Chinese New Year 2012

Monday, 23 Jan 2012

Back to my mom's hometown at Kampar. I took less than 2 hours...because I speed all the way. No car, no traffic jam, niceee. Next year my aim is 1 hour.We stayed for a night. I'm thinking how long we haven't go back to Kampar. 1 year? 2 years? but the house still look the same.

Tuesday, 24 Jan 2012

Woke up early in the morning as early as 6am. We were late for breakfast because someone still sleeping. Then we speed all the way to Penang. They all crazy one, need to drive so fast meh? 100, 110, 120, 130, 140...that's the fastest speed my car can go. I almost have mini heart-attack when my meter almost hits 130 then 140. Let's hope I won't get summon.

Total car went to Penang = 6 (including mine).
Total people went to Penang = 29 (including me).

 First time I drive to Penang...

We checked-in at Stallions Apartment Penang. We were rested a while. Then we started our journey again.

Went to Snake Temple

 Taking our lunch at Bukit Genting Hill (Leisure Park & Restaurant)

We went back to apartment to rest because we (the drivers) are too tired. At night, we went to Kek Lok Si Temple.

After we stepped out of our car, our auntie called my mom. She told us, our house got broken into.

Benda saya yang kena curi = my pc charger,  my-almost-spoil-speaker, my-almost-spoil-mouse, my hard disk, my whole box of CNY cards (wtf he going to do with it?) and two of my financial calculators. What a bastard. If I found you, I gonna skin you alive.

Really ruined my mother, my sister and my mood that day. I think not only us, but all the other families lost their mood as well.

Later we moved in a circle to find a way to going up there to visit the Guan Yin...but there is no other way except taking the cable car. Then we planned to come again next day.

Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012

 We went to Bukit Bendera by taking cable car. Nice view and cool.

 Me, my sister and mom

 At Wat Buppharam Thai Buddhist Temple

At Burmese Buddhist Temple

Temple opposite the Burmese Buddhist Temple

Then we went to eat at Anjung Gurney. The place is terrible, we didn't even bother to take photo. The place is a disaster, traffic jammed here and there. We almost walked 700 meters just to arrive at the food court because we parked really far. My other cousin who drives, walked almost twice our distance. My other uncle need to make a few rounds just to find parking. By the time we finished our meal, he just arrived. The food really sucks. I almost vomit. The service is terrible and horrible. Next time, this place is a NO-NO. I totally blacklisted this place..

Habis makan, we balik tidur.

Thursday, 26 Jan 2012

 Bangun pagi, gosok gigi...because someone wake us up with the alarm clock. WTH, all of us sudah bangun but the owner of the phone still slept like a pig. Then all of us started to packing, then we having our breakfast. Lastly we went to the beach near the restaurant (Restoran Batu Ferringhi Bistro) for swimming and playing with the sand.

Ooo, that's me with the 'yam' face XD

 We bought some local products at Wah Tai Native Products Co.

She was thinking whatever want to buy or not. XD

 

 My niece and me. The moment we took ferry.

 My car. 'Sei foh' two times that day. I almost had mini heart attack twice.

Having lunch at some seafood resto.

Then I speed all the way from Penang to KL. Really miss my home.
 Now is the moment to go to my friend's house to bai nian! Let's go to take more ang pows!

A Simple Outing

Yesterday, we planned to have a simple gathering. Before that, I went to buy GPS from Low Yat.

Crowded, a lot of human beings. Even walking, a few steps, was difficult. After looking around to find what I wanted, then a guy came to serve me. I shoot him with a lot of questions like is this original?, what else model do you have?, got free gifts? etc. Let's hope he didn't hate me or something.

Tada. This thing, it costs me RM 450. You better behave. If I still sesat, I won't hesitate to throw you out of the car's window. XD

At 2.30 pm, I went to watch The Darkest Hour (3D) with CL and Jun. The movie, really worse than I expected, really not recommended. Everything looks fine, just that, nothing great happened except the poster and the trailer.

Wow, is that a starfish? I didn't see that in the movie!

Then, we went to eat at Wendy's. We walked to Pavilion and took some photos.

Probably our last photo.

We walked to KLCC afterwards, we went shop by shop, tried out some clothes, gave Jun a lot of comments why she should buy this skirt instead of that. She said she can't sleep if she don't buy it. At the end, we successfully persuade her to buy. We walked until 10 pm.

Overall, the outing was fun and enjoyable. Let's meet again in the future!

It is a sign?

Sometimes, life is not what we expected. For some people, it looks easy. For others, it looks tough. But. Still we need to make some decisions.

Two days before the New Year, I dreamt about two snakes chasing toward me. I have no idea what kind of sign is that but I don't think it means good in my dictionary, at least. This few days, I keep having a nightmare. And sometimes, my nightmare will becomes true. Kinda scary.

Yesterday was the day to register my unit subject for my course but when I tried to log in...

"First intake student is not allowed to perform unit course registration" 

WTF, what does that mean?

Of course, I'm panicked. I sent my inquiry to the officer in charge, only to realised that yesterday was a public holiday. The night before, I asked my ex-lecturer what subjects should I take then he gave me some ideas which subjects best to complement each other.

1) MEME16303     Advanced Probability Theory
2) MEME17803     Stochastic Analysis for Finance and Actuarial Science
3) MEME17603    Computer Intensive Methods for Stochastics Models in Finance
4) MEME17003    Applied Multivariate Analysis

I intended to take (3) and (4) because surely I love these subjects compare to (1) or (2). But after asking my ex-lecturer, he advised me to take (2) & (3) or (1) & (2). I'm not really like (2) but absolutely not going to take (1). This is what we called dilemma.

The lesser evil or lesser of two evils principle is the idea in politics and political science that of two bad choices, one isn't as bad as the other, and should be chosen over the one that is a greater threat.

I hate this.

Finally, I settled with (2) & (3) because I think that is the best complement for me. (Thanks Mr. Liew for his advice).

Finally again, today, the officer in charge sending me the Units Form (Add/drop) with the Timetable. She will personally add for me 1 by 1 in the registration then I realised the timetable...different from what I expected and planned. -.-

I have nothing to choose but to go with different timetable. Waste my efforts but the horror is...all my time is at NIGHT! Oh gosh....I thought the course will be conducted in the morning or afternoon, but this is night. Same goes for my Final. Sigh. Maybe the time is allocated in such way, so that, people can come after their work.

By the way, my toilet is broken today...but I think I managed to fix it.

Don't worry, everything will be fine.

Hakuna Matata.