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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

my first experience as staff for IW

left hand 52
right hand 30
left leg 21
right leg 24
body 9
these are the mosquito bites i kena from IW Sept 2006.
there might be some other bites which is too small for my eyes to notice.

despite all these bites, i also gain a great experience & knowledge throught this IW. Had a fun weekend...

this time round, i went though Raleigh International KL IW Sept 2006 with a different experience; as a staff.

15 sept 2006
berkumpul jam 6sore(pm) @ RMC.
some ice breakers.
staff introduction each other too. a few new ones ga kenal sm yg lama.
makan dinner.
bertolak naek bus ke tempat camp.
in the bus, experience some first-timer. bus driver kena stop by JPJ. some prob with his lesen *we think*
bus all still looking forward for the camp.
arrived campsite pitch dark. but we do have lamps & torches.
staffs - set up tents; participants - still thinking how to set up their site.

15 sept 2006
Morning called by William. the air was chilled... Mafuz was already wide awake starting to boil water.
They broke a few lighters, just to get everyone hot/warm Milo.
By day break, almost all staff are wide awake; getting theirself ready & have their breakfast at the table.

Games starts. I wasn't facilitating any games. So i went hopping around game stations to check them out. Where i just stand & see. No need to think. lol...

Camp staffs *campsite staff* were supposed to prepare lunch for facilitators & coordinators. We cooked, bihun goreng. I called it the, "Raleigh Muhibah Fried Bihun". Why? coz there are Chinese, Malay & Indian cooking it. We were actually argueing which ingrediants to add in first. Coz C,M & I have different style of cooking. Chinese would like to have oil-heated baru garlic, but some others disagree. So the whole cooking was a mess.
Ended up, each of us did a thing. There were 8 of us. Seorang pegang oil, satu lagi pegang garam, satu lagi gorent, satu masuk telur, bihun, chili & etc. lol... although it was a big mess, but we had a BIG fun too.
Hope those who makan enjoyed as much as we were cooking it. lol...

The trackking begins. Staffs & participants get themselves prepared for the track. They were tracking up a hill which was once during WW2, the Japs stationed. I, did not followed the hike. hehehe... The rest of the staffs which did not followed just hang-out around the site. Me, Nona, Jolene & Alison went for a dip in the river. And also to wash up our dirty body. (the last time i bath was 24 hrs ago). We also did some *private talking* while washing up.... hehehe...

It was drizzling abit after we came out from the river. We lepak more around the site & soon started cooking snacks*. "We had mushroom soup, maggi, milo, scramble egg, goreng pisang, & etc".

Dinner . This time round, we were more organised. We cut loads of garlics, as there were lots of garlics. lol... we also ended up preparing garlic bread. we chopped loads of garlics. Pasta was served as dinner for the staff.

Bonfire. It was myfirst time making a big bonfire. Aida started it & there i was blowing into those twigs to huge logs for about 2 hours. The bonfire supposed to be for the sketch tonite. but too bad, by the time those hikers came back to site & to begin sketch, the bonfire was almost dead. Only ambers left.

Those who went for the hike reached campsite later than expected. Everyone was tired but feel the hike was worthed it. They enjoyed. Participants rushed back to their site & started cooking their dinner. Wherelse for staff, they juz chuck those delicious pasta into their mess tin.Although the pasta had soaked most of the watery paste. Dinner will always be delicious when u're damn tired. All you're looking for is just simply FOOD.

Sketch. Its Li MCed the nite and represented the staff. By the time sketch starts, the bon fire left only ambers. All groups performed well. There were KARAOKE, challenged the staff to sing-&-dance-along-some-Hakka song; sketch about their hike trip.

The staff enjoyed the participants performance. All went well.

Group de-brief. Staff meeting for Sunday activities.

16 Sept 2006
Midnite games. Staff were supposed to woke up earlier to 'wake-up' the participants. but ended up i woke-up the same time the pots got banged.
I was jaga-ing the Shepard's Walk. The first 2 groups combined. It was fun watching them. While the 3 group was playing, i was too tired & slept on the Tar road. The nite was cold. After the games, Me & Nona jogged our way back to campsite. Hope body heat will heat me up but i was still cold.

Second morning. Staff only had 1 loaf of bread. Makan sama kaya, peanut butter, baked beans & sardin fish. For those who masih lapar, telur & Maggi masih ada.

Morning Games. This time saya jaga Commander Course. I wanted to do this coz during my IW, we missed this out. check out for the pics later.

We left campsite & arrived RMC around 4:00pm. Staff stayed back for IW postmortem. We had lunch/tea around 4:30pm. Postmortem started around 5:00pm. Ended around 10:00pm. "Someone" told me it will take only few(2/3) hours, mana tahu it too us 5 jam. I think it might ended up for 10 hours if the postmortem wasn't after the IW. Or might be till everyone complain hungry. lol...

100 over mosquito bites was my record for a cam & even in life. In total my eyes could catch was 136 bites.
GILA!!!!!!
but Raleigh International KL IW i will still support. I will still continue to go for camps & outdoor activities.
My hands, legs & other parts are still ichy... i've been trying to stop my fingers to scratch them. I tried using Dettol & it's working. They are getting little smaller & less ichy..... lol...

for those who missed it, next Raleigh International KL Introduction Weekend will be around December 2006. See you all there....

christalloh

p/s: pictures will be uploaded once i got approval from RIKL. Since they kept everything so secretive, exposing their activities might be against their Copyright. lol....

christal's wish list...

in random order

01. land on a good career (production/event) + (main/solo income)
02. a self own studio apartment - (RM200 000)
03. a car - Toyota Yaris - (RM 98 000)
04. backpacking to Europe - 1-2 month - (RM 10 000)
05. surfboard surfing @ Australia - (RM 6 000)
06. HK Disneyland + shopping @ HK - (RM 6 000)
07. DSLR (no selected brand yet) - (RM 3 000)
08. compact Digicam - (RM 1 500)
09. Divicam - (RM 2 500)
10. iMac/G5 (with upgraded specs) - (RM 10 000)
11. Dell Inspiron 9400 (with upgraded specs) - (RM 6 000)
12. go for an international & local expedition - (RM 25 000 + RM 2 000)
13. Ipod - (RM 2 000)
14. my own dot com - (RM 200)
15. a new purse - (RM 100)
16. new Handbags - eg: GUESS - (RM 1 000)
17. Long hair, as long as it can grow til my graduation - priceless
18. atleast 80GB ExHD - (RM 400)
19. visit Indonesia, for the first time - (RM 3 000)
20. get drunk - not how much of alco to get me drunk
21. to change my entire wardrobe - (RM 10 000)
22. improve my English & Malaysian Malay
23. learn to read Chinese
24. Delicious food everyday
25. to lose weight (after all those food)
26. to have my family besides me at all times - priceless
27. to organise an fun fair for my fundraising - all the time i got
28. to have a loving & caring God at all times - my soul

the list will still go on... till i find greater things to add in sooner or later...

all these estimated to cost me RM 386 700++


if you have any interest to fufill my dream(s), please send me an email for my account #. *thank you*
christalloh@gmail.com all forms of donations are welcome.


thinking of my wish list, how long do i need to work to achieve all of these? I shall have this all in God's hand.

newbie income RM2 000/month
list expenses RM 386 700 = 193 months = 16 years 1 month
. RM 2 000

but sure my salary will increase. i've lupa the formula for "Janjang", so cant count. instead estimated...

16 years 1 month to an average of = 10 TAHUN.... wah... wait till neck also long d... haih....
10 years makan roti everyday.... so please donate.... lol...

*since when i became so free to count all these???.... lol* atleast i've started to know what i want to do & own in life...

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

i cried yesterday.... my eyes was filled with driplets of waters....
without a reason...

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

de-STRESS

been worried about assignment this whole week
and i still have more to come
Was starting to at my "executive planner" (simple say, my organiser la)
*face shocked*
all my asgns are DUE very soon
moreover, I need to go Penang for my final shoot
later come back edit lagi
but before the trip, i need to complete at least 3 difficult asgn
ah bo, come back mati a.k.a. DEAD!...

so i *and also 3 other classmates* took silly pic with the new iMac... huahaha....

* software, Photo Booth comes with preinstall effects-
FIRST STEP - select effect
SECOND - POSE (become a camwhore)
THIRD - snap your way through....






hope you enjoy as much as WE did... lol...

*after snapping our way through, we all AGREED if we were to get this at our homes, we shall snap lots of pics & forgotten all about our asgns... lol....

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

juMbo saLe.... seKaLi lagi???

was check my gmail about an hour ago
i received an email regarding Jumbo Sale... *toink toink* raised eyebrowns...
thought it was spam
manu tahu
she was seeking for help to held their church Jumbo Sale for the children
it's a good deed indeed



so me dengan hati yang ikhlas
replied her mail happily...
agree to help her as much as I could but I also need to jaga my own shit*s* 1st jugak...

all this *assignments piling up are signs of me getting sick soon *physically sakit*

Atleast now I have 1 and a half more asgnment to do for which is due this week...

Monday, September 11, 2006

wondermilk

i would love to get myself there on 15 sept 2006... but too bad.. i'll be at Rakan Muda Club by then...

eve, if you can make it.. please get those cheap & you-think-i-will-think-cute-and-i-love-it stuff for me please...
will wana try the their cute cupcakes too...

i'd also always adore their stuff... i'll missed it this time round... the rest... their designs are simple & yet loveable... You'll definately love it...

Saturday, September 09, 2006

50th entry...

KLC was packed today. some bostwania (or i call them black people) filled up the whole cafe. They are RUDE people. But they can really RAP. i must praised them that they are really good at RAPPING.

but they are still RUDE people. Thought money can give them anything.

*please read below for more infos on their lives in Malaysia*

today got RM10 tips... huaahahaha... mengapa??? *curious*?

hehehe....

customer bayar RM50 for a RM27 bill & lupa ambil change. they pulang without the change.

cashier: table 50 your customer right? *i took their orders* mana customer?
me: *look at their seats* all empty. (actually whole cafe no more customers, only staff... lol)
erm.... mereka sudah pulang lah. mengapa?
cashier: *took out bill holder*
me: erm... yang bayar RM50 itu?
cashier: ya *head node, took out RM10 note out from the bill holder and gave it to me*
me: *smiling happily received it and tucked it into my front-apron-pocket*

huahahahhaa...... s0 happy 50th posting to my blog & ada extra $$$ today... (even thought still remembering my lost THUMB DRIVE)

(+) + (-) = (+) lol.....

*continuity of those bLack PeopLe story*

Do you know high percentage of those BLACK PEOPLE in LUCT are scholarships holders from their government. Fully sponsored on TUITION FEE & living expenses.
They received RM2100 a month for living expenses & etc. They are also trying to request to increase their monthly $$$ from their government to RM3500!!!! ... reason* because RM2100 is not enough for their monthly expenses. It's too little.
SO i rePEAT. BLACK PEOPLE COUNTRY ARE DAMN RICH!!!!
see them BLACK does not mean their country is in poverty KAY... so next time think twice before donating to them...
KAy, back in KL, M'sia. A fresh grad average pay in only RM2K. they are only getting their Diploma or Degree & they get RM2100???how can this be possible?
*i was told by one of them & she did admit that RM2100 is not enough for them to spend.*
which is WHY i always sees those people in SUPER NICE & SEXY clothing & clubbing their lifes here...

special greeTings from Wings caFe

hello...

i'm actually working now.... tapi terdiscover... rupanya a da comp with internet connection...
since all my emails aren't receiving anything new... Jd, aq blog je... huahahahha....

but the connection here slow... mayb it's dial-up... or wireless... dunno le... but the comp is running with Windows 98 or 2000. No idea since i've upgraded mine to XP 4 years ago.. never did have the change to used the older version... huahaha...


gtg.... it's lunch time...

Friday, September 08, 2006

simply a photographic day in Kay eLLe...

i was supposed to do my photography assignment, on promoting Malaysia Tourism.
At last minute decision, Butterfly Park i went.

Simple, easy & importantly the entrance fee is cheap.
only RM5 for Malaysian.
at the counter when the lady realise Amelia & Angel speaking funny Malays, she suspected they aren't locals. so she was asking for our MyKad *this is the purpose of MyKad, to get Malaysian discounts*

*my actual plan was to go THE BIRD PARK (said to be the largest covered BIRD PARK in the world), tapi ga jd. Coz the entrance is RM12(special rate during school holidays, N.P:RM30), so mahal & i actually hate birds... they might be in cages & i might not be able to shoot nice pics*, if those not in cage, i'll be to affraid to go near for a good shot*

I showed her mine but Amel&Angel ga punya. *oh no...* does she wana charge them *freaking*RM15 instead of RM5??? Yes, she was asking RM15 from each of them. Gila!!!!

Foreigner RM15

*me puts on thinking cap*
Me: Does students get discount
Counter lady: yes. but i will need to see your student cards
Me: Mana student card lo org? cepat keluarin... dapat %
*talking to A&A, pantas lo org bw student card, kalo tdk harus bayar lebih neh.*
Counter lady: *checking student cards* Total, RM17 (RM5+RM5+RM5+RM1[for camera]+RM1[fish food]

so we happily walk into the Butterfly Farm... but i think we ended up took more pictures of ourselves than the butterfly... PENANG BUTTERFLY FARM is much better, bigger & more other animals available, other than just butterfly.

later on we continued our Photography Day along Bukit Bintang. check out Amelia's blog
for photos & our stories continue there....

*lazy to blog about the same experience since si amel udah nulis neh*.... huahahhaha....

ENJOY the story from her BLOG....

oh, i actually went to Planetarium Negara 2 days before this. Was there to (recce) check out the place first, thought of doing it but it's too dark in it(did not bring my tripod along) & not much... just only.. cheap entrance fee.
RM1.
yes, it's RM1.

but you will need to pay extra if you would like to catch some Space documentaries in FILM [RM6] or their laser shows (RM3)... or the Space Ball (RM2)...

here are some pics... - sorry cant uplaod them again.. will try again later...


Thursday, September 07, 2006

*speechless*

while i was working today...

one of the Twins asked me, "Boleh saya peluk kamu?" "Kamu macam teddy bear."

OH-MY-GOD....

I was at the basin washing my hands while they were peeling oranges when they asked me suddenly. I was speechless for a moment. I had no words to answer them. So the 3 of them just continue peeling oranges & laughing through.

But in my mind.... wah-lau-eh... i dunt think so my work place people know i'm a Pooh freak... but they were telling me i looked like a BEAR (*brain thinking* must be Winnie the Pooh).... shit... do i really look like 1 dee?? ... but in heart also happy... friends had been calling my Pooh... but this time without knowing my background *craving for Pooh* had said i looked like a teddy bear... i'm juz *speechless* for now...

for now, let me entertain you guys with some pics.. me & cheryl took during our break... taken with the new iMac's webcam... using some pre-installed cam software in the iMac itself... lol... even a lecturer came by & post with us.. but too bad i lost my thumb drive & lost all my pics... got these from cheryl's friendster...

ENJOY...




Wednesday, September 06, 2006

helpful pEoPLe arOUNd me... *atleast i realised their existance*

i told my lecturer that i lost my pen drive & i cant show her my asgn. The whole class knew about it *a class of 5/7 students attended to day's class*.



Almost all my classmates were concern about my lost PENDRIVE, now only i knew they were so kind & *good. Even my lecturer. She was telling me that a 1G THUMBDRIVE now cost around RM70... Another classmate of mine even offer me one of his thumb drive... *eyes got shock* still got such a kind of people??? and he's my classmates. Did not knew how kind & generous people still are these days.

Just like when my tyre got punchure less 2 weeks ago. A malay guy riding his motorbike stop-by and asked, "Boleh saya tolong kamu?". I was on the phone calling AAM for help but due to my laziness to go reNEW my membership, it's expire now of NO USE. I was scared for a stranger malay guy helping me & the malay guy was actually scared if i might con him into something. 'THE WORLD WITHOUT STRANGERS' is just not happening in our mind now....

back to my thumb drive story...
my classmate redraw out a collection of THUMB DRIVE from his pocket. He has 3 of it, all different brands & sizes, from 32MB, 64MB & 128MB. Really did thanks for his offer but I still want back my TD. I rejected his offer since all his TD are way too small compare to mine 512MB *and i still think it's too small*....

incase those wondering y my he have got 3 TD with small capacity, it's becoz it's from his friends. They are old & used ones, so he being kind hearted & used their OLD stuff... *many people upgraded their TD since the price drop drasticly*

so happy to found that there are still people out there who wants to HELP... i feel to blessed to have meet 2 people who offered help to me during the moment when i have no one to turn to...

Thank you God.

for those who's wondering when i got a car tyre punchure?
i got in on a Monday(21 Aug 06)
really thx for the guy who helped me.
actually on the night before i kena my tyre punchure, i was watching a TVB series where a guy was teaching her to change tyre. and it did helped me... i took all the necsasary stuff out from my boot.

while i was trying to unscrew the nut, as seen on TVB, you use your weight to unscrew it, i tried it many times & the nut dunt seems to move an inch.

*the malu part comes*,
when the malay guy helped me, only i realise i was turning the nut wrong directions. Which is why i fail to unscrew the nuts & change my own tyre... *malu nia...*

for those out there... does anyone know wat to do with my punchure tyre? Heard i can get in 'tampal' or do i need to replace it?

sorry, normal fonts & colour coz im typing this with Mac's Safari & there's not much option, only "spell check" & "photo uploads available".

no photos will be uploaded for the moment as my THUMB DRIVE got lost & my Digicam is with my MOM in PENANG. She brought it to China last week.... ish... my digicam been to EUROPE, PARIS DISNEYLAND, CHINA, HONG KONG (twice) and i'm here in MALAYSIA... hiks.. hiks...

toTaL loSt

i DID LOST my THUMB DRIVE

yes... i re-confirm again... i did lost my THUMB DRIVE. which is less than 3 months old (or around 3 months)... sudah lupa... bought it during my break back in Penang.

so damn SAD when i realise i forgotten unplug it from the CPU.... yes... only this morning coz i was too tired after class ystd and slept from around 6/7pm till this morning 4am.. huahahah... been long since i slept so much...

and sleeping that much was the only thing i'm happied about *yes, past tense* no longer happy bout it d...

back to my thumb drive... lost lots of my asgn that i need to do ystd. but since i lost it & feel damn sad about it.... no mood at all to do my asgn d.... FEEL bad about it now...

i have got nice pics to blog about SAVED in it... taken with the NEW iMAC in the lab. will try to get it back from Cheryl ASAP....

*class starts now*

saD caSE

sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sad

i lost my THUMB DRIVE

was at the elibrary yesterday with Cherly... after using the comp i juz left to pinjam book.... & i forgotten bout my THUMB DRIVE.... juz realise it about an hour ago today.. it's 5:00am NOW.... damn saD.... no mood to do my asgn d... as i do not have thumb drive... How am I possible to bring them to class too???

*hopefully someone good *an angel* will find my thumb drive & pass it to the library assistant or nobody touch it.... ah bo then.... it's total lost... i will never see my thumb drive ever again....

almost all the asgn i wanted to do now is inside the drive. I was too lazy to copy it to my PC the day before... ish... i'm still emo over it...

God, please let me retrieve back my thumb drive.... *thinking hopefully*, Amen...