out

i decided i'll stop blogging for a while

am confused

dun worry,

i'll be back.....

don't if u really have to

the story is, i found out, if u're in a company (a big company like where i am) under contract or under a job agency, don't HOPE to get permanent in the same department or in a different dept in the SAME company cause they don't convert you - ever.

so if u want to be permenant in the same department or in a different department, there's TWO ways....

1- leave your current job, and come in again on your own (without the job agency) and u'll get permenant...

2- you're impressive/good enough that your own boss will give the approval to HR to convert you...

i know it sucks... but take your pick.... what will yours be?

my pick is to...

1- cry

2- cry

3- mass hunting for jobs - email, website, newspapers (without the help of the job agency)... which is really hard...

now i know why finding for a job is very hard (be it IT, computers or other fields).... sigh... does anyone there wants to hire me? *puppy eyes* pleeeasee...

old mates

friday was an interesting day, though i actually meant the night...

i met up with my old class mate - Sheau Houy (spelling?) , and a school mate who was back for hols from the UK, Leyna! and i only saw her the night before she left... why? it's because she went hiking and backpacking in Thailand (and the countries around there) for a week!!! hhmmpphhh!!!

so yea, we 3 met up and i brought them to eat banana leaf.... i was just thinking, she eats eng food most of the time, so why bring her for eng food when there's indian curry!!! we had tandoori chick, dried chick, prawns and loads of curry, we also had mango lassi... we were eating and eating and eating and taking pictures and catching up.... LOADS of catching up, haven't seen them both since high school! we were cathing up about our other friends and then we spoke bout jobs, comparing the benefits one gets here compared to the UK.... stuff like that.... and the shop was closing! hahahha... so since we haven't finished yet... we went to Beans....

there we were, with our coffees and a cake.... and more talking... it's weird to meet up after a long time, u think u'll feel awkward and nervous, but after a few mins, u'll feel comfortable (cause heeellloooooo u went to school with them?) and u recognize the familiarity that u longed for, forget and missed.... and u'll come back to your own-self...

of all the reunions i've been, not once i felt awkward... i guess u'll only feel like that when they (or you) have changed.... so far so good, no one has changed.. still the same ol (noisy) cbm girls i knew... hehehehe....

it was a nice nite, it's been a while since i saw familiar faces....

have u encountered...

so it's been 1 week since someone's bday....

i went to Memory Lane, wanting to get a card but have u (yes, here's the question) have u tried looking for a card for someone who doesn't celebrate birthdays and for someone who actually forgot that it was his birthday and for someone, who was too busy to hear someone actually wished him on his birthday?

or... hmm... why should i bother uh?

but anyway, i got one, simple.... cause maybe all my cards to him, are mostly self-written rather than having the card write it for me... our relationships so weird that there's never a card that could cater to us, hahahahha so we got to make our own....

sigh, haven't sent it yet though.....

Wise ol wise ol...

one of our dugongs has just turned a lil wiser....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY cyn!!!!

though it's been a while since we all saw you, you're always in our minds

(wondering how you are doing)

so it's another year, another year one gets older...

unfortunately, you're not the only one.. hehehe...

got to make the most of it and just be happy...

hope you had a great day!

on your mark... ready....

and waiting!! at the PIA... HAHAHAhahahahAHAHAH ....err...hmm....

Penang International Airport ler...
the golden lounge where food is at your disposal... nice....

getting there

at the Golden Lounge, was a treat of 1st class from Penang to KL before going to Dubai
going going...

cause i'm leaving on a jet plane.... (gosh.. i can't sing...) lovely view uh?

an evening at the pool
my one and only middle east meal - lamb with briani rice and bread ... nice
the roof of the Emirates Mall
B & R - the Burj
online at my cousin's hse

food!

at a high class Indian restaurant (think Kashmeer or Passage thru India)

appitizers! u can get full just eating the appitizers u know...

the one on the right, it's not naan or roti, it's pappadam!

the curries
Indian dessert - lovely! (i forgot the name)
chinese makan place looking into the snow world at Emirates Mall
Sheik Zayed Road - it's like the MAIN road in Dubai

(like how Penang road is to Penang)
date trees!
the tour bus - about 100 DHS for a day tour
outside the museum - the museum is a fort actually, there's the sea nearby

pics i took

museum wall... dun ask me why
my aunty with the wax date tree - in the museum
wax ppl - how they lived their lives
desert plants
the chocolate shop
that's how the houses look like in Dubai
in Ibn Batutta Mall

-the Chinese section-

- the Indian section-
hahah me and the elephant...

pics pics

Persia (the green sign.. that's STARBUCKS)

water technology..

is this indoors or outdoors?

astrology - if u can see there's a wax guy on top of the circle thingy and some wax men down at the bottom.. that was how they align the moons and the stars.... cool..

me and sand

at the beach park.. can see the Burj from there

lovely isn't it? clear water...

more Dubai pics

finally!!! my CAN-SEE-FEET-WATER!!! i nearly cried.. couldn't get a better clearer pic as the waves were crashing on me and i didn't want to get my camera wet (ohh and that's my cousin's daughter's feet)

at the beach park - 5 DHS per person OR 20 DHS per car

me and the Burj - finally (though the pic is so the very not clear... :( sigh...)

my cousin's house - BBQ at the side of the house

the pool at the back of the hse

front of the house - the pots... it's a water fountain

the mouse is dead

yes, my christmas present of a mouse from hell is dead... i did some experiment and operation to it... it came alive for a while but it died soon after.... so now, i'll have to get a new mouse... i tell u, never get a mouse from hell....

so i might go fish around for mice today or tomorrow.. hope i can get a good decent one... any suggestions of the where's and what's?

someones birthday

it's someone's birthday today but i'm not bothered, because i stayed up till midnite to wish him but he

1- forgot it was his birthday

2- not bothered i actually wished him

3- not paying attention as he was in a cafe, busy with his games

...u, wait u.....

BIG thanks

i would like to say

THANK YOU

to my family in Dubai for the wonderful experience and holiday that i had there.

Thanks for having us there, eventhough it was a short 2 weeks but it was incredible !

Thank You so much again

See u soon!

few more hrs to go

sigh..... soon it'll be time to go... just thinking of flying another 7 hrs... can die man!!!... i just read my itenary and i think i'll be on the same old plane that i got from KL to Dubai.... seats small man.. and it was unconfortable to sleep.... hope i will tonight.. since we'll be flying at night....

hope my baby will be on time to fetch me from the airport!!!!

my experience here was swell!! had a lovely time... though it wasn't a hectic holiday, it was nice just wasting my time watching tv, swim, sun tanning, sleeping (day and nite) hehehehhe... i guess that's what holidays mean... to do NOTHING! hahahha.... and also i haven't really been to a proper hol since sydney.... so it's weird when u go from busy busy busy and tired tired tired to totally nothing to do... hahahha...

so i've seen the burj during the day AND at night... saw the dessert during the day VERY HOT DAY and nite... got to see the apartments, malls, scenic places.... went to the beach and saw my can-see-feet-water.... saw so many types of ppl.... the different shops here compared to the ones in pg and KL.. got my tan (after so many attemps in penang) overall, wonderful holiday!!

damn!

can't post up pics... somethings wrong....

will post it up when i get back...

damn!!

on my way home!!!

oh noooooo.... it's time for me to go home.. and i hate that.... sigh...

what to do .. everything has to come to an end... which sucks big time man.... so i'm half way packed, still got to do last minute packing before i leave, the taxi will come about 4.45pm dubai time (that is 4 hrs before malaysia time) today.... and i'll reach penang airport at about 10 am Monday morning....

so yesterday, major sun tanning.. at least now i can see some lines.... heheheh.... took lots of pics of my cousins hse with my cousin... hope to get more crazy pics with the kids before i leave... at least i'll see them when they come back from school before i leave... would suck if i didn't see them before i leave the hse....

hmmmm... ppl at work... miss me? hahahha.... it's back to work... and i hate it... not the thought of going back to work but going back to THAT work... u know what i mean.... but then wat to do, so hard to get a proper PERMANENT job....

can't wait to see my baby.... it's crazy....

well peeps.... this will be my last entry from dubai.. sayonara amigos!!!!

see u back in penang!

3 more sleeps

yes 3 more and i'm on my way home... that's like so sad yo!!!! *cry cry cry* i know everyone at work can't wait for me to get back, so that they don't have to do my work... sigh....

so what i've been doing? nothing much actually, my cousin's kids had school with exams so can't 'play' much, yesterday was their last day...

i went to another mall on my own .... taxi is VERY $$$, to and fro came to about 100+ can u believe it!!! i can't believe it myself!!! don't think i want to spend 100+ for just taxi... but i guess it's ok as that mall was very unique... it's about Ibn Battuta (a guy) from like a million years ago (dunno how long but quite long also la) who went round the world... so from his travels he learnt so much that he came up with this mall having about 6 sections of the continents he went, like china, india, persia .... etc... and in each sections, he showcase the main knowledge/technology/invention... like china is their ship, india is their elephants and time, the others would be astronomy, water technology, sun, moon, medicine...etc... it's like a mall and a museum under one roof.... man this place is so huge, u'll walk and walk until u drop!

and today we all went to the beach park... it's sort of like a park where u got to pay and entrance fee and there's like a playground, makan place, bbq pits and of course the beach... very well maintained, they also have a watchout like in baywatch, with warning flags, a quad (4 wheeled bike) for emergency and a time... when it was time for the park to close, the life-guards whistled for everyone to come out from the water.... ohh they also have chairs and lounges and umbrellas for hire.... cool eh.... and i got to see my CAN-SEE-FEET-WATER!!!! yeayness!!!!! i nearly cried!!! took some pics, but couldn't really get a clear shot as the sea was not calm, lots of waves....

oh oh.. and managed to get a vague pic of myself and the burj (hope to get a clearer one... but beggars can't be choosers right?).... and me with the sand (so called la, cause i was in the car, moving)

tomorrow it seems we're going shopping again, but i doubt i'll shop... not much $$ left... and i don't really know what to get.... and soon enough i got to get ready to pack.... NOOOooooooo