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It's end of week 10...

2011-10-07T15:12:00.000+08:00

I am seriously neglecting blogging. my last post was a month-plus back!

I just finished my mid-sems about 3 weeks ago and in 4 weeks' time, i will be having my final exams and I used to think that only secondary school is so exam-orientated.

But my much-needed one-week midsem break was indeed GOOD! Cooked quite a bit, read way too much food blogs, stuck to the laptop screen watching KHUNTORIA in WGM and went for my first road trip(sort of) to Sunshine Coast!

Made this Lu wei "tau eu bak", very simple cooking but took around 2.5 hours of simmering to achieve the tender juicy fatty pork rashers! YUMS

The beaches along Sunshine Coast were simply awesome. the super fine powdery-like sand and clear water

As much as I think this We Got Married series is unrealistic, I have to admit that I'm obsessed with KHUNTORIA! All their episodes that I've watched so far are so so FUNNY & CUTE! In short, these episodes portray a What-a-girl-wishes-her-boyfriend-will-be-to-her kind of scene!

That was my one-week break. Trying hard to get back to my mood of studying though i've been sleeping quite a lot...

Have a good weekend, people!

into Week 4 of semester 2 2011

2011-08-22T15:58:00.000+08:00

hello people! back with another post after a month!

Winter break back in Penang was great. In a month's time a few of my buddies gonna have a fresh start in UK unis.

This semester i am living with a French girl and 3 Americans. Yeah no luck with Asians. hahahah! Luckily the French girl clicks so well with me! we have the same wave length in communication and she hates people partying more than me!

I am trying to expose myself to more activities other than just studies. I missed the times in high school in which I was able to juggle so well with my studies and extra-curricular activities! Boy, really wondered how i did that. Cos' i totally the opposite in uni, that's BAD!

That's all for now. To Adrian Eu and Patsy, hope you two will adapt well to your new college and uni respectively =)

back home for winter break

2011-07-16T12:37:00.000+08:00

This holiday is coming to an end very soon! My main reasons for coming back has been fulfilled- meeting up with friends who are leaving for other continents of the world in september/august and spending time in my parents' shop. Of course there are the usual reasons- enjoying HOME and PENANG

my nephew kept asking me "when are you coming again to my house?" haihs, i'm just controlling myself not to cry...really?! there isn't a valid reason for me to cry right? i will still come back in December. It's just he is my favourite among all my nieces and nephews. Just gotta convince myself that there can never be holidays all year round.

Everytime i come back home, i will have the thinking that maybe i should just come back to work after i graduate cos' malaysia is full of good food and i will have the comfort of home. But on another note, i feel i should at least work a few years in aussie(if i can find one) to get back the money, earn some reputable working experiences then only decide what's next.

Malaysia, Penang, to be exact, is still very much my home. I haven't develop much love for australia, i still can't really accept their drinking and party behaviour, hmmm, i have like less than 5 angmohs friends, hahha! speaking of that, i was told that one of my new neighbour is an angmoh, hope she's nice!(as in no party in kitchen with loud music) i always have international neighbours unlike my friend who got all singaporeans neighbours. should i look at it as a good or bad thing? hmm...

Semester results were up to my expectation, hope i can still maintain my self-discipline for the upcoming semester. Going back in 5 days time, ergh, back to cooking and handwashing, and STUDY!

Rambling#2 about FML

2011-06-28T14:14:00.000+08:00

Is your life that bad that you had to say FML? Think again before you say this about yourself

Before you say "FML", think of those at the age of 15 who has to work hard to support the family..shouldn't they be effin their lives more when all that most of us had to worry about most was PMR.

If you found out your bf cheated and broke up, don't just simply say FML. Is it worth it to describe your life with such a harsh word because of someone who doesn't appreciate you?

Before you say "FML", think of the little kids who are diagnosed with cancer, hospitalized most of their life, going through the torturous chemotherapy treatment and their parents who take care of them? Should they be saying FML all the time?
If you don't experience this, why F*** you life?

If you can't finish revising for your exams, "FML" is not the right phrase to describe your life, you just gotta change your attitude for the next semester, but sadly people seldom change this hard-to-die habit of last minute studying and you would see that "FML" phrase again on their FB wall for the next exam season.

Rambling #1

2011-05-26T22:05:00.000+08:00

I'm addicted to Masterchef. My dream of taking up professional baking/cooking class is back. Having wild thoughts of just dropping what I'm doing now and be an apprentice in a restaurant.

I love cooking. Wish I have more spices and sauces in my pantry so that i can have a varied style of cooking, but me being kiamsiap, I refrain myself from buying.

I can spend a whole lot of time reading food blogs, they are just amazing..Feel like starting my own food blog but I know I would need to maintain it constantly, which is something that i still need MUCH improvement. So for now, I shall just enjoy other's.

Home-cooked food are the best. I'm thankful I was forced to move out of college cos of the flood. If IH wasn't closed down, I think I would be stuck there this whole year. So, it's a blessing in disguise.

Final exams starting on June 11th(It's a Saturday =.=) ends on June 22nd, and will be back HOME on June 26th. Not having the exam-stress mood yet, is it good or bad? Lotsa reading and past year questions to do =S. I should feel stressed by now right?!

Dream High OSTs are still my fav for now. I listen to them like almost everyday. I feel like buying them on iTunes.

Ok bye...

Movie World, Gold Coast

2011-04-24T15:03:00.000+08:00

This was my second time visiting Movie World. The first time was like 8 years ago when i visited Australia with my grandparents, jie and kuku.

we did not take this ride though, look(top righthand corner) at how the passengers' legs are hanging in the air!

but we took both of these. the Batman Spaceshot and Superman. The moment that vertical thing accelerates up, i was barely sitting on my seat, didn't expect myself to take this ride!

It was raining after lunch, so we didn't manage to get on some other rides. I would say twice would be enough already, there isn't much changes as compared to 8 years ago.

Old Town Kitchen, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane

2011-04-24T14:22:00.001+08:00

Old Town Kitchen
221/247 Brunswick Street
Fortitude Valley
QLD 4006

Went for Jane's belated dinner last year at this place. There wasn't alot of people so i was a little wary of how the food would be like. Surprisingly, it's pretty good, almost the same stuff served in Little Singapore.

from top left moving clockwise to bottom left:
# Stewed beef with rice, Tomyam fried rice, Char koay teow and Kung Pou Chicken

All tasted pretty decent. Another alternative to the ever popular Little Sinagapore.

Hakataya Ramen, Sunnybank

2011-04-24T14:08:00.001+08:00

Hakataya Ramen
Shop 27B, Sunnybank Plaza
Cnr Mains Rd & McCullough St,
Sunnybank QLD 4109

The first time I had this ramen was in Gold Coast, it straight away reminded me of the awesome ramen I had during a family vacation to Japan a few years back(we ate 4 bowls of the ramen on the 2 nights when we're in Osaka).

Last year, the shop finally has a branch in Brisbane and I wanted to try it so badly. So wet with jie and wah, it still tastes so awesome. It's pretty oily but it's okay to indulge in this once a while.

So when Daddy and Mummy came here last December, we took them there for lunch and they love it!

The ramen is so good and the soup is so thick!! The cold vege dish goes well with the noodles too.

I usually pick out all the fatty parts of meat but I just put all these pork slices into my mouth and they just melt in my mouth!

Do ask for additional ramen. The first time is FREE!

So far, I've only tried the Char siu ramen($13) and the nagahama ramen($10). They are the same thing actually, just that the char siu ramen has more pork slices while only about 2 slices for the nagahama ramen.

Do give it a try when you're visiting Gold Coast or Brisbane!

Switch party !

2011-04-24T13:51:00.001+08:00

This is a very outdated post.

I created this last year and has been in my "to blog" folder till now. That's how lazy I am. As you can see, Switch Party involves girls dressing as guys as vice versa. I think the guys did a much better job than us girl with the impersonation of Lady Gaga and geisha. they really wore the high heels!

Those were the times, I don't think I would have gone to such events if I wasn't staying in IH last year.

2011-04-23T22:18:00.000+08:00

Sometimes it's good, among friends, that you are not so close to each other. It gives us a space to ourselves and i like it. Not feeling pressured, hang out together when both of us want to...but that is also because both of us have the same mutual understanding towards each other. We don't share alot of personal things together, just daily stuff but gives each other encouragement and advice whenever we need them.

Thank you to all my friends who have been understanding towards me. This includes my mum too =) I usually go to her when i have problems. I just love my parents!

On another note, i realised that i actually have alot of coursemates who are very helpful. That day before my exam, I went for consultation, sat there for 2 hours, instead of waiting for my turn(the consult session was jammed-packed) to ask the tutor questions, i asked my coursemates(i don't even know their names) who attended the session, and they're so nice to explain the correct answers to me.

On another totally random note, I think I would be able to know more people if I were to speak better Mandarin. Ergh, I should have learned this language well back when i was younger. Only if I have studied Mandarin well, then i wouldn't fear opening my mouth and speak in Mandarin fluently (need to work on it!)

I don't even know the reason i'm writing this post, everything so random, guess i just wanna rant and express my gratitude towards those who have made my life better through every tiny actions of theirs.

Loving myself for knowing how to cook!

2011-04-09T20:04:00.001+08:00

Yes, I'm in love with cooking. Sometimes i think i spend way too much time in the kitchen. Even when I'm studying, i will think of cooking and recipes. I make lists of what to cook each week and sometimes end up reading cooking blogs for way too long (supposed to read them only as a 15mins time-out from my studies )

I do go out every week, for GROCERY SHOPPING mostly, i've never been to the city for like window shopping so far ever since i came back here. Every week, Jane and I would check Coles' catalogue and see what hot deals they have for the week. LOL, so aunty right? But both of us are loving it, i guess cos all these cooking and grocery shopping are very new to us since we lived in a fully-catered accommodation last year.

I'm loving Urbanest, cooking what i want to eat(instead of all those processed food at IH, and i've extended my contract till december =)

took us alot of time to fry this in batches. reminds me of KFC fried chicken.

We made this sweet and sour chicken using the Lee Kum Kee sauce.

I'm just too lazy to write up recipe post etc. so just a few pictures here and there on fb =)

Currently, can't really cook much cos it's the mid-sem exam seasons. Second year of uni is getting tougher..

Healthy food to a healthy life! eat well people!

taecyeon of 2PM

2011-03-24T20:32:00.000+08:00

you know, i was never into all that super junior or kpop boyband craze before that. i don't get what is so attractive about them. BUT this Dream High drama made me go all crazy over Taecyeon. Btw, I think Dream High is a pretty good drama(prefer this to Glee) with all the friendship values and good voices and hot guys! i kinda like the storyline too.

After finishing all the episodes, i started to explore more vids on youtube about taecyeon. googled about him and all that. then only i knew he's from the kpop group 2PM, from there i also found out that Jay Park who appeared in Wongfu video was previously the leader of 2PM. Saw vids of him speaking English, damn good, well he lived in the States for a long time before he returned to Korea. omg, the vid of him holding his breath and swimming impresses me. He could hold his breath for so long and he can open his eyes underwater and smile to the camera. go youtube this!

hhahhaah! I just think he is hot and interesting, that's all. But Lee Seung Gi is still better =)

my 20th birthday

2011-03-24T20:00:00.001+08:00

I've come to realise that so long as I'm not in Malaysia, i won't be able to celebrate my birthday with my family and high school friends. the last birthday i spent with my family and 'lao peng yous' was 2 years back when I was in HSC, it's as though i knew i wont be celebrating my birthday with them for a long time after that, so i requested for a birthday celebration at home..

My 19th birthday surprise was planned by my beloved sis with a bunch of IH people celebrating it for me, some whom i don't really talk much at all already, hahaahha! but there are a few whom i grew much closer to.

This year, everyone was sort of like separated since we're not staying in IH anymore, i thought "hmm, i shouldn't be expecting anything special whatsoever" but another side of me was like "hmm, maybe they will have a surprise for me?" Lucky me, my second thought came true. Erm, I did have a random guess like how the surprise was gonna turn out to be etc.. but Jane was really clever in covering it up.

*fast forward*(happened 2 days before my birthday) 2 days be When i followed Jane to her kitchen to take my food, suddenly i heard "SURPRISE!!" i practically shouted and was surprised!! LOLOL!! They baked choc chip cookies and made a colourful card for me =) Most importantly, I got to blow birthday candles and make birthday wishes. To me, that's two most important thing that a person should get for his/her birthday. no need big celebration/surprise(though it'll be an added bonus), just let me blow my candles and make my birthday wishes, i'll be satisfied.

Later that night, we went for dinner at Madtongsan 2 for korean cuisine. i celebrated my birthday at madtongsan 1 last year, hahaha! I enjoyed the dinner with all the gossips and laughters. Other people were looking at our table cos we talked and laughed so loudly!

On my birthday itself, i did not do much since i already had an early celebration. received a call from Janice at 2am in the morning, i was already ZZzzzz like a pig d. Just replying to the FB wishes one by one. got wishes from people i don't really talked too, oh well, they're FB friends..hahahaha! Jane bought me my fav Japanese cupcakes, that came unexpected as well .

End of birthday video calling with my parents! =)

all my buddies who planned the surprise

Present from Jane. Jap green tea cupakes from 2in1 bakery! YUMSSSss

all the sweet birthday messages up on my board!

Now I have a big number 2 in front of my age already, no longer a teen! but still is one at heart..

p.s. thank you to Mone, Janice, Angelin and Kp for the birthday sms-es all the way from Malaysia!!

it's been more than a week since i'm back in brisbane

2011-03-07T09:35:00.000+08:00

a week has gone by just like that..
as always, saying goodbyes to my grandma and parents are never easy,
this time, got extra hugs from my kuku and beloved grace =)
took the flight back to Brisbane on 24th feb at 9.15pm.

arrived at my new accommodation, Urbanest at around noon, checked in, then went out again for lunch with my HK friend, Crystal. It was really nice of her to accompany me to get my groceries and stuff in the city. I would have been even more miserable if she wasn't there. I'm living in a unit with new ppl, no ex-IH friends at all. Homesickness sets in so quick and badly as i see my room and small bathroom. I couldn't help it but cried when jie called me cos i kept thinking how expensive this place is after hearing my other friends' opinion. Thanks for the call, jie!

The next day, i went to Pauline's place to get my belongings. I was touched when she offered to cook lunch for me, it was a simple yummy baked Coles chicken wings and stir -fried lettuce. We took a cab back to urbanest and then out for grocery shopping again. Thanks for accompanying me pau pau!

Ate sandwiches for most of my meals, but on the third day onwards, i started cooking. Don't have much problem with that =)

Travelling to uni is a whole new thing to me, i was surprised to see the super long queue for bus no 109 from uni back to urbanest. Oh well, I will have to get used to that, after all, it's only a 10-mins journey, can't complaint much.

Starting to like my room and urbanest after i settled in and arranged my room. Loving the en suite bathroom and the view and the air-con of course! will upload some pics of my new place on FB soon.

Uni is gonna be pretty tough this sem as I've forgotten most of the elementary stuff i studied last year, plus all my precious, hand-written notes are damaged by the flood. And I have not got back my study mode yet, hari-hari FB like ALOT, on MSN whole day, cos there's no extension numbers between rooms, so MSN is a free and easy way to contact my friends who are staying in urbanest as well.

See, I'm even blogging now at 11.27am, i don't usually do that. That's all for now, gonna have classes later from 2-6pm.

This is my home-cooked dinner two nights ago. It's pretty good =)

Valentine's day

2011-02-14T00:13:00.000+08:00

Last year's Valentine's Day was a pretty sad day. It was the first day of CNY, after all the 'pai nians', i left for Brisbane on that very night. I had my uncles and aunties sending me off along with Mone, Kp, YL, Chili and Janice(through phone). I was happily chatting and taking photos with them. After hugging my dear friends, i went through the departure gates still smiling cos' I had no time to be emo(was in a rush already). It only hit me that I'm really leaving Penang when I was on the flight to Spore Changi airport. Lotsa tears =(.
To me, Valentine's Day should be a happy day where people gather together instead of flying off away from beloved friends and family.

At least this year's V day is not as kesian as the previous one though I'm still single. hahahah! At least I'm still here in Penang and need not have to go through all the sad feelings on Valentine's Day.

Those singles out there, HAPPY SINGLES VALENTINE'S DAY!!
We can always celebrate this day with our friends and family. To me, V Day is just a day for us to express our love towards our loved ones. Don't worry, we'll have a real Valentine's Day one day...as of now, me with a being-single mind, i think Valentine's day is a day where all the florists, candy shops and "Habib Jewels" earn their big bucks!! $$$$ 20 years down your married life, Valentine's Day will just be like any other ordinary day, or probably a nice dinner and that's it.
NOTE: I repeat, I'm writing this with the 'single' status

Self-Assumptions

2011-01-27T19:13:00.000+08:00

A group of 5 friends

A and B have miscommunication

when A spreads her own assumptions

about the whole miscommunication to the other 2 friends, C and D

here comes the problem

Since the friends heard only from one side

they will tend to agree with what A told them

prejudice develops against B

Every time all of them see each other,

A, C and D looks at B differently.

E can't stand it anymore,

can't stand seeing as though B is growing apart from them

confronted A since E has heard from B's side.

A told E alot

which E thinks are all A's own assumptions of B

E patiently explains to A the whole thing

which at last A herself thinks the whole thing with B was just unnecessary

Now E knows what A's character is like

and is trying hard not to assume things about her

though E has developed a sense of disrespect for A...

So what should E do???

Just stay calm and try to forget this issue..

and try her best not to do what A has done on B

Self-assuming things

Outdated post: Dancefest

2011-01-16T17:25:00.000+08:00

Every year, UQ has this annual inter-college dance competition called DANCEFEST. My friends were all quite eager to participate in the IH(our college) team but i took some time to think if i wanted to join in. At last, I decided to give it a try. Boy, there were practices every week and when the competition was in a week's time, we had practices even more often. Luckily it did not interfere much with studies =)

This year IH had to choreograph a dance based on the theme: video games. So we had different dance parts on Mario, Mortal Combat, Tetris, and some other popular video games we used to play when we're kids. We thought we were pretty alright but when we reached the exhibition hall, wow, the costumes of other colleges were too nice as compared to ours. they really put in alot of effort. I only joined in for the finale part, hahah! Oh, there's a video on facebook under my profile where you can guys can view our dance. I'm satisfied though =P Of course we did not win the competition but IH won the overall ICC(Inter-college competition) Cultural Cup! Glad i joined in cos if i donut, it will be very unlikely for me to experience such thing in the future.

Our costumes were nothing compared to theirs.

their dances were just so aww...

TwentyEleven!

2011-01-10T16:38:00.001+08:00

Wow, this blog has been around for 2 years already, coming to its third year by the end of 2011! I could still remember the reason i wanted to have a blog initially was because everyone was talking about it! I thought this blog won't even remain active for a year =P

2011 New year resolution
1. To have more self confidence
2. Study hard and get a part-time job

*keeping my fingers crossed* I hope my 2011 would be surrounded by caring and helpful people, an ever-supportive family, more new friends, retaining the current close ones and keeping the old ones(the ones in Msia of course) close to heart!

I haven't really thought about new year resolutions until i was about to write this post. So now, since i have written my two new year resolutions i should take it seriously and make sure i fulfill those resolutions!

I'm using various colors for this post because i hope my 2011 will be as colourful and exciting as this blog post is! this was what i did for my first post in 2011 as well, hahaha!=) Call me superstitious or sampat, but all these little things will in fact set the right tone for me to begin the new year!

Happy Super Belated 2011!!

Year 2010...

2010-12-31T12:14:00.000+08:00

I had many new experiences in year 2010. This is the first year i study and live abroad. International House, the place i live in Brisbane, has provided me with most of my new and unforgettable experiences together with all my new international friends. Firstly, IH orientation week was great. Played the dirtiest (i threw away my clothes cos’ they were all covered in mud and water) new ‘housies’ game, got a huge bruise on my knees from the sports game though, fire drills that made jump off my bed with the high-pitched alarms, in-house parties with goon (the cheapest alcohol) spilled on the ground and dressing up (i dressed up as a guy for the ‘Switch’ party,LOL!)

This is the first year i went for clubbing. Now i know what people do in clubs. Some really dance, others drink and make out, guys who just go behind girls and start dancing with them etc. Enjoyed the first two times, came back after 3am. However, the visits thereafter were just merely repetitive routines of dance, i didn’t really enjoy it already, so i stop going with my friends.

This year is also the first time i learn how to take care of a drunk friend (like seriously drunk), not once but thrice. Hahahahahha! One fact: People who are drunk always deny that they’re drunk! Some brainless friends still encourage my friend to drink when they know very well that she is already drunk, then i will have to act as the big momma telling them not to let her drink anymore. ERGH! Okay, this is one thing that i know about taking care of a mabuk friend. Force her to drink water like a jar or more (not all at once of course), get ready a big plastic bag cos’ she’ll be puking everything out a while later. I don’t know why but it works =P It’s better that she puke everything out else she would get a bad hangover the next morning.

This year is the first year i had to take care of myself when I’m sick. I have sore throat every now and then but One of the worst was the time when i had fever, flu, headache, all at once a week before my finals. I was really emotionally and physically tired, walao, it was really a bad experience. But luckily i recovered before my first exam. Amituofo!

It’s my first time to experience the four seasons; summer, autumn, winter and spring. I think i like spring with all the pretty flowers and cooling weather( not very cold or hot). Summer is never my fav cos i hate the hot and glaring sunlight. Winter is quite nice but not when you have to sit on the super cold toilet bowls early in the morning or it’s too cold to study at night even with the heater on or you have an 8am class and all you want to do is to be under the warm blanket longer.

This is also the first year I started exercising more regularly. I went to the gym quite often in the first semester(about twice a week) but after i came back from my winter holidays, i didn’t go for a long long time until I started going again in October. Many of my relatives commented that i lose some weight =D Thanks to all the climbing up the stairs to my fourth floor room everyday!

2010 has been a year of me being emo. I cried alot. Hahah! All the homesickness...Whenever i’m stressed, i would feel like crying when i video call with my parents. Problem with studies and friends...luckily i still have a few good Malaysian friends to listen to my problems when I’m down. Not forgetting all the late night chats on msn but i’m always the one who said goodbye first cos i’m sleepy d. Hahahah!

Despite all the sad things that happen this year, I guess there are more of the good ones than the bad. So i would say 2010 has been quite a good year for me. None of the good experiences would be possible without my parents who are willing to spend their hard-earned money for my studies in UQ and my stay in IH. I am really blessed to have them.

2010 is coming to an end in less than 12 hours. This will be my last post of the year!

Dessert @ Three Monkeys Coffee and Tea House

2010-12-17T22:29:00.001+08:00

where: 58 Mollison St South Brisbane 4101

It seems this cafe has been here for a long time already. famous for its chai tea(sorry, not a fan of chai) and cakes. went to tried it with 4 of my friends a few months back.

Looks yummy right? each slice is about $6plus. fresh cream that comes with each slice is free too. ambiance?yellow lights but quite stuffy inside though.

It's alright but i think Ritz cake house in Penang, Malaysia beats these any time. out of the four slices of cakes, the coffee one at the top left was the best.

some IH things

2010-12-16T15:54:00.001+08:00

The things i do in my room besides studying and sleeping and facebooking...

I take pictures of clouds using my electric blue Sony camera. the formation of clouds i see through my windows. i'm mesmerised by clouds for some unknown reasons..

i take pictures of almost everything. the Uncle Toby's bars, my night-time biscuits, my favourite Nissin instant noodles( u know, in malaysia i always eat either chicken flavour Cintan Mee or the korean noodles) but here, i got a vast selection of flavours to choose from =). i cook instant noodles in my room. how? hahaha, just pour hot water over it, don't even have to use the stove and pot.

I eat in my room as well. these are the packed lunches i had when i have my 12-2pm lectures. egg sandwiches/ham, cheese and mustard/ pesto chicken and mesclun sandwich with one packet of Arnott's biscuits, a banana/apple/orange and a box of Just Juice drink.

i find these candy wrappings special, which was why i bought the whole packet and collected them. but after taking pictures of it, i threw them away d and i'm sick of Minties d, a result of overeating them. hahaha!

try and guess what these pictures are trying to convey.

no internet connection

2010-12-06T20:48:00.002+08:00

After moving out from IH college on nov 24th, I've been staying at my sister's apartment( just the next building) till now. no cable or internet connection so i can only online for a limited time using my che's laptop..

I've been eating alot of home cooked food which means I've been cooking, washing the pots and plates, and do grocery shopping ALOT! of course i do all of these together with my sis =) cooking is fun, grocery shopping too but not the washing up part..hahahaha, but this i-don't-really-fancy chore comes along with the fun cooking, so i don't have much choice. i took quite alot of pictures of all the dishes we made, will blog about it when i get back. I've also compiled some food pictures but I'm no longer keen to blog about them for now.

2010 is coming to an end soon..time really flies this semester as compared to the first semester. Got back my semester results and I'm satisfied. hard work paid off! think i put in more effort this sem than the previous semester. wonders whether can i regain this kind of self-discipline again next year after having a long summer break..hmmm, okay that's kiasu-ism..hahahahha! i will get to celebrate CNY next year, woohoooo! remember this year, i came to Aussie on the night of the first day of CNY, damn sad case de. next year i will be in msia till CNY ends!

most of my friends are now back in their home countries for about 2 weeks already..so my only friend now is my che che, hahahha!

daddy and mummy will be coming over for che's graduation this Thursday! then they will go back msia with me on Sunday night =( but I'm looking forward to all the good food and meeting up with my beloved friends!!

That's all for now! *continues watching Wongfu on YouTube and checking out baking recipes*

the passing of a friend

2010-12-06T20:32:00.002+08:00

A few days before my last exam for the semester when I was about to go for dinner, I received a text message from mone that my high school friend, lyn si had passed away. The fact didn’t sink in yet when I was having my meal. But as soon as I went back to my room and checked facebook, I saw the personal message written on lyn si’s wall that she had passed away. Tears started to trickle down my checks. I don’t really know the reason I cry too since I was never close to her at all. However I do follow her blog where she writes about her experiences during her hospital stays. It’s just so sudden, I thought her family was collecting donations to undergo a surgery but I guess human cells are just so unpredictable.

The next morning, the first thing that came to my mind when I woke up was lyn si is gone. I kept thinking where has she gone to? how are the parents coping with the loss of their daughter? After my last paper on Thursday, nov 18th, came back and saw that lyn si’s blog was updated. It’s about her funeral; the family had taken pictures of the whole funeral and of her lying peacefully in the coffin. I cried again when I saw this, guess it’s because I am scared of dying and seeing someone of similar age with me going through this just adds to the fear.

But reading about what death is from http://www.ikedaquotes.org/life_death.html that her parents posted up calmed me down.

Her family believes in Buddhism. And I can see through her blog that Lyn Si is learning more about Buddhism in her last two years. And I guess her parents’ faith in Buddhism make the loss of their precious daughter more bearable.

Lyn si has really inspired me through her optimism and never-give-up attitude in her battle with leukemia. She made me feel that all the problems that I face are nothing compared to hers. May you rest in peace, Lyn Si.

one more to go!

2010-11-13T15:11:00.002+08:00

hello! just a quick update of my life in brisbane..final exams season right now. 3 down, one more to go.

last week, during the study week, was a bit of an emo week for me cos' i was down with fever, flu, terrible sore throat and cough. went to the health service but wasn't prescribed any medicine, cos to them, we mustn't take antibiotics unnecessarily. so yeah, i listened to their advice and suffered that painful throat for five days (i was hoping it would get better every morning i wake up but it never did) so took the antibiotics i brought from malaysia, after 2 pills, my throat got better. gosh, should have taken it much early instead of swallowing those painkillers ( a total of more than 16! ) been coughing till my ribs hurt a few days ago but it's definitely going away soon.

luckily, i have my sis here, so i went to her place and cook fish porridge for 3 meals. IH food is totally not suitable for a sick person. i think now i can cook a very decent bowl of fish porridge, probably i would rate it 7/10=) a big thank you to all my friends who were there for me last week, i was super down last week.. and a big love to my mum who have been calling me almost every other day last week.

one more paper to go this coming thursday, 'tools of economic analysis", the tools are all maths (lotza calculus, some fancy words like Lagrange multiplier, bla bla) 5 more days! i'm not hoping for it to come sooner because i'm totally not prepared yet.

just finished my stats paper in the morning. came back lunch and was on youtube the whole afternoon and evening watching wong fu productions! just google this name if you have no idea what i'm talking about. (will blog about them more after im done with my exams, promise)

I'M IN LOVE WITH THEIR WORK! okay, maybe their cute asian faces too =)

see that guy in the middle, he's my favourite =) he looks much better in the videos.
but they're not all about good looks, seriously.

I've been writing down a list of stuff i would love to do after exams, that's my motivation to keep me going!!

okay, going to shower and dinner soon and back to study again.. misses everyone back in malaysia!

2010-10-15T13:51:00.001+08:00

no title for this post. hahaha

i'm supposed to write about the stuff i did during my one-week break 3 weeks ago but i'm too lazy d. so basically, i went to DFO and Movie world!!! it was super fun, and i sat on the rides which i was afraid to ride 7 years ago when i came to aussie with my grandparents and aunt.

yeah i sat on these two rides! i was practically not sitting on the chair when the spaceshot went up!

ate some good food that week as well. i will write a food review on the food i ate next time..too lazy to upload pics =)

final exams in 3 weeks' time, macroeconomics is me crazy..time is really passing by quickly this semester. can't wait for daddy and mummy to come! i'm thinking of home almost every other day! can't wait to be back in penang!!

Hard work paid off?

2010-10-02T23:12:00.001+08:00

got back all my mid-semester results. they're all rather satisfactory. however, due to my kiasu-ism(or to put it in a nice way, to know where's my standard), i always compare my marks with my other coursemates. they got higher than me.

sometimes it seems unfair why a person who puts in less effort than i did got a higher mark than me..
here's one example:

she parties quite a lot, does a lot of last minute studying, seldom attends lectures, reads only the lecture notes while i did my tutorials weekly, attend lectures almost every other week, read my textbook chapters but she got a higher mark than me.

one more:

i read my textbook, make notes, attend lectures&tutorials..she did about the same thing(not the textbook part though), she kept on saying she doesn't like this subject, but ended up getting a higher mark than me.

so here's one advice that my friend gave me to make me feel better.
If you work hard, it doesn't mean you'll achieve excellent results but if you don't work hard, you'll definitely not be able to get excellent results. the point being made here is AT LEAST YOU'VE TRIED.

and i dislike comments by people like "you genius", "ahya, you don't have to be afraid of the results wanla, cos you always do so well" and when the results are good, they say "see, you guys surely get good results wan" and if results are bad, they have nothing to say already. what the heck man?! just by labelling us "genuis", all the effort we put in to achieve the results are forgotten? you don't know how much time we spent studying in order to get good results and all that we get is "ahya, u so clever,sure can wan la." i guess all these comments don't mean any harm, it's just me who is overly sensitive =).

p.s. i do use such comments at times too, but I'm trying hard not to use it because i personally think that it's rather insensitive to give such comments.

Riverfire festival

2010-09-24T17:52:00.002+08:00

this post is way outdated.

Riverfire is one of the few big events in Brisbane. Basically it's an annual 30mins show of fireworks along the Brisbane River. went there after my first mid sem exam.

this is one of the few days in which you can see Brisbane packed with people.

all of us bought sushi rolls from the city before walking to Southbank

fireworks would only start at 7.30pm.
it was only 5pm when we reached, so took lots of pictures.

the fireworks were much nicer than the photo. thanks to my lousy camera.

everyone smiles!!!

dinner at Madtongsan.it has been so long since we last dine in the city. we were are super 'kiam siap'
this is spicy pork hot stone rice.
the first time when i had this, it was really good but somehow it wasn't that great this time.

spicy seafood soup. this is always yummy, love the silky smooth tofu in it.

that's all for now. more food pictures to come.... going clubbing later, hahaha. guess i deserve to go this time cos it's like post-exam celebration =) and no, i don't drink. entrance is free, so i will only spend on the bus ticket which is less than $4. I'm a good girl =)

2010-09-09T08:22:00.000+08:00

I'm gonna have 3 mid semester exams next week..GG @.@ tuesday, wednesday and saturday

financial management with all the confusing annuity, time period

tools of economic analysis filled with my 'beloved' head-spinning mathematical stuff, Gaussian elimination, blah blah

statistics B with all the Chi-square, multi regression and the Mann-whitnay, kruskal wallis, non-parametric tests

and the worst thing is i'm still watching youtube every now plus my addiction to FB is incurable now!!

Malaysia's Independence day

2010-08-30T19:32:00.000+08:00

so tmr is Merdeka day, public holiday in Malaysia =) bet most of you will be using this day sleeping till 12noon ( i'll be doing that if i'm back home)

i'm not really a patriotic person so why am i even writing this post?! well, i have to voice out my opinion about something related to Hari Merdeka.

i have friends in Fb writing stuff like " sang Negaraku in adelaide, fell proud but sad" and "let's sing our national anthem together tmr"

And guess what they get for their replies? "why so patriotic? if you're so patriotic, you'll be studying in malaysia and not aussie." and "are you f***ing serious? scr*** malaysia."

i really don't understand why they need to make such mean comments. if you hate malaysia so much, that's your problem. Just shut your damn mouth or migrate to other country. you don't have to stop others from expressing their love for their country.

For me, malaysia has been a place where i had a memorable childhood and great high school years. nothing much to worry about. so, i really 'pandang rendah" on all those people, they make these comments without having the thought that malaysia has actually provided them with a safe and happy place to live for so many years already.

i guess people make such comments because they are associating it with the politics in malaysia.( as in they hate all the orang besar in malaysia's political world)

malaysia is really a nice country with all it's places of attractions ( the islands, highlands..) and rich culture. it would be a great place to live in if there is less corruption( which means we need a clean fresh government), more environmental-friendly( government policy and malaysian's mind set), and lower crime rate( again this depends on the government).

Malaysia is still where my HOME is......

to those who are reading this post, i hope you are not one the brainless people who makes the nasty comments.

malaysian food for you: my favourite roti canai!!

and roti tisu

my personal favourites are the ones from Goodall Food court in Penang

(opposite PCGHS high school)

the roti canai is so so yummy and the roti tisu with banana slices is SUPERB.

i will take a photo of it when i go back to penang and post it up!

my two favourite snacks

2010-08-26T22:41:00.000+08:00

STRAWBERRIES AND WERTHER'S ORIGINAL CANDY!

it's the season for strawberries in Aussie now and Coles is selling 2 boxes for $5. it's quite cheap so i bought it for myself. i can finish the whole box in a day =)
tried taking some pics of the strawberries with my sony camera.

i love this picture for no reason.
so succulent! in fact the big fat mutated ones are the good ones. not the nice well-shaped ones

yummy!

i've been eating this back in malaysian but starting to fall in love with it like two weeks ago.
oh, my black lappie makes a nice contrasting background for this pic =)

melbourne part TWO

2010-08-20T23:12:00.004+08:00

as we have finished walking all around the city on the 2nd day, we decided to go to the suburbs. so bought the $6.80 daily ticket and off we went to Brighton beach.

reminds me of the poem "the road not taken" from high school

Brighton Bathing boxes
the whole stretch of colourful huts

a closer look at the nice huts, there are like more than 70 huts all together

JUMP SHOTS! you don't need a DSLR to capture these, just perfect timing

my canon digital camera(rm699, the lowest range) did it =D

I took this! so proud of myself hahaha!

had this toasted Turkish bread with ham and tasty cheese at the nearby cafe

went to St kilda after that...

Luna Park
it's theme park
we went in to have a look only, so it's FREE

there was a street in St Kilda which has quite a number of cake shops

i'm like "it looks so yummy!" but didn't try any cos we too "kiam siap" d

only had these. shared by 3, $2.50 each. i love latte art

Monarch Cakes

http://www.monarchcakes.com.au/

Mediacorp artistes, Christopher Lee and Cynthia had a filming session in that cafe before

Met up with fay's friends who are studying in Monash Uni.had dinner at a korean restaurant(so called famous among the students). so so. MadTongsan in Brisbane tastes much better, i think the one i had in Penang is better,so didn't bother to out up the pics.

the last day: took the free city circle tram to Docklands

had sushi rolls for lunch before taking the flight back.
you'll be able to see many sushi shops in every corner of melbourne

tonnes of pics on FB.
our one silly act in Melbourne: we left our hotel room key outside one night, forgotten to take it in. then as we were chatting at night, someone knocked on our door, we were so scared to open the door(my heart was pumping so FAST). the next morning, couldn't find the key. so i suddenly remembered "maybe yesterday the person was kind to remind us bout our key but we didn't open the door" went to the lobby, the key was with them! how KIND of that person. one good point of aussies. =)

BYE BYE MELBOURNE!
this metropolitan city indeed offers alot of Asian cuisines but as i have said,we were too kiam siap to eat all those yummy food. imagine, if i were to come with my family, i will definitely spend a bomb on food with my dad who loves to eat!

thinking too much?

2010-08-05T20:44:00.002+08:00

I have been thinking alot
about friendship and things along those lines..
people i can trust.
friends whom i'm sure will be around for me when i need them
i feel like i give more than i get.
ahh, i don't know how to explain further.
sometimes i just join in cos' i don't want to be left out
why am i so prone to follow the crowd?
where is 'ME'?
guess i'm just being over sensitive,
guess i'm expecting too much from my friendships with them...

I gotta learn to be strong
learn not to depend too much on others
start to think of their goodness instead of their flaws
should i just make "to give more than to get" as my life philosophy?
but if i were to do so, then i would be taken advantage of.
AHHH!
we'll just see how things progress

2010-08-05T20:43:00.001+08:00

it's thursday night, i'm lazing cos' i have no classes on friday!

i've been really sleepy lately, of unknown reason..i only have like a maximum of 4-5 hours( not continuously some more) of lecture/classes a day and i'm already so tired. HSC in Inti back then was much worse.(8am-4pm) and all the workload was scary. but i survived! so i should be doing better in uni right? hmmm...

the courses i'm taking for this semester are more math-based, like SERIOUSLY.

i told myself i have to study tonight but end up facebooking and msn-ing. see, never ending procrastination.

I NEED TO DISCIPLINE MYSELF!

Melbourne part ONE

2010-07-28T18:43:00.002+08:00

I had a 4-day(5th to 8th of July) trip to melbourne with genny and fay during our semester break. As we were busy revising for exams when we booked for our flight and accommodation, we did not get the best deal offered.
Jetstar Return flight: $171 (everything included)
Hotel Enterprize: $88per night for one room

this trip to melbourne was all about sight-seeing and exploring the melbourne city. initially we thought of going to the Great Ocean Road but it was too pricey and all we see are rocks formation and scenery plus it's a 3-hr long journey to get there.

on the first day, as soon as we reached Melb, we went to check-in into our hotel. by the time we were done with the hotel and luggage, it's already 4pm. so there's nothing much for us to do. with maps in our hand, we decided to go to Chinatown( Bourke Street) which is about 25mins walk from the hotel. You can't really get lost in melb cos the roads are wide and properly planned. our first meal in melb was quite bad. warning ppl, don't go to this shop by the name "Empress of China". after dinner, we were walking around the city, taking pics. tht's the end of our first day. so boring right?

second day: we went to Queen Victoria Market in the morning. bought a slice of french vanilla, yummy but jelak. after that, we went to Lygon street(the so called lil' Italy) wanted to try the award-winning gelato Il Dolce Freddo but we were so 'sui', the shop was closed for winter break on the day we went.haihs...then the whole day we were walking around the city. we walked ALOT. went to Cook's cottage, melb museum(did not go in, just took pics(sadcase eh), Imax, Uni of melb, Flinders Street station, Federation Square, etc we explored almost every corner of the city. there were many times we just stand at one corner of a street, stoning and not knowing where to go,

my melb trip doesn't sound exciting right?! hahaha, one reason is because,we are all very 'kiam siap' ppl, we won't go to a particular place of attraction if we need to pay for the entrance fee. plus i was quite 'fan' to decide on where to go, what to eat...

i think i'll have lots of fun in melbourne if i were to go with my family as i wouldn't need to spend!! plus my dad loves to try various types of food, so i will definitely get to eat what i wish for..LOLOL... oh well, I gotta learn to go for holidays with friends.. here's some of the pics, to see more, just go facebook.

melbourne is a city with rich architecture and designs

there's graffiti everywhere in the melb

one of the 'tak sedap' dishes from "empress of china": stir fry beef with rice

outside the state library

wanton noodles: any roadside wanton noodles from penang is tastier than this

okay, this is not bad, but still worse than dragon-i and Young heart restaurant in Penang

Queen Victoria Market

Chicken teriyaki don: DonDon, swanston street. this shop is famous for their amazingly fast service. you get your meal the minute you pay. it tasted alright.

Burek from Queen Victoria Market.this is yummy and cheap=)

There are a lot more photos but i'm not going to upload it as it will use up alot of my internet quota, yet to receive the free 10GB quota. That's all i'm sharing for this time!

My Uni semester 2 begins!

2010-07-24T20:10:00.002+08:00

end of sem 1, starting semester 2 on July 26th.

gaahh, new courses, new coursemates all over again

textbooks are freaking expensive here

cos' copyrighting is a serious matter here

so photocopying of books not allowed @_@

first week will be a breeze

as there will only be lectures

come to the third week,

i will be occupied with lectures, PASS, tutorials

oh well, this is the life of a student

i should just ENJOY it!

i've got my share of the one-month break

so it's time to get back to work!

ZZZZzzzz

i have one class which starts at 8am, another at 8.30am and two more at 9am

Oh and this is considered early to us =)

the one-month long semester break

2010-07-24T20:10:00.000+08:00

1st week: nothing much. i was getting all the necessary stuff for my Melbourne trip. went to sis's place every now and then

2nd week: off for a 4-day vacation in melbourne with Genny and Fay. trust me, it's not all fun when you're the one who had to make most of the decisions(okay maybe a lil' exaggerating) on where to go, what to eat, etc..will ramble about this trip soon together with lotza photos when i have my free 10GB internet quota.

3rd week: came back on July 8th from melbourne, flew back to HOME SWEET HOME the next night. the first place me and sis went to was our ahma and ah gong's place, we are very kuai grandchildren.=) tried to take a nap in the evening but ended up crying in my bed. I MISS MY HOME SO MUCH. my bed, my room, my living room, my study table, my toilet, my sofa, my TV, almost everything in my house. daddy and mummy took us out for dinner every night, lunch at ahma's place everyday, these were the ordinary things we did everyday but I LOVE IT! only met up with jan, cw, ange, kp for this hols. shopped with sis in QB for 2 days consecutively so rushed for time as we're buying all the necessary stuff to bring back to Brissie. had a bad diarrhoea cos ate too much stuff that i have not been eating for 6 months. surprisingly, i didn't really have much cravings for all my fav food(this is so not me). i did not miss out on Astro. i was able to watch one whole series of Astro on demand in a week's time(by watching the beginning, not all the episodes in between, and the conclusion) the feeling of being HOME was just overwhelming. on sunday July 18th, flew back to Brissie =(. I'm glad i came home.

4th week: arrived brissie on monday morning. i was down with sore throat so i ate at sis's place. got to eat porridge =D during dinner, she cooked pork mee suah and again, out of nowhere, i was crying while eating. see la, this emo girl. jie was asking me " the mee suah tasted so bad is it?" LOL. i was touched that she took care of me when i'm sick,then luan luan think again, blah blah blah.. went out with my ex Hsc friends, wen zhen and wayne yi on wednesday for the first time, while my 3other IH buddies went to gold coast. i couldn't have the best of both worlds so i had to choose one. ate at jie's place for 3 days. on thurs, she flew to melbourne for her hospital placement =( no home cook food for a month. gg. my emotions are quite stable for now, hopefully it will stay this way for a duration of time=) been going out with my IH people.

Highlight of the entire sem break: the 10 days in PENANG, spending time with my loved ones and being a couch potato watching astro =D

the END

2nd post-uni-exam post

2010-06-26T20:29:00.000+08:00

yup i'm going write about my exams again...hahaha...

time flies?? yes it does but it passed by so slowly when i was having my exams..

i started my revision about two weeks before my first paper but the really REAL one started only a week before my exams during our SWOTVAC(Studying WithOut Tutorial VACation) week..i had a difficult time focusing for long hours studying in my room as i'm always feeling sleeping. i don't even need my bed to sleep, i can doze off even when i'm sitting on a chair, it's that SERIOUS! so what i did was i went down to the dining hall and study with my 3 buddies Genny, Fay & Jane. there were other poeple studying in there as well..so sleeping problem is settled but came another problem. hahaa, u know when u're with friends, u just tend to talk to them. the 3 of us could concentrate quite well except for Genny as her exams were not as early as ours..and every night at 10.30pm, we would eat toast bread!(how nice of the kitchen staff to put some bread there for us =P) however, it was pretty cold in the hall as there were no heaters...

then came my first exam>Introductory Microeconomics at 8am on a cold saturday morning! went down for breakfast at 7am and it was the first time my 'ang moh' neighbour came to sit with me! muahaha, he was having exams as well =) i was thinking "hmm...it's a good start to this morning" ahyo, but after seeing the exam paper, it was like the total opposite..so there goes my first final exam...

my next paper accounting was 6 days apart from the first one.. we tried to continue with our usual studies in the dining hall but as more and more people starts coming in, the noise level increased tremendously. so we went to study in the room in a UQ building booked by IH for us to study. the first time we went there(on a weekday) , we had a really quiet time studying. however the second time we went there(on a Saturday night), it started to feel a little creepy already as nobody was in the building. we went back after staying there for only a couple of hours, as we were walking down the stairs, we could see that the corridors were dark (it's really creepy) luckily nobody starts running out of the building cos' if one runs, the rest will surely follow. we were talking(we had to, to distract ourselves for imagining things) the whole time we're going out of the building. after reaching IH, then only we started talking bout how creepy it was. i could still feel the goose pimples on my hands whenever i talk bout it. that was the second and the last time we went there to study.

for the nights following, we just studied in our own rooms. my sleepiness did not go away but this time, i tried really hard to stay awake. i refrained myself to sit on my bed unless if i'm really going to sleep, never go near the bed after i wake up...so every night i studied till around 1.00am then wake up at bout 8.30am.

then came my emo period..i was feeling terribly homesick that i cried when jane called me through our extension numbers. thanks for comforting me, jane! but the feeling did not go away even until the next day when i video call with mummy in the night. i usually would just cry by myself and i would be fine the next morning but this time, i cried when i was video calling with my mum! all my emo-ness plus my worries for my never-improved acne condition piled up that i just couldn't stand it any more. got better the next day after talking to mummy. no doubt mom's words and advice are the best remedy for homesickness!

my accounting paper was at 5.75PM on thursday! such odd hours right? it was my worst paper among all. i did not know how to do a 22-marks question. it's that type of question where u need to know the first part in order to continue with the rest of the parts. but i tried to get marks by writing down the headings for my balance sheet and income statement. the whole paper was just CRAp! but surprisingly, i was not sad bout it..hahaha

the next two papers on alternate days, statistics and Economics of social Issues weren't that bad. i slept at 3am and woke up at 7am for my last paper, it was my last day for me to maximise my effort hence i do not mind the 4-hrs of sleep only. i could have done better for my last paper. no use regretting cos' it's OVER for now! wooohoo!!

i was telling myself "i need to sleep when i finish my exam" but i just couldn't. i was tossing on my bed but i just can't close my eyes..post-exam imsonia, i guess...

of course, with all the odd hours of sleeping, the effect was on my face yet again =( i've been trying to sleep earlier every night since my exams. okla, not very early also la, about 11.30..hehehhe

all in all, thank you mummy for the comfort when i need it the most!

Dessert for the day: fruit trifle layers of sponge cake, fruits, freshly whipped cream..it's heaven for fresh cream lovers like me =D

gonna be the end of first sem in UNI soon

2010-05-30T22:02:00.000+08:00

just completed my accounting assignment

it's just so annoying

for the past 2 weeks

i skipped 2 tutorials and 2 lectures to do it

spent my whole free Tuesday in the library from 10.30am-5pm

and it's DONE!

fortunately, i had a really good groupmate from KL

it felt like he has done most of the financial analysis

Thank you buddy!

time flies.

I will be taking my final exams for my first sem in UQ in 2 weeks' time.

( 12/6, 17/6, 19/6 & 21/6)

winter break starts after that

what should i do during that one month?

I don't plan to go back to Msiac

but all my a-levels friends will be so free by then

if i don't go back this July,

will they still be in penang when i go back in December?

but i don't want to adapt to the change in weather

i'm afraid i will fall sick and my acne might get worse

yeah, my skin problem has become acne, ergh =(

I'm still having second thoughts of going back leh...

but i'm 90% positive i will be staying in Brissie

OMG, i miss baking!

first uni exams OVER!

2010-05-02T22:16:00.000+08:00

wheeeeee! mid-semester exams are over for now....

how did i prepare for the exam??
same old routine.. last minute studying, burnt the midnight oil..this is a very good advice to all my friends who are taking their A2 exams, LOL! the side effect: all the annoying pimples and acne starts popping out =( yeah, never ending procrastination. my mind would just automatically stray away from what i'm supposed to study, thinking of my crushes(haha, one of it is my roommate =P) .it was so difficult to stay focus in the night as the weather was super comfy to sleep Zzzzz...and i get hungry easily in the night cos' dinner is at 5.30pm. i had milo and arnotts biscuits EVERY NIGHT!

the worst part is my 3 out of my 4 exams were on SATURDAYS! weird right? my last two papers i.e accounting and introductory microeconomics were on the same day MAY 1st. econs paper was really really difficult.

the night before the 2 papers was really stressful. then when mummy called to wish my good luck, i was on the verge of crying already..hahaha..actually i always cry( for maybe 10 secs, hahaha) when my mum calls me. but i tried to keep a positive mind and try not to think of anything else(as in everything i have i penang) besides studying. and i have an encouraging friend here who always tell me "You can do it".

exams over now. went out for the whole day today. but i should get back to work soon, accounting project and presentation waiting for me. and maybe i should just go through that microeconomics topic that really made the exam so difficult.(it's about perfectly competitive market, about ATC, AVC, MC, it's confusing or maybe coz i have not understand completely yet). but i don't feel like studying yet leh, okay maybe i will wait for a few more days...hahaha! procrastinating AGAIN!

resuscitating my blog

2010-04-17T22:36:00.001+08:00

this blog is partially dead due to the ever procrastinating blogger..

*i'm supposed to write about my birthday surprise and stuff but it was so long ago already. so in short, i had a surprised bday in IH planned by my sis with the help of Genny and friends. had a yummy blueberry cheesecake as bday cake, thanks sis!

*went for clubbing for the first time! muahahaha. it was an asian dance party so the whole club was practically all asians, except for a few ang mohs. i drank a bottle of Smirnoff( only 6.5% vodka, so it's actually nothing) which costs $12, super 'hisap darah'. went at 10.30pm and came back at 5am. it was an entirely new experience and FUN! =P.

got this bruised toe due to the long hours in heels. my toe is still like this till today!

*mid-sem break was last week and what did i do? nothing very fun. just went to harbour town shopping centre in gold coast. my friends bought like 2-3 clothes and i bought NOTHING! only a $4sunglasses, so lame right?! the stuff there are cheaper compared to the ones in the city but it's still beyond my budget. $15=RM 45 leh!

went to do my 18+ card during the hols too. with this card, i won't need to bring my passposrt with me whenever i enter a alcohol premise. me bringing passport around is dangerous. guess what?! my passport fell into the toilet bowl when i went to toilet. luckily it was in IH toilet before i went clubbing, so it was clean water. LOL. ate some yummy msian cuisine for dinner!

my friend ordered this hokkien char and it's really nice!

*holidays ended. mid-sem exam season. yeah...first time having exmas after completing HSC like so many months ago! had my statistics exam today, yes on a saturday. yesterday when i was revising, the weather was so so cold that i couldn't even study properly. very sleepy also. 3 more exams to go! one on april21st and two on May1st(saturday again).

okay i'm feeling guilty for not studying d. hahaha plus i'm hungry now, maybe i will just drink smthg and go to bed. see PROCRASTINATING starts! ergh, i just can't get rid off this habit.

That's all for now.

GOOD NIGHT =)

Orientation Week at IH: Part 2

2010-03-26T15:31:00.000+08:00

Thursday, 25th Feb:
Played Laser Skirmish. It's similar to paintball minus the bruises, we have guns and detectors worn around our head. Something new to me=) That night was Casino Night. the common room in IH is equipped with 3 gambling tables, quite lame though. but i had fun playing blackjack coz i kep on winning chips!!!

Friday,26th Feb:
I had a free morning and afternoon coz i did not go to the water theme park.
Mini golf at night! another new game to me! we have to take a bus to the golf centre. it was fun at the beginning but started to be a lil' boring when we reach the 12th hole.

Saturday, 27th feb:
beach at Surfer's Paradise in Gold Coast. IH catered two buses. It's about 1.5 hrs from my college. I did not take much photos coz I'm scared my camera would get spoilt( by the sand). the sand is super soft and nice! all my friend went down to play in the waves except for me coz i don't really know how to swim. hehe, so i sat and enjoy the wind (like an aunty right? LOL). we had Janpanese noddle soup for lunch, the taste is exactly the same as the one i had in Osaka a few years ago.it was $10 per bowl though. came back around 5pm. Another theme party: Bath Time! yeah i wore a towel around my waist.later we played with hot water foam. we were pouring cups of foam on each other. It was FUN! I'm sure it would be even more fun if all my penang buddies were here!

Sunday, 28th feb:
Annual InterTower Competition in the afternoon. I'm staying in F Tower so i was in that group. i hate that activity coz i injured myself. first game- Dodgeball, tripped and fell on both my knees. Got a huge bruise on my left knee. later we played the chain of hand game. basically the rule is to break the chain of your rival group. our rival group sedn a big sized girl over and targeted on my side of the hand chain. it's like a bull seeing a red cloth and terus put all her weight onto our arms. gosh, obviously i fell down and almost sprained my whole arm..damn 'sui'. of course AGAIN, i cried la after coming back to my room,LOL.
the highlight for sunday was the "Becoming a Housie" event. we are divided into groups of 10 and had to complete the task given in several station. it was rainig heavily also. i came back to my room covered with mud and flour. had to throw away my clothes(old clothes fortunately) it's some sort like the games we played in Red crescent punya one-day camp. it was FUN though=)

despite all the malang-ness, it was indeed a week packed with activities and new experiences!

Orientaion Week at International House: Part 1

2010-03-22T14:54:00.001+08:00

this post is supposed to be written way back then..hehe, i just can't find a suitable time =)

Sunday, 21st February:
My parents last day in Brisbane but i did not get to spend time with them for the O week for IH has already started. First time had lunch in IH alone. I really don't know where to sit after taking my food. Knowing that i have not much choice but to open my mouth and say hi to people, i courageously approached a Chinese guy and say "Hello". there goes all the introduction and stuff. then later i noticed there was a girl beside me so i said hi to her. Her name is Genny from the Phillipines. You people should know she's quite close to me by now through all the FB photos.

Monday, 22nd February:
First day without daddy and mummy in Aussie. Participated in the first IH activity- Speed Dating. We have to play a game to find our date. i don't really know how to describe it but i had fun coz i was being carried by several guys for several times! hehehe..i was quite scared they would injured themselves carrying me. so found a date. so the guys are supposed to pick up the girls for dinner in their respective rooms with a small gift for his date. I got 5 candies as a gift =) later that night, there was a "circus" themed party but i did not go coz i'm still not used to the environment.

Tuesday,23rd Feb
Fire alarm woke us all up at 6.50AM!! the sound of the siren was so squeeky and i practically just jumped of my bed with my heart pumping like 100XX faster. It was fire drill. Right after that, we were forced to go for a morning jog in whatever we are wearing. Some were even in their towels only! The was a very long and tiring jog! gosh, luckily i did not puke.LOL. Came back, showered and washed my hair.
At 11.ooAM, went for IH Amazing Race in the city but it's seriously not a race at all( we were taking our own sweet time completingthe task) Came back, bathed and washed my hair again. At 8.00pm, we had to run around the super hude UQ campus to take pictures of us in certain buildings. my teammates were all running from one place to another. i had a really difficult time catching up, really felt like crying there man! the activities are all sweaty wan. Came back, showered and washed my hair AGAIN for the THIRD time! Mom called and i was in tears complaining about all my running! hahaha! Never in my life have I run so much before! However i was proud of myself that i could complete all the running instead of giving up half way through.

Wednesday. 24th feb:
It's UQ Market Day. Lots of clubs set up stalls along the corridors and a lot of freebies and food. So my friends and I had free ice creams and Bundaberg(it's an aussie brand) drinks. Genny and I chatted with handsome guy at dinner. He's a mix of Canadian and Malaysian Chinese. So I'll let you do the imagination. Nothing much in the afternoon but i went for Coffee Crawl in the night. It's basically just visits to a few famous cafes in Brisbane, drinking cafe latte, cofee, teas and italian hot chocolate. After that, we proceeded to Mt Cootha for night view of the city from the lookout platform. I had a good night!

beverages we had during Coffee Crawl. i love the latte art!

Italian Hot Chocolate: it's really thick!

At the Mt Cootha Lookout

Greetings from Aussie!

2010-03-01T21:15:00.000+08:00

Hey people! G'day! How are all of you back in Penang? it's really hot in pg right?

Shall I show you how my room looks like? Hahaha
I'm currently enjoying myself coz the study workload is not here yet. STRESSfree for now but still got pimples, god knows why..ahaha! but i have my emo days too when first arrived!..

the first few days when i arrived in International House, i felt rather out of place coz i know NOBODY here. so i was living at my sister's place every night and i only went back to IH for lunch. the sense of belonging to IH wasn't there at all! everytime when i had to go back to IH, it was just miserable. i have to force myself to smile to unknown residents, the room looks old & horrible to me, i don't feel comfortable using the commmon bathroom, etc.. However I had yummy dinners throughout the whole week(thanks to mummy and daddy) and the visits to the city was something. okay the first week was not very fun and the week ended with a teary send off for my parents on Sunday night =(. it was really sad even the night before. i practically cried till i slept! yup, i'm a cry baby.

The next day( Monday 22 Feb), Orientation week activities started..still didn't know much people. Wen Zhen(my friend from Pg) came to visit me for a while and after that i was all alone to handle the whole socialising situation. so i started opening my mouth to say hi and asked people where they are from,etc..the week got better with lotza fun activities although i cried during some nights..i guessed it was just a normal thing that most people will experience when they leave their family and home for the first time. this post is a lil' down but it is necessary to address this feeling of mine..i have to write the sad part first to share it with all of you coz i think this will be the first feeling that most of you will experience when you move into your uni life later!

However the fun part comes along after the sad part. my next post will all be about my IH orientation week packed with lotza fun,tiring, sweaty, wet activities Everyday!

the pics are not taken very well..i will taking some nicer pics of my room again!

My Next Three Years

2010-01-20T16:21:00.005+08:00

My next three years(from Feb 22nd 2010 onwards).....

will be all about studying in University of Queensland

will be all about meeting new international students from all over the globe

will be all about missing my close friends

will be all about being INDEPENDENT

will be all about going through all my late night revisions alone without mom staying up with me

will be all about missing my daddy and mommy while in a whole new environment

will be all about chatting with my parents using video call

will be about missing the comfort of my HOME, my bed and everything else in my home

will be all about shooing away lizards(Can't even stand looking at them) without any help from daddy

Why am i making this so sad? being emo i guess...it's not like i'm goin to stay there without coming back every year, i will surely come back every year. So,gotta switch my emotions =)

From February 22nd 2010...

hopefully i will be able to cope with Economics

and better still-do well in it

hopefully i will develop a passion towards Econs

hopefully i will find some crazy and caring close friends

hopefully i will let myself be persuaded by last minute outings and join in the fun

hopefully i will be able to stand up for myslef and be less naive

hopefully i will catch a big 'FISH'

(that's a bonus if it does happens =D, the fish doesn't literally means the fish we eat, it's the 'fish' Pn Lim Li Li always refers too...hahahaha! )

hopefully my many close friends in M'sia will still remain my close friends

(if u consider yourselves as one of my close friends, then you are one)

(do update me with all the happenings- bf's, gossips etc...)

hopefully i will control my spendings $$$ now that nobody will be nagging me about it

hopefully my good 'friend' the cicaks don't come face to face with me (DON't come and find me)

lastly,

hopefully i will love my program, UQ, Aussie and the people there!

32@The Mansion restaurant

2010-01-13T16:10:00.000+08:00

Location: 32, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, Penang, Malaysia (Just type the name of the restaurant using Google Earth and you will get the location)

Went there for Mummy's Birthday last December. i thought we have to wear like super formal since the facade of the mansion look so expensive. but i was wrong. You don't have to.

very nice interior and ambience. love the place we had our dinner.

can't really remember the exact names of the dishes though

fresh bouquet of flowers at the centre of every table

House Special Salad

-fresh greens with a soury sauce has a combination of lemon, lemongrass and other herbs

Chicken cutlets seasoned and coated with cheese served with fettucine(or linguine?) and tomato sauce

Fish with some kind of creamy sauce and pine nuts

BBQ Chicken and duck on sticks. the duck was not really cooked, don't really like it.

hot chocolate brownie cake with vanilla ice-cream topped with almond flakes

Freshly baked apple pie with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream

the side entrance

Other dishes not displayed:

Crab Bisque:

a very creamy soup with a very 'crabby' taste. suitable for those who love the very dense crab taste. very easily "jelak". The Wild Creamy Mushroom Soup suits most people.

Garlic Bread:

One of the nicest I've tasted so far

Mom's Codfish & Mussels with a type of sauce ( from the Chef's Recommendations Menu):

taste better than the fish with pine nuts

Homemade Brown sugar Ice-cream with coconut sauce:

Quite a refreshing dessert and it's the cheapest in the desserts section =)

taste of all dishes was okay, not very very yummy. however i need to compliment on the presentation of the dishes(after all, it's fine dining mah) and the whole dining atmosphere.

First post in 2010

2010-01-13T14:56:00.001+08:00

I was supposed to write about my New Year resolution for 2010 on 1st Jan 2010 but this blogger has been really lazy..to be honest, i don't have a particular new year resolution, just go on with the flow. i do not have plans for eg need to achieve this and that, have to buy this and that...that is why i am who i am today, a BORING person..hahahaha!

However this year i do hope i will meet good, fun and caring friends when i go over to Brisbane in February though i know it will not be an easy task(since i only have average social skills) Also, i wish i will be able to cope with all the new Econs concepts (keeping my fingers crossed =p) occasionally i still fear that i will hate the course la, haiyo, i shouldn't be thinking this way liao.

Time has been flying by for me this holidays. sleep late and wake up late.almost every week go QB. Waking up at 10.30 every morning and sleeping at 1 something really made my bodies system go cuckoo. i have one big acne now which is taking years to go away and my menstrual cycle is disrupted..ergh, HATE it! =( so starting from this week, i have been improving my sleeping habit. sleeping at 12 midnight and wake up at 9am. this is the reason why i offline from Msn earlier than the time i used to in the past. =) I'm just hoping i can stick to this habit for long.

i will show you guys more on food in the next few post. no mood to write emotional stuff.

Song of the day: 說謊 - 林宥嘉 (Shua Huang by Lin You Jia)

note that I'm using various colours for the first post of the year so that it would not look dull as i wish 2010 will be a colourful year for me as well !!!

Last Day of 2009

2009-12-31T17:11:00.002+08:00

Recap of the year..
erm not much happenings this year
1. experienced a new studying environment in college
2. meeting friends from a lot wider backgrounds
3. my SPM achievements
4. learnt to drive
5. had my first car mishap
6. scary and time-consuming assignments and essays
7. outings with close friends since all of us are no longer in the same school
8. first time "ponteng" class for starbucks free coffee
9. took lots of pictures in college =)
10. first time being taught by 'ang mohs' in IELTS classes.
see, i told you this year has been a so-so year for me only..

Of course there are some other tiny ups and downs momentsi've gone through me but i can't really recall them them already.. so friends, if you can recall any other memorable events we had together, please do inform me about it.

It's New Year's eve! Mone asked me to go for countdown party and hotel stayover but Dad won't allow coz he said things can go rowdy and uncontrolled..so what can i do for new year's eve?? stay at home and watch countdown concert on tvbs =)

Happy New Year to everyone!
May you have a great year 2010 ahead of you!!

tracia's redbox party and winter warmers

2009-12-31T16:11:00.002+08:00

Tracia invited us to her early birthday at Redbox yesterday, so me fetched Kp and Simone. we were so late that tracia called us to aask where we were. simone answered the call for me and said in hokkien "lang eh Michelle driving la, ka ban" yaya, compared to mone i drive super slow =) kp said " lang pui('fei' in mandarin) tiao ki liao" LOL so funny wei...

reached there at 4.20 lidat coz i took some time finding for a parking lot and to do the reverse parking, with the expert ms Simone giving me advise "Look at your side, turn your steering to the left, nono, to the right, press the acceleratorm etc.."

so we went into our room at 5.30 coz we're waiting for Florence. go in for a while, the waiter came in and asked us to move to another room. all of us, each with our glasses walked to another room. the whole scenario was as if we were trying to escape from the cops in a nightclub*exaggerating*
moved into a much bigger room and started singing, it was kinda fun since we have not been to redbox for quite some time.

At around 8pm, the 4 of us(me, mone, kp, flo) went for dinner at Winter Warmers. the music was so loud and we started lip synced along with the music with mone taking a video of us. makan makan then we went to gHotel to pee. me and kp were pulling the other two of them there cos' they're scared they might be shooed away by the guards. went to the ladies and started vaining inside. kp and mone are having all the pictures but belum upload yet.

left Gurney at 10pm and it was so jammed right from the multi-storey carpark. kp n mone taught me how to cut queue. so here's a tip that mone gave me: Raise your hand as a gesture to ask permission from the driver of the lane you wish to go into and he will let u do it! it really WORKS =P

Chit chat the whole way back. dropped mone first at greenlane heights and should've headed back to greenlane but we(kp n i) got lost on our way back. we really have very POOR sense of direction man! we drove till the road to farlim then later have to made a U-turn at the batu lanchang skol punya entrance. oh boy...

~the END~

Iced peach tea from Winter Warmers. it was quite sweet and refreshing.

no pictures of our main dishes coz' it wasn't really good

P.S. people remember the lady Gaga's song? Mum Mum mum Mah..P-P-P-Poker face...

I HAD FUN YESTERDAY =)

back to INTI with my two carpooling buddies

2009-12-28T17:07:00.003+08:00

Today was the first time after our HSC exams that Kp, Ange and myself went back to Inti together. fetched the two of them at about 7.50am. three of us shared stories during the whole journey to Inti. We brought our textbooks to college for the secondhand book sale, very bad response. kar pei and ange, we shouldn't have gone so early.. then fetched them home like what i used to do. Ange said something like that, " ahyo i missed college lar, the wednesday eat-outs etc but not the studying part la." Totally agree with you =)

i knew about the sale the night before, so i packed my books till 2am yesterday and woke up 6.35 this morning! that's very early okay...
i was rather reluctant to sell my books and notes away coz a lot of effort has been put into doing the notes.
hence, i took some pictures of all my post-it(it's called 'bian li die' in mandarin..haha) that i removed from my books and some other pictures

all these came from my BS, physics and chem textbooks as i used to write the questions i wished to ask and stick them on the books

all the additional analysis that Ms Kam shared with us... Oxymoron, paradox, antithesis, metonymy..still remember the terms, HSC people? =)

Decisions made

2009-12-28T16:44:00.001+08:00

yup, I've chosen my degree course

Econs in Uni of Queensland

Friends and family start asking why I chose this

the question i dislike the most

Can't reply them that I'm interested in Econs cos' I didn't take this subject in HSC

Some warned me that it's difficult

Some commented that it's interesting

So what should I expect of Econs next year??

......

My expectations: Econs is difficult(hopefully i can cope) yet interesting(hopefully i will love it )

Applications and accommodation at International House around 90% complete

just have to keep paying deposits & fees...

...future...

2009-12-21T14:20:00.000+08:00

My future is so vague
I don't see myself at any particular place in 5 years time
I may just take the 3-yr degree Econs course(since the career prospect is quite good) and decide what i would want to do after that?
not exposed to this subjects previously so,
if I start to like it, then it will be good for me
if I have no interest at all, i will have to bare with it for the 3 years
really don't know what i want
don't have a particular passion
It's so difficult to decide
HATE it
wonders how some of my friends already found their interest/ambitions
while I'm still lost
although we are all of the same age
starting to ask myself who i really am
seriously, i don't really know who i am
Only know that i am a girl who got quite good results in HSC so now have the chance to choose my courses but don't know which course to choose.

PATHETIC

Dec 16th

2009-12-15T15:51:00.001+08:00

by 4am (malaysian time)

HSC-ians will be able to check their results

feeling scared and miserable now

i'm surely hoping for the best

but still on the way preparing for the worst

if get teruk results, cannot go out kai kai tmr

if get good results, party till the next morning pun no problem

tonight will be a sleepless night....

super short KL trip plus 3 celebrities in 3 days

2009-12-14T15:39:00.002+08:00

is and I followed eileen and her mummy to kl for a so called shopping trip on dec9 and 10th.

9th Dec, 8.15am: we took Aeroline bus there at 8.30am on dec9. right after my mum dropped us off at Queensbay, i found out the zip on my7 pants SPOILT. so aunty and I went to the QB toilet only to find out that the toilet was closed. so what to do? we went to one corner, checked for CCTVs and i changed there. luckily nobody was there. problem solved.=) enjoyed the bus ride to kl as we're sitting at the first row of the upper deck. it was fun. had nasi lemak from Ayamas for breakfast.

2pm till 10pm: lunch at Madam Kwan's and then shopping began. first we headed to mid valley then later walked across to The Gardens. upon coming out from the toilet, i saw someone who looks familiar. He was tall, fair, and had really good complexion. he walked by us and i told Eileen " isn't him the guy from 8tv's 'A cup of love'? who is he? Henry, Jason??we have difficulty recalling his name. my aunty was so excited that she even called her friend to ask for his name. on the way out towaards The Gardens, sis said " eh Alan Wun sitting there!" I was like "who is that? where? where?" so there he was, Alan Yun (not Wun ler, sis) chilling out with his friends. again my aunty was star struck. it was damn funny. the four of us were kept turning back to look at him! LOLOL.

took a cab to bintang walk at bout 5 something. went to sungei wang, Lot10. they bought some clothes from there.later not knowing what to eat there, the four of us walked to Pavilion for dinner at Hakka Chinese Cuisine. shop shop and went back around 10. legs were super tired.

10th Dec, 10.30am: checked out from hotel, left our bags at the concierge and walked to KLCC. initially we said that we are not going to buy anything from Padini but ended up buying the most from there. later bought some at ROMP also. lunch was at Du Viet Vietnamese restaurant.

3.00pm: walked back to the hotel for the bus back to penang. they gave us my fav Subway snadwich for snack. reached home at bout 8.15pm.

11th dec: went for a wedding buffet dinner at relative's hse. Met Marion Caunter!!! wanted to ask for a picture with her but paiseh la. she is the bride's friend and they are both ex-CGLians! i'm so proud of my alma mater =)

so here are pictures of the celebrities we met in the 3 days

the first local celebrity we met: Duncan Lim

the 2nd artist: Alan Yun

the 3rd: Marion Caunter

dec 15, 16 or 17?

2009-12-14T14:53:00.001+08:00

my mind was all filled with worries

this whole morning

thinking that "HSC results coming out tmr!"

posted on fb: "i don't want to go to INTI tmr"

had lunch and onlined again

took a glance at the calendar

"eh, tmr is only 15thdec..."

" results will be out on wednesday, not tomorrow la"

suddenly my friend asked

"hey michelle, do we need to go to college tml?"

i replied

no no, i made a mistake

he said

" i was shocked when i saw your post"

finally we both agreed that we only need to go back to college on Thursday dec 17th

see, this is what happened when your mind is so dense with all the worries and negative thoughts. gosh, i worried for nothing today when i'm only supposed to get scared tomorrow night. Of all days, why do we get to know our results on dec 16th..it's my mum's birthday! if i obtained good results, then it will be good lar..but what if it's the opposite? maybe i should just check my results on the 17th of dec...

IELTS

2009-12-11T12:02:00.001+08:00

IELTS prep course + exams = FUN

okay the exam part was just okay, not exactly FUN.. but the prep course course at Brittish Council was fun =). the reasons?

well, it was the first time being taught by 'ang moh' teachers ( Emma, Emily and Simon- You guys are great). they have great sense of humour. some of you might say they would of course treat you well cos' we have paid for it but to me, i guessed it was worth paying the fee to attend the course. secondly, I had got great compliments from them for my essays which made me real happy. meeting people from different backgrounds whom many were older me. Mehdi from Iraq, someone from Yemen, Kenny who is studying in Uni of Tasmania, Sin Yi a friendly working lady from Butterworth, Nazrin JPA scholar, Maziah a nice kakak to me, Yin Huey from Taiping the other girl who is also 18 like me and some others. the short course lasted from 1st Dec to 4th Dec, 6pm-9.15pm.

Exam 5 Dec 2009

the night before, came back from class, ate supper, went through my papers till 1am. next morning. was awake by 5.30am but toss around on the bed till 6.15am.

headed straight to Cititel Hotel by 7.30am.

Registration started at 8am. Given a small piece with my name, candidate no, ID, and 1st language code printed on it. my candidate number was 000777. what a nice number =) my speaking test was scheduled at 4.50pm! wth Got to wait for such a long period after finishing the rest of the papers.

Exam ( Listening, Reading and Writing) started at about 9.15am and ended around 12 noon. it was freezing cold inside. part of my brain and hands were half-frozen already. To those who are planning to take the exam, do rememeber to bring along your sweaters. Like HSC exams, time management was relly crucial. My HSC friend Li Chen was there too so we went out for lunch together since her speaking test was scheduled at 5.10pm.

Returned to the hotel and both of us sat there doing nothing, almost bored to death. Sms-ed janice and mone coz too bored d. told them there's a tall and good-looking ang moh guy. Jan replied telling me to concentrate in my exams. hahaha. suddenly he came and stand opposite us, i was like " go and stand other places ler" i don't know where i should look. LOL. Later the teacher called the guy and li chen and I were shocked as he was actually not an ang moh. his name was elija sadam. probably from the Middle East. sweat case right? typical me...

waited till like 3.50 for the speaking test. i was the second last. saw the uncle who supplies books to CGL and he recognised me. his wife was one of the examiner! so coincidentally, i was examined by her. trying my best to recall the questions.

Part 1: asked for my full name, where i was from, any sports played, erm can't remember the rest

Part 2: Questioon on the prompt card: what course would you like to take if you have the time? well, i did a practice in British Council on that similar question so i was able to answer the question, but still had some long pauses. ish. of course i replied a course on baking and cooking! hehehe..

Part 3: more general questions and opinions eg. do you think those who are guided by teachers will be more successful than those those are home-schooling?

the entire exam was pretty smooth except having to write and think as fast i could in a freezing cold hall!

~the End~

left hotel at about 4.45pm. bathed and headed to Kampachi in Equatorial Hotel for japanese buffet for family gathering which at the same time served as my post-IELTS celebration. lotza pictures taken and had a fun night.

IELTS Prep Course

2009-12-03T16:07:00.000+08:00

this week, i'm occupied with my IELTS classes which start at 6pm and ends at 9.15pm from Tuesday to Friday..and saturday will be my EXAM!! shooot...
the first two classes were rather enjoyable as the ang moh teachers have been very nice and funny. the people i met there were very nice as well, no hot guys though...LOL. i'm the youngest in the class with 2 of my other classmates while the rest are in their 20's, 30's, 40's well maybe one in his 50's. and most of them are going to Australia! why is Aussie so popular??
hope i will enjoy the rest of the classes, focus in class and do well in my exam coz i've spent so much money in it! since i don't get to go to Evan Yo's music showcase on Friday already, i might as well just forget about it and try my best in the exam.

Forget about the shocase but not the singer.. so here's a song i would love my fellow readers to listen to:
Evan Yo: 你看不到的天空 (ni kan bu dao de tian kong)

Ocean Green Restaurant

2009-11-30T11:56:00.002+08:00

Location: 48F, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, 10050 Penang (It is hidden from the main road, behind the old Paramount Hotel)
Tel No: 04-2262681

Serves lunch and dinner but usually my family goes there for dinner..So what's nice there? Lotza yummy dishes.. sadly, i do not have great photography skills so i had to use pics from other websites along with some of my not-so-nice shots of the dishes. Of course we ate all those dishes on separate visits, not all at once....

Four Season

Shark's Fins Soup

Crab with Salted Egg ( the prawns with salted egg is recommended too)

Spring Chicken

Geoduck and 'Dong Gui" soup( along with some green veges, shitake mushrooms, tofu)

- We ate geoduck without knowing what it actually was, so i Googled and found that it was actually a type of clam..a gigantic one...the testure of the meat was chewy and frnakly i don't really like it..it's like a sort of exotic food to us but it was a nice try!! however, THUMbS UP for the soup, it was very very nice and fragrant!!!

Two Flavour Fish ( part of it was deep-fried and the other part was stir-fried)

Cheese-baked Crab (my all-time favourite)

called "Siong Thong Heng Cai" in Hokkien...a type of vege with soup filled with dried scallops and sautéed garlic cloves)

Crab stir-fried with mihun ( the mihun has taken up all the sweetness of the crab, NICE! would be nicer if the mihun is a bit more moist)

Steamed Tapioca with Coconut milk ( it was yummy but we ate that once only, a few years back coz they don't serve this often)

Only 4 out of the 10 pics were taken by me due to my horrible photo-taking)
therefore, credits go to all these bloggers and websites:

@ Eileen Eu, my dear cousin who takes much much better shots than i do
@ Eileen's Mummy, my ah chim who blogs quite a lot about food
@ what2see. Best of Penang Food!
@ Life Thru the Lens

Bravo Italiana

2009-11-26T23:28:00.001+08:00

Location: i-Avenue (01-01-11, Complex I-Avenue, Medan Kampung Relau 1, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang.)

serves great Italian food

that suits Malaysian taste buds

dishes worth your money

took only some pics of the dishes yesterday

to have a look at nicer pictures

visit Steven Goh's Penang Food

Soup of The Day: Broccoli soup

Hawaiian Pizza RM29

it's different from the ones by Domino's and Pizza Hut..1000x yummier=)

Catch Carribean RM23

Salmon Simone RM28

it has a orange-flavoured sauce which was quite different from what i usually have

Ocean Catch Cleopatra RM22.80

this fish dish is the best compared to the other two above

visit to the Doktor GiGI

2009-11-20T11:58:00.006+08:00

i'm supposed to post this last week but delayed due to the blogger's laziness..

i've not been going to the dentist like for the last 2 years because of my braces. so went with mum on last wednesday. the clinic pun sudah pindah to another place. the nurse could still recognize me though as i've been going there ever since i was about 7 years old.

did scaling and polishing which cost me rm155! but he has really good skills and i trust only him to do my teeth...only if he practises orthodontics, i wouldn't have gone to that Looi Orthodontics. One conclusion i can make of a dentist's job: they need to really take good care of their hands! =)

while waiting for my mum, i had nothing better to do than taking pictures of the place..Hahaha! oh one more thing, of all places, i met my Hsc friend Wen Zhen in the clinic! and it seems she still has a few milk teeth!

the entrance and the waiting area..it's quite small though

the reflection on the mirror, that's me! vaining =)

Cheese Tarts

2009-11-12T01:05:00.004+08:00

i've successfully attempted baking cheese tarts! woohoo! the self-satisfaction was just overwhelming...

Here's a look at the cheese tarts i've made..

You can get the recipe from auntyyochana's strawberry cheesetarts.i followed all the measurements given coz it was my first time baking tarts) can make 60 tartlets (it depends on the thickness of the crust) however, mine was coffee and kiwi not strawberry coz i dun have the strawberry jam. you can actually use other jams or can even use fresh fruits if you like.

as for mine, to make the kiwi puree, you just need to smash the kiwi, put it in a pan, add icing sugar( depends on how sweet you want it to be), let it simmer, add some corn flour, simmer and it's done!

as for the marble effect, you just need to put a drop of the coffee mixture( make sure it's not too diluted), use a fork or skewer and swirl around. if you have any doubts, feel free to ask me =)

sounds simple right? it took me almost the whole day from 2pm till 8pm to complete baking and washing up everything. my legs hurt like mad after baking 'cos i was standing most of the time. but i'm very satisfied as i did everything by myself (yes that includes the cleaning part which i hate the most) That was the first day after my exams that i did not laze in front of that idiot box! the compliments like "yummy", "nice" from those who have tasted my tarts encourage me to keep on baking!

all in all, it was a day well spent!

more posts on cookies, cupcakes in the next few weeks =)

save the planet!

2009-11-06T02:44:00.002+08:00

i have never expect myself to watch MJ's "This Is It" because i was never a crazy fan of his. i did not really watch his funeral event or download his songs. however, there are songs which i have been listening to through the radio ever since i was young- "I'll be there", "Heal the World", "Man in the Mirror" to name a few. i've been noticing some instant fans which he gained right after his death which to my opinion, are just superficials. they become MJ's fan because everybody is talking about him, everybody is buying his CDs, everybody is praising how good his moves are on stage. my 8-year old cousin was one of them. she has been asking me whether i know this song and that song, mostly to which i said i have never listened before. then i asked her "Girl, do u know who Michael Jackson is when's he's alive?". she replied "No". to reassure, i asked her again "So u only know him after he is dead lah?" "yes."she replied. see, one solid evidence of MJ's instant fan. i know who is MJ even before you were born and now you're testing me whether i know his songs or not? of course, i did not say that to her coz that would be so rude.=) they become fans without even knowing who MJ actually is.

Ok back to the movie. before we went in, i was hesitant whether i would doze off inside the cinema or not. actually we weren't keen to watch that movie but i think one of our friends insisted so the 11 of us just followed. to my surprise, the movie was actually not that bad. the background dancers were great! they must have been so proud with themselves to be able to dance for Michael. thay are the best among the best! NO JOKE.
i thought Michael would be a very fussy person to work with due to the negative image of him in my mind. again, i was wrong. he expresses the things he wants in a polite way, makes sure his musicians get the message, and one good thing...he will say "God Bless you" to his musicians when they managed to reach his expectations.

the last part was the best. 'Coz he sends the message of saving the environment to all his viewers. i feel that he is really sincere in his words. he said that it begins with US to SAVE the PLANET. makes perfect sense right? of course it makes sense. i guessed it is the environmentally-conscious side of him which develops my sense of respect for him. MJ, may you rest in peace.

so people, every tiny step you take will have a huge a impact on the planet! it is all up to you to choose wheter you want to SAVE your beloved PLANET or to KILL it. among the simple things you can do are:
1. say no to plastic bags when you're given one ( you are definitely killing the planet if you can't even do this)
2. use GREEN bags when grocery shopping
3. reduce and recycle
if, you're not doing any of these three simpliest effort, you are definitely killing the Planet!

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Exam free

2009-11-04T16:33:00.008+08:00

my blog has been dead for months...so the blogger is now back!

I've just finished my last HSC paper today and it was not good. In fact, there is none of the papers that i did which i can say "okay". wished i had put in more effort, wished i had not done my revision at the eleventh hour, wished the exams were not that soon, etc...Could not turn back time. What is done is done. At least when i was doing my last minute revision, I've tried to cut down on my tv time and sleeping time. oh i listened to Laala's advice and stayed out of Facebook! but i could not refrain myself from tv, i just can't do it! that's frustrating. that's why i have to sleep at 2.30am almost every night coz' i just can't focus in studies in the afternoon *that's because of the idiot box- TV * yes TV is an idiot box according to my former Math teacher, Miss Lee.*

I have been very much like the above over the last 3 weeks.

Disrupted sleeping time, stress, affected me mentally and physically. the erupting pimples on my face is the obvious consequence of stress. gosh, it keeps growing and it really lowers my self-esteem. ergh. my stomach also went haywire. One minute perfectly fine and the next minute it hurts until i couldn't even stand up straight. stomach upset-that's one symptom of stress too. had mouth ulcers too which made me uncomfortable one whole week. thank god i did not fall sick during these 3 weeks, so the extra vitamin C-kiwis, oranges, veges, cups of nutrient drinks, consuming lots of fish protein proved effective to boost my immune system. =)

exams... it's all OVER for NOW!

i 've been preparing a long list of stuff i would want to do after this grueling period. Until now, i already have 27 things i want to do, the list is going to be endless...my top priority is to regain my beauty sleep. but for now I'm going to sit in front of the IDIOT BOX...lol=) Bye!

p.s. Just one little thing to share with all of you you... do you know that STRESSED is actually DESSERTS spelled backwards??

another enjoyable outing

2009-09-19T19:21:00.007+08:00

should i go? or should i stay at home and study? indecisive..but at last, i went out with my two buddies to gp. drove home, bathed and mone drove us there. all of us were so hungry cos we haven't eat our lunch yet. ended up in Seoul Garden coz according to ms simone, it's cheap wor. it was my first time at seoul garden but not for the two of them. mone said "you very sampat". i do admit that coz i seldom kai kai in gurney one. i even thought that the jar of soup is a jar of drinks! then she taught me how to put the chicken on the sizzling hot plate so that the oil won't do the 'jumping action'. but still my hands kena the oil many times and i kept pulling my hands away like a crazy person. since our show is at 5.40, we stayed there for about one and an half hours.

then we went for the show lo..all of us was so smelly, full of the barbecue smell, luckily nobody realised that..watched "The Ugly Truth". at the beginning, we were about to doze off as we were all super tired already. wah, the show too "educational" already..should have spent my rm8 on a better movie. then we headed to coffee bean, jocelyn n mone brought along their notebooks so they're busy surfing the net..luckily, i had something to do too..mone's iPhone! the games were so fun, if i were to have that phone, i will not have time to study already! so thankfully, i only have a totally-unsophisticated nokia. lol=)

went back at about 9pm..then chit chat the whole way back. glad that i chose to go coz i Had a great day! too bad we didn't take pictures..too bad janice can't follow us this time. Never mind, there's always another time in the future!

Colour of the Day: Pink = romantic, charming, it represents sugar and spice and everything nice

so little time, so much to do

2009-09-12T15:37:00.004+08:00

I've been surfing the net for 5 hours now and still have not found a text suitable for me esl assignment.. like what Ms Kam said " very paik chek." It is very time-consuming! Why is ESl so tough? i bet IELTS is way easier that THIS! Gosh, geramnya.. so much homework undone- chemistry, never ending Math Ext1, upcoming physics past years......

5 more weeks to finals..5 weeks ONLY...time has been passing by super fast this year like a bolt of lightning that strikes during a thunderstorm (practising the use of hyperbole) I am still undecided of next year, not knowing which course to apply for, whether i still wanna stay in Malaysia or going somewhere else??? so many things to consider.. paik chek!!!

Quote of the Day: Paik Chek = under tremendous pressure

the doomed week

2009-09-05T16:06:00.005+08:00

first day of the week and i got back my trial results for 4 out of the 5 papers. wah, really teruklo! Math and Extension 1 were horrible. Math, my only hope of getting a Band 6 *poof* GONE. Didn't really do well for BS as well as compared to the highest marks of 96. Actually all my marks were not very well cos' the highest marks were like 96, 97, 98... My results fall under the okay-okay average category. English was the worse coz' i lost a lot of marks due to unfinished essays and answers. But Ms Kam said as long as in the external exam, if the examiners like our essays then they'll give us the band 6. she even said she has confidence in us. i was like, " Ms Kam, please don't have such high hopes on us. We might disappoint you like what happened in our trials results." Physics was a bit disappointing. Surprisingly, i didn't receive the 'screaming gift' from Laala though i didn't do well in Chemistry. Hahaha..However, i wasn't really like superX1000 devastated with my results. guessed it's because I've already expected this kind of results and didn't really expect much

My predictions for my results were rather accurate unlike some whose predictions are totally inaccurate and merely reacting as if they're gonna fail their papers.

Once my friend asked me what i got and i said " very low ler..." but it turns out that she got a lower marks than me..see..your definition of 'low' may mean 'high' for another person. However it will be a whole different story if you added the phrase "low marks-way below my expectations". Okay, this is just a piece of advice to all of you including MYSELF because i do that at times too=) Janice scolded me for that before...hahaha!!

Here's a pastry for those who have a sweet tooth:

Pastry of the Day: MACAROONS...super sweet, light, comes in many flavours- rosewater, coffee, chocolate, strawberry, almond etc

recap of the week

2009-08-30T22:56:00.009+08:00

ok my week started kinda boring and slow but from Wednesday onwards, I've been going out..that's good.

Monday&Tuesday: sleep and TV series(i apparently just sat in front of the TV and just kept watching regardless of what TV show)

Wednesday: went out with kp and ange..G.I.Joe damn nice! so canggih. bought a new sandals at last! mission accomplished

Thursday: first time drove alone to disted. raining and digi was down on that day. made me nervous nia. but everything turned out well and had lunch in kfc with hy, jan, ht, charmaine, regina and sui ming. the shrimp stix was like super small as compared to the ones in the ads

Friday: whole day movie marathon "why why love"(huan huan ai) though this show was released last year. like may yee said that I'm outdated. gosh. I'm in love with the 3 characters in the drama. i cried like a mad girl for the last few episodes. being so obsessed, i went to youtube and watched all the-behind-the-scenes and found out that mike he jun xiang is such a good actor..watched a total of 10hours of the drama

Saturday: badminton with mone, jan and joe..paid rm16 for a 2-hr court but ended up playing for one hour only. sat there and chat and later went to oldtown chat again. reminisced our prefects' camp experience and my din-wear-ahem. LOL. finished the drama series. SUPERB! then msn shu hui told me she also prefer taiwan dramas to hk dramas cos the heroin in the taiwanese dramas always gets to choose between the two super hot heros..Hk dramas more realistic and they don't always have happy endings. so people, watched taiwanese "ou xiang ju"(idol-typed dramas) if you wanna seek for relaxation during your holidays!

Sunday: no mood cos whole body ache(after playing badminton), kept thinking of my undone esl homework and was having the back-to-school blues..to make myself stop thinking, i slept..see, this is a very good example of a pig.

Tmr: have to attend some praying ceremony for the hungry ghost month..hope my mood will be recover tmr though unlikely..

Out of the 15 things i've planned to do, i managed to do approx 12. very good!!! one more day before i start my miserable doomed week...

Song of the Day: Que Yang(Huan Huan Ai OST) by Rainie Yang Cheng Ling

Rainie and Mike =)

don't SMS while driving

2009-08-22T15:03:00.001+08:00

i received an email about a case concerning the consequences of " Driving while in-TEXT-icated". the 18 year-old girl was driving at 70 mph and hit a car. BADLY. Then this email also contains photos of the little boy(in the car) who had to undergo surgery for multiple skull fractures as a result of the accident. both his eyes were blue black and the stitches could even form a curve from one side of his ear to the other ear. but after 5 days he could actually move and even watch movies with his iPod. Luckily, he managed to become a normal person after some time without any disabilities.

Seeing the smile on his face was just so inspiring. it shall serve as a reminder to me when I'm driving so that i would not be like the 18 year-old girl. How would you feel if you actually cause someone's death just because you can't resist SMS-ing? For me, I think i would feel guilty for the rest of my life. SMS-ing while driving only puts yourself and other road users at danger. If you yourself got injured or badly damaged because of your action, you have no one to blame but yourself cos' you have to face the consequences of your reckless action. but wouldn't it be unfair for others to lose their lives because of you? while accidents due to poor road and weather conditions something you cannot avoid, choosing not to SMS while driving is definitely something you can CONTROL.

There's one more thing which all of us can control while driving- SPEED. we young drivers tend to have this ego issue when we drive like the " syiok feeling" after we potong a car etc.. i admit i had this feeling before but not anymore now. Why do we have to drive so fast? What will you lose if you drive a little slower? you can still reach your destination at last. So people, drive at a moderate speed and let other drivers potong you especially when you have friends with you in your car..their lives are in your control.. One more important advise that my mum always tells me is " Never Hesitate when You Drive".

Stay FOCUS while Driving

Sem-break: 15 Things I wanna do

2009-08-21T18:28:00.000+08:00

Every time I'm having exams, i will always think of what i will after exams. i very 'hong sim' wan.
so here's a list of stuff i would want to do:

1. Hang out with friends
2. Watch Kevjumba videos
3. Bowling( i miss all the strikes!)
4. Eat-out dinners
5. research on texts related to "Maestro" ( this one is a must-do =( )
6. Jogging with parents
7. Visit Simone and Janice at Disted
8. Cook pasta and soup
9. Watch Martha Stewart and One Tree Hill
10. Shopping with aunt
11. Singing to myself aloud at home
12. Recipe-hunting
13. Play with my nieces and nephews
14. Get Lotza SLEEP
15. Bake cookies and my cuppie cakes!

Post-exam

2009-08-21T17:55:00.000+08:00

trials is finally O.V.E.R. it was tough for me cos' i only did a "separuh jalan" preparation. so during this whole week of exam, i was sleep-deprived and stress-overloaded. 4 hours of sleep everyday but of course i had my usual afternoon naps. to compare to some of my friends who barely slept during this whole week, 4 hours is actually a lot already..i salute u guys! Angelin you're one of them! =)
It started off with English and it was...(totally p.i) Tuesday was the worst for me.(but it did not make the other 4 days any better though) Chemistry and Business on that very same day! I had no appetite to eat at all. i practically wrote "separuh jalan"punya kualiti of essays for Ms Sara. As for Chemistry, I'm already hearing Lala's voice scolding me " haiyoh! How come u get so low?!" I was facing difficulties even in Maths, so needless to say about Math Extension1.
Well, i can say that i actually ruined my last chance to improve my grades before the external papers. Crap! Why didn't i start revising earlier? Why am I always a last-minute person?
i have no one to blame but myself. we may continue grumbling about how we cannot finish revising or how we ended up staring blankly at the questions but deep inside, i know that it's my own mistake.
but trials is now over and it's now SEMESTER BREAK! hurray! need some time-out..

outing again

2009-08-08T18:22:00.000+08:00

i always tell myself that i cannot go 'kai kai' for so long, " must come back in 2 hours time but every time when i fo out with my friends, i will like go out 'til 4-5 hours..it's like almost impossible for me to go for a just-lunch-and-go-home outing with friends. today, after our MS finals, we went to GP to celebrate pn cheah's bday..again, i said earlier on that we'll(me, kp, ange) go and makan then go and study already since trials is like so freaking near! so we went at 1130 directly from inti and we reached home at 4.50pm! see, it's an impossible thing for me..but it was so fun! vaining with our cameras cos' miss vainpot, miss tracia kam was there too.. then me and kp bought some hair cuffs from fourskin. the bag has very cute words on it..

cute right? =)

okok this blog will go on another hibernation period from 10-21 august because of trials!!!! im so dead...

2009-08-08T18:01:00.000+08:00

I've been wearing contacts for 2 weeks now and i am still facing problem taking it out.. usually, it's the putting it part that is difficult but mine's the opposite.. my eyes will go all red when i take them out.. it hurts but what to do..ai sui mah! hahaha. since my left eye has astig, i gotta wear lenses suited for astigmatism which is more expensive and the worse part is, there's still no daily disposable lenses for astig. ish ish!

kena culik by cw and jan

2009-07-24T21:50:00.001+08:00

i was listening and singing along with Il Divo songs and suddenly " ding dong". " nobody comes to my hse in the evening. who's that?" then i saw the tall cw at my gate and i was like " what are you doing here?" she asked " why you don't want to follow us to old town?" i kept saying i wanna be a kuai kia at home but after much persuasion i raised the white flag..i followed them yet again. just can resist the persuasion. met up with quin and chilli and jan's disted friend. it was fun sitting down , talking nonsense.
actually the title doesn't suit the content of this post . just to exaggerate. thanks jan for driving us to new world park! muaxx...

came home, bathed and broke my specs..haha
i'm waiting time yet again. homework piling up and I'm still thinking of going out, shopping, hang out, bowling..just can't stop procrastinating

im not a banana

2009-07-24T21:13:00.000+08:00

some typical Chinese educated people stereotypes people who doesn't speak mandarin..of course, this does not refer to my inti friends cos' they're totally the opposite..I'm saying some other groups of people i know..once i went out for lunch with my aunt and her colleagues..one of them(let's call her A), asked me " hao he mah?"(is the drink nice or not).. then i was like nodding my head cos' i suddenly couldn't find the right words to answer her. and straight away A asked me "ni hui jiang hua yu?" and my aunt said " she's English-educated". after listening to my aunt's reply, A was like " ahyo cham lo". the next question she asked was "ni hui xie ni de ming zi mah?"..i was like " dang rang hui la". i don't speak much because my pronunciations are not very good. i admit i do mix up hokkien and mandarin at times but even if i don't speak in mandarin, it doesn't mean i dunno.. i only speak in front of people i feel comfortable speaking with.
so here's some sentences to prove I'm not a banana!!
1) wo bu shi xiang jiao"banana"
2) wo bu jiang hua yu bu dai biao wo bu hui jiang hai shi bu hui ting
3) wo zi shi bu tai hui xie
4) wo fei chang xi huan ting cai ming yo he wang lee hong de ge

2009-07-18T21:03:00.000+08:00

hey ppl! this will just be a post. fyi, my blog would go into hibernation for some time, due to the upcoming trials and some other stuff.

so, my friends and I went for Harry potter movie yesterday but it was rather disappointing. it's like i have seen some scenes in the movie before, especially the part where dumbledore and harry went into some cave to find the Horcrux. the quidditch game was funny though with Ron's funny behaviour. But soon after coming back from the movie, i read a movie review saying that Half Blood Prince is just an opening act to Deathly Hallows.

actually i was supposed to be back home right after the movie but i went to lepak at coffee bean till 8pm with mone, jan, ht and hw. thanks alot mone for being our driver! =)
Shoot, i have another 4 chapters of MS to study..think i can't finish already

Xiao Jiu Wo

2009-07-03T21:39:00.000+08:00

I love this song! i have been searching for it for so long and found it at last! thanks to Jia Wen, she has lotza songs in her hp! i just found out that 'xiao jiu wo' actually means little dimple but I'm not really sure what's the connection of the dimple with the song cos 'wo bu tai ming bai' the lyrics. hehe! nice song though especially when they parts when they sing together in different harmony. JJ and Charlene look so sweet...to those who love listening to Chinese songs but dunno the lyrics, you can go to http://pinyin-lyrics.blogspot.com/2008/11/xiao-jiu-wo.html.

P.S why isn't there any news on JJ nowadays??

food for thought

2009-07-01T21:16:00.000+08:00

hey people! yup, I've just finished my last paper for 2nd assessment.. I'm writing about BN ( Barisan Nasional) due to the sudden realisation after doing the time-wasting Malaysian studies assignment..
so, do you think having BN is an effective measure for our country towards national integration?
You see, our Msian studies textbook claims that " the formation of BN is the most meaningful and practical because it joins together various political parties even though each is a communal party". contradicting itself in that paragraph, it is actually talking about communal politics being one of the obstacles to integration. yes, BN may be an excellent step to achieve unity among Malaysians in the early independence but what about now? Now, even after more than 50 years of independence, communal politics are still being practised in BN, be it UMNO for the Malays, MCA for the Chinese or MIC for the Indians. the three main communities are still three separate entities kononnya under the same BN roof niala. Plus, when it comes to fighting for people's rights, the people will only stand up for their own race. eg: when there's an article on the appeal of JPA scholarships in the newpapers, do you see race A helping race B and vice versa? Tak Ada.
If they really want to achieve national integration, they should change the structure of this party and abolish all the sub-parties that lead to communal politics. take the parties with less communal politics as example (i think you guys can make a wise guess?)

Actually i have more to argue on but i scared later kena jailed. please tell me if you think the chances of me being behind the bars are high. i will immediately delete this post

pictures of gathering

2009-06-19T17:43:00.001+08:00

the FUN day !!

janice, me best fren- simone, jocelyn

the bad guy

trying to act like buddha

aw yi lyn, chiew wen aka ahma and thila..all jpa scholars except me

melinda, jacintha(jpa scholars), me

group pic! there's another 3 jpa scholars inside

that's me! janice used mone's canon pro camera to take wan! =P

y like that?!!

2009-06-19T17:12:00.000+08:00

chem paper was over yesterday...irritated of myself as always..this assessment i actually did all the past year papers and let leela marked..but still...STUPID question 2! should be all wrong dla..i knew that the molar mass should be about 90 something since it's a diprotic acid but i just can't get the value using my calculated values..so i ended up doing all wrong! so I'm just hoping that leela will give me marks for my working..as for the other questions, i managed to at least complete the questions except for the basic primary standard..i thought of writing sodium carbonate(i should have written) but my head so "luan" that i just left it blank when ms yap collected my paper..

i can imagine leela's expression when she gives us back our paper "why so low? why cannot get 100%? you silly girl" darn..........

got my car back!

2009-06-14T00:14:00.001+08:00

yup, my car is back from the workshop! after like 4 long weeks..it's like a brand new car again..so i drove to e-gate for dinner with parents.. it's really different from my dad's perdana..cos Getz 'bo lat' wan and the brake feels different too..it feels so nice to drive my Getz back! kept smiling all the way..

i'm always hoping for safe driving =)

Gathering

2009-06-13T23:56:00.000+08:00

went for the 2nd gathering at YL's hse in Bayswater in less than 2 mths time i think!

and like the first one, it was very fun filled with laughter everywhere( that includes yl's 'unique' laughter) must really thank yl for taking the trouble to organise this party..

kena teased teruk by vern lim..he said my face very 'pong' and the ratio of my face compared to my frens is the largest.. STUPIAk! so bad rite him?kept asking me why i din go pessoc choir anymore and started singing with his bass voice..geli, nightmare!

reached home at 11.40pm..had to washed my hair though it's about midnight d cos' the BBQ smell all stuck to my hair!

will upload the gathering pics another time cos i din take my cam there..need to go and minta minta from everybody..

will write another post about this another time!

this is the host of the gathering, miss aw YL and me! forgot to take pics with her yesterday so this is the pic we took during prom

people in the hawker centre

2009-06-12T13:32:00.000+08:00

After passing up my physics report yesterday and had a good 2-hour sleep, went out for dinner with parents..deiceded to makan at Goodall Coffeshop..since it has been a while ever since the last time i went there, i was so aware of the people and its surroundings.

>Firstly, i saw a young couple who looekd so perfect together..it seemed like they're meant for one another cos' the girl was so pretty and the guy was good-looking too. they were feeding each other and holding each others' hands.
>then i saw a family (father+mother+daughter). the daughter was kinda obese and after seeing their dishes, found the reason why she is obese> satay and all the super oily stuff
> observed a mother who brought 4 of her kids out for dinner.. as the coffeeshop owner installed TVs' at the four corners of the shop, i could see that the mother had her eyes glued to the TV, more addicted than her kids..
> saw an auntie spitting on the floor..eww! gross! this shows how "civilised" penangites are..i just don't understand how could they do that in the eyes of the public..anyone caould accidentally step on her sputum
> this was the part i hate the most when it comes to dining at coffeeshops. stray dogs and cats. there was also a dog, moving froom tables to tables, finding for food..i'm super scared of dogs( especially when they come to my table and their fur accidentally touching on my legs.. very dirty! luckily, this time, the dog didn't come near me..if not, i would have embarassed myself in front of the coffeeshop patrons as i would have screamed or stand up to run away form the dog. then, i realised that, it's not tha fault that they had to come to the shop to find food..it's all because of US, humans who are not responsible in taking care of the dogs..
> when i turned to my left, i saw the chicken rice seller using polystyrene box to fill it with the chicken rice... polystyrene, it's just so bad for the environment! but how should we reduce the amount of its usage in a country which does not care much about the environment? haihz...

by just sitting at the coffeeshop, i could see various behaviors of people bak kata pepatah " banyak orang banyak ragam"....

my car will be back very soon!! yeppi!!=)

never ending assignments and assessments

2009-06-06T22:40:00.000+08:00

hey people, yes i know that my blog is rotting already.. but i just can't find the time to update my blog till tonight.. after the two weekends workshop(making all of us went to school for 14 days non-stop), ESL assignment, business plan, and one more to go> business presentation, and 2nd assessment

i was so relieved that my ESL is over now that i don't have to think of it anymore and teacher actually complimented on my presentation so i was quite pleased with it. luckily i presented on the 2nd day. if i were to present after the 'geng' people who have excellent presentation skills, ms kam would not have praised me..assessment
Business plan was the worst. spent so much time on it..though i realised kar pei did much more than me..doing that financial section was really a big headache to kp..thanks kp! without you, i think i would sit down and cry d cos i really have zero skills in using Microsoft Excel.. we are going to present our business very soon.. either Tuesday or Wednesday.. and teacher could not give it and exact date, leaving us having to wear formal attire for two days.. Ish!!

M'sian studies quiz in two days time..crap! we dun even know what to focus on.. guessed ms Sumitra is from Sumatra, that's why we never understands her cos she talks Sumatran language! hahahaha..cold joke.=)

Kris Allen: Winner of season 8 American Idol

2009-05-22T16:43:00.000+08:00

The American Idol Season 8

YEAH! Kris won! yes!

in fact, i started to be a fan of Kris Allen not long ago about 3 weeks ago..cos i didn't really watch this season's AI.. i only began watching from the Top 8.. before that, i used like Adam Lambert when he sang "If I can't Have You"(it was a slow from the disco week). i was so amazed by his vocals..

fast forward.......

until when i watched Top 3, i was little annoyed by Adam's screaming falsetto, the protruding tongue when he screams..so i started to fall in love with Kris Allen especially when he sang "Heartless" only with his acoustic guitar as accompaniment..that was Really GOOD, it was so brave of him to do that!

when it comes to Top 2(the ShowdowN), Kris' rendition of "Ain't No Sunshine" was so NICE! he melted my heart with his piano skills..however, i got to agree with the judges that the second song was rather light for the finale.. i personally feel that Kris' version of "No Boundaries" was softer on the ears..it inspires the people who listened to the song, of course I'm no exception!..like what Kara said "you inspire the audience"(something like that la..i'm not really sure..) since i don't subscribe to Astro, i have not watch the results episode(I'll watch tonight), i found out that Kris Allen is the Winner from the newspaper.. Li yun, he won!

i guessed Kris Allen's style and voice suited me better..after much appraisal for Kris, i must admit that Adam is as good as Kris..his high notes was perfect and his falsetto was astonishing.. I'm sure there are many people out there who feel that Adam is more deserving of the title, Adam's voice better and etc...but Kris is as well deserved for the title as Adam..i was indeed shock that Kris won cos' Adam was the the all-time favourite. I'm actually listening to his songs right now while typing this blog..his voice is very special in its own way...

here's some photos of Kris Allen!

a devoted Christian, a talented guy who knows how to play viola, piano, guitar...

yes, Kris Allen is married but he has a beautiful wife so no, I'm not jealous..they look sweet together.. lucky you, Mrs Allen...

I'm still listening to his song songs...'No Boundaries' is so nice! i think I've repeated the song 10 ten or maybe more...

the 'sui' day PART 2

2009-05-22T16:33:00.000+08:00

hello people..this post is to make some corrections to the chronology of the accident.. after giving much thought about it, i realised that the innova man was not at wrong.. the reason the accident happened was all because of the Chevrolet driver..the innova may stop abruptly but i managed to stop in time..however, the chevrolet uncle wasn't aware so he had to make emergency brake but still couldn't stop in time...

i was telling kp how naive we were, talking and telling the uncle so much stuff..but it's alright, now we know that we must not simply talk to anyone in case of accidents.. couldn't upload the photos due to some restrictions...

the 'sui' day

2009-05-15T18:12:00.000+08:00

guess what? i got myself into a car accident today while driving to school..here the story goes.....
i left my hse at 7.25am with kp at the front passenger seat and ange behind her. the journey smooth until we reached yeap chor ee road(on the way up the bukit) pressing the accelerator on the way up the bukit, i suddenly saw the car in front, an innova, stop abruptly(according to kp, he stopped suddenly because he wanted to change to the left lane without putting signal)seeing the brake lights, i stepped the brake down constantly as i thought I'm still quite far from him but as y car kept going to the front, i decided to press the brake down with full force already. i managed to stop the car but the car behind me, a Chevrolet aveo couldn't stop in time and PANG!(it was loud) terus bang into the back of my car. smoke started coming out of his(saw the smoke from my centre mirror) i was like OMG, what am i supposed to do?! with my hands all trembling, reached out for my handphone and tried to call my father..at first, i was so nervous that i called his office number(he was not even there yet because it was early) then i called my house and he picked up the phone..i tried to sound calm but u know lah, how to be calm in such situation..while waiting for his arrival, the Chevrolet driver came to talk to me' "sorry, sorry..i couldn't brake in time," he said. "let's settle it ourselves and claim from insurance," he added. i was so scared to talk to him then i said "uncle, can wait for my father to come ar?" he said he would wait..then while i was talking to the uncle, the innova driver has driven his car to the side and was waving to me, asking me to go there..as i was talking to the Chevrolet uncle, i didn't care about him cos' i thought that he would wait but mana tau he drove off after a while...damn him! later, the uncle and i drove to the side..he knocked his mouth onto the steering and bled a little ..his wife's fingernail broke and bled too..luckily their little boy was sleeping without the seatbelt and did not face any injuries..thank god! if the little boy was awake and sitting in the centre, he would be thrown out of the car..then, my friend, li yun, recognised my car at once and together with her two guy friends, stopped to accompany us..her friend, xiang yih asked me'" your car no airbag meh?" wah, if the airbag were to be released, this shows that it would have been a very major accident.. after a while, my father came and he settled the whole thing for me..kp, ange and i followed li yun to inti..how nice of them to wait for us..thanks alot xiang yih!

thinking of what happen while ah yeap was teaching, i couldn't even concentrate and don't know a single thing he was saying. but one thing for sure, i was not sleepy for the whole day in my classes..i was thinking of what my father would say to me later..i should have prepared myself for his lecture. on the way from inti, he was trying to explain to me what happened..he kept saying, "next time when you drive, you must always be aware of the cars beside you" in a kinda high tone..then i started crying quietly because i thought it was all mistake..but he wasn't blaming me, he said that it may be the innova driver's fault but we are the ones who kena tanggung rugi besar...now i kinda blur whose mistake is it? the Chevrolet driver is definitely at fault but was i at fault too? my front was dented badly but i couldn't remember that i bang into the innova..by the way, the innova did not face serious problems as innova is a very high car..

kp and ange had headaches after that cos' of the impact..i was not affected physically at all, probably it's because i was aware of what was happening.. MALANG MEMANG TIDAK BERBAU! i think my relatives are going to ask e what happen in the next few days and i would have to repeat the story over and over again..maybe i should just say NO COMMENT.. haihz..later sure got 'discussion' about this matter with my parents again..ergh, i hope i won't cry..my dad lodged a police report but i wasn't sure it was under whose name..I'm not dare to ask him..if it's under my name, then my driving license would be suspended because according to the nonsensical law, P drivers cannot afford to get into a single accident! CRAP!

my mum took some pics of my badly hit car..i'll try to upload it next time..my car will have to be in the mechanics hospital for 2 weeks or more..haih..my dad sure won't trust me fully in driving d...

feeling down

2009-05-02T15:02:00.000+08:00

i been downloading some of my favourite songs from limewire and i realised most of them are sad songs. they are all very nice though..but as i am already feeling a bit down(because 2nd semester starting soon and some other things), listening to all these songs made me feel even down.. I've been listening to just these 6 songs over and over again for unknown reasons. Katy Perry-thinking of you, Simple Plan- welcome to my life, untitled, Leona Lewis- i will be, Green day- wake me up when september ends, boulevard of broken dreams..

a mix of all the lyrics..
"u may think i'm happy, but i'm not okay, u don't know what is like, seven years have gone to fast( 11 yrs have gone so fast), wake me up when september ends(wake me up when all of this could ends), as my memory rests but never forgets what i lost, there nothing i could say to you(how could i say to you), nothing i could make you see, i walk a lonely street, the only one i have ever known, don't know where it goes(where has it went to), i fake a smile so he won't see

this is just one of my 'down' moments..so don't bother

april 28th

2009-04-29T16:26:00.000+08:00

10.35am: Eleanor n Ange reached my house, went to McD(to grab some 'edible food for Patsy, Simone, Hui Ting, Charmaine) and fetched Janice.

11.15am: arrived at disted. the four of us stood in front of the admin office because we got intimidated by the students there. Each of us was holding a packet of McD which made us look like McD delivery girl. "they will sure stare at us wan if we walk in like that, people just love to stare at visitors," Mich said. " i will stare at them also if they come to my school," Janice said. "Call Hui ting," Elle said. Hui ting and Charmaine came to find us and took us to the cafeteria.

~lost track of time~

chatting, chatting, chatting.. suddenly i turned towards the direction of the bio lab and saw a tall guy wearing a black tee..still looking at him and found out that it was HIM...haha! then saw Mone sitting near him..so confirmed it's HIM. kena teased by Janice, "wah cannot see hui ting in the cafeteria but can see him from so far"

12noon: breaktime, saw him walking towards the cafeteria and he smiled and waved to me. To be polite, i smiled and waved back. suddenly, i saw another guy i met during my driving practices. actually he's the first guy i actually initiated a talk with. before coming to disted, i was hoping that i could see him again. so 'chun' saw him but he didn't see me. sad case. i bet he can't even remember who i am. chat continues

~lost track of time again~

visited the library. disted has a much bigger library compared to inti but it was rather confusing for me. sat down and started browsing through high school yearbooks(the 'thing' that most of us do BEST) later went up to their graffiti area(very CREATIVE! of disted) and most of us wrote something on it.

i painted me name on the board and this Janice 'kae gau' painted a JO (her initial) after that(ada maksud tersirat punya =)

took a group picture

1.40pm: straight went to Gurney Plaza from disted.

2.10pm: damn hungry d but all of us don't know what to eat..ended up eating at manhattan fish market. ordered the seafood platter for two. me and jan sumore afraid it's not enough to be shared by four of us cos' both of us can eat alot wan. but mana tau we are already quite full even before we finished. then we started blaming ange n Eleanor for eating so little..sorry ppl..

Seafood platter for two: YUMMY! and this can feed four friends in which two are small eaters and the other two are giant eaters!

3.40pm: went to GSC to buy movie tickets. learnt the correct way to pronounce sniper!=)

5.20pm: went into cinema to watch Paul Blart: Mall Cop. FUNNY.

6.35pm: had the first taste of penang's Gelatissimo ice-cream..only the chocolate truffle is nice. strawberry sucks..

7.10pm: out from GP. while waiting at a junction, a motorcyclist was staring at us..we were laughing madly in the car so i guessed the person thought we were talking about him. indeed we were. muahaha! luckily he didn't get annoyed or smashed our window panes.

8.00pm: reached home after being out from house for 9 HOURS! bathed and went out again to have dinner.tired.. but i really enjoyed myself! this outing was full of laughter!

p.s. i just realised there are lotza starers in penang! be it the geraldine's stare, kam mou's, strangers' or the just-because-i-love-to-stare stares

visit KEVJUMBA!

2009-04-24T13:55:00.000+08:00

hey, so I've just finished my mid-yr examinations yesterday and I've been onlining non-stop since yesterday... FYI, i slept at 2.45am yesterday msn-ing though I'm actually supposed to sleep cos' i woke up at 6.00am on that last day of exams..i indulged myself with msn-ing, something that i used to do in the past but yesterday was the first time this year since college..and guess what? i woke up at 11.40am today! created 2 records of the year!.hehe..
so after waking up and had my brunch, i onlined again.. and went to youtube to catch some videos of my fav comedian KEVJUMBA!

i found his website sometime in Form 5 when Jacin introduced me to her fav comedian, RyanHiga..then while i was browsing through RyanHiga's, i suddenly clicked on KEVJUMBA's link and that was when i started to watch his videos..most of his videos are funny, some about himself, his college life and some of his topic of interest..one thing that's interesting is he makes videos concerning ASIANS every now and then..there are actually facts behind his videos..

so I'm suggesting some of his videos to all of you out there..here's the list:
1) Asians Just Aren't Cool Enough? (what he says is kinda true..go Asians!)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAbJgXUM4o4
2) I Love My Dad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayo7JQ_3B18&feature=channel
3) Girls are like M&M's (he deleted this one for unknown reasons but luckily his fans put up this in their own youtube site) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVAC6Ij9QJ8

the rest of his videos are great too but these 3 are the ones that really caught my attention..ms Cheong hui ting is one of his fans too! high five hui ting! so people, hope you guys could just spend some time to watch these videos..trust me, it's good... do tell me what you think about his videos after you've watched them ya! in case you too fell in love with his videos...=)

this is how he looks like...

if you do have any queries about him, you're welcomed to ask me but i may not know how to answer(malunya)..LOL!

SPM High Achievers Award Ceremony

2009-04-04T16:35:00.000+08:00

at first, i wasn't really keen on attending this ceremony because:
a) i have moral studies class and it's the last lesson d
b) i have business replacement class
c) i do not have the really formal attire for this ceremony

but after thinking over, i feel that i should go since it was a once in a lifetime chance to receive an award from the penang government..so on Thursday night, i went to shop for the attire with my mum..and we ended up trying the office wears from padini for about 2hours!

the ceremony was held on sat 4/4/2009 at geodesic dome in komtar...this was the first time i step into komtar after so many years..it was really old and kinda creepy...when we went into the dome, we were a bit disappointed as the place was not as grand as we thought i t would be..we were all informed that the ceremony would start at 9.45am and end at 12 noon. but the emcee announced that Mr CM Lim Guan Eng would only come at 12 noon..wth?! instead of sitting at the dome, we went for walk exploring pacific komtar since most of us have not been there before..

we we returned to our table, there was this girl who kept staring at me(not that Geraldine's or kam mou's type of stare but one which was full of queries) and murmuring my name..so i asked her whether does she knows me and she asked me "are u Simone's friend? michelle eu?" then only i found out that she was actually from disted and i went to her table to talk to her..according to her, Simone always mention about me to her..i was so happy after knowing this. it was probably because i hardly see her nowadays and knowing that really put me to high spirits! we had a chit chat and she seemed to be a nice girl..glad Simone has her in disted...

the ceremony ended at bout 1.45pm..we got a certificate with our names printed already and rm 200. pretty good rite? oh and the lunch was edible too..love the satay sauce cucumber! hehe

p.s. my leg hurts now after wearing pointed shoes for half a day...but it's worthwhile=) will uplaod the pictues of me and other another time!

my 18th birthday

2009-04-04T16:01:00.000+08:00

well...this is a super late post which i was supposed to write much earlier..

This year , i had bday party with friends and family, which was the second big one ever since the first one i had in Standard 4.. i invited me friends a day before the party cos' it was actually a last-minute plan..i didn't want to have it earlier on because i was afraid that my best friend would not come due to her spm results.. Luckily, after sms-ing her, she actually agreed to come..

i was like " Yeah! i can have a bday party d!" so i invited all my close friends and most of them managed to come..

the whole party was kinda nice with all the chit-chatting and the Truth or Dare game..had a great time 'digging' secret of you-know-wat from all of them..hehe..all my nieces and nephews were inside my room with us when we talked about boys.. we were like polluting their innocent little minds...i even asked my 7-yr old niece ," do u have a boyfriend?" and she actually answered me "nola but got a boy want to kiss me!'..LOL..

everyone love my birthday cake..and it's not ice-cream cake..it's actually chocolate indulgence from secret recipe =)..and my cousin sister in-law made me a box of creatively-decorated cute tiny cupcakes with me name on it..she's owns an online cupcakes shop..

Aren't they lovely? if you wish to have these cupcakes for any special occasion, do visit http://i-love-cupcakes.com/ . there are various themed designs for u to choose from( there an interesting one called sexy boobies birthday..very real)

i hoped that everyone enjoyed themselves in my party..one person who enjoyed herself for sure was Kar Pei..see the pic below..hehehehe

a super belated thank you to all of you who have given me prezzies! i love all of them..muaks!it was really nice to have all of you around..this chiew wen ah ma so blur..wrote on the card for me 'happy sexy seventeen!'..actually i'm worse..i thought i was nineteen d!! LOL..

SPM: results are finally OUT!!

2009-03-13T22:17:00.000+08:00

*relieved*..finally it's over...

while everyone was so anxious to get their results on march 12, i slept like a pig untill 10.05am when i was actually supposed to be in school already. REASON: I kept my self busy the whole afternoon till night on march 11 so that i would be tired enough to dose off plus i slept at 1.30am! so i do not have insomnia or whatsoever.

when i was walking to school, i called angelin and she told me that all of us in 5 arif got all a's! i was like ' oh, ok' but i was not hoping for 10a1's..then when i reached school, janice was smiling to me..then when i went into the classroom to get my results, pn cheah was finding for my results slip and suddenly she gave me a hug...ok i got 10a's! but pn cheah seemed to be more excited than i was. haha! thanks alot to those who congratulated me!

now SPM is now a history, hsc is now what i have to focus on...all the best to those who are applying for scholarships and to those who have just started college....

Nor Aini's Moral cum 'spesial' English class

2009-03-06T18:14:00.000+08:00

ok..she's my moral lecturer..and she speaks like a pro in English but semua ada grammatical mistakes punya.. okla i know I'm bad but i just can't help it nut to 'dedicate' a post to her..

here's what my friends and i have to listen to on every Saturday morning from 0800 to 1100.

1. social morality is the most import aspects
2. to shot the woman
3. to give an examples
4. depends to your results
5. let's we go through the theory
6. let's give an examples
7. mentally injury
8. she's already a muslims
9. tea tarik

she repeated these mistakes again and again.. it's just ergh...*wordless*
I'm having moral lessons tomorrow morning..*sobs*

pay attention in your lectures

2009-03-06T17:12:00.000+08:00

my business studies lecturer, Ms Sara Seah, gave us a long lecture about 'Paying attention in Class' on last Wednesday. i personally felt that everything she said was true.

To all those taking pre-u courses, if you have the mentality that you can do whatever you want in college just because you're the one paying the fees, you are WRONG! our main aim in college is study and not to just 'jolly kaki' around

IMPORTANT: we have to try our best to pay attention in class. college is totally different from high school. there is no more tuition teachers for us to rely on. that is why we must pay attention in class and try our best to stay focus in class. we'll be studying in college for less than 12 months. so since we have enrolled in the courses, why don't we worked hard for it and strive for excellence. mind you, pre-u is more important than our spm results. pre-u results is the one which will determine which university we can get into based on our UAI(university admission index) according to Ms Sara, if we get like 20-30 for UAI, not a single university would accept us.

her 'lecture' made me realised that i got to do constant revision for my future exams and last-minute study is never going to save me. i hope i have learned from my mistakes; i did last-mins study for business during my first assessment and true enough, my business results was the lowest among my 5 subjects..but the problem is I'm so used to last-mins study..it's really hard for me to change my attitude..as for paying attention in class, i really want to be like my other friends who are able to listen attentively but the problem is I'm always sleepy..

i know that i will need to get at least 80 and above for my UAI if i want to go into the G8 universities in Australia but right now, i have no confidence at all to even get 75. but the same problem again, I'm so lazy and i know that if i don't revise sufficiently, i won't be able to get good results because I'm just an average student..

Will I ever have the determination to instill the study-consistently concept in my mind?.....

p.s. share with me ya if you have any methods to stay focus and not sleepy in class. thanks!

Taiwan: of their delicacies and 'Xiao Chi'(part 2)

2009-03-06T15:50:00.000+08:00

this restaurant that i went when i was in Taipei was one-of-a-kind. it is owned by a lady boss who loves to paint abstract art. we thought it was an art gallery when we reached the place..lol..

it really doesn't look like a restaurant, does it? the red thing at the left of the pic is some kind of sculpture. it's not that clear in this pic but there were actually a lot more art pieces drawn by the owner.

Taiwan: of their delicacies and 'Xiao Chi"(part 1)

2009-02-19T23:09:00.000+08:00

this was what we ate after arriving in taiwan.. it's horrible(it's actually not that nice nia) and it really gave me a bad impression on taiwan..

>radish soup with meatballs and fried mihun/mee

HOWEVER, the rest of our meals were great...

"Xiao Chi"(hawker food)

>this is 'Chow tou fu'..it really smells but it was tasty when u eat it with the vege and chilli sauce

> it's like mihun...the way the auntie made it was like making 'la mian'.. and it's kinda sticky but i've forgotten what is the name liao...

> in the process of making 'oh wa chian' or is usually called fried oyster in malaysia, the bow of oh chian we bought(the taste is slightly different from our local ones)

>these strawberries are product of taipei..it's so juicy and sweet although they're kinda small unlike the ones you get from cameron highlands..

> grilled corn, fried bird's egg, grilled squid

mandarin> ni men yuo liu kou shui mah??

Taiwan: Intro

2009-02-19T18:09:00.000+08:00

my family and i visited taiwan during the CNY break.. sorry for the super late posting 'cos i was busy with my college's assestment..

here's a picture of the city of taipei

i'm sure all of you will have the thought, "wah, you've been to taipei 101"..
but actually i didn't have much impression of this magnificient skycraper. the reason: it was raining and we couldn't have a nice view of taipei 101 as it was quite misty. you are a person who love high-end fashion brands..i bet any brands you name,they have it there!!!

since i'm a huge fan of EVAN YO, i some more that that i would have the chance to bump into him.. yes..i'm dreaming...lol...

nope, that's unfortunately not the pic i took of him in taiwan...this was the one when i went for his autograph session in penang..haha!!

The Staring penyakit: PART 2

2009-02-19T17:34:00.000+08:00

well...it seems she hasn't recover from her illness yet...now even angelin has experienced her annoying stares...i think she doesn't do her staring when she's with her good friends or when she talks to guys(according to angelin)... and it turns out that the guy i mentioned in my previous post is not her bf.

DOES SHE KNOW THAT STARING AT PEOPLE IS RUDE???

why does she always stare at us??

2009-02-06T16:08:00.000+08:00

ok..I'm going to be a bit mean in this blog....
u know, there is this girl in my college who always stares at people...
actually, i know who she is(patsy i think u know too)
on the first few days in inti, i actually talked to her. but now we are like i-don't know-you- and you-don't-know-me..
yesterday, when we( me, kar pei & yi zhen) were sitting at the bench, she(standing opposite us with her friend and her bf we think) stared at us again. Wat is the freaking matter with her?! have we done anything that made her angry? i don't think so...
so the 3 of us were like thinking "eh, she thinks we wanna rampas her bf izit?"
I'm like "oh, please..he's not even that good looking".

i hope that her 'starring penyakit' will cure soon..or the 3 of us will be ki siao by her irritating, uncomfortable stares!!!..