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Wednesday 27 February 2008
Copy Cat!
GARHHhhhhhh!!!! !@#$%
I can't believe you got the same wallet as me but a man's version!!!!
Original, unique, special, unusual, distinctive, wierd, exclusive, cool... these are all the things that weiwei likes to be!!!! I don't like it when people have the same things as me. It doesn't make me feel special anymore... bleh!
By the way, it's Braun Buffel... only cool people have Braun Buffel. I have a feeling it's going to be the next big popular brand in Malaysia soon. So stock up before prices go up!
Thanks for the picture Chee Sheng! =)
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@11:24 pm
Tuesday 26 February 2008
Take a chance
Today while going to work, I was thinking about how much time I spend in transit each morning trying to get to Curtin! I leave around 8:10am to get to work at 9:00am on the dot. That's 50 minutes in transit every morning!!! I guess it wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't first week of semester, but still 50 minutes!!! Then some more I have to park in the woods because there's absolutely no parking space once I reach there at 9am!
Then I spend about 20-30 minutes is transit going home from work depending on the traffic.
Add that to the fact that a lot of my social activities are centred around Bentley with cell group and church also in Bentley and the majority of my friends living in and around Bentley!
So if you add that all up... I spend up to 10 hours in transit and that's only counting from Monday to Fridays and thats not including social activities or the weekend! That's 10 hours of my time that could be put to better use! I should start looking to buy a house in the Como area to save time and money!
As you all know I got a job at Curtin International Office. I'm just "ok" with the job. It's not a job that requires any degrees or specialised skills, aside from being able to know how to use a computer. But basically, everything else you can be trained on - and it's not exactly the career path that I would have liked to take with the position I'm being offered. I know that Curtin does give staff good pay and good benefits - however my mind began to drift today.
Then I started thinking about whether this is the job that I really want to work in. I don't exactly like the job description as it's not challenging at all, and not stimulating - it's pretty much routine once you know how to do things. The problem is I haven't signed a contract yet - so leagally if I suddenly quit - they don't have to pay me for the past few days that I've worked - if they don't want to (I think).
Then I imagined myself talking to the boss and telling her that I don't think I want to work there anymore! My boss is really nice by the way. I just feel so bad because when they first hired me back in October I told them I could work until the end of January - but then I went on a two month holiday right when their busy period was beginning. Now, after hiring me back, and after all the hassles of trying to set up and re-activate all my accounts and access and all the training time they've spent on me - I want to leave already? It hasn't even officially been a week!
Should I feel bad? Afterall, it's my life and my career that I should be thinking about. It shouldn't matter how many jobs I leave in the process of getting to where I want to be. Right? (Someone tell me right!) I just feel so bad, after they've been so kind to me, and I'm just getting to know everyone better.
Today I got a call from a landline. In fact I got a call from the same number yesterday too. Another job prospect? Well I called back the number after hours - so obviously they didn't pick up, so I went to google the number and it turns out that it was a job that I applied for with a good position and a career path that I'm looking to head towards. It's in Subiaco - which means more traffic jams and more transit time and more parking problems! But the job prospects and opportunities seem so much better and it's related to my degree - which means I didn't waste my money studying for nothing!
I wanted to call them back today but my battery was dying and I didn't want to risk talking to them and then cutting off mid-conversation, so I suppose I shall try to call them back tomorrow, and hopefully they're going to ask me for an interview. Though, how I fit that in while working full time - I don't know.
God spoke to me today. He said, "Don't be afraid for I am with you."
But I'm still confused as to what I should do?
What should I do? Take a chance? Take a leap of faith?
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@6:18 pm
Saturday 23 February 2008
ARK
I know I'm slow with movies sometimes because I just can't fathom paying $12 to see a movie at the cinema. Once in a while it's ok... but I prefer to borrow movies out and watch it on DVD with all the extra bonuses.
So anyway I watched Evan All Mighty today. Someone told me it was crap, but actually I didn't think it was too bad. One thing that caught me during the movie was when God was telling Evan...
When we ask God to give us patience... He gives us the opportunity to be patient.
When we ask God for courage... He gives us the opportunity to be courageous.
About a year ago, I asked God to help me be more patient. I didn't realise it then, but we can't simply think that one day out of the blue we're going to be patient. We have to learn and experience situations to help us become more patient and tolerable and even then, each and everyday is a learning experience to help us grow into better people. Looking back, I can see the opportunities presented which have helped me to become more patient.
The other night in fact, I asked God to help me be more humble. After watching the movie, I realised that God has placed me in situations right now - in my job and other commitments - where I have to humble myself to keep learning from people. In doing that, I know there will be greater things to come.
Don't you like the warm feeling when somone does something nice for you? Like when someone accompanies you to lunch when you have no one else to go with, or when someone helps you to pay for a parking fine which was unexpected, or when someone offers to help you do your hair and makeup for a big event you're attending, or when someone helps you to set up your wireless internet connection because you're so clueless on how to do it, or when someone gives you a small little gift when you least expect them to or when someone gives up their time to just help you when you ask them to.
ARK = Acts of Random Kindness.
That's something I learnt during the movie , and something that I'm going to try to implement within myself this year are acts of random kindness. We should learn to be appreciative of the people around us and the time and thought they are giving to us as a result of their actions
I have so many friends to be thankful for, for their acts of random kindness. But in saying that, we shouldn't just be thankful and keep it to ourselves. We should let them know that what they've done is being appreciated and we should try to do unto others what we would want done to us.
In fact, we should all try to do one act of random kindness a day - just to make living in this world a little more tolerable don't you think?
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@10:55 am
Tuesday 19 February 2008
Whatever!
Today I went shopping. I'm jobless, yet still shopping and spending money, but I had to buy some things today and I had some errands to run anyway.
So I was just looking at some stuff so I had my face towards the wall, and this guy walks behind me and says,
"Hello China girl."
EXCUSE ME!!!! !@#$%%^ *SO highly offended* I'm not from China!
"I'm not from China..."
"Oh Korea?"
"No, I'm Australian."
"Oh you're pretty."
Whatever! So I gave him a wierd look, turned away and ignored him ... and he left.
Didn't think I was Australian did ya mate?!
I hate it when people stereotype others and just assume that just because we look Asian that we come from China.
I wish Jillian was with me at the time. She would have told him...
Oh and in other news, I've been fanatically applying for jobs everyday, and have already had 2 rejections. Wasn't sure if I should go back to Synovate to work...
Then I got a call from Curtin International Office (where I was working before I went on holiday). It was Jenny, my boss and she called to offer me a full time job as an Admissions Officer. Actually, she told me to call them after I came back from my holiday but I was refraining from calling for a while because I wanted to see if there were other opportunities out there which was more related to what I studied. But since she insisted that I made such a good impression on her I told her I would come back and work for her.
She asked me, "So ... you're not going on holiday any time soon are you?"
"Nope! I've had enough of holidays and I spent wayyy too much money! I need to work now!"
So even though it wasn't the job I had intended for, I guess it's a starting point and a stepping stone as Jenny mentioned to me. But maybe it's God intention for me to work there and who knows where I'll end up. Praise God that I was able to get a full time job so soon after my holiday. No more being a slacker... I start on Thursday.
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@5:32 pm
Monday 18 February 2008
Jillian's Birthday Photos Uploaded!
Finally had the time to upload Jillian's 21st Birthday photos from last year!
There were just too many photos to sort through and edit and decide which ones to put up.
You can check out the album by clicking here
Alternatively, you can check out the rest of my multiply website here.
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@2:04 am
Saturday 16 February 2008
Broken phone =(
Back in Malaysia I had problems with my Samsung. The back light of the phone just won't switch off even though I have the clam shell closed.. and even when I turn the phone off the back light is still on sometimes. So that means whenever I leave the phone on for 6 hours+ the battery will just die. Sorry to those who tried to call or message me and I haven't got back to you.
I thought it might be because the power watts in Malaysia is much stronger than in Perth and that my baby Samsung just couldn't take it... but after three days in Perth, the problem persists... which means... it's finally time to get a new phone after 4 happy years with my Samsung. =( I mean, I don't actually mind continuing to use my Samsung... I'm actually quite happy being on turbocharge prepaid.
THE DILEMMA:
I like Samsung ... correction, I LOVE Samsung, and the only one on the market that I like is the D900i which is available (last I heard) on the Optus $49 cap. I'm not sure if it's still available though. Problem is that most people are already using Three phones and thus, it would be more feasible if I bought a three phone correct?
Problem is all the phones from three are either Sony Ericsson or they're gay! I personally don't like Sony Ericsson - it's just too complicated to use and too common amongst people our age. However, if I did have to choose, I'd choose the Sony Ericsson K770i. Problem is that phone is on the $49 cap and I hardly think that I would make up to $300 worth of calls a month, so it would be such a waste of money. I think going on the $29 cap would be sufficient for me. The one phone that I like on the $29 cap is the Nokia E65 which is already a pretty old phone... and problem is, I've heard there's lots of problems with that model!
Why can't they just have a Samsung D900i on the $29 cap on Three for me? I would be so happy if they did!
Plus, I need a new phone fast because I just applied for A LOT of jobs over the weekend and I suppose employers would want to try to contact me (I hope)! And if they can't get in touch with me because my phone is stuffed up and switched off... then I lose the opportunity of finding a job! =(
Anyone has a spare phone I can use in the meantime?
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@11:25 pm
Friday 15 February 2008
Graduation
We had our graduation this evening which was also Valentines Day - making it double special. It was so exciting to see everyone for the first time after my holiday. I went to collect my regalia and then went to see if I would bump into Yan Pin... but I bumped into Tim first and then I saw Yan Pin. So I waited with them until Dorothy came. Then we went to pick up Jillian, her grandmother and Michelle and went back to Curtin at around 4:30pm.
Dorothy, weiwei and Michelle
We took some shots while there weren't too many people around - just me, Jill, Dorothy and Michelle and Jill's granny. It was sooo super hot wearing our gown! We went to ISC and took pics outside the (dirty) door. After all this was the place where I spent my last year hanging out at uni. I miss those days meeting up for lunch in the office, and the time during MCW where we would camp out till wee hours in the morning organising things and lots of other times that will forever remain as good memories. We also went to CBS and took a few shots before returning back to Curtin forum since most of our parents came.
Leon, Chee Sheng, weiwei, Lee, Carol, Eric, Jill and Dee... pretty much ISC people here!
My dad couldn't make it to my graduation because he had to work. I don't think he wanted to come anyway... =( but it would have been nice if he was there just to take pictures. It's alright, my mum and my sister came with me. I don't look anything like my mother right?
weiwei and mum
Then when other people started coming it got really exciting and we all went photo crazy taking pics with everyone! I was so happy to see everyone! Lee, Carol, Eric, Dorothy, Jillian, Nic, Giang, Shannon, Jon, Sam, Chee Sheng, Leon... everyone!
weiwei and Lee
Me and my beloved Japanese crew! Well sort of, Nic dropped out half way... and I can't say that I've really got a Japanese degree because well, I can't really communicate in the language at all. All credits to Lee who got the most out of her degree!
weiwei, Nic and Lee - we're cool like the Japanese *peace*
It was a suprise because there were people who were graduating who I didn't know were graduating like Sisilia, Cheryl and Dee! So it was a suprise to bump into them!
Dee and weiwei *suprise*!
weiwei and Eric... wishing you all the best! Keep in touch! =P
weiwei and Shannon... wishing you all the best!
Jonathan and weiwei... wishing you all the best! Last pic
Graduation was so much fun... even though it was boring waiting for everyone to go on stage and collect their degrees, but it was always nice to see when your friends go up on stage to collect their degrees! I'm so happy that so many of us graduated on the same day and could all share our happiness together!
My favourite pic of the day... to Carol and Lee - you guys have been there since the beginning! I owe it to you guys that my uni life was so wonderful! It wouldn't have been as bright without you guys! Thanks for always being there! *muaks*
The fireworks was also pretty nice at the end of the ceremony! Also much thanks to Shue Vern who was my nominated photographer of the night! Thanks a bunch for taking all those photos for me!!!
weiwei and Shue Vern
So ends another chapter in the book of my life... and I'm about to embark on a new chapter which is yet to be written... ok that sounds gay... but yeah, basically means I gotta get on with life and get a job!
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@1:36 am
Thursday 14 February 2008
Happy Valentines Day!
Happy Valentines Day to everyone!
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@11:20 pm
Wednesday 13 February 2008
Airport Travel 101
All bags are packed and ready to go... and I have no idea how heavy all the luggage is because no one has scales! So it wasn't until we checked in at the airport that we saw how heavy all our luggage was. Our luggage, meaning my grandmother and I's luggage since I travelled with her for her last time back to Perth.
So after weighing everything, we found out it was a whopping 68.9kgs!!!! *faint*
Ok... so I have 30kg and my granny has 20kg which is 50kg. The lady said she could give us an over weight allowance of 5kg which makes it a total of 55kgs. But that still means that I'm over 14kgs!!! *faints*
Then she says... it's an extra RM64 for each kg that you're over weight ... which meant I had to fork out RM900 to cover my over weight luggage! I almost had a heart attack when I heard her say RM900!!!
So then she told me that I could take another item as hand luggage... so I was forced to take the brown luggage bag with all my clothes. That was 7kg already... then she said I had to take another kg out and put it into hand luggage... so I took my bible and devotion book and put it into my hand bag and she said that it's all fine. SAVED BY JESUS!
But the system is so stupid! I was 14kg over weight and I just need to bring more luggage and put it as hand carry. Guhh -___-" So I had 4 bags in total for hand carry. My hand bag, my laptop, my. camera bag and also my luggage bag! In the end, all my luggage is still going on the same plane! >__>" so I don't know what the RM900 fuss was about!
However, it was alright since I got assistance everywhere I went since I had an elderly with me! haha...the flight was pretty tiring. There was non-stop turbulence which gave me a real bad headache and since grandma can't sit straight she kept leaning towards to side of the chair which was uncomfortable when I was watching movies.
We reached Perth pretty quick and I couldn't stop smiling after touch down. I'm so happy to be back home! We zipped through all the short cuts of the airport and we skipped all the long queues for customs and went straight to the front of the line for everything!
Airport Travel 101 TIP: Pretend to break a leg next time and request wheelchair assistance. That way, you get through the airport system so much faster and you get people to help you with your luggage!
After getting in the car from working up a sweat just going through the airport and customs and so forth... I wiped my face with a tissue and my first instinct was to wind down the window and through it out... but oops! We're back in Australia... you get fined for your every wrong action.
Do I miss Malaysia? Of course I miss Malaysia... tosei and teh C, teh tarik, asam laksa, roti canai, I miss my cousins, I miss my babies Shantel, Lucas and Abby.... but nothing beats the feeling of being at home finally.
I missed my room which is in dire need of an IKEA makeover and I missed the sound of a toilet flushing with some Oomph and power! And I missed my car... I haven't driven it yet... and I missed my bed!!!
Tomorrow is finally my graduation day! I'm so excited! Apparently I'm wearing a smalt coloured sash and most other people will be wearing a hot pink one. Talk about odd ball! Can't wait...
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@2:28 pm
Monday 11 February 2008
Last Day!
Today is my last day in Malaysia... and my schedule is packed!
So I'll be on a 24 hour eating binge before I go back. Actually there are some foods which I would have liked to try but I guess it's a bit too late for that now. (For example Carls Burgers - just to see how big the burgers are, and I would have liked to go to Jeth once more...) Tomorrow I'll be waking up early and eating roti canai, Reizukan (?) for lunch and a suprise dinner at night... maybe I'll even be able to fit in supper.
My shopping is done and I've got almost everything I wanted. (There was still a pair of ballerina flats from Top Shop that I wanted but they ran out of the colour I wanted.) My last shopping trip was at Sunway. I was reading the paper yesterday, Backstreet Boys will be performing there on Feb 27th. Dammit. And Jay Chou's performing on Feb 23rd. Dammit Dammit. And Celine Dion is coming too >___>
I've bought my detox kit. (Actually I bought two because I couldn't find Trudtox at first (which is super expensive for 5 tea bags at RM29.95) so I bought Clenx Tea as well. Never mind, after all this eating I should clean out the pipes. The toilet shall be my best friend and hang out place for the first week when I come back. I'll report my findings of how the detox goes, so keep tuned.
Still need to pack my bags and arrange things in my luggage... I hope it's not too heavy. Thank God Shannon is on the same flight as me... I'm gunna make him help me take my bags from the carousel. It's so pai sei to the max. When I arrived in KL, I mistaken someone else's bag for my own bag 3 times! But it's alright, Ming was helping me take my bags... kaka!
So that's about it. Sad to leave, happy to be going home. I miss my bed!
And here's just a random picture for fun *sneaky*
I should go to sleep. This laptop needs to be packed away...destination -> PERTH!
Can't wait to see everyone. I missed everyone... right now I have a feeling I'm gunna have diarrhea soon. Just as well... I hope my bowel movements won't flare up again as soon as I enter the airport. When I went to Kuching I had diarrhea just before I had to board. Lucky my cousin was waiting with me, otherwise I don't know what I would have done. When I came back from Kuching, they were already calling for "last boarders to immediately board..." and I will still kicking it in the toilet. Choiii~ I hope I poo today.
Ok enough toilet stories for today. More when I get back to Perth =)
Good night!
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@2:30 am
Saturday 9 February 2008
I'm coming home!
A few more days and I'm home sweet home!!! I can't believe how fast time has flown by... and it's already the end of my super duper long holiday =(
I'm definitely happy to be going back home to my bed and just home! Nothing beats the feeling of going home! But I'm also going to be sad leaving Malaysia as well. I mean, my whole extended family is here... and even though initially when I got here (and in Kuching) I was sick for almost 2 weeks with headaches, diarrhea and stomach aches, even though there was so much family politics to deal with (which I didn't really deal with but was more like caught in the firing line of gossip), even though I've had some pretty restless nights unable to sleep, even though my face became as dry as a bone, even though my body has had to cope with eating extra oily foods ... above all that... I think I've found a new sense of independance and a new sense of personal motivation to go out and do things. I hope I'm not just saying this, and then when I get back to Perth I'm going to be a lazy bum again... but I hope this is the beginning of new and good things to come.
I've had a lot of fun moments in Malaysia which began in Kuching, Sarawak. I was finally able to visit the home town of Pauline, Usha, Andrea, Kiew and many other Kuching-ers to see what all the fuss was about this little town. Actually, there is not really anything to fuss about Kuching, it's smaller than Perth! But it was nice to see the East side of Malaysia - definetly a lot cleaner than the West side. I have to give them brownie points for that. It was also nice to meet Merlvyn Kho for the first time =)
Then later we also went to Melacca. I only found out today that somehow half my Melacca photos got deleted... and the majority were the good ones... garh!!!! P dot O to the maximum! I've seen many nice pictures of Melacca taken by Adam... and the ads to go to Melacca are always on satellite TV. When we finally got to the place, I didn't imagine it to be so small! But it was nice to finally go there, and to be able to say that I went there at least! Oh and looking at Merlvyn's photos, I realised that I missed the old run down white building which was only near by those red buildings =(
We also went to Ipoh which was nothing much also... but also nice to say that I've now been to Ipoh. We stayed in the city area (I think) and my parents spent hours in the Chinese grocery store buying biscuits and all the food stuff they like to buy. We also visited the haunted house - Kellie's Castle... but we didn't happen to see anything out of the ordinary.
Went to Cameron Highlands which was fun strawberry picking amongst other things. It was a headache getting to the top because my cousin is such a rampant driver, but it was a nice place to relax at the tea plantation and the view of the little town was pretty awesome.
Also went to Penang which was a lot of fun - doing water sports of all kinds that I would never ever in my wildest dreams have imagined that I would have even dared to do! Parasailing was a lot of fun as was the jet ski =) Our hotel was dandy over looking Gurney Drive - and the food, well to say the least we had char keuh teow and asam laksa for every meal we were there and then suffered the consequences five days straight afterwards - if you know what I mean! Penang was probably the most memorable and the most fun of all during my stay here.
Also went to Penang which was a lot of fun - doing water sports of all kinds that I would never ever in my wildest dreams have imagined that I would have even dared to do! Parasailing was a lot of fun as was the jet ski =) Our hotel was dandy over looking Gurney Drive - and the food, well to say the least we had char keuh teow and asam laksa for every meal we were there and then suffered the consequences five days straight afterwards - if you know what I mean! Penang was probably the most memorable and the most fun of all during my stay here.
Sawateeka! Went to Hat Yai, Thailand which was an interesting experience. One thought of the motorbike incident will send me smiling into the clouds. It was nice to experience a different culture and I love Thai food even more now! Things are so cheap cheap cheap there!
It's been a pretty awesome holiday with much travelling and much eating and living the good life too good. So it's almost time to ground myself back to reality and get out of holiday mode and think about getting a job. Spend less money and earn more money - so my mother would say! Good bye Malaysia... it'll be quite some time before I decide to return.
It's been a pretty awesome holiday with much travelling and much eating and living the good life too good. So it's almost time to ground myself back to reality and get out of holiday mode and think about getting a job. Spend less money and earn more money - so my mother would say! Good bye Malaysia... it'll be quite some time before I decide to return.
and... hello Perth! I have to join the gym once I'm back... I haven't even dared to weigh myself for some weeks now. I don't really want to know actually how much weight I've put on. But above all, this year, I just want to lose a little bit of weight... maybe like 5 or 6kg and just get fit! I'm also going to go on detox for 5 days when I'm back. If Kenny Sia can do it... so can weiwei! In fact, I'm going to go buy some Trudetox on Monday and hopefully if I'm lucky, I'll drop 4kg like Mr Sia! haha, I wish!
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@12:16 am
Wednesday 6 February 2008
Gong-xi-fa-cai, hong pau nah lai!
I'm going to be celebrating my first Chinese New Year in Malaysia, away from my family, but with the rest of my extended family.
In Australia, Chinese New Year isn't that big a deal, and we don't really celebrate it much. We just have a sit down family dinner on CNY eve and get ang pau's and that's about it. Oh... and we eat the majority of the prawn crackers, pineapple tarts and nuts before the new year is ushered in!
It's going to be an interesting affair this year. I'm going to tell every aunt and uncle that since I've never collected ang pau from them for the past 23 years that they should double, triple and quadruple up my ang pau's and make them nice and thick to make up for the past 23 years! =P Gong-xi-fa-cai, hong pau nah lai! time to cash in... keke...I guess that's what every child looks forward to during Chinese New Year - it's the money! And I bet it's the time where parents dread the most because they spend the most money during this time. Seriously, it's crazy at the shopping centres these past few days with people trying to buy last minute food, drinks and CNY delicacies.
My favourite treats during CNY are the pineapple tarts! I've already gobbled down a whole tin of them by myself! I should learn how to make them, but I heard it's a tedious process - so it's probably easier just to buy and gobble down. Saves you the hassle!
I also love these cookies, but I forgot what they're called - some sort of peanut cookie that gets stuck to the roof of your mouth when you eat it!
Another thing I look forward to during CNY is eating yee sang. The idea behind eating yee sang is that all members of the family use their chopsticks and mix the ingredients by tossing them as high as possible whilst shouting out good tidings for health, prosperity, happiness etc. Supposedly the higher you raise your chopsticks to toss the ingredients, the closer you are to your wishes.
So anyway, I should have cleaned my room today, but I woke up late and got back late with a whole lot of shopping. I have stuff everywhere...guess I should wake up early tomorrow and start cleaning my room at least!
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@1:41 am
Tuesday 5 February 2008
Trip to Penang
Back track to 18 - 19th of January. My cousins Chiau Ling and Jason and his girlfriend Elaine decided to take a weekend trip to Penang since me and Jason have never been. It would be a long four hour drive there... with Chiau Ling as the pro-driver.
Someone is a little excited to be going to Penang. XD In the car, I drove everyone nuts playing the "What's next?" game. It's was a bit hard... since they all didn't know how to play... and they all got so irritated at me! haha
So we left around 5:30pm on Friday night (because Jason had class until then) and we got into Penang around 9:30pm. So we finally got to our hotel and checked in and went to Gurney Drive in search of some food. We had asam laksa and char kuey teow as well as satay.After being satisfied we went to the round about there to take some photos at the water feature. That night we had a drive around Batu Ferringhi looking for apartment's to stay in since we only booked the hotel for one night. The apartments were really nice and we met one aunty who owned 18 different apartments with the value around RM1 million each. Talk about being rich! In the end, after searching we decided to stay another night in the hotel because we couldn't be bothered moving around!
The next day we ate at Lorong Salamat, tasting the most expensive char kueh teow ever at $7.50 a plate! (It's only because the prawns they give you are HUGE!) But it was nice (forgot to take a picture!). Had asam laksa as well and some curry noodles. After that, we had to decide where to go.
They all asked me to look at the map and asked me where I wanted to go and I wanted to go to Pulau something... some island place which looked really beautiful. So I was giving the directions and saying it was in the direction of Batu Ferringhi (when it was actually on Gurney drive) until the road became different from the map! So the map was outdated. Oh well... so we went to Batu Ferringhi again... and we saw watersports!!! So we all decided to check out the water sports in particular parasailing since we all have never been and we saw it from a distance.
We had to enter through the front of Paradise Hotel where I was met by my very own beauty and slimming shop in Penang! hoho~
So we went to the back and we couldn't find Uncle Soon - (who we were told to look for). We called him and he said they were actually on the other side, so then he said that he would take his boat around and pick us up! Really good service! And in the mean time... we took some happy snaps!
I must say para sailing is one of the best experiences.. it was so much fun. I thought it'd be so scary but it was soooo much funn!!!! (Dorothy you have to try it and conquer your fear of heights! It's not scary at all!) Here we are all strapped into our parachute gear and water vests.
Then we went jet skiing... which was also fun. I just kept screaming and screaming because I didn't want to fall into the water because we didn't bring a change of clothes and we only had the clothes on our backs with us for the day.
Then after that we went for the banana boat. After having seen how the banana boats operate in America, I was afraid of being tipped into the ocean since their banana boats sway from side to side and turn over. It wasn't really that fun... and he didn't go that fast either. Later we found out it was because the two Malay girls told the driver to drive slower... -___-"
Then after that we went for the banana boat. After having seen how the banana boats operate in America, I was afraid of being tipped into the ocean because their banana boats sway from side to side and turn over up and down really ferociously. It wasn't really that fun... and he didn't go that fast either. We later found out it was because the 2 Malay girls told the driver not to drive that fast.Jason said he felt no impact at the back and he told the driver to go faster "ka kin, ka kin - faster faster!", so the driver really went faster and Chiau Ling who was sitting in the front was literally jumping off her seat. I thought she was really going to fly off! But luckily she didn't.
Then that was the end of our water sports day. It was so much fun and we all got burnt black... me and Elaine didn't really get wet since we were the ones sitting behind of all the action. =)
Then later at night, we met up with my cousin Jimmy who's working in Penang and he took us to New Lane to have dinner... for more char keuh teow and asam laksa. Then later he took us to a nice crepe cottage for desserts. We waited ages for the crepes ... normal waiting time is at least half an hour. But it was worth it! The crepes were really really really delicious - comparable to Pancakes on the Rocks in Sydney, and only RM7 which is $2.40 AUSSIE DOLLARS MATE!
Later, I don't know why but they all wanted me to take a picture with the owner Aunty Agnes, just because I was from Australia. It was so embarrassing. But she spoke suprisingly really good English with a hint of an American accent... and she was really sweet.
On the way back home, we were all so tired... and I didn't get a good night's sleep because Jason was snoring like a pig! So I resorted to sleeping on the couch... which didn't help either so I ended up watching TV. So I slept in the car all the way back home =) Pity Chiau Ling since she didn't sleep at all and had to drive as well.
Overall the Penang trip was really fun. I really enjoyed the watersports... and the food?... well let's say I've had enough char keuh teow and asam laksa for my entire holiday. We ate that for breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper for our entire Penang trip thanks to Mr Wong and then some more I suffered the consequences for 5 days after have diarrhea up to 5 times a day! tsk tsk.
today...
@1:07 am
Monday 4 February 2008
Alex and Gina's Wedding
Over the weekend, we celebrated my cousin Alex's long overdue wedding celebration at the Concorde Hotel. The food was delicious, and even though many of my Aunt's, Uncles and cousins couldn't make it, it was still a big affair with most of the guests being called from Gina's side, though you can't complain since they live in Melbourne, most of their friends would be from Melbourne.
Alex looks comfortable and classic in his black suit and Gina looked absolutely stunning in her wedding gown. Alex is so blessed to have found such an amazing woman as Gina. Even though I've barely had a proper conversation with her, I can tell that she's a great wife, mother, daughter and friend. She exubers kindness and gentleness most of all and always plays a great host making sure that everyone is taken care of.
Their daughter Abigail is the sweeeeeetest baby. She's so cute with the cutest button nose and super long lashes. I haven't had a chance to hold her though, but hopefully I'll get the chance to see her before I fly off.
There were also kids galore at the wedding and they were all so cute and adorable - makes me wanna have a baby too!!! Everytime I see them I wanna pinch their cute little button noses!!! No wonder God makes babies cute, otherwise no one would want to have babies in the first place if they were ugly! I never used to like babies actually... I was so scared to pick them up just in case I broke their arms or something, and I didn't like them slobering their saliva all over me! Yucks! I also constantly womdered whether their nappy was filled with pee and poo... which made me wary of carrying babies too - but now all is well! I'm rough and tumble with babies! Bring em on! I love kids! =)
Shantel, her cousin (didn't catch her name) and Shantel's little brother Lucas.
Cute little Nigel
Hyperactive Sean and his cousin sister.
For the wedding I got my hair done at Monsoon ID in Bukit Tinggi by Dash. I tell you, good hair dressers are really hard to come by. I've been to so many hair dressers and I've only ever been satisfied by one hair dresser in Freja West Perth. His name is Tyron, but then I think the shop has closed down since... and it was super expensive at AU$70 for a cut and wash. But my new found hair dresser is Dash! I've got my hair done by him twice, once for Emily's wedding and this time for Alex's wedding... and I've been so happy with both outcomes. I really like my kaboom hair because it matches my kaboom face. If only...I could have such kaboom-ness in my hair everyday. I wish I could take Dash home with me!!! I told him I wanted my hair like Eva Longoria and I think he did a pretty darn good job!
To Alex and Gina, congratulations on your wedding day and also to your beautiful baby girl! Wishing you both good health, abundant wealth and all the happiness in the world because you deserve it! (And also some more brothers and sisters for Abigail!)
today...
@2:25 am
bye bye~