Daylights and Sunsets.

Emo.. For?

2011-05-31T22:03:00.006+08:00

There're some things that, even if given a second chance, you would still make the same decision. But, you don't feel quite happy with how it is now either.

Fickled minded, it seems?
Time will tell. I hope.

If only...

2011-05-28T16:01:00.003+08:00

If only I had more time, there'd be so many things I wish I had done/would do.

Update: Graduation

2011-05-21T01:07:00.017+08:00

It's been almost half a year since I last blogged. I always find it amazing how time flies. Then, I had just completed my studies and preparing to look for a job; Fast forward, now I've been working for months already, getting more and more used to it day by day. Such is life...

But what happened in between, was the official ceremony to mark the completion of my studies of 3 years. It felt a bit emotional here and there, nevertheless I'm still glad that it's all over. The assignment stress, exam stress, sometimes-unnecessary-pressure-put-on-self etc, I bid farewell to them! =P ~~but lo and behold, a nastier version of stress has taken over now at work.~~ Not complaining! =)

So it's pretty obvious that by now I have officially turned from a graduand to a graduate. I'm now an alumni! ~~whoa that term makes me feel old~~. But seriously, this is just still so surreal! Like "*pinch pinch* what? I'm now at this phase of life? noooooo" kinda thing. (sorry drama sedikit di sana)

Glad to have had family and friends at the convocation to celebrate this remarkable moment with me.

To my peers -
We've come a longggg way, and now ready to take on the world of uncertainty, volatility and challenges. All the best in your future endeavours and do strive for the best!

The important ones that I feel most thankful to, always. =')

It's such an honour to have grandma over all the way from Ipoh to witness my graduation. Hope I made her proud =)

And there're friends to thank as well. Since there were too many with friends, so I shall only put those with my favorites =P

To my 4 beloved ex (Australia) housemates -
Though I've said this many times before, it's still such a pleasure to have met you guys there and thanks for making my Aussie days so much better than it would have been! Thanks for making my convo a very meaningful one with your presence (though room 4 occupant is still stuck in Aus and couldn't be here but it's ok)! It really meant a lot to me =)

Thanks for the presents and cards too! =)

We've come to the end of the graduation update today.

Til we meet again, take care!
=)

Hola!

2010-12-12T03:20:00.013+08:00

It's been quite an interesting week so far. But I've been out too often lately and have been spending limited time at home with the family (bet they missed me too woohoo). Let's hope tomorrow (Sunday) and the few days after would be nice stay-home days! =D

Nevertheless, it's been fun seeing new people, attending the bbq ~~minus those annoying cats :( URGH!~~, the dinner with people I did not know well (but randomly fun =D), and the meet-ups with people who came back from overseas lately! It's been great.

And the sleepover at lil poh's house too, in which we talked and laughed so hard I had asthmatic cough for the night, and then the birthday dinner I attended when I haven't even met the birthday boy before. how muka tembok i know right but it was fun nevertheless :P. haha! =P

And this coming week, more rounds of meet-ups/dinner/yumcha.
(Oh crap, wallet is seriously getting thinner! How now brown cow?)

And that particular meet-up, should I or should I not? hmm.

nyehe! picure time! :P

Goodnight. Guess I won't be insomniac tonight after tiring myself from the past few days! =D

What up yo!

2010-12-08T23:26:00.014+08:00

Hello folks! It's been awhile since I last bothered to update this blog.

I was barely half done with the semester when I previously blogged. Who would have guessed that the next time I touch this blog (which is now, today) would be after I have completed my final semester in university, and even, my life as a student has now come to an end! Well, unless I decided to do postgraduate studies but even so, I would not consider myself being a student then. Haha.

Somehow I have lost the urge to always write about things like how I used to. Perhaps it is because I do not take walks like I do in Australia anymore; neither do I do all my chores on my own anymore. Hence less observation of my surroundings and thinking (I usually do a lot of thinking on my way home from the university when I was studying in Aussie), and thus less inspiration to pen down my thoughts.

Life in Subang is just so different. I'm so pampered and well taken care of - much lesser chores to do, always being chauffeured around/have car, have mom to take care of my well-being (self explanatory, that almost fully explained the meaning of "being pampered"), dad to take care of my finances and a bit of my well-being as well, sis to go shopping with (and maybe buy me lunch/tea/stuffs), bro for me to call for when I face technology/gadget difficulties, and more friends here to study with (and now, graduate together!!). I mean come on, everything's here at a place I call home! In some ways I feel very blessed. =)

Anyway, I mentioned that I have completed my studies. Indeed, that's right. I am basically having the time of my life now - full freedom from the books/notes/lectures/tutorials, no commitments, no datelines, long hours of sleep, going out or spending time at home whenever I wanted to, etc. But I know that this is bound to end soon when I get a job. I'm currently still in the midst of preparing/finalizing my CV and application to some companies and let's hope I get through to the big companies! Too long a period of enjoyment brings detriment too. The brain functions at a slower pace, but the wallet thins at an even faster pace! I feel like a parasite, eroding dad's capital as I spend on shopping and good food so much. Hence, I seriously gotta get a job soon and start earning my own money.

So here's a brief recap on what's happened during the past few months. Shall not bother writing too much as it'll take forever to complete.

1) Basically, there were birthdays...

CK's birthday. Just a simple dinner with friends (quite a big group. picture above only consists of all who wore green in which I'm included *proud smiles*) and hang out sessions that's all.

Then it was Navjit's birthday celebration in the midst of exams AND after exams where we went for dinner together. and it was catching up sessions with Lobeka who came back, from aussiesesatland, Gene bean who *ahem* had some (or many) updates lately, and of course, here I'm talking bout Hwee as well. Updates *wink wink*. Haha. I can't help smiling when I think of all the good news/things that happened ever since exams ended! =D Haven't met the other few from their SJ gang though but will soon do I suppose! (It's still very funny and unbelievable that I'm keeping in touch with more SMKSJ people than those from my own high school!?)

Then there were also Ee Ann's and Grace's birthdays but these we did not get to celebrate due to unallowing circumstances but chill out girls! Presents coming your way! =D

2) I worked at Adam Lambert's glamnation tour concert...
and it was hella fun! I loved Lambert, I loved his vocals, and his charisma. Very amazing indeed. Anyway, great experience. I got placed at the VIP area with those pretty girls and I suppose I'm considered as one of them? nyaha! =P

Anyway that should be all for today. Chao for now ladies and gentlemen. Take care and good luck with your endeavours til we meet again! =D

Love,
Shan.

Guess what?

2010-10-05T23:16:00.003+08:00

I combed my hair today! It's been awhile...

HELLO COMB! It's been almost a year since I last used you! =D

Hi. Missed me?

2010-10-05T17:53:00.012+08:00

Hi. Missed me?

Thought so! =P

Oh no! My 1 week mid sem break is officially over! To be honest, I spent that whole week bumming around more than doing anything productive. Partially also because baby Amanda (my cousin) is here for the week as her parents are overseas. She's such a distraction because she's too adorable. Just couldn't resist playing with her!

And, I had an assignment due today at 5pm. Just handed it in. Basically I spent the whole week doing it, yet I still had to sleep at 5.30am last night. The reason? Well.... procrastination, of course =(

Well, anyway it's all over! Assignments for the semester (and potentially for the entire uni life)! Now I gotta shift my focus to the remaining tutorial work and revision for final exams. It's all happening in 23 days! OH LORD THAT FAST?! No, seriously, OMG. And what am I doing here and on Facebook again? Shit, self-control, SELF CONTROL! =(

Ok no wordy post for now (it's been awhile since the last wordy post yes?) because I've been too busy to ponder on things! No time to think, no. AHH I dread exams =( But, fret not! For there're loads of activities lined up after exams!

The Grace is coming back! And hey daling, can't wait to go do breakfast! karaoke! shopping! and... road trips? =D omgggg I ought to get my pricey-but-pretty-which-is-worth-it white and black bow ribbon in addition to my red and white collection. No, seriously. OH and not to forget, my EMO GIRLS reunion! plus the guys of course. More trips I can foresee? =D

As for now, I gotta get back to the books and the notes.

*nerd mode*

stone. =(

Watch these!

2010-10-05T17:42:00.006+08:00

Sorry, Sorry / Super Junior MV 中文空耳字幕-那根芭蕉版

Seriously, you just gotta watch this video - Super Junior: Sorry Sorry.

It is super hilarious. I know it's meant to be cool and entertaining and yes, i find it entertaining, but hilariously entertaining. It's so funny it's like instant stress relieve everytime i watch it. The dance steps are kinda funny, plus so many guys dancing like this.... hahahahahahahaah omg. Really. And the chinese lyrics that some dude created. It's totally hilariously awesome. Watch it, I command! =D

Jane Zhang & JJ 我飞故我在 "Fly" 张靓颖林俊杰

Gotta thank Joey Goh for sending this link to me. Didn't know the joy boy had such awesome taste too :P It's a very beautiful song i reckon! Both their voices are very good and complement each other well. I particularly like jane zhang's vocals more in this song. As for jj, well i've always liked his voice =)

Spreading the love yo!

2010-09-22T22:05:00.003+08:00

Sue Shan ♥ - studehh babehh says (9:56 PM):
lobeka
my pm
damn yeng rait
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Sue Shan ♥ - studehh babehh says (9:57 PM):
so yeng i oso kenot tahan
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Becca says (9:57 PM):
u so mengada i kenot tahan
Becca says (9:58 PM):
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Sue Shan ♥ - studehh babehh says (10:00 PM):
hahahahaahahahaaha
aiya chill la
Sue Shan ♥ - studehh babehh says (10:01 PM):
im just saying what i think ma
Becca says (10:01 PM):

Sue Shan ♥ - studehh babehh says (10:01 PM):
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Becca says (10:03 PM):
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Sue Shan ♥ - studehh babehh says (10:03 PM):
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Becca says (10:04 PM):
copy and paste it 4 times doesn show free horrrrrr

See. I updated ma blog! =D

Helloooo =D

2010-09-18T16:25:00.008+08:00

Sarapohz and Lobeka said that my blog is dead.

Well, it's not now! =D

P/s: I made a new cbox account due to the previous overly-spammed cbox by some unknown spammers. Let's hope it won't happen again =)

Spam alert

2010-08-01T14:27:00.003+08:00

I hope you guys noticed that my cbox on the right of this page had been filled with some "comments" from "commenters" giving links and asking people to visit their site. In fact I'm not even sure whether those are actual people typing those messages or whether those are just spams.

Whatever it is, I urge you NOT to click. It is safer not to, I reckon. I have reported some as spam and even banned some ip addresses but it didn't seem to work quite well. They just keep coming. And it is seriously damn annoying. If this continues, I might consider deleting the cbox from my blog.

Please take note, ladies and gentlemen.

Updates

2010-07-19T01:30:00.011+08:00

1. Amanda
3 weeks ago when I first came home from Australia, there was a baby at my house. The baby's name is Amanda and she belongs to my aunt. Mom helped aunt to take care of the baby for 1 month while aunt goes to work. But last Friday, the baby went home for good cos her mom resigned and became a full time housewife to take care of her.

Amanda is so adorable. Having a baby at home made me learn a bit on how to take care of babies, by observing how mom does it (she's pretty experienced in this, after years of raising my siblings and I). Well, the best part of it all was that I learnt to carry her. It was kinda scary to carry a month old babies cos they seemed so fragile but I did it and liked it especially when she seemed secured in my arms and smiled widely as she slowly fell asleep peacefully. That experience was truely priceless =) She just made me love babies more.

This is how baby Amanda looks like. She is so adorable nobody could resist and she is now the center of the whole family's attention. Such a right time to exist, being the only baby in the family and the whole family's love and care are showered on her without other babies to share :p

Anyway she went home to her mom last Friday and the whole family missed her. But we can still see her anytime we want at her house =)

*****

2. A trip to the cinema
HOHO I went out with my girls today to pyramid to watch a movie. The choices were between Despicable Me and Inception. But guess what we ended up watching yo! It is Twi to the light Twilight Eclipse. HAHA. Cos Shari and Grace had to leave early and the next session for those 2 movies were too late.

But hey to be fair this time it isn't that bad compared to the second, and I didn't watch the first so I'm not gonna compare it to the first. The second one was seriously a pain. But the third one was alright, though not superb. At least there was an element of suspense on whether Victoria will find Bella and what they'll do to defend themselves against the new-born vampires etc.

But the cheesiness between Edward and Bella, oh boy, cracked me up a little. I laughed at one point when it was so cheesy I could not take it and Suan and Shari both laughed as well haha. But don't get me wrong. Cheesy is good, cheesy is good (it's kinda ticklish if you get what I mean hahahhahahaa).

*****

3. The end of a journey, the beginning of another
Technically the semester is starting tomorrow but my classes only start on Thursday. Sigh, it's back to that same ol routine (that I dread) again. But then again, this can never be avoided. It is part of the process that everyone has to encounter in growing up. And this is my final semester as a student, after which I would most probably be working.

Time really flies. It still feels as though it was just yesterday when I first came to Monash, and before I know it, I have only 1 semester left to complete my studies. And at this time next year, I would most probably be already working! Sometimes I think I grow up too fast. I dread jumping onto the job-searching and career-life oriented bandwagon. But hey that's life, babeh. If this is not what I'll be doing, I don't know what else will be.

But I guess as much as I dread the future working-life, I kinda look forward to what I may face as that is where I would gain more knowledge on the real world and life, and hopefully achievements and self-satisfaction at work.

But looking on the brighter side, I hope to make full use of my remaining half a year of life as a student. And it's pretty exciting to be back at the Malaysian campus because there are more pretty girls here than in Caulfield! Or maybe they are just easier to be spotted here than Caulfield? haha =P It's not that I have specific interest in pretty girls, but don't we all love looking at pretty things? =D

Anyway it's late, time for bed. Goodnight before the sun rises hohoho =D

Time to be a nerd again! 8-)

Have you seen a nerd camwhore?

There. =P

Faith

2010-07-16T16:15:00.003+08:00

This week is my final week of freedom. The second semester of the year starts next week.

After which, it means another (and potentially the final) round of stress, assignments, tutorial works, and exams. Seriously I dread exams. I realize I always do not perform my best in exams. Perhaps it's cos I overstress myself prior to the exams that during the actual exam day itself I have no more willpower to sustain the mood and thus, I under-perform. Sometimes I feel very angry with that attitude of mine too.

For the coming semester, I hope for consistent hard work. I hope I will sustain the mood to study and always keep up with syllabus. I think I am really poor in time management. This shall be something about me that I need to observe and hopefully improve the next semester. It is my final semester, and I just needa nail it.

And I am writing this so that when I look back, I remember this is what I wanted to strive for. So much thoughts flowing through my mind now - thoughts regarding my academic life which is coming to an end, my career life which is drawing closer and closer, and my achievements in life so far. I am still looking for my talent and something that I would excel in but unfortunately, I just can't seem to find a satisfying answer yet.

And the more this happens, the less faith I have in life. Sometimes when you see people achieving what you've always strived for, you ask yourself, where did you go wrong? If you've worked hard and they too worked hard, but they achieved so much more than you did, then how much more hard work do you have to put in to gain the equivalent amount as what they have gained?

Life isn't fair. Some are born with natural talents and are good in everything without trying much; while for people like me, I have never been the brightest kid in town, nor the handsomest among the rest. And therefore there's a lot more for me to do in order to be on par with others. This is, indeed, very tiring. But I shall take the remaining semester as a real challenge, and continue fighting to at least gain as much as I can before my opportunity dies down.

Please, God bless me. Thank you.

I learnt that...

2010-07-13T15:39:00.006+08:00

There's always 2 sides of story to a dispute. The involved party always thinks he's right and the other party is always wrong in his opinion. And then he'll tell his friends his side of story which would appear to his friends that he's right and the other party is wrong. This happens most of the time.

I have almost never been in one and always chose to avoid but it will still affect me rather greatly if the other party goes overboard. It is, however, very tiring to be in one but sometimes it is just difficult to forget what's happened and talk to that person like normal. At least not so soon.

Cheers.

Random thoughts 11/7/2010

2010-07-11T18:54:00.006+08:00

I miss taking walks home from uni alone after my classes when I was in Australia, especially when the weather was good and not too cold. The walks were usually peaceful and observing the surrounding stimulates my mind and makes me think. I remember observing how fat the birds in Aus were. And I am still amazed by their size compared to Malaysian birds, really. =/

But I'm not complaining that I do not get to take walks anymore. The lifestyle of being chauffeured in car in Malaysia is good as well. Saves energy + there's air con =)

Anyway, point is, I think that my brain hasn't been really working due to holidays (too relaxed, don't needa think much) and holidays are quite a bore, it makes one lazy as a result of lazing around at home too much rather than stimulating a person's mind. But when there're classes, things pass by too quickly that you feel you do not have enough time for studies.

I really wish there could be more balance in this. Like we have more frequent but shorter holidays (1 week holiday after every 2 weeks of classes), rather than long holidays all at one go (1 or 4 months holiday). I don't know if it's actually feasible, but all I know is that it will not happen.

Cheers.

Affections

2010-07-11T03:58:00.005+08:00

Majority of the society judge people by appearance. Though it might seem shallow to some people, but you might realize that subconsciously appearance does affect your impression on a person.

Furthermore, how can the society (especially young minds that aren't completely molded yet) not be affected when majority of the hit songs describe affections based on appearance.

An example that I came across most recently is this:

Honey got a booty like pow, pow, pow
Honey got some boobies like wow, oh wow
Girl you know I'm loving your, loving your style
Check, check, check, check, check, checking you out like,
Ooh (oooh) she got it all
Sexy from her head to the toes
And I want it all, it all, it all
Usher -OMG

And we all know there are plentyyyy more describing affections in the same way. This just shows how people get attracted to people based on looks.

Just gotta admit that appearance does play a part in this huh?

Is this a good or bad thing? Well it's up to you to judge =)

Bad antics

2010-07-10T03:40:00.003+08:00

Would you feel disturbed when people talk to you,with many swear words included in their speech? Or are you the type who uses swear words in your speech?

I don't know bout you but personally, I cannot stand people including a lot of swear words when talking. It might be excusable to use it when you're mad or angry but is there actually a need to use it in casual conversation? It is even more unpleasant when a girl does this.

And I have this thing against smokers. I usually walk away when someone near me starts smoking. And I find it disturbing to see girls smoking. Especially those with bleached hair, thick black eye make up, super short shorts (torn denim, super hipster), super high heels. I think it looks pretty degrading, doncha think?

The foul words are disturbing, the smoking is sick. But yet I wonder why some people think it's cool and why they do it.

Hmm. Thoughts to ponder around? =)

Cheers.

The earth is spinning too fast

2010-07-09T02:52:00.002+08:00

Seriously, I wonder where my 24 hours in a day go. Time really passes insanely fast.

In a blink of an eye, an hour passed. Before you know it, it's nightfall again.
24 hours felt long but it wasn't actually enough to spare.
You realize you didn't do much in a day but yet, there goes your day.
It passed just right under your nose.

That's life for you, ladies and gentlemen.

New header

2010-07-06T15:07:00.002+08:00

New picture for header. This time there're 5 of us in the picture. Ho ho Sarapohz happy? =P

And finally...

2010-07-02T22:15:00.003+08:00

I'm home!

So glad to be home. But everything felt so surreal. It's as though the past half a year in Aus was a dream. Perhaps it is just that I adapt to home so well that it felt as though I have never left home. And I'm loving this feeling. I love the fact that I'm home! Loving the weather though I sweat much more here and even soaking wet sometimes, but I seriously appreciate the weather here. And it feels so good to sweat again! =D

Loved Aus for the shopping + food. Definitely gonna miss it and also my aunt and family who took such great care of me when I was in Melbourne. Gonna miss aunt a whole lot. Wanted to cry when I hugged her goodbye at the airport but I held on. Cried when I hugged Sarah and left Emo House. Man I'm so gonna miss that house cos of all the memories that came with it. Miss my housemates lotz! And thank you Janice for the lovely card you made. It was lovely and it emofies me even more =(

And sucha coincidence! Emily and Yee Keong sat beside me on the flight! We didn't plan it! At first emily and Yee Keong booked the seats in front, while I booked the seat at the back. But somehow Air Asia changed their seats to those beside mine. I was so shocked when I saw them. =D

One of the only bad parts bout being home is: Being in Malaysia = seeing more of lizards again OMG LOR WEH!! I hope I won't be seeing them!! OOOH AND!!! I had my maggi goreng after I touched down!! + tandoori chicken OMG LOVELEH BABEH!

Met up with Graze today. Met her just 6 days ago at Melbourne but it feels as though I haven't seen her for 6 months! Haha. The person I see most often in Melbourne, is the first I meet when I'm home. =D

Anyway, just a slight update for today. I came home to a cute adorable baby (aunt's. but baby is here occasionally for mom to look after when aunt's working). Aww sucha cute baby she's now the center of attention that mom barely has time for me! Pft.

Oki more updates soon!

Til then. =D

Packamania

2010-06-29T01:03:00.004+08:00

Hi! =D

Who would have thought that I could come online from Emo House again!
(Didn't have internet the whole of last week cos we disconnected it as all of us are leaving)
Thanks to Hwee who resubscribed for the internet connection cos she'll be here for another month so she needs it, and so I tumpang. =D

Anyway, it's packamania at Emo House!

Grrr so annoying. Don't know where to start how to start what to start with. I'm so reluctant to clear my study desk. How now brown cow? =(

Sarah's friends are here for the night. 9 people in Emo House. Whoa it's never been this happening before. So in total contrast with how Emo House was the past few days, where only Janice and I were home, plus Grace who was here most of the nights to sleepover. It was so quiet as opposed to now! It's 3.06am and they're still playing guitar. 2 guitars and 1 ukulele. It feels really nice though, to have so much noise here. Me love happeningz =D

Oh ya omg Sarah and I went to Mart for breakfast this morning and it was AWE-DAMN-SOME MANZ! Seriously. Super duper satisfying. If only I could have more of that. Life... Good things are never sufficient, are they?

Also went for big breakfast with Grace yesterday at Melbourne Central before her flight back home. That was also totally awesome. Blogged bout it actually when I dropped by uni on the way home to use the internet (there was no internet at Emo House) after coming back from the city. But didn't publish it yet cos I haven't uploaded pictures! Can't do that now either cos we have limited quota to use so better not upload pictures from home. Gotta just wait til I go to uni or when I'm home in Malaysia!

At the moment I seriously can't wait to go back to Malaysia. The weather here is so freaking cold I can't take it I wanna go homeeee. It feels as though my hands are put in an ice box I can't even feel my hands!! That bad.

Gotta pack now. Else I won't get my sleep ever. Toodles.

My last few days in Melbourne

2010-06-27T13:26:00.005+08:00

So I had been hanging out with Gracie Chong throughout the past few days ever since the very day my exams ended. It's been really great having her in Melbourne and I am more than glad that she's here. Seriously, she made such a huge difference in my Aussie experience. What more can you ask for than having one of your best friends with you in a foreign country when you're new here?

Basically it was "splurgymania " for the both of us. We went shopping all day at Swanston, Bourke, South Wharf, Harbour town, Vic Mart etc. Well we did not only shop for ourselves, but we also had a mission, which is to fill our siblings' shopping lists. It wasn't easy buying things for other people because you really wouldn't know if the things you find pretty, will seem the same to them.

Wanted to really get something for dad, mom, grandma, aunts and cousins too but perhaps it's also cos of the generation gap, I just can't seem to think of anything good enough to surprise them with besides food and chocolates, which means that there aren't much surprises to give =( But anyways, glad I know that dad loves kit kat and so I bought those for him because apparently kit kats here are nicer =D And my bro better treat me better for the effort I made to find his stuff - walking under the rain in freezingg weather just for you my lovely brotha. O=)

And then Graciechong and I splurged on food as well. Just wanted to eat all the nice food here that I will certainly miss when I get back to Malaysia. Ying thai, Stalactites' Souvlakis, Freddos' gelatos (OMG FREDDOS IS ♥), KFC's fries (which is different from the ones in Malaysia)... I'm missing those already! And all my arnott's bisuits too. Stocked up but I am sure it'll finish in no time when I get home. sobz. Too addictive. T.T

What made the past few days even greater was that Grazes came over and stayed over at Caulfield. Yay sleepover! It was awe-damn-some. Else it would be only Janice and I in the house cos Beckz is in Malaysia, Navz in Brisbane, and Pohz in Sydney. Watched movies and have chats at night. It was just chillaxingly fun.

Went for big breakfast with Grazes on this very beautiful Sunday morning before her flight back home to Malaysia. Oh gosh the breakfast was loveleh! With a cuppa latte to perfect things up. Super satisfying. After bidding farewell to Graciechong, I decided to go shopping on my own. I took a really nice walk on my way to South Wharf DFO. The sun was out, the weather was just perfect, the view was beautiful, and Yarra river never seemed prettier than this before.

Maybe it is because I was walking alone so I had time to slowly walk along the river while enjoying the sun and scenery around me. I even stopped to take pictures (and took 1 of myself too =P). Everything was just perfect. Very peaceful and nice. Super awesome ♥ Spent quite some time in Borders reading a book, and then off to Cotton On which is a must to visit @ South Wharf cos things there are seriously insanely cheap! haha. =P

Almost 3 quarter done with packing and thankfully I have Grace to help me big time to carry my stuff home. Oh gosh, it was indeed a very big favour from her and I couldn't thank her more. She just made my life easier so I have less trouble bringing all my stuff home. Tried to also rely on some friends who are going back to Malaysia for hols (thought they had less to carry) but not all are as willing as Gracechongz and my housemate Navjitz. haha. Thanks girls. Truly appreciate your help! That's why I always say girls are nicer you see =)

Alright I better go now this post is getting too long. It's 4 days til I'm home! Man it's sooner than I thought. See ya when I'm home people!

Til then.

Farewell #2

2010-06-22T21:15:00.004+08:00

Today marks the last day of exams. Last night was the final night that I was actually studying properly in Australia. As much as I'm glad that finals are finally over, at the same time I feel heavy hearted to part with whatever I went through this semester in Australia, specifically Caulfield and Emo House, and also this might sound crazeh, but I will also miss the stress. And the awesome feeling of having housemates taking the same subjects to stress with and discuss the problems with =)

I will miss staying at uni til 11pm to study, I will miss my lecturers (having angmoh lecturers was fun cos it felt different), I will miss going to city with the girls, I will miss Emo House, I will miss chilling out with the girls in one of our rooms til morning light, and most importantly, I will miss the friends I made here. Hey people! We'll continue this part of fun in Malaysia yeah? Since most of you will be going back soon as well. ha!

Just got my marks for my final assignment and I'm contented. Assessments this semester so far had been good. =)

In about a weeks' time, I would be back home! Excited!! =D I love Aussie although I had some bad encounters with rude people but I know generally Aussies are alright, just that small proportion strain the general reputation of the friendliness of the people here.

Will be busy packing and enjoying my last few days without exam stress here in Australia. Will probably be back blogging when I'm home in Malaysia! woohoo hello sun! nyahahahahaa.

Exam season @ Building T lab. Office feel = awesomeness. =D

Til then.

Farewell #1

2010-06-19T14:58:00.004+08:00

Rebeka (it's Rebecca but I just like to call her that =P) left Emo House early this morning to the airport to go back to Malaysia. It was the last time hanging out with her and with all 5 of us Emo House girls going out together last night. And honestly, I felt it was the best monthly dinner so far, at least all of us were hyper and had the mood, unlike previous times when some were too tired to be hyper etc.

But anyway, point is, I am super emo now cos it was the last time I see Rebeka in Aus and hang out with her in Aus and this also means that there won't be anymore outings with 5 of us going out together in Aus anymore. It was always like a holiday with them around.

These girls, each and everyone of them - Sarah, Rebecca, Hwee, Navjit... made my stay in Aus the awesomeness thing ever. Thank Buddha/Guan Yin/God for that, and maybe it was the right choice I made to come to Aus in February this year rather than last year (I almost transferred here last year). If not, I seriously wouldn't have met them everrrr.

sigh. ♥ you girls lotzezzz manzzz. missing you guys already =(

3 papers down, 1 more to go. Had the most suckiest one last night. Actually I think all papers are super tough this semester. But glad that I had housemates stressing with me =P

It's back to the notez now. chaoz =(

Exams...

2010-06-10T01:03:00.012+08:00

As usual, exams are killing me. I am so stressed I have irregular sleeping hours and I was so stressed I cried once... fine, twice or more.

Before you start judging that I'm a kiasu freak who's so kiasu I cry cos I'm worried that I cannot fully grasp the knowledge of all 12 weeks' of work well, please also do understand and take into consideration the fact that I'm in my 3rd year of an Accounting and Banking & Finance major, the subjects do get tougher than ever and it is also obviously not easy to juggle between 2 tough majors (1 is enough to make me suffer).

Moreover I have another Law subject (yes, again) this semester. Gosh listing all these down, I feel like crying again. Haha. Help mom! I'm sooooo worried and stressed and scared and stuff. Oh yeah, ask me the subjectivity of a business course and I can go on and onnnn about it. Seriously, I think that business is a course that is really difficult in the sense that your answers are always very subjective and market-based and with market factors included in most of our studies, it just gets even tougher to understand and digest those information!

I have been sleeping at odd ungodly hours lately and waking up not long after to study, study, and study. In short, I'm very deprived of sleep now. It feels as though I study 24-7 and this feeling is NOT good. But oh well, at least I switch studying environment and it's less dull and boring. We went to Berwick library that day (oh I love that campus and its library), then Caulfield's (which we've sorta gotten bored of already) and Clayton's Matheson Law library today, and it'll be State Library this Saturday! I love studious silence. Can't wait to study and be productive studying in those environments =)

Went and consult mr. french lecturer today and it really helped. A lot. He's such a great lecturer, I really think he knows a lot of stuff and has a very good way of teaching. Let's hope this subject is one that yields superb results *cross fingers*.

Sigh mom, I have no time to boil water, fold clothes, wash clothes, and cook. So sad =(
~~Now if only mom was here to cook for me, boil soup for me and do chores for me, it'd be so great~~ hehe. Basically studying overseas is about juggling between studies, play and chores. At home, the chores were taken care of by mommy, and I didn't have to worry bout that. But here, sigh, one extra thing to do. =(

Sigh, exams examsss!! In less than a week's time. Chances of HDs this time round? Well there might be, but let's not place too much hopes. What I should do is to aim, and as the saying goes, by shooting for the moon, at least I land among the stars =).

Oh random thought, I remember I attended this debate in Melbourne Uni by the Malaysian students who study in Australia (the topic was bout NEP), and one of the debater got this phrase wrongly by saying "Shoot for the stars and you land among the moon" or something like that. Damn joker. Please get your phrases correct before reciting it rather confidently (thinking that you're right but fact is you're a little wrong) in public. However though, I would say that the phrase that he makes, could actually mean something, but even that, it should sound something like "Shoot for the stars and who knows, you might reach the moon". Now that sounds like some unexpected desirable returns doncha think! Haha. (But then it's still not the cliche phrase that we always hear! =P)

Okay, I shall not be too critical at this point.

This is what a stress person does (or at least that's what a stressed me does when studying =P)

Ahhhhhh!! sostresssostresssostressSOSTRESSEDDDDDD =((((
*Takes deep breath*
*Chants* Life is good. Life is awesome life is great. *Faints*

It's library day again tomorrow. Sigh, hate walking in the cold and freezing all my way to and from uni. =( This may sound crazy to most of you but, I really miss Malaysian weather. At least it's stable and unlike here, temperamental. "Like a woman's temper", according to Navjit's friend.

Anyway, it's 3.55am here now and it's way, wayyyy past bedtime. I guess I'll stop here for now. Another wordy post =/

I'll see you when I see you folks. I won't probably be blogging much for the next few weeks til exam ends. Till then, take care!!

My nightmares:~
15/6 - Lending Decisions
16/6 - Taxation Law
18/6 - Investments and Portfolio Management
22/6 - International Banking and Finance

=(

T____________T

Depressed. Bye guys!

Birthday!

2010-06-02T22:35:00.011+08:00

It is a very good feeling to make something with your heart and soul (not so kua cheong but you get the idea) and have someone appreciating it.

It's even a better feeling to have the homies to all join in the process of it til 2am in the morning ~~by supporting (Sarah and Becca) and making noise and creating drama in the kitchen by baking their own cake at the same time and creating so much of jokes (Navjit and Janice)~~.

These were the undecorated cupcakes that we baked for Sek Koln on his 21st birthday. *proud*

And this is how it looked like after decorating =)

Basically we baked 21 cupcakes and at his birthday dinner itself we arranged it on a tray and put H-A-P-P-Y B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y candles. Glad that he looked appreciative of our effort =) (hope he really is though! haha.)

I went to Coles to buy ingredients for the chocolate frosting last minute this noon but thankfully everything turned out well and the cakes looked pretty =) Man.. beating the cake batter was tough and required so much of energy! But it was still fun overall and worth the effort =) Thanks to the baking sifus Becca and Sarah I think now I know the basics of baking. haha!

Happy Birthday, Lau Sek Koln. Blessed 21st!
Thanks for the dinner. *hugs*

Ps: Qi! See I told you there's no such thing as fail! =P

A weekend well spent.

2010-05-31T12:30:00.006+08:00

So many things to do, so little time.

Finals are coming up so soon but I have no mood to study because I can't wait to go home and keep thinking bout going home! How now brown cow?

Pray pray that I get the mood =)

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I just came home after being in the city for 2 days. Currently overdose of public transport (tram + train) I still feel the sway as though I'm still on the tram/train. Gah.

Anyway, I went to the city during the weekend and stayed over at Grace's house so that we girls have more time to spend together before we officially start our exam-stressing period. Despite that the word "exam" kept appearing in our conversations/thoughts. we still managed to have great fun. Unfortunately Miss Grace's exam is sooner than ours so she was divided between going out with us, and studying for her exam. And 3 of us spent our night at her place studying too! Which is good, at least I did something productive during the weekend =)

We also managed to have video call with Shari cupcake who is currently in UK. She and Suan are also going back to Malaysia in July and I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM!!! =D =D =D

This trip was mostly spent exploring food that people in Melbourne say are must-tries. And so we tried Grill'd burger and chips, Ying Thai (damn awesome all of us have been there so many times), and Max Brenner for the first day. We were so full after Max Brenner and so we decided to call it a day on food. All were awesome, omg. ~~That explains why my face is so round now~~ Just gotta stop stuffing myself with junks and snacks irrelevantly. ha!

Hello Grace! =D

Chocolate Souffle. So rich, so gooddddd.

Lau Sekkoln with the hug mug.

This is my hug mug.

Then second day, we spent the morning studying too (a bit), and decided to try Mackers here. A friend mentioned that we should try all the bacon burgers here because we don't have them in Malaysia cos they're pork. Which is true and I am always curious how diffferent the Mackers will be here in Australia than the ones back home in Malaysia. Well nothing much in particular that they are different, only that they have extra bacon in their burger, and the cheese here seems more high class than in Malaysia. haha.

On the way out we decided to take some pictures cos the scenery outside Grace's house was so beautifully autumn =D

This is outside Grace's house. Victorian stlye. So beautiful.

Chicken Bacon Deluxe was nice but I still prefer Spicy Chicken Mcdeluxe =)

And then Ee Ann and I went to visit the State Library. Seriously, this magnificent library is so amazing it still amazes me. It is so huge I felt so small in it and I almost got lost in there. It looks so ancient. so Harry Potter-ish and also National Treasure-ish (the scene in the library where part of the clue for the treasure was hidden and Nicholas Cage had to go there and find).

Mind you, the pictures below are only showing one hall (the La Trobe Reading Hall), and there are many other halls as well! But I liked La Trobe most cos it's the most ancient =)

And since we brought our notes, we decided to stay there for 2 hours to study. I liked the atmosphere. The studious silence was amazing and it felt really like a library (a majestic one). However though, in such an ancient atmosphere, it feels a bit odd to hear people turning on their laptops with the windows startup music, handphones ringing etc. I mean, seeing them using laptops in this ancient environment, is odd enough. It's like ancient yet modern? =/

Studious me studying :P

At night, my housemates and I had this monthly dinner outing. And this time, we went to Vege Bar at Brunswick street. To get there, we had to walk through a kinda dark street which apparently was very notorious. 5 of us were so scared we quickly marched through that dark street with a pepper spray in Sarah Poh's hands ready to spray whoever that comes near us. It was just funny how we walked so fast and 5 of us walking side by side... LOL.

And we finally reached Vege Bar. Food was good, especially the Funghi Pizza. Unique ambiance. After that we explored the shops along that street. They sell really unique collectible stuff but I must say, also, that that place was kinda scary cos some shops sell weird stuff and have weird deco as well. It really felt like an adventure. Thrilling yet fun. Haha.

Then 5 of us each got a drink and gathered in Sarah's room for bonding session. It felt really nice that 5 of us finally properly sat down together with drinks (and snacks after that) and talked to each other bout random stuff. We slept exceptionally late that night but it was really nice. =) Pictures of these up soon. I haven't got them from Janice yet =)

Missing them already. Sigh, there's exams to face before it is home sweet home. Depressing, just like a stone, a burden, in my heart until the exams are over.

Oh, Navjit is baking marble cheesecake for us tonight! ~~Let's hope it's not a disaster~~
Oh I forgot to mention that the other day's Mediterranean dinner was a success it was SO GOOD. =D

Recipe recipe..

Ah, I'm so proud of these pants sewn by Grandma. my housemates would have probably gotten so sick of me admiring my pants all the time. =P

Dinner! lovesssss. =D

Anyway, gotta study now, take care. =)

Random thought.

2010-05-28T18:31:00.002+08:00

The difference between walking and traveling in a car is that by walking, you get to observe more of your surroundings; But by car, you will be able to reach your destination sooner and consume less energy.

It is a trade off between observing the beauty of nature (and traffic in my case cos it's a highway in front of my house in Aus) and time & convenience no?

But nevertheless, I miss being chauffeured in a car. =)

27 May 2010

2010-05-27T14:18:00.004+08:00

I saw a black blackkkk crow on my way home after a long day at uni today. And while walking, I realized that the birds here in Australia (or is it only Melbourne) are exceptionally fat! Even the sea gulls are fat, mind you.

I remember Navjit mentioned to me before that the birds here have more rights than humans. i.e: A person once got sent back to his home country and not allowed in Australia just cause he kicked a bird? But is that also why they are so well fed that they became so big? hmm. I wonder.

And did I mention that it is Autumn now? Red leaves, golden leaves, brown leaves, they are everywhere. Fallen leaves... just like blanket on my feet as I walked through the pathway in front of my house here.

And they even covered most part of the grass in front of our house! No doubt, this sight gives a nice, autumnish feel but, it makes our house look really messy and unkept as well! I did see someone sort of cleaning the public pathways this morning as I walked to uni (not sure if he was actually cleaning cos it looked more like he was holding a machine to blow the leaves away?) but, will there be anyone to clean our house compound?

Sometimes Aussie's weather can be so beautiful. With autumn-coloured leaves on the trees, sunny weather, and people sitting on the grass enjoying the sun... Oh how I love this scene. If only I could paint this all down but unfortunately my painting skills are limited as some of you can see from my self-painted canvas painting and those of you who know that don't needa raise this issue up to me cos I know that thank you haha.

But no matter how beautiful the weather is, you always know that, just in the very next moment, the sky could just turn gray suddenly with strong wind that would literally blow you away, oh and lets add in some drizzles to the picture as well. I know some of you could so imagine what I am describing here. =)

This situation can so be related to life. Just as one is feeling so happy and lucky with one's life, in the very next moment, a downfall could just happen in a sudden. That's life for you, my dear folks. It is very scary as there are uncertainties like this but, I have to admit that without these uncertainties, life would be a bore, it would be so dull and uncolourful.

On an unrelated note, Sarah and I went for pastry at Caulfield Plaza today. And that was only when I realized that I missed pastry! But too bad it is just so expensive here. Otherwise I would eat more! And and! Sarah, Becca and I the homies ~~momies~~ are making Mediterranean dinner today! I am excited of course (more of how the dish would turn out ~~let's hope it's not a disaster~~.) NO IT WILL NOT BE A DISASTER. IT CANNOT BE.

Alright, I better stop here as it is getting too wordy again. I don't know why I just keep feeling like writing a whole list of thoughts and happenings here lately. It may be partly cause I finally let mom know about my blog lately (felt awkward to let her know before), so perhaps she could see how her daughter's doing, surviving without her family in this foreign country, and how she's maturing (in terms of being independent and being able to think for herself).

A friend told me that my blog is lack of pictures and has too much words and that my blog will look more enticing and exciting if I include more pictures? Well that, haha let's just say in posts like this, I wouldn't know which pictures are suitable to be put in and which part of the post I should include it in? But I will try to include more pictures next time! Maybe I should really start taking more pictures. =D

It is now Week 12, next week is Week 13, which is the final week of classes for this semester, which means that exam is soooon! Sigh, time flies, and this is so scary.

Alright I'm hungry. I'll probably go grab some snacks now. Bye guys! =)

Random updates.

2010-05-26T21:17:00.003+08:00

Studying overseas makes me miss home wayyyy more than I usually do. It especially makes me miss my family more.

I miss the food, the weather (it's too cold here sometimes), the atmosphere, the convenience, the chillaxness, and most importantly, mom and dad, and my siblings back home.

All I wanna say is that, I miss my family. Thanks for providing me a pillar of strength. You don't know how relieved and eased I feel after talking to you, mom, after a longggg day of stress and worries and depressions at uni. Yes, it helps a lot just by talking to you and hearing your voice.

And I know my mom will definitely be reading this (since she's already known bout this blog now) so I'm not gonna make it sound so cheesie but, I love you mom! =) *tight tight hugs*
I really miss hugging her from behind all of a sudden when she's busy at the kitchen. heh. =')

The weather is so good here in Melbourne today. Finally I see the sun! I can't remember when was time I last saw it since it's been raining so much lately, that I get all wet by the time I reach uni after walking under the rain for 15 minutes or so.

Just random rants for today. Chaddy's got mall-wide sale today but I refused to go ~~cos I wanna be a good girl and study at home~~.

Hey the daling girls! It's bout time that we should meet up again, soon!

Sigh, exams are in a few weeks' time. =( My heart sunk when I thought of it. Back to the books, goodbye folks. Will blog again soon. Till then, take care!

The reason why I'm going home =)

2010-05-25T17:09:00.001+08:00

Well as most of you know, I am currently studying in Australia now.

And by now I guess it should be quite safe for me to say that I will be going back to Malaysia for good in July.

I came here as an Intercampus Exchange student from Malaysia, expecting to go home in July to complete my course. Although, I did think of transferring to Australia (and subsequently graduate here) all along before I decided to choose to go on exchange instead, but in the end I chose to Exchange rather than Transfer cos I thought there'd be more flexibility and more options for me in deciding whether I actually wanna stay in Aus for a year. Besides, I was told by the staffs back then that I could extend my Exchange to Transfer if I wish to stay in Aus to complete my course after the duration of my Exchange.

Well many people told me to transfer to Aus and complete my studies here (Especially relatives who pressured me to do so as they have this mindset that studying in Aus is better than in Malaysia). So that was what I did and I just tried to apply and see the outcome. But little did I know that they had this stupid policy that not all campuses apply. The only campus that I wanted to go to does not allow me to transfer c os of some policy thing.

But the campus that would actually allow me to transfer does not offer the major that I am currently doing and I may be required to study for 1 extra semester in order to take up all the units for the major that they offer. Well in a nutshell, I am doing Accounting and Banking & Finance major but the campus only offers Accounting and Macroeconomics & Finance which is different.

So for those of you who had been previously wondering why my application wasn't quite successful, I hope this enlightens you =)

I would just say that a university with 6 campuses in Australia (not mentioning name here) just complicates things as the application of their policies aren't consistent at all.

But anyway, it means home sweet home soon! As I've always mentioned, I miss home. Especially my parents I miss them extremely much. And the convenience of having car to chauffeur me around rather than walking everyday to uni under the rain (bad weather), having mom to cook for me than cooking myself and doing chores on my own.... and so on.

I sometimes even wonder how I'm gonna survive the coming Winter when Autumn is already too cold for me to take!

And and! The good thing bout going back to Malaysia to complete my studies is that most of my friends are also currently on exchange and all will be going back to Malaysia next semester too! So yeah, I have friends to graduate with in Malaysia, rather than having like only 1 or 2 friends in Aus.

So that pretty much explains my mixed feelings (in previous post) as well. I do miss Aussie no doubt, but I did have my fair share of fun. What I'll miss most is of course, my housemates here who, also, will be going back to Malaysia soon! (Can't wait for that reunion).

PS: I actually hope that you girls can attend my graduation =P We'll see how yeah! =)

On a random note, Janice randomly mentioned that day in lecture that she wants to go to Sunway Pyramid (as though Sunway Pyramid was reachable by car from where we are now) =| But it was funnayyyy... Soon, Janice, sooon!! =D

Ok this post is starting to get too wordy. Bye guys!

Mixed feelings =/

2010-05-15T13:46:00.000+08:00

Reflections of Passion by Yanni was playing on my playlist. A soothing and refreshing one I would say. A very beautiful piece of artwork by him.

Then it was Cheung Chi Lam's 祝君好. This is a very emo song. And, considering that I had mixed feelings before and also currently (emo + not emo i'm also not very sure), I don't know why but I totally felt that song like never before. From the musical instrument in the background to CCL's voice and emotions that're attached to it.

Ok. Point is, I think I am leaving Australia and Monash Caulfield in few weeks to a month's time. I have mixed feelings. Part of me wants to go back very badly. As in seriously. I miss home, I miss mom and dad, I miss the convenience of having everything back home, I miss my piano, I miss the fooooood (oh glorious Malaysian food), you get the gist laa... I. just. miss. home.

But, on the other hand, I miss Caulfield campus too. It is, no doubt, very troublesome to live alone, having to walk miles and miles to uni (it is just 15 minutes away but sometimes it feels like ages to walk there you see), not much entertainment here, having to cook almost everyday and sometimes i run outta ideas of stuff to cook = sien, and so on. However, though, I miss this place because firstly, many manyyyy thanks to my housemates for making my stay here in Caulfield a very beautiful and memorable one.

Before I came over, I was seriously very worried that I will have a hard time staying with people I did not know (although I heard of Sarah Poh and met Janice before). Turns out, they're bunch of fun people to be with! I wouldn't wanna change anything for this experience of staying with awesome housemates like them =) ~~and, Sarah Poh the femes girl that I heard of isn't that scary afterall. She's as nice as an angel (I have to say this cos I know she'll read this. HAHA. =P~~

And, I would also miss the study environment here to a certain extent. Studying in a huge campus like Caulfield, and having one of the best lecturers I've ever met before ~~woots. and he's a french. french = sexayyy~~ A very bergaya lecturer that stands in a very gaya-ish way and ends his lectures with quotes. fuhhh i tell youuu. But, that's not the point. Point is, he's good cos of the way he teaches. He makes sure we know our stuff and relates to the real world as well.

Besides him, there's also another very angelic tutor who looks very very much like Mr Bean (a taller version) and is also somewhat cute (as in adorable cute, mind you) at the same time. He helped us alot in our very tough assignment and I couldn't thank him more. I have never appreciated someone's help so much before (in studies wise heh.)

As much as I wanna go home, I think I sort of fell in love with this place by now. hmm, or maybe, I just miss my experience here =) But seriously, the thing that I will miss the most, would be sharing house with my housemates - Sarah, Becca, Janice and Navjit. Thank you Sarah and Becca for always being the one staying home with me while Navjit goes clubbing, and Janice goes library (I am not sure to study or to youtube =P). Especially Sarah, somehow I don't know why both of us are always the ones staying home chilling at kitchen together with laptops. haha.. good ol' fun times huh.

Well, i think this post is veryyy long already. I don't know what's the main point of this blog post but it is just what I feel currently. Mixed feelings bout going home haha. I would say it's a 55% wanna go home, 45% wanna stay back thing. or could be a 60-40 instead? xD

Well, if you were wondering, these are how my housemates look like
=)

2010-04-18T16:27:00.000+08:00

Suddenly I had the urge to blog. It's quite random I know, but oh well, that's me =P

For the past few months I couldn't be quite bothered to blog but all of a sudden I felt like writing something here. So I guess I should start with updating with what happened and where I am now.

Fyi if you still haven't already known, I am currently in Australia, studying in Monash Caulfield which is in Melbourne. Basically settled down already by now and very fortunate to have had mom with me when I first arrived and she helped me get all the essentials =) I love mommy =D mom and I met up with Aunty Kitty who lives in Melbourne and also went to Sydney for the weekend to visit Aunty Janet who lives in Sydney, and also my cousin Bryan who also came to Sydney to study.

Part of the reason why I think I was SO lazy to blog was because uploading photos on the blog is painfully annoying! so um, for pictures, please visit my facebook account =D

And I am currently living in a house known as Emo House (because it is located on Emo Road) with 4 other girls. I did not know them before coming but heard of and have seen some of them around before in uni. Well I have basically got to know them better now and I am happy that I have them as housemates! These girls can be reallyy random at times and I love that because I love randomness! =D

And I'm glad that they are all vain (like me) and we can go shopping together, try our dresses and show each other, ~~buy same pieces of clothing just because we are so kiasu we don't wanna miss out on nice stuff~~, spend hours at the table in the kitchen talking and doing nothing, conference with each other on msn even when we just live less than a meter from each other, and so on! Thank God we could get along well =)

Ok enough of updates bout Aus so far, let's fast forward to what happened today.

The others went out since morning and noon and I was home alone. And and! I did my work! hooray babeh for once I actually sat down properly without distractions (no facebook no msn cos I put my status as busy) and read my law notes and book =P ok I know now I'm here blogging and this = distraction. sigh. I need to go back to work soon. um, i mean NOW!

So let's hope I will be semangat enough to blog more in the future kays! There are too many pictures taken within the past few months that I haven't blogged and I think it'll take forever to upload it here. But they're all on facebook you guys can check it out there =D

see you when i see you!

Till then, tata :p

2010-03-24T22:38:00.003+08:00

Rebecca (my housemate who lives in Room 3) bakes very good shortbread cookies!!

=D

ok blog post for the day. enjoy. =P

New Year!!

2010-01-05T00:33:00.000+08:00

New Year Countdown pics are up!!!

I miss that night especially after looking at the picture. Hardly we go out as such a large group.

omgomgomgomgomgOMG!!

Update soon =D

Happy 2010!

2010-01-04T00:58:00.000+08:00

First of all, Happy 2010!

The past year 2009 passed by in just a blink of an eye. Even faster than I thought 2008 passed by. Many things happened in 2009. Ups and downs like a roller coaster ride. Enough to make a mentally weak person to become suicidal.

I guess it's bout time I should just let those things go with the gone 2009. 2010 awaits me!
Many challenges, excitement and others await me.

I'm leaving to Australia in February. It's confirmed. I'm not gonna tell you the dates yet cos I don't feel like telling yet but if you really wanna know, gimme a buzz! and say helloo to me =P
damn I sound so desperate for someone to talk to me haha.

I know I haven't been updating. That's cos I seriously didn't have the mood to do so. But maybe I'll start doing that again who knows. So many things I did within the past few weeks. heh.

Genting was fun. Those guys attempted to surprise me on my birthday but I saw it coming la. Thanks anyway. It's my first ever time people bother to celebrate my birthday with me =) Very very touched, seriously. Although I only got 1 present this year but it's fine. I'm contented.

They tricked me with the candles T_____T
The candles are so stupid they won't go off even if I blew them. grrrrr~

And we went countdown too! That was fun as well. Haha. Many people whom we don't usually see came with us!

Right. Pictures up soon I guess.

Chronicles..

2009-12-02T16:56:00.000+08:00

This is a slight update of what I've been up to lately.

1) Worked at a concert.

Sandy Lam's concert. Great experience. Quite an eye opener =)

This was taken during the rehearsal. Apparently we were not allowed to take pictures/video during rehearsals. So I only dared took it from afar =/

One of the crew members did ask if I was interested in working for Astro on Demand (AOD), apparently to play games with HK celebs? and with quite attractive salary. But unfortunately I would be in Australia then and had to forgo that opportunity. =/

2) And I'll be starting my internship next week

I'll be starting my internship at Alliance Bank in KL soon on Monday. Say goodbye to my summer vacation. I feel excited but scared at the same time. Worried that I don't know the operations in the banking/finance sector and will drive my superior nuts. T__T

Update: Changed my mind last minute and decided to do summer semester in Monash instead. Say hello to studies again woohoo. haha. Let's hope summer semester is really that chillax as described by some friends hmmmm.

3) I miss...

my long hair T___T

emo... =(

Doesn't quite look emo-ish?... wadever la. emo. =(

And it's end of the war.

2009-11-17T15:01:00.001+08:00

If we know that procrastination will bring us down, why do we even let it get the better of us despite being aware of that even when we are procrastinating?

If we know our mistakes this time and fully intend to change for the better the next time, why do we always let procrastination interrupt the intention to do so? Or even, why can't we seem to get the desirable outscome even after so much hard work?

These were the questions that often came into my mind after incidences like exams. and assignments. I always would procrastinate and only start doing all I could only when it's nearing.

I truly wish to eliminate that behaviour of mine. Even when I was in my first semester in university, mind you. But I never really succeeded. I wanna pray to Guan Yin ma to not let me be so lazy all the time. Consistent effort will do me good when final exams come. I jolly well know that. Sigh.

After writing so much, I would like to proudly announce that my final examinations are officially over! It was alright, I hope, except for the law paper which I did not have enough time to do much. And even though it is an open book paper, it was really difficult to find the statutes and cases T_____T I felt like crying in the exam. Really I did. I hate Company law.

I am so tired now and my face is full of pimples after approx 3 weeks of late nights (almost every night). oh and I have obvious dark circles around my eyes too. I shall rest for a few days before going out with the dudes and ladies first. hehehe.

Short update

2009-10-27T01:36:00.000+08:00

Recently we did a photoshoot at Monash in conjunction with the various farewells for several people who are potentially leaving Malaysia.

And similarly, this may potentially be my last semester studying in this campus. T__T

There are quite a number of pictures already uploaded on Facebook. I'll blog bout it soon after my exams end k!

So at the meantime, stay tuned! =P

Pictures by Yunn. Great photography skills I must say =)

My nightmares:-

30/10 - Commercial Banking & Finance

11/11 - Company Reporting

13/11 - Performance Measurement and Control

17/11 - Malaysian Company Law

EXAM @_@

2009-10-20T14:43:00.000+08:00

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Wassup yo! (I don't know the mood is like this when I see the picture above =/)

Currently in half blast exam mode. (full when it is super nearing i hope T___T)

omg so scared when I think of it. how am I gonna survive through this tough semester finals? T__T

Anyways, be right back in November!

Miss me in the meantime kays! =D

Shari's departure @ KLIA - 2nd October 2009

2009-10-14T01:13:00.000+08:00

So it's been a week + since Shari left Malaysia. It took me awhile to blog bout this cos

1) the picture provider (ck) was slow in uploading on facebook, and
2) I was even slower in uploading it here as i've been busy with assignment and now speed catching up with syllabus T____T

Imma look like a mad woman if ya see me a week later. Suan has seen that before while I was studying for exam last sem. ask her. lol.

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Before moving on to the pictures, I'd humbly like to have a small discussion here:

Often when you give people gift(s), the cliche saying is that "price does not matter, it's the thought that counts". But my humble opinion is that, well to a certain extent I agree with that, in the sense that the gift that you give does not have to be a branded LV bag, or so to speak.

However though, the value of the gift does imply your thoughts of that person. Don't you think?

For instance, a birthday gift. you are willing to spend RM10 to buy a gift for A; but to buy a gift for B, you wouldn't mind spending RM100. So obviously B has a greater spending in your heart.

But this does not apply to random gifts out of nowhere without occassions. Especially when you don't expect that. If someone buys a gift for you randomly without occasions, now that's really thoughtful even if it's just RM5 =)

Has that ever happened to you before? hehe. well, just a food for thought =)

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Ok. Pictures. I know that's what you're waiting for :p

On behalf of us, CK made this for Shari . Ain't that sweet? T___T

We were there earlier before others. So in this picture we were hanging around reading the notes that everyone wrote for Shari on the back of the thingy that CK made.

And then CK the paparazzi grabbed the opportunity to take picture of pretty people.

what? I iz pretty wokay. lalala~

Chung Seng explaining his... um, big business plans?

Cheau Chin got lost on her way to KLIA. So we were 3G-ing. heheheeee.

Guys present. 1 of them is holding the camera.

mandatory group picture #1 (incomplete)

mandatory group picture #2 (complete)

Shari's other group of friends who were also present: Chuck, Mike and a girl names something like Shu Yee? Shu Yih? (=P) spelling i dunno~ pretty T__T

Sisters with the same faces. Miracle. Haha look at Tracey's t-shirt (white). Looks like she is still dreaming that Shari's not leaving yet hor? hahahaha sorry. lame i know. boo.

Hin Guan is also leaving on a business trip to London. xD

.....So not. he's only queueing on behalf of Shari's bro so that he can take picture with his family. hahahahaahahaah.

and Cheau Chin FINALLY found her way there! =D bravo bravo.

woots. sweetenehz.

Trademark pose ala Chung Seng. Damn sien already la this pose. =P

Hahaha Vernon looks like a geisha! hahahahahaaha. ok. not funny. =

Me love. T______T missing you already.

err... like what some people say. Rain.... =/ (up to how you interpret this =P)

sings rain is coming down... on the rooftop. hualala.

Calvin Klein the photographer.

18sx! =O

Clariesa.

Overload! @_@

This was when a smile changed to cries. note: cries (plural)
You guys were waiting to see this huh. T___T

Then Shari ran away from me while I was crying T____T

Shari's Mama telling her what to do.

Apparently everyone was wishing that her passport expired and then she can't go to london?

.....Right. Dream on... T____T *dreaming*

my love.

can you see CK's hair at the bottom? haha. and omg kids don't look at Vernon. Mama says we can't do that _ _

Most touching moment.

Shari hugged mama. I think she was crying very terribly by the time this picture was taken.

Even now when I look at it I feel like crying T_____T

Shari, take care! It feels really different now without you, Grace and Suan here =(

My grief is beyond explanation. My best friends left one by one. Knowing that I won't be seeing you guys for another 2 years hurts even more. Can't wait to hang out and talk to you guys again. and do fun things with you guys T___T

Miss me ok =P

Grace, Shari, Suan Shih my loves. All the best smartypants! i'm so proud to have you guys as my friends =)

And Ei-Jean. Don't be down. You'll be fine in UK =)

Shari's farewell T___T

2009-10-10T01:58:00.000+08:00

Venue: Her house
Participants: All the crazy people

Food: Legendary Teluk Pulai Bah Kut Teh all the way from Klang

Photo from : CK aka Calvin Klein

What else: I don't know

Hmm. wonder what's hidden underneath that cap
;o)

The bets for Indian Poker. loser has to eat whatever people bet. @_@

Robin wants to pick a fight. xD

CK says this is S.H.E. =/

Chung Seng(right)'s trademark pose...

again... -__-

my loves.

I got tired eyes T__T

Specky wannabe posing with CK's glasses. haha.

Then Clariesa terjangkit Chung Seng's penyakit

Then cupcake also =.=

During the game.

Lilian is not concentrating. lol.

All knew Ck was gonna get it and bet a lot of food for him to eat.

CK with a bread in his mouth and Chung Seng.... awoooo~

EAT BREAD! hahahaha.

HAHA Hing Guan what're you doing. =/

looks like a puppy here =X

We're worried that her stomach would explode cos she finished most of the bah kut teh that night. hahaa.

Quite coincidently there's a laughing Buddha at the back.

Pretty Shari you look like "why so serious" here :p

poor cupcake let people bully T__T

but I suppose it's mandatory :p

kinda like this. too bad i covered most part of my face xD

Shari I love youuuuu!!!! T______T

Family photo

Then, they surprised Clariesa with a hugeass doggy plush as her birthday present.

ala Lion Dance =S

Did you realise that the doggy looks funny floating at the back? hahahahaha.

This looks as though Chung Seng was wearing a costume.

eek. act cute king.

If you don't know how guys look when they act cute, this is a good illustration.

Ok this should be all that I would post here at the moment. For the rest of the photos taken, kindly proceed to Facebook and search for it thank you.

But I'm still waiting for the other batch of photos from Shari though. This cupcake's been MIA since she left to london T__T

Next up: Shari's departure at KLIA. I put it in separate posts cos both combined, there are too many pictures. hehe. So stay tuned =P

2009-10-07T00:14:00.000+08:00

I

am

going

nuts.

Seriously. I've had enough of assignments this semester. Can't wait to get done and over with this one so I can start studying properly. That also I don't know if I have enough time for revision.

I'm doomed.

Time flies..

2009-10-03T16:29:00.000+08:00

And Shari left. Imperial took her away from me in Malaysia =(

She should have arrived there already by now. Poor girl had to go there all alone without any friends or family members to accompany. But she's one tough girl. She'll be fine. I wonder if I could be like her if I were to face this though =/

Everyone felt sad and emotional. Shari, thanks for the last minute surprise. lol. Very touching. I cried so much and couldn't sleep at night. Sort of regretting for not hugging her a lil longer just because I wanted to hold back tears... =/

the next time I meet her would be 2 years later =( =( T_______T

part of me still haven't got used to them not being in Subang anymore. For instance, I got an email on an invitation to an event. I thought of going with them, but I forgot that they're now overseas =( now I'm not only talking bout the 2 in London, but Grace who is in Aus as well. =(

Sigh. so sad. They're like my sisters. They're like my pillar of strength besides my family. Girls, hope to see you girls again soon!

That's Suan. =)
Fortunately after Shari's departure I had this to lift me up a little. She seems happy and has a nice room and pretty roommate =)
Seemed so smiley as well.

Take care Suan and Shari. Love you girls tonnessss.
<3>

Reminiscing the moments...

2009-10-01T13:47:00.000+08:00

When the three who "look the same" used to hang out together very often.

Seriously, we get that very often where people tell us so, or even, think that we're sisters. wow. Talk bout evolution? hehe. Evolution means that, We tend to evolute (change) and look more like each other after years being together all the time.

Now, all are (gonna be) separated. I'm the furthest =(

Lets see if we still look alike after 2 years k? xD

Gifts? I gave them. That's the only thing that could remind them of my presence. Hope it works. haha.

Let's build another group in Austalia >=P

Grace, Ee Ann! I'm coming. ho ho ho.

26/9/2009

2009-09-29T01:53:00.000+08:00

It was grandma's birthday last Saturday. But we celebrated on Sunday afternoon as the restaurant that we wanted to go to was fully booked.

So that also means I was back in Ipoh. I love to go back to Ipoh. The food, grandma and other relatives, my cheap and nice haircut in kampar on the way to Ipoh... the facilities in the club which my dad's a member.... all those are awesome.

And last but not least, whenever I get back to Ipoh, there're always dogs to see, which, in Subang, is often a rare sight for me cos no relatives in Subang rare dogs. I love dogs. =)

Grandma's house has 2 to begin with, 2 enthusiastic looking dogs which never fail to greet us with waggly tails whenever we arrive. In addition to that, last weekend, Aunt brought her 2 dogs over. 1 is a shih tzu and the other is husky, the species that looks like wolf that is often found in places like... the arctic =) such a rare species. It has blue eyes. woots.

picture of said doggies.

husky's still a playful puppy, always looking for hands to chew on. it's quite painful sometimes, to be bitten by her. it's only 2 months old but look at its size! it's gonna be damn huge when it grows up.

The shih tzu is g'damn cute man. But it had an injured spine the other day when we got back so whenever someone attempts to carry it it'll literally scream. and then it tried quite hard to avoid being touched cos he's in pain. but husky loves to bite his back. lol. such cuties.

ever heard of a dog screaming? well i have. haha.

this is me forcing lil shih tzu to take a picture. haha.

err.... me with a silly pose.

Grandma's birthday lunch. =)

Apart from the birthday cake, we had this to eat. proudly made by aunt =)

Grandma and her grandchildren =)

the three stooges xD

CK's 21st.

2009-09-24T01:25:00.001+08:00

It was held at the poolside at Court 10 apartments, where Hin Guan's dad owns a unit there.

CK was not supposed to know that it was planned for him.

In other words, it was meant to be a surprise birthday party for ck BUT after the long awaited "surprise" was performed, he expressed that he actually suspected it. oh well... anyhow, he may know that there'll be a surprise for him, but he may not know how we were gonna surprise him =D

me, crystal, annie baby.

Me love cupcake daling =)

Chung Seng, Sharon and Lilian

All of a sudden flames broke out and the chicken wings were on fire. o_O

CK thought we were celebrating Clariesa's birthday, but in actual fact it was all planned for him.

He was trying so hard to throw Clariesa into the pool but only to find out that he was the one who was aimed to be dunked. lol. padan muka. xD

Group picture.

Left to right: Sharon, Ee Ann, Me, Crystal, Lilian, Hin Guan, CK, Chung Seng, Vernon, Shari cupcake, Clariesa, Rubin.

Now you know who's who =)

The cake that Shari cupcake, Hin Guan and Lilian did for Calvin Klein (CK).

I secretly think that I could decorate those cakes better than them lor.

=X ok now it's not a secret anymore. hahaha.

And they made him eat 1 particular cupcake which contained wasabi. That's his reaction after eating it. =( pity face.

Haha.

Crazy people. I don't know them =P

That's calvin klein filled with mashed potato.

ewww... Looks like the joker in The Dark Knight.

haih. I really don't know what to say bout these people.

I was one of the few sane ones =P

Shari and the guys ;o)

Rubin the centre of attraction. Forgot what he was saying.

=S

Can you see Ee Ann's greedy face? xD

After party at McD's. it was quite past my bedtime hence the face. paiseh.

He always looks like this. haha.

clariesa.

Chung seng.

Vernon.

Hin Guan

Shari and I

Leftovers.

only under the white light that we realised we consumed so many of such white & part-raw looking chicken wings.

No one wanted to eat it and these gone to the bin in the end.

That's bout it for that night. =)

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It was Ei Jean's turn to leave on Monday. Though I don't usually see her that often despite that she lives just opposite, but I do feel the difference knowing that she's not in that house anymore.

It feels... empty. Suan Shih, Ei jean... soon Shari's gonna leave me too. Cupcake =( =( I miss miss you =( speaking bout people overseas, Grace is mia. Grace I hope I'm coming to you babeh. But it really sucks that I still can't tell yet. It's not even open for application yet. sobs. this sucks eh? =(

Siao.

2009-09-09T15:48:00.000+08:00

2000 words Law assignment down. 2000 more words to write for Commercial Banking.

1 test, 1 presentation, 1 assignment next week. Can life get better at this stage?

T_____T

My (academic) life's been so hectic and i'm so lazy and these two don't complement each other well.

And i got into trouble here and there (eg losing my ID, many datelines to remember etc and some I don't wanna mention here). And due to the work overload, I can't revise my syllabus on time and I feel kinda lost now especially in Company Reporting this subject I tell you, it drives me nuts.

On a random note, Eason Chan's voice sound so good when he sings slow emo songs. loves.

bye.

I ain't well.

2009-09-08T15:44:00.000+08:00

So stressed up with the workload. It's so heavy that I do not even have enough time for revision and I feel so lost and frustrated with Company Reporting. It is the worst subject I've ever taken in my education life so far. The tendency of failing this subject, from what I see, and from seniors' comments, is very absolutely high. Hopefully it'll get better in time =(

I hope Guan Yin Ma will bless me. Please =(

I am so stressed up that some days I don't bother two hoots putting on much make up before going for classes anymore. No, serious. Those who know me and are in Monash and observant enough would probably notice this. I'm a plain jane now =(

Went back hometown and had a hair cut.

The effect is not that obvious here but I think I look like an apple now. No not me. My hair looks like an apple. T________T It's just too layered and short. How am I gonna have long hair by next January for that big occassion T__T.

And from the picture you can see that on the left side of my face which used to be very nice, is ruined. Got pimples. Maybe it's not so obvious here but it's bad. The right side of my face is worst. See what had the stress done to me.

I'm so stressed I think I'm in depression I wanna cry =(

I have an assignment due tomorrow. It's Malaysian Company Law. It's so statute-based its is SO boring. I don't wanna do law =( Thank God I didn't choose law as my career if not I'd be much depressed by now.

I haven't finished doing my research yet I'm here telling you how stressed I am. I seriously ain't well =(

Rant again! =D

2009-08-29T01:27:00.000+08:00

I went for a mild shopping today. And it frustrates me to find that I have problem choosing one of these two. They are just so similar but different! urggh.

They look equally good right? I always take picture to see if it really looks good.

I wanted to find a white tank top recently. But then the white is wee bit too transparent. But it's not obvious here. Anyway I didn't get the white one =( Despite that it was on a 50% discount and was a really great deal. Oh well you must be looking at me with the wadahell face now if i'm telling you this face to face. heh. sorry, girls are like that. not all but i'm like that =P

On another unrelated note,

I saw this from Jason Mraz's blog and it was very surprising.

He wrote this. (It's supposed to be a post on answers to fans' tweeters questions.)

From RecycleOrBurn@: Whats in the mug you’re always sipping from during concerts?

His answer - "Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa is oral demulcent sore throat syrup. It’s like tea, but more like molasses from the China Sea. "

And he proceeded to post a picture of Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa.

I don't know bout you, but I think it's very surprising indeed, to find that a person like him drinks Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa. That's what I used to like drinking as a child =) Ooo Jason and I do have something in common =P

Click here to read the said post =)

Chao chao! =)

I am loved =D

2009-08-29T00:50:00.000+08:00

This was the said night that I broke my record for the first time and came home as early as almost 3am in the morning. It was supposed to be Suan's farewell =(

I came home with a sore throat. Nevertheless, it was fun all in all =)

Crazy buncha people.

Calvin Klein (his name is CK)'s pose sangat mengadas. haha.

SUAN! @_@

I don't know but I just think it just looks as though they around us are all blurred

except for the 3 of us HAHA

Loves.
I hope our reunion will be as soon as possible.

Bad lighting =(

The waiter took a lousy group picture of us

Kleo did a crazily good job singing a super fast paced song by Machi =S

Chung Seng looks funny here hahahahaha.

SuckerzZz =P

Red Box's ever so irrelevant tidbits =/

We bought a cake for her.

I don't know if she really cried or was merely pretending.

But she was touched I could tell =)

Who asked her not to miss us?

Should ask her to miss us ma!

MUST MISS ME :@

Bad lighting. Makes me look fat on the face =/

I will miss this.

T____T

2009-08-27T20:59:00.000+08:00

There's a lizard that just came out of my room to the computer room. I screamed when I saw it and it got scared it kinda almost dropped on the floor it's so scary I tell you =( =( =(

I have an assignment due tomorrow and I have just started typing not long ago. But I did my draft though. BUT stupid lizard is here how am I gonna do in peace and burn midnight oil in peace when it is around! T_______________T

Help =(

Why didn't I buy the lizard repellent last time =(

God I feel like crying now. Life gets even tougher when you're down. I finally feel the burden =(

Love <3

2009-08-27T14:12:00.001+08:00

Had a good sing-shout moment last night and came home only near 3am. This is the craziest and funnest (if this word ever exists) moment I've ever had, In total contrast with what I'd been feeling for the past few weeks. It's great to lift me up when I was so down. IT WAS FUN!

Now I have sore throat. Aiks. =X

But Suan Shih is leaving soon =( I'll have 1 less crazy friend in Malaysia with me =( =(

Suan Shih I love you.

Shari I love you.

Others I love you guys too. You guys are fun =)

Ok off to class now. Toodles. Pictures up soon I hope =)

Camloves.

2009-08-24T01:49:00.000+08:00

There's every reason for a girl to take self-obsessed pictures. No I don't wanna use the term "camwhore" here as it sounds like i;m degrading myself which I should not =P

Ok la i do use that sometimes cos that's what everyone's using but hehe i dont like to use that word lalala.

Oh and I think my skin got better =D let's hope it maintains. See how long it'll last. heh.

Toodles. Me love you long time darlings =)

Face exposed.

2009-08-23T17:08:00.000+08:00

Many people mentioned that they haven't seen me without make up before?

But trust me, with or without make up, both look similar, just that with make up I have more colors on my face (and that is why I love make up =)) and without make up I look slightly paler.

This is me with makeup.

This is me with makeup with a weird smile.

This is me with makeup with a fat face when I was relatively fat =/

This is me without makeup. I think it looks pretty decent what? =P

This is me without make up

And this is me without makeup

So yeah, don't you agree with me now? =P

MSLS 09 pictures

2009-08-14T01:14:00.000+08:00

Got them from Shari kek cawan.

this was what we did in the toilet. that's why we took so long to come out. ngek ngek.

Nikko hotel... awesome toilets they have. haha.

SHARI my love!!

I'm so thankful you were there with me that day! (you know why. heh.)

Colours of life (1)

2009-08-09T23:45:00.000+08:00

I attended this conference on Saturday and Sunday. It's the 3rd Malaysian Student Leaders Summit (MSLS). Well what I wanna say bout this is that, I feel so intellectually challenged with so many people from universities like Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, LSE, plenty plentyyyy more and even a minority from Harvard o_O.

Most of them are studying in the UK, while I on the other hand, am pursuing my studies in Monash, an Australian university. Consequently, when those studying in the UK were discussing bout their respective universities and their studies and the UK (particularly London), I felt left out as mine was a different system (Australian) altogether. It's like basically majority of the participants were UK students. And mind you, many of these UK students know each other. I felt so left out as I was sorta the odd one there. But I assure you, if this is a conference organised by students studying in Australia, I will definitely NOT feel as left out as I did here =)

However, this was a good experience as I got to listen to Tun Mahathir, YB Khairy, A Samad Said, Sheikh Musaphar Shukor the angkasawan and many many more speak in person. It was very enlightening indeed. Oh and Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon was so friendly he came up to us and shook our hands while we were just hanging around among ourselves. That experience was priceless. In a nutshell I felt honoured to be there. =)

I think we took some pictures but they are in Shari's camera. Will post them up if I get them. Now I shall resume my assignment. Toodles =)

Day out with Ee Ann.

2009-08-04T23:25:00.000+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EE ANN!

It's her 19th birthday and she's a big gal now. =)

We ate a lot, talked too much til our voices run dry, ate a lot, ate a lot, and we also did this.

Too bad Shari had to leave early for another date and couldn't join us for this. =(

It was so fun. With the right company. And it's also my first time doing something I shouldn't. heh heh what are you thinking? =P

Sigh girls, you gals never fail to lift me up when I'm down at my lowest moments. I really don't know what I'll do without you. Picturing you guys leaving me for overseas is truly a nightmare T_____T

His/her name is Haruhi. =/

But it's undeniably pretty. And she's so photogenic.

Rojak

2009-08-02T00:03:00.000+08:00

Why do people add salt to their coke? Personally I think the taste of Coke does not differ significantly whether or not you add salt to it. Someone told me that he adds salt to his Coke to counter the sweetness of Coke. Eh like that more unhealthy lor I think. More suger + more salt in your body. o_O

I have been having nightmares everynight for the past few days. First it was bout

a big fugly reptile which really freaked me out. Then it was bout zombies. You know I believe in the existence of Zombies. The english version of zombies. not the chinese ones. Cos it's quite scientific the story behind the existence of zombies especially after watching I Legend which Will Smith acted in. Then after that it was... I forgot but I just didn't sleep well =/

This picture. Doesn't it just make you smile? Dogs are so cuteeeeeeee. I have a really soft spot for dogs. Especially cute pet dogs. Sigh.. doggyyyyy <3

There're tons of fishes in the water so the waters I will test.

2009-08-01T13:43:00.000+08:00

Katy Perry's thinking of you. I think I finally understood the meaning of the song. But then I don't know how does "Like an apple hanging on a tree, I picked the ripest one I still got the seed" relate to the story.

On another random note, Chris Daughtry's voice is so good! And I think he and Kris Allen sound quite alike here and there. haih chris daughtry... <3

Happy?

2009-07-27T01:05:00.000+08:00

Guess what I did today.

I watched a musical. By the choir of SMK Seafield. It was awesome except that the pastor's wife (in the musical) acted quite badly. Cos the way she talked = cacat. and the way she sang = cacat. Not that I could do well if I were in her position but what I mean here is that they could have gotten someone who could play her role better. Hmm well, maybe they have their reasons for putting her in that role. I'm just really amazed by the talent these young schoolchildren have. They're awesome.

Suan Shih's sister played the lead and was stunning. Haih why she so pretty T_________T

Oh and guess what. Suan Shih and Kah Keat were supposed to pick me and Jean up to go for dinner before heading to school for the musical. And they were late again! HAHAHAHA.

But.

That's not the point.

The point is, I did this while waiting for them...

picture is small cos i look ugly but still wanna show

my eyes looked exceptionally/relatively small that day T____T
i mean it's already small to begin with... but this one even smaller =(

eh my eyes normally don't look this small wan ok. haha.

Eh I haven't been doing this for so long. As the saying goes when in doubt post all. Forgot where I got that from but it's so true.

Ok goodnight. I'm going to bed as a happy girl tonight =)

Thanks to you =)

I watched Harry Potter...

2009-07-23T22:48:00.000+08:00

... and Dumbledore died.

='(

T____________T

oh and Suan Shih cried too! in the cinema. HAHAHAHAHAHA SHAME SHAME HOW OLD ARE YOU SUAN SHIH =P
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...
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Fine. I felt sad too. aiya damn sad la. How is Harry gonna survive now?

But he was damn stupid also. Dumbledore asked for water he took so long to give him water. hmm maybe that's why he died =(

kidding laa it's just a movie damn it why should we speculate the cause of Dumbledore's death right?

But I think Harry Potter... I mean Daniel Radcliffe is so super duper triple quadruple short. ok not that short but short compared to others. >=/

Ok bye bye.

Prawning!

2009-07-22T03:16:00.000+08:00

Kacua (cockroach) the hero removing the prawn from the rod

(nobody else really dared to touch it. haha.)

YAY hasil tangkapan! =D one of which was caught by meee with some guidance from jason =D

oh this one very scary. let's look closer.

OUCH! SO SCARY O_O
I feel really sorry for the prawn =(

Wormssssss O_O

It was our first time prawning and it was fun with some laughs in between. Shari did something REALLY funny unintentionally. hahahaha. and she said this omg~

shari says (12:34 AM):
shari is the paling geng prawn catcher

indeed, she is DAMN geng. geng til the extent that the prawn didn't struggle when she caught it so it wasn't much of a trouble removing the prawn from the rod. the prawn that she caught literally banged the ceiling and then the pole and i think it died rightaway. heheh. omg shari so cute.

We then proceeded to Boston and got them to cook our prawns and it was GoOoood~

Really fresh and that is also why the shells were so easily peeled.

Note I do not usually like to eat prawns but our hasil tangkapan = must eat and it was yummay mummay =D

ok late already. time for bed. goonai.

Malacca!

2009-07-18T15:23:00.000+08:00

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Update: Malaysia scored against MU! Awesome. Amri Yahyah (whatever the spelling is) did a great job. It was a draw for quite some time til Michael Owen scored the winning goal almost towards the end of the match. I secretly wished for Malaysia to win. hehe. But anyhow I think that the score of 3-2 (MU won of course) was very good for Malaysia already =)

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Hehe, I actually got these pics some time back but never got around uploading it here. So many to upload la. Lazyy...

So here are the pics in no particular order. As mentioned before, the trip was awesome =)

This is the supposingly NICE cendol but I do not appreciate cendol so I thought it was a lil too sweet cos I hate gula melaka. But I think you'll definitely love it if you're a fan of gula melaka =)

Dalingss..

Jason looks so sleepy here. Eh what happened to the picture. how come like that! =/

Rather candid one.

This orang utan is really cuteeee. Unfortunately i'm really scared of it. Kah Keat requested for a pic of its ass. So hamsup =S

The lovebirds !

Them again... -_____-

A must have if you visit Malacca though it's nothing very different from the normal oil rice except for the shape.

Aww.. Don't they look good together?

Wait til you see the other one who looks EveN better with him. (got chemistry hahaha) =X
*runs before Jason comes with a parang*

Nyom nyom nyom~

SHARI!!!!
Shari's got dimples. so pretty T______T

Hello Brian! Boo boo chak! xD
Brian shy shy... =P

Loves.

Malacca river at night.

Jonker Street =)
oooh I finally found those wire rubberband here. weee so happy =D

We were so hungry that we emptied those plates in seconds.

Yummay..

We booked a bungalow in A famosa and it comes with a pool per unit.

This is the winning shot of the trip. HAHA.
Look at Kah Keat and Suan Shih... just look at them la. hahaha.

Jason diving o_O

Chor dai dee which I won most of the rounds.

Now you can call me winner khoo. =P

Graceeeeeee

Loves.

Well...

Grace looks like a typical tourist. haha.

Posers!!
except for me =D

Backsides -_____-

THE END

more trips to come in the future with the same people I HOPE!

By the way I got my results already and 1 subject was really disappointing. Perhaps cos I set my expectations too high... (expectations high = disappointment higher if outcome is not desirable)

But overall still ok I guess... considering that I did better than most of my friends... (friends in BBusCom not engineering ah!) different course different standard. lol. *self consolation*

Anyhoo i'm glad that my average is higher than previously and still able to get me (transfer) into Caulfield. Just that grade wise isn't that good this time. Now it only depends on whether they have enough place there next semester and whether my subjects match theirs or not (in order for me to complete my degree as scheduled). Pray for me k. Thank you.

And oh mee gosh I will still need to see "risk" & "return" and will definitely have to see these for the rest of my working life cos I'm majoring in accounting and finance. T_______T
But I will get through this. Bi Sheng! hahah wadahell...

Ok bye.

YAY!

2009-07-16T00:59:00.000+08:00

BADMINTON TOMORROW!!!!

with you and you and you!

Hee it's just badminton for heaven's sake but I don't know why I'm just SO excited! =D

OK i'm going to bed ho ho ho the action starts tomorrow!

All good things do come to an end

2009-07-15T14:46:00.000+08:00

As you all know, I was on holiday for almost a month already. And sadly it's coming to an end. After which I wouldn't have much time to spend with the dalings and Grace is going back to Aussie next friday and Suan and Shari are leaving REAL soon. T_________T

So we were trying to meet up everyday and do some fun things together (which do not seem fun actually but fortunately the company's fun). However everyone seems so busy lately and even planning to go to Pyramid for a good Bish Bash moment is SO difficult.

Man i'm getting tired of this you all plan la k I will just sit back and wait for you all to tell me the plan and I'll just go =PP smart move? But Suan Shih if you're reading this by any chance (which I don't think you will), damn I miss talking crap with you and when can I have that again? T_______T

Ok la damn emo now I better go first. Got the pictures from Shari and Kah Keat but so far i'm sitll too lazy to blog.

Random updates

2009-07-10T16:16:00.000+08:00

The other day we went to the awesome dining place "Mum's Place" for dinner. The food there is awesome, very very delicious but the price is a bit expensive. But what to do, my whole family just love eating there.

If you happen to go there, do order their smoke chicken and keledek with lime juice. It's a must for us whenever we visit that place.

This is an amazing sight.

Can you see the stretch of black dots above the windows? They're ALL birds. o_O

My hair looks so @!#$@ now I urgently need a haircut T______T

Hmm.. Does my hair look better like this? =/

The trip was awesome

2009-07-08T00:26:00.000+08:00

The long anticipated trip has officially ended.

Well it was really, really, REALLYYYYYYY funnnnnnnnnn!! Despite that it was pretty tiring and was really hot in the noon and hot = moody Sue Shan, in case you didn't know that. haha.

But it was mainly because of the awesome wonderful company that the trip was fun, and it's a bonus that the guys came along and that adds to the awesomeness of the company and they drove + knew the way to several places, therefore we went to many places =D

I felt really sad when I parted with the dalings. It's like I already started missing them right after we parted (especially when Grace & Shari were in the other car). Oh gosh I thank Guan Yin Ma for providing me with such wonderful friends. I am wayyyy beyond thankful to have them =)

Will blog bout it soon when I have those pictures from Shari! My camera failed me =(

Thank you Grace St.(inside joke hahaha)Shari SuanShih Crystal EeAnn Brian Jason KahKeat for making the trip such a memorable one. I think I will never forget you guys =)

Well at least that's what I think now. If I ever forget you guys, you can have the honour of whacking my head. hahahahahah. But just a soft whack will do xD

Cheers, Sue Shan loves you long time =)

What you can't ignore

2009-06-26T18:37:00.000+08:00

Wherever you go today, you'll see the news bout the late Michael Jackson's death.

You just can't seem to ignore it. It's everywhere. On CNN, on MSN homepage, on everyone's personal message on MSN, facebook etc. And the radio's been continuously playing Michael Jackson's song!

Well I'm not really a fan of Michael Jackson, but I think I have to admit that he is indeed, a legend. Not to mention his songs and dance moves because I know everyone knows bout those already. I mean, c'mon.. he even has drinks named after him! That's amazing.

Personally, I think he looked better before changing his skin colour. But that's his personal life and I think that nobody should judge him based on that.

Whatever it is, he deserves our respect.

RIP

Michael Jackson

1958-2009

My hair..

2009-06-25T01:30:00.000+08:00

is no longer nice!!!! =( wuwuwuwuwuuuu T_______T

See how it was kinda straight and a lil wavy (but not too much)?

Now it's like this.

It looks so unmanaged on the right and my head looks big now.

Hmm... i think i need another haircut soon.

Oh by the way, have I told you that i get my haircut for RM10-12 depending on how much i cut? So cheap. and it's quite good for a simple haircut =)

Lunch with the girls tomorrow. can't wait can't wait CAN'T WAIT! i miss my girls! <3

Save the day

2009-06-23T23:27:00.001+08:00

The examinations are finally officially over. I'm now one hella free soul.

But I needa recover my social skills. Haven't been really talking to anyone for almost the past whole month! Been interacting with books though. haha. Looks like it's time for me to get out there and randomly find some people to speak to huh.

Right now I'm still pretty reluctant to blog yet (nothing to blog. sobs.). So I'll see you when I see you!

I'm going on a vacation next week. YAYS =D

David Archuleta is soooooooo so so so so SO CUTE!

What a day...

2009-06-12T23:38:00.000+08:00

I am currently facing the final exams.

Yesterday was my first paper of the semester. Today was the second.
It (today's) pretty much sucked cos it involved more writing (on theories) than I expected. And some questions were like... wtf. yeah that explains it.

Sigh this was the paper that I aimed to do well. Unfortunately there was not enough time to prepare for this because I dedicated most of my preparation time to yesterday's paper. sigh. Talk bout time management huh? I gotta do better in managing my time. Hope hope pray I'll do well in this yeah.

As if it wasn't enough to affect my day, there was another shock after that.

My family and I went for dinner at Taman Megah food court. Dad drove the Camry out. So we parked our car at the carpark near the badminton court. After our dinner, we returned to our car only to find that the window on the driver's side was gone.

G-O-N-E.

to be precise, it was on the floor. someone broke it. and there were signs that someone was trying to force open the door.

Fortunately nothing was stolen. But we're guessing that the thieve intended to steal the car but maybe someone saw him and hence he ran away and didn't get to steal anything in time.

Not even the "smart tag". Only damage was the broken window.

What can i say bout this?

I don't know. ta ma de. God(s) (of any religion) shall punish the thieve. He'll have his share of this crap in the near future.

Anyway, let's put all the sad things aside for now. To cheer things up a bit, take a look at this. Titled "terjumpa.. Penguin hidup di tanah air".

Haha wtf. The title suits the picture so well.

I find it really amusing. haha. such a cute "penguin".

Short update =)

2009-05-22T23:54:00.000+08:00

One more assignment down today. But unfortunately I fell sick after that.

Nevertheless, while i was rushing through the assignment to finish the touch ups, i received an sms from grace all the way from Aussie that put a smile on my face. Shari does that too, sometimes.

Thanks gals, for remembering me. I ought to do that to remind you guys that you're remembered too, eh? haha.

Recently I haven't much motivation to blog. some of the reasons being:
- there is nothing much to blog, because my life'd been dedicated to the rather heavy workload.
- it's boring to blog nowadays? haha. this may be true =P

The end of the semester is closer and closer as each day passes.
Of course, before i can kiss the semester goodbye, i have the final exams to face. scaryyy but i'm kinda looking forward to that though. hmm..
Just hope I'll have enough time to revise all the syllabus and have the answers to the exam questions at my fingertips. haha. that'd be really great.

*****

Last Sunday was Suan Shih's birthday. HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY, SUAN! well i wished her on time in real life though ;) we even bought her a scarf which is similar to the one that we bought for Grace's farewell. I personally liked both their scarves a lot.

We had a fun day out and i felt really entertained. It's always good to relax a lil in the midst of all those stress. Furthermore it's with the girls (and some lovely guys) I spent my time hanging around with. it's just awesome =) i'll try to make sure that we spend enough time before going separate ways yeah (1 is already in aus, some are going, some(or 1) will be going to UK instead, some staying back in malaysia =/)

No pictures were taken on that day cos we were too busy talking and eating (Italianies's cabonara is so yummayyy).

I wanna go for holiday with you guys laaa. I hope that'll happen. heh.

by the way, that day at Italianies, this kah keat randomly mentioned that he and the guys plan to dance to Sean Kingston's "Fire Burning" when we go for holiday.

As if him mentioning that they (the 3 guys) want to dance in front of the mirror together in the hotel room (what are you thinking heh heh heh) is not funny enough, but in addition to the humour, he actually sang the part which sounded like this:

"Somebody call 9 1 1. Shorty fire burning on the dance floor..." (what a ridiculous yet funny phrase. haha.)

I and some other people at the table burst into laughter once we heard him singing. haha. i don't really know how to describe the situation, but his face was really funny. Trust me, it really was.

Cheers.

This may be a lil outdated but..

2009-05-15T00:54:00.001+08:00

I'm gonna post it anyway. weee~~ =D

What's up with Shan? (for the past few weeks)

(1)

I cut my hair! and loved the hair cut. this is how i look like now. =D
after so long, I finally chopped it past-shoulder length.
Because long hair (waist-length) was too boring for me already.

my hair used to look like this.

I just realised it is now so much shorter than before o_O

bravo! say hello to change! haha.

I love my new haircut.
it even looks good when tied up.

yahh took this picture in a toilet, cannot meh? =P
(IYF girls t-shirt colour very nice)

(2)

was hardcore studying (but to no avail).
and what i got in return was a more pimply face than usual for a few days til one week T____T

...still in the midst of recovering now.

That's bout it I guess. Actually there aren't many things that I did besides cutting my hair and studying and stressing for testS, assignmentS and presentationS like a mad cow. (oops, mad cows don't study but I know you get what i mean ;))

Sigh.

I used to think that Business is very easy and it's meant for not-so-smart people to study. But my perception was SO SO SO x100 WRONG. It's not easy at all! well at least not for my majors.

Furthermore, the business environment is ever-changing. There are so many things to read and remember. And it gets even worse when the issues are so subjective it's difficult to answer the questions sometimes.

If you ask me how's Accounting and Banking & Finance like, 1 year ago I may tell you that "it's ok. quite fun sometimes".

But now...

There are times when I almost wanna just give up. But then I know it's stupid to just give up. lol. It's either DO or DIE. I chose the former. But I was just telling some of my friends, that, I've been seeing "Risk" and "Return" so often that I've sort of gotten sick when I hear or see that word anywhere.

Anyway, whatever it is, I'm not complaining! =)

Have a nice day.

Cheers.

Sell Out!

2009-05-13T00:52:00.000+08:00

Sell Out! (a comedy + musical + i-forgot-what-else movie) is one of the very few Malaysian movies that caught my attention.

the picture above shows Peter Davis as Eric Tan holding a soy bean machine that he invented.

I don't know bout you, but it certainly looked hilarious to me. haha.

I categorise it as a "must-watch" in my list, since it looks like good stuff and also considering the fact that it's a local production and I would very much love to support Malaysian movies that I actually think is interesting.

I haven't watched it, but will definitely hit the cinemas soon to watch it. the trailer seemed interesting, and the song was good. In fact it was the song that actually caught my attention at first. So it all sums up to the importance of a trailer that attracts potential audiences to the movie yeah?

But of course, the movie has to live up to its well-done trailer, which I do not know if Sell Out! actually would do, but I'm guessing it would, since ths movie's trailer seemed nice, and I read many positive reviews about the movie, moreover the movie won several awards last year (one that I remember was at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival).

Well, here's the trailer that I found on YouTube. Do see it for yourself =)

I like the line where Peter Davis said "small minds think alike". pretty cool and true in a way. heh. =P

So, what do you think? Do you think it's a must-watch too? haha.

Since it's a Malaysian movie, let's all support it! Buy the original, do not do piracy, more so when it's a local production =)

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