11th June - After having my lunch with my aunt this noon, and something INTERESTING i did today was .... I've been took by my friend for a " Day trip " to KL ... we started our journey at around 2.30pm ... reach there around 4 or 5 plus... can't remember ... at first i was wondering why my friend " Joyce " have a sudden to go KL .... after realized that ... she wants to go KL because she want to pass something for her BF ... besides ... we also chat quite a lot of stuffs while we're in the journey back .... although we didn't buy anything from this trip ... just have some window shopping. but with this trip ... I'm finally get to know more about my friend Joyce ... she shared a lot of her life experience, tears while telling the story, I found that she's really tough, kind of " SUPER WOMAN " for me, i respect every decision she made...neway ... happy that I've her as my friend .... support her and wish that she could has a wonderful life coming in the future, nice trip =)

12th June - After i wake up from my dreamland .... finally got the mood to write my Resume for MAS, although i didn't completed the resume yet ... due to some of the information still don't know how to fill up ... like date of Graduation =s " have no idea when " !!! while writing my resume i got serious flu for the whole afternoon but thx god after i ate 2 oranges then i get better, also ... after finish up my resume... i was received a call from my Manager which she told me that I'm late to work !! .... cause i remember the wrong schedule, but Manager didn't scolded me, yet asked me why ?? I told her that because i memorize the wrong time for clock in... it was 20 min late when i reach there, i felt sorry to her, but she didn't angry on me still she shared some of her experience on how to over take this, corrected me, she's really a good manager i can said =), also she's good on observing everything haha... good or bad nothing can hide beyond her eyes view!! i still remember there's one day i do closing, there's just a tiny little " Dirt " she also can observe that !!! but of coures she's not only observe on something bad, like today she know that i caught cold or not feeling well before i telling her anything, yet asked other partner to warm up the air-con ... then asked me why i looks blur for today, then i told her that i got flue this noon ... then she asked me to go home and rest early =), really appreciate it I've got such a manager ... thankful =)

Photo of my Manager in white shirt and my lovely partner " Siti " with the new Summer Straw hat XD



13th June - Being force to wake up by my father this morning !! cause his friend had came to Ipoh ... so have to show up myself in front of his friend and accompany them for trip in Ipoh and also eat with them, this is not the first time they came actually ... but what's different was aa....this time his friend was looking for " FRESH " fish meat porridge !! first of all i thought it was just a normal Fish Porridge we used to eat everywhere "鱼片粥"? ... but not !! what i mean is " RAW " "生鱼粥" !! they serve it raw without cook the fish meat like what we eat in Sushi Shop @_@ ... personally i like Sushi a lot i do like Salmon fish eat it RAW... but this RAW fish's meat ... I'm not sure what kind of fish they eat actually =s though my father and his friend really enjoyed the porridge by dipping the raw fish meat eat together with the porridge... for me is damn disgusting -_- ! cause i can see the fish's meat fresh blood was streaming out ! i was like OMG !? can this thing be EATEN ? some more the " Fishy + bloody smell "...just forget about it -__- lucky they serve the normal fish porridge there.... so i just take the normal fish porridge that's it =s ...


After the breakfast in Kampar then we went back to Ipoh again... after that father took them to visit a Guan Ying cave near around Gunung Rapat .... there's nothing special for me ... cause this is not the first time I'm being there ... but i take out my patience to accompany them for a walk there.... treated myself as like the first visit here -___- ....

OK !! after I've bee force to wake up by my father and went to kampar for breafast + strolled in Guang Ying Cave... finally !! i got something RETURN for my " LUNCH " !! wakaka !! my father's friend wanted to go somewhere to eat Prawn, then he said want to go " Pusing Mun Cheong Restaurant ", so I've my lunch there with them, he ordered 3 plate of dishes ... their famous dish " Ginger Leek Venison 姜葱鹿肉 " follow by a Vege and the " MAIN " dish !!! " Fresh Water Shrimp 淡水大头虾 " ! ... look at the picture below and u can see haha XD ... It's AWESOME DELICIOUS !!!


3 Dishes that we ate for Lunch, and of course the Fresh Water Shrimp !!


It cost about RM 40 ++ EACH for this Fresh Water Shrimp !!! so... that's quite a LUXURIOUS lunch for me hahah XD worth for waking up early in the morning and everything hahahah XD


14th June - Store having "Spring Cleaning"!! This will happen once in every few month... " Gotong-Royong / 打扫除 " for the store =) ... since this is my first time being in part of this Spring cleaning... so decided to take down some photos .... also my dears Birthday !! Siti bday !! haha ... so its good to memorize all these in photo =D ...


Taadaa ~~ Everyone busying on their work but I'm taking photo everywhere XD ...



Cake that i bought for Siti =D ... its a Chocolate Cheese Cake =)

Super tired for today.... cause wake up 7am and ended up work + cleaning + celebration was about 3am only i can sleep hahah XD .... nice memorable day =)

Diary of May...

It's been so fast that now had gone through to the Mid year of 2009, also...i have been working in Starbucks for 2 month ago now XD ... as the mistake i make for now cannot consider as a " NEW PARTNER MISTAKE " anymore .... so no excuse for me hehe... but so far i work there really happy =) , I've got a bunch of great partners which like a big family there .... enjoy very much for every single moment being there ... I've even make quite a number of friends here which they were the regular customer for our store, used to visit our store quite often. Once again ... Thanks Starbucks Ipoh has gave me such a wonderful place to work for ... and wonderful experiences I have got in my life =) Love all my Partners =)

What had happened for May was aa.... quite Happy and also " Bankrupt " !! had some Birthday Celebration with 3 of my friends ... Darren , Bou and Theng .... the pity of myself shared the present with all my friends ... but cannot get back the exact amount =s .... also my Laptop adaptor been broken... get another new 1 which cost me
100 bucks ++ .... a new Japanese Conversation Class had just Started which cost me another 100 bucks ++ sigh .... really bankrupt this month hoho ...

So, forget about all those financial stuffs... there's also something interesting in this month... It wont be all the while in unhappy and sad isn't it ? =)... Look at the Picture below

that's a Boeing 747 Model !! yea XD ... this thing been made me really really jumping in the heaven haha .... actually it's an really old thing, since last time my parents and me went for trip they got this on the flight ... actually it has 2 of this flight model ... but another 1 maybe i have broke it when i was young @_@ ... cause i still can remember that last time i got one, but i never appreciate it when i was a KID !!! treat it like a toy =s ... and has no idea where i thrown it XD ... lucky there's still 1 Boeing 747 model !! i love 747 very much ... that's why I'm happy with this model !!

Model done in the date of 29th May 09

Photo that i captured in Sunway Lost World Of Tambun


Besides, still I've got a 1 day trip in Sunway Lost World of Tambun ... although there's a place which is kind of boring for Ipoh fella.... but ... whenever u go this place with a bunch of peoples .... put fully of yourself in this place ... it might be a different story. I went there with a few of my friends, yet got discount !! cause i follow the group of a design college " ERA Technology " got student discount ! so just paid 15 bucks i can got in and play for whole day .... really enjoy the place ... Hot Sun, crowded peoples, get to know another bunch of friends in this trip .... but didn't really take any photos there ... too bad...

The Only Group Photo in sunway finally upload now haha ... hopefully it's not too late =) ... but don't think there's people will notice that ;D




In 2nd of June - Attended myself for the first meeting in Starbucks ... that's the first time i attend the meeting ... so I've no idea how it works, I did asked Siti what should i wear for this meeting ... at first i thought its a Formal kind of meeting ... so must wear uniform for the meeting ... but It's not ... i chooses myself a casual wear to attend the meeting. I forgot to bring a notebook which its compulsory to bring some paper or so to copy down something we discuss there because of the meeting, our Manager Carene might ask some question about it !! ... so must pay attention while meeting haha ... It's consider a half formal kind of meeting, we seated down in Starbucks and discussed about some New coming promotion or cleaning task, and also some new Recipe for the drinks ... Before the meeting ... we did have some time to do " Coffee Tasting " yea !! that's the benefit to be a Barista !! can taste out all the coffee in Starbucks ... for this day we tried coffee " Verona " Firhad was the one who conducted for this coffee and this coffee will be selling for this month ... so after we all tried out ... have to take note for this coffee ... so when customer ask for it ... we could explain to them how the taste of this coffee is ...

that's how coffee tasting conducted ... prepare coffee in the coffee press and serve... after tasting out the coffee the Cups was given to every partners !! so next time whenever there is coffee tasting... we will use back our own cup with our name on the cup =D



Coffee of the month.... every month for every barista will get 1 pack of whole bean Coffee !! that's 2 of it so far i got it from store =D ... but don't really know how to explain and taste out the coffee yet haha .... have to take time =) doing my Coffee Passport right now... learning =)





Has Been Typing so much here haha .... to be continue next time...
ENJOY LIFE , ENJOY DREAM , ACHIEVE DREAM , MAKE IT DREAM COME TRUE ....

Tumbler or Cup ? ... ;)

Share Some pictures of my LOVELY Tumbler which i bought from my Store "FINALLY " =D ... a " Cup " look Tumbler !? look at photo below that I've captured with my phone :) .... i love this tumbler very much ~ though some of the peoples might said " a stupid design " which no different with other " CUPS " in Starbucks ... as for me XD its a very cute + special design =) ...the first time i saw this cup was the time I'm training in Cameron Highland, a New partner " Ken " who had the same class with me ... that time I'm curious with the cup which he was holding on... i was like ... hmm why the cup looks so different .... so then i try to hold the cup with my hand... but something surprised me was the cup was " HARD " @_@ not the softy kind of Cup that served to the customer.... so then i take a look properly this time and then i only notice that !! that was a " TUMBLER " .... for the moment i looked at it ... I've already Fall on this Tumbler ... but unfortunately ... its out of stock in Cameron Branch for that time... but i kept looking for this tumbler after i back to Ipoh, even i asked my friend to look for me in KL Branch as well ... but they couldn't find any of it... and finally ~ few days ago while our store doing Re-stock ... i heard they have a new Tumbler ... and i immediately check out in BOH !! and i were so happy to see the TUMBLER that i want is finally came to our store !! but just only 4 are available .... without hesitating ... i immediately booked down 2 of it from manager Carene ... actually i want 4 of it ... cause cousin birthday another 1 to give my friend which i promised to get for her .... but Manager not allowed me to get 4 ... so only can get 2 after all ... so ~ LOOK AT THE PICTURE below =D ... i like it very much =D Love This Tumbler :) ...



Closer View =)


With the Markup boxes ... Exactly the same with the S'bux Cup ...


Spinning Lid to lock... so your drink wont float out when you keep inside the bag ...


Shiny Thick Plastic !! not the Softy Cup Plastic !



At last ... The Logo =) ...


P/S : If u Purchase drinks in Starbucks with " TUMBLER " you'll get RM2 off !! so this the tumbler ! as well as the CUP !! Enjoy ^^ ...

Life + Starbucks =)

It's 6.30am now.... cant fall to sleep after i awake from my dreamland =s ... so then finally make up my mind to write up my blog XD ... cause its been almost 1 month ++ never update my blog and plus didn't visit some of my fav blogger's blog...

So what I'm doing for the whole month lately ? XD ... i couldn't write out all here ... cause that's a lot for me to put here XD if i really do so @_@ this entry might full of WORDS again XD ....

It's been 1 month ++ I've working in Starbucks, yet that's also one of the reason why i didn't post up my blog as well ... after I've work... I'm become slothful =s ... not only didn't update my blog but also didn't go work out in Gym lately =s i paid for the Gym Fees but attended myself just 4 days for the whole month XD ... totally wasted =( .... still in thinking whether i should continue or not though ... because of working schedule, so I have to sacrifice my time for it, sometimes friend who ask me out for tea at night as well, therefore... not much time left for me to do my stuff~ sigh ... Nevertheless .... i still love my job very well =)

There's so many peoples ask me about my job, whether is a good place to work / fun or not .... the answer / feedback from me would be definitely a big " YES " XD ... i enjoy very much on working in Starbucks ... yet i love all my partners/Manager/Shift Supervisor =) i get to learn a lot of things from here ... a lot peoples thought that a Barista is a job which nothing different with a waiter job ?? ... but well ... the answer would be totally wrong if u think like this XD ... Barista is a Multi-tasking job, which not just serve peoples with drinks, yet we also take the roll to communicate with our Customer, get the opportunity to learn / taste the World Best Coffee Bean / Coffee Knowledge, and might as well can learn the so call " Legendary Service " from Starbucks. Of course there's much more I've learnt other than the above I've mentioned =) ... That's why i always felt Lucky to be one of the member in Starbucks =)

So What happen for this month was aaa ... yea of course for a newbie ... must have a lot of " MISTAKE " 1 lor XD ... last time I've mentioned that i burn a croissant... but now ... not just a croissant anymore hahaha... Some common mistake from me " wrong drinks " , " wrong ingredient for the drinks " , " key in the wrong items for the Counter Machine " POS " , " Wrong call up drinks "..... those are the common mistake i always did, but of course now ... getting better =) trouble is getting less ... but still sometimes there's still a possibility I'll do something wrong again ? who knows ? haha... but yea human being is like that ... learn from the mistake =) also ... have to say Thanks again for Starbucks ... cause Starbucks culture ... they will not scold / blame their partners =) that's one of the Pros to work in Starbucks as well XD cause u can get to learn things without Stress like others Restaurant does ... Manager scold their staff in front of Customers... this will never happen in Starbucks for sure =) That's why you can really enjoy working in Starbucks.

Lastly, since so many peoples asked me about " Where's my uniform " Pict ... so I'm gonna post up here =) ... Thx " Jill " ex-partner who work in Starbucks before took the photo for me =)... glad to meet you & "Asrul" the supervisor in taiping branch XD ...


Apron + Cap + Me



Steaming Milk !! =D ...




Partners and me ^^... - Carene our Store Manager.. she's a friendly + fun manager =) look at her emotion she made =P haha... this Pict I'm the Camera man... but wish to be there... so added myself in the photo =)





Partners + me 2 Shazry - Shift Supervisor, the one who prepare our roaster every week =D



for more photos please check out in my facebook =)

Ps: Recently listened to " Secondhand Serenade " song ... indulge on his song though his popular since last year ? but now only found out his songs are so so nice =)


Share a Quote here which boost me up
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Behind every success is ambition.
Behind every ambition is effort.
Behind every effort is someone who's willing to try.
Strive and hope for the best.
Realise your dreams.......


nice ? XD .... well I'll strive for my dream =) Cheer up everyone .. as well for myself...

First Day as a Barista and Training Programe in Cameron...

It's been so many days i didn't put upload my blog !!! know what? cause my training date had been suddenly changed to 14th of April, so without spending much of the time, in the next day after I've done my first closing and i leave Ipoh on the next day. I didn't brought my laptop for the training, so i couldn't update my blog in Cameron sadly... But well, after I've finish up the Starbucks training, I get to learnt a lot of things and get to know a lot of Partners.

I still remember for the first day i being in Ipoh Starbucks, i was late @_@ !! cause i never expected that IPOH had Jamming in the morning -__- due to everyone were going to work as well... actually not late but just i reach there on time... the exactly time. Being a barista especially the one to do Opening cannot be reach on time or late ... but the first day i reach there on 8.30am... which the Shift Manager there " Shazry " told me that i reach there on time ... and asked me not to do it again. After that, i get to know " Sook Kuan " according to the information from other partners She's the most senior barista in ipoh branch Starbucks, also she's an Ex-Supervisor here, i was lucky because she's the first partner who thaught me everything about Opening. There's quite a lot of thing I have to remember for opening, from the Bar station to outside of the shop till the BOH " Back of house " a place where we put foods and stocks, all of it is actually have to done by 1 Opening Parter only him/herself...

After set up everything for Opening, then started my work... due to I'm the new partner there and this my first job... so i didn't know anything about Customer Service or the F & B, so I've to learn all these thing from today. I've to memorize the Foods' name in the Pastry Case and also the drinks' name on the menu Board. For the first day i worked at here.. i gave myself 80% out of 100% .... why 80%? haha... cause the first day I've made some mistake, i reach the store not in a proper time and i burn a " Croissant " !! haha....well it just the wrong step i heat up the croissant, so i burn the croissant into a Dark Ash, LOL.... but lucky that i didn't get scold from either sook kuan or Shazry ... but they helped to figure out my problem and teach me again, which i felt they are friendly and willing to teach me ...

So that was my first day experience in Starbucks, after that i get to know all the partners in Ipoh Strabucks, " Carene - my store manager , Siti - the second person who do opening with me, Suba - a funny indian girl, Firhad - Malay + Chinese Mix, Khevin - The one who always do Clossing, Thilaga - The second Shift Supervisor, GOH - one who taught me for clossing and Nomi - she is Siti's cousin ". Total of 10 partnes in Ipoh which i get to know them on last week.


On Sunday, I received a call from Thila, she told me that my Training have changed to 14th !! which means the next 2 days I've to go for training in Cameron, so i was busy for preparing on going there.... and 14th ~ 17th i were having my training on Cameron branch. Within 2 days of training over there, i get to know another gang of partners =D ... Kurma, Terranec, Ken, Rozen, Nick, Fara, Izwan, Boey and Sarika !! all of them were so so friendly to me, and happy to know all of them and a great experience in Cameron Branch =) although it just shortly of 2 days in Cameron but I'm real happy XD, Ken and Rozen were the 2 new Barista who had the class training together with me, we spent most of the time together in the class XD ... Kumar the Coffee Master, the one who gave lecture in the class, although i didn't saw his Black Apron, but he seems really pro on making coffee and he know a lot about coffee.




This (BTB) " Barista Training Book " all the barista has to complete it within 1 month... see how thick for this book !!! total of 18 Chapters !! more than 400 pages

we used 2 days in Cameron Training, from 10am ~ 6pm the class, to complete 4 chapters below.

-Creating Starbucks Experience
-Communicating About Coffee
-Art of Espresso
- Service at Starbucks

That's the 4 chapters I've completed so far... the rest of it have to complete that in own store within 1 month !! ... like assignment !! XD...






This BTB is not mine, my BTB still haven't get it yet.... maybe I'll get the latest version and not like this =) this 1 is temporally i borrowed from my partner Firhad for my training classes in Cameron use...

Member of the team - STARBUCKS

3th Apr - Today I've went to Starbucks to grab my uniform ... but i got things which not just a UNIFORM ... i got bunch of items like those I've captured on the pictures below =D... by next Monday will be start working ... morning shift =) and training will be on next week as well ^^ kind of happy when i received all these thing =D i can feel that I'm now a team member for Starbucks a " Barista " =D


Green Apron =D , Polo-T, Cap, few manuals, books =) also a name tag but i guess they forgot to give me =)




Coffee Passport is a mini notebook which inside got a lot of information about coffee from everywhere every country, I've did a little research about this, as a Barista in Starbucks, this book is use for record every coffee u have tasted, once u have complete tasted & recorded the taste of all the coffee, u would given a chance to take the Coffee Master Program and take the assessment to earn the "Black apron"!!

Whereas The Green Apron Book, It outlines the values, purpose, mission, and guiding principles of the Starbucks organization and also some interesting art pictures. For every Batista in Starbucks would have 1 of it ...




Inside of the " Coffee Passport " ...



Inside of the " Green Apron Book "...






Both of these book were the NEW PARTNER KIT, it contains all of the important employment related information that a new member needs to know. It also includes procedures that need to be followed by all the other partners, general information about pay and benefits sort of things =D.







Last but not least, Thx Starbucks once again for choosing me, I'll cheer up on working there !! although this is my first ever job XD !! here i come " STARBUCKS " !!!

Sosial Online Game ...

Recently been busy on doing my report ..gotta rush my report before i go for training... this afternoon been called to starbucks and asked about the hotel location for my training... but the store master Cerine told me that location been changed not KL anymore, now been switch to CAMERON HIGHLAND and the date postpone next week =s ...so i got to work on monday first .... next week ony training =) this friday gotta take my uniform ^^" so before i go for working.. hopefully i can finish up my report... so then i can work happily without worry on my report =)

Well, recently i also busy on playing some Sosial Online Game ... what is those " Sosial Online Game " ? ... is actually the game from facebook which allow u to play online with ur buddy ... u don' really need to play much ... just online for certain time and play for awhile ... then u can continue ur work =D ...its really good especially for me !!! XD cause even though im addicted on it .... but still they will run the game their own =) those are the game i played recently " PET SOCIETY, FARM TOWN & the latest game from playfish " RESTAURANT CITY " << got addicted XD...

RESTAURANT CITY :

Exterior of the game of " RESTAUANT CITY "






Interior ... so far still has no $$ to upgrade yet XD ...

FARM TOWN :

flower shape for the farm XD ....




Little Heart shape ... my first art piece on farm !! =D

PET SOCIETY :

well too many hacker on this game... and now been not really active edi =) but still i log in sometimes XD....





All these my favourite now !! XD will log in quite often for relax while doing my report and also keep in touch with my friend on Facebook !! its cool ~~ try it out ^_^ "

A New Day Has Come ...

Its been so many years i sticked my favourite " FINAL FANTASY " posters in my room... and now finally i've decided to take down all of it ... cause my life is no longer in Virtual anymore ... few years before i've been putting myself in Online Game for so many years ago .... played from day till night ... a fully " OTAKU lifestyle " been finally away from it =) ... I am back to reality now =) eveything i did and do for now ... no longer is a REALITY to me =) ... so is time to say good bye to the world of FANTASY =) although i know fantasy so much better than reality ... but still i should face the real world =D ... Bye Fantasy =).

Here I Come The Reality !!!









NOW YOU SEE !! NOW YOU DON'T !! =)







FACE THE REALITY NOW =)

I'm a " Barista " NOW !!! =D

For so many days i've been waiting their call and finally, this morning, while i was watching the drama " Triumph In The Skies " in epi 7, everyone of them in the drama was getting their job to be a Pilot. Suddenly, i received a call from starbucks .... and guess what ? ...." Congratulations Mr.Ivan, u've been selected as a Barista in Starbucks !! " i was like " YEAH " i made it ... they hire me as a Barista =D for that moment i'm quite happy with it !! cause i did it for the interview !!! .... so what happen for the next is ... i'll be sending to KL next month for 2 days for a Barista Training ... i'll learn and get the knowledge of how to blend coffee , brew coffee and all =D !! so i am so exiting now !! because im the choosen one !! THX =D can't wait to go for the training next month =) while in the training .... they provide hotel for us as well for 2 nights in Time Square Hotel =D .... so well i'll try to take some photograph over there to post up here in the training ^^

Well, sort of happy today =), cause i did my first interview in my life XD ....thx for everything, thx for all my friends who used to support me behind ~ thx =).

Thx Starbucks for giving me the chance for this job =D.

STARBUCKS BARISTA !! I'M COMING !!! XD...

Interview.....

Was looking for a job these day, job which relate with my dream career =) so after discussing with my friends..... i decided to choose the following cafe =). Enjoy reading =)






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http://da-journey.blogspot.com/2008/04/indulgence-restaurant-and-living.html

3th of March

- went to Starbucks and Indulgence to looked for vancancy .

So the first place i went was Indulgence, a cafe which in a banglow, there's a rumor about this cafe too, they said this is " The Most Expansive Cafe In Ipoh ", but it doesn't really influence me for working here... still i think i can gain alot of experince here other than the others cafe restaurant. when i reached there it was around 10am in the morning, i saw a lemon yellow " Porsche " was parking there, but something im curious that there's no other car was around, i wondering was it they closed today? afer that i saw a lady out there near the etrance, for that moment i guessed she must be a staff there, so i walked nearer to the lady with a short hair and a wound scar on her chin, she shout far away from me, yelling that " Today were closed ", but i insisted myself walked infront of her greeted her with a sweet smiling, and asked her " Is there any vancancies here??" then she thought for a while and said " Yes " but our manager is not around for today maybe i can give you the form first and you fill up that and bring it tomorrow, for the moment i'm glad to heard that XD, so then i followed her and got into the cafe, the place was warm and silent with nobody else, i looked around there, it was such a gorgeous place, with a home design cafe, to be honest, i never visited to this place before, because i ever of heard of the expansive food and drinks here. After that, she gave me a piece of Application form and asked me to fill up with it and brought it for the next day, so after that... i'm leaving.


Then pass by perade, so thought of went to Starbucks asked for vacancy, so afer i parked my car, i went inside Starbucks, i saw 2 girls were there, then i asked for vacancy from them, after that an indian girl told me that our supervisor / manager was not around .... so then she passed me a paper of application to filled up with it =) ... after filled up ... she asked me something bout whether i can work on any shift or not and previous job and so, after answering her .... so then been ended up with it =). went home after and spend my day outside in infinity play a game with my friend kenny - " Left 4 dead ".


Overall for today... i thought i might be panic or something, but i didnt =) so gave myself 99/100 marks XD ....

4th of March

- Eearly in the morning .... went to indulgence again for the interview, same thing which was the lemon yellow "Porsche" was park outside on the same slot as yesterday.... i reached there at 9 oclock..... i met the lady again with short hair and scar on chin.... after that i asked her for the interview and manager, then she went into the kitchen and called the manager out for interview .... on that moment .... i was siting on the sofa in the cafe .... with a comfortable and warm feeling, looking around.... after few min sitting there, i saw the manager coming out from the kitchen .... a little stout and chubby face for the manager, so i greeted her morning and started out the interview ... she asked me about those common interview question, after that she explained to me about the salary and working hours there and telling me that this cafe business only for 4 days in a week, which means they were off during Sunday, Mon and Tues. So then she also asked bout my handphone number once again and some small talked with her, from here "felt that they will hired me" XD, still she said, will called me once they were ready. After that, i leave Indulgence =)









Then spent my afternoon time gaming with kenny again =D then night time went to watched movie " The Legend Of Chun Li " =s well that was not really a good movie for me.... not recommended anyone of you to watch it.... i was force to watch this movie, because my friend "Dann" already bought the ticket for this movie =s and before that was wondering why he bought this ticket ... i asked him .... know what he said ? reason was because the actress who role in Chun Li was " PRETTY " -____-" well ... though she's pretty but, overall i dont really know this movie was actullay an action movie or what =s totally a mess and lousy =( ... after that ends up with yum cha with them and went home.


*Actually today been hesitated which cafe i should choose if both are going to hire me =s .... for today, im still prefer the feeling on Indulgenc, mayb because of the enviroment there..... but still thinking bout it.

5th of March

- a promise to my grandpa, i hv to sent him to JPN for renewal of his Driving License .... well u never can guess that how old my grandpa ?? his actually 80 this year XD .... but still he can drive XD is that amazing ? XD yea quite so ...im proud though his very healthy till this age =) still can cycling to pasar malam haha .... well woke up early in the morning too and brought him to JPN, while on the way to JPN ~~ i received an unknown called .... so i answered the phone, and guessed what ? it was from Starbucks ..... they called me because they would like to have second interview with me @@ .... this time the interview will faced on to another person maybe the supervisor or manager i guessed ... he told me that want to meet me this morning, but unfortunately i'm busy cause i've task on my grandpa... so i will visit them tomorrow, so then after i hang up the phone .... continue driving my grandpa to JPN.

6th of March (Today)

- woke up early in the morning again for the Starbucks interview, before i went to the interview, i checked on the internet about starbucks, cause i dont know what i am actually applied that day =s i thought that was not in vacancy though =s but yesterday been asked for second interview ? i was curious .... so then i did some research on Starbucks this morning before i went to the interview, so...from what i checked out on the internet was @_@ .... i found out that they were now in vacancies for " Barista " i wondering what is barista ... though in the application form .... i applied as a waiter / cashier passed few days ago, on that time was thinking what job im actullay applied for ? the place has no waiter, is all on self-service, only there's people on the counter for payment, that's why i wrote cashier too =s ..... untill this morning i only found out that .... the job in starbucks they not called " waiter / cashier " but a " Barista " known as a Coffee Maker @_@ so then i only realize that i was actually applpying for the job of " Barista " kind of unbelievable !!!......

So after i knew that im going to take this job as a " Barista " i was actually so damn excited with it XD .... when i reached Perade Starbucks ... i saw a malay guy who smoked outside the staircase... with uniform of Starbucks... i was wondering is that the staffs there? nevertheless, after i've parked my car.... i walked inside Starbucks and i saw another malay guy which looks familiar to me, and suddenly reminded me his my schoolmate of mine during secondary, guessed he counldn't remember me. He greeted me a warm welcome, then i told him that i came for interview ..... after that ... he called the guy outside the staircase " sha... sha .... " name of the guy, then the guy outside coming in and he asked me to sit down and wait... then he asked me whether i need a coffee or not... but i said i dont need that .... but still he gave me a cup of coffee and he told me that... interview might going long @@ i was wondering " WHAT " ? long ? how long it should be ? that time i was still blur wondering interview which took long period of time?? so then i just forget about it .... i drank my coffee there and enjoy myself as like a guess sitting there XD .... after while, a guy came out from the kithen, that guy was just now that one who smoke outside the staircase @@ oh my.... his the store master / supervisor there... and his going to interview me today @@.... so he said he will gonna asked me a few question ~~ i thought only a FEW !? but know that was more than 30 questions =_=" ... been gone through the whole interview for approximately for 1 hour !!! not just the question but everything -___- welll to be honest... this was my first ever interview as well =s .... never thought of taking so long though ... no wonder they gave me a cup of coffee =s ... actually its more like a conversation than an interview for what i felt , but well ... everything is going fine .... and i did answered them very well with a good performance today XD so i gave myself 90/100 marks =s .... 10 marks cause of didnt prepare and i miss out something .... =s .... overall it went through pretty well =D and im quite satisfy with it.... i guessed either the same to Shaki =) the store master =) .... well he did told me that .... to work as a barista here ... will be sending to KL time square for training for 2 days then only start to work .... and the work here were on shift just like job as steward ? XD .... After finish up the interview.... i did shake my hand with Shaki .... and he said will pass up my interview result to manager and maybe would have the third interview with the manager only they will decide whether they hire me as a " Barista " or not =) ...

After the interview today .... im happy with what i hv done.... yet satisfied with my performance =D ...... and now wishing to get the job in Starbuck more than Indulgence for just a Waiter XD ..... i think Barista would learn more than a waiter =) so hope that i can get the job.

My Days ....

Today early in the morning, I was awoke by a call from insurance company =s damn annoying -_____- plus when i picked up the phone .... she speaked to me " can i speak to " Mr.Wong please " then Hi, I'm XXXXX from Insurance ... then bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla , my mind was empty/BLUR cause i was awoke by her, *yet dont really heard what she said* , without thinking, although been tot of asked her to repeat that ... but ends up with.. i said .... can u called my father =s cause his the one who paid insurance for me .....then i hang up the phone and continue to sleep XD .... but its 10am though so just wake up and online for blogging here, cause been so long didnt post up anything so today gonna write eveyrthing bout my days =) ...

19th -- night time were went to a " Guan Yin Temple " with my dear mommy near the TM company or its beside the Kinta river / opposite River Front the most recent IPOH river side cafe... i went there with my mom because today is " 观音开库日 " in english my guess =s maybe = " Guan Yin Treasury Opens day " which means today guan yin templer will open for peoples to so called "借库" and "还库" .... borrow debt or refund the debt from guan yin ... if you been borrow debt last year from guan yin, so today you have to refund the debt... otherwise bad fotune will goes to you " for what i heard from my mom " So that day when i reached there around 11.30pm ... there were full of peoples queue up there waiting to enter the temple for this ritual ceremony. Because the temple was small yet i saw inside there were full of peoples, so each time 10 peoples out from temple they will only allowed another 10 peoples to enter again ... it still early for that time ... so just queue up for a few min then can enter to the temple already.... some of them which were LATE @_@ i saw a long queueing outside "排场龙" ...

so here's the some photo which i took that day ....


u can see there's 2 pack of incense paper, some in coin form and joss-stick sort of thing in the pict, those thing my mom used it for "借库" and "还库" that day and she did brought a big bottle of lamp oil to donated to the this temple, pray that family could healthy + wealthy after =D.

After being there for approximately 45min i think, then finally prayer been done, after took my mom's home .... i have another mission .... after 12am ... which means 20th my dear friends they back from KL by train oo around 12.30am ++ will reach... so as a friend here..... after i dropped off my mom ....then headed back to the train station to take all of them =) ...

But something interesting when i reached the train station was .... i met a Luxury Train parked in the train station @_@ .... i cant believe my eyes XD .... its parked opposite lane, so i immediately rushed over there and took some photos !!



the real train is much gorgeous than those i took on the photos =) i did some research about this train too .... and guess what, it was the first ever train to transport passengers directly from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok for the history. Whichever journey passengers decide to take, they are assured of the highest quality food and service while enjoying dramatic views across the South East Asian landscape. =s sounds cool ...but the price / fares, if u checked on the website i given below u must be more SHOCKED for it XD anyway i felt lucky cause i got near to this Gorgeous train, although i cant enter to the train .... just from the Exterior its enough for everything !!! ><

here's the link about the history of this train as well as the FARES !!!-_-

http://www.orient-express.com/web/eoe/eoe_a2a_home.jsp

21th -- went to a restaurant / cafe with my "Dearest" =) called " Beacon Point " located behind of "新东区食物中心" the food / service / scene quite nice ... the most importand is .... if u dine with someone u love... it could be sweet every where rite ? XD ....

photo which i took in this cafe... * Beacon Point *


Just the " soup of heart " is sweet enough to share with ur love one =) ...



22th -- done on editing a photo of myself which i took in the morning for my new hairstyle which i made =) ... gotta put on Facebook to show everyone =D .... but here i'll show the Before and after version =) the improvement of my photoshop skill XD .... i love this photo very much much like a COMIC version of myself XD and i like blue eyes =) ....

Here there's


Nice ? =D ...


Ok finish out my blog =) 9 hours to go .... will take YOYO bus to KLIA with my friend Steven =) farewell to him which he will be going to England =) ... well, got to mention here that we'll gonna gave him a suprise for him in KLIA =D so if i've take any photo out there ...i'll blog up here =) so see ya =)




Wishing you all the best + take care + Bon Voyage =) may our friendship last forever.

Good Luck

13th of Feb - Movie of the day with my friends

" The Curious Case of Benjamin Button " - story about Benjamin button "Brad pitt" who is born to this world with unusual circumstances. Borned eighties and ages backwards. Which means he born as a eighties BABY !! " An Old Baby " looks like a monster for everyone @_@ ..... and when he died, he turns back to a just born BABY .... so that's part of the inresting story ....

Whole story was about Benjamin Button the grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.

Overall for this movie, u can find that's funny, romantic, intresting and sadness =) it last for about 3 hours +++ in cinema XD .... though is quite long .... but yea it was an intresting movie for me XD.

Episod 2 " KL Trip " & " A FRIEND'S Value "

Wuahaha, few days ago been went to KL again =D .....second time on going there in this month .... although being scolded by my family, but still i insist on going there cause why ??? my friend ?? lol .... not really my friend only =) well because of " JOGOYA " lor XD located in STAR HILL GALLERY, Relish floor, it consider a Buffet restaurant with unlimited food , drink , wine and also the Haagen-Dazs ICE CREAME !!.... well i'm such an ULU guy never been there before. As my friend who's in KL ... they have been there few times before and everytime they back to IPOH surely they will talked about this restaurnt " JOGOYA " .... so the curious of myself, wishing to go there long time ago... and finally, this time they organize on going there, therefore i must take this chance to go there NO MATTER HOW !! XD

This is a 2 days 1 night trip just, i went there on 6th in the morning and try not to eat so much because of the night JOGOYA dinner XD even afternoon i ate only 2 breads for my lunch after that we have some window shopping in Time Square, Pavillion as well in Star hill to wait for the time to get our dinner XD ...

when it was 6pm we wait for everyone seated on the white Sofa infront of JOGOYA, due to some of them been went to LOT 10, so we just wait all together to get in... when they have reach there, after making the payment then we started to go into JOGOYA !!! a warm WELCOME from the staffs there, then they took us to our seat where we have reserved ....so then we turn ourself become a " HUNGRY GHOST " looked for the food around , took the plate and start taking our food all around XD ...


Tasty Craby saying HELLO to us ' eat me eat me " XD ....








Hungry Ghost " Summer " taking the Crabs XD...






Hungry Ghost " Mandy " Looking for food XD ....






Hungry Ghost " Penny " eating King's Fried Rice @_@ ...






Hungry Ghost of " Myself " eating Oyster !!






Because of it was still in Chinese New Year, so the restaurant gave a free " Yu Sang " for us.






Yummy Oyster =D ....






Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream !! the one in RED = Resberry flavor =s seems HORRIBLE for me like bloody =s ....






Part of the Sweety Deserts, There have more !!!






Me and Girls of the night =)






Group Photo of the night =D .... everyone going to be FAT after this dinner hohoho XD....






Me and a random trees outside of Star Hill Gallery =D ....





After hving our dinner, i follow my friend's car to Niu Ze Sui in Ara Damasara, went there for a strolled since i never visit there before .... we als enter to the Festive Fun-tasy also known as "卡通彩燈世界" where there's alot of Disney Cartoon inside in Lattern form....





Mickey and his friends =D ...







Winnie The Pooh and his friends....




Me with Mickey and Minnie =) Gong Xi Fa Chai .... =D



Well, There are more pictures but unfortunately canot show up all here XD overall for this trip was AMAZING =D ... thx you guys once again =D


When the next day we went to the a new fast food in KL called Wendy's =) a fast food restaurant ... the foods there quite nice... bout the size ... normally if u ordered LARGE size in McD ... it will be deffinately the biggest size for fast food in Msia ... but in Wendy's ... if u ordered a their set in LARGE ... u may be suprise for it ...cause their size is follow the size of the western country ... so is totally a huge huge size @_@ ... for the medium size its just the same size as the McD LARGE size ... so can u imagine that =D ...


After having brunch in wendy's we decided to go back to IPOH ... some of them remainin KL for study ... but kenny following us back to IPOH. And know what ? this time we're taking another transport the KTM back to Ipoh, it considered my first time on this transport ler .... it took us more than 3 hours to reach IPOH ... although it was a long journey ... but the good thing is ... its much comfortable than BUS cause not much shaky and u could go toilet anytime u wish to =) even they have TV too . it devided into few classes also for the train, for us we took the Superior Class back to IPOH ... cause Steven my friend told me that the Economic class' chairs is not so comfortable compare with this .... so we bought the 8pm ticket and we back to IPOH ...



Photo of us inside the train =)....



Interior of the train ... the crew of the train .. they checked tcket and left side there with a plasma TV !! =D ....



A westerner who SLEPT behind of the seat of my friend @_@ i wondering why .... was the place much comfortable than sitting / Sleepig on a CHAIR @_@ ? WERIDO !!....





10th - Today, when i woke up, i felt that i am unhappy and also annoyed... due to recently, many of my friends been walked away from me .... i never heard from them for so long yet, even i asked them out for tea or so but they just rejected me.... i was wondering why ?? am i did something wrong to them? because of this problem, it drived me to become CRAZY soon ... that's why ... i'm really tired on all these thing ....

After having some talked with my granny this afternoon, then i only realize that the value of " FRIEND " meant to me ...... friend can be ALOT of them .... but a CLOSE FRIEND / TRUE FRIEND ..... we dont need much of it .... just a few of them can do ..... so as from now .... i should know how to devide my friend, and telling myself, i'll not care about the rest of my friend anymore who dont really wish to see / meet / talk to me ..... cause whenever i think of the " SICKED OF YOU ALL " i may become real CRAZY soon !! so is time to say good bye " FRIEND " is for my own good sorry =) .... and yeah .... feeling better now after talked with my granny XD ... thx for my granny and love her so much, teach me such a good lesson today =)

" A friend can always be a liar, but your family wont, the best and the truely one always your family " agree? friend ? =) ...