Haih...
Allowance no enough but workload can compete with Everest leh...
Aja Aja Huaiting!!!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Coffee Stain and tteokbokki
Lemme start off with today's special...
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Tada!!!
It's tteokbokki (Korean fried rice cake).
I went back to good ol' Ipoh last Thursday and on the following Saturday, me and my Auntie Shirley went to Ipoh's Yae Won nearby Tesco.
Besides trying out the bibimbap (mine has beef) and some side dishes (kim chi and gang),
I also ta-pau some tteobokki, thought of sharing it with my Mummy and Daddy.
Omma (was forever her usual self of I-touch-nothing-spicy) ended up ignoring me and the tteokbokki while my Appa was munching piece after piece (but still had the time and mood to say "Aiya...not nice also..."
Haih...Appa ah...
And then, on another occasion (which is today =) )
Coffee Stain 1
Coffee Stain 2
Coffee Stain 3
I *heart* the smell of dried basi coffee on my Moral journal.
Haha...
Thanks ya, W. H. for the coffee and the simple feedback...
Saturday, October 25, 2008
我要学会放松自己。。。
回到家感觉真好！！！
终于， 可以用中文打字。。。哈哈。。
Haha...
There's been time when I was so emo...always thinking of the bad stuffs and all...which was so negative and depressing. I couldn't help comparing myself with other people, which was so not me.
Throughout the last two years in MGS, I learned how not to bother about who scored how much for which subject because I found it so 幼稚, ninny and harebrained. Seriously, I do NOT give it a damm. I mean, there's no point doing so because scoring high marks in your examinations did not necessarily meant that you would be successful like Mr. Gates. Besides, there's so many other things to do!!! =)
But then, after I received the scholarship, I realized that I've become more kiasu than ever!!! Even my friends noticed the capricious change in me.
Looking back, it's pretty scary...I mean, if I continued to act like that, I'd probably gone haywire soon!!!
So, right now, I try not to think so much about flying and all that stuffs...I'll just be the old me!!
佛陀曾说， 我们人啊，要学会看破红尘。。。
哈哈。。
Ok-lah, I admit-lah, the Buddha did not exactly said so...but, he did said something like that!!!
终于， 可以用中文打字。。。哈哈。。
Haha...
There's been time when I was so emo...always thinking of the bad stuffs and all...which was so negative and depressing. I couldn't help comparing myself with other people, which was so not me.
Throughout the last two years in MGS, I learned how not to bother about who scored how much for which subject because I found it so 幼稚, ninny and harebrained. Seriously, I do NOT give it a damm. I mean, there's no point doing so because scoring high marks in your examinations did not necessarily meant that you would be successful like Mr. Gates. Besides, there's so many other things to do!!! =)
But then, after I received the scholarship, I realized that I've become more kiasu than ever!!! Even my friends noticed the capricious change in me.
Looking back, it's pretty scary...I mean, if I continued to act like that, I'd probably gone haywire soon!!!
So, right now, I try not to think so much about flying and all that stuffs...I'll just be the old me!!
佛陀曾说， 我们人啊，要学会看破红尘。。。
哈哈。。
Ok-lah, I admit-lah, the Buddha did not exactly said so...but, he did said something like that!!!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Post SAT
Yippie yay Yay...
The scores were out about 24 hours ago...and yeah, I did better than I thought although I seriously sucked in the essay part...which I already thought so...LOL...
Well, I guess retake is a priority now...since I did not have an over-the-world-score...(read: 2001 onwards)...so, there goes my money, contributing towards the development of the evil ETS (Evil Testing Serpent) of CBoard...sigh...so expensive...
Sigh...some people are really good at acing the SAT...I mean, these people were having such high scores and all (especially fellow Soompiers)...which made me felt sidelined by the admission committee (when they say they do not really look much into your SAT scores, it's pure crap)...
Sigh...let me continue emo first...
Haha
The scores were out about 24 hours ago...and yeah, I did better than I thought although I seriously sucked in the essay part...which I already thought so...LOL...
Well, I guess retake is a priority now...since I did not have an over-the-world-score...(read: 2001 onwards)...so, there goes my money, contributing towards the development of the evil ETS (Evil Testing Serpent) of CBoard...sigh...so expensive...
Sigh...some people are really good at acing the SAT...I mean, these people were having such high scores and all (especially fellow Soompiers)...which made me felt sidelined by the admission committee (when they say they do not really look much into your SAT scores, it's pure crap)...
Sigh...let me continue emo first...
Haha
Monday, October 20, 2008
Tattoo by Jordin Sparks
Erm, I forgot to mention about hearing this song at Queensbay after watching Max Payne...
which made me a lil emo...
It has been 8 months but it kept coming back...especially when I heard the familiar music and chorus, I just couldn't stop recalling those images, as if they were being played like a music video or something like that..
It can get a little disheartening every time I listened to the song. After all, you sorta introduced it to me...ok-lah, in an indirect way.
Too bad...
which made me a lil emo...
It has been 8 months but it kept coming back...especially when I heard the familiar music and chorus, I just couldn't stop recalling those images, as if they were being played like a music video or something like that..
It can get a little disheartening every time I listened to the song. After all, you sorta introduced it to me...ok-lah, in an indirect way.
Too bad...
The 18PL Journey (Part 2)
Now, where did I stop?
Hmm...oh yeah, now I recall, the sewage system in Penang. Haha...
So after TOEFL, we went to Queensbay Mall, a new but secluded shopping mall nearby Sg. Nibong bus terminal. That place was rather awesome; it was huge (much bigger than good ol' Ipoh's JJ) and there's even an ice skating rink! Apart from that, there's also so many branded stores like Topshop and all...and I was like, wooo-ooh...
Anyway, we were there not because we were inspired to do some shopping after crushing our brains over the TOEFL, but rather, we were there to watch a movie (I wanted to shoooooooooop though!!!), hence, the bunch of us ended up watching Max Payne. Ok, I don't want to start a war with the producers and director of Max Payne but...I find it rather a shitty movie as it SCARED the hell outta me from the beginning although the fear subsided towards the ending...AND, it was also the first time I got so humiliated! That guy - the cinema guy - wanted to check on my age. I was like, what the hell. Do I look like a primary school girl? I remembered watching another show last year (also 18PL) and NOBODY bothered about my age. What the hell...
However, I got to comment the theme; don't do drugs (that scriptwriter darn smart -lah, can thought of combining Viking legends with modern drugs...so outta the world).
Haha...
Nan...dining at Dome...nice shot really...covered my face =) Reminded me of some random eoljjang-ness...Haha...
After the meal, once again, we embarked on yet another journey. No-lah, not walking back to KL-lah...of course...We were to make a beeline to the bus terminal which was about 15 minutes or so from the shopping mall on foot. Again, the journey felt like a year as we carry our heavy asses...oops...I mean our mentally and physically drained bodies. I lead the way again and (thank god) this time, no, I did not bring these poor souls for another stroll in the park (I'm so sorry!!!)
It was around 8 when we reached the bus terminal and we searched franctically (LOL...hyperbole again) for bus tickets heading back to KL before finally settling down on a PlusLiner VIP coach (the ticket costs 35 bucks each).
Challenged myself again as I remained fully awake throughout the journey again (dunno want to cry or want to laugh at my stupidity) which in turn, totally taken it's toll on me. I was getting more and more tired, my eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, my heart pumping slower and slower.......
ZZZZzzzzzZZZZzzzzzzZZZZZZzzzzz.....
PS - photo credits to Ally =)
Hmm...oh yeah, now I recall, the sewage system in Penang. Haha...
So after TOEFL, we went to Queensbay Mall, a new but secluded shopping mall nearby Sg. Nibong bus terminal. That place was rather awesome; it was huge (much bigger than good ol' Ipoh's JJ) and there's even an ice skating rink! Apart from that, there's also so many branded stores like Topshop and all...and I was like, wooo-ooh...
Anyway, we were there not because we were inspired to do some shopping after crushing our brains over the TOEFL, but rather, we were there to watch a movie (I wanted to shoooooooooop though!!!), hence, the bunch of us ended up watching Max Payne. Ok, I don't want to start a war with the producers and director of Max Payne but...I find it rather a shitty movie as it SCARED the hell outta me from the beginning although the fear subsided towards the ending...AND, it was also the first time I got so humiliated! That guy - the cinema guy - wanted to check on my age. I was like, what the hell. Do I look like a primary school girl? I remembered watching another show last year (also 18PL) and NOBODY bothered about my age. What the hell...
However, I got to comment the theme; don't do drugs (that scriptwriter darn smart -lah, can thought of combining Viking legends with modern drugs...so outta the world).
Haha...
Nan...dining at Dome...nice shot really...covered my face =) Reminded me of some random eoljjang-ness...Haha...
After the meal, once again, we embarked on yet another journey. No-lah, not walking back to KL-lah...of course...We were to make a beeline to the bus terminal which was about 15 minutes or so from the shopping mall on foot. Again, the journey felt like a year as we carry our heavy asses...oops...I mean our mentally and physically drained bodies. I lead the way again and (thank god) this time, no, I did not bring these poor souls for another stroll in the park (I'm so sorry!!!)
It was around 8 when we reached the bus terminal and we searched franctically (LOL...hyperbole again) for bus tickets heading back to KL before finally settling down on a PlusLiner VIP coach (the ticket costs 35 bucks each).
Challenged myself again as I remained fully awake throughout the journey again (dunno want to cry or want to laugh at my stupidity) which in turn, totally taken it's toll on me. I was getting more and more tired, my eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, my heart pumping slower and slower.......
ZZZZzzzzzZZZZzzzzzzZZZZZZzzzzz.....
PS - photo credits to Ally =)
Sunday, October 19, 2008
The 18PL Journey (Part 1)
To begin with, no-lah...there's nothing 18PL about the journey to Penang. But to highlight, it was merely a journey of a bunch of 18 year old boys and girls up-north to the Island of the Orient *aiyo...so bodek-ing* to sit for the TOEFL exams.
Here's the cast:
1. moi S2
2. Alicia @ Lil' Princess Ally (officially 18)
3. QiFei @ Princess (legally 18)
4. ChyeHong @ Rainbow (soon-to-be-18)
5. SinYee @ Teacher Koh (turned 18 couple of days ago)
6. Mr. Jonathan @ Homo Hero 1 (unknown; but should be 18 too)
7. Mr. Nicholas @ Homo Hero 2 & Teacher Koh's adopted son (turned 18 couple of days ago)
I know. The cast's totally ignored the Yin and Yang theory but um...who cares, right?
It was my second time there this year; the first was when I was on my way home with my appa and omma and my-forever-deafening-granny from Kem Dusun Minda Resort aka Camp of Hades in Kuala Nerang, Kedah to good ol' Ipoh.
Some recap...
This is one of the buildings found in the famous Kek Lok Si Temple near the Ayer Itam market and the well-known Chung Kam Chuan's Local's Delight Shop (If you are a very Chinese or very Geography-minded person, you will know-lah. Chung Kam Chuan is Penang's equivalent of Malacca's Tan Kim Hock).
This is the island's view from the temple. I took it when my appa said, "Why you so free ar? Take something else-lah."
Sigh...my appa...
I ignored him and went on to take the second pic...Haha...Ok, enough of digression.
Nevertheless, the journey ffrom Puduraya bus terminal to the one in Sg. Nibong took merely five hours with the bus speeding around 100km per hour. I couldn't bring myself to close my eyes because:
1. the driver was drifting! *ZOMG*
2. the ride was so bumpy as if it was moving on a road with many bumps, and
3. I wanna test my ability of not dozing off in a long journey! *Yes omma, I did not sleep!**muka bangga*
Upon reaching the bus terminal, we were whisked off to the hotel (pre-booked by Mr. J) called Dorsett by two taxis.
Looked grand huh? Imagine paying 200 over bucks for a night stay and not getting something like this? LOL...
Darn, I heart the room's bath cum toilet. So many mirrors and a bath tub...have this very royalty feeling...even the toilet bowl looked nicer and grander...LOL...
Since the bath cum toilet was so attractive, the girls and I simply could not resist the temptations to camwhore in it (haha). The evidence? We took about 5 pictures in the toilet and moi S2 sitting on the toilet bowl.
No way I'm gonna post the pictures and let you folks criticize it.
So after the camwhoring session in the toilet, our tummies, apparently, were roaring with hunger (such hyperbole...ceh) and thus, we embarked on a little journey for dinner (Chinese food puhhhhlease, sick of mamak 24/7).
And that's when the journey started to feel like a year...or 38658687712812381893 light years (I'm no dumbo or bimbo, of course I know light years are used to measure distance-lah)...which was all my fault. I brought these terribly hungry people for a stroll near Anson Road for close to an hour and I even heard their tummies grumbling! *muka apologetic* Look, I am really sorry that I got you guys into this shit and I swear that there would be no more next time...Promise!
But then, the one hour stroll in the park was not exactly that bad...considering the fact that we found out where the heck was that freaky KDU college aka the TOEFL testing centre *muka happy + rolling* Oh, by the way, Penang MGS was just next door (credits to Mr. J for telling me)*whee...I had that homey+familiar felling once again. I missed MGS Ipoh-lah*
The clock ticked and ticked and ticked, as my energy level began to deteriorate *come on-lah, kesian me-lah...did not nap mah...muka kesian*
So, Ally and I went over to the other room for our beauty sleep (haha...mother mary's favourite term)...with Mr. J and Mr. N.
On separate beds lah...ish...
Haha...so homo-lah...the only males that I knew who slept together was my appa and dongsaeng-lah...and not forgetting, the two cowboys from Brokeback Mountains. Sorry but...puahahahahaha wakakakakaka...but pity them as well because the two guys have to squeeze inside the same blankie on a queen-sized bed. I think they probably did not get a good night sleep (But then I know god will reward people like them-lah, you know, making sacrifices and all. Ah well...).
Alright, enough of these homo craps.
All 8 of us (Sheena came here with her omma and namja cheengoo) took the test at 10am the next day, which was a Saturday. In my humble opinion, I think I screwed mine...like I did for the SAT. Sigh, there goes my IL and ILS dreams...straight into the toilet bowl and to the Penang sewage system.
PS - photos credits to Ally =)
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