Friday, November 28, 2014

Passers by

Certainly in life,
each and everyone of us has these passers by.
Some of which stays for a period,
some left even quicker than you thought.

It's early in the morning at half past six, 
sun is about to rise in about, say 30 mins?
I've been like this for the past few months,
wasn't able to sleep.
Prolly it's the studies I'm prepping for,
the big one.
It turns worse after I quit my job.

Well,
At least I ain't alone.
Sister who's rushing off her crazy datelines,
building models *turning our room into a mess*
is staying up as late as I do.

Anxiety,
Worried,
Nervous.
Words and feelings of these sorts best describes me right now.
It's the big one,
I couldn't afford to fail,
Although,
failing in professional level of ACCA papers are a norm.

It's a tough route,
there are times where I wanted to give up,
wanted to just leave ACCA hanging like that,
but then again,
there's this voice,
whispering in me head,
"you've only have 5 left and you still have those ppl to prove them wrong"

Since it was a study break I'm taking,
I decided to blog about these passers by.

A good close friend of mine,
has a situation of a relationship,
which I would say,
somehow rather excruciating.

Which is worse,
knowing 2 persons have feelings for each other,
that were a match for each other,
turns out not being able to be together due to religions
OR
having to turn into someone who can't emotionally take care of you,
but have you in their future?

As she text-ed me earlier on,
she mentioned,"...went to watch him play soccer because I knew our time is limited..."
it poaches straight into my heart.
That word right there,
that the time was limited,
it hurts tremendously.

But it's the moment where both of them could still cherish,
could still make good use of each others' accompaniment.
There are many times in life,
we wouldn't know how much time we have got left to spend with that special someone,
or the one you care,
or even a stranger that you treated as a friend.

At least,
they both knew it would be coming to an end soon.

21112014,
it's been a year of your absence,
a year that we had broke off.
In your one year of absence,
I've came by to meet a few strangers.
I regarded most of them as my friend,
only a few felt the same,
the rest? We remained as a stranger,
or "that someone".

I've came by a person,
whom I fancied,
but somehow,
we cut off because he knew I wasn't the one for him,
or rather,
he had someone in mind.

Sometimes I wonder,
would it be best cutting off or remain connected?
There are times where I wondered how were you,
then again,
there are times where I have the urge to meet you,
or even text you.

So near yet so far,
though we stay pretty near,
but chances of seeing/ meeting,
is equivalent to zero percent.

Perhaps,
losing your contact was the best idea ever,
both for you and I.

Andrew,
I felt the same for you too,
where I hope to keep in touch with u,
Just like how Louis & I did,
I even now talked to his wife,
bout her pregnancy,
bout her lil thing that has heartbeats like us too,
how huge it makes her stomach look liked.
But then again,
I knew your initial reason.
There I knew,
we would be the strangers again,
but the difference? 
The stranger we both once knew...

The ones that remain in contact,
we seldom meet each other anymore,
maybe simply because,
we knew that we are nothing more than a 'hi/bye' friend,
that we are at the lowest level of even a 'hi/bye' friend could be.

These passers by,
each time they left,
they took a piece of me.

It burns,
that each time you started to know a person,
before time allows you to bid farewell or end it properly,
they were gone by then.

But each of them,
they taught me a lesson.
A lesson which no other person whom you knew would teach you.
"The Lessons of a Wanderer"

Perhaps,
this was in God's arrangement,
to test each of us,
to test our patience,
to test our strength.
I hope she'll be fine,
both of them,
although it's agonizing.
Putting God ahead,
despite of their every wants,
their every desire.

Their act,
was truly a noble act,
Sticking to their principles,
their roots.

Lord,
I asked for your forgiveness,
and for you to grant strength in her,
and for you to answer her prayers.

Xx annaliese xX

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

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That extreme long post is here again...
Wait up...
I realized each time when exam is around the corner,
I would have this habit of thinking into the past and reviving all the memories...
so here I am again...

Few weeks ago,
King Kong and her fiancee came to KL and they invited me for a fine dining...
Initially I rejected...
Well, I hate being the "spot light" but she insisted and Brandon even asked me to come...
I didn't know it was their anniversary >.> 
*grrr*
But thanks darling and not to forget Brandon too...
for that awesome fine dining...

  
Well, girls gotta dress up aite for that special occassion?

*takes a deep breath*
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For the second time of the month,
I'm doing this again...
Changing the tyre -_-

It wasn't me this time...
It was my sister who was driving...
We met up at mum's place since I was working, there is no need to drive back again...
and then this happen...

As when we left mum's place,
we drove side by side..
as the traffic light turns green,
*being an eldest sister, I would usually let them move ahead so I could watch their backs*
and I'm glad I did...

Hearing an awkward noise from her car,
I turned and to my shocking state, 
her tyre had been scratched and air is leaking quickly...

Glad that she could make it to a petrol station nearby,
I changed the tyre there...
There's 2 gentlemen who was filling up the air for their tyres saw what happened and came to offer their hands...

*I gotta say, being a girl does has extra privilege eh?*

check them out below ;)

  


Halloween is a pain in the arse...
first off, last min costume...
second, the crowds!
*suffocating*

But I managed to pull out 2 last min ideas by picking sth outta my closet...
On that exact night of 31102014,
dressing up as Sailor horror!
Glad that ppl could see what it is...
to intensify that effect,
I drew some "scratches" from the sea monster
and of course,
slit throats...
the blood was alright initially...
but...
as the party comes to an end..
I realized that my blood still continues to drip into my cleavage *oppss*





noticed that blood from before party to end of the party?

Speaking of which,
I remembered that there's one night I got so drunk...
that my friend was so worried and she sat my car to make sure I was alright...
When we were about to pay our parking ticket,
a stranger helps us to pay for it...
*awe*thank you stranger*
*just enjoyed being a girl*
such gentleman...
or was it because he was tipsy too?
whatever it is, I'm grateful to that gentleman...
Sent her off to pick her car up when she confirms that I could drive...

As some of you know, 
Zouk has an event on 01112014 called "Dawn the Dead"
Attended and my last min costume?
Wrapped up,
a greek goddess...
I would say,
I will never go back to Zouk for such event...
It's so packed that you could hardly even move!
but at least the girls enjoyed it!


Here I am,
My full costume of Greek Goddess!

Left to Right:
Greek Goddess, Bunny & the Maid

We even spot the wolf from 3 little pigs!

The only one who could act along with me

Sugar high?

It's her last week of work...
That last week of being an auditor...
That last week of being a senior...
That one last week...
with so much emotions in her...

We were handling a huge case,
from one of our biggest clients...
For the first time in the history,
The whole team went out..
At least in my last week,
we could still work as a team ;)

Bewarned!
it's Chaos...
as though there's a huge hurricane...
let the pics speak for itself..

The many files that we needed to check

*bbrrrrghhh*
Freezing much...
The "wantons" are still there cuz my junior said kept it as lunch,
Deep fried or steam? *smirks*

I personally loves this one...
at first glance,
you might thought she's a senior...
Truth is, she's our trainee and her senior explaining all her queries...
LOL!
We never sit on a "comfy-CEO" chair because too much comfort might make us unproductive!

When us seniors were fully focusing..


We believe in leadership
by guiding them,
Not by asking them to be followers

My place was a chaos
so much to do yet so lil time...

My last field audit with this cheeky one...
defo needed a we-fie XD

The day has arrived for me to go on a separate path,
As how heavy hearted I am,
I knew that I must move on..
to pursue what I had always aimed for...
besides,
my career development had just stopped there...
I'll miss them for sure,
how we used to work together as a team,
how we challenged each other *debates on issues*,
how we discussed on issues faced...
because that is when I learnt the most...
On my last day,
I handed this card,
with a thank you note in it to both my employers.




Not to miss this one out...
We celebrated Grace's birthday...
Surprised her with the presence of Joe, Presto & Azmi
That sparkly candles to match that pretty cake...
solely for that gorgeous darling of ours...
Glad that you love everything we planned & we love you so much! 


While scrolling some articles,
came to my attention that TimeOut KL posted a post of a flea market by Carousel...
without hesitation,
*and being lazy to make up*
grab that cap and ciaoz...
Everything was on a bargain price...
so cheap that you would just get anything you love there...

A for Annaliese...
That green dye is fading off,
my next colour would be my favourite one...
PURPLE!


I have no idea what came over me,
prolly stress and mind full of over-thoughts...
head down to the gym and spent 2 hours there...

Did a 5km cardio run,
sadly, my performance had deteriorated...
but I'll train back once after my exams...
Did some hamstrings workout,
hip abduction workout,
abs workout,
and weights for my arms too...
seems like I done everything eh?


My 5km and 12 laps run!

All these workouts doesn't seem to wear me off,
I went on to train on my knees up on the monkey bars,
it was my first attempt though...
Check it out below...


It ain't easy but I'll get there...

It's almost 5 in the morning...
better be off now...

Xx annaliese xX


Monday, October 20, 2014

That strong, iron lady emerges again


It's been a while she do this and here comes the day that her car tyre punctures again..
The first time happened when she was on her way back from Andrew's place and changing it along the stretch of Jalan Kuching heading onto the ramp of Sentul-Segambut roundabout..
Back then, she was barely 20 years old..
Below was the link for experienced she had:

She remembered that her dad said it was different for this car as the rims had been changed...
but he never taught her how to do it in case of emergencies...
Here's how badly flatten the tyre was...




She was rushing off for her class...
Decided to change it later when her class ends...
Kelvin, her junior, her colleague who was attending the same class decided to stay back too to help her...
This is another different experience she would face as the tyre is kept right under the car instead...
When Kelvin was actually figuring how to take the spare tyre down, she's already leveling it down...
They couldn't help but laugh loudly at each other..
She'd some strength there...maybe because she trained for wall climbing...



Got herself into the dirts but clearly, she's pretty much enjoying the whole process of it...
To be frank, luckily Kelvin decided to stay back because she doesn't have the jack to lift the damn car!
When they were figuring how to remove them allen keys, here comes her hero of all time; DAD!


Dad show them how to do it but he took the wrong tools to remove them nuts!
there goes the loosen allen keys and he called the foreman...
After some ding dongs, finally they can all go home and rest after a long day!!!
Right as she settles down, she noticed these bruises...
"Ah well, it's fun & experiences...It was worth it",she told to herself...
Car had been sent for repair & maintenance the next day...



Must had been her kneeling down to check her spare tyre and the jack leveling...
She still has them up till today...
It simply reminds her of the lessons learnt!
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On another note,
she finally found the courage to tender her resignation...
as how much reluctant she felt,
she knew she gotta go...
because her career development would just stop there if she hadn't...

Grace said that all I needed was a push...
and here you go,
with some personal reasons,
I tender the resignation letter.

Though there's much to learn from Ms Lam on life lessons,
but the world out there is just to big to stay here,
and I would love to experience it for myself; on a hands-on basis...

The only thing that left me stranded,
was the new batch of trainees...
I wasn't able to be there and complete the training there with them...
But I know,
they are all in good hands of the other 2 seniors in the firm...

Lord,
I thank you for the courage you gave me,
for the bravery to stand firm on my decision,
for every obstacles to make me a better person...

Oh Lord,

would you grant me another favour?
that both my bosses would be still of good health and the management will still do well..
that the trainees can overcome their "ferocious" seniors :P
that my 2 colleagues will not suffer that much after I left...
please do...


I do have plans,

but it's all blurry now...
in time I hope it would be unimpeded...
and mummy, I would miss you even more~
I promise I'll visit you more often...

Xx annaliese xX

Friday, October 10, 2014

Tonight...

Tonight she finally had the courage to open up the folders, the old folders...

One of her colleagues asked to borrow her hard disk for some educational purposes...
This is where she open up her hard disk, to check where the recordings were...
and came this folder...
Named after him,
and his movies which she requested...

She thought she would feel a pinch of pain in her...
but to her surprise,
she felt nothing but only a sense of absence...
his absence...together with their memories...
From batang kali trip, Malacca, UK, Port Dickson and Pangkor...
from that tip of the very beginning of their stories to the very end...

Although the answer she had always seek will never be found...
She knew, these were the wonderful memories they both once had...
and let it be the end of their chapter,
the least she knew was that he moved on...
and so does she...
at least the feelings were once true...

On another note,
she came to a cross road,
decided to tender her resignation...
felt heavy hearted to leave but there are times,
ppl have gotta move on and venture into new challenges...

This was her turning point,
What's next holding up for her?
Let it be obstacles,
Let it shower upon her...
She will be ready by then...


Andrew,
Seeing you being happy was what I had always asked for,
and I knew you would be able to do it regardless of who's beside of you...
There are times I miss the moments,
but don't be mistaken with the feelings,
I thank you for being there for me,
for mentoring me,
for reminding me what life has always been...
and I thank you for that box of darkness you gave when you decided you can't anymore,,which was a gift too...
I missed the 'ol times,
the old us...
but then again, we will always learn and grow up to be a better person...
I just...
savoured it...right here...
Both our decision were right...
and I know some day when we look back,
we would never regret...


Sometimes the heart needed more time to accept what the mind already knows...
May Lord grant me the strength and courage,
to overcome my next challenges and obstacles...
to stand firm on my decision...

Xx annaliese xX

Friday, October 3, 2014

I'm at most utterly shocked,yet heartbroken...
Prolly cuz I know I'm gonna lose this friend,having my portion shared and taken away...
I know I'm gonna miss ya...
But then again,it's great to hear such news and I'll be happy for you...

For a moment of silence,
She kept herself in there,
Trapped...
Cold...
Yet still forcing a smile on her face...
She had no idea how to response...
All she could do,to be pretentious,
Act as if there's nth between them...
and send her blessings sincerely to them...

Let it be a goodbye...
For life,we gotta forge ahead...

Xx annaliese xX

Thursday, September 25, 2014

That silent night kills

As how silent the night is,
It's slowly killing me on the inside...
I could hear my babyboi breathing,
I could hear my heartbeats...

As how much depression strikes on her lately,
Tonight,it had gone worse...
She had miss granny dearly! 

That essence of grief,
That shining crystals of pure sadness,
That extracts...
Is draining in her pockets of eyes...
As how the memories started to flash back...

She remembered clearly that...
Granny was once so proud of her,
Would go 'round and talked bout it...
Granny was proud of what she could do despite her background! 

As she sheds the extracts of sadness and grievances,
She be reminded that granny wouldn't wanna see her this way...
Granny would want her to continue to progress of what she dreamt of..
That next strong lady...
Regardless of how broken she is inside...

Granny,
This song here,was composed and dedicated to you...
I wish you are here to listen to it...
To tell me how proud you were once again...
I couldn't finish the song,
Because,it's simply too painful.
Need not worry bout mummy...
She still have got us..

I missed you!


On other note,
There are memories that should be kept away..
Let the past stay in there,
It that puny box,
Locked away...

It's towards the end of the book,
Let it be tossed,closed,and locked away...
And allow the new beginnings to be told..


Header will remained...
Although she knew she should change it upon blogging this...
The heart palpitates,
It hurts too much,
That her expressions has gotta go somewhere~ 

xx Annaliese xx 

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Chapter 24 (9)

Be warned! It's a reeaally reeaaally long post!

It's the 3rd quarter of the year already!
and here goes....

The day had come for the interns to bid farewell to their employers, their senior and co-workers (in this case would be other interns)
This is my 3rd batch of interns that I had trained...
but an event of most unexpected had occurred...

As the clock struck 5.30pm...
the interns handed us gratitude gifts!
We were at most utterly stunned,shocked,surprised and no words could come outta our mouth a moment there...
I was holding back my tears...

Ms Lam said,"Well, this shows your hard work had paid off!"
I couldn't agreed more...
I've never felt this way before *like a mentor seeing his trainees were all successful* just saying

Here's what they gave to us:
Candies! to keep us alive... ahem, awake i meant!
Decorative clays!
Stationeries holder!


This particularly intern named Esther spend days and nights preparing these gifts for us...
and not forgetting Kavina for the chocolates!
The "Yap Group" has a lil extra..
I've got the pillow for me back!
how can I not be touched?
It's the petty stuffs that counts and she knew my back was hurting!

It's a custom that anyone who left, we would had a farewell dinner treated by the rest!
and we celebrated at publika!
Here are the few shots :D

What's that I'm holding?
It's a cardboard message specially made for "Yap Group" only!
The contents are P&C :P
well, just saying...
try your luck reading that! XD

We still keep in touch up till today..
right now, in the office, we're more like friends than colleagues...
but ofcourse, whenever work is there, personal feelings shan't be thrown into as well
*we are professionals like that*

We watched maze runner together,
Esther still comes back and visit us during lunch and i've got a free Sundae Chocolate from her! 
We still hang out *food hunting*


I love this personally!

 The lonesome streets along Publika with city lights!


I'm missing this already!
And so does Esther!
Someday, we'll go back and try all the flavours!


This here, is my darling Esther who talks non-stop just like me...
All i need to do to shut her up is randomly take shoots like this of her XD





























Credits to Kelvin for these shots while the ladies were busy taking selfies
Loving my accessories!
Hah! Vanity much?




Our version of Maze runner towards the exit XD               My Sundae Chocolate by her *blissful*


Into the woods, Lil Red Riding Hood Cycled...

hey! life's gotta be balance right?
It's not all about work!
On Malaysia Day, *just another extra public holiday which i think we don't need*
It's time for some family day out with me mam!
*ka-cheng*
HIKING! one of my favourite sports here!
we went to FRIM and mummy wanted to cycle and here we go!
the lil ones were exhausted but time spent was always worthwhile when you're with your mam!



Mother Nature is always so gorgeous!
Her way of showing her beauty were explicit!

Next comes the night...that epic night!
It's been a while I party till sun up...
so does Grace!
the last was....
was....
when we were in the UK!

Altho it's the first time partying with this bunch,
it was never a wrong decision made!
we were bar hopping at Changkat till 3am..
next, we headed to Zouk,Velvet!
party till the lights were turned on *it simply means till it closed at 5am*
Went to klang for a super early breakfast!
by the time i got home, it's already 9am...
Worned out...knackered...
but we had fun still!
i don't think i can do this anymore...
too old for this sort *Covering mouth with both hands*



Outfit of that night! *didn't feel like being exposed too much*


A NEW FRIEND! 
p/s: she's effing wild!

    
Left: Before heading out to Changkat
Right: Party ends after sun up
I'm glad that my hair was still in place and the make up didnt smudge 
*teeheeeee*

It's been a while since the zoo gang gathers!
and the added bonus?
no one's bringing their partners!
I miss those days...when we were all so closed to each other...
but it's understandable as we grew,
each has things to do,
partners to accompany...
but what's hurting me more was that...
king kong is going away since she's marrying end of the year...
going away as in moving to another state...
and as for torty, she's moving out too...
*sniffs*

There's king kong,right on top of me...
the only one in the group who will be as crazy as me...

and here's torty in red!
she's the only one who will play along and act with me...
we were the drama queens back in college days!

Trainings on a saturday!
you have gotta be joking right?!
haha...yeah,it's a joke...
it's just a course to upgrade us..
during the break, we explored the newly opened bar!
Everything that the owner decorates were based on the 70s - 80s
Did I mention that they love Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and etc.

The idea of using a hat as a lamp!


sitting outdoor is the best when it's raining and chilly!
Colleague mentioned that there's not much of a cheese taste...
*no idea*



Random shots taken at encorp strand mall during late night!


That's it for now...
though i don't feel like stopping
Next up would be plainly me and me and me XD
kidding...
well, the blog is called "WALKS OF MY LIFE"
of course it's about me and my life and the footsteps in it...
what else would it be...
ain't a food blog, nor a fashion or tech blog...


I love my hair still...that fucshia colour
Next colour would be Blue & Purple!
I'm using Manic Panic by the way...
it's a semi permanent dye, so it's gonna come off sooner of later...


I've been depressed recently...
so much so...that i think...
I need to do something crazy to bring that away...
Would love to change the header...
because things had changed...

Sometimes in life, ppl walks away & left footprints in your life...
What makes them walks away?
Neither the reasons nor hypothetical thoughts should be sought...
but assess the worthiness of you trying to savour each and every person whom you "feel" it's worth keeping and staying in touch...

From that, I presumed  you knew that certain ppl walks away from my life..
I'm down to the earth and disappointed with her...
but andrew's dad had taught me that...
In life, we never lose friends...
we just learnt who the true ones are...

Till next time then...
by the time I'm back,
new header will be up!

xxx