Sawadeeka, everyone. This is wei lynn the 20 year old first-time-flying-alone-anxious-tiny-looking-girl reporting from Suvanabhumi Airport. She ended up here in one piece, yes.

No, Ken, I did not end up in Chatuchak(it's not even open during weekdays)

No, Pa, I did not end up in Platinum Mall. (at least it's a better option than Chatuchak. Wait, actually no. Platinum is closed at this point of time. It's midnight!)

And no, Michelle, I did not get lost in the airport.

Thanks to the huge, clear signs in this airport. And to a friend I made on the plane. I'm quite safe now. :)

I am in the internet cafe and I paid 100 Baht for this precious 20 mins. Thank god for credit cards. I did not have any Bahts with me.

An hour and a half more before I board another plane to Melbourne. Maybe I should make another friend on the plane ;)

To my family- papa, mummy, ken, shaun and mama- you are all very missed!!

20 mins in running out.... Will update soon!! =) Much much love.

I had a very eventful Saturday! :)

Though I slept at 4 in the morning the night before and got up at 9, I knew I could not allow my lack-of-sleep-thus-i-can-be-grouchy syndrome take control of my day... for I was going sailing! Met up with Foong @ BSC at 10.30 a.m. and we headed to Heng Li's place to gather. Foong then drove us (Heng Li, Ai Li & I) to Port Klang.

Was the sun too glaring for you Foong, till you had to close your eyes? ;)

Boats at Port Klang.

We had breakkie/brunch at the clubhouse before we head out to the river. I took the opportunity to learn the basics of sailing from the 3 of them. Heng & Ai are national sailors and have been sailing since they were very young; and Foong joined them later on. Naturally, Foong is considered a national sailor too I suppose :p

The boat we were gonna sail on was a small one; fit enough for 5 people. And each 5 is assigned to various positions, with given responsibilities and tasks respectively. I will introduce them later in the coming pics... It was my first time sailing and so I had zero knowledge about it(minus the fact that I googled 'sailing' the night before and all I grasped from the net was the wind & energy moves the boat).

Anyway, very important to know is: when we sail, we should head towards the wind, but we do not go against the wind. We must always maintain a good 45 degrees(or so) from the wind direction. To move to the left or right, we call it: Tack. This is applied when we are 'beating' the wind, also known as upwind. On the other hand, when we 'run' from the wind, or also known as downwind, we gybe when we turn to the left/right away from the wind.


Miss beautiful Ai Li, mending the spinnaker


And noob Wei Lynn, tying a knot on the boat


Both of us beside the gorgeous boat 'Eveline'- somehow it reminded me of Pearl Harbour


Mr. Professional sailor Heng Li, me, squinted eyes Foong(who ask him not wear sunnies! ;p)


Introducing position no.1 on the boat- HELM

Well basically, the Helm is supposed to observe the wind direction; and maneuvre the steering wheel of the boat(in our case it was a long stick as it was a smallboat). He's in charge of tacking and jibing the boat, and the boat turns. Helm will always sit at the back of the boat.


Ok his eyes are not closed this time :)


So peaceful... *hearts!*


position no.2- Ariff the Bowsman

Ok, he's called Bowsman because his territory is at the front of the boat where we refer to as the 'Bow'. I can't really remember what are his responsibilities... Lol, sorry!

The sponsor which sponsors the 4 of them national sailors


position no.3: MAIN SAIL TRIMMER

Foong and I took turns to handle this red rope, where it controls the Main Sail(the huge fabric floating). We trim it according to the power of the wind.


Wow, what were we looking at!

I looked like a 'sampat' girl here, with my hair flying up. It must have been the spinnaker/flags which we were looking at. Heng Li was probably giving me Sailing lessons 101 on the boat. He's very patient when it comes to explaining things to noobies like me. He explained to me even when I didn't ask! Hehe nice guy :p


Of course must show off a bit right? :) I was holding...

OMG i forgot what's the rope called and what it was connected to! Ai Li if you're reading this can you please refresh my memory?

There are 2 other positions on the boat: the Trimmer and Cockpit. However, I am not entierly sure of the responsibilities of each. So sorry. I'm still learning!

Professional sailors have their names etched behind their shirts. I am so jealous!

After about 2 hours or more of sailing under the hot blazing sun, we decided to cool down in the pool :p


Hahaha.. Foong acting all strong & macho!!

To be honest, Foong is actually quite strong la. He was my kayaking partner back in OBS 3 years ago.. That's how we got close to each other.. and I'm glad we still remained close after that!!


Nothing beats sippin' watermelon juice in the pool after a tiring activity ;)


Yay us 4, all wet and ready to go back!

Thank you Heng Li & Ai Li for having me join you guys to sail on that day, and for making my first sailing experience a memorable one. To Foong for fetching me home and for being that crazy crapping partner friend all these while :)

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I got back about 6pm, took a shower.. lied on the bed wanting to take a short nap but to no avail as dinner was at 7.30! It's a pre-planned family dinner. Pre-planned because this dinner had one purpose: to celebrate my farewell where I fly off on Tues. Papa wanted a nice dinner.

I was craving for steak, so Victoria Station it is :)


Shaun and his 'sizzling' steak- thus making him the only one with the neck apron on


Two very important women in my life; love them to bits


The wise man who always looks out for me & only want the best for me, dearest Papa

My main course: RIB-EYE STEAK which I savoured, every bite of it

To end it all, a warm family picture! :)

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Papa dropped me at BSC after dinner where Hou and Sammy picked me up. We were gonna chill that night, so clubs was a no-no... We decided on this Cuban Tapas and Cigar Bar at TTDI Plaze which Sammy's dad owns, FIDELS. It was a superb choice :)

Specially made cocktails to suit our tastes

Atlantic Blue, Coconut rum Crasta, Boston Beach Party

I love you all- Hou & Sammy

I was admiring these 'manly' posters in the Bar and so I took a pic with it :D

Sammy and I wanted to be a little adventorous and so we headed to the Bar to sit. Our bartender(below) showed us his fabulous-but-very-con-like Straw tricks. Needless to say, Sam and i were very amused. :D

Amir, the mixer of our cocktails and entertainer of the night! ;p

Shots were on the house, by Amir

It tasted so good Sammy and I didn't down it- instead we savoured every sip of it ;) Also because we wanted to cheat Hou and let him down it! Hehehe...

The cool DJ, Atta who played the songs I requested :)

I felt so bad because it was a Cuban bar, and so songs like Santana should be played, instead of the R&B songs that I requested.. Come to think of it, I don't think anyone noticed as everyone was focused on the Liverpool football match on the big screen..

That's how my Saturday went. I dropped dead on the bed the moment I got home. However, I never once complain how tired I was.. because I was enjoying every minute throughout the day. A huge thank you to the sailing crew, my family, and my lovely Sam & Hou. I went to sleep smiling.. :)

Today, I revived the good old days of sitting the LRT. Except that I wasn't heading to work, I was heading for a final lunch with my lovely bunch of colleagues. And to collect my reference letter of course. :) Thank you, Kah Ling! You're truly a great boss :D

Where did we have lunch? "Avenue K" Food court it was, again :) And I had the famous Pan Mee for the first time! I'm not much of a fan of Pan Mee you see, so I never tried it despite the countless times I've eaten at the food court. We had a chilling lunch, with each telling their stories, with me telling mine too. I'm so blessed and fortunate to have known them.

Last Friday was my last day of work/internship. AK, being the sweet and thoughtful guy he is, got me tickets for Sky Bridge! I did say I wanted to visit it, by illegally walking through it hehe, not by following the proper tour! I wonder how long it took him to que up just to get the tickets. If you're reading this- Thank you A.K.! Foong, one of my closest friends, came to have lunch with me on that day itself. I invited him for Sky Bridge as I had 5 tix with me :)

Haha, yes 4 of us in the 3D room where they introduced the Petronas Twin Towers to us!

AK, Yen, Me & Foong

We were looking smokin' hot baby with those cool look alike sunnies on :p though Yen kept laughing at me, uhh meanie!

In the lift up towards the Bridge. Looks damn complicated. Foong took this for me..


Here we are! Sky Bridge.

If you look closely, I'm right in the middle, having a little chat with the tour guide.


Hehe the four of us again, standing tall (yes that means me too) at one of the tallest buildings in the world.

These were taken a few days before, when I stayed back at the office till late:

View @ 7.30 p.m. :




View @ 8.30 p.m. :



When I was outside KLCC:

Pride of our country ;) Be proud, we Malaysians! It indeed looks gorgeous, esp at night.

Last Thursday, the little farewell lunch I organized @ our pantry:

The group who were so kind to spare some time to attend this 'potluck' lunch =)

P.S. We missed you, Alicia! (She was in S'pore with her bf & his family) She's my "talking crap" kaki. Hehe. Very nice girl!

Aunt CC (I only call her that outside office) & Me
Isn't she beautiful? :)

She got me a birthday pressie! Omg so sweet of her! A beautiful scarf :)


The gorgeous Finance ladies, who are all beautiful on the inside, as well as the outside! :)

L-R: Kah Ling, Sheau Wen, May Yee, Me, Valerie, Swee Yun & Katherine

Candid shot- Someone commented that I look pretty inside here, hehe that's why I'm posting it up! :p

The other side of the group :)

Ahh, introducing my two new friends. Yen & AK :D

They are new recruits of the company, and although they are older than me and I'm only an intern, they treat me like one alike! Really fortunate to know them, and it's such a pity we only started having lunches together during the later part of my internship.

Nevertheless, we are going to keep in touch, aren't we guys?? =) They are like kor-kors to me.

Just for memories :)

Birthday card & present from AK (which came as a surprise) and Farewell card & farewell present from both AK & Yen (which came as a larger surprise hehe) :)

Thank you so much, guys! Almost made me want to cry only :(

There you go- both of the friendly dudes(now friends) I met

I looked as if I was crying because I caught a bad cold the whole day, and I kept sneezing every minute now and then. Had to squeeze my nose with tissue during the whole lunch period. So embarassing! On my last day of work some more... want to look a bit pretty also cannot :(

... And here's a little something for you!
*only if you don't think of me as a perasan girl lol*

Wei Lynn's outfits @ work:

Sometimes, she goes for the classic, sweet style.

Sometimes, she goes for the 'chic', serious purposeful look.

At one point, she wanted to look plain, sweet, simple
(She only wore this once)

When she gets bored of long sleeve collared tops with slacks, she freshens up her day with this 'shorter' skirt.

However, please don't get the wrong idea of me dressing up to work! These are the few exceptions, and I only wore these outfits once or twice to the office. Most of the days, I stick to long sleeves and slacks.... which I think I'm starting to miss.

Before I go, there's a few quotes I'd like to share with you all. I extracted them from the walls of the office.

# Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. > George Bernard Shaw

# The invariable mark and wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. > Ralph Waldo Emerson

#When I was a child, my mother said to me, If you become a soldier, you will be a general. If you become a monk, you will end up as the Pope. Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso. > Pablo Picasso

# I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. > E.B. White

#Imagination is a very precise thing, you know- it is not a fantasy; the man who invented the wheel while he was observing another man walking- that is imagination. > Jacques Lipchitz

If there's one thing I learned from my first internship is,

To always be humble, polite, and be willing to learn.

Honestly, which uni you come from only plays a small part- what's more important is that you are able to do the job given to you. There's a chinese saying which goes, 'qiang zhong zi you qiang zhong shou'. Direct translation: There's always a stronger one among the strong group. Basically it means that there's always someone better than us out there. Like what vee meng just told me earlier, we learn from everyone we meet. 'If we know others, we are learned. If we know ourselves, we are wise.' or something like that :)

Thank you so much Sheau Wen, Valerie, Alicia, May Yee for being patient with me for the past one and a half months. For answering my questions, teaching me how to do this & that, and most importantly, for treating me as part of your team. Forgive me if I've made mistakes. Also, a big Thank you to Aunt CC & Kah Ling for giving me this amazing opportunity. Love you all!

Alright, it's awfully late now, and I'm going sailing in about... 10 hours time :D oooh ooh i totally, can't wait... =) it's gonna be my first time.

Nights everyone!!