Highlight of my Best EIGHTEENTH (18) !!

Well, Hey hey hey!!! Yes, I'm back here, finally, after ages! My apology for myself not to be consistent enough to keep this blog updated regularly. So where should I start with now? Err.. Since it's been a while since I last wrote, this time could possibly bit longer, and I might conclude my 18 as it's coming to the end of 2013 now._.

Okay, firstly after finishing my first year at school now here I am in Hyatt Regency Perth, doing my internship in Events Services department aka banquet attendant. Been here for more than 4 months now and it's just absolutely very awesome experiences and moments I have got! Wait, I'm not exaggerating at all, nope! It is truly such a fabulous time during my work here. I've learnt really lot of things, like really lot. haha. And another most important one is of course I've known many new people here, yeap I made lot of new friends here, and you won't believe how amazing some of them are, it's just flawless dude. I really can't stop being thankful and grateful to God that kept sending me His angels from heaven that i called as Bestfriends or sisters and brothers. I feel so much love here, I built new "family" too here, in the city I had never even once think I would stay before, from the first time I came here with no one and no friends at all, till now, what a life eh? I mean yeah, I tried to go with the flow n just keep moving without hesitate and now I'm touched with everything:)

How's working life? Since this is my first job ever, I could honestly say it is crazy actually :p I never expect myself working 'too' hard before, I thought I'll still chill and relax a bit, but in fact not at all, I was wrong. hahaha. Working long long long hours, finishing super late or actually early in the morning, staying overnight doing double shift, having split shift, or working 12 days straight, and the one I hate most, get up superb early in the morning! Damn, lol. Even got almost 800 hrs maybe in 4+months. But as I said, tried to go with the flow, everything just passed like that now, all I have to do is to keep giving efforts each day and not forgetting to keep new things that I learnt and I'm still happy. Working hard for sure won't make me forget my 'play' time too anyway, I could still have my own time, hanging out with friends, and as well spare some times to keeping in touch with those in hometown :) Keeping everything balance is almost impossible as we all know, but well, I believe I have always tried my best to keep all in the same scale although still the most important thing is alway NOW and those around us in this very moment. And I think I've typed quite lot too up to this point hey:p forgive me, it's just hard to stop once i start to write? hahaha

Here's some photos of me and my Hyatt Perth Buddies :)

Sunday brunch with Lower Lobby girls:)

It's always good to have ladies time after work;)

  

Celebrating my best mate birthday in Crown! xoxo

Latest dinner with Hyatt's crew:)

Okay, now I'm just gonna jump and talk about my highlights of this epic year of 2013!! 

After 18 years breathing in this world, this year has truly be the most memorable with lots of thing happening, changing, improving an everything. It is really my sweet amazing 18 and I've lived it to the fullest without regrets! Or even make me wish to stay 18 forever! Well I actually lied, I did actually regret couple of things before but just for very short while though, I'm still being grateful as always.

But yeah man, since the beginning of this year it has just been amazing, followed by my most special birthday, moving to OZ, studied in sydney, living with dorm friends with so many international friends, having my practical and started to build up my preparation for my career till I got the job here and learnt even more, moving to Perth, another new city, with new fantastic people, and I realised another thing I've improved is my English as well, hahaha i know it still need to be improve lot more, but i'm progressing it already :p from the first time I regret myself for choosing to start this hospitality thingy on my age of 18, being the youngest one, n while other friends still so chill with their life, till this second I feel so proud with myself to prove myself I was wrong, I'm more than what I think I was, it's never too early and too late to start anything. I mean like whatever we do and sacrificed, we will eventually receive the rewards for ourselves dude. There will be some priceless feeling that we can get. I still remember how excited I was when I got my first salary, I earned my own money with my own hardwork dude! I felt so independent that time, and I could start show to my parents that I'm their daughter that could make them proud, maybe not today but one day, and it comes sooner day by day. I proved to my old-self and those who looked down on me before, that I'm not nothing, I'm not just that little kid that know only playing around, irresponsible or whatsoever you name it. So yeah, look at me now, and I'm still me, but I always try to be better, cause I'm just me that won't give up with anything.

There's some things happened and tried to block me down, but still, I passed through them. :) It's just truly awesome year I've been through, n I will always remember this full of progresses 18th of mine:)

One last thing that we all should always keep in mind, being better person never mean to change yourself, we are still the same person as we are before, you can't be someone else to be better, we are all good in the way we are, everyone's different, but that doesn't mean to stop us on improving ourselves to be a better person and stop learning.

"Cause learning is never ending journey" :)

We all did mistakes, but what makes some people different is the way they overcome it. Some people feel sorry too much and regret it. Some people get afraid and never want to try anything. Some people just ignore and pretend there's nothing wrong at all. Some people accepts their faults but just do nothing for it. And lastly, there is also some people who open-heartedly accepts the mistakes they did, go through them, learn from them and keep trying until they get what they want, and I'm gonna include myself to the last one;)

Cheers!

Ngell.

Life and Dream~

Hey buddies! In the previous I mentioned that I will write new post about friendship as its theme, but what to say, I'm so sorry that up to now, I haven't got enough time to type it down and post it, but maybe next time, I will sure post it!

How r u now Ngell? With your second term?

Look like idiot in kitchen uniform!:$

Aaaahh~~ it's so crazy my friends, busy as hell! Lol. Not to be over, but really, compared with my first term, theories, this time is really like 10 times busier! Plus for this first 5 weeks I got the shift in the Back Of House (BOH) a.k.a kitchen!!! Never even once in my mind crossed that I would be working in the kitchen and dealing with sharp huge knives before, working for almost 12 hours nonstop 5 days a week, chopping, preparing foods, platting, cleaning, washing, everything! I can't lie that I was so afraid at the first time, especially to see the knives set we got, and few friends cut themselves accidentally, yeah, I'm one of the type that can't hold to see blood. >,< eeerrrr,, I even got a thought of giving up before, even after the second day of work, I felt like dying, whole body aching everywhere even fingers!!! Waking up very early everyday and start working directly.

I bet no one could imagine how tiring is that, preparing meals for approximately 300 people every meal time, busy as fck man! Haha! But yeah, after passed one week, now I start to get use with the busy n tiring condition, and as one of my best mate said, although I complaint a lot, she knows that I will still put the best effort when I'm working. Sure I am! Although there's lot pressure esp for kind person like me, it is so hard, but everytime I'm dealing directly, I will always put all my focus on it and make it done. And of course I'm so proud of one of my habit like that! *although I chopped my finger once and got so many scars too for 5days work* ;P hoho For me now, I acknowledge that as long as we have that sincere heart when doing any tasks, God will always bless us and make everything seems easier. I'm currently facing a new extremely challenging tasks to complete this 5 weeks straight in kitchen, where I never been in the kitchen before.

21.04.13~

With Puteri & Jeff :D

What special bout this date? Actually there's nothing special, it's exactly 3 months for me being in Sydney, starting my brand new life :D I have day off for this weekend, so me and my friends, Puteri from Indo same as me, and Jeff from hongkong went to Penrith which is about 1.5 hrs from Leura, where we stay. Usually we take train to reach other stations, but due to the trackwork, it was replaced by bus. We spent our interesting quality time, but what make me reach this blog page to write the new post is this:

View from above Leura station!!! ><

We went back from Penrith to Leura about 5++, and all the way in bus, I can't keep my eyes off from looking to the view outside, the sunset this evening was really amusing! It's so outstanding and unusual, even I could rarely feel sunset here, for like an hour I keep watching the beauty of nature out there, and keep wishing I would have a camera at the moment and found one nice spot to capture it up, but yeah I don't have one other than my Iphone camera and sitting inside the moving bus. At 6++ we alighted at leura station and I can't hold myself to run a bit up the hill and took some photos of the view then my friend simply asked why don't we go to Katoomba (next station) and go to the echo point, it should be great, without any longer, we ran to catch a taxi and off to Echo point. Unfortunately the sunset was nearly gone and my phone camera can't catch anything! But one thing that made us stay there for quite a while in the middle of strong cold wind without coat/jacket was the epic star rivers!!! And what made me really even more satisfied is I saw a falling star!! one out of those billion stars above me, fell in front of my eyes!

I don't care if it sounds so silly or ridiculously idiot, whatever, believe it or not, laying down on the floor facing the night skies under million of stars is one of my dreams since small! And for the first time ever I could have that moment comes true tonight! with really gorgeous view of stars above me, it seems so unbelievable for me, moreover all the stars look so close to us!

There isn't really many points for this post, but I'm just so excited like a little kid:p

 But there's always lesson to learn!

Cheers Buddies!!!

In life we should always have dreams, no matter how small, little, stupid, idiot, unrealistic or whatever it is, just at least when we own few of dreams, it could at least be motivation when we keep holding onto it, and even if we can't reach even one of your dreams, just trust me that at least you are now a better person with better skills, knowledges, experiences and etc!

So, never stop dreaming but just don't forget to keep walking in reality buddies!

Cheers!!!

Three Sisters, Echo Point, Katoomba! My phone can't capture the outstanding stars in the skies! :( sorry!

First life experience being an explorer :D

Hello buddies!! Here I am, back to continue my previous post answering the question of 'How bout Melbourne?' But firstly, I will say that it might be a bit long story but for me it's just another interesting stories to share! ;)

This is the pic of my temporary room:p

Continuing the previous one, after touchdown melbourne and find the bus to city, I met my super CLL (read: annoying) brother LOL, cause it's like almost 11 and after exploring whole day, of course I felt exhausted, but what made me so damn excited is to see the room that I'll be staying for several nights! Dang! That feeling bro! Having one whole room, big bed, desk, chair, and everything for your own, ohman! feel so nice, compare to the dorm T.T it's like so different my friend! I swear, really!! Although it sounds a bit too over, but for me it truly so damn good, I can get back all my privacy as if I'm at home!:') Before off to bed, I have some conversations with some of my friends in melbourne to catch up for a while and arranging our schedule :D Then an idea appeared in my mind out of sudden to write a topic bout "Friendship" *probably next post :p*

Day-2

The next day, I woke up so late, lol and then having video call with my parents for a while before my bro brought me to central and have malaysian food for lunch, and went to sunday market near the art centre, it comes to my mind to watch the theatre, one of my used to be dream, lol, and I end up buying wrong ticket, instead of watching theatre I watched stand-up comedy that luckily quite nice too LOL Yeap, my bro accompanied me whole day cause it's Sunday and he doesn't have to work or excuse I don't know :p but anw, still Thanks Bro, although you're so cll and cruel with me .__.

It's the pic of Melbourne Central!! :D

Day-3

Park Hyatt Melbourne, current target><

Again, I woke up so late, but I intended it, to save a meal, so I just need to spend for brunch:p and also my appointments with friends was on 3.30pm, so I have no idea what to do cause my bro left so early in the morning to uni or work I don't even know all I know he's gone when I woke. The real exploration is here! Went out to central by myself and i just know one tram stop near my bro's apartment, and actually I have no idea where should I stop if I want to go to Park Hyatt lol Guess what? I just stop randomly with my feeling in one station and turn on my GPS again, and yeah I spent maybe half hour walking to find that hotel, I planned to have my lunch there but too bad it's full so I just walk back again and randomly ride tram and stop again in the place I stop the first time, for me, it's kinda funny and challenging LOL

Then I walked again to QV and find some food for my brunch at almost 2pm, again, I'm clueless what to do where to go till 3.30 so I just walked around and take a look in random store until 3.30, my friend called and ask me where am I, I replied at Melb central, she said she's there and didn't see me around, and that moment I just realise I was in other place, and I was actually a bit lost, but finally I could reached Melb Central and catch up with them. They left on 5.30 and my another appointment with my seniors was on 6.30, so I thought I will just walk slowly to melb central again, that I don't even know I take the wrong way and almost reached Docklands -____- a bit too far from central and the same thing happened again, my seniors called and asked where is my position and I said, I'm lost, and I think I took wrong way, but I will walk back again, and yeah, i spent another 20mins for nothing but lost! LOL In short my story for today is lost and lost and lost, keep getting myself lost worst that I don't bring jacket and the wind blew so damn cold, but feel satisfied somehow that at least I ain't only stay in the same place.

Day-4&5

The 4th day my most loveliest aunty and uncle arrived from medan like finally!!! First of all, I can finally received so many stuffs from my mom, I got jackets and coats to wear too now LOL and got rendang too! hahaha one of my most favourite food since small. My aunty said that I look like lose quite few weights not even till 3 months here, and all she did for 2 last days is brought me and feed me so many foods! Lol. It's not weird, I'm close with my aunty and she's my second mom that also raise me up since I was born so she always treat me like her lil daughter. This 2 days were really nice even I slept in their hotel room for last night. Having last dinner together, and for the first time in my life I'm allowed to enter the casino! Lol so great, now I feel I'm mature enough :p

Simple family gathering :')

Day-6

Early in the morning, have to go to airport and it's a bit sad for me to leave melbourne, but I have to face the reality that I have to come back and continue my practical term. If Buddha gives me fate, I will back to melbourne again for my July placement! And that's all my motivation for continue striving again for next 3 months :D All I wish is to get a really nice job and earn as much as I can!:D Be tough, Stay strong and stay staunch, Ngell!!

I'm sorry that this post is too long, but that's my journey about, and I just don't really care bout the length, it's my life moments, my memories of being explorer by my own for the first time!

Hope that you guys could at least feel something or gain something from this post :p and seeyaa in the next post, that might probably be more interesting and universal!

Cheers;)

Explore, Explore and Explore!! Aussie Exploration+Self Exploration=Life Adventure!

And yeah! I'm back, again, for my third post buddy!! wohooo!!! Finally final exam done, and means I've just past through my first term out of 6 term! Feel so great. Today post, I will tell about my term break activity dude including my first time experience of traveling all by myself. Lol

After studying for 8weeks and exam on the 9th week, here comes the term break which sure everyone is waiting for, some of them gone for holiday and some of them gone back to their hometown, singapore, malaysia, hongkong, china, aussie, including indo, moreover, quit a few of my mexican friends like Isabel, Michelle and some others, including Fiorella from Peru, they are all visiting Indonesia! Dang, how can I don't feel envy that even them can go to Indo, while me myself can't go back to Indo T.T why why why? haha It's because my term break is only last for 10 days, and for me, I don't think it's enough for me to go back just that short time :p it will sure be even harder for me if I go back and have to leave again just when I start to feel back my most comfort zone.

Autumn in Leura, Blue Mountain while walking back alone :)

So then what did I do for this 10 days break? School's dorm is damn empty and they just serve brunch, how bout my dinner? haha it's ridiculous. I spent the first 4 days full by myself, I tried to be productive that I download all the materials for next term and tried to scan it, but hell no, lol, it's too hard:p hahaha so I tried another thing, and I decide to walk by myself to nearest one, Leura Mall (not actual mall for your info, just some stores in the side of road) and walk back to dorm, just to spend my time and count as sports too LOL cause the games room and gym in dorm are under maintenance -___- And then the next day I walk to station and went to Katoomba to find some food for dinner. And I realise actually it's not too bad to walk alone, although I still prefer with friends, cause I don't really like being alone ><

And the last day which is yesterday, I went down to city and met my cousin n his fam there, and I have to walk and explore this Sydney city by myself to find their staying place! actually it suppose to be reached just in 5mins, but I walked 20mins cause I'm not familiar LOL After walked for some moments and have late lunch together, I went off to airport, and again, all by my own.

Luckily everything just turn out perfectly, although got confuse a bit bout the transportation, gate, checkin and whatever, and I knew I might be so unfamiliar that's why I went there lot earlier LOL the plane I used for flying wasn't really good, I felt like being in the shaker and make me so dizzy for 1.5 hour! Again, even after touchdown Melbourne, my bro ask me to take bus myself to city -___- so cruel, I think now I could really be Ngell the Explorer! hahaha but anyway, whether I'm smart enough or lucky that I don't really found any difficulty and get lost. Thanks Buddha for make everything seems so easy for me :D 

Lesson for the experience this time:

"Once in a time, you need to try to walk by your own to measure your real ability. Just don't be afraid as long as you keep holding faith, you will be alright. Cause, in your entire life people will always come and go, you can't only rely on others, trust yourself buddy! In the end you will sure be so proud of yourself after all you've done and pass through ;)"

So! How bout Melbourne, ngell? hahaha

Yeah, sure I will tell more about my Incredible life experiences in Melbourne asap, probably soon after I done my trip from here, dude B-) so just be patient and stay tune LOL

See Yaa and CHEERS to everyone!

Growing up mean being 'Responsible' and 'Professional'

Hello buddy! I come back for my second post, so what will I write today? Hopefully I don't write too long. Lol Yeah, I'm having my final exam for this term now, and by finished today subject, means just one more last subject this monday! geez, the last is even the toughest subject, but in this second I just don't feel like studying and now I'm here to share with you. Haha 9 weeks of studying and now reach final exam, isn't it so fast? or perhaps just for me.

In the past few days, I have short conversation with one old friend of mine, she's really a master in my sight, she's good at everything, sports, friendship, social, include academic, she was in the same class with me until she was selected to join the acceleration class in high school, so I asked her a bit tips how to survive and she just simply said just be relax and enjoy everything in her cool way as usual. haha She's one of the people in my life that bring so much positive impacts, she is the one who change me from a super spoil little stupid girl to me now as independent girl who can stand by myself. 
yeah, maybe many people will obviously think and see me as a lazy stupid dumb fool girl who always play around and hate studying esp in academic thing and I admit it's true, however best word to say is I used to be that kind of person, if they know how strict and crazy this school I enter now, everyone will absolutely ask how can type of person like me survive? Even I asked myself too!

Being fully professional including the grooming! Wearing this kind of uniform everyday from 8am-5pm is now becoming my style .__. 

Now I know the best answer for this, it's all about time, it changes people, include me dude, what difference it is just positive or negative, and for me it's time to change myself to be more and more responsible with my own life, choice, decision, moreover start to develop myself as professional person.

I realise that I can't forever being a little kid, who can always get everything easily and don't care bout anything, do the thing I want, walk the way I wish. I could just be irresponsible and refuse all the consequences come after my decision to pursue my study here, I could just give up and go back and everything will be as usual again, I can stay at home, gather with beloved friends, do everything go everywhere as I like, change new dream and chase new goal, but no, even it's very tough for me at first, I just won't ever give up, it's just not me, buddy, now I'm learning to be responsible of my choice, I'm the one who make decision here, so I'm the only one who have the responsible too.
My friend is truly right, just relax and enjoy, now I could feel less burden and stop counting days although I really miss everything.

As Master said: 'The most important time is now' , so I better focus on what I got now, study for my exam, practice well for my practical next term and get the job I aim asap for July internship while the thinking and missing home feeling could be the motivation to put best effort.

Term break holiday is coming soon, so Cheers! ;)

First post, let's named it ALL ABOUT ME SO FAR!

So, this is my first time writing in my own blog? I'm not really sure on how to blogging anyway. But yeah, whatever, I will just write what I want to write. For me it's simply about the truth of the words we express out from our mind, our heart.

Okay, simple background about my life story, by this time I write this, it's been two months since I left my super lovely hometown, Medan, move to Aussie, exactly in Leura, Blue Mountains Hotel school. And since I was here alone without my families, my best friends, my second family, and everyone linked to me in medan, that is what motivates me more to start blogging in order to express out myself, even if there's no one will view this blog, just as long as I can pour out what's happening to me now, I guess it might help a bit. 

About this school? It was my dream school before, as I knew that this hotel school is one of the most well-known in hospitality industry, also I can get my Bachelor degree in just 2,5 years including 1 year working experiences, and now after passing this 2 months, I just realised few things. 

Firstly, I did lack of research about this school before, I know nothing further than what I mentioned above, I never imagine about how will it going to be to stay up in the mountains, I don't know bout the surrounding and environment here. 

Secondly, I am too relax since I graduate my high school on April last year and unemployed for almost a year, then suddenly I have to face the reality of studying which honestly I never really do it in my life. Yeah I wonder too how can I survive high school, am I just lucky or I am good at guessing answer. Haah!! I don't know too, and I don't wish to think bout what has passed. Lol! However, since I am here now I have to face the reality that I am now back to study mode in my life story again. :D 

And, lastly the thing that I realised most of my fault is why I never think of the risks and consequences of getting into this school that could got bachelor degree in only 2,5 years, while other colleges or uni need averagely above 3 years and more and without 1 year experiences. 

Here's the answer, this school uses the program of theory terms, practical terms, and internship, and due to we got a year compulsory internship, actually our academic study time is only 1,5 year, but, even the academic divided into theory and practical, so as now I am in year 1 term 1, and currently in theory, and 1 term last for 3 months as usual, so basically I need to study the theories subjects which other people need to study for usually 6 months in only 3 months, and worse actually it's not exactly 3 months, it's less than that for whatever sake! Worse is I was graduated from only national high school where I never write essay, report, prepare presentation and even my high school doesn't use english as our main language, and suddenly I just jumped to this college and just in my first 2 months, I've got more than 10 assessments completed, it's truly insane for me, I never use to do any homework before, dude! And now what? I have to do 2000words of essay, I have to prepare my own presentation, I have to do interview, I have to study for quiz and so on, dude! Oh Gosh! Can you just imagine that a girl like me, who use to play around all the time, and never ever interested in academic thing, now have to face this all, oh man, frankly, it was so hard for me at the first time!

Yet, I am proud that at least I could still survive till now, and hopefully for my final exam next week as well. But you know what? I'm still standing straight and could face these all won't be apart of my best buddies that keep supporting me, I knew I moaned so much to them, I keep complaining that it's too tough for me, my english is bad too moreover, and I have to deal with all of these, it just ain't easy dude. But having those best buddies who could listen and understand me, and support me whether directly or indirectly, it's just make me strong again, and I obviously know that even how tough how hard is that, how much pressure that I feel, I still won't ever have a chance to give up, I have to fight all of these challenges, hit them down and walk through it, whatever my results, I just won't care too much as long as I don't fail any single subject and I promise myself that I can prove to my parents, my beloved mom and dad that I am one of their best daughter that now grown up as a professional lady, and I will always do the best to make you guys proud. Yeah, I did complains a lot to my friends, the food sucks, the timetable so messy, the geographic state here worse, it's not convenience, but I just can't say too much bout this when it comes to my mom n dad, I just can't hold to make them worry about me. I want to show them that I am 18 years old kiddo, but I understand how to deal with life out here, I learnt how to live my life on my own, without parents around.

Life here is totally different, buddy. I do miss my hometown, I miss my mom, dad, my only lil sist, my friends, my second family, my home. I used to drive myself anywhere before, I can do whatever I like, whatever I wish to in my own way, I can choose whatever foods I want to consume, I can go anywhere I want just to buy what I need to buy, everything's so easy back then. Now from the place I stay, just to go to the nearest convenience store, you've to walk at least 20 minutes with up&downhill road, and that is when you got enough time during your break time before you have another class, if not, you need to call a cab and pay about 10 bucks for a single trip, and if I need to buy stuffs that more complete, the nearest one is almost 1 hour walking, I got no car, I got no motorbike here, so my choices is just two, either cab or foot. But walking doesn't matter too much for me, however the limited time that I got does matter of course.

After all, I still enjoy my new life here anyway, although I feel homesick like crazy, at least I got new family again here, I got so many new friends here with many nationalities, hong kong, korea, taiwan, china, UK, US, germans, norway, Sweden, mexico, and some other else, and also my kind portuguese roommate. Although I got a problem that I can't really open and share everything to new people, because I feel uncomfortable and also they don't know a thing of my story before, I am still happy to know them, to make new friendship with them. And to close this post today, I would like to simply say thank you and express my appreciation to my best buddies that had supported me so much up to now, I really wish that you guys could always stand by my side and hopefully I could do the same for you guys. Distance and time zone might make us apart, but I wish that our friendship will never. Thanks to you my besties, Stefanie Alyono, who had patiently listen to all my moans, also for my 'mommy' Stella Yaparlin, for being the best understanding and caring figure of mom for me, for all of the feedbacks from you that mean so much to me, for my buddy Rosa, that often find time to have Skype with me with some of them and that really make me feel less lonely, and also for my funny innocent friend Novi who helped me to create this blog account, and also to everyone that has bring so much impact and supports into my life journey. You guys truly amazing and I won't be the exact me today without all of it.

What I learnt from all of these so far:

"No matter how hard this life try to beat you down, just remember to stand up and continue walking again, never lose faith and don't ever think of any give up words."

Once you made a decision, you stepped and walk outside, you got the chance to know what real life is, how cruel this life could be for those who's weak, nevertheless, for those who's strong enough, you'll know and enjoy the roller-coaster that life let you ride, and all you need to do is to keep your head up, be grateful of everything Buddha gave to us, walking straight forward and live up your life to the fullest!

You could just be the most you in this moment of life, if you never dare to face it, you won't ever get the meaning of being alive as well.

Guess that's all for my sharing session this time, hopefully I could practise to blog better next time and will update frequently.

Cheers!