Lessons

Back in Kuching for a month++ now!
Great food and company is all I can describe Kuching.
Apart from that terrible weather!!!!

I believe everyone like me reachs the point of life where you realise that its time to get out of your comfort zone.
Up till university/high school, most people would have been living in a world where everything is comfortable and structured.
Your main resposibility since young is get educated and pass every paper in front of you!
(Note that i am refering to a majority of people, i understand that minority have other bigger problems than education from a young age)

Therefore, once you finish university/high school there really is no definite plan put in place for you to follow.
You create your own future!!

For me, it is a period of time where i have a lot of doubts.
There is no one to tell me which road to pick.
I am still considered very lucky as there a re a lot of family and friends that guide me.

A few lessons i have learnt for the pass 6 months of being unemployed.

Lesson 1
Planning is required, however not everything goes according to plan and we just have to alter to whatever is given.
Well, I know everyone would have heard of this lesson somewhere but i must really say it is easier said than done.

Lesson 2
Always seek advice from family memebers and peers.
Although they sometimes don't really give you an answer (the truth is they can't give you an aswer at all!!), it gives a lot more information than you can imagine and its up to you to analysis it for yourself.
Anyway, just to add on too much advice will also cause you to doubt yout decision more sometimes.

Lesson 3
Never look back after you have made a decision!
A friend told me this in Melbourne, a statement that should really be followed if not you will always be regretting your whole life! I mean who would know what is to happen if you had taken the other road!
Again, i believe this is also easier said than done, i guess its in the human nature.

Lesson 4
Comparison (Benchmarking) between peers are not always good!
Comparison in job hunting is sometimes good as you can share information on how the job market is. I think the best thing is that it makes you feel good! You know why? Cause everyone is still jobless like you are so you have nothing to worry about!!
However, the catch is this you will keep thinking that since there is not much success story in getting a job within a year than i might as well chill and the job will come after that!!
Deee......if you don't change your mindset soon you are half way out of the game mate!

Lesson 5
People around you are extremely important at this time!
This applies especially to peers from the same field!
As mentioned above, you compare yourself to your peers from the same field when it come to job hunting.
Has he/she got a job? What is he/she working as?
Therefore, the support and preassure from people around you will really push you and at the same time also a great comfort.

Anyway! That's it for now folks!I waiting for breakfast and its here!!!

Addicted to Gym

I am addicted to GYM!!!
Yes it's true!

Is it the sweaty blokes who are flexing their biceps, triceps etc that attracts me? or
Is it the chocolate abs or the super tone butt that attracts me? or
Maybe just the super cute guy at the reception?

Well it really is none of the above! (but i must admit maybe a bit of all but not completely! *hamsap smirk*)

I have no idea how to describe it, but it is just like drug, once you stop going a day you feel like something is not normal!

Anyway, my first love at GYM was BodyJam and Zumba (well are dance classes so they are similar).

I really love both this classes because i guess there always have been an inner me who loves to dance like crazy but where else can you do that without anyone staring and pointing fingers except the gym!!
You might feel like Happy Feet if its you first or second time but after that it's just real fun! No one really cares if you get it right or wrong!

BodyJam is basically just dance session from salsa to hip hop to rock and roll! You name it!!



Zumba is the new fitness craze since i think in 2010.
This fitness dance really works your abs and your butt!
They make you feel like you have a Jennifer Lopez butt!
You would never ever catch me shaking my butt or pumping my chest anyway except at Zumba!



People who attend are mostly ladies but man out there let me tell you, if you can dance like that in any of the classes all the ladies will freakin love you(especially Zumba, it makes you look exotic and hot!!)

Besides both of the dance classes i do cardio as well.
My favourite is the cross trainer!
Personally i can't really run, my heart rate shoots up like a rocket really fast and i can't take it anymore.
So this is more of an alternative and it actually burns more calories if you compare it with a regular treadmill (I compared it for myself before).



After about a month of dance class and cross training, gym become a bit dull (even if with super hot bodies running around!).
So i thought i give other classes a try.

The next class i picked was RPM.
I have heard lots of successful weight loss testimonial by cycling so i thought i give it a go.
The class looks easy but its a KILLER 50 minutes class!!! You will ache all over the next day if you give everything to it!
Look at all that super duper muscular and tone body!!!
Anyway, i have not been continuing to this class after a few times cause i don't think i can keep up but i really want to force myself to go.



After RPM, i found my new love!! BODYCOMBAT!!!
Did it once in uni before and felt i was a big fat pig trying to do Thai boxing, Kungfu, taichi altogether!
If you feel like exploding inside and want to keep your nice proper image in front of your friends this is the perfect class for you!
You can just imagine the person on your nerves in front of you and kick box him/her till he/she is out!! It works perfectly for me!



That is basically what i have been doing for gym.
My next target would be to continue going for RPM!
After that i would really love to challenge myself for BodyBalance which is a combination of taichi, yoga, Pilate's and some more.
I do not know why but my flexibility sucks that is why i have not dare to step into BodayBalance at all!!
BodyAttack and BodySteps is also on my list but maybe later when i have a fitter body.

Swimming has also been something i wanted to take up again.
I swam for about 2 months in the summer but stopped because i really hate that i cannot see anything without my classes (although i do have degree goggles).

My first motive of going to gym was to loose weight but now i am really enjoying it and do hope i continue to enjoy it in the future.
All for my health!!
Hope you guys enjoy to some of the introductions of the classes!

The maid is speaking up!

I freaking want to kill ppl sometimes!!!
Mince them up and make them into dumplings (my favourite in Melbourne)!
Chop them up and make them into soup base!
A carrot or two and an onion would make the soup sweet!
Or maybe simply just season them with salt and pepper and GRILL them!!

FYI! I am not your freakin maid!
WTF is wrong with you!
I did not cook for just one day in 4 months and you are freakin complaining!??
And if i do cook the same dish, i get the yip and yap as well!! WTH!
I am no contestant in MasterChef!

I do have a plans of my own.
I do not plan to be your maid and stay home to cook for you everyday!
I did not even said a word when you freakin did not cook for like a month!

Even maids get paid!
WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF!!

Sometimes i do wonder if you still remember i am one of your family members.

A door open!

The once closed door is now open!
On 6th May 2011(Friday), the worries of when i will get my permanent residence (PR) has officially ended!

I am now officially a Permanent Resident of Australia!!

Yes that's right! I have received my PR after 4 months wait!
Praise the lord its not a very long wait!

Next coming up will be job seeking! Hopefully this changes a bit and i get some results from it!

But most importantly before that, i will be going back to KUCHING for holiday!!!!

Yahooo...

My once 8 months wait for kolo mee has now been cut to ONE FREAKING MONTH!!!!
OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!

Yes, this is kind of a happy post! But not for long....

cause...welll...
in the next few months if i still don't get a job, it means i am in freakin' deep shit!

Whatever..let me have my holidays first and worry about that later!

Kuching peeps please spare out some time so i can catch up as if i do get a job in Melb chances of going back to Kuching might only be 2 -3 weeks at most per year! :(

Break the rice bowl or not?

Hello peeps!

I know my posts recently have be all about life after uni!
and yes this one is too!!

Just want some opinion.
SO you all know i have been applying and applying and applying for jobs.
and i get rejected and rejected and rejected.

Well, i do not blame the employers, i mean they have a lot of fish to choose from in the aquarium and i am just one of that little fish in the tank.

In this aquarium there are my course mates and of course also all the other accounting graduates from other universities in Victoria. Besides that, there will also be from other states.
All these people that i have mention are fresh graduates just like me!!

So do not forget that not only fresh graduates are looking for work, there are also a lot of people out there we want to change their work or are just simply returning back to work.

Ok...i am going tooooo far...

My point is, since now you peeps know that there is a lot of people fighting for that few jobs being posted everyday. So here is the question.

Would you share a job opportunity information with your friend who is in the same situation as you?

I have been sharing it with my course mates up till now and do not know if i should continue to do so.

Somehow its like breaking your own bowl of rice if you share the information yet being really really selfish by keeping it to yourself.
Furthermore, i feel that if i share the information with my course mates i can get feedback from them.

But again, people will say that you should not worry as if you have the "thing" the employer is looking for, the job is yours!
Well, that's true as well but if there is less one candidate to compare won't that increase your percentage of being recruited?

So please, let me know your opinions.