someone to talk to

what i need in my life is someone who would listen to me. i hv spent all my life listening to others and keep everything to myself. let it be anything happy, sad, troublesome or secret. people trusts me with their stories but with whom should i trust mine?

i found someone to talk to and we really talked (we could talk for more than 6 hrs straight). but now when i think of it, i think that i've told too much to him. altho it felt like the weight on my shoulder has been lifted, but this dear person might have been worried by everything i have told him. i told him of my joyful experience, as well as all my dissatisfaction of things around me. things that i've kept so long. i don't like telling bad about others but i simply don't know why i told him from A to Z. all in all, it's still great to be able to talk with someone matured.

so if ure reading this, thank you a lot! u really r an impressive listener and precious person to me :)

Wishes

First of all,

hapPy Bday Boy!

January 20th, 2009

Ure officially 20 yrs old now

(weLcome to the 20s') ;)

Next,

HappY AnniVerSary to

Mama & Papa.

January 21st, 2009

It's 30 yrs of blessed marriage with chaotic kids!

Love u both! Muahhxx!

South Sulawesi trip

Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi

Port Rotterdam, Makassar, South Sulawesi

talking tim3..

Almost a week later from my previous post..

Lemme see what happened within this past week. Apart from being car-less, there is a new info for those taking the bus back to home town for Chinese NY. FYI All north-bound travel will depart from Hentian Duta and East-bound in Terminal Putra for travel between Jan 19th - Feb 2nd. I was quite pissed when i learnt that I was at the wrong station yesterday. All bus station should have put up the notice weeks earlier rather than have their passengers to know on the spot.

I was lucky i went to the counter since my friend with me also wanted to buy his tic back. Since it's 15 mins to 6pm and it's rush hour, I bought the next bus to Kulim = 11pm. For some reason, i was kinda glad coz i got extra 5 hours to be with him :D. We dont know when else we could meet after this since i'll be flying off to Sydney very soon and he's caught in his work. Surprisingly, 10 hours are not enough for us even we hang-out together the night b4. I guess I'm too chatty lar.. hehee

Well, that's all for now! Only 4 weeks to go b4 it's the end of my working life. For now at least..

the Ball is rolling..

I felt like a ball in the staff meeting today.. U see, i'm supposed to work on my Failure Analyss (FA) projects which are currently pending customer review. Then, another CAD couldnt cope with the schedule for his proj (Test Card A), so he handed over his proj to me since i was the previous owner. Now I got 3 jobs on hand.

The main topic for the last 10 mins of the meeting today was coverage for Chinese NY holiday on week5. Another critical project (Test Card B) is dued on that week, but the design could only be finalized by end of this week(3). Layout work will start on week4 and to be finished on week5.

There r 2 person working on week5 (me & another trainee) so this critical board need my coverage. So does the Test Card A. Then left my FA which can be done early next week (4). My boss was checking our schedule and moving it around. haha honestly, only me get to move around.

End up, I hand over my TC A to another colleague who will finish it after the Chinese NY and I'll be working on both FAs and TC B for the next couple of weeks..

A colleague once said, "Layout Engineers go wherever the 'fire' is...". How true it is. Someone commented, "Liyana, u need to split into 2". Even my boss said, "Can u do part time in Australia??". LOL!

Too many things happened..

As of Friday, i dont hv any grandparents in Muar anymore..
I guess raya from now on will be long stays in Pontian and a short visit to Muar..

I dont even hv my car now. Got into another accident on my way back to KL @ ~4am. I hit a Nissan, which hit a trailer earlier before. The whole thing took a very long time to settle due to the death of the trailer driver. The cars cant be towed away until the remain was released by police forensic and sent to hospital. After waiting for almost 2 hours, we asked the inspector whether it's ok for us to leave first since we're supposed to start the burial prep and leave for Johor in the morning. Fortunately enough, he was really considerate and asked us to go back and only submit the report on Sunday.

The reporting itself yesterday took longer time. Last time, it's sufficient enough to just lodge it at the counter, but this time there is a session with the inspector for detailed report. I dont think he got a lot of info for the trailer's accident since i ran into the Nissan couple of minutes after it hit the trailer.

Man.. I hate being carless!! Now i cant go back to KL anytime i want to : (

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Thanx N for the wonderful support. i really need it :)

FB-ing

I change my FB status to this yesterday - Nur is working.. working.. soon working is out of the picture~.

This is what my boss said during our team lunch just now - Wah Liyana.. ure working working now ahh?

I replied - Ya lor.. what else to do now..

*sigh* this is what u get once u hv ur boss in your friends list. LOL!

Toastmasters Kulim --> Sydney

My 1st day of coming to work at full hour (8-5.30) since my 2-week holiday. I'll be having my 5th CC speech in my Toastmasters meeting tonight. Strangely, I do feel nervous as I have taken a rest for a very long time since my 4th speech.

I was reading an article from Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cover1-2008jun01,0,3452770,full.story) when i noticed one thing.

What is Toastmaster? I would normally say it's a club to improve public speaking and getting into leadership. Then it hit me when I remembered Distinguished ToastMaster (DTM) KK Chew said. It's about the PEOPLE.

I have to raise my arm agreeing 100%. It really is about the people. I know this first hand. My close circle of friends are fellow Toastmaster for our home base Intel Kulim. We have guests even saying they're surprised on how close we are. You just have to come and see to believe it.

Knowing I'm coming closer to my end chapter here, I'm looking forward to a new beginning in UNSW, New South Wales Aussie soon. I really hope I would be able to find the same if not better circle of friends, not merely acquaintances.

http://www.toastmasters.org/

It's that time of year again. Time for FOCAL (performance review).. I'm too lazy to do the write-ups and due today!...

Apart frm that.. I seems to be counting days.. You seriously need to get a grip girl! Aihhh cepat laaa~~

Here is the pic on the card I mention in my previous post. hehee

Bday wishes..

So yesterday was my bday (m'sia is jan 6th now).. here r some wishes I received & my comments..

papa - Happy birthday.. born around 2.30pm. Getting matured already.. not old. you're 26thth already. ha.. ha.. ==> pergh, is this really my dad??

mama - happy bday (animation jumping with cakes). u're 26!

sis - morning2.. Happy birthday yg ke 26 yek. apekah wish anda? :) Semoga happy2 selalu => she's been wishing me with a lot of hints..

boy - laugh ur hear out.. dance in d rain.. cherish d moments.. ignore d pain.. life, love, learn, forgive n forget.. life is too short to live wit regret! may ur dreans cm true.. happy 26th besday sis! (^^,)/

The most funniest one [with a mystery man in it ; ) ] is in the card my aunt gave me.. will take a picture and post it tomorrow.

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p/s: There is 1 thing i want for my bday....

new year.. new year..

at 2.23pm today, it'll be the 26th year of me being in this world.

people are still talking about new year resolution and stuff, so i guess mine will be new year resolution (if i hv) and bday wish.

My resolution? hurmm.. to excel my studies, of course..
My wish? this one is a secret la.. heheheee

I will post up some pics of my recent Sulawesi trip later.. need to upload first..

MIA huh?

apoligize me for being MIA again. I'm in no mood of working and typing lately, hence the less communcation with other beings..

today is thursday and tomorrow is friday. my last working day for the year 2008. next week i'll be kicking off my 2-week break.

as i mention earlier, i'm stil in the lazy mode. i'll compile and update later..

A-must experience for someone who have a government-servant parents is the frequent move from a place to another. Ask around and u'll see that at least their family had move once before due to their parents' posting. For my case, it is my father (my mum would then followed him up). Wanna know how many time have we moved? The answer is 6.

My dad has been a gov servant for 25 years. Yes, the same duration as my age. I was born couple of months after my parents came back home from Porthmouth, England where my dad got his degree from. During that time, there was only a handful of Malaysian scholars overseas and being one, jobs were laid out in front of them before they graduated. So, right after he's back, he landed a job in JKR (Dpmt of Works) and has been there til now.

I can't remember much about moving 6 times, mostly I guess coz I was little when we moved, hence did little part of packing and re-organizing. The 1st place we stayed was in Tmn Permata, KL. We then moved to Subang Jaya, Selangor where my parents bought a house there. At 4, we moved to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan and I went for pre-school there and of course, my sis were born there.

Later on, the whole family moved back to Subang when my dad was stationed to TUDM Subang so lucky for me, I started my fresh Standard 1 there. We stayed in Subang for about 4 years when my dad is relocated again to Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu. I was a bit reluctant coz it's almost end of school year for me and I didnt want to just move school but i had to tag along no matter what. I was enrolled to SRSS1 in KT at the end of Year 4. We stayed for a while here although we actually lived in 2 different houses during that duration.

Next stop was Kota Bharu, Kelantan. At this time, I was in Form 2 and I opted for the school's dorm since my parents said it's better for me to just stay. I finished my Form 3 here and later changed school to MJSC Taiping (my family were in Kelantan all the while). After I'm done with my SPM, we moved to the location where we currently are - Putrajaya. So far, we've been here for 8 years. Yup, we're among the first settlers in Putrajaya when the town were opened. I think my dad will probably stay here until his retirement. He still has 5 years to go. Of course, Putrajaya is the place where my mum loves to stay the most (the most dreadful was Kelantan). So she wont mind sticking here as long as it permits. But I know in the end, we would all move back to Subang.. not sure when..

Among all the places I've been, Terengganu is the best. I dont really know why, but it has got to be the place with abundant precious memories I have. I picked up the language and I got tonnnesss of friends. Ask me about going anywhere in Kuala Terengganu, I can show u the way. Even Terengganu-nians thought I'm local when I talked to them! LOL!

Anyway, I will definitely miss Terengganu and of course Malaysia when I'm away for the next 2 years..

Suddenly I find myself hooked up to this song.. Jiwang karat la plak..

Spoon-Rindu Serindu Rindunya

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Berikanlah jawapan

Huraikanlah simpulan

Biar tenang jiwaku

Setelah kasih lama berlalu

Tidak mungkin kulupa

Perjanjian kita

Di bawah rumpun bambu

Di kala bulan sedang beradu oh..oh..

Mengapa terjadi perpisahan ini

Di kala asmara melebar sayapnya

Mengapa kau pergi di saat begini

Di kala hatiku terlukis namamu

Kalau memang tiada jodoh

Apa lagi nak ku heboh

Aku malu pada teman

Pada semua

(C/o)

Rindu ... rindu serindu rindunya

Namun engkau tak mengerti oh...oh

Pilu ... pilu sepilu pilunya

Namun engkau tak perduli

Malu ... semalu malunya

Namun apa daya orang tak sudi

Mahu ... semahu mahunya

Namun apa daya orang dah benci

Berikanlah jawapan

Huraikanlah simpulan

Biar tenang jiwaku

Aku malu

Bad & Good

this has been long due..

I've been sick for the past week. It's a bit weird coz i normally be sick for a day or two without the need of any medication. So after getting cough & cold and evening fever, i went to see the doctor. U see, I'm a bit lazy to go to the doc so i went to the pharmacy to buy the medicine instead. So, I ended up getting scolded by the nice Dr. Tee (@ Ng Polyclinic) and received 5 types of medication.. huhuu. Oh yeah, my temperature at that time was 38.8 degree-Celcius (mind that normal body temperature is 37 degree).. nice..

Next, I'm carless for a week now.. dunno when i'll get my car back. To make the story short, I banged into other people's car and i'm getting my insurance to pay both of the cars *sigh*. Gone my NCB so I will need to pay RM2000 for my insurance renewal next year..

One happy thing happened earlier is that I got my English req waived by UNSW and I already got the unconditional offer letter! yezza! Now left to send my resign. letter, get my med check up and submit to MARA to get the sponsorship letter. Quite jealous wth my sis since she already got her Oz PR! She's officially an Oz Oi! Oi! Oi! I'm determined to get mine after I finished my 2-year Masters there!! Cha-yok!

Holiday season is nearing and I've got sooooo many things planned.. hehee.. Coming up soon --> trip to Taiping (this week), Kelantan (Dec), Singapore (Dec) and Indonesia (Dec)!! Then off to Oz in Feb!!

What have i done..

1- Mangrove Tree Planting @ Sg Sembilang , Juru

Before 'membanting tulang', we exercised first..
Our 'field'.. See those baby trees there? Now that's the mangrove tree.
Ein passing the tree through the 'human chain'.

Me on the job.

2- JKR Putrajaya Family Day @ Genting. Just our loafing pics..

The longest & fastest cable car in the South East Asia.. 3.4km going from the bottom of the hill, all the way to Highland Hotel.