Showing posts with label everyday life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label everyday life. Show all posts

Sunday, November 01, 2009

Graduation Ceremony ‘09

From the day we had our lame self-introduction that almost every lecturer requested us to do, just a blink of an eye we have known each other for almost 4 years now. We have been working through uncountable assignments, presentations, events that some we enjoyed very much and some we swear we don’t want that anymore! We have been to few remarkable trips, the domestic tour to Cherating (giving tour guiding speech in a 40pax coach), international tour to India (what India? 0_0 ), and everyday cheesy, bread & wine France tour. And of course not forgetting how many burning mid-night oil days to prepare for exams. How we used to eat our lunch together gossiping about friends and lecturers ^_^.


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With all the ups and downs, congratulations we have all made it through.



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Another new chapter of life begins and good luck to you and me.



Sunday, September 27, 2009

Little Surprise from Scotland


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I found this lovely postcard lying in my mail box and I suddenly felt so warmth when I saw it was from my old buddy, sending it all the way from Edinburgh, Scotland. Although life is busy and we hardly talk, but I believe friendship in our heart never fade.


" Friends will always see you through…

believe in the things you want to do…

feel happy when your dreams come true…

That’s just the way friends are.


Friends will always be right there…

with wisdom, faith and strength to share…

with love that shows how much they care…

That’s just the way friends are. "


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Thank you dear Stella….


Monday, August 31, 2009

Bikini, sunglass, snorkeling mask, tanning oil, book….

Yupz!!! That’s my must bring list for my upcoming vacation. Another 4 more days to go and I will be in places like this….


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For 8 continuous day I am going to spend my time:

- waking up late

- take my own sweet time for breakfast

- sun tanning/ reading at the beach

- while enjoy some refreshing beverages

- snorkel

- thai massage

- shopping

- and…update you on what I did when I am back….


Here I come, Thailand!!!


Saturday, June 27, 2009

Life on 27 June 2009

Nothing special about today. Can't think of a title to write so that is just a random idea came across my mind.

I have been disappeared for a while because I was home for a short break.



Brother is back from the kangaroo land for holiday too. Finally our family can gather again for a few days. Had some good food, celebrated fathers' day, slowed down the tempo of life, and again, I am back to KL.



Kind reminder: H1N1 outbreak is getting serious day by day. Stay away from crowded place and wash your hand as often. Prepare some Dettol hand wipes or hand sanitizer in your hand bag. Use it before your meal. Consume some Vitamin C everyday to boost up your immune system. Stay healthy!


Sunday, June 07, 2009

Night at the Museum 2


Summer is here! 

Beach bums, are you ready for some sun tanning with your bikini and flip flop? 

Or if you're not a big fan of beach, summer is also the season for movies.

Nigth at the Musuem is by far my favourite. MUST WATCH! 

p/s: I miss the beach...


Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Ending of college life

Degree's result has finally released after more than 5 months of waiting. These few days I have been having butterflies in stomach, worrying about the result. The day has arrived and I took half day leave to attend the result announcement ceremony. 

The good news is, all my course mates passed except a girl, where herself expected it too.

Well for myself, I have passed with the second highest mention, which myself expected too. However, I am still having a mixture feeling of happy and sad because there is once a little dream in my mind to receive the highest mention, which I achieved it during Higher Diploma.



No doubt I have given out all my hard work during the school days and I should be proud of myself for getting quite a favourable result don't I? (pat myself on the shoulder)    

So college life has came to an end and I don't think I will be pursuing Master. At least not at this point of time, I need some break from notes and assignments. But god knows working is even more tough....  


p/s: still feeling a little sorrow...

Sunday, May 03, 2009

Girl's Talk

Hardly remember when was the last time my girlfriend and I sit down and have long conversation about life, boys, gossip....etc. Class and work have been keeping us busy, although we stay in the same condo (only different block). What a shame we could hardly find time for each other just for a short dinner. Life....this is life....

We always say we miss the old days. Seeing each other everyday at school and having uncountable silly topics to talk with unstoppable laughter. 

As we grow older, our conversation has less silliness but more sharing on ups and downs in life, work, family, men, holiday, money, or soon to be marriage? 


When we grow even older having conversation with only tea, we propably miss the days when we had it with beer. ^_*


Friday, May 01, 2009

Me time

Woke up quite early and don't feel like spending the public holiday at home. Got myself ready and headed to The Curve. Alone. 

Had bacon sandwinch for breakfast at The Aparment, enjoys reading with my iced mocha latte. The background music they playing was really nice. I started to look around, the cafe was empty and I guess I was the first customer of the day. The interior is so home feeling that they named the cafe "the apartment" couldn't be more suitable. I started to wander....and dream how my future house would be. 

Paid the bill and left before I almost fall asleep on the too comfortable couch. ZZzZzZZZz.....

Cineleisure Damansara is having Zara/ Pull & Bear warehouse sale. Omg long queue when I reached there. They supposed to start at 11am but omg many shapaholicsssssss can't wait to go in already. So I decided to visit other shops and go back later.  

Having my own sweet time shopping around The Cruve and Ikano, last stop to the warehouse sale. Spent like 2.5 hours inside hunting for good deal. Managed to get two jeans and two tops, all for RM149. 

Already exhausted. Went and my treat my drumming stomach some sushi before going home. 

Sometimes it's so good to have myself time. Eat, drink, play, shop wherever and whatever I want. Without the constrain of others. But of course, this is just once in while time and friends are still important in life. 


Thursday, April 30, 2009

Loooooooong Weekend

Today was the busiest day I have encountered so far in my working life. I have got two colleagues went for last minute outstation and one on half day leave. Which ended up answering 287498 dum dum phone calls, who asked 987223 dum dum questions, and have 10938 different requests. And at the same time replying 836704 e-mailsssss. Whoooo....I just couldn't wait when the clock turn 6.00pm and the phone can finally shut up! (our office blocked incoming calls after 6pm)

Bought a take-away nugget set from McDonald's after work and I feel sooo nice to be at home now. Enjoying my french fries + Ribena, with the scented candle smell filling the room. Hmmmmm....loving my room.... =)

Well, hasn't got a plan for this long weekend yet. Probably have a good and long sleep, clear up my mountain like laundry and some impromptu dates.

Happy labour day for those who works like a cow!



 

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

On travel...

Hello people! I have reached Phnom Penh, Cambodia after 6 hours bus ride from Vietnam. Whooooh, it has been real tired for the past few days because we did lots and lots of walking.

Our hotel in Cambodia is very lovely, we will slow down our tempo here and try to get some rest before we depart to another city. Hang around the pool just now and I am feeling re-charged again. Going out for dinner and explore the city...c ya~


Saturday, March 28, 2009

I will be away

I am flying off tomorrow to Vietnam and crossing border to Cambodia for the next two weeks. My travel partners are my coursemates which is also our so called degree's graduation trip. This time we make it a budget trip, going to cheap places, staying in cheap hotels, taking cheap public transportation, eating cheap food, but hopefully not coming back half dead. hahhaa...

Wait for my return with lot's of interesting stuff!


Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Earth Hour

Have you seen this "60 Earth Hour" billboard very often recently and wonder what is it?


Is yes, congratulation and thank you for paying at least some attention to our mother earth.

If no, you're not suppose to but this is also my purpose of writing this entry.

Earth hour is an event organized by WWF encouraging the households and businesses to switch off unnecessary lights for one hour, in order to create awareness towards climate change and global warning.  

Earth hour 2009 has attracted 83 countries and more than 2700 cities around the world to participate in this event. 

I am supporting it of course! And it's my pleasure to invite all of you to join together with millions of people from north-south-east-west. No matter from which corner you are, switch off your light between 8.30pm - 9.30pm on 23 March 2009. ( depending on your local time)

And here are some ways to spend Earth hour in dark.

* Gather family & friends for a night picnic in your local park and look at the stars
* Enjoy a family dinner by candlelight
* Organise a treasure hunt in the dark
* Take your dog for a night walk
* Have a candle-lit bath
* Sit in the dark and share stories
* Organise a family night playing board games
* Share a romantic night in with your loved one
* Upload your ‘on the night’ photos and videos to flickr and YouTube respectively, and then add them to the 
Earth Hour flickr group and the global YouTube Group.

www.earthhour.org




Friday, March 20, 2009

Back to KL

Ah...finally it's weekend! I came back to KL last Friday after enjoying a month long holiday back in Sabah. I am currently half-employed/ unemployed. Half-employed because the previous company I attached for internship is short of manpower so I'm back to help out. As I promise to be there temporarily so I am still consider unemployed, while waiting for my Degree's result. 

Well, I had really laid back lifestyle for the past one month and I am still trying to adapt myself to busy KL life. 

This is my Mon-Fri daily routine:
6.45am - Suppose to wake up at 6.45 but I will normally snooze until 7

7.15amWake up unwillingly and kelam kabut take shower, change clothe, dry the hair

7.30am - Depart from house

++Stuck in the traffic for an hour++ 

8.30amArrive office and have a quick breakfast

9.00am - Start working!

12.30pm - Lunch time (for 30 minutes because we are really busy)

6.00pm - End of the day. But most of the time we need to stay back for at least 15 minutes (or up to 1 hour)

7.00pm - Stuck in the traffic again for an hour

8.00pm - Reach home. Exhausted......

++Do some house cleaning, laundry, dinner, check mail bla bla bla++

11.00pm - Time to bed


I am typing this with my eyelid half close....good night people~


Wednesday, February 18, 2009

No more short hair

I used to have short hair all the while. Since most of the girls were having long straight silky hair and I wanna be slightly extraordinary with a short haircut. So people can easily recognise me mah..."tu~ tu~ that girl with short spiky hair one ah..."

Yes, my hair wasn't only short but very short. I need to wake up at least 1 hour earlier than others to shower, blow dry, and style it up. You know this is when those hair-styling products such as wax, mud, gel, etc...come into circumstances. Then I need to wash those thing off before I go to bed. (what a pain!)


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My mum doesn't really like me to be in short hair because she thinks I am so boyish. But who cares when you're in teenage. The more mum mumbles, the more I do. haha...However at the same time, strangers will come up to me and say: "hey..i love your hair so much". It makes me feel even more proud with my short-hair. So for the past 20 years, my hair length never touches my shoulder

I don't know what hits my brain when I turn 21st or I am just frustrated to style up every morning and wanted to keep my hair long. So I went up to my hairstylist and told him about my request. He recommended me to straighten it because my hair structure is rough (due to massive exposure to sun and sea water according to him) with natural curl. Yeap, I taken his advise and my hair doens't only turns straight but becomes much more softer now. Lovin' it!  

Ahh...my main purpose of this post was actually introducing my hairstylist but I don't know why I wrote so many craps up there. hahaha...Okay, back to the topic, Kevin HO, is my hairstylist that I have been following for nearly 6 years now. (we did some counting when I went to his saloon today). I love his professionalism in explaining to you about your hair, what to do and what not to do. How you must blow your hair and comb it this way, style it that way. His charges are ridiculous sometimes but thinking of having a nice haircut after all and I will close one eye and pays for the bill.

This is how men earn women's $$$$$$.   

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Address
Lot S-1-34, First Floor, Block F, City Mall,
Lorong City Mall, Jalan Lintas, 88300 Kota Kinabalu

Contact
012-8333 703 (Kevin Ho), 088-484 987

 

Saturday, February 07, 2009

TTSS's Annual Sports Meet

This is the fourth year I have left secondary school. Annual sports meet is always one of the highlight during our school life. Especially for senior three students, they are responsible to lead all the younger classes, come out with their own war cry, banner, bong-bong, finding prospect athele to participate for sports event, marching, cheer dance, and designing their own marching team's costume, cheering squad's costume, decorating the cheering team's booth. Is like...tons of work! Some more our annual sports meet would normally held in late January or early February, which mean we have very limited time to prepare all these stuffs in such a short period of time.  

We had all the hard times. But, sweat and hardship turns into precious friendship. Today I went back to school again for this special event. It reminds me a lot of sweet memories.
 

This is how students beutify their cheering team's booth with decorative pattern








Wednesday, February 04, 2009

My Daughter

and her name is Duraisamy Suriya...

hah? you married? somemore your daugther got Indian name? you married to Indian ah? 

haha..thanks god I am not married and haven't go through the suffering 9 months of pregnancy and I have got a 10 years old ADOPTED daugther, from India. 

I came across this Child Sponsor Program somewhere by World Vision and found out to be kinda interesting and register myself to be a mama. =) 

The condition is that you may choose to sponsor a minimum of 1 child (or more) and send a monthly gift of RM 50 to help the needy. However, this RM 50 doens't goes directly to the child family but to World Vision and they will combined the gifts from other sponsor and help the community in terms of health, education, health care, food and whatever neccesary.  

You may also choose a child from your preferred country such as Thailand, Myammar, Indonesia Cambodia, India or China. For me, I didn't specifically select a destination and up to them to assign me a child who needs help from whichever country. 

Upon your registration with the Child Sponsor Program, World Vision will send you a guidebook and your child's photo within one month.
 
Here it comes...my daughter's photo

Her life must have been so tough that she forgets how to smile

She is from Tamilnadu, India and the place is suffering from poor sanitation, low income, poor infrastucture and high alcoholism. I have also learned that an average income of the families in that area is from Rs 1,000 (USD 20) to Rs 1,200 (USD 24), which is equivalent to about RM 72 - RM 87. I am so sorry that I can easilly spend their one month living expenses in 1 or 2 days time.

And within 3 months after registration, you will receive a letter from your child. This is what my daugther wrote for me.


This is like alien's writing and I can't even understand a single word she wrote. But not to worry lar..the local representative will be kind enough to translate the letter to English. Here are the translated version.

" Dear Sponsor,
Greetings!

I take great happiness in introducing myself to you through this letter. Thank you very much for having selected me to be your sponsor child.

My name is Suriya. My age is 10 years. I am studying well. I love to eat "Uppamav". Playing is my past time. My father's name is Duraisamy. My mother's name is Sundari. My elder sister's name is Vennila. My friend's names are Santhiya, Nayanthra, Nilani, Tamilselvi, Geetha. Thamarai Selvi.

Thank you for coming forward to help my family, my community and me.

Thanking you,

From D.Suriya"

Ou...and she even sent me this.

How sweet...

RM 50 can be spent blindly eating and shopping but this RM 50 I send every month worth like a gold to them. 

Strongly recommended to all of you! Check out World Vision website at: 


Thursday, January 29, 2009

Chit chat with aunties...

Followed mum to her old friend's open house today. Other than collecting ang pows of course I need to entertain and sam pat with the aunties kan? 

Obviously those aunties were the one who exercise their mouth most and we the younger generation sit aside and exercise our ears....(my buttock was so painful after sitting for nearly 5 hours)

The best part was you got to listen to a lot of funny jokes and their experiences. From their conversation, I found out in an average of 2-3 families, there will be someone sharing stories of cancer patient, whether they are one of the family members or a close friend. What a bad sign...

It seems like cancer has slowly become a common sickness like flu and fever. I just don't wish our unhealthy diet nowadays lead us to suffer and fight with cancer one day. 

Delicious food is really hard to reject but do control and maintain a balance diet and happy lifestyle. Stay healthy!