I'm sitting for a 2 question, 5% test in few hours time.
Considering that this blog has been terribly neglected for the whole of this semester(almost), what bad timing in trying to revive this right?
I've decided to forgo the paper, forgo the 5% paper. I've not done a single tutorial for this subject and I barely pay attention to the lecturer in class. Therefore, I deem burning the midnight oil pointless and I shall just catch up on my sleep.
It is really unlike me to take my things so casually. You will be dissapointed, I know cause I'm dissapointed in myself, too.
I shouldn't be giving any excuses since choices were made by me myself. Despite external influences, it was still me who had the steer of my time. No matter how busy or occupied I am, I should have dedicated a little bit more of energy to "necessary" work. After all, I'm here for a good honours degree and strive harder to continue with my distinction stints.
I admit, I sort of lost my sense of direction at some point of time, some recent point of time.
But since I'm back on track, it't time to do some contemplation and deep thinking. Time management is of my main concern.
This shall be the first and last of such neglect.
For now, I'm thankful that it is only 5%. I would be totally screwed if it's 50.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Post 124 : The Nottingham Buddhist Society
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Post 123 : Excuse Me, I need to breathe
Excuse the dust for it will thicken until my sense of direction comes back to me.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Post 122 : Life is Uncertain, Death is Certain
I think that it is already too late for any updates on the PIKOM PC Fair. It would be stale news by the time it gets posted. I'm sorry Su Lin, I was either too busy, sick or away these few weeks. If you are interested to read more on the Taiping Fair, do visit Su Lin's and Yi Phing's. They're linked on my "fellow blogger" list.
I finally bought a good pair of running shoes using my earnings from working for PIKOM. I need a good pair as I run on a daily basis, at least 3km per day when my summer break started. I hope I can continue with such determination and effort when I get back to campus. I don't want to lose my stamina and regain those body fats and weight again. I wanna lead a healthy lifestyle :)
My pair of Asics. Technical shoes like this pair here don't come cheap.
Sometimes I do regret having unofficially officiated a few personal blogging etiquette. This past few weeks had been a complicated mixture of emotions BUT I can't insult those who had insulted me and I can't vent my emotions by blogging on any certain person who I'm disappointed in. Because once anything gets posted, it is irretrievable, especially sharp words that pierce. And then all events involving people are all impermanent, why want to publicize it by placing it under such scrutiny? Then, there is this thing as non-self. If everything in this cycle is due to causes and conditions and are so very related that if one condition were to be removed, the direct cause will be wholly changed, then can we call what we are feeling as self?
In conclusion, this is why I try my utmost best to keep this blog impersonal.
I am still very much like a child in many ways. Tonight as I sit here and blog, I want to and I NEED to throw tantrums.
*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!*
Putting that aside.
I officially quit working in SBS office 3 weeks ago. At that point, the office finally managed to employ 2 permanent paid workers. So I felt that my stay was unnecessary and decided to reduce my time up there and finally stopped.
Then I volunteered to edit one of Bhante Aggacitta's talk for the upcoming Kathina in SBS. The talk will be made into CDs and distributed to the open public on Kathina Day. The programme I used is Audacity and believe it I have never used or seen the software, only heard of it from my aunt as she used to edit talks for SBS too and even attended a workshop for that.
The first few tries were just groping around with me editing and cutting songs. I finally edited few songs into short versions where I only took the chorus part. When my hand phone rings, I now hear my hard work :)
I immediately started work by listening to the whole talk. I was supposed to break the talk into different tracks of different subtopics, so I had to FULLY understand the subject before I can derive them. And that was the most difficult part.
I am indeed a 'new' Buddhist and my Dhamma knowledge is already shallow and upon listening to that talk, I realised that it is literally zero. I think it took me 3 days and at least 5 rounds of repeating the 2-hour-talk to finally grasp the subject. It was tough labour but I'm happy that it was a good learning experience.
Finally, I submitted the talk to Bhante after one full week of full blast editing.
I actually took 2 weeks to return the edited work to Bhante. The first week, I was involved with PC Fair, engrossed with watching Little Nyonya series and planning farewell surprises for buddies. The second week, I felt guilty and decided to go full load except Little Nyonya interjections. The series is really irresistible, those with my Facebook will know how addicted I got! LOL!
Breakfast with Yi Phing and Su Lin at Lian Thong :
Lian Thong's famous kam keat. As seen from above, the limes are soaked in sugar and water in bottles. They make really refreshing thirst quencher, especially served with ice.
Phing making silly faces AGAIN!! :p
Su Lin and I. Sorry for the naked plates and cups. Remembered to only snap pictures after emptying the plates and filling the stomach.
The surprised(?) cookie monster!
Yi Phing and Su Lin laughing away
Because of a certain deadline I set for myself, I worked through nights. Upon submitting, I fell ill. I think it was due to too much radiation from the computer and lack of sleep.
Initially I thought it was H1N1 as Taiping was terribly hit at that period. Unrest rested as I managed to recover after one course of antibiotics and need not visit the hospital for a blood test. I was told by the doctor that the situation here is so bad that the results will only be out after a week. Thankfully I didn't have to go through the hassle and headache. I already have enough at hand :p
Because of Little Nyonya aftermath, I made tong yuen and learnt to bake Seri Muka from my granma:
Four-coloured tong yuen balls. I couldn't make red ones as there weren't any red colourings in granma's fridge. The lighter green was made by mixing yellow and green.
The completed tong yuen balls and ingredients for the gula Melaka, ginger soup.
Ah Ma at work with her kung-fu!
1st : Boil the tong yuen balls till it's cooked(right)
and
2nd : Transfer them into the soup(left)
The Final Product
Before I start on my next update, let me maintain my stand here. I was an ex-Convent girl and still do love my alma mater. So me attending the TMGS 12oth Anniversary celebration dinner doesn't mean that I'm showing disloyalty. I have to explain as I do know of certain rumour mongers that will jump at this piece of news.
It was a fun night in Legend Inn, a great break from editing works, thanks to my aunt who invited me and paid for my ticket.
Kudos to the organiser of this dinner, it was a smashing success! It was my first time attending such an event where both young and old fly from all around the globe to just return and serve their alma mater.
As my objective was to just attend, observe and learn how events of such are organised, I did learn a few things.
The schedule can go out of hand as old girls who had not met each other since graduating from high school will be obliviously chatting and catching up. Secondly, Malaysian time in Taiping can be worsened by the rain. After all, Taiping is the wettest town in the country. Thirdly, I notice that the year of 70s classes are usually the largest group. Maybe because their career is already at it's peak, their kids are all grown up or they've retired but are still in a good health state to be able to travel over time zones for such a reunion? Who knows? I'm just speculating.
Then, the school anthem is a must have in the itinerary.
All in all, the dinner was a fun filled touching one as ex-students of all ages and all walks of life return in the name of their school. I hope that I'll be someone someday and will have greater power to serve the school that had served me for my primary and secondary years.
**Touching on a more sensitive note, I think certain people need to move on. I would really like to advise you to move on with life and stop lamenting on how you want to go back so badly to the past. Secondary school life is OVER, get on with it. Don't waste your days away by wishing you were able to turn back the clock. Trust me, when you're 40, you'll wish that you can turn back the clock and relive the wasted days of lamentation. Whoever you are note this.
I just got back from KL 2 days ago. My to and fro journey was by train travelling with my aunt. We went later than my parents and grandparents as my aunt had lots of work to settle and we had to go down to Penang for my appointment.
In Penang, I was introduced to Chee Cheong Chok, porridge with pork meat, pork intestines fried till it crisps and pork liver. I was hesitant to taste initially as I'm not an intestine person, but upon coaxing I gave in and boy! it is definitely the tastiest porridge I've ever had! The porridge bits were cooked to perfection as it wasn't too chunky nor too watery. Timing is really important when cooking and I give my thumbs up to the hawker of that stall. Too bad I left my camera at home :(
Back to the KL trip, from Taiping to KL Sentral, we took the 2nd class seats and then from KL Sentral to Taiping, we took the 1st class seats. It is really not a usual practise for us to take 1st class. My aunt was telling me that she only took 1st class if any of my grandparents is with her. Old folks need more comfort. Since I am a frequent train passenger, she wanted me to experience the 1st class seat despite having to pay a whooping RM53 each for the tickets! But yeah, it was worth the money as the seats were wider(twice the size of the 2nd class seats), leg space larger, there is a power plug for laptop users at every seat, extra service by the train workers informing us of our next destination personally, a bottle of mineral water each and a piece of cake. The 1st class compartment is also adequately air-conditioned.
In KL, we put up at my other aunt's place. Our main intention to KL was to accompany both my grandparents for their medical check-up at IJN but we also did a little shopping in IKEA, IKANO and 1Utama as these are malls near my aunt's place. And then we went to Semenyih to visit both my brother and cousin in Nottingham. Visited a few lecturers and managed to catch up with them. It's been 3 months since I last saw them. I also collected certain documents from the admin building. My original results transcript for the whole of my foundation and my offer letter into first year. FYI, I'll be doing Mechanical Engineering come this academic year in September.
It was during my visit to Mr Tan's office that I found out about the death of 3 Malaysian Buddhist devotees in Ladakh, India. They were there to provide aid to the Ladakhi people. Quoting the Nalanda blog(linked to my 'fellow bloggers') :
"Ladakh itself is a district in Kashmir, Northern India, nestled in the Himalayan Range. It borders Tibet to the East and Pakistan to the West. The region is very remote, hilly and rugged. The people there are among the poorest economically in India.
While traveling on a mountainous stretch of road out of Leh (the district capital and nearest town), the vehicle taken by the unfortunate party plunged into a deep ravine. The rest of the group, which consists of 40 participants, were traveling in other vehicles, and are confirmed safe. Nevertheless, we believe they must be traumatized by the whole incident."
1 is still missing and 1 is still in the hospital, reported to be stable at this time.
Incidents of such make me wonder, why must good people go so early? Why didn't their good kharma prevented such an untimely death? Incidents of such reminds me of my sceptic thoughts of the 2007 incident that hit Burma : the hunger strike of the Sangha members of Burma, many were killed by the militants. And the Cyclone Nargis that hit the laity members. Burma can be called as a holy land where most of the citizens are devout Buddhists, but why such fate?
Truly, Kharma is such a complicated and deep subject that a human mind like mine cannot understand. We had lived hundreds of thousands of lives that we can never know what have we done in the past to condition such a cause. Similar for myself, I don't know what I've done in the past as I don't have the ability to recall, so all I can do now is to train my mind to be free from defilements. My first step for now will be keep my 5 precepts! HAHAHA!!! Thank you Bhante Aggacitta for enlightening me on this.
Quoting an e-mail I just received : Ajahn Chah told a story of how he observed that after a storm, the forest floor will be covered with fallen leaves. However, not all leaves are old and brown; many are green and fresh. This is simply nature at work.
Life is uncertain, BUT death is certain.
I would like to extend my deepest condolences to the family members and friends of the 3 deceased. May they be strong to face this tragic incident. This is definitely a great loss to the Buddhist community as I heard that they were very actively involved in Dhamma work and charity work. In fact, 1 of them was the organiser of this trip to Ladakh.
On a brighter note, I have good news to blog on! Finally, my lil brother is now a JPA scholar! He was visited by a surprise phone call from JPA while he was in class few days ago. I am so elated for him as he totally deserve the scholarship with such good SPM results. Congratulations Ren! During our stay in KL, we also went over to Putrajaya to settle the documents. Such perfect timing! The phonecall arrived while we were in KL.
The 52nd Merdeka Celebrations is in 2 days time. Due to H1N1, there will not be grand parades and huge public events. I will drown myself with films from the 15Malaysia website.
I finally bought a good pair of running shoes using my earnings from working for PIKOM. I need a good pair as I run on a daily basis, at least 3km per day when my summer break started. I hope I can continue with such determination and effort when I get back to campus. I don't want to lose my stamina and regain those body fats and weight again. I wanna lead a healthy lifestyle :)
My pair of Asics. Technical shoes like this pair here don't come cheap.Sometimes I do regret having unofficially officiated a few personal blogging etiquette. This past few weeks had been a complicated mixture of emotions BUT I can't insult those who had insulted me and I can't vent my emotions by blogging on any certain person who I'm disappointed in. Because once anything gets posted, it is irretrievable, especially sharp words that pierce. And then all events involving people are all impermanent, why want to publicize it by placing it under such scrutiny? Then, there is this thing as non-self. If everything in this cycle is due to causes and conditions and are so very related that if one condition were to be removed, the direct cause will be wholly changed, then can we call what we are feeling as self?
In conclusion, this is why I try my utmost best to keep this blog impersonal.
I am still very much like a child in many ways. Tonight as I sit here and blog, I want to and I NEED to throw tantrums.
*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!*
Putting that aside.
I officially quit working in SBS office 3 weeks ago. At that point, the office finally managed to employ 2 permanent paid workers. So I felt that my stay was unnecessary and decided to reduce my time up there and finally stopped.
Then I volunteered to edit one of Bhante Aggacitta's talk for the upcoming Kathina in SBS. The talk will be made into CDs and distributed to the open public on Kathina Day. The programme I used is Audacity and believe it I have never used or seen the software, only heard of it from my aunt as she used to edit talks for SBS too and even attended a workshop for that.
The first few tries were just groping around with me editing and cutting songs. I finally edited few songs into short versions where I only took the chorus part. When my hand phone rings, I now hear my hard work :)
I immediately started work by listening to the whole talk. I was supposed to break the talk into different tracks of different subtopics, so I had to FULLY understand the subject before I can derive them. And that was the most difficult part.
I am indeed a 'new' Buddhist and my Dhamma knowledge is already shallow and upon listening to that talk, I realised that it is literally zero. I think it took me 3 days and at least 5 rounds of repeating the 2-hour-talk to finally grasp the subject. It was tough labour but I'm happy that it was a good learning experience.
Finally, I submitted the talk to Bhante after one full week of full blast editing.
I actually took 2 weeks to return the edited work to Bhante. The first week, I was involved with PC Fair, engrossed with watching Little Nyonya series and planning farewell surprises for buddies. The second week, I felt guilty and decided to go full load except Little Nyonya interjections. The series is really irresistible, those with my Facebook will know how addicted I got! LOL!
Breakfast with Yi Phing and Su Lin at Lian Thong :
Lian Thong's famous kam keat. As seen from above, the limes are soaked in sugar and water in bottles. They make really refreshing thirst quencher, especially served with ice.
Phing making silly faces AGAIN!! :p
Su Lin and I. Sorry for the naked plates and cups. Remembered to only snap pictures after emptying the plates and filling the stomach.
The surprised(?) cookie monster!
Yi Phing and Su Lin laughing awayBecause of a certain deadline I set for myself, I worked through nights. Upon submitting, I fell ill. I think it was due to too much radiation from the computer and lack of sleep.
Initially I thought it was H1N1 as Taiping was terribly hit at that period. Unrest rested as I managed to recover after one course of antibiotics and need not visit the hospital for a blood test. I was told by the doctor that the situation here is so bad that the results will only be out after a week. Thankfully I didn't have to go through the hassle and headache. I already have enough at hand :p
Because of Little Nyonya aftermath, I made tong yuen and learnt to bake Seri Muka from my granma:
Four-coloured tong yuen balls. I couldn't make red ones as there weren't any red colourings in granma's fridge. The lighter green was made by mixing yellow and green.
The completed tong yuen balls and ingredients for the gula Melaka, ginger soup.
Ah Ma at work with her kung-fu!
1st : Boil the tong yuen balls till it's cooked(right)and
2nd : Transfer them into the soup(left)
The Final ProductBefore I start on my next update, let me maintain my stand here. I was an ex-Convent girl and still do love my alma mater. So me attending the TMGS 12oth Anniversary celebration dinner doesn't mean that I'm showing disloyalty. I have to explain as I do know of certain rumour mongers that will jump at this piece of news.
It was a fun night in Legend Inn, a great break from editing works, thanks to my aunt who invited me and paid for my ticket.
Kudos to the organiser of this dinner, it was a smashing success! It was my first time attending such an event where both young and old fly from all around the globe to just return and serve their alma mater.
As my objective was to just attend, observe and learn how events of such are organised, I did learn a few things.
The schedule can go out of hand as old girls who had not met each other since graduating from high school will be obliviously chatting and catching up. Secondly, Malaysian time in Taiping can be worsened by the rain. After all, Taiping is the wettest town in the country. Thirdly, I notice that the year of 70s classes are usually the largest group. Maybe because their career is already at it's peak, their kids are all grown up or they've retired but are still in a good health state to be able to travel over time zones for such a reunion? Who knows? I'm just speculating.
Then, the school anthem is a must have in the itinerary.
All in all, the dinner was a fun filled touching one as ex-students of all ages and all walks of life return in the name of their school. I hope that I'll be someone someday and will have greater power to serve the school that had served me for my primary and secondary years.
**Touching on a more sensitive note, I think certain people need to move on. I would really like to advise you to move on with life and stop lamenting on how you want to go back so badly to the past. Secondary school life is OVER, get on with it. Don't waste your days away by wishing you were able to turn back the clock. Trust me, when you're 40, you'll wish that you can turn back the clock and relive the wasted days of lamentation. Whoever you are note this.
I just got back from KL 2 days ago. My to and fro journey was by train travelling with my aunt. We went later than my parents and grandparents as my aunt had lots of work to settle and we had to go down to Penang for my appointment.
In Penang, I was introduced to Chee Cheong Chok, porridge with pork meat, pork intestines fried till it crisps and pork liver. I was hesitant to taste initially as I'm not an intestine person, but upon coaxing I gave in and boy! it is definitely the tastiest porridge I've ever had! The porridge bits were cooked to perfection as it wasn't too chunky nor too watery. Timing is really important when cooking and I give my thumbs up to the hawker of that stall. Too bad I left my camera at home :(
Back to the KL trip, from Taiping to KL Sentral, we took the 2nd class seats and then from KL Sentral to Taiping, we took the 1st class seats. It is really not a usual practise for us to take 1st class. My aunt was telling me that she only took 1st class if any of my grandparents is with her. Old folks need more comfort. Since I am a frequent train passenger, she wanted me to experience the 1st class seat despite having to pay a whooping RM53 each for the tickets! But yeah, it was worth the money as the seats were wider(twice the size of the 2nd class seats), leg space larger, there is a power plug for laptop users at every seat, extra service by the train workers informing us of our next destination personally, a bottle of mineral water each and a piece of cake. The 1st class compartment is also adequately air-conditioned.
In KL, we put up at my other aunt's place. Our main intention to KL was to accompany both my grandparents for their medical check-up at IJN but we also did a little shopping in IKEA, IKANO and 1Utama as these are malls near my aunt's place. And then we went to Semenyih to visit both my brother and cousin in Nottingham. Visited a few lecturers and managed to catch up with them. It's been 3 months since I last saw them. I also collected certain documents from the admin building. My original results transcript for the whole of my foundation and my offer letter into first year. FYI, I'll be doing Mechanical Engineering come this academic year in September.
It was during my visit to Mr Tan's office that I found out about the death of 3 Malaysian Buddhist devotees in Ladakh, India. They were there to provide aid to the Ladakhi people. Quoting the Nalanda blog(linked to my 'fellow bloggers') :
"Ladakh itself is a district in Kashmir, Northern India, nestled in the Himalayan Range. It borders Tibet to the East and Pakistan to the West. The region is very remote, hilly and rugged. The people there are among the poorest economically in India.
While traveling on a mountainous stretch of road out of Leh (the district capital and nearest town), the vehicle taken by the unfortunate party plunged into a deep ravine. The rest of the group, which consists of 40 participants, were traveling in other vehicles, and are confirmed safe. Nevertheless, we believe they must be traumatized by the whole incident."
1 is still missing and 1 is still in the hospital, reported to be stable at this time.
Incidents of such make me wonder, why must good people go so early? Why didn't their good kharma prevented such an untimely death? Incidents of such reminds me of my sceptic thoughts of the 2007 incident that hit Burma : the hunger strike of the Sangha members of Burma, many were killed by the militants. And the Cyclone Nargis that hit the laity members. Burma can be called as a holy land where most of the citizens are devout Buddhists, but why such fate?
Truly, Kharma is such a complicated and deep subject that a human mind like mine cannot understand. We had lived hundreds of thousands of lives that we can never know what have we done in the past to condition such a cause. Similar for myself, I don't know what I've done in the past as I don't have the ability to recall, so all I can do now is to train my mind to be free from defilements. My first step for now will be keep my 5 precepts! HAHAHA!!! Thank you Bhante Aggacitta for enlightening me on this.
Quoting an e-mail I just received : Ajahn Chah told a story of how he observed that after a storm, the forest floor will be covered with fallen leaves. However, not all leaves are old and brown; many are green and fresh. This is simply nature at work.
Life is uncertain, BUT death is certain.
I would like to extend my deepest condolences to the family members and friends of the 3 deceased. May they be strong to face this tragic incident. This is definitely a great loss to the Buddhist community as I heard that they were very actively involved in Dhamma work and charity work. In fact, 1 of them was the organiser of this trip to Ladakh.
On a brighter note, I have good news to blog on! Finally, my lil brother is now a JPA scholar! He was visited by a surprise phone call from JPA while he was in class few days ago. I am so elated for him as he totally deserve the scholarship with such good SPM results. Congratulations Ren! During our stay in KL, we also went over to Putrajaya to settle the documents. Such perfect timing! The phonecall arrived while we were in KL.
The 52nd Merdeka Celebrations is in 2 days time. Due to H1N1, there will not be grand parades and huge public events. I will drown myself with films from the 15Malaysia website.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Post 121 : PIKOM PC Fair 2009 Taiping (Eve)
I finally have the time to update on my work experience at PIKOM's PC Fair. Taking a short break. I've been working on editing Bhante's talk. It can be really exhausting especially when my Dhamma knowledge and Pali vocabulary is so shallow. I have been repeating the first 30 minutes of Bhante's talk for at least 4 times and I'm still unsure of the tracks I've decided on. I really hope that I can do a good job for Bhante and for SBS.
For those who didn't meet me at the fair, I worked for PIKOM, as part of the organizing crew.
That's me showing off my PIKOM vest.
So the 1 million dollar question is : How did I apply to work for PIKOM?
My 1 million dollar answer would be : Itch your hands and send them a daring e-mail!
I was surprised that we were not called up for any interview. Maybe I sounded convincing enough over the phone? Or maybe, they were in desperate need of workers?
So anyway, upon several calls here and there, I managed to get Yi Phing and Su Lin to work along with me. It will be perfect bonding time for us 3 before Su Lin leaves for US and Yi Phing for AIMST.
The 3 of us with James' (supervisor) nametag
I'll still be in Taiping for the next 2 months. Anyone wants to yum cha? Anytime!
And then you know, PC Fair, the best place to meet people and I was in dire need of my ecstasy!
Perfect Plan, Perfect Job and Perfect Timing! Perfect Pay too :)
Our work started off on the eve. Introduced to our "young" supervisor who drove all the way from KL : James Lim.
Supervisor : James Lim
Notice how I highlighted the word young? From our conversation over phone, I actually gathered that James must be a 40 something man with a slight paunch. Maybe it is due to his relatively lower voice.
We were shocked to the core when this young man turned up instead!
James then briefed us on what we are supposed to do for the next 3 fair days and distributed our vests&tags.
On the eve, we were supposed to supervise the decoration and setting up of booths by both the exhibitors and contractors.
Spot Su Lin!
Boxes of goods at AI Computers' booth.
Restlessness and exhaustion got the better of us that we decided to play with the walkie talkies.
Mou Liu activites include speaking to each other on the talkie although sitting right in front of each other.
I remember having crazy conversations with the contractors in Tamil. My vocabulary of Tamil is of only foul words and that sent the 6 contractors in fits of laughter. Worst was when I "kuchi kuchi hota hei" over the talkie! The whole hall could hear us roaring in laughter!
For lunch, we brought our packed fried rice to Kok Beng and ordered a plate of just chicken. We then packed a big pack of chicken rice for James. Kok Beng's chicken rice is one of the top 10 best in Malaysia. We thought that food would be the best Taiping town introduction for James.
As the day neared a 7pm, we decided to give the still absent exhibitors a call. Me and Phing had Little Nyonya to catch!
Most of the time was filled with fun mindless chatterings. James, 'Manis', Richard and Ah Leong. At least we got to know each other better.
In the end, we left after 9pm. As workers, we had to honour our work :)
The 4 of us then went to Tai-O for dinner@supper. Working in such an industry, meals time are really irregular.
I reached home at 11pm, just in time to shower and rest before the repeat of Little Nyonya at 12am. I slept at 1am, praying hard that I can wake up in time for work the very next morning.
For those who didn't meet me at the fair, I worked for PIKOM, as part of the organizing crew.
That's me showing off my PIKOM vest.
My 1 million dollar answer would be : Itch your hands and send them a daring e-mail!
I was surprised that we were not called up for any interview. Maybe I sounded convincing enough over the phone? Or maybe, they were in desperate need of workers?
So anyway, upon several calls here and there, I managed to get Yi Phing and Su Lin to work along with me. It will be perfect bonding time for us 3 before Su Lin leaves for US and Yi Phing for AIMST.
The 3 of us with James' (supervisor) nametag
I'll still be in Taiping for the next 2 months. Anyone wants to yum cha? Anytime!
And then you know, PC Fair, the best place to meet people and I was in dire need of my ecstasy!
Perfect Plan, Perfect Job and Perfect Timing! Perfect Pay too :)
Our work started off on the eve. Introduced to our "young" supervisor who drove all the way from KL : James Lim.
Supervisor : James Lim
Notice how I highlighted the word young? From our conversation over phone, I actually gathered that James must be a 40 something man with a slight paunch. Maybe it is due to his relatively lower voice.
We were shocked to the core when this young man turned up instead!
James then briefed us on what we are supposed to do for the next 3 fair days and distributed our vests&tags.
On the eve, we were supposed to supervise the decoration and setting up of booths by both the exhibitors and contractors.
Spot Su Lin!
Boxes of goods at AI Computers' booth.
Another exhibitor organising the booth.
We also distributed entrance tags and boxes of water to the exhibitors. Despite the fact that not much was done on the eve, 3 of us were terribly dehydrated. The MPT officials refused to turn on the air-conditioning as the hall rental was only paid for the 3 fair days.Restlessness and exhaustion got the better of us that we decided to play with the walkie talkies.
Mou Liu activites include speaking to each other on the talkie although sitting right in front of each other.
I remember having crazy conversations with the contractors in Tamil. My vocabulary of Tamil is of only foul words and that sent the 6 contractors in fits of laughter. Worst was when I "kuchi kuchi hota hei" over the talkie! The whole hall could hear us roaring in laughter!
For lunch, we brought our packed fried rice to Kok Beng and ordered a plate of just chicken. We then packed a big pack of chicken rice for James. Kok Beng's chicken rice is one of the top 10 best in Malaysia. We thought that food would be the best Taiping town introduction for James.
As the day neared a 7pm, we decided to give the still absent exhibitors a call. Me and Phing had Little Nyonya to catch!
Most of the time was filled with fun mindless chatterings. James, 'Manis', Richard and Ah Leong. At least we got to know each other better.
In the end, we left after 9pm. As workers, we had to honour our work :)
The 4 of us then went to Tai-O for dinner@supper. Working in such an industry, meals time are really irregular.
I reached home at 11pm, just in time to shower and rest before the repeat of Little Nyonya at 12am. I slept at 1am, praying hard that I can wake up in time for work the very next morning.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Post 120 : Journalists! Bah!
Kosmo the bias newspaper cooked up something silly on the recently deceased Yasmin Ahmad.
This is CHEAP publicity to the point of smearing a reputation of a dead person!
Obviously, the journalists have their brains where the sun shines least-their butts(cruder way : asses).
Please let the deceased rest in peace and her family mourn the passing of this legend.
We Malaysians won't buy your cheap publicity chicken crap.
Link to the newspaper cutting through Walski's blog : MyAsylum
This is CHEAP publicity to the point of smearing a reputation of a dead person!
Obviously, the journalists have their brains where the sun shines least-their butts(cruder way : asses).
Please let the deceased rest in peace and her family mourn the passing of this legend.
We Malaysians won't buy your cheap publicity chicken crap.
Link to the newspaper cutting through Walski's blog : MyAsylum
Post 119 : Farewell Yasmin Ahmad
Whenever I visit my own blog, my usual routine would be click on blogs that I've linked on my own. As I browse through few of these blogs, I notice that many bloggers had dedicated their most recent post to Yasmin Ahmad, the director/producer/scriptwriter that made Malaysia famous.
Life is really fragile. First the shocking death of Michael Jackson, now my very own favourite scriptwriter/advertisement maker : Yasmin Ahmad.
To me, these two personalities are big gifts from the heavens in the form of normal folk.
Yasmin Ahmad was one of the true-est Anak Bangsa Malaysia I've ever met so far. Although I've never met her personally, her works touched me so deeply that I can actually feel her emotions and thoughts connecting with mine. Yasmin Ahmad need not be a politician to preach on the most crucial and important element lacking in Malaysians today. Racial Integrity. And in fact, she does it better than some of the men who claim to be representing the rakyats of Malaysia!
Just yesterday, when I was informed of her death, I became dazed, I didn't know what I did what I was doing and what I was supposed to do. Everything seemed so mechanical to me. What I had in mind was : who will film the Petronas advertisements? who will continue with the production of Wasurenagusa? I hoped and wished that I was dreaming and that Yasmin Ahmad would recover from her stroke.
And now that I've 'recovered' from that mild depression, I'm dedicating this post of mine to the "optimistic and sentimental to the point of being annoying" lady. She had dedicated her youth, life and probably health to all Bangsa Malaysias out there and now it's time for me, a Yasmin Ahmad-films-made Bangsa Malaysia to at least think of her and her works as I blog today.
Yasmin Ahmad, you've always been a hero to me. Only works of yours had ever made me cry. Yesterday, a hero had fallen. Today, I see an extremely shining star right next to the smiling moon. Like Michael Jackson, your works will forever be viewed.
I LOVE YOU. REST IN PEACE =..(
Life is really fragile. First the shocking death of Michael Jackson, now my very own favourite scriptwriter/advertisement maker : Yasmin Ahmad.
To me, these two personalities are big gifts from the heavens in the form of normal folk.
Yasmin Ahmad was one of the true-est Anak Bangsa Malaysia I've ever met so far. Although I've never met her personally, her works touched me so deeply that I can actually feel her emotions and thoughts connecting with mine. Yasmin Ahmad need not be a politician to preach on the most crucial and important element lacking in Malaysians today. Racial Integrity. And in fact, she does it better than some of the men who claim to be representing the rakyats of Malaysia!
Just yesterday, when I was informed of her death, I became dazed, I didn't know what I did what I was doing and what I was supposed to do. Everything seemed so mechanical to me. What I had in mind was : who will film the Petronas advertisements? who will continue with the production of Wasurenagusa? I hoped and wished that I was dreaming and that Yasmin Ahmad would recover from her stroke.
And now that I've 'recovered' from that mild depression, I'm dedicating this post of mine to the "optimistic and sentimental to the point of being annoying" lady. She had dedicated her youth, life and probably health to all Bangsa Malaysias out there and now it's time for me, a Yasmin Ahmad-films-made Bangsa Malaysia to at least think of her and her works as I blog today.
Yasmin Ahmad, you've always been a hero to me. Only works of yours had ever made me cry. Yesterday, a hero had fallen. Today, I see an extremely shining star right next to the smiling moon. Like Michael Jackson, your works will forever be viewed.
I LOVE YOU. REST IN PEACE =..(
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