Broadband! But....

I happily went to register for a Maxis mobile broadband.

My face didn’t reflect how I felt, but you don’t know how happy I was, finally getting internet from my squarish little room after a month of disconnection from the cyber world.

After getting the broadband, I was so excited I decided to buy bread back home to munch on as dinner and start going online! ;)

Like I seriously, can’t wait! My journey back home doesn’t seem to be any shorter. I want to reach home quick and go online RIGHT AWAY.

I plug in and took a deep breath and pray hard there would be strong coverage from home. I signed up before for my home in Penang, and it was really slow especially since my house is on a higher-ground.



But so much to my dismay.

I tried and tried and the connection seemed to be running only on EDGE! CAN U BELIEVE IT? EDGE! AT THIS ERA, INTERNET CONNECTION THAT RUNS ON EDGE ON A COMPUTER CAN COMMIT SUICIDE ALRDY!

Webpage won’t load. Msn won’t sign in. The line keep getting disconnected.

I call the help centre, followed the instructions, and the problems still persist.

Like seriously? Give me a break!

I was so angry I gave a few punch on my poor thigh. Hahahaha. Self-torture funny shit. I even wanted to pull my hair already. LOL. Cos I cannot scream what, my housemates probably would think they are living with a psycho! I need to find ways to vent my anger, so I thought that’s the best and the easiest access. Hahahaha.

Then I dived onto my bed angrily and then...fell asleep. I’ve been having really bad sleeping problems recently I don’t know why. I just slept in the car when I went out for interview-photoshoot task with my colleague. I slept when I was going towards the place and slept again when we were coming back. And then I came back home, it wasn’t even near bed time, I fell asleep again.

Haha. Why do I have piggish syndrome. Geees.

Oh, wait. This is supposed to be a story about my Maxis mobile broadband!

When I woke up, things still didn’t work. T_T so then I was typing an angry sms on my phone, typed until like 3 pages somemore. Haha. Just as I want to press the send button, I HEARD THE FAMILIAR SIGNING IN TUNE OF MSN!

CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW HAPPY I WAS!

Then the browsers still won’t work la. But then again, at least something finally work right!

So I call the centre again. Apparently I was already connected to the High Speed network or something but it needs time to sync etc, and he said tomorrow will be a better day for my broadband! Woohoooo!

I can’t wait! ;)

The 4th Week

Huuu. So this is the fourth week I have been in KL.

KL is actually the general term people would refer to the state Selangor la, which is geographically, incorrect.

So more precisely, I’m in Petaling Jaya.

Even more precisely, I stay/work/eat/run/play/sleep/sing/wake up at the city called Bandar Utama. When I moved in here, I knew from the landlord that he himself doesn’t provide internet at the house I am staying, but the other housemates do subscribe their own internet, so I was thinking maybe I can share!

Hah! So happy I won’t have to live without internet! Because when I am at home, literally, I would be online all the time. Even if I’m pooing I will live my internet on.

Okay, maybe I should actually use other examples than pooing.

But then yes, so how can I lead a balanced lifestyle, when my highly dependent element is not there right?

BUT I SURVIVED IT! To almost a month already! How miraculous!

It was of course hard, for such a big switch in life. Hahaha. Also, especially when your company’s internet is as slow as the tortoise competing in The Rabbit and The Tortoise fairytale that were told to us when we were young, the one where the tortoise won the race over the rabbit at the end and the one where the moral of the story is to ask you to be humble and should not be a snobbish little kid.

You remember that story? Haha. So ya, is that slow tortoise kinda internet. Sigh. It sometimes even got disconnected half way through surfing. Just like how the rabbit in the story would fell asleep by a shady tree.

You can’t even stalk people on facebook properly anymore. I mean, the photo albums just won’t load! Sometimes when I want to reply to a wall-to-wall message, I spent so much time typing an uber longggggg message, click the ‘Comment’ tab, after a while, the page suddenly went blank into a loading state for soooooo long and will never come back to the original page, and poooof, there goes your uber longgggg message. Super frustrating can!

So then I realize the only way for me to online, is to go to the eateries outlet in the mall that has wifi. But before that, I found out that the entire 1 Utama is wifi-enable! YEAYNESS cos it means free internet for me! Hehe. Don’t have to pay for some overprice coffee to get online.

Oh ya, forgot to mention, my house is walking distance to 1U, while my work place is just beside 1U. Hoho.

So yes, back to the wifi-enabled 1 Utama. While I feel utter happiness with this god-given facility, I also found out this wifi-enabled BLOODY CANNOT LET YOU GO ON FACEBOOK AND CONNECT TO MSN MESSENGER! LIKE SERIOUS SHIT. Those two are like my must-have when I go online! Like how a good tomyam should taste spicy and sour at the same time! Stupid shit.

Oh well, I guess the cheapskate way never really work. No matter what, you have to pay some overprice coffee or food to get access to your internet. OH WELL! That also explains why I cannot update my blog although I am supposed to have a lot of free time at home!

When I first reached here, I really couldn’t get use to living alone. I always thought I can handle this. I always thought that I’m that awesome-posome strong unbeatable Miss Independent that can do every single thing on my own. I can go places by myself, do things by myself, spending most of the time by myself and etc.

Repairing car. Haha.

The truth is, hoho, I am wrong.

Rewinding back to the first morning I was here, I woke up from bed, and I felt so lost. Like shit, this is not my home. What am I supposed to do next? Then I immediately texted, Yoan, who also came here for internship to meet up. Veen Dee was too caught up with work and already had some of her plans set, so she won’t be able to make it. None of us live really near each other, so it’s not so possible to pop into each other house anytime, not when I don’t have a car to myself.

Meeting up Yoan takes about an hour by public transport. =S

Yoan! Makan@Petaling Street

Then I realize, how much different it feels to be away from home living on your own. Now I really understand how Yoan, who’s from Indonesia and Veen Dee, who’s from Alor Setar, feels when they are in Penang. Like really understand.

When you are away from home, close friends that you know, suddenly become your 2^nd family. =)

@ Wondermilk cupcake shop!
Veen Dee said I looked fat in this photo. Can you even believe it? Since when she earn the right to comment that other people is fat?

Every night, when I reached home, there’s no one I can talk to. Haha. I’m super talkative person okay! I love to talk, besides why am I even in the communications field if I don’t! LOL. All my other housemates would shut themselves in their room, minding their own business. And I’m pretty sure talking to myself wouldn’t seem to be the best solution out of this issue. Haha.

So sometimes I would choose to go home late so that I don’t have to be confined to the four dreadful corners which I yet to feel belong. Which, is also dangerous since I have a half an hour distance from my work place to my house.

Oh yes, you didn’t hear my wrong, ‘half an hour’, is not a lie.

I didn’t know it was such a distance when I rented this place. My landlord told me the most 20mins. T_T and I bet, he made the judgment without having tried walking to my work place.

And as much as I have my undying passion in running, I never really like walking. If you ask me to choose between a 30-minute run or a 20-minute walk, I swear I will run. I know you might suggest: “ eh, then run to work la.”, oh, then with my sweat and 'scent' in my work clothes for the entire day is it? Don’t forget I need to wear running shoes to run too. So that means like, erm, running shoes with formal shirt and skirt?

No thanks, I don’t want to be the next ‘fashion legend’ after Lady Gaga. She can hold the title to herself, too much of a responsibility and limelight for me.

Things were really never easy, a switch in life, and the twitch in work. Especially when it comes to work, you are often boiled down with the only option: “no choice ma, work what”. When you started working for people, you will realize a lot of times, you will have to say this sentence. Okla, maybe you will use a more proper grammar to say it.

What more when you are an intern.

Although I’m really happy that all my colleagues never discriminate or bully me. I have really awesome colleagues that are nice to the max.

But when you are an intern, your job scope is an intern job scope la. That’s what I mean.

However, it’s already the 4^th week I am here. As time passes by, I’m learning and adapting to this new life of mine! I’m happier kid compared to when I first reached this stranger land of mine.

There are a lot more happenings that I want to share! And if I don’t end this post here, I don’t know when will I finish this post. You read already also sien what right, like cannot finish one. So this abrupt stop might make you want to read the next post more.

Hah. Bai.

Packing

So much to pack because it's just like moving in to a new place and need to include lots of OL clothings!

Thank god I have a shopaholic vain mum that has lots of hardly-worn OL shirts and I don't have to only own 5 shirts which I planned to only buy and wear the same the shirts every week from Monday to Friday. HAHAHA.

Money kept barking for cuddles when my mum and I were busy packing. So I geram tak boleh tahan, I put her into my laundry basket!

Oh well! She seemed to be coping with it and enjoying it anyway.

My luggage is so huge that it looks like I will be there for 3 years instead of 3 months.

It's hard to decide which outfits to bring to KL cos what if I feel like wearing it and I don't have it with me? Cos I kinda put everything in. Stupid shit vain pot.

Then I also can't decide which pair of shoes should be brought to KL cos what if my outfit can't match my shoes? So I brought a few pairs down.

I need to train for running in KL as well because I have a race on the 18th! So sports shoes confirmed have to be down.

So I practically brought my whole house that belongs to me down.

Then I realise I too crazy so I unloaded some back into my wardrobe.

Anyway my luggage size is still crazy. I won't show here later scared u to death. Hahahah.

So tomorrow is the day!

Where I leave home for the longest time ever; (3 months! First time! Don't laugh at me!)
Where I have to live independently; (I know a lot of you studying overseas have la, don't laugh at me again for experiencing it slower)
Where I will not have the convenience of having a car;
Where I have to be considerate not to sing out too loud; (Don't know how to survive this T_T)
Where I don't get the luxury to eat cheap and GOOD food like in Penang;
Where I (might not) get internet from home just like that;
But most importantly,
Where I won't have the warmth of having a mum beside me.

Lovin' my mum mum!
(Redang teaser photo!!!)

But I'm gonna experience a whole new lifestyle, being in a corporate environment and being in a big busy city!

Tomorrow's lunch will be our farewell meal before I return to my beloved island again.

(Actually this weekend only la, cos MY BIRTHDAYYYYYYYY'S THIS SATURDAY OMG HINTHINTHINTHINTHINTHINTHINTHINT)

As for now, I shall lift my head up high, stand tall and march towards a whole new experience that is, still, full of mystery and of course exciting! ;)

P.S I really really hope I can blog about Redang, but then you can ignore this sentence cos everytime I say this, everytime it doesn't happened. So, yeah.

Internship!

I can't believe I will be leaving in 2days time.

Like seriously.

Ever since I came back from close-to-2-weeks holiday my darling doggie has been really close to me; following me wherever I go just even if it's just around the house, wanting to sit on my lap when I'm busy in fron t of my laptop, cuddly by my side when I sit on the floor, waiting by the car door after I drive into the compound; Anything just so that she can spend as much time with me and get my full attention.

The first few times she behaved like this, I thought it was just because she has missed me too much. After the continous clinging, I realise it was because she is sensing I would be away from home for some time!

Some time never that long!

For the past 3 weeks, I have been waiting for the call from my applied company regarding my internship status. Even when I was in Singapore, I actually brought an extra phone, top up extra, so that I can take overseas call if they so happen to call me when I was Singapore. If not, usually, I will change to a local Singapore mobile number.

But no news.

Then I continued my trip from Singapore to PULAU REDANG (Thumbs up-ly breathtaking!), and I was still waiting for the call.

For 2 and a half days, there were no news. Not even updates from my lecturer.

Then my worries started arising.

Die la. That means I will not be able do my internship in a broadcasting company that I always wanted to and that means my internship will be delayed cos I need to reapply for other companies and a lot of other gigigaga thoughts.

By then, I have already reached Kuala Terengganu's jetty where my ferry from Redang stopped me and my mum at.

So we went vising around Kuala Terengganu (T_T and regretted a bit), then I received a call from my lecturer! I happily picked up the call and he asked me some question and then asked me to crossed my fingers.

So I did what he said. I was trying to cross my fingers in several patterns and then realised I suck at crossing fingers.

AND THAT WAS SO LAME. SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. *BOWS*

Back to the story.

I was so happy to receive the call and was smiling all the while even when I was waving for taxi! But then, I remember one question that my lecturer asked me in the phone that made me want to hide myself in a hole by what I answered him when I recalled back.

He asked me: "How do you rate your Mandrin proficiency from 1 to 10?"

Without giving too much thought, I confidently answered: "8/10"

Then now that I think back, haha, what shit, since when is my Mandrin is at such excellence! Even if I thick-skinnly rate myself a 7/10 is quite considered as overrated! Haha.

But then again, 我的华语的确没有差到那里！=D

So fast forward all other grandmotherly stories, I GOT MY INTERNSHIP!

On a hot sunny day, I went to eat hokkien mee at Gurney Drive with a new hair styling (show you later!) I discovered, I received THE CALL.

Like the super longggggggggggggggggggggg awaited call! ;D

From NTV 7! ;)

Who asked me to report myself 9am on 5th of April at HR Department in NTV 7, without even an interview!

Woopeewaapa. (Newly invented exclamation!) (Lame rightt)

So, yes, NTV 7,

Here I come! ;)

Can't wait, looking forward!

Oh yes, the new hair styling

NOT BAD RIGHTT!

I tell you how i discovered this!

Usually I never really style my hair, even for dinners or performances. I would usually let loose my hair, or not, a pony tail, or not, a messy bun; 3 types, that's it!

So, on a hot sunny day (Penang's weather is getting so unbearable), I was done with bathing, dressing up and make-up and wanting to put on my contact lenses.

My hair was still messy and uncombed, so I decided to clip them up so that it won't get on my way when I wear my contact lenses. I wore on my contact lenses and looked myself into the mirror, and poooooooof, EH WHY GOT THIS PRETTY GIRL IN FRONT OF ME.

Hahaha. So, I decided I should wear this newly discovered hairstyle out on that day!

Easy-peasy-messy-hair-turned-pretty Messy Look.

I only use ONE hair clip for the entire hair!

Hoho.

BUT

I had a haircut today for internship. It looks neat and STILL VERY PRETTY now and I actually look quite the same

BUT

the fact that it is neat,

this hair style has became N/A. =(