Glasgow, I'm Here! ( Part 2 )

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 )

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!

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~