Showing posts with label random thoughts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label random thoughts. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

i am feeling a bit depressed

I seldom read the newspapers...really, not much for the past 2 years i think. Ignorant about politics, developments in the world. Who cares about which politician is creating scandal again, which is embezzling the nation's funds again...occasionally only would i browse thru and scan thru headlines. [however i do agree that we do need to keep abreast with the info for the sake of our country, but that's entirely another topic]

but past 2 days I had some time so I just went to thestar online and read about the dragon boat tragedy. 6 perished. what that was thought to be a healthy & fun activity lead to a catastrophe. it's never good when injuries and deaths are involved.

I've been underwater a few times before. Playing white water rafting, the recent offshore safety course where a helicopter simulator capsized and we were inside it and had to swim out of it. or when playing with water. it's not a pleasant feeling at all when the water went into your lungs and you can't breathe at all. You'd panic...imagine those who drowned. the last few moments before the water fills up your lungs. all the moments in your life fleeting past you. :(

and for the parents and family and friends of the deceased, who would have thought that morning when Mom made a cup of hot chocolate and biscuits for her child before he went off for practice, that she'd never ever see her boy alive again. He, being in his rebellious years, probably didn't even tell her that he loves her, nor thanked her. 16-17 years...he'd never even attend college. would never have a girlfriend, get married.

Of course, this accident is the same as any other accident. Vehicle accidents, murders, fires...the school is grieving at the moment, but life goes on. They'll heal in months, slowly but surely. the best friend of one of the deceased would probably in a worse spot, never seeing his best friend again, not being able to hang out again and gossip about girls etc. he'll find another best friend, eventually. but for the families, it'll be in their memories forever. "if only I had not let my son...", "If only I had..."...so many what-ifs...things would and cannot be reversed. I read that one of the victims was an only child. :( Chung Ling High School, to those unknown, is a premier boys school in Penang for those who went to Chinese primary school (vernacular, if I'm not mistaken). You'd have to do exceptionally well in UPSR to be able to enter CLHS. The parents probably harboured all their hopes on their only child, and even the parents of the rest of the students...The day the child died is the day their hopes and dreams fell apart.

As I said few days ago, sometimes, we forget to be grateful of what we have until we see the misfortune of others. The times that I yell at my parents, at least they get to listen to my voice, 1 more time. The times that I was hurt by comments of a friend, at least I know that I am capable to feel. The times that I injured my knee, at least I am able to tread on the grounds. The times that I scalded my hand cooking, at least I am able to eat.

This feeling of course will pass. The appreciation of life, the gratefulness of having loved ones around us safely. But we are but only humans, we will forget again.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

i know i know

it's been an awfully awfully awfully long time since i've last updated.

blame Facebook.

and i've also not been reading blogs for god knows how many donkey years already.

been busy with work...as you all know, I was away for courses in Houston and Dubai. no worries...no more trip for me at the moment (boo hoo hoo) people are starting to think that i'm always at training hahaha. work's good. company laying off people and major re-org but still good. :) now i can safely being laid off happily since i've earned trips to Houston and Dubai. haha.

on another note...love may be in the air for me *grins. who knows. am seeing someone on and off now. but he seems like a nice guy.

to be updated soon. huhuhu. (i bet someone at home, namely dear Papa is very curious at the moment. hahaha cos he's the only that checks out this page everyday anyways haha to keep tab on his faraway daughter)

Sunday, February 22, 2009

My past 2 years, now and future

the past two years, including this year...has been really exciting and made me open up to many things. I could say that I was travelling so much! it made me less narrow-minded, i became more sociable, there were more topics that i could talk about, i learnt a new language, met lots of wonderful people, even picked up cooking!!!! (embroidery not yet lar)

i graduated in August 2007, my 1st job was as an Aircraft Design Engineer, there I met wonderful colleagues, even though the working environment was super stressful. working from 9am-9pm everyday, my dark circles became so bad, it became a super default feature, my hair lost its lustre, i was permanently depressed, i became fatter...skin was so awful. but there my technical knowledge increased 100-fold...i was happy to discover that i wasn't THAT dumb. Thanks to Dhinnesh, Chong Seng, Chun Kiat, Guztyne, Zharif, Peter, David, Jafar for helping me out when I had difficulties! ;) of course my aeronautical knowledge came mostly from my coursemates too! - Poli, Cmin, Vun, Kwang, Hah, Furfur, Lili, Chanling, Gheeming, Kok, Vibrate, GS, Hao, KWui, David, JJ, Lun, WenJie, ZY...

After that I had to make one of the most difficult decision in life - to join the sponsor for my undergraduate studies (Petronas) in one of the most coveted divisions...everyone who works with Petronas would love to join that decision, so I was extremely lucky... or to pursue my lifelong dream, to go to Italy with a scholarship from the Italian Embassy. Also, I had to resign from the aircraft design company (which i didn't regret)... in the end i chose to go to Italy, which ended up with my having to pay back Petronas...till now I still wondered how my career would be if I'd joined Petronas...

But going to Italy was the best decision I ever made! (I had doubts when I was there, at times...sometimes I was just really idle there, I tot I could be carving my career instead in Petronas rather than thinking of what vege/meat to buy for the day and to cook what for lunch and dinner...)

the 9 months in Italy was amazing! With the sponsorship from the Italian Embassy, I decided to take up Italian Language and Culture in Perugia (universita' per stranieri di perugia). Although I took elementary Italian course when I was in Uni, but by the time I went to Italy (15th Oct 2007) I was left with 3 words "Grazie, Ciao, Prego"... =( It was the period of my many firsts...

1st time I lugged 4-5 bags with me which weighted more than 40 kgs... 1st time I went to Europe, 1st time talking and being so uninhibited with strangers, 1st time hopping on to a total stranger's car, 1st time sleeping at a total stranger's house, 1st time backpacking alone, 1st time staying in a hostel, 1st time cooking a relatively edible meal, 1st time making tiramisu, 1st italian kiss ;), 1st time having strangers approaching u on the streets, 1st time having a crush on a guy who was 6 years younger than me and 1st time seeing so many cathedrals etc.

I met many wonderful people along the way, especially when I first arrived at Rome's train station, a Malaysian-Japanese lady Junko-san who helped me bring my luggage bags onto the train...she still calls me from time to time. and the 1st night I arrived at Perugia, I was desperate and didn't speak a word of Italian, a Chinese couple accepted me to let me stay for the night. After that there was also Simone, an Italian who gave me a ride from the train station to Roma Ciampino airport (I was adamant not to pay RM100 for a 5 minute ride to the airport!)...

Then the wonderful housemates I had (Nadia, Dora, Milena, Claudia, Zhao Zheyi, Liu Jia), who took the pain to correct my Italian, listen to my stories and taught me to cook! oh and the honorary housemate Francesco!

The wonderful classmates I had - from A2, B1, B2 an C1...there are too many to mention...but some which I still keep in touch with - Loick, Jordan, Domenico, Jiji, Lili, Hussam, Emad, Raghad, Shereen, Alejandro, Angelo, Kasia, Katrina, Michelle, Valeria, Kostantinos, Solmaz, Mehrnaz, Chieko, Chiemi, Kae and more... love all of you loads ;) The different nationalities - Colombia, Mexico, Iran, Sweden, Poland, Philippines, Japan, Ecuador, Israel (I never thought the day would come), Korea etc... Thanks to all for putting up with me, and Domenico who had to suffer eating my kimchi, Kostantinos who sometimes had to eat the food I cook. lol. Of course Mariana who was my yoga partner, traveling partner, shopping partner and a very good listening companion.

Then I had to come back - end of June 2008, at first I wanted to postpone the trip because I wanted to stay a litle bit longer - cos I was reluctant to leave 'someone'...but also because there were still so many things to see - I wanted to visit Athens and Milan...but I didn't have the chance... In the 9 mths I visited many parts of Italy and some parts of Europe:

Italy
- Sardegna, Assisi, Capri, Firenze (Florence), Gubbio, Napoli (Naples), Vaticano (Vatican City), Pisa, Pompei, Rome, Sicilia (Sicily), Sorrento and Venezia (Venice)
Republic of San Marino
UK
- Liverpool (yes I paid homage to my favourite football team!!! It was great!~)
France - Paris
Germany - Berlin
Spain - Barcelona
I would think that I did pretty well in the 9 months right ;)

But it was all fate - I didn't get to postpone my flight so I came back to Malaysia as scheduled - 30th June. It was pretty funny looking back on how I struggled to bring back all my presents and stuff I got from Italy. After fighting with the flight crew etc, I finally managed to check in 34kgs of stuff and bring like 4 hand carry luggages (Yes being Asian helped too, cos I just pretended not to speak English and Italian at the check-in gate) hahaha. On my flight - I met another person who helped me get to where I am today...the guy who forwarded my resume to his colleague and got me my current job - You know who you are! I thought I gave a horrible impression cos I had so many hand-carries and I banged my head in front of him!

Coming back, I'm in my current company - a great place. An oilfield service provider...great colleagues (except one - hahaha)...you know who lar. But what doesn't kill you will make you stronger, so I've now decided to tolerate and make the best out of it. I had the opportunity to go Houston for a training program - a great great program and it does make me a much improved person, I'm now more knowledgable of the oil and gas industry already! I'm hyped up to improve my work attitude, being punctual to work and also to be more knowledge thirsty... ;) Am really excited about my career ahead (As long as I don't get affected by the current economic crisis)...*crosses fingers - ;)

Also seeing my friends getting married - Shanna, Guztyne, Soon, and just now Teng. Congrats to all of you ;) wish you loads of happiness ahead, I hope that your marriage will everlast and many many children... I had the opportunity to attend Guztyne wedding in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah and Soon's in Kuching, Sarawak...

Ahhh I'd say that life's been good - Next month I'm heading to Dubai for a training school ;) yes, in the pursuit of my career success... Never to give up, do whatever you are doing now really well, and be optimistic. I've slept in airports, been out in the freezing cold, been 40 hours without sleep, eating biscuit for meals...I'm sure life could only get better ;) If not, I still have a loving family and great friends to support - I must thank the HPC gals for always being there- Jo ooi, Pao, Loke, Heng, Lin, Loh Jo, and Chun (whom I rarely hear from)...i think i got them all lol... then girls from LL House - RinRin (oh yeah, congrats upon your wedding!), CSY, PTC, Furfur, Meiyin, SPY, LT...also the rest of course: Justine, Charng, Li Yuin, Irene, Siew, Janice, Ai Leen, Wun...wah basically most of the Georgians right?

Wow I think I've said enough - suddenly all the creative juices starting to flow... well although my love life has been pretty pathetic, but I'm sure things will get better (once I lose all the fats right? ;)) alright - now you guys have read my 1500 words on my essay of "My past 2 years, now and the future"... hugz! Maybe next time I'll spill a little on my love status - lol

Friday, October 12, 2007

Insomniac Part II

Just now I dengan semangatnya switched off the lights at 12am. Ingatkan since the day before I couldn't sleep (I ended up falling asleep at 8am and woke up at 12pm) and had a not so nice sleep of 4 hours as in between I woke up 3-4times due to the ongoing activities at the kopitiam...

Waheyyy surprise...its 3am adi...Now going thru therapy to fall asleep by watching naruto for the entah berapa kali adi--the Chuunin Exam matches--naruto vs neji--shikamaru vs temari-- gaara vs sasuke...aihs..Still awake..even cooked a packet of Cintan Mee at 2.30am...even talked on the phone more than 1 hour..calling a few close friends. pekchek. nampaknya tak jadi I want to get my breakfast of Hokkien Mee and Banzhangkuih and Taufufah later...set my alarm clock 9am d..arrgggghhhhhh kesedihan melimpah...

My mind keeps thinking of the same things (undisclosed!!!) haha. LL House peeps and Buyong would know. haha. So just now I looked like hantu yang tak tidur berapa bulan adi... And I just went for hair perm n facial ma..Met up with KZ for a drink..he damn surprised to see a obaasan with auntie curls and lots of post-facial zits that has had too much to eat lately (me!) hahah but he was courteous enough to say "You look more chan than the last week I saw you, but healthier"

Aihssssss...but KZ thanks for the lovely gift I made you give. Haha indirectly la. *hugz! I still want the Naruto collection k hahaaa dunno you read this or not la.

ok...time to post some pix again...

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Eye on Malaysia

Abang Ken was nice enough to let me extort him to go on Eye On Malaysia..which now he fondly refers to as Black Eye on Malaysia. Allow me to explain:
1) damn mahal
2) What...10mins???
3) No view at all
4) Can't even get a private gondola on a not busy night. cis memotong stimkan.

We did get on the same gondola with a nice elderly couple...but seems that too nice to chat with us the whole ride. haha 'nuf said. The ride, courtesy of kenkor..to me it was like being on a cable car to genting. just that more cacat. luckily the company was great la of cos. hee heee. i have to say this ma. =Pblack eye on malaysiafuture prominent photographer, kenme and kenkor
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Next...My last day of work and LL House outing

but now..time to attempt to sleep. 4am adi..haiiihhhhhhhhhhhhhhhssssssssssssssssssssssss..also nid to reply an important email also~ bonne nuit

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Insomniac

Blerrrrgggghhhhhh I can't sleep. It's almost 5am on a dark Thursday morning. At least as I peer out the window it's dark la. in another hour or so the stupid ayam jantans near my house is going to start berkokok...wait..doesn't matter...my aunt's alarm clockS usually start ringing from 5.30am and snooze to 7am I also tak pernah wake up..

Tried Naruto 2 eps, One piece 2 eps, listen to songs, even finished the current novel i'm reading (J.D Robb- Seduction in Death), a suspense thriller about 2 murderers-psychopaths-rapists which reminds me of a certain someone that I know sure terasa if he reads this. Hah =P...but to no avail..mata still tak boleh tutup.

Many things running in my mind now. So thought can be a bit productive by blogging. But now kepala suddenly so sakit. Mata pun sakit. Typing in the dark ma. My Xiaoyi is sleeping. Thought I would reply an email also. And the same time organise my hard disk files. Can also clear some disk space by burn out the animes.


Before I proceed must recommend this song...my latest jiwang song.

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Dewa 19 - Dewi
(source: Buyong hehe)


Dewi aku mohon beri aku kesempatan
Tuk bisa menebus dosaku kepadamu

Maafkanlah aku yang menyakitimu
Aku tidak pernah menyangka bisa begini


Oh dewi, dengarkanlah…

Dewi kaulah hidupku

Aku cinta padamu sampai mati

Dewi belahlah dadaku

Agar kau tahu
Agar kau mengerti

Wou wou wou


Semua terjadi begitu saja
Tak ada yang serius antara dia dan aku

Tidak ada cinta dan tak ada hati
Hanya karena aku lelaki dan dia wanita


Oh dewi, dengarkanlah…

Dewi kaulah hidupku

Aku cinta padamu sampai mati
Dewi belahlah dadaku
Agar kau tahu

Agar kau mengerti

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1) Remember the fire during CNY that I promised to post? I think I never did right? Jeng jeng here they are. took me 1 hour to locate these pix ehee~ but after the fire our house upgraded d...no more papan on upper floor..now concrete adi =)


me and xiaoyi's room

the other side of the house..the flattened one
outside

Time to sleep lo..6am liao..good time flies fast..Xiaoyi's alarm clock dah snooze twice..no mood to blog d..managed to reply the email d though..the biological clock inside me says it's time to sleep..in 3hours Dad's surely giving wake up call..cannot sleep in till 2-3pm like yesterday. today big mission..must bring Dad's car to town for service..and I intend to continue my eating spree and shopping spree today..goooooooood night~ =P

Monday, July 16, 2007

monday blues

happy working for this week!!! (wishing nia la)

Having my coursemate joining my company today -- co-worker David. yes! now I can consult someone when I have doubts, cos he is my course's God back in uni. His roomie is the supergenius though, but this fella is aeroGod =)

Oh btw...I might be falling...for the wrong guy. ~Sigh...don't know la. Complicated love life. lol.