PINKYLEONA: November 2016

3rd Year Wedding Anniversary : Suite with Petronas Twin Tower & KL Tower View

Anniversary 6:02 PM

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How to Improve Life : Marriage (Marhaen-style)

Motivation 5:58 AM

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SEPHORA Malaysia 2016 Black Friday Sale : Wishlist

Beauty 9:32 AM

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Kos Melancong ke Sydney

Australia 8:55 AM

Ribs set : AUD 19

Murah kan. Kalau macam di atas, 2 set jadinya AUD 38. Kalau makan di TTDI Meat Point pun import Aussie's Beef, harga import pun em, boleh tahan lah

Our's last time :

1. Transportation

Flight, Air Asia [KLIA2 - Kingsford Smith Airport] : RM 4,000.00 for 2 pax (return)
Airport transfer : Airport Link (Airport Rail Ticket/Opal), AUD 15.76 (one way)
Getting around : AUD 15/day

2. Hotel

Travelodge Phillip St, Sydney : AUD 150.00/night

Note : For current rate please visit TFE 's official WEBSITE

3. Admissions

Featherdale Wildlife Park : AUD 31 / pax

Note : For current rate please visit Featherdale Wildlife Park 's official WEBSITE

4. Food

Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner cost in general : AUD 20 per meal, per pax
Seafood Platter at Sydney Fish Market : AUD 60 for 2 pax

Note : Contoh half size ribs macam dalam gambar is AUD 19, thats why we capped the meals to be 20 AUD/meal. Makan di Sydney Fish Market, however, cannot kedekut, because we had half a Lobster!

5. Souvenirs

We cap the souvenirs budget to be : AUD 50 per pax

Note : The cost again isnt important because its up to you, what you bring back home/plan to give to family and friends

6. Others

Shopping in Birkenhead Point Outlet : RM 1,000.00 (Swipe credit card)
Shopping in Westfield Pitt St (Laduree & Supre) : AUD 100 (kot, hehe lupa)

IMPORTANT NOTE/SUMMARY

Kalau you guys dah pre-book and paid for Hotel & Flight, and cuma nak tahu berapa banyak cash (in AUD) yang nak bawa ke Sydney, my suggestion is as follows:

1. Food : Reserve AUD 20/meal

Note : Darab sendiri berapa kali you plan nak makan, if lets say 3x meals sehari nak makan meals yang confirm kenyang, so your budget will be AUD 60/day

2. Transportation (Opal) : Reserve AUD 30 untuk Airport Link + AUD 15/day

Note : Airport link (return, AUD 15 sehala) wajib. Tambahan AUD 15/day ni sebab if paling teruk pun in a day kita jalan, maximum charge AUD 15 sahaja. Capped at AUD 15. I myself dah cuba bila kami pergi ke Featherdale (1.5 hour journey) and balik Featherdale kami jalan lagi ke Birkenhead. Memang lepastu journey free shj. But make sure tap je Opal card macam biasa. Tap first baki XX, tap lagi sekali baki sama XX.

3. Souvenirs : Reserve AUD 50/pax

Note : Rasanya dah lebih daripada cukup, kalau beli untuk family rapat shj, tidak berlebihan (over) like what I did

4. Admissions : Follow Official Website

Note : Manala tau ada increase in price or ada seasonal promo, rajin-rajinlah check website tempat yang nak dituju tu

5. Emergency money : Reserve AUD 200/pax

Note : What I mean by emergency, is really an emergency. Kalau tertinggal flight/kena extend stay, gunalah credit card (jangan lupa aktifkan utk overseas usage)

Hope this helps!

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How Education Changed My Life

Motivation 12:23 AM

I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth

*Credit : Photo taken from Google*

I attended the public kindergarten and school. I got new school uniform once a year -mostly self made by my mom. I never worn Canggih (famous good quality school uniform brand) even until High School when everybody does.

Note : Remember, I graduated high school in 2004

I know knowledge is powerful. At just 7 years old, I determined to excel in studies because :

"I want people to believe my words. I want people to trust me. I want people to take me seriously. The only way I can achieve this is to be intelligent" -me at 7 years old

So I got No. 1 in class every year and the best achievement of my life is the Penilaian Tahap Satu (PTS) Exam -was made during the year our current PM YAB Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak was the Education Minister at that time

I passed the PTS Exam and therefore I could be exempted from attending 1-year education the following year.

Meaning, today I am Year 3 student and next year I am going to be a Year 5 student.

I remember precisely when my mom asked:

"Nak lompat kelas ke tak? // Do you want to skip the Year 4?"

"Nak. Boleh jimat setahun belanja buku sekolah // Yes. We can save money -by not buying the Year 4 text books"

So my peers changed from those who was born in the 1988 to 1987

(i.e. I am a year younger than everyone in the class -except those of my kind)

To summarize, my big exams result are as follows:

1. 5As in UPSR

2. 8As in PMR

3. 9As in SPM

Soon after SPM I was granted the JPA scholarship to do A-Level (Engineering) -I was supposed to continue with Diplom & Masters Degree in Engineering in Germany. Being German is one tough language, in 2007 I was advised to repeat the DSH-Prufung in Goethe-Institut Malaysia.

Having second thought, I went to my sponsor and asked for their advise for my next move. I dont think I want to repeat the papers and I want to graduate soon. So the advisor (En Wan Azizam from JPA at that time) told me I could do my Degree locally and can choose any private Uni that accepted my A-Level as an entry requirement.

Note : Many local Universities only accepted SPM/STPM (while I did A-Level to match with the UK Education system)

Because my A-Level result was good, the JPA even provided me with their recommendation letter to accompany my applications to Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP). I ended up choosing UNITEN because I couldnt stand UTP location too *one remote place, sigh*

That letter of recommendation is still in my keep. I love my Government! They're so nice

So I did my Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, fully sponsored by the JPA (Government). I did well in my University years too with few times Dean's List and Alhamdulillah, graduated with a good CGPA.

Before graduated, I had my Industrial Training with UMW Toyota (Assembly Services Sdn Bhd). Once I graduated, my work offers (before my position now) are :

1. Pipeline Engineer in O&G company

2. Mechanical Engineer with the Government

3. Also being offered sponsorhip from UiTM for Masters programme

I finally choose Option (2) because of the stability of the job.