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Sorry for no update this week. Believe it or not I have been working in WCC for a week. One whole week. Which mean only left 3 more weeks working with them. I started working at the office around 9am which mean I will have to wake up at least at 7am for shower, getting ready and breakfast then wait for the bus at 7.50 and the bus usually came at 8.05am or so. Even though my director would want me to start at 9.30am but I could not do so as my colleague will drop me home at 5pm, free of charge. So why hassle taking the bus and go through the jams when u can arrive at home earlier and with no charge.

I am in charge to organize and run our “Be safe be smart” programme which targeting youngsters age ranging from 13 to 17 years old. It is focusing on the prevention of child sexual abuse. It is a cool programme but the hassle is you need to make phone calls and urging people for the seminar. We are doing it for the Tamil school this time so I really need to work hard on it, just for my experience and the credential. Well, it is not easy to force the teachers to come as it will be run on school holiday. So right now I am using all my charms and sweet talk skill to persuade them to be there. The whole programme will be conducted in Tamil as whether you believe it or not, most of the child sexual abuse happened among Indian kids. This is because of Indian man are mostly under the influence of booze, which eventually makes them going insane. I am not saying this because I hate Indians or I have something against them but that is the fact and the reality going on.

On the weekend on both Saturday and Sunday, I need to be available because I was assigned to be the tech guy for talk on Marriage on Sat and Parenting Skill on Sun, which was held in WOU with our invited speaker Mr. Paul Jambunathan, a clinical psychologist who has his own weekly morning radio segment on Lite FM. He is a great guy and did not complaint nor show off much despite of his position, work, credentials and achievements. His talk went well eventhough lack of participant. It is something that I could not understand you see. The speaker is a well known person, the location is easily reachable, the auditorium is fantastic and well-equipped and we are running the talks for free!

I really learned a lot and got ton of inputs during the talk and somehow it is not easy to even start a relationship, and now we are talking on how to maintain and make it works! And yes, I might not be in a serious relationship right now, but I figure that those things he said is useful for my future if I am going to have a partner for myself. The parenting thingy was good too. Maybe if I am ever going to have a kid, I would know what to do with them. =) . I was sitting on the same table with my director, Mr. Paul and some of our committee members and it is so surprise that one of them were talking about how crazy parents are now nowadays. Parents are so eager to send their kids to good school so that they could get good result, not get their kids to be trained to be a human being.

Can you imagine sending your kids to a kindergarten, which then your little one age about 5 years old need to sit for an exam for them to enroll in that particular place! And in that kinder, you kids will be teach on how to use a computer, which I do not think it is appropriate with their age as computer were not invented to be use by the young ones! One people told me that he went to a kindergarten in KK and what he sees was children are sitting for their exams and the teacher would put a partition between one another to avoid them from copying each other. Isn’t that crazy you think? I think that it is just too much. Mr. Paul said the teacher is only promoting a bad influence to the kids, which is the most crucial essence of life, NOT TO TRUST ANYBODY. I thought that it is funny at first, but it is happening these days.

I was frustrated with Maxis earlier this month. They actually overcharged my IDD calls to the UK, as I will talk with Freddie once in a while. When I called the operator earlier this month, he told me that the rate for calling to the UK is 50sen per min. I thought that it is quite cheap so we extend our conversation for about an hour. When the bill came, they charged me double the rate! I was so shocked as I am paying for my mother’s bill at the same time. So I made a complaint and they actually need to investigate the thing which took them about a week to find out what happened. It turns out that the previous guy was telling me the truth but he did not notice that the rate was the promotion for October. Whether they like it or not, then they gave a RM50 rebate for all the International calls I made. I called him again three days ago, and yesterday which sum up the total calls to be 45 minutes, and that mean I need to spare RM45 for my phone bill this month! But it is worth it.

Well, life is not easy. Have a good day.

Love.

=)

Me and Freddie =)

Currently listening to.....

Live like we're dying


Sometimes we fall down and can't get back up
We're hiding behind skin that's too tough
How come we don't say I love you enough
Till it's too late, it's not too late

Our hearts are hungry for a food that won't come
We could make a feast from these crumbs
And we're all staring down the barrel of a gun
So if your life flashed before you, what would you wish you would've done

Yeah, gotta start
Looking at the hands of the time we've been given here
This is all we got and we gotta start thinkin' it
Every second counts on a clock that's tickin'
Gotta live like we're dying

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
To turn it all around or to throw it all away
We gotta tell 'em that we love 'em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we're dying

And if your plane fell out of the skies
Who would you call with your last goodbyes
Should be so careful who we left out of our lives
So when we long for absolution, there'll be no one on the line

You never know a good thing until it's gone
You never see a crash until it's head on
All these people right when we're dead wrong,
You never know a good thing till it's gone

* A new single by the winner of American Idol 8, Kris Allen. Not actually his own song, originally sang by The Script. No offense but I just like Kris's version better than the duo. =). It has the right portion of song that I prefer. Good vocal, well done music arrangement and I love the lyric the most! Congratulation to the lyricist.

Thursday

One crazy week lah. Daryl came up from Singapore for a short trip on Saturday afternoon and I picked him up from the airport by bus then took the taxi to the hotel. Then had lunch and brought him to the Hill. He was so delighted with the old tram and scenery and see the city lights up after dawn. He left on Sunday noon as his flight is at 3.05pm. Accompanied him till his boarding call. That is the most possible trip that I could do for such a short time. The reason I took him to the Hill is because there is no such hill in Sg and he did the beach in Phuket in Sept so I thought of doing something different this time.

We talked about the incident happened when I was in Sg last time and he explained about it. Not really convincing but at least he said something about it which satisfy me. Plus, I have known him for several years, before he got to Sg, or long before he even think of moving to Asia! And after I rethink about it few times, it is not worth the years we spoke to each other and the friendship value. Morrie taught me to appreciate everyone who came across your life.

The exams on Monday, Wednesday and today. I skipped the Monday paper because I am sure I cannot do it as I did not attend most of the classes eventhough the teacher did not barred me from it. Wednesday went well. It is my favourite paper afterall, Thai language level 3. I have to asked a friend who work in the chansellory office to print me a copy of the exam slip for me, 5 mins before the real exam started! Today, Health Psych is just another favourite, simply because of the teacher and the content itself. 120 questions to be answered in 3 hours and most student could finish it in an hour. My timing, 1 hour and 45 minutes, before I could not stand sitting on the chair and circling the correct answer.

My life so far has been well. WCC finally decided to hire me for a month, which mean I have to let go my KL crazy-luxurious-celebrities-all-around-life. So no more Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Hugo Boss, Burberry, Aigner sort of scene everyday. Also got a place to stay temporarily, thanks to my yoga instructor. But still, financially unstable. Do not know where I could get some money during my stay. Already asked my mom twice this month, so will think of something. My paycheck would be probably out by next month.

Fri-Die

Friday Nov 6th, 2009




8.34am Wake up call

8.36am Sleeping again

10.47am Another wake up call

10.48am Blur

11.08am Fully awake

11.43am Doing some laundry

12.14pm Hang my laundry

12.17pm Boil some water

12.18pm Fold my shirts

12.24pm Making coffee

12.25pm Nature call

12.31pm Wash my face and brush teeth

12.38pm Shower time

1.04pm Getting ready for Friday prayer

1.10pm Start walking to the masjid

1.18pm Arrived at masjid

1.25pm Friday sermont

1.50pm Finish Friday prayer

1.57pm Walking to Subaidah

2.15pm Makan lunch

2.30pm Finish makan lunch

2.37pm Walking to the library

2.45pm Entered the library

2.58pm Berebut computer and got one

3.00pm Stay online (checking mails, edit my CV, chatting with friends, etc.)

3.45pm Reserve tiket wayang



Later, going to watch movie with friends at 7.35pm. Phobia 2. Dont forget to catch them in cinemas near you!

Damn it!

Another week passes by and here I am again. I had a I-don’t-know-how-to-describe-week as I am busy in bed. Well, I am not busy doing “that” but I was really drown by excessive unconscious sleeping disorder (which all mean that I sleep a lot!). Morrie was right, when you are in bed you are dead. I could not agree more. And again, good things and bad things go crossing my life path. Good thing – Freddie is back! He went missing for almost two months and he came back from his hiding finally. He told me that he went away as he needs to take care of his ill father and the lung cancer mother.

Daryl sent me his used phone from Singapore. He already bought a new one so he gave me his old one. Thank you very much for that. My old phone is cracking and almost can be place among the disposable items. I got a job offer from WCC for this coming semester break! I am so excited but it is still pending. If I am going to work and stay here, I need to find a place which could be easily accessible by public transport and not far from the eating places. I really need to talk to the director about the offer. Plus, I always want to work here afterall. Or else, the KL job is still waiting for my respond. And I already have a place to stay there.

Bad news – my exams is coming up! God, I am so terrified by it. This is my last chance in order to step my foot on the university ground or else I will be expel forever. I tried as much as I could to get closer and in touch with my books. I have one more bad news which really struck me and it is between life and death. An online friend that I never met but chat to him occasionally told me that there is one guy I slept with is a HIV+. I almost jump off my chair but I have to agree that it is really horrifying and it bugs me every day. I could have contact the guy and ask him directly but I do not have the nerve to do so.

To ensure my health status, I went for a HIV test yesterday. I requested to undergo the ELISA test, as it is more accurate than the rapid test but the doctor refused to do so as he says that it is the government procedure to do the ELISA test if only the rapid test comes positive. As I thought it would be, my result came back negative. I was so relieved but I need to come back after three months for the next test. I really learned a very good lesson from my mistake. And I thank God for giving me the second chance. Therefore now I could concentrate on my exam. Wish me luck!

Funny One

A blonde calls her boyfriend and says, "Please come over here and help me. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can't figure out how to get started."

Her boyfriend asks, "What is it supposed to be when it's finished?" The blonde says, "According to the picture on the box, it's a rooster." Her boyfriend decides to go over and help with the puzzle.

She lets him in and shows him where she has the puzzle spread all over the table. He studies the pieces for a moment, then looks at the box, then turns to her and says, "First of all, no matter what we do, we're not going to be able to assemble these pieces into anything resembling a rooster."

He takes her hand and says, "Second, I want you to relax. Let's have a nice cup of tea, and then," he said with a deep sigh. .. . ... ... .

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"Let's put all the Corn Flakes back in the box."

Second joke

A crusty old Marine Sergeant Major found himself at a gala event hosted by a local liberal arts college. There was no shortage of extremely young idealistic ladies in attendance, one of whom approached the Sergeant Major for conversation.

"Excuse me, Sergeant Major, but you seem to be a very serious man. Is something bothering you?" "Negative, ma'am. Just serious by nature." The young lady looked at his awards and decorations and said, "It looks like you have seen a lot of action." "Yes, ma'am, a lot of action."

The young lady, tiring of trying to start up a conversation, said, "You know, you should lighten up a little. Relax and enjoy yourself."

The Sergeant Major just stared at her in his serious manner. Finally the young lady said, "You know, I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but when is the last time you had sex?" "1955, ma'am."

"Well, there you are. No wonder you're so serious. You really need to chill out! I mean, no sex since 1955! She took his hand and led him to a private room where she proceeded to "relax" him several times.

Afterwards, panting for breath, she leaned against his bare chest and said, "Wow, you sure didn't forget much since 1955." The Sergeant Major said in his serious voice, after glancing at his watch, "I hope not; it's only 2130 now."