~Precious Moments~

Little imperfections~

2009-12-07T17:26:00.000-08:00

Tapping those fingertips against the wooden table whilst listening to Yiruma’s soothing melody...faded memories came rushing by…as if it was just yesterday…everything filled with laughter, joy, warmth and there’s only one word to describe --- perfect. This reminds me, nothing is perfect in this world but it’s the little imperfections that made it perfect.

Be grateful with what you have now, appreciate life which was given to you, appreciate everything that u have now, dare to take risks, take action on the impossible perhaps? Let there be no regrets in life and allow bringing satisfaction to one self. Give ya self a chance to prove what is hidden deep inside of you~~ and always have faith in everything you do! Life is unpredictable; anything could just happen in a glimpse, vanish from your sight without even you realizing… … cherish those who you love and let them know. =)

Have Faith, Hope and Love~ ^^

Shiennee~

fiReWoRks!!!

2009-11-11T05:32:00.000-08:00

Me with the breathtaking fireworks!~ ^^

Another long day in Glasgow...nothing much was really 'happening' in the city up till the first Thursday in November. And to many of us, 5th of Nov isn't any special day unless it's your own birth date right?? Haha... But not in Glasgow! or any other part of UK!

It's quite a huge event and many people approx. 18 thousand people attended it. Many would walk to designated areas ( ours located at Glasgow Green )just to watch the fireworks. Anyway, this event/ day is called Guy Fawkes Night, a.k.a Bonfire Night and there's a story behind it...a weird and funny one I would say hehe...so if u're interested just Google it!

We set out at 5.00pm ( like 8pm in m'sia ..so yea..its dark) and at the same time enjoyed the night view of cars, shops and buildings..=.= ( nothing to do ma)

Ready to go! But wait, one group pic before we leave JBC~

* The clock tower *

Standing between these 2 policemen made me so TINY!
One of them even let me wear his hat!! How cool is he!

It was slightly different from what i thought it would be..there were some small 'funzone' for kids obviously ..a tiny amusement park and also some food stalls just for us to fill our tummies with before the event starts.

The Kid's Zone XD

And FOOD!!!

Munching all the way~

Noodle Bar prices ranging from 4-7 pounds

I love this picture the most! Gave me a very warm feeling ^^

Me strangling Kelvin due to boredom XD

Failed to do what he intended and ended up getting his butt burnt!

Not long after... and EXACTLY at 7.30pm sharp, the beautiful, scenic, exquisite..and other words u can find exploded in the dark sky! Loud music bombing in the air with synchronizes with the fireworks was really amazing indeed...speechless, also laughter, cheers can be heard from every single angle as well. Mostly all of us were like zombies at the first few minutes, admiring the lovely fireworks with our mouths opened. ( I still think that Malaysia have nicer and more style/design of fireworks )

Lots of people!!!

The Fireworks begins!

And after 20 minutes, the event ended and tat was it! Everyone started walking back and the most surprising part is that they closed up the roads so that we could walk on actual roads back to ...wherever we came from. It was a great experience..as if the city had just been bombed and everyone had to walk on the streets filled with people and no cars! OK...better stop here~~

Zombies walking at night

Signing off with a group picture with Martin (who speaks mandarin) right outside Glasgow Green!

~Shiennee~

Miss my Coco so much!

2009-10-11T16:46:00.000-07:00

Guessing who Coco is? U'll find out soon enough who she is~

Its a quarter to 1am now and out of a sudden...i miss her so much! It was like just yesterday i brought her back from the shop. How time really flies ..sigh.

She was my 10th year birthday gift from dad and also, my first own dog..of coz, i had many other dogs before Coco back home but she's the only one that was really mine! How i remembered the first day i brought her home, she was so just so tiny and confused!

By the way, she's a Miniature Pincher. That very day we put her in a big cage and just so happened it also rained heavily that night. Middle of the night i heard howling noises and so i quickly went to check what was wrong.. My poor doggy!..she was shivering from top to bottom! ( well..left to right for a dog ) I quickly took it out and hugged it. I could still rmb how it clutched to me sooo tightly - a sign of feeling insecure and scared? Ouww..i just couldnt leave her there alone tat night so i accompanied it until she fell asleep.. After that i was forced to put her back and head up to bed. She continued to bark and howl for the next few days and i had to accompanied it but after awhile..she gotten used to the place and everything went well. =)

(Not Coco's real pics. Dun hav any soft copies of her. But she did look somewhat like that except that she has a dark brown coat instead of black and a red collar around her neck! )

She may not be as cute as other puppies with fluffy hairs but she's 100% a happy go lucky dog! She has a very unique way of saying hi or when she''s curious or wanting something...she'll tilt her head slightly either to the left or right and stick her tongue out as if she's really smiling! Miss her smiles!!!! Whenever we come back home, she'll always be there waiting for u behind the gate no matter rain nor shine and great you warmly as if trying to say " welcome home!" with her loud sharp barks. How i miss it!!! No matter how many times i've scolded her but at the end, she'll still search for me and jump up onto my lap whenever i'm around! And oh...she had very itchy teeth and she loves to chew!!

Rmbed how my mum got so angry at her for chewing all our slipers around the patio... What can we do...dogs what. Funny thing is that she'd also hide her food somewhere in the garden! I even spied on her once! hahahah..how funny! I rmbed giving her a piece of bread and she took it graciously in her mouth and ran off to find a spot to bury that piece of bread. It was just so funny...! She would dig a whole deep enough to cover the bread and close up that hole so that no one would find it. I was very horrid that time ..after she tot she had kept her treasure safey, i purposely just went close to her treasure site to see wat her reaction was...and guess wat??? She quickly ran and dug it out and speed away with it! Soon later..u'll see her walking around,searching for another spot to bury her food after knowing that u're not in sight. ( obviously i was hiding somewhere to know tat XD) Those were the days of having Coco around... hmm...

Best part was tat since she's so tiny, she fitted just perfectly into my basket attached to my bicycle and i would cycle around the neighborhood with her whenever i felt like it. ( Was so afraid that it might jump out of the basket out of a sudden ...had to keep a VERY CLOSE eye on her ) It was just so fun back then... too young at that time too, no driving license to bring it around in the car except to the vet clinic hehe... I'd also bring her to the pet shop nearby and buy her treats and dog collars... just so fascinating and enjoyable..!

Unfortunately i took her for granted..I really did...and i tot that all dogs would live a very long life but..not for Coco. *cries* She died when i was 15. But am glad that i had those 5 years to play, love, know and have her. No dog could ever take her place for she's irreplaceable! I was told that all dogs go to heaven and i believe that she's now living happily and safe there. I wish she will always remember me and know tat she will always be deep in my heart!

Love u Coco and i hope u know that!!!
Be happy and bark always! ^^

p/s : the toad that killed my precious Coco died the same night as she did... revenge? No comment.

~Shiennee~

Life in Glasgow...~

2009-10-07T03:05:00.000-07:00

Hi all, been blogging mostly about my trips and journeys...guess i should share v u about the life in glasgow for me yeh? Just recently, a friend asked how life was going in glasgow..and that made me stop for a second a think..hmm..good question haha. I never really thought about that question...maybe i did, just didn't really sit down and seriously think about it.... So now i'm sitting down, ready to think!

Ok, let me start....!

Arrived here since the 19th of Sept and until this day, it has been like what, 19 days? Near to 3 weeks and i realized that i've done quite a lot of diff things and went to see a few places as if I'm on a long holiday. Was it becoz i've been lazing around at home and practically did nothing except eat, sleep, drive, shop...etc since 12th of Aug? Can't blame myself for that ma.. coz it was my semester break!!! Who wouldn't want to do that?? No need to study, no need to worry about wat to eat in Vista, dun need to worry about transportation...No worries at all back at hometown! Was like heaven to me ^^ (well, except for my results n visa) I even get to pick what i want to eat with my parents! I feel being loved ..gosh.. =) Dang... now i really miss home!!! T.T and its so far far away......

Hmmm...

Ok, anyway i'll leave my tears for later. Basically what i'm been doing a lot here is WALK. Those who want to get fat also have no chance to do that ( except for me ) coz everyday about 80% of ur time outside is just using ur legs to walk around. Walking to Tesco for groceries ( about 30 mins ), walking to the city ( about 15 mins ), walking to other places to buy groceries...some takes up more than just 30 minutes. So its not so easy to gain weight here but if u keep lots of food in room and eat them every single day of coz yes laaa. I feel like a hamster..seriously. i keep lots of food in my room..as if i'm preparing to hibernate. Well..winter IS coming! an excuse for myself..tat's why i'm nvr to stay fit. Got to change my habit!!! Haha... Anyway, it was really tiring lo..hav to walk so much and so long... but once i've gotten used to it. It seemed okay.

Next is cooking...i wonder whether my cooking skills have improved not. I dun cook much back in vista so...the only time i can really show out my skills is here! As i hav said before, 3 dishes plus rice for every dinner...so we took turns to cook every of em. ( soup, vege and meat ) So far...i've only burnt my veg once Haha... Overall..i'd say its still alright hehe. Do ask my guinea pigs haha. XD And oh yea...talking about rice... we bought 20kgs at one go and had to walked back with it from the chinese shop!!! ( cheapest we could find , 14pounds for 20kgs, not too bad ) It was the CRAZIEST thing! Friends and i bought two big bags of rice so 40kgs all together but we asked them to put into 8 bags so that each only weigh 5kgs and we took 1 bag each. But..some guys ended up with more as they helped the girls and 1of them even carried 15kgs of rice back to our hostel!!! Bravo!!! We had to stop everywhere coz too many things ( plus other groceries ) and it took us more than 1 hour to reach back. Ok...we saved on taxi though haha. But still insane. =p

Everyone was so worn out, shoulders and back were all aching the next morning! What to do...students what. But it was something memorable XD.

Anyway, my daily routine would be waking up in the morning, eat toast ( we eat it every single morning) ...*poof * and our breadS would just disappear like tat and had to be replenished every two days! Ok, then...go to class...walk back again for lunch ( microwavable lunch ) then back to class...bla bla and soon time to prepare dinner so and so on. It's quite predictable i guess haha.

And as for the weather here...first few days when i arrived it was kinda sunny! But not so much now.....is it because autumn just started? Dont really know..maybe this is how their weather is like. I've been told so many times tat Glasgow is a dull , grey and gloomy place...numbed by those words and thoughts + my own imagination. But...to my surprise...its not soooo soooo bad after all just that it drizzles most of the time...hate to bring umbrella out. So heavy n taking up space in my bag. Ahh..not to forget about the wind~!!! Burrr..... hate it so much!! Would be just perfect if there's no wind! Also, people here are quite friendly as well and I've also seen a few drunk ones... @@They scared the hell out of me!

Last but not least... is the famous scottish accent. Its still alright here. A scottish classmate of mine told me that their accent grows stronger and stronger further up in the north of Scotland which i believe it is true kua... coz 90% of what they say i could still understand. But the 10% of it i had to ask somebody to "translate" it back to me hehe. And again, as for the Scottish food- Haggis and rice pudding is still on my list... Tried Mark and Spencer's Scottish Steak Pie, was not bad too =)

Hmm...nothing more to add so i'll end it here!

~Smile Always =)

p/s: i found my Kit Kat Mint flavour! Yippee...i rmb they had it in M'sia for just a short period of time. Anyway, still hoping that one day there's Dark Chocolate with Mint ! ^^

p/s 2 : Piggy...miss u too ! =) Study hard o future doctor ^^ Add oil...~

p/s 3 : Thanks for ur photoframe! XOXO~

~Shiennee~

Day trip to Culzean Castle~

2009-10-04T16:05:00.000-07:00

Surprised? Another blog is out, and you're reading it! Anyway, we went on to another trip on 3rd of Oct and this time its to ---> Culzean Castle !

A slight intro to this place before i start, just to give u guys some understanding. Culzean castle is a castle near Maybole, Carrick, on the Ayrshire coast of Scotland. It is the former home of the Marquess of Ailsa but is now owned by the National Trust of Scotland.

Again, this is another batch trip, however there were less people as the seats were very limited and closing date was kinda unexpected. Anyway, those who were weill informed managed to register on the last day so...yay...seats for us! This time, we had to get up even earlier than the previous week...9.15am at Geroge Square! Tat means waking up at 7am to get ready and prepare lunch since lunch wasn't provided. >.<

We arrived at the meeting place earlier than we thought as we were afraid that we might miss the coach. We waited and waited...and yet 9.30am it still hasn't arrived! Our patiences were wearing thinner and thinner and suddenly, it started to drizzle and not long after, the evil strong wind tagged along!

It was so damn cold and so we tried to squeeze around to keep ourselves warm but tat didnt helped much =.= coz the wind was penetrating our jackets and peircing our skin! After a couple more minutes of waiting, the coach finally came and everyone went up couldnt wait to get in there for shelter.

Our Coach! " Ann's Coaches "

It took us about 1 hour and 20 minutes to reach Culzean Castle and Country Park. Anyway, we went around exploring the places before heading to the castle for a tour scheduled at 2pm. Firstly, we entered the home farm ( originally a farm b4 they changed it into shops and restaurants ) and behind it was the ocean ! From here, we could peep through and see the castle which was facing the ocean as well. How nice! The strong waves were crushing and smashing against the rocks...it was just so beautiful! Imagine what would happen if u just accidentally fall into the water! I think I'll freeze to death first before I could even die of drowning! * Pictures are all in fb *

First group picture in front of the Home Farm

A clearer view of Home Farm without us blocking it

We had to take more 5 times of this picture coz our hair was like flying everywhere and covering our faces each shot we take!

Woohoo! We're HERE!

Later on, we continued our journey to other places such as the deer park. Deers were there obviously and so were the sheeps hehe.. Baaa... Anyway, we then say good bye to the deer and walked all the way to a secret garden! Ok, its not so secretly at all, i just said it so that it sounded more special and magical. XD

It is named Walled Garden,
i guess the reason why they called it that is because the garden is surrounded by high walls..probably to aviod ppl from plucking all their lovely flowers? ^^ According to the guide who gave us a tour around the castle, these flowers are usually taken during weddings held in the castle. There are also 6 hotel rooms in the castle available! But we didn't get to see it, not even a peep! =( Only hotel guests are allowed.

Ok, back to the gardens...12.30pm -lunch time! Guess where we had our packed lunch? In the green house! Haha.. Somewhere to enjoy our meal in the warm and cozzy house. After taking more pictures and playing around, we headed back to the castle just in time for the tour. So many things to look at...but unfortunately no cameras were allowed in there so... i took pictures with my eyes and saved it in my head hehe! Chik chak!

Entrance to Walled Garden

Beautiful isn't it!?

Different flowers with unique colours everywhere~ How could anyone resist taking pictures here?

MUFY students of year 2007 say :
M for Monash, U for University, F for Foundation and..Y for Year!!!

Full of baby "oranges" on the ground.
( dunno what those were..but it looked like oranges in tiny version to me hehe ^^ )

Me and one of the flowers I chose. 

~Culzean Castle~
( pls ignore my fat face there, just wanted to give u a better view of the castle..been eating too much, time to exercise! )

Another one with the garden, didnt have time to go down there >.<

Anyway, that's about all i guess...oh wait..after the tour ,still had a some time so we went to the beach near by. There was a strong smell..and yes indeed..the smell of sea water and seaweeds... Hmm...missed the ocean/ sea wat eva back in M'sia...my hometown Penang..T.T... the seawater back there was so warm but erm..dirty.. but here...so cold and not so clean anyway..

Posers we were!

To conclude..... we again had a great trip!

CHEERS~

Next : My life in Glasgow...

~Shiennee~

Trip to Loch Lomond~

2009-09-30T01:16:00.000-07:00

Its our first batch trip together ( well most of us ) to Loch Lomond! Was actually a last minute decision as the night before the trip, Shirley got hold of a piece of paper - A Walk in the Countryside, which was only for international students with a charge of just 5 Pounds! From there, we started informing everyone and was a success as many of them turned up in the morning for the trip!

Picture! Picture!

We then met up with other international students who where at George Square at 10am. Jamie, the tour guide then took us all to the ticket office at Glasgow Queen Street Station (just near by) to purchase our train tickets to Balloch. It took us about half an hour -more or less to reach the destination.

Those who were going as well - walking towards Queen Street station.

Return tickets from Glasgow Cen/QST to Balloch Central

Yippee~ Got and ticket and cant wait to get on the train!

The girls again...
...and the guys~

Oh, forgot to tell u is that it started to drizzle when we on our way to Balloch...although we did wish that it didnt rain but it still did anyway...would have been better if it was sunny...sigh. However, that did not stop us from enjoying our day! Soon enough we arrived at Balloch. It was really different from Glasgow City central ya, it's a more home-y and peaceful place as there were houses and gardens everywhere, people walking their pet dogs, etc.. compared to the city.

We walked in Balloch Castle Country Park and appreciated what nature hav for us. Funny part was that Kelvin got smacked by a leaf right on this cheek and was stunned for a minute there. Couldnt believe that nature was against him?? Lol!

Lots of trees....and leaves falling/flying everywhere
( when the wind paid another visit )

Oo...r we here yet?
Balloch Castle

Nice view eh?? All greens and greens...

After taking pics and stuff...we continued another few kilometers and reached here...

Another breathtaking view... nice breeze at the lake

Here's the end of our trip around to the park...and oh, we had to walk alot..! Saw lots and lots of beautiful ducks and a few elegant swans around as well. ( help yourselves v more pics in fb )

Time to rest? Take a break? NO !!!!! More walking for us!! It was an endless walk for all of us...good exercise at the same time n seriously tiring but for Loch Lomond..its all worth it.

Loch Lomond
One of Scotland's biggest lochs... ( slightly misty due to the rain )

To just reach George Square ---> Get on the train to Balloch ---> Walk around Balloch Castle Country Park ---> To Loch Lomond ---> back to Glasgow Central.... it took us half a day, from 10am to 6pm. With all the walking...its still worth it as i get to know how the countryside looks and feels like. =)

Taking a short break while waiting for the rest...

That is all for now~

~Shiennee~

Glasgow, I'm Here! ( Part 2 )

2009-09-27T10:40:00.000-07:00

Ok...back again with my 3rd post! So, let me continue!

We departed from KLIA at 2.30am and reached Dubai International Airport at about 4.45am their time. Shops closed ? Wrong answer! To my surprise, there were so SO many people walking around just like in the wet markets. The first thing we went to search for was trolleys as all of us had brought overweight hand carries and backpacks..but to our dismay, we walked from one end to the other end but still couldn't find any! [ we could only enjoy the view of ppl pushing their trolleys =( ] + Every single toilet was FULL and of coz, the queue was very long. But oh well, at least it was clean. =)

Dubai International Airport ~

Anyway, the airport was quite big and nice. Every shop was filled with people and i had to squeeze my way through just to take a look at things! The lightings both on the airplane and outside the airport was really pretty as well! On board the plane, when the lights are switched off, u could see the dim lights changing from one colour to the other ( green, blue, purple..etc) Also, there are tiny white lights on the "ceiling" which looked like stars! How cool is that! But still, i could only sleep for like a total of 4 hours... Soon, it was time to board the flight to Glasgow , so bye Dubai!

View of Dubai from the plane

After about 7-8 hours, the plane was ready for landing..and guess where?? Glasgow of coz!

Yayz! We're here! After going through immigration and customs, we were welcomed by a few of our seniors and one of our coordinators which brought us to our accommodations and also gave us a small buffet lunch later on. Right after lunch, seniors took us to Tesco to buy our groceries and needs ...and that was about all for the first day in glasgow. And did i mention about the weather??? It's definitely COLD n WINDY!

James Blyth Court ( where i'm staying )

My room ^^

The chefs!

( our kitchen )

What we cook...nice!

( not just this! )

George Square!

With Crystal n Vivian

Buchanan Street

There were lots of people in the city and they really do lots of walking! There were even more during the weekends and u can see most of them with a shopping bag! Anyway, whereelse here ( mayb further) thr's a malaysian restaurant - Romours, which was introduced by seniors and said that they hav nasi lemak there ( nearest u can get). I have yet to try! Anyway, along the long street, there were also some scottish men in skilts performing with bagpipes and drums! It was something new to us.

Haha...In front of TGI fridays.

They were really impressive and the one in the middle could also be been running and jumping about with his big drum on his shoulders!

On the same day, there was also a festival going on. Merchant Festival to be exact. Lots of food ( fruits, candies, burgers, pastas etc...) and also lots of ppl lining up to buy their lunch.

A stall selling highland beef burgers...couldnt resist the smell...

Uni also gave us a week of time-table and we had wake up early to get registered in our course, open an account with the Royal Bank of Scotland, visit to the Townhealth Health Center located in the Royal Infirmary, a short orientation session for the overseas students, and an introduction to 3rd Year Pharm.

( We were told by the professors that : If u think that 2nd year is hard enough ,

WAIT TILL 3RD YEAR STARTS! ) * shivers *

I can feel the stress with just those few words and classes havent even started yet! Those who were laughing and chatting about couldnt even put a happy smile after hearing that! What a scare...

And oh, guess what...we had to pay 70 pounds jst for phocopied books throughout the 3rd year... Its so expensive! Got to start loving my books... And if u ever wonder about the list of price in Glasgow...i'll say tat some of the things are quite reasonable...( bought 7 pairs of socks for 2 pounds! ) but some aren't... So it depends on how u spend ur $$. On food...min 2pounds for fast food and min 3 pounds for normal meals) So its better to just stay at home and cook hehe..

My Books...

Royal Bank of Scotland

Did some laundry during the weekend... 2 pounds per wash and 1 pound to dry! But free ironing ( self service )

Celebrated Ching Mun's 20th Birthday ( Pot Luck ) - The first birthday event here XD. Within just 19 mins u can see that there's like just a quarter left on each dish! Hungry and big eaters we all were... like fugitives. lol. Anyway, we prepared minced black pepper beef ( recipe from eng seng) Gonna end my blog here for this post....but wait... guess who dropped by and gave all of us a surprise???

CHERYL!!!

Can u spot her? I doubt u cant!

Night sceneries at George Square, its rather beautiful ( but only got a few buildings to actually look at )

Outside our hostel

Last group pic with cheryl ( for now ) before sendin her back to her dad~

- End of Post-

Next : Trip to Loch Lomond on 28th of Sept~

~shiennee~

On the way to Glasgow~ ( Part 1 )

2009-09-26T02:14:00.000-07:00

Hello again!!! Guess what, I'm blogging again after a year of silence hehehe...This time its something different as its about my new journey to a new place...

~Glasgow, Scotland~

YES! I'm finally in Glasgow if that's what u're asking/thinking. My date of departure from my beloved country - M'sia to Scotland was on the 19th of Sept 09 at 2am but before i can even step into the airport, there were more things to worry and settle than just buying an airticket to Glasgow.

1. Waiting for results to be out on 2nd of Sept! ( worst part )

Holidays started on 12th of Aug at 4.30pm after my last paper ( DD 1) . Felt so relieved after exams...finally get to sleep, eat and dream properly... wat a nightmare. Anyway, that's what all students face when it comes to exam period.

After 3 stressful weeks, we finally got to hav some fun! A few close friends came to Penang and had lots n lots of fun! But, i could only enjoy 99% of fun as judgement day was getting nearer and nearer by the day!

~Steph, Me, Cheryl, Wendy and Iris~

And everyone else!

Judgement day soon arrived and i was sitting in front of my laptop waiting to get my results.

Results were supposingly out at 4pm but by 4.15pm it still wasnt out! Made me all tensed up and hands felt cold as ice. Fortunately, a good fren of mine went to collect my results from uni for me since it's taking quite a while via the net, and guess what....I PASSED! I shall not elaborate more on that and definitely not on my marks as its very embarrassing haha..but dun care d... i'm happy with a pass and thank God for guiding n helping me! =)

2. Packing bags and all my nonsense ^^

My messy room ...hehe

Erggh...i was "only" allowed to check in 40kgs ( too little for me ) * stop starring, i know tat's alot XD*

At first, it seemed like i hav nothing much to bring but after placing my things in, i found tat my luggage was overloaded and obviously overweight! Wanted to bring my favourite boulster which weighed 1.8kgs...but...i couldnt..* cries* T.T Anyway, my dad thinks that i'm gonna open a sundry shop in Glasgow coz i basically put in everything i have. Hey..i'm a girl k..and i love my things with me... sigh. Nvm, i shall be reunited with them after about a year or so!!! Yipeee~

But good news to me is that i get to bring my baby cow with me . I'm satisfied ^^

My Baby!~

3. Applying and Waiting for my UK visa to be approved...

This is bad, horrible and terrible! I got rejected for my first application due to some reasons ( they were too stringent ) and had to rush down to kl the day. My parents sacrificed their sleep just to drive me down kl at 3.30am to reapply my visa the next morning !!! Thanks mum and dad!

4. Leaving M'sia, my Home, Family and also Friends! T.T

Finally, the big day arrived..time flies so fast! i wish i could turn back the time...

Dinner with Mummy and Daddy! ( Happy B'day Dad! )

With Grandma and Uncle Jim

With Mum, Aunts, Cousin Sis and Nephew~

My UK visa was also finally approved that very same morning ! What a relief as well, if not i wouldnt be able to fly with the rest of my batchmates. Met up with a few friends , had family gatherings and thanks for those who were at the airport to send the MQs~ And soon, it was time to say Bye Bye...

Yi Weei!!! U're so 伟大！and u know why! Thank you for the present! Simply love it =) Also, Happy 21st Birthday o~ (my gift to u was so small compared 2 urs)

My dear little piggy, got to meet her at last - in kl ~

~Mum and Dad, I love u!~

~Last night in M'sia for the MQs at KLIA~

p/s: Will miss you lots Wendy! Hugs*

To Be Continued...( Part 2 )

~shiennee~

1st time being a Promoter!

2008-12-20T22:45:00.000-08:00

Hey!
Kinda nervous here since it's my 1st time blogging...

My very first time after being persuaded for months or years perhaps..
And by whom...? Giv u a BIG hint...her name starts with a 'W' !

Okok..back to my topic...

EHeheM...* clearing throat*

Just about less than 48 hours b4 the bigbigday...Cheryl n Wendy was just talking about how fun it would be to be earning $$ by working for about 6 hours during M'sian studies ( boring subj ! ) .. after hearin about d pay..i wan to be part of it too!

But unfortunately no more place available for me coz they only needed 3 ( wen, cherly n her sis )...bohuhu..

Anyway... i tot i'd nvr hav d chance to work v them...but who knows... later tat night, cheryl called n said that she wont be able to make it on sunday due to sum reasons.....and.... guess who replaced her! Me! We also had to find another replacement as her sister couldnt go too...

Noww...introducing my Jobbie...

As a promoter, i'll be promoting the " Antabax" shower cream!

Venue : Sunway Lagoon

Time : 8.00am to 5.00pm
Pay : RM ???.00
( stil unknown..keke) curious...

Just the night b4 working, i stayed overnight at wendy's unit ..

just incase we couldnt wake up early or arrive late...

and end up being FIRED b4 even selling our 1st bottle of shower cream... !!!

We set our alarms at 6.00am coz we hav to arrive thr around 7.30am
but i set mine at 5.45am coz hav to shower first...
lazy wendy doesnt wn to wake up first...>.<

Anyway...around 9.30pm that night Chelsea ( our dunno who ) sent us a file which looked like EXAM MODULE NOTES...! I was like....har... working also hav to study!? ..

So we went thru the slides by reading each word carefully and memorized them!

Come to think of it , it was kinda silly of us coz we waste quite alot of time preparing for it.... SUMMMORE..wendy was reading and memorizing it so fast...!

like robot...whereas i was slow..>.<...(tired ma...brain not functioning properly )

You can say that we were pretty nervous coz we couldnt sleep ( or was it bcoz i kept talking ) until 2.30am. Finally, we dozed off..

* !@#$%^&#$#$%@#$%^&^%$#$%*

My alarm rang so loud tat i think the whole buildin could hear except for wendy! ..u knw why...=p .

6.00am d ( only 3 and a half hour of sleep!!! ) ..i woke up 10mins late hahaa... and had to rush around. We just had simple touch ups and were on our way!

Wendy drove us thr and it was a great morning as everything was in place...no cars on the road..not raining... just great! hehee ^^

My Feelings : Excited, Happy, NERVOUS and also PANICKING!

( coz i've forgotten everythg i read last night! hehe )

Finally... we hav arrived!!! Yippeee!~

SUNWAY LAGOON !

i look like ghost/vampire after applying dee's foundation =s

And oh yea!

This is my first time goin in! so hapi!

although my hostel was jst next to sunway lagoon when i was in college,

i've nvr step foot inside b4!

only been peeping inside S.L from my room...

SAD CASE =(

while waiting for our supervisor to come...we starting takin pics * keke*
*to release stress* haha...

Date : 30th Nov 08

Day : Sunday

Event : Family Day!

I tot that it would just be an ordinary day...but little did i know it was a HUGE day!
Its the Family Day and alot...and i mean DAMN alot of ppl were thr enjoyin themselves!

We got in for free since we r the promoters hoho...( 1st entry fee free for me! )

I was acting like one of them when i got in to S.L...like i'm on holiday

wanted to go here and there to take a look ..
but got scolded by wendy T.T * sob sob*

Anyway... its Working time!

Being a promoter isnt like wat u think until u've become one yourself!
I had a great experience and wouldn't mind doing it again actually ehehe..

All u need is to SMILE and SMILE and keep on SMILING even if u feel like strangling the customer!

Be very FRIENDLY although you find some of them quite annoying...( very hiao! ergh! )
and also the 2 P's...which are --- be PATIENT and POLITE .

Be very very very CONVINCING...that's the most important part! ^^

And lastly...never forget to say THANK YOU and SMILE again ! XD

I didnt expect to sell more than 10 bottles actually coz i myseslf hav nvr heard of the brand "Antabax" b4...

But who knows...just minutes after our briefing, i got my 1st customer!

I can stil remember how it felt..! I was so excited and that was an urge that made me wanna work hard for it... try as hard as possible to sell of everything that was there that day!

That feeling made my day and loved doing my job =)

One hour later..our bag were full with $$$$$ ! we were rich and successful with our business!
but not for long though as we had to give them back at the end of the day...bohuhu...

( we could hav actually considered taking business line instead of health line haha! )

Wendy and I kept on smiling to anyone we saw ,
passing out free samples to the ppl who passed by....( sum were so greedy..took all my samples b4 i could even explain about the product ! )

what to do??? Cant do anything but to take out more samples and distributing it ..!
and also promoting and selling our products every second! non-stop!

It was Sunny and Hot that day....at just around 10am..both of our faces were bright red! like apples and tomatoes !! yummy!

Soon...Lunch break came.

Our supervisor , Richard ( also a student! ) only allowed one of us to hav makan while another 1 of us hav to continue with our work...

BUT... we managed to persuade him to let us both makan at the same time !
We sort of bullied him by asking him to work while we were gone for lunch! muahahaha...!
Luckily thr's this girl ,Jess who was working at another part of S.L came to our booth and rescued us... thx!

Here's pretty Jess on the right - made a friend! very nice and friendly person!

so...BREAK TIME FOR US!

was quite hungry d and wendy wanted to eat KFC!

And so, KFC it is!

after lunch and while regaining our energy... its...

Picture time!

Leg pain and tired d...standing for more than 5 hrs!

pOsERs...while killing time~ Made a stop at the ladies b4 heading back to work again
-- for touch ups

Guess wat...we hav our own supporters( ejinq n wai hong) cheering as we were working!

Thanks alot guys! ^^

Richard gave us 5 mins to meet up with them
Thanks too for that! ^^

The 2 tired promoters

And finally...5pm came but our supervisor wanted us to stay for another hour!

We were so exhausted then..but with extra pay ( obviously) ...

who wouldnt mind for another 60 minutes!

And so...we worked till 6.00pm

At the end of the day...

close shop d and we started counting the money that we manage to get ( not earned)

Miss wendy 'earned' ---> RM921.00 for Antabax!

And me!!! with the total of RM976.00 ! * Applause pls* XD

Here's the other promoter from another booth... ( the 1 tat replaced cheryl's sis) very pretty too!

DRUMs plsssss.....
Introducing , our supervisor,
RICHARD

Guess how old he is! hehe... ok la praise u abit.. - very nice, helpful , funny and friendly person!
Best supervisor awards goes to u! there...give u 3 bottles of Antabax!

And here's CHEALSEA!

That's all folks!~ Tired d...been doin this since afternoon..my eyes wanna go blind d!

Conclusion : Use your $$ carefully and wisely coz earning money aint easy!
Also... planning to earn more in the future! hahhaa...
Tata~