T.E.R.M.I.N.A.T.O.R

yesterday we went to IKEA, The Curve and lastly the Cineplex to watch Terminator Salvation. But before that we had lunch at this stall where they serve really really huge and fulfilling ais kacang. and it's only like RM2.70 per bowl with 6-7 types of ingredients

Well, I don't know how to describe the main course, but basically it's the pic on the right. see for yourself, and though it looked small, but it's packed. and i can't finish it, actually. T_T



At The Curve, I went to the Borders bookstore, initially to help my sis to find this Angels & Demons book (Illustrated version) but after asking, it seems like they don't have it. Then, I spent around 20 mins maybe looking through the thriller sections and finally got myself a book to read, out of boredom.



We then watched Terminator Salvation. Now, the problem with the movie for me is that I just can't seem to get the Timeline. What's with the son being older than the father? Did the son (John Connor) come from the future or the father (Kyle Reese) came from the past?

And what's with the tape he was listening to? The one from his mother? What actually happened? I am just so lost in that part of the story. So, i was watching for the action. And Christian Bale is okay, sometimes I can't get used to his voice, in certain situations, even in Batman, I think the way he speaks is weird/awkward. But that's just me. I liked the other actor/character more. Marcus Wright.

He's the MAN in there. I felt more for him than for John Connor in every way! I would have wanted John to die, and let Marcus take the leadership. Even if he's half human. xD

The movie spans for 2 hours. Which is fine, doesn't feel too long. Now, I'm just waiting for Harry Potter to come out, and there's this other movie called The Taking of Pelham 123.

Around 5.30pm, we arrived home. And went to OldTown White Coffee, had a meal. and yeah...that's about all for Saturday.

what happened ...

Is it just me or anyone else out there finds that the J-dramas for this season is a bit so-so, or just above average?

I tried several of them but couldn't get over the first epi!!! The subs...were really really slow too. okay, the only one that I'm currently watching is atashinchi no danshi, and that is not even anything special! The brothers by no doubt are entertaining, well...only one or two of them and then the others are just trying too damn hard to be funny that it's over-exagerrating. Having Maki-chan in it doesn't even help! Her character is again...average.

next on the list is BOSS. The subs are not even out and I'm lost in translation. I get the fact that all the characters are messed up and eccentric, they don't even have to show much, but I don't think I'm gonna continue. Yutaka isn't getting enough screen-time either.

Majo Saiban. Another drama with so-called suspense with really really over the edge characters. Maybe it's only me that hated Liar Game last time, my friends love it though but I couldn't bring myself to truly enjoy it. And why is it that they seem to recycle the same formula???!!! not gonna continue with this either.

shiroi haru- maybe there is hope for this but I don't think it's gonna last either for me.

Konkatsu!~ I have yet to watch this with subs...shall reserve my opinions till then.

Godhand Teru- okay, This is just....#WTF# for me. What kind of doctors/surgeons have LONG HAIR UNTIED in the surgery room???!!! And he's not even hensem for the record! I mean, if you're gonna have a character who has long hair then you could at least FIND a handsome guy to pull it off! And the main character with the hand tattoo on his chest? Geez...what's up with that! Sigh...I don't know...upon watching one of the BEST J-medical drama (Iryu 1/2), this comes of as a JOKE. And trust me, I'm not even kiding.

Yes, I am totally disappointed with this season's dramas! there's none that caught my attention anymore.

Thank god for CSI to cure my boredom during this period of time.

back to work T_T

K, after spending the weekend at my aunt's place, I'm now back at the empty house, alone...and I just had the urge to do some business at the washroom, but let's finish this post first.

The past few days had been very very fulfilling (to my tummy) practically coz I had 5 meals per day at my aunt's. I'm telling you, you'll never be hungry at my aunt's place, NEVER. Breakfast, lunch, tea time, dinner and supper.

Seriously...I could gain so much weight just staying maybe a week there! But it had been really HOT too. I was sweating all over the whole day. Just mins after I had a shower, i could feel my shirt getting wet again.

Other than that, life's good. I need to go get some cash out tomorrow. Thank God they have ATM machines at the hospital. ^^

ajax and mint

So I went to the dentist today and he re-filled my inner big tooth. It's a good thing he spoke english with me coz i had some problems communicating with my dentist back in Kch. Basically coz he spoke chinese with me, so this was a relief. Anyways, he told me my last filling was kinda deep and already exposed some of my nerve, thus sooner or later my tooth will still be painful. And when that time comes, i will undergo root treatment, and crowning.

Well, let's hope that for now, my tooth and the sensitivity is bearable till...months to come. I need some ral hard cash now!!! Lol...xD

The title of this post...yes, i smelled Ajax (floor detergent) and tasted mint when he injected anaesthesia to my tongue. (i think)^^

holidays!

because the ISO is coming to check on the hospital's quality, we are dismissed for two days. I don't think they want students hanging around when the officers come and check. what if they asked us questions we don't know how to answer? Or caught us doing something totally wrong while processing patients' samples? xD

So thurs and fri is off for us. I'm gonna go over to my aunt's house to stay for the weekend and go check my tooth at the dentist at Bangi. I hope my tooth is ok though.

night life in KL

yesterday after dinner, a fren suddenly suggested watching movie (Angels & Demons) and so we went to Pavillion around 10pm. And we found out that 9.45pm has already started (so no point going), 10pm (selling fast with lousy seats left- so no point going either if we were gonna pay RM12), so we were left with 12.30pm tickets with really GOOD seats right in the middle. So we went for that.

but we had 2 hours left to spare, so we walked around the inner side (all the shops have closed), so we changed our mission to outside. We kept our $$ tightly to our sides as we ventured along the crowded streets, crossing roads, and we were talking bout how it'd have looked similar to Tokyo's crossroads but missing all the gigantic billboards and huge LCD adverts on the tall tall buildings. KL is still far behind the technology.

Anyways we walked and this fren took us for a little tour inside Starhill where well-off people spend their $$ on alcohols and fine cuisine. We visited the washroom LOL...just for the sake of it. And there's this lady(worker) in there spining the wheel to let the water out to wash your hands, and people gave tips (i gave her RM1, despite the minimal serve, I mean, I bet she looks at us like we were LOST in translation, like little lost kids hanging around this place) Still, I felt much better when she uttered thank you to me when i dropped the tip into this little bowl.

We sat for a while and talked then made our way out when we spotted our lecturer! She's a malay professor but the style she kept her tudung is different than the others, thus the instant recognition! and we were thinking of whether or not to go say hello, but in the end we decided not to ruin her night, we saw her sitting with this Chinese guy enjoying the live jazz band. But when we made our way up the escalator, she turned towards us, and we couldn't help but waved LOL...and she smiled and my fren saw her mouth saying sth like "my students" to that guy. I wonder if she really recognizes us anyway haha...xDD

Next stop was McD, i mean, where else could we hang around for the next 1 1/2 hrs? we got ourselves ice-cream, talked while watching this repeated football of Chelsea vs Arsenal.

Finally, it was time to go for the movie but our eyes were already teary and red. And seriously, my eyes were watery when I was watching the show. But i have to admit that this is one of the most COMFORTABLE SEAT I've ever sat for a movie! I can actually cross my legs up and the seat was just more spacious and we can walk between seats without stepping on people's legs. And our seats were in the middle, and the screen is also really huge (of coz I havent been to Gold Class, but yeah this is good enough) and I liked how they arranged the seats in front to be lower than the one above. I mean, I couldn't even watch back in Kch when someone was talled than me in front, but here no such problem, coz the seats in front were way lower.

The movie was not GREAT, but GOOD ENOUGH to attract occasional movie-goers or fans of Dan Brown books i guess. But I do enjoy this one more than the first one. But I thought it was too rushy and the director seemed to pack a lot of things into one go, maybe it's the time-limit.

Nevetheless, my friends who have never read the book enjoyed it. So well, at least someone was happy.

I got to see the Transformer advert and thought that it was really FAKE...i mean, seriously, ROBOTS FLYING AROUND the city and morphing into CARS and stuffs? And it really does look fake. I'd go for Wolverine anytime that movie. Star Trek, I don't mind watching it but the hairstyle of the characters in there...really cracks me up all the time.

But last night was kinda relaxing. We reached home around 3+ am. T_T

CSF/ peritoneal/aspirate

Today, we were stationed at this section in the Microbiology Unit where we receive and process Cerebrospinal Fluid, Peritoneal, Aspirate and Pleural fluids which are supposed to be sterile. So, if there is any infection or growth of bacteria, then that patient should have some serious problem.

Anyways, this morning started out real slow, becoz there isn't any samples from patients till maybe around 9+ am, one came but we didn't have the chance to like...inoculate them or do anything to it, but can only watch this worker did it. Our real supervisor for that section....only told us to read the procedures carried out with different samples and why we do each tests (what do we want to detect from those tests?)

Well, working in a government sector must have been a really easy job, the fact that by 12+, (lunch was supposed to be 1pm) most of the staffs have gone off. T_T And we were left behind in our respective sections, doing nothing, sitting there day-dreaming, bored to hell. Seriously, I made up my mind that this will not be the kind of job I wanted to do the rest of my life. Ever. I mean, it's so so so routine! Samples come, sort them out, then do the same steps over and over again for each of them (depending on the samples).

Despite the fact that it was pretty interesting to see all kinds of samples taken from patients like you know- pus, urine, stools, kidney stones, swabs from ears, or like stuffs... kinda gross in a way but yeah, still back to my previous point that I don't want to be that person sitting there whole day, doing this over and over again.

It's not challenging and I know that I won't learn nothing much doing this. (but for newcomers like us, we did learn stuffs la coz all these are new for us) but if you want me to take this as a career, HELL NO.

Well, if it's some Head of the Unit, then maybe...but seriously this?! this is boring!
$$$$$$ plays a huge factor for me at this point, I look at the salaries of careers first. ^^

We'll be in the section for another 2 days and then change to other sections.

doors and too eng T_T

Today has been really eng for us too, he kept calling us to go yumcha first and briefed us a little about the things we need to know during our lab sessions. And we kept visiting the library till the receptionist might be annoyed the hell out of themselves seeing us going in and out of library. well, that's the only place where there is air-cond, and the rest of the hospital is really HOT!

so yeah, and when we finally came back, we can't open our DAMN FRIGGIN DOOR!!! The door to our room that is. And we tried and tried for like an hour, and we found out that the window at our room was not locked. So I climbed in since I have the smallest built to fit into the window, and I tried to open it, and to our UTTER DISAPPOINTMENT, it WON'T BUDGE. Like hell...T_T

And we tried again for like 20 mins, twisting and turning the door, we were all wearing our sweaty office wear, and feeling really tired already and I was frustrated. Finally, I asked my friend to go look for the key person. And so he came and removed the knob, fixed a new one and we paid RM70.

What a day...

my feet killing me!!!

woke up at 6am, bathed, got ready and took the bus downtown, which took about 30 mins to arrive at our industrial training venue. And the rest was really really boring. We only spent like maybe 2-3 hours listening to briefings, talk and introduction to the labs and sections we are gonna be in. And the rest of the day was spent practically having a tiring tour around the hospital, and we went out for lunch becoz we had 2 hours of lunch period, first day privilege lol...well, actually, the person in charge of us had to arrange our rooster and stuffs.

Well, that;s about it! And the funny thing was that people were practically sitting and lining up to punch the card!!! We were among the crowd too but that's becoz we practically didn't have anything to do after the intro. But we had to wait till 5pm. Which was like waiting for the rain to come pouring down during a long draught. Anyways, being in the hospital, walking around with patients of all kind, I'm feeling a bit gross. It's I don't know, when I see patients all around me, all I'm seeing is GERMS lurking everywhere. And that's gross. G>R>O>S>S

And there were so so many patients!!! ok, that's general hospital for you, still...G.R.O.S.S

good thing we didn't have to work with patients but with samples. But working with people's urine and stool aren't exactly nice either. T_T

umm...so the way back home was fine, not much traffic. so we got home in 15mins. Gonna visit the gym in a while with my friends. xD

#don't wanna go#

4 days is just not enough. it's not enough to indulge in my homey food, my dogs, my family bonding, my friends' outing, i dont even think my bed is warm enough!!!~

Argh~ but time doesn't wait. they just tick away. they expect you to use it to best way you can. Who the hell created time anyway? Who? WHo? I so wanna kill him/her. If only there is no time to control us, we'd be ageless, no time limits for assignments, no fixed schedules, no need to rush...nvm, I'm just pissed and I'm just missing home.

And tomorrow will be my first ever working experience. Most of my friends have worked part time before during their hols. ME? I decided to stay in and separate myself from the world. I have fear of people. T_T And tomorrow, I'm gonna have to begin interacting with working people, people who might be 10/20 years older than me. Their thoughts will be different! Their wavelengths will not be synchronized with ours! I hope we won't do anything to offend them, and at the same time, receive all the useful experiences we need for our future. xD

ok, got to go. will blog about my first day xD

doggie piccies spam!!!~

I took these during this afternoon, during the pizza making process in the kitchen.



hungry for something?


Too hungry till you chew up the tissue huh?










Our dog, Baby 2009 ^^

homemade pizza^^

My sister promised to make this pizza when I come back so...xD Well, it's not only homemade, but it's PORK PIZZA. So that makes the whole diference. And it's really easy to make.

First, get a Cheddar cheese, this one down here costs around RM 18, and grate them into small pieces.


Then, get a can of Prego Mushroom sauce (Campbell). Cook it and put in enough Tomato sauce for the sour taste. If you don't like sour, then you can just omit this part, but trust me, it tastes much much better sour. ^^


Slice the button mushroom into smaller pieces.


Okay, next comes the fun part. Lay a piece of pizza crust, you can buy them at local marts, anywhere i guess, cold storage or etc. Then, you spread those mushroom and pork that you've cooked earlier.



Spread sausages too ^^ And onions....Oh onions is good. Really GOOD>



The last part is of coz the CHEEZZEEE~~~~

And that's what it looks like after about 15-20 mins in the oven, 160 degrees.



And it's ready to melt in your mouth!!!


It's really tasty. xDDD

long walks and happy tummy ^^

This morning I went for a morning walk with my dad. So he woke me up at 7am. I actually set the alarm at 5.50am, and i did wake up that time coz he told me at 6am last night. But the sky was dark and there was no sign of him waking up already...so I went back to sleep.

So it turned out that he slept late xD So we walked for like 20 mins to the morning market and bought kolo mee and tofu drink. during the walk, we talked and talked. He'd tell me who walks every morning, where they live, even pointed out the houses to me, and so i listened, with ocassional ohh...and ahh...you know. ^^ It's only times like these when you get a chance to just talk to your dad or mum, when you're alone with them. And I asked stuffs, like does he visit my uncles and he'd tell me yes, once every week, he'd go and visit, talk, stop by or sth. Then he went on about his classes (tuition), how he now has an extra class.

It's lke catching up with your family. Getting to know what has changed and what has not. I realized how time flies by really quick, especially when you're out of town studying. It's different from when you're at home, constantly being with them. But when you're out there and only came back once or twice a year, it felt like a flash. The last time I was back was like...last Feb, and now...it's almost mid year, before I know it, it'll be almost the end of the year the next time I'm back here. So, i tried to make good use of this very little time to just stay near my family and you know, bonding.

My mum has been cooking great food for me. And i think i'd gain weight again, even if it's just few days haha xD

journey home

Just a glimpse of my way downtown KL yesterday, when my fren's fren was driving us to KL central.


The airport was kinda empty, very little people. I think must be the weekdays. And I don't see much students too. And oh, I just found out that Air Asia doesn't offer free sittings anymore. You sit according to the seat number they assigned you now.

And something funny happened at the luggage centre when I took my bag. My bag was among the first to appear, so i grabbed it right away. Which is a normal thing to do when you see your bag, right? Then, when I maneuvered the trolley outside, this guard asked me whether I have only one bag. So I said yes. How many bags do you want a girl like me to carry?

Then, he asked whether I got the correct bag or not. He then asked for my ticket and checked the tag numbers. After that, he returned it to me and said "thank you, have a nice day". Seriously, do i look like someone who would simply take luggages randomly? Or maybe i looked suspicious? Or maybe he just wanted to make sure passengers don't take wrong bags. Anyways, i saw some people wearing masks. Swine flu huh? Scary thing.

Back home, I unpacked and threw some clothes into the washing machine. Thank God for the creation of washing machines! went to play with my doggie for a while, who whined so loud when she saw me. hehe...super excited.

Then, ate lunch. And the moment to unravel my long-awaited DVD. it's just a small package, but they wrapped it up like it's really fragile or something. Just look at the layers and layers of those bubble plastic! Even the grey cover itself is layered with bubble airs. xD



From the bill, it seemed like it's been flown from Hong Kong. Must be the franchise.



Then, it's dinner time. I had a slight gastric after lunch, I think it's coz of the change of time and frankly, I haven't been eating lots back in college. Food there makes you have no appetite, sometimes it makes you just don't feel like eating. Except for snacks haha xD We went out for dinner. It's been such a long time since I ate such a fullfilling meal. Maybe a bit too full?


The *baby dog* in front. About a week ago, he had a tick fever. And my dad was like complaining how weak he is. Coz he must have contracted it when he escaped one day when my mum came home from work, he slipped out and no matter how many times my mum shouted for him, he won't come home. And for the next two hours, my dad, mum and my sis's boyfriend went on a search and rescue mission for him. And it only took what...a minute or two for the boyfriend to call out his name, he appeared right away, running towards him.

I tell you, he only listens to my sis and her bf. sigh...such a drama that day. And he got tick fever from that short attempt of escape. lol...

Yippee~~!!!

Yes, I'm done with my finals. Although I'd really anticipated this day, or rather the moment we finished that very last paper, i came out of the exam hall feeling more numb than being overly-excited.

I don't know, it's like you're anticipating something for so long, and then when it really happened, all of the excitement just flew away to nowhere.

but anyways, it's over finally and i get to relax, go home, eat good homey food, being around my family and friends. Yeah, that feels good. ^^ And well, my roommate is packing now, even though her last paper is this Thursday. And me? I'm on my bed, blogging. I really have planned on packing right after the paper, but somehow, I lost the urge #.#

Never mind, I've actually packed all my notes, actually ever since the first day of exam, I've prepared a box and I'd chuck the notes one by one each time after the paper's done. It's like less a burden on your shoulder. All I'm left with now is some trivial small stuffs which I'd tuck into my luggage bag, my bedsheet which I'll keep later tonight, i still need my bed ok~

Then, I have a packet of Chipsmore (not opened) and a packet of Instant Noodle. Sigh..maybe I'll just take it over to the place we're gonna stay during our LI later. Tonight, my fren's fren is gonna come and pick the both of us over to that house, then we're gonna stay overnight at Wangsa Maju. Tomorrow, according to my Sibu fren's plan, her fren's gonna drop us at KL Central and we're taking the Air Asia bus to the terminal. And by 1.30 pm hopefully, without delay, I'm gonna reach home sweet home. ^^

So basically that's the plan. And i can't help wondering what to do when I get back home. Part of me just wanna hibernate while I have the time, (4 days is really short ok) and another part of me felt like I need to really do lots of things, like go get a haircut, no scratch that, trim is more like it, and then go take photos (just in case we need them later), and stuffs etc...

But either way, it's gonna be great to be home.

sleepy head

i woke up a bit later this morning and yet, i still felt like i really need more time to just lay on my bed. My eyes are blurry, my thoughts, a bit as I tried to force myself into reading my notes. My paper's tomorrow at 8.30am. As much as I wanted the paper to be early so I can get it over quickly after 4 days of preparation, I sincerely hope that I won't be this sleepy when the time comes.

Having that considered, I'd sleep bit earlier tonight, maybe around 11.45 or sth...then get a head start tomorrow around 6am, that way, I'll have like 2 hours of final read over my notes. xDDD

I can't wait for this finals to be over, really. The first four days were fast, speedy because we didn't have to think or ponder about other things, we just keep on with the pace, like we're gonna run out of time, because the papers were right after the one before. And then, there were like 2 or 3 days apart for each paper, and now, 4 days for the final one. And when you stay indoors for very long period, forcing yourself into the words that you hope desperately you will remember, at least until that particular paper is over, you begin to think about other stuffs, like what are we gonna do after the finals, plans, the eagerness to go back, back to the comfort of home and family that i have missed so very much.

I'm not so much of a family person i suppose, I remembered the first year here, I was happy to be alone, and get away from home, like freedom is finally here, and i get to sleep late, without my mum having to rush me to bed or her monitoring my single move. It's like I can just do whatever I want out here. But then after several months away, during the finals especially, I begin to miss home. It's not about the food or anything, but it's being around family and friends who really does matter to you. I miss that.

I'm telling you, I always get homesick disease whenever finals arrive. It's the time when I really can't wait to be home. T.T

Anyways, I really hoped everything will be smooth and God, please let me be calm tomorrow. It's my final paper after all, so yeah. ^^ and i gotta start packing after the paper. I love packing, it's the first sign of going back. although I sweat lots from it.