Oh kesian Blog aku...

Haha...

I feel so sorry for my blog... got deserted since when?? Midsem?!! OMG!! That was like ages!!!

Anywayyy... I will update when I update.. haha...

EXAM TIMEEEE~~

"Midsem Break"

Why is it in quotation marks you ask... cozzz.... it's a break which is not a break...

Plans of the week:
1. Finish 2 Psychology reports which will come up to 2000 words...
2. Finish Criminology essay (1500 words)
3. Start studying for finals
4. Look for accomondation while studying
5. Friday and Saturday devoted to work at KFC -.-"
6. Sunday - Enjoy.Chillax.before.going.back.to.uni.

But... cannot concentrate....

I wanna I wanna I wanna watch The All American Rejects... T.T nevermind la... work hard lok... end of the year ENJOY!!!!! :D

Plans for Summer Hols:
1. FLY BACK HOME!! :D
2. Cut hair~~
3. Go Sibu for Great Grandma's 100 year old Bday celebrations...
4. Meet up with my syg.... :-*
5. Have a chillax moment with muh peeps... I don't think we'll be chillaxing... more like gila-ing...
6. Carry out our crazy ass missions...as in all our plans from paintball - ngabang2...
7. Oi Bryan, plan Borneo tour jadi ka? I wait for Soph, Mich, Bry, Sal n Ishlah for our crazy ass driving mission to Brunei... haha...
8. Not forget about chillaxing with muh family.. kesian, my fam pulak number 8... this should be no. 2... lol...
9. *prays hard* Tour NZ-Fiji with family... if jadi lar...
10. Whatever spontaneous things that pops up to mind...

Sounds like fun eyyy.... but 1st!!! Assignments and finals to conquer... :( I wish I can fastforward to holidays.... T.T

What I did on 26/06/09...

Seriously??

Nothing much... Didn't wanna celebrate la actually... but having good friends that I have, I had a teeny weeny "celebration"... :)

Ya, that's my psychology notes if you're wondering... I studied k... LOL!! Just 'cause the next day we had to discuss during tutorials... hardworking kannn? *XD*

Kenak paksa minum VB... People dah buy ba... so cannot reject... hehe...

My birthday cake that was baked by Hui Quan and Esther... Thanks girls... It was delicious... :) I think I ate half of it... Not on the night la... haha.. Gila ka...

Cun or not? Hehe... our food buzzer thingy... cun-cun got 26 also...

And then.... kena paksa minum 3 shot... the first one was... the name was sounded vulgar I can't remember what's it called... the second one was absinth... yes, the green fairy punya drink... and the last one was tequila...

Still ok after that.. XD managed to take the ferry and then the bus home....

Sorry not much stories la... No mood mok write panjang2... anyway, pictures tell a million words kan? :P

Reason I Live...

Haha... Yea, it's a Hillsong United song... Which got stuck in my head whole morning...

Jesus You are the reason I live...

Which is very true... Don't you just find Him so awesome?? In last Friday's Assumption Vigil, the Archbishop reminded us to be thankful for everyone who we take granted of. Mother Mary, God, Jesus, our parents, our family, our friends... How many times we don't express our gratitude for these amazing people?

It just hit me... How many times when I was down, or that close to giving up... He was always ALWAYS there... Sometimes I remember to say thanks, sometimes I don't even remember... How many other people would patiently wait for you, how many other people would still love you unconditionally, how many people would still do anything in the world to help you... eventhough you forgot who was behind all that?

What I realised it that, God won't give you things straight away, you need to work hard to earn it... and when you least expect it, He'll shower His blessings upon you... So to all of you out there who has doubts, don't give up... Continue to work hard and continue to pray...

Dearest Father, for all the amazing things that You showered upon me, with all my heart I thank You... Thank You for loving me... Thank You for giving up Your life in the cross for me, Father... Thank You for giving me the best parents here on earth... Thank You for giving me my lovely siblings... Thank You for giving me such a wonder family... Thank You for giving me a loyal and loving bf... Thank You for those little people I can trust as friends... Most of all Lord, thank You...

Fatty Bum Bum...

LOL!

My blog is getting a little dusty... the effects of laziness... I can't be bothered to blog about trips, 'coz all my photos are on Facebook, and that tells basically the whole story...

Anywayyy, this is a complain post... lol... I don't know why recently I've been having a gazillion-and-one cravings!! It ranges from asam fish to tom yum soup to bread... Not just any other bread, but Subway's Honey Oat Bread... And then... not to forget chocolate as well...

Oh, did I mention I scare the shit out of Suh Cing the other day when we went out? Haha... I didn't have breakfast so I was starving when I met her, so we decided to grab lunch... and I wanted something sour and spicy... Haha, she thought I was pregnant... Which so obviously I'm not... Ok fine, I don't know if it's obvious or not, but I'm not!! Really... Anyway, I managed to finish my huge portion of sambal chicken (I didn't get something sour in the end) and still feel hungry like 30 minutes later. LOL! Even I was freaked out!!

Damnn... I envy those girls who can eat anything, and not put on any weight! It's so unfair!! Sighhh... I think I should put this weight craze behind me 'coz it's not going anywhere... Haha... I mean... We're never contented with what we are.... When we were 45kg, we want to be 40... When we are 50, we wished we were 45... When we hit 55, we complain and wanna be 50 eventhough at 50 we wanted to be 45.... Then we reach 60 and that's when we freak out and actually wanna do something to be 55 again... and it goes on and on and on... Oh, and then there's the other side, where people want to gain weight, but they lose weight so easily and fast... And bla bla bla...

When will we ever be happy with what we have? I guess never... it's human nature to always want something we don't have... Hence, Economics... Haha...

Dementia Test

LOL... I find these tests really hilarious... yesss, 'coz I always fail them... XD

Sooo.... here's another one to boggle your mind. Have fun guys!

You're participating in a race. You overtake the second place runner, what position are you in?

Answer: If you answered first, dude, you're wrong... If you over take the second place runner, you take their position, and so, you're the second place runner.

To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you did for question one.

If you're in a race, you overtake the last person... then you are?

Answer: If you answered second to last, then you're WRONG again... Haha, how can you overtake the last person?

Having fun yet? :P

Okie... for this question... Do the math in your head... DON'T CHEAT!!

Add 40 to 1000, and now add another 1000. Add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20 and add another 1000. Now add 10. What's the total?

Answer: Did you get 5000? WRONGGGGG!! It's 4100. Don't believe? Check with your calculator. XD

Okie.... The torture is gonna end soon... This question's really simple... =)

Mary's father have 5 daughters. Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono and? What's the fifth daughter's name?

Answer: Did you get Nunu? Read the question again... Haha... The answer's in the question.

Last question...

There is a mute person who wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing teeth he successfully espresses himself to the shopkeeper and got to purchase a toothbrush. Now, if there's a blind man who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses, how should he express himself?








Answer: He just opens his mouth and ask... He's not mute!!

LOL!! I know right? I was thinking of an action of putting on sunglasses... Damnnn, my brain isn't working!!

R.I.P

Lives come and go... it may be your grandfather 1 year... your friend few months later... your old neighbour another... What comfort can we offer to the grieving except ensuring that their love ones are at a place better than our world, somewhere they'll never ever have to suffer ever again, with our Holy Father looking after them...

Some of you may have read the tragic story of Gary Leon Robert in the papers... Well, he was a friend of a friend of a friend... Basically, somebody who I don't know... But knowing that he's a friend of somebody who you know... hearing their story... suddenly make him no longer a random death anymore. He was a good son, a good uni student, active church member, good friend... He isn't the first sports death I know of... But somehow his story is even sadder as his family don't know what exactly happened to him, some suspecting foul play, however reports saying "death due to dehydration". Hopefully God will shed some light to bring closure to his family and friends.

Few years ago, I read about a Singaporean triathlete who was only 4 months older than me. He collapsed at the finishing line after beating his personal best record... only to be found unable to regain consciousness after that. He was also a good son, an all rounder, a good friend...

Which kinda reminded me of the year I sat for my SPM, the year my grandpa passed away... and also the same year my friend drowned during a Scout's camp. He was the oldest and only son, was gonna sit for SPM, a really good friend to all, had a girlfriend... and suddenly he isn't there anymore...

All these makes me think... Life is short... You never know when your time is up... Sports death actually scares me the most I guess... being once an athlete, I understand what's it like during your big game... You push yourself even more than the max to get that gold medal. Your body may tell you it's tired, but your mind persuades just a little more... almost there... until you don't feel any pain except the burning desire to step up on that bloody podium... Haha.. yes, I'm damn competative... sadly I don't know where that competativeness went to...

The year my grandpa died made me realised every single day there's somebody dying... A classmate's grandma passed away the week before my grandpa's passing, a girl in church suddenly died in her sleep, a friend drowned, a neighbour passed of old age... recently I found out that a senior in my school passed away due to cancer... few weeks later the landlord of my friend passed away too... and on his funeral, my friend found out one of his friends died of kidney cancer...

I guess the take home message is, treasure your love ones every single day... you never know when you might not be able to see them again...

This post is dedicated to all those who have left the world before us... May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest eternally in peace. Amen.

Missing home...

Ok... Just gonna rant for 1 sec... ARGHHH!!!! IwannagohomeIhateAustraliabitchypeoplearghhhhh!!!!

I miss home where there's no bitchy bus drivers or people-serving-thingy or bitchy people... I know I know... I'm sure we have that too back home... But I rarely meet those people!!!! I miss driving, then you are the ones that bitch about the traffic or the bloody driver who doesn't signal, or the inconsiderate dude who just cut you... at least it isn't any bus driver who had a bad day and decided to pick on you... TUTTUTTUTTTT... but this post wasn't sparked by any bitchy bus drivers... noooo.... just people who are impatient and rude... can't believe you even got a job... arghhh!!!

I can't believe I just stood there while my face got redder and hotter... I should've just walked out... K fine... was my fault... I didn't read... I must make a mental note... like READ BEFORE ENTERING... Subway didn't teach me a lesson... I could've saved money... I walked in ordered... realised I should've ordered something else and save more money... IF I learnt to read first, and IF I was strong enough to resist the temptation of spending money to eat... It wouldn't have happened... Yup... LESSON LEARNT!

Do you wonder why life is so unfair at times? Why the good guys always dies and the bad guys always get away? or how some people who seriously deserve scholarships didn't get them? or how some good people end up poor? and stuff? or you work so hard only to find out you didn't get the promotion you wanted?

I miss home... T.T I wanna go home... At least when if feels like the world's against you, you know that your family's always there at home to make things better... like some stupid joke your sister told you, or something interesting happened in school that your brother told you, or Mum cooked your favourite food, or Dad says let's go out for dinner...

Anyways... I'm ok now... fuh~ I just wanna go home...

Jobless = Depression

LOL... k... maybe not...

I know if I complain, you guys will say I haven't been sending out enough resumes... If I say I lazy, then it's my fault... So I won't comlain and lament about it... This is depressing... Monday come quick! Then I won't have time to think so much...

Sorry about the lack of photos in my blog... I'm being really lazy to update stuff... LOL... I wanted to do another video... but then I didn't know where all the time went... I better start on my last 2 books, they are dued soon... Bloody expensive the library fines here...

Ok... will stop here... hehhh... will try to upload photos as soon as posible... XD

It started with a movie, and ended with a movie

Before I start this post... Just tell you first... no photos 'coz I lazy get from Bryan... LOL... Sorry Soph, if you're reading this... Time flies, can't believe 2 weeks passed just like that, but it was fun and it'll be something I'll remember...

Soooo... Soph came on 30th of July [I think, I can never remember when they touched down Brisbane]... Arrived in the evening at the humble apartment on 123 Central Ave. Less than few hours later... suddenly got urge to go watch the lastest movie that was released, Transformers. Armed with a jacket and jeans, we walked to the cinema, got our Cold Rock Ice-cream, and watch our movie.

2 weeks later... It ended with a movie.... yup... at 9.50pm on 15th of July... We ended the hols with watching Harry Potter's latest movie. Well, at least Elise and I watched... Bryan and Soph were sleeping... Didn't realised Soph was sleeping but I nudged Bryan a couple of times... Kinda reminds me of my dad. He used to sleep in movies too... Haha...

Oh wells, this is almost the end to the hols... 1 and 1/3 weeks left... and it'll be uni again... I just can't wait for uni... Can't believe I'm saying this... XD

Rainfest in Brissy...

God is so good... He must be thinking... since I wanted to go to Rainfest so much, let me enjoy "Rainfest" in Brisbane la... Micro scale... Hahaha... I didn't realised until I was walking down Queen Street Mall and heard music similar to those you hear in Rainfest.

It alllllllllllllllllllllllll started on Friday night. We were in South Bank eating Mediterranean dinner to celebrate Sophia's friend, Elise's Birthday. It was awesome... Greek music, Greek dances, belly dances... and then after dinner, Bryan and Sophia wanted to Salsa... So we went across to road... but it wasn't happening enough, so we walked all the way to Brisbane Square. 3/4 of the way we heard loud nice Latin music. Bryan was so excited... And then... This mass of people greeted our sight.

There was a Colombian band playing LIVE Latin music!!! How awesome was THAT?!!! There were SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many people dancing... I never saw SO MANY people dancing outdoors like that. Soph and Bryan did a bit of Salsa... Haha... Me? Nahhhh, I can't dance! What ya talking about... XD Anyway, just listening to the music, listening to Spanish lyrics and looking at heaps of Spanish speaking hot people around you dancing, is enough.. =)

On Saturday, I had a lazy day... And then... Ollie introduced me to Jerry Kamit. I think he's an Iban singer who plays the sape or something like that la. He performs at Rainfest... So I YouTubed him. And my night was spent listening to Jerry Kamit's sape music and other Orang Ulu music.

Then on Sunday, which was today... We were having our $2 steaks again when we decide to go to Queen St Mall to check out the trains timetable. Walk-walk-walk... we heard this African like sounding music... Suddenly I started jumping and excitedly told Bryan, "OMIGODRAINFESTMUSIC!!!!". Haha...

This band, Jambezi is an Australian band based in Sunshine Coast. Their music is sort of fusion between African beats, Gypsy spirit and a bit of downtown disco. Their music really make you wanna dance!!

Even this grandma, yes the one in the gray shirt and red pants... SHE WAS DANCING LIKE MAD!! How awesome right?!! When on earth do you get to see an old lady grooving like that!! She inspires me to dance!!! Haha... Awesome mannn!!

Yea, rainfest right? Music, grooving and all... Haha... =D

Results are out...

Yeaps.... Purposely checked at 12am... but the uni site was down so I only found out my results at 2am... after two movies - "Harold and Kumar" and "Borat", and a number of shots... Hehhh...

So nervous typing in my student ID and password and waiting for the site to load... I didn't do too bad, I scored my goal... I got GPA of 6... =) Business Law screwed my results la... haih... but I got a 7 for German... which is super happiness... XD

After that... I called Dad... haha.. I know... it was like 12am in Malaysia... woke them up... whoopss... at least it was good news... Parents are happy... which makes me happy... meaning I didn't waste their money and my efforts weren't in vain... =D

On a sadder note.... after that... it was just in time for Michael Jackson's memorial service... Then emo a bit... now also emo.... watching some of the memorial video clips now 'coz I didn't get to watch the whole service last night... too sleepy... It was really touching what Paris said about her dad... to us Michael was the King of Pop or the King that went wacko.. but we forget that he was a wonderful dad to 3 gorgeous children...

Rest in peace, Michael...

Nervous-nervous

Do you get the feeling before exam you nervous... then when you finally finish your exams, you feel you merdeka... thennn... when results coming out, you nervous again...

Well, I did something dumb... and then... wrote a really pathetic email... and then... andddd thennn.... panic attack.... and thennnn... I forgot all about it... haha.. and thennnn... the lecturer REPLIES!!! :O and thennn... check-check everything ok... and then... now I nervous again 'coz of results.. :(

Ok... the story goes like this:

Fri, 19th June 2009...

I sat for my Anthropology paper... I wasn't freaking out even though I went to the exam hall and found NOBODY there... I reasoned that I was early... but I was worried... When I went the second time, there were people... Fuhhh! the relief!! The invigilator was fierce... which made me uneasy... haha... anywayyy, you know the multiple choice paper paper?? Yeaaa, you need to write using pencil right? The instructions somemore wrote DAMN HUGE! Buttt!! I.wrote.my.name,student ID, course code.in.PEN!!! I didn't realise until an hour after exam!! I FREAKED OUT BIG TIME!!!! Worst thing was I panicked until cannot concentrate on anything!! Hui Quan, my housemate was telling me I shouldn't freak out and just let it go 'coz it was over, and I should concentrate on the next exam which was on the next day at 8am!! It took 2 hours and a lot of convincing from Timothy and Bryan to get me to write an email to my lecturer... which goes like this:


Dear Dr Helen,

I have just realised that during the ANTH1008 exam today (Friday), I was required to use a pencil instead of a pen to write my name, student ID and course code as well on the multiple choice exam sheet. I did, however, shade my answers in pencil.

I thought that I should let you know in case my mistake causes my name, student ID, and course code to be unreadable by the machine. It's my first time sitting for a multiple choice paper at UQ and I will definitely use a pencil next time.

I am very sorry for the inconvenience that I have caused.

Sharlene Teo


"I will definitely use a pencil next time"... WTH?!!! Pathetic... I KNOW!!!! You can't blame me, I was freaking out!! Anyway, after I slept it kinda got washed away... and I was calm enough to sit for my exam... but then I kinda freaked out again after that... Thennn... I went to Gold Coast, and totally forgot all about the chaos... until...


22th June, 2009...

Thank you Sharlene, we’ll track you down if there are unidentifiable papers.

Best
Helen


Oh.my.God... was I so thankful and relieved!! even though I forgot all about it and so I replied her:


Dear Dr Helen,

Thank you so much... sorry again for the inconvenience caused.

Sharlene


And then.. I thought that was the end of it!! but...


29th June, 2009...


Not a prob – just checked and your final result has come through ok. Well done!

Helen *smiley face*


I swear she put a smiley face there... which got me all relieved and all... and thennnn!!! I reread the email... "...your final result has come through ok. Well done!". What does that mean?? I did ok in my exam or I did really well in my exam, hence the "Well done!", or my result was read by the machine and there was no problems?

This is driving me nuts!!

Well, actually not anymore... Once I typed it all up, and ponder it a little longer... nahhh, I won't let this bug me!! =) arghhh, I wonder when results are out!!!

I am so pathetic... I know...

What I've been up to...

First of all, sorry for not updating in a while... Exams just ended for me yesterday!! =) It's amazing how the first semester of uni is over! It's just C-R-A-Z-Y!! 5 more months, and first year's over!! I know I sound so happy, I think I'm just relieved it's done... Haha, talk to me on Friday night and on Saturday and I'd be freaked out/panicky/depressed... LOL...

I have no idea how I did in the exams, so don't ask... I don't know what to expect either, so it's just wait and see for me as well...

Sooo... What have I been up to??

Haha... obviously lectures...

In my psychology lecture, with Associate Prof John Mclean.

It doesn't look like heaps of people there, but I was sitting basically in the middle of the lecture theater...

Then I was studyinggg... LOL... yeahh... with all important stuffs.... water, Ipod, n handphones...

if you're interested, that's my Business Law textbook... probably that's why I didn't do that well in the exam... with the technology thingys all around me... Hehhh..

Then.... I battled it out on Sunday, the day after my Business Law exam... I cooked chicken rice... LOL... 'coz 1. I was craving it... 2. I just suddenly felt like cooking... 3. well that's just about it I guess... ohh, right!! Timothy taught me how to cook it from scratch... haha.. yeahh... that's about it....

voila~~ my chicken rice.

Yup.. it doesn't look nice I know... LOL~ Not bad la for a first time... right?? =D

Anywayyy... it's off to the Gold Coast for me tomorrow... XD

exams, I hate you...

Sorry, haven't been updating...

I don't know what am I doing here either... supposed to be studying... got an exam which is worth 60%!! tomorrow, and what am I doing? Facebook, and blogging... WTH...

Just wanna say, I'll be back soon... I hope!! Exams starts tomorrow and end exactly a week later which is the 20th of June...

Scaryyyy~~

June's zipping past fast fast fast!!! Which is good... 5 months to become 4 months... Can't wait to be back... exams first, and then whole semester, and exams, and home here i come... dammit, still long time to go... -.-

I hope my mum gets the Brazil thing, and let's all hope I am able to convince her that I can follow her...

which means, I can't ever screw up this exam...

arghh..

Anticipating Gawai

Realised that I've been not updating as often as I had been, so... trying to squeeze out inspiration from my brain... haha. Life have been pretty so-so lately, nothing major has happened...

But something I can't deny... I terikut-ikut in the excitedness of Gawai... This is the most hype feeling for Gawai in the 3 years I left home... I also don't know why... Maybe it's because of Bryan, a fellow Sarawakian who also terhyper about Gawai... Haha... Before, talk pasal Gawai, people pun don't know what's it... Anywayyy, we have a plan... Kahkahkah... go out "ngirup" in the city...

Aiyaaaa, but so sedih ehh.... most of my friends are back home... Missing them sooooo muchhh... I wanna go home too!!! =(

I remember during primary school days, when my uncle and aunty were still staying in Bintagor, my family will drive all the way there to spend our Gawai holidays. I miss those times when my sister and I will bug the adults and my older cousins to bring us to the sungai at the back of the house. Those were the gila times!! Adakah patut, dah la so cold, still can mandi berjam-jam there... Haha...

And then on the way back home, my uncle will cut the sugarcane, and we will sit at the steps eating the sugarcane.... or come back to find jagung in the kitchen, and we'll sit and the steps eating jagung (kena halau out of the house in case we dirty the place)... haha! Then at night berkaraoke backstreet boys songs with my cousin... Oh!! Almost terlupa me, the barbeques we use to have at night... the ayam pangang, jagung, babi... whatever meat we have la... ushhh, rindu ehhh... and when we get too bored in the afternoon, my cousins will bring us for a ride on the motorbike...

Sighhh... missing those times...

Haha, oh... and guess what... I found a researcher on Iban agriculture in my uni... As some of you know, I'm currently writting an essay... It's about how globalisation affects the local cultures of the world, and I focus mine on Sarawak... Coz easy ba, tutup mata also can write.... but I went to talk to my tutor/lecturer on how to approach the essay, and he introduced me to his friend, Rob Cramb who has been researching Iban and agriculture for years... Had a talk with him... So nice able to talk2 about home... He's angmoh la... but he has been celebrating Gawai... So kek tiok, orang putih pun celebrate Gawai... I bet he speaks Iban as well!!! I've been meaning to ask him, but malu la wanna ask him...

Tagged

I wasn't actually being tagged.. But then my blog has been idle since Minki died, so... I thought I should write a bit of something here so that it isn't that depressing... sooo.. I got this from Wan Ming, and volunteered to do... hehhhh... Not that I've got ample time tho... But I no mood to start my essay or to finish reading my research books...

Be honest no matter what, then tag at least 10 friends.



01. Who was your last text from?
on my DiGi number, DiGi... on my Aussie number, I think it was Bryan...


02. Where was your default picture taken?
My blog one? In Ibiza, Spain...XD


03. Your relationship status?
Taken.. =D


04. Have you ever lost a close friend?
I won't say lost la... hehe....

05. What is your current mood?
lazy and uneasy...


06. How many siblings do you have?
2


07. Whats your brother(s)/ sister(s) name?
Matt & Lene


08. Where do you wish you were right now?
At home with my fam, bf and frens... Dad's bday's tomro...


09. Have a crazy side?
haha... yea, esp when I'm with crazy people.. =P


10. Ever had a near death experience?
YES!! OMG!!! =S scaryyy!!


11. Something you do a lot?
facebook


12. Angry at anyone?
nope, none at the moment


13. What's stopping you from going to the person you like?
nothing.. happily together...


14. When was the last time you cried?
last night


15. Is there anyone you could do anything for?
yeaps, my love ones


16. What are you thinking about when you are falling asleep?
i was thinking abt heaps of stuff last night, couldn't sleep.... =S


17. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
Landlady


18. What is your favourite song?
no faves... maybe Kekasih Gelapku


19. What are you doing right now?
typing answers to this and chatting


20. Who do you trust right now?
my fam, bf n frens.


21. Where did you get the shirt you are wearing?
H&M in Wesel, Germany... i think la.. i don't remember from which outlet i bought it from.


22. Have you kissed someone in the past week?
Nopez


23. Who is your friend that lives closest to you?
HQ, the next room


24. Describe your life in one word.
it's going... lols


25. Who are you thinking of right now?
my syg


26. What should you be doing right now?
Essay.


27. What are you listening to?
tercipta untukmy - ungu


28. Who was the last person who gave you a hug?
i dunno


29. Who was the last person who yelled at you?
i dunno... don recall


30. Do you act differently around the person you like?
hehe... ask him la.. i dunno...


31. What is your natural hair colour?
Brownish black


32. Who was the last person to make you laugh?
youtube


33. Who was the last person to make you sad?
me


34. What do your hear?
the song la


35. Is your hair curly or straight?
neither...


36. Has anyone called you "scrumptious" before?
Nopes


37. Do you have a best friend?
cloze frenz


38. Held hands with the opposite sex in the past 3 days?
Nopes


39. Do you use smiley faces on the computer?
yups


40. Have you ever change clothes in a vehicle?
hehehe.... yesss


41. Are you happy with life right now?
its alright


42. Are you currently jealous?
yessss!! of people who are back home... =P


43. What jewelry are you wearing right now?
rings XD


44. What were you doing on Friday night?
went to watch wolverine


45. Have you ever had your heart broken?
got la... who never


46. Have you ever broke someone's heart?
hehhh... got


47. Is there anybody you're really disappointed in right now?
Nopez


48. What was the last reason you went to doctor for?
errr... ohhhh.. i remember... coz i fainted


49. How late did you stay up last night and why?
4 plus... coz i cannot sleep


50. Have you ever dated someone longer than a year?
hehe.... much more longer than a year... ho syg ho?

My heart aches...

I don't know why I'm feeling like this...

Technically, I managed to live 3 years without seeing him... Didn't miss him at all when I'm gone... But now, realising he's never ever gonna be there when I come home breaks my heart to a million pieces...

Knowing that I'm never ever gonna hear him bark again, knowing that I'm never ever gonna see his happy face when I drive up the driveway, knowing that I'm never ever gonna see his joyful skip waiting for the gate to open, knowing that I'm never ever gonna see his sad eyes when you don't wanna give him more food, knowing that I'm never ever gonna smell his smelly ass ever again...

How happy he made me feel when he still recognizes me even I haven't been home for months and even up to a year.... he still remembers... how his eyes lit up in recognition when I call his name after being away for a long time...

Now I'm never ever gonna see that...

I didn't even said goodbye to him.... Rushing out of the house to go to the airport... He must have been watching at his corner in front of the gate... watching with his knowing eyes... how was I to know it would be the last time...

But what breaks my heart most is that, if he didn't have left... I might not even realise how much I actually love him... like they say, you'll never miss the water til it's gone...

To the bestest dog in the world...

Know that you hold a special place in my heart though it may seem not like it... I love you dearly and it hurts me so knowing that I didn't do much... I'm sorry you had to go through all that suffering... and spend sleepness nights at the vet's... I'm sorry I didn't get to say goodbye to you... It's probably better this way since now you are able to run, jump and play like you use to... It's probably a better place anyway with you able to run as far as you can go, fast as you can run without a care in the world...

Minki, I wish I did all the things that I was suppose to do, but now's too late even to say I love you...

I can't imagine the extent of pain you must have gone through... No one can... And all those lonely nights in a foreign room... must have scare you like hell... I heard you lost your appetite... Dad said you lost so much weight in the week you were at the vet's. Mum told me how you put your paw in her hands as if telling her you wanna go home... I'm sure Dad's sorry he didn't bring you home earlier... They told me how you were so alert when they picked you up this morning, probably because you knew you were going home... You must have been happy to smell familiar smells again, and see familiar stuff. Mum told me how you enjoyed your last bath, and how you lifted your body to help her. You seemed to understand what she told you. We were going to look after you like how you look after us. You seemed to have recovered a bit having a little more life. But looks like we're wrong... You left when they went out to buy stuff for you... You must have been in so much pain... It must have a stuggle living every single day after the hit... I just hope you died a peaceful and comfortable death in the hammock Mum made for you...

All I can hope for now is that you're having a time of your life up there where you truly belong...

Mink, I love you...

This is my goodbye to you...

Things you take for granted...

How many times you feel like killing your dog when he barks his head off when a cat runs pass? And he keeps on going on and on and on even when you tell him it's just a bloody cat!!

How many times you feel like strangling him when you ask him to go inside and he keeps sniffing around outside peeing on every single tree ignoring you? And he looks at you laughing when you look so mad jumping yelling at the gate at him...

How many times you feel like hitting him when you found out he bit your favourite shoe... AGAIN!!! The worst and classic case is he ALWAYS bites mum's expensive shoes... and who gets the blame? you... and when you scold him he looks at you with sorry eyes promising he'll never do it ever and then few months down the road it happens again!

But how many times you wanna hug and kiss him for doing the little things that makes you happy...

When he finally realised that "sit" meant actually sitting down... when he begs he sits 'coz he thinks when he sits he'll get a treat... when he actually listens to you instead of dad... when he recognises you even tho you've been away for months... when he barks at weird people walking pass the gates... when he gets sad when Trixie's sick... when he trains with you during your sports day... how he looks like he's laughing his head off for beating you every single time... and even though you're huffing and puffing like you're gonna die like that, and he still can jump run around you...

How many times you wanna high 5 him and laugh for all the funny little things...

Like he trying to bite water from the hose...

Oh, another case... He's big... as in HUGE!! So naturally people are afraid of him, because of his size and loud booming bark... I remember this one time when we were renovating, the workers had to go to the back of the house, and that was where he was at. They didn't dare to go to the back.. so I made a deal with him. I knew he wanted to go out so much, so I'm like.. fine I let you out, but stop barking and don't you dare bite anyone. He look me in the eye and it seemed like he understood. So I told he guys like, don't worry he doesn't bite and opened his gate, and he zoomed out... I swear it was so funny seeing the grown men scared to death!! I bet he was laughing his little doggie heart out as well!


And then... your dad calls you telling that he got knocked by a hit and run... and he's in hospital... your dad tells you not to worry, only internal bleeding but no broken bones... next thing you know mum emails saying he has spinal injury and is paralysed at both his hind legs...

Then you remember all your broken promises to take him out for a walk... to play with him... how you complain when you have to feed him... to bath him... to bring him out...

but now he can't walk, he can't do his fave thing in the world, running... he can't jump about in his cute way... he can't sit to beg you for food anymore...


I am such a bad owner... and he's such a good dog... I know i keep comparing you to Bambi... but Mink... I love you so much... I'm so sorry... I wish I'm there with you right now... I hope the pain will go away soon... I'm so sorry you had to go through all that... and it's sooooo frustrating that there's nothing I can do!!!!




For the record, no I do not abuse my dogs k... I mean, sometimes you feel so frustrated with them, but you won't ever do things that hurt them... and yes, this post is about Minki, the dalmatian...

What are the chances?

Yesterday, a couple of us went to Carrie's place to visit-visit... Actually, she wanted Bryan to check out her house... So we had dinner and a couple of drinks... No idea why or how we suddenly listened to 90's music like to Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Westlife etc... Thenn... yes, we had a brilliant idea to make our own video clip... which won't be uploaded here!! 'coz it's embarrassing and besides, I don't have the video =P

We kinda danced along to the music of Backstreet Boys' "Everybody"... Kinda reminded me of my childhood, where my cousins and I sang to this very song. lol!

ANYWAYYYY...

We had to take a bus to the city from Carrie's then from the city another bus to my place. We had to wait for 20 minutes for our bus back to Indooroopilly (that's where I'm staying). The stop is near Irish Murphy's... yup, the same place I went during St Pat's. Then Bryan was like... heyy, let's have Kilkennys! So like, since there's time, so what the heck.. we went in, got Kilkennys...

and then...

GUESS WHAT SONG PLAYED?!!

yup... EVERYBODY by BACKSTREET BOYS!!

I mean, like what the heck? What are the chances?!! LOL!!!

What if....

What if I'm talent-less?

I can't sing, can't create music, can't dance, can't write, can't run fast, can't jump far, can't anything la...

The only thing I'm good at is... sleeping... oh... cool! I found a talent!! =D SLEEPING! How can I ever forget?!! lol... I use to get told of a lot during my highschool days when I was still living permanently back home... Mum will come back at 4pm, and I'll be still in pjs, and she goes, "Did you just wake up?"... and I'll be like, "No, not really... like 4 hours ago...". Haha... Oh and last year, I use to wake up at 12pm, until one of my housemates went, "WOW!! You are powerful to be able to sleep that much!". It got to an extent that there will be exclamation of shockness if I was out of my bedroom earlier than 11am on a Saturday morning... LOL!!

Ok, out of topic... lols... I miss home...

Don't know why I so emo...

Oh... On another note... I'm so addicted to AJ Rafael at the moment... Go YouTube him if you don't know him... lol... he's a great musician, people like him make people like me envy people with that much talent... lol...

I just realise how dependant I am on music.. it's like my own drug... I can't imagine life without music...

Self Reflection

Have you ever wonder how far you'll go if you push yourself to the max?

I know I haven't been pushing myself to my full potential... Been always following the flow, follow mood, follow whatever...

Imagine if I did push... I would have gotten into matrix, would have gotten the scholarship, would be a good pianist/violinist and be able to play the guitar... I won't be fat... lol...

All the would haves, and what ifs.... haha... I should just focus on the now, and how to make myself a better person...

but so lazy.... and THAT'S how I always go back to step 1...

Watching Twilight at a twilight cinema...

CRAZY ABOUT TWILIGHT ALL OVER AGAIN~~ XD

Yes, I went to watch Twilight again... EHHH!!! Wait wait... before you comment... just 'coz it was an open air cinema... Once in a lifetime experience what... ehhh, this my second time already... lol... first was in Germany... hehe..

But this one more fun la.... Show you pictures, then you'll see what I mean... =P

Our HUGE TV screen... jealous dy?

Picnic dinner of Fish and Chips, chicken dips, and more chips... oh ya, and free sample of sparkling wine. =D

The opening band, Speed of Purple, playing before the movie started...

The crowd in front of us... ya, imagine how full it was behind...

Taken when it was dark enough to project stuff onto the "TV" screen.

I was so impatient for the movie to start. lol! 'coz we went at 5.30 plus to chop place... lucky we came early, by 6 the place was almost full... and the movie only starts at 7pm... See angmoh also kiasu ok.. =P

I was so into the movie, apparently there were free show in front and behind us, but I didn't notice... hahaa! I didn't even change my sitting position!! After 2 hours of sitting on hard ground (lucky not cement!!), my butt cramp after that. Buttttt... worth it laaa.... It wasn't too bad second time watching... I'm still in love with Edward Cullen... =P ohhh, but I'm more in love with his driving skills and his car!!!!!! I wannnn!!!! I wish I can drive like that!!! *drools*

Sarawakian Dinner

It all started on Thursday night while chatting with Bryan... Out of the blue he excitedly asked me to go check out this blog, Sebugey. Wondering what made him so excited I explored the blog... I don't know whether it was a good idea or not, because the blog contained sooooo MUCH food!!!!!!! I was drooling ok looking at the ayam pansuh, lauk terong, kari manok, the asam fish and etc...

He was like, ehhh, what can you cook? I'm like... all also I never cook before!! But I watched my aunty cook ayam pansuh before... We went on and on about ayam pansuh... lol! I was supposed to go ask for recipes, and prepare the chicken, and his task was to chop bamboo.. haha... then I remembered the corn beef HQ and I bought hours before. So, we decided to attempt cooking nasi goreng corn beef... =D

We poor things forced ourselves to sleep despite our growling stomach waiting for Friday night to come faster... oh yaaa... we decided to do it long house style just cause we alcoholics with whiskey... XD at first we wanted Chivas but then it was wayyy above budget so we opt for our good friend JD instead...

meet JD...

But we didn't manage to speak Iban after that... I think we need tuak for that, or stronger whiskey... LOL!!!

nasi goreng

We threw in onions, and the corn beef.... goreng-goreng, then threw in the rice... and later on egg... =D Not bad la in the end... Quite nice... 3 of us finished the whole kuali of rice... crazy la right?

and for desert we watched Sweeney Todd and Harold and Kumar... Nice movies, totally recommended!!! =D Hope you had a great start to the weekend too!

Losing my BM

I think I am..... =S

You know you're losing your BM (Malay) when...

...your friend types "calon" on MSN and your mind pronounces it the English way... like kae-lon... and you keep asking what the hell that is... until you realised that it's "calon", as in cha-lon. -.-

...you and your friends wanna listen to "Belaian Jiwa" on YouTube, and you kept typing B-E-L-A-Y-A-N and wonder why does it seem so wrong, but yet you can't put your finger down on the problem.... and you keep trying variations of the spelling (berlayan, belayan) until your friend peeps over your shoulder and shouts to your other Malaysian friend and tell him how you spell "belaian"... and they roll all over the floor laughing at you...

O.o

Scott MacIntyre

For those of you who've been following American Idol Season 8, this name's probably very familiar... For those of you who don't know who he is... He's the visually impaired idol contestant in Season 8, the latest season of American Idol...

Scott MacIntyre

Source: www.americanidol.com

I'm kinda late in the Idol craze, I only started following Season 8... And the idol contestant I got really attached to is... yes, you guessed it... Scott... And I just found out he was voted out on the 8th of April... (Australian TV don't show American Idol) I'm sooooo sad.... I thought he'll at least make it as a finalist...

He's departing song was "The search is over". I think the song's by Survivor if I'm not wrong... but if you wanna check out Scott singing it, you can listen to it on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqlY9XIezEc&feature=related. He sang it well...

Scott, you're super talented!! I wish you all the best in life and in your career! I'm waiting for your albums!!! =D I still think the judges should've used the save on you!!!

Anyway, at least Adam Lambert's still in... Oh, and Anoop... These two contestants shocked me a lot when I first watched.... Adam looks like this emo dude but he is soooo versatile in his singing... And Anoop... Ok, I admit I was a little skeptical, don't ask why, I just was... until he opened his mouth and sang... and then I'm like, he's good!!!

Easter Celebrations

HAPPY EASTER PEOPLE!!! =D

Hoped you guys had a great easter as well...

So... What did I do you asked?? I had food overdose ok... I'm not even exaggerating!! The feasting started on Saturday night... Went down to the Gold Coast with my cousin and his family to meet up with more family there. LOL!! And we had 2 dishes of drunken chicken, another chicken dish, 1 roasted lamb, 1 roasted duck, 1 dish of veggies, 2 dishes of pork... what else ha? Oh ya, heaps of fruits and 1 chocolate cake!!! CRAZY OK!! And yes, I did eat everything... 'coz I didn't wanna left out any of the dishes, so I tried all... LOL!!

And then today... continue...

Bryan roasted his ham, Mum's style.. as in his mum... which was DELICIOUS!! =D It was.... roasted orange ham I think it was called, not sure... Hui Quan roasted turkey and a potato dish... double yummmm!! =D and courtesy of Bryan and Ivan, we had nice tasting desert wine to compliment our feast.

Thank you to the chefs and the wine buyers/bringers...

Oh, after the scrumptious lunch, we had 2 games of.... CHUBBY BUNNY!!! You know what game that is? No? Go youtube it. Haha.. then you'll know what I'm taking about... Ok laa... I'll explain the rules of the game... it involves heaps of marshmallows... ;)

Basically, you try stuffing as many marshmallows as you can in your mouth... but... the trick is... you have to say chubby bunny after every marshmallow you stuff in your mouth.. and the winner is the one with the most marshmallows and still able to say the words "CHUBBY BUNNY"...

Sorry, no pictures of me with my mouth full of marshmallows!!! =P

Fuhh... I feel a little sugar rush now... too much marshmallows and chocolate!!

Anyways... Hope you guys had a

HAPPY and BLESSED

EASTER!! =D

Cooking Attempt

Yup, Sharlene finally attempted to cook... Haha... no la... I do cook k?? Stop looking at me like I don't! =P Soooo... What did I cook? Well, I experimented... Hehe.. oops, shouldn't have wrote it here... Hey!! But HQ and Bryan are still alive okie, so that's the proof that my food was edible! Haha!

Oh, this was on Monday k... So.. I came back super super hungry!! I didn't have breakfast, had salad for lunch, then still hungry.. went to buy watermelon, sushi and then continue to snack the whole day.. I was THAT hungry!! I decided to cook that night.. went online to search for recipes, but then kan... my house don't have all ingredients... soooo... I decided to improvise...


HONEY CHILI CHICKEN! =D


Ingredients:

honey, chili powder, sweet chili, soy sauce, 1 tablespoon olive oil


Instructions:

just mix all of them until you think it tastes nice. haha... basically I mixed 3 tablespoon of honey and 1 table spoon olive oil first... Then I added the sweet chili and chili powder (depends on how spicy you want it). Mix mix mix, then I thought... aiyooo, too sweet how... That's why I added the soy sauce... and mix mix mix...

Then you mix the chicken with the mixture you made... the extra sauce just pour on the chicken... then you put it in the oven at 200 degrees for 20 minutes.


Note: It depends on how much chicken you cook, so you have to throw in how much you think is enough la...

Dinner!!

Chicken in the oven

The end product of my experiment...

plus healthy veggies!!

See... so healthyyy! =D

Weird Dream

Ish... So weird my dream last night...

Want to know kah? I know you wanna know kan?? haha.. why so kepoh? LOL!! Haha... Joking joking!!

Okieee... the story was like this... I don't remember where it took place, but it was in some kind of room with all the Manchester United players.. fuyoooo, drooling dy me!! Can you imagine how excited I was then?? Ronaldo, Rooney, Berbatov, Vidic and etc. all in the same room as ME!!! Wahhhh, rasa glamour la... haha... then take picture.... group photos.. and then I remember running around to get individual photos with everyone...

And then la kan... They all left... AND THENNN I REALISED SOMETHING!!! That made me wanna die on the spot!!!! ARGHH!!

I...

was....

wearing...

a red jersey....

Guess whose was it??

TORRES' JERSEY!!!




For those of you who don't know football... Torres is Liverpool's striker... WHY?!! I know he hot la... but WHY??!!! Dah la I was with the whole MU team... I'm just wondering why they didn't just kill me on the spot? =(

Palm Sunday

HAPPY PALM SUNDAY!!!

I was gonna say that this is my first Palm Sunday away from home, then I remembered that I did go to church on Palm Sunday in Germany. Haha! No wonder I was like the mass was familiar somewhere.. LOL!!

As usual, I forgot that it was Palm Sunday, lucky I drag my lazy ass out of "bed"... "Bed" 'coz I don't have a bed, I'm only sleeping on a mattress... lol!! Anywayyy, I thought I was late, thank GOD the church is sooo nearby.. Like I left the house at 8.27am, mass was supposed to start at 8.30am!! I managed to be "early" 'coz for some reason they started it 5 minutes late today.

There was a baby who was baptised today... SO CUTE THE ANG MOH BABY! Really look like those Caucasian babies in commercial, and he didn't even cry when the Father pour the Holy Water on his head. The Father was like, "Oh, I haven't had a crying baby yet!".

Anyway... the main point is this... like Germany.. the palms today were... not quite what we call palms... I was laughing then... I found it so amusing! Like, in Malaysia we use actual palm leaves like nobody's business. In Germany and Australia, they don't have enough palm leaves so they replaced them with subsitute leaves. Still can't get use to it tho...

So weird without palm leaves... So sadd... Made me miss home... Sighh...

"Palm Leaves"

My Damnnnn SUAYYYY Weekend!!!

You guys probably didn't know about this... sighhh... thinking about it makes me feel damn sad and suay all over again! But I better blog this before I run out of time! It suddenly feels like I lost all my time and there isn't any left. =( It all started on Friday (27/3/09).

I woke up on Friday feeling all fresh and motivated. Hehe... After how many months of putting off looking for a job, I finally got out! So feeling nice and all, I went out to get that job! The thing is, we only have 2 sets of keys, and 3 people living in the apartment. Temporary thing, but anyway, as usual I have this damn paranoid feeling just like the time the bus didn't stop for me causing me to miss 30 minutes of lecture. That's another story, and I think I've blogged about it already so won't go there. So... upon closing the door, I have this usual feeling of forgetting to bring something. I sort of brushed it away 'cause I always get this feeling. But the second I closed the door, I remembered... My purse!! I left it inside the house!!! Shit... So... Me outside, purse inside... HOW?!!! Called my friend who has the keys, she wasn't free to come back, my other friend was having lectures. Die... how??? no money... Well, only $1.50. I remembered putting in my go card and student ID in my bag, but don't know why when I really REALLY need it, I couldn't find it... Sighh, must have left it at home... Somehow I was a little lucky, a friend who's living like 10 minutes away from me who was supposed to be in uni at that time, was running a little late so he was still at home the time I called him. At least I'm no longer moneyless... Hop on the bus bought a zone1-zone2 daily adult ticket... cilaka... so expensive!! $5.80!!! Right after that... I found my go card and student ID!

Anyway, the interview went fine, but I need to audition before I get to be a music teacher... not sure how will it go, but will update you guys on that later... So Saturday I got up early to go to uni to practise the piano... I thought my suayness was gone, but apparently not... Reached the uni, I walked to the bookstore to get my pieces printed out... and guess what? The printing section was CLOSED!!! So I had to walk all the way to the library... To print in the library we have to scan our student ID... It's where our printing credit is stored... High tech aye... =D After that practise piano for a few hours and then I got hungry. I was supposed to wait for a friend but he ditched me because he was "studying" and it was "raining". But it was la... lol! So I went to the uni Subway to find that it was CLOSE! But got people inside ok... So I didn't wanna look like a lunatic tugging pulling the doors of the refectory... I thought since I wanted to go to the city, just eat lunch there. Waited for the bus... when the bus came... I pulled out my bus ticket to find that my student ID wasn't there... Didn't think much of it, maybe I threw it in the bag in morning. I couldn't find it anywhere!! But too late already, I'm in the bus on the way to the city! I totally lost my appetite after that. I quickly went to Alan's to rent a violin after which I found out I couldn't bring it back 'cause I have no proof of address... Haih!! After a forced quick lunch I hurried back to uni to look for my student ID. Luckily for me it was with the librarian...

Then... yup... You guessed it... It continued into Sunday... I woke up late... so I missed mass at the church 2 minutes away from me... But I got ready to take the 9.10am bus to the mall to catch a bus to the city. I was still thinking you know, "Wah, lucky I check the online transport info... If not I'd be waiting for the train which comes every hour and would miss mass!". Was the the bus stop early... then at 9.10am... guess what... I realised I didn't have a proof of address with me, which meant I couldn't rent the violin!! Yup, I ran back home to get it... Just as I closed my door, I heard the bus passed... ARGHH! Nevermind, excercise... 15 minutes later I reached the bus interchange at the mall to find that it was close for maintainance work. I had to find another bus stop which the buses to the city now stop at. They said it was opposite Myers so I walked to Myers to find all the entrance closed!! So I walked and walked and went out the wrong exit... I walked around the bloody mall for 15 minutes!! Then I panicked! I didn't wanna be late for church! Called my friend I was suppose to go to mass together... and he told me that the bus stop which was outside Myers is opposite BP near KFC. Okieeee... I technically ran outside the mall to BP... and I couldn't see any bus stop!!! I was walking here and there and I couldn't see any bus stop!! Then I saw this whole group of people walking from across the street which I presume where the bus stop was, so I walk across but I wanted to make sure so I asked a couple of Asian people who DIDN'T EVEN HIEW ME AT ALL!!! I was in the middle of the road then... The traffic light was flashing red... and I didn't know where to go.. and THAT was when I saw the bloody bus stop. and I miss my bus... and I was 15 minutes late for church!

But after that things got better... =D Met this famous guy but I didn't know at that moment... Some host for SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE AUSTRALIA. He was interviewing some girls at that time... but I wanted to get my violin so I didn't stay and watch... no cam with me either so that's why no photo... but I did see him ok! Got my violin, and then decided to go uni to practise again... my friend also was part of the reason why I was motivated to go uni. I think if he said he was going home I probably would've went home too.. but he wanted to do some readings... So ok... head to uni... but the near the piano got so many people... so paiseh! Waited for the people to go away first. Then we met this really friendly Aussie guy...who happened to play the clarinet for 19 years and has been in 140 concerts!! From him we knew that there was a concert going on that's why many people... I was like, HENG!!! Lucky didn't start playing, if not damn sia soi! There were many musicians at the place!!! He was really really nice, and we got to listen backstage to a free concert! AND THEY WERE AMAZING!!!

Somehow despite my unluckiness, it always has a tint of luckiness hidden there too... hmmmm.... I hope my unluckiness ends there... I cannot afford to be unlucky this week and next week!!! Because of all these drama, I now find that I have got 2 tests this week... 1 test, 1 annotated bibliography which weighs 20% and a draft intro paragraph to hand in next week!! Audition this Wednesday!! Sighhh... busy busy.... and I don't know how to write this annotated bibliography crap... I hate academic writing... =(

Dedicated to my darling...

Somebody won't be at home when I come back in November...

He holds a special place in my heart and nothing can replace that! He was there when I entered secondary school. He was there to pick me up... He'll call me in the distance so that just as he's turning into the street I'd hear him and get ready. He taught me how to drive. He protected me when I was driving. He'll never let anything happen to me.

Still remember or not the time we went to Padawan there... Raining like what, then you kenak water, but you were strong and kept going on? Remember when I was speeding you make a lot of sound so that I slow down? Remember the time when you got stuck and Dad had to get a bulldozer to get you out? Remember the time we drove all the way to Sibu and back...

I'm sorry for all the times I got angry 'coz your pick up was slow... or when your aircon cacat... or when your wiper sot... or when traffic jam and then I lepas geram at you... or when I drive you recklessly...

But mostly THANK YOU for being there for me... for giving me to confidence to drive... for being my special lucky charm that I never had a road accident before... for bringing me safely to my destinations, near or far... for making me look ganas when I'm just a small teenage girl... :P

Sighhh, I will miss you so much!!!

my darling white mitsubishi

Boat Drama in Gold Coast...

My aunt and uncle came from KL on Thursday, so we had a huge family gathering again last weekend. Woohoo! The best part is that they're all in Gold Coast, all the more reason to head down south! =D Anyway, my uncle who owns a boat decided to bring us for a spin around the coast and to collect some sea cucumber. I didn't know they just lie on the sea bed! LOL!!

This is a view of Surfers from the boat. It was beautiful!!

We were supposed to leave the house by 9am, but there were some problems with the battery so by the time we actually left, it was already 11am... The sun was shining, so it was really a good time to go out on the boat. There were heaps of other people on boats too. Everyone was enjoying the beautiful weather and the shining sun...

My uncle's boat.

Everything was going fine and according to plan, except the part when we got slightly lost. LOL! They had a good harvest... still within the legal allowance... don't worry... didn't break any rules... ;) And then, on the way back... That's when the drama began!!

The tides were going down so fast that it was really difficult to manoeuvre the boat. That was also because of the winds as well. We had to make sure we didn't go into the shallow parts and keep only to the deep part. But it's so hard to see, and we were also rushing for time... We got stuck a couple of times, but we always manage to free ourselves. So when we got really stuck, as in stuck, stuck... I didn't realise that we were... stuck...

Both my uncles had to come down from the boast, the water was only waist deep, to try free the boat. Luckily despite the strong winds and the fast residing tide, they managed to get the boat free. We thought the episode was over until we saw a sign that said, "EXIT TO COOMERA". Damnnn, we have been driving the wrong direction! Suppose to be heading down south, but we went up north! It started to get cold when the sun set with the wind blowing into our faces. But luckily we managed to survive the drama without anyone getting hurt, except my uncle who got a cold after that...

Anywayyy, more photos!!

Cousins running to the top of the sand dunes...

Before the drama we got to stop at a beautiful beach! Not many people so we basically had the beach to ourselves and a couple of others. Caught some crabs... lol.. actually it was only a small baby crab...

Cousin's hand holding the tiny little baby crab...

It was so fun and I'm so glad I went... Destress myself and eat yummy delicious food... sheesh, I can still taste the pavlova.... yummmm.... and the chocolate cake my aunt baked... ahhhh.... Ok ok... enough of food... too much food intake over the weekend already! Haha!

So yup.. that was my weekend... have to stop and do some reading now.. =( just now during Psyc tutorial we had this little quiz thingy and I had NO IDEA how to answer most of the questions!! badddddd!!!!

Damn those Brisbane buses...

See, I knew I got reasons for this paranoia... I'm always paranoid that the bus won't stop and I'll be late for my lecture... and guess what? It happened!

Supposed to catch the 11.32am bus to uni today... Had lectures at 12pm... The bus was full, so it didn't stop... Fine, still got another one at 11.34am... That too didn't stop at my bus stop, instead it stop at the bus stop after mine... We all were like WTH!!!! Sooo, quickly went to the main road there as more buses stop there... Mana tahu so soi just as I was turning into the street, the bus passed me... The next bus was at 12.04... cilaka...

Late la for lecture... 30 minutes late... So paiseh! Haihhhhh....

Anywayyy, signed up for Body Step.. it's some kind of aerobics thingy la... 1st step in losing weight.. hahaa.. fuyoooo, mau mampos aku do the steps just now... jump here, step there... Tiring mannnn!!! This better make me lose weight!! lolll!!

We are all Irish on St Pats =D

It's a day where people dig up their greens and go to the nearest Irish pub and down some Guinness in the spirit of St Patrick's!!

I was introduced to St Pats 2 years ago by my host dad in Germany. It was also my first Guinness ever... Anyway, I couldn't help getting caught up in the excitement! There were tables and tables of people wearing St Patrick's Day hats and drinking more and more Guinness... I wanted one too but you had to drink 10 huge pints of Guinness to get a free hat!! I couldn't even finish my pint!! But the atmosphere was great, the Irish band was awesome!!

Fast forward 2 years, and here I am in Brisbane celebrating St Pats!! WOOHOO!! Only, without the winter jacket, scarf and boots.. LOL!! I looked forward for this day for weeks, ahaha... Actually 'coz I mistakenly thought St Pats was last week... Too bad I missed the parade, but at least I got to listen to some bagpipes.. =D They were awesome!!

Esther and I were so excited yesterday (17/3/09)... we kept going on and on about St Pats, and we wanted the Guinness hat sooo much!! Guess what?!! The Uni bar had an offer for 2 Guinness you get a free hat... At first I wanted to wait for Bryan so that he'll drink for me... but then Esther was worried that they will run out of hats... good call on her, we went during lunch to get our hats! I can't believe I down a Guinness! Surprisingly it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be... it wasn't stout though, it was draught... in a can!!! We donated our other Guinness to the kind guys who offered their sits for us.. Haha... They were funny!!

In the evening we went to the city to Irish Murphy's, the best Irish pub in town... I always wanted to go there to listen to their live bands, but never got to it... hehe.. THE LINE WAS SOOOO LONGGG!! It was sooo packed inside! People where spilling drinks everywhere and on everyone and stepping on everybody's feet! Kinda reminded me of Germany tho.. lol!!

Met a couple of Irish guys... Haha, the funny thing was, the whole night everyone was asking, "Are you Irish?" so when my friend asked the guy is he Irish, he was like, "No, I'm from Spain."... YEAH RIGHT!! Haha...

After all that commotion, finally Bryan arrived after his orchestra practise... the girls wanted to get back early, but Bryan, Regina and I stayed... Had a round of Kilkennys and Bryan promised us that he'll play after the beer.

Then we realised that our last bus was in 8 minutes!! We had to run, but he still managed to play on the way to the bus stop!!! He was like, ok ok ok, grab my case, zip it... ok.. I'm going to play!! LOL!!

Then running towards King George Station, a random Aussie gal run up to Bryan.
Girl: OMG! Is that a violin?!!
Bryan: Er, no... it's a viola...
Girl: Oh!
Bryan: But it's kinda the same as the violin only bigger...
Girl: Can I play? Can I play???
Bryan: Sure but we have to be fast, our bus is leaving in 5 minutes...

And then the girl started playing, and damnnn, SHE WAS GOOD!!! Haha... Anyway, it was fun! Bryan made a new friend.. hahaa!! =D

Happy St Patrick's people!!