Two Worlds

The New Yorker

siewann. 24.
loves new york.
currently living in Malaysia.
handbag fanatic. still waiting for her 1st hermes.
dooney & bourke
dresses with ribbons. waiting to own her 1st coast dress.karen millen dress.
pops bubble wraps.
plays solitaire on her iphone during rush hour traffic.
l4d
will own nothing in green.
has 5 white dresses.
has 10 black dresses.
potbelly's
chipotle
char siu rice @ Hester St. and Jason's mum's house.
pork chop sandwich on Eldridge St. between Grand & Broome St.
Peter Luger (absolutely the best in the world!)
Kopps! @ Wisconsin
gelato @ San Gimignano
wiener schnitzel
almdudler
godiva chocolate cheesecake
beignets
n'awlins shrimps
crawfish!!!!!!!!

gluttony
never early
has an innate ability to fall asleep anywhere
never too tired for badminton
amazing tvb fan
korean drama fan
taiwanese drama fan
grey's anatomy
gossip girl
desperate housewives
glee

siewann.tai@gmail.com

Friday, November 12, 2010

2:53 AM

Holiday of Adventure

I just returned from Lake Kenyir last weekend. The place is definitely quite a disappointment compared to what I knew of it 10 years ago. But the experience, I must say is definitely an interesting one, one that's out of my comfort zone. Of course, 10 years ago, I stayed at a 5 star resort, complete with jet skiing experience, etc.But I rmb Lake Kenyir to be a very beautiful, peaceful place. Not at all like what I saw last weekend. I stayed at a boathouse for 10 of us, there were remainders of logging activities, floods, murky water, only at certain parts, there was clean water...(where we delightfully sat at the edge of the boat and dipped our legs into the water as the boat was moving)

The funnest part definitely has to be the waterfalls. Tambat Waterfall (I think!) has beautiful huge rocks and water that you can actually fish in! Standing by the rocks facing the direction of the waterfall is amazing! Reminds me of Niagara Falls, where you can feel the lil water droplets against your face! We fished...and fished and fished...I think the boy has a new found hobby now....he fished the first fish! and I fished the BIGGEST fish! well, biggest and 2nd biggest :) :) 2nd biggest fish was a cat fish....and the BIGGEST fish I caught was well, a 5'10" !

Overall, I did enjoy the trip, something definitely quite different, with a bunch of people I hardly knew...who half the time spoke a language I wasnt fluent in. But it all turned out well.

I have one complain though:

There was NO CLEAN WATER!
I cannot cannot cannot cannottttttt stand ittttt!!! Especially not when I'm in the most uncomfortable place, and time of the month! Funny things happened. Good to know how people generally are...it's just hilarious...

I started the whole princess culture. I love princess culture. The boyfriend does everything for the girl, from taking rice during dinner time to giving foot and back massages after dinner to taking a cup of water during lunch time...to carry the fishing rods and bags during the mini trekking trip..

Other boys blame me for starting the culture. and Other boys blamed him for spoiling the market :)

KT was not the funnest. It was raining the entire day. We spent the day there while waiting for our flight at night. I had quite the most rip-off hair wash ever. For RM14 in KT, i was shortchanged for a hair wash, and so were the 3 other girls. She added oil to my hair, to which she briefly asked and charged me RM3 for that 2 drops of miserable oil. But I had incredible mini-buns at the Chinese shop which was so nice to let us store our bags there and charge our iphones there.

We were all exhausted by the time we got home at 12.30am. It was quite the trip. I enjoyed it. Not thoroughly, but I definitely enjoyed it. That being said, if you ask me to do it again, I'm not sure I would. Maybe at a more interesting place, I would consider??

I watched Unstoppable the next day! it's a good movie! Of course, with denzel washington in it, how can any movie go wrong?? it's the only reason why I agreed to watch. it definitely kept me at the edge of my seat, and the ending was realistic enough for you to think that it's not SO hollywood after all. These people do have brains.

i miss united states. i wanna go home.

The last 4 days have been a hectic rush between extra work, gym and just, resting. I've taken on something new, hopefully it will broaden my perspectives in the new media, now that i'm no longer in that circle in US, good to know I can still keep in touch with it a little and not lose the little bit of information I know about that...I've been lucky to have some interested clients...Unfortunately, I dont know if I can have those numbers every week I hand in a report! I have to be more diligent, and work so much harder to make this work! I pray they'll come back to me :)

In the mean time, the bosses are definitely pleased with the first week of results, I hope the good run will continue!

Weekend's here. time to work more. rest more. attend a wedding. be a chauffeur. get a massage. my KPIs for the weekend.

speaking of KPIs, I was sent for KPI training yesterday. Must say it didnt go very well. Didnt learn much there. Other than Tesco has fantastic management approaches to their business Globally. At the end of the day, I'm still unable to sit down and be clear about how to write KPIs.

well well, work's work. weekend's here. let's go out and play!