July 30, 2007 2:42 PM.
Malacca - another dreadful Malaysia trip
I remembered I said this when I went to Batu Pahat with Dear's family: "I swear I will never come on such trips with your family EVER again!!!!!!!!" Before I knew it, I was squashed between him and his mother in the cab which was on its way to Woodlands checkpoint. That's why they said, "Never trust a woman."
As usual, it's a boring trip with LOTSA, and I seriously mean LOTSA aunties and uncles, ah mas and ah peks. The number of youngsters on board was countable with one hand of mine. Basically, it was a trip which you eat, shop and pray.
I totally hate that tour guide. He gave us 3 options:
1) Go St. Paul’s Church and shopping centre
2) Go 青云庙 and shopping centre
3) Go St. Paul’s Church and 青云庙
So after a series of torturous voting, majority of the people chose Option 3. But guess what the tour guide said? “Why don’t we choose Option 2? We should spare some consideration for the elderlies in the group and not let them walk too much. Since we are Chinese, it is only right that we visit a place that is related to us. So let’s choose Option 2 k? Any objections? Alrite, we shall stick to Option 2 then.”
I was like #$%^&%#$%^@#$%^#$%*&^%#$!!!!!!!! You are just plain lazy and want to make your job easy then say lah!!!!!!! Why give us so many options!?!?!?! Kaoz…Waste our time or rather waste my time and make me happy for awhile…Thinking that I can go to St. Paul’s and have a look. But what choice do I have? Dear’s dad has already brought his incense sticks and papers and he is the one who paid for the trip. He wanted to go and pray. So what say do I have? Suck thumb loh.
When we got to the temple, we spent almost half an hour walking around and listening to the tour guide under the scorching hot sun. Why the dragon has 4 claws? Why do you see a Portuguese figure supporting the pillar? Which hand do you use to offer incense? Blah blah blah. You ask me, I know it now. The other half an hour, I was wondering where to stick the bunch of incense sticks in my left hand with my eyes half-open
The rest of the trip was like eating 8-course meal at Chinese seafood restaurant…. shopping for native products…..quarrelling with Dear…shopping for native products… shopping for native products…..quarrelling with Dear….8-course meal at Chinese seafood restaurant…..*yawnz*
The only good thing of the trip was that perhaps my Hokkien has improved after the trip. The reason being I HAVE WATCHED TWO FREAKING EPISODES OF HOKKIEN DRAMA SERIAL on the bus. And it was all about Door God 门神, Tiger God 虎爺 and not forgetting the villain, Chicken Demon 鸡角精. So interesting right?
So I guess that’s all folks. Am I going for another such trip again? Dear, I repeat, "I swear I will never come on such trips with your family EVER again!!!!!!!!"
July 27, 2007 2:05 PM.
Always look before entering Carpark
Drivers, please always remember to look out for the parking charges before entering any carparks. It took me a total of $20.88 to realise my mistake.
Mistake 1:
Yesterday, I did not realise that it costs $0.08/min to park at the carpark near the SRC. In the end, Dear had to go back to Yusof Ishak to top up the cashcard to pay the carpark charges of $17.68!!!!!
Lesson Learnt:
Unless you are parking for awhile or you are filthy rich and do not mind NUS eating your money like nobody’s business, do not park at the carpark near SRC.
Mistake 2:
Today, I wanted to buy ulcer cream from the Guardian at Holland Village. So Dear decided to drive into the carpark of Holland Village Shopping Centre and drive out within the 15-minute grace period. I waited at the exit of the carpark and saw him stuck behind the gantry. There is actually no freaking grace period for this carpark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This time, I am the one to go to the ATM to top up the cashcard and pay $3.20 for less than 10 minutes of parking.
Lesson Learnt:
Neither assume that all carparks have grace period nor buy ulcer cream from Guardian at Holland Village again.
But were these mistakes my faults? Shouldn’t it be the responsibility of the driver to be aware of the charges before entering carparks? Why am I the one paying for the charges?
Whoever’s fault it is, I will open my eyes big big before my driver enters any carpark from now on. Who cares if the driver behind is horning? Who cares if the car has to reverse and cause a nuisance? I don’t care anymore!!!!!!!!!!!
July 26, 2007 1:07 PM.
Medical checkup@NUS
I went to NUS for matriculation of my Post-graduate course and medical check-up. Seriously, I do not understand why I have to take the medical check-up again. Didn't I take them in Year 1? Like what Dear said: Do they possibly think that I might get AIDS after 4 years of study in NUS? Haiz..Studying in NUS is always of so many chores.
The 1st station was as usual: Weighing and Eye Test. And as expected, i have put on weight. Shucks. But my eyesight is still perfect. Whey.
Next, Urine Test Station. This is the one which I spent the most time on.
Not because of queuing, but because I had difficulty filling that small cup to half.
Not because I couldn't urinate, but because I mis-aimed.
Haiz...So I was inside the toilet and drinking tap water profusely, hoping that the fluid will enter my urinary tract soon. But I forgot that the length of human intestines is as long as 4m..or is it 5? Whatever. I was jumping in the toilet and hoping that it will travel down sooner. After spending around 15 minutes inside the toilet, I managed to fill 1/3 of the cup. All the above mentioned was done when I was alone in the toilet.
In the end, I saw others who gave cups which are like 1/15 filled!!!!!!!!!!!! The nurses don't even need that much of urine to test!!!!!!! Why the hell did the nurse ask me to half-fill the cup!!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Waste my time leh!!!!!!! argh.... (-_-)
Then it was lunch time and I had a shitty lunch with the canteen filled with PRCs. Even the 'Local Delights' and 'Malay Food' stalls were run by PRCs.
X-ray was after lunch. I realised Asian females are just so conservative. We had to remove our bras and change into the disposable gowns. When the ladies came out of the dressing room, almost all of them covered up their assets with whatever they have e.g. bags and clothes. Why so shy? We are all women. Nothing to hide ah. So you must be thinking I must have walked out like a true woman. No I didn’t'. I did the same. =P
And after waiting for another 1 hr and so, I was examined by a doctor whom I thought should be a woman. That is because when we were in Year 1, our breasts were checked by a female doctor. Thus, I thought the breast check was necessary this time too. When the male doctor told me to lie on the bed, I was starting to worry. What should I do? Should I really let him touch me? Is that permissible? In the end, it was just normal checks for breathing. No touching. Chey.
So that ended the check-up and I left NUS as a healthy person. Yea!!!
July 25, 2007 1:25 PM.
Surprise Surprise!!!!
I used to think "Why the heck do people write blogs? Why do they want to let others know the contents of their own personal online diary?" That's why I never wanted to start a blog.
Hmmm...so why am I here now? Hee...It could be the blogs of some of my friends who changed the perception of blogs. Blog is no longer seen as media to show off your beauty or talent. It is no longer seen hypocritical or pretentious. And I guess it could be because I am seeing less of my friends now since everyone is busy with their work and life. The blog could be a source of interaction with them (not forgetting that many of them surf the net regularly a.k.a cyber-spiders). So Tada!!! Here I am!!!
However, I guess it may be a matter of time that I will end this new hobby of mine. Most likely it would be due to the lack of time when I eventually start working and I would be spending most my time slogging my life away in the damn office.
Alrite, we shall see then.
