hmm... wat can i say? The day has come and went.. Like the blink of an eye. Worth it or not.. I don't know. I read a book. Actually 2 books. Din manage to finish it on time, though. Wen to MValley wit sis, bought a new plant and rose food for my roses. Yea, the plants are back at home. But the new plant... it's so pretty. Its light green and its leaves are pine-like. I hope they grow tall. Not that i don like its current stunted state... i jus wanna c 'em tall..
Gonna start me packin.. i've a long day tommorrow.. chious de mous..

the 2nd day of Christmas... My flu has come to be..

My immune system has been invaded! My once-in-a-blue-moon sickness has arrived.
I'm officially sick... i guess my prayers to have a good rest at home during this 2-week break has been heard.. I'm blowin my nose and it feels like its gonna come out anytime now. Its so painful... But, despite my vulnerable state, i have managed to do most of the things in my list-of-things to-do for the day.. Driving in the mornin, eye-brow threading in the noon, bring back plants to home. Din get to go to MidValley to meet CSS gang though. i missed home today. Wen i was ther to grab my plants. Somehow, walkin ther is akin to walkin down memory lane. So much of memoirs.. many more to come. Well, the lesson learnt :- move on.
Learn to let go and move on. Easier said than done, its worth the effort. Lookin back isn't gonna get you places, but living the present is. Why waste time & effort thinkin of what could've, should've and must've been done. When all that time can be used to do things right the second time around?
I read bout the tsunami damages in Penang today.. & almost cried. I felt so sad for those ppl. Who'd have thought... a vacation that lands u in death. I even used to make plans of moving to the sea-side area in Penang. Get a cosy lil home there after landing in a job. Take my parents there.. Some quiet plc wher they can rest. Thank God now that i never got there. My mother wouldn't have been able to bear the sea breeze anyways.. :-)
Tonite... i say a lil prayer for the souls of the departed... May their soul rest in peace
AMEN

the ART of selling... YoursELF!

11-22-2004 10:56 AM

(this is addition from my journal in Hi5! So, excuse the entre' statement. Have fun! :)

Hi Journal. This' the first time i'm writing to you. My entries are (hopefully) not in a sequel. So, they're gonna be very different thoughts each time. Not related to each other. Very well... Just weeks back, i have officially made an entry into the statistics of un-employment in the country. & being a fresh graduate, whenever i met ppl whom i haven't seen for a very long time, this has been a typical situation i've had to face... QUESTION: "so, what r u doing now?" ANSWER: Just finished my studies QUESTION: "Have you started applying?" ANSWER: "Hmm... sort of... " QUESTION: "What did you study for"" ANSWER: "IT..." QUESTION: Hmm.. its a tough market out there, isn't it. Very saturated, highly competitive.... Hey, can some1 tell me something I do not already know, please? Forgive my impatience but i'm just not in for this nonsense of having to go through a long session of advice on not being very picky, choosy, selective? Whatever you may call it, from every Abu, Alan & Andy on my way.. I think these ppl need to revise their standard questions they need to ask us, next time. Something along the lines of, "hey look, why don't you pass your resume to me, & I'll see if I can land you in the job at SHELL".. for instance, is totally acceptable. The more you market your availability for a job, the better chances you stand to get a job because you'll be the first person that pops into a persons mind if there's an opening in their organization... But then again, that really depends on how well you market your skills & win yourself over to that person waiting for an answer from you for the question " Why do you want this job" Who knows, probably the person you share a chat with about the weather in the lift might just turn out to be the CEO of Shlumberger or MAXIS... The next time around, i'm just gonna be the nice me & speak about the looking for a job "me, myself & I"... it all falls back to only 1 thing... the art of selling... youself! Okay, my bed is calling for me... Gotta get my 8-hour beauty sleep now... till v meet again...

Life is such a dreaded long wait...

11-28-2004 8:44 AM

yea.. thats basically what its all about, isn't it For the past 1 week at least, i have been finding myself waiting... For the bus, cab, trains.. all of which never arrived! & for people to even move a bit faster or at least give way Malaysians! So, very complacent...Inconsiderate... Life is like a stroll to 'em... i wonder... don't ppl have things to do at all times or is it just me? Today was one of the worst waiting session... Went for a pre-L course at a certain JPJ office in Segambut. to begin with, the course which was supposedly 6 hours began only at about 1030 hours because the lecturer was late. 30 minutes into the session, we were given an hour break. By this time, i've cumulatively wasted 3 hours doing -NOTHING! thank God i took my writing book with me. I was bz venting out my annoyance into the unfilled pages of my very loyal book. Its been thru the ups & downs of my never-ending awaitings... anyways, to cut long story short, the course went on for less than 6 hours. But, we were instructed to write otherwise in a form we had to fill up. So, basically, after a solid 5hours of time wasted, we were driven home by the uncle fm my driving school who picks & sends us. sigh.... I came back today and released my frustration over the phone to a good fren of mine... at the end of the conversation, i managed to convince her that i was schizophernic.. am losing my mind, mentally troubled in short. Anyways, at the end of the day, after having a good 1-hour long bath & filling my stomach wit some food, i finally managed to collect myself... & upon reflecting, i've promised to myself this... NEVER am i gonna subject myself or any1 at all for the matter to wait for me or vice versa... Its a lesson for me to learn, i guess. To get back to basics.... Equip me for the long waits... My good books, my walkman should always accompany me on my journey to wherever.. And always take at least 2 hours in advance if i'm taking the trains... Even the LRTs have become so unreliable these days... No way i'm taking chances anymore. Lesson learnt thru xperience... Thanx Jesus that was a very strong hit ;-)

Y need the light when there's no darkness...

Hey Joury...Thats a nick i'm gonna give ya.. I had a very tiring week. Monday was my official pitchin day.So, yea, its 3 days now. How has it been?Sucks man! I can't believe I'm doing the same shit...AGAIN!But its in a different environment now. The ppl are warm n nice.. So r my colleagues. But hey, evryday is a new day therI managed to get my arse to werk on time, this past 2 days. Before 12pm that is! yay!The trains have been very bad to me the past week. Made me reach werk so... late! Neways, i'm learnin fast on that 1. The ppl i spoke to today weren't very nice to me. I had many rejections.Thats what they say... in 10,000 rejections, eventually, 1 will say yes. I'm too nice to 'em... thats whyoh yea, back to the title again, i've read sumwher bout this...Which struck me like a lightnin.. b'coz i went thru it that same day that i read bout it.I was in the room, & in my hurry of rushing out, i accidentally switched on the light in the room when i was supposed to have turned the main switch off. There was no difference in the room at that time. The room looked as it was, becoz the sun was shinin so brite in the outsid, i didn't realise the lite was on at first.Its all bout a relativity...Lite with darkness;Sadness wit joy;Nite wit day;Bad wit good...The list goes on... in a nutshell, one cannot be present w/out the other... mother - child... its nature