It's been a rong rong time.

So couple of nights ago, my phone battery went flat after talking to my best friends. Jay was telling me about how he showed my pictures to this known M'sian photographer in KL. Both reckon I have potential right... and the guy said for me to give him a call when I drop by KL. Or to drop by KL to give him a call. Or something like that.

JJ said he's expensive.

And I said, I'm not paying.

What? I'm not paying!

I was talking to Sam about this on our way to Scott Pilgrim vs The World. He basically said exactly what I was feeling, except I couldn't think of the right words to verbalise it. Which was along the lines of, if he really truly, genuinely thought I had potential, and would like to see me out there fulfill my potential, he should be taking me under his photographer wings and offer his photography services to me for free and guide me through the tough model world and mentor me etc. Instead of charging me like everyone else. Because I'm not like everyone else. I'm not paying to get my pictures done, to get paid to get pictures done. If that makes sense.

You know I don't even think I'm that fantastic but really in a way this is a test of someone's authenticity. If you honestly do truly believe in me, you'd be offering yourself and make it a long term investment. Without question.

Like what my photographer friends did in KK :p

So, yeh. I'm not paying!

Anyway... Sam and I also talked about Miss Malaysia. He reckons, I shouldn't be limited to my parents' attitudes towards the pageant business. But that's kinda hard for me.. to do. I caused quite a frenzy last holidays. And I was only part of an interstate competition. Annndd.. I kinda gave them my word... that I'll never do such a thing again.

But after talking to Sam, I feel more inclined to join. For me, I'm not after the spotlight and fame. I'm not really as attracted to that part of the pageant, as I am to the opportunities beyond the runway and prizes. Last holidays, being in the competition, we did plenty of community work as part of the program. I'm hoping that by maybe joining Miss Malaysia, I can get back into that type of work and also train my networking skills for the future.

Previous pageant queens admitted to JJ that simply having titles on their resumes had helped them in their current careers. That would be a bonus for me! I think, it's not because of all the popularity (though there are still some factors of that I guess), but really because of the work experience and networking during the entire pageant.

The next selection would be in June apparently. I'd be done with my studies then.... I do actually have plans do some travelling after my graduation.... but if I'm taking up this challenge who knows, I might have the opportunity to travel anyway and get sponsored while doing so.

ZOMG. Hahaha. Guess I have to prepare my apologies for the parents again.

To friends reading this who have me on Facebook, don't mention anything about this on my wall please :p decision's not solid yet and I really don't want any interrogation from family members hahaha

Peace and love!

Ginny Weasley from Harry Potter and Caius (Volturi) from Twilight

are engaged!

:O

Aww... how "magical".

When I graduate

I want to travel to more than 5 different countries.

Yes I do.

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Soooo... job shadowing was cancelled today

We had a talk from DIAC instead. 9-3pm.

Boring!

So I went on MiniFring on my phone half the time hehehe. Strange... I saw contacts online from MSN as WELL as Skype? Is Fring like that normally?

Anyway. Wasn't overly disappointed with the change. Yeah twas boring but morning tea (Scones with jam and cream nom nom nom), lunch AND afternoon tea were provided :p and if I was shadowing instead I'd have to wake up at 5am soooo... iz all cool :)

I have to say the training sessions have been quite poorly organised. IF it was organised properly, they would have only taken 5 days maximum to deliver the necessary content plus assessments. I say this cause every session feels like they're repeating the same shit all over again. We get it..... clients do not = criminals. We get it, we have to treat them all as equals. DIAC, Serco, Red Cross, everyone... ALWAYS repeat the same thing whenever they come in. There were so many overlaps it got quite annoying to listen to.

BUT. Hey. Who am I to say all this ey? after all they are paying us to come in to listen to them. they want to waste their money and drag out the weeks? Fine. In the end there's more for us. the least they could do was not make training so boring and repetitive :/

Blah. Today's the last of the last. It's over and done with. We now continue with the job shadowing. I have a 6 hour one tomorrow, and night 12 hour ones for Thursday and Sunday. hehehe No need to wake up early for any shifts! yayyyy. And for the following week I only have one shfit which will be on a Sunday.. which is also another night one. hehehe.. before I know it I'll be on my way picking up Sam and Jon from the airport! *happy dance*

Alright. I smell. I'm gonna take a shower now :)

Work

I’ll be doing my first ever 12 hour shift tomorrow.

6.15am – 6.30pm

Wehewwww, not.

Okay that’s not entirely true. I am quite excited. I did two 8 hour shadowing last week. My first was so boring and awkward I hated it. Hated it so much I came home grumpy. Got so grumpy it affected whatever I did that night :/ e.g. going for grocery shopping twice and still came back forgetting something. Came home and cooked and ended up not cooking right it tasted funny. And even while cooking I kept dropping the spatula spilling sauce all over the floor. AND THEN when I’m finally eating I bit my lip! How HOK is that? Normally I don’t get so uptight about my clumsiness. I don’t know what happened. And though I was having my period I also DON’T normally get grumpy like many do. Whatever it was… I didn’t like myself that night.

On my second day of shadowing, things were a lot different. Good different. Thank GOD. See on the first day, the only productive thing we did was making sure certain forms were signed in EVERY client’s folder and that they were in the right ORDER. That was the most exciting thing we did out of all the 8 hours. The other “exciting” thing we did was set up a baby chair for one of the families. I know I shouldn’t complain ‘cause I’m still getting paid. But still, you know :/ No wonder the clients get depressed. They’re stuck in there with nothing much to do or distract themselves with. They have too much time to think about their visa process shit.

Anyway, as I was saying, the second day was so much better than the first. We carried out some activities with the clients and we also finally had a chance to be the control people (people in charge of security – cameras, log books, registers etc). I also spent some time with the interpreters learning some basic Hazaragi and Arabic. Oh and guess wot! One of the interpreters is also a close friend of Jaryllyn’s brother Jon! Small world eh! He mentioned a great friend of his who is a “magician with a huge goatie, who plays the guitar”. Hehehe! And I asked if he knew the sister “with the piercings” he said yes! He’s now one of the people I look forward to seeing when I go to work :p just cause we have mutual friends and he can teach me another language ;)

In the previous weeks, the trainers who came in and taught us always mentioned that this job will be a real eye opener and that it’ll be one of the most rewarding things we’d have done in our lives. On the second day of shadowing, I experienced my first rewarding moment! I was playing with a couple of 4-5 yr olds in the common lounge right... We were passing the soccer ball to one another until I snatched the ball and said “It’s mine. All mine now.” Just for fun. It’s not like I won’t return the ball or anything. And the two just looked at each other, grinned and started wrestling with me! One thing lead to another suddenly I was piggy backing both of them (luckily they were really small) and I spun them round and round acting like a transformers robot. And they loved it!! They were screaming and laughing and when it was time for me to leave, they hugged me so tight at the door. They didn’t want to let go. This surprised me so much cause for one, I never really connect with kids in general. Second, I never thought they’d appreciate the previous 10 minutes that much. This got me so warm and fuzzy inside. I couldn’t stop thinking about it on the way home.

So in a way I’m not down with the waking up at 5am, but I’m definitely excited to meet the clients and spend some time entertaining them again :D OH. And because I, suggested Body Combat classes to the director, they are now expecting ME to run it if the plan works out. Hahahah. I enjoyed body combat during Year 11. But that’s it. I don’t know how to choreograph shit! Soooo I think I might get one of those body combat work out dvd’s and learn at home and see if I can pull it off at work :p I thought of attending REAL classes but I think the dvd will be more cost efficient :p

Alrightyy. Have to freshen up now. Update later! Wish me luck in waking up tomorrow :)

Quote of the day

Happiness doesn't exist on the far side of distant mountains. It is within you, yourself. Not you, however, sitting in idle passivity. It is to be found in the vibrant dynamism of your own life as you struggle to challenge and overcome one obstacle after another, as you clamber up a perilous ridge in pursuit of that which lies beyond.