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Sunday, August 2, 2015 @ 2:14 AM | 0 individual(s)
Hello people of the world,

So Jh's family decided a day trip to Kuala Selangor. And me? I decided to tag along although I've mountain of works laying around (and now still, when I decided to blog instead of practicing the dance routine I need to teach the children). I brought my camera to gai gai with me, so photos ahead, lots and my very own criticism. Well, not so much criticism as regret.

We left the house around 12 after everyone are done with using the bathroom. To shower and whatever not.

I saw from a tv show, can't remember the name at the moment. Why you always ask your family for help/borrow money because they are the people you hate that you can't kill because you are always the first one to be interrogated. Car trips with siblings remind me of this (In no way implying any of them wanted to kill one another) . Arguments becomes an annoyance and weirdly enough, the longer it goes on, the more hilariously ridiculous they get.

Three of four siblings are grown up. You'd think there's no one left to argue with the youngest but no. The oldest one had to pick fights with the youngest. I told Jh to keep it to himself, I don't need to baby someone during the weekend as well. He wasn't having it, of course. Kept on picking fights and the youngest kept on taking baits.

Anyway, finally reached Kuala Selangor. Meal time! We had a lot of good food. It was better than the one I went with Jh last month or so. I found this snail.. shell.. type of food.. amazing. My new favourite food ever. Jh thought I hated it when he saw my expression because my face just fell! I found my new love, I want to have it always but I cannot :(

Anyway, we had total of 8 plates of dishes. It costed RM308. Great great (two greats!) food, also the 'flower beer' compliments the food so well I almost cried. I didn't take photos of any food because I.. can't be arsed to stand up to take photos every time.

We were there for almost three hours? See, Jh's parents didn't order everything in one go, they just kept ordering after three or so dishes were finished.

 (Photo taken after I was done eating. One of my first attempts of panorama. Note: One of the first. This is the only one I'll consider a 'not-complete-fail'. For one, at least it's straight wtf.)

Before the very last order, Jh's mother went to the shop next door for fishes. They have a dock attached to the shop.

[Five shots of said dock]

 Personally I think this is just far enough. Although now I wish I squatted, so I didn't take so much of the sky. I don't know. I guess cropping could help BUT I always find cropped pictures slightly unnatural.

 This is of course, too close.

 Taken off the middle. The walkpath angel is off, but I like how the dock looks in this one.

 Ship on the right. I like this because I like the net. I don't like this because I don't like the shop on the right.

I like this because I like the appearance of the shop on the right, but I don't like it because I wish it was slightly to the right to include the net a bit more.

I walked to the dock and on my right I saw Jh's family. Taken paparazzi style. My eyes can't see them, but my camera can. Bad picture quality though because max zoom.

 Mind, can't find it in myself to send them these pictures. But did anyway because I thought these (three shots) are the only photos of them I'll take today even though it's blurry. How many mistakes can I make in a single thought? Many. These aren't the only photos I took of them & these aren't the only blurry ones. 

 Youngest noticed me.

 All of them posed.

I like the lighting so much! Jh can't be arsed to stand up right. Posture is so important. I've no complain for myself, I'm totally saying he could've looked good in this one and this WASN'T CANDID.

You know what people say? Behind every failed idea, there's a despair being? Never, because I just made it up myself. I was.. trying to show the docks of every shops/restaurants. Don't have the skill in finding the angle (this wasn't my only shot) nor knowledge with camera settings.
Say hello to two more dock photos. Yup, the very same dock. 

 Taken lower than my eye level. I guess I do like this level better but not the angle.

Higher level. Weird angle. Didn't squat, simply placed my camera lower and hoped for the best. Boooooo for zero effort.
 The thing I loved most of this place is not only the great food but there wasn't a moment it wasn't windy. Sure the Sun was coming down on us full blast, but so was the wind. We left well after 4. I thought we were heading home because Jh was driving but Jh's dad said nope, we are visiting Jia Le's (youngest) younger brothers. Hm.

Cue his younger brothers. 

 Don't embarrass me now. Say your hellos. 

This was taken at the bottom of the monkey hill where everyone either too cheapskate to pay for the shutter or not bothered enough to go up the hill. Go up the hill. You heard me, go up the hill. Walking up the hill is an experience. Anyway, at the bottom of the hill, I took lots of crap shots that failed so badly, they aren't worthy of your eyes nor your time. I've better shit shots I want to show you so you know better how I let the 'ones' got away.

Now the 4 photos, taken at the same place. Different angle. One that I'm actually happy with.

 1st.
 Closer in between trees.

 3rd. The green, green grass.

 4th. Yay. I'm happy with this because the damn arch. YES. YES. I showed this to Jh, and he was like "It's okay." "BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL" "It lacks a 'main point'" "BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL" "You're most beautiful, dear". 

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANTTTTT.





NICE LIGHTING. This kind of photo is what I'll say without a main point/focus. Very nice lighting though, no?


Halfway up the stairs, I decided to ask them stop for a photo. Jh didn't oblige.. at first.


 And when he did....
It's out of focus, and it's totally my fault x_x Why expensive camera do you fail me? They posed so nicely too! I'm so fucking glad I'm not paid to do this.

At other side of hill, no trail. Green, green grass again. Also graves. Jh's mum asked me to delete it. But what am I if not a little daredevil shit? Experiment for Science. One day I want to go to Europe and I'm going to take photos of graves.... Hmm, actually I'd rather have an European ghost haunt me. At least I find most of their accents sexy. 

Also at the top of the hill, there's a poison well. I took photo of it, but it's dull. So here's one random shot.

 Good light.

 Fucking mosquitoes. Kill. Them. All. If I die in a month because of fever, it's because of this little fucker. Avenge me.

See the tiny baby over there? See my fucking camera strap at the side? UGHHH... I CAN'T EVEN.

King Fisher. I'm wrong, I'm not wrong because it's on Jh's father. He said it is.

 1st shot featuring 2nd brother. I say this is the best out of three. But I don't know because I only asked myself.

 2nd shot, don't if the first one worked, so needed him to get the monkey to look here again.

Again! haha. But first shot is better, yes?

More monkeys. The thing is, monkeys on top of the hills are definitely friendly. Although I'm still scared shitless.

 Lots of people feeding the monkeys. Here's a random dude feeding monkeys.

Definitely should crop this one day.

Pretty happy with this.

This too.



Wish I just went back a little and included their tails. Wishes, wishes.

Remember the panorama photo and see the communication power? It's behind me here. I was there and then up here... there.


Look at its tail. Hee. Hee

Green, green again. *sighs contently*

 Remember about the shutter thingy? This is it. Choo choo on tracks. I took many photos of the shuttle, going up the hill, at the top of the hill. But I love this the most, and you get it, for the track.

 One of them is not like the other.

 One of them is a monkey.

Can monkey be good? Can monkey be human?

Monkey see and monkey do after all.

Last photo before camera battery went flat.

Then we headed down (actually the last photo was very nearly there already) and had ice cream! Headed home for real, got lost a bit, then home long last! :D

Now I'm shit tired. So, night night.
June.
Saturday, July 4, 2015 @ 4:34 PM | 0 individual(s)
Hello,

you know. Yesterday when I was in the bathroom.. showering, if you must know.. and thinking, because there's where I think about most stuff. June was really a month worth recapping.

First, the month started with a 2 week holiday at the kindergarten. Also, watched a number of movies. To me, going to movies more than once a month is something from the past. Jh graduated and I started working myself. It takes more than an interesting trailer to get us to cinema these days. However in June, I watched three movies in the cinema. Insidious: Chapter 3, Jurassic World & San Andreas.

Horror movie is the least likely movie choice for me. There's always a chance that I'll run out of the theater (and it did happen before). I went with Jie and Enya. I was scared the entire time, of the movie and being scared by jie. The surprising thing was, after the movie ended it didn't stuck with me. I'm really glad, you don't have to ask.

For Jurassic World, my interest was only because Jurassic Park 1 is that kind of movie people from late 80s and early 90s are proud to have watched it in theater. I wanted to say I was too young when Jurassic Park was in theater, so I'm not gonna miss the chance to be able to watch one of the movies from the franchise. WELL, turns out when Jurassic Park was first showing in theater, yours truly wasn't even born yet. Also, not a dinosaur kid when I was younger. The only dinosaur I can name, and name correctly is T-rex and that's because it has been made into several memes. For all I know, the famously known as t-rex, green stuff with pathetic short hand for limbs might not be t-rex after all.

I watched it with Jh and his youngest brother. It was a late Friday night, normally the time where I start to settle down on my bed with my laptop - lulling myself to sleep by browsing tumblr. But it was spontaneous kind of night, so we changed out of our comfy clothes to go for a movie. I had Jh treat his brother too - a rare thing. He's a cheapo.

They were dinosaurs kind of kids (actually they are just all animals kind of kids. All four of them spent time looking through those pictures from those encyclopedia about animals). After the movie, they discussed about dinosaurs and those dinosaurs theme parks games they used to play. It made me think Ben and I were really stupid and boring kids, because we don't have any particular interest with stuff that makes us knowledgeable in something.

On San Andreas, I always love disaster movies (in doomsday sense) because I think that's when humanity is put to test. The very core of everyone of us. I believe everyone is selfish, and we excuse and condone ourselves of being so all the time. So, to me, it's a thing of beauty to see selflessness in people. I guess I believe, there's something in us, maybe an instinct to protect. So maybe when someone do something self-sacrifice, they didn't think about what would happen to themselves. Simply, what would happen if they don't do anything at that moment. However, sometimes dangers aren't immediate and that kind of selflessness requires great courage to be so. I find that admirable. I think this kind of movie teaches us how important it is to be united, to be selfless because if we can find ourselves to be even a little more so, we can potentially save a lot more lives.

Though I must say, I can't say with a certainty I can be so if I'm ever placed in that kind of situation.

That's movies.

Also had several outings.

Went out with Karen to Midvalley. Bought minion mug to use at the kindergarten (apparently people like to have their own cups at their workplace. I used to use those available mugs at the kindergarten, but peer pressure sucks hahaha)

Enya and I went to Sunway Lagoon. I never been there before. It was fun (although pricey!) I love the vuvuzela horn ride the most, hehe. I had muscle cramps the next day, another reason to take leave - hehe.

Then Beiyi came to town to visit. That's another outing. By the end of the second night I was worn out. It was quite a feat, we travelled from one city to another. A lot of rides. Oh, and I had baymax coffee nyek nyek. We spent time in a cafe quoting The Big Bang Theory and its stupid innuendos with children present. I don't know if I can say we aren't good people, but I guess it's safe to we weren't respectable hahaha.

Then had HFM disease. That sucked, but I've safely recovered from it. Got to know some other children had it but went back to school sooner than I did. It's not my problem some children's parents take other kids' health for granted, is probably something I shouldn't be saying. <- I'm saying that because previously during my sick leave, I knew nothing children getting infected and went back to school sooner than I did. And THAT contributed to my principal phone calls. I was thinking why did she sound like she's suspecting I'm taking a longer leave than necessary. Well, I'll be damned if that's not the first time parents send their children back before they completely recover from something - is another thing I shouldn't be saying.

Plus it's not fun to catch up on syllabus at all & definitely not fun for the children to be learning from a teacher that hasn't been teaching them.

Well, that's all for the month of June. Fun times = broke me.
Friday, June 26, 2015 @ 9:24 AM | 0 individual(s)
Hello,

How are you? Good? Fine? Awesome.

Me? Oh, down with hand foot mouth disease. Remember six months before when I had chicken pox? Now I'm on another week of lock down. How bloody likely is someone to get two kinds of highly contagious diseases in a year?

I miss the outside world. I miss my children. I miss not having to play hide and seek with the rest of the household. Though I generally love music and the internet more than I crave human interaction, I miss it because I've previously took them for granted.

Told my sister that HFM was better than getting chicken pox again. Spoke too soon, as always. Turns out HFM can be quite a bitch - ulcers appearing all over the mouth and bloody sores that cause pains even when I walk.

I'm currently at my mum's - waiting for breakfast. There's mosquitoes around here, and my hair is bloody itchy. Time to give it another wash.

Well, I guess I don't have much to say other than I'm sick. So, yes. Sorry, bye.
Sunday, May 3, 2015 @ 3:38 PM | 0 individual(s)
Hello, 

I'm sitting on a table at Jh's office. It's a goddamn Sunday (on top of that, a holiday) and we're in his office with overpriced bread THAT taste so good.. but still overpriced.. for breads.

It has been sometime since I've a nice good sitting place that supports my spine with my feet still touching the ground. A situation such as this calls me to blogging, of course. I never forgot the existence of my blog, and I frequently thought of blogging for ages. Whenever I do something or thought of something, I think 'hm, I can make this interesting enough to blog about it'. But the very next chance when I'm with my laptop, I choose to tumblr, listening to music then proceed to sleeping. 

If it's up to me, I'd really love to share some incidents from my kindergarten, some of which are so amusing but I thought if I do share, things like that will come and bite me in the arse sometime later. 

Yesterday I finished reading Pride and Prejudice. I'm thankfully reminded that it's not a textbook, I don't have to skim and I can put it down if I don't like it. I took my own sweet time and enjoyed it immensely. 

Oh, and I watched the 1995 mini series. I can't say Colin Firth is handsomer Matthew Macfadyen. I mean Colin ordinary appearance pleases me more than Matthew's but for P&P, I way prefer Matthew :D Nyek nyek. How can I refuse a brooding, miserable & boyish looking Mr.Darcy? I can't. 

I do prefer 1995 version to 2005, for obvious reason of it being a truer adaption. I repeated those six episodes again and again whilst marking my children's books, sometime before I could even finish reading the book. 

Instead of spoiling the book for myself by finishing the mini-series first, I think it added to my enjoyment and my understanding. Additionally, reading through parts that otherwise can only be depended on actors to act them out on screen (with additional scene which need not be), makes me to be able to appreciate the written word better.

I love cheese. CHEEESE.

Alright, bye for now. 
Thursday, April 9, 2015 @ 11:02 PM | 0 individual(s)
Hello humans,

I think I sort of forgot how to make a thought and form words out of it.. so much so that I kinda doubt if I ever knew how. How can some people be so good with words and why am I not one of them?

There's not much happening in my life. Other than those mundane things that I need to get done but never actually does.

Oh, I did something because I couldn't be bothered to do those mundane things, and that's watching Pride and Prejudice. If you know me, you know I never read the book past the 1st chapter.. I tried when I was 13 and not a good reader, hold it against me all you want. I.. couldn't resist when I came across a clip on youtube on the 2005 version. The next thing I knew, I was watching those stupid movie clips vid on youtube, one after another. I vowed to myself I'll watch that damn thing on weekend. However, I'm so gosh darn bad at saying no to myself, I watched today.

I think the book should have more to offer, if it doesn't, if the movie is just it - I'd be so disappointed. Er, I love the movie, how can I not? Matthew Macfadyen? God, he's so fucking charming. I don't know.. maybe I not in the right mindset as centuries back then, but if the movie had most of the interaction they got in the book - like I said, I'd be disappointed. I ask for so much more.

Makes me want to stay up and read through the book, though I no longer have enough leisure time to do things like this anymore. I could, but at what price?

The kindergarten recently set the date for Parents' and Teacher's Day. It felt like doomsday came early. I can only pray to God that parents find me adequate to be their children's teacher.

These days I'm feeling like I'm constantly marching on so I don't think about how everyone is going somewhere, while I'm basically just hanging there because a year from now, I'll still be nowhere and I certainly don't want to play the role of a teacher for another year.

I'm tired, night night.
End of A Term.
Monday, March 16, 2015 @ 10:15 PM | 0 individual(s)
Hello,

SOOO I turned 18 few days ago. I had a quiet one, spending time that I don't have with my family. I spent the day before my birthday with my mum. I'd have spent the night there if I didn't also have tuition classes the next day.. on my bloody birthday.

I also made a decision that will leave me rm500 less to spend every month. Though I decided I don't care enough about it to sacrifice other aspect of my life, so there's that.

I learnt not to have expectation for my birthday. When people around me go out of the way to celebrate it, it makes me feel uncomfortable. Seriously, old man got a cake and wanted to have a get together dinner. I felt like it was too much fuss, I just wanted to curl out in my bed after a day out. I was exhausted. But after the dinner concluded, I'm still glad it happened. I guess I'm that kind who always think "this can go bad".. and I don't want 'bad' so much that I won't give possibility of good a chance.

Then old man's car tire punctured and we had to travel halfway to Puchong, to get him and my brother. I knew nothing happening is too good to last.

I was so fucking exhausted that I fell asleep on the way back and continued to sleep without going to shower first. Sometimes I'm exhausted enough to give an outlook for blackout drunktard.

The next day I had to go to training. I still have a few sessions before I'm done. I hate the trainer. That's almost nothing I hate more than people who already have answers for everything.. worse.. only one answer. I'm absolutely frustrated. She literally wasted our time to come out with a solution.. which many people presented but best response she gave was "This is close, but not what I want" well bitch, you're not telling us how you want your wedding dress, yes? So excuse me if I don't give a flying fuck that it wasn't what you want. There were fantastic ideas, just not your answer. I don't know why is it so hard to say "This is very good, but I'd also like to share an alternate idea for everyone to consider".

Simple and classy. You had to waste everyone else's time and make an ass of yourself. Knowing time is limited and all, at least have the decency to not challenge people again and again to present their idea. You know what's the most pathetic thing? "There's no right or wrong answer" you said. You also said "This is close, but not I asked". "Now, let me show you the right way to do it"

I openly challenged her to think of the condition for her solution, that in theory or perfect world, will definitely work but might not be so in reality. She simply said you've to laid down the rules in a perfectly clear manner.

WELL,FUCK ME if I don't know just that. But have she considered the people we work with? If it's as simple as that people don't have to pay you 2k to attend training, thank you. (Which in my own perfect world, I'd have said that aloud and proceed to flip her the finger before shuffling out through the main door)

She also said that she had seen a dinosaur, I fuck with you not, I thought she was kidding. But she was not. She was certain that it was a real life dinosaur that she saw. I wanted to scream even a standard 2 student will be able to tell you they went extinct ages ago and the closest we came to making them again was the bloody Jurrasic Park.

There were also this part where she said she listened to her grandmother about not marrying relatives.. thing is, she simply listened but didn't believe until she conducted a fish experiment and found out interbreeding do cause genetic disorder. Then she asked people if they knew about it.. well.. people said there's scientific study conducted and all that jazz (mainly by an actual former RN.. I don't know what else can everyone in the crowd ask for) and she said.. well what's it backed by? People kept quiet and she said she only believe in fact and what she sees. Fuck me again if scientific study isn't fact.. because if it isn't, nothing is, babe!

To her, fact is apparently what she could observe... so like many jokes that go around.. she couldn't see her own brain..

This set me off, I'm sorry. Now I have go shower, and prepare to sleep so I could endure another round of it. I don't which I'm gonna do first, honestly. Saying 'fuck me' aloud or killing myself because she's a fucking work.
O_o
Sunday, March 1, 2015 @ 2:05 AM | 0 individual(s)
Hello,

I'm surprised to be back so soon - heh heh. So tonight I attended the annual dinner for the kindergarten. It was more laid back, more of a casual get together kind of together.. although personally I had nothing to compare the experience to.. that's just what I felt.

I think I had been a bad guest today. Basically what I did was talking to the young crowd and ignored the old. They call us, the young crowd, below 20 - which we are. I do try to include/invite people to chat in a group but today I didn't - don't know why.

Before attending the dinner, I had to spend the afternoon shopping for a damn pair of shoes and a pair of stocking. For those, I went to IOI City Mall with Jh and his brothers. We spent a good time looking for Texas Chicken because the directory online got it wrong and with all the damn space, they couldn't find it in their brains to put a directory somewhere in the middle of everywhere they have space for.

The very first time I went to IOI City Mall, back on 2nd day of CNY - I know I have to go back again because the mall is awesome. I prefer it to MV, and that's saying a lot. I think I like it so much because it has more "up to date" brands instead of those that has been around for ages - with a good mix of those brands that have been here for ages of course. It also has a bloody ice rink. Plus there's this thing called District 21 which you have to be over 18 to be granted admission. (or participate in certain activities- idk)

Hoho, speaking of 18 years old, do you know who will be 18 next Sunday?

ME!

And do you know what I have to do next Sunday?

Ah, I wanna drop some curse bombs here but let's not when I'm talking about kindergarten teacher training! Let's imagine me typing that will a huge grin! Like someone just told me they are gonna give me 30 thousands every year until I die :D:D:D:D

I've to attend training for the whole damn week while my precious kids are off somewhere - not having to attend school. Well, unless we have them for daycare.

I'm singing boooo-hoo-hooo

Speaking of shoes, I bought a black shoes... to go with my black stocking.. with my black dress. It's like I'm dressed up like Wednesday Addams, if only I tied my hair in braid. The only thing that I had going that didn't scream funeral is the red belt! Actually planned to wear that dress on 1st day of CNY but it was too short, not I'm insecure with my thighs short, but it's so hella short, I'll be accidentally flashing people the whole goddamn day. Which I do care because I'm pretty decent type.. yes, I am. Unless you count seeing my bra straps as indecent because I don't have any spare flying fuck about you being too immature to handle bra straps.

I think I really can't coordinate my dress with my shoes because I really think, the whole thing was okay going down.. until I reach my shoes.. it's STILL black. I wish I got something more interesting.

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I'm very particular. I said that to be annoying, if you can't tell. I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE "PARTICULAR" because (you don't say????) so annoying. Everyone is - about something and you're not the Queen, no one cares to know what your goddamn preference is - PLEASE.

Hell Yeah.

Why hello!
Purple is sexy.

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