Someone came to my house while we all were resting this afternoon. She even came with a completely stranger, a man. They interrupted our family gathering, just to inform me about how good is the products that they are selling. The problem is, they came with the purpose that was same as last visit. Don't they feel tired?
This guy interrupted my life to tell me how much water is our body made of, how hypertension happened. I was so annoyed so i said you can save that, i am a science student, i know how it works. What he was telling for the large part of the time was only the introduction. He was brought to my place by one of my relatives. I believe he is some kind of supervisor. He were here to promote something that he believes can makes you slim down.
I hate it because you they interrupted peoples life just to tell some "sugar-coated-word" and hoping that we will purchase the products with unexpected high price. Maybe it's your way of living to "invade" people house like this and tell them something about health and critics about people's lifestyle.
He said peoples nowadays are more prone to obesity. So what??? He even give me the example of people having Mee hokkien as breakfast is what causes them to get bad health. Please, think it yourself, what do you expect??? You expect everyone, every white collar wake up early to prepare their healthy breakfast? Or maybe you should first define what is considered as healthy breakfast, perhaps vegie with pesticides, or wheat-bread with transfats? Or the so called ultimate solution that you proposed- Having some kind of healthy "shake" for breakfast and can have rice for lunch and dinner? If you really into health, you will notice that the rice that we are eating has not enough of our daily nutrients need because of the process and rice is full of sugar and carbs. Maybe one should go back and study about the nutritional and diets and some basic science before invading people's house.
I was extremely annoyed but still i act politely and with extreme patience because i think if they were not satisfied on their talking, they will come again....In order to avoid that... i have to sacrificed a bit....of my precious time.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
First event as SA
26th May, around 110 international students came from UPM to have a visit at USM. As an Student Ambassador, i volunteered to be present at the event. That was my first involvement after got selected.
Waked up early morning...excited and anxious. Gathered at SK1 around 8.15 am and met with other senior SA and SA. SK1 was just like old days....whenever you have a 8am class there, you will know what i mean. They usually do not turn on the air-con at this early hour. The funny thing was, they said, you have booked the SK1, but you didn't go to other department to book the air-con. Orz! They are such brilliant peoples.
We waited and around 9, the international students arrived. I tried to mix into them and try to answer whatever question they have. The interesting part was, there was a girl, that i sat beside with, she prefer not to talk during the speech given, ok, fine... i understand that, but somehow she prefer to write me small note on the question she would like to ask about. Maybe it was my bad..... but how am i going to help if i didn't mention who i am and why i was there?
After the welcoming presentation, we were arranged to walk them to USM Museum. So, i walked under the 35 degree Celsius of hot sun together with them and talked along the walk. I manage to get to know some of them. They are friendly and they love to take pictures.... i was asked several times to take the picture together with them, who basically have no idea who am i. Perhaps they just needed some peoples in the picture no matter who you were as long as it was taken in USM?
After visiting the Museum, here came the embarrassing part-The lunch that the USM International Office prepared for our guests. There were around 110 students plus 10+ staff from UPM, and the tables prepared were around 10, so it means more than 10 peoples in a round table. How can that work??? The caterer of the lunch was obviously short of staffs and the lunch was actually a mess. Me and others SA were standing there and i saw quite a number of peoples were having rice, clear soup(soup with nothing inside) and 2-3 leafs of Vegie (mainly cucumber slice) as their lunch....OMG, this is how we treat our precious guests for lunch?
Apart from the lunch part, i think the program was overall successful. I only found out at the end of the day that this event was not organized by us, it was in fact a program of International office of USM. We were wanted at the very last minutes to involve into this. We even have to select an EMCEE among ourselves for the event which was not our responsibility. We were informed at a very short notice and all the student ambassadors that involved in that day were volunteered to do so, not selected or forced. The notice was given on Tuesday evening.... and the even was on Thurday. I found out the notice only on Wednesday morning because i didn't check my email on tuesday night. I replied right at it and Voila, i was there on the beautiful thursday morning. Frankly speaking i was really shocked when i opened my email account on Wednesday morning....I have around 20 emails of same title from different senders. It occupied my first page of email. This tells me that i should perhaps check my email morning after waking up and night before i go to bed so that i won't miss any important notice.
Anyway, whatever it was....It had passed. We gain knowledge every single day and we think after we exposed to something new.
Waked up early morning...excited and anxious. Gathered at SK1 around 8.15 am and met with other senior SA and SA. SK1 was just like old days....whenever you have a 8am class there, you will know what i mean. They usually do not turn on the air-con at this early hour. The funny thing was, they said, you have booked the SK1, but you didn't go to other department to book the air-con. Orz! They are such brilliant peoples.
We waited and around 9, the international students arrived. I tried to mix into them and try to answer whatever question they have. The interesting part was, there was a girl, that i sat beside with, she prefer not to talk during the speech given, ok, fine... i understand that, but somehow she prefer to write me small note on the question she would like to ask about. Maybe it was my bad..... but how am i going to help if i didn't mention who i am and why i was there?
After the welcoming presentation, we were arranged to walk them to USM Museum. So, i walked under the 35 degree Celsius of hot sun together with them and talked along the walk. I manage to get to know some of them. They are friendly and they love to take pictures.... i was asked several times to take the picture together with them, who basically have no idea who am i. Perhaps they just needed some peoples in the picture no matter who you were as long as it was taken in USM?
After visiting the Museum, here came the embarrassing part-The lunch that the USM International Office prepared for our guests. There were around 110 students plus 10+ staff from UPM, and the tables prepared were around 10, so it means more than 10 peoples in a round table. How can that work??? The caterer of the lunch was obviously short of staffs and the lunch was actually a mess. Me and others SA were standing there and i saw quite a number of peoples were having rice, clear soup(soup with nothing inside) and 2-3 leafs of Vegie (mainly cucumber slice) as their lunch....OMG, this is how we treat our precious guests for lunch?
Apart from the lunch part, i think the program was overall successful. I only found out at the end of the day that this event was not organized by us, it was in fact a program of International office of USM. We were wanted at the very last minutes to involve into this. We even have to select an EMCEE among ourselves for the event which was not our responsibility. We were informed at a very short notice and all the student ambassadors that involved in that day were volunteered to do so, not selected or forced. The notice was given on Tuesday evening.... and the even was on Thurday. I found out the notice only on Wednesday morning because i didn't check my email on tuesday night. I replied right at it and Voila, i was there on the beautiful thursday morning. Frankly speaking i was really shocked when i opened my email account on Wednesday morning....I have around 20 emails of same title from different senders. It occupied my first page of email. This tells me that i should perhaps check my email morning after waking up and night before i go to bed so that i won't miss any important notice.
Anyway, whatever it was....It had passed. We gain knowledge every single day and we think after we exposed to something new.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
French Art Festival 2010
This year, Alliance Française de Penang has organized some interesting event in conjunction with the French Art Festival 2010. Musical events were held in USM and Wawasan Open University. French movies will be showed at GSC Gurney Plaza starting from 27th May.
I am so glad that i attended 3 out of 4 musical events, the first was the Amélie's Concert at Wawasan Open University. French humour was kind of refreshing. I love Amélie's singing style, very much like Ellie Goulding. The passion she had while she played the guitar fascinated me. French humour part 1, Amélie said she have to take our picture if not her friends won't believe her that she had came to Penang for performance.
Second event was at USM. A free admission though. Maybe because of the "FOC" thingy, i was kind of disappointed. The place was not so suitable for the chamber music performance. Trio Con Fuoco performed "Musique de Chambre" that night. Musical pieces that were written for group of instruments which traditionally be played in a small chamber of palace. So, it was actually music for the royal in old days. The show was no doubt, very good. Too bad we couldn't see their performance clearly due to the setting and the sitting. They deserve quite some standing ovation from the crowd. Other than the performance, I did run into my English teacher-Tuan Syed of my Spoken English last time at the School of Art before the show. Oh... i miss those days....those "spoken english" days.
The last event that i attended, is said to be the best among others. Too bad my friends Yin Chin and Su Hui couldn't join me for that. Not that they did not want, but they couldn't make it. It was so so awesome.....hehe.....Sorry about mentioning here. Mouron, released 7 albums in France, partnered with a great pianist, Terry Truck, performed some of the greatest love songs from Edith Piaf. Their performance were equally awesome. Piano performance as background and the singer as the subject of the night. French humour again lightened up my day.... Mouron was talking about her birth place, Marseilles, southern of France, with beautiful sea just like Penang, with not so much jellyfish...... OMG. She just reached and she already noticed about the Jelly Fish problems that we are having. When she sang the song "La Mer"-The Sea, she asked us to imagine beautiful blue sea with no jelly fish...... Funny huh?
I love her songs, she performed extremely well in the songs "La Vie en Rose"-Edith Piaf famous song and no doubt, "Un dessert dans le désert"- A dessert in the desert, a song with various kind of mouth watering famous french dessert such as crème caramel, crème brûlée, chocholat chaud and Crêpe Suzette. Oh.....Don't you think this song is Sweet???
At the end of the performance, Justine le director de Alliance Française gave a brief ending speech. She said that she has goosebumps from Mouron singing the Jacques Brel's songs. Well, i understand what she mean because i got the goosebumps as well, but in a enjoyable way. Mouron voice touched our heart. Mouron will be having her tour and i would really love to see her perform again on stage.....
So, the end of the musical events for French Art Festival 2010.......I would love to be part of it again next year.
À l'année prochaine!
I am so glad that i attended 3 out of 4 musical events, the first was the Amélie's Concert at Wawasan Open University. French humour was kind of refreshing. I love Amélie's singing style, very much like Ellie Goulding. The passion she had while she played the guitar fascinated me. French humour part 1, Amélie said she have to take our picture if not her friends won't believe her that she had came to Penang for performance.
Second event was at USM. A free admission though. Maybe because of the "FOC" thingy, i was kind of disappointed. The place was not so suitable for the chamber music performance. Trio Con Fuoco performed "Musique de Chambre" that night. Musical pieces that were written for group of instruments which traditionally be played in a small chamber of palace. So, it was actually music for the royal in old days. The show was no doubt, very good. Too bad we couldn't see their performance clearly due to the setting and the sitting. They deserve quite some standing ovation from the crowd. Other than the performance, I did run into my English teacher-Tuan Syed of my Spoken English last time at the School of Art before the show. Oh... i miss those days....those "spoken english" days.
The last event that i attended, is said to be the best among others. Too bad my friends Yin Chin and Su Hui couldn't join me for that. Not that they did not want, but they couldn't make it. It was so so awesome.....hehe.....Sorry about mentioning here. Mouron, released 7 albums in France, partnered with a great pianist, Terry Truck, performed some of the greatest love songs from Edith Piaf. Their performance were equally awesome. Piano performance as background and the singer as the subject of the night. French humour again lightened up my day.... Mouron was talking about her birth place, Marseilles, southern of France, with beautiful sea just like Penang, with not so much jellyfish...... OMG. She just reached and she already noticed about the Jelly Fish problems that we are having. When she sang the song "La Mer"-The Sea, she asked us to imagine beautiful blue sea with no jelly fish...... Funny huh?
I love her songs, she performed extremely well in the songs "La Vie en Rose"-Edith Piaf famous song and no doubt, "Un dessert dans le désert"- A dessert in the desert, a song with various kind of mouth watering famous french dessert such as crème caramel, crème brûlée, chocholat chaud and Crêpe Suzette. Oh.....Don't you think this song is Sweet???
At the end of the performance, Justine le director de Alliance Française gave a brief ending speech. She said that she has goosebumps from Mouron singing the Jacques Brel's songs. Well, i understand what she mean because i got the goosebumps as well, but in a enjoyable way. Mouron voice touched our heart. Mouron will be having her tour and i would really love to see her perform again on stage.....
So, the end of the musical events for French Art Festival 2010.......I would love to be part of it again next year.
À l'année prochaine!
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Writing and motivation
If a writer need inspiration for him/her to get a story written, i would say i need to be inspired too. Typing something seems so difficult these days, every word needs tremendous amount of energy. I salute to all the writers. I am neither a writer nor writing something impressive right now, i am just someone that need some inspirations, knowledge, facts, journals and immense motivations for me to keep on writing my paper. If i can somehow implant a machine into my body to help me on this would be great.
Why is it so hard to start, and when it started, so hard to continue? I am partially dead right now, thinking every single second on how to avoid doing it but who care? I am the one that bring myself into this so called "trouble". I have to be brave, have enough courage to face it and complete it....... When i say i can, and i really mean it.....So, why still wondering? Go for it and Just do it.
Looking for Motivation, and be motivated every single day.
Why is it so hard to start, and when it started, so hard to continue? I am partially dead right now, thinking every single second on how to avoid doing it but who care? I am the one that bring myself into this so called "trouble". I have to be brave, have enough courage to face it and complete it....... When i say i can, and i really mean it.....So, why still wondering? Go for it and Just do it.
Looking for Motivation, and be motivated every single day.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
母亲节
献给爱我，疼我，守护我，宠我和把我捧在手心的妈妈：
感谢妈妈，没有一天不爱我，没有一天不疼我，没有一次不守护我，没有一天不宠我，而且每一天都把我捧在手心的爱护。
在这个温情满满的日子里，我想说， 妈，不但只要在母亲节是感到快乐，我希望您可以每一天都快乐。
感谢妈妈，没有一天不爱我，没有一天不疼我，没有一次不守护我，没有一天不宠我，而且每一天都把我捧在手心的爱护。
在这个温情满满的日子里，我想说， 妈，不但只要在母亲节是感到快乐，我希望您可以每一天都快乐。
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Confuse
Wondering why sometime people just don't get to wake up from their childish dream and face the reality. If you have the answer, please enlighten me. I really don't understand, why is it that someone just so obsessed with something and wouldn't mind to destroy or harm all the things and people around them just to so called fulfill their dream.
I am a person with nothing, what i have are only something that cannot be categorize into things that i can share. I have nothing to share, no money, no heart, no kindness anymore. Those things just lost along the way when you got hurt by people you care. I cannot be so great anymore that have the idea of being selfless for the people i care. My heart got hardened even though it still hurt and bleeding whenever you all hurt me.
How come my life suddenly become so easily targeted by others? I used to have quite a wonderful and worry-less life for a long time, but now it all disappeared and what is here to replace them are just problems and sadness.
I am cheerful person with easily touched emotion. Problems, Don't you dare to let me have another breakdown......if you do so.... i will revenge...............
I am a person with nothing, what i have are only something that cannot be categorize into things that i can share. I have nothing to share, no money, no heart, no kindness anymore. Those things just lost along the way when you got hurt by people you care. I cannot be so great anymore that have the idea of being selfless for the people i care. My heart got hardened even though it still hurt and bleeding whenever you all hurt me.
How come my life suddenly become so easily targeted by others? I used to have quite a wonderful and worry-less life for a long time, but now it all disappeared and what is here to replace them are just problems and sadness.
I am cheerful person with easily touched emotion. Problems, Don't you dare to let me have another breakdown......if you do so.... i will revenge...............
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