Last weekend went past like a breeze. I was home, but never got the chance to spend time with my family. Saturday morning was the swimming comp.
I was dead reluctant to swim; Green team had no other option but to recruit me (someone who wouldn't die in the pool) to complete the relay event. I was extreeeeemely slow, but I managed to swim across the 50m pool. It is quite embarrassing, but it's not the first time I humiliate myself anyway. No big deal, I suppose?
That evening, Lois, Jo and I headed down to KL. Lois missed a turn and we got lost. Ended up in Setapak. Lois looked worried and all, but Jo and I were just laughing. We finally got home, said hello to my parents and headed out again for Pavillion. Hmmmm, I suck with directions. Lois' not from KL. Soooo...I was just following my intuition and the road signs (of course) to get there. Lucky thing we managed to find out way. (I'm not too bad after all). My first time at La Bodega. It's a Spanish restaurant, famous for tapas. I've always thought that tapas is tako (mexican). Tapas actually means snacks. Yummy....and very filling. (As usual, Lois and I will NEVER finish our food when we eat together, we don't even know why).
I guess I've put on another few kgs in that 3 days in KL. Home sweet home. KL food IS GOOD. Those who think otherwise obviously don't know where to go!! And yeah, Lois declared that the best Asam Laksa is in KL, not Penang Kek Lok Si whatever. (prolly even the KL ppl don't know abt the asam laksa stall which i normally go to, trust me it's awesome!)
My college night is around the corner. Somehow I was put to be in charge of the Sponsorship and Lucky draw, together with few other people. We started off with calling the companies from a list given by our seniors.
The list contains the companies who had sponsored us before. However, this time most companies refuse to contribute. It's either we're not convincing or the economy is indeed that bad. Lots of boring calls and then we moved on to going from shop to shop. We went to Raja Uda and the street opposite Sunway Carnival Mall. Some showed interest. Some just can't wait for us to finish off and go. I honestly HATE doing this. It's like begging for money. The worse is Penang ppl speak hokkien/mandarin. I don't know Hokkien at all, and I can't speak Mandarin to save my life. I had no choice tho, coz some of them can't understand English. I had to mix mandarin with english and I sounded like a retard.
"Wo de college yo yi ger college night and wo men need sponsor. Ke yi gei cash or voucher or coupon or merchandise. Ni men interested ma?"
I actually have no idea if they understood what I said. Anyway, I managed to convince some shops to sponsor us (those which I spoke in English). The feeling of success is sugar sweet. *licks
There's this hair saloon where I went to perm my hair abt 4 or 5 months back. That was my first and last time there. I went back this time to ask for sponsorship. Turned out the guy remembers me. We spoke for a lil while and I left with quite a number of vouchers. That night I felt like my hard work has paid off. Couldn't stop grinning. Satisfied. Plain happiness.
Whenever I had time I'd be thinking of a way to get money to buy the lucky draw gifts. In theory class. Before bed. Or in the middle of a discussion. Finally, I thought of fund raising sale at the games. I became the "canteen aunty" who bought, cooked and sold sandwiches, sausages and drinks at the track and field event as well as basketball match. Managed to gather a reasonable amount of money which would contribute to the lucky draw gifts. (I was shopping for the gifts at IKEA last Monday, it was so fun! I really wouldn't mind winning any of those things since I obviously picked what I like. Shhhh!)
To my friends who sponsored, THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH for helping me out!
Hopefully, the PIDC closing night 2011 will be a success. (Can't wait!) *winks
