Kiddo

I feel like a kid now.

Shel has just left and I'm back to how life has been for the past three weeks- silent at home.

Remember how we felt when we were kids? Upon the departure of cherished visitors, there will come this mushiness that makes you allow yourself some time to be depressed. As if we're mourning the sudden and crude absence of that beloved company.

I'm allowing myself to be a kid and feel all that sentiments I used to feel when my relatives and cousins leave at the end of the holidays.

Sob.

Never realised how much I could miss Shel till now but I'll get over this melodrama and hope she'll be coming in November again. Well, it's something familiar to look forward to in my current life of experiencing everything new. There's a sliver of comfort in knowing that in this ocean I'm in, I'll meet my good old trusty buoy.

Penang is 40 days away but I refuse to think about it. It makes as if I'm not keen with what I have in my hands now. In keeping strong, I'm doing my mighty best to avoid missing home and all that smells like childhood. Counting down the days will not encourage me to embrace the present.

Right then, I think I've just managed to blog myself to emotional stability.

I'll have to work now.

passé updates

I'm breaking the all-important rule in Mass Communications (or rather, journalism) that news that are two days old are no longer news.

I'm gonna blog about what happened last weekend!

hehehe...

Friday, Oct 5

Departing from Menara Star, I decide to hit Mid Valley to do some grocery shopping then accompany Yeu Nuoh back from her work at The Gardens.

Ended up coming home at about midnight because the ice cream parlour couldn't close at it's normal 10pm...people just kept coming for ice cream! Fortunately enough Ynuoh's boss offered us a ride back. [No, it's not advisable to take a stranger's transport but it was a better option than taking a cab and buses have already stopped operating at that hour.]

Saturday, Oct 6

Rental's due so I had to pay up. By the time I was done I saw the U88 RapidKL bus so I decided to hop on and see how it's like to go to The Curve via bus.

Horrors. I missed my stop and end up going ALL the way to some residential areas around Section 8, Damansara Seroja. Wherever that was? And to make things worse...it was raining heavily, cold and I was worrying for my high-tide bladder. Instinctively I didn't want to get down some unfamiliar area to solve my bladder (blardy :/) problem. I have faith in my bladder...I stubbornly want to hold the urea-flavoured water in till I make it to The Curve.

When the bus reached the end of it's ride EVERYONE got down. Shoot. I'm so lost.
So I got a little drenched to hop on the first bus in line at this unseeming bus hub. The bus driver told me I had to wait another 10 minutes before he could start his driving routine. SHOOT. I really need to pee, man...it was one of the longest 10 minutes. And I was alone. It was kind of liberating because I was exploring on my own but the knowledge that danger is everywhere still lingered at the back of my head. I am a little amazed at how alive I felt even though I knew I had to be on guard to launch into some escape act should any (choi! choi!) victimising character appears. Luckily the driver got the hint from my looks and left the bus door opened. And he was kind enough to agree to tell me when to get off this time round.

So, with all the physical, mental and emotional disturbances, I finally managed to land myself in Ikano Power Centre...and more gloriously - the ladies.

Hahaha...then shopping begins...

I broke the rules of safety here and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Sunday, Oct 7

I forgot to buy socks and I was in dire need of it, seeing that I always wear shoes. Off to Mid Valley to buy me socks at 8.30am! Yeah, I was there to wait for shops to open cos I wanted to accompany Ynuoh to work, travelling with someone is always better. I got to check The Gardens out too. Darn, some of the shops were soooo pretty! It was 'Bittersweet' I think, with fancy iron grill as its front. Posh posh place.

By chance, I found the zip on my bag detached and so I figured I should to hunt for a bag too. Nothing interested me. Too bad. I got a new swimsuit anyways (hey, RM50 only!) since I've been waiting for a mega sale to purchase one. My old one's a goner.

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Bottomline, the weekend was a lot of lone ranger mall trotting for me. Seriously, it was enjoyable but heck, I could hear my parents or even my friends nagging about safety first. I know, that's why I'm not recommending it (but don't live in fear either, people!).

Karen Cheng from Australia

Ee Lin first introduced this blog to me a couple of years back.

Pei Ling was reading it this morning and I'm introduced to it...again.

Reading this makes me wanna be a mum.

Go read what I read here.

Day 3

Yeaps! It's already Day 3 of my internship with R.AGE, The Star.

I'm getting a feel of how things function here now that I've gone out on an assignment with my partner-in-crime, Pei Ling, yesterday to HELP University College to get interviews for the "LOOKS" page in tomorrow's R.AGE issue(wah...I know what's coming out in tomorrow's paper!). But there's still so much to learn!!! And quoting colleague, Sharmila Nair, we're "learning from the best".

Our "office" isn't really office-ish. The atmosphere here is laidback with RED 104.9 playing all day long as ambience music and our desktops are stuck to this magnificent steel pillar standing in the middle of the "office". Then there're seats all around and this mini library-CD rack which my hands are drawn to explore. Fitting the R.AGE pull-out image, I'm interning in a youthful office!

Not much to update you peeps about really 'cos I haven't done anything significant. Just a couple of movie reviews and stuff.

And yes Pei Ling, I've gotten FACEBOOK...finally, after all the promoting (hah!).