Thursday, 1 September 2011

Life Improvement Program (24th-26th August)

Scribbled by TeddieDebbie at 04:08 0 scream(s)
Alright I've already got the pics! So here's the update of the seminar/program I went. Be warned as this post is going to be very long coz I'm going to squeeze the 3 days activities into this small little space. :p

24th August 2011 (Wednesday)
I went to Jann's house at 7.30am. Actually I was suppose to reach earlier coz papa said the direction of her house is right opposite to the direction he goes to work, but all of us woke up late (It's already 'installed' in my nature alarm to wake up at 6.30am luckily, otherwise I guess all of us will be late for study/work). Then I continued to sleep with her till 11am ahaha... I had my breakfast (mixed fruit juice, blended with their skins! Full of fibre) and lunch with them before we depart to Port Dickson. ♥

We reached Hotel Seri Malaysia at around 4pm, but we couldn't check in yet coz the organizer weren't there. We waited for quite awhile then only we managed to check in. Our room was small.


I thought we can boil water in the room, but their kettle was so dirty! It was yellowish and the heating steel was rusty. EW. (We heard from one of the organizer that their kettle had a dead spider O.O)

Since dinner will only be served at 6pm, we went to have a walk at the beach right opposite of the hotel.

Lol... Jann was trying to pose like a baseball player haha... After the strolling on the beach, we tried to walk further down and saw a market. She bought some kuih and I bought a packet of sugar cane to drink while we walk back to the hotel. It seems like nothing much to walk around there. :(

I thought the light was suppose to be dimmed so I wore red contact lens :p
It wasn't obvious, right?

Jann had a friend from UM, Zhen Dong who went for the program too, that made us the only chinese participants there. He came and have a little chat with us (mostly asked for recommended place to go in Taiwan) and then only we went for dinner at 7.30pm. Geez we were late and all the food was finished! All that left were some soy sauce chicken with potato, some kuah, some fish and brinjal. (No offence, but the M's made themselves like hungry ghosts in Ramadhan month :S)

Then the program starts with the usual Ice Breaking. The group was so small one group had only 3 or 4 members. The organizer said some participants didn't turn up after they register. Hmph.

We were told to choose minimum 2 from 5 different flavours of candies, and then we were to introduce ourselves based on the colour picked. The second game we're given a piece of paper each, we have to look for the right person for the right description. Eg I'm single, I'll sign in the column "I'm single". The three fastest participants who got all the column signed will win a prize.

Game


The last game was "Lost", which we had to think what item we can bring if we're allowed to during a shipwreck, and made a survival story from it.

Group Discussion. See how cunning Jann smiled? (3rd Pic)

The game ended at around 11pm.

25th August 2011 (Thursday)


3 of us woke up at 7am, went to the cafe at 8am and surprised to found that only a plate of fried rice is served on a table. How can they be so stingy even their customers are all Malays! No buffet like other hotels served! Hmph! The Executive Director, Ms Jane Bee (fuyoh we had breakfast with such high-rank people!) complained coz they don't have other choice of food served. After the breakfast, we had talks for the whole day.

1st talk by Dr Victor - Changing Your Mindset, Transforming Your Life.
The talk was basically how you shouldn't limit yourself even if you're from a poor family.

They let us have tea break in between talks. I skipped them coz I don't like to be eating all the time. Ugh.

2nd talk was from Mr Ng Thian Watt, Three Kingdoms: Strategy and Leadership Skills. This one I already knew coz I studied Three Kingdoms last sem for my Mandarin course. Lol... After this talk, we had a photo session and then lunch.
Can you spot me?

Then it's a talk from Dr Milton Lum, Youth and Health: True Health is Wealth. His talk was all about statistics, kinda boring. *yawn* The last talk was from Mr Ng again, with the topic Achieving Peak Performance Through People. He asked us separate into 2 groups, draw our own face with the hand we seldom use (which is the left for me) and exchange with the other group.We had to find the owner of the sketch, and get the answer for 2 questions: Why are you here? and Give at least 2 unforgettable memories. So lucky Jann got mine! Someone took hers before I can grab hers. Lol. (Cheat failed) He said those who got more than 2 unforgettable memories will be the unique one, but I think the one who provides more unforgettable memories are the unique one. Then he let us played another game, which was to make our finger long and turn our body to our maximum by just using our mindpower. In conclusion, he was trying to convey that if we believe we can do whatever we want. But I think, this believe is some kind very psychological coz you might have "make" your finger grow longer in some way because you believe.

After the talk, we still have an hour or so till dinner, so we asked the organizer where else to walk around, which led us to Port Dickson Jetty.

All are taken at the beach, except for the one in purple border, it's taken at the jetty.

We went back earlier coz we're afraid they'll finish the food like the day before. And our worries weren't unnecessary, coz the Malays DID take all the food they want to have and put on their tables waiting for buka puasa! We had to take our food and wait with them ==" (Walao I think it's so pointless coz the food is there and won't run away and we had to wait with them to show our respect!)

I think I caught a cold coz I was sweating after the walk and sat in an air-conditioned cafe.

26th August 2011 (Friday)
Jann and I woke up at 7am and prepared to go for breakfast at 8am, but Zhen Dong and Peei Peei couldn't wake up so early so we went to the cafe first. This time they prepared more food - Fried rice, noodles, cornflakes and toast bread. Jann actually brought 2 packets of instant Milo coz "breakfast" wasn't included in the tentative so she's scared we don't have breakfast. Lol.

This day we had only 2 talks and the rest of the time were team building activities. First team building activity was to create a team cheer. Lol it was so funny and embarrassing xD Sorry, I'm not going to put it up here. :p Then the next activity was to build the highest architecture using straw and masking tape only. And guess what? We won!

We made the tallest 'architecture'!
(LOL Nevermind the ugliness. Can win then okie liao xD)

After that, we had our lunch and continued with a health talk from a nutritionist (Oops, I forgot what's her name). Mm... I rather ask Jann's sis, she's a dietician.

Third activity was to make an egg catcher. And surprisingly, we won again!
We used the masking tape to trap the egg

Actually none of us passed for the first time. Jann thought of this idea using masking tape to trap the egg right after our time is up. Lol... Looks like birds' nest right? :p Can win then okie liao xD


The last game was to sell an item appointed to us. We got a comb, and my team members can really boast it really hard! Anyhow this part we lose coz we don't have the 'skill' ahaha.

Finally we had a talk from Ms Jane herself (also about her from a poor family and how her confidence helped her in her career). After her talk it's the closing ceremony.

Free accommodation, free meal, got cert somemore!

I thought I will be very quiet with Jann's friends, but I found I can talk with Zhen Dong. Maybe he himself is talkative gua.

Ohh I forgot to intro. Here's a bigger pic of Zhen Dong:

Jann's dad sent us back... And I took the wrong file! Otherwise I could have show you the cert with MY name printed on it. Not blank one eh! :)
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Sunday, 28 August 2011

Leaving

Scribbled by TeddieDebbie at 00:50 0 scream(s)
Geez not long I'm back I have to leave again. I guess I'll have to put the Port Dickson post together with the visit to Popo's house liao, coz the photos and videos are still not uploaded yet...

Say hello to goodbye!
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Friday, 26 August 2011

I'm back! =D

Scribbled by TeddieDebbie at 19:42 1 scream(s)
Hey friends, I'm back from Port Dickson and can online for 16hours a day again! Happy anot? LOL

Mami kept nagging me to wash the clothes first so I'll update the trip some time later, okie? Somemore I need to get the photos from the program page itself ahaha. I can't take photos during the program right? :p

Okie ciao!

p/s: Chilaka the 'T' on my keyboard is so difficult to press... What's underneath the 'T' key?
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Sunday, 21 August 2011

Windows Live Messenger

Scribbled by TeddieDebbie at 19:47 0 scream(s)
I was using Windows Live Messenger(WLM) 2011, but because it's linked to the Windows Live Mail I can't change my display name the way I like. Also because it's quite annoyed to see other friends online with the formatting codes in their display name, so I've always wanted to change my version of WLM to 2009 but I'm afraid my machine doesn't allow it to (coz some of the machine will not allow the installation of software in older version if there's a latest version available in the machine).

This morning I tried uninstall my WLM 2011 and install the 2009 version, and it went smoothly! :D I was so happy until I IM my sis - The font displayed turn out to be simsun :(

I've already tried using TrueType font type ie Arial and Calibri, but no matter what font type I set, the display font is forever SIMSUN! Grrr!!! I felt so annoyed when I choose the font I desired but it doesn't display the true font type!

Then I was so give up I decided to use back the latest version. However, I couldn't find the installed WLM in Programs and Features!  Eff! Now I'm stuck and is forced to use this old version of WLM with the annoying font type liao. Padan muka loh! ><

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Update: The font displayed is back to normal after I changed it to Baltic Script instead of Western Script  Yippie~
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Friday, 19 August 2011

End of August

Scribbled by TeddieDebbie at 22:23 0 scream(s)
I can't believe, my semester break is going to end so soon! That's roughly 4 months babe! (Feeling complicated, not knowing whether I should be happy or sad...)

What's more exciting, my so-called intern job is going to end after the following 2 working days! Wahh this kind of boss where to find?!

Nah it's not I purposely take advantage on my boss lah, but because of this program Jann asked me to go with her which is held by the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development and the Multicultural Ladies Association namely Life Improvement Program at 24th to 26th this month. You see, 31st is National Day, 30th is Raya holiday, so boss let me have an off day on 29th... Then here comes this program, so my leave had to be earlier loh. (I don't know whether does it help but anyhow thanks to ahdi who taught me how to draft that email to ask for early leave =p)

At first I was undecided whether to go or not, as I don't really like to listen to talks. Plus Yin and Kuan weren't sure whether they'll go or not. And I'm not sure whether my boss will let me leave earlier coz he has already let me off on 29th. And going to Port Dickson for 3 days 2 night! Don't know mommy will let me go or not. But whenever I think that my memories about my holiday will be all about WORK it horrors me a lot so I finally decided to register.

And now! I'm registered and I can have early leave and my parents let me go! (Too bad Yin and Kuan aren't going aih) Woohoo~!

Okie that's enough. Actually I'm not doing nothing in this holiday also ma. I watched movies :D Other than the 3 movies I watched in cinema (Pirates of the Caribbean, Kung Fu Panda and It's A Great Great World) I also watched Insidious (CD), Farewell My Concubine (霸王别姬, PPS) and Bodyguards and Assassins (十月围城, downloaded).


I remember very much that before my sis Ivy went to Aussie, I was watching the Final Destination 5 trailer and I told her I wanted to watch the movie. Then her bf Jackie said:"Final Destination not horrible one lah, you just watch people die in different way. If wanna watch then watch Insidious this kind of horror movie." That time I was "wahh, Jackie said Final Destination is not as horrible as Insidious?" so I was very eager to watch it. Then hor one day after Ivy went to Aussie, mommy went to shopping she bought the CD so my sis Lily and my bro watch it with me. It was so disappointing you know! It was so cheh! Not horrible AT ALL!!! JACKIE YOU OWE ME FOR GIVING ME WRONG INFO ON THAT!!!


Then after the Amy Winehouse incident my superior suggested me to watch Farewell My Concubine and Bodyguards And Assassins. Bodyguards and Assassins was in my harddisk for quite long already actually. Last time when I first watched it, I only watched the first quarter coz it has so many fighting and killing scenes I felt so cruel so I stopped. This time after watching it, I remember ahjie also watched it long time ago in the cinema and had wrote about her opinion about it. My opinion is the people are so pitiful as they all have to die for Sun Yat Sen, and the cruelty of the movie can be rated as horror movie already but when I read ahjie's post - fuh! How can it turned out to be so funny?!

Alright. Who wants to go for movie with me next? I haven't watch Harry Potter 7 Part II yet!

Hm. Mommy said they've planned to pay Popo (grandma) a visit during Raya holiday. So that means other than movie and hangouts and a seminar, I still get to visit my grandparents

Fuh my end of month is so busy with activities!

Waving hello to September! ♥
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Monday, 15 August 2011

It's A Great Great World

Scribbled by TeddieDebbie at 20:50 1 scream(s)
Today is my off day again! Ngek ngek... My sis asked me to go for a movie with her since I only watched 2 movies during this sem break, and that was two months ago somemore (Wahh I ♥ her so much ) However, she still has to go to school till 1.30pm and we have to follow mommy back at 5pm so the movie we choose have to be within this time range. And following is the only movie that fits into the time range
so we just watch it lorh.

And then hor I only realize KL is so sien. Everytime I hang out with people we only go Pavilion, Times Square and Mid Valley. Minus Mid Valley that can only be reached by useless public transport KTM, I go Pavilion and Times Square most of the time.  Sunway Pyramid also hardly I go. Even this movie also we watched in Pavilion.

Then it's the clothes that I have to headache about. Weird that I don't know where I keep the dress I wanted to wear (will it be the 'ghost-covering-eyes' trick? It's the ghost festival. ) so I grabbed my sis's instead =p

Considering the transportation problem, I stayed in mommy's office in the morning to wait till my sis finishes her class.

The dress belongs to my sis.
And wearing the same shoes I wore last Saturday. Didn't take the lesson. :s

I actually took 3 pictures, but I looked so 'swollen up' this is the only one I can show without any edits :S I have to say that the shoes are my limit (heels about 3 1/2 inch) I only support my body with my forefeet and my feet are almost parallel with my legs already.

When we collect the movie tickets, I can see that we're the first two audiences in the cinema hall. My sis was so excited she thought it's cool to watch a movie in an empty cinema hall, as if we booked the whole hall for ourselves only and was half wishing that no one will buy ticket for that movie at the same time. So I scared her by telling her that it's still the 'ghost season' and we might watch the movie with 'good brothers' And that really does the trick =p Hahaha...

That movie actually quite okie for me but I'm not going to say anything here if you want to know you can go watch by yourself. I guess their poster isn't attractive enough so not many people wanted to watch it.

Fuh that's all for today I have to rest my feet already, the walking I did today gave me blisters on my forefeet :'(
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Saturday, 13 August 2011

Thanks to Malaysia's Public Transport! >:(

Scribbled by TeddieDebbie at 22:45 2 scream(s)
As promised last week, I'm suppose to update a post about Jann and me happily hang out with a Form 6 friend, Darmila, as we haven't meet each other for 2 and a half years. Jann and me even discussed where to go and we planned to eat Korean food at Korea Qing Zhou in Mid Valley today. Unfortunately Darmila is commencing her new sem and she's busy preparing so she ffk us :-(

Since we had planned to go try Korean food in Mid Valley and my mom has agreed to let me go for the gathering, plus Yin and Kuan weren't available last Saturday so I decided to ask both of them out :D (Also because I have chose what to wear since last Saturday coz I don't like to choose my outfit last minute. I could be messed up. And hor no matter what Jann wear I also think she's very pretty. So even though I can't make myself prettier than her, I can't make myself looks ugly standing beside her as well.)

I know we're going to take KTM coz it's the only way for us whom do not possess a car to go Mid Valley and save the trouble finding an available parking lot. So I felt wanted to change my outfit. But Cai Yi asked me to wear sexy a bit (As quoted from EC, if we don't wear sexy now, takkan want to sexy after we're old meh?) so I stick to my original decision.


Black tube with purple vest and short skirt.
Couldn't show the whole body as my sis had taken the camera to school and I'm not good in taking picture by myself x_x

My new shoes!
Coz Jann will wear high heels, I know. I just don't want to be the shortest among my friends :p

I went to Jann's house first coz she wanted to take Vampire Diaries season 2. She gave me the souvenir from Taiwan ♥

Confession Chocolate (告白巧克力):
不能没有你 (Can't Live without You)

Panda ♥

So four of us met up in KTM station at 11am. I don't know what happened today the train didn't come as frequent, and the couches're all crowded (Kuan told me her sis said the train was delayed in Rawang). We waited for one and a half hour, missed one train, then only Jann and me managed to get up the next train. It was so crowded I was nearly 'buried' in the people and pushed inside further. I grabbed Jann's hand so she can squeeze into the couch also, but a man standing right at the door stopped more people (and that included Yin and Kuan) from getting into the couch after Jann gets in it  As I couldn't move so Jann and I went to Mid Valley without Yin and Kuan.

On the way to Mid Valley, I heard a foreign lady said this to her boyfriend:"I'll never take this ever again." Walao eh. So embarrassing! What does the minister do?! The condition is so bad and is never improved! ('Chilaka' nonstop ><)

The journey to Mid Valley took half an hour only, but both Jann and I already sweat like we had a bath. Jann guessed that the people might have their paycheck already so they went to shop. It was so crowded even at the ticketing machine! I called Kuan and asked what are they going to do, she said they'll go The Mines instead of coming to Mid Valley coz they might need to wait for another hour for the next train AND they might not be able to get into the train too. And now a 4-person hangouts became a 2-person hangouts. T_T Jann started to miss Taiwan and keep saying how good and organized is their public transport, how discipline are the people, etc etc etc compared to Malaysia's.

We totally have no mood to do anything else already, so we decided to walk around in The Gardens and see what to have as our lunch. Oh before going to The Gardens, I managed to redeem this small bottle of eye cream (Treat from Clinique, event expired tomorrow):

We walked around and I saw SNO! Remember I went to Sunway Pyramid with my sis and missed trying the drink? This time I grabbed the opportunity and tried one of it. I chose green tea ice cream as base, add in Hershey's Kisses as blended flavour and marshmallows as toppings. Like that also costs me RM9 already. But it tastes good :D

After some walking, we walked back to Mid Valley and decided to have our lunch in Chilis.


At first we wanted to try their cocktail, but since we're already here, we tried their margarita instead :p

Chilis' Signature: Presidente Margarita

Since I don't eat beef and lamb, the choices are very few. This is what we have:
Crispy Honey-Chipotle Chicken Crispers

And here's the bill:
RM57.90 for one drink and one dish!

Actually already predicted lah coz it's all stated in the menu but takkan want to walk out after we're seated and already decided to have our lunch here meh. :S (Vomit blood. My lunch during working days also not so expensive T_T) At first we decided to share a dish in Chilis, then share another dish in Korea Qing Zhou, but we were so full plus it's already 2.30pm so we didn't try Korean food. We wanted to come back earlier as 5pm is the peak hour, so we just walked around window shopping and go to the station at 3pm.

Tragic enough, we waited for another hour for the train to come. And the people who waited for the train to leave is more and more. :S We managed to squeeze into the first train we waited but still we ended up sweat like we had a bath and were pushed like sardin in a can. ><

Jann's daddy sent me home and I'm so lucky to reach home before the rain pours. I was about to update this post when the power tripped and then I decided to have a good sleep and rest my feet coz the shoes I wore hurt my forefeet a lot, although it didn't give me blisters for a lot of walking today.

A pimple at my left nose alae is popping out because of the two round of sweating today. T_T

Four of us swear we'll never hang out during weekends anymore, if none of us is driving.
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