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Its Tuesday....... After a long weekend, its hard to come back to work. In addition, the weather is great for a sleep in. To jump start my day at work, I scan the newspaper for anything interesting. Gosh, everything in the newspaper seems so dreary, more so than the weather. These days the focus is very much on the financial crisis, unemployment, war. I thought that I can jump start my day with abit of news but who knows it made me more gloomy than ever.

OMG!!!!! The 2009 Subaru Sti is gonna be release soon in the US. So 'sat' la! Just take a look.

I was reading about the luck of the Boar in the year 2009 on the Lilian Too webpage. You know how she always comment that you should buy this and that and hang it here and there or place it here or there. Lets just say la, a family of 4, all with different chinese horoscope, then have to hang all four different figurines on the front door or living room or bedroom, etc? Will these feng shui clash with each other? What if 'The Dog' needs to display something to bring health and this will directly cause the 'The Dragon' to lose its wealth? Sigh! Confusion!!!

What is so special about 24th December? Its Christmas Eve. So how did you spend your Christmas Eve? With your loved ones no doubt. Abbi and me went to Charcoal. We were so full!!!!! Oh well, what else is new? hahaha, we ordered Crispy Mushroom and pumpkin soup for starters. For our maincourse, I had the famous spicy plump sauce lamb shank and Bi had the tenderloin. YUMMY!!!!! When we first arrive, the band was quite noisy so we sat in the room. At least we can have a decent conversation. But the downside is that there were no staff walking pass us or anywhere near us for that matter. We were both trying in vain to get their attention as we were starving (mind you it was 9pm plus already since we went to Charcoal after a session of badminton) You know wat Bi did? He called up the reception and told them we need some service at table 34! hahaha. Funny lo. Anyway, I am still very sleepy. So here is Arto and Abbi wishing everyone a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!

I think when a relationship is at its end, there should be a proper closure. Or else its just never ending. So here goes. I missed you very much. More than anyone can imagine. Not much people can understand the pain of losing you. I was very attached. Extremely so. Our time together was brought to an abrupt end. As it was ended by a third party, there are times that I feel 'bu kan sing'. Perhaps this is what is called fate. You were there for me happy or unhappy. Even though we were good together, I have to admit that our time together is at an end. Thank you very much for all the fun memories. In the loving memory of Silvia S15.

Christmas is like in 9 days. No plans whatsoever yet. Perhaps we will just play lami the whole night (again). I am not really a Christmas girl. By saying that is that I dun really celebrate Christmas. However, whoever wanna gimme a pressie, I wont reject one de lor. hahaha. Of the whole 2x (cannot reveal my age, very old already le) years, this is the biggest Christmas pressie ever. I mean it literally, in terms of monetary value and in size. Without further delay, MY CHRISTMAS PRESSIE!!!!! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isn't that hatchback sexy? P.S. Since my Bi so sayang me, I should give him credit ma rite?

Someone just told me about a certain website, where you can hire assassins. It will only cost you USD 5000 and exclusive of all those out of pocket expenses, like accommodation and air tickets. Hmmm and he said that he checked out the website at CNN and found that it was a real website. No kidding man. I wonder should I ask him what is the website, you know ..... for reference. Hahaha

Time passes by so fast! Its already middle of December! Yikes! Where does time goes? Anyway, since 2009 is just around the corner, I was thinking of new resolutions for the new year. 2008 is a year of many changes. Some good, some bad, some just so so and others......status quo unchanged. (hahaha, changes that are unchanged, how ironic) Its important to sit down and think about whats your plan for the next 12 months. Or even for the next 18 mths. You know how important a business plan and a budget is for a business. I think that all of us will also need to set some goals (financially as well as psychically and emotionally) Without a goal or a destination, its like floating through space, aimless. Its like you have a gun but you dunno where or what to shoot and so you just fire the gun randomly. With that random shot, someone might just get hurt. So its important to know where you are heading to. It doesn't matter if it is still quite sketchy. Or its just an idea. Once you have gras...

Just finish watching an old movie 'Butterfly effect'. Its a really good movie. I like this movie coz it shows how a person or rather how far a person would go to for the people that they love. Thanks to my cuzzie for passing this movie to me. I drove my colleagues to lunch today. Coz they wanted to sit in our (Bi and mine) STi. Hahaha, they wanted to feel the difference between the Intelligence and Sport Sharp mode. So I let them feel it lo. hahaha. Oh my, were they ever so scared. LOL!!!!! Who else wanna be scared? Note to self: Try not to compare yourself to other people. Its endless comparison. Just do my best!

I was so excited yesterday. Someone called and told me that it was ready for pick up. What is ready for pick up? What makes me so excited? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What else would make me so excited other than cars? Woo Hoo!!!!! Subaru Impreze STi !!!! How cool is that? Bi fetched me yesterday around 5pm to pick up the car. I could not sit still at home. Was feeling so excited. STi has 3 settings, Intelligence, Sport and Sport Sharp. I read an article online saying that the Intelligence mode makes the STi crawls like a snail. Hmmmm, their exact words not mine. So Bi and me took the car out for a short drive. We were kinda disappointed with the power. It was then we realised that the setting was at intelligence. OMG!!!! When we changed the settings to Sport Sharp, the power is unbelievable. Its like 3 times faster and more powerful. We hit 180 km/h in less than 2 minutes (mite be less if not for those few turtles on the road). In the past S15 will need quite some time to hit 16...

This is so cool! Beyond cool! How I wish I can do this .

Had lunch with Bi just now at the New Gold Leaf restaurant. Ordered too much and both of us left with bulging stomach (I think Bi's stomach is bigger) Since its Friday and we have longer lunch hours on Friday, we went to walk walk. See what I discovered in this shop. FUNKY HATS!!!!! And I cant resist trying it out and Bi cant resist taking my pic (actually I ask him to take a pic one la) Hat #1 - Happy New Year! Since the New year is just around the corner, I've decided try this one first. Opps, the hat is a bit sing nyek. Hat #2 - The Octopus I like this one the best. Its so cute! See the cute cute tentacles? Hat #3 - Multi colour wig (its not actually a hat) You all know how much I love funky hair colour? So decided that there is an easier way instead of sitting in the hair saloon for hours on end. A funky coloured wig. I think its the wig for a clown. Hat #4 - Not actually a hat as well. Ready for it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scary or not? While trying on all the di...

Was very tense since morning. Why? Coz CPA results are out today. Just got the results just now from the website at around 3:30pm just now. I passed. Just passed. Kinda disappointed. But then when I think about it, I should count my blessings that I passed it and do not have to resit for this paper. Especially true considering what happened on the night before the exam. Hehehe, I feel less tense now.

Oh gosh! I just moved from my cubicle in Level 5 to a room in Level 7. Hahaha, no I am not promoted (How i wish) Actually, this room was given to RA (Revenue Assurance). Since my other colleague was transferred to another department, its only me for now that is. Feel so bored. No one to talk to. I closed all the blinds, so no one can stare into the room. Feel so awkward. The door is open so anyone who is passing will look in. Everything is still on the floor since I don't have any cabinets nor drawers. But I have a new 3 in 1 printer. hahaha. So messy la the room. I think I wanna create a recurring post. You know like (whatever) of the week/month. So that I'll blog more often. But I haven thought of anything. Any suggestions?

You know what? I really hate it when people complain that they are broke. I know that I'll get bombed again. But still its the truth. Its the life style that needs changing and not the job. I see some people who spent more than their earning capabilities. Like for instance, earn less than a thousand each month but then can always afford to buy new and expensive phones. Or they can afford to buy expensive laptops. Or they can afford to go on holidays. Can buy new car some more. Its not that I am against anyone doing any of the above. Its just that some people really don't have that kind of extra money to do those things but they do it anyway. Some people will not spend extra but they will spend everything that they have. Which, by the way is also not a good habit. These people really have no financial planning le. What will happen if you have kids? What about their education? What about your own retirement? What about houses? Sigh! Someone suggested to me that the solution is to...

I am so bored. I am so tempted to put a pic that Bi took of me n my beloved (new) car. But then its not the colour that I am getting. I wan a proper photo. So here are some random photos. Mami & Hui Hui Papa & Mei Mei The Yen Clan The mouldy looking plate from Kaizen in Seria. Initially I thought that it was mouldy or something. So yucky looking. Bi with his new glasses (its from ages ago) My favourite past time Pic taken after I had hair extensions. (Taken by Bi's phone) So long la my hair. Compare to now. Maybe I should go for extensions again. Haven been taking photos for quite some time now. Nothing to take. Haven got the mood to take pictures also. Haha. I am still very nervous about CPA's result. And also the citizenship exam.

I am so excited! 2 things. Hmm, I am excited over 1 matter and the other matter, I am actually anxious and worried. Needless to say the first thing.........is the new car that I am getting. Not gonna mention anything about which model I am getting. Hahaha. Wanna get a picture to share. Well someone always say 'A picture is worth a thousand words" The 2nd thing is my CPA result. Its coming out this Fri, 5th Dec. Worried, worried. As some might know the accident took place the night before the exam, so I was feeling very dejected and sad. Oh well, what to do. Have to wait till Friday lo.

Hahaha....some people ah. I haven even announce in Miricom.net nor in my blog what car I am gonna get, someone already shoot me. ahzheng_wee wrote: whats the point you post in here?telling people what car you gonna get? do you think we really care what you buy? to be honest we dun give a Fu*k If you are so steady go get a malaysian registered car at jomoto..cheap cheap the evo x only 320k cheap cheap la...or buy a malaysian registered gtr35 700k.... Oh well, I don't wanna argue with retards. By the way, I am a Bruneian, why should I go get a Malaysia car? (O Brunei, I love Brunei) I smell something sour. YEW!

Ever since the other day, someone told me about the principles of Tao, I am trying to forgive those who had crossed me. But sometimes its easier said than done. Especially when they keep coming back with more troubles and problems. Its never ending. I wanna forget and move on with my life (apparently they dun have one). I dunno whether the person that I am referring to reads my blog or not. If you are reading this and wondering whether I am talking about you, probably I am talking about you. You can say anything you want about me. As long as I know that my conscience is clear, I cant be bothered. (as I keep telling myself that I should not be bothered about them) But they are relentless. Say that I have attitude problem towards you. Did you ever wonder why? What about the way that you treated me? Good ho? The way you talked to me, the way you talked behind my back, calling me whatever names. Sorry ho! I am not someone who is two faced. (unlike someone) When I dun like someone, I just w...

The search is over. A decision has been made! Woooo Hooooo!

You know all the hype for Twilight? I came this Twilight spoof in you tube. Its so hilarious!!!!!!

Sometimes I wonder....... How come there are such people in this world? But then again, there are all sorts of people in this world. So its not that big a surprise. Actually, they can say whatever they want. Mouth is theirs. We all have to answer to a higher power in the future. I don't dare to say that I am right all the time. I may have done things that I wished that I did not and said things that I should not have. But there is one thing that I can be very certain of. I never have any bad intentions in my mind. I will not take anything that I did not earn. So that is why I hate is when people says that I ask money from my bf or that I wanna cheat anyone of their money. I also do not like it when people says that whatever I have is due to other people's credit. I have worked my ass off (EMPHASIZING) for whatever I have today. I did not get where I am by being a 2 head snake. I work harder and longer than others. I put in real effort and that is why the things that I bought wi...

A lot of things happened lately. Its just one things after another. It gets tiring and its hard to remain in an upbeat manner. But just now, one of my colleague was talking to me about her religion 'tao'. A lot of the things that she told me are very logical and I agree with her. As human beings, we have the tendency to be greedy, selfish, gossip about other people, to name a few. The things that she said, reminded me of what Cikgu Mansor had always preached to us during the intensive classes. We all should be grateful. Grateful to be born in Brunei where compare to our neighbouring countries, we have relatively less crime. For me, the one thing that differentiate us from animals is guilt. Without guilt, then we wont be human anymore. We have to learn how to be more humble, more forgiving and most important of all, more humane.

I am feeling so 'tulan'. How can someone who is not a mechanic, who is only in the towing car section, know the condition of my S15? Wanna lie to others saying that he is the one who is in charge of fixing the car. CBK! Argh!!!!

CPA results will be out on the 5th December. Pray for me. I'll need it.

Someone called me up. Have no idea where he got my number from. But he asked me the magic question. "Hey Jennifer, heard that you are looking for sports car" Cool. I enquired him about the JDM Civic Type R. Contrary to what someone told me, its not 80k, its only about 50+ plus. Yay! Cheap sports car! 4 door, fast engine, brembo brakes, sport seat. And.....and best of all, its all in white (championship white to be exact). Absolutely my favourite colour. However, he also has the Evo 10, GSR auto transmission 6 speed. OMG......how to choose?

I really hate people who are irresponsible. Borrow things never return and wan me to share the responsibility even.

Maybe leaning towards Evo x right now. But then again, its not very confirmed. Anything can happen over night. hahaha (who knows I kena magnum, then got money buy R35?)

My touchscreen is unresponsive. Sien. Its a new phone lagi. Gonna play badminton and lami later. (not at the same time la)

Would you lie on your resume? I mean blatantly lie about it. Not just making trying to fluff it up. And if you were caught, what would you do?

You know how there are lots of horror stories flying around the office, school or even homes. The place where I am working are kinda well known for its 'extra' employees. I guess that in the morning when my office are full of people, its less scary. Its actually quite warm (the environment and not the temperature) There are currently 4 different lifts in my work place. One at the back, which is mostly used by people delivering heavy equipments. Then there are 2 lifts on the left. Most staff would use these 2 lifts as it tends to be faster. As for the last left, its on the right. There are dedicated users of this right lift. Me being one of them as the 2 lifts on the left are very congested most of the time. So I noticed that 9 out of 10 times when I am using the right lift, it will definitely stop on the 3rd floor and again 9 out of 10 times, there wont be anyone there. Scary right? Some said its those 'extra's. (goose pimples!) But there are times when I still prefer t...

I have been so busy for the last week. Worked over the weekend for the DST Carnival. The queue was so LONG!!!!! Its as if the Acer was for free le. And some customers are kinda impossible. I really pity those people working at the front line all the time. Then ho, there are some customers who are downright rude. Sigh! What to do, customers are still customers, have to plaster a fake smile and smile at them through clenched teeth. Hahaha! Anyway, I was on the Weekend Borneo Bulletin. The quality wasn't that good, but early early on Sat morning (while I was still alseep some more) there was someone who sms me to tell me that he thinks that he saw me in the newspaper. Haha, Jason (if you are reading this) , its really me la! (so sorry was very busy till I had forgotten to reply you, was still sleeping ba) My feet is still killing me today. Its like I have been standing for 3 days straight. The people who rushed are unbelieavable!!!! But all in all, I had fun with my colleagues. Workin...

I suddenly thought of something just now. Its something from my memories. Its just a memory but it shows that we all have come a long way and my my my, did we all change. I recalled that me and one of my good childhood friend followed my mom to a new opening of a boutique in KB. I saw a really pretty necklace and thought that the price is B$ 6.90 and remembered that I thought that it was a reasonable price. But the actual price was B$ 16.90. Back then B$16.90 seems a lot of money and I actually felt guilty that my mom actually bought it for me. How times have change. I also recall that back in my first year in uni, Bi was the only who had a car albeit the car was a bit old but it is a car nonetheless. His car was a really old Honda. It only has a radio which is kinda sucky as most of the time it can only receive static (we used to joke that it can receive a station call static channel) Not only that, the air conditioning is more like hot con rather than air con coz it blows hot air. ha...

Do I look like a sales lady? I work in the Revenue Assurance Dept in DST. I am not selling anything. Yesterday, a 'friend' called me up and asked me whether I help her buy the cheap cheap laptops. I said that I'll try. I said that I can try and help her coz she mentioned that after work she has some sort of function and thus wont be able to come and purchase the laptops. But things got so hectic. The queue was almost to the front door. I was so, so busy. So I sms and told her that I could not purchase those laptops for her. Then after that my colleague told me that someone called my mobile (I left my mobile at their booth as I was running around helping others). My colleague told me that the person was scolding her and asking her to promise that the laptops will still be available when she arrive. What the? Common la, we are just working there. And ho, and ho, you know what? She wasn't busy at all. Actually she could have drop by after work. How I know? Coz when I retur...

I had a dream last night (or was it early this morning?) I dreamt about my S15 and I was driving it. I guess I still miss it as much as ever.

Has anyone tried to use hotmail on Firefox? Doesn't seems to be working properly. There are no scroll bars!!!! But there is no problem when i am using IE. How can anyone launch anything without first checking whether it works o not? Hai!!!!

Sometimes I really think that qualifications is secondary to work attitude, knowledge and experience. If I am a boss and wanna hire people, the most important factor that I am looking for is work attitude. Anything can be taught and learnt. But working attitude, that is something that is ingrained. Something like a leopard cannot change its spots. As long as one is willing to learn, then I won't have a problem with it. Some people, as far as I know, are show offs. They like to say whatever qualifications they possess. Either a degree, master, professional bodies, phd, etc. I know that its not easy to obtain that qualification. I totally understand the efforts that one has to put in. The thing is that if one claimed that they have such qualifications (or that they really do have such qualifications) but somehow, the knowledge that they should have doesn't show up. Why is that? Like for instance, (I'll give accounting examples since I am from Acct & Finance background), c...

I was 8 mins late for work this morning. Due to the accident on the Tungku Link highway. When I passed by, I saw the police taking down statements from the people involved. I can't help but thought of what happened during THE accident. On my way from Bandar on Sunday night, we saw at least 2 accidents. Maybe its the rainy season. We all must be careful when driving.

Some people are too free. Too much time on hand! They should be more constructive with their lives. Oh well, its their lives and I am not getting involved with that. Too much hassle. Anyway, I was feeling much better today and then suddenly, dunno who so beng song me, wanna make me all upset again. Sigh! Aiyah, just think happy thoughts. Happy thoughts Happy thoughts Happy thoughts One of these days, I'll feel ready to talk about what happened in detail. One of these days, I'll talk about it without wincing. One of these days....... I'm going off to dreamland to find my happiness.

WTF? MCB! I just received a call from my mom asking me why did I blog about the AUD placement in my blog. Apparently, someone from my mom side of the family was complaining about how I put this piece of news in the internet. Why jealous? I did not disclose the amount that I had bought. I know who was it that complained. But I rather not put it here. Its my personal business. If you are not keen to read it, then don't com here. No one ask you to read what I had blog. IT IS PERSONAL GET IT? ITS MY BLOG AND I'LL BLOG ABOUT WHATEVER I WANT AND WHENEVER I WANT. THE WAY I SEE IT, ITS MY LIFE, I'LL LIVE IT THE WAY I WANT IT TO AS LONG AS I DID NOT HURT ANYONE. SO BACK OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!! With all the things that are happening in my life now, I don't need someone from my extended family harassing me about what I should blog (or not blog). Talk about me all you want behind my back, I am not the one with things to hide. I have always been quite open with my life. You wanna hide, hid...

Today is not a good day for me. There has not been any good day since Thurday night. No matter what anyone said, nothing will be the same anymore. Since Thursday night, I haven slept for more than 2 hours a night. Its getting quite bad. Its take a toll on my body. Yet, I can't seem to unwind. I can't seem to stop thinking about it. Someone please help me. I feel so alone on this.

Something terrible happened just now. Everything happened so fast. I was, no am furious and I feel guilty for feeling angry. I should feel glad that he is ok. But somehow I still feel sad and angry about losing something that I love. Maybe its not meant to be with me for long. Since I have received numerous offers for it. I am feeling angry, sad, guilt and as well as gladness. Such a mess! Sigh, not to mention worries as well. Seems like what I have studies so far is gone from my brain. Forgot to put into backup drive. (lame joke) Anyway, I am trying to think positive. Well something positive, they are both ok and I guess that is what matters most. I'll deal with whatever need to be dealt with tomorrow and hope for the best for my exam. God bless!

I am taking a break from my studying. I had forgotten how tough it was to be disciplined. I wanted to show a pic of something but then dunno what is wrong with my laptop, cant receive the file from my handphone. I am on the final module now. I only have likr 3 more days to study. hahaha. How can I be so calm ha? Hope that I will pass this module la. Pass also can liaw coz I really have to admit that I have been very slacked for this unit. So I cant expect that much if I din put in that much of effort. It feels weird. Not having to go to work. That I can sleep whenever I want to? That is the life man. If someone can gimme the salary that I am getting now but no need to go to work....how nice? Then I have to look for a bunch of lami or mahjong kakis already. Ah....how to be a tai tai.....*dreaming* *slaps* my head!!!!!! Gotta go back to studying........ Oh Yeah Lin Ji, if you are reading this, Happy Birthday!!!!!!

I cut my hair last Sunday. My hair ends are getting so frizzy due to the bleaching I had 2 years back. I really made my whole head of hair seems unhealthy. So I went to Maureen at Demost Saloon to chop it all off. The results? Ready? Here goes......... It was really short I have to admit. I have not have this length since back in my Secondary school days. After I had the hair cut, I went with Bi to his boss open house. There were some guest there who asked me "Masih Sekolah?" (still schooling?) Hahaha....So do I look younger? Bi said that he prefer me with my long curly hair. I did not straighten my hair, the curls are still here (barely). I just blow dry it and voila! Straight hair! Was thinking of perming it again. I think I'll try out digital perm. Heard that its more lasting. My hair is just too straight for my liking. So which one suits me more? Straight hair or curly hair? Ba...I gotta go study now. Break time is over. P.S. Please wish me luck for my CPA exam on 24t...

Wants VS Needs I want another LV bag. But do I really need it? I suppose so. So I put the money back into the bank after Bi ask me whether do I really need another LV bag. And I pouted and pouted and pouted. I really like that LV bag. Its so nice and best of all limited edition. Sigh!!!! But it was a blessing in disguise coz if I had asked my friend to buy the LV bag, then I won't have enough to change my savings into AUD (when it was on par with Brunei dollars) and put it into fixed deposit and let it earn interest. However, I am still a little depressed about not being able to buy that LV (limited edition you know?) So I decided that I will save money to mod my S15. Finally....after about a year plus of owning my baby, I had decided to mod it. Waiting for my friend to come back from Perth. He got the BOV (blow off valve) and also a boosst controller for me. He'll help me to check my car and decide how much modifications my engine can take as my S15 is an auto transmission. Oh...

Ok, 2 news. I have 2 news, one bad and one good. Since I always go for the bad one first, so here goes..... Bad news is that I'll be very busy just right before I go on leave for CPA exam some more. Coz I'm moving to 7th floor soon. How soon? Depends on how I fast I can find the office furnitures. Good news is that I'll be in a room. Albeit, I will have to share it with a new colleague. But right now I am alone in my department so I'll just savour the time that I have alone in a room. Wow....imagine the privacy. In addition, I heard that the new partition doesn't offer much privacy. So thats double good news. Things are a bit weird right now as I have a new Head and he is a guy and I don't know him very well. But he seems nice enough for me.

Am so glad to know that the internet at home is ok all along. Got a few photos that I wanna share. Lately, I have been taking all photos with my LG Viewty. Do you know why? Coz my camera's battery is flat. It has been flat for around 1 month already and yet I haven't gotten around to charging it. Haha.... "World Class Procrastinator" neh. THE MEAL The meal that I cooked for Bi. Menu for that night was: Carrot, cabbage, onion and scallop soup Sauté potatoes (I only use Australian washed potatoes) with button mushrooms and red onion Beef steak (I only use the best.....must be tenderloin ooo) Close up. Doesn't it look delicious? THE GARLIC This looks funny. Doesn't it? Produce of China. Shouldn't it be "Product of China"? ok ok, I shouldn't laugh at other people's grammar mistakes. Anyway, here are my parents, carefully choosing only the best garlic to cook for their beloved children. This was taken in Giant. I asked them "Seria no sel...

Ok....my wish came true just now at 12:30 pm (approximate time) Lemme start at 10:45am. I obtained permission from my Head to go to the bank. So off I went to TAIB in Kiulap. I gave them a call yesterday and was told that they will be closing at 11:15 am for the Friday prayers. So I left my office around 10:45 and arrived there around 10:55am and guess what? THEY ARE ALREADY CLOSED!!!!!!! TAMADE!!!!! %*^&$(^ (I was really swearing at the bank). Cursing at whoever gave me the wrong info. Anyway, the reason why I was in a hurry to close of that account is to get money to put into AUD fixed deposit. I received an sms from SCB personnel (thank you very much) informing me that the exchange rate was 1.0111 and the interest rate was 5.625%. I was so happy. Guess what? When I arrived at SCB, I was informed that AUD is now on par with BND . One to one le. Wah....and best of all the interest rate is still 5.625% (Coz normally if AUD decreases, the interest rate will also decrease) Minimum to...

Just met my to be Head of Unit. He seems ok. I hope he is ok. Anyway, I'm going to the bank later to place a fixed deposit on AUD. Have been monitoring the exchange rates for the past few weeks. Today the exchange rate is only 1.0111....good time to change money......the interest rate is 5.625%. Also the lowest so far but still its very very worthwhile.

I love the stage of my life in uni. I still prefer studying to working. But not when working and studying comes together. Do you know how sien it is to work from 8:00 to 5:15 and have to go home and study from 7:00 to 12:00? So now my life is like that. Morning and afternoon work work work. After that, in the evening.....HAI!!!!! have to go home and study ALONE.....how kesian right? hehehe....not really that bad la. Last nite just went to have snow ice with Bi before he goes off to play Dota with his friends and later I have free tickets to watch Butterfly Lovers....hahaha

Planning.......What is planning for? Some people have their whole life mapped out and then one little thing throws the whole map out the front door. I have been working for nearly 4 years (couple more months to go) since I graduated back in 2004. What have I achieve so far? In terms of my career (does what I am doing now counts as a career?) In terms of my goals and dreams. I really have no idea. Why this sudden thoughts? I dunno. I was just thinking of what I am suppose to do when I was lying on my bed at night and all these thoughts came rushing. Or maybe coz I just wanna think about something else rather than all those unfortunate things that have been happening to me lately. Maybe I am looking in too closely at my life. I should look at the big picture first. Too many questions asked and no one to answer them.....hmmmm.... I think that this is a useless and aimless post

Selamat Hari Raya! When I saw all the decorations in all my neighbors home, it makes me think of my own family. How I wish that I am at home with them. But unfortunately I have to stay back in Bandar to study hard for my CPA coz I know that I wont be able to study when I am at home. There are just too many distractions. Anyway, I just wanna tell people that I jackpot last night when playing lami. WOO HOO!!!!! Ever since I started to play lami, I jackpot perhaps a total of 3 times? I have been playing lami for like 7 or 8 years. Ok..... I have to go study CPA now.

Do you believe in luck? Well, I do. I have been quite lucky most of the time. But that doesn't mean that I just sit there and good fortune just smiled at me. I do work hard for what I want too. Some people will just sit there and curse everyone and everything for the things that happened to him or her. I just want people to know that successful people don't just sit there and wait for luck to come. If you don't't like where you are right now, you will have to do something about it yourself. No one will be able to help you if you don't even want to help yourself. Sometimes, its also a matter of perspective. Always think positive. Whenever I am down and wonder why do these things happen to me. I try to think on the positive side. Think positive!!!!

I have been contemplating whether I should post this up or not. I wont say what started this. But one thing that I really hate is that people saying that I cheat whoever's money. Or that I depend on my bf financially. For one thing is that I don't cheat people's money. Its against my principles and the same thing goes for people who wanna cheat my money. I'll bite your head off (literally)........ Even when I am really desperate for money (let's hope I'll never see that day), I will NOT cheat anyone's money. Nor do I even have the intention to cheat anyone's money. Another issue is that i DO NOT and AM NOT financially dependant on my bf. I can afford my lifestyle as it is fairly simple (except for the odd LV bag that I am obsessed with). If I don't have the money (when i say money.....I mean CASH, cold hard CASH), then I simply don't buy whatever issit that I wanna buy. Whatever gifts that my bf bought for me, that is his choice. Yeah....its true...

Wow 2nd post today? I'm on a roll. Anyway, this is big news. Anyone who reads the news would have known this by now. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the 4th largest US investment bank had filed for bankruptcy yesterday. News ticker in New York's Times Square (Pic taken from Yahoo!) More news at the following links: - BBC CBS news Lehman is a 158 year old bank that is up stumped by credit crisis and soured real estates values. Closing for key Asia-Pacific stock market on 15.09.2008 (Pic from Yahoo!) Lehman Shares since Feb 2008 (pic from Yahoo!) Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock indes decreased by 4% (pic from Yahoo!) Do you know what kind of impact this would have on my investments???? I have 3 seperate investments. 1. ASB (Should be quite stable kua) 2. Public China Select Fund (I bought it at 0.18++ and the price as at 12.09.08 is only 0.1660. Its just gonna drop further since it has not yet taken in the effect of the lehman bankruptcy. This is bad) 3. Public Dividend Select...

I bought the book on Sunday and I finished reading the book last nite. I bought the book with recommendation from my sis Joanne. Actually I saw the book a couple of months ago and when I was reading the summary, it doesn't interest me all that much, so I didn't buy it. However, after reading it, I have to admit, it was an interesting read. Love between a vampire and a normal human being. With a hint of werewolves thrown in for good measure. Vampires and Werewolves, enemies as old as time. My favourite kind of story. Please note that this book is for young adults. (I still can read it what!!!! even though I am an adult and not a young adult) The male lead, Edward Cullen......he is something like a greek god as the book described him. I understand the attraction for readers. Good looking, drives a fast car (this trait is the one that I like the most), excel at everything, fiercely protective of those he loves. It would seem like he has no weakness (except for the thrist of blood...

Finally I took my S15 to the workshop to erm.....wat do you call that? cover up kah? Anyway, becoz of a little incident on Saturday afternoon, I was left with my left hand side door looking like this..... Although the dent is quite small and the scratches are not all that obvious but I know its there and its been eating me in the inside. Since I'm gonna to cover up the scratches that was 'created' last Saturday, I thought that I might as well ask the guy to cover up other places. My front bumper. Got this BIG scratch at Jo's house. Sien!!!! Aiyak!!!! There was a wolverine scracth on my side skirt. I asked the boss to cover thar as well but I forgot to take a picture of that scratch. Its gonna cost me like B$ 200. Hai!!!!! So much more expensive than Bi's car. Coz the boss said that my car's paint is pearl white, not ordinary car paint. Then I also asked him for a quotation for a full body paint. It's gonna cost more or less B$1000 man. Actually my paint are...