Back In Penang

Day 1- 7.00am : Kena Con

After getting up slightly late, mom yelling for me to hurry, dad telling me he cant send me cause he's got gout and brother still asleep in bed-managed to get myself together (somewhat) and out the house. My own fault as: 1.Didn'tcomplete packing the night before 2.Slept late
Ended up chucking stuff into my blue flower power sling bag-contact lense solution, biscuits, shower gel...everything i could see that i thought i needed.
Reason i had to ciao early that morning is cause i HAD to register on the 27th and in order to reach USM before the office closes, had to take earliest bus lor...

Here's where i got abit conned. Konsortium earliest bus is 7.30am, i arrived at Pudu with mom at 7am, went to the counter and there was a dude there (another bus company) selling tickets to Penang, 7am bus. I asked la "Pegi Sg. Nibung?" He said Yes, yes,yes... So fine, i'm not fussy
Mana tau, the usual 4hour journey took 5hours instead!!!
Why ?
Because the bus stopped at Ipoh station dropped off and took new passengers, then stopped at Butterworth, THEN only moved on to Sg. Nibung... BAH !
Butt and back aching man...

Anyways, thankfully kind hearted Daniel Sg. Nibung picked me up from the bus station.

PENANG IS SO DARN HOT !!!

Had lunch and went to get hostel keys, but? Office was having lunch break, so closed...Annoying man- i mean, loads of people were travelling from all over at all hours of the day, they should at least stay open for the first few days.

Basically, at 2+ got my keys, dumped stuff in my room (room was unnatural and unfamiliar- totally empty and bare...) and zoomed over to School of Humanities to register for my course. My PA (Penasihat Akademik) was pushing for me to take7 subjects, and i actually did...but after much thought, i knew i couldn't handle it so i dropped one subject. Quite stressed cause they didnt offer my minor foundation to us, but in some compassionate sort of way they offered a 2nd year mass com subject, so it kind of works out...

Suria returned from S'wak at about 4+ and i went to greet her.
Finally when it got cooler we dared to go and locate our barang-barang from the store...
OH MY GOODNESS!

Looked like a tornado had hit okay...Everything was everywhere- bags and boxes ripped and strewn about...Terrible man! Thankfully i had only 2 big boxes which i sealed with ALOT of tape, so it was relatively unhurt..Poor Suria, one of her's was totally shredded to bits- literally some stuff was scattered on the store room floor, some outside and the box remains were found few meters away from the store room door. She was pissed...

Lugging it all down was difficult,even harder cause we would burst out laughing every few minutes, and its super hard to carry stuff when laughing, trust me...
Here's what we had to sort out :














(not full pic, couldnt fit in camera screen)
Took us the whole night man, finished at about 11pm i think...Was so tired that i fell asleep straight away and had the best sleep- uninterrupted and deep (world peace and global warming deep)

Day 2 - Classes Begin (so fast)

COLD SHOWERs AGAIN =(
But nothing much happened otherwise la, classes and seeing classmates- dropped the subject and checked the tutorial times.I tell you, first few days always suck because of the signing up etc..So ber-hassle man.

Day 3
Now i'm here again in the internet cafe
Later i've got a hostel meeting at 10pm, i was summoned for it (Eeps!) its for the athletics la, an inter-hostel sports day coming up

I sorta miss home...
Not the *cry cry cry* moan n groan type, but i just wished i had a few more days
Didnt get to say goodbye to many people
Never got to see some people as much as i would have liked to
Wanted to spendmore time with mom
Little Dog and Snubby
The surviving fish
Stoop Pig

Oh well...Only good thing that will come from being back here is i'll be able to lose my Christmas pounds that was put on... =p

Christmas Isn't Christmas...

My bag's 3/4 packed, and i'm almost ready to go...I've still not got my ticket (tsk...tsk..) but called up Konsortium Bus Ekspress and the impatient lady said there's still alot of tickets for the 7.30am bus. So i'm trying my luck tmr morning... I dowanna go back!!!
Kayla, this is the side thats been having such tremendous fun the past few weeks at home, and i know once i'm back in Penang i'll be alright- busy with all the registration and getting my room back in order (Gosh-i hope my stuff's alright)
Back to my boisterous roommate and the sucky hostel food.

Yesterday Christmas was good.
Morning worship was meaningful, and as usual, you suddenly see the hall filled with people that come only those few times a year...Doesn't matter, at least they come. I sat in my usual spot near the P.A. and halfway through Su let out a girly squeal cause he nearly/did drop something and everyone turned to stare...kekeke...Its always like that- the poor PA guys will get the evil eye from folkes if the mike's not working or they make a sound during worship. Actually not all evil eye la- most have a curious amused face (like me)
Had to leave straight after to go makan with my family, we always eat Christmas lunch together and we went for buffet at the Sunway Hotel. It was great...Its rare that my family is all together, and all together happily without outside influences. We ate SO much! Thinking back now, i know i couldn't have fit even a tiny pea into my mouth or my tummy would explode...!

Ordered watermelon juice, and when the waiter brought it it slipped outta his hand as he was putting it on the table and splashed everywhere...Lucky it missed me & Andrea, sloshed all over the table. I totally knew how the waiter dude felt cause that's happened to me before, when working at Tucker Box- but worse. It was hot chocolate that i spilt, lucky the customer was quick and managed to dodge it. AND he was such a nice man, he didnt scold or look pissed...He was telling me 'Its okay, no worries...' I was about to burst into tears okay...

Spent the rest of the evening at home, chilling with the family, opening prezzies...I got a fantastic gift from them, but its something that i dont think i deserve, really dont deserve it...And I feel as if i dont really need it, althought its gonna be a great help to me.
I'm gonna miss my family (Snubby and LD included) Geram la, wanna stay...but as i usually tell others that the grass is not always greener on the other side. If i was in UM, i'd be moaning about how i cant get away from everything, if i was in UKM i'd be nearer to home but complaining there's nothing to do...In USM i complain when its time to head back there...Like i said, it'd be fine once i actually get started and the cycle starts again, but at the moment its so bleh! Being in a relationship seems to make it just that lil-bit-worse. I remember once what he said: Its hard when you wanna do things with your best friend, but your best friend is not around.
Sad

Well, TLC's Christmas celebration was wonderful- the choir sounded really good, and the piece itself was the right one to choose...Congrats Adrene! Many lovely songs,i want a copy! And this year there was a part where the lil kids came to sing, and you could see camera flashes as the parents went wild clicking, probably grinning ear to ear at their son/daughter.. =) But the kids were adorable, and got a loud clap from us. It doesn't matter what they actually sound like or if they get it all wrong- there's the awwwwww......so cuteeee factor that takes over. Eugene's solo sounded great, like some pop-star, his voice is heartmelting (a Jee Lee word) Overall, another great performance!

After that went out (minus a feverish-headachedWeng Yan) in Joshua's no petrol Kembara. I tell you, deciding where to go and makan is more difficult than figuring out the Trinity... Ended up going round in circles with RM10 petrol until the inevitable choice of Williams was made. But before that we were surprised when the song We Are The Reason came on the radio- we screamed our heads off okay...(Y.San called home and said "Dad, People Need the Lord is on the radio!" kekeke,Ah San, oh Ah San... =p ) i've NEVER heard the more obvious Christian songs on the radio before, just play the secular carols and stuff... Check out the story we came up with for the DJ: that he was this Christian dude- all alone in the station cause everyone else was on leave, and he sacrificed his holiday so he could stay and play these songs...So noble! Thanks Mr. DJ !

After, i zoomed over (within speed limit) to find Stoop
Nice ending to the day- comfort, warmth, contentment...

Gosh, long post...Who cares-its my last one from home.

Mom's making dinner for me now, i'm going to kay-po.
=)

*Yes, we sang Christmas Isn't Christmas last night...a song TLC is sure to sing every year, and if its not- something just seems wrong*

Christmas isn't Christmas
'Til it happens in your heart.
Somewhere deep inside you
Is where Christmas really starts.
So give your heart to Jesus
You'll discover when you do
That it's Christmas,
Really Christmas for you.

Jesus brings you warmth like a winter fire
A light like a candle's glow.
He's waiting now to come inside
As he did so long ago.
Jesus brings gifts of truth and light
And makes them bloom and grow.
So welcome Him with a song of joy
And when He comes, you'll know...

That Christmas isn't Christmas
'Til it happens in your heart
Somewhere deep inside you
Is where Christmas really starts.

So give your heart to Jesus.
You'll discover when you do
That it's Christmas, really Christmas
Christmas, really Christmas
Christmas, really Christmas for you.

Happy B'day

Twas the night before Christmas,
when all through the house
not a creature was stirring,
not even a mouse

My feelings at the moment are totally topsy-turvy.
The past few days i've been so happy.
Which makes leaving all the harder.

I'm sitting in my living room now. My family is around me.
Pressie's in the tree
House looking nice
Have the whole Christmas mood

But i'm not focusing on the real/true/actual meaning of it all...
The birth of Christ

Its 12

Happy Birthday Jesus!

Small World

What have i not done :

I've not got my bus ticket
I've not finished Xmas shopping for most important people- family
I've not cleaned up my room
I've not got anything nice to wear for Xmas
I've not seen eveyone i want to before i leave
I've not hung out the washing

Past few days have flown by, busy with my buddies...I went for a dinner and dance on Sunday, Kitty Cat's church held it in Royal Selangor Club...Was nice! So jolly the mood was, and people were just enjoying themselves without giving a hoot bout what others thought.
Cheryl Samad was the MC that night, and it was nice to see her go around shaking hands and intoducing herself to people, and she came to me

Her:Hi, i'm Cheryl shake hand
Me: Hi, i'm Shelby
Her:Oh, i know you
Me: Huh? How is that possible?
Her:You're Cameron's sister right?
Me: Yeah, i am...and how on earth do you know him?
Her: We used to do ads together

Kekeke, small world eh...
But it sucks to always be known as Cameron's sister

Helped Cat paint her room the next day, Firdaus came along too...That was fun, and funny.
For some reason its easier and more enjoyable to help someone else do work, than to do your own... =p

Joshua's Xmas tree is up...FINALLY! Funny la, the past 2years we've helped him assemble it, and this year its the 3rd time..Might be the start of a tradition.. Sadly, i've still yet to give his dad a NORMAL impression of me...I'm forever getting into the most embarrassing situations when his dad's around...

I'm now off to pick up my dad's gift

777,600 seconds and counting

Ish, my mom is hogging the t.v.
At the moment Queer Eye For the Straight Guy is on...Itsorait lah, but i'm bored with it.
Crap.
I've got slightly more than a week to go, before i'm going back to Penang... I get depressed everytime i think about it. Penang's great, but its not home. Its not the same.
I"ll be going back to another cycle of uni and my LDR and all that jazz...So tiring and its torture just thinking about it....sadness

*think happy thoughts*

The TLC choir went to Melaka today, hope they did well- and got the narration down fine. Thier last performance i heard had alotta unfortunate missed lines. Most will be staying over, but Mr. Beautiful is coming back, to help me with my shopping, he's the master shopaholic... Friday i helped paint the huge HOPE backdrop, and it is covered in silver glitter- *sparkly sparkly!* Of course the glitter got everywhere as well, as glitter always does.
I wonder how glitter is made...And if the factory workers go back everyday all glittery...

Today went to Sunway's Open Day to support Daniel's bottle checking contraption...That was okay, i'm impressed with the projects- seems so very complicated. Went One U after, got some things, but still for my family i cant figure out what to buy...

I'm tired, i'm going to bed...The highlight of the day would be when i saw this book in MPH entitled the Extraordinary Pig...Hilarious la, if it wasn't so not worth the price i'd get it.

Kay, thinking happy thoughts didnt work...
The clock is ticking...my time here is running out.
9days x 24 = 216hours
216 x 60 = 12,960minutes
12,960 x 60 = 777,600seconds

:(

(Yes, a calculator was used, not done by my own mental calculations...)

Uptown Girl

*yawn*
had not enough of sleep, own fault so i have no right to whine..
but it was worth it- its not often you spend the night laughing ur head off at total nonsense, literally rolling on the floor laughing with someone you can just be yourself with

I went to Uptown night market yesterday, with Firdaus (he was helping me not get ripped off)
We stopped at this stall, and while looking through the stuff, the stall dude said to Daus:

"Eh- dia ni mat salleh betul ke ?"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I was JUST next to him and he said it so bluntly thinking i dunno Malay...So i answered back la:

"Bukan" *grin* "separuh je- mak dari Scotland, bapa Cina"

The guy looked 1.Stunned 2.SO embarrassed, really really malu man...
Which is good la, at least he knows how to be...BUt i was so amused, and Firdaus (upon leaving the stall) started laughing, of course i joined in...it was really funny.

I'm used to it though, get it most of the time...It just HOW it happens that sometimes makes it not funny or amusing...when its said in a, not-so-nice manner. Yeap, there's loads of rude people out there, thankfully i've learnt how to handle them with a smile.

For dinner, at bout 2am we ate Ramli burger...the bestest Ramli burger i've tasted to date, its DARN GOOD !!!! THe dude's stall is called Zam's BUrger and its just next to Bee Fatt in Uptown, seriously, he makes damn good stuff.. After we got our burger special (he can crack the egg open and make it into a perfect circle) we sat on a ledge at the kaki-lima and munched, no wolfed it down.... *mouth watering*

I was happy about what Firdaus said, he said he was glad i was his friend and that i am me; many other girls would never sit by the side or a road eating Ramli burger.

Wah, i had a warm n fuzzy moment

But its nice to be with buddies la, the ones who just keep things simple, no emo blackmail or guilt inducing.

Note: Uptown night market is moving on the 16th of Dec. So if anyone wants to go, better go soon...

More Festive Cheer

I spent about 40minutes trying to stick em lights up...Am quite happy with the results though, looks so festive! You can even see the tree through the window.

For some reson this year i'm really getting into the X'mas mood. Last year i was SO bleh about it, couldn't be bothered at all. Maybe cause i've been away, i now appreciate home more and wanna make it look pretty.

Four hours. Thats how long i was walking around Carrefour with mom.. Saw so many happy people. Happy people can make me feel happy. Bloody heck, bought the lights, 3bucks cheaper than when i bought the set that's on the tree...SAME brand summore, and MORE lights (100 vs. 140) Hurmph.

I've got a fancy 'dress-up' type party the coming Sunday...Thanks Kitty Cat and family for the invite! Sigh, sadly i'm faced with 2 problems:



1.No dress yet
2.Been eating SO much since i came back- so you know lah...

Muahaha, Samuel has joined the old Farts Club...He turned 20 on Saturday.
OLD SQUAT!
On an unrelated topic, my mom just told me our X'mas tree is 18 (!!!) years old...Wow!

Time flies

Imagine

I think i've just had one of the most unproductive days to date...

Worst thing is there's no food left in the house, so i cant even just sit and snacl/pig out...i think i went back to the fridge about 10 times, knowing it was empty, but still hoping i somehow overlooked something... =p Latest discovery, there was some starfruits- yay!

Being SO free (bad,bad thing) my mind started thinking all kind of things. I dunno why, but i'm a person who dwells on things that needn't be dwelled on. Have had deep talks with pals recently, on 2 particular issues, and its been on my mind almost constantly. I have my own stand on things, but when people gimme their opinions and thoughts, i start questioning and counter-questioning. Ultimately i usually end up right where i started but still, susah man.
Hate it cause i then doubt myself, my life, my surroundings, my friends...

I'm an optimistic pessimist, i dream and believe that the world is not an ugly place, and that everyone has a special goodness in them...but i do know bad things happen, the world is crap and people can really suck. I think about the world, and i thin about my own being. Deep down, i worry about life,my relationships and if i'm just another evil person walking on this big ball.

I've been called idealistic by several people, and yeah i think i am.
I still honestly hope and wish and dream and pray for world peace
Am i being stupid? Perhaps...

Today on tv was a Tribute to John Lennon.

Imagine

Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...

Imagine there's no countries,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...

Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say Im a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.

Things can be so simple.

Yes, i'm a dreamer...

The tree is up...

I love the little stable...
Although its the romanticised version, i dont care...

These two items have been around for as long as i can remember...I cant recall a single Xmas without this exact tree and the baby Jesus

Gonna watch Julius Caesar later, at the cool new KLPac...Colin Gordon Kirton is in it, so will be fun to watch former RBS principle* dressed in bedsheets... Here's a pic of him that i took before... Handsome leh...

Mysterious Postcard...

I got a postcard today, and i'm totally baffled...Have been trying to figure out who sent it but still cant think of anyone...Sent from London on the 29th of November. Cant recognize the writing, cant read the signature, and dunno who i gave my house add to.

Its a mystery...

Tis the season to be jolly....

I baked today. Well, fake baking actually, just put all the ingredients together and put em in the bread maker...
Me being itchy fingers wanted more than just normal, white bread- so i added raisins...
But i was so nervous cause the dough didnt look anything like when my mom did it the last time, and i kept going back to peep into it every 5mins to see how it was doing...

Thoughts that were going through my mind:
~Dough was too wet looking
~It wasn't gonna rise enough
~The raisins will cause havoc in the dough...
~why didnt i just follow the recipe
~Mom is gonna laugh her head off at me..

BUT

cheng cheng cheng

It turned out well, not wonderful or glorious but just nice.
Cut myself a slice, spread butter on it while it was still warm so it melted in, and had a cuppa tea...
I'm so content

Except that i've just discovered my X'mas tree lights are spoilt (cannot for the life of me understand HOW it ALWAYS happens...We only use them ONCE a year, and then pack em away...The lights have an 11 month holiday, what could possible make them not work...Grrr! Lazy bums...)

Falalalala..lala..la...LAAAAAAAA!!!!

en.ZYME

National Conference 2005 : en.ZYME

Now that I’m back, and have had time to re-adjust to reality, I can finally blog.

In one sentence NC is People
LOADS of people - 450 in total
LOADS of diff backgrounds - 44 tribes (uni's and colleges)
LOADS of diff denominations - everything also ada la

I don't quite know how to describe the whole thing. To be honest, by the 4th day I was ready to go home. There's just something about being with SO many people, that’s there's little point in meeting those you know you wont even see again rest of the camp. Most starting conversations go like this: "Hi, I'm Shelby, you are? Which Uni are you from? Where are you from?" that’s the same formula used about 30 times the past week.

Our theme talks were on the book of Joshua, and I feel it wasn't really Joshua that was being discussed, but the speaker would jump to his own stories to tell, amusing and funny ,yes, but I still felt he should've focused more on the topic. Can't say I gained much from them.

plenary: (of a meeting at a conference or assembly) to be attended by all participants
First one on Identity and racism. It was pretty good...I hope it slapped some people in the faces and made them realise that even the smallest of actions can speak loads. Since the conference was like, 90% Chinese, the speaker was saying how in Uni's all the Chinese speaking students will clump together and speak only Chinese. So true... Everyone knows B.M, so why don’t we use it? He also brought up how we should be proud of our country, we as MALAYSIANs, not Chinese, Indian, Malay and Lain-lain.

Second one was WAY off topic...Before it started, USM was supposed to do an intro sketch of the topic. It was about Building Up and Dispersing, how many students from small towns go to bigger cities to study, and end up not wanting to return to rural areas, how Christians should take up the challenge to do so. So anyways, I was part of it, shaking there on stage in front of 400+ people...Worst of all, squatto Chris called me an ang mo on stage, so now most people think I am one...tsk tsk...terrible-I’ve still not forgiven him. It went alright I guess, but the speaker was talking about politics and what not, so it made our sketch seem off.

Last was the best, I thoroughly enjoyed the topic and speaker, about Islamization. He said, by Wawasan 2020 if things keep going the same, M'sias population will be 85% Muslim. That stunned me. He said that most people don’t think long term, don’t look far enough into the future...He jokingly and seriously said "Guys, go and get married; girls, don’t be so picky" ; Be fruitful and multiply... =p Organized, on time and very informative- he was the best speaker of the lot.

Fun stuff that happened? Games were pretty fun, though the typical simple games...Was enjoyable. Learnt to play bridge, darn exciting man...NOT an old people's game. Outta the 450, not many cute guys to look at, only about 10 max... ;p

On the last night, I was surprised when all the lights went off and staff started passing out glow-sticks, we sang the camp theme song and some worship songs...I mean, huh?!? Sorry la, but it seemed more like a Jay Chow concert than a time of worship. Then a few glow-stick balls were thrown around the hall...I told Sam that it just took all the seriousness outta worship.

Summary: It was okay-la... I didn't gain much from the talks, I didn’t make that many friends and my spiritual life is not like, pumped up or whatever. But it has made me think more, bout Christianity and denominations and worship etc.

Also, watched the Canticle Singers on Sat night with Jon and Rudi. It was not that good, forgettable performance. After, we had dinner and desert (A&W waffle, yum!) during which a slightly heated discussion about TLC and other churches came about...i hated it, but what to do...its an issue that many Brethren talk about and I think its darn stupid. Especially since neither party knows fully what’s going on or why leaders have chosen to make certain decisions.

So it wasn't the bestest of endings to a fun day.

Now, i'm sick (flu) pretty bad la, didn't go to church yesterday and had to pull outta narrating for choir. My voice is totally gone case.. Water is what i'm super lacking, my own fault.
*sniff sniff*

N.C

its 7.40am and i've tried calling Samuel for the past 10minutes....He asked me to wake him up but, as usual... =p

WEEE! National Conference starts today! 6 days at Peace Haven, for all the Msian Uni's.

Few us TLC-ites are going, Weng Yan, Li Yee, Keat Poh, Chris, Sam n Me.

Dunno how cold it is, not been to Genting in years, so hope i've packed enuff.

Cheerio till Saturday!

Celebrating Raya with Firdaus...Dress code: Kurung/Kebaya

Too-Ohh

As of yesterday...I said goodbye to my teen years.
Yeap, teen i am no more..Some know that i've been dreading it, others have no clue.
I must say though i had a great day.
Sadly, my family seem to have given up the gift giving tradition and replaced it with "Shelby, what do you want for your bday?"
That so S U C K S
Every parent should and must suffer the trauma of running around shops, scratching their heads to figure out what to buy their child, regardless of how old one gets.

Woke up on Thursday pretty chirpy mood...Had to go to Pos Laju main office to pick up a parcel sent by Sim from S'wak...The counter lady looked at my ic, realised and then wished me...Thought that was nice of her- usually the counter ppl are grouchy. Sim sent me a rather strange handmade paper figure...Will take pictures when i locate my camera.

Wont go into detail of whole day but enjoyed it tremendously...Did have moments of unexplained sadness though...And it's obvious because i become very silent. Blame it on PMS only lar...! Muahaha...

People of the world! You all should be extreamly jealous because i've got the bestest fella around...Lets see, how to talk about it without sounding mushy or icky...
Can't, so will not. Will keep them precious thoughts to myself.
Just amazed at how things have turned out, thinking back to my previous bday's...Form 5 (spent with Greg), Lower 6 (spent with Dom), Upper 6 (spent with STPM books) and yesterday...

My only regret is i didnt get to spend it with my TLC gang...According to Josh, they wanted to pop by my house n surprise me, but i was out watching movie, then dinner with family, then went out with my BB friends...Problem was i already made the plans with the others...so what to do ? =(

Sometimes i think bday's are just so....argh-ifying. But the phone calls from friends are great...Squat Mathew Thomas purposely rubbed in the fact i'm now 20. Cow, his car will be polka-dotted by me again. But what i cant stand is those "friends" that wished me via Friendster just cause there was the bday reminder...best part was wished me 2-3days early.Friends.....righttttt.

But i am happy! And most of the people i've met up with have said i've lost weight...weeeeeee!
I'm pathetic, i know.

What to do, old edi...

Guess where i am.....?

Ride home was surprisingly short
4hours only, wow! Konsortium rocks la!
Wish i brought my pilow back with me tho, would've helped on the journey home....Couldn't find a comfortable spot to put my head.

As predicted, the toilet that we stopped at...had NO water...Gah! Thats gotta be one of the worst possible situations...

Have spent evening totally bumming on the couch watching t.v.
Loving it.

Rudi directed me to a you-just-have-to-smile sorta site, http://www.wimp.com/funnydogs/

If only i could've captured some of the dumb things my dogs have done
Like how they nearly banged down my gate when i came home...

Stuffed my last bag with my pillow and blanket into the store room...
I'm so megaly afraid and totally sure that my boxes and bags are gonna get damaged.
Imagine, i'm on the 5th floor, but there was no space,so had to go to the 9th and even then when i left today it was FULL from corner to corner with boxes, bags, buckets, artwork, projects...Everything u can imagine la..

And so now i'm wondering: hmmm, if person A has her box right at the back, next to mine, and A comes back before me, and wants to get to her boxes...Will she be kind enough to treat my stuff with the care and gentleness it deserves...?

Man, i sure hope so...

Yay! Will shower using water heater tonight! No freezing cold showers for a month!

I'm coming home............!

I'm happy happy HAPPY
In case your as thick as a tree trunk, my exams are over ...

I'm going home
In less than 12hours

Yay...

Was sitting next to a really small lady today on the bus, she had her baby in her arms...Wanted to secretly snap a shot of the wee tot but didnt manage to. Was a joy to see him sleeping there so peacefully.. Tried to imagine how teeny i was once upon a time.
Now i'm like a big gorrila...

Must go home and search for baby photos

HOME, here i come !

Male and Female

Tis my last Sunday here, we USM'rs got taken for lunch by the church elder and wife. Really got a chance to know them better. And shared their life stories. They aint that old,in their 50's... Spoke about how it was growing up in Msia after the war, losing parents young,and their courtship (7years)

I asked "So, how did he propose to you?"
His reply : Ahhhh....I can't quite remember...

That part was so cute
They've been married about 32years now and are marriage counselors themselves.
Uncle Edward said, "You have to go into a relationship with your eyes wide open...And then once you're married, close one eye." =p

Another point they made was how it would be good if we became English teachers, after Chris said he was thinking about that field... How we would be the ones that would save the country! (foo-yoh) But there's no doubt that the change in syllabus from BM to English is causing major problems in so many areas of M'sia, especially out of the KL/Klang Valley area. Really lor, i've grown up in a predominantly English speaking community, and i take it for granted.And our local graduates come outta Uni with english just as bad as when the went in.

Its both sad and scary at the same time.

Had a very interesting discussion today at Sunday School (actually,we've never had any uninteresting ones) about the Jessie Chung case.
Me, Li Yee, Chris and Daniel were discussing it the other night, our views and opinions.Was an extra long talk actually, and thankfully we had good tandoori chicken to eat at the same time, but no real conclusion was reached.

So, we asked Uncle Pek Bing what he thought about the issue.
Surprisingly, he said he does not know yet and would not be so quick to say it is wrong. It's not so easy to say, it's right or it's wrong. The argument from Genesis is only an example of the case for sex change. It's does not completely justify the case for sex change.

jeng jeng jeng

This was his line of thinking.
Genesis 1:27

So God created man

In his own image,

in the image of God

he created him;

male and female

he created them.

Firstly, there is male and female, no in between. Kay. But because of the fall of man and sin, people along the way have gotten messed up- genetically, new diseases, etc. It is a result of sin.
Yet we try to cure the diseases. SO, if the result of sin is such a being (man trapped in womans body or other way round) there is nothing wrong with correcting the "problem", by completly changing the gender altogether. Because we know there are no in-betweens, in this way, your becoming the whole other gender.

Chris, with his stylish hair dyed brown asked:
"But isn't it wrong to change what God has created?"

Pek Bing's reply "I believe you were born with black hair....."

=)

Its mind boggling but makes sense at the same time.
A baby born with a whole in his heart, is treated...If one leg is shorter than the other, operations are done to straighten em. Jesus healed people in his time here on earth.

So what if the solution to a case like this is simply to change ones gender completely...

*change has been made to Uncle Bing's comment*

News Today

Popped up to the cafe while waiting for my notes to be photocopied downstairs

Laughed at article in today's paper bout World Toilet Day
Suggested having toilet bowls with extra part so those that MUST squat can squat ...
And flush-able floor and walls...

Thinking of my public toilet experiences.....shudder...avoid them at all costs
Oh no, will be coming back by bus, and if the driver doesnt chose a well-kept stop
Die lah

Also another article about a man being haunted by a female ghost that keeps trying to have sex with him.
Bizarre.

Yesterday was even MORE hilarious, though sad at the same time.As 13year old boy gave a man a BJ for RM2 so he could go to the CYBER CAFE!!! TWO BUCKS ! And it was int he paper cause the man REFUSED to pay the boy. TWO BUCKS...So, the boy got angry cause kena con and went n told his mom.

Dang man, what is the world coming to.

This is quite cute, in today's Star:

Artificial way to breed dispassionate pandas

MALE giant pandas are notoriously not at all amorous – only one in 10 makes an effort to mate.
And to make matters worse, females are very picky about Mr Right. (who isnt?)

Certainly not encouraging if the endangered species has to thrive, but one good sign is a “hands-off” approach that is working well.
This year, 25 pandas were born through artificial insemination, of which 21 survived, a record since China started trying the method in the 1960s, reports Xinhua.

“It's undoubtedly a boon,” said Zhang Zhihe, director of the Chengdu-based Giant Panda Breeding Technology Committee.
Zoologists artificially impregnated 38 giant pandas nationwide in the spring and the 25 were born in the fall, Zhang told Xinhua on Thursday.
He said 16 of the surviving baby pandas were born at the Wolong Giant Panda Breeding and Research Centre in Sichuan Province, including two sets of twins.
The Wolong centre has reported a 100% newborn survival rate for five years in a row.

“We owe this achievement to Chinese scientists. They have acquired the technology and experience after years of hard work.”
Last year, 30 artificially-fertilized giant pandas produced 12 offspring but only nine survived.
– China Daily

Yay!

Ache

My eyes ache
My back aches
My brain aches
My heart aches
My mouth aches
My fingers ache
My entire being aches

I'm fed up, and glad the uni is so big i can disappear
I'm also re-thinking what i post on blogs, maybe should just not post stuff thats actually real, and just be chirpy and cheery like a Brady Bunch family member.

Which means i shouldnt even post what i wrote above.

Thinking too much.

Lets see, one happy thing that happened today...

Have actually thought for 5mins and cant think of anything
This is bad.
Ever had the feeling of just going somewhere far far away...
Further away than Penang la, as is obviously not far enough.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

I hate the bloody idiots that dont bloody well deserve to drive.
I usually stay away from the hate word cause i feel its too harsh to be used...
Last week my brother lost his friend in a car accident.
Only couple of hours after hanging out with Cam.

The guy was driving along with his bro, in the slow lane, following speed limit when a bloody car that was racing came up from behind and hit his car slightly. The car spun, and flipped onto the fast lane. They were both alive, but as he was getting out of the car, another car that was racing (prob chasing the fisrt car) slammed into the car. He died trying to get out.

I'm SO PISSED OFF
why are people so damn stupid?
Now i know why my mom worries so much when i come home late
And i dont blame her
Just look at the death rate over this past festive season
What a waste of life
Complete and utter waste

So all you genius ppl out there, that LOVE to tell you're driving tales of how u JUST missed banging into this, or how FAST you managed to get your car to or how you managed to make it somewhere in ONLY so-n-so minutes...
Brilliant. Keep it up.
Who knows, you MIGHT just actually kill someone.

Would be a great story to tell, eh?

Two More To Go !

Another paper down, tomorrow one more, 21st last one. . .

Todays one was bad...
Well, no thats wrong. I thought it would be really bad, but it turned out not too bad...

Theories of Receptive and Productive Skills...Even the title sounds boring.
So naturally, the whole thing is about what experts and specialists say.
No way of simply nonsensing your way through.

Nevertheless, i nonsensed my way through...to the best of my productive ability la...

Last night was bad; kept sleeping- getting up to study, sleeping- getting up to study. Fortunately, and amazingly enough of the exact things that i was reading came out, if not i'd be done for...
I had 3 dreams though, strange ones- one involved a group of friends, and we had to look after a baby(?!?) , next one i can't quite remember, and the last one i went out and had dim sum.
Mmmm....
Maybe cause it was 4+ am in the morning (haha) that i dreamt of it...

ANyways, my hour in the cafe is up
Gonna eat, sleep, then get up and study for tmr.At least i like the subject- just like my Form 6 Lit. Doing Shakespeare's Macbeth, poems, Joy Luck Club (Obi-Mun i can return it to u after this sem) Sons and Lovers, and some others la...

Ish, due to unbalenced diet and screwed up sleeping habits, have big and painful zit on chin.
Oww...

What to do...

What do you do when you know you should do something, but dont do it cause you think its better if you dont, but you cant sit easy knowing its not done....

I've said before i'm bad at confrontation.

But now i'm so annoyed. Someone who i thought i knew has changed. Behaviour is so different. Nothing like what i thought it would be. And i dont get why...

Its happened often enough that now i just dont care anymore.
I'm not gonna preach to the person, he should know better.
Its even worse when the parents are involved and i've got to put on a smiley face and act like all is peachy.
I dont mind covering for my friends, but not if they keep me in the dark.
Got a call from his parents just now, i didnt pick up.
I dowanna pretend to be what i'm not.
Nor cover for him.
Nor act like all is fine.

If only i could just say, "Look, stop calling me, i'm not who you should be talking to. Talk to your own son"

*oh my gosh, as i write this, got another call from the parents. Sucks*

Dr. R

Weee....Mini break from exams, till next Wednesday. Paper today was so-so la, as the rest. The lecturer for this paper is pretty generous with his marking so i'm not too worried.
Lemme tell u abit about him.
*to protect his identity, we shall name him Dr. R*

My Lecturer - Dr R
Dr. R is round. He is round like a ball. Almost every part of him is round. He had a round head, fingers, tummy, butt and even ears. Really, he's really round. He's also vertically challenged, so he is cute n small and round.

Sadly, Dr. R is gatal. I actually nicknamed him gatal-man, reason being he has on several occasions brought up his story bout a naked orang asli girl he saw once...He gets excited and had a big smile when he talks about it. There's other sick-er stuff he's said, but i better not share.

Dr. R is boring. I've nearly fallen asleep in his class. Not good cause 1. i'm easily spotted 2.only 27ppl in the class. He will be speaking, and then lose track and pause, looking for the word
..............................-pause-.........................................

Then he takes off his glasses, rubs his eyes and thinks of the word somemore
............................-longer pause-.......................................

Really, there's been dead silence in his class for like, almost 30seconds before, with all of us looking at each other wondering whats up with him.
Maybe he's high.
Or made himself sleepy.
Then he pulls up a chair and sits. And he looks even MORE round.

Dr. R is a generous man. So generous that he canceled the last 3weeks of lecture.
He also gave us the chapters to study for the exam.
I cant stand Dr. R , but at the same time, i kesian him and sorta like him.

There's no denying it...
He's a very well rounded man....

Angka Giliran 20459

GAHHHHHHHHH!

Didnt save the post, and all was gone cause the irritating pop-up came saying

*Something something Illegal action something, have to close...*
And poof, it closed. So rude la...

Okay, breath in, breath out.
Inner poise.
Start again...

Yaaaaay! (haha,so fake!) Just finished second paper. Teknik Berfikir...
DOnt ask me why they think we need to be taught how to think...Beats me.
But unlike its brother Pemikiran Kritis, its quite fun. Maybe cause my tutor made it seem fun: giving us some iq questions, interesting discussions, always saying FIKIR DILUAR KOTAK!

Today the question was come up with ways the government can prevent Malaysia from getting attacked by terrorists...
I said befriend them, make them like us so they wont attack...
Muahahaha...
OH! And we get to use colour pencils... =P
Gotta draw a mind map and illustrate it... Quite fun, i drew bombs and dead stick-men...

Yesterday's paper was....Orait i guess. Expected 60+ objective questions, there were only 40! So yay for that.
The last subjective question had me totally clueless though.
Actually, when i read it i was laughing to myself. THose that know will know why...

43.Bincangkan hujah berikut secara kritis:
*Jika John mencintai saya, jadi dia mesti ingin berkahwin dengan saya. Jelas bahawa John tidak ingin berkahwin dengan saya. *

If i seriously believed in signs and all, i'd SO take that as a sign...i mean how much more obvious could it get?
I kept writing Jon outta habit instead of John.
Maybe i didn't know the answer because i dont know the answer...
Kekeke...

In the library comp lab at the moment.
Yay! Free internet usage...keke
Surprised though, cause no one's here- usually its packed.

Time for me to go though...
*rumble*
That was my tummy...

Doom

Tomorrow - first paper
Darn freakin scared
Cause its like my worst subject, stupid Pemikiran Kritis

Premis 1 : Semua orang di dalam kelas A tahu tentang Pemikiran Kritis
Premis 2: Shah berada di dalam kelas A
Kesimpulan : Jadi, Shah tahu tentang Pemikiran Kritis

Its something like that but much, much worse.
If it were that easy i'd be rejoicing...
Stupid compulsary Uni course...
Supposedly a plus for our future, employers will be impressed.
Bah.

My brains are like rotten potatoes.
Doom.

K i d n a p p e d

Kay, here's the story-
On Monday afternoon i was not-so-kid-anymore-napped against my will by a big furry creature and his accomplice.
End of story.

Idiots man them two...

I didnt tell anyone i was back...
But the TLC ppl found out, AFTER i came back to Penang edi.
If only Weng Soon didnt see me in One Utama, cis...

Joshua, i know you miss me alot lar...Konon-nya u and the "populars" not gonna layan me? Right....STUDY, STPM coming....Or dont study and come to USM! kekeke
Oh, Yin Ngai, i wanna see the photo's when i get back.. =p

Very happy tho, got to see Snubby, (he's really getting old) and my bronchitis brother, AND best of all, found my blood donation book...
SO actually....Thanks yar, Rude-e...you stupid!

Watched Chicken Little, it was GOOD fun to watch...i enjoyed it.Especially the poor stereotyped pig, Runt; and the ditzy Fish...Songs in the movie also really nice- the pull at ur heartstrings kind...

Exams are on the 9th, 10th ,16th ,17th and the 21st...
Should be back on the 22nd, hooray!

Last night auntie from Sg Nibong invited us for makan at her house...Great food man...And the family is really nice. Am liking the Sg. Nibong ppl...sorry Mr Beautiful, ur no. 2 edi

I'm off!

Food-less

Oh my goodness

I'm going to starve!
Kekekeke
The cafes in the hostel have all officially CLOSED for the Raya holidays...
Saturday to Saturday
One week of no food..

Die ...

Die. . .

Die . . .

Only plus point is will die looking thinner
=p

Alternative to death would be to take an 8minute walk down to Khaleel, mamak down the road...
They shld give us membership prices ok, the ammount of time's we go there...
Gonna get so sick of mamak food

Batu Ferringhi

Girls day out!
Today, being Sim's birthday we decided to go to the beach.
It was a 2hour journey from USM, 2 buses, and 1 1/2hour journey back...
But it was good fun
About 10 different people asked us if we wanted any water sports or horse back riding, and we kept saying no , no and no... thats gottta be the most annoying thing of the whole trip..
We had no peace ok, every 10mins someone asking the exact same thing.
But we managed to collect lotsa shells, and build sandcastle's...sorta =)






<--Sim, Su and Shel














<---Queen Shelby's Castle












<-- Me and the Bday girl!









Last night we surprised her, had a mini Bday party in my room. Suria was supposed to keep her busy until 12 and the other girls all came and got ready...
Was hilarious cause the plan kept changing and we were all so nervous it would flop...
But it all went well, and for some reason she smeared cream on my face (?)
i know she enjoyed herself tho
We all then packed our party and took it downstairs to the cafe, and watched Roda Impian- all the while making loads of noise of course...
Twas a good 24hours overall, and i think for importantly Sim really had a fun 20th Bday

My Doggies!

Hmmm, been missing these two rascals lar...











Snubby Ng
Born : October 1997
Breed: Pekingese + Unknown
Likes : Rolling in the grass on sunny days, carrots, lettuce and barking at the postman
Dislikes: Mushrooms, baths, Little Dog (initially) and thunder
Traits: Playful, moody, naughty, likes escaping, understands when i'm sad, funny face

Little Dog Ng
Born: Unknown (roughly 6years old)
Breed: Poodle + Unknown
Likes: People, curling up on people's laps, sofa's and high pitched sounds
Dislikes: Water and grass
Traits: He's a dum dum, Looks like he's thinking but he's actually not, cant play for nuts, runs away from grass (go figure), a 100% manja/lap dog
*We found him bout 2years ago wondering outside the house, so we do not know what trauma his previous owners put him through*

50 YEARS TODAY

Happy 50th Birthday Dad...!!!

Cant believe my dad is 50
FIFTY

i dunno, that number seems so big
so large
so...old

When my dad was 30 i was born
Its almost 20 years since i've been around

i dont like
i dont like the idea of my parents getting old

Snubby is 7 years old, he's getting old too...
And he's injured

Cam has bronchitis, i dunno why
My mom has work stress, what else is new

The TLC ppl seem to be having loads of fun-even Samuel appears to be..."charitable" to a certain "C" sending C to the doctor, and buying C porridge...Amazing man
The world has turned upside down

i wanna celebrate with dad
i wanna hug mom
i wanna see what i can do for Cam
i wanna look after Snubby
i wanna tell Sam he's such a squat
i wanna laugh and joke with the TLC gang

i wanna go home

Long weekend...

Been absent from blogging for a few days
Imagine, the time i walked down to blog, no electric at the shoplot...Just my luck
Anyway, had good fun weekend, and have splashed out on sending mms's to show what i did...

Penang friend Adrian actually left Penang to go down KL and study. So we went to the beach just for kicks and these are some snaps i took
<-- The Valley





<-- A fishing boat
<--- Ferry at night

Hilarous, after a wonderful dinner at Passion of Kerala, Adrian had a great idea to go for a joyride on the ferry,just go back and forward.
Here's an idea of what whacky Adrian is like;
"Ok, to avoid payingRM1.20 each, when the ferry reaches the other side we either:
Plan A- Hide in the toilets till the ferry moves again
Plan B- Just sit in our seats and see if the guards do anything or chase us off OR
Plan C- Walk out very slowly, by then the barrier on the other side will be up and passengers coming, and while passing we turn around and walk back in with the crowd as one of them...
Aghhhhhh! Adrian!
Plan A was OUT, plan B was too scary, we almost gave up but in the end just went ahead and did Plan C! And we MADE IT! MUAHAHAHA! was SO embarrassing cause the guards saw la, but chose not to do anything i guess... But twas fun



This is Adrian--->

Just look at that cheeky face
Was wearing sexy short pants
We were supposed to go hiking, but was raining so plan B (he's full of back up plans) was dim sum...
He made comparison with his legs and Samuel's one in my handphone...Even suggested a sexy dance for Squato to do
Samuel and Sexy ?
*shudder*




Balitong --->

oh my goodness
So FREAKIN HARD TO EAT!
Somehow was persuaded to try it. Joshua taught how
Step 1 - Suck the rear end till the snail comes out abit. This seals the hole so will have more suction
Step2 - Put bigger side into mouth
Step 3- Take a quick, hard suck in of air
Slug thing supposed to come out.
Bloody hell. SO HARD, i almost gave up...
And was so tiring kay...! But i did manage about 8 in total so yay! Hahaha



Joshua @ PKA Prez -->

Also a nonsense fellow
Like Adrian
I think its a Penang thing
Penang guys anyway
The girls are normal


Today, Sunday School was great...
Pek Bing asks us if we have any questions from the sermon (Mark Chpt. 4 today) and normally we dont have many...
Today however, we didnt even touch Colossians the book we were supposed to be going, cause we got into a discussion on a few verses and what parables actually mean... Very interactive...

After a lunch, had urge to look at fish tanks since Siang Yen wants to rear fish. Went Prangin Mall (RM15 for pump/filter, RM27 for tank) and after that Burmah Road Gospel Hall for their Missions Night.
Its the 3rd Sunday every 2 months if i'm not mistaken. Tonight was about the Tamil Ministry in Msia...
What was dinner? Passion of Kerala, AGAIN. I didnt know that twas JUST behind BRGH...
I'm way past my eating quota this weekend man...
After dropping Vivian off, went mamak with Daniel n Siang Yen.
Daniel telling his stories about Japan and the public baths..
I dont think i could do it lor, be totally naked with others in a bath.
But maybe i would ONLY if i knew no one there.
Imagine going with ur buddy...
You'll never look at each other the same ever again...
I'm now sleepy, contact lenses getting dry... Wanna go back and sleep
And i will
Wonder what next week has in store.
Gotta study tho
Exams, 8-21
Bleh.

The many faces of my room mate....

Lovely...so lovely...so lovely...so lovely....

Supposed to go some art exhibition thingy, but the place was closed We were near little India so went for proper Indian (not mamak) food- been craving rawa masala man...Miss the LaSalle tuition days where me and the squat and the gentle giant go makan at Pandi's... *pause, shel walks down memory lane...*

Anyways, after that went some other place that sold second hand books...but it wasnt that cheap actually lor...Our lecturer said u could get em for bout rm2, but the most that i saw were 7-10bucks...and even that the books were REALLY bad condition, so i didnt think it was worth it lor... COnsidered getting some old Mills and Boon *shy* did NOT tho...

Finally head back to USM, and on the way back Daniel starts talking bout the a capella thing that he wants to start up... He got SO excited that he started talking to me in SUPER DUPER music jargon- i was like ......... *stare blankly, blink blink* And on the radio the song came on "Isnt she lovely, isnt she wonderful..." So he tried giving us parst la- me and Chris the same lines over and over ..

Not easy Tongue twisting But it was a hilarious ride home Li Yee was doing some funky part- that kept throwing me and Chris off

Now tired, had a long day ,and missing Stoop More than half way through Sons and Lovers Most icky bit so far is the son kissing the mother's neck... ewww Hopefully can finish tonight

Lovely...so lovely...so lovely...so lovely....

Dwarf thats name starts with G

bloody no reason to be but i am
why must my mother be like that
and why must i be so affected

ANYWAYS

Was good fun afternoon.
Last PKA meeting of the semester
Something that i wrote was published in the PKA newsletter *bangga*
Caught up with my Yee Lai over lunch, and laughed with a clown

Seems so fast the sem is nearly over- slightly more than a month left...
The vice prez was going through what happened from week 1 till week 14
Next time we'll meet is for National Conference
(WENG YAN i'll KILL you!!!! kekeke, why la u sign up so lateeeeee...i hope there's room for you.. UM Squat: signed up edi or not?)

Really respect the PKA prez- this guy from Sg Ara.
He can really speak well, he's not boring, he can make jokes and he quotes bible verses.
First week of PKA he spoke about Restoring Faith...
Today he brought it to a close, again touching on faith, bout the things we hope for, and we have faith that He is working through us though we may not be able to see it yet...
Squat, 2years time u become PKA prez ya...?

still that dwarf....grrr =p

1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:1

Want the pants la...

i predict that the rambler in Rayleigh will post a blog on how his uni lecturer came late today, that he waited 1/2 hour from 11am (UK time)
And he'll say how not only Msians dont follow time accordingly..westerners do as well, but Asians are all pro West...blah blah...kekeke
Also about how he cant stop saying -LAH...whats wrong with saying lah ? its the Malaysian way watttt! Are you too good for it ?!? kekeke

For the first time in a long while heard of someone washing their car by themselves...
Last time i washed a car was my mom's; and that was cause i had other motives- had to wash in order to use it.

Now i go back to my hostel room, reading Sons and Lovers. I think it'll be quite interesting, thought abit sick as it explores the relationship of a mother, and her two boys as sons, AND lovers...like, mega Ewwww...
Studying the Oedipus Theory mar...
Freud was a sick freak.

oooh, slept like a piggy ystr- something like, from 3pm till 1am...but it was full of disturbances...
-Phone call from Daniel and i have NO idea what i was mumbling to him
-Row leader knocking on door for collection; buka puasa meal this fri/sat (not sure)
-Friend opening door and staring in at me- me not wearing specs, so peering back at her
-Woke up for no reason a few times as well

When finally got up, was super hungry but all shops closed by then =(
Suria lazy to walk to Kaleel so just made some tea...We both couldnt sleep till about 5am, talking and laughing about our Form6 stories.

So proud of myself- today resisted buying a pair of trousers...Komtar had a BodyGlove warehouse sale...pants were only rm30.I dont need them...i wanted em...
But i resisted!!!
(Actually i couldnt find an atm machine)
Kekeke...

FIRE drill

<-- Desasiswa Saujana

1 of the blocks la,not mine. Imagine running down the staircase from the 9th floor...





Last night or rather early this morning,bout 12+ i was startled by the fire alarm ringing - first thoughts were for real or not? And was it my block?
Turned out twas the guys block next to mine having a fire drill...

Me and Suria were laughing at them cause the drill's here are pretty serious, the guards actually run to every room and yell for everyone to get out..
So there were the guys most in their sleeping clothes, being herded like sheep to the "safe" spot.
I was like, kekeke- we didnt kena, woo hoo!
Was also laughing cause Squatto Chris would've been there...

Finally, everything died down and i went back to doing my work.
Mana tau, 10mins later MY block alarm went off...!!! Quite smart also the security guards...i was totally not expecting two drills in one night...
First thing Suria said : Quick! Switch off the lights and lock the door- pretend we're not in...!
Well, we did do that at first, but i didnt really like that...call me jakun but i was quite excited to go down...hahaha

So i threw a big t-shirt over my singlet (takkan go down so exposed...)
We could hear the guards yelling "Cepat...cepat! Api! Lari! " And Suria, being the girl she is, was walking along to the stairs and yelling back "Ya lah, ya lah!!!" - almost collided with the shouting guard when she went round the corner...
Me? Laughing all the way...

I dunno- i dont find these things to be a pain; total opposite actually.
There we were, coupla hundred of gals, being herded like sheep and laughed at by other blocks...bleh!
Some were really in their pj's though, SO FUNNY! thank goodness i wasnt wearing anything too kiddy or malu-fying...
After it all i was SO wide awake (which was good as had to finish an assignment due today)
Which reminds me of how frus i was cause my group member sorta didnt do his part right, so i pretty much altered 80% of it...
BUT- who cares, its all done and passed up and thats all that matters... Me remembering last night's drill keeps me in good humour.
Been awake for 30ish hours or so...Cant decide if i should sleep now and get up late late evening which means wont be able to sleep at night... OR tahan till night and crash...

Oh, didnt feel so bad after that cause there was ANOTHER fire drill at the next block...kekeke.
What goes around, comes around la;
So be careful when laughing at others...
But what i always say is "I'm not laughing AT you, i'm laughing WITH you...." kekeke
=p

What's a Chicken Gizzard?

Gizzard - an organ located between the stomach and the intestines inside the chicken's body. The gizzard grinds the food of the chicken and serves as the "chicken's teeth."





That was the topic at lunch today, Connie asked, what exactly is the chicken's gizzard...?
I honestly dunno. I just know its some inner part that i wouldnt eat (icky food)
But others were all giving their 2cents worth ;

"Oh, its the liver"
"No...no...its the kidney"
"Nehhh- its that part, that part la..."

I kept quiet since i dunno, i dowanna simply say.
Its amusing to watch the rest though, hear what they say.
Why do people do that, pretend to know, but actually dunno...Isn't it safer to just admit tht you dont, rather than pass on wrong information?

Cant seem to find a picture of the chicken anatomy tho.
Chef Su, got or not? =p

Little Known Facts About the Chicken...

• Fact - China has the most chickens; 3,000,000,000 of them
• Fact - Alektorophobia : Fear of chickens. (kekeke, anyone?)
• Fact - If a rooster is not present in a flock of hens, a hen will often take the role, stop laying, and begin to crow. (wonder if its the same for humans...)
• Fact - The closest living relative of the t-rex is the chicken.
• Fact - I used to keep some as pets.

Stupid Chelsea

its like something bad's gonna happen
or something bad has happened and i'm just ignorant about it
perhaps i'll find out, perhaps i never will
how do these's feelings come about...

Learning bout Sigmund Freud and phychoanalysis.
The conscious and unconscious mind
What goes on in the innerself, will be displayed outwardly, without you even realizing.
Freaky.
Your actions are all a result of repressed fears, conflicts and desires.
Freaky Freaky.
I'm thinking back to the past. Bad things that've happened that i keep within in me.
Has this topic triggered something?
Ate cabbage at 3am. Dunno why, suddenly felt like it.
And now i feel lonely
Weird
I seldom get the blues...
Its my subconscious telling me i'm still mourning from the thrashing few days back.
Stupid Chelsea...
i'm sure Freud agrees.

Sunday School

Three monkeys at Sunday School last week.
Yup, Sunday School.
Its the weekly bible study after morning worship, by the church elder who's the bomb! He's funny, super informative, and creates a good learning enviroment...
We're actually sitting on the floor, around a tiny table. The church is a Tadika during the week and we use one of the classrooms... Alas, we cant sit on the miniature chairs incase they break.. I i dont like the stools, feel so high up
So we opt for the floor, much to Uncle Bing's amusement.
=p

Today was the start of puasa.
Dont feel it so much like before in school, where it's more obvious.
And i dunno if there's a cool pasar everynight like there is in Taman Tun, with all sortsa food sold cheap...
Hope there is.

So sad

*this is totally a whine post so dont even bother reading if not interested*

So sad
Jon went back at 3.30pm today.
You know you see in movies, that LAST glance you get of someone as their bus drives away?
Well, wanted to do that, and i crossed the road to be where the bus would pass by so i could wave.
But Jon thought i was still at the station and was looking left when i was on his right.
= (
So sad.

Past 5 days have been great. I should not be sad.
And i tell myself not to be all sappy and soppy and silly.

Most of my classes were canceled (so fortunate)
Tuesday night, had sea food dinner with Jon's colourful groupmates- 2 of them take turns to see who can curse and smoke the most and one more a quiet decent guy (who seemed to be moving his chair away from me during dinner...am i that scary?) But still i had fun.

So sad;
Still had the flu thanks to SQUATTO, and i was feeling crappy on the Wednesday n Thursday.... Blocked/runny nose, eyes sore, throat like sandpaper...horrible

But Friday was the greatest. Secretive fella surprised me ,he had already made plans- to go to the beach...
I've not gone swimming in the sea in a LONG time, i was so happy!
(although did not like thought of wearing swimsuit)
Swam...unintentionally swallowed seawater...felt something slimy swim under my foot.
Later on found our that there were supposed to be lotsa jelly-fish in that area...Scary thought..
After bout 40mins (?) got outta the sea and then started building a sand fortress.
My goodness, he really takes his construction seriously- built an outer wall to stop the water coming in, then an inner wall surrounding a moat that even had a bridge across it. Was great fun tho (my fingertips are raw now from all the digging) and a pretty impressive fortress i must say.
And of course saw the sky set (couldnt see the sun, but the sky was beautiful enough)

Lovely ending to a lovely day.


Its over now, he's back home and i've got to be cool with not seeing him till end of Novemeber

So sad...


# Obi Mun, may the force be with you on your 13hour flight- may there be a sexy woman seated next to you and if there isnt, may you be able to sleep like a pig most of the way. Gonna miss your GREAT jokes and messing up your car... #

Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart

And you'll never walk alone

You'll NEVER walk alone

Freaks

nothing better to do at 2am in the morning.

Blocked Nose

Bleh- today woke up with one nose hole blocked.
Again, thanks ALOT Squatto for passing me your caugh and flu... I'm never gonna be ur work partner ever again.
So irritating, sniff and sniff but no air entering my left nostril at ALL...thank goodness i brought along with me a "nose-sniffer", ya know the small torpedo shaped things u stuff into ur nose and inhale deeply and it unblocks the blocked... Life saver.. See mom, lucky i brought it with me..

Gah! i my hp gprs not working, so i cant upload a funny pic that i'd like to of me n my roomie... Oh , but here's one that i dug out from some time ago...What you're looking at is actually pencil holders.... i'm SERIOUS! told you before right, that Penang has all sorts of WEIRDO things. So yeah, the bottom of the pencil holder is shaped like some alien-three sided you-know-what's..
=p

Typical day

Weight: no scales (hurrah!) No. of ciggies smoked in 20years: 0 (v.good) No. of bf's: 1 No. of assignments due:2 (Eeeeks!)

Ooh, woke up from nice dream, too bad cant remember it. Alarm rang 3 times, still body refused to get outta bed. Roomie worse condition- like an overturned turtle, or beached whale. Stumbled over to her and hit her bottom saying "We'll be late for class!" Responce was the *Grumble...nghhhhnmoph....*

Went to the loo, nearly knocked into teeny Malay girl on the way. Confirm she wld have toppled over had we actually collided. Look in mirror *Gack!* Weather and sweating so much is killing my face. Hair in unnatural mad-woman state.
Back in room, Suria still not up; had to be mean - stole her blanket and flicked water on her, finally some movement. Poor girl slept at 5am doing her work, i thankfully finished mine with Squatto earlier.

Why bother dressing up when its only for 3hours amongst 80 students, of which not even 10 are guys, and none even cute for that matter?
Lucky today, got buses- but still got squashed trying to get onto the 2nd one. If there were any perverts among us, he'd have a great time, as all squished together wouldnt know who's pinching who's bottom.

Things to do today :
1. Go to gym (seriously) with Squatto. Attempt to mold fat into more becoming shapes.
2. Buy mommy a bday prezzie. BJ (as in Bukit Jambul, not Bridget Jones) here i come!
3. Clear up mess in room (but why bother as it keeps going back to its usual mess; like a stress ball that will return to ball like shape no matter how much it's mauled)
4. Call Cat later ask how her first day of college was.

Ate 4 Choki-choki sticks and Tiger butter cookies- bad combo, felt ill.
Will not do it again. Will not!
Throat sore and water tastes icky. Stomache has no feeling in it. Maybe have no stomache. Food will just float around the blood stream, happy and free, in manner of 70's hippie high on mushroms.

ooh, must run. Dowanna be late. Daniel's picking up so yay, no need to suffer crowded mini bus.
Also means no possibility of bum being pinched...Hmmm....

(those that know will understand my style of writing, those that dont- go find out)

Lazy Bum Chris

stupid squatto Chris...
there i was hard at work doing OUR assignment for Monday, and what does he do ? Plays around with my phone taking pictures.. i tell you that fella ar....
If it weren't for the fact that i've known him more than half my life he'd be dead by now...

Ooh, today i signed up to go for National Conference, an inter-varsity, 6day camp thing for the local Uni. CF's.
Yay Weng Yan, will see you there...
Squatto Sam, signing up or not?

Am now sitting in a place called Big Bite using my roomie's laptop...the place here has WiFi and Chris ate some burger meal to show that we actually are nice customers (instead of just getting one of the cheapest drink) Gonna watch Msian Idol later - Squattto Sam actually gone to Genting to watch it, got tickets from someone... Have not been following, so dunno who to be cheering for- but appearently the Daniel guy is a USM student, so GO DANIEL!