good Saturday

Question: Who is a happy girl today?

Answer: Shermayne is a happy girl today.

Enjoyed today so much! The weather was a bit sucky in the morning when I got up but it became awesome once I stepped out the house. Must be coz my Mr.Sun was waiting to see me!! :p... It actually felt like a normal Saturday after so long! It was so relaxing. No stress at all, enjoyed myself to the max, filled with laughters and yea.. overall, a great day! Don't even regret for not going to Goat Island. I saved money and I had so much fun. Played volleyball and touch. Thanks so much to sheng and henry for allowing me to join the volleyball trainings though i'm not even in the team. Thanks for teaching and having lots of patience in me. You guys are great. Really thankful to have the opportunity to learn. One day, one day I'll face my fear and not be afraid of the ball and learn to control. One day... I'll eventually get there. Mustn't give up.

Touch was great too. And again, thanks to Sean so much for his time. Played at domain today. The sun was shining. I have sock lines but it's all good. First time for me getting tan lines when summer is already over. I'm even darker. Loving it!! Hope I can maintain my tan throughout winter. Lolx! Here's to a sunny winter! I hope!!

Can't wait for this week to be over. Lab report due in on Monday. I'm not even halfway thru. Not even a quarter. And here I am blogging. *sigh* priorities Shermayne, priorities! I just hate writing medsci lab reports. It's only worth 4% per report but so time consuming and it usually comes up to around 10 pages. So it's wasting so much time, paying 1 buck (to print out the lab report) to get less than 4%. My gosh! They should just give us all 4% for the effort we put in!! But no, impossible to get 4%. I've been lucky for the past two lab reports. But I have a feeling I'm not gna be lucky this time. Preparing myself to get a B, or even a C since not much effort is put in. Ppl usually spend two weeks doing it. For me, it will probably be a day. Late night tomorrow. Maybe no sleep at all since I've to wake up at 5 and go city to book courts. *sigh*

Next, it's medsci test on Friday. Will study the remainder 10 lectures after I hand in my lab report on Monday. Got 4 days to study it. Take out the apples! Apparently apples can keep a person awake better than caffeine. I don't know, that's just something random my lecturer told us the other day.. I want to do well. Need to do well. Man! I don't want to fail medsci205. Mustn't fail it coz no way am I sitting through another semester of medsci. It's torturing! I just need to pass it. Pass it and I'm all sweet. I know I should be aiming higher.

I'm finding everything so tough. I'm not putting much effort in. All I do is procrastinate. That's what I'm best at. Someone slap me! I fall asleep in medsci. And yes, my friends actually slap me when I fall asleep in medsci. It's something we do to keep each other awake. We are the survivors of sportsci who passed first yr medsci and biosci papers. Passing rate for sportsci students in medsci is very very low. So yeaa... it's scary. I sit through lectures and come out feeling blur. And what do I do with that? Nothing! I don't revise my lectures. Now when I read through them, it's like... what the? *sigh*

Friday: Judgement Day. The test is only 15% but it shall be a good indication on how I will fair in the finals.

Now now, lab report here I come!!!!

Anzac Day- a day to remember the brave ones who sacrificed for our nation

Anzac Day= holiday for me.. Yay!!! It's more than a holiday actually... it's a day to remember and honour those who fought and sacrificed themselves during the war in Gallipoli for this country. I remembered during college years, they would play the Last Post during assembly after Anzac Day and remind us the significance of this day. Had friends talking about it, about how their great grandparents/grandparents who were involved in this war, some died, some came back wounded with stories to be passed on. It actually touched my heart.

So on this very day for the fallen....

They shall not grow old,

As we that are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them,

Nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun,

And in the morning,

We will remember them.

-Laurence Binyon

busy busy bumble bee

Busy Busy Bumble Bee....

For once in my life, I did not have a well-rested holiday and I'm so not prepared for the next half of this semester. Man!! How I wish it's back to college, where the no-homework-to-be-given-during-holidays is actually the school's policy. I kinda like that idea.

This holidays have been filled up with sports. And I'm starting the next half of this semester with a neck ache, butt ache, back ache, shoulder ache..... basically a full body ache. Told yingswan the other day that we've both been so busy... so busy that we are blogging less... so busy that she has no time to be emo. Which is one of the good things for being busy. Emo-SWAN is no longer filled with Emo-TIONS.. wakakakakakkaa!!!

7 more weeks till the exams
9 more weeks till the holidays
10 more weeks till I'm off to Christchurch

So yea..7 weeks of hard work. This 7 weeks is going to go at a very fast pace. Buckle up, hang on, stay strong and GO!!!! Go all out!! Need to work hard. There's no such thing as being lucky again in exams like last year. This year requires me to put the time and effort in my study. No more sitting back and cruising through. I know if I work hard, I'll be able to do well. I'm already lucky enough to pass my exercise physiology paper. I'm below the average for it but I still can catch up. I know I can! Just requires time and a lot of tree-killing! Yes, I realized when I study, I just have to keep on writing notes out over and over again then only it will go into my head. Wasting a lot of trees but that's the only way that will work for me.

I need to make it a point to study if I'm not doing sports. I need to watch less tv. I need to put Smallville and Lost aside first. Need to......blog less? Cannot cannot! Blogging is a therapy to release stress. I realized during the exams period, I tend to blog more. Haha!!

Right now, I can't wait for the next two weeks to be over.
24/4- Stats Test
4/5- Medsci 205 Test

I think I'll be fine for stats. Need to do last minute studying for stats tomorrow and tuesday morning and I'll be sweet.

I'm worried for medsci. Tough paper and I haven't been revising or going through my notes since the very start of the semester. So this means cramming 17 lectures in 8 days. 2 lectures per day provided I stick to it!! Hardly can stick to it. Tend to leave everything last minute. I wonder if this time I'll change my last minute attitude. Hard la since I've always been doing things last minute and nothing have ever slapped me in the face real hard and wake me up. The exercise physiology paper did kinda slap me in the face.... let's just see if it's hard enough!!

Go go go!! The race is on!! 9 weeks!! 9 weeks!!! Good luck everybodyy!!!

addicted to sports

Ahhh!! one week of holidays gone... haven't started on my assignments nor studying for my two tests... I'll start tomorrow... hopefully :P

I realized I can't stay away from sports. Need to do something everyday. You see, thursday was meant to be my rest day. In the morning, after doing the laundry, sending out a few emails and text messages, applied for mcgill, had my breakfast.... then i found myself driving to lloyd elsmore going for a swim. My body was aching and so I figured I needed a swim to ease the ache. Water therapy I called it. It works all the time. I remembered last time every Saturday after Taekwondo, the next morning my body would ache. But on Sunday evenings, I've got swimming. Monday morning, no more aches. So I figured, it's the swim. Swam 4k. It was so relaxing. Most of the time when I swim, it would always be training. Even when I said I've stopped swimming, I usually would still attempt to swim my fastest and see how far off I am to my best time. But Thursday's swim had none of this nonsense. The only target was to relax my my mind and body and forget about everything around me for once. It was good. I felt so happy that day. Plus I finished watching Heroes :D Heeheeeheee...

On Friday, it was rest day again for netball. Had touch in the evening. The weather the whole day was pretty bad. I was praying for fine weather as I was itching to go out. When I reached city at 5, it was just windy and looked like it was gna rain. When we reached Okahu Bay, it started to rain. But I said... PLAY ON! No way am I going to drive all the way to city then to Okahu and go back without doing anything. We played for an hour. The rain stopped for awhile. But after an hour, it started raining heavily so we had to go. Huge huge huge thanks to Sean who's so nice to come and coach us all the time eventhough he's working already. Thanks Sean!!

Saturday was meant to have netball. But it was cancelled coz Audrey wasn't free. Went for dim sum at the city with darren, mags, yin, shaun, sheng, wei en, rachel and cynthia. Thanks darren for the invite! Ate till so full but fear not as I would be having athletics after that. But....... halfway throughout the meal, I received a text saying athletics have been cancelled due to bad weather. Ohh no!!!! The guilt the guilt! Cannot!! So..... I find myself in the squash courts playing squash myself. Haha!! Played for an hour plus and then went home. No, it doesn't end there. When I reached home, the weather at my place was fine. Windy but not raining. And I've been itching to run since that morning. So, I went for a run. Went to my school field and did some sprinting. It started to rain. But I wasn't cold. So I continued. It was fun. Running under the rain. Haha!

So yeaa... that's what I did on my "rest days". Can't stay away from sports. Haha! And now, off to Super Sports Sunday!! And no, I don't feel a tad sick from running under the rain yesterday. I feel good!! lalalalalalaa

we do need time

So many things to do....

2 assignments to be completed, 2 tests to be examined after this two weeks "break"... sort out t-shirts for bersatu games (I hv no idea what to do about it), writing proposal letter to request sponsorship for t-shirts from asb (I really think this shouldn't be my job, I hv no idea how to write one and I seriously don't want to go google right now and search for samples and learn), finalizing the bersatu squad, booking courts, worrying whether the numbers of players will exceed the max and what to do about it, trials for squash and athletics, finding a suitable field for athletics (found one today at Mt.Eden thanks to Shaun! but there's no marking on where to start for 200, 400m).....

And on top of that...... Today I found out that I've been nominated to go for an exchange programme to McGill University in Canada.... happy?
Not really.....Why? coz that means more things to do....

Need to enquire bout my visa application, complete application form for that uni, look out for flight tickets, look for accomodation over there, need to get another reference....

And no, it's not confirmed whether I'm going. Still have to wait for acceptance letter from McGill after I've handed in my application form....deadline-1st of May. *sigh* I don't feel like going anymore. So many things to do. So many things to find out. But when I think about it, after all the rushing and worrying I've gone through, all the research I had to do on that university, the constant nagging from my parents, after troubling henry to hand in my application forms back in january, after the nail-biting interview (my very first interview in my whole entire life ok!).... if i don't follow up, then all of these would just be wasted and i did this for nothing. i won't be able to say "at least i tried my best" if i don't get in. i would be the same ol' shermayne who just gives up when faced with a challenge that she can't be bothered going for it because she's scared, because she's uncertain on what the outcome may be. So yeahh.. i'm going to go ahead and follow up, do what should be done, and perhaps hope to get in as it is an opportunity of a lifetime not to be missed. And if I don't get accepted, at least tried my best :)

I agree with Swan on how it's all about time. "Just need time, to stop, to think, to understand, to take in what is happening around you and attend to them."-yingswan. I want more time, I need more time. I guess I have no more time for Heroes anymore until.............. this semester is over. *sigh*

You know what I need?
I need to go to the beach and clear my head. Or perhaps go and lie on the garden, stare at the stars till I fall asleep. Yes, I need that.

Good Night...

busy busy.. i need rest... i want to go back to college!

Yayy!! It's the holidays. How wonderful..... but it still doesn't feel like the holidays to me. I don't feel relaxed at all. Still wondering when I will get a good break.

Test on Tuesday sucked. It seemed pretty alright as I studying and cramming for it on Monday night and Tuesday morning. But on Tuesday.... it sucked big time. The lecturer lied to us.... she said if we could do the self assessment, we would be sweet of the test. Not true. So not true. I did the self assessment test without opening my book. But during the test, I didn't know how to most of it. And if you were to make that test an open book test, I still have no idea what to write. *sigh* felt so shitty that day. I guess the only good thing is that it woke me up from thinking that I can cruise through sports science with last minute study.

Wednesday was a not too bad day until the end of it. Woke up at 8 which is now considered as sleeping in for me. I was pretty much awake the whole day. After class, went and study my biomechanics test. Studied from 4 till 9 at uni. And yes, I still hate maths and physics. Took me an hour to realize I do not need to use gravity when calculating my horizontal component. No wonder I couldn't get the right answer. Yes, that's how dumb I am. Around 8 something, my study was disrupted by a very disturbing text all the way from CMSA -"for your information, handball, pool and table tennis has been taken out for the Bersatu Games and they are being replaced by squash, bowling and athletics." Hahaha! The only thing I could do when I read that text was to laugh. And from then on, I couldn't really concentrate. Started to worry, started to get stressed up, started to think a lot and probably started to curse in my head. Got home, showered, tried to clear my head and continued studying. Amazingly managed to study till 3.

thursday, woke up at 6. Fell asleep during stats lecture as usual. 9.30, went to tamaki thinking we have labs but haha! no labs... a bunch of idiots who didn't check their lab manual was sitting in the lab for 10 minutes and realized there's no lab. So that means extra 2 hours of study!! Test went well. I was happy. At night, had meeting with the other sports captains. Can't really do much because of the addition of new sports. After that.... HULU CAT!!! taro milk tea with taro pudding...my dinner...lolx! Ahhh!! Great way to enjoy and not worry for the night. Was there with swan, yin, shaun, gjin, darren, cynthia, sheng, wei en, zaf, henry, kai ann, jeremy.. did i miss anyone out? Hehehe.. hope i didn't.. but yeahhh... great company... they are always great... they are great, awesome ppl... Lots of laughter. I like. And I get to tell the baby shark story again. Wahahahahahaha! Swan slept over for the night.. she was sending out umsa mail at went to bed around 3.30... as for me, i just fell dead.. i was seriously so tired i couldn't stay up any longer. i tried but.. i failed...

friday morning, woke up at 9! haven't been waking up this late since..... AGES! swan had to send email again. Lolx!! Sorry my other half!! Hehehehe... at least u get to drink the cabbage soup i boiled specially for u.. :p.. lolx! after that, went to city with swan for tennis...dropped bro off at foodtown coz he needed breakfast...haha!! before tennis, went to collect my tv series...wahahaha!! Heroes, Lost, Smallville, Prison Break.. lalalalalalaa!! quote my bro:" Aiya! we don't have to go for any trips this holiday la... too much commitments this break.." yes yes, must pay our full attention to all these tv shows... no time for other things... hehehe...thanks roger for the shows and movies... heeheee...got 300 also...really a lot to watch.... anywayzzz..yes...tennis...hmmnn.. i didn't play much.. was just picking balls most of the time while swan and marc played.. man! i wish i can play tennis... i like the sound of the ball when the racquet hits it....haha!!

saturday morning.. paintball!!! first time in my life going for it...pricey tho... but it was fun... having a huge bruise on my thigh... so uglyyyyyy...but it's all good! i enjoyed myself a lot...thanks audrey for the invite!!!!! i think next time i will just go for 300 balls...i hardly shoot... heck! i even ran out once without taking my gun along with me!!!! came home, showered and then watched heroes...then cooked dinner... so lazy to cook but had to... after dinner, heroes again... fell alseep halfway....seriously exhausted...

sunday which is today....Super Sports Sunday! tired...very tired... but as usual, super sports sunday is always super!!! love it!! having two blisters now.....sighh.... and i'm tired..still tired... i want to do NOTHING at all for at least day... Thursday....thursday shall be the day!! why? see below...

monday- netball in morning, running tracks hunting in the afternoon, bowling trials at night (no i'm not trialing for bowling... not nice to not turn up during the trials)

tuesday-squash trials in morning, athletic trials in the evening...

wednesday- planning to clean the house during the day... captains meeting at night... i'm predicting headaches that night.. haha!! it'll be fine.. it'll be fine.. it better be!

so yess!! thursday rest day!! it better be... no plans.... no plans on thursday and friday ... just to let you all know that sher mayne is fully occupied on thursday and friday... her room needs her...her bed needs her.. her tv series needs her... so do not ask her to do anything for the chance of her saying NO to u is super high... unless the weather is nice and sunny and it doesn't have anything to do with umsa or study or driving around or netball training... right now, these are the 4 things that i am kinda sick of doing right now.. anymore of it and soon i will just say I GIVE UP! yes, it's true... if i do too much of one thing and i don't get a break, i'll just stop coz i don't enjoy doing it... i just need a day or two away from all 4 of these and i'll be fine.

right now, bedtime! I'm sleeping before 12!! Havent' done this since.....AGES as well.... Good night and have a great holiday!!!!

I wish....

I wish.............i'm a 5 yr old kid again....

AHHHHHH!!!! Why do we have to be so busy? I don't remember it being like this last year. My time management skills still sucks... and my habit of doing things last minute is still attached to me. Wahahahahaha!!!

Let's see let's see....
Tomorrow: big break from 9-3. At 10 having interview regarding my 360 auckland abroad application. I think I'm gonna stay back after class tomorrow and TRY to finish my medsci205 lab report. Even if it means staying at uni till 12. 4%....4%... do I really want it? Haihhh...taking so much of my time. The last one took 20 hours in total. Just for 4%... or less....I really can't be stuffed doing it but if I don't, I'm sure to regret.

Saturday: Netball at 9. Touch at 12. After that, I'm planning to stay back as well to FINISH my lab report. Have to FINISH it!! At night, Eleanor's flat warming party. Black and white theme. To go or not to go? She said have to go! No excuses! Can't use the medsci lab report or sportsci tests as an excuse... Haihhhh... If I finish my lab report, I'll go.

Sunday: Sports starts at 9. Ends at 2. Staying back to study. Heaps to cover. Two tests next week and I haven't done any revising since.................................... the start of term :P. Not surprising eh? So screwed!! 100% screwed for biomechanics coz I hv no idea what it's on about. I'm not a number or physics person. There probably a very small hope in exercise physiology. Provided I work my butt off this weekend.

So yeaa...there you go. My weekend plan. I'm sure next weekend is gna be way different! And I can't wait for that! WoootTTTTt!!!!

2/4- Medsci 205 lab report due (4%)
3/4- Exercise physiology test (15%)
4/4- Biomechanics tutorial readings due (2%..waste of time)
5/4- Biomechanics test (25%)

sometimes I wish my papers have plussage :p

5/4 @ 1.30 pm.-WeeEEEEeeEEEE!! Let the easter break begin!!

*Note to self: Get Heroes and Lost from someone by Thursday night. Nyehehehehehehe....

Now I shall sleep and stock it up for the weekend. Don't think I'll be having much sleep starting tomorrow onwards. Nvm.. just one week. My body has been tortured by ME many many times already. Wahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Have a nice day despite the wet, gloomy, shitty weather :p

or I wish.......................

it's chinese new year again...... lolx!!!

desperado for tv series

Of tv....

If one does not keep up with what's going on in Lost, one can get very lost if one starts watching Lost again.

I'm so lost! Someone please give me season 3 of Lost to watch from scratch. Please please please! Anyone??

And the TV nights resumes...

Monday: Desperate Housewives, Heroes
Tuesday: Ugly Betty
Wednesday: Lost, Prison Break
Thursday: Greys Anatomy
Friday: Supernatural (is this any good? it looks good)

Now now, I need to do some catch up on...
Heroes and Lost before I watch what's on the TV. I missed a lot on Desperate Housewives but it doesn't matter. Still watchable.

So please someone out there... help this poor soul and give her Heroes and Lost to watch. hehehehe...

Hmmn.. I wonder what I said about setting my priorities right...hahahaha!!!

busy busy

i've been busy that i didn't even do this....

Happy Birthday Mummy!!!!!!! - march 7th

thanks for doing the cooking, the cleaning, the laundry etc etc

thanks for taking care of me all the time and make sure i'm warm enough and never hungry

thanks for all the nagging and bringing me back to reality and made me realize a lot of things that i took for granted

May this year be filled with less house work and more time to relax.

I've woken up to my senses and will contribute to doing the house chores.

I Love You Mummy!! Always and forever :D

And another birthday shoutout (belated birthday also) to Hwei Gjin!!

Happy Birthday Hwei Gjin!!!- 10th March

Cheerful, bubbly...Smart, sporty...

She's one of the few person that I really look up to. Thanks for all the great advices that you have given me. Really appreciate them. Hope you had a great birthday watching the fireworks! Heard it was super duper good!!! Have a wonderful year ahead!!

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*sigh*... really need to learn to manage my time properly... on friday i was rushing to submit my medsci lab report on the peer review system.. like half an hour before due time i submitted an incomplete one... thank goodness it's not graded...just will get crappy comments... argh!

next monday my stats assignment, stats cecil test and medsci lab report is due in... saturday is super sports, sunday i might be going for round the bays... i want to test my limits again and push myself... i'm sure the feeling is gonna be so nice after that... 8.4k run.. on FLAT road...woohooo!! i've never ran that far before... i need to do that... good opportunity to burn fat.. hehehe... will have to see how larr....hope i can go but i need to finish all my work before sunday....Then again, weather is looking pretty crap. If it rains, then not nice to run.. a risk to take..will see will see...probably will decide by tmrw coz closing date for registration is tomorow i think?

right now, sleep time for me. Get to sleep till 8 tmrw! Woohooo!!!

of choc fondue and order number 7

So I haven't been blogging for a week. Exhausted and been busy.

So here's some photos just to let you know I'm not dead. I'm just tired.

When a bet is a bet...

I lost the bet. I had to use the money I earned whilst I was working at Billabong to treat Haagen Daze chocolate fondue. All is good. Look at my brother's super happy face. Haha!! The scoops were pathetically small but still good, still good ;) MMmmMMMmMMMMMMM...

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When you have waited for your food for a super long time to be delivered to your table...

Yes, you take the order number and keep it!! If my memory is still good, this number was taken from A&W One Utama. No, I didn't take it. I was just there to witness the person taking it. But somehow it's sitting on my table in NZ now. Let's just say it's ermm...given to me as a farewell present. And yes... I actually brought it back to NZ. Told you I'll bring it along with me. Haha!! Good times... good times...

Ok, I've done my fair share of blogging for this week. Nyehehehe...more photos to come. Still need to put up cameron's trip and house hopping. That is if I remember....

Bye now and enjoy the hot weather before it ends!!!!

*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?