Memoirs Of A Student

Hmm.. i FINALLY deicded to move.

WOrdpress it is then.

Edit: Okay wordpress screwed me up. Need to think of somehwre else..

Blogspot? Xanga? Livejournal?

Okay arif. Functionalism, Behaviourism and structuralisms are approaches? OMG IM SO FRIGGIN DEAD.

okay. Yah. IM Dead. so  so dead. 18 days and counting. Hmm this  is not good.

Hulo!! Not bad huh? this is quite a quick update. Heh.

So me and a bunch of friends went skiing during the Easter break ya. Skied in Prague, a mountain called Spinderluv Mylien or something like that. It reminds me of myelin sheath and we could never pronounce the czech words anyway. Yes, Prague is the capital of Czech Republic.

I’ll just talk about the skiing process. Yeah, so the 6 noobies, no wait, make it 7, and 2 skiers - one pro and one.. not so pro but still can ski la - flew to Prague one early Tuesday morning, endured a 3 hour bus ride (it was supposed to be what 1.5? ) but we reached Pension Luky in the end anyway
Esmond said "Everytime i close my eyes and wake up, I see a different person sitting next to me lol"

The place was actually really nice yknow. Nothing fancy. Simple, elegant, HOMEY and comfortable. Although since we were staying on the top most floor, the roofs were like.. LOWSHORT. Really. I can’t use any other words to describe it. Imagine, this is ME who’s talking about short. LOL. Even YOURS TRULY has to squat in the bathtub when taking a shower. THAT short.

Next morn, we had a hearty breakfast (i LOVE these cold places man. They actually serve MEAT for breakfast unlike some chiplak Londonish accomodation) and there was a nice old lady who worked there to take care of us. Even though she couldn’t speak English and we couldn’t speak Czech, she greeted us heartily EVERY morning without fail, stringing a sentence in Czech and we just go "kakao" (it’s actually Cocoa but they pronounce it kakao there). Again, Esmond said
"The only thing I could get from the sentence was …Kakao?"

On the first morning, we found out that it SNOWED the night before. Yes, it was SO beautiful. Looked like something you saw in Christmas postcards and glass balls. We got our feet calibrated and measured and got our skis. Heh. The main problem was CARRYING our skis and walking in the boots. You think very easy ar? Think again. Imagine walking in 2 pails half filled with water. It’s not easy, seriously. PLUS, we had the bloody SKIS to carry. The evening before we had (no, THEY) had decided on HARMONY as our beginning spot. By the time we reached Harmony, we, at least I knew a few others and myself were already sweating. And it was only a what? 6-10 mins walk. Go figure. So the first thing we learnt was.. how to wear our skis. LOL. so noob.

Then we -kinda- learned how to ski. Hahah. Basically it was "get over your fear of moving" and ski. We learned that to Stop, put your legs into an A shape, and press into the snow for more effect and if you put your legs parallel, you’ll be zooming. so NEVER put your legs in parallel. Wai Onn, may I add here, was already moving. Oh and another notable note here would be that Kristina aka Kryspena Krispy Kremes skied into me. That’s a very nice way of putting it. Babe, we haven’t even learned how to MOVE and you’re already getting me howling "GET OFF!! SHT MY LEGS ARE GONNA GET TWISTED!" in pain. You cannot IMAGINE the pain I was in. Beginers FTW!

 

We had this ski lift -okay, not a ski lift but more like "something u clip with your arse and hold on tight so you don’t fall down" machine that pulled you up the slope. Hey those were NOT my WORDS but the words of a local! Yes, so the next task was to actually Clip your arse to the bloody pole and half sit half stand as it pull you up the slope. Mini slope. Hahahaha. On the first day, I think there was not a single one of us nOObies who did NOT fall down less than 5 times while TRYING to get on the lift. Let’s not go into when we actually succeeded and tried to get off midway. Mr Aw Wai Onn, by this time, was already skiing from the very top. ( We were asked to get off midway)

Yes, so after numerous oofs and aahs and shucks and oww and last but more importantly, GET OUT OF THE WAY AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!s, we finally retired to our pension. Next morning, bruise and sore all around. Seriously, sitting down was hard. Getting up was hard. Moving my hand while sleeping was hard. I had to use my left hand to pull my right hand over to my left side in order to turn myself. Actually, that happened on the third night after the second day. I didn’t fall THAT much on the first day because all we were doing was going straight and stop, straight and stop. But the second day was where I was trying to learn how to turn. Went all the way up to the top but since it was steeper than the stop I was at before, I could not control my speed and while I was turning, I freaked out, and came tumbling down. That was when i actually ATTEMPTED to turn, the other times I had the "Let me go down and get over with it" kind of mentality. To quote Kryspena "You were like… *zoom* falls* gets up… *zoom*falls* and repeat" HAHAH. I was not turning and it seemed as though I was just going up there to fall all the way down. There was also once  where I fell pretty bad halfway down, (because it was so fast!) and  even my skis flew off. It’s supposed to be screwed to your boots so firm that you’ll fall instead of your legs flying off the ground. I repeat, my skis flew. Yeah, I thought I broke something really. There was a tingling sensation in my leg and I thought "CRAP" and didn’t.. couldn’t move. All around I heard things like "Jolynn! Are you still alive?" and the next thing I know, the whole Singapore/Malaysia gang was around me. Ah, I have such nice uni-mates haha. That night Wai Onn - or was it Esmond -  was like "I saw you fall down but then after about 10 seconds you still didn’t move!" LOL. By the way, by the second day, Mr Aw was already doing parallel skiing.

On the third day, we did the Blue slope. The difficulties of the slopes are actually like this : Green the easy, Blue the easy/intermediate, Red the expert and Black you want to die ah? Yeah, I guess Harmony was considered green but we went to the OFFICIAL blue slope on the third day. I honestly think we did pretty good. Kien definitely thought so. The ending of the blue slope actually joined with the Red and we didn’t know that. So when we first saw the ending we were *speechless*
To quote Esmond "Kien, I wanna go back to Harmony plsss *wails*".

Also, may I add that we actually did the RED slope before we did a full Blue? (Harmony was like a detour in the Blue path) We took the ski lift (the proper one this time, with seats, bar and all) and when we reached the summit, it was snowing pretty hard. Kien said "follow me!" and the dungu’s that we were, we followed him. Guess where we went? RED! LOL. Blue was actually a little further than the red and we didn’t see the sign properly. YAY! Esmond fell once and went "this is DEFINITELY not Blue" I don’t know why I keep quoting Esmond, I think it’s because he talked the most. Haha. Okay, to make it fair, I’ll quote Tong too "AAH!!!" -Shrieking when the ski lift stops half way because someone probably did not pull down the barrier fast enough or something. She’s scared of heights…

To cut a long story short, we basically skied hardcore. Everyday from 10am to 4pm. The first 2 days we did not even have lunch. We brought Dedication to a whole new level. Me, especially, did not know that I can even be THAT dedicated. Not just to Skiing but also to Utopia. Kien wanted to talk to his gf, I wanted/ needed to go online so both of us ended up walking to town almost every evening to use the computers. Kien; "If my gf doesn’t appreciate that I’m going through all this -snow and rain mostly- to talk to her…."

"If my king/ kd doesn’t appreciate that I’m going through all this to see them…." LOL

It was good. Everything. Except the part Kryspena fell down and sprained her ankle/knee though. Or maybe Tong’s ‘adventure’. The second Blue we went to had many forks that lead to not only Red but Black slopes as well. Our friend Ah Tong skied down a red slope. Or rather slided. But oh well. She came back safe and in one piece. Heh. We went down Red slopes as well on the last 2 days.

My first skiing experience. Kryspena’s first skiing injury and the first time travelling with the guys, Yong Xin and Jia Hang.

For a few memorable quotes (these were probably during the 2 day’s in Prague city  because when we were skiing, the common word out of our mouths were basically "AAAHHH!!")

Ruyi :  What an ugly dog! (to almost EVERY dog she sees lol)
Kryspena : Jolynn are you still alive?!
Jia Hang  and Tong (more like what they were doing) : Stepping on the red tiles (on the road) only! or black tiles only! or .. something odd like that. They were hopping all over the road. Tong said "This is a good way to forget about the cold"
Yong Xin - Famous for her ‘elasticity’ (hahaha), her Spotlight-on-Ruyi coordination with Esmond’s "shithead/dickhead/any heads in particular" and her EMO pictures. Which, actually I felt was really nice lor!
Esmond - "I Love HARMONY! *WAILS*"
Wai Onn - "Bye bye Tong!" - in that high pitch voice and waving and doing that super cute skiing movement with his arms - *think forward circular movements with your hands as though holding your skis and trying to push yourself forward*
Kien - "…." His reactions when interrog;-  oops I meant, asked about his girlfriend.
Ruyi - " Pian Tai was a warrior from ancient China. Tai Jian was Pian tai’s cousin/ friend "
Tong - Every 10 seconds *Clicks her camera*. Every angle she turns *clicks her camera*
Tong and Jia Hang - Dinosaur 1 and 2

Be it tapauing yogurts or cheese from the breakfast table, or complaining about Auntie Kristy’s cream regime or that Esmond lost - but redeemed -  his balls during the trip or that "Hell is Green in colour!", I had a great time.

A bientot and God Bless,
Jolynn

CRap I have a RESPIratory EXAM tmrw!!!
*dies*

Currently listening to : Yi Ge Ren by Jolin Tsai

The past few days have been a .. blur? whizzing past so quickly I’ve already forgotten all the emotions tht went with it tht I wanted to post.

Tuesday night was a dam of feelings. The following day;- Popo was scheduled for a cataract operation, i had a vascular and cardiac exam to sit for which I hadn’t finished studying for, I was still mulling over the fact tht i screwed up my Renal exam on monday, 3rd year seniors were leaving and for some odd reason, everything just didn’t seem to be working out. Ah, I really cannot describe the feelings then. The temptation to break down was really strong.

I talked to popo a few days ago, and she’s fine. I got an A- for my renals. I know you guys are probably already going "wth, make such a big fuss for nothing" but then.. aiya. really lor.. try to imagine a poor girl who misses mamak food and usually alone in the room watching miserable youtube and reading shoujo manga a day before exams she hadn’t even finish studying for… hahahaha. yeah yeah I know who’s at fault here.

But the first paragraph was just for informing you guys that yeah, i Still have emotions and Yes, i Still do feel sad. Cause I know everytime (if) I do get to talk to you, im always going ‘im fine’.

And right now, im not so fine either. HAahha. getting emotional. and it’s NOT the songs. 3rd year seniors have already left. Yes, i DO miss them, but then I’ll be seeing them in a few months time (i I’m really despo) and life’s just like that with the entering and exiting of a myriad of people.

I’ve often wondered how Chee, Ding and Mich felt when they accepted the post of becoming auditor of MYF. yes, i DID get nominated for a pious society here. Up til now, i don’t know if i honestly thought it through and through and did i make the right choice? If i did, why did i regret it so much when i found out that charls and jhan were approached before hand? they are the 2nd year seniors, they’re so passionate for God, and where do I stand? somewhere down thre. I admit that i DO attend the meetings regularly, but Im not the kind of person who would go the extra mile - eg: go early to set up the place, bake brownies out of my own pocket, etc etc- so would you still want me as the auditor? I’m a perfectionist, not the kind of perfectionist who walks on cracks only, but the kind who would rather do everything herself and leave others out due to her own insecurity. When Joanna told me I’d been nominated, i was proud. Seriously, i was so dam proud. Was this because I’d never been acknowledged when i was still in MY? Better late than never? Aih.. anyway i still find it hard to believe the treasurer/secretary is a 2nd year and the auditor a first year. wth?
Now i’ve got to be a little more pious, little more on time, little more responsible, little more dedicated and all tht stuff. Dang i feel like swearng. But no matter, Im gonna do my best and like Sue said, You’ll never know wherE God’ll lead you.

We had a fallout with our dear housemate Carolne. I was so sick of reminding ppl to top up so i wrote a note on the paper after i topped up for the umpteenth time to "pls top up. you should know if your behind" and she got pissed and replied with a "im so sick of paying extra.. u 2 have laptops.. are home on weekends … i dont have a laptop.. im usually away on weekends eventhough i do stay back in the hostel.. but im paying the same amount.. therefore i think you should pay more and im sure u will agree".
Let’s see.. hmm..
Firstly, the laptop uses the least amount of electricity as proven by our seniors. we seldom cook. you cook everyday and the electricity for gas far exceeds those for the laptop. Plus, you have a radio in case u’ve forgotten.
Secondly, paying the same amount? are u kidding me? Im 20 euros ahead of you.
thirdly, the bathroom u share with the other irish girl was meant to be your responsibility. after messing up the whole room with toilet paper strewn everywhere, you invade our bathroom, use it as if it’s urs, never even clean up once and expect us to throw all your remaining toilet paper cores, and we never said a  thing. Ruyi cleans up after YOUr make up, can you find the logic in that?
I have cleaned the kitchen for so many times that ive lost count of it. Rach at least volunteers once and im grateful for the thought. YOu two are the ones who cook the most and yet i’m wiping up your coffee stains. By the way, used teabags do not belong in the sink. please remember to teach your children that.
We have never said a word.
Who are YOU to say it’s not fair?

If i had stayed back after reading the note, i would have blown. Sure thing. and auditor or not, idve yelled at her so badly she wouldnt think i was malaysian. But. i stayed over at Kris’ place, calmed down. and the next day, we talked it over.
. Siapa makan cili, dialah yang rasa pedas. the note wasn’t for you, it was a note in general, why’d u have to get to puffed up over it unless YOU felt tht it was directed at you?
the point is, we solved it without at swear words thrown around. Aah.. the power of peacetalks.

On thurs I attended a Q&A session. They mentioned a little about relationships. Rachael shared that her mum said "guys and girls can never be best friends. One side will definitely eventually fall for the other" How true.
Selu shared that because he was married, he -moreorless- cut off many close ties with his girl friends. Having married Busi, Busi is and definitely should be his best friend. The one that he can share anything and everything about. What about normal girl and guy friends then? Does this apply? Should i severe ties with 2 of my best guy friends if they have a girlfriend then? His explanation was that If Busi knew tht he was still so close to a certain girl friend, how would she feel? terrible. Does this apply to teenage relationships as well? Because i know myself, my jealousy is horrible. I wouldn’t like my bf to be so close to another girl either, no matter how many "i trust him i love him" s i’d recite to myself. I wouldnt like that at all.
Then there was also the whole guarding of one’s heart issue. Uhm.. sounds alot like me actually. haha… This thing called BGR seems so alien to me now that i’m not sure how i’d respond to it already…. Let’s just say that it’s really impossible for me so it wont apply anyway. Im pretty safe i think.. One needs 2 hands to clap and so far, it’s always been silent for me XP
Verdict? : stay away once a gf comes into the picture.

Why am I writing emo stuffs instead of amusing u all with my trip stories? uhm. well. i dunno. i guess it’s because im down atm. so im supposed to make u all down too. haha.

But y’kno wat.. your comments really made me smile. 
and thanks mahjong for ur gift. hehe. meet up after i get back. ive got some stuffs as well =D

thanks,
Jolynn

Listening to : When you’re gone by One True Voice

Sorry i skipped like..2 months? w/o updates? something like tht la

anyway

i went travelling!!!

Can i just skip the long windy word part n post pictures?

I went to London from the 26th- 1st (supposed to have been from 23rd but keep postponing. but its fine, the transportation were all closed nyway)

Stayed at Palmars Lodge in this old victorian like house -very harry potter-

yah so it was friggin exp for horrible repeating breakfasts cus we had to pay in Pounds and ruyi paid in euros for more or less the sam thing okay la. at least it was really near the tube station. and free internet access. we had a grumpy romate tho. her name is Fiona , Canadian, teaches drama at a nearby sch and she doesnt have much money (in her 2 paragraph of introducing herself to me, she repeated tht phrase thrice) she didnt really like the fact tht we were waking up around 6 (jeez guys, SIX? :P) and apparently makin lotsa noise (finela, bernice punya plastic very lound la)

first night (26th) reached there and it was already dark. the only thing i remember about the day was the event where we got scolded for not bussing our trays (blame was to be spread half half la) we didnt know we were supposed to bus, there were no signs saayin so, and the cook didnt tell us. ended up having a scene with the bartender. oh. and miss fiona didnt see fit to tell us either when we finished eating and left.

The girl who left her scarf which the fiesty bartender took whom we had to confront in the end.

first day (27th) we went for boxing day sales at oxford. ugh. total rip off. it’s cheap la. IF u earn POUNDS tht is. I wanted to get a pair of boots, YY got it in the end. I wanted to get a trench coat, Bern got it in the end. eh what the heck. what happened to me buying? too exp too big no size too ugly. aiya. i really cannot connect with european fashion. in the end i bought a pair of slippers (needed them for bathroom) and an oversized dress/shirt/it can be either cus im not sure up till  now. go figure

2nd day -  (28th) went to st pauls cathedral. saw LSE on the way. climbed the stupid 400/500? steps to the vry top. stone gallery, golden gallery all those stuffs la. it was my first cathedral so yeah i thought it was pretty cool. the whole stained glass pictures thing. but then hor… entrance fee = 8.50 pounds. sakit T.T crossed over to southbank thru millenium bridge.

Hey look Yvonne! ur school!

random statues (which are kinda cool) on the streets.

A coffin tht wasnt in the crypt

A view of the Cahtedral from the Stone Gallery

then met up with EVE and STICK at Westminster. omg omg omg NOSTALGIC!! it was soooSOOO GOOD to see them. and stick will DIE if he sms’s me so i had to be a little careful to send him texts tht didnt require replies. anyway the rendezvous was supposed to be at 12 but at 12 i was still 300m s abouve the ground sso i had to postpone. but i thought since Eve was gonna be there at 1, let stick adn eve meet up first.

we all met up at 1.30-ish with stick being the latest. malaysians.

then cus YOURS TRULY wanted to see towers bridge which was at THE OTHER END from westminster, we WALKED past the 5 or so bridges (again) to get to the other end, take a few pictures and from there, WALKED from London TOWER to ANGEL islington. i know… these are just WORDS but it was litterally from East to West to North. VERYYY FAR LA. cus we wanted to save on transportation fee. Hahaha. Eve’s family invited us to dinner. Awesome. it was good. because seriously, life in London was pure shiat.dam sad. we even tapau bread from breakfast table. sigh. 15 kg’s of pure food from dublin and those werent even mine. a pure staple diet of packed bread, energy bars and  biscuits.blergh. cus we wanted to save on food. LOL. i have no righ tto complain, i know BUT in the end, we had a PROPER English meal as well (not fish and chips la. tht one ireland also gt) Yeah? so back to dinner. it was cosy, warm, nice food, interesting topics, Gene taught me to hold a scalpel, which, i think ive forgotten. again. aih. but it was a REALLy nice day. despite having to walk VERYYYYYYYYY far.

3rd day (28th) - Went to Nottinghill, u know? the one from the show with Hugh and Julia robs? Nthing much la really.its just a road and a roadsign

but we went to portobello market as well. it’s packed with antiques and .. sorta like a english thursday market. oh. i got 3 things for mysel there. a shirt, a dress (okay im SURE its  dress this time) and a book. and food, of cus.

then we walked over to Kensington park. was a little disappointed  cus i didnt get to see speakers corner in Hyde. Arun (Berns friend) showed us around Imperial college. Oh lemme put in here, the headless pic in my Facebook was taken by Arun

Another one of her friendn Voon yuan (i think) showed us around their accomodation.walao their accomodation is soo nice! and u dont even need to worry bout other ppl eating ur food, cus there are LOCKED compartments in the fridge. thanks for the tour guys. my legs were KILLING me.

after tht (like not enuf summore) we went to the national history museum. (Didnt know Norman was actually working at one of the museums aish). walked until can die really. but it was really interesting. the rocks and stuff (if u ask me now, i cant tell u anything except uranus and neptune are ice balls)

then we walked over to Harrods. One word - packed. posh or not, i think it really depends on ones perspective. ppl said the toilets were nice. got bo? i go in see so-so nia. got perfume la. thts all.

4th day - (29th) we (tong kris elain and yy) left bright an early for buckingham palace for the changing of the guards. it was really a one of a kind experience. too bad we didnt get to see prince william (yy cries) or the queen (i cry). maybe they went to church la since it WAS a sunday. but - the band performs really nice songs. Walked over to St James park thenafter. walked randomly around the area actually and ended up finding ourselves at picadelly. national museum was NICE. (i never thought i was the art sort of person) but after tht session, i REALLLY do admire the painters of before. they are seriously GOOD. the images do look so real. monet, van gogh (his sunflower was there), raphael, caravaggio, etc etc (and unlike the one in france), they were discussed and introduced in ENGLISH!! but then i think only me and YY liked it. the rest were rather sien

walked on and we reached Trocadero square. eventually. I thought st paul’s cathedral was nice. but after seeing westminster abbey, erm, i dun think so lor. it was reallly nice! imagine the huge windows ALLL decorated with stained glass. EVERY single one of them. and the windows were HUGE. then there was big ben. quoting Tong : ang mohs really dunno how to take pics. where go ppl take pic of big ben w/o ben one? pengsan!

passed by downing st as well but we couldnt get in, it was barred. so number 10 was definitely shielded from the camera. after tht (im getting sick of this word) we went to chinatown. ah. had a little disagreement here. but nevertheless, we had buffets. 8 pounds for all u can eat. the food was OKAY la. i guess. but the lady ther (i felt) didnt really like us. cus we were LITERALLY taking our time and taking ALL WE COULD EAT to heart. Haiyo auntie, my maid can cook nicer than ur restaurant (which is actually true sigh)

saw norman and ce dong too! thanks for coming ALL the way to meet me guys! REALLY appreciate it! if only meteor wasnt suck a sucky provider maybe my msges would have gotten to u guys earlier! hugs.

tht day was also YY’s bday. got her a cake (in pounds! so yeah, our scrimp and savings were finally paid off) she WAS surprised (thk goodness) and the highlight of the day was the whole cafeteria at palmers lodge singing happy birthday for her. french guys are cute. hoho.

5th day (31st) went to mdm toussauds. something along tht spellin. to be honest, it wasnt really tht grand. good publicity and strong history. but i really didnt like it tht much, too crowded and u literally had to line up to take pics. i missed a few icons because (very likely) i mistook them for real ppl. swt.

at night we went to greenwich. stood at the pt where i was half in 2008 and half in 2007 (the line actually passed thru sum1’s house)

aroun 8, we sat down at a spt on southbank to see the london eye. to cut a long story short, it was freezing cold, (bern thought so too) crazily packed and in the end, me and bern celebrated new yr on the 2nd floor of a burger king in waterloo tube station. go fig. on the road we sat on our (well worn) maps and we seriously looked like homeless peeps. lol,esp bernice who was sooo wrapped up tht only her nose and eyes were revealed. all tht was lacking was out outstretched arms amatolong~ some cheeky londoner dude walked pass and said "dvd dvd!" (cus we looked like illegal dvd sellers). anyway, i heard after the first 3 mins, the fireworks couldnt be seen anymore due to the smoke. NEVERTHELESS, HAPPY new Yr everyone!

we came back tht night wrried. tong had already left for Nott and them other 3 - yy, fiona and elaine - had a plane to catch so they left (waited from 4am to 1pm poor guys) and the rest of us 3 - kris and bern n me - hadnt booked accomodatin for the last night. we were supposed to depart around 9 am on the 1st but then the stupid ryanair went and postpone their flights to around 6? (cant rem) but thankfully THANKFULLY palmars lodge had an extra room (initally they said they were fully booked or the 31st-1st) and i really didnt wanna bother yvonne/norman/ce dong so i thought worse come to worst we just bum out at the lounge la. this bernice ah.. when we enterd palmars lodge and d guy only asked "excuse me can i see ur key card pls" she went and blab EVERYTHING (from wat time our initial flight was to the fact tht we were practically homeless tht night) to him. LOL. it got us a room.

we had a good night sleep, next morn we met up with Robyn at stansted and left for Belgium.

*erm* actually im not done uploading pics but friendster ssays no more. and i actually wanna talk bout belgium n paris too (weeeee) but.. friendster dun let. (the main thing is i wanna post pics ma)

so . should i change to wordpress or something? xanga? livejournal? blogspot? uh?

This is the last renewal you are allowed on this loan. You must return it to the library on or before its due date; you may be able to borrow it again if no other users need it. 

means ill have to carry 2 heaaavy books from one end of the uni to the other end, scan it and bring iot oalll the wauy back to the other end of the uni again.

Just a lil update i suppose. if not ppl think i i died.

Erhmmm… settling in. everything going fine. I dun have nice pics like Xinxin, but at least i have SOMETHING (hint zhoing2 - ur supposed to be on HOLIDAY now!!! update ur blog! :P)

Been going for site visits and hopsial visits. that day i went for a patient visit. MRs M has had 3 bypasses, anginas, vertigo, arthritis, glaucoma and her list of medication totals up to 20 plus. And she’s happy. I also went to the Elderly Care Unit in Kilbegnet (pronounced killauney) and ‘interviewed’ the people there. All these only m\ade me think. Man, am i gonna end up like that? Dunno why la but somehow the old ppl here like so cham like that. In malaysia somehow u always imagine them playing mahjong, talking amongst themselves, hanging out at coffee shops eventho none of them can drink the coffee anymore due to health reasons, or worse come to worst, you dont see them at all if they’re that critical. here, the people can all still walk and talk but u never see them that ‘interactive’ - again my theory of irish ppl being unfriendly?- ghahah. sry sry i must also state here that when i was on my way to the centre, me and elaine got lost and a middle aged guy was kind enough to approach us first and go ‘hey, are u guys lost?’

yeah, we were going the wrong way apparently. hahqahaha..

oh ya so going back to tht, i was disturbed for a while cus the thought of growing old and wrinkly( believe me, thats not the worst that could happen) was kinda scary. the number of diseases and sickness which risks increases with ur age is friggin scary! life is so fragile isnt it?

but then i thought haiya nevermind la, got zhong2 and xin2 to teman. wahahaha. hey guys, add me into ur rojak business okay. maybe i could sell mee rebus la. then 1 of u sell ice kacang too,  cus the mee rebus is gonna be very lak.

Speaking of which, suddenly ive got this urge to pig out on spicy food. last friday’s gathering had nasi lemak. sambal. woot. sambal. me, who has only tried laksa once in her life and only started eating spicy food this/last year .. had about 5 helpings of sambal. wah. dam nice. eventho my nose started running later.

i miss mee rebus T.T

i also miss malaysian people T.T hahaha. to think i was actually contemplating not to go back for the WHOLE 2.5 years. wah siao.

erm, cereals are still my best friend. I can finish 750g of crunch nuts in a day, while watrching youtube. fear meeee.

Oh, been pretty hung up on youtube too. YSMM rocks! HEE CHUL IS SOOO FUNNY!!! hahahaha.. the only downpart is.. i dont friggin understand  korean. aiiiiih. anyway, this ones for xin2, i think ur taste wasnt that bad after all

then i saw on zhong2 ’s profile ‘fan of kim kibum’. wah, kibum has friendster? LOL. sorry, the joke was in that sentence somewhere.

Sister got promoted to Science 2, im pretty glad. altho she did fail her phy and add maths. makes me doubt acs’s standard right now. hahah. or maybe its like that time when the sc1 people (supposedly the smartests~) had an average NONpassing mark of 40-50+ in Bio. I had 3 marks.. THREEE!!! for my experiment 2. SPM seems so far away..

Eve should have finished her a lvls by around this time, so i wont comment much because AT THIS VERY MOMENT , exam free people are my enemies. >[

MY exams are gonna start on the 10th Dec. ive got 2 weeks starting today. the time is just nice, but this is only an approximate. so, from today, going on9 is strictly prohibited. i mean, MSN is strictly prohibited. so everyone, take care and a bientot~!#

forgive my horrible speeling, im typing with my gloves here.

Well, this post is just to assure those people who could read my blog (actually, yi xin, the point of me writing it so small wasnt for u to blab it out :P) and yes, ham was right bout the reading thing.

The time difference is -7 hours malaysian time , but it’ll be -8 hours when winter approaches. something to do with the earth tilting.

It’s quite amusing/encouraging/surprising sometimes how people whom you think have forgotten about you suddenly pop out and leave a note. so THANKS, to all the ODD people in my life

Truth is, i already knew i was going through the downward slope of the U in the midst of culture shock. And when you’re at the bottom, there’s no where else to go but up. So, im going up now

And on a brighter note, things ARE looking better. I guess things only bother you if you let it. If you take it with a pinch of salt, it’ll just be a pinch of salt I was too hurried, as usual, but now i’m back to normal. Those of you who have chatted with me over the days, you’d know this. those who havent, well, im doing good

I’m in a clique. HAHA. well, honestly, i am. And it feels good. Cliques are formed by desperate people who need a secure place to anchor, a mental doormark that says "dont worry. there’s someone behind me". I suppose you could say that i was always in a clique, wheter i wanted to admit it or not even from those school days.

Lin foong - i’ll prolly drop by in the summer/spring. NO WAY im leaving the house/heater in winter :P. Im freezing cold even right now. It’s 5 degrees and dropping. And then there are the crazy half naked people who are playing hurling out there on the field.

God really works in miraculous ways. I forgot to bring soap powder to the launderette, When i opened the door of one washing machine, someone before me had poured an excess. To cut a long story short, i washed my shirt with enough powder that day. On a more serious note, what i meant to say was that God is faithful. Always have and always will be. In Sunway, he put a senior there to guide me if i needed help and an immediate senior who got me to a suitable church and helped me adapt. She said "i just felt we could click the second i met you" and stuck by for the next few months i needed the most advices. And here, He has once again put someone in my midst, who’s provided great help and support. I cannot thank Him enough. so thanks Chee, for ur prayerful blessing.

Everyone grew up with the impression that overseas present a better chance, a better life… and all that crap. I dont know about Australia, but irish people are quite… well, unfriendly, i suppose. It’s hard to approach them and it’s quite disheartening when is so obvious that we wanna be friends wtih them but all they go for are the other angmoh’s like canadians and etc. Im being a little biased here, cause there ARE some in my class who are quite friendly. The non-Dubliners. Haha, here’s the citykidsareallsnobs mentality again. I also realized that 75% of the people here have NO IDEA at all where this malaysia is. I’ll probably change my mind on this in a few months time. So we’ll see.

Oh another thing is, people here only drink drink and well, drink. They produe guinness here and that day in my elective class, there was this guy who was teaching me how to get "Really knocked out really fast" haha. So ar.. i dont drink you know, so ar, that’s one chance to socialize down the drain. And then ar, i was watching this video on hangovers on national geographic. Apparently it’s reallly bad for health, and also your brain, so now im not even interested to get drunk anymore. HAHAHA. crapping here. basically i just miss (and so do ALL the malaysians) the mamaks. to quote a friend here "im sick of eatng sandwiches". Im not, he is, but that’s like the cheapest things we can "want" to afford here.

Talking about drinking here, the CF is really in the dumps. Most college goers wanna get drunk and all that, and CF doesnt promote that. Thus, CF is not somthing college goers end up wanting. There are so many whites here and despite the believe that "white" countries are made up of more christians, the number of asians/blacks/nonWhites in the church right now is higher than the whites. Need to think of a good strategy here. I was thingking they could hold a concert by hillsong/planetshakers or something… The irish like to spoil their eardrums. they do that everynight

The bright side is, there are ALOT of handsome -but, unapproachable- guys here. Heee

and Hammie dear, it’s okay, i received your sms.

I pulled through! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Currently listening to : Stronger by Kanye West

Today is Sunday. Has everyone and everything gone forward along with time and left me behind?

Nothing much la. Basically still settling in. Made new friends. Am i the only one still living in the past?

I dont like starting over at all! New friends, new environents.. the whole popular cliques and snobs all over again. Well, im so sorry but i cant help but have nonexistant self esteem and seem to think tht some of the guys in my class are like jon. Me, Pathetic.

But look wad Jon turned out into? My utopia sifu and a great guy to boot. MInus the FFK features.

I know the reason actually. Im just TRYING TOO FRIGGIN HARD!

So what if i look like a guy and has frozen hair? so what if i seem to be wrapping myself up in bundles after bundles of clothes? so what if i seem to never stop talking about myself and myself alone? OMG. wat is wrong with this scenario? Why cant i be anyone but myself ?

I miss my friends. I miss those people who could predict wad i would say or do next. I miss those people who understood me so well that i even laughed at their lame jokes. I miss those people who came all the way to the airport to send me off. I miss those people who sent me their well wishes and i knew they meant it. I miss those people who found it okay that even though i seemed so tomboy, they didnt mind, they talked to me, they hung out with me. I miss the people who accepted me for who i am. I miss those people who made me so comfortable i didnt have to pretend to be anyone else.I miss the people who humanized me down to earth and made me forget the meaning of the words differences in achievements. The time zone hre is so diferent, once i start class i wouldnt have a chance to talk to them anymore.

Class is starting tomorrow. Can’t wait. I’d say thank good ness. I cant stand another day like this. At least the frustration in my studies would take my mind of this rubbish. and it rhymes. Go figure.

Well, wish me all the best! Well, i also give up la. I’m gonna stop trying so hard. Cis.Took me this long to get into my peanut brain that all these things doesnt matter. Getting 3A’s is not a hu ha factor. An offer from Trinity isn either. we’re all here and we’re all on par. I. cannot. care. anymore. Anyway , this willl pass. It’s just a phase. Due to my lack of confidence and self security. So dont worry too much.

It’s really hard for me to explain here, but im undergoing a slight adaptation period. Please dont mind my emo like whining. Sometimes shit just happens. ZZZZzz

Currently listening to : The take over, the breaks over by Fall Out Boy

A2 results

Maths A

Chemistry A

Biology A

Physics B - SIGHHHHHHHHHHH <- mr Alabear said "i dun wanna see or talk to u. harrumph" LOL

this proves tht all things are possible

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UPDATE:

I’m leaving for Dublin on the 4th Sept 2007, 2314 hours KLIA.

so uhm… all the DKNY, HUGO, CK, BURBERRY, MONT BLAC, DAVIDOFF etc etc stuffs that YOU ALL WANNA GIVE ME as a PARTING GIFT, make sure u pass to me before tht kay ?

Oh, except firdz aka self proclaimed brad pitt aka bitt (brad + pitt = bitt), i FORGOT bout CHillies.. *smiles*

AHAHHAAHHA…

ps - i accept body shop’s krstna too. =P

I’m crazy bout Utopia. but it’s not a good game for health. One minute damn stressed, another minute adrenaline-pumped (when u start whacking ppl) then stressed again (when ppl whack u), repeat. Haiz… but i’m lovin it

War in 4 days. Im gonna be in Genting. Well Starbucks, here i come. LOL.

Listening to : A whole new world by LMNT, So this is love by Cheetah girls (Disney Mania rocks)

Adui cant believe im actually blogging about going to Singapore. but since i dun have any ideas on wad to blog on.. and its July.. so i guess no choice la..

Day 1 (Fri)

Okay. so i went to Sg on the 29th, accompanied by Mr Kelvin Lim. dinner at yong peng. Apparently i eat alot. Nice senior of mine walked me back to Clementi 5 eventho we BOTH had NO IDEA where it was. so ended up walking a big big round from the mrt station. oh well. it was 9.45 and was freaking tired.

Day 2 (Sat)

Met up with Eve at clementi.Clmenti has no nice food wor.. and we wanted air cond so went to jurong east for lunch. lol. And im reminded once again why im so compatible with eve. bBth of us were wearing shorts n a t shirt. lol and i had a school bag! Went to IMM for lunch, she ching’ed me Fish n co. (thanks!) Then walked over to Jurong entertainment centre to meet up with kelvin n friend. heres the story bout the ice kacang, atapchi and kelvin getting spoons for us (insert LOL here). also met (im sorry - kok kiong? ) but i had to leave early cus had football match later. so didnt get to go to the science fair (apparently they didnt go in the end either ahah) The last few matches held at the national stadium before getting demolished were between ex int msian and sg’s, and aus vs sing. but i only got to see the latter. pretty cool i suppose. i mean, at least i know wads offside now. and the aussie guys sitting behind us were pretty sporting, if u forget the part bout them splashing beer on us. Met cous in law’s bro and his gf/fiancee. Very nice ppl esp the fiancee lol. both football freaks. Had supper at oasis.

<- Before the Aus vs Sing match.

Final score 2 - 0 (Aus won)

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Day 3 (sunday)

Was supposed to go to church. but in the end was too tired on sat night.. and then Kelvin had to come ALL THE LONG WAY to bring me to CityHarvest so in the end, decided not to go. Spent the day jalan jalan at vivocity. wanted to watch movie but too many people. Dinner at some Jap resaturant at CLark Quay . Walao. dam expensive man. but the ice cream was nice!

<- Sum sun, moon restaurant.

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Day 4 (Mon)

Since today was youth day, eve had holiday. so met up with her (again) at Bugis. Note : eve doesnt know where to buy movie tickets. haha. Anyway, watched die hard 4 and managed to drag Kelvin with us (always the trio) and went window shopping. (Erm guys, sorry bout the whole should-i-buy-the-shirt-or-not incident. i bought sumthing else in msia. haha)

<- the sucky ice kacang at Bugis. was pretty pissed off by the auntie selling it too, so yeh, besong nya~!

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Rachel had free tickets (wohoo) to night safari, so in the end the 4 of us (kenneth rachel kelvin n me) went to the safari. Binturongs are SOOOOO cute! but it was a superb experience!For once, the animals were not sleeping. and i saw ELEPHANTS! like, REAL ONES! and LIONs! and ALLIGATORS!! and the LEOPARDS were inches from my face!! HAHAHA .. yes, it was THAT nice =)

<- Before the night show started.

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Day 5 (Tues)

Slept in late. woke up around 12. HAHA. met kenneth at Suntec and then we went to Kallang for canoing. Hohohoh.(Dare i say im getting more familiar with the MRT system?) NUS was having sum sports carnival there,so i got to look at some VERY BUFFED bodies. HAHAHa. kidding.  my mind was thinking more of the  how-im-gonna-prevent-myself-from-making-a-fool-outta-myself-later . but then had kenneth and kelvin to guide me, not bad la. (at least he didnt try to capsize me) altho i have to admit, the sensation of being under tha bridge (dunno wads it called) is really nice. Magnificent eh i guess. Whenever kelvin said "where r u going?" meant i was offcourse. sigh. he said tht quite many times actually.. Dinner at Spagheddies with cous n hubby. BEST!!! (the bestest meal i had in sg for the whole trip) Note : theres a meal tht looks like popiah.. but its not. its CHEESY and YUMMY and YOU GOTTA TRY IT!!

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Day 6 (Weds) - this is getting kinda draggy huh. lol.

Met up with Kelvin at vivocity. hohoho. Mr nice guy treated me to transformers. actually i think movies in Msia still wins sg hansdown. Maybe it was the popcorn la.. i dunno.  (salty is NOT NICE) Transformers rawked!!

K im gonna keep it very simple from here onwards..

Went to NUS. had lunch at Science canteen. Chicken chop for 2 dollars?! Saw the admission and med ppl. Told me Nus only has ONE intake which is in AUG and closing date was WAAAY over. Piang! tht was my hopes breaking. but nevermind la. one less option = one less choice to mess up my decision at the crossroads. Had a tour of the uni on the shuttle bus. Nus is big! Kelvin went to do sum coco stuff and i ended up with freebies! HAHA.

<- free shirt. Huahuahua

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<- In NUS library

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Day 7 (Thurs)

Stayed home for whole day. It helped tht i woke up at 12 plus. Wtched TV. NO ESPN = NO LIFE!!

went jogging. so dam tired. slept early at 9.

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Day 8 (Fri)

Phone started ringing around midnight. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! thanks for the wishes! got a pair of shoes from cous. Dad forgot tho. Eve took the trouble (i know she was freaking tired) to go out for dinner at Clarity’s. Kenneth paid. lol, thanks OLD MAN! Also visited the national library since it was nearby and we.. fine, Kelvin had to wait for available seats cus it was packed.

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Day 9 (Sat)

OKay. can stop here ady. so today was the wedding. so many couples getting married. sumhow i felt like.. it wasnt really THAT special. i mean.. being the 4TH couple to get married in the same church in the same day and having to rush.. kinda takes away the whole "today is a special day cus its my wedding" feeling. at least i felt tht way…

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Day 10

Balik rumah.

<- Have u ever been around sitiawan at 4 am in the morn?

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reached stw at 4.45 and had to leave for ipoh around 5.30. hadnt packed or eaten or anything. haiz. so then i went for the orientation lor. could u blame me for being antisocial and moody? not enuf sleep weih. and the fact tht my BM was so dam rusty i couldnt communicate well (they couldt speak english) plus the fact tht I DIDNT WANNA GO IN THE FIRST PLACE!! contributed a little bit to the dun-come-n-talk-to-me aura i had. but over the 3 days.. i guess i met some very interesting people too. okay, maybe less interesting and more funny. Hup, Raj, Ruey…

esp HUp - thanks for "keeping an eye on me"

and here i’d like to post a BIG BIG BIGGGG shoutout to

MR KELVIN LIM CHIA SIONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks SOOOO much for the time n effor and money spent while i was there. and

ms EVE TEO!!!!

also, for the time and effort n money spent. =D

ps- these few days (fine, maybe around 2 days ago) i’ve been sick weih. haiz. had a little fever ytd night. but im thinking its gonna come back cus i got the "why so cold" feeling right now. upper lip is numb (mum said pesticides from the fruits ive been eating) sore throad and flu. haiz. at night cough pula. KELIANNYAAA… lol, naw. im fine la.. juz give it a few days. i m writing this just to get sum sympathy. (i cant eat guavas for the whole 1 week!!!!!! NUOOOOO!!!!!! T.T)

pps- been reading sum manga’s these few days. this one super funny man! id recommend it!

<- An excerpt from Koukou Debut by Kawahara Kazune

hosted by Onemanga

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oh, and thanks for Harry potter ..

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No thanks to ai fang n co im stuck listening to Yang Zhong Wei - Yu Tian (originally by Steph sun)