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Monday, June 23, 2008

  • A Quick Update (because my fingers are itchy..)

    China trip was good (nevermind the fact that it was almost warmer than Malaysia; I had to drag myself up at 6.30am in the morning EVERYDAY [I hate tours]; I missed out beautiful sceneries because of my tiredness etc..). It was awesome to learn that I have SO MANY relatives in China! I shall blog more on the Hainan trip in the next entry. I'm so tired right now. In fact, I've been knackered for the whole of last week until now because everyday I was so occupied with different activities.

    I am looking forward to Sunday for the Beauty and the Beast broadway show. I am looking forward to shop for a bit after such a long time for not buying things, I run out of clothes to wear and I feel so sick of all the same old clothes in my wardrobe. Talking bout shopping in China, all i got was some random tea leaves which I think the price wasn't quite worth it because I do not know how to differentiate the quality and tastes; some coconut sweets; chocolate and pearls. I didn't even have time to look at what the girls there are fond of in terms of fashion and beauty, gah. Hate the tour!

    Right now, all I need to do is to keep praying, wait patiently, for the result that I've been dreading to face since months ago.

    I shall use the cellophane tape to keep my crossed fingers in place when I sleep.







    I won't be surprised if grey hair starts to grow rapidly.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

  • Ze Random Post

    One more day.

    WHOOHOO!!!

    Finally! Thanks to National Service and my 9 months gap year, I'm considerably slow in completing my pre-U but hack, at least I'm finally done with it. Funny how when I was still struggling with the time that passed painfully slow, I couldn't wait for it to be over but now that it's finally over, I'm missing it a bit. The presence of a few of close college mates and the lecturer that's scared of me now because of the undying bugging attacks that I used to annoy him, is somehow memorable and nonetheless, I'm still happy to finish this damn program!
    Multiple Choice paper tomorrow, so not in the mood to study man.. Albeit the fact that multiple choice is a much tougher paper than subjective questions.

    Am leaving to China in 2 days' time, funny how when I tell people that I'm going to China, they very quickly relate this trip with my boyfriend. China is the 3rd biggest country in the world and my boyfriend does not stay in all the provinces. It's a family trip and I'm going to Hainan, not Canton. Tyvm.

    Quite looking forward to this trip although I hate going to China between June to Aug because it's gonna be so warm. So sick of the heat.. But nvm, I'm gonna wallop so much of the infamous Hainanese Chicken Rice and other delicacies, time to put on the weight that I managed to lose during my exam period. Exams made me lose 3kgs effortlessly, or maybe I ate too many green apples. As a girl, the basic instinct of losing weight is that we're feeling rather happy bout the weight loss. So I don't really care now hehe. Anyhow, the travel schedule looks pretty relaxing to me, can't wait for the XingLong hotel's spa too, Hopefully I can pass on those temples though..

    Also, let's pray that there won't be earthquake in Hainan. China should stop shaking.

    Lingy will be back in a few days' time so by the time I come back from China I'm seeing so many of my MIA friends, yayness! PARTAYYYYYYY time.. Whoops, not so soon. So many things to settle before I can go party around.. Visa; med check up etc. Hmmmm. Paranoia :(

    Apparently, having a less attractive face does not stop you completely from splurging because skincare is very costly. I just switched my range of skincare to a Jap brand because I need those now to target on my recovering skin plus scars. So far the result is satisfying =) *touches wood* You simple can't save on skincare because it's a necessity, isn't it?

    I wanna eat tau fu fah..

Friday, June 06, 2008

  • Ouch

    I try my best to avoid sounding like a bimbo but yikesss, I stained my dior bag! The fact that I hardly use that bag (because I always fear that I'll stain it as the material and colour are VERY likely to catch dirt) didn't help much. I used it for less than 5 times since I got it from HK, which's in January and stilllllll, can't avoid the fate of dirtying my bags . The burberry blue label that my sis gave me was so stained after I used it for not even 2 weeks. Maybe handbags aren't meant for me. Hmph. Luckily the dior stain is not visible otherwise I might need to send it back to the factory to wash it, which s gonna be troublesome.

    6% of Inflation is expected this year, value in money shrinking once again. I remember someone once told me this when I told him that I avoid withdrawing money from my bank account all the time to keep the figure going up. He said: Why save money with 1% interest rate (Or maybe lower): when there's 5% of inflation every year? The rate is not even catching up with the inflation rate, spend only lah!

    Even the FD rate is not very much better. Perhaps I should start investing on unit trusts or shares.. And then end up losing everything cause I'm such a noob .

    One more week till I'm finally done with A levels! Time flies not only when you're happy but it happens when you're busy and stressed too! Then I'm off to China for a week with my parents and relatives on the day I finish my last paper. Exam in the afternoon, going to the airport in midnight. Rush hour! It's summer in China now and it's going to be so HOT. I super dislike hot weathers. Nonetheless I'm kindaf looking forward.. Hainan is half of my root so I guess I'll be seeing some super distanced relatives.. Including granduncles! Island and seafood! Beaches! If there's earthquake maybe there'll be tsunami? Dont know.. but if given a chance I'd love to go to Szechuan to help out. Sadly, my timing is quite packed now and the only support that I can give is financial.. which I think is not enough.

    Unhappy thought: Screwed up my Economics MCQ paper because of careless mistakes. I swear I was so pissed off at myself because I hate careless mistakes! The worst part is I made not only one but a few! Which means I actually knew the answers but I got them all wrong because I was careless. GAHHHH! Double checking ur exam papers after u take your exam is not a wise choice because it literally haunts you, especially during ur sleep. I took a nap for 2 hours and in between I kept thinking of net emigration because I made the most careless mistake of all mistakes just cause I read too fast and missed out the bloody emigration word! Ok I should stop whining, there's nothing I can do now. *heartache*

    Should concentrate on happy thoughts e.g. stress-free freedom after examinations; travelling; seeing friends that're coming back for the holidays etc. Ooooo, and retail therapy too. Since my skin's getting much better I can see the world again. Going to KL will cost more though.. bloody price of fuel!

    Current addictions: Kiwi fruits, green apples and Sudoku!! I wanna join the tournament organised by New Strait Times but it's only available in JB, KL and Penang.. So unfair. Ipoh malis play sudoku too!!

    FBs sudoku has been such a distraction for me because I try to climb up the top 30 score board which I actually did! But my name didn't appear . I spent such a long time to break my own record and the furthest I could go was about 2minutes and.. 10 seconds? Can't remember, but my score was about 9874 which totally kicked the 27th person's ass on the score board! But it just won't show my name, sigh. All I asked for was just the 10minutes of fame on FB sudoku and I didn't get it, tsk.

    Oh my, it feels like I've been online for 20 minutes but it's already been 2 hours. Need to shower, do some past years questions, and sudoku battle with a friend.

    What should I do with the stained bags?

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

  • Have You Filled Up Your Petrol Tank Yet?

    Economics paper came up with a question which talked about the rising price for oil.

    When I was driving today, the fuel warning light was on. Thinking that I could save some money by only filling in 10 ringgit so that my mum would pay the left over for tomorrow when she pumps the petrol, I thought I made a right choice. See see at 7pm, dad texted me saying that the petrol price will rise. 70 78cents!



    Hence, as what a reasonable man would do, I went out and spent 30 minutes or more to line up for the super in demand petrol (till 12am), patiently playing with Sudoku with my phone. Luckily, when I was squeezing brain juice for that game, time didn't pass by thaaat slow.

    This isn't the first time I'm experiencing the chaos of rising petrol price and I remember the last time when the news bout rising petrol price was announced, it was quite fun to see cars to get stuck in petrol stations. I always asked myself: What's with these people over reacting over those cents? It's just XXcents!

    Until these couple of years, I started to become a driver myself who constantly pumps petrol and finally am able to FEEL it. The pain of every single drop of fuel that you use up. Each time you step on the accelerator you wonder how many cents you've stepped away; each trip that you make you start calculating how much was being used up. I swear, I never felt this way before. When I was still dependent on other qualified drivers I was always fed with information about how much petrol costs, I thought I knew how it felt but no, I was wrong. At this very moment I truly understand what's it like to pay for fuel. It's not about cents, it's bucks!

    Now that inflation is setting in even more rapidly, and I've been reading economics (ahemmmm), I kindaf understand how everything goes. Paying 100++ extra each month may not feel like a lot, but I do understand that in the future, more opportunity costs are coming in. Plus, an average household should have more than one car, which doesn't mean 100++ extra a month, it comes up to a few hundred. Well, this is calculated with cars that have more than 2000cc engines :)

    So, time reads 9.26pm. 2 and a half more hours till the price of fuel turns from RM1.92/liter to RM 2.62 2.70/liter. A total increase of 40%

    Go join the fun and spend some time at the petrol station!

Monday, June 02, 2008

  • PMS

    I used to think that girls who get annoyed easily; throw tantrums on a regular basis; yet somehow love to share the same reason for all the bitch-fits to avoid all the hurricanes and dramas that they made, are pretty unbelievable. And that very powerful and effective reason which works most of the time is none other than: PMS.

    I didn't believe in that, I thought it was a sheer excuse to have a bf when you feel like it. I mean, girls are naturally more emotional than guys, we know it. Be it hormones' problem or psychology, most girls are mostly dramatic in a way. It's just that some have a mild dramatic hormone which's like, say, 5%? Which makes people barely take note of. Some drama queens may have more dramatic hormone, it doesn't make sense, but I'll just leave it this way. Whatever it is, perhaps I was a bit spoilt by my parents that I always got what I wanted most of the time, hence built up the habit of me making a fuss over things that I weren't happy about. When things didn't go smooth, I would be upset; when I didn't get what I wanted or what I expected; I got devastated; and the list went on. I didn't have to show it to public, but I knew that I would be so fed up or find myself in such a dismay that I cried on my own, which fitted the word 'emotional' perfectly.

    Admittedly I'm a bit more rational now, thinking that I accept the fact that sometimes things do not go like what you plan it as. Also, calming down made me realise that PMS is not a reason to bitch fit at all.

    My time of the month is supposed to due somewhere between 9th to 11th? That's what I thought. Somehow, for the past few days, I felt so easily annoyed that I cursed on almost everything. It didn't go out of hand, of course, but I could feel the rage in me. I felt like screaming to release my stress from exams and all the troublesome applications that I have to go through. I felt so troubled, I just couldn't help it.

    I told myself: Perhaps it's PMS. I shouldn't act like this, it's just PMS. C-a-l-m D-o-w-n!

    However, looking at the calender and knowing that it is not the time for PMS yet, I wonder if it's just me, or the weather(trying to escape blame), or I was trying to be a diva again. Though, I kept almost everything to myself, didn't even throw ANY tantrums at my boyfriend! I tried to cope with the feelings, handled it quite okay-ly, excluding some sleepness nights and the stress that almost killed me.

    Today, the time of the month has arrived. So it was PMS, it bloody was! Emotions!

    Came in a week earlier from what I thought. I was quite happy, it's so stupid to feel happy over period (yeah, wtf) but yes, you get what I mean. At least it's the pms, it wasn't me.

    PMS is real. No joke.

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  • I am trying to know myself more, can you give me an answer? I think I'm a person who's always trying though :)

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  • Im on my phone to go online using wifi from the hotel, yay for wifi phone :) Am currently in vietnam now and Ho chi minh city is so french a
  • It's painful and heartbreaking to learn that there's no way I can fulfill the dreams that I've always had in mind.. It's just painful.
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    yuhooo!!!may yan!!!!haven't been seeing u around in ipoh..r u in monash???
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    May I know the where's the Shanghai restaurant that u mentioned?
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    rilly very random penguin post
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    hi mayyan~* thanks for that sweet comment! though,he's back in aust now =( anyway, didn't really realise that i have a cbox too! hahaha!!
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    i'm third! muaaax!
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    lol! im 2nd! coz u're the 2nd person to post on my chatbox!
  • mayyan
    So miserable.. Having to post the first comment on my very own chatboard =(
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