The Hidden Charges

So I was contemplating whether to practice my violin or to work on the "About" page in my previous post. I did neither. Went out with Esther to the place we worship. Intended to make use of the 'free head charge' voucher but it's useless at that hour we were there so we decided to go for the student price which is only RM 9++. Instantly reminded me of Redbox. Stupid stupid Redbox. Do not ever trust the prices they display. The other time, we wanted the student price and it was written RM 8++. The girl later told us there's also a compulsary tidbit charge which is RM 9!!! Stupid RM 9 for a small bowl of lousy junk. Paying so much, don't even dream of getting Doritos or Lay's chips! The RM 9 tidbits are not even Twiesties or cheapo a bit, Super Ring. They're even cheaper than the type you get from pasar malam ok! And besides, it's not one bowl of tidbit PER room! It's a bowl per 2 people or something like that! I don't really know how it works but the other time when I was there with Esther and Wai Tuck, they gave us 2 freakin' bowls so meaning 2 x RM9!!! Stupid mofo money-sucking place. So anyway, at Greenbox, when they say RM 9++, they really mean it. And my voucher's still left unused yet...

The Timetable

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Cheating pic. Bought this in Melbourne.

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This is not my sister. Wtf.

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Notice how my name's not even written completely?

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Someb♥dy's design. =)

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A week more!

I officially ♥♥♥ Thursdays because it's the only day which I have absolutely nothing to attend to at all. Mondays I have violin class, Tuesday for this week I had work but after this, I'll ♥♥♥ Tuesdays too lol. Wednesday nights I have work, Fridays till Sundays' full day of work, work and work ughh.

My dad's been complaining that I've been bumming too much and having too much of free time and that I should at least find myself another part time job. What he doesn't understand is I purposely did not want to have too many days occupied with work so that I can use the time to practice. Otherwise, all I need to do is just request and I'll have a whole list of new students all waiting for me. Not bragging but violin teachers are really hard to find nowadays. Violinists are either really good that they venture more towards the performance line rather than education, or they're not good at all. Mediocre violin student like me can't choose to do much but just teach and improve myself. Well, it's not that I totally hate teaching anyway. I kinda enjoy it but I know very well teaching's not what I really really want to do.

Alright, time for lunch. What's next? Hrm. Should I practice or work on the 'About' page...

The Square Hat

Finally! It took so much of my time just to get this layout all set as the way I wanted! The banner will not be permanent. The rest will pretty much stay unless one day I decide to experiment with the ever confusing codes again. I've been concentrating too much on this damn thing! I think now I kinda know how my short sight mysteriously worsened... I can no longer walk out without my specs or my contact lens anymore boohoo.

Anyway, I attended my first violin lesson today. And got lost while driving to my teacher's house -_- I think I can hear snickerings already.

It's not my fault that I'm hopeless with directions! I followed what she told me and probably there's some sorta miscommunication or something, the road didn't turn out to be as described and yeah. I was lost. In the middle of somewhere I didn't even know the name. I'm so good at it. In the end I managed to find the way there by asking a few people who were kind enough to show me the directions.

Took my graduation robe without any waiting or queueing at all, unexpectedly! I've heard from people saying usually students start queueing since early morning (like 6am) to avoid getting the leftover sizes (L, XL, XXL, XXXL, XXXXL wtf seriously, I saw this). A bunch of us couldn't be bothered. Some went at 10am, some 12. Me and Cat, after lunch. Got everything within 10 minutes. It's because earlier before we finished our final semester we've already filled out a form regarding our robe's sizes so basically everyone was sure to get what they wanted. It wasn't as 'pasar' as what we thought it would be lol.

Ok bedtime.

Fast one!

One quick update before I go to bed.

1. First, the good news is that I've recovered from all the sickness YAY! I was so weak on Monday that I couldn't even get myself up to attend my first violin lesson so in the end I had to tell my teacher I couldn't make it and she managed to spare this early Wednesday morning for me instead, which is tomorrow, which explains why I MUST sleep right after this.

2. Tomorrow I'm supposed to go to uni to get my freaking graduation robe which cost me RM100 mcb. If it's not because of my graduation certificates and transcripts which I can only get AFTER I return the robe, I will surely keep the robe. Yes, that stupid scroll during convocation is only a fake thing, I just found out. Now you know.

3. I'm getting quite bored of this layout already frankly. I'm actually working on another layout now, something I can have more flexibility with, something which allows me to add a touch of 'me', something that has the "older posts", "home", and collapsing archives function. I like this layout a lot, the simplicity and only hints of colours in it, and especially the ever-changing profile picture at every entry but for long term, I don't think this is good. It's difficult to look for older posts. And for some strange reason I can't seem to change the font size of the posts to the size I want. Which means everytime I posted, I actually had to resize them myself. And it's not just one click, I had to check them under html one by one. If I don't change, it'll be this size, so small and difficult to read. If I change it all the time, aiyo so mafan ok.

Ok ok, wanna sleep now.

Fever!

Yes, I'm down with mild fever, sore throat, cough and runny nose. This afternoon both my grandmothers kept pestering me to see a doctor saying "Nowadays fever is very serious wan!" 109862 times wtf. You see, it's not that I didn't want to see a doctor but... I... had... no... money...

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Am I the most pathetic person in the world or what?

Seriously. I don't have a single cent at all. Ok ok, maybe I do have a few RM1 notes wtf. Obviously that's not enough. I am so broke huhuhu T_____T I thought by going to work today Kim was going to pay my commission, that's why I die die also dragged myself up and went to work eventhough I almost wanted to make a call and tell her I can't make it to class. I wanted to tell her I wasn't feeling well - it's the truth this time wtf.

In the end after that she didn't pay me MCB!!! I regretted so so sososo much for going to work!!! Grrr.

Then just now after dinner, finally my parents decided to bring me to the doctor yay! =D

Came back with 5 packets of medicine - antibiotics, runny nose, cough, sore throat and fever. RM 65. Wah luckily my parents brought me and paid for me wtf. I have to take 7 tablets each time, damn. I've always hated taking medicines.

Ok time to sleep now. Tomorrow got violin class. Hopefully I'll feel better by then.

Work ughh

Today was made of work and big band rehearsal in uni. Ugh boring. Tomorrow, more work ugghhhh. Dreading to work is not a good thing. Not if it's gonna be something I might do in the future, and for life. Something to look forward for tomorrow is meeting Sim Mei, Esther, Kin Wai and maybe Wai Tuck for dim sum in the morning. At least it might be a good start for such a long day. Last week I fell asleep during lesson, while my student was doing his theory work. When he was playing the piano my eyes were already struggling to stay opened. And when he was doing his theory, I sat on the chair and fell asleep holding my phone cos I was typing a message before that. Wtf. I hope he (student) didn't realise it lol.

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Yesterday's.

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Today's caffeine fix.

Holiday June 2009 - A Summary

Decided to do this so that it's easier for me to find them when I feel like reading them again.

Day 1 - Korean dinner & Max Brenner
Day 2 - Es Teller
Day 3 - KFC, Harajuku Crepes & Ying Thai
Day 4 - Mart 130, Bridge Road, Smith Street, Menya, Ten Ren & Night at the Museum 2
Day 5 - Pancake Parlour & Zettai Kareshi marathon
Day 6 - Zettai Kareshi marathon
Day 7 - At home
Day 8 - Shopping & Menya
Day 9 - Es Teller, Max Brenner & Terminator Salvation
Day 10 - Crown & Greco
Day 11 - Kanteen & Brunetti
Day 12 - Corretto's
Day 13 - At home
Day 14 - At home
Day 15 - Good news =)
Day 16 - Pacific House & Karaoke
Day 17 - Ikea, Pancake Parlour & Mercadante
Day 18 - Don Don & Oriental Spoon
Day 19 - Las Chicas, Lake Mountain & Stalactites
Day 20 - At home
Day 21 - European, Yamato & Chinatown
Day 22 @ Sydney - Missing our Jetstar flight & Brief City Tour
Day 23 @ Sydney - Martins Place, Harbour Bridge, Opera House, The Rocks, Pancakes on The Rocks
Day 24 @ Bondi Beach, Sydney - Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3
day 25 @ Sydney - Our 7th Anniversary & The Blue Mountains trip
Day 26 @ Sydney - Hurricane's, Lindt & Orbit Bar
Day 27 - Degrave Street, The Booth & Docklands
Day 28 - Idea & anni gifts
Day 29 - Imax, Lord of the Fries, Doncaster Westfield, Meeting Michelle & Transformers 2
Day 30 - J Cafe, Max Brenner, Oriental Spoon & Federation Square
Day 31 - Menya & Crown
Day 32 - Brunch at home & McD's

This trip's the best among all. Having Wk and also Esther and Maggie around eventhough the three of us only got to meet for 2 days. Expectedly broke the budget haha. It's nicer this year because he's not working (unlike last year) but instead was on his semester break so we got to go anywhere and everywhere hand in hand. And even if we're not out, we still see each other in the morning till night and the cycle just repeated. Last year because he had to work, I was home and he's out for half the day and we only got to meet in the mornings and after he's done with work and occasionally, during his lunch hour. And because of work, we didn't get to go out or travel much.

Expenses definitely was higher this time if compared to last year. Oh last two years, I don't wanna talk about it. I was there for only 2 weeks but our expenses... ugh. Anyway, I always believe that money spent can always be earned back if we work hard enough. Every time and money spent there was definitely worth it.