No Updates...

Its been months since the last post...

Unfortunately, not much to update, besides the random (and very scarce) yum cha sessions here and there (everyone is waaaay too busy these days, what with work and exams..).

We celebrated Mich & CW's birthday with another BBQ (anyone took pics that nite? please share)

We're supposed to be planning a trip soon =) but a lot of people have said they can't make it :(

We shall see...

Thank you, Bin Bin!!

Thanks for going out to look for the book... Thanks for buying the book... and thanks for insisting i didn't need to pay for it =)


(yes, i'm still a Westlife fan!!!)

Another random post 6.1

Was having dinner with colleagues the other nite.. and my senior mentioned something about another colleague (guy) who used to cook for his gf or something.. and how nice it was for guys to do that.

MY: "Oh, my bro made cream caramel and apple pie for the family the other day..."
Senior: "Huh.. so what? Its what he wants to do in life... that's like you building a financial model for the family..."
MY: -_-"

*deng*

fyi, my bro is studying culinary

I am an owl

Few nites ago WS and me went yum-chaing with CW near his office... (weekday nite and we're still up and about.. as long as its before 2am we're all up for it!!!)

WS then brought out this personality test and made us try it.. and the result is that i'm an owl o.O



Being an owl means:
- i cannot sell ice to eskimos
- i keep pictures of my family in my wallet (excuse me???)
- i have bad fashion sense (now that's just mean!!!)

It could probably mean that i can stay up till late since that seems to be part of my job scope.. hahaha

Seriously nothing to update, people... (gathering soon?)

How to start a BBQ fire...

Lessons on how to start a BBQ fire from some of our many BBQ events...

BBQ on 25 August 2006

Ade attempts to start the fire... (she ALWAYS needs CW to do it...)


but CW ALWAYS gets distracted by Dorinda...


BBQ on 24 December 2006

there Ade goes again... trying to start the fire when she can't


and there CW is again... getting distracted by Dorinda...


thus, no choice but to allow MY to attempt at starting the fire...


pathetic effort...


BBQ on 23 December 2007

this time CW's at the BBQ pit... with no sign of Dorinda!


success!!!

Lessons learnt in starting BBQ fires:
- Ade & MY can't start BBQ fires on their own
- we need CW to start the fire... BUT...
- Dornda is a distraction (thus shut Dada up in some room while CW starts the fire)

hehehe...

Increments

We were chatting bout pay increments... And this is how WB defines them:

REALLY HUGE = more than 1k
HUGE = more than 500, less than 1k
huge = more than 200, less than 501
normal = more than 100, less than 201
better than nothing = more than 50, less than 101
might as well don't increase = more than 10, less than 51

LOL... made me laugh while I was working, sitting opposite my BOSS!!!... If he noticed, I might as well be expecting the "might as well don't increase" increment >.<

So which of the above are you getting? =P

SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants is one cartoon show that seems very much for little kids only.. but for some reason, a lot of much older people actually enjoy watching it... (me included.. haha). Guys like Chung Wei and Wen Bin also watch it ;)



Courtesy of CW, here are the lyrics to the theme song.. lol

Captain: Are you ready kids?
Kids: Aye Aye Captain.
Captain: I can't hear you.
Kids: AYE AYE CAPTAIN!!
Captain: OHHHHHHH... Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: Absorbent and yellow and pourous is he!
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: If nautical nonsense be something you wish,
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!
Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: Ready?
Captain and Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob SquarePants!
Captain: SpongeBob SquarePaaaaannttss!!!
Captain: HA HA HA HA !!!!

Why am i posting this up?? Its Friday night and i'm bored... so help me...

Random Post 5.1 - Work, Fun and whatever

Wednesday, 24 October 2007

9am: Went to work

9pm: Still at work

11.59pm: Still workinggggg

Thursday, 25 October 2007

12am: Still at work

5am: Yup, still working...

6am: Trying to sleep on the couch in office...

7am: Woken up by senior to go home to shower

8.30am: Arrive at boss' house to go for meeting in Putrajaya

11am: Trying VERY hard to stay awake at meeting

2pm: Back at office to rush some stuff

6pm: Left office

7pm: Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep...

Friday, 26 October 2007

After about 14 hours of much needed sleep, went to MV for lunch and 2 movies with Wai Shien... Yes i took the day off... not cos of the day before though.. but actually we planned to drive to Malacca for a one day eating trip, but in the end, not enough people to fill one car... so had a good time in MV anyway...

We watched Bourne Ultimatum and Resident Evil... Both movies where we didn't really watch the prequals or we kinda forgot what happened in the previous movies... Watched cos we had free tickets to use.. haha...
While watching Resident Evil, 2 random guys happen to sit on my right.. and WS started laughing at me saying they will be noisy throughout the movie... true enough.. those guys were talking a lot during the movie... very annoying... i think WS met them in some cinema before this.. hahaha

One very xia sui thing happened to us... we kinda sorta forgotten where we parked XD
According to WS, the most fun of the day was looking for the car... dunno how long we spent walking the area of C19-28 in the car park cos we thought the car was parked in C26 or 28... In the end we sought help from a security guard who summoned his colleague on a motorcycle and found our car for us... which was in C29 >_<

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Think I'm at that stage of my life when i don't mind the late nights (hope my bosses don't see this)... wonder how long that will last.. hahaha... i think the main thing keeping me going is that the people i work with are great, and the flexibility of it (they let you leave early or come in late after.. if there's nothing to rush of course)
Finally had my first more-that-24hours-working-thingy experience... how many more to "look forward" to?

On a separate note, we shall plan to have random one day eating trips to wherever we feel like driving to ;) Guess the best time is to have it on weekends now, since majority of us are working and going to start work soon... what say you?

In support of Westlife!

I'm probably the only one who's going to enjoy this video... but what the heck... hahaha

Presenting Westlife's newest single (yes, they're still around), "Home"

Cupcake

This is one fancy looking cupcake...



It was actually give to me by my senior...

My bribe for working till 5am

Yeah, I'm that cheap... XD
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hahaha.. no lar just kidding.. my senior always buys us food =)

I should re-start Project Gain Weight... (you think?)

p.s. WS asked how I managed to eat it... well, WS, first I open my mouth real wide... then... I bite! (yea lame, I know)

Lifted

Last, last Sunday, went to watch Ratatouille with Wai Shien.
Movie was a good one =)
and this is one of our favourite parts...


"This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by PIXAR"








hehehe.. ok.. that has nothing to do with Ratatouille.. It was a short animated film before the actual movie but made everyone laugh =P

How do you sew a button?

I spent ONE HOUR trying to sew ONE button...
and it came off -_-"

I thought i knew how to.. i did it before...
Guess i've been doing it all wrong all this while...

omg.. have all the other buttons i've sewn before fallen off??

help... >.<

Proud Tutor

Dear tutees,

Well done & Congrats!!!
=D
You deserve it!!!
So so happy for you all!!!

Love,
Your oh-so-proud tutor
=P

p.s. you guys could have done it without me anyway =)

Happy Merdeka!!!

In the... erm... spirit of merdeka, here's a joke I came across online =P

After digging to a depth of 100 meters last year, Russian scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 1000 years, and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network one thousand years ago.

So, not to be outdone, in the weeks that followed, American scientists dug 200 metres and headlines in the US papers read: "US scientists have found traces of 2000 year old optical fibres, and have concluded that their ancestors already had advanced high-tech digital telephone 1000 years earlier than the Russians."

One week later, the Malaysian newspapers reported the following: "After digging as deep as 500 metres, Malaysian scientists have found absolutely nothing. They have concluded that 5000 years ago, their ancestors were already using wireless technology."

Proud to be a Malaysian...


Happy 50th Merdeka ;)

Pros & Cons of Working

For the "benefit" of those of you starting work / now applying / looking to apply for jobs, here are some pros and cons of the working life ;) But don't take our words for it, get out there yourself =P

Pros:
1. more freedom (really??)
2. get to stay out late without parents nagging!! (yea, i was out till 4am several nites and my mum didn't mind.. ok i was in office working, but still :P)
3. getting paid ;)
4. coming in to office at lunch time (only when you've had a late nite tho)
5. free dinners when we stay late!! (actually when i'm home for dinner, i don't pay also :p)
6. free internet access =P
7. I seem more free than the unemployed (quote Wai Shien: "Why do I seem to be more busy when I am the unemployed one? Oh I get it.. After I get a job I will be free.. I will have to work hard to secure a job first to be free")

Cons:
1. working till 4am (wth...)
2. have to pay for more stuff (when is my pay rise..??)
3. have to belanja more
4. less time to yum cha =(
5. leaving at 5pm is "half-day"

Rufina writing as May Yee:
"Pros:
~ Boasting to people by telling them I'm a high flying consultant and I deal with corporate strategies and other high-tech mumbo jumbo and watching their impressed facial expressions (when in actual fact I’m just a glorified photocopy assistant and ta-pau person of the day)
~ The ability to tell mummy that I’m working late (when in actual fact, I'm just shaking legs in the office and just ensuring my brother does the housework instead);
Cons:
~ Having to give pocket money to my brother
~ Wearing stockings"

Dennis:
"Pros: got money;
Cons: you spend more..
It really depends on what industry really.. hehe... if audit it's all cons la i think. HAHAHAHHAHA"

Adeline:
"Working broadens your horizon, opens your possibilites, and deepens your pocket.
However, it also narrows your outlook to life, shuts your social life, and shallows your values of life.
Not sure if this is funny, but you got to understand that NOTHING about work is funny!"

Dorinda:
"Pros: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Cons: panda eyes :("

Sze Yin:
"Pros: at least you know what to do everyday (working);
Cons: no free time."

Pooi Funn:
"Pros: you appreciate the meaning behind Fridays;
Cons: you appreciate the meaning behind Fridays."

My colleague:
"Cons: There's always more work than the salary we are getting paid;
Pros: The harder we work, the less likely we are to spend money, making it more seeming that we have plenty.
--> The Irony of Work"

By Request...

This is in reference to a previous entry...

Thank You, June, for the doughnuts that nite =D and Bin Bin too...
umm.. I can't really judge how they taste like since they were in the fridge for a few days... and seeing as I don't have a microwave to put them in for 8 seconds and all.... =P hehehe...

But I managed to try a fresh batch another day when Ade bought for us all... was ok lar.. haha.. how to judge?? I don't really eat doughnuts that often... hehehe...
Ask me to judge on chocolates then can lar =D

(there, June, I've done as you've requested... hehehe.. so that's another 2 doughnuts??)

Since I'm saying thanx here and all.. I shall just carry on with more thank yous... hahaha...

First of all, thanx again to June... =P this time for your pressies from HK =)
umm... for privacy reasons, I shall not post a pic of the PJs you got me.. HAHAHA ;)

Next up, thanx to Wai Shien for her pressies from Aussie =) Really didn't expect those little extra stuffs =)))

This is.. erm.. I haven't named it yet... =P (any suggestions??)

Thanx Thanx Thanx...

p.s. wow, it pays to tutor these ppl.. lol

Random Post 3.1 - My Bad Luck

I seem to be having bad luck with technology...

First, my comp sort of died few weeks ago...
I revived it again following the advise of Ian's (not blamming you for whatever happened btw :P)... who assured me that all my data files will still be there...
And after the comp could work again, I discovered ALL my data files are GONE!!!
ALL my pictures...
ALL my documents...
ALL my music files...
ALL my tv series... my Grey's Anatomy.. my Prison Break.. my Desperate Housewives.. my Heroes (which I have not started watching even).. my Lost.. all which took me so long to download... and no, I don't have back up for most of them (btw, Dennis, if you're reading this, I want my Grey's :P)
ALL gone...
And the worst part?? My bro's stuff are all there... wth...

Nvm, now I hardly use the desktop at home.. cos got company laptop.. so I can go online 24/7 in my room without being nagged by my mum for staying up late :p

Then something else happened...
Today, it was my hand phone...
Normally, my hp shuts off occasionally, but it turns back on after a while... so nvm there...
BUT today, it died and wouldn't turn back on!!!!!
I am so going to cry... I have so much stuff saved in there.. all my friend's birthdays (so people, sorry if I forget your birthdays :P), contacts not in my SIM card, random pics I took of friends, thousands of messages...
If I send it for fixing, very likely all those will be gone...
Apart from all that, how in the world am I suppose to wake up in the mornings without my hp??? no, I don't have an alarm clock... hehehe...
And now I have been tempted (...by Ruf) to get a new phone... hehehe...
We shall see ;)

p.s. this entry is dedicated to Wai Shien who asked me to type crap... she says complaining is good =)

Random Post 2.3 - Work

By popular demand (one person is enough to make it "popular" :p), I shall update my blog... with some random stuff... The only thing I can think of typing right now is about work.. since I just started working and thats all I've been busy with for the past 3 weeks.. that, and the occasional yum cha session :p

Its my third week of working and on thursday, I had my very first super late nite working.. or early morning (??).. dunno, you judge yourself... I was the "lucky" one who got selected to do some work on thursday evening... I knew I had to stay till late.. nvm.. I was damn semangat (hahaha...). I ended up staying in office till 5 something am (!!!!!!) reached home 5.30am... Normally, if we stay late to do work, we're allowed to come in office late the next day.. so I thought, nvm, tomorrow can come into office after lunch time... mana tau, senior told me we had to be there in the morning cos the work had to be rushed, cos of deadline... so I was back in office at 9.30am... after only 2 hours of sleep.. omg... Then had to continue with the work that friday...

Friday nite was rather fun because there was a company event I helped organise as well :p
The whole company went go-karting!! I got 10th place out of 17 btw... hahaha... After go-kart, we went for dinner... all on the bosses!! hehehe...
Anyway, the boss reviewed my work that nite and it wasnt good enough... I guess it wouldn’t be since the whole day that I was in front of the comp, half the time almost dozing off because 2 hours of sleep is just not enough...

So I had to redo some of the stuff on Saturday... sigh... yes, thats working life for you...

On the bright side, its not a norm to stay till 5am or something.. happens once in a while only.. and they try to respect our weekends unless absolutely necessary.. Normal time to go back is 8-9pm.. and I'm kinda glad that the hours go by rather fast, so it doesn't actually feel that long... maybe I'm actually enjoying work.. hahaha...

Things that I do during office hours:
1. work
2. email Dada and CW for fun
3. chit chat with the person next to me
4. send out random smses to WS who's in aussie now
5. chat on msn with HL, SL and whoever else when no work (occasionally)
6. eat free biscuits and drink free milo
7. surf the net A LOT (its part of my work :p)

The office is in this building near Dataran Merdeka (yes, that flood-prone place).. the company is in two of the floors, the 2nd and 6th floor. 2nd floor is where I work at.. 6th floor is for all the bosses and seniors.. and at the 6th floor entrance to our office, there is this huge board made of metal. On it are all the names of those who currently work there arranged like a scrabble board with the letters like scrabble pieces.. So they recently put my name up there.. but initially they put it as "may".. the thing is, there is another May in the office.. and they put our names near each other... so looks a bit weird... I manage to request for it to be "may yee" :p
Then I had to go looking for extra "y" and "e" pieces to stick up... and here's how it looks now =D


Last week on friday, I went for a buffet with my best friend, Rufina...
and its not just any buffet... it was a chocolate buffet!!! since I went to pick Ruf up straight from work, that was my dinner for the nite.. lol...
The buffet was at Hilton in KL Sentral.. fri-sat, 9pm-12am, RM48++ per person... but lucky for us, Mich's friend had a member card which allowed one person a free meal.. So after picking Ruf, I went to collect the card from Mich who was at Mid Valley.. (thanx Mich!!)
Reached the buffet bout 9.20pm (cant believe we wasted 20 mins of no choc!!). and all they serve is choc... ok not really lar.. most of it was choc.. got cakes also.. and ice-cream.. and sate, scallops, some duck roll thingy...
Anyway, the choc was delicious no doubt, but to eat that for dinner, it was so jelak.. so didn't really eat as much as I thought we would (lucky got 50% off :p)... basically sat there the whole nite talking till bout 1am plus... Then decided we needed something savoury... so drove ourselves to Hartamas to eat...

Things that I love:
1. chocolates
2. yum cha sessions
3. Westlife :p
4. chocolates
5. err... mind blank edi... still not enough of sleep... oh thats right...
6. my sleep

Ok I'm running out of things to say here... Typing this while getting insulted by Dennis, Bin Bin and CW in msn chat room... (3 guys against one girl)... so not really defending myself... hahaha...

p.s. the title is "Random Post 2.3" cos I edited this post like 3 times... =P

Bored... so so bored...

err... hello...
long time no update, i know... well, most of everyone are having exams.. so nothing much has been going on.. but soon we shall see some posts.. in the next 2 weeks or so, hopefully... (trying to get some guest bloggers =P)

as for me, my paper was on june 3rd (yes, one day only...). no idea how i did... something like: "i don't have the feeling that i will definitely fail, but i am not certain that i will pass". hehehe... My CFA exam is graded on a pass/fail basis.. and the passing mark is between 50-70%, depending on the distribution for that year.. or so i have been told... so lets hope a lot of other people did worse than me =D ... lol just kidding =P On a seperate note, i hope my 4 tutees do well for their papers.. if not, xia sui me only >_< Seriously though, hope i helped them rather than confused them...

my cousin from UK is here (with her mum only)!! =D yes, that means more UK kit kats for ME!!! me and me alone!!! muahahaha... everyday we have just been going out eating loads of chinese foods.. like the "siu long pau" in Dragon-i and unhealthy oily food in "wai sek kai" ss2... And today i went shopping with Claire (thats my cousin) in Mid Valley for about 7 hours, with one of our other guy cousins (regrettingly) tagging along as a bag carrier =P.. bought like 2 work shirts and 2 pants.. a lot more productive than when i went shopping with Dennis last monday...

on that monday, met Dennis in One U for shopping and lunch.. after a few hours, i brought him to a specs shop in bangsar cos he needed to get some frames.. then later we went to MV to continue shopping and for dinner... and in all that 9 hours(!!!), i bought a grand total of ONE work shirt! while Dennis bought like, 6 shirts, a pair of shoes, reserved a jacket+pants suit, got himself a haircut... and like CW says, "you were outshoped by a guy!" lol... plus, my feet were so darn sore after so much of walking...

I really need more work clothes now!! I'm starting work next week, and once i get my first pay, i wont be able to leech off my mum for free clothes, free food or free anything anymore... so need to max out on the credit card NOW!!! hehehe =P Oh crap, if the credit card bill comes after my first pay, does that mean i have to pay for it??

Because I'm a chocoholic

Ahhh... this is going to be one tasty entry =p Since there's nothing to post, i'll talk about one of my loves in this world... chocolates!!! =D



by request, pic courtesy of Wai Shien
This is dunno what name choc cake from Chilli's. Since someone said her pic not good enough for the blog, i posted this specially... anyways, tasty cake =P We had this during PL's and my birthday last year.



This is a Kit Kat............ NOT JUST ANY KIT KAT..!!!! This is a UK Kit Kat... How is it any different?? Extremely... This is like THE best tasting Kit Kat in the world.. Msian ones sux.. and anywhere else for that matter... I mostly get my fix of these UK Kit Kats when my relatives from England come to visit.. and thats like once every 2 years or so... And when they come with luggage loads of these chocs, I have to "fight" with my dad for them cos he hides them from us!!!



These are the chocs my mum bought recently from Aussie... (note the cute little platypus and koala :p ... on a seperate note, the platypus is named "apple" by Wen Bin and the koala is named "the koala" by me :p) Sadly, they're not all for me (the chocs, not the toys)... I only manage to grab 2 or 3 of them for myself... ah well...



Next up, one of my all time favourites... Kinder Bueno... Not much choc on it, but still falls under the same category :p I think i eat these almost every week... One time, i ate 6 of these in 2 days!!! And i dont mean 6 individual packs inside... 6 packets meaning 12 individual ones!! I think I need some funding to finance my chocolate craze =(



pic courtesy of Bin Bin
And this here is a Choc Moist Cake from Chocolate World, located in Ikano... I first came across this lovely thing one day when i came home from library and hanging on my room door was a plastic bag with the cake inside!!! (someone up there loves me =p) Looks kinda big... but i can actually finish the whole thing in one go! And one of these just cost RM6.90... very worth it... very chocolatey... unlike those other so-called choc moist cakes you buy outside or in supermarkets at about the same price where there's hardly any choc taste, and the only thing chocolate about those is the colour...



This is a dessert called "Death by Chocolate", served in Fasta Pasta at Ikano... Taste was below my expectations, given the name... very chocolatey but not all that tasty... and i'm still alive...

And now, the biggest question of all... Why do i eat all these and still not gain weight???
Think some of you wanna smack me edi... hahaha... I cant help it :p