Adebelle

Ouuuuch, my stomach is sick and am having this bad, bad nausea. It must be the Roti Bakar and Iced Teh Tarik I had as brunch… I don’t think I’ll eat Roti Bakar for the next few weeks. I feel sick even just to think about it now…

Gosh, it’s almost 6pm!!! Which means my mum and I had been out for more than 6 hours! Hmmph… minus 2 hours of church service + lunch = 4 hours of shopping! Not to mentioned 5 hours of shopping spree last Sunday, at the same mall… I think I might just have converted mum into a shopaholic!! *gasping* The shopping mall should award me with medal or at least grant me a 50% discount of everything in the mall for a year!

In a matter of 4 hours,  let’s see… I’ve got a pearl necklace, a posh black key pounch and new range of facial products (plus 5 pieces of free gifts :D)… Damn, it’s so easy to earn money from us female!

I must say these sales girls are so darn good! My mum pratically was grinning from ear to ear the whole time even when she was splashing her credit card! ‘Wow, is that your daughter?! I thought she’s your baby sister! You look so young!!’ ‘Like mother like daughter! No wonder you daughter is so pretty, just like you… ‘You have such a nice complexion and I hardly see any wrinkles’ ‘You two have very nice features. You are not pure chinese right? You have Dutch blood or Japanese blood, right?’ These are just some of the many compliments we received as we walked around in the departmental store!

I even got mistaken as a 16-year old and this aunty just couldn’t resist to pinch my already very thin face and look at me admiringly as if she’s looking at a chubby lil’ 5 yearold or some expensive art piece. I’d rather think it’s the latter though.

Heaven knows these sales people are giving out compliments cheaply just to meet their sales targets but who would refuse and resist few words of praise and compliment? I’m serious, if you need to get a boast of self-esteem, take my word, go to the departmental stores! Within hours your self-esteem would be up up up a few notches! That’s not it, perhaps like mum and I, you could also walk away with bagful of compliments and free gifts! I love free gifts!

Talking about free gift, I must mention about this counter manager of certain brand (if the products are as magical like she claimed to be, I’d probably write something about it!) She was so nice to mum and I especially when she found out that we are from Penang too! It only took mum 1 minute to warm up to her (as my mum usually doesn’t like sales person). Not only that she gave me a makeover she topped it off with 5 pieces of free gifts! She even gave me her mobile phone number in case the pimples on my face won’t clear up after using her products! That’s one hell of a personalized shopping experience!! I am so going to try on the new products… it better works the way she described or else…

Anyway, I’ve begun to enjoy shopping with my mum. It brings the two of us closer. I have a better knowledge of what she likes and dislikes and this helps to improve our relationships. I also realized that my mum and I are very similar in many ways (we share so many things from cosmetics, accessories, perfume to bags) and I, for sure have inherited many good genes from her except the height.

So, it’s a Sunday well spent… the only thing is I still haven’t found a new pair of shoe… Maybe I’ll have better luck next week!

And geez, it’s 7pm already! Sunday is depressing! I must think of something nice to wear to work tomorrow… something that will chase away the Monday blues! And then hopefully I’ll be able to say: "Thank God it’s Monday!"

Today is a total crappy day. Not that I haven’t regain my voice, my cough has sorta gone down a notch! Blimey!! It’s supposed to be a stress-free week with lots of bumming on the couch and nothing else! Instead, I often find myself rushing to the toilet and spitting out the slimy phlegm. Please don’t tell me it’s Thursday already!! Three more days to reality

However, there is one goodbye I have to say. It’s a bad day for me but I know it must be the worst day in the world for Ai Mee. Her little angel passed away this morning… See, this is the sort of things I’ve never seen it coming so quickly. I’m feeling really sorry for her but at the same time, I know little Erica is in the hands of God and she must be in a happy place now. God just gained a new angel. Erica, rest in peace and I’ll always remember you and your sunny sun shine smile. Please help your mummy to be strong. So long, Erica.

Life, always unpredictable… No plan is the perfect plan. Today one could be smiling and tomorrow, who knows…

I should really move on……

Two weeks fly by so quickly… In fact, it feels rather odd sitting in my room like this right now. Last week this time I was probably dining with Accenture analysts flying in from Asia Pacific. These are the new friends I’ve found during 2 weeks of Core Analyst School in Sheraton. It’s nice to know now that someone will be there for me if I visit to Japan, Korean, Taiwan, Pakistan, Singapore, Indonesia and Australia next time. Awww… I am missing them already!!!

Two weeks is indeed too short! Just when you thought you’ve bonded so well with these lovely people it’s already time to bid goodbye! I hate saying goodbye. I hate to see those teary eyes. I hate the goodbye hugs. I just can’t say goodbye without few drops of tears and just today, I had to say goodbye to my favourite friends as much as twice ! Believe me, it’s the worst feeling in the world…

At this moment, Nath might have touched down at the Thai airport. Rogan, Helga and Brooke must be sitting on the plane back to Canberra, Australia. I just love these people to bits. CAS will never be the same without them. I can never listen to Beyonce’s song and not thinking about Rogan. He is a big guy with tender heart; tough looking guy with the love of Beyonce’s shake-your-booty dance move. Nath, never failed to crack me up everytime I got him to speak english with the Thai accent. It amazes me that he still remembers the language even though he’s been away from Thailand for so many many years. Helga and Brooke, they are the only caucasians in the whole class. Helga has a sunny sunshine personality and Brooke is just too sweet to describe.

I can’t quite believe they are gone now. I can still remember we were hanging out at the longue just last night till late… and they were still with Elaine, Dyna and I couple hours ago. I can see Nath’s sad face now. He kept saying he didn’t want to go back. I can still see Helga’s teary eyes and eventually we broke down and cry a minute before the taxis took off. I can still hear Rogan singing ‘I’m leaving on the jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again…’ and I definitely still remember Brooke saying goodbye to Zara and Topshop…

So many people have touched my heart in so many different ways. I will definitely miss the Koreans especially Hee Seon. She has the fairest and the most flawless skin! She has this pleasant smile on her face. Jin Hee, my team mate she has taught me so many korean words that I can’t remember any now There is also Aya, the cute japanese girl who cuddled me and kept my hands warm in the club when I wasn’t feeling well and then there is Meliyana, the pretty Chinese-Dutch Indonesian and her special laugh…

Awwwwwww…

Let’s just hope one day I’ll see these special people again… as Nath said, ‘it’s not goodbye, instead see you later’.

Despite catching bad cold and lost my voice, these two weeks have been fun, very enjoyable and memorable. Definitely an experience I’ll carry with me for a long time to come. Networking? Checked!

For the rest of the week… let’s hope I’d get pass this lousy feeling and regain my voice. It’s killing me when I can’t talk!!!!

Meanwhile…

I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY DO MISS THESE PEOPLE!

Who am I going to elbow now when Nath and Rogan are gone?!