merry christmas!!

Good evening my readers! It's christmas eve now... I'm here wishing all my readers Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...

How's christmas eve going? Time flies... I didn't realize it's christmas eve now till yesterday morning i saw somebody's facebook comment about christmas eve tomorrow.. We are quitting later.. Going back to Brunei later afternoon or evening. How's business going on? I would say marketing and strategic planning is very important in business success.

What I have learnt, what kind of business you open related to the kind of customer you will attract. Just like opposite my shop there opened a new dessert shop, with a varieties of desserts available, nice interior and exterior designs as well as with air conditioned. They attract rich customers.... There were times i was sitting in my shop, spotting luxury cars like mercs, bmw, camry, lexus and so forth, they parked next to my shop and walked in to the dessert shop. These are Miri cars, with malaysia car plate. Miri people with these kind of cars can say like... they are very rich... Or should i say they are like bruneians keep spend spend and spend like there's no tomorrow? I found those rich aunties too, with branded bags and clothes, hair blew up till high like the mountain...! hahaha...

What about my cafe? What customers do we attract? Most of our customers drive like atos, proton cars, and so forth. Our customers are all very stingy people. Not all i suppose, maybe some are generous. I remembered there was an uncle came and ask the price of our leftover half stream chicken. I said RM 10 for half portion. That uncle gave a smelly face said, " what?? so expensive???! the next next shop only sell RM 16 or RM 17 for whole chicken and we sell RM10 for half portion so costly!!!" I still remember his smelly face!!! hahaha. He wants discount but we insist with our current price. My mum just went to ask the market price of steam chicken, and there goes rm 20+ for whole chicken ... and my brother said to me, " got RM 18!!!! that is years back!!"

What kind of business you do really attract what kind of customers... Our customers are mostly low income earners, while the dessert shop's customers are medium or high income. Or maybe it's still fresh i guess? My dad said, who would eat desserts everyday? It depends ... Just like kokoberry shop, taiwan ice shops, as well as shiki sushi restaurant, they are all located at our areas, and they closed down!!! Just few months away i see they are opened, and i wanted to try the taiwan ice and now??? Can you feel the creepiness which shop would be next??? My friend told me she heart shiki sushi restaurant moved... i'm not sure tho.. hopefully..

That's all i guess for now... It's very late and i gotta sleep now.. Goodnights !! ;)

好人難做

I was driving the other day listening to radio, and they came up with this topic “好人難做” . And I totally agreed with it. Don't you think so? There are so many people around us. There are the good ones and the bad ones. How do you face them? The good ones that will be alright just be good to them too. People said how they treat you that's how you treat them back. If they treat you bad or terrible, would you be bad to them too? If you treat them good, they would take advantages... What should the 好人 do?

According to the radio, “好人”will always be ranked below the “坏人”. This is because good people don't like challenges, they don't really strive in order to achieve something. They think that if it's yours, it will come to you one day. The good people tend to give way and this gives the bad people opportunities. “坏人”will strive until end and never give up for something he/she wants. For example, if "好人" being a manager and "坏人" is an employee. 坏人 will set the manager as a target in order to takeover his/her position. The manager doesn't set target and sees everyone as one. If "坏人" is a manager and "好人" an employee, the 坏人 will observe everyone carefully and demolish those who could influence him.

What the radio suggest us to be? If we become “好人”, we tend to be bullied by the “坏人”. Be a good person or a bad person? Some people thinks that good people will receive good retribution. Is that so? If it is true, when will you receive good retribution? Until you get old?
I'm not sure what the radio said, if you don't want to be bullied, and don't want to be too harsh. Then it would be better to be "好的贱人" . It means like from outside you treat people nicely, people think you're a good person but internally you're opposite. You observe analyze everything and plan them nicely and kick them out when the time comes?


I think this kind of person is the worst. But this kind of person success most of the time. 好人 is soooo hard to be. Let's learn how to be harsh... =)


Let's get back to my miri life. Lunch time is the most busiest hours, and there's time we are lack of employees and those. Last 2 days i was helping up and guess what? One customer order 1 steamchicken rice, he want drumstick. I told my maid and ask her to cut the chicken, but nobody is free at that time, people order ABC, rojak. End up??? I cut the chicken!!!

It's very simple rite... Use the knife and "dork dork dork" . My first time ever cutting chicken... It's a very funny experience... Can you imagine a lady cutting chicken? It's like very ... what do you call that.. haha .. Normally drumstick side from thien thien, how many pieces can they cut? At first i cut it very nice, I cut the drumstick into 3 pieces. I didn't get to take pictures.. My maid said I cut till too big... 1 more chop from me... and the drumstick goes... ...

Can't think about it and fast fast spray the source over and pass it to customer...

My mum's bak kut teh is getting famous very soon... I got a nice bak kut teh picture and make my menus, I stick it at the shop and the next day there goes 9 bowls of bak kut teh out!!! There is this sentence 人靠衣饰. Everyone judge a book by its cover..

Claypot mee and claypot rice are coming very soon at Li Da Hua Cafe! =)

Hmmm

Greetings to my readers, how's life going everyone? I went back to brunei for visit 2 days ago and now back to miri life.

I was in a newspaper when i sit for the proficiency test. Wonder if anyone read the newspaper and spotted me? I think no... hahaha.. They only snap picture from behind.

Spot spot me??? Very easy ahhh... the brightest hair colour.. LOLL

Ohh... Remember my nerdyy spec i had years back or blogged it years back?? Should i always recall back what i have blogged? So you guys get to read my previous post.. ho ho ho.. My nerdy spec finally rest in peace.. sob sob.. It broke down since last week when i was playing with my niece and my sister thrown it away when i bought my new spec.. sniff sniff.. i still miss my nerdy spec..

Here goes my new spec.. I heard today's trend is half frame and i got myself half frame glasses. I never bought a half frame spec before cause i used to think it looks old. But anyway, it doesn't look as bad i guess... The shape is more or less like my old glasses.." mo di sun yi" ? lol. haha

My mind is so blank now what should i write??? Anything my readers wish to hear from me??

Happy Holidays...!

Happy Holiday to my readers... Finally my exams are over and it's time to relax~ And it's time to update my ongoing to my readers too! I know i still have loyal readers.. ;)

My last exam was on sunday, ubd last exam was actually on saturday poor me have to sit for exam on a beautiful sunday. The exam on sunday was actually from outside, i took the japanese proficiency test. Hope I could get good grades... Was stressing myself on a saturday night.. poor poor poor me.

And what's the poorest? at first i thought i can get to japan after my sunday exam cos they fly on monday. Sigh~ now what? greet them have a safe flight and enjoy their trip.. sniff sniff~

And guess what? I forgot to eat my lunch after my exam on sunday, come back kb, rest a while, pack stuffs and head to miri. Completely forgotten about my lunch till i reach miri at ard 5+ or 6 and my stomach starts to drum. Anyone has the same experience as me? LOL. It's so funny how can you forget bout your lunch...

I'm currently at miri helping up my mum and sister to jaga shop. Should i say jaga shop? or mess it up? Yesterday i serving customers order food and drinks. I ask them what do they want to drink. I didn't know my dad sell sea coconut drink here. One customer asked me do you have what "hai di ye" , i thought it was those like fresh coconut drink, and I don't see any coconuts here, thus i say don't have. And the customer frowned and wonder why got the poster at the wall and he order other drink. I didn't know what poster he was mentioning about till the next day i saw people order sea coconut ping, it's actually not those fresh coconuts but those like juice and add water. And there's poster sticking on the wall too. LOL.

My dad's shop is lack of chef, my mum and sister want to take advantage of this one month to promote, provide economic food and stuffs. It's a holiday for me and my sister.. my sister is a teacher and that's why she's having holidays when students are too. We sell bak kut teh too! It's done by my mum. She's a great chef. haha. And the bak kut teh only sell for one month!!! Come come try it out.. At Li da HUa cafe, near boulevard, next next to hongkong duck restaurant. If you still don't get it, just call me.. my number is ... ... ... haha. pm me lol. ;p

Till here i guess, to friends whom are still studying or work already, i know today is a public holiday.. enjoy to the max pals.. ;)

Sigh~

Hello my beloved readers,

Just a short update about myself, i just realised i haven't been blogging since the start of this semester. And this semester is going to end really soon! Exams are coming. I guess my coursemates should be busy studying as well as completing their assignments as soon as possible. Same goes to me too! Revision week are coming in just 1 week time! And there goes the exam time~

Time is running like water.. I wish time could slow down for me to get revision done... I really really really want a good concentration for my studies...

I have been forcing myself not to think about anything else but to study! study!
I used to be an optimistic person. I never want to judge anything or anyone till i see it with my own eyes. But nevertheless, things always don't go to the way i want it to be. What to do... There's nothing i can do... Life's still goes on..

What's life? We live life through ups and down. If we always live life with happiness, life wouldnt be challenging aint it? Recently i was enough down. And what makes it worst off? My japanese teacher had been giving me hope that all the advance japanese students are entitle for this japan trip in this coming december. My first impression is like ...

" What? all advance students? true or not? I'm a foreigner, is brunei really that good to allow me for this trip with FREE foods and accomodation??? " My teacher again add up, " Doesn't matter if you're not a Brunei PR, as long as you're UBD students, you are qualify for this trip"

I have a bit "xin tong" .. i get to japan.. so happy.. But on the other hand i have a feeling things wouldn't go that easy... So i didn't give much expectation about this trip. As time goes by, my teacher keep mentioning about this trip and till i get the application form and time meeting up, i really tot this japan trip is really coming, my trip to japan is a step nearer!


And what? the happiest moment always receive a disappointment news. Brunei would never provide benefits to foreigners!!! What to say, i stayed in Brunei for more than 20 years!!!

Sigh~ That is what call life i guess...
Just work harder next time and buy a ticket to japan with my own money...

cakes, "ex" house

August? NO.. Let's see what i've been doing for this month. I just got back from miri today. I stayed there for like 10 days awaiting for my sister's delivery. But sadly the baby haven't come out yet. I have things to complete for this week and so i gotta get back to brunei and settle my stuffs. Hostel lists were out and my name was highlighted that they want to see me. What could it be other than me haven't been paying any hostel fees since last sem? After completion I could get back to miri if there's nothing for me to do in Brunei.

Last week I took a cake course learning about curry puff, durian cheesecake as well as swiss roll. Now i know how to make swiss roll with the mable effect on top. Curry puff is the hardest. The master taught me about something like croissant that they have thousand of layers in it. It's tedious that you have to flip and flop and roll it for many times.

Today the course is about cheese tarts, egg tarts, fruit tarts, hazelnut dark converture and lastly green tea mousse cake. I like the green tea cake and their halzelnut dark converture, it's a dark chocolate but sadly the ingredients are quite expensive. Cannot always make.

These are blueberry cheese tarts. They taste really nice. I went to daily bread cake house cafe at the airport road there, their blueberry cheese tarts with the same look as above but not sure about the taste cost RM3.00 per piece. Now i can bake or even sell it to them? haha.

On the way making fruit tarts... ^^

And here goes the ready fruit tarts. Looks cool...

And this green tea mousse cake with red bean inside. I will try it someday.

For the past few days, my mum, sister, niece and me got bored about shopping. There's no where else to go besides parkson, imperial, boulevard. We stay upstair my dad's kopitiam. It was just opened for like 3 months. Come in and have a tea if you guys like it. We provide you with wifi free and there're some finger foods for u to order. If you like, we have kolo mee, fried dry or wet mee/ kue tiaw, as well as rice are available here too. It's just located somewhere near boulevard, very near to fratini or dermalogical. And next to 100 yen , a japanese shop. "Li Da Hua Cafe" , any familiar you been there for a tea or even passed by?

The room we stayed only has a table, chair as well as some mattress. There's nothing to do inside the room besides sleeping and so we went out everyday. Sick of shopping and my sister could hardly walk due to her pregnancy. And therefore we drove here and there in the car enjoy miri's scenery. We got a flicked back my dad bought a house 10+ years ago and had sold it. We wonder how it looks like now, by just a very tiny memory of the house and location, we found it finally.. And it rots like what..

10 years ago it was very new.And now 10 years later due to "熱帶雨林 " ...

Till now i guess. I have a lot to write but i'm getting sleeping. I will rest now. Nites to my readers.. =)

July

Hello everyone! It's now the 1st of july. No. It's the 2nd of July! Less than 1 more month to Uni reopen? Why time passes so fast? Just a flick back, and the holiday has already been 2 months now??? Time passes really really fast. Hope it goes slowly... don't wanna go back uni so fast... Don't wanna face exams, assignments...

I'm currently at Miri AGAIN!. Last week i too stayed at miri for 2 days because we thought that my sister is going to give birth soon due to her stomache. However, it was a false alarm. Consider a false alarm? but she did admitted to the hospital for 2 days.

Now and again she has got her stomache back and admitted to the hospital. I guess my baby niece boy is very very excited and can't wait to see the new world. No no... should be can't wait to see her "yi yi" . hehehe. But so sad, he's not coming out so soon yet. Please be patient my baby niece boy...

My night life was boring here. I'm with my mum and niece girl, no going out till late late, no movies or dramas cause i don't feel like watching it with my tiny monitor. But out from day time to night, tired while i'm back. By the way, my niece can call "yi yi" already instead of "ma ma" .

My results were out. Remember the last previous post i said i hadn't had any improvements. My overall was "C" all the way from semester 1 to semester 3. But at this semester, I obtained a "B" for my overall. Kinda satisfied. A BBBB CC . It would be better if next semester i could get rid of "C" . Anyway, must show some improvements!

Guess i stop now and gonna wake earlier tomorrow. Nights everyone! =)

Another "..." haha!

Wow... I didn't know I still have loyal readers. That is just so great...! You guys are the best! =D

UBD life has been getting busier and busier but who cares, I am now enjoying my summer break? That is 3 months holiday! Should fully utilize it.

A lot of things happened recently, I was kinda moody and thinking a lot lately. I wanted to express myself, my own feelings but I do not have the courage to publish it. Published but take it back. Couldn't find a way to private that particular post end up leaving it as a draft.

Any idea why I have been staying single all these while? I also wondered. Do I have any personal issues? Am I a failure to hold a guy's heart? Actually I failed in opening my eyes big big enough to look at the boys. Blame the god, why they want me to stay lonely all the time??? I am not strong actually, i am very weak... Just blame myself in choosing such playful guys or flirty type. After so many failures, I no longer have the confidence in relationships. It really hurts a lot.

What comes to worst ... ... I felt like losing a best friend. But i hope i think too much...

OK enough with the sad part.

I made tiramisu cheesecake again. And it's really improving! That is soooo great! =D

Tiramisu cheesecake by Yen's secret recipe, my tiramisu is very different from bakery store, or even secret recipe (I only tried secret recipe lol), any other place i'm not sure. Any idea which bakery store has nice tiramisu? I wanna try it out!

Recently I have joined the japanese speech contest. The contest will be held during september. But i joined it doesn't mean my teacher would choose me for the contest. I still have no confidence that she would choose me, there are so many pros out there. Still a very long way to go. But in these period of time I need to draft out and meet up with my japanese teacher for proof readings. My main objective in this contest is to improve my japanese oral. My oral has been terrible, i remembered last sem oral i kept hesitate... Next semester will be going into advance level... So...

Oh! Another thing I nearly missed out. Last month or last few weeks I joined a singing competition. But i failed it already. Now I realized there are a lot to learn especially in singing. Having a great voice is not enough, but skills are very important. Check it out at e-huawang.com for my song. =)

Happy CNY 2010

I'm here to wish everyone a happy chinese new year. Hope everyone had a great time there. Wish you guys a healthy and prosperous year ahead. It's day 4 of CNY now... and know what... i haven't started gambling... blackjack blackjack... i miss blackjack... Most of my friends are good people and that's why they don't gamble... =P I wonder what people do during cny if they don't gamble? gambling can actually kill time while have some fun. There's a group i was following. They were all good people, everyone watch tv while visiting on friend's house and they were soooooo concentrating on it. I cannot tahannnn.. 

CNY seems getting quiet. Presentation and assignments are celebrating chinese new year with me too. Presentation on chu 5 this coming thursday, i could postpone it to next week actually, but... i scared i would be busier sooner... =/ 

There was something funny and i wanna share it here. Yesterday was chu 3, my mum cooked some food and invited my relatives over for lunch. It was just a small gathering with relatives.... as time goes by, my brother's friends came. A bunch and a bunch, my dad's friend came too and eventually it became open house. I was busy studying at home and everyone said me so hardworking. haha. I only get to know we have a mini open house when my elder brother put the blame me for not informing him about our open house where he gone off pai nien after work and came back home when it's nearly ended. I was like... " got open house meh?" 

Anyway, that's all i guess. Just a short update from me. Pictures... too lazy to upload. Just get to my facebook for pictures... =)

A whole New year!

Happy new year guys... It's the beginning of year 2010, hope everyone has a better year ahead. Life was good. Sleep most of the day and feeling blur everyday. Why holidays seems so short... and it's going to end really soon. I'm gonna start my uni this coming monday. Holiday bye bye and say hi to assignments or tests??? haiz... 

New year and new yen is here! Seems like I have different hair styles every year. I had long curly hair, straight long hair, short hair and lastly this time I done a short curly hair. Not really short tot, medium length. What's next for next year? Let's shave our head...! haha!

Results were out. And it seems like i never done any improving...! =(  I wanna improve. Everyone seems like improving but not me... no outings coming sem and be a nerd girl studying all day long... But this doesn't happen to me? I will only have these kind of thinking after results were out... And days or weeks later doesn't matter lol... I don't wanna get a second class lower... I aim for second class upper. It would be better for first class! hehe! 

This holiday was a productive one... I baked Tiramisu and cocktail fruit cheese cake. Tiramisu improved..! and i think it was better than the one secret recipe had. hehe!

My new movie was out! I was a "ka le fe" showed in "Chloe" movie. Go gO watch it if you haven't watch... Support the first official movie in KB/Seria... ^^ Their language are funny when there are words like " JIang Geng!" or " hen kick eh!" haha!

I don't have much new year resolutions... I just wanna improve my study and tat's all. I hope i do...