What Is There To Tell?

Wow, it's been almost 3 weeks since I last updated this blog. I wonder how other people can actually make a daily update to their blogs? I mean, what is there to write? Either they have too much to tell, or they're a loner who spends most of the time in front of the computer and doesn't have much to do... heheh...

My Trip To Sarawak

Heheh, my sisters are gonna get pissed off with this whole trip stories thingy.. sorrylah korang, at least I've traveled somewhere, unlike some people...heheh, jangan jelles pulak ek...

Rizal (my working colleague) and I departed to Bintulu from KLIA to conduct a training session there. We stayed the night at Regency Plaza Hotel. I didn't get the chance to go shopped at Bintulu because we arrived at the hotel at almost 8.30 pm, and the town was already almost 'dead'. Besides, they say that this town is quite risky and dangerous. So we just had dinner at a mamak restaurant opposite the hotel and went back to our own rooms to rest. The training at Bintulu Airport was held the next day and took us the whole day to finish it off.

Then on the same day, we had to rush (not actually rush, we traveled via airplane) to Miri Airport to conduct another training session there. We arrived quite late at the Imperial Suites, almost about 9.30 pm. But Rizal got his girlfriend staying there at Miri, so she took us out to dinner. Miri is more lively as compared to Bintulu. The training was held the next day and it took us until 5.00 pm.

At 7.00 pm I departed to Kuching for my holiday. Rizal stayed at Miri to spent his holiday with his girlfriend. I, on the other hand, spent my holiday with my love too... oh, and also his mom. We stayed at a friend's house quite near to Satok. I got to stay in the same room with his mom, since the other rroms had been occupied. Hmm, that was the first night I slept together with his mom, in the same room, and on the same bed! Just imagine sleeping together with your mother-in-law-to-be...

Countdowns

Apparently I don't really have much work to do today, that's the reason why I got the time to surf the net and doing all those kinda quizzes and countdowns. Here goes...

My Life, Rated

I took a quiz somewhere and here are the results. Not so shocking though, similarly as per expected.

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	6.4
Mind:	5.6
Body:	7.5
Spirit:	6.3
Friends/Family:	2.7
Love:	6.9
Finance:	6.1
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

Fatin Is Home!!

Fatin is home! My one and only niece (for the time being...) is at home. She's almost 4 years old. She came to our house on Saturday. I think she'll be staying with us this whole week. Eeek...
She made me wake un early in the morning last weekend just to entertain her. It's such a joy when she's at home, but sometimes it's really, really tiring. Especially when you have to deal with her oh-so-matured talking all the time. Heheh, she speaks like an adult, really she does, sometimes you even forgot that she's only 4 years old! And she really talks a lot. Her vocabulary is way beyond kids her age. She's always busy doing something, she's very active. I wonder if she ever gets tired. You'll always find her doing something like playing 'masak-masak', drawing, writing and playing with the computer. Yup, she loves playing the games I've installed in my laptop. She also loves watching cartoons on TV, you don't even get the chance to watch you favorite shows whenever she's around. It's always cartoons, cartoons, cartoons.

By the way, she calls me Angah. At first my father taught her to call me Mak Ngah, but at the beginning when she started to speak, it was quite difficult for her to pronounce such long phrase. And then I taught her to call me Angah. Heheh, sounds a lot younger than Mak Ngah.

I wonder if her mother read this... Kak, ni post special untuk Fatin... heheh, since dia ada kat rumah kan sekarang...

Feverish Feeling

Caught fever for the past couple of days. I refused to get treatment from the doctors, even though my parents insisted. I don’t like going to the clinics or hospitals. You get that kinda smell from all those kinda medicine which makes you even sicker. Apa bezanya? Pergi doktor pun nanti dia akan tanya juga kita sakit apa? I mean, you’re the doctor right? You’re the experts lah, nak tanya lagi orang tengah sakit buat apa. So end up I just took some aspirins to ease the pain. My temperature was really high. My head was spinning like a Merry-Go-Round. I just slept all day long. Yesterday I even took an ‘emergency leave’. Ye lah, tak pergi doktor, macam mana nak dapat MC? Today I’m in the office, feeling much better, even though not yet 100% recovered. Badan masih lagi kadang-kadang rasa seram sejuk, kepala pun kadang-kadang masih rasa pusing-pusing lagi…

I still remember when I was still a kid, when I caught fever, dad would bring me to the clinic. Well, the clinic thingy is not the best part. The best part is that when we were done with the clinic, dad would ask me if there is anything I want, anything at all. It was like some kinda treat he gave you for your sickness. Masa ni lah boleh mintak apa yang tak boleh mintak masa sihat dulu. Heheh, little devil! But of course, what could possibly a 9 or 10 year old asked for kan? Berapa sangat la yang boleh minta pun. Habis-habis pun minta belikan pencil box baru ke, buku baru ke, sticker collections ke... So innocent! But still, you get that treat that you’ll sure won’t get it now, not at this age. Such memories…

A Lazy Update

Grabbed McDonald's for lunch today, than headed home to dine with mom and sis. Just in time to watched Oprah's Prime Time on StarWorld. Than headed back to the office to continue work. Now feel so sleepy. Maybe it's because of that Grilled Chicken Foldover from McD's... *yawn*

Appetite Ground Zero

I feel hungry, but I have no appetite to eat... Zero... I only ate a doughnut this morning... I think my crave for food today had 'traveled' somewhere else. Today is not as busy as yesterday. But still I have to deal with that darn SAP thingy. Hmm, I wonder who first created such a complicated system. Alright, enough of that. It's lunch time and almost everyone has gone out, except me obviously. I don't favor working in this kinda office environment actually. I'd prefer the office at KLIA. I don't know why, but the employees here are so 'cold' towards each other compared to KLIA. It's the aging population here, I guess that's why...

A Busy Bee...

Pheww... i'm like a busy bee today... Just got the time to log on the net, I'm at home now, just got back from work, so can't really write very long, just a little update on what happened today...

The SAP thingy is creating lotsa problems, and really took most of my time. I mean, what's the use of a system if the system only delays your work? And what's the meaning of a system if it's soooo complicated to use and not user-friendly enough? Even to get one simple data or report from SAP, you have to select all those kinda fields in the system, then execute, than download into spreadsheet format, than do some editing, than only do the printing. It's not that you can't print directly from the system itself, but the formats are not customized according to what the user wants. Than you have to deal with no authorization here and there... Hisy...cerewet betul, dahla asyik kena SAPGui je... That already took half of my day...

After lunch the GM wanted to meet all executives from our department. An audit report came up, and issues on HR matters had been brought upfront and appeared in the report. Most of it includes financial matters. Luckily none of it are from my KPIs. The BOD is not happy with that, and made a conclusion that HR is in a mess! What?! A Mess? We've been implementing all kinda initiatives for the benefits of the employees these past couple of years, and where does that goes to eh? Down the drain? I know a few of our KPIs will get tarnished because of this.*sigh*

Nay, what the heck? After all, I don't have a say. I mean, we, the ground workers can only make suggestions, not decisions... Like a phrase my colleague always say.. "Boss la boss..."

I wonder if anyone reading this post can actually understand what the heck I'm writing about. No offense ya? Hey, after all, it is my personal blog eh?

When Monday Blues Attacks...

Just like Garfield, I hate Mondays. I mean, who doesn’t? Especially for those who works from 9 to 5. You get all that blurry kinda feeling, and you still hope that it’s still the weekend. I mean, being in the office for more than 1/3 of your whole day? Don’t you feel it’s kinda bored? Minus another 1/3 for you to sleep at night, what’s there left for you eh? Just about 8 hours to spend the rest of the day with your family, friends, and most importantly, yourself! I am still puzzled on how people can spend up to 20-30 years doing the same job, in the same environment, with the same company. Don’t they feel bored? *sigh*

I don’t feel like doing anything today… Let’s see if I can find something useful on the net to spend my time with for the rest of the day…

A Birthday Wish...

To my dearest, the other half of me, you complete me.
Happy Birthday abang, although this wish is a day too late.
I love you, with all my heart.

The long awaited update...

Coming out of the closet

My sisters kept pushing me to update my blog... They even mentioned it in their blogs! You all can refer here and here.
Well, i've actually been taking such a long break from this blogging thingy... erm... after just 2 postings..heheh..
So, especially to ummivouge and oshkoshbgoshh; been dying for my blog's update huh? Hehee... dedicated especially for them, Akak and Adik, nah, bacalah puas-puas okay? Kalau tak puas baca sekali, baca 18 kali pun takpe... :)


My Trip To Singapore

Just got back from Singapore a couple of days ago. Went there for a 4 days business trip. Well, not actually doing business lah, I was sent there together with my working colleague, Kak Timah by the company to attend a HR congress at Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore.

It was my first time to the sunny city and for me it was okaylah, I mean, not so great, not so bad either, just so-so… The congress was very informative and fruitful. Really learnt a lot from the best HR practitioners throughout Asia. We met a few friendly Singaporeans, majority of them Chinese. But there were many expatriates as well. Singapore may look small on your globe, but you can see so many kinds of people here, not much different from Malaysia.

On the day of our arrival, we went straight from Changi International Airport to our hotel, Pan Pacific Singapore. The staff who checked us in is a Malaysian and she was really friendly. I noticed that the staff who’s responsible for the visitors’ check-in, will actually send them right to the elevator to show them how to get to the right floor, and sometimes they even send visitors right to the room. Wow, what a great customer service! I mean, I’ve stayed at Pan Pacific, KLIA for so many times, but I’ve never seen any services like that, even to the ‘mat salehs’ and other foreign visitors. I have to put two thumbs up to their very warm and friendly customer services, from the taxi drivers, hotel workers, right up to the sales assistants at the shopping complexes.

For example, we actually went inside a high class branded boutique at one of the shopping malls, even though we have no attention of buying or whatsoever, with our simple jeans wearing and tudung (that typical malay kinda look) we still get the warm smiley ‘welcome-m’am-what-can-i-do-for-you’ greeting and ‘thank-you-m’am-please-come-again’ from the sales assistants. I think, to them, every customer who walks in is a potential buyer, no matter how you look like, or what race you are. Try to do that at Star Hill KL, or Suria KLCC, or any other high class stores and boutiques in KL. They’ll surely have that kinda look on you and they don’t even approach you or anything. Or even if they do, they’ll come closer to you with that suspicious look like you want to steal something from their store. I think many of you have experience this kinda situation right? Especially if you are wearing plain simple jeans, t-shirt and tudung. But when they actually speak to you, their English is so bad that you could hardly understand what they say, or they’ll speak to you in Malay with that Chinese accent and start asking questions like, “Mau cari apa?”, “You tengok inilah, ini murah sikit, ada diskaun.” Sheesh!! What do they think? Downgrade us like we don’t have money to pay for the expensive ones? And who do they think they are? I mean they can’t even speak proper English, and can’t even speak proper Malay. I am so puzzled on how a Malaysian-born can’t even speak the national language properly. But then, that’s another issue. You may think that I’m making a general assumptions here, but I wrote this from own experience. And then I compare to the experience I had in Singapore. And than make the conclusion. And I’m sure I’m not alone. Alright, enough of that.

Oopss…gotta get back to work, maybe I’ll continue later.

....of feeling fat and hating it...

FAT! Sheesshh.... even hearing the word makes me jump out of my seat. Without me knowing the reason, i started gaining weight quite tremendously this past six months. Hmm, maybe all those training classes i handled, made me eat a lot. It scares me, what i weigh now scares me, big time! Since early last year, it began to increase, and never decrease eversince. Previously i never weighed more than 50 kg, but now, i'm already at 54kg!! Eeekkk!! Is that ideal with my height at 165cm? Hmm... actually my body starts to feel heavy, and the worst thing, people notice that i have gained weight. Now i'm keeping a diary of what i eat everyday. Every single thing that's going in my mouth, i'll write it down. Trying to keep track of what 'ive been eating, and also trying to get the pattern so that i can trim off whatever unhealthy food which will contribute to me gaining more weight. But it just started two days ago, so still can't see the pattern yet..

Am i too obsessed with how i look? Is this normal? For me, i think it's perfectly normal for a young woman to be cautious about her weight, and most importantly, be cautious of how she looks like.

That midnight call...

At this point of an hour, i should be in my deep sleep, very deep. But i'm awake instead. Hmm, what could be better than being awake in the middle of the night, waiting for that midnight call from my other half (which i believe is already 2 hours late!) Yeah, where is he anyway? *Yawn*

Being 25, i believe i have not yet achieve anything you can call 'spectacular'. Besides from being a career woman at this age, i sometimes crave to be a different person, totally different from what i am now. Sometimes, i'm just tired of being the "miss too good to be true", it's something in me that i feel need to come out. Sometime i'm being very rebellious, unfortunately just on the inside. How i wish i could travel the whole world. How i wish i could have more experience in life but still stay at this age. Experience you were saying? Yup, experience allright.

Where is he? Hmm.... i think i should give him a call...