Feb
29
Listen to Your Words!
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I cannot stand those who like to exaggerate. A small thing becomes huge whenever it comes from her mouth. Yes, it's a her, usually.
Everything for her is seen with a magnifying glass. A little exaggeration might be needed for conviction or excitement, but a little too often is simply too dramatic and irrational.
"They NEVER take any action unless it …". Mind the word NEVER here. Well, of course it is not always true, but using such strong and ultimate word is so wrong. But it is so loosely used and doubt starts to creep into the mind of the listeners. Are you really being mistreated or are you just whining for sympathy again?
Sometimes the construction of a sentence is so important too. It could bring the wrong message or a hidden message. For example, when doing something for the benefit of both parties, using a sentence that begins with "Do you want ME to .." sounds like I am doing YOU a favour instead of volunteering for it.
Listen to your own words every now and then. How does it sound to the listener?
Are you delivering your message as intended or are you slipping it with sarcasm or any other hidden message?
Feb
28
27 Dresses~
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Free food tastes better, so they said and I believe same goes with free movie.
Yup, I just watched another free movie which happened to be good and very enjoyable. It is certainly better than Jumper and CJ7, or so the girls thought.
27 Dresses is chick flick movie that was on cinema when I was in US. A colleague of mine, middle age man actually watched it and said it was rather a good movie. 
And finally it is coming to Malaysia soon and we got 4 free movie passes for the preview! Yay!!! We marched to KLCC after work on Tuesday. And boy, wasn't I glad to be back to KLCC? Of course I headed over to my favorite store, Watson (how I miss it) and to Maxis to change my mobile plan.
Anyway, back to the movie. It was starred by the same girl from Grey Anatomy (Katherine Heigl) and about her loving to be bridesmaid and help out in weddings. She was in love with her perfect boss but when her pretentious-sister marched back into her life, she stole her boss right from under her nose and was going to marry him!
Jane has problem saying no to anyone, especially her baby sister that behaves like a baby and never think of others. And then came along this guy Kevin that was so cynical and didn't believe in marriage.
Well, how would it end? The movie was a rather funny with romance and a hottie hunk, Kevin. ^.^ A good movie that makes me excited that I couldn't sleep at night. (=.=)"
Rate : 4 stars!
Feb
27
Domino Tag!
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Min tagged me on this simple tag! Just add ur name & link at the bottom! Rule: Copy the entire list and add your name at the bottom.
And tag at least 5 friends. (But you can tag as many as you like)
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My Scrappy side
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Alpha
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Apols
Jacqui
Jane
Jody
Joy
Kelly
Mich
Peachy
Jenny
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Rose
Agnes
Hazel
Wen
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Life’s Roller Coaster~
Passing this on to : Sean, Keeyit, JYS, Flsam, Bokjae~
Feb
26
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Feb
25
What an Experience - US Immigration~
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I don't know if my colleague was trying to scare me off or if he really was worried about the immigration checking when we were entering US.
He said that the last time he went to US, he was interrogated for nearly an hour before he was released. They asked things like your family background, the purpose of your trip again and again and all sort of questions (to confuse you and to see if you are giving the same answers). Sometimes they even asked for evident and documents like bank statement, etc. Another colleague said his friend was asked to show his company financial statements when entering US as he was doing accounts!
Most of the Malaysian especially the guys would be picked up to go for the second inspection at the immigration counter. Perhaps they are more careful about terrorism especially after 9-11. But they are quite lenient to the girls, or so I was told.
On Jan 11th 08, I finally reached San Francisco after 11 hours of flight from Taipei, eagerly stepping out from the plane, toward the long queues of immigrations. I stood behind the last long queue, which I soon realized were served by two officers; one look like a Korean guy, another one was a young white guy.
I was hoping to go to the counter of the Korean guy. Asian would be more lenient to Asian rite, trying to use my logic thinking. And after a long waiting and feeling rather worried as I saw many Asian guys being directed to the second inspection room; the girl colleague who was standing in front of me, was free to go to collect her luggage after her immigration checking. It was soon my turn. I got the white guy officer. 
I smiled nicely and gave him my passport. He asked me to put my fingers on a small device for my fingerprints. And after that, he took my white immigration card, wrote something and asked me to go for second inspection room!!!
I was like, WHAT THE HELL!!! I didn't see a single girl being directed to that room!!!
Miserably, I took my passports and walked to the second inspection room, which was full of guys. Only one girl was sitting there. Man, why does it always have to be me? What am I doing here, I was thinking. My visa was pending during my application, a nerve wrecking experience. Now, I have to go through second inspection. Don't I look harmless enough to them?!?
And I waited. Soon, the guy colleague of mine joined me in the room (at least he expected himself to be there). After waiting like 10 minutes, the same Korean officer (oh, have I mentioned that he's rather good looking?) called my name from my passport. So, he led me to another interrogation room.
I sat sheepishly in front of him, trying to be in my best behaviour. He asked me the reason of my visits and have I been here in US before. I was here for product training and it was my first trip, I said.
He started to type some data into the computer, while looking at my passport.
"This is your first trip?" he asked again.
"Yes", I said.
"This is weird. You have never been to US before?" he asked again.
This time, I felt uncertain and started to think, hmm.. I have never been here, have I? I don't know why but under the circumstances, I could doubt myself whether I have been to US before!!! Ridiculous but true!
"No", I said, starting to suspect myself too.
He looked at the computer screen strangely as if trying to figure whether to believe me or the computer. At last he went 'Ahhh..', leaving me with many question marks in my head.
He asked me to go to the immigration counter again and he talked to the young white officer. And I was told to have my fingerprints scanned again. The Korean officer (obviously superior than the dummy white officer) was a little annoyed at the white officer for not taking my fingerprints correctly and somehow the records got jumbled up (or so I thought, by interpreting their communications).
After that, back to the interrogation room and well, it was just a little mistake after all. The super-nice-Korean-officer cancelled the remarked on my white card which I think meant that I didn't have the second inspection (or else when I am flying off from US, I need to go for another session of interview and to take picture and perhaps have to go through the 2nd inspection for every single time I come to US again, which was super frustrating, no?) and I was released! Yay!!!
I was practically floating out of the room, glad that it was over and NOT to be sent back to Malaysia! 
Somehow, I really feared that they would do that, thanks to all the scares from my colleagues.
Next, I was grateful that they didn't ask to check my luggage’s when I walked out from the custom as I saw some people have to open their luggage to show the custom officers. Uhh..
And yeah, that's two of my obstacles of entering the big-and-mighty-USA and it wasn't such a pleasant ones. But I guess US made it up to me as I had a really good & memorable trip there. 
Feb
23
Feb
22
Nice scenery at Fisherman Wharf..
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Here are some of my favourite scenery pictures taken at Fisherman Wharf, San Francisco. I love the colour of the sky and of the sea, looking so peaceful and lovely.
I am using two of them as my wallpapers, a nice, warm memory..
Click on them for a full size picture.
Feb
21
Feb
20
Day 2 at Taipei~
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We wake up rather early and had breakfast at the same stall, which was quite crowded as it was Monday and many working people buy their breakfast there. The business was really good as the food was really very nice and reasonable priced.
We wanted to go to 101 Tower right after that but was told that it only opened around 11am or so. So the nice hotel-man suggested us to go to the Jade and Flower market, 15 minutes walk from our hotel.
Both the markets were directly under the flyover!!! It turned out to be enjoyable and I bought some crystals and some small Jade to hang on mobile phone for souvenirs. There were so many flowers and plants stalls at Flower market. Since Chinese New Year was near, the locals were busying buying flowers and plants for house decorations.
We went to 101 Tower after that and was disappointed to discover that the entrance to the peak was around TWD400!!! (around RM40) and it was totally free for Petronas Twin Tower, KLCC!!! So, we decided not to go up after all.
After strolling a few of the high class shopping malls and feeling rather bored, we headed to Xi Men Ding, another famous shopping district, which reminded me of Hong Kong. I like the place very much and we spend half day there. It was also very crowded despite being Monday afternoon.
But as we were tired and after having early dinner, we headed back to the hotel to pack up and rest as we need to wake up at 4.30am to catch early flight the next morning.
So, as a conclusion, Taipei was rather a nice place to shop (if you go with the right company of friends) and full of yummy snacks. But we were rather tired and didn’t do much research and wasn’t really in the mood to explore Taipei.
Feb
20
Getting hitched~
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I wasn't surprised to hear from another friend that she is planning to get married to her boyfriend of 3 years somewhere in the middle of this year. Well, I suppose this is another good year to get married for the Chinese or simply because we are the marriageable-age! Up until now, I have at least 4 friends planning for a wedding but most of them have yet to start their planning.
As it is probably one of the biggest days of their lives, no doubt that it is to be a wonderful and smooth-sailing day, everything perfect and lovely as it is. I myself are a little terrified of the wedding idea as they are so much to prepare, involving so much planning and people and of course, money! I am so not looking for all the fuss and hassle but as it is once in a lifetime experience, how simple would you like it to be?
Anyway, there are many wedding guide and planner around to help easing the whole complicated procedures of wedding, especially for those who are not good at organizing events. Well, we do not want the grand day to turn upside down with so many relatives and friends attending the wedding, do we?
For a start, one can check out Mywedding which has full of resources just for wedding services, right from choosing the perfect wedding dress to getting a lovely wedding cake and getting the right wedding photographer, caterer and even the reception facility. And of course, a nice honeymoon when everything is finally over!
With a long list to do and prepare, it is helpful to have a guide that can simplify the process as it could get really out of hand. Well, a wedding doesn't have to be stressful; as long as you got all the resources you need and help within reach~
Feb
19
The only CNY pic for 2008~
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This year, I only took one pathetic picture during Chinese New Year. It was taken during the visiting of my friends’ house, I think on the 2nd day of CNY, at night.
There's LeeYin, me, Daniel, Renu and Lina, all my best friends!!
Friendship Forever!!!
Feb
18
Day 1 at Taipei~
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I stopover at Taiwan on the 3rd of Feb for a couple of days. Reaching Taipei at 7am after 14 hours flight from San Francisco and headed straight to the KDM Hotel which was 40 minutes away from the airport.
The weather in Taipei was rather cold and I have to wear 2 or 3 layers and with gloves too as I always have chilly hands.
After putting our luggage at the RM200 hotel room per night, we headed out for breakfast at nearby stall and it was superbly good!!! Bacon in eggroll! Yum yum~
After that we headed to Wu Feng Bu, a place known for women’s shopping place. We reached there before 11am and was told that it would be open only around 12 to 1pm as it was Sunday. So we hanged around, feeling quite tired from the long flight and jetleg.
Wu Feng Bu was very crowded as the shops started to open at noon. Reminded me of Chatuchak at Bangkok, but they mostly sell clothes, bags, accessories and shoes at a low prices.
At night we went to the famous Shi Lin night market and it was very crowded, much worse than Petaling Street. Everyone seems to be pushing everyone who was walking in front of them, even pretty girls push! So it wasn’t too pleasant to be cruising their night market. We tried their famous Taiwan sausage and ate the wrong-XXL-fried-chicken.
We went back to hotel around 9pm, feeling rather tired and cold.
And so, that's day 1 of Taipei.
