Feb 14th 2010 (Sunday)
This year CNY falls on Feb 14th which is Valentine's Day. Woke up quite late since I was still sick. FYI, I was sick on the third day I came back to my beloved hometown, Medan..wasting my precious two weeks time before going to Melbourne. However, I only went to see doctor yesterday because my mom forced me LOL! telling me that I am goin' to Melbourne soon, sighh..even though i didn't get any injection HAHA..
Anywy, the first day of CNY is almost the same each and every year. Although this year, the 'angpao' earnings increased significantly, which was quite shocking, since i recalled gettin lesser and lesser each year LOL!! Well, one of the reasons is that many of my relatives have just gettin married, including my own brother, but honestly, I don't really care anyway..;)
There are lots of guests came to my house, most of them are relatives though and we all enjoyed talking and of course catching up for the latest news, since everyone is busy with their works and barely met one another. Hence, CNY is the time to get in touch with family, relatives and friends.
Anywy, the first day of CNY is almost the same each and every year. Although this year, the 'angpao' earnings increased significantly, which was quite shocking, since i recalled gettin lesser and lesser each year LOL!! Well, one of the reasons is that many of my relatives have just gettin married, including my own brother, but honestly, I don't really care anyway..;)
There are lots of guests came to my house, most of them are relatives though and we all enjoyed talking and of course catching up for the latest news, since everyone is busy with their works and barely met one another. Hence, CNY is the time to get in touch with family, relatives and friends.
February 16th 2010 (Tuesday)
Today, I woke up quite early in the morning..uhm is 9 am considered early??? It's early for me anyway, LOL! I planned to go and get a new laptop today and had my haircut since I'm leaving soon. Hence, me and my brother went to Medan Fair Plaza to look for it. Unfortunately, there were so many shops that had not opened, especially it's the third day of CNY, which believed by Chinese is not a good day to open business..Actually there were shops that sell laptop but not the brand that I want..Sighh..again wasting my time for nothing but at least i managed to get my haircut and it's surprisingly short!!! Though, i'm not lovin' it nor did i hatin' it, just that reminding me of the time I was in high school.. *Picture coming up* ;P
Febrauary 17th 2010 ( Wednesday)
Obviously, this was my last day in my lovely hometown, as I was going to transit to KL tomorrow morning, and catch a midnite flight to Melbourne. Hence, I was desperate on getting new laptop. Woke up at 9 am again and after taking shower and having breakfast, my brother took me to BII building just right beside Sun Plaza, because from what we've been told, there's an ASUS notebook dealer in this building. After reaching the building, apparently they already switched their product to HP, which was not what i desired. I was so disappointed because it was so wasting time and it was so difficult to park our car in the building, as the provided basement carpark was so small! However, we did get information and name card regarding ASUS dealer from them. Then, we straight away went to Jln. Multatuli, and on the way there, i tried to call the shop, but it turned out that all the three phone lines are being repaired..DAMN! After we reached there, apparently the shop closed and there's a board written Rent/ Sell! I was so disappointed and thought that I had no choice but to buy either Toshiba or HP notebook. Suddenly, one guy came out next to the shop and I tried to ask them regarding the shop and he said the shop moved to another block. Hence, we straight away went to the location that was told.
After reaching the shop, I asked the person in charge regarding the laptop that i want, and she showed me two type as that's their only ready stock due to holidays. Since I was looking for core 2 duo, there's only one type, the other one was dual core. Hence, i didn't have any choice watsoever, but to pick the one and only type, even the colour..There supposed to be black and silver, but the one left was silver colour, so i had to take it anywy although my old laptop is silver colour as well. Having said that, so far i have no regrets choosing this laptop as the specifications in terms of memory, hardisk, processor in my opinion are quite good and last but not least, the price is quite reasonable compare to the price of other laptop brands that have been asked yesterday.
(*picture of my new notebook coming soon*) ;P
February 18th 2010 (Thursday)
Finally, the day has come..It felt like it was just a blink in the eye and the times come. I woke up at 6 am today although i slept quite late last nite because of packing up my stuffs! I only managed to sleep more or less about 3 hours or so..Although breakfast has been prepared, I really didnt have any appetite at all..So my mom asked my 'ii' (auntie) to put it on a container for me to eat inside the car. As the driver has been fired due to some incident, supposedly my mom was the one who sent me to the airport, but today, my dad woke up early in the morning intended to send me to the airport along with my mom. Well, it was beyond my expectation since I recalled the first time i studied overseas, I was all alone. I mean my parents didn't even send me to the airport, as it was by my driver and my 'ii', but this time, for some reason, i felt so grateful..Perhaps, it's because i was going to a further country to study.
Before I got into the car, I hugged my grandma and my 'ii', this time around i didn't get emotional at all. Guess I was getting used to it now, but I saw my 'ii' sobbed a bit although she tried not to let anybody see it. My mom asked me to take photos with her and my dad as well. Soon after that, we got into the car and went to the airport. It took about 20 minutes from my home to the airport and sometimes 30 minutes depending on the traffics.
My flight was at 9.40 am and I was already at the airport 2 hours before departure. To my surprise, the airport was so crowded and there was a long queue line. Perhaps, it was the end of holidays (CNY) and many people were going back overseas to continue their studies. After I finished check-in my luggage and whatnot, I was in a queue to get my passport chopped in order to proceed in the waiting room. I was waiting patiently as I am not in rush. Apparently, a person in front of me asked me to proceed to the front as he was waiting for his friends which i did as what he told. After cutting people's line (well, if considered, lol as it's not my intention to do that), the queue was still quite long.. But, what's gettin' on my nerves the most was that why people sometimes need to act so unethical and cutting people's line.
Well, there's one woman who i think was in her 40s or 50s perhaps was kinda annoying, and I'm not talking about races and whatnot as I am not trying to be racist and discriminate against people. I just have no idea and i know it's not happening to me but from what i saw just in front of my eyes was just intolerable, as she just kept pushing people in the line to move forward..Well it's not like she literally pushed people forward, but the way she kept getting closer and closer to people from behind, and indirectly pushing people to move forward and with the intention to cut the queue was pissing me off, since I had experienced that before, and it's really getting on my nerves.
I was aware of this because the person behind me unintentionally knocked me a bit because of that woman. As i looked back, it was the person who asked me to proceed to his front line along with his friends. Hence, i just stepped aside and let them passed through me since I was not in rush at that moment, and also i noticed that they were in a rush as they were told to board the aircraft. Personally, i also knew that one person, which in this case was me, to let them passed through me did not make any significant differences, but i just wanted to see clearer what that woman actually done..LOL as she managed to cut queue from that person and his friends.
(to be continued..)
Today, I woke up quite early in the morning..uhm is 9 am considered early??? It's early for me anyway, LOL! I planned to go and get a new laptop today and had my haircut since I'm leaving soon. Hence, me and my brother went to Medan Fair Plaza to look for it. Unfortunately, there were so many shops that had not opened, especially it's the third day of CNY, which believed by Chinese is not a good day to open business..Actually there were shops that sell laptop but not the brand that I want..Sighh..again wasting my time for nothing but at least i managed to get my haircut and it's surprisingly short!!! Though, i'm not lovin' it nor did i hatin' it, just that reminding me of the time I was in high school.. *Picture coming up* ;P
Febrauary 17th 2010 ( Wednesday)
Obviously, this was my last day in my lovely hometown, as I was going to transit to KL tomorrow morning, and catch a midnite flight to Melbourne. Hence, I was desperate on getting new laptop. Woke up at 9 am again and after taking shower and having breakfast, my brother took me to BII building just right beside Sun Plaza, because from what we've been told, there's an ASUS notebook dealer in this building. After reaching the building, apparently they already switched their product to HP, which was not what i desired. I was so disappointed because it was so wasting time and it was so difficult to park our car in the building, as the provided basement carpark was so small! However, we did get information and name card regarding ASUS dealer from them. Then, we straight away went to Jln. Multatuli, and on the way there, i tried to call the shop, but it turned out that all the three phone lines are being repaired..DAMN! After we reached there, apparently the shop closed and there's a board written Rent/ Sell! I was so disappointed and thought that I had no choice but to buy either Toshiba or HP notebook. Suddenly, one guy came out next to the shop and I tried to ask them regarding the shop and he said the shop moved to another block. Hence, we straight away went to the location that was told.
After reaching the shop, I asked the person in charge regarding the laptop that i want, and she showed me two type as that's their only ready stock due to holidays. Since I was looking for core 2 duo, there's only one type, the other one was dual core. Hence, i didn't have any choice watsoever, but to pick the one and only type, even the colour..There supposed to be black and silver, but the one left was silver colour, so i had to take it anywy although my old laptop is silver colour as well. Having said that, so far i have no regrets choosing this laptop as the specifications in terms of memory, hardisk, processor in my opinion are quite good and last but not least, the price is quite reasonable compare to the price of other laptop brands that have been asked yesterday.
(*picture of my new notebook coming soon*) ;P
February 18th 2010 (Thursday)
Finally, the day has come..It felt like it was just a blink in the eye and the times come. I woke up at 6 am today although i slept quite late last nite because of packing up my stuffs! I only managed to sleep more or less about 3 hours or so..Although breakfast has been prepared, I really didnt have any appetite at all..So my mom asked my 'ii' (auntie) to put it on a container for me to eat inside the car. As the driver has been fired due to some incident, supposedly my mom was the one who sent me to the airport, but today, my dad woke up early in the morning intended to send me to the airport along with my mom. Well, it was beyond my expectation since I recalled the first time i studied overseas, I was all alone. I mean my parents didn't even send me to the airport, as it was by my driver and my 'ii', but this time, for some reason, i felt so grateful..Perhaps, it's because i was going to a further country to study.
Before I got into the car, I hugged my grandma and my 'ii', this time around i didn't get emotional at all. Guess I was getting used to it now, but I saw my 'ii' sobbed a bit although she tried not to let anybody see it. My mom asked me to take photos with her and my dad as well. Soon after that, we got into the car and went to the airport. It took about 20 minutes from my home to the airport and sometimes 30 minutes depending on the traffics.
My flight was at 9.40 am and I was already at the airport 2 hours before departure. To my surprise, the airport was so crowded and there was a long queue line. Perhaps, it was the end of holidays (CNY) and many people were going back overseas to continue their studies. After I finished check-in my luggage and whatnot, I was in a queue to get my passport chopped in order to proceed in the waiting room. I was waiting patiently as I am not in rush. Apparently, a person in front of me asked me to proceed to the front as he was waiting for his friends which i did as what he told. After cutting people's line (well, if considered, lol as it's not my intention to do that), the queue was still quite long.. But, what's gettin' on my nerves the most was that why people sometimes need to act so unethical and cutting people's line.
Well, there's one woman who i think was in her 40s or 50s perhaps was kinda annoying, and I'm not talking about races and whatnot as I am not trying to be racist and discriminate against people. I just have no idea and i know it's not happening to me but from what i saw just in front of my eyes was just intolerable, as she just kept pushing people in the line to move forward..Well it's not like she literally pushed people forward, but the way she kept getting closer and closer to people from behind, and indirectly pushing people to move forward and with the intention to cut the queue was pissing me off, since I had experienced that before, and it's really getting on my nerves.
I was aware of this because the person behind me unintentionally knocked me a bit because of that woman. As i looked back, it was the person who asked me to proceed to his front line along with his friends. Hence, i just stepped aside and let them passed through me since I was not in rush at that moment, and also i noticed that they were in a rush as they were told to board the aircraft. Personally, i also knew that one person, which in this case was me, to let them passed through me did not make any significant differences, but i just wanted to see clearer what that woman actually done..LOL as she managed to cut queue from that person and his friends.
(to be continued..)
