back in msia..

my last post was written about 2 months ago..i doubt anyone would browse my blog again..lol..

the 4th day back in msia..and i've mixed feelings about returning back home..

the "welcome back to msia" experience we had in putrajaya on the 2nd day was a wakeup call for us that we're back to reality..
back to the place where ppl do things at a tortoise speed..making us wait for hours just for a simple signature on the offer letter; where the phone calls kept ringing with lotsa ppl eating at the office but nobody cares to pick up the phone; where we were asked to come back on the next day to collect the letter (but luckily we mati-mati oso dun wanna leave the place and kept on insisting that we're from swk and we need to settle our things on that day itself); where the posters on the wall boasted "cepat, tepat dan kualiti"..what ironicity..

i dun mean to complain..but i was rili frustrated and tired at the end of the day..my experience these few days?the weather was hot and humid that i cant stop sweating, i still couldnt sleep well for the past few days- felt tired at daytime and energetic at night; weird ppl staring at us on the street..walking super fast whenever im alone, heart beating fast..hmm..i realise that things wont be the same again as the past 1 year

one year away isnt that long at all..but things do change..the food in kl is getting much more expensive (but still taste as nice); more shopping complexes now (visited pavilion yesterday and was surprised looking at the shops there..with many uk brands too..they even got chiemsee brand there!!:P); even imu looked very different now..right now im in the totally unfamiliar looking library typing my latest post..wow..looks like some 5 star facility with much more computers and even the escalator is moving!!oi..y cant we have all these when we were here??!!

but the good thing about msia??i felt the sense of belonging once i stepped down from the plane..everything looked familiar..the food we had was very delicious (the wantan mee sc's bro brought us to..the nasi lemak in mdm kwan..even the malay food in putrajaya tasted nice!!:P) and im glad to meet up with my old frens again..

hmm..is changing really a bad thing?i cant stop thinking back about my past 1 year experience and i know how much i missed it..but i keep on reminding myself not to let myself sink into the sad feelings..after all, i was lucky to experience what i have experienced and you cant stop the time clicking..accepting the fact and to live in the present is much more important..

ok..i realise even i myself have changed..no pics at all for this post (malas wanna upload pics lar..); din shed tears at all when i part with my frens and left europe although i was rili sad (getting tougher??haha..); getting more panas baran these few days and feeling very uneasy for not able to online for the past few days..lol..

k..enough of talking nonsense..i probably shud get going nw..my temporary number is 0192467713 (i doubt anyone will be reading this..)take care!

oban + lochilphead trip..

after chatting with k.hooi, he suggested that we shd try a road trip to oban and lochilphead, the place where he was posted to for a month..it sounded like a great idea, so we booked a car the day before he reached glasgow..

lol..apparently u need the driver's passport and need to show the credit card to the car company..we dun hv both, but probably we looked honest:P so that nice lady just let us thru..phew!!

so..with the scotland map and some info that we found through google map..off we went..our plan = stop whenever we see nice scenery..in short=no detailed planning :P

luss, our 1st stop..with loch lomond at our background..loch lomond is in fact quite a big lake...it was alongside the road that we used..and there were a few stops along the way with a few B&B, caravans and camping sites for tourists

this was another stop with the loch lomond at the background..haha..nice scenery bt lotsa dog shit around..n we heard the tale of hw k.hooi wil kena shit everytime with glen ard..lol..

stopped at this random cafe to have lunch..and the fish and chips turned out to be really delicious..award-winning summore..:P

on our way to oban, we saw this really nice place with a few uncles fishing below, so we were thinking..uncles oso can go down..shudnt be that difficult rite?

bt we were obviously wrong..the place was veli steep and slippery.. it was so difficult to walk down..hence the above pic..haha, the 3 of us gave up after trying..

kokhooi was the oni one who went down..

and this was wat he saw...so nice rite, jeles!!!-___-..one of the uncles managed to get a fish at that moment..

with such a relaxed pace..we finally reached our destination, oban at nearly 6pm..haha!!luckily its summer and it'd be dark oni by 10pm..and luckily we managed to go into tourist info centre to get the oban map minutes before the centre closes...

oban is situated by the sea, and its a small town with lotsa tourists around too..

it is justifiably known as the Gateway to the Isles. The town's south pier is the embarkation point for car ferries to Mull, Coll, Tiree, Barra, South Uist, Colonsay, Lismore and Islay. From these islands you can travel further afield to Iona, Staffa and to many of the smaller less well known isles...

so we walked around the town with scenic surroundings for some time..and finally drove to

Mc Caig's Tower..

at the McCaig's tower, overlooking Oban..

McCaig's intention was to provide a lasting monument to his family, and provide work for the local stonemasons during the winter months. McCaig was an admirer of Roman and Greek architecture and had planned for an elaborate structure, based on the Colosseum in Rome. However, his death brought an end to construction with only the outer walls completed.

another random place we stopped by after leaving oban..another lake with nobody else except us..hmm..the place was veli nice, photos cant really capture its beauty..:)))

this was another secluded camping site which i guess oni certain locals know bout it..we came here accidentally when we were searching for the canal situated near lochilphead..the 2 men camping there told us the directions to the canal..this will be the ideal place for camping,haiya if oni i've more time in scotland..

and we managed to find it!!hehe..i think its called crinan canal..it has its historical story behind it..sumthing bout hw the merchants could shorten their distance by XXX miles and reached their destinations really quickly after the canal was built..

we spent our nite at kokhooi's place in lochilphead..lochilphead is a very, very small and quiet town where it seemed like it's isolated most of the time-its very beautiful though:)..the streets looked empty and there were very few ppl ard.. one time there was this car in front of us tat just stopped abruptly to talk to a man who passed by--looks like everyone knows everyone else there since its soo small..

kokhooi's place was situated next to the psychiatry hospital tat he was posted to..listened to lots of interesting stories bout his patients and we saw 2 of them outside the hospital:p..at nite, we had a wonderful time chatting and laughing..

the next day..

we've chosen another route back to glasgow, and stopped by inverarray ..(the above pic)

after reaching glasgow, we spent the remaining time eating dimsum and later watched "indiana jones" in the cinema..

haha..the few of us nearly slept at the beginning, but it was kinda exciting after that..not realistic but thats wat indiana jones is all about..haha..sooo many long years have passed ever since the last indiana jones movie..and its in fact a reminder to all of us that we're all grown ups..:P

THAT was basically about it for our oban +lochilphead trip..i personally enjoyed the road trip a lot, shud rili thank k.hooi who had been driving all the time and still being so energetic..throughout the trip we've seen the beauty of nature..we've laughed, exchange stories, tok and tok and tok..

im gonna miss this a lot..:))

london trip

without pics..its hard to summarise my few days in london..

main purpose was to renew my passport, and i got it done the 2nd day that i was in london..din expect it to be done so efficiently in a day, so basically my next few days in london was really relaxed and enjoyable..

yup, london is still as busy; people there still looked as expressionless and stressed as before; everyone in the tube was reading something and ignoring ppl around them; most of them were walking extremely fast on the street..but somehow this metropolitan has given me a much better impression than my previous encounter in january..maybe becos i took my own sweet time observing them and walk at my pace..and by using tube, being really bad in direction is not a problem at all..haha..

glen's housemates were all very frenly and easy to get along with..i chatted with them for a rili long time since the 1st day tat i reached and im not even a talkative person..haha..

anyway..glen being glen..has been a really great host (despite the fact that he laughed a lot at my blurness, had fun using MY msn to kacau ppl, telling his housemates hw crazy we were..oh i think s.choo's name was mentioned a few times too..haha!!) been repeatedly taught me the directions in london (hopefully i can remember til july lah..:P); abandon his studies for tat few days..watched a few movies..thankfully they were all quite good..thanks a lot lah monkey..:)

i think i gained back my appetite ever since my trip to london..glen's cooked a few delicious meals..swk food summore *clap clap* (for his future visitors..please request him to cook..wahahaha..) elaine and lihping had been offering me food all the time; so usually we'll sit there chatting and start searching for food, prepare and eat; then search for food again; kuan eng being the indomee seller would be there offering indomee; and then telling us his stories with mentally-ill patients..litching and yiwei who were usually not at home, but will leave sth for us to eat as well..:p..i've tried the nice indian food nearby, eaten nasi lemak..and oso tasted the best dimsum in my 1 year stay here together with all his housemates..dimsum in Imperial China, chinatown!!!*drool*

all in all..london trip was really nice and comfortable with all the fun ppl ard..:)) a slight disappointment was that i couldnt watch another musical with lihping and elaine as planned..cos of the sch holidays which means no discount price for that week.:(..hopefully can get to watch again next month lah..

random thoughts..

since form 5, i've left kch, went to shah alam, met new frens and became close frens with them..and then forced to say goodbye as we went separate ways..

THEN...i went to imu and again the same thing repeated..and NOW..finally its another time when i need to say goodbye to the life that i've slowly getting used to..leaving my frens that've become a very important part of my life..

yup..i know there is always changes in life..and i know this is part of growing up, u cant expect everything to remain the same..

BUT still..i really hope that i can seize this moment and remain as a student..complaining about exams, studying together with my housemates, going to outings with my crazy frens, planning for gathering with my frens..etc etc..all these may be far-fetched in future..

after all these years, i thought i've got used to the gathering and separation since i've been through it a few times..but being me..i just cant stop feeling depressed...haih..

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i just came bek from a great road trip (glasgow-oban-loghilphead-glasgow) with k.hooi, st and kh for the weekend..hopefully i'll write it soon as i dun wanna forget the places that we've visited and the fun time that we shared..feel kinda sad after sending k.hooi off at the bus station jz nw..gonna miss his jokes and all the interesting stories..wahahaa..

next destination: london..til then..take care ppl..:)

thank u:)

i wish i could express hw i feel nw..

this is gonna be a long thank you post to my frens..*wah, macam gt award or sth..haha*

im so glad to hv you all..amidst the stress of exams etc, u guys still spent so much time to celebrate my birthday with me and i definitely enjoyed my birthday to the max becos of you all..:)

*taken outside JBC before going to chukoku..the ones who werent inside are edmond, kahyee and weeyeaw..

after the exams, we went to chukoku to hav our lunch..i think we've been trapped in the house for far too long..so everyone was toking non-stop and laughing hysterically, until everyone din rili eat as full as we wanted to..hehe..had fun chatting and without realising, we were in chukoku until 4 sumthing..omg..

after that st was given the task to "distract" me..and we went shopping bt due to the lack of sleep previous nite, i was kinda tired and wanted to go home (contrary to the usual me) poor st..can feel her stress as she tried her best to pull me into different shops..paiseh arr, wasnt co-operative at all, lol..after that i promised to stay at my room without disturbing them..bt can SMELL the nice CAKE from far..teehehe..happy sekali..spent my time in the room toking thru phone and chatting..macam vip..hiakz.

does this remind u of anyone? (imitating sue choo who did this during her bday:P)

the veli nice cake made by sc and kh..high standard!!:))they spent a long time making the cake!! (bt i din realise the M-Y alphabets on the cake at first..oops..:P)

at nite we had another small gathering, which i enjoyed a lot..thanks to all of u for preparing the food ..the arguing, laughter, blur and crazy moments were totally memorable..u ppl made the nite special for me and i appreciate your companions..gonna rili miss you ppl after this..

this year's birthday was full of surprises for me..

thanks to my lovely housemates who organise the gathering and busy preparing all the stuff..to glen and siew sing for the cute bear..the present was supposed to be given to me today by sc bt blur glen bocorkan about it before that..to y.leng, k.hooi, glen, k.foong and p.sen for the long call today..(thanks for the soft toy k.hooi and ps!!:P) and also to the others who've wished me, msg-ed me, sms-ed me etc..hehe, a very good way to keep in touch with some of my old frens as well..arigato!!

and thanks for the 20 mins video that made me laugh nonstop and made me shed tears at last..cried AGAIN..omg..i was veli touched and couldnt express my appreciation in words..this was totally unexpected and i din see that coming AT ALL..so bravo to u guys who din bocorkan ANYTHING at all before this..

okay..wanna thank each of u who appeared in the video...

kailun @ panda-man..the panda part was rili funny..couldnt guessed it was u at 1st cos i think u lost weight ar..thanks for the suspense and the song..touching lar..:)

my J9 housemates who did some crazy singing and acting..totally brilliant..wahahaha

rumah SS with the sexy birthday monster popping out from the box..lol..nice~~~

ps and kf..with the kawaii style of singing and posing..omg..this video can definitely make me laugh whenever im depressed next time..

alan..haha..din expect that u recorded a video for me as well,veli surprised!!bt hw come in english arr??:P

alex who recorded a loooooong message to me, and play violin summore...:)

glen who recorded a very lame and funny video, nvm larr..being lame IS your personality and uniqueness..

ah guan..who never appear in the video..apalah..

sekfatt,weenien, bensi and ahmeng..ur style of delivering msg in papers with music in the background made us crack in laughter..omg..aiyo..shud video-ed ur faces marr..creative sekali..

pun..haha..with the few "leng chai photos" and msg..woi..u owe me a song arrr..

and most importantly, to the 2 konstanzers- james and mashi..who rili put in their efforts in making this video for me..:)) using the gummi bears to arrange the words of "happy birthday"..im totally amazed by tat..hw did u do that and hw much time hv u spent on tat?!?!! the guitar-singing part, the collecting and editing videos from different places..WOW, its definitely not an easy task..kh told me tat u 2 did this until 4am..thanks a lot, im rili touched and speechless....:))))

[btw..my frens keep saying hw sweet u all are..i truly agree with that..nw saham naik for each of u, lol (bensi told me he regretted of NOT appearing in the video)]

*thanks for everything ppl..(haha..getting loso after being 24..hv been repeating my thanks for a dozen times)

i cherish our frenship and i noe just hw lucky im for having u ppl in my life..:))) hugz*

stupid exams..

wat do i think bout my exams so far??

!@#@#$%%^$...

endless memorising process, and since ALL the mechanisms/side effects/chemical structures/super-long chemical names (e.g ketoenoyl reductase enzyme, mycolyl arabinogalactan, lipoarabinomannan, isoxazolyl, diarylquinolone R207910, moxifloxacin etc etc...) are so freaking similar..in the end everything will stack together and i had to spend time debating with myself during exams recalling from my tired brain..

fighting with time during exams..writing non-stop eventhough i have no ideas what the questions were asking for..(*shyt..nvr heard of adefovir before!!!!GRRRR....) getting headache and felt terrible/disappointed/tired-but-couldnt sleep every time after exams realising hw bad i did each time..seems to be going from bad to worse btw..:(

geram.....T_T

inverness last day

Haha..still remember wat happened bout half a year ago?
til nw still havent finished blogging bout our inverness/london trip during xmas holidays..and its may nw..

was about to blog about depressing exams that i've had so far..BUT..i guess its better to stop spreading the gloom and look forward to the other 3 papers..(my worst nitemare would be the pharmaceutical care paper on fri..omg...*fingers crossed*ppl pls pray for me !!)

okie..so this was the post that i've completed 75% few months ago..better complete it nw before i forget since i gt such poor memory in remembering things..

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on the 30th dec..

we went to aviemore town to the tourist info centre to look for more info about skiing(our initial plan was either to ski or to visit the cairngorm reindeer )


on the way to aviemore..

since the tourist info centre wasnt opened yet..we went to the homely cafe opposite it to have breakfast..:) [p/s:this place had a well-decorated 5-star toilet..there's another chair beside the toilet bowl if i recalled correctly..who would possibly want to sit on that chair?]

anyway..we decided to drive to the cairngorm reindeer centre after that..

There was a daily visit to the reindeer, weather permitting, departing from the Cairngorm Reindeer Centre at 11.00 am. all the others that were interested to the guided tours onto the hill would gather there..the above pic was taken while we were waiting for the guide..look at the mountains covered with snow behind us!!

the view around the cairngorm reindeer centre..

though it looked sunny from the pics..the weather was in fact extremely cold..most of us wore 4/5 layers of clothing..

after a while, we drove further trailing the guide's car along with another 30+ other cars to somewhere near the hill..

and started our journey to the cairngorm mountains..

walking together with the others..and the view was simply too beautiful to be described with words..the mountains..trees..bright blue sky..crystal clear water..i was totally loss of words to express my feelings that time..:)..the beauty of mother nature..

we were finally there after bout half an hours walk!! i think some of the reindeer were free to go around the cairngorm mountains..but some were kept inside the fenced-area..

the cairngorm mountains..

the 1st reindeer that we approached, this was among the reindeers kept in the fenced area..the guide gave us a brief intro about the reindeer..explaining to us that the reindeer was in fact very tame and friendly..

there were so many of them and they were really pretty!!! the guides divided some of the reindeer's food to us..so that we can feed them..

awww...so cute....the reindeer was making frens with the cute kid..

awww...so cute...i think that was wat the reindeer thought..cos obviously..it chose to eat the food from me..and ignore the 2 guys beside me..:)

this reindeer seemed to be the "king" ...it appeared to be the strongest and fittest among the other reindeer..so it was the favourite reindeer among the tourists.. woi..the 3 of u..太现实了吧!!:p

nice rite??

when we were on our way down from the mountain..

after that...AFTER THAT..we went...erm..??!!!i cant remember where we went after that..pls enlighten me..sh*t..my memory is rili failing me nwadays..:((

yah..this was taken that evening..a relax stroll along the lake..actually we oso took very "meteor-garden" like pics..haha..

the place was kinda untouched and isolated..:))

THIS is why i LOVE scotland trip so much...

the view is oways TAT spectacular..:)

we witnessed sunset..

we had dinner at "the kitchen" that nite (YAY!!i still remember the name of this place) guess most of us rili enjoyed the few relaxing days in inverness..before moving to the more hectic london for countdown of 2008...

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omg..rili reflects hw fast time flies..okiee..feel better nw..back to studies again..

GOOD LUCK everyone..3 more papers to go..:))

(OMG..i can be so random..studying is rili driving me nuts)

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Reading journals and lots of notes...

reading and forgetting....read and forget....

r.e.a.d and f.o.r.g.e.t....and the cycle continues..
is this all going to end soon....or is it just the beginning?

14 more days & 4 more papers to go..

wil we be relieved to gain back our freedom..or will we feel unsure towards the uncertainties in the future..?

Watch this!!

must watch video..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hp7HyDjF21M&feature=related

This was one of the best performances in Britain's got talent..

was laughing so much when i watched this on tv last week..the guy is soo cool!!!!!

a few comics from stickgirl..

came across stickgirl's blog when i was "blog-hopping"..

something to brighten up your day..


claypot frog porridge..

HAHAHa...
Gucci sale...

funny ones aside...

i like this..=)

jia you everyone..