Happy Father's Day!

This post may be a wee bit overdue but it's better late than never, eh??? Kekekeke
After reading the title of my post, most of you may be thinking "what a WEE BIT overdue?!?!?!". Well, sorry to burst you bubble, mate...I'm not going mad. The country I live in now, Australia (for some of you who have forgotten or who are just outdated), celebrates Fathers' Day in September...yes, 3 months after the rest of the world celebrates it. What to do...they want to be special.

Anyway...

This post is dedicated to my Daddy...

HAPPY FATHERS' DAY, DADDY!!!!!

My Daddy may not be the perfect dad but he does try ever so hard to be the best and in my eyes, I can never ask for another dad. The thought of asking for another father never crossed my mind.

During cell group last Friday, we were discussing the 5th commandment, that is to honour your father and mother. Well, we discussed what was lacking in our relationship and ways to improve it if there is anything lacking. I shared that my whole family doesn't show much affection and in my father's case, we barely talk...deep stuff. Showing affection in this context means saying "I love you", kissing and hugging each other. So, not much affection and seldom talking to each other sounds like a horrible relationship, eh? I don't think so.

Even though affection is not shown as much, we love each other greatly. My Dad is willing to give me anything (of course if it is beneficial and affordable). Both my parents work really really hard to earn money for all our tuition fees and other needs. Sometimes I wonder if it is worth the stress that they are going through in earning money to give us the best in education, entertainment, recreation, food, etc...yup, that's sacrifice.

Another proof that my Daddy loves me is the time I flew off to Perth...not only me but my older sister as well. My Daddy was willing to take time off from his work to take me visiting relatives and fulfilling my last few request to eat authentic Malaysian cuisine...boy, do i miss it!! yeah, back to my point. As the whole family reached the airport, we were all fine, laughing, making jokes and taking picture. But at the departure gate, *sniff sniff* we all started crying. The funny thing is that my Daddy never cries unless it is family related...this includes this farewell...and when he starts crying, he cries. That's the soft side of my Dad ^^

My Daddy is very funny actually...very sporting. I can never have the guts to be as sporting as him. I remember a time during a dinner and there was a singer. The singer went round among the audiences to find "victims" to dance along with him. Then when the singer went near my father's table, my dad stood up and started to not dance but jiggle! I did feel a tad embarrassed but the feeling of admiration overcome the feeling of embarrassment. To top it up, the joy he showed as he walked back to his seat was priceless...

Whenever my Dad is at home and awake (he's usually either asleep or working), he'll always attempt to entertain us. His jokes won't be hilarious but sufficient to make us laugh or smile...so sweet...Proof that he's funny and caring!

Remembering the good old days...When i was about 25kg light, i used to sit on my Daddy's legs and he'll "see-saw me" or I'll sit on his lap and we'll both eat on the table. Now that I'm...(ahem...you're not getting me to tell you my weight)...heavier, my Dad obviously can't "see-saw" me anymore.

Well, there are other quirks about my Dad and other acts of kindness that I shall not mention that distinguishes MY DADDY from other daddies. My daddy is special in my heart and I love him ^^

ps: ng yan mei, make sure daddy reads this...hehehe...drag mummy to the comp too!

First day

As some of you might know, I'm now employed by Spotless as an usher/concierge in a place called Perth Convention Exhibition Centre (PCEC). Well, 13/8/07 was my first day of work. It was suppose to be on the 7/8/07 but the people canceled the event and therefore, I don't need to work on that day.

Ok ok...I think I'm going ahead of myself...Let us back track abit. ^_^

This place, PCEC, is a really high class place. well, at least I think it's a high class place. I suppose you can say it's an "events place" (if there's such a term). People hold meetings, ballroom events, stage performances, dinners, weddings, exhibitions, etc. PCEC runs a recruitment drive about 3 times in a year and they hire casuals (almost like part time workers little bit more freedom in terms of work schedule).

I went for the one day recruitment drive, filled out the application form and waited for an interview on the same afternoon. Right after the interview, I was offered the job. How great is that?!?!?! To top things up, I was sort of desperate for a job...wanted to get a job which allows me to work during the winter break (and of course during the semester) because during winter, my working hours per week is unlimited (visa thingy...). This recruitment drive thing was done somewhere towards the end of winter. Now that, my friends, is a miracle =D

Although I didn't start work during the winter break, I'm thankful enought that I got a good paying job ($17 per hour for working weekdays, $20 per hour for working weekends). The only downside is that it's in the city, roughly 40 mins bus ride and I've to work night shifts most of the time because of my uni schedule. But, as I said, I'm thankful enough I got the job.

On to my first day...

I was given a briefing about what I was suppose to do for that night and as the supervisor said, "Clear as mud, eh?" LOL! I was on duty as a concierge that night and did basically reception work. So, I sat there and waited for people to either ask questions or to pick up the phone which I failed quite miserably on the first phone call =S I was pretty much alone the whole time because:-

1. all the senior workers were off as it was pass normal working hours (was working 5-9pm)
2. the other people on duty where at a different place
3. almost all the events for the day were done.

So, yeap...that was pretty much my first day. Learnt a lot of things but didn't do much. But come to think of it, I earn big bucks for just sitting there the whole night.

At the end of my shift, a friend picked me up from work. Now, that was when the drama started. She wasn't very familiar with the place and the same goes to me...so, when she reached the place, she didn't know where to pick me up cause she couldn't find the entrance. The only entrances she saw were the bus entrance to the bus port and also an entrance to the parking lot which she had to pay for if she entered.

I think it took us about 45 mins to finally find each other!! The worse thing was that while talking, my phone died. Can you imagine how freaky that was?!?!?! In the middle of the night, in the city of a foreign country and oh yes, it was starting to drizzle. I feel so sorry to put my friend into such panic =(

But all was well.

A pretty good first day, I'd say ^_^

p.s.: should have taken a photo of me in uniform...sigh...nvm, will be working again this saturday (weekend...yay!) kekekekeke

you will never walk alone

Last sunday was Freshie's Welcome...From the name, the event is to welcome freshies. LOL! Anyway, I entered the choir and we all performed a very nice song...meaningful. I'd like to share it with all of you ^_^

Along life's road

There will be sunshine and rain

Roses and thorns, laughter and pain

And 'cross the miles

You will face mountains so steep

Deserts so long and valleys so deep

Sometimes the journey's gentle

Sometimes the cold wind blow

But I want you to remember

I want you to know

Chorus:-

You will never walk alone

As long as you have faith

Jesus will be right beside you all the way

You may feel you're far from home

But home is where He is

And he'll be there down every road

You will never walk alone

The path will wind

And you will find wonders and fears

Labors of love and a few falling tears

Across the years

There will be some twists and turns

Mistakes to make and lessons to learn

Sometimes the journey's gentle

Sometimes the cold winds blow

But I want you to remember

Where ever you may go

*chorus

Jesus knows your joy

Jesus knows your need

He will go the distance with you

faithfully

*chorus

never, no never

never, no never

Ultimate Blurness

today was the first day of the second week of second semester uni.

My schedule was as such la:-
8-9 am Introductory to Microbiology lecture
9-12pm Chemistry lab
12-2pm Human Biology lecture

I woke up at 6.30 this morning and boy was it hard to open my eyes! To make things worse, it was raining....cooling....tucked under my quilt....ah...warm...in the end, i woke up at nearly 7 and i had to catch a 7.30 bus! I left the house at 7.29 am but as i was walking to the bus stop, i saw the bus pass by right in front of my eyes =S oh well, i thought that i'll just catch the next bus which was to arrive 7.45 and it just takes 10 mins to reach uni. but (as the title mentions) as i was blur, i forgot to take into account the traffic jam. SO....the bus was late, arriving at 7.50 AND the traffic was heavy and thus i reached uni by 8.10. was about 15 mins late for class. sigh

This is where i wait at whenever i wanna go to uni

the next blur incident was during chemistry practical. We were doing saponification of ethyl benzoate to produce benzoic acid crystals. One of the procedures is to add 3M of sodium hydroxide into ethyl benzoate. but somehow, i read wrongly and I took 3M sulphuric acid instead of sodium hydroxide. I suppose i just read "3M" and i just assumed that the rest of the wordings was sodium hydroxide. Now, that's a REALLY bad thing to do especially in chemistry as you'll never know whether that mistake can cause an explosion! All in all, I wasted about 1 hour of my partner's and my lab time but we managed to finish the experiment on time. ^^

During Human Bio lecture, there wasn't any blur incidences but it was pretty interesting. The lecturer for the first half of the lecture is a soft-spoken lady (pretty boring too). Anyway, nobody could hear her from the back of the hall and mind you, the hall is big! (can seat a maximum of 600 over people) so, she tried putting the mic louder but that didn't work either. Then, she called a technician but that didn't help either. In the end, we wasted a whole 1 hour(first half of the lecture) waiting for nothing. More than half of the hall left!!! The last half of the lecture went very well with no glitches. hmm.....i just think that the first lecturer was plain soft-spoken. I pity her because it's as if she gets no respect for her soft voice and boring ways.

well, there are other incidences where i was blur but i sort of forgot the exact details. Briefly, i think i misread something again but didn't cause a major set back, just great embarrassment. anyhow, my point is today was not exactly normal and i was pretty blur, making it a pretty eventful day.

Stupid phone...*grr...*

I realised that my phone was acting-up only later in the afternoon today...but it was already too late.

No wonder my phone was awfully quiet.

My phone became "stupid" as of yesterday night, i think. I was suppose to go early to uni to help out at the passion booth (part of orientation) and then go for class at 2. But my sister reminded me that i had to stay at home in the morning to wait for a registered mail from my parents... *whispering* it contains the bank draft for my tuition fees and the fees is due on the 3rd. so very important to wait for the mail. *whispering end*

Anyway, to make a connection, I had to tell my neighbour who was also planning to go early to uni with me that I can't make it anymore. Tried to send a message but it failed. Then i forgot about it. I also tried to check my credit balance which means that I had to access the browser on my phone but that failed too. I was thinking, "may be the line was terrible. will just try another time."

Ok. That's incident 1. Next incident was this afternoon. I went to a nearby shopping centre and I wanted to call my sister. Dialled the number, there was no sound for a long time and suddenly a high pitched tone. I tried calling like 3 times. Then I gave up thinking that she offed her phone because she was working or something and instead, tried messaging her. The message failed to send again. Tried again but to no avail.

Then, I was late for a practical. Usually, my classmate would be messaging or calling me by the time class starts. But.....yup, you've guessed it. No sound from my phone. Then it hit me! My phone has gone 'cuckoo'!!!!!!

To prove my theory, I tried calling my classmate who was with me at that time. She also tried to call me. We both came up with the same results...no ringing tone. Using that friend's phone, i messaged my sister complaining to her and also saying something else more substantial. I was using my friend's credit...hehehe.

In the end, i just had to restart my phone. alamak......the frustration my phone created me to have...And the amazing thing was I received like 8 messages right after I restarted my phone!!! Plus, it was during lecture...luckily my phone was already on silent *phew*. So, imagine la...buzz buzz...buzz buzz.....buzz buzz...for 8 times!!! paiseh man........

Anyway, glad to have my phone back to normal. Hopefully it doesn't happen again. If it does, hopefully I remember how to deal with it!!!! I feel so dumb...because my phone 'merajuk' before...*blush*

Rain

Rain, rain go away,

come again some other day,

Rain, rain go away,

little yan hua wants to play.

It's raining, it's pouring,

and the old man is snoring,

he went to bed and he bumped his head,

and he couldn't get up in the morning.

I'm singing in the rain,

Just singin' in the rain,

da-da-da...da-da-da-da...

(I don't know the lyrics anymore)

yup, I'm going MAD!

It has been raining for the past week everyday without fail! It's so annoying!!!! But how can that be? I came from a country where it rains all the time...actually pours cats and dogs...

I suppose it's because the rain here actually doesn't rain...I mean, it drizzles (but Aussies call it showers) It doesn't just drizzle for a couple of hours and then stop the rest of the day but it drizzles for like 10 minutes and then stops for another 10 minutes and it rains again!

Accompanying the rain is strong winds...i tell you, the umbrella is of no use. seriously. it's better to wear a wind-breaker that comes with a hood (wait, all wind-breaker comes with a hood. what am i talking about!) However, there is a technique in using the umbrella if you insist on using it. Don't open the umbrella fully and point it in the direction against the wind.

I'm looking forward to Friday. Do you know why??? Because it's SUNNY!!!!!! well, at least that's what the weather forecast says...and i trust it very much. Now i can sing:-

The sun will come up,

on Friday,

bet'cha bottom dollar that on Friday,

(I forgot the lyrics again)

bubur craze!

Just last Friday, I went to a friend's house to experiment making Bubur cha-cha. Why? Well, church is organising a Mamak night where (well, the name says it all) mamak food is being sold! I think it's a semesterly thing. Anyway, I was tempted to show off my cooking skill (yea right) by setting up a stall. I invited my friends, namely Jaclyn and Cheah Yen to set it up with me (I can't be doing it all by myself!) We decided to make 'bubur's...Bubur cha-cha, red bean, black glutinous rice, barley (Hehe...so exciting just thinking about it ^^)

Back to my story.

On Friday, we went grocery shopping. This is our first time making it so, we wanted to test it out before selling it. It's really easy to do actually.


Ingredients:

• Yam


• Sweet potatoes


• Rock sugar


• Coconut (we used cream because they didn't have any other type)


• Sago


• Pandan leaf (shredded and tied tightly)

Method:

1. Steam the sweet potatoes first, then the yam as the yam softens faster.


2. Cut the sweet potatoes and yam into cubes or any other shape you would like it to be.


3. Boil some water and put in the sago. Remember to constantly stir so that the sago will not stick to each other.


4. After the sago becomes transparent, put in the coconut cream, sugar and pandan leaf.


5. Wait till the rock sugar has disolved and then put in the cubed sweet potatoes and yam.


6. Cook for awhile longer and TA-DA!

After making the bubur cha-cha, Jaclyn and Cheah Yen took it to their cell meeting (hehe...making the cell members the guinea pigs =P) and apparently it was good.

Bangga........ ^^ not bad for first timers.

You know what, i think the secret is in the amount of coconut you put in. Of course not too thick!!! It'll be too jalak!! *bluek*

Too bad I didn't take a picture though but this is what it's suppose to look like...

I'm determined to make one for myself! MUAHAHA! Next experiment would be red bean soup, barley and the black glutinous rice.

ps: any other tips that you can share?