2nd night at my new home

It has been better today, I guess. I have a lot to catch up with in terms of homework, which is why I spent 2 hours in the library after classes today. My new place is getting better. The porch is finally junk-less and my room is starting to feel a bit like my room back in my house in PJ.

OHHHH...I forgot to mention. I had the most number of unfortunate events happen
THIS VERY DAY!

1. After classes, I went to the clock tower to seek the financial officer who is in charge of my PTPTN approval. When I got there at 2pm, the office girl told me to go back at 2.30pm as the officer was out to lunch.

So okay. Never mind.

2. Then I walked to the building next to the next building to seek my personal tutor hoping to get some forms filled in. When I got to his office, he was out. I was guessing he went for lunch as well.

Moving on.

3. I headed to the library to study, yada yada. So I was in the library for about 2 hours, then I decided to leave. As I was walking down the stairs with my hand bag, water bottle, phone & jacket. Suddenly, bloooppppedddd...I slipped & slided down the whole stretch of staircases. Landed on one side of my butt cheek which is aching really badly right now. I'll most likely get a huge bruise. But still, I am very thankful no one witnessed that embarrassing scene. Thank You Jesus =) you know me so well.

4. So I headed back to the clock tower hoping to meet the officer again. When I was a couple of steps away from the building, I received a phone call, from the officer! She was apologising about not getting to me and all that. But that's not the point. She called to tell me that I need to reapply for my PTPTN againnnnn. (i've been waiting for my approval ever since a year ago which has been pending till now, and now, THIS...!?!?!)

5. Then I headed to my tutor's office again which is a building away from the clock tower. Not to my surprise, he wasn't in again. This is my 3rd time trying to find him this week =(

6. As I was driving back home, I decided to stop by at the sports centre to collect my medals from the run last semester. I was supposed to get 2 medals - one silver & one bronze. But guess what? They lost my silver medal. So I only have one now.

How much more unlucky can I get???

Ahh well.

I don't usually do this, but I decided to camwhore a bit. I haven't been putting up pictures of myself recently. Hehe.

my wardrobe mirror. looks a bit dark.



I bought a big & nice mirror for my dressing table today for RM9.90 from The Store. Woohoo!



that's my wardrobe and you can see my bronze medal



The Best Part of Today has to be...



my first cooked meal here =)
macaroni & cheese with bacon and tomatoes

bon voyage!

Dear Sarah Jean Ho,

Do these pictures remind you of anything?

remember how you were trying so hard to hide the surprise party from me?

the times we would be laughing at and teasing Michelle

the very reason why we enjoyed Semenyih so much - killing time with funny & lame ideas




the passion for outdoor activities




basketball sessions & girls' get-together






The past one year would have been so meaningless without you. You have been a great friend, sister, role model, course mate, neighbour & bestie in University. You flying off to London later today is a really great thing, but you'll definitely be missed here =)


All the best in Imperial & we'll meet again soon!
*crosses fingers*



i'm gonna be running on my own from now on =(

bonjourno! from TTS4

So here I am, in the midst of trees and beautiful hills. I can smell the fresh air composed of greens and after rain scent. I've almost forgotten how its like to be living with and surrounded by mosquitoes & strange looking bugs. If I pop my head out of the window and look up right now, I would see a field of uncountable stars that stand out so brightly from the dark, black cloudless background.

Taman Tasik Semenyih 4 - the new place i'm currently staying at for my second year.


Take a glance at my new room:

the entrance
you can also see the shelf where I keep my food stock & the laundry bag next to it

what you see when you come in from the door
my study table - the place where i'm blogging from now





the most comfortable place ever
and a mini dressing table right next to it


I miss home already =(((

Tonight's gonna be my first night here. Honestly, i'm still feeling very very unsettled. The 4 months break really took a toll out of me. I'm supposed to be studying right now. Instead, I rather sit here and miss home. This is gonna take some time getting use to...

truth out!

As most of you already know, i'll be leaving in t-minus 10 hours. I got up this morning feeling a little light, so decided to go on the weighing scale.

Truth is, I came back from Nottingham 4 months ago weighing... ... ...51kg *hides face* (i'm not very tall, so 51 is actually really heavy)

But now, i'm going back to Nottingham weighing...

43kilograms


no error. i went on and off the scale a couple of times to check. the needle was in place too.

Weight was never really an issue for me. At least not until people started telling me I need to see a doctor because i'm getting skinnier by the day. I've lost a total of 8kgs ever since I came back 4 months ago. People actually think i'm purposely going on this "diet" thing which is soo NOT true. (People who have been taking me out to eat please do me justiceee!) I eat like normal, but i've been exercising and going around more often than I used to. Or maybe I just have worms in my stummy (stomach? tummy?)



Oh, and look what I ordered for dinner tonight!

Obviously, I am NOT on a diet.
But don't be fooled. The burger patty is vegetarian, AHAH!!! My grandma's a herbivore, so I didn't have a choice but to order something that seemed appetising from the menu =)


Okay. I'll blog again soon, from Ulu Kampung Semenyih.

possibly the funniest thing i've ever heard of

"If failure is the key to success, damn the key, I wanna break-in!"

just something to share =)



anyways, here are some pictures to entertain you. other than the bunch of Manchester United red clowns, here's one other clown for you:


meet my sister, who isn't like me, AT ALL




she likes singing. and she likes singing with my friends.




how unalike we both are. - my face is shinier

i'm leaving on a Jet Plane

...back to UK - Ulu Kampung, Semenyih =)






I'm having a lot of mixed feelings now. Part of me is happy that I can finally escape from all the nagging at home. I'm all excited about staying on my own, but at the same time, i'm gonne miss all my friends back here.

Despite the ups & downs going on at home, I love my family and I will miss their nagging and rantings. I will miss my health conscious mom's tasteless home cooked meals that make me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. I will miss my nice & cozy room that comforts me whenever I need to feel at home. I will miss being able to travel short distances to shop, hang out, go for drinks & desserts. My sweet tooth is gonne be deprived from eating instant noodles every day =(

At the same time, i'm looking forward to a brand new start in Uni. I'm gonna work hard on achieving results that I never thought I could achieve because I know I can & i'm not too far away. I'm gonne make new friends. I'm gonne run everyday to train myself for KK coming March.

Hello Nottingham again, 28th September 2009. Year two chemical engineering =)

There's so much time to figure out the rest of my life,
And you've already got me coming undone.

we found banana waterfall! =)

and it was gorgeous...

my phone is really capable of capturing awesome pictures =)

I had a great time with my family and the rest who went. It was only after this trip that I noticed my mom is actually very fit and that my sister is really afraid of heights. So this was another one of those golden opportunities where I got to know my family a lil' better than before.

The journey was very tiring and challenging, but nevertheless, a very enjoyable one. It took about 30 minutes of trekking before arriving at the waterfall, and another 30 minutes to get out. I really regret wearing my flip flops, because I kept losing them in the harsh streams and that was annoying because other people had to slow down consistently just to save my silly shoe =(

Almost everyone got a leech bite. So far on every outdoor/hiking trips i've been to, I have NEVER gotten a leech bite before. It's amazing how even leeches hate me. However, I did get some other bites from mosquitoes and big black ugly spiders. Even so, I am so in love with waterfall hunting! Am definitely gonne attempt a couple more pretty soon.

Irony

Someone told me this a couple of days ago which really hit my head.

"Most of the time, rich people are the ones who are stingy. But, that is what makes them rich."


- because they know and treasure the value of money & material better than we do -

so many times, we spend more than what we earn to fit in.
many of us don't earn and still rely on other people giving us money.
people are never satisfied with what they have, so why spend so much on something that you cannot afford?
just because you have the money doesn't mean you can spend.
because then, how will you ever be rich?

that speaks a thousand words.

I'm not exactly in the blogging mojo today, so i'm gonna let them do the talking...

The youth went for a picnic.

smelly & my sandwiches, jenna's apple pies, sarah's jelly, my nasi lemak, felicia's yao cha kuey & curry puffs

the very main reason for the picnic
Jenna Cullen's Birthday! :~)




kayla's standing so straight =D



kerinchi & i



jenlyn made me a ghost and duplicated me

guys washing clothes manually by the stream. and they seem happy.



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Frontera finally.


Habanero chilli chicken wings!



The ultimate juicy plate. slrrppsss...

who better to go with than someone who doesn't waste food




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Michelle's 20th.


i only have one picture =)


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Tsze-tsze wanted to get a haircut yesterday before going for lunch & shopping, so I tagged along and I found this superrrr cute Shih-Tzu that the hair dresser owned...

So while waiting...

i tortured put him to sleep =) hehe...

For M.E.J

You are the pinkest bimbo anyone can ever meet.
Yet, you're a brainiac no other bimbo can ever beat.


You have a look & accent that impresses and sets a trend,
pretty much because your parents gave you blood you cannot amend.


Kind hearted and generous one,
what a great friend to have, that's why we love you tonnes!

your all-time favourite pose

we were the so called "Charlie's Angels" in Uni

good times we had together =)

LOVE YOU LOTS HUN!!! :~)

-Happy 20th Birthday-

All the masak-masak & grocery shopping sessions.
The reading girly magazine & Gossip Girl marathon sessions.
The manicure & plucking eyebrow sessions.
The dieting and shopping sessions.
And of course, the copying coursework sessions.

It's all gonna start all over again the following Monday =)

my stand

As most of you already know, I am rather committed to my church. I play the roles of a youth leader, singer and Sunday school teacher. But in my opinion, no matter what role a person plays whether in church or not, all of us are bound to reflect a particular, similar major part - a role model.

The very reason I am very much more conservative than the girls out there, in terms of the way I dress, the manner I speak, the places I go to, the things I do...is very much because I am being looked up to by a bunch of teens and kids.

I hope this doesn't cause any misunderstandings, I am very honoured to have so many people look up to me like a Big Sister. However, the territory i've been placed in comes with its boundaries. I've been out there, seen many things, done many things, known many different kinds of people. I'm not afraid to admit that i've done countless brainless things that I strongly regret. For instance, dressing very lil', going clubbing not knowing my limits and ended being a drunkard. I'm not saying that its wrong to club, but it's just my personal perspective that nothing good comes out of it when somebody goes too often. And really, to be able to afford all that...I rather go out to some fancy dining restaurant with my Besties to have a good relationship-bonding session. Atleast i'm getting something good out of that.

Two people that i'm very thankful having in my life other than my family are my two Besties - Winney & Puimun. Ever since we were in High school, we had really good relationships with our juniors (students younger than us) because we were constantly being looked up to by them. We were good kids, and still are, and it was absolutely great having kids watching our moves which also kept us grounded. We hardly never allow bad words to come out of our mouths because we know it brings people down. Watching the way we dress, places we go to and people we hang out with to be sure of the kind of person we reflect our inner selves to be. Because truth is, whether it matters or not, we really should care about what people think about us, especially the younger ones who look up to us, unless you're simply ignorant. So lots of love from me to you both besties who never fail to be around for me whenever I need somebody =)

SO, its down to the question:- Where is the fun?

To be able to go out there to dress up, hang out, curse and party like nobody's business is really very easy. But being able to overcome all that and stay grounded, that's the challenging part, the fun part. Its probably hard to admit, but most of the time people come home from partying with empty hearts.

But this is just my stand. Please have your own if you don't agree. Really, as long as you're happy with your life.

Oh, and for those you who have been given roles of a leader and such responsibilities, please hand it over if your heart is already somewhere else. If you don't want it, lotsa other people do.

Why try so hard to fit in? When you were born to stand out.

ya kah?

I went to OU to shop for some groceries for the picnic outing tomorrow with the intention of also dropping by at Nokia to ask if I could get my 5 days old phone that I dropped yesterday fixed.

So when I just arrived at OU, my phone rang and Smelly's caller Id was on it. I answered and she told me that she was in Tesco, meaning that I wouldn't have to buy anything for tomorrow. It was 9pm then after hanging up. So I went straight to Nokia, to find that the customer service centre closed at 8pm.

Since I was there, I decided to walk around for a bit. Then, I randomly walked into a shop selling silver and white gold necklaces, of which the following conversation took place...

Chinese Saleswoman: (smiles at me)
Me: (smiles back at her)
Chinese Saleswoman: (walks up to me) Nak cari apa, miss?

*ting* I can tell when someone misunderstands me and this is my opportunity

Me: ohh, nak tengok je...
Chinese Saleswoman: Sekalang (sekarang) kita ada banyak rantai yang cantik. Kita ada silver, ada emas putih, semua sangat cantik punya.
Me: -in a very bakul malay tone- Ohhh, ya ke?
Chinese Saleswoman: (takes out a silver necklace and a heart shaped silver pendant and wraps around my neck) tengok cik, yang ini sangat lawa. Ya, lawa sangat oh...
Me: oh ya, lawa betul ni...
Chinese Saleswoman: cik mau beli tak? kalau tak mau, nak letak deposit dulu pun boleh punya
Me: Saya nak tengok dulu ya...(goes around the shop while the saleswoman tails me and starts taking things out and showing me everything)
Chinese Saleswoman: Macam mana cik? Nak yang mana ah?
Me: ERR...tak ape lah, lain kali baru saya balik tengok. (walks out)

Boommmm...

~ figured out a new way to play along with chinese lala saleswomen who think i'm malay =)

Rambut dan telefon =)

Long... short... colour... straight... curly...

I've always been notorious for doing something to my hair after a new hair do. Which explains why my hair dresser is always unhappy seeing me. Hehe. Got told off a couple of times for cutting my own hair, highlighting it on my own, using bad products, yado yado...and i've always thought that i did a good job =S

2 weeks after getting my hair curled, I went to see my hair dresser today. He was quite happy with my hair, despite the bad maintenance. Jenna and I went together spontaneously, hehehe...got our hair cut and treated =)

Not to show off or anything *pfffttt* here are some pictures taken with my new phone =D

jenna and the steamer machine...as you can see, lots of steam - good for complexion =D

typical aunty getting her hair done



my hair dresser tried something new with my hair today. he made me a happy girl =) oh and, you can see that my forehead got burned - from the iron curler when i was trying to curl my own fringe on Sunday =(



and this is my new phone, hehee =DD


Good night people :~)

our very complicated relationship

Ever since I chose singledom, friends have become evidently more important to me than it used to be.

Well. To some extent, i'm not exactly single after all. I mean...I have marked my signature and agreed to be somebody's wife when I was in Form 2. (not sure if we still consider ourselves married ever since we lost that DIY "marriage certificate" of ours)

Pui Mun, who is now my wife and bestie, will be leaving for Vancouver on Saturday. This time, she'll only be returning in around June next year, that's 9 months from now. So we had a farewell get together for her last night.

my ever so cute mun bestie :~)

meet my husband, to whom I have been married for 8 years now. plus she has already left me to be with some other guy.



this pretty much explains the relationship between us. hehee...

the two wifies, we got our hair done together.

there were 2 pretty good singers who were performing on stage that night, so we managed to dedicate a song for our bestie who will be leaving for Canada.



the perfect shot :~)


Our time together is almost coming to an end. Semester breaks are almost over and I really can't imagine life without the both of you.


3 worlds apart - UBC, Nottingham, UM.

For where you are, is where I should be too :~(((