21 December 2009

"i spread my wings and i learn how to fly, i'll do what it takes till i touch the sky"
kelly clarkson, breakaway

hello everyone!
today is going to be a long post. like really long.
i wish to speak my heart out chey. so if you get bored in the middle, close the window or tab..

noorul's 21st
my girlfriends and i planned something awesome for her step into adulthood.
it was a pleasant surprise for the birthday girl.
and a pretty decent one (i mean compared to us planning something to get her from lingerie.com) heh. we gathered her closest friends, family friends and cousins.
it was a nice simple dinner at cafe kasturi the infamous malaysian restuarant (yes we were bombarded with super delishhhhhhh malaysian food like... chicken rendang, ikan goreng, beef ape tah la, gado-gado and more.. (err, i remind you that i am living in sydney and access to these food are highly difficult and expensive heh..)
and a roam around darling harbour for a 'straightedged' after party lol.
as an awesome friend i got her a 21st pandora bracelet which i hope she can build it herself throughout the years to mark significant events like.. graduation, wedding bells, baby bump, 50th birthday and so on.



i'm pretty sure she enjoyed the night and to be honest i cannot wait for MY 21st. yay.
just the day la, not the fact that every second i get older heh.

so to my gorgeous best friend, happy 21st, may Allah give you so much awesomeness in the coming year that you would seriously consider catching some possums. seriously go get married already. hahaha. okay!

and and happy belated birthday to ayah kbs! and kak diah (:

school
helloooo semue, i am on holidays right now, nak keluar?
i have approximately... 60 days or 2 months of holidays left..
what have i achieved? nothing much really very unproductive, i've been waking up late for sure my eye bags are nearly gone.
working? hmm.. making and serving people is quite productive.
shopping? ahh that is productive.

anyway i got my results right i passed everything la!
actually 2 passes and 2 credits.
good right.
after failing two subs last sem i feel honestly scared when i checked it.
but whoooooo my 'hardwork' paid off. haha. with open inverted commas cos i think it's more of a luck then hardwork.

work
is awesome la.
i will be celebrating my fourth year with starbucks pretty soon.
HAA beat that everyone.
so i've been working 4 days a week (equiv. to around 25 hours a week) nowadays and getting paid every wednesday sounds really fun.
it's funny how right at work all my supervisors get mad with each other then when it comes to parties and stuff everyone is cool.
so whatever happened at work stayed at work no?
yeah that's how it is in my store.

the people i hang out with
are fun and exciting. ever since my move to sydney i've developed a very close circle of friends.
not many.. i can literally count with my fingers.
the only thing i believe about astrology is that cancerians are homely people and their social circle are often small, but tight.
yes weekly star signs, i believe you in that.
when i'm not occupied with uni i hang out with these people.
and damn right they make my day.

1. my gorgeous baby sister

no matter how people say we're complete opposites especially in terms of skin tone hehehe.
i love this girl to death. i would do anything for her (really!) and yes hanging out with her is very liberating..

2. my best friend, noorul

to have someone going through the same shit and super days is very zen-tifying. haha. this girl's been through alot and i still find her strong as ever. you go girl! love you heaps.

3. my siblings and their extensions

having grown up siblings is very fun. although we don't get to see each other everyday anymore (really, my first brother and his wife lives in their own house, noreis is constantly away i only see him once a week..) i know that we're always there for each other.. what do we do? dinners, picnics and super fun wii times at home.

4. the crazy two

i love van and ambi! haha we met in spanish class and then we're friends forever. you know you're in great company when you can laugh all day with tears in your eyes. get it?

5. the superwomen in starbucks.
my kakak angkat.. azzy at work, sarah outside work. he's the super fun gay guy with an awesome 'husband' lol. let's not discriminate everyone yeah? (: and he's a malay. literally born and raised in singapore. one day when we get pissed with others we speak in malay so no one can understand. if we're pissed with the indos we speak singlish malay faster so they won't understand. it's sweet having someone like him/her.



my workplace is dominated by females and asians so let me introduce my second family since i've never done so.


the first and third from the left
the thai girls. guess how old are they?
30, and 34 respectively.
and they don't even look like one and they still play farmville and restaurant city on facebook.
no worries dude. hahaha.

and then we have priscilla second from the left and ranah second from the right.
us three are the longest standing partners since our store opened in 2006. so we've seen people come and go and even trained the rest of the girls they.
and even made a pact 2 yrs ago that if one of us leaves, we all have to leave.
which i don't think is still on now cos i got the vibe priscilla is leaving soon.

one random fact... ranah is part time supervisor right. her day job? a medical doctor. not a student. doctor. like literally works 8am-12mn everyday and comes in to starbucks for a 10 hour shift on saturday. YIKES. oh and she's only 25.

and then we have the indo chicas 4th and 5th from the left.
they've been with us for about 2.5 yrs now and really good.

and not forgetting my malaysian partner eastlyn on the first right.
yup and we do bitch about ppl in malay.

not in the picture is 2 new girls transferred from the airport store, our assistant manager - katie, big boss - shannon and the 2 guys - tony and quan.

so over the years i developed a pretty strong bond with all of them.
sometimes i wonder how will i be when i finally leave starbucks.
i guess it's not very good to be too attached eh.

and then i have the others like sadaf and yee wen and then that's pretty much it.
life is simple but awesome for me i guess surrounded by people whom you know who cares for you is the most important part.

i still miss
my girls though.. you guys are and will always be a part of me. (:


p.s. korang nampak gmbr ni kat blkg window preschool tu ader ape ah... putih2 je. seram.

i will get killed
by my beautiful bestie for posting this but hell yeah i'm excited to be a godmother!
i'm sorry dear but i can't wait for him to say hello to the world.



my future
don't you find it amazing hearing ppl get pregnant, having babies, delivering them and all.
i think it's seriously fascinating how babies are being made.
not physically hellooooo! but like how kuasa Tuhan eh from 2 cells (err the egg and sperm?) can turn into a foetus and then a fully born baby.

with that right.. i decided my future career path. that fact has always fascinate me in every way and that was the reason why i wanted to be an obstetrician. way back in sec 2.
but then as i get older cheh i did my research and realised that an obstet is not there to deliver the baby under normal circumstances unless there are complications during the parturition.
i researched and i found the answer i have been wrong all along..
it's a midwife who delivers 80% of pregnancies.
i find it tough on me since i have been dying to become a doctor ever since god knows when but then i got over it and decided that i have no time to waste unless i still wanna study when i am 30.

so here's what i planned to do.
finish my science degree with a major in physiology and anatomy since i got only a year left.
enroll in bachelor of midwifery.. hopefully i can get some advance standing from my science courses and graduate in less than 3 years?

looking at the bright side.. i have lesser to study and faster to get a real job.
and lesser to spend on my degree.

and the fact is? i never wanted to be a doctor/obstetrician. i've always wanted to be a midwife. i've always wanted to deliver babies. i just wish i knew this 6 yrs ago.

aob
1) i haven't updated in awhile and now i have.

2) i think it's important to tell everyone that you care how much you mean to them before it's too late. life is short and everyday can turn out to be a surprise.

3) it's okay to make stupid mistakes in the past, something like choosing the wrong course to study or falling in love with a jerk when you wish you hadn't. the most important thing is not to regret it but to embrace that mistake and accept it, because when you do, your future will be so much brighter knowing that you are now wiser than ever not to repeat it again.

4) you're never too old or it's never too late to do anything. life is an adventure worth taking and if you feel it's the right thing to do, do it.

5) don't worry about what others might think of you. because i know you're the most beautiful when you be yourself..

okay everyone.
i will depart now.
i love you all. do take care and keep smiling even when the sky is dark.
you'll feel so much better. whee.

p.s. i upgraded my super slow 2 yr old acer to windows 7 and now it's super fast i restored my long lost hope in windows again (: oh and i saved money cos i am not getting an iMac anymore yay. smart thinking.

p.s.s. my golie died. 5 months old. BUT i'm getting a new one this week whee.

i love you.