You are not an angel

Stop acting like you’re an angel ‘cause we all know your true colours.Its annoying for those who know you.

I might be PMS-ing. I’m not too sure

The Letter

I finally got my letter today.

Yes, that long awaited letter that everyone (in KL that is) seemed to have got on Saturday, which I did not, but instead I got it on Monday. (I shall not go into a hissy fit and diss my postal service, instead I’ll be glad that they did deliver it)

I’m a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. And I also have some pretty serious anxiety issues. When I did not get the letter on Saturday, I was anxious. And to think that I would have to wait till Monday to see if I get it, is a pretty daunting for a person who has anxiety issues, especially when I was wondering if I even passed the interview! So I guess the delay was God’s way of asking me to deal with my anxiety issues. ( I know, I seem to have a lot of issues!! )

So yes, after much reassurance from a few close friends, I did not freak out till the postman reached my house today. (By not freak out, I mean not yell/scold the postman, but I did curse the fact that he only comes after 1! And I’ve never really paid much attention to the postman until today. Hmm..)

I was being offered ‘Perlantikan Tetap ke Jawatan Pegawai Farmasi Gred U41’ – which means I’m being employed by the government to work as a pharmacist! (1 year training + 3 years compulsory service = M free to opt out of the government service with my license after 4 years)

My first reaction was, “Thank GOD the letter is here!! THE LETTER IS HERE!!!”. And after I got that letter, and was glad that I received it, I did not really know how to react. I mean, this is it. I’m going to enter the working life, leaving my student life behind.( well, technically speaking its not the end of my student life yet as I need to be a student again when I get my Masters and PhD)

I don’t feel like I’m ready.

I guess when we all start off, we don’t feel like we’re ready for it, we kinda get used to it once we start doing it.

The irony is, I waited all these months for this letter, and now that it is here, I’m afraid of what it is going to bring me.

Now that I’ve received this letter, I need to wait another letter which will tell me where I’m being posted to. Honestly, I’m not really worried about where I’ll be posted to, as I said earlier, everything happens for a reason, so I will be posted to wherever it is for a reason - which only God knows. But I’ll accept wherever I get. I’ve already mentally prepared my self to take what they give me and make the best of it!

I’m not where I pictured myself to be, but I know that in order to reach where I want to be, I have to go through whatever I’m going through now.

The past is not for us to dwell upon and wonder. What we should be is focused on the present and what are the possible hurdles awaiting us in the future, and how to overcome them. Be thankful for the past as without it, we will not be where we are today, knowing what we know today. And whatever is going to come our way, it comes our way for a reason, and we should embrace it rather than push it away.

A tale of X-Men, KLCC, Super 8, and X-Men….AGAIN!

I’m gonna start with what I did yesterday.

I *finally* watched X-Men First Class. (Yes, I know, I’m late)

When I watched it first, I thought it was OK-OK lah..and I was wondering why Magneto’s helmet looked like it got spray painted by a 15 year old! Oh, and I thought that Erik a.k.a Magneto was hot! Not initially tho, but somewhere as the show progressed he became hot. :P

Now lets proceed to today!

Today was totally eventful. I decided to go to KLCC to watch Super 8. BIGGEST REGRET EVER! why??

No. 1 : The toilets were not working at KLCC so they closed all the main ones and made us use the ones at the new block..which had like 4 cubicles and the line for it was SUPER long, and you have no choice BUT to line up cause THERE IS NO OTHER FREAKING TOILET!!! (there actually were like toilets at 2 other floors, and those had long queues as well)

No.2 : The movie, Super 8, sucked BIG TIME. During the show and after the show, my mom was asking the same question, “ Why is the show called Super 8?? There were only 6 kids.” SO, my theory is, they called it that cause the alien looked like a spider and had 8 legs??? maybe, I din bother to count its legs! So please save your money and DON’T WATCH THAT SHOW. Honestly, it just had tooooo much family drama which kinda spoilt the whole focus of the show. I yawned many times while watching the show.

So what did I do after the show? I had lunch, and then met up with my brother,who made me watch X-Men 1st Class…AGAIN! But honestly, after Super 8, I suddenly felt as if X-Men was REALLY GOOD. And now we know how a crappy movie can make an OK movie be awesome!

And MNG was having sales..and I was a happy shopper today. :)

At the end of the day, KLCC wasn’t *that* bad after all.

My Discoveries

I just came back from………wait for it……………. MALACCA!

And, NO, it was not that I wanted to go there, it was because my parents wanted to go there. They haven’t been there since I ended my attachment there, and it has been like 5 months now, (yes, time really flies that fast) and I am a good daughter who takes her parents wherever they want to go. :P

That aside, let me share my discoveries with you.

On the first day, we went around Malacca and did normal tourist stuff, and then in the evening, I decided to take them to the Portuguese settlement to chill by the seaside and let the environment wash away their city life stress.

And look what I found sitting on the rocks!

Can’t see it yet???

How ‘bout now??

See it now??

My first impression was some kind of mutated fish! It had like “hands” and it was using its “hands” to move around the rock. Once they get into the sea, they can swim away!

After “ke po-ing” around with the locals, I found out that they are called “Mudskippers” and they can be found near muddy swampy areas and they told me that they usually feed it to kids with asthma. (erghhhh…)

You can read more about it here.

I also discovered ‘Pantai Puteri”. What is interesting about this beach is that the fishermen bring in their catch fresh and they sell it by the beach. The beach was kinda clean. I didn’t manage to get my favourite coconut shake though.. :(

My other discovery is this place;

It can be found behind Jonker and the food here is not bad.

I had…..

Pai Tee – RM4.50

It was nice! recommended!

Udang Masak Lemak with Nenas – RM15

Basically prawns cooked in coconut milk with pineapples. It was awesome. This dish was the best in the restaurant hands down! I almost cleaned the bowl because I loved the gravy so much. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Eggplant with something – RM8

This was recommended by the shop owner, she said something like they will add lime to this dish, but I tasted sweetish soy sauce more than anything sour. Not recommended unless you like eggplants and like it sweet.

Asam fish – RM30

On the menu it said that this dish was suppose to be ‘HOT’ but it was anything but hot. It was sour (d’uh – Asam fish) but not spicy. Maybe my threshold is too high, but for me, it was OK-OK la…

I also realised that if you send something via “poslaju” from KL to Sarawak, it’ll take about 1 week to be delivered. So much for “laju”. –.-“

Letters to my friends – Part 3

Anitha

In Sem 1, you were always the “scholar student”. That was before I knew you. As the semesters passed, I knew you better, and I dare say, at times we even think so alike, it is scary!! After sem 8 I really got to know you. Like Dee Dee, I too will miss our gossip sessions in the room abt ur *you-know-who* and I will miss giving you ideas for the future. I am looking forward to seeing you in 2 years time (that is if we’re not posted at the same hosp). =)I spent most of my rotations with you in Malacca and thank you for layan-ing me esp when I had my cranky PMS moments! :P

Hii Ling Wei

Ling Wei – the most creative, patient and wise person. =) Without you, there would be literally NO convo mag. I’m amazed by the amount of patience you have and I thank you for your patience. I will definitely try to pay you a visit to see ur doggies and the kerbaus. :P Congratulations on winning so many awards, I feel that you truly deserved it! :) And thank you for the swk kek lapis and the gifts from phuket.

Lum Kah Yee

My memories with you includes interesting conversations about our favourite books back in Semester 3 when we used to do our microbiology practical sessions together and of course the gossip sessions we have at night on MSN! :) I was so proud of you when u went and collected you scroll that I almost cried. Please look out for my gift which should arrive via mail, although I’m not sure how long it takes to get it delivered. When GG and GA resumes, I will find you online to bergossip with u! :)

Yen Nee

You are such a positive person!! No matter what kind of trouble life decides to throw in your way, you always take it positively and overcome it successfully. Your optimism inspires me and I hope that I’ll be able to work with you in the future. =) And thank you for remembering me while you ate your macaroons! :) The biggest regret I have now is being unable to take a photo with you when we graduated. :(

I still have this on my wall.. :)

Nadia

Kecik! You used to sit together with us in LT3 until semester 5 or 6 where they changed us to LT 1/2 and I didn’t see you much after that. =( I’ll remember you as the funny and adorable girl who is crazy and smart! I din manage to take a photo with for convo as well! :( Thank you for being such a good friend to me.

Faizah

You used be my LRT buddy cause you always teman-ed me when I used to go home via LRT. We used to gossip alot as well. :P Although you weren’t graduating with me, you still came. Thank you for that! I want to see you graduate next year! Enjoy your life as a final year BPharm student. Trust me, it’ll end before you know it.

To the rest of B107: See you in the future! :)

Letters to my friends – Part 2

Malacca mates

Words just aren’t enough for me to express how happy I am to have met all of you and forge such a great bond over a short time. Thank you for putting up with me, especially those who were doing rotation with me when I was PMS-ing. =p. If I could go back and re-live those 8 weeks, I would in a heartbeat. :) I’ll just let the pictures summarize our friendship. :)

Remember our dance??

Our first cooked meal together. =)

 

The birthdays.

RockerONG!

While we were working..

…and while we were playing.. =)

I miss you all :)

Letters to my friends – Part 1

Kaveena

The first person I met on my first day at IMU. Hence the first person I’m going to talk about. I met you right before the registration. And our friendship lasted 4 years. Thank you for putting up with my drama. =) I will miss your art works and your art classes which were usually conducted simultaneously with the lectures we attended. And I will definitely not forget your laughter and the times we spent laughing like crazy in the elabs.

Radhika

You are by far, the most honest,sincere, amazing person that I have ever met. NO, I am not over exaggerating here. You always find the good in others and accept them no matter what. It is rarely I hear that you dislike anyone. You just accept people for who they are, and you embrace that. I am glad that I met you, because by meeting you, I’m learning to accept and embrace others for what they are, and to find the good in them. Jo once called you the angelic one, and I’m not going to argue on that. You’re always the first to hear my drama/gossip and never the one who ‘CNNs’ it. I know I can trust you with my deepest darkest secret. And I know I’ll see you soon! Why? Even sem 7 couldn’t keep us that far apart. Plus, the “Journal Of Gossips” will always be there between us. We’ve shared tonnes of memories, its near impossible that I will forget you unless I get Alzheimer's. It felt good that we graduated together (literally one after the other). THANKS FOR LAYANING ME. :D

Soo Siew Bing

My fellow tutee mate. We’ve been passed from one tutor to another. I began to think we cursed them/they just simply hated us, every tutor we got eventually left IMU (Note: Mr.Vengkatesan, Ms.Chrissy, Dr.Sathvik) until we got tutor No.4 (Dr.Tan Seok Keik), I think she broke the curse. 4 years in IMU, 4 tutors. We managed to leave IMU before she did! :P Always the more responsible one and always the one with who knows what to say to a depressed me. When I really needed you, you had the words for me, but when I asked you to write in my convo mag, you said you don’t know what to write. –.-" Thank you for catching me when I fell numerous times in IMU (figuratively speaking). I will miss our MSN days…and remember the time we spent like hours till midnight working on our first PCP on msn, but got scolded the next day just cause we din fill up the pcp paper (geram kan???) Or during our dispensing practicals in Sem 4, we stayed up till 12 doing Rx screenings via MSN.. :P My MSN chat sessions with you during our early sems were very educational, but somehow it switched to gossip as the semesters progressed! :P I will never forget our “study sessions” in the library.Honestly, you and Dee Dee sat through EOS and graduation together with me and that made it all even more special. My 2 close friends, enduring exams together, and graduating together! :) And yes, your subscription to the “Journal of Gossips” has been re-newed. =D

Tan Mei Mei

Mimi - the quiet one - the blinking one. But you soon warmed up..thanks for everything, always so calm and not stressed next to stressed SSB. You guys memang cute la!!! I will miss you now that you are back in Miri, and 1 day, I’ll pay you a visit!! I do believe we can still exchange stories abt Handsome and Pumpkin and we shall forward them to SSB just to annoy her, but I heard she is really bored now at Sarikei, so our stories will be her entertainment! Also, thanks for supplying me with ‘Fruit Ninja’ – the stress reliever during Sem 8’s EOS. You brought Neslo into my life,the one at the library cafe does not taste like what we used to drink during Sem 6. =(

And Mimi, do you remember this?and who they were suppose to be??? =p

Joanne Ong Yen Nee

JOANNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ll definitely be missing ur blur moments and also ur Jo moments (always dropping stuff =P). You always sided with me and we used to annoy Vee Vee and Dee Dee together. Hire a PA as Dee Dee/Vee Vee and I will no longer be around to tell you what's happening k?? :) Enjoy ur Bali trip! :)

Chai Yen

Always quiet and hardworking. You will always copy everything the lecturer says in class, I still wonder how you manage to do that. Thanks for making sure our notes were always ready! :) I will miss you, and miss telling you all my interesting stories.. :P Thanks for the gift. When I read what you wrote, I had a flash back moment to the times we shared. :)

Teh Khai Mei

As you said it yourself, when we started sem 7, we did not expect to become as close as we have become. You know, after I signed up for our Sem 7 project, I never stopped wondering if I made the correct choice, but looking back, that choice earned me 2 new amazing friends, 2 big brothers and an amazing experience.  So now I know, I did make the correct choice. :) Thanks for “twinkle”, although Pumpkin does not like it, I’m grateful for it as now I can get rid of my backaches. You were always the healthy one, always the wise one, and always the mature one. And I never knew we could gossip SO MUCH!!! I will definitely be exchanging emails with you regarding certain “special” people and topics. I’ve travelled more around KL by foot with you and Huey Chin and I’m grateful for all those experience and times we spent walking from HKL to the LRT station, and thanks to you guys, I learnt to walk super fast! :P

p/s: I’ll be waiting for your wedding invitation. :D

Ong Huey Chin

Siao Za Bo!!!! You are a funny person – and I mean that in a good way. :) Thanks for making sem7 a fun one. We endured the same “nice” and “unbiased” experience since we were always together (you know what I’m talking about la kan??). Good thing that we were there for each other and thanks for backing me up when I needed it. I will miss lining up outside the HKL MTAC and interviewing patients with you and kmei. I still remember the time we crashed Kmei’s place to teman her wait for her bags to be delivered and bergossip about everything under the sun! You also always seem to take note of my clothes and shoes and is always the first to detect if I’m wearing something new.hehe.. If I ever get posted to near your “kawasan” please write for me a survival guide!! *heart* you!!! :)

 

Thanks for the memories!