Live. Laugh. Love.

2012-01-07T23:53:00.000+08:00

I love the scent of you on my clothes.

Planned to have a day trip with Joyi since she is back. The plan was to go Genting and then to Ipoh, but in the end, the trip to Ipoh was cancelled because we're afraid that it would be too tiring for the drivers. Planned to go on Friday so we booked the room on Wednesday. There were some technical problems here and there, but in the end, everything worked out perfectly fine. Well, actually it was better than expected.

Joyi overnight-ed at my place the night before. Miss these sleepovers. Apparently I talked to her when I was sleeping. Even I didn't know I sleep talk!

Went to help twins' mum out and then rushed home at 11.30am to get ready cause the boys will be picking us from my house at 12pm. Rushed like crazy. Things were everywhere. Thankfully I packed my things the night before.

Despite the rush, there's always time for a picture :)

Left Subang about 1 in the afternoon in Joon Xian's car. Stopped by Gohtong Jaya for lunch before heading up. We were all starving. After lunch, we checked into our 2 hotel rooms. We had the 2 rooms at the end and they're connected. Perfect! Went to walk around before having early dinner. We didn't enter the theme park, so there wasn't much to do besides walking around and taking pictures as well as videos. Was supposed to visit the Ripley's Haunted House, but some of us were too chicken to enter.

We all love reflective surfaces :)

While waiting for the bus peeps.

Joyi!

Can you feel the love?

Spot the 3 busybodies.

After dinner, we went back to our rooms to freshen up. Joyi and I wore the same hoodie! The hoodie she got for me from Australia as my birthday present. I bet she burnt a hole in her purse, stupid girl :') When we walked out of the bathroom, it took them awhile to notice it. Blur people.

Thank you so much fatso :) I love it.

Freshened up and chilled in the room for a little while. Then, the guys started multilevel planking. It looked so fun, even the girls joined in. It was hilarious!

Epic!

Headed to Starbucks after. Apparently there isn't Java Chocolate Chips in Australia so Joyi was craving for it and I was craving for their Toffee Nut Latte. In the end, only Alvin, Joyi and I were drinking while the others sat outside Highland Hotel. After we're done, we walked out just to find them singing by the roadside. There was one part where Shermun forgotten a part of the mandarin song he was singing, and one of the passer-by helped him complete the verse. It was awesome! I've never seen someone as open and as friendly as him. He's from Chung Hwa and he have other friends from Sarawak. That's all we found out about him. LOL! Didn't even get his name. After singing and freezing, we went back to the room. Then, the whole night started.

Street karaoke.

All of us :)

3 bottles, 2 hours(?), 9 people and in the end, there were only 3 sober people. So many things happened. There were running, crying, falling, talking, puking and so much more. It was one of the most crazy and fun night. For the first time, Joyi was the one taking care of me instead of the other way round. At first everyone was fine, but after 1 went crazy, as if like a chain reaction, everyone else started to act crazy as well. If it wasn't for the puking sensation, the night would be perfect.

Everyone woke up before 11am the morning after. Unbelievable. Checked out and went to have lunch before going back. Shermun, Hong Joo, Benjamin and Szu Ern took the bus down while Alvin, Joon Xian, Jia Chien, Jo Yi and I took the car. Upon reaching Ampang, we made a spontaneous trip to Bidor to have duck noodles. Epic! It took us almost 2 and a half hours to get there because Google Map led us there using the trunk road instead of the highway. Had our duck noodles and headed back to Subang.

Bidor duck noodles

Was exhausted upon reaching home but most of my classmates were going out. And it's been awhile since we all gathered together as a group, so I went to meet up with them. Almost all of them were there. Went to Little Bally to chill. Couldn't say it was an alcohol-free night cause the others drank, but it was a sober night. Nevertheless, the sober gathering was nice :)

2012-01-03T23:53:00.002+08:00

A.F.N.Y.! ♥

Classes start today. Well, for some of my friends anyway. The remaining still have about a week more before they have their classes. Seeing everyone going back to college, it triggers my nerding mode. Weird. I know.

As for those that just graduated from Pre-U and foundation, almost all of them know what and where they'll be in a few months' time. As for me, my near future is still as blur. It's like everything is so uncertain. It's frustrating. I thought I had it all figured out, unfortunately, I was wrong. I thought after a year, I would know what I want to do. But to be honest, I don't.

Gah! I'm in need of serious help.

* * *

Anyway, went for lunch and then shopping with Joyi today. Finally, after more than 8 months, I went to Pyramid with her. It's been awhile since I've been shopping. I don't know how to shop anymore. Unbelievable, no? The amount of times I went shopping in 2011 can be counted with my fingers. Anyhow, the time spent was great. Can't believe how fast time flies.

Also, not forgetting, today is Janet's birthday! The girl that I mentioned a few posts ago, the older sister that looks younger than me. I didn't know this until almost at the end of the year. In college, you learn to not judge a book by it's cover. She's a real charmer. Very warm to be with. Overall, a very sweet and innocent girl.

Happy 19th Birthday, Janet! :)

* * *

By the way, here's the making of Pakstv : New Year's Resolution!

P/s : If you have not watched the short production, here's the link ;) Pakstv : New Year's Resolution

2012-01-02T22:15:00.006+08:00

Finally the day I've been waiting for. Joyi landed in Malaysia's airport! On new year's eve. It's been about 8 months seen I saw her in person. 8 insane months. Missed her like mad! I complain to my mum so much, I swear at one point she's worried that I'm not... Uhh... Straight.

Anyway, welcomed 2012 with her in Laundry, just like what we did 2 years ago. Can't believe I can actually celebrate with her this year. Tried to call the others to come, but unfortunately, they had other plans. Only managed to surprise Joon and Alvin, with Lawrence's help.

After 8 freaking months.

Happy 2012 to you too drunkard :)

Happy 2012! Cheers.

* * *

The following day, we planned to go for dinner with the others. Most of the Paks were able to make it. Awesome! The moment Joyi walked into the house, all of them shut down for half a second. Awkward, but epic!

When we were about to leave for dinner, Mabel came back. Surprised her. The way she greeted Joyi, it was at that very moment that reality sank in, Joyi is back. It brought tears of joy into my eyes. I was never this happy for anything to experience anything like this. This was definitely the first.

Went to Sri Petaling to meet up with Sarah. Her reaction was the biggest compared to the others. It was really priceless.

Our first dinner of the year ♥

Went back to twins house to watch the Pakstv production. The editing is damn awesome, if I do say so myself. Much effort was put into making this video. The editors were up the whole night trying their best to meet the deadline which is on the 1st of January 2012.

So can you do me a favour and please spare 10 minutes to watch it? :) Thanks! And if you like it, please share! Your support is very much appreciated.

P/s : There are hot/pretty guys and girls in it ;) Enjoy!

2012-01-01T11:37:00.000+08:00

Happy 2012 everyone!

Can't believe it's another year. So, what have you accomplished last year?

I enrolled myself into South Australian Matriculation, March intake and survived it. At the beginning, I felt miserable in the class I was placed in, I wanted so much to change class. Today, I'm glad I didn't make that change. If I did, I wouldn't have met my crazy, spontaneous, one of a kind classmates. Everyone is so different, and yet we're all the same in that way.

For most of the year, I kept to myself. Only about after semester 1, I began to mix with the others. The only regret I had during the whole SAM journey was not being friendly enough.

Became quite close to a few of them. There were conflicts here and there, but in the end, I guess everything just worked out. Had a great time with all of them. Can't believe we're going to be going our own separate ways in a few months time. It's like I've just met them and now I've got to part with them, 8 months is just too short. Oh well, I guess everyone have to move on. I met them and walked this rocky road with them, that should be enough to celebrate instead of being sad that we're parting ways. We'll definitely meet again.

Welcomed 2012 with a blast! Too bad I missed the fireworks. Hope 2012 would be better than 2011 :)

2011-12-30T23:57:00.001+08:00

Went for dim sum with the Paks this morning. The plan was to meet up at 8.30 in the morning, which as usual, failed. This time, I was smart enough not to force myself to wake up. Woke up at 7.30 in the morning, Whatsapp-ed them and went back to bed when I didn't get any reply. Until about 9 in the morning, Zhi woke me up, saying that we'll be meeting at Jia Chien's house instead. Woke up and got ready with super speed.

While having dim sum, the idea of a day trip struck one of our minds and off we went to Malacca. Spontaneous! All of us went home to shower and to get ready before leaving. Got lost a few times, even before we left Selangor. Fortunately, we managed to get to the North-South Highway and off we go.

dim sum!

Because we arrived at Malacca late, there wasn't much we can do. Headed straight to have some pork satay and then for some satay celup. Next, we went to the beach after going to the Nadaje Bakery to get their famous Mille Crepe. Had our little feast on the beach after watching the sunset and cam-whore session. Then, last but not least, Pak Putra Tandoori and Naan! Their tandoori is seriously to die for. So basically, our day in Malacca was all about food, food and more food. Well, nothing keeps you occupied like eating does :)

Went back to Subang after that. It's a nice spontaneous day-trip although we got lost several times WITH the help of GPS. Don't ask how, we just managed to get lost somehow. It was definitely a fun day. Managed to keep my mind busy with all the food around.

Paks ™

Pretty ending ♥

2011-12-29T23:01:00.001+08:00

"Stolen kisses are always sweetest"

- Leigh Hunt.

I guess everyone is leaving. One by one, back to where they came from. The fact that I've graduated SAM is starting to hit me. First Anis, then it was Janet.

Anis is one of a kind, enery ball. She's filled with fun and energy! Seriously. I rarely see her tired. She can go on and on and on. Awesome company to have.

Janet, well she's older than me but I've always seen her as a younger sister. Maybe it's because of her looks. No joke. When I first saw her, I thought she was younger. Until I found out that she was born before me. Shocking. Though she's really quiet, she's really nice to talk to. Very easy to get along.

Then, today, it's Tze Hao turn. He's always been like an elder brother to me - or this case, younger brother. Always there and ready to lend a hand, most of the time. It felt nice, having someone to rely on. Really nice to talk to. And just like Anis and Janet, really fun to be around and really easy to be with.

All of them left Peninsular Malaysia to be with their family. To go home. I wonder how it feels like, being so far away from family and where you come from. How long it took, to cope with the foreignness?

Going to start my course in UCSI next year and I'm considering of the option of staying at the campus there just because it's troublesome to travel to and fro everyday. However, to be honest, the thought of it scares me a little. I'm never an independent person, though I've always wanted to leave and to be on my own. So to be away from my parents, away from my bed, my computer, my bathroom, my comfort zone, I'm not ready. And I'm starting to doubt if I ever will.

2011-12-18T00:33:00.005+08:00

Remember the feeling;

"I'll survive", that's what I said to Joyi and that's what I intend to do, physically and mentally. But now I see that it's easier said than done.

You can never really satisfy everyone's need unless you forsake your own. You can never really be truly happy unless you neglect the interest of others. Whenever you take, someone else has to give. When something goes missing, it has to be somewhere else... I guess there's always a balance in life and never really a win-win situation.

Been having trouble sleeping these past few days. But every time I fall asleep, there would be dreams that I refuse to wake up from. Dreams that are so vivid, I long for them to be real.

2011-12-15T23:00:00.007+08:00

Uncertainty.

Upon touching down in Sepang, we went back to Subang for supper and then headed straight to Port Dickson because Anis, Ruishan and Andrew were there. Told you their the most spontaneous people I've met. However, only David, Tze Hao, Chor Koon and I went. Kim Eik and Fiona couldn't make it.

Reached Port Dickson around midnight. Went to visit the beach a little before going up to the

room they've booked. It's some sort of a 2-rooms apartment, but we dragged all the mattress out to the living room instead. I like it. Felt cozier that way.

The guys finished the remaining Chivas from Langkawi and played cards while Chor Koon and Anis slept. Ruishan was the first to go down. The way David tried to make him go down, epic! In

the end, only Andrew, Tze Hao and I were awake. As usual, we came up with the craziest idea. To take a half an hour drive to Pantai Cermin to watch the sunrise. Mind you, the sun was almost about to rise.

As usual, Andrew drove like a maniac. However, by the time we reached, the sun was already sort of up and it was cloudy. So, sad to say, again, there is no sunrise in Port Dickson :( Explored the beach a little before heading back to the apartment to find them all still sleeping.

Napped a little while Anis, Ruishan and Andrew went for breakfast. Checked out and headed to the nearby beach. By the time we got there, it was noon and the sun was blazing! So, we went for satay and went home instead. They went to the waterfall while I went for Zhi's dinner.

Slept at Anis's place in Kuala Lumpur for the night. Love her apartment! Went to Pulau Ketam the day after. The plan was to meet Janet there, but unfortunately, after all the wrong turnings, by the time we got there, she was already on her way back to Subang. So, we went to the Royal Selangor Yatch Club for dinner instead of seafood in Pulau Ketam. Picked Janet up after dinner before heading to KLIA to send Anis off.

Going to miss her craziness like mad. She's the one girl that's up for all the crazy things the guys planned. And I mean everything. From spontaneous trips to

Genting to Malacca for mamak. She's one fun energy ball. A great companion :')

Miss Talif.

2011-12-14T16:49:00.005+08:00

Somethings are not as they seem.

A little overdue, but...

Went to Langkawi for a 4 days 3 nights stay with the usual people. The morning of the day we were supposed to depart for Langkawi, we made a trip, up north, to Ipoh to visit Jia Wei. Came back to Subang and finish packing before heading off to LCCT for our flight - yeap, we're crazy like that. Because all our trips are so spontaneous, it always turn out great.

The nutcases.

When everyone was fast asleep,

this is what we're doing.

Savedhi!

* * *

Arrived at Langkawi in the evening. After renting the car and stuff, we headed off towards our hotel in Burau Bay. Berjaya Resort is really relaxing and amazing but to be honest, it is a little inconvenient. We should have stick with the hotels along Cenang beach :( Oh wells, it wasn't all that bad. At least it's quite, relaxing and have an amazing toilet :)

Everyone seem really happy here somehow :)

*poke*

Went to have dinner in Perdana Quay at Golden Wok Live Seafood. Although the environment there was nice, the food was a little overpriced. Took some pictures in Perdana Quay before heading back to the hotel.

Didn't really do much for the first night as everyone was pretty tired. Only Kim Eik and David had a little fun with the mini bar in the room, while Fiona had her fun with the camera and light.

* * *

Woke up and headed to Oriental Village. Went onto the cable car there. The view of 700 meters above sea level is amazing. And the temperature there was just right; chilly with a bit of warmth from the sun. We could see all the way to the lighthouse in Perdana Quay. Overall, awesome! But, we should have ate a little before going up. There wasn't much choice of food once we reached the top. Snapped some pictures from above. Oh! Met a Hongkie couple and they gave us a free polaroid picture. Love it.

1276.

The view outside our room.

Our breakfast for the 3 mornings.

Picture perfect ♥

Planking.

Really enjoy having their positive auras around.

Our hotel from the cable car.

Stopped by Kota Mahsuri on the way to Kuah town. Wanted to pay Mahsuri a visit but all of us ended up having ice-cream outside instead.

Went to Langkawi Parade to stock up on our inventory. Bought about Rm100 worth of food and drinks just to bring back to the hotel. Had dinner at some random mamak stall before we continued roaming around. The food tasted pretty good and the price was rather cheap. Win!

We walked the night market near the market a little. Pasar Malam in Langkawi. That's my first. Headed to Cenang beach after. The street along Cenang beach comes alive at night. No wonder my brother recommended us to stay there, but unfortunately he was a little too late and the hotels were all fully booked :( Love the beach at night. The sky there was filled with stars. The moonlight reflected the sea nicely. The warm sea breeze were blowing. Add them all together with the relaxing sound of the waves. Love every bit of it. Took some pictures and headed back to the hotel for some fun.

Nothing beats being there;

but still breathtaking nevertheless.

All 7 nutcases finished the whole 1 litre Absolute within half and hour or so. And as expected, 2 out of the 7 was down, the other 2 was tipsy and the remaining, well, we quite sober - proud! Took care of the 2 drunkards and went to sleep after. The situation was insane. I guess that's why there were so much to tell the next morning :)

* * *

Headed to Pasir Tengkorak after everyone was awake. Basically we spent the whole day playing with sand under the sun. The girls didn't plan to get wet cause there wasn't a place that we could change or wash up. But in the end, we - Fiona, Chor Koon and I - got thrown into the sea as well. Well, should have seen that coming. Somehow, Pei Shi and Michelle managed to remain dry though.

*poke*

Pei Shi

Michelle

They plank everywhere!

Fiona getting drenched.

Chor Koon's turn.

Don't ask.

Spot the dead body :O

The body got washed up.

Um...

Potential Sunsilk models.

Headed to Oriental Village to grab dinner but unfortunately, the shops were about to close. Went back to the hotel to shower. While the others were resting, a few of us went to buy some food from the nearby mamak. I think we've been to every mamak in the west side of peninsular Malaysia! Anyway, after eating, we spent our last night in Langkawi doing the usual. Killing our livers. This time, again, 2 were sort of gone.

* * *

Checked out from our room and planned to go Island Hopping. I swear, they are the most spontaneous people I've ever met. Awesome-ness. We rented our own private boat and had our very own private tour to 2 famous islands. One was the Pregnant Maiden Island and the other was, I forgotten the name of it.

The view I woke up to every morning.

The benches.

Toilet.

The first stop was the Pregnant Maiden Island. There was a free fish spa and a lake for the public to swim. All of them soaked their feet into the water for the otters (I think) to nibble on their dead skin. I'm an extremely ticklish person and a little too chicken to put my feet into it, so I became their photographer :) Then, as expected, the guys jumped right into the lake with no end. Apparently the lake was really deep, so the others remained dry.

On our very own speedboat.

Pregnant Maiden Island.

Fish spa. Or should it be otters spa.

Yeap, everywhere.

Went to feed the eagles next. Well, more like our tour guide fed and we watched. We didn't get to see the huge eagle statue at Dataran Lang, so I guess watching the real eagles made up for something. They're huge! Especially the silver ones, the locals call them Langkawi.

Langkawi.

For the last stop, we went to an island, which I've forgotten the name of it. Again, the guys went bizarre and the girls got drenched. This time, Pei Shi and Chor Koon were dry. Had our fun until it was time to go.

Headed back to the hotel. Because we've already checked out, us girls had to clean ourselves in the toilet by the pool. Miserable-ness! But the guys were worse. Apparently they had to shower in the public. Speechless.

Went to the airport and bid goodbye to Langkawi and our wonderful trip. Though there were a few unwanted incidents, the important thing is that we had fun most of the time and well, I guess we just have to look at the bright side of things. Though I'm still devastated that I lost all the pictures I've taken in Langkawi :(

A nice morning walk that would be better with company.

Bye Langkawi.

Despite the unwanted incidents, it's one amazing trip to remember.

2011-12-11T17:05:00.007+08:00

Some don't even have the chance to live.

Woken up by a phone call at 9.20 in the morning. At the other end, was my mum sobbing and I knew something was not right. But, never in a million years I would think that the sobbing was because of my dog although I knew that she'll be gone sooner rather than later.

She went through many visits to the doctor this whole year and the doctor even told us to be ready. I knew I should have braced myself back then, but I didn't. I took advantage of the fact that she's still around. Walking, eating and breathing under the same roof as me. How do you ready yourself to say goodbye?

She was with me since November 12th, 2006. My parents and I went all the way to Penang just to pick her up. It's been 5 years since then. I had her around for 5 years. She was with me when I had my hair curled like an aunty, straightened like a school girl and cut like a boy. She was with as I went through high school and through college. She was with me when I fell in love and when I was devastated. She was always there and at the most critical time, I wasn't at home enough. For the past 1 year, I barely played with her, let alone feed her. I was too busy going out or hiding in my room, in front of my computer.

She loves to hover around whenever we're eating. Looking at us with that pitiful eyes of hers, wanting to have some share as well. She could smell food from miles away. Sometimes, even before the food was served, she would walk around the kitchen - around us to be precise - hinting to us that she wants some. Her soft fur would brush on our legs whenever we sit on the floor to eat in front of the television.

Whenever we go out, she would stay outside, watch us until our car leaves before going back into the house. We used to bring her everywhere but stopped bringing her out due to inconvenience. And every time we arrive home, she would be outside, greeting us and then running back into the house as if to race us in - she always have to be the first one to get inside. And every Saturday after my parents come back from my grandparent's house in KL, she would be extra excited because she knows that there will be food for her. She eats and loves everything edible. She loves pork, fruit cake and festive food for example Mooncake and Ba Kua.

She loves company, although some people don't really enjoy her company. She's an awesome companion. When she was younger, she used to go up the stairs and slept on the same mattress as me and there are times where I would accidentally kick her while sleeping - sorry!

She loves playing with her toys. Playing fetch with my mum every Sunday morning. Though she's so lazy that she'll stop further and further from where the toy was thrown and we have to go to her to get it in order to throw it again - such a pig.

All she does the whole day when we're not around is sleep. And because she sleeps too much in the morning, she refuse to sleep at night. Then she would start making noises that annoy the heck out of us. But we still love her nevertheless.

I can't believe she's gone. She was fine when I got home the night before. Watching at me as I sneaked through the door and then up to my room. That was the last I've seen of her breathing. I didn't even pat her. Didn't even play with her. I didn't even call her name and tell her goodnight. I should have followed my parents for breakfast this morning, maybe I would have seen her and touched her then. But of all days, today I said "no" to following my parents for breakfast.

No more cleaning up your mess every morning as soon as I wake up. No more eyes watching me as I eat. No more barking in the morning to wake me up so that I can open the door for you to go outside. No more barking so that I would carry you upstairs. No more barking to be with someone when there's a thunder.

It feels so different now that you're not around. When I eat, I think of how you would hover around. The house seem so different without your presence. No more newspaper lying around so that you'll do your business, though you rarely use them. No more bowls of water everywhere for you. No more walking carpet moving around the house. No more greetings upon arriving home.

Rest in peace my little one. I miss you already.

Mum used to say we both have similar sets of teeth.

You love eating very much.

Your first haircut.

Goodnight. Sleep well.

You will be missed.

2011-12-05T15:51:00.009+08:00

If I have 1 buck for every 'should have's I have,
I'll be rich.

I promised myself and I'm going to keep that promise. I am going to take it off and put it in the box. I am going to do what you want me to. But at this moment, I need someone to be there for me. For some reason, wearing it, playing with it calms me down. So don't feel guilty. I'm alright. It's just a phase. I'll get over it.

* * *

November and December is so not my month. Within these 2 months I swear more misfortune happened to me than the whole year combined. *ml to the max. It all started off with me falling - physically and emotionally. Then I sort of lost my gold bracelet - that thank God, I managed to find it back with Tze Hao's help (I don't know how to express the gratitude I have towards you). Then it was the rental car incident. Followed by my red ribbon which I sort of love and splurged on. And now, it's my phone. But to be honest, I'm not really concern about my phone but what's inside of it. Sigh. I knew I should have uploaded all the pictures I took when I had the chance. Why wait for the WiFi! Ugh. So pissed !@#$ Anyway, all these add together with all my friends going back to where they came from, one by one - did I mention how much I hate goodbyes? :'(

This is depressing. I feel like I'm being put into some sort of test. Is this my season of breaking? Is it going to end soon cause I don't think I can take it any longer. I feel so messed up, physically and emotionally.

2011-11-28T19:07:00.008+08:00

Went to Petaling Street on the 26th. Half way eating, Andrew said he misses his wife - Mr. Lai and planned to go Malacca on the following day. He's freaking random! Though the idea of waking up at 5 in the morning to drive down to Malacca seemed crazy, it happened anyway. And the best part of a spontaneous plan like this, it always turn out great. Anis and Andrew drove us down. Thanks!

The trip to Malacca was pretty awesome cause we had Ruishan to bring us around. All the hidden local treasures were discovered, all thanks to Ruishan. Fiona joined us about lunch time. Toured around Malacca. Well, we didn't really do much cause the jam was crazy! Everywhere you go, if it's in town, you'll see loads and loads of cars, bumper to bumper. Wanted to have Pork Satay at the beach but sadly, both the shops that sells them were closed :(

After the beach, we went to buy the famous Malacca thousand layers cake. It was pretty delicious. Tried the Mango flavoured one and the original. I personally like the original. Headed to Pak Putra for some cheese naan and tandoori. Ahh! Thinking of it makes me salivate. Went back to Subang after an amazing meal.

Pictures credit to Tze Hao's camera.

North-South Highway at 5 in the morning

The awesome driver's speedometer. !@#$%

Breakfast!

Amazing view of Malacca

The Malacca River opposite St. Peter's Church.

Stoning as usual.

And then they started planking everywhere:
Ruishan

Anis

Andrew (fail)

Tze Hao and Andrew

2011-11-25T22:40:00.011+08:00

Been going out with my classmates a lot lately. Anis, Ruishan and Andrew has been joining us a lot too. A day out with them will never fail to put a smile on your face. They're both so lively and have so much positive aura radiating from them! Really had fun with them. It's so ironic that we're bonding so well AFTER our finals. Hate farewells even more now.

Sat for my one last final paper today. My Moral Education paper. Had classes for a week now and finally it's over. Can't believe how fast the days past. Although we had classes, all of us practically went out every single day after our Moral Education. We went everywhere! From Sepang Gold Coast to Batu Caves to Sunway Pyramid for ice skating to Klang for seafood. Sat their cars quite a number of times these few days. They drive like a maniac! ALL three of them! It's crazy. But fun at the same time ;)

Sunset at Pantai Bagan Lalang

Steamboat!

Batu Caves.

Sunway Pyramid Ice

Went to Praveena's house for a swim after our Moral Education's exam. Even Janet and Amerlyn joined us! It was fun. Wasn't planning on getting wet when I went. However, in the end, I was thrown in the pool by a bunch of monkeys. Yeap. THROWN. Unbelievable, but Andrewwas right. I am sort of glad they did, or I would have missed out on the fun. Just that I was wearing white and my watch! Thankfully my watch was working and David had an extra tee.

Thanks for making my day people. I'm going to miss you all so much.

2011-11-19T12:57:00.010+08:00

Happiness is a choice.

Hello there :)

It's unbelievable but I'm currently busier than when I was having my finals.

Attended my first and last(hopefully) SAM corroboree last Tuesday and went to dye my hair with Fiona and David the day before. Now I no longer have almost golden hair but have purplish-red hair :) Loving the Ribena colour. Hopefully it doesn't fade to gold again.

SAM corroboree was alright. But I think I enjoyed more during my Form 5 prom when I was in the committee. Went to Opera after corroboree. Got a little tipsy, but it was all good as I actually managed to drive myself home safely. Opera is not that bad but the police's operasi and their really rude attitude really got on my nerves -.- If only they were a little nicer, I guess it would beless annoying. Ish.

Best dressed nominee!

M8 '11.

Fiona!

Michelle :)

Look beyond the darkness.

Anyhow, started Moral Studies on Thursday. Well, officially on Friday, cause Thursday we did nothing besides watching Evan Almighty. Went to look-out-point in Ampang with the classmates at night. The view from the top is really breathtaking. If only the sky wasn't cloudy, it would be perfect. From Ampang look-out-point, we went to Genting :D It was so unplanned that I almost turned purple because I was in shorts and my thinnest tee. Well, that's M8. The most random people you can ever find. Love all of them la. Can't believe I'm not going to be in the same class as them next year :(

* * *

Just got back from Dim Sum with the Paks. The plan was to surprise Joon Xian cause his birthday was a few days back. Unfortunately, our plan failed cause he was awake by the time we got there :( But we still managed to go all the way to Puchong for our Dim Sum, so it was all good. Hee :D It was delicious! Been awhile since we've went for breakfast.

Anyhow, Happy (belated) Birthday, Hippo. Although you can be so annoying at times, you're unique and amazing in your own way ♥

This was only part of it ;)

2011-11-10T04:32:00.003+08:00

You were the one to build me up

and tear me down like an old abandoned house.

DONE DONE DONE DONE DONE! Officially finished my 5 final papers today at 2:40pm! Woke up later that I intended to and followed mum's car to college early in the morning, just to realised that I've left my phone at home. BOTH of them! What an introduction to what supposed to be my happy day.

Wanted to study in PapaRich, but it was closed. Headed to Subway, changed my mind and walked to McD. But ending up in Starbucks instead. Why are humans so fickle minded? When there's no choice, we'd say that there wasn't any choice. When there's too much choices, we can't seem to make up our minds.

Pop-ed a Panadol and washed it down with soluble vitamin C hoping to chase the slight fever and flu away. Thankfully, both of them worked. Managed to sit for my final paper in peace. Chemistry was... It wasn't tough, it's just that the topics that I revised were hardly asked whereas the topics where I've only managed to read through an hour before my paper make up almost 70% of the paper. If only I revised Organic Chemistry... I really wonder how would my marks turn out to be. Good enough to take the course I want? Good enough for me to further my studies in Australia? In 5 weeks. I'll know.

Went to Sunway Giza for the first time today, with my cousin, David, Tze Hao, Hock Soon and Wayne. Fiona and Chor Koon couldn't make it :( Wanted to enter Beer Factory but sadly, it was full. So we went to Bola instead. It's not bad, but it wasn't really that good either. The songs were good, but I can't say the same for the environment.

The sky tonight is really pretty. An almost full moon with millions of stars without any disturbing rain clouds in sight. And my night, just like the sky, is pretty pleasant, although it has a little insignificant defect. But overall, it's all good :)

2011-11-04T15:56:00.013+08:00

When words are not enough.

Done and over with Mathematical Studies. Sat in front of my books and notes for hours yesterday preparing for the paper which I feel like I've underperformed. Made so many careless mistakes, just like before. Old habits die hard. Others may think it's a trifling matter and that I'm overreacting. But the reason is, I've always have high expectations for my Mathematics. So it killed me a little inside :( Sigh. I guess it has something to do with someone I used to know who loves it. Another melancholic act perhaps?

Anyhow, I'm having my Biology and Chemistry next Tuesday and Wednesday which I'm not confident at all. I thought I'm doing well for Biology, but my trials result proved me wrong and my Chemistry. Well, there's nothing left to say about it. I suck so badly at analytical analysis that no matter how much I practiced, I just can't freaking answer the question. I can only hope for the best for these two papers. 5 more days to go. 2 more papers to strive for.

I'm almost done with my finals, which also means that I'm supposed to have a plan to where am I heading next. So it's pretty depressing that I've got nothing. Every time I talk to my parents about it, we end up on each others bad side. It's like I'm back to when I first completed SPM, whereby I've got no clue what to do next. Maybe I should just redo my SAM or some other foundation course to buy me another year. Gah! If only someone would be kind enough to drop me a post-it note regarding my future. It would definitely save me some arguments and tears.

Alright, enough whining!

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" Be patient. Don't give up.
Small steps will bring you there. "
- Anna Belknap a.k.a. Lindsay Monroe

2011-11-03T12:08:00.006+08:00

Half filled? Or half empty?

We're never really satisfied are we? Constantly wanting something better, something more. Neglecting what we have in front of us in the process of yearning for something else. Another bad nature of human? Or is it good as we're always striving to improve ourselves? So many questions, so many different perspective, so many correct answers.

Exactly like Mathematical Studies.

If only higher level learning's Mathematics is as simple as secondary school's Mathematics, where all the answers are fixed. It's either you get it, or you don't. Isn't that how Mathematics supposed to be? Dealing with numbers and fixed equations? What's with all the interpretations and reasoning? Gah! Mathematical Studies is driving me nuts.

On the brighter side, I finally received my hoodie! Happy to say that it fits although it's stated for KIDS aged 12 - 13 :D Okay. It might seem a little too fitting, but it's not that bad. Anyway, it's purple, it's fluffy and extremely thick. Not to mention it even has a little heart on it! ♥ Finally, I have a jacket that is thick enough to keep me warm.

All the way from UK ♥

Thanks, Jie!

Shall start Mathematical Studies. Been slacking the entire morning. Shoot me.

2011-11-02T19:27:00.003+08:00

Life is easy,
it's living that's tough.

Am starting to gain some familiarity from this place that was once so foreign. I guess we always get accustomed to things somehow, no matter how impossible it seems in the beginning. But the downside of getting accustomed to something is that you'd tend to expect more and expectations always comes with disappointment one way or the other.

Anyway, been missing in action for the past week with a reason! Was busy studying my butt off for my finals. I've sat for 2 papers now and it STILL feels surreal. Time flies.

English was my first paper which was on the 1st of November - nice date isn't it? 1/11/11 - followed by my Physics paper which started as early as 7am in the morning today. Miserable. And to top it off, I didn't touch the graph part. AT ALL! What was I thinking? Sigh.

Didn't do so well for my first 2 papers. Hopefully I'll do better for the remaining 3, Mathematical Studies, Biology and Chemistry. All fingers crossed!

Currently blogging from my phone. Feels so weird!

2011-10-27T23:58:00.000+08:00

How did I let myself get into this position?

Went to study with Fiona, Michelle, Kueh and David last night. Stayed till it was 6 in the morning and surprisingly I wasn't sleepy at all. Compared to if I was to stay at home, I would have went to bed by 12am. Though it wasn't really productive, I'm glad I was able to get something done.

Went to Publika after that for some Chatime. A little insane and spontaneous, but yeah. That's me :) The place is pretty, artistic, I must say. Looks more like an art gallery than a shopping gallery. Unfortunately, there's still quite a number of empty shops. So it looked a little deserted.

2011-10-26T23:59:00.002+08:00

Right beside my heart.

It's the birthday of the one person that is capable of driving me up the wall unlike anybody else. My brother's. Despite how much you drive me nuts at times, there are times where we have good laughs together. There are also times where I really feel like slaughtering you but I'd still like to thank you for being there when I needed someone to care for me. Although we're not as close as we used to be when we were little, I'm glad to be able to call you my brother. By the way, take care of your health can?!

Celebrated his birthday by going to a nice place for dinner with the parents. Our plan was to go to Rakuzen in SS 15 but unfortunately, the place was packed. So we went to Hyotan, which is a few shops down instead. The food served was not bad, but it took a little longer than my liking for the food to be served.

We both gone through so much since we were both toddlers.
We laughed, we cried, we fell and we learned.
I pray that you'll continue learning and get back up when you fall.
And that whenever a door closes, another opens.
Happy 21st birthday, annoying one.

2011-10-25T23:41:00.006+08:00

When a heart breaks, no, it don't break even.

- The Script ; Break even.

The imperfect eyes that were perfect to me. The voice that bring butterflies to my stomach. The kiss on the forehead that melts all my worries for a moment. The heart that beats my favourite melody. The arms that assured me everything will be alright. The hands that used to fit perfectly with mine. The legs that were willing to walk under the hot sun just to see me. I can't forget, but I know I have to.

* * *

Less than a week before my finals. Can't believe I'm left with days instead of months or weeks and yet I'm not prepared. Time is running out. It hurts to think that time with my friends are so limited. 10 months earlier, I would never thought I would actually feel like this when I'm about to graduate. In fact, 10 months earlier, I was dying to graduate. I'm so going to miss them! Especially the ones where I grew specially attached to. 2011 brought many surprises Some were good, some were... Well, not so good. But overall, I'm glad for them all.

The other day, one of my friend were having a little problem so we all went to see that person - that would remain unnamed. Anyway, we stayed out until it was 5 in the morning. It was pretty spontaneous and that's what I like that about them. It's been awhile since I've went out with a group of people and stayed out till the sun was about to rise. Although the beginning wasn't pretty, I'm glad the journey was.
P/s : Stay strong. Keep fighting.

2011-10-23T20:39:00.007+08:00

You deserve better.

Celebrated my brother's (early) 21st birthday yesterday. Just a simple dinner with the relatives. :) If only I have a better camera, my blog will be flooded with pictures.

Baby Noelle!

Favourite!

Family

The very annoying brother of mine.

* * *

Today's service was packed! Slept pretty late the night before and the thought of sleeping in struck me when my alarm rang this morning, but I'm glad I woke up in the end. The service was about "Hope".

It's amazing how God works in each individuals life. Often we see people doubt His work when times are bad. But when hopelessness hits you, that's when you've got to hold on. Sometimes when things doesn't work out the way you want it to be, maybe, just maybe there's something better that awaits.

Jayesslee was in City Harvest today! They performed and shared. Their story of their mum is one tragic story. And to watch them being so positive about it, it's really something. They also sang one of the Korean worship song. It's one thing watching them sing on YouTube, and it's a whole other watching them sing live. Indescribable and inspiring.

Jayesslee in CHKL

Fell in love with it again
♥

2011-10-21T23:20:00.001+08:00

When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations,
it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end
- Twilight.

Attended my last class of SAM today. Us SAM students were given a week of study break and right after that 1 week, it would be our finals. It feels so surreal that I'm actually having my finals in about a week. Can't believe how fast time past. Slightly more than 6 months has passed and it didn't even feel anything like it. I guess when all you do is look forward to after exams and after assignments due dates so that you're able to take a breath or two, you sort of lost track of time.

Anyway, this journey has been bittersweet. It was nothing like what I've expected. The road in the beginning was tough, especially the first day of orientation where I felt like killing myself cause I was all alone. The first few months were tough but it got better as the days go by. And now, I don't feel like graduating at all. The 6 months duration is just not enough. I'm going to miss the people of M8 of 2011 so much! However, I can't say the same for the course, even though I've learned that SAM is so much easier than other courses.

Oh! Because it's the last day of college, my class planned to wear our pajamas to class. LOL! Despite the fact that we'll see each other after our finals because us March intake SAM students still have our Moral Studies - it's stupid isn't it? Moral Studies after finals. pfft! - we're pretty emotional about our last day. I've only just gotten comfortable with my environment and now it's time to take another step higher. Sigh, I can't express how much I hate changes.

Went for the Fright Night event that was held in Taylor's Lakeside at night. Thought of participating, but ended up taking pictures and stoning, as usual. It wasn't a really big event but it was something different. Saw many people dressing up as if they've just stepped out of a horror movie. Freaky! Anyway, although we didn't participate, us 4 girls had fun applying makeup for the boys and Chor Koon. It was hilarious! Even though there were a lot of stoning, overall, it was a good night. A good way to release a little stress.

2011-10-09T23:59:00.004+08:00

Nothing lasts forever.
It's sad how quickly things come and go.

The moon tonight looks amazing tonight. Prettiest I've seen. But sadly, it didn't last for more than a few minutes, then the clouds came to cover it's beauty. I guess even mother nature can't make things stay as they are. Anyhow, thanks Julian!;) For asking me to get out to look at the moon. If not, I would have missed it all.

9/10/11. Quite an easy date to remember. The day didn't start off pretty, but it wasn't that bad in the end. Managed to study 2 chapters of Physics. Finished 1 chapter in McD and the other chapter in college. Though some say McD is a little too noisy to study, but the people's voices talking in the background gives me some sense of serenity somehow.

Finals is in less than a month's time. I really need to get my head in the game. I have to focus. I can't afford to regret like how I did for the past 2 major exams. I just can't.

2011-10-08T21:43:00.006+08:00

The answer will always remain as a mystery.

We always want something we can't have, never really satisfied with what we have, take advantage of what we have in front of us and often regret it after it has passed. Why are these part of our nature? I wonder.

Skyped with Joyi the other day. The approximately 1 hour of skyping was all it took to lift my mood. It's been awhile since we've done that. We used to talk with our house phones almost daily when she was here and were able to talk face to face. Now, we've got to rely on internet to do that. How miserable.

Went to OverTime with the classmates last night. It was pretty spontaneous actually, but it turned out to be a fun night ;) Went from First Subang's OverTime to Puchong's OverTime to PJ's Piccadilly. Was half way gone I guess but I just couldn't bring myself to consume anymore Carlsberg to be totally out. Starker was alright, Carlsberg is just... Bleh.

2011-10-05T22:35:00.008+08:00

It is my fault that you're always in a bad mood? If it is, I apologize. If I'm the one that caused all your misery, I really am sorry.

Life in college is miserable nowadays. More and more students are absent as I'm having my finals soon. 3 weeks? Time to strive for the best. My trials results are coming back to me one by one and so far, it's been nothing but shitty. Failed my Chemistry for the first time. I prepared the most for Chemistry and yet, this is the outcome. I feel like giving up. I've got no idea what else to do anymore. Someone please tell me what to do.

2011-10-02T17:54:00.009+08:00

My mind forgets to remind me, you're a bad idea.

(Taylor Swift - Sparks Fly)

Been going to church for the past few weeks. Been giving with a willing heart and paying attention to the speaker when he preaches. However, when it comes to pledge week, this week, I hesitated when pastor asked us to do one simple thing, to pledge for the building fund. When everyone went to the front to place their pledge cards into the offering bucket, I felt lower than low. To top it off, during the sermon, when the pastor was speaking, I found my concentration wandering off to some lalaland. In fact, my concentration has been pretty bad these past few days. Ugh! What's wrong with me. My finals is in 3 weeks time. AND! I've been procrastinating everything, even my Physics presentation that's due next week. Really, someone ought to slap some sense into me.

Got a lot going on in my life. Hectic schedule. Well, I know I've said that for all my posts, but it's true. I think it's true for all the SAM students. With exams and tests, hormones, teenagers' and parents' problems to deal with whole year round. Who's life wouldn't be hectic.

*edited
And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbour as yourself.' - Matthew 22:39

Anyway, 6 months flew by and it's October now. 6 months as a SAM student and I've turned into a person that I never thought I'd be. Doing things I never thought I'd do. Is it good or bad? I wonder. But all I know now, is that I should really stop daydreaming and do something. Get my life back on track.

Mental note to self : 3 more weeks. 3 more weeks, you'll be done and these would all be over.

2011-09-26T12:41:00.004+08:00

I'm tired of being alone.

But I don't want to be what I despise either.

My trials ended just an hour ago. There's one thing I like about exam period. Time flexibility :) But I guess everything comes with a price. And what's the perfect match for exams if not stress. Anyway, with the end of trials, my life is going to be more and more hectic with my finals closing up. This time around, time seems to be flying. Trials, finals and soon, there would be another round of waterworks as all of us leave to further our studies. Regardless of old friends, close friends or new friends, it hurts to say goodbye. I guess the only difference is how long the hurt would last.

Mathematical Studies didn't go as well as planned. Was pretty frustrated at myself when I realised the questions that came out were similar to the questions I've done before and yet I'm not able to answer them. Guess all the Brand's chicken essence couldn't save my bad memory. Ah! What's done is done. In life, there's no 'undo' button.

Shall put all my focus on my finals in November. The game maker.

2011-09-23T12:34:00.003+08:00

Slowly gaining immunity.

Days flew by. It's already the ending of my trials. Sat for 4 papers and the last one would be Mathematical Studies on Monday. I'm lucky to have 3 days to prepare for that final paper and hopefully I won't screw up like my other papers. I was prepared to do badly for Physics but not Chemistry and Biology. Sigh. Screwed up. I need a hug.

Was supposed to wake up, go college about 9 and start studying. But as expected, I slept all the way up till 11.30. Now I'm left with no papers and am currently stuck at home until my brother comes back from college so I'll have the car. Ah! Having the craziest idea of walking to college to study. Studying at home is impossible! I've been slacking for 1 hour, doing nothing but Facebook. 1 hour on freaking Facebook. Wth. Someone please shoot me.

2011-09-20T22:03:00.003+08:00

Should I just keep on chasing pavements even if it leads nowhere?
(Adele - Chasing pavements)

Had my Chemistry paper on Monday and sat for my Physics trial today. It was freaking tough! Plus, my Physics paper starts at 7AM! 7 in the morning! Even the sun is not up yet and us miserable souls have to sit for our exam. Besides, the duration of the paper is 3 hours for 3 papers and it's not like in high school where they break up the 3 hours. This is 3 hours CONTINUOUSLY and it's up to you to divide your time for each papers.

Chemistry was a pain. Studied so much and well, as usual, only a fraction of what I studied came out. After the paper I felt lower than low. Such a disappointment. Sigh. Well, the past is the past. Shall concentrate on my other up coming papers, ESL, Biology and Mathematical Studies! Thank God the 2 papers are done and over with. At least now I feel more relieved.

Been sleeping for less than 6 hours daily since last week. Which explains why I keep dosing off WHILE writing! There are times where I actually write what was I dreaming at that instant. All my subconsciousness written on the paper.

Alright! Enough procrastinating, back to nerding mode ;)

2011-09-18T17:08:00.003+08:00

Forget about the past and do something.

Studied the whole night and went to City Harvest Church in the morning. Surprisingly, I didn't dose off during the sermon. Back in the days, I would have. Guess lack of sleep is starting to have it's effect on me.

Something unexpected happened between studying and going to church. Well, it was funny, awkward and pretty embarrassing! I swear I was blushing like mad and I was dying to dig a hole to hide myself. Shy die! What a first impression. Sorry!

Anyway, the sermon was good, though it reminds me a little of ESL's listening due to the foreign accent. Its about everyone having their special talent, their unique strength. So, do what YOU enjoy doing because, there's where your strength is. There is no need to be envious of the talent of others because you have something they don't. Stop over thinking and having the need to confirm and reconfirm. Get out of your comfort zone. When you walk, the Lord will definitely walk with you. So, get up and move!

Trials start in approximately 18 hours time. No sleep tonight again? Anyhow, all the best to all SAM students! :)

2011-09-17T19:03:00.005+08:00

Find your balance and stop falling.

Not everyone is going to catch you.

Trials start next week. Monday, 11.30am to be exact. Will be having papers from Monday until Thursday and the last paper would be the following Monday. Time past so fast. It felt as if I've just enrolled myself to this program but, I've actually walked three quarter of the way. Unbelievable. There would be no more class tests, investigations and quizzes. After trials and there would be 2 more months left before I graduate from Taylor's college and off to university.

Everyone is stressing about which university to enroll to, which course to take - if not decided, what additional English test to take or whether to take additional English test at all. All the deadlines for the university application adds up to all the headache. But I guess life is all about making decisions. No matter you make the right ones or not, you'll have to live with it.

Turned myself into an owl for the past week. Been spending a good 6-8 hours with my family of Chemicals daily. Studying outside till the sun rises. For some weird reason, I can't study at home. When I'm home, this is what happen. Oh well, hope I won't fell asleep or worse, sick, during exam. This exam is superbly important. Ought to score! At least an A- for Chemistry! Or I'd be better off dead.

2011-09-10T19:39:00.001+08:00

"To be your friend was all I ever wanted; to be your lover was all I ever dreamed."

--Valerie Lombardo (http://quote-book.tumblr.com)

Currently in Taylor's cafeteria on a Friday night with Tze Hao, Michelle and Jia Wei. Supposed to be studying for my upcoming trials. Having Chemistry as my first paper which is on the 19th of September. But I'm still here. Ah! So screwed!

Went to inquire about the Food Science course that is offered by the Taylor's University. Asked them about their credit transfer with hope that it would be somewhere in Brisbane. Unfortunately, the only university that accept the credit transfer is Newcastle University in Sydney. Felt like killing myself when the counselor told me about it.

Anyway, Twins and Sarah came back from Australia today. Jealous! I want to go to Australia so badly la. Miss the fatso so much. Felt like forever since I've seen and went out with her :( Can't wait till she gets back here.

2011-09-03T16:52:00.007+08:00

To be honest, I'm just afraid.

Went for a one day trip to Malacca with the Paks!

Before that, I overnight at Sue Li's place the night before. Had another round of drinking session. This holiday is killing my liver. Anyway, we gathered at her place for one last time before she leave for Indonesia to further her studies. It was my last time in her house, on her sofa, on her carpet. It's going to be awhile before I'm going to enter her house and sleepover like before. All the crazy times we had together with the other crazy people, where it used to be us 2 girls, now left with me alone. Hope you're doing fine there. Study hard and be safe!

All the hurt and pain could be felt through this picture.
It carved itself on me, not to say hello with a goodbye waiting.

See you soon ♥

Okay... Enough for the sad story. She's leaving for a good cause. Study well, get a great job and have a bright future :)

* * *

Went to meet up at Ben's house after sending Sue Li off. Waited for Joon Xian before leaving to Malacca. Had chicken rice balls for brunch. Maybe it's because we were all starving, it was super delicious! Had cendol for desert after that.

First stop!
Chicken rice balls

Jonker 88's famous cendol

Walked around and bought dim sum for myself. Fishballs and siu mai ♥ Went to the largest Jusco in Malaysia, Aeon in Malacca after that because the weather was just unbearable!

Jusco aeon Malacca!

Shopped for a bit till it was about 5 pm and headed to eat satay celup! It was my first time having it so I was really excited. It. Was. Amazing! Rm0.60 a stick was pretty expensive, but really worth my money! After the super filling meal, we went to the beach cause the sun was setting. LOL! We had to convince so hard so that Joon would actually turn in. Should have recorded the whole process. Hilarious!

Ban Lee Siang's satay celup

Paks in Malacca!

Went to hunt for putu piring after that -yums!- and then headed to Jonker Street to walk around and continue our fat trip.

Tengkera's putu piring

Had oyster omelet. Unfortunately, it wasn't really satisfying :( First disappointment of the trip. Explored Jonker Street a little more before heading back to Subang.

Last picture before the camera died on us.
Jonker Street.

Our first Paks in Malacca! Super fattening trip. I ate everywhere we went and spent close to Rm100 just on food itself. Ahh... So sinful. Looking forward to have more of these awesome trips together ♥

2011-08-29T15:48:00.000+08:00

Met my baby cousin once again a few days back. I have a feeling she's going to grow up into a really pampered child:) Impossible to look away.

She's growing up so fast.

* * *

Went on a class trip to Port Dickson on the last day of class, 26th August. We literally flew out after our last class which ends at 3pm - only our class ends at 3pm on a Friday, miserableness. Tze Hao and Fiona were our faithful drivers - thanks! Without them, this trip wouldn't be a success at all.

Headed straight to the hotel to check-in. Went to our apartment and took a quick rest before heading out for dinner. Relied solely on Google and GPS for our dinner, which turned out great! Weng Yin is the name of the seafood restaurant. Thought it'll be really pricey but it was alright. For Rm15 per person, it was more than satisfactory.

We had our very own bellboy!

Taller than Kim Eik for once

Poor little crabbie that was in the wrong place at the wrong time

Went to the beach to walk off the extra pounds we gained during dinner and back to the apartment for a drinking session ;) Finished 2 bottles of alcohol and everyone almost died. All of them went to bed and 2 of them slept on the hard wooden chair. Crazy. Well, as for me, I stayed up, stoning on the floor and went to watch the sunrise. LOL! Oh! Tze Hao was nice enough to accompany me on the floor as well :)

Cheers!

The beauty of mother nature

View from Avillion. Gosh, I miss this place

Waited for all of them to wake up and went to cycle. I can't cycle to save my own life and after that cycling session, I still can't! *ml.

Swam for awhile until the heat was unbearable and went back to the apartment to shower. I'm not sure what the others did, I slept. LOL! Had the bed to myself. Awesome! Woke up after awhile and headed off the not-so-blue, Blue Lagoon to watch the sunset. Sat banana boat too! Although I didn't want to in the beginning, I'm glad I did. The last time I sat on it was a few years back, with my cousin, I forgotten how fun it was. Went back to shower and headed off for dinner. They had another round of the drinking session while I slept. Planned to take a short nap, but when I woke up 3 hours later, they were done and high. Insane people. Let them sleep and again, I conquered the floor. LOL! I'm starting to get used to sleeping on the floor. It's not that bad.

Breathtaking

If you look closely, all of them are in :)

Group picture!

King bun! *salivates*

Went back after spending 2 nights there. It was amazing. I got to watch the sunrise AND the sunset. 1 word. Beautiful.

2011-08-21T17:26:00.005+08:00

Let me sleep.

Woke up early to study for my upcoming test. Sadly, study plan failed miserably cause my parents asked if I wanted to go out for a walk T_T Why? Why do I give in to temptation so easily?!

Dyed my hair after I got home. This time, I tried Cassis Berry, hoping that it would come out red. As usual, it didn't. I think it wasn't much off from my previous hair colour :( Well, at least it didn't turn out orange or gold.

I think I should stop dying my hair over and over with Liese hair dye. My hair feels as if they're not attached to my scalp right now. It's as if with the slightest tug, all of my hair is going to fall off leaving a bald spot. Paranoid!

5 more days...

2011-08-20T17:49:00.012+08:00

If only I was a child again.
Wearing my shoes correctly would be my only concern.

Enlargement of the Foo family tree!

My baby cousin just turned 1 month old today. I think being a baby is the best time of our lives. All you do is sleep, eat, excrete and be loved. AND! It's also the only time you get to celebrate your 1 month old birthday. Anyway, according to Chinese custom, the first month of the baby's life is often celebrated and the celebration is known as mun yuet or full moon.

Celebrated the life of the newest member of the family in my grandparents' place. And with the word 'celebrate', you can definitely expect the word 'food'. A variety of traditional food such as red eggs, ang ku kueh, pork leg in vinegar and chicken with ginger & wine were served -not a fan of the chicken with ginger & wine, but the other 3 are simply awesome!

The beautiful baby girl is extremely pampered! Constantly demanding and receiving love and affection from all of us. Only a month old and she already has her little fingers wrapped around us, having us to do things HER way. It's amazing how babies always have their way.

Noelle Foo Jing Wen ♥

Her grandfather

Her grandmother

Her father

Her mother

Beautiful cupcakes made by my aunt's friend. Talented!

♥

2011-08-19T17:28:00.011+08:00

I'm sorry I couldn't stay to watch you grow.

College is so stressful! Just when I thought things can't get any tougher, there would definitely be something to tell me I'm wrong.

Just got home after hanging out with the Paks. My stress reliever.

When I was young, my mum used to tell me that it's important to have friends and that they're going to be the second most important people in my life after family. And she's right! I'm really lucky to be blessed with all these wonderful people in my life. Though I made some mistakes which caused myself to lose a few of them, at least I have some memories with them. Couldn't ask for anything more.

Alright! Enough slacking, back to Statistics and Matrices. Ugh. Such tedious work!

2011-08-17T15:24:00.013+08:00

Impossible to ignore.

Went for my first Kpop lesson yesterday. They taught the chorus of Goodbye Baby by Miss A, which explain the sore waist. After all the hips to the left and hips to the right, I better get a slimmer waist. It's pretty tough cause it was quite fast -or maybe I'm just slow. Anywhooo, messed up a few times, but I'm slowly getting the hang of it :D Overall, it was pretty fun. Shall try contemporary next! :)

It was Bryan's birthday yesterday and coincidentally, we have a day off from our respective colleges today, so, Michelle decided to surprise her boyf :) Almost all of us were there last night, except for Laa and Iwan :( Even Joyi was there! Well, sort of. All thanks to the creators of Apple and the genius that came up with Facetime. Not forgetting my daddy that got me this phone :)

Played Wolf/Wolves? after the surprise. Feels great, making noise and catching up with them again. Although most of us are in the same college and Taylor's Subang Campus ain't that big, we rarely bump into each other D:

Part of the Paks pigging.

Facetime!
Joyi, all the way from Australia :)

Oh! Went to enlarge my family of piercings. Again. Thanks to Alvin for tempting me. Cis. Went all the way to Parade's Poh Kong just to pierce before meeting up with the Paks for Bry's surprise last night. Surprisingly, this time hurt so much more than the previous ones. Anyway, the Poh Kong lady specifically asked us not to do anything to the piercing until 2 weeks later. But, guess who's the smartest person alive?! Guess old habit die hard, I learned nothing from my previous mistake. My itchy fingers just had to remove the earring today. Guess what happened?!... It bled... Fluid gushed out, staining the floor red while the rusty smell of blood stung my nose. Okay, over-exaggerated a little, but still! I never knew the ear could bleed so much.

Another addition to the family ;)

* * *

Saying Goodbye is hard. Especially the Goodbyes without any Hello to follow. People come, people go. But know, no matter where he go, he'll always be with you, spiritually. Silently watching you bloom; always guiding and protecting you and your family.

P/s: My condolences goes out to you and your family.

2011-08-14T01:59:00.011+08:00

What would be of us

will always remain as a mystery.

Hello there!

It's 2 am and I'm supposed to be studying for my Monday's Direct Investigation -Mathematics assessment- but hey! I'm here, procrastinating, as usual.

Truth be told, I have nothing to blog about. Hence, this post is going to be filled with meaningless ramblings of mine ;) So, you may skip it. But, do come back! :)

I have a lot on my mind lately, well, besides deadlines and assessments, which is a constant pain in the butt. Can't wait till I graduate from SAM. I miss my life :(

Anywho, many of my friends are starting to get into relationships. Love is in the air! Really happy for them. And when they come to talk to me about it, it brings out my motherly instincts. They're growing up so fast, so proud of them. Ngawww :') LOL! Okay, now I just sound really stupid. Anyway, I really enjoy listening and talking to them about it. Hmm, maybe I should consider being a Psychiatrist instead of a Pharmacist.

They're doing great! Unfortunately, I can't say the same for myself. Every time I feel something, I tend to lock it in a drawer deep down, pretend it's nothing and let the opportunity slip, as if to punish my heart. It's unbelievable how our heart guard itself. Each time you give it away, it'll return tougher and stronger. And obviously, there would be a few missing pieces. But I guess it's up to us how we want to fill the voids. Take the chance, give it to someone else to help fill it or just to live with it; no beginning, no ending, no damage. But who's to say which is the better choice. They say time can heal all wounds. Does it really? Maybe, but who can say for sure.

Okayyyy. I shall stop here before I get all emotional.

SO! While my fingers were typing the whole chunk of words above, I fell in love. With YoSeob's voice! It's so beautiful. Just can't get enough.

YoSeob's, Baby baby.
Amazing. Especially the ending. Melts!

2011-08-12T17:00:00.010+08:00

You don't know me.

I wonder, why did I enroll myself into SAM. Life's been pretty hectic lately. Well, ever since I've started SAM, since when was my life ever NOT. Just had 2 assessment within 3 hours, English and Biology. To top it off, results for the Physics practical I did the other day was announced today. My result was horrible! All marks that were deducted, was due to my own stupid-ness -.- Unbelievable. My results would have been so much better if only I answered all the questions. AHHH! So sad, I felt like crying when my lecturer was discussing the paper. Sigh.

Anyhow, a daily dose of Paks never fail to improve my mood :) They made a video on Quidditch. YEAP! Quidditch. It was hilarious! I almost died laughing. Really made my day, especially after the announcement of Physics result... Anywho, watch it here :)

Oh! Joyi called again the other day. Miss her so much more after each time she call. We used to boil porridge for hours on the house phone, as my mum would say. Can't wait till end of the year, when I can actually see and talk to her face to face -that is if I there's flight available. This time she called for about 20 minutes and her bill hit 260AUD! lol! Miss you la fatty! Come back soon. Don't stressed yourself too much. The Paks are planning to go on a holiday and I want someone sane to go shopping with me, I feel too much like a nerd.

Last weekend, Shea Wen -sort of- organized a gathering for last year's 5 Sigma. We've been talking about a gathering since beginning of the year and finally we had one, 8 months later. Sadly, only few of us turned up. Nevertheless, it was nice, catching up with all of them. They've changed so much! College made them prettier and more handsome. However, soon, everyone would be flying off to further their studies. Starting with Ms. Kuan:( Sigh. If only we do not age.

BBQ squid!

A quarter of 5 Sigma '10

The oh-so-adorable Teddy

Their looks change, but not their character I guess.

Alvin's attempt to kiss Teddy.
FAILED!

Formal

Candid

Formal

Candid
Hungry for some Shea Wen ♥

Love this picture.

Then, that Sunday, I went up to Genting with Sue Li and all. My plan was to go up on Sunday and come down on the same day. However, once up there, the whether was tempting me to stay. Sadly, I have practical on Monday. If I didn't, I would have skipped Monday class and stayed 1 night. SAM is killing me slowly from the inside :(

The difference between girls,...

and boys...

July and August seem to have dragged on and on. 2 long months without break is a killer. Looking forward to Raya break :)

Oh yea, welcome to the family.
Hope you'll stay ;)

2011-07-12T18:51:00.008+08:00

Cheers.

Lost my flash-mob virginity today.

Joined TDC's flash-mob, practiced on Friday and boldly performed when i barely know the steps. It was to promote TDC's upcoming event, RE: Production and also had something to do with the Health Week that's going on in Taylor's. Although we danced was under the hot sun, the sun felt like nothing compared to the eyes burning down on us from all 3 floors above. It's quite an interesting experience, i must say. A few messed up moves here and there, oh well, at least it was fun.

OH! Joyi called from Aussie today! It's one thing whatsapp-ing and a whole other talking on the phone. Gosh. I miss her so much that i shut down for a second upon hearing her voice. Okay, i sound as if i'm a little crazy now, but! Never in a hundred years i'd thought that she'd call. When she said she's going to call, my first thought was FaceTime, but noooooooo... :) Upon picking up the phone, i was so excited that i "hi"-ed as loud as she did and realised - a little too late - that i was in the library. Paiseh die! That 5 minutes was really something. Nice to hear her cheerful voice of hers. Apparently she's shifting to a bigger house with her own room. This means i can now go visit her and i wouldn't have to sleep in the bathroom while i'm there! So excited! Can't wait:)

2011-07-05T19:48:00.005+08:00

No strings attached.

This page had been neglected for 2 months now. Readers are vanishing one by one :( It's depressing.

Anyway, life has been pretty hectic these days. My life currently is all about homework, assignments, class tests and quizzes. They never stop ever since semester 2 started - and i thought semester 1 was tough. God! The amount of work that I'm assigned, sometimes it seems as if 24 hours is just not enough to complete everything. It's times like those where I wished to go back in time to when I was a child, or in high school at the very least. Everything was so easy back then. The amount of homework were manageable, the assignments were hundred times easier and the information for our reports were all spoon fed to us. If only it was possible, I'd rather repeat everything all over again than to have to grow up.

Despite everything, all of us went to Port Dickson last weekend for a weekend getaway. The different environment was nice for a change, even though I had a book in front of my face while we were there. The beach, the sand, the sun, the wind and most importantly, the laughter. It was amazing. My weekend never felt so long. Not since I've started my SAM course.

The reason for the one day trip was because Sue Li was about to leave to Indonesia to further her studies soon - it's so depressing to see people leaving one by one and missing more and more people. Although it was a really short and sort of spontaneous, it was a nice one, i must say. Everything went well. All thanks to our hypersonic drivers, Jin and Fang Xian. And also Sem, whom provided us with a place to stay. At the beginning, the place was sort of dirty due to the swallow that was living inside while none was around, but after sweeping and mopping a little, the place wasn't so bad. It was sort of comfortable actually. All 9 of us managed to fit into a room thought all the mattresses had to be arranged vertically and horizontally, covering every inch of the floor. However, because of that, it felt really cozy to me. If only we could stay longer...

Port Dickson, 2011 :)

Alright, enough slacking! Time to get back to work.

2011-05-08T23:31:00.002+08:00

Before this, i don't think anyone noticed,

but tears welled up while you were writing these.

We knew each other since primary. Met up again in high school and we're practically joined by the hip ever since. Till there was a period of time where my mum thought there was something wrong with my hormones. Wthh.

Our houses used to be 8 minutes away and now you're almost 8 hours away. We used to say "it's soooo hott!" but now you're saying "it's damn cold" - lucky you, it's freaking hot here. No more weekend spree. No more spontaneous shopping plans. No more late night indomee. No more late night chats about all the random things we could come up with. No more acting like monkeys, playing dress up and camp-whoring in your house. Come to think of it, i'm going to miss that extremely messy room of yours. The room where i always fall sick the day after spending a night in it. Where can i ever find a room that's similar to yours.

9 years just flew by. It was just a few years ago where i showed you the guy that i was interested in and you thought he don't look Chinese. You're the one i go to when i'm happy and you're the one i call when i was balling my eyes out. There were countless nights where we spend hours on the phone and laughed like maniacs at 4am in the morning, trying our best not to wake our neighbours up. I'm going to miss nights like those.

Have fun in Aussie! I'll in crash your house there someday. Visit us soon! Though i'm not sure if you'll read this, but take care and study hard. Don't concentrate too much on "hunting" while you're there ;)

Prefects' Reunion '06

'07

Laundry '09

Prom '10

Italiannies '11

The girl that's so very vain, she does this even in her sleep!
The girl that's responsible for all my adventurous hairstyle that i've grown to love, thank you.
Fun, vain, shy and egoistic.
An irreplaceable best friend.
Cheers to 9 years of friendship and counting :)

The girls back in 2007

Girls in 2010

All the vain girls

Not forgetting about all our vain guys

Ultimate Paks Picture

Final.
Hate goodbyes.
They're are never easy, especially to someone who gave you so much to remember.
Missing you like crazy already. We all are.
Rawr! ♥

2011-05-01T16:59:00.006+08:00

Reading brings me to places i've always wanted to go.

If you're reading this, HIII!!! *million dollars smile*

Been neglecting my blog for quite sometime now. I think the amount of readers i have is almost zero now :(

Anyhow, college life is pretty hectic. Especially if you're (like me) taking the March intake SAM. Classes from 8am to 3 pm everyday is horrible. I wish i'm still in high school where we get to go back early every Fridays :( There are class tests and assignment due dates to meet almost every week. My Chemistry, Physics and English tests are all next week. All fingers crossed for my Chemistry class test.

Joyi is leaving next week. Sigh. Even the thought of it makes me feel so miserable. Played "Wolves" at Zhi's house before supper on Friday. That game is the bomb! Training us to psycho and read the people around us. A very good game for future businessman:) Went to SS2 Murni with the Paks after that. Shermun talked about it on the way there and that was enough to bring tears to my eyes. Kns!

Went to Sungai Wang Plaza with Joyi yesterday. Proud to say i brought us both there and home safely :D It was quite productive. The clothes there are amazingly cheap! But the downside is, we're unable to try them before buying. So everything we bought, it's a risk. Wanted to get a baseball jersey as well. But because i couldn't make up my mind, i was a second too late. The jersey even have my number on it :( SAD! Anyone knows where i could get baseball jerseys??

2011-04-16T15:07:00.003+08:00

The feeling of wanting to talk to someone,

but you feel like you'll annoy them.

Survived my third week of college. Unbelievable. Can't believe that i've been attending college for almost a month now. How fast time flies. Syllabus are starting to get intense and the dates for my quizzes and test are nearing. Biology, Mathematical Studies and Physics are getting interesting though they're getting tougher by the day. English as Second Language is just placing more and more question marks in my head. However, my lack of interest for Chemistry is also constantly growing. This is bad...

Having my first Mathematics class quiz next Friday which covers Chapter 1 and is 3% out of my 70% for internal assessment. Damn. For some reason i have trouble answering all the questions which they require us to explain about why we use a certain graph instead of the other and why is the figure inaccurate etc. WHY NEED TO EXPLAIN LA! It's mathematics! Can't i just calculate instead of using words to explain. Ish.

Biology and Chemistry class test will be the following week. Time to stay back till the library closes. Been staying in the library till 6 something, after classes everyday. 3 hours is not sufficient especially if i have maths homework to complete. Yesterday i actually sat in the library for 3 hours but only managed to do 6 questions. SIX! What the heck. How am i supposed to sit for test at this rate? Help?

Went to MOS to celebrate with Rev last night. We were quite early so the place was too empty for our liking. Felt so weird! Anyway, after awhile, about midnight, the place started to fill with humans. Well, more specifically, the dance floor, started to fill. A quite decent-looking ang mo Dj was spinning that night :) Besides the Dj, there's also a group of ang mos there too! Not bad eh? Practically danced the night away in our killer heels. By the time we wanted to leave, our legs were killing us.

OH! Sunway Hotel management damn... Ugh! The guard actually asked us to WALK DOWN to the basement to take the lift instead of letting us take the lift from the lobby. Wth?! A little too much, no? It wasn't as if i park for free lor. And plus, we are GIRLS! What nonsense. Angry like anything. Ish.

*breathe breathe* Anyhow, besides the incident with the guard, overall, we had a great time. So worth the money. Occupied my mine with something for hours :) Sent the twins home and Joyi slept over at my place. Quite a few pictures were taken, but! It wasn't with any of our cameras :(

2011-04-08T23:59:00.001+08:00

The Paks and more :)

In a blink of an eye, i've already attended 2 weeks of lecture. Time flies, doesn't it? Hours seem like minutes and days seem like hours. I'm so sorry for neglecting this page! *bows*

It's the second week of college and my life has never been busier. My weekdays schedule has never been more hectic. Classes from 8am to 3pm everyday, staying back after class in the library to finish up my work and revise what my lecturer taught on that day. But somehow, i just can't catch up. It sucks to be the turtle. Hopefully i'll be the turtle who wins the race in the end. All fingers crossed. Anyhow, besides college and homework, i spend my weekends with the Paks and sports. Well, i guess this further explains why this page was not updated for the past 2 weeks.

Anyway, 2 weeks ago, before i officially start college, i spent my last weekends as a non-student in a very productive way. Packed my day with loads and loads of activities and one of them was trying out the roller skating rink in Subang Avenue with the Paks as to celebrate twins' early birthday. Though there were bruises from falling down due to me letting my adventurous side take over, everything that day was enjoyable. Everything from the learning to skate to eating KFC in Zhiying's house after skating. The feeling of having nothing to worry about. Just awesome.

Fresh faces.
Before sweating like pigs in the rink.

After.
Stupid girl! I'm going to miss you so much when you leave.

Orientation day was okay, until the part where i was separated from everyone, namely Alvin, Chen Shen and Joon Xian. Horror! But, it was then i met all my current classmates - sort of. My classmates then were all pretty shy, as any normal person would be. And now, after 2 weeks, i'm glad we're slowly getting closer. But i do still feel the awkwardness at times =\

Played volleyball with ACS ( Anglo Chinese School) on one of the previous Saturdays in Sunway University. They were not bad and not bad looking either. Hee ^^, The sun that day was pretty merciful as it hid behind the clouds that morning. Wonderful. Hope tomorrow would be like that as well. I don't want to get the MSSD tone above all my scars and bruises i'm having. Oh right, any remedy to cure scars? I'm desperate :(

Went for dinner with the Paks just now. PJ's duck rice! Feels great to gather with them weekly. What more, EATING with them. Everything is better when there's food, isn't it? :) Met up in SS19's Shell petrol station before leaving. Unfortunately, it just had to rain while we were on our way. It was seriously pouring! And at one point, i almost hit the car in front because of the water that came from both sides, splashing on my windscreen causing me to lose sight of what's in front of me for one second - grr... I just had the luck to be in between two cars at that time. Oh! My sudden braking almost cause Ben to hit the butt of my car, Bry almost hitting Ben's and JC almost hitting Bry's. Some scary but at the same time, amazing chain reaction. Thank God everyone was safe.

2011-03-25T20:32:00.009+08:00

You are a shooting Star,
That's why you are my favorite.

Lmfao - Shooting Star

It's been awhile since i played dota till 2 in the morning. Time seriously fly when you're in a game. It's a nice way to pass time. Sometimes, it works your heart a little. Well, if you're like me, it'll work your heart EVERYTIME.

Snacked on chocolate wafer sticks while playing. I kept eating and eating and the next thing you know, i'm staring at the empty container. Sinful, but satisfying :) Though i had a little problem concentrating on which skill to add and cast - my bad - but, it's all good. I have awesome teammates :)

Ahh... I'm going to miss it when college starts :(

sticks of temptations

This Saturday and Sunday will be my last weekends till college starts. After Sunday, i can't fool around anymore. I can't afford to fool around. Hmm... Shall see how long can i keep up with this thought. Hopefully, long enough.

Hello college, goodbye freedom.

Oh. Stumbled upon these videos while i was bumming at home.

I like this version so much more than the original. Love her voice!

Olivia "Chachi" Gonzales. Her dance moves are just... She's 15, by the way! So talented. So envious. Watch the guys as well! Seriously, a bunch of talent.

2011-03-23T21:12:00.002+08:00

Oh, I don't wanna grow up.
Wish i'd never grow up.

(Taylor Swift - Never grow up)

The Paks gathered at my house before breakfast this morning. They were all quite punctual today. Guess everyone are excited about their results eh?

Headed to Seng Heong for breakfast. It's been so long since i've eaten there. Some of them ate eggs, some of them ate noodles, but most of us only drank. Had no appetite. Around 10-ish, realization finally hit me. I started to freak out. My heartbeat got faster. My hands got colder. My whole body felt cold.

By the time we stepped into school, we heard screams. What the heck. I was so scared till tears welled up. Though i have my friends all around me, i still felt as nervous as ever. I was never this nervous for my results. Ever. Not even when i was waiting for my PMR results.

Many students gathered in the classrooms beside the bookshop. 2011 SPM takers, juniors, teachers, parents and siblings. No idea why would they hand out the results there. So crammed! Kns. Had to queue for quite some time. And this time, there i was, standing alone, playing with my pendant and praying while waiting for my turn. Quite disappointed with my results, but i'm still thankful. After getting my results, headed over to Joyi's class and waited with Ding and twins. Tears didn't fall from our eyes until she broke down. We all couldn't help it. Said my goodbyes and walked home. Lesson learned about 2 years back : don't pick up parents' call in school.

I wonder how the others did. Hope they're content with their results.

After finally calming myself down, i received a call from my mum asking me to enroll myself in Taylor's. What the heck. At first i was against that idea, knowing that i need to take my student ID picture upon enrollment. However, in the end, i just gave in. Can never win my mum. Sigh. What a time to go take my student ID picture.

After signing up for the Science package, i'm here worrying about everything. I hate this. Can't find a word describe how much i hate going into a new class without any familiar faces. Sigh.

Anyhow, thanks for all the words of comfort. Really appreciate it. And congrats to all the top achievers and also to all that managed to get the results they expected :)

2011-03-22T23:25:00.004+08:00

The beauty of stars.

Tomorrow is The Day. The day where i either drown myself in tears of joy or sadness.

Woke up early for breakfast today, but most of them couldn't. So plan failed :( Miserable die. Went home and played with Zest for awhile. She seemed so down these past few days. I wonder what's wrong. Her tail - used to be always up - has been down for days, her eyes watery and it sounds as if she is having a hard time breathing. Help :(

Anyway, the weather today is close to perfect. Just a little too cold. After breakfast plan failed, i went home to curl in my comforter and slept. Ahh... Don't know when will i be able to do this again. College is starting next Monday. Sigh. I'm so not ready. I don't want to start college :(

Went to twins' house for movie at night. Watched a little of Jack Ass and then The Exorcism of Emily Rose. I have no idea why people would want to watch these kind of movie. Crazy. Most of us had a pillow covering almost 70% of our vision. lol! Went for supper after the movie at Suku. It's been awhile since we did that :)

Anyhow, all the best to all the 2010 SPM candidates :)

2011-03-21T23:32:00.000+08:00

I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to do that.

Went for pork noodles again this morning, but this time instead of Alvin and Yew Vinn, i went with Joyi. 9 years and counting. I'm going to miss her so much when she leaves la :'(

Tomorrow will be the day before we take our SPM result. Many of my friends are freaking out! Oh, i'm freaking out as well, alright. But i don't know which i'm freaking out more. College or SPM results. Damn.

Shall fill my schedule for tomorrow to prevent me from over thinking about anything. Starting with dim sum in the morning with the Paks. Yums. Can't wait :)

2011-03-20T23:53:00.002+08:00

Lost and confused.

Went for a movie with the non-college Paks last Wednesday - Beastly. The story line is similar to Beauty and the Beast. Very fairytale. Very lovable.

It's what's underneath.

***

I want to live a life of a swallow.
Soaring high and free, without a care in the world.

Went up to Look Out Point with Sue, Sem, Alvin, Yew Vinn, Julian and Chen Shen on Thursday. Drove up in 2 cars. It's my first time up, so i was quite excited about it. Never really time how long it took us to reach. All i know is the journey was pretty enjoyable :) Shall learn how to drive up one day.

The view up there is amazing. It's a waste i don't own a DSLR. Love how the far away lights look like from up there. Breathtaking. Too bad there weren't much stars that night as it was raining a few hours before :(

Ate dinner and went back to Sue Li's house for a movie marathon. Didn't plan to overnight at her place but ended up falling asleep on the sofa. All of us ended up staying over except for Sem. Apparently they watched 5 movies that night. Crazy crazy friends i have and adore.

A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.

Amazing isn't it?

The 2 love birds that filled my camera that night.

Boys.

Group picture! :)

***

Love is indeed a mystery.

After everyone got up, Sue went to the hair saloon near her house to do treatment on her hair. And because she can't leave us at her house, we tagged along to the saloon. All 5 of us.

Boys will always be boys :)

Sue left Malaysia that night to Melbourne to visit her brother. Sem fetched her to the airport and Alvin left to attend a birthday party. So, Yew Vinn, Chen Shen, Julian and i decided to watch a movie. Adjustment Bureau. Though there are a few too many talking scenes for my liking, but still, cool show! Allow your imaginary to run wild ;)

The strength of true love.

***

Anyone knows where to get headphones like these? :)

Went to Seri Petaling's Soon Fat for dinner with the Paks on Saturday. Not bad eh? Shall bring my family there next time and hope i won't get lost along the way. The food is amazing and the rate of the dishes being served, 2 thumbs up. It's so fast, i think even my brother won't complain.

So hungry :(

***

It's a love-hate thing.

Went to Taylor's open day with my parents to inquire about SAM. Sigh... Accounts? Science? Engineering? Rawr! After my mum talked to me about college the night before, i had a nightmare. It's so... I've never had a nightmare i could remember so clearly after waking up. Why am i so worried about new environments? I thought i already passed that stage. Sigh.

Went for pork noodles with Alvin and Yew Vinn after that. Waited for more than an hour. What a business they have. I think they're close to being millionaires. Went for volleyball at MPSJ in the evening. Played with the uncles and aunties. Too bad Shea Wen injured her wrist and couldn't join us. Had dinner at KTZ after volley. Yumms!

2011-03-15T21:30:00.002+08:00

I'll stand by you.
I will.

To think you once know that person well, just to find out you don't really know anything at all. And also to watch the person you care about, losing themselves over something or someone, but can do absolutely nothing to help, you tend to lose yourself a little too. The more you think about it, the more it eats you up on the inside and the more you feel like you're sinking. I'm guessing that's how drowning in your own thoughts feels like. And yet, you'll still tend to think about it. I guess there are things you can't control.

Why are we such melancholic living things? We tend to like something we shouldn't and always want things we can't get. We always get ourselves into difficult situations faced with difficult decisions. I wonder why do we make our own lives so complicated.

Went out with the Paks as usual on Friday. It's nice to have something to look forward to every week. In the beginning, i was having second thoughts whether if i should go or not. Thanks to Joyi, i went and i'm glad i did. Went to Old Town in Taipan. Sat and talked till it was time for them to chased us out. Changed venue to McD after that.

Went for volleyball with Sue Li on Saturday. And again, got a little burned playing under the afternoon sun. Sunway University was having their open day, so we went to check it out after our volleyball game. Saw Jack Sen there promoting AUSMAT. He's like tempting me to change my mind lor. AUSMAT? SAM? Sunway? Subang? Ugh!

Got home. Mum and dad really made my day, although it's by just telling me the news of it. It's like they're trying to lift my mood. Out of the blue, they brought up the discussion about the iPhone 4 i was eyeing on and they even visited the Maxis center when i was out! :') When they told me about it, i didn't know how to react. However, in the end of the day, i didn't get it cause the Maxis center in Pyramid didn't have stock.

Finally ♥

Sunday, 13th of March. Officially a proud owner of an Apple product :) After my parents signed the plan and got me the phone, i felt as if i owe them so much. I don't even know how to thank them. I feel so fortunate. Anyway, after getting my phone, we went for breakfast and then followed my aunt and cousin to the camera fair at PWTC. Freaking a lot of people! Crazy. Anyhow, went home with a Canon ixus 105 for only Rm 499 :) So cheap right?! But, even though it's quite cheap, after getting it, i feel like i owe my parents so much more T_T

Rushed to Juls house after the camera fair for his welcome home gathering. Tied and stuck balloons everywhere. When he reached home, we all ran up to his room wanting to hide and surprise him. But, he saw me a little too early :( Oh well, sorry! And also sorry couldn't make it for Cs's. Anyhow, welcome home botaks :)

Enchanted.

Played badminton on Monday and today. 2 days in a row! Thanks to all the drop balls Fang Xian and Alvin did, my leg muscles are killing me now. Oh well, on the bright side, at least i'm sweating and losing some extra pounds :)

And oh, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan recently reminded all of the Paks of Aki! :( Hope they're all doing fine. Pray for Japan. Pray for the world.

2011-03-09T23:40:00.012+08:00

Minor melancholy.

What happens when you only had 4 hours of sleep before waking up for volleyball the day before? Saying "No, i don't want lunch." to mum and dad the morning after D: But! Luckily my parents were nice enough to tapao chicken rice for me :) Zhi ma kai fan - sesame seed chicken rice. Freaking awesome i tell you!

On Sunday, Joyi and i planned to go get our fringe cut but i ended up getting all my hair chopped off and she turned her brown hair, red. You look so pretty la woman! Don't ever doubt that for one second. You can always whine to me whenever. This i promise. It's not everyday i make a promise. So, cheer up aite!

Loving the jacket. Any idea where to get it? :)

Visited Alvin at Empire on Monday with Joyi. Alvin said i look like some small girl. Really? :( Wanted to go Rakuzen for lunch but it was a little too late. So we went to The Vanilla Place instead. Talked about how's life as a Rakuzen waiter. Sounds damn fun! Should have worked together. Oh well, too late to regret now anyway. Walked around until he got to go back for his 6 o'clock shift.

"And then the little mermaid turned into bubbles and disappeared."
- Secret Garden

Last night, 3 of us went got supper at KTZ in SS2. We ordered like there's no tomorrow. Ate, ate and ate without a care in the world. For some reason i find comfort in eating and tidying. Weird huh?

I wish.

Finally finished with the Korean drama i've been watching lately - Secret Garden. Korean dramas never fail to make my smile like an idiot at my monitor, make my heart melt or make me cry like there's no tomorrow. Seriously, can anyone be that charming? I wonder if there's anyone like that in reality. I wonder if it's possible to live happily ever in reality. Ahh... What the heck. I think i should really stop watching any Korean dramas.

The much talked about Sit-up scene.

http://shuangxingfu.blogspot.com/

2011-03-05T15:03:00.009+08:00

I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a cashier hand this little boy some money back. The boy couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old. The cashier said, "I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll." Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: "Granny, are you sure I don't have enough money?" The old lady replied: "You know that you don't have enough money to buy this doll, my dear." Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly. The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.

Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to. "It's the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas. She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her." I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry. But he replied to me sadly. "No, Santa Claus can't bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there."

His eyes were so sad while saying this. "My sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister." My heart nearly stopped. The little boy looked up at me and said: "I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall." Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing. He then told me: "I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won't forget me. I love my mommy and I wish she doesn't have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister." Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.

I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy: "Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll?" "OK," he said, "I hope I do have enough." I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money. The little boy said: "Thank you God for giving me enough money!"Then he looked at me and added,"I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me!" "I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn't dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose." "My mommy loves white roses."

A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket. I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when I started. I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind. Then I remembered a local newspaper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl. The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the come. Was this the family of the little boy?

Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the newspaper that the young woman had passed away. I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body oh the young woman was exposed for the people to see and make last wishes before her burial. She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.

I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed forever. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is still, to this day, hard to imagine. And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.

- http://prettynshit.tumblr.com

***

You said you'll always be here when i need you.

Where are you?

Did the story above touched your heart? I got chills just by typing the story out! Ah, and i teared the first time i read it - yea yea, my heart is soft like that.

Came across this about a month ago, but didn't have the chance to blog about it. I guess this is why i enjoy surfing Tumblr. Besides pretty pictures and inspiring quotes, there are stories like this to bring you back to earth :) We really should not take anything or anyone for granted cause who knows what's going to happen next. So, start appreciating your love ones more.

Had fun playing volley with Sue and her friends at Sunway University this morning and got burned in the process. Oh well, at least now i have my MSSD's healthy glow back. Went for pork noodles after. It's been awhile since i ate there. Waited for 50 minutes and finally, mouth watering noodles and soup tickled our taste buds and satisfied our stomachs :) Pork noodles after sweating so much. Satisfaction!

Joon is currently scratching his head, whether to change his SAM's subject combination and i'm here absorbing how hard college life is. Hearing about how tough SAM can be is forcing me to have second thoughts about taking it to further my studies. All these second thoughts is so not helping me decide where i should go. And there isn't much time before March intake starts. The pressure of picking the correct course and the correct subjects. Ugh!

Plus, it's another week nearer to the announcement of 2010 SPM candidates' result - no actual date. Seriously, why can't they just announce the date and get it over with? Kns. There's so much going on in my mind. The more i think about results day, the more it reminds me of my past. *ml.

They say God has a plan for everyone, i wonder what's mine.

2011-03-04T03:38:00.011+08:00

I need some serenity in my life.

There is a summon issued to me on the first day of the month. Geez. What a great introduction to the month of March.

The police hasn't been coming to SS19 - around Lick Hung area - for the past few years. I've been driving my dad's car to work the past few days, haven't been paying any parking fees and yet, no summon. However, last Tuesday, the day i decided to drive the new car, THAT was the day the police decided to come. KNS or not! Just because of the piece of paper stuck between my wiper and windscreen, 80 bucks gone. Sad die.

Went for badminton with Joyi and the boys yesterday. As usual, all the courts were fully booked except for SuperCourt. Booked the time slot from 9 till 11. Went to SS2 Ming Tien for supper after that. Thought of going to Kei Tak Sek for desserts but it was closed. And i was so looking forward to it :( Sent Joyi home after.

However, before i could reach her place, my car started to make some funny sounds and began to shake like mad. It was so loud and the vibration was so bad that i started to freak out. I didn't know what to do. In my head, it was all wt*?! !@$#%. Called my brother straight away and when he didn't pick up, i called the next person that came into my mind, which was you. Screw my messed up head.

After what seemed like a lifetime, we finally reached her place. Upon stepping out of the car, a strong scent of rubber filled my nostrils and even in the dark, i noticed an extremely flat tire. The first thought that came into my head was, "Just a flat tire. No biggie. Just change it and i'll be home in no time". Right. Who knew it could lead to such an adventure.

When i couldn't get the spare tire out of my trunk, we went to Petronas to try pumping air instead and failed. Thankfully there was a worker in there which was nice enough to help, even if it meant getting himself into trouble with his boss. Didn't get his name though, but i'm really thankful for him. If it weren't for him, i would have tried to change it myself - if i could - and my car's skirting would be a goner.

Got a shock of my life when i saw the condition of my tire. Joyi and i could have gotten in an accident and died. It was that bad. Thank God we're both still alive. Called my brother again and asked for help. He was the only reasonable person i could think of to call at that time - if i were to call my parents, i would have given them a heart attack. I guess this is what my parents kept trying to drill into the thick skull of mine. About me having only one brother, only one blood related brother.

Called and explained to my brother. Tears welled up in my eyes and blurred my already blur vision. Tried my best to hold back my tears. Should have been more careful not to let any fall. But i wasn't and once the first tear fell, i regretted it straight away. Because it was then, my tears began to fall uncontrollably. Ugh. I feel like such a mess.

Thank goodness Joyi and her mum was there. I'd be like a sheep without a shepherd if i was alone. Lost and baa-ing around. Brother arrived shortly and i was so relieved. Glad i got home safe and sound. I'm so sorry for troubling everyone that night, especially Joyi's mum. And also, i'm so sorry for raising my voice on the phone - doubt you'll see this - but still, i really didn't mean to raise my voice. And also my dad! Woke him up at 2 in the morning and threw the bomb at him. Oh God, i feel like such a bad daughter now.

Voilà. My tire.

Ahh... I hope this is my lowest low. Summon and this, all in the same week. It's so important for March to be a good month with SPM results being announced and me finally stepping into college life. Well, i really hope March will be nice to me.
Please be nice.

2011-02-27T14:01:00.007+08:00

I don't know what else can i say besides "I'm sorry"

Didn't really do much this week, which explains the lack of updates. All i do nowadays is send my dad to work and then go to work myself, eat and sleep. Multiply them by 5. Thank God there's sports and outing with the Paks every week.

Played volleyball with Sue and her temple friends on Tuesday night at Sunway University.

Had badminton with Joyi, Edmund, Alvin, Yew Vinn and Hsien Zern on Thursday. Normally we would play on Friday night, but because Alvin's day off was on Thursday, we rushed to book the court. The plan almost got canceled because there wasn't any court available. But everything worked out in the end :)

Met up with the Paks at Silva in SS15 on Friday night. Half way through, the boys had the urge to play pool so we walked to AC. While the boys and the couples played pool, us single girls played air hockey! I don't remember it being this fun. Well, i can't even remember when was the last time i played it. It's quite challenging, especially playing with Joyi. Worked my arm muscle like anything.

Had volleyball with Sue and her temple friends again yesterday morning. However, this time we played at Taylor's Lakeside's court. Roofed! It was awesome. Went home to shower and then headed to Sue's house for her birthday celebration :) Her grandma cooked. Nice food, good company and awesome entertainment.

Watched Burlesque on her new HD television. FREAKING CLEAR! And that movie... It was way better than what i expected. Didn't think i'd enjoy it, as i didn't really enjoy Moulin Rouge and i thought it was be similar, but i did. And without a doubt, all the guys did too >=)

"D' Girl who turned 18 2day"
Apple pie!

Birthday girl with her family

And with Sem. aww ♥

So quickly the weekends had come to an end. It's back to work tomorrow morning. But on the bright side, i have some extra cash to spend when i go shopping! :) Should enjoy working as much as i can before i start college and study my butt off.

2011-02-20T23:52:00.002+08:00

燕

Had badminton on Friday with Alvin, Yew Vinn and Hsien Zern. Fang Xian was supposed to join us as well but he couldn't skip his family dinner :( Tried calling Sue, but she didn't feel like going due to her upcoming exams. Called up Sem and John - at the very last minute - and they couldn't as well. Played from 8 to 10. Sweat like mad cow! Sweating like that and it's not from standing under the blazing sun feels great.

How are you doing lately?
Did you ever miss me?

Made plans with Sue to play volleyball on Saturday with her temple friends. And thanks to my genius breakfast plan before volleyball, i only had 3 hours of sleep. Had breakfast with Sue Li, Sem, Alvin and Yew Vinn before heading to Sunway University.

Sunway University's volleyball court is damn awesome. It's not a covered court like Sri Kuala Lumpur's, but it's shaded fully by the surrounding trees. (Y)! If only we had court like this in high school. Then us volleyballers wouldn't have horrible tanned lines. Heaven!

Anyway, it's been awhile since i touched volley. Nowadays, all i do is bum around at home if i'm not working or teaching. Used to play it every single week. But ever since high school ended, there's no more Pendidikan Jasmani, which also meant, no more volleyball. Plus, it's also a challenge trying to find players :( Sad die!

All over again.

Went to study with Joshua this morning. Managed to sort of cover chapter 2 and a little of chapter 1. Hopefully he remembers everything he did for the past few lessons and also remembers how to apply them all. All fingers and toes crossed =S

Ahh... It's Sunday again. The dreaded Monday is here. Don't like how the weekends fly by and the weekdays just drag on and on. Minutes would feel like hours in the office. Can't believe i'm saying this but, i think i enjoy studying more than working :(

2011-02-17T23:59:00.005+08:00

Clearly, you don't give a damn anymore.

So why am i still feeling this way?

Went to work in the morning. Met up with Sue Li at Ss15's McD in the afternoon and waited for the slowpokes, Ming and Yew Vinn to finish their things in college. McD's fries are love! It feels like ages since i've eaten them.

Was supposed to go to Strawberry Cottage - or something along that line - for lunch. But, Ming couldn't remember where is it. Not to mention she was the ONE that suggested that place. Throw her wei! Went to AC in the end. Went home a little after that and then to my grandma's house for dinner. It's Chap Goh Mei! Anyone went to throw some phone-number-attached-oranges into the river? :)

It's the last day of Chinese New Year, so why not make full use of it, right? Mc's brilliant plan, gamble. Chinese New Year seems to be a little short compared to previous years :( Anyway, Mc, Fx and Yv came over a little after 11 to gamble. The boys went to grab a burger after. Seriously, SS15 is filled with cockroaches! I don't understand how people still have the appetite to eat when there's a cockroach right beside their head. Really thumbs up to Mc and Yv la.

Anyway, talked to my cousin a week back about a second hand iPhone4. Apparently his friend is planning to sell it off for quite a reasonable price of 550 aud. I think my mum was considering about getting it, damn, i was excited. But a day ago, my mum just HAD to tell me that Apple is going to release a white iPhone4. WHITE! Just that the release date of it is not confirmed. Might be next month, end of the year or next year! :( Should i wait for the WHITE? Or go with the black? Ahhh... Dilemma!

Oh, by the way. Happy birthday Julian Tan! Hope you're having fun there at National Service :)

2011-02-14T23:37:00.004+08:00

Wild flowers can be as precious as diamonds and pearls

if it's a gift from the heart of the person you love.

Spent my Valentine's afternoon teaching Joshua Additional Mathematics with Yew Vinn. I'm still a newbie in this tutoring business. Everyone i knew gave me the surprised "HUH?!" when i told them i'm actually tutoring. Because knowing me, this wasn't my strongest subject. Bo bian. I was just too lazy to enroll myself to any tuition at that time, thinking that paying attention in school is sufficient. Well, I was dead wrong then.

Anyway, this is Joshua's second lesson and his exam is next week. Shoot me. At first i was really hyped up about this tutoring thing. Teaching Form 4 Additional Mathematics. How hard can it be? But now, i realised that it's not as easy as it seems. All the worrying and stressing about if he can understand what i'm trying to explain. I actually feel bad for not listening to my teachers when i was in high school =\

Anyhow, look past all the worrying and stressing, i really enjoy teaching him. The sense of excitement of what he's going to write next. The smile that crept from my heart to my lips upon looking at him, writing the correct answer. The feeling of satisfaction when he actually understand what i'm teaching. I guess that's why some people enjoy being a teacher.

Went out for a yam cha session with all the single Paks at night. Was supposed to go to Murni but it was closed T_T Changed venue to Silva at Ss15 instead. Had much fun hanging out with them. But! Being the only one not in college was quite stressful. Especially after listening to all their stories, it made me feel a little intimidated about starting college in March. So much for feeling excited for college. Pfft.

This year i've spent my Valentine's day a little differently from the years when i was still in high school. Instead of studying, i taught. Instead of receiving gifts from my loved one and friends, i went yam cha. Hmm... I still sort of miss celebrating Friendship/Valentine's Day in school though. With all the love around, you'll never know what to expect. Because the most memorable and the most valuable gift isn't always wrapped with pretty wrappers and ribbons. Oh well, from thinking that i'd have nothing to do on Valentine's to having so much to do, i have nothing to complain :)

This was how i spend my Valentine's day, with people that made my life colourful. How about you? :)

Happy Valentine's Day :)

2011-02-09T22:36:00.005+08:00

Happy birthday everyone! :)

It's the 7th day of Chinese New Year, which is also known as ren ri in mandarin, the common men's birthday.

Most of my friends are starting college today and Joyi left for Singapore this morning. So basically, i'm the only one around that have nothing to do. Sucks.

January seemed to have fly by. In a heartbeat, it's already the second week of February and soon March. Results will be out. Thinking about it makes me so nervous, especially after reading Laa's old wall post on Facebook. Damn.

Oh well, i should use time wisely and start exercising rather than turning myself into a couch potato.

2011-02-07T19:55:00.006+08:00

No one ever said it would be this hard
(http://untilmyheartstopsbeating.tumblr.com/)

Started off my fifth day of Chinese New Year by dragging myself off the bed to go to StudyLink to inquire about my future studies. What a way to start the day. Although i got a lot of information, there's nothing i can do but wait for my parents to decide.

Feel so exhausted. There isn't much to argue with my parents nowadays. Or maybe i've grown out of arguing with them about what i want. I see no point trying so hard to argue, to speak up about what i want. Cause in the end, it's their decision that counts since it's them that's paying for my tuition fees. All i can do is study and hopefully get the grades they expect me to get. After all, their decisions are for the best.

2011-02-06T23:22:00.008+08:00

Happy Chinese Year! :)

May the year of the rabbit brings everyone good fortune and good health.

Day 1 wasn't really special. Just that this year my dad decided to be a bit more flexible :) My brother and i were allowed to sleep in for a bit and we skipped going to the temple with my uncle. Wonder why. Went to both my grandparents' house to visit them. Ate from one house to the next.

Day 2 was about the same. First stop was at my grandma's house for breakfast and then all around visiting my distance relatives from Puchong, all the way to Rawang. Played with firecrackers before going to Rawang. What's Chinese New Year without firecrackers :) This year, i was allowed to drive to Rawang! :D Still have trouble stopping at tolls to pay though. Shall get a Smartag next time if i were to drive pass a toll. Went to my grandma's house for dinner.

Headed to Juls' place after my dinner for the gathering and ate, again. Too bad Sue Li, Sem, Chen Shen and Yew Vinn weren't around, only Alvin and i went. Instead of gambling, we played some drinking game. Juls' brother and other friends joined in too(Y) 2 bottles of wine, 6 of us and a lot of laughter. Some were still quite sober and some were half way there. LOL! Went home after that cause Alvin couldn't stay over. Thanks for the ride home Alvin!

Day 3 started off by visiting Alvin at his house. By the time i got there, his house was filled with his relatives. Had trouble trying to get to his kitchen from his main door. It was that packed. Stayed awhile and then Joyi and i headed to the twins' house to meet up with the Pakatans. But before we could, there was some trouble. Alvin and Jeremy was nice enough to help try change Joyi's flat tyre. Unfortunately, the bolt refused to budge, so she followed my car to twins' house instead. This year, many of the Paks were still in their hometown :( Had bak kut teh for dinner with them. Yums! Went to Joon's place after dinner. It was awesomeee! What a night. Definitely a night the Paks would remember :)

Sue and i planned to go out with both of the botaks before they go back to their respective camps. Was supposed to go for dinner but there were a few problems here so we changed dinner to supper which was then changed to going to my house instead. By that time it was almost midnight. Fang Xian, Juls and Cs came over to gamble. Didn't play much though. Just to pass time. Wanted to go for supper when Sue finally reached home, but she wasn't allowed to go out, so the boys brought supper to her. LOL! Slept over at her place after that.

Day 4 was the day the botaks had to leave :( Had lunch with them before they go back to Perak for another 1 month. After eating, we send Juls' off at the Shah Alam stadium. Thanks Cs for the ride. He had to go one whole big round to send us home. Paiseh. Saying goodbye never gets easy. Anyways, take care! :)

Went to Jia Chien's house before all of them came over to my place. Gambled awhile before they had to leave for dinner. Joon has freaking good luck lor this year! Every time he plays, he'll win. Salutes. Went to my eldest aunt's place for dinner with all my aunties and uncles. Talked about my studies. Every time they were to talk about my studies, i'll feel damn miserable. Sigh. Hate it.

Hmm... Shall start saving and invest in a camera. Dislike blogging without any pictures.

2011-02-02T02:23:00.007+08:00

Planned to sleep a little longer. But my plan failed when my mum called at 10 in the morning just to tell me the sun is up and asked me to push the clothes out to dry. Kns! Then, she called again 2 hours later. Omg. Was like some angry person when she called the second time. Sorry! I'm really hot tempered when i don't have sufficient sleep :)

Because it was raining for the past few days, my mum had trouble drying all the clothes. So helped her with the chores today. Take in the dry clothes, put the bedsheets out to dry and wait for it to dry while watching the weather in case rain decided to pour. Guess now i understand how the National Service candidates feel like everyday.

Went to Pyramid with Juls and Fang Xian to accompany Juls shop for Chinese New Year. Damn last minute. His shopping spree was damn of productive. He managed to get almost everything. Went home when Fang Xian got to go back for dinner. Thanks for the ride home!

Had a little gathering at Laa's place. Was supposed to meet up in her place around 10 but somehow, everyone was late. Only a few of us managed to make it though. Others were busy while Joyi was sick :( Get well soon la woman! Surprised Ding with Baskin Robbins ice-cream when the clock striked 12! :) We sat and talked about everything. Had fun catching up with them.

group picture!

The only girls.

Happy Birthday Ding!

2011-01-31T22:31:00.005+08:00

It's been drizzling since yesterday, so the weather for the past 2 days was wonderful. The drizzle stopped in the late morning today, but it was cloudy(Y) Hope it would be cloudy throughout the first few days of Chinese New Year. Every year the sun would be blazing. Sweating every time we step out of the house. Horrible!

In the afternoon, it started drizzling a little again. Napped till around 3 and got ready to meet up with the Pakatans. Joe is back from National Service for Chinese New Year! Planned to go Snowflakes but the place was closed so we went to Snowgurt instead.

Came back and went out again with Sue, Sem and Juls. Lol. Another botak. Had Kim Gary for dinner. Headed home pretty early cause Sue had to pack as she's leaving for her hometown early morning tomorrow. My hometown is in the Klang Valley. Wonder how it feels like, having a hometown to go back to.

2011-01-30T23:59:00.002+08:00

So tell me what your secret is.

To letting go, letting go like you did, like you did.

Like We Never Loved At All - Faith Hill

Went out to do some last minute shopping with mum. She thought she had some Parkson vouchers, so we decided to go to Parade. But! When we were about to pay, we realised the voucher was Jusco's voucher! And that was AFTER we pass it to the cashier. Omg. Shy die.

The 2 botaks are back for Chinese New Year! Their plan to surprise us failed. LOL! Well, Chen Shen succeeded half way. Yew Vinn was already on the flight to China by the time we knew. Went to AC for some drinks and then headed home as Sue has college tomorrow. She came even though she has classes tomorrow cause Cs is going back to his hometown soon and when he returns, all of them had to go back to their respective camps. Oh well, another few more weeks.

Ahh... Can't wait for Chinese New Year. Hopefully this year will be a great one :)

Oh. Happy birthday Ashley Marion! My personal makeup artist for prom. Can't thank her enough. Hope you have a great one :)

2011-01-29T21:00:00.012+08:00

My weakness is that i get too attached.

After rotting for the past few days, yesterday was the one of the most productive day of my week. I like the feeling of a packed schedule. Having something to do every hour of the day. Maybe i got that from my mum. She can't sit still for a minute! Always moving around. Always cleaning up after us.

Started off my day pretty early in the morning. For some reason i have some trouble sleeping, again :( Sigh. So much for wanting to do something about my eye bags. Anyway, went out for lunch and then headed to tutor Joshua. Started around 3 something and finished about 5 plus. Had a little trouble here and there. Managed to teach the basics. Thanks Yew Vinn for accompanying and helping out. I wonder what would i've done if i was alone. I think i'll most probably not know where to start and stone. LOL!

Got home to get ready for dinner. Celebrated Ding's and Jc's birthday together at B&N's at Subang Avenue. The food was not bad and the price was quite reasonable! Plus, because there were so many of us, our tables were the only ones that are inside the restaurant. So basically we were the only customers inside the restaurant other than the chefs, waiter and waitresses. Awesome!

The birthday boy.

Laa and the birthday girl.

Ate and talked. Didn't even notice that it was late until when we decided to call for the bill. Jack had to go back early. After that, all 13 of us headed back to Ding's place. Szu Ern and Ben joined us a little later and went home sort of early cause of work :( The initial plan was to have the girls overnight at Ding's and the guys at Jc's.

However, in the end everyone just stayed over at Ding's. Everyone was everywhere. Upstairs, downstairs, in Ding's room. Slept at 5.30 in the morning and woke up 2 hours later. First it was only a few of us downstairs and then slowly, everyone woke up and came down. The feeling of waking up at the sight of everyone is just unexplainable. Despite of the aching back, last night was one of the most memorable night with the Pakatans. Laughed like mad. Play like mad. Sweat like mad. A bunch of crazy people. What's not to love :)

All picture credits to Ding and Joon.

2011-01-27T21:56:00.005+08:00

Let me hold on a little longer.

I'm not ready.

Received a message from Sue Li asking if i have any plans for the afternoon. Apparently today Taylor's is having some sort of carnival which is quite similar to the AGM we have in high school every year. Setting up booths and promoting different types of clubs and sports. Encouraging every student to join. Since i have nothing else better to do, i decided to join them.

Met up with Sue and Ming in Ss15. And also some new friends, Nicole and Libby. If you know me, i'm not really the type which people would call 'friendly' when i'm with new faces. But it felt so comfortable and easy hanging out with them, even if it's for a few hours. They're nice, friendly and oh, pretty too. Hope it would be that easy when i start college. Anyway, nice meeting you all :)

Bumped into Sarah, Jc, Joon and Bryan too! Talked a little before we left to grab something to eat. The carnival was so-so. A little too packed for my liking though. But it was fun, well, something new :) The highlight of it was when Libby pulled me pass the guards and entering without a student ID. LOL! Felt like some illegal emigrant lor. Anyway, thanks to Sue for inviting me to the carnival day even though it meant sneaking into Taylor's. Aiya. I'll be a student at Taylor's in a few months time - maybe. So, no harm done, yes? *beams*

Went to Salmon Steak for lunch. Or is it tea. 6 bucks for meal and a drink. Quite cheap eh? :) When Sue had to go, Yew Vinn, Ming and i headed to the library. Again feeling like an illegal emigrant, i walked into library with them. It got worse when they had to scan their student ID to enter. Omg. Felt like burying myself then.

Will be tutoring Jul's brother, Joshua tomorrow! :) Sort of having mixed feelings about it. Really excited but at the same time a little worried. What if i can't answer the question he asked? Or what if he don't understand what i'm trying to tell him? :O The horror. It's been a few sleepless nights. I wonder if this tutoring thingy has something to do with it. Gah! I'm going crazy just thinking about all the 'what if's. Ah... Time to crawl under my blanket and let my mind drift with Cecelia Ahern's Thanks For The Memories. The storyline makes you chase chapter after chapter. Awesome book! (Y)

2011-01-26T19:01:00.000+08:00

It's not always about you.

Watched a video which was posted on Facebook last night and it was horrible to continue after the first few minutes. How on earth can someone be so cruel to something so adorable? Seriously, i'm wondering if they have feelings for anything or even a brain to start with. Animals with four legs are supposed to stand on ALL four. It's one thing teaching your pets to perform tricks and a whole damn story abusing them to do so. And how could the girlfriend allow and RECORDS what the boyfriend did?!

I play roughly with my dogs sometimes, but there is a huge difference in playing roughly and abusing. Whacking a puppy and watching it fly? Literally fly. The whining sound of the poor thing is enough to make your heart melt, how could he continue what he did after so many whines. Seriously la. What the heck? I've never felt like this before. Maybe it has something to do with the dog that the idiot abused, which so happens, look exactly like Momo. And Momo is such a cute little thing. No harm at all. Except when he pees and poos everywhere, but it's nothing a little training can't correct. Though it's a little annoying at times and you might have the feeling of chopping it to cook bak kut teh, the feeling goes as quickly as it comes.

Apparently SPCA is looking for this person. For everything you do, you'll have to face the consequences, no? I hope he'll face his soon enough.

2011-01-25T19:56:00.005+08:00

She knows better, but she can't help it.

Bruno Mars - All She Knows

Felt like crap on Monday. Though i don't think i was sick, i felt as if i was. All thanks to my blocked ear. It gave me the headache which eventually spread to all over my body. I didn't even think it was possible. Feeling as if all my energy has been drained out of me and sore all over. And the worst part is, i don't even know why my ear is blocked! All my effort in trying to unblock it seemed to be a waste of time. It's so annoying la. Ugh.

Woke up today my ear is still blocked *bangs wall* Walked on the treadmill for 15 minutes. LOL! Was thinking of doing it for half an hour. But after the first 5 minutes, i got bored of it. For some reason i find no interest in doing the treadmill. Maybe it would be a different story if its facing the television instead of the wall.

Dad came into my room today holding a newspaper wrapped box. Why newspaper? No idea. For a second i thought he was about to give me a surprise. But when he unwrapped it, oh, i was surprised alright. But not what i thought it was :( Anyway, he brought home a Nokia X6 belonging to the son of his boss. Apparently it has a little problem with it. So he asked me to test/monitor it for about a week or so to identify what is wrong with it. What the heck? LOL! On the bright side, i have something to do other than rotting at home and plus, a new toy to play with. So, i'm not really complaining :)

2011-01-23T21:17:00.011+08:00

I'm trying my best to return things to how it used to be,
but i can't do this alone.
Why am i bearing the consequences,
of you walking out?

Visited the other botak today :) Unfortunately, the others couldn't make it as they're busy with something. Was really hoping that they would be able to though. Oh well. I wonder after i start college will i be as occupied as them. lol! Busy busy.

Went to Chen Shen's house first to meet up with his parents. The journey was quite okay. Highway all the way so the condition of the road was not bad. I must say, the place is quite easy to find. I think even people with hopeless sense of direction like me, will be able to get there. LOL! Hmm... It most probably has something to do with his parents leading the way that we reached faster than we thought we would. Took us about an hour or more to reach his campsite.

When we were there, it was their lunch time. So, Chen Shen went to grab his lunch though he already ate cause Yew Vinn wanted to try the food there. Sampat or what! But, the food was seriously not bad! Really edible. If i were to go for National Service, i think i would come back heavier than i was. Oh! Saw Chai Qiao there too. Couldn't recognise her at first. Ops. Talked a little. Apparently she was sick for almost a week :O No wonder she looked pale. The sun there was blazing! Insane heat. No wonder people fall sick. Snapped some pictures, talked a little and then headed home around 2.

Yew Vinn stealing.

Pink trees behind. Pretty!

He refused to let us play with his hair :(

Reached Shah Alam around an hour later. Might have reached a little earlier but we took the wrong turning which lead us to some conman highway. The Guthrie Highway. Seriously! It was a pain in the wallet. Toll after toll. Kns! Anyhow, we managed to reach home safe and in one piece :)

2011-01-22T19:43:00.002+08:00

Don't judge my journey until you've walked my path.
(http://loveyourquotes.tumblr.com/)

Slept for 10 hours is awesome! Though i feel like a pig afterward. I wouldn't even wake up if it wasn't for the maid that rang the doorbell at 1 in the afternoon. Felt so sick. Couldn't even talk properly. Tried to go back to sleep but failed :( Got myself up and start tidying up my room instead. Started shifting all my furniture out so that the maid can vacuum. Got a shock of my life upon shifting the cupboards out. The amount of dust... It was seriously one inch thick. Well, that's what you get for not shifting the cupboards out for 5 years.

Went for badminton with Fang Xian, Yew Vinn, Hsien Zern and Donson(?). Though we planned it for almost a week, Sue Li, Sem and Alvin couldn't make it. So much for keeping it up. Well, what more can be said.

Headed home after badminton to get ready for Jia Chien's birthday surprise :) Thanks Yew Vinn for the ride. Anyway, bathed and got ready. Left around 11 plus. By the time i reached Ding's house, most of them were already there. Played with Dino while waiting for the others to arrive. Was quite shocking that all of us managed to make it today, except for Laa. When the clock was about to strike 12, all of us gathered at Ding's back door. Once the clock strike 12, all 14 of us sang happy birthday to him. We were at the back alley, so loud, thank God there wasn't anything thrown at us. Went to Murni after that for a little supper. ALL of us screw our diet plans and ate like monsters :) The satisfaction of eating without worrying (Y) Now, time for some serious diet plan. And this time, hopefully i'll stick to it.

Happy 18th Birthday, Mickey! :)

Slept super early in the morning and my wonderful mum had to wake me up at 11. Had the urge of throwing some of my pillows at her. Ish. Well, of course, i'll never do that :) She had her wish. Washed up and went to some of the colleges around to ask about my courses. Our first stop was Sunway University which was closed. Then to Monash University which was ALSO closed :( Headed to Taylor's lakeside campus next and luckily for us, it was open. Managed to asked a little about some of the courses they offer, but most of the courses are done locally! T_T Went to Inti college as well but didn't really get the information we wanted cause the counselors were all busy.

Until now, i still can't make up my mind. When the counselor talked about the credits i needed to enter all the pre-u, honestly, i freaked out a little. What if i can't get the qualifications? Should have asked about all these when i was in From 4. Should have studied harder for SPM. And all the other should have's. Sigh. I guess it's a little too late for regrets, no? What more can i do, other than waiting for my results in March. Really hope i won't repeat history. Cause this time around, no one will be there. And besides all these, all the annoying little problems just had to surface at this time. As if i don't have enough problems already. Gah.

2011-01-19T23:04:00.001+08:00

I lay them down at Your feet.

Did nothing today other than waking up in the afternoon and watched television almost the entire day. I was so bored until the point where i helped my mum with the house work. After doing that, i sat in front of my computer and started refreshing my Facebook, over and over again. Unbelievable. It's only my second day being unemployed and i'm on my way to being insane. Guess i spoke too soon about not growing mushrooms.

Only after my dad returned that i did things that are actually beneficial, which was listening to him telling me about college and reading up about the courses. He brought back another stack of books regarding some of the colleges. Those books are starting to pile up on my table and i don't even know where to start reading.

The funny thing is, my dad brings home books about oversea universities and my mum comes telling me about local universities. Wan yeh! It feels like like, they're letting me float just to let me fall. Everyone is telling me to do something i like, something i enjoy. But knowing very well about my own situation, how can i? I give in trying to talk to them about it. I'll just go with whatever that they had planned for me. Twinning courses? Alright. Local university? Sure. Pharmaceutical course? Why not. Engineering? Ok. After 18 years, i finally realised it's easier to agree than to disagree with my mum.

Went out yam cha with the Pakatans :) They all started their college. For those that are taking SAM, today is sort of like their first day. They talked about their new college experiences. Really envy them. They make it sounds so easy - making new friends and being comfortable in new environment. I even wondered to myself, why didn't i take first intake. lol! While they were talking, thoughts were running through my mind. I wonder how would it be like after i start my college. Will i still be this close to all my friends? Or will i isolate myself from everyone and just concentrate merely on my studies. All i know is i'm going to miss times like these. Guess i should just enjoy the time i have with them now. Who knows what will happen in the future :)

2011-01-18T23:03:00.002+08:00

I still get the butterflies.

Had a pretty productive day. Thought i'd be rotting with mushrooms all over me once i stopped working. But, i managed to go shopping with Joyi instead of going to the office :D Ate more than what i bought though. Something that never fails to happen whenever i go shopping with her. Though we ate so much, i think we managed to walk off the extra calories :)

Went yam cha with Fang Xian, Yew Vinn and my cousin. It's been awhile since i last saw my cousin. Since SPM to be exact :O Can't believe i'm saying this, but i sort of miss having him around. Laughing like mad in Murni yesterday reminds me a lot of how we used to laugh in Accounts tuition every Thursday. He seems to have the funniest friends around. Headed to AC for a few rounds of pool. Been playing quite often nowadays. But somehow, i just don't see myself improving. Lol! Oh, well. The fun of playing and the feeling of entering the correct ball into the pocket (Y)

Everyone is starting college. Tomorrow will be orientation day for all the SAM students and i'm still here researching about different colleges and courses. Given the standard my parents set for me, there isn't much choices to choose from. Sigh. I hope everything will turn out fine when the time comes. Anyway, have fun at orientation tomorrow, SAM students! :)

2011-01-17T19:59:00.006+08:00

Hope ♥

Did some Chinese New Year shopping with mum and cousin at One Utama yesterday. Looked out for cheongsam but sadly, couldn't find any nice ones. Only managed to get a black dress from Dorothy Perkins. Yup yup... Black for Chinese New Year. LOL! Was really surprised mum would actually sign for that dress cause it was rather pricey. Couldn't get anything else throughout the shopping trip. Regret not getting the skirt from Forever 21 :( Wearing short skirt was a habit that someone wasn't really fond of. So i've been wearing shorts or dresses at most, ever since. Even my mum finds it weird when i tried on that skirt. Ah! In desperate need of more shopping!

Stunning

Went to work in the morning. For some reason, although i'm sitting down the entire day, i seem to be energy-less. However, once i step foot out of my toilet after a shower, i feel like some energizer bunny. I'm starting to wonder if i should work in an office in the future. Sigh. I wish time would just stop at the age of 17. No stress, no worries, no problems. The only thing that needs attention is the major exam. Studying Additional Mathematics, picking Yew Vinn's sister up from school and watching students in uniforms pass by today makes me miss my secondary years even more. If only i could go back in time.

2011-01-14T23:27:00.002+08:00

After returning from Genting, the Pakatans planned to go for a dinner to celebrate our birthday with those that couldn't make it for the Genting trip. Decided on Italianese cause Ben and Szu Ern are working there. So why not? :) Ben was working as a barista and Szu Ern was working as the hostess. Awesome jobs! Almost all of them could make it, including Laa. Which by the way, made us wait for so long! And Joyi and i thought we were the latest. Unfortunately, Rev and Zhiying couldn't make it :(

Went to Laa's newly renovated house after dinner. Stayed for awhile before going off for supper with the parents. It's been awhile since i last did that cause i've been so busy lately. Such a wonderful birthday week i had :)

Pictures that night are all taken using Joon's, Sarah's and Mabel's camera. Ugh! Wish i have a huge ass camera of my own :(

*ahem* Junsu

Thank you Aki! :')

:)

2011-01-13T23:59:00.003+08:00

Would you come and sweep me off my feet once again?

An hour before i officially turn 18, i was singing my lungs out with Pui Teng in Neway. After the clock strike 12, we were still singing. Both of us sang all the way till 4 in the morning. Not bad eh? :) What a wonderful way to start my 18th year of life. Thank you to all for the text wishes and calls. Very unexpected. Really appreciate them. Thank you ♥ :)

Went home and continue packing for Genting. Died flat on the bed right after that and woke up 4 hours later. Washed up and waiting for Bry for a lift to Joon's house. We were supposed to sit Hong Joo's car up but there was a change in plan at the very last minute. Instead, we took the bus from One Utama up to the Genting Skyway. Reached One Utama around 2.30. Unfortunately, even before we could buy the bus ticket, we saw a bus leaving for Genting :( So we needed to wait for the next bus which is an hour later. Sad die.

Met up with Joyi and checked in. Rest for awhile and then went for dinner. Walked outside for a little while. The mist was awesome. I love mist. Sounds like some small kid, no? Hee. After walking for awhile, we decided to head back to the room for some games :) Because there was a slight problem with the rooms, a few of them went to get some pillows and towels. Well, that was what we thought. Half an hour before my birthday ends and before Joyi's birthday starts, out of no where, Joyi and i were surprised with a cake :) There were definitely a lot of laughter that night. Even after the games, we refused to sleep. Talked till 5 in the morning and finally gave in.

On the 12th of January, around 10 in the morning, due to the room problem, we got chased out of the room. Well, sort of. Sad die! Anyway, we were supposed to wake up at 8 to get ready cause we wanted to go to the theme park at 9. Failed! In the end, we went in after lunch instead. Played till the evening and went back to the room. By that time, Joyi's mum managed to help us get another 2 more rooms. Joyi and i got a room to ourselves. Awesome! We were dead tired. Bathed and fell asleep with our hair wet. Jun woke us up for dinner around 8. Went to have something hot. Eat-all-you-can steamboat. The feeling of eating something hot in a cold place (Y) The boys were such monsters! No joke. Especially Shermun. I think the place will go bankrupt if he goes there everyday. While they were eating, Joyi and i went to explore the mall for awhile and then headed to the pool area to meet up with them.

Planned to visit Safari but after hearing we need to pay 30 bucks, we went to Cloud 9 instead. Sadly, the feel wasn't there. Anyhow, we made the best out of it by playing games. The dares they come up with are so embarrassing! Maybe that's why it's so hilarious. Went for a little walk and then back to the room. Gambled with monopoly notes. LOL! Around 3, Joyi and i couldn't take it anymore. Went back to our room, washed up and slept.

Edmund was nice enough to wake us up this morning. Checked out and said our goodbyes to Joyi as she is leaving earlier with her brother. On the other hand, we went to take the cable car. Waited for one and a half hour for the freaking bus! And to think that the bus is every one hour, we rushed like mad. *bangs wall* While waiting for the bus, it just had to rain.

Finally. After freezing for an hour, the bus arrived. Going up to Genting so many times make me realise that though i have a lot of jackets, none of them are thick! Kns. At last i got my reason to get more jackets :D Didn't know i was so tired that i slept all the way down. Except for occasionally waking up at the tolls. For some reason i sleep well in moving vehicles. Reached One Utama 45 minutes later and then Subang another half an hour later cause of the jam. Tired like mad. Bathed and slept.

Woke up 2 hours later and headed out again. Juls is back for a week due to some unfortunate personal reasons. But on the bright side, we are able to see him :) Ate our dinner and then played pool for awhile before heading home.