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I'm currently under the weather or rather I have been, since Monday. Was trying to let my body recover by itself by resting a lot cos I couldn't bear to miss work since it's a very busy week. But, my body finally gave in today. So I went to see the doctor and I was given medicine and a day off for tomorrow.
You know, most of the time, when we are sick, we just want to hang on to stuff that's in the past? I was reading through my old blog posts from my older blog(now deleted but I still can view :P) and I really miss the times that I had before we all grow up and move into the working world. All the crazy things we did back in high school, adventurous stuff from uni days and everything in between. All those precious photos that're not on facebook cos yeah, I started blogging in 2004 and only started using facebook in 2009! Kids, teenagers back then survived on blogs! And I am so glad that I was part of them. :) I had a couple of blogs from blogdrive, xanga and blogger but in the end, I still prefer to use blogger.
As the years go on, the way I blog has changed and so does the stuff that I share. Since most of my friends are in the working world too, it's only natural for me not to retain their silly pasts in the internet world. How would you react if your boss found a photo of you making silly monkey face? I don't want to bear the consequences! Screening through each and every post to edit is not something that I'd do too as it's very time consuming. So, the easiest way was to just delete/shut down my previous precious blog that was with me for 4 years! 360 posts! T.T
I intended to just post up photos, links and videos when I started this blog few years back but the blogging bug came back to me. I was back to blogging normally without myself realising. I guess, once a hobby, always a hobby.
I'll try to continue my Melbourne post as soon as I can!
As for now, it's time for medication and more rest.
*sneezes*
Good night all~
I miss my beloved coffee!
Can't wait to have you again when I am off from medication!
PS: Please drink lots of water and take good care of your health especially in this hazy weather! Thank goodness for the down pour this afternoon! I hope the air is fresher tomorrow~
* Scroll down to the bottom of the post for a small update *
Hey guys! How's your weekend?
This is going to be a super short post cause I am still away on a 'work' trip. Nah it's nothing that major, I'm just being sent to take a short course. I'll continue with my travel post on KL when I get back yeah?
This is the dummy that we used for practice today.
Yeah, you got that right! First Aid instructor course!
We had the first aid course last year and this year we're taking a similar course but to be the instructor instead.
Wish me luck!
This afternoon, after finishing today's course, I didn't feel like going 'home' yet so I went to the Supa Save at Mabohai for a short 'walk'. I have not been there for years! Went to Toys R Us which's on the 2nd floor and I bought 2 toys for myself! Hehe.. Left them in my car so, sorry no photo today! If I'm hardworking, I might edit this post in the future and add that photo~
Then, I went to this place that sells frozen yoghurt on the first floor. It's called Blitz. I have to confess I really love the interior there! The froyo was not bad but not what I expected. It's ok, the beautiful interior makes up for everything! Hehe
My sugar free & passion fruit froyo with kiwi and almonds toppings~
Pretty right? Even the tray is so pretty!! :3
Then I went to Supa Save which's on the ground floor to do some grocery shopping. I hope the Supa Save in KB will be as big as this after renovation! I saw the chocolate shop, Royce! I might return one day to try out the chocolate! :)
That sort of sums up my Monday. Ending this post with 2 videos that I really love this week!
Big Bang - Monster
My most favourite group is back!!
*screams with joys*
Although they look weird with those hairstyles, clothes, piercings and eyes, I still love my boys! My GD baby ♥!
Teen Top - To You
This is a group that has churned out awesome songs one after another and I am loving all their songs so far!
I love their sleek dance moves and their voices too! Ahem and those body waves too! HAHA
Anyways, keep it up guys!
Have a great week all~
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Stuff below is updated on 7th of June 2012.
Alrights, I'm going to post the pictures of the toys that I bought and mentioned earlier and also a few photos from our course too. Phewff thank goodness the course is over! I am on a holiday mood already! :D
An infant dummy on the left and on the right is the adult dummy which we dissembled and assembled the on the last day.
Lots of bandages and scarves for practice and assessment!
Some quotes I snapped from our instructor's slides.
Blitz again!
:)
Strawberry and original frozen yoghurt with fresh strawberries and mangoes toppings!
The cute giraffe on the wall~
And then..... MY TOYS!!
New addition to my Littles Pet Shop!
♥ ♥ ♥
Scrat!!!
♥ ♥ ♥
If only there's an acorn too then it'd be perfect!
Well, I guess venting out somewhere really helps and make our mind stable.
Anyhow... holiday has been okay so far. Note to myself: need to seriously get some work done ASAP!
I have been catching up on lots of dramas and books. Finished "Cinderella's Stepsister" and I have to say it is good! Not awesome but yeah, good enough to spend some time in watching it. Absolutely love the leading actor(Chun Jung Myung is sooo cute!) and the ost(It has to be you sang by YeSung of Super Junior). Love the twist in the drama and like any other korean drama, sadness.
I'm currently juggling between a korean drama titled "Coffee House" and a taiwanese drama titled "Autumn's Concerto". Am having a pause in the later cos it's a bit too long gas? HAHA Where as the former is killing me!!! IT IS SO FUNNY that I thought I am gonna die from laughing too much. Just when the drama is getting into the real plot, it will have a pause for a few weeks due to World Cup. Right... I don't even know why WC has got to do with korean drama. =.=''
My Japanese and HK dramas are still pending together with my anime and western Series! OMG so much stuff to watch but so little time. hahaa well....
I managed to catch 2 movies at the cinema this holiday. "Prince of Persia" and "Karate Kid". I like both movies! Giving a 4/5 for both movies. 1% is deducted from each movie cos there're snakes in POP and the fights are a bit too violent in KK.
Met up with a couple of friends and I hope I can meet the rest in the next few days before Monday rolls in!
Our aunty has gone back and will be back in 3 weeks' time and life has been soooo different at home. HAHA folding clothes hachooooo~
Bought a new bag and some necessities which include DVDs(yesss I seriously do not know how I am going to finish them), hair bands/head bands and ummm books? OH YES BOOKS! So many waiting for me to be read! Only managed to finish reading Sophie Kinsella's Twenties Girl. I must say it's not bad. Well 8/10? HEHE
Anyhowwww... I am addicted to this song at the moment. Billionaire by Travie McCoy and Bruno Mars. Here's the video. Enjoy!
I just sneezed 6 times in one go and I am having a runny nose now!
Nooooooooo... this is not the time to fall sick or anything. Please hold on until holiday maybe? HAHA
Anyway, my kids are having their exams now. I've marked Maths so far and I am sooo happy to see improvements in a few kids. Damn suang~ But, a few are still... well, you know.
I'm in love with this song by Aaron Carter at the moment.
Aaron Carter - Let Go
Source: 0902885565@youtube
Do you think that he's singing about Hilary Duff? HAHA got that from the comments from youtube actually.
Did manicure and pedicure at a new place today with atashi no tomodachi. The place's called Nail Paradise, situated a few doors down from Court furniture in Kb.
Apparently, this nail parlour has been around for 2 years! OMG I'm like the last one to know? HAHA I only know when another tomodachi told me last month. Yes, I am very out. I've been out every since I started working full time.
This place is quite small so yeah I think they only can attend to up to 3 customers at the same time only.
What I really like about this place is, the price is affordable and they use OPI's stuff! LOTS of colour to choose from and they have really nice designs! I am so going back for nail designs when my holiday is here.
Members of Nail Paradise can enjoy 10% discount. It's really easy to get the membership. I paid $78 for about 7 services which include mani, pedi, hand and foot massage, hand and foot spa etc Then I got a membership card d! And... *drums roll* I don't have to do all the services in one session and there's no expiry date. One more really cool offer is 50% on my birthday week!!!
Now how COOL is that?!
Alright, enough of my experience at Nail Paradise. This is not a money making blog so I'll just continue with the bits and pieces of my life.
My kids are having their Mid Year Exams next week. OMG I am so nervous! What if they are going to do worse than last exam? What will the parents think? Did they study at home? Did they rest? See? My job ain't easy. HAHA that's why I have not been going out much. Holiday ah holiday, I miss you! 2 weeks to go!
There's this riot going on at Bangkok right now and the red shirts just set the malls on fire 2 days ago. My god! MALLS!! I think my ticket has to be chucked into the bin then. There I was so looking forward to shopping in Bangkok since February! Anyway, I just hope they won't hurt more people or... buildings. It's not cheap to build a new shopping mall ok! And the people! So kesian can!
That apart, there isn't much going on apart from work. I have so many things lining up on my 'to-do list' for this June break. I am really looking forward to June!
I have been in the mood for classic songs from the 90's and early 2000's. Bands like 911, The Moffatts, Bon Jovi, Savage Garden, BSB, HOT and singers like Kavana, Aaron Carter, Jay Chou's earlier songs are really superb classics that are missing from today's music. Music nowadays depend too much on computers and it makes the songs lack the feel and touch. Gah... how I am missing the good old days when we were younger and things were more simple and the grass was greener. HAHA ok scratch the last bit.
Here's HOT's "a song for a lady" off the drama, Autumn in my heart, which is really nice, sad and touching!
I went for medical check up with my colleagues. Got my hand poked by a not so thin needle but I was considered lucky cos I got a nicer lady so no bruise or anything. In case you are wondering, it's requested by MOH. Until now I still don't know why they are doing this. Maybe they wanna scare themselves by looking at the health results of us HAHA
Shopped like A LOT? Bought 6 pairs of kains just for $75! 2 of them are cotton! OOOoooh I am sooo excited! I've never made any baju kurung from cotton before. Gotta think of a nice and simple design so the pretty flowery kains won't go to waste.
Bought soooo many books. Seriously, I now have more than 20 reference books? All to help me teach better. HAHA ok I am bluffing. All to guide me to set exercises and short tests for my kids. I'm new in this profession so I don't have that MUCH idea or clue on how questions should look like. I tend to make questions really hard and they are really tough for my kids. They looked as if they are reading an alien language HAHA
Bought sooo many things for my work as well. Purple White board marker pens! COOL or not! Now I have black, blue, red, green, orange and purple! AWESOME! Got myself a paper cutter all for MYSELF and it's in orange!! =D Handling the scissor for a long time will make your hand tired and I am scared that my fingers will be deformed HAHA so yeah it's a nice investment for my work...
See? Everything in my life now is about my work. I am turning into a workaholic! Nooooooo cannot cannot da-me da-me!! haha
The only thing that I've bought for myself, that's not related to work is hair shampoo. OMG I sound so pathetic now. Ok, nvm, at least I pampered myself to mani+pedi+foot scrub all for $25 only! Now not only I have nice nails, I am having smooth feet too! SUPERB!
Met up with some friends over the last 2 weeks to catch up on each other's busy life. Life is interesting. We each have a job to do or stuff to do(for those who are still studying) but we'll come together once in a while to eat or just to talk. Is familiarity the new way of escaping stress from work? At least you know 80% of the talk that are going to happen will NOT be regarding work. It's gonna be a reminiscence of our funny-nothing-to-worry-about-old-life. Funny events are being brought up over and over again, new stories are being added and forgotten stories are being retold. I LOVE meeting my friends. At least I know life is not just about working. It's about bonding with people as well.
Tomorrow, I am going to have a girls' night out! Woooohoooo~ It's something that we've planned since last year! OMG! We've been working for 6 months! Another 6 to go to make it ONE year. Deng we are sure gonna celebrate it. It might not be something that people usually celebrate for but it's just a reminder that we've survived the cruel adult world. We are just mere novice exploring the big bad world outside schools and unis.
Oh on a side note, a friend is getting married this June! Congratulations F and I! HAHA dengg cannot mention their names here cos this dear friend of mine even deactivated her FB account! Anyway, I wish them happy and sweet life together until forever and ever. Just like a pair of chopsticks that need the other half until forever and ever.
I keep on saying forever and ever lately. It's all Parallel Lines's fault!! I had to explain that they never meet... forever and ever...even if you extend the lines to infinity... HAHA
I guess it's time for me to count sheeps now. Here's Jay Chou's latest song. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the lyrics. It somehow relates to what I am doing now. Trying to save the world(my kids) etc HAHA
I've been away from this blog for quite some time! It doesn't feel like it's mine anymore. It feels like a stranger to me.
No! This cannot happen! I am going to update MORE often from now on NO MATTER how busy I am. *fingers crossed*
I only have 2 words to describe my life outside the internet. Busy and stressful.
I can't decide which is affecting me mentally and physically. I feel so drained out at the end of each day.
My mind won't stop thinking about my work even when I am spacing out, watching tv, going to sleep or dreaming! Am I a workaholic? Is this the life of a workaholic?
NOOOOOoooooo...
I look forward to Thursday nights and Fridays because these are the only time in the whole freaking long week that have some changes from my everyday routine.
Sometimes I feel like a zombie that is being controlled by someone else.
On another note, I have not posted the long overdue photos! Right... I don't even remember where I saved them what with my laptop crashing so many times in the last few months.
Until I fill this space up again, have a good day to anyone who still pass by~
Today's the first day of having 34 pupils in my class. OMG I cannot believe it's back to the situation like last year! T_T
Soooo chaotic! But thank goodness I still have my voice after NOT shouting for quite some time. HAHA
Really, there should never be a class with more than 25 pupils. I wonder how teachers at private schools cope ;) Really steady loh!! Ok, maybe I'm not experienced enough.
Anyway, we went to Sheraton Hotel last night for their buffet. It's to celebrate sis's advanced birthday! There weren't THAT much choice but we were sibeh full nonetheless. Maybe because it's a weekday. But the ambience was quite nice though and the service was satisfactory. *thumb's up* I heart the mango mousse hehe
After not hearing people talk Japanese in REAL life for months, my mind was so mixed up and slooooow. Must revise! *insert miss S's name* we must practice together! My tongue is twisted now! LOL
Okay, I'm gonna go steal 15 minutes of nap now before dog-walking time.
Enjoy the video below!
晴天 - 周杰伦
Source: lameology@youtube
It's not my most favourite song from Mr. Awesome Jay Chou BUT it's the FIRST song that got me started to listen to his songs. It still sounds sooo nice after so many years!