Wednesday, 30 January 2008

LY's bday celebration

since no 1 is blogging tis, let me do it haha... tis is memorable, tis is the 1st bday celebration i attended since i m bek from london. y i keep insist things i did since i m bek? i dun really know. mayb i think it is a new journey in my life? hmm, shd be... the photos are with me, i wanted to blog tis even with photos, but i just found out i din bring the cable with me and i dun hav a card reader rite now -.-"

well, we succeeded to accompany her to pass both 12am, not every1 did it, but "free" person like me and shyan did it haha. as u know, both of us r just bek from oversea, ntg to do currently, just keep wasting money, pity our parents, lolz. we shd do tis last yr, since that was our 21st bday, a more important 1, but wat2do? every1 was busy tat time and the celebration last yr was postponed? hmm, i cant really remember, but it shd be la, coz ly is the 1 who told me tis haha... and most importantly, i wasnt tat close with them, yeah it is my problem, sad to mention, just forget it. followings are wat we did on 29th jan 2008:

Karaoke
K again? some1 might say haha. but tis is our greatest entertainment i suppose. for ur information, we go to sing K once a week starting week 2 of jan, woops, these ppl are insane. but for sure it is slightly special today, we went to red box plus in pavilion, the most expensive K in town i think and just 3 persons were singing, the another person is cheng lor, she took leave purposely to join us, hmm, such a good fren, but i dun think it is encouraged haha, u might get fired! y just 3 person? erm, i think because tis is an additional event last minute. i know many r busy, but seriously i din expect just 3 person. watever la, it is good oso, no need to fight for mic haha. oh ya, i m performing well tat day as well. sry for tat, but i still like to praise myself haha...

Dinner
we had our dinner at Fridays, total 9 persons, hmm, at least better rite? it is 3 times the number in the afternoon, yeah, this organiser(me) is still capable haha. tis is my 1st time visiting Fridays, it doesnt impress. not saying tat the food there is bad, but seriously ntg special lo, i think most of the western restaurant can do it. another reason we went to Fridays is becoz we heard tat the bday celebration there is unique, i tot it will be as interesting as the 1 in bukit merah, but when we saw how they sing, i feel tat we can sing much better lor. it is basically their attitude problem, they r not serious at all and they feel shy! wth huh? shy? they shd prepare for tis from the 1st day they are employed rite since there is such a special event in tis restaurant! i tot they shd b singing most of the time since there will be some1 celebrating bday everyday... seriously disappointing! and at last we decided to "tabao" the cake to other place since we r in hurry to claim our 2 hrs free parking.

Photo Taking Event @ Pavilion
after claiming the free parking, we got ntg to do, so we decided to take photos while waiting for kiong to reach. well, it seems to be lame but seriously i love taking photos, it is the best way to keep memories. just tat my hairstyle wasn't perfect, it was too long and it tends to be curly at the end, hope tat i will hav time to cut my hair b4 cny. we r using the timer since no1 is holding the camera for us. we tend to pose in some special way to get certain feel, and 1 person will be "director" for tat photo, asking every1 else to move or pose other way, it is kinda interesting but there r passerby who looked at us "weirdly", i know actually they r just admiring us, they dun hav such a chance to take group photos with best best frens, hah, i m so bad. but will there be such a day i m acting like those passerby i mentioned? it will be kinda sad by then. hope tis "day" will come later...

Movie - Sweeney Todd
ops, seems like i forgot to mention something important, where is the cake blowing event? ya it happens right b4 we enter the cinema. usually the wordings on the cake r like "happy birthday to XXX" but tis time, it is kinda different! written on the cake is "Oops, v r still 21, but u...". LOL, this is the funniest wording i had ever seen! well done to the person who tot of it, i dunno who is she but haha, it is really funny! there is still a video clip in my camera recording the bday gal's wish for her bday. basically these wishes r weird, watch the clip urself and u will know haha... a better way to pass around tis clip is to upload to youtube, wat do u tink? haha... after tat we go into the cinema and finish the movie around 2:30am. ntg special in the cinema, we can just watch quietly...

Special event
yeah, somethg happen to one of our cars AGAIN, but it wasnt me tis time. when i almost sent kelly to take her car, we received a call saying kiong's car cant start becoz the battery is down due to his carelessness, kiong forgot to switch off the head lamp of his car, swt...we tried to push and start the car, but cant help, the battery is totally dried up. it ended up paying 190 bucks to get a new battery for the "deer". i know it is a bit expensive, i tried to negotiate but fail and most importantly, it was 3am, he is quite "kind"(i wonder) to earn just 30-50 bucks extra.

quite a lot of things happen rite? but it was an interesting day, just like wat sheng told me today : as long as it is tat gang of old frens, watever we do IS interesting. IS means tis will last forever - 不变的定律. Last but not least : Happy birthday my dear fren~

p/s : photos will be included nex time

Saturday, 26 January 2008

gone case

isnt it tat we should fight for watever we want? tis is somethg i did since young. i oways study hard, get good results in order to ask for somethg i wan! but it seems tat i did it wrong tis time? i fought for my salary, and seems like tis contribute a bit to the failure of my interview, swt... actually i havent confirm yet, but i just got this feeling coz no1 phone me up to confirm my job yet. sigh...

nvm, i will try harder nex time, fight less bout salary and improve more on my interviewing skill!!!

Thursday, 24 January 2008

choice to be made

i went for the 2nd interview today, hmm, nothing great, i even felt it boring. dunno is it the interviewer problem, or i m not satisfied with the pay they offer...

during the interview, he asked me something not challenging at all, which i oledi answered them on the job application form and during last interview, like:

q: "y do u think we should employ you where there are a lot of candidates available?"
a: as you know, i dun hav any working experience, i cant promise wat i can contribute to ur company, but at least, i m confident i can deal with the job well according to ur description, and i promise i m a good employee.

q: "y do you choose our company?"
a: to be frankly, i m just applying jobs according to the size of the company, i m just applying for listed companies. and i hav done some "homework" on ur company and also your parent company in japan, it owns the largest retail chain stores in japan. ur company is big enough and is listed, tat's y... (basically i dun feel tis is a good answer, but i m just trying to be honest haha...)

i got no idea why they do so, they just give me the feeling that they have no more questions to ask and to be frankly, i hav lost some interest in this company, not as excited as before anymore. does every 2nd interview be conducted like tat? if so, wat's the point? just to let another higher level personnel look at the candidates? and if so, y not they interview the same person together? it will be much much more interesting since there will be more challenging question, rite?

then bout the pay, the highest offer the department head can offer is RM1800, he told me tis is the maximum he can offer, yet it is not final, everything will still need HR department's approval. well, i dont really understand tis, does it mean if HR dept feels i dun deserve tat high, it might be lower than the department head offer? and i dunno whether i get it wrong or my previous interviewer says it wrongly, she told me there will be OT, but i din clarify with her the exact rate after she told me it is not 1.5 times, i just assume it will be higher! but today, the dept head says there will not be OT, it will be replaced by somethg known as "meal allowance" which will oni reach 300 maximum a month if i m working for 12 hours average! oh gosh, it is only 2.1k in total and i need to work for 12 hrs a day, how can it be~~~ i got no comment on the working hrs becoz i will need to work as long as tat, or even longer in big 4 with 2.3k. however, he is kind enuf, he gave me 1 day to think bout it, he will instruct 1 staff to gimmi a call, to c whether i m still interested with the job, if i m, he will pass my file to HR dept to process. actually, does this mean i m employed if i giv them a positive respond tmr?

points i m considering now:
1) the office is near, i just need 15 mins to reach the office w/o jam.
2) 2.1k for 12 hrs VS 2.3k in big 4 for 16 hrs (average working hr a day)
3) this company has lots of promoting opportunities, coz it is expanding and is new, there r fewer "heads" in the hierarchy board compared to comercial bank. probably 1 promotion a year if i m good enough.
4) AEON is already a bank in Japan, and is a potential new bank in malaysia, which means i m in the right field? finance, i wonder...
5) no any other companies contacted me yet! does tis mean i shd take it 1st?
6) i got an option to start work immediately or after cny~ surely i would prefer after cny or i would need to say sry to my frens once again...
7) will i be able to get my ACCA membership with tis job? guideline: 5 yrs in commercial firm, but does tis means any post will do? need further clarification...
8) influence by family : they asked me dun care bout salary, just work, get experience and go bek to help them with their business, possibly after 1 or 2 yrs.
9) how would i manage to save up money with such income? i got instalment and bills to pay, which would eat up half more mayb more of my salary. then i would not be able to fulfill my promise to a fren. hoping for increment and promotion? changes always deviate our plans...

should i take up??? 12 more hrs to the point i need to giv an answer...

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

Words

i did somethg which i personally feel not so good, it is against my personality, but on the other hand, i did it by force! if not changes cant be made~~ please forgive me... it seems to be somethg serious but it is just somethg small, however, i might hurt some1 who love me a lot, but i did it for "one"s good, hope tat "one" will understand. well, choices r to be made everywhere, anytime, we have to experience it no matter how. wat does a choice actually indicate? hmm, to me, it means somethg need to be sacrificed, probably the 2nd best alternative, but it doesnt always appear so, at least for my case here. however, i chose to do so and i will make sure i m not regretting in the futre.

stubbornness, yea, not a very good personality, i dun really like such a person, but it appears in quite a number of my family members. tis is a reason y i dun really like to deal things with them. somethg unpleasant happened yesterday while my mum and i was trying to negotiate something with them, tis is the main factor tat leads me to my decision above. but i cant say anythg, coz they r my elders. mentioned bout right to speak, r u a believer of "名不正,则言不顺"? ya i "was",mayb i shd use "m", coz yet giving tis up totally. it is a very common phenomenon in current society, if u dun hav power/not in the right position, no1 will listen to u! but, my mum tends to break tis rule all by herself, and she prooved to me through action. incredible huh~ my mum is my idol, seriously~ but just her ability, not her temper :P

Saturday, 19 January 2008

old age

It has been days since my last post, not tat i got ntg to write but i got no internet service till yesterday when i came bek from KL. yet, i m still too tired and i need to help my parents to calculate some figures, some simple maths but not tat simple though, it is somethg to deal with building plan, kinda complicated to me, coz it is using measurement unit like foot and inches, which is not familiar to me at all.

past few days, as i mentioned, i was busy looking after my grandpa in PCMC (pantai cheras medical center), his last and only lung was infected, causing asthma and tragedy almost happened. another part of his lung was cut off due to smoking too much. some advice to my frens who r somking now, quit b4 u regret... i m not really tat busy actually, in fact, it should be described as boring, coz we r looking at each other, watching tv and talk NO NONSENSE all the time haha. old man wad, or m i a boring person? well, i m not complaining anythg, some1 told me it is our pleasure to be able to take care of our elders who love us a lot, and i did take care of him w/o any blame. but i m so regret to say tat taking care of elders is just very boring!! haha. it had happened twice in 2 yrs time, and it is just nice 1 yr since i last take care of him while he was admitted. it was better last time coz there were still cousins at my age who r taking care together, at least we still hav some common topics rite? well, everythg is over now...

however, my grandpa dun seems tobe as strong as b4, he cant even climb a few stairs, hand shivering even while eating, facing difficulties even while bathing/ going to toilet, wat he can do now is to stay at 1st floor, doing ntg, talking nothing and just looking at the 4 walls, coz if he is coming down, he will need 4 man to carry him up! where can he find 4 person to carry him up everyday? every1 got their own life to live, their own thing to do. a better word to describe his life now is "suffering". tis makes me think a bit far, will i live like him after 60 yrs? if i do, will i just thought of ending my life? since i will just create trouble for my kids or even my grandchildren. i dun think i m thinking too much, but it might be a cruel fact tat we hav to face in future... i tot of a solution in a sudden which i feel kinda impractical, but i would still like to share it, who noes mayb it works? tat's to stay in a big house which possess 5 star hotel facilities with all my dear frens, at least there r still mates to tok to rite? life will be much interesting by then. but how many children will let their parents stay there? at least i wont! on the other hand, will our stubbornness as children cause our parent's life to be miserable if they really hav nothing to do???? conflict~~~

Tuesday, 15 January 2008

interview

interview to me is a scary thing since secondary skool, y is it? coz there is a curse! i never passed any interview b4! it happens once a year since form 2 to form 4, i was trying my very best to apply as prefect, the main reason is most of my frens r prefect lolz, wat a bad reason, no wonder those teachers dun wan me, sob sob... therefore, i m very scared of interview ever after those failures during secondary skool. it does affect my decision a lot during these yrs, especially to apply for scholarship. i remembered this was happened 4 yrs ago, when i received the offer for full scholarship till diploma, just with my trial result, yeah, my result tat time was fantastic... then when they ask me to go for interview, u know wat i do? i just ignore it, dun sign the offer letter and a few k just fly away like tis, wtf huh? tis guy is soooooooo dam useless!

4 yrs later, tat's yesterday, i was a bit worry as well, just a bit o. to be frankly, i oso feel myself is more confident after coming bek from London, especially speaking wise. so i just went into the room, filled up everythg and waited patiently for my interviewer to come. surprisingly, during the interview, not only my talking din break ( means like kek a while, cant think of a word, then kek again ), i can speak quite fluent! at least she understand wat i tok and i can get wat she wans to say. somehow, i dunno is tat considered a formal interview, coz 1st of all, i din attend any formal interview b4 and 2ndly, i feel it is just like normal talk/ sharing information with frens haha. is it too much to describe an interview like tis? as if no challenge at all haha... ok, Lim Lik Chun, learn ur lesson plz, keep ur proudness! or u will fail again 1 day like the acca examination! for ur information, i oways fail my exam due to over-confidence. well, the interviewer interviewed me for around 30 mins and it ends by asking me to wait for call if i m eligible for 2nd interview...

then tis morning, when i m still sleeping soundly, Aeon credit service rang me up again, and i m called for the 2nd interview hoho, looks like they are interested with me already, it will fall on nex wednesday 10am. hmm, this seems to be a good start for my path of getting a job. and actually i m wondering, how come no other company phone me up 1? m i tat poor? haiz.... if can i dun really wan to take this, coz they pay is kinda low, it is 1.7k oni, after paying for my car instalment, i need to eat "west north" wind already...

another special event here, nothing to deal with interviews, i received a call from my mum, saying tat my grandpa is on his way to kl's hospital, ouch, old man seems to be "fragile" i suppose, hope tat everythg will be fine, god must bless him 1st b4 blessing me for my next interview. if choice need to be made, it is very obvious which to be sacrificed tho...

Saturday, 12 January 2008

unforgetable KL trip

Haiz, i wanted to blog yesterday, but the internet dun allow me to do so, sad huh, paid for internet service but i cant get wat i wan, tis is the worst thing of having a monopoly internet service provider.

past few days, i hav been to kl, to meet my old frens, this can be considered a trip i think, coz i m going to kl purposely to enjoy for 3 days 2 nights as i mentioned. it was a pleasant trip, but somethg bad happened as well. the front passenger seat tyre cracked! luckily it wasnt during i was driving fast or i cant imagine wat will happen, god bless me. however, i m too clumsy as well, i twisted my leg while changing the spare tyre. luckily my frens r there, or else, i really duno how to change the tyre with a twisted leg. suddenly, i feel tat every1 had grown up, every guy know exactly how to change a tyre, so "man" edi keke, too bad, i cant "perform" becoz of my leg...

this trip is kinda special to me, i havent been in this "bad shape" (lang bei in chinese) b4 since i start to stay in KL 4 years ago. i need to walk like a penguin (description from ly -.-") in Pavillion, in Sungai wang, and i spent RM1340 to repair my cars on thursday, it is so pain!! both to my purse and my leg. besides tat, this is also the 1st time i stay with my old frens for 2 nights in KL, it feels good! (but how many times more can we do tis?) even though i know they did tis a lot of times, but y i din join them even once? i dunno wor, timing prob i think, or is it my own prob? hmm, i must think it over hehe.

well, when mentioning old frens, i will always feel regret for how i treated them 1st 3 yrs i graduated from form 5. i had been spending time playing online games, doing nonsense! looks like i missed out a lot of fun time with them, sob sob... y i tot of tis out of a sudden? coz i learnt to appreciate frens and family even more in London, i miss them a lot during tat period! and there is one statement from our talk b4 sleep : frens are very important, even more important than ur bf/gf ( i doubt this ), they will always be at ur side whenever u need them ( but i support tis ). i can feel tis on wed nite, coz they helped me to change tyre haha! without them, i cant go home, it was 3am at tat time! thanks a lot dudes...

Tuesday, 8 January 2008

Insomnia

Insomnia strike!! SOS!! tis is the 1st time in my life being striked by insomnia for 1 whole week. eventhough it doesnt happen everyday, usually by interval, but it is really tiring. it happens again today. i woke up at 4:30 am today, the earliest record ever. i wanted to sleep and i need to sleep coz i would need to travel to kuantan, but i just cant, it is really suffering. tis reminds me a fren from far who will hav the same problem whenever during exams, now i can really understand her feelings. the oni difference now is she has insomnia becoz she is worry bout her exam, but wat bout me? i m staying a content life, without any worries currently, why would it be so huh? y??? can any1 answer me? i wan to sleep! and the oni time i can hav a nice rest is when i m really exhausted. i m worry now, how long can my body stand like tis? surely it will fall 1 day without proper rest...
mmm, i found tat my talking style has changed a lil since i m bek from london, became a lil harsh? maybe, coz it seems like i hav flamed up one of my best fren, sry for tat, i was just joking, but mayb in a wrong way i assume. i will change, i promise...

argh!! the connection in mentakab is suks nowadays, couldnt stand it la, it has been dced for more than 10 times since i start typing tis blog till now! it should be the side effect from flood. i wanted to switch to maxis net or maxis broadband, but it isnt available in mentakab yet, sigh... while for celcom broadband, the modem is too expensive ler, conflict!!

Monday, 7 January 2008

Unexpected

there r a lot of unexpected events occur since i was back to malaysia:

1. Attend my elder bro's wedding registration- y is it surprising? coz i was told tat he will register since i was in London, and i will just attend his wedding dinner when i m back. but, on the night i reach here, my mum told me tat he waits for me purposely so tat i can attend! certainly i feel very happy, but it was kinda tiring... god bless them, may my bro and my da sao happy forever. hoho, there are 7 members in my family in total now, when will there be the 8th person? will it be my niece? newphew? or my wife? hope not the last 1, it will be too fast, unless my bro is not gonna giv birth haha...

2. Cars - surprisingly, all old cars in my house were sold, wat left now is a new toyota alphard and toyota prado. my mum's mindset has changed, she is influenced by her 3 sons who likes to spend a lot haha. now she would prefer new cars rather than a recon or second hand 1, it will be in good condition and can be used longer. well, 2 cars surely not enuf, i hav been to toyota, honda and nissan's showroom today, to collect catelogues for cars tat i m interested in, like vios, city, camry, accord, civic and latio. do u notice tat they are all small cars? no longer mpv. yeah, my bro has married now, hardly we will be able to go out together and 7 persons cant fit anymore, it will be quite narrow at the back seat. my choice is nissan latio, hopefully i can get it b4 cny hehe...

3. watch - i always hope to get a nice watch, nice include good quality, nice looking, swiss made. innitailly, i planned to work 1st then buy it myself with my 1st salary but, surprisingly again, my dream come true during last weekend. I got a watch from my parents, it fulfilled all quality mentioned above and most importantly it looks classic! thx daddy mummy.

4. busYness - b4 i reach home, i had already imagine how will my life be after coming back from london, hmm, it will be quite free, ntg to do at home except online, meets old fren only during weekends and help out my parents a bit with their work. but i m kinda busy nowadays, keep travelling around! i hav been to KL, melacca and kuantan in 6 days and tmr will be the 2nd time i m going to kuantan again to do some admin work. then on wed, i will be going to KL again, meeting up ly, shien, leng, tack seng, liew, kelly and cheng (maybe). everythg just din go according to wat i think haha. shd i be happy? yeah maybe, coz got ntg to do is time wasting and it will be very very boring. i m glad tat my mum's job at home is a lot, they help to use up my time, so tat i wont feel tat i m slacking around haha.

5. interview - i had prepared myself for interview today, but when i called up AEON credit company again, oni i know the message i requested the customer service to leave on saturday is useless, i dunno whether he din do it for me or the person who called me up din c it. wat can i do? haiz, who call me not to confirm with him str8? well, i had confirm with him tis time tat i will go for interview next monday. tis is also the reason i m so free to have a look at my future car.

basically all these unexpected events r happy events, cheers!

Sunday, 6 January 2008

Life After Graduation

Hav i really graduated? well, i duno, i dare to say nothing about acca since i start my "failing streak" since last 3 sittings. then, wat have i gained from past 4 months? one of the biggest achievement is i hav slimmed down by 10 KGs!! haha... others r just like i hav built up some network in London, rite b4 i come bek, so if anyone need help in london, i might be able to giv a minor help. then, i dunno la, still awaits to be explored, it is u guy's job to tell me whether i hav changed a lot or not rite? the most obvious 1 is my body size lo, every1 who know me will notice it once they c me, quite happy actually hehe. but i m kinda worry as well, i dunno how long can tis last coz i keep eating a lot of nice food nowadays! yeah, london's food just cant fite. still got, i keep shopping past few days for the upcoming chinese new year, spent more than 1k since i m back already. oh gosh, i must control my spending a bit, it is not a good sign to spend like tis when i m earning 0 now...

AEON credit company phoned me up few days ago, asking me whether to attend interview or not. well it was really surprising, coz i din expect my resume will attract any employer. but i will just attend the interview, if i do get the job ( god bless me ) , i hav to say goodbye to my happy holiday edi. kinda sad actually, i dun hav any long holidays since form5 graduation, the most is 2 weeks, sob sob...

hmm, i m planning to hav fun with my old buddies this coming wednesday and thursday, woops, 2 days huh, sure it will be fun, it has been ages since the last time i went out with them, seriously i miss those days. i m planning to buy new yr clothes, cut hair, make new spectacles ( those will be normal indoor but will turn into sunglasses outdoor, kinda special huh, if it wasnt my mum who told me, i wont know bout such thingy ), sing k, watch movieS, eat good foodS. just think oso so shock edi keke...