My love for writing fiction has died. Or at least, I have let my technical side take over the creative side. I'm second-guessing myself every time I write a sentence. At least now it isn't so bad but that was only because I wasn't attempting to try to write anything.
Hence, a note to writers out there who aspire to be fiction writers, do not indulge yourself into other forms of writing work, don't work for publishers who have a specific agenda that is not fiction-related. It will kill your creativity, and if your supervisor is bad enough, it will kill your love for writing.
Showing posts with label Bad experiences. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bad experiences. Show all posts
Dec 11, 2010
Nov 6, 2010
I AM FREE
My last day was last Thursday. The farewell was brief and almost non-existent. Best thing about it is, I don't really care. Sigh, that's how low it has sunk, and how bad it stunk. But anyhow, I can now spend more time with my daughter, with my already dying blog, with my husband, my family (my sis) and going back to school. I have missed the closing date for this January's intake but it's not a huge loss, because now I have no qualms of applying for the June intake. And while we're on this topic, the websites for local universities really really suck. Even though they aren't directly paid to maintain the websites, but they will do better if their universities are ranked better, and how can you get local universities to be ranked better if you can't get more foreign students to apply to study in your university?
It's frustrating that you lose out on an application due to a technicality, and for god's sakes, this is the Internet age, all the latest updates should be on the website! How can you ask a student from penang to drive all the way to your doorstep to get info, just because you want them to be independent, proactive and have initiative? You don't have any of those things to begin with.
*breathe, breathe*... enough with the ranting. What if people find out that you are b*tching about them before you apply for the course? gasp, I have half a mind to delete this post now... but I won't until I apply for the January intake, and get it, and graduate from it. Besides, what I just wrote is true what.
I hope I won't miss January's intake. Sigh...
It's frustrating that you lose out on an application due to a technicality, and for god's sakes, this is the Internet age, all the latest updates should be on the website! How can you ask a student from penang to drive all the way to your doorstep to get info, just because you want them to be independent, proactive and have initiative? You don't have any of those things to begin with.
*breathe, breathe*... enough with the ranting. What if people find out that you are b*tching about them before you apply for the course? gasp, I have half a mind to delete this post now... but I won't until I apply for the January intake, and get it, and graduate from it. Besides, what I just wrote is true what.
I hope I won't miss January's intake. Sigh...
Dec 23, 2009
COUPLE LOSES FOUR CHILDREN IN RIVERSIDE ACCIDENT
The Star Online > 21 December 2009
KUCHING: Four young siblings were feared to have drowned after they fell into the Rejang River in Sungai Labaan near Sibu.
The four are brothers Wong Sie Kong, 12, and Sie Hou, eight, and sisters Sie Sang, 10, and Sie See, six.
The siblings, together with their parents, were looking for molluscs when the incident happened at about 3pm on Sunday. Their parents are safe.
Sibu acting police chief Supt Zamani Hamdan said a search and rescue operation involving three boats and about 25 police, fire and rescue services and civil defence personnel had been mounted for the missing children.
The family has chartered speedboats to join in the search, which was on-going at press time.
“The four children were walking in front of their parents when the incident happened.
“Their father managed to hold on his wife as she slipped down the riverbank,” Suopt Zamani told The Star when contacted Monday.
However, he said the couple failed to save their children as they slipped into the river.
Wong Yew Tiong, 40, his wife Tang Teck Leh, 35, and their four children had earlier visited a relative before they went to the nearby river to look for the molluscs.
The family is from Permai,Oya Road, Sibu.
Supt Zamani said a police team rushed to the scene at about 5pm after they were informed of the incident.
A worried Wong and family members, who were at the scene Monday, were praying for the safe return of the children.
However, Wong said the family is preparing for the worst.
---Update: 23 December 2009, 4.47pm press time, it was reported that the last of the 4 bodies of the siblings have been found. Arrangements are being made for a joint funeral to the four children lost to the ravages of the Rejang river.
I can only offer my condolences to the parents of the four lovely children (your heart will break like mine did if you see their photographs in the newspaper) and hope that in time their broken hearts will be able to heal from this.
Nov 8, 2009
RIHANNA OPENING UP AND SURVIVING WITHOUT HIM
Nine months ago, the entertainment industry shook us with the story of a woman being beaten and abused by a man inside his car. She left to seek help from the police.
The next day, news came out that it was Rihanna and Chris Brown.
A few more days later, photos of her battered face and swollen lips circulated the Internet. There was major uproar; some people said some things, people were horrified, concerts were cancelled and then...
Rihanna went back to Chris.
Six months ago, I posted something in the likes of Rihanna making a big mistake by following her heart instead of her common sense, and the implications on girls everywhere, who look up to her. Read the post here.
Love can make us do really stupid things. But what happens when what you do can lead to someone being killed? Can you live with it? Thank goodness Rihanna can't and won't.
Here are some of the excerpts from her interview on ABC's Good Morning America which made news all over again.
Well said, girl. So proud of her. It's a step towards growing up.
Which is more than what I can say for Chris Brown.
The next day, news came out that it was Rihanna and Chris Brown.
A few more days later, photos of her battered face and swollen lips circulated the Internet. There was major uproar; some people said some things, people were horrified, concerts were cancelled and then...
Rihanna went back to Chris.
Six months ago, I posted something in the likes of Rihanna making a big mistake by following her heart instead of her common sense, and the implications on girls everywhere, who look up to her. Read the post here.
Love can make us do really stupid things. But what happens when what you do can lead to someone being killed? Can you live with it? Thank goodness Rihanna can't and won't.
Here are some of the excerpts from her interview on ABC's Good Morning America which made news all over again.
"She explained: 'When I realised that my selfish decision for love could result in some young girl getting killed, I could not be easy with that part. I couldn't be held responsible for telling them "go back""
'Even if Chris never hit me again who is to say their boyfriends won't. Who is to say that they won't kill these girls?
'I just didn't realise how much of an impact I could have on these girls' lives until this happened. It was a wake-up call for me...
'Especially when I took myself out of that situation and I'll say that to any young girl who is going through domestic violence.
'"F" love. Come out of the situation and look at it third person and for what it really is, then make your decision because love is so blind.'
Well said, girl. So proud of her. It's a step towards growing up.
Which is more than what I can say for Chris Brown.
Oct 8, 2009
SERVICE, SERVICE! I WANT SERVICE! [updated]
It really gets to me when the workers at a restaurant, eating outlet or dining facility (they all mean the same thing – a place where you find food) provide lousy service and yet when they serve you the bill, there it is: Service Tax (5%), Terima kasih.
Recently two incidents happened to me that made me question the validity of this service tax they charge us.
During the month of Ramadan, certain food outlets will allocate seats for those who are due to break fast around 7 pm every evening. This I understand. Particularly when the ‘Reserved’ sign is placed on the table for all to see.
One day, close to the end of the Ramadan period, I went to one of these restaurants. It was one that I usually frequent and that day I thought that I was lucky to have found a table in the already 95% full shop, unreserved (no Reserve sign on the table). I sat down, placed all my shopping items and umbrella on the chair beside me, rubbed my sore knee and started to search through my phonebook for my husband’s mobile number.
A waiter approached me and said “Miss, this place is already reserved.”
For the love of god, there are two other tables beside my table, and another table in the interior of the shop that are unseated. There were no Reserved signs on the table I was on, and there are plenty of other non-fasting customers in the other tables next to mine. Apart from the apparent humiliation of being rejected from a shop that I patronise, I was in hunger, limping from a knee injury and now have to pack up all my stuff and exit the shop so that they can ‘wait’ for other more ‘worthy’ customers to come by.
I made it clear to him that I was not happy and sighed loudly for all to hear. As I grudgingly pack my stuff to leave, the waiter once again tested my patience.
“You can always come back later, Miss.”
Now wtf would I want to do that?
“No need, no need,” was all I could muster at that moment.
I met up with my husband seconds later outside the shop and as he helped me carry my shopping items (yes, I had quite a few bags with me) I told him what transpired and he himself was upset with the treatment I got. He wanted to go back to the shop and give the waiter a piece of his mind but I told him quite loudly that “if the shop does not want my business, I won’t give it to them”.
I am not unreasonable, and I am fast with my food. I am not one of those people who hogs the table for eternity after the food is all gone. After I’ve taken my fill, I’ll pay and leave for the next batch of customers to occupy the table. Besides, it’s not like there are no other tables left, or that I jumped queue in front of customers who want to break fast in that shop.
And for god’s sakes, I was ‘limping’.
We did not frequent that outlet for three weeks – until I stopped being upset with them.
---
At another place, after my order has been taken by the waitress, I had to wait forever for my food, only to find that the kitchen had not noticed my order. Had I not asked for it, I’d have to wait until the shop closes to be served my order.
Two nights ago, my husband and I went there, and the same thing happened, this time, to my husband. While I was chewing down my food, I’d hear a lot of loud laughter from the counter, fellow workers joking around and giggling amongst each other.
On the table next to mine, I hear the waitress telling the customer that they don’t have the ‘lau shu fen’ tonight, nor do they have the chicken wings, or the 'char sau', or…. (the list goes on). If you don’t have it… why don’t you have it? If it’s on the menu, you should have it, right?
And since they took forever to notice us waving our hands like lunatics to get their attention to get the bill, my husband went to the cashier himself to settle our bill.
Yes, I was also charged 5% there for the service.
---
12 October 2009
Well, lookie h'ere:
Sunday October 11, 2009
WE SHOULD QUESTION SERVICE CHARGE IMPOSITION
MR Gonzales, me no ignore this. Me furious with this. Me smash, me crash... wait a minute, that didn't come out right... ahem.. as this post surely does in every sense of every aspect, I agree with Mr Gonzales.
Recently two incidents happened to me that made me question the validity of this service tax they charge us.
During the month of Ramadan, certain food outlets will allocate seats for those who are due to break fast around 7 pm every evening. This I understand. Particularly when the ‘Reserved’ sign is placed on the table for all to see.
One day, close to the end of the Ramadan period, I went to one of these restaurants. It was one that I usually frequent and that day I thought that I was lucky to have found a table in the already 95% full shop, unreserved (no Reserve sign on the table). I sat down, placed all my shopping items and umbrella on the chair beside me, rubbed my sore knee and started to search through my phonebook for my husband’s mobile number.
A waiter approached me and said “Miss, this place is already reserved.”
For the love of god, there are two other tables beside my table, and another table in the interior of the shop that are unseated. There were no Reserved signs on the table I was on, and there are plenty of other non-fasting customers in the other tables next to mine. Apart from the apparent humiliation of being rejected from a shop that I patronise, I was in hunger, limping from a knee injury and now have to pack up all my stuff and exit the shop so that they can ‘wait’ for other more ‘worthy’ customers to come by.
I made it clear to him that I was not happy and sighed loudly for all to hear. As I grudgingly pack my stuff to leave, the waiter once again tested my patience.
“You can always come back later, Miss.”
Now wtf would I want to do that?
“No need, no need,” was all I could muster at that moment.
I met up with my husband seconds later outside the shop and as he helped me carry my shopping items (yes, I had quite a few bags with me) I told him what transpired and he himself was upset with the treatment I got. He wanted to go back to the shop and give the waiter a piece of his mind but I told him quite loudly that “if the shop does not want my business, I won’t give it to them”.
I am not unreasonable, and I am fast with my food. I am not one of those people who hogs the table for eternity after the food is all gone. After I’ve taken my fill, I’ll pay and leave for the next batch of customers to occupy the table. Besides, it’s not like there are no other tables left, or that I jumped queue in front of customers who want to break fast in that shop.
And for god’s sakes, I was ‘limping’.
We did not frequent that outlet for three weeks – until I stopped being upset with them.
---
At another place, after my order has been taken by the waitress, I had to wait forever for my food, only to find that the kitchen had not noticed my order. Had I not asked for it, I’d have to wait until the shop closes to be served my order.
Two nights ago, my husband and I went there, and the same thing happened, this time, to my husband. While I was chewing down my food, I’d hear a lot of loud laughter from the counter, fellow workers joking around and giggling amongst each other.
On the table next to mine, I hear the waitress telling the customer that they don’t have the ‘lau shu fen’ tonight, nor do they have the chicken wings, or the 'char sau', or…. (the list goes on). If you don’t have it… why don’t you have it? If it’s on the menu, you should have it, right?
And since they took forever to notice us waving our hands like lunatics to get their attention to get the bill, my husband went to the cashier himself to settle our bill.
Yes, I was also charged 5% there for the service.
---
12 October 2009
Well, lookie h'ere:
Sunday October 11, 2009
WE SHOULD QUESTION SERVICE CHARGE IMPOSITION
P. GUNASEGARAN’S commentary, “The truth about service charges” (The Star, Oct 9), should be an eye-opener for all.
Malaysians should voice their concerns over service charge imposed on customers by restaurants, hotels and other retail establishments and most of them do it with no justification whatsoever.
Imposing a service charge is a sinister way of contributing towards the escalation in the price of goods and services. This charge is imposed irrespective of whether a customer can afford it or not. And what is most loathsome is that some retailers have the audacity to impose this “tax” even when the quality of service provided is far from satisfactory.
As accurately pointed out by the writer, most people have the misconception that this is a tax sanctioned by the Government. Can someone let me know under what legislation or by-law is the tax imposed? If there is none, then the onus is on the Government to at once put a stop to this practice.
Even more saddening is the quote by the Secretary of the Domestic Trade, Consumerism and Cooperative Ministry on service charge that “It is not regulated by any Government agency, and as to whether it is legal or not requires a study”.
The imposition of service charge inevitably impacts upon every strata of society. When the prices of goods and services are already high do we need to burden the consumers more? What surprises even more is that consumer associations are oblivious to or are ignoring this crucial issue affecting Malaysians.
JAMES GONZALES,
Kuala Lumpur.
MR Gonzales, me no ignore this. Me furious with this. Me smash, me crash... wait a minute, that didn't come out right... ahem.. as this post surely does in every sense of every aspect, I agree with Mr Gonzales.
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