Video Cam Incident | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Monday, December 29, 2014

I have not been active in updating my blog recently, but this story is so EPIC, it deserves to be recorded in this blog for future laugh.

So today I had an appointment with a client for her wedding gown fitting. This is the second time I meet the couple since the day they brought their gowns over two weeks ago. As I was waiting for them to come, I did some sewing while watching reruns of Running Man on my laptop. And around 6.30 pm, I heard my doorbell rang, so I paused the video that was playing on my laptop and went to greet the couple and get the bride to try on her altered gowns.

Although I have been in the bridal industry for years, I am still not used to seeing clients change in front of me. So my usual practice is to wait at the door while the clients get changed.

After the bride was done, she called me in and there's when the couple asked an epic question. They looked at me with their eyes wide open and said..

"Does your laptop has a video camera? Are you filming me changing to share it online?"

I am not sure if the couple is trying to joke with me as they have been quite friendly and talkative when I met them the first time. But this time around, they looked really concerned, and didn't seem like they were joking so I replied them, "Don't worry, I am not that bian thai la" with a laugh, trying to chill them up. And they sort of loosen up a bit after that.

(Bian thai means psycho)

Eventhough I was calm and all throughout the fitting, deep down I totally went WTF because, WOW! why would they thought of that???? Do I look like some kind of mental disorder people who go around and film people changing????

After calming myself down, I thought well, probably they had bad experience before, who knows right? But OMG, I really really can't believe that they literally ask me that. 

Dear Mr & Mrs client, if you happen to bump into this post, don't worry, I may not be the kindest person on the planet, but I will not go to the extend of sharing porn videos online. So yeah, don't worry. :/

Perspectives | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Thursday, November 27, 2014

When I was putting my son to sleep an hour ago, I was reminded again on how lucky I am to be gifted with a loving son. He may not be perfect to others, but he is perfect in my eyes and I couldn’t and wouldn’t have asked for more.

My son was holding my hand tightly and I can see that he is afraid that I would be gone when he wakes up the next day. And recently he has been asking me “Mamy, ma zai khi to lok?” (Mommy, where are we going tomorrow?) before he sleeps. It probably gives him an assurance that I will be there when I told him our plans for tomorrow.

My heart aches whenever I think about the emotional roller coaster that he has to go through at such tender age. What was on his mind whenever I told him that mommy is leaving for work tomorrow? He probably doesn’t understand the why his mommy needs to go to work yet. But hopefully he will be able to understand that mommy is deeply saddened too whenever mommy has to leave. And every time mommy leaves, she left with tears falling from her eyes.

Back in KL, friends and colleagues would have told me how lucky I was because I have all the free time to myself after work as my son is with my mom in Butterworth and I only see them once a month. Truthfully, if I have a choice, if we are more financially stable, I would have bring them back to stay with me in KL or I would rather move back to my small hometown to be with them.

That got me think about how funny life perspectives can be, one simple action or choice can mean so much different to people. It may look good on one hand but it may be a torture on the other. And we may never know what it is like unless we experience both sides ourselves. Which is why, it is important to always put ourselves in others’ shoes and I need to keep in mind to not judge people on the decision that they made as deep down, there must be a valid reason why they would make such decision.

Do You Believe in Spirits or Lost Souls? | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Photo credits to Rap Genius

According to Taoism and Buddhism, every 14th of the 7th lunar month marks the opening of hell gate. Which means, the lost souls will be out and about the street, hunting for food and to pay the livings an annual visit. I am not sure how it works or if the deceased needs any permit to go out but you can learn more about it on Wikipedia.

And this festival is what triggered me to write this post, I consider myself as a modern generation-Y girl who are rebellious towards traditional superstitions (or in my opinion stupistitions because some of them can be really ridiculous). But, I do believe in the existence of spirits, whether they come out or not during a particular month, but I believe that they are always around.

Since young , I have been told not to talk nonsense when I go to unfamiliar places, especially secluded ones such as mountains, island resorts and etc. Because the elderly believe that, if you talk about them, it will be regarded as an invitation for them to join the conversation.

Which is why I have a few things that I will not do and will forbid my family or friends from doing it when we are on a trip.

1. Tell/ watch horror stories
2. Talk anything related to it
3. Play stupid games such as the Ouija board
4. Drink alcohol, I refuse to drink in places that I am not familiar with. Not only I am afraid of the unseen, I am also scared of the humans who would take advantage or harm you when you are vulnerable.

So I can be quite bossy when it comes to this sort of things. Because I am sure no one would want to have an additional passenger in the car when you are on your way home. Prevention is better than cure right?

Girl's Weekend Getaway at Avani Sepang Goldcoast Resort | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Sunday, August 10, 2014

 

Months ago, my friend extended her invitation to a complimentary 1 night stay in Avani Sepang Goldcoast Resort. We jumped with joy upon knowing and started our planning way ahead of the trip.

I was especially ecstatic because if you've seen my previous post, this would be my first ever road trip with friends. 

 We had a really great time throughout the trip. And as all four of us clicked so well, the journey to me, was really memorable and this trip made me cherish our friendship even more.

I will talk about the trip in details once I get my hands on all the photos (which will probably take a month) as most of the photos are in my friend's phone.

For now, let me end this post with a #selfie taken on a buggy while on our way to check out.

First Road Trip! | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Friday, August 08, 2014

I am so excited! Tomorrow I will be going on a road trip with my colleagues. The last time I had a road trip with my friends was.. well, I can't recall because there was none. :S Yups for the first time ever, I will be going out without my mom's supervision and husband's supervision. Just us girls having a great trip together. (This made me sound like a small kid going to my first school trip..tsk)

For the past few weeks, I have been planning what to wear, what to bring, planned our food because food can be expensive in tourist areas so we planned to have steamboat in our balcony which has a full sea view. Can you imagine how lovely the steamboat session is going to be. Girls chat, delicious steamboat, wind blowing your hair sexily, champagne..yums..I can't wait

Yes, when I said I have been planning, it was a full checklist in excel sheet categorised by clothes, food, toiletries, electronic gadgets..yeah the whole long list.

I've even shared this exciting news with my mom, much to her objection. The first thing she said was, why didn't you object? Who are your friends? Bla bla bla..and after some persuasion, she finally agreed with a condition that I have to call her every 2-3 hours to report my whereabout.

The husband on the other hand has been reminding me on things that I should bring. "Did you prepare a first aid box?" Oh yes I did, and in fact I had gone shopping yesterday with a checklist so I didn't leave out any essential medicines and ointments, dettol, plasters, mosquito repellent and the lot.

What else?

Oh yes, how can you go to a beach trip without a nice looking sandal. So I went over to Vincci to buy a gorgeous pair of sandal.

Oh my..I can hear the ocean's calling already..

I was beaming with pride when I showed my colleagues the checklist that I have made on excel until one of them said..

"Uhm..you realised that we are only going to a one night trip right?"

Going Towards Uncivilisation | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Nowadays, reading news make me feel really sad. Everyday, there will news on bad and tragic incidents, war that took away life of the innocents, and last but not least nonsensical stuffs that people do. I am not sure if this only happen in Malaysia, headlines on local news never failed to make me go wtf or complete speechless.

For example, the recent, ever so popular news on a bunch of nudist playing some silly sports games in Penang. Arrghhh! What on earth?1? I consider myself pretty open minded and all, but what the heck, a bunch a adults stripping naked, running around on the beach, body painting and a bunch of activities that look downright obscene. It's something that I can't accept at all.

I mean, what is the objective of this event? How is this beneficial to the earth or environment? I understand those nude protest that fight against animal cruelty and all, but this..this has nothing to do with any causes, even if there is, I see none.

Then there are news about people stabbing each other over some stupid argument, killing another human like they are some bug. Zapppp! Just like that. What is going on to our moral and compassion? Don't people have any sympathy and humanity anymore? Grandchild hitting the grandparents with wooden sticks because the grandparents nagged too much.

Seriously. Speechless.

And of course, who can forget the tragic plane accident that happened a few weeks back killing 298 innocence. Sigh~ I had troubled sleeping when I heard the news. And I believe this incident will haunt everyone for many years to come.

It's a very sad world that we are living in. And it somehow made me feel afraid of having more babies because if the world that we are living now is already so scary, I couldn't imagine what it is going to happen in the future.

Crying Over Spilled Milk | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Saturday, June 28, 2014

Illustration by karana-collyester.deviantart.com

June 2014 has been a stressful month to me, with so many negative things going on, I sometimes feel like burying my head to the pillow and cry out my anxieties. I always try hard to turn every problem into a positive thought because it will help make me feel better. Thank goodness it happen this way and not the other way round. I'm glad we only have to go through this because it could been worse. These are what I will usually say to keep calm and continuously be grateful with what the God had in his plan. But when troubles come one after another, it became a little too much for me.

I admit that most problem can be avoided if I would have think twice or thrice before doing it but I just don't understand why it all have to happen at the same month.

Two days ago, I spilled milk on one side of my company's laptop. The laptop had stopped working and now I might need to reimburse for the damages. I am not sure how much it cost but I know that it will definitely cost a lot because it is a new laptop.

I accept the punishment because it is caused by my carelessness but the expenses are too much to bear especially after spending so much curing my son's sinusitis and the traveling expenses up to Butterworth to bring him to the doctor.

I really wonder when things can finally go smoothly and I am still waiting for the day to come when I can have enough savings to buy a car for myself. Sigh...

Update!
My IT colleagues somehow managed to get the replacement part and had my laptop repaired! As my laptop is still covered under warranty, I didn't have to make any compensation. Oh my God. I almost cried when they passed me my laptop. I told my colleague that I will give him a great big hug if he is a woman. 

Cadbury Malaysia Commercial : The Most Unexpected Ang Pow | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Tuesday, February 18, 2014

I watch a lot of videos on Youtube,especially talk shows, music videos, cooking shows and whatnot. I am usually fine with Youtube ads because I understand that in order to continuously watch videos for free, I need to just endure the commercials.

Some commercials can be quite interesting, for example, the meaningful ones crafted by the PETRONAS team. But most of them are downright boring and some can be quite over the top where it don't make any sense or whatsoever. But for the past two months or so, this particular commercial from Cadbury sort of took over Youtube and annoyed the hell out of me and many others.

 

Oh hai Su!

 

So what is so annoying about this commercial?

The frequency of this ads is crazy. For the past two months, this commercial appeared on every single video that I watched. Every.Single.One. Thank goodness it is skippable after 5secs, or else I guess I would have just gave up on Youtube completely until this advertisement is removed.

 

But what really really really annoying is..

 

The storyboard!

 

Okay, so basically this commercial is all about Cadbury surprising Su (the "protagonist" of the video who was studying abroad in Adelaide) with a trip back to her hometown in Klang to visit her parents whom she hasn't seen for the past FOUR years. And the video showed how her parents cried because they missed her so much. And the parents talked about how a good daughter this Su is.. yadah yadah..

 

What an utter NONSENSE!

 

Let me share with you some reasons why this Su is one of the most selfish daughter in the world who only care about herself.

 

1) If Su really love her parents, she would have take the extra effort to work and save up the flight ticket back to visit her parents at least ONCE A YEAR. I made some research on Malaysia Airlines and found out that Return Flight Tickets from Adelaide to Malaysia cost not more around RM2,400.00. (Please note that this is not a promotional price.)

 

Which means, this Su only need to save up around RM200 (AUD$67) each month to buy the RETURN ticket.

 

I did further research and found out that Australian government actually encourage overseas students to work part time while studying to "complement student's study and living experience".

 

According to the official Australian Government website for international students.

 

"Working while you study in Australia can help complement your study and living experience. There are a number of reasons you might want to undertake part time work while studying in Australia, including assisting with living expenses and gaining work experience in your study area.

Most student visas allow you to work for up to 40 hours every two weeks while your course is in session, and unrestricted hours during any scheduled course break, but before you undertake any paid work you need to make sure your visa allows you to work. Find out more at the Department of Immigration and Border Protection website."

And I had some time at hand so I went and did some research on the salary paid as a waitress in Australia and I found this --> http://www.payscale.com/salaries/c6b62c10/Waiter-Waitress-Melbourne-Victoria-AU-Salary

According to Payscale, a part time waitress gets a minimum pay of AUD$10 per hour. Let's say Su is a little bit unlucky and she was paid less at AUD$7 per hour, let's see how much she gets in a month.

AUD$7 x 4 hours a day = AUD$28

One month = AUD$28 x 5 days a week X 4 = AUD$560 (Take note that this is counted based on less than minimum hourly rate)

So tell me why this Su couldn't afford to go home again?

 

2) Some people were saying that maybe Su really did work but she gave all her salary to her parents because she was the only one working in the family and her parents rely on her for money.

 

If she loves her parents so much, why can't she sacrifice her dream and further her education in Malaysia instead? I know I know.. education in Malaysia sucks, the quality or standard is no where near those universities overseas. But one gotta do what you gotta do right? If you can't afford and you know that your parents needed your financial support..then just freaking stay in Malaysia. Period! What's worst than having your parents cried their eyes out for you?

 

And eventhough there are many complains about how horrible Malaysian education is, mind you, there are still many successful entrepreneurs in Malaysia who got their education locally. So what's the excuse?

 

So as a Company trying to promote love and stuff I think Cadbury Malaysia failed terribly this time because the video doesn't convey Su as a filial daughter. The only impression I get is a selfish daughter who neglected her parents feelings because she wanted freedom. And let say she wasn't selected by Cadbury Malaysia to do this commercial, she probably won't see her parents anytime soon.

 

And I hate people like that.

 

Heartwarming Thai TV Commercial | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Tuesday, September 17, 2013

This video had me started crying in the office at 1:55.

It's brilliant, and I hope that I will be able to see these touching commercials on Malaysian tv as well instead of those lame-trying-hard-to-be-funny-ads.

Horrible Haze In Malaysia And Singapore | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Monday, June 24, 2013

For the past few days, Malaysians and Singaporeans had been living miserably in a critically air polluted state. If I am not wrong, it has been decades since we had such bad haze in Malaysia.

On Saturday, I woke up thinking that there were fire burning in my apartment because my house was so smoky and smelt extremely bad. And I had a shocked when I went to the balcony and was greeted by this view.



View from balcony (22th June 2013)



The weather was already very hot and humid on normal days but the haze made it so much worst. I had to shower three times last night in order to get a fairly good sleep because it was too hot.

As if all these conditions are not bad enough, I was most agitated by how our government is handling this matter. There were talks about cloud seeding to induce rain. But that was it, a lot of talking but no action. And out of nowhere, there were reports saying that cloud seeding is useless for now due to the current condition.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/6/23/nation/20130623202106&sec=nation

So are we going to just cross our arms and wait for the wind to blow the haze away? 



View along LDP (22nd June 2013)



And it seems like there are some who is more idiotic competition around that we are unaware of, because despite the unefficiency shown by our gov, Indonesian gov managed to come up with even more moronic remarks.

Instead of apologizing or coming up with a solution to stop the haze, Indonesia's gov actually had the nerve to point fingers at us by stating that the companies that did the forest burning are owned by Malaysian and Singaporean.

What a ludicrous thing to say!

Dear imbeciles in Indonesia (I was so tempted to use foul languages here but had to control myself to make sure that this blog is clean of any vulgarities),

Let me tell you what I think about your brainless comments. So those who started the burning was actually Malaysians and Singaporeans, it happened in your country and it is up to your jurisdiction to prosecute them. And it is your land that they are burning. Are you trying to say that as long as the health of your people are not affected, you have no problem with them burning your land away?

Or have you benefited something from it, therefore, you can't take any action against them?



Comparison between 21st and 22nd June 2013



And for you to ask the Singaporeans to stop behaving like a child is such brainless thing to say. People's health are compromised, many have been hospitalised due to difficulties in breathing. Children, elderly and pregnant women are especially affected by this whole ordeal.

And eventhough it is advisable to stay inside our house but for God's sake, we are suffocating even inside our house. Of course we have every right to complaint!

I know by saying this will reflect on me badly, but I seriously hope that there are some serious calamity in your country soon so that your people would suffer the same thing.

Lorry emiting smoke in the midst of horrible haze

I am seriously hoping that it will rain soon to wash away all the smoke (I am pretty sure many are wishing for the same thing). And to G. Palanivel, you gotto seriously step up your game to oversome this problem, since your boss is no where to be seen, most probably hiding with his family in somewhere with fresh air and a lot of shopping malls.

Neither Here Nor There | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Wednesday, June 19, 2013

After reading fourfeetnine's post on http://fourfeetnine.com/2013/06/17/too-much-of-nothing/, I realised that I actually shared the same sentiment.

I'm 28 this year and my biggest achievement in life would probably be giving birth to my son. Other than that, I have not done anything significant that I can be proud of.

Since young, I have always been a stay at home girl because my mom was really strict with curfews. I did some bowling, represented my school and won third place in a bowling competition and stopped playing after I left high school. I started to work in my cousin's workshop right after I got my SPM results. And studied part time in a small college in Penang. Got my diploma and dropped out of college because I couldn't afford the exam fees. Eventhough I was granted with a scholarship, the exam fees was too much for me to bear. I cam from a single family and I was the only one to work earning RM1400.00 a month.

I continued working for my cousin until I met my husband at the end of 2007. We got married and I gave birth in 2009. While pregnant, I worked in a bridal boutique, learnt some basics illustration and sewing. Resigned and stopped working for almost a year. Thought of starting a wedding business myself, so husband applied for some loans but the money was spent on moving to a new house and some of it got cheated by the wedding manufacturer in China.

And then nightmares began with me max out husband's credit cards and a lot more of things that I am too shameful to mention here.

After things got out of hand, I started working in a bridal boutique again. I was underpaid and overworked, working till 2-3am alone in the boutique trying to complete all the alterations on time.

Something happened and I started to find for a new job only to find myself landed in WG. I had a lot of fun and that's all about it. Fun.

Career wise, I have been jumping from one industry to another like a frog in boiling water. From motor insurance to bridal to F&B for like three months and now pest control and hygiene. Eventhough I am a fast learner and can reasonably adapt to any working environment, but the cons will be the limit on my knowledge towards an industry.

I can sew but I can only do alterations and that's about it. I can do fashion illustration but compared to others, mine is kinda mediocre.

I can write and I can see a vast improvement in my writing but I am not terribly good at it. I still have to look up to thesaurus in order to come up with a good article. And each time I submitted my writeup to my superior, it had to be amended at least 4-5 times, with the help of my superior in order to get it right.

"Jack of all trade" is probably the word that I would use to comfort myself, but the truth is I am pretty much, a master of none.

I felt that I had totally wasted a few years of my life away. If I had started my career in a corporate world, I would probably be somewhere up there now instead of a low level executive that I am right now.

And shamefully, besides donating a few bucks away to charity homes and temples, I have never done anything impressive that could help make the world a better place.

If I were to die today, my family and some of my friends would probably be devastated but that's it. Nobody would remember anything about remarkable me simply because I have done nothing.

I really hope that I could do something that one day my son would lookup to and be proud of. To carve my name on an achievement instad of just getting along in life. I hope it's not too late.

Kim Jong Kook in Malaysia | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Tuesday, June 18, 2013

16th of June 2013 is definitely one of date worth remember. It is this day when I finally met my favorite Running Man. Kim Jong Kook immediately became one of my favorite Korean celebrity ever since I caught the Running Man bug a few months back.

Kim Jong Kook being asked some silly questions

Waited almost an hour for his appearance but it was definitely worth the wait. He didn't performed any of his song, but seeing him in person is enough to make the fans grinning from ear to ear. As the event focused on fan-signing, Kim Jong Kook was ushered to the signing table a few minutes after the short interview by a lousy host.

Me, my colleagues and a random dude that we made friend with on that day

After the fan signing session started, we went to Chilli's for lunch. The amazing part was, the signing session lasted for almost 2 hours. Can you imagine signing your name for 2 hours straight? That was probably one of the reason why Kim Jong Kook trained his muscles hard.

Lunch at Chilli's

My colleagues left after lunch while we went back to the center court. I was hesitating to leave eventhough there were nothing else to see besides watching him signing on his posters. One thing I felt quite unethical was that fans are made to pay RM100 to get Kim Jong Kook's signature. What happened to those days when fan signing are done for free?

While lingering around the stage, I saw Kim Jong Kook's manager. This guy here appeared on Running Man quite a number of times so I was not surprised when fans wanted to have their photos taken with him too. 

Kim Jong Kook's manager in the limelight as well

It was one of the best decision made when we decided to wait till the very end because posters were thrown to the fans after that. And I got myself one of his poster. The feeling was amazing.

I hope Kim Jong Kook had fun in Malaysia and would return again, maybe with the rest of the Running Man members. For now, please excuse me while I drool at his poster.

Ahhhh~ <3

Dealing With Death | 2 comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Monday, June 10, 2013

I'm grateful to God that I have yet to face death of any of my close family. Thus far, the only death that I had to deal with painstakingly was the death of my pet kitten, who died in front of my bedroom door. Images of me and mom digging a hole to buried her is clearly engraved in my mind. And I think I cried for almost a week over this incident.

I was reading the late Christopher Reeve's wikipedia this morning (he remains my favorite Superman ever!) and his story had me pondering about dealing with the depart of the loved ones.

Christopher Reeve fell down from a horse and sustained severe injuries on his spine which led him to paralysed neck down. The story of his struggles to live really had me teared up. There was once where he thought of suicide because the pain that he had to go through physically and mentally was too torturous.

But Christopher Reeve was considered quite lucky to have his wife supporting him throughout this agonizing journey.

"I am only going to say this once. I will support whatever you want to do, because this is your life, and your decision. But I want you to know that I'll be with you for the long haul, no matter what. You're still you. And I love you." This are the words that wife, Lana Reeves said that stopped him from giving up on his life.

Despite being wheel chair bound, he never stopped living his life and was actively helping others, and this was really inspiring. In 2004, Christopher Reeve had a cardiac arrest and was finally rest in peace, leaving behind Lana and 3 children.

But the saddest part was, Lana was dianogsed with lung cancer in 2005 and passed away in 2006. And this made me feel that Lana was really pitiful because she had to faced her illness alone. Maybe not alone, but I feel that it is different when your spouse is not there. The nights that she had to sleep through alone. I felt, if it wasn't for the children, she would have attempted suicide too.

I don't know why I am summarizing the facts on wikipedia, and I don't even know how to end this post without letting it hang midway. But I really hope that all my loved ones live longer than I do because I don't think I am able to handle it well. I know it sounded selfish but I really rather die first than being devastated.

Friendship | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Tuesday, May 21, 2013

I was once a very naive person who used to treat almost everyone who speak to me for more than 30 minutes as best friend. But more than often, these relationship were not reciprocated. And due to many mistakes that I made for the past few years, I've lost a huge bunch of whom I used to call, my friends.

It seems childish that at my age (28!), I still have problems identifying who are my real friends.

I used to have a really close friend whom I shared my thoughts with. Someone I appreciated very much. I knew her since high school days. But due to some drawback and misintepretation, she ended up cutting all ties with me. I was terribly hurt at first, but as time goes by, it made me realised that no matter how strong a friendship is, it doesn't last.

Up till this day, I am still facing with friendship that were not commensurated, which left me feeling really despaired. Despite the care I had and all the measures that I took to help, in the end, it felt that all along, I was just a mere nuisance.

Although I am pretty much dishearten by these, I learnt to appreciate those that I have now. Those who helped me and were there for me through thick and thin. Who lent their ears when I need to let out my sorrow. Those who've seen me laugh and cry.

And my husband once said, best friend will never avoid telling you the truth because at the end of the day, no matter how hurtful the truth was, it was for my own betterment. And they did it because they cared~

Young Mother | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Saturday, May 11, 2013

I gave birth to my son when I was 23. Becoming a mother at such young age was not an easy feat. But I never in my life regretted my decision. And I've been telling everyone that, up till today, my biggest achievement in life is to give birth to my son.

Everybody says hi to Baby Sukorn

He is my inspiration and the reason why I became a stronger person each day.

Many young mothers would agreed that it is a difficult task to be a mother, even so when you are young. People are often very judgmental towards every single thing that you do. And sometimes it is really tiring and depressing to have everyone criticizing the way you take care of your own child. 

Since May 2012, I had been condemned numerous time for leaving my son with my mom in Butterworth. Everyone thought that I was irresponsible and I had it easy with my mom doing everything for me. Yes, I admit that with my baby away, I am free to do anything I want, I drink my time away till midnight. But how many of you knew how difficult it is to not being to see my son everyday? How many of you understand what it is like to not being able to be there for my son when he had high fever? How many of you witness those nights when I would cry to sleep because I miss him very much?

I may not be a perfect mother but I know deep inside that I love my son very much.

      To my mom, eventhough you can be really annoying at times, I thank you very much for taking care of my child and for giving him the best of everything. You are an awesome grandmother and I love you very much!

And lastly, to all the mothers out there, regardless of age, Happy Mother's Day to you too.

P/S: And oh! Happy Mother's Day to myself too.

My GE13 Story | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Thursday, May 09, 2013

On 5th May 2013, me like every other Malaysians anticipated this very important day. The day when we, the citizens of Malaysia, get to choose the leaders who we think deserves to be the government of Malaysia.

And as a first time voter, I was more anxious than ever. But before I start writing about GE13, let me share with you about my general election story during my younger days.

When I was much younger, I didn't really knew much about election. I never understood the general election frenzy. I did not get the buzz. All my mom told me was, "If you don't vote during election, bank won't approve your loan when you intend to purchase a house in the future." Which was pretty much untrue as you and i know it. But being a much younger me, I believed it wholeheartedly and really thought that was what general election is all about. 

My father, who is a DAP supporter, on the other hand, never bothered explaining why he voted. Well, he was never home much anyway, so let's just skip his part.

So, the younger me was basically just plain ignorant and un-educated on Malaysia's economic and political status. I didn't even register to vote during the 2008's election, I was 23, still ignorant. Perhaps, situations were not so horrendous back then for me to take notice. And yeah, I was a The Star newspaper reader back then, so I was pretty much blinded by the one lies after another. I was deceived into believing that our economy is growing robustly and our politicians are angels sent from heaven.

Fast forward to 2013, with the help of social media sites, I have gained better insights and my eyes are finally opened wide to see what is actually going on in my country. Corruptions, frauds, power abuse, cronism, etc. I finally understand what the hype is all about.  

 I travelled back to Butterworth right after work on 3rd May 2013 with a mixed feelings. Excited, worried, happy and at the same frustrated reading news after news about the dirty tactics played by the current goverment to secure more votes.

So when 5th May finally came, I walked over my polling station at SJK Tamil Mak Mandin, which was 2 minutes away from my house in Butterworth. I was anticipating a huge crowd, but to my amazement, the school was pretty much empty. It was noon the time I casted my vote.

With no access of internet, I was pretty much left in the dark on what was going on in other states. Eventhough there were updates on national news programs, I knew too well to not believe in anything reported on by the mainstream media.

7pm onwards, me and my mom, left with no choice, had to rely on the national news for the election results. Results from Sarawak and Sabah were reported first. And I was really nervous because the opposition was trailing slowly behind BN.

At about 10pm, I had to leave to the train station to catch the train back to Kuala Lumpur. So once again without any internet connection nor TV, I was not aware of the election's results. I kept my fingers crossed and prayed for the opposition to win because like all Malaysians regardless of race and age, we had enough and we are ready for a change. It's time for UBAH!

I reached Kuala Lumpur the next day at around 6am. And the first question that I asked my husband was, "Did PR won?"

And to my disappointment, BN won majority of parliament seats by cheating. Electricity blackout, additional voting ballots appeared out of no where, last minute recounts and many other filthy tactics were schemed by BN in order to win.

Words couln't describe the feeling of frustrations that every Malaysian had that day. But it was also this day that mademe realized that I need to do more besides voting. It hit me that it's time for me to play my part as a rakyat to secure a better future and better Malaysian.

I am confident that the Malaysians will fight together to achieve what we deserved because I strongly believe that "the sun will shine after every storm".

Ini Kalilah!

Day Two At New Workplace | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Wednesday, April 17, 2013

April had been a really good month for me so far. I've finally secured a job as a Marketing Communications Exec in an international pest control and hygiene company.

Ohai!

This is my first time working in a corporate world where everything has to go by the standard operating procedures. And honestly, I find it a little overwhelming and have yet to get used to it. I'm too used to work in a small scale, relaxing and fun working environment.

Take WG for example, there were only four of us in the same office and we were free to chat, joke, laugh out loud and sometimes sing and dance in the office. Our office was always filled with fun and laughters. Even during our lunch time. I doubt I will be able to create the same atmosphere over here as we are sharing the same office with 50 other staffs.

Where I will be seated on the first week

On my first week, I had been scheduled by my superior to join the company's induction program. It is pretty much like an orientation where a representative from each department comes over and do a presentation on what their department is about, what are their roles in the company and what are their working procedures like. It was pretty awesome as I am able to get to know the organization and the people here better. I'm actually waiting for the next presentation on the company's cash management while I was drafting this blog entry on my notepad.

In the next three days, I will be joining the service technicians and sales personnel on a field attachment to see how things are done outside of the office. I am super excited but also worried at the same time. My team mates assured me that it is going to be a lot of fun so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

View from the meeting room

Oh yeah, I was totally astounded when I found out that staffs are NOT ALLOWED to use the company's wifi on the mobile phones. Oh bugger!! Tsk..tsk.. tsk..

My working attire!

And the best part about working here will be, there a shopping mall RIGHT BEHIND the office building!!! I can't wait to go shopping after work! It's super awesome!!!

UPDATE!:

I went and walked around the mall right after work and found out that this mall is one of the LOUSIEST MALL that I've ever been too. Hands down! So.. boooooooooo!

What Is Love? | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Saturday, March 09, 2013

Love is a feeling so strong where you realized that you would do anything. Risked anything. And you wouldn't mind being labeled as stupid or any other horrendous names because deep inside, as long as this person is happy, you are happy. For love is blind, you will do things that others would deem unworthy but then again, no one else's opinion mattered.

When you love someone, you will think of him/her all the time. When you wake up, when you are at work, when you are having dinner, before you go to sleep and when you are sleeping. Memories of the good times that you ever had together will kept refreshing itself in your mind. Making you laugh and had tears running down at the same time because you missed the time spent together very much.

When you love someone, you will wanna see him/her everyday. No matter how much hassle you have to put yourself through just to see him/her, for you know, it's worth it.

A message from him/her is what it's needed to light up your day.

When you love someone, you would do anything to support him/her through good times and bad times, and expect nothing in returns.

And when you love someone, even if the feelings are not mutual, you will still feel like the happiest person in the world because all you ever wanted is to cherish what you have now.

"Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own." - H.Jackson Brown Jr

Life Lessons | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Sunday, March 03, 2013

In this mere three months, I've learnt so much about life than I had for the past few years.

I'm pretty much a very simple minded person, although with an attitude, I always wear my heart on my sleeves.

Words I said, despite most of the time being very crude and hurtful are usually spoken from my heart. I sometimes have to put up a mask, especially to my superior because you can't go up to your boss and ask him to go F himself no matter how pissed you are, well unless, you are prepared to leave.

Things that I do, are never done with an ulterior motives. I do my best to help out because I feel that it is a nice thing to do. I will run the extra mile for my friends because I feel that they deserved it. Maybe the only time when I did something with a motive was when I was hoping for an increment and promotion in my job. But other than that, there were never any hidden agendas. And people around me knew it very well.

Until recently.

I was pretty much in shocked to find out that there are people out there, where every moves and every speech had a hidden motive. And it pretty much scared the shit outta me. Because you never knew that the person you thought is your friend might be the one doing the backstabbing behind you. Or someone who is helping you is actually trying to sabotage you. Or someone you trusted with your life is actually taking advantage of you for their own benefits. You will never know.

So lessons that I learnt from all these are:

a) Never to trust someone that you've just met wholeheartedly because you might end up in so much disappointment

b) Never login to any of your personal sites and instant messages with your company's gadgets.

c) Never underestimate a person's capabilities.

d) Never get attached to someone so easily especially when you only known this person for a short period of time.

Like I said on my Facebook post, it saddened me that I had only learnt all this now when I had been working for so long. But like they said, it is better late than never.

And now it's time to move on to another chapter of life. Hopefully less challenging and dramatic as the past three months.

2012 Christmas Celebration | No comments:

By: Ms Clementine on Thursday, December 27, 2012

Call me boring but I always lead a very dull life. Partly because I have a small little baby boy and a powerful EMPRESS at home. I never attended any parties, never been to any chill out session and I probably didn't have any social life whatsoever. And another reason would my crazy working hours. I used to have to work from morning till late night, even more so on a PUBLIC HOLIDAY. I'm pretty glad that I'm out of it. Fashion industry is a lot of fun, but the ridiculous working hours is not.

So this year, I had it differently!

I spent my Christmas Eve by helping out in Dining In The Dark KL. Serving drinks, chatting with the guests, carrying coffee and tea up from downstairs. Tiring, but fun!

After all that, I went to sit down on my favorite spot in TEN On Changkat to online. I probably annoyed the DJ so much by asking her to help me with my laptop's power plug. I think I got her to plug in and plug out of my cable at least 6 times? OMG, I'm sorry DJ Evilecktrik, if you are reading this, please don't hate me!

Clock ticks 12am and there were fireworks and sounds of vuvuzelas making a lot of noise outside. Very annoying, that vuvuzela.

The party had started upstairs so I went up to snap a few photos of the partying upstairs. But I sucks at taking photos and I ended up with these sucky photos.

Horrible photos.

Anyway, I had an eye-opening jaw-dropping views of couples french kissing in the open. I was kinda terrified really. Hey, it's not everyday that i get to see couples having tongue action live. But it's not something that I wanna encounter often.

After that, I went back to TEN to annoy the hell of the DJ again and was joined by my colleagues, Rain, Tong and Darius. As it was getting ridiculously noisy, we headed over to The Whisky Bar KL for a really nice mature drink. And we had chocolate fondue accompanied by a shot of whisky!

After our chit chatting session, the gang had to leave because they have to work tomorrow. I was left alone waiting for the husband to come. And this happened.

Not bad, not bad at all.. :D