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5 Star Bus

Posted by Ivan Lee On 10:30 AM 0 comments
I'm back in KL. Have been sleeping the whole afternoon as I didn't get much snooze time in the bus. The journey was bumpier than usual, which explains why I kept waking up every few minutes. Other than that, it took the bus 3 and a half hours to reach it's destination. Now for those who travel from KL to Penang by bus regularly, you would notice that the travel period is insanely short. Reason being the bus driver was under the delusion that he was transporting a busload of pregnant ladies about to due towards Sg. Buloh Hospital. However, he overshot and decided to drop "the pregnant ladies" in One Utama in hopes that the bliss of shopping would make them forget about giving birth. Enough of lame sarcasm, I requested dad to purchase my return tickets from a bus company called "5 Star" because I found out that the busses from that particular company does drop-offs at 1U aside from Puduraya. This is convenient to me as my condo is just another 5 minutes bus ride away from the mall. Having said that, I think I got ripoff for about RM 5 from that bus company. A regular ticket cost RM 35 for a single journey from PG to KL vice versa but my dad paid RM 40 for that ticket! According to to the person selling the tickets, the extra cost was for those who are getting off at 1U. Okay, that's a little pricey for the difference in distance between 1U and Puduraya but I'm willing to overlook that handicap since they are not forcing us to buy the tickets from them right? NO! Not when I found out that they are actually required to stop at 1U anyway so it's not really an extra service and the most ridiculous thing has to be that the stop at 1U is actually before the stop at Puduraya meaning we are paying extra for a shorter distance? Might as well purchase a ticket to Puduraya and walk off the bus when it reaches 1U without getting charged extra. What are they gonna do? Tie me to my seat until I reach Puduraya? Those dumb fucks must have been looking forward to earning some extra cash using cheap tactics like this. Anyway, thank god for the safe journey!


Gosh... 3 days of holidays seems a little short eh? My lovely island is still the same as ever with the exception of some new structures here and there. Somehow, I don't wish for some rapid development to take place in Penang anytime soon. I don't think we are ready for it, yet. Will discuss about it some other time, if I'm hardworking :P  I managed to catch up with my good pals over delicious food and also celebrate me mum's 25th birthday hehe... Guess this short break should be enough to get me through my last month of internship. In the mean time, I got to kick my lazy ass and start to clean up my jungle of a room. Gotta go, just spotted a spide.. giant tarantula.
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Decisions

Posted by Ivan Lee On 10:44 AM 6 comments
I'm scared. Not because I might not be able to handle whatever the future holds, but rather at the uncertainty. I have so many things I want to do yet they seemed improbable. In less than 2 more months I'm officially on my own. I'm still deciding whether to continue being in the hotel industry or go for something else related to my qualifications. I'm trying to keep my options open. I'm trying to figure out what I should do, the perfect job that will give me the experience that I need to achieve my dreams. If I were to work in a hotel, I wish there is a special position that allows me to move around different departments doing everything there is, exactly like what I'm doing now but with more empowerment. Sigh... which way now?

Emoness aside, I'm currently performing my internship at Caffe Cino, an outlet that specializes in coffee making! I was posted there for 3 weeks but just when I completed my first week, which is today, I was asked to be transferred back to my previous restaurant for one more week. Just my luck. Well, at least I managed to cram all my training on coffee making into the first week. Wheee.... now I'm a "separuh masak" barista... *berangan*.  Latte anyone? Anyhow... since I'm going back to Sudu, my previous restaurant, might as well entice you guys with some pictures that I shamelessly rip off from some stranger's website muahahaha...


The entrance...

...foyer's ceiling, "horoscopic" motive..

Main dinning area...

...somewhere near the entrance la

Bread and CHEESE.... forever tempting me.... 

...fresh seafood and more!

On another note, I know I've been talking for ages on my new blog outlook but I've been having second thoughts since I set the new template in another different add (due to some reasons that I'm lazy to type out). This means that I'll have to say goodbye to hold-that-thought... I remain indecisive. 
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Krispy Kreme @ Berjaya Times Square

Posted by Ivan Lee On 6:00 AM 0 comments
Should I? The queue could possibly puncture my legs... Um... but... but... it's the f*cking mother of all doughnuts! Goddess of doughnut goddesses... Smooth, puffy cloud-like texture coated with hot molten sugar glaze mmm... to the very last bite. Nope, I'm not going overseas to get this doughnut. It's already here! Yes, finally, after thinking that my crazy obsessions with doughnut phase is over, Krispy Kreme officially hits the shores of Malaysia tomorrow which is the 27 of April 2009 in Berjaya Times Square at 10 a.m. hence reviving my craze for one of Homer Simpson's favorite comfort food. 


The world famous original glazed doughnuts.

I vividly remember my first encounter with doughnut mania when me and a bunch of gluttons hehe... was on our way on board our return bus from Puduraya to Penang. Back then,  there were only the doughnuts which was sold at the warung (neh... the oil clotted one coated with sugar) or Dunkin which I thought was 'a slice of heaven' since my brother was raving about it to me some time earlier in stone age. Boy was I wrong, my expectations were so high that I bought a box of half dozen doughnuts for myself only to regret my decision as the nuts where soggy and the taste brought me no where near orgasm. Then about eons after my bad encounter with Dunkin, the emergence of Big Apple and J.Co doughnuts restored my faith in indulging in this guilty pleasure until I finally got sick of it lol... Now that Krispy Kreme is here, I'd better get myself ready for another round of faith renewal. 

PS: The first customer will get 1 year supply of Krispy Kreme doughnuts. 
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Sayonara

Posted by Ivan Lee On 7:48 AM 0 comments
Yet another goodbye, albeit a short one, 3 months to be precise. I can feel a tinge of jealousy in the midst of happiness as one of my friend is about to embark on a journey to the Land of the Rising Sun in order to fulfill his industrial placement. I'm mostly happy for him to be able to pursue his dreams and also excited to hear that he will be BLOGGING! Yes, you heard me right. So I'll hold him to his words. Nevertheless, I couldn't help but to relate to myself the classic "if only" statements. If only it was me who is going overseas... if only bla bla bla.. you get the point. Maybe next time. For now, I shall bid farewell to you hence the title of the post, which is actually kind of inappropriate since sayonara is only used when you are not going to see that someone ever again, if I'm not mistaken. Come to think of it again, it kind of make sense since I'm EXPECTING to see some changes in terms of experience and appearance in that someone therefore saying goodbye to the outdated old self forevah hehehe... however, please STAY AWAY from these two looks..

Um... a little bit too erm... speechless.. 


Well... if you ever run out of money to buy more cloths to cover up maybe...

Guess that's all for now. I just spent my entire off day doing nothing yeehaw... got to sleep as my shift starts at 7 a.m. tomorrow sigh... Best of luck in your journey, SKH.
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Mumble Grumble

Posted by Ivan Lee On 1:58 PM 0 comments
Yesterday was a long and tiring day. Fatigue finally caught after having only 2 to 3 hours of  sleep for two consecutive nights. Things at work starts so seem so redundant to the point that my body was doing the exact same routine effortlessly while my mind starts to wonder about the motives of some people around me. Am I being paranoid? Or was my patience towards some pretentious hypocrites getting thinner. As I proceed further to uncover the many layer of mask that blankets this industry, I found myself getting more and more disgusted at reality. Are there anyone you can truly respect? People who succeed because of their own abilities and hard work, not because they are good at 'socializing'. Everyone have come to accept the fact that life is unfair but when justice is blind... that's a whole different story! Sometimes I just feel sorry for some people who did not get their fair share of recognition because some undeserving, conniving, fucking cunt knows how to sweet talk her way to getting the full honor. While that undeserving cunt deserves nothing but a six foot pole up her ass, I'm more disappointed at the so called leaders who either does not know how differentiate between genuine success and drama or decides to turn a blind eye. It's sad to see that people now a days, or at least in the industry I'm in, mostly have to resort to kissing ass to be successful. Not to say that kissing ass is wrong, it has to at least have some element of truth in it and not just simply saying something fake to make people happy. 

What I just mentioned was a lot of things that happened lately that had been jumbled up. I just lost respect for some people at my working place. Perhaps I'll be more detail in the future when I'm not so sleepy arhh... *yawns*. On the bright side, I'm looking forward to celebrating one of my best pal's birthday! Can't wait to see all who's gonna be present at the dinner. 
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      About Me

      George Town, Penang
      Born and bred in Penang, my one and only home. Currently on a journey of self discovery to find a constant in life. Love my family, love my friends, but still looking for someone to love :P I'm a hopeless day dreamer (includes nightime) To know me better, follow me as I post up bits and pieces of my life in this blog... that is if I manage to update it -.-"