Bulletin Post: It's Been A While

I guess it's been almost 2 months, since I last posted anything here. A lot of things have happened in this short period. I started my very first permanent job, as an internal sales engineer. Nothing glamorous or professional cause it's just a job. I haven't really found my dreams yet, but even if I do know what my dreams are right now, it's probably not the best time for me to start with it. Ain't even sure if those dreams are gonna come true, but I just wish that someday it will. It needs alot of hard work, perseverance, faith and creativity. I've been trying to live those dreams, but I always kept them hanging.

How's work, if you ask me. It's been more than 2 months working now. I would like to express my appreciation to God, for giving me this good opportunity; Oliver Valves, my company, for welcoming me to be part of their family; Jarret and Chin Woei, my bosses for choosing me out of hundreds and gave me a chance to work for them; family and friends, for their never ending support and advice. This job may not be my dream job, it might not be a life changing job, but as a start, I would say that I have made all the right choices and I took the road less traveled by. I have good colleague/senior/boss who has so much patience in training me up. Hearing my friends' job experiences, I felt utterly lucky that I was treated well, so well indeed. He taught me everything which I'm suppose to know, had so much patience with me cause I know I'm not brilliant which is a fact and it's not something which I'm proud of. No one else apart from myself understands my limits and whatever feelings which I go through everyday. I don't mean to be funny or dumb but sometimes I really wished I didn't do what I did. Anyway, I'm happy working here at the moment and I have a friend who is now my colleague working with me. So, this is another lucky part and I still don't get monday blues. It's good, I suppose it is.

I graduated officially in these 2 months, September 11, 2011. Sorry, I won't be posting pictures here because of time constraint and I'm really tired from a day's job. So, facebook will be pretty convenient.

I received my very first significant salary, money which I had earned it with my own strength and ability. I remember feeling so excited when I saw my bank account, cause it never had so much money before. Yes, cause I'm poor. =) It was enough to feed myself, pay for the car, petrol and the list goes on. Was also thinking on how to treat my family to a nice meal using my very first pay. Was waiting for the right moment but I guess it never really came. Because, a family is not complete without everyone in it; a brother or a sister, a mom and of course, daddy. For the past 2 months, I've experienced many first times. First job, first pay, first convocation, but it wasn't complete because I went through all those first times, without an important someone who actually made me. No matter how many exciting first moments I had or will have in the future, nothing beats the fact that it's the first time I lost someone so close to me. September 3, 2011 marked another important date of my life, whereby my father chose to depart from us to be reunited with God again.

Living is difficult, adapting to new environments, dealing with different kind of people everyday, they are all tough. There's not a single day which I felt like life is so unfair, and felt like giving up, but then I thought again; there's no reason for me to be afraid anymore because I know that there's someone special watching over me, day and night. And

So I won't give up
No I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even if it all goes wrong
When I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe
Someone's watching over me.

RIP, daddy. We will always love you and keep you dear in our hearts.

Bulletin Post: Faith

Faith is a belief. And when you have faith, anything can happen.

Living is hard, so why live?

I believe that living is hard, but I have faith that I will lead a good life.

Bulletin Post: Inspirational Quotes

Lately, I've been looking for inspirational quotes. It all started when I bought my very first Chicken Soup For the Soul(Just so happen they added quotes for every story). And I believe that there will be 2nd, 3rd...............infinity. I hope I will be able to start a collection for Chicken Soup For the Soul.

Hope is patience with the lamp lit ~Tertullian

In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged ~ Hans Nouwens

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare ~ Dale Carnegie

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover ~ Mark Twain

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. ~Author Unknown

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...
It's about learning how to dance in the rain ~ Vivian Greene

Working is not really making me tired. Just the waking up early in the mornings and driving are the ones which I'm tired of.

Still trying to cope and absorb things in lightning speed. Eventhough its not a big company and my job isn't glamorous, I'm very lucky to have a great mentor who is so patient eventhough I'm stupid. I really salute him. Thank you very much and thank you God for blessing me everyday. At work and on my way to and back from work a.k.a DRIVING.

Good nite and sweet dreams.

Fukuya

It's been a long time. Now I know why people stop blogging after starting a full time job. This is the first weekend which I'm enjoying after I started working. It has been a tiring week. Not just because of the job. It's hard to catch up with the company's product, system and all. Plus I have a bad memory and slow turn around. However, I'm more tired of waking up early and getting stuck in traffic jams. Plus, I HATE DRIVING. IT'S SO BORING.

Anyway, it was darling's birthday yesterday and I didn't prepare much. Not that I forgot but I didn't have much time. So I just treated him to a nice lunch. Since he loves japanese food, so I chose to go to Fukuya in KL(beside Levain Boulangerie Patisserie).

Address:

Jalan Delima
55100 Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur Wilayah Persekutuan
03-2144-1022

I didn't get him present, cause I'm planning to get him something, which I won't tell it here, of course. :p It would have to wait, cos I'm on a tight budget now and need some time to sort things out. So ya. There's just food for now.

Birthday Boy

And Fat me (dunno why I look round lately)

Appetizers which were free I suppose cos they weren't in our menu.

Chawanmushi was awesome.

His main course, Eel and tempura with rice

I opted for sushi bento cos I dun reli felt like eating rice.

Hahaha

Look how pretty my bento set is and they were really delicious

Its miso soup

The seafood was fresh

Hot tea

Dessert and hot wet towel

Birthday boy eating his fruits

This is the restaurant(front entrance view)

They made it such a way that it looks like a modern design, exclusive Japanese home. They have private rooms also. If you come in a bigger group, you can get to dine in the private rooms. How convenient.

Overall, the service, ambience and food were excellent. Recommended to go back some time but not too often cause it's quite pricey. Dinner sets are more expensive than lunches. But I'm not very sure bout ala carte for I didn't quite go through the whole menu.

Well, that's all for this post. Quite lazy to write long long. =)

Happy birthday, dear. Many happy returns of the day.

Bulletin Post: Mol-la

Hananim , wae? Geugeos-i chugbog i iss-eoyadoeji anh-a? Wae ileohge gaseum apeun aleu deudneun geongayo? Wae-o?

Naneun oleunjjog gwedo-e issseubnikka? Jeongmal joh-eun gihoeleul nohchin nayo? Naega sog-in doeneun geoscheoleom neukkyeossseubnida. Naega neomu babo gat-ayo. Han beon kkum gat-assda modeun jigeum-eun geojismal gat-eun neukkim .

Eotteohge haeyahanayo?

Bulletin Post: This Is It

So, this is it. After 2 long months of lazing around practically doing NOTHING, it's time that I have finally been accepted by somebody/company. I need to say that I'm pretty lucky to be shortlisted for whatever reasons I'm not aware. But I would like to thank God for blessing me and to always look over me. My parents, especially mummy who was so concern about my first job and did everything in her power including forcing me to get a car, so that life would be easier. Also, a big thank you to darling. He practically opened this road for me. He helped me to apply for this job without me knowing head or tail about the company or the job scope. He just mentioned it to me and I gave him a green light to apply it for me. So, I guess I'm sharing half of his luck? =) Of course thanking him for accompanying me to go hunt for formal clothes which I do not favour one bit plus they are expensive and driving me all the way to get me a GPS. Yes, I will be lost without one. Last but not the least, my senior colleague-to-be(he interviewed me) who had so much faith in me for choosing me out of, I'm not sure out of how many. Also to my future boss(starting tomorrow he is officially my boss already) and also the company, for giving me a chance to be part of their family. The company in Malaysia might be small and new, but I like the close-tied environment and hopefully to grow with it. I can already feel that this company is the right choice and I have a strong instinct that everyone there are warm and helpful. Herlena who is incharge of the admin is so so helpful. I'm very grateful because she reminded me to bring a few things which I would need to use in the office and answering all my questions. I think, things will just get better. If Shing Yee gets accepted, things will turn out way better. So I would have to keep my fingers crossed and God, please help her get in.

So, dear Lord. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I might have chosen the road less traveled by, but :

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare ~ Dale Carnegie

Today will be my very first day WORKING. Yes, I've never really worked before. Internship was different. So I wouldn't count that in. Things might be pretty scary but I know that I wouldn't be alone. I have to be smarter, wiser, braver and more independent. Many people thinks that I should go to bigger companies to gain better benefits and prestige but I'm looking forward to stay and grow with this new little family. It might be small, but it's NOT insignificant. It's very established itself in the UK. So, many people wouldn't know. I'm leaving this to faith and believe that this time it wouldn't fail me just like that.

Perseverance is the key to success and hope is patience with the lamp lit. I shall wait and see the wonders of God's plans. God shall open up the road for me and I shall trudge it with much faith and hope.

Today will be my very first day. And I shall be heading to bed now. I didn't make much preparation like I should have. But I'm praying for the best and hope everything goes well. Thank you God for blessing me. I appreciate this very much.

Good night and sweet dreams.

What Faith Can Do