oh yeh.

i'm so glad that work is over. for now that is.

and that kinda reminds me of jane saying..

"i feel so much happier after quitting Yú".


lol.

it does feel like i won't be back for work for a long time.

though its only for about 3 weeks or so.

ah well. everything's all good.

leaving next tuesday. now i'm HELL looking forward to this trip. =)

lalala.

the walking-talking poo walked out of the kitchen with a tray full of chinese new years delicacies. afraid of the dancing lions ahead, he hid well behind the wooden carved wall. when the coast was clear, the walking-talking poo quickly ran to the other side of the restaurant, where the private room was located. from there onwards, janice kept giving steve the craps.


yeh. thanks for the nickname janice.


lol. hate the new uniform by the way.

aaahhh.

gaaahh. just came back from work and i'm so damn tired.

oh well, hope its not to late to say...


happy chinese new year?

lol.


and who cares about australia day anyway? lion dance overtakes fireworks. ;)

back.

i have finally returned to perth at 6am and boy that flight was tiring as hell. no sleep for more than 22 hours made me lay in bed for the whole day. but since i have regained 20% of my energy, i would might as well post something up here.

though this trip wasn't much enjoyable due to the busy schedule but i did manage to do something fun. lol.

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when mum drove us around this small hill-mountain surrounded town, i just realised how shit malaysian drivers are (not that i never knew this). the traffic is always so congested that everyone drives like a zombie just so that they can reach their destination as soon as impossible.

you would see drivers driving between 2 lanes, then another car shoves right in front of you just in time for you to scream your lungs out, P platers who are sooo inexperienced compared here don't know what to do... funny yet worrying at the same time.

although i only spent 3 days in ipoh, things sparkled up a lot since my aunt from Hong Kong came all the way down here to celebrate chinese new year with my grannys.

then the days of my long expected shopping spree has finally arrived when me and my family traveled to KL by bus. for those who are rich enough and can't be stuffed taking cheap public transports, this wouldn't be the right choice for you. my ass was literally numb and so flat that i could feel the bones poking out after 3 hours of pure torturing sitting.

and what was worse was that shopping in KL was pretty shit. known as the shopping haven for everyone, KL does indeed has the worlds most luxurious shopping malls but at a rediculous fancy price. i'm not making this up because the price for anything has risen a lot. not-so-branded shirts above RM60, so-so meals in a decent restaurant for RM15 and above, and a bottle of water for RM3.90. =.=

however, things did lighten up when i met cindy, my long lost(?) friend from high school. previously famous for her oversized boobs, cindy has become a lot more mature and sexy from her looks and sensible from her american accented speech. oh yeh, there was a clash between our american and aussie conversation for the 1st time in my life. lol? oh well, its all good after strolling aimlessly around midvalley for 2 hours or so.

this trip was also the first time ever i felt homesick. on the last day of my trip, i wanted to go home so bad as soon as possible. i was pretty sick of everything over there and missed my cereals and cold milk so much. nothing tasted so great like em. o_O?


another highlight of the trip:

outside megamall entrance...

"i am at ess-oh-yuu-tee-HEYTCH see-oh-yuu-ahhhh-tee"


its interesting to see how some people can pronounce the english alphabets but fail to read out the whole word.

lol.

cindy and me.

power of music.

i have been recently listening to a lot of music. by a lot, i mean a humongous amount. i would spend hours flicking through my ipod and listening from album to album, from artist to artist. i can't really state an amount of time listening but i would always plug in those earphones and embark on my adventurous musical journey through the symphony of life.

it all started a few days ago, when i started to listen back to the old songs by jay chow. and here i would love to admit that he is indeed a great artist who produces quality music that suits every single mood. i realized that each of his albums centralizes a specific theme and of course a specific uniqueness and style. then i would start digging up his chronologies and transfer into my ipod. the process took quite some time since i kept discovering more and more music suiting my taste, looking up for the perfect cover art for presentation... the discovery would somehow shift from jay chow to hyori (so hot.), from hyori to clazziquai. boringly long yet enjoying at the same time.

it may sound a bit pathetic listening to music for a few days by myself but hey, there's nothing to do so far so why not spend some time alone to appreciate music? =) the songs that once seemed so foreign and ignored reluctantly by me are now the ones that accompany me the most and even in desperate crazy moments when i craved for music so bad that i wouldn't sleep till 5 in the morning. it is simply that powerful, that overwhelming feeling beyond words.

hope you guys out there have also been doing something meaningful. lol.


leaving on thursday. hmm... it feels weird.

20th & 2nd.

so today marks the day of the new start of me as a 20 year old, as well as to celebrate the 2nd year success of this blog.

well, what can i say? turning 20 means a year older, end of teenage years, standing out in crowds of youngsters, time to mature towards adulthood... and not to mention the pressure adds on to the burden.

i remember reading a post of my fellow blogmate andu, where he claimed that he still felt the same when it was a fresh new start of 2009. and now i have to say that though 2009 has given me a lot more to look forward to enrich my life, i feel the same as i turned 20. no such a big deal on my birthday, just like how everyone celebrates, i'm still being myself. its not like i'll change straight away when the clock strikes 12 in the midnight.

some people out there probably celebrates their birthday BIG with huge loads of presents, but i'm just fine celebrating with my family together enjoying a great meal, receiving sms or phone call wishes... i just feel completely content with what i have right now.

so here's the new years resolution combined with my birthday wishes:-

• exercise more often & gain a few more Ks
• get my Ps
• then get a car
• enjoy a happy relationship
• speak better german
• save up for exchange (oh yeh!)

lame yet realistic enough? lol. enjoy guys.

thanks to sis and my parents for the ipod touch.

reflections & resolutions.

so i've been looking back on the very first post of this blog the other day, what i have been noting down all those bittersweet moments, special occasions that has sparked up my life as well as shaped my personality and attitude as a growing young adolescent.

things have changed dramatically ever since i turned 18. i don't regret those natural changes, but endorse them as a source of enrichment, a part of the growing up process. my first post was stupid like hell. thinking that adding some -lahs, -lohs like every asian out there does would sound more appealing that time, also posting meaningful birthday posts to friends out there certainly wasn't a great thing to do, since they wouldn't read it. should have just told them in person.

as i moved on to year of 2008, a year that was still vibrantly alive 2 days ago, a year that almost everything unexpected would have happened and not to mention the year that i completed my 2nd year of studies in uni was absolutely fantastica. i would touch on occasions that was significant to the amendment of my life, express my inner thoughts more finely yet poetically... it was a great year of pure learning and achievements.

then there was this post on the 6th Jan 08, where i had posted my new years resolution that time struck me instantly, as if it was asking me if i had accomplished them. so here are the very irrealistic thoughts of a 19 year old:-

- learn how to drive (clearly i have done that, just that i need to pass my driving assesment)
- become overweight (impossible, due to the fact that i am more aware of my image now. lol)
- not to get too drunk (accomplished! i have learned to control myself extensively)
- master the languages used in united nations (stupid one. should know that language takes time to be mastered)
- quit ASIA (though i didn't pay another 5 bucks for renewal but i think i'm still with ASIA because i keep receiving e-mails from them)
- become a better waiter (oh god HELL yeh)


so yeh, here are the most irrealistic futuristic resolutions that i have ever said. and since everyone is on about new years resolution for this year, i'm still thinking about it...

resolutions will be up soon. lol.

2009.

happy new year to you all out there!

don't know how you guys celebrated but i'm sure you all had a great time.

well i celebrated mine when i was working. sounds sad but pretty cool because we celebrated with the customers who stayed from 6 till 12. lol. the private dining rooms faced straight towards swan river, so we all had a great full view of the fireworks. i still had to put loads of crystal glasses into the cabinets but when the fireworks started to struck and illuminate the quiet dark night, i joined my workmates and sat down enjoying it. the customers saw it, but instead of being a bitch and telling us back to work, we were all in that room watching and celebrating this particularly special moment.

the fireworks lasted for about 10 minutes or so and the days of 2008 had ended, which is followed by a new start for all of us in 2009. not to mention that our manager rewarded our hard efforts with glasses of moet chandon. i had to say it doesn't taste that great as it sounds. lol.

anyway. i'm impressed that i could type this up despite of the fact that i just woke up.

enjoy yourselves and 2009 guys!