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Is it really important what do u do for living? Well, in Malaysia, most parents would want their children to study hard, get good education, be a doctor or engineer so that they can live a better lifestyle. That is the typical mindset of every parents. Well, maybe it is due to fact that the wage discrepancy between the professionals and the blue collar workers is huge.
When people ask me what course am I doing in Sydney Uni, I’ll normally tell them I am doing mechanical engineering and for sure they’ll look so impressed. But in Malaysia, people would think, well, just another mechanical engineering student. This is mainly due to the fact that engineering is considered one of the hardest course here and only the chosen ones can do it. But back in Malaysia, there are heaps of engineering students, you can pull out any engineering student on the street.
The reason behind this is pretty simple. The wage between engineers and other odd job works is not that much different, well, I mean for the graduate, and also people here have a choice to do what they want to do, they can still make a living out of that. In Malaysia, it seems like being engineers and doctors will definitely guarantee high salary. Sometimes we do not have a choice in life, do we?
A few months back when I was watching Britain’s Got Talent, I was so envy those who have raw talent and be able to do what they like to do instead of sticking to the conventional jobs. Well, for some, your talent is not important as it can not offer you a high salary. But for the sake of money, you have to do something that you dont really like to do. So the choice is up you.
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First of all, Happy New Year everyone! We can kiss goodbye to 2009, what a year it has been! 2009 is a year which so many celebrities passed away and also some catastrophic events taken place. Hopefully 2010 will be a better year as it is a new decade. 
We went to Circular Quay at 12.30pm noon and then we set up our picnic spot at about 1pm. After that, we have to sit there for 11 hours till 12am. Is it worth the wait? Tell you later. 
By the way, we spent our time playing poker, monopoly and etc. Well, we played monopoly for almost 5hours, unbelievable. After all, we don’t have much thing to do while waiting. The weather is unpredictable just like women, raining and sunny but all of us were used to it so no big deal for us. Patience is a virtue. At about 3.30pm, opera house is closed to visitors as it is totally full, they don’t want to sink the Opera House. All the visitors and travellers were tired of waiting, and even a beach ball could make the crowd going. lol. At 9pm sharp, there is a 8-minute family fireworks so that the family with kids could go hope early after the 9pm fireworks. Guess what, of course nobody will leave as they have been waiting for so long, it was just another 3hours of wait before the grand fireworks.
At 11pm, everyone stood up and looked for a good spot to see the fireworks. Before that, in between every hour, there is a small fireworks to remind us how long we still have to wait. The moment that we all have been waiting finally arrived, the grand fireworks start at 12am without any proper countdown (yes, it was so lame!), the fireworks are not only from Harbour Bridge but also from Opera House and Royal Botanical Garden. 12 minutes of fireworks but almost 11 hours of waiting, the fireworks had to be great but somehow it disappoint us, it was not as good as last year and the year before. I was like, “Is that it?”, apparently the money is not well spent and the waiting time is not worth it at all. After all, it is the last year for me in Sydney so I don’t really mind.
Happy New Year everyone!
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Money? Academic results? Well, four of us came to the same university 3.5 years ago, it was really tough as we have to study in reverse every year (meaning that we have to go through second semester before first semester). Life is even tougher with the allowance we got. Since then, I have made my decision to work part time while study to have a better life and not suffering due to lack of money. I knew it would be hard, no matter how hard it is, no matter how many sleepless nights I have (I lost count of them actually), no matter how tired I am, no matter how sleepy I am, I still keep going as I always remember that “What doesn’t kill you make you stronger”. It has been a very long journey to me. I suffer depression, abuse and pressure from my workplace but still I have to study, do my assignments, attend classes and tutorials, just trying to be professional as a student.
Today three of my friends will be graduating with first class honours while the best I can achieve is second class first division. I know I could have done better if I allocate my working time for my study but I have done my very best to balance between work and study. I do regret of choosing money over academic results in the first place as I know I would have gotten a better result without working. Nevertheless, I am glad that I did because I can buy things I like, I can make someone happy by buying him/her present, I can buy electrical appliances to my family, I can give money to my parents, I can go for movie every week, if not once in fortnight, I can afford to ear out, I can go travelling around, I can go to concert, I can have a better holiday at home, I can have good savings for my future and lots more. So if I chose academic results in the first place, I wouldn’t have got all these! As we know, everything has its own pros and cons, just that which one outweighs another. So the question is, do I regret? Yes, sometimes.
In the end, does academic results really important? It seems like now as it is a passport to secure an interview or even a job but it is not a guarantee for a successful career. So does it make money important as well? Not really. If you have money, you can’t buy the academic results but you can use it for your future such as investment, savings and etc. After all, I am extremely sad today, I am demotivated and I wish I could have done better. Although I still have a semester left with 2 unit of studies to go, it is totally impossible now to achieve first class. I accept it and I am down to earth now. So close yet so far. Full stop.
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The Invention of Lying
Tonight after having dinner with my colleagues, we went for a movie called “The Invention of Lying”. Well, just to make it short, the world depicted in this movie is a world which everybody can’t lie to each other. Everyone has to speak out from their mind and honest, it hurts of course. But the message delivered in this movie is – no matter how many times and how much you lie, but u have to be honest with your love ones, this include your parents, good friends and your lifelong partner. You have to spend the rest of your life with them so if you tell a lie, you have to live everyday thinking about the lie that you’ve told, it will not be pleasant at all.
If you are a South Park fan, you would have probably watched the episode named “Butter’s own episode”. A lie is a lie, no matter it is for good purpose or bad purpose but sometimes you have to tell a lie to make someone happy so does it make it ok to lie? Well, it is a very hard question to answer. It depends on the situation and person. So I will let you to be the judge when you are lying, just think about the consequences before you do it. By the way, Eid Mubarak to everyone who celebrate it! Cheers!
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Missing Star
I can never really tell you why
I’ve been missing you a lot
And I just have to take another look of your photo in my wallet
Ad there’s no reason why I keep your tshirt by my side when I sleep
Pretending you were never really gone
Its like a missing star that always ends up in your sky
Its like the rainbow never comes after the rain
Its like the sun never rises in every of your morning
How am I supposed to live without those things
they are all you
Heaven Knows
She’s always on my mind
From the time I wake up,
Till I close my eyes.
She’s everywhere I go
She’s all I know.
And though she’s so far away,
It just keeps getting stronger everyday
And even now she’s gone
I’m still holding on
So tell me, where do I start
‘Coz it’s breakin’ my heart
Don’t wanna let her go
Chorus:
Maybe my love will come back someday
Only heaven knows
And maybe our hearts will find a way
But only heaven knows
And all I can do is hope & pray
‘Coz heaven knows.
My friends keep telling me
That if you really love her,
You’ve gotta set her free
And if she returns in time
I’ll know she’s mine
But tell me, where do I start
‘Coz it’s breakin’ my heart
Don’t wanna let her go
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
Bridge:
‘Coz heaven knows
Why I live in despair
‘Coz wide awake or dreamin’,
I know she’s never there
And all the time I act so brave,
I’m shakin’ inside
Why does it hurt me so?
(Repeat Chorus)
Heaven knows… heaven knows.
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Snapshot from 2012 movie.
Just came back from the premier of 2012. It was so crowded so it was very hot in the cinema. Such a relief to come out after 2 hour and 40mins. Well, what can I say about this movie? It is awesome, the special effects are good, this kind of movie you have to watch it in cinema and not downloading the crappy version. It is definitely worth every single cent. I am not giving too much away about this movie, there are some funny moments when some of the moviegoers clapped their hands, there are some touch moments when some dropped their tears and in the end, it is a very complete movie with lots of emotion as well as heart inside. But then, sometimes I just don’t like happy ending because it supposed to be realistic, it is not a children’s movie which must have a happy ending you know. Sometimes a bad ending can be a very good ending too, it will touch your heart more.
After all, for those who are not aware of the 2012 Armageddon theory, actually it has been rumored since the Mayan existence. According to Mayan’s calender, this is the last day of the calendar so does that mean it is the last day for the world? Well, recent theory has showed that it will just start all over again. Besides, I have watched a 1-hour-long documentary about Nostradamus. I have the documentary video with me now, you can borrow it from me or I can show you where to get it. But if you just want to have a quick understanding, please visit here. Some even claimed that Einstein supported this theory as well. So what will be the truth? Guess nobody will know until the day comes.
But most importantly, the end of world is not what really matters, in fact what really matters for us now is to appreciate everything and everyone around us. Life is short, you will never know how much you miss something or someone until you lost it/her/him. Never take things for granted, life isn’t fair sometimes but we just gotta make use of it, isn’t it? So the story behind this movie is not really about the end of the world, it is more than that. It is about humanity, about appreciation of people around you, someone you love, someone you hate just because of difference in opinion, someone annoy it, someone care for you, someone helps you so much in your life and so on. Believe me, when the day comes, you will repent, regret and reconcile with every wrongdoing you have made. Tonight, let us put up our pillow and give this a thorough thought. Till then, have a good night everyone and I need to study for my exam next Tuesday again. Hear from me soon again. Cheers.
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Patience is a virtue. Well, it sounds true. In my life there are so many times that I have not been patient enough, getting too emotional sometimes. I really need to work out my emotion as well as patience, something that I have to improve. Over the past few weeks, there have been a lot cases in which I was getting too emotional involved but in the end I managed to calm down and control my action. A Chinese proverb once said, “Retreat one step you’ll be able to see the vast sea and borderless sky.” If you be patient and hold your emotion for a while, a better outcome might awaits you sometimes, well most of the time actually because normally you will act without giving a second thought once you are emotional.
In another story, I’m going to list down things that I don’t like to do in DELI (delicatesteen):
- Taking the ice out from the seafood section. It is so heavy and everytime I will hurt my back doing that!
- Taking prawns out from the seafood is so painful to my fingers! Not to mention the freezing cold ice that make my fingers numb!
- Serving Ricotta cheese? Yeah! They are so soft and “fragile”, it is so hard to take them using hand without destroying it.
- Cleaning oven racks that are not soaked more than 1 hour with degreaser.
- Serving Salmon’s head! It is so disgusting when the salmon seems staring at you when you hold it! No! I didn’t kill you, I am just selling you!
- Chickens punch a hole in the bag and the chicken oil is spilling all over the warmer! Gross!
- Serving customers who are very rude, never say thank you and never trust you!
- Serving customers at after 11.30pm is annoying especially they are getting the salad!
- Throwing rubbish! It is so hard to find a bin to throw all the smelly-like-Malulee rubbish! It is as hard as finding a kangaroo meat in the store!
- Cleaning slicer! I always have a dream that I will cut off my fingers using the slicer!
Well, I think there are still more but they are not that significant compared to what I listed above. Ok, time to study for my management exam now. Daaaaaaaaaaaa!
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