I had been hybernating in many many things since this June. Zero trekking, zero blogging and then followed by zero exercising, not even yoga and I count the one and only swimming session as a leisure, not exercising.
I don't know what had I become lately. It's so not me! I totally transformed from someone who do regular blogging and someone who had so much passion about trekking, to someone who can live without them. I don't even know who I am now.
But, right inside, I feel contented with what I had achieved so far from July till now. I've learned a lot from my new job. Gained more insights about this cancer research thing. Have higher confidence about myself. Frown more. Worry more. Become a not so happy-go-lucky person I used to be. Now think about it, I haven't been really cheerful since the day I took my job. I've pushed myself too hard.
Everyone in the lab ask me how am I. Maybe my face tells everyone I'm not ok.
What in my brain is Keep up! Keep up!Don't lose track!You've always wanted to work in this field. Now you've came this far, you can't ruin it with your own hands. You have to do whatever you can to make yourself excel in this field. You don't want to regret in the future right?
So, when I started the new job in July. I started to read journals at home. But because I was really stressed out, the words just danced around I couldn't catch a word. My brain was frozen. I managed to read some, but I found myself absorbing more info from journals when at work. Sometimes not even effective during work time. I quit yoga because I was so stressed I didn't feel like walking out of my room, left alone driving 20 minutes (45 minutes if there's a traffic jam) to the yoga centre.
And in August. I basically just sat in my room, being stressed, but most of the time staring at the Facebook homepage, doing nothing. Or sometimes wasting my nights away watching Korean drama when I knew there's a pile of journals waiting for me to read.
In September, I feel I'm more settled down. My frown is still here. But I feel myself being more capable to handle it. I'm catching the suitable pace for myself. Although not as steady, sometimes still wobbly, but I'm getting the pace. Some time in November I guess I will be alright.
My supervisor kept asking me how am I coping with the work. Every time all I could say was "I need to keep reading to make myself keep up" and she always gave me that nod which gave me the impression of her being skeptical with my interest in this job and my capability in my job. Which therefore made me yearn to do this really really well. I want to show people that I can do it, really really well. Hence, the stress. Sigh.. And when stress governs my feeling, I can't absorb anything from journals, my mind got tangled up.
I like my job. I like the challenges coming to me. I like the anxiety when things when wrong and I like how we have to deal with the problems. But possibly the way I deal with things in my new job is still not matured yet, hence the skeptical look from my supervisor.
So much grumblings going on here. lol.. It had been piled up since July and I finally vented that out. =P
Got bitten by tiny creatures called chiggers from the forest.. Got around 10-ish of them. Ewww. I've killed them all already. But the chemical they release to dissolve my skin tissue (they suck the dissolved skin tissues as food) makes me feel so itchy!! According to the internet source, the itch will vanish after 2-3 days. Let's hope it will be okay by tomorrow or the day after. >.<"
Hmm.. My bites not so serious la.. No red spots.. Just a black dot only. =.=
Next time I'm gonna spray lotsa insect repellent when I'm in jungle. ><
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Just now when at work the fire exploded in front of my eyes. My face can even feel the heat. It was that close! I was totally shocked and watched the Bunsen burner burn for few seconds, stunned. Then only suddenly realized if the fire spread to the gas cylinder bigger explosion would occur.
Being stupid, I blew the fire off. =.=" And being even more stupid, I didn't remove the hose from the cylinder and didn't turn off the knob at the cylinder. So, the gas continued flowing out. Luckily I didn't faint. And lucky no one was injured.
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Today I had dinner at a Korean restaurant, Daorae, at Sri Petaling with Chung Ming Oppa (I call him oppa is because there isn't anyone who can let me call oppa here.. hehehe..). He just came back from NZ. Since I feel like eating kimchi jjigae, might as well ask him to go along with me, shun bian can meet him. =)
The food was a huge disappointment. Why? First of all, I've been craving for kimchi jjigae since 2 days ago. And then when I know I'm going to eat Korean food tonight I started to smell the kimchi jjigae in the air since 3pm at work. But when I took the first sip. Spiciness = obso, kimchi taste = obso. It was sweet, but not spicy at all! This is the first time I eat kimchi jjigae I dun even need to drink water at all! Really disappointed.
(Half-eaten only took this pic.. sorry for the mess)
And then the deokboggi (Rice cake) was also a disappointment. The sauce was tasteless. Again, it's not spicy! What's wrong with their Korean food? Why all not spicy one? Are they trying to adjust the level to those of Malaysians? Even I, someone who can't really eat spicy food, can drink the kimchi jjigae soup without aid of water, there's really something wrong with the spiciness lo. Sigh... Really disappointed.
(This is taken when both of us duwan to take in the deokboggi anymore)
Refuse to give up on the soup yet, I asked the waiter to give me gojujang (chili paste) so that I can add it to the soup to add some spiciness to it. But when they gave me their claimed gojujang.. it tasted like soy bean paste. =.=" We then asked them whether they gave us duen jang. They showed us duen jang which is brown colour and they claimed that that gojujang is really gojujang.. The disappointment was doubled with the gojujang.. Sigh...
I will never ever go back to that shop anymore. Maybe the next one I will go Taipan Daorae try their kimchi jjigae. Maybe find some time after work go there alone. Keke..
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Oh ya!! My Standard Chartered charity run had already successfully collected RM515 by now! Hahaha! So happy!
Which means I can participate in the run already! Thanks those who supported - Chung Shin, Zhuang, my uncle, Dr Omar, Hazel Lam, Vincent, Teng, my bro, David and Choo Peng. =)
Will go buy fabric paint and get a cloth. I will remember your names. =P
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Last Sunday went to recce. So happy we found a trail! Yoohoo! And time flies fast because got the entertainment from Khee Leong keep "zat" me.. =.= I can't wait for IW to come! =)
So tired this week! I have been finishing work 8 something pm everyday. Which means 12 hours work everyday! And I swear I didn't take any 5 minutes off to rest, at all! (Except the less than 1 hour lunch time and some toilet time which was also in a rush)
And it's Friday night now! I'm gonna have a 16 hours overnight incubation for myself to compensate back my deprived sleep and sore body. Which will be until 3pm the next day. I wish I won't wake up at 7.30am tomorrow morning. (I always wake up automatically at 7.30am one, weekend or weekdays)
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Actually for quite a period of time (6 months maybe?) a boy had been sitting in my heart. But now that I've gave up on him only I found that my life is getting so much more easier and I like this kind of feeling. No longer being carried away by the boy.
This feels like sipping on a good white coffee which makes me unable to resist from letting out a relief
"Ah~~ She fook sai~~"
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Ok. Go to sleep dee. Hopefully I'll wake up at 3pm!! =P
Recently keep hearing this old song on radio: 你要的爱 by Penny Tai. It's one of the theme songs in Taiwan Meteor Garden Drama.
Can only found this 你要的爱 MV on Youtube. I dun think it's the original one. Maybe it's a fan video. But my purpose is to attach the song here. Nice song right? After listening to this song I felt suddenly relaxed. No more stress and tension. =)
Let the brain work tomorrow, now all I need is serenity. =)
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When I was looking for the MV on Youtube I found this:
Reminds me of the scenes in the drama. My goosebumps came out when I finished watching. And the first thought that came to my mind was "Damn.. All these are so unreal and fairytale. How could I idolized this kind of fairytale? lol"
Tonight I have art tuition. I worked until 7.30pm then went to a Malay restaurant nearby my company to have dinner and went straight to Global Arts. When I reached the centre it was 8pm sharp.
When I was there, Teacher Celine said she's going home if there's only few students coming. She would pass the whole class to me. And she did, coz only 7 students turned up. When Teacher Celine left, the class went upside down. Gosh! I couldn't control the boys running around playing with balloons. =.= They were not even scared of me, even when I asked them to sit down in a stern voice. Sigh.. Not garang enough la. Maybe I should try shouting at them next time.
After the class I had to wipe the desk and sweep the floor all by myself. I did it so slow until Teacher Caron had to wait for me outside the centre, ready to close the main door of the centre. Gosh! I should learn to speed up in the future. Actually I should ask the kids to keep their things 5 minutes before the class ends, then I would have more time to clean the room. Hmm..
By the way, I got my first Christmas present from Teacher Caron!
My all time favourite: Chocolate!!!
Yummy!!
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Heard this song on radio. It's a Chinese Christmas song. My previous zero Christmas mood is finally turned on because of this song. I'm all ready for Christmas now!! =)
I think this is from one of the Christmas songs, something with "tick tock tick tock" one. I dun remember the name of the song but it's a cute song. And this Chinese song reminds me of this Christmas song.
I love the part "Di da di da" part. So cute! And Lee Sheng Jie looks nice here. Keke.. I always think he looks like an uncle. But in this MV he looks younger.
Today I stepped out of my house and tried to start off my car engine. But the car didn't budge. Instead, it triggers the car alarm. =.=" And my remote couldn't even off the alarm. The car was not responding to the remote control at all. I felt so hopeless standing beside my car demanding it to stop the alarm. I know it's silly. Cars don't read human language. My neighbour peeked out of her door checking what was happening. I gave her an "I have no idea, sorry" look.
Luckily my housemate was still at home, still yet to go for work. She drove me to a workshop nearby, I left my name and address and we came back. She went to work while I sat at the living room waiting for the repairman to come. It was the battery. My car battery was dead already. Upon changing new battery the car suddenly can start already.
Then I thought it's done. But that's not all.
The repairman said my generator (alternator) was weak. He said generator is a part which supplies energy to the battery (my mechanical knowledge is very weak, I'm not sure whether I understand it correctly). Since the generator is weak, it means I have the risk of having my car dead in the middle of the road half way driving. I imagined myself stuck by the roadside looking for someone to tow the car for me. This is always my nightmare. So, after juggling between my already depleting money and the danger and trouble, I decided to pour my RM380 out to change a brand new generator to secure my safety. Adding up with the car battery it costs a total of RM600!
Last month I just changed 4 wheels and 2 rear absorbers which cost me RM800. If I have to spend few hundreds on my car every month I guess I'm gonna bankrupt soon. And I dun like the feeling of getting financial support from my parents. Sigh, I should start learning how to be financially independent already. In fact I have always been receiving financial support from my parents. Coz I haven't even have the ability to pay installment for my car every month. Who says working in lab has high pay? Nobody says.
Now thinking about it, maybe I should stop my Korean class after this level and used that money for the car installment. Sigh.. I hate being an adult where responsibilities are more important than my personal interests. Sigh.
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Recently had been addicted to a fiction I just bought.
The Host.
It's about a very kind and peace-loving alien which stays in a human body. Although initially the humans thought she will be a threat to human beings but after a while people started to accept her into the human community and treat her like family. It's a very heart-warming, focusing more on the emotions among family members and friends than on alien world.
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I love food.
I prefer hunting for great food out in the town than making myself though I can cook a bit.
I love the Asam Laksa in PappaRich, Sunway Pyramid. No wonder there's always a crowd in the restaurant.
Thick and strong fish taste in the broth. Not very sour but spicy enough to send tears to my eyes. Very delicious I would say.
Next time I wanna try more food in this restaurant. Not a professional food review blogger. But, I'll share any nice food I tried here. =)
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I cooked a meal when I was back at KT. Mum cut everything for me when I was out in the town. When I'm back everything was nicely cut and I just had to cook.
Soup with tomato, sotong, taufu and pickled vege. I totally didn't add any flavourings coz the pickled vege already gave enough.
Since starting of September I already started to cough. Then seen doctor for 4 times. Finally with lots of medicine consumption I managed to stop coughing. But I started to have slight stuffy nose voice. =.=" This week started to sneeze and have runny nose pula. And the stuffy nose voice gets worse. @.@"
For heaven's sake I need more rest. I had been sleeping for at least 8 hours since last week but still not enough. Maybe I have to sleep at 9am.
Finally my company moved to USJ already. It's even closer to my house. Hehe. Go work 15-20 minutes can reach already. Coming back about 30 minutes can reach. So cool right? The lab looks so much more beautiful than the previous one. Summore the new lab got new air cond which is of course cooling and refreshing! =D The only problem is that there's no Chinese economy rice stalls nearby the company. Only some Malay restaurant and a Chinese hawker shop with only noodle soups and char kuey teow. Hopefully more restaurants will open there la.
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Although Glenmarie is very crowded with cars, but I will still miss the curry mee and nasi lemak there.
I'm gonna recommend the nasi lemak here. It's located beside a curtain shop which is at the corner of a row of shoplots. Beside the shoplots is a Petronas petrol station. The nasi lemak stall is beside a row of double storey houses, extended from the first house.
The car was pointing at the entrance of the stall
Long queue during lunch time
The stall with some lauk to come with the nasi lemak
Their specialty is the fried chicken Freshly fried sizzling chicken meat
I didn't choose any other lauk. The price is quite reasonable. The fried chicken tastes good but it's quite hard to chew. But I like the fried chicken skin. Hehe...
Another food I wanna recommend is the curry noodle at Chicken Cuisine.
It's very thick and the curry aroma is very rich!
This is the stall and the workers
This shop is located at one of the shoplots (2nd shop from the end) at the small town of Glenmarie. It's very easy to find coz the workers wear yellow colour uniforms and it's always crowded with people during lunch time. You can add yong tao fu yourself and pass them your choices. Their default side dishes are half a piece of boiled egg, some chicken meat, siham (clams) and some long beans in the curry. You can tell them which one you don't want. The price is around RM5 to RM6 depending on the side dishes of your choice.
This shop has been reviewed by some bloggers already. Give it a try. I will give it a 5/5 star! I'll definitely go there for the curry again one day.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Had been coughing since last Thursday. Had too many toast for the diarrhea I had last week I guess.
Went to see doctor this Thursday before work. Doctor was "surprised" why I didn't see doctor as I've been coughing a week ago. Had no fever, no water in lungs but doctor gave me antibiotics also, dunno why. The cough syrup she gave was the black colour one. I had it for a day but didn't feel the difference at all. I still cough after taking that syrup.
So, Friday after work, I went to see the doctor again. The first thing she said was "let me write a letter to hospital and let you see doctor there". I think she wasn't saying that for real, she just want to threaten me but she really did scared me a little. Coz I duwan to go hospital lo, first I have to pay for the checkup, second I might develop H1N1 from there. I asked for a stronger cough syrup this time. Luckily she prescribed me a better one. Now I feel better after taking the syrup. And she gave me two types of medicine for throat itchiness. One for morning and one for night time which will cause drowsiness.
Before I left the room, the doctor smiled mischeviously and said to me "see you then". I was thinking I don't want to see you again lo.. lol.. And she continued "If you come again to see me I'll really write a letter to the hospital, having coughs for more than a week is very unusual, you better have a proper check up in hospital if you still cannot recover."
I recalled what my boss said to me today. "So you have a long holiday to rest for recovering from the sickness".
So... Happy holiday. Yea right.. Sigh..
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David Tao finally releases new song lately! After for so long. =)
It means: This song is not only the theme song of a movie self-written, directed and acted by David Tao but also the greatest hit in his latest album... (2 sentences dunno how to translate, skip these sentences.. hehe)... Under the recommendation from a well known producer 王治平, David got to invite Paul Bushnell to play the base for this song. David says everyone has experienced liking someone secretly (dunno how to say 'an lian' in English.. lol), he get the inspiration for this song from his own experience. He hopes to describe the feeling of liking someone secretly despite the necessary of being with him/her. He wants to tell everyone that even though this love does not give an ending, but it gives relatively strong feelings and energy. (hehe.. very bad in translation. My English had been getting worse due to lack of blogging and reading novels. lol)
Ooo... No wonder it sounds like English love song la. The music was played by Paul Bushnell, a well known composer.
Last night woke up at 4am with stomach pain. Had diarrhea every 30 minutes after that until 10am. Didn't have enough sleep. Only managed to close my eyes and rest a while and then got another call from my stomach to do the business every 30 minutes.
I only had medicine for vomit, stomach gas and stomach pain from the doctor yesterday. I totally had no idea how to stop the diarrhea. But diarrhea and vomit I rather have diarrhea coz vomit will feel the bitter taste in the mouth and the stomach and chest will feel cramped. Tried to take medicine from the doctor after drinking milo. But after taking the medicine I vomited out the milo and perhaps some of the medicine. Didn't know Milo cannot be consumed during food poisoning.
I dunno what food was the culprit but mum said can food have to be cooked properly before consuming because although the food in the can was pre-cooked but the content in the can is a very good food source for bacteria to regrow on them during storage. But dunno why everyone was eating the same thing as me but only me get the food poisoning. Choo Peng said it might be due to different susceptibility towards the bacteria. Maybe gua. Dunno la.. I just know that I'm damn tired now and my stomach feels bloated, cold and full of gas now. Luckily the frequency of diarrhea gets lesser now. Maybe it has already removed all the toxins gua.
And I'm lucky today is a public holiday. I'm going back to sleep now. Ciao.
After coming back from recce I've been vomiting until just now. (6pm ++ to 10pm ++) for 4 times. I tried to sleep but I could feel the liquid in my stomach flowing right up to my throat when I lie down. Exactly like 3 years ago, I vomited the gall juice coz it's bitter. But as compared with 3 years ago, this is slightly milder. Coz at least I can hold it longer.
Planned to sleep through the uneasiness and see doctor the next morning (coz I scare Sunday night very hard to find parking since tomorrow is a public holiday). But as I said, I couldn't even lie down. I tried to sleep sitting. To no avail too coz the wall was cold and the coldness made me feel like puking again.
That's when I decided I should go see a doctor. But if I drive there alone I might need to turn few rounds to get a parking. Maybe I would even have to hold the stearing with one hand, and another hand holding a zipper bag for me to puke into while stearing the gear. It will be so kelam-kabut. Plus my limbs are wobbly from frequent vomiting.
A list of people whom I can count on appeared in my mind. Bro is in Indonesia now, housemates not at home, my aunt family sleep early I duwan to kacau them. I sat there alone in my room crying to myself feeling hopeless. Luckily when I called Get Pei, without second thoughts she told me she'd come right away. Awww. That touched me a lot a lot. That's what real friends are for. =) And thanks Vincent for driving. They just went to visit Get Pei's brother. They came to fetch me right from his brother's place in Puchong. Touched!
Real friends shares the goods and the bads, fake ones shares only the good.
From this lesson I know whom I can count on in the future already. Thanks girl! Love you much much!
Now I've already taken the medicine to control the vomit. I'm waiting for it to be effective before I lie down again. I'm phobia to the feeling of the liquid gushing to my throat when I lie down.
Weekends had always been busy for me. Go for a hike, some shoppings, camping, go back hometown, or go to my aunt's place to gossip with Zhuang and Mei. Suddenly this weekend there's nothing much for me to do. And I've done my house chores. Plus all my housemates went home to celebrate Father's day.
I'm all alone, and bored in my tiny room.
Internet can no longer give any effects to entertain me.
I tried to play the Restaurant City game in FB. I was bored after 30 minutes playing it. I regularly checked my email. No new mails. I dun even feel like staring at the computer screen! I flipped open my Korean reference book and tried to study. But today I dun feel like reading. And I dun feel like watching dramas either (the ppstream at my place is slow..). And I've already slept the whole day I can't sleep again anymore I feel like shopping but Audrey's back and I have no one to shop with me at the moment (and I dun feel like shopping alone coz it will add to my boredom)
Seriously I have no idea how to fill up my time. This sounds like words coming from people with no goals in life. Bad. Really bad...
That's yesterday.
Today, I'm gonna wash my car, pump the tyres, go for a jog. At least something right? =)
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I discovered Bitesize Bio when I was looking for theories behind plasmid extraction. It has a very funny post about disasters created by newbies in lab. The writer compiled four incidents he encountered or heard. I like the way the writer brought out the topic. He wrote it in a funny and sarcastic way. You can read it here. If you're lazy to read it from Bitesize Bio I can summarize for you, but in a less humorous way. hehe..
1. One incident is the usage of pipette near Bunsen burner. Careful not to place the pipette so near the burner. You don't want a burnt pipette. =P
2. Another is exploding agar. Never ever tighten the lid of universal bottle or stop the conical flask when heating up whatever solution in microwave. Not only the lid or the stopper will fly out, the door of the microwave will fly open and the glass of the bottle or flask, the agar, andthe lid will blast out. If you're lucky you might taste some of the boiling agar. This is quite a common mistake many people make. I've heard one incident in my uni some time ago. Luckily the girl was not injured.
3. Culture flasks on orbital shaker. Using masking tape or glue tack at the bottom of the 1 litre flasks to secure the flasks is not a very good idea. The flasks are so huge you think so easy fix them with the small tape meh.. Summore put at the bottom. Where's the common sense? lol.. In the end the tape or glue tack loosen, the broth spilled and the tape or glue tack lost its stickiness, the flasks knocked onto each other, some glasses shed. Lots of cleaning is required the next morning. Tsk tsk.
4. Always always balance the tubes using weighing machine, not eyes, when using the bulky centrifuge machine. According to the writer, the PhD holder "weighed" some glass tubes with her eyes, placed it in the centrifuge machine, started the machine and let it run for 30 minutes while she went off for a coffee break. The write described "The machine did it’s job, dutifully forcing it’s motor toward the desired 12,000 x g. As the rotor speed increased, the destabilizing effect of the difference between the volumed in the tube became more and more significant". And then you know what will happen lo.. the force bent the axle, causing the rotor to destroy the inner drum of the centrifuge. You won't wanna know how much it cost to change the rotor..
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I like this song from the Korean drama Boys Over Flower. Lucky by Ashily
I like the meaning of the lyrics from this song- The Climb by Miley Cyrus
Here's the lyrics: I can almost see it That dream I'm dreaming but There's a voice inside my head sayin, You'll never reach it, Every step I'm taking, Every move I make feels Lost with no direction My faith is shaking but I Got to keep trying Got to keep my head held high
There's always going to be another mountain I'm always going to want to make it move Always going to be an uphill battle, Sometimes you going to have to lose, Ain't about how fast I get there, Ain't about what?s waiting on the other side It's the climb
The struggles I'm facing, The chances I'm taking Sometimes they knock me down but No I'm not breaking I may not know it But these are the moments that I'm going to remember most yeah Just got to keep going And I, I got to be strong Just keep pushing on, cause
There's always going to be another mountain I'm always going to want to make it move Always going to be an uphill battle, Sometimes I'm going to have to lose, Ain't about how fast I get there, Ain't about what's waiting on the other side It's the climb
There's always going to be another mountain I'm always going to want to make it move Always going to be an uphill battle, Sometimes you going to have to lose, Ain't about how fast I get there, Ain't about what's waiting on the other side It's the climb
Keep on moving Keep climbing Keep the faith baby It's all about It's all about The climb Keep the faith Keep your faith
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I'm so obsessed with Korean language that I labeled every button of my keyboard with Korean consonants like ㄴ,ㄹ,ㄱ,ㄷ and vowels like ㅏ,ㅔ,ㅣ,ㅓ,ㅗ etc.
Can see the characters? Sorry that the image quality is very bad coz it's taken with my hp camera coz my camera has spoiled.
Crazy right? Haha.. But this enable me to type Korean with slightly faster speed. At least I don't need to check my notebook which letter I have to type for which Korean character. YES! All the Korean characters don't tally with the letters in my keyboard. For example, the letter K in my keyboard does not give the Korean "K's" (ㄱ/ㄲ/ㅋ).
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Oh ya! I promised I'll show my new bag right?
Here it is.
Tada!
It looks like school bag. Hehe.. But I like the big size so I can fit everything in. And I like the cutting. It's just that the colour doesn't suit me. But too bad, they only have black, grey and fluorescent red. I wanted to take the fluorescent red but it looks too childish to me.
Here it is! The bamboo dance I mentioned in my previous post about my KK trip.
This is the video of me and Get Pei participating in the bamboo dance on stage in the seafood restaurant.
I look like monkey swinging my hands around when I failed to follow the beats. -.- I should cut that habit already.
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Was totally too high last night when singing K with the girls. Could it be the caffeine in Coke? lol. Maybe it was Ming Jia. Hehe. Before I left the room with GP and WY, MJ took a photo of me over-posing:
Gosh! I can't imagine I did that! Actually it's suppose to look funny la.. not obscene if you get the joke. As the title said, I'm getting more like a comedian lately. It looked even more funny with the sensor thing MJ edited. Too bad this comedian look 10 times more fugly than it's supposed to be in every pose she acted. Gosh..
Group photo: Get Pei, Woan Yng, Ming Jia and me
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Had a 500m swim after work with Cheng Yee and Toh Theng. The indoor 3m deep pool was closed due to some UK school kids swimming competition earlier on. So we were left with one last choice which was the outdoor 1.2m deep pool.
It's very dirty with green cloudy water. But what to do... All of us feel like swimming today. So we just jumped in without second thought. The pool had around 30 people. I might be wrong. It could be more. It was a crowd in the pool regardless of the cloudiness of the water. The water was so cloudy we could not even see anything in the water! It was this insane. There was once when I was swimming freestyle, hardly looking forward (normally I can see the front view coz the water is clear) a big size guy was swimming towards me. We almost plunged onto each other head to head. Luckily both of us emergency braked. And then we stood face to face. Very awkward lo.
Another thing I'm not satisfied is that when all of us swim from one end to the other end of the pool, some people swam across the pool (Can I call it jayswimming? lol). Since the water is cloudy, whenever I wanted to swim to another end I had to keep poking my head out to watch whether there's anyone jayswimming to prevent myself from plunging into them.
Sigh. I miss the indoor pool coz: 1. First, it has the dividers, so sure no jayswimming. 2. Second, the water is crystal clear. You can ignore the negligeable dirt stuck to the ground coz it's too deep you can't even touch the ground unless you dive in. 3. Third, people swim there, not playing with water like those people in the outdoor pool blocking the way.. urgh.. 4. Fourth, guys who swim there have good body. Keke. Seriously why swimmers body shape all so nice one le? Hmm... =P
That's why I prefer indoor pool.
Outdoor pool is RM2 per entry, indoor pool is RM3 per entry. See how 1 Ringgit can make such big difference.
Cooked steak, french fries and tomato fried egg as my dinner. The steak tasted good but the texture was way too hard to chew. My jaw hurts chewing it. =( French fries was tasty as usual. Tomato fried egg tasted a bit weird. Hehe. Maybe French fries and tomato fried egg cannot eat together. =P
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Last night slept very early coz was too tired from traveling back from hometown. Around 10.30pm. But was awoken by the mossies at around 12.30am. Woke up and tried to kill them with the electric racket. I saw two. But they fled too fast. I killed none. Went back to sleep with the rackets at my bedside. Miraculously no mossies kacau me anymore. Maybe they can recognise the racket. Keke..
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The last movie I watched was in March. And that movie was not even my must-watch movie. Even when Terminator Salvation was on show everyone was all excited about it I wasn't really interested too. Coz I didn't watch the previous Terminators. hehe..
But I'm not gonna miss this movie: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!!
It's showing in Mid July!! I feel like booking the seat now. Heehee.. Too much la.
Although I'd finished reading the whole series of Harry Potter and I roughly remember the story (Dumbledore's gonna die in this episode. Sob.. I remember how I cried really hard when I read till that part when he died) I still wanna watch the movie coz the movie have those visual effects which I tried to imagine when I was reading the book. I think every Harry Potter reader agrees with me. =)
Another movie which I also feel like watching is Transformer. I watched the first Transformer and fell in love with Bumblebee - the yellow transformer. Optimus Prime also very yeng la. But Bumblebee cuter. keke.. I remember when I watched the end of first Transformer where the bad transformer was still alive I told myself I'm not gonna miss the second Transformer. =)
I am waiting. lol. =P
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My camera is spoiled! =(
After KK trip I've tried many times to switch on the camera but to no avail. =( I thought the batteries were flat. I charged them and tried to switch on the camera again.
Still nothing.
Sigh. I think the high altitude of the KK mountain killed my camera.
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Tomorrow going to sing K with Ming Jia, Get Pei and Woan Yng! =D So long never sing K already. I hope I still remember the songs. Keke..
Recently there are two things sitting in my "must buy" list:
1. Korean dictionary 2. Swim suit
I lend my Korean dictionary to my lil sis who equally loves Korean language. After a while I think I might as well give it to her since she likes it so much plus I saw a more advance dictionary in Popular bookstore. But last week when I went there to look for the dictionary again, it was gone!! =( Sigh... So I'm still waiting for it to 'reappear' in the shelf. lol...
For swim suit. I know I own damn a lot of swim suits. But the newest two-piece swim suit I own is loosen already. =( The last time I swam, I had to keep pulling the shorts to prevent it from falling off. lol. My old one-piece swim suit was loosen long time ago. So now all of them are sitting in my closet. I'll never buy two piece swim suit already. But the one-piece swim suits I like are all more than a hundred. Sigh.. I rather pay the fees for Korean language course and live with my loosen swim suit first. lol...
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Have been looking for this song after heard it from radio. Coz I love the style of this song. Is it R&B? I dunno..
I always miss the introduction of the name of the song by the DJ. I first thought it was Eason Chan's song before I heard the intro. Hehe.
Today when I heard it from radio, I sat right next to the radio until I hear the intro. Finally I know who sings this song.
I was not afraid of getting old with all sorts of wrinkles on my face and white hairs on my head. Was.
Because of gradual influences from my fellow colleague Cheng Yee, I started to worry about aging. 2 years ago wrinkles started forming under my eyes but I didn't mind. Just applied some eye cream on and off whenever I feel like it. =P
These few months I feel the skin of my limbs starting to get drier and drier. Until can see the dried skin starting to chip off bit by bit especially my fingertips. Urgh. Really can't stand it this time.
And guess what? I bought my first ever skin repair cream today, just for my dry hands! Gosh, please tell me this is not the real Heay. Applying lotions and night cream every night before I sleep is totally un-Heay. But what to do, the aging process is slowly eating away my body!! Argh!~~ I duwan to become all wrinkled before 30.
Seriously I need to start some skin care thingy already. lol. So un-heay...
To start to war against aging, I bought today:
1. Eubos' hand repair and care cream 2. Skin Food's fresh juice toner
My next target will be a paste-like mask. Since last year, I've been using Elianto's masks (on and off also.. hehe) which are in pieces which cost RM6.90 per piece!! With the war declared, I'll have to constantly do mask every week. So I need a cheaper (but also good quality) mask. I heard one paste-like mask can be used for about one year and it costs around 100 bucks. Guess this is the wiser choice. No? Gotta go hunt for this thing this Sunday.
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While shopping for my 'weapons' for the aging war in Pyramid, I saw something interesting at old wing.
Anlene was giving free bone check!
So I registered for the check and queued up for it. ^^
It just took me about 5 minutes. And my results was -0.7 within the range of -4.0 to +2.0.
-1.0 to +2.0 is low risk of Osteoporosis -2.5 to -1.0 is medium risk of Osteoporosis -4.0 to -2.5 is high risk of Osteoporosis
I almost fell in the range of medium risk. Hmm.. Should start drinking milk and eating yoghurt every day starting today. Another aging war declared. lol..
Ok. I going off for a glass of milk and then my dreamland. Hope tonight can dream of the nice wooden chalet with a huge glass French window facing a deep forest again.
Coz CP skyped me just now! And then me, Aud and CP, 3 of us talk together. After the chat only I realized how I miss the time 3 of us hang out together in hostel.
Miss ya CP! Call more often yea~ =D
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This weekend is going to be busy as usual. lol..
Which reminded me a conversation between me and CY. (Note: CY is my jimui at work. hehe)
Me: I'm very not active one. I always stay at home one. See I'm as guai as you. =P CY: Yameh? I thought you went hiking last weekend? And the week before last week go where ah? Sing K? And that day just said you came back from yamcha with a friend? Me: Erhh... Hehe.. Yahor... Okloh.. I'm busy on weekends only ma.. But weekdays still very guai one. Hahaha..
So yeah... I'm going to go for a small hike tomorrow. For some combination reasons I cant get my old hiking kaki to join me. One going Ching Ming, one going to hang out with friends, one didn't even reply my message. But nevermind, I still have my training partner - Marble Soon. lol.
And then Sunday going to eat Thai food with colleagues! Yummy! Gosh, my gastric juice is gushing out now. lol. Have to remember take photos of the food and put here. Hehe.
Oh ya! Since tomorrow I'm going to hike early morning, means I have to wake up before 7am, means I have to sleep now already! Alrights.. Nights everyone.
Warning: It's gonna be a very long ranting post. Skip the words if it's too boring. There are some interesting pictures though.
This Friday the 13 is indeed unlucky.
Case number 1:
I had a car accident again this morning when going to work.
A motorcyclist in front of me slipped and fell down at a turning slope coz it was raining. He was lying in the middle of the road. When I turned and saw the motorcycle was in between two lanes obviously blocking the way and the motorist was standing up.
I pressed hard on the brake pedal. Not only the car didn't slow down, it was moving down with even faster speed (Blame me on slow reaction in emergency situation, I was pressing the clutch when pressing the brake which I shouldn't. I should have just press the brake and let the engine die. Maybe the brake was not functioning at that time, so the car was free gear-ed). I didn't thought of pulling hand-brake (luckily I didn't coz my car would sure spin around).
So, I turned my car to the left lane coz the motorcycle was blocking the way. The tyre rim was scratching the wall of the flyover all the way until I knock onto the bumper of an MPV car (I think it's an Unser) in front of me. The car was actually stopping at the left lane because the motorcycle was right in front of the Unser. So, actually turning to left lane was a worse decision (Hey, isn't it better if I crush by an empty motorcycle than banging onto an MPV which obviously will damage my car more? Sigh....)
The car behind me who also wanted to stop but couldn't, spun around for few rounds, knocking the motorcycle to the left and stopped right at the middle of the right lane facing the opposite way, but no scratches at all! =( I should have done that. And another car almost knocked my car. (it was a turn, so nobody see what's happening in front) Luckily the car managed to make an emergency stop. After all these, the motorcycle was no longer at the middle of the road but slipped under the Unser. I had to reverse and let Unser to reverse to let free the motorcycle. When the motorcycle was freed, the motorcyclist fled before we could even notice.
Now my car lamp is broken, the bonet is crooked, the bumper is kemek-ed and the tyre rim cover is seriously scratched.
This is by far my most serious car accident. =(
But I was lucky also. Luckily the lamp and signal light are working. And the tyre rim is not broken. After that I drove to work and made it to company on time. Then only I realized that I scratched my leg during the accident. But luckily it was just a small scratch. No big deal. And luckily the Unser owner didn't ask me to pay for her car repair (coz her car no scratches at all!)
Case number 2:
Audrey wants me to write this in the blog.
My ex-house owner called up and asked me to return the apartment parking sticker and card to his new tenant. It was actually Audrey's. So I called Audrey and told her about this. When he called me I was busy at work. I didn't answer his phone twice. I dun like to talk on phone when I'm wearing my gloves. Coz after taking off the gloves to answer the phone I would have to put the glove back on and spray 70% ethanol again on my gloves. If my hands are sweaty, the rubber gloves will be wet inside and it will be very difficult to put on.
On his third call, I reluctantly answered his phone. He said his new tenant is going to move in today and it's urgent. I reasoned to him that the tenant would have the primary parking sticker and card, so it shouldn't be a problem to him moving in. But the owner insisted me to return without telling me the reason.
So, I called Audrey and asked her to return the stuff. I made a few phone calls between the owner and Aud, coz Aud couldn't leave the work and the owner insisted we return the stuff by 3pm today. The owner was really annoying today until I even forgot about my seriously damaged car. In the end Aud called up the new tenant asking him to go to Monash to collect the stuff and she was supposed to collect RM30 deposit fees from him. But the tenant didn't know that the parking sticker and card are not the primary ones and he didn't know he has to pay teh deposit fees. The primary ones are still with the owner! I bet the owner wants to keep the primary parking sticker and card to himself. Aud didn't collect the deposit fees from the tenant.
Actually the owner should have tell the tenant about the primary card and sticker. He should tell the tenant that he should pay the deposit fees to Aud. But, this owner blamed Aud that she's making fuss about it and she can just tell the tenant to pay her.
Aud is still complaining about the owner to someone in her phone. Hehe. I can hear it from my room.
Case number 3:
I wore a miniskirt to work today coz no more clean jeans. After lunch time only CY told me actually during lunch time when I was wearing socks, I ter-exposed a bit and a male colleague was coincidentally looking my way. OMG! I didn't know! Maybe he didn't see anything. Hmmm..
Case number 4:
Audrey was locked in her room when she came home. The door knob was unlocked but she just couldn't open the door. We tried to open from outside also cannot. With keys also cannot. Turn different directions from both sides still cannot. Use screw driver to ply it off but failed. Then use hammer to knock it off. It got worse. Then, we asked our neighbours for help. With force, the uncle next door and our housemate's dad managed to use hammer and screw driver to dismantle the knob piece by piece. In the end the whole knob was removed but the metal ring that stuck to the hole still held the door tight. We tried to kick open the door but failed. Then the door suddenly released itself when uncle knocked the ring loose with hammer and screw driver. Springs fell out of the rings. Those springs were the culprit.
Case number 5:
A neighbour's daughter-in-law had a car accident which involved 4 cars today as well.
Tomorrow have to go repair car. Sob~~ Luckily uncle will accompany me go get quotations.
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There's a nice English song I wanna recommend. I love love love the tap dance sound at 3:00. And the acoustic guitar at 0:43 sounds good!
Love Bug - Jonas Brother
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I did this personality test here and find it very true. Some of it were very unlike me but it had changed throughout the year. I feel this test explains my current personality and thinking well, except the line saying that I'm good in giving advice. hehe...
Your view on yourself:
You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.
It's quite true about down-to-earth, but I dunno whether people like me because I'm straightforward. Dun think I'm a good problem solver, coz normally I just listen to problems but I dun solve it. Hehe
The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes.
Yea. I do admire smart people who has very strong determination. I find them very attractive. Normally I would start admiring a person after knowing him more in person. In fact guys whom I like in the past are not good-looking type. Like other girls, I like to see lengchais also, but that's only for display coz in some cases I dun have the chance to even know them deeper or in some cases I dun like their personalities. lol.
Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You prefer to get to know a person very well before deciding whether you will commit to the relationship.
I tend to admire someone whom I know for long (at least more than a year) coz I got to understand him more by that time .
The seriousness of your love:
You like to flirt and behave seductively. The opposite sex finds this very attractive, and that's why you'll always have admirers hanging off your arms. But how serious are you about choosing someone to be in a relationship with?
I'm not sure about flirting. But sometimes I do joke around with guys coz I treat everyone unisex-ly. Hehe. So maybe sometimes people might tend to receive the wrong message.
Your views on education
Education is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own.
After graduating from uni and started working, I started to have a change of perspective. I think the society is the best place to learn things. You learn to deal with people, not formulas and numbers.
The right job for you:
You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.
I'm still not sure about a secure job for my whole life yet. Coz I still have the vision of teaching in Cambodia rural schools. That might make a secure job too right? Except that maybe I would have to shuffle among the schools to teach?
How do you view success:
You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.
Very true. I'll take the advice. =P
What are you most afraid of:
You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It's time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.
Very true indeed! Actually I can have very messy hair and even darker skin tone. But because people around me commented that my hair was too messy and my skin was getting too much suntan from hiking, I started to keep my hair in shape and apply sunscreen when I go hiking.
Who is your true self:
You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.
No I'm not matured. lol. Reasonable, could be. Honest, very true. But I dun give good advice. Hehe. I'm still not good in analyzing situations. Still need improvement.
Finally finish editing the new blog skin! I change this skin just because of the RSS Feed. Sigh... My previous blog template was in html classic blogger mode and I dunno how to set RSS Feed for that. I didn't know I dun have feed in my blog until Wey Yiing told me that she doesn't know my blog was updated because my blog has no feed! Maybe it has feed but I just dunno how to set. Then hor, now after changing to new blogger mode, only I realized that it is actually the setting problem. Hahaha.. Blur as usual.
Never mind.
I love this simple template especially the font for the header "Garden of Thoughts". Cute or not? =) And this template is easy to edit too. Actually I wanted to change my blog title to something else coz it sounds very lame. Garden of Thoughts konon. So lame. But I think everyone who read my blog are more used to this title after so many years. So I think I will just stick to it la. Hehe.
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Today actually was not in a good mood coz everyone in the lab was bullied by the janitor. Aih.. We always bullied by her one. She's more like a boss to us than us to her. Maybe we should start being more stern and firm when communicating with her. Sigh. For goodness sake, aunty, wash the toilet la!! Argh!!!
Ok. Enough ranting. Gotta go sleep. Very long never sleep so late already. Bad for health. Hehe.
People go dating during Valentine's day. Some Raleighians go fundraise for charity selling flowers during the day (which I really wanted to go but didn't coz I'm sick). Guess what I do during Valentine's day?
I'm doing rehab for my flu. Consulted a doctor. Had plenty of sleeps and medicine.
I dun like to see doctor whenever I'm sick. Reasons why I dun see doctor normally:
1. Normally I'll see a doctor when I feel I have fever (I dun have thermometer, so I can only assume). But when the doctor measure my body temperature it is always normal! And in the end the doctors only give me some supplements or pain killer which I can buy myself in any pharmacy.
2. When I'm sick I dun feel like going out. Duh... Who fancy going out with dizzy head or freezing limbs?
3. It's expensive! Consulting a doctor plus the medication he sold make up to around RM35-RM50 in KL. In contrast, 10 tablets of Panadol only costs me RM2.00.
4. Some doctors even conclude that I'm not having flu or fever, it's just because I didn't have enough sleep lately and didn't drink enough water. That was when I was in uni. I remember the doctor sold me plenty of vitamins and charged me damn expensive!
5. Some doctors are pure empty-headed. They emphasise that all the medications he gave should be finished by the patients. I mean if that medication is just painkillers should I finish them even when I dun feel pain anymore?
Actually I'm quite amazed with the doctor I just consulted. He is pretty reasonable. He told me I dun need to finish the course of medication because they are just painkillers and lozenges. And he reasoned with me that different people will have different immune system. Some will slowly recover from the flu while some will start to develop cough, fever or even high fever. And he said when you started to develop high fever then only consultation is necessary. So I think he means I actually dun need to consult a doctor when I'm not that serious yet. That fits my style then. =P Hehe..
So, I bought a thermometer from pharmacy! It's only RM6.50, not as expensive as I expected. So next time whenever I 'feel' I have fever, I can check first before I waste my money buying painkillers from doctors. =)
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