Have you ever come across people who are damn selfish? Like they will not teach you anything?? I think most of cases, these peoples are from the Chinese ed. Not that I am critising the Chinese education, but the brought up in a Chinese environments makes everything seems so competitive that Chinese eds (CED) often feel the need to protect themselves…
My first encountour with such inklings were when I transferred from a private school to a government Chinese school. I can feel the total change of environment over here… back in my old school, all of us are students, we learn, we teach, we share, basically, we are not afraid to let our class/school mates to know what we know, cause in this sense we are all learning… we increase our knowledge, we widen our views and we shape up our characters… what I know you might not know and what I do not know, you might know.. it is always a win-win situation if we share… However, when I got transferred, (I got transferred to a govt school from a private school is because the govt school is nearer to my house, and not that I am facing financial difficulties as claimed by someone’s mother… hehe however I know she is of good cause..) the surrounding changed drastically… ppl in the class do not share anything… they keep everything to themselves.. I was shocked by the change of culture… and then I discussed the matter with another friend of mine in the govt school, at least she did give me a good reason why these ppl acted this way…she said that, some of these ppl, come from poor family, so in order to further their studies, they need to be the best in order to get scholarship… hence they are damn reluctant to share their knowledge.. I was taken back a little bit, but then I think it was a good reason..
HOWEVER, when I join the working world, (yes yes time lass so fast that I am so old already) at least the first few co I joined the ppl there are willing to share their knowledge (even though some doesn’t have much knowledge and lead me to do stupid work…) but at least they are not the selfish bunch… BUT recently I joined a company… the ppl in my dept are like so damn CB! (actually not all, only 1 or 2 nia)
Here is the story:-
On my first day with nothing to do, I decided to open a file to read the documents, I’ve been told that, “that is my file..” implying that I should not touch her file, I am not allowed to see her file…
Then, later on…
On one Friday, at 6.05pm, “errrr, winnie, you do this budget for me, you just refer the last year’s budget and amend the figures accordingly…” AT 6.05PM!!! that is after office hours… okay, fine….
Then, another Friday, I happily told ce that we are going to watch movie that day… at 5something, “Winnie, you do this for me, then you insert the figures into this spreadsheet.. it’s for the budget.. after you do the spread sheet, then you update the slides as well…” and then I was late for my movie and poor ting has to wait for me…
Okay fine… then…
Our accounts closing is on the 10th.. while helping someone to do the budget and while waiting for the PIC to pass me the accounts, she requested me to help her in doing the consol budget…. And I do and do until no time to close my accounts, she somemore pass more of HER accounts for me to close… WTF…. It’s not like I was surfing the net or what.. I am still doing my work… okay, I help her close, help her tie her balances, help her to liase with others on billing and all… yes I finished the accounts…
Then another one day
Early morning I have tons of work to do, she ask me to help her close her accounts… and guess what she was doing that whole morning? She was posting photos online to sell her items… WTF… ownself so free also don’t want to do the work…
Furthermore, if there is something that u don’t know, they (there are 2) wont teach you… cause that is spoon feeding u, so u go and “chong pek” (hit wall) and chong pek and chong pek until u find out yourself… haiz…
This is the culture now… is it me? Or is it the culture? I don’t know
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Some inspiring article i read from emails... it's true.. and right at the point...
> Subject: Wisdom from Lee Kuan Yew's Daughter> > >
My house is shabby, but it is comfortable > There is no end to wanting - after the Ferrari and the> Birkin bag, what next? > By Lee Wei Ling> >
In 2007, in an end-of-year message to the staff of the> National Neuroscience Institute, I wrote: 'Whilst boom> time in the public sector is never as booming as in the> private sector, let us not forget that boom time is> eventually followed by slump time. Slump time in the public> sector is always less painful compared to the private> sector.' > > Slump time has arrived with a bang. > While I worry about the poorer Singaporeans who will be hit> hard, perhaps this recession has come at an opportune time> for many of us. It will give us an incentive to reconsider> our priorities in life. > > > Decades of the good life have made us soft. The wealthy> especially, but also the middle class in Singapore, have had> it so good for so long, what they once considered luxuries,> they now think of as necessities. > A mobile phone, for instance, is now a statement about who> you are, not just a piece of equipment for communication.> Hence many people buy the latest model though their existing> mobile phones are still in perfect working order. > A Mercedes-Benz is no longer adequate as a status symbol.> For millionaires who wish to show the world they have taste,> a Ferrari or a Porsche is deemed more appropriate. > > The same attitude influences the choice of attire and> accessories. I still find it hard to believe that there are> people carrying handbags that cost more than thrice the> monthly income of a bus driver, and many more times that of> the foreign worker labouring in the hot sun, risking his> life to construct luxury condominiums he will never have a> chance to live in. > > > The media encourages and amplifies this ostentatious> consumption. Perhaps it is good to encourage people to spend> more because this will prevent the recession from getting> worse. I am not an economist, but wasn't that the root> cause of the current crisis - Americans spending more than> they could afford to? > I am not a particularly spiritual person. I don't> believe in the supernatural and I don't think I have a> soul that will survive my death. But as I view the crass> materialism around me, I am reminded of what my mother once> told me: 'Suffering and deprivation is good for the> soul.' > > > My family is not poor, but we have been brought up to be> frugal. My parents and I live in the same house that my> paternal grandparents and their children moved into after> World War II in 1945. It is a big house by today's> standards, but it is simple - in fact, almost to the point> of being shabby. > Those who see it for the first time are astonished that> Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's home is so humble. But it> is a comfortable house, a home we have got used to. Though> it does look shabby compared to the new mansions on our> street, we are not bothered by the comparison. > > Most of the world and much of Singapore will lament the> economic downturn. We have been told to tighten our belts.> There will undoubtedly be suffering, which we must try our> best to ameliorate. > But I personally think the hard times will hold a timely> lesson for many Singaporeans, especially those born after> 1970 who have never lived through difficult times. > > > No matter how poor you are in Singapore , the authorities> and social groups do try to ensure you have shelter and> food. Nobody starves in Singapore . > Many of those who are currently living in mansions and> enjoying a luxurious lifestyle will probably still be able> to do so, even if they might have to downgrade from wines> costing $20,000 a bottle to $10,000 a bottle. They would> hardly notice the difference. > > > Being wealthy is not a sin. It cannot be in a capitalist> market economy. Enjoying the fruits of one's own labour> is one's prerogative and I have no right to chastise> those who choose to live luxuriously. > But if one is blinded by materialism, there would be no end> to wanting and hankering. After the Ferrari, what next? An> Aston Martin? After the Hermes Birkin handbag, what can one> upgrade to? > Neither an Aston Martin nor an Hermes Birkin can make us> truly happy or contented. They are like dust, a fog> obscuring the true meaning of life, and can be blown away in> the twinkling of an eye. > > When the end approaches and we look back on our lives, will> we regret the latest mobile phone or luxury car that we did> not acquire? Or would we prefer to die at peace with> ourselves, knowing that we have lived lives filled with> love, friendship and goodwill, that we have helped some of> our fellow voyagers along the way and that we have tried our> best to leave this world a slightly better place than how we> found it? > > > We know which is the correct choice - and it is within our> power to make that choice. > In this new year, burdened as it is with the problems of> the year that has just ended, let us again try to choose> wisely. > To a considerable degree, our happiness is within our own> control, and we should not follow the herd blindly. > > The writer is director of the National Neuroscience> Institute. > > > > >
My house is shabby, but it is comfortable > There is no end to wanting - after the Ferrari and the> Birkin bag, what next? > By Lee Wei Ling> >
In 2007, in an end-of-year message to the staff of the> National Neuroscience Institute, I wrote: 'Whilst boom> time in the public sector is never as booming as in the> private sector, let us not forget that boom time is> eventually followed by slump time. Slump time in the public> sector is always less painful compared to the private> sector.' > > Slump time has arrived with a bang. > While I worry about the poorer Singaporeans who will be hit> hard, perhaps this recession has come at an opportune time> for many of us. It will give us an incentive to reconsider> our priorities in life. > > > Decades of the good life have made us soft. The wealthy> especially, but also the middle class in Singapore, have had> it so good for so long, what they once considered luxuries,> they now think of as necessities. > A mobile phone, for instance, is now a statement about who> you are, not just a piece of equipment for communication.> Hence many people buy the latest model though their existing> mobile phones are still in perfect working order. > A Mercedes-Benz is no longer adequate as a status symbol.> For millionaires who wish to show the world they have taste,> a Ferrari or a Porsche is deemed more appropriate. > > The same attitude influences the choice of attire and> accessories. I still find it hard to believe that there are> people carrying handbags that cost more than thrice the> monthly income of a bus driver, and many more times that of> the foreign worker labouring in the hot sun, risking his> life to construct luxury condominiums he will never have a> chance to live in. > > > The media encourages and amplifies this ostentatious> consumption. Perhaps it is good to encourage people to spend> more because this will prevent the recession from getting> worse. I am not an economist, but wasn't that the root> cause of the current crisis - Americans spending more than> they could afford to? > I am not a particularly spiritual person. I don't> believe in the supernatural and I don't think I have a> soul that will survive my death. But as I view the crass> materialism around me, I am reminded of what my mother once> told me: 'Suffering and deprivation is good for the> soul.' > > > My family is not poor, but we have been brought up to be> frugal. My parents and I live in the same house that my> paternal grandparents and their children moved into after> World War II in 1945. It is a big house by today's> standards, but it is simple - in fact, almost to the point> of being shabby. > Those who see it for the first time are astonished that> Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's home is so humble. But it> is a comfortable house, a home we have got used to. Though> it does look shabby compared to the new mansions on our> street, we are not bothered by the comparison. > > Most of the world and much of Singapore will lament the> economic downturn. We have been told to tighten our belts.> There will undoubtedly be suffering, which we must try our> best to ameliorate. > But I personally think the hard times will hold a timely> lesson for many Singaporeans, especially those born after> 1970 who have never lived through difficult times. > > > No matter how poor you are in Singapore , the authorities> and social groups do try to ensure you have shelter and> food. Nobody starves in Singapore . > Many of those who are currently living in mansions and> enjoying a luxurious lifestyle will probably still be able> to do so, even if they might have to downgrade from wines> costing $20,000 a bottle to $10,000 a bottle. They would> hardly notice the difference. > > > Being wealthy is not a sin. It cannot be in a capitalist> market economy. Enjoying the fruits of one's own labour> is one's prerogative and I have no right to chastise> those who choose to live luxuriously. > But if one is blinded by materialism, there would be no end> to wanting and hankering. After the Ferrari, what next? An> Aston Martin? After the Hermes Birkin handbag, what can one> upgrade to? > Neither an Aston Martin nor an Hermes Birkin can make us> truly happy or contented. They are like dust, a fog> obscuring the true meaning of life, and can be blown away in> the twinkling of an eye. > > When the end approaches and we look back on our lives, will> we regret the latest mobile phone or luxury car that we did> not acquire? Or would we prefer to die at peace with> ourselves, knowing that we have lived lives filled with> love, friendship and goodwill, that we have helped some of> our fellow voyagers along the way and that we have tried our> best to leave this world a slightly better place than how we> found it? > > > We know which is the correct choice - and it is within our> power to make that choice. > In this new year, burdened as it is with the problems of> the year that has just ended, let us again try to choose> wisely. > To a considerable degree, our happiness is within our own> control, and we should not follow the herd blindly. > > The writer is director of the National Neuroscience> Institute. > > > > >
Sunday, March 22, 2009
all men/guys are the same
I always have problems with my weight.. of coz I do realized and I do know that I am slightly overweight… I do try to reduce my weight but the issues is always with the tempting foods around me that makes me indulge so much… and I had bad experience about weight issues with guys… my ex ex bf dumped me because he said that I wasn’t pretty and think enough for him… and so I resolved and go on a diet, I successed and got myself a new bf… and when I am in a relationship, there is food intake (as dating, the only things to do are dining, visiting malls and watching movie) and so, I gain weight… so my ex bf suddenly decided that his friends said that I am fat, and so asked me to go on diet.. which hurts me damn a lot.. aren’t you supposed to love someone, irregardless the outer beauty as it’s the inner beauty that captivate you at first?? (okay, I do not say that it doesn’t matter if I were to become like super fat, but I still think presentable enough..) and so then it became one of the reasons I broke up with my ex..
and now, current… I always thought my current bf was the best in the world.. he is kind, caring, cares a lot for me…
so when my best friend, lyn asked me, “didn’t ce ever ask you to go on diet, judging that you have gained weight since the first time you have known each other?” and so I proudly answered that, “oh ce does not care about these things much, but of coz I am trying to lose weight for my own benefit, increase my market value..” and so I tot the weight issue is only about my vanity, not the request of my bf… then lyn answered, “wow, it’s so nice, my bf told me he doesn’t need a meaty gf..” and so I felt so good about my bf…
but yesterday, he really broke my heart.. in the middle of our conversation, he said, “You (We) have to go on diet..” (oh, you might wonder why I put (we), that’s because later on he denied that statement by saying he meant both of us, and it’s only for health purpose, not vanity… but I could SWEAR that at the time, he has directed me to lose weight..) At that precise moment, my heart was bleeding… and I tot, I tot ce was different.. the old wounds all came out and I was speechless… yes, I am aware that I am overweight, but that doesn’t mean that I like being told right on the face, especially by someone I tot who doesn’t matter bout my weight…
That proves, all men/guys are the same… bloody ba*tards
and now, current… I always thought my current bf was the best in the world.. he is kind, caring, cares a lot for me…
so when my best friend, lyn asked me, “didn’t ce ever ask you to go on diet, judging that you have gained weight since the first time you have known each other?” and so I proudly answered that, “oh ce does not care about these things much, but of coz I am trying to lose weight for my own benefit, increase my market value..” and so I tot the weight issue is only about my vanity, not the request of my bf… then lyn answered, “wow, it’s so nice, my bf told me he doesn’t need a meaty gf..” and so I felt so good about my bf…
but yesterday, he really broke my heart.. in the middle of our conversation, he said, “You (We) have to go on diet..” (oh, you might wonder why I put (we), that’s because later on he denied that statement by saying he meant both of us, and it’s only for health purpose, not vanity… but I could SWEAR that at the time, he has directed me to lose weight..) At that precise moment, my heart was bleeding… and I tot, I tot ce was different.. the old wounds all came out and I was speechless… yes, I am aware that I am overweight, but that doesn’t mean that I like being told right on the face, especially by someone I tot who doesn’t matter bout my weight…
That proves, all men/guys are the same… bloody ba*tards
Friday, March 13, 2009
Eventful weekend…
My must awaited weekend had so fast finished.. while I am still coping with the sadness I feel that my weekend is over, I am here again to blog about my eventful and tiring “rest” day I had…
Friday night
Had dinner @ the fish head that we just discovered at paramaount. Then after dinner, it is mahjong time… guess what, you really cant tell who is winning until the right end of the game. In the beginning, hl was winning and winning and both lh and me/ce was losing, it has not been surplus so the super longest time… however, during the last 3 rounds, that I requested (due to the fatique I feel when I am the 1st rank waiting person in my company) I kept on winning. And you know what, the last round of mahjong, what cards I get???!! I got “tin wu”!!!! (means that you already won the game with lots of money without having to play the game!!) wow, so then the tables were turned and there you go! I am the winner, even hl and lh lost… and then we decided to cancel our mountain climbing trip on sat morning because it will be super tiring because we had mahjonged until 12.30am…
Saturday!
Hrm, we woke pretty late, ate our breakfast at pasar, and we being dam kiasu, in order to get a 3d2n stay at some hotels, we decided to go to the stupid centre to listen to the whole lot of bullshit in order to get our stay. Let me describe more about the “try-to-con-my-money-scheme”. The office building was actually a tour agent at ground floor. (Put goat head sell dog meat) then they brought us up to the second or third floor where they have super lot of tables and chairs. Our speaker was Fizal or something like that.. So it was an investment plan to bring in milking cows to generate passive income. So on and on and on he blah about the benefits, how you are going to get 2k-8k per month, they have the cow certs, jersey and black and white cow, mixed bread to product AA quality milk and all those bullshit.. The kind that tells you wow, you can earn really really a lot without any hard work. Hrm, so me and ce, being very smart people know that surely there is a catch in it, so we pestered him to tell us the cost of the investment, and then he keep on beating round the bush, by showing us stupid video of the cow farm and totally waste of time stuff. Even when ce was already showing temper, he is still beating round the bush refusing to tell us the COI. Then in the final end, when we threaten to leave, only did he called his manager to quote us. He told us minimum we have to buy 2 cows, no we MUST at least buy 2 cows and then, guess what is the figure! A whooping RM50k +, then we will have to pay 30% downpayment and balance 70% to settle within 2 months. We were like thinking, are they crazy, we are only 2 very poor office worker who work like slave to earn only sufficient money for us to survive, and they wan us to pay a lump sum just like that to them. So we told him we do not have the budget, then he ask us what is our budget. Seeing we say we have no budget, that idiot fellow, say that we can HELP out by buying 1 cow. Isnt it contradicting??? At first he say must AT LEAST 2 cows, now say 1 cow also can. So we were like pissed off but we keep on smiling cause we want to get the free 3d2n stay. Then he go and shoot us with rude attitude and say that we can say outright we are not interested why didn’t tell him and waste so much time beating round the bush.. I was like, hello! You were the one beating round the bush. But then I think of my free vacation, again I “yan”. Yan and yan until finally he gave me the voucher (and a very lousy one, a photostate A4 paper) but anyway, since I have accomplished my mission, I couldn’t care or bother about his attitude anymore. After all, I only wasted my time, where-else he wasted his time and his commission!! Yahoo!!
Well, not to say I didn’t sacrifice for the voucher, that idiot fellow cause me to be late for our Korean/Japanese class at Damansara by 45mins. My Korean is like RM380 for 12hours, so it was like wasting my RM23.75, if let’s say I miss my 45mins and cause me to fail my Korean class and I have to resit again, it might be more!! So I was like errrrr!!!!! STUPID FIZAL OR WHATEVER NAME HE HAVE!! And Ce was also late by 15mins, so RM5 wasted. But anyway, our class went through with me having difficulties pronouncing Korean and waiting anxiously for the class to end so I can go back….
After class, ce went for badminton while I play my latest craze, persona 4. We tot of having dinner with ce’s cousin but then, his cousins don’t want to join us, so we decided to eat with my mom. And then I remembered my bro keep mentioning this great place at serdang to eat buffet style steamboat BBQ, so I decided to give it a try. It was the best steamboat bbq buffet I had. The String ray was superb and their bbq pork was totally like Korean, only with a small fraction of the cost. And we even have to fight for icecream with those aunties and children who never eat ice cream before. (actually I get for it ce, cause the way I see the icecream it was those cheap ones, which you can buy at supermarket for RM2.90/litre, so I am not going to turn fat cause of cheap ice cream. If it were haagen daaz or baskin, then maybe I will have my go..) Next day….
Sunday
Ce’s cousin’s decided to go on a day tour to tanjung sepat… well to me I have been there like 3 times, but there is nothing much that I would like to go there again but since I am invited to go, and since none of the cousins been to tanjung sepat before, therefore I again take up the role of tour leader again… (fyi, I have been a tour leader to Malacca, and assistant tour leader to Ipoh, and all makan trip.. >.<)
Well, ce started their journey at 10.30am reached my place ard 11am, and so we started off our journey through the putrajaya-dengkil-banting-tanjung sepat route… Damn freaking far man, took us round 2 hours to reach tanjung sepat..
We stopped at the lover link bridge to feel the “romanticness” and dined at the attap restaurant beside the bridge..
After our dining, we went to collect our paus… try to guess how many paus we, 8 pax bought??? A total of 100+ paus!! Amounting to RM 200+!!! I alone have bough 20 “sang yuk” pau for RM 40… (Stupid pau cost RM2 each, okay!) Then I brought them to see the Gano farm, which is a farm using wood shead to cultivate “lingzhi” and all sorts of mushroom, of course, there we are also being conned into buying the snow jelly drink which is actually not bad at RM40 for 26 (280ml) bottles. After the gano, off we went to the keropok factory… there lucky I was not conned by my darling and all, also bought few packets of keropok… (hehe I just curi makan at his house, no need to buy) After buying the keropoks, we decided that we have been conned too much money so we decided to head back to KL…
On our way back, we stopped for a while to have a look at the world’s 3rd palm resort at gold coast, no not the one in australis, the one in Sepang, Malaysia.. well it was nicely illustrated but we wonder how it will really be like in real.. (cause illustration is very deceiving…)
Since we went back early, we have a lot of time to spare before dinner time, hence, the PJ lites whom has never been to Alamanda Putrajaya, decided to go there for a round… to me, what is there to so?? It’s so full of tudungs…. But anyway, we sorted our paus at their carpark… and then we took an half an hour tour ard… guess what! I managed to buy a skirt and a jacket in that short half an hour.. I would say quite a good deal, cause the jacket only cost like RM 29…
For dinner, I brough them over to Yat Sheng where the “ye heong hoi sin po” (coconut fragrance seafood claypot) is famous, and let them try semenyih’ famous “nai sa fei chow” (deep fried tilapia slices) which leaves everyone so satisfied with the meal… And that meal is the last agenda for the day…
Monday
Yeah, it is a public holiday!!!
So we decided to go for mountain climbing at ah pek san, since we have ffk tlh for many many times… so we went there, go climb. And halfway through, I think I cannot make it to the peak, I forced ce to turn back, and lucky for us, lh and hl also decided to head back after 5 mins time.. and while walking back to the entrance, it started to rain so dam heavily and we were all soaking wet!! So it shall be the last time I am going to ah pek san… I have totally no fate to go there!!
After our mountain adventure, we rest and waited to go to TGIF for our FOC meal… but then guess what! TGIF kitchen on fire so there is no FOC meal for us!! OMG, so me and ce went to kepong, use our own money to pay for our yam paikuat noodle before we head to genting…
Yeah, we got a FOC night stay at genting as well as a RM50 voucher to redeem against anything at genting’s gift shop.. isn’t it wonderful?? FOC here FOC there… but later on, we learnt that no, nothing is free!! Why? Cause we decided to go to the casino to earn money… mana tau, we ended up losing RM 100 to them!!! RM 100!!!!! That means our room cost has raised to RM 100… that makes us super sad…
Tuesday
After our deficit in cash we decided to call it a day and headed back to KL to work the next morning… idiot, stupid kepong was like super duper dam jam on our way to work… and upon reaching 1utama, my beloved bf suddenly remembered that he has left his hp at the hotel room!!! OMG, that is a lost of RM260!!!So in total, genting has conned us RM 360!!! Sobsobsob… however, I made a call to genting to check if anyone found the phone, and luckily the management there was very honest, they has found the phone and asked me to go there to collect my phone… hence it was a relief, however thinking of the journey to genting again… makes us sad again……
But anyway… my clever bf has booked for us another FOC meal at TGIF, and this time, we prayed really hard that their kitchen wasn’t flooded (since fire can happen, we guess flood can also happen)… and luckily nothing of such happen… so we being very kiasus went there for their FOC meal… In the menu they gave, of course we chose the most expensive out of it, appetizer @ RM 21.90,beef ribs @ RM 52.90, fish @ RM 29.90, drinks @ RM 7.90 and RM 7.90.. of coz they gave us some monopoly looking voucher to pay for our meal… (okay, rewind a little bit, the FOC TGIF meal was obtained because they are opening a new branch.. in order for the staff to familiarize with the working environment we are the white mice for them to practice on… everything is being done close to actual, even the paying of bill using fictitious monopoly money) So, we being very greedy after the meal, requested for a refill of my summerbreeze mocktail, and also requested for desert (obviously, they did not offer to serve us desert, so we very thick-skinned asking them to provide us with that)… and guess what, when the bill comes, it totaled up to a whooping RM 160+ and our monopoly voucher is only RM 140… so feeling apologetic (however not a bit embarrassed), we gave all our “money” to our waitress… and we went home feeling full and 100% satisfied…
-THE END-
Friday night
Had dinner @ the fish head that we just discovered at paramaount. Then after dinner, it is mahjong time… guess what, you really cant tell who is winning until the right end of the game. In the beginning, hl was winning and winning and both lh and me/ce was losing, it has not been surplus so the super longest time… however, during the last 3 rounds, that I requested (due to the fatique I feel when I am the 1st rank waiting person in my company) I kept on winning. And you know what, the last round of mahjong, what cards I get???!! I got “tin wu”!!!! (means that you already won the game with lots of money without having to play the game!!) wow, so then the tables were turned and there you go! I am the winner, even hl and lh lost… and then we decided to cancel our mountain climbing trip on sat morning because it will be super tiring because we had mahjonged until 12.30am…
Saturday!
Hrm, we woke pretty late, ate our breakfast at pasar, and we being dam kiasu, in order to get a 3d2n stay at some hotels, we decided to go to the stupid centre to listen to the whole lot of bullshit in order to get our stay. Let me describe more about the “try-to-con-my-money-scheme”. The office building was actually a tour agent at ground floor. (Put goat head sell dog meat) then they brought us up to the second or third floor where they have super lot of tables and chairs. Our speaker was Fizal or something like that.. So it was an investment plan to bring in milking cows to generate passive income. So on and on and on he blah about the benefits, how you are going to get 2k-8k per month, they have the cow certs, jersey and black and white cow, mixed bread to product AA quality milk and all those bullshit.. The kind that tells you wow, you can earn really really a lot without any hard work. Hrm, so me and ce, being very smart people know that surely there is a catch in it, so we pestered him to tell us the cost of the investment, and then he keep on beating round the bush, by showing us stupid video of the cow farm and totally waste of time stuff. Even when ce was already showing temper, he is still beating round the bush refusing to tell us the COI. Then in the final end, when we threaten to leave, only did he called his manager to quote us. He told us minimum we have to buy 2 cows, no we MUST at least buy 2 cows and then, guess what is the figure! A whooping RM50k +, then we will have to pay 30% downpayment and balance 70% to settle within 2 months. We were like thinking, are they crazy, we are only 2 very poor office worker who work like slave to earn only sufficient money for us to survive, and they wan us to pay a lump sum just like that to them. So we told him we do not have the budget, then he ask us what is our budget. Seeing we say we have no budget, that idiot fellow, say that we can HELP out by buying 1 cow. Isnt it contradicting??? At first he say must AT LEAST 2 cows, now say 1 cow also can. So we were like pissed off but we keep on smiling cause we want to get the free 3d2n stay. Then he go and shoot us with rude attitude and say that we can say outright we are not interested why didn’t tell him and waste so much time beating round the bush.. I was like, hello! You were the one beating round the bush. But then I think of my free vacation, again I “yan”. Yan and yan until finally he gave me the voucher (and a very lousy one, a photostate A4 paper) but anyway, since I have accomplished my mission, I couldn’t care or bother about his attitude anymore. After all, I only wasted my time, where-else he wasted his time and his commission!! Yahoo!!
Well, not to say I didn’t sacrifice for the voucher, that idiot fellow cause me to be late for our Korean/Japanese class at Damansara by 45mins. My Korean is like RM380 for 12hours, so it was like wasting my RM23.75, if let’s say I miss my 45mins and cause me to fail my Korean class and I have to resit again, it might be more!! So I was like errrrr!!!!! STUPID FIZAL OR WHATEVER NAME HE HAVE!! And Ce was also late by 15mins, so RM5 wasted. But anyway, our class went through with me having difficulties pronouncing Korean and waiting anxiously for the class to end so I can go back….
After class, ce went for badminton while I play my latest craze, persona 4. We tot of having dinner with ce’s cousin but then, his cousins don’t want to join us, so we decided to eat with my mom. And then I remembered my bro keep mentioning this great place at serdang to eat buffet style steamboat BBQ, so I decided to give it a try. It was the best steamboat bbq buffet I had. The String ray was superb and their bbq pork was totally like Korean, only with a small fraction of the cost. And we even have to fight for icecream with those aunties and children who never eat ice cream before. (actually I get for it ce, cause the way I see the icecream it was those cheap ones, which you can buy at supermarket for RM2.90/litre, so I am not going to turn fat cause of cheap ice cream. If it were haagen daaz or baskin, then maybe I will have my go..) Next day….
Sunday
Ce’s cousin’s decided to go on a day tour to tanjung sepat… well to me I have been there like 3 times, but there is nothing much that I would like to go there again but since I am invited to go, and since none of the cousins been to tanjung sepat before, therefore I again take up the role of tour leader again… (fyi, I have been a tour leader to Malacca, and assistant tour leader to Ipoh, and all makan trip.. >.<)
Well, ce started their journey at 10.30am reached my place ard 11am, and so we started off our journey through the putrajaya-dengkil-banting-tanjung sepat route… Damn freaking far man, took us round 2 hours to reach tanjung sepat..
We stopped at the lover link bridge to feel the “romanticness” and dined at the attap restaurant beside the bridge..
After our dining, we went to collect our paus… try to guess how many paus we, 8 pax bought??? A total of 100+ paus!! Amounting to RM 200+!!! I alone have bough 20 “sang yuk” pau for RM 40… (Stupid pau cost RM2 each, okay!) Then I brought them to see the Gano farm, which is a farm using wood shead to cultivate “lingzhi” and all sorts of mushroom, of course, there we are also being conned into buying the snow jelly drink which is actually not bad at RM40 for 26 (280ml) bottles. After the gano, off we went to the keropok factory… there lucky I was not conned by my darling and all, also bought few packets of keropok… (hehe I just curi makan at his house, no need to buy) After buying the keropoks, we decided that we have been conned too much money so we decided to head back to KL…
On our way back, we stopped for a while to have a look at the world’s 3rd palm resort at gold coast, no not the one in australis, the one in Sepang, Malaysia.. well it was nicely illustrated but we wonder how it will really be like in real.. (cause illustration is very deceiving…)
Since we went back early, we have a lot of time to spare before dinner time, hence, the PJ lites whom has never been to Alamanda Putrajaya, decided to go there for a round… to me, what is there to so?? It’s so full of tudungs…. But anyway, we sorted our paus at their carpark… and then we took an half an hour tour ard… guess what! I managed to buy a skirt and a jacket in that short half an hour.. I would say quite a good deal, cause the jacket only cost like RM 29…
For dinner, I brough them over to Yat Sheng where the “ye heong hoi sin po” (coconut fragrance seafood claypot) is famous, and let them try semenyih’ famous “nai sa fei chow” (deep fried tilapia slices) which leaves everyone so satisfied with the meal… And that meal is the last agenda for the day…
Monday
Yeah, it is a public holiday!!!
So we decided to go for mountain climbing at ah pek san, since we have ffk tlh for many many times… so we went there, go climb. And halfway through, I think I cannot make it to the peak, I forced ce to turn back, and lucky for us, lh and hl also decided to head back after 5 mins time.. and while walking back to the entrance, it started to rain so dam heavily and we were all soaking wet!! So it shall be the last time I am going to ah pek san… I have totally no fate to go there!!
After our mountain adventure, we rest and waited to go to TGIF for our FOC meal… but then guess what! TGIF kitchen on fire so there is no FOC meal for us!! OMG, so me and ce went to kepong, use our own money to pay for our yam paikuat noodle before we head to genting…
Yeah, we got a FOC night stay at genting as well as a RM50 voucher to redeem against anything at genting’s gift shop.. isn’t it wonderful?? FOC here FOC there… but later on, we learnt that no, nothing is free!! Why? Cause we decided to go to the casino to earn money… mana tau, we ended up losing RM 100 to them!!! RM 100!!!!! That means our room cost has raised to RM 100… that makes us super sad…
Tuesday
After our deficit in cash we decided to call it a day and headed back to KL to work the next morning… idiot, stupid kepong was like super duper dam jam on our way to work… and upon reaching 1utama, my beloved bf suddenly remembered that he has left his hp at the hotel room!!! OMG, that is a lost of RM260!!!So in total, genting has conned us RM 360!!! Sobsobsob… however, I made a call to genting to check if anyone found the phone, and luckily the management there was very honest, they has found the phone and asked me to go there to collect my phone… hence it was a relief, however thinking of the journey to genting again… makes us sad again……
But anyway… my clever bf has booked for us another FOC meal at TGIF, and this time, we prayed really hard that their kitchen wasn’t flooded (since fire can happen, we guess flood can also happen)… and luckily nothing of such happen… so we being very kiasus went there for their FOC meal… In the menu they gave, of course we chose the most expensive out of it, appetizer @ RM 21.90,beef ribs @ RM 52.90, fish @ RM 29.90, drinks @ RM 7.90 and RM 7.90.. of coz they gave us some monopoly looking voucher to pay for our meal… (okay, rewind a little bit, the FOC TGIF meal was obtained because they are opening a new branch.. in order for the staff to familiarize with the working environment we are the white mice for them to practice on… everything is being done close to actual, even the paying of bill using fictitious monopoly money) So, we being very greedy after the meal, requested for a refill of my summerbreeze mocktail, and also requested for desert (obviously, they did not offer to serve us desert, so we very thick-skinned asking them to provide us with that)… and guess what, when the bill comes, it totaled up to a whooping RM 160+ and our monopoly voucher is only RM 140… so feeling apologetic (however not a bit embarrassed), we gave all our “money” to our waitress… and we went home feeling full and 100% satisfied…
-THE END-
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Ryuuki-sama!!!
Ahhhh, at last…. It took me quite a long time to pick up the keyboard (though I am always at the keyboard at work), but to blog, it has been a long long while… The reasons I do not blog for so long is that the connection here in Malaysia rots to the max and it seems to take forever for me to upload just a photo.. but anyway… today while riding in the train I suddenly have the urge to blog about this new anime I have recently finished.
Well it was an anime called the story of sajukoku or something like that, which relate a girl from a noble but super poor family who wants to be an official during the olden olden china days where emperors were ruling… of course, it is a Japanese anime, but somehow the setup was in china… Well, I don’t plan to describe how she worked her way up cause it was an awfully boring part, but the reason I kept up with the anime was that I am always a sucker for love stories.. I am always hoping to see the leng chai emperor and how he go around trying to impress the lady. It is always some tragic in their love with always kept me captivated. It has a very very sad part to it. And I always love sad movies. How they cant be together and how the emperor was so deeply in love. The leng chai emperor was always have to let the girl go to realize her dreams, because he loved her too much to tied her up. Oh, such wai tai (self-sacrificing) and tragic love… I always loved them. Haiz, why anime character only exist in anime.. I love him so so so much… (da-i-si-ki-desu:japanese) (chu-ai-yo:Korean) love love Ryuuki!!!
Well it was an anime called the story of sajukoku or something like that, which relate a girl from a noble but super poor family who wants to be an official during the olden olden china days where emperors were ruling… of course, it is a Japanese anime, but somehow the setup was in china… Well, I don’t plan to describe how she worked her way up cause it was an awfully boring part, but the reason I kept up with the anime was that I am always a sucker for love stories.. I am always hoping to see the leng chai emperor and how he go around trying to impress the lady. It is always some tragic in their love with always kept me captivated. It has a very very sad part to it. And I always love sad movies. How they cant be together and how the emperor was so deeply in love. The leng chai emperor was always have to let the girl go to realize her dreams, because he loved her too much to tied her up. Oh, such wai tai (self-sacrificing) and tragic love… I always loved them. Haiz, why anime character only exist in anime.. I love him so so so much… (da-i-si-ki-desu:japanese) (chu-ai-yo:Korean) love love Ryuuki!!!
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