I am leaving for Labuan next week. Was told this today and boy was I shocked. But once the initial shock was over, it was all very exciting. I am fantasising of the beach, short hours, living in my own apartment, and basically the yuppie life. I will be there for a month ! Woohoo ! Of course, this is not a holiday but work work work ! But yes, I will be enjoying myself there I hope. Excited very excited ! I hope this continues, because being seconded away, is a great opportunity for your to raise your profile !

After work just as I was going home, decided to have dinner with MrKap. Never regretted it for a moment. He is inspiring. Very inspiring. One big reason was because he used to be the type that I despised and looked down at. But somehow, I find myself changing. I envy him and am filled with admiration for his enthusiasm for his work as well as dogged spirit. That is probably why I have decided to keep close to him and help in whatever project he brings up. I am actually meeting him after hours tomorrow. Maybe I can do something more, just like MrKap. I want to shine and I realise that yes, I am VERY competitive and definitely want to do better than the rest. In MrKap, I see someone who is just as motivated as myself and better yet, motivates me even more to do better. I am excited at the prospect of working at a project with him, because I realise that we can do great things ! We will see what happens.

In the midst of dinner, JinBear called me. And I happened to get some words in with RaeBear, NiqBear and YuBear. And I realise that somehow the conversation was very one-sided. I think I have changed. Or maybe it is just that we are living different lives. Which is a popular subject with me at the moment. Does living different lives mean that you get pushed further apart ? Sometimes I think so, and yet sometimes the romantic part of me disagrees. But at the moment, career is definitely a very big part of my life. Along with family. But yes definitely all out career. Lots of self improvement, have to be more aggressive and do my best in everything. So have to study hard as well, so if you wonder sometimes how is my social life going at the moment, I can truthfully tell you, not that great. But friends at work are great. I guess this is where I am concentrating on at the moment.

SailorJoyo is going to Sweden for two weeks. ~_~""

I want to go holiday too. I love my job too. I think from now until December especially I shall be enjoying myself a lot.Yes I know I sometimes complain a lot about my job but I actually love it a lot. Today I opened my email in the morning to find words of praise from MsJhen. I am very happy because somehow her comments are so important to me. I love my job.

I am very happy right now. Now all I need is someone to share my happiness. You know you are happy when you can reach all the high notes in a song that you have been trying to sing !

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I want to go skiing too !

Of course that means that I would have had to save money and obviously that is not happening. But it is not fair, MrLou is going soon ! He told me he has to allocate about RM7000 for the trip at least. Hm. Impossible for me. I just spent about a whole bunch of money fixing up the car, as well bought some clothes at MegaSale. I am so broke it is not funny. If you see me, remind me to stop spending. For the month of August, I have declared an emergency save scheme. Hehe. Meaning, trying harder. Hope it works.

Tomorrow will be my first day at the new department. Wonder how it will be like ? I know that it will not be half as noisy as my previous floor but still hope that people laugh and joke there as well. I guess it cannot be all that bad right. Now that I have thought about it more, I am actually getting more and more hyped about going to Labuan for two months. It can be my sort of little adventure cum working experience. Though I really hope it will be a nice two months there. But I am sure that I will know when the time comes. Tomorrow will be really exciting !!!!

Talking to MattBear the other day, was finding out more about Japanese classes. I am really interested to get more activities going on in my life, so I guess once I get the Labuan thing sorted out, and then if I pass my CFA, I should be applying for language classes, maybe singing classes as well, or dance. Just something to fill my time. Any suggestions ?

Blogging is very relaxing for me. Actually I do not really need people to respond to me. I just need to let it out of the system. But if people do comment, of course it is enlightening sometimes. But recently I have discovered that writing out my thoughts calm me down. Does this mean that I am passive-aggresive ? Maybe. But yes, I find it very relaxing. Sometimes, just typing is relaxing for me. Just typing and rearranging all my computer files. Yep, I am weird that way.

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Watched Dragon Tiger Gate on Friday and was so disappointed with the show ! Lousy. Do NOT watch it, if you trust my judgement on movies. It was a load of crap, featuring Donnie Yen. Yuk.

Well, that is about it. I have finished my time at MNC and will be moving departments to CRC on Monday. Since there is no news about computers, I believe I might just be cut off for the next few days from the internet at work. Though, I would be meeting lots of new people and also learning lots of new stuff, so will be busy. Wonder if I will have time to study as well. But I hope and pray that it will be another great learning experience. New boss, MrYoon told me he has plans for me to go to LOB, Labuan Offshore Bank for about 2 months. That would be pretty cool as I will stay in a hotel, get allowance and stuff like that. But on the other hand, will be away from family, have to do my laundry, and maybe if I end up going around Dec-Feb, will miss those people from Melbourne who return for their Summer holidays. At this rate, am quite confirmed that will not be free to go to Hong Kong at the end of this year. So sorry RoxBear !!!

But work aside, and studies aside, there really is not much going on in my life right now. It has the kind of monotonous sameness that makes you appreciate the one day holidays that you take and go to the beach and laze. Being spontaneous and creative is something that avoids you once you start working in an office job. I feel like I am stuck in a little clear glass box and I want to go out and explore more but then afraid of what I might see and discover. But being curious like I know I am, I know I want to be out there. So this Labuan thing is a very good opportunity, and now that I have thought about it more, I know that I want it. I want to go there.

Just rambling. That is what you get when you spend Saturday night studying. At home.

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Someone told me (well not exactly word for word but the meaning was there)

“I also dunno what to say. Talk, will get scolded. If do not talk, will miss you.”

Hmm. Obviously this was because I was being rather cool to this person for forgetting my birthday and then actually making things worse by telling me that my birthday, although freely available online (hehe) was not common knowledge.

How does one get angry when faced with this kind of words ?

I am TOO soft hearted. I should have made these people who forget my birthday grovel for forgetting, especially when I remember theirs. Lol. But obviously I will not. It is just a figure of speech. Especially if they are people I love. Haha. Yea, I truly believe that you can love your friends, for after all, they are the family that you can choose, especially if you are alone in a foreign land. So how long can you stay angry at people you love? Not very long, if you truly love them for what they are and who they are. Yea, so I LOVE you, and I FORGIVE you. Especially since now I have something (hopefully) exciting coming in the mail. Cannot wait ….but it better be good enough……….!

I have discovered that I am pretty good at balloon blowing and tying. Not exactly a skill that you can put on you CV, but good to have nonetheless. Found this out while blowing about 25 balloons for the department’s farewell party for one of the teams. Food was very good. Yum. While on the topic of work, seems like this month is another broke month, meaning I spent more than I earned….but with renewed vigour, I will try my best to aim for my goal. After all, I do want to go to Melbourne next year, do I not ?

Colleague is going to Bangkok. Imagining her getting proposed to on the trip ! Wah so exciting……….feel like proposing to someone too. But obviously noone to propose to as well as costs involved will make me a bankrupt. Woo~woo~woo~

Need to save. Like really save. So that I actually have savings at the end of the year. Ug.
Getting quite excited about moving to a new department now. Last day is tomorrow, but I have already packed most of my things in 2 boxes. Surprising how little I have. But I am getting very good at packing and unpacking ever since IH. I can set up home in an hour, and pack up and go in 10 minutes. Amazing skill. I have such a whole lot of useless skills that if I were a character in Dungeons and Dragons, I would probably be like Bard, or Rogue. But then, that is exactly the character that I chose. Could not stand the fragility of the Mage or the Craziness of the Warrior standing in front. Nuts.

New glasses are going well. Initially when I first got it, the world seemed very big and the floor was much closer to my face ! I am used to it now though. Wonder how would tomorrow be ? It is my last day after all !!

Unfortunately I seem to have lost my passport ! Weird. Where are you !

And to my friends, yes I LOVE YOU………ah..such a happy dreamy floaty mood I am in now.

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Sometimes it is bad when you have too much time to think because once you start thinking too much, you get disappointed with the whys and the what-ifs and the how-comes. So I am disappointed with someone but then again, this just means that I am thinking too much right ? Because I have absolutely no right to be disappointed ! Or do I ?

Current mood : Disappointed.

Yep, I have been thinking about something a lot. Bored at work.

But when you think of it more, do you think it is better not to have too many expectations so that you will not get disappointed or is it better to have expectations so that you feel happier because something might come true ?

What exactly is the optimal amount of expectation ?

Oh by the way, apparently will not be going to Singapore for my 6 weeks training any more. Instead it will be held here in KL due to some IMF Meeting in Singapore, taking up all the hotel space. Yuk.

Pros :
1. Can drive around as will have car and my parking is at the hotel where we are staying.
2. No need to do laundry by myself.
3. Know where I am, or where everything I need is.
4. Will have larger wardrobe to pick from as can go home to get change of clothes at night or over weekend.
5. Will not be afraid of forgetting to bring something as can get it easily.
6. Near office. Can check office email.
7. Near gym. Will not have to disrupt gym schedule.
8. Expenditure in ringgit - cheaper.
9. Able to explore KL properly as will be in KL every day and night.
10. Staying in a hotel for 6 weeks is the lifestyle I like.
11. Able to meet up with colleagues (who increasingly seem to be only friends around)
12. Weather is same as Singapore anyway, not like it snows there or anything.
13. Will not have to bother about messy stuff like visas, passports………

Cons:
1. No trip to Singapore, though not a big deal.
2. No allowance ? Hopefully got. Though it will be in ringgit.

So it seems that the pros outweigh the cons after all. Not too disappointed about this at all. Training will be from Sept 17 to Oct 27.

On another note, went to watch The Dorm yesterday. Went with some colleagues and generously sponsored by MrCoung, who also paid for lunch and dinner. He is a wonderful boss to work for I would think. It is a Thai movie, billed as a horror movie by the same director as Shutter. Although I did not think Shutter was very scary, The Dorm is very different. Warning : Spoiler Ahead. Basically, a lonely boy at a new boarding school finds a friend who turns out to be a spirit stuck in limbo. He helps the ghost out and makes new friends at school. End of story. Quite a nice story, and exactly the right type to make me go all Awww. It was quite funny as well though I figured out the ghost very early in the show. I believe that I am biased in saying this show is nice because one of the main themes is the friendship between the boy and the boy ghost. They were so lonely and alone until they had each other. One part that was quite touching was when they boy realized the reason that the ghost had to sit in the toilet every night was because he was sleeping in his old bed. Previously, all other boys who slept on that bed were always kicked out of bed, but because they were friends, the ghost did not want to do that. Yea, and since I can safely say that I have NEVER had such a close guy friend in my schooldays, as usual I am envious of that friendship. But those days have past of course, so all I can do is enjoy these movies. But go see it, not for the horror part, just for the feel good part. To think that the boy was willing to die to help the ghost. Sob so touching .... hehe.

And I wonder if religion should ever come between a relationship ? She’s Catholic. Though I should have figure it out much earlier, it only clicked in my mind last night.

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A wonderful way to start my 300th post.

Review of NY Resolutions.
1. Lose 15 kg. At least. (Erm, no deadline to this, must set a deadline next year)
2. Get a job and enjoy it for a year. (6 months have passed)
3. Start professional certification studies. (Exam Dec 3)
4. Keep in touch with all my friends. (Erm. 'All' is a bit strong)
5. Make new friends. (Complied)
6. Save some money. (Not yet, refer previous post)
7. Go on one overseas trip. (Future is bleak)
8. Have a much cleaner house with more systems. (Complied)
9. Improve my Chinese, and start on Japanese. (Minimal effort)
10. Try to make some effort towards world peace. (Complied)

Review of CNY Resolutions
1. Prepare budgets to actually save some money. (Currently failing)
2. Never lose my sense of humour. (Complied)
3. Always work hard at my job. (Have decided this is irrelevant)
4. Always look on the brighter side of life. (Trying)
5. Never ever forget how to excel at taidi, mahjong and texas holdem. (Need practice partners)
6. Strict controls on clothing........ (Yea right...)
7. Never lose touch of music. (Lost....doing not too badly on Chinese music though)
8. Never become an old boring uncle. (Must stay in compliance)
9. Always work hard at the gym. (Whenever I am there)
10. Stay forever young....and possibly childish at the right times :) (Complied)

Thanks to everyone who thought of me on my 22nd birthday. Had messages on my phone, friendster, email, various noticeboards and cards. Thanks to you guys who remembered and to those who forgot, there is always next year. Thanks also to Hotlink, Webshots, Red Box, National Geographic, Asianfanatics, SCB, BlueMountain and any other organisation which cared enough to send me birthday wishes.

Had an alright day at work, as morning was consumer by Basel2 training before an afternoon of enjoyable work and customer calls. After a brief flurry where we reorganised seating on the floor, set off to RedBox at 6.30. Should mention that was at RedBox with SailorCan at lunchtime to practise. So at 6.30, was at RedBox where with 9 other colleagues sang till 3.30 am. Was extremely fun and not expensive as birthday package only cost RM277 including buffett dinner and supper, 2 bottles of sparkling juice, 5 jugs, party packs, cake and big room. Hurray for RedBox. Also got card and lots of coupons but immaterial. Evening was full of fun, nice songs and workplace bonding and left feeling very satisfied. Will not need to go karaoke for at least 2 weeks !

Slept till late in the afternoon and had to rush to the Curve for lunch at Italiennese. First time, so I wanted to try it. Rushed out but rained and was stuck in jam and illegal parked at the car park finally before reaching the place. Thanks for the lunch guys !! MrLou and SailorRoz and SailorJeow and MrNhoe made very good company. After lunch, happened to see all the One in a Million finalists performing up close. Looks exactly the same as on TV. Thanks to the 3 Trojans who made me a nice call. Love those calls.

Birthday presents received so far : 1 shirt. Yay for the shirt, thanks very much Sailors !!!!

>_<"" Yeah. Birthdays just are not as interesting as they used to be at all.

As a 22 year old person, will start to save money and diet again from tomorrow onwards. And try to live happily ever after.

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I finally got off my lazy butt and calculated my savings.

After six months or working my ass off, staying back late, working extra hours, having almost no life, I have a grand total of savings of NEGATIVE RM196. ><""""It means that I have worked for nothing !!

Arghh.... well, zero savings is bad, but negative savings is worse.Well, if I did not buy the clothes I bought this year, I would save RM200, but then again, that only comes up to savings of RM4.

This is NOT funny at all !Honestly, what is bloody sodding point of working if at end of day, I do not have more money in bank account ?

How will I be able to pay for trips to Melbourne/HongKong ?How will I buy my mp3 player/new suit/silk shirts/presents/wardrobe/hangers/car accessories/anything else that I do not need but want ?

Shucks.

Arghh. Major depression. Perhaps will buy a shirt tomorrow to cheer self up.

OMG. Just remembered that I plan to get new glasses this month.
OMG. OMG. Just remembered that July has been my second fastest spending month so far. Will probably end up in red too. Meaning savings will be in deeper negative.

Shit. Shit. Shit.No bloody point in working.

Maybe should work as a male host at a club as heard of people earning more than self, while getting expensive gifts and have very flexible hours. However, would have to be desirable. Hmm. Am not desirable therefore cannot be host.

Maybe a pilot ? Surely will not spend much as everyone knows things at airports are duty free....
Maybe a rock star ? Surely fans will buy you whatever you want ?
Ice cream taster ? Model ? Brad Pitt's stunt bottom ? Banker ? Wait. Am bloody sodding banker and am not saving. No to banker.

Argh. Have discovered only way to save money is to have rich parents/girlfriend who are generous.

Lol.Malaysia Mega Sale in 2 weeks.

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After a very quiet Sunday spent having seafood dinner for an early celebration with family, it has been crazy so far.

Monday was hectic since I was not in on Thursday. A pile of work to catch up and hand in as well, since I was on leave again on Tuesday and Wednesday. A morning meeting as well as a long talk with GA4 MrLhong did not help. Before I knew it, it was lunchtime, and some of us had lunch with another new colleague, who will be working with SailorJeow. Then, more issues cropping up, with a particularly enlightening credit issue, and all of a sudden, it was 5.45. I was so busy I did not even have time to go to the toilet. Seriously. Stayed till 7.30 and remembered had to rush off back to Pyramid to have dinner with CharBear and FangBear.

At Pyramid, we met at McDonalds. I was surprised to see no changes. But then again, more meaty. Or ever so slightly chubbier. But still as excitable and energetic. Good. Voice still the same fantastic. Met IanBear, her admirer for a brief moment, before we decided to go to Sushi King for some dinner. Talked a lot. FangBear joined us later and then I fetched CharBear home to MabelBear's place in TTDI. Along the way, we talked a lot more. Amazing. We agree on a lot of issues. It will be really interesting to catch up in 5 years' time, or even a year's time. Talking is good and catching up is good too.

Then on Tuesday, hurrah for days off. Picked KeeBear up from Klang and drove around for a while looking for books for uni. Although mission was a failure we headed off to MidValley where we then had brunch at KimGary's. Talked and talked and talked. About loads of stuff. Then DanBear called. We were supposed to meet for dinner but he was there too to meet his friend. KeeBear and I went off first to source for some presents for some birthdays and was joined later by DanBear to watch Scary Movie 4. I think my IQ went down 30 points. If you have seen the trailer before, you will already know all the jokes in the movie. Some irritating girls sitting around us were laughing ALL the time, I have no idea why. Anyway, DO NOT watch the movie. Worse than Superman Returns. And that was bad enough. And since we are on this topic in my personal opinion, Pirates of the Caribbean II is MUCH MUCH better than Superman. So there.
Later we happened to meet DebBear (DanBear's sister, my classmate in SAM) and MattBear (my classmate in high school Form 4 and 5). By the way, they know each other cause they were primary school mates. And I had no idea DanBear was DebBear's younger brother until he told me one fine day in second semester last year. SMALL WORLD INDEED. Anyway, we decided to meet up later for dinner.

MattBear is one of the mysteries of the class. He has been missing in action for quite a whiule and quite a few people were wondering if he was still exisiting. Rumours fly about where he is and what he is doing, so it was quite fortuitous and exciting to see him in the flesh again after 3 years. I have got my hands on his mobile number, so at least he is now contactable ! Yay. Always good to get in touch with someone from long ago. He is much thinner now, laughs more, hair is also longer now. I think he is also slightly taller than I last remembered. Honestly, with a a good haircut, and some great clothes, MattBear could actually do some modelling, in black and white (he is too fair for colour). He has a unique look and a very nice smile actually.

Anyway, we went back to DanBear's house for rest, talked a bit to his parents, (I love friends' parents) and then all of us piled into a car to SS2 for dinner. We had so much food. Well, actually it was mostly KeeBear and I. We had loads of food and then piled into Swensen's for ice cream. Hurrah for Earthquake Day. We had 8 scoops of yummilicious ice cream and toppings, with dry ice vapour overflowing the big bowl. We dug in. And it was gone in 10 minutes. Or less. We talked a lot, and I found out what MattBear was doing, more of the doings of DanBear, DebBear and Keebear and later we went home.

It was a very satisfying day. Got some things done, successfully met DebBear and as a bonus, met MattBear !!! Very good day indeed.

But exhasting.

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I swear. Watching movies at 1U on weekends is like watching a human flood. Also, there is a 100% chance that you will see someone you know there. I watched Pirates of The Caribbean 2 there yesterday, and I really liked it. Although everyone else was not as impressed, I really liked it. It was very destressing and made me laugh. Yep, and I would even watch it again. But the real story was the amount of people outside and around !!!! It was massive. People everywhere and the escalator must be one of the most used in Malaysia !!

I should really also say that we started the day off by sending off AniBear at the airport. I have not sent anyone off for a long time, since February and actually, before that was in February 2003. So it was really sad and nostalgic as well, since I knew that I probably would not be travelling on MH0149 to Melbourne for a loooooooooong time. Shucks. (I really need to get out of the Melbourne groove..LOL). Anyway, then JengBear, ColBear and HLBear went to watch the movie with me and then we had dinner at the Curve, at LanKwaiFong. I was a bit put off, as this was the second day in a row that I have been to both 1U and The Curve in the same day ! The previous day, I spent the whole day shopping at 1U with my sis and mom and then had drinks and dinner at The Curve with SharBear, RaeBear, JessBear and KimBear. And did I tell you I bought 2 pairs of pants (real nice checked ones ala Jap) and 2 Tees for 25% price ? Hehe. Am very very happy.

Thing is, now CharBear is in town, and I also have to have those farewell outings, my schedule is seriously overbooked !!!

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Condolences go out to ElCBear's family.

Sometimes it is things like these which remind you to tell the people around you that you love them. Because they could be gone the next day. And you would have lost the chance. It is not as if you could forsee the death of a loved one through a long illness. Even if you say everyone dies in the end, how could you face it if you never saw someone again, especially if you were too busy or too lazy to see them or talk to them the last time they called ?

Therefore let me take this chance to tell you I love you.

I love you. I do I do. And if you were around here I would give you a ten minute hug at least.

I love you.


And I would tell you over and over again. Until you get sick of it.

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It's almost certain you'll be a multimillionaire. Just keep doing what you're doing.You are good with money, a creative thinker, and an ethical person. You might be the next Donald Trump!

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Lol, it is so stressful to be 'not tall'. That is correct. I rarely think that I am short, because there are so many people or guys even who are shorter than me. In any case, I would usually refer to my height as average. Therefore, it has been quite a shock to see that GA2 MrYeng and GA3 MrNumu (not MrLhong as previously thought) are both over 6 feet tall !! A tad intimidating to say the least. MrLhong, GA4 will be around on Monday. SailorJap has already told me that he is average height. But still maybe a little taller. Sceptical. I am sure he must be 6 feet tall as well in manner of giants from little Greek island. Anyway, other than his height, MrNumu is also a potentially interesting person too. This is because, just as I thought when I first heard his name, that he was from the same primary school as myself. What a coincidence !! I knew I knew him. Lol. But then again, I rarely forget a name that I have heard before. But of course, we are not actually friends, I know him as a primary school mate, not as a friend, and since he left Subang about 8 years ago, we have not kept in touch. Not that we have been catching up when we knew each other in primary school…………..But it is kind of fate maybe ? But I fear that I will be getting a huge neck ache each time I talk to MrYeng and MrNumu while standing cause they are about a head taller than me. Anyway, my mom says it is fate that I meet MrNumu again. I have no idea why. Because he was not even a primary school friend ! Oh well, see what happens. Next excitement will of course be GA3 MrLhong. Wonder what he is like ? And just in case you are wondering, I take great interest in these people because they will be the same batch of graduates as me in the bank. So they are the best benchmark as well as probably some of the people that I will be having close ties with for a while. It is sort of like we are the same class. While everyone else in the bank is in the same school. So you can have better schoolmates than classmates but being classmates, you will always be stuck together right ? So, yea, hope they are not mega pricks or worse.

Last night met up with AniBear, ColBear, JengBear, HLBear and PooiBear. We were not celebrating, rather commemorating the fact that AniBear will be going to Perth in a week’s time. We were at Pizza Uno, a place where I have only been once other time, with the same group of people. Roughly. Anyway, Carbonara Spaghetti was deliciously sinful ! I swear, I will not eat it again this year. Once a year is a lot of calories. Had 2 slices of margherita pizza as well, which was fondly reminiscent of the margherita sold at the cornershop of the Union House for a dollar a slice – good snack. After that we just sat around and talked for a long while. However ColBear and myself were chiefly the conversationalists and mostly it was myself asking her the questions about her job. Very interesting job actually. They are just so many parts of it and yet it is very hard to describe what exactly it is that she does. Monitoring might be a key word but does not do the work and effort justice. But just like myself, I cannot seem to properly describe my job either, usually ending with a lame, taking care of companies who need loans. But it is so much more than that !!

I wonder if dinner with RaeBear, KimBear and SharBear tonight is still on ?

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Yay for days off from work !

I basically lazed around, did some chores and went out for the day. After my lunch went for the karaoke session at Galaxy. Clean. Big Room. Good lemon tea. However, the song selection programme was quite hard to use and their song selection was definitely not as wide as the one Red Box had. They had some songs that Red Box did not have but not enough to get it some more marks. Price was alright, student rate from 2-9 was RM5 for one drink but you only had to add RM10 for buffett dinner. So I would say lunch is better at Red Box but you get a better dinner deal at Galaxy, though of course, I doubt their burgers can be as good as the ones at Red Box Sungeiwang.

Then had my dinner at Victoria Station with FangBear. Had the lovely Chicken Salad again, think I am getting addicted. Yes, salad. Anyway we talked a lot and somehow, time flies was the main topic. And in fact, time did flew as we spent slightly more than 3 hours just talking ! We talked about many things, including IH, work, relationships, gossip and more. Good questions asked from FangBear and felt self was sometimes giving advice in manner of Grand Old Sage on Top of Mountain. It was very enjoyable and I think that I should do this more often - i.e. just have a great talk session with friends somewhere I can relax at. One funny thing was this con job that happened at the table next to ours. This man came in and asked for a beer and a meal. The weird thing was he also asked the waitress to accompany him at the table and said that as the guest was always right, she HAD to sit there. He even asked the manager for permission. Anyway, halfway through, he just disappeared. I did not know when he left, but he just was not there any more. Later, the staff also noticed, and finally cleared his food away. So he did not pay. What a con ! But interesting and professional. Hehe.

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And I am back from the treasure hunt. Although sad that SailorJap could not join us for the hunt it was still pretty fun. It started with lining up the cars at Kelana Jaya Seafood Centre and being the (kiasu) third car. Although there were a couple of decorated cars, we decided not to have any costumes or car decorations. Which was a good thing as MrJoh's car decorations actually dropped off on the highway.

Although we did not drive very fast, we were a decent 16th place at one of the checkpoints. In this hunt, we had to kick cans, eat petai, go shopping and even read Braille ! Even if we did not do well on the first 3 clues, we were fantastic as the hunt wore on and we became more and more excited, observant and somehow our brain juices were flowing on full power and we were able to solve almost all the later clues. I also managed to solve a very long anagram and the sudoku given. So I guess the time taken to practice my sudoku were not wasted after all. I can still remember doing a hard sudoku in the JCR with 6 people !!

When we finally reached the final checkpoint, the people were not even ready to collect our entries but we managed to give it in 2nd. Not that there was any difference as we did not feature in the top 3 teams. The hunt was once again won by MrParul's team which won last year's event as well ! I must admit I had a lot of fun on this treasure hunt and would not mind going on another hunt at all ! But it is very obvious that you must have good team mates. These include a good driver who can spot things as well as drive ingeniously and safely, a good navigator who is organised about her tulips and has time to think and spot from the front, and backseat members who are brainy, intelligent, well equiped and not prone to car sickness, toilet breaks, hunger pangs, boringness, and any other handicap. I also realised that treasure hunt is quite a kiasu game.

For example in addition to speed and safety, you should also not help your rivals find the answer. So never point at the answer. Do not show any sudden movement or expression that gives away that you have found it. Face the opposite side when writing down the answer. Spy on other team's answers and expressions. It never stops. Quite surprised but very understandable.
The hotel where we stayed at was quite depressing though. Not much fun but then again, most people were exhausted. So after dinner, some drinks and a walk on the beach, it was sleepytime. Woke up to breakfast and then we left at 10 am. Driving home, we made a pit stop at Orchard Heights where I showed some people around and then we grabbed a tea break at McDonalds before I had to rush back to Glad Tidings Church in PJ for ElaineBear's singing recital. It was a big warehouse and very well equiped. I am very impressed with the place and some of the performances. Later, JengBear drove me home. We talked a bit.

Tomorrow could be a busy day. Have a after lunch karaoke session set up with JoaBear and the rest, as well as dinner with ColBear and the gang since AnitaBear is leaving to study in Australia. Thank goodness I took a day off.

Exhausted but had a lot of fun ! Thanks to SailorJeow and SailorKuang who made very good teammates, kept me laughing and interested in the treasure hunt !

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Had a fun night out in Klang with JoaBear, SMBear, WaiBear, BanBear and LHBear. Seafood night, mainly to welcome back JoaBear from Adelaide and also a farewell since she will not be coming back after this to apply for her PR in Adelaide. She is another one of those who have decided not to come back after such a great time there anyway. I totally agree that she is one of those who have fallen in love with Australia. I can tell because she is sincerely interested in such things like Mt Dandenong, going on a houseboat, driving in the little Victorian country, Sovereign Hill................. She deserves her happy ending with AdrBear. I suppose. It would be nice to see how it all turns out. I suppose the karaoke session planned for Monday would be the last farewell.

Treasure hunt is in 5 hours.

Which means that in less than a week, I have been to both the East Coast and the West Coast of peninsular Malaysia ! Not that I am particularly proud of that but it is strange to me. Myself, I am not really interested in Malaysian things but I guess it is the company which has made it interesting.

I wonder if I am able to make it back in time for ElaineBear's music recital on Sunday ? I hope so. It is a fortunate thing that everyone in the team agreed to want to come back to KL early on Sunday and not tarry around !!

I fear for MrCK though. Poor him. It seems that after myself and MrSing took leave, MsAoo and MsCan also took leave which means MrCK will have to man the fort all by himself !! It is a really rather scary thought. I myself have been through that once, although it was only half a day, and not a whole day. Good luck to him. And great. Apparently MrSing remembered that he had to buy me lunch if I passed my CSA in one go and we are going to lunch on Tuesday. Hurrah ! This is one friendship that I have not explored further yet. I probably should. He is extremely nice. Married and only 27. Hmmmm sort of like an older brother that I never had. Hehe.

OOOh...4 hours 49 minutes to the treasure hunt.

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Well it seems that someone has googled my name and then read my blog. And was not pleased with my comments or comments made by NiqBear. Well, I have not removed posts/comments before and I will NOT start now. This is a blog-diary and you can feel whatever you want and interpret it whatever way you want it. Someone suggested that I should remove my name or remove the blog, but that is something that I am not going to do either. Ridiculous. Well, it was unfortunate but maybe bound to happen when you blog. But then again, if you googled someone’s name and did not like what you find, maybe it was your own fault in the first place to google that name. If anyone is immature and sensitive enough to be upset by my blog, please stop reading it then. I think this has happened before way back in 2004 but I forgot what happened. I think they just left and did not bring it up. Wise decision. Why create trouble if it is the truth ? Anyway, this is free speech and this is not even sensitive top secret information. The conversation was made in a public place with 3 other people witnessing it so this is hardly a secret confided in myself. As for feeling that it was a bad description of yourself, maybe you might want to do a Phoenix Report and try to understand why it happened instead of feeling bad !

Maybe you can call all this a justification for my actions and maybe it is. Maybe I want that person to know that it is hardly worth getting all worked up for.

1. IF, we were good enough friends anyway, it is hardly anything. Sure, something irritates me. So what ? I said you were a fun friend.
2. IF, we were not, then it also does not matter anyway.

Well maybe the friendship may be lost but then again, this is something to learn from.

Do not have the time or effort to deal with this anyway since if I had, would have been spent getting a girlfriend instead. Maybe that is the reason I am still single. Hehe.

Treasure Hunt in 15 hours !!!!!!!.

Meanwhile, had a call today from Melbourne from the Central Australian Trojans & Friends. I have NEVER had so many heart attacks in a day since I have always only ever checked my OWN results. NEVER for so many people.Great that no one failed and that not many disappointing results were recorded. Good job everyone !!! :) Hope you have fun on the last day of the trip !!

Till after the treasure hunt....

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Alright I am exhausted.

Firstly let me congratulate myself for passing all 14 papers of my CSA. This is a double record as I passed my 5 paper ITSA in one go too. So I have technically become the first person globally to achieve this record in the bank. Also only the third person globally to pass all CSA papers in one go so far. Phew ! Yay to myself, because now I can concentrate on CFA. And not on retaking these papers. Also the glamour that comes with this achievement is great. I heard plans to have me interviewed hehe which means photos as well which means, I get to reward myself with a new shirt !

Enough about that though. I have discovered GA No.3's name. His name is MrLhong. He will be joining the bank in 2 weeks. Exciting. Hope this one will be nice too. I had lunch with No. 2 today, MrYeng. So basically I learnt a lot about him, his personality, his previous job and basically I learnt how to handle him. I think. He might be more complicated. But nice to know that we can be friends, even if I think there is a certain gulf between our maturities, him being much more mature although he is only a year older. But then again, he has been studying overseas away from home since he was 15 ! He is the eldest with 2 younger sisters. His dad works overseas and used to be in Oil&Gas. Well there is a lot more that I learnt about him obviously...the main thing being that he is rather thoughtless (towards other people but not to say he is unkind). I will not go into the stories but this is something that struck me.

30 hours to the treasure hunt. I cannot wait. I feel the competitive spirit burning within !!!

I had dinner today at Bangsar Village with SuelBear, TCBear and JenBear. Mainly because JenBear is quitting her job and going back to Sydney to study for her Masters. I am SOO envious. But then again, as I told her, I simply have NOT saved the RM100,000 that I would need to do a YEAR of study in Melbourne. I have no money. How I wish someone would pay me to stay in Melbourne. I turned my desk calendar to July and the picture was of Melbourne. Urg. Can you get ALL these signals ? Or maybe my attention is particularly drawn to Melbourne.

Can you guess why I am starting to get irritated with places like Bukit Damansara, Ampang, Seputeh, Klang.....and these places........I am not so sure myself. Perhaps they are just not Parkville, Carlton, Fitzroy and Collingwood...............

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Based on the drawing and the 10 answers they gave this is a summary of their personality:Your house tells the world that you ought to be a leader. You are good at making friends and when the joyful moment arrives, you make the most out of it. You will avoid being alone and seek the company of others whenever possible. You love excitement and create it wherever you go. Once you have a problem, you need a friend with you. Your life is always full of changes. You will avoid being alone and seek the company of others whenever possible. You love excitement and create it wherever you go. You see the world as it is, not as you believe it should be. You added a flower into your drawing. The flower signifies that you long for love. It also safe to say that others don't see you as a flirt.

Hmmm. This is for the drawahouse from NiqiBear.

I think it is very true. If only I knew I could colour it................

http://www.drawahouse.com

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Just got back on a short weekend getaway in Port Dickson with SharBear, RaeBear and PeterBear. It was short and lasted 2 days and 1 night. It was pretty spontaneous, brought up on Thursday night and arranged on Saturday night. Somehow, I managed to obtain leave on Monday. Obviously, Friday had already been an off day so it was a pretty long weekend.

It got off a little on the wrong foot, with the beginning delayed by about an hour or so. Then, in a freak accident (sort of) we rammed the toll booth arm. Fortunately neither car nor arm was hurt so we continued on our journey with a change of drivers. After that, it was pretty uneventful until we got to Port Dickson. Looking for the Yacht Club, poor SharBear was hard pressed to find it, but we just kept on going along the coast until we found it. A little lunch, a lot of bridge and a short walk on the beach later we were shown the apartment where we would stay. It was a nice little 3 bedroom apartment. Very nice. For short stays only. I would die if I had to stay longer as both kitchen and bathroom were small. Very small. Then we unpacked, went off to the beach again, walked a while and went off for dinner at a small place. Later, we drove around in search of DVDs to buy to watch during the night. We went to a few places before finally locating The Store PD where we got Ice Age 2 and Over the Edge. It was then commented that we had spent a very Ah Beng day, in shorts and tees, while going around town shopping in village stores.

After a shower, we settled down to watch TV only to find that the DVD player was not working. ~Stress~ We had to resort to PeterBear's laptop which would only play Over The Edge. We had 2 whole plates of watermelon, cut first by myself and then re-cut by everyone else into neat pieces, as well as a bag of chips. I fell asleep halfway through the movie. It was not as interesting as I had thought it would be. Since it was a small screen and I had a fair bit of Malibu and pineapple juice in me, I was not impressed with the movie at all.

We spent the rest of the night, about the next 3 hours, talking in bed. By which I meant the three of us were gossiping on the big double bed. PeterBear joined us again after trying to sleep in the next room and failing. We talked about everything and played bridge until only our mouths worked. Somehow, we fell asleep. About 3 am, I crawled to my room and slept till about 10 am when some Prudential sales person called me to set up a meeting for Friday. I agreed, just because I wanted to go back to sleep. At around 12pm (what a waste of a holiday, but then a slack holiday is exactly the right type) we left for the beach. We tanned and bathed in the ocean. After a very fulfilling lunch, I had a nap while the rest went for a swim. Later we rushed back to the apartment to shower, pack and leave.

Unfortunately, we went the wrong direction and went 18 kilometres going the wrong way. We had a great view of oil palm plantations. At the first turning we could, we turned around. Only to realise that we forgot to turn off the water mains. So off we were again. So this was about 54 kilometres of travelling, for nuts. We turned it off, and finally set off for home.

Ended up in Subang having dinner at Sakae Sushi (again) with soft shell crab for company (again) and then had some ice cream at Swensen's. Had a very nice phone call from Central Australia with several people and am now exhausted. Arms are tiny bit sunburnt. Feel better. I should do this more often.

Shit. Work tomorrow.

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What do you know, it is already July. Almost a man. Half a year has flown by and yet............

I think I shall be fated to die alone, with VCDs of Bridget Jones and Full House around me.

Maybe some ice cream tubs, once full, now empty as well.

And maybe they will find my body, with my pet cats half eating my face.

I know it has been written before. But this is what I feel like.

Why do people you love lie ? Hye-won, I used to hate you but now I understand what you are feeling.

Dead inside.

And now you know why some people never want to leave a party or go home. Cause when they do, they are all alone.

Alone.

I am sick of waiting.

Why am I always the one waiting ?

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