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@emily2u in June 2021

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Stealing some time to say 'hello' to my Noise-fam. The start of the month is the busiest time for me as I have three reports to settle for clients. It's 6pm now and I have only completed one. SIGH!!!

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Hello, hello, hello. I'm back. Today is a busy day for me as I still have that two reports to settle for my client. However, I managed to get my 4th article published on read.cash. You wouldn't believe me if I told you that I composed it whilst I was brisk walking this morning, clocking my daily 15,000 steps! Hohoho..... talk about multi-tasking! Here it is! https://read.cash/@emily2u/introducing-ipoh-my-home-city-68954536

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Just about to wrap up my report but I can't yet as I need to ask my co-worker how some of the data is tabulated. Why people make things so complicated, I don't understand. Waste my time researching. Suffering from a stiff back today since I woke up in the morning. Possibly from sleeping in the wrong position or perhaps just old age... and to have to sit at my desk for so many hours to work, I simply can't concentrate on anything. Pray I am healed by tomorrow morning. I stillโ€ฆ

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๐‘ด๐’Š๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’‡๐’† ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’” Was going through my Vietnam travel photo albums (Sept 2019) and this one stood out. My experience in the Vietnamese tub boat, with the resort staff. Scary, because we had trouble balancing it, as I can't swim. #Travel

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๐‘พ๐’‚๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘น๐’†๐’•๐’Š๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• From living out of a suitcase to not going anywhere, I have been working nonstop every day, and on most days, pulling late nights, basically because there is nothing much else to do when at home and with the piling work, I might as well settle them. Wondering when I can retire....? #RandomThoughts

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It's a brand new day but it's the same ol' back pain for the third consecutive day. Just hope it's nothing serious. Every time I experience pain, I am reminded of how our wellbeing is always taken for granted.

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Planning to purchase an oximetre this 6.6 for my dad. He saw an ad and now he wants one, but I can bet he won't know how to use it and will keep asking me how to operate it, as though I know! Anyone has any experience or recommendation? Which brand is good? #RandomThoughts

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Ohhh I hate this with a vengeance! It's wasting my time! Wonder which smart alec set these up! Duh!

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A thought just came to my mind after suffering from back ache for 3 days. It could be linked to my toothache. Googled the relation between toothache and back pain, and yes, it could be the cause. Urgh! #RandomThoughts

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Yahoo! Am done with work for today, because we can always leave some for tomorrow and the day after. Yup, it's another 3-day weekend here in Malaysia! And now, it's time for some fun! Here are alpacas Chocolate (L) and Milky (R) from the KL Tower Mini Zoo saying "Hello" also.

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Checking out both Lazada and Shopee for the oximeter of my choice but hey, my vouchers cannot be used, free shipping voucher also cannot be applied... I thought it's the 6.6 sale but I'm only getting 10% off the price PLUS partial coin redemption on Shopee. That's all! Not much of a saving! Huhuhu #RandomThoughts

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Oximeter purchased for my dad just because he asked for it. No free shipping or store voucher but item is going at a 10% discount and I managed to claim a free coins voucher for purchase above RM40, and paid using ShopeePay.

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Today, 6th June, is 2 years since I left my heart in Nepal. I took this shot as I left Samagaun in Nubri Valley in a helicopter, leaving behind the villagers that I have grown to love over the week that I stayed there. I hope to see you all again one day!

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It's a three-day weekend here in Malaysia, because of HRH King's official birthday on Monday. I just about managed to spread my spillover work from last week to settle over these three days, without the disturbance from clients and bosses. This means that I can call it an early night tonight. Now... if only every work week was just 3 or 4 days. That would be awesome. Who's with me? #RandomThoughts

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I just woke up from my long afternoon nap. Again, that client who buzzed me during the previous public holiday has done it again today, even though he KNOWS that it's a public holiday today. Why is it so difficult to respect other people's personal time?

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So many long weekends already but kept being stuck at home working only... What a life.... so different from pre-pandemic days! I don't remember what is "normal" anymore.

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I'm having trouble keeping tabs on postings by people I'm subscribed to, without turning on the notification bell, because my feed is flooded with posts by fellow Channel members.... whose postings I don't really care for. So, sorry, I have to turn off Channel updates... and will only visit the Channels when I have the time. #RandomThoughts

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๐Œ๐ฎ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ข๐š๐ก ๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž is a Chinese Muslim mosque in Ipoh, Malaysia. It's a tourist destination not only among those of Muslim faith, but also among those who are interested in the interesting architecture of this mosque. Opened in 2013, after almost 2 years of construction at a cost of MYR4 million (approx. USD1 million), the mosque features 100% Chinese architectural design, with its roof imported from China.

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I filed my Year 2020 income tax returns last week. Today, I wrote to the tax department that I will stop my CP500 for Year 2021 with immediate effect as I had overpaid RM2000 for 2020 and for CP2021, I already paid two instalments and the total already exceeded my 2020 tax amount. They rejected my application! Now I need to apply for pindaan....and I want to put RM0 for the 4 instalments! All the hassle for nothing! Duhhhhh!!! #RandomThoughts

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Oh well, it has happened! After numerous online purchases, found out today that my latest purchase of an oximter has been delivered but to the wrong house! Wasting my time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Still busy with work stuff but my mind has wandered to the time I was at Redang Island. I enjoy time at the beach, as long as I'm under the shade and not forced into the water. Redang is a popular snorkeling destination but not once have I tried snorkeling despite multiple trips there.

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I'm done with work for the day. The rest can wait for tomorrow. Almost can't open my eyes already. Even trance music isn't helping much to keep me awake.

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This rambling colonial building is now known as Rumah Rehat Sri Berkat. Located on Fraserโ€™s Hill (Selangor, Malaysia) at 1025 metres above sea level, the lowest recorded temperature was only 7 degrees Celsius! Built in 1926 from funds provided by the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England for the benefit of ex-members of the Imperial Forces (1914-1918) and their dependents, the property was later presented as a gift to Malaya. Thisโ€ฆ

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Had a comment exchange with fellow Noiser https://noise.cash/u/reinaldoverdu just now, and I shared with him these photos of the Malayan tiger that I took a few years ago. This was during a "tiger feeding time" at a local theme park in my city of Ipoh, Malaysia. The tigers had to put up a show for the audience first, before they were fed, with us still looking on. LOL This theme park has an open concept for all animals, as in they are not caged up, so that they have a moreโ€ฆ

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Hahaha with reference to this https://noise.cash/post/lw074724 my accountant taught me to key in pindaan at RM1 each instalment. LOL Tax officer called me up and asked me, "Hey, what's this RM1 each time? Better no need to pay anymore!" So, I'm done with my 2021 CP500! Whoohoo!!!

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Oh dear, my weekend is now piled so high with work, I have lost the mood!!! Now, let me spend some time here first.

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๐‘ฒ๐’†๐’Œ ๐‘ณ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐‘ป๐’๐’๐’ˆ Buddhist cave temple is a major tourist attraction in the city of Ipoh, Malaysia. Meaning "Cave of great happiness" in Chinese, this limestone cave complex offers amazing natural structures of stalactites and stalagmites. Located on 12 acres of land and established as a place of worship since the 1920s, Kek Look Tong also features an award-winning landscaped garden.

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Can you see ๐‘ด๐’๐’–๐’๐’• ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’”๐’๐’–? This was the view that greeted me every evening when I arrived back to my accommodation for a week, after a full day of mountain trekking. The village of Samagaun where I set up base when I was in Nepal in 2019, and located along the Manaslu Circuit Trek, did not have electricity supply, hence it was pitch black. Samagaun is currently in the process of setting up a mini hydroelectricity plant to light up the village.

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This is ๐‘ท๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ญ๐’๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ด๐’๐’”๐’’๐’–๐’†, also known as Tanjung Bungah Floating Mosque. This mosque was initially a small mosque to cater to the Muslim community in the area, but as Tanjung Bungah became more populous, the mosque had to be expanded, from its capacity of 500 worshippers. Due to limited land, it was then proposed that the mosque be built out to the sea, supported by stilts. During high tide, the mosque appears to be floating on water. Only during low tide can the stiltsโ€ฆ

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Missing the great outdoors. As I sit at my workstation trying to complete as much work as possible, my mind has wandered here: the paddy fields of Kampung Sungai Haji Dorani in Kuala Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia. #Travel

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What a day! You know you've made it when someone bothers to register a new account just to leave a couple of negative remarks on your postings ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

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This is the Nine Emperor Gods temple in Sekinchan, Selangor, Malaysia. I am fascinated by the intricate architecture of Chinese temples, with dragons, phoenixes and deities.

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Still working ~ Just a little more to completion... and the worse thing is that I'm craving for cake!!! And there's none in my fridge. How lah like this?

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Yesterday's photo of a Chinese temple in Sekinchan, Malaysia, reminded me of this close up shot that I have of another Chinese temple. Look at how intricate these cravings of dragons are.

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Current Mood: Gloomy Too much work to do that I spent my entire weekend on it. Today, still more came in, that I just want to chuck it aside. Maybe I will.... at least for today. What do you think? OT or not, not that I will be paid for my overtime!

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Looking at all the sunset photos reminded me that I, too, have some respectable shots to share. Had to dig deep in one of my old hard disks, though. Enjoy!

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Mosque by the highway... In my line of work, I got to know friends who are professional photographers. I love hanging with them, to steal their angles! They won't teach me about camera settings, though, and I am always told to "RTM" or "Read the Manual".. which I am lazy to do, so it's always Auto or Intelligent Auto mode for me. I'm happy enough when I can copy their angles. Taadaa!

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๐‘ญ๐’‚๐’“ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‰๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’›๐’๐’.... Can you see the Petronas Twin Towers and KL Tower far in the horizon? This was taken back when I was a regular visitor to the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.

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Got the news that my difficult client is leaving his company. It's time to pop the champagne. I hope the one who takes his position is a lot easier to handle! Wow, this fler already no work to do, as he's been chatting with me for the past 1.5 hours! Hey, I need to workkk, even if he no longer has to!

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๐Š๐‹ ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ I found another shot that I have of KL Tower. This is from the street angle. Compared to my shot yesterday, this was obviously a closer capture, with more details, although I had to resize this photo in order to upload it here. Here is more information about this telecommunications tower, the seventh tallest such tower in the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur_Tower #Travel

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It's midnight already and I can't finish my report... have to call it a night... I really hate crunching data and analyzing why something is like this or like that. Urgh!! Hope I can wrap up tomorrow before a new work week begins and I get overwhelmed with new tasks!

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YAY!!!! I've settled my report, according to schedule! Tomorrow, my co-worker can take over and complete her section of it. Just glad that I have the weekend to tackle this, when I have peace to concentrate on the task without non-stop messaging from clients. Time to move on with my life, but I'm too bushed to function now!

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Going through my hard disk as I'm looking for a particular photo....but came across this instead, of my trip to the Golden Triangle of India (Delhi - Arga - Jaipur). This was taken at Jaipur's Amber Fort (Jan 2016).

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As BCH keeps dropping and Rusty @TheRandomRewarder has not visted my articles for days, I don't have enough BCH in my wallet to upvote writers. Huhuhu #RandomThoughts

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What is the difference between Everything and Personal? I tried switching tabs and can't see any distinctive difference. I understand if the "personal" shows me people that I have turned on the Notification bell but it isn't the case. Need to be enlightened.

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I have work to do but my mind keeps thinking about the topic that I want to write for read.cash. I can multi-task but my brains cannot! What am I to do? LOL

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I have a big task to do, to be completed within these two days but my mind keeps thinking about the topic that I want to write for read.cash. I can multi-task but my brain cannot! What am I to do? Is this called addiction or not? LOL

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Lacking time AND mood to cook means simply picking up my cellphone to have something delivered. Thanks to the RM7 voucher for being a first-time FoodPanda user, I got this at a nice discount. This is Ayamas Percik Roaster (full bird) and it comes highly recommended. Ayam Percik is a savory spiced chicken. Had to wait for the rider to ensure that he delivered it to ME, lest the thief gets a free meal at my expense! Huhu!!!

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This is the entrance to Haw Par Villa, a mythical park in Singapore with sculptures artistically portraying stories and events based on famous Chinese historical personalities, mythology, legends, and folklore. It was the vision of Aw Boon Haw. He and his brother Aw Boon Par were known as Tiger Balm Kings. Haw Par Villa, named after the two Aw brothers (Haw + Par), opened its doors to the public in 1937, after construction that cost more than a million dollars at the time.

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Today is a super busy day. I cannot imagine how I managed to get away to travel days at a time, back when we were allowed to. I was working on the move like crazy!! LOL This photo was taken when I went out to the South China Sea, off the coast of Terengganu, Malaysia for squid jigging. We had to leave shore at around 6+ pm and be back by midnight. I went squid jigging at least 5 times, but I never had luck with the squids, so I just ended up eating other people's catch everyโ€ฆ

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Looking at all the sunflower photos in the Flower Channel, I also have my own sunflower photo to share! However, these pots of sunflowers are actually "flower pot ice cream". Don't you think they are cute? Today is so hot, I'm yearning for a pot also.

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๐‘๐ž๐๐š๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ It's been a long time since I had a beach vacation. Not that I would get myself wet, but I definitely relish the moments just swinging on a hammock by the beach, under tall palm trees (without coconuts). These photos were taken during my trip to Redang Island, which is located off the coast of Terengganu, Malaysia. Besides its white sandy beaches and crystal clear waters, this is a popular snorkeling destination because of its rich marine life.

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๐‘ช๐’“๐’š๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’๐’”๐’’๐’–๐’†, ๐‘ป๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’๐’– This is one of the major attractions in the East Coast state of Terengganu in Malaysia. Known as Crystal Mosque, or Masjid Kristal in Malay, it is located at the Islamic Civilisation Park on Pulau Wan Man. Crystal Mosque was constructed using mainly steel, glass, and crystal. Construction began in 2006 and was inaugurated in 2008. It has the capacity of 1,500 worshippers.

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555 - What a nice number. Thank you to all subscribers for your strong support!!

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Crazily busy today, which reminds me why I enjoy animals more than the company of humans. These photos of Orang Utan were taken during one of my visits to Orang Utan Island, in my home state of Perak, Malaysia. This is the place that conducts Orang Utan ex-situ conservation, infant care, education and research programmes. The Orang Utan here are of the Pongo pygmaeus (Borneo) species. They are endangered animals and are fully protected animals under the laws of Malaysia.

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๐๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ค ๐“๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž This is the faรงade of Perak Cave. As one of the most prominent limestone caves in the city of Ipoh (Malaysia), the cave has gone beyond being just a Buddhist temple for worshippers. The temple is located at the foot of Gunung Tasek (mountain) and was constructed into the hill, in 1926. Enjoy a panoramic view of Ipoh city should you opt to climb up the stairs with 450 steps.

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Just finished crunching numbers for my client. Annoyed that I was informed that this report is needed only yesterday and that submission is today. ... Duh. I totally forgot that we're almost in H2 now, hence the half-yearly report. More reports to be done tomorrow but then let's let tomorrow take care of itself. Here's a photo to share of Singapore's Gardens By the Bay during nighttime. So near and yet so far... Huhuhu!! I remember that I took a public bus there. I was theโ€ฆ