Saturday, September 27, 2008

3 more days to Raya!

Hey there...
I'm back with another post. Gonna make this a quick one.

I've been sick this entire week. So sick that I had to skip work last Wednesday and was not able to fast for 2 days! Sigh...

I received my pay yesterday I think and I treated myself by getting a haircut, buying a gift for my mum and went on a High School Musical shopping frenzy! Check out what I bought:


"M" by Mariah Carey perfume for Mommy!

Magazines for myself!

I got the perfume at the perfume shop at Far East where they sell original perfumes for half the original price. The retail price for the one I bought is $116. I got it for $53!! Talk about a good deal!

As for the magazines, I was at the magazines section at Kino Takashimaya. When I saw the First magazine, I just grabbed it. And as you can see, I grabbed more magazines including the Camp Rock Official Magazine! Honestly, I have yet to see the film but I think it rocks! I've listened to the songs and they're nice. From now on, I guess I will have 2 magazines to buy each month...Hannah Montana and Camp Rock...$$$

Raya is in a few days and I'm anticipating its arrival. I'm suddenly geared up for Raya that I'm making sure the house I'm staying at now will be all glammed up! I'm not trying to show off to anyone except for those sickening relatives of mine who have kinda like despised us. I am planning to stay at home on the first day and wait for them to come. I want this year's Raya to be memorable and for good things to happen.

Yesterday, while I was having my break at work, I braved myself and called my brother. I called him during last year's Raya and asked him to visit us but he never did. When I spoke to him, I was tearing. I told him that we are now putting up at grandma's place and asked if he would visit us. He said he will come on the morning of the first day of Raya along with his wife and kids. I'm excited and hopes that this time, he keeps his words.

Big Boys DO Cry
I was listening to radio while at work last Thursday. The DJ had a segment where she would try to call people who are missed by their family members and tries reuniting them over the airwaves. I couldn't help but cry when I was listening to a pair of mother and daughter who have been separated for years because of a misunderstanding. I was facing the window the whole time I was crying as I was with another male colleague and it'll be embarassing to cry in front of him. Actually, I wasn't the only there who wept. He was sobbing too. Amazing how the story of real individuals can make you shed tears.

That's all for tonight.
I'll be back soon to bring you the latest scoops of the everday happennings.
see ya!

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Saturday, September 20, 2008

Take Five!

It's been more than a week since my last update. There are a couple of things that I need to update about.

1) My mum in hospital
2) My new job
3) My disappointment
4) Work//Fast
5) My dream last night

Ok, my memory is terrible. So I can only remember these 5 things.
Let's go backwards beginning from number 5.

5) As many of you already know, I am a really HUGE fan of Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana. I also like other Disney related people like High School Musical and The Jonas Brothers but not as much as I like Miley and Hannah. So I thought that since I'm a big Hannah fan, I would probably dream about her. But I was wrong. I dreamt that we(me and my SP clique) were at some place(probably SP) and we were doing filming for our next project.

Suddenly, we heard the sound of crowds cheering and going ga-ga over other people. Who could it be? It was the Jonas Brothers. Yeap, all three of them, Nick, Kevin and Joe. I remembered seeing Joe Jonas waving at us and said:

"Thank You"

What did he mean by that? Was it a sincere remark or was he just being sarcastic? The band was heading towards some big space for an autograph session apparently. Probably it was at some location in SP. Jovis and Me got excited to meet the band that we paused filming for a while and rushed to meet them.

When we got there, I remember seeing the fans and most of them were American. I can even remember what I was thinking about when I saw those people:

"Pfft~How come those ang-mohs are here to see them? Don't they get enough of seeing them in America?"

We wanted to get autographs but we did not have any Jonas Brothers related stuff(CDs, Magazines, etc). So we waited till the queue gets shorter and shorter. When there was practically nobody there and the band was just sitting there, looking bored as their time to sit there was not up yet and waiting for more fans, we approached the band. I didn't know why but at that time, Jovis kept my phone in her bag so I had to ask her for it as I wanted to take a photo of the brothers.

I said 'hi' to Nick first and asked if he would sign on my foolscap paper. I can't believe it but it was the exact same foolscap that I have right now(The one which I scribbled on the cover...you know..Rockstar, Best of Both Worlds etc etc etc..). While he was signing, I asked him about his relationship with Selena Gomez.

"So are you with Selena?" I asked.

"Many people have asked me this. Even my mum. She thinks that Selena is better for me." Nick replied.

"I am a huge fan of Miley and I think that Miley is better for you" I said.

I sounded like a reporter. And then I went over to Kevin and told him about Jovis' blogpost about him.

"Hey Kevin! My friend here is such a huge fan of you! She even wrote a blogpost about you!" I said.

I don't remember him replying though. And after a long chat, I heard the song "Life's What You Make It" playing in the background. It turned out to be my alarm tone. 7.10am...Time for work!!

But the dream felt so real that I'm beginning to wonder if I'm really going to see them in person.



4) I was supposed to work full shift today and so I thought I could last the day. But NO!!!! I could barely survive the morning. Stocks came in very early today and there were like what 30+ boxes? At the same time, there were a lot of customers as usual..and the cash register is running out of small notes and 5 cents. It really bugs me.

On top of that, I felt very, very thirsty. Seeing the cartons of POKKA drinks that came in was making it worst. Oh, you guys know about this new Collagen Water that's available? Try it! It's good for the skin. It costs at $1.40 each at Guardian and it comes in peach flavour. I think it's good because there was a customer that bought 10bottles of it! So whatcha waiting for? GO GET IT TODAY! Ok..so I guess I'm still in my work mode.

I thank Darren for his willingness to work my shift today. He saw me half dead this morning and I guess that made him want to work on my behalf. Thanks!

3) The release for the karaoke CDs for Hannah Montana 2, Jonas Brothers and Camp Rock were scheduled to release last Tuesday in America.





So I thought that it would be released simultaneously here as well. I went to HMV last Wednesday after work to go check it out. I was so disappointed as they did not have it. I felt so glum throughout the whole time until we went to Takashimaya and saw the Hannah Montana stuff that were on sale. I was so bedazzled by the amount of merchandise that they were selling. There were pencil cases, bags, pens, notebooks, files, and other stuff! Since I was broke, I didn't buy anything. I am waiting for payday so that I can go back there and buy those things!

2) So I got a new job..how was it you ask? It's awesome! I can never ask for more!
Firstly, the location is at Jurong East which is just 15 minutes away from my place. Secondly, the hours are so flexible that I still have time to work at Guardian in the evening.
Finally, my dream to work in a nice office has finally became true.
I don't know if I've told you guys this but I was supposed to get a job at the Community Centre a week ago. I didn't get it so the agency sent my resume to Southwest CDC and just like that, I got a call from the agency last Monday and they asked me to start work on the next day.

I came in formal wear on the first day of work. While waiting to be briefed, I was quite nervous because I wasn't sure what we were supposed to do. All I know was that it has to do with some barcoding system going on. I'm not that pro with MS Excel but I do know the basics of it and so I was afraid they would need me to use MS Excel a lot that I would just freak out and drop dead on the floor while working.

Want to know what my job is? There are hundreds and thousands of files and all I have to do is label them with stickers. And each day, we would do it by divisions. There are a total of 16 divisions and so far I have done 3 divisions along with my colleague. Me and my colleague have to share our desk and the view from our seat is great. The aircon was cooling. It was almost perfect EXCEPT there's no computer for us. But there are computers over at the end of the room that's for part-timers.



These are just some of the files that we filed.

A few days ago, we were taught a few things like how to search for files in the system. I love this job and I love the environment even more! My aim is to make friends with the adults there as they seem pretty boring. They don't play music! Not like Buffet Club. I'm going to bring the fun in them!!

5) My mum had been complaining that her waist was aching. I went with her to the doctors last Friday and it got worst. I had to bring her to the hospital on Sunday as she was vomitting the whole night. While waiting at the hospital, I learnt my lesson. You should never be alone while waiting for some blood test results of whoever's in the emergency room. Because it's very boring. I waited for like 3 hours and I was so damn sleepy. My phone died and that was it. I lost my only form of entertainment.

Alright. That's enough for now.
Gotta go.
See you!

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Thursday, September 11, 2008

back to the future!

Ever wondered how you would look like if you were in an American school 50 years ago?



I was talking to Zakiah on MSN and I commented on her display picture that looked badly photoshop-ed. Want to try? Click here!
Try it and go blog about it!
Remember, SPREAD THE LOVE!

XOXO

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

it's all about the money $$$

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Friday, September 5, 2008

Put your hands together everybody!

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Thursday, September 4, 2008

you know you want it...

As promised, the winners for the High School Musical and Hannah Montana giveaways are:


Julaiha Jusoh!
Her guess for the High School Musical set was $360.
Actual price is $300.60!


Jovis Ang!
Her guess for the Hannah Montana Set was $570.
Actual price is $557.60!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!!!

***Please claim your prizes from me the next time you see me!

To the rest of the participants, don't be disappointed. There will be other chances for you to participate and win more goodies!

Till next time,
Syawal.

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

don't tell me you're sorry 'cause you're not

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