

Well, my English lecturer didn't go ballistic today. *phew*

The week

Boy...what a week! A hectic one it was. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this week would be better than the last. I'm dreading tomorrow's English class. Who knows how ballistic my English lecturer is gonna be tomorrow. Should I not go? Haha....unlike me to skip class unless I'm sick. Oh well.

Had a haircut on Friday. My mum went with me and my hair style was practically to make my mum happy. My mum kept telling the guy cutting my hair that I (ME?! I don't wanna look like a guy!) wanted it shorter when it was actually her who couldn't stand my hair being long. The guy looked like he was thinking, "Wah, this girl cannot think for herself one!"

I've been sneezing non-stop today. Is there someone talking bad behind my back?! Haha...I'm not supuerstitious.

!@#$%$#@!^&^&*^

I HAVE GOT A CRAZY ENGLISH LECTURER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She just nhad to ruin my (and the whole class's) day. I think being a PhD holder has taken a toll on her sanity. I LOATHE her! Another 7 more weeks with her. Don't know how I'll be able to tahan it.

I'm darn sleepy. Slept at 5 a.m. and woke up at 6.30 a.m. the same day, no thanks to my group mate who did not have the sense to follow instructions. I've got a presentation tomorrow. And I need SLEEP!!!!!

Good night!

An unsuspected thunder

Whoa. An unsuspected thunder! Scary~~~~
Rained real heavy just now. Sounds like it's gonna rain again.

And I'm supposed to be doing my assignments. What am I doing online then??? I feel so lazy. That's how one feels when one wakes up at 12p.m. Hahaha.

Wanna share some videos I uploaded a while ago.

Chicken Little Trailer - Very CUTE!
The Numa Numa dance, that's what some people call it.



A clip from Little Britain - Extremely HILARIOUS!
From Series 1 Episode 1. Listen to the riddle (cracks me up everytime I watch it).

Eh???

My mum just told me that my sister's friend saw me yesterday in college and that she smiled at me but I did not smile back (she said I was looking in her direction). To be honest, I DIDN'T see her. I guess my brain must've been half asleep or the scope of my vision has narrowed to, maybe, 90°. She should've came in front of me and waved into my face. That way, I would have noticed that she was there. So people, you know what to do if for some reason I'm looking in your direction but don't seem to know you're there. Just come in front of me and wave INTO my face.

Congrats Liesl, for getting straight As in your UPSR exam!

Jia Ying, I know you don't read my blog, but I just wanna say, I'm sorry to hear that your grandmother passed away.

Just wanna share a GIF I made not too long ago (my soompi avatar). Hey Rach, cute or not? I saw the screensaver, didn't download it, though.

Canggih.....

Hah! My college seems to be on the way to canggihness. New mouses (mice) in the CITC and optical ones! First they upgraded the computers in the CITC to Windows 2000 and then put wireless access around the college, which unfortunately, doens't have good connection, especially in the library. Now this. I wonder when they're gonna change the computers in the library which are super old. Soon I hope. Or we'll keep getting corrupted files whenever we use it to save stuff.

Another blood doantion drive in college, another 450ml of blood gone. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I LOVE donating blood.

Yet again!

Great! My Internet connection just died on me, yet again. I had to switch on the other computer to check the ruddy router settings. I found out it was the router's filters that were blocking my notebook from accessing the Internet. It just has to ONLY block mine. Why? I don't know. I am seeking to find out why. I had to disable the filters so that I could access the Internet once again. I hope this will not happen again but I doubt that it won't happen again. *sigh*

Some photos

Just wanna share some photos

A grapefruit (my second one in all my life, so far). Given by my mum's friend. Must've been expensive.





























A picture of my mum, who is computer illiterate.

Untitled.....

Feeling really tired. I finally got my 1st eight-hours sleep for the week. *Yawn*.
Now my head is buzzing with assignments, assignments and more assignments. A feel of college life for you people who think it's a breeze being in college. Bleh! It ain't, not when your other group members depend on you too much especially for English.

A funny thing I heard from my friend the other day. He said he his group members celebrate after finishing an assignment. Wow, these people sure have lots of money to spend. Imagine how many celebrations they hae each semester? I've never heard of such a thing.

Just the other day my Internet connection died on me, only on me but not by siblings. Why of all computers it had to be mine? I quote (boka, soompi) an explanation of what (might have) happened:
"computers are crazy things, sometimes they like to change their own settings... your computer probably has a particular address that it likes to use when in a network, whereas the other computers on the network might not care what address they use and can use any address dynamically assigned to them by the router... i.e. when you turned your comp off or rebooted, the router somehow thought your computer had moved out of the address and let one of the other computers in so when your computer came back, it couldn't get in..."
Thanks to my brother for reserving an IP address for my computer, now I can use the Internet again.