29 November 2013

That is the total bill from mom's recent body check-up. She was admitted 3 days 2 nights to the Sunway Medical Center - did an MRI, a minor lipoma (body fat) removal surgery, an OGDS, a colonoscopy, blood test for liver function, kidney function, blood sugar, cholesterol level and etc.

RM11,000.00 - that is equivalent to 2,444 plates of chicken rice (assuming it is RM4.50 per plate). How can any commoner afford to pay this figure without a medical card? Like OUCH?! Hospital bills are spiking crazy. Or maybe it is their way to squeeze money from insurance company....could it, hmm...

By the way, mom's doing great. Her medical report is way better than mine. ^^
Eleven Thousand
Friday, November 29, 2013

Eleven Thousand

24 November 2013

Moth a little notes
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I think I suck at updating CV. 

I can spend my whole day working with Photoshop or Illustrator and having no complaints but when it comes to updating my CV, writing about my past employment history etc, I start having mild panic attack.

I guess I DO MIND using proper grammar for all formal documents. Sadly, I am not very good at it. It is so mind-boggling. The constant typing, deleting, typing again, deleting again process is tiring and seems never ending.

Bugger...

'Delete' is my best friend
Sunday, November 24, 2013

'Delete' is my best friend

20 November 2013

Like seriously, the next time I'm eating in at McDonald's I'm so gonna double or even triple check my orders. I just had my very first and worst ever McD experience.

I ordered a Double Filet-O-Fish set and she keyed in Single Filet-O-Fish. Fine, maybe she accidentally clicked on wrong button. So she got the manager over, cancelled the previous order and keyed in the correct Double Filet-O-Fish that I want. Good.

And she gave me a tray with JUST the burger, a wrapper that was labeled 'DOUBLE' so okay at least she got my order right, but what happened to the fries and cola?

She stared at me after a FEW minutes then went on asking what do I want? WHAT DO I WANT? She really has the nerve for asking me that! She pointed to my burger and said "Double Filet-O-Fish kan?" in which I replied "Yeah, SET! I want Double Filet-O-Fish SET". Guess what? She went blanked for a moment then went on to check the menu and started asking her colleague if there's a double filet-o-fish SET. Like, EXCUSE ME! Even a 5-year old would know the answer!

So FINE, maybe she is new (and probably never had McDonald's in her life all this while). So again, the manager walked over, corrected the order and I have to pay an additional RM1.30 because it is now a 'set meal'. So there, I have my burger, fries and cola.

I sat down, ate half way, opened up the wrapper which was labeled 'DOUBLE' and guess what?

It was a SINGLE filet-o-fish burger. Just how many times can one get something WRONG?

I left my tray on the table (fries and cola) and brought my burger towards the counter wanting to get it changed. And then ALL OF A SUDDEN, this MEGA EFFICIENT staff sprint over to my table and dump everything to the bin. I was MEGA FRUSTRATED. Now, I had no burger, no fries and no cola.

The MEGA FRUSTRATED me decided to talk to the manager. He casually apologizes, gave me back everything and walked off as though nothing happened. I was left speechless. I seriously DO NOT understand why those people got recruited and to run a fast food chain. They're just plain dumb, ignorant, slow, irrelevant and etc. etc. etc.... you get the idea.

Here I am thinking human evolution should make us smarter but NOOOoooooo.... not them. Their genes and DNA is reversing back to Stone Age where all they know is just sit there, eat, f*ck around and make babies. YES I AM A VERY ANGRY CUSTOMER!!

Staff Counter - 2x mistakes (got the order wrong TWICE)
Kitchen Staff - 1x mistake (got the label WRONG)
Manager - 1x mistake (obviously, not well-trained in handling customer's complain)

ALL I BLARDY WANT IS JUST A DOUBLE FILET-O-FISH SET. Is that alot I'm asking?
My first and worst ever McD experience
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

My first and worst ever McD experience

19 November 2013

Today is the Doctor's examination day. It is like the SPM/STPM examination day where trainee doctors are tested for the first time to see how well they communicate with the patients and understand their diagnosis. Accuracy of patient's detail is vital and they (the trainee doctors) are rated based on the core understanding of the patient's medical history, complications, family background and social concerns.

Each department has 1 long case, and 3 short cases. I was one of the long case studies. My very first time in the hospital as a case study. Very briefly, I was interviewed by 2 doctors.

They are pretty lucky they got me as their case study, because as a responsible 'patient', I did my homework - I remembered all events in chronological order making it easier for them to trace my medical history, I remembered all the name of medications I've had, taken, allergic to and taking, I remembered all the minute details like complications and side effects.

The first doctor seems to be pretty decent. Perhaps a little too decent. The second, on the other hand is over-confident, very controlling when asking questions. Talk about the differences between an introvert and extrovert! Overall, both did a great job within the allocated time (45 minutes for each doctor)....well... except they both DID CHEATED a little,  ie. asking me for spellings, borrowing my iPhone to use the calculator, asking me for definition of an abbreviation.

The result? The first doctor nailed it 100%. The second, well, he didn't ask me about my social concerns like financial burden and my working experience so he was quite upset when being questioned by his senior doctors/professors. Hoo hooo hooo...

I got paid RM100 for this - for sitting/lying down on a bed for 5 hours with breakfast/lunch provided and talking to doctors. A pretty good experience for me, I'd say.
I'm a Case Study!
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

I'm a Case Study!

02 November 2013

How often do you forget names? Or remembering the names but not the face?

 I do... ALOT! And that wasn't funny at all (well, not exactly a big deal either but ...you know what I mean). Just today I was out with a bunch of ex-colleagues over lunch and we were randomly talking about the 'good ol' days' and the people we used to work around with.

We started talking about this person 'Alvin W." , a project manager that we used to work with. And it got me thinking for a blardy good 15 minutes figuring out who the hell he was - I had to go through his Facebook profile and search for his profile photo and then my super-blocked brain cells FINALLY open up and everything flushes through my mind. And then the list goes on....  the Pakistani dude (forgot his name), the Indian Bollywood guy (forgot his name), and the programmer (forgot his FACE) etc. etc..

GOSH! Only 2 years and I completely erased them out from my mind. Is that how fast we can forget someone?

Scary....
My brain, the size of a pea
Saturday, November 02, 2013

My brain, the size of a pea

01 November 2013

去年的这个时候我撤职了，生病了，进医院了。就这样我的人生变得无聊，不充实，不健康，没目标，没希望。But of course, 身体比较重要，我也只好认命。乖乖的养病。快快的好起来。今年的十一月我还是没工作，身体依然有问题。还是那么无聊，不充实，不踏实，目标茫茫，更别说有任何期望。。

想工作，身体不好。想去走走，没人陪伴。

我很想念幸苦工作后跟朋友出来吃吃饭，有说有笑的。我很想念跟朋友出去走走，逛个街，喝个下午茶，轻轻松松过周末。我不需要活的富贵。我不需要活得精彩。简简单单就好了。人一旦生病了，全部东西都变得不重要。全部东西都看开了。这倒是真的。

每天只会想东想西。

想 ：

换个工作岗位。
朋友是不是嫌弃我了？
以后的生活真么办？
家里的环境会不会有改善。
不痛苦的自杀方法。（我承认这种想法很不健康。最近的 blog post 也很灰）

有的时候我真的好想哭却又哭不出来。我似乎已经把 "坚强" 变成我生活的一部分。我需要把自己看起来很 "坚强” 免得我家人操心，免得我朋友担心。人生短短30年，我经历了许多人都无法想象的折磨。我，很累。不是身体上的累，而是心灵上的累。

President of the Drama Club
Friday, November 01, 2013

President of the Drama Club