Every Mile Counts

it's been quite sometime since i've updated my blog. this week time passes by too fast. maybe because i've got lots of stuff to do as i'll be leaving brisbane tonight. meeting up friends, having christmas party and shopping. it's been a hectic week but glad that the time has come and im able to see my friends, mum, dad, grandma & my dear little sis & bro.

i won't be blogging for a while i guess. my flight tonight is 11.50pm (brisbane time) and will be reaching KL at 6am in the morning. lucky that i have raph to pick me up but sorry that you need to wake up so early. will be at KL for ten days before im going back kuching. so when im back into blogging i'll be in kuching already with lots of stuff to write about.

im so excited about everything but packing is the worst thing. hate that! especially when you overseas studying. sigh... but looking at the bright side i get to shop at KL. haha... can't wait for it. the feeling leaving brisbane back for holidays seem a bit hard as i'll be missing my friends here. they're such a great friends. after today i won't be meeting one of my friend, Simon, anymore as he had already graduated so will be going back Johor. alll the best to you ya! will miss your teasing. hehe...

got to continue packing. i would like to wish everyone have a memorable Christmas & Happy New Year! remember to make resolutions ya! take care & see you guys soon.

yesterday was simon and lee hoe's graduation for bachelor of engineering. the ceremony starts at 6pm in the evening. it was actually a wired time because after the ceremony finishes, we can't really take any photos because of the darkness at night and things does not seem as beautiful as in the daytime. but i really had a great time as this was my first time attending graduation at my uni.

the ceremony lasted for like one hour thirty minutes. it's not as boring as inti's graduation. time passes by every fast as we're always there looking at people. i had the feeling of graduating soon. but after graduating we will have to start our working life which is not as interesting as it seems to be. i think the best time is still being student since time is flexible and we can do anything we want while working hours are fix. but i guess working life has its own good too.

after the graduation, we left for dinner at the casino's cafe. i didn't get to take any pictures as we were too hungry. but the food was not too bad. i had sandwiches and chips.

here are some photos that i would like to share.

This is the ceremony booklet.

How it looks inside the hall.

Our group photos. from left to right: kwang wei, me, choon how, simon, lee hoe and ji mun.

me with the two graduates, simon and lee hoe.

kwang wei and me with simon

lee hoe in the middle with us.

Hugo my colleague in cafe, graduating in Masters. lucky that i saw him. hehe...

after the graduation ceremony. the hat is so heavy. one of my friend said that if i wore the hat i won't be able to graduate. he says that it's a pantang. never heard of it actually. how true is it? don't actually belief in it.

christmas is just around the corner and most people in Brisbane start to get busy in buying presents and preparing what to have during christmas eve and on christmas day. haven't really shop for christmas as im busy working for this whole week. just hope that sunday will reach sooner so that i can relax and go with my friends to yum cha. really looking forward to sunday. maybe i should start preparing presents for christmas.

this is my first time without celebrating christmas with my parents. when i think of it i feel a bit sad as im not with them and my sister is not back home for christmas too which only left my brother to be with my parents. thinking back all those year when we have christmas party at my house with my relatives and friends over to talk, play and go midnight mass or to mass on christmas day with my parents. this is the only time that my dad will go church with us and also on new year's day.

i'll be celebrating my christmas with my friends from kuching in KL. which means i won't be going to church this year. hmm.... im getting lazier. not a good sign too!!! feeling guilty actually because i haven't been to church for quite sometime. this weekend must go no matter what. i'll be celebrating my sister's birthday on the 24th december(her birthday is on the 26th december) but at that time i'll be in Genting so need to celebrate her birthday first so that she won't feel being left out. it's been 2 years since i've celebrated her birthday together with her. she's always at KL during end of the year. feeling so happy :)

i'll be landing in KL on the 24th december and the first person i get to see is Raphael. thanks Raph for picking us up from the airport early in the morning! and you must be honoured that your the frist person i'm going to meet since i left kuching and also my sister lah. best friends 4ever! im also glad that you trusted me with your problems and im always here to hear out your problems ya!

before going back, i'll be having christmas party with my friends. we're going to exchange present but the presents have to be either for a gal or a boy cos we're only going to know it when we're there. so it's going to be surprise plus it's hard to buy a present for the usage of both gender. this is going to be so fun. can't wait for it. hehe....

these are my plannings at the moment. so how are you going to celebrate your christmas? can't wait for the joyous day to come!

since yesterday i've been working from 7.30am to 4pm. it's really tired to just stand and without sitting for straight. legs are sore as i have to carry heavy stuff and walking up and down to collect plates from tables and serving customers. but one thing that im happy with is that i get to meet with customers as i always get to talk to them and know how their day are.

it seems like im the only worker left to serve the customers. yi jing left to shanghai yesterday and im beginning to miss her as she's such a good companion in working. at least i got someone to talk and laugh with. not to say that my other colleagues are lousy lah and i love them too as they really care for me a lot. just hope that teresa will be back to work soon but she can't work for long hours too as her parents are here for her graduation. congrats, teresa!

my boss will be back next week from their trip to china. then i might have to work less hours as there's not many customers anymore only during the peak period time which is around 12pm to 2pm. usually at this time we don't have enough people to work. plus my boss don't plan to hire so many people as to save cost for their new house. it's really a selfish thinking actually. we only get paid $8 an hour and other people get paid between the price of $10 to $16 an hour. im definately not going to work there if i get to find somewhere with much higher pay.

this week is going to be a very tiring week for me as i have to be out of bed at 6.15am. i've never wake up that early since i came to brisbane. dragging myself out of the bed seems so impossible but then i still have to do it so that i won't be late. yesterday i was almost late to work as i woke up at 7.10am and was rushing to call my colleague to pick me up if not im definately going to be late. luckily she haven't left the house which gave me some time to take a bath. taking bath makes me awake so that i don't fall asleep too easily. hehe... excuses! just because i forgot to set the alarm ringing but only set the time. didn't even realize it. was lucky that i was able to wake myself up.

just hope that weekend will reach soon so that im able to get my pay and hang out with my friends. going to buy some formal clothes for simon's graduation besides that im also able to attend some of my other friends graduation whose studying engineering. plus im going to dreamworld too. yeah! hmm... i wonder when will that be because we haven't set a date for it. but still i can't wait for it. hehe...

time just seem to just passes by without me even knowing what day is it. everyone start to head back for home and im still stranded here to work. guess that earning money is not such a bad thing. weather is getting hotter and hotter. beginning not to stand it anymore. maybe im now used to the cold weather. hmm... i wonder how am i going to survive when im back in Kuching. but then it's end of the year so its raining season. should be quite ok i guess. thinking of going back Kuching makes me smile as i haven't been back for almost a year.

results were out this morning. didn't do quite well but to be exact didn't do well at all. don't want to think about it anymore as it makes me feel depress only.

after knowing the results makes me to reflect of what should be done as to do better next semester. i NEED to admit that my english sucks even though i read story books and went tuition since age 7. must now really brush up my english and write better essays. please do correct my mistakes when you read my blog. im good in talking but sucks in writing. WHY?

im now counting down the days to KL and back to Kuching. another 3 weeks i'll be in KL and i can't wait for it. will tell you my journey when i confirm it. no matter what i think about my results, there's no way that i can change it anymore but to work harder than before.

it's time to grow up as i always take things for granted. been through up and down studying in another country. guess part of me is more matured now than last time. but whatever happens im still who i am and this will never change, ONLY just my thinking. people need to grow up right?

last two days, i've been watching a japanese series and ended watching it last night. the title of the name is '一升的眼泪' and in english it's '1 litre of tears'. it's really a very nice series and is highly recommended by me. but before watching it, you must be ready to have tissues by your side so that when you start to feel tears dropping then you won't have to look for tissuses anymore.

i won't tell you about the whole story because if i tell you everything now it won't be so touching anymore. but basically it is about a gal's movement slowly detoriate and later she can't talk and walk. i'm not sure what kind of sickness is this but this sickness can't be cure which was really a pity. wanna know more about the story watch it!

this series made me think about how life can be so short. im now walking, laughing and talking but what will happen tomorrow no one knows. being sick is not such a big deal when you accept the fact and continue to grow strong and aprreciate your everyday life. even when i think of the series now i still feel like crying. i've used really lots of tissues for this series and my bf was like saying i'm wasting the tissues only. haha... but to think of it, it really hit parts of me to appreciate my everyday life and live life to the fullest.

when i get back to kch, i'll try my very best to spend time with my family and friends because their the most important people in my life. so guys, watch it ya!

i've added the trailer for you guys to take a look!

why am i not feeling happy after exam? OMG! why am i like that after only a few hours of finishing my last paper. im now so free til don't know what should be done. exam was bad today cos i couldn't finish as the multiple choices are so damn hard and i spent quite a lot of time there. guess i couldn't allocate the time myself. but i can say that this semester stuff didn't go too well for me. time just passes by like that i felt that i didn't get to achieve much stuff except for working and going to classes.

it's always after exam when i start to ask myself: 'Sheila, why didn't you study harder when you've got the time to play?' i myself also can't seems to answer myself. guess the only thing that i can say to myself is being lazy. i just hope that i can get rid of the laziness before next semester starts.

i'm now starting to worry about my results. WTH!!! STOP Sheila! STOP threatening yourself! but i guess i cannot stand without thinking about it because in 13 days time i'll be getting the result. why on earth do they want to have the result out so early? it's making me headache(head spinning). it's all to blame myself that i didn't study hard enough.

luckily i'll start working tomorrow and i can't wait for it. time just passes by in a glimpse and i haven't been to work for almost 3 weeks. can't wait to make coffees, frappes, taking orders and most of all meeting customers.

Today is my first final exam and think that i did it every badly because when i looked at the question paper everything in my mind just went blank. Sigh... Even though i know sighing now is useless but it's over. I just hope for it to pass. I could only blame myself for not studying hard enough.

But i still need to say that i HATE 5.45pm exam time. This is the worst exam time because this is the time when people tend to forgot everything that they have study plus it's dinner time. I was like thinking, why the heck would someone have an exam at 5.45pm which is also a time for having dinner. The exam wont' finish until 8pm and everyone's stomach would be grumbling for dinner. I just hope that next sem i won't get a 5.45pm exam again.

tomorrow is a new day again to start revising for my next week's exam. one of it falls on the 14th Nov and another is 16th Nov. this time no matter what MUST study harder and switch off my computer so that i won't get distract. having the laptop in front of me always make me get distracted and i tend to touch it every few seconds. getting addictive to it i guess. everytime when i come home, the first thing i would do is to switch on my laptop. it's totally automatic.

guess it's time to hit the bed and get up early tomorrow to start a new day by studying again. hopefully i won't touch much of my MSN and friendster again until i finished my exam next week. so i won't be blogging for some time.

Sheila, signing out!

exams are just around the corner and i still haven't start revising anything which i'm kind of worried as my assignments marks isn't that great at all. sigh.... guess this is part of studies right? there's always ups and downs of it. sometimes i just wonder if all the stuff we study at uni is useful or not for us in the future or we're just tell to get a degree as to get a higher pay.

i have finally decided to tell my boss that i won't be working starting from next week as im really worried and i can't afford to ask my parents to pay for the fees again as it's too expensive. expensive as in one subject cost AUD$2400. think that all overseas uni earn money from international students i guess because local students fees are so much cheaper.

but luckily i've finished my assignments which is great as i will start studying tomorrow. must add a lot of oil liaw if not cannot catch up anymore. so wish me luck!

Hey guys! I'm going back to Kuching during January and i can't wait for the time to come. Actually i will be back in Malaysia from the 24 Dec but will be in KL for a week plus to travel for a while. So hopefully i can meet up some of the old friends who are studying in KL because i might be leaving before CNY or on the 2nd day of CNY. Sad to say this but i will not be able to meet some of you at Kuching so might as well meet up in KL.

I can't wait to endorse my air ticket tomorrow and i won't need to worry about when will i be going back to Malaysia anymore. Maybe i miss Kuching more than i even realise it especially mum, dad, Edgar and grandma. Not only that lah of course but also my friends and FOODS! The first thing that i reach back Kuching is to eat kolo bee hoon and LAKSA which i crafted for so long. Laksa at Brisbane SUCKS as it is curry laksa. Yucks!

My main things of going KL is to meet up my Kuching friends and also my sis, JANICE! Cos when im back in Kuching i won't be able to meet her and i might not even see her during CNY. Sigh... We're now in different countries already and the closeness between us has always been so close even we're that far away from each other. I guess that what we call sister's for life. LOVE YA SISTA!

I'll start counting the days of going back Kuching but then i'll still have to face my finals' for next month. But nothing can stop me from being HAPPY! So see you guys when i'm back.

Today's mooncake festival seems to be very shitty for me. Things just didn't turn out well at night. The beginning of the day was nice but starting from the evening, things start to get wrost. Maybe i can say that things didn't turn out the way i wanted. Sigh... Just let it be then as i can't turn back time and changes things.

But i'm happy that i get to eat mooncakes at my workplace. Yes! It's the mooncake that i like most which is 'tau sa'. Yum... Actually ate like half of it. Luckily no one else come and snatch it from me. Haha... buying mooncakes in Brisbane is so damn expensive and there's even Kam Lun Tai brand. Didn't bother much in buying anyway.

This is the longest walk in my life around the ocean. I look so ugly in this picture :p






The boys & I









Fish & chips eaten by my friends








My breakfast








Calamari which was also my friends' dinner







Braised duck with curry and rice! This is really delicious.









Fish, calamari, & prawn







Wired glasses!










The vain Cleopatra with her mirror!











Noosa Head beach!

This week is midterm holiday and i've got assignment due next Monday which i haven't even started doing anything yet. Feeling so terrible! Im so gonna start doing it tonight when i come back from work.

I went to Sunshine Coast on Monday and came back on Tuesday. It was such a great trip even though the trip to Sunshine Coast was too long, like 2 hours sitting in the train and 1 hour to sit in the bus waiting to reach Noosa Heads. Sunshine Coast have lots of great beaches and it really feel so relaxing. If im not working today then i would have stayed back for another night as to enjoy the sea view and sounds.

We stayed in a backpackers which cost AUD$28 a night which is so much worth it than the one i was staying in when i was first here in Brisbane. We even get a free wine to drink. 8 of us went to the trip and 4 of us share a room together.

After bringing our stuff to the backpackers place, we went for a walk around the town and have our lunch. Lots of people walking around in their bikinis and shorts. Just love to admire their body when i can't even get the chance to wear as my stomach is getting fatter. Maybe i should start to do some excising which is most likely only to be said. Ha!

The sea at Noosa Heads was really beautiful even though it was quite small compare to Gold Coast. We head for the beach in the evening around 4pm and played with the waves. Got hit by the wave which was really really painful and decided not to play after that as i feel scared. My friend got stung by a jellyfish but luckily it was nothing but just rashes on his hand.

Nothing much can be done at night as all the shops are closed so we just walk around after having our dinner.

As for the 2nd day, we went for a walk at the National Park. It was the longest walk in my life as we started walking along the cliff at around 10am and only to reach back at 1pm. One way walk is around 4.1km. The walk was quite enjoying but also tiring and hot. I think it's kind of worth it as i get to see the ocean, dolphins (which was quite small) and wild koala bears at the tree.

We also went Sunshine Beach by bus to take a look and it was beautiful as the beach was so much beautiful and nice. But we didn't get to stay long as we need to catch a bus and train to head our way back to Brisbane.

Ok, go to make my way back to reality and start doing my stuff which i haven't even start doing anything. Really disappointed in myself. But i'll still post the photos for you guys to have a look. So wait for it!

Flower truck at the parade









Yes! I get to eat Kuching laksa at Toowoomba. Haha...
It was cooked by my cousin








I wonder is this a butterfly or dracula?











The flower i love the most, Lilies!














Daisies!






CNY flower! So beautiful when it's real! I'm not sure what these flowers are called.






Flower decoration

Just finished watching 'The Lake House'. It's so romantic and meaningful. Im not sure how many of you have watched it but i think im going to watch it another time if i have the time.

I guess the story of the movie tells me that love can always wait no matter what if both of the persons love each other. Even though both of them met through the lake house and writing letters to each other seems to be so meaningful. Nowadays, lovers seldom write letters to each other telling what they think and how they feel. For me, writing letters to each other seems to be so meaningful and when you look back at time, it's like you get to laugh and think back all the wonderful memories at what your bf or gf wrote to you. I know this might be a bit old fashion but sometimes old fashion can be a good thing too so that both parties will appreciate and really know how each other think and feel on their feelings towards each other.

Another thing that i learned from the movie is that when both of you are meant to be together then whatever things happened nothing can separate you from your partner. Even when the love have to wait for days, weeks or years. Love can't be rushed as you don't know what will happen. Like in the movie, Alex choose to wait when Kate told him that he will die if he went and look for her so she asked Alex to wait. This brings a happy ending to both of them. Love can be such a powerful weapon that makes a person goes blind and willing to do just anything for the partner. Hmph... Im i talking about myself too? Haha...

Anyway, this movie must be watched! Many of my guy friends after watching it, said that it's such a great and meaningful movie. What more to say girls! Tell me what you think after watching it k!

I read an article from Cleo about "My best friend became a killer". It's basically about two girls named Louise and Amiee. They are both best friends but there was one time that they went out and Louise was drunk and was having a fight with a guy friend sudeenly took out a knife and wanted to slit his throat but luckily Amiee had tried to calm her down. This came to a time when Lousie was drunk and was on their way back home. When all of a sudden she grabbed a girl and start to stab her for several times but the girl can't be rescue and was dead. Louise was bing jailed and after several months later, Amiee got a phone call and was told that Louise hanged herself in the cell.

It's a sad story isn't it? When they have been friends for so many years and suddenly she turned out to be a monster. Even though Louise had changed, Amiee still stood by her side to support her. I guess this is what we called true friends. No matter how much ur friend changes, she/he will still always be your best friend and hopping she/he will change into a better person.

This made me think back when i was in high school. i always treated my friends badly but they never say a word even though i pinch them or scold them. I know within them, they're hurt. After completing my high school, i can say that i've changed a lot (this is not to make myself proud but this is what my friends actually told me!) and i guess into a better me. I admit im very fierce last time and get mad whenever i like. But throughout all this years, my best friends have been standing along with me by supporting me, hearing my problems and giving me love.

Now that im in australia studying, we're still in contact and i guess that's a good thing. Really miss them a lot. The story had really made me appreciate our friendship and i hope that for everyone of us will become a better person and our friendship will last forever.









This are my very best friends that we have got through the ups & downs!

Why is customer always right? Can anyone tell me why?

This afternoon when i was taking order of a customer, she told me she wanted 'chili pork with rice' but later when we sent her the dish, she actually she wanted to have 'chili prawn with rice'. At the time i was taking her order, she was looking at what i was writing and she didn't even bother to tell that im wrong. I told her sorry and asked if she would like the chili pork with rice. She just said angrily at me 'I don't eat pork and i only eat prawns'. What the hell??? There was a lot of customers and i really mean a lot cos she needs to wait at least 20 minutes plus. She just got up and say ' Just refund my money'. When i was about to return her money, she said she'll have another thing instead. At last also need to buy something from our cafe ma. Even when i said sorry to her, she didn't even say it's ok. What a customer! So fed up...

But i guess this also tells me that sometimes im also like that when im a customer. Never really care how actually the worker feels. This is a good lesson to learn as not to be a fussy customer cos i won't want any customer to treat me like that also. But the thing i was mad about is that she was looking at what i was writing but she actually didn't bother to tell. Of course i get angry.

There were so many customers and there was only 4 of us in serving and taking order. 3 people was in the kitchen. My boss should have asked some more people to come so that every customer will be served within a limited time. But i guess she wants to save up the money. If for me maybe i would do the same also. It's just that lunch time there's tooooo many people.

No matter what we still can't argue with cutomers just because they are right. The main reason behind is that words spread faster and when we realize it, it will be too late. That's why customers are always right and we have to bear even though we know we're correct.

Im sorry that i didn't get to post out the River festival photos and videos for you guys to take a look. I've actually saved the draft but basically everything just suddenly get lost. Darn it! Make me feel so mad... Anyway, can anyone tell me how should i upload a video in a blog? I've been trying to upload it but it seems to be useless. Hopefully someone can tell me then i'll be able to share the fireworks video and photos with you guys. At the meantime, you have to wait for it. Sorry about that!

The trees started dancing this morning since 5am till now. I couldn't get a good sleep because of it. Too noisy with the trees swaying around. Even though it's makes the weather nice and cold i still don't really like it as everything seems to be so noise just because of the wind. Hmm... Am i too against the wind? Don't care... Not in the good mood now when the stupid spyware make everything what i had wrote just now disappear. Damn it! Sorry about my language. Too piss off!

I know, i haven't been updating for quite a while because was busy with assignment. I seem to be too busy to complete anything including my assignment. Just finished this morning and didn't even check through what i had written. Just hopefully i can pass it. It's actually kind of hard to do because it's about Australian mangers and what approach are they using so the only i can do is using journals and textbooks. Feel so relax now but need to start doing another assignment soon so that i won't have to rush it again. This is the only saying! Hope that i can really start doing and not saying. Hehe...

After this i'll update the last Saturday's news about the fireworks that i went to watch.

Yeah! Midterm is over and i know i shouldn't brag about it when im only having one midterm where as my friends are like having 3 or 4. So there's nothing to be proud of. Haha... The exam today was quite ok not bad and luckily i got a few tips from my friend who had the test yesterday which i didn't actually expect it to be the same but then you never know what is in the exam until you sit in it right? So i guess i got lucky. hehe...

Basically, today's weather aren't good as well. It was raining cats and dogs. Everywhere is wet and i hate it. Especially when the rain stops for a while and then it starts to rain heavily again. If it wasn't for test i won't be attending classes i think. Actually thought of skipping industrial relations but at last also attended the class because i don't want to waste my parents money. Haha... Looks whose talking? For these few days it has been raining heavily but not during the day time except for today. Why today??? Make everyone wet only. Even having lunch also hard because the rain keeps pouring. Luckily it didn't make me late for my exam.

Tonight i need to start doing my assignment for Industrial Relation which has to be handed in next Wednesday 6 SEPTEMBER! I haven't even started doing anything yet. Have to really rush already and it's like there's tons of journal to read. Going crazy! Hopefully the journals won't make me fall asleep as lots of my friends said that it's kind of boring. I'll update with you guys later again!

It's now week 6 since semester starts and time really passes by too fast when a new semester starts. In another 2 days time i'll be having my midterm exam. But luckily there's only one midterm exam this semester. but then i still haven't finish studying when i know i should since i only have 3 subjects this semester. the subjects that i will be testing is Conflict & Negotiation. Learning all those conflict that people will always face when working and also around us and how to negotiate to settle the conflict.

Not only am i in midterm blues but also assignment blues. Assignment is due in 1 weeks time and i haven't even start anything yet. Why do i always like to leave things till the end to make me feel pressured when i know i should have do it since beginning when our lecturer told us. Too disappointed in myself. Sigh...

Just finished working today at 3pm and there's not many customers as it was raining last night and the weather's not that fine today. So today aren't that busy at all compare to last week when we have to be like work like crazy. Basically today is just ok so not so bad at all.

I recieved a book today from one of my freind studying at Perth. The title of the book is 'the five people you meet in heaven' wrote by Mitch Albom. gonna start reading it tonight as the title seems to attract me a lot when i know i should be doing my reading my books and not story books. hehe... But who cares?