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OH MY FREAKING GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM CAPABLE OF MAKING A MISTAKE AS MORONIC AS THIS!!!!!!!

I NEED CRISIS MANAGEMENT 101 BIG TIME!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!

OMG AIESEC SHIT, JUST LEAVE ME ALONE ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Talk about being thrown to the deep end of the pool to learn how to swim.

So I've been subjected to a couple of steep learning curves of late.

1. Reacquainting myself to driving

On the notorious streets of KL, no less. In all honesty, I haven't driven myself around since Form 5, the year I got my license. It's not a bad place to start off at all! I even drove myself and Karen to work this morning ,all thanks to Zie's parents and Karen who are so willing to let me drive their car and patiently guiding me on the roads.
Well I think I would've attempted to drive more in Adelaide if only Zie's car wasn't that hard to drive.
I've always thought I'll spend my whole life being driven around or taking the public transport. *shudders at the thought of it* And this brings us to the next point,

2. Taking the public bus

I took the bus back from work on Monday. It definitely took me more than an hour to get back when it was only a 10-15minutes ,depending on the traffic, drive back. So I spent God knows how much time looking for the bus stop, asking around and trekking through trecherous terrains to get to the bus stop, 30 minutes of waiting for the bus and another 30 minutes of bus ride. The bus stop was meant to be at KL Sentral but it was actually at the side of the road outside KL Sentral monorail station.

Didn't help that the bus I took came less frequently than all the other buses, so knowing me, I fretted and was close to calling Zie (of all people) for help (meaning I get to scream at him for not being back here so he can pick me up). I couldn't take the cab as well knowing how those bloody bloodsuckers (they get bloody cause they suck all the blood) would charge ridiculously high just because it's near. See, it's not a good thing if you live quite near because they refuse to use the meter and exhort you for money instead. I took a cab home that Saturday night and all those freaks wanted to take RM10. In the end I managed to find one who agreed to take Rm6. Hello! I took a cab back from General Hospital the other day and it was only Rm8 ok??? And it's bloody far relatively like 20-ish minutes by Monorail okayyyy????

Gosh I can go on forever!

See taking the LRT or monorail ain't half as bad. But taking the bus is a whole different ballgame altogether. And please, I DO take public transport. 2 years of taking the MRT and bus in one of the most densely populated city is really nothing compared to taking the bus in KL. -_-
And this disgusting old man beside me but his seat was a bit elevated was clipping his nails away. GRRR! Sigh. Thank God the bus was relatively empty compared to the other ones that were sardine packed. I had enough seats for myself and my 2 bags. And that's the other thing, I feel more vulnerable lugging the laptop bag around. It's so heavy plus I can't leave it in the car!! I don't know how but those idiots have a way of stealing laptops from cars. And I thought my mum was exaggerating until I'm put in her shoes! Grr

Ok, time to move on to

3. Doing an audit by myself.
Well I was initially going to do it by myself until I managed to ask this fellow intern along. Basically doing an audit at the client's place is pretty much what we do. Just that this time my senior asked me to do it myself since it is for a dormant company(which means they don't carry out any financial activities) and it would be really easy. It was pretty daunting at first since I had to it alone but now it's not too bad. I've been given pretty clear instructions so hopefully it'd be alright. Now, the only problem is getting there. Hmm..

I guess that's all for today. The firm is giving us a half day off on Christmas Eve too. Yippity yay!!

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I'm reading One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. At work. Besides blogging.

Even Salman Rushdie said it's the greatest novel in the last fifty years. Really meh? I think it's ok lah. Or maybe it's a little bit out of my league. Sigh. All the characters kinda have the same name. Why did Senore Marquez had to have an Aureliano senior and junior and heaps of different Jose Arcadio? Surely someone who had the ability to write a couple of great literary classics would be able to think of NAMES for his characters right? Or maybe there is an underlying significance to it that I have been too obtuse to detect? Told ya it's out of my league.
I've been meaning to get Midnight's Children too. But I might just spend 30 or 40 bucks on it only to ditch it after 5 pages, adding on to the stack of half-read books I have. People who have read it, please tell me what you think or, even better, loan me the book!


Anyhow, living in KL is really not cheap. Ok, living comfortably in my standards that is. Especially not when your starting pay is RM2000 and you don't live with your parents. How now, brown cow? The good thing is, you're only required to pay tax when your personal income is above RM2500.

Well, according to this blogger, Zewt, where the applicants live could be a deal breaker for some employers(I'm referring to the accounting industry but it could be anywhere). Employing someone who lives in Tropicana or Damansara Heights is almost out of the question. So the ulu-er your place of origin, the higher your chances of getting that job. Which basically means the ulu-er one's place of origin, the harder one's willing to slog.

Hmm... mayyyyyybe. But it's not as if you don't know how things work in this country. It's not WHAT you know but WHO you know. Again, it's not a one rule fits all thing but you cannot deny that it's a pretty standard practice over here in our lovely home country.

I'm not trying to put Singapore and Australia on a pedestal but the truth speaks for itself. Only because I've lived in this 2 countries so I dare comment. That's where you start on a clean slate and get judged based on your competency level. But for someone as mediocre as I am, I probably fit in no where.

So how now, brown cow?? Marry rich and forget about slogging away for someone else? It's such a cliche answer I sometimes cringe when I hear it. It's nothing personal. I've said this a lot in the past too.

Then how?? No use fretting around I guess. Just put your trust in Him who provides at the right time and place. Only God knows what my calling in life is and how the future awaits. Now, responding to and waiting for Him especially when your head is protesting, is not easy.

Heb 11:1 , Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
and Heb 11:40, God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

This pretty much sums up what I was gonna say in the paragraph above. So, read the bible, it's useful!

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I think I'm falling sick.



My nose is perpetually runny and it's quite painful because of how I rub it all the time and bloody from all the broken capillaries from sneezing.



Owwww :(

Must be the air here. It's so bad. I hate sitting in an air conditioned room all day.



GRRR!



I went to Melaka last weekend. It was nuts. I wouldn't have went down if not for Yee Seen and Malathis' birthdays.

I finally got to try satay celup which Malaccans all rave about. It was alright but I heard they reuse the sauce. Eww.


Had the usual chicken rice and cendol as well. I lurvvve cendol! I can eat it everyday.

Highlight of the trip (besides seeing my friends) was prolly the 2 pair of heels I got from this boutique that sells really nice shoes and bags as well. I only had like 15 minutes in that shop before we had to rush off to catch the bus.

So I got a pair of red patent leather heels that look exactly like this but in red. The retail price was RM220







But guess how much I paid for them both???



Only Rm110. It's such a freaking good buy lol :)

Basically, you get 50% off the more expensive pair and the cheaper pair for free :))



Then I got a pair of black mary jane heels from JAG at Harbour Town for $30 just before coming back too. Original retail price was $120!



Looks like this but the heel is higher.



My friend asked why do I wear high heels everyday. Obviously because I like how it makes me taller and how it makes my feet pretty, but mostly because I can only wear them before my baby comes back otherwise I wouldn't get a chance to wear them after that lol!

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Hi,
another office post.
Well today wasn't that bad. I actually had things to do most of the morning. But here I am, with 2 hours to go til work finishes and blogging.

I've been running back and forth my desk and the printer so many times I'm starting to irritate everyone who sits along the way.
Sigh. At least printing and filing is better than having nothing to do right?

There's this Japanese senior manager who's sitting a few desks away from me talks really funny. I love the way he speaks jap (obviously) but the way he speaks English is like a typical chinese with the L's and R's. Lol.

On a happier note, they've somewhat declared the 26th a holiday. YAY! So with 25th and 29th being public holidays and me taking the 30th - 2nd off, I'll have a whooping 11 days off including weekends. YAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seronok aku dapat cuti panjang panjang!
My BM has not deteriorated much after all. I still managed to remember what nose piercing is called in BM :)

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TGIF!

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I'm getting paid to sit in the rest lounge.
How nice.

This is me blogging from the "lepak" lounge on the 15th floor of 1 Sentral. I love this building and its elevators.
I can't go on Facebook, Gmail and Youtube but I should be thankful I can still blog and read blogs :)
And I've been taking the monorail during rush hour and surviving it! I've always thought monorail is the most precarious looking public transportation I've ever taken especially if one's being plastered against the glass doors. I've always thought the little catepillar thingy would topple over if more people decide to stand on one particular side of the train. But it's not that bad la. Argh I'm just so pissed I had to get here at 8.30 in the morning and now I've got nothing to do!!!!

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