I was told off by a fellow teacher. A senior teacher. Who thought I was a student, invading the staffroom. Bugger!

This was what happened. I wasn't at my cubicle. I went and sat at a desk near the exit of the staffroom because i wanted to draw the seating layout of the teachers and that's the best place..Then, came this lecturer and she sternly asked what am i doing there. Of course, i told her that i'm drawing the layout. She said the office has a copy and i shouldn't be sitting there saying that the desk is only for students coming in for consultation.

Fine! I got up and walked back to my cubicle. She saw me walking back to my cubicle and asked another teacher. Then, she came to me and apologise, saying that she thought i was a student. What?!? @#$#%$##@
I'm been in the staffroom for 2 weeks and she doesn't know?

Btw, she added that I CAN SIT ANYWHERE I LIKE in the staffroom.(since I'm not a student)

I really didn't know what to say. Just nodded. Mou tuin tuin (cantonese) got scolded by a colleague.

p/s: I don't think it's appropriate to talk to a student like that too.

I've officially started working 2 weeks ago.

And this is basically what I do everyday:

1. Online chatting

2. Class observation. Sit at the back of the class, watching my colleague teaching.

3. Consultation hour. No students come in. Surf the net.

4. Training (occasionally). Similarly, just sit back and listen.

5. Go home at 2pm.

WOo HOo..

I'm LOVIN' it.

I woke up yesterday morning to this sms:

Congratulation! Anda memenangi CEK TUNAI RM11,000.00 from MAXIS. Info sila hubungi perkhidmatan Hotlink MAXIS 006281399293555. Terma Tertakluk

I was so happy! Ok ok. I know that there are many cases these days where ppl cheat your money by telling you that you've won something, eg cash, prizes etc. But I have a feeling that this has got to be true since it's an sms from my phone service operator HOTLINK. I've received many advertisements from HOTLINK before so I know that this has got to be from HOTLINK as well. IT HAS GOT TO BE! (I DON'T CARE) Perhaps, it IS my lucky day.

I told my mum and brother about it but they were sceptical about it, especially my mum, lecturing me about not being greedy.
I was lying to myself that it has got to be true though in my heart, I was questioning to why on earth HOTLINK doesn't call me and why is the customer service number so damn long? I went online to check the hotlink website for such competition but to no avail. At last, I decided to google it. and this is what I found:

http://forum.cari.com.my/archiver/?tid-279460.html

Bugger!

Seems like many ppl won that RM11 000 as well.!!!!!!!!!!!

True enough it was a fraud! (Thank God I did not waste my money calling him)

It is a number of an Indonesian guy who decided to cheat ppl of their money. Something about giving him our MAYBANK account with at least RM1000 in it and the RM1000 will be the commission for the cheque.

#%(*##?&%&*@!!!

Thank you for giving me such hope on a nice Tuesday morning and taking it away from me! %&##%&@!!

So beware and don't get cheated by such ppl.

My Malay labmate suggested that I fast for a day. I'm not quite sure about it even though ppl tell me I'm fat. What's worst, my mum said I'm fat, which is quite unusual for her to say that coz all these years, she tells ppl that I'm skinny and eat like a cat. 

Right now, with my Malay friend, sitting near me, happily and willingly fasting, I thought I could just follow suit. But I'm thinking of this:

HOW LAR?!

Can't I just think of a salad?

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I was in Penang last weekend to attend a wedding dinner which was on a Friday. Of course, I stayed over for the weekend to indulge in my annual hawker food eating spree. First stop was the RM5.50 good-but-so-damn-expensive-and-stupid-self-service CHAR KUEY TEOW at Lorong Selamat. Seriously, it was not as nice as what I tasted before. %#$!&%

Up next was the really-cheap-and-mouth-watering RM2.30 ASAM LAKSA near the Kek Lok Si temple. Whoa. That one really champion man. No chunky fish that usually spoils the texture of the soup. Yummy Yummy.

What I had for my dinner is at somewhere I've never been before. I don't think many ppl knew about this place either. I mean, it's like sooo isolated that probably the debatable founder of Penang, Sir Francis Light, knew nothing of this exclusive place. This van driver (hired by the bride) of ours terror lar. I thought he was angry to see us all sleeping at the back and not paying attention that he decided to bring us all for a four-wheel drive (4WD)adventure up uneven, sloppy hills of Balik Pulau with his old but still going strong van, with 11 person in it. After that horrifying (ok..let's not exaggerate so much) 1st-gear-all-the-way-up journey, we reached a place called Bukit Genting or can be known as Genting Hill (not Genting Highlands). And what do ppl come up here for? THAI food!

I must say the food's not bad and price is reasonable.
And I was so wrong to say that not many people knows about this place.

Arrgghh!!

Life's so busy lately. Other than having to survive a 5-hour long journey driving up to Penang, 10-hour ride touring around the whole Penang island (from Georgetown-Balik Pulau- Bayan Lepas- Georgetown) and another 4-hour journey driving back home, I'm soo breathless with all the work load that I have.

3 presentations, 2 papers and a thesis. I've only finished 50% of them.

And when I look at the mirror, the panda is staring back at me.

Somebody, save me!

I have competition.

Darling found a new sweetheart last Friday. He spotted 'her' sometime ago and I knew he got this urge to get cozy with her. Even his brother got an eye for her. B**ch!

Little did I know they both approached her on Friday.

And now, darling's spending 86 400 seconds every day for the past two days on her, instead of me.

I shall expose her here. Let her be shameful what of she did to my darling. She's gonna get it from me one day.

The perpetrator

Melbourne City

Melbourne Central Business District (CBD) is rather small, compared to KL. High rise buildings are concentrated in a squarish vicinity and there are not many of 'em. Remembering the streets name isn't a problem. Travelling in the city is easy and convenient. Trams are everywhere. I could even ride for free in a special tram that goes round and round the city. Like I've mentioned, the city ain't that big.

          

One of my favourite stops during my 6 days stay in Melbourne is the Victoria Market. Yeah. A market. I hardly step into one in Klang. But this is different. It is clean. No filthy smell and no aunty suddenly splashing a bucket of dirty water on the floor right in front of you. Here i'm talking about a market loved by both locals and visitors. Souvenirs are sold aplenty there. What more, the price is reasonable. There are also many sections selling fresh fruits, vegetables, meat and seafood. We got the food stuffs from there when we had the Aussie BBQ the first night. What's sad is that the market closes very early. As early as 2pm.

  

 Nothing to show you. Everything's closed!

Another thing that Melbourne never fail to amaze me is that there are parks/gardens everywhere. IN the city. And I'm not talking about small parks. They're huge. What a place to unwind after a hectic day at the office.

        

     

     

       

            

         These houses are so tiny and cute

Fitzroy Gardens made our day. We spent about 3 hours there so you can imagine how lovely and big it is. Spotted many Aussies having their lunch and short picnic at the park.

Very near to the city is St. Kilda. St. Kilda is known as our very own Bangsar or Hartamas. Pubs and exquisite restaurants are everywhere. We took a tram to St. Kilda and dropped off at the beach. Yeah. A beach near the city. As it is winter, there are not many people around. The water was very chilly so obviously, I didn't take a dip there. Just sat around and enjoy the sea breeze. The beach is well taken care of. No litters. Toilets are everywhere.

       

      
        

On our way back from St. Kilda, we went to Albert Park. The place where my best friend had her wedding a year ago and where the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix is held every year. Darling did a test drive on the tracks with Aaron's car the night before. I would love to drive on the tracks too if only Aaron's car is not a confusing manual car. Our first gear is its reverse gear. Dangerous.

Albert Park is oh so beautiful in the evening.

           

     

The Swans are very human friendly. They'll come to you when you snap your fingers. Or is it they just wanted food??

The last and final part of Melbourne coming... (Well, it's time to wrap it up)

Victoria - Melbourne

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Day 3 of our vacation, we followed a tour to the Great Ocean Road (GOR). Main highlights along the Great Ocean Road are Torquay (surfers paradise), Apollo Bay (where we stopped for lunch), Twelve Apostles, Loch Arc Gorge, Port Campbell and the London Bridge/London Arch. The journey was a tiring one. 4 hours to reach the stunning Twelve Apostles.

And it was indeed a good wait. The Twelve Apostles was a majestic sight! Some may say it's a waste of time to travel so far just to see a few rocks. But if you are actually standing there and lay your eyes on the beautiful view, words really can't describe the feeling. I was on top of the world.

        

  

     

 As you can see, there are no 12 apostles. Left about 7 only.

We were so awed by the view that we didn't wanna leave.

So, the bus left us.

Really. THE BUS LEFT US.

It was our fault. We were given 45 minutes for that stop. However, we lost track of time coz we were sooo busy taking (over and over again) snap shots and videos of the apostles.

Then again, we were only 2 minutes late. *&@%# Why are they so punctual?

Darling ran all the way to the meeting place and the bus just went passed him though he was waving frantically.

We panicked as the place was soo isolated and it was 4 hours away from Melbourne City. How on earth can we get my cousin to come all the way here? I'd be embarrassed to call him though I know it's the only way. So, there we were, strolling along the car park, thinking of the next step to take when a driver from another bus approached us, asking whether the bus had left us. We nodded and he told us not to worry, that we can follow his bus and we can catch up with our bus in the next stop. How relieved we were. But we got to wait another 30 minutes before the bus depart to the next stop and we were concerned about not being able to catch up with our tour.

A couple of minutes later, came another driver from another tour bus, signalling to us to come nearer while talking on his mobile. He asked whether we are from the GreyLine tour. We said 'yeah' and he told the guy on the line " Mike. I found them". I felt so relieved that our driver noticed our disappearance. Thank God!

Our driver came about 10 minutes later to pick us. I was already planning to say "sorry" to everyone on the bus but luckily, there were no other passengers when he came back for us. They were all at the other stop. Yay! Save my embarrassment. They probably didn't even noticed we were gone. But we were wrong. When we caught with them, the lady from India who were sitting next to us the whole journey, talked to us. She told us she saw darling running and waving and she informed the bus driver. So sweet. Another couple from Perth started talking to us. It seems that our misfortune had brought us new found friends. For the next few stops, I made sure we get back to the bus on time.

Other fantastic views of the GOR:

Apollo Bay

     

The beach at the Appollo Bay and the famous anchor

London Bridge/Arch

  

     

  

     

     

       

I had been away to HangZhou/Wuxi/Suzhou/Shanghai for the past week. The sceneries were nice and the air was cool.

But what I can say now that I'm back home is

 I LOVE THE TOILETS here (Malaysia)!

See what I mean.

P/s: Do not zoom into the picture below if you are planning to have your lunch/dinner. Not that I did not warn you.