Leaving Sitiawan?

Am typing this post in the middle of the night, 2.15am. Crazy, I'm suppose to be sleeping now. What happens to the mission of tuning back my biological clock? Went down to the drain, completely!

Come tomorrow, after lunch, I'll be driving down to Penang. Moving to Penang, to be exact. Going to start my working live two days later. Thinking of how I started this blog back then, oh my..how time flies.

Sitiawan, a place I used to hate (8 years ago, to be exact). It has been my home for 8 years. I used to anticipate the day I could move away from Sitiawan. I got my wish 3 years back when I went for my degree. I got my wish now when I am going to work in Penang. Now I wish I could still stay at home to accompany my mom and sis and to come back here at least once a year, just to gather with my friends. The most precious secondary school friends I cherished. Ok, all in all..I will miss home comfort! Life without study stress nor working stress.

Note to self: Time to grow up and face the music, girl! Have a great working life! Who am I? "I'm possible"!

Spending, before I even started earning..

Once again, the title says it all.

Graduated since end of May. Some coursemates are already working. Some are still hunting for a job, while some are still enjoying the time of their life travelling, relaxing at home. Mom and dad told me there's no need to rush in getting a job. Take my time and enjoy home comfort while I'm still home. However, when you see some of your friends started working, there is a feeling that you need to be working too already! The feeling is particularly stronger when you are spending without an income! Luckily I will be working starting this week. Ah, the guilt of spending before I know how to earn is finally drifting away.

Lets see what I had spent these few weeks...

1. Meals. Especially when you have a sister that always ask for 'not-so-cheap' meals.

This is suppose to be a supper..sinful supper. No wonder both of us gained weight!!

Sudden unplanned dinner at Swissomelt. She had another scoop of ice cream as dessert.

Nice crispy Fish & Chips. The portion is huge! I came for the latte. Taste like milk instead.

2. Facial care. The usual, facial wash, toner, etc. Girls' best friend. Now come and think of it, girls do have a lot of best friends.

3. Maxis Broadband. Didn't cancel my Maxis Broadband subscription although I didn't need it as much as before.

4. Handphone credit. Definitely over-budget for the last month. Way over....

5. Hair!! Dyed my hair again due to my sister's complain. " Please la go and re-dye your hair, you are going to work soon. Image is very important ok??" Me: "Haiya, I'll be working in lab, it's not that people will stare at my hair. Although the roots doesn't match the rest of the hair" "Now only you know? Not nice la, go dye your hair!!!" So, there goes...

Temporary perm by that hair salon. Nice services! I think I better stick to straight hair though.

6. My coming baby. "It's Exhilarating". Yes, it is really exhilarating. Exhilarate me to work! Have to pay for the down payment and monthly installment soon enough. It will be taking up a huge chunk of my coming budget (although it is a must for me to get around places), ouch!

~It's not about the money, money, money,

We don't need your money, money, money,

We just wanna make the world dance,

Forget about the price tag~

Jessie's J's Price Tag. Nice and catchy song! Forget about the price tag? Yeah right..the first thing I check will always be the price tag. Kha-ching, kha-ching! It's time to work my ass off!

First Step Into Reality

Mushrooming at home, figuring how to arrange my not so impressive resume into something more interesting. Wondering why didn't I tried harder, work harder, study harder and get around more?

Heard updates from friends, from Facebook that few of my coursemates, hometowns (both Sitiawan and Penang, lol) friends had secured a job. Some went to interviews, some are going for interviews, while many others are still waiting for replies from companies (which includes me, unfortunately). Sent few applications via jobstreets to a few companies in Penang two days ago. Still no reply.

Many said, there's no need to rush. Wait patiently and choose wisely.

I guess this is the time for me to train my patience, learning how to accept rejections and how to turn frustrations into motivations. Can I do it? I hope I can.

Another Life Chapter is Coming to an End

060511, 0900, the time I sat for the last paper of my degree life.

1100, the time I passed up the last paper of my degree life.

Provided that I passed all of my papers (should know the result in three weeks time? I think I could make the cut), submit final corrected copy of thesis in PDF form to the faculty....And then, there was it. The end of my university life, for now.

Words alone can't express my feelings. There's one though: I'm glad.

One thing is for sure, I'll miss going to classes. I'll miss going to lab. I'll miss all the times we burned the midnight oil just to finish up our reports or to study for exams. I'll miss the times I cycle to campus. I'll miss our beautiful campus. I'll miss the nice scenery in Kampar. I'll miss the many times we gather around to celebrate birthdays, for assignments and reports, to have meals, to fool around, to relax, etc. Friends! I'll miss all of you and all the good times we had together. Thanks for the memories may it good or bad. Thanks for accepting me for who I am, and for making me who I am right now.

There has been a lot of ups and downs in 3 years. Not a long period of time, nor a short one either. Of course there has been doubts and regrets looking back right now. But all the questions will remain as 'What if?', right? Let bygones be bygone.

Ok, this post sounds downright emo. Yup, it 's proven. Packing up does make a person emo!

Three years worth of notes and books, all packed into two large boxes.

Where am I going store these in my hometown? @@

Gathering. Chats. Picture-taking

Yup, the title pretty much sums up the 'must-do-list' in most gathering.

The meaning of gatherings: we gather; we eat, talk and listen, update on each other; and most important, we take pictures, lots of them! By the end of the day, we look at the pictures, and think:' Oh my, how time flies!'.

Just had my form 5 class gathering yesterday. This is the first time we held it before Chinese New Year since 2008 (due to short Chinese New Year break and exams that kills the mood). Wow, 4th year already. Clap! Clap! Clap! Keep up the tradition guys! One suggestion (shall not mention who made it) though, can we change location next year?

As usual, few of us hanged out after class gathering, few hours is simply not enough for us talkative girls! Hence, we changed location to Secret Recipe at Marina Island. A slice of cake and a cup of tea was sufficient to make us sit there for 3 hours, and chat non-stop. Yup, girls.

Cam-whoring session! Okay, nicer term...photo-taking session. Did not take much picture with my camera though, since there were so many cameras around. However, I did take these~

It might be few months later, or one year later, it will still feels like we just chat not long ago for me. Till then friends! Am already looking forward meeting u girls again~