i am thumbelina

fuel price getting higher and higher

2008-06-04T23:27:00.002+08:00

it is Rm2.70 a liter effective 12a.m. on 5 June 2008. guess wat ? typical malaysians jammed up petrol stations and subsequently jammed up the major roads after the news is out...

why are malaysians doing this ? don't you think you are wasting more petrol by being caught in a queue or a traffic jam ? how much can your petrol tank hold ?

think hard!

food review: the apartment - suria KLCC

2008-02-11T14:03:00.000+08:00

it's lunch time. i was browsing through the internet for food over at KLCC.

i have stumbled at this place called "the apartment". for more details, please visit http://www.attheapartment.com/.

it's not accessable through the main building of suria klcc. there are a few options: -

go through isetan - shoes department - go through the side entrance and the apartment will be on your left
go out from the jalan ampang entrance of KLCC - turn right and walk pass menara maxis
go out from park mall entrance - turn left and go till the end of suria klcc

it says the apartment consists of level 1 too, but it is not accessable.

the apartment is divided into two sections - dining and study. i was just wondering why there is no bedroom!

i was nicely greeted by the staff. a warm welcome :)

the interiors are cosy...can be a romantic dinner place if you are thinking of valentine's dinner with your love one...or love ones. they already have a valentine's day menu all set up for that exciting day!

i chose to sit inside because of the hot afternoon weather. Inside, you can see the bar counter with wine glasses hung above. to the left there's a lift. my guess is that is leads up the the study room. the study is not my kind of room, so i chose the dining room to have my meal.

the menu - first five pages are drinks, cocktail and liquor. the rest are appetizers, main meals and desserts. if you looked at the menu carefully, they are printed on the old school graph papers.

i wanted to have the cheese platter (under the global tapas section). Instead i had the fish cake tapas. Five pieces of fish cake with two slices of lemon and tartar sauce on the side - RM14.90++. The texture is really like a cake. At first, i thought it will feel like the penang otak-otak. It really feels like a cake! The taste is good. If you don't like food with herb flavour, this might not be a choice for you.

i moved on to the dessert after the tapas. i chose the crunchy walnut crepe - RM11.90++. like the name, walnuts are a must in this dessert. it is topped with sweet honey. this dessert is very filling. Unable to go on with more on the menu after i had this. i also noticed they don't have cold desserts.

no charge for plain water.

side dishes cost at RM5.90++
steamed rice is RM2.90++

my review: a cosy place to dine-in
rating: 4/5

another long while

2008-02-09T12:17:00.000+08:00

it's chinese new year again!

may everyone be prosper and fat :p

it's just been over 3 months since i have this new job and it's coming to an end. No..it's not a contract work...just that i don't click well with the managers. i just can't imagine a manager can ask me "why i ask you to do this, you would just only do this?" OMG...i'm a obedient worker...i just don't want to get into trouble by doing too much!

Another manager...we call her the dragon lady...maybe she doesn't know how to put her words...some things can be worded nicely...for example.. "I think you are blind!" can be nicely said with "next time, please look carefully."

another incident with dragon lady was she found out i call a ms secretary "Mr. Chan". That ms secretary was a known-for-a-fact ms snobbish. i went into her room and ask for Mr Chan...she din say a word...put out her hand...in my mind, i thought...is it Mr Chan or Ms Chan on the memo...?? so i asked in a slow voice..."are....uu....mr..ch...." i didn't finish my sentence and she got mad. i was actually wanted to ask "are you mr. chan's secretary?". but too late...she was furious and said her name is Nancy. i guess this Nancy told someone...and that someone told that dragon lady...i din know she is a part time gossip queen. I mean...things like this you don't go ask the star person whether is it true or not. She really gets on my nerves. Feel like putting my shoe in her mouth.

I don't know...maybe she is not my anybody...so she don't care how i feel.

Enough of her already...at least till the 18th...hehehe...merdeka again for me...

after a long while

2007-09-23T13:45:00.000+08:00

hello...long time i've never been blogging...no inspiration to blog...hehe...

i noticed that the last time i've blogged is February. One..two..three...SEVEN months already!

i've been at work since March...been to penang...been to batu gajah...

It seems that Kellie's castle is the only attraction in B.G. Nice little town...

Recently, I fell down...hurt my right knee again. *sob sob* my elbow hurts too. Actually, I was on the way out...going to B.G. Then, SPLAT!...darn pebblewash...darn shoe...! Trip cancelled :(

I am alrite now.

i love heroes!

2007-02-25T01:45:00.000+08:00

"Heroes" - my favourite tv series for the moment. Got half of the 1st season in my hands but unable to watch pass the 4th episode. The series won't run away....hehe...it's just a matter of time. I've just realised that the actor who played Peter-something in the series (the younger brother who can fly) used to be in "Gilmore Girls". All grown up already.

Right now, it's in the middle of the Chinese New Year celebration! Everyone starting to come back from their hometown. Roads are insanely going to be jammed again during the rush hour next week. I'll be back working again soon. It's going to be the same old place again.

People always say if you don't take any action, you won't be going away from where you are now. But I did take action, but I end up in the same job. Well, if I look at it carefully, I didn't really end up where I was before. At least, I don't think so. Priorities are not the same anymore! Decisions are important. Have to really think before acting on it.

~till next time~Gong Xi Fa Cai!

tiny bananas

2007-02-07T17:56:00.000+08:00

my 3rd aunt gave to us when she visited us the other day.

i thought the bananas shrunk when i open the plastic bag to see...

it's 2007

2007-01-19T22:04:00.000+08:00

time really flies...i'm still have no idea on what should i do with my life.

is it really true that my destiny is to be with my ex-company forever and ever? the door is now open....i know it is a one way door back to the old routine. i wouldn't go to the extreme to say that is a nightmare back there but it does comes with sweet memories which i cherish through my years there.

job hunting is not easy especially if you wanna start over. i'm not saying totally start over...it's just to explore the other fields of accounting. it is the same as the information technology (IT) field...lots of branches from there from networking to programming. i'm not like jumping from accounting to marketing, that's for sure. but potential employers thinks that once i've started as a tax personnel....i shall die as a tax personnel. i don't really blame them. time is money. why bother to train someone for the job where they can find someone who knows what to do for the job?

another sad part is that my heart is not truly with accounting. i always believe that one can perform well in things that he/she dislike but not truly successful in it. in other words, you can't be a millionaire in doing things you dislike. does anybody agree with me?

for the most common reason, it's easy to find a job with an accounting degree, no doubt about it. i'm not fretting that i don't get a job, it's just that i don't think i like my job. i really think that it's my personal problem...one of the reason i quit my job.

queen mother is not happy. i guess she's tired that i haven't found a job yet. there goes her words "money is everything". on and on it goes....like a broken record. "look how old you are now...what have you achieved so far?'" she said. "i have achieved confusion now!". i said in my heart.

i really need to do something. at least out from where i am now. eventhough it's just 1mm away from where i'm standing now.

"Can anyone please give me a sign?"

R.I.P

2006-11-30T23:26:00.000+08:00

Today is my friend's birthday. But was unable to wish him "happy 24th birthday".

I know it's sad. Yesterday morning, his dad passed away due to cancer at 4 a.m. back at his hometown in Sabah. My friend flew home that morning. Before he left for his flight, he told me about the sad news. I really don't know how to console him except to say "I'm sorry to hear that".

Dear friend....your dad is now with God...he is in good hands. Take care.

Something not right

2006-10-21T11:11:00.000+08:00

I went on a job interview the other day. I've reached there early ...a lady, named Linda, brought me up to their office. The office looks empty. She gave me the application form and a list of questions. Sigh...I needed to complete one essay writing and one accounts question. The essay was alright but the accounts question? It's been quite a while since I did a profit & loss account and a balance sheet. I truly think that the question would be a breeze for those who did this as a monthly job. So in the end, I did not complete the question. My profit & loss account doesn't show the correct profit figure. My balance sheet did not balance. Coming to think of it...was I supposed to be there ? I was thinking that my general knowledge of preparing accounts has been locked away ever since I stepped my foot into tax. I felt depressed when I was in the interview room. Felt humiliated. I'm a accounting graduate...for god's sake. I know I can prepare the accounts...if I have some preparations before hand. But still...

I wanted to leave the room immediately. I was not in perfect form to be interviewed. I spent more than an hour struggling to answer that accounts question. I had wasted my time. I had wasted the potential employer's time.

I did get an interview from them. The gentleman, which I was told that he is a manager...but he doesn't look like one. Didn't wore a tie. Is it because it was after office hours ? Maybe. He asked me...the most popular question in job interviews - "Tell me about yourself".

I started to talk about what I do in my present company. It was alright because I've done that several times. Then he started to tell me that the position for this interview is not the one I applied for. Shocking man! Well, not much difference anyway. I failed even before the interview, regardless what position that I was interviewed for. At the end of the interview...my last words was "I don't think I'll suit the job. Sorry for taking your time".

I think that interview was a wake up call for me. So...what's next ?

Don't you know English ?

2006-10-13T08:25:00.000+08:00

It's about work.
My first draft - I wrote the letter to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) in English. It's easier to write. All the business, law and accounting jargons are easier to express it's meaning if it's in English. Boss ask me to translate it to Malay o.O"

Really don't understand why. This country, people know English. It's one of the compulsory subjects taught in schools, for god's sake!

In the end, the letter I wrote is 50% Malay and 50% English....duh....

neighbourhood news

2006-10-04T08:02:00.000+08:00

Early in the morning...my mom told me something about our neighbour next door.
Hehe...i don't really know my neighbour. Can't even remember how they look like. I know they (husband & wife) have a toddler name brandon. They also have a philipino maid.

Our family has an indonesian maid too. The original story came from her actually, when she told my mom about how my neighbour treated their philipino maid. The poor philipino maid had bruises on both of her eyes...gets lots of scolding from my neighbour...and she only has a meal a day that is just dinner! Sometimes I also heard them yelling at her. Maids are still human. They are not slaves.

They don't just yell at their maid. At times, they also yell at their son... o.O"

"People getting all stressed up ???"

hello kitty collection

2006-10-02T20:42:00.000+08:00

all 12 of them....yay!!!....too bad...not my collection :(
my bro's collection. we stopped by at McD's for sundae cone & pie. Couldn't believe that the outlet has all 12 of them!

me, myself & i only can afford one...i got the PINK one!!! blue is nice too...

"Grab them before they are sold out!"

Bank Account with RM8,000

2006-09-23T22:09:00.000+08:00

Last night, was the final night to catch the MIX FM's HSBC Amanah Team Member. Some sort like hunting down the fugitive. Just two hours for this session.

The clues...RENOVATION, LION, ICE, BAND & COFFEE. The first two clues leads us to SUNWAY PIRAMID.

We (my bro, sis-in-law & myself) went over quickly to that shopping center. Even got stuck in the LDP Sunway Toll traffic jam :(

After we have arrived, we start to split. Looking around for potential "lady" to approach and ask the question - "Are you the MIX FM's HSBC Amanah Team Member?"...which acts like a password. I did ask a few people. Feels weird. All for RM8,000!

Got other people ask me THAT question too! Do I look like a fugitive? There was this guy...so funny...holding a magazine...come close to me...open up the magazine and ask me that question :S Come on laa...remember the question by heart laa..

Everyone looking for the fugitive had earphones...like those working for the Secret Service :D

Indeed the fugitive got caught!

Too bad...not by my people :(

Close but not close enough. My sis-in-law's friend...found the fugitive actually. But due to some gramatical error...he didn't win. The question he posted to the fugitive was "Are you a MIX FM's HSBC Amanah Team Member?" The fugitive responded "NO" because THAT guy mention "a" instead of "the". Tough luck, man...

Any how...I did check the MIX FM website for the terms and conditions...it did mention that the question to be posted to the fugitive is "Are you a .......?" instead of "Are you the......?"

"CONSPIRACY!!!"

Car Conversations...

2006-09-21T08:18:00.000+08:00

We were on our way to a shop to buy some lightings for my bro's new place. Here's some interesting bits...

Ronnie: I think I want something special for my door bell.. *scratching his head*
thumbelina: What do you have in mind ?
Ronnie: Not the usual ding dong door bell laa...maybe I can record my voice wan....
thumbelina: Oh ok...maybe when people press...it should shout "GO AWAY, MAN!!!!"
Ronnie: =.="

Door bell only laa, bro....

Revenge ? Please lar....

2006-09-13T07:54:00.000+08:00

Just heard from Mix.FM...the morning show. A news reporting that people in Aussie Land has been taking revenge for the Great Steve Irwin's mishap on STINGRAYS! We are civilised people. We don't use violence against poor sea creatures. I bet Steve Irwin would be darn mad if he is still around. Please love the wildlife and sea creatures :)

Anyway, I love to eat stingrays :p hmmm....vietnamese steam stingray ("yut nam ching pou yu") ...OMG! hungry liao :S The last time I had it was in Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong. That was like 4 years ago!

What do you want to be when you grow up ?

2006-09-10T08:23:00.000+08:00

This may be the most common essay topic when we were in our primary school ! I think I wrote mine when I was in Primary Four.

It's so easy when we were young and have a lot in mind of what we want to do when we are older. I wanted to be a police officer :D but instead in my essay I wrote I want to be a florist :p Kudos to those who really become as they thought they would be when there were just kids!

I have never thought that I would be in the job I'm currently in now. Totally different!

Why I didn't end up becoming a police officer: -
- when I got older, I know it's a dangerous job
- when I got older, I realise I'm not physically fit
- when I got older, I realise I may die young doing the job.

Why I didn't end up becoming a florist: -
- when I got older, my friends told me that I would be furious receiving flowers from boy friends who did not buy from my shop.

Have you ever heard from a kid that they want to be a garbage collector or a cleaning lady ? Every kid wants to have a decent job such as fireman, lawyer, doctor, accountant, teacher, engineer and so on. Some don't turn out to be what they intend to be. It just depends on what happens during our process of growing up!

"What do you want to be ? I want to be Britney Spears!"

Accident...oh NO!

2006-08-24T12:35:00.000+08:00

What do you need to do when you are involved in the accident ?

1. Take note of the time of the accident

2. Call your vehicle insurance company

3. Call your family members or anyone you think who can help you

4. Write down the car number plate of the other party

5. Get the name and IC no. of the other party

6. Wait for the tow truck...make sure it's the right tow truck. Some maybe just passing by to cari makan.

7. Go to the nearest police station...not those "pondok" type. Your vehicle should be sent there.

8. Make a report at the police station. This is where you do the story telling. You can support this by drawing a diagram on how it happened.

9. Pay a compound - RM300 - only if you are in the wrong.

All the above, takes up your time a lot - three hours or so.

Quick note: Don't get into an accident, by all means.

Another Place to Shop

2006-08-15T18:34:00.000+08:00

Where you might ask ? It's AEON Taman Equine!
Free parking ! Hip hip hooray!

I was there today...my first visit. Used the roads from Bandar Kinrara to Puncak Jalil then to Taman Equine! It was left, right, right, left.....confused liao :S

The journey there was really confusing. Got people driving on the wrong side of the road. So look out if you're using that route to this shopping mall.

Two floors of shopping. Lots of food outlets and concept shops - check out www.jusco.com.my for the listing.

Collections Branch

2006-08-14T08:17:00.000+08:00

One of the units in the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) at the government buildings in Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur.

The opening hours are from 7.30am to 5.30pm - Mon to Fri.

This morning I had made a trip there for one of my only case before I go to work. For those who had not been there, it works like when you're going to a bank. Take your number and wait for your turn.

I had reached there around 7.25am. No sign of anybody yet, including the officers.

Sat and waited until 7.35am. Finally, the officer I was waiting for arrived. Nice lady though. Ask me to go over to the counter before they call for my turn. Yes...I was the only one there.

Soon, the officers start coming in - with their packets of nasi lemak, mee goreng and teh tarik. People need to eat, you know! If not, no energy to work :D

Bullet Train to Singapore

2006-08-12T00:58:00.000+08:00

The other day, on the radio, the announcers were discussing about having a bullet train from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore in just 90 minutes!

Cool lah! I even need to take half an hour from my home to KL city centre....sigh....

Who will be most happy ?
1. My mom
2. The other female homosapiens

For the most obvious reason of being happy ----> SHOPPING

Who will be least happy ?
1. My dad
2. The other male homosapiens (only limited to those who are attached and married)

Finally a project which makes more sense. I still can't understand why do we need a second bridge to Penang Island o.O

who is thumbelina ?

2006-08-11T23:55:00.000+08:00

Not too tall....not too short....not too fat....not too thin....hehehe :p