-people's place- 09.09.08

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now, and then i realized dat earning money isnt dat easy. pity my parents who earn so much money to support me, and my brothers' studies. for the one studying in glasgow now, dat's me, one studying medic in ukraine, my eldest bro and the one studying engineering in kuching, swinburne uni, my youngest bro. had spent so much ever since i placed my foot in this newly fresh, and expensive place, GLASGOW. everything is in pounds, yeah duh~~ =.='' if u are earning pounds, then dat would be very cheap. but if u convert everything from pounds to RINGGIT MALAYSIA, it is very very ex!! sam tong ar... but dat's irresistable, when i go out for shopping, i cant stop myself from buying stuff. it's a girl's thing tho, the word "shopping" cannot be removed from a girl's life's dictionary. m i right? absolutely right! but certain girls can control their budget very well, unlike me. i admit it. :(

but im starting to set a budget for myself, im trying hard, seriously! *grin*

had beed looking for part time jobs here, and did went for 2 trials, both were in chinese buffet restaurant. for the first trial, it was only 2hours trial. it wasnt so bad tho. but the workers there werent so friendly, which makes me feel like im totally a stranger to them. they dun even come up to me and make friends with me. sad! wad can i say, discrimination? some of the scottish here were very friendly, but some not. once they look at us, chinese, they wil always think dat we are from china. irritated! the jobs are quite easy, walking around and collect plates, taking drinks' orders, wipe the table. the manager was quite alrite, offered me to da pao some food home, but i refused, cuz i felt very paiseh. altho i din get paid, but i enjoyed.

the 2nd trial was in another chinese buffet restaurant, which is located very near to the first wan. received a call, and i was asked to go for a trial. im having my nap when i received dat call, so i was a bit blur, and never listen attentively to wad the person was saying. plus she was talking to me in mandarin, with those china accent. so i just say yes yes yes yes. i thought she asked me to bring along my friends to go for the trial. but it was only me. sorry shyan n hongning, they walked all the way there with me, but they ended up having their dinner in lauders, but im working like mad cow in the restaurant from 5pm till 10pm. firstly, the assistant, a pretty young lady named Cherry, she assigned me to wipe all the plates and bowls. i wiped all the plates and bowls till my hands ached! cuz i have to be fast. there will always have plates and bowls for me to wipe. so i cant stop wiping. there were some other workers, Jennifer and Yo yo. they were very friendly. and guess wad, the girl called Jennifer, she's only 18 years old. OMG. and she is damn pro in collecting 6 plates at once.

finally, Cherry asked me to learn how to serve drinks, collect plates, wipe the tables. guess wad, i managed to carry 6 plates at once too! yay.. proud of myself. :P the plates were so heavy, but i tried to be extremely careful. i met a customer, an old fat lady with her husband. she suddenly walked to me and talked to me.

customer : how did u maintain ur body with all these nice food around u?

me : (smiling) hmm, do more exercise? (i think im very fat now! but to her, im thin. sweat! maybe she is comparing her size and mine. hehe)

customer : no, i think u've been working very hard, dats y.

me : =.='' hmm, this is my part time job, and this is my first day tho.

customer : oh, so, u're still studying?

me : yes. im studyin pharmacy in the university of strathclyde.

customer : wow, dat's great. which year are u in?

me : 3rd year. (considered 4th year, but i dun dare to say dat im in 4th year, cuz i scared she might ask me about medicines)

customer : dat's great!

me : hehe, yea, hmm. anyway, do enjoy ur meal. (walked off)

when i collected her plates, i did talked to her again.

me : so, do u like chinese food?

customer : yes. but i cant stuff anymore into my tummy. can u cook, exactly like the food here?

me : no, im not good in cooking. :)

and she just smiled and she said she really likes chinese food. her husband never stop eating, and her husband has a very round big tummy. i was happy working in the place, altho the working hours were pretty long. she gave tips as well when she left. :) i was so happy. altho i din get to keep the tips, but stil, im happy.

the manager asked me to have my dinner before goin home. but i ate a lil bit only cuz shyan and hongning came to accompany me home. thanks girls! muaks! they purposely walked all the way there to pick me up. i was exhausted, my hands numbed and i cant barely walk properly home. too tired!

came back home and took a hot shower, felt much better! waiting for their call again for the next job. i wan to earn lots of money to buy presents for my parents and not to forget my brothers too. :)

-Chinese Buffet King- 04.09.08

starved for the whole morning, cuz wan to leave our stomach 100% empty for our chinese buffet lunch. *grin* yummy. the food was nice, but i was stuffed after the only first round. ate lotsa fruits especially honeydew, and icecream. the waitress there were all chinese. "orang sendiri". hehe. and we were entitled to get 10% student discount. so, it cost around 5.85 pounds per person excluding drinks. they wil serve u plain water for free, if u din order any other drinks. satisfied with our meal but we discovered dat "China buffet" is much better! darn! and it's along the same street. we shud have go there, cuz there were more variety of food and desserts. and yet it's the same price! our next food destination will be china buffet!

-H12 BBQ- 03.09.08

summer, ending real soon, and yet we didnt have our summer bbq.. until today. finally. but it's sort of a picnic, cuz we were lazy, and we just dumped everything into the oven and grilled the chicken wings. so the food dat we've prepared were curry puffs (shyan & suvyen's recipe), salad vege, chicken wings, grilled veges, chicken nuggets and toast. we cut down a lot of food, cuz do not wan to keep those left overs, and we were trying to cut down cuz we all gained weight! sei.. it was freezing, we drank our shandy, but there's no effect at all. actually we were wearing shorts, then we couldnt bare with the coldness anymore, so we went up and changed our pants and grabbed a jacket.. enjoyed singing, playing and kacauing each other. managed to take a video of shyan singing. "orang melayu" having chicken wing = shyan. hehehe..i promised her not to put the video up.. too bad..!:)

satisfied with my skill

my triangular currypuff

my heart-shape currypuff

-i've tried my best-

i did my very best, but still, no confidence at all that i will pass this bloody final pp3 exam. although it was not very difficult, but all the accumulation of the small lil stupid mistakes make u fail! and i dunno y, i knew dat dose check wasnt suppose to be dat figure, but i still write it down onto my piece of paper, y m i so stubborn! 30 marks gone! just like dat. sigh. and all the stupid mistakes like never write expiry dates. how wei! i dun wan to sit for another PP3 exam. i think i have this pp3 phobia! i just hope dat the lecturer will not be so strict, and they will just let us pass.....................


sad sad sad...

depressed! emo!

-the final 11hours-

11 hours to go, our PP3 final exam...stress and nervous to the max wei!!!

woke up quite early this morning, it's very unusual for me, as suvyen got shocked when she saw me early in the morning, altho it's not dat early. i slept around 12something last nite, dats y i managed to wake up so early. normally i burn the midnite oil, but not studyin, doin other stuff. :P had maggi goreng, my first attempt, successful but the taste wasnt like the one i had in mamak. "obviously".. =.='' haha, anyway, lazed around the whole day, din study much cuz dunno wad else to study.

took a short nap in the afternoon and then prepared dinner, our new lamb recipe from my mummy. it was good! :) tried calling pat to wish him happy bday, but i guess he was too bz and din answer the phone. then my lovely housemate, who got exempted, prepared something very special for us. *touched* thanks Shyan!! love ya!! she hide in the kitchen and she asked me not to see.. haha, like a thief! sesat, but thanks!! i need all ur luck now, will try our best tmr.. then we shall have fun after all the stressful days...


pray hard as God will answer your prayer and He will always guide u, giving you the courage and strength to face all the obstacles in your life.. believe in Him as He will always be with you, always... all the time... nothing is impossible!!! Amen!!!