What was 2008 to you?

This conversation took place somewhere during the end of October 2007. We were studying for our SPM exam, something that we once thought was the most terrifying event of our lives. Well, some of us thought so and I was one the some.

Hazel: I wonder where will we be one year from now..

Esther: Aaaiiiya, that’s simple. One year from now, me, you, Zhen, Jen Nee, Vanu and all will still be as busy as today preparing for our AS Exams in Taylors. What else?

My naïve answer was only true for some of us. Who would have known that 365 days after that conversation, all of us have such different lifestyles? Yes, Zhen, Vanu and Hazel were preparing for their AS Exams in Taylors. Jen Nee is many miles away from us since she is in Russia. Elena was in and still is in UK doing her A-Levels. Yoke Fong was probably busy with heaps of assignments from her foundation programme. Zanariah was in and still is in a Mara college in Seremban studying A-Levels too. I was studying at that time too, but not for an AS exam but simply a final internal examination set by Intec and I was in Shah Alam experiencing hostel life for the very first time.

Change is to become different or to move from one to another. Trust me, nobody likes changes. Even the most adventurous and flexible person in the world would feel uncomfortable about certain changes. It is just to what level we dislike changes. If the level is high, then we are considered less adaptable and vice versa. I like a little bit of flexibility in my life but too much changes often scares me and yet there is no better word to describe my 2008 with the word “CHANGE”. There have been so many changes to my life this year. But I am sure this is the year of change for almost everyone of my age. In fact, some of us are not even in Malaysia anymore.

This will be a long post, so just try and keep up. =)

January-Month of orientation
This year started with the excitement of college. It was hard switching into geek mode just after one month from the most terrifying event in high school. Vanu, Jen Nee, Hazel and I had a pre-college outing to Sunway to celebrate our last moments of freedom. The big change began on Jan 7 where we joined 700+ students to begin what we call as college life. I did not know what to expect for A-Levels and all I know is that: IT AIN’T EASY. It was not easy really keeping up with so much homework and around so many intelligent people. Suddenly, I felt so small and inarticulate and all that high-school-confidence just flew out of the window. Insecurities filled me, followed by more kiasuism when you find out that everybody could do that easy Maths question you could not solve even after burning the midnight oil. Tension and pressure was building up and I started to miss high school.

February-Month of knowing people and separation
I would not say that the endless amount of homework has come to an end but at least now we were more comfortable with each other in class. I was still a bit clannish with the ex-sri amanians but we started to get to know each other. This was the start of a great friendship with cucumbers for Valentine’s Day and random class lunch and class song and lame jokes.. lol. My brother also left for Tasmania just before Chinese New Year to continue his law programme. Life was lonely without my brother around

March-Month of results, election and driving
Everyday we patiently waited for that day. No, not the March 8 elections but the day SPM results were announced. There were several false alarms that added to the fear we had about our results. I still remembered the day I got my results. How we waited patiently and how we had either tears of joy or sadness after everything was over. How I was practically jumping up and down like a psycho telling my mum through the phone. Then, we return to college and were all too afraid to compare our results but slowly we did. I also got know more of my classmates of PM4. I also went for my driving test and was so nervous that I puked in the toilet 15 minutes before.(I blame it on gassy drinks on an empty stomach). Oh do not worry. I passed=).

April-Month of applications, interviews and scholarships
It was that time of the year to file up all our certificates and prepare ourselves for scholarship interviews. Scholarship was important to me as it was my only way out to realize my dream to be a doctor. We send in our applications either by mail or online and kept our hopes up high. It was also a compulsory thing for all applicants for medicine to attend hospital attachment. I did my hospital attachment in Hospital Putrajaya and something important happened on the first day. I sat next to a girl with a serious and determined look (sorry la that was my 1^st impression about you marr..=P) when we were sorted out into our groups. I knew her as Elsha. It was again a start of a close friendship. We attended interviews next and each of us had our own way of preparing ourselves for interview. I met a girl named Nisha who was born on the same day as me. Before I left the interview place, I remember telling her: “If our fate intertwines, we might meet each other again”. April was also spiced up with Taymun since SG-Taymun Conference was held.

May-Month of waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting….

Now, all I could do was to sit and wait. I resumed my usual busy college life not knowing what my future was going to be like. The esila website became my favourite website as I constantly visit it just to make sure I do not miss out on any updates about the interview results. Then, on the 11^th of May 2008, I sat in front of the computer screen the entire day trying to push my way through the esila website to discover my future. After about 6 to 7 hours of effort, I finally got through and I saw my future. I could not believe that I have just secured a scholarship from JPA to do what I have always wanted: medicine. I was so thankful until I almost cried. But I still did not know where I am going to study medicine. So, there was again more waiting. When, I heard I got India, I was sooo happy!.I remember receiving the news through a sms my mum sent me. It was during a Physics class where I totally blanked out because of the joy in my mind. We had a pool party too for John since he was leaving for a better offer in Nilai. Jen Nee left Taylors to begin her journey of medicine in Intec.

June-Month of relatives, exams, separation and preparation
My cousin and her family from Australia came to Malaysia for a vacation. Rachel, my niece has grown into a sweet, innocent and lovable 6 year old. I brace myself to face my first semester exams in Taylors although I knew I would soon be leaving Taylors. I studied hard for the exams but I put no additional pressure on myself since I decided to take the test just to test my standards. After the test, I wasted my print quota and I had the last meal as a PM4 with PM4 in a seafood restaurant near sunway. I still remember that night vividly when we brighten the environment by singing “Everywhere We Go” while crossing the pedestrian bridge to Sunway Pyramid. After all of that, it was time to say goodbye to PM4. It was difficult but I had to do it. Then the rest of the month was preparations of another change in my life which was hostel life. I was excited yet nervous at the same time. How is hostel life like? Will I feel homesick? Is my room going to be comfortable? Are my roommates going to be nice? All these questions were answered on the 29^th of June 2008 when I set foot in Shah Alam for the 1^st time in my life. I arrived early and sat next to a girl named Samantha Sii. She was the 1^st person I met in Intec and she is now one of my lovely housemates=) Later, I met Nicole Tan, my lovely roommate and Jia Yi , my other lovely housemate. I felt pretty alone at first until a girl pat me from the back and I turned and said OMG@#%@*&@^#&@#^@$*#*$(#($#(*( YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU’RE COMING HERE??I COULDN’T CONTACT YOU.. I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT HAPPEN TO U???. Lol, you know who you are=P

July-Month of adapting, repetition and reunion

I went through college orientation again. Lol. I got to know more people and this time it was a more rewarding experience as I get to know people from almost all states in Malaysia!=D. Then college started and resumed. For me, it was just a change of location whereas everything else stayed the same. I started to learn independence and a lot of financial management since my mum has stopped giving me any pocket money. I grew closer to my housemates and we have dinner together almost everyday. Elena came home to Malaysia since she was having holidays. I met up with her and we watch “21” together and she introduced me to the food at DQ Julius. Lol

August-Month of birthdays, reunions and club elections
It was meeting up with high school friends again to celebrate Jen Nee’s birthday together. Everyone’s birthday was considered a big thing this year since we were all touching the age of adulthood. Jen Nee’s birthday was celebrated with ice-cream cakes and mummified emperors..lol. Then came more birthdays. Most probably because August was a “fertile” month back in 1990.=P ALMEC started promoting the idea of High Committee and next thing I knew, I was running for the High Committee. I pasted flyers on toilet doors at eye levels, distributed name tags to convince people to vote for me and I stayed up until 2am rehearsing my speech a day before. On the 28^th of August which is my 18^th birthday, I was the 18^th person to deliver my speech. I stammered a little bit but I sailed through smoothly and was later surprised by my roommates with a blueberry cheesecake=D. (Btw, I still have the little girl made out of icing sitting in my closet..lol). On the 29^th of August, I went to Hulu Langat for a college trip and I played like a small girl in the river.=P

September-Month of separation, randomness and musicals
On the 21^st of September, my best friend Jen Nee left for Russia to continue her journey to be a doctor. We had farewell parties for her before that in TGI Fridays and we also watch Wall E with her. The after party at my house was also memorable with ruined emo-pictures, pillow fights, hides and seeks and just simple chit chatting about what our friendship survived through. It was hard not to cry on the day I sent her off, so I just let it out. Then it was pure geek mode and random stuff especially when I find myself wondering if Trafalgar Square really is square-shaped in between classes. It was also the month where I had the best outing with my roommates to Sunway to watch Mamma Mia and to window-shop until 9pm before returning to the hostel! Lol. My mind was hooked with musicals and I started watching the old musicals over and over again like I did before!

October-Month of stress
Everyone in Intec was stress as the final examinations were only a month away. A lot of time was spent on studying, preparing presentations and getting projects done. I also had a horrible food poisoning until I am now still anti-mozzarella and can only indulge in cheese found in cheesecakes and pizzas. I attended Vanu’s open house and manage to catch up with high school friends. Most of us seemed to appreciate the simplicity of the high-school life we use to have. This month, I set my mind on taking Physics as an extra subject.

November-Month of nerding and mischief
Exams were less than 2 weeks away and I returned early to my hostel because I felt I could concentrate better there. I studied like mad especially for Physics. Every one of us was stressed and had unique ways of dealing with it. Exams came and went after all and it was finally the end of our 1^st semester. We had almost 2 months of holidays and when I reached home, I was so tired until I started to act a bit irresponsible. I got a lot of nagging from my mum and even got scolded once. Elsha reached her legal age on the 26^th of November and Nicole and I celebrated with her in Mid Valley. We had lunch TWICE that day! I also met up with PM4 twice, once in Sunway and another to visit my Bio teacher’s newborn child.

December-Month of jakun-ness, reunions, new additions and thankfulness, oh and the anti-mall syndrome
I discovered a lot of KL routes this holiday. I paid more attention to road signs when my dad drives us down to KL and I am now more aware of KL’s confusing bunch of roads. (I am still a beginner though). I was also allowed to go to KL with my friends and Hazel helped me discover a cheaper train route to Sungei Wang. I explored a small part of KL and managed to find my way on foot from KLCC to Pavilion. I also visited Malacca for the 1^st time in my life and saw many interesting stuff. I went to the KL Bird Park on Saturday and saw more interesting stuff (If you are into nature, I recommend this place to you=D). I went to shopping malls almost every weekend and on everyday of last week! I am done with CNY shopping and the anti-mall syndrome has really hit me at the right time since I will be starting college soon. I met up with Yoke Fong and although it was just 45 minutes, every minute was precious and memorable. And no, when I said “new additions” it does not mean that I am going to have a younger sibling. I meant the fishes and turtles my dad bought. Lol. I am thankful for the thoughtful friends I have and for my lovely niece in Australia for just saying three simple words that touched my heart: I miss you.

Overall 2008 was a meaningful year for me which is why I have to blog about it. I have learned a lot this year especially the part where life is not as simple as black and white anymore. There are so many shades of grey in life I experience this year. All I can hope for 2009 is a more meaningful and fruitful year!=D And I wish you all the same!=D

This year, I will not be following my usual tradition on New Year’s Eve to watch fireworks amongst crowded people. In fact, no fireworks in the world can beat what I will experience on New Year’s Eve this year. HE is coming home.=D=D=D

What was 2008 to you?;)

Hilarious!

Now, this song is simply hilarious. Bob Dylan was the original singer of the song but Jason Mraz re-sang it again in his own way. I would have expected him(Jason Mraz) to re-sing this song since it such a random one..

Bob Dylan-Man Gave Name to all the Animals

Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.

He saw an animal that liked to growl,
Big furry paws and he liked to howl,
Great big furry back and furry hair.
"Ah, think I'll call it a bear."

Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.

He saw an animal up on a hill
Chewing up so much grass until she was filled.
He saw milk comin' out but he didn't know how.
"Ah, think I'll call it a cow."

Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.

He saw an animal that liked to snort,
Horns on his head and they weren't too short.
It looked like there wasn't nothin' that he couldn't pull.
"Ah, think I'll call it a bull."

Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.

He saw an animal leavin' a muddy trail,
Real dirty face and a curly tail.
He wasn't too small and he wasn't too big.
"Ah, think I'll call it a pig."

Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.

Next animal that he did meet
Had wool on his back and hooves on his feet,
Eating grass on a mountainside so steep.
"Ah, think I'll call it a sheep."

Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.

He saw an animal as smooth as glass
Slithering his way through the grass.
Saw him disappear by a tree near a lake . . .

[And I thought randomness was a new thing...]

Because I am such a fan

I have been saving up money to treat myself but I never really thought about what to get myself. In fact, due to the recent world economic strains, it feels rather difficult to use cash to buy unnecessary stuff. [Lol, that sounded cheap=P]

Even when I saw this at Rock Corner today, I hesitated. I walked in and out of the store twice before I decided to treat myself with this...

I have been wanting to buy this CD for a long time. Now, I am gleefully listening and humming to his songs. I am absolutely in love with his voice and his songs always sounds soothing. His songs are pretty meaningful and the lyrics are quite creatively written. His songs makes my day and lift me up at moody days. Gosh, I love practically every song in this album!There are songs for that special someone, romantic-witty songs and even songs that makes you think about life. There is one track that tells a story about a divorced family and that song really hit me. It just makes me want to hug my parents and appreciate what I have after listening to that track.=)

Even this blog's header was inspired from one of the songs in this album!=D

It is the kind of CD you want to listen to when you are stressed out or when you are just tired of everything in your life.

But this CD is even more special since it is a limited edition one. So, bundled together with his album is a live CD and a concert DVD. The album of course rocks and I am currently listening to the live CD. The live CD is so far great. His voice is just as nice.=) I haven't checked out the DVD though.

But that is not the only extras I got. Since I bought it from Rock Corner, I got this too!!...

Look at the back of it!=D

Personally, I felt the album itself was a pretty thing to look at. The album art is a pretty interesting one and it makes me think that Jason Mraz is hell of a random and original guy. I tried to relate the sketching on the front cover but I could not understand it. Maybe there is no relation at all. Lol. The inner part of the album is also filled with random sketchings and the version I have had three disc. A random comic is illustrated in a clockwise order on every disc which I thought was really cool. I laughed when I turn to the last page of the lyrics book..Lol=)

The whole album was really cool. Even the lyrics are not the usual typed out ones but written down with his own handwriting. It does make it slightly difficult to read because of the crammed handwriting but I find it very unique anyways.=)

Overall, this is the best album I have purchased this year.=D

The Most Important...

If you have to pick the most important senses out of the usual five all of us have, which one would you choose?

I would choose the sense of sight as the most important one. Sight is the most important in my opinion because it helps an individual a lot in their lives. One must use their eyes to left and right before crossing the road. Even driving itself requires sight. The sense of sight is also the first one to warn us of any danger especially when the danger is "right in from of our eyes". Some say we can rely on our sense of hearing for that, but wouldn't sight be more effective? After all, light does travel faster than sound.

Our eyes are also used for the non essential functions like watching TV, using the computer for various reasons, looking at pictures, reading or just sight-seeing. These are important to me especially looking at pictures or even taking pictures. I could never imagine not being able to see how does a lovely and sandy beach, or even how I look like. Lol. Imagine if we do not have the sense of sight. I would not have been able to type this nor you would have been able to read it. 

The only drawback of the sense of sight is the inability to listen the different sounds of the world. Life would be horrible that way but still liveable. Not being able to see how do your friends and

 family members really look like is really miserable and not liveable. That is why the sense of sight is still to me, the most important sense of all.

Why am I blogging about this???

I over-exerted my sense of sight two days ago because of some silly PC game. Part of my eyes were as red as blood and I got paranoid for a moment. But all is good now although I should stop blogging and get some sleep now.. Sigh... Don't we all always over-exert our pair of eyes?=)

i see u XD

Boring Life, Entertaining Movies

My life is sad, as in boringly SAD. Everyday I pass my time as if I am a retiree. I can't be acting like that since I have just hit the age of adulthood not old age! Lol. But it is true about how everyday goes by since my holidays started. I will wake up at whatever time I want, without a care about my surroundings, have breakfast or sometimes fuss around in the kitchen preparing brunch.

Then, I read or hook myself to the Internet. After 2 hours doing the usual facebook, blogger, recom, hotmail checks, I slump back at my chair and start visiting Youtube for no good reason. Sometimes with luck, I will bump into a short video clip that makes me laugh or sometimes I end up watching something totally lame. Sometimes I will try playing Lotr PC Game, but I will get bored of it after completing one mission since every mission seems so tiresome.

I am only very fond of Tuesday nights since there is Gilmore Girls and One Tree Hill back-to-back. But on other nights, I spent my time completing Sudokus from the newspapers or staring at the fishes in the aquarium. Then i will continue reading, which is the one thing that I enjoy doing most now.

It IS that dull. I have no HK dramas to look forward to on TV (I guess Media Prima is saving costs by importing sinfully long, overly-dramatic and confusing Hokkien dramas instead) and no English TV shows to look forward to except One Tree Hill. That is the only one hour in one week. What am I to do for the rest of the 24X7-1 hours?

This boredom has really drove me crazy until the point that I want to start studying for the 2nd semester or do my friend's Maths homework (except it is A2 work, so I will not be able to do it anyway)Now I am also all ready to go back to Shah Alam right away. At least in Shah Alam, I have friends and housemates to talk to the entire day!=D

Thank God Vanu called me over to her house for movies last night or I would spend another night solving another Sudoku puzzle.-______-. It was such a relief meeting friends again rather than being stuck at home. Anne and Davi was there too.

The first movie we watch was Moulin Rouge. At the beginning part, I really thought the movie was a bit ridiculous. It started out with this crazy-psycho-whacked orchestra conductor and The Sound of Music theme song! But it got better when Ewan McGregor came on the screen. =PHe is so gorgeously handsome!!! I actually liked him before when he acted in "The Island". I actually like him when he is off-set or when he is not Obi Wan Kenobi...lol. The 1st half of the movie were just entertaining idiosycrasies..lol

no-no

looks different no?=D

Then the movie progressed pretty well with some really funny scenes and some pretty weird ones too. It was also difficult watching Nicole Kidman doing such a bimboitic role.Lol.But the ending was really sad and I almost cried! My eyes were soaked with tears!You can actually feel the love between Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman throughout the whole movie!! The songs were really good too although it is not original especially the duet ones done by Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman. Surprisingly, both can sing really well and I had to ask Vanu if they were really singing or just lip-sync. It just never occured to me that both of them would have such terrific voices!

The next movie was My Fair Lady(yes yes say what you want=P). Despite watching this movie over 20 times, I never get bored of it. This time is no different at all. I enjoyed every moment of this show. This musical to me is really timeless!=D


Chicago
I did not watch this in Vanu's house but on one of the boring days of my holidays. The set-up and songs in this movie was quite nice but it was really the dancing that I got attracted to. It was quite amazing how they manage to relate every song to each scene. But I found the storyline highly unbelievable for our time though. Now, if you commit a crime with substantial amount of evidence, you are doomed no matter how famous you are or how accidental were your actions unlike the story of this movie. Lol. But I like the dancing especially when Richard Gere was tap-dancing.


And at the last song I was thinking "Hrmm.....this song sounds so familiar.I recognise this song"..and moments later..."Hey! I KNOW THAT DANCE!!" Lol. Sorry for my blurrness and out-dated nature, it just never occured to me that you guys took that song from this movie. Lol.


That is my current situation now. If you compared my life activity to a graph...there will be a high peak then a long straight line..like this..





Lol..

The Really REALLY Innocent Man

"Am I innocent until proven guilty or guilty until proven innocent?"-Dennis Fritz


I just finished reading Innocent Man by John Grisham. It is my 1st time reading his book and I must say, despite the slightly heavy detailing nature and a plethora of characters that made me a little confused at times, I enjoyed reading this book.

It did start out pretty dull and I even gave up reading it once when the 1st 30 pages or so was just about reporting and describing the event. But it got even more interesting as I read on and was engrossed in it. I really pity the innocent man in the book. Imagine being stuck in jail for more than 15 years for a crime you did not commit and even you are freed, people are still consumed with the fact that you are guilty!

I was also annoyed by the fact that the police force and the prosecutor were so careless in doing their jobs that they simply accuse innocent people with no solid evidence. They decided that it was easier to place the blame on a man that already has record with crime and go all out to prove them guilty, even to the point of threatening others with guns!That is one haywired police force!

I also felt sorry for the innocent guy since he was indicted at the wrong time where DNA was not prevalent yet. In fact, there was no such thing as DNA testing yet in the 1980's and they had to rely on a unreliable hair microscopic method. But thank God DNA testing was the one that got him exonerated. But still afterthat, he suffered from post-traumatic stress for the rest of his life.No one apologized for the wrongful-conviction made just because of arrogance! What a sad life man!

Plus it is a true story. So, there was such an unfair system a long time ago. His case was solved but how about others who suffered death penalty for nothing?



I should read more of his books. They are really interesting. My dad used to love John Grisham too. He told me John Grisham was apparently a lawyer that felt he could make more money by writing instead.LOL. So friend (you know who you are=D), there is your inspiration=P

The Jakun at Jonker's Street

When I heard Elsha telling me how she was so sick of Malacca and was willing to take a bus home to avoid it, I laughed along. However, I later sat down and thought... "Have I been to Malacca before?" I felt like I knew a lot about Malacca and felt like I have been there before countless times when I was younger.

The truth is, I knew so much about Malacca since it is in our History syllabus and I have seen the picture of A Famosa so many times that I never realised that I have never been there. It felt like I have already been there because of staring at the photos too many times. I was supposed to go when I was in Form 2 but I was healing from chicken pox and was thus force to stay in the sewing room of my school for KH while looking over the happy faces of my other peers that just returned from the trip.Lol

So, here is the real truth. For eighteen years of my existence, I have never set foot in Malacca before despite it being only 128plus km away from my house(When my family often travel to Penang which is way further). Last Sunday, my mum decided to make a trip there for her poor jakun daughter to see Malacca.

Firstly, before even entering Malacca Town, I just had to stop by here:

if all goes well, see you in around 5 years=D

The surroundings are pretty nice and the hostel looks comfortable. Plus, it is not that far off town. =D. Overall, I am impressed=D

It was almost lunchtime when we reached Jonker's Street. What better food to eat in Malacca than the famous chicken rice balls?=D

yum yum=D

Jonker's Street

More like "Junk-er's Street". Lol. It is like Petaling Street of Malacca but with some cool building architecture. I was amazed by the courtyard designs and the old clanhouses. It was hard to picture that those things you see in dramas really exist here. The temples' designs were also amazing. Other than that, Jonker's Street is just some street that sells junk. Literally. It is more for overseas tourists to purchase souvenirs and stuff.

Cheng Ho's museum

From the outside, this building attracted me due to its unique architecture. There were also cool stuff at the FOC-zone. There was a display of some Chinese junk and paintings too but most of the explanation was in Mandarin so I just admired the detailing of the artwork. A lady saw us and started to explain to us about the significance of this place. It was actually a place where Admiral Cheng Ho lived. Admiral Cheng Ho was a Chinese Muslim admiral that was in charge of the journey of Princess Hang Li Po to Malacca. This museum was discovered late because his records of voyages were destroyed by the next dynasty that ruled China(i think). I managed to see the well for Cheng Ho's personal use..it was so cool..like a real stone well!=D

You know what saddens me the most? This museum was discovered not by a Malaysian but a Singaporean professor! In fact, many locals are not even aware of the significance of this place. It is so ironic that a tourist knows more about a country than its locals. The Malaysian that sold the place to the Singaporean must have been real shallow.

cool building no?

since i know the 2nd character is 'He', I am guessing that is his name.lol

The Stadhuys, Christ Church and basically Dutch Square

It was definitely different compared to the photos I have seen. I was again amazed by the architecture of the buildings. Plus, it has a clock tower built by the English which chimes every hour.lol. I did not enter the museum though but I did enter the church. I noticed that old buildings were always tall and the ceilings are beyond anyone's reach. My dad told me it was to keep the inside part cold since there was no such thing as air-cond back then.

Trishaw ride and A Famosa

I have sat the trishaw in Penang before but what the heck, that was almost 10 years ago! So my mum and I decided to take the trishaw from Jonker's Street to A Famosa. Yea, I know we could have just walked, but where is the fun in that?Lol

colourful one

A Famosa was again different compared to the photos. Moreover, those photos did not show the hilly part of it and I did not realise it was more than just a sad gate. lol. The ruins on the hill was really cool and I could get an entire view of Malacca and I could even see the seaside. My mum made it obvious that was the purpose of this fort. lol.

me and the ruins

There were many tombstones inside the ruins. But I did not know it belong to whom since it was all in Portugese. It was cool though to think that someone actually lived here before=D Afterthat we took photos of the oddly shaped tanks named 'Hang Tuah' and 'Hang Jebat' found at the bottom part near the gate. O.o

We came back to Dutch square by a trishaw and on the way I saw this:

Eye on Malaysia

This is another ironic thing. I always wanted to go when it was set up in KL last year but I never had the time. Plus, the plan was lagged behind due to its expensive ticket and my mum always said "What is so interesting? It is just a Ferris Wheel.." But there is a difference. This is a real Ferris Wheel and the only time I ever sat in one was the miserably small one in Genting.

I was the only one excited to sit. My parents were quite afraid but my dad had to accompany me after all. Lol. I would be lying if I said I was not afraid at all. I was afraid but that is the thrilling part of it, no? That is why sometimes my mum always ask "You are not scared ah of those rides in Genting?" I am but I like the thrill of being scared. lol. It is like how I could never understand some of my peers that spend RM10.00 to watch a horror movie. It is for the thrills=D

WHEE!

It went 6 rounds but by the 1st round, I was not afraid anymore. Plus, the view was amazing although it would have been better if I sat it in KL.=)

Temples

The last stop was at the oldest temple in Malaysia. It was a Guan Yin temple so we prayed there and I admired the fine architecture of the temple. There is also a unique feature of that place since it is one of the only places in Malaysia where you can find a mosque, Buddhist temple and a Hindu temple along the same road.=)Cheers to that=D

It was 3pm when we left Malacca. It was overall fun and more economical than the first plan about visiting Singapore. After all, in bad economic times like these, what could be better than a local holiday?=D

The 7 Tag

Hey sorry Veneon about this coming in late=)

7 Love Questions

1. Caring 

2. Thoughtful

3. Not overly dominating and possesive

4. Have self-believe and confidence

5. Accept me for how I look and how I act

6. Adventurous and sporting

7. Be there when I am down

7 Men/Women you have been interested in/loved

1. Nilai Guy (I am not stating his name here lol)

2. Wang Lee Hom

3. Duncan (from Blue)

4. 3 o'clock guy that flew to Russia=P

5. Mark (from Westlife)

6. Chace Crawford

7. Ming Dao

7 Feeling You Feel if You Go Out With Someone You Like

1. Excited

2. Nervous

3. Overjoyed feeling contained in my head

4. Butterflies in stomach

5. Heartbeat raised 

6. Head feels hot but hands feel cold

7. Thankful=D

7 Special Places You Would Bring You Partner

1. Paris

2. Italy

3. Venice

4. A sandy beach

5. Switzerland

6. UK

7. Spain

7 Things You Would Give to Him/Her as a present

1. A hug

2. T-shirt with cool words (except the "I'm with Stupid" one..lol)

3. CD

4. Tickets to his favourite concert

5. A holiday getaway for both of us

6. A tie

7. A full entire day just talking about stuff

7 Songs You Would Sing To Your Partner

1. Bubbly-Colbie Caillat

2. Oxygen-Colbie Caillat

3. Love You Out Loud-Rascal Flatts

4. All You Wanted-Michelle Branch

5. I Think I-Byul

6. Best in Me-Blue

7. Stay Beautiful-Taylor Swift

Taggy-tag

1. Elsha

2. Elena

3. Ieka

4. Nicole

5. Ken Vin

6. Lee Mei

7. Nikki

Girlie Night=D

Alright, I was suppose to abstain myself from being on the Internet due to some guilty conscience feeling but these past few days of no Internet has been really boring. Plus, I had to blog about this.

Girlie Night-6 December 2008

I arrived at Zhen's place at the agreed time, only to find myself staring at her sleeping=P. Sharon stayed over at Zhen's place and I was glad that I was going shopping with her today since I wanted to get to know her more. Turns out that she has an elder brother too. We had overnight potato salad for breakfast which was good since it is not just any potato salad but the yummy one that Zhen is an expert in preparing it.=) Su Ern arrived later and I was giving Zhen the "stares" when she said that we will take the train from Kelana Jaya instead of the initial plan of her mum dropping us in KL. -.- Lol

We took the LRT followed by the Monorail to Sungei Wang. It was the first time I went to KL just with my friends. Afterthat, it was all just shopping and more shopping. The clothes in Sungei Wang did not really interest me except for a dress shop Sharon asked us to enter. I have a strong feeling we might have annoyed the shopkeeper for just merely trying the dress but not buying it.LOL

We had lunch in Esquire Kitchen and as usual, I ordered my favourite noodles. Shopping continued afterthat. Mostly, I was window-shopping a lot rather than buying anything. Somehow, it seemed difficult for me to spend on clothes or maybe I have been shopping a lot lately that I was not as excited as Su Ern and Zhen, who have not been to malls in ages due to their recent AS exams=P But it was fun especially the part where Sharon suggested that we pick the most la-la clothes from a shop and try it on, just to see how we would look like. My gosh! Now I do believe what my mum says about how dressing defines a person. I really looked like a la-la in la-la clothes! LOL. 

We were suppose to be back at Zhen's house by 6.30pm to meet Michelle, Shin Yee and Beng Ying for a movie marathon. But Su Ern and Zhen got carried away with shopping that we reach about an hour late! Lol. Zhen ordered Pizza from Dominos as dinner and we started the 1st movie:A Walk to Remember.

Since it was Girlie Night, we were suppose to watch movies that makes us cry until we had to use toilet papers to wipe our tears instead of the high quality Kleenex ones (quote Jia Yi=P). This is the 6th time I watched A Walk to Remember and the 6th time I cried. Lol. The movie would have touched everyone's heart even more if Su Ern did not say in the middle of the movie : "EH! IT IS EVEN SADDER WHEN THE GIRL DIED IN THE END." -__________-. Nonetheless, everybody was moved by the movie.

The next movie was The Notebook. I haven't watch this one before. None of us have except Beng Ying who promised to keep quiet. The movie started out pretty slow and Michelle was only waiting patiently for scandalous parts.LOL. Ironically, at those "parts", she closed her eyes. But the climax really made us cry. I think Nicholas Sparks just has a magical thing in his books that make people cry. Lol

It was fun overall despite all the crying lol. Oh, and the main actor of The Notebook is really cute=P

This is a really cool video I found on youtube. But to those that have not watch this movie, try not to watch this cause it has some spoilers.=)

White Paper

I love babies. I think everybody does. Even the most heartless person in the world would at least show a tiny bit of compassion towards babies. There is just so much purity in a baby's face and their thoughts since they have not been polluted with anything. 

A baby always reminds me of a plain white paper. Whatever is written on that plain paper will soon define the meaning of that paper. If for instance you use that plain paper as a page of a textbook, it will come useful. But when it is found as a page of a Hello! magazine, it becomes pointless. (no offense to fans of Hello) The plain white paper can even be made evil when it is sent as a hate message or used as a blackmail. The bottomline is, a plain white paper can be converted to anything, just like how a baby can grow into a unique individual.

Do not get me wrong. I am not having some emotional motherly instinct right now. Neither am I planning to have one soon.-.- I am just blogging about this subject because  just yesterday I visited my ex-Biology lecturer's houseto see her 1 month old daughter.

I went to Sunway first just for some window-shopping before heading to Taylors to meet up with PM4. Gosh, I really missed them especially those that did not come for the previous Sunway outing. As an ex-Peeamfourian, I receive my class T-shirt that they were all wearing today since it was considered a "class trip".

Then, we went to our Biology teacher's house in 6 cars! Hui Chin, Roshan, Shin Yee and Chia Yew were among the drivers. I sat Hui Chin's car and I have to say that I really respect her boldness to travel so far and her ability to remain calm throughout the entire journey. She is pretty steady in driving and we reached there safely. In fact, when we were near the housing area, since there were practically no cars but the 6 cars, we actually did a little "fast and furious" act. LOL

I actually felt quite pai seh about the idea of 24 people storming a lecturer's house but Miss Ko seemed ok with it, so we went straight in. She even allowed us to take turns to hold the baby, which I never even thought of trying because I was too afraid. I am the youngest one in the family and the line of my cousins, so I have zero experience carrying a baby. In fact, I have never even been this close distance to a baby. 

Her name is Chong Yong Wei. She happened to have the same "Wei" as Zhen. Everybody's attention was at her and she was such a loveable baby. She did not cry the entire time we were there, which was an unusual thing according to Miss Ko. She occasionally move her mouth and make cute gestures, causing us to love her more. 

Daniel: Teacher, can I marry her?

*Everybody laughs*

Zhen: Wah teacher, your daughter is so lucky...so fast got marriage proposal already

Miss Ko in a joking manner: That depends, will you be willing to wait that long?

LOL!

Zhen: Yong Wei, must study very hard and be smart and do A-Levels in Taylors, you know..

Esther: Come on Zhen..She is only a month old!=P

LOL again!

We left Miss Ko's house after about an hour. I got a lift from Chia Yew instead since he could send me to the LRT station. We did a little "fast and furious" again on the way back.LOL.Sitting in the car with a bunch of guys was hilarious. Daniel puts on a Buddhist prayer on Chia Yew's car stereo and was trying to "hum" to it in a weirdly funny manner together with Tim. Kong was showing some impersonation of our lecturers, as usual. LOL.

Tim: Oh no, Hui Chin's car cut us again.. ala we're the last now

Chia Yew: Nevermind, lets take a longer way and divert ourselves from them, pretending we got lost just to make them feel guilty.

Moments later..at the Subang Jaya roundabout

Tim: A la, they didn't even call. They don't care about us anymore..

*Tim's phone rang, Alyssa on the line*

Tim:Hello...........yea......we're lost la......all your fault la.....cut us and leave us behind................ha....we're at......er.....somewhere la....we don't even know......at Jalan Terubuk..........got err..........a Petronas Station...........and a SHell station..........you come and fetch us la

All of us in the car were controlling our laughter as Tim put up that act. Alyssa really fell for it and almost wanted to ask Roshan to fetch us! Lol

After we arrived..

Alyssa to Tim: AIya, what Jalan Terubuk you talking about???!!Where got such thing as Jalan Terubuk???Aiya, you ah..

Chia Yew dropped Shin Yi and me at the station. We compare our colleges and things in our current life in our conversations during the journey there. It was a fun trip overall. Somehow, PM4 always manage to spice up an outing..Lol. I miss being a Peeamfourian.=)