it's just me...

back in msia..

2008-08-01T12:24:00.003+08:00

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..

2008-06-04T06:38:00.002+08:00

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

2008-06-04T04:50:00.004+08:00

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..

2008-05-26T02:06:00.007+08:00

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:)

2008-05-17T09:02:00.012+08:00

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..

2008-05-13T22:26:00.005+08:00

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

2008-05-11T23:29:00.004+08:00

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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2008-05-08T01:49:00.003+08:00

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!!

2008-04-28T21:02:00.003+08:00

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..

2008-04-23T06:55:00.001+08:00

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..

SMILE =)

2008-04-21T03:53:00.003+08:00

Many smiles begin with another smile..
SMILE and have a wonderful day...=)

2008-04-20T02:55:00.006+08:00

i wrote a personal email to my close fren bek in sec sch today..catching up with each other and hopefully, we can see each other soon..*fingers crossed*

anyway..after writing a long email and click "SEND"..the email notification stated that i sent the email to TWO email adds....

HW DID THAT HAPPEN??!! WAT THE...???!!*panicking..

quickly think back whether i wrote anything secretive or embarrasing..*phew...luckily tak ade..

...and my other fren who i've lost contact for years replied me after that..LOL..definitely a good (but weird) way to contact back old frens..

see??sometimes being blur isnt too bad after all..:)

神探

2008-04-16T05:45:00.005+08:00

"如果每个人都心中有鬼而你没有，那到底是谁有问题？"

人性本身就是复杂 & 具有多重性格的...一念之差导致邪恶的一面战胜理智。这应该是这出戏所要表达的吧。虽然不是恐怖片，但我看完后心里有点毛骨悚然, 一直回不到现实。。。很赞的一出戏！！

(its all ahteng's fault..keep shouting "VELI SCARED~~~~SCARY~~~~~" in her room..so, sc and i had to TEMAN her to watch the movie.....LOL...aiyo..easily tempted~~~)

amsterdam trip..

2008-04-13T03:01:00.005+08:00

this was not an ordinary trip..

even before the trip started, we experienced adrenaline rush to the max. the 4 of us took our time to walk to central station and realised that we missed the train by mere minutes; the next train was too late- we din expect the train to be less frequent due to sunday,so had to rush to bus station instead.saw the bus on the way,waved frantically but the driver just shook his head and drove pass; we had no choice but to take taxi and rushed to prestwick airport onli to realise that the flight was delayed for 2 hrs..-_-

another drama took place the next morning in london stansted airport where there was a really long queue..the officers were really strict and we were still stuck there at 645am (our flight was 7am)once we gt thru, we started running like mad..found out that we need to wait for 2mins to take another train to our terminal..heartbeat was racing n started running as fast as possible to the terminal which unfornately was the last terminal along the LooooooooooNNGGG corridor..

*real-life amazing race*...luckily we still sempat to board the plane at 7am sharp (we were the last to enter the flight)phewww...if not james and mashi wil hv their memorable amsterdam trip without us..haha..

the 1st meal in amsterdam after meeting up with the guys..dutch pancake is super nice~~~

floating flower market..
sex museum..very interesting and educational tour, u'll see all kinds of interesting things u've never imagined..hahaha..(probably wil post more pics on this later)...

walked around the red light district..got to watch the sexy gals posing in the famous windows..watched our 1st ever live sex show...the couples had no chemistry between them, and it seemed to be merely a "show" by performing different weird and challenging poses..the highlight of the night?haha..when james was chosen.. we couldnt help but"ewwwww....AWWWW!!OMG!!!!how??!!" while watching horrifiedly..lol...

boat cruise to see the nice scenery of amsterdam..enjoyed looking at their unique buildings..

some "special" chocs...:P
many attempts of capturing us jumping..sigh...hav to admit that i've short legs..very diff to jump larr!!!

the Rijksmuseum..about the history of netherlands..some of the paintings were quite interesting, e.g there was a painting with lotsa ppl in it..and one of the guys in the pic was actually pee-ing; and a few very realistic food paintings which made us stood there in admiration(cos we were very hungry that time..:P)

had dinner at the sports cafe..ordered unlimited spare-ribs and these were the bones left..kekeke..din touch the vege..im carnivor marr..:)

anyway..we watched the arsenal vs liverpool match there (the score was 2:4)..buuuhuuu...kesian all the arsenal fans..oni happy for a few mins before liverpool scored another goal..dramatic sekali(*sigh..no free meal for us...)

we went to kinderdijk on the 3rd day..

for the windmills..the scenery was rili rili niceee....enjoyed it a lot..

arrrghhh...i was the oni one that dunno hw to cycle..so ~~poor~~ lucky james had to gv me a ride ard the small town..*thanx a lot:))

the long-awaited magic mushroom time in the hostel!!! (also tried smoking marijuana..veli funny experience...hv to practice hw to smoke in a correct way; hv to mix marijuana +tobacco like 古惑仔..curi-curi smoke outside hostel like a bunch of kids doing bad things for the 1st time..lol..but too bad we din feel the effect of marijuana..)

anyway...we experienced the "hehe-haha" effect after eating the magic mushroom(as described by the sellers)..felt super high and 5 of us couldnt stop laughing (st din try so much so she was the oni normal one left)laughed at every statement thou it was not funny..somehw jz couldnt control ourselves..couldnt stop smiling when toking to them as well..i gt the static smile which made them laugh non-stop;

sc: eh mashu..i wan my hp..in the bag over ther...

mashi: (walk super slowly) wat? where?

sc: there..beside the bed..there...

mashi: huh??where ar??

sc:there....(repeat for a few times..still smiling..)

mashi: (finally found the bag)errr...wat is that u wan me to find??

*sc=super patient; mashi=super blur* (opposite to their usual characteristics..wahahahah)

shirlyn: hey..we couldnt let drugs control ourselves....STOP~~~~

us: HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA~~~~~

mashi: im floating....

me: very very pening...

james: i felt the effect d...my ears r burning~~~

shirlyn:tats bcos u're sitting beside the lightbulb..(the bulb was beside his ears...LOL~~~~)

mashi: hey dun ask me..i duno larr..cant think properly...

sc: someone pulling my blanket...

james: huh??who??

sc: someone pulling my blanket...(patiently repeating the statement a few times..muahahaha)

the pointless conversations just went on and on while we laughed hysterically, st freaked out and started making mango puree (the antidote of magic mushroom =any sweet things) n when she passed the drinks to us...

US: NOOOOOOO~~~we dun wan~~~~~hahahahhaa~~~~~(of course larr..who'd wan antidote when we felt so high..)

bt after a while..the laughing effect was replaced by whole lot of illusion..hallucination..and we started to feel uncomfortable..my mind was restless wheneva my eyes were closed..colourful images,shapes, voices, music kept appearing and i couldnt control it at all..occasionally felt cold and it was kinda hard to sleep..a true experience of wat we've learned in lecture before..which i wouldnt forget for a lifetime..

the next day we went to Keukenhof, Netherlands..the world's largest flower garden..

the whole garden was extremely LARGE...

very nice flowers..:)

and soon..it was time for us to part again..

PROST~~~~for the eventful and fun amsterdam trip

thanks to st who put in a lot of effort in planning the trip; to sc who looked for the special food in amsterdam; shirlyn the GPS; to mashi and james for bringing so much food(and also tobacco:P) for us..

i rili rili enjoyed the trip a lot..wont forget the laughter, non-stop taiti session at nite, the one and oni time of taking drugs etc etc..all the sweet memories shall remain..:))

Windermere trip..

2008-03-25T21:18:00.007+08:00

1st time taking a long journey train from glasgow to windermere,lake district situated at the northwest england..

yay!!meeting siewsing and sing yee after a year..

the next to arrive were ahguan and glen, alice and boonhui..:)

went to buy groceries in ASDA..

had to rush as the edinburgh gang were reaching soon followed by the dundee gang; so we split into the "barbeque group" and "breakfast group" and started hunting for all the things we need as fast as possible..

a picture does say a thousand words...

look closely at the above pic..besides the two of us happily carrying the BEER; alice was carrying 30 eggs; ahkat and siew sing paying; b.hui and ahguan still taking things at the back;1 angmoh looking at us..lol!!!

that was the 1st time that i bought things in such speed and end up with SOO MANY THINGS..

this was onli half of wat we bought..oops..haha!!the cashier was shocked and kept on laughing and asked us hw many ppl we have etc..

soooooo..finally after picking up the rest, our trip/reunion was complete with the 15 of us..it FELT GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN!!!!!!basically we spent the nite laughing and toking non-stop while eating..:)

the next day..
car ride around the lake district..

this was at St. Oswald's Churchyard, Grasmere..where william wordsworth, the famous poet was buried here (no idea who he was, but he should be quite famous larr cos his home and the graveyard were among the tourist attractions..)

went to castlerigg stone circle, keswick after that..

The circle was probably constructed around 3200 BC (Late Neolitic), making it one of the earliest stone circles in Britain and possibly Europe, too.

Take 1: glen purposely blocked siew sing and sing yee (a weird ahpek with hood stood behind..:P)

Take 2: kena marah by our big sister sing yee..

Take 3: finally ends up with pangsai pose..:P

more ppl with the pose..haha..

ooiii.....rili shitting??!!!

all guys proudly present their HOODS...except ps..

the wind was so strong that our hair was blowing in different directions..it was sooo cold that we decided to hug each other..

whereas these 2 prefer to hug THE ROCK??!!

after that..had our lunch at the white horse inn..

while waiting for our meals..

we played the super stressful game..take turns filling alphabets to form a word..

TEAM A..discussing strategy in a very serious manner..

whereas team B were ~~hao-lianly~~ happily posing with the victory sign.. obviously u know who won..

quote from siew sing: take it easy lah guys...its only a game..relax.....wahaha!!

the next destination was the waterfall..

on the way to the waterfall..

nice scenery..

at the waterfall...KUCHINGITES!!:)

the semenanjung ppl(eh..mana kok hooi??)...tak sempat to take the swkian ppl cos too many ppl were waiting to snap pics at that spot..kesian alice and sing yee..:p

AT NITE...

the long-awaited BARBEQUE!!!
1st and probably the onli time we had barbeque in WINTER...wow..the weather was super cold..

some of us din wear our winter jacket..so we were practically trembling and busy barbeque-ing at the same time...haha..bt it was rili fun..

the food was finger-licking good...very very delicious!!!!!

satisfied faces..

game session at nite..with beer and unfinished food as punishment..wahahaha..was laughing so much with the crazy ppl around..sparks were everywhere (especially betw tg and ss)..hahaha...

it snowed heavily at nite..and we enjoyed ourselves having a snowfight attacking each other..

the next day..

SNOW!!this was taken outside the caravans we stayed..

went for the Windermere lake cruises

titanic...look hw happy they were!!

all the camera-sensitive ppl...everyone will automatically squeeze together within seconds whenever we saw a camera aiming at us..

reached bowness, a very nice small town..had lunch there and a quick walk around the town..

not long after that..we sent yee leng and kokhooi to the train station..

another funny game session at nite..played mafia with many professional killers around..gt confused cos everyone could tipu very well...wahlaooo..

time flies...

and it was our time to leave windermere..whereas the rest left 2 hrs later..

poor ahguan..he was soooo sad to see us leaving..hahaha!!

the more i looked at the pics, the more i miss u ppl larr..that was definitely a PERFECT WEEKEND...fun and memorable with non-stop laughter:)))

i noe most of us are very busy at the moment..bt im glad that u guys make it for the trip at last..thanks for everything..:))

I MISS U ALL......

another random post ^o^

2008-03-21T07:18:00.000+08:00

some random pics taken in march..

bout 2 weeks ago..we went to mussell inn to EAT MUSSELS!!

very yummy one...with cheese; white wine.....etc..

us..we actually had bout 20 ppl going there..

all becos of y.wee who came over to visit us..:))

[last weekend k.foong came over from edinburgh too..bt too bad we forgot to take pics lah!!!hmm..must come n visit us again..:) ]

few days ago..

the 3 of us suddenly felt like eating dim sum..
so...

we came to glasgow chinatown for the 1st time after staying here for 8 months..

this was the restaurant..amazing rite??!!rili looks like d restaurant in m'sia lerr...with soo many asians around..seems like we're in a different dimension.. (the pic rili looked as though me and ahteng went to attend sumbody's wedding..so funny lah..)

look at our greedy +happy faces!!!

the food was AWESOME!!!!

haha..i oso dunno why the pic of food turned out to be much bigger than our pretty faces..

oooooo...look how tempting the food is............

food can rili make me happyyyyy~~~~~~~~~

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about a month ago..

we experienced yet another snow in glasgow..

sad to say..it might be the last time we see snow in glasgow..

the scene taken from my window..

not long after that..we went down to take pics..

and soon....it'll be SPRING!!!

look how beautiful the sky is~~~~~~

its ironic that ever since i've been here..i've noticed so many things that i'd probably ignored in the past..

the sight of the blue sky..green grass...flowers starting to bloom again..and SUNLIGHT..

i'd learned to slow down my pace to look hw beautiful all this is..

as cliche as it may sound..im treasuring every moment here.. :)

HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY sue choo!!oops..:p

2008-03-21T06:10:00.007+08:00

^-^
oops..i looked through my posts..and there were a few tat were delayed for quite some time..
i'll try to complete them at random time lah..

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18th feb nite..

we went to tiger-tiger for the pre-celebration of sue choo's birthday..

Housemates..

as usual..we took a lot of pictures..

the place was awesome..we were the only customers there and we could happily take pics at every corner we want..

i had duck spring rolls, salmon, and toffee with ice-cream..hiakz..coincidentally everything i ordered that nite was absolutely delicious!!*drool* when i think bout it..:)))
(dun congratulate me for my great memory..actually i kinda forgot bout wat i've eaten..luckily i wrote bout it a mth ago)

with the "syok sendiri" residents of J5..

with the birthday gal..phew witt..berseri-seri ar miss chong!!

the complete group photo with 15 of us..

the mirror reflection using liping's camera..im loving this!!

hadnt had a gathering with the gals for a long time d..rili enjoyed myself a lot that nite..laughed and crap so much..

after that we met up with our special guest..

pun and the birthday girl..*ahem* bagai pinang dibelah dua..:P

lol..some of them came to our house to continue chatting..

The next day..

we wanted to give a surprise to sc..
bt half way preparing the food, received sms from pun saying that they were on the way bek..

*shocked +panicking*..

calling everybody to speed up..

sc came bek n saw us preparing the "eclairs" dessert..so we said we saja felt like eating it and thus preparing it..

dahlah the lame excuse..the eclairs din turn out to be wat it was supposed to be..i go pandai-pandai said sth like..nvm..only we noe hw the real thing looks like...

then kiampak choo started saying "wat?only we noe..means gt other ppl cming isit?isit??isit??!!"

ish....feels like hitting myself..everyone else tried covering up..haha..pun tried to pull her out..

"ooooo..so ur job is to distract me?wahahahah.." omg.....rili feel like punching her...

anyway..after that..everyone came in when she went bathing..

despite the slight failure of surprising her...

the party turned out to be a success..

while preparing..

the gals..with all the nice desserts..tiramisu..choc fountain+fruits..french fries..etc..

n of course with so many gals ard..spent another few hours chit-chatting again..keke..:P...

haha..happy belated birthday sue choo!! (u're officially 24 yrs old +1 month old)

hope u rili enjoyed ur birthday this year..i bet u did..:)))

Last day of lecture..:(

2008-03-14T22:15:00.003+08:00

Time flies..

i rili cant belif that today's gonna be my last lecture in Uni of Strathclyde..

no more early lectures..no more lab sessions..no more chit-chatting/day-dreaming/complaints in the lecture hall..no longer can i kap lecturers/cute coursemates..or gossip bout others..

taken before the class started..

after class..we wore our labcoats and took tonnes of pictures together..these are some of the pics from my camera..i wan the group pics taken in the lecture hall just nw!!!!!!!

continue snapping pics at the campus..

the weather was great..but the grass was muddy....haha..to take these pics..we'd have to wash our shoes and jeans later..

yay!!

the 1st day when we entered IMU...

taken before leaving IMU..

taken during the summer not long after we came to glasgow

liping did a great job in putting many group pics taken throughout the 3 years into a very nice video..

check it out..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTFPkeEQYlo

i've been watching it over and over again..and i saw some of my coursemates nearly cried in the lecture hall after watchin the video jz nw..

it really brought back many sweet and unforgettable memories..

the 1 week orientation where everyone got to know each other better..(all the games..flour..sexy "gals"..)

the cultural nite..the food fair..and the IMU cup..and of course..the cheerleading competition..:)))

the time when we went out together..the late nite chatting sessions with my housemates..studying together in the imu library..etc etc....

im already starting to miss this....:))))

ahhh....P105/Strathclyde2008 rockzzz..*i luv my batchmates..*

Dundee trip

2008-03-14T01:41:00.004+08:00

2 weeks ago, k.hong and i spent our weekend in Dundee meeting up with frens..

Had a splendid dinner at a very big and nicely decorated Bangladesh restaurant called "Del'Se" after we'd reached dundee..

the 5 of us..

the food was very tasty and rich...there was this sweet +mango-ish taste sauce that i liked so much..haha..bt the indian ice-cream tasted a bit..umm..weird..it tasted a bit like almond/marzipan, which we dreaded..at last it was finished after passing around for..5 rounds?lol..

(me:hey..its voted as the best bangladesh restaurant in scotland in 2004 lah!!no wonder the food was soooo nice..
bh:hw many bangladesh restaurant are there in scotland?
us: hmm...ya horrrr....:p)

The next day..we went to St Andrews, a small town located on the east course of Fife, Scotland..

the golf course..y.leng told us that its the 1st golf course in the world, therefore the town is also known as the "house of golf"..

the wind was so strong that our hair was blown in different directions in 90% of the photos taken..
the notice we saw..

need to walk pass the golf course on the way to the beach, which is located very near to the golf course...

The West Sands, largest beaches in St Andrews..this was hw strong the wind could be..we could HEAR the sound and ACTUALLY SEE the sand MOVING very, very quickly...

after that..we walked pass the University of St Andrews..the first university in Scotland..yup..and also the university that PRINCE WILLIAM went to..

in the university..the buildings were all very historical and nice..with gardens surrounding it..wahhh..imagine prince william walked pass :))
taken in front of the St Andrews Castle..

St Andrews Castle is a picturesque ruin located in the coastal Royal Burgh of St Andrews Royal Burgh of St Andrews. The castle sits on a rocky promontory overlooking a small beach called Castle Sands and the adjoining North Sea.

the weather was good..and the scenery was simply unbelievable..:))

on the way to the St Andrews cathedral...(to take this group pic, alice's camera was put on the rubbish bin..hehe..)

The ruins of the Cathedral of St Andrew, at one time Scotland's largest building...

the place was serene and beautiful..so as usual..we took a lot of group pics using self-timer..

bergaya lerr??:P

we ate our lunch at around 3 sumthing at this cosy restaurant..rili starving...
luckily the food was delicious..especially the wedges+cheese+mayo+meat+pepper+duno wat else.. on the right..

managed to walk around the town area at St Andrews and tried their famous ice-cream before we left..

this was taken in the bus on the way back to Dundee..

kok hooi the main chef of da nite!!

~THANKS to kokhooi, y.leng,mok,seet..for coooking so much for us..*terharu sekali..haha..another great meal for us..
Llyod's bar for lunch on the next day...according to the dundee gang, they'd bring frens to the same place everytime when there's visitors..

After sending alice and bh off..we went to the discovery point..where there's this big ship..*1st ship to antartica if i remember correctly*..quote from yeeleng..

okay..according to kok hooi..there's a Tay Bridge and Tay hotel in dundee..and pohsen happily took photos there the last time he visited dundee..(but the Tay hotel sudah bancrupt and its just an abandoned building in the city..haha!) and thanks to us..mok went to discovery point FOR THE FIRST TIME though he'd been staying in dundee for half a year..and tak habis-habis wanna take pics..

alice, this is for u!!3 of us together with the penguins.. (alice=penguin)

since we had time..we went shopping in the shopping mall of dundee..

and yumcha at starbucks..

hehe..the Dundee trip was really fun and memorable thanks to the hospitality of the dundee gang and the sampat couple in aberdeen:P..and especially y.leng who din sleep on thus nite for her assignment but still semangat to bring us around..

thats the gate we climbed..the gate was taller than me!!

i wont forget the experience of running with the others to catch a bus for... 3 times..haha..cos somehow everytime we'll spent a long time toking and suddenly realised that we had not enough time..and had to start running..(the bus stop was 15 mins walk!!!!)

and the time when we need to catch a bus to st andrews..we actually need to use short-cut by CLIMBING the gate and continued running..wahlaooo..^-^

Paris Trip 2

2008-03-12T08:33:00.007+08:00

at the Concorde..look at the2 hungry ppl..

Place de la Concorde..actually its just a pink granite obelisk in the middle of the square..

according to lonely planet, Muhammad Ali,viceroy and pasha of Egypt (not the muhammad ali that we noe)..gave it to France in 1831, but according to kailun..it was stolen from Egypt,dunno true or not..:P

see??im not that short...

taken on the way to the Louvre Museum..

Outside the Louvre..lol..i think we spent bout an hour walking around and snapping pics on the way to louvre..

hehe..this museum was the "must-go" place when i tot of going to paris, probably cos i've seen the amazing pics of it and of course, the influence of the "Da Vinci Code"..

okay..here's the Aphrodite, known as Venus de Milo, or "the Greek Goddess of Love and Beauty", one of the most famous Greek sculpture..

This is the Winged Victory of Samothrace..

The statue shows a mastery of form and movement which has impressed critics and artists since its discovery. It is particularly admired for its naturalism and for the fine rendering of the draped garments. It is considered one of the Louvre's greatest treasures-Wikipedia

wow..i din know that..this was among the 1st famous sculpture that we came across to..still semangat to look for the english explanation, which was ironically very brief compared to the french version..

Anyway..there were A LOT of paintings and sculptures EVERYWHERE..

and without the plan that listed down all the famous paintings and sculptures for us, i doubt we'd even know the difference between them..

probably most of the visitors there shared the same feeling as us..haha..i noticed that whenever there was a crowd surrounding a sculpture, others would come forward to take pics as well..talking bout crowd effect..haha..

okay...so this is ONE PAINTING that everyone knows..Leonardo da Vinci's mischievous La Joconde or the "MONA LISA", and according to many, her stare will follow u wherever u go..

alrite..the painting was sooo freaking small compared to other paintings, and there were LOTSA ppl trying to have a peak at it, but nobody could go near it..

hmm..not artistic enough to feel its significance..nor to FEEL her stare..:p

the painting behind us was much better, dont u think so? (it's called "The wedding feast at Cana" btw)

HAHA..sounds very knowledgable in art suddenly arr..cause we had "lonely planet" and the plan with us all the while..

we were kinda exhausted after few hours cos the place was SOOOOO BIIIIIIG..and the prob was that the description was mostly in french, so thanks to kailun cos he needs to translate to us..and the english version was kinda dry and factual..

"the museum fatigue can be a real problem at the Louvre..its one of the most famous but also among the most frustrating museum for the tourists..." remembered reading something like that from the lonely planet while we were resting..

theory well proven by kailun and pun..(actually sc and i were very tired as well..haha!)

one last pic at the Louvre before we gave up and left for good..

The Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris (Cathedral of Our Lady of Paris)..

The true heart of Paris as distance from Paris to every part of France are measured from place du Parvis Notre Dame, the square in front of Notre Dame..

the cathedral is AWESOME!!!French Gothic architecture, stunning stained-glass rose windows, gargoyles..really very impressive..we did go in and there were a lot of worshippers in the cathedral..

Eiffel Tower...again..

eiffel tower is sooo nice!!

we've taken soo many pics in front of eiffel tower..kinda tough though...we need to squat and smile, while the photographer needs to bend to the max..

pun: eh..how come gt moon inside the pic?
us: ya horr..how come??
(look at the pic for few seconds, look at the surrounding..look at the pic again..)
sc:HOI!!thats tiang lampu lar woi!!

Went for river cruise for an hour..it was so funny cos initially, everyone wanted to be on the deck and as time passed by, more and more ppl went to the sheltered area cos of the strong wind..and at the end..we were the remaining few on the deck..shivering to the max at the end of the cruise..C~O~L~D~~~

the famous Moulin Rouge..

met up with joe as well...

anyway..the whole street was full of sex shops, shows etc..bt we as good kids..oni walked around to have a look nia larr..

One of the best part of the trip..

the food...yup..we treated ourselves with good food throughout the trip..tried french cuisine e.g escargots, the "meal with pork cooked in different ways" (oops..forgot the french term liao..), nice french bread..vietnamese food..japanese food..

the best part of the trip??

definitely the companions that i had..:)))

still feels great when i blogged bout the trip..enjoyed every moment tat we've spent there..:)

Paris Trip..

2008-03-12T07:55:00.001+08:00

Went to paris for a very short trip bout 3 weeks ago with sc, pun and kailun, and it was really fun FUN FUN..

The Basilique du Sacré-Cœur or "Basilica of the Sacred Heart"..

The Roman Catholic basilica and a popular landmark in Paris, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus..there is a garden where a few street performers/artists were performing to the tourists..there was this really cool black footballer showing his skills and attracted A LOT of gals around..hiakz..from the top, we could see the panoramic view of Paris..

happy sekali..i cant remember why we were laughing so crazily..:P

Arc de Triomphe..one of the most famous monuments in Paris.. commissioned in 1806 after the victory at Austerlitz by Emperor Napoleon I at the peak of his fortunes...

Avenue des Champs-Elysées...this street is full of branded stuff!!very nice street but definitely not suitable for us..omg..was "whoa!!!" "whoaaaa!!"-ing most of the time.. went in to louis vuitton..90% of the customers are rich asian aunties..and they were buying things as if the bags were very cheap..few hundred euros for a small bag with a big LV on it..hmm..

at night..we walked back to the Arc de Triomphe..climbed 284 steps to reach the top of the Arc,phew..was rili breathless when we reached..

according to pun's research, can see really nice view of Paris from the top, which was quite true..the Arc is actually located in the middle of a roundabout with 12 roads branching from it..
very strong wind though..so we couldnt take many pics..

the next day..

PARIS DISNEYLAND!!!!a place where dreams come true...

come here must act cute marr...kawaiiiiii nehhhhhh!!:P

managed to watch the lion king show..the performance was great!!!and i totally love their voice and songs..

disneyland is of course..a paradise for the kids..

can see happy faces of kids everywhere..asking autographs from their idols..hehe..so adorable..

aiyo..hehe..we also berebut with the kids to snap pic with goofy..(kailun and pun did the same thing also ok...)

everything in disneyland was decorated like what we've seen in fairy tales..very nice view....

we also tried on a few rides..

fun..but not scary at all lah..LOL!!!i still find this pic VERY FUNNY!!!pls pls ZOOM IN and have a closer look..3 of us were SMILING HAPPILY whereas kailun had the very SHOCKED face..wahahahaha..

and the ride that i enjoyed the most was at the "hollywood tower"..cant stop laughing when i was there, cos it was totally unexpected and fun..hehe..whoever planning to go disneyland must try this ok..then u'll get what i mean..

The Disneyland Parade..this is where the disney songs were played repeatedly..and we could see snow white..prince..witch..etc..all in front of our eyes..yah yah i noe im all grown up..bt listening to the songs and watching all the characters that we've seen during childhood..the feeling was simply overwhelming..

looking at the kids around me being so excited..and families joyfully walking around..the happy atmosphere just got into me, and i was rili happy and glad that i've gone there..

At 7pm..right before disneyland closes, we rushed to the front of the castle again..there was one last performance..and tata!!!all the lights were lid up.....awwwwww, rili very niceeee..........a perfect ending for the disneyland trip~~

happy birthday..:)

2008-03-06T06:37:00.003+08:00

to my bro..

surprise~~~~
happy birthday..:)))
cant belif u're 29 this year!!

thanks for always being there when i need someone to talk to..
u're always the first person that i look for whenever im in trouble or depressed..(poor u..:P)
cos u'll help me through no matter what
and say the right things and advice to make me feel better..:)

thanks for light up my day with ur lame jokes and crazy acts..which never fail to make me laugh..hehe!!*im so tempted to put screenshots i took of u when we chatted bt i think u'd kill me then..WAHAHA!!

just wanna tell u that u're the best bro that one could have..:))

hehe,im rili not good in words, and this is definitely a tough post to write, very hard to write bday post leh!!

have a great year ahead and hope everything goes well for u..LUV and HUGZ

speedtest

2008-03-04T03:06:00.005+08:00

82 words

Speed test

You type 418 characters per minute
You have 82 correct words and
you have 0 wrong words

very lame game..but kinda addictive..tried a few times but this was the best i could do..cant beat pei ling and ming's score of 90 words,lol!go and have a try..:)

updates..

2008-02-29T22:00:00.000+08:00

havent been updating my blog for a while..

ok..just a summary of what i've been up to for the past 2 weeks..will put more pics on sc's birthday and paris trip when i've more time/not so lazy..

Basically..after the biopharm 5 test, we celebrated sue choo's birthday for 2 consecutive days..

the 15 of us went to tiger-tiger for a nice dinner..lol..a whole bunch of girls without a single guy..(we're pharmacy students mar..what to do?:P)

2 days after that...

we went to paris..in short, its definitely memorable!!the trip was fun..AMAZING scenery, NICE food and GREAT travel gang..i rili couldnt ask for more..aiyoh..must MUST go back to paris someday..(probably when im old & earn enough $$)

Eiffel Tower!!i've seen it in sooo many pics, listen about it all the time..and when i saw it for real..its just..AMAZING...hard to describe the feeling but it really put me in awe..

Paris Disneyland..i must say im not someone who fantasize bout fairy tales and all..and din have high expectations about it..but being there was a special experience..living in a fairy tale perhaps,where everything was so pretty and perfect..with the disney songs repeatedly being played..and nw the song "just like we've dreamed it" had been implanted in my brain..still feel happy whenever i listen to this song..

my travel mates..had so much laughter and fun with u ppl..lol..semangat gila when it came to traveling..we spent FULL days walking around paris..without realising, we covered most of the places of interest even though we were walking at a rather relaxing pace..and treat ourselves with LOTS of good food..

THEN..

coming back to glasgow..i'd to come back to reality as well and prepared for my oral presentation..before the presentation, i tried to practise at home..and i din have the stamina to complete the whole thing cos it was TOO LONG, have to stop and drink water and skip some part summore..lol..

but when it came to the real thing..terpaksa do the non-stop toking for half an hour..and kena bombarded with questions..hmmph..thank god its over nw..

Oh yeah..

the night before my presentation, we joined a cny celebration thing held in our uni..(yup its after chap goh mei)

The food was sponsored by the few famous chinese restaurants in glasgow..bt sadly..we were slightly late..and we managed to try a bit oni as most of the food was gone by the time we arrived..

There was also a very special lion dance performance..

its special cos it was the first time that i saw a lion fighting with a fake snake (which i tot was a rope initially)..we were asking each other but couldnt figure why..

The geng part was when the lion lifted the bottle with both the chinese character (酒) and english "WINE" labelled on it..and started drinking..tok about adapting the famous scottish culture of drinking..haha...and it got drunk and started performing醉拳 ..

the most entertaining performance was the chinese martial arts done by the chinese kids..they were simply adorable!!though some of their steps werent really uniform..but they were clearly smiling away and enjoying themselves on stage..

and apparently liping and i had crush on the same kid...

was laughing when i saw this pic taken from liping's blog..awwww...he's rili cute...

anyway..im leaving to dundee for the weekend..and my essay deadline is this coming friday..seems like i'll be doing last minute work again after this..til then..take care ppl!

crap..

2008-02-18T00:19:00.004+08:00

OMG...pls pls..just let me remember all the drugs + chemical structure +history +uses +features +...for a day...

GOOD LUCK PPL FOR 2ml's just-to-test-hw-much-our-brains-can-afford-to-remember EXAMS!!!!

cny day 1

2008-02-08T20:30:00.000+08:00

yesterday afternoon we visited shirlyn's house..

omg...their house is soooo well-decorated!!! with angpao..oranges..tanglung..

and most importantly...

they've very delicious home-made cookies from malaysia..wowwwwww...and i finally had BA GUA ...ooooo.....so niceeee.....thanks a lot ya..:))

rili meriah..bt too bad had to rush for classes after that..lol..

at nite..our batch had our own class gathering..some of the home students and a few lecturers oso attended..

everyone had fun..and the food prepared by our batchmates were delicious as well..:))) a good way to spend our cny..at least we were nt that homesick since everyone was gathered together..

took so many pics until i've no ideas where to collect the pics from after this..haha..

these are the few pics taken using my camera..

long lost bro and sis

2008-02-08T02:49:00.000+08:00

ahteng has oways been pun's no.1 fans..

and we've oways thought that 2 of them look alike..

BUT TODAY..

i noticed that...

there really is 99% resemblance between the 2 of them...

their -_- expressions ARE EXACTLY THE SAME!!!

HAPPY CNY!!

2008-02-07T23:21:00.000+08:00

Had an awesome pre-cny celebration starting from 8pm to 1 sumthing am yesterday..

we started preparing food after we came back from class at 5pm..
Below are the food prepared to fit 8 slim girls' stomach..

*drool*..PRAWNS!!MUSSELLS!!fishballs..crabstick..*yummy*

its been a long long time since we've had seafood..:)))

had 2 different flavour..chicken soup and tomyam..*2 thumbs up*

luckily there were keropok..spring rolls..longan..for us to eat while waiting for the food to be cooked..

OMG..the food was soooo delicious..

and we ate and ate and ATE..while blasting our apartment with the latest chinese new year songs..

at some point..we were too full and had to rest..

so..to kill time..we chatted..played around...sang songs..did some simple aerobics so that we could go for 2nd round,3rd round etc..

of course..we managed to snap some pics again..

syok sendiri pics..

HOIIIIIII ahteng!!!keji betul..the onli one looking at the camera...

*KIAM PAK!!!* summore wanna act innocent..^-^

of course..for chinese new year..we have to take nice-nice solo pics..
nice rite??haha..this is hw we looked most of the time..very 斯文有气质..

BUT SOMETIMES

we'd do funny faces when we gt too excited..

WAHAHAHA!!! come on ppl...pls vote..who do u think has the most potential to become 搞笑美女???

peifong..the usually camera-shy gal..nonstop wanna do funny faces..wahlao....

whereas yishan claimed that her facial muscle was too stiff and had to spend a long time stretching and pulling her face before taking the above pic..until sc had to voluntarily help to stretch yishan's face...LOL!!!

last nite was really memorable with the crazy bunch around..

Last but not least..

8 of US would like to wish EVERYONE

A HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

*hopefully u ppl wont have nitemare..wahahah..

okay..off to class nw..

pre-cny..

2008-02-06T07:42:00.000+08:00

i'd told myself that i WONT blog about cny..

cos the syndrome of homesickness is contagious and will infect everyone else in an instance..

and im nw contradicting myself once again.. !@#@#$$

WARNING:

those who are homesick nw..stop here and ignore the rest of the post..

when i first set up my blog..i'd decided onli to write about happy things that happened..and let the unhappy moments passed by in silence..

bt i guess its kinda impossible..

its hard to remain cheerful all the time..

and for the past few days my mood had been fluctuating..

when i received a new year card & angpao from s.kwan..

i was very excited and touched as she'd been really thoughtful..

seriously..i've never been so happy to see cny card

and yet at the same time..

i felt a pang of emptiness..

chose to ignore that and i'd been okay for the next few days..

THEN..

the 1st instance that i viewed the cny song by the astro + MY fm djs from youtube..

the moment when i tok to bro who is nw in kch..

and when i chatted with dad and mum who're busy buying things for cny..

it hit me that chinese new year is REALLY near..

for the 1st time in my life

i couldnt fly back to kch and celebrate cny with my family and old frens bek in kch..

at THOSE particular moments..

i felt all the homesickness that i'd bottled up bt chose to ignore..

one part of me was thinking of hw to ban all the videos/songs/red things/etc etc that can remind me of cny from getting into my sight..

(and yet..i've been listening to the cny songs over and over again..:P)

another part of me kept telling myself that celebrating cny at oversas isnt too bad..
this will be my 1st and last time NOT celebrating cny at home..so wats the big deal?

summore i have so many crazy frens around to celebrate with me..

and i've no right to indulge myself in self-pity compared to my other frens that are sitting for exams rite nw..(good luck arr!!)

haih..must be those depressing journals that made me depressed..

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wrote that few hours ago..

nw listening to my FAVOURITE group-mayday's songs..

somehow, the songs made me feel better..has therapeutic effect..:P

gonna post the playlist in my blog..

i think the 1st song is the best..light and easy...something that can easily lift up ur mood..lalalala...

Anyway..

HAPPY CNY~~~~~

in case u havent noticed..my background is changed to dark red/maroon colour temporarily to suit the cny mood~~~~

SNOW!!

2008-02-03T07:45:00.000+08:00

at 5 sumthing am this morning..

sc banged my door hard..and i continued to sleep..thank goodness she'd been persistent and patient..haha..i think she continuously banged for quite some time and when she finally said "its snowing!!!WAKE UP!!!"..within seconds..i was wide awake and rushed to her room..

omg!!!its really snowing outside..and its obviously snowing for quite some time...

the 4 of us stood near the window to have a closer look..everything was covered with a layer of snow..and it was soooooo soooooo nice!!!
wow...everything was white!!

even the tong-sampah looked so much nicer..

bt we werent crazy enuf to run downstairs..i went straight back to bed and slept like a pig until 9 sumthing..our neighbours told us that they banged our door earlier bt nobody woke up..oops..apparently i really slept soundly until i din hear ANY SOUND at all..(my room was the nearest to the front door..:P)

since the snow was already melting..we had a quick breakfast and went down to snap pics..

ahteng semakin pro with 自拍！！

ooo..finally knew hw the snow felt like..:)))

nice pic lerr..felt really cold and wet sitting on the snow..:P kinda syok sendiri i noe..hehe..1st time see so much snow marr..

something to ponder..

2008-02-01T23:25:00.000+08:00

after the normal lecture today, 3 lecturers stepped into the hall and discussed with us about our assignments..

apparently, they've received complaints from the students bout the workload and they were here to listen to our opinions..and once they'd asked us to voice out our opinions..the home students were already raising their hands..

one opinion came after another, with long explanations by the foreign students..and they fully expressed their dissatisfaction with the workload given..

at some point one of the students was bombarding one of the lecturers (who we dun like also,haha!) and when he didnt answer the question directly..he kena bombarded again..wow!!

all the while we, the malaysians were just watching in surprise and shock!! and after the discussions, the lecturers promised to tell us their final decisions next week..which means they'll probably reduced 3 essays into 2..*fingers crossed* (phew..havent started doing any yet..)..

wow..another cultural shock for me..:))...throughout the years of studying..we've oways been obeying watever we were asked to do..even when the assignments/homework thrown at us were a lot..it never even registered to our brains that we could actually voice out our opinions!! the reasons are probably : we feel that we were obliged to be obedient/ the teachers will probably say "thats ur responsibilities as students.."/no changes wil be made even if we do complain..

so at the end of the day..we were all trained to become robots who are hardworking, obeying the instructions of others, never consider that we can actually question them or say "no" if we dun feel like doing it..hmmm.....

just some crap..

2008-01-29T08:54:00.000+08:00

Time is running short..

like most of my coursemates..im suddenly hit by the fact that there are so many deadlines to be met, exams, presentations coming up..probably before this i've been too relaxed..and nw is the payback time..the more i slack..the more effort that i've to put in..

and here i am...though im oways whining about lacking of time..i still have time for blogging..watching movies..chatting with friends..and amidst all the stress (hah!) that im facing..im thinking about squeezing some time out for another trip..

perhaps i have split personality..or maybe im secretly enjoying the adrenaline rush that i have everytime when i need to finish my assignments at the very last minute..this habit never seems to change in me though i've made promises to myself..*ish......geram betul.....

when i mean time is running short........im also relating it to my uni-life which is going to end soon..my carefree life is gonna end soon..i cant belif im working soon...oh no...there are so many things to be considered...and i know my future is full of uncertainties..which i fear when i think bout it

so..im choosing to ignore it for nw..hopefully my mind will be clearer in few months time..

*the end of useless crap*

MY 1st SNOOOWWW~~~~

2008-01-25T00:50:00.000+08:00

in december..we witnessed our 1st SLEET(intermediate between rain and snow)..
we got sooo excited cos at 1st we tot it was SNOW..-_-

here's some pics we took at that time..

The 3 syok sendiri J5 residents + kh..
they phoned us and ran to our apartment for better view of sleet~~~

me excitedly calling yi shan...

yi shan: wahhhh...how many ppl in ur house???cant hear u..onli can hear ppl screaming~~~

cos the others were screaming like mad..:P

sue choo was trying to capture the sleet with her pouch..

and the precious few sleet on the pouch..hahaha..used black colour pouch summore to contrast the tiny sleet..

lol..funny lar these pics..

THE POINT IS....

TODAY......

at approx 10.20 am...WE WITNESSED OUR 1st SNOW!!!

kh excitedly told us bout the snow..and the 3 of us stood by the window (poor sc was out and missed it).....and started SCREAMING, SCREAMING AND SCREAMING...choysuokteng was standing beside me..and i nearly became deaf...wahahaha

ehehe..excitedlarr..its so AMAZING to look at the snow falling from the sky in real life..and i planned to go down and take pics when there was a layer of snow on the floor...

but too bad..the 1st snow that i witnessed only lasted 5 mins..haih...wish i can see more of this..

tak sempat to take pics..got these from darren..

ahaha..trying to illustrate hw i stretched my hand out to feel the snow..:P..

really snowing woi~~~~

ppl..if next time it snows again in glasgow..dun hesitate to call me arr..

delta goodrem..be strong lyrics

2008-01-21T06:03:00.000+08:00

Are you swimming upstream in oceans of blue?
Do you feel like you're sinking?
Are you sick of the rain after all you've been through?
Well I know what you're thinking
When you can't take it
You can make it
Sometime soon I know you'll see

'cause when you're in your darkest hour
And all of the light just fades away
When you're like a single flower whose colours have turned to shades of gray
Well hang on and be strong

Where taking each step one day at a time
You can't loose your spirit
Let live and let live forget and forgive
It's all how you see it
And just remember keep it together
Don't you know you're never alone

'cause when you're in your darkest hour
And all of the light just fades away
When you're like a single flower whose colours have turned to shades of gray
Well hang on, and be strong

No you're not defeated
And soon you'll be smiling once again
Then you won't have to feel it
Let it go with the wind
Time passes us by
And know that you're allowed to cry

American beauty

2008-01-20T09:13:00.000+08:00

Watched american beauty (filmed in 1999) on fri nite..which is a dark and bitterly funny film..the film was starred by brilliant actors and actresses (kevin spacey, thora birch, wes bentley..etc) Kevin Spacey won the Oscar award for this film, which i think he totally deserved it..the plot was unpredictable and kept me guessing throughout the 2 hours..

The title of the film refers to a breed of roses that while pretty and appealing in appearance, is often prone to rot underneath at the roots and branches of the plant. Thus the tag line 'look closer' tells the viewer when they look beyond the 'perfect suburban life' they will find something rancid at the root...

The story was basically about Lester Burnham, his wife and daughter, people around them and hw they affect one another's lives. everyone looked normal, and yet..each of them had their own darkest secrets..although they were unhappy,to outsiders..they were the ideal family..

Lester was being portrayed as an unhappily-married, midlife-crisis suburban male..he hated his routine and normal life..but he was terrified to change..the other characters in the film oso had very distintive and not-so-likeable characteristics..personally,i think Wes Bentley totally shone in the movie..he acted as the weird teenager living next door who sells drug..somehow, the plot would cause the audience to sympathise them instead of criticising them..

this is another movie that i'd recommend..i wont reveal too much about the storyline (too lazy to write + the story was kinda complicated)..so go and watch it if u're interested...:)

Inverness trip-29th dec

2008-01-19T09:22:00.000+08:00

This is going to be a really long post..

The previous nite, we were discussing on wat time we shall leave the hostel..someone suggested "7am" and we were like..."whoa!!!serious bor?sure cant larr!!"

Who knows..on that morning, i heard footsteps and people talking when i was half dreaming..and within minutes, it seemed that everyone had woken up!!it was freaking 6am that time..haha..semangat woi!!so each of us got up and prepared ourselves..the kitchen wasnt even opened yet, so we only managed to eat a light breakfast..we left at around 7.10am..SALUTE!!*clap clap*

wanted to look for place to have a decent breakfast..but most shops werent even opened yet..

the surrounding was in total darkness when we left..

this was some random place that we stopped by as we witnessed sunrise at around 9am..

At about 10am, we reached the Eilean Donan Castle!!!

The castle sits on an island between three lochs; Loch Long, Loch Alsh and Loch Duich.It was built during Alexander II's reign (1214-1250). Now, it has become one of Scotland most photographed castles thanks to its picturesque setting on an islet in Loch Duich by the main road to Kyle of Lochalsh (gateway to the Isle of Skye).

The view put me in awe..i could see the clouds clearly from the reflection of water..(simply loving this..btw this pic is my desktop wallpaper nw:P)

Every angle around the castle looked spectacular..

for example..

this..

and THIS!! omg..actually there are many more photos that i'd love to include..

Anyway..i was busy looking around when i was in the car..stayed widely awake as the surrounding was so nice!!tried to capture some of them..

Sunrise..

the lake and mountains were in sight..

~peaceful...the beauty of nature..

Soon, we've passed the Skye bridge that linked the mainland and the Isle of Skye!!

The Isle of Skye, commonly known as Skye, is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is sometimes referred as the "Isle of Mist"..most friends who've been there told us that there would only be a few days in a year that the island is free of mist and rain..that had been our biggest worry ever since we planned to go there..and we just COULDNT BELIF OUR LUCK- the weather that day was very good..there was even sunshine!!

We reached Kyleakin, which was very near to the Skye bridge..but when we were there..there was NOBODY around the place..except US, which was kinda scary!!there was no car or people along the road..very much reminded us the scene in "I AM LEGEND"..

there was a harbour in sight..

we entered a hostel..one man appeared after a few minutes..so we asked for his help to look for the nearest restaurant and we oso asked him why the place was so isolated.. according to him, Kyleakin would only be busy at night or during summer..

So, we went further to Broadford, the 2nd largest town on the Isle of Skye..
and again, this place was quiet with few ppl around..

There was also a harbour at Broadford..

The mountains in sight were probably the Red Cuilin mountains..

hehe..still had to take pics before moving on to Portree, since that restaurant in Broadford would only provide lunch in another half an hour..

finally, the quest of looking for food ended after we found a nice restaurant in Portree..

Portree, according to internet source, is the largest settlement, and main service centre on the island..hehe..this town has got more shops compared to the previous 2 that we've been to..:P

had another meal of western food..

soon, we continued our journey and would stop whenever we see nice view..

relaxed ewe/sheep were everywhere!!they simply ignored us and continued eating without moving at all..(no wonder so fat lah..) but there was one or two that came near to our cars..cute...:)

started singing beyond's 海阔天空 after seeing this..

omg..the ocean was soooo blue and nice!!there seemed to be no boundaries..thus we named the place as天涯海角..:P..oh.. the black shadow was actually a cow looking at the ocean..
*gasp..no words could describe hw we felt back then.. it was rili cold that time..bt we din feel like jumping into the cars..i just stood there--kept looking and recording the view into my head..and yup..i can still remember it clearly nw..:)

it looked as though we were heading into the ocean..

our next stop was kiltrock..

the waterfall looked spectacular...

sunset at around 4pm..

luckily we did manage to cover the whole island before sunset..hoho..good thing that we woke up early..:) the journey back to inverness took nearly 3 hours..must be kinda tiring for the 4 drivers-pun, mashu,james and wee nien who took turns driving to and fro Isle of Skye..thanks again ya.:)

Had our dinner back in Inverness..

for me, this restaurant was the best restaurant among the few that we've tried in inverness..but darn!!i forgot the name, if anyone remembered pls tell me k..there was live music and i rili loved the songs that they played..wat made it even more unique was that we were the few youngsters around..the others in the restaurant were old people..they started dancing and enjoying themselves when the music was played..there was this uncle who kept changing his dancing partner, whereas another aunty had the exact dance moves for every song... it felt great looking at them as i could feel their happiness..:))

awww...i rili LOVE Isle of Skye and Inverness~~~~~

~to be continued..

Professional photographers...

2008-01-17T17:55:00.000+08:00

To all the photographers during the trip, thanks for the effort!! we managed to take many many pics...some were funny, and most of them were very natural and SUPER NICE..due to the fact that

i) our photographers like to take random pics a lot..
ii) the ones being taken are also very good models..:)

So here are the professional photographers..

whoa.....nice pose...:P

ALAN..

who took A LOT of random & nice pics of us when we were in Glasgow and Edinburgh, e.g the xmas party at J9, Chukoku the chinese buffet etc...:)

WEE NIEN...

the main photographer during the Inverness trip..often, he had to take off his gloves despite the extremely cold weather in order to take the pics of us / nice scenery..summore we tak habis-habis wanna pose..:P

AH MENG..

always ready to take our pics whenever we pose..haha..sue choo rili LOVES the MV-like photos he took for her beside the lake..

woi...no climbing on walls arr!!:P...ignored the notice just to snap nice pics arr..

k lar..here's another pic that showed hw professional he is + the sweet couple..

( actually..the person who took the pic is also very PRO lerr...YUP, thats ME!!:P this pic looks so nice rite??!!)

JAMES..
who took a lot of sweet or random or gay pics throughout the trip..definitely qualified to become the wedding photographer/paparazzi

and here are the NOT-SO-PRO-BUT-LOOKED-PRO PHOTOGRAPHERS..

SUE CHOO..

wahhh....bergaya betul larr!!!really looked like an expert!!

and since this is my blog..i can be biased and vote MYSELF too...so i browsed through the pics that we had..

and i found this...

NOT FAIR!!!!!!!haiyo...this pic looks more 搞笑 instead of the pro and bergaya image that i wan...-_-

Inverness trip-28th dec

2008-01-16T09:04:00.000+08:00

Early in the morning, our tour guides of inverness-- kha hong and suokteng, and the drivers--pun,james, mashi and wee nien went to get the 2 cars that we've rented..haha..the guys were so excited to drive here..

we had a nice breakfast at the kitchen (the food that we've bought on previous nite) and meeting some more people from our batch..:)

our main destination on that day was LOCH NESS, which is famous for its myth and mystery regarding Nessie the Loch Ness Monster, and also for its beauty and history..This lake is in fact the largest and deepest inland expanse of water in Britain..this was the beginning of Loch ness..the weather was ~COLD~

the main A82 road that we used actually surrounds the lake, so we managed to enjoy the serene view throughout the journey..

According to ahteng and kha hong, Nessie usually comes out to have lunch at around 1pm..

One of the most iconic images of Nessie which many consider to be good evidence of the monster, although doubts about the photograph's authenticity were expressed from the beginning. The image was revealed as a hoax in 1992.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT..

WE SAW NESSIE and WE TOOK PICTURES WITH HER!!!!!

YUP...we saw her outside the souvenir shop..(LAME..) Nessie is an emblem of Scottish tourism.. could find souvenirs of Nessie everywhere...

for me, i'd rather believe that Nessie does exists..:)

Our next stop was the Urquhart Castle (pronounced as Er-kurt), where we spent a very long time exploring it..

Panoramic views of the castle ruins and of Loch Ness..taken from another angle..

The castle was built in the 13th century and has witnessed many battles in its long history..we watched a film that described the history..vaguely remembered that one of the battles involved the English and Scots, where the latter lose the fortress to the English..

Among the many pics that we took..

The 10 of us!!
another nice pic of us..
lol..this pic became a topic when we were exchanging pics thru msn..everyone was guessing who the 3 persons were (pun, sc and..??) after zoom-in and votings..the 3rd person was confirmed to be mashu!!

The pretties..
and the leng chais..sekfatt so bergaya woi..haha!!cant stop smiling when i see the above pic..

Had our late lunch at nearly 3pm..

ate using the max speed..partly because we were extremely hungry..and partly due to lack of time..(it'd be dark at 4 sumthing pm..)

taken at the small town where we had our meal..

Not long after that, it was dark and we used another route back to inverness..the journey was longer than expected (about 2 hours) a bit cuaksai cos we couldnt see the roads properly due to the very heavy mist..:p..

Reached inverness at around 6 sumthing..and not long after that..we headed to the thai restaurant/pub that suokteng has searched for before the trip..if i remember correctly,the pub actually won pub of the year before (in inverness area i guess)..

This pub serves thai food and has loud scottish music..kinda weird combination huh?haha..bt as usual..we enjoyed ourselves there..very kecoh..*ahem*..一切尽在不言中lah..

as everyone was tired..we headed back to hostel after dinner and had an early rest..

~to be continued..

Inverness Trip- 27th dec

2008-01-16T08:55:00.000+08:00

This was the day when we'd to part with some of our frens..

the previous nite, all of us stayed up til very late..busy chatting and packing..

kailun and alex left early in the morning, followed by alan and sipeng..

it was 2002 when all of us first met each other in INTEC..1st time leaving home, staying in shah alam surrounded by mamak stalls, a total new environment for us..we've shared lots of memories there..and without realising, 5 long years have passed!! it was truly GREAT to meet up with the french prog frens- kailun, alex and alan after soooooo long!!!haha..everyone's changed since the last time we met, but the familiarity remained..there was still so much that we can tok and laugh about..i could still feel the warmth nw that i recalled the little INTEC reunion we had in Block J9...im really glad that u guys came to glasgow:)

Anyway, though we all woke up very early, everyone was in a rush that morning..and as usual, we had to walk extremely fast to the bus station..the 10 of us nearly missed the bus to inverness..:p

the journey to inverness took about 4 hours..

when we reached there, it was 2 sumthing..and once we reached inverness town..we saw yi shan, peifong suilin etc..haha!!

and to our amazement, the hostel we stayed was merely 5 mins walk from the bus station..lol!!

after settling down in the 10 ppl dorm..(all 10 of us stayed in 1 room) we walked around the town and went to morrisons to buy food for the next few days..even in morrisons, we could shop til very syok..ended up with tonnes of food!!

After that, we headed to Johnny Foxes for dinner..

the food was pretty good here!!

after the dinner we had a relaxed walk around the town..
very nice night view of the river..inverness town is pretty much isolated with few ppl around..very calming place..and it was ~C~O~L~D~ at night!!

each and every one of us had a solo picture with this bridge..lol..all the camera-sensitive ppl!!

once we were back to hostel..we met up with more and more of our coursemates..seemed like the hostel was invaded by pharmacy students..HAHA!!until the extent that whenever we see asians around..the guys in our group wil turned and asked us.."ur coursemates oso ar??!!wow!!!"

^-^

~to be continued~

Edinburgh trip- 26th dec

2008-01-11T08:01:00.000+08:00

On boxing day, we went to Edinburgh..

pohsen went to the bus stop to pick us up..haha..everyone was so excited to see him and surrounded him like he's some sort of celebrity..:p

the 1st place we went to was calton hill...

WAHHHHH...very nice weather and breathtaking scenery..

with professional photographers around..we managed to take nice pics (and weird pics) ..if u dunno wat i mean..pls read about sc's post about weird ahpek

as usual..the camera-sensitive guys..haha..

Next, we walked along the Royal Mile, situated at the Edinburgh Old Town.. Its a very long street connecting to the Edinburgh Castle..the last time i went to Edinburgh was with my parents..we spent half a day strolling along the street going to some of the old shops and there were also some street artists who were selling their paintings and all..

this time..there werent many ppl around..but the Royal Mile was still my personal favourite place in Edinburgh..along the way..there's countless specialized shop selling souvenirs and places of historical and cultural interest..

The classic UK red telephone booths spotted along the street..
front view of Edinburgh Castle..

also in front of the Edinburgh Castle..The scene from the castle..

Also went to the Scotch Whisky Experience right beside the Edinburgh Castle..

tried a few types of whisky..

When we were walking along the Royal Mile, we saw this:

sipeng: hey..this is the place where u shud stand and spit..and it'll bring u goodluck..

me : WAHAHAHAH..yah rite!!

sipeng: woi serious...why everytime when im serious nobody belif me?WHY??

hahaha...sorry sipeng..i shud've belif u..u're rite..:)

this is wat i found from wikipedia..

By the West Door of St Giles is the Heart of Midlothian, a heart-shaped mosaic built into the pavement marking the site of the former Tolbooth (prison). Tolbooth prisoners used to spit as they entered the prison, and this tradition is maintained by some people, who spit on the Heart for good luck as they walk past.

After that..we were back to the city centre of Edinburgh..visited the xmas market there as well, which was very much similar to the Glasgow xmas market..

this was taken at Princes Street...the very busy street with lots of shops around..still prefer the Edinburgh Old Town..:p

Do-re-mi..:P

Soon..it was time to part with our tour guide of the day-pohsen..Thanks a lot for bringing us around!!haha..we forgive u for not coming to glasgow..hiakz..

At the bus station..kailun hid my bag (sc being the mastermind behind:P)..i started to get rili nervous..and all of a sudden..kailun ran and "dramatically" showed that he found my bag..eeeee...good acting arr!!^-^...the whole situation was rili funny..but too bad i cant describe it thru words.. at that time i really cuaksai larr...:p

Before leaving edinburgh..

Back to glasgow at around 7 sumthing..since there were posters everywhere promoting Will Smith's I AM LEGEND that was released on boxing day..we figured it was worth watching.. so we rushed to watch the 9pm show..WE WERE REALLY RACING WITH TIME as we need to eat, send laundry, buy movie tickets in such a short time!!

however, the movie turned out to be a disappointment for me..it just ended abruptly and we were like "WAT???!!!"lol..had a good laugh about it..

Anyway, Edinburgh trip was fun ..as for the movie, it will certainly be something that we'll remember forever..:P

ONCE

2008-01-11T03:34:00.000+08:00

thanks a lot to yannee..was reading through her blog and she recommended this movie..so i downloaded the movie thru tudou and watched it last nite..

"ONCE" is actually an Irish musical film taken during 2006. The movie was very realistic and down to earth, simple but beautiful..the shots were taken entirely in and around dublin and the songs were performed live..The two leads- Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova are both professional musicians and not trained actor/actress and the two became a couple in real life!! (Hansard is the singer in Irish Band "The Frames" whereas director Carney was the former bassist for the Frames).

Anyway, i was totally captivated by the music...IT WAS AWESOME!!!Hansard wrote most of the songs..and his voice is soooo powerful!!Irglova has a sweet voice as well..and i cant belif that she's only 19 this year!!i liked the songs so much that i HAVE to search for all of them today..:))) yup..i've posted the songs in my blog..HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!so do enjoy..:)

Glasgow trip Part2

2008-01-09T06:02:00.000+08:00

On xmas day..

we went out quite late as most shops are closed on this day and even the public transport was not available!!

so we walked around glasgow..

WOW...a very nice pic taken by w.nien

in front of barony hall..the place where we had exams last semester..bergaya betul..

yeng ler??:P

outside Glasgow Cathedral (St Mungo's Cathedral)..just noe the name of this cathedral after checking thru wikipedia..:P Wanted to squeeze into the pic bt kena halau...*sigh*
U NOE WHY??

COS...the statue was stated as JAMES WHITE..thus the reason why JAMES was on one side and SIPENG was on the other side( he was wearing white jacket)...LAME!!!:P

very nice view from Glasgow Necropolis..

Glasgow Necropolis is actually a Victorian cemetery in glasgow..located very near to the Glasgow Cathedral..in fact we've never been there as well..ahaha..but i glad we found the place by accident

ooo..and according to wikipedia..this bridge is actually known as the "Bridge of Sighs" because it was part of the route of funeral processions..

this place is quite unique..

i mean..how often do u hear ppl visiting cemetery and take tonnes of pictures there?

see??macam taking MVs..

The tombs dont look scary too..in contrast, i find the place very serene..:)

since its located on a hill..we got to see nice view of Glasgow city..

oops..macam promoting ppl to visit the cemetery pulak..haha..

went to Glasgow Green for a while..GLASGOW GREEN was no longer GREEN as there were few leaves to be seen..

The empty street of glasgow..

The one and only time when Buchanan street was isolated..took our own sweet time to stroll along the street..

"grabbing" apple..:P

after that we went to chukoku for the xmas buffet..there was soooo much seafood available!!!lol..can still remember everyone's "WHOA!!!" expressions..we even bet who would eat the most...pun and alan became the hot pick..unexpectedly mashi seemed to win-he spent most of the time eating the seafood there (about 5+ plates??:P)

the consequences of eating too much??

....

sipeng ate til nearly vomited..hahaha...

i personally LOVE this two pics...

1st pic..can still pose like a star while alan and james were taking pics...the reflection from the mirror was so clear!!

eh....stop taking pics!!!

(the 2 cameras are still aiming at him) MUAHAHAHAH...

for the full version of wat happened..pls view suechoo's blog for the video..rili funny!!!!!

at nite..

we had a very relaxed session..e.g..guitar+singing..chatting..and i had fun playing taiti..hohoho..kailun and i are rili best partners in playing taiti..whole nite onli kalah 1 or 2 rounds eventhough mashi kept using his small eyes to peep our cards. alan also did the same to mashi, but i guess he din notice cos was too busy looking at our cards..hahaha...

basically..tats about it on our "glasgow trip"..glasgow city isnt that interesting compared to our following destinations..but its the companions we had that really made a difference..:)

" Sweet " photos..

2008-01-07T02:49:00.000+08:00

Please be prepared for the following photos..

can u recognise who are the guys??haha..

The gay couples..

no.1

no.2

no.3

no.4

no.5

no.6

The no.3, 4 and 5 are obviously the same couple who went all the way to Calton Hill for the magnificent view..romantic sekali...

but if u look closely enuf..

HEY...its the same guy that appeared in each photo..with different partners..hmm...

besides the gay couples..there are also 2 lucky guys who are accompanied by 4 pretty ladies..

see how happy they are??haha

And not forgetting the ganas couples...

Couple no.1

poor guy...keep getting bullied by the fierce partner..

Couple no.2

tsk tsk tsk...non-stop fighting...

okay FINALLY...here comes my favourite couple...

they look so sweet and compatible together...

U PPL SHUD REALLY LEARN FROM THEM...

AWWWWWW...........sooo sweet.......:)))

"NO NO NO...not nw...so many ppl looking at us.."

"ok lah ok lah...sayang..."

while all of us watched envyingly...

Glasgow trip Part 1

2008-01-06T20:20:00.000+08:00

we had quite a lot of visitors 2 weeks ago..

kailun and alex came to visit us on the 22nd evening, whereas alan reached on the 23rd morning (all 3 of them are currently studying in france)..as alan wanted to surprise them, we din tell the other 2 that alan was coming as well..the 2 of them were shocked when they saw him at the bus station..haha!!:p..very happy to see the 3 of them again after so long....:))

on that morning, we brought them to the barras market, which is only open during weekend and has all kinds of things that u can think of..antiques, furnitures, 2nd hand books, paintings..etc..

er..maybe its more appropriate to say that they accompanied us to the market cos ended up we bought lots of food such as pork,fruits and vege..

this was taken when peifong and yishan were lining up to buy pork..:p..the pork there was cheap..were sooo excited!!(damn SILAI woi..hahaha)

the pretty SILAI...:P

after that we went to drums and monkey to have our lunch.. (no pics available yet..)

jalan-jalan around the shopping street in glasgow..the place is crowded with ppl rushing to buy xmas presents!!

since it was the last day of the xmas market..we went to have a look at the nice but expensive things there..

The gallery of modern art..looks quite nice at night..sorry to say that til nw we've never visited it yet..:p

at night..we prepared tonnes of food to feed the stomach of 10 guys..i salute suechoo as she had to cook non-stop, HEBAT!!..:)..and the food was DELICIOUS!! kh and st went to fetch the other 7 guys (pun, sipeng,sekfatt, wee nien, james, mashi and ahmeng) we were so EXCITED to see them again..its amazing that the place can fit in 14 ppl, including 10 guys!!haha..and sorry to block J ppl if u heard us screaming and laughing so much..:p

The next day (xmas eve)..

outside James Blyth Court..

We had scottish breakfast at the Counting House..the environment was superb..and the price was reasonable as well..all of us tried haggis and black pudding for the first time..hmm..one-time experience is enough for me, the taste was really hard to describe..:p..shud be a very memorable for the others as well..hiakzz..

on the way to kelvingrove museum..

some of the nice pics taken outside the museum..

We also managed to visit the Museum of transport..

cool pics eh??rili look as if we were about to board the bus..we can be good actors and actresses!!can zoom in to see our expressions if u dun belif...

Some really nice views taken..

At nite..we had the best xmas party ever..

before this..we had been thinking of ways to decorate our house, shopping for groceries and buying decorations for THE NITE..and i think our apartment really transform into a very homely place nw..:)

The xmas tree that we bought more than 2 months ago..haha..actually each decoration e.g the black paper and the lighting has its own stories behind it...

wow..looking at those food can still make me hungry..LOVE each and every dish..the turkey was very delicious as well!!!it became sc's best fren for a while as sc touched, massaged and talked to it while marinating it for several times in a day..

we also asked everyone to prepare a xmas present and hide it whenever they had chance..and before they reached glasgow, we already wrapped several fake presents and placed it all around our apartment..

once the game started..everyone rushed out and searched everywhere..i must say that the presents were all well hidden...and the few of us just couldnt find the presents!!argh.....since the beginning there was this present placed VERY OBVIOUSLY on my shelf and all of us just din wanna take it cos obviously..whoever who placed it there must be VERY LAZY and taking it would mean there was no thrill in searching..

BUT...eventually, tension was building up as more and more ppl found the presents (some of it were fake ones..and they had to start searching again)

finally i had to give up and take the gift..ARGHHHHH..have to admit that im lousy in searching things...cant find any gifts in my own apartment???!!!!i cant belif it.....

everyone took turns to open their gifts..and yup..that was the gift that i got..thanks mashi!!i like the gift..but it'd be better if i've FOUND it instead of TAKE it from my shelf..

The highlight of the nite was definitely the performace by the guys..wow..really got talent worrr..love the songs they sang and the spontaneous rap by sipeng..it was REALLY NICE!!!*clap clap*..thanks for the effort, guys!!:))

and finally...

nice group photos taken on that nite...

Reminiscence..

2008-01-05T06:36:00.000+08:00

Once again..the end of another long-planned trip and again, we're indulged in reminiscence..

The glasgow-edinburgh-inverness-london trip had been planned ever since the end of september, after our 1st trip together..the previous prague-austria-germany trip was full of laughter, surprises and sweet memories..we owe this to the detailed planning by the guys..therefore, as the hosts for this time..*cough, we were determined to make sure that this trip is as enjoyable and memorable as the previous ones..

going to trip together has formed a special bond between us..i dunno whether the others felt the same way..but i feel that we're becoming a close-knit family..we can laugh like nobody's business, hugging each other,exchanging glances and knowing wat others are thinking..in simple terms..its really comfortable when we're together and i enjoyed every moment that we spent together..

im not sure hw detail i'll write regarding this trip..we took more than thousand pics together, and we're still figuring the best way to exchange photos..therefore i shall leave the earlier parts of the trip to some other day and describe wat happened last night..

when we first planned for this trip, the guys told us that they decided to take an early flight on 4th jan back to germany, and therefore will stay a nite in Stansted airport, london..after discussing, the 4 of us decided to give them a surprise by taking an early flight bek to glasgow instead of nite bus ..and for this, we've to keep this secret for nearly 3 months and repeatedly telling them we'll leave on 3rd nite..after acting for some time, im convinced by my own lies..when glen asked me when we're leaving london, without hesitation i told him we're going bek using nite bus..wow..(sorry ar, glen!!:p)

so..last nite, we had late dinner and since we told them our "nite bus" was on 12am..they were getting nervous when the time drew closer..they kept telling us to hurry up whereas 4 of us were very relaxed..hahaha..but to make it a bit more realistic..we did walk extremely fast bek to hostel to carry our heavy luggage and rushed to the bus station..

according to our plan..the terravision bus was supposed to be there and we'd pretend to send them off and jumped on the bus at the very last minute..however, we din expect the next terravision bus was at 240am!!haha!!sooo...we've to go to victoria coach station to use the national express bus..by then it was over 12am, so we'd to come up with a new story that we shall use the next bus on 1230am bek to glasgow..anyway..whenever they asked us questions, we just ignored them and keep asking them to rush to the coach station..

so after they had placed their luggage into the luggage place under the bus, we too immediately threw our bags in..and we started hearing "eee??" "ei??!!" sounds behind..when we turned,their facial expressions were totally priceless!!!HAHAHA!!!all 6 of them were shocked , showing blank faces full of question marks..apparently they din suspect anything...YEAHHHHHHH, SUUUUURRRPPRISEEEE.....MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!..:p...felt very satisfied and proud that we have successfully tricked them..:))))after that we had to fill them in with the details and they still cant belif that they din notice anything and kena tipu by us..hiakz..

the few hours that we spent together in the Stansted airport..

illegal immigrants with no place to stay..:p

i've spent the few hours in the airport chatting..drinking hot mocha and walking around the airport without any sleep..we've also found voyager..a small arcade at the very end of the airport..mashi, james and wee nien ended up spending nearly all their remaining coins feeding the machines..lol..a very good way indeed to keep u awake..

anyway..cant belif 10 days have passed so quickly..this trip wont be as fun and memorable without u ppl who form the best companions..thanks a lot for all the memorable experiences...hopefully we can travel together someday in the future..*hugz

One step closer to WHITE XMAS..

2007-12-20T17:49:00.000+08:00

Had been expecting snow..but seems like the weather forecast here is as inaccurate as in anywhere else..

When i looked out of my window after waking up..i was shocked..

6 months ago, the view is like this..

And today..it looks something like this..

NOPE!!there's NO SNOW..:P

For a split second..i tot there's been snow..but after observing for a while, it seems to be thick fog only..

Anyway..i still think its kinda beautiful...therefore the few quickshots..

Weather forecast for today (yah..i noe i noe..though its nt accurate but i still look at it everyday)
Current Temperature
Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom
FogWind VAR 5km/hHumidity: 100% Feels like: 0°C

The temperature for the last few days are as similar..

Hmmmmmmm........*fingers crossed*..hopefully im able to look at REAL SNOW in these few days..:)

WATCH THE VIDEOS!!

2007-12-17T01:01:00.002+08:00

YOUTUBE IS SOOOO IMPORTANT!!!

guess most of u would have agreed with me..haha..my pre-exam entertainment and de-stress solution..either listen to extremely sad songs or look for old old videos which can make u laugh so much..watch the Let's Fall in Luv Video..and u'll get what i mean..

aiyoh...i wanna watch the old movie acted by takeshi last time..anyone have any idea of how to find it??thanks..

anyway..

GOOD LUCK PPL for 2ml's exams!!

(pls wish me as well...I NEED LUCK!!:P)

Let's Fall In Luv

2007-12-17T01:01:00.001+08:00

A MUST WATCH VIDEO!!accidentally found it..lol..cant stop laughing and HAVE to share with u all..he's kinda cute with all the dancing moves..:p

梁靜茹-會呼吸的痛

2007-12-17T00:53:00.001+08:00

listen to this!!nice one..i like!:)

cute puppy

2007-12-11T07:18:00.001+08:00

HAHA..and this is another video that i found accidentally after watching the knut video..LOVE the puppies..kinda reminds me about the dog i once had..

knut

2007-12-11T07:14:00.001+08:00

haha..got this video from suokteng just nw..aww..sooo CUTE..his name is Knut,borned last year and raised in the Berlin Zoo..for more info, please search wikipedia..in fact, there's quite a lot of info about him in wikipedia!!and i've read it.haha!!if i were this hardworking in reading my notes..:P

Kenny G - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

2007-12-08T18:34:00.001+08:00

xmas is coming soon..and im hoping that there'll be snow in glasgow..PLS PLSSSS...then at least the coming week wont be so depressing for me..
Anyway..this is a beautiful song,with a very heartwarming video..LOVE this song very much..:)do ENJOY!!

2007-12-03T09:09:00.000+08:00

Lately i felt tat i dun have enuf time..

after completing the intro for my report..i've to prepare for my presentations on wednesday..
kinda stuck with my case..still figuring why they choose to use A drug instead of B drug..etc etc..and i havent started searching journals to support the drug choice yet....thanks to my lecturer who keeps asking for more info..

aiyah..as usual..i do things at last minute again..my poor brain is SOOOOO overload!!

i look exactly like tat nw..a walking zombie/ robot sitting in front of my com for hours..HAHA!!

and i like the above statement...TOTALLY portrays wat i felt nw..hehehee....

am i stressed?? probably..lets take the stress test that i saw just nw..

Ques: What do u see in this pic?

Ans: If you don't see two dolphins then it's time for you to go home.You're too stressed out!

HEY!!! i dun see 2 dolphins..

so i shall rest and sleep nw..

LAME..i know..:)

omg..tomorrow im going to go thru wat i've been doing today again..such a nitemare...

excited

2007-12-01T09:36:00.000+08:00

havent been updating my blog for quite a while..before going to work..was planning to ramble about hw i went through this week on my blog..

changed my mind nw..all those torturing moments in writing report doesnt seem to matter to me..at least for nw..:P..

IM EXCITED.......hahahaha!!!

2day i did waitressing at city halls again..and it was FUN and enjoyable for me..as usual, i get to see loving old couples, serve happy and friendly ppl, see them enjoyed themselves walking around toking to each other..see them dancing freely to the music after dinner..

BUT..most importantly..i SAW and SERVED STEPHEN KING......WahaHAHAhahA...

before the dinner started, when i was busy walking around the place..suddenly i saw STEPHEN KING's name on one of the tables that i was assigned to serve..OMG...i rili cant belif my luck!! was looking at all the guests eagerly after that..trying hard to visualise his face from the novels that i've read..hmm...some of the photos that he had was taken during his younger times..excitedly told the others bout it..but i was scared that i couldnt spot him..

HOWEVER.. the moment he stepped in..i immediately recognised him!!!!!!!and he actually sat at another table....luckily that table was also served by my team...woooohooooo...

anyway..cos we worked as a team, so practically we need to serve many tables..and we cant choose which table or who we wanna serve..have to follow our supervisor's instructions and all that..but its all FATE!!! i actually got to serve him a few times..hehehehehe..*cant stop smiling until nw*..

and when i collected his plates (for 2 times u noe??!!:P)..he did look at me for bout 3 secs..smiled..and said "thank you" to me..arghhhhh....i have so many dialogues racing around in my head....wanted to tell him im a fan of his..ok i admit that i din read so many of his books. for those few that i read, i totally love it e.g the green mile,the dead zone etc..oh...and hw "IT" became all our childhood nitemare..etc etc...

bt nothing came out from my mouth!!!arghhhhh........i think i only managed to blurt out"you're welcome" and smiled politely to him...*Sigh sigh sigh.......*feel like kicking myself......

nvm...im satisfied nw..hehehe..told suokteng and sc to watch out for him on table 25 also..sc said she can sense he got certain "feel" that other ppl dun have..很有煞气 and rili look like somebody who writes horror stories..lol..

whereas suokteng asked me whether the woman beside him is his wife..erm...ya hor..onli then i looked at the lady again from far cos i have no idea hw she looks like..haha..my focus was on him obviously!!

haih..i noe i sound crazy nw..:P..hehehehe...

yup yup...he looks exactly like this..eh no..in fact i think he looks more bergaya tonite..not as big size as i've imagined though..:)

...cont'd

2007-11-22T07:11:00.000+08:00

Monday was kha hong's birthday..so we went to Chukoku - a chinese buffet restaurant to celebrate kha hong, suokteng and hui koon's birthdays..the food there was simply delicious!!!i LUV the dessert..the 13 of us ate for 3 hours..and took lots of pics..

with the birthday gurls- kha hong and hui koon

with peifong..

non-stop posing..

with monkey glen..the hand holding a fork is suokteng's..

with the J7 residents..:)

all dressed in red..

we even took pics in the toilet..tats why we stayed in the toilet for so long..:P

Yesterday..

we had sarawak laksa for brunch!!:P..thanks to suechoo who woke up early to prepare the food and also thanks to mum who brought laksa paste for us..hehe..it was VERY delicious!!

after that..we brought glen to kelvingrove museum..

and with glen's canggih camera..we had lotsa fun taking pics non-stop..(esp suokteng..cant stop taking pics of herself..tsk tsk..)

the 1st group pic we took outside kelvingrove museum..HAHA..we sort of covered the whole museum behind us with our heads..

so we took the group pics again..

AGAIN...outside the kelvingrove museum..from another angle..

and again...still outside the museum..

walking at the glasgow uni compound..

hahaha..squatting and bending just to take nice photos..these are only part of them..

i like this pic..:)

and trying to take nice jumping photos..

OBVIOUSLY..we failed...

OMG...cant stop laughing when i saw this pic..but the next is worse..

WAHAHAHA...the moment we saw this pic..we burst out laughing..took a few pics but this was the only one showing that our legs actually left the ground..teruk betul..

taken outside the Hunterian Museum..

Hunterian Museum is located inside the University of Glasgow..it shows the collection of Dr William Hunter, a scientist..doctor and a collector..was our 1st time visiting that museum..and in fact i find it kinda interesting..

we oso met up with syed who is currently studying in University of Glasgow..

then..we went to the asian style restaurant highly recommended by paikling and housemates..

had been looking forward to this meal the whole day..

BUT..when we went all the way there...hungry and cold..

THE SHOP WAS CLOSED due to electricity prob!!!!haha..we stood there watching in disbelief for a few seconds..*kinda disappointed*

so we went to o'neil instead..

while waiting for our food...

and at nite..we sent glen off to buchanan bus station..as usual..we'd to walk super fast again so tat he wont miss the bus back to london..

so tat was basically the summary of our short but memorable holidays..:)

ahteng and kha hong..hopefully u 2 enjoyed ur burfdays...cos i surely did..HAPPY BURFDAY again and stay happy..:)

and thanks to glen and alice..the presence of u 2 for the celebration of suokteng and kha hong's birthdays mean a lot to us..it was really fun..reminds me a lot about the funny things that we've been through together..kinda amazed me that its been 5 years since we've known each other..

alice told me that she missed us a lot after she left..and i felt the same way too..

cant wait to meet up with u guys again..:)

suokteng and kha hong's birthdays..

2007-11-22T05:09:00.000+08:00

alice came on friday nite from aberdeen as a surprise for suokteng and kha hong's birthdays..

when she was about to reach the bus stop, i sneaked out of the house to pick her up. Before going out, i was so scared that they'll sense that something was on..so after preparing everything..i used the fastest speed to run out of the apartment so that they wont have the chance to ask me where i was going..met up with alice and sc (after her work) at the bus station.. so when we reached the house..kh and st were both SHOCKED to see alice (yay!!even kha hong din suspect that alice was coming). st even shouted in disbelief..

but the sad thing was..just when i was expecting them to say "hey..no wonder lah..i was wondering where u went jz nw..etc etc".. instead...they said.."WHAT??did u go out just nw??i din even realise u went out.." and i actually took the effort to rush out..*faint*

practically spent the next day on shopping..sat was oso d day when Scotland football team played against italy..so we could see all the scottish fans singing and cheering along the street during the day..and the match actually started on 5 pm..sc, alice and kh successfully bought winter jacket..too bad i still couldnt find something suitable for me...

watched my 1st ever movie in glasgow cinema, was rili excited cos back in m'sia watching movie in the cinema was one of my favourite pastime!!we chose to watch "american gangster" starred by denzel washington and russell crowe..both are really good actors..it was based on true story, portraying a black gangster who smuggled drugs into the country in American service planes returning from the Vietnam War. At the height of his career he was even more powerful than the Mafia when it came to dope dealing! anyway..i think the movie was definitely worthwhile to watch..:)

on sunday, it was suokteng's birthday..so we prepared some simple meal and invited the others to come over..

haha..cute smiley face..and peifong and yishan din notice the smiley face on the cake!!

thanks to kahyee who baked this delicious fruit cake..:)

the 2 birthday girls..

oops...we forgot to take the group photos tat day..

taken before sending alice to the bus station..

when we were at the bus station...

finally..the secrets were revealed..

2007-11-21T07:43:00.001+08:00

knew that alice was coming for suokteng and kha hong's birthday more than a month ago, and glen confirmed that he would reach glasgow on sun evening..since then i was trying hard to keep the secret, which was obviously a very difficult thing for me..and oso for the others..

a few stories to share..

#1

me, sc and kh were chatting in kitchen and we were planning on wat cake to make for their birthday..sc suggested sumthing..

and without realising i mentioned that glen wil probably like it..

SHYT..felt like kicking myself (sc actually KICKED me from under the table)

both of us froze for a while..and then tried to act normal by crapping..

(we tot we were successful in acting...until kha hong told us that from that incident, she oledi sensed that glen would come all the way from london...oouch!!im sure our acting werent that bad..just that she's way too observant and smart)

after alice reached on friday nite, we were revealing to them that hw hard it was for us to keep the secret for more than a month!!

sc happily said, 'that ming ying larr...that day oledi nearly bocor rahsia..she...'

i was thinking...hey..the onli time i nearly said the secret was when i tok about glen during the time we were in the kitchen..

obviously sc was thinking the same thing too..she swallowed back her words and for a second or two..she remained quiet..then later she had to create a new story to cover up..HAHAHA..padan muka!!

the funniest story happened on sunday afternoon when the others gathered around in our house..

yi shan: so wat time is glen coming later??

me, alice and sc: SHOCKED and SPEECHLESS..

within seconds..we acted normal.."wat??glen is coming??how come we dunno and u noe??"

sc pinched yi shan hard..and she realised that she said wrongly and started laughing..

pf the blur god still dunno wats happening.."yah..he's coming..XXX told us..u guys dunno meh?" we panically tried to crap and come up with a ridiculous story(a fake scandal) about glen to distract st and kh's attraction..

everyone else acted along (even those who din noe that glen was coming knew by then and tried their best to help, luckily suokteng was too blur to notice)..trying to act kepo and kept asking..

instead of tricking suokteng , blur god peifong pulak kena tipu..

she actually BELIEVED our ridiculous story and kept asking yishan to tell us more about glen's "scandal"
at some point..she pointed at yishan..OH!!!u BOCOR RAHSIA!!!" wahhhh..rili feel like whacking her..haha!!everyone else tried to cover up and she still dunno wat happened..

suilin who was beside her pinched her and stared hard at her..and she turned and ask.."why r u keep looking at me??why pinch me??"

until kha hong couldnt continue to act as if she din noe about this plan..and asked her to just remain quiet and dun speak again..

the blur gal obviously still couldnt get it and after a while..suilin had to pull her out and explain to her from a to z inside the toilet..:P

#4
and as time goes by..we kept saying the wrong things and tried to cover up..stress level increasing..haha.

and since alice's bus back to aberdeen was at 645pm and glen's bus to glasgow would reach at 530..we've to reach buchanan bus station at around 530..
we told suokteng that alice's bus was at 545pm..since suokteng was the onli person still in the dark..we were all very relaxed and walked slowly to the bus station..

whereas st dragged alice and walked super fast..

poor alice..in the attempt to slow down suokteng..she turned and asked us.."hey..did i tell u it was 545pm or 555pm??"..

we just showed the confused face and replied...ermm..not sure..keji suechoo even answered.."i think it was 545pm lar!!"WAHAHA!!

after we reached the bus station...alice had to continue acting as if she was too blur and searched for the piece of the paper that wrote the time..and acted surprise to see it was actually 645 instead of 545pm..

and finally....glen appeared from behind and shocked suokteng..haha!!
apparently suokteng is also a super blur gal..she never suspected anything (even after the afternoon incident when everyone kept bocor rahsia..)

so finally..the secrets were revealed..too bad alice and glen could only meet up for about an hour before she went back to aberdeen..

trying to act cool..:P

btw..ahteng can rili come out with sudden situation that we never tot of..before this, she said she wanna go aberdeen this weekend..so we had to come out with excuses to block her from going..after that, we'd an offer to work on sat nite..and ahteng kept persuading us to work..

so have to tell more lies so that she wont suspect anything..

phew..im just glad that i dun have to keep secret about frens coming for the weekend anymore..its so difficult.....!!:P

FRUSTRATED...

2007-11-11T05:12:00.000+08:00

wats the WORST NITEMARE for a student?

im experiencing it NOW... !@#@$%!!!

on monday, i've a presentation about my research project, and until this moment, after browsing and reading thru articles, i still cant find enough useful information, which means the articles that i've read so far are kinda irrelevant and im still searching for THE ONE that suits wat my lecturer wants..:(

to make things worse, the lamp in my room just ROSAK!!!so nw i can only depend solely on my tablelamp..and 2moro's sunday..which means the earliest that i can find someone to fix the lamp is ..MONDAY?!!!

so this is me nw..

frustrated..geram..keksim..scheisse...ARGGGHH!!

looks like some character in the horror movie trying to find my next victim thru internet..

好凄凉的画面~~~

2007-11-10T02:19:00.000+08:00

Today i went to work with kahyie and weimeng, with no idea that Im going to be witnessing the historical moment!!!!

Since we were here in glasgow, there were lots of big posters, programmes, advertisements etc stating that glasgow is bidding to host the Commonwealth Games. Therefore, I noe today is the day that the host of 2014 Commonwealth Games will be announced, but i did not imagine that the place that i would be working (at the old fruitmarket/city hall)..was the place where about 1000 ppl including school children, athletes and politicians gathered to watch the announcement live from Columbo, Sri Lanka. There were also other performances by singers from scotland and other traditional scottish music..Before reaching the city hall, we saw lots of ppl outside, e.g the crew from bbc scotland..skytv...etc..preparing for direct telecast later, so u can imagine hw grand the event was..

Was a bit nervous at first cos i havent had any job since i went for trip..but lucky me!! today's work was pretty simple..ya i still need to carry stuff etc, but my main job was just pouring tea and coffee for all those who came to us..and when i mean pouring..i rili poured endless cups of coffee and tea for many hours.( at least few hundred cups!!) the ppl kept coming non-stop, but as usual, the crowd was frenly and joyful, e.g always thanking us, and some that came for 2nd or 3rd cup of coffee actually recognised my face,haha!! so basically it was fun and i enjoyed it..[excluding the part where kahyie and i kena scolded cos we ate AFTER we finished our job, which makes no sense at all..but nvmlar, my mood wont be spoilt bcos of some stupid #$%$]

at around half past twelve, everyone was inside the hall, so kahyie and i went to have a peep at the crowd..and we were just in time to witness the announcement!! As expected, glasgow won the right to host 2014 Commonwealth Games, by securing 47 votes against 24 for Abuja out of a total of 71 member countries..upon the announcement, the crowd went wild and the cheer was deafening!!!everyone started hugging each other and was rili excited...omg..i was pretty excited too when i witnessed this..

all the happy expressions and endless cheering when the results was annouced..

this was exactly wat we saw today..totally amazing!!!the above pics were taken at the fruitmarket (got it from online news)

Autumn in my heart..

2007-11-08T07:25:00.001+08:00

Inspired by our other coursemates, we too decided to have our little photography session today, at Glasgow Green before the autumn ends..

thanks to the breathtaking scenery + nice weather + pretty gals + hebat photographers *ahem..we managed to capture these..

captured by ahteng.. look at the birds!!

the tall nearly-botak tree and the plump xmas-tree-look-alike...total contrast to each other..

looks like some scene from korean movie rite??:P

and..

a few pics that i captured..

the lonely tree that stood strongly despite the strong wind..

the sunlight that still manage to penetrate through the leaves..

my personal favourite pic..this tree still has lots of seeds though there is no longer any leaves on it..

of course, not forgetting our happy faces..

...and our messy hair (haha!!the wind was tooooooo strong..have to filter out a lot of pics cos our hair looks too messy!!)

professional background..:) (p/s: the 4 gals in front have similar height!!:P)

my solo pic..

another nice pic taken by photographer choo..liked the bright blue sky..

the above 2 pics are taken by kha hong..like it very much too! rili gt "feel" lerr??

my crazy housemates..

the cute and lame frens..

these are among some of the pics that we took..by the amount of pics that i include into my blog, its obvious that i rili liked the pics we took today..haha..and though it looks sunny..the weather was in fact VERY VERY COLD!!

the funny thing was..7 of us brought 4 cameras with us..BUT..suilin forgot to put her memory card in (BLUR!!!:P)..yishan and ahteng's camera went out of battery...and not long after that..my camera oso habis battery...so we were forced to end this photo-taking session..if not..we'd probably end up taking even more pics..and suokteng wil probably freeze til pengsan [*quote from lameking "then u guys wil have baked giraffe to eat" wah...super lame!!]

Bonfire night..

2007-11-06T05:48:00.000+08:00

for the past few nites, had been witnessing small fireworks around the city from my room..

and today...A LOT of ppl gathered in Glasgow Green, a park situated near our hostel to witness the spectacular fireworks..there was oso fun fair and lots of stalls selling food..

Bonfire nite, oso known as Guy Fawkes Night, is an annual celebration on 5th of November with fireworks and burning effigies of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire. According to wikipedia and other sources..:P (life is so much easier with wikipedia around), this is to celebrate the foiling of the gunpowder plot of the 5th nov 1605 where some Roman Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, attempted to blow up the House of Parliament, together with the King, James I, his Ministers and Members of Parliament. This day is celebrated primarily in the UK, but also in other former British colonies such as New Zealand and part of Canada.

out of curiousity, i went on to search on why they wanna blow up the place and kill the king..apparently the government was treating the Catholics unfairly and when James I became the king, he passed more laws against them. Some of the English have been wondering whether they are celebrating Fawkes' execution or honoring his attempt to do away with the government..

This made me ponder..wat is right and wat is wrong? there is always two sides of the story, and the definition of "good" and "bad" is no longer clear-cut ever since we grew up..*life is so complicated*..

okay, back to the pics we took..a bit lazy to take pics cos it was too dark..

the 2 Eskimos..

some of us..i guess most of our coursemates were there 2nite..

haha..i took the 2 pics when the fireworks just started..lasted about 15 mins i think..was watching in awe the whole time (its definitely better than the above). i chose to concentrate watching (tats why i din snap any pics after that:P) probably wil copy other ppl's pics into my blog if im rajin enuf.:p. anyway, IT WAS TOTALLY UNBELIEVABLE!! had a great time tonite, despite the fact that it was freezing outside..

[MV] 周杰倫 - 我不配

2007-11-04T22:52:00.001+08:00

another nice MV of jay chou.the gal in the MV is rili pretty!!:)..oh no..more and more jay chou's videos in my blog,haha!!

"IT" & "four weddings and a funeral"

2007-11-04T07:58:00.000+08:00

many of us may experience this: watched a movie during childhood that impact on us so much that we'd still remember the character so clearly until today. One day, when u mentioned it to ur friends..u'd be astonished that others shared the similar experience with u..well..for those who were borned in the 80s will definitely heard of the movie "IT"..i hardly remembered the storyline, but i still remember the scary clown and his irritable laugh..

and during a-levels, we toked about this once..and somehw my friend managed to get the film..and with much anticipation, excitement and feeling a bit fearful, we watched the movie together. BUT...the whole movie wasnt at all scary!! it was totally different than what we'd expected..We were VERY scared before this whenever we mentioned the film, but watching it again brought a totally new feeling..and we were utterly disappointed.. after watching it for the 2nd time..the movie was kinda boring and some of the scenes seem funny..looking back at the old film, we just dun find the scenes believable..come to think about it, its kinda weird that our memory dun necessary match the reality..

see???its not scary at all..:P

today sc and i talked about this..and shortly after that, i went out to watch tv..and ironically, i saw hugh grant (one of my favourite actors) with curly hair,loose hawaiian style t-shirt and shorts which clearly indicated the fashion during the 90s..immediately i was glued to the sofa after that..the storyline was somewat familiar, and not long after that..i remembered that this was the movie "Four Weddings and a Funeral", one of the most talked about british film during the 90s..was still in primary school (the movie was released in 1994) when i watched this movie at home..but din appreciate it that time cos i was still young and innocent:p and therefore din finish watching it..

this time..i missed out the beginning of the film, but i continued watching it to see whether it was similar to wat i've remembered vaguely. This light-hearted english film is about a group of friends going to weddings where funny incidents happened. The story basically centres on the romance between a charming english man (Hugh grant, of course!!:P) and an American woman. They seem to run into each other at the weddings, but somehow they werent together due to some circumstances. The storyline was simple, but the characters were fun and there were lots of witty lines tat kept me laughing. Another part worth mentioning was the heartfelt recitation of W.H. Auden's "Funeral Blues" which was kinda moving (the whole poem was read by the dead old man's gay partner)

anyway, i cant say that its a great movie, but watching a relaxing and funny movie on a saturday nite certainly felt nice!! Plus, its not at all disappointing compared to "It":)

hugh grant still looks great despite the big flowery t-shirt:)

彩虹 Rainbow [Cai Hong]- Jay Chou 周杰倫 MV[Full]

2007-11-03T03:56:00.001+08:00

awwwww...NICE song and MV..esp the music at the beginning and the guitar part..hehe..this song is kinda addictive..have been listening to it OVER AND OVER again..:)

what a day!

2007-11-01T20:13:00.000+08:00

getting lost is nothing unfamiliar for me. im oways VERY BAD in directions, but after all those "trainings" tat i had since i came to glasgow (sometimes loitering around glasgow street alone when i feel like lepak-ing and lately going out with my parents when they were here..) i tot i would have improved in my sense of directions..

obviously wrong again!! yesterday had an appointment for applying NI number (need it for working here) after copying a map from shirlyn and after a detailed description, i went out searching for the bus station near M&S..damn!!got confused of the different bus stops nearby..so had to call shirlyn who is always my gprs to help out..after some time, by pure luck i managed to find the correct bus stop and board the bus (p/s: thanks a lot shirlyn..haha!shud have msg-ed u when i reached, din noe u gt worried:p)

and realised i dun have enuf coins for the bus tic!!!couldnt use the 10pound notes as well..

just when i stood there helplessly, an old lady from behind asked me hw much i needed and she paid for me!! i kept thanking her, and wanted to pay her back with the remaining coins tat i had, but the nice lady just smiled and said "SOMEONE DID THIS ONCE FOR ME TOO..its alrite" awwww..rili very nice!! i then requested the driver to inform me where to get down. Another cute old lady voluntarily helped me explain again to the driver. So, along the journey i chatted with the lady who paid for me. She even slowed down her speed in toking so that i could understand..and before i got down, the helpful driver explained to me again the streets nearby and where he stopped..

anyway, to cut the long story short. I gt lost AGAIN when i gt down the bus. Being a terrible map reader + the building that i need to go to had no name and situated behind a few construction sites + a somewat isolated street that i've been to for the 1st time, its almost destined that i couldnt find my way. Nevertheless, i considered myself as rili lucky..once again, I've met a few ppl who helped me along the way- a lady who was not good in direction herself tried her best to read the map; a Turkish? old man whose English was kinda hard to understand, but he was rili helpful and volunteered to show me where the building was...and finally i gt to the social security office on time with the help of these ppl..

Needed to wait for another 1 hour+ for my interview..and after the interview, i went back to the agency i worked for to ask for the employment letter..etc etc..going thru all the hassle and walking here and there for whole afternoon so that i can work part time in UK!!!

for those who havnt gone for the interview, the place wasnt as difficult to find as i've described..
when i reached my destination, i looked back at the map i drew, and it made perfect sense!! so i guess i'd probably be the only 1 who'd gt lost with a detailed map and going thru the lil adventure..haha!

im just glad i've met all the nice ppl that made my day! those small incidents rili warmed my heart, still in good mood thou i'd to walk a long way..hopefully that my good luck wil continue and will get a job soon..:)

All about IMU (Ball song)

2007-10-20T05:21:00.001+08:00

saw this on youtube a couple of days ago..
the video was shown during the IMU ball 2006, produced by the medic students..we had a good laugh at it..i still find it very funny after watching it again..brings back some of the memories while we were in IMU, especially the part about the indian lecturer..remember hw noisy we were that time??he gt very angry and scolded us..and we din even realise tat he was scolding us!!lolz

Gotong-royong..

2007-10-15T01:53:00.000+08:00

as hardworking + pretty housewives..we dutifully spent our sunday afternoon to clean our beloved J 9 flat..

*useful tip: to prevent from waiting for the ice to naturally MELT til DUNO WHEN..boil hot water and place inside the fridge..
hehe..kha hong seems to enjoy doing housework..

...whereas suokteng tak habis-habis 碎碎念 " wat lar these ppl....why wanna inspect our apartment on fri??!!!WHY??!!!summore gonna fine if not clean!!" its ok..our apartment oways that clean..no need to worry..:P

and since she keeps complaining that her pic is ugly..I SHALL INCLUDE IT IN MY BLOG..haha!

nvmlar ahteng.. i think my photo looks even more like si lai ok??

suechoo cleaning her window..looks like someone that wants to jump down..:p

me..费了九牛二虎之力..wipe wipe wipe.. at some point..darren was downstairs with widely-opened mouth looking at us...stunned by our rajin-ness..FINALLY...

after whole afternoon of hard work..our apartment looks sparkling clean..

BEFORE..

some of the things we had in the fridge..

AFTER..

everything is soooo neat..:) looking at the amount of food we possess(the above pic is onli about 40% of our total amount of food)..its not difficult to figure out why i can gain weight in such a short period!!

CONCLUSION...being a housewife is rili tiring...and OMG..i still need to clean up my room within these few days..*pengsan*..

as usual..buying groceries..

2007-10-14T01:32:00.000+08:00

today i went to buy groceries with sue choo..

before reaching tesco..we went to Poundland...when suechoo was looking at the dish-washing liquid..i suddenly recalled tat our house's liquid nearly ran out and told her bout it..and she showed the extremely 炸到 expressions.."hey..i was telling u about that since just now..!!!more than twice i think!!" oops!sorry harr...HAHA!!2 possibilities then: either sc was IMAGINING that she has told me but actually the words remained in her head..OR..i wasnt paying attention..(yaya..i noe..suokteng and kha hong definitely think that the latter is more possible..)

anyway..we met suokteng(who went out earlier than us) outside tesco and she was oledi on her way back..she volunteered to take the things we bought..so since both our hands were empty..suechoo and i happily went to the shop opposite tesco hunting for clothes..after searching and trying..both of us berjaya to buy a shirt each..yay!:)

after that..we were finally in Tesco buying groceries..spent our sweet time surveying and comparing prices..and ended up buying quite a lot again..

on the way back..

suechoo suddenly gasped,' HEY!!we forgot to buy GINGER!!' (oops!! that was one of our main purpose of going out at the 1st place..and i actually took out our shopping list when we were in Tesco..but after that we were distracted by other items and TOTALLY forgot about it..)

after a few seconds..we remembered that we OSO forgot to buy capsican and fruits..er..which are also the things that we're supposed to buy..the fact is..the things we bought werent in the list and some of the things in the list..we forgot pulak..kinda ridiculous!!both of us laughed all the way til we reached home!!CUAK SAI!!

hmm..there's a saying that when guys go shopping..they have a clear aim about what they're going to buy..and so they'll just focus on their target and chose whatever they want and leave..well..when gals go shopping..they oso have aims..just that they'll always end up with other things as well and forget all about their initial aim..i guess we've just proven that theory to be quite true..*cough

Babel..

2007-10-13T06:28:00.000+08:00

Friday nite again..the time when i can just sit back and relax..

Watched Babel ..which is a 2.5 hour movie that has won a lot of awards since last year..the storyline is rili hard to explain..basically it involves 4 different scenarios happening simultaneously in Morocco, San Diego, Mexico and Japan..which explores culture clashes in life.. for me..the plot was kinda disturbing at first, but the story gets better and better after a while...I quite like it as its not the typical American-type movie and the story was unpredictable..wont wanna spoil it by telling u guys about what the story is about..so go watch it urself..:)

*warning: Brad Pitt doesnt look cute in this movie..but his acting was good!:)

Was kinda curious about wat the title "babel" means..so searched a bit and found some interesting facts..

*direct quote from internet* : The title refers to the story of the Tower of Babel in the Biblical Book of Genesis. In the story, the people of the world are all united and speak a common language. They begin to build a tower to reach the heavens and become godlike themselves. God, observing the arrogance of humanity, decides to confuse the language of the people and destroy the tower. When the people could no longer understand each other they gave up work on the tower and spread out to different parts of the world.

It also refers to the connections -or lack thereof- that come through the use of language. This film ultimately looks at the fact that we are all intimately connected on a life-and-death level, yet the trivialities of langauge and misunderstandings break us apart.

For all my frens..cheers:)

2007-10-11T21:03:00.000+08:00

U all have always been there for me.. I hope i can do the same for u as well..*hugz

:)

2007-10-11T02:47:00.000+08:00

after so long..8 of us had lunch+dinner together at the loaders at around 4pm yesterday, as it was cheaper tat time..actually it was a delayed celebration of us finally passing the dreadful pharmacy practice 3! (but ironically we did not mention about pp3 at all yesterday..:P)

for me...this subject was definitely my nightmare! i made a lot of careless + stupid mistakes during the class tests..especially for VET prescriptions..kena deducted 90 marks for one of the prescriptions written for Whoopsie the cat (go to hell, Whoopsie! *ARGH!!*:P)..scored 0 marks for both the class tests..insulted by THE lecturer we disliked the most..who asked me to use COMMON SENSE to solve probs when i consulted her..:(

anyway..im just thankful that we've make it through..before putting a fullstop to this subject..i wanna thank suechoo and suokteng for their moral support (they've cooked many meals for us..planned for the Prague trip while kha hong and i struggled through the difficult subject..) thanks to kha hong..wil remember the times when we studied all the drug interactions together and encouraged each other.. and of course..to the gals...HAHA..all the stressful discussions we had back then seemed fun nw..e.g discussing the problems together while exchanging lame jokes, consulting the lecturers.. and laughing at each other's stupid mistakes during exams...i still think blur god peifong's mistake is one of the best..she wrote her patients' name wrongly..TWICE summore! She accidentally wrote one of her patients' name as ROBBIE WILLIAMS..kena deducted dunno hw many marks for that!!WAHAHA!!

with 8 girls together = taking pics + lots of laughter + gossiping + gossiping + gossiping..

when somebody gets drunk...

2007-10-08T05:21:00.000+08:00

haha..what shud we do when somebody gets drunk? i've never been seriously drunk, not because im a good drinker..probably im jz too chicken to drink so much..and therefore..i oso have no experience in dealing with people who are drunk...

anyway..some people may start to dance..or turns into red apple..or started to vomit..singing..etc etc doing all the unexpected stuff..

bt today i've come across a fren(u noe who u're..haha!) who'll start to talk nonsense non-stop and laugh non-stop thru msn!!hw weird is that??!!i've no idea that he's drunk at first..just feels weird when he started saying..schizophrenia..paranoia..delirium tremens all of a sudden..(and btw..he's an engineering student!) and repeatedly typed hahahaha...kakakakaka.....hahahaha.....kakaka...

this is part of the conversation between me and him
me: wahlao eh...u mabuk d isit?
him: wooi wooi.....why u tell st? mane i mabuk?
him: polis polis!polize!
him: ngiak ngiak
me: WAT the..!!!woi...dun keep on speaking so randomly can or not?
me: i feel like punching u d!!wahlao!!
him: come come
him: punch me now! (he repeated this a few times!!!ARGH!!!)
me: *PUNCH!!
( now i noe hw all the fights happened after people get drunk...with people keeps saying that to u.. its hard not to follow their instructions..if he's in front of me...i think i'll start punching him oso!!!)

him: not pain one! I want MORE!
me: du isst scheisse!!!( u eat shit!)
him: wah...geng bo..scheissegal!!
me: *tut* (scolding in german)
him: *tut* back.. (ok..learn a german word today in scolding people)
me: hey..since u're drunk..teach me more foul language larr...
him: no no..foul language no good one..
him: refer to http://dict.leo.org/...
him: type english and u'll get german one..

and the lame conversation goes on and on...

then my other frens started putting captions dedicated to him..
for example..
say no to alcohol!it'll only deteriorate ur liver..
no alcohol..konstanzer
its normal..dun worry..he wont die..(from his housemate)

and since he's talking randomly to other ppl as well..all my other frens refer back to his housemate...according to his housemate..its normal that he'll LAUGH AND LAUGH and tok nonsense when he's drunk..

and clever me..i actually found a solution to stop him toking nonsense..:)
after i mentioned the magic word (a gal's name)..he went quiet for quite some time..and the next few lines he typed was not as random or as weird..TATA!!he's back to 80% normal!!haha...and he actually told suokteng that im clever cos he felt normal d after i mentioned the name...WOW..the power of LOVE..hiak hiak!!!

....^0^

2007-10-04T01:15:00.000+08:00

today after class..

i came out from the lecture hall and busy chatting with kah yie..after a while..

me: hey..this is not where we came out yesterday ler!! (nw we're having lectures in another place which is different from last semester)

kah yie: yeah...there are 2 exits marr..we're using the other exitlar...hehe!

me: ooooooooooo.....ic...

...continue chatting while walking blindly...

me: eeee??why is everyone walking this direction?? (thinking to myself..weird..i thought our hostel is at the opposite direction..??)

kahyie: (a bit puzzled) yah..we're nw going to the workshop...

me: (!!!!!!!!) BUT......i dun have workshop nw!!!

kahyie:(speechless..looking at me blindly..)

me: my group's workshop is this afternoon!!

kahyie: (cant stop laughing) BLUR!!!!!!!!!!

and then.....i had to walk back to my apartment..and cant avoid telling the truth to st,sc and kh as they were surprised that i came bek so late...ARGHHHHH.......

and this afternoon.....i had no idea where my workshop was held at..end up going together with my other groupmates...and after reaching the building....we had to spend some time walking around the maze-like rooms (its really confusing ok??!!) until we could finally found our destination......and THE lecturer was already there...

this is really not a good start for my semester!!i dun understand why they've to have this workshop..tutorial...lecture in different places...OH NO!!!!!im rili bad at directions larr.....can already predict my life after this..endless searching and getting lost...

A Joke To Share With...

2007-09-28T20:03:00.000+08:00

haha...finally im cleaning my room after so long..and as i was clearing some of my stuff..i came across this joke which i cut from the newspaper in london at the beginning of the trip..

A woman was out golfing one day when she accidentally hit her ball into the woods. While looking for it she came across a frog stuck in a trap.
The frog said to her,' if you release me, I will grant you three wishes.'
The woman immediately freed the frog, and the frog then said, 'Thank you, but I failed to mention that there was a condition to your wishes. Watever you wish for, your husband will get times ten!'
The woman said,' Fine.'

For her first wish, she wanted to be the most beautiful woman in the world.
The frog warned her:' You do realise that this wish will also make your husband the most handsome man in the world, an Adonis whom women will flock to.'
The woman replied;' Thats okay, because I will be the most beautiful woman and he will have eyes only for me.'
So she becomes the most beautiful woman in the world.

For her second wish, she wanted to be the richest woman in the world.
The frog said:' That will make your husband ten times richer than you.'
The woman said;' thats okay, because what's mine is his and what's his is mine.' So she becomes the richest woman in the world.

The frog then inquired about her third wish,
and she answered;' I'd like a mild heart attack.'

Moral of the story? Women are clever. Dont mess with them.
Attention all females: This is the end of the joke for you. Please stop reading here and continue feeling good.

Male readers: Please read on.
The man had a heart attack but it was ten times milder than his wife's.
Moral of the story? Women are really not that smart but think they are, plus they never listen.

haha...unexpected lerr??HAVE A NICE DAY!!

TRIP的完结篇...

2007-09-27T07:13:00.000+08:00

就像对trip的万般不舍, 我对这篇完结篇也是蛮依依不舍..trip 里发生的大事件或小故事是肯定无法完整的写下..多谢另三位还沉醉在过去的美女这几天的帮忙:P 这几天的话题总离不开这班疯狂的男生和经历过的点点滴滴..

loutao..apalah..take quite a few pics with u but this is the onli normal pic that we had!!

BENSI..

Our loutao who is also our Vienna trip tour guide..long gas at times..oways pesan us not to do this not to do that…
Wil remember ur “romantic love story”->kesian….keep kena shoot by suokteng..
and ur expressions after drinking beer..and the way u imitate the character in Death Note..rili very funny!!
Thanks for applying so many days of leave to join us for the trip..we noe u're always in the dilemma of whether to join us or not, but we’re glad that u stayed throughout the whole trip..
And thanks for the small card that u gave us the nite before we left..with ur cute drawings and sentimental words..touching ler!!(Quote from james..panas baran loutao becomes very sentimental after the trip..:P)

AH MENG...

The professional photographer who took a lot of nice scenery pics and those candid pictures of us..
a good tour guide in Salzburg..rili took care of us..

very knowledgable as well..knows a lot about the history..
super pia when playing games.. 脚受伤后还拼命打排球..thanx a lot ya teammate..:P
A big surprise when u decided to take few hours train to come to Konstanz to meet us after work..haha..and we 浩浩荡荡 go to train station at 1 sumthing am to pick u up..after that kept travelling to and fro heilbronn..kept skipping work to join us..haha!semangat betul..:P

PUNSI...

Blur king!!haha..super blur in playing killer..very炸到!!
No.1 poser who tak habis-habis wanna take pictures.. 走搞笑路线 and provides us with so much entertainment by looking at his pics..
Selectively ganas towards certain ppl..^-^
Funny tour guide in germany..a bit lagging at times..rili had fun in zat u..
Very crazy..especially when playing games..cant wait for the next Frisbees game again
and my partner in playing volleyball(not forgetting ahmeng and sekfatt as well)..haha..i’ve no contribution at all when playing volleyball, have the instinct to avoid the ball whenever I see the ball..luckily u came up with the brilliant idea..hiak hiak!!

SEKSI..

Hebat map-reader who is good in recognizing all the roads..
Small eater..but I think u’ve slightly improved after the trip(cos suechoo repeatedly ask u to eat more..)
Always semangat in playing taiti and killer..good teammate in playing volleyball..hiakz

likes to zat me a lot..
Supposed to be a rational guy, but becomes unpredictable after this trip..
before this bensi, ur housemate for ages, was so sure that u wont ponteng kerja to join us..yup..true, u went back to work after we left Stuttgart..but unexpectedly after two days, came all the way to Konstanz to join us..haha..kena perli habis-habis…nvm lar..i noe u miss us a lot..*wink*

JAMSI...

Da blur…being with u and blur king..i feel that im not so blur..haha!!
(suokteng just told me another blur thing u did..when we were out..u forgot ur sunglasses..then u ran back to get it..after coming back to join us..baru discover u’ve forgotten the much more important ticket as well, then have to run back again..haha!)
Another funny tour guide in Germany..u and pun will suddenly stop in the middle of the street and start explaining the history..funny lar!(rajin searching info through Wikipedia ar...hiak hiak!!)
Wil remember ur great skills in playing guitar..(all the张震岳 & 周杰伦’s songs)..no need to be paiseh lar! ^-^ and ur delicious 蚂蚁上树..we’ll use ur recipe in Glasgow..:P
And i rili enjoyed the times when we sama-sama siao in Europa Park..u're the one who triggered my “braveness” ..suggesting me to lift up my hands throughout the exciting rides to experience the free-fall feeling..rili an unforgettable experience..hiakz

mashi..hw dare u keep moving backwards so that ur face looks smaller??keji!!:P..everyone..this is all illusion..my face is nt so pong..

MASHI...

this住家男人was successfully persuaded to Karlsruhe with us, which is another surprise..:P
Super hebat in cooking, making cakes and cocktail.. 让我们有宾至如归的感觉 ..
My sifu in teaching me how to play poker..taught me how to mislead other ppl...
gave me a lesson on hw to play magic cards and the different types of wine etc..(liao!cant rili remember d..:P) wah..this guy rili knows how to enjoy life..
however..u’re also very keji..no wonder the others call u 贱兔 lah..during the farewell dinner..nearly rosakkan our plans..but luckily we’re oso very fast in action..hiak hiak!

SOT TENG..

Our organizer for the Prague trip…sometimes I really佩服 the amount of info u were able to find..hebat betul!!can tell the history of Prague until very detailed..
Walking 点唱机..can sing anytime and almost any Cantonese songs..very impressive!!
Can walk super fast during the trip..will be in front if I walk with u and will be at the last row if I walk with sue choo..i wonder why..^-^
And u’ve conquered ur fear in all the exciting rides..thumbs up!!
This giraffe can get very sot, ask those who joined the trip and everyone will agree..ur nickname suits u lar..sot sot teng..(e.g say *tut* when the angmohs repeatedly said “ni hao”..grab the last piece of 糖醋排骨..tsk tsk! etc etc..)

MOUSE...

Another very good map reader..thanks to kha hong..we’ve managed to find our way in Prague and not getting lost..
very observant and not blur at all although surrounded by blur ppl like me..
very fast learner..learn lots of German during the trip eh?!^-^
slow and steady in eating food..marathon winner! My best partner in sharing food, yay! 合作愉快!!

though u were worried bout the rides in Europa park at 1st, but u managed to go on the Silver Star twice...hebat!!:)
Most of the time very sweet and nice to everyone..but sometimes can be rili gud in zat other ppl…rili funny looking at u zat loutao!!

LION CHONG...

Thanks for organizing the Prague trip and did so much research before the trip..so semangat in looking for good food in Prague..
and as usual..bringing a lot of laughter to us..
I’ll oso remember the Don Giovanni story told on the nite in Vienna…
the funny volleyball session…damn stress!!
The Frisbees game..remember hw both of us grabbed the frisbees..ganas betul..
Sama-sama gila during the europa park trip..
And sometimes I find it kinda恐怖..after exchanging glance with u..i can actually read what u were about to tell me..
oh..and surprisingly after this trip, Im proud to say that im no longer the blur queen!!haha..u've repeatedly forgotten where u put ur keys…until loutao 看不下去 and decided to keep the key for u..

the 4 of us..

some of the candid shots during the Austria trip that i like...

To all the ji mui and heng dai that joined the trip...

thanks a lot for everything..without u ppl..the trip wont be so perfect..U ppl rili did a great job in organizing this trip..its full of surprises...and to the guys..thanx for giving us the small animals resembling each of us..(tall giraffe=suokteng, small mouse=kha hong, crazy lion = suechoo...and CUTE bear= me :P)...we din expect that..:)

haha..nw we've another trip to look forward to..cant wait to meet again in Xmas..as for nw..we cant reveal too much about our plans during xmas..everything is about SURPRISE!!

就像淑婷说的..总结这个旅程=感动+开心+难忘+幸福i

真的有家人的感觉...
~一切尽在不言中~

MEANS OF TRANSPORT during our trip..

2007-09-26T07:36:00.000+08:00

okay..this post may not sound interesting..nonetheless im including it to make my record more complete..so bear with me ok?:p

~bus...

definitely the most memorable one will be the 9 hour bus trip from Glasgow to London and vice versa..spend most of my time dozing off; the 5 hour bus trip from Prague to Vienna was enjoyable for me..watched my 1st czech movie "Elementary School" (if i remember it correctly) which was kinda interesting, and had cappucino and hot choc in the bus-a total new experience for me!

waiting for bus outside Hellbrunn Palace, Salzburg..

One of the funny incidents was on our way back from Mainau Island. We were supposed to take bus back to the city centre of Konstanz..james and i were walking in front and suddenly we saw the bus tat we were supposed to take was already there..not wanting to miss the bus (as we’ve to wait for another half an hour for another bus), James ran to ask the bus driver to stop and wait for us, whereas I ran to tell the others to hurry up..and after we reached the bus stop..we saw the bus leaving with james in the bus, and everyone was startled..and the moment james appeared after taking the next bus..the first phrase he said was.. 孩子们,我回来了!wahaha!the whole situation was so funny! and according to him, the bus driver just shut the door and drove away when he requested for him to wait for a while...

~aeroplane..

1st time staying overnite at the Stansted airport, London before catching an early flight to Prague..cant belif there were quite a lot of ppl staying overnite at the airport..so it wasnt as scary and dangerous as we thought..but still not easy to sleep well with important documents to worry about..

~train...

Sitting in the train for hours traveling from city to city in Germany..for me the journey was interesting..

looking at the amazing view from the window..

snapping pictures..

chatting and gossiping with the others..

listening to music..

singing songs together..(especially all the zhang zhen yue’s songs)..

playing taiti..

playing killer...extremely funny experience..after a few days of training, pun transformed from the super-blur killer to hebat killer;kha hong and sekfatt were the silent killers; sipeng, suokteng,james and ahmeng either get killed by killer or kena suspected as killer(haha..maybe they got the keji look) ; suechoo..not so skilful as she oways had the satisfied smile whenever she became killer;as for me..i think im quite skilful *ahem* but i admit im a bad guesser larr..oways point at the wrong killer..hiakz

At most times during the train rides, we’d to transit for a few times (getting down the train, going to another platform and taking another train)

For example..the trip from Vienna to Salzburg, I think we’d to transit for about four times..

call me 变态 but I actually enjoyed running around with a big backpack( especially when the transit time was only a few minutes apart and we’d to run as fast as possible)..kinda reminds me of Amazing Race..

However, during our trip to Europa park, we were too excited toking to each other until we missed the stop that we were supposed to go down..luckily mashi and wee nien reminded us and we quickly went down the next stop which was a very isolated place..according to the timetable, the next train was going to be 1 hour later..but that day was our lucky day..just when we were discussing wat to do next, 说时迟那时快 ,we heard a train coming (it was such a coincidence that the previous train was late)..so the next thing we noe, everyone was running like mad towards the train..wow..rili an exciting start for the day!

~hop on hop off tram...

this tram saved our lives in Schonbrunn Palace by preventing us from freezing to death!!haha..get to tour around the castle..the idea of taking pictures was still more tempting..so some of us jumped off the tram at times to have a quick snap..

拼了!甘愿发抖也要拍照..:)

~cable car...

using the cable car to and fro Hohensalzburg Fortress in Salzburg..can see very nice view as well!

~tram..

taking tram is also a common way of traveling within the city..we were not used to see tram on the road and were extra careful whenever we crossed the roads.. In Prague, at the beginning we weren’t familiar of the route..and end up taking the correct tram but going to the opposite direction..haha..but it was also a gud experience since we get to see a different part of Prague..

Whereas in germany..pun as the tour guide was kinda lagging at times..he’d only inform us to go down after the tram has stopped for a while..luckily we were not so lagging..sempat to jump down before the tram moved..haha!

~walking

And of course..we've spent hours walking around everyday, never been so fit in my life!!

walking in Neuschwanstein..

walking up to the Heidelberg castle..the slope was very steep!!something like walking up the slope near our hostel..just that the journey was much longer!!

oh..and during the first nite in Salzburg, we were walking back to Yoho Hostel and we actually got lost! it was such a coincidence that the blur family was walking together..Pun(blur king), james(da blur), me(xiao blur) and suechoo(our new member in the blur family) were busy chatting..then suddenly, we realised that the others have disappeared and we were in the middle of nowhere!bt luckily pun had a map with him..and after discussing and walking around..we still managed to find our way back before the others came to look for us..kinda funny looking back nw..hiak hiak:p

FOOD...

2007-09-25T04:38:00.000+08:00

Food is definitely one of our highlights during the trip…

These are some of the nice food that we’ve tried..

~Wiener Schnitzel..in Vienna and in Karlsruhe ( Karlsruhe definitely has cheaper and nicer schnitzel)

~Unforgettable nockerl..we had so much fun eating it..those who haven’t tried this before..u dunno what u’ve missed..

~PORK KNUCKLE..tried in Prague and Munich..my personal favourite cos im a carnivor..:)

~Beer...thanks to the guys who’ve introduced me different types of beer in Austria and Germany..I rili enjoyed it a lot. Below are the pics we took in Hofbrauhaus in Munich (the place where loutao declared that he’s a red apple:p)

(these were taken in Vienna and Salzburg)

~MC D chicken burger with chilli sauce..after this we’ll think of the trip whenever we see MCD burger..

~ the food below was taken in Stuttgart(the noodle-like thing is spätzle, the one in the senduk one is maultasche and the rest is pork steak)..this restaurant is where sekfatt kena bombarded for wearing Barcelona shirt by the weird waiter who’s a real fan of Real Madrid..

~The nice Japanese buffet we had in Sakura, Stuttgart..suechoo, pun, kha hong and I were at one table whereas bensi,suokteng and james were at the other table..with pun the 无底洞 and kha hong the marathon runner,sue choo and I oso kena trigger to eat to our maximum..we spent more than one hour eating non-stop..whereas the other 3 gave up and shook their head when they saw the way we were eating..we could hardly move after that!

~Rosti and the huge American style sandwich which we shared in Deli Restaurant, Konstanz..Kha hong and I are best partners in sharing food…kesian loutao pairing up with suokteng..have to eat so much bcos of her..

~Few meals of nice chinese food..especially the one we had the nite before we left Germany..the food was nice and we rili had fun tat nite..:)

But for us..the best meals are definitely these….

~The nicely baked chocolate cake, biscuits and brownies prepared by Mashi..we were so excited when we found that the nice smell from the corridor was actually from Mashi and james’ apartment..

~The delicious 蚂蚁上树..prepared by James..everyone keeps praising him until he paiseh..:P

~The nasi lemak.. 糯米猪肉饭 by mashi (cooked 4 times to feed our big stomach)..

~The sandwiches that were prepared for our picnic in Freibad horn..

~The Piña Colada cocktail prepared by Mashi….very NICE!!

~满汉全席 in Karlsruhe (to name a few..pork stew by suechoo, cola chicken by pun, my potato with onion:P,mu xu rou by james, spicy vege by sekfatt..taugeh by mashi..all very yummy!!)

And of course…not forgetting the 爱心早餐 prepared by the guys early in the morning(about 6 sumthing) before going to Europa Park..haha…to be honest, the moment we woke up and saw them busy preparing breakfast..we’re all kinda touched…thanks a lot ya..hehe!:P

WOW…cant belif we actually ATE all these..a bit sayang that we did not have photographs for these food.. probably bcos we were too hungry tat time..:P

POSERS..

2007-09-24T06:35:00.000+08:00

Browsing through the pics for my next coming post(once again!!:P)..i came across many syok sendiri pictures..haha, kinda enjoy watching them so I decided to compile these pics..

hmm..maybe another reason why we get along so well is because of our 自恋 personalities..:p..
I personally like the pic of our shadows(me, suechoo and kha hong)..when suechoo was taking pics of our shadows..bensi and pun thought that the camera was aiming at them..thus the two camera-sensitive guys began to pose ( which is the next photo next to the shadow..haha..taken by suechoo as she din want to disappoint them:P)

Judging by the pics..its proven that the guys are much more 自恋 compared to us..hiakz

Another few details to be added:
there's a leg trying to kick st's butt-2nd pic from the left..st..obviously somebody very beh syok u worr..:p

there's a whole series of pics of ahpun holding the white umbrella..until other ppl kept looking at him..probably thinking he's some sort of a star from asia..haha

The most commonly used accessories are suokteng's sunglasses, followed by james and sue choo's hat..everyone had at least a few pics with suokteng's sunglasses

The most widely used pose is looking out from the window or looking at the sea..haha..actually we're ready to take pics at anytime-raining..inside the train..lining up...waiting for food.. and anywhere-beside a door,next to a statue,on the street,outside the restaurant.. haha!

Paling tak ada chemistry..2nd part..

2007-09-23T18:23:00.000+08:00

Since we've voted out the best couples....we've decided to vote on the paling tak ada chemistry pairs as well....hehe.....
Hmm...no sparks at all...:p

innocent gal with paikia...

bensi's smile is too reluctant!! 搞笑版loutao and daughter..
blur king ahpun and not-blur-at-all kha hong

this pair is very professional in taking other ppl's pics..hmmph.....too far apart to have chemistry..:)

More like heng-dai or ji-mui, this couple can sing almost any cantonese songs..:)

hehe...this 2 posts are for entertainment purpose..hope u enjoy it lar!i shall rest for some time until my next post..

it's just me...

back in msia..

oban + lochilphead trip..

london trip

random thoughts..

thank u:)

stupid exams..

inverness last day

....

Watch this!!

a few comics from stickgirl..

SMILE =)

神探

amsterdam trip..

Windermere trip..

another random post ^o^

HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY sue choo!!oops..:p

Last day of lecture..:(

Dundee trip

Paris Trip 2

Paris Trip..

happy birthday..:)

speedtest

updates..

crap..

cny day 1

long lost bro and sis

HAPPY CNY!!

pre-cny..

SNOW!!

something to ponder..

just some crap..

MY 1st SNOOOWWW~~~~

delta goodrem..be strong lyrics

American beauty

Inverness trip-29th dec

Professional photographers...

Inverness trip-28th dec

Inverness Trip- 27th dec

Edinburgh trip- 26th dec

ONCE

Glasgow trip Part2

" Sweet " photos..

Glasgow trip Part 1

Reminiscence..

One step closer to WHITE XMAS..

WATCH THE VIDEOS!!

Let's Fall In Luv

梁靜茹-會呼吸的痛

cute puppy

knut

Kenny G - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

*excited*

...cont'd

suokteng and kha hong's birthdays..

finally..the secrets were revealed..

FRUSTRATED...

Autumn in my heart..

Bonfire night..

[MV] 周杰倫 - 我不配

"IT" & "four weddings and a funeral"

彩虹 Rainbow [Cai Hong]- Jay Chou 周杰倫 MV[Full]

what a day!

All about IMU (Ball song)

Gotong-royong..

as usual..buying groceries..

Babel..

For all my frens..cheers:)

:)

when somebody gets drunk...

....^0^

A Joke To Share With...

TRIP的完结篇...

MEANS OF TRANSPORT during our trip..

FOOD...

POSERS..

Paling tak ada chemistry..2nd part..

excited