Work, play and getting ill

It has been a real hectic month. Me going from one place to the next. Barely had enuf rest and water. Waking up early and going to bed late. But it was a good experience and i genuinely did had fun. Leaving KL for a couple of weeks or so did indeed broadened up my 'horizons'. Met different ppl. Saw different things. Felt the countryside. Opened up my thinking. It was the perfect getaway i needed. Well, not exactly a getaway la, coz i was actually working most of the time.

As i mentioned, i was up in the northern part of malaysia for work purposes. I cant disclose too much about wat type of work i did due to confidentiality issues. It was not something new but since it was my first time getting involved in something like this, it was actually interesting. Altho at times we had to work past midnite and wif me getting ill for a few days. Yah, me...ill again. Got the flu for 2 days, fever for 2 days...serious fever, sore throat for a day and coughed a few nites. My voice turned hoarse and i was like seeing stars when doing my work. All while im away from home. No idea how many pills had i popped in dy.

And i still had the energy to go shopping and sight seeing. Geng! No way im gonna miss all the opportunity while im there, rite? Since we had a car to ourselves, we drove for an hour to Kuala Perlis for seafood. At nite! and wif 4 gals who are not familiar wif the place there. Damn daring! But wat the heck, we do anything for good food. Hahahaha! It was indeed good..crab, fish, sotong, vege..all for less than 80 bucks. Yummm...

Then there was the eating spree at Penang. Laksa, char kuey teow, rojak, oysters, bubur cha chas, bak kut teh, ikan bakar, crepes etc etc. Plus strolling down Gurney Drive to feel the sea breeze...syok! Real relaxing. I did mention i like wind blowing at my face rite...hehehhe...Plus a couple of weekend movies and numerous dangerous drivings. KL ppl. Dat's the only excuse. :p

For all Taiping ppl, i apologise first, but dat place is really so sad la. Nothing to do. Nothing to eat. Nothing to see. No nite life! And the night safari does not live up to its name. I dun think i can survive long there. The same goes for Alor Star. Slightly better than Taiping but still sad. Good for short vacations, but for a long term..no, thank you. KL ppl. Once one, will alwiz be one. Lolz!

So, im back now. Life goes on as usual.

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Bangkok/Pattaya

yeap...im back! and the trip to thailand was totally awesome...even tho everything was a rush...from the moment i stepped onto the plane at LCCT till the moment i stepped down from it...here's a brief insight on my 4 days there...

Day 1
boarded the evening flight from LCCT straight to Don Muang airport..the flight took 2 hrs and i dun like the seats up on Air Asia..it was up rite straight and u dun get much space between the seats..sort of cramped...so not comfy... other than dat, the service and the clealiness was fine...felt dizzy up on the plane and i slept through out the flight...

reached the airport and immediately got swept away by our malaysian tour guide to the bus dat was waiting at the entrance... drove straight to Prince Palace for the group dinner...we were already late and yet we still had to get stuck in traffic jams...i can tell u one thing...traffic in bangkok city is much worse than those in kl... red lights take ages to change to green and u can actually get stuck in ONE spot for half an hr...without moving AT ALL... on top of all dat, u haf to make way for some royal highness to pass... got real tired of waiting...but can we all do rite? our thai tour guide ( wif his not-so-fluent english ) talked non-stop all along the way... telling us about our itenary...places of interest, food to eat, buildings along the street and most importantly...places to shop!

was late for dinner so the organizing committee postponed it to half an hr later...din even bathe...got dressed rite away, freshened up and headed staright down to the ballroom...dinner was usual la...like those u normally go to...only this one had short and wacky performances, lucky draws, games, laughter, laughter and lots of laughter... food was a mixture of thai, asian and western cuisines...

went to bed quite late due to all the gossips and chatting wif my room mate... n she was the one who complained she was tired...

Day 2
went to the floating market 2 hrs away from the city...no, not exactly...the jeti was 2 hrs away from the city...from the jeti another half an hr by sampan to the market...and then got onto another sampan to move around the market...it was real hot and stuffy... and ever heard of sampan jam? well, it happned there...it amazes me to see senior thai citizens rowing a fully loaded sampan, bargain wif u, packed ur stuffs, receiving money and calling out to other customers...all AT ONCE! *thumbs up*...no way i can do dat...souveniers were all the same from sampan to sampan...only the food is different....cute, cheap and tasty...yummm...

then another 2 hrs back to the city for lunch...everything was well arranged...all we had to do was juz eat...hahaha...jammed to the gem factory after dat...no one bought anything from there...lolz....and then jammed to the leather factory...dunno for wat...coz we juz walked in...used the washroom and then walked straight out...totally mou liu...but it was in the itenary, so we HAD to go...jammed to MBK shopping mall after dat and we oni had 1 hr to shop b4 being whisked away for dinner..din buy anything from there oso anyway...coz it's juz like midvalley...wateva u see there, u'll c it in midvalley...and the prices are about the same too...so no point buying there oso...

then rushed to dinner and then rushed to watch thai girl show...hehhehe...nothing new...all the stunts were expected b4 we went in...it was so boring at one point dat some ppl actually fell asleep... the girls were not pretty anyway...neither were their bodies...so nothing to see actually....dun waste ur bahts there if u do go to thailand...after like an hr there, we were rushed to the nite bazaar...it was closing but we did get to grab some really cheap stuffs...hahhaha...dats were all the souveniers came from...

and then we were rushed back to the hotel to rest...one very rush day...

Day 3
planned to wake up early to shop at the morning market...but for the lazy me..might as well sleep la...hehhee...the market opens at 3 am u noe...how cud i possibly wake up dat early? anyway, we rushed to the Reclining Buddha after breakfast and then rushed to the safari world...more time wasted...we are adults...y do we need to go to the zoo for? animals dun interest us anymore...anyhow, it was another MUZ go type of thing...so we had no choice la...watched a lame cowboy show which was in thai..so we had no idea wat were they talking about oso...alot of running and shooting and bombings...i think kids wud like dat more...lolz...then rushed to lunch n then to a dolphin and whale show...now dat was nice...the oni nice thing in the safari...

it was raining when we left for pattaya...another 2-3 hrs...everyone was fast asleep on the bus...even the tour guide stopped entertaining us...coz no one was listening dy...lolz....reached pattaya late evening and then rushed to the massage parlour for our 2 hrs of thai massage...real syok man! this plump lady was cracking my every bone...ive never heard my bones making all these sounds b4...hahahhaa...and did i meantion i fell of the bed? yah, me...lolz

rushed to dinner and then rushed to watch the famous aqua show...superb! if they dun speak, u wont noe...they look much prettier and much shapely than anyone of us here...and their costumes were totally eye-catching...all the guys went ga-ga over them...well, they are guys too anyway...lolz...we were told dat the thai government actually subsidised their surgery...all they have to pay is 30 baht..dat means oni RM3! anyone wanna go for it?

then we checked into a budget hotel...real budget...rite in the middle of pattaya's nite life...real noisy... din sleep much dat nite too coz we went out to get a glimpse of pattaya's clubbing streets...there were clubs everywer...from lame ones to real poshy and happening ones...aquas were every wer... and plump ladies in skimpy outfits doing pole dancing...total eye sore! still tonnes of mat salleh were sitting and watching...it is different from our clubbing scenes...u wont noe if dat chick nx to u is male or female...

Day 4
headed to the coral island early in the morning...another rushed fun...imagine going to the beach for less than half a day...wat the heck...anyhow, did managed to parasail, went on the banana boat, dipped in clear water and did some light shopping... and then rushed back to the hotel to bathe and pack and then rushed to the airport for our flight home...skipped lunch dat day and eveyone was like rushing to get something to eat at the airport before boarding the flight...it was nite by the time i reached LCCT...tired and hungry...

All in all, i wud say this trip was a real rush case...worsen by jams and delays...sigh! tired from all the travelling than from the sight-seeing and shopping...but it was fun...din noe my colleagues all can be so wacky...out of the office...hahhaha...got to noe some new ppl...some which ive not even seen b4....din really get the names of all the places dat they took us...coz we were rushing in and out...and there was alwiz a serving of tom yam for our every meal...the taste gets better from place to place...but since i dun take spicy stuffs...so, not much effect on me...heheheh...and lucky us, we returned safe and sound rite before the military coup..phew!

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Missing dear friends

mind me...didnt plan to come in actually...was bz packing for tmr...but then tot of u ppl all of a sudden...

it was exactly one week ago dat we were having so much fun...dancing n laughing... miss dat moment...off and on i smiled as i tot of dat nite...wudnt it be great if dat nite didnt end? i've been keeping a group pic of us on my desk...each time i looked at it, it reminded me of all the times we've been thru....all the years of friendship we had....short but sweet...the memories will continue to stay...no matter how long...this week was a quiet one...din really hear from u all.....

it's very quiet on the segar-ians side too...no news oso wat so eva...really miss u all...u haf no idea how much...

at times like this...the emptiness creeps in again...
the hollowness stays on....

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Going outstation

juz wanna let u all noe ( for those who reads my stuffs ), i'll be away from kl for the next few weeks, starting from this sunday till almost the end of the month...i'll be up in the northern part of Malaysia for work purposes... and then i'll be heading straight to Bangkok for my company trip...but i will be back in between la...a day here n there...

anyone want any souveniers or food or wateva from ipoh, kedah, penang and places around there...lemme noe la...i'll try to get them for u guys IF i have time off from work...i can still be contacted via my cell...feel free to kacau me anytime....

sorry to dear li wei and fong mei coz i cant be wif u 2 to celebrate ur birthdays this year...happy birthday very in advance!

p/s : save up some gossips for me when i return, alrite? lolz....

till then, take care ppl!
toodles!

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Bullied?

am i being too nice? or i didnt noe how to say 'no'?

i felt being used and being taken advantaged of... issues dat others didnt wanna settle were pushed to me..i've been asked to go to places where others didnt wanna go...i even had to call up nasty nasty clients where the rest felt afraid to deal with...and wat can i say? im juz a newbie around...all they said were"it's a chance for u to learn and handle things"...is this the way to be?

i tried to see things in a brighter view...too see from a different perspective...dat i shudnt frown and to haf a more open mind on my job...i tried to take it easy and juz enjoy wateva dat i was asked to do...but those doesnt last long when the situation continues...the tasks are never-ending....i actually wud be glad to help around but to do stuffs that are out of my line, i wud like to think it's too much...i felt like hitting it back to my seniors but then i tot it wudnt be appropriate...who am i anyway rite?

i dunno how long i can put up with this mentally...im not really dat 'strong' after all... i head out to work every morning wondering if all these is wat i really liked to do...and did it really fulfill my purpose in life...i didnt find the passion in doing audit...i guess it's juz not my cup of tea...but my parents see it as a stable job...and i wud haf a bright future in this line...they are both at retiring age...and i understand it's the point in life where u wud feel unsecure about wat the future holds for u...this is the time for them to rely on their kids...but i am still at the cross road...unsure of which path to take..i didnt wanna turn into the wrong lane and spend the rest of my life regretting my decision....can i at least choose the path that i wanted to?

i've talked about this before...i've talked to mum about it, dat i felt like quitting...she gaf me this disappointed look and i knew right away dat i will be stuck doing this for quite some time...even tho she did say dat she wud support me if i wanted to do other things...but deep down it's not...dad seems very confident dat his girl wud continue his dream to be a successful accountant...little did dad know dat his little girl here is actually 'suffocating' and 'drowning' at the same time...

can someone guide me out of this maze? i cant find the door...and im afraid of being in the dark...

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Rush

would u have believed it?... i, the goody good girl, actually went clubbing last sat nite...yup, u heard me rite... surprise surprise...my very first time...i noe im a little late to start hanging out in clubs...but i have to say, it was totally awesome!

we were indeed rushing to Rush...coz we had to get in before 10 so dat we cud save up on the entrance fees... and some GUYS were taking a longer time to get dressed? or were there other excuses...no matter wat, it pissed piggy and she literally screamed at them when they finally arrived...and we arrived juz a few minutes before 10...phew!

chose our alcoholic drink...got our wrists stamped and went in to a barely empty club with juz a few staffs and securities around...even tho we were dat early, all the comfy sofa seats were actually pre-booked and all that was left were 2 tables and 3 miserable chairs for the 10 of us...fine...music was not dat 'hot' yet, the club was not crowded enuf and no one felt like dancing...so we talked crap for dat hr or so and kept toasting our glasses of whiskies to wateva it is we can think of - to frenship, to work, to monkeys and pigs, to relationships etc etc....with the guys kept bottom-ing up theirs while checking out hot chicks along the way...

the atmosphere finally became hot n happening at around 12...music was real loud n up to beat, u cant even hear d person talking in ur ear...it became real crowded with barely enuf room to stand,let alone dance....the floor was all slippery with spilled drinks...and young men there were all starring at u as if they never seen girls before...alot of big burly security personnels around....and i bumped into some frens who were totally surprised to see me there...lolz...

my dancing rhythm slowly caught up with the pace of the music...and i was like having the time of my life...jumping, singing, shaking, doing silly silly moves with my frens...but not to worry, i was not drunk...juz felt like letting myself loose, be crazy and not to gif a damn about anything...yeah! but it all ended too soon...i've not danced enuf yet...not becoz it was late... becoz most of the guys got real drunk and started to not being themselves...dat's wat u get for drinking non-stop...we had to get them out to save them from trouble...muahahha...

we spent quite a long time out on the pavement babysitting 'big' 'big' babies....it was tough...kept refusing to leave... kept talking loudly non-stop...kept wanted to check out girls...kept wanted to go yam cha...and some became too dizzy to stand...boy, it was surely fun to watch ur frens when they are drunk...u need to pujuk them to make them behave...so much drama....do wat u want to them coz they wont rmbr anything the nx day....hahahhaa....

there were road blocks on the way back...but luckily we were not stopped...and i reached piggy's place at around 3 am....we chatted for a while after she tucked her 'baby' in and then we slept at 4....woke up in the afternoon the nx day with a flu coz she blasted the air-cond the whole nite...gosh! poor me...

so there it is...my maiden voyage down to a club named Rush...actually it's not about wer u go...it's all about the ppl u hang with...dat's the difference....i really do appreciate moments with u all, at times...

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Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren

( got this from an email someone sent me..some parts are rather inspiring.... )

Don't date because you are desperate.
Don't marry because you are miserable.
Don't have kids because you think your genes are superior.
Don't philander because you think you are irresistible.

Don't associate with people you can't trust.
Don't cheat. Don't lie. Don't pretend.
Don't dictate because you are smarter.
Don't demand because you are stronger.

Don't sleep around because you think you are old enough & know better.
Don't hurt your kids because loving them is harder.
Don't sell yourself, your family, or your ideals.
Don't stagnate!

Don't regress.
Don't live in the past. Time can't bring anything or anyone back.
Don't put your life on hold for possibly Mr. Right.
Don't throw your life away on absolutely Mr. Wrong because your biological clock is ticking.

Learn a new skill.
Find a new friend.
Start a new career.
Sometimes, there is no race to be won, only a price to be paid for some of life's more hasty decisions.

To terminate your loneliness, reach out to the homeless.
To feed your nurturing instincts, care for the needy.
To fulfill your parenting fantasies, get a puppy.
Don't bring another life into this world for all the wrong reasons.

To make yourself happy, pursue your passions & be the best of what you can be.
Simplify your life. Take away the clutter.
Get rid of destructive elements: abusive friends, nasty habits, and dangerous liaisons.
Don't abandon your responsibilities but don't overdose on duty.

Don't live life recklessly without thought and feeling for your family.
Be true to yourself.
Don't commit when you are not ready.
Don't keep others waiting needlessly.

Go on that trip. Don't postpone it.
Say those words. Don't let the moment pass.
Do what you have to, even at society's scorn.

Write poetry.
Love Deeply.
Walk barefoot.
Dance with wild abandon.
Cry at the movies.

Take care of yourself. Don't wait for someone to take care of you.
You light up your life.
You drive yourself to your destination.
No one completes you - except YOU.

It isn't true that life does not get easier with age.
It only gets more challenging.
Don't be afraid. Don't lose your capacity to love.
Pursue your passions.

Live your dreams.
Don't lose faith in God.
Don't grow old.Just grow YOU!

When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back.
Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give to someone is your time.
Relationships take time and effort, and the best way to spell love isT-I-M-E because the essence of love is not what we think or do or provide for others, but how much we give of ourselves.

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