25岁独立感想篇

（一）学历是不足够的，学历加上经验才算‘可以’要知道现今社会拿个石头随意丢十个有九个打中都是大学生。

（二）不要让父母担心，因为现在要换你照顾他们了。就算累，幸苦都不要在他们面前哭。

(三） 会煮饭是好的，去到哪里都用得着好过挨罐头。至少它没有坏处>.<没有炫耀的目的，不会煮饭的朋友赶快去学吧！；另外食物是用来关心人的最简单方法。

（四）不要老是怪朋友不关心你，要自问自己有没有关心他们。

（五) 在你伤心时会关心你的才是真心朋友而不是那些有空才找你玩乐的朋友。

（六）帮助别人要有底线，不要做烂好人反而害了自己。

（七）不要老是抱怨自己有多惨，要想想还有别人可能在羡慕你呢~例如：孤儿，OKU。

（八）以其老是觉得烦不如找事情做但不用钱的消遣为佳如看书，弹琴学门手艺也好等。

（九）到处花钱买衣不如买书好，书又不会过时又能用来打发时间,有收藏价值。

（十）好好善待家里的老一辈要记得他们就像自己的一幅镜子如果你都会觉得孤单他们也不为过。

Just take this as new Experience lar...

I just came back from ITS (International Tuition School) with my brain cells level decreases. The purpose of me going there is to go 4 an interview for the 'Teacher Post'. I was shocked to find out that the interview required me to take a written test. OMG~ ITS is really efficient and professional when it comes to these. The test was kind of hard to me since it has been almost half a year I did not come across with the bombastic words other than those I read from novels.

I had a 'nice chat' with the principal just now. Instead of asking me much about my interest in teaching...bla...bla...he asked about my family...my teaching experience in KL and so on...he also describes us as the 'little dots' in BPG eyes >.<

In short, I am not going to expect much from this interview LAR...haish, all this because of the delayed of posting. I am still blur and unsure of what I did just now so I went to Starsbucks to claim my free frappucino by using the free coupon that my mom gave me.

Heaven is for Real

Have you ever wonder how does heaven look like? Perhaps this book can provide you with the visual images of heaven in the perspective of a pastor named Todd Burno. This book was written by him on behalf of his 4 years old son; Colton Burno who passed away in 3 minutes and his description on his trip back to heaven and back due to rupture in appendix.

I came across this book through my dad who have been searching for it in Popular last 2 week when he came back from the States. According to him, his pastor in San Francisco mentioned about the synopsis of this book and it amuses him on the way the little boy told the public on his travel to the world of our heavenly father. I finished the book in 2 days since it is quiet a light reading due to the story-telling kind of writing.

I heart the way the little boy described Jesus. He said "Jesus has a rainbow horse..." At the same time he puts his hand on his left shoulder, move it across his body down ;" his clothes were white, but it was purple from here to here and he had markers on his palms and both feet." He added "I was scared and Jesus hold me on his laps". Later on the little boy picturised vividly how he met his late grandpa and his unborn sister which his mom never mentioned her existence on top as well as other bible characters like John the baptist and Angel Gabriel. The story is accompanied by the verses in the bible too:)

This is a really nice book and I give 2 thumbs up for it :) I strongly recommend it to those who doubt on heaven and those who are curious about it

Grandpa

Lately, I have been spending quite a lot of time with my grandpa. I used to think that he was a bit naggy and talkative. Now, I take back my words. I guess he is feeling lonely. The naggy part of him is his way of expressing his loneliness to people around him.

Thanks to the long waited posting I was able to spend some time with our old man. I had this sudden thought yesterday to cook him a meal and chat with him. Without hesitation I did that and it helped me to know my grandpa better.

Grandpa is quite a fussy person particularly on his meal but he finished the food that I brought for him and he ate 2 bowls of rice. I was really happy with that since it has been a while I didn't cook for anyone and I enjoy looking people finished the food happily. I guess it is my fetish towards people's eating habits. Later on I drove him to the sundry shop near by and I laugh at his fussiness in choosing the canned food, biscuits and green tea. I also knew that he is different compared to me cause he likes baked beans. >.<

We spent the 2 hours today talking bout all sort of things including politics and of cause my posting. I never thought that he cared so much about that since I thought old people usually do not care so much about that. I also listened to him on grandma and the way he smiled while talking about her. Now, I noticed that it is not hard at all to interact with elders if you use your heart but not your thinking. So, friends out there cherish your old grandpa(s) and grandma(s) when they are still around:) Lastly, I hope that my grandpa can have a speedy recovery since he just undergone a knee replacement surgery not long ago.

This is out of topic but I want to thank my friends and family members that have been giving me support all this while since my parents left. I am feeling okay now although sometimes I still feel a bit lonely and cannot get use to the quiet house.

丁噹- 一半

今天听到丁噹的‘一半’感触很深。平时有好友拜六礼拜陪我一起疯但这个星期她去台湾玩了没人陪更是孤单。就职信还没来搞到我心情更是低落，没有它十二月去三番市的打算要取消了。

小时候因为姐妹多从来不感到孤单有时还嫌她们烦，还会羡慕那些没弟妹的朋友多好不用跟人共用房间。嗨 TT。TT。。。现在想到都有点气房间多的是就是没她们陪。家里挂着的家庭照更显得我孤单。今年中秋更是没有‘味道’就像这首歌讲的一样没有伴快乐也只剩一半。再多再甜的月饼没人跟你抢着吃也一样没有味道。一个人只好看韩国爆笑节目在那边拼命的跟着他们那边笑才好过些。

这首歌听着听着脸都湿了。妹妹们我想你们了~

Preparation to get out from the comfort zone

People always take things for granted and it includes me until Mom was admitted to get her hyteroscopy done *Mom is really brave. This is her 6th general anaesthetic for the price of having 5 daughters and I pity her a lot. Hope that the result will be alright. Today I felt that we had our roles reversed. I was in-charge of the things that got to be done like paying bills and settlement of carloan. I have been living in the comfort zone quite a while till this month only finally I feel a bit like an adult. There was time when I thought how is it to feel like a real adult and finally I get to test it a bit. Getting those bills paid is quite a tedious work and there are so many of them - water, electric, telephone, carloan, road taxes and etc. Phew~ being an adult is hard what else a parent who is responsible as a breadwinner? Guess this is almost the time I have to adapt to these kind of stuffs since I will be officially 'independent' from my parents soon. Hopefully, I am not an unemployed with all those responsibilities if not it would be so doom. I am so proud of myself when I got all the stuffs done especially when I managed to get my toilet flush fixed LOL.

Well, this is quite an out-of-point. 'Migrating' has been an 'allegy' to me these days. It does not bring any good if it ended out that I am the person who have to console them and told them 'It is okay' when people are showing some sympathy towards me. Some people are really busybodies. It irritates me when some called up and started a chat on facebook or MSN *lucky that she managed to find me as I am not a frequent after a long time to ask this and worse still their questions involved my family's properties. Well, it is good to show your concern towards people but sometimes it is just over. However, some of them really show their concern towards me and I thank you for that :)

PS: really miss those good old days at IPBL, UKM and MUF. I have been thinking of my friends lately and I miss them so much. Hope that everyone is doing fine.

我不想不想长大

最近很烦，Posting 的信未到很烦。每两三天都会来几通电话不是外公就是阿姨不然就是亲戚-都是问“去做工了吗？”。。。“为什么还没有？”。。。“都几个月了”老实讲我怎么会知道。外公更厉害,我还没有做工就问“你工钱以后多少啊？”=.='''

现在也会有不三不四的亲戚会问 “你多大了?有这么大了？有没有对象？怎么可能？要阿姨帮忙吗？*昏啊啊~

还以为我这样罢了，朋友也跟我没两样。。。大家都哭笑不得。。。信啊!快点来啊!至少可以平息一些不必要答的问题。

Knitting

This is the first time I went to learn something new with mom. It was good since we got to choose our own wools ourselves :). Knitting really needs good determination if not you will really get frustrated when the teacher unknit your stitches. It took me 2 weeks to finish my first scarf. Thanks to my Taiwanese teacher; madam Siao aka 'Taiwan Po'.

My first scarf ^^Looking forward to knit a cap soon=)

Korea...I love Korea and I miss Korea :)

At BearTree Park

All of us in Korean Traditional Attire, Hanbok

Group picture with Navy Force Mascots at Kyongbok Palace Park

I couldn't sleep so I decided to write a post on our graduation trip to Korea last 2 weeks. Four of us (Ah Sze, Olive, Amara and I) went to Korea and this is the first ever oversea trip that I had ever gone with my friends. We planned to go for this trip since we fell in love with Kpop, Hangul, Korean Culture and etc. It finally came truth started on the day we paid our tour fees to GTT at Bukit Bintang.

The trip was a 8 days 6 nights trip. The trip is really worth it since the package provided us with superb accomodations, foods and tickets of sightseeing places not forgetting the flight tickets to Jeju Island and Incheon.

These are the places that we went to and I place them according to my 10 favourites:

1) Yang Pyung Rail Bike
2) Nanta Theatre Musical Show at Jeju
3) Bear Tree Park

4) Chu Ah Huracle Resort with Hot Spring and Sauna (A shock for us to see naked bodies in the Sauna of cause only women)
5) Everland

6) Sungsan Sunrise Peak

7) Todai Japanese and Korean fusion buffet restaurant

8) MyungDong (cheap shopping streets for clothes, accesories and cosmetics)

9) Dongdaemun

10) Sungeup Folk Village and Horse Riding (Jeju)

There are many more places like the Dragon Head Rock, "Mysterious Road", Sulloc Green Tea Museum, Kyongbok Palace and Presidential Blue house as well as some tourist shopping spots and the Glass Castle.

l learn a lot from this trip especially on Korean people, food and cultures. Koreans are survivors of Japanese Occupation; Koreans eat healthy food (believe it or not they don't really use cooking oil in their food); Korea is a very clean country, koreans are slim (hardly find fat people there); koreans are superb at making dozen types of kimchi (almost every edible things can be made into kimchi including ginseng);Korean students have all sort of trips from graduation trips to field trips (fr kindergarten to university); they are good in IT and etc.

Today is the 7th day since my return to my homeland and I still miss Korea in -ing form although I had spent a lot of money due to impulsive shopping. However, I have to say this is like a dream came true for me and I would definitely go there again!

The day I came back home :S n :D

I am really frustrated with what I had encountered today at LCCT. I went earlier to the terminal since I wanted to post another small luggage of books back home. So, Sze Nin and I took a taxi and we reached there around 10.45 am. We went to weigh our luggages at an empty counter to avoid overweight. I unpacked and packed my things for a couple of times. *well, I knew this would happen since I'm a shopaholic* Lucky for Sze Nin, her luggages were only 30 kgs, able to cover the weight that we were allow to carry.

Then, I went to a counter to ask about the postage thingy but surprisingly they told me they did not provide any kind of such service as I knew Crystal just posted hers 3 days ago. So, I tried my luck again at the service counter. The lady told me I had to go to the Megastore counter to sort that matter. That was how I ended up at the Megastore which is not Mega at all with only 2 Indian workers attended us in a small booth. Again, the same thing happen they said something about paperwork and registration but I told them the man at the counter said they do not provide any form for cargo service. So, I tried to explain that I had been attended to so many people and all of them asked me to go to another counters and lastly I ended here. He did help me to call somebody but the same thing happened again. He asked me to go to the Cargo Building opposite the terminal or call the building. I remembered Sze Nin tried to explain to one of them about my problem. Thanks dear for helping me up, I knew that you were as impatient as me already at that moment. Come on~ How on earth do u expect me to go there with 2 big luggages and my departure time is in one hour plus? I was really frustrated so I called Crystal for help. Thanks to Crystal and Edmond for trying hard to explain to me about the whole thing. However, I think the lucky lady was not on my side. I tried and tried and tried again at the service counter and the only thing they could say was "Sorry miss I can't help you since I never heard of this before" for almost 5 minutes. Then, I purposely smirked and thank them loudly for that. In the end, I tried out on9 for that thing since I remembered somebody said something about on9 registration but eventually I gave up since I was disconnected upon the submission of the form. I prayed to God for help since I only had 45 minutes more upon departure. So, I took my mom advice just to pay for the fine but in the end I begged the lady at the counter to let me carry the hand luggage which weighed 11.4 kgs and she allowed it. Thank you although I donno you but you are kind enough to help me. It saved me up to RM330. *mind you lkg=RM30 :s

I called Ka Phin to ask whether she needed cash since she said her luggages exceeded 30kgs too but I told her let me passed the bording hall checking first then I would find a way to help her. I passed the checking point since again I pleaded to the fierce-looking man as he instructed me to choose only one of my things. "Sir, can you please let me go this time? This is my last semester here as an university student. Please sir." He was kind enough too to make a pass signal with his hand although he still had the same facial expression. Thank you sir for that :DD Then, I waited 5 minutes for Ka Phin till I heard my name being called "This is the last call for passager Miss...Miss Sarah Kong Sing Ngik, please go to P12 immediately for departure." I decided to wait for Ka Phin in the plane as it was too late already. The flight attendant helped me to put my luggage in the overhead compartment which he described as heavy as rock. He must have wondered how on earth they allowed me to go into the plane with that. I was nervous when they closed the door without Ka Phin so I begged again but they said they couldn't help it as it is their policy to cancel the ticket if the passager did not enter 10 minutes before departure. He was actually concerned about that since he asked again what happen to Ka Phin that made her missed the flight.

I really hope Airasia would improve the cargo service and for my juniors please do not use cargo if possible. It is advisable not to bring too many things to university too if not you will regret on the day u go back. Thanks Ah Sze for accompaning me, thanks all the helpful kind people and may God bless you. As for Ka Phin, I am so sorry about that and hope you understand and most importantly Thank God for helping me and sending all those angels to help me :) Lesson of the day, sometimes we have to put down our dignity for help even plead who knows people are kind to offer their help. At least you tried, never try never know though I am very sorry that they had to break their company policies.

Lastly for those who feel that I am so naggy once you finished reading this. Many apologies :)

My last day as UKM student T.T

Today is my last day in UKM and this is my last time blogging as a UKM student. Memories of how I met my friends are still fresh. They were like yesterday. 6 years is not short and it is not too long either as it is imppossible for us to stay together with our friends forever. Well, these are some momeries that I still can recall when I met some of my friends for the first time in Kuching IPBL *I'll only describe the friends as anonymous as I can*shh...

One I met in the toilet where both of us introduced ourselves

One I recognised wrongly as the lecturer of the college since that friend's English proficiency is good

One I talked to the father rather than the friend since the friend was too quiet to talk to

One I recognised as the one that went for the interview with me before

One who is ladylike and wore lacy yellow skirt on the first day we met

One who introduced himself/herself infront of the class on the first day entering the class

One I disliked on the first day

One I recognised as the one who didn't like TESL at all

One whom parents my parents talked to

One who is very keen in dramas

One with very loud and unique laughter

One is very fair

Four with a title "The Fantastic Four" and one wanted to enter the group but was rejected

Some I couldn't recall how I become close to them but I can remember their characteristics. 6 years passed like wind. Now, we have parted and started our own ways. I can't guarantee that we will meet each others next time but we do learn a lot of things as we laughed, fought, cried together. Things like these will always remain in our memories. Something that we can laugh at when we think of in the future. I do hope that we can still talk and laugh together in the future when we see each other again because whenever I met my friends who talked akwardly with me after a long time I felt sad. Wishing all the best to you, my besties, friends,accompanies, MUF friends and other people that I have came across in these 6 years.

PS: Went out with my buddies today and we spent great time trying all sort of foods even at a Thai restaurant. Something that I could think of later XD

Potato and Green Apple Salad

This is my first post on recipe. I want to share this with all of you since I think it is quite easy to make and the outcome is fantastic especially for salad lovers. I have been making it twice and I am still going to make this whenever my friend and I crave for it.

Ingredients (for 3 persons)
2 potatoes, green onion cut into small pieces, 1/2 lemon, mayonaise, cream, salt, pepper powder, 2 boiled eggs and 3 apples.


Steps
1. Peel the potatoes and boil them with 1/2 tsp of salt water for 20 minutes (use fork to determine whether the potatoes are cooked).
2. Cut the potatoes, boiled egges and the green apples into bite size and put them aside.
3. Beat half can of cream with a few spoons of mayonaise together (the portion as u desire).
4. Mix the ingredients in step2 with the ingredients in step 3.
5. Squash the lemon and mix the juice with the ingredients in step 4.
6. Sprinkle a bit of pepper powder and some green onion as desire before refrigerate.
7. Finally, it is ready to be served.

*enclosed is the picture of the potato salad that I made the first time :D

Last few weeks

I am going to make this post short just to fill it up with a few crazy and unforgettable memories. These two weeks are the craziest weeks that I ever had before. Why? It is because I experienced all these in the last two weeks of my Uni life.

a) Went to Cheras Pasar Malam with my MUF friends for the first time in 2 years.
b) Went to Port Dickson with 16 other coursemates for the first time.
c) Had our first BBQ at the beach for the first time.
d) Had an adventurous experience on banana boat for the first time.
e) Had our 'Truth' bottle spinning game for the first time.
f) Conquered the 400 m Broga Hill for the first time *the journey started at 4.30 am*
e) Had durians at the roadside with friends for the first time.

Finally, my uni life is approaching its end. No doubt that I am going to miss every single friend and people who had been playing a part in my history. Thanks for being a part in my life, take care my friends and I wish you all the very best in your future undertakings.

爸爸的爸爸的故事~

忽然想起了爸爸的爸爸的故事。小时候，爸爸总爱给我们讲故事。那些都是从英文小甲虫-ladybird series' 的故事。有一天，书都读完了的一天。。。爸爸不耐烦的时候他说“来，我给你们讲爸爸的爸爸的故事。”其实是公公以前不耐烦讲给他的故事啦，爸爸华语不好所以就变成爸爸的爸爸的故事咯~刚开始的时候还很认真的讲到，到后面就开始大笑了-

从前有一座山，山里有一个洞，洞里有一座庙，庙里有一位和尚，和尚在讲故事：“从前有一座山，山里有一个洞，洞里有一座庙，庙里有一位和尚，和尚在讲故事。。。

这是没完没了的故事，一个旧违的故事，一个别人认为很废的故事，一个爸爸不会再讲的故事，一个让我想起爸爸的故事。

爸爸，我无所不谈的‘朋友’近来好吗？好想你，对不起很久都没找你聊天了~

Some uncertainties...

What can I say? I am back. Oh great! Mom told me as we oovoo-ed a couple of days ago that she will be going soon in a couple of months. Why is it have to be so soon? I am not ready about this yet. Not now. I know that people will be thinking must I sound pathetic and helpless but I just can't help. Some people of my age have settled down, some even have gotten themselves married with children. I guess I just can't be like them. Most importantly I am not close to what they are and not attached to any kind of relationship that you can mention. I can't see myself being alone and finding things to occupy myself just to forget all this loneliness. Mind you I am actually kind of scared that I might get comfortable with all this loneliness thingy. This is because I have withnessed quite a lot of lonely people's lives and believe me you are not going to like them. May be majority of them. They are usually dominated and they find themselves hard to tolerate with others and think in other peoples' shoes.

Enough of sad and solemn things. Finally, my buddies and I have settled our tour fees and we had gotten our Malaysian Ringgits changed to Korean Wons. They are pretty cute and colourful. More to Chinese culture I should say. It is nice to have something different in your hands rather than looking at all the 'Agongs' sometimes. We spent a great time together having our steamboat buffet at ShabuOne too. It would be better if I could find the Korean Raddish Pickles that I have been hunting for quite a while. May be can someone kind enough to tell me where to get them? What more I can say? Just have to wait for a few weeks then Woo-hoo~Korea, here I come!