today is JCard day. for those who dont know,its is the day Jaya Jusco makes the most sales in the year. every year,Jaya Jucso(JJ) will have something called JCard day. all JCard holders will get to buy things at a cheaper price. supposedly cheaper that ANYONE there is. people would throng the place from 730am until 11pm when JJ closes for the day. this promotion, sort of a "give back to the customer day" will be on going for about 3 days. what most malaysians dont realize is that, its a SCAM!
Sure,some things are sold cheap like a carton of Guiness is sold at RM130. i saw a guy who had a whole cart of just Guiness. my friend could buy at rm85 per carton whenever he wanted tho haha.6-pack Dutch Lady Chocolate milk is worth rm6 something. that is CHEAP because JJ usually sells them at rm8.60. Mydin sells all Dutch Lady 6-pack at 6.30 daily. not just the unwanted chocolate milk. the Peel Fresh 1.8Lx2 is worth 12.69. thats cheap! but JJ has that on-going everyday.not just today.
you wouldnt believe some of the amazing things i saw today. i saw a family push TWO carts full of Darlie. seriously full. like if u add another Darlie, it would fall off. both was above the cart already.
i saw many filled half their carts with the 2kg milo. it was a limited 2 pack per person i think it was cheap.i saw people loading up on dishwasher, clothes detergent like nobody's business. i saw a cart full of Julie's crackers (the very dry, very original, very tasteless). i saw many funny things. many many funny things.
JJ was suppose to open at 8am. we got there at 830am. people were already there. the whole malacca was there!
carparks were full, the roadside was full... on the way home we saw the police writing saman to all the cars..haha... imagine this: i spent more time in the queuing than to pick my things out. i swear they hire zombies to work at that place. everyone had a cartload full at minimum and 2 carts is the average and they provided a space as big as an A4 folder for you to put you things,let the cashier scan it and pack it in the plastic bag. she alone had to work and in that tiny workspace.oh there was a helper with her. a newbie. whose only job was to hold the bag open.he cant even be bothered to take the things that the cashier has scanned and place them in the plastic bag.i wanted to help move things but they would not let me. it didn't help that the cashier moved...SO SLOW i could have fucked, got pregnant,went through my 9 months and gave birth to a healthy baby before it was my turn. i have never been in a queue for such a long time!
and after all that hassle, you walk out and find out that all that you have saved in $$ is all down the drain. why? cos the police charged you rm30 for your parking convenience where else those who jam in JJ carpark parked for free.
so i ask you again, aren't malaysians a joke sometimes? we even go home feeling happy about it
i was back in Penang for the weekend. it was the BEST ever!!!
i didnt want to leave.i truly did not.
friday was hectic. i skipped morning class to laze about at home. then i packed and head down to kl with howard.our transit bus was apart by 30 minutes and we had to take a cab from pudu to the old KTM station. met up with jing zi. usually i would sleep but i ended up talking to her all the way.arrived in heaven by 8pm.
the traffic jam on the bridge was so bad i only saw my parents at 845. then we went to pick my bro from tuition (remember how we used to tuition until 11pm) then reached home at 11pm. watched Speed til 1am and then sleep on my own bed til noon. ahh...life.
heehee
went out to do some chores.along the way we had pancake(from new cathay) and awesome hokkien mee! I didnt realize that the shop also had Loh mee but howard did and he was lucky cos he was craving loh mee and that shop had awesome loh mee.
after more chores,we went to visit my grandma. she didnt know that im back so it was a pleasant surprise.instinct told her to go buy and fry cempedak the day before so i got to eat my grandma's famous cempedak. its been ages since i had any!!!!
ate alot of it too
durian season is almost over for the year. last year i totally missed out. so this year i was cutting it close.my dad went to try his luck and he managed to get 6!!!
SIX of awesome durian! they all had funny names and rich flavour. i enjoyed it. altho is was just 6 small ones, the 5 of us could barely finished it. its always good to have durian as dinner hehe
howards never had durian with special names on it so..it was his first experience.
after dinner we all sat down and watched downloads. until it was 11pm. earlier i bought 11.45pm tickets to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. it was good. so good it made me take the final installation of the series and i am going to reread it.
got home at 330am. positively exhausted and couldnt be happier.
on my final day i woke up at 9am. met wee nee mei lin and jing zi for breakfast. i went to my fave chee cheong fun and char koay kak but it was a busy sunday. so all food sucked. >.<
nevermind cos i then met up with my parents at noon and had tim sum at Northern Hotel. Whee!!!!
the food was awesome as usual.
i then went to cut my hair. my hairstylist runaway already...i hate it when they jump ship. the new guy cut my hair instead and it was cheap.and not bad. shorter than what i would have wanted but...now its so easy to wash my nair and comb it. so me likey!
went home to laze about til it was time for.... TAO!!
my dad managed to find my fave hor lor durian to stuff me again before dinner haha. heavenly....is all i can think of to describe hor lor.
tao was magnificent. superb. delectable. i havent had it in awhile already.it was so good. especially the lamb. the marinated lamb. we had 3.haha.
after dinner,i boarded the bus that was going to take me away from my home. slept all the way. penang is truly the best getaway
PS:my bro joined the state level drama about the bad effects of technology on the environment in Penang. he won 3rd place!!! first was Hamid Khan and 2nd was Dato Kramat. unbelieveable
i just wasted 4 hours of my life listening to 2 lecturers who couldnt lecture to save their life. Honestly!
i waste 12hours of my life every week to sit and listen to these incompetent preachers who knows that we are not listening either. and it has become such a norm to get incompetent fools that we all accept them as they are and just waste our time, effort, attention and resources,just like that.
i can remember my Form2 and Form 3 Geography teacher who was awesome. this blog is a tribute to her. She had a voice of an angel, wits of a magician and the humour of a teenager.she was sporting, affectionate and cared for us. she went past the classroom to teach us things like culture, general knowledge, moral. i remember when we would look forward to after the final semester exams where we are allowed to be hooligans and run wild and free all over the school. the teachers would not even come in to class. but she, she would come in. she actually thought of ways to educate us beyond her scope. because why? because she is a teacher.her job is to impart wisdom and knowledge. so how do you get a class of 35 to sit down and listen to you preach with open ears and open minds and learn something new when we are actually free to be hooligans??
she saw me borrow a Chicken Soup for the Souls book, took it from my table and started to read to all of us. it was like i was home with my mum and she was reading me a bedtime story. she then explain what the story was about.
she started doing that everytime she came in. and soon, the other classes were requesting that she did the same for them. can u imagine an entire class actually asked to be educated??? when we could be playing UNO and what have you?
her voice was soft but loud and clear. her remarks sharp but kind. she was strict and a perfectionist. you know just from a conversation with her that you do NOT want to mess with her.
it was thanks to her i developed an interest in Geography,something i deemed as Snoozefest before she taught me.
THAT'S the kind of quality educators we need teaching in universities. not some fool who has a PhD and thinks he can teach already. not all who knows can teach. it takes a special set of skills to teach. i ask for an elaboration on one of the terms on his OWN slide and he turns around and says "i have no answer for you"
....
useless,wouldn't you say?
to think that these losers claim 4k off our pockets as a fee to impart rubbish is absurd, to say the very least.
the good lecturers, those who has the intellect and skill to teach, are often sent for further studies, research, administrative works. because they are capable, they are given the task to manage and lead the university.
i ask you, which is more important, the student's education or the number of research and functions the university can boast about?
i think they seriously got their priorities messed up
then they turn around and expect you to already know your shit.
in uni everything is basically self study. but if that's the case, why hire lecturers?
just hire researchers will do la. i am sure they cost less. then the university can spend more on facilities like proper bus schedules, proper bustops, proper cafeteria food.
btw, the awesome geography teacher is no other than Pn.Ooi Poh Choo. god bless ya
Ahh...it's sunday today and i am so relaxed.....
i was going back and forth the whole week,trying to decide if i should travel to see a friendly face. going home....going to kl......but i ended up staying at home. i lazed all day yesterday....on the bed...literally....catching up on my series.... i watched nip/tuck, finished grey's anatomy, house,dollhouse......it was awesome!!! i got a new couple tee too!
oh i was feeling tortured because i was missing home and i thought that seeing a friendly face was the only way to cure it. im a creature of habit.
staying home and watching series was an old fave habit of mine. doing just that was homey enough to keep me sane til i reach penang.
you should watch easy virtue too. quite funny. and i didnt know jessica beil was so HOT!!!!
she sizzles.....=D
Since life is pretty slowpace now before the madness begins, i found a new addiction.
Mahjong!!! Now i know how people can stay up all day and all night just playing them!
Gosh it's like, when you are playing mahjong, you have to be SO alert and SO sharp!
it really test your minds sharpness and intelligence. you could be the first to have a perfect set and you are just waiting for that one character while the others are still fumbling but you may just lose because you waited for something someone else was waiting. You also have to be SO careful of what you throw because each character that you throw that benefits others, you have to pay. haha
with limited chips, the game gets tough and fast paced. DAMN its a good game!
when i finally return home, i am going to teach and infect ALL of you back in Penang!!
keeps the mind sharp and the wits alert ^^
last night i played til 6am before howard called it quits. i felt so alive and awake i could've played all night!! hehe
shh...dun tell my mum
okay...since university started i havent had the time to blog.or even go online. so many things on my mind.
for one thing, just reading my subject planner already i feel dizzy.... sigh. so damn tough. another is PPSMI. that sucks. i knew they were going to reverse the thing. abolish it. stupid government. fools. the country will pay.aih my poor...beloved country.....
Infosys is over. damn i miss the life. i really do. i miss all the people in it too.... i was so excited to start learning and start my semester already. but all my lecturers are not. so now i have.... nothing to do.... aih.... my entire house went home this weekend....i wish i could too..... oh well....
I MISS YOU ALL!!! ALL OF YOU!!!!!!
That's it. Here it is. People, i am done! Infosys, over. i want to be able to say that i am glad, that i am happy, that i am relieved. Actually, im.....
Last night all of us stayed up way past our bedtime because we didn't really wanted the night to end. We played mahjong from morning until night hehe. took my friends from Sarawak to go see UTeM main campus. Sigh. i am going to miss them all. Really. Given a chance to do over,i would not do it again. Neither would Perly haha but we made a few friends i would not forget.
at infosys i had a Mummy hehe. we all did.
*Mummy and I*
Mummy's real name is Ping Ping but she is known to us all as Mummy!!!!!! simply because she is the oldest among all the trainees and she calls us her children. she self proclaim as the mummy of the infosys herd (hehe) so we all eventually took her as our big sister.sort of. im already missing her. she had to leave early so she missed out on the photo sessions but i managed to steal a picture with her before she left.
right now i feel so weird because i am not heading back to King's Hotel to stay tonight. I feel weird not having a deadline to meet. the closing ceremony was grand.
it was held at Equitorial Hotel Malacca. We had Chinese food. 7 course meal! it wasnt... really Chinese food.it was a Malay equivalence of Chinese food. the Seafood soup tasted like sharkfin soup with prawn instead of shark fin, the roasted chicken tasted like roasted pork but with chicken instead of pork and etc. you get the idea haha. after the eating we had photo sessions. we all plan to pass them along via Facebook so theres no need for me to re-post them
after long winded goodbyes and promises of Simpan Dalam Sentuh, we parted.
i cameback and started to move into my new home. Starting my 3rd and final year on Monday and i have officially moved out!!
so tired......really tired.
the only consolation i have is that i get to have 2 FULL days with my beloved darling before madness starts ALL over again! gonna appreciate it ^^
my darling helped me move things in and out of the car, moped and fixed up my bed, mattress, cupboard, helped me do 80% of the work!~ gonna reward him later ^^
thats all guys! for now.tired
Infosys was a great experience. all those that i have met there are truly the top 100 computer science undergrads in the country. it was an honour to have met you all and have had the opportunity to work with you all before you guys become hotshots haha
adios amigos!!
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