Screwed up day which turned out pretty ok....=p

Have you ever experienced a day where everything seemed wrong but before you realised it everything seems right again?

Though it sounds weird but it's true..
What can i say about 2day?First i woke up late again...(always happens to me when it's approaching the end of the week..).nearly NEARLY miss the bus..makes no difference as the bus was 10 minutes late!!Reached college and realised.."Shit!!!I having maths test right at this moment!!!"Rushed up 3 floors to get to the room...Test started 5 minutes ago..that means no extra time for me!!!Started working on the questions like a bullet train..Remembered again that i forgotten what the hell was coefficient number!!Tried to tembak that question and didnt know how to..After test,cursing and swearing under my breath,mate told me that we will be getting our interview results in a few hours time..OK!!!Stress level rising!!Not only that,my english seminar assessment plan was due that very day and my group hasnt started on anything..we have NIL!!!!Why the hell is this happening???I asked my friend..
Minute stepped into eng lesson,we quickly rushed through..Of course there were a few glinches here and there,arguments on what to write and say...Words like,"Oh,screw the presentation or Shit we wont get it done",could be heard from not only us but other classmates..Fortunately,miraculously,we finished the plan and handed it up!!

Phew!!!Problem 2 solved at last!!After the last minute work,as was bout to finally sit down and drank my first sip of water in an hour,my other good mate came running in..Started screaming and hugging me..Said that i got the position of asst division manager..i was like Are you sure its the correct minli..there are two minli's here you know..she said yeah..the wong min li...I was speechless..I knew i screwed up the interview but how the hell did i manage to get that position...and the division manager..was my very close mate!!!Guess me and her will be working together!!Good in a way cause she knows what type of person i am and i know her really well too...It was not a bad day after all!!!Everyone was quite satisfied with their company positions...(Maybe except one of my close mates...she applied for the same thing like i did..and she got division manager for e mag...she was like OF ALL THINGS!!!!STARING AT THE PC!!!SHIT!!!!!!)personally,i tink she will make a good manager...though a lil introvert but once u get to know her,very nice girl...hehe...

till next time!!
chao!!

Merdeka!Merdeka!Merdeka!

Was used to staying up late at night on the 30th of august watching the countdown on tv as we await for the clock to strike midnight...(31st august is my country's independence day...)

This year however was something different...First fact was that my country,Malaysia will be turning the biggy 50 this year...(meaning bigger n better celebrations than any of the other years...)Second unfortunate fact was that i am few thousand miles away from the one time where my country turns 50!!!!!Yeapx..and come to think of it,though at first i just dismissed that it was just like any other independence day celebration in Malaysia,i was proven wrong.

Reading about my mate describing it n even my parents..(didnt know they too were enthusiastic bout it...)makes me regret a lil bout not being home to celebrate it...My family went out 2 dinner on tat day..(my 2 cousies n my dad filled me in bout the dinner which was of course topped up with delicious looking food!!!!)wat i miss most about family get-togethers are the conversations n the laughter we share during the meal..The reminising bout wat me n my bro were up 2 when we were young,updates bout each n every member at the dinner,general stuff,things bout the future...etc...ah!!!!those good old times..cant wait 2 get back 2 malaysia!!!

Happy 50th b'day Malaysia!!!!!

ps:thanks cousie for the updates n the mouth-watering shots of the food...hehe...=P

Interview and tests...gosh!!!Is there such thing as stop the torture round here!!!!

After what seemed like an eternity,the 3 'unit tests' were over..(accounts,'academic' english and maths...)..Overall,can't believe i am admitting to this but the worst of the three was academic english!!!(dadada...english speaking person...dadadada..)but i mean paraphrasing,quoting and referencing??!!!what kind of a test was that?jeezzz....anyways,after part 1 of torture was over,part 2 came into the picture..

For BM,they have this virtual company where students have to apply for a job which will be what they will be doing for the whole year..(quite cool...with all the resumes and application letters and loads of nonsense i wrote in there.=P)..Not used to this self-promoting kind of situation..so well,this week was spent getting ready for it..eg:formalwear...all of us were required to dress formally especially for those applying for high positions...(looks like i have to go clothes hunting...)aunty n ah pak were a biggy help 2 me..we spent almost the whole week scurrying round for affordable and fitting formalwear..(size does matter here..the smaller you are,the harder it is to get a size unless you were to visit the 'young adult' section which i did at one point after days of not finding it...)..Even got mum to send me over my boots and a white shirt..Managed to find a pair of pants and a jacket my size..(thanks a lot to aunty's accidental discovery and my mate's recommendation..hehe..)

Well,was all suited up for the interview...was not as good as i expected it to be but at the same time not as bad too...started off with a few stammers but later on i was ok...even got the 2 interviewers laughing at one point..(had 2 very nice and friendly interviewers..looking forward to working with them if they give me that chance though..hehe...)Whew..and to think that was all worked up bout all this..Had a simple meal with my mates before heading downtown to meet my other 2 friends..managed to have a few pics taken..hehe...though felt weird in it,but could feel the rush of confidence and capability in urs truly..(magic of the suit..hehe..)going to go hit the sacks eary 2day..this week has been a busy week...

till next time!!!!
Cheers mates!!!

HP And The Deathly Hallows

Though the HP(harry potter)mania has died down now..(here in aussie though it was D day for the final book's to hit the shelf,it was a craze here..(unlike M'sia where ppl would cmap outside or queue in the wee hours in the morning to get their hands on the book...).Dragged myself to the bookstore and just got it off the shelf without having to fight for one as there were plenty being stacked in that bookstore..Expected to see ppl queuing or having fights over that book but well i was being let down as there was no such drama here..

Managed to finish the book in less than a month!!It was not bad except some parts in the middle that i find not necessary to talk about in 2 long chapters!!!(eg:What happen when Ron left the 2..or when they infiltrated the Ministry Department...)Last part;battle between Voldy,his troops and Harry and his troops were quite interesting..though the short make out session between Ron and Hermione should have taken place at a better time!!Anyways,it was ok..Dissappointing thing was that..Harry didnt die!!!(it masy sound mean of me but i mean in the last 6 books it has been really obvious that Harry will have to die if Voldy dies but oh well,like all fantasy books,they need a fairytale ending..)

Part i find really amusing was the '19 years later chapter'..Note:if you decided to check out the ending of the book first,it will give you big question marks in the head.. (My mum decided to spoil the ending by reading the last part and then later bombarding me with questions on MSN...)even ppl like me who rad from the beginning find the ending a lil confusing at first but well cant blame me cause it was 4am in the morning!!!hahaha...

Names like Lily,James and Albus does not mean that they got up from the dead but are actually names of Harry and Ginny's(surprising eh??)3 kids..I mean seriously,millions of names in the worl and they have to go with the 3 names..(its in memory of HP's parents and headmaster but use that as a middle name or something not a first name...It's really confusing for those who would want to spoil the ending...)Ron and Hermione have 2 kids...at least they werent named after anyone who has departed from the Planet Earth...Even Mr Draco Malfroy decided to reproduce..Everyone ended up 2gether,reproduced and live happily ever after!!!The END!!!HP ends there...

Worst week so far!!!!!

Was it just me or was it that this week was the worst week ever?!?!Have been having sleepless nights thanks to homework n well sometimes a lil late night chat(hope dad doesnt see this if not i am so dead!!!!)..After a few days of late nights,decided on thursday,well maybe i can sleep early today..

Just as i was proud that i did the last thing on dad's checklist,i slept till 8.30 the next day..And guess what??My first class starts at 9am!!!!Was rushing round like a mad woman.Preparing this and that till finally i ran to the bus stop..As i reached the bus stop my mate from college called me asked where was i and that the bus has already left!!Gosh!!!!!i was screaming inside my head!!how can this day get any worse!!!The last option for me to get to school.....Run there!!!

My college is 'strategically' located in Spring Hill(hill so guess how the roads and paths were..)Got to college at 9.15am.Lucky thing that day was that the lecturer excused me for being late as she claimed that it was an Ok reason..haha.It's winter here..coldest winter brissy has ever experienced.Thanks to the running i was sweating like a pig..My face was so red till the lecturer thought i was going to collapse on the spot..(At least i got my exercise looking at the things i eat when i have lunch here at college..dinner is always the best meal of the day..thanks a lot 2 ah pak n ah mou...heehe..)

After what seemed like eternity(Academic english..what's up with 'academic'?Till now i still cant figure out the difference between Academic English and just the normal English Language..)friday classes finally ended!!Let's hope the weekend can change my perception about this week..hehee..

An Experience I Would Never Forget!!

Seems like ages since i wrote something in here!!haha..just wanna say a little something bout NS..well as some people might put it urs truly was one of the so called 'lucky ones' 2 be picked 2 berkhidmat untuk negara..a person like urs truly who would be half asleep in school when being taught bout da history of Malaysia or looking all blur when being asked bout Malaysia,it was really hard 2 get da slogan into the brain.."Well,there goes my 3 month break",said 2 myself..the first obstacle course was to drag da luggages up a hill 2 get 2 ur dorm in the hot sun!!!The camp surroundings was in fact what i really did not expect it 2 be..it turned out that da campsite was actually an abandoned resort(da brand new resort was just beside da camp...)so we had chalets which was really cool..4 dorms were build on the hill 2 make it look like an NS camp..oh wow!!!there was a lake filled with fishes n there was a sitting area near the pond..It was really a serene looking scenary..
There was also a mini market n a burger stand(that meant burgers at night 4 supper instead of the old boring canteen food!!!whoohoo!!!)..All in all it was a superb scenary..i spent da next one n a half months at Kem Gardenia,Kubang Pasu being mould n shaped into a 'wirawati'(thats what girls r called there..guys will be our fellow wiras)..From completing stuff i would never dreamt of doing in my entire life!!!For example,water confidence...picture this...being strapped tight into lifejackets which get extremely tight when u enter da water(imagine how uncomfortable it was when it starts tugging at da most important part of the body if one was thinking of reproducing in the future...)n entering the fish,crab n other unthinkable organisms infested lake with ur clothes on!!!not 2 4get ur socks n shoes!!!n da best part was the shoes had 2 be dried n washed with our very own bare hands...plus da stuff u wear inside ur clothes..as disgusting as it might sound,it was fun as i was performing tis task with all my good friends...
Next was da obstacle course..trainers made it all look so easy allowing us 2 think ah!!piece of cake!!well,it definitely 100% proved us wrong.out of da 8 obstacles i managed 2 complete 4 obstacles successfully without screaming or asking 4 assistance..the worst obstacle was da 6 foot high 'tembok'..we had 2 walk up it via a very narrow path till we reach da top of the tembok from there we had 2 crossover 2 another tembok 4 3 times..imagine doing it wearing full loreng(which was really heavy plus da belt n da military boots..i mean i fell a couple of times wearing tis boots while walking on straight roads n now walking across a tembok tat is 6 feet from da ground..i dont think so...) i struggled successfully through it thanks 2 my kind hearted trainer..Upon finishing da task me n my friend Celine also a penangnite like myself were da last ppl 2 complete da task n had da dirtiest uniform among our fellow mates..(due 2 da clumsiness n getting wet while performing da task..)that was an experience i'll definitely remember..
Marching is considered a tradition n something a wira n wirawati needs 2 know at camp..We were dragged out in da sun 4 2 hours learning da military way of marching..we trudged n dragged our boots across da marching field...by da end of it we were soaked in sweat,had natural n unwanted tans all over our body n partly deaf ears 4 those who stood right in front of da trainers..Now the events that everyone look 4ward 2...weekends...1)we get our handphones back..2)no activities..3)partay time at da dorms n chalets...4)we buddhist were transported out of camp 2 pray at da temple..after our praying ceremony,we would all walk 2 da nearest situated supermarket 2 shop 4 groceries before having dinner at da restaurants selling food we have missed so much from home...da people always thought we were factory workers due 2 da blue long-sleeved uniforms n long pants...A lady once came up 2 me n asked me,"Which factory do u work 4?"..In fits of laughter i answered'"i wrok 4 National service",then burst out laughing with my friends..she gave me the curious look n asked,"National service got factory meh??",we couldnt stop laughing till we reached camp...
Another thing was da uniforms..it was like school again..everybody wearing da same thing..n da unsurprising thing 2 me was that da combat uniforms n boots r hand-me-downs..(imagine wearing someone else's uniform who unfortunately had been kept in da store 4 half a year ewwww!!!or even worse..da last person 2 wear it did not sent it 4 dry cleaning....n da boots well we were told tat noone has EVER EVER washed them....yucks!!!!!well,due 2 my 'unusual' size i managed 2 get new uniforms n boots...one thing bout being 'unusual',u'll get everything made ONLY 4 u...hahahah....
Da second torturing thing bout camp was tat we had 2 wake up super early!!!(n i really mean super early!!!)..We sleep at 12 am n wake up at 5 am...("5 hours of sleep!!!Where got enough..teenagers need at least 8 hours of sleep la",my friend complained during our company meeting...she was cheered on by all da used-to-sleeping-till-noon ppl including urs truly!!!N guess what??urs truly was always late 4 morning assemblys(except one time when i was 'given da honour' 2 raise da state flag...could not sleep da whole night..as well..3 ppl r in charge of different flags..malaysia flag,kedah flag n NS flag..da flags had 2 be raised in order..Malaysia flag will be raised first followed by da other 2 flags..any little mistake eg:flag did not reach da top after da music ended or not in order...had 2 run 3 rounds round da field in front of everyone..imagine da humiliation!!!2 them satu salah semua kena...hahah...luckily,we managed 2 do everything correctly..except 4 one part where i practically step up da pace of da flag raising as i was da slowest..da trainer did not notice...whew!!!)as a result of not wasting time in da morning changing from my pjs into da PT uniform..i wore my uniform 2 sleep every night...i was since called 'sleeping beauty in uniform' by all my dormates...
Next was da food..well 6 meals a day is MORE than enough 4 us..but at times well..wat can i say...it's edible but u know..at tat time after going through da kerahan tenaga(i m exaggerating a lil la...=P)watever they gave us we just practically clean up da whole plate!!!one thing good bout it..it makes u think of da times u used 2 be very picky at home with food n making u miss home cooked food...i swore tat when i get back i m going 2 eat every single thing my grandma puts on da table..well i managed 2 keep da promise 4 2 weeks b4 going back 2 da i-dont-know-how-2-it self again...=P
We also had lessons every single day..("torture time' according 2 all my friends)..We were all divided into different classes..We had 3 topics 2 cover;2 topics in Character building n Kenegaraan including Khidmat Komuniti where we were allowed 2 get out of military camp 2 help others..i regretted not being able 2 do tat as it was one of da things i have been looking 4ward 2 completing b4 i left camp...we had 2 attend these classes till da end of NS..one day we had 2 endure bout 4 hours of it!!!half n hour break in between...At first,i agreed it was boring as everyone was like aliens 2 each other but later into da programme it was fun as we had gotten 2 know each other better...(some got soo close till they decided 2 take it 2 da next step..bercouple-couple..heheh..)Then 4 da non-bumiputeras we attended religious classed on thursdays n sundays..(thursdays class was taught in mandarin..i soon realised tat i wasnt da only chinese girl who has no clue wat mandarin was...i had 2 other 'banana friends'..da 3 of us named our lil group banana gang which meant mandarin illiterate ppl(well only 2 us..)hahah...so we spent our time there talking,passing notes,cracking jokes or just dozing off into dreamland...
Wat i really missed the most about camp were my friends..in just a month n a half(i had 2 leave early cause of unforseen circumstances..)they really beought out the best in me...they were always there for me whenever i needed help..we did everything 2gether all in all we see each other every single day at camp!!!from 5 am to midnight...we spend our weekends hanging out 2gether too whether it was at da lake or at our respective dorms n chalets..we also did all da activities 2gether from kembara halangan 2 even just normal PT lessons!!!we called ourselves da NS sisterhood!!there were 15 of us..our ketua skuad ms celine khor would wat we call sooi lang tau before we move out in a group..it was really a blast tat i was given da time 2 spend with them n am looking 4ward 2 more time...gals i love ya guys loads!!!!
Lastly my company,company Delta...We were known 4 our mischief n also da underdogs of camp but still i m proud n glad tat i was chosen 2 be in tis unique company of girsl..our head trainer cikgu mat was a bery nice chap..he would crack up jokes(most of them i have no clue of due 2 his heavy kedah accent..)n he tried his very best 2 help us with our problems..a wirawati's salute 2 ya,sir!!!n also we had 2 female trainers...(cikgu su n cikgu ina aka mak langau...y we called her mak langau u may wonder..well when we start talking or whispering 2 her is melangau-langau n u can hear her scolding..."ha!!!langau lagi!!!"..)they may be strict when it comes 2 discipline(trust me u would think twice before messing with them when it came 2 training n clealiness..one time just cause of a half full rubbish bin all da wirawatis were punished..da punishment:drag our beds n luggages out of our chalets n dorms 4 an 'exibition' n by sundown our beds had 2 be inside n da next morning before 8am our beds had 2 be out...instead of 5am,we all woke up at 4 am with our zombie faces n drag our stuff out 2 da open...grumbling n cursings could be heard from everyone..some were so sleepy tat they slept outside!!!some enjoyed star gazing...it was an unusual experience...=P)...(Another time while dragging out beds into our dorms...in da process we chatted giggled n laughed loudly...mak langau heard us n all da 4 dorms were punished turun 20..there was a girl who did it in her sarung!!think she was in da shower...poor thing..we couldnt help but giggle while watching her squatting up n down at da same time holding on 2 her sarung....hahaha..) but they r very approcable people...if u go 2 them with a problem they would not hesitate 2 help...they were also very nice with us...you could see us hanging around with them or eating or cracking up jokes yet they dont mind..they were like our big sisters instead of trainers 2 us....then from Company Delta we were divided into platoons 10,11 n 12...i was in platoon 12...i had a blast being part of it as most of da noise makers n jokers were form my platoon...now n then we would get punish(ketuk ketampi)4 making noise or giggling...tats da naughty n yet fun Company Delta!!
Think tats bout all i have 2 say bout camp...sorry if it was long winded but i really enjoyed NS overal...thanks 2 everyone who attended Kem Gardenia,Kubang Pasu 4 making it one of my best experience!!!Love ya guys!!!!
Celine-Ruru-Loh Loh-Chen Chen-Soo Ching-Phei Sze-Polly-Ting Ting-Pei Ling-Pey Ean-Cheng Fah-Wen-Ying-Vivi-Ai Ying[My NS sisterhood!!!]
Banana Gang(Moo-Min,Bu-Hui,Fili)..Bananas 4ever!!!!
Siong aka Panda(my good friend.thanks 4 always taking da time 2 keep in touch with me till now...)
Wirawati Wong from Kem Gardenia,Kubang Pasu,Kedah...=P

Hey!!!!

Couzie must be thinking whilst reading this..."Finally!!!!She sets up a blog after me telling her to do that decades ago!!!"hehehe..Well couz its here..
hahhaa..

Dont really know how to start this first post.
Maybe when i can think of something then i'll post it here...
it would be more from the times before this but hope its ok.
haha..
backtrack a lil bit in life..

thanks couz for the constant reminders bout setting this up and finally did!!!
whoohoo!!!