Starting to Stress Out?

I just came back to Terengganu yesterday afternoon (after two weeks of paradise).

I unpacked and do most of the housework yesterday so that I can sleep late today. But surprisingly, I woke at 7.40am. Who woke before noon during weekends? 

I woke up and my brain ran full turbo in panicked and depression. Unfinished tasks pop-up one by one and I start freaking out. I am not sure whether I am on track or lost in mid-way with my research, with my PhD. I got a friend studying with me and he finished his chapter 1, 2 and 3 already. And he is like halfway finished. He attended 3 conferences, wrote 4 journal papers. 

Me, my Chapter 1, 2 and 3 are like quilts, only have woven. Attended one conference, wrote 2 paper (but only 1 accepted).

My excuse is "I GOT LABS TO RUN". 

I completed two different chemical analysis for my samples and now I planned to pause a while and write thesis and papers and analysis. I aim to spend me November and December doing all these. But November is half gone. I got seminars and poster presentations queing up. Can I finish them on-time?

Happy New Year to the Bangladeshi

A Bangladeshi friend just told me today is the first day of the new year for them and wished me Happy New Year.

The first thought I had after the well wishing is that how sad that so many of the workers have to stay overseas working and unable to reconcile with their family on this big day.

People are usually stereotypical. They saw these Bangladeshi or Pakistanis or any labourers, they will straightaway link them with crime. I have a perfect example. I got this university friend, not much of a friend, an acquaintance. We walked pass some construction workers in the university. Her reaction is dodge away and then she said "it's so dangerous to let them roam around the university compound freely, shouldn't they just stay in the construction area?"

Fuck you bitch, you thought you so pretty the man cant control himself and come rape you? Without them who will build your damn stadium and lecture rooms?

I really hate these people. Do you think they will come working here for you day and night non stop without holidays, far away from home, cannot meet their family, their parents, missing the most important part of their kid's life IF THEY HAVE A CHOICE. Do you know how many people depended on them for food?

Not everyone are born in privilege, can't learn the so atas English like you. Not because they don't want, it's just that they never had the chance.

Sorry I got carried away. So, if anyone chance upon my post today, please wish those hardworking breadwinner a happy New year.

I think of you when I drink this.

I read a book about training our memorizing skills and the simple trick is to relate one thing to another and thus, whenever you saw one, you will be reminded of another.

I am bad in remembering name and faces. Cannot seems to connect them.

But I remember moments.Those precious little cherished thoughts.
Today, I would like to share my cherished thoughts about drinks.


Have you heard of Mango Gina?

Long time ago, he brought me, my brother, my cousin and two of my childhood buddies for a road trip, we all still kids =) . We stopped by in the mid-way for drinks. We ordered a can of soya bean each and decided to race each other to finish the drink. It's dumb. I forgot who won or who was the last but I remember the laughters and the joy. It's one of the most precious memory I had with him.
Okay, why Mango Gina? Haha.
After we went home, we all race again and this time with Mango Gina. Soya bean is quite common so whenever I thought of the 5 of us with him, I thought of Mango Gina. Or vice versa.



Guiness Stout.

We called it "black dog beer". Whenever I saw this, I think of you, my sweetest grandpa. When I was a kid, you brought us out for supper everytime we visited you. And you will order a bottle of this and drink it with ice. Just like all kids, we love ice. You will let us sip and gulp in your glass to get the ice..



Coca-cola

I drink this all the time and quite frequently. So not everytime I drink I thought of you, but when I thought of you, I will think of coke.A long distant memory. You have become a stranger to me now but then, you are once someone very dear to me.



Lastly, Bandung Soda/ Bandung Ice.

I never like this drink and I used to scold my bro for drinking this "dye" water. And I dunno since when I start falling in love with this drink and I drink it almost everyday now. Is it because of the dinner at Tappers we ordered this? Or the supper at the malay stall? I don't know when this fondness starts exactly but then whenever I drink this, I will think of you, my noob fatty. And I missed you so much. Truly.

Online Shopping

I shops online all the time, I cannot control myself even when most of the time the items arrived are not what I expected. So I will try to write reviews on this items on by one. So when you all wanna buy this item and search for opinions, you can google and see mine. And then you decide whether you want to buy from them or not.

There are some awesome shops that provide the best customer service. Some are so efficient that you can hardly believe. Some are so fucking annoying that I wrote a long fb post to complain about them.

Chinese New Year 2015

What's the best for CNY? The food! The cookies and pastries! The gambling! The ang paussss!The friends and family reunion.

As we grow older CNY is just an reason for everyone to come home, to meet up. And this festive season grows duller and duller year by year. When I was a kid, I would be ecstatic for CNY. Mum will buy me lots of new clothes. We stayed up all night on the CNY eve to "守岁" and then wished our parents Happy Chinese New Year. In the morning of the first day of CNY, we will go back to my grandma's house and eat breakfast together (rice and various dishes). Grandma says if we eat fully on the first meal, we will eat fully for the rest of the year.
The rest of the day, we will be gambling, playing fireworks, pop-pop, taking ang paus and going here and there visiting relatives.

The second day is always my favourite because it's the day for us to go to the mum's side. Aunties and uncles from the mum's side will come home, along with my favourite cousins.

My house will organise the annual open-house on the second day. Mum and dad will cook many good food and everyone are welcome to eat!

This year, 2015.

Many relatives didn't come back, I don't know why. And my favourite cousin, she never came back since he left and I can barely see her once a year.



But then, my OGG friends all came back. It's a consolation. =)

Gambling time!!! 

It's a lucky night for me =)

And gambling with them is the best. Everyone snicker and make fun of each other. 

The complimentary group shot. 

Yi Tong have a secret technique to hold the phone for selfies. >.<

 Our favourite yumcha place. Haji Gani. 

We can sit here for hours with just a glass of teh-o-ais.

The reunion lunch photo!

This is the fourth annual reunion meal. 

(We make it alternates, dinner or lunch, see which one suits us better).

This year, the lunch was held at Tong Hoi Restaurant. Not bad, we upgraded our meals to RM800+ (with baby abalones). From the first meal RM300+, we now can afford RM800+ ones, means most of our OGG members are doing good. =)

 All of us, except Yang Jie. 

The dishes we ordered (taken from Mr Wong).

Mr Wong is our organizer =) 

His changed his name to Yik Him from Jun Kit. I still cannot get used to it so I just call him Mr Wong.

Ji Muis. 

*Hui Xin, Wai Kei, Yi Tong, Me*

Me and Wai Kei. 

We used to be inseparable. We sat next to each other throughout out secondary school. We went to tuition at the same place. We share our secrets and support each other in no matter what.

But now, we only meet once or twice a year and barely chat in phone. =(

Still, no matter what, you are still my precious friend. 

My boss. This is the 6th CNY we celebrated together. He said he will reach Kampar on the 3rd day of CNY and then suddenly he came back on the 2nd. ^__________^

And lastly, show you the pic of my beloved cousin. My mum baby sits him when he was a baby so my whole family adores him. He is super cute and super sweet.

A bit thin but still cute!

\Thats all!!! So long~