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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...

I read this in my cousin's notes on Facebook. "A true and faithful friend is one who will tell you the truth even when it wounds or hurts you, but an enemy will only tell you what you want to hear." I find that phrase so true. So when a friend tells you what you don't wanna hear, try to open your heart and listen. Coz its really for your own good. There is not one friend who would wanna see you unhappy or wanna hurt you (unless they are your enemy) Beware of those who only sweet talk you!!!!

okok.....the previous post was about last weekend, this post is gonna be last last weekend. Hahaha...yeah I am that busy (as if, more like lazy la) Its been quite some time since I last spend a weekend in Bandar. We (Bi, me and Bi's parents) went for breakfast and then shopping at The Mall. Din really buy anything. DST was having a roadshow at The Mall as well so I went over to say hi to my colleagues......and since they are so busy, I decided to help them out for a bit. It was so tiring man. I helped them out for like 2 hours and I was knocked out. Went to Lee Loi Fatt and then back to Bi's house to oioi. I was totally asleep.......slept for about 2 hours and then my parents came from Seria and so me and Bi went to have dinner with them at Si Hai Ting......hmmm....their roasted duck is kinda disappointing now. Anyway, we went back to The Mall and my colleagues are still there.....kelian le......(they later told me that they worked till 12am) Mami and me went to buy some shirts...