Go Girl!! ;)

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This week has been the most active week I had so far! I have been off from work for a week, submitted my thesis and only two more subjects to study for my exam. So, which is the active part then? It seems like a lazy week isn’t it?

Well, I have noticed that I have been sluggish at times and oh yes! I have been munching snacks way too much and this is bad, very bad indeed. Plus, I have not been working my ass out other than walking to Tesco to buy food! This is disgraceful!

So, I’ve decided to do some workout to stay healthy. Besides that, it has been reported that when you are active, your brain works better – I can use this for my studying for the exam!

And yes! I have been doing this massive workout video by Tracy Anderson and yup!! She kicked my ass!! Somehow, the method is amazing and it actually works!! I do not feel sluggish anymore but rejuvenated! I have been doing this for a week now (everyday for at least one hour, some days two) and I am pleased. But, the first two days… my arms feel so sore and legs! Oh dear. That shows how terrible I was before, being inactive for quite a while. Oh, silly me. But now, I think my body is adapting. We’ll see.

Anyway, enjoy the rest of the weekend and here is a sample of how her video is all about! I personally, LOVE IT! Perhaps, you want to give it a try? ;)

Take care!!

P/S: The emoticons - got the idea from my couz. Cheers couz! :)

A Peanut In A Matchbox

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Have you ever eaten a packet of peanuts? Have you ever used a match from a matchbox? What would you say if you see a peanut in a matchbox? How would you feel if you are the peanut in the matchbox? Feeling odd? Out of place?

Yes. I believe so. I am feeling exactly the same. I do feel like a peanut in a matchbox just knowing the fact that I am heading home soon. It scares me to actually be in a position of a peanut in a matchbox. The journey home would soon be like the peanut’s expedition en route for the matchbox world.

Clearly, there will be no peanuts around, but there will only be one match, two matches, three matches and many matches. There might be a match or two, which were known as a peanut before, but things changed. And they are all gone. The peanut will be so alone and undoubtedly, on its own! Pity the peanut, but life must go on.

It will be a new passage of life, for the peanut of course. But it will not be easy on the peanut. It is a big challenge. It is as if like going to school for the first time, which involved making new friends, adapting to the new environment, to be accepted as who you are – especially when you are unmistakably different from the rest of the crew!! Peanuts are not matches. Not in any way, and this will make it harder.

Huh. Let’s just hope the peanut will succeed. But still, I do feel like a peanut in a matchbox. Now it is only the beginning, but once the time is here when I ought to jump onto that plane… then the tale of being a peanut in a matchbox begins.

Love & Attractions

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Hello. It is Sunday, then. I woke up quite early to wait up for the guys to come and collect my boxes to be shipped. Email received stating that they will be doing the collection between 8am - 6pm. And, nope. They did not specify the actual time. So, here I am - WAITING!

So, while waiting... (and still am), I couldn't help but wondered about love and attractions. Could you ever be so ignorant with feelings (any kind of feelings) that soon it began to fade and just vanished? And, since it has been ignored for quite some time, at some point you are not in any position to feel anything at all, which makes you the numbest of all? Which, of course made you the most ignorant and heartless person in the world! But then, what?

What if someone fail to be in a relationship again just because the feelings were ignored in the past? What if someone decided, choose to not to be in a relationship anymore after what has happened in the past? And, just what if there is no emotion left to be felt since the past has been too much torture and could not be put up with to any further extent?

But, then again… we might not know until we are actually set foot in that situation. Or else, it will be another set of different story all over again if at the end we finally met that one person who is one gifted person who could light up our lives with fancy coloured bulb lights, as the way we always wanted it to be lit up! Like a dream comes true? :)

Well, the truth is… one will never know until they are in it! :)

“Love withers with predictability; its very essence is surprise and amazement. To make love a prisoner of the mundane is to take its passion and lose it forever.”

Leo F. Buscaglia

I'm Going Home Soon!

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Hi all! :)

I am so looking forward to go home soon! :) The ticket has been bought and I already packed my stuff for shipping! I have two boxes fully packed and will be shipped at the end of this month. How exciting!! However, I still have a lot of stuff lying around in my room, made it looks like there was a hurricane just passed by. Hah!

I just got my timetable for the exam in May, which I have another two more papers to go. I finished my thesis and it feels amazing! I just have to read and study for the exams, I suppose.

Well, I guess I will be cleaning my room for the next few hours. So, I guess I will see you guys soon. Have a good weekend, all! ;) x

An Update

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It has been a while! :( But I was too busy with everything!! It is kind of annoying to know that you don't have enough time to do things that you like. :(

Anyway, here I am now, with a little update of what has been going on with my life. :) Well, thesis is still on-going. Very very slow. I just found out that it is quite hard to start a paragraph, let alone the whole chapter! Even to start a sentence seems to be so hard for me to contemplate. Sigh. But hopefully all is to be done on time. *cross my fingers*

The other two assignments? Naah. None started. I just don't have enough time. And the submission date is in three weeks. Well, I did my part for the group project. A little bit. But the other one, is still on hold. Presumably will start doing them next week. I hope so. :(

Oh, let's talk about fun stuff! :) This week I am having a Meat-Free Week! :) It's just for fun! It is not that I am going to become a vegetarian or anything like that. It's just that I thought my body needs a little break from meat. Detoxifying myself. :) And it has been since last Sunday, and I am doing so well! It is not that I am munching on raw vegetables or anything such. But I had a very yummy meal everyday, but no meat! :) So far, this is what I have been eating:-

• Sunday - Stuffed Baked Potatoes (with celery, tomatoes, carrots, onions concoction! It's yum!!) :)
• Monday - Spaghetti with Chick Pea Sauce (never thought that chick pea can be something else tasty than just houmous! It's just unbelievably tasty!! Plus it won't break the bank too!)
• Tuesday - Mushroom, Onion and Chives Omelette with Toast (yummy, yummy!!)

Well, how's that sound? :) It's yummy isn't it?? And today, I was thinking I might have a vegetable patties with toast!! :) I figured the recipe and somehow it is so easy!! :)

Okay, I have to get back to my books now. I will talk to you soon! :) Take care!! xxx

Running Out Of Time

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Another quick post. These days, it seems like I have not enough time even for myself. :( Tough life.

Anyway, started Semester 2 in college yesterday. Got results of past exams plus another one which was in December, but I didn't have any post about it. Surprisingly, I am doing well! Yayyy for me! :)


Here is the details:-

Undergraduate Course work

CRN	Module	Module Title	Final Grade	Comment	Credits
18166	RECE4713	Cost and Value Management 2	80		10.000
18165	RECE4811	Tender Documentation 2	66		10.000

Well, supposed to do better than 66 for that tender documentation, but it is hard especially when it's not solely based on the exam but accumulate with project. :( Ah well, but I am still happy about it. I really am. :)

But, it is just so wrong to always be happy and relaxed all the time. So, here is the other newsflash! Went to college, got two new subjects, and... we got assignment assigned on the first day of school!! For both of the subjects. And worst... submission date would be the same date! 26th March 2010. Amazing, is it NOT?!

Thesis submission - 15th April 2010 (has been changed from 12th April).
Why it is always so difficult for me? :(

Talk soon! xxx

P/S: Sorry for not visiting any of your blogs lately, but I just don't have enough time. :( Also, another little newsflash. Asked for extra hours from my manager and trainee manager; and they are so helpful!! :) Got more extra hours! :) So, more working time, college work, working time, thesis work, etc. I will die. x

The Good & The Bad?

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Quick post.

GOOD NEWS
Mama has been so generous, and kind, and loving, and amazing, and etc. as she paid for my going home ticket! :) Yup! Ticket bought. And it will be on the 2nd June 2010. I'll be leaving Dublin. For real. For good. After 4 years... Hmm, so it's about 121 days to go (4 months, approximately). *star jump*

BAD NEWS
Just got a letter from welfare office (since I was on a a casual payment before - working part time, as I paid taxes before, they allowed me to get benefits of the dole, but not fully. Only based on the days that I am not working). But, unfortunately the letter is informing me that my payment is exhausted last week. So, I am not entitled to get anymore from them. What a news!! Since I am only working part time (on a minimum wage), and without this casual payments involved anymore... I will be dead!! I will be... definitely!!

I have a rent, food, train ticket to pay. This is really hard!! A bad news on the first day of February, right after the day I was so happy when Mummy bought me the ticket!! Sigh.

First, I might ask the shop if I can work extra hours. But, at the same time I have my thesis submission in April! No. I know. I have to work. I will ask about the extra hours. Maybe I could even work on Saturday? I need the money. Yes. I think that would be my first step.

If not, maybe find a second job. Urghh... this is hard. Can't think right now. I am such a big mess! Well, will keep you posted. Until then. x

It's My Day Off

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Hi. It's my day off today. :) Books, talking to friends and back to books, and watching movies. Oh, and coffee of course. :)

Well, somehow... for no reason, I keep on accidentally banging my fingers all over the place. I did! And two of my fingers on both hand, (randomly...) are looking red and swollen.

Last night, I tried to trim my own fringe, (with the reason - there is no need to go to hairdresser. It's easy. I can do this on my own) and obviously... it looks way shorter than it should. I'm looking like a girl with an upside down bowl on top of my head!

I just ate my lunch aka dinner. Ginger beef with rice. And now I feel so sleepy, and would like to say "NO" to reading books and college work, but "YES" to lazying around and watching movies...do you think it's acceptable?

I got an email / message from my long lost best friend (from school years back!!). And I am so happy and excited. We were best friends since we were 15 years old, then when we're 23, we went to different direction. Somehow. Can't even think of why that happened. But today, I got a message from him, and I was so delighted! :) Welcome back, friend! :)

I am just tired. I think I need to have a cup of coffee. And perhaps, a movie? ;)

Good night! xxx

Me vs. Malware

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Hi. So, I have been missing for 2 days. What happened? Well, was planning to blog on Thursday night. But then, when I was browsing the net, happily... until at one point, loads of warning boxes popping out, non-stop! One by one, with scary sounds and all these wordings about; "your computer is being attacked by an Internet virus..." or "Your computer is infected by spyware - 34 serious threats have been found..."

And, worst... it comes out one by one and another and yet another!!! It drives me mad! I was racing with "it", to go online and google the anti-malware to be downloaded to get rid of this thing! But, know what? It won't let me download it!!! I managed to download the setup, but when I tried to load the software, it just won't let me! The setup window won't even open for more than 2 seconds! I was nearly in tears! It looks like it will crash anytime soon! :(

But I keep on trying, and trying. I restart over and over again, as I said, racing with "it". When I started the laptop, while it is still trying to load... I google for the solution. Any solution. I have no idea what it was - plus, I am so not the person who knows these savvy tech thingy, so it took me a long long time to understand weird definitions of this and that! But the malware is quick as well! So, more restart has to be done!

But at some point, I found this website, called SpywareVoid. And I found all the things that popping out from my screen! It was actually a compilation of a few different things! Not just one!! It's something called Rogue AntiSpyware and Fake Warning Messages.

And some of those that was found in my laptop; BankerFox.A (what a weird name!), Antivirus System Pro Spyware, and few others. Plus, it was explained that this rogue antispyware, automatically installed "themselves" into your laptop and then create this fake window messages, urging you to purchase their software online, (and they are very persistent as the pop ups will never stop and it will drives you up the walls!!!!), and somehow the software is fake! And... on top of that, there will be trojan / malware / etc. infected your system for real!

So, at the end... at 5am!! I managed! I won! :) *evil grin* And, I also installed an anti-malware in my laptop. Oh, forgot to mention. When I was attacked, my existing anti-virus system (the one that I used before was Avast Home Edition), wasn't working. Somehow, it has been attacked too! But then, even after everything is done, it just won't work anymore. Seems like it has been badly infected and crashed! So, I ended up with uninstall it and install AVG instead. Now, I am proud to say I am highly protected (I hope!), and I am not looking forward for another war with these malicious, infectious web-enemy! Just leave me alone!!!

Good night! :)

P/S: Have a read of those links if you have some time! ;) I hope it helps! And also, (to all the tech people who read this <--- esp my brother, who was trying to help... ;) I am sorry if the description described above is not quite right, but what do you expect... it is just me! ;) *giggles*) Sorry!! :)

Counting The Days

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Hey. A quick post for today!! :)

I have been busy with loads of reading books, clips from the internet and e-journals. It is all for my thesis. Somehow, I can feel that my eye is jammed! Crammed with words and more sophisticated words that they used to put up in books and journals. Those words and lengthy sentences, that somehow... after you reached the middle part of the whole sentence, you lost the whole point of the paragraph! :) Or maybe you don't, but I did! :)

So, I did the time-line for each chapters and proposed finish date, and somehow it seems like I only have 82 days to go before the final submission date! *nervous* Then, I also managed to find out that I will be leaving Ireland soon enough too! It seems like it will be less, or shall I say, approximately? 120 days left for me to be here, before I leave Ireland for good! :)

Did I not tell you about me leaving?

Well, yup! I am leaving soon. Right after I finish my final exam (which will be in May 2010), then, I will be off to Malaysia!! Hooray! No more selling soap for me! (not that I despise the job, but then... as I am growing old, I think I need to get back on track! To be back being a Quantity Surveyor, at least... especially with two degrees soon?!)

I might be back for graduation in October, but we'll see how it goes. :) Oh, I am so excited!!

Well, I'm signing off now. I have to get back to the books! Speak soon!! xxx