Dinner @ Alamanda

No. No food photos nor restaurant photo this time.

The restaurant itself is just a normal franchised steamboat restaurant, but the point is, this is the first time I'm having dinner with my 'future team', I'll join them next year.

It's still feeling strange when getting along with them, but I still enjoyed talking to them and listening to their jokes. These are very nice people to me (so far? haha), although our cultural backgrounds are different, but they are getting along very well together.

I'm still feeling a bit unknown to my future, because it's a totally different environment and job function to me. I don't know what will happen after I move there. But I think I will have a positive expectation starting from now on. From my past experience, there is no need to worry too early, at the end you may find that you will be doing good in your new role.

My dental plan

I just realized that I haven't been having my dental checkup for quite a long time. As I'll be having a few days off next year, I think I'll make an appointment with my dentist. I think my teeth have already got holes and bacterial plaque inside, at least I have to get it cleaned.

Basically some companies provide dental benefit to their employees, and for some of the organizations, they will offer dental plan to the people, just to pay as low as $14.95 every month and you can have a full package of dental care. You can visit their website to find more discount plan available for you.

For those who need to take care of their family but also looking for jobs, such as housewives, they can also find career opportunities here because you can work from home.

Lunch buffet @ Kampachi 勘八

As Des back from US, we were having a gathering with bossie, fred, hiongku, sam, bibi, and Ma.

The gathering was at Kampachi, a Japanese restaurant in Hotel Equatorial KL. We were having a buffet lunch, but we can order from the menu, instead of having all the food served on the public area.

Location: Kampachi (勘八), Hotel Equatorial Kuala Lumpur
Price: Weekends, RM80++ for adults.

The restaurant

Sashimi. bossie finished most of them. :)

Soft-shell crab

Hand Rolls

Sushi. Raw fish again... :P

Fish

Fish

Futomaki

Tempura - Shrimp

Our little photographer, Sam. < 3 years old

Menu

Please get well~~

It's 4am in the morning. My parents are still staying aside with my nephew, keeping him cold by rubbing his body with wet clothes.

After getting back from the hospital, his condition doesn't seem improve. He has taken the fever medicine, but his body temperature is still remains at around 38C. And just a few minutes ago, he had another fit again, this time I witnessed the thing happened. It was so scary to see his body is trembling on the bed, and you felt helpless because nothing you can do. Dad and Mum are still trying to cold down his body, the fit just last for a few seconds this time, but still it scared us up.

I gave sis a call, we wonder if we could at least persuade the hospital to let him stays in the hospital for one night for observation. Now everyone cannot really rest because of too worry about him. Mum is on call with sis again, maybe after sunrise, we will bring him back to the hospital if his condition is still not getting well.

Please, get well! And Xuan Xuan, you also need to 加油！

Increase income

This year, especially the second half of the year, I have been spending more than what I could expect. Too many things come together at the same time, car maintenance, car air-cond repair, etc. Some of them are really out of your budget or what you could have planned. So instead of keep thinking of how to save money, we would rather think of how to increase our income. Many people will choose to do investment, there are also many different kinds of investment option for you, for example you can choose to buy gold bullion, or precious metals, as this is more stable and you could get better return. Of course if you are really interested, you would need to seek advice from some experts to help you on that.

Wish for health

Just back from the hospital. My nephew had entered the hospital again, high fever, fit, vomit. Luckily the paed said he doesn't need to admit to hospital, just gave him some medicine and we can take care of him at home.

This morning, received a SMS from my best friend, my 契女 had admitted to hospital again because of blue-ish on her body. The doctor is still checking for the problem. I'm still worrying about them since I received the message. They have been gone through so many hard times, and now they have to face it again.

Anyhow, for both Boy Boy and Girl Girl, since it's Christmas Eve today, I would like to make a wish for their recovery and health forever. Also, wish for health to everybody I love and who loves me.

Christmas deco @ Mid Valley

As my friend just asked about the Christmas deco at Mid Valley, and now here it is. Because I was a bit rushing that time, actually I didn't take photos for every angle. If you really like to see the full decorations, you can visit to MV by yourself... hehe

This year, their theme is like Lilliput, everything is just so BIG~~~!!! I feel myself have went into a giant world, with big Teddy bears, big presents, big houses.........

It's year end

It's end of the year again, time really flies.

Walking around the Bukit Bintang area, you will see that many shopping malls are having their year end sales. But for me, these few months I have been spending too much, until I will feel hesitate when I want to buy something.

Prices are increasing, but not our pay. Nowadays life is not really easy for us. That’s why we cannot just depend on our normal pay, but need to find someway else for earning. Many people choose investment, and you may try to buy gold bullion as gold will keep the value for so long and there are many experts will help you to have a better investment with highest return.

Countdown....

After tomorrow, it's my final 2 weeks in CRM.
Looking at my desk, looking at my PC, it's so hard for me to say goodbye to them... T_T
I realize that I really have so many stuffs in my place, too much.
I have to clean my desk, clean my harddisk, move to another place.
I'll no longer have desktop PC, just a .... maybe 'oldman' laptop.
Oh gosh! It's so hard for me to leave!
Anyhow, I have to step forward.
And... this is the only 'decoration' I have for Christmas.
My X'mas tree, with my bear that has been sitting on my CPU for years.

Have an early Christmas blessing!

Christmas Deco @ KL

These are the photos I took in November, at Bukit Bintang area. Most of the shopping malls had done their Christmas deco. See if you like it?

<< Pavilion KL >>

<< Star Hill >>

<< Fahrenheit 88 >>

<< Times Square >>

<< Lot 10 >>

After test

OK, it's definitely NOT a good news.
See, if you never really put on hard work to study, it's not easy for you to even pass the exam.
Anyhow, what I'm good at is trying my best on giving full attendance.
I got "perfect attendance" award in my workplace, remember? haha
Whatever happened, I'm free from exam now~~ Yahoo~!!
And I've decided to continue my I3. At least I need to complete my intermediate, then only decide if I want to further study what I'm not even familiar with the beginner level.
The problem is, now I'm listening and watching Korean more than Japanese (because of SJ... *^^*), how? Crazy lah...
Shiho-san has given me some JP dramas, I think I really need to watch all of them to learn my JP...
But, I still wanna watch SJ.... hahaha
*** Bless for my exam, I don't wish for too much, just to pass, that's all. **

Farewell, T~~

I only knew he's leaving on his last day.

We didn't have chance to say goodbye to him together, and didn't have chance for him to say goodbye to us in person.

As he has promised, he has stayed for one year, fully one contractual year (after deducting annual leaves). It's just he doesn't want to continue, he had decided to pursue his career in another place.

When 4 of them joined the team, I really thought that they will be the hope of our team, some sort of "new blood".... but then everything change. Things are not going on as what I thought. Only one of them still stays, but still, it's not easy for us to keep it on.

There were lots of disappointment and conflicts happened, anyhow, if it's his choice to moving forward for his dream, I will wish for his success and happiness.

T, I'm still glad that you have been working together with us for 1 year. Wishing for your better future and success.

Memory Lost

They were talking about the funny thing about the lecturer, tutor, in the class...... but none of them could recall my memory. It seems that I've never been in there before.

It's quite scary because for those they would keep it in their memory, had lost in mine. I can't remember who is Sun Teck Heng, I can't remember when Matthew was trying to solve a math and stopped in the middle like machine hanged (this is how they described it... :P), I can't remember who was the 'expert' who went down to help the lecturer to solve the math question...... I can't remember anything at all, although I've tried to dig it out from my memory. I guess it's not even in my recycle bin......

Either it's not memorable enough for me to keep it, or I really have memory lost problem. I wish I could remember all these funny and precious moment so that when they are talking about it again, I can be involved too. Now I just feel like I'm listening to 'their' story and not mine...

It's quite sad.

Dinner @ Chili's

I was having a dinner at 1U Chili's together with other RCCians, including BIG BOSSES -- not on the same table of course.

Actually I forgot what this dinner is about, I got the email, responded and then I attended. None of my team members are coming, so I joined other team members which anyhow... I felt a bit weird.

The good thing is, for my experience in socializing all these years, I managed to make myself more comfortable in such environment with all the people that I don't really know. Although I'm still not socialized enough, my bottomline is trying not to make myself an idiot, then it's enough. People like me are hard to find buddies in working place, even if you found one, the person will leave or change in the future, so at the end you still need to be alone.

BBQ BEEF RIBS, my dinner. wow... but after that I'm so full until cannot sleep.... ><

This is one of the "must order" food in this restaurant: BOTTOMLESS TOSTADA CHIPS

Chili's Grill & Bar Restaurant : Malaysia

Crazy

They definitely had made a record in our team, for a superior to contact our end users directly, moreover the "user" actually is a SME who has been working in this team longer than anyone of us in here.

She felt so weird when she was contacted via ST by manager. It's the first time ever our manager contact her, just to ask her to send us a "feedback". This "feedback", of course is positive which we will get compliment on that.

The manazer said it's not against any rules. Of course it doesn't, I don't know if there is such rule exists, but I just need a respect. It doesn't mean that you can change anything and do anything you want. I just truly truly WISH that she will bound to the mighty Bruce H one day and see how BH will react. She just not really understand the situation here.

The other reason why I think it's inappropriate is, I don't think that person really deserve the "compliment" because she doesn't really work that well. She will work > 12 hours and did < 10 emails, sometimes even lesser. If there's one day we would have > 20 incoming cases per day, will she work 24 hours then?

Everything is getting crazy~!! I think I'm gonna be crazy too.

Money Money Money

Seriously, I really found that it's very difficult for me to even save a penny nowadays. Especially during the second half of the year, money are like leaking out from my pocket, no matter how much I wish to keep them. It becomes more difficult after I start driving, all the petrol, maintenance, loan...... and I still need to spend on my regular expenses.

I admit that my money is not always spent on the right place, I used it on some unnecessary and ‘luxury’ stuffs too. Now I’m thinking, instead of just trying so hard on how to save it, maybe I need to find some other way to earn money. Blogging won’t be enough for me, I might need to think of buy gold bullion to increase my income.

SJ

SJ is for Super Junior. It's the biggest and most famous boy (maybe "man") group in South Korea.

I have heard this name since long ago but never really wanted to follow them, until last 2 weeks I watched a music video shared by my brother for SJ-M's Super Girl. The lyrics itself doesn't really special, but the rhythm and most attractive is the choreography. A very impressive thing of Korean dance is their dancing moves need a lot of coordination. And then the other thing is, easy to learn, like the songs from SJ, Wonder Girls (Nobody) and Girl's Generation (Gee), etc.

Actually they have another song is more famous: Sorry Sorry. This song has been on the top of the charts since it's released in March 2009. Almost the whole Asia, even worldwide has learned this song and the boy group after that. Many people from different countries are copying their dance moves, even the famous Philippines Prisoner are using their songs (link)... but of course not all the moves, only the chorus part.

I won't follow them like what little girls do, but I'll look for their songs, their videos and related news. Then I found out they have one and only Chinese member, Han Geng and he has already left the team since Dec 2009. He's having his own debut this year, but I still hope that these 13 guys will join together one day.......

Learn more about SJ:
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Junior
Official Website: http://superjunior.smtown.com/

Flowers for Thanksgiving

It’s end of the year and also festive season, before Christmas we will have Thanksgiving in November. To celebrate the holidays, you might need to buy some special gifts to your loved ones. If you are looking for something for ladies, then flowers can be your best choice.

Nowadays you don’t need to visit the florist personally to get all the fresh flowers, if you have a ProFlowers coupon code, you can make your purchase online with lower price, and it will be delivered to their doorsteps. There are lots of flowers with different occasions for you to choose, you can get whatever you want, and wherever you would like to make the delivery to.

If you do not have the ProFlowers coupons now, don’t worry, you can get it from Best Online Coupons. There are different types of coupons for you to choose, you can use it to buy flower bouquets, centerpiece, vase, or just special offer for delivery service. The best part is, you will have a chance to win a brand-new 4th Generation Apple iPod Touch.

All you have to do is just to log in to the website, click on the link if you want to use the coupons, and then enter the ProFlowers coupon codes that you have got when you are ordering from ProFlowers.com.

Funny thing about Chrome

Yesterday, my colleague showed me something very funny about Chrome, maybe many users have already known it, but it's still new to me.

It's about "incognito window", we can choose it from the control icon dropdown menu.

This is a function of Chrome that it won't save all your browsing or download history. When you open a new incognito window, you will see some message explaining about this mode, the last 2 sentences are very funny.... :D

Keep yourself beautiful

Recently there are many beauty shops opened in town, they announced themselves are from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, etc. But what we can’t deny is that, Japan and Korean are really good and professional in their beauty business and work. You can see those artists always show themselves beautifully on screen. One thing I notice for the Japanese and Korean colleagues in my office, they have a habit to brush teeth after meal, no matter guys or girls. And I believe that they will have good habits on facial, hair and body care as well. And maybe if I can join the beauty school in Phoenix I will be able to learn how to make myself beautiful too.

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It's getting harder

It's just less than 2 months to go, and I'll be moving on to another role.

Things are not settled in here yet, the more requests are coming from our business side and users. Education, I really have no idea how to do it, I'm not good in it.

There is not easy to find somebody who has the ability and willing to grow, most of the time it's just depends on your luck, or... of course, maybe your skill on how to train up somebody.

These education, KB cleanup thing are making me headache. Although there is a path here, my future is still unknown. Nobody knows what would happen in there, and how I can adapt a totally new working style.

I just hope that, the last month here for me will be a peaceful and happy month.

Back to the beginning

People come, people go.
Things changed before you are aware of it.
When there is no sign of change, and you won't be able to track back how it's changed.
What you can do is keep on moving forward.
There is nothing you can do to turn back time, or even find out what had happened.
Maybe there are something we shouldn't do or say,
but... who would predict what would happen?
Maybe there are more than one cause, however it's not what I'm concerning.
Don't worry, I'm fine.
It's just back to the old times, I just need some time to get used to it again.

Work Ethics

Recently you can find in the newspapers, there are many medical lawsuits and many of them are caused by human negligence. It was just happened that I read a case from the web about the Depuy recall, 93,000 hip replacement systems are recalled because of the pain and swelling after surgery. It is quite scary when you heard such news, financial lost may severe but still can be recovered, but if it’s related to human body or health, some damage or aftereffect could be permanent that cannot be cured. It’s very crucial for those people who deal with human body, to be truly careful when they are giving treatment or prescription to their patients or test subjects. Sometimes if any serious damage had been caused, there is no chance to recover. So it’s also very important for these people to work with their professional ethics, think of the people they love and love them, save them instead of hurting them.

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Visit Singapore - Day 3: Going home

Actually, even if we have to go home today, supposed we still have time to travel around. However, my dad said we better find our departure station earlier to avoid missing the bus. So the only place we visited is a part of the Balestier Road.

We went to a market nearby to have our breakfast. The culture here is quite different from Malaysia, the food stalls are self service, and the price of the food and drinks here are slightly cheaper than ours.

You couldn't see many places like this in town from our country, but there are many in here. It's hard for me to put into words, just feel...... difference.

I like this country, but I would prefer to stay in my own place. Nothing special, just it would make me feel more like home.

Visit Singapore - Day 2: Travel around the island

On the second day in Singapore, we actually started up quite late (around 10am). Straightaway we took a bus to Harbour Front MRT station, had a simple breakfast, then traveled to Sentosa island by bus.

The very last time I went to Sentosa was a few years ago, when Pey Ching and I were attending Wendy's wedding. Many friends were being our tourguide, bringing us around. If you asked me, I have already forgetten the way.

However, the best part is, as long as you know where you want to go, you won't get lost in Singapore. You can ask anyone anywhere for the way, and finally we (actually "I") decided to travel by bus. Last time, I even forgot how did we get there.

We arrived at the Beach station, and then took a tram to Tanjong Beach and Palawan Beach, after that took a monorail to the Waterfront station and hanging around. You can visit the casino and Universal Studios from here. We didn't enter the US because it costs SGD$72 per ticket! So we just walked around, took pictures and traveled back to the other side and continue our journey to Chinatown, Merlion Park and Orchard.

Sentosa - Singapore

This day we walked a lot, from City Hall station, to Explanade, Raffles City Shopping Centre, stopped by Merlion Park, then continue to the Raffles Place station, heading towards Orchard. I actually walked until my feet feel pain.

 

The Marina Bay Sands, a very spectacular building in Singapore.