Oh change

My life as it is now...

Firstly, I am very grateful that I don't have to suffer from hot hot weather and sweat nonstop now. In return, I have to endure cold weather whole day long and chills down my spine after I bath every single day for the next three and half months. Brrrrrrrr~~~ Oh well, I will get use to it soon and when I do, I shall proudly wear short pants and walk around..muahahaha..

Looking at my schedule, I am devastated. It is not horrible, but, just, lonely.

If you have been here, you should know that this place is huge and walking long distance is unavoidable. If you think that is tiring, what till you see the staff's area. It is really really like a maze and dah la my sense of directions are horrible. tsk tsk tsk. The first thing that you need to understand here is, you have to walk walk walk and walk. Everyday you need walk to work, work back to your room to bath, walk to eat, walk to go online etc. Gosh. I think at the end of the internship, my calf will be super muscular..haha.

Talking about my room, it is, not bad actually. It is quite spacious and equipped with basic furniture like bed, cupboard, wardrobe, hot shower, even dining table. Not complaining about anything except for no wifi connectivity in the room. It is suppose to be on twin sharing basis but since my possible room mate is not here yet, I am all alone. @@

Okay. I may not be the bravest person, as a matter of fact, I am pretty timid. haha. I don't like to sleep alone. Partially because my mind will think of nonsense even when there is nothing at all, and If I hear any supernatural stories, my mind will go even more bizarre. So yeap, please please blessed me with strength to survive through this. ohmmmmmm~~~

As for my work, it is something that I had never done before and not so sure whether I have to confident that I can perform really well. First two days was nothing much but introduction to what we are about to face in the future so yeap, more will come soon and I hope I can endure it well. Gambate!!!!

A change, The change, change change change. Something that I have to endure and get use to it. Perhaps I need to be more independent now....

Alright..thats all for now....Gambate gambate gambate!

Its time to climb up

Okay, I have to admit this, I have butterflies in my tummy.

First time packing away for three months was during National Service. 


Second time packing away for two years was during diploma days.


Third time packing away for more than a year was during higher diploma.


And now, fourth time packing away for three and a half months was for internship

Yes I know, I did not go far away from home, maybe just kilometers away. It is not that I am scare of moving, its more to the anxiety of experiencing something new, something that you are not familiar with. While packing, I was thinking, gosh, what the hell am I suppose to bring? In the end, I even packed up short pants and skirts even though the weather will be cooling. haha. Well, what am I suppose to wear when I come down and the weather is super hot eh! =p

I am thinking what am I suppose to wear there, what kind of image I may portray to the others, do I have enough bras and panties haha. etc. I don't want to missed out anything because I certainly will be super kiamsiap when I am up there. haha. I need to save money for holiday after internship!! See, my mind is going haywire as I am thinking too far away.

I have not finish packing actually and I am leaving in 8 hours? @@ haha. Damn! I have so many things to say and I have to write it out before I go crazy. In my mind now...

'What am I suppose to do up there?'


'I hope my accommodation there is good..TT'


'Seriously, do I need to stuff more clothes into my luggage?'


'Damn...I will be missing all my dramas...huhu~~~~'


'Please please please give us a good superior that will guide us through our internship.'


'I need more vegetables and fruits there!'


'Okay, I think I need to continue packing up my stuffs now...'

OMG! It is really here now and cross my fingers that I will have a good working time up the hill. God bless us and to all my friends and family, I love ya and will miss all of you!!!! <3 <3

Good luck and all the best to my fellow course mates who are starting internship as well! Gambate and we can do this!!! XD

Jalan Jalan Cari Makan @ Melaka 2

Since I am running out of time, I will keep it simple and sweet. =)

One thing that you MUST not miss in Melaka will be Durian Cendol.

Sam Suk Gong Durian Cendol

This delicious little durian devil is packed with durian fragrant, once you eat it, you will never forget it. The durian taste is so fragrant and yummy and it can definitely satisfied any durian lover's craving. The yummilicious durian and gula melaka goes so well together that it enhances each other's flavors. Slurrrrppssss.It is a MUST eat dessert if you are in Melaka. 

Arrr..Don't forget to camwhore with it! haha...

Another dessert that you must not miss will be Nadeje Cafe's Crepe Cakes.

Original Crepe Cake

I still remember the first time I had ever tasted a crepe cake, was at Nadeje Cafe and at that time, it was the best thing that ever happened to me. haha. It was like love at first sight and once you have one, you will crave for another one. That time, I thought it was the best dessert that I had ever eaten in my life. ( Of course now it was taken down by Pierre Herme's macaroons. haha ). Nevertheless, the crepe cakes were still nice, but, perhaps not as delicious as how I remembered it. But still, it is still the best so far. =)

Talking about Nyonya food, ever since I was a small kid, my aunt only brings us to one particular nyonya restaurant in Melaka to enjoy Nyonya food, and it is Nyonya Makko Restaurant. 

And even until now, today, the dishes were still as good as ever and it never failed to satisfied our cravings for nyonya food. =)

Kangkung belacan is a must have and family fav

Debal chicken curry

This dish..hmmm..how would I describe it. It is not really spicy, fairly mild and a little bit sourish. The chicken is soft and tender ( B said it was a little bit dry though ) and goes really well with rice. 

Fried Omelette

Rendang Chicken

Ponteh Chicken

Mango Kerabu which is my aunt's fav dish

Not forgetting the cendol

Yeap. You did not get me wrong, we have three chicken dishes for the three of us, plus my cousin brother who is just in primary school. Gosh! Talking about bloated tummy! haha..

Korean food in Melaka?

Dorae Korean Bbq Restaurant

Yeap...Dorae is definitely the place to go if you are craving for Korean Food. 

Banchan-sssssss

My favorite part of a korean meal will definitely be the arrays of banchans they served together with the main course. Personally, I like varieties of dishes, and what is better than ten different banchans. mummm mummm. 

Tofu Jigae

Oh..how I love my tofu jigae! This is definitely a lovely good little tofu jigae which is filled with smooth and sily tofu, mushrooms, clams, egg, pork etc. It is not too spicy, so creamy and tasty! Totally fell in love with this soup and we finished every single bit of it! =p

 

Kimchi Cold Noodle

I never tried korean cold noodles before and this is definitely something different. I never aspect there will actually be ice cubes together with the noodles and be careful though, it is really filling. The noodle's texture is somewhat like mee suah but slightly more firm and it absorbs all the sauce that was used to mix the noodle. Slurppps. Something unusual, but nice! =)

So are you feeling hungry already? =p We were literally eating, resting, sleeping ( repeat that for three days two nights ) everyday and damn, I felt awesome. haha. I don't have to worry about anything at all. I just need to get enough rest, and fill my tummy whenever I am hungry. Life is awesome when you are on holiday ya. haha. 

Thanks to my B, I had a short but sweet holiday! Love ya! muakxxxx

Jalan Jalan Cari Makan @ Melaka

I have so many things to say, so many things to do, and yet, I have no idea where to start. I have not start packing my things even though I am going to be there for almost four months, I have tonnes of things to update and I don't know where to start, I have so many shows that I need to catch up and it took up most of the time, and I still need to buy a lot of things. Oh damn! Perhaps I should take one step at a time?

This time for our holiday, we did not plan to go anywhere far because it is only one week of holiday and we do not want to make ourselves so tired before internship. So yeap, we choose to drive down to Melaka instead. We had been to Melaka several times but we never did drive on ourselves before and we are certainly unfamiliar with the roads over there. So yea, it is indeed a challenge for us. But thanks to this wonderful little thing call GPS, we were never lost.

First stop, Kaki Bola XO Fried Fish Head Noodle, Cheras.

This fish head noodle is definitely worth the money because they gave us four big chunks of fish fillet and even B cannot finish it. You can have it either normal or fried, add milk or without milk, depending on your own preferences. You can get hints of XO in the broth even though it is really mild. All and all, this is not bad at all. 

After filling our tummy with food, its time to drive down to Melaka!

Arriving at Hotel Arena De'Luxe

This is how it looks in picture, but to our surprise, it is much bigger than we expected it. The body of the hotel is much longer than the front. Even though it is a boutique hotel, but, I think when it comes to facilities and comfort wise, it is definitely up to a five star hotel's standard.

Welcome to our room! Mind the weird pose. haha

We were given a complimentary upgrade to a bigger room thanks to some tour. YAY! And our room is just, AWESOME! Two queen size bed with tonnes of pillows, huge LCD tv, nice bathroom, nice shower and oh-so-soft and bouncy bed. Super love! 

Not forgetting the huge mirror! =p I LOVE MY ROOM!

The hotel even has an in-house gym!

After admiring our beautiful room, we ought to go out and hunt for our dinner. So 'Tuk-tuk Siham' it is, or also known so Tong Bee Stall, which is located next to Madam King at Jalan Bunga Raya. 

A random shot that I took while looking for the stall.

I came across this stall from television shows and since I am in Melaka, no harm finding for this stall right? Honestly, it is not hard to locate this tall at all if you know where is Madam King. But if you are a first timer like us, it took us awhile before we are able to locate this stall. I know it is located at a small valley aka next to the longkang, and it is next to Madam King. After walking round and round, we are finally spotted this back alley. And it must be the legendary Tong Bee Stall!

If you are a person who are really particular about the dining environment and care much about personal hygiene of the food practitioner, then this is not a place that you would want to go. But if you are an adventurous person and will go all out for good food, then this is a place that you will experience something really special, the nostalgia feeling of eating at a back valley like how they did in the past. 

The menu is simple. We ordered siham or cockles, lala or clams.

Taufu bakar, Fu Chok Bakar and fish cake mix

We like this the best because of the smokiness you get from the Fu Chok Bakar that goes really well with sweet sauce and chilli sauce. You have crunchiness from the Fu Chok, the softness from the taufu and the springiness from the fish cake. This is a must try!

And also Sotong Kangkung.

Honestly in 22 years of my life, I had never eaten at a back alley next to the drains ever. We were sitting on a super small chair, bending down body while using a snail fork to dig out our si ham and lala, using tooth picks to poke our food. I had never experience this before and it is certainly an eye opener for myself. But, this is not for a faint heart ya! =)

As for the next day, we have to switch to the room that we had booked earlier, in another words, we were degraded! haha. Oh well, even so, the room was still nice. It was just a little bit smaller than the previous one that we had. 

Satisfied with out room! XD

Our bed....<3 <3

Just so you know, the weather was super hot that day and we were sweating nonstop..TT

We headed right down to Jonker street to have our Nyonya Laksa and Durian Cendol! Oh yay!

Jonker 88

Jonker 88 where you can have Nyonya Asam Laksa and Nyonya Laksa. This is the only place as I know of that serves these two dishes in Melaka, or in Jonker Street alone. So how can I miss it? The differences between a Nyonya laksa and normal curry laksa that we usually have is in the broth itself. It is much milder compared to curry laksa, probably because of the amount of coconut milk that they use in the broth. And they added fish meat and cucumber in it other than the normal long bean, brinjal and shredded chicken.As for Nyonya Asam Laksa, personally, we think that the one we had in Jalan Alor is still the best because this one is much milder and it does not have that Ohmphhh in it.

To Be Continue~~  

Time to eat!

Out on a short Makan Break. Be right back in a few days with a few more kgs. ^^,

Word is never enough

What do you need in a Farewell dinner?

A venue, restaurant

Kitchen

Food

And more food

Friends who had fun with you

Friends who helped you

Not forgetting lecturers guide us over the years

Words are never enough to express the emotions that were bundled up in a person's heart, what more me who are lacking of vocabularies. Speeches from lecturers gave us strength, and courage to step out in the working reality where there is no you and me, but only me. The tougher you are, the more likely you will survive and shine above the rest. Many thank you were said, but it is never enough to express how grateful I am.

The time that we had spent together through hardship and good times. Assignment rush, dissertation rush, exam rush, early classes and repeating parking frustrations. In contrast, the overwhelm feeling of completion after practical finals, the relief from dissertation struggles, not forgetting, our France Trip together. All those memories will be remembered forever, and perhaps, a story that will be passed on to our children. This is just a beginning of a whole new life, a whole new journey that we had yet to explore.

One rejection will not bring you greatness, but multiple rejections that will shape you into a tougher person in life. I believe that some things are meant to be for us, and some are not meant to be. Look for the right one and work your heart out. One day in life, it will be your loss, not mine. Have some faith and confident in yourself ( myself actually...as I am motivating myself now..haha ). There are greatness in you that you have not discover. Use that as an advantage and prove to those who rejected you that you are a diamond in a rug, not some rejected goods. 

It is a burning flame that you had ignite, and to you and you, I shall prove that I can do it. ^^

Good luck my dear friends, for work, for relationship, for family, and for our money bank. May all of us found the right path and work our way to a better future. God bless all of us and, don't forget to stay connected on FB..haha. 

Fighting!

Its a wrap.

My exams are finally over, like finally finally over. End of my Degree Uni life, ( Of course, graduation will not be so soon as I still need to complete my internship ). No more early morning classes, no more assignments, no more exams. If you ask me, do I feel relieved? I will quote what my friend said.

'After studying for 18 years, it is time to move on.'

How cliche ya..We had been studying for our entire life, and suddenly, we have to bid goodbye to all our notes, assignments and exams. I am glad that we are all moving into a whole new step in our life, but at the same time, I will definitely miss the four years of my Uni life.

(Whooo! I just viewed my blog's archive and I realize I started to blog since 2007 and now, it is already 2011! OMG! First time in my life I am being persistent on something for four years straight and not hangat-hangat tahi ayam! Well, I am quite proud of myself for this. Muahaha! Oh wait, it suppose to be a post on farewell, not on how long I had been blogging. tsk tsk tsk. =p )

In these four years, I had learnt so many new things, met so many people, did so many things that I can barely remember everything clearly, and mentally, I believed that I became more mature and tougher in person. Academic wise, I believed I had done my best in my diploma, higher diploma and of course degree,which the results are awaiting me in October. I wished I had done a little more better in the first semester of degree whereby I was pulled down by one subject. Marketing Research!!! TT I wished I had done enough in my Semester 2 Final Exams. I want to maintain my academic records! Anyhow, I had tried  my best, so ya, hope it is enough then. =)

I only wished that our French Trip was organized after our submission of Dissertation so we could have more time to enjoy ourselves. Somehow, the French Trip was a bonding session for our group mate and I certainly wished that we could have more time with each other. And by the time we started to know everyone better, it is already the end of semester, and the end of Uni life. Damn.

People come and go, but friendship will never end isn't it? When there is a will, there is a way. When there is Facebook, you are never far from friends. haha. It is so damn true I am telling you. Through facebook, I know what are my friends doing in overseas even though they are miles and miles away, I get to talk to them and see what they are up to through pictures they post online. Somehow, facebook is a really good tool to stay connected with your friends. So yeap! Anything FB me o! hahaha..

I will blog about our Farewell dinner in the next post because I have not transfer the pictures yet. haha. There are so many things to do before my internship commences and I am racing against time to get everything done in time. So yeap. Stay tune!

Nomotology

Two papers down and four more to go! Yes! Our first two nightmares which are Financial Management and Food Sociology had passed. Confident with what I had done? hmmmmm. At least I don't feel bad after..hahaha..we shall see in the future.

Anyways. Having exam also need to makan right? I don't know why I have a craving of chicken and leek pie since I saw it somewhere in the newspaper so here we go~~~ We made chicken mushroom leek pie last Sunday. Yeap. Even though the next day we still have two major papers to sit for. =p

For the fillings we have chicken mushroom and leek of course with some boiled egg. Slurrrps. Turned out well ya..=)

Closer look at it? Yummssss...XD 

So this is how it looks inside...Not bad ya for making this dish for the very first time? XD

Eunice came back from USA and i had a great time catching up with all my dearest friends during the past weekend. We seriously talked A LOT! haha. Wish we could have more time though. Too bad everyone is busy with work and studies now as we are all moving into working life soon. Nevertheless, I will be looking forward for our next outing!

Only a few pictures were taken as we are focusing in catching up more..haha

 

Dim Sumsssss~ This is only the first round. =p

Dear Wai Mae, Eunice and Kar Woon

Dolores who jump into the picture..haha...

Uh uh...Time to hit the books. Ciaos everyone! Have a great week ahead..