Losing my voice

My sore throat has gone worst, infected my vocal cords so I can only whisper speak right now (quite sexy eh?). D took me to the 24 hours clinic in Paramount Garden (it's a public holiday today so my usual clinic is closed *aiya*) and the doctor adviced me not to speak, shout or scream. In a few days, I will completely lose my voice before I get well again :) Sms is my best friend right now. The doctor gave me cough syrup and another course of antibiotics (stronger ones) but I think I'll skip it and let it heal naturely. We shorten my lumut trip and left Swiss Garden Resort Damai Laut after breaky. Once again, I've left my camera behind, so only managed to take lousy shots using my sony ericsson. Will do la :P

D turned 30 yesterday. Got him his favourite Vanilla Fruit Cocktail cake to celebrate at midnight, cause we were heading off to lumut on the actual day. His dad sent a really cool sms greeting from Singapore- it has the recording of him singing happy birthday to his son *sweet*. I dropped by the cake after my class, I think I got everyone unprepared, Jensen still has his 'mask' on and D's hair was in a mess! Don't think they mind me posting this picture :P heee...

His mom got him a pair of khakis and Jensen, a mercedes classic car model. Not too sure what's the model (am not a very 'car' person) but his expression shows that he's very very satisfied with the pressies! What did i get D? Nothing :( Shame on me...hee...

We started off our journey to Lumut at 10am the next day. It was a nice scenic 3.5 hours drive. I enjoyed looking out at the paddy fields- so peaceful and calm. We reached Swiss Garden, had our lunch and spent the rest of the afternoon, indoor....SLEEPING. It was really hot outside and all I wanted to do was hide in the comfortable aircon room and take a short nap. I missed viewing the sunset (darn), lucky managed to wake up and dash to the beach to catch the last bits of the view....

We celebrated D's birthday at a seafood restaurant in Kg Cina, introduced by the locals. Had steam fish (v fresh, yums), prawns, fried oysters and vege. Couldn't order much since there's only the 2 of us. The coconut juice was really refreshing :) Managed to catch a glimpse of the resort before we left the next day...here's the shot of the pool (which I missed)...

I'm glad D is very understanding and enjoyed himself during this trip. Happy Birthday D, you are simply the best :)

The last tag..EVER!

What goes around comes around. I've previously tagged my cousin Wee Pin, now I'm tasting her revenge :P Since I'm home on sick leave (high fever started last night, bad timing huh since I'm going to Lumut tomorrow) and can't sleep (after the 14 hours marathon sleep...), might as well just do it.

LAYER 1: I'm leaving this out, since everyone reading this blog knows me personally.

LAYER 2: ON THE INSIDE.
My Heritage : Chinese - Hokkien
My Fears : Speed (which includes roller coaster, speeding cars etc...)
My Perfect Pizza: Thin crust with lots of salami!

LAYER 3: YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW.
My Thoughts First Waking Up : Is today a working day? (I'm really bad with dates..)
My Bedtime: Many attempts to sleep early, always ended up sleeping past 12. Still struggling to keep my new year's resolution
My Most Missed Memory: My first visit to Disneyland, when I'm 9 years old. It's never the same now.

LAYER 4: MY PICK.
Pepsi or Coke: Same taste to me
McDonald's or Burger King: BURGER KING!
Single or Group Dates: Group Dates, the more the merrier
Adidas or Nike: I like Adidas but both my trekking shoe and runners are Nike.
Tea or Nestea: Definitely Hot Tea.
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Erm, I don't drink coffee. If must, I'll pick Cappuccino.

LAYER 5: DO YOU...
Smoke: Nope
Curse: Is the word 'Basket' a curse word?
Take a Shower: Of course, silly questions.
Have a Crush: Haha ya back in A'levels, some who knows are still teasing me till this day...
Think You've Been In Love: Yes!!
Go To School: Yes- night classes.
Want To Get Married: Soon
Believe In Yourself: Of course, its the most important thing else no point living
Think You're A Health Freak: I want to but I love char kuey tiow too much :P

LAYER 6: IN THE PAST.
Drank Alcohol: Yes, btw beer is good for you.
Gone To The Mall : Er, yes. Silly question again.
Been On Stage: Hahaha performed several times in Yamaha Music Concert, those where my little girl days (wearing 'sweetheart' dress with two pony tail hair style hair). Story telling back in my JB primary school days.
Eaten Sushi: Yes, yum.
Dyed Your Hair: Yes, last time, now it's back to the original colour.

LAYER 7: HAVE YOU EVER...
Played A Stripping Game: No. Is it fun?
Changed Who You Were To Fit In: Erm no.

LAYER 8: AGE YOU'RE HOPING...
To Be Married: 30

LAYER 9: IN A GUY...
Best Eye Colour: Doesn't matter
Best Hair Colour: Short hair-Neat and Tidy

LAYER 10: WHAT WERE YOU DOING...
A Minute Ago: Talking to D- he's checking if I'm still alive :P
An Hour Ago: Lunch (Mom cooked century and salted egg porridge which is my favourite- how on earth can I stay healthy la...)
4.5 Hours Ago:Shower, I think
1 Month Ago: Erm most probably working
1 Year Ago: Ok I can't remember.

LAYER 11: FINISH THE SENTENCES...
I love: Eating junk
I hide: Away from mean people
I miss: My friend Pei Sze
I need: To get well ASAP so I can have fun tomorrow!

Phew! No fair these are long questions. To tired to tag anyone, maybe in my next posting....
Off to bed, medication kicking in.....zzzzz

Weekend

Last weekend was crazy for me. On Saturday, went to Covershots with Kel and WL, spent close to 3 hours browsing pics, chatting and looking at gowns. Later I rushed to UM for my 2 pm replacement class and after, had group discussion (for this Thurday's presentation) which lasted till 6 pm. Had bak kut teh with my parents then watched chicken and duck talk on VCD. I think I drooled all over D's shoulder. That's how tired I was.

Sunday, woke up at 7:30am to take my mom to wet market (both tmn megah and kampung chempaka). Rushed to Bella for facial appointment- furious cause they messed up and booked me on a Monday slot (urrgghh). Nvm, made another booking. Popped by Dry Cut for a quick trim (now my hair doesn't look like a mushroom) then had lunch with sis, colin and parents at ban seng. Took cute pictures of Colin while waiting for my fried loh see fan. After lunch, went to visit Izura and baby Era- had v good roti jala (obviously not made by our dear Izura). Had to rush off early coz D had to fetch Jensen from futsal. Got home in time for dinner, did some work, then slept.

I'm so looking fwd to this weekend's get away in Lumut.

ahh...progress..

I've been waking up early to write my report. Being a morning person, the silence helps me to focus, the only drawback is me feeling realllyyy sleepy at work....heeee

Work done (to remind me not to stray out of track):
Journals 15/25
Survey responses 80/200
Chapter- Introduction (90%)

Not thinking straight...

...cause there's so much on my mind right now. Am taking a break from the 'never-ending' literature review (I'm at my 13th article, have 12 more to read...boooo hooo), which is a bore and a real pain! I still don't get why every statement made in my research has to be backed up with findings from previous researches. If everyone follows this 'written rule', how are academitions ever going to discover new behaviours? We are not allowed to put our gut feel assumptions even if we see it happening in the world today, just because no one has published a journal of that topic. *Silly* Another thing I've realised is there's not many published bank journals conducted in the context of Malaysia. When I browse for Asia, I see journals from Hong Kong and Singapore. Why can Singapore lecturers produce journals once in 3 years gap when our local lecturers can't even produce one that is legible to be published in the International Journal of Bank Marketing? Even if there are journals conducted using Malaysian sampling, why the authors have foreign names?
I feel the problem is our local uni lecturers are too busy handling administrative matters, attending strings of 'meetings' and 'seminars'. UM lecturers have been a slave to 'attendance sheet', 'filling up forms', 'provide proof of ownership' (when applying for car sticker, I need to show a photocopy of my car registration...for what right???) and etcc...ever since they have gotten ISO9000. Seriously, this is the first time I heard ISO is needed in Universities. ISO9000 is important to ensure the consistency in quality of products, yes very relevant for manufacturing industries but I don't see how it is useful for the education sector. I thought universities are centres that encourage creativity and growth of knowledge- how can these things be made consistent? There should not be a rule that dictates creativity and ways to acquire/share knowledge.

Hee..now that I've gotten it out of my chest, I can move back to the rest of the journals....may the week be kind to us all :)



Work done (to remind me not to stray out of track):

Journals 13/25

Survey responses 44/200

Chapter- Introduction (20%)