*sigh*

I could have slept in till 12 tomorrow, drive myself to Tamaki and attend my 12.30p.m. lecture, catch the free bus to city at 2.30. I would save on petrol and time and I get to sleep in. But I'm waking up at 5.30am instead.

Why? Because it's just hard to say no. Plus, there's a word called self-sacrifice. And the traffic in the morning the last two days have been terrible. Took over an hour today to get to city. Was late for lecture. And I got fined 15 bucks by parking at The Strand, Parnell today coz I parked for more than 120 minutes. I was lucky yesterday as I didn't get fined but not today. *sigh* Thank goodness Thursday is market day at the uni :D Now I better have a parking spot behind the engineering building tomorrow orelse my legs are seriously going to break.

Can't wait for this week to be over!!!! I want to park at Tamaki!!!

Good night, sweet dreams and enjoy the remaining days of this week!! :)

back to school

First day back at uni...

it wasn't too bad...

walked so much today. parked my car at parnell hence i had a 30 minute walk to the city campus plus another 25 min walk to grafton for my medsci205 lab. reached there right on time. the intro thingy started already when i got there. i thought i wouldn't see any familiar faces but when i walked in....WHAM!! 3 ppl i know right in front of me - eleanor,antonia and larissa...so happy to see them after so long!! woot!!! too bad we weren't in the same group.. we were assigned to our groups randomly...*sigh* i think the people that know each other from first yr moving on to second year are mostly those doing sportsci. Haha!! lots of other ppl looked lost. But yea... group assignment i guess was to find our groups and know their names and get our passwords coz there weren't any other assignment given and we finished at 11am when it was meant to be 1. Score!!!!

went to umsa stall after that and just stayed there till 3. at 3, had my medsci205 lecture. The first part was super boring, introduction stuff. It put me to sleep. Slept till when the lecturer started on the main stuff, I was still sleepy. Towards the end only I was awake. *sigh* Lucky it's not really important. I hope! Tmrw gta go do some reading. At least I wasn't jet-lagged ok. I slept at 2am and woke up at 6am. Easily woke up at 6!!!

So yea... apart from the traffic in the morning, the dangerous driving near the free parking spots bhind engineering building, the unavailable free parking spots, the tiring walk from parnell to grafton and climbing up the steep hill.... everything else was good. great seeing everyone again. I'm sure this whole week there'll be lots of catching up. Am actually looking forward to sportsci lecture tmrw!! Weird but yea.... hehehehe... it's the only lectures where we know we'll see familiar faces :D. But yea.. today met two ppl who's not doing it anymore. One's gone to AUT to do physiotherapy, one's switched to Commerce. I wonder who else is gone... but i know the ppl i'm close with are not! PHEW!!!! Tat's why it's a good day. Yipeeee!!!!

i'm back

I'm back. I think i've been away for too long. Why?

- Coz it felt so hard leaving and when I arrived, I realized.......
after two movies, two meals and a nap.... I'm actually so far away

- Coz it feels so weird without having a fan in my room

- Coz it feels so quiet right now

- Coz i find it amazing that my room door is open and no mozzies are coming in

- Coz i'm already missing people

shit i hate this feeling... i need to stop thinking about uneccessary stuff... i need to be all happy again.... Can't wait for uni to actually START!!!!!!

I promise....NO MORE EMO POSTS!!!!!

leaving in 3 days time

Two months ago i.e. during December, I felt bored and wondered how am I gna last another 2 months in Msia being this bored. I wished that time will actually fly faster for once during a holiday of mine. Gosh! I even went for job hunting and worked at Billabong for 9 days. Yes, it only lasted 9 days in January.

When 2007 arrived, it seemed that everything has been moving at a really fast pace. I wish it slowed down. Right now, I wished time would just stay still for a moment so that I can enjoy every single moment of it for a longer time.

I'm leaving in 3 days time. Gta admit, I had a really eventful time back here and thanks to all you people out there for making it memorable for me. You know who you are. Yes yes, feeling a bit emo now. Just right now only k? Everyone will feel emo at some point in time and it's alright :) It's just for a lil while. Heeheeheee :P

I've been back here for over 3 months. The last 1.5 months was great. I guess it's really true... Save the best for the last..... but..... Good things do come to an End. I wonder if it will always be like that when I come back. I doubt it. I really really doubt it. But still, thanks and it will always be at the back of my head.

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And I realized my NZ license has expired over here :S

happy chinese new year!

Tomorrow's Chinese New Year. The house is being decorated really nicely. Just had my new year's eve dinner. It was good as usual. Going to watch a movie in 2 hours time. Have to stay up till 3am to welcome to Money God... teeeheeee=) It was raining today. I hope tomorrow isn't too hot. It has always been hot during chinese new year. Anywayzzz... it's Piggy Year!! Oink oink... so ermmm...let us all dream of Piglets tonight aight??

and i'm leaving in one week's time.....

cameron highland mountain expedition and 19th birthday

Question: Orang naik gunung, turun gunung, naik gunung, turun gunung, cari apa?

A year ago (14/2 & 15/2), I climbed Mt.Kinabalu without any friends or anyone I knew. It was a tiring climb. Many prepared themselves before climbing this mountain. As for me,I went for it without prior training or preparation. I made it. But I could hardly walk the next day.

This year, from the 7th till the 11th of February, I went on a Cameron Highland Mountain Expedition, knowing only one person - Siew Aun, but came back knowing a whole new bunch of funny, super lame and really fit group of people. Before I went for the trip, I thought it would be easier than climbing Mt.Kinabalu as it wasn't as high hence thin air wouldn't be a problem. Plus, I've done Mt.K, the highest mountain in S.E.A, so how bad can these three other mountains be?

Answer: Pretty bad, more challenging, almost can die. Basically, if you've climbed these three mountains, Mt.K would be a piece of cake. But if you've done Mt.K, it's uncertain whethere you would be able to complete all these three mountains (Mt.Berinchang-6664 ft, Irau-6923 ft and Beremban-6041 ft) just like that.

On the 7th, we set up our tents and camped at the foot of Mt.Berinchang. For once in my life, I set up a tent!! Go me!! The sleep wasn't too good- uneven grounds, sloping grounds which resulted into me bumping into cindy, my tent mate, a couple of times, cold weather and the fear of some wild animals coming into the tent.

On the 8th, after breakfast and packing up the tents, our climb for Mt.Berinchang begins. The climb was way different than Mt.K. For Mt.K, you had steps to step on. The only challenge was the thin air. Whereas for Mt.Berinchang, you have to basically find your own steps- roots of trees are the best and following where the person in front of you stepped on would also be a really good idea. Sometimes, there's no place to step on or the gaps are too big so you have to grab onto any visible branches you can reach and pull yourself up (climbing mountains not only work ur calf and thigh muscles now, they do work ur biceps and triceps too!). The challenge of having thin air did kicked in at the start but later part in the climb, we got used to it. Another huge challenge was the backpack we were carrying. Mine was the biggest - 75 litres. I looked more like a backpacker from the Amazing Race rather than a climber. It weighed btwn 7-10 kgs. The climb took around 2.5 hrs but it felt longer than that. Throughout the climb, all I can remember what the guides (Amin, Khairul, Fenzi) were saying were "Sepuluh minit lagi (10 more minnutes), sepuluk minit lagi." Man, those people just love lying to us, don't they? Those "sepuluh minit" soon added up to over an hour since I heard the very first "sepuluh minit".

The grounds were slightly damp and covered with moss. At first, I was trying to avoid getting dirty since I know there's no place to shower. But as the climb progress, I find it difficult to avoid that hence the clean Sher Mayne became a really dirty one after that. My oh-so-white finger nails became black, my blue sandals became brown and I had quite a few mud patches on my calf.

When we reached the peak of Mt.Berinchang, I felt so satisfied. But soon, I realized the place was accessible by car!! GrrRrrR!!! How anti-climatic! But hey! Climbing to the peak feels way better than DRIVING to the peak. From there, we walked 1, 2 km or so on the tar road to our next camp site i.e. the entrance to Mt.Irau. There, we set up our tents and it was our sleeping place for the next two nights. For lunch, we had fried chicken, veges and rice. Sounds yummy? Yes, it certainly was as it was cooked by one of the guides, Fuad a.k.a. Chef Fufu! No, he didn't climb, he drove up with the tiny gas tins, chicken and the other ingredients as well as our tents. Water was a really scarce resource up at the mountains and we really had to USE THEM WISELY. The way we washed our dishes can be said to be worst than how the hawker centres wash theirs. But it's all good, no one had diarrhoea. Speaking about diarrhoea, I did not poo from wednesday to saturday. Only did number 1, but no number 2. Why? Coz I really couldn't be bothered to dig my own hole and poo in it. Furthermore, I doubt my poo-aiming skills. Uhumm... you didn't really need to know that, do you? I'm sorry. haha!

As the night approaches us, it became colder and windier. The branches were damp so we were unable to start a campfire. All we had to warm us up was the food we had and the clothes we had on us. How I wish I brought my thermals along. Light to carry and WARM!!! What acutally warmed me up was the lame stories and jokes told by the guides and some of the climbers. Sorry, they had too many till I couldn't remember most of them.

On the 9th, we climbed Mt.Irau. As we were camping at the same place for the second night, hence we didn't need to take up all our belongings. Just a 1.5litre bottle of water each, a jacket to keep us warm just in case we get lost, torch and our lunch. It was one bag btwn two person. Siewaun carried it all the way up. Thanks! However, the climb was still challenging. More challenging than Berinchang. It was a 4 hour climb to the peak. We had to climb up and down a couple of times. It wasn't just all the way up. I was both physically and mentally challenged. At times, I lose my concentration and start tripping and nearly fell to the ground. Branches and roots became our best friends and mud became our enemy. If you're not careful and stepped onto the wrong place, your whole leg could sink into the ground and get covered by mud up to knee length! And if you're really unlucky, your shoes might get stuck into the ground whilst trying to pull ur leg up. At one point, it happened to me and I thought it was goodbye to my 30 ringgit sandals. But, it lasted all the way. Worth my 30 ringgit for sure :)

At the peak, we had an hour of lunch break whilst admiring the view from the peak. Gta admit, the view from Mt.K looked way better, the sunrise and all that. But from Mt.Irau, we could see Mt.Berinchang from far and it felt great. It's the Omg-I-can't-believe-we-were-actually-there-and-now-we're-all-the-way-here feeling. Sorry, no pictures yet. When I get hold of the pictures, I'll post it up! At 3, it was time to make our way down the mountain as we wanted to avoid climbing down the moutain in the dark. Definitely not pleasant at all.

And you think going down is way easier than going up as there's the help of gravity. But you thought wrong. Most of us thought wrong. Going down was way harder than going up. Lots of technical difficulties were faced but conquered in the end. Bruises were formed and clothings got torn. Well, my socks got torn lar! This time, it was me carrying the bag but towards the end, siewaun was nice enough to carry it again. It was lighter than going up coz the food and water were now stored in our tummy.

By the time we reached our campsite, the majority was covered in mud. We even had a natural layer of mud foundation on our face. I think I was the dirtiest. A shower would be so good then but I had to wait for one more day! I took my swimming towel and wiped my body and gosh, it turned from blue to brown! (thank goodness it's all blue again, love that magical towel!)

We had an early dinner that night and went to bed super early. By 9, I think everyone was asleep.

The next morning on the 10th, we woke up to a cold, windy morning. We were meant to get up at 7 but no one dared stepping out of the tent till 7.30. It was too cold!!! Serious, it felt colder than being in NZ. No joke!! That's why I said thermals would be splendid!

After breakfast, breaking camp and some photo-taking sessions, our hike down Mt.Berinchang begins. After doing Mt.Irau, the hike down Mt.Berinchang felt way easier. From what we thought would take 2 hours to complete it, we reached the foot of Berinchang in an hour or less. From there, we walked through Tanah Rata, passed the town to get to the Forestry Department. There it was, the place to shower as it was next to a waterfall, and toilets to do number 2's as it was a proper camp site and there were heaps of other people camping there too. Gosh! They even had concrete grounds to set our tents up. Mind you, concrete feels way better than uneven soil, rocky grounds. After setting our tents up, it was time for me to rush to the toilets and do my number 2 job i.e. Poo Poo :p Felt so good after that. Went to dip my feet into the cold, refreshing running stream water after that. Ahhh!! I haven't been to heaven but I think heaven would have felt just like that!

At 3, after lunch, it was time for our last climb - Mt.Berembun. It was meant to be sort of a warm down hike for all of us. But I felt really tired and aerobically challenged for this. Before the climb, I already had the thought of it going to be easy. Hence, I underestimated it. I think most of us underestimated Berembun. The grounds were dry and not muddy. It was easy in the sense that it required little thinking on where to place ur next foot on and hands weren't required for this. I only had a bottle of water in my hands. And Thank goodness I actually brought my water along. It was the climb that I drank the most. As the trail was easy, we were moving at a rather fast pace which results to an aerobically challenged me. The hills were very steep so I figured running up the hills would be way faster and less tiring than walking up. But by the time I reach the top, I was panting and what made it even worst is to know that there's many more steep hills like that to climb. The "sepuluh minit lagi" wasn't effective anymore. It turned to "sedikit lagi (little bit more)" and "satu rokok lagi (one more cigarrette)". I don't smoke so I have no idea how long does it take to finish one ciggie. The last climb was the most torturing one. Huge steps and it felt never ending. Soon, it became to "setengah rokok lagi (half a ciggie more)". I was so happy when I finally reached the peak. At the peak, we could see Berinchang and Irau from far. I drank my water till the very last drop which means no more water for the hike down.

We took a different route on the way down to avoid going down and climbing up those steep hills again. We ended up at a cabbage farm and passed by a tea plantation. From there, it was an hour plus walk through the town to get back to our campsite. At the campsite, it was dinner time! This time, it was us and not Fufu doing the cooking. We had BBQ for dinner. Half of us showered first and the other half prepared dinner. At 7, we switched. I was the latter group hence showering at 7pm in the cold river was another challenge to face. It was freezing cold from the start to the very second we got out. But it still felt good. Finally managed to wash myself with soap after 4 days and shampoo my muddy, oily hair. The second we got out, we actually felt warm.

My hair didn't stay nice for a long while. When I started BBQ-ing, it started to smell like charcoal. But dinner was great!! Tasted so good. I thought to myself, eventhough I won't be celebrating my bday with friends and family I'm close to, at least my birthday eve dinner is pretty special i.e. BBQ dinner in the jungle in Camerons :)

That night, we slept pretty late. First it was evaluation of the trip and we gave our comment on what we liked and didn't like. You see, Amin, our guide, just started this outdoor recreation company recently and we were the first group to go on this expedition done by him so he needed feedback on how to improve it. I guess, a level of lameness and a sense of humour is required before going on this trip. Next, we started playing all kind of games. At the end of it, there was another evaluation where it's just YES or NO and we all closed our eyes to answer it. When I opened my eyes after that, a birthday cake appeared right in front of me and then the birthday song. AwwWwwWW!!! I was so surprised and didn't expect it at all. It was simply amazing and was really touched. Thanks to all of them though none of them reads my blog. Thanks anyway lar!! So happy! It was just amazing. And thank YOU for the phone call ;)

On the 11th morning, we were allowed to wake up at 10 after so long!!! It was a great sleep except the sleep was disturbed by the singing of Negaraku, Duli Yang Maha Mulia and another song at 6am in the morning by other campers. I woke up at 9, had my breakfast and then it was one last time dipping into the stream. Heavenly feeling once again.

At 12, it was time to start our walk again to Tanah Rata to the bus station and then we headed back to KL. Reached pudu at 7 something. Usually, I would have take a train from Plaza Rakyat to Masjid Jamek and then switch to LRT to take it all the way to Tmn Bahagia. But I guess we were still in the walking mood hence a bunch of us walked from pudu to Masjid Jamek LRT station and then take it to Taman Bahagia.

Reached Tmn. Bahagia at 8. Matt picked me up and headed home. Showered (warm nice shower) and then went out for my tiny birthday dinner at Chow Yang with my parents. Bro still at singapore as he went down to spent Kar Kei's 21st as well as Valentine's Day. Yes, he's still in Singapore. Coming back tomorrow I guess. Came home and then had dad's leftover birthday cake. Haha! It was still good tho. Tiramisu cheese cake. Lucky they didn't get me a cake coz we wouldn't be able to finish it. Plus, I blew candles at 12am 11.2.2007 already.

Save the best till the last. The last thing I did was opening my presents. And I love opening presents. Parents gave me money as they didn't know what to get me. Think I'll use the money to get me a new pair of running shoes and a pair of watch. Bro got me shimmering powder from body shop and wrote me a really nice, sweet note. Thanks koko!!! I love you too and I'm really ok with you going to Singapore celebrating Kar Kei's 21st bday :) Matt got me a pair of dolphin earrings (i like i like A LOT!!!) and .... listen to this..... my very very first music CD (The Fray-How to Save a Life) in my whole entire life. Yes, I have never owned a music CD before till now. Heehee...yes yes, I'm one hell of a pirate...ARrrrRrr!!!

And then there's the early birthday presents.... Aunt got me a pair of levi's jeans before leaving for Australia. Swannie swan swan my other half got me a Nike shoe bag and a dolphin soft toy. And she also emailed me, texted me, and had a birthday post for me. Heeeheeeheee.... truly my other half horrr? Lolxxx!!!

So overall, the 5 days of being in Camerons was awesome. No regrets in going for the trip at all. I had doubts at first into going for this trip as I wouldn't know anyone. But when the trip ended, I'm just so glad I went for it, so glad that I took up this challenge, so glad that I completed it and came down safe and sound. It was a test for both my physical and mental health. And I'm proud to say that I am pretty alright :D Haha!! I didn't give up at times I really felt like giving up and stay in the tent. I didn't turn back at times I felt like I couldn't go on. I pushed myself. And in the end, I climbed all three mountains. I made new friends, I learnt new lame jokes. I had a great time. The 200 bucks was definitely worth it. What I got out of it was PRICELESS. I'm looking forward to the next climb. But all I know it's definitely not this soon. Next year perhaps? And the next time, I'm gna make sure I'm in my peak condition so I wouldn't feel like dying during the climb. Haha!!

Answer: Orang naik gunung, turun gunung, naik gunung, turun gunung, cari PENAT! so true, so so true :p

valentine's day

Happy Valentine's Day to all of you!!

I love all of you so you are all my valentines!!! bwahahahahahaha....

So, why is it always the guy who have to buy the flowers, the chocolates, the teddy bears and the gifts? Why isn't it the other way round?

Ok, that was a random question coz I was at one utama this afternoon and saw all the valentine gifts up for sales and they all looked so girly... u can't really give a guy a bunch of flowers nor a teddy bear.. hence it's clear that the guys are meant to buy those over-priced gifts for the girls... me think it's unfair. it should be more of a two-way thing. Then again, it's better not to celebrate this day with gifts coz u are just getting ripped off badly. perhaps set ur own valentine's day... 15th feb perhaps? for all those gifts wld prob be half price? or u cld plan for nxt yrs v-day, buy the gifts this yr, keep it for a yr and then give it to ur loved ones on the next v-day...heeheee....

if my future bf ever gets me a rose on v-day, i'll prob slap him coz he's stupid for buying a freakin rose for 10 bucks! or maybe i shld just warn him before he even buys it... why? coz RM10 + RM3 can get me this awesome thing here....

Hi Mighty Pie from Chili's

It's kinda pricey but i reckon' it's way better than a single rose... can't do much with a rose.. can only look at it and snap pictures of it... doesn't satisfy the tummy.. might as well walk into the florist, snap pictures of beautiful bunches of roses and give it to the girl, right? whereas for this hi mighty pie... gosh!!! taste like heaven!! vanilla ice cream, caramel, choc sauce, oreo cookies, butterscotch pieces and other things that i hv no idea what they are but they sure do taste AWESOME!!

by the way, i got another haircut on monday, bumped into mags and darren at DFO outlet on monday (it's a small world afterall), helped out for msss swimming yesterday(still waiting for my pay), went to the dentist today, collected my passport today and I am yet to blog about my camping trip.

ohh yah! and thanks to all of you for the birthday wishes .. be it online, sms, tagboard, thru email or in person... u guys are awesome... so happy u remembered :)

time for me to sleep now.. rock climbing this friday at summit, 2pm!! come join me if you're free!! everyone's invited!!!!

i'm back and happy bday to me...

happy birthday to me...

but i'm so sleepy...

am back from my cameron highland mt. expedition course...

too tired to blog abt it...

but will definitely do so some time soon coz it was an amazing trip...

my bed looks very tempting right now...

good night everybody :)

my wknd during selangor age grp

I earned 90 bucks this weekend (Fri-Sun)!! But the job was boring yet exhausting. Have been waking up at 6 on those three days. Came home and fell asleep nearly right away. We had to stand up and sit down every 40 seconds or so throughout the day. Thank goodness I had Matt and Yu Sheng beside me and be bored together. Poor Yitwei who was one of the timekeepers had to be separated from us and was placed at the other end of the pool. Well, at least he gets to play with a stopwatch :p We were turn judges i.e. make sure they touch and turn properly. And if they don't, we get to disqualify them. Haha! I like to DQ ppl.... fun fun!! Nyehehehehehe...

So what did we do to kill our boredom?
1. See who sits down first once the horn goes
2. Play with water bottles
3. See who gets the wettest when the swimmers do their turnings
4. Rate the bums and bodies of some swimmers (hehehehe.. i like i like :p)

It wasn't too bad actually. It's better than working at Billabong. At least we were well fed. Food for breakfast and lunch was good. And also food for morning and afternooon break as well. A lot of eating!! And we were given free shirts. One shirt a day. But the sizes are huge coz the smaller sizes are taken up by the aunties... their reason : we all old ladies, cannot grow fat anymore, u all still young, can still grow bigger. !#$#%$&$*$(&$!!!!! Poo u all!! I'm still smaller size than u aunties... well, some aunties lar...hahaha!!! but the auntie that said it was fatter than me.Heeheehee... ok ok, must still respect them...they older...*sigh*

Btw, finally got my pay yesterday. RM304. Haha! Didn't know I get paid 4.50 on weekends. Woohooo!! Ok, time to pack now.My backpack is HUGE!!! 75 litres. I wanted to get a 40 litres one but bro already bought me a 75litres one. And he said better to get a bigger one so next time can use it for backpacking. Jungle trekking and backpacking is two different things right? Well, the amazing race ppl can run with those huge backpacks, i'm sure i can climb hills with it right? Haha! NO! I am currently in a very unfit condition, haven't been exercising for so long. And I'm going for 5 days. 5 days of walking and climbing. Now I'm kinda regretting this. Then again, it's gna test my limit. And if I do come back alive and still carrying my bag, I'll be satisfied. Heeheeeheeee.... bye now and have a nice day!! WeeEeEeEE!!!