Thursday, September 21, 2006

Kuok and Oscar

I was invited to the Kuok Foundation Award Ceremony which I 'striked' (lottery) after last month's interview. I did feel like a lottery ticket because I found out the there were only 2 receipients this year for Ph.D. (out of MANY interviewees)! Another receipient was a girl from UKM, doing research on molecular medicine (cancer research), just a year older than I, and fast-tracked thru' Ph.D. too. I think her name was Wong something something....sorry!

The son and daughter of the late Tun Hussein Onn's was present, Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye, Chye Kuok (manages the Shangri-La hotel business), datuk-datuks and my interviewers were also there!!! (Hisshamuddin Hussein wasn't there - a set back!). I was glad I met with all of them, mixing with 'big-shots' was what I wanted all this while, because I've always believed in networking (think SIF!) as the way to grow further and succeed in live. I realised that their perspective of things are somewhat different and their advices came in handy. I am glad to be invited into this elite club of scholars!

Wong something something, GM of Kuok Foundation: Lynette Ng, and I


I went shopping after that, but shopping was also quite torturous because I have to button-unbotton, zip-unzipped my shirt a thousand times just to try on the clothings. My boy took me out to eat the famous pan-mee behind his office for dinner. The pan-mee was absolutely superb, but the price is mad! Sooo bloody, dead, freaking expensive for a small bowl of pan-mee. But my boy-boy pays for me, so I just eat only.

I thought this year was bad year for me. It wasn't entirely afterall. True? True?

I want to dedicate this award to several people (like an Oscar speech): First, to myself for unbelievably convincing during the interview, My parents who are just soooo happy I could pay for their bills now that I have money, my supervisor who took time writing all those recommendation letters and dunno-what letters to Kuok, to Yeng Pooi who knows of someone from received the scholarship before (g00d luck in Taiping!), to Callie, Beatrice, Fee Yen whom I met last weekend (Fee Yen, manage my money well, k?) and my boy-boy who feeds me fat (with pan-mee) and love me fat too.

Monday, September 11, 2006

Back from Camp

Just came back from Aikido camp in Selesa Hills. Camp was great! The best part was actually meeting back my old Aikido friends who were long missing in action, and those who has graduated and are working now. Joaane was a surprise. She's earning big bucks now doing what Donald Trump does best - real estate. I am somehow embarrased to tell her that I'm still studying. After talking and chatting with old friends there, I realised that many of them took different paths/career from which they thought they would be. Well, it's not unusual to do something totally different. The most important thing is to enjoy what you do, and have passion for it.

I love my current situation now, but I am not without my thoughts for the future. Leaving the country would be amazingly great. I envy the thought of Bun in Hawaii doing his MBA. My friends from SIF are all over the world. And I just met Nazlin who will be aiming to do her MBA in Harvard Business School. I envy my parents who took the largest step in their lives by going to Australia and leaving almost everything they have in Malaysia. If my parents could do it, why not I?! Why am I always stuck here?

However, the decision that I am about to make now may contradict everything I have planned: See, there's this scholarship that I am about to take would require me to remain in Malaysia and work here - minimum 5 years. Hah!! See, See,see or not?!.......Can't go overseas anymore (I mean, in the near future)! S*#T. So, how now?

Plus, there was this time were my Aikido sensei was like asking me not to go anywhere further than KL. Hahahhaa. He told me to remain in KL so that I can help out in Seishinkai. Hehhehee. He's so cute. Chris TJK also mentioned in his blog about changing job, and I am like, everyone is soooo on the MOOOOOOVE.

Suddenly, I still remember what an Aikido friend told me: Very hard to find 'food' in Malaysia. (hou ka nan wan sik ahhh...)!

How now? One life, one crucial decision, one poor person to make the f^&*ing decision.

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