It's has been such a long time, I have not had a long sleep like today! I woke up at 11.30am this morning. It felt so nice! I think I lack of sleeps seriously since I started working. I have only 5 hours of sleep every day. That's why every weekend staying at home, I just sleep, sleep and sleep. Luckily, my work is catching up and getting better and better. Last month, I was in top 5 sales in my company and awarded "Best attitude employee" of the month. Sound good?:D This month, I think I got even more sales, probably around RM2x,xxx.00. Work damn hard to achieve it, you know. I'll have a Genting trip with my company at the end of the month and might be going Perak for 2 days to meet up clients. Are you from Perak? Tell me what to do there?

By the way, today is 8/3. Today is International Women's Day in some of the communist countries i.e: Vietnam, China, Russia... This early morning I received some phone calls from my friends and family from Vietnam. They wished me Happy Women's Day. As usual, I don't have the feeling of that day until they called me because here, in Malaysia, there is no Women's Day. So on the occasion of the Women's Day, I want to dedicate this blog post to one lady that I love the most. I really miss her so much. Every time, when I feel down, she always encourages me to stay stronger, to be more optimistic. She is the one who always supports me in whatever I do, and respects whatever decision I make. I couldn't give her any flower for any gift today, but I know she will not be upset about it. In my heart, I just wish her to stay young and healthy forever with me. I couldn't imagine how miserable my life will be if without her. Because she is not only my mother but also "my sister", "my closest friend". And here she is:

I wanted to blog about my Vietnam trip once I came back here, but there are a lot of things I needed to do so I didn't have much time. But here you go!

This photo I took on the way from Malaysia to Vietnam. The weather was just pretty good, the clouds look pretty and clear.

During the first 2 weeks, most of the time I stayed at home and cooked lot of food. 2 meals a day for 8 people, you believe? This is my food, I cooked. Delicious? Tasted good too!

Then only the day before New Year, I went out shopping with my brother, my father, my mom (different people, different day). This is how the night market in Vietnam was during New Year.
  The world of handbags and hats. I bought 2 hats and 1 handbag home. Unfortunately, I left it in Vietnam. My mom was so happy because she got a free new hat.

  The crowded street with thousands of people, a lot of goodies, accessories for New Year. Especially, this one is so unique...

 
And then, we went back to our hometown to pay a respect to our ancestor. Every time I went back to my grandmother's house, I would go to visit my grandfather as well. He is "resting" here.

 
Then we went to the farm to buy a New Year tree, I don't know how you guys call this, but the Vietnamese name of this sounds similar to Mandarin. We call it "Dao hoa"

 
Then, I went to meet up some of my high school friends. It's has been such a long time we haven't seen each other...

They are so funny.

That's all we did before New Year. After the New Year? Morning, eat! Lunch, eat! Evening, eat! It was repeated the same from the 1st day until the 7th day. I felt like I couldn't breathe and I thought I was putting on weight at least 2kg.

One of the highlights of my trip was a visit to this famous temple which is a Bronze temple (fully made of bronze). That temple was so powerful that so many people who died on the way back home after they had offended this temple. I have never been there before until last new year. Many people said that you wish could become true if you pray to the Buddha with sincerity. The other special thing about this temple is it's located on the top of the mountain which is higher than the ground 2000meters and almost vertical mountain, not the type of diagonal way that is easy for you to climb. However, every New Year, there are more than a few thousand people from all over the country came here. You can see how crowded it was with a narrow staircase.


It looks simple, but it's actually not. All made of real bronze which is very high value. It's said that there was a thief who came to this temple before and he tried to steal the Buddha statue to sell. But he was unlucky because he slipped on the stone staircase and fell down into the chasm, then died immediately.

Here, there is 1 very big bell which, if someone rings the bell, it will rain later 15 minutes. Perhaps, it's too near to the sky.

  I don't know about others, but to me, after visiting this temple, I felt so peaceful. I could forget all the bad things happen and obviously, I felt much better, happier, more optimistic like some intangible spirit pushed me up. And I could get ready to come back Malaysia for the next 2 days and could be stronger to face a lot of new things. End of the trip is the photo taken on the cloudy sky in Vietnam


Hanging up in the sky and below is the forest! The feeling was so nice but also so.....scared :D
  Introduce to you, this is my beloved God-son.  I want to blog more, it's already too late, 2.02am now and tomorrow I have to go to work early. So next time then.

As promised to you guys earlier when I was in Vietnam, I'll update you my latest image. I told you that I'd cut my hair and had a new hairstyle. It cost me RM17x including perm, treatment, color, cut. It was pretty cheap compared to the service in Malaysia. Well, some said I look older, some commented I look younger. I don't know whether they were telling me a lie or the truth. But anyway, a new hairstyle made me feel much better. Crystal today is so much different that my colleagues also couldn't reckon me when I came to office.

I hope you guys are not too shocked when you are seeing this :D.


Don't look at the 2 glasses of beer, OK? It's not mine. :D Someone will think "I'm the type of alcoholic and naughty type".

Hi, guys!

Just a quick update. I have been in Hanoi for 6 days so far. The weather here now is 5 degrees and even lower next few days. Rainy-->Cold-->Frozen-->Sad. Since it started raining, I stayed at home most of the time, lied in bed and watched movies. I'm freezing now. Those who wanted to visit Vietnam, don't ever go in this season unless you can stand the cold and love winter so much. To me, it sucks. I only love Autumn and Summer. Normally, people here are so eager for the New Year, they go out to buy new clothes, foods, accessories to decorate their house. But this year, as the temperature suddenly goes so low, everyone is lazy and the street looks empty.

By the way, I've changed my hair style. I wanted to make some changes after so many old things in the past. It's time for changes. I will update photos later for you guys to see.

In the next 3 days, I'll go out to shop, and will take a lot of photos and show you guys how different New Year in Vietnam compared to the one in Malaysia.

For now, do enjoy the new year with your family, take care of yourself and don't forget me.

There are only almost 6 hours left before a NEW YEAR. I would like to take this chance to make a wish to all of my friends and your families for a coming new year with HAPPINESS, LUCK AND SUCCESS.

Those who haven't got a job will be employed this year.
Those who are still single will have a boyfriend/girlfriend this year.
Those who are in Love will have even better and happier Love life.
Who is having financial problems will gain much money this year.
Who is having health problem will be healthier and stronger.
And all of us WE WILL HAPPY FOREVER.

This 2008 year is Rat year, according to the Chinese horoscope, this might be not a good year for me. But I do believe that, ATTITUDE WILL DEFEAT THE BAD LUCK. So tonight, I'm gonna go to pray. This is my usual routine every year end to wish for a better coming new year.

Career will be more stable. Love will be happy forever. And family will be happy always.

Look back last year, I think I've achieved what I want so far. And I'm happy with all changes in my life.
So i hope you guys will be happy too, and don't ever forget:
THERE IS NOTHING IN LIFE GOOD OR BAD BUT THINKING MAKES IT SO.

A little small talk at the year end with you.