*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!!!

my timetable

My other half is going back to NZ tmrw!!! lolxx!! (swannie swan swan, happy? lolxx!!!) nyehehehehe...have a safe flight, go find a job and don't forget to treat me...heehee...see you in Auckkie!

Finally finished my application forms for the 360 exchange programme. Yes, I know, it's super last minute. Deadline :Feb 1. Gosh!! I'm really terrible at being on time. Forever last minute. Big big thank you to Henry and Sheng who will be handing in my application form in tomorrow :) Thanks so much!!!!!

Tomorrow I'll be going to Pudu to pay for my air ticket as well as bringing in the design to print the UMSA shirts. I seriously think I'll get lost. I have to find the air ticketing office, I have to find the printing t-shirt shop. And I haven't been to any of them nor have I seen how they look like. And my sense of direction in KL is pretty bad. All I know is Petaling Street, Puduraya, Sungei Wang, Times Square, Low Yat. So I'm guessing I'll get to Puduraya via lrt and find my way around? Hope dad is free so he can take me there instead. Hehehehe....

Finally did up my timetable. It's so pretty, well, I think it is. It's colourful. Hehehe....

What I like about my timetable:
- Monday no classes at Tamaki Campus. Get to sleep till 7.00 if I'm catching the free bus or sleep till 8 if I'm driving straight to city. But can't really drive to city because there'll be no more parking.
- Break from 9-1 on Tuesday. I actually hate long breaks but I figured I could use that huge break to sleep, go gym and study.
- Wednesday is major sleep in day. Can sleep in till 11. Bwahahahaha!!

What I hate about my timetable:
- I finish at 4 on Mon, Wed, Fri
- I have to wake up at 6 on Tue, Thurs, Fri
- Thursday no rest from 8-1. That tiny empty slot there is used for travelling from City campus to Tamaki.
- I have to travel so much on Friday. From Tamaki to City, City to Tamaki, Tamaki to City and then City to Tamaki again to go home if I catching free bus from Tamaki.
- I don't have a set lunch time for everyday :( Last semester it was always 1-2. *sigh*

All in all, I guess it's pretty alright larr.. So many opportunity to study and go gym (why do I have a feeling I'll use those breaks to sleep in level 3 ic like last year? hahahahaha). Maybe get a part time job in between those breaks? Who knows?

counting down the days...

On the 27th of January 2007, it is...

1 Day till Caris goes back to NZ (28/1) - shopping with you was awesome!!!! And thanks for buying me my first 3 pairs of earrings...haha!!

And Happy Belated Birthday to you (24/1/2007)

we just love our bandannas :)

2 Days till Miao Sern goes back to perth (29/1)- why u hv to go back so early??? pearl's been taken away from me, now you? Hmph! I'm gonna miss you, actually I already do. Haha!

6 Days till Selangor Age Group(2/2-4/2)- me is helping out this time as an official. Me is not gonna swim for once! Me thinks me is gna get paid but not alot. but me is happy!

7 Days till Shaleeni goes off to Adelaide (3/2) - i'm gonna miss you!! Go or don't go, I'll also miss you. But hey!! We would be much closer now- aust and nz...heeheee :p You hot sexy mama!!

11 Days till I go off to cameron highlands for a mountain expedition course (7/2) - last year it was Mt.Kinabalu. This year it's 3 mountains that I haven't heard of. But we're not climbing to it's peak, are we? Haha!! If yes, I die. But the itenary sounds damn interesting but I only know one person - siew aun. Well, better than not knowing anyone when I climbed Mt.K. Heard the others are triathletes or runners or smth that sounds very fit.. so hmmn... triathletes VS an american guy who looks like those Survivor dudes.. which one will rest more? I hope it's the first option...hahaha!

15 Days till I come back from that trip (11/2) - Will I even come back? Will I even survive? Reason why I got myself into this? Coz I wanted to do something interesting and memorable.

15 Days till I turn 19 (11/2) - i don't even feel like celebrating my birthday. 19 sounds old. I wanna stay 18 forever. Thank goodness I'm coming down the mountain in the evening so I would be too tired to even celebrate. Haha! But...no birthday, no presents? lolx!!!! I'm still a small kid, I love opening presents, I love nice wrapping papers and I love tearing them up. Bwahahahahaha!! Thanks Yingswam for giving me my birthday present in advance...shoebags are useful ;)

22 Days till Chinese New Year (18/2)- Why am I not feeling excited about this right now? Hmmnnn...maybe coz chinese new year means damn hot weather!

28 Days till I go back to Auckland (24/2)- Right now if you ask me where I rather be, I have no idea. So am I looking forward to go back? Well, I'm looking forward to go back but not looking forward to leave Msia. I don't make any sense, do I? Think sunny beaches, nice weather, weekends sports, friends, lovely jogs without worrying to step on dog poo or get robbed or get raped.... ahhhhhh!!!!! but but...mamak food, no school, friends, hawker food, cheap movies..... how ler? How I ask you? Now is this called emo? I think it is.. mixed emotions when I have exactly 4 weeks till I go back. Happy or sad to leave? Both. So it's emo. Hahahahaha!! But it's not emo as in I'm down, coz I'm currently laughing at myself :p

Looks like I'm pretty occupied for the month of february so that's pretty good. Still waiting for my RM288 pay. Dad said I should frame the cheque up. I think I will actually do that. Nice number ok! Y'all have a great week ahead!!

singapore trip 2007

Was in Singapore from the 18th - 23rd of January.

Had a great time over there...

- Went to Sentosa with Perzen, ex-classmate from Macleans whom I didn't see at all the whole of last year, funny how we only met up in Singapore...

- Enjoyed the sun at Siloso Beach...

- Had a tan...

finding sher mayne

- Hugged coconut trees...

- Got burnt as I fell asleep on the beach.

- Had my favourite japanese cheesy noodles(modanyaki), octopus balls (takoyaki) and steam egg (chawanmushi). Sorry no pictures available coz I was too busy eating them.

- Had my favourite prawn mee as well. I like singapore's prawn mee coz they have huge prawns and you can have the option of not having it spicy :p

- Met up with singaporeans friends that I met in NZ during my time in Macleans.

Clockwise from left: Ajita, Denise, Kah Wen, Me, John, Shiun, Laureen

Had lunch with them at Changing Appetites where Denise and Ajita are currently working. It was a great lunch. As in the company, the food was just so-so. So nice catching up with Denise and John who are now currently in Singapore. Denise who abandoned us and went back to Singapore for her studies after 6th form(i really miss those days where our experiments in bio and chem never work out, the lunch days where we would hop houses and hope we don't get caught), John who had to go back to Sgp for NS and now serving as a cop(miss those beach days where we wld just hang out by the beach and talk).

Me, John, Denise

- Played with Cameron and Fraser (cousin's kids who made me quit my job when I was in Msia) for the last time.

- Played with Joash (another cousin's kid who's turning 2 soon) who's so cute. He's got really nice eyes, long eyelashes! Gosh! I wish I can have eyelashes like him!!!

he just wants to grow up fast hence wearing huge slippers...

i'm a big guy!!!

- Caught up with aunties and having them stuff me up with food, which resulted in a fat shermayne.

- Finally get to see mom and dad who arrived on Monday from NZ.

Proof that I'm really fat:

Aunt said I'm slimmed down whilst I was in Sgp, told her it's coz I'm just darker that's why I look thinner. And mom said:"No larr.. she did not slim down, she put on!! with all the junk she's been eating, she's fatter than what she was in NZ.". Haha! Thanks mom for backing me up.

And yes, I do miss my mom and dad so so much!! So happy to see them after two months!!!

So yeapzz...that's the end of my singapore trip. Did some shopping here and there. Mambo clothing were on sale- 70% and 80%!! Hence I got a boardshorts for 16 SGD and a top for 13SGD. Heeheee... Got another boardshorts from takashimaya, those cheap unbranded ones but nice material still :) and a black top for 20 bucks. Ahhhh..me is happy girl :) Think mom would scream at me if she finds out all I've bought are all beach/summer wear :p

Ok, that's it, have a great week ahead and don't forget to SMILE :D

happy birthday papa

On the 19th day of January, there are 19 reasons as to why I am the luckiest girl on earth to have such a great man in my life for almost 19 years....

1- You always make our family dinner time a funny one
2- You always come up with very interesting EXCUSES
3- You are filled with all kinds of spontaneous jokes
4- You never want to lose in an argument which makes it very funny
5- You don't play golf like most dads do, YOU'RE super duper SPECIAL
6- You always make sure we spend as much time as we can as a family together
7- You've taught us that Family Always Comes First no matter what
8- You are always very supportive with my decisions
9- I am always very proud to talk about you when I talk to my friends- You're the coolest dad ever!
10- Some people are actually jealous because I have such an interesting dad, they wished their dad could be like you when I tell them your jokes.
11- You make the house lively - everytime when you leave, it feels empty and it's feels like something is missing and not right
12- You never force us or pressure us to do something we don't want to do
13- You're a great husband to mummy
14- You're a great papa to koko and I
15- You always give us the best and make sure we have everything we need
16- I always enjoy spending time with you
17- You have never gotten angry when I disturb you when I'm bored
18- I always look forward when you come back to NZ from Malaysia- on the day you arrive, I will always wake up with smile on my face
19- Since I was a little girl, I already knew that you're the greatest dad in the whole wide world

Happy Birthday papa!!

I love you from the bottom of my heart, always and forever!! You're the greatest daddy in the whole wide world! Thanks for everything you've done for me. Thanks for everything you've given me.

I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

finally revealed

The time has come. All you people must be waiting for something juicy, real juicy. For once in my life, I'm letting it out... (bear in mind that those other posts I wrote in nz have nothing to do with this)

What is love?

Can you love someone but not having them?
Can you love someone but you're not willing to accept them into your life?

If the answer is NO, then I'm perhaps not in love. Then again, if it's yes, I'm most probably also not in love.

Why?

Because I don't know what love is. Ok, I do love my family, my friends.. That kind of love, I know what it is. Coz family always comes first!! But I'm sure you know what kind of love I'm talking about.

Maybe I'm too young to be even thinking about this. Maybe it's just puppy love. Maybe it's just a crush. No, wait... I definitely know it's not a crush. Coz if it is, I'll probably start blushing when that person is around, I'll probably have butterflies in my stomach when I see him or read those sweet text messages, I'll probably get tongue-tied the first time I see him or talk to him.

But no, he'll never make me blush, and he'll never send butterflies to my tummy despite those sweet words he can come up with. Other girls will definitely fall for it, believe me, he's a man of sweet words, too much I should say, But sorry, it doesn't work for me, I know him for too long(he only knows how to make my tummy happy and I'm sure most of you do know how!!). And he never made me tongue-tied or stuttered before.

I'll never say "I LOVE YOU" to a guy until I really mean it, until I really know what it means. Coz these days, "Those three words, Are said too much, They're not enough". But I want it to be enough. Then again, I still believe action speaks louder than words.

There are so many reasons as to why I said no. And I've been questioning myself all the time as to why I chose that answer. At first, I thought it was him. Him and his actions. The things he had done, the things I saw what he had done to others. I was angry with what he did to them. I thought that was the reason - I don't want to end up like them.

But I realized, that was just an excuse. Because everyone makes mistakes, and there's always a Forgive and Forget. Now I realized it's me. It's me all the while. The burning desire to go on with my search as I feel like I am yet to see the world. There are still so many fishes in the sea, to be caught, to let go and during the process of fishing, maybe find the best one and keep it forever.

There are certain people I just keep coming back to
He is right in front of me

I've only started searching for a year. And I didn't really start looking properly.

Would two more years be enough?
Someone please tell me.

Or should I just go with what I have now?

No, actually don't answer that, coz I won't listen to you if you say yes coz I've made up my mind :p I'm stubborn. He said I'm the best he ever had.. sweet words again? Or maybe it's true, coz he has done his search. But is he the best I ever had? I wouldn't know, coz there's this feeling in me that thinks there's so much more I haven't seen.

Maybe I want him, maybe I need him

Maybe I started to compare to someone not there

I wouldn't know whether he is the one till I have done my fair share of looking. Maybe I'll come back to him, maybe I won't. And it is a risk for me to take. Maybe when I come back to him, he's not waiting for me anymore coz......

But he won't keep on waiting for me without a doubt

Much longer for me to sort it out

But I'm willing to take that risk. He said he'll wait 10 years, that's a bit too exagerrating. But I hope when a better girl do come by, I hope he take that chance and go for her, as I do not want him to let her go just like that. I can't stop him from waiting, I've tried. Perhaps it's nice to know that someone is waiting for you, letting you feel secure, to know that you have someone to fall back to in the end. But to me, it's not. It feels like a waste of time. For someone to just wait for something that's not even there, that's not going to even happen. Perhaps there's this slight hope, tiny chance...

But what for waste your time?

I tried telling him that, but he said he still wants to wait eventhough he knows his dreams are not going to come true. Gosh!! I really wish I had the mind of a guy, go through their weird lil heads and see what they are actually thinking. Maybe it's all lies, to make me go all soft and say :"Ok la ok la.. after all u are willing to do, i'll take you la!!". If that's the case, sorry, it doesn't work for me.

Maybe I want it, maybe I need it,

Maybe it's all I'm running from

Perfection will not come

Maybe maybe maybe. I do not know.

That's why I'm asking, is two years enough for me?

Is two years enough for my prince charming to come by and quickly sweep me off my feet and take me away from this misery?

How many bad relationships do a person have to go through before they find the right one?

How many mistakes do they have to make?

And how do you know who is the right one?

I am yet to get myself into a relationship, I am yet to make my mistakes. I could have just jump into one right now and go for it.

But why no?

Maybe because I'm scared. Maybe because I'm a coward. Or maybe because I know I'm not that special afterall. Hence I am bound to be making mistakes. From driving a car to choosing that significant someone to spend the rest of my life with.

So what's wrong with making mistakes?

Well, I guess nothing is wrong with that. People do make mistakes in these kinda stuff. So why am I not taking the risk?

Answer: If I were to make a mistake, I wouldn't my first mistake to be you. In fact, I don't want you to be a mistake to me at all. You are too great of a friend to be one of the mistakes I make in my life. Too great of a friend to lose just like this.

I hope that answer is good enough. And sorry, sorry for all the rejections, sorry for hurting you, sorry for not giving you what you want, sorry for my stupid rules, sorry for my burning desires.

And thank you. Thank you for all the times we spent together this time.

Thank you for the food:

The countless dinners at Murni, tong sui, ramli burgers, sweet corn, pasar malam fried chicken, the search for Steven's corner, the overload of pasta at Williams, kajang satay but not at kajang, the hunt for sago with gula melaka, ordering 7 kids meals at TGIF for 3 big kids, roadside rojak and cendol, helping me finish one whole ipoh chicken at home, nasi pataya and a lot more that I can't remember.

Thank you for all the crazy and fun times:

Crazy gym workout, going on a competition to see who gets darker, christmas, new years, movies, thrashing me in pool, playing bball with ur cousin and ur friends, team work into steering the wheel of the car, go on a brain freeze on purpose, drinking coke and panadol to get high, washing your car, raking rambutan leaves and get bitten by mozzies, mixing slurpee flavours etc etc.

Now you all know why he is too great of a friend to lose, right? You all should probably know who I'm talking about. Especially regular readers in here. A friend that I've known for 8 years but only started talking to 6 years ago.

Mc.Hottie - a lil lie that he keeps on telling himself. Haha!!

So what now for me?

Go to NZ, open my eyes and look!! Be brave, take risks, make mistakes, it's alright to do that. Wake up!! Prince Charming might really be lost and cannot find you so you have to go to him!! But.... I'm shy. *sigh* We'll just have to wait and see. Besides, I'm still a teenager, I still have so much more time in the world. Or do I? Two more year till I finish my degree. That's why I ask is two years enough. Then again, there's another two years if I do physio. Haha!! That gives me more time. Two years is quite a lot right? A lot can happen in two years, right? Someone please tell me.

For now, I shall enjoy every moment I have. 41 days more for me to leave you and face the exciting world filled with uncertainties and surprises. I'll never forget what we shared. Thanks for letting me go for my search and thanks for understanding me and my decisions. And if one day, say in 10 years time, we do end up together, the first thing I will do is LAUGH and then it will definitely be fate if that do happens. And maybe this is just a fairytale/love story in the making. Haha!! I doubt it...:p coz fairytales only happens in dreams :)

THE END

Gosh!! sorry for the long post. At least it clears a tiny part of my life up, right? Orelse you all will still be hanging there, guessing my thoughts and hidden meanings in my posts. Hahahahaha!!!

me and my job....

Missing In Action

That's the condition my blog has been in the past one week.

Reason: Working. Yes, I didn't even blog about it since I started on the 1st of Jan.
So now, I shall talk about it. I've been working part time at Billabong at one utama since 1st Jan. So far, only done 5 days, 9 hours per day with an hour break. It's my very first job in my whole life. Why did I decided to work? Coz I got kinda bored in December so I went job hunting. And I figured I would be even more bored in January since college is starting and all my friends are going back to college.

What a "nice" way to start the new year eh? It's a boring job. Especially on weekdays when there's no customers and the aircond is super cold. Actually love it when people come in, unfold the clothes, make them all messy so at least I have something to do to kill time. Haha!!

I made a bet with my brother. If I last till the end of this month, he'll be driving to uni on the days we go to uni together. If I quit, I'll have to drive. Also made a bet with his gf. If I quit, I have to treat her haagen daze chocolate fondue (RM50). If I don't quit, she'll treat me.

And guess what?
I'm losing the bet.

Reason: Kids... Irresistably cute lil kids!!! I really do have a soft spot for kids.

On the 5th, my cousin from perth arrived with her two kids, Cameron and Fraser. Omg!! They are so cute!! Played with them for an hour on the 6th before I go to work. They've got aussie accent and they look like lil koalas. Hyperactive!! I can just babysit them the whole day!!!! My cousin was telling me my one day pay is equivalent to the amount she pays her babysitter per hour. Bahhh!!! And Cameron said my one day pay is equivalent to the amount he gets for pulling weeds for my 3rd auntie. Ishhh!!!

When I reached work, the whole day I was considering whether to quit or not. If I quit on the 14th, I would have earned RM288. Not much but it's enough to buy 5 chocolate fondues. The remainding 38 bucks would go to petrol and parking. Haha!!

On that night, I decided I'm going to quit. Besides, no one is really being supportive with me working. Auntie don't even sound happy with me working, keep on asking me to quit. Guess it's coz the pay is crap. But I wanted to work coz of the experience, not really for the money. People is making me feel real bad too. After a meal, they'll say my one day's pay is gone. How encouraging...

So yea, I'm going to lose the bet. Ohh wellzz... I've been driving most of the time last year so I would be used to it, just have to sleep earlier this year so I won't be tired and get myself into accidents. And for the chocolate fondue, it's settled too. Don't rugi. Haha!!

When am I quitting?
Not sure. Hopefully by the end of this week. I wanna spend time with my cousin and her kids, only get to see them once a year. Will probably go to Cameron Highlands and Frasers Hill. Yes, that's how she named her kids, cool eh? Hehe....

Need to write resignation letter now. And it's almost midnight. And I'm sleepy. Thank goodness I'm having a day off tomorrow. Working life is boring which makes it tiring too. Didn't even have the time to sit down and blog. But good experience for me (tho it's only like less than a week). Next time when I want to find a job in NZ, I know what kind of job I musn't get myself into - Sales Assistant!! Now now, hopefully when I go to NZ, I can find a better job. I think any job in NZ would better than this, the pay will definitely be better. Haha!!

*at least i'm not as bad as my cousin who worked one day at a dim sum shop and quit coz she doesn't know how to speak cantonese. Lolx!! That made me felt a wee bit better for quitting. haha!!

Ok, I'm off to bed now. Have a great day tmrw!! I'm sure I will.. heeheehee :p

new year's eve and new year's day recap

New Year's Eve
- wantan mee for breakfast with great company, thanks!!
- stayed home during the day
- made heaps of phone calls
- rojak for "dinner"...so spicy!! i still prefer subang's rojak :)
- chaffeur duty begins
- got rewarded with durians :D
- expecting to be late for everything because new year's eve=traffic jam but was early in fact thanks to good planning.. heehee:p
- Parked at shophouses and made a 15 min walk to The Curve to avoid the jam later on
- Had tong sui
- Caught a movie - Love Wrecked. Not advisable to watch at cinemas, not worth the money, just go buy dvd and watch la!! Me thinks it's a stupid movie but there was a part that made me kinda emo.....
- Killed time whilst waiting for the countdown by having Starbucks and walking with the crowd
- Saw lots of familiar faces

New Year' s Day
- Happy New Year!!!!
- Fireworks was nice though we didn't really have a good view of it
- The company was great.Thanks yiwen, jo, matt, siew aun and yit weng. Supposed to be more but they ffk-ed :( It was still great!
- Stuck in jam for only half an hour
- Hang out at sinseanne's place for a lil while. Apparently underage drinking was being done there which resulted into a few tipsy ppl there.
- Went home at 3
- Woke up at 10
- Start the new year with my very first job in my life at 12 and ended at 9

Lots of stuff happened in between as well but I shall only talk about the good and hope to forget the bad. Really a new year celebration to be remembered. Once again, Happy New Year!!!!

recap of year 2006

I typed this out on new year's eve but I couldn't log into blogger yesterday hence I'm only posting it up today. Bear in mind this was being typed out on the 31st of December, 2006 :)

2006 is coming to an end. I've been waiting for this day to blog about it. But when today arrived, I didn't feel like blogging. Feels like I don't really have time to sit down and think about this whole year and blog. But on second thoughts, this year is too much of a great year that it would be completely wasted if I just forget about it.

Academically...
This year is way better than the last two years. I can officially say I finally achieved at least an A in a subject. I've finally broken the curse of not getting an A. Then again, I have to admit, uni is way easier than A levels. I mentioned earlier on that A levels was a nightmare. Well, hopefully next year I can continue doing better. Shows that I still have hope to do well. Mustn't give up!! Was really a great boost of confidence just to see the alphabet "A" in my results though it was accompanied by a MINUS (-) sign. Haha!!

There were a couple of times where I regretted taking Sports Science and I should have gone with the majority and do Biomedical Science. But in the end, no regrets at all. Am really enjoying what I'm studying. It really feels like I'm studying something useful, something that actually makes sense most of the time. If I would have taken Biomedical Science, I think I would still be stuck in my curse, not getting any A's. Haha! And also I still wouldn't know to what area am I going into for the future. Would still feel like studying in college, doing all the science papers, still figuring what I am interested in. At least for now, I sort of have a rough plan of what I'm going to do after these two years i.e. go to AUT and study physiotherapy.

I also realized if I keep myself busy with other activities, I will actually end up studying more compared to having no activities and have all the time in the world to study. Makes sense? I don't think it does to you. Hehe... Well, I really do hope I will do better this year and will try not to do my assignments last minute. Then again, I've been saying this all the time but always end up doing it last minute. We'll just have to see.

As for the social side of life this year...
It has been GREAT!!! Stepping into uni was really a big scare for me, not knowing what I am going to get myself into. New friends, new environment. Took me quite a while to settle in but by the end of the year, I managed to do just that. The friends I've made this year are friends that I will want to keep forever. They're just great! They make me feel like I DO belong to somewhere and I DO fit in. The last few years in NZ, I was always the one who acted stupid and make people laugh, sometimes I do feel like an idiot. But not this year, there's so many more funny and crazy people out there, making me laugh so much, making me happy everyday. People who are willing to do crazy stuff with me. Really do cherish all those moments, thanks all of you!! You guys are all wonderful!! Don't know what I'll do without you!! Perhaps rolling down the hill by myself? Have to admit, UMSA did play a part in it. without it, I don't think I would be able to find this amazing bunch of friends :)

The birthday dinners, the lunches after super sports sunday, the bubble tea nights, the spontaneous dinners, pot lucks... what a year! Filled with food!! I should be putting on so much weight this year but I actually lost weight and only gain weight just before I came back to Msia (blame it on exams!). Reason? Coz there's sports to keep me fit, and eating won't make me guilty at all.

Never in my life have I played so many sports. Picked up netball, volleyball and touch for the first time in my life. Though I gotta admit, I still can't play volleyball.Still having ball phobia, being afraid that the ball will hit me. May this year be the year where I'll get rid of that phobia!! I really really want to know how to play volleyball and not look stupid! As for Touch, I just have the phobia of spraining my ankle again. I sprained it twice due to Touch and the experience wasn't pleasant at all. Then again, when we fall, we have to pick ourselves up and try again, right? Never give up. And thanks to everyone who cheered me up during my very first sprain. It was really nice of you all. It was a pretty tough time to go through it since I having had any major injuries before. It was hard to cope with but your presence really do make it easier.

Netball was the sport that built up my confidence by a LOT! Though I still have so much more to learn from it. Was really lucky to have such great people to help me in this sport. Thanks!! You guys know who you are!!! Don't want to mention names coz I'm afraid I'll miss out some people. Be it helping in a bit or a lot, or just there encouraging me, you still rock! Thank you! I learnt how to communicate with others, learnt how to express my views, learnt how to criticise without hurting the other, learnt that I must never say never, learnt that if I say can, the likelihood of the ball to go into the hoop is much higher, and last but not least, I learnt how to thrash talk, haha!!

All of these wouldn't have happened if I didn't have such great, awesome friends to do them with me. Hence, I'm going to thank you guys once again!!

Also, it's the year of me turning 18. Turning 18 for someone means

1. Can buy alcohol - I didn't use this privilege. Perhaps next year then? Hehe...
2. Can go clubbing - Went clubbing twice only
3. Can buy ciggies - I don't smoke hence this privilege shall be deemed useless
4. Can vote - Not a political person, don't really know what's going on, did we even have to vote this year? Bluekk
5. Can get into R18 movies legally - Very useful in Msia :)

And just for me, it means I can start my search, start looking for the siginificant someone.......
Now now, you've been waiting for me to talk about this part right? Hehehehehe... I bet you are!! But time's run out, I will talk about it another day. Very soon ok?

Happy New Year!! Welcome year 2007!!! Let us all make 2007 a better year. Smile and be happy! Live life to the fullest! Enjoy and cherish every single moment. Do not be afraid of making mistakes, treat them as part of the learning process. Appreciate your loved ones, do not take them for granted. Try something different, be brave and take risk at times for that step you make might just be the best thing that ever happened to you.

Happy New Year to my family, my relatives, my bunch of beloved friends and anyone else that reads this blog. You guys rock my world!!!!!

penang trip 21-24 dec

Okie dokie!! Time to talk about my Penang trip from the 21st to the 24th December. Go to Ying Swan's blog to see what I have been up to from the 17th till the 21st :)

21st December
Woke up at 7. Reached pudu bus station at 8.40. Had to wait for nearly an hour to get onto the bus. So, the greedy me got Super Rings and Roller Coster to snack on the bus. RM2 each, rip me off! But still considered cheap. Slept nearly the whole journey, was pretty tired. Reached Penang at 2 something. Got picked up by Ying Swan's personal driver aka the wonderful sister aka Ying Swee. Then, we dropped by her house for a lil while before we get going to the hotel!!!

Hotel was superb!! The room is huge. It's more like a suite! Woot!! So comfy I tell you! And the view from the room is a combination of pool view and sea view. Wahhh! Hallelujah!!

First meal I had was chicken chop. It was just this shop opposite the hotel. Rather expensive but we were hungry and had no where to go coz yingswee has gone to play tennis. It was not too bad tho. What interested me was this fruit that the shop was selling. More like how they were promoting it.

Improve your Sex Drive in 1 Hour
Why take Viagra? Lets go towards a more natural way, take Skyfruit!! Bwahahahahhaa

Later, went to the beach for a little while. Mr.Sun was hiding hence we went and check out the gym. The weights were too heavy for me so we workout a little bit then went back to the room and SLEEP! Sleep was good, real good. Don't know why I'm so sleepy when I already slept so much in the bus.

At night, makan time!! Went to this food court nearby. Drove pass the Penang Chinese Swimming Club. I can remember it very well as it was the very first friendly meet I went to and the pool water is sea water. Hehehe...

Anyway, for dinner, I had this herbal duck mee suah. They don't have it in KV (klang valley- inclusive of kl and selangor....ehehehe) or maybe I just don't see them. It was pretty good. Plus, HERBAL. Felt like I'm eating something healthy.

Went to gurney plaza after dinner. Walked around a bit and then back to hotel. Slept at 2 am that night as I couldn't sleep. Was up watching LOST, Fear Factor and Amazing Race Asia.

22nd December
Woke up at 7.15. Our hike up Penang Hill begins!! Let me just let the pictures do the talking. You can read more on it at Ying Swan's blog. Me is lazy!!

I think she's tired...

RAWRRR!!I'm coming after you!!!!

*scratches head* What does those numbers mean? I think we're LOST! Or is it a sign?? Hmmnnnn....

yeeee-yaaa!! we've reached the halfway mark!! I still don't know what the numbers mean.... 84? 84m high??

i'm not tired.. i'm not...see, can even still smile... still feeling young :D

During our journey, we had some animal encounters...

cute lil puppies!! when they saw me, they were all over me!! Licking my legs. Lolx!! So cutee!!

Mummy dog on guard. "Come near my puppies and I shall bite!"

Monkey spotted in the botanical gardens.....

don't you think it resembles the one spotted a few months back in dunedin?

i think it does eh!!!!!!

and last but not least..........

Penang's very own Incredible Hulk!!!!

After coming down, we had coconut water followed by a 30 minute walk to this shop that has really good Penang Hokkien Mee and this drink called amberla with sour plum. So good!!! Taste something like lime and sour plum except not so sour and it is sweeter. I also found out that Penang Hokkien Mee = Prawn Mee. After lunch, went back to hotel and SLEEP again. Wanted to go to the beach but hotel more comfortable and I was super duper sleepy.

At night, went to the food court next to Gurney Plaza for dinner. Ate char kuey teow and drank air tebu = sugar cane water. When I first came back to Msia this time, I told my aunt I wanted to drink BAMBOO water thinking it's air tebu. Haihhh....terrible lar me.....

After that, jalan-jalan at gurney again. Saw yingswan's brother and his tennis friends. Mann!!! How lame can those lil kids get man!! Little kids gossip, so funny. Went back to hotel and watch a movie, forgotten the name but it was a quite a good movie. Swan's sister bought like heaps of dvd apparently. And I didn't get to buy any. When I wanted to get some, apparently the police was coming so they couldn't sell them. Bugger!!!! Ohhh wellzz...

December 23rd
had to wake up early again today and check out from the hotel. Woke up at 8 this time tho. Was meant to wake up at 7 but I snooze my alarm till 7.30 and then completely turn it off so i ended waking up at 8. Had E-Fu Mee for breakfast. Taste like yee mee. I think it's yee mee. Haha!!!

As for lunch, I had really good asam laksa and the famous teo chew chendol. After a very full lunch, went shopping. Didn't get any dvds tho. Bought a pair of slippers, christmas present for brother and his gf and a necklace for myself. I think that's all I bought.

At night, went to this foodcourt called Tanker. According to yingswan's mum, it's called Tanker coz it was built when the movie Titanic came out and the food court is as big as the Titanic. Hmmmnnn.. I don't know whether to believe or not, sounds hard to believe. But, Yingswan isn't lame, so her family can't be lame, right? But then again, her brother is super lame. Haihhh.. I don't know, lolzz!!Later, went to the largest shopping mall in Penang - Queensbay Mall. Damn it's big and long but not easy to get lost which is good. I think we managed to walk the whole mall.

December 24th
My last meal in Penang- Kuey Teow Soup. Yummy!! Everything I ate at Penang was yummy. Was so good. Even just kuey teow soup can be good too. Catch a bus back to KV at 9am.

So that's the end of my Penang Trip. Big thank you to Yingswan who was such a good host, taking me around, giving me an awesome time. Thanks to yingswan's sister, yingswee, who's been driving us around all the time, whole day drive drive drive. Thank you soo sooo sooo much!!!! Thanks to uncle and auntie for having me and buying tambun biscuits for me!!!

Really had an awesome time. Will definitely go to Penang again when I come back to Msia next time!!!! And next time, I'm gonna get my dvds!!!!