I've subscribed to Celcom broadband on Monday.
Now I can get fast internet, way faster than my dial-up dinosaur connection ;-)
Actually I thought of waiting till next month but since they have this Euro 2008 free pouch and 512 thumb drive, I just grab it. I also football fan so...
I think the 100 days 100 cars contest is useless.If a company wants to reward customers, don't come up with the strategy like the biggest spender= the winner.
I always join contests too, but one principle that I practice is that I won't join a contest if it involves spending a lot of money to collect points or buying product to collect tokens or having the highest entry to win.
And what I've won so far from these contests made me value the prizes I got because I don't spend to get those, I got it from my effort.
Anyway, I subscribed to Celcom coz it got good coverage, 5xMom oso recommend ;p and plus, I've heard many complaints from customers from the other network companies both in blogs and newspapers, so I just choose to be a blue fan la..LOL
Showing posts with label Experiences. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Experiences. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Goodbye Yesterday, Hello Tomorrow!
On the last day of my job on Friday, I had a walk around the surrounding buildings other than mine. As I entered the other building, it was a different scene. Among those people who walked past me are not of familiar faces as it is a totally different department. I just smiled at them; some walking hurriedly, some talking over the phone, some waiting for the bus at the lobby and others chit-chatting as it was nearly lunch time. Wherever new places you go, you are about to meet new people. After walking about, I took a look at the cafe. At that time, it was already packed with people. Unlike the cafe in my building, it is usually deserted as colleagues here prefer to eat outside.
Before I went home, I sent an e-mail to my colleagues and drop a small gift to my supervisor who happened to be out of office on the last day. My manager is also not around. At 5.55 pm, I officially returned my badge and walked out. Bye bye! ;-p
Before I went home, I sent an e-mail to my colleagues and drop a small gift to my supervisor who happened to be out of office on the last day. My manager is also not around. At 5.55 pm, I officially returned my badge and walked out. Bye bye! ;-p
Thursday, April 24, 2008
It's all going to be over soon
I have passed up my thesis. Yay! Finally! This Saturday will be my viva. After that, it will all be over. Yup, all the months of doing this project and sleepless nights is going to be over. Moreover, it will be the end of my undergraduate studies. Come to think of it, three years is passes by so fast but there were many unforgettable moments of campus life. It's a short period but all the studies, lecture experiences, exam ups and downs, rushing datelines etc. have not only made this learning experience not only hectic but enriching too. Also, not to mention it has made me feel kinda upgraded in my thinking level and approach to both academic and non-academic stuff.
Oh...I gonna miss all these real soon.
Oh...I gonna miss all these real soon.
Friday, April 11, 2008
What's next?
I am left with two more papers and yipee! I'm free from exams! Oh, as a student for the past 17 years or so, we can never escape from exams. It has become part and parcel in our lives. Exams in uni proved to be the most challenging for me. (Sometimes falling out of my own expectations and getting some dismal performance in some tough papers, no matter how hard I tried and tried).
On Monday, I'll be attending a job interview. Actually, I don't know what questions should I prepare to ask them. Of course, the main thing I'll pursue asking is to know more about the department that they will be placing for me. Oh ya, it's actually a second round interview thing. In the first round, the interviewer did explain about the department. The other day I was not in my full concentration coz I was feeling tired (yep, tired coz the night before studying for a test for one of my courses). Besides, in the first round interview I was actively answering all the incoming questions. Also, as I mentioned, for students its gotta be test! Ya test prior to interview, which caught me off guard but again, students can never escape this..muahaha. For this time I want to register the information about the department in detail into my head properly, as this 'might' be my future career that I'll be working on right after I grad. Besides asking this, what other questions shall I ask them? Oh I've gotten a tip or two here. Thanks! :)
I realise throughout my life, I've gone through various interviews. During those days in school, I went for interview to become a librarian. Yeah, and got it. Also, interview for girl guides as one of it's tests (didn't went through for some of it..hehe) Interviews for some part time jobs (got 2 out of 4). Last but not least, interview to become an intern (I'm really glad and thankful for this one). So, what's next? Go for the interview and maybe, blog it here. ;)
On Monday, I'll be attending a job interview. Actually, I don't know what questions should I prepare to ask them. Of course, the main thing I'll pursue asking is to know more about the department that they will be placing for me. Oh ya, it's actually a second round interview thing. In the first round, the interviewer did explain about the department. The other day I was not in my full concentration coz I was feeling tired (yep, tired coz the night before studying for a test for one of my courses). Besides, in the first round interview I was actively answering all the incoming questions. Also, as I mentioned, for students its gotta be test! Ya test prior to interview, which caught me off guard but again, students can never escape this..muahaha. For this time I want to register the information about the department in detail into my head properly, as this 'might' be my future career that I'll be working on right after I grad. Besides asking this, what other questions shall I ask them? Oh I've gotten a tip or two here. Thanks! :)
I realise throughout my life, I've gone through various interviews. During those days in school, I went for interview to become a librarian. Yeah, and got it. Also, interview for girl guides as one of it's tests (didn't went through for some of it..hehe) Interviews for some part time jobs (got 2 out of 4). Last but not least, interview to become an intern (I'm really glad and thankful for this one). So, what's next? Go for the interview and maybe, blog it here. ;)
Thursday, December 06, 2007
We are at "Bakers' Cottage" for a day.
Yesterday was the 'Bakers' Day' for an advance Birthday. 3 of us went to yokee's house to bake a birthday cake for our friend, without knowing exactly when is her birthday, and also, without knowing whether she'll be at home or out of Pg.
We started at about 9 am in the morning. All ingredients to make the cake is set. It would be a butter cake, laced with whip cream and topped with peaches.
It was my first baking experience coz i don't have an oven at home. This friend of mine really is the all time baker. She has not only the usual items used for baking but the cake deco items as well and 'spare-parts' that can be dug from the big ice compartment. It's just like a bakery coz there are ample ingredients for us to bake cakes anytime we wished to.
First we weighted and measured all the ingredients that we are using: butter, flour, baking soda, baking powder, corn oil, sugar and eggs.
Pre-heating the oven at 180 Celsius, making the cake lining, the cake was baked within 30 minutes. It was fast. We set aside the cake to cool b4 decorating it.
Meanwhile, we planned to do chocolate moist cake. This cake technique is trickier in the sense that it is not baked, but steamed. Yes, we did not use the oven to bake it, we use the big pot in the wok to steam it. Making the choc sauce was the trickiest coz we kept tasting and adding the ingredients to make it sweet. We adhered to the recipe just like we did for the butter cake and the choc moist cake. For the chocolate sauce it tasted bitter and waterry no matter how much sugar, flour and condensed milk we added. So, since it was 1 something already, we took a lunch break. We went to Bayan Baru to have lunch and also to find a box for our birthday cake. Also, to see if we have any idea to make the choc sauce 'sweeter & thicker'. We went to the bakery in Sunshine Square to buy a box but they refused to sell it. So we went to the market but the shop is closed. In the end, we purchased that cake box from the bakery near the row of banks for rm2. That box was very important for us to put that bday cake in. We went back to yokee's house to continue to amend the taste of the sauce and cake decorating!
Several attempts of stirring the sauce mixture and dunno wat else to add in, we tasted the choc moist cake first. It was moist and sweet enough. Simpy delicious from the steam wok so... no need to add so much sugar for the sauce! 2 things mix together is the best compliment! Ironically the gas stove that is not working properly produced the nicest choco moist cake compared to the other stove which is working fine. lol (We initially wanted to give the round shape choco moist to another fren but since it turned out otherwise, we use the square cake which sits on the unpredictable functional but uneven heat supply stove). ;P
In the midst of doing the sauce and hunting for the box, we smsed the bday gal to see if she's around at home. She's not at home, apparently doing her FYP at usm so she's in her hostel. So things are easier for us to find her, since she's nearby but she'll have to refrigerate the cake coz whipped cream melts or turns soft easily.
We went to meet her after completing our cakes. And only then we discovered her birthday is on 17 dec. muahaha... we played guessing game coz we make the cake assuming her bday is in dec..roughly emm 7 dec. Anyway, even the more surprised she was. She said the cake must be bought, not made coz it looked so perfect! haha.. coz the box that we bought is from the bakery, and the cream spreaded was 'quite' even with the neatly arranged peaches on top.
To make things funnier, when the bday gal said "No, this must be from warung kek..u said u bake the cake.(on the box printed warung kek ...)". But my fren accidentally heard it as "No, this must be a round cake. u said we 'bayh' (meaning 'buy' in Hokkien)".. to which she replied, "Of course it's a round cake, it's obviously round!! Of course we bake the cake, we didn't 'bayh'".
'advanced' bday gal replied, "Just now i said warung cake u said round cake. Now i believe 3 of u baked it, u now insist i still said u bought it" -_-"" "U got hearing problem ah?". wakaka
Bakers' Day was fun, the 3 of us had a wonderful time. Advanced bday gal was touched and another friend got the choco moist cake delivered at her doorstep and another friend at the workplace.
At the end of the day it was:
3 cakes baked. (one bday cake for bday gal doing FYP, the round not so smooth cake for 3 of us, the square one- divided to 2 for 2 friends).
6 people shared the joy from 3 homemade cakes! yay!
The choco moist cake was the best choco cake!. Coz it's not the too sweet type, or bitter or too 'jelak' feeling that's sold outside. Just nice..yummy!
p/s: no pics coz everyone forgot to bring digicam. Moreover, our hp are those oldies where cameras are non-existent.
We started at about 9 am in the morning. All ingredients to make the cake is set. It would be a butter cake, laced with whip cream and topped with peaches.
It was my first baking experience coz i don't have an oven at home. This friend of mine really is the all time baker. She has not only the usual items used for baking but the cake deco items as well and 'spare-parts' that can be dug from the big ice compartment. It's just like a bakery coz there are ample ingredients for us to bake cakes anytime we wished to.
First we weighted and measured all the ingredients that we are using: butter, flour, baking soda, baking powder, corn oil, sugar and eggs.
Pre-heating the oven at 180 Celsius, making the cake lining, the cake was baked within 30 minutes. It was fast. We set aside the cake to cool b4 decorating it.
Meanwhile, we planned to do chocolate moist cake. This cake technique is trickier in the sense that it is not baked, but steamed. Yes, we did not use the oven to bake it, we use the big pot in the wok to steam it. Making the choc sauce was the trickiest coz we kept tasting and adding the ingredients to make it sweet. We adhered to the recipe just like we did for the butter cake and the choc moist cake. For the chocolate sauce it tasted bitter and waterry no matter how much sugar, flour and condensed milk we added. So, since it was 1 something already, we took a lunch break. We went to Bayan Baru to have lunch and also to find a box for our birthday cake. Also, to see if we have any idea to make the choc sauce 'sweeter & thicker'. We went to the bakery in Sunshine Square to buy a box but they refused to sell it. So we went to the market but the shop is closed. In the end, we purchased that cake box from the bakery near the row of banks for rm2. That box was very important for us to put that bday cake in. We went back to yokee's house to continue to amend the taste of the sauce and cake decorating!
Several attempts of stirring the sauce mixture and dunno wat else to add in, we tasted the choc moist cake first. It was moist and sweet enough. Simpy delicious from the steam wok so... no need to add so much sugar for the sauce! 2 things mix together is the best compliment! Ironically the gas stove that is not working properly produced the nicest choco moist cake compared to the other stove which is working fine. lol (We initially wanted to give the round shape choco moist to another fren but since it turned out otherwise, we use the square cake which sits on the unpredictable functional but uneven heat supply stove). ;P
In the midst of doing the sauce and hunting for the box, we smsed the bday gal to see if she's around at home. She's not at home, apparently doing her FYP at usm so she's in her hostel. So things are easier for us to find her, since she's nearby but she'll have to refrigerate the cake coz whipped cream melts or turns soft easily.
We went to meet her after completing our cakes. And only then we discovered her birthday is on 17 dec. muahaha... we played guessing game coz we make the cake assuming her bday is in dec..roughly emm 7 dec. Anyway, even the more surprised she was. She said the cake must be bought, not made coz it looked so perfect! haha.. coz the box that we bought is from the bakery, and the cream spreaded was 'quite' even with the neatly arranged peaches on top.
To make things funnier, when the bday gal said "No, this must be from warung kek..u said u bake the cake.(on the box printed warung kek ...)". But my fren accidentally heard it as "No, this must be a round cake. u said we 'bayh' (meaning 'buy' in Hokkien)".. to which she replied, "Of course it's a round cake, it's obviously round!! Of course we bake the cake, we didn't 'bayh'".
'advanced' bday gal replied, "Just now i said warung cake u said round cake. Now i believe 3 of u baked it, u now insist i still said u bought it" -_-"" "U got hearing problem ah?". wakaka
Bakers' Day was fun, the 3 of us had a wonderful time. Advanced bday gal was touched and another friend got the choco moist cake delivered at her doorstep and another friend at the workplace.
At the end of the day it was:
3 cakes baked. (one bday cake for bday gal doing FYP, the round not so smooth cake for 3 of us, the square one- divided to 2 for 2 friends).
6 people shared the joy from 3 homemade cakes! yay!
The choco moist cake was the best choco cake!. Coz it's not the too sweet type, or bitter or too 'jelak' feeling that's sold outside. Just nice..yummy!
p/s: no pics coz everyone forgot to bring digicam. Moreover, our hp are those oldies where cameras are non-existent.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Which one?
Clockwise (left to right) : Sony Cybershot WSC-80, WSC-90, WSC-55
Bottom clockwise (left to right) : Canon Powershot A720, IXUS 70 (choice of black or silver rim) and IXUS 75.
All pics are taken from their respective Sony and Canon (Malaysia) websites.
All pics are taken from their respective Sony and Canon (Malaysia) websites.
In reference to my previous post on digicams,
I made up my mind. I grabbed the IXUS 70 after contemplating which digicam to buy. I reset my budget to be not more than RM 1200, so the Canon IXUS 860 IS which attracted me the most, is out. I also considered the Sony WSC-55 for a long time. In terms of pricing, we can see from the colourful booklet "It's Sony Time!" WSC-55 has gone down to RM 799. If not mistaken, this model was launched late last year. So with Christmas sales, New Year sales, Sony has come up with discounted prices on its products which include Vaio laptops, Bavaria LCD TVs, Sony Ericsson hps and of course, all its digicams which I'm eyeing for.
The Jusco Members' Day sale yesterday made me bought the IXUS 70. The price: RM 999.
For my value for $ mind, if I buy this model I get free : 2GB SD memory and hard casing. Besides that, sling bag, tripod stand and umbrella. On top of that for Members' Day sale, RM 100 Jusco shopping voucher. And of course in the compulsory package: Li-ion 2.4 V battery and its charger, wrist strap and 1 year warranty. I find getting the 2GB memory is very worth it.
So i just buy it. It's very compact too. IXUS 75 is 3" LCD but settled for 2.5" LCD for the sake of saving RM 100 (price difference between the two).
More about IXUS 70: 7.1 MP, ranked 1st for price under USD 150 ($ wise again..=p), and 3rd under 7 MP category and 5th in ultra compact category besides scoring 'A' in a digicam reviews site. ISO is 80-1600 and was released in March 07.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
On Cloud 9
I received a call from Lite FM saying that I have won 2 invites to the Gala Dinner at Shangri-La Hotel to listen to Dionne Warwick live worth RM 1,000!
Yay! My poem is one of the best! Yippy!
A reward for me to attend a concert and go for a short trip down KL after my exams! My last trip to KL was in July, 4 months ago. Last year in August I was there after getting a free shopping voucher at Ikea courtesy of Lite FM too. I'm so lucky with Lite FM!
Dionne Warwick is here in KL, in conjunction with Live and Loud 07.
Oh..I'm on Cloud 9 to be part of this cool event!
I will further update about this event in the next few days.
This coming Sunday, things are happening all over KLCC, KL Convention Centre and many other places as Live and Loud starts on 25 nov till 2 dec.
Now I'm looking for accomodation, on which hotel to stay. KL golden triangle hotels, including Shangri-La are 5 star hotels, and the deluxe rooms are fully booked. Superior ones cost RM 500++...
Till then, brb.
Yay! My poem is one of the best! Yippy!
A reward for me to attend a concert and go for a short trip down KL after my exams! My last trip to KL was in July, 4 months ago. Last year in August I was there after getting a free shopping voucher at Ikea courtesy of Lite FM too. I'm so lucky with Lite FM!
Dionne Warwick is here in KL, in conjunction with Live and Loud 07.
Oh..I'm on Cloud 9 to be part of this cool event!
I will further update about this event in the next few days.
This coming Sunday, things are happening all over KLCC, KL Convention Centre and many other places as Live and Loud starts on 25 nov till 2 dec.
Now I'm looking for accomodation, on which hotel to stay. KL golden triangle hotels, including Shangri-La are 5 star hotels, and the deluxe rooms are fully booked. Superior ones cost RM 500++...
Till then, brb.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
A look on what's happening in MGS
After attending a wedding luncheon of a family friend, my family and I went to MGS. It stands for Malaysian German Society, yeah sounds like Methodist Girls School.
Yesterday they had a Chirstmas bazaar. Yup, very early indeed. It's more than a month b4 Christmas. We saw this event on the Metro section in the Star paper and decided to check it out. It's situated at 250-B Jalan Air Itam.
To make directions simpler to go to this place: It is clustered together with the Hospice and Japanese Association buildings, directly opposite Han Chiang high school. The bungalow of this assoc is right inside the small road, in blue. Hospice is in beige-orange, whilst Japanese assoc is white. We were quiet 'sesat' coz this is the first time we were going there. Guess what, since the address is Jln Air Itam we ended searching through the whole Air Itam (signs on the roads display Air Hitam) right up to Kek Lok Si. We started targeting addresses right after Chung Ling High School. On the left were odd numbers so up we went to KLS, U-turn to and came accross even numbers addresses. But numbers range from single digits to 600+ numbers. Finally, got an idea! Proceeded to search the small area off the road after state mosque and bingo. It's there la.
The place- once you enter on your right is the library. It is stocked with, well, German books. Ranging from History to Humor. There are English books as well. Novels in German are also available. Readable if proficiency is high enuff =P. On the left is where cookies, home-made jams and German sausages (die Wurst) are sold. Upstairs there is a classroom, and in the hall, home-made cakes are sold. There are a variety of cakes. The chocolate cakes (die Schokoladentorte) must not be missed. Even the sellers kept on uttering "Schokoladentorte... ja, ja" to the customers. They were the must trys. Other varieties include Apricot, butter cakes, walnut-coffee, coconut and fruit pastries. They were selling out fast although they cost about RM5 per piece. The taste...wunderbar! Wonderful! Very tasty as the flavours, be it butter, choc or apricot flavours are enhanced as u pop them in your mouth. Since they are home-made, they tasted like those home-mades. Meaning the recipes used are prepared using home techniques with the ready made ingredients. That's why there's a lil ginger taste in the chocolate and bits of nuts here and there. Even the for the apricot cake, some apricot parts were juicy and some-the normal dry apricots.
Outside the premises they were selling those Christmas ornaments that you can hang on the X-Mas trees. Prices ranged from RM 5 to RM 10++. They were all hand-made by Ingel, as were written on the card next to the decos. A X-Mas card costs RM8, and coz it's hand made most of the cards have unique designs with not too many repetition of the same designs. What else can I say about this place... it's a place where they have events throughout the year like movie screenings, language classes and festivals for fund raising. They are supported by members of the expatriats and their family members who work here and for the public. Entrance is free so everyone can just go and have a look and mix around. ;-)
Yesterday they had a Chirstmas bazaar. Yup, very early indeed. It's more than a month b4 Christmas. We saw this event on the Metro section in the Star paper and decided to check it out. It's situated at 250-B Jalan Air Itam.
To make directions simpler to go to this place: It is clustered together with the Hospice and Japanese Association buildings, directly opposite Han Chiang high school. The bungalow of this assoc is right inside the small road, in blue. Hospice is in beige-orange, whilst Japanese assoc is white. We were quiet 'sesat' coz this is the first time we were going there. Guess what, since the address is Jln Air Itam we ended searching through the whole Air Itam (signs on the roads display Air Hitam) right up to Kek Lok Si. We started targeting addresses right after Chung Ling High School. On the left were odd numbers so up we went to KLS, U-turn to and came accross even numbers addresses. But numbers range from single digits to 600+ numbers. Finally, got an idea! Proceeded to search the small area off the road after state mosque and bingo. It's there la.
The place- once you enter on your right is the library. It is stocked with, well, German books. Ranging from History to Humor. There are English books as well. Novels in German are also available. Readable if proficiency is high enuff =P. On the left is where cookies, home-made jams and German sausages (die Wurst) are sold. Upstairs there is a classroom, and in the hall, home-made cakes are sold. There are a variety of cakes. The chocolate cakes (die Schokoladentorte) must not be missed. Even the sellers kept on uttering "Schokoladentorte... ja, ja" to the customers. They were the must trys. Other varieties include Apricot, butter cakes, walnut-coffee, coconut and fruit pastries. They were selling out fast although they cost about RM5 per piece. The taste...wunderbar! Wonderful! Very tasty as the flavours, be it butter, choc or apricot flavours are enhanced as u pop them in your mouth. Since they are home-made, they tasted like those home-mades. Meaning the recipes used are prepared using home techniques with the ready made ingredients. That's why there's a lil ginger taste in the chocolate and bits of nuts here and there. Even the for the apricot cake, some apricot parts were juicy and some-the normal dry apricots.
Outside the premises they were selling those Christmas ornaments that you can hang on the X-Mas trees. Prices ranged from RM 5 to RM 10++. They were all hand-made by Ingel, as were written on the card next to the decos. A X-Mas card costs RM8, and coz it's hand made most of the cards have unique designs with not too many repetition of the same designs. What else can I say about this place... it's a place where they have events throughout the year like movie screenings, language classes and festivals for fund raising. They are supported by members of the expatriats and their family members who work here and for the public. Entrance is free so everyone can just go and have a look and mix around. ;-)
Monday, November 05, 2007
Eyes
Today I went to the optometrist to check my eyes to see how my power has gone up.
Mum : Let's go have your eyes checked. I see u stared so much on the book and your specs also coming apart...time to change specs. lol
Optometrist : Your astigmatism is rather high. The angle has gone up but not the power...maybe due to your stress. Exams huh?
Read this line...~points to the last row~
Me: 0.O yep. ok...umm..that's a u...eh nono o...but looks more like a dot.
:-p
Mum : Let's go have your eyes checked. I see u stared so much on the book and your specs also coming apart...time to change specs. lol
Optometrist : Your astigmatism is rather high. The angle has gone up but not the power...maybe due to your stress. Exams huh?
Read this line...~points to the last row~
Me: 0.O yep. ok...umm..that's a u...eh nono o...but looks more like a dot.
:-p
Monday, October 15, 2007
After Celebrations
Yesterday, my family including my grandma, aunty, cousins and nephew celebrated my 22nd Birthday. It was the most wonderful family birthday celebration among other years because it was planned weeks before 14 oct, the actual date.
My cousins said they missed my 21st birthday celebration last year, so this year they planned it out just for me. We had seafood at Batu Maung. With 'birthday' mee, crabs (hard and soft shelled) (mom's fav), fish (my fav), squids, frog (dad's fav), asparagus (grandma's fav) it was very filling.. what a variety of seafood. After the hearty meal, my cousins (3 of them), presented the birthday cake, black forest with strawberries (yummy!) on the fluffy white cream. It was made on the spot in the cake house with my cousin watching the baker did it for 30 minutes, coz she wanted it as fresh as possible. Other customers in the shop sang birthday song for me and we distributed the cake for them as well, including the coffee shop's owner.
My cousins also gave me a teddy bear from ty named raindrops. No wonder it's blue in colour! hehe.. I love the blue fur very much, so soft to touch and above it all, the bear looks cool in blue with the polka-dot ribbon. Oh, thank you so much!
With all the delicous food, cake, presents and angpows, I felt like the most VIP birthday gal being celebrated!
Not to forget also the birthday party my friends celebrated for me on the 11th Oct. I had a very satisfying western dish and my friends took the initiative to have 3 in 1 birthday celebrations for the october buddies, which is me and 2 other friends. I had a very nice watch from my friends, and had the steel strap adjusted yesterday so that I can wear it already! =P
Besides that, thank you friends and roommates besides organizing parties, send warm wishes via smses and e-mails. My sincerest thanks and appreciation to all of you... ^-^
My cousins said they missed my 21st birthday celebration last year, so this year they planned it out just for me. We had seafood at Batu Maung. With 'birthday' mee, crabs (hard and soft shelled) (mom's fav), fish (my fav), squids, frog (dad's fav), asparagus (grandma's fav) it was very filling.. what a variety of seafood. After the hearty meal, my cousins (3 of them), presented the birthday cake, black forest with strawberries (yummy!) on the fluffy white cream. It was made on the spot in the cake house with my cousin watching the baker did it for 30 minutes, coz she wanted it as fresh as possible. Other customers in the shop sang birthday song for me and we distributed the cake for them as well, including the coffee shop's owner.
My cousins also gave me a teddy bear from ty named raindrops. No wonder it's blue in colour! hehe.. I love the blue fur very much, so soft to touch and above it all, the bear looks cool in blue with the polka-dot ribbon. Oh, thank you so much!
With all the delicous food, cake, presents and angpows, I felt like the most VIP birthday gal being celebrated!
Not to forget also the birthday party my friends celebrated for me on the 11th Oct. I had a very satisfying western dish and my friends took the initiative to have 3 in 1 birthday celebrations for the october buddies, which is me and 2 other friends. I had a very nice watch from my friends, and had the steel strap adjusted yesterday so that I can wear it already! =P
Besides that, thank you friends and roommates besides organizing parties, send warm wishes via smses and e-mails. My sincerest thanks and appreciation to all of you... ^-^
Friday, September 28, 2007
tests...
Tests...so far this sem I've completed nine 9 of em'..poof ...so tough they were.. and for the next 2 weeks, 4 tests to come and assignment to pass up.
The rush before study week is back again.
Working hard for the next few weeks till next month.
Arbeit hart!
Work hard!
Gambatte!
CY - *Ajak-ajak fighting*
Coincidentally, mum mentioned - *team fighting* instead of team building..
Add oil!
The rush before study week is back again.
Working hard for the next few weeks till next month.
Arbeit hart!
Work hard!
Gambatte!
CY - *Ajak-ajak fighting*
Coincidentally, mum mentioned - *team fighting* instead of team building..
Add oil!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
busy again...
Again, it had been so long since I update my blog.
Recap of what has been happening so far...
My internet connection had been down for the past few weeks. Called tm several times. They tried fixing it a few times. However as I type this entry now, the internet is up and running as normal again. Yup, after 2 weeks of several attempts to fix this thing. Weird, today suddenly can use. I hope it lasts for long...unlike yesterday, connection keep on failing.
Anyway, this few days busy doing assignment. On wed is the presentation. our group will be conducting it in german language. If english of course still ok...but in german, that will be scary.
Next, my test is this thursday. Possiblity 2 tests instead of one. yikes, i am totally blur...
Yesterday pop quiz cannot answer at all. Homework also undone.
Gotta go and do these things asap.
Still motivating myself to keep on trying but it's so tiring...
Recap of what has been happening so far...
My internet connection had been down for the past few weeks. Called tm several times. They tried fixing it a few times. However as I type this entry now, the internet is up and running as normal again. Yup, after 2 weeks of several attempts to fix this thing. Weird, today suddenly can use. I hope it lasts for long...unlike yesterday, connection keep on failing.
Anyway, this few days busy doing assignment. On wed is the presentation. our group will be conducting it in german language. If english of course still ok...but in german, that will be scary.
Next, my test is this thursday. Possiblity 2 tests instead of one. yikes, i am totally blur...
Yesterday pop quiz cannot answer at all. Homework also undone.
Gotta go and do these things asap.
Still motivating myself to keep on trying but it's so tiring...
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Updates for the past 2 weeks
For the last 2 weeks I had been very busy.
From 8th to 12th August I went to KL for the convention. 2 sleepless nights prior to the trip was due to preparations that had to be made.
The trip down KL was research based so we made many stops along the highway to take down datas. The trip started at 9 am from Penang and ended in KL at 9 pm, equivalent to reaching Singapore by bus. =p
We detoured to many places such as from the Butterworth toll, right up to the Perak region such as Kamunting, Taiping (including the lake), Sungkhai, Sungai Kalah, Ipoh. Also, we stopped to take pictures and readings of limestone hills and oil palm estates.
Armed with gadgets worth more than RM 100K and travelling 5 in one Ford Ranger truck, we were like researcher freaks who took every opportunity to snap, jot, set up and did some calibration. Moreover, the truck is a yellow in colour bearing the name School of Physics so we better behaved ourselves coz we were carrying our Uni's name. Haha...
We worked as quickly as possible to avoid unwanted attention. Carrying those equipments bearing the label Hak Milik PP Fizik means we do not want those things to be stolen, or we, being hijacked.
Curious onlookers asked what were we doing. we replied... adequate to answer their questions.
When we reached KL and by the time we reached our hotel, things we not as they were expected. We checked in into one of the most faulty 3 star hotel room that I have ever came across. We thought after a tiring day we can relax...only to dicovered first, we 3 girls who shared the room started to sneeze. We noticed that the air in the room is the culprit. The room clearly looked dusty. I pointed out that the desks and cupboards beneath is covered with at least 3mm of dust! It was unoccupied for many weeks or the housekeeping is not doing their job?...minus the cob webs...thank goodness. It was late so we just took bath, unpack our things, stored the expensive equipment in the safe and called it a day. But our stomachs were rumbling, so we decided to have supper. We went to a mamak stall nearby and had roti canai. Upon coming back, we discovered that the lights in our room is faulty.
Slide the card a few times and the lights won't turn on. One moment only the front portion lights will on, another moment nothing at all. After several attempts, we managed to lit up the room. There were no jug kettle but there were 3 in 1 sachets of coffee and tea. Weird, we need hot water to prepare those drinks. We picked up the phone and it's dead. The line is out of order. So we requested for a jug kettle, and informing the telephone prob, by taking the lift from the 23rd floor down to the lobby. The kettle arrived-nearly 2 am when we nearly fell asleep.
Thurday night was even funnier. We had a short circuit. The room just blackout when it was just fine a moment ago. Again, we took the ever so slow lift down to complain. There at the receptionist counter we witnessed a rude receptionist raising his voice over a tourist who merely wanted to change room. That explained the condition of this terrible hotel. Oh ya, upon telling them that we had a blackout, we were told that they were sending a technician up there immediately.
Well, it took 30 minutes! We waited along the corridor in front of our room like stranded occupants. We found out that our neighbour is facing the same problem and the kind lady lend us to use her phone to call them to ask why it took them so long. Finally, the technician arrived and electricity is restored. But the card problem had not been solved. So every trip back will be a few attempts on the card to keep all the lights on. =(
We did not lodge complain anymore coz 1. any complains will mean at least 15 minutes spent on the queue...the service is xtremely slow. 2. By the time we reach our hotel, it's always late at night. Always caught in jam, getting lost and at the same time exploring places, looking for nice food in PJ area- after the convention ended at 6pm every day. 3. We try to avoid unknown repairmen to come in to fix the room when we were away... too many valuable things hidden in the room.
During the convention, we had lots of experiences. There were many visitors. Some were very positive and responsive. Some, unfortunately were very negative and kept critisizing when we can't even finish stating our point. They try to put their disatisfaction across when actually they are unhappy about something and tried to involve us as a whole.
We ended the thing by gaining silver after the convention ended on sunday. At least we did not come home empty handed. There were many improvements that can be made to our product in future. This time public unis are stressing on products which can be commercialised, and most importantly, sustainable. Hence, to be able to attract business partners, our products must have these aspects and they must be reliable. Researchers who come up with these products must have the knowledge to develop and market these products properly. They must be convincing, and they too must keep improvising the product till it is fully reliable.
After a exhausting trip and adventure there I went back to lectures on monday.
Tuesday night before my night class, a mishap happened. Accident. on the 14 august, exactly 2 months before my birthday.
I was unhurt but my car...what a waste. Side front portion and driver side door . My tyre absorbed the impact.So the tyre was sacrificed. My car was dragged to the opposite side coz i can't steer it when the tyre is rammed. I can't even open the door properly to get out coz it's stucked. Horrible. The oncoming car did not break - on time. He came fast and I had judged his distance wrongly with his speed. I am lucky to be here.. still able to do things that I wish to do.
I shall never attempt to cross a 4 lane road from a junction. I don't want to take anymore risk. No matter how experienced I am next time.
From 8th to 12th August I went to KL for the convention. 2 sleepless nights prior to the trip was due to preparations that had to be made.
The trip down KL was research based so we made many stops along the highway to take down datas. The trip started at 9 am from Penang and ended in KL at 9 pm, equivalent to reaching Singapore by bus. =p
We detoured to many places such as from the Butterworth toll, right up to the Perak region such as Kamunting, Taiping (including the lake), Sungkhai, Sungai Kalah, Ipoh. Also, we stopped to take pictures and readings of limestone hills and oil palm estates.
Armed with gadgets worth more than RM 100K and travelling 5 in one Ford Ranger truck, we were like researcher freaks who took every opportunity to snap, jot, set up and did some calibration. Moreover, the truck is a yellow in colour bearing the name School of Physics so we better behaved ourselves coz we were carrying our Uni's name. Haha...
We worked as quickly as possible to avoid unwanted attention. Carrying those equipments bearing the label Hak Milik PP Fizik means we do not want those things to be stolen, or we, being hijacked.
Curious onlookers asked what were we doing. we replied... adequate to answer their questions.
When we reached KL and by the time we reached our hotel, things we not as they were expected. We checked in into one of the most faulty 3 star hotel room that I have ever came across. We thought after a tiring day we can relax...only to dicovered first, we 3 girls who shared the room started to sneeze. We noticed that the air in the room is the culprit. The room clearly looked dusty. I pointed out that the desks and cupboards beneath is covered with at least 3mm of dust! It was unoccupied for many weeks or the housekeeping is not doing their job?...minus the cob webs...thank goodness. It was late so we just took bath, unpack our things, stored the expensive equipment in the safe and called it a day. But our stomachs were rumbling, so we decided to have supper. We went to a mamak stall nearby and had roti canai. Upon coming back, we discovered that the lights in our room is faulty.
Slide the card a few times and the lights won't turn on. One moment only the front portion lights will on, another moment nothing at all. After several attempts, we managed to lit up the room. There were no jug kettle but there were 3 in 1 sachets of coffee and tea. Weird, we need hot water to prepare those drinks. We picked up the phone and it's dead. The line is out of order. So we requested for a jug kettle, and informing the telephone prob, by taking the lift from the 23rd floor down to the lobby. The kettle arrived-nearly 2 am when we nearly fell asleep.
Thurday night was even funnier. We had a short circuit. The room just blackout when it was just fine a moment ago. Again, we took the ever so slow lift down to complain. There at the receptionist counter we witnessed a rude receptionist raising his voice over a tourist who merely wanted to change room. That explained the condition of this terrible hotel. Oh ya, upon telling them that we had a blackout, we were told that they were sending a technician up there immediately.
Well, it took 30 minutes! We waited along the corridor in front of our room like stranded occupants. We found out that our neighbour is facing the same problem and the kind lady lend us to use her phone to call them to ask why it took them so long. Finally, the technician arrived and electricity is restored. But the card problem had not been solved. So every trip back will be a few attempts on the card to keep all the lights on. =(
We did not lodge complain anymore coz 1. any complains will mean at least 15 minutes spent on the queue...the service is xtremely slow. 2. By the time we reach our hotel, it's always late at night. Always caught in jam, getting lost and at the same time exploring places, looking for nice food in PJ area- after the convention ended at 6pm every day. 3. We try to avoid unknown repairmen to come in to fix the room when we were away... too many valuable things hidden in the room.
During the convention, we had lots of experiences. There were many visitors. Some were very positive and responsive. Some, unfortunately were very negative and kept critisizing when we can't even finish stating our point. They try to put their disatisfaction across when actually they are unhappy about something and tried to involve us as a whole.
We ended the thing by gaining silver after the convention ended on sunday. At least we did not come home empty handed. There were many improvements that can be made to our product in future. This time public unis are stressing on products which can be commercialised, and most importantly, sustainable. Hence, to be able to attract business partners, our products must have these aspects and they must be reliable. Researchers who come up with these products must have the knowledge to develop and market these products properly. They must be convincing, and they too must keep improvising the product till it is fully reliable.
After a exhausting trip and adventure there I went back to lectures on monday.
Tuesday night before my night class, a mishap happened. Accident. on the 14 august, exactly 2 months before my birthday.
I was unhurt but my car...what a waste. Side front portion and driver side door . My tyre absorbed the impact.So the tyre was sacrificed. My car was dragged to the opposite side coz i can't steer it when the tyre is rammed. I can't even open the door properly to get out coz it's stucked. Horrible. The oncoming car did not break - on time. He came fast and I had judged his distance wrongly with his speed. I am lucky to be here.. still able to do things that I wish to do.
I shall never attempt to cross a 4 lane road from a junction. I don't want to take anymore risk. No matter how experienced I am next time.
Saturday, July 07, 2007
07.07.07
It's been a month since I have updated my blog!
Oh my goodness, it's not that I have forgotten this blog, just that I've been busy with work.
My industrial training came to an end yesterday, 6 july 07 and yesterday was the day I went to register for my course for this semester.
I had a presentation on my last day of internship. The meeting was called a technical forum. So it was one-hour-Q&A forum for the whole department to share.
Since there are only two presenters, me and another coursemate; I estimated both of us will have a half-an hour presentation each. Prior to that I had to prepare more stuff to present besides the assignment they let me did coz or else my presentation will only last 10-15 minutes if I don't add in extra stuff.
I include whatever things I have learnt since the first week, coz during the first week I was given a stack of notes to study. Some semicon notes and physics related stuff. The presentation went on smoothly, just that I was stuck in one of the slides. I can't explain the coplanarity problems an electronic device properly. Till now, I still have difficulty explaining that. It was kinda embarrassing in that particular section. Surprisingly, nobody interrupted and say, "I don't understand what you are trying to explain. I guess what you wanted to say about coplanarity is bla bla bla...". So I was there with lots of pauses and urm ah...em...em.. and moved on with the next slide. But luckily it was not the main thing on my agenda. small matter. So I went on till the end.
Came to one part, instead of being asked, I threw a question to my supervisor. I remembered I was given to do the assignment and I worked for 2 weeks, got the results until he gave another version of that same thing. I had to find all the differences between first and second version till I was so 'fuming' inside because actually he already had that latest version and did not gave me till 2 weeks later. The earlier version of course, it's not important anymore as it is considered outdated. So instead of showing my disagreement openly, I asked "*****, didn't in the meeting last time you said you'll check the discrepancy of the data because the old version and new version have differences by the way they are measured?"
He went on answering "Ya. bla bla" so fast I didn't catch what he said coz he used many terms that I'm not familiar. Gee, this supervisor ah........*cekik*cekik*
But matter is resolved as I have done my part with that latest version so end of story. I just wanted to highlight to him that next time give interns a latest thing to work on, don't let them suffer first or do double work. =p
Oh ya, we had a great time yesterday. After that presentation we had a farewell lunch at Paddington House of Pancakes @ QB. I realised that eating delicious and special pancakes can cost 20 times nore than the normal pancakes I buy from foodstall. Ha ha. But PHOP do have unique flavours and a variety of pancakes that will tempt you to try it out. Afterall, the farewell lunch is paid by the company so even more worth it. =D
After lunch, head back to factory, get some things done and I went back to USM and register. Next, went to hostel, register. Met up with roommate. Went home and attended wedding dinner of my uncle's secretary. She's very close to us too and knows our family very well. Kinda like old friends. I knew her 9 years ago. She helped me print my assignment coz I don't have a printer yet at that time. So sweet. =)
After dinner went to TESCO till 1 am to shop for groceries. Wah, so tired after I came back.
What a day. My training was a good experience. I shall keep this in mind and till then, it's back to studies on monday!
Oh my goodness, it's not that I have forgotten this blog, just that I've been busy with work.
My industrial training came to an end yesterday, 6 july 07 and yesterday was the day I went to register for my course for this semester.
I had a presentation on my last day of internship. The meeting was called a technical forum. So it was one-hour-Q&A forum for the whole department to share.
Since there are only two presenters, me and another coursemate; I estimated both of us will have a half-an hour presentation each. Prior to that I had to prepare more stuff to present besides the assignment they let me did coz or else my presentation will only last 10-15 minutes if I don't add in extra stuff.
I include whatever things I have learnt since the first week, coz during the first week I was given a stack of notes to study. Some semicon notes and physics related stuff. The presentation went on smoothly, just that I was stuck in one of the slides. I can't explain the coplanarity problems an electronic device properly. Till now, I still have difficulty explaining that. It was kinda embarrassing in that particular section. Surprisingly, nobody interrupted and say, "I don't understand what you are trying to explain. I guess what you wanted to say about coplanarity is bla bla bla...". So I was there with lots of pauses and urm ah...em...em.. and moved on with the next slide. But luckily it was not the main thing on my agenda. small matter. So I went on till the end.
Came to one part, instead of being asked, I threw a question to my supervisor. I remembered I was given to do the assignment and I worked for 2 weeks, got the results until he gave another version of that same thing. I had to find all the differences between first and second version till I was so 'fuming' inside because actually he already had that latest version and did not gave me till 2 weeks later. The earlier version of course, it's not important anymore as it is considered outdated. So instead of showing my disagreement openly, I asked "*****, didn't in the meeting last time you said you'll check the discrepancy of the data because the old version and new version have differences by the way they are measured?"
He went on answering "Ya. bla bla" so fast I didn't catch what he said coz he used many terms that I'm not familiar. Gee, this supervisor ah........*cekik*cekik*
But matter is resolved as I have done my part with that latest version so end of story. I just wanted to highlight to him that next time give interns a latest thing to work on, don't let them suffer first or do double work. =p
Oh ya, we had a great time yesterday. After that presentation we had a farewell lunch at Paddington House of Pancakes @ QB. I realised that eating delicious and special pancakes can cost 20 times nore than the normal pancakes I buy from foodstall. Ha ha. But PHOP do have unique flavours and a variety of pancakes that will tempt you to try it out. Afterall, the farewell lunch is paid by the company so even more worth it. =D
After lunch, head back to factory, get some things done and I went back to USM and register. Next, went to hostel, register. Met up with roommate. Went home and attended wedding dinner of my uncle's secretary. She's very close to us too and knows our family very well. Kinda like old friends. I knew her 9 years ago. She helped me print my assignment coz I don't have a printer yet at that time. So sweet. =)
After dinner went to TESCO till 1 am to shop for groceries. Wah, so tired after I came back.
What a day. My training was a good experience. I shall keep this in mind and till then, it's back to studies on monday!
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Project Turnover
It's not because my project had a turnover or generated revenue over the past 2 weeks but it had a TURNOVER ever since that HANDOVER. What actually happened was is that there is a drastic change of topic at the end of this week. I have almost finished a part and about to embark further when...
I found out that I will be given another totally different project instead. The reason: this project is more urgent than the previous one and need immediate attention. What happened to the previous one? Being HANGED on for the moment.
For now, time is running out and I need to shift focus to the current one. Part and parcel of the working world eh? Yup, need to discard the disappointment upon hearing this news. -_-""
So, a fresh new start on the next project. =p
I found out that I will be given another totally different project instead. The reason: this project is more urgent than the previous one and need immediate attention. What happened to the previous one? Being HANGED on for the moment.
For now, time is running out and I need to shift focus to the current one. Part and parcel of the working world eh? Yup, need to discard the disappointment upon hearing this news. -_-""
So, a fresh new start on the next project. =p
Monday, May 28, 2007
Project Handover
Today I received a project.....a to be continued project from the past trainees who had done it halfway. So my target is to improvise the whole thing, get more datas and do some simulations. Before all this is done, first step is to read and make research of what this whole thing is about. Next, understand it properly and ask whatever questions that is in my mind.
I am still at step no. 1 - to read the whole thing. They had done their part in documenting them and it's my duty to read and laarn from what they had written. The notes given for the past week serve as the fundemental things I need to know about the processes that is involved in my dept. So this week the materials are going more in depth....I hope i won't sink into deepness and have difficulty floating! =p
I am still at step no. 1 - to read the whole thing. They had done their part in documenting them and it's my duty to read and laarn from what they had written. The notes given for the past week serve as the fundemental things I need to know about the processes that is involved in my dept. So this week the materials are going more in depth....I hope i won't sink into deepness and have difficulty floating! =p
Monday, May 21, 2007
First Day @ Work
Nothing much happening today but expecting more interesting things installed for the coming weeks. Orientation is not today, but 2 weeks later! Maybe they wanna get us moving first before adapting to the company? weird...i dunno the reason for that...
Given notes to study but all seems so new, and nothing much registers in my head. Probably the notes are the concepts that are extremely important to proceed! Oh no! why must study so much of electricity...haaaaa computers also depend on them to work. Everything also must be calculated first,to ensure the best will be produced. -_-"
Given notes to study but all seems so new, and nothing much registers in my head. Probably the notes are the concepts that are extremely important to proceed! Oh no! why must study so much of electricity...haaaaa computers also depend on them to work. Everything also must be calculated first,to ensure the best will be produced. -_-"
Sunday, February 25, 2007
All the female bloggers =) It's cool to have this meet! For one, as a new blogger, I get to meet so many expert bloggers here. Surprisingly, met up with some familiar faces: some ex-georgians and tuition mates. They too have a blog!! lol
The most featured performance in this meet is the host, LogicYuan, my aunt 5xmom and Cedric. LogicYuan is the host for this meeting so he's busy arranging stuff, taking attendence, clearing space (in the Starbucks) so that we all have air-cond! lol
5xmom- haha...everyone is anticipating her appearance. She's got the aura of a true Penangite blogger!! She's the choy san yeh for today. Each of us got angpow from her. ~Keong Hee Keong Hee~ Everyone so happy to get red packet from this mom. haha
Cedric - Next to LogicYuan making noises is him la. Anyway, in any meetings if got somebody who is an extrovert can 'memeriahkan suasana'.
As for me, I was very quiet. Actually in some situations I appear to be the very silent mode type. I like to smile smile a lot =). It's my 'trademark' since secondary school. But if I am very familiar with anyone or around my close buddies, I chat a lot. So don't misinterpret! Today due to not enough sleep brain not working well. Ha ha. So short circuit sikit...(smile smile)The night before I rush to finish assignment till 4 am. Uni student life...
Thanks for the wonderful pics. I will download n upload after everybody with cameras done theirs. Have a great week ahead!
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