BaCk FrOm MsIa!!!

Yo yoz, I'm just back from msia after two days of family vacation... hahah looks like this is the shortest trip ever! As usual, I engaged in my fav activity-- Shopping! but i'm really sick of shopping and spending now... after all the prom shopping... but i need to do shopping for xmas again! sucks... at least i wrote all the xmas cards already :)

i think the nicest part about staying at johore bahru is that my family stayed at Pan Pacific! it's really nice there, got a semi swimming pool, sauna and other fitness activities (though i tried neither of those)... the bubble lifts are really fascinating too, never fail to give me a bird eye view of the surroundings... and the hotel overlooked this vestigial castle, looking as majestic as it was in its old days. it's brown in colour and look real sturdy...my dad said it belongs to the sultan...

basically, i only did my shopping at city square cos it requires hours to finish visiting all five stories of shopping outlets... well, act the mall is like any other in singapore, just that the currency used is ringgit and that some items are cheaper... had to do lotsa mental calculations to make sure that it's worth making the purchases... i think one interesting thing abt the shoppers there is that they get very excited when they see sale items... like they'll snatch up the apparels and browse very quickly thru the items... well altogether, i bought a Mango top, nike spag top, a set of triump lingerie, earrings for zj, facial wash, face cream, contacts protein tablet, eye drops, stockings... my sister bought a nike bag for her sch too... the rest of the money is simply spent on food... kinda ex there.. but at least we tried the roadside stalls which sell tasty food and charges at really low rates... a dinner for 4 only cost S$10! haha... but a meal for 4 at vivo and peir restaurant are more ex, costing more than RM 30...

after all these shopping, i felt kinda physcially and emotionally enervated... was asking myself if this is wat i wanna do for the rest of my life... just earn money and spend it on shopping... for the sake of temporary gratification... i really wish i could do something different, something more meaningful... as i was heading towards the customs, i donated all my msia coins to a beggar... really wished that i can help more pple like them... maybe for a start, i shall donate all my unused stuff to charity this xmas!!! let's spread the love around... :)

ThE RaT rAcE...

hey! prom was quite fun... took like nearly 100 photos... imagine my eyes had to be wide open even as the daggers of blinding flash pierced thru them! but there's no other ways to immortalize these 2 yrs of memories that I had shared with so many other frens in hcjc... after that, i went mich's house to havoc with yanfang, yaying and jane... was like eating cup noodles at 5am! slept like a log after tat... mich's frenly maid, sarah, cooked those delicious laksa for us for lunch! very hot though... and her brother and his galfren were very entertaining, kept running around together...haha well i guess it had been a really nice way to end prom :) glad i din go clubbing... can't believe these 2 yrs have passed by just like tat... haiz... getting old :p

anyway, at this crossroad in life, it is high time to reflect on what i shall do with my life ahead. most pple i know are aiming for scholarships and overseas studies, u know, trying to get to the front of the rat race... but yesterday i read the saturday section of the newspapers, and i found it to be so thought provoking and inspiring... in this dog-eat-dog world, there're pple who gave up those 'dream' jobs which they earned like at least $150000 a yr, in exchange for social services, arts and other more relaxing job. i was quite amazed, that money is not the priority in this world. there's something more impt in their heart-- passion... i felt sincerely touched... but then again, maybe this is a one way street kinda thing, i gotta go thru the rat race, before i get tired and opt out... no matter what, i know even as i warm up and prepare myself for the commencement of the rat race, even as i know this is the right way to go, even as i know this is expected of me, i'd rather go and help pple around me and have more time with my family. but man, this is not possible... maybe after i get tired of the rat race... practicality has to come before passion for now