How long can I stay?

Why is it so hard to stay on the new endeavour?

It seems like I am lack of staying power with any endeavour.

I started with playing guitar, enrolling for a guitar class. It started with a blast.. very cool but it didnt stay long, the interest faded as times go by. And, I had abandoned it.

Now, I found another cool activity. Kickboxing - "Burn ur fear into power".. I am looking forward for each class but I doubt on how long I will stay this time.

The day that I lost someone tht had been with me for 25 years

It was a fine morning until I received a call from my dad telling me that grandpa had passed away.

I do not have a chance to say goodbye to him. I know he was old but it had never came to my mind that the last time that I will be seeing him was in the casket.
I tried my very best to hold back all my tears throughout the funeral ceremony. The whole event was really sad.. sending him to "another world"..

I lost him forever..

Everything was over, life has to move on. There is sunshine ahead, go and look for it .. :D

Money can’t buy love, but can money buy happiness?

I am just back from Bangkok. It was really a wonderful trip. I am indeed inspired and motivated towards life journey after this trip. I wonder how long this high spirit can last.

I have been traveling a lot this year. In Aug/Sept I was in Xiamen in Oct I was in Bangkok and there are more to come. I plan to travel to KL in Nov.

Money can’t buy true love but it certainly can buy happiness. With money you can enjoy the lifestyle that one desire. For example, if you like traveling and shopping then money can achieve the happiness that you want. On the other hand, if you don’t have money you can never travel to the dream place of yours and live the live you want.

Perhaps one day if I become a millionaire sitting at a luxury restaurant alone and yet still feeling empty inside because I am bored and sick of traveling and living in luxuries. By that time, I will say money can no longer buy happiness.

However, there are some people will still live happily and contented staying at home. Their happiness is a low maintenance type. Drinking a cup of tea in the cozy house will make them happy and they never request more than that. ;-)

Recalling my Xiamen Trip

Here I am, Xiamen. My flight was delayed and I reached at the hotel at 5 pm. This was my first time travel alone. Mixture of feeling, sort of nervous and excited. Xiamen is a quite developed city.

Everyday I go to the office by shutter and usually I am the only gal in the shutter. I do feel lucky being so young that I can travel to China under company expense. I guess anyone of them in the shutter should be older than me. Of course I work hard everyday when I am here. There were times that I was required to work till 6 am. My project delays due to some critical issue. Most of the pictures are taken without me in it because I am traveling alone. :-)

~My room in Crowne Plaza Hotel~

~View from the hotel windows~

When come to ordering food in the restuarant, it is always an advantage to be able to read Chinese because most of the menus available in the restaurant are written in Chinese.

Dinner at the Loong Yuen Restaurant in the hotel
~Appetizer~

~Steak~
Italian Food – T-bone lamb

~Seafood with soup~

~Bird Nest~
~Tempura at Sakura Restaurant~

~Teppanyaki - Small abalone~
~Teppanyaki – Scallop~
~Sushi Rolls ~
~Grill Eel~

~sushi~
~Chef is preparing the lobster~

~Lobster~
~Teppanyaki - ice cream on fire~

My advice, if you would like to go to this island try to go on weekdays, it is really crowded during weekend. You will be sweating getting the tickets for the sight seeing ferry tour.

~Gulangyu Island view from Xiamen. ~

~In front of the church in Gulangyu~


Gulangyu is just a small island. I can easily walk around to get to those places that I want.
No cars are allowed in this island to prevent pollution and only electric cars are allowed here.


~Cute tourist guide center at gulangyu~

~In the ferry, on the way back to Xiamen~

~Nanputou temple – front view~

~The lake in front of the temple~

Zhong San Road- Shopping Street
This road will be closed at night. You can shop all you want from clothes to food.

Zhong San Park – 15 minutes walk from Crowne Plaza

~Lake in Zhong San Park~

~Celebrating quietly in the hotel room~

~Birthday Cake~

2-September-06

What is so special of 2-sept?

This is the day I was supposed to fly back to Malaysia, unfortunately I couldn’t make it. My trip has been extended.

Today is my birthday. I spent almost whole day in the hotel room. And, I put a “DND” sign at the door knob until the hotel housekeeper had to call me to check what time that are convenient for me to let them to do the housekeeping. So, finally I let them have the room at 4.30 pm. I went for a walk at the Zhong San Park. Well, all parks are almost the same, so nothing really special about this park, but I can see that a lots of local people here spending time chit-chatting and playing Chinese chess. :)

This is the 1st time that I am celebrating my birthday oversea. It is so happened that I read this week horoscope in a magazine during dinner at the Japanese Restaurant, it says that Virgo will have dream comes true if she or he planned long enough. I don’t really get it and usually I will only read this for fun.

Celebrating birthday oversea has been a dream, I always wanna go to somewhere else on this day and coincidentally I am in China now. I wonder is that my dream comes true as what being stated in the horoscope prediction. *_^ If I have only one wish to make today, I really don’t know what to wish for.. maybe I should just wish for happiness and healthy life. I guess the longer the life journey I walked I begin to realize that nothing is more important than being happy.

When I walked passed the cakes shop after my dinner, I asked myself “today is my birthday, and do I want to buy myself a piece of cake?” Finally, I made a decision not to buy because I was very full, just caught a glimpse of those cakes displayed and walked to the elevator.

In the room, the table is usually full of my facial & hair cream, hair spray, snacks, mobile charger, laptop adapter, ..haha.. I used this table as my working table too. Suddenly, I saw a birthday cake! Haha.. I never thought that the hotel management knows that today is my birthday! Nice cake but I am full. Perhaps, leave that for supper or ..

Finally, that’s how my birthday ended.

Down to memory lane

I was in the USM campus yesterday. Driving at the quiet road where it was not well-lighted brought back those memories where I was there 2 years ago. That was the point where all my stories begin and how I ended up here.

I have been here for 5 years. I used to have a lot of friends. One leave after one, I just wondering is Penang that bad until everyone wants to leave. I have a friend just came here for a week and she already started cursing on her job and regretted coming here.

Sometimes, I just want to end my life chapter and start another chapter at another place.
I step back because I know that I will never be happy if I am doing the same thing in another place. No point moving when I still ended doing things that I don’t like.

Driving back to Ipoh today, exhausted mind need to rest. Raining outside right now, hope it will stop soon.

Happy Holiday!

Degree + work = 5 years

Sigh… my remote access to my company network is damn slow. Outlook keep hanging! Let’s take this opportunity to blog. Sending & opening a mail take ages.

Not much in mind. Just another heavy heart to welcome the Monday morning. Times fly, I have been here for 5 years, it is certainly not a short duration… Everyday is a struggle, struggle to meet timeline, struggle to do well, and struggle to meet my expectation, boss’s expectation and company’s expectation. The struggles never end, that’s why I am still in front of my laptop at this hour. :P

I know that tomolo will not be an easy day.

I wish I could …

Happiness

It is a familiar word. Some say happiness is just right in front of your eyes it is just the matter of whether you are willing to fight and sacrifice for it. And, I would say happiness is everywhere but are you smart enough to pick the right one for yourself. Simple thing might give happiness to you but not everyone thinks the same.

You might not get back the amount of happiness you gave.

Giving is happiness. What do you think?

I think it’s time to call my mum to let her know that I am still alive here. ;-)

Work life + Samsung D510 + Dell Ultrasharp LCD monitor

It has been some time tht I didn’t blog.

Let’s get the story begins..
Finally, I had signed the offer letter that I will be converted to permanent staff. I have been working for this company as a contract basis for almost 2 years. Been through a lot of ups and downs and there are a lot more that are yet to come.

I just had a new mobile Samsung D510. A stylish design but I am not sure whether this mobile is durable or not. In terms of functionality perspective, this mobile doesn’t promise great features. This mobile camera is without flash even though it is a 1.3 Mega Pixel camera phone. While for ring tones setting, this mobile is unable to vibrate and ring at the same time. L

This great monitor supports DVI however I didn’t have a DVI card in my PC. Great feature but it is useless to me. The purpose of getting a new monitor is because my old monitor is already retiring, the image becomes unclear. Moreover, buying this LCD monitor can save some space and it is more convenient if I want to move out in future.

I have been spending a lot lately but all these were in the plan long time ago. Working for 2 years has made me able to possess the things that I want. A digital camera, a car(still paying the loan), a mobile, 17” LCD monitor and traveled to Vietnam. I do feel proud but really can’t consider it as a big achievement.

I was inspired by a phrase in the newspaper “when the going gets tough, the tough get going”. Never be afraid to be happy.. Therefore I must know what is important in my life. A friend asked me to join him for in-line skating, I was reluctant because I don’t know how to play but now I should say I never try and I will never know.

Another friend asked me to join her to Taman Negara, Pahang. At first I thought I am so busy concentrating on my career, how do I find time for this? At least not at this moment but now I guess I should grab this opportunity if I can. I will try to make it if possible. Remember, “never afraid to look for happiness”

Holiday is over

For the past 9 days, I don’t have to think about work! I guess I had gained 3 kgs in 9 days! Don’t worry, once I start work I can get rid of the extra kgs easily. It was the longest holidays I ever had since I started work. Besides from eating, sleeping, watching tv and outing with friends, it was also a moment to spend some quality time with family.

Chinese New Year is all about food, drink, friends, relatives and mum’s cooking. Meeting and catching up with friend was another wonderful event. I can’t recognize some of them, can’t blame me because I didn’t see them for almost 12 years or more. :D

Years passed, we changed and had chosen the path that we want. Everyone is busy with their own life and it was great to spend some time together with those people that was once passed by my life when I was young.

A friend told me that she would like to try her luck in Singapore, I truly understand her wish. She told me it’s time to try something new while she is young and has energy to do it. I really support her. It has been almost 2 years of working and yet she cant see herself moving anywhere. I have the same thinking too but I have made my decision to hang on as tight as I could but I believe there will be a time when I should let go.

CNY is finally over for me, I am in Penang now and getting ready to the battlefield tomorrow.

Work hard and smart!

Tomorrow? How will it be?

Start work at 6 am really not fun at all.. I usually end up working from 6 am to 6 pm. Life has been a roller coaster, dividing time and attention between work and solving some personal issues really exhausting. Every problem must have a solution, I guess my personal problem have to be solved tomorrow. The earlier I solve it, the better it will be. I already have a plan for myself, finally a plan..

Salad of the day

Although the color looks dull but quite delicious. :D

Ingredients:
Cabbage
Onion
Hard boiled egg
Luncheon Meat
Sausages
Potato

Sauce:
Thousand Island
Mayonnaise
Soya Sauce
Black Pepper
Chili Sauce

New Year? New Resolution?

2005 was forever gone! I forgot since when making new resolution has become my annual practice but it somehow will at least give some new hope.

I lost my 2005 resolution when my hard disk crashed. Anyway, I do remember some of the important things in the list.

It’s time to make new year resolution..

New year? New me? New job? New life? ..

Or shall I stop making new year resolution since I only managed achieved 40% out of the list?

Happy New Year Everyone…