A Date with Myself

I know it sounds weird, but sometimes I enjoy spending time alone.

Sorry for the long hiatus.  A lot of changes happened in my life, so I guess I should be forgiven?

After waiting for months, finally my posting letter arrived, I am officially a qualified pharmacist to serve you people!  But wait, when I read it further, I was like "Oh my god, I got Selangor".  Selangor is such a big state and I had no idea which hospital or government clinic I gonna be placed.  Lucky you Selangorians to have a pretty pharmacist to be in your state LOL.

On the day of reporting duty only I got to know I was placed in Hospital Banting, which is literally in Banting, a small town of 1 hour from Kuala Lumpur, 30 minutes to KLIA airport and 2 hours 30 minutes from my hometown.  Had to accept the truth meanwhile gotta figure where should I stay.  All thanks to my friends who helped me to ask around and of course a big thank you to Mark Zurkerberg for creating Facebook, such an amazing platform to spread the news. Haha!

This is the forth week of being in Banting.  Adapting new life and yet missing my girls a.k.a colleagues + housemates + partner in crime back in Slim River.

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End of story.  Back to a date with myself.

It was the first weekend I spent in Banting.  Decided not to go back hometown on Friday morning and start regreting in the evening.  Honestly I had no idea how to spend the weekend over here.  In the end, I was thinking "Why don't I date myself?".  I know it sounds weird, but sometimes I enjoy spending time alone.

Being alone isn't equal to lonely.
懂得與別人相處之前先學會跟自己相處吧？



SATURDAY

Decided to start cooking.  Drove to Giant and bought a lot of cooking utensils as well as food materials.  It was the first time of shopping alone.  Had the feeling of grown up suddenly hahaha. Two hundreds bucks gone but I had gained a lot of positive energies.

Walking alone, deciding own path and direction. 

Got myself a set of McChicken too. Honestly, it was my first time of drive-thru. 

My shopping hauls: A rice cooker, some food materials and happiness :D

SUNDAY

Drove to KLIA 2 for the first time. It was just a spontaneous idea popped out in my mind.  Surprisingly it is very near to Banting and I didn't get lost on the way there.  I would say airport is a good place to be alone where nobody will care who you are and why are you alone.  Walking around in Gateway, observing people come and leave, thanks God I did not bring my passport, or else I would have runaway.

Settled lunch at Dome
享受一個人的時光

My spicy olio chicken pasta (looks like mee goreng mamak here =.=)

Having a hot mocha is the best way to enjoy quiet moment. 

Being alone isn't that bad still huh?

The only drawback of going to KLIA2 is the parking fee.  RM4 per hour for the first 3 hours is no joke. Haha. Other than that, everything is just perfect and I think I will do the same thing over and over again. Peace!

Being alone isn't equal to lonely. 

一個人也可以過得好好的。

I might just drop everything one day and runaway.
也許有一天我會放下一切不管，尋找我的自由。

可以在台灣做的十件事

我回來了，我親愛的。
從台灣回來不到一個月，我開始想念台灣了。
也許上輩子是台灣人吧？這個國家總讓我有一種很熟悉的感覺。
喜歡這裡的環境，喜歡這裡的文化，喜歡這裡的人，喜歡這裡的一切。

台灣給人的印象不應該只局限於珍珠奶茶吧？
來到台灣可以做的事實在是太多。
用時間去體會，用心去感受，心靈上獲得的，遠比物質上的更有價值。

不如換個說法吧，與其以遊客觀光的角度看台灣，不如跟上台灣人的腳步，融入台灣的生活節奏？

1. 到誠品享受寧靜片刻
挑一本書，細嚼文字與文字之間的情感，或偽裝成文青也好。如果你不愛閱讀，不如就挑一張CD，讓自己陶醉在音樂的世界裡，讓時間流逝也不覺得惋惜。

台中勤美誠品

挑了一份禮物，給自己

2. 乘搭公共交通，看看這國家的美麗
也許多耗不少時間，也許得站在搖晃不定的公車裡，如果細心留意，也許可以發現不少驚喜。或者，買個便當，在火車上慢慢享用也是一種不錯的體驗。

台鐵自強號，往台北路途中

3. 騎腳踏車
如果不喜歡乘搭公共交通，就騎著腳踏車，口裡哼著歌，穿越大街小巷，欣賞台灣巷弄的
美吧！台灣到處都可以看到U-bike的租借熱點。既然對身體好又環保，而且腳踏車的車道完善，何樂而不為呢？

台中逢甲大學附近的市集

4. 晚上餓了，去逛夜市吧
旅客愛逛夜市，台灣人也一樣愛。士林夜市，寧夏夜市，逢甲夜市，師大夜市，幾乎每個地區都能找得到夜市。手裡捧著豪大大雞排，留意身邊的人群，為喧嘩的夜市編上一個感性的故事。

逢甲夜市，還有我愛的臭豆腐

5. 寫一張明信片，把祝福送出去
分享當下的心情，把祝福投下郵桶。收信人的那份感動，就是所謂的禮輕情意重吧。

都收到了嗎？

6. 把7-eleven當作自己的家
美麗的早晨，來杯咖啡吧；沒人陪的夜晚，來解決一個人的晚餐吧；或者，想流淚的話來買一罐台灣啤酒，哭過了，一切不好的也過去了。可以當作自己最熟悉的地方，度過很多個人生的moment。

7. 把記事本蓋滿印章
走過的每一步，看過的每個景點，留下經過的痕跡，帶走不退色的故事和回憶。

平溪老街的一個角落

8. 來一份傳統早餐，為嶄新的一天掀開序幕
總是無法抗拒那份對傳統早餐的喜愛，無論是蛋餅，燒餅，油條，豆漿還是饅頭。坐在早餐店裡觀看街上熙來攘往的人群，也是一種享受吧。

令人想念的味道

9. 感受濃厚的人情味
只能說台灣是個很有愛的國家。無論是公車司機，為你指引方向的路人，或是看見你自己一個人站著而前來關心的阿姨。小小的一個舉止，可以讓人感動很久。

台北西門町街頭

10. 談一場戀愛吧
每個人都值得擁有幸福。有人說，幸福永遠會遲到，可是卻從不缺席。也許錯過了，也許得到不屬於自己的，幸福總會來敲門的。

台北十分車站（幸福車站）

許個願吧，不一定會實現，可是至少還有一線希望吧。
（台北平溪老街）

也許是舊地重遊吧，少了一份驚喜，卻多了一份懷念。

如果你問我還會不會再度來到台灣，答案應該很明顯吧？

Till then, see you next time, Taiwan!

Ps：十件事太少了，可以做的還有好多好多 :)

Hello February

It's the second month of year 2015, I couldn't tell how fast time flies.

Was typing this post during my oncall weekend, fingers were flying cross keyboard for few hours, was trying to express the anger deep in my heart and yet there were too much to say, the ugliness of working in this government setting.

Saw my name on the oncall rooster again, tried to get explanation from the person in charge why have to put my name again.  The explanation I received made me almost burst into tears, she said "Since you're receiving the critical allowance in your salary, if you are unwilling to oncall, you may give me your critical allowance". Wtf.

Yes, it's true, I'm receiving critical allowance but what about the bastard who receiving the same amount of salary as mine but just doing simple pre-packing work at the back and not having to oncall?

Feeling so imbalance but what can I do? Other than accepting the reality, what else?
Sorry for revealing the dark side of working in this setting, hope it won't put me into jail any time soon. LOL.

End of complaining.

To reward myself, finally I bought this.

Samsung Galaxy Note 4

Wanted to get a new phone for so long, finally the anger drove away all the hesitation. If anyone ask me why I change my phone, I'm going to say this is how I spend my critical allowance. Wtf.

Love every single features in this phone especially the front camera.  The 3.7 megapixels front camera makes me couldn't resist to take selfie everyday.  Perhaps I should rephrase "An apple a day, keeps doctors away" to "A selfie a day, keeps negativity away".  Hahaha.
Follow my instagram: janejane_fong to check the photo qualities of samsung Note 4! (Most of the photos will be my selfie for sure :p)

Chinese new year is just around the corner.  Seriously I have no time to do my CNY shopping yet.  Let me know if you have any tips for shopping like where to shop, the sales and any online fashion store you know!

Here I end this post with my cover on Blank Space by Taylor Swift.  Hope you enjoy!

(Wtf with the funny thumbnail =.=)

Till then see you again!

《等一個人咖啡》觀後感

這世界上      每個人都在等著一個人。

你有沒有想過，你等待的那個人，其實一直都在你身邊？

慶幸在下映之前趕上了這部電影。

簡單的故事，我卻被感動了。

感動的，也許不是因為故事，而是故事太像生活中的我們。

在世界的每個角落，在茫茫人海中

總是期待著能夠在下一個轉角有那一個人的出現

你等待的是哪一個？

已失去的

成了過去的

想念，卻開一直不了口的

還是，一直在你身邊，你卻沒發現的？

也許，你等待的不是那個他/她，

而是一個讓你撇開心房的理由，

一個向他/她道歉的機會，

一個向自己坦誠的一刻。

等待把思念化成紀念

等待再度把手牽

等待發現其實真愛一早就已出現

每個人都在等著一個人

你，在等什麼？

生命×無常

最近一場意外，奪走了一個大學同學的生命。

24歲的花樣年華，一個不小心灰飛煙滅，剩下愛他的和他愛的人的眼淚。

還有來不及對他說的話。

所謂的生命無常，深深的體驗到了。

曾經有人對我說：“你在醫院工作，對於生老病死應該很看得開吧？”

我說，才不呢。我看到的只是生命的脆弱。

也許幾天前還對你有說有笑的，轉眼間已撒手人間。

我依然害怕死亡

突然想起申成雨在《Roommate》裡曾說過的一句話：

人生會經過很多不同的階段，當年齡不斷增張，將面對很多的生死離別。剛開始經歷了朋友的爺爺奶奶離世，不久後也許是朋友的父母，再過不久或許便會面對自己朋友的離世。

聽起來挺諷刺的，不過說的一點也沒錯對吧？

珍惜所擁有的，活在當下，別留下遺憾！