I'm a Shopaholic

I have no idea of what to do before the next sem commences actually. Other than surfing net online, sneaking to Kinokuniya to read Sophie Kinsella book, shopping, sorting out my stuff at home, nothing pretty much. Oh yea, sleep and eat too.

About the sneaking to Kinokuniya part, is not I dont wanna buy a book or anything okay. I don't know how to deal with books I've read. It rings the bell why there are so many books in my cupboard. You know, when books are too precious to be deserted or recycled and it is of no use leaving them there? Well yes, I love Sophie Kinsella's book. =)

Geez, hate that I'm such a big spender. I'm pretty lavish in buying things I like you see. I do not go out often, but I do love shopping. And I'm glad that I do not make-up, seriously. Otherwise I will be penniless or in this case, Ringgit-less.

Practically, guys can skip this post. Shopping is kinda boring and a waste of money right? Well I do think that it's much better than spending money in CyberCafe for like whole day long. Yes, shopping is a sport and it has a lot of underlying principles. Well unless you have loads of money when you can actually grab everything you like.

I'm going to repeat this again although my Finance paper had just finished. There are mainly three reasons why we should hold cash. First is for transaction motives. It is typically very ordinary to meet the daily obligations. It is like buying things that we usually need. Second, precautionary motives. This is when we keep money for the rainy days or emergency. I guess this is very simple to understand.

Third, which is the most imporatant one, speculative motives. It is to take advantage of potential profit making situation and to exploit opportunities. Know what that means? SALES!! That's why we have to hold cash whenever we can because opportunities do not happen often. Oww, and another reason. Good for DACs to practice what they had learned in finance paper.

(So talented huh?)
(I'm so going to pass my finance paper with this. LOL.)

Guess this explains why I love Sophie Kinsella's books..
Confession of a Shopaholic. LOL.

The Person I am

I don't really know what to say about OHR paper. I was not in a fighting fit state when I sat for this paper. And somehow, everything got trapped due to information overload although the tips were hundred percent exactly like what that came out.

Speechless huh? Haha. I feel that much weaker than I thought, well at least I thought that I would be able to survive with the least common sense I have. Oh well. Let's face the brutal truth. I'm not as good as I am supposed to be. If I don't study like a dead people (really like dead people) I don’t think I will be able to write even a word.

You must be wondering.
HEY, STRAIGHT A STUDENT? DON'T LIE lar.

Tell you something. I have no reason to lie. Since I was a little and even until now, I do not have a good grasp of knowledge in terms of comprehension. It takes me a long time to comprehend a simple thing which other people would take few moments to understand. It’s really hard for me to cope with things, very hard.

Remember PTS examination when we were at standard 3? The test is all about IQ with much analytical skills and common sense. To be able to sit for the exam, one has to pass writing language papers if I was not mistaken.

At that age, I love language. I passed the paper and merrily was eligible to sit for the exam. As yet, I still can’t figure out why I was eligible to sit for this exam knowing there was no chance at all. Back then, my teacher was rather fierce and she gave us a lot of pass year papers to do and discuss in class. You know, when we have to exchange workbooks with other friends for marking?

At all the time, I scored the lowest and was scolded by teacher in front of whole class. It was not fun at all when I realised that it was not amusing to gain attention by scoring lowest mark but truly, incompetent of performing like others. I think I sort of ruined the reputation of the class as I was in the so called "first class". I couldn't score more than half of the total score no matter how hard I tried. Even after doing a lot of exercises, I still couldn't score well.

It’s not about scoring high marks. I have problems in comprehension and coping with things. It's very hard for me to comprehend things, and even if I understand, I tend to forget after a while. This is when the process of "not understanding" comes back to me again. When that happens, I do not have any idea of what I understood a while ago. If you ask me what is OHR right now, frankly I would tell you..
I HAVE NO IDEA AT ALL.

My mum knew this. That's why she did not expect much from me. After disappointing her for quite a few times, and as I lost grip of what I'm capable to cope with, I learned to become a resolute person to battle against myself. And that was what happened to my SPM result. My parents were very shocked, I was very surprised too. I’m very thankful that for once I’ve made my parents proud.

Until now, I do not recognise myself as a straight A student. I don't really like to be compared with others, or to be admired as "know it all" person. There are 2 types: the real genius and the hardworking. There is no way for me to study smart, and therefore study hard is my only option. If you have seen my notes for exam, you know what I mean.

It scares me a lot, how am I going to survive later. Am I going to be like this throughout my college life, my career? I have no idea too.

Still, I'm proud of myself of who I am. I am proud to say that I'm not a straight A student with much intelligence because it is of no use to make such fuss about it when I'm not. I have nothing but fortitude and stubbornness to become a tough person. I believe that we are never given a hope without power to make it true.

Yes, it's an endless process of exhaustion. Well I'm glad that I'm still holding on like a crazy fella, not knowing what is going to happen next. =)

A long long time ago..

This was my very first one when I was eight.

I somehow soaked it with too much water when I was ten.

I was really happy when I finished this picture.

This reminds me of my mushroom-like hairstyle when I was in primary school.

I somehow didn't like this animal, but oh well..

Form 1.. when I got back to drawing again.

As time passed by, it was not longer a hobby as it seemed to be.

What do you think about this one?

The sea was painted in such colour, totally reflects how I felt last time.

My very first time sketching a real person. Know who he is?

I couldn't believe that I'm doing editorial stuff again. Recently I'm doing what I was refrained from since five years ago.

Sometimes it does, strike a chord when I look at my drawings.

A Day of a Housewife

If you think that being a housewife is so easy, you're totally wrong. Let's talk about a day of a housewife in a MODERATE family with a hubby (of course one lah) and three children.

House chores in A DAY.

DEAL WITH CLOTHES

Ø Usually for clothes we wear everyday at home, you can just dump it into washing machine. Shirts and pants, 2*5 = 10 pieces

Ø Pyjamas? Okay, add in also.. 2*5 = 10 pieces

Ø Uniforms? Formal clothes? Usually hand wash will be preferred, if not your pricey G200 shirt will be ruined after a few times of washing by washing machine.

• Three children, you will have to wash 3 sets of uniforms. Uniforms are usually kinda thick. Comes with a collar tee and pants/skirt, 3*2= 6 pieces
  
  
• The hubby part, formal shirt with pants. 2 pieces
  
  
• For the housewife, I dont think that she needs any uniform. Unless she wears french maid uniform? ^^
  
  
• And that does not include clothes for other occasion. Sports? Casual Attire? Assume that your children have co-curicular activities, 3*2 = 6 pieces. Let's assume that the children are not joining PBSM or Kadet. (Die lor, if have to wash so many clothes made of thick fabric)
  
  
• What about casual clothes? Pretty dress? Make it 5 pieces okay? Come on, you will need to wear jeans or tee when you go out for simple occasion like shopping? Jeans do not need to wash regularly but shirts/dresses are needed. (Hygiene people~)
  
  
• In case you don't know know, clothes made of good fabric material can last for a few years if you use handwash. The colours will not fade or become translucent.

Ø Handwash does not mean dipping your clothes into the water like McDonald's chocolate dipped cone. Real WASH okay?

Ø Lingerie, unders, socks? LOL.

Ø Okay, let's sum up! 20 pieces for washing machine, 19 pieces for handwash. (exclusive a pile of lingerie, unders, socks)

Ø Wash already need to dry out the clothes and fold or iron the clothes.

Ø 19 pieces of shirts (uniforms & casual attire) need to be iron, 20 pieces need to be folded.

Ø Deal with 39 pieces of clothes PER DAY, exclusive lingerie & unders.

DEAL WITH CLEANING

Ø *Pss* Do not get a house with three levels when you do not have a maid for each level. (what do you call that, triple storey?)

Ø Vacuum and mop, wipe the dusk and arrange

Ø Have you forgotten something? The staircase?

Ø Unless your cleaning means swinging your vacuum cleaner/mop around, if not it will take at least 2 hours of pitiless labour work for a level. (simple cleaning)

Ø When it comes to spring cleaning, can you imagine?

MISCELLANEOUS

Ø A full time housewife has to cook, take care of everything in the house. "Big big small small" also need to take care.

Ø What about the garden? If you have an orchid garden like my mum's.

Ø What about the children? They need to be nurtured every single second. Other than eat and sleep, what about good ethical and wellbeing?

Ø And it goes on, and on.. etc!

Do not underestimate the role of a housewife. As cleaner, baby-sitter, cooker, gardener, and most importantly as a MOTHER.

Guys, would you do all these everyday? It's like your job for the rest of your life. You wake up every morning and you'll have to start to the chores just like what you've done yesterday. It's the same everyday, endless chores!

Let's hope that every housewife has a understanding husband. But what if NO?

Some guys tend to think that women with low education level are nothing but labours who only deal with house chores. They also think that women tend to grumble a lot as they count their wedding anniversary.

I'm not saying that it's alright for women to do so, but try to comprehend what they face everyday. Imagine that you are in that position, doing tiring and endless chores everyday, how would you feel?

Generally housewives would be auntie-like person as time passes by, if you know what I mean. For the sake of taking care of the house and family members, the beauty of women depreciates from day to day.

And that's why women will tend to buy facial products or cosmetics. But alas, some guys think that women spend too much on unnecessary facial products. (I'm sorry, UNNECESSARY?)

Loads more. This is the life of a typical housewife from a MODERATE family. What about the mothers from poor family? Single mothers?

Please do respect every woman you know, even the aunty-aunties who work at market or mamak stall. Have respect for the mothers who have lost their slim body figure after giving birth to her children.

Love is of essence to build a harmony family. Understanding is the quintessence of maintaining a harmony existence.

Please be thoughtful and respect every women you know.

Our Assignment

Submitted our PF assignment today.

Been working on the assignment for past few weeks, and it's not easy. It's easy to copy and paste everything from the Internet, but it wouldn't be nice. We got our sources from library books, yeah those thick ones. Not to fuss it much but we did put a lot of efforts. =)

Somehow it didn't went well when we were about to submit our assignment. I was a little gloomy at first as I didn't have good sleep the night before. But after a while, I do understand that it was my mistake too. I shouldn't have felt like that because the mistake wasn't done intentionally. I'm really sorry.

I don't know what to say anymore but just want you all to know that I care about our assignment, a lot. And I'm sure everyone does.

Let bygones be bygones. We've done our best.
The rest, it's up to our big eyes tutor.

Losing Grip

This is the first post for this month. I'm blogging here with my OHR text book a few inches away from the keyboard.

Been physically exhausted recently. Just received my exam result slip few days ago. I was swollen crave of regrets. Uttering such nonsense, I find that it might offend some people. The truth is, everyone is different. To compare one self with another is likely to seek for unfeasible content.

Personally I do not mind about winning or losing, I just want to be the best of me. There are excellent students with extraordinary 4.0, the so called perfecto! I salute them a lot and sometimes I do wish that I'm as good as them.

But think of it again, I'm not that type of genius. *sigh* I have nothing to say more, it's time back to OHR.

*Reading the "no star" part*