My Austrialia Trip (Day 1)

Well...... I think i has been 2 weeks since I came back from my Australia trip. Really wanna thank Airasia for making my dream comes true. I never tot i could end up in Australia!.... hehhe and I just love Sydney.... i feel so peaceful there!

We flew to KL on 10/3/2009 10am..... stop in KL for 9 hrs.... flight took off to GC at 945pm..... 8 hours flight to GC! This is my longest flight so far! Can sleep well... just starring at my friend who is sleeping on 2 airasia seat (but she only apid for a seat!) hahhaha.... dunno why I can't sleep... maybe too excited..... hahhahah reach GC at 7.40am (plus the time difference)..... our flight to sydney (using Virgin Blue) was about 10am...... we finally ended in Sydney about 1230pm.....My friend sister in law came and pick us up at the airport...... guess wat, we did not take bath for 1.5 day already... yet still so fresh.... maybe cos of the weather there. Though it was summer.... but i can feel the cool wind blowing... freezing.... just nice... !!

First destination.... nope... not to the hotel ...... we went to Sydney fish market! hahhaha... eating shashimi!!! hhahaha


After the fish market, we went to a supermarket..... bought peaches and also cheese as snack. We also bought 6 bottles of red wine as the supermarket offerred 30% discount for 6 bottles of red wine. Our intention was to have my fren sis in law and her bf to come to our hotel room to drink wine and play poker tomorrow night!

Finally, we get to go to check in our hotel. Westin Sydney! Yeah!! such a nice hotel.

We were told that we will caught into bad traffic jam if we do not leave that area by 5pm. No choice, we can only check in and drop our bags and put on our contact lens. And we have to leave the hotel. OMG.... we did not take bath for 2 days.... but , no worries, we did smell and also we are still fresh though we did not sleep well on the plane last night. :)

Next destination.... BONDI beach..... this is a beach where u can actually see ppl nuke... hahhaha.... so good yea.... but then i din get the chance to see...... cos its a bit late... ppl start to pack and go home... anyway, i still get to go to this beach hahahha

Dinner time... we had Korean food...... nice and special..... not too bad. After that, they brought us to Opera House.... to see the night view......


Finally...... we get back to the hotel. Now, we really felt tired. Take a quick bath and then i jump onto my bed..... nice.... prepared to sleep.... at this time, my fren and I actually heard the toilet flushed...... i was so scared.... my fren wore her specs and look into the toilet (our toilet is see through on, with a piece of glass and blind)....... i said "wat are u doin".... she answered... "look and see if anyone inside...." i said, dun care la... just sleep..... but i am real scared.... my fren slept already.... and my eyes still wide opened..... sigh...... i heard for the 2nd time while my fren slept.... but i think 2 hrs later, i also slept already... cos too tired..... sigh.......

That was my first day..... to be continued for 2nd day

This year Vacation/Trip

Hmmm... when i recall back, the last time I went for vacation was way back in May 2007........ oh my gosh!! So long... why ? why? why?..... The main reasons was because I just changed my company in 2008 and I dare not take any long leave as I was still not too sure when is my off peak period that allows me to take long leave...... basically, leave that i took in 2008 was just leave to attend frens' wedding as ji mui and funeral.... ya, thats all!! Oh ya,... a day of medical leave...... workaholic yea?? hhahahah ...

Finally, the day has come,.. and its pretty soon! I am please to tell you that I AM GOING TO GOLD COAST and SDYNEY!!! When?? on 11/3/2009!!!! YEAH!!!!! can't wait to go!!!! i am counting down on it.... actually i pallned this trip with one of my close fren a year back when airasia offered zero fare!!! hhahaha.... will tell u more when I come back...

Another trip that I have planned will be somewhere in Nov 09... I am GOING TO CAMBODIA!!!! In fact, this is not a vacation... but it's a MISSIONARY TRIP..... it's a MEDICAL MISSIONARY TRIP organised by a church.... I was so touch by my manager when he showed me the vedio he took while he was in the trip last year. Wanted to experience the thing myself... we are expected to go to the province and teach the children, share with them the bible thoughts and help them to cut haiR... hahhah need to beef up my hair cutting skill........

Well, these are the 2 trips I planned for this year.... :)

My 28th Birthday!

Halo..... I know some of my frens have been waiting for my birthday post. Of cos on this special day, I want to post something special and memorable into my blog. So I have been waiting for a programme of this...... to edit my pic into nice nice one and post it into my blog. Special thanks to my beloved fren Tracy.... *muah*..... u know me la... I really hardly into computer thingy... so i really take an effort to edit the pics and post just to thanks them! :)

Thanks to all my gang for the wonderful birthday celebration they given me! :)

September 2008

September 2008 was the busiest month for this year. Why I say so?? Hmm… my dealine submission of budget is this month and also my frens wedding, like a marathon…….Let me recall……..

Basically, for the whole month (nope… starting from July), I was working every Sat & Sun and every night, I go home earliest is after 930pm. Listen to this already feel tired for me dy, right???

31/8/08 – One of my close fren got married and the wedding reception for Miri is during that night….. of cos some of the frens will come back from other places and therefore, we have one tea session (in view of 1/9/08 is a public holiday)……..

2/9/08 – One of my close fren wedding and I am involved in the morning ceremony… of cos as a ji mui… the chief ji mui!! Arranged a series of games to paly during the day time…. Then follow her to her husband house and then to church and then back to her own hse…… wow…. So tiring man! Whole day gone le. Then at night, of cos me “pan liang liang,” attending the wedding dinner la… but guess wat, its time to revenge la….. the buddy asked me to drink red wine…. One go…2 glasses (it makes me thought of another wedding dinner of my fren, Alicia’s wedding. I got the same treatment too). I got drunk…. But thank GOD, I reached home before I feel dizzy

8/9/08 – My fren came back from Aus, guess wat, she is getting married as well…… I am the bride maid of hers….. today I bumped into her during lunch time and she actually invited me and other frens to her house for dinner… to discuss about her wedding…… so I have to stop work at 7 pm and go straight to her house for dinner……

12/9/08 – Celebrating my frens’ birthday…. Had dinner at Miri Café, and then proceed to frens hse for cake cutting….. actually I have another date at night with fren for Karaoke…. Fren came back from KL…. Have to entertain a bit….. so can only go back at about 1 am….

13/9/08 – My fren (who came back from Australia) wedding ceremony in Miri. I was invited for lunch….. we will am really busy with work…. Though it’s a sat, I still come in office as early as 7 am to work. Leave office about 1145 to go to my fren wedding lunch…. Stayed there for 15 mins… and then I have to rush to town to pick a ex colleague of mine…. To go to a house warming lunch together….. the route is from my office to Taman Yakin, then Tmn Yakin to town and town to Interhill, where the hse warming lunch is…. Guess wat I also stayed there 15 mins and back to office. On the way back…. I drop my car at this Lutong car wash, near my office for car wash and polish….. then I go back to work…. At about 2 pm….. after a while, I need to go and do my nails (as a bridemaid, of cos I need to be perfect also, so have to colour my nails lo). I actually have to reach the wedding reception venue at about 530 to help up with ushering….. but my car only finish polish and also my nail finish coloured and 530. I have not choice but to take a quick bath and change into my dinner suit… then I make up in the car…. This is my first experience, making up in a car…. Seen this in movie le… and now tat I really experience myself…. I can really understand those busy ppl in HK, how come they have no time, and even make up in the train….

14/9/08 – ha, today is the day. My fren wedding… I am the bridemaid….. guess wat, I woke up at 330 am (yes 330 am!) to go to her hse for make up…. (for all the ladies out there, pls dun select a date which is considered a very very good date where u need to queue up for make up….. u will have to wake up at 330 am !!). My fren as I finished make up at about 430 am… and we can even go back to sleep.. so we just chit chat and do whatever we need……. I follow the wedding car to Seria and the whole ceremony ended at 330 pm….. I was like fainted when I finally get to the hotel. But I can only rest up to 430pm cos I have to wake up and go to help my fren up with changing her clothes etc etc (not easy to be a bridemaids ya)….. and then I finally get to sit down on the dinner table.. and enjoy the wedding dinner for the second time (one in Miri last night, one in Kuala Belait).Whole event ended at ard 1130 and I really need to get back to rest…. Cos tomolo need to go back to Miri early… work at 8am!!!

15/9/08 – 21/9/08 – this is the busiest week….need to finalise my budget and have a final meeting with the Partners to endorse my budget figures… Due to Hari Raya, this year submission was 8 days ahead of the normal deadline. We out to submit on 22/9 rather than 30/9…. On 20/9 itself, basically my office turned into “book factory”. Basically whole dept of mine help to print, photocopy, punch whole, arrange, bind and pack the budget (Special thanks to all my colleague)…. But I am rather happy, cos I know it finally come to the end of my busy period! Of cos in between the days, my frens from aus and KL do ask me to go out to do some catch up…. No choice, need to entertain them, back to office for work after dinner….

22/9/08 – FLY to KL to hand deliver the budget! Hurayyy!! and MEDERKA!!

29/8/08 – Another birthday celebration! Fren back from Singapore and in time to celebrate his birthday before he fly back to Singapore

That is basically how busy am I during Sept 2008!! Budgetssssssssssssss and weddingsssssssss

What on earth am I here for?

I bet this question came across to each and everyone's mind. But how many of us got the answer to this question?

About 2 years ago, one of my friends gave a book to me.... called "THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE" by RICK WARREN.

This book consists of 40 chapter and the reader is encouraged to read a chapter a day. I read Chapter 1 and that's all. Well, to non-christian believer like me, this book is very difficult to understand and it won't catch your attention. I should also blame myself as I am not a gal that is really into reading books. I guess, all this while, I only read 3 - 4 books.......pai seh pai seh....

2 years after, my friend asked me if I am interested to join a course organised by a church. Well, all this while, i really wish i can join christian. To me, kids that grows in Christian family is always well behave. Maybe because since I am young, I mixed around with lots of Christian friend and many of my Christian friends are really knowledgeable and well behave.

At first, I felt a bit reluctant to join the course. This is because I dun wan to have aggressive people who always push me. So i rejected. However, I still see the flyer given to me...... when i read carefully, I saw the book "THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE" printed on it. This really caught my attention. Therefore finally I decided to join....partly also, my boss keeps asking me to join..... :p

My class is actually every Friday, 8pm to 11pm. It will end for 7 weeks.... to date, i have attended 2 classes...... yesterday class really makes me think that series of events happened for the past 2 weeks brought me to that class..... for the past 2 weeks, there are some "unreasonable" colleagues ane makes me real angry...... feel like crying..... but yesterday, I learnt during our discussion..... love those who hates u and bless those who curse u.... this really makes me feel better.....maybe i should not angry at them, but just cool myself...... like what is stated in the Bible .... Matthew 22:37-39, Jesus said the greatest commands are to love GOD and your neighbour and including your enemy....this is really my take away during my class yesterday..... so from today onwards, I sould always practice love those who hates u and bless those who curse u.......

From today onwards, I would share what I learn every class in my blog... so shall wait for next week class and see what is my take away.....

Farewell

This colleague of mine is quite special. The first day he joined my ex firm, my ex manager asked me to bring him out to client office to audit. Guess wat, the first client he goes to is Marriott!!! We are very lucky in the sense tat we got a very good treatment from them. We get to eat buffet everyday for lunch at his restaurant.... i really loves the cheese cake man.... !! and this cute colleague of mine even ask me, do we get all this free food everyday??!!?? What a innocent kid... :p well, from tat day onwards, he is being assigned to assist me in most of my audit..... well, at very first, i dun really like him. I complain him here and there, up and down. The thing i complain most is... his handwriting.....!!! Well, Mr. N, can u pls write better next time??!!!??? After few audits, and after a longer period of time being together, i found that he is a good assistant cum colleague. We used to work at client place til very late... as late as 2pm in the morning..... i remembered when my ex manager said, "all the assistant must not go home until the senior goes home" and his expression was "yes.... (*pause to think*) urrrhhhh.... , erm.... ok". He urh arr urrhh arrhh there cos he knows i definitely work til very late and he has to stay back cos of me.... hahhaha.... well, i did not torture him, i did ask him to go home when its about 10pm... but then he don't wan. He stayed back together with me, worried me, being a gal alone in the office til late night...... i should really say thank you to him... and also i am really touched by wat he has done to me all this while..... As time goes by, we are not just colleague, not just senoir and junior (btw he is my junior in secondary school) but i think a close fren... hahah yam cha kaki..... well, its time for him to go his own way (*on the very first day we meet, he already make known to the whole world tat he is going back to Australia for his PR in 2 years time*).

Tonight is the night! The night to farewell!.... arranged a farewell dinner for him and i guess he is touched ...... the most happy is we ended our "first meet" in Marriott together with the same audit team..... Ms J and Mr N.... of cos there is an alien, Mr B....... 4 of us... hahhaha

**yummy cheese cake**

** Marriott Auditors**

Credit card usage

Credit card usage..... hmmm...... I open this for discussion. Well, some of the ppl think using credit is very dangerous... cos as if using future money... which I think is true. U are not paying the goodies u buying instantly. U can defer ur payment til one mth earlier, or even if u are very good, u can manage in such a way tat u only need to make the payment one and half mth later...... but, how sure are u tat u will have the amt of money to repay when the time comes?? This is rather dangerous. Most of my fren, I heard, really "overuse" their credit card and they are actually in net liability position. Have a some of money in fixed deposit and on the other hand, having a debt under credit card....... but, do u know that credit card interest is actually higher than fixed deposit interest?? ...... so please amke sure, u withdraw ur fixed deposit money to repay ur credit card debt if there is any......

For me, I use credit card for insurance, hand phone charges and also petrol... I think this is good enough..... recently, one of my credit card point reaches 29,000 points..... hmmm..... i am thinking of wat gifts to redeem la...... actually credit card gift are real hard to redeem...... need lots of point. My point now is not too much, but not too less..... but i still need about 7,000 points... hahah thinking of redeem Philips Micro Hifi Player.... with RM393 + 36,000 points..... u think worth ma???