Living in London

1 year multiple entries. each entry 90 days. nice ! anyways, i think i did mention that japanese efficiency was also seen in the embassy ???!!?? alright, please scratch that. the time i went was early in the morning and i was one of the first person there so service was fast. i found the service to be comparable to other embassies where they are not really that quick.. well.. can't blame them just that it was my bad luck that my visa wasn't printed. 1. i went in the morning at 10 at stated on the paper. 2. she tried to find it.. couldn't find my passport. and then she said it's not ready yet.. please come back in the afternoon. T_T. (i shouldn't have woken up so early) 3. i went back to the embassy after lunch. took warren st to green park. it was stated severe delays but when i went on it.. it was quite quick. 4. i was the second in line to collect visa. not ready.. T_T.... he said.. 5 mins.. they are gonna print it now... 5. i waited.... 5 mins.... 10 mins.... 15 ...

i went down to kent on the weekend again. and on sunday took a drive down dartford tunnel and over the dartford bridge. yes.. i'm still afraid of heights.... i went up the escalator in lakeside.. and found that my palms became sweaty again.. T_T other than that.. i bought 4 cans of magners to kent. and drank only 3 cans.. ate a lot of food. that's it for today.

1. who when only convenient to them then they will talk with you ? then any other times .. not a peep from them ? well, i think do have a lot of those so called friends. because i am one of those as well .. bwahahahhahaa what brought this topic up ? hmmm i wonder.. i think it's because i woke up with a big uncle of a headache. and it's pounding its way through my head like some little monster with a pickaxe. didn't help that i couldn't find my stash of medical supplies. paracetamol + coke. instant relief. but to my dismay, i couldn't find it in the midst of my headache. so i cycled to work like that. and now it's still the same. i think it's because the yen dropped so sharply today and has been on a downward trend since it reached a high of 247 ( rates by thomas exchange). uwaaaa.. i should have changed the lot when it was 247. bah humbugs.. imagine.. for £1000 X 247 = 247000 yen but at the current rate of 238 ?? £1000 X 238 = 238000 yen that's a differe...

was the question the visa officer from the japanese embassy asked when i got a call from them. ( i didnt managed to pick up the phone because i don't usually hear my phone) or rather it seldom rings. anyways, i got a call from them this afternoon and they asked me to return call asap. so which i did. in the first time i rang, it rang and rang. and then the lady answered. and she started off in japanese which i have no clue on what she just said.. i was in shock. anyways, then i just realized when she spoke in english that she had that soft tinge that usually all mandarin/japanese speaking girls have. not the high pitched shrill thingy but just the sorta of the gentle ones. *sigh* .. okays.. this is proof i don't get many phonecalls. or in fact... i havent heard girl's voice over the telephone in eons. not even a guy's voice. hmm oh yah.. i did call the o2 service centre for changing my contract to a pay as you go. they wouldn't offer me a £10 off each month anymore ...

I HATE it.. the word. i hate all words that makes me do last minute work with a short timeframe. HATE HATE HATE !!!! ARGHHHHHHHH .. i didnt even have time to have lunch today. that's a good point. ( that's helping me shrink my stomach) cos i went to the jpn embassy this morning. wow .. tube costed me like £2 and i got stuck in the morning traffic. now i know the reason why i don't really like taking the tube during rush hour apart from the price. anyways, it seems like i'm having the travelcard today. i will go use up the travelcard stuffs. else won't be worth it. i'm a miser i think. i went to the japanex in excel on saturday. was a letdown. i don't forsee myself paying another £10 just to go in there again. i don't know.. to me it just doesnt seem worth it. there was nothing there.. well.. there was a lot of things there. but nothing spectacular. the entrance to me i would think .. should only cost about a fiver then it would be alright i guess. but th...

and sooo i sent in an application to try for a job opening in japan. i applied about a month back.. just for the fun of it. cos my friend sent me a link from jobstreet about working in japan. asiancommission.com or something like that. right now i'm apparently one of the 5 in consideration out of 24 applicants. not that i will get it. but i need some input. granted. moving jobs is fun or something.. moving from one country to another .. that's NOT fun.. ( well to me it is.. just that there are responsibilities) lotsa them. T_T. well in event if i do get it.. should i try and go for it. or just stay put and earn my keep here. pros and cons now it's time to do a little soul searching. i'm jumping the gun here.. it's just IF i do get it.. then this is the point where my bridges will be crossed. but it never hurt anyone to plan the bridge crossing a little early. pros of working in japan via my opinion for a person who's never been there. 1. TOTAL IMMERSION in the l...

Kingston 4gb SDHC Mymemory.co.uk i bought 2 kingston 4Gb SDHC from them. and a 4gb sandisk cruzer micro thumbdrive or something like that. i ordered it on thursday evening. email on friday said it's in the post. on sat morning i got it. it was by normal post and it came in 3 packages. the delivery charges was £3.95 for all of them. it was quick. no fuss. Even though i'm dealing with computers and have bought stuffs over the internet, i'm very apprenhensive of buying items from the internet. only stuffs i bought with peace of mind is the airline tickets. cos they can't say i didnt buy it cos i get a reference number. but it's the same with the other items. i get a reference number. i guess part of my worries comes from the part that it involves the post services. back home in msia, i don't trust the normal post delivery. (yes, bad service. lol maybe not.. maybe i'm just thinking too much) it's just inbuilt. so i seldom think of using the post office. my p...

okies.. i was bored and out of topics. and nothing else was interesting except i have too much work so i copied the questions and answered them. I AM: still alive and that's quite an achievement :P I WANT: to have a big fish farm or self surviving ecosystem. I HAVE: a lot of work and some responsibility. I WISH: I KNEW Kung Fu I HATE: people telling me what i should do or shouldn't do.- rebellious by nature. :P or take advantage of me. I MISS: being able to gorge down 5 bowls of rice and lotsa fish/chicken/pork/beef without any consequences. I FEAR: places which are high up. i'm acrophobic. I LISTEN: lotsa japanese music, how to become a millionaire lectures(somehow it hasn't worked yet cos i fall asleep halfway ALL THE TIME), some occasional misc stuffs. I WONDER: what it would have been like if i didnt do what i did then .. I REGRET: I not knowing what i know now back then. I LOVE: to be in the company of good friends. (but somehow.. it's not enough) :P so it...

i'm jealous. my friend sent me a msg this morning and said he was gonna buy a car. (personally i'm jealous so i'm gonna be biased with this entry) 150k for an rx8. recond version i asked my friend in miri. not sure if that guy is gonna buy the recond one or the ori. ( i'm jealous because he's 27 years old i think) and works for AC and has lotsa money. lol when i was his age, i only have a bicycle to my name. lol even now also i got only a bicycle. boy.... am i ever so jealous. enough talk about that. i checked the prices of the 231 psi RX 8 in UK, it seems i can get one for about £25k++. if i can save and save and do some moonlighting in some bars or something .. maaaybe.. i could buy it in like 4 years. *cries* dun wanna think about it . well i went for buffet again today. i felt ill cos i woke up earlier than usual that's why i felt ill.. so sleepy.. lol sommore weather in the morning wasnt very warm oh oh oh .. i got a little raise.. i didnt even expect it.. ...

i went to camden on sat and almost got rammed by a stupid green car on the way back. anyways, i was bored. and it was a nice day. don't know anything bout tour de france, or wimbledon. took my bike out. and cycled down towards camden. it was a change from cycling to work. i spent £7 in sainsburys cos they were having a half price sale on john west's tuna in cans. the usual price is about £3.19. bought some stuffs.. ( coulnd't buy a lot cos i don't wanna ride home on a punctured bike) but i bought too many as well. i bought jaffa biscuit for 69p. for 24 pieces. finished it b4 sat was over. took some photos on the way. went into o2 to see if i could get any nice phones for free. turned out that i couldn't because i havent paid any phone bills since last year. looks like i'm gonna hvae to switch my sim card to a pay as you go thingy. then i went to the outdoor emporium to take a look at the karrimor travelpack. i dunno why .. that one seems to call out to me other...

it's time for a long term update on this machine. when we first got it in the office. it was like the prized possession. or something to be proud of. now it breaks down every week. with a 303 error code that says please call operator.. T_T. trying to get REAL traffic to a website is a real pain in the neck. i've been live for 2 weeks and still not get anything concrete yet. i'm bored.. i have a very short attention span. i need another source of entertainment. lemme see if i can find some other ways to entertain myself. september is too far away. end of the month is too far away too. i have to wait till 24th so that i can use credit card. so it shows up 56 days later then i can pay THAT off. other than that.. work has been nasty as usual. cycling can't say much about it.. everyday it's like raining cold wet.. is this even summer. i lurrrrveeeee DARK CHOCOLATE... right.. i am sort of craving for it. *crawls like a person in pain.. reaching towards the dark chocolate*...

i went to thomas global exchange on sunday. there was a long queue just to change money. so indeed my recommendation of the place was correct. it was in a quiet place. but it looked alright. there were lotsa ppl. and ppl who were walking past were very intrigue by this long line in front of a money changer. that's about it. i still need to change a little bit more. so i'll wait for my next round b4 i go there again. it was pissing rain outside. i thought i'd have to wait till it settled down. but as it is with london's rain, it just is not like the torrential downpour back in msia. lighting and thunder. yippee.. i used to hide whenever i hear thunder and see the lightning. and then i grew out of being scared of it. now i'm scared of a different kind of thing. that aside, nothing else is special. i brought food to work today. from the baguette i bought from somerfield on sunday. it was 62p for 4 wholemeal ones. i stuffed it with corned beef i bought from sainsbury. a...