Random thoughts

Big, big.. Moon!

2012-02-08T00:46:00.000+08:00

Seriously, for two consecutive days in a row, the moon looks so near to us, I felt that it was just within my grasp. Well, considering it was on the 15th and 16th day of the lunar calendar, guess it is expected for the moon to be a bit bigger than usual.

Hm, it also signals the end of Chinese New Year though as CNY only lasts 15 days. Also, a good day to excuse ourselves (as auditors) from client's place as we can say we want to throw some oranges as per Chap Goh Mei's custom.

But back to topic at hand, there is a silent grace about the moon, so magnetic that there is actually a full-moon phenomenon that happens. From hearsay, turns out that the full moon can make some people bring out their primal instinct. So, do remember not to go crazy on a full-moon night. XD

Yup, final verdict! The moon has been damn near us that it looks pretty huge. Expecting the moon to continue looking big for this few days.

2012-02-04T19:54:00.000+08:00

Lunar New Year!!

2012-01-23T01:47:00.001+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!!!!!

Its now the Year of the Dragon, the most celebrated Chinese zodiac around. But I still prefer Fruit Basket's take on dragon, which is a seahorse. XD Anyway, its time for family reunion, gambling and time to increase the savings, regardless of the amount.

Then, as per every CNY, I would definitely be watching tv for countdown, performances and especially, the LION DANCE. I don't know why though, there is something about their movements, the agility, the gracefulness and the playfulness they portrayed, it really makes me enter an awe mode.

And since there is a tradition to stay up late at night so that parent's can live longer, here I am, blogging to kill off some boredom and to make time pass a little faster. And see what else I am doing withing the first hour of the new year:

XD, manga reading and comic blog reading, I really am an otaku in a wide sense. XD

So, again, have a great new year everyone!!!

Of fair weather and pleasant mood!

2012-01-21T09:38:00.000+08:00

Here you go, a Hawaiian-like photo taken in a place called Klang. I honestly did not think that such a beautiful view could be obtained in Klang. Anyway, its a good one I think, the lights were balanced, sky are almost cloudless and there is a worldly feeling to it.

Of pleasant mood, would refer to my happiness at passing my FM exam! Seriously, I got panic, restless and irritable for the whole week. I feel bad for talking to my seniors harshly actually. And they still patiently taught me things. Well, I am in a period with steep learning curve, so I guess it is the best time to grow then.

Since I passed FM, 5 more to go before I complete ICAEW and say bye for good. Not to say I am letting the pass get into my head, but I am enjoying it while it last! And Chinese New Year is around the corner as well. Time to use the holiday for a good movie and good rest to recuperate before coming back to work.

So, finally, have a great Chinese New Year everyone!

Idle mind=devil's workshop

2012-01-16T00:43:00.000+08:00

Honestly, this saying is as true as truth can be. Cause I had one near experience of it. And that experience almost changed the way I viewed some things.

For instance, I was actually at a very close friend's birthday party, I was initially happy and excited, not at the prospect of the party per se, but at the notion of seeing my friends because I recently started work and would like to see more of them.

So, what began as an happy night eventually turned into an emo-like moment to me because I turned bored. Yes, you read it properly, BORED! So I turned to my usual solace to cure my emo-ness and the cause of that moment was partially induced by some alcohol I took in the night before. Well, according to my solace anyway.

So, off I go, BBM-ing and getting counselled before I made a decision that I can never undo. Of course, the main trigger was still my boredom though.

So, believe now when an idle mind is a devil's workshop? XD

It's all about Malaysia!!!! Malaysia Boleh!!

2012-01-03T23:45:00.001+08:00

XD Title actually seems a little quirky, even in my opinion, but guess that is the best way to sum the things below. So, be warned that they will be no political views or independence declaration. XD

Actually, first thing up is Malaysian Girls musical that I attended last year (actually not that long ago, just one or two weeks back) at KLPAC. I went alone despite KLPAC having a buy one free one promotion regardless. Obvious reason being that I enjoy watching performing arts alone. Its like, I really get to be in a world of my own.

Back to the musical, in all honesty, it was awesome!!! (note: by Malaysia's standard) The first thing that awed me was the storyline actually, I mean, where in the world do you actually get to know about pageant training schools (do correct me, I am quite sure I might be wrong) and the things that they do. Then, the next aspect, the singing and dancing were just damn great that I couldn't help but to tap my feet as a way of joining them. But you know what I love best? It is the backstage people, like the director, choreographer, musicians and support staff. Without them, things might not be able to run as smoothly as necessary. For example, towards the end, one of the performers collapsed due to health reasons and support staff actually dealt with it quickly enough (I was really worried about her but also partially thought it was part of the show). Yeah, a truly glitzy and glamorous production!!!

Next up, about Malaysia Boleh is that I recently bought a calendar from Bolehland.net that covers 12 months. But to be fair, the calendar is actually a collaboration project between MiaoWafuPafu, Bolehland.net, Bro, don't like that la, bro and Pauline, where all 4 of them are actually comic bloggers. My personal favourites are actually Bolehland.net and Bro, don't like that la, bro because they are just downright funny and lame wei!! All their post, if not most, captures the true Malaysian spirit.

All in all, it is still about Malaysia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS: I still love my country.

Of justice and peace!

2011-12-30T08:01:00.000+08:00

So, this is my daily view since I started work as I actually used the LRT in the morning and night.

Anyway, so what is justice and peace? I am talking about legal files review. Any company, at one point, will be sued or to sue someone and under one accounting or auditing standard, it is necessary to look at the legal documents or files. My guess would be to quantify the effect of any damages on financial statements.

Well, that was practically what I did the whole day anyway. So, other than my full-time work, I am in the midst of getting some support from KLPAC, or the other way round, I am trying to support KLPAC and the performing arts industry in Malaysia.

Basically, I made a preposition to KLPAC that I would like to write reviews for any of their shows, plays or musicals in exchange for a fixed fee on ticket and publicity on their website. In all honesty, I think this would be a win-win situation but not sure if KLPAC would agree to it. XD

On a lighter note, I am eyeing to purchase a special edition calendar. Make a guess on which one is it. Or wait till I post up a photo on it. XD but I can assure you, it is gonna be cheeky and fun. The calendar I mean, not the post.

Guess I sidetracked by a lot towards the end of the post, so to divert back,

PEACE to the WORLD!!!!!!

LRT and 10pm.

2011-12-29T08:22:00.001+08:00

So, this marks the second day I work which is 28th Dec. Never before had I appreciated and used the LRT like this. But I do have to thanks Rikhai for teaching me how to use the Kelana Jaya line because if he did not, I would not have been able to find a way to client's place.

Not only that, second day already and I am leaving office at 10pm at night. While it does made me fear what could be worse than that, I am actually anticipating what I can learn and the exposure that is laid in front of me. Just thinking about it makes me giddy and happy.

To be fair, seniors in the team gave me the easiest job, in other words, requiring less brain power. Which for that alone, I am grateful.

I still can't wait to see what is in store for me in the future.

1st day of REAL WORK!

2011-12-28T00:28:00.000+08:00

So, while I apologised for not putting anything up yet regarding my trip in Switzerland and United Kingdom and the long disappearance of the sky photos, allow me to entertain you with a story of my first day at work. Just in case question marks appear, my job is that of an auditor. At where? Give it a lucky shot. XD

Anyway, first day was just full of talk about certain proceedings in the firm and a quick run-through on stock taking procedures, I do admit I was eating more than listening(refreshments were provided), but I really learnt a few stuff about tipping-off and keeping some of your cards. Next up was to group us juniors with relevant senior members if they are around. Mine was someone I knew from my internship days, so it was fairly relax and I actually had nothing to do for the day. Well, not real work anyway. XD

But I still got two things done though, which is to open a bank account at a specific branch and fill up necessary forms as I want things to be done as quickly and as clear as possible (had some bad experiences with HR dept which left a slightly bitter aftertaste, like stout).

OK, guess that's how a typical orientation day works though, but they do love to make us feel unique by saying we are 'special' and there will be more orientation and training coming up (read: more free days! Woo hoo!)

And as apology for all the delays and what not, enjoy a random photo:

Posting delayed, picture taken

2011-12-12T17:09:00.000+08:00

Can't believe I delayed one after the grand announcement of revival but here you go! XD

Revival of daily sky!

2011-12-11T01:42:00.000+08:00

Morning people! Its the revival of daily sky photos from yours truly. There is just something about the sky, morning, bright, sunny, dark, starry etc etc that is just so captivating.

So, from now on, the sky we see will be from different aspect but it is still the same piece of sky. XD

A good end to an arc.

2011-12-08T01:38:00.001+08:00

First time I used a full stop on a blog title I suppose. But the more surprising part, two blog post in 12 hours. XD

This end is very special though, as it truly marks the end to my full time studies as FM is the last paper I took as a full time student. And my holiday-mode entered full gear as soon as invigilators collected my answers and questions script.

So, as a way of having a united spirit, we all went to have dinner together after the exam. The car I went on contain Ka May, Casey and Joel. So, me being a little mischievous, bought them to BDO since Casey drove to Jalan Sultan Ismail.

It was quite exciting to see the place as a soon-to-be employees, but I am quite sure I won't say the same thing once I am an employee. So, each of us finally saw which job we are on and I was the only odd one out. Whilst at first I did have mixed reaction, eventually, I decided that it might be the best. For all I know, there must be some reasons for things to turn out this way. Anyway, met with a few of PJD seniors, BDO batch 1 and BDO batch 2 in the office. Quite a fruitful trip for me.

We decided to leave once our stomach grumbled non-stop and it turns out we were at office for half an hour already.

Anyway, a quick drive were made to reach Sunway and there were so many rubbish spoken in the car ride, ranging from speculation about the clients, teasing of each other and even, moaning(ok, this is a little perverted of us, but fret not, nothing excessive! XD)

Finally, we reached our holy land of food, Tastypot. A little pricey in my opinion but the good company make up for more than it. The best part was, I went to take ice-cream, and once I turned to go back to my seat, everyone was looking at me. I put on a poker face and walked back to my seat. Turns out they were all wondering when am I done taking the ice-cream since I took quite a long time. They even laughed at the amount I took, which is much much less than they expected. LMAO when I heard that.

Still, all good time must come to an end and thus, ends my day as a full-time student. For real. At 12 sharp.

Bridging the Gap

2011-12-07T12:05:00.000+08:00

My last paper for the year is starting in 6 hours time and here I am, blogging about thought that just struck my mind. I still couldn't comprehend that I stopped full-time studies a week back and going to start work in 2 weeks time. Just so surreal and so near yet so far.

Furthermore, the day my blog turns 3, I am somewhere far off, with no access to the internet. So, Happy Birthday in advance, BlogKok!!!

After full 20 years of being a student, now I had to join the working world. I do have to say, I might have taken the easy way in as I didn't go through the hassle of an interview, only the cumbersome job of putting together a resume. While the prospects of going out to work, receiving paychecks and being able to live independently (not really, I still live in my parent's house) seems so fascinating, my cynical self reminded me of the long working hours, less time on anime and manga, and last of all, and the greatest kick, no longer a student.

I couldn't fathom at all how life would be. Yeah, I did go an internship which lasted three months, but was the internship a real indicator? I doubt so, as my seniors were all nice and cool. But I am sure, the 'real' ones is when you put a stern and strict senior into an assignment which is a s shitty as it can be.

The other thing that I am adding to my plate is to start making my blog a place of memories, where people can just casually drop by and say, hey, been there, done that, that's life! I don't want a reaction which says : wow! so different!. Maybe I am still a sheep(not the zodiac sense!) but in the sense, I do not have an inborn initiative to stand out, I rather stay with the commonfolk.

Guess its really time to start a direction with my blog in addition to my thoughts which could range from mundane to fairly emo-ish to the damn hyper! XD

Owari?

2011-11-25T23:34:00.001+08:00

Not sure if this is even a proper owari cause I really doubt I can sever my ties with anime club that accompanied my full-time tertiary studies. SUAC will always be my longest serving club especially with all the great people that I came to knew and all the great anime and manga thrown to me.

On the last meeting which was held on 23.11.2011, I made a proper get-together dinner as like a farewell of some sort. It was held at none other than Medan which is befitting of our casual club. During the dinner, I thought of my journey in SUAC. It was such a roller-coaster ride that I am sure I will never ever forget.

Initially started out at the club as a fairly shy junior and slowly worked my way to know great seniors, from the first Kaichou, Bin Yun, my lou po chai, RINI-Chan, Advyn and all the other great people. Furthermore, to be able to contribute in AniManGaki is an honour by itself. I learnt so much by being involved in both the planning and execution parts. I learnt to foresee problems, troubleshoot for others and even take things into my hand if necessary. My next enjoyment comes from getting to know juniors and connect one generation to the next, partially by using my title as the Seme Guy where nobody can escape from my lecherous pair of hands.

That's not all though. I will always remember watching anime together with everyone in the club, the random comments during the screening, the in-depth discussion of a particular anime or manga series, the friendly cliques that existed and last of all, the series lootings that I got! Without these lootings, I doubt my future will be fun-filled or even less stress.

Therefore, I hope this is not owari SUAC, but a mere temporary absence on my part due to further commitments. Allow my impertinence on saying that as long as I stay around here, I will do my best to attend meetings.

Ja ne, minna-chan!!!!!!!!!

Breeze in the forest

2011-11-04T00:24:00.001+08:00

So, on 2 November 2011, I went on a solo mission to Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac) to watch and enjoy a flute recital by professional flautists. The name of the programmes is A Flutey Affair and while I unfortunately missed the flute consultation and discussion, I at least manage to enjoy the recital.

Please bear with my haphazard writing below as I wrote it while the flautists/accompaning pianist were playing. And before I forgot, the mentioned players are Sin Jin How and Tan Kian Joo. Though, there were a few others who was not mentioned but equally impressive.

So, let's begin:

1st piece(flute and piano) - it gave me a mixed feeling of peacefulness while being nice and sentimental. Yeah, it also felt really slow to me.

2nd piece(same as above) - from Princess Mononoke, this piece is slightly melancholic

3rd piece (same as above) - apparently the main theme of princess mononoke, the sour sweet feeling of love was being potrayed, as well as the longing and yearning of a loved one.

4th piece(flute duet) - A French piece, loosely translated title is Autumn Leaves. Reminds me of childhood memories, that is happy nevertheless, peppered with a little regret.

5th piece(also duet) - Fly me to the moon song. Much like the original version but feels lighter and less depressing. It was rendered into a dance-like feel, so it became similar to waltz.

6th piece(still a duet) - From Kiki's delivery service and the part shows a black cat. Therefore, it is very cute sounding, as if without worries at all.

7th piece(now a trio) - An ultra light piece. The three flutes sounds as if they are playing with each other. A little element of tai chi, but just much much happier and faster!

8th piece (upgraded to a quartet) - piece started slow, like a scene at an old train station. There are people waiting for arrival and departure. It also feels a lot like Disney openings in a way. Slow but not draggy.

9th piece(a quintet if memory serves right) -it is a mixture of Ponyo(on a sea cliff), Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro. First one is really a bright piece that it can instantly lifts up a person's soul. The next one is Spirited Away ending. Need I say anymore? XD. The next one is just full of hope that despair seems non-existence!!!!!

It was an eye-opening experience as the set-up made the whole recital feel very personal. It brings me back to a time where music can only be enjoyed by privileged few and in chambers, salon and what not. Nevertheless, with the recital being free, I wonder why so many people did not jump at the chance of attending though. Puzzlement and recital aside, I even managed to know someone new there. :D

Now, quiz time, do you know where the title of my post derived from? Have fun guessing! XD

PS: Waiting for klpac to give me the titles of the pieces. Really curious and interested!!!! XD

Inversi~~

2011-11-01T18:45:00.002+08:00

I am not talking about the handphone game with the black and white circles nor a formula which includes the reverse.

What I meant by my title is......

CROSS-DRESSING

I had the shock and fun of my day when I saw a muscular guy(fairly easy on the eyes), in a strapless black dress walking along the hallway of college today. My initial reaction was that I thought I was dreaming. Like seriously, there is this manifestation of something until I heard the laughter of classmates when he entered his class. Coincidentally, the class is one that I have a secondary classmate and anime club fellow member present.

And with that, I entered the class and laugh till my guts were about to fall off. There were 4 'girls', one as mentioned about, another one with a cheongsam, one wearing tights and damn sexy and finally, one who is slightly chubbier but nonetheless, interesting(as in, he really does all the sexy poses that even normal girls would think twice before doing it)

The 'guys' on the other hand, had a effeminate touch on them. Mainly because they did not changed themselves as much as the 'girls'. Still, there are easier on the eyes than the 'girls'. I can stomach them better. XD

I do hold a fair bit of regret in me when I did not take a picture with them but oh well, I still feel like an outside anyway. But the reason they did this is something quite close to my heart, Gender Identity Disorder.

Oh, just in case I forget in the future, it is the BPSY Batch 12 that is this crazy!!! Man, I partially love my secondary classmates' tertiary classmates. XD

2nd SPARC series!!!

2011-10-31T23:52:00.002+08:00

But 1st time attending though. And speaker this time is Zlwin Chew. Pro-clubbers would know who is he. XD I am still quite impressed that EYE project/SEC Malaysia managed to get him as a speaker. Furthermore, host or emcee was great, Jeremy from red FM. He is another great fun dude!

Aside from that, in all honesty, it was great learning about life from Zlwin. I mean, he shared his life experiences and his journey on how he started from a nobody to become a somebody. Which he aptly named : The Magic of Pain, Passion and Perseverance.

He also said a interesting point on your goals and what type of person you would be to achieve that goal. Seriously made me rethink about how most people will lose themselves when they achieve success.

After his talk though, it was networking session and I managed to know a few great people there. Some still students while some already at work. And best of all, learnt so many things!!!! XD

Graduation under ICAEW

2011-10-30T16:31:00.002+08:00

Ever had the experience of having two graduations for the same course within the same month? I know I did. XD Great experience but randomly amusing. And best of all, both were different!!

So, I posted about the one under Sunway-TES and therefore, this one will be about the one under ICAEW. Initially during my journey, I had my doubts whether did I choose the right course, will it suit me, am I meant for it and yadda yadda yadda but now, despite failing 2 external papers, I am all great and still with gusto to get the qualification.

How my graduation started? With great rush I must say. I was just in time for the final rehearsal and had little to none refreshments due to me being late.

But overall, taking pictures and talking to each other, congratulating each other is really fun I guess. Too bad had to leave early as was being lazy.

Quick update~~

2011-10-21T22:52:00.000+08:00

I really wanted to write down in more details regarding what's had been happening but seriously, after getting hit by a failing Business Strategy (though, compensated by a pass in Taxation), I just really want to focus on my studies and ignore other things. Irony is, I am still helping out and poking my nose in wherever that seems interesting.

Anyway, a quick update :-
-Watched Real Steel with Sunway-TES staff as I was a student helper(see what I told you). Real Steel is really awesome, especially how a kiddo can pawn an adult. And mind you, adult was acted by Hugh Jackman. XD
-Bought myself a BlackBerry Torch 9800(already under debt although had not start work T.T) and having fun with it. To be truthful though, the main reason I bought it was the BBM function because there is this friend I would really like to keep in touch with but the only way to really contact is via BBM, so yeah, you get my drift. XD
-Partially or mostly neglected anime club stuff. Is this what happens to all seniors who left the club? They eventually lost touch? But I really love the anime club(SUAC)!! One of the best things that happened to me in Sunway University

Well, that's all I guess. No life lessons nor humour, plain updates. Heck, not even story-telling mode anymore. ><

Crazy day (almost)!!!!!!

2011-10-09T15:03:00.001+08:00

So, had my first Progress Test for Financial Management and Financial Reporting. Undoubtedly confusing but in a way, do-able?

Anyway, I was more interested in what happened after that. XD Cause I didn't go home straight, I lingered in college/uni until about 3pm, talking to lecturers for the heck of it and tried pranking some of them. Well, it is Parents/Lecturers Day anyway. It is fun, talking and learning about life from lecturers. Though I do find it a little tiring for lecturers who has to speak the whole day or have a constant stream of parents or on the other hand, a quiet day, which I think is actually a more enjoyable and relaxing thing(?)

Following up next is BarBeQue at Stephanie's house, which is located just directly beside Bukit Gasing. But too bad, didn't get to hike or anything. I am still more excited over the fact that I managed to heat up the charcoals with Stephanie, Cheok and Rikhai. Ok, I was the supporting role here and my flame kept dying off :( Though, thanks to the wisdom of Stephanie's grandmother, we managed to heat up all the charcoals till it becomes white and some even amber red. The heat from the charcoals were damn powerful that even putting the grilling plate becomes a fairly difficult task. Apparently not for Rikhai though, his pair of hands has got high heat tolerance.

Then, for the first time, and most probably not the last, I became The Cook for a fair part of the time we were there. Because Stephanie's sister also bought her friends along who were considerably young. So, yeah, ate quite a lot before I started being The Cook though. And a lot more after I cooked. XD But its fun, juggling each piece of meat and patty, and cooked them till, I think, it becomes a cancer-producing one?

Seriously, I reached her house at about 4.30pm and stayed there, eating, cooking, and talking to her mother and her till 10.15pm. It was really fun, getting to know here better and seeing her among her gamily members. Her family members are quite nice people. Chill and all.

Argh!! I forgotten that I played her house piano. It was a near-death experience!! With Cheok and Rikhai having their Iphones out!! Damn you two dudes!!!

Following up, was a surprise birthday celebration for Chun Tean at an open area, which is actually a housing area and behind a few people's house. Fairly nice environment and quite nature-like feeling. Alas, being monsoon season,we relocated to Lilian's house basement due to a slight drizzle occuring. Apparently, Chun Tean was being blind-folded and supposed to be blur on where he had to go but he was seriously potong-steam when he kept commenting to Yee Jean on where he is and stuff like that, like a real GPS, he even memorised the bumps and potholes and what-not. So, had cake and pizza and a little cream-fight here and there. The main character had the dual role of birthday boy and XD Typical of us, no?

In short, I left my house at about 8.00am and only reached home at 2.00am, do the maths will ya? And quantify the fun I had the whole day!!!

2011-09-30T00:26:00.000+08:00

I am a little lazy recently, so I guess I will just summarised what had been going on in my life for the past two to three weeks.

Basically, after the first day of AniManGaki 2011, on 11th September, I went to Hong Kong and spent about one week there. Pretty fruitful I shall say, as I really enjoyed the public transport and weather there. Manage to visit Disneyland and Ocean Park as well. I must say, I am quiter entertained by those places. But my real enjoyment came from visiting their Cultural Centre, Space Museum and Art Museum. There were so many things for me to see and explore there that I think I don't have enough time to experience the whole thing. Of course, on other days, I just spent time visiting their shopping centres and malls.

After the end of a great break, I just resumed and the below are just the highlights that happened:
-had first ICAEW Malaysia Student Network meeting, fairly interesting I suppose, (is supposed to type the minutes and correct some stuff)
-attended my first ever NLP programme, it was interesting, apparently I was practising the methods subconsciously. Nevertheless, its fun. XD
-reigniting my interest in reading. Loaned damn many books from library and bought two classics on my own (The Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird)
-finally being a serious student by trying to constantly revise (but plan sort of backfire XD)

So yeah, that's my life so far. Bored though. Cause I ain't growing.

AniManGaki 2011

2011-09-11T23:15:00.000+08:00

It is the annual write-up about AniManGaki(AMG)from me again!!!!!! This year I only manage to help out partially in the planning stage and experience day 1 of AMG but it is still a satisfying experience for me. I mean, hey it is my last year as a full-time student, time to enjoy to the fullest.

So regarding the planning stage, it was full of conflicting opinions and last minute decision making which I think was evident during our event. I mean, a show being run by a few man can only lead us so far. I really hope next year that the whole club, regardless of seniority, to participate in the planning stage.

Anyway, about thew first day, I was partially a ticketing person and direction teller. But it was a great to see the progress of the turnout. I mean, that day itself, we had 900+ people and to me, it is a damn great turnout. I also get to see various types of people and cosplayers. Though, to be fair, I have to say that we were damn messy in the morning, due to lack of planning from me and a latecomer called Ticket. XD

Nevertheless, the stress and adrenaline kept pumping up till I forgotten that I did not sleep at all the previous night. I had to tell people directions and sort out the received amount. Not only that, I got constant disturbance by a certain someone. XD Hint: It is a lecturer.

I also had fun interacting with cosplayers ie. The SWAT team, Hansel(thanks for the sweets!), the violin/viola performance by the kind cosplayers. See the excitement you get from being at The ticketing counter?? XD

How can I forget about the omatsuri, stage and hall?? Omatsuri seems a little quiet to me but still manage to be fun. Stage was great, thanks to the emcees, cue and flow manager and the foresight to put the chairs there. A great thank you to the booth owners and I hope they had a booming business.

In short, the event was a great big success thanks to Ms. Jane for whatever critics and help she gave, Song Leong for smoothing out all the incidental crap and to clear up whatever TTT did(you were never a figurehead, since you actually did work and responsibly), Terry, Jess and Derwinn to think things through and go to the details, emcees(Hisashi Glay and co.), booth owners and most importantly, cosplayers, photographers and sponsors.

Cosplayers were damn great, I mean, we had so many memorable characters today and a great train of Hatsune Miku, a bunch of Touhou characters, really cool, confident and sexy crossplayers(I mean business if I am going to suggest a crossplaying competition). Oh! A final word to the cosplayers and a crossplayers, you guys are the awesome-est bunch I ever met, keep being THE people!!!

Photographers, what can I say about you? You guys are the magnet that pulled so many participants to our event, hope our place provided a good backdrop for you. Do allow u to use your photos. We will definitely credit you.

Sponsors, a big thank you!! You all provided the extra edge we needed as you guys bought in stuff to generate more excitement at your booth(especially EYE project booth, so damn cool!!)

There you go, AMG through my eyes and only for the first day. For any feedback, please send and email to animangaki@gmail.com
send the good, bad and ugly, we want to know ways to improve ourselves. XD

Zarathustra

2011-09-06T10:40:00.000+08:00

Weird name for a post, no? Well, the name is actually from a book called Thus Spoke Zarathustra. And the implication? He is a hermit.

Still not self-explanatory? XD Basically, I am finding a need to secluse myself. I am only fit to be a friend that only touches-and-goes. I think I did not develop the security in others that I am trust-worthy, capable of giving a listening ear and a strong shoulder to match. Not that I am complaining. XD

But ultimately, its all right, because there are better friends out there who fits your need. While I truly apologise I cannot help you, I am glad someone out there was there for you.

Such occurence were not rare, often enough actually but each time, I overcame it by one method : Be Stronger. And by being stronger, I began to wander more and more, always keeping a whispering thin link with each other.

Consequently, meaning of things change when that happens, I remember I used to treasure this shirt so much but rendered meaningless eventually when I realised it is a one-sided valuation. Only I valued the shirt, the others, not so much. See what I mean yet?

Sometimes, I even placate myself with this question : The world is big, with millions of people, so do I want to limit myself and only know a few hundred?

My answer is a definitive NO!!!! I want to see the world, explore cultures and understand them. Well, maybe its time I change my name to Zarathustra, a hermit that walks around, being philosophical.

Meh, but to do so, I shall need dough (ie. cash), lots and lots of it~~~

My next A!!!!

2011-08-15T01:41:00.001+08:00

Yay!! I am finally done with Associate for Piano on Friday (12th August 2011)! Now I can fully concentrate on my Associate of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ACA) exam, in Business Strategy and Taxation.

Anyway, back on topic, the next A that I meant refers to being an... Advisor. Do you get me???

Such an irony!!! How can a child be an advisor :P Basically, apart from being Sunway University Anime Club AniManGaki 2011 Sponsorship Advisor, I just got appointed as Sunway-Tes ICAEW/CFAB student committee advisor. What the heck? Its quite funny at the end of the day, as I didn't even attend meeting due to lack of transport.

You know what, you guys can officially start hating me here, cause I realised I just a fairly braggy tone but guess what? I think beneath all the excitement and enthusiasm, I am just really overwhelmed by everything that's happening.

In the beginning of the year, I had 14 new classmates, which I was friendly with but not close yet. And I loved them thoroughly now. Secondly, I failed an external paper for the first time but I managed to emerge stronger and more victorious. Thirdly, I knew so much people that it does not only seem uncountable, its basically like molecules. The part-timers of ICAEW, ICAEW Malaysia Student Committee, new members in SUAC, CFAB batch 5 and 6 (sorry 7, don't know you yet!!) and whoever else that I met in any functions or events. Is it not exhilirating? Finally, it is the fact that its the 2nd half of the year and the middle of the 3rd quarter of the year!!!

What the hell???!!! Did I do anything that made a mark in the few months that passes? Ok, aside for the fact that I sat for my Associate exam in Piano Performance? Nothing! Nil! Zilch!

But I guess once AniManGaki 2011 ends and I start work, I can proudly put in my resume the position that I held for the year! XD (with explanations of course!)

Associate Exams!!!!

2011-08-01T01:27:00.000+08:00

What a whirlwind!!! I am so bogged down by piano and academic studies that I did not blog about the Kuala Selangor fireflies trip.><

But I believe for what is worth, the end, where I passed my Associate in Piano Performance (exam in 12 August!!) and complete the ICAEW Application Stage end of this year (finally) would be a damn satisfying experience. I mean, throughout my entire academic life, I had not fully understood the meaning of being a student of the books. I am a great learner of life, but a failure and idiot of books.

At least, after the hectic months of August and September, I would be having a short breather by having a trip down to Melaka for my Diploma graduation ceremony and maybe experience something I had not tried before. :P I am going to keep that as a secret for the time being. Maybe once I finished Application Stage then I shall write about it? XD

So, two down which are Audit & Assurance and Financial Accounting, 4 more to go this year. And Associate Piano, which I am under such sever stress right now. I am practising to the point I can see veins popping out! Is that normal? XD

Well, I guess that's all. Just need a place to put down my worries in words so that I don't become too extremist!

2011-07-12T00:47:00.005+08:00

Damn it, how can a simple promise be so complicated!!!!!!!!

A simple promise, broken so easily, messing my future, abuse the respect. Seriously unprofessional and unethical.

Please do not bring up ethics the next time you want to negotiate or discuss things with others. You are undeserving to mention even the word.

Holiday happenings!!!!!

2011-07-05T23:43:00.002+08:00

So, holiday is ending then only I feel like blogging. I mean, the urge and push was there everytime and everyday I did something I find worth blogging but I felt that it would be quite a waste of time if I just blog every single damn thing that happeneded to me, therefore I concluded that consolidation should take place. XD

Anyway, throughout the holiday, I spent quite a lot of time 'yum cha' with my secondary classmates. A little disappointed that I am about to start my next semester just as everyone is coming back, but oh well, better some than none at all. Experience a lot of first time as well. Like first time reaching home at 4am, first time I watched a movie at Jusco Selatan and first time I am the driver for Su Wei (the only other person from secondary classmates than I drove for was Lydia back in 2009)

Secondly, I had massive improvements in terms of expression when I played my Associate pieces (repertoire). On the other hand, I am not as relax or calm as I should be. Instead, I have been rushing much more than I should. Time to take in a deep breath or take up yoga/meditation. I would have to say, I think my motivation started and came from the fact that a piano tuner can play better than me (on my own piano no less!) especially using pieces from Nodame Cantabile live drama. I mean, a piano tuner! My gosh, had a total change of perception on piano tuners now (the previous one was another one that requires mentioning but not this time).

Furthermore, I also became very immersed in bars, bartenders and drinks. Currently looking for a nice bar to have my first bar experience (when I say bar, I include bartenders as well). I believe that my fascination started with the anime Bartender and at that time, I thought I will be taking up hospitality and just learn how to be one, which also led me to be very attracted to flair-tending. Alas, fate has other plans in store for me. Anyway, my initial fascination died off and re-ignited when I read the Bartender manga. Although the main character was being potrayed differently and some happenings being removed or distorted, the essence of the story remained. I really hoped a bar like that existed.

Last but not least, I spent a day with Randy and learnt so many things from him. I mean, I found out more about Christianity and the current state of affairs. Heck, even getting lost is a fun experience cause we supposed to attend a play. Thanks to my idiocy, I forgot the way to KLPAC and eventually, lost the chance to watch Julius Caesar. Though, the day wasn't really that destroyed despite the disappointment of not being able to watch the play. Because later I get to enjoy great roasted(?) chicken wings and boxers at one end of Jalan Alor, drank sugar cane juice mixed with lemon juice and ate a bowl of assam laksa which is quite tasty for Kuala Lumpur standard.

Honestly speaking, that wasn't really the last but I guess Ipoh trip deserve a post by itself.

And there you go, the consolidated blog post(CBP) of my holiday.

Shocku!!!!

2011-06-24T02:04:00.003+08:00

Actually, its the Japanese pronunciation of 'shock'. Yeah, this is in relation to Tokyo Magnitude 8.0. Sort of like a life imitate art or art imitate life type of thing. Cause its like a projecting what will happen to Tokyo if a 8.0 earthquake occurred.

Basically, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 has those typical not-so-cool-artwork-but-surprisingly-nice-storyline. I am serious about it! I mean, two siblings, with the sister (Mirai) being the 'bored with life' kind and the brother (Yuuki), so optimistic and always want others to be happy, finding their way back home and an unknown lady (Mari) who always helped them but also has a family to go back see so many things throughout the journey back home. Their strength supported each other all the time!

But Shocku!!!!! part to me appear when at the last moment of episode 10 or during the whole last episode, Yuuki actually died already when in the earlier episodes, it looks as if Mirai was dreaming of his death. And it is his apparition that encouraged and supported Mirai.

I was crying while watching the last episode cause it is so damn sad and come as a shock!!!!

Midori Lantern, Kung Fu パンダ and X-Otoko

2011-06-17T02:19:00.002+08:00

As soon as I finished my exams ( AA and FA), I instantly started enjoying myself!! XD
First movie I watched was Green Lantern (thanks to my bro's gf) and its the preview, so I think I sort of get bragging rights? XD

Then next day, I watched Kung Fu Panda 2 and X-Men : First Class. Both shows are meant for different market segment but I find both highly enjoyable.

Yup, kinda tired now, so this is short! XD

AA and crap talk!!!!

2011-06-02T01:23:00.002+08:00

I wonder why but I tend to put wackier titles. And no, I do not literally mean talking about crap, it is just that things we say are just for entertaining purposes.

Anyway, today was full of AA questions and hearing coversation between part-timers and Mr. Ong. Highly interesting as I get to know more about Petronas companies and business. Not to say I can't find out about it myself, but I rather have the human communication/touch, get me?

Best part of the day was, went out to eat at Asia Cafe with Mr. Ong, Eric, Jerry and Jerry's driver. Man, it was damn fun!!! Everyone is so damn funny and this is the first time I stayed till so late not for any event purposes ( AniManGaki and ICAEW events) but for academic purposes!!! Ok la, I am exaggerating, I wasn't really studying, more like enjoying myself with a few friends.

I realised one thing today, part-timers are actually like normal students, just that some of them carry a slightly more matured mindset and more knowledgeable in business world. But at the end of the day, they are still students!!!!

Yup, yup, its the simple things in life that brings me the greatest joy!! In short, today is one of the best day I had!!!!

Bakuman Chapter 133 Last Page

2011-05-30T23:13:00.001+08:00

This is pretty much a crucial time for me but I really gotta say this.

I FIGURATIVELY JIZZ IN MY PANTS WHEN I READ BAKUMAN CHAPTER 133 LAST PAGE. IT'S JUST SO DAMN COOL, MY ONLY REACTION WAS THAT!!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Samurai Deeper Kyo : Final Stop

2011-05-22T02:33:00.002+08:00

Guess what? For the past few weeks, I was on a frenzy on this manga called Samurai Deeper Kyo. Failing AA did not deter me from the manga, rather, I became even more ferocious in my pursuit to complete reading the whole series. Though, I would rather say that the mangaka created the final stop where all readers would be free to drop by whenever we miss the characters or just to see their simple smiles.

The series, which contains 308 chapters was no easy feat to complete. Though, 308 chapters roughly translated to 7 years of serialization. How cool and long running is that!! I mean, ignoring the fact that they are some manga going beyond that mark.

Chapters and length aside, the manga was so damn good because it strikes a chord in anybody's heart. When the mangaka(Kamijyo Akimine) masterfully weave in human values, bond of friendship or hatred, different paths but same goal and 'masks' that everyone wears, its hard not to be able to connect with any of the characters. And the moral of the story itself, by the mangaka herself, are stay stong in what you belief, pushing forward without fear or doubt and live life to the fullest!!

I would say every character, regardless of how small or brief their appearance might seem, foolish even at the beginning, plays a great part in the story. The main character himself, Kyo, was actually driven by all the other characters. By himself, he would seem to be a little bland, or normal, except for his way of words. As he speaks in a way that sounds very harsh, the kindness within his words can only be understood by people that understand him well. Kyo and the other characters as well, showed me what life in. In the sense that we get blinded all too often with what is in front of us rather than the truth that lies behind everything.

Before reading Samurai Deeper Kyo, I was constantly rethinking of my present and doubting myself. Am I really suited to be in the field I am studying? Would I be able to excel to my own expectation and of others that I felt indebted to? Why am I doing this? For money, for better livelihood or for family? Then, I realise, the message was clear all the while in the Samurai Deeper Kyo. Clear such foolish thought, just stick to your path and give it your all. Doubting yourself, even a small one, is enough to bring the whole person down.

So, for this two things, I will give it my all. Piano and ICAEW. I will be Associate for both. Instill fun and happiness in children whenever they hear music or play the piano. Be financially free and contribute to the society.

Yeah, most probably I will need to go to Samurai Deeper Kyo : Final Stop to remind me of this.

Buck up!!!!!

2011-05-14T15:52:00.003+08:00

Now ain't the time for joy and cheer! Tis the time to work harder than ever!!

Yeah, especially since I failed AA paper, and its about half a month since I got my result on 28 April. Nothing surprising I guess, since I had been quite weak in the paper all this while.

So, cry over spilt milk? No way! That ain't me. I am the type to let it pass and just work harder for the forthcoming papers, which are AA and FA. So, yala! will just work harder.

Though, I still promised myself a movie and I watched it already. Its Fast and Furious 5 : The Rio Heist aka Fast 5. I am generally satisfied with the movie, its just that I didn't like the fact that they cut out the race(s) scene save for one. I mean, for me, Fast and Furious was never about the plot, it was all about Cars, Women, Cars, Macho, Cars, Underground and CARssss!!!!

So, you get my drift. XD Yeah, recently taken a liking to pun as well.

Ah, back to topic, its time to BUCK UP!!! and my pull my socks while I am at it. :P

Trip back to old school!!! WOO YEA!!!!

2011-04-22T20:49:00.003+08:00

Old school = Sri Garden (International). XD

I don't know what else to say. This week was the open week for Sri Garden and I purposely chosen this day to have a look at my alma mater. I practically spent 12 years, at least, in Sri Garden. I know each spot at my fingertips. Having spent so many years there, it was a great big dose of happiness injected into me today.

Each teacher that taught me before didn't fail to left me which some words of wisdom. Particularly Mrs. Pang, who taught me when I was in Pre-School (5 years old). Her words clearly resound in my ears "Be a somebody and contribute back to society." Of course, my other teachers, those that taught me from the time I was in Primary Standard 1 to Secondary Form 5, told me other worldly wisdom. It was just great to see them again.

I feel more prepared and ready again to face ICAEW. Again. And especially with AA results coming out soon, I shall think that this visit is just what I need to get going. XD

Anyway, in chronological order :

Woke up a little later than expected this morning but still able to make it in time. XD, the guards actually thought I was there for IU night(which tickets were sold out way earlier than I found out) and told me to come back at 5 pm. I was like, no, I am here for Open Day, I want to look at the school and get info for my friends' siblings. One of the guards recognise me and say, yala, can go in la, ex-student mah. Then got settle. Manage to go in and have a little updates about Sri Garden International. Like the new system, timing, changes, all those kind of stuff.

Best part of the day, meeting all my teachers and two young guides to take me around (or the other way around?). Yeah, and I took too much of their time but glad that they have fun. All the teachers thought that they are my sisters wei! XD

So, about Sri Garden International, the only major change is the International Block where classes and walls are fairly new. There are interactive whiteboards too which some teachers tellign me that they are just getting used to it.

Glad to see that most teachers are here. Also met with Ariff, the small boy who counted the books wrongly, each time.

Yeah, basically that's it for the day. Now I am happy to get my failing results for PT on Monday and Wednesday, regardless what happen. Cause if I ever fall emotionally, it would waste my teachers' time and effort for the day.

Adios, minna-san!!!

PS: I would definitely recommend Sri Garden International over Sunway International School. Due to the fact that I was highly judgemental on its Marketing Department. SIS one was damn arrogant and bitchy, SGI was much mroe polite. SIS was like, ah I look down on you because you are a kid, SGI don't really mind that I am a kid. XD

Life : Meaning?

2011-04-17T13:58:00.002+08:00

Ah, quite bored actually these few days. Been doing nothing but trying to study for the two PTs coming up next week. Kinda hard focusing on studying. Hm, maybe not meant to study but only do?

Anyway, reading a damn good book entitled error-nomics by joseph t. hallinan which explores the science behind making mistakes (ok, the actual subtitle is why we make mistakes and what can we do to avoid them). Quite an interesting read I must say, because it included many references, experiments and explanation.

For example, one issue touched on was, does more information makes you more accurate or merely increases your self-confidence? There is also the problem that our minds are automatically tinted with rose-colour. For example, you might think that things were actually better than it actually was! Mind you, these are the few things I picked up but truthfully speaking, the best about the book was only this sentence :

The currency of life, is not money, but time.

Which led me to think, so, value of life is, happiness? XD yeah, proud of myself to think up of it but in hindsight, I notice that people should have noticed that by now right? Since it is pretty much common knowledge.

And I just came upon this realisation (though, not to sound like a sour grape), I rather not get any World Prize, lest I am expected to be an outstanding employee. I am happy with passing everything by only using the first attempt, learning all the much more important living skills life will throw to me. :D

Resting day!! XD

2011-04-08T03:53:00.003+08:00

Well, this morning started off pretty badly, with me waking up feeling damn dizzy and not in a condition to drive. Furthermore, already woke up late, so that worsen the situation and therefore, I had to miss my class this morning T.T, so sorry Ms. Ruzlena!!!

Anyway, by mid-day, my dizziness subsided and was feeling much better ady, so my mother dragged me to accompany her at Pavilion. Nothing much to do except the usual. XD, kinda short at this stage cause there is nothing much to write.

The real fiesta starts in the night!!! So basically, went to yumcha with a few people (Su Wei, Jun Jin, Sonia, Sow Yeng, Chun Tean, Lilian, Yee Jean and unexpected guest). Supposed to start at 10pm but dragged till 11.30pm and as usual, at the mamak place, I ordered Roti Naan Cheese and Teh C.

Anyway, we were talking way too much crapped until the unexpected guest came!! He greeted us with a " Are you guys all blind ar??" *claps *cheers *screams from everyone who were present!! because he is, none other than, Edward who came back from UK for Easter Holidays! All the other tables were like looking at us la. Because of our ruckus!

Except Yap Yee Jean, cause she was the one that planned it with Edward. Anyway, continued talking crap until we decided to continue at Edward's house and played Twister. Turns out to be damn obscene at some point of the game and damn yoga-ish. One of the conspiracy/theory we had was that this game was created by guys who wanted to molest girls, indirectly. XD

First time playing Twister, and damn fun I tell you!! I nearly broke my leg due to over-stretching! XD

Well, that's for the day folks! Have fun!

*Time to focus on FA, TX and Piano!! Oh yeah!!

Musings~

2011-04-07T00:32:00.002+08:00

Ah.. so many things running through right now but first and foremost!!!!!!

Yumcha tomorrow night with some Form 5classmates! Woo hoo~~~~

Will talk about frustration towards BDO some other time.

Must be written!!!

2011-03-29T00:42:00.003+08:00

28.3.2011. Jed Yong's birthday ( one of my new classmates). Today was too crazy to put into words but I shall try!!! XD

Basically started the class being only slightly late, about 15 minutes or so. Which still got me a simple reprimand. Anyway, the real deal started after the lunch break Mr. Simon gave, which involves a condom (hereafter referred to as rubber), pen and pencil and a lot of shouting and screaming!!!

What happened was, I never really seen a rubber before, so I just ask if I can open it la, and they keep pushing it to each other, so I just tore the packaging. Damn, the first thing I touch was something pretty much wet, slippery and sticky. First reaction was YUCK!!!! and I instantly dashed to the toilet to wash my hand.

Coming back from toilet, I saw another friend trying to demonstrate the elasticity of the rubber and initially, Shu Tin's mechanical pencil was used and then finally, my pen! Though, I think my Blue Kok almost became a victim, but I am quite protective of it, so they can't use it. But I did my fair share of experiment by trying to see if the rubber leaks and it doesn't. So, I am quite satisfied with my results.

After that, I am forced to throw the pen away since it is more or less, rendered unusable due to stickiness and what not.. UGH!!!

The other best part of the day was celebrating Jed's birthday. Celebration turned food war I tell ya! Cause at first, we kept spraying whip cream at Jed, then don't know how and why, the cake became the ammunition. But I am quite sure, most of us, if not all, became dirty due to all the cream and cake. I myself got smeared on the face like *SPLAT on my face wei!

Though, everyone is co-operative and cleaned up the room. I was a little annoyed with myself that I wasted a chance to record a video today but no worries, many more birthday coming right up!

Simple fact : Turns out that the liquid is sort of like a disinfectant and lubricant. Reminds me of KY

Turn over a new leaf

2011-03-28T01:19:00.003+08:00

Meh, I guess it really is time to turn over a new leaf. Been fooling and idling for far too long. And what a lousy lesson it was!!!!

XD, you guys must be thinking what the hell am I crapping about. Well, basically it is about my studies right now la. I will be sitting for Taxation and Financial Accounting paper in June (I do not even want to assume I will be re-sitting Audit and Assurance in June!!!). And after my saga in AA, I decided it is just best if I start practising from day 1 and also to strengthen my foundation.

I mean, CFAB was all happy and breezy but things really did change. No more the option of last minute studies, and definitely the (now not) applicable method of only practising to answer questions the week before.

So yeah, guess I will be forced to have better time management and all those stuff now. I mean, juggling between being a stable student, active club member and responsible teacher ain't easy. And the worst part, they are all crashing and blasting with a Bang in June/July!!!

Reason being :
1) I will be having 3 major subjects exam with Taxation and Financial Accounting as mentioned above, with the 3rd one being Associate in Piano Performance of London College of Music.

2) SUAC is having AniManGaki 2011 in July. And I am in sponsorship team again this year. Oh the stress! I am feeling it.. T.T

3) Since I am teaching piano now, on Saturday, my focus shift to being able to explain the theory aspect better, as most of my students are gonna sit for their theory exam in September. So that leaves me only, what, 5 months to make sure they can do it?

See, if I continue playing around with Tax and FA, I really don't know what will happen if any part of my plan go poof!!

But I guess all this are expected, huh? Since I signed up for CFAB in July 2009. Just a little sad that I haven't change enough to accomodate to the current situation. XD

Crush 'em!!!!

2011-03-20T01:27:00.002+08:00

Its now 1.30am and I only have 2 more days left before the war with AA exam. ARGH!! I am frustrated that I lack the tremor of stress and excitement that should be coursing through my veins. At least if I feel mildly stressed, I also won't be this frustrated but oh no! Due to extinction process on my kiasu-nism (official R.I.P in Form 1), I now couldn't be bothered with anything except passing the paper. Though, I will find it pretty epic if I passed at 56. :P

On the other hand, I know I should be working harder than ever because, I got myself a CAMCORDER!!! Hip-hip-hooraaaayyyyyy!!!! I initially wanted a Sony Handycam but couldn't find a reasonably priced one so instead, I settled for :

YUP, A black Panasonic HDC-TM80!!!!!!!

which records in HD and can take photos.(basic functions which are enough to satisfy me) . And it is made in Japan, therefore quality should be there. So far, couldn't find any unsatisfactory function or usage on it. Partially because I can't allow myself to spend too much time on it. Yet. I mean, AA is coming up right. XD

So yeah, actually it was kind of risky getting the camcorder first because I haven't pass my AA yet. Another way to look at is though, is that it is suppose to be a present or form of encouragement due to me completing my CFAB course.

Well, AA is the main priority now anyway. CFAB days are history. Our history. Time to crush it and no allowance for a limb to survive. Lest it becomes Anthony of Julius Caesar.

Quickie!!!!

2011-02-25T23:46:00.003+08:00

XD, yup, this is gonna be a short blog post cause I ain't got the time to write a proper one with good grammar and complete sentences:

- Congrats to BDO Batch 3 for completing their papers!!! Now I can fully commit to having a closer relationship with you guys!! XD

-First battle is coming up!! So, we better CRUSH them rather than only destroying. Yup, talking about Audit and Assurance paper now.

And that's it. But I think the best one is:

- I am highly inclined to think that I fall under NATO category in Mr. Ong's opinion. XD

Disguise wonder

2011-02-19T17:05:00.003+08:00

On 18.2.2011, there is suppose to be a free dinner by ICAEW in Fukuharu restaurant. Somewhere around in Ampang area (supposedly my area) but despite the distance, I refused to go.
Instead, I spend my time lazing around in the house and attending piano class.

I really wonder why that even after knowing what happened, I even felt happier. Like a YAY!!! sort-of-thing. Maybe I realised that I choose the right option of not attending. When I looked at the photos that were uploaded in Facebook, I smiled to myself, thinking 'Hey, they are all having fun'. with BDO Batch 3.

Hell, if I went, I will have to wear formal and go to Ampang Lookout Point, and I will reach home damn late, which is not a thing I want to risk, since I am starting to teach piano again, on Saturdays morning this time.

Or I need my own space, even in the company of my friends. Or, I am in denial.

Hah! I really don't know anymore. The biggest rock in my heart is not about my incompetence in Audit and Assurance but rather, I am in a state of denial.

Seriously, not going is a big big blessing in disguise. XD

War ahead!!!!!

2011-02-16T13:04:00.002+08:00

Well, exam is not exactly near but still, near enough. Meh, but I can't seem to focus on doing my revision. (Read: Previous post was ineffective) Possibility is that I am being distracted by too many things.

One of it would be I am trying to adapt to the change that had taken place. And mind you, it is a damn drastic one! I totally don't blame anyone for the change that had taken place, only my own inability to take it in a stride. Time and again, I wanted to take some personal space for myself to grow and adapt, but time and again, I failed by falling hardly because of the soft and gentle words spoken by my friends. Maybe its time I just say TAK NAK(?) but damn, that sounds like the anti-smoking ad. In essence, I just gotta be stern on myself and move on. I can't stay in CFAB July 2009 forever. No doubt yeah, we were once bonded damn strong but grow up Jowena, things changed, human changed, I changed.

OK, maybe by trying to get my own personal space, I am running away. I don't want to constantly be surrounded by new faces. I want back the old faces of 9 everytime, but then, it wouldn't be fair to the new faces though. And sometimes, the old faces because they need to expand their zone as well. I mean, once the excitement and thrill is gone, everything becomes boring, and that's when signs of divorce start to happen. :P

Secondly, I think I might have too much on my plate or I am just that sucky in time management that everything seems to be a big mess. I have to get my Associate Piano pieces settled up quick, so many loopholes here and there. Then, SUAC by committing for meetings and AniManGaki 2011 (the last one I will be able to help out properly). Last but not the least, juggling between revisioning AA and TX, and splitting my focus or adjust my priority. I am highly tempted to just start working and go with the change.

Thirdly, I am beginning to feel like a disabled. Like how I keep wanting to go out and have fun with friends but the uselessness of not owning a car. I mean, I am totally fine with going to a friend's place and car pool but I don't even do that. I just wait at my home for my friend to arrive and say, "Let's go!!". That's quite pathetic and useless, isn't it? T.T

Sigh, after so many things and nothing related to the exam. I am pretty messed up, aren't I?

The world stops for no one, only one who stops as the world goes ahead. To the lifeless drone,a slacker he is called. To the wise, he is an observer of humanity.

Gentle reminder

2011-01-30T13:21:00.004+08:00

Watts, Little, Spicer and Pegler,
Railton, Knox, Howitt, Plender,
Hewitt, Northcott, with Stephens,
Cassleton Elliott and Arthur Swinson

Blurry names and hunted words,
Doubtful signages of my road,
Wisdom and wit are the traits,
For those worthy of their bait,

Fear not for the torture,
Which awaits in road of allure,
The treasure in hand is worth,
More than a mountain on earth.

Ardous journey I fear not,
Rather more the escape of thought,
I would love the prize(s),
But jack of all trades I rather be

Better still, I reach the end,
For the One Piece I stretch my hand,
Where I can combine and join,
The knowledge and wisdom of three years,
And be the master of most trade.

The three One Piece I eye,
Is Quilter, Walton, Whinney!
Rather the assimilation,
Than sole recognition.

With that, I shall persevere!!

YAY!!!!!!!! I am done with the poem. Yes, my very own gentle reminder. XD

Call of desperation

2011-01-23T18:59:00.003+08:00

Audit and Assurance is killing me to the max, slowly but definitely! I know the words but where are the concept? Where are the understanding??? Either I am being too tough on myself or I am just not where I am supposed to be.

And for once, this shall appear..

:(

One of the wonderful times XD

2011-01-14T02:45:00.003+08:00

And what so wonderful about it? Well, cause it is the 2nd time the 10 of us are all having dinner together, with Mr. Ong and Mr. Simon this time! The meal is courtesy of Mr. Simon because it was something that he promised us la, as a form of encouragement for us to pass POT paper. And yup, it was great that we all really managed to pass the paper. XD, free food!!! XD

So, basically, we all ate Thai food and I think I will classify this as a 10-course dinner, because there is just so much food!!! But the day before the dinner, I was under intimidation threat by Mr. Simon la and Shu Tin lied to me. In short, a lie became a truth. Concisely, Shu Tin called me in the afternoon and said all of us are gonna wear formal. Not only that, apparently I was ordered to wear skirt (again?) by Mr. Simon, according to Shu Tin. I sort of know that Shu Tin is lying ady la but the worse bit is, at night, Mr. Simon really did call me to wear skirt AND if I don't, I risk not having the free dinner!! See, the intimidation threat I am talking about.

Dinner was damn fun as well!! Because we all talked crap and when there are two great lecturers like Mr. Simon and Mr. Ong, life just can't get any better. Ok, maybe its exaggeration but seriously, this is like the two best guys to learn things from. Not in the philosophical way, but more like the ugly truth type. This is one of the moments where I really wish for a camera/camcorder. I mean, when they are so many funny things going on, you can't help not keeping it permanently! XD

After that, we all went to watch a movie together, minus the two great lecturers. Faster is the title, and I will tell you, even I find it a little mundane. I am not really sure what kinda genre it is, but I did not really feel enough suspense or any adrenaline coursing through my veins. First time watching late night show with classmates.

But the better part of it is, the guys kept complaining that its thursday (aka ladies night for euphoria) and its like a hot chicks mecca, so they are kinda frustrated that so many hot chicks around but they can't do anything. Anyway, they went to mamak after that. So, really no difference la. XD

Skirt? Skirt?? SKIRT?????

2011-01-07T00:39:00.005+08:00

Oh yeah, this is kind of a crazy post, cause for the first time, I wore a skirt to college. Sad case, ain't it?

It started off by being a bet between Mr. Ong and me or more like a challenge. I don't know which word fits here, really. But the basic is, if Mr. Ong teaches CFAB July 2009 (now ICAEW-FT-Jan-2010) Audit and Assurance paper, I will wear a skirt for first day of class. And being a man, who is proven by what he does and not what he says, I wore the skirt.

The 1st second already marks the hilarity of the whole day when CFAB July 2009 start saying things like "no wonder it rain', 'ah, 2012 really end of the world' and the likes. Cause I was really amused when I heard so. Laughed my head off as well.

Then, first thing Mr. Ong did once he entered class was to point at me, sort of signifying like, 'did you stick to your promise; kind of thing. So, yeah, random laughter here and there. I mean, he called me to stand in front of the class to show them and said he felt cheated/gutted because I wore my bicycle shorts underneath. Walau, want to con me to wearing skirt on the next day somemore. No such luck Mr. Ong!!XD

Then, the next grand finale is Mr. Ong called up Mr. Simon to come to the class. Just to see me in.. skirt. Yeah, damn crappy wei!! And I seriously wanted to walk out of the class if not for the threat (gah, intimidation was used on me!!!) that I might be noted as absent then admin people will call up my parents. So yeah, Mr. Simon really came and another funny drama which, sort of la, happened like this: So, Mr. Simon knocked on the door, came in and asked me to stand-up, and being the joker I am, of course I decline la and said what's wrong with seeing me sitting? Then, Mr. Ong also attempt to persuade me and I finally relented, cause if I don't, these two big, big jokers are gonna do the somewhat unthinkable. So, I stood and Mr. Simon still says he can't see it, I sort of like called him to adjust himself to see la, then Mr. Ong pulled my table to one side and I pulled it back. Damn, thinking it back, its just damn fun. XD Then, Mr. Simon started telling about 'improvements' that I should made. Meh, another laughed my heads off moment. But I still think Shu Tin listened intently to what he said la. XD.

Yup, kinda rambunctious moment. XD

In short, I stil hate wearing skirt but if it makes people happy, why not? BUT!!! This does not mean I will be wearing it often. EOS. XD

Happy New Year aka entered 2011

2011-01-01T03:48:00.002+08:00

Yay!! 2011 is here. Marking 2 years I left high school in one sense and 11 years after we entered the new milennium. I still remember the hype about the 2k virus then and one more year till 2012. XD

Anyway, point is I want to talk more about my 2010. I mean, because 2010 ended, so we have 2011. I intend to put down pointless things like the books I borrowed from library throughout the year, crappy stuff that I did, random jokes I encountered, you know, those kind of things.

But my final day of 2010 is among the best I can get la. Because managed to have steamboat while countdown with Sonia, Sow Yeng, Su Wei, Chun and Yee Jean (ok, she came pretty late but who cares? XD). Then also video called Hui Jian and Chia Hoong. Some things just never change. And it is better that way. I think homeostasis in motion?

I partially blame that on the sudden class size increase!! Yes, I have not make peace with the fact that instead of 3, I have to adapt to about 17 people. Dude, its more than 10!!!! ARGH!!! And if my guess is right, seems like I am being sugar-coated poo!

Enough of that, I am suppose to start my new year happily, so yeah! about 12 hours time, I am gonna post up random facts from 2010 and random expectations fot 2011. XD

Every day I roam

2010-12-20T13:39:00.003+08:00

As per the title, ever since I turned 19, I rarely stayed at home man and the week has been awesome!!!!!! Full of cool-ness!!!
Just a brief write-up on my week. Has been an awesome week but I forgotten most of the things, so, please make do with the limited info here *bows and apologies

On Saturday, 11.12.2010, I found out I passed POT paper ady so, my birthday is also the day I am awarded the CFAB qualification. XD

Then on Monday, I went for Piano, nothing much right, wait till you read about the next few days.

Tuesday, there is meeting at Sunway University for ICAEW Christmas Masquerade Party. Just a final briefing on the whole event.

Wednesday, ICAEW Christmas Masquerade Party. Pretty much... un eventful I guess. Objective not reached but sigh..

Thursday, went out with secondary classmates to watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, at first we thought we entered wrong cinema hall, so we enter another one. Then, things don't seem that right either. Guess what, movie screening is at 11.50pm, when all the while we thought it is 11.50am. XD so just chit-chat and do nothing..

Friday, did some crazy stuff which I ain't telling.

Saturday and Sunday is Sunway's Open Day, so basically visited Nursing and Hospitality booth pretty often. I reckon about 4 times each. XD Next year I am gonna learn flair-tending and what not. But first of all, ICAEW to the max!!!

End of a trail, beginning of a journey

2010-12-11T13:24:00.004+08:00

Taken on 10.12.2010

10th December is always an eventful date for me. One reason is it being my birthday but for the year 2010, it became even more eventful! For two reasons, one is having to sit for Principle of Taxation e-exam and playing Cashflow game (I don't know the proper name, so I am just putting it like this la). Reasons for the title? Read below, dear folks. XD

The day (commencing time : 12.00am) started off with a phone call from Lilian and Chun Tean, singing birthday song to me and wishing me happy birthday. Feels a little Cinderella-ish because of the 12.00am sharp thing. Alas, they ain't the first though because 10 minutes prior to their call, Tze Lin already sent me a birthday message. XD. Well, that time I am still preparing(STUDYING) actually, so wasn't really able to talk to Lilian and Chun Tean much. Ok, after that, naturally, I had more calls and wishes coming in but I sort of say Thank you and showed my appreciation in facebook ady, so I rather not repeat what I did cause I had more interesting stuff to write about. XD

Basically, few hours later, reached college at 2.30pm and continue studying. ><, this is because exam is at 6pm and the whole day sort of feel wasted because I only concentrated on passing the exam. But then, Mallory and Joann was there as well, crazy peeps la both of them. But It was great having them around, cause they did manage to relieve my stress a little. Mr. Simon was there a well but spoke to him a little only la. Too busy processing my thought on POT subconsciously. XD>

After that, met with Arthur, tried to test each other knowledge but failed miserably. XD, still, manage to clear some doubts la. At 5.30pm, we walked towards the comp lab and wait for others to arrive. It was at this moment the photo was taken, and I quite like the efffect but would have been better if I grasp the lighting. XD Tze Lin bought me a slice of Secret Recipe cake which is damn nice~~ Then, Shu Tin the blur bugger (XD) say Oppa~~ first wor, and not Happy Birthday! but she still did say la later. Wei Ken arrived and he said Happy Birthday also. One by one, the others start coming in. Mallory just knew (from Cheok) that its my birthday so she came to comp lab to great me and Mr. Simon came also to give us moral support la, I guess.

During exam, I was in a half-dazed state of mind actually. I kept looking at the timer and jump here and there. Also had a slight panic attack because I thought I won't have enough time. But overall, the exam was manageable la. Expecting a pass. ;) Also, if I pass, I will buy either a camcorder or camera la. The way things are looking right now, it seems that camera will be what I am getting.

XD, as soon as we are done with the exam, all of them started discussing about the paper which is just so damn UGH!!!! but typically students. XD Then, some of them have to go back hometown and what-not cause it is ady 7.30pm by the time exam ended. Yeah, sun set ady and darkness had enveloped. Then, between mee jawa and Subway, we ( Adam, Arthur, Cheok, Wei Ken, Mr. Simon and me la) went for Subway in Sunway Pyramid. Got buy 1 free 1 coupons, so its ok la. XD And oh my goodness, the things that guys talk about. Damn funny man!! And seriously, I am beginning to believe what books are saying about them la. Not only that, Wei Ken belanja-ed me Subway and for once, Adam being nice, so I manage to get 2 Mitch Albom books for free (yup, birthday present no. 2) XD. I think the highlight is still the things that they are talking about la. I think can be classified as comedy and ecchi. Yeah, hang out with me long enough or read manga/watch anime, then you will know what I am talking about la. Among the things we talk about, includes Sasha Grey(not sure if this is how you spelt her name) series, bottle of 7-hours, and you get my drift. XD, was damn happy la in short.

And the finale of the day!!!!! Playing Cashflow game!!!! So, all of us who went to Subway also stayed back to play Cashflow game. So damn nice to play and interesting too. I mean, being an educational tool, it is really relevant to the real world. But due to the lateness of the time we started playing (9.30 or so), we only completed the first objective which is get out of the rat race. Mr. Simon wants us to focus on this only and the fun part is based on how we played the game. Each of us actually sort of have a signature of the day:
1. Adam is cautious so he did not do much
2. Arthur land on 'doodads' (spendings that serve no purpose) most of the time
3. Cheok is a speculative buyer when it comes to properties
4. Wei Ken got downsized twice but overall he got a lot of opportunities for share market
5. Mr. Simon got two babies and therefore expenses increase, cashflow decrease
6. I usually land on paychecks only. So, typically employee.

But I did have two big breaks which led me to get out of the Rat Race first. XD, 1st one is getting opportunity to buy the share at a low price of 5 bucks and Cheok is willing to give some capital but with a profit-sharing ratio of 7:3 which I am ok with it. XD, cause the selling price we had later was 30 bucks!! XD, so, I got about 96,000 bucks from that one investment. Which enabled to quickly clear off all my loans la. Then, my next big break is I finally land on an opportunity spot and the first I get was a property with 1000 bucks passive income. That exceeded my expenses ady alone! So, I achieve the objective first and sort of ended the game la cause Mr. Simon wants to start teaching what this whole game is about. Though, Cheok only had 60 bucks left but my sudden rise just overshoot him. XD

Personally, what I learnt is, high cashflow by itself won't help much. The real deal comes when your passive income exceeds your expenses. Fair thought? Of course, he taught much more than this but at this point in time, I think the only thing all of us care about is PASSIVE INCOME. XD

Yeah, with the game, CFAB July 2009 is officially the end of the trail and journey begins next year, 4th January 2011 where all of us will be in the ICAEW Application Stage, working our asses and other body parts out to the max. XD Also, 19th is the end of my teen stage, so, gonna be even crazier in my new age!!!

HAPPY 2ND ANNIVERSARY TO MY BLOG TOO!!!!!! XD

PS : Everyone who wished me already. Thank you very much, find your own name in my facebook posts. XD

2-in-1

2010-12-05T17:22:00.002+08:00

Taken on 4.12.2010

Well, 2-in-1 basically means two days worth of activities in one post. XD

Yeah, 3.12.2010 first. Today was the first day of Revision Class (RC). The day started off with my usual tardiness and questions. 2 sets of questions, super taxing!! Ok la, got 30 mins break in between but still! Principle of Taxation is really taxing!!! XD
So, basically, once we finished the 2nd set at 11.30pm, we decided to go Sunway Pyramid to have our meal and ate at Burger King. I was feeding my classmates food if they act as an animal, though my only victims were Amelia, Lee Ning and Cheok. Lee Ning is the only one that entertained me though by wagging her tongue like a dog. Amelia is a dolphin but she only did the trick for the Hershey's chocolate pie whereas Cheok is impassive la. The others either still lining up to buy food or buy phone la. Then, talk while eating and as usual, I eat the slowest.
Ok! After that, the others (meaning lecturer and my classmates except Tze Lin) went to the arcade and played games whereas Tze Lin and I went to explore MPH. XD. Funniest story from them was Mr. Simon purposely go against the traffic to bang the 1st and 2nd racer. In his own words, to screw up the race. XD
We only left Sunway Pyramid at about 2.00pm. Do the maths on how long our break was.
Then, another set of questions and off we go home. My additional activity was a short yumcha session with Mr. Ong and Leong Hong, but I rather call him Hong Leong la.

4.12.2010. Last RC with Mr. Simon but he is teaching us again next year, so no worries about that. The coolest part of today is, in an attempt to de-stress, all of us went to the Cyber Cafe above Medan and played Counter Strike. On my own part, I am really bad in the game. All of us were discussing our strategies loudly, it was damn funny. Then right, Mr. Simon like playing the game by himself de. After that, we did another set of questions and it is the end of studying for today.
Well, because I bought two Robert T. Kiyosaki books today to college today and Mr. Simon saw it. He started talking about Cashflow Quadrant, how it affects income, Cashflow 1.01, the share market, technical indicators and many various things. Its very eye-opening la, whatever he said.
Then at night, or evening, went over to Lilian's house for a sort-of Christmas celebration. Glad to see meet-up with secondary friends. Joked damn much. Laughing till my throats hurt actually. Talking about Japanese game shows, some ghostly elements and sat in Su Wei's Avanza to go around. It's fun la in short.

So, today, 5.12.2010 onwards, its time to put my best game on, lest I fail my POT which should not and never happen!!!

Motivation!!!!

2010-11-27T17:45:00.003+08:00

Taken on 27.11.2010

Well, while the photo was taken on 27.11.2010, I will also talk about 26.11.2010 cause both days equally mention-worthy.

So, 26.11.2010. One word to describe the day : EPIC!!!! Because today, yumcha session got Mr. Ong as well! I mean, usually, with Mr. Simon, its funny enough but when we add in Mr. Ong, I daresay, classes might as well be conducted in White la!! Yeah, although from the students there are only Arthur, Cheok, Adam, Shu Tin, Tze Lin and me (obviously), all of us joked and crapped so much that the sheer thought of it makes me laugh. Definitely memorable is when we apply segregation on who should get which World Prize (for the papers I am taking next year). I mean, some of us definitely already target and aim for one or two(back-up) whereas I am still in the situation where, IF the World Prize fall on my lap, take la. Though, I don't mind if my World Prize come later though. XD. Then another thing was, when I was eating my roti canai, Adam asked both lecturers for their opinion about making next year 1.5 years instead of 1 year and I almost couldn't take another bite of my roti canai when I heard them talking. It's like so typical accountant. i.e the profits realise slower la, revenue is deferred. I am like WTF!!! mentally. I think Tze Lin caught my wavelength then. There is more things that we talked, joked and discussed about but typically me, I forgotten most of it and for topics that are more perverse by nature, it will be funnier if talked about in real life. XD

A little prediction for the beginning of 2011: Classes are most probably conducted in White *wink *wink. XD

Ok, 27.11.2010, nothing much to elaborate except that sat for two exam papers. Principle of Taxation mock exam and Thinking Skills final exam. Neither was walk in the park!

Oh yeah, talking about World Prize, I am thinking that if I really do get one, I will have to travel to UK to attend the award ceremony. Maybe I will have the time to visit all my classmates currently studying in UK, especially all the parts of London. Some time to chit-chat and catch-up? Hopefully. Tour around the city and historical landmarks? Wonderful. I don't know. This is sort of like my newfound motivation. XD

Well, that's all I suppose. I am quite happy for both days and its timeeeeeeeeeee to raise the bars~~~ Motivation also got ady, what else is stopping me? XD

Barairo no Sekai

2010-11-23T23:18:00.000+08:00

but not for me. I don't think my world was ever in that colour. My world was always the colour of black (out of dullness and boredom) but only when I entered secondary school, only then did I start seeing yellow and orange colours. Of course, that was a lttle too late cause in secondary school, bound to have things that will break your heart. I still remember in Form 1, I was originally suppose to go to Form 1A but got thrown into Form 1G last minute.

I remember entering Form 1G uber cautiously and timidly because at that time, I felt like I was surrounded by strangers which some of them gradually became my classmates for my whole secondary life. Yeah, if you remember yourself, be glad I still remember what happened. I still remember being asked to randomly nominate someone to be class monitor. I practically laughed every day since then. All the way up to my last day of secondary school.

Then, once I entered college, I had more hues present. With all the experience I managed to have and jobs I was given the chance to do. Still no barairo but that doesn't really matter. I am kinda glad that colour never appeared in my life yet. Cause I don't want to have a false impression of life. I rather PAINT MY OWN world that colour than letting it come-and-go.

Yeah, this is post is very flashback-type.

PS: Barairo no sekai means the rose-coloured world. Just in case you don't know. XD

Yuen's Steamboat and Shogun

2010-11-19T01:28:00.003+08:00

XD, yes, I am being evil here. This is a post of outings which relates to eating places. And good ones too.

Basically, on 13.11.2010, had a mini-outing with Form 5 classmates( you know what, Chun Tean, you are part of 5 Science 1 and if you want to keep your 5 Science 2 past, it's up to you. XD) Only Sonia, Yee Jean, Sow Yeng, Lilian, Chun Tean and Jun Jin was able to make it there, at YUEN's STEAMBOAT. Yeah, say I am pathetic or sad, but the fact is, this is my first time eating there, after studying in Sunway for a year plus. XD. Had a great time talking crap with each other. And particularly liked the part, Celery and Salary. It really shows how a healthy mind and money mind differs from each other. Then, stopped by at Sonia's house for a short moment before having Chun Tean to send me back home. (Ps: Sonia, Ginger is interesting, I want to play with her more!!)

Then, in between those days, a lot of stuff happened but jump to 19.11.2010, which is Shogun at Sunway Pyramid with SUAC members. And the best part, it is all paid for!!! With whose money? I say, I don't give a damn. Although, at the same time, BDO actually organised and sponsored tickets to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie. But then, I only know that by going to Shogun, I had a full stomach, a very hearty laugh and great company!!!! I mean, the Sunway International School gakis/shoujos are damn crazy. 1994 kiddos as well, man, I feel slightly old but no worries! XD
After that, hanged out at the Archery and Arcade. And its Sayonara~~~

The little things in life that means so much. In the future, things won't be the same anymore but the memory we had will be inalterable/unchangeable. The place and the food might be the same, but the people, composition and tone of the meal, will definitely become different. By quite a considerable amount.

(Sounds a little emo-ish but maybe that is what I am feeling right now)

ICAEW

2010-11-13T14:16:00.007+08:00

you are gonna be the death of me and dominate my life for the time being(at least for these few years). Though, I love being a helpless romantic to you. ANYWAY! Point to be proof is:

On Thursday(11.11.10), I drove (again) for the whole day. With the early part starting at 8.00am. Going to KLCC. I had to be there really early, cause on a curiousity on my part, I really wanted to know how PricewaterhouseCoppers (PwC) office look like. So, I gotta park at KLCC then take a LRT to KL Sentral.

Yeah, so Adam and I walked to PwC office and he sort of smuggled me in. It was fun. I mean, the decor of PwC is quite.. funky (only the pantry) whereas the office by itself looks very clean-cut and neat. It is a quite a waste that I wasn't able to go to more places though. Anyway, once Adam collected his internship letter from PwC, we head back to KLCC cause the day officially started with entering World Congress of Acccountants exhibition halls. And on the way to the convention centre, the tunnel looked damn great! For no reason other than the ICAEW advertisement. I mean, black and red together is such a damn nice colour. Heck, I would even use the word sexy. (Just unfortunately, some people ain't able to carry that colour well, XD) and a sneak peek of the ceiling for you guys.

Then, right, I heard that something happened in the exhibition hall while some of us were playing around in the tunnel. The some of us are Cheryl, Joanne, Vanessa, Shu Tin, Wesley, Lee Ning and me! We had a great time and managed to avoid being the 'victims'.

Once we were done, we head back to the exhibition hall and start lazing around in either ICAEW booth or Sunway-Tes booth. I forgotten what I was doing but it definitely wasn't productive. Moving on though, we proceeded to listen to the Interview with CEOs: Accountants in the Next Decade: Embracing Change and Seizing Opportunities. It was quite interesting but me being my usual restless self, felt a little bored sitting only.

So, once the talk was done with, all of us have to rush back to college and about me, well, I basically had 4 passengers in my car, namely: Adam, Tze Lin, Wesley and Lee Ning. Anyway, my driving really needs polishing up, cause sooner or later, I might be sued for manslaughter if I keep driving the same way. XD

Moving on, we just barely managed to reach Sunway University-College on time. Cause by the time I just parked my car, suddenly, the rain just came pouring down!! Adam and Wesley is lucky to escape to pink. ><, so sorry Lee Ning! I am skipping the part about the one with Michael Izza, cause it is just random funny moments there.

Now, the real fun begins when some of us have to rush to Sheraton and help out with two things. Graduation and Annual Dinner. The graduation wasn't much, just a small event. Whereas for the Annual Dinner, the moment I laid my eyes on my classmates(girls only), I pratically drool and salivate. My soul left my body and I am at a loss of words. The only thing I was capable of doing at that time was to bow (as gentlemanly as I can muster then) and giggle in fits, out of sheer joy! Then, when the dinner starts, I will have to say that the food is below par and the only thing very memorable is the company. I mean, we even get to see Mr. Ong's wife. Who is quite a statuesque beauty, I would say. Of course, something pretty unpleasant happened, but let bygones be bygones, Jowena.

Guess what, at the end of the day, I had to send Adam home as well. And had our own chit-chat session in the car la. Was kinda 'informative' la.

Basically, the day/night ended well. Had the time of my life. See how two days (9.11.2010 & 11.11.2010) occupied so much of my time and life. I am kinda glad my mother went to Hong Kong during these two days actually. XD

9.11.2010!

2010-11-10T00:19:00.003+08:00

Taken on 9.11.2010, which building do you think this is? XD, its actually THE ORANGE of orange, pink and white trio (eating places around Sunway University-College).

Anyway, today was quite ok, good even! Well, first off, had Principle of Taxation in the morning and Mr. Simon did us a great favour by revising chapter 11 a little. I also want to apologise to Lee Ning and Wesley for not reminding earlier about the class. Then right, Chapter 12 is gonna be a big, big headache but nevermind, I shall persevere!!

Following up, I had Thinking Skills and Mr. Mike really go like a bullet train. But I sort of have the feeling that he went so fast is because he want us to read up by ourselves? Anyway, as promised, he ended class early so that a few of us can go help prepare for ICAEW Cocktail Party (though we actually did not do so, story further down).

Had the honour of sending Arthur back to his house though. Then, after that, it is one-way ride to Bangsar then my house then KLCC with Adam, Amelia, Cheok and Wei Ken. I still got a long way to go and definitely much more room for improvements. But one thing for sure, I LIKE MANUAL MORE!!!!!!

Anyway, due to some delay here and there (you know, the usual hiccup in plans), we(meaning Adam, Cheok, Wei Ken and me la) only manage to reach KLCC at 5.00pm. Then, right, I think with this ICAEW Cocktail Party, my reputation gone la! T.T, sad case ain't it? Seriously, my reputation of being handsome, gone la, Gone with the wind. T.T

Ok, so my job there is basically to guide the participants to the lift. Imagine standing for 2 hours and doing that only. I really don't know how normal people wear heels and survive cause mine is only about an inch and now my legs are still aching(as I am writing this post). Eventually, we closed off and I returned back to Petroleum Club. My new job there is to give out souvenirs for the participants. Guess what ICAEW giving?

A MOLESKINE NOTEBOOK AND A PENDRIVE WITH COOL ENCASING!!!!!!!

Seriously, when I was there, I salivate not because of the food but because of the souvenirs. Alas, the souvenirs were snapped up. Totally.
Back to the event, I enjoyed myself pretty much, although I was only informed quite last minute and without much notice. Yeah, at least I get a glimpse of how networking events work. Cause the last few I attended.. was never on this scale. I mean, World Congress of Accountants speakers presence really make things magnified.

So, in a conclusion, some of the memorable conversation of the day:
1. I spoke to Johan Raslan(JR), Managing Director of PwC Malaysia. Nah, actually story is Randy asked Johan Raslan to take photo with us. Then, right, he asked us which firm did we work in then, please read the below:
JR: What about you?
JK(me): I interned at somewhere else?
JR: Somewhere else, where?
JK: BDO
JR: Laugh/Snicker/Giggle, (whichever it is la)
and sorta bow. I don't know why though. Still manage to bring a smile to me whenever I recall it. XD

2. Scenario is driving on the road:
The stooges in my car were keeping record of the speed I drive, then every increase also they will hooray! Break new record liao! Wah, so fast! That kind of thing. Then, suddenly, the big vehicle in front of my slowed down (actually not really near la, got quite a big gap), so
JK : Wah! Gonna bang the front car liao!
Arthur, Adam, Cheok all show me palau face and shouted: Got another 10 meters la!!!!

Yup, that's pretty much about it.
Orange never fail to make me happy. XD

PS. Palau is a word from CFAB July 2009 language. It means ignore and specifically used for facial expressions. XD

Unthinkable!!!

2010-11-07T23:17:00.003+08:00

Well, this one serves a few purpose actually. XD

I am in the midst of doing a reflection of the movie Unthinkable. And, oh boy, what a headache! I mean, I am good at writing non-stop but only if it is a topic I am good at or I am just being aimless. ><, but then, I am sort of enjoying myself cause it gives me a sense of my Big L time. Still, it is still mind-boggling. XD

Then, the next Unthinkable comes from, I don't know when, my inclusion on a cocktail party organised by ICAEW for the speakers of World Congress of Accountants (WCOA) 2010. I mean, me? Jowena Kok, being included? No doubt my role is only one of an usherer but to be included, I find that an honour by itself.

Yeah, not only that, besides being busy on 9 November, I also have things to do on 11 November, then steamboat with secondary classmates on 13 November! I find myself so busy it is..

UNTHINKABLE!!!

Great 5 days!!! (Penang to Kuala Lumpur arc)

2010-11-06T15:23:00.003+08:00

Disclaimer : Lots of fun involved, no bars held, stereotyping committed. XD

Finally, the last day of OUR trip. Didn't really do much today cause today everyone is a little tired. Though, we did do something a little playful. Which is:

This morning, Adam, Arthur, Wei Ken and me, woke up early to catch the sunrise(sadly, we were on the wrong side of the beach though)Anyway, truth to be told, Penang's beach ain't as nice as Langkawi in terms of sand's texture, colour and scenery. XD

But nevertheless, we enjoyed ourselves by drawing on the sands and posing here and there.

Then, once we are back to the service apartment, almost everyone is not awake yet. Except Lee Ning, who still seems a little groggy. What we did was actually to put some shaving cream on some of them. One of our conquest was Amelia's face, we succeeded but actually she already sensed us, so when we go for round 2 on her, the hunter(Arthur) became the hunted by Amelia. They were struggling on the bed. It was such big fun to watch them. XD

Then we had (failed) attempt on Shu Tin but the foam/cream landed on the comforter instead and got smeared all over later till no traces were evident. XD Anyway, there is really nothing much to say about our final day cause we did not plan for such a long day anyway.

So, basically all of us reached Hentian Duta at about 11.00pm and then we part ways.

AniManGaki 2010 : A Success Story!

2010-11-01T01:50:00.003+08:00

Yup yup! AniManGaki 2010 was a great success! Although with all the problems that keep popping up at first, we manage to pull it off with a BIG BANG!! I am really glad that I joined SUAC last year March. One of the things I will never regret.

Well, beside taking a break from blogging about Penang and Langkawi trip, I also want to blog this first, because I am afraid history repeats itself and then I don't remember what to blog again for AMG '10.

First of all, although AMG '10 is a one-day event, nevertheless, it took us, SUAC people, months and months to plan what to do, gather sponsors and co-ordinating with outside parties. The brawns only came in on 30.10.2010 and AMG '10 day itself. XD I believe I saw the both sides because I was in sponsorship dept. and logistics dept. at different timeline.

Anyway, so for AMG '10, I woke up late. Gah!!!! So, wasted about 2 hours to help before the set up. Arrive there just in time fro AMG '10 to start.

So, just a short good and bad one in point form:

Good:
-AMG '10 was packed to the max! Tickets were sold out way earlier than expected and I think the rough estimated number of visitors we had at the end of the day was 1,200 people!!
-Cosplayers were damn cool and they all did their best! Particularly liked the one who cosplayed as Hisoka from HunterXHunter. I mean, when he manage pull it off, ain't that what cosplay is all about?
-The MCs were great!! They did all they can to make the whole event fun! The best part, they are willing to spend time with us for the post-mortem this year. Where do we get to find such good souls anymore?? ROCK ON GUYS!!!
-While I did not manage to spare time to enjoy the activities, I had great fun being the 'cleaner' though, I wonder if carrying a broom around is a bad idea.
-The AMG '10 t-shirt!!! Muahahahaha!!!
-All activities, matsuri games and haunted house is definitely happening!! Can see throngs of people throughout the day at all these places!

Bad:
-I think the rubbish bins issue needs to be arranged properly next year (translation : Jowena, you gotta do a better job next year!)

XD, well, I am only good at bragging la, so, what do you expect?

A short summary:

I woke up late but managed to reach in time for the event to start. I think that the food booths were a great addition to the whole event!! Because for the first time, I felt full in an event. Basically, had a rice, courtesy of Ms. Jane (teacher advisor), burger, honey lemon juice, Gintoki special (strawberry milk with pearl) and 2 snow ice. XD.

The cosplayers!!! OMG man!! I feel so happy for all of them cause they all looked really nice! I really respect their level of commitment and dedication. As mentioned before, I particularly liked the Hisoka cosplayer. There is Kagura from Gintama that is worth mentioning as well.

I think the bigger surprise was seeing Mr. Simon at the event. I think he was there accidentally. But it was great talking to him. Cause he really provided a lot of suggestion and ideas to make AMG even better in general although he is not SUAC's advisor or anything. Hat's off to you, Mr. Simon.

Now, what else did I not write??

Meh, will combine the planning stage and post-mortem in one post. XD

Great 5 days!!! (Penang only arc)

2010-10-31T01:17:00.003+08:00

Disclaimer : Lots of fun involved, no bars held, stereotyping committed. XD

Following on, we had one full day to enjoy Penang! As usual, the "bangun pagi, gosok gigi......" routine by everyone. XD

So, our first stop was Macalister Road where we ate some seriously good Char Kuey Teow, Curry Mee, Cendol and Rojak. The best part is, the fellow who cooks the Char Kuey Teow wears a super duper cool sunglasses while cooking. Its damn funny to see it. And in a way, it sorta became his trademark for people to know that this Char Kuey Teow is nice.

After that, we decided to go to Air Itam and eat the famous Assam Laksa. Although the place is a little cramp and maybe albeit messy, the Assam Laksa is just as good as being balance in its taste. And since Kek Lok Si is just nearby, why not walk up Kek Lok Si and enjoy some sightseeing? Off we trot to Kek Lok Si. Surprisingly, I made a statement in Mandarin to Amelia but Adam heard it and he hit me for it. The statement is nothing big actually, only that " If Adam can pass through, I definitely can too!" cause there is a big lorry that was blocking the road. Suddenly Adam hit me and say, "I know what you said". XD

Then oh no!!! The guys even sissier than the girls when it comes to haggling!!!! XD, this is because we barely walked for 5 mins, then everyone start seeing things that they want to buy. The girls settled their issue even way faster, quicker and earlier than the guys. Unfortunately, once we pass the Turtle Pond, Amelia, Lee Ning and Wesley don't feel like joining us. So, we continued all the way to the top where the construction of the big Guan Yin statue is still on-going. All of us sorta became more faggot-y once we reach there. I don't know why but seriously, go to my facebook and look at the pictures. It speaks volume!

Then after spending about an hour or so there, we decided it is better that we go back down, lest the other 3 had to wait for us for a long time or in case, it rains. Anyway, our next stop is FOOD!! Er.. I mean, GURNEY DRIVE! So, at this place, sadly, we had to separate our place and the only most memorable thing I get from here is, Amelia became high without drinking alcohol. Fact to prove : She kept on using rubbish like tissues and plastic to produce 'wan tan' then ask some of us to try it. Luckily, none of us did. If not, sure kena screw cukup-cukup.

I guess, that's all bah. I mean, going back to hotel and sleep, ain't really worth mentioning in detail. ngek ngek ngek!

Great 5 days!!! (Langkawi to Penang arc)

2010-10-30T02:47:00.006+08:00

Disclaimer : Lots of fun involved, no bars held, stereotyping committed. XD

The second day really nothing much to talked about. Except that I found out something new about myself. I really hate inconsideration to the max! Read down, you will find out why :P

In the morning at about 10.00am, was awoken by Adam and Wei Ken going out of the hotel room (since when did I became a light sleeper) and accompanied them. Sadly, nature called and had to use the toilet, so went back and poo-ed then bathed. Not long later, start waking everyone up cause we gotta return the car by 2pm. So, as usual, started talking again while waiting for everyone.

Then, once all of us are done, we had to go back to Kuah town and that's when issues crop up. We went separate ways, which is, the 'auto' car occupants (Arthur, Adam, Cheok, Wei Ken and Amelia) is gonna go shop for more duty-free items like liquors and things like that while the 'manual' car occupants (Wesley, Lee Ning, Shu Tin, Tze Lin and me) are suppose to buy the tickets, then rush for lunch and then go shopping, if any. I don't know why, maybe cause I don't know their side of the story or I really, really find it unfair to us. Well, let bygones be bygones. XD. I made a really sarcastic statement though which I now kind of regretted. This is because at one point, they asked us to go to Dataran (He)Lang as well, >< Glad that you guys laugh at that statement though. XD

So, went up the ferry and touched down Kuala Kedah first. From there, we took a taxi to Butterworth I think. I am lucky to enter the taxi that was fairly new and with working air-con together with Adam and Wei Ken.

Anyway, once we reached Butterworth, we went to sit a short ferry ride, it was nice to travel to Penang beside using the Penang Bridge. But I think the thing worthy of being mentioned is that almost everyone wanted to con me again, due to my lousy geographical knowledge and understanding. XD

Woah, my experience with Rapid Penang is very memorable. One thing that I definitely notice is the efficiency and cleanliness of the bus and the system. And my first hand experience with Penang-ites (aside from anime club friends of mine) is quite eye-opening. Well, I thought of making life easier for us, so I suggested, let's all put the stuff on the seat beside mine, cause no one sitting also. Then as we move around Penang and the bus got filled up, suddenly one old uncle who board the bus starting saying "The seat is for people. Can't you put the bags at the front? You are very inconsiderate" Of course, being me, I couldn't be bothered much, so I gave quite minimal reaction. Then I think the uncle beh tahan and said, "Can't you do something about the bags?" So I act a little exasperated and start calling everyone to take their bags back. The uncle quickly sat in a huff beside Amelia, pity her la for being stuck with the uncle. Rather than being angry at the uncle, I became wondrous of Penang-ites culture cause it struck me as kind of unique. Or maybe I don't board buses often, so I really don't know how is it like. So, to be reprimanded on the bus is really a first-time for me.

Then, once we reached Batu Ferringhi and checked-in to our service apartment, Sri Sayang. We head to the roadside night market. Before that, we had food in a food court. And I find myself fairly lucky to order Fried Tom Yam mee hoon. Cause the food that the others ordered, according to them, don't really taste nice. But the best surprise came from Shu Tin, she ate Assam Laksa, Char Koay Teow, Lam Mee and some grilled fish at one go. It was really funny seeing her eat so much (facts might differ but conclusion the same : she ate damn a lot) XD

So, we walked around the night market after the meal and my best experience was with Tze Lin. Story goes like this, I was about to buy ice-cream from this Indian lady, then Tze Lin shouted "DON'T BUY FROM HERE" and she dragged me, while running, all the way to the front, while the both of us were laughing. XD, what happened was, she called me a few times but I didn't hear her and just as I was about to order and pay money, she sorta got panic and did the above. XD, man, I just love that moment!

The night market was nothing much actually. But we did find out that the beach is quite nearby, just that we have to pass through other hotels to arrive at the beach.

But that wasn't really our main objective anyway. Drinking was top on our list. Did I mention we managed to smuggle a few bottles like a Midori, a Bombay Sapphire, a Vodka and others (we had a group photo of them)? Oh yeah, we named two bottles Mr. Simon and Mr. Ong as well. The story, some other time. Basically, we played more games and became more hyper tonight. XD. Especially liked the part where Arthur became "King" and made the rule "sekarang, semua cakap dalam Bahasa Melayu" and Wesley kept getting caught cause he keep using English. Then right, we also have three types of lap dances, courtesy of Wesley and Adam. Wesley did once with chair and another on Cheok (*wink *wink) and both were definitely good. On the other hand, watching Adam doing lap dance is... er... um... ah... MAKING ME LAUGH MY ASS OFF cause he fell down with the chair, just because he wanted to act sexy. Wei Ken was being sporting too because Wei Ken dare's was to take off his shirt and act like a cow boy, which was precisely what he did!

And that, my folks, ended the second day. Life rocks!

Great 5 days!!! (Langkawi arc)

2010-10-30T01:18:00.005+08:00

Disclaimer : Lots of fun involved, no bars held, stereotyping committed. XD

Yup, yup, 25.10.2010 to 29.10.2010, I spent my entire time with my CFAB classmates in Langkawi and Penang. Had a blast man! And we definitely had things working out quite nicely for us. XD

So, our first stop is Langkawi and our route went like this: 12.30am, board the bus at Perhentian Duta to Alor Setar, then we went to sit some really, really old bus (man, I find the bus so vintage and old, its hard not to like it) to Kuala Kedah, quickly bypassing Pekan Rabu. We reached just in time to board the ferry, which is about to set off 5 mins from the time we bought the tickets(LMAO at the movie they aired for us, Puppet Master:Axis of Evil but most of us were sleeping anyway).

Once we reached Langkawi, first thing we did was to rent cars and tried to charter a ferry for island hopping. Car rental was a success although hiccups appear. Anyway, in the car I was in, together with Adam(driver), Cheok(co-driver), Arthur and Shu Tin, we literally rocked the car! With all of us shouting our lungs out to songs, with Adam being the gay-est among us, it is definitely noisy. And I realised that my knowledge on English songs is really poor. ><>Ngek, ngek, ngek. Nighfall and dinner was ate nicely in Kuah town. About RM20 per person with chicken, egg, vegetable, fish and rice. Quite a good bargain. Though, the enjoyment lies in the liquor. The guys managed to buy 2 bottle of Chivas Regal (12 years) and 12 cans of Carlsberg for our own 'consumption'.

On the way back, the two drivers (Arthur and Wesley) were being faggot-y because they raced with each other. It was quite amusing actually, because at one time, Wesley said to Arthur "Want to see auto or manual, which car pick up faster?" and before Wesley can finish the sentence, Arthur sped off already because light turned green. Then at the following traffic light, Arthur smiled to Wesley and the reverse occured. This time, Wesley drove off first. Man, amusement, amusement.

Once we reached the hotels, its time for games. Again, thanks to Wesley for gathering data about the games. We played King, Up/Down and others that I forgotten. We downed one bottle of Chivas Regal that night itself. Of course, with the help of the mixer (Coca-cola). Craziness ensues the whole time! We have Adam, who kept wanting to lose because he wants to drink, then Shu Tin who drank while smiling but says it taste bad. Wei Ken is either definitely drunk during the whole game or just relaxing~ Me, exercising self-control. XD

Following up, we walked along the beach while talking with each other. Particularly liked the session with Arthur, Shu Tin and Tze Lin. Really had bonding at that time. Then I really liked the waves and all, so, once I settled most of them in the bed, I went for a self-reflection session by myself in the beach. That time, Lee Ning, Wesley, Adam and Wei Ken was still around. Later, after I settled them in, I went back to the beach again.

For better or worse (still yet to come to a conclusion), Adam and Wei Ken came down to accompany me. We were talking at this room and we sort of kena screw by a Eurasian. Wei Ken became a little bit more aggressive than usual. Which is a little heart-lightening to watch. So, the three of us basically moved a little further and talked crap. I personally really wanted to wait and watch the Sunrise too.

Finally, I was coerced by them to enter back the hotel room. Turns out they were worried about me being alone at the beach. So, I had to promised them that I won't go. And then, since it was a little tough finding a place to sleep, I thought I should sleep at the guys bed. Gah!! It became damn squeezy as in I kept being awake because I got no place to move around. So, I gave up sleeping, walked around the room and decided to sit on the chair and do some reading. Gave that up also at about 6.30am and finally went to sleep beside Amelia. Thanks for sharing the blanket!

There goes the first day! Second day coming right up!

PS: I became addicted to the song "Lemon Tree"

AniManGaki 2010 and P+L trip

2010-10-22T12:34:00.002+08:00

I am back!! After the 1-week plus hiatus of phots (><), I am back with a unique one. Guess where this photo come from. Sheesh, I am becoming forgetful in getting the photos everyday.

Anyway, I am done with PT1 of POT, woo hoo!! Call me an easily satisfy bugger or whatever suits you, I am happy with 67.5 marks, though I could have done better. Was definitely under prepared this time.

So, the only thing I look forward to now is AniManGaki 2010 and Penang + Langkawi trip (which I dubbed as P+L trip, but many thinks it is Profit and Loss trip. XD). Once I enter the final week of October, I have a damn fun whirlwind to handle!!

Yup, yup. This has got nothing to do with thoughts and opinions at all. But only an expression of joy and excitement!!!!! XD

P-s dominated

2010-10-16T16:33:00.004+08:00

Wah, my past one week of life has been dominated by P-related things. XD, I am not particularly happy about nor really depressed. Just normal.

Yeah, so the list of P-related things:

1. Portfolio project
2. Principle of Taxation (POT)

Yeah, those two practically dominated my life for the whole week. I mean, the little little things like Thinking Skills class and SUAC meeting are fun, but not so prominent this week.

Yup, yup. Gonna go nerd-ing now cause I am really afraid of POT.

Back!!!!!

2010-10-09T02:01:00.004+08:00

Taken on 8.10.2010

Taken on 7.10.2010

Taken on 6.10.2010

Taken on 5.10.2010

Its back! Its back!! Actually its refer to the daily sky photos that I take. XD. Took a long hiatus since the last one cause internship really hindered me from doing so. Anyway, since I am back from internship and continuing college life, I can continue what I promised. XD

Basically, from Tuesday to Friday ( 5.10.10 to 8.10.10) only had Principle of Taxation class. Each day. For 3 hours. Good thing Mr. Simon is our lecturer, so classes are a little bit more tolerable. And now I know why tax consultants or people in tax department are paid quite well. Just the 1st 3 chapters showed me the level of detail required. I mean, I nearly go bonkers trying to do the question because at every 'round' or most of the time, you are bound to miss doing something. It's scary and funny at the same time, ya know. Oh yeah, also celebrated Tze Lin's birthday on 8.10.2010 with minimal surprise (aka phailed attempt at surprising her ><). And I have the feeling the 30 mins break that Mr. Simon give will be 'making money session', in another words, he is teaching us for the full 3 hours. XD

On Monday (4.10.10), life ain't that boring either. Actually, we were suppose to have Thinking Skills class but then, class got cancelled. Because.... Ok, I am better at writing it at a sequential form, so here goes! Well, as usual, I reached college at my trademark timing (read : late) and started playing a fool with everyone due to the fact the lecturer is still not around. So, we played till it is 8.30am and I sort of can't stand it anymore, therefore, I decided to look for Soo Min. Turns out lecture is stuck in a heavy jam in a toll highway. Class cancelled due to that. Our next course of action after doing up other miscellaneous stuff is to have hang out together for the next few hours. The place we decided is Sunway Pyramid and we ended up in Pappa Rich. Once everyone is there, except Arthur, started crapping away la. XD Crapping eventually lead to talks about class trip. XD, after all the havoc and noise, we decided to go to Penang and/or Langkawi. Of course, being us, none of this is finalised yet. So, just gotta wait and see. See how fun my 1st week of college is! But form 5 still seems to be the best cause I just watched a video of Hui Sin and Su Wei getting married. What a crazy bunch we are!! Come back, craziness! Come back too!

Hayaku!! Bartender-san!!

2010-09-27T22:58:00.005+08:00

Nah, was just being playful. XD

Roughly translated, what the title meant was, Hurry up, Mr. Bartender!! Yeah, I am in need of a bartender. I don't need Mr. Bartender to mix drinks for me nor work under me (just in case in the future, I want to open a bar or something) but rather, taking up the role of a psychologist. Minus the pricey consulatation fees.

I used to think that bartenders only know how to mix cocktails and polish drinking glasses with cloth. Then, an anime entitled Bartender (adapted from a manga of the same title) gave me a totally difference perception about a bartender. Bartenders actually "ease the worries and soothe the souls of troubled customers". How cool is that!!! And bars are actually suppose to be well-hidden so that you can find your own 'quiet zone'.

Anyway, within my age group, there ain't anyone wise enough to be Mr. Bartender. So, I guess I will be my own bartender. For the time being.

And maybe that is why I keep on making my own Milo almost daily. XD

You know, I am very sure I hate to wallow in the mud of depression and hopelessness for a long time. Of course, reading back my previous entries, I noticed that those with strong negative feelings sort of contradicts my statement but hey, I really feel much better after writing it out. As in, it won't bother me that much anymore.

And ta-da, as you see now, I am happy again!!! XD

But for better measure, I still want a Mr. Bartender!!! XD, not to sound like a brat but, watch the anime and see what I mean. I can bet you will either want to be a Bartender yourself or get a Bartender.

2010-09-27T03:29:00.002+08:00

Dear Jowena Kok Sze Min, based on your test result: You've made your way well in this world despite all the obstacles you've had to faced. You have survived a lot more troubles than most people. You have had to deal with difficult people, ridiculous rules, and tempestuous relationships.
Love for you can be as intense as the fire on the face of the sun. You are either very calm on the inside when there is a lot of insanity going on around you, or you shut people up and take charge. You can go to a movie by yourself. You are as comfortable alone as you are with others. You are angry at your parents but you can't change them.
Here is the analysis: -
웃 : You are a great lover when you find that rare mate who is your equal,
웃 : otherwise your relationships do not go well.
웃 : Life is a roller coaster,
웃 : and you are finding ways to make the good times better.
웃 : You love sports.

Ahaha, copied that from one of facebook quizzes.

And, I officially sent a message to Yee Jean and Lilian in the middle of the night aka 3.30am to not inform me of any outing at all. in the future, that is.

Yeah, I think I just can't stand it anymore.

That's it, new life Jowena!!!! The world will still move on so don't stop yourself and let yourself lag behing us. Either keep up or be faster.

Tearing up

2010-09-26T19:34:00.004+08:00

As in namida type of tearing up. You guys really break my heart, do you know that? Everytime you guys do something, I don't know a shit about it at all. And the only way I can know it is when any of you guys would proudly put it up on facebook, making a grand big announcement and tagging the people involved.

And don't misunderstand, I am not making a personal attack here. Just writing it out to stop myself from crying. Cause at the end of the day, you guys just aren't worth it. Come on, 4/5 years worth of friendship and destroyed just because we all parted our ways. Man, I am disappointed. Yeah, I can be blamed for being maybe a bit more sensitive than my usual self. But you know what, I usually keep my sensitivity to myself caused most of the time, time can heal my sensitivity.

This is like one of those practice makes perfect things you know. The more I am seeing these kind of things, the more I get immune to being neglected. At the end of the day, maybe you guys won't be my friends anymore but purely and truly strangers

Are you guys hinting me to treat each and everyone of you as disposable items? Use once and thrown away instantly? Ok, maybe I have too deep of an attachment to you guys but seriously, can't you guys even inform me what happened?

And, last but not least, I think I have the right to be angry and if I do communicate to you in a more hostile manner, I won't apologise. Seriously.

I want to be punched, kicked and assaulted so badly right now. I need some real physical pain to make me cry. Rather than letting the emotional pain inflicted upon me continue rocking my sanity, I prefer using another method to make me cry.

The million fragments of my heart are being strewn across the whole universe. For they became so melancholic till they want to be lost in the sea of depression.

Hyperactivity reigns!!!!

2010-09-26T01:23:00.001+08:00

XD, on 26.9.10, I went to do a stocktake!!!

Yeah, it might sound like a super dull word but seriously, I think I manage to learn a little. So, here is my experience:

Well, first thing off in the morning was to assemble in front of Menara Uni Asia at 8am. As usual, I was late (this time a few minutes only. XD) and finally we start the road to the client's place (thanks Frankie, Eugene and Shan!!!) . Luckily, being Sunday, the cars on the road was minimal and we managed to reach Klang in about 40 mins. Oh yeah, at the less developed part of Klang too. Where building were quite sparse save for a few factories and some widely-spaced houses.

So, seniors arrived after us and briefing from client's staff starts. Basically regarding how they do their stock calculation, location and things like that. Milk and sugar are the most valuable items here. We also sorted out among ourselves on who will be in-charge of what and things like that. I was teamed up with a Pui Sze (I assumed her name to be spelt like this), a quite cute girl. XD. We were required to check the Packaging stocks like labels and cartons. I mean, one of the client's activity is to print this sort of things.

Anyway, what we did was basically choose a few items to check "List to Floor" (Existence) and "Floor to List"(Completion) Ahahaha, hope I got that right, I kinda forgot. Then, had a great time observing the forklift at work and a word of caution, it is dangerous.

The only downside was the fact that the production machinery is not working today. Because if they do start production, all of our stock-taking will go haywired! I mean, they need raw materials to produce their finished goods. Anyway, still no complain, cause I actually enjoyed myself quite a lot.

Meh, the juniors(meaning the 5 of us : Frankie, Eugene, Shan, Pui Sze and me) finished early because basically the things that we choose as samples didn't pose any problem to us at all. We did not have to check for discrepancies/variances/differences at all. Lucky us. XD. Frankie had a funnier experience. He said that his guide(basically the one bringing us all over the warehouse and storeroom) asked him to count the stock as well. Due to the fact that he finished early. I can sort of see a role reversal here. I mean, instead of the guide following Frankie, Frankie was the one that followed the guide (><, should really get his name, cause I think I am being quite rude).

Anyway, the 5 of us started chit-chatting while waiting for the seniors. We spoke any crap under the sun and finally, we decided to go makan ady. Of course, with permission from seniors. Then we ate at this Bak Kut Teh shop, both version aka soupy and dry. Quite satisfied with the food there. Except for the fact that eating slow made me eat much less, ><. But yeah,I enjoyed my meal with the 4 of them.

Well, basically that's the end of my day cause the return trip was wasted with me sleeping but still being able to listen to everyone's laughter. XD

Adios, amigos.

Book cover....

2010-09-20T00:12:00.004+08:00

Does it really matters at the end of the day?

For me, the cover's significance(s) is quite dependant on a few factors. I will consider the signature design of the publishing company,maturity of book contents, frequency of usage and tradition involved. Of course, the price must be reasonable as well. Surely some might have differing opinions and among one, might say that, it is the contents that matters, why bother with the cover?

This topic randomly came after a few things accumulated. I never really thought book covers to be an issue until recently when I saw Enid Blyton book covers were revamped to much more sharper contrast of colours, stronger characters design and layout changes. My heart sank instantly cause it looks too Americanized. Or maybe it was just because I am too attached to the covers that I came to adore when I was young.

Naturally, I began to remember incidents relating to book covers. Like on once occassion, I accompanied two friends to KLCC because one of them wanted to buy book. He even got a specific publisher for the books. So, off we go to find the books. Kinokuniya system is quite good, I must say. Anyway, I teamed up with my other friend, a girl and we did found the same title. But the publisher was different. Coincidentally, the guy friend manage to find the right publisher for the book. So, being me, I asked, what's the difference, aside from the obvious fact of the covers and publishers, and imagined my surprised that the difference in price was vast (about Rm20 to Rm30). I mean the difference is almost enough to buy another book.

Then, allow me to further elaborate about book covers with a well-known book title, The Da Vinci Code. I bought the US-edition first actually. The one with a partial picture of Mona Lisa and dark brown cover. Well, I was really absorbed by the writing style of Dan Brown, so I began to buy his other books. And the other books were in UK-edition. So, I began to wonder, why are the books design is so different in term of 'character'? The US-edition was obviously much more solid and more in-your-face whereas the UK-edition has a more classy and soft feel. The price were not greatly apart though.

Another issue which made me think back of book covers happened in my Literature in English times. That time, I bought my books quite hastily and wanted to make sure I had all the materials before starting class. Well, the teacher didn't use the books as soon as I expected but I was glad to buy the books much earlier. This is because when my friends bought the books much later, the covers were revamped to appeal better to the younger readers but personally, I wouldn not have traded my books for their covers at all. I will be able to prove this point better if I can you show you the books now. And let you experience the difference yourself. But seriously, I think I will be less motivated to read the book again and again if the cover was not up to my expectation.

Ok, so, there goes my random topic on book covers. I really hope that book covers will turn out for the better whenever they go for revamping. And accordance to all those that I mentioned above. XD

Adieu and goodbye

2010-09-17T21:48:00.003+08:00

Yeah, this post is dedicated to Audrey Chong (Wei Kuan) who left for United Kingdoms on the night of 16th September 2010. She is a dear friend. One that I know for 9 years and counting. Superbly smart and my Mandarin tuition-mate.

We known each other since Standard 5 and her smartness was already apparent although she just joined the school. Heck, and I wonder how I got to know her so well that she actually asked me if I want to take up Mandarin classes with her (her then-current mate was going overseas, so I am sort of like, fill up the person's shoes). Well, why not? Its a win-win situation anyway. Thus, my command of Mandarin, if any, is thanks to her!!!

Then, the simple and enjoyable discussion about shows and movies among us also. Whenever we talk about those, it gives us a slight shine in our eyes cause we are able to awake ourselved with laughters. Ahaha, those were the times.

Man, I will always miss how her presence, always simple yet still felt by others.

Well, may your time in Manchester be among the best that you have and be a great pharmacist!!

Selamat Hari Raya~~~~

2010-09-13T02:19:00.003+08:00

Yeah folks.

SELAMAT HARI RAYA. MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN.

And I don't know what else to say anymore. Perhaps I should mention about the two outings I had with my form 5 classmates. Sort of like a Prelude to this joyous occasion.

On Thursday (9.9.10), had half a day off from work (whoopee!!!) and a farewell for few of my form 5 classmates who are leaving for UK (first-timers namely Audrey Chong, Gun Lesan, Chai Hui Jian and Edward while repeats are Haow Bin and Yau Mun). Will be missing you guys!!! Well, farewell was at Rakuzen. The food, by the look and smell of it, were fairly decent. Though I will have to say, I would be able to give a more accurate judgement if I did eat.

On Friday (10.9.10), went to watch Step-Up in 3D. Despite not being an avid fan of dancing except a one-year stint in ballroom dances and a short-lived interest in tap dance(actually I still like it but not that passionate anymore), I quite enjoyed the movie. The storyline is kind of..normal. But the dance moves and the sound tracks were awesome! Kudos to the choreographer(s) and music director(s)!!!

So, there goes my prelude. I have yet to visit any open house for the Raya though. Invite me in for any open house if you are having one. XD

English, english, english.. where art thou??

2010-09-09T00:17:00.002+08:00

Sigh, I am suddenly depressed over one thing. And that thing is none other than my deteriorating command of English (not that I was really proficient when I left Sri Garden). To make things worse, I read my previous entries and guess what, I went "GAHHHHHH". I noticed that I had so damn much mistakes and spelling/typing errors. Gah!

So, should I change my writing style to better English with more accurate grammar, punctuation marks and wider vocabulary? Gah! I don't really want to leave out my -la and XD though.

But then again, I really, really want to improve my English though. Aside from the fact that ICAEW Application Stage is in full-blown subjective papers (aka answer in essay form), I think my written English is beginning to affect my verbal skills as well.

That's it.

TIME TO BUCK UP!!!!!

English, till the day I leave this world, I shall hunt for you.

Yozakura Quartet

2010-09-06T01:01:00.002+08:00

The first time I used a manga/anime title as my blog post if memory serves right. XD But don't expect any anime reviews. I am not that good. Yet.

Anyway, the point is, I just finished watching the anime of this particular title. Waiting to start on the manga series though. I just realised, it has been a damn long time since I enjoyed an anime.

When the realisation hit upon me, I thought back of the times when I grew up. Surrounded by comic books(then reading the Bahasa Melayu translation), gradually progressed to watching anime in local television channels (dubbed in Bahasa Melayu) to online reading manga and watching anime (aka now).

Also, I am now a proud member of SUAC, currently helping out in AniManGaki '10. Who knows, in the near future, I might be crossplaying even. XD

Tanggal 31 !!!!

2010-09-01T02:16:00.002+08:00

31st of August for every year reminds me only one thing :

School-Wide Celebrations!!!

Yeah, cause I study in a school where kindergarden, primary and secondary levels are under one roof. Withour fail, annually, the celebrations will include a lot of us drabbed in traditional clothings. And we sort of have half-day off from studying due to the various celebrations.

I think my best memories from my schooling days celebrations were :
1. Decorating classes for the "Best Decorated in Merdeka-Theme Classroom"(yeah, title kinda cacat-ed by you get my drift)
2. Singing a mix-and-mash up version of "Malaysia Truly Asia" where we sang certain parts in English, Malay and Chinese (by the way, today I found out that there is a Japanese version of it in Youtube, forgotten the title of the video though. ><, apologies if you were interested. XD)
3. Participating in Inter-Private School Choir Competition, that was specially held in conjuction with Merdeka celebration. I forgotten what songs we sang but definitely in our line-up was, Setia. Cause it was out grand finale!! The funniest part was, we (5Sc1'ers) practised for about 2 weeks, due to the sudden change of songs(we can't sing Malaysia Truly Asia as a patriotic song T.T) and the teacherS, who were actually quite well-trained in Music, kept changing our harmonization, (I think that is the word though). But! We still managed to get 3rd placing, which surprised all of us. XD

Meh, 2009 was kinda boring though. No decorating of class, no singing. And got nothing!!

This year, 31.8.2010, it was a little bit more special than my non-schooling year (aka year 2009). I managed to finished a novel, entitled This End of the Rainbow by Adibah Amin. I was slightly late in realising that it touches on an issue close to all of our hearts. RACISM.
When I finished the book and think about it, then only I noticed, Hey, on Merdeka day, I completed this book. Seriously, scrap off all the politic talks and only introduce this book to childrens. Way more effective than Moral, Malaysia Studies or even National Service for that matter. The level of English is kinda easy anyway. Children can learn more words anyway. XD

Ok, that's it for today folks! see you again.

3 days of play-time!!!

2010-08-29T18:55:00.004+08:00

Woohoo!! Had the best 3-consecutive days of internship period. 26.8.10, 27.8.10 and 28.8.10. In chronological order:

1. On 26.8.10, which is a Thursday, the whole team were allowed to leave slightly earlier than usual (aka 5.30pm-type-of-sharp) and we went to Tenji, a Japanese buffet to sort of celebrate. Man, eating from 6pm till 9.30pm, I definitely felt like bursting. BUT, that is not the end of the story. We watched "The Stool Pigeon" at 11.50pm!! Sadly, there is not 'yumcha' session after the movie, because all of us were too tired. Just a side note, comparatively speaking, Shogun tastes way better than Tenji but for view, go for Tenji and sit outside. One more thing, I guess the funniest part was taking a group photo but Lee Ning and I came out holding ice-cream cups only after they took the photo. So, for us, the whole team has to take a photo again. XD

2. On 27.8.10, I forgotten the details of what happened but I remember feeling happy. Maybe it is the news that most seniors won't be checking in for work on Monday because of time-off. XD, yeah, less eyes, the better for us to be naughty. If we want to.

3. On 28.8.10, travelled for about 21 hours and definitely had fun. The plan was supposed to be go to Penang, sight-seeing and eat then come back. But there is an addition of stopping at Ipoh. So, the whole journey goes like this. From KL, went to Ipoh and ate hor hee then prayed a little to my great-grandfather and my great-grandmother then we resume our journey to Penang. First thing we did was to eat the assam laksa and then to scout for two things: Ghee Hiang Sesame Oil and nutmeg. MIssion accomplished for both things, by the way! Dinner was char kuey teow and a pork satay. Ahahaha, on the way back, stopped by at Ipoh again to takeaway wat tan hor. Supper was lala mi hun in the car. XD, I think I ate damn much too today!!

XD, there you go folks. The 3 days I had was damn fun!!!

Extreme!!!

2010-08-26T02:08:00.004+08:00

Can you see the uzumaki-like design in the sky? Cause I certainly did.

Anyway, what extreme means for today is.. I experienced the most of both good and bad sides today. I was utterly stressed by work yet supremely satisfied at the end of the day. I mean, the day started off ok, before being informed by a senior that what I was doing all the while seems a little off. Imagine my misery or 'fun', as you would like to put it, when I had to try and do my best to tie the figure or at least, minimise the difference/variance. But towards the end of the day, when I did manage to slightly accomplish that, I felt like King of the World!!!

But the best part, from Lee Ning : Good that you are almost done, but the bad news is, you took two days to finish it. :P

XD, damn cute right?? yeah, I was elated that time.

Oh yeah, return of the sky photo. Hopefully I can continue so for the next few days. Took it on 25.8.10 by the way.

Nothing more than...

2010-08-24T02:25:00.002+08:00

A little upset. XD, that's true. I was a little hurt recently. Only by one thing though. Which is, I was not informed that Ru Yi became the new sponsorship department head.

I have no problems at all with her being the head. In fact, I was glad. My only remorse came from not being informed about it. I mean, come one, I am part of AniManGaki crew, ya know? Why am I not informed about, especially when I am part of the department too?

While to most of you, this might sound petty, to me, it just means a little of my respect for you just vanished. I will have to say, I sort of thing that I experience this whenever I see your facebook status, saying all the little petty outings you guys have and make me wonder to myself, hey, why I don't know about that?

><, I think it is time for me to start taking things lighter and less by-the-book.

Laughterrrrrrrrrrr

2010-08-21T02:10:00.002+08:00

Ahaha, writing this was what I actually wanted to record down. Just a short story, to let you have one or two hoots of laughter. XD

So, it all started on a ssunny afternoon, as my colleagues and I finished our lunch and were walking back to the office. Out of a sudden, the 4 of us ( 2 Audit Associates and 2 Trainees) heard the chirpings of birds. Some of us thought it was the birds outside and some of us thought it is handphone ring tone. I was for the one thinking birds chirping outside and even commented, It sounded melodious. So, we reached the office and entered the lift. Later, I was slightly shocked to see 2 seniors in the lift too as I thought they were buying mooncakes also.

A few seconds of chit-chatting, we heard the birds chirping again and this time, we found the source of 'nuisance'. It is actually... my phone!!! What the heck man!! The lift practically erupted to great laughter because us, auditors were the only ones in the lift and I think they witness my slightly comedic actions. In the sense that, even when my phone was chirping away, I put the speaker side to my ear to confirm it.

Gosh, I am neither embarassed nor proud of the moment. Seriously. But I am damn glad that I managed to made them happy, even for a fraction of a second.

Yeah, this is what I wanted to typed actually, instead of the previously emo-ish post.

Another thing, I don't really put pictures here. So, bear with the words! XD

Floating in the air

2010-08-21T01:52:00.002+08:00

I guess you can call this feeling lost more than being imaginary and happy. XD

Yeah, I am seriously floating in the air cause I don't know what I want to do anymore. I used to, mark the words, USED TO, have a plan which is after completing CFAB and ICAEW, take a year off and do whatever I want. So far, the things that I would like to do most are:

-Travel in Japan
-Polish up my command of English, Chinese and learn Japanese
-Become an air attendant (don't ask me where this random plan came from)
-Take up a Diploma in Journalism

Yeah, within a year, I wish to accomplish all those things but then at a student review meeting recently, I would say about a week ago, I think a few sort of disagree with the plan of taking one year off. I seriously don't know why but I am quite sure they have their reasons.

Anyway, internship right now is playing quite a huge role too in making my decision. I know that the only real thing that I get from this internship is the kind of work that I will be doing. Seriously, it is more like being an curious child that loves to question a lot than deal with debit and credit. I kind of like it but before that, I must know what is it that I am looking for. Half the time when the seniors call me to ask the client's staff questions, I come back with answers totally irrelevant. XD, which indirectly, what I am trying to say is, I defeated the purpose of asking.

Ok, that was off-topic cause another thing that I would like to bring up is, my inability to distiguish my own.... emotions? perrceptions? argh!! you know, those intrapersonal stuff!

Gah!!! Did I suddenly turn emo or what?? Nah, I think it is more like I still haven't grow up yet.

But I suspected myself to suffer from Peter Pan Syndrome. Ahahahaha, leaving things at that la. Not like typing it out here gonna provide solutions.

Shortcut

2010-08-07T22:29:00.002+08:00

More like a summary I think. Just putting it down here before I forget what happened.

Past few days was a damn frenzy. Let's just say the starting point is Malaysian Student Leader Summit(MSLS), followed by Lydia's farewell, ICAEW movie night (this time, the movie is Avatar: The Last Airbender) and finally Summer Jeopardy Challenge.

All of the above is fun in its own way, nevertheless, they never fail to leave me with a tinge of regret. For not enjoying even more.

Hope I can remember what happened in each event. Even after a long time.

2 times in 4 days - Intro and IFF day

2010-07-29T01:08:00.004+08:00

Another promise to myself, to write everything in Trebuchet if the font is available. XD, yeah, now I syok sendiri ady, I want to use BDO font to write my blog.
Anyway, I am talking about Internation Food Fiesta (IFF) and BBQ at Yau's house. While I might have missed out Redang trip, oh boy, I am damn glad I went to this two places, despite potential screwing by my mother. XD.

So yeah, IFF.. was kinda boring this year, because the scale was done a little bit smaller but what I like best is seeing the teachers again and talking to them. The food wasn't really my main point actually from the beginning. The second fun part comes from what I did after IFF. First thing first, the people involved are basically classmates from Form 5. Back to topic, what we did first was to crash at Chun Tean's house aka meeting place to plan for our day. Nothing much there except I think black forest banana cake(?) and lots of crap-talking. XD

So, there we start our journey in separate cars to Edo's house, and I am happily in the same car as Lydia~~~ I think Lydia wanted to use MRR2 to go but midway, both of use decided that it is better to just take an LRT there. It kind of amused me when I recalled that Lydia laughed at Chun Tean when he suggested it. Moving on, so, there we go, chatting away in LRT and while waiting for the rest to pick us up.

Due to communication glitch, our original destination of Snowflake was changed to Sunway Pyramid and once again, I got trolled. Surprisingly, the ones that trolled me were Sow Yeng, Lesan and Su Wei. The story goes like this, they already reached Snowflake and occupied seats for us and waited for half an hour before ordering food. Just as they are finishing their food, a call from Lydia using my phone to inform them that destination changed maybe did not really destroy their mood but definitely gives them an idea to play a prank!!!

Once we reach Sunway Pyramid, we went to Pasta Zanmai and we sat down while waiting for the three of them. And by some weird twist of fate, I sat at where all the empty seats are. So, I guess you should know by now where they sat. Yee Jean and Chia Hoong, who were second nearest had the nerve to cover their faces with menus while I am left alone to console the pseudo-angry/disappointed lot. XD, what the heck la when I know later that they are faking it.

The next spontaneous activity we had was to sing K, where I neared my pokai point. AmSquare is kinda expensive therefore, we squat beside the escalator to discuss where should we sing K. It was fun, you know, to pretend to be drug addicts. XD, you know la, the general idea of a bunch of drug addicts is to squat in a circle or loitter at a Timbuktu area. Imagine that.

Its decided later to go Endah Parade to sing K. Much cheaper though definitely not known at all except for maybe a few of us. A few songs that is memorable, Sorry Sorry (where we all danced), Whataya Want From Me, Gee(with weird English spelling as lyrics), Kenangan Terindah.

After that, we had supper in OUG area, at Sri Steven's Corner or something, if I am not mistaken. It was like a yamcha session except that eating was more obvious than talking. XD

Guess what time the whole day ended. I remember reaching home at about 1am or so. XD, part 2 coming up, regarding BBQ at Yau's house.

(Missed) Redang Trip

2010-07-20T23:26:00.002+08:00

I am such a faggot. I can't believe I use such a title.

Anyway, yeah, this is basically a post of doubt. Yeah, I initialy wanted to put sadness and regret but I find that those two aren't really the appropriate word.

I am still wondering, why on earth did I not take a leave to join my friends in a fun-filled trip. Not to say I am feeling utterly despaired, I think I sort of became immune to it because there are other things that actually made me feel even worse.

For example, I really hate it when people keep stuff away from me. I am quite sure I made this quite clear often enough, but I think being ole' me, no one thinks its serious. Yes, be it from secondary school friends or college mates.

Gah!! Enough of that long-winded sad sounding post, I actually wanted to write what I did instead of going to Redang, which is.....

Attending TRAINING at BDO

Not to say which is better or worse, but I believe whenever a choice needs to be made, the resulting feeling of "why did I not" definitely comes back to haunt you.

Ok, time for the truth, I know if i try this IRL, I will be beaten up, so, here is the truth for you. Actually, I was more sadden on these few occasions. First of all, it is during World Cup, when I read Chun Tean's facebook status about you guys going to Lesan's house to watch one of the match, I was sliced to pieces because I am not sure how many of you people, my friends, know that I hate gangs. Heck, sooner or later, I think my only connection to you (5Sc1) is going for 'pai nin' at everyone's house and ta-da. End of story!!! To be truthful, I will really cry when I realised that happen, in the future, if it did happen.
Another thing, I always feel disconnected. I have no idea when it started but 5Sc1, please please please make me feel connected. again. Although I know, it is my loss, not yours. The verdict is really up to you. I mean, where had all the happy times gone to? Hell or heaven? For eternity? No way!! Fuck that!! I want the happy times to stay in our memory and better still, we create even more happy future.

Ah, I feel much better now. XD, I really like to rant and cray, too bad I can't do this at work, lest I be chased away by my senior right now. Just 2 more months and few more days!

Routine

2010-07-15T01:05:00.002+08:00

I realised that all the titles of my blog that I used recently is quite boring and straightforwards. What happened to my artistic way of naming my posts??? gah!! ><

Anyway, yeah, things are basically quite routine already. The seniors are damn good as in they are always willing to teach and help. If we do make a mistake, they won't scold but advise and tell us what we did wrong. I really like it that way.

Yeah, my colleagues noticed that I eat kinda slow ady. So, have to think of a way to tell them that they can go back to the office first.

But recently, I began playing out certain things in my mind. I think it is called imagination but better be prepared than attacked unarmed!

In a way, I would describe my job as boring and fun la. Boring because it is quite desk-bound and fun because I get to learn stuff. It is really exciting when there is always something unknown presented right in front of you.

Something has been bugging me recently though. Putting it down there in an artistic style that I had not used for a long time. Hope it still sounds nice though.. XD

I doth wonder, if needed to choose among the duo, who will the city choose. One, well-liked the moment it hits the eye, the other, seemingly mediocre and bland compared to the one.
Will the city choose the one or give time to the other?
Yet, one doesn't want to service while the other is committed because of the country.
Truly a despairing sight yet nonetheless a necessity.
I doth wonder............

Journal Voucher

2010-07-09T01:45:00.002+08:00

Ahahaha.. I have been doing review of journal voucher for 4/5 days and I am still not really getting the hang of it. It is a darn weird thing or maybe I am really weird in Accounting despite scoring a fake 90 for the e-assessment.

Talking about that, internship had been treating me quite well if not for the fact that the members is mainly quiet and small talk is really small for them. It is like, we got no time to talk, so better don't talk.

Adam's one is even worse though, he says his even talk to the laptops ; OUT LOUD and CLEARLY. Man, I would really freak out if that happens to the team I am in.

Wait, back to the review of journal voucher thing, although I am not really seeing the point of it yet, I believe if I put my heart and soul into it or open an "auditor" eye. Not forgetting to mention, gives me a strong foundation to build my building. XD

Ja, matte ne minna-san.

2nd day and Naruto weekend

2010-07-04T21:02:00.002+08:00

With a little touch of Minami-ke!! Yup, that's how I spend 2nd to 4th July 2010.

So, on 2nd day of internship, I was late. T.T, damn embarassing but the best/worst part is the client's office. Assuming the journey from my house to office is 1, from my house to client's is 1/4. In a way, it is kind of frustrating but then, finally get to do field work ady, so, can start waking up a little late? XD

Anyway, what I did for the day was basically vouching of two items la :
1) Share certificates with listing of shares
2) Registration card/Insurance policy with list of vehicles

I finally know the importance of the accruals concept when I did that thing. XD After doing that, go back to office and had meeting. The last thing to do for the day was to stamp the date, remove the staple, photostate, staple back and post!

Well, my weekend was a little more boring. Was doing nothing except reading Naruto and watch Minami-ke. Both are interesting in their own way

Gah!!! I need to focus more on my piano ady!!

1st day of internship

2010-07-02T00:35:00.003+08:00

Ahahaha, seems like my daily picture of the sky will be taking a three months break la cause I think I won't have the time to take a photo of the sky unless I do during lunch time?
But as of now, I am still thinking about alternative though. XD

とにかく, 1st day was basically BDO 1.01 which is basics of BDO on-goings or something like that. While I do see the importance of it, I was kind of upset that it took quite some time to the point that the only thing we were able to do for the day after the orientation is to read some files (What I was reading was a Current Audit File).

XD, not to mean anything, but the words were really, really familiar, except for the fact that I forgotten what it means (><, sorry Mr. Ong). I reckon I wil be able to pick it up again fast enough though.

uhwaaaaa, I really can't wait to do some real stuff/work although I know I will be damn frustrated not knowing how things are gonna work. But I shall PAWNZZ.. XD

So yeah, first day only did two things, BDO 1.01 and read file. Quite a good learning experience though. Did I mention Lee Ning is auditing the same group as I am? Well, she is. Hohohohohoh....

Internship!!!!

2010-07-01T01:13:00.003+08:00

I can't believe I am writing this on the day my internship commence! It is about 1.15am now and I am suppose to be sleeping. Gah!

I am experiencing excitement, agony, anticipation, stress etc. etc. because I never tried working life before. Guess I should take it all in a stride. XD Internship is only 3 months though..hm...

Furthermore, I wonder which team/company will BDO 'throw' me in. I would be damn happy if it is The Star but oh well, let's see.

I am actually quite sad also because I won't be seeing my beloved classmates and SUAC members for the next three months (generally speaking), miss the Form 5 Science 1 trip to Redang, having to 'grow up' (or act like one) and.. I don't know. Lack of time for piano perhaps.. T.T

On the other hand, I won't be having much to do except to do up a Portfolio project, some log book writing and best of all,

WATCH ANIME/READ MANGA!!!!

*does Hard Gay moves..YAHOO!!

XD, yes, I am definitely feeling better right now and looking forward to internship in few hours time. Who knows, maybe I will make BDO a little livelier.

Oyasumi minna-san~

Lilian Loo and The A-Team on 25/6/2010

2010-06-27T19:48:00.002+08:00

XD, was awoken by a surprise call from Lilian Loo asking me to accompany her at Times Square (which ultimately includes Sg.Wang and Pavillion) at about 10.00am.

Guess what is her main aim.

Ready to unveil the puzzle?

1) Complete her collection of Hajime Kindaichi manga
2) Watch The A-Team
3) See me la of course!! (actually, this part is I syok sendiri XD)

Anyway, initially wanted to watch The A-Team at Times Square, thus we parked there but then, the timing for that movie was so late! Therefore, we decided to watch at Pavillion but before that! We had to stop by at Sg. Wang to buy the manga. Lilian looked as if she found heaven when she bought the books~~ XD, lmao at her look at that time. Moving on, finally bought tickets at Pavillion and ate at Sushi Zanmai, I wasted a lot of food there though. :P

Finally, the highlight of the outing, The A-Team. This show is damn exciting. If I were to put it in anime/manga genres, I will put it in action and comedy. I mean, the cast in the movie was so eye candy-ish!! XD, sweet and slick. Sweet and Slick. XD

Dare ka watashi no tomodachi?

2010-06-25T01:33:00.003+08:00

XD, ahaha, I was made restless suddenly when I read this :

find some good friends to take care of you and get wasted at least once

I had trouble finding out what made me restless from the sentence. As I am writing, I still am feeling restless.
No doubt, I have many good friends. Well, I don't really mind if it is one-sided but precisely how much confidence can I have in my good friends to not get hurt by the drunken/wasted me. It would cause me a great distress if for even a split moment, I caused any type of hurt to my good friends. Either by my biting and slicing words or destructive actions (read : physical attack)

Furthermore, I am too used being the protector to suddenly fill the shoes of being the protected. Don't get me wrong, notice the clear line between protection and domination. I don't need to be in control because I hate being too in control (just assume I shun responsibility). I only want to make sure the ones I care for, love for, respect for are protected either physically or mentally.

Fuck, I am on the verge of crying. I mean how the heck did things even turn out like this?

Gah!! when the hell I started having these kind of thoughts? Speculating it is form 2 when I start to build a fort around my heart. And I always have this thought that, should I even burden you somemore when you have burdens of your own? XD, I doth wonder...

Well, enough of that. Time to start trusting my tomodachi even more ady.

Ruefulness

2010-06-23T02:29:00.002+08:00

Sigh, actually its more like pathetic. I don't know when this started but I definitely know I am spiralling into it even more.

Was it because I had been reading about van Gogh? Or I just watched Edward Scissorshand? Either way, I thought I was subconsciously surrounding myself with depressing stuff.

I also feel damn bad for not being able to go to 5sc1 trip to Redang. I mean, a few people went through a lot of trouble to organise it and I was not able to give my support. Looking at the list of people attending, it definitely hurts even more. T.T I should be sent to damnation. But then, I have my plans. XD

Could it also be internship? As 1st of July 2010 draws near, the more I feel insecure. I think it is because I have to change my mindset and contain my self. I can't be the loud, random and obnoxious gaki anymore.. T.T

No wonder the saying, humans regret things they didn't do rather than things they did.

Words of the wise

2010-06-22T04:21:00.003+08:00

Taken on 21.6.2010

Taken on 19.6.2010

Taken on 15.6.2010

Taken on 14.6.2010

Finally, I put up all the pictures I had taken for the past week and today as well. Seriously, I do the random-est stuff there is la. Well, in my opinion anyway.

So, I got 64 for BF and 62 for Law. I am satisfied. I don't see any reason why I should not. XD I mean, I was only aiming for pass! So, after all the 'hard work', I am enjoying the fruits of my labour, which are enjoyment of total freedom (more anime!), polishing my piano exam pieces and doing up some stuff for my mother.

Anyway, so how did I spend my first day of holiday? First of all, I lurked in the library, at the computer area. I was sorting out some stuff through my email and preparing to meet one of the sponsors for AniManGaki 2010. At the meantime, I keep refreshing ICAEW webpage(was waiting for Law result also mah).

Once in a while, my butt get a bit itchy, I will walk over to Michelle's place and talk to her lor. I saw a few of those from BDO July 2010 intake de. Yesh! Jeckyln might be joining also! Too bad la, when Mr. Ong is here to teach them that time, all 10 of us will be under internship.><

Going back to the library, I borrowed two books. Have to return by 30.6.2010, which is just in time lor because that day is wednesday mah, can make excuses to go college. So, just in case you want to know the two books title:

The Vagina Monologue and van Gogh

Sa, anyway, then when I was preparing to leave to Sunway Pyramid around 1.00pm to meet up with the sponsor(animetsu), just noticed it was raining quite heavily. Stuck at college until 1.55pm while having a chat with Edwin and Steve, if it qualifys so. XD

Anyway, I really thank the Animetsu's Jason for the willingness to sponsor AniManGaki 2010 in certain aspect.
Not only that, learnt quite a lot of things from him too also. Well, things about life and working stuff. In summary:
1) It never hurts to be too detailed but it is detrimental if things seems shallow
2) Failing to plan is planning to fail (heard it often enough but never enter the head, today seems to be the day though)
3) Always keep stakeholders updated. XD
4) Never be vague in timing. It is dangerous.
5) Being a student might allow leeways but never assume an automatic right, lest it becomes a habit and damage your career in the beginning.

I think that is all that I gathered today. I am really happy to get to learn things like this, at least it is not the hard way, but I did get a little depressed because it proves how much flaw I have and I am getting more and more jittery about internship as the day goes by.

Fuck, why the hell am I writing this ass-long post. Gah! Each man his own!

Messy

2010-06-21T04:53:00.002+08:00

So, due to procrastination, there are three pics that I have not upload yet. Should be soon, I guess.

Anyway, the main thing why I say this week was messy because that is just it. Had two days of Revision Class for Law.
On Wednesday, had Mock 2 for Law and then anime club meeting. I still feel sucky whenever I remember that I ffk two people but trying to let bygones be bygones here.. sigh.. I did have a great time at Sushi Zanmai though. Spoke the most crap for...days! Made waves of randomness also! I am damn proud to be myself.
Well, gotta keep my spirits high to look for sponsors and other stuff! Ganbatte-masu!!

Then the finale came on Saturday. Quite scary. And still waiting for result. XD, hoping for PASS. I am really marveled at how much I changed since primary school in terms of competitiveness.

Self

2010-06-13T13:29:00.005+08:00

Well, finally had BF final on 12.06.2010 and as of now, I am still waiting for the verdict the come out.
And out of boredom, I am thinking about one thing only : myself. I realised that I am very bad intrapersonal things. When I say bad, it actually means it is worse than my interpersonal aspects.

But before that, I should describe myself so that I can get a good and hearty laugh at the future.
First of all, I am an open book which gets updated constantly. Of course, there are some pages that is blank, either for you to fill it up or find out the ways to make the words appear. Of course, this book here is not absolutely objective. It is more of a book that requires interpretation and your own POV. Just a word of caution, never judge this book by its cover. Sometimes the colourful cover it has might be hiding a dark and sinister story or the gloomy cover it seems to has might contain a story of mirth and joy. To readers of the book, I can only say one thing, thank you for reading the book, hope it made your life better.

So, what about myself, this is what I understand so far about myself:
-playful, childish, carefree, hates to be pushed or forced, will never mask displeasure/anger but limit human contact when that happens
-loves to learn new stuff, no matter from what field of study
-tend to ask too much but usually irrelevant stuff
-keeps people at arm's length
-takes a neutral stance on most things
-only do things for the greater good without making a loss for myself
-protects those that I care for(which is actually quite alot)
-might have forgotten how to cried.. XD

I don't know what else I can write about myself. XD, give me your feedback will ya?

The end of 99 out of 100 good conversations
Is always us being sneered at and treated like nothing
I can't laugh chewing on a stone like this
This time for sure I'm going to get 1/100 of it

A part of UVERworld song - 99/100 Damashi no Tetsu

Forever the wolf in me shall desire the sheep in you.

A sentence from Beauty and The beast by Nightwish

A week of BF before Exam

2010-06-10T13:35:00.003+08:00

This week was definitely a merry-go-round. For once, in the first day of this week, RC class was ughhhh because we had to keep doing questions and revised here and there. So, it was ah, ok la....=.=
Second day made a turn for the better becaues we kept doing quizzes in class and played some random game!
Heck, we even did a pokemon quiz which Adam provided quite a lot of pokemon names. XD and this faggot claims that he doesn't watch anime. And since no one comes to this world, I doubt he can claim me for deflammatory or derogatory.

THE IMPOSSIBLE QUIZ!!! Damn memorable! Remembered playing this game in secondary school and had a heck of a time man! Its all about fun, fun! and FUN!
Then cheok also introduced a game, got a lot of balls inside the game de. A game of analytical skills and patience. Dubbed the world's hardest game, but by who, that I know not. XD

Wednesday was one of the best days in the year! Well, for once, applause to Davion for making this unofficial meeting! Because Shodaime came to the meeting! And I am bloody damn glad that I went for the meeting although that day got no class and had to go helter-skelter to look for a class to study in. Luckily I went to look for Michelle and found out that she actually booked Eb-1-1 for us to study. Thank you Michelle!

Thinking back, I am lucky to join CFAB in July. Because the alternative routes were definitely not as pleasant although less time consuming. This one doesn't mean to degrade the other routes but I am just showing my thoughts and the pros/cons that I weighted:
1) Route of CAT>>ICAEW : Thanks to my lack of competitive spirit, I dropped out of CAT and joined CFAB because if I didn't, I had to make sure I get good enough grades in the eyes of the college and company, before being selected/short-listed, however the system works. Of course, this route is faster but the packness of it!! It's enough to make you age faster. Well, my perception only though.
2) Joining CFAB later aka in January : I will be wasting a year and my class won't be that exclusive anymore. Because the Jan 10 intake has got 20++ people whereas my current class, July 09, has got 10 including me. Well, but we sort of take the freedom they gave us for granted because it sort of became a habit for us to change the timetable at our whim and fancy, which did annoy me greatly at some point but I had learnt to accept and go with the flow (I am such a
sloth!).

So, there you go. Ahahaha, all of this had got nothing to do with BF. Maybe I just need some stress-relief la. Alas, the time had come for me to go back to book-eating. Just got to make sure my sacrifice is well worth it.

Mocks OVER!!! And some new stuff

2010-06-04T20:25:00.005+08:00

Taken on 2.6.2010, nothing much to say about

Taken on 1.6.2010, please tell me what animal your imagination lead you to. XD

Anyway, finished BF and Law Mock. IC is completely over! Now I will only need to focus for BF for the coming week and Law for the following week. Will be spending my Wednesday in college though, regardless there is SUAC meeting or not.

Then time for internship! I don't know if I am feeling excitement or nervousness.. XD, a mixture, again, I guess.

And, I added another link to Books+Reading and Japan. It's damn funny but damn useful (in some ways la). XD, I am definitely enjoying life.XD

Craziness

2010-06-01T02:03:00.002+08:00

Today was a damn funny day man! Had laughter throughout the day. Only had two classes though which are BF and Law.

For BF, the funniest part was where Adam was trying to show off his Biology skill, saying he can be a doctor and I tried to make him look hamsap by saying, be a gynae? Then he said, aiya, gynae no future wan, my FATHER's gynae... and I burst out in laughter and I went into my highest laughter mode (supersonic/ultrasonic laughter and tears trickling down my face). Apparently, what he meant was, the gynae that received his father is the same that received him. LMAO man!

For Law, it will be the part where Lee Ning just fed me tau foo far and then Adam and Cheok appeared carrying San Fransisco drink, and me being me, wanted to poke Adam's stomach, got poked back. So I guffawed because I haven't even swallow the tau foo far but stomach kena poked. XD

Then one more joke about Saiyuki, involving Shu Tin, Tze Lin and Amelia. I asked Shu Tin if she watch Saiyuki and then the three of them ask, what is that? Then I told them "Journey to the West"(in cantonese la that time). They go and cheh and aiyo me..XD

=.=

2010-06-01T02:01:00.001+08:00

Taken on 27.5.2010 and was kinda gloomy, no idea why though.
Nothing memorable enough today

2010-05-29T01:05:00.003+08:00

Taken on 24.5.2010

Taken on 25.5.2010

One more photo, which was taken on 27.05.2010, is not placed here. Blaming procrastination. XD

Anyway, for the week, there is nothing memorable, EXCEPT,

CFAB ORIENTATION DINNER 2010

So, I will have to say, besides AniManGaki 2010, this is the other event that I had been looking forward to and oh my, it was such a busy day man!

First, we (as in the organising committee) had to reach ICAEW Malaysia office/Chulan Tower at 9.00am or so in the morning. Then, we were separated into two groups, one group headed by Adam to eat at Pelita near KLCC (these few guys went missing for about an hour or two, or more.XD) and the other group, headed by no one at all, stayed back on to help make preparations for the deco team. But sooner or later, the team that stayed back became hungry and ordered Domino's.. XD, I still don't know how to spell the name though. XD

Well, I did my share fair of 'curi tulang' also la actually. I went to Pavillion with Tze Lin and Shu Tin to get some stuff, I forgotten what though. XD. Anyway, made me remembered that if anyone says Pavillion is near KLCC and vice versa, I am gonna either physically assault that fellow or mentally snicker, knowing full well that I am not going to trust that. Either way, the three of us went back to Chulan Tower after we finished getting the stuff.

Subsequently, we finished most of the things and time passed by so fast, it was 3.00pm before we knew it and then everyone had to start rushing to prepare for the dinner. Some (both guys and girls I mean) looked really pretty, handsome, sexy, hot and so on! Basically it was such an eye-candy. Had such a great time looking at places I am not suppose. XD

Oh, a funny thing that happened in the hotel room! There were two rooms that were booked, one for the girls (464) and one for the guys(469), to prepare themselves for the dinner and I, with a few other girls went to room 469, while arthur was bathing. I think we scared the hell outta him when we entered and started talking. XD, it was damn funny to hear him panicking. Should have made him even more *insert your own word here*.

Finally, the event started and everything was either right on time or we were early. Seriously had no more words to say.

Last thing,

A super big round of applause to everyone present, to everyone who helped out and to

EVERYONE WHO ENJOYED THE DINNER!!!!!!

Ah~

2010-05-22T01:28:00.002+08:00

XD, today had first IC test and I think I screwed it up although I am quite sure I finished the first. Well, I think I sort of became complacent and just couldn't really be bothered with aiming high. At least I am true to myself, I didn't depend on lecturer's tips to answer the questions.

Which brings me to my next point, I was actually sort of bothered by the fact that things like this happens. Oh well, as the saying that I learnt from SUAC members, SHIT HAPPENS. XD
Take a step back, and the world shall appear to be at ease.

By the way, also went to look for clothes. For the dinner and internship, which is coming up. Soon.

Guess that's my day after all.

PS. Also had another delayed reaction. I tried doing "The Dip" (a form of push-up I guess) this morning and I only start to feel the lactic acid building up at night. This is even worse!