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2009-01-15T06:45:00.004+08:00

Yesterday morning, I recieved an email from my dad.

Not that its strange or anything, but it really made me burst out in tears.

Memories and thoughts of home came flooding in.

Filled me up to the brim and overflowed...

I had to dash to the toilet so my rommate didn't see me break down.

I don't know why I reacted the way I did.

In day to day life so far, I don't really miss home. Mostly because I don't even have time for myself.

But I still did not expect the strength of this reaction.

I really suddenly felt the reality of it all. The weight suddenly became very heavy...

Thinking of everyone's lives back home. Still the same, back in Penang everyday whilst here I am, in England.

We may as well be on different planets.

Though we still communicate through emails and msn, our lives are no longer orbiting along the same axes.

What we see and do everyday, no longer means much.

I might tell them everything I did and it still wouldn't be the same as seeing them again.

Oh well.

An update on my school life, I joined archery and I absolutely LOVEd IT.

I joined drama too and it was amazing. The sheer joy of throwing out my ideas on stage.

Without any prior rehearsal or planning.

Being able to truly EXPRESS myself and be heard and be applauded for putting my creativity to its fullest potential.

That was brilliant.

By the way, still making lots of friends.

Get along very very well with a group of about 50 now.

All the new students. We seriously get along well.

Be it in class or at sports hall or during meals or even during free periods at west end or the library.

Anyway, check out this really cool n cute earring my friend gave me !

Cool right? xD

I wore it today and I swear when everyone saw it,

they only give 1 or 3 reactions.

They either think its a funny and cool idea. ( They were a minority )

They had to turn away to hide their laughter.

They gave me the " Is that guy a retard? " look

The last 2 options seemed much more common. Especially the laughing one.

But my english teacher loved it !

She said its really funky.

So there !

Concord College

2009-01-10T18:07:00.002+08:00

Sorry all for updating so late !

Haha, but I've been so busy getting used to the routine and starting college life that I haven't really had the time to do my own things.

I've posted pictures of my college on my FB, so please go take a look !

Anyway, just to explain some things, I'm staying at Acton Pigot, which is a boys dorm 1 mile from my school. Its by far has the nicest accomodation, but its quite inconvenient as we have to stay in school and wait for transport back even when we are free. Also, when we have free periods, I can't just pop back into my room or drop/pick up stuff.

Out of 20 people in Acton Pigot, about 14 are Malaysian!

LoL. So all of us become super fast friends.

There is also a Thai and a Cambolumbian guy in our group.

We all do really get along well.

And they all play DotA too.

I shall leave the rest unsaid.

Also, 90% of the school is Chinese. Either from MY, SG, HK or China.

So Mandarin is super widely used.

But because of the schedule and because we can't get home until certain times, we usually only get about 30 mins of free time a day.

The activities in school are amazing. Including the sports and all the societies.

We play badminton almost everyday. Yesterday we even played cricket! Day before, I got to try fencing.

Other than that, the school has really great clubs and societies. I'm thinking of joining Debate and even trying to write for the School Paper.

But even without all those extra co-curriculor activities I'm already so short on time!

I have to read lots of English Literature. I'm starting on the Odyssey and Hamlet.

Still got loads to go.

All the people in the school are really really friendly. I'm making friends everywhere. All the seniors and all the people in my year who came in September, are all really nice. I'm pretty sure everyone in the school will know everyone else pretty soon at this rate.

Oh, last but not least. There are loads of pretty pretty girls around.

HAHAHA. xD

Again, just to tell all of my LOVELY friends back home, I do miss all of you and I am doing very well. I am having fun and I don't really feel homesick..... YET...

LoLx

London !

2008-12-31T05:21:00.004+08:00

Hello people !!
I'm so sorry for the late late update, yeah.
But I've just been so busy and tired too !
My body clock is all upside down, haha.
I won't post about my farewell at the airport, as that is for other people to write about.
It would be weird writing about it since I'm the one leaving.
Thanks for all my dearest friends who came so early to send me off.
It meant so much to me and I'm not ashamed in the slightest to admit, yes, I did cry after the final goodbyes. How could I not? Leaving behind all of you who gave my life such meaning and purpose. Thank you again, for letting me feel so loved and being important in your lives.
Okay, anyway, its now tuesday, n 9.22pm London time which means its about 5.22am back home
I don't have any pictures yet, cz frankly, my fingers would have been too cold to take pictures anyway !
But I think i'm more used to the cold now and I promise, if I go out tomorrow, I'll snap away alright??
Hehe, well, London has been pretty cool !
The sales are insane, but its still hard to find what I really want.
Mainly because I'm only looking for winter clothing and I can't even be bothered to look at t-shirts or shirts and stuff. But they're so cheap !
A really nice topman shirt only cost 20gbp, which is just over rm100. Cheap eh?
I just wanted to tell everyone that I'm nice and safe in London !
School doesn't start till next Wednesday but I have to be there by this Sunday, so nothing much going on for now
Thought I'd just post and tell you what I've bought so far !
Heh heh.. I'll post pics and point them out to you if i can next time
Well right, yesterday, I got a cheap pair of gloves and a polar-tech jacket from this travel store.
I also got a long sleeve t-shirt n a polar-tech pullover from Uni-Qlo. The pullover only cost 7gbp, thats less than rm40 ! For a jumper, thats really cheap.
Then today, I got a pair of leather gloves and another scarf from M&S.
And best of all, I got a Reiss coat that was 70% off from Selfridges!
I'm so happy, I really love it. Will show it off ASAP !!
xD
Oh yeah, I just got my phone today too !
Its a nice blue Sony Ericsson W595
Finally..
Sorry for not texting all of you when I arrived, but my phone only had rm4 of credit, that means I can only send 2 msgs..
For those of you who want my phone number, pls msg my FB if I haven't already given it to you through msn.
Okay, will try get pics really soon k !
If i don't take pics of London, I'll update again when I reach Concord, cz many of my family members want pictures of the school they all went to, so I'll definately be taking lots of pics of my college.
TAKE CARE OF MY FRIENDS !
I LOVE U ALL SO MUCH! REALLLY MISS YOU GUYS !

Tech Savy

2008-12-20T01:16:00.002+08:00

LoL.. well, as I never had my own computer and always had my brother to help me out, I must admit I'm not super good with computers. I know all the components, what they do and which ones are powerful, bla bla. Mostly because all this can be found online. But when it comes to troubleshooting, identifying whats wrong and fixing it, I'm not good at it. Period. So, I learnt a lot today, when my com suddenly dieded. I'm no stranger when it comes to failed graphics card, considering 2 have dieded right on me before. Hence, when my screen's colour got totally screwed up and the whole screen had a purplish hue even after I restarted my computer, the first conclusion I reached was that the damn graphics card dieded again. Anyway, it just so happens that I have a spare CPU in my house. Its just a basic dell, with nothing at all. Meaning no discrete graphics card. So, I took my graphics card out of my old computer and wanted to test my computer. Then I realised, damn, the moniter cannot plug into the computer directly without an adaptor. After looking for about 15 minutes, I couldn't find it anywhere. So, no choice, decided computer was past its time. Just transfer the hard disk to the new com downstairs and be done with it. Imagine me sitting downstairs, topless because it was so hot ( PS: I'm sick to boot ), with 2 open CPUs lotsa screws on the floor and components everywhere. I know the basics, I'm just not super techie. Anyway, I managed to get the hard disk in easily enough and replaced the covers yada yada, then moved the new com upstairs. After plugging everything in, I start it up. I see the same damn problem. What da hell ? Brand new dell isn't working? Impossible. Then it says, keyboard not working, press F1 to continue. Damn smart right, your keyboard not working, but the only way to continue is by hitting the F1 button on your non-functioning keyboard. Had no choice but to take they keyboard from downstairs up to try it out. But something was still wrong, if I move my mouse really fast, it "blinks". As in, it disappears from where it is then re-appears where I moved it to. If I move it REALLY slowly, I can see the mouse trail. Crap wei, seriously pissed me off. Then my brother goes, do we have another monitor?? It might be the monitor. So, down I go, to get the spare monitor to test it out. Sure enough, works fine. My bro laughs and says, first lesson. Check the easiest and most simple stuff first. Don't jump to conclusions. Wish he told me that a little earlier. So here I am now, with 2 mouses', 2 keyboards, 2 monitors at my already cluttered and super messy computer room. Will take pics tomorrow morning. The keyboard I'm using now has to be put on my lap, dah tak ada tempat la dei. Well, at least I can proudly say I solved the problem and I got a com to use. However, now I have a perfectly fine graphics card on the table and 2 working CPUs. Both in different states of disassembly. Haha, good experience though.

Goodbye....

2008-12-15T19:43:00.007+08:00

As mentioned in my previous post, we've been going out a lot in the last week. The real reason is actually because Dice came back !! But, she has gone back to KL now.

Yesterday, Liang treated me to a very nice dinner, its also the first time he actually "chia" me.

I was quite surprised when he said he wanted to and pleasently touched. Hehe. We went to Audees, damn that place is empty. In actuality, the food was pretty good. A bit pricey though.

Dinner was nice, but an hour late. Thanks to the Miss.

Then this morning, me and Ed woke up early to go see Liang off at the airport. Ah, I didn't really show it, but I was quite down. This would probably be the last time I see my best friend for 4 months. Though it might not seem that long, it'll be the first time since Standard 4 that I won't see him for more than a week. FYI, thats 7 years ago. It really makes me feel horrible already.

One by one, I'll be seeing the last of my friends.

Decided to highlight my hair purple. It won the poll, by 1 vote. Haha. If the colour isn't right, then I'll highlight it blue. Anyways, check out the new poll yeah?

Haha, here are some pictures from Audees.

Our Tiramisu

Carbonara

Some chicken pasta

Lamb Shank

Goodbye for now my friend,

But, could it really be the end?

While we may still meet each other,

We will inevitable grow further.

How I will miss you when I'm alone,

Far away from my fat chubby clone.

I will try and be back soon to see you,

Maybe even with gifts of fortune !

Take care till then for you and for me,

Before you know it, I'll be home for tea.

Holiday Life

2008-12-11T03:04:00.005+08:00

For those of my friends who have been unable to meet up with us the past 2 days, I'm just gonna write about what we've done so you don't feel too left out. But trust me, you didn't miss that much.

Okay, on the 9/12, which is the day Candice came back, we decided to go for supper~~

We went to gurney and went to Coffee Bean, where the digi promoters bought all digi users free cake ! Talk about great marketing. Thats how you garner loyalty, through people's stomachs.

Haha, Anyway, we ended up going to Alan's house and repeating everything all over again. Alan and Sab went to buy dvd, I went to buy drinks and go get my DvD player. Only difference was, Jason and Lynn were replaced by Ruey, Joyce, Candice and Edward.

However, on our way there, my car broke down. At Mt. Erskine of all places !

So Alan had to come fetch me home to get another car, whilst Edward stayed in my broken down car with the girls. After finally arriving at Alan's house, we started off by TRYING to watch The Victim. But even the menu page scared the shit out of us. LoL, after watching 5 minutes we all freaked out and decided to watch Pathology instead. It was an okay movie, after that we went to Ali's for another supper. Haha..

Got home about 3.30, online'd for a while then bathed and went to bed.

But as I was lying in bed, i realised... SHIT, i left my laptop in my car !!

So at 4.30 am, I was dressed in sport shorts and a Harry Potter t-shirt, I drove back to Mt. Erskine alone. It was SO COLD there. I was starting to freak out already. But I got down, grabbed my laptop from the spoilt car and got back into the other car. Then I was wondering if i locked it, so i got out again to make sure it was locked, at that moment, my door slammed shut from the wind. I nearly shamed myself at that moment !

Haha, in case you don't know what that means, it means I almost wet my pants.

Imagine being alone in a cemetary, 4.30 in the morning, its freezing and you are wearing a Harry Potter t-shirt then your car door suddenly slams shut. LOL, sorry, keep having an urge to mention the Harry Potter t-shirt for some reason.

Okay, then for today, which is 10/12, it was a bloody bad day for me. First off, i realised I left my RM45 body shop face wash at Coffee Bean the night before and its now lost. Then, my dad woke me up at 7 something in the morning to go see the car, which was totally unnecessary, because the car wasn't blocking anyone and nobody was going to steal it anyway. So I only got 3 hours of sleep. After that, we were supposed to meet at 1pm at gurney. But some people wanted to go later, so we postponed it to 3 something or 4. At 4, those same people said they can't go and they wanna do something else. Imagine how pissed I was. Not only that, it was my friend's bday, and i wanted to spend some time with her, but because some people still couldn't come, even though we postponed the time on their request, it was too late for me to meet her already. Fine, anyway, we eventually agreed to meet at 8pm at gurney. I get there at 8, n spend 40 minutes walking around all alone. Great. Awesome. Fun. Sure, why not ?

Finally we gather at 9 and even then, a mere 7 out of our gangs 12 was there.

Anywayy, we chit chatted at Coffee Bean again for a while, before deciding to head to Sunset Bistro.

There were tons of transportation problems, but I shall skip those. After reaching Sunset Bistro, we find out, kitchen is closed. Only drinks. Awesome, no matter that we were all starving.

Okay, after we order our drinks, we ask for sheesha/hookah. The waittress was new and she just said, look at the menu, it should be there. But its not. So we ask another waiter, he says, no sheesha. Right, thats just great. So, after going all the way up there, all we did was have some drinks. In total, we had 1 teh tarik, 1 mocha, 1 cappucino and 1 magarita. We drove half the length of the island for that. BEST !

Then, we decide to go Northam. Upon arrival, they decide to go back to Ali's.

FOR THE SECOND NIGHT IN THE ROW.

Lolx, so we go back there and stuff ourselves and play cards.

We left about 1.30am.

Sorry if this post is a bit flat. its 3.30am right now and I'm quite tired. In addition to that, it has been a f*cking horrible day for me.

Itchy...

2008-12-09T11:44:00.004+08:00

Ahhhh !!!

So far I've been really lucky with my piercing, it hasn't bled or got infected or anything.

My brother and Ed were telling me, ooohh. its gonna hurt loads. Especially when you start twisting it. Well, my mum helped me twist it 2 days ago and it was perfectly fine. Problem is, i'm skeptical about whether she actually turned it. Haha! Because my earring is just a metal ball, so its pretty hard to tell whether it actually moved after you turned it. I tried twisting it myself last night and I still can't tell !

And damn!! It started to itch SO BADLY after I fiddled with it. Itchiness is something I seriously cannot stand. xD

Grandma

2008-12-07T12:21:00.003+08:00

This post is for Thursday, 4/12/2008

The day started off with all of us going to school to get our Leaving School Certificates and Graduation Certificates. I went with Liang and we met Wei Chien and Sian Kitt there, so we decided to go for lunch. Liang wanted Dao Chiam, again...
LoL, so we went to Parma.

After lunch is where the interesting stuff starts. First off, Wei Chien rammed Liang's car, he is in super deep shit now. We're all waiting to see how is he gonna explain that to his dad and pay for Liang's repairs.

After that, I got home and decided that I was gonna pierce my ear !

Haha, so I called Ed and Liang, needing their "support". Ed said he is busy, going lunch with Alan they all, Liang said SURE, I wanna laugh at you when they poke the hole.

Wow, thanks man..

But in the end, I picked up Ed. But Liang only decided to go later.

Piercing my ear didn't hurt as much as I thought it would, it was actually pretty easy and painless.

Anyway, I was about to go home then, but Ed asked me to stay on since Alan and Jason were coming with Lynn and Sab. I was like, " err?? I dunno them at all... "

But I stayed anyway. So we had lunch at Manila Place, where I learned that the title " You say it best when you say nothing at all" should be taken to heart by Sab. All she did was say something, anything and got Suan'd and Perli'd. We later decided to watch Transformer 3, Lynn's movie.

Before the mv started, we hung out at Coffee Bean and played Grandma likes !!

Lynn and jason knew the game, so they tortured us to death, making us try to guess the pattern about what "Grandma" likes and does not like. I finally got it after about 30 mins and joined in the fun to bully Sab and Ed. Ah, that power !! I tried this on Liang and his reaction sums up what everybody feels when they can't guess it and we who know keep trying to make them more pek chek - " Won't pek chek la, just a bit tulan grandma lor " Hahaha, actually its very pek chek..

Anywayyyyyyyyyy.. Alan didn't watch the movie as he had to go for his Jazz Competition at Bayview Beach Hotel. So, when the movie ended, me and Jason rushed home for dinner with family. We agreed to meet later at bayview beach hotel whereas the girls and Ed would take a cab. We just managed to get there and catch alan for about 5 mins. Then the results were announced and his group, Quartal Flavor won 4th place. Out of 4 teams. But its not a bad result, considering the other groups were all much older and very experienced. So, only me and Jason had eaten and everyone was hungry. We went back to gurney, AGAIN.

THEN HOR, someone was damn smart. We wanted to go Nando's, but because SHE did not want to go, saying she just went, we went to Sakae Sushi instead. I won't say who la ( its Sabrina ), but wait till you hear what happens later. So we all ordered lo and ate. When we went to pay the bill, they told us they collected the plates already and don't know how many plates we took off the conveyer belt. This is their fault, but instead, we had to pay extra. Alan and Lynn payed A LOT to cover up. I think we only had AT MOST about 3 plates, but they charged us 5 or more I think. Should have gone to Nando ( singular ) instead, right Alan?

THENNNNNNNNN, Ed had to go back liao.. We wanted to watch movie, but Jason didn't really want and SAB wasn't too for it either, so we said, lets go Jason's house watch movie.

So we went and bought some snacks from 7-11 at 1-stop, then bought The Coffin at GoodAll there and headed for Jason's place. Upon arrival, Lynn opened every single snack we had and the Coke too. Then we were playing around with it and realised, the dvd player doesn't work. So after lots of discussion, we decided to go Alan's house and I'll go back to my place to grab my DvD player and we had to bring all the opened snacks and drinks. Thanks Lynn. When we reached Alan's place, we plugged in the dvd player and were just sitting around, then Alan went for a bath. I suddenly asked jason, " wei.. wheres the dvd? I try see "

He looks at me and smiles an "Oh Shit" smile. I look at him. 2 of us burst out laughing. Lynn is like, what?? what?? When we finally calm down enough to tell her that we left it in Jason's dvd player, she says.. lets go her house to take, since is nearby and she has it.

SO, we all get in jason's car and zoom, off we go. Then alan comes back from his shower and finds that all of us are gone. Imagine his reaction. Anyway, he calls us, we tell him, then he says, u think my house no dvd 1 issit?

Haha, so we head back AGAIN.

Finally, alan digs out " One Missed Call 2 "

and says, this is the scariest movie I got.

I say, I think thats the only scary movie you got. Of course scariest la.

Finally, we get to watch the damn movie. The most worthwhile movie ever.

1 dvd, 3 genres of movie. Got comedy, romance and horror.

Comedy when we keep reading the subtitles in unison and make it sound like Chorus Speaking.

And also when Lynn keeps shouting that Jason is such a pussy, we are all such chickens and pussies, she is the only MAN there. Then she screams the loudest, even though she has watched the movie BEFORE.

Romance when Sab and Lynn get all touchy touchy when the guy sacrifices himself to save the girl.

And well, horror. To a lesser extent.

Hahaha, long day, quite fun, meeting new ppl. Tiring though. Suan people also suan till tired.

Sorry Lynn, I decided to "PUST" the pictures.

At Sakae Sushi

See everyone hiding from Alan's face.

The HAND WALL defence.

( This is also am chio then get caught. Can see smile in reflection )

At Jason's House

( See my face ! Kena bully wei )

Who am I ? My Past, My Present, My Future

2008-12-03T20:40:00.000+08:00

A few days ago, Liang and Shaun asked me to go for the career talk organised by B'smart Learning Center. Figuring that I have no idea whatsoever about which career path I might take, I decided to go and listen. During the talk, I realised that though I might enjoy sciences and studying them, I enjoy them for the knowledge they illuminate me with, not actually being a scientist. I can't think of a job more boring than being a researcher. For me, I want to be out there, meeting people and having a bit of freedom. At that moment, it occured to me that I enjoy speaking, writing and ultimately expressing myself. Be it in pen or in speech, I enjoy capturing people with words of beauty and sounds of inspiration. I felt that I would love to be a Motivational Speaker, but it gets boring after a while. Journalism is fun, but in this country? Why bother at all? A lecturer would not be a bad option either, somehow teaching has always appealed to me. As does being a doctor, but I am too lazy I'm afraid. Thats the one thing preventing me from becoming a doctor, I can't see myself living that way for the rest of my life. So I guess, I enjoy Sciences for their knowledge, but the Arts are for my personality, be it business or social or media or fashion or politics even ? We shall see. Here is a short something I wrote during the talk. That which we write on the moment, is that with the deepest of feeling, is it not?

My Past, My Present, My Future

Who Am I?

Feeling so lost I could cry.

Questions flow unanswered,

Leaving me alone and standed.

What do I really like?

Is it the cool and the hype?

Fashion, pretty but meaningless,

An interest, yet so pointless.

Are the Sciences my way?

For their knowledge, they may,

But as a career or a way of life,

I truly cannot say.

Is business my real path?

Making money as my craft,

Profit as a priority,

Freedom as a luxury.

Is speaking and writing IT ?

Using my creativity and my wit,

To express and to be me,

To let my words fly free.

How do I know?

How do I choose?

Sitting here in the front row,

My heart hangs loose.

My future has to be chosen,

Yet here I sit utterly frozen...

My Greetings & Introduction

2008-12-03T20:33:00.005+08:00

You might not know me,

Or who I really want to be.

But if you really want to know and find out,

Everything about me, within and without,

My dreams, my hopes, my aspirations,

Would you follow me to untold destinations?

Showing me the meaning of true friendship,

Being with me throughout every hardship,

Thats all I ask, to stay by my side always,

And I'll love you dearly for all days...

Will you give your time and your faith to me,

Trusting me with the friendship that could be?

Smile and be happy, calm down and be away with rage.

You have been blessed by viewing my lovely blog page.

Seeing pictures and words of mine, are something to cherish,

Something that few people get to do and less so with relish.

Haha, take care and live life to the fullest.

Try and keep up with me, the best and the coolest.

Jy xD