连续两次

连续两次，我收到了同样的经文。
连续两次，都对我很有帮助！
连续两次，我都感谢神！！！
一个是昨天，一个是今天。

Matthew 6:28-34 (New International Version)

²⁸"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.

²⁹Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one o these.

³⁰If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

³¹So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

³²For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

³³But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

³⁴Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

马太福音6:28-34

6:28	何 必 为 衣 裳 忧 虑 呢 。 你 想 野 地 里 的 百 合 花 ， 怎 样 长 起 来 ， 他 也 不 劳 苦 ， 也 不 纺 线 。
6:29	然 而 我 告 诉 你 们 ， 就 是 所 罗 门 极 荣 华 的 时 候 ， 那 他 所 穿 戴 的 ， 还 不 如 这 花 一 朵 呢 。
6:30	你 们 这 小 信 的 人 哪 ， 野 地 的 草 ， 今 天 还 在 ， 明 天 就 丢 在 炉 里 ， 神 还 给 他 这 样 的 妆 饰 ， 何 况 你 们 呢 。
6:31	所 以 不 要 忧 虑 ， 说 ， 吃 什 么 ， 喝 什 么 ， 穿 什 么 。
6:32	这 都 是 外 邦 人 所 求 的 。 你 们 需 用 的 这 一 切 东 西 ， 你 们 的 天 父 是 知 道 的 。
6:33	你 们 要 先 求 他 的 国 ， 和 他 的 义 。 这 些 东 西 都 要 加 给 你 们 了 。
6:34	所 以 不 要 为 明 天 忧 虑 。 因 为 明 天 自 有 明 天 的 忧 虑 。 一 天 的 难 处 一 天 当 就 够 了 。

谢谢你们啦~~

Don't stop dreaming!!!

Susan Boyle reminds me of dreaming. Those things we always hoped for and dreamed about when we were young. Things that you always want to do but got discouraged, or because it's less practical?.

This lady has just recently appeared in a British competition called Britain's Got Talent --- ie everyone who thinks s/he has got talent can enrol for audition.

Do you think she can sing??

Well, most people who was watching the audition in the auditorium thought she was one of those retards, even the judges.. They laughed at her and mocked at her when she said her dream was to become a professional singer like Elaine Paige and guess what, they got a taste of the most brilliant and stunning performance ever! When she started her first bar, nearly everyone in the auditorium stood up and cheered for her. The whole auditorium was literally brought to CLIMAX!!

It took her less than a week to break America! She has now global fans including famous actor and actress, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore.

SO,
who say "STOP DREAMING, WAKE UP!"
who say "Be realistic, you dreams will never gonna feed your stomach."
who say "You should stop dreaming because you failed!"
who say "It's too late, look at me, I'm not those 18, 19 young people out who are there full of dreams."

WELL,
Susan Boyle said it's never too late to dream.
Susan Boyle said it's never too late when your dream comes true..
Susan Boyle dreamed her dream when she was 47!!

Sometimes things turned out very different and circumstances may turn you down, but no matter what, there WILL be one day, that critical moment when light shines and chases away dark clouds. There WILL be this day!!

Remember, the key to success is

Consistency of pursuing, and never give up!

Full video of her audition at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
(I think due to copyright reason embedding has been disabled)

I'm actually feeling better now

What can I say, I am surprised too..

So I slept at 3am last night, I was waken up at 7 something, and I thought it was 9 or 10. Again, I got cheated by my dear little humorous and famous Mr Sun. He wakes up early, and getting earlier everyday. Those strong little light particles beamed through the window, causing my curtain sparkled in the sunlight and glanced as if it's fluorescent. It dazzled me for a while before I managed to grab my phone and realised it's early. Darn, morning can never be so overwhelming. And yes, SPRING IS HERE!

Despite wasting a lot of time putting on many layer of clothes, I dressed up light with a piece of T-shirt and hoodie for top and trek suit trousers for bottom. I was off to school.

Birds started chirping; Flowers and tree began to blossom; Squirrel started feeding on nuts and seeds.
AHhhh~ ~ everything became so lively. *Smile* =)

I could see different colours on the street. There's no more dark and dull wearing, but a lot of vivid muti-coloured shirts. There's no more moaning about too cold, but cheering about the nice and perfect weather. Very soon there will be no more lectures, but revision and exams and then SUMMER HOLIDAY.

Till then~
Man I'm feeling great :D

I got it !

So, regarding the last post...

I WON THE ELECTION !!!!

UCL Union 2009-10, Services Committee Member..

Vote for Me !!

Following one month of my blog recession, I have finally managed to get on with some crisis and here I am, with a little update about my life.

February has been refreshing with awful lot of interesting happenings. The most notable is the UCL Union spring election I am running for. It was hard to make up my mind before I turned myself in but thanks to God and my very supportive friends, I got myself nominated.

Campaigning was fun! All you need to do is to grab some good friends to promote you. I never thought that publicising myself could be so difficult, one seriously needs a lot of courage to go public. And I did it!
I had the flyers made with my picture on it, and posted wherever seem visible to people. Handed out flyers to people and networking a lot to get their votes. Well, I hope I will get some pay back seriously. Have a glance at my flyers..

(blogger is kind of crappy atm so will get it posted asap)

墨菲定律是一套对生活观察的定律，它似乎有实际经验作为基础，因而更有份量。你可能听过这一条：「如果事情会出错，就一定会出错。」还有「你所做的每件事都不是孤立的，所有的事都存在着因果关系。」

我自己的经验似乎也印证了许多条墨菲定律，我特别把上述的第二条挂在墙上作为座右铭。错误的决定会导致一连串后果，如果有人的生活只顾追求享乐，他们的子 子孙孙都会受到牵连（出埃及记20章4-5节）。假使你偏离了上帝的道路，你的孩子可能也会走上同样的道路，即使后来你回转归向上帝，他们却可能仍不回 返。

但是，这条定律也有其好的一面。如果有人凭着信心活在上帝面前，也会对子子孙孙带来深远的影响。如果他们活得够长，就能亲眼看到信心对后代子孙所产生的影响。对年长的人来说，看到子孙为基督而活，是多么令人满足的一件事！

墨菲定律和圣经一致认同这一观点：「你所做的每件事都不是孤立的，所有的事都存在着因果关系。」HWR

散播败坏的种子，
收割罪恶的浆果；
散播正义的种子，
得到祝福的收获。Sper

Murphy’s Laws are observations about life that seem to have the weight of experience behind them. You’ve probably heard this one: “If anything can go wrong, it will.” Here’s another one: “You can’t do just one thing; everything has its consequences.”

My own experience seems to confirm many of Murphy’s Laws, but it’s that second one that I would hang on the wall as a motto. Wrong choices have their consequences. For example, if we choose to live for pleasure, that will affect our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren (Ex. 20:4-5). If we walk away from God, we may discover that our children have taken that trip with us. Later, even if we return to Him, they may not.

But there is also good news. Devotion to the Lord has its consequences too. Men and women who live in faith before God can have a strong influence on their children and their children’s children. If they live a long life, they can witness the effect their faith has had on several generations. What satisfaction it brings to older people to see their posterity living for Christ!

Murphy and the Bible agree on this point: “Everything has its consequences.” — Haddon W. Robinson

If you sow seeds of wickedness,
Sin’s harvest you will reap;
But scattered seeds of righteousness
Yield blessings you can keep. —Sper

People who follow Christ lead others in the right direction.

sources from: http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/our-daily-bread/2009/01/28/devotion.aspx

http://www.rbcintl.org/odb/gb-odbtxt.php?date_id=20090128&lang=gb

1st Feb

1st Feb. On the very first day of February, Britain welcomes the heavy snow. It is said to be the heaviest or worst snow ever since January 2003. As Britain is undergoing the coldest winter over the past 30 years, we are not surprised to see 20cm of snow by tomorrow morning. I am very sorry to those who are in Australia enjoying the worst summer ever, and here I am to express my condolence, we have having the coldest winter too.

Too bad, it starts snowing at the south-east of England. That means Kent & London get to be the first to see the snow. Fortunately (only to meifen), it will covers the whole Britain tomorrow. Poor meifen is finally going to see her very first moment of snow.. I am so happy for you, dude!

Again, I took quite a number of photos.

Very Very Very heavy snow!

I thought it was too cold to do this outside and I didn't want to feel like a freak doing this alone out there so I made an indoor snow man!!

I know, not a good one but I will improve.. Treat it as indoor snow tower or whatever you like..

=)

Happy Snowing!!!!

someone really needs to grow up.

Early this morning, before the usual time I normally wake up, phone was ringing non-stop. I tended to ignore it for the first/second call but the third call caught me up. I thought it would be an urgent call with something important, deep inside my heart, I was expecting mum to call me to ask if I still need anything (cause aunt is coming back soon). But things are normally not so wonderful when you set your expectation too high.

I went down the stairs, I was still partially in my dream. I picked up the phone,
"Hello, is this Edd?"
"Yes." *yawning*
"Hi, this is aunty alice (my legendary guest SHE IS NOT MY AUNT!!! you call everyone Aunty at home!She is just my aunt's 20 years ago churchmates in London), I am calling from Sibu, just want to say hi and happy new year. I met your aunt in Kuching...... ...... ....."
"Ok, thank you. I'm good. How are you?"
"....."
"....."
"Richard (her son) will be going to London this evening and maybe he will ask you out for new year celebration with his friend."
"Oh, ok.. but I don't think I am free tonight. Thanks anyway."
(the worst thing are always at the end)
"Oh. ic.. You see, he is going with his friend and all of them are couples. I'm wondering if he could stay at your place for the weekend and he will go back on monday? He will arrive tonight at 12."
(OMG.. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!)
"errr.. I am not sure, but I will go out tonight and I am not sure what time I will be back. In fact, I will be very busy this weekend cause my cousin is here and we may go out together. Plus, I have early dental appointment tomorrow and I need to leave home early."
(I was trying to hint her that I DO NOT WANT him to destroy my weekend, but she didn't seem to realise and kept asking me if I have time, if he could stay. bla bla bla.. all the bullshit!)
"Maybe I will ask Richard to text you when he is on the train."
(That is absolutely inappropriate! I am not prepared and will not be prepared to accomodate someone here when I really need my rest with family and friends after a dreadful week..NOT with someone I don't know and I don't want to worry about things being destroyed again!!! NOT THIS TIME)
"Ok~~ (whatever, I will say no anyway) "
"Bye."

I wonder if he wants to stay here why couldn't he call me or text me himself? His mom has to call me from Sibu to let me know the news??? That is absolute ridiculous!! This simply shows that he does not appreciate the stay and being very rude.. If she calls, I will let her know the truth and I will definitely teach her a lesson. I was just too sleepy to defend myself.
Seriously, can you just someone and say you are coming to stay for a weekend and expect you can move in? Especially for someone I barely know... I do not feel comfortable with this. It's not that I'm being unfriendly but this is just not the right time and the way you call just make the whole situation even worse.

THEY seriously need to grow up!!!!

DAMN, Why.... totally destroyed my lovely morning!

Eye Test

前几天去检查眼睛，因为这里的NHS服务很好，我们如果可以申请到NHS Help with health cost, 很多东西都是免费。包括Free prescriptions, free dental treatment, free sight test, free glasses and contact lenses, free wigs and fabric supports & travel to receive NHS treatment. 当然，我们学生就很容易请到咯。

那我上星期六就闲着没事做，就带着我的NHS Certificate到一家眼镜行。一进去那里，我就被安排到那里排队等。结果到我的时候，那个人要我把我的Contact lens脱掉，然后就坐在一个机器那里（有检查过眼睛的人都懂这个机器）。之后，那个机器还会喷药的，不懂为什么还要喷我的眼睛，蛮奇怪的。

然后呢，我就被安排到另一边等。我就问他我在等什么，他就说：“你必须等另一个部门来带你去做另外一项检查”。我就LL坐在那里看报纸。结果等了很久，终于到我了，我就进去检查咯。这个检查很让我心跳加速的说。不只是那种带不懂度数的眼镜（机器）来看数字，她还要用很多莫名其妙的东西来照我的眼睛。还靠我很近！我的眼睛都被那些光线照到很痛。。。

OK, eye test 完毕。他说我要做眼睛的话他马上可以帮我做。我就问他我可以做Contact Lens吗，她说如果你要做Contact Lens, 我必须see the contact lens consultant， to carry out the contact lens test. You have to bring all your things here including your specs, contact lens, and your solution before we can do anything for you.
我就有一点swt. 做一个眼镜这么麻烦。之后她就加一句。
It's not like Malaysia. The regulation here is very strict. We need to make sure every process is done before we can make any prescriptions. =.=

结果她跟我说，Contact lens examination is not covered by NHS, you have to pay £20. 我当时就没钱，结果我就跟他说我该次book appointment后再来。我就这样花了一个小时在做这个sight test.

我现在还在想，我到底是不是不如去malaysia买contact lens就好，然后在那里做一幅designer glasses就好呢？那样我就不用花£20 leh......

It has been long since i posted... let me see... exactly half a month! What the heck was going on.. and this is my first post in 2009... I must be really busy I guess..

So, things turned out really bad in the first week of the new term. The first few days were absolutely 'amazing'. I was almost getting breathless and my brain was drained! It's all about last minute working on assignments and a test going on yesterday. Some people might say we were given a month holiday to do all this but guess what,
the first week we needed to rest
the second week was christmas
the third week was new year
the last week was the only time we can do out work + study.. BUT, I have two really interesting guests, remember? ??

I was gonna write about my guests few days ago just right after they went back, but I had to do my work. 2 essays in which 1 of them required 2000 words and the other 1500. I was just totally overwhelmed with the amount of articles/journals/books I'd read in the past weeks and writing 3500 words was just an impossible job for me !!!! However, I managed all that and I'm all done now!!
(Not to mention that there is this group of people that I'm having my tutorial with were bribing each other for not doing this piece of work simply because we didn't have time to do it, and so that we were able to speak the same word to the professor. And now we have our deadline extended! Good Job Guys!!! *grin*)

I still want to write something about my experience with these two amazing guests I had over the holidays. They were supposed to move out to the hotel as my sister was coming to London but the mom insisted to stay and so I had to spend my new year with them. We ended up in a local club for a private party of my aunt's friend.

The one on the left is obviously the mum, and the son is the one in black. Those two are very sweet couple from Hong Kong. I had a very very memorable experience about the mom&son fight at & after the party.. I just don't know how to put it in words.. It's just the mom was being 'closed minded' and was mad about the son being 'too sociable' cause he talked to this couple whom are known as ''STRANGERS" to the mom.. I was a victim being 'ordered'/dragged by the mom to participate in the conversation to help 'spying' on the son and report to the mom, while she was watching at us from a distance!!! She couldn't stand it eventually and joined in which created a very very very awkward situation. That's how the photo was taken, with the mum inside!

Anyway, after they left, there're couple of damages were made in my aunt's flat!!
1st, remember the son has to spend an hour at least for shower? and he showers twice a day?? This is how the bathroom became. He didn't even say a word after he came out and showed no atonement!
2nd, my aunty got a lot of chocolate over the christmas and she was keeping it to bring back to Kuching during CNY but most of the good ones were left opened by the son, without asking...!!!
I seriously had no idea that GUEST have the right to do those things, until the lectures I had from my guests.. I wonder how they manage to live in their own world....... a 19-year-old and a 60-ish..
LEGEND !!!!!!

Shockingssss

My shocking and surprising guests..

i, the mum actually flew all the way from Malaysia to Manchester to 'look after' her only child

ii, the son was ashame of the mum because she was wearing trainers during her journey and he borrowed a pair of lady shoes from his lady friends for his mum

iii, the son was aware of his mum finding out what he has been doing in Manchester and what kind of friend he is hanging out with

iv, the son then booked train tickets from Manchester to London, hoping to 'stay away' from the facts about his life that he didn't want his mum to know any further

v, the mum keep complaining that the son is spending too much but she still feed him loads of money into his pocket and bank account

vi, his living expenses is around £400-500 a month, which is around RM2200

vii, poor mum likes to bail the son out, leaving the son with some bad attitude and a little bit irresponsible of almost everything which is too late to change

viii, the mum & the son are actually good people to me despite the rather spoilt part

ix, the mum still force/watch the son studying because the son is a party boy

X, the son spend 1 hour in shower in the morning and another 1 hour at night. Leaving poor me have to wait for so long!!!

My volunteer story

Another day of Crisis service has ended. Again, it was tiring, but you got to come home full of satisfaction, knowing that just some little things you did, meant so much to the homeless.

I always wanted to take up some voluntary work to help the community, also to build up my soul while contributing something to those who needed help. At the beginning of the month, I read about this exclusive christmas service from the church and thought this would be a good opportunity for me to get involved in. Without much hesitation, I signed up on the website and I was assigned to help at the Rough Sleepers Centre.

Things turned up well on the first day, but with a little struggling moment this morning, I still ended up going to the centre and volunteer my time & work. I would say I had a very very very different experience from what I gained on the first day.

1. Standing outside Tesco (a super-market) beside the Rough Sleeper Centre with 3 other volunteers for 2 hours and almost froze to death.
Job description: Avoid the 'guests' of the centre from shoplifting (I thought Tesco should have more specialised guard??)

2. Spent an hour in the Pet Zone (a special service for the guest's pet, including veterinary)
Job description: To keep the dogs accompanied?? Again, I was froze to death and it was kind of boring cause the dogs were sleeping most of the time.
(There was a guest who has actually got 5 dogs! I wonder if he is spending all his money on his dogs which eventually made him homeless)

3. Spending don't know how many hours standing at the gap with a weird lady. (the only indoor job for today)
Job description: Basically just stand there and smile to people who passed by.

And there was this black guy(a rough sleeper) approaching me saying my scarf looks nice!

He actually asked if he could take a closer look at it and I agreed. I passed him my scarf and he smelled it, then showed that (after having drugs) kind of smile or grin or whatever silly look it was.
He then asked, "Can I have it?" (with a little bit of desperate look, but still lack of sincerity)

Seriously what would you do if a rough sleeper ask you things like that?????

"..oh we-eee-ll, .. .. .. yeah, you can have it, if you really like it. you know, it keeps you warm and,... yeah.. take it" (deep inside me, my heart was bleeding)

"REALLY?"

"Yes.. (now please just go before I change my mind) (my heart still bleeding) "

He left, without saying thank you, without having this supposedly happy look. The worst is, he had already got a scarf on him.. And I still said YES??? I supposed he didn't really need my scarf?

Deep in my heart, I was very upset, it was my favourite scarf. I got it from my aunt as a gift and I only had it for 3 days and it had only been on my shoulder for twice.
I told my sister, she said I was toooo kind? (I don't think I am)
I told my aunt, she went "What?? I went to find it from the store for you, and there was only one left!"
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After hours and hours of self-counselling, I comforted my erratic heart.
- not only those who look like needs help, needs help.
- if you really want to help someone, would you give up something that you like so much which could possibly help other people?? It was just a scarf, what if it's your favourite jacket? shirt? or even money??? My answer to that is I don't know. I want to help, but I think I have limitation.

All I could say right now is goodbye, my 2-day old scarf.

Do you still want to volunteer?
Yes.

ChRiSTMaS + BoXinG DaY + CriSiS

So it has been quite a while since I blog, I guess......, time just seems passing so quickly. About christmas, I know I should probably post it on the day or a day after but I just didn't have time to write about it. Here it is, my post-christmas post.

That was my first christmas in winter. (I know my lack of previous experience in my younger days will annoy some of you and I'm sorry if you feel annoyed) It was very different, missing those church performance, christmas parade, and similar faces that were hanging around in church. I had a very English style of christmas. I remembered I was so tired that I couldn't even wait for the clock to strike 12 and I headed to bed without hanging up my stocking.
So, I missed the most exciting part of christmas ---> waking up early in the morning, checking the stocking for surprised present from Mr. Santa.
Then, I went to christmas service at a local church, meeting a lot of people who only go to church once in a year. (Very common isn't it?) After that, aunt's friend came to pick us up to his house for christmas dinner. (Very English) He then sent us home at 4am in the midnight, really very kind of them to have us over.

Boxing day... I don't know what it is but it has something to do with the bible and it is like one of the very momentous events in christianity? That's what I was told. The person who told me didn't seem very sure though. But, it's mostly about shopping(!!!!), where most of the store had discount up to 50-70%. Literally spent about RM1000, and enough about it.

Took up voluntary service at Crisis today. Was fun, I was assigned to Rough Sleepers Centre. All of the guests are homeless in London. It's 1:20am right now, brain is not working well so think of what normal volunteer would do then. Was enjoying it... really.. another shift to go tomorrow. That's it !

Staying away from London once in a while is good. Honestly, living in the third most expensive city in the world is tough. It's tough because the city is so huge that you get lost so easily. It's tough because things are expensive, Oxford/Regents streets kill pockets. It's tough because people are tough.

Most people in the uni are going back home. I think I am the only one in a few people who is going to spend the Christmas and new year in London. The holiday is kind of long and thus I took 5 days off, visitng my sister and cousin in Birmingham, the second largest city in the UK.

I enjoyed the first 2 or 3 days in my sister's hostel. The place is kind of OK, it is very close to her uni, and the uni is not in the city (that's the main point). Even if it is in the city, it's still so much different to London and you have to believe me when I tell you this, the second largest city in the UK is not actually large anyway!

I really really don't know how I am going to survive if my uni is located outside the city, in 'ulu ulu' place like Univ. of Birmingham for instance. I mean, you've got nothing else to do apart from lectures! It's not like you could skip lecture and go to see Daniel Craig premiere of Quantum of Solace in Leicester Square. *Cough cough* One good thing about Univ. of Birmingham is that it is huge! 10 times larger than my tiny small UCL located in central of London. They've got many green fields, their own football field and WIDE pedestrian. It reminded me of how pathetic it is for us UCL folks to walk on narrow pedestrian which could only fit one side forward and the other backward. ;[

Anyway, I started feeling bored of Birmingham after 2, 3 days and some of my friends said I'm addicted to London? Gosh, hell no! That's like one of the worst thing ever that'll happen to me. Addicted to London?? my goodness! (and well, I actually feel better when I came back in London but that doesn't mean I'm addicted to it, does it?)

on the train feeling bored

~爽~

今天的心情，只有这个字 ‘爽’ 可以形容。

我把这个字放在我的MSN，然后就很多懂华文的人就来问我为什么这么爽。我就让他们猜咯。那个丘浩丹，头脑还真是歪，‘你不是virgin了哈？’......真是有一点swt，这样都被他想出来。不过hoh,如果有一天我不是了，我也不会大庭广众post出来啦！神经病才这么做。

好了，为什么爽 呢？？？

因为我今天跟两位Malaysian美女出去逛街，而且还吃了Malaysian食物！！！最重要的是，我讲的是古晋呛的华文！！！songz!

我们首先去号称全欧洲最大间的shopping mall，而且今年十月底才开的。真的很新！很漂亮！不过呢，大间我就不敢说啦，因为KL有很多比它更大的。不过设计什么都是很漂亮的。。

然后呢，就去找吃的。Malaysian食物！！而且是大马政府有部分津贴的，所以很便宜。一餐才£4.50。
后来就在那里聊天聊到几个小时那边。讲的是古晋呛华文！！从来没有这么爽过。因为hoh，跟台湾人或是中国人讲话，不懂为什么我会觉得我到底是不是在讲华文。不过呢，事实是虽然他们的华文都讲得会比我好（我认为我的口语也不错啊），不过我认为我可以写得比他们好！（因为多数在我大学的中国，台湾人都是在这里念书念几年了的）

跟这两个美女在一起虽然只有不到半天，但是我真的是感觉自己在家乡。一起大炮，一起笑大大声。一起说‘lakia!’ （太久没有说那个字了）lol

还是一个字，爽！！

到底这两个美女是谁呢？？？

黄伊娃 跟 陈美芬 啦!!!!

那个伊娃呢，还是没有变。一样疯狂！跟他在一起不用怕没有话题说的
美分呢，变美了！！因为第一次看到她没有带牙套！LMAO xD
真的很高兴可以看到他们的说！！！

今天， 我觉得我的华文进步了！
=)

I think I got a job

Few months ago I was desperately looking for a job, but to no avail.

I sent out CV (I thought mine was pretty crap), cover letter, but I never got any replies apart from the ones which I was rejected.

This term was really busy so I didn't really have much time to go out + I need to save money..

So I dropped off the idea.. maybe I just wasn't meant to work in this hectic term.

Couple days ago I got an email from titicaca.co.uk travel, saying that they're recruiting people to expand their business in different part of England. So they need some enthusiastic and responsible people to be their regional sales representative. They prefer people who can speak Mandarin & English, preferably current student.
(Who could be better than Me ???) *smile*

I was thinking, maybe this is the sign. As I was thinking who would ever email people directly to offer a job? Aren't they supposed to post it or advertise somewhere where people can see it?
Without having too much second thought, I corrected my CV and wrote a very appealing and outstanding cover letter to express my enthusiasm, and sent it off literally 2 hours after I read that email.

Finally within 24 hours time, I got a reply.
In order to know me better and to assess my suitability, I was given an employment assessment task. It was all in Mandarin, I guess they wanted me to show that I can speak/write in Mandarin?
It took me freaking two hours to complete those simple questions, longer than anyone would ever expected.
*Reason for that :
1, I had to make it looks good
2, I simply forgot how to write proper Mandarin. Crap!

Anyway, I got reply from them today. Again, it's within 24 hours!! (efficient!)

''感谢你一直以来对TITICACA.co.uk旅行社的支持 (我才懂你两天！！），也很高兴你能喜欢销售代表这个位置（因为可以赚钱和获得staff discount ---我忘了怎么说staff discount in 中文）。通过你在测试卷中所提到的信息和个人想法，我们能体会到通过你的聪明和努力一定能够充分胜任这份工作（那当然！）......''

Ok. Now I think I would have enough money to really chill out and actually have fun by next term!
(not to mention discount staff rate for travelling? BIG GRIN)

Date with sexy Oxford/Regents Street

Oxford Street, one of the world class shopping streets which is the busiest over the whole Europe.

Regents Street, any major shopping streets in London which cuts through the middle of Oxford Street, help forming the Oxford Circus.
So what is it like shopping or just walking on these fabulous streets??

Actually this wasn't my first time walking on the streets. Since they are both in centre london and I live in centre london, these two streets have been one of my often-walking place. Now what is so different about my recent visit, that's what I can't wait to tell you.

As you all know christmas is approaching and what makes christmas so special in London is the decoration around it. The weather(winter) has definitely added a plus on it, also the recent credit crunch (cause everything has to go down, and that's why there is sales going on now).

The weather was pretty good this morning, and so I decided to have a day out in the city.

Obviously it is weekend and people here like to shop a lot so some guy just decided to block Oxford Street and Regents Street from vehicle (cause they know how bad it feels to squeeze yourself around two narrow sidewalk with massive number of shopping freaks).

Of course who will ever miss this once in a year event ?? Even though those silly trucks and public vehicle were forbidden to enter, the crowd still filled it up. Probably christmas sales and christmas light decoration are too attractive, like a big hoover sucking people from different places!

Not just the sales that worth your time and energy. There were loads (!) of christmas road show going on, and the crazy christmas deals! Oh gosh, I am so gonna drown here if my aunt wasn't there. Everything looked wonderful! The people, the spirit, the decoration, and everything other thing reflect how different people over here celebrate christmas compare to those back home. Everyone around has showing this extreme christmassy spirit and I got influence by being so excited about this momentous occasion. After all, it's my first christmas in winter at the place where I was dying to be. CHRISTMAS, I AM SO READY !!!!!What about Madagascar visit the town??? >
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TADA!!!

SEXY !!


HOT!!!

AND IRRESISTIBLE
Taste the difference of real, hot, live model !!

I can't help but seeing a lot of high-ians surrounding outside the shop! Lots of squealing as if they have reached orgasm.. Duh~

AHHHHHH

AHHHH
Having exam tomorrow, and it consists of 6% of the overall mark at the end of the academic year. Well, I'm basically in holiday mood right now, so I may just make donation tomorrow perhaps?? It's christmas season, by mean of DONATION PERIOD anyway!!! So if I screw up the test I won't feel too bad! :D

Cant wait for pub crawl!! Cant wait for skipping lecture to go Europe's largest shopping mall (actually some in KL is larger) !! Cant wait for German Christmas Market !!! AHHHH
~I'm kind of rebellious~ *but only sometimes* (I'm not normally like that)

Crap, this old bad habit just never fade.. Whatever.. this is like once in the lifetime stuff so it shouldn't turn out too bad..

Anyway, good luck to my exam tomorrow!!

(hate that freaking chloroform bitting my finger now and it's freaking painful)
(and THAT particular finger was licked by the stove again ??)

I don't want to lose my finger, SERIOUSLY !!!!

AHHHHH

Fabulous

Seriously, I have nothing to blog nowadays.. Life is just as usual, besides different dishes served on the table everyday. Walking on the street everyday, I start thinking, I am a part of the world, not because of who I am, or what I am, it's because I am just so precious to HIM that HE gave me life so everyday of my life could be fabulous.

I went to hillsongs church this morning. I didn't know how it took me so long to finally step into this church. I mean, it is absolutely fantastic! I am pleased to know there are still people out there, actively worship our God. When it comes to Jesus, every single person seems becoming ONE, as we all focus on the same thing, praise the same God, ask from the same mighty one.. A lot of people might think, "oh religion is shit, religious is crime". Tell you what, you are nothing without Jesus, though you have lot of money, have good reputation, or think you rule your own life, or bla bla bla.... you do not have the most important thing in your life, and that is pathetic.

Christmas break is just around the corner, at this point of time, not to mention the exams that will knock our head off, I am thinking of what I could do in this long holiday. Not a job, a voluntary work might be good, or maybe getting involved in godly activity would be perfect. Fingers crossed!

As for my work, it has never been fun, but I am glad I am committed into this university. Work just couldn't be any lesser, they just keep coming and coming until you hold a white flag and surrender. I am currently working on a research team, trying to find out human taste sensitivity on particular chemical compound which contains bitter taste. It seems fun, but all we need is teamwork and co-operation. Wish me luck.

It snowed again last night. Waking up this morning, looking out the window, thin layer of snow scattering everywhere. It looks fab, even better when you go out feeling chilly on your leg. It was 0 degree.

My life - My thought

Life can be saying as indescribable actually, and by that, neither does it mean indescribably good nor bad. Just bear in mind, I don't know how to describe it.

Since I joined the university group, my life has become totally different. As for the timetable itself, I think I had biologically made some adjustment to fit in. But till now, I still don't think my time is as flexible as it was before in Malaysia. Reason for that, I can't describe.

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(anyway, the gaps above are meant to be something. It's just that blogger sucks, they disappear when I publish my post and I can't be bothered to do it now. Will fill it out later)

These things have literally filled up 85% of my mind. I can't afford to spare another 15% of my mental energy to any other things else besides doing nothing, surf the net or do something that actually makes me feel good. I seriously need some sort of hard disc expansion to my mind. But how can I do it? I am mentally busy...(not to mention THE control freak in this case)

One of my friend was telling me she is soul-searching at the moment. She used to have eye piercing but she took it off.
"What I was in Vancouver doesn't mean what I am in London"
That's her reply to me.
"What prompt you to do so? I mean, it's obviously a big move and that impulsive gesture of yours, ..."
"I want to figure out what I want. I think I'm not in the right place, doing what I should do right now."

People always need someone to tell them what they want, don't they?
Do you really know what you want? Or are you doing something that someone had told you before you actually want it?

All in all, life sucks cause it has to be in this way.
Still, I hate control geek!