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Holidays & travels

July 22, 2011 – 5:56 pm

Just a short update here. I have been so busy, another month is almost ending.

Good news :

I got my new iPad 2 and a good cheap case for it. It was the bersih weekend when there was a batch of stock which came into Machines. You all know I work weekends, there is no way for me to go out in the day. My bf did not volunteer to help me buy although I told him there is stock in Sunway Pyramid. He lives in Subang.

Honestly, I am still angry about this. As a gf I hardly get anything from him. Not even helping me to buy a gadget. I was sad the whole day knowing that they will soon run out of stock.

However, luck is with me, I saw their FB update the next day and went to get one at Sunway Pyramid on Sunday morning… with my mother. She paid for my new iPad 2 wifi+3g 16GB in exchange for the iPad 1 32GB wifi+3g. I think this is a fair exchange.

Bad news :

Been trying to go for holiday. Tried making plans with the bf but end up with nothing. Everything is over budget because our budget is low. First of all he is poor and does not plan for anything. The reason our budget is low is because I want him to save more. I am not even sure if we will end up together. My dream of having my own home with someone is not anywhere near. My heart is dying, I am crying inside.

Due to his poverty, I always put things on hold. Trying to save money for everything. I will have more money if I had not pay my car fully, bought all the necessary insurance, bought a studio apartment & have a retirement plan which I am still paying a sum every month for another 6 years.

Sometimes I really do not know if this is wise. Saving for the future, don’t let the bank make money out of interest. I really hope to have a big windfall to pay off my housing loan and have money to “live”. I don’t consider myself living at the moment because I have a dead life due to money issues. No progress or whatsoever, no new phase in life.

Of course I want to go for holidays. Lets just say that I have not got a bf who can give me that as a present. I also do not have a wonderful job that allows me to travel. I am just stuck here working 7 days a week with not enough money for holiday or buying more pretty clothes, doing my hair kind of thing.

I hate this world. I hate my life. I need change, I need to get away from all this for good.

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Sekinchan, Selangor

January 2, 2010 – 11:09 pm

The place to go if you haven’t seen a real paddy field before. That’s me in December 2009. I was lucky to be there before all the fields are being harvested.

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Harvesting is in June and December every year. Be sure to visit Site A because it’s a better organised plantation. There is pearl rice which are quite expensive. I was told that we can also get 10kg of local rice at about RM17 from one of the local distributor. Rice planted in Sekinchan is known as one of the best in the country. Funny we local people never get to eat our own rice because they are being export to the North.

The next trip I make there, I will be sure to find out where is that “shop” which sells local rice.

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Other than rice fields, one can also sample local seafood at a couple of restaurants in the small town. Do not expect much though because it is more like home cooked, fishermen style in some small space. The two restaurants serve shark meat.

From the restaurants, one can take a short drive to the jetty. No sandy beach but the beach is covered with sea shells. One can find pretty decent sea shells there. What a rare site?! And it’s in Selangor!!

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On the way back, we made a detour to Bukit Melawati. On weekend and public holidays cars are not allowed to drive up to the light house. We took a tram up. The hill is home to many black haired monkeys. Visitors can purchse beans or cucumbers to feed them. The sunset view from the look out point is beautiful.

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For those who are not rushing home, there are plenty of seafood dinners available along the way back in Kuala Selangor. It will also be a good idea to see some fireflies. Just look out for signs that say “Kelip-kelip”.

This is a great itinery for a day trip.

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