We are So Grown-up

Last night went out for dinner and drinks with my college mates. We went to this seafood restaurant near Tropicana for dinner. Everyone’s stomach was growling by the dinner was finally served. As usual, we normally have to wait for 30-60 minutes for everyone to arrive, no exceptional for last night too. So, by the time we started eating, it was already close to 9pm.

There were 10 of us last night, and we ordered 2 plates of vegetables, one fish, 6 crabs (yes, SIX crabs!!), mussels, prawns and deep fried pork. After dinner, we headed off to SS2 for desserts. Yeah, everyone was so damn full, but each of us still managed to have another bowl of “tong shui” at this famous dessert shop in SS2. Some of the guys even ordered 2! Wonder why everyone has such good appetite last night!

Of course we didn’t come out solely to eat, but to get our wedding invitation cards from our friends who are getting married in 3 weeks time! That’s very fast! Throughout the night, the guys were talking about financial standards, how bad the property market is in Malaysia now, how market will be like after GST is implemented and etc. Get a life man! It was Saturday night! Since when we started talking about all these serious topics whenever we go out?!

Without realizing it, another friend and I who are in the same industry too started talking about our job, and sharing our experiences with those weird clients. The guys then yelled at us: “Hey, it’s a Saturday night! Stop talking about your work!”

All of sudden, I feel so grown-up (In fact, I am really a grown-up adult). I miss those days that we all gathered together and shared those silly gossips......

Merry Little Christmas

Another week to Christmas.

I don't really have that Christmas mood this year for no reason. Despite of the pretty decoration in shopping malls (especially MV Megamall), and nicely wrapped christmas gifts selling everywhere, none of the people around me is actually in the mood to plan for their Christmas.

While I was in the office this morning, I realised I haven't sent out any greeting cards to my clients yet. I found out that I was only given 5 pieces of cards, how pathetic! In that case, I have to "super" selective when sending out these cards. I decided to pick the top 5 clients who: give me the most revenue + most friendly + easiest to deal with! I wonder except these work-related-christmas-card, any of the people around me still send out the "real" (exclude e-card) Christmas cards. At least, I have stopped sending them quite long ago, and did not receive any too!

Some friends will be away for holiday during Christmas long weekend, some will be going to church on the Christmas eve, some are deciding where to have the Christmas eve dinner. Any good suggestion for Christmas dinner?

New Look!

Yes, I'm finally back! Finally I start writing and try my best to keep this blog active and as updated as possible. In conjunction with Christmas, I have also changed the template that I've been using. I have selected something I initially thought is suitable for Christmas, but I guess I'm wrong, the colour looks quite ... ...just not "me"!

Haven't been staying at home on a Saturday afternoon for quite some time. If you know me, I will definitely at the gym every Saturday after work. Since I can't stay for my favourite last class this weekend, due to a dinner to go, I choose not to go at all! Thanks to the good weather out there, I enjoy staying at home, with the cool breeze, and after rain smell, I'm happily blogging with the Madonna latest album - confessions on a dance floor playing!

Stay tune for more of my recent updates!

懒惰周末后的少少省思

这个周末终于可以悠闲地呆在家里。这几个星期也真的搞不懂是在忙些什么，每个周末都好像在匆匆忙忙中度过。
昨天是星期六，一大早就有meeting，最讨厌了！更令人讨厌的是我们几个exec在meeting 中还要挨骂！近来的工作压力很大，但是幸好还算撑得住。听完一轮的狗屁之后，我和另外两位同事提早离开公司，到1Utama 去探看军情。其实，是依照吩咐去看看别本杂志办的roadshow。完毕之后，时候也不早了，平白就花了我整个星期六下午在工作上。后来，就和大伙儿到the curve 去大展歌喉。算一算，我上一次去唱k大约是三个多月前的事了。第一次和同事们去，感觉也不错。喊破了喉咙之后，就赶着到朋友家去bbq。对了，会是要赶着去是有原因的， 原本到6点的厢房结果是被我们霸占到7点多。所以，以小女人心态来看，我强力推荐朋友们到the curve 来唱k.。因为经过我们的分析，这里的厢房应该是没有其他地点的来得多人，所以我们才能平白多唱了1 个多小时。
去到朋友的家，吓了一跳。 原本以为是一个小型bbq， 竟然搞到还有自助餐！谈谈笑笑之后，捧着满肚子的食物就快乐的回家了。
今天早上起来感觉很好，因为知道今天终于可以无所事事地赖在家里。和家人去cheras吃了传说中好好吃的叉烧排骨面，其实也只不过是如此。回到家后，洗了从上个周末累积下来的衣服， 望着空空的laundry bag， 好有成就感哦！是时候要开始工作了。这个周末真命苦，还要把工作带回来家里做。可是，再想想，为什么自己要这么刻薄自己嘛，明天上班才算吧！虽然，最终敌不过懒虫的我还是没有工作，可是，心里还是不是很舒服，有点牵挂之余，也有点埋怨自己为何如此命苦，在周末还要担心工作。
很快的，3 集精彩的 “大长今”让我把什么都忘掉了。之后又是晚餐时间，在下雨天和家人到火锅店去围着暖暖的炉吃火锅，也真是再好不过的事了！
刚刚上网时才得知以前一位在学生时期打工时认识的朋友在上个星期四遇到交通意外。目前，伤势很严重，生死未卜。在车祸之时，整辆车还燃烧起来，所以目前他身上40%的皮肤都被严重烧伤。有人说，他没有现场身亡，已经算是奇迹。他们相信当时有股力量把他从车中救了出来，要不然整个人也一定会被烧成灰烬。认识他的朋友，都觉得这件事来得好突然， 更让人觉得世事无常。诚心为这位朋友祈祷，希望他可以快快度过危险时期，早日康复。也希望身边其他的朋友，每一天都要时时提醒自己小心驾驶。

星期一忧郁症

今天患上严重性的星期一忧郁症。整天不但没什么心机做工，就连多说一句话都觉得困难。好不容易熬到下班了，就到健身房去上了一堂bodybalance课，好让自己可以静心一番。除了今天是星期一之外，其实还有一些东西是想不通的。也或许是如此，所以有一点提不起劲吧！从上个星期累积到这个星期，都还是找不到个答案。这算是第二次遇到类似如此的问题了，为什么每次都是发生在我身上呢？好想置之不理，可是，这有点像是逃避，可是，我又不是善于把话说开来的人。confrontation对我来说，实在有点像是mission impossible。
就看着办吧！星期二应该会是更好吧！愿所有的打工一族有个快乐的星期二。:)

Hooray~

Yeah~~ Finally I received my first media order yesterday! This is the first media order that I did from scratch by myself, from identifying the client account, to propose to client, to negotiate the rate, to now.... finally the client is agreed to make the booking!! Furthermore, it is a BIG BRAND!

Even though, I did get some orders before, but that was previously proposed by my manager... so I didn't really feel the satisfaction after closing a deal.

Hopefully this is a good start! -keep it up-

Work . Movie . Food . Gym

Work
This week has been quite a lazy week, since work is pretty slow. While we were waiting for the next publication of magazine, everyone at work seemed to work at a slower pace. We had a internal meeting yesterday. Finally, manager made some remarks on our performance so far. "You guys have to work harder, especially those who are still under probation". Sigh, more pressure……But I am glad that he did give some comment to our performance so far. It will be useful as some guidance to go further.

Movie
I went to watch Mr & Mrs Smith on last Thursday. Emm… maybe I was too tired for a after-work movie, I was a bit sleepy towards the end of the movie. I would say only ok for this movie. The story is actually quite boring, but at least you get to check out the sexy looking Angelina Jolie and yummy looking Brad Pitt! But compared to the previous movie I went, The Interpreter, that is definitely a recommended movie to watch.

FOOD!!
I wonder if I am ageing. After a night out, I feel very tired today. Yesterday after work, I went for duck rice with another 2 friends at paramount. Again, I finished that big plate of rice and a lot of duck meat!! We went to SS2 after that, and I had a yam milk shake with a scope of yam ice cream on top. Yeah, that was the time, I just craved for fattening food! After we left the place, I decided to try my luck, and checked out the traffic at MV. Surprisingly, it was pretty good and I managed to get a nice spot to park my car too! Haha! Timing was just nice for my body combat class. Hopefully, I burn the half of the duck rice that I ate previously.

Gym
After that, when my friend heard about this, she told me I’m a bit psycho. Emm…do I? I think I just feel good to sweat it out, and less guilty to eat so much. Moreover, I don't force myself to workout merely to lose weight. I just enjoy working out at the gym!

I am the most gorgeous one!

Yesterday I went for a swim at the gym with my colleague. It was the first time to wear my bikini in Malaysia since I came back from Sydney. Even though, I could see my tummy clearly when I had my bikini on, but I didn't uncomfortable at all. After all, I like my body!! (It's not sour grape... I really mean it!)

Before heading to the pool side, my colleague and I stood in front of the full length mirror checking ourselves. "Look at my thighs man, they are SOO big!!" said my collegue. Yeah, you all shall meet her, she has the so called ideal body, small waist, small thighs.... overall, GOOD body that can afford to wear super mini skirt to work, pair with killer high heels!

I asked:" so, what are mine?". "No, look at this, when I wear swim suit really can see my thighs are so big!!"

"Alright, you have the biggest tighs in the world! Let's go to swim with the most gorgeous girl with small thighs next to you now."

Recap of the days, weeks, months...

Finally, I managed to get rid of the lazy bugs in my body, and updating my blog here..... hehehe... so it wasn't my fault for not updating the blog, but the bugs in my body.

Part 1

Recently life has changed a little ever since I joined this company. The thought of "it's a another routine day at work.. sigh..." no longer appear when I get up in the morning. The job is getting more interesting, at the same time more challenging, and stressful too! But the thing is I enjoy this job more than the previous one. There is still yet so much to learn.
Last Thursday I went for an appointment with my manager. This is the first time I went out with him ever since I started going out on my own. Before the appointment, I was told that I have to do the presentation later. I was kinda nervous, as I never done any with the presence of my manager in front clients. I guess that was considered an assessment before my confirmation. Luckily, everything went well, my manager was kind enough to answer most of the questions from clients. No comment from him after the appointment.... I wonder what does he think of my performance....

Part 2

Apart from the job function which is quite interesting, I like my colleagues too! They are cool, and fun to hang out with... Ever since I joined, we had countless of after work (or during work?) yum cha sessions, 1 Friday night dinner, 1 Friday night happy hour, 1 Friday night clubbing session, a lot of shopping trips...... isn't it sound fabulous?!

Part 3

Yeah, I have been working out very hard at the gym. But just that I didn't see myself losing weight though... I wonder why???????? That day I went for dinner with a friend after the movie. We were at Bangsar Telawi having this, supposedly very famous (to judge from the crowd) Nasi Daun Pisang. After the dinner, my friend looked at my plate, and had that funny expression on his face. " Honestly, as a girl, you can really eat a lot!! I don't think some guys can finish that portion of rice too!!" Obvoiusly, that isn't a compliment to tell you that you actually good in appreciating food. To try to comfort me, he said again:" it's oklah, you go work out at the gym what!" So, I guess now I know why I have not been losing much weight......

But when looking at all the yummy food out there, how can I resist??!!

给fei的留言

昨晚看到你的blog知道你就职成功，很替你感到高兴！这真是天大的好消息！希望这是你在日本大展拳脚的好开始。从你近来的文字里得知你在日本的生活过得称心如意， 一切都是顺顺利利，真是替你感到高兴。为你已找到的幸福与快乐干杯！

p/s: 不知道是什么原因无法看到你的blog里的留言板，所以就特地拓了个版位给你。这也代表我的祝福有多么的有诚意哦！

BIG Joke!

I went out on the Tuesday night. This is very unusual as I hardly go out on a weekday night. But there is a friend down in town for some training courses. Thus, all of us decided to have a ice cream cum catch up session at Baskin Robbins USJ. My eyes nearly popped out when I know the venue to meet up! Thank you Julean, for coming all the way to pick me up, if not I would have stayed at home instead of driving there by myself.(though I guess u have no choice :P)
Guess what? Although everyone except me has a cool camera phone, or even pocket pc...... there was a serious miscommunication among us!!! We left out the friend who is down in town, and none of us call to confirm tonight's meeting with him!!!! Gosh!! He stays in Shah Alam, and no one has any idea where is the place.
It was really a BIG JOKE! After passing the phones around, talked to the friend ho refuse to take a cab to come to USJ, we decided to make it as a casual catch up session among us. As it has been a while since we last met, it was a good one. After Baskin Robbins, we head down to another HORRIBLE Hong Kong style "cha chan teng" to continue. The service, environment and the drinks were bad, but we did have a good time.
I think that was a night worth to sacrifice some sleep and meet up with these sweet friends.

Longing for Vacation!!!

I'm longing for a vacation. Not necessary a long vacation that I have to take a flight to get there. Even a near destination will do. It has been long since my last holiday. It was last year March when I went to Singapore with my family. But that wasn’t really what I would call as “vacation”. So even the trip before was the one I went to Gold Coast with the girls. It was a good one! I miss the beaches, sun, and the bikinis!!
My sis is going to Tioman next week. Huoy is going to Redang next week. My colleague is going to Hong Kong next week. I’m going to work as usual next week. A short check list came cross my mind when I think of planning for MY next holiday:
1. sufficient cash (do not need much for an island trip)
2. few days leave (not a problem after my 3-month probation)
3. good company (this is probably the most difficult part)
When will be my next holiday??!!

I'm back!

Finally I get to update my blog! This round it has nothing to do with my laziness. It was due to the bloody virus I got from my MSN messenger! The bloody virus made me could not log into any of the page which require me to access with a password. So you can imagine how I live through the days without checking my mails, updating my blogs and going into my friendster. Anyway, it’s all gone now! *Thanks to this kind friend of mine to spare your precious time to fix it for me :) *

Here goes my statistic sheet to summarise my recent life:

1. Days since last update my blog: countless
2. Days at my new job: 30 days (time flies!)

3. Proposals done: 8 (so not productive)
4. Media order received: 0 (yes, it’s a big fat zero!! No business in yet)
5. Nasty person met at work: 0 (lucky me)
6. Nice person met at work: all my colleagues and some media people from the agency
7. Product launching attended: 3 (the most interesting one would be the BMW launch. A good eye opener and bumped into an old friend that almost lost touch!)

8. Shopping trips done: 2
9. Items purchased in the recent trip: 1 (yes! I really NEED a mascara!)

10. Social life: …… (if I could quantify my social life, I would put ZERO)
11. Pheromone produced: 0
12. Pheromone level: negative level (it does explain the big fat zero under my social life column right?)

It does not look like an interesting statistic sheet at all. But it does reflect my recent days. Erm, look forward to more interesting days ahead!

Tie the knot?!

I had a good weekend catching up with some friends that I never met for quite some time. Saturday afternoon, I went to Mid Valley to meet up a friend for lunch. We went to chili’s as I felt so greedy and hungry and really craved for some “satisfying” food, in another words, a big portion of food! Apart from the yummy food that they have, one thing I really like about chili’s is the bottomless beverages that they offer. That is why we could spend nearly 4 hours there with our fruit juices refilled for countless times!! Later on, another friend came to join us as well.

In that afternoon, I have to digest the news of my friend is getting married soon. This is the second friend who is at my age that wants to get married! Another friend who joined us later on told us that she and her bf has been planning to get married probably 2 yrs later. I was kinda in shock when this topic brought up during our conversation. Oh well, yeah, this is not the first time we talked about marriage, but I just never thought that it is already so near us! It makes me wonder who will be the next person who will give to their wedding. All of sudden, the topic that we were talking about make myself feel so like an ADULT but in another way, I felt left out too! This is just something that never came across my mind! I would probably think of my career, my family, maybe a guy that I have crush on, maybe a good friend that I care about, but just not marriage. It is not that marriage isn’t something for me, but maybe I’m not at that stage yet to think about it. I guess we all at a different pace now, and maybe I’m the one taking a damn slow pace that left behind.

Congratulations to all my friends who tied the knot, going to tie the knot, and plan to tie the knot soon! All my best wishes to all these happy couples!

怪怪的我

近来的生活怪怪的，说不上是充实，说不上是空洞，不是很忙，却老是觉得时间不够用，似乎也觉得有点盲。满脑子有一大堆理不清，也说不出的想法及感受。也或许是如此，我也不知道要如何把它们化作文字。一直以来都觉得自己不是一个表达能力有问题的人，可是，近来的自己却是越来越不会表达自己了。有时因为这样，也觉得倒不如不说了，真糟糕！可是，又明白自己不是一个可以把东西都收着不说的人，把组织不到的话都往肚子里吞的感受很不爽！真是令人讨厌的家伙！真想盖自己两巴掌！
请赐我，或还我表达能力吧！又或是并不是我的表达能力出了问题，而是我的脑袋出了问题？真是怪怪的我。

最初的感动 - 续篇

上个星期日在报章上看到一则光良的访问，就把它剪了下来，打算要将里头的一些内容贴上来和大家分享。，可是糊涂的我不晓得把它放了哪里。当我读着那篇访问时，总觉得里头有些内容非常熟悉，不知道在那儿看过的。
内容大意约是 -“童话”这首歌象是一首说不出有多特别的歌，可是听过这首歌的人都会感受到那份感动，那一份最初的感动。后来想了想之后，我才记起，这不是和我之前些的那篇 blog 有异曲同工之妙吗？想不到，还有那么多人和我有共鸣！那篇访问的结尾还说那位记者后来到了各大书局尝试要找光良最近出版的那一本五线乐谱，可是却找不到，还以为是本地找不到。后来，一问之下，才知道是卖光了，出版商都在赶着加印！
加油噢！

Finally, it's up!

Last Friday I attended a product launching with my colleague at Sunway Hotel. It was actually kinda interesting to me, as it was the first time for me to attend such an event. Unfortunately, I only got to know about it on that morning itself. Can you imagine? It was a Friday where everyone (at least me) would actually dress more casual to work. On that morning, when I was standing in front of my wardrobe, I decided to put on my pink and brown flora skirt and matched it with a plain black top, which actually looks like, no, it’s exactly a baby tee. Luckily, I didn’t allow myself to forgo that pair of pantyhose. Yeah, the idea of just not wearing the pantyhose did come across my mind, but phew~~ I managed to beat the laziness laid in me.

When we reached the place, we realized that we were actually an hour early! In order to ensure the programs run smoothly, the organizer actually allocated ONE HOUR for the media registration. It makes me wonder, if most media people always late for such function. Anyway, the one hour waiting time was just nice for me to have a chat with my colleague. Since I always didn’t get a chance to talk to her in the office, it was a good chance to know her better through the conversation. I guess after all we are just ordinary girls, who like shopping, food and … gossip!!

After the good chat, we were directed to the entrance of the ballroom and ushered to our seats at the few front rows. The whole product launch, plus the press conference later on took up about an hour and a half. I actually started getting bored when reporters asked some technical questions that I had no idea what are all that about.

Finally, the launch came to an end, and we were ushered to another ballroom to have our lunch!! I know I sound greedy, but I was so hungry. When we left the place, we even got product sample as door gift!

This is my 7th day at work, and I finally got a chance to go out for appointment! I went for 2 appointments with my manager. Honestly, I felt myself looked very stupid during the appointment. In the first appointment, my manager did all the talking, and presented all materials prepared to the client. I was just sitting there, looking at both of them. I always think that from one’s eye contact, you can actually determine your importance in that conversation. Since, the client didn’t even bother to look at me throughout the whole conversation after exchanging name cards, so you can tell how important I was during that appointment right. Anyways, it was a good chance to learn from my manager ways to do presentation and to approach clients.

Here goes my 7th day at work, and I believe there are more to share when time comes. Stay tune!

p/s: I actually wrote this few days ago, but just did not get the chance to post it up. Oh right, yeah be more accurate, I was just too lazy to come online to post it up. But anyway, finally now it's here. ;)

mAgaZiNeS... MaGazInEs... maGAzINeS...

Just a quick recap of what happened in the past few days.

Sun:

Had a great time went to the musical –The Sound of Music at Istana Budaya. The musical was incredible! This is only my second time to go for a musical play in Malaysia. Compared to the previous musical, Saturday Night Fever that I went to, I would personally prefer this one. For more details, you may check out Felicia’s blog! Basically, my day ended pretty early on that day. It is a very unusual thing that I would iron my clothes and get everything ready the night before a working day. But the next day isn’t another ordinary day, but my FIRST day at my new work place!

Mon:

Woke up around 7:15am. Left the house at 7:50a.m, and I reached the office at 8:30!! OMG, this is so early! I only start work at 9! After I met up with my manager, few of my colleagues invited me to go for breakfast with them. Since, I already had my breakfast, I just went there to have a drink, and started chit-chatting with them. As what I expected, my first day at work was boring……My manager gave me a few of the magazines to let me read through. So basically, I spent my whole day sitting there to read magazines.

Tues:

Again I arrived the office slightly past 830, went for breakfast with my colleagues after that. Most of my colleagues started packing and gone out for appointment. My manager was still too busy to brief me on some technical details before he could bring me out for any appointments. Went to Kelana Jaya for lunch with colleagues in the afternoon. Another day as gone after reading two, three, or……countless magazines.

Wednesday:

Same as above.

It has been three good days at my new work place. Even though, I was so bored at work, and had nothing to do except reading magazines in these few days. Surprisingly, I have no complaint at all. When looking at my colleagues busy at work everyday, I quite look forward to get into work as soon as possible. I wonder how long I will have to take to pick up these. No matter how, looking at the client account that I will be handling, I start getting excited, and… nah, nothing, but all the best to myself, and everyone’s at work!

Happy working!

p/s: thanks for the few friends who drop me a message or even called me up to wish me luck on my first day at work :)

Bye Bye~~

This gonna be the last time I blog on my workstation in this office. it is now close to 8pm. I'm probably the last one who leave the office today. Maybe quite a short notice was given, most people only know that I'm leaving in this week. No major farewell, and it is the way thayt I like.
Colleagues say goodbye to me and wish me all the best in my future undertakings.
Had a long talk with my manager before she left just now, most of it about the current issues in our company. Before she left, she told me:" all the best to you, and one last word to you: not to be too trusting in your future job". I asked if she thinks I'm like that. She said no, but she thinks that I'm still very innocent. Just few words, but left me with lots of thoughts....
I did my best in handover, and hope I make it a smooth transition. It has been a great learning & working experience in this company.Despite of all the complaints & grieavances, I did learn a lot from my superiors and colleagues.
Coming to the end of my service in this company, I wish every of my colleagues all the best.
I look forward to opening another new chapter in my life soon.

Going to saÿ Bye

I was in the office till quite late today. I wasn’t in the hurry to leave as usual, reason being is because I still have plenty to do, and I know this is my second last day in the office.

I was quite eager to leave this place and couldn’t wait to go to a new environment during days before yesterday. However, I feel slightly different in these 2 days. I start to slow down my pace while walking along the corridor, take a longer time at the pantry while making my morning coffee, and take a few more glances at my room before leaving the office. Even this evening when I was walking out from the gym that is just further down from my office, I felt different. It is a mixture of feeling that I can’t put it down in words.

Yesterday I had a good lunch with another 3 colleagues at Inagiku Japanese Restaurant. It was treated as a farewell lunch for me. When it comes to food, I just can’t help but to write a little bit more on it. When looking at the lunch menu, I was not too impressed. Maybe it was because very little description given on the menu. All the Japanese names just do not help much to decide what to order. Finally, each of us ordered a different set lunch. The sashimi and sushi set lunch that I had is…… YUMMY!! The sashimi are so fresh and sliced in right thickness. I always enjoy eating fish roe sushi, and they served one of the best that I have tried so far. I like their food presentation with food served in those pretty and delicate Japanese plates with different sizes. With the full stomach, I felt very happy, but a little lazy… :”)

I hope tomorrow will be a good day - Handover to be done smoothly and no hard feeling from anyone. :)

p/s: Thought I could have write a more interesting and detailed blog. But I'm just too sleepy.... good night everyone, sweet dream. :)