How it was

So it’s been a year. This time last year I was racking my brains out for the radio assignment. I’m looking forward for a change this time around. Keeping my fingers crossed cuz you know lah things never really go my way usually. There were lies and frustrations and embarrassments and a tong full of mistakes amongst many others. Yup, that’s how I sum up my 2008.

First trip to Genting in years was in February. The class had been contemplating a class trip but got postponed at the last sec. But the hostel gang and some others decided to go anyway. I had an interview for internship the very next day.

The following 3 months was all about my first job. Met some great people, some manipulative people, some grouchy, some nice-but-in-the-end-not-so-nice yea I’m ready for working life. I made mistakes definitely and I can’t change that unfortunately. Hate me for that, but you’ll never know the other side of the story – mine.

Somewhere around there I got my previous finals results back and was somewhat labeled as stupid lah. But I totally made up for it.

T’was also when I made yet another trip to Genting. I loved the wrist ban so much and wouldn’t take it off for nothing but in the end kena sacrifice it in the name of art.

College began in June, and marked the beginning of endless productions and editing. Claws came out, so did the fangs, horns, disagreements, disappointments and misunderstandings that had possibly sealed my fate for the rest of the year.

10 bucks says I’ll never see these again.

Beginning September I was back to me, myself and my room. Instead of hoping for a change, I tried to make the change. It worked but perhaps not so much.

I opted not to join the Penang trip with them classmates, instead I went myself when my roomie invited me over. Ate a lot, walked a lot, went hiking, gawked at houses and just like that, semester break was over.

Final semester in college already began like since semester break. I was busy busting my head for thesis ideas and materials to support it. My self alleged worst nightmare wasn’t the worst after all. There were more setbacks in store for me but I just tutup one mata and say don’t care lah, it’s not gonna change the past.

Somewhere out there Jen was there for me as did other lepaking kakis. See, still got life beyond college wan.

Towards the end I initiated the change again and I think it worked in my favor lah. Not much but it’s a start. I’m happy again finally. There were still occasional bumps along but heck, just live with it lah.

Supposed to celebrate wei

... but instead I'm up helping Nic touching up Ms. Rasmuna's assignment due in 8 hours time. I trust in your writing, he says.

OK lah, never mind. Thesis sudah buat habis .. unless Ms. Theresa wants me to add more in Chapter 5. She did note in my previous copy that I needed to critisize more if I wanted good grades. Well ... I actually do need good grades to finish off college with a bang! Not exactly a fun thing to think about.

Why am I blogging now exactly?

Home away from home

Dec 24th - While the family is at home chomping on ham and mouth-watering dishes I had my very first teppanyaki! I picked this one cuz it’s like the 2nd cheapest plus I’m addicted to beef.

While waiting the food to digest we lepaked around Jusco and looked at food and how we’re gonna survive in Liverpool and what we’re gonna eat who’s gonna cook .. you get the idea lah yea.

Gerenti can live forever

So cute I want!

Then Lydia and I ordered sundaes :)

The other two had fries. And we were still going to Mali’s later to see if there were fireworks displays and also to eat more.

On the way to Mali’s I was already in the SMS mood. I really suka Dec 25th lah cuz it’s like that one day in the year where I get countless messages and calls. It’s like people out there still remember your existence. Ha!

Then we waited on the slope where we could get a good view of KLCC and the KL tower. My phone couldn’t really reach that far so no point take pic or video lah. Mana tau langsung tak dak fireworks, just some colorful light display on KL tower itself. KLCC blackout except for some twinklie lights.

Dec 25th - The gang gives up and we retreat to another mamak cuz Mali overcrowded. I continued receiving and replying messages, very very happy in the center of attention. I pretty much forgot my roti pisang.

Out of nowhere, this came:

Omg like so overjoyed lah like never see cake before. I thought the gang forgot all about it but I didn’t really peduli lah cuz too busy reading SMS. Aiseh … looks like my first birthday and Christmas in KL wasn’t that bad after all.

We left at 2 in the morning and I still had the mood to add more for the thesis. Not before I opened up the gifts!

Hostel gang bagi

Roomie's. We got the same gifts for each other .. haha

K's 39.90 bunny. Somemore he left the price tag there. Idk if he's that calculative or just plain sengaja.

In the afternoon I ajak K out to lepak and belanja him. I spent 22 bucks on Twilight tickets alone, dang the cinema really profit a lot on public holidays.

He say don't want McD's for dinner so I treated him to Chilli's (2nd time this month alone!) We sengaja ordered the cheapest food but the bill still came up to 76 bucks. But incredibly worth lah since it took us very very long to wipe out our food. Knowing me lah I memang anti-wasting my food cuz when I'm starving the next day I'd think about the food I wasted before. Yet another bizarre info.

While walking to the car I counted I spent 98 bucks. 2 bucks left for the LRT ticket the next day then. That was before the parking cost us a massive 14 bucks! K only had 3 bucks in his wallet so I sigh and say I pay lah >.<

That was my Christmas slash Birthday.

Eve

Highlight of the day: My supervisor commented I did a great job for Chap 4's thesis.

Then she proceeded to write "quite brief" for Chap 5's application of theory. But, but .. I wrote .. 1 page. OK, maybe it is brief. Cheh I thought I could start my Christmas celebration early but turns out I'll be spending the whole day facing the screen again.

It's the eve of Christmas. I bet everyone's anxiously waiting for dinner to begin at whoever's house in Ipoh. They're prolly having turkey and nice homecook food and I'm having ... teppanyaki. Going out with YY and Lydia to Jusco later =)

Gotta hand up Ms Rasmuna's assignment asap and Ms Theresa's Chap 5 on Friday. Good thing I'm not going back to Ipoh yet.

Ahh my first Christmas away from home, more specifically my first in KL. You can prolly see me lepaking at KLCC and watching two movies in one day and pigging on a slice of cheesecake at Secret Recipe and having a Prosperity Burger tomorrow.

Mom gave me 100 bucks to treat whoever I'll be hanging out on 25th. Dad told me to get anything I want and he'll pay for it (I'm thinking maybe the $1.5mil house at The Peak).

Kelly left me her usual Christmas/Birthday gift before heading home:

I freakin love her message ... goes to show I'm not such an evil person after all.

On Monday I was treated to a BBQ at a playground. Had teriyaki chicken, lamb chop, some weird tasting salad and a kebab which I lurve so much only to have K said:

... It's still raw! =.=

Then I got what I wanted:

A flower :) No one has given me flowers before ... *cry*

And a birthday gift which K accidentally let out cost 39.90 and it happens to be a bunny from Memory Lane. He sengaja wan to make me feel bad for making him spend $70+ on me. One more soft toy and my closet is gonna burst. Next time you buy me real rabbit can? Heh ... tenkiu so much! I freakin love your SMS too! Tomorrow we go out I belanja ok?

Merry (early) Xmas and Hapi (early) Burfday to meeee ...

Boom de ya dahh!

Heh, I'm back sooner than I expected. Yes, yes, I've submitted Chaps 1-3 today. I'm hoping I've shed a few pounds today after all the walking and running under the heat. I left the LJMU application form in the room and had to run back to get it. Next I power walked to TBR to print the three chapters out and met an old buddy which I can never remember his name! Some friend I am ..

Not to mention I almost missed my 3.50pm bus. I stepped on a lil girl on the way but she didn't seem to realize it. Heh. And there were lots of people blocking my way, because, apparently this happens everytime I'm late for something. And someone had to sit in my seat. Are you people blind or simply ignorant? Your seat no is printed on the ticket in case you didn't notice.

I really sangat suka this song lah. Now that AXN stinks without all 3 CSIs, TAR and House, I pig on Discovery, NGC and History Channel. Unfortunately the general knowledge I obtain is not helping me very much in school.

Tuning into dead mode

I took 11 weeks to complete (and procrastinate) Chaps 1-3 and I've been given exactly 4 days to finish Chaps 4-5. Yea, I thought it'll be good to finish off college life like I started.

Pig on the job. Check.
Last minute works. Check.
Sleepless for 24 hours. Check.
Lepaked on the eve of finals. Check.

The only thing bugging my mind is the Policy & Planning assignment o.O (surprise!) I find thesis to be fun can? The reason why I pig on it is cuz I .. am a pig. Fair enough? Or maybe the first three chapters are a bore? Check.

Will be off downstairs to watch Hairspray (for focus group purposes wei, I don't pig on the job when I have to submit it in 4 days!) later.

Everything is under control, I say
Maybe ...
So what I'm reading now? I ask
.. Holocaust (?)
I got a feeling we're gonna discuss about racial segregation during the focus group later, I answer

Thesis checklist:
Chap 1. Done.
Chap 2. Need to replace the current review with another one =.= I hate journal reading cuz it's (supposed to be) boring and the high class vocab they use is annoying. Consulting the dictionary every 2 mins is not my definition of fun.
Chap 3. Redo content analysis cuz apparently I was too hardworking, I did Chap 4's content analysis instead.
The above chapters need to be handed up tomorrow. Maybe I should start doing now.

Chap 4. Half done. The highlight of that day was pressing Ctrl X and Ctrl V content analysis.

I hate using my brain.
Ciao. I'll see you Monday

So, we're good?

Things were looking up this entire week, no, not talking abt thesis. The process was halted in the middle of the week. But I did manage to get the focus group done, so there ya go, some progress. I'm making sure I finish Chap 3 before I return to KL on Tuesday.

I hadn't been feeling good for some time, but this week was nothing but merry and fun. I was invited to go to Chilli's and dinner at TBR the next day. All this while I was pigging on canteen food.

A combination of everyone's food at Chilli's. I've resorted to drinking hot drinks these days, so I ordered tea and had it refilled 3 times (for free!). I left KLCC with a headache and was awake the entire night :(

Celebrating Jinny's (YY's buddy) birthday :)

The next day I found myself having dinner at TBR after a long time, and we talked abt UK and stuff we should bring. Like, planning for Liverpool ledi lah. We divided jobs some more leh, like who cook rice and who cook sayur. YY said we should bring the entire pack of rice there. Heh, gua bukan the over confident type so we shall wait and see if I can make it through this last sem.

Also I'm contemplating on buying a laptop. Unfortunately, I'm not super rich so I tak boleh FedEx my desktop to UK geh so I've resorted to bugging ppl abt laptop infos. My eye falls on a Sony Vaio (is that how they spell it??) but don't need too expensive lah. Or I could pinjam from my aunt, after all, it's only 3 months. Cuz the way I see it, I'd have 3 computers to handle by the end of this year. I cannot handle being overloaded wan.

I contracted a sore throat yesterday, and threw up (yea, you don't need to hear the rest) after dinner today. No, I'm not sick, I just had too much to eat gua. The last time I puked was because I was home away from home for the first time so I didn't makan for more than 24 hrs.

I'm not anorexic cuz I dream of pausing the world and eating all the food I can find for free.