I Will Survive…

I SURVIVED MY FIRST DAY AT WORK AT THE NEW PLACE… but I wouldn’t call it work yet since new staffs have to undergo induction and training first… but yeah, hopefully I WILL SURVIVE

I’m too lazy and sleepy at the moment, so I’ll leave you with one of my all time favourite songs… the lyrics of the song is so meaningful to me, empowered me through so many bad times… and it will always be a song that will lift up my spirit whenever I feel down… not that I’m feeling down at the moment… in fact it’s au contraire

I Will Survived - Gloria Gaynor

First I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without you by my side
But I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me wrong
I grew strong
I learned how to carry on
and so you’re back
from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed my stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
you’d be back to bother me

Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
’cause you’re not welcome anymore
weren’t you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
you think I’d crumble
you think I’d lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
as long as i know how to love
I know I will stay alive
I’ve got all my life to live
I’ve got all my love to give
and I’ll survive
I will survive

It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
kept trying hard to mend
the pieces of my broken heart
and I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
Now I hold my head up high
and you see me
somebody new
I’m not that chained up little person
still in love with you
and so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
now I’m saving all my loving
for someone who’s loving me

I like the “Cake” version, but I like this version better!

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Selamat Berpuasa…

The fasting month is here. It was announced over the local television channels earlier in the evening yesterday; that 1st September/1 Ramadhan 1429H is officially the first day of fasting for the Muslims in Malaysia (and also according to the Muslim calendar too).

I’ve been practicing this for the past few years, so this year will be no exception. I will try my best to complete the one-month fasting period (except for the “red flag” days hehe!) again. To those of you who doesn’t know yet, I’m learning and preparing myself to know, to love and to embrace Islam before I fully convert myself, if all is well according to plan ;)  Not that hard since there almost half of my extended families (mom’s siblings and my cousins) are Muslims anyway.

To those of you who smokes and wants to kick off the habit… this is a good month to start

 The photo above is courtesy of NoktahHitam.com - from his collection of Ramadhan cards design. Selamat berpuasa …..

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Beep! NOT A Boring Weekend….

A few days ago, I thought this weekend was going to be to a boring one with my closest friends being out of town. Wrong! I was out most of the time, that I didn’t even have time to do house chores like I planned.

Let’s start with Friday night. I went out with Man-D in the early evening to revert my Maxis Postpaid to Hotlink Prepaid at Warisan Plaza. As I realised that I don’t have enough “proper” office attire, Man-D accompanied me to look for clothes at Centre Point. You see, I wore casual blouses and jeans to work most of the time, and sometimes even simple collared t-shirts too. Since I’ll start working this coming 2nd September in a new environment, there are certain dressing code that I need to adhere to. As much as I’d like to be the weird one, I wouldn’t want to stick out like a sore thumb in the new workplace! I found a pair on Friday night, after spending a few hours going from one place to another. We were so hungry by then, and it was no wonder since it was nearing 10 p.m. Went to grab something to eat and finally got home around midnight.

Converted my Maxis postpaid line back to Hotlink Prepaid Plan

Saturday. I had to wake up early as I had a consultation appointment at BP Lab at 8am to get my upper abdomen ultrasound scan and to obtain the result of the blood and urine tests done last week. I’m so glad that the result was favourable, except for my blood pressure. But that, hopefully can be controlled by watching my diet and exercising regularly. After that, I sent my mom to work and went to sign my appointment letter. Went home for a while and fetched my mom around 1p.m. Waited for my car’s plate numbers to be changed and off to do more shopping at Wisma Merdeka and Warisan Square. Got home around 10p.m. and was dead to the world after taking my shower.

 

Got my medical check up report. All satisfactory except for blood pressure.

Sunday. Had to drive mom to work overtime again. Had breakfast with mom, fetched a friend for another breakfast session and proceeded to City Mall. Fetched Mom from work around lunch time, sent the pizza to my sister at UITM Sepanggar and off to Wisma Merdeka again. I needed to have my pants altered and look for a pair of not-so-high footwear for work. I still don’t have the shoes but by 4 p.m. I ended up with this instead…..

 

Sony Ericsson W960i. 8GB, Touch Screen with WIFI Connectivity.

Yes, got myself a new phone!!! Mom got herself a white/gold SE W660i to replace her faulty and worn out Nokia 626o. While I was sitting there with her, I just couldn’t resist the temptation. Traded in my Nokia N73 Music Edition and got myself a Sony Ericsson W960i (SE W960i). Another impulse buy for a phone. *Sigh* I seriously have a problem with my interest with mobile phones. But at least I let go of one of my phones to get a new one this time. Very reluctantly. I told Man-D that I’ll get a phone if I can sell my phone with a reasonable price. So yeah, Man-D, the offer was too good to pass even though it’s not as high as what you got for yours Except I got a different model from the one I tested the other day because this one is has WIFI connection capability I’ll do the review when I’m done exploring the phone’s functions. Meanwhile, you can take a look at the specifications of this phone from Sony Ericsson’s website.

So I have another day tomorrow to do the chores. I spent so much within this 3 days that I don’t think I’d want to go the shopping malls for the next few months. I bought clothes to last me a week of workdays so I think that should be enough for now LOL! No more new clothes for me till the end of this year at least so that I can save up for my Manila trip next year. It’s no Orlando vacations but still requires money; which I don’t want to fork out from my ASB saving. No more new phones either till the ones that I have now are worn out. All in all, it was definitely not a boring weekend! How was yours?

 

Selamat Hari Merdeka yang ke-51!

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A New Chapter….

Today will be my last day working for the current company. Should be yesterday, but the lady boss requested me to work for just another day more. It feels as if it was only yesterday I submitted my resignation letter - when in fact it’s been a month already. After almost 5 years, I won’t be working for a company that deals with stationery and office supplies anymore. Leaving my comfort zone behind and will be working for a construction company instead.

From working 5-days a week, I will be working half-day on Saturdays as well from next week onwards. I sacrificed quite a lot out of my current salary and takes up this new job. Yes, the new job pays less than my current job. But that’s for starting since I have no experience with the new job. I have to leave for work before 7 a.m. and clock in before 8 a.m. whereas now I can leave the house at 8 a.m. even though I’m supposed to be at work by 8. It only takes about 15-20 minutes drive. No punch card, sometimes I just have to SMS the boss to inform them that I’m going to be late. Now it’s going to be half an hour drive, without the traffic jam during peak hours! Yes, it’s going to be different. All in the name of being happy at work and healthy as a horse! I hope I will, seriously, I really hope so!

I love challenge, and that’s what I’m going to get. I’ll have to work my butt off and prove myself worthy of the new company. I like to know that I have something to achieve, to learn new things from my work. That’s what’s lacking from my current job; lack of brain stimulations, lack of challenges. Nothing to achieve anymore, especially with my salary being at its max already.

But first, let me start working in a new environment, with quite different job descriptions to fill my days than what I’ve spent for the last few years. Let me work to get my job confirmed and then we’ll see how it goes from there. Wish me luck, everyone! I’m going to need all the luck that I can get, plus the dedication to work of course, and survives the sea of sharks - figuratively speaking that is! A new chapter of my life begins soon….

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Tidying Up The Room….

When I was about to leave my PC and get something for lunch just now, drumsticks changed her status in Gtalk (in my case, the Gmail ) to “Tidying up the room again!!!” haha! It reminds me of my need to tidy up my own room, in fact the whole house! It would be great if I were staying in a condo hotel instead, with all housekeeping service keeping my room clean and neat all the time. Since my sister left for UITM, the house is like a shipwreck… she was the one doing the chores after school and when she was waiting for the offer to further her studies for 6 months. I now know how hard it is to juggle time between work, socialising (meeting friends lah) and doing house chores!

I left for work early in the morning, and back by 6 in the evening. I then have to rush to cook dinner and sweep the floor. The list of chores are ongoing and I just cannot seem to finish them all in a day. I just said to my significant other yesterday that it seems like 24 hours is not enough for me anymore to get all the things done… but of course, I was only joking! I’m not going to get myself all knotted up because of chores, but I do have to see all those laundry that need to be folded LOL! What a sore sight! Ugh!

Oh well, since I won’t be going anywhere during this long weekend, I might as well spend the time tidying up my room that now look as if a typhoon passed by in it. I just hope I won’t be so caught up with watching DVD movies instead! LOL!

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