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Twilight. We were like little girls, my friend and I, giggling away as we flipped the pages of famous novels being translated to Malay language at a popular bookstore (get the pun?). "Look look," I gasped, showing her a book. "Guess what's Twilight in Malay??" *brain fart*  "Senjakala. Ooohhhhhh........" *enlightenment* "Then what about Eclipse?" I chirped in glee.  "Gerhana... Simple!" "Okay, one more. New Moon?" I asked. "Easy peasy. Anak bulan!!" I thought so too.  But noooo... New Moon just became New Love. 
Greetings from behind a messy desk! Hi all! Once again I had managed to abandon blogsphere for a while now. Who would have guessed that even in the working world, one would be assigned to researches and whatnot. In just a few more weeks, the new year will roll by. And yet I still have yet to fulfill my resolution for this year- to finish any given task given this year by the end of this year.  I WILL SURVIVE!! *in workaholic mode* *DO NOT DISTURB*
Neglected.  This is how my blog looks like now.Totally neglected. On the upside, I'm exempted from going to work for the next few days or so. Woohoo! The downside, however, is that I have to be at Kelantan. Work-related. *cries a bit inside* I haven't even pack for the trip yet. It's going to be a long night. 
Scrubs. Ever since Crocs came up with their range of rubber shoes, I made a vow to myself never to follow the crowd and get a pair because it's popular, just because they're hideous imho. Against all odds (the universe was against me somehow), I had to get a pair of rubber shoes/sandals... for work. *cringes at the thought of it* I went ahead and bought a cheap 'made in China' pair for 15 bucks *still cringing as I handed my money to the cashier*  Albeit all the cringing I made, when I put them on, hey, it doesn't look too bad.  But still, I'll never be caught dead in these on the streets.   The only outfit I'll pair the shoes with are my scrubs.
Strange purchases. Just last week I visited a kids carnival organized by my church. It was free entrance, plus they gave away free coupons!! So I exchanged my coupons for this.  Free toys!  It says "Wisdom Game Cube Puzzle" on the package. Oooh, it must take high IQ to solve it.  The first cube puzzle looks easy. I'm guessing the aim of it is to lead the metal ball into the hole.  Easy peasy!!   It baffled me, so much so that I gave it away to a kid. And when the little girl asked me what to do with it, I said: Go figure.   This has been the cutest Even though it's 6 bucks more costly than the conventional ones, I was so tempted to get it because it's really small, light and most importantly, portable. Also, the floral prints are really cute!  These are my best purchases ever! Penang night market rules! One. Buck. For. Each. Item. So my friend and I grabbed everything we needed. I got four items. She, 10. It's like dirt cheap sales haha, except that it's on every Friday night at Jalan Perak, Penang at this one particular stall. Okay, that's all for today. Gonna go "window shopping" now. Tataa~ Have a great weekend! p/s: My weekends start on Friday. Jealous much?
I <3 USS Aaahh yes, this post is like a back-dated cheque. Funny story that led to this awesome trip. On our way to breaking our backs climbing Mt. Kinabalu, us girls actually had a brilliant idea- why not go for another vacation after torturing ourselves like this! This vacation should be free and easy, and filled with lots of shopping. Ironically, my heels were about to break the second time.   Welcome to Marina Bay Sands, Singapore! No, we did not stay there. We just happened to take a long walk from Marina Bay Sands to Clarke Quay. One. Hour. Walk. O. M. G.  On the second day of our trip, we were here!!  I felt like a small child oooh-ing and aaah-ing at all the amazing works that made USS...... USS!  Isn't this poster just ADORABLE???!!!!!  Gingerbread man drunk on his job. Tsk tsk tsk.  The famous Jurassic Park gate, where behind it housed a land before time.  Instead of running away from dinosaurs, people were drawn to these majestic beasts. Just look at the boy hugging the dinosaur egg!  The Pharaoh's slaves.  And we, his concubines. Haha ok I'm kidding!  The great and awesome Battlestar Galactica. Fear it or embrace it.  Cylons versus Humans. Here we go!!  The dips and loops made my heart palpitate with exhilaration!  Some fancy building.  Some fancy apartment buildings that looked vaguely familiar. Any hits?  Me and my Oscar award trophy.   Papa donkey with dronkey juniors.  The Water World live performance was about to start.  Arrived a tad too late and all the good seats were taken up.  Thankfully my camera did not fail me.  The bad-ass guys with their giant guns.  Then we watched a bunch of penguins do the jungle boogie.  Shrek can hold my hand any time!  Pinocchio was punished for lying.  I so wanna live in a castle when I grow up. *dreamy-eyed*  Had this strawberry crepe for teatime. It's just not the same as the one at Harajuku Crepe in Melbourne. Sighs.  Met up with my close friend Pat. We had dinner at Timbers, after waiting for what seemed like eternity. Note to self: Reservation.  We had all kinds of pizzas.    On our last day, we actually got to meet real celebrities! The dude with the blonde hair- I know him as 'the police guy' because he's always playing the role of a good cop. Alright, that's about it. The rest of the time we were busy window shopping. It's annoyingly impossible to get stuff in Singapore because we'd be converting currencies in our heads, just to realize that it's not worth it and blah blah blah. So yeah, window shopping.
It sucks...... ....... being a BANANA. I probably need regular Mandarin + Hokkien + Cantonese tuition to help me stay connected to the human race. Whenever Chinese-speaking patients see me, they get excited because they assumed that I understand their language perfectly. I always end up letting them down.
Greetings from up north. Hey guys, As you already know, I am now in Kedah, 7 hours away from home. It's weird and lonely at first. I had the same emotion as I did staying away from home for the first time 7 years ago. I cried like mad. But things get better from there. I'm beginning to familiarize myself with the people I work with. They are very nice and friendly folks, by the way.  The landlady whom I am staying with is a nice person too.It's only been my second day at work. So far, so good. My workplace is just 10 minutes drive away. Yippee!! Getting up at 6.30am vs 6.00am, now that makes a lot of difference, doesn't it?  I'm so glad it's a holiday tomorrow, regardless of its purpose lol. It still seem weird to me though, that my working week starts on a Sunday and ends on Thursdays. Guess I'll be suffering from Sunday blues.
Into the working world. The past two months of work-free life was, in fact, the busiest time of my life. I had church activities to attend, family ritual to participate, heavy shopping bags to carry (and empty pockets to cry over), a mountain to scale, and vacations to escape to. I was out traveling almost every week! After all the waiting... At last it came! The letter that I had dreaded and even had nightmares of finally arrived! Of all the states, I am placed in Kedah, which is approximately 6 hours away from home. What a boo boo!! I've been packing all day and my room is a total mess. I trip over things. My bed can't be slept in. I made a vow to pack only the essentials this time. History should not repeat itself for the 4th time. Lol. No matter how hard I try, I just can't seem to help myself!! 5 luggage bags and counting... One luggage bag is dedicated to carrying ALL my books. The remaining four are filled with mambo-jumbos. I REALLY didn't know I have so many essentials!
Sheer determination So, on the night before THE BIG DAY, we redistributed our luggage, and brought only hiking gears, kampung Adidas shoes (which, by the way, totally rocks!), etc, for we were going to head to the mountain. *sings we'll be coming round the mountain when we come  The journey to Kundasang was about 2 hours or so. The weather was wonderful. Cloudy yet nonthreatening.  About this time, some of us were secretly hoping that it'll rain so that the climb would have to be canceled.   The mountain range. Mt Kinabalu is somewhere there, together with Ugly Sisters peak and King Kong mountain. True story!  Hot spring water to calm the nerves.  Kaki steamboat (pun intended lol).  A few of us went for the considerably short canopy walk.  The hanging bridge.  Then we stopped by this place just by the roadside. A signboard read, "Rafflesia RM20". That's frigging crazy! Just 'coz they fenced up the flower and called it their own and charge people to pay in order to go see it.  And people like me still fall for it. #cheatmymoney  The Kundasang War Memorial and Gardens.  This garden is filled with tragic memories of the Australian and British soldiers who died in the Death March during WWII. Go google it. I'm sure the tragic event will move your soul.  Notice the plates on the walls on the right side. All two thousand plus POWs who perished in the death march have their names engraved on the plates.  Such a beautiful view from up here.  Late in the evening we finally arrived at the base of Mt. Kinabalu, and stayed at the Rock Hostel for the night.   Breakfast the next morning. They wanna make sure we eat so much so that no one faints or become delusional. The breakfast place even packed us lunch to bring on our gruesome journey. A few slices of sandwiches, an apple, and two hard boiled eggs. Oh, and a banana.  Just by staring at the trail, it's not difficult to become delusional.   But no matter what, we must reach the summit! No matter what!!  The most stressful climb in my life! Broga Hill will be a piece of cake after this. LOL!  A final "HAPPY" moment before we split up. The journey started at 9am, and everyone walked at their own pace because some of us have longer legs than others *cough cough*.  After a fricking 6 hours for some 6.5km hike, I finally reached the mid-mountain called Laban Rata. Hallelujah! *kisses ground* If it wasn't for Suzu and Wei Ming to be walking with me, I might have became delusional already. True story! And also at one of the many breaks that I took, I left my lunchbox there by accident. There goes my few slices of sandwiches, an apple, and two hard boiled eggs. Oh, and a banana. I bet a bunch of squirrels had an awesome party.  Attempting to take photos with the summit behind us when the fog cleared for a split second. Our room in Laban Rata was awesome, by the way! 5 sets of double decker beds were fitted into one room, so all 10 of us had the room to ourselves. Right after washing up (with ice-cold water fml) and having dinner, we forced ourselves to sleep at 7pm because the next hike to the summit was at 2am. It was impossible in so many ways. My biological clock was hay wired, and the guys were either snoring or farting at one another. Also true story! After 1 hour, all of us were still wide awake. The horror, the horror!!  The night climb was more tiring than before. There was no energy left, the air was getting so much thinner, and the muscle cramps were setting in just a bit.  With sheer determination, we made our way to the top.  It. Was. Such. An. Awesome. Feeling.  Made two new friends After 10 minutes at the summit, we had to head back to Laban Rata to have breakfast and pack.  Going downhill was much easier. Such a breeze.  On my way up, I didn't realize the beauty of nature. Now I do.  More exotic flowers (just 'coz I don't know what they are ;p)  When nature calls, go to nature.  I can proudly display it in my future clinic hahahaha.  What better way to end a wonderful and fruitful KK trip than to have a taste of KK's famous drink- the avocado juice. p/s: The after-effect of the climb was non-functional lower limbs for 2 weeks. The muscle cramps were epic!
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