I am sick.

I've been sick for almost a week. The bug caught me during the weekends and I was down with fever. After I've recovered from the fever I caught a cold. It kept me sneezing all the way through, but the satisfaction after sneezing it out was way beyond all ratings.^-^

Hope I get well soon!

Back to school

Well, after a week of hols I'm back working. New semester, new things to teach. It's a hard life being a teacher. Yeah.....yeah you get all the perks for having lots of hols but the problem is you're always readjusting your mood as you are always in between working mood and holiday mood. T'was hard for me to drag my a** all the way back to Malacca to work after a week's comfort at home.

Shifting House

For the last few days I have been busy shifting to a new home, a very tiring and tedious task. My whole back is aching now due to the heavy lifting and climbing up and down the stairs. In the process of shifting I was somewhat frus. of my mom. She wants everything to be quick effective and efficient which contradicts to the way I do things. I like to do things leisurely and if I start at something I will usually go through it till the end but if I'm tired and would like to rest then no one can move me.

We are shifting to a new house not far from my old one, about 10-15 min drive. My concept is that I will empty out the things in the drawers or cupboards that needs to be shifted to the new house by lorry and the others we can take our time and move it little by little. This will definitely make the whole shifting process a relaxing one instead of having to rush everything. But my mom,....................... the dictatorship likes it everything her way, and that is, if possible, to shift the whole house there immediately with one trip. She would be estactic if every single item could be teleported into our new house at once.

My mom always complain that no one listens to her, but what she refuses to aknowledge is that she is the one that cannot accept anything which is a different method or version of hers. She is the female version of Adolf Hitler that needs everthing to be excecuted her way. Yes of course I do admit that she has a lot of experience and do know the best and effective way to almost everything but that does not mean we have to follow it. She insists we follow her way by giving the reason: if her way is the best which is effective and saves time then why can't we follow her's. She also added that if we could suggest a more efficient way then she would accept it. Yes I do get her point and it is very true when it comes to work but this is home, something personal like packing our wardrobe or the arrangement of bags. Couldn't she just let us do it our way, so what if our method is not as efiicient as hers, it is our time that we are wasting and most important of all we like doing it that way.

To sum it all up, I have been like a robot for the past few days just listening to her instructions and dare not even arrange anything without her opinion afraid that she will 'sound' me again and I will have to rearrange it according to her likings.(now isn't that also called double work) That's not the end of it, she then continues to babbler on that we never listen to her instructions and that she has to look over everything herself, blah blah blah blah. I sometimes wonder that my indecisive behaviour is actually from the way I was brought up, but gladly I am learning to stand up and defend myself by voicing out my opinion.

Finally this is off my chest. I feel much better.
p.s. Mom I really do love you but sometimes I just can't stand you. If you could just relax and lay back for a while maybe your health will get better. I know mom worries about everything but you can't worry all. We are old enough to take care of oursleves so just let us be. You can't be taking care of us for the rest of our lives so I guess you can start by slowly letting go.

The mighty invigilator.

Well, it's been a hectic week having to invigilate exams in our college. For the past three days I have been invigilating for both morning and afternoon sessions and finally today is the last. We usually get off work by 4.15pm but the exam ends at 4.30pm everyday. Hm........ wonder if we can claim O.T. for that?

"In your dreams!" replied my collegue.

Well I wouldn't mind dreaming of the extra cash rather than the frightful vampire dream that i had previously. But nonetheless we are given some allowances for invigilating. Better than none i suppose.

The internet connection is still not up and going yet. I know, I know, you people must be irritated as to why this girl is still yapping about the internet connection at her work place.The lots of you might be saying:"It's already been a week, give it up already!" But I can't. Those maintenance people are not here to repair it yet??!!!?? Lucikly there is still the unit's computer to go online and therefore I am able to post all of this up. I'm also busy invigilating as i've mention at the begining of this post so i've got no time to bother about the internet connection, if not you'll see more of the word 'BORED' posted up here.

Happy Birthday!

I've just had my birthday a few days ago. Hah...... I'm not going to reveal my age here, you can keep on guessing. ^-^ It was a lonely birthday cause I was in Melaka and working. Lonely as in no parties and gathering with friends. However I did received a lot of smses from my family, friends & collegues. That however had already warmed my heart.

Year by year as we grow older, the anticipation of celebrating birthdays seems to get less and less. To me now is naturally just like any other days. Of course when you received the wishes you fell good and knows that people still cares, but another part of me seems to feel shy as birthdays are more for kids. On the other hand, if people totally ignore your birthday you feel down cause you feel like no one notices you! ........What a confusing thought to have during your birthday!

At this point of time I am satisfied with just accepting it gracefully and let the pondering to a latter stage of my life. Besides i'm only .................. ah hah!....... manage to catch myself there. Phew!!!!! That was a close one.

Last but not least, 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!'

'The Four' (TVB Series)

I am currently watching ‘The Four’, a Cantonese series by TVB. The story revolves around four very different individuals whom are chosen to take up the position as imperial guards (a.k.a. investigator) of a particular department that is righteous in upholding the law among the society. As usual their arch enemy would be a powerful and influential character which in this case is the prime minister of the country. Hm………. doesn’t this resemble a particular situation that is occurring now? Anyway, this evil kenevil prime minister is entrusted by the emperor and therefore to go against him would be like digging one’s own grave.

Let us move on to the four interesting individuals. They are each given a name according to their characteristics. The first is Loveless (wu qing – by Raymond Lam), he was named by a monk after his entire family was killed due to a misunderstanding of two families. He was the only survivor but was crippled by the family’s enemy. Therefore throughout the movie he sits in an extremely innovative wheel chair in which he could maneuver easily and has secret compartment for his darts as his main weapon and from his name I bet you are able to predict his personality. Loveless is considered the brain of the group as he has been educated since young of every possible thing on earth and is skillful in martial arts. However he is a cold fish and presumes everyone as incompetent fools.

The next to be recruited is called Metal Hands (tie shou – by Kenneth Ma). He got this name as the main characteristic of his kung fu is his super powerful punch. Metal Hands’s character however is the opposite of Loveless as he is very friendly and dreams of nothing but to uphold justice and righteousness. He is more of a straightforward and action guy and does not give much thought of the consequences or reasons.

The third would be Follow Mission (zhui ming - . Actually I don’t know how to translate his name but the meaning is there so apologies to all. Well this guy’s character is very lively. I guess he is the one that sends the whole series into a lighter mood. His famous skill is the shadow leg and has very good (heng gong). He has a lot of tricky ideas up his sleeves as he was a conman before being selected as the imperial guards.

The last would be Cold Blood (leng xue – Ron Ng). He was previously an assassin who killed without mercy and was able to kill at lightening speed. He lost both of his parents when he was young and was raised by the wolves in the forest. He had therefore acquired the skill of tracking down a person in the forest by his scent. This was what made him an asset to the Justice department and be named as Cold Blood.

Well after a brief description of all four of the main characters in it then it is up to you guys and gals to go watch the series. It shows how these four very different individuals are able to corporate and iron out their differences by complementing on each others skills in the process of solving the difficult cases. As for the conclusion, I guess all of you would have guessed that is justice would prevail all.

Happy Viewing!

The internet at workplace. (part 2)

It is a fine weather outside, the sun is shining and there is the occasional breeze that blows through. Although fine on the outside it was however gloomy and dull for me inside the office. This is the third day I’m at the staff room with no internet connection. The most frustrating thing is that not the whole unit is unable to connect to the net but only a few certain places and of course mine inclusive. I have already reported the situation but up till now there is still no action taken. Shall I wait until my body decays here and may I rest in peace before any repair work is done? No…. my body will not rest in peace if that happens. What is one supposed to do to get some things done around here? Bloody incompetent fools.

Damn……and double damn……..

I have been trying to occupy my time by doing some other useful things like rearraging the files on my desk, sorting out the papers or exercises according to its categories, and clearing up any rubbish that I have left in the cupboards or drawers, preparing some of the materials for the next semester and up to the extend of scrutinizing every single article in the papers and its advertisement.What else? WHAT ELSE? Do I move on forward to pick up grains of sands at my place instead of sweeping to occupy my time?

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