3 years is short, but the memories made will last forever...

3 years....which is 1095 days....it may look/sound like a long long time, but when you think back, it just flashed by in a wink of an eye.

Yup, 3 years...that's my duration of service in my first company..BiO-LiFE Marketing Sdn Bhd.
It may not seem like a hugeass company, but i've learnt a whole lot of things from the people there.
and i daresay, when you're working with people like them, you're working with your family.

When i first reported myself 3 years back, i didn't know anything. Really, i was this naive little girl venturing into the wilderness, not knowing what's ahead of me. I told myself, ' ok, just do your part, not get into any politics and you'll be a happy person'...

true enough, politics never really happened in that company. obviously there'll be bumps here and there when you work (deadline, deadline and more deadlines!!! -- hey, that's designers' life!)
but with ever helpful seniors, colleagues and bosses, the final outcome is always well, if not excellent!

So here i express my thanks to my wonderful colleagues / family in Bio-LiFE Marketing Sdn Bhd.
(oh boy, this will be ONE LONG BLOG ENTRY......*wipes sweat* -- also, please excuse 'POWDERFUL TOKGONG GRAMMAR USED'..lol)

First of all,
AnP team
Kenix
- you're the person i thank the most, you have guided me through thick and thin, taught me how the working world revolves and also you've sharpen my understanding in how to create designs that could give impact.
I truly appreciate your guidance in these 3 years and i really really thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I also apologize for any wrongdoings and crappy attitude that surfaced.

Felicia
- you're awesomesauce CAN? my wonderful and ever helpful senior. I really shudder to think what would life be without you to light my way. Other than Kenix, you're the one to hold my hand whenever i'm in doubt. I really really thank god for letting me meet such a kind person like you. You help me EVERYTIME without complaining and i really really appreciate EVERYTHING that you've taught me. And life in the pantry is so much duller without you around...LOL!!!
you're the BESTEST BEST FISH around..!! XD XD

Tiffany
- YO BUDDY!!!! from the 'lansi' classrep, to collegemates, to bestfriends, to roomates and finally colleagues.....if anyone didn't know, i think they would've thought we're married to each other...hahahaha....
anyway, thank you so so much for being there for me during thick and thin....Life became more colorful with you around..XD
Don't forget about little me when you drive on the road with your HUGEASS CRUISER ya? please do not honk at my little MYVI if i drive like 'lau ah ma' ok? hahahahh...

Zaleha
- Thank you so much for all the guidance. You and Felicia were the ones who helped me like, so blardy much when i first started out at BL. Without seniors like you, i'd be dead...really, i don't think i could last 1 month there...hahaha..
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

CHA TEAM (wahpiang, so many ppl....=_=)
Grace, Hooi San, Swit Yee, Khairus, Jillian, Jeslyn, Swee Leng, Anne
- Didn't really know you guys during my first year in that office, but can i say HALLLELUYAH because we're fated to gila gila together. Thank you for everything and all the guidance (and gossips LOL)
It was really fun with you all around...hahaha...! Working life became like family life with you guys around, heck, i spent more time with you guys than with my family members..!! (my mom jealous wan lorrrr...)

MKT TEAM
Ya Tze, Desryne, I Lin, Kenneth
- lol, the team which sometimes drive the AnP up the wall...haha....well, first of all, i really would like to apologize for all the crap attitude and prawn artwork i gave you guys......hopefully it didn't effect your promotions? LOL
but anyway, thank you so so much for putting so much colors into my working life. I thought working life will always be a dull routine, but with you 4 monkeys around, it's laughter after laughter after laughter. From char bor gia, Ducky, Lin lin and also my starwars buddy......
You guys are superstars..!!! XD

There are still so many other people whom i wanna express my thanks but if i put everything in here, it'll be longer than my SPM 1119 essay.....hahahah...
So, here, i express my eternal gratitude and thanks, and also apologize (kaotao version) for any wrongdoings that i've done in my 3 years there.

Do not get me wrong, this is not Goodbye, for we're forever friends and buddies. It's merely another step in life in which everyone will go through. (so you all dun omit me out for any outings aaaa......FaceBook is a scary network aaa..i know wan aaaa...hahahha)

who knows? i might drop by for FREE ice creams and movie sessions? XD
so don't forget about me ya..!!! XD

i Love you guys..!!!! *muacks and huggles like a koala bear*

Listening to : Nurarihyon no Mago - Sunshine
Mood : XD XD XD

Energizer Night Race 2011 - Disaster in the making

Energizer Night Race 2011.....a race/run that went down in history as one of the WORST EVER run. I'll just break it into points because i believe there are already more than enough blogs out there that are ranting about this race..(come on, 10120 runners participated in this event, an event which all thought would be enjoyable, but turns out to be a disaster...)

So, there were Boycott pages and Hate fanpages all over facebook. Media coverages were all over (theStar papers, The Malay Mail).

Why is it so bad? well...here's why...:-

1) When we reached the venue, we were ushered to a parking area whereby there were wannabe parking jockeys collecting not RM2, not RM5 but an outrageous amount of RM10 for a parking (in which, i read online that someone's car got broken into and had his Blackberry stolen). If i were to pay RM10 for that measly parking, i might as well throw the money into the sea.....
Also, what pissed me off was that when i reached, there's this bunch of CHI KO PEK that parked next to me...when the CHI KO PEK got down his car, he opened the car door so hard, that it hit my car....and DAMN, not a word of apology..!!!!!!
Fucking CHI KO PEK, i hope you have your car scratched beyond repair. And let that scratched car be the last car you'll be able to buy in your entire lifetime. ASSHOLE....

2) HELLO?? where are the signs?!?!?
we were walking around not knowing where to head.....as usual it's the follow-the-crowd mentality because there were little to no signs around to guide us....

3) TUNNEL OF DOOM!!!!
*inserts horror bgm*
we were walking around aimlessly, not knowing where to go, and finally we saw a huge group of people trying to squeeze into this puny door and OH, whadaya know.....there's a sign that says 'ENERGIZER NIGHT RACE *points arrow at the door*'
=_____=
10 000 people had to go through that puny badly ventilated tunnel (it's like the Nazi's Poison Tunnel) to get to the venue.....i'm like WTF?!?!
if 10 or more people were to release 'killer biological gas' that time, i believe people would've died...no seriously....the ventilation was so bad, i was surprised no one fainted.
and guess what, all 10 000 runners will have to go through the tunnel to exit too....
(but, me and my friends didn't go through the tunnel, instead, we climbed the wall thingy on to the seating area.....)
Thus, the tunnel is now known as 'THE TUNNEL OF DOOM'.

4) Water StationSSSSSssss (note : multiple 'S' are intended)
11km runners....it's amazing no one died because of dehydration.....i mean, come on....there should be more than 1 pathethic water station for 11km and above runners.....
and who in their right mind would give out 1.5 liter bottles of mineral water & can drinks during runs?!?!?!?!? HELLOO??? does common sense ring any bell to you guys?????
It's usually my routine to NOT 'visit' the 1st water station, but it's mandatory that i get at least a sip of water in the 2nd water station....
SO, as i passed the 1st water station, i figured,'oh well, there should be another one 1 or 2 km ahead'...
i ran and ran and RAN AND RAN...but the tents were no where to be seen, and in the end i had to run another lap to reach the pathethic water station (which was situated almost at the end of the track)
yes, i daresay..i almost died.....i was already saying my 'goodbyes' in my mind......

5) Screaming crazy MC/Director
as an MC/Director/Head/Leader of a certain organisation/team, you DO NOT scream at your customers/attendees.....come on, who's at the worse point...??
(a) runners who are tired, thirsty, sweaty (and no water booths to be seen at the finishing line)
(b) MC standing there doing nothing......
Duh, you're frustrated, but we, the runners are even more frustrated...
we come into this run, as serious runners.......not for what you label as 'A FUN RUN'....
you think running 42km is fun?????? it takes a whole lot of motivation, courage and determination to be able to complete that distance...and you label the race as FUN!?!?
come on JOSIE, you should've known better before you took up this job and organised an event this big of a scale......
and as the icing on the cake, you SCREAMED at the runners through the mic and called us HOOLIGANS...??????
helllloooo????? if we're hooligans, you'd be sitting next to your God by now, because you'd be DEAD......

5) NO GOODY BAGS
err..duh? you promised us goody bags, and we didn't get them....nuff said......
mail, post, ship, teleport, send a stork for all i care...where is my goody bag?
EXPOSE << organiser's company name ---- well, you pretty much SCAMMED us....

6) HEADLAMPS disaster
WOHOOooo....Free for all headlamps...unlike last year, this time the headlamps were free for all. You grab as many as you like and walk off, and no one is there to stop you..
When we got to the headlamp collection area (after the tunnel of DOOM), there was a dark area at the corner of the walkway whereby everyone were zombie-fying the headlamps. So, our group decided to split up and tried to grab the headlamps. No crew/staffs were there to tell us how to operate the headlamps and everyone who took the headlamps didn't know that to switch on the lamps, you first have to pull out that thin piece of transparent paper. After we found out about that, all 5 of us grabbed 5 headlamps each because we thought of taking for each other...turns out that EVERYONE grabbed 5 headlamps each, thinking of the same thing...we ended up with almost 25 headlamps and being civilized, one of my friends braved through the zombie-fying group of runners, and returned the extra headlamps we had..

SO in the end, we only took 1 each ^^ *smiles*

7) Calling in the police
err....we're runners, who are tired, who were promised of something that we were never given, in this case...the goody bags...
DUH, when you closed the shutters on us, obviously you'll be adding oil to the fumes..!! and when crowd control gets out of hand, you called the police on us???
EXPOSE, JOSIE, ENERGIZER.....where the hell is your common sense?!?!?
oh wait, if you had any of those, you wouldn't have had only 43 people to 10 000 runners in the first place.....

HMm.....did i miss out anything?
well, it seems that after all the uproar and hate fanpages up on Facebook, Energizer decided to REFUND EACH AND EVERY PARTICIPANT OF THE RACE the full amount of the registration fees.
well, more news will be out on Friday, and EXPOSE said that they will mail out the goody bags to ALL the participants. (more news out on Thursday 6pm, according to EXPOSE)
so, let's see how they perform their damage control.

Listening to : BoA - Your Color
Mood : ZZZZzzzzz

R U READY GAIZ!??!!?

R U READY GAIZ?!?!?!
PUT YER GUNZ ON!!!
*rides motorhorse*

yup....it's Date Masamune from Sengoku Basara Fever...
That ENGRISH speaking samurai is my newest edition to my family of Nendos..!!

and it's money well spent..
3 faces, a whole lot of swords and little chibified cutesy palm.....
AAAAAAAaaa..!!!
and it's base is the AWESOME-EST of all the Nendos i have..

One flaw that i noticed from this nendo is that......it'll easily topple over after i put on his crescent helmet....It seems that it's too heavy...BUT LOL..that makes it even CUTER!!!

anyway....here's the unboxing ceremony...XD

Danbobo and Chibi Danbo decided to help out...^^

JENG JENG...The birth of the ENGRISH master!!!

WHY SO SERIOUS???

And lastly.....

Date Masamune : R U READY GAIZ?!?!?!? PUT YER GUNZ ON!!!
Chibi Danbo : ANIKIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!

Listening to : Sengoku Basara - Jap
Mood : XD XD XD

Totally Random..!!

yup, since my last update was a month ago, i decided to...er...update my blog with a totally random post..

HOMG MY OFFICE PANTRY HAS AN ICE CREAM (WALLS) FRIDGE NOW!!!
and the best part?

ICE CREAM IS FREE FLOW!!!
gahhh...why must this happen when i only have less than 20 days in the office left???
(FYI, i'm joining a new company in May...)

ANYWAY~~
for the past 3 years, it's been real fun in the office...
yeah, there were ups and downs...disagreements and sarcasm....but it's all part of the working life..
The bottom line is that i love everyone i've worked with in my current company.

OK.....gonna have another entry for that later on..

now it's
ICE CREAM!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAaa.....!!!!!!!
JJ i <3 U..!!
YOu're the BEstEst BESt BOSS BL COULD EVER HAVE!!!!!!

Listening to : Kuroshitsuji - Monochrome no Kiss
Mood : XD

Salutable Japanese

i've never cried for a disaster stricken nation before...but for the recent disaster that struck Japan, i shed tears. No, not because of what had befallen them, but how they aided each other, doing selfless deed and helping anyone and everyone around them.
It was tears of admirability (if there is such a word).....for i know, not every country can execute, much less follow 5% of what they are doing now.

Japan, considerably one of the top 5 strongest and richest country in the world, fell to the wrath of mother nature on the 11th of March 2011, but they are slowly standing up....
but what made me look up to them the most if their selfless deed in helping people around them.

The people stood up, supported each other in these few days of limited water, food and electricity. A line as long as you could imagine was formed, just for a phone call home...but what amazes me was that there was no shoving, no stealing and fighting....everyone lined up and waited for their turn.

Tokyo Disneyland was handing out free food and drinks to the people that were stranded nearby, people were giving out heating pads and offering breads. There was no crime, looting or havoc.
As quoted from one of ther survivors, 'We're all in this, in the same boat'...
Really, these are heart warming stories that could bring anyone to tears...
Have a read here..

http://www.facebook.com/notes/jun-shiomitsu/japan-quake-as-seen-from-twitter-translated-by-me-so-quality-questionable/10150121176733830

I couldn't guarantee that should such disaster happen, or something HALF this size of this disaster happen in where i'm staying (touch wood!), these stories would surface. I foresee crime, looting, fighting and ultimately MORE lives lost, but i do not rule out that there maybe miracles happening in this little country from where i am.
People you meet, you see, heck, even those driving on the road daily are already selfish as they are.
Even the person closest to you now MIGHT NOT do what the Japanese have done for each other in times of difficulties.

God, please have mercy on Japan. Some say it's karma, others feel it's just a matter of coincidence. Karma or not, i feel no one in this world deserves to go through such sufferings.
Japan has colored our lives with so many great things. Technology, Knowledge, Entertainment.....
JAPAN, OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU...
stay strong..!!!!

Listening to : TM Revolution - Naked Arms
Mood : touched by humanities selflessness

Earthquake + Tsunami disaster in Japan

It was a Friday evening (local time), and everyone in the office is pretty much relaxed, waiting for the clock to strike 6 so that we could all enjoy our weekends...

However, at about 3.30pm (i think), news was received via MSN, Hotmail, FB, etc that a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit the shores of Japan, and what followed after was an enormous tsunami.....

Immediately, we all opened CNN, AL JAZEERA, whatever news you could find online regarding mother nature's wrath....
It wasn't clearly shown how bad the damage was...but it was bad...real bad.

Clearer footage of how the enormous tidal wave swallowed up the shores and everything that's in its way were later shown on local news....It's really really bad....i can't find the proper words to describe how devastating the damage was...
It makes us feel so small when faced with the forces of nature...Ships, trains and cars were all swept away as if they were made of paper and plastics.....Roads cracked open like cream crackers and you could see helpless people stuck on rooftops..

And as if that wasn't enough, they had to face with radiations from a nuclear plant....

My prayers goes out to all of Japan as well as the rest of the countries that were hit by this disaster. I'm still looking for trustworthy sites in which i could chip in my donation. It may be like a drop of water in the sea, but at least i will be doing my part to help Japan.

Japan has given us so many wonderful enjoyment in life....Anime, Cosplay, Manga, Games, Technology, Knowledge......it's time we do our part...
God have mercy......

AND, one of the local newspapers decided to draw a tasteless caricature on this disaster. The editor should be SACKED for approving that piece of tasteless crap to be published.
Yeah, i know it's a caricature, but hey, now isn't the time for that ok!?!?
use some brains before you do anything...dumbass...=_=
SHAME ON YOU!!!!

Listening to : GLEE - Defying Gravity
Mood : Disgusted (see last paragraph)

Cherish your loved ones

Cherish your loved ones...
really now, how much do you understand from this?

Earlier today, i attended a wake of my colleague's mom. Her mom passed away without any pain (thank God), but it was really sudden.
Everything happened so fast....

As we were chatting, it got me thinking......i really can't keep my calm...
i put myself in my colleagues position, and truth be told, i almost shed tears......I couldn't bring myself to imagine what would happen, how i would react, how will my everyday life be should someone in my family be gone, just like that....

The person who pass on isn't the one who suffer the most...it's the ones left behind...
i admit, i'm not a religious person when it comes to these stuffs...i don't know what to believe, i don't know what's real..
All my life, i've believed that when you're gone, you're gone...that's it, it's the end of the road, period, tamat, owari, finish.....(if you get what i mean...)

I came back home, and the first thing i did was to greet my dad (usually i'll just walk pass him and go straight to my room), talk to my mom (or rather, kacau her coz she was busy preparing for her next day's class) and play with my baby MiLO. Suddenly i felt, i should bond closer with my family members and not take them for granted...
(holy....my tears are starting to come out now....*sniff* no, really...my vision is blurry because of the tears in my eyes)

I think back, and when my colleague told me that it was a sudden thing....meaning there were no preparation...mentally and physically...
i really couldn't imagine how i would take it.......

after i related what i heard to my parents, i told them....did you all prepare for the worst? ya i know, it's kinda pantang to talk about these things, but my parents aren't those pantang types..heck, my mom even bought an 'apartment' for herself already. it was hilarious looking at her choosing the 'apartment unit'.....
she went...
' aiyo, if i take this 'unit', i can't see the view la.....canot canot....take here, then i canot see buddha's statue,......' and it goes on....lol
gah..i digressed...

anyway, my mom went on to show me where she kept all the documents....both for my mom and dad's....should anything happen, we'll know what to do, and where to find them...

the bottomline is.......It's not the person who 'left' feels the pain...it's the person left behind..
I love my family really really REALLY much, and i pray to God that they'll live a long and healthy life...

Also, my condolences to my fellow colleague.....i can't say i understand how you feel now, but stay strong.......

To all you peeps out there, cherish your loved ones...come home for dinner, have meals with your family members more often....talk to them, joke with them..spend more time with them..
Life is unpredictable....and there aren't much 10 years in our lives...

I love my family.......really really much.

Listening to : -
Mood : -