Bad.

Well, not to say "bad", but it just wasn't as good as the previous one. There weren't much Christmas-sy spirit anywhere (well maybe except for the churches).

The only complex which was decorated beautifully and full of white christmas trees was Mid Valley Shopping Complex. And what more, I didn't even had the chance to go there to witness its beauty with my own eyes. My family went there and took some pictures, I was working at that time.

Sad case....

Anyway, how was your Christmas?

Mine? It was more to shopping than anything else eventually. I managed to set myself free from work on Christmas, and my family and I went down to KL.

We firstly stopped by Petaling Street, the most well known place in KL for pirated and cheap things.

It's been years since I've last went there, probably the last time would be back in year 2001? Goshh.. that's long.

Petaling Street changed so much compared to the last time I visited there. However, the people there are ever the same. It was so crowded as usual, and the sellers there are very funny!

They speak very, very funny English, and it's funnier when they handle foreigners! I laughed my ass off when I heard this lady trying to sell a bag to a foreigner!


Anyway, after Petaling Street, we went for dinner and headed to Times Square Shopping Mall. To my dismay, the complex wasn't even nicely decorated. There was only one big miserable Christmas Tree in front of the entrance and nothing else.

I guess this year's Christmas was pretty quiet...


Ohh ohh.. Guess what Becky gave me for Christmas?





Yes I know, the picture is very small.. But it's still visible right? =)

Sorry, the batteries went dead flat, so I found that picture from google. Anyway, yupp, Becky gave me a Jay Chou Limited Edition Figurine!!

Woooots!!

That's Jay with the red hood, symbolling his second album, Fantasy. There are 4 of his figurines left for me to collect now. I MUST GET THEM ALL!!!!

THANX A BUNCH BECKY! Love ya!! MUAXX!!


You know, I was never a bookworm, or a book-lover, or anything close to that. I hated reading, no matter what books they are, funny, romance, general or whatsoever. I just hated reading. I would never read anything unless I'm forced to.

But lately, just very lately, I'm starting to read stuffs. I started off with the Bible. Yes, of all things;- the Bible. But after halfway through reading the book of Genesis, I started gaining interest in reading, of course not only in reading the Bible, in other books as well.

I'm currently reading my sister's book, Chicken Soup for the Souls. Not bad not bad, what d'ya know? I'm beginning to like reading. I even think of borrowing some books from the bookstore later. I must read something before I go to bed nowadays, no matter how tired I am after work.

THIS IS SO WEIRD....

Even I myself don't believe this at all.. Well anyway, time to prepare my New Year's Resolution...


Cheryl's New Year's Resolution

1.   Read the whole entire Bible
2.   Study harder and be more hardworking
3.   Shop less, spend less money
4.   Eat healthier diets
5.   Be more patient
6.   PUNCTUALITY.... very important


Hmm.... I shall continue the list when I have more in my mind! =)


Aww man.. what a boring and meaningless post, right? Sighh.. somebody kill me please.....

First of all, MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of you out there, fellow friends and readers! Have a blessed Christmas and God bless always!


So okay. 1 good news, and 2 bad news. Which one would you want to know first?

Let's begin with the good news first. =)

On the 22nd of December 2005, Thursday, which was 3 days ago, I received my PMR results. Man it was darn scary!

And after all this while studying so hard and waiting so long for this big, scary, stupid day to come... I finally received the results.

Guess what I got?

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STRAIGHT As!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


How unbelievable right????!

WOO HOOO!!! Hahahaha..

Well anyway, it's not like you didn't know right? My dearest bestie, Becky already blurted out everything at my tagboard before I actually have the time to update my blog.

Thanx a bunch Becky *smiles sarcastically*


Here, I'll show you my slip! =)





Right, okay. I shall remain my full name and IC number private and confidential.

I reached school pretty late actually. I guess my friends and I were one of the last few ones to take our results.

I still can't believe that THIS actually happened. Amazing.. Big thanks to the Lord man.. without the Lord, there wouldn't be this beautiful slip with 7As in my hands now. Amen to the Lord!

I definitely worked pretty hard for it, well although it was kinda last minute work, but it was still hard work anyhow. Hard work which caused much stress, money flying away on books, bad moods, pimples, white hair, moody face, meaningless & boring life, lack of sleep and  did I mention stress? Yeah, and so on.

So okay, maybe not the white hair part. But yeah, more or like, all of the above.


"Geez Cheryl, it's just PMR. You've got a long way more to go."

Yes yes yes.. I know.. stop repeating that line into my head. It's not like I don't know I've got a long way more to go. But this is life. When you were 9, you were scaread of PTS (which doesn't even exist now). When you were 12, you were so scared of UPSR. When you were 15, you were damn scared of PMR. When you were 17, you were bloody scared of SPM. When you were in college, you were friggin scared of your degrees and everything.

You see, this is the circle of life thingy. The SPM sitters will tell me..

"Aiyah... PMR, sap sap water lahh.... dun need scared la..."


That is how I would say to the UPSR sitters....

"Aiyahhh.. UPSR only mahh... kacang putih lohh.. dun need scared wann..."


Yupp. That's life, and that's how humans are. So just beat it. =)


So yes.

That's the good news. I managed to get the results I was hoping for. Amen once again. Before I forget, congrats to all my fellow friends for whatever results you guys achieved. Whatever it is, it is definitely the best of all for you gave your best in it.


Let's head to the bad news.


After we took our results, we headed to Taipan. I know I know, of all places;- TAIPAN!  *smacks forehead*  But hey, that's where my shop is and we just wanted to have lunch there.

We stopped by Amour, and Michelle and I told them how our results went. Also at the same time, we borrowed the fitting rooms to change our clothes. Tee hee hee. ^^

Then, we went to McDonalds for lunch. Initially, I was trying to stay away from fast food for a period of time, but I guess temptations ruled over me. Dammit.

Speaking of McDs, check out my fries I ate that day..





Don't look at the chicken bones and the oil la.. asking you to look at the odd fries okay?

Coz you see, when I was ordering, I really felt like eating the curly fries, but they wouldn't sell it separately. I have to order a whole set to get the curly fries, and so forget it. Then I was thinking....

"Yerrr... How nice if they could just gimme curly fries....."


And haaha! They eventually did. Although it was just one miserable curly fries, but still, better than nothing right. =)

Anyway, after lunch, we went walking around Taipan and visited almost all the boutiques in Taipan.

True Colours Boutique was our first stop.

And later, The Gray Boutique was second in our list.

As we were in The Gray Boutique browsing around looking if there are any nice tops or anything that suits our taste, all of a sudden, a man who was wearing glasses, pretty bald, wearing a basketball jersey and short pants, spoke to us three, Michelle, Becky and I.

"Excuse me, I just wanna ask which green colour is nicer? This or that?" (pointing at two blouses, one dark green, one light green)

We all replied and said the light green one was nicer.

And we continued browsing around.

Once again, he appeared nearby us. This time, he asked us..

"Eh this shirt match with what would be nicer? Jeans? Slacks? Skirts or....?"

We replied him, "Jeans".

And so he went to the jeans section, which we were so happened there as well. And he asked me what colour jeans would match best. I pointed to him to the lighter blue jeans.

While he was comparing and talking to me, he squatted down and touch the jeans material.

And blur Cheryl thought that he was just comparing the cutting. But blur Cheryl was dead wrong. DEAD WRONG I tell you.

When I looked at the bottom of the jeans, which was where he was squatting down.. I suddenly noticed that he was NOT wearing any underwear or briefs or anything.

Just plain short pants with no underwear.


DISGUSTING!!!!!!!

And YES, if you're wondering if I saw his penis....

YES I DID INDEED. AND IT WAS DISGUSTING OKAY!!!

EEEWWWWW!!!


I don't think he forgotten to zip his pants, coz when I saw, it looked like as if he purposely cut a big hole in the center of his pants to flash to the whole world.

Sick asshole he is.. hell disgusting I tell you!

If you still don't get it, the point is he is a bloody flasher and I was bloody unlucky that I bloody saw his bloody penis! BLOODY HELL!!

WHY DID IT HAD TO BE ME WHO SAW HIS BLOODY KU KU BIRD LA???!!!


Shitttttt......


I felt like vomitting on the spot man. I quickly turned away and ran to the other side of the shop! I felt so disgusted. And my friends were telling me to wash my eyes with Dettol when I reach home.

"Bloody hell.. you all still can laugh.. sure lah..u all didn't see that bloody thing ma.. dammit.."

Shit.

How unlucky.


Okay, that's the bad news. The sick news begins now.


You see, The Gray Boutique opened in Taipan not very long ago. As far as I know, they opened just somewhere around this early or mid this year?

And the boutique I'm currently working at, which is Amour Boutique has been up for a few years already. According to my colleagues, the owner/boss of The Gray Boutique (Taipan Outlet) used to be a worker of Amour Boutique. And her name is Megan or some sort like that (whatever it is, I don't really care).

And yes, she and her husband are the bosses of The Gray Boutique (Taipan Outlet).

There's this one time, when I was taking my dinner break during work, Michelle and I stopped by The Gray for a short while to see some stuffs. And coinsidently, that Megan woman or whatever-you-want-to-call-her woman was there.

In I-dont-know-what ways, she knew that we were the part time workers of the Amour Boutique.

The next day, she sent a SMS to my supervisor, giving a very ridiculous warning...

"Why you sent your two part timers come to my shop? Come and check my prices ah? You better tell them to stop coming to my shop or not I'll fuck them!" -something similiar to this, I've not seen the original sms, just heard it from my colleague-


WHAT THE HELL?!

Why would we want to check their prices?

Yes, although The Gray and Amour both sell a few similar clothes, but comparing prices would definitely be something not necessary for me to do. Moreover, if I would really want to check their prices, I won't be that dumb to go in there myself and check right? I would just probably ask my friend or something to help me go and check instead of me going there personally.

Where have their brains gone to?


And so from then onwards, Michelle and I never stopped by The Gray anymore. But on the day I received my results when I was in Taipan with Becky and Michelle, we all decided to go in The Gray Boutique. (this was when I saw that sick flasher if you still remember, i just mentioned above!)

We browsed around their clothes, and we saw nothing that we liked. However, we ended up buying bra straps from their shop cos they had many colours while Amour currently ran out of stock. We bought 3 pairs of bra straps and said thank you, and left the place.

Right after we left, they sent another way more ridiculous SMS.. or was it a call? I'm not sure.. but the message they left down was....

"Your two part timers come and check my prices again ah? For what they come to my shop?" -and the shit continues-


Obviously my colleagues denied that they sent us over to check their prices, cos that's the fact! We seriously didn't check their prices! And my supervisor was also saying that it is definitely not our wrong that we stepped into their shop, we are also customers!


First of all, is it wrong that if I'm working in Amour Boutique, I can't go to The Gray Boutique to see clothes? If that's the case, means I can't go to any other boutiques to buy clothes other than Amour Boutique lah?

And I tell you, I am walking in The Gray Boutique as a customer status, and they should by all rights and all means, treat and respect us as customers.

Don't you think it is pretty stupid of the bosses to disallow us to enter their shop and always claiming that we are checking their prices when we always explain that it is not neccessary for us to do so?

They make a big fuss every single time Michelle and I step into their boutique. I would be fine if they would just come up to me and scold or talk to me in person, rather than they keep scolding my supervisor and colleagues.

It would be much pleasure to speak to them, and let them know how things should go. Amour Boutique does not need to compare prices with The Gray Boutique for with or without doing so, I'm sure Amour's sales is already very stable. Furthermore, we have more customers than they do. If you were to start the checking price issue, I would say The Gray boutique would most likely dp that instead of us doing that. Don't you think so?

I am so not pleased of how and what they are doing. I have all rights as a customer to buy and shop in their boutique. If they just hate my presence in their shop, then fine.

TELL IT TO ME FACE TO FACE BITCH!!

I hate it everytime how the biatch scolds my colleagues, I would rather be the one getting the scolding instead of them. Cos in the end, my colleagues would be in so much trouble and so on.

Don't the bloody bosses of The Gray know how to do business?

I even bought a few clothes from them before. I guess they just don't like my business with them right? So they don't want my money, means they want me to steal? So stupid! Got business don't want to do...


Even if they would step in Amour Boutique, there's nothing we can do and nothing we will do. Every single person who steps into your shop has all rights as a customer & you as a worker have to treat and respect them in all ways whether you like it or not. Well okay, unless they are robbers instead of customers, then that's a different story.

I'm so bloody pissed at that whatever-you-want-to-call-her bitch! I don't see why she have to make life so hard?

Why is it that she can't think rationally?


You know what? I'm sick of it. I shall never enter that stupid boutique anymore, for as long as I live. And I swear, if I would ever enter it, it would most definitely be for special reasons and intentions.

And to the biatches of The Gray Boutique.......

Then again.. maybe this suits them better instead...

VOILA! Yesssss... perfect indeed.

The UGLY sign board suits an UGLY boutique!!!


Please be notified that I am only speaking about The Gray Boutique in the Taipan outlet, not any other outlets okay? Cos you can only find such biatches in the Taipan outlet and no other outlets.. So don't misunderstand you know.....


If they would ever stumble across my page someday and read this, muahaahahahaha... I would be most happy I tell you. If they don't like it, then SUE ME!! I don't give no shit! You want to play games that way, then I'll join you.

I swear that if in the future when I'm no longer an Amour boutique staff, I'll go in your shop and mess your things, your shop, your life, your everything.

I promise you that the Lord has eyes to see who was and IS right, and shall punish the ones who were and ARE wrong! We shall leave the punishments to God and let the Lord make everything fair.


So last but not the least, keep your feet far away from The Gray Boutique and head to Amour Boutique instead. Guaranteed nicer and better clothes, friendlier staffs and way better customer services.


Alright, today's Christmas, and it's 2:30am. Time for bed, tomorrow's another big shopping day! Wooooots! Merry Christmas to all once again! God bless!

Till then, stay tuned for my Christmas update!

This sux.

I'll be receiving my results tomorrow. And yupp, I'm feeling nervous but excited. Somehow or another, I'm always imagining or seeing myself not getting the results I'm aiming for.

This sux.

As much as I want to not bother about it, but it ain't working. Wish they could just hand in the results earlier, rather than to wait any longer.

Bahh.....

Shut up Cheryl. Stop talking about it.


Before I start scribbling rubbish anymore, just stay tune for a day or two till I post about tomorrow.

PRAY FOR ME!


You don't know how to pray?

Never mind, it's okay. Cheryl will teach you. =)


Just put your palms together, close your eyes, and speak to the Lord...

"Dear Lord, please bless Cheryl and her friends (see I think for my friends too!) with straight As results tomorrow. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus's name I pray, Amen."


See, simple right?

Oh if you're not a Christian... then... erm..... I'm not sure. Then you should know how better than me. =)


So everybody........................

Hehe! Check back soon! Tata!

Hie to all of you out there! Having a good day?

As for me, pretty good I would say. Had just enough of sleep, and I'm having an off day today! I wonder if I'm happy or sad about that.. sometimes I would rather work than to rot at home. But anyway, anyone willing to take me out for shopping? Tee hee hee..

It wasn't a very fun day at work yesterday as there weren't many customers, and no new stocks came in. But anyway, in between those free time during work, I started thinking about my blog. All I thought about the whole day was my blog. My blog. My blog. Blog. Blog. Blog. Blog. Blog. Blog. And blog.

My oh my...

What a blog-a-holic I've turned into....


I noticed blogging changed a little of my life. I feel much happier being able to share part of the happenings in my life with other people although not knowing whether if I have any readers.. *hmmm*  Well apart from that, somehow I feel blogging made me  a quieter person. More precisely, I hardly tell stories (not bedtime stories okay) or stuffs to people around me.. I speak less than usual.

Sometimes when people ask me something like, how's working life currently? Or how's your day out? Or something like that, and I'll just say...

"Ok lor.. Aiyah.. Read my blog lor.. I wrote everything there already..."


And then I'll get those is-it-that-hard-to-tell-me-face-to-face kind of looks.

Sometimes I feel blogging makes me pretty isolated from the world, it's hard to explain but that's what I feel. On the other hand, blogging uses up my time well during bored times.


Do you have a blog too?

If you do, have you ever wonder what is the purpose of blogging? Or maybe ever thought of the main point you started a blog?

I'm quite a newbie in blogging. I started my first blog this year in the month of April. I designed a combined blog with my besties, and in the end closed it up as it got pretty dead and ^*ahem* screwed up. ^*ahem*

So yes.

I finally came up with my own blog which is this Simply Ordiinariie blog that you are currently putting your eyes to read now.


I hesitated to start my own blog in the very beginning. I kept asking myself many, many questions....


"What am I going to blog about?"

"How should I write? Must use wonderful and powerful English vocabs/words?"

"How should my layout be? Use the premade ones?"

"What if my friends read my blog? Shy la like that....."


And all the "what ifs" and "how shoulds" just came popping out like nobody's business. My very first few posts in this blog is so, so, so, so much different compared to now. I used to make sure I type every single word correctly, no spelling errors, no grammar mistakes and avoid using Malaysian English. For example;- This lah; This mah; This lor; This leh;  and so on.


The topics I used to blog about are so limited, and the way I put my words, it's just technically not the way how I speak in reality.

As I blogged more and more often, I thought to myself and said..

"Cheryl.. it's not what kind of words you use in your posts that matters, it's also not the layout that matters, no one is going to care even if you use poWderful English, what matters most in blogging is to blog the way you speak, the way who you really are, not for someone you are not..."


And wow...

That really woke me up. I'm not a girl with fantastic English, my English vocabulary is not extremely good, and I'm a Malaysian. Why should I blog the way who someone I am not?

So what if I use Malaysian English in my posts? It doesn't sound profressional enough for you?

So what if my words aren't bombastic enough?

So what if I use poWderful English instead of powerful English?

SO WHAT?

I don't care. Cos you know why?

That's how I speak, that's how I am. And I want to do all my best to let you readers know who I truly am, and how I truly speak. The best style of blogging is to blog the way for who you are, and not for who you are not.

Agree?


Besides that, topics for blogging. The range is so, so wide. However, there are lesser things to blog about once you start blogging something you are not, or in other words, imitating other bloggers.

If you think blogging the same way as other bloggers would help you a lot in finding topics, I'll tell you;- think that again.

How much would you know other bloggers' life? More than your own life? I doubt so. Think about blogging for who you are, for things that you see with your own eyes, for things that run in through your own mind.

In that way, I can pretty much guarantee, the amount of topics you can blog about, is beyond numbers can count.


I learnt my mistake. Which is to just blog the way for who I truly am, and for how I truly speak. The best way I can make my blog interesting is to just share what my mind speaks and write it out here. Whether it'll entertain you or not, that's up to you to judge. Just as long as I know, everything I wrote in my blog, is everything my mind spoke. ^^


As you can see from here, I'm definitely not a profressional blogger, I have no profressional trainings and I have no regrets at all (cut that William Hung line)...

And yes.

I'm just an ordinary blogger, who found out about the ordinary secret behind blogging, which is to just blog the ordinary way for how I really speak.

Anyone out there who doesn't agree or doesn't understand the point I'm trying to get to? Hands up?

No?

No hands up? So means all understand?

Good good.


Ahh yes, before I forget. Shopping. I went for my big-time-shopping with Michelle 3 days ago. And boy was it fun. We shopped for 9 long hours and we're still not tired. I can assure you, I can still survive for another day of shopping man.. Hehe!

I'll tell you what I bought.

Shoes.
Wallet.
Pencil box.
Watch.
School uniform.
Socks.
Christmas gifts.
Christmas tree decorations.

And no clothes.

Yupp, no clothes. How sad right? Well don't consider school uniform under clothes la okay? You don't want to see Cheryl in uniforms in any malls, do you? =)

As for Michelle, she bought much more stuffs compared to me. At least she got herself some new clothes.


Officially on 22nd of December, either one of these two things might happen.

1) Happy
2) Sad


Why happy? Why sad?

Cos it's my freaking results day, dammit... ^{*hides in the box*}

Promise me you will be a darling and pray for the best that can happen to me on that day yeah? =)

Some people told me before that getting the results is the worst part of all, worse than sitting for the papers. And now, I see the point they're trying to get to.

But afterall, everything's over. What's done is done, and I can definitely not change any fate.. so I'll just bear with whatever results I'll be getting. Anyhoo, it won't ruin much of my life, right? It's just PMR, right?