tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74294942650431059772024-03-13T19:49:54.679+08:00I Need To Tell : The World From My PerspectiveEveryone has a story to tell and I need to tell the stories in my life ...inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.comBlogger2149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-76092171779464352562022-03-06T15:21:00.005+08:002022-03-06T22:16:36.650+08:00Revisiting MiriI went back to Miri for the first time in 7 years and 10 months. Miri WaterfrontI left Miri in 2014, and years have passed in a blink of an eye. The last two years have been difficult with the threat of Covid-19 pandemic. My travels have been halted and like everyone else, I've just been cooped up at home ... Now, travels have just resumed ... and I am gingerly braving myself to start inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-79138639562868345432021-09-29T22:29:00.002+08:002022-03-06T23:03:53.419+08:00I've Escaped The Dinosaurs! I'm starting work at my new workplace. Well, technically I have started work here for a month already - only that classes have been conducted online. I still work from home, but I work for another school now. School G. School G is 3km away from my former school. Very near, isn't it? People are perplexed as to why I would get myself moved from one school to another when both schools are in inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-58282894787095204472021-09-27T12:56:00.000+08:002022-03-06T22:41:34.049+08:00That FeelingMy knowledge of Mandarin is rather basic. I can converse and people seem to understand what I say. Sometimes I forget a word or two and I substitute the word in English, Malay or even Hokkien. Sometimes, I will code switch to English, especially when I have to talk about more complicated things. One day, I was speaking to Z. Normally, when we speak to each other, we use a mix of English and inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-12354976891724844022021-09-26T09:01:00.000+08:002022-03-06T22:41:07.753+08:00Trying Too Hard In my school, T-Rex is the one in charge of students' movements in and out of the school. Any change in the movement, and the first thing that T-Rex should do is to inform the committee handling data - specifically, the students' exit needs to be recorded in the official APDM system and now that attendance for online classes is keyed in online as well, the teacher managing the sPDPR system needs inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-10936539841313473312021-09-25T07:05:00.000+08:002022-03-06T22:40:38.183+08:00What's With The Letter? I worked with Triceratops as soon as I reported for duty at work at this institution . I was unofficially appointed as the secretary for the group. As a secretary, I prepared many letters. And all the letters were signed by Triceratops. I felt that it was not right, because I thought that only the personnel with authority - the Principal or the Senior Assistants - could sign letters bearing inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-3032366060142765992021-09-24T12:00:00.000+08:002022-03-06T22:40:18.854+08:00My Woeful Workplace My direct superiors are 2 dinosaurs. The old dinosaur is a real blur. Perhaps because it is older, it is slow and forgetful. This dinosaur often rambles about insignificant things that are not directly related to work. Hence, my colleagues and I do not take this dinosaur seriously. We are not scared of this dinosaur too. We only wish that it is more focused on its work and perhaps, it can help usinid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-87261031560607035342021-09-23T07:09:00.001+08:002021-09-24T07:49:05.182+08:00Do I Love My Work? Some people freely and openly profess their love for the school and the students.My friend Z however, is ever so truthful about it. I am not that noble, she said. To her, school is a hell hole and students are the devils. She is only in it for the money. If she has a better way to earn a living, she will not have become a teacher. Or at least, she will choose not to teach here in this school.So inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-76378355383876799902021-09-10T06:57:00.001+08:002021-09-13T09:34:15.936+08:00Dear WDear W,I think you will be more productive if you focus on what you are doing at hand and stop gossiping about people behind their backs. Well, but if you choose to continue gossiping, then please be more careful about it so that you don't get caught. But even if you are caught, the best thing to do is to own up and apologize. Aren't you man enough to do that? Why cover up and pretend that inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-49244809597946764862020-07-12T15:16:00.001+08:002020-07-12T15:16:26.300+08:00Gone Bonkers On It's Okay Not To Be OkayWatching an ongoing drama is a pain because only 2 episodes are aired every week ... and I have to wait and wait for the story to unfold. The waiting would go on for the next 7 weeks, because normally a k-drama is made up of 16 episodes which would be aired within that time frame. When the story is gripping, waiting becomes torturous. On the other hand the, watching an ongoing drama gives you inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-36849115765067766862020-07-05T17:08:00.016+08:002020-07-05T20:11:51.003+08:00Shopping For A SkirtIn the wee hours of Friday morning, my clothing rack collapsed. I really had a lot of clothes hung on the rack, so it probably could not take all the weight. Despite that, I'd still used the rack for 6 years and finally, it gave way and all my clothes were strewn on the floor. So there I was picking up my clothes from the floor at 3.30 a.m. in the morning. On Friday afternoon, I went inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-84530774948876133562020-06-28T15:09:00.002+08:002020-06-28T15:12:08.505+08:00New Norm At WorkSchool's started last week. The timetable changed to accommodate the SOPs. The staff and students' body temperatures were taken every morning. We had to wash our hands before going into the school premises. We had to sanitize our tables and chairs every morning as well. The P allowed the teachers to eat at the canteen. The students, though, were disallowed to do so. During recess, the inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-81626558264176684072020-06-17T12:18:00.003+08:002020-06-17T19:38:20.904+08:00June 2020 : Update on LifeHow's everyone? Like everyone else, I've been holed up at home since 18 March 2020. Luckily, I don't really mind staying at home so I must say that I do quite enjoy the lengthy time spent indoors. Not all's sweet, of course. At first, I was really anxious about the Covid-19 virus and the potential risk of infection. Well, you see, before the movement control order (MCO) was imposed, inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-37844055947830281552019-09-29T11:09:00.003+08:002019-09-29T11:09:49.166+08:00The Ambulance and The Nurse This rainy morning, the peace and calm of our household was interrupted. And I calmed myself down when I was tasked to call 991 as it was crucial that I spoke clearly and logically. Second Uncle couldn't move at all ... he'd actually been struggling when moving for the past few days and we 're all not sure what was wrong.
The operator led me through the procedure, asking the necessary questions.inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-73045487458616974352019-02-06T00:00:00.000+08:002019-02-06T00:00:02.813+08:00I Made Kimchi!
My colleague M had been making kimchi and bragging about how easy it was to make it. She'd encouraged me to make my own .... and even given me a cup of Korean red pepper flakes and 1 Tbsp of fermented shrimp.
I used Maangchi's recipe and well, it turned out pretty good. Everyone who'd tried it had liked it.
Red pepper paste
Cabbage - salted and washed
Bottled
Iinid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-27167228962090418312019-02-05T15:51:00.002+08:002019-02-05T16:10:13.055+08:00CNY 2019This CNY, I did not really have the inclination to bake, until school closed on Friday. That afternoon, I baked cranberry cheese cookies, but it was only because I wanted to use up the mascarpone cheese I had in the freezer ...
Pineapple Nastar and Cranberry cheese cookies
I used this recipe from Little Duck. The cookies turned out alright, but they didn't really taste spectacular ... heh.inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-75656970823748412812019-01-26T11:30:00.000+08:002019-01-26T11:55:55.579+08:00I'm Suffering From The Jin Woo Withdrawal SyndromeIn 2018, all the k-dramas that I'd watched weren't that engaging. Most of the dramas actually started out well. But somewhere along the line, the plot seemed to have faltered ... and I lost engagement before the drama ended. It was like that with Live - when they lingered on the rape storyline and turned the drama quite dark, and WWWSK - when it became all fluff from Episode 9 onwards. I did inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-13624012232476560712018-11-25T16:22:00.000+08:002018-11-25T16:22:00.003+08:00A Nasty FallJust last month, Fourth Aunt slipped and fell, and broke her knee cap while shopping at her local supermarket. She had her surgery done and is currently at the nursing home. I'd visited her whenever I was free, and happy to find out that she's recuperating well.
Yesterday, on the first day of my year-end break, I went for a walk at the park ... I was walking my usual track when I slipped and inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-41158734203561899572018-08-24T19:48:00.002+08:002018-08-24T19:48:51.025+08:00KLB Garden, TebeduOur journey started at 8.00 a.m. with breakfast at Poh Lok coffee shop at 7th mile ...
Cucur was alright ....
Laksa, RM6.00
Big bowl, but not very tasty .....
Then we drove out to the garden. KLB Garden is a 13-acre agro park and mini zoo, located at Tebedu. It opened late in June this year. KLB is the initials of the patriach of the Kueh family - the late Mr. Kueh inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-2832298170681153512018-08-22T11:53:00.001+08:002018-08-25T13:30:25.448+08:00What Have I Been Up To?
So what have I been up to? Well, life has been mundane. Since I came back from my trips, I'd been in Kuching all the time.
I got a new car!
At the end of April before the election, I drove to Perodua one afternoon, test drove the new Myvi and booked it. Heh. It was a rather impromptu decision. It made me feel reckless, lol. People said the wait for the new car would take a inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-56729463334521968082018-07-31T11:06:00.000+08:002018-08-23T11:07:15.135+08:00Day 11 : Icn - Kul We couldn't sleep well that night. Not sure why there were many sirens going off throughout the night - in fact I'd seen many ambulances zipping around since yesterday afternoon .... plus our neighbours in the next room were speaking so loudly past midnight .....
So ME and I both gave up sleeping and got up around 3.00 a.m.; my bags were packed already ... so we took our time getting ourselves inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-5392132811933728382018-07-28T10:10:00.000+08:002018-08-23T10:11:18.347+08:00Day 8 : Namiseom Somehow I found travelling to Gapyeong confusing. Gapyeong is the nearest train station to Namiseom or Nami Island.
The confusion took place at Cheongyangni, Hoegi, Jungnang and Sangbong stations. Somehow we got on and off the trains multiple time because we weren't too sure if it was going the right direction ...
From Dongdaemun History and Culture Park, we went to Wangsimni. That was where weinid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-69093148136819551752018-07-27T00:00:00.000+08:002018-08-22T11:57:41.854+08:00Day 7 : Namsan & Namdaemun & Myeong-dongThat morning, we were headed to Namsan. I found the instructions from the guidebook a bit unclear, and even the directions online were hazy. And as a result, we missed the elevator - the Namsan Oreumi Elevator - which brings visitors to Namsan Cable Car Station.
As soon as we exited the subway station, we had been following the signboards, and it led us to the edge of Namsan Park. We could see inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-52547623576889919252018-07-26T00:00:00.000+08:002018-07-26T00:00:11.144+08:00Day 6 : Gyeongbokgung - Bukchon Hanok Village - Shopping at Dongdaemun
The sky seemed cloudy that morning; I prayed that it would hold because I was scared that it would be too hot and sunny. I chose to stay at near Dongdaemun History and Culture Park because I had access to 3 subway lines from here. This morning, we took the purple line to Gwanghwamun. And as soon as we exited the subway, we could see the statue of Admiral Yi San.
Nearby was the inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-18568601678226533092018-07-25T00:00:00.000+08:002018-07-25T00:00:04.859+08:00Day 5 : Morning Market - Busan Station - Seoul Station - Dongdaemun - Gwangjang Market The sky was clear .... and the view of the sea was beautiful. Too bad we were leaving Busan that day. After breakfast at our hostel, I decided to go to Jagalchi because I wanted to buy dried oysters. Of course they were of varying grades, some costing more than the others. I bought 1 packet for KRW10,000. They would be good for cooking soup or porridge.
Then we exited the market ... behind the inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429494265043105977.post-48029493919003268262018-07-24T12:29:00.001+08:002018-08-31T09:17:43.917+08:00Day 4 : Taejondae - Haeundae - Shinsegae - Gwangali I wanted to go to Taejongdae. I'd seen many photos of Taejongdae on Instagram. It's a scenic area in Busan, located at the southern-most tip of Yeongdo-gu in Busan, facing an open sea. So we needed to get out of the city to get to Taejongdae. The guidebooks said the journey by bus would take an hour.
So off we went to Exit 6 of Nampo-dong subway; this was right in front of Lotte Gwangbok inid2tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351551313742586501noreply@blogger.com0