Karaoke Nite

After 1 month of work (more like lepaking and having fun!) we celebrate! How? Makan lah.. Apa lagi?? It was the celebration of our 1st month in Bernama as a team, 939 team. We had a little party at the office, had Domino's, cakes and keropok lekor (what a weird combination!). And then, at 6pm, after work, we clocked out... It's Karaoke session!!!

Karaoke is my fave past time =) Tonight was karaoke night with fellow colleagues. Boss belanja. Apparently most of my colleagues can sing.. very well in fact. Like WOW!!! Even Mr. R sang soooooo fantasticly! All these people can be singers la.. I belted out a few songs too. My 1st public debut to my fellow colleagues was singing to Jaclyn Victor's "Gemilang". Wah, quite berdebar la, 20 eyes looking at me. Hahaha.. Manage to pull it of quite ok lah. Hehe.. My colleagues were cheering behind me. Then we sang in groups "Teman Tapi Mesra" by Ratu and "Berdua Dengan Mu" by Acha and finally my finale song for the night was a duet song "When I Fall In Love" by Nat King Cole, with Mr. R! Waaaaah.. Like so romantic. I meant the song, okay.. I

was quite hesitant at first, shy la.. But I knew I wanted a duet with him since he can sing oh soooooo well. Lo and behold it was superbly FUN =) And to top it off, many people say I sang very well too. Even Mr. R pun ter-kezut kot. Wah perasan-nya aku! So here's a note to self: one who is hesitant is lost. So, JUST DO IT! Malaysian Idol... Here I come!!! Haha, dream on!

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THE=thuh

I'm still very much traumatized by Mr. R yesterday. No, not about my weight issue, but my terrible English! All my life I thought I was right, that my pronunciation was flawless, and some people even said I spoke good English (this came from an Aussie guy ok, who was surprised that I spoke good English,NOT I, but he said it..). After yesterday, I suddenly became STUPID. MUET band 5 can flush down the drain already =( "Pronunciation salah dik.." "You have a major problem with diction.." So here goes.. The correct way of pronouncing them. I better remember all this and improve or DIE!!!

the = before a consonant thuh; before a vowel thee
negotiation = ni-goh-shee-ey-shuhn (hmm, tricky..)
motor = moh-ter
caucus = kaw-kuhs (usually a meeting of party leaders)
Wednesday = wenz-dey (huge mistake when pronounced Wed-nes-day. It's wrong!)
development = di-vel-uhp-muhnt
entrepreneur = ahn-truh-pruh-nur, -noor

says = sez

said = sed

Sigh, there's much much more...

Have I forgotten something else quite important? Oh yeah, dipthongs.. Nope not G-string, not beach thongs/slipper Jepun, etc.. It's dipthongs = dif-thawng. What's that? Its Phonetics. An unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying continuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single sound or phoneme and identified by its apparent beginning and ending sound, as the oi-sound of toy or boil. E.g. law and order read as lor endorder.

Practise makes perfect. Better be stupid and learn NOW than never!!!

Memories of Putra FM

As I was browsing through a friend's friend's Friendster, I came across my old dj friend's page and he still kept our picture together when we were still djs back then in Putra FM. Auwww.... Which led me to go scavenger for more old school pictures of my dj days in uni. For rememberance sake. Ahh... I will never forget those moments =)




Auww... happy moments together. Clockwise standing from behind: Illis, Ezone, Ben, Norma, Rashid, Edward and myself in the recording room.




Our retreat to Janda Baik at Bentong, Pahang. Memang baik punya la... All posing at the FBMK stairs, before leaving for camp. Notice cool people are in RED. Including me! Hahaha...



A group picture with Kak Sal. One of our speakers in the camp.

Another group picture with En. Zainal. All smiles =)

Camp's over, time to head home. One more group picture, please! Ever ready POSERS!!!

The boys. Auww so cute la...

On one of our roadshows, it was when KRU came to UPM!!!!! Not that I'm a big fan. Hehe...

Another roadshowwith my sifu, Victor on the microphone. Look at the expression on my face. Gosh, what was I doing??? Kissing?? Pouting??? Gee.. I dunno...

My work place. Looks can be decieving. It's actually very veeeerrrrrrryyy COLD. Freezing cold. Brrrrrrr.....

Putra FM, loved every moment of working there and with the people there. Guys, thanks for all the great times we spent together =)

Mr. R: "You gotta loose some weight..."

Oh. My. Gawd...

Can you believe it? I could not believe my ears when Mr. R said I have to loose some weight first when I told him today that my dream is to be a newscaster on TV. Well so what?? Everyone can dream... He just gave me the weird look and said: "You gotta loose a few pounds first..." OUCH!!! The rest of what he said, I do not wish to disclose here. It's too gruesome and heart breaking =( If he wasn't Mr. R, and not the expert in the field, I would have told him off or worst slap him upside down. But come to think about it he's right. But it's unfair la... I told him that, "and how come you don't have to loose weight???" Men, they are not judge as much as women on TV. He said TV is very cruel. If they're just looking for looks and depriving people who are really capable, then yes they are. But then again, it's TV, looks DO matter. It's the whole package. Well probably TV's not for me then? What kind of message does the media want to send to the society?

Big boobs? Big ass? Big hair? Big dreams is all I got =P

Mr. R word of advice was, "remember to keep you feet on the ground, but never stop reaching for the stars.."

Ok that advice was for something else.

Anyway...

But then again, what is beauty? Can somebody tell me? To me: Beauty is skin deep. I thought I was beautiful, but just today somebody asked me to loose some weight, cut my hair, change my glasses, shape my brows, and make me up in a way that my face looks sharper because apparently I have a fat face too. Wah, TV is very very cruel... *sob sob* Just look at the people on TV. Newcaster/TV hosts. You can hardly find an ugly host/newscaster. Especially TV hosts who with Pan-Asian's looks. They aren't necessarily fantastic at what they do either. So what exactly it takes to be a newscaster? My only chance now would be on radio, only heard and not seen =) Hope it'll work for me...

Haha, that is, however another story of it's own. Today we had one-on-one training session. After almost 2 hours of sitting with Mr. R, I felt sooooooooo STUPID. The English which I very proudly speak every single day of my life, which I thought I knew it all (all this time, all this while emceeing and deejaying in English, my English) suddenly became an alien language all together. Nobody has ever pointed to me till this day. And then there was dipthongs. What's that??? I was thinking some latest line of G-string or beach thongs. My problem was DICTION. I can't pronounce certain English words correctly, in fact most of them. And I have a tendency to roll my tongue =P I was adviced to go home to learn up my ABCs and 123s. How embarassing!!! The real/proper English in news reading is different, though it sound oh so natural, but trust me it's different, and you can't just simply pronounce 'em words as you like otherwise you'll be banned from going on air... Like me =(

Oh please don't give up on me...

So again, we were treated to tea break today. This time it's mee goreng, instead of bihun goreng. Haha, with teh tarik of course. My God. Asyik makan aje, sejak start kerja nie... I told my boss, every since I entered the company; BESSAR, I sudah bertambah-tambah "BESAR". I complained to Mr. R, if we continue doing this (non-stop makan), how on earth can I loose weight??? Gosh, the temptation, plus it's FREE!!! He told me not to eat and excersice instead, and then he nicely whacking there. Adoi... Felt guilty after that, the moment I reached home I took the skipping rope and skipped a hundred times. Not to mention my feet still hurts from wearing heels to work. OUCH!!!

God, please help me to loose weight. So that I don't have to be a newscaster, I can be a supermodel instead. Hahahaha... In my dreams la, and in your dreams as well =P

Well, other than the reality shock I got from work today, my day at work was unbelievibly BORING. Doing NOTHING. It felt like a cyber cafe because we were at the computer room most of the time and my colleagues were surfing the internet, chatting away on msn/ym and playing musics. Well aparently our equipments are not ready yet and so are our real chic office upstairs (still under construction: coming soon). So at the moment we're left on our own, which I find so un-productive. Suddenly today I felt no mood for karaoke this Thursday because don't feel like I have achieved anything worth celebrating. No seriously. So am hoping for a more productive day tommorow.

Hmm, now what should I wear to work tommorow...???

Something black to "make me look slimmy"?

A walk down memory lane: Campus life: Part 1

When asked what is the most memorable experience in life, I would say campus life! Now that my campus life has come to an end (gosh,can't believe it's over, time really flies..), and a new transition in life i.e, the working world, I'd like to take a moment to reflect on my 3 amazing years in UPM and hopefully cherish till I die (wah,sounds so morbid). Sheesh.
So anyway, here goes...

3 years.
Of my life.
My campus life.
Simply loved it!

Well the truth is, that wasn't exactly on my mind during my 1st year as a freshman. My 1st year was tough. I guess I took that long to adapt myself to "campus life". 1 year man, can you believe it?? My campus life was filled with ups and down, well more of downs during my 1st year. I hated campus life then, I hated my college where I was staying, I hated orientations, I hated my course, I hated everything and I just wanted to go home where everthing is safe and sound and where comfort surrounds me. Let's just say home is my comfort zone. It is still now. Ahh.. home sweet home =) So, during my 1st year, every single week without fail I would go back home, not that it's that far anyway, ala Klang je.

I was the president of PBSM back then; Persatuan Balik Setiap Minggu (PBSM). At that moment, I was a victim of circumstances: I had family crisis back home and I had to adapt to uni life, which was very very new to me. So there was this 2 strong waves coming at my way, and it came crashing down on me. I crumbled. I always thought I would adapt well in a new environment, as compared to my other friend who has never left home, leaving for university same time as me, she actually did better than me. Well teory proven wrong. The cheerful girl who I was, with great charisma, with many friends and who's happy-go-lucky back in school suddenly became a recluse. I cried a lot too.. Especially in my first few weeks, in the shower. I just felt so alone and depressed. Every morning I pleaded to God to give me the strength to go on. Imagine every week I go to campus, facing all things new and going back home in the weekends facing all things bitter. And it hurts. It really hurt. Not helping was my inability to converse in Mandarin. Yeap, I am what people call a BANANA. Yellow in the outside, white in the inside. So I didn't speak much, so much so people think I'm stuck up which actually I'm not. I hated my course too: Chemistry till the extend to wanting to change course. Every day, I asked myself, "What am I doing here?", "What on earth is the lecturer saying?" It was as if he was speaking in a alien language which I could not understand. It was that bad. And I just couldn't help imagining "What if I was studying mass comm instead of Chemistry, it'll be much more fun and I know for sure I will do well in all the subjects". What if... So I thought.

Well my 1st year wasn't all that bad la.

I just kept holding on to God, knowing that He has a plan for me and He will guide me through. Ever since day 1, my mission in campus was: I'm here to learn, NOT to study. Haha, maybe it's also a lame excuse because can't get good grades either. Haha, no really, I was there to learn, from experience. Campus life experience. My 1st mission is to explore and find out what interest me the most. Where does my passion lies? What can I learn from campus life has to offer?

Thank God, I finally found my family in campus, in Christian Fellowship, in Ikatan Kristian, IK. A place where I felt belong.. Our cell group, Rose of Sharon, just felt so right. There was such great bond and so much laughter (non-stop) and they had been my support group since then. Till now we're still such great friends. Thank you for all the great times we had together, cracking jokes, fellowshiping, makan-ing, and encouraging one another. Weng Yan, Ai Lyn, Michelle, and Caroline, you guys are like my sisters, I'll never forget you! When everything around me felt so wrong, CG was the only thing that felt soooooo right =)

I started to find other things that makes me feel good. No, not drugs. In my struggle to keep my head up in the waves of Chemistry which I soooo do not like (yuck!), suddenly it was as if it was a sign from God. I saw an advertisement stuck somewhere, where I don't usually pass by,and it says "Audition for DJ in Putra FM" and the closing date was the day after tommorow. I only had tommorow to audition. The moment I saw the ad, I told myself, I have to do this! I just have to. I must. And from that moment, the rest is history. A good one. I found my passion, in dj-ying. I had slots every week. I did English segments, talking, went on air, played songs and music which I love, learning all the buttons and feddles. So it was something I look forward to every week. We were even treated to a retreat/camp. I was thinking: free trip. Yay! Never will I forget also are my fellow djs and senior djs who partnered with me, teached me and guided me. Thanks to Victor who was my sifu, Ezone (annoying cos people thinks he's hot and he thinks he's hot. Haha) Neverthelest, he's my dj partner and happen to be also my labmate when came 3rd year. Maybe he digs me. Haha perasan, who am I kidding??

Sigh 1 year dj experience in Putra FM...

I just love very moment of it =)

For the record, I only dj-ed in my 1st year, and 1 more semester during my early 2nd year. Due to political reasons. Haha. It was time to try new things.

FYI: Me thinks it was probably my experience as a dj in Putra FM that got me the job now, in an upcoming news radio station (stay tuned!). Good Lord, now everyone at work calls me Sunshine (which was also my dj name: DJ Sunshine).

Aiyo..

*to be continued...*

A start of something new..

Well since I'm already in the business of writing/journalism, an appropriate blogspot is just what I needed and yes to practise my written "England". Bah! But gosh it me took soooooo long to set up this damn blog space. Yes, yes I admit I'm a comp idiot. I even had a previous blog post about how much I hated blogging, what not setting up a decent blogspace. I was so caught up with the details, trying to set up a really cool one and I can never be satisfied with it and so I gave up in the first few attempts. Sheesh. But anyway, this would be a start of something new....

So what's new? Journalism is.. to me.

So here I am, being a science student ALL my life, after just spending the last 3 years of my life in uni, studying and majoring in Chemistry (gosh,can't believe I survived it!) and now I'm all new and fresh embarking on a journey of self-discovering in a national news agency! Everyone had the same expression when was told that I'm a chemist, their shocked eyes go wide open and they would ask "why?". Haha. I just tell them I had no chemistry with chemistry, that's all. And my passion is actually in the media.. communications. I love talking and using my voice, so I hope I can explore more of what else I can do in the radio station. We're working on launching the first ever all news radio station, and I'm so glad and honoured to be part of it. Pioneer group bah.. My colleagues are nice, my boss is such a nice man, we all love him. And boy, every since I started work 3 weeks ago, our working culture is makan, makan, makan.. Morning break, lunch break, tea break (sometimes it's even free; our official food is fried bihun and tea)! Thanks Pak Openg =) They really take care of us la.. Maybe they're feeding us now so that they'll slaughter/squeeze us out later! Haha.

Currently we're still training, and the best part was all the field trips ever since day one! We've been to other radio stations, courts, and even went camping! Boy it was fun =) For now... Real work has not yet begun, so enjoy while we can!

There was visitation to the Palace Of Justice and it was also my first time listening in to a court hearing~witnessing NOT testifying, accused or whatever ok. I'm innocent!

Then there was team building in Agropark. Great time splashing in the "teh tarik" river water!

And of course new friends made =) We even have guests who comes to visit us to share their experiences in their fields. My fave was when Adrian Seet came to visit. He's the newcaster for TV2. Gosh he's such a pretty boy!

Hehe, here comes the naughty part. As a journalist, you're supposed to ask questions. So i believe that if the person is HOT, all the more reason to ask.. A LOT *grinning* Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Suria FM, Engku Emran. Eligible bachelor; young, rich, cool and oh so cute. Of mixed parentage: Malay+Chinese+Indian. I should have asked for his number as well. Dang!

Oh well, one thing's for sure ain't new. The MAN-HUNT! Hahaha.. Here's to interviewing more hot guys in the future. And to whatever Bernama has to offer me. I'll take on this journey with much pride and integrity (wah).

Oh yeah our training will be coming to an end real soon. The graduation day, would be karaoke-ing this Thursday, our boss belanja-ing us. Heheh. I found out many of my colleagues also loves singing and not to mention posing for pictures! Hah! So here's to a start of something new. Cheers!