procrastinator

Happy

2012-02-04T00:02:00.001+08:00

Sights like this make me melt.

Things to achieve this year:

Be nice to people.

It makes you feel good, as simple as that.

Spend wisely.

It feels so nice to see all your hard work being paid off in a piece of paper at the end of the month. Oh, and also, stop being so kiam siap (stingy) with money and I am allowed to spend it on Chilli's and Bubba Gump once in a while. On a side note, perhaps the department should stop being kiam siap. =)

Move out (again!).

A little change would help. If people can live in an apartment, so can I. No more washing my own car though. Planning still underway.

Think ahead, there's so much to do with so little time!.

I have some achievable goals for the next 5 years. First step - work my ass off.

Umm .. work out. I suppose.

I found a cool Victoria's Secret work out video the other day, maybe I should give it a try. My favorite TV channel has work out programs in the morning, so there's a possibility.

Oh, and write more here too!

Hello February!

2012-02-01T23:39:00.000+08:00

Time to shift the bed to the window, and get a windowsill.

Credit: happybrittany.com

January is over, and I'm ecstatically delighted seeing I have maintained my New Year's resolutions. I don't usually make resolutions, because, one, I'll only do something when given the right mood. Two, when I really push myself to the max. Three, when there's no choices left.

Resolution #1 - Grow up.
As much as I hate to admit, I'm an adult. I'll have to act, think and live as an adult. You'll be surprised to see how much immaturity we all have in us - arguing over nonsensical things, breaking off a friendships over dumb issues, giving a silent treatment to a loved one because you want to get back at them etc.

Over the years, I have learned to put myself in others' shoes and try to feel the hurt when I'm treated in that very way. I have done a fair share of those things to people, and yes, I'm trying to stop. Hey, I'm not perfect. Nobody is.

So, less yelling and more compromising. Result: Happy me!

Resolution #2 - Forgive and forget.

Bugger, it has been 2 years and I'm still not over it. When I first began training for this current job, I was questioned and yelled at by 2 seniors. The first one wasn't my fault, it was simply a lapse of judgment by the senior but oh well, fine, you're the senior and I'm the newbie. I have tried to forgive and forget about that, and I have. So, that's a done deal. Although I admit the scene comes back to me whenever I see him.

Second scenario was a misunderstanding (the only nice way to put it), I'm guessing he misheard me and it turned out to be quite a situation. At least for the both of us, but peeps have told me time and time about his problems and behavior, so I'm not the only one who has issues with him.

Result: Relief!

Problems and all

2012-01-28T00:09:00.000+08:00

A very close friend once told me,

"Face your problems"
And I never told you this, but I have been living with this simple quote since then and I would like to thank you. Not sure if you're still reading this journal, but know that I'm incredibly grateful.

From driving to working to living life.

<3

Free

2012-01-02T03:39:00.000+08:00

I have been meaning to post something about the department's teambuilding in Langkawi since last year when I attended my first one, but a number of pics were in the pendrive and so I told myself I have to transfer them into the laptop someday and start to write about it.

The Langkawi vacation took place in January 2011. It's January 2012 now, and I have just transferred the pics into the laptop 15 mins ago. Talk about uber procrastination. And you ask me why I don't blog often. It takes me one year to transfer pics for the love of God!

January 2011 saw me begin the new year with a handful of firsts: first company vacation, first time flying on Air Asia and first time visiting Langkawi.

There was a mix up with the roommates so both of us got our own rooms. You'd think it'll be more fun but it took me some time to pick which bed to sleep in.

My roomie Sarah, and eventually we shared a room in December 2011's teambuilding in JayBee.

Nalini and me by the seaside before the activities took place.

The thing with teambuilding is they have a different dinner theme everytime, so Langkawi's theme was pirate's night. From here itself you can see I took no interest in renting one. I mean I did try my luck searching for one but renting one costs me 90 bucks, not including deposit (daylight robbery or what?) and I'm only gonna be wearing it for like, what 3 hours? Pfffttt. Not worth it. I'm a team player okay, it's just that I'm cheap cuz the company definitely isn't paying for me. Okay, different story altogether.

Nah, count how many of us actually came equipped with pirate outfits. Anyway if I did wore an outfit I would be selected as a finalist for the best outfit award. And since my catwalk is outta this world.. well, you get the idea. I'm just trying to be modest lah. On a side note, the so-called after party rocked the island wei. And who started it? Take a wild guess.

Apologies for not having sufficient pics, especially from our midnight to early morning escapades getting hammered by the poolside. Seriously, we had booze, cigs, seaweed and some really intoxicated humans.

And all 3 days put together was the reason why I couldn't wait until the next free vacation. At least for the first half of the year. After that it was like, "Ah go to Universal Studios kah? Ah, okay lah".

Yeh

2011-12-17T07:00:00.001+08:00

So folks, the year is coming to an end and after promising myself repeatedly to write something or post a pic or at visit my blog (if you want to call it one) at least once every ~~week~~ month, I thought at the very least I should post something to mark the end of the year. Ok sorry, that was a lie. I should at least update something to remind what I did for 2011.

Yeah okay, so no more blog. More like something I could read again 2 years from now and relive all my past narcissisms.

January - I went to Langkawi for the first time. Yeh.

February - I remember working a lot. Yeh.

March - I still remember I was working a lot. Yeh.

April - I moved to a new place. Yeh.

May - I don't remember, but according to my tweets, I was surrounded by a lot of wisecracks that annoyed the donkey s*** outta me until I had to waste precious tweet space to tweet about them. Yeh.

June - I watched Transformers. Yeh.

July - .... Yeh.

August - Colleague bought the Samsung Galaxy SII smartphone, so I also wan. Yeh.

September - Still thinking if I want the Samsung Galaxy SII smartphone. Yeh.

October - I damn emo and potong stim this month. Bugger I'm still thinking if I want the Samsung Galaxy SII smartphone. Yeh.

November - I got a new pair of glasses. For the love of God I'm still thinking if I want the Samsung Galaxy SII smartphone. Yeh.

December - I got my hands on the Samsung Galaxy SII smartphone. Yeh yeh yeh.

Happy me

2011-10-21T04:39:00.003+08:00

Love life.

Credit - polkadotbirthday.com

Happy Saturday!

2011-07-30T09:20:00.002+08:00

I would like to proclaim to the world that I'm a happy happy me.

At this precise moment at least.

Happy weekend to anyone who reads this.

Teen USA 2011

2011-07-17T08:09:00.004+08:00

Adding some pretty faces since I've got nada to update on the blog, unless you wanna listen to the same story about work again. Nahh. Neways, Miss Teen USA 2011 is sorta underway right now but the Broadband connection isn't good enough to allow me to watch live streaming. Hrmmrpphh.

Molly Ann Argue, Arizona
Alexis Lauren Swanstrom, California

Caley-Rae Pavillard, Colorado

Samantha Sojka, Connecticut

Kirsten Nicholson, Maryland

Sydnee Stottlemyre, Missouri

Madison Novak, Nebraska

Annie Catherine Read, New Hampshire

Savannah Schechter, New Jersey

Audra Mari, North Dakota

Madison Longstreth, Pennsylvania

Keyla Childs, South Carolina

Lexy Schenk, South Dakota

Danielle Doty, Texas

Ashley Golden, Wyoming

I should stop being nice to people

2011-06-26T21:32:00.003+08:00

Reason #1-Most people won't feel grateful, they're just happy this sucka gave into their needs.
Reason #2-Doing good stuff doesn't mean you get good karma in return. More like bad karma.
Reason #3-Most people won't even remember you did something for them. In fact they'll come back to you asking for more because this sucka is just too nice and polite to yell back and say no.

Btw, this sucka refers to me.

Seriously, I've just about had it with this neighborhood. I moved into this new place in April, where I finally got my own bathroom and a parking space I *thought* was mine. Heck, I moved in first! Umm, no. Landlord says first come, first serve. Okayyy.

Prob #1-Kancil decides he gets to park inside. So fine. I'll park outside. I work in shifts anyway so if I have to leave for work at 6am I won't be worried his car is obstructing mine and vice versa.
Prob #2-MyVi and Viva were the last to move in, and they get to park inside. So now I'll have to fight for a parking spot outside under the tree with Kancil. Bloody hell, outside also need to fight >.<

Which brought 3 more consequences to my poor lil car. First, the wheels get peed on every now and then by a neighbor dog who thinks he's so close to me. Then one of my tyre's air pressure cap (what is the correct term for that? I don't have time to check now) gets stolen. And just last month there were 2 scratches on my car! Bloody hell what have I done to deserve all this poop?

But thank God the landlord decided to cement up the lawn so an additional car can be parked inside. So far so good. My car's getting some shade. Finally. Until this morning.

Prob #3-Honda bike has his friends over occasionally, and they picked this morning to park their Wira right in front of the gate so I can't park inside. So fine, I'll park outside.
Prob #4-As I was inching into my usual spot under the tree, this black Viva belonging to the auntie next door comes running to me saying I'm parking in her spot. Bloody hell it's still within my house's territory how the hell it became your spot?

Unfortunately I could still find the politeness in me amidst of all the poop that was going on so I parked somewhere else and had to resist the temptation of waking up the Wira guys who were sound asleep in the living room. And I actually apologized to the auntie. Who on this planet would actually apologize when they're not at fault? If I had a gun with me I'd already blew my brains out for being the most pathetic sucka on Earth. And, oh the guys didn't even bother to apologize as I was leaving for work this evening. Bloody, bloody humans.

And bloody, bloody me who can't find a way to lash out at people.

Seriously, one more poop happens I swear I'll burn down this entire neighborhood.

I'm gonna watch Miss USA!

2011-06-19T21:22:00.006+08:00

Miss USA 2011 is tomorrow, and this year is particularly delightful cuz 2 of my all time favorite contestants are competing. (And also it's been a while since I uploaded pics of good lookin chicks).

One is Ashley Durham from Tennessee. I've been a fan since she competed at Miss Teen USA 2006 as a 16 year old. Fans are placing her high for tomorrow's competition and I'm seriously rooting for her to win. Oh, and she also replied to a message I sent after winning her state title.

The other is Alyssa Campanella representing California. Originally from New Jersey, she was 1st runner up at Miss Teen USA 2007. Check out her FB fanpage and her extensive portfolio. A heavy favorite for tomorrow's crown and might just win the Miss Universe 2011 crown. She has replied to several comments I made on her page, so regardless who wins tomorrow I'd be fine with it.

Other contestants I'd love to see make the semis:

Madeline Mitchell, Alabama

Brittany Dawn Brannon, Arizona

Kaylin Reque, Georgia

Page Pennock, Louisiana

Allyn Rose, Maryland

Alida D'Angona, Massachusetts

Channing Pierce, Michigan

Keeley Patterson, Mississippi

Hope Driskill, Missouri

Julianna Rose White, New Jersey

Courtney Hope Turner, South Carolina

Unlucky

2011-06-05T03:56:00.002+08:00

What is it with some people who do mistakes but don't get caught? But when I made an accidental mistake the supervisor comes running to my channel, pointing at the outgoing screen and I have to suck in my ego and apologize.

Gotta find my work mojo again.

Girl powerrrr!

2011-05-23T18:17:00.020+08:00

Ohh lookie here ...
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/5/23/nation/20110523155334&sec=nation
If you're too lazy to click the link, here, I'll summarize it for ya. The Malaysian government's worried that women are delaying marriage. Seriously, if ya'll are worried perhaps you could find us one.

Or maybe find me one. Cuz when I was a kid I used to brag to my mom that I won't get married and kids are at the bottom of my priority list. And then Kay drops the bombshell on me, "if you don't have kids, who's gonna take care of you when you're old and how can you afford a place at the old folks' home?".

Bloody bloody Kay.

Anyways, I won't be in denial any longer cuz my grandma has pretty much given up hope on my older cousins in terms of settling down - so she's turn to me now. (God, I'm getting old). Instead of asking about jobs and KL life she's been asking about finding a boyfriend pretty much everytime I see her. Even mom has been asking once in a while (shudder!!). Awesomeness. Just waiting for dad to ask now.

Okay so, mom, dad, grandma, government - I got 'em answers.
Guys don't know I exist, at least, the ones I'm showing interest in.

Guys show interest, but that's only what I think.

Guys prefer the hot chicks who socialize with them .. at bars, clubs, anywhere as long it's not the bookstore.

I'm not hot enough for them. 'Nuff said. I could give you more vocabularies but then they'll say I have low self esteem. Blah.
Okay I should stop right here before this happens:

P/S - This post is only intended for humor. Do not take this seriously and throw rocks at me, because I have never, ever did that to a person before.

Love

2011-05-20T09:20:00.017+08:00

It's 9.20 in the morning and I decided I should start it with a steaming cup of milk and my fav cereal, Post's Honey Bunches of Oats. And seriously, milk in the morning before work and before bed really kept me up at work. (Thank you, milk!). So 8 days marathon is achievable, and oh, I should thank God too for keeping me outta trouble .. well, except for Saturday's incident but that was really my fault so, oh well, I've rectified it yesterday anyways.

Credit: janetfo747 @ flickr
Why not love life? I got a job, a car, a place to live, folks and good people who care. And that includes fakers and backstabbers who ironically use up their precious time to talk behind my back. (So far none yet, but well, if you're planning to do it go ahead).

Credit: Kenny Kapoor @ flickr
I've a handful of college friends who I still talk with, not on a daily basis but enough to know they still remember who you are. Those who managed to see past me to know that I am imperfect and that I come with flaws but they never judged me, instead, giving me chances to make up for the mistakes I've made. So thank you.

Credit: timothyh75
On my very first day of my 2nd job, I became instant friends with a smiley person who taught me that there is nothing wrong with smiling at people. Makes you feel all warm inside when they smile back at you. So that is what I've been doing since then. I find it hard to start a conversation with people at times, so a simple smile would do.

Credit: Happy Brittany@blogspot
To those who have stuck by me since day 1, thank you. Thank you for your advice. Thank you for watching my back. I am honored to be included in your gang. You guys are worth being friends with.

Kate Middleton is kinda hot

2011-04-29T22:34:00.009+08:00

Or now known as Princess Catherine aka Duchess of Cambridge. Omg I totally didn't expect myself to be pulled into this hoopla. But after watching the countless promos on TV and the fact that I won't be watching any royal wedding anytime sooner I figured I'd try to watch it online.

Maybe I shouldn't use the word "hot". Sounds inappropriate. But she's "hot" in a subtle way. That's one reason. Another reason was because no one knows what she'll wear today so being kepoh I also wanna see first hand what kinda gown was that.

If only William and Kate got hitched in summer 2009, I could be one of these guys. I didn't have a TV with me, and I didn't want to purposely go to work to watch so I tried watching online. Given my Broadband's frequent mood swings I didn't have much hope but I secretly hoped watching on Youtube would be just fine.

But decided on CNN instead. See, so much clearer! Ahh Buckingham Palace. I was there 1 1/2 years ago!

Pity these folks lah. The altar is so far upfront I wonder what they can actually see. And these are like, totally insanely super duper VIPs. Betcha they rather sit at home and watch Sky News on their 200 inch LCD screens.

Holy hats! Actually some cannot qualify as hats lah. More like pasting strings and ribbons on the side of your head. But it's actually pretty cool.

The mother of them all. Wonder if she could actually see anything.

William and Harry. I was always into Harry more. Jeng jeng jeng.

Some guys in the department couldn't understand why I wanted to watch so much. Mike said it wasn't my wedding so why bother (he ended up watching himself), and D preferred to watch the aftermath of the wedding, specifically in the bedroom. =.=

From here onwards it became pretty exhausting to watch. Connection wasn't good, and I had to reconnect and refresh the page. So I decided to drive over to D's and begged him to let me watch for an hour, who couldn't understand the world's obsession over it and that it doesn't provide me with any satisfaction. Of all words.

Mind you, he was the 2nd guy who asked if the groom was Prince Charles. Sial.

Walking past the in laws. D had already kicked ushered me out cuz he had to go out so back to reconnecting and refreshing.

Cool no? So far I have yet to missed any vital scenes (wait, I missed the kiss at the altar) and surprised to find myself diligently reconnecting and refreshing still. A smart person would have stopped by now.

Kinda like Cinderella, no? William's salute is super "yeng" wei.

Super lucky to be part of a royal wedding by being a flower girl. *like that also want to envy* Heh.

Still reconnecting and refreshing. By now, I totally missed the second smooch. >.< All those Broadband commercials are lying straight to your face, if you don't know by now.

So I stole this pic from Yahoo and will find the smooch scene later on Youtube. *omg what's with me wanting to watch people smooching* Girl on the right is downright adorable.

But I still wanna credit my Broadband for it's 6 hour dedication towards the royal wedding. Worse case scenario would be reconnecting and refreshing every single minute.

Waiting

2011-02-03T23:25:00.003+08:00

Credit - roxanne-jasmine.deviantart.com

Typical

2011-01-29T21:32:00.002+08:00

Credit - Daniela Uhlig @ epilogue.net

Christmas stuff

2010-12-25T00:08:00.001+08:00

So Christmas this year was okay - I managed to take 2 days off from work but couldn't find anyone to work for me on Dec 26 so yeah, I spent Christmas morning eating and the other half driving back to KL. Well, I've learned my lesson so I've got 2 people to work for me for next year's Christmas already. Hah!

Blue Christmas tree at Cyberjaya. No lights.

Red tree at Bukit Jalil. With twinkling lights 24/7.

Cousin Bee's tree. Loaded as usual.

Underneath Bee's tree. Also loaded as usual.

Food! I had 2 plates of rice and 2 plates of spaghetti. Cuz when I'm hungry I get all pissed as to why I didn't stuff myself more.

Early birthday dinner

2010-12-01T03:23:00.005+08:00

Since Christmas this year will be spent driving along the North South highway (and not enjoying it!) I decided for an early celebration at Chili's. Since it was a weekday and Mid Valley's parking lot would be full by lunch time, I'd always start my journey at 11am to park in my usual spot (Garden's Zone B, level P2). Why - because it's a single spot so no irresponsible people would carelessly open their doors too wide and touch mine. Believe me, I've seen it happen when this auntie did in in front of my eyes.

But since I'll be tagging along with K, who overslept, we arrived when all spots were filled up and spent a good half hour finding one. Dang. That is why I prefer going out by my own.

Anyways, I spent the day at my usual hangout spots - bookstore and pet store before dinner. Also did some Christmas tree ornaments shopping in an effort to make my tree look nice for once.

I ordered the usual New York strip, with my fav *half eaten* mashed potatoes with black pepper gravy, garlic bread and fresh vegs! It never ceases to fail me and totally worth my money.

K's lamb shank with mashed potatoes and black beans. He wiped everything clean.

My mango juice.

K's tomato juice. He then opted for a pineapple refill, but the waiter thought he wanted to mix both together which resulted in a "quite good" taste, according to K.

Haunted what?

2010-11-30T16:34:00.003+08:00

The marketing skills of Haunted Changi producers worked well, at least with me. There has been a lack of good horror films these days, and the last one I watched made me cry because I forked out 10 bucks for a lousy show with a striking promotional poster. Stupid advertising. Oh, the show? It's called Haunted University. There's 10 bucks I'll never get back.

Haunted Changi is an indie (independent) film made by 4 bravado Singaporeans who venture into the most-haunted-place-in-the-world Old Changi Hospital. The team consists of director Andrew, producer Sheena, camera guy Audi and audio dude Farid. The film is entirely shot by using handheld camera to give the film a documentary feeling and that everything captured is 100% real. Think Cloverfield and REC, but good thing it wasn't that nauseating.

The team conduct interviews with local Singaporeans as well as a seemingly WW2 veteran. They discuss about which photos to use, the process of editing and the extensive research they go through.

First day at the hospital, we see shots of the hospital - graffiti, old wards, torture chambers, an old elevator shaft and a rumored underground tunnel. At times you might be able to catch a shadow running in the background, some weird reflection against the puddle of water and the infamous headless person.

At night, the team start experiencing eerie feelings and get spooked out. Sheena vows to never go back and Farid never appears on film again - apparently ill. Andrew becomes obsessed with a girl named Xiao Juan who lives inside the haunted hospital. The team also meet with a group of Singaporean ghostbusters who go by nicknames but a real name is "accidentally" revealed and they also use a young boy to "sense" paranormal activity (super pissed with the adults. who the hell uses a young kid to sniff out ghosts?!)

After the night exploration, you can't help but to wonder if this is a "documentary" inside a "film", and if the 4 Singaporeans are truly aiming to unleash secrets hidden within the hospital or they're merely actors acting with a script. The final moments of Haunted Changi makes you ponder: Does Xiao Juan really exist? Did Audi's camera captured something real, or was it edited?

Acting wise, I'm not too sure if they're professional actors because they sure don't look like it. Andrew looks disturbingly like one of my housemates which isn't a good thing, really. But them getting spooked isn't convincing me. I can't help feeling the reason they're screaming and running away is because .. they have to scream and run away in horror films. The team is also unethical when conducting interviews - they continue recording despite the WW2 veteran's plea to stop. Also he is promised that his face won't be shown, but I can certainly see enough! But I get a feeling the WW2 guy is just a hired actor.

They also seem to be "hurrying" to give the film more spice in the end - but doesn't seem to make up for the slow beginning. Andrew finds the rumored underground tunnel, and what he discovers fuels more "dude, what the hell?" questions. But I'd give kudos to Andrew, whose determination seem real, but at some point, too much until it becomes annoying. He seems to have forgotten about his hospital documentary to focus more on "interview with Xiao Juan".

Overall, you won't jump off your seat like typical horror films. I think it's a good thing you only see "paranormal" stuff occasionally and not at every corridors and scenes. Makes the "documentary" look more real - because in typical ghost hunter shows you don't really see ghosts. Just the people claiming they see and feel stuff, right?

By the way, the shadows of headless men could well be men bending their heads down. Just a thought. And I think Xiao Juan merely exists in Andrew's head - the spirits must have messed with his head, as well as Audi's.

Although after rewinding the film in your brain several times you feel cheated - depending on what is your initial expectation of the film.

Do I want my money back?
Urm .. 6 bucks maybe. I paid 11.

Farewell Ethan and Khairie

2010-11-24T01:17:00.008+08:00

Last Thursday's Amazing Race Asia 4 saw Malaysian boys Ethan and Khairie in last place, and were, wait for it ..

Eliminated.

Yes, the uber funny and personable Ethan ("What? We're in good shape! Round is a shape!") who occasionally converses in typical Malaysian English and the extra cool and slightly quieter Khairie are no longer appearing on TV on Thursday nights. This marks the first time that there won't be a Malaysian team in the Final 3. Bummer.

Teams travelled to Bali, Indonesia where Ethan messed up a little and left one of the Richards fuming. All 3 teams (Ethan and Khairie, the Richards and Claire and Michelle) seem to have an alliance and Ethan wanted all 3 to stick together and ride in the same boat (Boat 2) to the next destination. Unfortunately, he didn't know Boat 1 left 30 mins earlier which resulted in Richard Hardin pissed.

Then Ethan did something which is rare in the Race - he offered to switch places with the Richards. Dude this makes the Race even nicer because let's face it, we support the nice teams right? I keep imagining Chad and Stephanie (Amazing Race 17 US version) doing that - not a friggin chance.

Anyways, in the middle of Bali, Ethan and Khairie went into the detour challenge in 1st place. The Richards screwed up when they violated a law and were 1 1/2 hours behind the Malaysians. But the former chose a longer and confusing detour challenge and were forced to switch, and the Richards caught up to them. >.<"

The rest of Race saw Ethan and Khairie playing catch up with the Richards but were ultimately defeated. I was kinda hoping it was a non-elimination leg but it wasn't. So with the last Malaysian team gone, I'm rooting for the Richards now =)

Paul is dead

2010-10-27T23:48:00.007+08:00

The most hated German since Adolf Hitler.

Chances are you've heard of the news - the famous non human oracle, Paul the Octopus has died. And if you're not a footie fan, this is the octopus who correctly predicted the results of all Germany's World Cup matches and the finals between Spain and Netherlands.

He was 2 years old (he is pretty much an old guy in octopus' age).

Paul died of natural causes - one day he was fine, the next day he was gone. You can't help but wonder if some deranged, vengeful World Cup fan was behind his demise =P. Like sneaking a lil something into his tank. After all, he did make a lot of enemies from different countries after "predicting" their football team would lose.

"But it wasn't Paul's fault!"

Well, humans like pointing fingers and play the Blame Game. Like they would point at their national football team.

If there is one thing we shouldn't go up against, is the bond between man and football. C'mone, they believe about wearing lucky jerseys, they scream at the players on TV, my dad insisting we never touch the TV when Manchester United plays - they're probably the most superstitious fans during the World Cup season.

So long Paul.

You Again?!

2010-10-09T21:10:00.004+08:00

I'm sure most of you have heard about this film. In one sentence: Marni discovers her brother is marrying her high school nemesis, and her mom is also facing her very own high school rival.

Boy I certainly wouldn't want to return to those few nasty weeks.

There was this particular event which took place over several weeks which involved a guy, classmates and backstabbers. I was in an unfamiliar surrounding, and I needed a buddy, or anyone I could hang out with.

Then came along this girl, whom I knew very vaguely from an event we once were involved in.
I was incredibly grateful for having her as a friend, and we'd tell each other stories, discuss about anything that came into mind and laugh at random stuff.

I was happy. Plain and simple.

Then came this dude. Long story short, I had a crush on him. And of course, like every other guy I liked, he didn't feel the same way. Huge blow to my self esteem (haha!)

For a while I kept it to myself. Then while hanging out with the girl one day and her friend, I figured if I told them my problem they could lend a hand. So I opened up to them and let out every single detail, the things I did to get his attention, the jealousy that rose inside when he was paying more attention to other girls and the one time I cried, all because I heard rumours about a potential gf (go ahead, laugh)

So she gave me tips on how to get that guy. Be more confident, speak to him like how I speak to other guys and just be cool. Oh, and change the way I dressed =.="

Well I took some of the advice but things weren't changing.

It wasn't until a Monday morning when I was heading home when a classmate came up to me. He was silent for a while, then he dropped the bomb:

"You like that guy is it?"

?!!!

I was super sure I didn't let my guard off in class. I didn't think it was obvious because I'd only spoke to him about homework about once or twice, and the rest of the time I was with other friends. I didn't secretly peek at him, or sit next to him or anything strange (that would have raised some questions).

So the obvious next question was, "who said lah?"

But he was adamant about the guy, so I lied (in an effort to close the subject). And at the same time I thought I knew the answer already, who else could have announced it to the entire class if it wasn't for that girl?

Backstabber backstabber *^%$^%^^#@@! Still, I kept my mouth shut.

Couple of days later I ran into the girl's friend (from a different school, different clique and my gut told me she's a very nice person. We're still friends today). We went for tea together, and in the middle of a conversation she said, "I hope you've realized by now she likes that guy too".

.... Backstabber backstabber backstabber *&^%#!#^(%%^!

So over the next few weeks I could totally make out how the backstabber was acting around in class, it was so obvious I just didn't put two and two together. They were in the same group, they hung out together and God knows what else she has been saying about me.

Several times I planned to confront her, but then I realize it was no good. She was too "powerful" with her gang members around her and I was afraid of her. No point in defending myself cuz they could have told everyone about the dumb stuff I did to get that guy to like me. I have already lost too much face, so no point in losing more. Should focus on how to win my face back lol.

Well, that was years ago. I have already forgiven her but I don't want to see her again. Honestly, I am still afraid of her and the "power" she has to convince people about the losers around (me, for instance).

The last time I saw her was at McDonalds at the front counter. I was super paranoid about what she'd do with my food so I went to another McDonalds.

hitz.fm Boys parody

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Hitz.fm's parody of Katy Perry's California Gurls. Super creative and I tend to memorize their version more instead of Katy's. Wah like making her album lose sales hah!

Thought of writing down the lyrics but since they said they'll post the lyrics real soon I'll back off *nyeh*.

Check out their version of Jason Derulo's Whatcha Say and Beyonce's If I Were A Boy. How to remember the original version after listening to JJ and Ean's lah?!

P/S - I see them at work a lot *gloats* *gloats*

I see a Puget! I see a Puget!

2010-09-26T22:51:00.003+08:00

2 reasons to stay away from movies and lepaking - The Amazing Races! Both the Asian and US version are currently underway and I oh so love AXN. (Thank you God for including this channel in the compulsory Family Package).

5 reasons why you should watch:

Funny people. The most memorable vocabulary mistake was by the Indian cousins, Sahil & Manas who became over excited upon seeing other teams' Peugeot cars parked alongside the Penang Peranakan Mansion, and screams "I see a Puget! I see a Puget!". Hilarious. Expect Malaysians Ethan & Khairie to lighten up the Race too.

Pretty chicks & Girl power. Could another all-female team win?, cuz not many of us expected Zabrina & Joe Jer from Season 1 to take it all home. Expect more from party girls Jess & Lani (Jess seems more toned), Claire & Michelle (they claim they're street smart), Yani and her bud, Nadine, Miss Indonesia Earth 2009 (I have a special spot for beauty queens) and Indian actresses Dimple & Sunaina (athletic looking).

Good ol' families. Natasha and her doting dad Hussein comes to mind first, they were already running behind all teams and still managed to keep their heads together to check in (second last). Maybe this is the season we won't see parents yelling at their kids because well, they're the parent. And then there's Hungarian university lecturer Ivan and his Malaysian researcher wife Hilda - which 100% reminded me and my mom of Terri, the screeching and fit throwing machine from Season 2. Terri sulked, yelled and threw her tantrum all over Asia and half of Europe. Hilda cried all the way up to Batu Caves (not sure how many times she had to climb up and down 272 stairs) then cut to her guessing every number for the Indian priest, cried more, sprained her ankle and that was the end of ~~Terri~~ it. But she's still cute, I'll give her that.

Tagline "Ride of a Lifetime". The Race has never disappointed me (except for one season in US) so expect more brutal and hard hitting challenges in the upcoming legs.

Brains, brawn or luck. Season 1 had Sandy & Francesca and Andrew & Syeon, Season 2 had Marc & Rovilson (It's still hard to forgive them for losing!), Season 3 had a few consistent teams but Season 4 will keep us guessing. The only team that stands out are Richard & Richard.

Sept 16 09

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Disneyland Paris! Unfortunately I had a sore throat from yelling and talking too much the night before so it was really bugging me. And plus, after screaming too much during the roller coaster rides it became super annoying.

Entrance to Disneyland Paris.

Sleeping Beauty's Castle. Just went around it and came back haha.

Entrance to Disneyland Park where all the train rides, roller coasters etc are located.

First ride - Big Thunder Mountain. I was mentally prepared so I could still open my eyes throughout the ride.

Pirates of the Carribean boat ride. Good thing the camera's flash worked.

Space Mountain roller coaster ride. This was getting somewhat freaky so had to keep my head down, scream and close the eyes to avoid looking like a nuthead in the pictures the stationed camera takes during the ride.

Entrance to Walt Disney Studios.

One whole bunch of Asian people walking around in identical T-shirts haha.

While waiting for the Tram Tour of Walt Disney Studios.

Joyce and me =)

On the tram.

One of the special effects we came across. Flood water literally came down splashing at us!

Before the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror ride. Awesome but still had to keep my head down and grip the seat really hard.

Lining up for The Magic Carpets of Aladdin. It's a kid's ride but just went on it for the sake of doing something.

Hugs!

With local kids.

Pluto, Chip and Dale. And since this is my blog, I'll continue on bragging I got kissed by either Chip or Dale on the hand =D

Green soldiers from Toy Story.

Beauty and the Beast.

Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty.

After the parade most of us had already went off in different directions. I went with some of the girls into shops on Main Street and bought a Christmas decoration and watched the tour manager purchase some crystal figurines. Somehow I bumped into JR and we went for 2 more rides - Indiana Jones (roller coaster!) and Phantom Manor (a ride around a haunted house). It was almost time to leave and I was still lining up to buy dinner so we practically ran to the car park.

Overall, had a great time!

Other places we went:
Honey, I Shrunk The Audience (closed in May 2010) - 3D cinema
Moteurs - car stunt
Armageddon - special effects

We had dinner together at me and Fei Lin's apartment. The guys bought their remaining cup noodles and soup from Liverpool. Sore throat was still there, and my back was a lil swollen from all the roller coaster rides.

I had flu the next day as we left Europe for UK.

Sept 15 09

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Our last city as part of our Europe excursion - Paris. Kinda unfortunate we stayed in the outskirts of Paris so visiting the city at night wasn't a good idea. There was hardly any public transportation where we were staying too, so the nights were spent watching TV and utilizing the free Wifi connection =)

Arc de Triomphe. There was a time limit for our tour bus to stop at the roadside so we had like, 5 mins to run to this place, take pics and then run back.

Parisian architecture on our River Seine cruise.

Si Yuan and me pretending to be koalas.

Group shot with Eiffel Tower in the background.

With Lawrence.

Chicks.

With Kai Siang and Joyce.

Obelisk of Luxor at Place de la Concorde. Funny pic cuz you'd guessed Lawrence was pulling the car along.

Tuileries Garden.

Lunch. The bad part about this tour is we have more Chinese food than local delicacies.

This is Sam, our tour guide originally from Singapore.

This is Boon Kit =)

The Lourve museum, you may recognize it from Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. And no, we didn't have time to see the Mona Lisa painting.

And that was it. We went to a shopping mall, and I spent some time looking for a I Love Paris t-shirt (finally got one at 10 euros). Went for dinner and gossipped a lot. Some got a lil drunk from the wine. We also celebrated birthdays for those born in September (Happy birthday Ah Foo!!) and then went back to the hotel and watched TV.

We had 2 plasma TVs in our suite wei!

Sept 14 09

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No pics for today cuz we left Lucerne for Paris, a journey of at least 670km so we spent the entire day in travelling in the bus, sleeping and watching movies. We had lunch and dinner at one of those rest stops along the expressway and reached Paris late evening.

Sept 13 09

2010-09-13T23:42:00.003+08:00

Switzerland baby! I could spend the whole day gawking at sceneries I don't have to go sightseeing!

View from our hotel. And a train chugging by.

Houses, villas and B&B nearby.

Me, Fei Lin, Mayyi, Lai Kuan and Alex on the way up to Mount Titlis.

Feels like Christmas.

Grazing cows below us.

White and black sheep.

Edge of Mount Titlis. We only started to freeze as we were leaving haha.

Like it's snowing =) The ice on the mountain top is exactly like the ones in your freezer, no joke.

Snowman #1.

Snowman #2. We built them both, and then destroyed it lol.

Some of us who went higher via the ski lifts.

Final pic of the gang before we left for good. (l-r) Jang Rong, Lawrence, yours truly, Kai Siang, Fei Lin, Ah Foo, Lai Kuan, Boon Kit and Alex. Missing from the pic is Mayyi.

Back on terra firma after our mountain top expedition =P

We left Titlis for downtown Lucerne during mid afternoon. This is the Lion Monument which was built in honour of Swiss Guards killed during the French Revolution. A sculpture of a lion is depicted wounded by a spear symbolizing the soldiers who died.

Downtown Lucerne.

Inside the walkway of the Chapel Bridge.

Chapel Bridge on the Reuss River. It was designed to protect the city of Lucerne from attacks, and the tower in the background has served as a prison, torture chamber and a watchtower.

Some of us who went to the lake nearby our hotel during night time. Couldn't see anything though so some of them went back the next morning to take some pics ... in the rain.

Sept 12 09

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This is Milan, Italy, famous for it's shopping experience, but of course we didn't do much shopping around. We spent the morning walking around, and then by mid afternoon we were off to Luzerne. Yeah we spent a long time travelling today.

This is Milan Cathedral situated in Piazza del Duomo and is said to have taken 5 centuries to be completed.

The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, a high end shopping complex with designer labels.

Facedown with Lawrence. We butt heads often lol.

Fei Lin, me, Kai Siang, Esmei and Chiun Siew.

Us girls with Si Yuan.

Random shot of us pointing at nothing lol.

Sept 11 09

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Penultimate day in Italy. This is Florence, or Firenze/Fiorenza in Italian.

View of Florence from a hill.

With Eling at a replica of Michelangelo's David.

With Bird and Angeline beside the River Arno.

Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, or Florence Cathedral (simpler and shorter version) with its Gothic style architecture and another UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Leaning Tower of Pisa. Didn't do much there except sitting, talking and snapping multiple shots of the tower.

Sept 10 09

2010-09-10T01:02:00.001+08:00

Lo sono in Italia! Weather was super hot so we had to use the umbrella and this Italian guy asked us where we were from and we said Malaysia and he was like "I thought the weather there is hotter than here" LOL. We guessed Westerners prefer summer after the cold winter then, we said. Temperature was well around 30 degrees, thank God no sunburn.

St Peter's Basilica, where Saint Peter was buried. According to the Bible's New Testament, he was one of the 12 apostles of Jesus Christ.

St Peter's Square in front of St Peter's Basilica where Catholics from all around the world could gather in one place to see the Pope (giving blessings, speeches etc).

Fountain of Neptune located in Piazza Navona built off marble and stone in late 1800s.

Fountain of the Four Rivers, featured prominently in Angels and Demons (where Robert Langdon saves the 4th cardinal from drowning). Had to separate it into 2 pics cuz we couldn't take the whole shot of the fountain without people's heads blocking.

A cardinal drowning in this fountain, you ask? Well, it's not exactly deep but since he was bounded he couldn't move. Omg we were running around the area (Piazza Navona) trying to guess which fountain was featured in the book and film cuz there were 3 fountains here.

Met Eling, my tablemate!

Lunch was authentic Italian pizza. Might as well gulp down 4 pieces since I won't be back for some time.

The Pantheon in Rome was built to dedicate it to all gods of Ancient Rome in 126 AD.

Trevi Fountain in Rome, the original version and not the one in Las Vegas.

Another shot so you can see it's a fountain. Throwing in coins and making wishes is a norm.

Ahhh the Colosseum in Rome

Sept 9 09

2010-09-09T23:15:00.003+08:00

This is Venice, Italy! Or Venezia in Italian. I could name my kid that. You should already know by now Venice is made up from several islands, and to get to it, you'll have to ride the boat from the mainland. There are no cars in Venice, for real! Just bikes, water taxis, water buses and gondolas.

Fresh out from our boat. Place was crowded as usual (woah as if I visit it everyday).

We had to ride the gondola duh! It was kinda expensive (22 euros if I wasn't mistaken) and I was kinda reluctant at first (see? come to Europe but still so stingy). Some local guys waved at us and we waved back and took pics lol.

Living by the riverside, something you don't see often at home.

Even the ambulance is in a shape of a boat taken at some random canal with tourists/locals and gondolas.

Almost all of Venice are dominated by similar narrow footpaths and when the street names are in Italian you can really get lost.

Lunch was squid spaghetti, and the color doesn't do any justice to the food! It took us a while to dig in because after one of us takes a bite we would spend the next 3 mins laughing at each other's black colored lips.

A proof to show that I was really there and the pics are not taken from Flickr or anywhere in the virtual world.

How weird it must be when you wake up in the morning, you open the door and all you see is a canal right at your doorstep. Can't help but to wonder if one takes a wrong step and plunges into it cuz the waters in Venice are pretty deep.

Decorated gondolas. You can even get married in one.

Reminding me of Bruno.

Rialto Bridge. Super packed.

View of the Grand Canal from the Rialto Bridge.

Purchasing Venetian masks. I could see myself buying one but what am I gonna do with it once I get it back home?

Whoa. 499 euros. Let me strike 4D and I'll return to Venice and get it.

Sept 8 09

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This is dazzling Austria and yes, where they filmed Sound of Music (although it took place in Salzburg instead of Innsbruck). Awesome weather, awesome architecture, I can soooo live here the minute I can start speaking German.

View outside our room. Very cozy lil inn, too bad they didn't have a TV and internet access for us. So after dinner both of us watched Friends and Da Vinci Code lol.

Cutesy decoration in our room.

The hotel in the middle of a farm where we stayed.

The Alps =)

Midtown Innsbruck. Gives you the Mozart 1700s era feeling.

Another bunch of Europeans who plant flowers right outside their windows.

Some random Innsbruck pedestrian district in black and white.

Austrian folks having brunch and breathing in fresh air. Name me a place in KL which gives you this kind of aura.

Bridge over the river Inn (hence the name, Inns [the river Inn] and Bruck [bridge in German] with the Alps in the background.

After Innsbruck, we were off to Verona, Italia! =) This is Juliet's (of Romeo and Juliet) alleged balcony and the place she lived in.

Juliet's bronze statue in the courtyard of her house.

Sept 7 09

2010-09-07T14:12:00.002+08:00

Guten Morgen Deutschland! (Good morning Germany!) It's 8.11am, one hour earlier from Liverpool's time (laptop is still on Greenwich mean time hah!). This is gonna be a long post as I'll be pledging my love for the country that produced Michael Schumacher and Deutschlandlied, the national anthem =)

I don't have breakfast usually but since I've already paid for it and I can pile the food high up, why not? Bacon was very salty though.

Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany =)

Female German Shepherd. It's about time I get one.

Downtown Munich. A lot of beer drinking and wieners (German sausages) for sale. I had a Starbucks and went for more shoe shopping but couldn't find anything that suited my taste.

One of the many farms on the way to Neuschwanstein Castle.

Fussen, Germany featured in Season 4's Amazing Race.

Forggensee reservoir by the town of Hohenschwangau, Germany =)

View of Hohenschwangau village from Neuschwanstein Castle.

Waterfall below to Marienbrucke bridge. This is the only shot I got cuz although I hate admitting it, I do have acrophobia (fear of heights) and the rest of the time was telling Fei Lin to not touch me haha.

Neuschwanstein Castle. It was a long trek up the hill, and we had fun running down to the waiting bus cuz we spent too much time up there.

The inspiration for Sleeping Beauty's castle at Disneyland, built by Ludwig II of Bavaria.

View of the Marienbrucke bridge from Neuschwanstein. Awesome, yeah?

Hohenschwangau Castle nearby the Neuschwanstein, where Ludwig II lived during his childhood years. Built by his father Maximilian II.

The Alpsee lake, a stone's throw away from both castles.

Town of Reutte, Austria where we spent the night.

Sept 6 09

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Moien! (Hello in Luxembourgish) This is Luxembourg City in the tiny country of Luxembourg, very quiet, very picturesque, very Sound of Music-ish.

The Gelle Fra (Golden Lady) monument erected in the centre of Luxembourg city. This war memorial is dedicated to Luxembourgers who went to war in World War I. You can see the soldier at the base of the memorial mourning the death of his compatriot.

Street in black and white.

Rooftops.

The remains of the ancient fort and old quarters which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site built in 963, overlooking the valley below.

Bridge and the gorge below.

Then we crossed into Heidelberg, Germany. Took tons of flower pics to test my umm .. skills. See how the background is blurred? LOL

What remains of Heidelberg Castle in the Old Town.

View of Heidelberg's old town and beyond from Heidelberg Castle. Didn't go much higher than this cuz we needed to pay to enter the Castle's Chapel.

A closer view of the town, the Neckar river and the Old Stone Bridge. Omg I'm gonna move here someday. Nice view, fresh air, and if I learn how to enjoy beer this'll be heaven on earth.

A tiny market on a Sunday evening. You don't see much cars along the road, it was more of cyclists and people walking. And I super love the planted flowers on the buildings' windowledge.

Closer view of the Neckar and super expensive properties lining the river.

Sept 5 09

2010-09-05T22:24:00.001+08:00

Ik ben in Belgie! In tours like this you're travelling day in day out seeing one country per day. My cam's memory card was full so the pics were taken by my travel roomie Fei Lin =) Belgium was also kinda special cuz it was where I heard The Pussycat Dolls' song Hush Hush for the first time on TV. Haha

Cathedral of Our Lady, listed as one of the world's heritage site in the middle of Antwerp. Town was quiet with typical bookstores, ice cream parlours, souvenir shops and lil boutiques. Both of us visited a church too, and almost crashed a wedding.

Manneken Pis in Brussels is a statue of a boy urinating and is a pretty huge Belgian symbol. We were off to buy chocolates and beside the store at the corner was this big hoopla and at first we thought someone committed suicide or there was a fire, evidently from people staring from a window above lol. Whenever they change his wardrobe, there will be a parade around town with people carrying his statue and him urinating on anyone who passes by. For locals it's a huge deal. As for me I convinced my roomie to escape.

Downtown Brussels. It was super humid so we went to sit in a hotel instead after hanging around town.

Belgian waffles! It's bigger than it looks!

Beer drinking festival.

Sept 4 09

2010-09-04T18:10:00.003+08:00

I wonder if people are getting agitated with all the constant moaning of how much I missed the European getaway 365 days ago. Well too bad because I've missed it like this much =) For the next 2 months after it ended I spent my mornings flipping through all the albums and when I told it to people they wondered if I was going mental lol.

Hey I get free dosage of happy pills from it!

Our first meal on European soil - soup, coleslaw, potatoes and salad, very western. Price came up to 12 euros. Then the partner insisted we should have our teeth brushed at the bathroom cuz we spent the entire night travelling.

On the way to Amsterdam. You see a lot of farms, cattles and picturesque farm houses along expressways in the western hemisphere. In Malaysia you see hutan (forests) only.

We visited a small clog factory to see how they make it, and also tasted different types of cheese.

Feeding black and white cows in the barn next to the factory, like you see on TV.

After clogs, we took a boat ride through the canals. This is the actual building where Anne Frank was hiding with her family from the Nazis during WW2.

Some random street.

Another view from the boat.

Windmill! And a cow's backside =)

No red light district pics cuz they forbid us from taking pics, but anyway we went too early so we saw nothing. The most were prostitutes in lingerie. And oh, a lot of sex and weed stores.

I was rejected

2010-08-29T21:34:00.007+08:00

I've been meaning to write something about rejection for some weeks now but everytime I connect to the Internet I'll go directly to FB and Twitter and forget all about Blogger. (Woah my blog can relate to me man!)

Anyways I was reading Sasha's post which is similarly like mine so I figured might as well write it. It may be useful reading material for me 30 years from now hah!

On a side note, this involves family members and this post is far from bashing you guys. Besides, it happened 12 years ago so even if I had grudges .. okay no grudges cuz I just dismissed it as kid teenager crap.

Okay story time.

I was 11 when we moved to a new place (in fact we moved on 31 Aug!) and dad decided to have a housewarming on my birthday slash Christmas (see? triple celebration!) So relatives, friends, people I don't know were invited. Because I was the youngest grandkid of all, I usually hung out with my mom, Aunt Ruby or some older cousins of mine.

The three cousins closest to my age were teens at that time so naturally I wasn't close with them (in my version, kids + teenagers = no way, they do not mix with each other). Heck I was a teenager once and I thought kids are brats. Still do now, lol.

So the three were upstairs in the guest room playing Jenga (the wooden version of Uno Stacko). And I was in my room layan-ing (minding my own business) myself when Aunt Molly came up and asked why I didn't join my other 3 cousins.

Its okay lah, I said.

But then she dragged me to the guest room and kinda made my 3 cousins play with me. I don't wanna guess how they were feeling that very second, but I was embarrassed like sial. I haven't learned shit, crap and wtf so embarrassed was the only word I could come up with. It feels like I'm ruining their playdate or something. For a moment no one said anything, but then one of them invited me to play, and I was like

Its okay, I'll just watch you play, I said.

So they continued on playing and after a while I beh tahan (cannot stand) already from not being in the same clique as them I excused myself and left.

Like Sasha said, different channels.

But hey, that was years ago and I'm closer to one of them now. And since I grew up an only child I kinda got used to being alone but yeah lah sometimes I hate being alone. But whip up the Internet and Astro for me I'd pay you to not talk to me haha

Just because

2010-08-25T17:07:00.000+08:00

Travelled by train to West Kirby, a lil idyllic town at the edge of the Wirral Peninsula with Fei Lin and Farah. Couldn't resist to take this pic of a lil guy and his dog by the Marine Lake.

Went to a nearby hill to watch a meteor shower. My cam couldn't capture the meteors so here is downtown Liverpool at night.

One of the final days in Liverpool. Mess. Late night. Paperwork.

Something nice

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Dinner with tablemates (I share the same table with them in classes) =) Nicest people you could ever know.

Houses on the way to church, and a guy driving by.

Taken at Albert Dock late in the evening.

The type of houses and residences you picture when reading Enid Blyton's books. Taken at Grasmere Village on the way up to Easedale Tarn.

Dog at Easedale Tarn. It's a lake situated at the top of the hills.

A Herdwick sheep during our trek up the hill.

Downtown Liverpool from Albert Dock.

Yard at John Foster building. Gives me a university feel. It's been more than a year since this pic was taken, and it's nice to look back at it once in a while =)

What for I curse you lah?

2010-08-12T00:27:00.000+08:00

I don’t think I ever had a week plagued with bad luck until this week.

First, I was bitten by a bug. I do not know how it appeared in the car and ended up running around my ankles. My leg got kinda ticklish so I selamba scratched it.

Then I felt a sharp sting, kinda like what the victims in the Discovery Channel series, I Was Bitten, went through. The culprit left a tiny red swelling dot on my leg, before ~~injecting its venom~~ stinging me 2 more times. For a second I thought I was bitten by a black widow spider and I pictured myself going into anaphylactic shock or something, and I’m gonna die lol.

But it was just a bug that probably thought it was threatened and defended itself. Friggin right it should be threatened, if it appears again it’ll be smashed into pulp =)

The red dots are still visible, crap.

Second curse involved taking a wrong turn and getting lost trying to find a way out.

I totally wasn’t paying attention and went on the route that led me to Putrajaya, and getting back on the right track is to drive one big round around the town. I had to get back to Bukit Jalil, so I preferred the road that would pass through Equine, Sri Kembangan and Serdang Raya.

Then I spotted a signboard with “Serdang” on it, so I figured I’ll just go on it secretly hoping it won’t take me on the SKVE highway.

Too bad it did.

So I took the next left turn (into the Serdang hospital) which will hopefully get me on the opposite side of the highway and retrace my way back. But nooooo ... it didn’t happen that way. Then I turned into UPM, which didn’t look right. Finally I spotted a signboard “Sri Serdang”. Relief. Phew.

Wait, which way to turn into Sri Kembangan? I reached a roundabout, and blindly took the left road which, you guessed it, made me drive one huge circle around the housing area. Serdang so big wan meh? Wasting valuable fuel ... now 50 bucks isn’t even full tank. Shiatz.

Long story short, I reached the roundabout again and took a right turn this time because there was traffic jam straight ahead and managed to get back on the right road.

Crap #3 happened 11 hours later. I just got up and went to switch the light on. In the dark I didn’t see the floor mat, so I slipped and fell lah. Tried to get up again, but slipped one more time. Dang! Left leg got 3 red dots and right leg got one big bruise. Super.

I took a pic of it and from a certain angle, the swelled part looks like a boob.

Adoi

2010-07-18T22:07:00.004+08:00

I have been cut out off civilization cuz I only found out today fuel prices shot up again. Well, if I can't get my hand on newspapers I did the next best thing: follow The Star newspaper on Twitter. So the wisest thing is to cut back on lepaking, like no more Mid Valley but more of Leisure Mall in Cheras =(

Housemate #1 keeps hogging the TV all day long. He's already in front of the telly at 8am, he's still there at 12pm, sleeping with the TV on at 2pm and after that I don't even bother checking if the TV is available anymore.

Housemate #2 still creeps me out after sending those disturbing messages. Okaylah, not really disturbing but the way he typed it and arranged his sentences could drive a gay dude straight *Evil, I know muahahahahaha*. And he keeps mentioning about having dinner together ... >.<

My neighbor is super nosy. One time K came over to spend the night, and she was still asleep when I left for work next morning so I left her the spare house keys. Well, when she was leaving the neighbor spotted her and God knows what the neighbor did until my landlord's sister found out. So her godson, which also happens to be Housemate #1 bla bla bla bla bla me when I was about to leave for work! Of all times! =.= Mostly about neighbor became suspicious and he didn't know how to explain to his godmother and I should talk to her about it. He probably thought I'm afraid of his godmother, well, so as soon as I was out of the house I called her up and explain sometimes I need to have friends over for company and they're females and it's not like we're doing drugs or drinking or doing whatsoever with weed. And I'm paying the rent every month okay? And do you want to know how many times have I spotted cockroaches running around in the house, not to mention I had to kill one when it came into the bathroom. And with 2 messy gardens I wouldn't be surprised if I have to start killing snakes.
**The ones in red were the actual things I said, the blue ones were the things I wanted to say but since she let me stay here I should just keep quiet**

Since we're on cockroaches, I spotted the big daddy of all in the bathroom one night. K just left, and it was already 1am and this guy just dropped in. I grabbed a broom, and I think I actually stood at the door watching big daddy for a good half an hour. I think I was strategizing on how to actually kill it at one go because I *think* I saw him fly in. Then I went at it. Missed. Tried again. Missed. I smacked him, and smacked again. Still alive. Stupid broom! Smack. He was on his back trying to get up. I pressed the broom on him and swept him into the drain and closed the lid. Let him drown or find his way outta the drain. *breathe in, breathe out*

Am reading about censorship guidelines and memorizing Chinese offensive words because that's the only thing I need to catch while watching shows at work. But I'm improving on that language, really!

I usually set my alarm at 6am but truth is I know I'll only leave the bed at 7.30am ha!

After owning hotels and restaurants and living in a sorority and having a pet I am now building my empire. Darn Facebook! =P

Three's a charm, not in my case

2010-06-28T23:15:00.003+08:00

As if I'm not spending enough time in KL and at work ALREADY, yours truly still had to obey the gods at work and ride the early morning train to the city centre and get the medical check up done with. Mainly because if I don't go, means I won't have the job which also means I'll go broke before you say the word broke.

Okay back to simple words and sentences that won't make me sound like an idiot.

I arrived at KL Sentral via the Intercity train, and I had an appointment at the Prince Court Medical Centre. So I figured I'd take the LRT to KLCC and get a cab from there. Easy peasy. After obtaining the ticket, it's only logical for frequent and ex-frequent LRT users to know that you'd have to take the right escalator, not the left.

Brain messed up 1st time: But no, I took the left one and almost, almost went to PJ instead of KL. Still, no biggie. It's early in the morning anyways.

Arrived at KLCC, got a cab and reached pretty early. Asked the receptionist, and somehow I ended up at the radiology dept, and end up nowhere until this guy took me directly to the right spot. Sense of direction fail. Fill in form, bla bla, wait, bla bla, go X-ray, wait, bla bla, finish.

Now I had to go back to office which is all the way in Bukit Jalil. Already resigned but still looks as if I'm heading to work +.+ I decided to ride the train to Masjid Jamek and interchange to the Sri Petaling line, which would take me directly to Bukit Jalil.

The last time I took the LRT, the Masjid Jamek station was still under renovation so for the whole year (seriously!) I had to use the underground walkway and come out at the other side, cross the road and then get the tickets.

But by now, the renovation was already completed, but in the midst of disorientation again (coffee didn't help!) I did exactly that! Because by now, everyone knows the walkway up to the Sri Petaling line is on the same side as the Putra line I just got off. No friggin underground and no friggin crossing friggin roads!.

Brain messed up 2nd time: Of course, I didn't realize that yet. I bought the ticket, and the guy pointed out the train was on the other side. There was another renovation going on, so it seems plausible that they had an alternative walkway then. So I walked back again, used a new temporary walkway and got up on the platform. Oh yeah, okay, this looks familiar enough.

Then this foreign lady came and asked if this was where the train to Bukit Jalil would stop. I said yeah. Super 100% sure.

Then the train came and I boarded it. As it was leaving I glanced back to the foreign lady and saw she was still waiting at the platform. I figured maybe she was waiting for someone else so hmm, never mind lah.

At Chan Sow Lin station, this guy comes up and sits next to a girl and asked if this train was

Wait, some people might be confused with the train system so I'd just make a quick run through it. In Malaysia, we have 2 main LRT lines, one is the Kelana Jaya line (formerly known as Putra) and the other one is the Ampang/Sri Petaling line (formerly known as STAR). Now the latter is a little weird, the trains would operate from Sentul Timur station, and at Chan Sow Lin station, they either divert towards Ampang or Sri Petaling.

As for me, I had to take the train towards Sri Petaling.

going to Cempaka (a station on the Ampang line).

Brain messed up 3rd time, you kiddin me?!: Wait, what Cempaka. Before I could think, the announcer's voice over came, Next station, Miharja (yeah, I'm on the train heading towards Ampang all right). Wei, 3 times already, hellooo?!

So I totally forgot the check the train's destination. And no wonder the foreign lady used her head to wait for the correct train. Foreigner smarter than ex frequent LRT user.

Champion.

After that, no more wrong trains lah thank you Your Highness.

Very good or very bad

2010-06-26T19:13:00.002+08:00

I got a new job.

This time last year Facebook was only for adding friends and updating status. Now I'm working at friends' hotels and logging in every day cuz I want to level up asap. Just watch out when I start working on the farm.

I got Broadband couple of days ago. Super slow during peak hours.

I had several subscribers making police reports cuz they can't watch Astro. World Cup to be exact.

I super dulan with one dealer cuz she made me wait for her fax, and when it came, it was a blank form.

I can work 20 hrs straight. I won't lie about this.

I locked myself out of the car once and my landlord's sister's godson had to ride all the way to Gombak to retrieve a spare key.

I live with 2 male housemates.

I keep thinking K's border collie may not be a border collie at all. For now.

Apologies, blog

2010-03-08T19:30:00.003+08:00

I keep abandoning my blog. Excuse is, because I don't have anything to write. I work, then I work OTs, sometimes I pull all-nighters. I'm a frequent visitor to Mid Valley these days and I still can't find my way to San Francisco's Steakhouse.

Dear Bruno

2010-02-19T00:30:00.006+08:00

June 11, 1997 - December 31, 2009

Dad says the first 5 years of a dog's life are the best. The following years are spent watching your dog's hind legs weakening and health deteriorating.

Bruno entered our lives as a lil dude. When he was still small we kept him inside, and until we were certain he was big enough to not escape through the tiny opening underneath the gate, we chained him. Mainly because he was so huge and was too friendly, he'd scare visitors.

He'd greet us in the mornings with his leaps and jumps, eager to wake dad up by pouncing on his bed. He was never full and always stared at us at the dining table, salivating. Sometimes when he wanted food, he'd steal a shoe, a toilet paper roll, or a newspaper and hide under dad's desk until we gave him treats in exchange for the items. Aside from his dog pellets, we gave him milk for breakfast, 2 slices of bread for tea and pellets for dinner. Other times we'd feed him fruits and vegetables =)

He enjoyed "sunbathing" in the sun, eating cicadas, playing with frogs (he'd put them in his mouth and spit them out) and chewing mud flaps (we had to scrub cili padi on it so he'd stop). We taught him a few basic tricks (sit, lie down, stay, come, no), he loved his walks so much until he's the one pulling us, not us pulling him and has never been married (ha!). And I know he adored swimming at a water fall nearby my place and the neighbor boy who loves him a lot.

As he grew older, the common hip dysplasia problem that affected his breed began to show. He wasn't able to climb the stairs anymore, and even if he tried, he'd slip and fall. He was also having difficulties trying to get up because his hind legs weren't responding. Even after successfully getting up he had already used half his energy. His normal walks had to be cut short cuz he grew tired fast.

The last few months of his life were spent lying and sleeping. Age was catching up, and he had to use his front legs to "swim" from one place to another cuz his hind legs were useless. Once when my folks were on vacation, somehow he had "swam" to the other side of the house and couldn't move back to the porch. Hence he was left under the scorching sun with no water and "almost died from dehydration", says dad.

He also lost control of his bowels and before dad could drag him to the lawn he'd wet himself and dad had to clean him up. He started to bleed internally (evidently from his black colored faeces), lost his appetite and teeth were starting to blacken. The day before he died, dad called him, and he'd just look up in daze and gave dad a shock. Dad knew he wasn't going to last.

He relented. He finally agreed to call the vet to euthanize Bruno to end his suffering. The vet scheduled an appointment in the afternoon on December 31, 2009. That night dad pushed him to his usual corner, on his sack and covered him with rags and old towels. Mom was finishing work until early morning as usual, and at 3am, she checked Bruno and saw he was still breathing.

The next morning, on December 31, 2009 around 7am - Bruno was gone.

We guessed Bruno wanted to make life easier for us and him by not having the vet make the trip and having dad watching him die from the injection. Dad buried him in the lawn and marked the grave with 4 sticks.

And I wasn't even home. That very week mom called to say Bruno was getting worse and told me to come home when I can =(

Thank you for being a good dog. You guarded the house, you kept us company, you brightened up our lives, you let us rest our feet on you and you always wagged your tail no matter what.

Find someone like 'em, says mom

2010-02-14T14:14:00.003+08:00

L-R: Apolo Anton Ohno (USA-silver), Lee Jung-su (Korea-gold) & J.R. Celski (US-bronze) after the 1500m speed skating finals during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

Very good lookin guys, mom says.

I stand in the middle of the walkway to watch TV

2009-12-03T23:27:00.004+08:00

I envy lah those who can online at work and complain they're bored - I can't experience both at my place. Loving the company and the people, the food and job - not so much. But they're paying me so who cares lah.

And I still get lost while searching for the department where I work.

I sleep 9 hours per day and I still can't get up early. I'm force myself to have breakfast every morning thinking it'll energize me more at work but I'm sitting directly beneath the air cond so it makes me sleep.

Best thing is I'm meeting a lot of people I didn't believe exist.

I live 10 mins away from Mid Valley. Sincere apologies to KLCC. You've been awesome towards me for the past few years.

Last but not least, thank you to those who called. I may not know you for long but thanks for being there. Got time we go yam cha or lepak at Mid Valley lah.

Since when this became a letter I do not know.

Reminiscence

2009-11-24T17:42:00.005+08:00

Unfortunately I didn't go out at night so no twinkling lights from the London Eye. It's impressive from afar but after paying 17 pounds and 50 pence for just one round, you feel cheated.

You could totally distinguish who were the locals (they'd just sit and stare outside) and the non locals with endless snapping and posing and pointing out at famous landmarks. I think we were almost at the top here.

William Shakespeare's place of birth. They fashioned the interior just like old times - old beds, no TV, a cute lil kitchen but I do not remember seeing a bathroom. I'm sure they had one, but I wasn't a fan of Shakespeare (I still don't get his Sonnet 18 I read in Form 4) so I hardly paid attention.

This is one part of Oxford University. I just adore these medieval buildings. It gives you a sense of awe and feeling part of history when you enter, plus, you know how brilliant you are when you're accepted as a student here.

I stayed 2 weeks in London with a relative, then I went up to Loughborough for a week with my godparents. This is the Great Central Steam railway station. It runs an intensive service of steam and heritage diesel trains, which are restored and worked mostly by volunteers. [Thanks anonymous for clearing up]

Loughborough reservoir in the evening

Past and present

2009-11-12T17:07:00.003+08:00

Haiz ... graduated already but still need to read those darn scholarly articles on Swetswise and NetLibrary.

What? No lah I'm not going to grad school. But even if I did I wouldn't tell =P

K - who is also my driver, my hotel and occasionally my ATM is in the midst of a college dissertation so I figured I'd lend a helping hand since I'm sitting at home doing nothing but using electricity and raising the Internet bill to a new level.

So I'm back to the terrifying 3 months in Liverpool - doing the infamous literature review. The worst part like, ever.

To the good news - I was in the Mid Valley Boulevard area yesterday for an interview. Not inside the shopping complex. The interviewer said she'd get back to by this week or next. Mana tahu this evening she called me up saying I got the job.

Wuah! Sooooo happy! First time interview lagi wei. And yesterday also marked exactly 1 month after I touched down at KLIA. But anyway the job needs me to have a car and drive around town doing research and attending functions and my dad didn't think the salary is gonna be enough to live on.

Ouish

Andrew Upton mania lives on

2009-11-10T02:27:00.004+08:00

This is the Andrew she *should* be referring to. He's the most sought after lecturer while we were at Liverpool =)

And this is Jeffrey Buttle. He's a retired Canadian figure skater and 2006's Winter Olympics bronze medallist.

What makes me go yay

2009-10-17T03:41:00.003+08:00

The cutest thing ever

Game over

2009-10-10T17:48:00.000+08:00

Hallo! Ik ben in Amsterdam!

135 days ago I was at this exact airport waiting to embark on a journey into the unknown. 135 days later I’m back on the same route.

I’ll see you soon along the way.

Dag!

Emptiness

2009-10-03T23:53:00.003+08:00

This day 1 month ago, I was gearing up for the most unexpected event of a lifetime. This is probably the final experience of a lifetime when you have got better things to do than to worry about your future, when you’re trekking across 8 countries with your folks’ money and when you’re caught in between a new chapter and the old.

I’d be lying to myself if I said I wanted to leave the western way of life for the comfort zone I call home. I’d be equally lying if I said I never relieved the 14 days by constantly flicking through the hundreds of snapshots containing smiles and joy night after night. I’d be definitely lying if I said the event was magnificent entirely on its own, not because of the people I have came across.

I am in my final destination, where I can still freely exercise my childishness and when I can still refuse to grow up to face the reality of a dog eat dog world out there.

We'll see

2009-09-30T06:58:00.004+08:00

I'm planning to touchdown at KLIA in style - in my 10 euros' I Love Paris T-shirt.

Rather unpatriotic, ain't it?

Plans are meant to be broken

2009-09-23T06:15:00.004+08:00

Remember the 3 day plan I had after university life was over? Yeah I don't think irresponsible people, a.k.a. me should ever create. In fact I should be barred from planning ahead like, ever.

Sept 1 - Didn't sleep for the entire night, walked to library to print assignment, rushed for exam, handed up assignment, had lunch with Angeline & Bird, had coffee at Nero, didn't get my shoes, got ready, went to Angeline's to be dollied, called for cab, waited for cab, cab was late and we were late, walked to Adelphi Hotel with those high heels that gave me blisters 3 months ago, forced myself to finish the food, photo taking session, some dancing, went to 2 different bars, danced like a crazed maniac, went home

Sept 2 - Celebrated Xiao Ren's birthday, had tequila for the first time ever, played Police & Mafia til 3am, went home, took a shower, uploaded pics on Facebook, chucked stuff into the luggage, sleep, wake up, lugged luggage out, housemate (I think it was Mimi) thought I was flying home, called for cab, waited for cab, cab arrived, arrived at Lime Street, found the train surprisingly easy, arrived at Nottingham, arrived at Loughborough in 15mins, no elevators/escalators at Loughborough station so this white guy helped me lugged the luggage up and down the stairs, met godparents, had lunch, went home and watched TV, went for some sightseeing, had dinner, had a good chat, went online, slept

Sept 3 - Headed back to Liverpool, bumped into Wei Xiang, Derique, Sharon and Allen, took a shower, went to library to return books, converted my pounds to euros, did laundry, washing machine spoilt so loaded it to another one, went to library to return the rest of the books (yes I'm that kiasu I borrowed the entire library), dinner with housemates (who turned out to be half of the girls from Europe trip's Coach D), took my time, Mimi tells me it's 8.45pm, ran to the room and practically threw anything I could find into the bags, JC asks to have dinner but I couldn't so I gave her the unopened bottle of lemonade and pineapples, ran down to get my laundry, left the bedsheets and duvet in the room, left my unwanted stack of books as well, plus the trash, dumped the bags into the bus (I was the first! >.<), ran back to get the Internet cable and returned it and the keys, realized me and my housemates left food lying around the kitchen, totally forgot about my Mars chocolate in the fridge, ran out, housemate tells me my dinner is still on the table, I told her I couldn't finish her sayur, fiddled with my seat, looked around and thought jeez there are some weird looking guys sitting behind me

Best days of our lives

2009-09-19T20:01:00.005+08:00

Greatness.

It's Sept 1st!

2009-09-01T02:34:00.006+08:00

My last day as an undergrad. Awww ... gonna miss some of them coolest peeps ever!

Me, Sharon (who rings me up every Sunday morning for church) and Xiao Ren (without a doubt, one of them fun-nest guy ever!)

Me and Eling (who called just to see how my rashes were ... so kam tong! (touched))

So let's take a look at my upcoming schedule as an ex student >.<

Sept 1 - Go library print assignment, rush for exam, scream for joy and then sigh, perhaps more photo session, Starbucks with Angeline and Bird, maybe shop for shoes, go home and prepare for graduation night dinner and disco, go home and hope I'm hungry enough for supper cuz there's still unfinished food (>.<), pack my luggage, sleep

Sept 2 - Wake up early to finish my Tesco ready made microwave food, continue packing my luggage, hoping it ain't too heavy so I can lug it downstairs myself, call cab, wait for cab, look around and sigh, cab arrives and head for Lime Street Station, hope I'll know which train to take and which platform to wait at, get on the train, interchange in Nottingham, reach Loughborough, meet godparents

Sept 3 - Wake up, head back to Liverpool, if I still have time I'll rush to West Kirby for one last time and get my Bakin Boys muffins at Morrisons, rush home, do final laundry, finish my last Tesco meal, pack up everything else, head off to Sharon's place for final Liverpool gathering, run back to room to prepare, at 2130 say farewell to Liverpool and hello Europe!

Sept 17 - Back from Europe, living in London and doing more touring

Oct 3 - Make my way to Loughborough and doing more sightseeing

Oct 10 - Farewell England and hello home (bluek! haha)

Whoopee

2009-08-27T05:42:00.002+08:00

No more watching Big Brother! Wheeeeeee!!

To future Summer Semester Programme juniors, I'm not trying to scare anyone off but start watching Big Brother UK now on the Internet to familiarise yourself with the various English accent =) If Ethics is still in the curriculum (how do you spell this lah?!) lah, which I think it will be.

If you're a reality TV addict then you shouldn't have any problems with the show format. Personally it's fun but Charlie's (one of the contestant) accent just kills my mood.

If you don't know what it's all about, well, it's a group of selected people from all over UK living together in a house and each week, they will nominate some people for eviction, and the public will decide who gets the boot outta the house.

Sounds boring?

Well not really. The housemates fight a lot. Foul languages are not censored. There's love triangles. Couple years ago some housemates had sex under the duvets. And there's the racism bullying.

Still not convinced?

Either way when you're here you'd be watching it =)

The brightest side of life

2009-08-26T19:31:00.000+08:00

I'll be missing you people!

Universe 09

2009-08-23T23:30:00.001+08:00

Taking a quickie from ethical issues research cuz I completely forgot Miss Universe is few hours away >.< I had a lot of favs this year so I'm picking only a few that will most probably make the cut. Except for one though but because we're from the same country she'll have my endless support =)

Australia

China

Colombia

Ecuador

Great Britain

Guatemala

Indonesia

Ireland

Kosovo

Malaysia

Mexico

Netherlands

Nicaragua

Peru

Puerto Rico

Romania

Singapore

Spain

Switzerland

United States

Venezuela

Vietnam

100 Lies

2009-08-22T16:59:00.003+08:00

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 100 Truths about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you.(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, copy and paste this note, erase my answers and enter your own, tag people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)

WHAT WAS YOUR:
1. Last beverage: Ice lemon tea
2. Last phone call: Momma
3. Last text message: Fei Lin asking me to see a huge ass cruiseship at Albert Dock
4. Last song you listened to: Lighthouse's You and Me
5. Last time you cried: I do that every month

HAVE YOU EVER:
6. Dated someone twice: Yeah
7. Been cheated on: I hope not but then again I'm a pain in the behind so I won't be surprised
8. Kissed someone & regretted it: Duh
9. Lost someone special: Yeah
10. Been depressed: I am now
11. Been drunk and threw up: No.

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLOURS:
12. Green
13. Purple, I see myself as a Purple Ranger
14. Pink

THIS YEAR HAVE YOU: (2009)
15. Made a new friend: Yeah
16. Fallen out of love: Nope
17. Laughed until you cried: Till the tears roll out
18. Met someone who changed you: Yeah
19. Found out who your true friends were: Kinda
20. Found out someone was talking about you: It's in my head every now and then
21. Kissed anyone on your friend's list: You betcha. Just one only okay??
22. How many people on your friends list do you know in real life: 90%
23. How many kids do you want to have: One rabbit please (yes I read the question)
25. Do you want to change your name: Heck yeah!
26. What did you do for your last birthday: Went to mamak
27. What time did you wake up today: 11.50am. Am y'know?? Not pm
28. What were you doing at midnight last night: Reading scholars' bitchin' about a model called the Potter Box
29. Name something you CANNOT wait for: Graduation dinner
30. Last time you saw your Mother: May 28 09
31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life: My brain, my looks, my legs, my behind, my height, oh you meant only one?
32. What are you listening to right now: My heart thumping
33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Nope
34. What's getting on your nerves right now: People
35. Most visited webpage: Facebook

36. Whats your real name: Call me, I'll let you see my ID
37. Nicknames: My director called me Jane
38. Relationship Status: I'm married to my dissertation at this moment
39. Zodiac sign: Capricorn
40. Male or female?: Female
41. Elementary?: MGS
42. Middle School?: MGS
43. High school/college?: MGS, TARC, Liverpool JMU, I desperately want to add one more
44. Hair colour: Dark brown
45. Long or short: Long
46. Height: I'm short, that's all you need to know
47. Do you have a crush on someone?: Umm .. yeah
48: What do you like about yourself?: My hair. The one on my head
49. Piercings: No thank you. I geli
50. Tattoos: No thank you. I don't like things poking me
51. Righty or lefty: Righty

FIRSTS :
52. First surgery: None .. yet
53. First piercing: Already said no loh
54. First best friend: Don't remember
55. First sport you joined: Track and field
56. First vacation: Dad and me used to take the bus/train and a plane one time to visit momma in Damansara
58. First pair of trainers: Sorry lah for being ignorant. What are trainers?

59. Eating: Just finished
60. Drinking: Soon
61. I'm about to: Have fruits but I can't now cuz of this
62. Listening to: My brain saying I've got too much time on my hands when I've got work to do
63. Waiting for : Okay lah, last gathering with tablemates. Hopefully

YOUR FUTURE :
64. Want kids?: Someday when everyone around me are busy having kids
65. Get Married?: I just want to try on the dresses
66. Career?: Hope it pays enough for a pretty lil condo

WHICH IS BETTER
67. Lips or eyes: No other options ark?
68. Hugs or kisses: Both lah
69. Shorter or taller: Taller
70. Older or Younger: I want some rich old man
71. Romantic or spontaneous: Spontaneous
72. Nice stomach or nice arms: Stomach, can't stand bloated ones >.<
73. Sensitive or loud: Loud, I'm the sensitive one
74. Hook-up or relationship: Relationships
75. Trouble maker or hesitant: Hesitant I don't want trouble

HAVE YOU EVER :
76. Kissed a stranger: No lah
77. Drank hard liquor: Erm ... got such thing as soft liquor or not?
78. Lost glasses/contacts: Broke them before got lah
79. Sex on first date: If I'm a slut then why not?
80. Broken someone's heart : Hasn't everybody?
82. Been arrested: By the guard, almost
83. Turned someone down: No one to turn down anyways
84. Cried when someone died: Eh .. erm .. nope
85. Fallen for a friend?: Hahahahaha

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
86. Yourself: When I'm on a roll
87. Miracles: I want to
88. Love at first sight: Hate at first sight got lah
89. Heaven: Yeah
90. Santa Claus: Nope
91. Kiss on the first date: Erh not really
92. Angels: Erh maybe

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
94. Had more than 1 girlfriend/boyfriend at a time: No I'm not a whore
95. Did you sing today?: I sound bad that's why I don't sing
96. Ever cheated on somebody?: I maybe evil but not that evil
97. If you could go back in time what will you do? treat her better? or guide her to be better : Cheh why give me these options only?
98. If you could pick a day from last year and relive it, what would it be?: The days I slept peacefully
99. Are you afraid of falling in love?: No, why ah?
100. Posting this as 100 truths?: Yes

I'm gonna tag my couz Beatrice cuz I know she's gonna do it.
I think =)

Curtain call

2009-08-20T14:05:00.000+08:00

83 days ago at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam

The Liverpool Odyssey is coming to an end. I don't want to go home. I'm not ready. How bittersweet it is to spend the next 12 days oggling at horrible journals and senseless critical analysis. But put those aside and you'll see why life in Liverpool has been splendid!.

Fabulous tablemates. Eling, Sharon & Xiao Ren, thanks for everything!

My street!

Big ass fish and chips. Enough for dinner and next day's lunch.

Alan Molyneux the Great. The verb says it all.

Andrew Upton. He didn't handle my seminars but I'm joining his fan club anyways.

Greatness

2009-08-13T15:18:00.000+08:00

So, hmm 350words for each lah? Ahhh okayyy.
*counts words*

113 words.

I'm that great of a university student.

It's Wednesday

2009-08-12T23:07:00.000+08:00

The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running
- Author unknown

Pic: JC (Trouble) attempting a Mr Bean last Friday at Albert Dock

Sex?!

2009-08-10T23:09:00.000+08:00

In Zoe's seminar today we were discussing about the effects of reality TV shows on the contestants, and I figured, well, if I did get voted out I'll be sad. So I said one word "sad" which we Malaysians pronounce it "sed"

But Zoe somehow heard "sex". Apparently the British emphasizes the "A", so "sad" becomes "saad". Okay at least I won't be embarrass myself in public.

This is Anfield

2009-08-08T08:57:00.003+08:00

My mama said

2009-07-31T17:46:00.004+08:00

#1. Don't take your sandals to UK. Your feet will freeze, sport shoes are easier to walk in.
Wrong. The weather isn't as cold as everyone thought so I'm searching high and low for some cheap shoes.

#2. Pack more T-shirts with long sleeve. Forget all your spaghetti straps - it's too cold.
Look at my coursemates - they're wearing that wat! So I'm itching to buy more of it.

#3. Don't bring the can opener, it'll make your luggage even heavier.
Now I have 3 cans of Campbell chicken soup and no can opener! ARGH!!

#4. Your school bag is too small for you to bring along, take your father's travelling bag.
Father's bag not nice enough so I bought a new one.

#5. Stop converting the prices, otherwise you won't eat at all.
Now I'm buying and eating too much unnecessary food. I'm thinking Cornish ice cream (1 pound), Smarties and toffee cookies (1 pound for 2 I think), chilli corn carn (1 pound also). It's 5 ringgit and 80 cents for each btw =)

#6. Buy some dresses if you like. There are nices ones you can't get here.
Yes mommy. I bought 3 dresses so far. After converting to ringgit I feel like shooting myself.

Teen USA 09

2009-07-30T15:06:00.002+08:00

Okay so Miss Teen USA is on Friday and you can watch in online. Yay! It should be 1am Saturday morning UK time. Picks for the finals based on headshots only.

Alexandria Lacey Blansit, Alabama

Zlata Sushchik, Alaska

Allison Kusenberger, Arkansas

Taylor Schettler, Colorado

Brooke Nicole Fletcher, Georgia

Marissa Patrice Wickland, Idaho

Allyson Hovda, Iowa

Jefra Bland, Kentucky

Brittany Allison Guidry, Louisiana

Jordan J. Shiers, Maine

Vanessa Johnston, Minnesota

Sarah Hollins, Nebraska

Alexa Brunetti, New Jersey

Taylor Gildersleeve, New York

Codi Miller, North Dakota

Kelsey Lauren Stevens, Ohio

Mary Helen Caver, South Carolina

Fallyn Patterson, South Dakota

Stormi Bree Henley, Tennessee

Tasha Smedley, Utah

Brittany Morgan Kelemen, Vermont

Sadie Porter, Washington

Elizabeth Bryson, Wisconsin

Amy Jane David, Wyoming

I'm here for a reason

2009-07-29T16:00:00.001+08:00

And I'll never be the same again

Boost

2009-07-21T20:08:00.000+08:00

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. August will be hell, but I'll make it back. It's not my first time. Cliche quote I know, but sometimes it's the simplest of quotes which describes you best. The last 2 semesters in Advanced Diploma opened the eyes of those who go by the "No pain, No gain" quote. The 3 month internship shows how little you know about the real world. It's a dog eat dog world out there.

The strong hearted survives. The weak ones barely scrapes through but they'll get there. The average ones either hope they'll stay put, go up and pray not to slip down the ladder. Sometimes all you need is luck, sometimes it's brains, usually it's because of your own determination and other times you're just plain unlucky. As for me, I'm trying to live the western university life you see so much in movies.

You recall, you laugh, you remember it and you miss those times

2009-07-19T01:37:00.002+08:00

Genting trip January 28 2008

Just because

2009-07-18T16:58:00.000+08:00

Lil things

2009-07-10T17:40:00.002+08:00

Peace

2009-07-09T23:05:00.001+08:00

Bleary evenings

2009-06-18T01:47:00.004+08:00

Weather forecast: cloudy

Yesterday's weather forecast: Rain

Remember the 2pence I donated to the blind musician? Yeah, this is his dog

Downtown Liverpool

Some buildings

Colorful SuperLamBanana. [I'll show you the giant one next time]

He overlooks the town. I think he owns it =P

Seagulls. Sometimes they walk by you, sometimes they walk with you and other times they fly blindly into you

The other day's weather forecast: Rain

Cuz you're just too busy

2009-06-17T18:20:00.000+08:00

On Tuesday in class, Alan asks,

Who here has been to the movies in Liverpool?

[no one angkats tangan]

Oh alright .. you're probably too busy yea

[whisperings] No lah where got money. Poor lah. 6 pounds wor, pk leh. Downloading in process.

One day later

2009-06-11T21:29:00.006+08:00

Lots of things happened since the previous post.

#1. Carrie Prejean, Miss California USA 2009 who was subjected to much criticism lately has finally being fired by Donald Trump. For those folks out there who still think she was fired because if she was the President all homosexual beings in the USA are forbidden to walk down the aisle, wrong. If you think she was fired over her racy pics and lying about it, wrong. In fact, The Donald called those pics "lovely". Get the facts right people, all she did was basically violate her contract agreement by her unwillingness to make appearances on behalf of the Miss CA organization.

Your new Miss California USA, Tami Farrell (also Miss Teen USA 2003) who was first runner up to Carrie.

#2. A local black Airedale Terrier (I think) living on Fonteney Street pounced on me this morning and not wanting to let go. When I was passing by he was doing his business, and then I said hi to him. And he jumped and hugged my leg. And then Yuin Yue asks, hey you think the dog wanted to make love to you? Wa liao ... humans don't want me but dogs do.

Hmrphh okaylah at least there's one type of species who finds me nice. Hahahaha

#3. Thesis proposal has been rejected, cuz apparently some student last year researched on the same film and scope as me so my supervisor thought it might look as if I plagiarized from that senior. Shucks ... I doubt she'll let me research on Hairspray cuz one of the assignments deals with musical films so mahu tak mahu I'll falling back on Da Vinci Code. >.<

#4. I stopped by Tesco Express nearby Adelphi Hotel, mainly to seek refuge from the wind and bought 3 packets of candy for 1 pound (totally unnecessary) and 2 boxes of Viennese whirls cookies (buy one free 1) (also totally unnecessary). =.="

2 pence

2009-06-10T01:34:00.000+08:00

Last week, Alric said to walk around town while looking down occasionally to recover lucky pennies. After class today I stumbled across one - a 2 pence coin. May not be useful to most Brits but it looked as if it's worth a lot. And a few classmates had found lucky pennies around their apartments (in the sofa!) and not me.

Till now.

Walking along the shopping district I saw a sleeping brown dog with a "Please do not feed dog" sign next to him. His owner was a blind musician. I still had the coin in my pocket so I donated to the guy.

See, I'm nice.

Terkena

2009-06-08T23:59:00.001+08:00

After class, Iqbal says

Hey Lace, how come I never see your name wan? (checks his list)

Erm .. you never ask mah

Put you in ah ...

Ah erm .. okay, but I got blog wor, you can go check it wat

Aih, this is not electronic punya journal (scratches my name off)

Hrmphhh okaylah put me in put me in! (like so desperate liddat)

Blisters! Argh!

2009-06-05T21:10:00.001+08:00

Yesterday night was disco night so I wore my white sandals, which by the way was already hurting my leg 2 mins after leaving my apartment. The disco was a 20min walk so yeah I was expecting blisters to pop out.

So there you go. A blister popped by the strings on the sandals.

2 more popped on the right.

Yet to pop. Omg die lah I still have to walk to Tesco to buy sayur okay ..

Atlantic Point

2009-06-03T00:51:00.006+08:00

Home for the next 3 months. I'm living on the 2nd floor (again!) so the poor Atlantic Point staff had to lugged my 24 kilos luggage upstairs.

View from my room. Block 10A, Apartment 156, Room 2. We usually shorten it, so it becomes 156.2. Sounds like a radio station FM

This is as professional as I can get

How we enter rooms. Lose the key means living on the streets

Hall and kitchen

This wooden bathroom door doesn't work, seriously

Private bathroom

Bed

Overpacking is an understatement. Everyone brought a bunch of 2 min noodles and I left mine at home

June 1

2009-06-01T01:25:00.000+08:00

June 1. Highlight of the day was the induction ceremony at Adelphi Hotel. Walked to Chinatown and caught a glimpse of the Dean Walters building where we, media students will be heading to every morning.

One of the many busy roads we need to cross

Looks like Michaelangelo's David but it's not

Brittania Adelphi Hotel

Some building

Inside the hotel

A simple elegant chandelier unlike those in Malaysia

On the way to Chinatown. Simply snap anything lah

St Luke's Church

You can tell from the absence of the ceiling that it's being bombed before

Close up and photoshopped

Not sure what this is but it looks somewhat like a building from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

What I saw on my way back. Fountain at St. John's Square

Some kid posing

May 31

2009-05-31T01:05:00.001+08:00

Day 3. Once classes begin there's gonna be less sightseeing. Grocery shopping again today, as usual.

Houses nearby Atlantic Point.

Convertibles. Something you don't see in Malaysia. And even if you did, they'll think you're nuts.

Hardcore Everton fan

The only place you see Asian students (presumably from LJMU) dumping items into the trollies like there's no tomorrow

Opposite of 99p store, which sells cool food from 1 pound and below and above =)

Dinner for 9. We left out 1 person >.<

Looks weird but the taste is good

Classmates

May 30

2009-05-30T00:40:00.000+08:00

Day 2 in Liverpool. Am aching everywhere thanks to the luggage and 2 heavy bags I'll carried 10,000++ miles from Malaysia. Reality is starting to sink in, I have to bust my butt for 3 months before I can finally sigh and say, yes, I'm going home!

Sunset at 9.30pm

Looking out at Liverpool One, a shopping centre that looks a lot like Pavilion.

Buses' fumes reminding me of Puduraya

All within walking distance from my apartment. But you'll return home with legs aching

Free Subway lunch

Did more grocery shopping after lunch, mostly those items which costs 1 pound and below. Yes, we're cheap but can't really blame us. Blame the ringgit.

Destination Liverpool

2009-05-29T23:31:00.006+08:00

Omg I'm here! First time in my life I'm a foreigner =) Flight took off at 11pm Msian time and arrived at Amsterdam 11am Msian time (Netherlands time 5am). And I didn't puke!

Seating in KLM's economy class. Sat in between a 26 year old and a middle age guy. 100% Dutch =)

Dutch salad for dinner

Dutch soup to go with it

What goes on on board =) You got movies, TV shows, music and a GPS device

Amsterdam!!

My plane leaving

Destination Manchester Airport

May 29

2009-05-29T00:16:00.000+08:00

Off to town for grocery shopping at Tesco and dinner at a local pub =) Of course, I should add that we got lost looking for Tesco.

Dinner

Lasagna. Cost - 2.45

Some municipal building. Reminds me of old town Ipoh

Some lame photoshopping

Lost. We're so bad at crossing roads we'll just follow the Europeans. Sometimes the traffic lights isn't facing in your direction and you have no idea to stop or to not. Aussie traffic lights still rule =)

In 24 hours

2009-05-27T22:17:00.002+08:00

I'll be waiting for departure, fidgeting with clammy hands and wondering if this was the best choice. I don't bite my nails but I will in 24 hours.

I wonder

2009-05-24T02:46:00.003+08:00

4 more days! I can't believe it, can you?! I haven't even started packing yet but I have prepared a list of things to bring like "yellow highlighters" cuz I think I'm gonna need those for coloring another load of articles there.

We gotta watch Fast & Furious for assignment. OK so now the problem is where to search for that movie around lah? Plus I'm a noob at downloading things off the Internet.

I wonder if the immigration officers are gonna scan for pirated DVDs, got such machine one or not? Nanti they confiscate my entire stash die lah how to do thesis?

My folks have been announcing to the entire world about me flying to an orang putih country and obtaining an overseas degree cuz let's face it lah Msians aunties and uncles have this sudden admiration for you when they hear "study overseas boh". Anyway saying you got an Advanced Diploma sounds like you just did a 4 year diploma course. No joke some people pandang you semacam when you say that.

Flight leaves at 11pm on May 28 2009. *bites nails*

Checklist

2009-05-18T18:48:00.004+08:00

Okay I know I've been badmouthing UK a lot so I've made a list on why I should enjoy my stay.

1. Free Internet access 24/7 (of course I've paid it together with the fees so it feels free)
2. Trips to Edinburgh, Alton Towers, York and Lake District (cost is another story)
3. Meeting some new people (perhaps?)
4. Leicester trip!
5. London trip!
6. Euro trip! (got some free Euro coins haha!)

I keep on visualizing a skinny bony me after THE three months. I know well there's gonna be stress. Iqbal and the other professors are gonna drive me up the wall, that's a done deal. I'll be developing a habit where I'll multiply all the figures on the price tags with 5. One time I was secretly hoping I'll stumble upon some rich guy's wallet and I'll return it to the cops and he'll give me a hefty reward. Haha. Sarah's boyfriend apparently works for EA. Wonder if he could give me Sims 3 for free. Dad's cousin told me a burger in UK could cost me around 4 pounds (plus it's huge!). That way I can have some for lunch and keep the rest for dinner.Yes, I'm that cheap. I've calculated it's gonna take me 15 months to pay back my folks the 30,000 bucks assuming I earn 2000 bucks per month.

In 2 weeks time, almost

2009-05-17T18:45:00.003+08:00

By now you should be smart enough to know I'm not looking forward for UK. At all. And I'm anxiously waiting for those 3 months to pass by asap. Not cuz of Euro trip lah, mainly cuz I'm outta college (university whatever ..) and before you can say bye to me I'm off. Leaving all the memories behind, a handful of cool buds and some pretty mean people who somehow despised my guts. Doesn't take a genius to know.

You know who you are.

I'm cursed! Helppp!

2009-05-09T03:42:00.004+08:00

Case #1 I memang geram sending computers to the store. It comes home worse than before. Now CPU's 2 USB port making me gila (not laptop yer, Szetoo =)) It was functioning SO WELL the day before!

Case #2 Pendrive went into retirement TOO EARLY. I don't think it ever got wet but yea lah got jatuh before. Not on purpose! And it too was functioning the day before. Stupid me go and save all LJMU docs, articles and plans in it and no backup copy summore! Not to worry, articles can still find online and previous 2 plans can save from Blackboard. Docs can save from email. Thank God I don't delete emails =)

Case #3 Notebook mouse doesn't work on notebook. Ya, this world got such thing apparently. Good thing the store gimme free optical mouse at least I saved some good 10+ bucks.

Case #4 Cellphone kena reformat, they say got potential virus wor. >.<

Sales: Your phone ... should be around 2007 hor?
Me: ... 2007?! You mean reformat have to pay 2007 bucks ah?
Sales: No no, I mean you buy this phone in Dec 2007 right?

I could swore she gave me a heart attack. SWT

So ... I'm so freaked out right now lah I don't dare to touch my FIRST EVER notebook. Sial nyer. I spent a good whole half hour recalling what I had in my pendrive instead of doing Plan 3.

Karma came and bit me HARD in the behind this time. Really hard.

Judgment day 2009

2009-04-30T20:35:00.005+08:00

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/29/swine.flu/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
WHO raises pandemic alert to second highest level

Couple of years ago there were several books at Kinokuniya which caught my eye. It talks about how the world is coming to an end in late 2009. But then again the book talks about a nuclear war and an asteroid collision with Earth. But it's worth a think.

Omg when I hear the word pandemic I imagine movies like 28 Weeks Later, I Am Legend, Resident Evil etc. Don't need me to tell you what those movies are all about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Doomsday_prediction
But fear not, the Mesoamerican long count calendar, used by ancient Mayan astronomers have predicted that the world will be coming to an end in 2012. Couple of months ago I was again at Kinokuniya and they have new books this time around - how the world will end in late 2012.

Hey don't judge me I'm just saying what I encountered and I'm not making fun of these issues. After all, if I don't make it to UK next month (I paid my deposit and air ticket so I HAVE to go! $$$ not refundable I think) what am I gonna do?

Think again

2009-04-28T21:15:00.005+08:00

If you think 51 hot lookin chicks equals enjoyment, think twice.

Nah nah naaah!!

2009-04-20T17:32:00.004+08:00

I'm having very similar taste with judges lately. So Scott McIntrye is not American Idol but I did pick 4 Miss USAs in a row take that!

I do not know exactly how many Msians keep up with the American pageant (1! - me!) but yea check out Miss California's final answer about same sex marriage to which a lot of people are guessing what she meant by "opposite marriage" and gays condemning her cuz apparently she's raised to see that only man and woman are allowed to be married and people comparing her to Lauren Caitlin Upton's meltdown 2 years ago.

Which by the way Miss California Carrie Prejean fares much better. Puhleeze people give the girl a break. If she answered opposite straight people would be flinging eggs at her for supporting the LGBT community. I personally believe (no pun intended) Carrie should've stayed on the fence instead. But hey we're talking about how I picked Kristen Dalton Miss North Carolina to become Miss USA 2009 =)

On the side, I think I really need to channel more enthusiasm and energy into my university (chey wah!) work.

Color me life

2009-04-16T20:01:00.012+08:00

That time of year again when hot girls parade on stage. Please don't look at me the wrong way I'm into pageants and not queer. Though I do not see any problems with being queer. It's been dull here so it needs some color. I need some color for myself also thanks. Favs are based on headshots alone I'm not good enough to judge the way they walk in bikinis.

Arkansas - Chanley Painter

California - Carrie Prejean

District of Columbia - Nicole White

Georgia - Kimberly Gittings

Iowa - Chelsea Gauger (Jen! She goes to ISU!)

Kansas - Courtney Courter

Kentucky - Maria Montgomery

Louisiana - Lacey Minchew

Michigan - Lindsey Tycholiz

Nebraska - Maegan Winings

North Carolina - Kristen Dalton

North Dakota - Kelsey Erickson

Rhode Island - Alysha Castonguay

Tennessee - Kristen Motil

Texas - Brooke Daniels

Vermont - Brooke Werner

Virginia - Meagan Philips

West Virginia - Jessi Pierson

Wisconsin - Alexandra Wehrley

Wyoming - Cynthia Pate

Pics courtesy of
http://www.missarkansasusa.com/
http://www.missusa.com/
http://www.misskansasusa.com/
http://www.missnebraskausa.com/
http://www.missnorthcarolinausa.com/
http://www.missnorthdakotausa.com/
http://www.misstexasusa.com/
http://www.kafs.net/
United States of Beauty forum
Facebook fan page of Future Productions

Cuz I had to

2009-04-15T18:02:00.001+08:00

Do you get distracted easily?
If I don’t I wouldn’t be doing last minute work would I?

When is your next vacation and where?
Sept this year gua. The 3 months before that is NOT a vacation

Do you ride roller coasters?
Yea I like to scream a lot

Who was the last person you yelled at?
K. I usually yell at him on purpose

Are you wearing a necklace?
Gua allergic to a lot of accessories

Which family member do you look like?
People who call always mistook my voice for my mom’s. So I should look like my mom

Do you take any daily vitamins or pills?
Trying, you know how expensive calcium pills are?

Where does your grandma live?
One lives on Earth, the other lives outside of Earth

Are you friends with your neighbours?
My neighbors all aunties, they don’t speak English

Where have you lived throughout your life?
Ipoh and Wangsa Maju

Do you have a routine before going to bed?
I turn around on the bed a lot

Have you ever had a crush on your sister's/brother's friend?
No siblings, thank God

When was the last time you drove more than 30 minutes?
On Easter I drove to the graveyard. Still stupid dunno how to reverse

Do you have any enemies?
You name them I’ll just nod

What is your usual breakfast?
I wake up on lunch time

What are you doing tonight?
Wednesday night is CSI night. Read Grissom is leaving

What's for dinner?
Something edible I hope

Anyone close to you ever died?
Grandma last year. A total of 5 people from my street died in 2008. Got curse

Who's always there for you unconditionally?
People who still lepak with me and talk to me for hours and listen to me talk for hours and drive me around and understands me. Wah I like to take advantage hor?

Are you ashamed of your past?
Aside from some stupid stuff no

When was the last time you saw your best friend?
Monday

Do you use lyrics to express how you feel?
No lyrics can express me 100%

When was the last time you cried?
Last night after doing some imagining

Do you swear often?
I’m cutting it down, I swear

Do you like messages or comments better?
Both if it’s good

Do you still talk to the person you last kissed?
Erm yeah

What is the last thing you ate?
Tuna with bread. Yawn

Last doctors appointment or hospital visit?
Early this month. One bracket came off

Do you know anyone in the military?
I don’t socialize much

Is there anything silver near you?
CPU

Where was your default picture taken?
Curi from Blogthings. Go check the site out it’s cool

Have you had braces?
6 months and counting

Ever tied a ribbon on your finger to remember something?
Got a journal now to remind me what TV shows are on

Last video game you played?
Kingdom Hearts but not interested anymore since K says I’ve got zero common sense

Do you want another pet?
I’m crying for a pet rabbit despite 4 of them taking turns to bite me at the pet store on Monday

You need help, it's 3 a.m., and you need to get away. Who do you call?
Jen, Kelly, Shannen or K. But before we get away I’ll kena first

What are you excited for?
This Sunday

Are you single?
I can’t be double

What were you doing at this time yesterday?
Snoozing in the train

Have you kissed anyone whose name starts with an M?
No

Is the person you like older or younger than you?
I like a lot of people. Which one?

Who makes you the happiest?
Movies and bookstores

What should you be doing right now?
Doing plan for Intro to Mass Comm project

How was your past weekend?
Somewhat better since I didn’t log on to E-learning Blackboard

What's the last text you received say?
OK or if your anywhere near your cousin or friend who got MMS then tell me and I’ll send to that person to Bluetooth to you loh ok?

Last person to call you?
Shannen asking me to wait she haven’t gotten in the cab yet

Thinking about anyone special?
Brain is blank

Is anything bothering you?

That bunch of articles piled in front of me

The last person to make you cry?
K for making fun of my common sense

Who are you?
Come see me in person. I won’t bite

What have you learned in 2008?
All forgotten

Are you a happy person?
Depends if I’m at KLCC or in college

You're home alone, and you hear something fall to the floor. What do you do?
Groan and go pick it up

What are you stressed about?
Second class upper

What's on your mind?
Blank, like I told you

What body part do you hate?
Don’t get me started

Where is your biological father right now?
Either he’s out or in the house

Have you ever made out in a basement?
Get me a basement and I’ll answer yes

Do you have any piercings?
I phobia things poking into me

Do you have any tattoos?
No thanks

Is your driveway steep?
No, but my lane is

Name four things you did today:
Post on Blackboard, lunch, watch Amazing Race and play with the chair

Have you ever been tied up?
Never been there, never done that. Sad hor?

Last person you texted?
Shannen

Have you ever had two dates in one night?
Call me and bring a friend along and we'll go out

Last thing received in the mail?
All I get in my mail is LJMU stuff

Which shoe do you put on first?
Never kept count

Have you ever been drunk at work/school?
I’m still waiting to get wasted. Yes I’m sad take me out please

What is the last thing you do before you go to bed at night?
Set alarm on phone

Have you ever kissed anyone named Amanda?
I doubt that

What was your childhood nickname?
Gotten from Shoelace to Lychee to Diarrhea (translate to Cantonese) so yeah you’re welcome to give me another one

What would you change about your life right now?
Step up and hit the books

How do you feel about public displays of affection?
I am very very very traditional in thinking so I’ll belasah you cukup cukup. But I can be a hypocrite so …

What's the weirdest thing you have done while driving?
I don’t like using the mirrors I’ll just turn my head around

Have you ever bitten your nails?
Doesn’t taste good

Do you live alone?
Someday I hope

How often do you talk to the person you like?
When I like it

Can you keep a secret?
Duh

Do you have any strange phobias?
Nails on blackboard

Your favorite romantic movie is?
All cheesy lah not interested

Are you happy with your living arrangement?
I haven’t died yet so it’s good

Are you a cuddler?
I like giving hugs but people always cabut when they see me

Have you ever hated someone, but ended up being friends with them?
Not yet

What was the last advice you gave someone?
Months ago don’t remember

Have you ever hurt anyone when you were mad?
Not unless you’ve read my blog

Is it easier to forgive or forget?
I’m in my twenties so I’ve done both

Do you give second chances too easily?
Depends on who you are

What is the most important thing in any relationship?
No idea you tell me =)

Do you have a best friend?
Yep

Do you trust people easily?
99.9%, never a 100%

Would you live with someone without marrying them?
I lived with my roomie for 3 years and we’re not married, what’s your question?

Ever had plans and broke them?
Heh

Do you have a friend of the opposite sex that you talk to 24/7?
1/7 lah phone bill expensive wei

Do you remember what you were like a year ago?
Total nerd. I’ve got braces now so that makes me even nerdier

Have you ever had a dream about people you love dying?
I don’t remember my dreams

Have you ever shaved in the kitchen sink?
I haven’t done kitchen work in a long time

Have you ever changed clothes in a vehicle?
Haha at 1Utama parking lot

Courtesy of blueasparagus.blogspot.com

Euthanize me please?

2009-04-13T02:33:00.004+08:00

Die I didn't log on e-learning Blackboard for 2 days lah. The strangest thing is I'm not bothered one bit. The saddest thing is that I'm not bothered by it one bit. How lah can score? And then people come up to me and say,

Take masters lah. A lot of (siao) humans also take, should be easy what.

Kill me now lah. Degree belum dapat lagi what you think I am? Robot ah? Visa also satu lagi hal, omigod like so fed up lah with the site I made my mom call up the visa application office to tell her what to do from A to Z lah.

Got visa and passport pics taken on Sunday. Not excited about it cuz you're destined to never look good in those. Going KL later to return my book and collect offer letter from office. Looking forward to not think about UK. Was never really a UK fan, it definitely didn't win me now.

Maybe I should've chosen UTAR instead.

Wheee!!

2009-04-05T18:47:00.000+08:00

Tuesday I balik KL – to return a library book. And to blow off some steam after a week of article reading and forum contributing. After returning the book I proceeded to borrow yet another one. Yes, I know, frickin smart.

Destination after library was Sunway, cuz I wanted to check out the new wing and Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant. Y’know, named after Bubba from the Forrest Gump film?

Another reason for me was to watch Talentime. T’was only cuz it was directed by Yasmin Ahmad. I frickin love her films, and because she frickin loves shooting in Ipoh, and best of all, she shot scenes in my church! Not lying leh. Go watch Gubra’s final scene. I can remember my church from anywhere =)

Omigod I screamed in ecstasy lah when they showed downtown Ipoh. Annoying I know, but I haven’t come across a lot of films that are being filmed in my hometown ok? That shows my pride in my very own Ipoh. =) And I think they shot the school scenes at SMK Anderson. Please pick my school for your next film, can?

I don’t usually do movie reviews cuz I very bias wan. If the movie stank but the cast very nice to look at I bagi 5 stars terus. But I didn’t think the movie was as geng as Ahmad’s previous films. Sure it had a nice hidden meaning but it wasn’t enough to make me go wow like I did with Sepet and Mukhsin. Some scenes just didn’t tally with the movie, like the one where an unknown Indian girl began dancing on stage, and I think it wasn’t even the talentime show yet. If there’s a hidden meaning please do tell me. Actors were fine, there’s cute guys (think Hafiz, Kahoe and Melkie) and cute girls (think Melur and Melati). Some were kinda bland though, prolly cuz they’re newbies to the acting industry. Am surprised they didn’t censor some words though ;) Besides the tears and frustrations there’s humor in Melkie who imitates his peers’ talents and an Indian teacher who thinks his two colleagues are gay. And duh, there’s singing, and I mean, the good kind of singing.

Totally forgot about Bubba Gump til I saw the sign while driving home.

Because K says Shopaholic is very appealing, next day I ikut him since my train wouldn’t leave in another 5 hours. If you saw me when the film was about to be released you would know I was dying to watch it cuz I have 4 outta the 5 books. Waiting for the last one to turun harga.

The film didn’t follow the books much, but it did portray Becky in a more positive, intelligent way than the childish self she was in the book. Even if she was to be immature, Isla still gives a little more adult-immature vibe on screen. Believe me, the trailer (also depends on which one you saw) does not do justice to what the show is about. It is cute and the characters are charming and if you’re a shopaholic you’ll get the point of the show. It’s not so much as a girl overspends, girl meets guy, happy ending story it’s more of a daily life story, your bad job, going to the end of the world for a better one, temptations (in this case, mannequins persuading you), overspending, trying to out run your bank manager and meeting (perhaps?) a guy along the way.

If you like watching adorable, lively, sporting girls, you’ll like Isla. She’s bubbly and preppy and chances are if you hate the storyline, Isla will make up for it.

Pics courtesy of
http://www.moviesum.com/

http://www.digitalmalaya.com/

There's nothing left to rack

2009-04-03T20:06:00.003+08:00

Iqbal is making these 2 months gloomy. Stupid degree. You'd better gimme a better life starting this September after I grab a whole of you. Feels like I'm living on the LJMU blackboard. That's the first thing I see in the morning, and the thing which worries me throughout the evening, and the last thing in my head before I go to bed.

Next morning same whole schedule.

Ini degree punya pasal lah. That one paper that could grant me a penthouse apartment overlooking KLCC one day, or a worn out mattress on the banks of the Klang River.