If you want to see how bad my car condition was, simply click here and here, pics were from Ray's site.

Could be Better

Regarding yesterday's post, thanks for concerning.

The damage is still recuraperable in a matter of time. At least no one was hurt. The car was towed back to Ipoh yesterday for mechanical diagnosis since my brother doesn't trust any garages in KL and it will be fixed there.

The only inconvenience is that I'm car-less for the coming 2 weeks. I've resolved the problem in finding someone to fetch me to work in the morning but not back to home yet. Miss or Mr. Nice anyone? Shirlyn called in the evening offering to help but I was already in my sis's car. Thanks dear. Appreciate that.

I really don't know when is my Myvi ever going to arrive and I highly doubt it'll be in by Oct as written on the paper. Darren told me you just need to fork out a standard market bribing rate of 'tiga ribu' (3000 ringgit) for a faster release but you know it well I won't do that. Darren then said I'd be soo lucky if I get the car by CNY next year. Now I really wanna screw those rascals who have bribed to jump my queue.

Tim is being really sweet. He said when his car is back from service I can use his Waja for the time being during this difficult period. I still don't know if I should take up his offer although he insists that being a bank broker for so long he has never tried being a LRT commuter before and he wanna experience it. But the last thing I want is to cause anyone further troubles.

It'll be a long day for today. A few deadlines to meet plus a presentation at 3pm. Still looking for a lift home later.

Meeting in a Conference Room

Me, senior colleagues and my boss went for a meeting at one of the most prestigous banks in Malaysia yesterday morning. It was a fairly boring 2 hour meeting and during the session some refreshments and coffee were served on the table. Since I was so bored as my role isn't ripen enough to engage in the discussion yet, I kept eyeing at those crispy looking curry-puffs and ikan-bilis tarts on the plate and started drooling away. Then I was caught absolutely offguard by our client, Denis who suddenly looked at me and smiled. 'Hey UK girl, these are some of our local delicacies and I'm sure you haven't had it in a long time! Don't be shy!' I was dying to hide myself under the table.

Everyone started helping themselves with the refreshments and Dennis called an assistance to get some tissues or serviettes for everyone. Half a roll of TOILET PAPER arrived. My boss joked that it probably just came out from the toilet. Dennis was somewhat embarrased and called his secretary again. 'Kasi saya BETUL BETUL punya tissue ok?' (meaning: please bring some REAL tissues) Couple minutes later a bigger roll of TOILET PAPER was put on the table. We just burst out in laughters. Dennis said, ' Ok folks, I can guaranteed this roll didn't come from the toilet. It's brand new. Absolutely hygenic if that's what you are concerning.'

Boss whispered into my ears, 'Welcome to Malaysia.'

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My mind is so blank now that I don't know what to write.
It's been a terrific day.
Absolutely.

p/s: I'm not blaming anyone. I just can't juggle so many ongoing events at a time. Not now.

First Pay Cheque

It's Friday!

Today is my first Friday since job commenced. I got my first payslip too. In Ringgit that is. But I'm not complaining, I've enjoyed my challenging week so far.

Anyway, it'll likely be an intoxicated weekend for me.

Have a jolly good weekend yourself!

Right now I'm blogging from Starbucks in Mont Kiara. It's a lovely Father Sunday and it's crowded with family outings in the market, a market that looks a bit like a concoction of Camden Town and Covent Garden to me. It's been a truly tranquil weekend which is exactly what I need.

Good morning everybody.
Today I'm three days old into the working world.
Thank you for all the messages, sms and esp. thank you for the calls made all the way from UK. I'm deeply touched. And I'm doing really fine. So far.

I was looking out from the office window and mind was wondered off. This is really Malaysia. Infamous KL. But strangely enough, I'm starting to like it. I'm not talking about the traffic jams. or the unbearable weather. or the rude citizens. or the mad drivers. or the social norms. no I'm not talking about all these typical vices that you hear all the time. If you want to live in KL you gotta accept them as part of the package and if you can't, you'll gain nothing but only present yourself amongst the locals as a pathetic arrogant bitch who thinks everywhere else in the world is better but Msia. I still haven't accepted them yet. So yes, I'm still a bitch. But I'm better now.

It's been a dreadful emotional roller coaster ride in the past month that I felt so drained I couldn't bring myself to meet anyone. Friends in particular. Like my old friends I haven't been able to catch up with. Like my online friends I've known for years but haven't meet up yet. It's a lifelong learning process for EQ management I guess. Like you know this is so much you can take before you will go bonkers. But is there a way to go beyond that? I'm really trying very hard to handle it.

But I love my life. And out of all the unfortunate events God has compensated me with a positive attitude and an enthusiasm that never cease. It's a very stressful job having to meet quota and such, but I love the suit I'm in now. It's something that make me feel good and more assured that I will not look backwards. No more waitressing uniforms. No more terrible food stench at end of the day. No more belittling by customers who think we can't do anything better in life than to serve them pathetic sods. I love who I am right now though I'm still in the moulding process. I love those firm hand shakings with clients and prospects doing presentations and negotiations. I'm still in the learning stage and my boss has been looking after me pretty good. She's a really good 'sifu' and hasn't fedup with my inquisitive nature yet. She's been tagging me along for all the meetings and basically at this early stage is just about introducing me to our suppliers and prospects whose names are the big ones in the corporate world. Or another words, networking and linking myself into the loop.

Now I've got another meeting to attend at Tropicana. And a half day training in the afternoon.

Good day everyone.

New job starts tomorrow. *nervous*

Just came back fro aunty's place and brought back few 'chang's for lunch tomorrow. Homemade ones summore. Couldn't remember when was the last time I had it prolly half a decade ago. Anyway it was good to meet my cousins whom I haven't seen for a time I can't remember as I couldn't recognise them at all. Didn't know I have such cutie cuzs around my age. Aunty said I should go over more often for dinner or simply to hang out.

It's such an early night today. Can't believe I was already home by 11pm. Guess it's time to read up a good book and be an early bird tmr morning in the pool if I can wake up in time. Tmr's plan is to check out True Fitness at Mont Kiara. Stamina really needs buffing up. And those extra weights really need to go away. Hate to be a baby elephant among the crowd.

Drama. But not overly so.

3 events that terrified me in the past 2 days:

a) I saw a snake while jogging alone yesterday evening. Didn't wear glasses and thought it was just an abandoned rope from a distance until I jogged nearer to find out it's a bloody slimy creature wriggling its body towards me and its head pointing at me. God. I was trembling so hard and almost wee in my own pants. No words is adequate enough to describe this horror.

And on the same day.

b) I was driving and saw a car accident which I believe just happened less than 5 minutes ago as there wasn't any traffic jam and the horrified scene was just right in front of me. It looked like a car has bang into a motorist and both of the vehicles were really badly damaged. The motorist lied motionless on the road and his body was just beside the car's front tyre. Hospital Fatimah was just around the corner but god knows why they still took 15 mins before the ambulance arrived. Dare not imagined if the man was still alive and I was too squeamish to get down the car.


c) I hate to admit this. Lightning and thunderstorms still freak me out big time. The heavy rain over here is damn scary as hell. Parked my car at the rooftop in Jusco just now and didn't have an umbrella so I had to run under the pouring rain into the building. The ground was slightly flooded and in a split second came a lightning which felt so close to where I was. Before I even had a chance to compose myself a loud thunder almost took my heartbeat away. Terrible.

I digress.

Mich's place doesn't have any internet access yet and hence, I won't be able to blog for a while.

This time around it's not going to be a trip anymore, as I'll be moving most of my stuff to KL and get ready for the new journey when my job beckons.

Car Learning Day

Just got back from fixing bro's car. Well, unless if my Myvi arrives which I don't think it will in the coming months, this car is considered mine for the time being. heh. It's such a great disadvantage for not knowing much abt cars esp. for girls like us as we could easily conned by merciless mechanics. Dad and bro were outstation today hence they couldn't give me any concrete advices but I had to fix my car before driving to KL so I had no choice but to rush it. Wished I had paid more attention to my cars back in UK. Wished I hadn't been so oblivious about automobiles when I had the chance to learn. Wished I hadn't taken things for granted back then as now I'm putting my own feet into my mouth. hmmm.

It was such a pain looking for a reliable garage to service the air-con and worse when I didn't know what's wrong with it. Through dad's friend I found a garage nearby the neighbourhood and the boss told me that he only uses quality products. Initially I was somewhat skeptical but then he was pretty straight forward and his explaination sounded quite convincing. Or perhaps it was his tone of voice cos I couldn't comprehend most of the things he said anyway. I can only remember a few terms that he used, it's something like 'filter', 'dryer' and 'valve' as these parts/ systems/ trunks/whatever as they all need changing to new ones. Negotiated the price and it's not far from my expected figure, so everything was done and the car was ready to be collected 2 hours later.

Then I realised I'm such an idiot. The car alarm went off and I didn't know how to switch the damn thing off. It was screaming mad loud and I panicked. Tried pressing all the buttons I could possibly find but to no avail. Looking so stupid and attempted to hide under the car seat, luckily I was still at the garage and the boss came to help and also gave me a few emergency tips thereafter despite the sarcastic grin on his face as if to say I'm-really-not-sure-if-you-can-suvive-on-the-road-in-chaotic-KL. Well there wasn't anything for me to defence so bit my lip, thanked him and drove off. Alright, now you can figure out what's my assignment tonight would be.

Still need to check out the tyres' gas and refill petrol probably later.
And maybe carwash workout in the evening if the weather is good.

It seems like time has just whizzed by and now when I take one moment to look back at all the events happened and all the people I've met, what remains the most significant is still the emotional departure at Manchester airport exactly one month ago. The kind of sadness engulfed within is unexplainable/

Last night was such a bore. Went out at around 11pm and met up with the girls at Y2K. Never been to the place before and it was really quite disappointing. Over crowded and they played crappy trance. Thought it was a girls night out but it turned out to be some sort of a meeting place and I don't know most of them. Met up with a coupla ex-schoolmates but we didn't exactly talk, I know I was being aloof but I just didn't quite enjoy the ambience there. They played dice games and drank Johnny Walkers which are one of the big no-no in my list, hence the night just dragged on till 12ish and I made a move home.

Need to go to the temple with Mich now. Might blog later.

After seeing Johny's revamption on his site has in a way inspired me to do something about mine too. Knowing me, I've opted for the laziest way by merely changing a new template, plugged in some new links who are mainly my friends' blogs and updated my profile.

It's a new chapter of my life. Hoping for the very best to come.

On the other hand I somehow feel obliged to keep this site alive as this is the only place my friends afar get to know about my updated well-being.

Will be going out with Mich and Yeen sisters tonight I guess. It's been such a long time I didn't have a girl's night out, hope it'll be fun.

Right. Here I am back in Ipoh again. Just got back yesterday and I have literally spent the whole day sleeping and lazing around at home cos it's been a terribly tiring trip in KL. Exhausted both mentally and physically, mummy's pampering suddenly felt extraordinary warm and comforting, which makes me kinda reluctant to go back to KL next week.

A good news. I've been offered a position at long last after 3 weeks of strenous job hunting. The moment after I signed the contract I couldn't help it but called all my friends right away esp. those who have been constantly giving me job hunting advices. They felt happy for me of course but their more rewarding part is a free drink off me when I get my first payslip. Damn it but I'm still happy. It's gonna be a really stressful job too but I'm still happy. Out of a sudden I feel much more settled and I'm really ready to move on. Yeah it's just a state of mind but who cares, I'm happy. That's the drive I've been searching for.

I'm still looking for a place to stay in PJ or possibly Damansara or BU but I don't wanna rush it just for the sake of getting an accommodation since there's so much more considerations to make. I'm going to accept the courtesy of Mich and her family for offering me to stay with her until I get a suitable rental deal elsewhere. This hospitality works wonder at this vulnerable period, I really don't know how to thank her enough.

Didn't know dad was so nice to me. He helped me booked the latest model Perodua Myvi which was launched just last week. I wanted mine to be in hot red but later found out that it's not a metallic colour so I swiftly changed it to black as that's the only sharp colour option that I could choose from. The only setback now is that the car won't be ready till late October due to its sudden influx of demand, so I'll have to resolve my transportation means by being a nice mui and borrow goh's car for the time being. Goh was pretty reluctant to say yes initially but after a brief 'negotiation' we finally struck a deal- some kind of mutual agreement. heh.

Tonight Hong Yeen cancelled our meeting last minute when i was already all dressed up. Then I called Ray for a drink at Indulgence. First timer since I got back. Their Iced-blended mocha was really yummy. I took a proper look at my boy and it's feels like a reflection in the mirror looking at each other. We both are so weary.

A pic taken in KLCC the other day.