Otahuhu March Trip & More About Electives

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Love this $10 skirt bought @ a random store  @ Otahuhu

Otahuhu: Went to Otahuhu with Mira and Atie today. Mira and I bought enough chicken to last us for up to one month. We’ll probably finish it sooner than 1 month, but well… That’s for later. The three of us ate vegetarian curry with rice at a restaurant there. It’s called Kamal’s something- I can’t remember it well. The curry was awesome. The meal only cost me $5 too. Yum.

Elective:
Atie has somehow convinced me to take MATH 101 just for the heck of it. Well, it’s going to be my last elective anyway, so I’ll manage.

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Electives Woes, Domestic Matters & Random Stuff

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Current mini workstation, awaitng my Aiptek 12.1″ tablet ^^

Domestic Life: The allowance came in a couple of days ago. I’ll survive until the end of June, with additional allownce of $750 my mom gave me for February through June. Bought some new shirts, tank tops and shorts to wear indoor, because I couldn’t for the life of me fnd the ld ones. I could wear the tank outside too, layered with warmer and less revealing (lol) tops of course.

Electives: I’m having a real problem with electives now. I’ve chosen EDUC 316 (Gifted Education) as one of my electives – no tutorials and no exam. That’s cool and fine. I can’t make up my mind about the other elective, though. I seriously, seriously can’t make up my mind. I want to take Linguistic stage 3, but waiting lists are always a turn off. Only two more days left. I’m literally doomed.

Tea: I’ve yet to cure mysef from my citrus green tea addiction, and now I’m developing an unhealthy addiction with assam tea – flavoured or not. By unhealthy, I was actually referring to my money. I can’t afford to go to Lim Chour ever time  want to restock. But where else can I get itfor a mere $1.10 each? GSTs are EVIL!!

Projects status: All currently on hold. Bloody lazy self.

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My New Quest on Eden Apartment is Made of Win

My body’s still feeling tired because of carrying all those hand luggage. And then I was stupid enough to go down the hills to Foodtown and came back with over 10 kilos of food and stuff for the apartment. Uh, my arms T__T That’s what I get for being lazy for three months. I guess my body couldn’t handle the physical shock.

But still, my new apartment (Quest on Eden) is AWESOME! The ceiling is so high, over two meters taller than me. We have the stoves, a convectional oven, a microwave oven, a dishwasher, a kettle a toaster, a standing fan, a fridge, a closet, stereo system, a washing machine, a dryer, private hot water tank, blablabla… I seriously think paying $385 per week is worth it now.

But the pics can show you how Mira and I managed to trash it in a matter of less than 24 hours.


LOL. Nevertheless, it’s awesome. Everything’s provided in a pair. Plates, cutleries, mugs, salad bowls, etc- mostly of Arcopal brand, which means we’re practicaly dead if  we ever get them broken.

We also haven’t called SmartBox to send our stuff over. Don’t feel like doing a major cleanup and carrying those heavy boxes. I could break my hands carrying heavy books and my collection of questionable doujinshis. We’ll wait until tomorrow or a few days.

p.s/ Auckland’s very warm now. If not for the fan, we’d have fallen over because of the sun and the heat.

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Going Again – For the Last Time + Toffee Host

At least for my bachelor degree. I’m not sure about my further studies, but I probably won’t because there’s no way my parents would allow me to go. So tonight’s my last night at home. I’ll be boarding the flight from Kota Bharu to KLIA at 9.15am, and then to Brunei at 2.40pm and finally to Auckland at 7.30pm. Two months and a half feels like a few days! It’s true that you learn to miss what you have when you’ve left them behind.

The last few days had been food, food and more food. Diets can go to hell for all I care, because ten months is a long time to wait before getting to eat original Malaysian food again.

Ok, not only Malaysiam food because those I ate in Secret Recipe were obviously western. I’m going to miss the Food Courts and of course MY MOM’S HOMEMADE CAKES!!! I can make them with the same recipe, but it won’t be the same.

Hope the allowance comes in before the end of this month, or in the first week of March. I only have around $1500, excluding rent to pay until the end of February T_T

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New Specs, Laptop Cooler, Public Bank and Stuff

I was too tired to write anything after coming back from KB last night. It was a long day where I tried to get almost everything done all at once. Went to the mall, the bank, and then to another mall. In fact, I’m still very sleepy at the moment. I wanted to go back to sleep after Subuh prayer, but I couldn’t (yet, at least). Maybe that’s why I settled for getting this post over and done with.

To sum things up, here’s the list of what I did yesterday:

  1. Went to RHB bank to withdraw a small fund from my ASB. Uhhh, I feel so poor now but the money’s going to be my ‘lifeguard’ just in case the allowance comes in later than expected (they’re saying it’s in a few weeks, three weeks top, but I couldn’t be so sure)
  2. Went to KB Mall to take my new shiny pair of spectacles. Only after paying did I realise that the frame belongs to the Morgan de Toi accessories collection. I only picked it up because it looks cute before. That explains the pricetag.
  3. Went to the computer zone of KB Mall. Bought new laptop coolers for myself and Mama, a new mouse and a cheap 4GB Trascend flashdrive for ReadyBoost. My cooler is the small and portable one (picture above). It comes with two adjustable speeds and a retractable USB cable. It’s currently happily sucking out the hot air out of my abused laptop. For RM29 (and brandless to boot), this is one cool thing to have. It even comes with a carrying pouch, but one that I cannot touch freely or grip because I can’t touch velvets and imitation velvet surfaces without dropping it or cringing at the feel of it’s texture.
  4. Went to Pacific departmental store surveying some new clothes but couldn’t find any that I like.
  5. Had lunch at Rasamas. It was 1pm and no one was there yet.
  6. Went to BSN to check Mama’s new matrix BSN card. She opened an account there for the purpose of transferring money to some relatives’ BSN accounts. Five years ago, I got my card in a few days. Yesterday, they told us the card would be ready in one month plus. I was like WTF? It’s their fault for being stupid enough to not read the application form carefully. My mother filled the new account application along with a Matrix card application. But then they went and gave her the regular bankcard. When she complained, they cancelled the bankcard and asked her to fill in a new Matrix application. Incompetence idiots.
  7. Went to Public Bank to reset the username and password for my e-banking*. While I’m at it, I opened a savings account to go with my debit card and e-banking. I figured many cool Malaysian merchants still only accepts bank transfers and/or PayPal. Transfers will let me save a lot, so yeah.
  8. Went to Telipot Mosque for Zuhur and Asar prayers (we did stay for at least an hour and a half there).
  9. Went to Tesco for grocery shopping.
  10. Had dinner at Secret Recipe.

* Near the end of last year’s second semester, I wanted to withdraw money from my PB Visa electron in Auckland. At that time, I haven’t made any withdrawal for a while. To my horror, the machine refused to accept my card. Yes, I was horrified. I checked it yesterday and the ATM’s working just fine. That’s when I came to a realisation.

Malaysian bank PIN: 6 numbers
New Zealand bank PIN: 4 numbers

I totally LOLed and felt stupid then. I must have keyed in only four PINs when I tried to access my PB card. Sad, sad, sad and silly Adlina.

And so that was yesterday. One more visit to the mall (need a new universal adaptor and extensions) and I’ll be 100% ready to fly. I’ve even contacted Adrian about our (mine and Mira’s) arrival to Auckland on the 8th. Hope things will go smoothly.

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