• Mar 24 Fri 2017 16:38
  • TGIF

Hmmm, seems like i am blogging once a week again...nah, is just nothing special this week.

Soon as I bought my korean trip flight ticket, i had tried to save more money for the trip expenses by reducing the cafe hopping frequency. Hehe.

Actually had eaten quite a lot for this week too, my younger brother was celebrating his21st birthday at Ole Ole Bali on the previous Monday night.

I didnt blog on spot because i did not capture any nice photo lol. I wonder if my brother did but neither he was uploading any food photo.

Well....we enjoyed the family time at the restaurant and surprisingly my parents love the food more than i expected.

Then, i was thrown with a chocolate lava project end of last week, and start to do the project this whole week long. I had eaten so much lava cake these few days.

The evil molten lava was filling up fat in my body, oh, how disgusting....yeah recently was really anticipating on reducing sugar but still cant resist dessert ==

I had set up a target to reduce the cafe hopping frequency as well as avoid ordering big breakfast because i am aware of what i was eating was actually ruining my diet plan.

Then, i also set a target to have dessert just once a week. Had been thinking maybe once in a 2 week will be more productive but for me who work in the baking industry was real hard.

Ok, stop talking about work, though it's had been a long week and quite moody in between, thanks to Li Yin, my new colleague who kept cheering me up to stay positive tho i understand it was hard.

Thanks to her motivative kit-kat bar again, i was loaded =)

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Back to today, it was a relaxing day, coz is FLY DAY!! hahaha 

I had completed my chocolate lava cake project yesterday so was also very relaxed =D 

Actually i realized i completed many projects these day in a fast pace, it could be due to the projects were not that hard, or because of my capability?

I rather believe the projects were not that challenging, well, the success rate somehow made me scared.

But, i think it is a good way to prove that it is right to hire me right =D 

Catherine was on leave today, so the day become easy pisy lol. I actually prefer Cat to have leave, of course it would be perfect if both Cat and Ms Foong (both are managers) absent at work. 

However, it would be hard to happen so with absence of cat, all of us less struggling because Ms Foong is slightly easy to deal with. 

Moreover, Ms Foong would be gone around 4pm, and just like what we expected, she left at 4-ish. 

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The kitchen turned into dining area, Kenny and Nancy were preparing special bakery this afternoon - curry donuts sound attractive, just i find it really oily.

Still, everyone love it and enjoy the relaxing time without bosses.

At night, i finally catch up with Hema. We used to work together very frequently in the old days at LOC in Macfood. 

I am glad that we still connecting and she insisted my attendance at her wedding.

DOnt she worry that i would be absent because myself also very looking forward to attend my first Indian wedding. 

We had a simple dinner at Flingstone cafe at ss15, was lucky to find a parking nearby and thankful that Hema didnt call off the dinner even she actually was sick.

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The only dissatisfaction was the cafe had limited available dish due to something went off in their kitchen, no wonder it was so empty.

We were too lazy to walk around to hunt for other food, so we just bear with the limited dishes they offer.

I had the famous chu yao zar (pord lard) angel hair pasta, i found it too dry but the taste was not too bad.

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I also suprised myself to order the matcha latte mainly because it was caffeine free, somehow just felt like getting it rather having icy drinks. 

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Actually it was not too bad, i just googled and found that matcha latte is just combination of milk and matcha powder.

I am not a coffee fan hence i never interested to understand the meaning of latte, so now was lightened that i actually i can order matcha latte in the future =)

I never love coffee, i dont mind the smell but i seriously dislike the taste, but i always love matcha, like everything come with matcha ^^

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Hema got herself an eggy sandwich and she said it was nice. That's good, at least can tell the cafe was keeping its standard then. 

Revisiting next time? Maybe for the other signature porky mains... 

We chatted so much tonight, good to know Hema is getting a new offer and i really hope she considered wisely for the career because even now i think Macfood is not a place for long career.

I was worried for Hema's health and emotion especially she is planning to get married end of this year.

Hope everything goes well at her end, as for mine, thanks for her advise to tell me to be more confident, her words somehow motivated me. 

Yeah, i shall become ignorance, ignore those words that used to offense me, this is a good way to become less sensitve.

Once again, i was told that i expecting too much, i guess i have to just let everything flow at their ways. 

Somehow, i realize my nature who love to control everything, but things just happened in their way and i never get to enjoy the moment. 

Good lesson vivian, you should just enjoy the moment, but not controlling the process or the result. 

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I believe every single person we met in life would bring something to us. It would be physical, or mental, we couldnt stop these people step into our life, neither we could hold them to stay in our life. 

So appreciate the moment they come, enjoy the moment we shared, and thank the gift they brought to us, it could be a real present, a joyful time, a good lesson, even a bad experience.

We may not notice how they changed our life, maybe because we were not inspired, or we just never think of the reason behind. 

I guess both me and hema are alike in terms of our living value and career goal, i am happy to find someone similar as in she also want some me-time after reaching home.

I also love this me-time and i think that is important because we always live in a big society and somehow will lost. It is important to just be by our own, and reflecting what we had done and how could we improve. 

That's life isnt it?

We all need a little "me-time" every now and then. Especially as mothers.   Illustration courtesy of @PascalCampionArt:

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Yes is weekend again, but tomorrow will be Monday ==.

However, it shall be a good monday because the school holiday had finally started and assuming the traffic on the way to work shall be sweet as =)

Finger crossed. Then I would able to sleep for extra 10 mins, what a good day right? =D

Hehe, i am trying to be positive starting this weekend, i was thinking life was too precious to be negative and i would want a happy life =) 

I read a new book yesterday, this is the book of April. 

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I also had started a mission with the book, wearing this "A complaint free world" wrist band to stop myself from complaining.

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I admit that i am those people who filled with negative thought and used to complain a lot! 

So is good for myself to set a target to be a better person. Although it would be very hard to maintain this mission during working days, as i am not allowed to wear any accessories for my job. However, i decided to use a rubber band to replace the wrist band or just put a coin in my pocket. 

JUst a little explanation of the mission: everytime i complain, i need to wear the band on another wrist. This is to remind myself that i had complained and would be more aware on my own behavior. 

The mission is to sustain for 21 days to wear the band on the same wrist, meaning not to complain for 21 days continuously. 

The begining is very hard for sure, yesterday was my first day, but i still on day 1 today, and tomorrow still will be day 1. 

Yep, i complained both yesterday and today and i am fully aware of that. =S 

so keep it up vivian, i believe i would become a better me and stay away from the negative me. 

 

I also had fun playing with the new app i installed on my phone, beauty plus is very fun because i can turn on the make up mode and now i can understand which kind of make up actually suits me =)

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The anime selfie was also very funny, but i dont really like it, it was too fake lol.

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I guess a mild touch up is already good enough ^^

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My customized phone case also finally reached me =)

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Thanks to crafty co, though i not really like the case very much, because i find the design was not very satisfying...

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With the price of RM79, it was really overpriced and the quality of the case was poor.

So i would not recommend it to anyone..

NOw will temporarily use the case until i find the better one to replace because iphone 7 is still very hard to find a good case. 

I just realized i complained again =( 

 

That's all for my weekend, recently had been raining a lot, i had spotted a rainbow outside my house on Friday.

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If rainbow resemble hope, then i would still hope for a better me and future ahead =)

 

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呼,用了差不多一個月的時間,終于看完了《金魚缸》

這個好像也是我用部落格以來,首編發表的閲讀報告吧 =P

其實從今年開始就訂下目標,一個月至少要看一本書,到目前爲止算是都有在跟著進度

不過一月份和二月份的書好像沒讓我有什麽啓發,也不全然沒有拉。

一月份看了湊佳苗的《贖罪》,上週還看了這部小説改編的日劇。看幾時有空再一次過發表感想好了

至於二月份很快就看了〈再讓我說個故事好不好〉,反正就是一個集合很多小品的書,可能我對這種小品沒有什麽印象,所以讀了好像沒讀那樣

〈金魚缸〉反而真的有讓我留下深刻的印象,這本小説裏有很多人物,一開始還真的有點亂

故事發生在一個作者形容的大箱子- 公寓,公寓裏的每個單位,每個住客在金魚缸裏的金魚伊恩墜落的4秒鐘的經歷串聯成了這個在大紙箱發生的故事

在這短短的4秒鐘,看似微不足道,卻讓伊恩經歷生死一瞬,一個大肚婆從差點沒命到憑著自身母愛的意志將另一個新生命帶到世上,讓一個可以穿越時空的小男孩失去摯愛的爺爺同時領悟了新生命誕生的可貴,一個空虛的心靈得到彌補,2個孤單的身影走在了一起,讓一個花花公子大徹大悟認清了自己的真愛,也同時讓一個敢愛敢恨的美女勇敢向前。。。

我還忘了提到那個沉溺在自己世界專注烤咸派的女郎走出了自己的世界。。。

4秒的時間,卻仿佛經歷了一個人生,人生果然很有趣對吧

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我很慶幸伊恩最後沒有墜落在那硬邦邦的街道上,原以爲故事會以它的離開而結束,沒想到作者最後來了個急轉彎,這就是很多時候人生無法預測的奇跡吧?

其實我一直以爲伊恩可能是因爲人爲的因素而墜落的,譬如因爲是它的主人和愛人起爭執不小心摔落了金魚缸,或是因爲伊恩的主人因爲愛人的離開大發雷霆摔破金魚缸之類的

我忘了,或說我不知道魚的本能就是一直都嚮往自由,突然想起以前爺爺家裏曾經飼養一些魚,然後堂哥每次為魚缸換水時,暫時把那些魚兒放在塑料桶裏時,那些魚兒總會躍出水桶,我還記得那時一直在算魚兒的數量時發現少了一只,然後最後發現它在桌子底下呼呼的掙扎著

就像故事的伊恩那樣也是持有祖宗那以身俱來對自由的嚮往,在發現一直蓋住魚缸口的論文消失后,它在小小的魚缸裏轉圈助跑,奮力一躍離開了那個熟悉的環境,向耀眼的陽光展翅

可惜它不止沒有翅膀,也沒有一個持久的記憶,它在那墜落的4秒鐘一時想起自己怎麽墜落,一時又忘了自己在幹什麽

可是我好欣賞它的勇敢,即使它在墜落的過程知道自己最後可能會死掉也好像沒什麽大不了,可能是因爲它的記憶短暫,但是它卻目睹了很多人生百態

這個故事中若問我最喜歡哪一個人物,坦白說,我挑不出來,因爲我幾乎每一個都很喜歡

喜歡凱蒂的善良,喜歡她的敢愛敢恨,喜歡她的勇敢,即使故事最後她失去了一個愛的人,但我相信會有人愛她的,最後她會幸福的

喜歡希梅内斯對大廈的負責和熱情,沒有他,這個大廈不會那麽順利運作,我也很欣賞他的知足,對伽爾仕的接納好令人感動,最後放下自己的包袱在伽爾仕面前翩翩起舞也真的很棒

喜歡伽爾仕勇敢做自己,對於他敞開自己的秘密這一幕其實我真的很驚訝,因爲在工地收到包裹的他是如此的緊張兮兮,躲躲藏藏,到氣喘如牛的奮力爬樓梯的趕回自己的小天地時,我一直帶有成見的認定包裹裏一定是毒品,後來才發現原來是一套漂亮的禮服和精致的鞋子,原來我也是帶有成見的人啊!

那一刻突然很同情伽爾仕,是阿,誰說男生不能打扮自己讓自己漂漂亮亮的,我的成見好像還在繼續蔓延,直到他終于在希梅内斯面前勇敢表達自己時,我頓時很佩服他!

也真的很感謝希梅内斯的寬容,哦不,那是一種很高尚的情操,很懂得尊重和平等對待每一個人,這一點真的很值得學習

我也很喜歡佩妮最後為孩子的堅強,一開始我也以爲她就是一個不自愛的人,怎麽都快臨盆了都不好好將手機充電,爲何沒有危機意識?但是當她拼了命痛苦的掙扎的奮力拍走廊上每一戶的門求救時,我知道她還是一個很堅強很勇敢的媽媽,我都不在她的情況下,怎麽可以這麽任意批判她呢?

慶幸最後佩妮得救了,感謝克萊爾勇敢開門,感謝赫曼勇敢接生,最後寶寶順利來到世界,佩妮終于吃到那誘人的冰淇淋三明治,我想她一定想吃很久了,那一刻一定超滿足

克萊爾最後終于正視了自己的問題,謝天謝地,她一定會走出去的,讀到這時,仿佛自己好像也被鼓舞了。是啊,我們應該去正視問題,勇敢地跨步!

赫曼最後雖然失去了爺爺,但我相信從他手中接獲新生命時,他必定領略了人生的可貴,我也堅信故事結束后,他會和佩妮一起生活過的很好

至於看似反派的康納和斐兒,他們應該也改變了人生吧。康納不是會更加珍惜下一段戀情就是會更加墮落,至於得到伊恩的斐兒應該會發現伊恩的存在吧?不知道康納從自己生命消失還是伊恩的出現會否對她以後的人生有什麽重要改變,但縂有的吧?

太不可思議了,人生。還有小説。。。。謝謝作者 Bradley Somer,這本書我讀的是譯本,但是很沉醉,真的沒想到閲讀還是讓我有啓發的

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因爲我一直覺得自己是一個視覺係的人,對文字好像不太感冒,反而畫面會留下深刻印象。但事實可能只證明我之前可能看錯了書哈哈哈哈

不過其實也不是每一本都這樣,至少我對〈小王子〉,〈境遇〉,〈贖罪〉等還是很有印象的 =)

繼續閲讀,繼續啓蒙人生,因爲人生太多變化,太多轉折,4秒鐘就可以經歷生死,你說何不珍惜當下,有空讀一讀有意思的書呢?

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  • Mar 13 Mon 2017 21:34
  • 3月

已經三月了,發現長越大就越時間過得越快

還是其實時間一直都是很快的咻過去都不停留只是我們長大了想做的事情也越來越多卻發現時間不夠用

“累”這個字最近又悄悄地在我心裏亂敲,工作不累頂多是悶,生活也不累最多是閑。那究竟這個累是從哪裏冒起?

應該只是心吧,覺得人與人之間,交心好累。。你拿出真心換來的可能只是片言的甜言蜜語。

可是既然知道那是虛僞的爲何我們依然要擴展我們的交際圈子,然後虛僞的扮演那個會讓人第一印象很好的人

我有點失去自己了的說,覺得這種所謂的交友和交際真的累,很煩。

3,不止是3月,今年我也踏入30的年頭,所以才那麽焦慮嗎?那麽擔心自己真的快孤身一人

我的天啊,拜托你,過去6年你一個人也過得很好好不好!

所以,我不想再去想了,什麽擴展交際之類的都隨便隨緣啦,我不想爲了一些莫名其妙的陌生人委屈我自己

我就是這樣的女生,你不能接受就走的遠遠的,我是爲了什麽要被你們搞亂我的心情和思緒阿!

所以,3月。雖然開始了一半,但是我不要沉淪下去,我還是要重拾我一月設立的目標繼續向前進!

我上週也終于買了機票,這個10月準備去韓國看紅葉去啦!耶!!!

這次會和前老闆Karen一起去。我們總算有機會一起去旅行,其實真的很感謝在前公司讓我遇到了她,教會了我很多事情,也撿到了這份真摯的友誼

韓國的機票敲定了就得實實在在的存錢了,馬幣真的是跌的慘不忍睹,我都開始在考慮提早去換錢了

接著還要開始制定我的旅程了,還有住宿之類的

就在敲定了韓國行的這一天,就好像多一份驚喜那樣,朋友發現了去柬埔寨的機票來回超便宜,於是我又在明年1月又有另一個行程了!太開心了,你說人生是不是很美好,干嘛要為那些無謂的阿貓阿狗糾結啦

不過接下來的日子買東西要三思是真的,吃東西都要想想,得減少去咖啡廳的時光了,因爲真的不菲,也順便當作減肥好了

昨天我們也一家人(除了小弟要在朋友家趕報告)難得一起慶祝哥哥的生日,還被我拍到了這可愛的小瓜

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不過她現在很享受鏡頭就是了,還會主動叫大家拍她,太可愛了!

人生還有很多美好的事情,三月,我會繼續往前走,好好的過~

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Yeah, today is the International women's day, but we did not celebrate this day, it was just a random night for the outing group to gather =)

Cheen had finally returned from the cruise after 4 months, glad that she still in full piece and definitely had a good experience and fun!

It was delightful to hear her stories, and also happy to receive these!!

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I can feel the love hehehehe =D

We were having dinner at Funa Zushi tonight, this was my second attempt here, and apparently this place considered the best Japanese cuisine in Klang.

The food overall was not too bad, we ordered way too much tonight!

I had the aki bento, come with various sushi, tempura (shrimp and salmon =D), sweet soy flavored fried chicken, chawan mushi and miso soup.

This was a luxury meal, and the price of RM40 to get all these was considered very good because it would be hard to get such a great variety and also quality food.

Besides my bento, we also ordered agedashi tofu, gyoza, edamame, a few selections of sushi, karaagae ....omg, i ate way too much tonight!

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The gathering tonight was awesome, good talks, lots of laughter and jokes. 

Kok chin was making fun of me with my funny and weird dates, and i also laughed at his weird encounter of women =P

Cheen talked so much about her experience on board and almost had no time to eat

Bean was just being quiet and listen to our silly stories and occasionally gave a bombing comment.

In the end, bean also was telling us about her plan to leave the job and so. We were teasing her again, and the night ended with it. 

Hopefully she made up her mind and move on soon, also wish cheen and chin stay well and happy with their life. 

Until then, let's count down to the next gathering =)

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