Monday, July 28, 2008

HeLLo fRoM sINg@PorE

Halo, everyone!! I have finally waved goodbye to Glasgow and thrown myself back into the Asian's arms. Yup! I'm in Singapore now but am not going back to my home country, Malaysia soon though. Visiting my sis and bro here. Hehe.. =) Will only go back 2 weeks later.

The journey back was a pleasant one. Just that the check-in officer was kinda unfriendly. Nearly sent my luggage to KL when it was stated clearly on the e-ticket that my destination was Singapore. Somemore showed sour face even though she was the one at wrong wor. The 13 hours spent in the flight from London Heathrow back to Singapore passed by much faster than I expected. It's like eat eat, sleep sleep, eat eat then arrived liao. Haha.. Guess that's because I had the company of a whole kampung of frens throughout the journey. Can't imagine how Ah Ming went through all these alone. Geng!!

And I CERTAINLY MISS GLASGOW ALREADY!!!!! Especially the weather and the accent!! When I first landed, I actualy felt abit awkward seeing so many ppl of my own kind. Haha.. It's hot here in Singapore!! I sweat badly everyday!! Wearing short pants instead of jeans doesn't help much. And so I grumble alot. Hahaha.. =P

First meal upon arrival: Chicken Rice (with lotsa chili!!) plus Curry Fishhead plus leafy vege (not lettuce, cabbage or brocolli!!)!!!!! OMG!!!!! Super bahagia~ =D Sorry lah.. no photo.. I finished the foods before I had time to take any photo. Wakakakak.. =P

Suffered a wee bit of jet lag. Was abit dizzy upon landing. Maybe because of the frequent turbulence throughout the flight and that the plane descended a wee bit too fast for my ear pressure to handle. But I was ok again after shower. Super adaptive wei~ XD

Oh ya... I thought I would receive better service or treatment here since the majority of ppl in this country are of my kind. Sadly, it isn't so. When I first arrived, I smiled and greeted the custom officer "Hi there!" but received no reply. She just took my passport, checked, and then *chop chop* and handed it back to me. I said "Thank You" and again she ignored me. Wah lao!!!!! What is this??? Ang mohs would at least nod even if they don't really fancy talking to u loh. Moreover, her name was Siti something something, which showed she was probably a Malaysian herself as well!!! Duh!!

So, I thought maybe being a custom officer she was forced to be serious. But my parents and I have had some other bad experience already these few days. For example, my mom wanted to buy aunty Korean drama VCD from a shop. So, she asked the salesgirl to recommend. The salesgirl told her to look for them herself. My mum told her it's very difficult to search from the pile of VCDs there and it would be better if she could recommend a few. The salesgirl drew out some very very common one like Winter Sonata and being a huge Korean drama fan, my mum has watched them all already. So, guess what she told my mum? "Then u don't have to buy anymore lah". What the??? Is that the way to do business nowadays?? Beh song!!

By the way, after some failure attempts in understanding and getting used to Scottish accent, I find Singlish rather funny. Haha.. So not used to hearing so much "lah loh leh ma ah har" in one sentence. Funny sial wei!! XD XD Am trying hard to hold on to the last bit of memory I still have of Scottish accent. It is slowly being displaced out by Singlish bit by bit everyday. NOOOooooo~~~ XP

Was in quite a good mood today. Why? Cause I had prawn noodles as lunch, durian as teatime, and nasi lemak (with 2 fried chic wings, fried egg, sambal, kacang and ikan bilis) as dinner!!!!! MUA HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!!! Shiok ah~ What else can one ask for? XD XD

However, my mood was spoilt upon browsing through Ah Bi's blog just now. She left me MSN messages telling me to page her once I am online cause she has some PTPTN stuffs to share with me. She wasn't online just now but from what I understand from her blog, it seems that PTPTN is now chasing us to pay back for the loan. Great. I haven't even started working for goodness' sake!! Very efficient of them, huh? The thing is, I am not in Malaysia now. I don't have all the documents with me. I would have to provide my PTPTN and Bumiputera bank account number if I were to request to postpone the payment date. Like I can remember them by heart??? Ish... Really dunno what I should do now. They are sending out saman soon if I don't start paying up. Gotta seek for Chua Ming's advice tomolo. Hopefully I could find a way out. Ish... Completely spoilt my post-nasi-lemak happy mood wei... Grrrrr.....

Oh, by the way, I had a miserable time reading through PTPTN webpage in BM. So happy when I found out that there was actually an "edisi Inggeris". Ooshh! 4.5 years of BM-free days has really got my BM rotten to the roots already. I was once a Malay debator somemore eh!! What a shame!! MUST make BM my first language from today onwards. Dun wanna fail my Pharmacy Interview with the government wei...

Sebenarnya, masa sudah amat lewat. Saya sepatutnya pergi tidur sekarang. Oleh itu, saya harus pergi tandas kencing dan gosok gigi sekarang. Jumpa lagi apabila saya mempunyai masa lapang. Sekian, terima kasih. Selamat tinggal~ XD XD XD XD XD

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

ByE bYe gL@sgOW... =(

Halo ppl, it's me. This is probably gonna be my last post from Glasgow. Am finally going back Malaysia. Well, although I miss my family and Malaysia very very much, I must admit that I have developed a very special feeling towards Glasgow already.

Afterall, I have been here for nearly 14 months already since the 6th of June, 2007. Time does fly. Deep in my mind, I can still vividly see myself arriving in Glasgow and being greeted by a bunch of kind seniors in the airport. And now, I am leaving this place that I love in less than 16 hours time.

Yes, I do love Glasgow. Yes, I have been through ups and downs within these 14 months of time, but mostly it's the happy times that I remember. Yes, some Glaswegians can be a total jerk at times, but they are the minority. Most of them are warm and friendly. They greet u with a sincere smile even if u are a total stranger with a different skin colour. Yes, it's like a kampung and there aren't many attractions here, but I still find Glasgow beautiful.

I am so gonna miss the time I spent in the university, be it in the lecture halls or in the labs. I am so gonna miss all my dearest IMU mates who flew all the way here together with me. I am so gonna miss walking around in the city centre at 12 o'clock in the afternoon and not shedding a single drop of sweat. I am so gonna miss walking around with my sling bag and not having to look out for snatch thief. I am so gonna miss Haggis and Irn Bru!!!!! Hahaha... =)

Went out walking around alone this afternoon. Took pictures of Buchanan Street and George Square. Felt very lonely all of sudden. Most of my frens would scatter all over Malaysia. Some in other countries. Wonder when we will meet up again? Sad sad sad!!! =(

I guess it's about time for me to grow up and be fully responsible towards myself. Gosh!! No more student discount!! No more spending pama's money without feeling guilty!! No more staying up late and waking up in the noon!! Hello stressful working life!! Hello RM3500 per month!! Hello on-call!! Hello night shift!! Hello working on weekends!! Hello sleeping 6 hours everyday!!!!! XP XP XP XP XP

Oh well, will think about those later and enjoy these few weeks till gao gao first. Hello Char Kway Tiao!! Hello Nasi Lemak!! Hello Curry Fishhead!! Hello Mamak Stalls!! Hello Mommy's cookings!! Bye Bye Western Foods!!!!! XD XD

Okie lah. I gotta go bathe and pack my stuffs now. The next time I blog, I would be in Singapore already. Not going back Malaysia straight. Would spend some time hanging out with my sis in Singapore. My family will be there, too. Will be using back my same old Malaysia number. So, do contact me, alright? Keep in touch ya!! Muacks Muacks!! =D

Last but not least, BYE BYE GLASGOW!!!!! LOVE YA SO MUCH!!!!! Hugzz... =)

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

rOtTEn eGGs aRe WeLcoMe

*Bish bish bish*

Thank u all very much for the rotten eggs. I feel much better now. I know I have abandoned this site for too long a time already. Such an irresponsible blogger I am. So, just go ahead and throw as many rotten eggs as u wish towards my direction. I won't duck a single one.. =P

*Bish bish bish*

Reason why I hadn't been updating my blog? Same old story loh.. Busy lah.. Like a bee wei...

Been doing research for my Europe trip with parents, sister, and bro-in-law. Tried so hard to ensure that our parents enjoy the trip to the max. Super stressed wei... Practically gotta act like a tour guide. I wasn't even that stressed during the final year degree exam... (-_-")

After the trip, I had graduation to attend. Sent parents off and then start packing to shift over to juniors' place.

Thing Thing Thing Pei Ling, Siew Ying, Sook Foong, and Theng Nee (gals, sorry if I spelled ur names wrongly) were very kind to have taken me in. They even took very great care of me!! Paisay wei!! Thought it was supposed to be the other way round instead?? Haha... Anyway, I had a really great time staying together with them. Such a bunch of loveable cuties.. =)

Thanks so much, gals!! U gals are always so caring and considerate. Definitely the best juniors I have seen so far. Thank u all for everything and wish u gals all the best in ur future undertakings.. =) Good luck for all the upcoming exams!! May u all absorb all leftover aura from the previous tenants of J9 unit and graduate with flying colours, too!! Lolz... Hugz... Love u all... =)

After that I went travelling with labby Chua Ming to London. My first time visiting London wei!! Given that I have been in UK for more than a year already, I consider this a great failure loh.. Everyone else in P105 has visited London at least once already, okay? What's more, this is Chua Ming's 4th visit to London already!! Shame on me!! Haha..

London was not bad although I must admit that I hate the peak hour crowd and heat in the underground stations. Indeed, I would never wanna become a Londoner. They always seem to be rushing.. Be it morning, afternoon or night. What a hectic lifestyle to have!! Wonder what's the averaged life span of a typical Londoner.. Am guessing that they most probably would die young due to the amount of stress they must endure everyday... Scary~ Thanks Bi for being my tour guide in London. Thanks very much for accompanying me there even though I know u are damn freaking sick of London already. I appreciate all that u have done for me very very much. Thank u!! =)

Then me and Chua Ming meet up with Lee Yin, Xin Hui, Christine, and Chew Yee in London. Together, the six of us flew to Greece. What can I say? Greece is such a beautiful country!! Very different from the other European countries that I have been to so far. It's definitely a MUST to visit the surrounding islands. Simply lovely!! Although the Greeks aren't the friendliest species on Earth, but I am guessing that communication problem might be the main culprit behind. Other than that, everything else is simply awesome. Definitely one of the best trips I have been to.. =) And gals, thank u all so much for being such wonderful travelling mates!! I enjoyed ur companionship very much. Most of all, thanks for giving me a chance to visit the country that I have long been wanting to go. Thank u!! =)

Nevertheless, I would only talk more about my trip when I have the time and mood to, which as usual, would most probably never come true unless a miracle happens. Kakaka... =P

Just came back to Glasgow today. Shifted from junior's place back to Birbeck again. Thanks to the 11B tenants for willing to take me in. Then celebrated Phek Joo's and Edmond's belated birthdays. Checked mail and now here I am, updating my long deserted blog even if it's already 3:30 in the morning, even if everyone else has gone to sleep, and even if tomolo is gonna be another long day for me. Decided that I should get the update done by today for if not, I might well be back in Malaysia already when I finally do so.

Anyway, it's getting really late and I can barely hold my eyelids open now. Will try my best to update at least once before I go back to Malaysia on the 22nd. Till then, good night and see ya!! Bye~ =D