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Following up to the previous uni post (since I still haven't started to have any classes), it's just another day of meeting new people and briefings/ introduction. The bus was delayed for like an hour this morning... ONE FREAKIN HOUR. We were pretty much clueless as it is with no guidance whatsoever and this morning itself we were told not to get on that 7am shuttle bus SUDDENLY. Well, because that was when the facilitators decided to show up out of no where /dignose

After we got in to the right bus, well took me awhile to realise this but the trip took about 30 mins from our hostel to the main campus. That's a long heck ride. Pretty much the amount of time it took me from KJ to KLCC for work. Deja-vu, they said... The ride was a direct pathway with no-stop, should I add.

After I arrived inside the campus, I found out that we were late. YEAH WE WERE LATE. Psftt yeah bcos we were in-charge of the bus travelling time kann? -__-"

We got into lines which is when we were divided into faculties. UTeM has like 5 faculties for diploma students btw. There were about 500 diploma students who accepted the offer and registered yesterday. And specifically in my faculty we have 111 undergraduates in total (the most number for a faculty under diploma). The average is more towards girls in that faculty but overall in the university was more towards boys since it is a technical university. My faculty - in case you haven't know - is known as FTMK (Fakulti Teknologi Maklumat dan Komunikasi aka Faculty of Information Technology and Communication) so we can assume girls are more into the IT world rather than engineering world, amirite?

Just now we got our first 2 weeks of timetable! And my housemates are already deciding to go home smh. So for my semester khas (before the real sem starts on September), we have to take up 3 mandatory classes for diploma students. Namely Foundation English, Philosophy of Science and Technology and lastly, Islamic and Asian Civilization. This whole sem is about 2 and a half months or so... it's not too long anyways.

By like noon, we went to the cafeteria for lunch then went to the beautiful mosque for our Zuhur prayers. At that time, I gave up on making new friends. I will introduce myself to one person and she will disappear from my sight the next moment. It's pretty annoying after sometime so I decided to be lonely for the rest of the noon hahaha. Not like it's anything bad. All I have to do is endure the moment of having nobody sitting beside me when we enter the bus, having to seat at random tables during lunch and literally feel lost in my own world. Sounds bad, right? Well, I got used to that. It's better than joining cliques of people you aren't comfortable with. But the people there aren't so bad, they're friendly like how new kids usually act.

Our meals are prepared except for proper lunch. They only prepared some bread with drinks for breakfast and tea time. As for dinner (which was after the loooong briefing), we were handed a pack of nasi tomato with ayam masak merah, an apple and a bottle of drinking water each.

It was a good first-look of the whole uni life. But it was too little information on the university activities itself. Looks like I'll eventually need to find out things myself then. I really am looking forward to the clubs and societies.

Dropping by,
Melynn.
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Hey fellow readers, I'm finally in university YAYAYAYAYYYY!!! This happened too fast I kenot. It feels weird calling it a uni instead of 'college' but really, it is one. Oh well~

We arrived earlier than planned at the main campus of UTeM which is located in Durian Tunggal, Melaka. The registration started wayyy earlier than told. We were informed through the offer letter that it started at 12.30 noon buuut apparently when we arrived which was like 10 mins to 10am... It already started. "Registration start dari pukul 8 pagi tadi, bang", one of the volunteers told my dad. *cue Oh My Girl's Liar Liar Liar* Smh, tell us la yesterday...
Now, about the first impression.

UTeM main campus is seriously a beauty in sight. Everything seems new and well-built. It was an instant love. However, that is before we toured around the campus and found out it is extremely huge that moving to places by feet is nearly impossible. Along with the heat here in Melaka, believe me YOU'LL DIE! It seems that my life never escape from public transportation I tell ya.

Registration was damn fast. It was so systematic that it barely took 15 minutes to submit all the documents. We had to give exactly like what was stated in the buku panduan that they gave. Legitly no extra stuffs, only what was required which was actually vvv little things. Everything happened so quickly, I'm glad.

Now after I got the keys to my room. We were informed the place was outside of the campus. When we were driving to that place and tryna search for it... Never did we expect the residential area to be THAT far. I think it was about 10km from the main campus in Durian Tunggal. Idk whether it's a good thing that the place is located at the city or that it's bad that we will take more time just to travel. I'm staying at Kolej Kediaman Bunga Raya btw. 

The place looks like a cheap flat so it only have stairs and my place is on the 4th floor. The stairs was tiring enough. I really wish I didn't have to see all those dirty stuff on my way up... It was very displeasing. My room on the other hand was decent enough. There's a toilet in my room so only my roommate and I will be using it. The rest of my housemates will be using the other toilet in that house. For the record, I have 4 other housemates excluding my roommate and I. There's another unused room but I have no idea if someone actually resides there.

This house really lack of socket plug. I am in the need to use them on a daily basis so that'll be a struggle for awhile. Since the rooms are quiet small (especially mine since ours has single beds instead of double decker), all the tables are placed outside at the living hall. So all my facial requirements needs to be outside of my own room on my study table. 

My room has a wall fan buuut... It cannot oscillates. Seriously it only fan one freaking direction. And my bed isn't in that direction so I might either use my mini fan on my powerbank or just sleep in my own sweat. Too bad. As for the washing machines, they are all the way downstairs. I can tell how many times I'd do my laundry in a week already /sweat

There's also mamak, laundry shop and even a small convenient store nearby the flat area. Soo that's accessible enough for someone lazy like me. For today we have nothing planned for us anymore but we have a real get-to-know session tomorrow. At the mean time, I can't get a hold of my student wifi so I'm currently using the hotspot on my phone to surf the web. Thank God for the ample data my dad got us this month. We have like 35GB left to finish in a week. Pa, you can leave that to me. I tolong korang habiskan heheheh /wahaha

No pictures yet. I'll see if I can snap something when no one is around soon.

Dropping by in college,
Melynn.
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Before leaving for university, I met up with my close bunch this week. It's been a great last week settling things here at home.

I had a trip to Sunway Pyramid for a meet-up with Ka Mun earlier today. If you decided to take public transportation to Sunway, there's a bus from Kelana Jaya LRT station (T873 if I'm not mistaken that's the new number for U623) heading towards Subang Parade. The bus fee from KJ LRT to Sunway is RM1.00 (RM0.80 with Touch'nGo) however the fee from Sunway to KJ LRT is RM1.90 (RM1.50 with Touch'nGo). The route is longer on the way back to the LRT station so that explains the extra cost. Make sure you prepare exact change for the ticket fee though.

Our purpose there was to hang out for the last time before I leave for uni on Monday. So we decided to go karaoke. It can be considered my first time karaoke-ing with a friend. We went to Red Box at about 11.30am and was there during their lunch hour. The range of price at that time was between RM19 to RM22 (price may vary from time-to-time according to location) including meal and drinks per head. We were given 11.30am until 3pm slot and I think it was pretty reasonable.

Refer their website for more details about prices.
The food provided was indeed very satisfying and surprisingly good. Not bad for the price range.

After our lil karaoke sesh, we went cafe hopping. In my dreams we did. We only went to 카페베네 (pronounced: car-pay-bear-nah) to try their bingsu - my first bingsu. We got ourselves Choco Bene Bingsu for RM19.80 (for the single size, yes there's also double). Their presentation is pretty neat. "Very instagram worthy", so Ka Mun said.

Freezy goodness

Soft brownie, red beans, oreos, koko crunch and any other chocolatey stuff that comes with it.

The combination of ingredients are vvv yummeh. I'd definitely come for more bingsu somewhere in the future. I probably should try bingsu-hopping next time around /wahaha

Dropping by,
Melynn.

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2 days ago, I went to support our school's softball team for the annual Softball MSSD 2016 along with Nadhirah and Sarah. We (being the only ones with spare time) went to give our support to the new juniors. The Falcons we know today sadly aren't the ones we left knowing - enthusiastic people, noise-makers, sarcastic yet friendly and having such a family bond. There were a lot of new faces to simply complete the empty spots. They didn't win any game expectedly but at least the experience and koko marks are there /hmm

Some 'photography' I did while I was there. I still don't know how to work a DSLR after years of owning one smh.

I'm just that bad at flatlaying things.













Stupidly, the umpire insisted this as a "strike zone" WTF
No. We don't have any pic of us seniors. Kesian kita huhuhu

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Buat apa nak tipu...

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Who am I kidding huh /blush


Glove kesayangan yang banyak berjasa.


When someone is bitchin bout you and you're at their side be like

Butt focus bcos why not

"Yeaa had fun starin" /XD



I hope university level of softball is as fun. I miss being a team player.

P.s. Our jersey (the grey one) is dope af. Thanks to our junior who left the team but still did a good deed, Intan. We reallyreallyreally love it!! 

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Melynn.
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11.12.2015 ~ 22.5.2016
Those are the days I started and stopped working after SPM 2015. It was a 6 months worth of experience that now I finally gonna have to call it quits. I've been working up my ass for 5 to 6 days per week throughout that whole period in my life. I ain't gonna complain much because the pay since day 1 sure increases drastically. My first pay was +/-RM150 (the cut off date is every half of the month so that makes it a 5 days worth of pay), followed by RM800, RM900, RM1000 and previous month I earned RM1.9k net. April's pay was a full-timer rate including some incentives so that's why it's quite a shocker. As an SPM leaver who need not pay any bill, the money that I got was enough for my own personal pleasure without having to bug anyone for it.

*Note: I have yet to get this month's salary. Salary is paid every end of the month.

To avoid controversial issues, I refuse to type out the shop name.
Imma gon share my personal hands-on experience about the job now. Generally, I applied for barista as a part-timer at a small cafe. So here's the great thing about working specifically there:

1. It's a small company YET a big one
Not many know this, but that shop has only 2 outlets (Nu Sentral and KLCC) excluding one at the HQ. However, it is owned by a big company - Boost Juice. Pretty sure you've heard of it. Sooo as a not-so famous shop, it is expected to not be as busy as those who are. Nevertheless, it has perks of enjoying the privilege for being under a big company.

2. Different crowd
In most places, weekends and public hols are the busiest time for F&B. In my situation, not really... As a cafe with a grab-and-go concept, that shop is the complete opposite. 5 working days are the busiest in the week specifically during morning and lunch rush. 8-9am and 12-2pm are a madness sometimes. Weekends unfortunately, are dreadful to work. The slow pace made me cringe every second of the day. Literally.

3. Less crowd, less attention
Getting hired as a barista when I never become one is where this place suits me well. Coffees aren't the main thing we sell so not all customers order them. However, mornings usually will have a queue of orders from the office workers. So the rest of the time I can make use of the time, practicing my coffee-making skill. That was in the beginning stages of learning. Later on, being at the coffee station during morning and lunch rush is a good way to improve my skills as speed and quality are crucial.

4. Small-spaced advantage
The shop only has like 2 tables for customers. That is how much we expect people to 'grab-and-go'. So cleaning in general are pretty simple because there is not much to be clean which I like.

The working environment is very nice to work at even though the space is extremely limited. Most of the employee are still young so the age gap ensure us to get along with each other really well. Plus, they only hire locals. It's fun working there but there are times I do feel like dying from overworking. The short of staff crisis is real. It affected the whole crew so that was one of the struggle I had to endure. The issue is close to being resolve as of today (the day I quit) so hopefully things get better for them.

The negative part of working there...personally:

1. Far from home
Shame on me I don't live in KL but I work at KLCC. I took the train from PJ (Taman Paramount station) to KL (KLCC station) and the ride itself is around 30-40 mins. I need to leave the house pretty much an hour earlier than my shift to reach there in time. Also the increased LRT rate made me reload my Touch n Go at most RM200 every month. As for coming late, I've been legitly late not more than 7 days throughout the 6 months as I tend to aim coming early (especially knowing the rush every morning at work).

2. The pay rate
I'd say the company is kinda berkira when it comes to paying salary. They want us to work hard to increase the sales but refuse to pay us what they should for the amount of work. Other places pay double the rate for working OT but here no OT rates for part-timer (only full-timer) and OTs are 1.5 not double the rate... Public holidays are double not triple unlike other places. Well basically, pay are lesser here. Moreover, I have yet to get my monthly payslips. I received my payslips only for December and February but never since. Management issues are real here.

3. Multiple interference
Knowing it's a fast-progressing shop, I expected office people to come down to the shop at times to administer from time to time. However, the involvement of two to three hands sometimes aren't helping but confusing instead. Imagine the store manager saying one thing, the marketing manager says another and the barista trainer tells a different story (for God knows why). STANDARDIZE IT PEOPLE. The promos should be reach out to the crews directly from one mouth. Idek who is the highest authority anymore.

4. Short of supplies
I know this happens not only with this shop. It happened at Burger King where I worked previously as well so I understand it is inevitable. However, not receiving certain goods when needed just because HQ people forgot to pack them in is troublesome. The communication system is not the most efficient I can tell. It's really embarrassing to face customers and be like "Oh we're sorry but we are currently out of plastic bags" and guiltily fitting whatever possible into a small paper bag instead. If management aren't shameful, idk what else should they feel.

5. Either broke or disfunctioning
So many things are breaking is2g, nothing goes right there. That place might've just been cursed, seriously. Lemme list out whatever that wasn't functioning since the past 6 months:

  • Receipt printer unable to print orders because the cable was torn but after changing into a new wire, it tore again.
  • Toaster's fuse burning out during operation hour. Like legitly there's spark underneath the freaking toaster!!
  • Display chiller's internal fan is broken causing it to blackout a few times. 2 out of the 3 display chillers, I must add.
  • Espresso machine's center grouphead is not functioning in general.
  • Freezer in kitchen was broken.
  • Chiller in the kitchen is giving bad news as well.
  • The shuttle was once cannot be lift up because the switch inside was tripped.
  • Chair without a rubber feet. Not broken but unpleasingly wobbly.
  • Display light for pastries has been broken for more than 3 times now.
  • Internet connection wire had the same issue as the receipt printer. Causing our e-card to stop becoming convenient for awhile.
Might not be all but problems kept coming back.

6. Labour work is always needed
From carrying boxes of mineral water to delivering bulk orders inside and outside of the mall, you sure need those biceps at work. Man power is seriously the thing you need to consider facing before applying jobs at F&B. Muscle sore after the first one or two weeks are guaranteed.
                                            

Ok, I might not have covered every single good and bad things. I may have made the whole experience sounds worse than it is but really, life experience are never always a walk in the park, you'll find pebbles or even rocks along your path so you gotta learn to either avoid or endure them.

I hope someone can find this personal experience helpful somewhat. And hope for the negative things to not forever be that way. Now, it'll just be me getting ready for another road into university life next week. I'll keep updating whatever possible insyaAllah.

Dropping by,
Melynn.
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As of today, I've finally got accepted to a public university through UPU. YASSS. My turn has arrived to start a new chapter in life (bak kata manusia sekalian after high school). So out of all 12 choices of universities, I guess I was pretty lucky to get offer for my second choice. I practically filled up the UPU form bluntly tbh. My choice of courses in order were TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING and ECONOMICS/ACCOUNTANCY/BUSINESS. The university which I got offer from is known as Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka or simply UTeM. And as you can see, I also got my first course choice covered. Is this what they call blessing...?


List of my UPU choices
After checking the result, I then checked my offer letter and turns out the registration date is on 30th of May. HELL WHAT?!? This month? What? How? That fast? I haven't even settle any of my work matters. I was planning to have my last day of work on 30th not going to uni on 30th. 

The offer letter from UTeM


Ever since SPM result been released, let me just be frank... I never applied anything else other than UPU. And on top of that, UiTM wasn't even listed in one of the choices. Which was pretty risky as I had no other backup plans. Or I could just let myself end up in Form 6, which if things were to go wrong I'd rather wait for rayuan before doing that. I didn't want Form 6 because frankly I don't wanna go back to the schooling standards. I just feel like being in a proper university/ college has different kind of exposure for the future and besides, STPM is hard. That would be a pain for someone like me who barely passes SPM.

If you're wondering, I only scored 5As 4Bs 1C for SPM. I personally perceive that getting this kind of result shows that I ain't clever but I ain't exactly dumb as well. Simply said, I'm grateful with what I got. I know there's merit counting involves in the way UPU application works but I never really understand it. It's probably just luck lol.

5As pun jadilah
Furthering in a course at a uni which focuses on a smaller scope of certain field will hopefully allow me to develop more interest towards it. And not to give up on it too easily.

Now, going back to reality and face all these documents to submit. I might just get a headache figuring it out and settling things here. Lagi-lagi when you are working as a full-timer and has yet to tender your resignation letter smh /sweat


UPDATE: Read about what my thoughts after a year in diploma here.


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Melynn.
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Today I went to my manager's - Kak Lynn long-awaited wedding. But before that...

Last night I slept over at my coworker's house - Fiqah. I went to her house last time on the day we had our staff party so that makes this the 2nd visit. It was because Fiqah is her bridesmaid so she had to be early and I was dragged into coming together somewhat. The problem is that things weren't planned out right from the start. From the time we wanted to leave the house til the start of the event, it's a mess. Fiqah didn't properly discuss with her parents on the timing and such so we rushed getting ready and going there. However, going there early wasn't planned. Turns out Kak Lynn was still at the masjid to nikah. Us being total strangers from the family can only sit down and wait for one whole hour until we finally got in-touch with Kak Lynn.

The only part I think picture-worthy
Not to make it sound bad but the place of the wedding is close to the outskirts of town though not exactly, but just to give you the picture. It's understandable that the day before it rained heavily. It's been that way for the past week. I should've expected worse case scenarios knowing Kak Lynn and all but I guess I was being too yolo that I didn't give it a second what ifs... The place was full of mud everywhere, like legitly the ground was sooo moist that made me regretted wearing such a nice new heels to the wedding. Walking around just felt wayyy more uncomfortable than it could've been if I just wore something as simple as flats.

Since the night before I had a sleepover, I was carrying a load to the wedding. In order to keep it safe out of sight I requested to leave it inside Kak Lynn's room. She had her touch-up done in another room so she locked it up with a legit lock. I didn't know she did until I was rushing going home.

My family came to the wedding (because I told them to) but they came too early than I expected. It was 11.55am when the wedding is 'planned' to start at 12.30pm. It's kinda annoying that they came early just so that I could go back early before it even started. I mean they said it in a jokingly manner that made me pissed off so badly. It started slightly later so that is already bothering me. I told them to come after Zuhur and I wouldn't mind but coming when it's not even 12pm and blaming me to keep them waiting really engaged my temper. Dah la tu, I was the last minute bridesmaid for Kak Lynn's sister-in-law. She had a double wedding ceremony along with her younger brother. The more I am forced to stay when at the same time my whole family was rushing me back /floor

As soon as kompang, berarak and all those merenjis bagai done I quickly took my seat and ate as fast as I could. I requested another 15 mins from my dad (who is already waiting in the car with the rest of my fam) and was scolded to shorten it to 10 mins... I told him "ok" though in reality it's not even possible unless you want me to choke all my food in that is. I bid the rest of my coworkers who came farewell and rushed back inside the house to get my bag. As expected, it's lock. I HAD A PANIC ATTACK. I looked for anyone familiar to help and called out to a boy who helped Kak Lynn put her hantaran in since he was in the next room. To my surprise, he was shocked to see it lock as well. I was mentally facepalming so hard. He was asking around if any of the relatives know where's the key. Found out Kak Lynn has the key in her bag. I went back to the front to get hold of her bag (which is with her mother) and disturbed Kak Lynn (who was busy taking pictures) to look for it since I couldn't find. It wasn't in the bag. It was in her locked room instead. I felt like crying man. Kak Lynn was panicking a bit so she tried to run to her husband's car to get the spare key from him. And we were like "No way you need to be here it's your wedding and all" then she turned to her brother and told him to smash the door. I was hesitating to follow him agreeing to that. But since I was desperate to leave, I followed. He did smash the lock. By kicking the door. Once. Simply and quickly. Damn should've done that sooner.

I rushed out to the car with my unclasp ankle strap and shoes (and socks) covered with mud, walking as frustrated as ever. When I opened the car door, my dad was giving out sarcastic words and I couldn't help blurting out anger. It turned into a quiet ride home. Which I prefer.

I was back to normal after dinner. I can tell how sorry my dad feels when he bought me my favourite sambal paru when I only ask for nasi lemak with fried chicken and when he leave behind some of the chocolate biscuit when I didn't mind not having anyway.
Lol it was a temporary frustration so I didn't thought he'd take it to heart hahah /nobigdeal

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Melynn.
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Been aware of it for almost a month since working at the mall with all the upcoming promos, I couldn't help not knowing. I had planned what to get for her since a month ago but it is somewhat a diy plan.
Well, not like it's a new thing buuut me is the vvv lazy... like what's new? /sweat

So I went into Typo and bought a cute pretty mother's day mug and M&S to get her a 'healthy' snack instead bcos you can never go wrong with food. Especially chocolaty ones...


As a budget limited person I spent RM15 on the mug and RM8.30 on the biscuit. I paid both item using a debit card. First, bcos I'm too lazy to withdraw money. Secondly, I find it easier to track where my money go since everything is recorded in the app.

It's so lady-like with those bright colours.


Written RM30 here but I paid RM15

*secretly hopes she'd share this*

Even though 8th May is tomorrow let me just wish to mothers all around the world, HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY!! It's a day dedicated for you... to show how amazing you've been. Much love to my mum. Sorry if it's too simple but again 'I am because you are'.

The lyrics speaks. Current song: Mom by Infinite


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Melynn.
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Haven't you heard? The new KBS2 drama that was recently ended known as Descendants of The Sun (or DOTS for simplicity) had receive plenty of attention by legitly the whole knation. At first I figured because the main lead - Song Joong Ki is FINALLY BACK INTO DRAMALAND!! I mean he was away for awhile serving the army and this comeback was really anticipated by fans.
Me being one of them /blush

However, it got waaay bigger that even non-kfans heard of it... Previously another drama called Cheese In The Trap also had about the same hype at first but the ending was a let down so it cooled of towards the end. It's a different story for DOTS. I heard that the writer was planning to have a sad ending but since the viewers got so high they turned it into a happy one and I was glad they did. Up until the ending people still talk about it, either shipping the SongSongCouple (Song Joong Ki & Song Hye Kyo), funny BTS or just the fact that Yoo Si Jin was just too charming.

The plot was somewhat out of the whole 'chaebol and poor girl' settings yet still kinda feel like the superiority of the character's jobs made the same impact and I find it interesting in that sense. For an army setting drama, this is my first. However, in my opinion the fact that Song Joong Ki is Yoo Si Jin alone is a good enough reason for it to be a hit. I strongly agree that Yoo Si Jin is a dream girl's man but then Kang Mo Yeon (Song Hye Kyo) is too normal for them to be a diehard couple in the drama. They teases each other, fight the way couples fight and have that kind of relationship but smtg is missing among those two. Could it be the lack of affection? Well, the skinship didn't make me feel anything which was kinda frustrating since this is a kdrama we're talkin bout. Even the second couple shows more affectionate acts. The thing that kept the relationship nice is probably the jokes Yoo Si Jin pulls. The female lead is just a meh for such a charming guy tbh.

On the bright side, I love the friendship that the soldiers and doctors have either among themselves or one another. It was more like a family love rather than friendship love. The on-screen couples are all adorable and the antagonist was a minor hate. I didn't have a strong hate against the bad guy in the drama but ofc the hate still lingers.

The drama opens up my eyes even if it's a little bit to understand the different perspective of people with different backgrounds. This shows how tough someone's life out there just doing what they think will lead to a better tomorrow.

Drama setting is nice, plot was good enough that completes as a good drama, characters were admirable and respectable and lastly the actors were all fine looking /hmm

It was worth the watch. Sixteen episodes is a perfect duration to end a story well - not too fast, not too slow. I'd rate it 9/10... if only it wasn't too PG13 oops.

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Melynn.
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I have never really use any of The Body Shop products and this is a rare occurrence whereby I'm willing to spent quarter of thousand bucks on a single item. Since March this year, I have been using a new serum by The Body Shop which is part of their 'Drops of Youth' range. I bought it for exactly RM245 for a 50ml bottle.
Sounds hell lot of money for such a little amount huh? /omg

If I'm being honest, I didn't wanna buy it. It was too expensive. Actually the only reason I went in to the shop was solely bcos I wanted to buy a shaving cream for my dad's birthday. Then I went in and saw the whole range so I thought it'd be great to get him all which includes facial wash, shaving cream and after shave. However, at that time there was a 'Buy 3 Free 1, Buy 6 Free 3' promo so I was suggested to get another one item. The salesperson showed me their latest product for acne treatment.
Well, who wouldn't notice these lumps of redness on my skin... /sweat

She did a lil' test on my face and found out I have vvv dry skin that it's lack of hydrating elements. Which is why a serum was recommended. At first. The recommendations kept adding and she insisted me on buying almost the whole range. Of course I won't... I ain't rich nor am I THAT crazy. 
In the end, I spent almost an hour in the shop deciding which one should I really buy. But in fact, it was actually me trying to refuse. /blur

REVIEW STARTS HERE

It was filled up until its neck. The pic shows after 2 months of daily usage.
Having using it for a whole 2 months, I gotta say my pimples do start to reduce. I use it both day and night for the first two weeks but then started to be lazy and only apply it in the morning. I can see the blemishes on my face began to fade... though not exactly fade away. It shows positive feedback and I gotta say it kinda worth spending money on.

Here's a 360 degree look of the box:


Ingredients
Apply it after cleansing and toning before moisturising


The thing that impress me most is that when I've been using it, the pimples that have been popping out are getting smaller. It is no longer the huge ass one that everybody can tell even being 5 meters away from you. It's the one that only shows redness when appearing. Idk bout you but my pimples are previously 'acne' pimples and not 'pimple' pimples so if you have those tiny red lumps on your forehead or chin or slightly on your cheeks, mine is worse. 

The annoying thing about huge ass pimples are that it hurts! it takes FOREVER to fade. Serum like this somewhat helps to prevent that from becoming worse. So what I can conclude is that, it does its job pretty well - it hydrates the skin, it renews the skin making blemishes fade faster and allows other products to work well. But... it costs a lot of bucks. That's all I gotta say.

I give it a 9/10 only because the size is smaller than my palm but it costs bigger than a family dinner for a week. /dignose

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Melynn.
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The time has come for me to drive outside of the neighbourhood. It was somewhat exciting yet scary. Thank God my dad was there to guide me throughout this first time drive to Shah Alam. Driving is like a life-or-death version of games. I felt like I've been driving my entire childhood playing racing car-crashing games *cough* Need for Speed *cough* I felt like I was reliving my childhood in an adult life. So that was the exciting part.

The scary part is that I figured being in an 'L' labeled car and a 'P' labeled car is really big of a contrast. Being an L and having the instructor on your side claims that you are a student. Unfortunately being a P, doesn't necessarily mean that. Yes you're still learning but... drivers don't care. They simply assume you're good enough because you're not an L. The thing is that, the only road I've ever driven on is the circuit at my driving school and the route during my JPJ test. As a second day P-license holder, expect plenty of flaws and danger from me. I wish there's some kind of sign that can show that I just freakin started. "Be cautious, take cautions" is all I'm trying to say. I started to think that getting a P is really easy. No wonder accident rate keeps rising. 

Anyhow just wishing I can drive on my own pretty soon enough. Being the first kid to drive in the family means I can leave the house whenever I like oops jk. Let's just pray nothing bad happens to myself or even worse - the car.

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Melynn.
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As a high school senior, many would be dreaming of dozens of thing that they'll wanna do after SPM. Wanting to get a job, a driver's license, hanging out with friends and yadayada you name it! Well the fact is that, not everything can be done. Or worse, nothing would be done in the end. Good thing for me I got to accomplish something after 6 months ever since SPM - getting a P license. Not gonna lie, I was expecting to get the license in a month or 2. Guess that was too much to ask for.

I enrolled in December last year at Safety Driving Centre (SDC). Got my L license end of January and it expires in April. Throughout the 3 months, there were about 10 appointments of an hour or two per class. After the first class, I felt culture-shocked. I mean, an hour only trying to adjust myself in a car I never been in is just taking things too fast. So what I did to be better in a shorter period was, talk things out with better experienced drivers - my parents. After class I'll tell them whatever I learnt and couldn't understand so then they would explain in a simpler way for me until I got things straight. That deffo helped. I was well-prepared for the next class so things got better after that. I repeated the same technique after each class so even after a 2-week gap between current and next appointment, I could still remember what was taught.

Best way to learn fast? Make mistakes. Most of the questions I asked my parents were the mistakes I couldn't fix during class. Being open about what you didn't understand also a great (and faster) way to enhance your understanding. Being a step ahead for each class is a good way to not fall too far behind especially when you have like only 3 classes per month. I always ensure to not redo the same mistakes or even relearn what has been well taught  to avoid wasting my hours. Silly mistakes and carelessness happens all the time so the best thing to do is to control it to a minimum level.

If after my 18th April JPJ test and let's say things didn't go well and I failed, what happen then?
Firstly, my L license will be ending the same month. So more money and more time needed to renew that. Secondly, it'll cost a couple hundred more for another class before another retest. Thirdly, being in another loooong waiting list. Based on a friend who needed to retake the test, his next class will be in June. That means 2 months only waiting for the next class... Talk about insanity. Lastly, another bet on passing. The anxiety was killing me. I didn't need to die twice.

Sooo for those taking the test anytime soon, good luck and pray hard. Focus well while doing the test and you'll do fine.

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Previous month I somewhat promised my mum...
"By the end of April I'll be sure to get my driver's license and buy myself a new laptop"

Those things were said considering I had my JPJ driving test on the 18th and finally getting my full-time pay for the month. It was a hope that wasn't exactly impossible yet can always go wrong.

Fortunately... as hoped, I passed the driving test and earned more than what I had expected. The struggle is real when I lacked a couple hundred ringgit than what was needed to get the best range of laptops. Hoping means taking risk. It was a risk on letting aside what I wanted, if Allah wasn't willing to let me have them.

And I promised myself. When I finally own a laptop, I will revive this blog. Share what I find useful and worth sharing. Well then, we'll just have to wait and see.

So this post is to mark the date I drive with a P license for the first time AND having my first laptop.

01052016

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