I'm a PLASTIC bag!

Kiehl's tries to tell Anya Hindmarch that when it comes to doing a good deed for our environment, plastic isn't neccesarily the enemy.

Well, this is what i read in the latest Kiehl's newsletter.

It's a bit appalling to me to read this in the first place.

Since public's consciousness of eco-frenly shopping has been raised by Anya Hindmarch in 2007, most of us take PLASTIC as our #1 enemy.

It took me half an hour to truly understand what's the ultimate motive behind this hype.

Obviously, this time around, recyling is no longer a hit.

Soon, upcycling is going to be all the rage.

This upcycling thing is actually the concept for this bag.

It encourages consumers to take something that is disposable and transform it into something of greater use and value.

And u only need to fork out RM28 to get this sturdy, utilitarian, eco-frenly bag, which is made from 100% recycled plastic bottles.

Honestly, I begin to like this kinda products.

Just like I'm-not-a-plastic-bag, this reusable Kiehl's bag combines fashion with the concept of eco-frenly.

It not only raises the awareness about importance of recycling/upcycling, but it also spread/upgrade the sense of fashion among the people.

So, while u r trying to be eco-frenly, u can also look fashionable.

This is certainly killing two birds with one stone...

Well done, Kiehl's!

Let it be...

What would u feel after u have put so much effort into sth, but in the end it turns out to be nth?

I guess no one is more perfect than me to explain this feeling now.

Well, it is like...after taking tons of yogurt and banana, and yet u r still having really bad constipation.

It's a bad description but it really does convey my feeling right now.

I just screwed up my econometric midterm exam this morning.

And I feel really bad about it.

The reason i care so much about this paper is that I had studied this subject for almost four days.

4 days!

Didnt even care about the FMI exam at all.

My world just revolved around this damned subject during the last 4 days.

It turned out, days of hard work can't prevail against one silly step.

Huh!

I guess the only way for me to ease my "pain" now is to keep on whispering words of wisdom:

Let it be,

Let it be,

Let it be,

Let it be...

(u would definitely know what i mean if u hav listened to this song b4)

H1N1 hits UUM!!!

A historical day!

For both UUM and me.

This is the first time I encountered such a happening in my life.

I think u oredy knew it from the title of this entry.

H1N1 is attacking UUM!

Yesterday, my dear Uni has announced to suspend all classes and student activities for six days from today following the high number of students with mild H1N1 symptoms.

Following the announcement, there was a slight riot going on in the entire Uni.

At first, I was quite enthusiastic about the forthcoming holidays.

6 days of holidays...wat should i do with it?

Apparently, there was no such thing called "what should i do with my 6 days holidays" for my other Uni frens.

They were so bc with packings, and ticket booking once they got informed about the news.

The rumour that everyone would be quarantined once the Uni has closed the front door at 6pm had definitely flustered everyone especially juniors.

Many of them followed the trend of leaving UUM.

They hadn't even booked the tickets and yet they just finished packing and fled from UUM.

The whole situation was like World War 2.

Everyone was so afraid of the Japanese Soldiers and did their best to flee the battle scene.

Likewise, in this case, Japanese soldiers were like H1N1 and battle scene was like UUM.

I was told that the uni made the decision of suspending classes after a large number of students were referred to the PKU with mild symptoms of the virus.

From my point of view, class suspension is a must.

And yet allowing the students to return home wasn't a good way to curb the spread of the flu.

Dun u think it will oni let the virus to spread even more rapidly?

If u have ever seen the doctor in PKU, u might know y the flu can spread out that rapidly and stealthily in UUM.

My previous experience tell me that the doctors in PKU are freaking damned irresponsible.

Their first question usually is "what kinda problems do u hav?",

and next, you can get ur butt out of that chair and wait outside to take your medicine.

And weeks ago, my roommate who had the flu went to c the doctor.

He told me that the doctor simply gav him some fever and flu medicine without having further check-up.

How the heck can the flu not even spread if the doctors act like this?

This time, I hav made the decision to stay bac in UUM.

Hopefully nothing bad will happen to me.

And to my frens out there, take care.

My Work Life at Padini Authentic!

For the last 2 weeks and 3 days, I have been bc working at Padini Authentic in Genting Highland.

I have to admit that working as a sale promoter at PA (Padini Authentic) wasn't easy at all.

There are a hell of a lot of rules and regulations for the shop.

And the person in charge just couldn't stop asking me to give superior customer service to the incoming and outgoing customers.

Sometimes I felt my mouth didn't belong to me.

It just became "natural" for my mouth to pop out the words "Welcome" and "Thank You, Bye" whenever there is someone coming to or going out of the shop.

WARs always happen in here.

You will know exactly what i mean by "WARs" when you c me dealing with those Aunties.

To me, aunties are like TRANSFORMERS.

They will automatically transform into a horrifying DIGGING MACHINES whenever they approach the 50% Offer Bins.

They just can't help digging n digging the clothes until they find one to their liking.

Of course, I have to fold the clothes finely and quickly like a maniac.

The scene at the 50% offer bins is like the battlefield between Aunties and Sale Promoters.

Anyway, I learned something important from my working place.

That is how to be brave and confident to talk to someone.

I was demanded by the Person in Charge to introduce our clothing lines and promotions available to every customer.

You just can't be shy and gotta be brave to open you mouth to talk to the customers.

Confidence is essential,

especially when you are facing with the Singaporean customers.

They are really demanding and aren't afraid to complain whenever they find something unsatisfactory about the shop.

It's not easy to satisfy these customers, but the hard work really pay off when the customers smile back and say thank you to you.

As with any living and work environment change there are always tradeoffs.

This time, I lost my freedom in my work schedule, and the time to rest and sleep,

yet I gained new working experiences, and new colleagues and frens.

Below are some photos of my colleagues and friends:

Pic taken on my last day of work.

Farewell gathering: Chong, my humorous supervisor and Chi, my future junior in UUM.

Overall, I learned a lot during these 2 weeks++,

and now, I have to get ready to go bac to the forest.

Haiz...

My 3 Favourite Things about Kemaman!

Last month, my sis got back from Sabah.

Coincidentally, my 2nd sis and I were in holidays too.

So, we (included my mum) decided to go for a short trip in Kemaman.

(For ur information, Kemaman is located in Terangganu)

It's been a long time since I visited Kemaman in Form 3 six yrs ago.

I found that things in here really havn't changed all that much.

I still can remember where my uncle's old house is.

Is that a sign of good memory or a sign of slow developement in Kemaman?

I'm not sure abt tt.

But what is certain is that I'm quite fond of this little town.

This town has its own "culture" and style of living.

Well, I like it bcuz :

firstly, the beach lifestyle over there.

Since Cherating Beach is quite near the town (within an hour drive of the town), the people here live a beach lifestyle.

Honestly, I quite keen on this kind of lifestyle.

U can go for a breezy walk, take a refreshing dip in the sea or even take a sunbath (if you think u r not tanned enuf) anytime u wan.

It has totally captured the Lifestyle of "The O.C.".

The only thing different perhaps is the cleanliness between the the O.C. Beach and the Cherating Beach.(Cherating Beach is not really clean.)

Anyway, here come the second thing I like about Kemaman,

the tea drinking habit.

Of course it's not the herbal tea I mean.

Drinking coffee is what I mean.

In Kemaman, you can see a lot of kopitiams,which most of them have same approach to the decoration, just like the Old Town's.

The Hai Peng,

It's like the Starbuck in Kemaman.

The place was congested with people when we arrived.

Seem like the business is running well in here.

You can see all these antique things inside the shop.

The creepy happening took place when I was walking towards the backyard to have a look at the small Great Wall.

Firstof all, you have to take a look at the picture below:

C the old man inside the picture?

Well, he is the one who freaked me out when I was walking towards the backyard.

Dun u think the poster has created an effect that make the old man seem like a late old man who had passed away centuries ago.

You know, the old man's just sitting right in front of the small Great Wall when I stepped into the backyard.

N I gave him a "Oh, My God! Did I just see a ghost?" reaction.

But...luckily soon I could prove he is a living person, cuz he just opened his mouth n talked to one of the workers there.

Sound really silly.

Anyway, the coffee there isn't good at all.

It can't mention in the same breath as the coffee you find in Bentong.

I would rather recommend Kemaman Station (the other kopitiam in Kemaman) instead of Hai Peng.

I just dun understand why Hai Peng is so famous in Kemaman.

The third, which is oso the last thing I like about Kemaman is the seafood cook here.

Just let the following pics talk:

Best crab I ever ate.

Tom Yam Fish.

Fish Mee.

They wont look delicious, but trust me, they really tasted good.