busy.
busy.
busy.
The beautiful part, I get to witness sun rises every morning. With a cup of coffee in hand, standing at the balcony, watching the smooth traffic get busy in minutes.
The sound of birds chirping in the morning mist, unbeatable moments to freshen up my energy embracing every new day.
Sunday.
Even on Sunday.
It has been 11 months since I left my cabin crew life. funny part, I didnt miss a thing. Sure there was a lot of traveling, a lot of free time, but it gets me nowhere, nowhere.
What I have here, now, is what matters most. Lots of other things will come in handy if I get this right.
Good day!
Sunday, November 04, 2012
Saturday, April 02, 2011
Perth, Australia
just got back from the Swan Bells, Perth. hangin' out at night by the Swan River, it really reminds me of Putrajaya back in Malaysia, Presint 2 to be exact. in fact, nothing much different. the city scraper layout and town planning are pretty much the same. i wonder if this is just a coincidence.
anyway, note to self, Perth is a good retirement place to settle. shops and restaurants closes at early evening, normally 8pm, 6pm on the Saturday and even 12-5pm on Sundays. dinner has to be at home i guess. convenient store closes at midnight. what, no 24-hours service?
walking at night during the weekend, quite happening. silent town at night, but people walking by quite a number, cheering the night with friends, dresses beautifully, nice-looking cars, party on private boat, nice.
Perth seems like an international town, many asians around from chinese, malay, indonesian, korean and japanese. all in one place. food? pretty much easy to get and halal food is easy to find.
looking forward for a nice outing tomorrow, sunday in perth!
anyway, note to self, Perth is a good retirement place to settle. shops and restaurants closes at early evening, normally 8pm, 6pm on the Saturday and even 12-5pm on Sundays. dinner has to be at home i guess. convenient store closes at midnight. what, no 24-hours service?
walking at night during the weekend, quite happening. silent town at night, but people walking by quite a number, cheering the night with friends, dresses beautifully, nice-looking cars, party on private boat, nice.
Perth seems like an international town, many asians around from chinese, malay, indonesian, korean and japanese. all in one place. food? pretty much easy to get and halal food is easy to find.
looking forward for a nice outing tomorrow, sunday in perth!
Friday, March 25, 2011
rambling 2
this month sometimes 5 years ago, i still remember working as a cashier at one of local cybercafe for 12 hours at night (9pm - 9am), and doing unit trust fund sales during the day. how i did it, i am not too sure myself. but somehow, i did it.
working in cybercafe gave me a lot of time practicing my web design skills, that's how i got to do some designing for local companies.
unit trust? i did a few sales, but it was a joke to me. i am not a sales guy.
3 months working in cybercafe, then i decided to quite and go all out focusing on design. i secured a few job based on mouth to mouth marketing. not a huge success but i survived anyway. 9 months i survived in this business without doing any other job. it was full of hard work. i remember renting an office space in Rawang, sleep inside the store room (it was huge and empty anyway), eating the same roti canai every single day, living with only less than RM10 bucks for a week, struggling on petrol meeting clients and more..
i remember being broke.
9 months past, i could not take it any longer.. i got a myself a job, and till today, 4 years of working a full-time job. ups and downs was never the same to compare to my Rawang experience.
and today, my pocket is never empty. it got me stuck somehow, i dont know what to eat.
working in cybercafe gave me a lot of time practicing my web design skills, that's how i got to do some designing for local companies.
unit trust? i did a few sales, but it was a joke to me. i am not a sales guy.
3 months working in cybercafe, then i decided to quite and go all out focusing on design. i secured a few job based on mouth to mouth marketing. not a huge success but i survived anyway. 9 months i survived in this business without doing any other job. it was full of hard work. i remember renting an office space in Rawang, sleep inside the store room (it was huge and empty anyway), eating the same roti canai every single day, living with only less than RM10 bucks for a week, struggling on petrol meeting clients and more..
i remember being broke.
9 months past, i could not take it any longer.. i got a myself a job, and till today, 4 years of working a full-time job. ups and downs was never the same to compare to my Rawang experience.
and today, my pocket is never empty. it got me stuck somehow, i dont know what to eat.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
KL - Phuket - Ko Phangan - Phuket - KL
wow, just cant imagine i made it to ko phangan in thailand, though it was a pack-and-go plan during malaysia's peak holiday season.
we do have direct flight from KL (subang airport) to Ko Samui (nearer to Ko Phangan) unfortunately all seat were fully booked. i nearly cancelled the plan knowing that it was fully booked, but having a friend with me, makes it a little crazier. so we divert our route from KL to Phuket, stayed one night (it was a great night in phuket though!). we arrived at Phuket at about 6pm in the evening, lucky to get a nice hotel room at only 600 thai bhat, just at the corner of Bangla Road (phuket's most happening road)
since our mission is to get to Ko Phangan, we had to leave the next morning at 6.45am to get a bus. the pick-up van was so puntual, right at 6.45 sharp it's already in front of our hotel lobby.
the van took us to phuket city, about 1 hour jorney from patong. then we took a 5-hour bus ride to Suratthani, change bus and get another 1-hour bus ride which took us to the nearest pier. from the pier, we took a speed boat to Ko Phangan, arrived at the shore at about 1 hour and 30 minutes later. and then we took a taxi to haadrin beach where all the happing is.
damn, 6.45 we started our journey and we only arrived at haadrin beach at about 7pm in the evening (includes all ride and transit time).
nevertheless, it really was worth it. haadrin beach is one in a million.
the next day, we departed at 12 noon, repeat the same taxi-boat-bus-van ride. spend another night at phuket and depart back to kl the next morning.
there it goes, basically we didnt actually get to spend our 'day', but our 'night' was crazy and awesome!
i used to go to bali few times a year, maybe now i'll go for phuket
we do have direct flight from KL (subang airport) to Ko Samui (nearer to Ko Phangan) unfortunately all seat were fully booked. i nearly cancelled the plan knowing that it was fully booked, but having a friend with me, makes it a little crazier. so we divert our route from KL to Phuket, stayed one night (it was a great night in phuket though!). we arrived at Phuket at about 6pm in the evening, lucky to get a nice hotel room at only 600 thai bhat, just at the corner of Bangla Road (phuket's most happening road)
since our mission is to get to Ko Phangan, we had to leave the next morning at 6.45am to get a bus. the pick-up van was so puntual, right at 6.45 sharp it's already in front of our hotel lobby.
the van took us to phuket city, about 1 hour jorney from patong. then we took a 5-hour bus ride to Suratthani, change bus and get another 1-hour bus ride which took us to the nearest pier. from the pier, we took a speed boat to Ko Phangan, arrived at the shore at about 1 hour and 30 minutes later. and then we took a taxi to haadrin beach where all the happing is.
damn, 6.45 we started our journey and we only arrived at haadrin beach at about 7pm in the evening (includes all ride and transit time).
nevertheless, it really was worth it. haadrin beach is one in a million.
the next day, we departed at 12 noon, repeat the same taxi-boat-bus-van ride. spend another night at phuket and depart back to kl the next morning.
there it goes, basically we didnt actually get to spend our 'day', but our 'night' was crazy and awesome!
i used to go to bali few times a year, maybe now i'll go for phuket
Friday, March 18, 2011
ko samui, now now now!!
ok this is a little mad, yes i have already planned this ko samui trip last month, but a friend who supposed to me my partner for the trip, bail out, so i have then cancelled the plan.
but last night another friend got to know that i am on leave now, and so happen that they are all planning to go to the same place today! oh, little rushing isnt it? all flights fully booked, we have to make a diversion, stopping at phuket maybe. since it's a last minute deal and school holiday period, airplane it will be, and damn that's where all of our cash will flow away. so, no shopping or partying in samui or thailand or where ever it may be.
but last night another friend got to know that i am on leave now, and so happen that they are all planning to go to the same place today! oh, little rushing isnt it? all flights fully booked, we have to make a diversion, stopping at phuket maybe. since it's a last minute deal and school holiday period, airplane it will be, and damn that's where all of our cash will flow away. so, no shopping or partying in samui or thailand or where ever it may be.
Friday, March 11, 2011
wedding photog
the last time i hold a dslr camera was sometime 6 months ago, during my good friend's engagement ceremory. and today she called me again to take some other photos for her brother's wedding reception which will take place tomorrow, and here i am now staying in bahau for one night, in preparation for tomorrow's event.
it's pretty good to be in this photography field really, when we get the chance to travel around town and sometime out of town, and all expenses are taken care of.
my current job takes me places, so even if i quite my job and put a little effort to stay in photography, i will still travel around anyway.
photography is my hobby, i love taking pictures of landscape and portrait, but this wedding thing is so new to me.
it's pretty good to be in this photography field really, when we get the chance to travel around town and sometime out of town, and all expenses are taken care of.
my current job takes me places, so even if i quite my job and put a little effort to stay in photography, i will still travel around anyway.
photography is my hobby, i love taking pictures of landscape and portrait, but this wedding thing is so new to me.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
rambling
some thing got me excited for the past couple of weeks, been working with mix and match all day long, never let any of my off days gone without doing anything. good thing, i have things to do. bad thing, i'm getting skinnier!
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