Next plane home...again

Like I've said, this week has quite a busy week for me and I really wanted to blog but everytime I'm home, it's either I am too tired or there's always something that I wanna watch on TV. Anyway, I'll be heading to LCCT in probably 30 minutes time and will be flying off to KK today :)

Don't think I can blog much back home so...here's wishing everyone Happy Chinese New Year 新年快乐! Harap boleh dapat banyak ang pows la, though I really doubt I would. Happy Holidays!

I try

iFeel 101 part 2

I am not exactly what you call a 'people person'. For me to have the guts to actually do an impromptu lecture without really knowing the content is very tough and challenging. I'm not saying this just because...but it is the fact AND to really get familiarise back with a software that I haven't been using for a loooong time is not easy as well. Unless I have a smart brain then it wouldn't be a problem. 

So I am really trying my best here...and apologies again to the students who can't understand the previous two impromptu lectures that I did. Haih, now I feel so emo....

/iFeel 101 part 2

Sidenote: Been caught up with lotsa stuffs hence I was unable to blog. My weekends were filled with events to attend and then as Monday arrived, I had 3 classes back to back and it was soooo tiring, I could just feel that my head almost wanted to burst. My lifesaver for that day was definitely coffee.

 I'll be going back to Penampang for a week to celebrate CNY, (not even sure if there'll be any open houses to go since mum is not going back to Tawau) but still, I am looking forward for this holiday. Hoping that this 1 week of hols will be a good one. Mone, tia sabar sudah sia mo pi makan dim sum hehe :)

Porks and beans

Hmm...I don't know  whether is it me or I just suddenly found Zac Efron erm, attractive? Heck, I've never even watched High School Musical before. But I've recently watched Hairspray (yes, very outdated of me) and all of the sudden I have this instant crush on him. Geez...but I still like Rob Pattinson though heh. Let's not hope that I'll turn into a Zac Efron fangirl soon cos I wouldn't like that.  Anyway, Hairspray was a nice movie! I wonder why it took me so long to finally watch it. 

I've decided to go for the annual dinner tonight. Bought a cheapo mask in Pyramid yesterday for less than RM10 cos I don't intend to invest in a fancy-mancy mask where I'd probably wear in once in a blue moon. So yeap, dinner's tonight and I've got about 3 more hours before I need to get ready. 

One more week before balik KK :)

:)

Vidic jugalah...

I haven't been talking about football because I am losing my hope for MU(just kidding) I hardly get the chance to watch any EPL matches these days. But I was able to watch the ManU vs Chelsea match Sunday night since Ivan came over to our usual yamcha place to have dinner. Despite me having a 9am class the next day, we stayed on and watched the match till the end. The score? 3-0. Man United won...like, FINALLY! If the two offside scores by C. Ronaldo was counted as goals then it would be a big win for 'em. But 3-0 is already quite satisfying since they're playing home as well. Anyone spotted Jose Mourinho sitting as an audience? Damn, his face looks like a villain! Anyway, I'm happy that MU won of course. If they keep on winning then maybe they'll beat Liverpool for the top position hahahahaha...

It's my lunch time now so I'm taking this spare time to err...blog. Tomorrow is gonna be my solo class for Design 1 and I think/hope it'll be just fine and no awkward moment too since I've already met the students for tomorrow's class twice and even had lunch with 3 of 'em. Anyho, I'm done preparing tomorrow's lecture already so now it is up to moi to deliver it to the students. Will tell you how it goes lah.

Went back home last night and thought of watching ANTM on TV but terus knocked out once I was lying down on my bed. Must've been the 3 classes back to back I had yesterday. The college is having its annual dinner this Saturday and I am still contemplating whether I should go or not. For one, transportation might be a problem and I don't have anything to wear since the theme was 'Masquerade' pffft. If I do end up going, I'll just probably wear whatever I can find in my luggage bag lah. Not that I want to follow the dress code anyway.

Bah, gotta go makan now.

Let me turn on my fan girl mode for just a while now...

I read the news today anddddd...the FIFA World Player for 2008 is C. Ronaldo! YAY!

Turns off fan girl mode *le sigh*

Panic! at the college

MAN U vs CHELSEA tomorrow!

iFeel 101

I feel that most of the time, I always tend to be taken for granted. The fact that I usually don't say no to any tasks that require my help doesn't mean that people could just dump all their problems to me and then chose not to deal with it themselves. I try to help in any way as possible without complaining because I don't like being in the middle of an argument or having to deal with other issues but sometimes...just because I hardly voice out my feelings, doesn't mean that I deserve to be treated like my presence are not worthy enough.

Maybe I should just be like Jim Carrey's character in Yes Man. *sigh*

/iFeel 101

Soooo...first week of the new semester wasn't that bad at all. The highlight of the week would probably be yesterday where I had to meet the new batch of students and then gave a short briefing, giving out the new timetable and also bringing them for a short campus tour as well. They were extremely quiet when I did the briefing and yes, it was kind of awkward again but it was just because they are so new and have not adapt the environment just yet. It'll probably need 2-3 weeks of them getting used to the college and the endless assignments that's coming real soon HAHAHAHA *evil laughs* 

I was asked by H, to do an impromptu lecture for the second Digital Design class (which was on 5.30pm) without preparing anything at all! Well, the afternoon session lecture was done by H so she asked to lecture the same thing for the evening class. I told myself that I can handle it but when it was my time to lecture and do the demo, (the class is about learning Adobe InDesign software btw), I kinda freaked out and butterflies were running definitely in my stomach. I haven't been using InDesign for months and to get familiarise to the entire software in a nick of time is not that easy, I can tell you that.

I realised halfway through demo-ing the functions to the students, I started talking gibberish and when I stopped and asked them if they understood or not, they said no. My eyeballs almost dropped out from my eyes! Okay, not really but for a moment there, I was stunned and the nervous, panic and worried feelings came crashing together inside me. 

Because I can't screw everything up, I had to calm myself down and sort of start all over again. So second attempt was better and the students finally did understand...well, at least I hope so lah. The class managed to finish their first assignment on time too. I guess, it did turned out okay in the end. Big thanks to H and some encouragement from the students, I survived the first Digital Design class! I'm not sure whether I'll still be asked to do more lectures in the coming lessons, but hopefully this time around, I'll be more prepared. :) And yeah, apologies for being a nervous wreck in class yesterday.

Today, I came in late for work as I had an errand to do in the morning. Had to get my access card from the management at my current place. Oh did I mentioned that I don't have class on Saturdays anymore? Yeah, apparently there were some changes on my timetable so I was lucky I guess to have no Saturday class anymore. 

Met up with Ivan in the afternoon at Kim Gary and then Ken came over later in the evening. Ken intro-ed me to his other half for the first time and when I saw her, I wish I could dive into a big hole and hide! Ken's gf looked like a supermodel! Beautiful, sharp features, slim, tall, nice complexion and compared to me...I looked the total opposite. Average, excess baggage on the tummy, short and pimples on my face. The only thing I could win over her would probably the size of my boobs hahaha..okay, not funny. No doubt a good looking man like him could get a beautiful gf anytime.

Well, gotta spend my Sunday doing laundry and watch movies from the DVDs that I borrowed from my bro. Oh, need to do grocery shopping as well since I am able to cook at home now. Sweet! 

Some KK pictures!

The night before I left for KL which was on New Year's day, Jesse invited me to go to the Euro funfair in KK, just opposite Karamunsing with the rest of the cousins. This time the little ones were included (Adik, Nado and Whitney). I don't really enjoy the pleasure of going to funfair/amusement parks but since it was my last night in KK, I decided to join the cuzzies lah.

The first ride that we took was this 360 degree thingy, not sure what's the name of it but there's a guy who dances along with the music in the middle. It got so funny during the middle of the ride...berabis bah kami ketawa non stop ni :)

Then Merl, Drey, Bonol and I went for a ride on the ferris wheel. It wasn't that fun cos when we were exactly on top...my acrophobia suddenly hit on me. The ride was quite expensive as well. RM6 per person! Oh, the last ride that I took with Merl and Drey was the Ghost Town ride andddddd it bloody wasted 15 seconds of my life! Punyalah tidak bikin takut pun. Kena gantung patung-patung ja ishhhh...Pleeaaassse don't be an idiot like me to go for this dumb ride ok! The night was fun because I've got great company heheh and we shall do this again sometime soon :) 2 more weeks to balik KK!

Look at the tortured teddies...kesian bah.






The little ones (Nado, Adik and Whitney) that we the grown ups have to baby sit on that night.



These two pictures were taken from Drey's new d-cam.

Have a grrreat Sunday!

Baby debut

[EDIT] Decided to change the polaroid-lomo photos...

Apart from black and white photos, I love photos taken from polaroids and lomo cameras too. I guess it's because the photos taken can be so random but yet still looked beautiful not forgetting it has that vintage and sometimes over exposed effect in it. ♥ ♥ ♥! But due to the fact that I have no moolah to get any of those two awesome cameras, I have to find an alternative to create the polaroid-lomo effect on my photos. And of course, with the help of Photoshop...

Result...

(photo taken at pasar Donggongon, Penampang)

The result might not be canggih-manggih since I am after all still very much a n00b. I'm pretty sure my students could achieve a better result than this. But I'll try to improve in any way that I can lah ok! Did this while I was in the office...was pretty bored during the last hour before I finish work :)

Anyway, I sat in my colleague's Design 2 class today and oh boy, entering a class full of students that I don't even know of is so...awkward because when R and I entered the class, all eyes were on us and not forgetting their curious faces. AWKWARD! But on the bright note, I heard one of the student said that we looked young *big wide smile* Nah, kambang sudah sia ni kena cakap muda hahaha...

I will be meeting the fresh batch of students (January intake) tomorrow for briefing and campus tour and...I'm pretty sure it'll be another awkward moment for me and vice versa for the students. Wish me luck though. Work has been good so far, most of my classes will officially start next week so this week was a pretty laid back week for me. I didn't get the chance to meet the big boss on Wednesday because big boss was caught up with another meeting so I left after waiting in the office until almost 8pm.

Nuff 'bout work cos right now I shall present you my grand niece, Ophelia Athena Golingai making her debut for the first time here. I'm still not sure what should she call me when she is able to talk. Nenek? Popo? Grand Aunty? Nana? She's sooooo adorable and I love seeing her tiny mouth moves while she is sleeping. I kept on wondering if she was dreaming... 

(Photo credits to Audrey Ambrose...she got this canggih d-cam now so the photos are very clear. Photo design is inspired by orangeyoulucky :) Love her work)

Ahhh...can't wait to see her again. Weekend's almost here!

Big boss

I was told that I, with a few other colleagues will be meeting up with the big boss today because apparently, the big boss wanted to know our new year resolutions. This worries the shit out of me. I just hope and pray that the meet up session will turn out A-OK. 

Anyway pictures from my holidays in KK will be up soon. Been caught up with preparing my notes for next week's lecture and also all the other stuffs at work so the pictures have to wait lah.

In the meantime, I leave you with this...The All American Rejects's rendition of Womanizer. It sounded erm....somehow weird to me but still it kinda cracks me up especially the 'Whooo!' part. Tyson Ritter is panaspanaspanas! ;)

Reality check 123

To commemorate my last day of holidays (sigh...I still am not prepared to go back to work) I went to watch Bedtime Stories in Pyramid right after Sunday Mass yesterday. Movie was nice, I like Adam Sandler's character here better than in Zohan. Just found out that there's quite a number of movie that I've yet to watch. I wanna watch Australia! Anyone watched it yet? Is it good? I watched Yes Man with my cuzzies in 1Borneo last week and it was a nice movie too anddd...1Borneo's GSC cinema is nice bah! I love the comfy seats!

Okay...so where do I start?

New semester's timetable.

I came into the office on Saturday afternoon. Didn't managed to wake up in the morning cos I guess I was still feeling tired since I arrived in Sunway at midnight. It was also raining in the morning thus it was such an awesome excuse to sleep in. Anyway, received my timetable on my desk and my my as expected I have class on Saturday and I also found out that I'll be lecturing together with another lecturer for V. Comm class. This of course came in a surprise because I wasn't suppose to have V. Comm class for the new sem at the first place. *sigh* Oh well, I'll take it as a challenge and we'll see whether I am able to ace this or not. I've also got 2 night classes, one is until 7.30pm on Monday and another one is till 8.30pm on Friday. I have one class where I'll be lecturing solo and the rest would be tutoring tasks. It seems that this brand new sem would be a tough one for me...am I prepared for this? Well, to be honest...not exactly. I feel kind of uncertain especially when I was asked to do lectures on V. Comm class. This is gonna be one huge challenge for a brand new year! *throws a nervous look*

Balik Kampung

Being able to spend the holiday season back in Penampang was such a great blessing! I think this year end holiday was a balanced one. Spent half of the time hanging out with the cuzzies and half of the time at home enjoying the shows on the telly. Managed to meet up some other relatives as well over Christmas gathering and also attended Dede's engagement party which was held on New Year's day. Overall it was a nice and fulfilling holiday and I truly cherish every moment of it cos now I am back here all alone and miserable...well not exactly lah. I'm fine here so no worries :) Can't wait to be back again for CNY!

The year 2008

To sum up, year 2008 for me was a very "monotone" one. There wasn't exactly any WOW or extravagant things that had happened to me. Well, there are probably some like me deciding to come over to the west side (and leaving my family and friends again) to start a new career in a new line. Up until now, I am still very much unsure whether this is the best decision I've made or not. From time to time I thought of me being in NZ again. I'm not gonna lie to you but I really DO miss my life back there and I often wondered if I did not come back to Malaysia after my graduation, would I be living a better life there? But then, coming back home wasn't exactly a bad decision after all...I just felt that I have this responsibility to come back and help to make my family in better place. 

Never would I thought I'll end up being in the education line but after 10 whole months of working in my previous college, I must say there are times when I just don't feel like doing this anymore BUT I stayed on because I still feel that I haven't proved to myself that I can actually handle this career. I get quite a number of negative responses from old college mates saying how this career is a waste of time but then, who are they to decide on what career path I should choose right?

So yeah, the first few months of working...I was still sort of struggling to fit in the job and adapting with the whole teaching and being surrounded by students environment. I now enjoy being able to help students and also do a lot of research/finding new materials for design education. I'm not sure if I did contribute enough for the college and students right until now but I'm trying my best anyway. Besides all these, being able to attend design conferences was a great opportunity too since I've never got the chance to do so when I was still a student. Oh, of course not forgetting my trip to Bangkok and being able to see so many cool art and designs there! Would really love to go there again soon! 2010 kan Mone??? Misti ahhh...this time we MUST!

My best friend whom I grew up together with got married in the year 2008 as well so that was of course one of the highlights of the year. I am so glad to be able to attend your beautiful day and also being your MOH (I still don't think I did a good job at it heh). Then having baby Ophelia as another addition to the family :) Such a wonderful blessing!

Throughout the mid of 2008, I suddenly felt like shutting myself and not to share a lot of the things that I've been feeling inside to my friends and even family. I don't seem to be able to write openly about my own feelings in my blog like how I used to anymore. Maybe it's just me or the sense of paranoia that I've been having for quite sometime. That is why a lot of times I will only be the listener and only talk about my feelings when I need to my friends and family *sigh*

I was having quite a high expectation for year 2008 since 8 is a good number not forgetting it was the rat year but turns out...like I said very 'monotone'.

New Year

Some new year's resolutions?

...is to find a vampire!

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Okay I was just kidding. Well, I don't want to make any resolutions since I know I am not capable of fulfilling it. But here are some things that I wanna do/achieve this year. I did actually managed to do/achieve some of things on my last year's list in 2008.

For this year I want/try to:

1. Save and manage my money properly.

2. Learn to be a morning person and try my best not to sleep late all the time.

3. Be more dedicated with my work.

4. Exercise more...yes, I've been gaining weight *sigh*

5. Have a good, happy, healthy, positive and better life (same as last year's heheh)

6. Not to worry too much.

I have no friggin' idea on how my journey would be for this year...I don't know what my future holds yet but whatever it is I will try my very best to embrace all the challenges along the way :) Here's to a brand new year! *cheers*

Work starts in few hours time!!! 

On the west side

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 

 It's already 2009 and I totally have no idea how this brand new year will turn out to be...

I am now back on the west side now *le sigh* Spent my remaining hours in KK driving to Sarapung with Merl and Drey to visit Anne and the baby. Then...upon reaching home, we got stuck in this stupid jam at my high school, because some people tidak pandai guna otak bah ish. Yeah, I stay very near to my high school fyi. Arrived KL at about 11pm and it took 1 1/2 hours for me to arrive back here in Sunway. Tiring journey cos I didn't managed to get any sleep when I was still inside the plane. I have to go to the college later in the morning to get my timetable for the new semester. I'm crossing my fingers and hope that I won't have any classes on Saturday :)

Will do all the updates as soon as I can get a good sleep and settle myself in here again ok! In 3 weeks time, I'll be back in KK again heheh :) Haven't thought of my new year's resolutions yet...hmmmm.