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A story of unrecognized talent

2010-08-09T10:19:00.000-07:00

This is a story I heard awhile back which I always reflect on.

A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold, December morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100 each.

From: The Washington Post

Wouldn't it be nice =)

2010-05-02T09:08:00.000-07:00

I've heard this song like a thousand times in my life. On the radio, on tv commercials, tv series, movies... it's everywhere!

But I never really listened to the lyrics itself. Pretty awesome feel good song.

I don't wanna be older... but, oh well, it's a great listen.

The Beach Boys - Wouldn't it be nice

Go back

2010-04-25T13:52:00.001-07:00

The memory behind the secretive smile

2010-03-31T12:20:00.000-07:00

I was busy with my work while listening to my friend babble bout some girl he liked when he said, "I liked X from the moment I saw her walking in through the gates with Y on her first day"

I looked up from my work. Something was not right.

Me: "You saw her on her FIRST day, walking in with X?"
Him: "Yeah"
Me: "Are you sure?"
Him: "Of course. It was just her and X walking in together that morning."

And he went on to describe her clothing on that morning. Collared t-shirt and jeans.

I nodded and smiled to myself.

On that day, also my first day, I had walked in with Y, wearing a collared t-shirt and jeans.

Globalization: Keeps us together or apart?

2010-03-31T11:40:00.000-07:00

As a person who loves traveling and experiencing new cultures, I LOVE globalization. The increased accessibility of the world makes everywhere become "within reach".

It's really cool, to have my "gang" in school scattered all around the world. USA, Australia, England, Scotland, Russia, and Singapore... It's almost like we don't believe in going to the same country. But the awesome powers of the internet enables us to keep in touch constantly. Sometimes, it's almost like we've never been apart. We get to exchange stories, so we get a little taste of what life is like in each country.

While globalization has its great perks, I feel that to a certain extent, it makes the world a lonelier place to be. Communication over the internet is great, but nothing beats actually being together in the same place at the same time.

Coming back from overseas, we have the idea that we are going "home". Home is where everything and everyone is supposed to be. But when we are home, excited to meet up with "the gang" just like before we left, we find that they're not there. They're all scattered all over the world. So we end up just hanging around at home alone with no friends.

As for relationships, what is the point in getting into one when one or the other will be leaving for another country possibly forever? Globalization brings people together, but they also keep them apart.

Life is full of uncertainties. Things change. Added with globalization and technology, life has more uncertainties, and things change at a faster pace.

Globalization. I don't like it. My friends are all scattered all around the world, so is my family, potential spouses, and even me. There's no knowing where I'll be, and there's no knowing where everyone will be.

The simple chance of two people being in the same country at the same time. It's a blessing.

Grow up!

2009-12-07T09:58:00.000-08:00

SPM 2009 has just passed. That marks exactly 4 years since I myself was schooling.

I remember school. I remember the childishness in all of us. We were all such naive, cocky, proud and arrogant kids who thought we knew everything and can do anything. Sure, to a certain extent, we were right. We were young and the future was bright. The possibilities were endless.

4 years down the road, I look at myself, and all my friends. How we have changed.

Lots of us gained weight. Many girls, so much prettier. Guys, more hunky. That's external changes.

As for internal changes, I thought so many of us have turned out to be such pleasant people. All the assholes whom I thought would be assholes for life, are to my surprise, no longer assholes. All the "losers" who I thought had no hope, changed dramatically for the better.

So I made the assumption that as we grow older, we would all be more mature. More understanding, more compassionate, more polite and courteous. We would know more on how to behave as adults. Decent educated people in society. Most of us are now, after all, legally adults now and pursuing higher education.

Surely, we would know what we were like in school? If we were naughty or mischievous, proud and arrogant, nerdy and lifeless, quiet and timid, loud and brash. Surely, we would have by now, learnt to leash that side of us, and know, there is a place and time for everything?

I know for sure, my friends and I have. For your sake, I hope you have or will grow up soon.

I do not understand how at 21, anyone can still talk like a secondary school kid. At 21, you are no longer excused as naive. You are just plain ungrateful and ignorant with no basic manners.

The friend who would not die on me

2009-11-18T10:47:00.000-08:00

We all die.

Sooner or later, we all die.

Reading the news, hearing from people of people who have lost loved ones… We all feel sad, but never really understanding the real pain they feel. We’ll never truly understand until we’ve gone through it ourselves. In comforting others, the most we can do is imagine.

While exercising my imagination, with the help of my friend who has gone through loss, I was barely deep in it when I felt this… fear.

One by one, I went through all my loved ones, and grieved that I can lose them one day. It didn’t matter if they were young or old, healthy or not, life can just end anytime for anyone.

To go through loss over and over, as more and more loved ones die, painted me a scary picture. Every person I invest my life in will just die. All the time I spent with them all to develop an intimate relationship will be gone. I could lose them all.

I’ll be alone.

For every friend I have, I don’t know how long they will live. How can I choose my best friend? The friend who will walk with me everyday for the rest of my life right to my death bed.

I want to know, so I’ll know who I can depend on to always be there.

And it suddenly occurred to me. My friend.

My friend who I deserted. My friend who I was annoyed at. My friend who I was lazy to keep in touch with… This is the friend who would walk with me every day for the rest of my life. The friend who would not die on me.

The answer just slaps me in the face. As much as I try to run... As much as I hate to say it and sound all "oh-so-typically-holy"...

The answer just comes back to being, my friend...

Jesus.

Here I am again...

2009-10-30T12:47:00.000-07:00

So here I am again
Willing to be opened up and broken like a flower in the rain
Tell me what have I to do
To die and then be raised
To reach beyond the pain
Like a flower in the rain

Chorus of "Flower in the rain" by Jaci Velasquez

Blood donation

2009-10-21T07:56:00.000-07:00

My story is that whenever there was a blood donation drive in church, my father would go. I, on the other hand, would stay FAR FAR away from it. It scared me. The needles, the smell, the whole atmosphere of the place.

But as I grew up, I matured and learned from my father's example. It's not THAT big a deal after all.

Needles?

Yes, I hate needles, but if you really think about it, the pain that comes from a needle is tiny compared to the pain from say.. falling down on your knees. You scrape your skin, your bones hurt and your flesh is bruised for about a week.

As for blood donation, you get nothing but maybe a tiny baby hole that you might not even be able to find a minute after the needle is taken out.

The size of the needle looks damn big. But ironically, it's the little ones that hurt, and the big one, painless.

"Being able to donate blood is a blessing. It means you are healthy". That's what my dad told me.

That statement surfaced to my mind today as I tried to donate blood once again. The first time I did it, my blood flow was really slow. The second time, I had to be jabbed twice, and the one that worked hurt as blood flowed out, slowly. Third time, I was jabbed 3 times. One which the blood flow was barely a quarter bag and had to be thrown away. I tried again on the same arm, and again on my other arm. All were failures.

To me, I was wondering, is this a sign of old age? Am I unhealthy? Why is it that with every attempt to donate blood, the situation worsens?

This time, will I just not be able to come out with even a quarter bag?

As I waited for my turn, I watched with envy as my friend filled up his bag to bursting point in record time. What a healthy guy! I wanna be like that too! It's embarrassing to be the one that sits there forever just to have her blood bag thrown away because there was just too little blood. Not to mention, what a waste of all that jabbing!

This time round, there was the usual problem with finding a vein. The nurse had to try really hard on both arms to coax out any vein I have. But the sacrifice despite the odds was worth it =) What relief and joy it brought me when the nurse said "Check dia punya (blood bag), laju!". I got to donate a whole bag, and real fast too!

It was a great sign that I am healthy! =)

Why donate blood?

Why go through all that trouble and pain?

The typical answer would be, "You save a life". Yup, to put it simply, that's what it is. But the impact of those words don't quite reach people sometimes.

Some would say, "Save a life? But why would I wanna save a stranger's life? It's MY BLOOD!"

Yes, technically, that's what happens. But I like to make it a bit more personal. I like to think, I am saving my father's life. A man who always freely donated his blood year after year till his health declined.

Now it's time for healthy people like us, to donate our blood to help those before us.

On a lighter tone, it's REALLY sexy to see a guy donate blood. It kinda shows he's got muscles AND heart =P

Stopped blogging.. for now.

2009-05-04T08:13:00.000-07:00

Hey people who are nice enough to bother coming by my blog.

I've been too busy living my life to blog about it. Like some say, I'd rather "live the great American novel, than write the great American novel".

Sure, writing the great American novel can churn out lotsa money. My "novel"'s not earning me anything, so I've got nothing to lose anyway.

I'm not "getting a life" now. I've always had a life. Just, I was stupid enough to not "live it".

So... "So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye!"

Stuff up our noses

2009-03-11T08:19:00.000-07:00

This is one of the pics taken during my surprise birthday lunch earlier this month.

Fiona got a chopstick stuck up her nose! =P

Hehe.. It reminds me of when I was out with my school friends a few years back..

It's all on facebook. And the comments that followed it tickled me =P

Those were the fun times... back when we were all in one country at the same time =/

Time flies

2009-02-24T08:20:00.000-08:00

I just received an e-mail from Dr Herbert Tan that he just returned from JS, and I was thinking, "What? Another JS just came and went?" That would mean 3 batches of JSers were produced after my batch! @.@

Ever since I finished schooling, the years really seem to just fly by faster than ever before. I'm actually not quite over being 16, barely getting used to the idea that I'm 18, have to double check that I'm 20, and still trying to let it sink in that I'm turning 21 next Tuesday. It's not cos I dont wanna grow old or something. Time just passes too fast.

I remember last year (2008) when i was filling out a form, I had to write the date. At first, I wrote 2006. Later, I realised, "Oh! That's last year! It's 2007 la!", and corrected it to 2007. Then I thought, "Wait.. I think it's 2008... Hmm.. Yeah.. Maybe.. But.. Nahh.. 2008 is too far in the future, it's just one year after 2006, not two". And so I left it at 2007 till my friend saw my paper and said, "Eh, it's 2008 la!".

It's about time my brain clock catches up with real time.

It seems God is too far away

2009-01-03T13:29:00.000-08:00

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MCKL: The best college for A Levels

2008-12-28T05:18:00.000-08:00

disclaimer:
1. MCKL is NOT paying me money.
2. This is just my humble personal opinion

With the new year coming up, I'm pretty sure lots of students fresh off SPM are searching for "the next step".

The laziest of them would just fall into the advertising gimmick of Taylors and HELP. Look at the newspapers, your school magazines, fashion magazines, posters and such... Taylors and HELP are everywhere! It almost seems like they're the only ones offering A Levels.

The slightly lazier but smarter people would just google "best college for A Levels", "best college in KL for A Levels", "most happening college for A Levels", "cheapest college for A Levels".. the list goes on.

Well, my personal opinion is, Methodist College Kuala Lumpur or MCKL, is the best college for A Levels. At least, it was the best while I was there in 2006-2007.

Yes, it is small.
But small is what makes it good. We may be small, but we have quality. Small also means smaller classes and a better teacher-student ratio. Hence, better results.

Yes, it looks unimpressive.
Hence, the low fees. So what? Bad packaging, but it's the insides that count. It is proven that hi-tech buildings do not make you smarter. What do you need when studying for A levels? Do you need a gym? A dance studio, a tennis court, a foosball table and such? No! Also, they just end up being a distraction.

Yes, our library is small.
Do you actually need a huge library with 10,000 books in it? I'm in uni and I never borrowed a single book from its big and impressive library. What more A Levels. Besides, the MCKL lecturers are good enough =)

Yes, we do have fun.
So what if we don't have stuff. We still have fun! Despite a majority of our students having major exams every 6 months, we still have 3-4 fantastic events every semester that ALL students and lecturers attend. And every time is FUN!

No, we do not have Asia Cafe next door.
But we have a monorail that's built on former MCKL land, which leads straight to Bukit Bintang and Times Square. And we are walking distance away from KL Central which is ONE ktm stop away from MidValley, ONE lrt stop away from Petaling Street (yummy food =) and few stops away from KLCC. Even so, Brickfields itself has great food!

No, Brickfields is NOT a dangerous place.
What horror stories have you heard? =.=' BLIND people can walk around brickfields at ALL times of the day and they're safe. What makes you think we people with perfectly good eyesight are in danger? We're the ones bringing the danger instead! A clutz and a person who is oblivious to her surroundings like me can survive taking public transport to college everyday, why not you?

Yes, we do have international students.
Despite our tiny size, we do have quite a lot of international students especially in the July intake. They are kick ass young geniuses!

No, Methodist COLLEGE is NOT a school!
Methodist College is a COLLEGE. We do NOT wear school uniforms. It only offers A Levels, AUSMAT and Early Childhood Education (for future kindergaten teachers, it's not a kindergarten).

Yes, there's hardly any adverts.
It means the tuition fees you're paying isnt to pay for advertising.

Yes, there's plenty of gangster looking indians there (back in 2006-07)
So what?! These people are the REALLY SMART and very well mannered indians who are all future doctors and lawyers. They're VERY impressive people who end up inspiring the rest to "buck up" so we don't look too stupid compared to them.

The lecturers:

If I had to describe my lecturers in one word, I'd say "FANTASTIC!" and mean it in every fantastic way possible.

I took 3 subjects, Accounting, Economics and Law.

Accounting:
Mr Ferns. I'm now in Uni and I still say Mr Ferns is the BEST accounting lecturer! I was once one of the biggest accounting haters, and despite my mental wall against accounting, he changed my opinion in just a 10 minute introduction on my first day. He made everything in accounting, so simple! Besides accounting, he is a really knowledgeable man who taught us many other things in his spare time.

Economics:
Mrs Chiu. She's strict yet lenient very often. She has very strong moral stands and harps them into us every chance possible. Her lectures are GOOD! Write down EVERYthing she says! They're IMPORTANT! I still keep my notes from her classes to this day. Also, she marked every single past year paper I did on my own and guided me through personally on how to improve my answers.

Law:
Mrs Dharma. Ooh.. she's a cute little lady, but she's fierce! And she loves scaring her students! But she's a really nice lady with a good sense of humour! Her lessons are very full and well prepared. She doesnt take the short cut and just teach you to pass exams.

Sciences:
OK, I'm an Arts student and didnt take any Science subjects. But I have good feedback from my science stream friends. They say Miss Lim, the Math teacher is THE BEST!!!

In MCKL (when I was there):

Everyone knew everyone.
Birthdays were celebrated by everyone.
Teachers are our friends. They eat and play sports with us.
We have a clean toilet. Phew!
Parking is free =)
We have our own building, a basketball court and a field.
Classes are air conditioned.

MCKL to me:

MCKL didnt just teach me how to pass exams. It gave me an EDUCATION, in academics and morals. Encountering MCKL teachers was when I first understood what it is to "respect teachers". They deserve it.

It is a fantastic bridge from school to university. In that period of my life, I went through many changes academicly and at home. I was a fish out of water. Good friends and good lecturers made sure that I stayed on track and made my days brighter.

I learnt to encourage others around me and build them up the way my peers did to me. I did many things I never thought I'd do. I became what I never thought I could be.

Note:

2008-12-25T13:14:00.001-08:00

Sorry, I haven't been updating. I have a lot of things to blog about, but I do not have the time. Busy living a life and nerding it out. Exams are in January.

For random updates on "how I am" and "what I've been up to", check my facebook account. It tells quite a bit about my life (too much, in my opinion).

To my friends, I should've told y'all bout this earlier, I got accepted in my Uni's student exchange program to the UK campus. So, I will be going to be in the University of Nottingham itself, which is in Nottingham.

To make myself clear again and to put it in point form so you get it,

Occasion: Student exchange program (no, it's not twinning or transfer). I WILL BE BACK for 3rd year in MALAYSIA.
Location: University of Nottingham, in Nottingham, England. (Yes, Nottingham is a place in England, and is NOT fictional)
Duration: 1 semester (2nd Semester of my 2nd year of study), estimated 6 months.
Leaving: Flying on the 24th of January 2009

Yes, I know I'm very lucky. I feel very lucky about this too. I'm very grateful to God. Don't make me feel bad for leaving.

No, I have not packed. It is ONE MONTH away.

No, I'm sorry, I do not do souveniers. I do not give on request.

No, I'm not a courier service.

No, my parents will not miss me because I'm going overseas, neither are they "taking it very hard".

Yes, I know Air Asia is very cheap. Do come visit me instead of asking me to fly back during Easter holidays and such.

I do not mean to be rude or make you think I think you're stupid by writing in detail. I'm just trying to make it clear so you do not misunderstand. You'd be surprised the amount of times people ask me questions where the answer is very obvious.

Friends, I'd love to meet you all before I leave. The last day of my exams is on the 17th of January.

God help the outcast

2008-11-24T08:34:00.000-08:00

Are you an outcast?

Have you felt like,

You aren't liked.
You're shunned.
You're left out.
You're forgotten.
You're last to be chosen.
You're looked upon with disapproval and distaste.

Nobody loves you.

What do you do?

Do you dwell in self pity?

Very often in the midst of the self-magnified misery we're dwelling in, we forget about the many blessings upon us.

Do you have food?
Do you have clothing?
Do you have shelter?

On top of these three essentials, I'm sure you're blessed with a lot more things.
If you're reading this, you have an education, and you have a computer and internet!

There are many others less fortunate than us.
What do we do about it?

The song God Help the Outcast from the Hunchback of Notredame pulls some of my heartstrings.

Esmeralda:
I don't know if You can hear me, or if You're even there
I don't know if You would listen to a gypsy's prayer
Yes, I know I'm just an outcast, I shouldn't speak to you
Still I see Your face and wonder... Were You once an outcast too?

God help the outcasts, Hungry from birth
Show them the mercy they don't find on earth
God help my people we look to You still
God help the outcasts or nobody will

Parishioners:
I ask for wealth
I ask for fame
I ask for glory to shine on my name
I ask for love I can posess
I ask for God and His angels to bless me

Esmeralda:
I ask for nothing, I can get by
But I know so many less lucky than I
Please help my people, the poor and downtrod
I thought we all were, the children of God
God help the outcasts, Children of God

I don't know if there's a reason;
why some are blessed, some not.
Why the few you seem to favor --
they fear us, flee us, try not to see us.

God help the outcasts, the tattered, the torn.
Seeking an answer to why they were born.
Winds of misfortune have blown them about.
You made the outcasts, don't cast them out.

The poor and unlucky, the weak and the odd.
I thought we all were the children of God.

~~~~~~
While we are busy dwelling in self pity on how others make us feel like outcasts,
Do we realise how we make others feel like outcasts?
Often, we unconciously reject others.
As in the song, we who are blessed, we fear the outcast, we flee them, and we try not to see them.

We're always caught up in our selfish desires. Wealth, fame, self-glory, selfish love, and blessing upon ourselves.

Every one of us have been an outcast one way or other. We remember BEING an outcast.. the unpleasant experiences and feelings.. and yet, we either do nothing about it, or contribute to the misery of the outcast.

Let us use our "experience" in being an outcast to reach out to them.

Senile rabbit

2008-11-08T07:02:00.000-08:00

When I put that pic of me on my msn display pic, I knew it was a funny looking pic of me. It was a screenshot taken by my friend when we were on video conversation.

I got various reactions from friends. Some say it was "funny", just like I thought. Some say it was "lala"... understandable. Some say "cute"... erm, I think that goes with "lala".

But the "best" one was from my brother, four years older than me.

(click on pic for clearer image)

"Senile rabbit" O.o

Penguin race

2008-10-18T10:09:00.000-07:00

With my recent obsession (again) of penguins, a long forgotten memory just popped up in my mind.

That penguin slide toy thing! Which I had when I was 3 years old or something.

With no idea what it was called (come on, I was three!), I google imaged "penguin slide toy for 3 year olds" and Wooh! There it was.. the "Penguin Race"

I loved that toy! I have no idea who created it, and why?! How could he/she come up with such an idea? All you do with that toy is just watch penguins go round and round the slide, go back up the steps, and down the slide again.

You can see how it works here

Absolutely fascinating. I could watch it over and over again!

In my "Penguin race" search, I came across this image which I think really resembles the toy itself =p

Then there's this hip hop penguin I came across. Wooh! It jumps like it's high! And towards the end of the video, it's a really funny bit of an EXTREMELY lazy polar bear!

And even a Coca-Cola ad involving penguins and polar bears. Cute~!

*sighs* Penguins are adorable.

To end this entry, here's my fav pics of a super gaya super cute penguin baby walking.. =P

After Awhile

2008-10-17T06:51:00.000-07:00

by Veronica A. Shoffstall

After a while you learn
The subtle difference between
Holding a hand and chaining a soul
And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning
And company doesn't always mean security.

And you begin to learn
That kisses aren't contracts
And presents aren't promises
And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes ahead
With the grace of a woman
Not the grief of a child

And you learn
To build all your roads on today
Because tomorrow's ground is
Too uncertain for plans
And futures have a way
Of falling down in mid flight

After a while you learn
That even sunshine burns if you get too much
So you plant your own garden
And decorate your own soul
Instead of waiting
For someone to bring you flowers

And you learn
That you really can endure
That you are really strong
And you really do have worth
And you learn and you learn
With every good bye you learn.

6 breasted woman

2008-10-12T09:59:00.001-07:00

When I was in London,

I saw with my little eye... a 6 breasted woman!

Don't stare too much, guys =P

How do you hold a bird?

2008-10-11T07:25:00.000-07:00

Hold it too tightly, it dies

Hold it too loosely, it flies away

Instead of keep holding on, some do something to keep it coming back for more...

...while hoping that they wont merely be used

How can you just get it to stay in your hand and adoringly love you?

Well, one thing's for sure... It's not sex.

New Frank Sinatra video

2008-10-08T10:18:00.000-07:00

Come fly with me

Happy Birthday Nico Tham!

2008-10-07T10:26:00.000-07:00

Monday: 29 September

This is for forgetting your birthday when it finally came.. and went.

Yeah, what a terrible friend I am =.=' Unbelievable.

Especially when I've been looking forward to it all year. Thinking I would do something nice for you on your birthday.

Like treating you to a nice meal...

Go spend a day out (though you being the socialite you are, you were probably fully booked a week before and after your birthday)

Or AT LEAST wish you Happy Birthday!

And it's not like I don't know or forgot your birthday. Every time I dial your number I remember your birthday. I guess I just didnt realise September ended so fast. I still think it's mid September now though it's already mid October =S

Oh well, I'll just compensate by um.. cleaning up your room and keeping your water jug full and giving you warm water right at the temperature u like whenever I can =P

Here's a Happy Belated Birthday to you!

Blessings taken for granted

2008-09-28T09:36:00.000-07:00

Today, my mother told me about a missionary friend who teached at a school in rural China. On her second day at school, the students exclaimed, "Wow, teacher! You have TWO pairs of clothes!"

I was surprised to hear such a response. But these people are so poor that simple things like a change of clothes is so grand to them.

Hearing this immediately brought my mind back home to my overflowing cupboard. Lately, my two cupboards have been getting fuller and fuller. Hanging rods are stuffed, and stacks of clothes at the bottom getting higher and higher...

...and YET, it always seem like there's never anything to wear! Girls, doesn't this hit close to home?

What my mom told me makes me wonder, do I really need all that much clothes? After all, I pretty much don't wear 90% of the things in my cupboard.

Little blessing such as a change of clothes, we take for granted. Worse still, we don't appreciate them. We demand for more and more clothes... and more and more things that we could easily live without.

It's about time we think about our spending.

Julie and bimbo

2008-09-24T09:58:00.000-07:00

I finally managed to catch Julie and Bimbo on screenshot...

It was so nice seeing and hearing them.

This is Julie aka Julian. (The lighting wasnt good, and skype doesnt give ideal quality for screenshots)

And here's bimbo aka Zul

He was literally dancing so much so fast. Jumping up and down making lots of noise. More active than an energizer bunny. In he jumped in front of the cam, danced around awhile, and out he bounced. This is the best screenshot I could get of him.

I really miss these guys... (including Zul who I assume is behind the cam)

Though I dont play tennis, it was quite sad being at the tennis court and realising, that there was just Nico, Caleb, Hsing and Erik; and that's all. The rest of the gang weren't coming.

And there's no more "Aiya, bored la.. Ah! Go Nico's flat lepak with the rest of the gang" during free time.

Oh well, here's a pic I found in Gary's albums...

...and you wonder why I keep saying Julie's cute =P

Dear Fiona...

2008-09-24T09:42:00.000-07:00

U're leaving (or as of now, already left)... How sad =(

One less friend to hang out with..
And we've (fri3ndz) lost our photographer,
and I lost my laksa quality controller.. =/

U'll b in UK for so many years.. I hope u dun change too much..

But don't worry even if u do.

No matter how different u look...
(Tho we might get quite a shock at first)

We'll still love you

Even if u decide to marry an ogre and turn into one...

And have baby ogres...

We'll support you..

We'll be the loyal and/or annoying donkey that'll always be there for u..

Sorry I get preoccupied with hot guys sometimes...

But I'll really try my hardest to always be there for you.

See? I'm already taking swimming lessons so I can swim to UK just in case there's a need to.. =P

Much as I'm so sick of surprise parties, I did seriously try to cook up a super extremely syiok surprise farewell party for you. But I saw ur warning on ur blog... Haihh.. Was tempted to have the surprise anyway, but decided to respect ur wishes in the end.

U really are a very important part of fri3ndz. U're the one that keeps us together. I really appreciate your effort and treasure your friendship.

We'll miss you.. and we love you...

Hi from Nottingham UK

2008-09-18T10:31:00.000-07:00

While chatting with Gary who is now in Nottingham UK, look who came along to say hi!

Danny!

Khairi... Looking very cold. Come on man! What's with the jacket? Everyone's in just t-shirt and shorts!

and Papa bear! Hehe.. He's got the "hehe" look on his face.

Good to see you guys are alive and well. Calling for Bimbo and Julie.. where are you..

A Patchy greeting

2008-09-16T01:00:00.000-07:00

Meet Patch...

Pretty adorable huh.. But this is quite a strange picture of it looking sorta like a sealion.

I drive home last Sunday and I have him greeting me excitedly as usual.

Except this time, he has something not so usual in his mouth...

As he runs towards me to bump his new found toy against me to proudly show me his new toy and to prompt me to take it out of his mouth and play with him...

I see the insides of the bird sticking out its ass as it approaches (click pic to enlarge to see bird's insides) and thank God I managed to open the grill quickly enough to run into the safety of my house and close the grill behind me.

Suddenly, I don't mind being greeted with damaged potted plants, newpapers and mats anymore.

How to open Ferrero Rocher box

2008-09-13T00:31:00.000-07:00

...as done by Gary Choy

This is an ordinary Ferrero Rocher 16 in a plastic container.

Firstly, strip off the Ferrero Rocher plastic that goes around the container.

Hmm... What next? What next?!

I guess it would only make sense to Gary that we open the box like this...

Of cats and humans

2008-08-19T09:50:00.000-07:00

Cat.

Human.

Picture my mood

2008-08-03T11:27:00.000-07:00

There are times when things are best left unsaid.

This is one of those times.

When will I see you again...

2008-07-30T08:26:00.000-07:00

This is for you.. You know who you are ;-)

Youth is beautiful

2008-07-29T10:55:00.000-07:00

Every now and then, we go to our friends' houses and we see old framed family photos around. Ever so often, we'll see our friends' mother's picture and say, "Wahh... Aunty, you were so beautiful when you were younger!" (this doesnt mean they're ugly now)

It happens so often that it makes me wonder... Is every girl (or should i say, young woman?) beautiful?

Being in that "young woman" age group now (early twenties), I guess me and my peers can't see the beauty in all our peers. In our little world, there are the "hot chicks"... and the "pretty girls"... and the regular girls... and some unfortunate few that make the guys go "What?! Her?! Ugh!"

Since I am yet to come across an ugly picture of an aunty in her youth, I guess it brings me to the conclusion that all young women are beautiful.

So that means, even those "ugly" girl friends we have now are beautiful. We just don't know how to appreciate their beauty now.

Young women, don't waste your youth with an inferiority complex. You are beautiful.

It came, went, and will never come again.

2008-07-19T01:31:00.000-07:00

That's time.

That's moments in life.

It's that time in kindergarten.
When sitting on that HUGE (relative to our size) slide was the bravest thing anyone could've done.

It's those times at home back then.
When I fight furiously with my brother, or play wildly with him.

It's that time in primary school.
After UPSR, when class rivalry was high and we had all those sports tournaments in my disgusting school field that stank so bad, but we didnt care when we were playing.

It's that time in secondary school.
Every form was a different world. Each with special experiences of its own. This and that teenage love crisis. Those seemingly big dramas that in retrospect, are so trivial. Beating guys at "conquer" aka "titik" and stabbing their ego at the same time. Jumping up and down and picking cherries off the school cherry tree. Reading story books under the table during class. Copying homework that I forgot to do. Climbing through the hole in the school fence to cut school.

It's the SSS Camps and YLDPs
When we did all nighters, learnt strange songs, played fun games, met funnier people, and experienced God filled highs.

It's Jeremiah School.
The time I had Gerviene as my roommate. Chit Shen to terrorise in sessions. Friends to deceive in Mafia. Hearing Gervie, Erreekka and Charleen screaming for 30 mins every morning to wake us up in Kuantan. Clowning around with them. To literally LMAO, LOL, and ROFL. Oh the things we did. The most memorable of them all, we dont tell in public.

It's the time in MCKL.
Joining the rush hour crowd every morning to get to class every morning. Seeing blind people walking around. Staying back for hours after classes to play bball. Walking to Bayu's for meals. Talking fun stuff with our lecturers. Talking with En Ning. Teasing Kheng Li. Smiling at Hsing. Listening to Kelvinder. Keeping up with Hannah. Forcing Choong Zeen to talk. Wondering how Ian can entertain ppl with lame jokes, rain or shine. Camwhoring with Sara. Playing the fool at OB Nite. Doing things I never thought I would. And of course, lots of boy-girl drama.

It's staying in my flat in Nottingham Malaysia.
Chasing lizards for 2 hours at night. Ignoring my lizard fearing flatmate when a lizard fell in my rice cooker. Sitting at the balcony with Divya and just talking at 2-4am. Doing all nighters to complete assignments. Shouting across the balcony to terrorize Nico. Pouring cold water over the divider on my flatmates when they're bathing. Giving Ankita what I thought to be a dead big green bug in a box (i guess it proved to be not dead when it flew out to her face when she opened it).

It's hanging out in Nico's flat.
When my entrance caused a bunch of cool macho guys (or so they think they are) to go wailing in unison in a girly high pitch voice "Oh my Godddd!!!". Playing Cho tai ti with Nico, Vincent, Gary, Danny, Azri, Julian, and Zul. Stressing during exam time. Seeing Vincent permanently on his stomach on his bed, and just seeing him sitting upright a grand total of 2 times the whole semester. Constantly hearing Caleb's "whateverahhh!" day n night. Going for meals and late night supper with them.

It came, went, and will never come again.

It makes everything seem more precious...

Knowing that no matter how we try to bring back that moment in time... Even if we manage to put all the same people at the same place... We can never again live what we once lived through.

Home. Kindergarten. Primary School. Secondary School. JS. MCKL. Nottingham. There were good and bad times. But at the end of the day, it's all good =)

We can just let it be a nice little memory to reminisce on in the future.

Ague Mug

2008-07-18T08:49:00.000-07:00

I miss...

2008-07-15T01:15:00.001-07:00

seeing my parents as my invincible protectors
seeing the world as a nice, happy n sunshiny place to be
not worrying about being backstabbed
walking around without having to carry a handphone and purse
asking my dad to buy me an ice-cream that can brighten up my whole day just like that
being able to run around without ppl thinking I'm crazy or being chased by a rapist
the days when there was more room for imagination, and dreaming the impossible was so possible
the days when the world seemed to be like that Barney song "I love you, you love me, we are one big family", and not "I hate you, you hate me, let's gang up and kill Barney".
the days when people don't question their sexuality
the days when love isn't confused with lust
the days when days just dragged by and a year took an eternity to go by
having no worries

SSS: Worship team

2008-07-11T09:02:00.000-07:00

I miss those days...

...being part of the Senior Sunday School (aka youth fellowship) worship team. The peak of our service was in camps. That's when God touches the hearts of youth strongest, hence, we in the worship team better not screw up.

I think this is the earliest camp I played at, Day Camp 2003. Don't be fooled by the name. It was 3 days and 2 nights long.

Haha.. OK, I know I look funny. Yes, the only girl there can only be me. N YES! The person in white IS a girl!

Below is the worship team in action. See if u can find me.

Through being the youngest in the worship team back then, I had all these "ko ko"-s and "jie-jie"-s (not in pic) to guide me and encourage me.

The next camp (Day Camp 2004), ALL the previous worship team members had already graduated and left. Hence, leaving me alone. The worship team consisted of ONE pianist =.=' Not having enough time to train up enough new worship team members in time for the next camp, I imported some from Metro Tabernacle (Joachim, John and Victor)

For the year end SSS Camp 2004, I had Bryan Yong, my piano student whom I'm most proud of up till now; and Jason Kok who's a guitar freak who improved a LOT over a short time. Both had a passion for it, worked hard, and had parents who really supported them.

From that little newbie worship team above, it grew to be an experienced and large worship team (as shown below) by the time Camp 2005 came along.

Below, is the group of us that played at One Rock concert at The Mines in 2006 as Passion Youth, founded by Jason.

We're a newbie group that never took off. But what does that matter? We're here to worship God. Fame and success is nothing.

Through my years in the SSS worship team, my role changed from being that little newbie to the "jie jie". It was a very stressful for me as I was (asst) worship coordinator all those years. But being part of it was a God filled high.

Looking back, I have no idea how I did it... and I don't know if I'll be so committed again.

I lost out on many other things by being in the worship team. Constantly being at worship practices every free time we had at camps, I lost out on building closer relationships with Sunday Schoolers who weren't in the worship team or student committee. This is my only regret.

Other than that, being in the worship team gave me good Christian friends and helped me grow as a person and a better pianist.

Spice girls promotes safe sex

2008-07-06T11:26:00.000-07:00

I just got an e-mail from a friend which just totally opened my eyes to one of my old favourite Spice Girls song, 2 Becomes 1.

I admit I never really heard the lyrics. Just liked how it sounded n stuff. But the parts of lyrics I heard sounded pretty good. But that song that my friends and I liked as primary school students... Howww was I to know that it's DIRTY!!! Ok, not really dirty.. but still.. not exactly healthy for primary school students if they knew the meaning.

I'm pretty sure some of you will go search the lyrics up online, so below are the lyrics, and even the video of their song. Highlighted in red is when Spice Girls tell us... WEAR A CONDOM!!!

Candle light and soul forever
A dream of you and me together
Say you believe it, say you believe it
Free your mind of doubt and danger
Be for real don't be a stranger
We can achieve it, we can achieve it

Come a little bit closer baby, get it on, get it on
'Cause tonight is the night when two become one

[Chorus:]
I need some love like I never needed love before
(Wanna make love to ya baby)
I had a little love, now I'm back for more
(Wanna make love to ya baby)
Set your spirit free, it's the only way to be

Silly games that you were playing
Empty words we both were saying
Let's work it out boy, let's work it out boy
Once again if we endevour
Love will bring us back together
Take it or leave it, take it or leave it

Are you as good as I remember baby, get it on, get it on
'Cause tonight is the night when two become one

[Chorus]

Ah, oh wow
Ah, oh wow

Be a little bit wiser baby, put it on, put it on
'Cause tonight is the night when two become one

[Chorus]

Bimboness

2008-07-03T12:58:00.000-07:00

Here's Uni Nottingham's male bimbo... Zul! On webcam: Dancing around in the background from left to right with partner in crime, lesbian trapped in a man's body, Nico! (Blur cos they were moving)

Here is a snapshot of Zul trying to act out a message. Hehe.. Cuteness~

Hehe.. Thanks for ur dancing and free show! You guys really made me LOL!

Tagged

2008-07-01T13:10:00.000-07:00

I should be blogging bout my UK trip.. but it's just too time consuming. So I'm just gonna do a tag that's long overdue (since Feb). Got tagged by Kevin and didnt realise it earlier..

* list out 20 friends and answer the questions that follow.*
1. Szu-Mei
2. Fiona
3. Alicia
4. En Ning
5. Gerviene
6. Gary
7. Danny
8. Nico
9. Vincent
10. Caleb
11. LimCY
12. Reuben
13. Hui En
14. Bryan Yong
15. Kelvinder
16. Sara Shantini
17. Hsing
18. Kheng Li
19. Hannah Ong
20. Phoebe Tan

1. How you get to know 14? (Bryan Yong)

Back when I was 12 in Junior Sunday School. Crazy kid was so worried and busy ranting over PTS =.='

2. What would you do if you never met 1? (Szu-Mei)

I'll be missing a super good friend

3. What will you do if 9 and 20 dated you? (Vincent & Phoebe)

Vincent... Omg... *Pengsan mati*
Phoebe... Uh... Gender problem

4. Would 6 and 17 make good couple? (Gary & Hsing)

Omg... of all ppl why them? NO!

5. Do you think 8 is attractive? (Nico)

He is my girlfriend

6. Do you know anything about no. 12’s family? (Reuben)

Father who rides motorbike, mother who works in Sarawak and is mixed blood, younger bro who likes to hang out with Malays.

7. Tell me something about 7 (Danny)

Got hairy legs.

8. What is no 18’s favourite? (Kheng Li)

Acting cute

9. What language does 15 speak? (Kelvinder)

English, Malay... Hindi? And probably bits of vulgar words of tamil.

10. Who is 19 going out with? (Hannah)

Single

11. How old is 16 now? (Sara)

12. When was the last time you talked to 13? (Hui En)

Redang trip.. 22 May (not counting on9 chatting)

13. Who is 2’s favourite singer (Fiona)

It changes too much... Um.. but one of them is who SOMEone called the "fat pig" Diana DeGarmo =P

14. Would you date 4? (En Ning)

Gender problem =S

15. Would you date no. 17? (Hsing)

=.='

16. Is 15 single? (Kelvinder)

Yup

17. What is no 10’s last name? (Caleb)

Lor

18. Would you ever consider being in a relationship with 11? (LimCY)

O.o *pengsan*

19. Which school does 3 goes to? (Alicia)

Same kindergarten, primary and secondary school.

20. Where does 6 live? (Gary)
A house in Kuantan

21. What is your favourite thing about no. 5? (Gerviene)

She is so lovable! She's got so many good points that one could hate her for it. But she's got a bad side to her too.. and that's why i love her =)

My conclusion: This tag is messed up @.@

Audrey in KL

2008-06-29T04:36:00.000-07:00

Yes, people, I'm back in KL.

Coming back here straight from UK instead of goin back to Beijing first has proved to bring much inconvenience since a load of my things are left there. But thank God that at the very last minute, I brought my IC along to UK. Also, thank God that my lost handbag which contained my IC was found.

Anyhow, aren't u all happy I'm back?! Hehe..

Come on! Call me out if u're in KL! JS friends and others, invite me over to your homes (applies to Malaysia and Singapore only). Gerv! Will u be free? Hols anytime soon? Summer break's till about mid Sept... So, call me!

Banned from China. Stuck in UK.

2008-06-24T08:06:00.000-07:00

Everyone keeps having to ask... "Where IS Audrey?"

Those who know me better and gets constant updates from me would expect me to be back in Beijing, China by now. But, no, I'm not there. I am, as the title says, banned from China and stuck in UK.

---

Are you wondering what am I doing in Beijing and London? Why am i going BACK to BEIJING instead of Malaysia?

The story goes...

My parents are working in Beijing, China. So since it's my summer holidays, I am to stay with my parents there for as long as I can before Yr2 starts in Sept (1-3 months).

During my stay, my mom and I are to follow my dad to London, UK, on a business trip. He worked while we holidayed. The trip was supposed to be from 14-23 June. Yesterday at the airport, the airport personnel found that my china visa is expired and that I cannot reenter China.

WHY didn't we check or know that my visa's expired beforehand? It's a long story that I'm too lazy to tell here. But it's not a stupid reason. We were informed by a credible source that I could get back in etc.

So, here I am, stuck in London. My dad has gone back to China, but my mom stayed back with me. Thank God we got a church friend (Nicholas Yee) here who we am staying with in the mean time.

---

What to do?

We have no idea.

We have 2 options.
1. GET me a China visa (I have already purchased my London-Beijing and Beijing-KL flight)
2. Send me straight to KL which will cost my family a bomb.

China visa option has proven to be really difficult. We lined up at the China visa place for 3 hours this morning and STILL couldn't get in (Olympic's fault). Anyway, we found out that since I am not a UK student or have any sorta big shot status, I'll have to apply for the China visa from my home country. So since i'm stuck here, that's impossible, and it just points to option two.

---

Well, that's the update for now. I have no idea when I'll be back in Beijing and/or China.

You may have good intentions, but pls..
1. Do not call. It is too expensive for me to answer.
2. Do not sms asking how I am or for my whereabouts UNLESS you can be of REAL help. Eg. Got real useful contacts that'll help me get my China visa, free airline tickets London-KL, a free accommodation for my mom n I while in London from the 25th June onwards etc.

Freaky baby

2008-05-31T07:14:00.000-07:00

See this!

It's freaky in a good way =P

I care

2008-05-30T11:47:00.000-07:00

X: What do you care bout what I think?
Me: I care. Because I care bout you.

Always Be My Baby

2008-05-28T08:14:00.000-07:00

Ever since I heard David Cook's version of "Always Be My Baby", I've been hooked to it.. listening to it over and over again together in my "Current Fav" playlist.

After while, I thought, "Hey! It's about time I heard the original again".

So I searched it on YouTube, and wow.. it was strange! After being so used to hearing it David Cook style, hearing a woman sing it was so weird! =P

Check it out yourself..

Music Video: ALWAYS BE MY BABY -Mariah Carey

Redang Trip

2008-05-27T23:14:00.000-07:00

20-22 June 2008

Day 1

On the ferry

Our photogenic CF President, Sam.

The drivers (Brandon and Joon Kol), and the one that keeps the drivers awake (me)... knocked out.

Minus the cost, it was a wonderful dinner...

Look at our long sexy legs! Woohoo~!

Yeah, we're the owners of those legs.. =P

Walking on the beach...

TWISTER~!

6 guys on a mat

"Argh!!! Suffering!"

Day 2

Morning visitor

Day on the beach

Burying Joon Kol and Brian

The only time Brian will have a sculptured body...

The only time Joon Kol will have such a voluptuous body...

Sandman...

Hehe.. sitting on Brian =P

Bombs away~!

BBQ~! Slurrrrrrrrrrrrp! Yum!

Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeelicious! Best BBQ i ever tasted..

Easter play baker...

Day 3

On the ferry back

Lunch in Kuala Terengganu... My "Rainbow" drink =)

Thanks to...

...Priscilla's family for sponsoring our stay
...Priscilla for organising the trip and planning the BBQ.. it was deeeelicious!
...everyone there.. Pris, Grace, Hui En, Sam, Kwang, Joon Kol, Brian, JC, Brandon.. for being there and making the trip fun

I really appreciate it =)

Mangkukology

2008-05-25T08:51:00.000-07:00

Introducing...

Guest speaker: Prof Mangkuk Gary the Man Who Cannot Eat Happily Without A Bowl.

He couldnt believe his audience was so backward in their understanding of the origins and development of the bowl. They were mere consumers who blindly used it without knowing it's full potential, or sales people who just sold bowls for profits without truly to understanding the product.

And so begins his lecture on the Origins and Development of Bowls.

"Unicorns are not advised to use bowls"

"This is how you determine your perfect bowl size"

Joshua: "Is this how to hold a bowl?"
Audrey: "Haha! No, dum dum..."

Audrey: "Hold like this"

"NO Audrey... NO!!! Like THIS... MANGKUK~!!!"

"Haihh... This class is hopeless..."

KL girl in Kuantan

2008-05-25T06:54:00.000-07:00

22-25 May 2008

Immediately after my trip to Redang with my Uni CF friends, I spent the rest of the week in Kuantan. I stayed with Phoebe and Tiffanie who were my YLDP 2003, 2004, 2005 & 2007 and Jeremiah School and Youth Quake 2006 friends.

See here... This is Phoebe and I on the beach. Ah.. Ngam, she's wearing the JS shirt.

And this is Tiffanie and I.

Here's a group pic outside Phoebe's house (Tiff is behind the camera). These are the people who made my stay in Kuantan enjoyable =) From left: Phoebe, Gary, me, Joshua, Sanjev.

Gary is my uni friend from Kuantan who is also Phoebe and Tiffanie's school friend. Joshua is Gary, Phoebe and Tiffanie's school friend whom I met when Phoebe visited KL. Sanjev is their school friend who I met there.

Most of my time in Kuantan was spent eating...

Typical Malaysian style fellowship

A very gluttonous pic of Gary... hehe =P

Makan sampai muka cam ni...

My super cool Pan Mee! THREE colours weh! N it's not fake colouring! Hehe.. I almost expected my food to taste like sweets when I took my first bite =P It reminds me of those long green or pink/red sour strips I use to eat when I was younger.

A lot of time was spent on the beach too

Not many pics were taken during our beach trips. Either too dark or too lazy.

Here's a nice one on Bay Four. I really like the colours of the sky. Soft like cotton.

Other times...

We looked through Phoebe and Tiffanie's photo albums which had some of Gary and Joshua too.

A cozy pic of Gary and Sanjev. So sweet =)

We watched Indiana Jones cinema.

(Blond) Note: Eventhough it's "just" Kuantan, and you can wear your pajamas to the malls, it is not advisable to wear your short shorts and light sleeveless top to the cinema. They have strong air conditioning too.

In Phoebe's house, we watched "Juno"...

...and this movie musical "Rent". Hmm.. Interesting movie =P

After church, Tiffanie started little 3 yr old Phoebe on a new hobby. And her fav model was jie jie Phoebe. Here's her work. Not bad for a 3 yr old huh...

Thanks...

...to the Tan family: For letting me stay in their home. God has really blessed them with the gift of hospitality.

...to Phoebe, Tiffanie, Gary, Joshua, Sanjev: For time spent together and the funny stories (Haha.. Love the bapok story, Sanjev)

Glimpse in my mind...

2008-05-18T03:57:00.000-07:00

Grace That Love Gives

2008-05-18T03:10:00.000-07:00

I was randomly searching for funny and/or stupid pictures. Who knew I would've come across this... Something that serves as a reminder and gives me all the more reason to stay pure.

Grace That Love Gives

If I could live my life again,

Then, I would erase

The pain and stain of sin

If I could.

I never knew

A man like you was waiting somewhere just for me.

Now the strength of your love,

Your true and pure love can set me free.

I didn't know

God loved me so;

I never dreamed,

I never knew

That He had planned a man like you

For me to love.

. . . NancySue Krenrich Hamm

Glimpse in my mind...

2008-05-08T03:50:00.000-07:00

Through their eyes...

2008-05-08T02:14:00.000-07:00

Last night, my junior in MCKL randomly started chatting with me.

He commented on my personal message (it's lyrics from a song):
"Pitiful creature of darkness, what kind of life have you known?"

And so, the conversation went:

Audrey:
I like that sentence
Him:
So dark... so not you
Audrey:
Not me? O.o
Him:
Haha.. yeah
Audrey:
Oh, ya.. U knew me from MCKL days..
Him:
Mmhmm.. it's not you!
Audrey:
u know me as the sunshiny girl huh..
Him:
mhmm..
Audrey:
I got a dark emo side to me
Him:
Ooh.. never knew.
Audrey:
It just didnt appear in my MCKL days..

He really got me thinking...

Was I really all THAT oh-so-happy-n-smily back in my MCKL days that he can barely believe I'm actually kinda emo?
If yes, what happened to me?
How could I have changed so much within a year?

Disappointed?

2008-05-06T13:22:00.000-07:00

Very often we get disappointed.

When it's our fault, we have no one but ourselves to blame.

But very often, it is caused by circumstances beyond our control.

What do we do?

At moments like this, we count our blessings and smile =)

"Positive thinking is looking up to the sky and have a bird shit in your eye. Then thanking God that cows don't fly."

I thought...

2008-04-30T09:03:00.001-07:00

"For once, I want to be the one that leaves everyone and everything behind"

And then I realised, I am.

But it turns out not to be so fun after all.

I'm leaving everyone when everyone's returned,
And returning, when everyone's left.

Jinjinnn...

2008-04-30T07:44:00.000-07:00

Dates

2008-04-26T11:41:00.000-07:00

So much to do, so little time.

Would like to meet up with you (my friends) l before I fly off. I don't know when you're free, but I know when I'll be. So, I'll put my calendar here, and update it so you'll know when I'll be free, and where I'll be.

Blue: Free
Red: Got plans already

May:
16 (Fri): Last exam paper ends at 11.30am. Will be in Nottingham. (Might be willing to go to KL if i didnt do an all nighter the night before)
17 (Sat): Waterfall trip organised by UNiM CF. Might go home at night.
18 (Sun): Steamboat dinner.

19 (Mon): Should be going back to Nottingham more or less in the evening. Leaving for Redang from there at night.
20 (Tue): Will be at Kuala Terengganu in the morning, then off to Berjaya Redang.
21 (Wed): In Redang
22 (Thu): Back to KT. Go to Kuantan. Staying with Phoebe.
23 (Fri): In Kuantan
24 (Sat): In Kuantan
25 (Sun): Back to KL

26 (Mon): In KL
27 (Tue): In KL
28 (Wed): In KL
29 (Thu): In KL. Booked.
30 (Fri): In KL
31 (Sat): In KL

June:
1 (Sun): In KL
2 (Mon): Leave for airport at night.

Gone missing..

2008-04-22T14:42:00.000-07:00

This is sad...
Barely an hour has passed and Happy Audrey's gone missing.

Oh well, while I am in this "Oh-so-happy" mood, I may as well type out my wonderful exam schedule =.='

29 April: Contemporary Economic Policy
2 May: Quantitative Methods 1B
10 May: Business Law B
12 May: Management Accounting and Decisions
14 May: Business Finance
16 May: People and Organisations

These are the dates that I will REALLY appreciate if u pray for me instead of disturb me =)

Happy =)

2008-04-22T13:49:00.000-07:00

After 4 hours straight of study...
From 12am-4am...

Audrey is HAPPY~!!!

Why? I have no idea...
But it feels GOOD~!!!

And so, I'm determined to be HAPPY!

I don't care if exams are giving me all the stress in the world..
or that my perfect complexion's not so perfect anymore..
or that I didnt get to find my favourite ice-cream at Giant..
or that my knees are still ugly from that amazing fall few weeks ago..

I WILL BE HAPPY!
Happy like how I was during my MCKL days... =)

Happy Audrey is making a comeback!

If you really love someone...

2008-04-19T14:33:00.000-07:00

If you really love someone, you wanna spend as much time as you can with that person.

If you don’t, you wanna get rid of the person as soon as possible.

If you really love someone, 6 hours with the person will pass by in a blink of an eye.

If you don’t, 6 hours with the person will seem like eternity.

When it comes to prayer, when it's not me praying, I can barely stand a few minutes.

I guess that means I don’t love God after all.

Undecided.

2008-04-19T14:07:00.000-07:00

One moment,
YES! I'm running TO you!

Next moment,
Omg... Holy moly shit...

Sometimes,
I believe in you, OK. But I'm just... confused. Too confused.

Running after him. Running from him. Lukewarm.
Where am I?

This world

2008-04-19T13:47:00.000-07:00

Jabs.. stabs.. kicks.. slaps.. punches.. Ah! Merciless world.

No Audrey, it's wonderful.. Cant you fell the love? Cant you see the beauty? The world is what you make of it.

Yeah, the world has lots of love and beauty in it.

I just happen to be in a part of the world where all its goodness is not embracing me now.

Yeah, the world is what you make of it.

Sorry, I'm not sadistic.

Why can't this be me now?

2008-04-13T10:58:00.000-07:00

Speedtest

2008-04-06T12:47:00.001-07:00

90 words

Speedtest

Survey: The science of romance

2008-04-06T11:54:00.000-07:00

Today, I was asked to answer a survey which is a project for foundation students: The science of Romance.

Some questions were funny.. some got me thinking.

What is your status? (Ah! An easy one I thought. Single! But...)
Options: "Single and available" and "Single and unavailable" (What the? Why did they have to complicate things?)

When comparing the two, I'm guessing,
Single and available= Single and looking.
Single and unavailable= Single and not looking.

But what if I'm in between? Like, I'm pretty much against the idea of getting a boyfriend, but if a guy comes by and steals my heart, so be it.

What kind of physical attributes do you want your man to have?
Options: Broad chest, full beard, muscular shoulders, hairy chest, others.

Haha! That's when the cultural difference was pretty obvious. I don't really give a damn bout broad chest and muscular shouders, and I definitely DONT want him to have a full beard or a hairy chest!

What unseen attributes will cause you to fall in love with someone?
Options: Scent, sound, breath, kiss. (no option of "others")

What kind of options are those?! Imagine, "Dear, your breath made me fall in love with you". *Faints*

Not emo

2008-04-04T13:23:00.000-07:00

Irritated.
Bored.
Restless.
Impatient.

I don't know what it is. But it's not emo.

Goodbye emo

2008-04-04T12:10:00.000-07:00

Out of reach

2008-04-03T10:14:00.000-07:00

Knew the signs, wasn't right
I was stupid for a while
Swept away by you
And now I feel like a fool

So confused, my heart's bruised
Was I ever loved by you?

Out of reach, so far
I never had your heart
Out of reach, couldn't see
We were never meant to be

Catch myself from despair
I could drown if I stay here
Keeping busy everyday
I know I will be OK

So much hurt, so much pain
Takes a while to regain
What is lost inside
And I hope that in time,
You'll be out of my mind
And I'll be over you

Out of reach, so far
You never gave your heart
In my reach, I can see
There's a life out there for me

Out of reach - Gabrielle

You're dead

2008-03-28T08:28:00.000-07:00

I go to the old haunted graveyard.

I walk amongst the graves.

Sometimes, somehow, I come by yours.

But I see not you, just your grave.

Many pass by your grave.

But only I knew what lay 6 feet under.

How you looked. How you felt.

How you lived. How you loved.

I loved you. You were the best I ever had.

You still are.

You do not reveal yourself to me.

When I am there, you are just a silent grave.

Talking to you is like talking to myself.

You who I loved is dead.

Sometimes, when I watch you grave from the shadows,

I see your ghost appear to join the ghostly party.

But the moment I appear is when you disappear.

Where did you go? Can’t you appear to me?

Can you really be dead?

You’ve become just a memory.

A memory dwelling in my heart.

You were someone to me

Not just any dead person in a grave.

I will go out of my way to step on that crunchy looking leaf

2008-03-22T01:55:00.001-07:00

Did I fail you?

2008-03-21T10:11:00.001-07:00

You were my best friend.

WHY have you become like this?
HOW could be become what you've become?

How did I fail you as a friend?

We moved on to other friends...
We were still friends, but not close.

Is this how I failed you?

Return of the Carpenter

2008-03-21T06:46:00.000-07:00

In Nottingham Malaysia...

How old were you?

2008-03-19T11:46:00.000-07:00

My display pic on msn for tonight.

Chatting...

Fiona says:
omg!
"Audrey/MingYee says:
?
Fiona says:
u look so cute in pic!
Fiona says:
how old were u!
"Audrey/MingYee says:
haha!
Fiona says:
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww
"Audrey/MingYee says:
um.. that was taken this evening

Low

2008-03-16T10:45:00.000-07:00

Now, at this point of life... At this very moment...

It seems like there’s nothing to live for.

Nothing interesting in life.
No excitement.
No Fear.
No anything.
Everything is just boring, old and monotonous.
Life is just this and that
Everything dull and negative.

I’m at a point where I just gotta get back to what I have to get done at this very point in life.

Live.

And also get studying so I wont get screwed by my parents, and not screw up the rest of my life over a ‘phase’ I’m going through.

But even so, now I’m feeling so low, it’s hard to do even just that.

To do or not to do...

2008-03-16T10:38:00.000-07:00

When god speaks to us, when n how do we obey?

We do 1 thing which we think god is asking us to do,

Then we end up screwing up our lives.

Then later when we blame God, ppl say we did it all wrong.

Ppl make excuses for God.

From this I am afraid to serve God or do what I think God is telling me to do

I might do it, screw up my life, then when I ask "What happened?"

Ppl will just say I did it all wrong and God didn’t mean for it to turn out or be done like that

So screw it, I'm not gonna do it.

Expect nothing

2008-03-07T10:37:00.001-08:00

Expect nothing of anyone

no matter how close they are to u
no matter how natural n reasonable it is for u to expect it
no matter how basic n simple it is

Expect nothing
...and you'll never be disappointed.

Thank you

2008-03-07T10:34:00.000-08:00

I want to thank everyone who made took the time to wish me Happy Birthday.

Those who smsed me (especially those who smsed from overseas)

Those who left me offline msges on msn

Those who wished me on Facebook, Friendster and Yahoo Group

Especially those who called me

Sana and Fiona, who tried to find me in my flat today (So sorry I wasn’t in)

To wonderful Priscilla who got me a gift. You’re the only one and I really appreciate your letter.

My flatmates: Ankita and Divya who drew up a simple but nice poster that greeted me at the door this morning when I was rushing off to class.

And Szu-Anne, Hsien Wei, Ee Ling, Wey Chuan and Ju-Jinn for coming by my flat at night, waking me up and gave me a little swiss roll cake with 2 candles. Tho the cake may seem like a simple little thing to others, it meant a lot to me.

Lately I was feeling like

· I had no friends
· No one cared
· No one loves me
· I love my friends but they don’t give a shit about me
· Everyone just love my friends but not me

I felt like I couldn’t talk to people anymore. It made me figure, maybe there’s something wrong with me, but I was just too blur to realize. Am I such a strange person that no one wants to talk to me?

Just when I thought all who love me have left me (physically or for other friends they like better), people around me and friends and family scattered around the world took the time to wish me a simple happy birthday on my birthday.

It means a lot to me.

Thank you.

I learnt...

2008-02-27T02:07:00.000-08:00

I learnt, from...

JW: Some guys like a lot of girls at the same time. Never bother taking their infatuation with u seriously. And their feelings won’t be all that injured (if at all) if u reject them.

A: Don’t get into a relationship just to save face for him (even if he’s ur best guy friend) and urself. He’ll get over his infatuation with u eventually.

C: Not all best guy friends who like u would turn out to be like A. Whether u get into a relationship or not, that thin line has already been crossed, and things have already changed.

K1: Don’t bother liking someone until u really know what he’s like. Ur infatuation with him will blind u to what he really is like. U only end up being infatuated with a figment of ur imagination.

JR: Don’t jump into a relationship without considering whether the situation is practical no matter how much u like each other.

NY: Sometimes, u don’t know if a guy friend who u always joke with is serious or not when he says he loves u, laughing everything away is a safe and good option. If he’s for real, he’ll persist till you finally believe. If he doesn’t, he doesn’t like u, or is not worth ur time cos he probably doesn’t like u all THAT much anyway.

Freaks: Don’t give them a reaction. They’ll soon get bored.

H: Don’t like a guy who’s not over someone else regardless what promises and sweet nothings he says to u.

K2: Some guys just get a mental problem causing them to THINK they like u. Though they’re REALLY honest bout it, u know u’re so obviously not their type so don’t let it get to ur head.

M: Girls can get mental problem too.

NT: It’s ok tell a guy who’s serious bout u, no. Adding in “maybe just not yet” and “I need to know u better first” helps too. Your friendship can go on as normal with no awkwardness or hard feelings.

*these are things i learnt. Do not assume what i went thru to learn these. U are most probably wrong.

I dont want...

2008-02-27T02:02:00.000-08:00

With my birthday coming up, I’m telling u nice ppl who MIGHT get me something…

I DON’T want…

Candles
NO! In this age where there’s electricity, there is NO use for candles except during lantern festival… Wait, there might not even be a need for it considering there’s electric lanterns now.

Photoframes
Why do people KEEP giving photo frames? I’ve been getting it every birthday and Christmas since forever!

Stuff toys
Yes, it’s sweet. But I’ve already got too many of them. They’ve also got no use except to collect dust, or make the children I donate them to very happy.

Decorative items
I would very much prefer things that have uses other than sitting around and collecting dust.

My dog ate my cactus

2008-02-08T07:49:00.000-08:00

I had a flatmate who moved out after a month or so. During her stay, she bought a little cactus plant in a little pot which she left on her table. I don't know if she watered it or anything. She was very quiet and it was difficult trying to interact with her.

When she left, she left behind her cactus. With nothing to do, my other flatmates and I "adopted" the cactus as our own. We didn't know much bout cactuses but we did our best. We watered it daily, put it out in the sun on our balcony, took it in whenever the cleaners came by to make sure it won't get toppled over, and pulled insects that got stuck on its thorns.

December came and we were all going back home for a few weeks. The poor cactus would have no one to take of it in Nottingham, so I brought it back home. It was put on a wall out of reach of my crazy dog.

A few days later, I called my dog over for fun and saw he had something in his mouth. Initially, I thought it was a snail. Even after he dropped the item, i couldn't figure out what it was. This strange dark greenish roundish and bumpy thing. Then to my horror, i realised it was my cactus! My dog was chewing on my cactus! The poor thing! It's gonna die! (I was thinking of my cactus). Turns out, my poor cactus was blown off the wall by the wind.

Only later when my brother went "How's the dog?" did i remember my dog's mouth must've been pretty pricked up. But it didn't matter cos it was fine and smiling, and ready to chew up the remainder of my cactus.

I fell... again.

2008-02-03T08:17:00.000-08:00

"What's new?"
"What? Audrey fell? Again? That's nothing new"

That's how ppl would react. That's if they didnt laugh or just shake their head.

Walking down to Petaling Street from church today in the rain, it was difficult to stay on my slippers, what more stay on my feet. There was no grip on and under my slippers. With extra caution and walking at a snail's speed, i managed to stay on my feet despite roughly 5 near slips.

Alas, my luck is not so good. Going down the stairs, I finally slipped and fell. It was no surprise to me. I was pretty much waiting for it. But I wish i fell on flat ground instead of in the MIDDLE of a flight of STEPS with a group of guys not too far behind me.

It hurt a quite a bit cos it was a fast and hard fall, and the steps didnt help either. But i managed to get up immediately and walk on. My mother was alarmed. Especially since i almost slipped again when i was going on down the remainder of the steps.

I got what i call minor scrapes on my elbow. It doesnt look like much. But it REALLY freakin hurts!

And as always, every cloud has a silver lining. I got new shoes! My mom didnt want me walking around in that (literally) killer slippers.

Distress in KKB

2008-02-02T07:12:00.000-08:00

Ming holds on for dear life on the rock. "Help! Save me!"

Sakai woman appears.

"Uh.. Would i rather die?"

"Oh well, help please.."

"Die you sakai! Go go power rangers!"

I have no idea what they're doing there.. =S

Kuala Kubu Baru Waterfall

2008-02-02T07:06:00.000-08:00

On Friday, 1 Feb 2008, my secondary school friends (Fiona, Abigail, Szu-Mei, Reuben, Moahan) and I went to a waterfall at Kuala Kubu Baru.

Upon arrival...

Yay! We're here!!!

"Aku seksi.. ada muscle!"

Cheezels!

By rushing waters...

Diving!

Fooling around...

Magic!

Chilling...

See the butterfly?

Finally... the highway

On the way home, Fiona sakit perut. Ruby and I teman her nearby so she wouldnt look so weird and alone in the middle of the road.

Last group pic before we leave for home =)

All in all, it was a fun day out with friends. It sure beats hanging out at shopping malls. And all we had to spend money on was the petrol, toll charges, and nasi lemak for lunch.. which didnt add up to much after splitting the costs among us. It was a good 9 hours out.

My organized mess

2008-02-02T06:05:00.001-08:00

Don't mess with my mess!

Another close shave

2008-01-20T00:21:00.000-08:00

I guess in one's life, there are plenty of times where we almost die. Anything can happen. Anytime. Anywhere. Most of the time, we don't realise how close we came to getting killed or into a near death experience, or maybe just an accident that doesnt happen everyday to us.

Today, i got into yet another "OMG I almost got knocked down by a car" drama. It was in church, and i was delighted i could finally go home (i was waiting for an hour for someone). I walked my way to the car while looking back and waving goodbye to my friends (4 girls and 2 guys). Yeah, i wasnt looking where i was going (but the coast seemed clear before i started walking). Then came all the "ahhh!!!", "Audrey!", "Watch out!!!", and "Car!!!"-s.

It was alarming. Suddenly all the happy faces turned into faces of alarm. I turned round and found a four wheel drive was quickly reversing towards me. I know four wheel drives. It's hard for them to see anything behind them. I didnt know wat to do. I moved away as quickly as i could, but i knew i would get knocked anyway if the driver didnt stop or at least slow down. Luckily, the car stopped in time. I guess the driver heard the screams or caught a glimpse of me in time.

I guess I'm sorta used to this kind of experiences. So I was just shocked for a very short time. Thank God I didnt start cursing or anything. Turns out the driver was the father of one of the guys i was talking to.

I thank God i didnt die today or get hurt today. I still have one ice-cream cone left in my fridge. Haha.. I'm kidding. U all know y im grateful. No one wants to get hurt.

My flatmates and the lizard

2007-12-29T15:36:00.001-08:00

This is my flat before my flatmate discovered a lizard.

This is my flat after the lizard was discovered.

This is how we (or more so, I) catch lizards and other insects that can fit under my dinner. (for the peace of my flat)

This is the lizard that terrorised 2 of my flatmates for 2 hours.

How anyone be so terrified of lizards, i dont know. Lizards and I live together in peace as long as they dont shit on my homework and/or jump all over me.

Random pics

2007-12-29T14:58:00.001-08:00

Camwhoring with a funny furry cap =P

Szu-Mei, me (with the sexy long legs XD), Fiona

Christmas

2007-12-27T14:03:00.000-08:00

"Christmas is about Santa"... That's what commercialism has done.

Everyone knows Santa doesn't exist (even as a child I knew Santa doesn't exist.. it just didnt make sense y'know?). Yet they all celebrate Santa-ism every Christmas.

Every year, Christmas comes, all the Christmas decorations come out, and so does Santa without fail. Isn't this lie getting too boring already?

All those shopping mall Santas are REALLY lame! Children all know those Santas are fake. They even scheme on pulling Santa's beard if given the opportunity to get close to him. It also doesnt help that the costumes suck!

Even more sickening are those Santa shows/movies on TV. OMG! Christmas is doomed if Santa's son doesn't take over his father's role? Come on! And as if that isn't stupid enough, there's PLENTY of those movies made with VERY MINOR variations. How many times can one watch variations of a storyline that's not only cliche but stupid also?

Then there's that part where little children gotta be good or you wont get any present from Santa? Blah! U wont get presents from Santa whether u're good or bad anyway.

There's also this joke where ppl try to make a serious Christmas movie about the origins of Christmas. Bleh! It turns out to be some fictitious story about how Santa Claus came about.

Dont be the stupid one to celebrate Santa-ism. Not only is it unbelievable, it IS untrue.

I'm not gonna give u readers some holy-moly preaching. Just saying, plain out, what Christmas really is... Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. To put it super briefly, that's the guy Christians believe to be the Saviour of our souls.

So, Christmas is pretty much a person's birthday. A pretty great birthday too from a Christian and non-Christian's point of view. We're just lucky we get lots of parties to enjoy ourselves at, loads of great food, beautiful decorations at shopping malls to take pictures at, superb sales and great bargains everywhere, and WE get presents instead of the birthday boy.

U love Christmas? Thank Jesus. Not Santa.

YLDP: “Audrey almost died”

2007-12-12T02:28:00.000-08:00

Yeah, what Dr. Sam said- “Audrey Kwong almost died”- is true. Not so close to death that I got fatally injured, cut open, and sent to the ICU to recuperate or something, but just that I almost got into a car accident.

It was during treasure hunt. My group and I were walking downhill on the road by the playground in Frasers. Many others were around me as there was about 2-3 other groups there too. I was walking about 2 meters ahead of those in my group as we were walked single file down the right side of the road. I knew there was a car coming from behind, and I could see another car on my side of the road coming uphill. It was all very safe and very normal. We were all safely as far to the side as we possibly could without walking in the drain. The cars should be able to drive on without any problem.

Suddenly, many things seem to have happened at the same time. My slow brain couldn’t process so many things at the same time. That stupid car (I’m calling the car coming uphill ‘the stupid car’) swerved towards me and seemed to have sped up at the same time. My group members and some others behind me started shouting… something… I only remember hearing “Audrey! Audrey!” and everything else was a blur. My mind couldn’t quite register that the car had swerved and was coming up towards me fast cos it was just slow and safe a few seconds before.

By the time I realized it, I guess I would’ve been waking up in heaven or in an ICU if the car hadn’t made an emergency stop.

I was in a daze. My mind was a blank. The car drove away and I still was in a daze. I cant even remember what exactly happened after that close shave. I knew Andrea and Evelyn were among the shouters close behind me. They had to ask me if I was alright and tell me what happened cos I just didn’t quite know what happened.

It was awhile before the incident started sinking in. Poor Andrea seemed to have gotten a greater scare than me at first. Later when my slow mind registered what happened only did I feel the full extent of that scare. Running through my mind was replays of the stupid car swerving and speeding up towards me while I was being a slow idiot, not reacting to anything. I was much more scared then I let on then.

Getting into an accident smack right in the middle of YLDP, away from the campsite, in Frasers hill, with the weather being so cold, and my parents away… definitely not an ideal place and time to get injured or to die. I guess dying wouldn’t be too bad for me- no suffering; but definitely troublesome for the facilitators. Also, probably much more shocking and traumatic for my friends to witness my death compared to me getting injured. Getting injured in Frasers would totally suck considering the nearest hospital’s a few hours away and I’ll have to go through winding roads that’ll make me sick.

At the end of the day, we were asked to ponder over two questions while taking into account the events of the day. What are you most grateful for? And what are you least grateful for?

Obviously, I was most grateful for my life, and for not getting injured. As for what I’m least grateful for? I couldn’t think of any. Han Yuan suggested the lousy driver. I did consider it, but that was not it. I am actually quite grateful to the driver. Grateful that he did make the emergency stop and didn’t bang into me. And from that incident, I leant to appreciate life better. Also, it served as a reminder that life can just end anytime, anywhere.

An update

2007-11-07T09:05:00.001-08:00

Hey ppl.. it’s been ages since I’ve blogged. So sorry to those who constantly come by my blog only to see I haven’t updated anything every time. Lately, I’ve been feeling very private. Not quite willing to post my thoughts or info bout my doings for the world to see. Not to forget, been lazy.

I’ve been so out of touch with so many. I realized that when one of my church friends who I was close to went, “So, how’s A Levels?” I was stunned for awhile. But I can’t blame him. We didn’t talk much for some time and I never told him bout my life.

I’ve long finished A Levels. Ended on the 19^th of June.

Went to Pulau Redang with MCKL friends (I blogged about it).

Wasted away and collected dust for 2 plus months

Except for the time I worked for Smart Reg for 2 events (Cosmobeaute in PWTC and Pecipta in KLCC)

And joined the stage crew of my church’s musical production, The Dreamer. I never knew being part of the stage crew was so challenging till this time. We either gotta have night vision or the gift of being able to walk around it pitch blackness without knocking over anything.

And played the keyboard for Passion Youth at the One Rock concert at The Mines.

The initial plan was for me to do a twinning program with an Australian university. So I was supposed to be super free till Feb next year. But I suddenly started my degree course, which is BA (Hons) Finance, Accounting and Management, in Nottingham Malaysia (don’t ask why unless u really wanna know. Long story). I should be stuck here for 3 years unless I take up their mobility program.

Nottingham is in Semenyih. Where’s that? Haha! I don’t expect you to know. It’s somewhere between Kajang and Seremban. I stay on campus and go home to KL on weekends.

This is all for now. I'll update properly another time. I'm REALLY just too lazy to blog and the difficult access to internet here just makes the blogging process just too long and tedious.

Btw, I don’t Friendster much now. I’ve got Facebook. But I don’t go there much either. U can search for me on Facebook under Audrey Kwong.

2007-09-04T04:48:00.000-07:00

27 July 2007

My bunch of whacko school friends just randomly met up for no reason. While we were randomly sitting around randomly minding our own business, Gan Fiona randomly starts recording a video using her camera seated on a tripod.

And suddenly, very unexpected behaviour appears and Gan Fiona and me randomly clown around in front of the camera. Enjoy!

2007-08-30T02:33:00.000-07:00

~First of all, most of the credit of this entry goes to Gan Fiona. It's her pictures, her photo hosting, her entry etc.

August 4th '07

Today was AMAZINGGGGG!!! Gan Fiona, Moahan, Reuben, LimCY & I climbed up Bukit Tabur!!! The bukit that every Melawatian is talking about (sort of...)... Cant believe it took me so long to discover that place. Anyway, we met at my house supposedly at 7am. We were late as usual, so we only started climbing at almost 8am after getting some food on the way there.

This pic below here was taken at the first 'pit stop'. Man! That was TORTURE!!! I didnt realise how totally unfit i was till i went through that first part of the journey! I so wanted to turn round and go back. But i figured i may as well finish it since i was there (I wanted my bragging rights =P). Also, i didnt think the rest of the journey would b long (i was so totally wrong =.=')

Oh, u c my VERY forced smile? It was only for the camera.

Up here, is me, Gan n Moahan. Time: 8.05am (according to Gan)

View from up where we were. I had no idea there was like some big lake up in the mountains! N i lived in Melawati all my life!

One monkey right on top. One gila monkey lower down.

Gan.. makan makan makan aje.. Ah, u c how high we were? Higher than the other hills/mountains!

Gan fascinated with the rocks. She says: "I've never been so close to rocks before... Especially when panjating on them... I was literally kissing the rocks. Well... Either that or have a nice time falling lah! X)"

Gan posing

Ants. Gan's friends. We kill it, she'll kill us.. so she says.

Sadly, there wasn't any clouds. TTT.TTT

A big rock... Umm... Yeah... XD. Thx for snapping, Reuben.

We found our ex Primary & Secondary school from up there...

All group pics are self-timed photos with Gan's camera helplessly balancing on the rocks... Fuh! We look like we're at the edge! Well, yeah, actually we were. But it didnt seem as dangerous up there as in the pic

Legs & Shoes... The legless shoe is Lim's. Haha!

Moahan's and Gan's legs. They were REALLY hanging off a cliff!

One push and dooooowwnnnnnn they go. It was a CLIFF! and a LONG way down!

This is the part i almost fell off =.=' High, steep, sharp and dangerous! i got a bruise measuing 7cm x 4 n half cm from that.

Halfway to the top...

Nice view.. spoilt my Gan's shoes =P

Gan relaxing while LimCY suffered.

After jalaning for awhile... We found cempedaks!

Two lonely durians...

It was an interesting experience. I've got my bragging rights! YEAH!!! I've been up n down Bukit Tabur!!! But as to whether i wanna go again.. Uh.. let me think awhile ahh.. it was torture man.. Mayb one day when im more fit n less accident prone =P

New dog: Patch

2007-07-09T07:34:00.001-07:00

This is my new dog, Patch. You can see why it's named that. My parents got him from SPCA on the 16th of Feb. He's a labrador mix.

Totally cute! Even sticking out its tongue! It's hiding under a bunch after running away with the washing sponge.

A nice shot of it in the position my mom likes best. You see the patch on its head is fading already. This pic was taken 18 days after it was adopted.

Patch's little 'house' (which he has long ago chewed up)

Patch and his new toy that's bigger than him.

He's gonna pounce on it!!! (Too bad it didnt burst)

Tickles!

RUNNN!!! (Patch escaping with my slipper/sandal)

Uh oh.. How do I cross this river of stones? Cornered!

Mine! All mine!!! (Patch with my brother's slipper. Its' barely bigger than the slipper!)

Stuck on a bench

Finding a way down

Ghost dog!!!

Possibly stolen econs book

2007-07-08T10:46:00.000-07:00

OK, I am already DAMN pissed! N m holding back a LOT of descriptive n not necessarily pleasant language.

SOMEONE STOLE/(ACCIDENTALLY)TOOK MY ORIGINAL JOHN SLOMAN ECONS BOOK!!!

What the hell weh! And till now i still havent heard anything bout it!

I went to college last wednesday (4 July) to sell off my books and past year papers. I left my stuff on the shelf outside the library at 10.30, then returned to college later at 4.30. I had
a glance of my stuff b4 i went finding for Phoebe at L2.2. I THINK my econs book was still there. When i went back to the library, it was GONE!

The WHOLE time i was in MCKL, everyone leaves books there without anything getting stolen, so dont say i was careless. After this incident, m i wrong to say there are THIEVES IN MCKL?!

Perhaps there was a mistake. I saw there was another identical book (but in worse condition than mine) on the shelves too looking quite abandoned. Possibly, someone accidentally took mine instead of his/her own. Mayb he/she purposely switched it (if so, it's theft! I took law).

My book is blue in colour, thick (like all econs books), ORIGINAL, wrapped, and has a price tag at the back saying Kinokuniya, RM 90.95. It is in VERY good condition. Looks almost brand new! My name might not be in the book. I might've wrote it in pencil last time, but rubbed it off since i was gonna sell it.

Pls, I want my book back. I discovered i might need it for my degree after all. I dont care if u intentionally or unintentionally took my book. Just give it back to me.

Pls contact me via friendster or e-mail (audreykmy@gmail.com) or msn (ming_sdn_bhd@hotmail.com) or phone if u manage to get it from someone (dont wanna post it up here). Anyone else who sees it, pls tell me.

Colourful bruise

2007-07-08T09:33:00.001-07:00

A bruise I got earlier this year. Cant quite remember from where. A table in college I think.

The ruler's to show how big it is.

See? So colourful! =P

Redang

2007-07-02T08:17:00.000-07:00

Finally! The beachside trip that we've been talking about for the past year materialised! 15 of we MCKL friends did it! A day after the last paper of the science student, we were off to Pulau Redang! (I finished a week earlier =P)

The group consisted of 5 girls and 10 guys. The girls being Ning, Sara, Christine, Kuga and me, and the guys being Hsing, Pang Tsen, Kishan, Mogan, Vince, Vincent, Shannon, Choong Zeen, Han Ming and Ken.

We left on the night bus (Transnational). We thought that way, we wont waste our first day traveling and we can sleep in the bus too! Hah! So much for sleeping in the bus. I am one who can sleep anytime, anywhere, with any noise level. But somehow, i found it really difficult sleeping in the bus.

We arrived in Kuala Terengganu around 5am. The streets were still dark, and roads were empty. And so we managed to take this pic! All of us lying in the middle of a road. Good thing we didnt lie on the other side of the road that we first planned to. A bus came by shortly after we changed our minds.

Here's a pic of Chrisitine, me and Pang Tsen around 5.30am waiting for the ferry which will be arriving at 8.30am. Between that time, the girls got to go to Pang Tsen's aunt's apartment to wash up, then all of us went for breakfast at a hawker centre.

This is the quaint little place we stayed at. Mozana Resort. We were the only guests there on the first day and we got the rooms that faces the sea. It's like a long house right ON the beach! The food there is great! But I dun recommend anyone else to stay there anyway unless the person wants solitude and dont plan on jumping around in the water much. There's tons of stones in the water! The only good thing bout it is there's little fishies all over the place, even in the shallow waters.

Me chilling on one of the table/bench/dunno wat it's supposed to be. The broom's to sweep away the sand and kill insects that disturb my peace.

Me, Ning and Sara. Ah! You can see the sunburn! See my arms and upper chest? RED!

Ning and I. Dunno wat happen to Ning. Haha!

Group picure on Pasir Panjang without Pang Tsen (he was taking the pic)

Group picture on Pasir Panjang with Pang Tsen but without Vince. Dunno where he disappeared to.

Haha! Vince making a stupid face for the camera! He's too good at it! =P

A scenic pic on the beach front of Mozana Resort at midnight. The moonlight was really bright! I think the guy's Pang Tsen.

The sky above Mozana. Beautiful shades of blue.

Squirrels dating! NOT birds!

That's the moon! FULL moon!

This is Pasir Panjang. NOT where Mozana is located. It's quite a far walk from Mozana. We gotta walk across one long stretch of beach, through a jungle, across another long stretch of beach, pass the Lagune resort tong sampah place, across the wide compound of Laguna resort, then finally, PASIR PANJANG! But the long walk is worth it. The beach is WIDE! and LONG! and the sand! Wahh!!! So soft and nice. Like walking on flour. The waters so clear and blue. Barely any stones in the water. The waves were great! But no fish.

This is a pic of the back of the ferry returning back to mainland.

An awful pic of me with a weird hairdo. It's the STRONG wind.

Ken. This fella can sleep ANYWHERE! ANYTIME! Forever sleeping.

I think the first guy's Vince. Then Vincent and Choong Zeen on the upper and open deck of the ferry.

Pang Tsen on the upper deck of the ferry but not outside. Sitting on a table-like thing there guarding the sleepyheads below.

Vince, me and Christine. On the same 'table' as Pang Tsen. He was next to Vince. Thanks for jaga-ing us Pang Tsen!

Another group picture at the seafood restaurant in Kuala Terengganu. Had dinner there before we boarded our night bus returning to KL.

Thanks to Terengganu boy Pang Tsen and family for their hospitality!

OB Nite

2007-07-02T05:35:00.000-07:00

MCKL is small. So when we have any event, EVERYONE's gotta be in it or it'll just be too small. So the MCKL Orientation Ball aka OB Nite is a formal event to welcome the freshies and prom night for the seniors. Fine with us since everyone knows everyone in MCKL.

I finally managed to get some pics from that night.

This is a dance by a bunch of normally VERY quiet talk-only-a-few-words-when-spoken-to guys. The leader of the group being the quietest of all. Shocking.

We got awards for the best dressed guy and girl. 5 guys and 5 girls are picked by selected lecturers on the night itself and brought up on stage. There they get scrutinised. As though that wasnt enough, someone went, "Hey! They're up there for best dressed! Isnt it natural that we make them do some modeling for us?". And so, the 5 guys and 5 girls had to do some modeling. The lecturers then voted for the winner.

That's the guy that got best dressed. He got a scarf of black feathers.

That's me. Best dressed girl. (Dont ask how. I dont know. I was so totally clowning around when I did my 'modeling'.) I got some ridiculous white feather scarf and little girl feathery 'crown'. My dear Sara and Jo who were the ones in charge of getting the prizes thought it'd be funny to get something funny for the best dressed winners.

We got King and Queen for every intake. Freshie King n Queen, July intake King and Queen, and Prom/OB Nite King and Queen (Seniors). These are voted for 2 days before OB Nite and the votes are counted privately by Nigel, a committee member, and announced on the night itself.

This is our Freshie King and Queen, Justin and Phoebe. Lookie JS and YLDP ppl! There's our Phoebe!

The July intake King and Queen, Jega and Aaida.

Oh! And there's me again. Pang Tsen and I as Prom King and Queen. (Dont ask me how. I dont know.)

A picture of the Kings and Queens. Ah, the tiaras the queens got were damn nice!

The Kings and Queens getting the first dance. Or perhaps you might call it a "shuffle around to avoid stepping on the other's toes while trying to look like we're dancing".

I've got more pics. But a load of them are really bad and dark due to the terrible lighting. These here are those that turned out ok and wouldnt bore u all to death (eg. cam whoring pics).

Ah, OB Nite was a blast. The best so far according to the lecturers =) Winning two awards made me feel like such a greedy pig. But still, it was flattering since it's the first time it happened in MCKL history =P Thanks to all who voted for me! Undeserving as i am.

Burnt. Red.

2007-06-30T10:10:00.000-07:00

Most ppl who get stay under the sun for long get dark brown. I get a shade of reddish brown.

When I get sunburnt. I get RED!!! (I'd show pics but i dont really want pics of me so skimpily dressed on my blog. Too open to strangers.)

I just returned from Redang with 14 other MCKL friends at 4.15 this morning and I'm still RED!!! Freshly red and still radiating out heat like a microwave despite having first gotten burnt 2-3 days ago.

The colour is fine with me. Im not one of those chinese girls who want to look like snow white. Neither do I purposely go burning myself under the sun to look tanned or watever like those whites. I'll just do whatever I like n if it gets me dark, fine with me.

The heat is fine. Quite interesting actually. I would've taken my baby termometer to measure the temperature of the sunburnt skin if i could find it.

What really sucks is the PAIN!! ARGH!!! Never in my life have i ever been THIS burnt! Never have i experience this much pain from sunburn! Take note: Im no newbie to sunburn. The slightest touch on my shoulders hurt! Even wearing my normal light and loose fitting spaghetti strap top hurts! Sitting back on a chair, lying on my bed, leaning against the wall... ARGH! Torture! Somehow, even pushing my arms and shoulders backwards hurt too!

Ah! The peeling of my skin will be interesting. I'll take pics if it peels amazingly/nicely/grossly.. watever u'd describe it.

Anyway, the fun I had in Redang with my college friends made every bit of the sunburn, suffering and all, was worth it. I'll blog about it later on.

Cuteness? Argh!

2007-06-19T08:22:00.000-07:00

What's with this whole fad of cuteness?

Men are increasingly looking like women
And women are trying to look and act like 5 year old cuties

And the amazing thing is, women LIKE their men looking like women
and men like their women cute!
What is WRONG with this world?
It's as if women are indirectly turning into lesbians,
and men, into paedophiles!

P not Pee

2007-06-19T07:21:00.000-07:00

Audrey comes back from the toilet. Kelvin, Joshua and Hannah were talking about driving.

Audrey: Oh! I have no more P! Yay!
Kelvin: *looks at Audrey funny*
Audrey: I have no more P.
Kelvin: *still looks at Audrey funny*
Audrey: I have no more P! As in I have no more P!
Kelvin: *STILL looks at Audrey funny*
Audrey: What? Oh! I dont mean I have no more PEE.. but yeah, it's true I have no more pee. But I meant I dont have P anymore as in my DRIVING LICENCE is no longer a P licence!

Gerviene

2007-06-13T23:58:00.000-07:00

Today I remember Gerviene... Somehow. Dunno y u pop into my mind when I'm halfway cramming through Accounting.

U're such a cool friend!

You're noisy, but u know when to shut up.

You're cheerful but u can be emo too!

You're so nice but u can be SO MEAN!!! Kinda in an evil yet funny way =P We can say such awful things, laugh about it, but then be kinda sorry for saying such bad things. We cant help it!

You're CRAZY!!! Yet so ordinary..

You're so OUTTA THIS WORLD! Yet.. so in touch with humanity.

You're like, Godly, but not one of those holy-moly freaks who actually dont really know what they're talking about.

You're SOOO SUPER SMART! But u dun show it. Saves ppl like me from feeling too stupid when I'm around you.

I cant quite put my finger on it.. But everytime I think back on the times we had.. Read through your blog and stuff.. It's so YOU! And you're just sooooo... Great! Amazing! So Gervie!

Finally! Someone in this world who's abnormal yet normal!

I REALLY thank God that I was stuck with u in JS. I cant believe we didnt become great pals during YLDP 1, 2 AND 3!

p.s. I still think that the girl in ur blog template looks like she's trying to pull her panties outta her ass!