Scribbling...

First day of school - 21st June, 2010

2010-06-21T21:34:00.002+08:00

Yep, you got that right, its back to business again.

Going back to school this time round is a whole new experience. It really is different. 50% of students from Form 1 n 2 are moving to SMK Ng Dap, and about a dozen teachers are moving there as well... So the anticipation is high. and the waking up part is also a drag.... argh... waking up early after 3 weeks holiday. its never easy.

In school, even the atmosphere is different. Kong Lang Sieng, who sits behind me, and Lim Wee Wee, behind her, are all missing. It feels strange. I can't say i like it. I really like both of them. Rare people who are extremely nice. Gonna miss them a lot.

Well, I can't help feeling extremely lonely. Coming back here. Its jus not the same as being in Kuching. Oh God, help me to find a mate. To find someone i can relate to. I miss him, but he's happily involve with someone else. *entirely out of topic*

My class is in a mess. I lost all my students. My beloved students. There are all arrange to different classes and I got the last Form 1 class. Which also means a combination of 1G's jakun, and 1F's nautis. Can't say i'm not disappointed.

The rest of the classes are all the same. Finish counting the marks for all exam papers. Finish keying all the marks into the computer. At least my work for now is done.

Tomorrow is a brand new day. We'll all get our new timetable tomorrow. Its gonna be something different. Hope I would be lucky this time round. Dear God, help me in my career and do what is best for me for this second half of the year. Blessed be your way. Amen.

A night that reminds me of The Night.

2009-12-21T20:38:00.002+08:00

Partying late at night for our tai ko's birthday, it was supposed to be a night of fun and good company. Cake was lit, candles blown, icing all over faces... that kind of fun. On top of that blazing heavily techo-defied current hit music, and the overpowering smoke; it was a happy moment.

However, every high mountain always have a sharp cliff. We were walked back to where my fren parked her car, happily chatting away and pretty much oblivious of our surrounding. Upon reaching her car, ( ~in slow motion~) my hand was reaching the door handle to open the 1st passanger door. But something was amidst. My first reaction was to asked "Why didn't you screen up your window?" But LC who was already in the car shouted out "SHIT!" (*sorry for the language)

The car's first passanger window was being smashed!!!!! And the only thing that was stolen from the car was the player and a modulator!

My, my~~~ smashing a window to get a player that is worth not even up to 100!

We were standing there appalled and unable to grip the extend of the damage. Thankfully 3 guys show had their car parked next to us helped us out in clearing the broken mirrors at the door and check for any damage infused by this unlawful, just-to-earn-a-quick-bucks-donno-who.

As it was only a minor damage, we did not report the incident to the police and decided to head back home.

But all this smashing-of-the-car-window episode reminded me very much about The Day When I Lost My Dad's Car. Was it really coming to a year since that incident? Well, thank goodness we're all safe.

For all drivers out there, make sure u double, triple lock your car. Take out all valuables in the car including the CD player that you feel does not add up to anything. The little things you do to keep your car away from the prying eye of the ...well... raw eyes, the better.

I heartily wish and prayed every night that no one will have to go through what i went through on The Day I Lost My Dad's Car.

Signing out,
XOXO
Lyd

Please...

2009-12-17T12:02:00.002+08:00

There are a lot of things that I don't understand in my life. Never dare to take a chance, never dare to open a knocking door. It wasn't until recently that I felt the past 6 months has been... really.... a daze.

It has always been like this for quite a while. Not daring, never have the courage. And soon enough, I fell into a pool of comfort, not wanting to change. But really, why am i wasting my youth away when i should be challenging myself every single day.

'Circumstances,' you say. Is it really? What if I say I can change that? You said 'Don't be silly!'

You took the oath to change your way of living. And yes, you've done it. Successfully i must say. Why can't i make a difference in mine too?

Everyone else is supportive, except you. Why?

Why can't you see that the only thing I need from you is your acceptance and support? You have pick a life for me that I have no say upon. Now, can I at least have the chance to do what I want?

'There are so many failures around" you said. But at least they tried.

Please, I beg you. I don't want very much. I just need your blessings.

Seize the day!

2009-10-22T21:44:00.002+08:00

Tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi	Don't ask (it's forbidden to know) what final fate the gods have
finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios	what end the gods will give me or you, Leuconoe. Don't play with Babylonian
temptaris numeros. ut melius, quidquid erit, pati.	fortune-telling either. It is better to endure whatever will be.
seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam,	Whether Jupiter has allotted to you many more winters or this final one
quae nunc oppositis debilitat pumicibus mare	which even now wears out the Tyrrhenian sea on the rocks placed opposite
Tyrrhenum: sapias, vina liques et spatio brevi	— be smart, drink your wine. Scale back your long hopes
spem longam reseces. dum loquimur, fugerit invida	to a short period. While we speak, envious time will have {already} fled
aetas: carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.	Seize the day and place no trust in tomorrow

The Day I Made A Promise

2009-10-12T21:24:00.003+08:00

*this is just a post regarding some ramblings i have recently. so tune out before it spoils your mood.

Just for the effect, I've now officially been working for the past three months... and who says working is any easier than studying. It is another packet of headache all together. But I'm hanging on there.

I shall broadcast the pitiful state of my working environment to you very soon, so stay tune.

Meanwhile, to answer questions as to how I am handling everything? I'm doing fine. Different environment, different set of problems, different pool of culture.... I'm keeping an open mind here but there are certain things that i believe are beyond my constant reasoning. However, in keeping the ying and yang of a balanced lifestyle, I shall constantly look on the bright side. (*a big smiley grin with sparkling teeth*)

When I made this promise over 6 years ago, never would i picture myself in this situation that I am in now. Regret? I don't particularly regret coming here. Compunction? Away from everything familiar, a little. Attrition? definitely in the sense of how my language sounds like nowadays. But I have made that promise. What seemingly seems like a promise I made dino-years ago. And yes, I will make the best of my promise! GAMBATTE!

Posting

2009-07-05T22:08:00.005+08:00

6 years of going through this course, in the end, it all comes down to this --serving the community.

Last week, we were told to check on this website. Which lead us to this.
The feeling was like checking your university semester result... You pray so hard that you will pass your exams, and you get so nervous that even typing your matrix number or password, your shaky fingers also got it wrong.

And also the long wait for the webpage to load.....

LOADING . . .

Lastly this came out...

Yep I got SARAWAK. My own state....

And to sum up Sarawak, i'll have to quote wiki for a general idea of Sarawak's geographical 'vastness'.

Having land area of 124,450 km² spreading between latitude 0° 50′ and 5°N and longitude 109° 36′ and 115° 40′ E, it makes up 37.5% of the land of Malaysia. Sarawak also contains large tracts of tropical rain forest home to an abundance of plant and animal species.

Sarawak is currently divided into eleven Administrative Divisions: Kuching Division, Samarahan Division, Sri Aman Division, Betong Division, Sarikei Division, Sibu Division, Mukah Division, Kapit Division, Bintulu Division, Miri Division and Limbang Division.

The state stretches for some 750 km along the north east coastline of Borneo, interrupted in the north by about 150 km of Brunei coast. Sarawak is separated from the Indonesian part of Borneo (Kalimantan) by ranges of high hills and mountains that are part of the central mountain range of Borneo. These get higher to the north and culminate near the source of the Baram River Mount Mulu in the Park of the same name and Mount Murud with the steep Mount Batu Lawi, with the highest peak in Sarawak.

The major rivers from the south to the north include Sarawak River, the Lupar River, the Saribas River, the Rajang River with 563 km the longest river in Malaysia with the Baleh River Baram River, the Limbang River that drains into the Brunei Bay as it divides the two parts of Brunei and the Trusan River that also flows into the Brunei Bay.The Sarawak river 2459k2 in area and is the main river flowing through Kuching(the capital).

And here are the name list of the schools in Sarawak (excluding Sri Aman and Kapit Division):

SMK D P H ABDUL GAPOR (INTEG)
SMK BANDAR KUCHING 2
SMK TABUAN JAYA
SMK BAKO
SMK DEMAK BARU
SMK BANDAR SAMARIANG
SEKOLAH SENI KUCHING
SMK PETRA JAYA
SMK TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN
SMK SANTUBONG
SMK SEMERAH PADI
SMK GREEN ROAD
SMK BANDAR KUCHING NO.1
KOLEJ D PATINGGI ABANG HJ ABDILLAH
SMK PENDING
SMK BATU LINTANG
SMK PADUNGAN
SMK TUN ABANG HJ OPENG
SMK TINGGI KUCHING
SMK ST JOSEPH (M)
SMK ST TERESA
SMK ST THOMAS (M)
SMK ST MARY (M)
SMT SEJINGKAT
SMT KUCHING
SMK AGAMA TUN AHMAD ZAIDI
SMK PAKU (S)
SMK LAKE
SMK BAU
SMK SEMATAN
SMK LUNDU
SMK SG MAONG
SMK JALAN ARANG
SMK MATANG JAYA
SMK BATU KAWA
SMK PADAWAN
SMK MATANG HILIR
SM SAINS KUCHING
SMK TUN ABDUL RAZAK
SMK SIBURAN
SMK PENRISSEN
SMT MATANG
SMKA SHEIKH HJ OTHMAN ABD WAHAB
SMKA MATANG 2
SMK LUBOK ANTU
SMK ENGKILILI
SMK BUKIT LIMA
SMK DESHON
SMK SIBU JAYA
SMK LANANG
SMK SUNGAI MERAH
SMK BANDAR SIBU
SMK BUKIT ASSEK
SMK BAWANG ASSAN
SMK LUAR BANDAR NO 1
SMK ROSLI DHOBY
SMK KAMPUNG NANGKA
SMK DURIN
SMK JALAN OYA
SMK METHODIST
SMK SACRED HEART (M)
SMK ST ELIZABETH (M)
SMK TIONG HIN (CF)
SMK TUNG HUA (CF)
SMK CHUNG HUA
SMK CHUNG CHENG
SMK KWONG HUA MIDDLE (CF)
SMT SIBU
SMKA SIBU (S)
SMK ULU BALINGIAN
SMK KANOWIT
SMK DATUK HAJI ABDUL RAHMAN YAKUB
SMK DATO PERMAISURI
SMK BARU
SMK LUAK
SM SAINS
SMK RIAM
SMK LOPENG TENGAH
SMK MERBAU
SMK TAMAN TUNKU
SMK PUJUT
KOLEJ TUN DATU TUANKU HJ BUJANG
SMK LUTONG
SMK CHUNG HUA (CF)
SMK ST. COLUMBA (M)
SMK ST. JOSEPH
SMT MIRI
SMK AGAMA
SMK SUAI
SMK BEKENU
SMK SUBIS
SMK BAKONG
SMK LUAR BANDAR MIRI
SMK SERI PATIAMBUN LIMBANG
SMK KUBONG
SMK MEDAMIT
SMK LIMBANG
SMKA LIMBANG
SMK SUNDAR
SMK MERAPOK
SMK TRUSAN
SMK LAWAS
SMK BANDAR SARIKEI
SMK SG PAOH
SMK TINGGI SARIKEI
SMK ST ANTHONY (M)
SMK PAKAN
SMK JULAU
SMK BANDAR BINTANGOR
SMK MERADONG
SMK KAI CHUNG (CF)
SMK TONG HUA (CF)
SMK BAKUN
SMK BELAGA
SMK KATIBAS
SMK SONG
SMK WIRA PENRISSEN
SMK ASAJAYA
SMK KOTA SAMARAHAN
SMK SADONG HILIR (SEMERA)
SMK SG TAPANG
SMK MUARA TUANG
SMK PESANTREN ABDUL TAIB MAHMUD
SMK SRI SADONG
SMK GEDONG
SMK SEBUYAU
SMK SIMUNJAN NO 1
SMK BANDAR BINTULU
SMK BARU BINTULU
SMK KIDURONG
SMK ASYAKIRIN
SMK BINTULU
SMT BINTULU
SMK SEBAUH
SMK MUKAH
SMK THREE RIVERS
SMK ST. PATRICK
SMK BATANG IGAN
SMK OYA
SMK DALAT
SMK AGAMA IGAN
SMK BELAWAI
SMK MATU
SMK TOH PUAN DATUK PATINGGI HJH NORMAH
SMK PUSA
SMK SPAOH
SMK ULU LAYAR
SMK BELADIN
SMK SARIBAS
SMK DATUK PATINGGI KEDIT
SMK ST. AUGUSTINE (M)
SMT BETONG
SMK (BM) SARATOK
SMK KABONG
SMK SARATOK
SMK KALAKA
SMK AGAMA SRI AMAN
SMK TEMENGGONG DATUK LAWAI JAU
SMK TUTOH APOH
SMK TELANG USAN
SMK MARUDI
SMK LONG LAMA
SMK BARIO
SMK TAEE
SMK TEBAKANG
SMK TARAT
SMK BALAI RINGIN
SMK SERIAN

Where will we be serving, my friends?

Biro Tatanegara KAO-B0821-09

2009-06-28T01:31:00.005+08:00

‘Kami, seramai 87 peserta kenegaraan melapor diri kepada tuan dan sedia menerima perintah tuan!’

Please be informed that below is a personal report of the event. Language will be in both English and Bahasa Melayu with some colloquial BM. Any issues that were raised are plainly the personal opinion of the writer and are not meant for invasion of government property or information. If by chance this entry causes any inconvenience(s) to whichever party, the writer deeply regrets her action(s) and will immediately remove the entry.

*sing along* Bangun pagi, gosok gigi, cuci muka, pakai baju……

Yay! It felt like going back to school all over again. It was even more prominent when we all dress up in school uniforms (and some even in their primary school uniform with dark blue kain tapih [ baju kurung skirt] =) eating our childhood keropok Mimi. We were all pack to go for Kursus Biro Tatanegara in Camp Pueh, Sematan! Tagging our luggage along (although Fel’s one can fit another human being inside) we board IPBL new bus and were soon on our journey. *sorry Pak Wan, kamek ni memang bising ;)* (dah la ada Jaime, yg Alex nak bagi pill tido utk diamkan mulutnya…. Kuang3x)

Tut tut tut…. We reached Sematan around 12 noon, had our lunch overlooking the beautiful blue beach, bought enough supply of mineral water for 5 days and off we go to our camp for real. It was a tagging feeling of turning back the bus and head back to Kuching; and also to go through this camp once and for all. But despite our constant urging for Pak Wan to ‘gostan’ (go astern), we reached our camp site at 2pm. Pulling our trolley bags, our pail, hanger and etc…, we registered ourselves with our camp facilitators – Pak Mus & the gang with their thick mustach and serious face. (in my mind *kenak semua kedak commander army jak?! Matila kali ni kena hentam* ) So carrying our given blanket and bedsheet, we head for our assigned lodging for this 5 days.

Our lodging is very interesting. We got to sleep in bunk bed (Yipee!) and share 3 fans among about 20 of us. But most importantly (and a first experience for me) is that they do not provide individual cubicle bathrooms only one big air kolah (hmm… a pool of water?). So we took bath together-gather la… and as usual, we are open to water fight; where in some instances ada yang terkantoi…. Hehehe. Sleeping on bunk bed was fun too, we get to jump from one bed to another and laugh and sleep together. Luckily bunk bednya dijamin kukuh, mun x, ada dah jadi daging sandwich pakai breakfast pagi2…. =)

situation inside girl's dome

hehe... some are pretty unsightly as we have limited time between sessions

exhibit A, dayung Oliv. This is how we sleep :)

on my side of the bed.... luckily x roboh.... phiew

before heading to bed.... which explains all the sleepy faces.

So these are some sneak peeks of the girls dome. More coming up on the activities and lectures of birotatanegara.

Prologue

First day activity – Taklimat kursus & makan. Most of the content of the taklimat are history of our nation which we have learnt in school and also during our KISSM so it was just a revision for us. I have to admit my attention span is rather limited. Therefore, I believe my friends and I have all perfected the skill of 'pretending to stay focus and attentive'. Some tips for trying to stay focus are as follows: (ada embak sekilo somboi, ada dengan gula2, macam2 gelagat) But something we can’t stay without during the entire course is our trusted insect repellent!...

Biro Tatanegara... pre-camp

2009-06-20T08:03:00.003+08:00

Kursus Biro Tatanegara, 20th June to 25th June 2009.

Picture courtesy of http://gallery.cyrildason.com/2009/04/16/kem-pueh-sematan/

I do not know what to expect. But one thing we were told is that all of us are supposed to wear white and black. So yeap, u heard me right! Birotatanegara camp is all about wearing school uniform and becoming over-age 'students' in primary school uniform... hehe... will be a sight to behold. But sadly cameras are not allowed. so there won't be any sneak peak or leakage of photos... =(

Chiao... soon to update on the 'hanky-pankies' in the camp. :)

It is the end

2009-05-10T23:28:00.005+08:00

Today is the final night we're here at the Malaya. Tomorrow, it will be stepping across South China Sea to the Land of Hornbills. What will the future holds? Are we still in control of it?

The emotion of leaving a place we step on for two years is a mixture of uncertainty yet curious, yearning yet missing, loving yet unwilling to admit. Why? After all, it has been a place where we've grown up.

Snippet of things I'll surely miss about uni:

early morning 8am classes which gradually will become 815am, 830am and soon 9am.
afternoon lunch at Komplex Bestari with cat fish as our usual menu, or quick chinese fix at the commuter shop
afternoon sundaes at Mc D with a shared cup of coke and fries
also all those Mc D lunch, dinner, eh... sometimes breakfast...
friday lunch at paandis
afternoon cucur and penang laksa at makcik's stall
of course, late night supper and numerous visits to the mamak right outside our house.
late night camping in Tun Sri Lanang (assignment and exams, pulled off and all nighter as well)
evening Danau swim
evening stadium jogs
the time when we cycle around uni
the time we stroll around uni - to feel healthy konon ba
the time when pusanika is like our shopping mall
the afternoon ice blended needs
reporting to GSC almost every week - sometimes more than once a week =P (hmm... now i understand where 10% of my allowance went)
hanging out at Starbucks
playing tourist around KL
shopping malls :D :D & shopping shopping shopping!
MPO visits
concerts and theater =)
cheering for max with his many stage performances
restorants here .....................

the list goes on and on and on.....

But all this shall not be memorable without all of you, my friends. Going to miss all of you very much. (I hope I won't be doing a Grammy Award tomorrow>_<) I'm sorry if I had hurt anyone intentionally or otherwise, sometimes emotional take the worst out of me. My sincere apologies. But for what it all takes, I thank you all of you for being apart of my life. Thank you.

p/s for those i'm unable to meet before I leave KL - Fellie, Pearl, Cindy, Siew Hee and the rest, I'll meet you again someday k. Take care and my sincere best wishes for all of you.

Signing off from KL in 14 hours.

Movie Review : Coming Soon

2009-05-07T12:33:00.006+08:00

As our time in KL is limited, we went to midvalley yesterday to catch our final movie before heading back home. Little did I know that the movie that was choosen, was a ghost movie, 'Coming Soon'. (damn mul!)

I will not be judging this movie alot, as most of the time i stayed behind my jacket.... -_-lll or peep through my jacket to catch a glimpse.

But i can tell you this much la... this movie will really make your hair stand! and the twist of the movie is done so well that I have to give it to the director for making me love hate this movie.

Plot:

In this movie, 2 staffs working as film projectors in the Mega Cineplex, Chen and Peoll, helps VCD pirates to record the show in the cinema before this movie is offically shown. Later, Chen found out that while Peoll is recording this movie, he was killed by the ghost in the movie and became one of the victim in the movie. Later, Chen found out Peoll was killed by the ghost with his eyes dugged out and tries to stop the ghost from killing whoever watches her hanged to death. He tried to destory the film but ended up in the trap of the ghost and was later killed as well. After both of them were killed, the movie went from “coming soon” to “now showing”, where people are able to watch it in the cinemas and Chen and Peoll were victims in it with their eyes being dugged out. (taken from http://sparkyboi.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/review-thai-horror-movie-coming-soon/)

Go catch it in cinema like us in the middle of the night, and you'll be sure to sleep with your lights on at night.........

When the movie ends,
it is not really the end.
It is the beginning...

"DO YOU REALLY WANNA SEE ME DIE?"

Study.... or otherwise

2009-05-04T23:49:00.003+08:00

Exam, exam oh exam.....

Will be updating on World Stars -Road to Hollywood 2009 soon. Yep this is where i hilang diri last night :P

Last Paper of the Semester

2009-05-02T16:14:00.004+08:00

For the past 19 years of my school life, I have been through numerous exams. Form testing my A,B,C in Pre-school, to UPSR in primary school, to PMR in Lower Secondary School and then SPM in Higher Secondary School. And later college and uni. I have sat for it all. Small quizes, monthly test, midsemester test, semester test, year end test, major public exams. phiew... the list seems to be so long that i couldn't even finish it in one breath. But you got the picture. You call the shots. Quiz, test, exams, evaluation... it all boils down to - stress, discipline, determination etc.

I could not say i have sail through all my examination, because I have not. Examination always bring out mixed emotions in me. A kind of fear, mix with anticipation, with a stir of wanting to get over and done with.

Finally. I'm finally standing at the end of my university life and it is time to sit for the final paper of my 19 years of schooling life. *take a deep breath* *breath out* Yes!

But it is just not as easy. Contrastive Analysis and Error Analysis. It is one tough paper to conquear and being the last paper doesn't make it any easier. Of course I still encounter the same fear, anticipation and stress... but there is always a hint of this-is-the-last-paper-and-you-will-be-a-free-woman-feeling. (much like a splash of lemon zest in your Ceasarean Salad). Therefore, the urge to study seems....hmm..... very hard to catch on.

Oh well, I'm flying in about 2 hours time. Please pray that I will catch some decent study time back in uni.

All the best to my fellow classmates on our final paper of our degree year. God bless you all!

movie review : X-men Origins : Wolverine

2009-04-30T20:33:00.003+08:00

Yep! It's the much anticipated X-men Origins : Wolverine. :) Many of you X-men fans out there must be ecstatic about this movie. And yes, it is worth the wait. Although at times the movie might be slightly too violent for my taste, it is a movie that makes you sit at the edge of your seats.

Wolverine is played to its best yet again by Hugh Jackman, 4 times Wolverine, and never failed to disappoint. Many praise to Gavin Hood for directing this movie and making it happen. Hopefully, there will be a movie on other X-men superheroes too!

Brief Synopsis about the movie:
Wolverine lives a mutant life, seeks revenge against Victor Creed (who will later become Sabertooth) for the death of his girlfriend, and ultimately ends up going through the mutant Weapon X program.

"I come with you, I'm coming for blood!
No law, no code of conduct.
You pawn in the right direction,
You get the hell out of my way"

A fight with the lobster

2009-04-29T23:16:00.006+08:00

Today is a fine hot Wednesday! I can't believe the amount of heat Apollo can scorch on the earthly beings.

But weather aside, today is a fine day to check out the local delights in the local market.

Damage done: Midin and coconut tree trunk's inti ( 'ye zin' or directly translated as 'heart of the coconut').

Midin

So we had a scrumptious lunch and I'm contented to dig into the natural sweetness of mum's curry ye zin... *heavenly*

But, but, but... by noon, Dad suddenly came home with - *drum rolling* Yes! You've guess it ! LOBSTERS!!!

I've never seen a live lobster before. I mean REALLY see and touch one before. The ones from TV are definitely not accounted for. And to see 5 of them was a sight to behold. So bro and I, being the sakai that we are, were amazed by the sight.

Lobster head

Lobsters on the plate

Tentacles? apparently those are legs.

And then Dad drop the bomb straight on traget. 'You cook 3 for dinner later k'

OH NO!!! How la to cook lobster?! I never even seen an uncooked lobster, what more to clean and cook it! Cam lo...

Luckily for the trusted internet (thank you www.youtube.com and other websites) So I managed to check out a few recipes. And with laptop at the dry kitchen, I brave the wet kitchen to attempt to cook lobster for dinner. -_-!!!

These are the two different lobster dishes I've come out with for dinner. =P

1) Stir-Fried Cheesey Lobster -courtesy of www.rasamalaysia.com

Smells delicious when fried

Ingredients:

2.5 lbs lobster
1/2 onion (thinly sliced)
1 cup light cream/milk
4 slices Kraft cheese (yep, Chinese restaurants use them!) or cheese powder
3 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
3 tablespoons melted butter
Some corn starch (for coating the lobster pieces before deep frying)
Some chopped scallions
Salt to taste
Sugar to taste

Method:

Clean the lobster and chop it into pieces. Coat the lobster pieces with some corn starch and deep fry in very hot oil until 80% done or as soon as the shell turns red. Dish out and set aside.

Heat up a wok and add the melted butter. Toss in the chopped garlic, sliced onion and stir fry until aromatic (but before they turn brown). Add in the light cream/milk, bring it to boil, and then add in the fried lobster pieces. Lay the 4 pieces of cheese (or sprinkle cheese powder generously) on top of the lobster and cover the wok on high heat and let it simmer for a few minutes or until the cheese melts and the sauce thickens. Stir and blend the cheese well with the lobster, add chopped scallion, salt and sugar to taste, dish out and serve immediately.

Cook’s Notes:

If the sauce is too thick and sticky, add some water to loosen up the sauce.
You can use other cheese slices or cheese powder for this recipe.

The lobster head just out of the wok.

2) Drunken Lobster - own cincai recipe

Ingredients:

Garlic, Onions, Lemon Grass, Chili, Chinese Red Wine, Sesame Oil, Salt, Sunflower Oil. =)

Methods:

Very easy. Clean the lobster. Heat up the wok, pour in some sunflower oil, saute garlic, onions, crushed lemon grass, chopped chili. Fry, fry, fry. When everything's ready, turn off the fire, put in red wine (amount: suka hati)

Make sure you season your lobster with a bit of salt, before pouring in your sauce on top of the lobster. Put it into the stimmer for about 15 minutes and you're ready to serve.

*sorry, no picture. Because by the time I finish cooking, everyone is way too hungry dy =P

So there goes bro's birthday dinner. =)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KOKO!

p.s. picture all courtesy of koko.com =); assistant cook, big bro.

Movie Review

2009-04-23T01:54:00.000+08:00

Hi all.... What youngsters nowadays do to fill up the cracks of their time with (esp on a night before leaving)?.... hehe... we went to serbu the cinema =)

We wanted to watch 'He's Just Not That Into You'.... but Alamanda GSC only has good English movies in the afternoon... *SAD*

So, we end up watching Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Thinking that this movie will be funny... since all the funny names like Adam Standler, Kevin James are in... But... the movie was so predictable, jokes way too slap-stick, and I believe my fellow partner-in-crimes all can crack better jokes than the fat jokes that were overly emphasized in this movie..

Oh well... But its a good movie to just chill and relax over a stressful week la... But I don't recommend movie goer to pick this movie. Just watch it online or DVD la...

P/S Just realized that i'm blaabing aimlessly... sorry, i can't sleep....

KEYS

2009-04-22T20:22:00.001+08:00

The 'bengong-ness' in me -_-lll

In the season of exams, behold, I will always encounter a series of unfortunate events. Some would call it 'Blurrrr-nye', others 'nenek'. Despite being my final exam of my 6 years of uni life, I still can't run away from this curse....~ And somehow, it has to do with keys.

I only possess two (2) sets of keys. One house key, the other car key. But somehow, this two play an important role in my stories about keys.

Flash back ~

Last semester first paper. I happily reminded myself to double check for my exam slip, my matrix card, IC, stationary, before leaving the car. Everything checked, I closed and locked the door thinking I have everything I need dy. Little did I know....... ARGH!!! I left my car keys at the ignition!!!!!
Hitting my head several times out of frustration... tapi apa boleh buat... what is done is done. -_-lll
Thank goodness for the spare key at home. And thank you for Maria her willingness to ambik from home for me... phiew....

The Keys from the scene of crime

Today...

Me : (weather damn hot, eating at mamak after exam) 'Oli, come lets go swimming.'
Oli : (raise up her hand) 'yay! come lets!' (~inside story~)

So I went home to take my swim gear. But alas.. reaching home, I find find find, could not find my keys. Where is my housekey?

(recall back.... called emm) Result : Donno where.

So I went back mamak, told Oli can't go swimming cos I can't find keys. Send frens back to uni. And am still thinking of the keys.

Reaching home, I gave an X-ray search around the house. No key in sight. Damn.

Suddenly..... Ephiphany! I remember putting my keys on top of my car roof! And scenes of events started coming back..... While I was driving to class, I remembered hearing something falling off my car roof. Emm was telling me that it's just some leaves. And I didn't think of it much.... Now that I recalled. IT WAS MY KEYS!!!!!

bengong2 @_@

So I went to search for the keys at the scene of the incident. Just infront of some futsal and tennis court. Got out and look for the keys. But was damn shy cos ppl playing ball started staring... So decided to get Maria as my partner in crime to join.

Second time looking for my housekeys with my trusty partner, Maria. Still NIL. So we pun balik........

Suddenly Maria recieved a call from Matt. Apparently Ms Shahizah (Drama Lecturer) saw us looking for keys, but was unable to stop in time. So she called Matt, our monitor to find out what happened to us. -_-lll

OMG!!! Can this key fiesco be any worst?

Some keys picture i got from the net.... =(

Oh well....

And to top it all, my shoe doesn't match while i went for exam this afternoon. One side slipper, one side sandals.... Big sigh.....

Touching Story

2009-03-08T11:59:00.000+08:00

Isaiah 65:24

This beautiful story was written by a doctor who worked in Central Africa

One night I had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but in spite of all we could do, she died, leaving us with a tiny, premature baby and a crying two-year-old daughter. We would have difficulty keeping the baby alive; as we had no incubator (we had no electricity to run an incubator). We also had no special feeding facilities.

Although we lived on the equator, nights were often chilly with treacherous drafts. One student midwife went for the box we had for such babies and the cotton wool that the baby would be wrapped in. Another went to stoke up the fire and fill a hot water bottle. She came back shortly in distress to tell me that in filling the bottle, it had burst (rubber perishes easily in tropical climates).

'And it is our last hot water bottle!' she exclaimed. As in the West, it is no good crying over spilled milk, so in Central Africa it might be considered no good crying over burst water bottles. They do not grow on trees, and there are no drugstores down forest pathways.

'All right,' I said, 'put the baby as near the fire as you safely can, and sleep between the baby and the door to keep it free from drafts. Your job is to keep the baby warm.'

The following noon, as I did most days, I went to have prayers with any of the orphanage children who chose to gather with me. I gave the youngsters various suggestions of things to pray about and told them about the tiny baby. I explained our problem about keeping the baby warm enough, mentioning the hot water bottle, and that the baby could so easily die if it got chills. I also told them of the two-year-old sister, crying because her mother had died.

During prayer time, one ten-year-old girl, Ruth, prayed with the usual blunt conciseness of our African children. 'Please, God' she prayed, 'Send us a hot water bottle today . It'll be no good tomorrow, God, as the baby will be dead, so please send it this afternoon.'

While I gasped inwardly at the audacity of the prayer, she added, 'And while You are about it, would You please send a dolly for the little girl so she'll know You really love her?'

As often with children's prayers, I was put on the spot. Could I honestly say 'Amen'? I just did not believe that God could do this. Oh, yes, I know that He can do everything; the Bible says so. But there are limits, aren't there? The only way God could answer this particular prayer would be by sending me a parcel from the homeland. I had been in Africa for almost four years at that time, and I had never, ever, received a parcel from home.

Anyway, if anyone did send me a parcel, who would put in a hot water bottle? I lived on the equator!

Halfway through the afternoon, while I was teaching in the nurses' training school, a message was sent that there was a car at my front door. By the time I reached home, the car had gone, but there on the porch was a large 22-pound parcel. I felt tears pricking my eyes. I could not open the parcel alone, so I sent for the orphanage children. Together we pulled off the string, carefully undoing each knot. We folded the paper, taking care not to tear it unduly... Excitement was mounting. Some thirty or forty pairs of eyes were focused on the large cardboard box.

From the top, I lifted out brightly-colored, knitted jerseys. Eyes sparkled as I gave them out. Then there were the knitted bandages for the leprosy patients, and the children looked a little bored. Then came a box of mixed raisins and sultanas - that would make a batch of buns for the weekend.

Then, as I put my hand in again, I felt the..... could it really be?

I grasped it and pulled it out. Yes, a brand new, rubber hot water bottle. I cried. I had not asked God to send it; I had not truly believed that He could.

Ruth was in the front row of the children. She rushed forward, crying out, 'If God has sent the bottle, He must have sent the dolly, too!

'Rummaging down to the bottom of the box, she pulled out the small, beautifully-dressed dolly. Her eyes shone! She had never doubted! Looking up at me, she asked, 'Can I go over with you and give this dolly to that little girl, so she'll know that Jesus really loves her?'

'Of course,' I replied!

That parcel had been on the way for five whole months, packed up by my former Sunday school class, whose leader had heard and obeyed God's prompting to send a hot water bottle, even to the equator. And one of the girls had put in a dolly for an African child - five months before, in answer to the believing prayer of a ten-year-old to bring it 'that afternoon'.

'Before they call, I will answer.' (Isaiah 65:24)

When you receive this, say the prayer. That's all you have to do. No strings attached. Just send it on to whomever you want - but do send it on.

Prayer is one of the best free gifts we receive. There is no cost, but a lot of rewards. Let's continue praying for one another. This awesome prayer takes less than a minute.

Heavenly Father, I ask you to bless my friends reading this. I ask You to minister to their spirit. Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy. Where there is self doubting, release a renewed confidence to work through them. Where there is tiredness or exhaustion, I ask You to give them understanding, guidance, and strength. Where there is fear, reveal Your love and release to them Your courage. Bless their finances, give them greater vision, and raise up leaders and friends to support and encourage them. Give each of them discernment to recognize the evil forces around them and reveal to them the power they have in You to defeat it. I ask You to do these things in Jesus' name. Amen.

Behind that little face

2009-02-22T21:53:00.000+08:00

A petite lady, not more than 4 foot. Smoke between fingers, beer on the other.

What can it come of it?

Wit, courage, guts. She has it all.

A little girl, well protected by the family. A proper smile, a tiny bow.
What does the future holds?

Uncertainty. Well kept purity.

She was never allowed to see sadness. Her first funeral was at the age of 26. Born and brought up in a rich family. One would have thought that she would end up to become a lady. A demure lady, a subservient wife perhaps. Her mother would have loved that.

First trip down to Aus, and never looked back. Earning her first million at the age of 36. Money was not a worry. In fact, it was abundance. Business has always been her playground. Daddy would have been so proud of her.

*

A tiny calling, a small interest. She took up flying. 48 hours training, and took off to take 8 exams. Taking her first solo flight. Jetting through the air, the adrenaline rush.
Courage.
~She's got it~

Curious, fame. Whichever takes precedence, it doesn't matter. Her sail caught in the current. 2 days of travelling on a horizontal sail. It doesn't deter her to bring it to her destination.
Determination.
~She's got it~

Flying through the air. Caught in a sea of clouds. Zero visibility. Emergency landing. It was either a Cherokee 235 or a Cessna 182. Football field was her only bet.
Craziness.
~ She's got it too~

Can u do it?

THE MAPLE

A Little Something for Valentine

2009-02-08T23:49:00.000+08:00

Ludwig Van Beethoven to his "Immortal Beloved"

Letter 1

My thoughts go out to you my Immortal Beloved.
I can live wholly with you or not at all-
Be calm in my life, my all. Only by calm consideration
of our existence can we achieve our purpose to live
together. Oh continue to love me, never misjudge the
most faithful heart of your beloved.

Ever thine.
Ever mine.
Ever ours.

HAPPY CHAP GOH MEH!

25 random things

2009-01-31T19:17:00.000+08:00

Tagged by Emm, who has nothing better to do.... and coming out with excuses (like not knowing how to read en-ge-rish) couldn't help. So i guess in the spirit of CNY, i'll oblige.

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)

so here goes:

1. warming up to the idea of randomness makes me blur. Hmm.. I am a very blur person. Just can't figure out why i'm so blur. Most probably its innate.

2. the most impossible of the impossibles happen to me. and with that it will help me with a few numbers. :)

3. Impossible number 1 : I missed my flight on 07/10/08. Only realized i missed it a day later :S

4. Impossible number 2 : I pull out my uni car sticker by accident and stuck it in a library book and return it to the library. Tried to fake a mirror breaking accident to get a new sticker but to no avail. but luck turns around, I found the library book back ;) now my car sticker has academic printing on the back side.

5. Impossible number 3 : I started the new year by losing dad's car (02/01/09) :S terrible encounter. Found the car back on 03/01/09 on God's blessing. Car still in one piece, thank God! With that encounter, is always paranoid about locking cars.

6. I'm not a chocolate girl, i'm a keropok girl. Don't like chocolates, prefer chips instead.

7. I still can't get over the fact that this cny alot of ppl don't recognize who i am. :S I've changed that much meh?

8. Can i still be a student and not graduate?

9. I hate it when they say :" but you're an english teacher wo, you should know le" It frustrates me tremendously.

10. I don't like being controlled. It's no fun and its stressful. Rules are meant to be broken.

11. I like insects. Find them exceptionally interesting. My ambition is to be a entomologist. So if u think i'm a girly girl, I'm far from it. Iguana, snakes, exotic animals, they are my thing.

12. I love nature and therefore finds hiking very appealing. Very much like window shopping. When u see lovely shoes and dresses while shopping; u find beautiful plants, flowers and insects while hiking. True kan :)

13. I'm running out of things to write. And will stop for awhile for a pit stop. 6 seconds adding fuel, changing tires, i'm ready to go.

14. With the above comment, I like racing. F1 car racing especially. Have u bought ur F1 tickets?

15. Just a reminder. I'm a girl. I still do like girly stuff.

16. I like shopping. No, rephrase. I like shopping malls. Free air con, lots of stuff to feast ur eyes on.

17. I do fb almost everyday. Perhaps i should start working with fb one day. I'll be a good employer.

18. I eat pretty slow. Maria ever threaten to finish my food for me. ;) and i don't usually finish my food. Unless its really nice.

19. I like cooking. finds it very therapeutic. However i don't like eating my own food. How le?

20. Should i do laundry today? Mum's answer: No! I want my clothes dry today. [Kch's been flooding yesterday.] (for those who do not know, whenever i do laundry, it will rain without fail)

21. Obama's really angry. How bad will our economy be? How bad will the recession be? How many will lose their jobs? (totally random)

22. I like to read and sleep. I can't sleep without reading. Which is y there are books and magazines beside my bed. which also makes me pretty nerdy.

23. I'm very disorganized and at times impulsive. Will think of crazy games and stunt randomly. Which is y friends always find me impossible. sorry buddies. U guys still love me, no?

24. I run out of things to say..... eh.... I feel blessed to have loving family and friends around me.

25. lastly, I'm not a lesbian just because I've never been attach. Got to clear that off my chest!

I'm home :D

2009-01-20T01:44:00.001+08:00

Alright alright... I might not have landed in KIA as stylishly as this plane which landed in Patriot Hills base, Antarctica. But message sent across, I am back in Kuching, my home ;)

I don't need to land on a runway of hard blue ice. I have just arrived on a perfectly normal runway with tiny blue lights and greeted by the 'fresher' and cooler Kuching air. As cheesy as it might sound, no place can be home than the real thing.

Happy Chinese New Year Holidays!!

Youth 09 teaser

2009-01-20T01:35:00.000+08:00

This is a two weeks due entry. Will be writing on it soon... stay tuned =)
Yes peeps, its pole dancing

Dragonball

2008-12-18T10:44:00.000+08:00

kamekameha!!

Well, to all those Dragonball fans out there, yes, Dragonball is now on screen. However, please don't get your hopes up high. Suddenly your much loved characters with yellow, red and even blue hair who speaks Japanese or in some RTM channel, Malay... is now speaking in English! And guess what, Goku, the much-loved monkey boy, is now a WHITE BOY!!

Dragonball Evolution indeed! And Roshi, Master Roshi is Chow Yun Fatt!!!! I'm holding my thoughts at this moment......

Is something fading in my childhood memory or what?....~aa....~~~~

Cadiac Ward

2008-12-17T21:52:00.000+08:00

Today I was at the cardiac ward. Lots of Kuchingnites should be familiar with this new building, standing tall among the old ones within the grounds of the General Hospital. The whole structure of the building is painted in pink and white strips and as my brother say, it is pretty much similar to The Sims Hospital.

We went up to the 3rd floor via the lift to the warding room. The warming baby pink suddenly felt too much to endure. The seriousness of this place and the sudden swift smell of medicine allowed the whole ambiance to engulf you into it. It never felt this way before. Of all my trips to the hospitals, and at times admitted into it; I couldn't explain why this time it felt so different. But pushing that aside, I went in anyway.

Patients, heart patients, they are everywhere. Some stronger ones were allowed to watch TV at the common rooms. (Even they looked weak in their green robe). Others laid in bed; some sound asleep, others are attended by their families and friends. I went in to find mum. A doctor and a nurse is attending to grandma. She looks weak, really week. She was on drips and her already frail and small body, looks like a child's ragged body. My heart instantly did a somersault and paused. ~oh~

My grandma has just went through an angiogram this morning and is now resting. According to the doctor she shall be discharged tonight. What is an angiogram?

"An angiogram is an X-ray test that uses a special dye and camera (fluoroscopy) to take pictures of the blood flow in an artery (such as the aorta) or a vein (such as the vena cava). An angiogram can be used to look at the arteries or veins in the arms, legs, chest, or belly.

Common angiograms can look at the arteries near the heart (coronary angiogram), lungs (pulmonary angiogram), brain (cerebral angiogram), head and neck (carotid angiogram), legs or arms (peripheral), and the aorta (aortogram).

During an angiogram, a thin tube called a catheter is placed into the femoral blood vessel (femoral artery or vein) in the groin or just above the elbow (brachial artery). The catheter is guided to the area to be studied. Then an iodine dye (contrast material) is injected into the vessel to make the area show clearly on the X-ray pictures. This method is known as conventional or catheter angiogram. The angiogram pictures can be made into regular X-ray films or stored as digital pictures in a computer.

An angiogram can find a bulge in a blood vessel (aneurysm). It can also show narrowing or a blockage in a blood vessel that affects blood flow. An angiogram can show if coronary artery disease is present and how bad it is.

A magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA) or computed tomography angiogram (CTA) may be an option instead of an angiogram. Each of these tests is less invasive than a standard angiogram, but a CTA involves a dye injection and radiation exposure. "

(Web MD, 2008)

Grandma's left hand arteries were to small to insert a 6-inch catherer into it. Therefore, they had to it on her upper left-side of her pelvic bone, somewhere around the appendix. And the result is, instant bruise, much like when someone give you a black eye, except the surface space is wider. Most of the heart patients in this ward can be seen with this bruise. Grandma just look much too fraile in the bundle of blanket. But the doctor gave permission for her to go home.

Mum said three main arteries were detected. It is not a good sign. Doctor told mum that grandma will possibly have to go for heart bypass surgery, but a board of doctors will have to check on how bad artherosclerosis is in the coronary arteries and to consider the many factors that are not going well for grandma, in order to permit this surgery to take place.

"Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstances." (1 Corinthians 13:7) Please be well....

Not so lame duck as 'dog' Bush evades Iraqi journo's shoes

2008-12-16T01:39:00.000+08:00

LOL..... This is an incredible story to not share. Over the weekend, lame duck president George W. Bush paid a surprise visit (his last) to Iraq and during a press conference there was assulted by an Iraqi journalist who threw both his shoes at the president's head — narrowly missing him each time. Yelling out, "This is your farewell kiss, you dog!", Muntadar al-Zeidi chucked his shoes at the president and shockingly NO Secret Service bodyguards were there to protect GWB. If it weren’t for his quick reflexes, he would’ve gotten beaned in the face. And not one shoe my dear, TWO!...

President George W. Bush wrapped up a whirlwind trip to two war zones Monday that in many ways was a victory lap without a clear victory. A signature event occurred when an Iraqi reporter hurled two shoes at Bush, an incident the president called “a bizarre moment.” Bush visited the Iraqi capital just 37 days before he hands the war off to his successor, Barack Obama, who has pledged to end it. The president wanted to highlight a drop in violence and to celebrate a recent U.S.-Iraq security agreement, which calls for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011. “The war is not over,” Bush said, but “it is decisively on its way to being won.” … But the president’s message on progress in the region was having trouble competing with the videotaped image of the angry Iraqi who hurled his shoes at Bush in a near-miss, shouting in Arabic, “This is your farewell kiss, you dog!” The reporter was later identified as Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television, an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo, Egypt. In Iraqi culture, throwing shoes at someone is a sign of contempt. Iraqis whacked a statue of Saddam with their shoes after U.S. Marines toppled it to the ground following the 2003 invasion. Bush told reporters later that he didn’t think “you can take one guy throwing shoes and say this represents a broad movement in Iraq. You can try to do that if you want but I don’t think that would be accurate.” Reaction in Iraq was swift but mixed, with some condemning the act and others applauding it. Television news stations throughout Iraq repeatedly showed footage of the incident, and newspapers carried headline stories … Talking to a small group of reporters after the incident, Bush said, “I didn’t know what the guy said, but I saw his sole.” He told the reporters that “you were more concerned than I was. I was watching your faces.” “I’m pretty good at ducking, as most of you know,” Bush joked, adding quickly that “I’m talking about ducking your questions.”

At least this guy has a sense of humour that's for sure. Check out his response to the incident.

Check out the video here...

Heartbeat

2008-12-15T20:30:00.000+08:00

Somehow, i connected to this song. Therefore, the urge to share it with you :)

p/s unless there's request for translation, i find the lyrics closed to heart. Enjoy!

Miss Independent

2008-12-04T22:54:00.000+08:00

"Miss Independent"

Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah

[Verse 1]
Ooh there's somethin about just somethin about the way she's move
And I can't figure it out
it's something about her.
Said ooh it's somethin about kinda woman that want you but don't need you
And I can't figure it out
it's somethin about her
Cuz she walk like a boss talk like a boss
Manicured nailed to set the pedicure off
She's fly effortlessly
Cuz she move like a boss do what a boss
Do she got me thinkin about gettin involved
That's the kinda girl I need

[Chorus]
She got her own thing
that's why I love her
Miss Independent
Won't you come and spend a little time
She got her own things that's why I love her
Miss Independent
ooh the way you shine
Miss Independent
yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]
Ooh there's somethin about
kinda woman that can do for herself
I look at her and it makes me proud
It's somethin about her
Somethin oh so sexy about
kinda woman that don't even need my help
She said she got it she got it
No doubt, it's somethin about her
Cuz she work like a boss play like a boss
Car and a crib she bouta pay em both off
And the bills are paid on time yeah
She made for a boss only a boss
Anything less she tellin them to get lost
That's the girl that's on my mind

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Her favorite thing to say Don't worry I got it
And everything she got best believe she bought it
She gon steal ma heart aint no doubt about it
girl ur everything I need, said ur everything I need
yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah

[Chorus]

Miss Independent
That's why I love her

Poem ~It's Up to You~

2008-12-03T01:11:00.000+08:00

One song can spark a moment,
One flower can wake the dream,
One tree can start a forest,
One bird can herald spring,
One smile begins a friendship,
One hug lifts a soul.

*
One star can guide a ship at sea,
One word can frame the goal,
One vote can change the nation,
One sunbeam lights a room.

*

One candle wipes out darkness,
One laugh will conquer the gloom,
One step must start a journey,
One word must start each prayer.

*
One hope will raise our spirits,
One touch can show you care.

*
One voice can speak of wisdom,
One heart can know what's true,
One life can make the difference,
But you see, It really is up to you!

~random thoughts at this moment....(*pearl i didn't mean to plagiarize ur word here, just feeling the moment)

pray that i'll know what to say and have the courage to say it at the right time (Ephesians 6:19)

I'm home :D

2008-12-02T22:50:00.000+08:00

In a wink of an eye, one month has passed... we're in Dec.... which also means, I'm finally getting my holiday... YAY!!!

Yes dear friends, I am back in Kuching. Embracing the Land of the Hornbills with a heart-felt happiness... It never felt better than home...

So what will I do during this holiday?...

1. Advent, and then
2. Christmas, most definite
3. Birthdays = pokainess
4. lim teh sessions
5. astroing
6........... (to be filled in soon)

But le.... because i am back, i'll be missing a lot of events in KL.
1. The Kuala Lumpur International Motor Showcase!!!! >_<
2. An actual Indian wedding
3. The Christmas Carol Play
4. KL International Buskers' Festival
5. Katsura Kan: An Encounter with a Butoh Master

maybe i should check the flight tickets now...
*slap slap* but i just touched down 4 hours ago, what is wrong with me!

Finally, I'm a free woman!!

2008-11-26T00:09:00.000+08:00

Ladies and gentlemen, deepest regret and apologizes for not hardworking enough to update this ever so mouldy blog... but i'm getting there... i'm getting there...

So so... as the title of the blog suggest, I am a free woman!!!

hahha... why so?
i will answer to that in the next post...

but a quick one tonight before i go get my well deserved many many winks, I will leave you with this...

As all who knows 'The Kennel' and its occupants, you should know why this picture is so apt :)
Being the smallest, but the noisest and the most 'chilliest' member of the house, she is known to be exactly as the what the picture indicates - a Chihuahua.... (gosh, she sure gonna kill me for this)
(F: *darn it* why did i agree to take this picture a)
(Me: eh F, your eyes close la... [snapping away])
and the full mouth face....

So.....

Of all these picture, which one one do you think is the best? *Grinning none stop*

A New America and Hopefully, A New World

2008-11-09T11:39:00.000+08:00

It was a happy moment knowing the Barack Obama has won the US Presidency. Hopefully a new America, A New World will be here.

Below is his acceptance speech :D

Read more on American Politics here

I'm glad he won.

A vow to continue writing....

2008-11-09T01:24:00.000+08:00

As Dear old Fellie has awarded me with the Laziest Blogger Award, i have to graciously accept this very apt award... :) sorry guys..... i kind of lost interest in writing blogs. and the only reason is... L.A.Z.Y.

so... here is a quick update of myself...

Currently i have finish my first semester of my final year and is now having my year end break.... sigh... despite so, i am stuck in KL due to my stupidity ( I skemaly tot that i my exam will stretch till the final week and so i asked my parents and bro to come after 23rd Nov). And so, I can only go home on 2nd Dec!!!~~~~~

What has KL have to offer in this one long month le?....

Today Maria and I just sent off Mul and Emm to the airport... It's a sad feeling sending everyone away when you're stuck here in uni... I so hope i can squeeze myself into their luggage and go back home.. But like Emm says, 'It's an experience wat!'
I guess so~~~~ but what am i suppose to do to fill up my one month here le?

But thankfully i'll be working... but only on weekdays... so on weekends i'll be darn bored. Hopefully i wouldn't go insane over having to stare at my computer all weekend. Anyone out there free during weekends?

Continuation of my flight...

2008-10-10T10:53:00.000+08:00

*this entry was written the moment I touch down my flight.

What does it feel like to sit on a bumpy flight with a whole kampong of kids screaming up and down and people talking from one end of the plane to the other?....

Gosh, luckily I still have pretty high tolerance of noise to be able to withstand all the noise and chaos these inconsiderate passengers are making. Kids have been screaming on top of their voices with high pitch noises from the moment they come into the flight. And I don’t know what happen, but I guess they book the whole kampong in this flight, which makes it a very strenuous journey for all the other passengers in it, I believe.

Unfortunately I do not have photos to prove my complaints.
To top that, the flight was bumpy towards the end as KL area was raining cats and dogs. It seems that the rain actually encourage the kids to become much more active and use this opportunity for more vocal training. And yea, the chatting across different section of the plane also went up a few volumes.

So much so for sleeping in the plane….

Missing A Flight

2008-10-10T10:48:00.000+08:00

Yep, as the title suggest, I missed my flight. I missed my flight without me knowing it. (Of cos la don’t know. If I know how would I miss it le) My first reaction as OMG!. How can it possibly happened. I remember on the night before flying over from Bangi to Kuching, Maria just spontaneously asked Emm:

‘Eh Emm, you bought my flight for tomorrow kan?’

‘Huh? I don’t remember la. I only remember Lyd and Mf’s one’

It got Maria into a panic. She quickly search through her inbox and found the travel itinerary. She was saved.

3 weeks later, upon going back from Kuching to UKM, the same thing happened to me. Only this time, I wasn’t so lucky. Yea, seriously I missed my flight which was supposed to be schedule on Tuesday (07/10/08). I didn’t know that. At that particular moment, I was still queuing up at the post office paying my road tax. All through the Raya holiday and even before that I thought my flight was on Wednesday (08/10/08 ). Good thing I didn’t find out when I was at the check in counter. Wouldn’t know where to take refuge if I were to found out there.

O well, I got 2 days longer raya holiday J Which makes my holiday sum up to a good total of 3 weeks. At least now I can scratch away *missing a flight from my life experience. I have actually been there. My goodness.

F.R.U.S.T.R.A.T.E.D!

2008-06-23T21:53:00.000+08:00

WARNING.. this is a bitching post so please leave this post if you don't want your mood spoilt.

Teachers... Being a teacher is a 'noble job', teachers are meant to be 'sagas on the stage', building 'pillars of the nation'... WTH...

Teaching is not a 'noble job', in fact, it is a job which will make you INSANE!! I did not come out with this statement, in fact, ask any asylum, they will tell you that teachers score the highest percentage of psycho patients. And i am afraid sooner or later i will add on to this percentage if i were to step in 1 E again!

1 E, E stands for Ehsan.... but far from being Ehsan, they act more like Elephants!!!

Y?

Today is Monday. and it is a known fact that all human beings, homo sapiens, suffer from Monday Blues. As a teacher, we too suffer from Monday Blues. [closing your eyes wishing hard that it is still Sunday and you don't have to get out of your cozy bed; we teachers do that too!] But sadly teachers are not allowed to have the blues, mainly because the students come to class all restless and undisciplined!!! and it is the teachers job to make sure that all students sit down on their seats and listen to your class!! THAT IS HARD!

on arriving at school today, I was given the relief slip. 4 relief classes [*nearly fainted] and to add on my own two periods!! Grrgh..... telling myself I can take this, piece of cake, I walk into 1 A, Maria's English class. I thought it will be an easy job to keep them in take as they were SUPPOSED to be the best Form 1 class in school.

'Class, hmm... do you wanna do your own work or should i teach you some English?'
'Do own work!!!' [in unison, loud and clear!]
'Ok, but make sure you keep your voices low ya.' (thinking: yay! less work to do!)

10 minutes later,

'Oi class, lower down your volume please...'

20 minutes later,

[like fish market where ppl shout till their lungs burst ]
'Oi class, what happen to your keep your voices low?!' (*angry)

(start teaching and playing language games for the remaining 50 minutes)
sigh!!!! i hate hate relief classes.

Next stop, 1 Elephant.

' Good afternoon class. How was your weekend?'

' Bagus Cikgu.'

Then one boy started the story about thier Kem Ibadat. 'Cikgu, cikgu, minggu lepas masa kem kami orang jumpa coli di kem kami. Besar o.. 40C.' (translation: teacher, teacher, last week during our camp, we found a bra in our camp. Big teacher, 40C.)

'huh?' 'apa jolly?'

'bukan la, coli... (while cupping his imaginary breast)

'OMG!!' (the boys were all grinning and talking at once)

(thinking that it was a joke...) 'true teacher, no joke... we gave it to our camp commander and he too was surprised.'

(gosh, a Islamic missionary camp and students are throwing bras around?! so much so for being alim... and so much for our education now a days)

ok, that is beside the issue... 15 minutes after the bell rang, two chinese boys came into my class lossing all their buttons on their shirt!! @#$@% asking them what did they do, they just say they went toilet. I was pissed and ask them to go take staple and staple back their shirt THIS INSTANT!!!

they thought i was joking, so they just start pulling out some cloth from the botton hole and temporarily hold their shirt in order. Another round of walking and monitoring around the class, I summoned the two boys to stand in front of the class on one foot and sholved them a staple to staple their botton. (thinking back, the scene was pretty funny as they need to balance their weight on one leg and staple their shirt at the same time with their friends laughing at them. But i was just angry.)

and then there were the numerous;

'Cikgu, boleh saya pegi tandas?'

'Cikgu, nak pegi solat'

'Cikgu, nak jumpa Cikgu......'

(I let them all out, thinking if they were out, the class will be easier to control)

But sadly, the remaining ones are the ones either suffering from Hyperactive Deficiency Syndrome or Monkey Act, Monkey Do Syndrome. Either one, they made me went out of the class all fumming and ready to kill!!! I swear i could have burnt a chicken chop to charcoal black at that very moment.

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!

That is why i am FRUSTRATED!!!

Green Fingers?

2008-06-14T10:04:00.000+08:00

Below is a conversation between me (teacher) and my student in one of my relief classes:

T : Ok class, today I am going to teach you idomatic expression.

S : (still talking, some move around from their seats)

T : OI! Better stick your butt to your chair right now or i'll stick your butt with superglue later (*angry*) (students look at me blackly) Settle down now! If you don't, I can send you to see your Afternoon Supervisor right now.

S : (everybody turns into a mouse and went back to their seats, peace finally set in)

T : Ok now class. (pointing to the blackboard) 'having green fingers.' - can you guess the meaning of having green fingers?

S : (all talking at once) Student 1 :Donno.

Student 2 : Paint the fingers green green la.

Student 3 : like Hulk la.

T : huh?

S : neh Teacher, Incredible Hulk.

T : -_-||| ( I nearly fainted on the spot!)

feel like giving the student this.

Kuching, Pork Capital of Malaysia?!

2008-06-13T21:35:00.000+08:00

* WARNING : The entry below is non Halal. Sorry for any inconveniences.

According to Robinho, Kuching is the 'Pork Capital of Malaysia'... that's the very first time someone describe Kuching that way.. and the first impression i have was a total confussion.. how can pork be connected to Kuching, Sarawak?!

(thinking....)

You see this is the animal before turning into a pork...

and...

This is Sarawak, as define by Wikipedia, one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang (‘Land of the Hornbills’) and is situated on the north-west of the island.

Sarawak State Flag

Sarawak Bumi Kenyalang - The Land of Hornbills

*

hmm outsiders usually describe Sarawak as a land famous for its tropical rainforest and most importantly for the 40 over sub-ethnic groups, where each has their own unique culture, language and lifestyle.. and yes, this has lead to many East Malaysians thinking that we still live on trees and still wear leaves (@#$#%).... Can't blame them can we.. see how Sarawak Tourism Board promotes Sarawak...

But put that aside, how could people actually link pork and Sarawak together?!

PORK = SARAWAK

This equation just look so wrong.

And the image that keeps popping up my head, looks even worst...

Get what i mean?

But after digesting Robinho and Emm's entry, i do realize there is some truth to it... And below are my reasons:

1) The roasted piglet is a must in every dinner banquet.. wouldn't do without it..

Although they might not look like this.

2) The sweet juicy char siew bak pao is a comfort food for most Sarawakian.

3) The India Street Siew Bao where you can have it with yam or century egg. Take it with a cup of hot tea or coffee.. it will instantly transport you up to heaven :)

4) The really nice bbq pork rice where you have both the cha siew and the three layer pork ;D easily the most sort after quick lunch or dinner.

5) And of course the infamous kolo mee. You wouldn't get it any other way other than in Kuching. Toasted with pork oil and some vinegar and onion, top it up with char siew, some seafood and some vege, most Kuchingnian have it almost every other day. :D

Sorry didn't take any kolo mee pic of my own.. have to google for them....

and
6) Another infamous dish in Kuching, the Kueh Chap. Basically every part of pork is being cook to perfection and cut into bite-size pieces, mixed with pieces of kueh and add with sweet soya sos soup. This can really be your favourite dish if you're a pork lover. :D

etc...

You can get the above dishes easily in any parts of Kuching. So i guess Kuching is indeed a Pork Capital of Malaysia eh.. *grin

Selamat Ari Gawai Dayak!!

2008-06-01T22:04:00.000+08:00

heartiest wishes to all who are celebrating gawai at home or far away... gayu guru gerai nyamai. :)

and to those who do have not tested gawai or do not know what gawai is, i hope this link here will help ya :) http://www.thingsasian.com/stories-photos/2055

SELAMAT ARI GAWAI DAYAK!!

yay! another reason to go shopping... kekkekee... lots of sales :)

American Idol

2008-06-01T21:09:00.000+08:00

yes i know it is ages since American Idol Season 7 has ended and the winner announced.. but still i can't get over it.. so i'm going to dedicate this entry solely for my idol... David Cook!.. YAY!!! (I jumped out of my chair at Stevens when i get to know that Cook won :D , jus so so happy )

now, why would a graphic designer turn into a sensation overnight?.... easy, because of the love of music. and david cook has just again prove that clinche as it might sound, if there is a will, there is a way. After graduation, he took off for a music career telling his family, "I just want to give myself until I'm 26 years old to get a job." How cool can that get.. If only my family is that supportive... *sigh*

Working as a bartender, he got his big break through idol, Cook has broke several Billboard chart records just after that win!...Cook charted 11 songs and the Hot 100 in the first week and his 17 entries had a combined total of 944,000 digital downloads in the first week of selling. So, let's give a round of applause to this marvelously talented Idol.... David Cook....

p/s I wanted to link him to his performance, but my you tube is cranky right now.... will try again later

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to say bye bye

2008-05-30T20:45:00.000+08:00

Hi everyone!.. Posting Mariah's Bye Bye... Love the lyrics.. hope you too!

Bye Bye - Mariah Carey

Bye Bye - Mariah Carey

This is for my peoples who just lost somebody
Your best friend, your baby, your man or your lady
Put your hand way up high
We will never say bye (no, no, no)
Mamma's, daddy's, sisters, brothers, friends and cousins
This is for my peoples who lost their grandmothers
Lift your head to the sky
'Cos we will never say bye

As a child there were them times
I didn't get it but you kept me in line
I didn't know why you didn't show up some times
On Sunday mornings and I missed you
But I'm glad we talked through
All them grown full things separation brings
You never let me know it, you never let it show
Because you loved me and obviously
Theres so much more left so say
If you were with me today face to face

Chorus
I never knew I could hurt like this
And everyday life goes on like
“I wish I could talk to you for awhile”
“Miss you but I try not to cry”
As time goes by
And as soon as you reached a better place
Still I’ll give the world to see your face
And we were here next to you
It feels like you're gone too soon
Now the hardest thing to do is say bye bye

(Bye bye bye bye bye bye) x3

Bye bye

And you never got a chance to see how good I’ve done
And you never got to see me back at number one
I wish that you were here to celebrate together
I wish that we could spend the holidays together
I remember when you used to tuck me in at night
With the Teddy Bear you gave me that I held so tight
I thought you were so strong
You'd make it through whatever
It’s so hard to accept the fact you’re gone forever

Chorus
I never knew I could hurt like this
And everyday life goes on like
“I wish I could talk to you for awhile”
“Miss you but I try not to cry”
As time goes by
And as soon as you reached a better place
Still I’ll give the world to see your face
Am standing right here next to you
It feels like you're gone too soon
Now the hardest thing to do is say bye bye

(Bye bye bye bye bye bye) x3

This is for my peoples who just lost somebody
Your best friend, your baby, your man or your lady
Put your hand way up high
We will never say bye (no, no, no)
Mamma's, daddy's, sisters, brothers, friends and cousins
This is for my peoples who lost their grandmothers
Lift your head to the sky
'Cos we will never say bye, bye

Chorus
I never knew I could hurt like this (I never knew it)
And everyday life goes on like (everyday of my life I wish)
“I wish I could talk to you for awhile” (I wish)
“Miss you but I try not to cry”
As time goes by (I wish, I wish, I wish as time goes by)
And as soon as you reached a better place
Still I’ll give the world to see your face
And we were here next to you
It feels like you're gone too soon
Now the hardest thing to do is say bye bye

(Its hard to say bye bye bye bye bye bye
So come on somebody sing it with me
Wave your hands up high
Hey hey, this if for my peoples who just lost somebody
So this is for everybody
You put your hand to the sky
'Cos we will never say bye bye
coded by: a-lyrics

Love you all!

Happy Teacher's Day

2008-05-17T03:07:00.000+08:00

Today is 16th of May.. or 3 hours ago was... Happy Teacher's Day to all my teacher's and fellow teachers.

Can't believe that it is 5 years since we've taken the step to train in this profession. And before we know it, our seniors have graduated and we're sent to all parts of Peninsula to do our teaching practical.. :( Yes, being a teacher means sacrifices.. means lots of hard work. A noble job it can be, but definitely not for the faint hearted.
Today i celebrated my first ever Teacher's Day. On reaching school, I didn't even realize that it was Teacher's Day after all.. gosh see how blur can i get.. then, upon signing our attendance book, a teacher asked us to take a small packet of pineapple tarts as a small gift for all teachers. For once i actually blush*-_-*, thinking "What the heck! I am a teacher?! gosh this is not really happening... Argh!!" but it did.. then, all of a sudden, students came to give us salam and stopping us at the middle of the corridor to shake our hands.. woo.. i suddenly feel unable to comprehend what is actually happening ... but i guess that's all in a day's work for teachers...

*p/s come to think bout it, i did celebrate Teacher's Day in ITS last time.. even help the class to prepare for teacher's day performance :P.. so today is not my first ever Teacher's Day.. but it sure felt different.

Now i wanna dedicate this entry to all my teacher friends doing practical in Kota Bahru, Puchong, Seremban, Kajang, Balakong and of cos Amapang.. May we be able to battle with the monkeys

and had one smashing time with our practical. dedicated to you all, B. Ed TESL Cohort 2, lov you all!

Teachers
Paint their minds
And guide their thoughts
Share their achievements
and advise their faults

Inspire a Love
Of knowledge and truth
As you light the path
Which leads our youth

For our future brightens
With each lesson you teach
Each smile you lengthen
Each goal you help reach

For the dawn of each poet
Each philosopher and king
Begins with a Teacher
And the wisdom they bring.

By Kevin William Huff.

Jia You! and to all my teachers out there, I sincerely wish you a Happy Teacher's Day! i promise i will be a good gal :D

thing we do after exam..... (a belated post)

2008-05-17T01:55:00.000+08:00

Haha, i know this happen a week a go, and some would consider it history, but i still want to blog about it.. so bare it with me or get lost (*evil laughter)

Now, our last paper is Penjagaan Kesihatan.. i seriously, heart-crossingly did so little studying that i wonder if i can actually pass this paper.. (*argh) even studying the pass year papers don't help that much too cos the answers given are all different.. so, I went into the exam hall blank headed and come out of it one hour later.. haha.. and so did all my other classmates.... that is how it is la with my class.. hehe :D

So we group outside the hall, giving each other hugs and best wishes... we are separating for 3 months to different parts of Peninsula to do our PRACTICUM. (*sad)

But the action doesn't stop there. It is the end of 7 papers! of course we need celebration!!! and what other way to make the best of it by going clubbing, KL style :D

BB and i all covered up to allow us to leave the uni gates.. haha.. feel like sneaky little monkeys playing truant.. (background is UO college)

and at around 930pm, we finally reach Zouk. yea i know, it is really early.. but luckily Pearl arrange to come early as initially we have to wait for the rest of the group.

cam-whoring while waiting for the rest.. two super hot gals can't wait to move the dance floor.. and they did make it move ok.. :)
[Pearl, wat lays underneath those plunging neckline will stay a mystery ya *wink}
[Fellie, you look tall in this shot :) ]

The Girls (from left to right) Emm, me, Fellie, Pearl and BB.. yes, this is the gal's washroom. see the toilet sign on the left, 'Please do not sit on the sink' hmm.. wonder why would anyone sit on the sink?.. it is wet after all le.. luckily no one open the cubicle door when we take this shot :)

more toilet shots...

The boys, aka drivers, aka bodyguards - haha... they have done a good job as all of the above. From left to right : Bryan, Jim, Raph, Rubern
Forgive the tired faces.. this is taken when the club is closing.. :) and my heels hurt like crazy...

So after all that we sumbung our day out with breakfast at a mamak stall... can't really remember the name of the mamak stall... chatting and joking around.. (whip cream, skirt and some gay jokes -hehhee) I took a cup of teh tarik thinking that it would help me stay awake for awhile.. but i end up falling asleep at my chair AGAIN!... luckily cous din leave me behind...

So that ends our 8th May and starting of 9th May.

9th May, sleeping less than 4 hours, i was awaken by my alarm to pack... Hate packing... and definitely hate shifting... today is the day we're moving to Ampang.... (sigh, the reality is hard to comprehend)

It was heavy ok.. i have a total of 15 bags.. some i left it in my college store.. the rest is send over to Ampang.. and Maria and Emm also has lots of stuff.. we manage to load everything in 2 cars... and in the process of going to Ampang, all 2 cars and 1 bike got lost into different parts of KL. Maria went to Dataran Merdeka, Emm went to KLCC and me and cous went to Maluri station area... (*shaking head - girls and their direction, sorry Phael)

so after real work of carrying truck loads of stuff up 5 floor into our home in Ampang, this is the scene it looks like:
yesh ppl, FULL of stuff.. FULL to the brink... kekkee... eh and we have only been in KL less than a year. see how much junks we collected on the way... (I am guilty of charge)

The house is lovely. It is small but it is fully furnish and the rent is cheap especially for us poor students... :) Only thing is to climb the 5 floor of stairs before actually reaching... (the thought of it already kill half the fun) but we manage...

I tell you, that night i sleep like a log.. really din move at all... and the next day, more adventure...

Serina's wedding. Emm has to drive her car down town to Melia hotel, so she ask me to tag along to help her navigate her way there. So, we started our journey at 11... and reaching down Melia at around 12.. haha.. not bad considering we only get lost a bit a bukit bintang... (i know the trip can be cut short to 20 minutes... but jam la...)

yay! cam-whoring at the hotel window... see, it is not everyday you got to see time square so up close and personal.. :D
Beautiful ppl all dress up ready to go for Serina's wedding dinner beside the hotel at Amoda.. :) heard it was a really cool wedding... This two jokers here can't stop talking about wanting to get married after the wedding.. so any dudes out there, please do the honour of sweeping the feet of this two lovely gals so i would have to hear another 'I WANNA GET MARRIED!' from them....

It was an action packed weekend and a long post to go with it.. i totally enjoy my stay wid Emm and Jey. Thanks dears.

after that trip down KL, i was brought back to reality upon reaching Ampang... NO>>>> i don't wanna start teaching just yet.. but reality is evil and it waits for no one.. so, beware of lots of posts on a teachers lamentation after this... at the meantime, signing off .....

Updates!

2008-05-13T01:02:00.000+08:00

Hi people, sorry for leaving this blogs so long to grow moss and mushrooms... :P my bad..
ok, so here are some of the updates from me...

First thing first, Exams are finally over... Yay!!! hahaa.. the number has actually reach 7 and the pure joy of reaching the 7 is unbelievable.. and all add up to sheer hardwork and many sleepless nights.. (Gosh, who am i kidding... hardwork is totally off my agenda this semester) so here is a quick preview of every subject.

P/S i know i am boring, but at least by penning it down will i have some reference to refer to when my results are out, so bare it with me will ya..

Comparative Literature - 'Cat in the Hat' was a total blow off.. forget even the name of the main character.. i am doomed dy in this paper... got to say sayonara...
Assessment in ELT - hmm... slept like 3 hours the night before... paper was answerable.. so it was ok... :)
Choir - so don't understand wat chords are ... so.. seeing birds flying out of the window again....
Testing and Evaluation - Zooling is totally not my arena... all the counting really memeningkan.. darn.. i really have given back all my maths to my teachers la.. how o...
Writing in ESL - tat was bad.. only started studying a day before exam.. and the amount of reading is well, alot... so, ting tian you ming (translation: leave it to the sky to safe your butt la)...
Action research - this is one heck of a paper i don't understand... oh why why would someone come out with 8 very ambiguous essay questions and expect us to answer 7 and give us only 2 and a half hour on it?! yea i know i am only merely crapping on my paper, but at least if i have a bit more time, i would have crap more?!....%#^%^&$%
Penjagaan Kesihatan Diri - yes yes.. the questions were actually recycled from past year papers... but... since i only study tat paper the morning of the test.. so well... nothing much to say but serve me right..

ok, so all in all, in a nutshell, i din do tat great in this exam.. and with the heat of the moment (practicum and all) i hope i wouldn't get the bomb sometime soon... Praying really really really hard...

more updates soon! this is a boring entry i know... just shut up and read la k.. :P

forgive me please

2008-04-27T19:42:00.000+08:00

please dears...
dear me, i am really sorry for causing some unintended problems through the entries of my blogs...
it is due to my writings that some of you has gotten into trouble and i am deeply sorry for that...
please forgive me... dear, please don't be too harsh...

I AM SORRY

Exam exam o... exam

2008-04-22T07:27:00.000+08:00

O well, coming back to reality in UKM... It's sad leaving your homeland behind, but for the sake of a piece of paper, you gotto face the hard truth... EXAM..
and this time, this crazy semester is taking its toll on me.. dear me.. i don't have any mood to study and i have 7 papers to sit... God have mercy!..
Ok, better start my camping trip to the library real soon... or else i'll be a donzo in no time... I need a break! (hmm but i tot i just had one, my mind can be confusing at times.)

*writer's note ---- just plain useless entry...

In dire need of studying

2008-04-17T19:49:00.000+08:00

yea i know, i know... i should be studying now... it is a STUDY WEEK for goodness sake... but i just don't have the heart to pick up my books.... Die, they are still left in my luggage collecting dust... goodness.. and now is already THURSDAY!!!!....
Ah...someone out there, anyone, please spank me to wake me up... I really need to study!.. 7 subjects and none have i touch... rest assured i will die in many pieces.... HELP!!!

last class of the semester...

2008-04-10T11:13:00.000+08:00

For all information, i am currently having my last class.... Last class of the sem that is... YIPEEE!!!! hahaa... so a peep into how the class is like... haha.. forgive us teacher (kneeling low to ask for forgiveness)

hmm... what will students do when they have class in a computer lab? take a peek....

all hands on the keyboard... hahhaa... some alert enough to give the the camera a smile...

others are busy reading blogs... or hottest entertainment news in town... tsk tsk tsk.....
now this is my lecturer writing some stuff on the board.. no idea what he is talking about.. but he is really passionate about his stuff... but please put your attention on the monitor in front of him... haha.. yesh... ppl are playing solitaire while our dear lecturer is giving his lecturer..... :)
others are plain 'harassing' each other.. tu la gang sheesha ia nang.... selalu jak buat benda2 censored... (sorry camera shuttle close too slow.. tat's y din capture the actual action :P )

dear lenny is plain happy knowing that our 'astronaut''s status is online... hahaa... see how big she smiles.... eh dear lenny... how is tat connected to ACTION RESEARCH a?.... hmm... she is researching for a future husbandn kot... kekekee... kidding :)

others are just too bored surfing the net.. hahaaa....

and two of those in this pic have just finish running around the class... reason i will keep within the class... while FeL become the rescuer... kekkeee....

ok.. that is how a class looks like when lecturer brings his/her students to computer lab for class... i guess... lesson taken, next time when we become teachers, avoid taking students to computer lab... students will usually have lessons of their own as proven by my classmates....:)

Ostrich Mentality

2008-04-03T23:55:00.000+08:00

Hi there….. Real sorry for the late update… but yea... I was busy attending to the many assignments that are turning my hair literary white… L It’s a stressful season of the semester… but its an ongoing process that I believe all students are or will face… I DON’T WANNA BE A STUDENT *cry

Ok, sad things aside, now to the topic of the day, ostrich…The Ostrich (Struthio camelus) is a large flightless bird native to Africa (and formerly the Middle East). It is the only living species of its family, Struthionidae, and its genus, Struthio. Ostriches share the order Struthioniformes with emus, kiwis, and other ratites. It is distinctive in its appearance, with a long neck and legs and the ability to run at speeds of about 65 km/h (40 mph), the top land speed of any bird. The Ostrich is the largest living species of bird and lays the largest egg of any bird species.(Wikipedia)

Ostrich are beautiful animals.. however, according to the same source, Ostrich are farm mainly due to their feathers…. So sad.. if I were to have a large compound one day, I would love to have a Ostrich as a pet…

See this MAMA Ostrich leading her pack on a tour to find food… lovely.. the little ostrich looks like ducks…

However, when an ostrich is scared, it will bury its head in the ground, assuming that because it cannot see, it cannot be seen. Interesting way to avoid the problem. and super cute too...

People who have grown up watching Looney Tunes will surely remember the famous Road Runner… In Wile E. & Road Runner.. hahah.. love love love this cartoon…

So, coming back to the topic, one of my classmates decided to just that.. bury her head and all…. Just like an ostrich, assuming that if one can’t see, one can’t be seen… and guess where did she bury herself?... behind the white LCD screen….of all places....

Actually it's a pretty good hiding place to make calls... except that....She kind of forgot that she still has a pair of legs to hide... waist up, no prob.. only thing is.. waist down.... *sigh*

Closer look at another angle...:)...
hmm... making phone calls behind the screen... not bad not bad.. just hope that reception there is good.. :D.. and so, before i end this entry, i'll end it with this...

see the similarities?..... lol.. and as promise, the new haircut from Abg Macho ya intik.... :D

*photographs are courtesy and permission of the person in the photos :D

hamster visitation

2008-03-30T08:56:00.000+08:00

This morning, while i was happily awake, awaiting for a bright and sunny day.... making milo, chatting with brother, checking mail.. and all that usual stuff... suddenly... on my left, a dark shadow was moving.. i tot it's a lizard...
Little did i know that it is actually a very scared HAMSTER. And only when i register what this little creature is, did i pick it up... gosh was it scared.. it was running up and down looking for a way out.. i don't know what to do with this little creature.. and right now, it is sitting in my NOSE shoe box with a plastic bag. (the plastic bag is to avoid it from coming out)...
Anyone who has lost a brownish grey hamster at UKM, please come and collect your pet asap. I do not know what to do with a hamster.. don't even know what it is feed on... HELP...
Mr Hamster charging into my room....

He was so scared.. that when i wanna take picture of this handsome little thing, he was struggling to escape....

being lost in the box... you stay in there ya.. in a little while i'll try to knock on some rooms... i think your owner is just nearby

Trying hard to run away... 'No, No... i can't stay here.. i just can't...' you see his poo poo in the box.. and the little orange i gave him.. i seriously don't know what hamster feed on la....*desperation

Day 1, Qualifying Day... First Taste of F1

2008-03-29T19:29:00.001+08:00

I know, I know.. this comes a bit late.. but I didn’t say it will never come.. so here you go peeps…

Day 1 of awe and wonder… First taste of F1.

I was late.. really late in the morning as I went to this Adobe Photoshop workshop in the morning. So by the time I grab my stuff and walk down of my college.. My adrenaline was pumping and was actually scared of getting a scolding from my driver.. :P But luckily, I rasuah him wid a can of 7up… hahhaa…. And so before long we were on our winding and very pening kampong road to SIC… YAY!!

And I was able to pick up my excitement of actually going F1 on the way.. YAY YAY YAY!!! (all smiles –if there were anyone looking at me, I’m sure they’ll think that I’m nut case) On nearing SIC, there were so many so many police, traffic police.. that’s my first time seeing so many police on duty on they’re bikes, what a view. (But sad to say lo, our police force doesn’t produce Hong-Kong-series-like cute police. :() After parking our bike as near as possible to our C2a entrance, we finally step down on SIC.

I was awed. Seriously, my jaw just drop and it takes my right arm to put it back in position. This is the view. Lots of people are using these types of kick-ass cameras.. i feel so poor using a digi cam :(

And introduce to you the gang that went to F1 (background music…. But out of key in the end) are: Maria, M O O L (mooooL… jus realize ur name has the pig nose thing, hahhahaa)

And after a litte waiting, the cars are finally out... WOOHOOO.... were they noisy.. haha.. it was one heck of an experience... hahaa.. so LOUD.... that's a Ferrari zooming pass us...
And now i know where all the bird eye view we see thru our TV set comes from...
This heli here brings us the best view of SIC... Flying over really dark sky.. expected rain... but.....
We were all anticipating a rain.. but rain only came after the they finish all the three qualifying sessions.. Haiyo.. intend to see some action and crashes on the circuit, but... nothing happened. Boo...
That's the official car...for recoinassance on the track
and oso for medical stuffs... super fast for a sedan or MPV. really really smooth too... wish one day i could be on it.... dreaming.....
cam-whoring in between different session of qualifying... hahaa.. that's one of the turns in the circuit.

Maria, 'I come, I see, I conquer!' Grand stand at the back and Ferrari Flags waving..
That's the screen we have from our view... pretty small and that is why it is hard to tell who is leading
This is how we were watching... Cars zooming pass... it was way too fast that when my cous 3G me, he can't see anything... hahha.. camera can't capture... but Kimi still hold the fastest lap.. although he wasn't on pole..
This is actually how we watch the whole race.. lying down on grass... and yea.. got lipan, caterpillars, spider and all other unknown insects.. gosh.. it made us all scratch our body so much... I got it the worst.

And after the Qualifying, MooL took us to The MALL... WoooHooo... It was full.. packed with people... and we finally got to meet the Formula Uma gals.... although only the Petronas team Uma gals are in sight
And so.. Maria, knowing her, straight away take the opportunity to take picture with them
And MooL jus wanna take picture of the car at the back... haha... takut controversy la kot... hahhaa
and the car we all come here to see....
YAY... If only i buy more then RM 300 of Sauber's product, i can actually sit in it and play the 4D game.. huhu...
And then we proceed to the exhibition hall.... to see more cars
wanna own this car one day... someone.. please poke my bubble... if no i'll dream on and on...
And on walking out of the exhibition, we saw this...
I refuse to stand under Hamilton... haha.. cos Kimi is still my choice... that is y i'm standing between these drivers...:D

And then... our MooL suddenly wanna go see the Uma Gals again.. hahha... and after much persuading.. he finally take up the courage to take a picture with them...
hahhaa.. look at his hands... i'm so lazy to zoom it wid photoshop... but hahhaa.... oi MooL, u have robotic hands ka?

My shot was not nice... the model didn't look at my camera... huhu... so i took it wid these two gals
See Jaime, anytime you can be one of them... you're so much prettier them le... and you can earn $$$ o... hahaa...

One last photo before we leave the circuit... My driver and I...
And by the time we leave the circuit, the sky is not only dark, the sight heading to UKM is blur... Die.. which means heavy rain in UKM.. and BB just msg to confirm that... Oh No...
and yeap... we were drenched from top to toe when we reach uni... hahaa.. which also means doing laundry... *sigh*

One last candid picture.. i din know i'm capable of such an expression :P

A Thursday afternoon

2008-03-28T08:19:00.000+08:00

*Sorry, pictures are all of 2MP only… taken from by my phone camera

It was a hot Thursday afternoon… Usually, it will be my afternoon of heavy napping or weekend get away, as class after T. Sub we’re officially FREE, until the next Monday that is. However, this Thursday, we stayed back after class. Reasons will be shown below. J

We were asked to do recording for some Asia English Proficiency Test for Dr. S. aka B (I know all of you know what does B stands for). So there we were in the recording room.. Feeling very much like a radio DJ. Except this is so much easier… we just need to read some text given.

First stop, B ask us to do some voice testing first.. just read some random passages to hear our voice from the speaker… The Dr Jem aka Kak Jem came in..

That’s Kak Jem looking at on with our recording guy and me and Dr B in the room.

Jem to finish with his part. Apparently he was to read all the instructions and etc. It took him nearly 2 full hour.

Then, we monkeys waiting patiently for our turn outside the room. This is what we ended up doing…

Hakim doing a tummy tug, singing pose.. hehe

This is the computer that apparently show my voice... i was too near the mic a few times... until our recording guy got to remind me a few times. Soory peeps..

And that's me doing the recording....
And that is Emm doing her thing...
All in all it was a fun experience. Tiring but fun.. haha... as Hakim say, feel like an artist eh.. :) To Hakim, stepping stone to become a recording artist ya.. :)

F 1 Racing... one dream come true....

2008-03-26T16:54:00.000+08:00

Watching a live Formula 1 race has always been part of my dream. Anyone who knows me well enough will know that F1 is the only sports that I watch and follow. That is other than tennis, occasional football, and swimming. Now this who Formula One dream has finally materialize… (fireworks at the background) I was finally able to go F1 after thus long of only watching it from TV, and boy was it an experience.

And now ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you 10^th Edition F1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix, Sepang.

Sorry ppl, can't get a better footage of Sepang...:) but that was pictures taken from the starting grid of on the race day..

Formula Una girls - eye candy.. apparently according to Mul these gals have to put their make up on at 2am in the morning.... and hello people, jus so that you know, the actual formula 1 race only starts at 3pm.... that freakingly 13 hours of wait...
Felipe Massa from Ferrari leading the pack.. unfortunately for him, his car got into some engine problem... it was such an upset... :( and the accident actually happen right before us... more explanation below...
The iceman preparing to go for battle... he shines in the race... remembering 3 years ago, he was just a extremely-unlucky-underdog... and now all eyes were on him.. way to go kimi :D
And the highlight of all this weekend comes to this picture.. Kimi Raikkonen, the race winner! Bravo... excellent job well done! :D

This entry will be dedicated only to the race. as to my whole journey to the race i will further explain in my future entry. So what did you think guys? hahaha...

Brand New Year

2008-02-29T17:23:00.001+08:00

Gosh i know this comes really late and it seems ages since i last update this blog, please pardon me for my ignorance.... :)
well... a little update from me...
I'm currently still adjusting to my life in uni. But am fitting in pretty well here now. There has been so many events during this semester and i promise i'll share with you all soon ya. But for now on, i just wanna inform all that i'm still alive and i'm still blessed to be able to pen my thoughts in this blog.
That's all for now. updates real soon

Back Pain

2007-11-28T22:51:00.000+08:00

During the last few days, it was really painful even to walk... and it is all due to the long time back pain coming back to haunt me again... *Gosh, it's painful*

I had a fall, somewhere last year i think. At first i thought it was just a simple fall... the one you fall and you stand back on your feet... it all look that way... but hours later... the excruciating pain came alive and it's really a big OUCH!!!

That pain came again this few days... and all i can say is... i suddenly feel as old as a 80 years old grandmother.....

sitting down is hard, walking is hard, simply changing you're position is hard.... urgh!!! frustrated with myself.... *pull hair*

But luckily after lots of chinese medicated plaster and my good old perskindol, and some good rest, i'm much better now... at least i feel 50 years old now instead of 80.... *sigh*

Putra Jaya Trip....

2007-11-25T20:23:00.001+08:00

4th of November... yea i know.. we're suppose to have our choir exams.. Yes people, it's a bright and sunny day... a Sunday that is written in the Book of Law that we can sleep in late till our Prince Charming come to rescue our day.. but no! On this particular Sunday, *evil* co-curriculum department decided to give us their once a semester exam....*sighing in utter frustration*

But o well... thinking at the back of the mind that choir is no big deal.. (only need to study 9 pages of kebudayaan notes and some stuff Dr. Eric taught us in class...) o.. much to my dismay... it was far far from the truth... the one hour choir paper was tough... very tough. I don't understand more than half of the kebudayaan question!!! so main tembak jak la... -_-|||

haha.. though it is tough, half an hour after the paper started, 3/4 of the class is out of the exam hall already :) and thus.... the sudden plan of wanting to go to putra jaya by bike begun..

since we're waiting for the rest of the gang, we only got started mid afternoon. haha... 4 bikes on the road... it was really fun and enjoyable.. and since we're using the kampung road, it felt like home... :) all the greenary, virgin jungles at both side of the road... in about half an hour, we reach putra jaya.. and stop at alamanda... so now i'll let the pictures do the talking... random picture.....

in front of the PM's office... some bikers trying to take their picture at the far right...

rocker kids wannabes... Hakim singing his soul out.. whereas the mafias are doing their thing behind...

Alamanda Shopping Complex in Putra Jaya... beautiful fountain overlooking the symbol of Alamanda.. but beware, the dark clouds are approaching.... :(

More cam-whoring in the gardens of Alamanda... :)
we can't possibly left out a tree can we?... hehehe...
eventually wanted to do Bollywood-hide-behind-the-tree-style... but this will do :)

Actually this is suppose to the last picture... but the order of the picture got a bit too random....
Overlooking one of those million dollars bridges in putra jaya... while waiting for the sunset...

bamboo walkway in Alamanda... don't you feel like you're in some soap opera setting?...
Now you don't see....

and now you see.... :)

I just love this transfomers-look-a-like... looks awesome isin't it? the crane behind it spoils the fun..

the gang of bikers at the parking space... david is taking the pic... according to him, he's picture shy....

beautiful decor, beautiful company...

All in all it was a very fun and crazy trip... Although we have to wait till 11pm for the rain to subside... but it was all worth it... and to think back to the night we went under the rain with buckets and buckets of water pouring on our heads, and the car splash Mei Fon and I get...hahhaa... kind of funny now.... but it's a trip that is worth all the trouble.. thanks friends for making it so memorable..

FORGIVENESS

2007-11-09T21:43:00.000+08:00

Jesus said to turn the other cheek

He also said to forgive 7 times 70

Easy for Him to say

He was God

Or at least the son of God

How do I get to the place

Where I forgive those

Who disrespect me and malign me

Those who could care less about my feelings

Yet I still care about theirs

Why is forgiveness so hard

Why does it take so much out of you

Why is it easier to hold on to a grudge

Rather than to let it go

Am I doing something wrong

If it is true that we are to love others

As we love ourselves

And we stay mad at ourselves

For our misdeeds and misdoing

Is it realistic to easily forgive someone

If you extend the olive branch

Of friendship and kindness and forgiveness

And it is not returned

Should you really keep trying

Even if you feel it is a lost cause

Or will persistence win the day

With the honesty and sincerity of words

Be recognized and acknowledged

Followed by a reasonable attempt

To let bygones be bygones

Is this one of the famous battles

Between head and heart

With both having opposing views

But the same hold on your psyche

Neither winning, neither losing

Sometimes I wonder

If our lack of ability to forgive

Is truly more rooted in our

Bruised ego and hurt feelings

Perhaps the pain we feel is comforting

If I were to release my anger and my pain

Only to be knocked again

Who becomes the bigger fool

Me for trying

Or them for doing

I wish that such matters were as easy

As a game of tic-tac-toe

Or perhaps it is

Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose

Neither happens if you don’t take a chance

So I resolve to forgive

To be the bigger and better person

Give of myself as I would want others

To give to me

And perhaps this time everyone will win.

Chuck Smoot

September 1, 2002

bored

2007-10-11T21:52:00.000+08:00

'Much Ado About Nothing' - The play

2007-10-09T19:53:00.000+08:00

Sighting the title, most will flee away from Shakespeare. I must agree that it is indeed hard to understand Shakespeare, but on trying to understand it (reading the simplified version or the synopsis, of course) you will agree that Shakespeare is indeed a genius. And for this reason and many other unanswered riddles, Shakespeare's play is always able to attract readers of all eras.

"Words without thoughts never to heaven go."
William Shakespeare

So what made me wanna blog about this play?
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It all started out to be one of the assignments for our literature course. So save for around one months time, we selected our committee.

Presenting our director, Royston Sihas (aka Don John the Bastart) and our assistant director Felicia Tersan (aka Beatrice). (sorry ppl, can't find the class photo picture la...)

and so we started our very taxing drama practices... Everyday for 2 hours the least...

That's Fel (Beatrice) making Alex (Claudio) memorize his scrip while Hakim (Balthasar) happily look on :) and our Don Pedro (Apiz) yawning to the camera...

That Hakim again smiling at the camera while i (Verges) was looking at my laptop i guess.. :) thinking about what to write for my assignment.. The mask is part of the props needed for the play.

It is always hard work and hard play... can't think of a minute when my class is serious.. there will always be ppl cracking up jokes anytime, anywhere... that is why my class is constantly happy.

And then on performance day..... Oedipus Rex got to performed first. But unfortunately we only get to see the very first part of the play as Sabri group us up for last minute pep talk. And this is the final product...
Jaime (Dogberry) and I (Verges) being the statue or part of the props... letihnya....

Dogberry and Verges inspecting the line.... *sorry guys, i broke the baton*

Following my constable... She supper ganas one.. hahha.. Dogberry.. Dogberry... :)

See how ganas Dogberry is... poor Borachio (Bibi) kena beaten so hard....

And finally the finale... hehe.. that's Dr. Noraini and Ms Arizol (*not sure if i spell it right) we were all happy and greatful that the play turn out awesome..

and more pics... (sadly most of the pics are not clear) best performance and best actor award...

this is the only pic where my mustache is clearly seen... :)

So all in all, it was a wonderful experience to be working together again as a class. For all this while in IPBL we have always worked, played and sleep together.. but now that we are in UKM, all those moments can only be cherish.. (truly as the Grammy speech Catherine made.... we all felt it deep within our hearts...)

Dedicating this post to all my classmates in B. Ed TESL 2.. you are the best. nang hebat kau semua.. talented and gifted. Remember, even if we are far apart, each and everyone of us is still in our dreams and our prayers ya. Thank you everyone for making this play a success and an added memory to all those sweet moments we share...