Its not all about having what You want, Its having what You need and realising it!=)

Everyday I walk past Starbucks on my way to work.Never once I stopped to just sit,have a casual drink and surf the net(why waste since they providing free wifi service=P). Even before this, I love to hangout in Starbucks but never alone. But today finally, I decided 'Okey lets hangout there!how bad can it be hanging out by yourself at your favourite joint?'. Well to tell the truth it's not bad at all. I'm enjoying having a me time. After a long time, I'm comfortable with being alone by myself and not afraid of missing out on something. Life had never been better. I realise this, sitting here in Starbucks with my favourite Chocolate Chip Cream topped with whipped cream. Ok don't start counting the calories, its a once in while indulgence I enjoy=P. Everything I cherish is right here with me;my family, my friends, my job and importantly myself. I might not have all that I wanted but I sure have all that I needed. Long ago, I might I have moaned I don't like what I saw in my life. But later I learned to seek, see and appreciate what I had in the past and look forward for what is waiting for me in the future with enthusiasm; be it good or bad. It's all how you perceive things right. Someone, that barely knows me told me I beamed like I'm on the top of the world. I might not be at top of the world but I'm happy for what waits me there and what I have down here at the base of the mountain. Is there anything I want to change in my life...Nah!why would I? even the most unpleasant encounters in my life had been experiences that taught me about me and the people around me. 

Maybe this wont last forever. Its not everyday you wake up feeling like you're on top of the world and troubles are too far to be clawing at you. But till then, why bother? Analysing every minute details of life is waste. To worry, the chance of happiness will never appear is waste. To worry that troubles are just by the next corner is waste. To be bugged by what had happened in the past is waste. To live life for the moment is great Its not all about having what You want or moaning about what you never got, Its having what You need and realising it!=)

Kameraman,Monkey,BrokenDam,Kepala ikan,DoubleDecker...Rolling rapids...Yeah!!

Saturday 17 April 2010...730 am we are already at Sungai Buloh R&R, waking up as early as 530 to start our journey to Gopeng for white water rafting!!Level 2/3...mind you the only thing I can do in water is float like a dead frog!! Thanks to Mr.Vick and his hotRod, we were late, though he made us chase his car at approximately 160 kmph till the Gopeng Tol after that! We reached Gua Tempurung around 1030am.Loitered around while waiting for our pickup vehicle. Guess what was our a pickup vehicle? A lorry!without hood that can fit 20 crazy people. By God!all of us looked like smuggled cows in the back of the lorry. And that's the proof!It took another 25 minutes before we reached the Kampar River, a long dusty ride,which we called the land rafting as we went through some seriously bumpy kampung roads.

After gearing up and some paddle-concussions, we were given briefing  on basic safety precautions. We learned a few of  rafting jargons, Quick photo session with our gears and paddles, we were divided to groups of five...Vick,Yuva, Kast, Roops and Me were in one group. We carried the raft to the river bank and were required to body raft through the first rapid. Great!I can 't swim to save myself even with a life-jacket=P and the first rapid looked errr...dangerous?

                          The current pulls you and its like going down an invisible slide with water gushing around you!Uncool part was the rocks though...especially if your bum hits so hard its bruising the next day. My bum was numb with pain from the hit. I thought I pulled my right thigh muscles. One by one, each went through the first rapid with someone trying to save his drowning shoes.

We were on our rafts paddling towards the next rapids with the guide Jusili, from Kundasang, Sabah briefing us. He had a mouthful of questions to answer(mainly Roops, Kast and Me who were busier shooting him questions rather than paddling). Whenever he shouts 'Jump Jump'', we had to jump on our place till the stucked raft moves forward. But what if one shouts 'Jump Jump Forward'. How do you jump and paddle?We did, at least the other 4 did...I was just laughing hard at them while trying to jump and paddle.

We reached the 'Double Decker' where he shouted Boom Boom!...We were supposed to hurdle together but instead we were falling into each other in the raft and laughing our butts off..Even the guide was thrust forward into the pile of laughing-beings because he got so distracted with our antics. Safely out of the rapid, we were told to capsize our own raft. We did and I was stuck under the raft instead of outside.The guide had to pull me out.  He even fell off while trying to overturned the raft, distracted by Kast's scream,.We were quite a handfull bunch to handle.Once we were in the raft, Roops was pulled back into the water by another guide and I got further head concussions from  Mani .We were given  15 minutes break  after the next rapid. Time to wreck revenges! I managed to pull mani into the water before jumping into our raft for safety. And kicked Mani off our raft when he came back for his own revenge. Finally, we were required to chain bodyraft through the last rapid...everyone managed to choke each other.

Lunch was buffet style beside the lake with tea in Ipoh. Kast, Prema and me went around Ipoh's little india, window shopping. Prema got the attention of the town when every passing car honked and whistled at her hot pink mini skirt. Guess they don't get that a lot there=P. With still half the day to our leisure, we decided to take our chance with the drizzling rain to drive to the Sg.Klah hotspring in Sungkai. The GPS owners can throw their device into the drain since we had to stop to ask for direction anyway. RM10 for entry was a killer for a hotspring but the clerks were sweet talked into selling the senior citizen tickets RM7. After dinner at Bidor, with aching body, bruising butt and contented heart we left for KL.

An ABCD Saturday!

I always wondered, the SPA entrance exam for Government jobs are very difficult that's why there are so many people failing to get into the second phase and sometimes succeeding only after few tryings. But, given the chance to sit for the exam on Saturday, 10.4.2010, I seriously in-doubt on how the selection is done. It comes down to not just your knowledge,problem solving skills and writing essays but there are different aspects taken into account as well. Because, if truly it's just the exam, then everyone will be moving into second phase without much problem because the question are not even your basic form five standard. Its just that sometimes you have not enough time to finish the number of question given with the amount of time provided. I only thought the essay part was tad bit difficult, seriously it seems like eons ago I wrote a malay language essay. Half way writing, I realised my ideas are coming out in English and I'm having difficulty in translating them.UuhHoo!!Big trouble!And I'm asked to write 300 to 500 words. Arghh!Nightmare!Once your out of practise writing, its so difficult to get back into the flow of writting. Part II of the exam where you have to answer almost 430 objective questions in 40 minutes which almost broke my arm, filling up the OMR form...I was literally crying and cursing the person who came with the idea of the second part!And the questions are more physcology-based on your personality and your interest. So all day long I was going A..B..C..D..B..C..A..D..E.....

Basically, I was really reluctant to go for the exam. Half of the reason, I know I'm not going to get into the second phase even before I sat for it.(Come on be real!=P)..The other half, if somehow out of miracle, if I got through the screening process, I have a higher chance of actually getting the job and my Dad going to make sure I don't slack-off in the second phase(My parents have high regards on government job since both  are government servants).  Which then leads to a job I can't reject and will be wearing boring formal attires even worst uniform(custom and immigration departments do wear uniforms right?)every single day for the rest of my 30 years plus service. And that is all I need, to go screaming and bang my head to the wall!! I even thought of flunking on purpose to minimise the already minimal chances. But then, I said okay lets just give it a try.Its not like your going to get it anyway=P. At least I wouldn't feel guilty for not trying. And my Saturday wouldn't be a complete waste of time! And waste of my mum's effort on preparing my exam tools..hehehe..she bought my brother and me new pens,2B pencils,eraser and sharpener.Just like when we used to sit for public exams during our schooling time. It sure brought back some memories=P.