Five things that I'm G.R.A.T.E.F.U.L

Lately work has been hectic and its been very consuming both physically and mentally.
To get me going, I will usually sit down and play some thoughts in my mind.
I do what the Facebook told us to do
Count our blessings!

There are alot alot of them. And to begin with, I will start with 5 that crossed my mind now
The 5 which i think I'm most grateful for for the time being

My Family
Although I'm not from a wealthy family or a perfect family, I'm grateful for the family that God decided for me to be in. Being in a single parent family taught me to be tough and independent. My mom taught me to me more than I thought I can. My mom did not teach me how to do things but by watching her doings, I learnt. And one of them was property investment. I'm thankful for my bro and hubby. For they are the men of the family and always there when i needed them. Also my relatives, though sometimes they can be quite to manage.

The Good People
I'm grateful for the good people that i have met along my journey. Those i've met during my school years and along my business life. Those who have believe and gave me the opportunity to go further.
Those who have gave me a chance to prove that i can do it. To all my clients and mates, THANK YOU!

ehm... what other blessings?
easier to type this way. I'm grateful for the home that im living in. the pysical and material blessings being showered upon. the health and food provided. the girlfriends whom i keep in touch in our group for many years. the opportunity to see other parts of the world and cherish the nature. more importantly, the opportunity to know God the Saviour.

Retiring at 32 years old

My husband and I are working towards retirement at the age of 32 years old!
We will be staying at Selesa Hillhomes thereafter and busy travelling around the world

For starters:-

1. Vietnam: 3 months
2. US 6 months
3. China 6 months
4. Thailand: 6 months
5. Sabah: 1month

etc.....

Kintamani, Bali

Emerald Pool, Krabi

Tasmania, Australia

For more of the above to come, I hereby made a solemn decision on money savings and smart investments =)

Out of the blue

When I first started writing in this blog, I was just a college girl with most of my evening free and typing my blog on the study table, modified, posted and re-modified x 100 before i finally give up and accept it as the best post of the day (back then) and posted again

Now in 2014, I'm officially married as a wife and a business owner. Whenever i thought of bloging in this one and only old blog of mine, i would just like to count my many uncountable blessingssss! And out of the blue, i just feel like signing in and typing these..

I am truly and gratefully thankful for:

1. My ever supporting mom who would only nag but never say no to ALL my request for her help and time. Its really the best feeling on earth to know she is always there. My mom never read blogs so maybe someday i should tell her this" I am really thankful for your help mom!" (Take away my asian "shyshy" and just tell her this! Im so gona do this!)

2. Thankful for my cousin Joel Teh who read my blog when I was in college. He read my blog when I was thinking day and night how the hell can i get to UK for my final year.

  

Thanks to him who lent me money for it. He even tried staying anonymous bout it. Where can i get such good cousin? Drop from heaven.. The story was this one fine day my aunt who is the mom of my cousin called me up and ask do i need money to go to UK and i said yes. Aunt said " I can lend it to you" I was the happiest and most excited girl on earth that day. On the day she handed me the cheque, she said this "These money is from your cousin, he asked me not to tell you so". I was dumbfounded that moment. 

Lake District, National Park

My room, Atlantic Point Hostel

3. I have another 1,2,3,4,5,6.......100 person to be thankful for. Lets just start with two today!

Perhaps i should start writing the paper and pen way for a with a thank you card and a gifts sent to each and every of their doorstep to say "Thank you"

Lunch in the Park after class

Back dated post in microsoft words

I miss blogging so here I am today.
Sitting here at UITM Perlis, I miss home..
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I cried on my 1st business trip. I know I sounded like a baby but emotions choose to filled me up.
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I’m currently an event organizer, travelling to almost every state on the west.
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I thought I would love this job when I first started but now…..
I just want to stay home =(
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Last month, I went to Phuket with my beloved.
Yes, I’m in love again after numerous attempt to savage the previous. There was much crying over the pillow, girls talkss with my darling girlfriends.
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Crying and winning and cryingsss..
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Anyhow, I have leap over that and all new again now. It wasn’t something I expected to begin this relationship I must admit.
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But I’m glad it started =)
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YC was my schoolmate back in form six. Sorry to say, I never notice him.
I mean, back then i never notice/imagine/think/ him would be my love one day
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He was a prefect and I was a prefect. We were not perfect.
Our conversations are nothing more than school stuffs.
Unlike now, we talk about almost everything. Previously, we never hang out, never have feelings for each other.

At one point (back then), we were closest when we climbed Mt. KK together. That was a pleasantly memorable time and we share a silly attempt during that climb
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Clue:- Tire – Frustrated – Piggy Back – Failed –Laugh -Silly
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Yup! He tried to piggy back me up Mt. KK but FAILED
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We laughed over it cause it was so silly for him to have attempted so. He tried carrying me, 5x++ kg with a 5kg bag on him.Its not impossible on even ground but you know.. its going up hill.
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We still laugh like mad when we talk bout this from time to time.
Guess we lost our rationality when we were too exhausted..

Dumpling Aunty

There is this yong tau fu restaurant that my family and i frequent at Ampang. Its a famous restaurant operated for more than three decade by two generations.

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Besides the yummy food which always scribble in my memory. There is an "infamous" dumpling aunty who draws a more vivid memory.

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She's a regular dumpling seller at the shop. She walks around every table with a tray of dumpling in hand. Although i don't always buy from table-to-table seller. However if its an old grandma or grandpa selling, i would support most of the time.

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But not for this dumpling aunty.

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I remembered there was once she showed us an angry frowning face when we rejected to buy her dumpling. I was taken aback. At first,she aprroached our table with a very smilley face but when we said "No, next time perhaps". Her facial expression changed immediately. IMMEDIATELY!

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It makes me think. How many poker face have i seen today or perhaps everyday??

Polishing Ring

Last week, my boyfriend and i sent our rings for polishing. It is an annual complimentary polish service from the shop we bought our rings.

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Its not engagement ring. Its not wedding ring. Just a gift we bought out of persuasion from friends. I know it sounds odd. Its a story for another day =)

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I love to resemble our relationship with the amount of scratches on the ring. Similar to the multiple disagreement and love-hate situations and "i'm not talking to you" situations. Mostly i initiated =D

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The difference is we got over it quite immediately. We did not wait long to clear our disagreements like we waited for a year to polish the ring.

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Most of the time, we have it done on the day itself. Latest, the very next morning we both fresh awake with our cleared mind.

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I love the frank and honest way we communicate. We could just voice our dislike directly with each other and we both could accept it with an open mind.

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Because we both understand no matter how much disagreement we may have, its just a matter of perspective and differences in thinking.

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And we both understand love is more than saying i love you. Its about complimenting and tolerating.

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What makes it even better... He tolerate me more than i do in return =p

Alor Gajah

On the 29th day of February i was working at Malacca with my bf. We were talking about living in town and living in city

He suggested that perhaps we should live in town as he is seriously sick of the jams, crams and nonsense in the city. When he made this statement, i hesitated for a little in mind.

What running in my brain are boring days with no malls, not many friends around and etc. Guess its not common when we talk about leaving our comfort zone and starting brand new else where.

In Alor Gajah, the town we were at was totally entertainment-LESS i can say. The only mall around is Tesco.

Though i love grocery shopping but i don't want it to be the only agenda in my shopping list.

Anyway, after the 4th day being in town, i like it a little more. There are a few things i notice in a small town.

1. No ipad but Greetings
Bf and i were having breakfast at a stall by the road side. I noticed somehow at point of times, the patrons would be greeting when the arrive.

Its a gesture i don't get to see often in KL.

There isn't ipad or smart phones on the table. One of the act i disagree the most is to have a kid sit still by giving the kid ipad or phones. That's not the way to educate kids, parents!

2. Better environment
Ohh... the shop i packed my lunch use paper box instead of polystyrene box. I love them! I don't think cost concern KL-ians do this. Or to be fair, i've just not seen any before.



Its recyclable. Its some move we should do on top of protesting bout Lynas. I believe every single move affect the well being of our earth. I do protect our earth too.

I recycle all recyclable goods at home which includes toilet rolls cardboard, toothpaste/tissue box, catalogues/newspaper/paper bills/ aluminium cans

I"m back from hk

I had a great time in hong kong!

Just the last post I was saying its in 2 months time I'll be there. Now, I'm already home

2 months to go..

and i'll be here.. =)


Hong Kong 3 nights, Shenzhen 2 nights, 8-13 Jan 2012
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cant wait for my holidays to come so that i could take a good rest
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i booked the flight tickets way back on 21st Feb 2011, 3 days after i say ok to be my boyfriend's girlfriend B) One good eight months, suming it all in one, i enjoy every single bit of the time.
We had some down times but mostly up, we even made a commitment together.
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We placed a downpayment for an apartment. Looking forward to walk this path further..further with him =)

Joy

It has been 5 months and we're still seeing each other EVERYDAY
And no... we're not saying this to each other yet...
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In fact, we really enjoy every single minutes we spent together
At least for me YES!! I enjoy them a lot.
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Some people may have the perception that couple seeing everyday isn't a good thing.

Things like..."You guys see each other everyday, you'll be bore with him and he'll get sick of seeing you too much!" OR "Seeing each other too much creates more chances for argument"

Honestly, i don't feel these negative feelings. On the other side, meeting up, talking to each other is one thing i look forward to after a tiring work day. I'm glad that he could just side down and listen to all grumble mumble i have about my day, my work and all possible silly things that may have frustrated my day. And after all those that i've complain.. all he have to do and never fail to cure me.. its with his TIGHT BEAR HUG... i know its awww and i love it.. (typing this makes me smile)

There's no any other better way i can ask for but laughter, conversation and silly jokes we made to end my day. The perception of argument due to seeing each other too much are totally determine by the couple themselves that's what i believe.

As true as the cliche sounds, " it takes two to argue". I believe that YC and i have grown enough in terms of mentality that shouting and yelling at each other doesnt't work well in a relationship. No doubt at times we may have slight disagreement with each other. But we never allow it over night. All in all, i'm enjoying every single bit that im doing and living now.

Anyway, i'm currently at UITM Alor Gajah for my event. Am missing him dearly.

In love

Last February 19th i started a new relationship.
I never knew i would in be in love again.
Especially after such a short time frame from the previous.
More unexpectedly, he is one that i never thought we could be partners
Never cross my mind. At all =)

We never have much connversation, never hang out much during school times.
Forgetting to mention he's my high school mate
He's a prefect and i'm a prefect.
So most of our conversation do not circulate far from prefectorial.

Anyway, after almost 6 years.
Here we are now, a couple for almost 6 months.
I'm glad we started and am enjoying every single bit of time we're together

Its hillarious when some schoolmates bump into us and saw us hand in hand.
The million dollar shocking face from a far was priceless
Like i say, i didn't expect this too =p

Quicker pls.

Human are undecided creatures. If you disagree with me, better think twice because i'm confident it happen in everyone's life. Reason: At some point time, its so frequent that we heard people mentioning that time passes by too quickly.. Too quickly and it never return. Unlike heading for a direction on the road, we can always make a U-turn. Unlike scribbing the wrong word on the paper, we can always erase it as easy as we wrote it. But this philosophy just don't apply on time. Faster faster , quicker quicker... Then you ask for slower-indecisive..

I wish time go slower on weekends, i wish time go even slower when its Friday so that i can have a longer friday and not move on into sunday. More specifically, a longer Friday evening would be best. However, like i said human change their thoughts frequently. As frequent as they go to the loo. I wish time go by faster for this phase of life and just erase the blues away as i'm truly exhausted, emotionally.

Bulan Ogos

Bulan Ogos, Bulan Merdeka yang patut dirayakan
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Oleh yang demikian, terdapat banyak peristiwa yang patut saya rakamkan di belog ini tetapi saya tiada masa untuk melakukannya sehingga sekarang
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Harap maaf jika anda ingin tumpang gembira untuk bulan merdeka saya untuk 3 bulan yang lepas
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Susunan peristiwa yang berlaku tidak saya ingat lagi tetapi yang paling saya ingati adalah malam 31 Ogos 2010, saya berada di atas bukit kepunyaan Pak cik Lim
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Kawan sejak Tingkatan 2Gigih dari BBGS = Kawan untuk 10 tahun = 1 dekad
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Tidak dapat dinafikan, ku semakin dewasa dah, bukan tua ya, tapi semakin dewasa
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Kawan, saya dan sepupu monyet
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Kegilaan di hadapan cermin lif.
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Mercun api di hadapan cermin bilik hotel.
Semakin hari semakin dewasa, tidak larat lagi nak bersempit dengan budak remaja di bawah hotel untuk kira bawah 31 Ogos 2010
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Arked budak-budak
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Senyuman yang manis sekali.
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Selepas berada di tempat Pakcik Lim. Peristiwa seterusnya, adalah sambutan buka puasa di tempat Chef Mumtaz Ramsay

Ramuan untuk penyediaan makan malan style ala Barat

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Chef tengah memasak.

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Tomato, buah olive dll.
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Diantara watak sampingan yang menolong dalam proses memasak
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Encik Ernest dan budak Alex tengah mengopek kulit tomato
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Pemotong roti yang tidak berpengalaman.

Tapi tak apa, asalkan roti yang dipotongnya boleh makan.

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Chef Mumtaz Ramsay yang menggunakan resepi turun temurun dari emak
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Hidangan entree, entah nama apa tetapi ia adalah roti dengan campuran bawang merah, bawang putih, buah olive dan tomato bersama keju.

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Pesto?? I tak pasti nama hidangan in jugak. Tau makan jer.

Untuk mengetahui namenya, sila tanya lah Si Mumtaz.

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Bersedia untuk menjamu selera.

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Tuan-tuan dan puan-puan sekalian, adinda telah lama tidak meggunakan bahasa malaysia untuk menaip surat oleh yang demikian, saya telah menggunakan blog ini untuk berlatih. Jika terdapat apa-apa perkataan yang tidak faham maksudnya, ignore sajer la.

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Sekian Terima kasih, Harap anda dapat mencapai impian atau resolusi Tahun 2010 sebelum tahun in berakhir dalam kurang daripada 1 1/2 bulan lagi.

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All the BEST!!

cousins

Thanks to my grandpa, i have many cousins. Two hands are definitely not enough to number my cousins. Being top 3 in my cousinhood, i certainly did babysit a number of them.
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Below are a few whom have grown over the years
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Some grown oversize and some grown below expectation
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The left one is easy going
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The other one used to be LeeHom look alike but now, he is able to form artificial breast with his tummy.He actually did it to entertain the family.
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Another cousin whom i think have this chipmunks look.
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And the all time favourite and annoying one. I babysitted this fella every now and then since 3 months old till 13 years old. I cleaned his milk bottle, changed his diapers and bathed him
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(Pic above: He's trying to blanket my leg while i'm having facial session at my aunt's place. This guy provide good facial massage service but i never take his offer. His fingers are always filled with his nose gold. His pastime: korek hidung)
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Over a period of 13 years, everyone is growing up and i suppose he is the last young cousin that i spanked the most, scolded the most, pampered the most and annoyed by the most.
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Last few days, i came across his FB profile and saw this.
And this made me realised he has grown up, maybe not fully in terms of mentally but he surely did grown up. The thought of him being an annoying kid just brushed away. Not sure if he copied the below from somewhere but i like it, i like it =)
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I'm not annoying,just disturbing
I'm not sleeping,just snoring
I'm not playing,just having fun
I'm not boy,just a male
I'm not gay,just like boys
I dun like money,just like cash
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I like the first line the most because to me,

HE IS A SERIOUSLY an ANNOYING PERSON!

But somehow, i know the act of him being annoying will not last for long. I know its better for me to embraced his annoy-ment and agogo with him NOW than to miss this moment years later
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SO I JUST EMBRACED IT ALL...
EMBRACED ALL HIS DISTURBING..
so many embracing to do these days
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I did things with him which i don't do with other cousins
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Silly, Stupid and Crazee things but i love the laughter and jokes he made
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Moreover, i enjoy making him carry my stuff when he beg me for some outing, theme parks or movies. I just love it........

mummy mom mama

Last week was my mom's birthday. My brother brought us for a crab session.

Being a big fan for seafood, i surrender to my temptation despite me being allergy to seafood.

*rash curse*

Anyway, it was my mom's birthday and i got her a pearl white gold necklace.

*i like it myself, so buying for her would mean sharing with me *

teehee =p

I'm thinking now that.......

There's this one thing that i seldom mention to her, perhaps not even once a year or may be never

That is " i love you, mom".

Being asian family, display of affection is never in our roots.

Probably i did say i sayang her alot but never in a firm or serious manner, i did it in a joking way.

Anyway, i really love her dearly. My mom being my mom and dad at the same time makes me love her even more dearly.

As i stroll through my photo albums today, i realised she has aged from one photo to another.

So i guess i have to love her more and take more photos of her to avoid drastic difference between each photo the next time i surf my photo albums..

adorable children

I did some casual shopping and snacking with a girlfriend of mine last weekend. Being myself who couldn't resist Ikea's curry puff and Vanilla ice-cream, i had my 1st round of snack session there.
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Just when my girlfriend and i sat down on the bench enjoying our ice-cream, i noticed a little boy and a little girl sitting bout 5 metres in front of us.
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From their behaviour, i know they were siblings. Chasing around and child-wrestle here and there on the bench. I myself not sure when i begin to like watching kids. But looking at their typical children behaviour just makes me smile. Probably its the oestrogen playing tricks in me =p
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As i observed longer, I felt the bond between this 2 kids. At first, the boy tried some mix matching skill and experimented on the ice-cream. He added some extra orange juice flavouring to his sister's ice-cream .
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Then, his sister had a bite on the ice-cream while the boy watched her doing it.
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After that, the brother took a bite while his sister watched him. I just love this picture, what a beautiful moment.
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After a while, i thought of my brother and i. Can't recall if we had such experience perhaps never. Even there is, i bet its a photo of us snatching from each other rather than sharing. lolx.

"i love working"

i have been working for 8 months now and i am still learning. I know learning curve is unstoppable unless i put a fullstop on it. Everyday i'm learning something new and today i learnt something relating to human communication cum personality. I really have to thank my clients for giving me all the trouble and challenges so that i can learn and learn. Having over 700 clients in my firm, learning, flexibility and adaptation is a must.
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One of my client has anger management problem and the other client of mine hate changes on plan and the other client always ALWAYS... wants documents perpared on the spot, PRESSURE!! And the other always says his assignment are very urgent..
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Working life is crazy. Its all about communication, understanding, deaf ear on the left and alert ear on the right, handling people and issue solving and multi-tasking the ultimate requirement.

days are not flying by

They are zooming by like jet plane. Its here Thursday again when i thought Thursday was just yesterday... Oppsss... the Thurdays that i mentioned, it was last's week's Thursday and not this week's Thurdays and here today, this morning i'm living this week's Thursday. And Friday is waiting eager for me tomorrow!!!
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OMG!! i need more time..
MORE TIME!!!!
MORE TIME!!!!
I wana slow down and have more time to do more things...
Can we have two Thursday in a week? two Monday and two of every other day???
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I'm not sure where did all my time go but one thing i know, my week changed to gear-5 from Wednesday onwards. For last week itself, I had 2 classes, one on Thursday and one on Friday. And there fly my 2 days being an employee and a tutor.

I met a client on Friday and...

For Saturday, I attended an awesome workshop on Saturday bout Personalilty/ Leadership. Its not any other tom jack and harry workshop but one that really go in depth. I've been to numerous workshop during my student life and this is totally different. I was being personally profiled for what i am. Will share my profile one day.

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On sunday, i headed to a mountain, not climbing with feet but with car.. It was an unplanned event with the thought of feeling some cool breeze, Andy and i headed to Genting and we went for motion master. The last ride i had was bout 10 years ago if not more. And the next, it was monday again and thursday NOW!!! Class again tonight!!

making time out of no time

Distractions... There are so many of them in our life. We are so carried away in our everyday life, so busy rushing through a shower and heading to the road or stuck in the LRT. Cursing people who overtake without signaling, cursing the person next table who are smoking i'm having my meal, having client turning up in office demanding for docs without notifying ealier. Sometimes, its so hard for me to find time for myself which i hope i can. I just want to sit down and think, think and think of my life and future. How many of us actually take 5 mins a day just to reflect our daily happening? I guess very few of us do and that include me. This would be even more difficult for me now since i'm doing tutoring and insurance as well. Five days a week would all be work and work and no ponder ponder time. So from today onwards, I'll FIND TIME to do this. I'll make time everyday to think of the ways to improve myself, to do things better than what i did yesterday.
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The last time i have deep thoughts of my life was during my study leave. Those were the days i can lay on my bed and ponder on life. I don't call it day dreaming, because day dreaming has no direction and plan. I love to think of the future filled with hope and positive energy. I personally have a very strong feeling of success in me which i hope and want to nurture it to be reality. I believe that I'm more fortunate than many other people the same age as me. I have a great start in my school days that allow me the abilities to speak fluently, able to conduct a presentation without feeling afraid, to communicate and mixed well in a new environment. If not for my mom who sent me to the Big-Backside-Girls-School, i wouldn't be who i am today, a person with confidence. Thanks mom...
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Despite all the abovementioned, i must admit i'm a person with no patience. Time to time, i can easily be an angry cow. I dislike waiting for people, for me waiting for a person would mean not more than 15 mins. Else, i'll be very agitated and restless. And i have a serious problem with people who do not have the sense of urgency. This always happen in college days, when we're already late for class, Andy would still take his sweet time to walk. Most of the time, he'll be at the back and i'll be running to class. How i hate this and because of this, we had quite a few roll. Andy is a person filled with patience and this is his utmost quality and the reason we can be with each other for a good 4 years and counting. After some time from college years, Andy and i did ponder on how stupid we used to argue because of going late to classes, me being so angry bimbo every morning when we fail to leave the house early. We laughed over it now, and i start to question myself. Do i need to be such at such a situation and i realise the answer is no. I have to work out on this. I have to get a serious medication of push my patience up and my angry bimbo act down. Pls remind me to be patient if i lose them at times. If only i have more times to ponder to make myself realise all this and most importantly IMPROVE!!
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I WILL MAKE TIME TODAY AND EVERYDAY FROM TODAY ONWARDS!!

First was the Right, now my Left

My right feet was infected with eczema few weeks ago
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Initially, it was just a small crack which i assumed it to be an ordinary heel cracked.
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I happily bought Ellgy Cream to apply and the next i know, the crack turn into a 10cent wound and later to 20cent
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I went to my panel clinic twice and all i can say is~~ LOUSY DOCTORs

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The first doctor diagnosed the red spot on my feet,leg and hand as allergy reaction. Gave my some allergy cream to apply. After 1 week---not healed!

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Second visit to another clinic, the doctor diagnosed it as ringworm... cream applied

--STILL NOT HEAL!!

I have a feeling that, cause its panel clinic of my company and due to limit impose to the amount charged, the medicine and cream given is of those less effective, perhaps not effective at all.

Lesson: Don't visit panel if you're "really sick"

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Finally, i ended up in a skin specialist clinic, telling me its eczema and cost me RM185 @.@

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After seeing 2 doctors still like this.........
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Second days after seeing skin specialist
Applied permanganate liquid to prevent juices from oozing out the wound
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Phew.... wound healing...
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I did stupidly freak myself out thinking that the wound might be caused by some flesh eating bacteria. ~STUPIDITY~
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Anyway, i was relieve after seeing the 3rd doctor, the wound starts healing gradually. Thinking that FINALLY, i don't have to plaster my feet with white micropore tapes and cotton
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And what the heck next.....
I injured my left feet. I cant remember how i did it, all i recall was i ter-scrip my feet on my cupboard. With less receptor on this part of my feet and considering the thickness of the skin, it took me awhile to realise that blood is flowing out.


sigh...
its not as painful as you feel from seeing this photo
i still have time to snap a pic of it...