That someone

I am not going to fight for that someone...
That someone is booked by someone....
Distance will appear between that someone and me...
I will still have a nice life without that someone....
It will be much better actually...
Hopefully 6 weeks are enough to create a separator...

envy

I am in envy stage...

I am envious of those woman who have a man to provide a nice house for her and their future family.

I am envious of those who are newly wed.

I am envious of those who have someone to love her.

I know people will advised me by telling me that everyone will eventually meet their partner.

But I still like to complain!!!!!

CHili!

17 Sept 09 dream

Last night, I dreamed that my brother going to get married 2nd time. His 1st wife passed away and he is going to get married 2nd time. Leon and his unknown friend was there staying in a room. The building is 2 floors shoplot, and is connected to wooden house, known as my grand father's house in Sabah.

Suddenly many people come to stay in that building. They are saints from peninsular Malaysia. I met them at stairs. When they know my brother is getting married there, they are so happy and going to attend it.

When I walked to the back half of the building, I said many of my cousins actually get married to whites. They are laying carpet on floor, so they can sleep at night. Exactly how we do when we go back to kampung.

Before the ceremony begin, I invite Leon to attend the ceremony. He said call him when the ceremony almost begin...

That is all for the dream.

It is all about me

this blog is all about me...

Tonight im feeling lonely.....

Many ppl around but still feel like u r alone....

This feeling is very annoying...

Even have the music on, my ear still drumming, like there is no there sound other than myself...

And there is no friend around to cheer me up....

Hope the feeling will be gone by tomorrow...

hard to know a guy is single or not...

Gone

After I post this,

He won't work in my hometown.

So happy.

The thorn is finally gone.

Old one goes, new one is on the way!

kepo

Why am I so kepo?

Dont be so kepo.

Not everyone is as free as you.

Try to be considerate and thoughtful.

Yea...

Go away please.. Get out of my life...

I do not like the feeling.

It was so intimate, yet it is not a reality.

I wish I will not be here when you come again.

I do not like to hear thank you again from you.

I hope you will settle down in your hometown, not in my lovely town.

You are like a thorn in my heart whenever I meet you again.

Please spare me the torture!

Dad said...

Dad said don't talk about

homo stuff....

sex....

ass....

tiger or Thai girl....

boobs....

with guys...

Yes, dad. I will be good girl..

mmm....

Maybe I really should....

Sorry, dad....

hehhehe

Return love and unreturn love

One love seems to return my love.

One love seems to avoid my love.

Mind

Psychology...

H1N1... Malaria....

It is only simple flu from yesterday rain!

Why do I feel so bad just because a simple flu??

Psycology is making me sick!

Falling in love again

There is no harm falling in love again.

But this time, seems like I fell twice in a row.

One is black, one is a cute tricky one.

But I am not going to do anything to express my feeling this time.

Just flow with the current...

Sweet as... pumpkin

Let go

I am having a heavy head.

It can be solved easily.

Why can't I take it easily?

No need to worry so much.

Just the matter of time.

Learning to let go....

Passion

Feeling very nice yesterday.

I chat less, pay more attention to my facebook.

Chat with some cute guys and shy guy.

I found my passion yesterday but lost it today.

Why is it so hard to have a passion that last a bit longer than one month?

Scolding someone

There is a guy whom I like. Once I asked him, will we be a couple? And he said only if he is desperate.

What the hell!

If you only want me because you are desperate. You can go to hell!

Today I chatted with him.

I said to him, "your ex gf sound wild, and yet you said you are scare of me because you think I think I am wild. That does not make sense."

Why can't men just said, "I am not into you." Men still prefer to make all excuses to reject woman.

When he said he is going to sleep (obviously he does not because he is stil online in Facebook), I said, "Good night and don't have erection tonight!"

Can I have?

Can I borrow a pin?
I need to pin my heart.
It keep falling to wrong person.
Accident do happen.
But I want to stop it from happen.

Can I have glue?
I want to mend my heart.
It keep cracking.
Pieces of my heart keep dropping.
My heart has become smaller.

Can I have a scarf?
I want to blindfold myself.
My eyes keep making me falls in love.

You and your partner look alike!

Any couple will be happy to hear this : You and your gf/bf look alike!

For me?
It is only face. Face does not mean we will be forever together.
Similar look only make it easier to be attracted to each other.

My x bf and me also look much alike, but the end still broke up.

I believe in reality. No more belief in tips tips, such as tips on:
-how to know the guy is into you
-what his body language telling you
-Does he like you?
- bla bla bla

All these tips are bullshit!!

H1N1 in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia

Oh no.... It is nearer to home...!!!!!..... H1N1.. click to see the news.

Here is the prescription for H1N1....

Ghost.....

Someone just commented on my 'Sunday...' post.

It is a weird comment because according to him/her, he/she sense 'ghost' presence in an accident site.

As a christian, I believe that the all-inclusive death of Christ have judge all things including evil spirit and Satan. I have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

"Because the Lord’s death was all-inclusive, when He died on the cross many things were dealt with. Sin, sins, the flesh, the old man, Satan, the world, the old creation, and the ordinances were all dealt with. Furthermore, the divine life with the divine riches was released from within the Lord Jesus. His all-inclusive death took away all the negative things and released all the positive things."

In my personal opinion, only those who are weak in faith and those are superstitious will have bigger possibility to encounter 'ghost'.

In my beginning years of working in Egypt, there was no ghost stories. As if there is no such thing as ghost. I am a Malaysian Chinese. My imagination ghost will automatically looks like Malaysian. In Egypt, we may wonder how their ghost look like. But surprisingly there were no ghost stories. No space for us to have imagination of ghost.

After 2 years, our crew combined with another crew in Egypt. The other crew comprised of many Indonesian professionals. As usual, South East Asian tend to have many superstitions. Around that time, people start to claim that they saw ghost or disturbed by ghost. Not surprisingly, their ghost looks like Asian ghost, lady with long hair, long tongue, and with a child. As long there are superstitions going around, ghost will appear. It is just human error.

This is my personal experience. My mother always told me that she does not like ladies toilet of a hotel in my hometown. She said it feels dark. One night, I was fatigue, having period, and I have not have a normal Church life for a year, kind of lose my faith to the Lord, I went out with my friends. I stopped by the hotel to go for toilet around midnight. When I was in the toilet cubicle, I had the feeling of wanting to run out from the toilet as soon as possible. My neck hair was standing up and had a scary feeling. I just quickly finish my business and ran out to my friend's car. I was nearly cry. Since then, I am sensitive to any ghost stories.

That is all what I can say about ghost......

Sunday.....

I hate Sunday...

It feels so lonely....

Feeling so lost today...

No one online on Sunday.....

Everything so dull on Sunday when I am working....

I hope someone will start chatting with me today....

Feeling wanna cry....

Lonely sunday

One picture a day keeps the boss away!

I need a picture for my blog. During a toolbox meeting at 11.15am local time today, our PM just warned us that we have limited bandwidth here, advising us not to download movie , webcam, bla bla.

So I decided to limit myself to ...only upload one picture for today.

One picture a day keeps the boss away!

What a friend can offer to a faraway-depresed-lonely friend

When you are away to work, without any real friend around to talk heart to heart to, the only mean to contact your friend at home is through virtual world - internet.

Yahoo messenger...
MSN messenger...
Facebook....
Email...

Virtual world seems to be the whole world for this faraway-depresed-lonely friend.

What a good friend can offer to her is a tranquil conversations. A chat with..

No demand...
No accusation...
No orders...
No teasing...
No quarrel...
No criticizing...
No rush...
No long pause that require waiting....
No '!'.....
No CAPITAL letter.....
No Bold letter

Just peaceful talk, small advices, apreciation....

Thanks to my friend, Sarah TSH.

Gave up

Have not been feeling so down for quite some time.

I gave up.

Gave up on everything.

Seems like no hope in everything.

Only stagnancy...................................

Maybe it is a good thing, that I can start all over again.

I will get a short short haircut. A drastic change!
Fresh hairstyle out of oven!

Bullshit love

Feeling of love is good.

But loving a guy is no good. Always end up hurting yourself.
Because love is always selfish.
If someone say love is unselfish, ahhh bullshit.

Loving your family is the best.
Because you already own your family.

Loving your friends as best friends is just average.
Sometimes getting away from friends can be good.
Nothing is perfect and no one is perfect anyway.

Bullshit!

Love

Love is a loving feeling.
It does not need a reason to be there.
It is there to make us feeling good and happy.
It cheers up our life and makes the day better.
Love is about give and take.
Or sometimes just give without expecting any return.
Wishing all the love to all of you out there.
Hope all will enjoy another day of life and not giving up in life!

Love is a warming feeling.
It feels like when you lay your head on your beloved's warm chest.
Warms you up and secure you in beloved's embrace.
It makes you happy.

You know the heavy ones can do a great job, but it's the skinny ones you really wanna bring out in public.

"You know the heavy ones can do a great job, but it's the skinny ones you really wanna bring out in public" Quoted from here .


Any logic in this?? huahuahuahahah

Broken heart

I watched a Korean drama today, 'I love Sam Soon".
Sam Soon is 30 years old spinster. She fell in love with her boss.
She kept saying she is now 30 years old but still the game of love.
Falling in love into someone who does not love her back. It is so tiring.
She thought at the age of 30, she will not have involved in the game of love.

She remind me of myself. I am only 26 years old, but I already gave up in love.

Same like Sam Soon, every guy I like does not like me back.
My heart keep broken again and again.

Addiction

Can someone be addicted to internet? This question popped out from my brother's mouth this noon. I answered him with a yes.

I say yes cause I think I am partially addicted to internet, which is not healthy.

Internet is like....

a place where you can do anything without physically involved, except fingers typing. I think it is for lazy people like me.

I need more friends who are free when I am on leave. Hard to survive 6 weeks without any going out with friends.

I spend too much time online till I feel stress whenever I online.

I have the sense of waiting whenever I online. It is very tiring.

Tired! tired!

Special Malaysia

Malaysia is special.
We have many ethnics in Malaysia.
Once i told my Aussie friend, that in Malaysia, Malay in Malaysian have special privilege.
The way my friend respond to me brightened up my eyes.
He said, ' You all pay the same tax, but Malay have special privilege?'

Yes, we all pay same rate of tax, but not all Malaysia have same rights.

In the state of Sarawak, in the field of employment, company will give priority to Sarawakian in getting a job.

In the country of Malaysia, the country only give natives especially Malay more special privilege.

As if only Malays are Malaysian. Other ethnic are not Malaysian!!

trying to get pregnant?

Seems like my maternal instinct is merging from me. Somewhere within me that wanted to get pregnant. I even think pregnant woman is sexy. I even stumble over a blog about women trying to be single mother. And this make me more longing to get pregnant.

I have not found the right guy to get married yet. For now, I am not even in any relationship. Relationship give me headache. So I am kind of not eager to look for one. If I met the guy, maybe he will have hard time to pursue me.

I am living in a small conservative town in Malaysia. So one night stand to get me pregnant is not a good choice. Biological father of the baby may track me down easily and will take the baby away from me, or force me to marry him even when I do not love him. Society pressure will makes my life hard, and will complicate child bringing up experience.

AF??

I still prefer to get body contact and the pleasure of making baby. heehehehehe. No pain involved!

Baloney baloney

Baloney again.

He knows that I do not like him. I know he knows.
In the place where i work, nothing can be too serious. We won't fight with fist.

Baloney complains about me to his colleague, who is my friend.
My friend told me about it.

Baloney told my colleague that I am crazy.
I told that same colleague that he is crazy too.

So we are equal now.

Whenever he is around me, I treat him as a transparent glass.
My ear is close to his voice.

He is still young and I am more matured. He is too young to understand what he is doing. So maybe I should forgive this little boy, try to be good to him.

MAYBE I WON'T.....

Anger

Anger is bad. This emotion can cause many brain cell die.
No wonder I am feeling headache now. It is like going to burst.

Balloooon

One morning, I woke up, still in a zombie state, had shower and was standing near my cabinet with limited light. I saw a round shining green with white stripes thingy on my friend's bed. My first imagination is an alien's egg. Then I remember she just get a balloon. It is her 'egg'.

The origin of the balloon:

HSE gave out leftover key chains and balloons to us few days ago. My friend who work in QC dept. She and her boss took a balloon each.

After one hour, she came into my office telling me that there is a baloney in QC office. He popped her boss' balloon. She said "I am not going to let him pop my balloon, I am taking my balloon to my room."

Too much balloon in QC makes someone baloney!

Facebook

First thing everyone do when they have a chance to online will open facebook. It is like first thing in the morning is facebook. When you have nothing to do, do facebook. It is like there is nothing else you can do online.

Some people even exposed about what happen in their relationship with their spouse or gf or bf. It is kind of pathetic to me. I thought things between a couple suppose to be discreet. I do not need everyone to know when I am fighting with my bf. There can be an exceptional case, if a guy put 'in relationship' for marriage status. It can mean that the guy may be serious about the relationship.
It is just an assumption. Never trust an assumption.

Facebook can be fun if you try to make something is only meant for yourself, but actually back stabbing someone on purpose. Sound mean to me. Posting what is on your mind loudly can be harmful to yourself and especially when your boss is also in your name list. My last boss was in my friend's list, and I am not intending to add my current boss as my friend. It can be harmful for him and myself.

I don't like to complain too loud, but i do like to complain and swear on my boss on my mind. So if I purposely share what is on my mind when I am swearing on my boss. Everyone in my company will know how bad he is to me. Poor boss.

I am getting bored of doing facebook, although I still do facebook.

Privacy

Have anyone's presence intimidating you?
Here is one person's attitude in intimidating me.
Her way of noticing everyone's movement and way of life is somehow annoying.
Even when she start to talk to me in casual way, I find it very disturbing. Suddenly I will feel like 'did I do something wrong this time?'
Now I know what it feels like when privacy is invaded by someone or something.
Without knowing, I always invaded people's privacy. My sense can be very keen to everything around me. I can know how one lives, someone's background by looking at his friends, talking to that person, googling... Now I know I was wrong in so good in investigation about someone. I was actually STALKING!! INVADING PRIVACY!

Lesson to be learn: Do not be too busybody about someone!!

Beautiful day

Everyday is beautiful to me,

Sunset,

sunrise,

wave,

wind,

land,

fish,

cloud,

stars.

People around me are beautiful too,

Smiling me always get a smile back,

Desperation have lost, what is left only a relaxing heart,

Everyday beating for a better tomorrow,

Tomorrow will be better because nearer to the day I am going home.

Stale fish in Malaysia

Something is very fishy in Malaysia politics. Very fishy that makes the fish stale.
Too many coincident!
Suddenly Sarawak become attention of all.
Be careful all Sarawakian!
Make your choice wisely.

Story of Moral: Can never know a person by appearance

I heard this somewhere from someone.

Story....
Once she met a man for a yamcha. The guy look good boy and look not double faced. They were yamcha with few other friends. They have good talk for whole night. When the girl go home and she receive sms from the guy asking whether she wants to have sex with her.........

Moral...
Can never know a person by appearance.
Good that his fox tail came out early

My insult...
Bastard! Irrespect to lady! Go far away la if want play play! Fuck off!

Stupid

Stupid is the word

Distance

I hate distance.
Excuse for everything!

3.25am 25 Jan 09- Trying out my courage

3.25am 25 Jan 09
Woke up and can not continue my beauty sleep, due to excitement of flying home tonight.
I online and go to miricommunity, and click this site. I dare you to read it in early morning. Sure scared me! My bad, my bad.
Read Blogs.....
So good that I can go home. Can't wait to see Fifi and Jojo and eat keropok, acar.
News from the barge: Ewan Neil went to barge and have meeting. Terra Seis will take over our Equipment and carry on with the project in Bakassi. Anyone who wish to work in Bakassi are welcomed to work under Terra Seis with 400USD a day.
My friend, Andy already book one place.
It is the matter of money or life. Money or Life!! If nothing misfortune happen, can be rich. If something happen, your wife will get rich and get another husband or your family will live in leisure for some long time. If no family, the company will help to donate the money to seismic charity, have a safety quiz in memory of you.
Why there were any news given to us who live so near to Ewan?
They like to keep us waiting ... waiting..... very annoying.

Adventure in Bakassi, Cameroon - Chapter 5

10 Jan 2009-Bakassi, Cameroon (ex-Nigeria)

We sail and sail. In early morning, before we have our toolbox, I witnessed boat transfer from barge to TZ boat. Barge and TZ are moving together. It look so scary, because all safety measure in boat transfer was not applied. They didnt expect to have boat transfer at portside. They prepare ropes for boat transfer but it is installed at front deck, which is now full of stuff, not possible to have boat transfer in front deck. Lucky nothing happened. Forgot to mention this crew is expert in land, and this is their 1st time in marine.

We reached Bakassi offshore around noon time. We actually expected to reach Bakassi around night time. Pacific Sabre, tugboat did a good job, we really feel that our barge was moving fast. When we reached Bakassi, all feel so fine. We can see the shore, foggy scenery because of humid. Many platform around us, it makes us more secure. We thought so many platforms didnt get attack, we will not get attack too.By the way, we have many BIR armed forces sitting around protecting us.

Thus, we started to make planning for the next day. Boss said we will start to try layout tomorrow, we will train all newbies, we will... we will.... All written on white board.

Bakassi is not too bad at all. We have fresh fish to eat.

Around 3am, (I always woke up around 3 am, due to sleep too early around 8.30pm) I heard many securities walking around outside my room with radio. Kinda scary because they may be rebel who onboard our barge. My imaginations ran wild. I continue my sleep again and begin my routine by waking around 5.30am and eat breakfast. During my breakfast, my collegaue ask me about what happen early morning because our project manager was woken up by security. I said I do not know.

Before toolbox meeting, people are talking about our tugboat being shot and captured by rebel this early morning. our PM clarified the rumor by saying that there were attack to one of the tugboat early morning and the tugboat is safe now. I was shocked for a moment, and felt terrified after recovered from the shock. We were all sleeping, we can die anytime. According to Barge crew, the tugboat contact the barge when there are shooting. They counter shot for 30 mins. The boat which attacked them were the same military boat which came near barge yesterday, they were asked they are cameroonian or nigerian military, but they didn't answered, chased by our TZ with securities. Fyi, TZ boat speed is around 5 knots, rebel's fastboat is around 30 knots. If rebel make one circle around the barge, I dont think tZ manage to finish half circle. All bosses have meeting, while Pacific sabre along side our barge, can see clearly there are only shot at the bridge and around light. While bosses having emergency meeting, Pacific Sabre left us. Only left small tugboat to tow the barge if we want to leave!

All crew even barge crew and us want to get away from that area. After the meeting, we evacuated the barge, 30 of expats and contractors prepared to leave the barge toward Seme beach Hotel. HSE, Radio man, skipper, mechanice still on the barge.

Everyone ready to evacuate.

TZ at Jetty near Seme beach Hotel.



Safety - name chec at Seme Beach Hotel

Adventure in Bakassi, Cameroon - Chapter 4

28-31/12/2008 - Routine
There is nothing special going on. Barge still at the port. Routine everyday:
5.15 am wake up, breakfast
6.15 am toolbox meeting
6.30 am++ sit in office do some work or teach
9.00 am Coffee break, have break with chocolate or milk spread
11.45 am Lunch break
1.00 pm Go to office, lazy during afternoon, do less work, browse internet more
3.00 pm Coffee break
5.00 pm Go to gym and go to helipad if diligent; sit in office while waiting for dinner if too
lazy for gym

This routine is only applicable during standby and when not too busy.
Refer for the post of New Year Touch for my new year. As usual sleep on New Year night.

1-9 Jan 2009
On the 1st day of New Year, almost all angmoh who drinks alcohol were not present during toolbox meeting. Even our project manager hung over n just went to sleep this morning (I saw him walk pass me this morning when I was on my way to breakfast). HSE said we will have half day off, just not sure morning half day off or afternoon half day off. So we assume is afternoon half day off. All contractor laborers are not working today. Most of the day, I only tell practically all my online friend that I am working today. Pathetic me for whining again.

Everyday we were told that we will start sailing to Bakassi the next day. So we just prepare ourselves and stuff for work. From time to time, Jens will voiced out about security when we will work in prospect. Me as an ignorant felt nothing, but when I see how Jens talk, I sensed that he is scare. We were not told much of what we will face in Bakassi. We as in survey department having the mind set of wait and see, just go whenever the company told us to go. IF company say go die, we will go die. Obedient us.

On 5 Jan 09, there are many BIR armed forces came on our barge. It seems like we are preparing ourselves for a war. Bakassi is actually a war zone, red area. Any unknown ship may be shot down by BIR armed forces. BIR look scary and smelly. They were trained on land, so doesn't have experience on marine. Maybe they will get seasick once start sailing.

On 6 Jan 09, early morning, standing on the deck looking around. mmmm... Suddenly saw a moving object by the small bridge between port and barge. After clearing my eyes, I saw one of BIR standing there. They are very good in hiding if they do not smile or show their teeth while guarding. Black and dark blend well together.

Hisan and I decided try to take solo picture with one of BIR. So both of us are like stalker, try to catch one of them to take picture with us. Finally we catch one while we are looking around at the deck.

8 Jan - We were confirmed that we will sail today. In the morning, Jason and Hongi came to talk to us about the real situation, about policy of company. We can stop the project if we feel that it is not safe to work. Then we all start to really feel the tremors. I personally really feel very unsafe, because there are so many doubts about our security. Anyone onshore will know if we are attacked? Any plan for us if we get attack? I send an email to all big bosses and ask for a halt. I googled Bakassi and found out there were so many attack which just happen recently. Even a company back up from that area and gave compensation to their employees, 25 % of their salary just because they were near Bakassi, Nigeria side of Bakassi. My email gave some impact to management. They have meeting with HSE and us. According to management, we will still go and see what will happen. Sailing postponed to 9 Jan 09.

9 Jan - Preparing to sail. Everyone so excited like sakai. Scheduled to be towed by 2 tugboats around 5pm, high tide. Bigger tugboat in front and smaller at back guiding the barge. Huge tugboat towed by 2 much smaller tugboats.

Adventure in Bakassi, Cameroon - Chapter 3

27 Dec 08, my luggage
My luggage supposed to reach Douala Airport at 11am. Driver Idris will take it for me. So I just wait wait, eat my leftover burger for breakfast. Still no news. When admin had the news, it is bad news. My luggage is not yet to be found. Operation manager decided to send me to barge as soon as possible. So they send me with Florence, accountant to buy some necessity. Imported stuffs are so expensive in Cameroon. One knee length pants made in Bangladesh cost around 20USD (price of 2 disgusting pizzas). Bangladesh stuff is very cheap n Bangladesh, not reasonable price. We got out of the store and head to other store to see any cheaper stuff. I got a call that my luggage is in staff house, they found my luggage. I can't say I am not a lucky girl. Others have to wait at least 1 week to get their luggage, and I always get my luggage back the next day. Bad Kenya Airline. Get my big luggage back, but my beauty kit still want to travel without me. It is fine, because I have my facial cleanser in big luggage. Hehehehe. Thank God! Then I headed to Douala port where the barge is parking. On the way, by the river, there are many couples dating, western style of dating if u get what I meant. The barge is so huge, n white. At first I can't see it, because I stand too near to it, Europa Barge. Tall and huge!

The barge has nice rooms, with attached bathroom and a window. It is very nice and clean. Menu for dinnerand lunch are good too, they always have nice fresh fish.

When I get there, I was given barge orientation by barge HSE, Robert. He took he around the barge, telling me where to go if have emergency, bla bla bla. He is Cameroonian, but he speaks like singaporean with all 'le, la'. I realised freach speaker who speak English, always have this slang of singaporean or malaysian, 'la le'.

After that, I went to survey office and met all new colleagues, who mostly are Indonesian, some Bangladeshi. Then rest in my room and sleep.

Nothing

No mood No mood No mood
No Chinese new year
No prospect
No chatting
No annoying person
No hope
Only FRUSTRATION!

New Year Touch

According to http://mynameisloong.blogspot.com, many blogs was filling their blog with New Year stuff, New Year celebration, New Year resolution, and New Year bla bla.

Then I see my blog, which have not been updated for a very long time. It is only updated because something BIG had happened, never touch New Year before.

Here I am going to say about my New Year.

I reached Cameroon on 26 Dec 08, which is after Christmas. My colleagues told me that the company arranged that they went out onshore to a restaurant for Christmas celebration.
So we also expect the same celebration will happen for new year.

Yes we did eat out by the beach, but eat out at the deck!

New year resolution is ................wear African dress to airport, gain more weight, look more round, buy new shoes, become manager (huehuehue.. maybe in my dream), etc etc.

Adventure in Bakassi, Cameroon - Chapter 2

26 Dec 08, Around 11pm local time- when I reached Douala Airport.
When I walk out from the plane, I keep watching around for someone to pick me up. Usually there will be someone to pick me up before I reach immigration. But no on, so I just get out of immigration by myself. The immigration have no one, and we just go pass the immigration n the door is lock. All of us go back to Q up before immigration. heheheh. The immigration guy came and sat in his cubicle, we start to go and stamp our passport. (This thing also happened in Malaysia, when my colleague flew to remote area).

So many people were waiting for luggage. 3 flight landed almost same time. I have to wait for 30 mins before any luggage shows up. When it comes out, keep looking out for my luggage, that was the time my company guy saw me. He wore company jacket, so I know is him. We continue waiting for my luggage. Still no sight of my luggage when Kenya airline finish his luggages.

Seems like my whole plane doesn't have luggage delivered. Frustrated! How to survive tonight without my facial cleanser! We were told to come back tomorrow for missing luggage. We go to staff house a.k.a Duoala Office, be given a room with a towel and a soap bar by Petar admin. Bed is not springy. It became flat when i sat on it. My poor face, already ugly, now have to be abused by hard soap bar. wah! not cute anymore!!! The result of washing my face with soap bar: many small biji meat appear on my forehead and cheekbone. So sad.

Lesson to be learned: pack enough clothes for 3 days in backpack.

Cont....

Adventure in Bakassi, Cameroon - Chapter 1

25 Dec 08 - trip to Cameroon started
Supposed to go work on 26 Dec. Due to no good connecting flight to Douala, Cameroon, I have to fly on Christmas. Lucky all fun is on Christmas eve. Had a fun night with Jayne from 7-9.45pm, and with Cherish from 9.45 pm till 2am (shhhhh someone's mother can't know bout this). When I reach home around 2 am, I have to start packing cause I want to go out for nice breakfast and spend time with friend before I left for work. Around 5pm, my bro bring me to airport. Feed 2 dogs before I go. Bye bye Jojo Fifi. Jojo is still so fierce, want to bite me before I go to work.
Buy 2 burgers at KLIA, to feed me during transit.

26 Dec 08 - Airportssssssss (MAS from Miri-Kuching-KLIA-Johannesburg, South Africa, Kenya airlines from Johannesburg-Nairobi, Kenya-Yaounde, Cameroon-Douala, Cameroon)
Due to different time zone and jetlag, I lost count of time and date. I feel so sleepy in every airport. Whenever i find a clean couch where i can lay down, I just lay down and sleep on my hand and cover my butt with Egypt made slingbag and face with my jacket. Maybe snore a bit. But who cares. No one knows me here. I slept in KLIA, slept in Johannesburg. Can't lay down in Nairobi cause too dirty. Just slept on plane, only be disturbed to eat ( have rice on Kenya airlines).

When I was flying, the experience is special. We always thought Africans are kind of rough, but doesn't feel like that during my whole journey. (I found out that not all are gentle sound, met many rude one in Seme beach hotel, and in market when I buy souvenirs) They look rough but sound gentle, maybe cause they speak French too. As many knows, Latinos always sound sexy, hehehehe. In Johannesburg, they speak English to each other, they also speak Johannesburg local language. I said Johannesburg local language because that local language maybe only understood my Johannesburg people. They have hundreds of local language. It feels weird when they speak English to each other. It is like they are blacks, supposed to understand each other, supposed to have common language, but English is their local language. It makes them doesn't feel like pure African. Results of foreign occupations.

When I was in Johannesburg, I met a beautiful Kenya lady. Before I talk to her, she was approached many time by airport securities, trying to hit on her. 'Hello, How are you? What do u do here? Working? Studying?' It was so funny. I have to restrained myself from laughing loud. I was there watching what will happen every time a security pass by her. They purposely make a big round just to say hi to her. I was looking out to airstrip which is toward her, and she ask am I flying to anywhere. She wants to get my number, she says maybe she will go to Malaysia. I changed seat with same bench with her. I got her number and em ail, I said those guys must be very envy of me cause I had her number. We laughed. I asked about african ladies hair braid. She said my hairs may come off if I try African braiding. hahaha. Sh e was right. *sigh*. Thin hair.*Sigh*. We exchanged coins. She is working and studying in Botswana (recently have news in Malaysian concerning many Bostwanian college student died cause can't cope up with the stress in Malaysia. They get many racist treatment from Malaysian. She show me her bf's pic, A Big Picture, cannot put into wallet. I cannot post her pic without her permission. But I can post my foot pic while waiting for Kenya Airline to give me my boarding pass.

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Thursday December 25, 2008

Africans have problems acclimatising, says minister

By SARAH CHEW

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s efforts to be an international education hub by first attracting African students has hit a snag.

The Botswana government will reduce the number of students sent to study in Malaysian universities and colleges next year.

Its Education and Skills Develop-ment Minister, Jacob Nkate, said Botswana students who accounted for over 20% of the African students here had trouble acclimatising to the Malaysian culture.

He was quoted in a Botswana English daily Mmegi during a function soon after returning from a visit to Malaysia following the death of three students from the country.

Last month, two Botswana students died after falling from apartment balconies while the third died in a road accident.

It was reported that the students blamed the hostile environment they encountered in Malaysia that forced many of them to turn to alcoholism and other anti-social behaviour.

There are more than ,7000 African students here and of that number, 1,635 are from Botswana.

Nkate said some of the students had been given too much liberty by the local institutions.

He added that universities and colleges should not allow Botswana students to sit for examinations unless they had attended 80% of their classes.

Multimedia University (MMU) president Prof Dr Zaharin Yusoff expressed surprise at Nkate’s announcement.

“He visited MMU with his team recently and seemed happy with what we’re doing. He said that things would continue as normal.”

Prof Zaharin admitted that MMU’s requirements for those taking examinations were not very strict, but the university was willing to change the rules for Botswana students should the minister insist upon that.

UCSI University president Peter Ng welcomed the minister’s comments and said this was an opportunity to analyse the current situation.

“Local institutions and our Ministry of Higher Education should take stock of where we have failed and see this as a learning opportunity.

“The ministry should have a built-in system to help international students acclimatise socially, such as arranging host families to look after them,” Ng said.

Sunway University College (SUC) executive director Elizabeth Lee gave the assurance that SUC paid “special attention” to Botswana students, such as arranging additional mathematics classes for them.

Adapted from http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/12/25/nation/2894270&sec=nation

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That is the airport in Johannesburg. It is very nice and new. It is said that they build it in preparing for Football World Cup 2010.

Also transit in Nairobi, it i so old and stuffy. I think I am going to worse airports for next transit.
Transit in Younde, but have to stay on plane while transit. And reach Douala Airport, my destination airport is real worse.

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