Heylo Sem 6! =)

7 weeks. Gone. Time to get back to uni.

Time to wear that lanyard once more.

Heylo sem 6! =)

Besides the usual stress,

may this be an awesome semester

with lotsa fun and laughter. =)

-1 Ling-

Dongzhi. =)

It's dongzhi. Marking the end of the year.

I don't really get myself involve in the process of making tang yuans every year since i started college i think..

Partially because mum and gramps usually made them together at gramps place.. and i will stand and watch instead of helping.. hehehe..

and partially cause i think i've grown out of the stage where i enjoyed playing with dough anymore.. XD

and i think for the recent years.. gramps hasn't been making tang yuans.. my aunt has been making them instead..

Anyway.. dongzhi is suppose to bring the family together..

汤圆.团圆. =)

and this year.. without mum and gramps home.. somehow.. it feels like there's something missing.. after all they are the two main tang yuan makers.. XD

I am not a rice ball fan.. i kind of dislike the chewing gum like texture.. and i don't usually eat them.. so whether having tang yuans to eat or not doesn't matter much to me.. but somehow.. not seeing my family make tang yuans together seems weird..

When i was little.. i remember liking dongzhi.. i get excited when gramps starts getting out the flour.. the dye and starts kneading.. i've always thought that maybe one day.. i'll be able to make my own tang yuans..

*yeah rite.. 10 years later.. i'm still unable to do it.. =.= *

It was always enjoyable to watch how gramps kneads the dough as she tells me how much water to put.. how long to knead and all.. I.. at that age.. only watch and nod.. and after kneading she will pinch out small lumps of dough for me to roll into balls.. When we're done, I always feel the sense of satisfaction looking at a whole table full of rice balls with assorted colours.. =) memories.

Now that i'm 21.. and my family isn't so into dongzhi for the recent years..

I am surprised to find myself envying my friends who are so into it..

I see pictures on facebook of tang yuan making.. I see.. blog entries on tang yuans..

I even have someone wishing me happy dongzhi.. makes me feel like i'm missing out on all the fun.. =(

hmm.. maybe next year.. next year.. i'll make sure i join in the fun of tang yuan making.. =)

Happy Dongzhi peeps. =)

-1 Ling-

That cute lil guy. =)

I was standing in front of the cinema today.. when i spot this little guy trying to wedge himself between a few boxes with a wide and cheeky grin on his face.. he was sooo cutteee...
so i nudged my brother and pointed at that little guy..
and the next thing i know..
that kid came running in my direction still grinning..
but i think this time.. his grin was a rather paiseh one? LOL
and guess what? he started throwing his little fists at me which totally caught me off guard..
all i could do was laugh and stare at him with my hands held up like i was under arrest..
when he thought i had enough "beating".. he ran away.. with his older brother tagging behind, asking him what's wrong.. LOL.. cute guy.. made my day.. =)
p/s: i think i just ruined his plan to hide and he hates me for that.. therefore the punches.. haha.. =)

*Do me a favor and save me the trouble of trying to read your mind?*

-1 Ling-

Awesome Company. =)

Bernie, Minyi, 2 CS, 2 YY, Sh, Lx..

Thankew peeps!! It was awesome meeting up with all of you and catching up.. =)

I almost forgot how easy it could be to talk to you guys..

people that know me so well.. =)

There's so much to talk and laugh about..

even when there's silence..

it's comfortable..

Hugz.

-1 Ling-

Singapore and Randomness.

Hey peeps.. =) Went to Singapore for a week with my family..

Just some edited pictures to be shared.. =)

Nothing much.. just a pleasant family trip..

Lots of gathering with all the grandaunts.. uncles and aunties..

and well.. i have to say.. in a way.. i like Singapore..

It's a very nice city.. with everything so well planned and clean..

but of course there are things that i don't quite like as well..

so.. by the end of the one week.. I really miss being in Penang..

where nice food is just 500m away.. XD

Nothing beats being home huh? =)

Visited a couple of interesting places..

Marina Barrage was a cool place.. Love Clarke Quay for the awesome nightlife..

Henderson Waves would be a really nice place to unwind and relax..

The Buddha Tooth Relic Temple Museum was an eye opener to the story of the Buddha which i only know bits and pieces of before this..

and the Body World exhibition at the Science Centre was something different..

plastination of real human bodies.. too bad no photography allowed..

this link provides pictures of it..

http://www.bodyworlds.com.sg/

the rest of the photos are on facebook.. =)

Holidays have been great so far.. Spending time with my family..

Yumcha with the girls.. Hanging out with the usual gang..

hmm.. but i miss the gang back in IMU.. haha..

was flipping through our Malaysian Studies project pictures...

and yeahh.. found myself missing those people.. =)

Read a couple of novels.. Both are awesome..

Made me laughed out loud and even teared..

tomorrow.. will be an interesting day.. lol..

i'll be experimenting with cheese and oreo with the girls..

and see if my "cheese cake" turn out right..

the girls.. each have a project of their own as well.. XD

we'll see if everything turns out nicely..

I realised.. i blog when i feel crappy.. and yeah..

i'm feeling crappy now.. =.=

feel like bugging han and get him to treat me a sundae..

hmm.. yeah.. think that's what i'll do after dinner..

hopefully.. i'll get my sundae.. XD

Signing off.

-1Ling-

For Han. =)

I was reading han's resume for his application to various us universities...

and.. i have to say i was impressed...

haha.. i guess.. there're a lot of things that i don't know about my lil brother..

though he's way taller than me.. though he's bigger than me..

though i've always acted like the younger sibling when i'm around him..

in my eyes.. he's always my lil brother... my one and only lil brother...

the small kid whom i always feel i need to look after... =)

Over the years.. I've never realized... how much he has grown and matured...

being the younger sibling.. it has never been easy for him i guess...

he told me that it was stressful being my younger brother some years ago...

that was something that NEVER dawned upon me...

cause we.. the both of us.. we excel in different areas in school...

he was always bright in math and science.. brilliant in sports... especially badminton...

i'm the exact opposite... i suck badly in math.. but i was better in languages...

i can never even manage to serve properly.. let alone play badminton..

but i was always busy with scouting when he was busy whacking shuttlecocks and umpiring...

i participated in debates and public speaking.. he on the other

hand was always into math and science quizzes.. i was the more outgoing sibling while he was the more quiet one..

we are different.. very different...

but what i lack.. he made it up with teaching me...

he taught me how to at least serve... cause to him.. i'm hopeless to be taught how to play... XD

he taught me the rules of badminton.. so i can watch badminton matches with him.. and together we can cheer for our favourite players.. =)

we stayed up late and watched football together... we booed when Man U lost...

those were the days..

my parents never compared the two of us..

but i guess some of our teachers and relatives did..

and somehow he felt it..

he has always wanted to be as good as i am if not better than me..

* though i never thought that i'm good.. i always thought he was way better...

maybe... just a little quiet when he's with people.. =) *

and that's where the stress came in for him...

that's what made him push himself i think.. to study that hard...

seriously.. i wasn't half as hardworking as he was...

it always amazes me how he manages his tight training schedules and schoolwork so well...

imagine.. 4 days of training per week.. with tuition and homework in between...

how did he do it? =.=

all his hard work paid off.. when he did excellently for his SPM and was awarded the JPA scholarship.. =D

When i was told.. i think i was so much happier than he was.. haha..

and well.. well.. few months at INTEC and that guy came telling me that he has a girl friend...

haha.. and i was the first to know.. i was happy for him.. but i could never imagined my younger brother with a girl friend.. hahaha.. waaaayyyyy beyond my imagination...

and guess what?

half a year later.. he was actually telling me to go get a boyfriend and stop being so choosy... =.=

Koh.Young.Han.. I'm NOT!!

Now.. when i talk to him.. i no longer see the lil kid whom i called names at.. =p

i see.. a guy with aims and goals.. who knows what he wants..

he has grown.. so much.. =)

i'm glad..

he's leaving for us next year.. and i know i'll miss him badly..

who else can make me laugh like a hyena and not care how ugly i look.. XD

who else will say that i have a face like the moon with lotsa lubang and can still get away with it...

who else can say that i walk like a duck and still have me laugh over it...

worse.. who else to act like a kid and fool around with?

3 years... it'll be fast.. right?

hmm.. just wanna tell you, han.. that i'll always be proud of you.. =)

-1 Ling-

Updates.

It's been a while again..

anyway.. i'm home.. =)

EOS ended a week ago.. but it feels like it has been over for a long long time...

and well.. as usual.. some papers are sucky.. sigh.. hoping for the best and keeping my fingers crossed... =)

Hmm.. so after EOS.. a quarter of B107 came to Penang..

honestly.. i don't know what penang has to offer besides food..

so.. it was truly a jalan jalan cari makan trip for them i guess...

with occasional stops at some places of interest..

Hope everyone of you enjoyed the trip and the food..

though i can tell that we are all very very tired...

haha.. i, myself was exhausted..

didn't really have a good rest after EOS..

but bringing them around.. and seeing how much they enjoy the food did make me smile.. =)

Then the few of us.. went to ipoh..

for food again.. haha..

to my ipoh batchmates.. thankew for spending time with us and bringing us around..

thankew wai han for letting us stay over at your place..

and thankew ling wei for inviting me to go on this trip with you guys..

and thankew to the whole bunch for all the fun and laughter.. =)

i don't have any pictures of both the penang trip and the ipoh trip yet...

will blog about it later.. =)

* Will You. Tell me. What's going on. *

-1 Ling-

Bored. =.=

BPH 3017- Pharmacist as a Healthcare Professional

a.k.a.

PHP

Where 60% of my lecture notes are in the form of questions.

Apa niii... =.=

Am i the only one complaining or what?

baaahhh.. back to lecture notes...

and... humming paparazzi.. XD

b107 and everybody else having exams soon..

Jiayou and happy studying.. =)

When i'm bored..

-1 Ling-

Thoughts.

Sem 5 has ended.. just like that..

Time flies.. it just doesnt seem real..

If there is one thing that i've learnt throughout these 14 weeks of sem 5..

It would be how things can change as time pass..

how not to take things for granted..

how things don't always stay the same

how you never know what life has for you..

and how you need to learn to adapt to the changes...

Sem 5. Its just like any other semester.. i guess?

hmm.. perhaps not..

People walk in and out of your lives..

Some come and go..

Some might stay for a season..

and rarely.. some will be there for a long long time..

i've learnt to not expect so much..

i've learnt to accept the fact that people.. even your closest friends...

might not be there for you when you need them the most...

you need to be strong and stand on your own two feet.. =)

I've learnt.. to just cherish and live the moment..

to appreciate the people who walked into my life..

be it for a short moment or for a long season.. =)

Thank you for the smiles and laughter that you've brought..

Thank you for the lessons that you have taught me..

and thank you for the tears.. they made me stronger.. =)

-1 Ling-

Home. =D

I've been home for a week..

and seriously.. there's no place like home..

I should say that this one week break came just in time..

and i have no idea why.. but it has been something that i've been looking forward to for a very long time..

and this one week has been great.. =)

uhmm.. besides the fact that all my plans of studying were totally neglected..

and all i did was spend time chilling with friends and family...

nothing beats having a nice meal with the whole family around..

gramps, mum and dad, han and i...

it is a complete picture..

and i've gotta say this.. everytime i'm home.. i feel like a princess..

gramps is exceptionally nice to me.. treating me to stuff that i love to eat..

dad too.. bringing us to the best place for the best food..

mum being her usual self.. shared everything with me..

i filled her in on uni life.. complaints.. anything at all..

and han.. it's really good to have him home..

i feel like a kid again.. somehow i always feel like a lil kid around him..

though he is the younger one.. and i have no idea why i can laugh over the stupidest things when i'm with him.. we can just laugh about anything at all..

and then there's friends... friends whom i've known for so many years..

whom everytime when we come together.. we can just have fun.. and enjoy each other's company..

and penang.. is always lovely.. the food especially.. haha..

so.. yup.. this break has been a very satisfying one.. =)

minus the cacat-ed study plan.. =p

it's SO GOOD to be home.. =D

-1 Ling-

2-week-update. =)

It's been a loooong time since i've been here huh? =)

Been busy.. with assignments, projects and FUN! =D

and i've been seriously sleep deprived for the past two weeks..

having not more than 5 hours of sleep every night beginning from the night before the CNS test..

owh well.. pictures ahead to help me narrate what i've been up to.

One night before the CNS CAL test, i was at kx's place.. i guess we sorta studied and ended up chit chatting, lying on her bed.. XD halfway through study-chatting, suddenly, kx reached into her blanket and pulled these two uhmm.. teddies out.. LOL.. and when i was wondering why.. she arranged them as seen in the picture and put my neurotransmitters notes before them.. XD anyway.. i'm glad that i did owhkay.. cause i was seriously freaking out that morning itself.. my facts were all jumbled up and the i dont even know what drug is for what... =.=

After cns, it was seriously PARTAY time!! =D

We first had a nice dinner to pamper ourselves at Pasta Zanmai. =)

a very very very satisfying meal. =D

Then.. it was a string of birthday celebrations.. beginning with wei ping's..

the weekend before CNS.. I hope we managed to surprise him.. =)

Next, after CNS, it was ah beh's turn.. with almost 40 of us including a special guest turning up at steven's corner to celebrate.. On the 19th night, we celebrated kp's birthday.. at a chinese restaurant.. and on the 22nd night.. david's at damansara village.. David's was meant to be a surprise... but then too bad la har.. the waiter's spoilt the surprise.. =(

And.. b107 went clubbing!! haha.. owhkay.. not the entire b107.. but still there were almost 40 of us.. and i was really glad to see everyone having fun and enjoying themselves.. =) for the first time, i actually thought that it was fun.. =) anyway.. happy birthday kx.. =D i know you've been planning and planning and planning this for SO LONG.. i hope you had fun.. hugz. <3

That weekend, i met up with yu xuan.. it has been a long time since the last time i saw him..

somehow.. i've always felt thankful to have him as a friend..

he was always there.. when i had trouble with math, he tutored me..

when i wanted to rant, he was there to listen..

and i was always remembered no matter where he is..

I have birthday gifts delivered to me from Hong Kong..

When he went to Europe as an exchange student..

I have postcards in my letterbox from Paris..

I have chocolates from Switzerland...

and... I have lotsa little little things from Europe as souvenirs...

I am truly blessed to have a friend like you.. thankew yu xuan.. =)

After that weekend.. it was all about the upcoming Merdeka Celebration in IMU which is an event in conjunction with the b107 Malaysian Studies Project..

Though i am not part of the Malaysian Studies class.. i am glad that i'm a part of this whole big thing.. I'm glad that i was given the opportunity to help Ling Wei and co for deco..

to help kx cook pasta and lum mee.. to be part of the marching team..

Though something went wrong somewhere during the marching routine.. i still thought it was great.. we've done better.. but that is sufficient to impress.. yes? =p and it was nerve wrecking to be the one responsible to raise the flag.. all eyes were on me.. it was a bit cacated.. lol.. but hey.. the last time i sang Negaraku and raised the flag was when i was 16.. so forgivable la har.. =p anyway.. it feels kind of weird to be wearing my scouts uniform again.. ah.. i miss my scouting days.. =) credits to Kean Ping for the unique idea for the opening ceremony.. and credits to the whole marching team for setting it up.. =)

The wonderful deco.. by Ling Wei and the deco team and everyone else who worked almost every night till the wee hours of the morning to make the atrium spectacular.. =D *round of applause* i seriously salute everyone of you for the effort you guys put in.. The fantastic twin towers made of cans.. ALUMINIUM CANS.. 1178 of them.. i'll never look at the twin towers the same way again.. for the patience.. for the effort.. i salute you guys.. =) the kolam.. done by anitha and people.. haha.. great job.. i did a bit of it.. my first time ever trying to do a kolam and.. it is haaaarddddd... especially when you need to fill the small small spaces between the letters.. =S and credits again to Ling Wei for the abstract logo.. =)

Some pictures to be shared.. =) Ling Wei looks different with a kebaya that day.. And great job to both the emcees, david and shamala.. =)

"Here in My Home" i really enjoyed the rapping part.. haha.. =) and for the other cultural dances.. i don't have pictures.. credits to ida and the dancers for all the hard work.. =)

My first time wearing a sari.. =) Thankew anitha for the sari.. and yes.. we are proud to be penangnites.. =D

I thought he would NEVER run out of energy.. LOL..

And a nice picture of B107.

And the Jai Ho video to mark the end of this event..

When b107 danced together for the very first time..

I felt togetherness. Hearts b107. <3

After being busy for so long.. i met up with lx and cs for some catching up.. and they pampered me with dessert and tea.. =) Thanks guys.. i'm looking forward to raya.. to see the rest of the gang and also to spend some time together.. =)

It has been two crazy weeks.. but it was worth it.. No better way to spend two whole weeks.. =)

-1 Ling-

It's just me. Thinking aloud.

Life has been pretty aimless lately.. i don't know why..
i'm not exactly free.. and i'm not exactly busy either.. its just somewhere in the middle which i like.. and yet.. i seem to feel that life is lacking spice.. its like.. it has reached a plateau where everything seems to come to a standstill.. where i don't feel the excitement anymore.. where i don't feel the adrenaline rush anymore.. it feels like i haven't been truly happy... it feels like it takes so much effort just to feel the sense of achievement or satisfaction that i've always felt.. i do feel empty and quite lost at times.. not in the sense of emo lost.. but more like.. i-don't-see-the-point-in-doing-this kind of lost.. is it only me or what? i chose to blame my hormones.. =p

All these are making me think.. i can't help it.. but i question myself.. to where life is bringing me to.. i hate the feeling of being lost.. i hate to lose my aim.. and i hate to not know what i am working towards.. think i seriously need to sit down and reflect.. and stop being such a machine.. doing things that i feel obliged to do.. instead of things that i want to do..

i miss the beach.. i miss my friends.. i miss the wan ling that my old friends love.. that's what they tell me.. i am not the same wan ling they know.. they claim that the me before was much more carefree, naive and sure of what she wants.. haha.. guess i've grown out of that? minyi, ber, lx, both yy and both cs, sh, huey yee, yx.. missing you guys damn a lot right now..

=) just thinking aloud.. sharing my thoughts with you..

-1 Ling-

Monday.

Dropping by to tell you guys that i'm still alive...

blog is rotting... no interesting updates...

maybe there is.. but don't think its worth mentioning...

**..**..**

hmm.. blue monday morning?

though blue is my all time fave...

i'm determined to change the colour scheme of my day..

think i need ice-cream.. maybe.. a bar of snickers...

let's hope either one can do the magic.. =)

-Picture taken during sem 4 study break-

-1 Ling-

Food, Glorious Food!

Food. =D

Top left.. there's this place that sells frozen yoghurt in Sri Petaling.. Only opened recently... located in the same row as the Ong & Cheong Clinic... Its like a cafe.. but they sell frozen yoghurt mainly.. you can choose your own toppings to go with the yoghurt.. but then to me its so not worth it.. cause.. it cost 70 cents per topping... and they only give you a lil bit of it... so after having some at the place.. Kx and i decided to dapao one each and bring it home to top it with our own toppings... which resulted in the pic you see above... haha.. our cups were so full.. all you can see are the toppings... the frozen yoghurt is below... =) by the way.. they're having promotion currently until 31st of july where you buy one and get one free.. so one is only rm2++.. Check it out if you're a fan of yoghurt.. =D

Top right.. I cooked my first wholesome meal in vista.. =D i have been cooking.. but i have never attempted to cook a meal which consists of dishes and porridge before... its usually only porridge or soup or scramble eggs.. or something simple.. anyway... it was with the help of michelle cutting vege and washing them.. she made dessert too.. =) and.. the people that i fed were happy with the food.. and we had a nice dinner =D so i guess not too bad la har... XD david.. next time.. i cook i tell you la har.. =p

Bottom left.. after class today.. the 4 of us headed to klang just to try this curry mee.. haha.. it is NICE.. really... tastes like the curry mee i like in penang... the one in penang is one of my must eat whenever i go back... and this one in klang tastes almost similiar to it... Had other dishes of chicken and vege as well.. and the price was very reasonable.. =)

Bottom right.. LOL.. just me and my mou-liuness.. XD i liked how the star fruits looked after i cut them up.. so.. a picture of them before they go into our stomachs .. and my new housemates complained that i always need to take a picture of my food before i eat... haha.. NOT TRUE!

and owwwhhhh.. something unrelated to food... today.. seeing everybody doing jai ho together... it was AMAZING... i felt togetherness.. and i'm glad.. thankew kx for instructing.. =) and everybody who attended and made it happened.. looking forward to the next practice.. =)

signing off. nitez. =)

-1 Ling-

I smiled. Thankew. =)

I came back from uni today with a terrible headache to find this on my laptop..

And it brought a smile effortlessly even though my head was weighing like a hundred kg...

It's these little little things that can brighten my day so easily..

Thankeeww skinny vege.. =) *hugz*

I'll TRY to continue be the light ok? ;p

On other note, i'm waiting anxiously for postcards from germany to arrive.. =D

and also to hear from you.. Take care yx.. =)

-1 Ling-

Rant.

Been keeping a lot to myself lately..
It's all input and almost no output..
That's why i haven't been blogging.. I suppose?
Everything i wanna blog about.. i think twice...
and eventually.. i lost the urge to blog..
Just need to rant... =)

signing off.

p/s: according to andrew.. i have SES.. Spontaneously Emotional Syndrome.. and i have retard emo too... =.=

-1 Ling-

Bits of Musicals from my Childhood Memories. =)

Heylo.. =) haven't been blogging for a while..
cause thing is.. there's nothing interesting that's happening in my life... =.=
unless you consider lectures and the usual routine as interesting...
no wait. i think even lectures are more boring than previous semesters... =(
anyway.. i think.. i am getting lazier... the fact that there's no more class tests is actually bringing the lazy me out more and more...
I haven't even started revising my lectures...
Besides that, everything else is pretty much the same i guess...

That aside, i was searching for songs from musicals yesterday night..
i was supposed to start doing my PBL but apparently.. the lazy side of me took over and with the song "I'd do anything" from Oilver! stuck in my head... i started searching for that clip from the movie.. Some lyrics to share..

"I'll do anything.. For you dear anything..

For you mean everything to me...

I know thatI'll go anywhere...

For your smile, anywhere..

For your smile, ev'rywhere ... I'd see..."

And then... it led me to "Getting to know you" from The King and I.. One of my favourites when i was a kid.. =)

"Getting to know you.. Getting to know all about you...

Getting to like you.. Getting to hope you like me...

Getting to know you... Putting it my way... But nicely...

You are precisely... My cup of tea... "

Haha.. you should check out the full lyrics... =)

And that led me to.. "A spoonful of sugar" from Mary Poppins...

which i like these words...

"In ev'ry job that must be done... There is an element of fun...

You find the fun and snap! The job's a game!"

....

"A Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down...

The medicine go down... The medicine go down...

Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down...

In a most delightful way"

And then there's " I could've danced all night" from My Fair Lady...

Haha.. it brought back lotsa memories... of how dad used to record these on video tapes... yeah.. the old, black, one piece, box like video tape... for me to watch again and again when i was little... all these.. and it seems the songs... never fade from my memory... =) i don't know how many of you actually share the same fond memories of these musicals.. but i guess those who know all these... would smile to themselves when they hear the songs playing... now i wish i was a kid again... haha... get real! anyway.. going for lectures soon.. signing off... =D

-1 Ling-

For you, a thousand times over.. =)

I've finished reading "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini, a New York Times bestseller. And the book is the best i've read in this sem break.

I managed to read 4 novels but the one that got me stuck to it was this one.

I bought the book because it was a bestseller and i remembered reading a good review about it somewhere.Even after i've bought it, i left it aside until i've read the other novels. But once i've started reading, i was really stuck to it.

It's a riveting story, narrated by an Afghanistan boy, from his childhood until he grew up.

The story was set in Afghanistan, from its pre-Russian-invasion until the reigns of the Talibans. And as the story unfolds, the setting changed from Afghanistan to the US.

Initially, i thought this novel would be politics based but i was wrong.

It is a book rich with Afghan culture and tradition, the differences between the different ethnic groups and life in Afghanistan over the years.

A heartbreaking tale of friendship and betrayal, of a son yearning for his father's affection. I would say that this book is a must read.

It gave me an insight of Afghanistan and surprisingly, suddenly i was interested in Afghanistan, from the history to the culture to the geography, which led me to the destruction of Bamiyan, a heritage site that has been forever destroyed. Haha. Guess what? All i've been surfing about for the past few days have been all about Afghanistan and i am surprised to actually find that it used to be a beautiful place before the war broke out.

Anyway, a quote from the book that i like " For you, a thousand times over.. " =)

p/s: For the other novels that i've read, I liked "Sundays at Tiffany's" by James Patterson but the ending was a bit off for me.. i didn't like the way they end it. "The Cupid Effect" by Dorothy Koomson was =.=.. I didn't quite grasp the message that the author wanted to send across. "My Best Friend's Girl" also by Dorothy Koomson was quite a good book too. =)

-1 Ling-

I need to chill.

Sometimes..
When i'm feeling so not myself..
Or maybe toooooo myself...
I just wanna be alone...
Shut the world away from me..
And just be alone for the moment..
I think i need that now.

emo-ish? sounds like..
anything major happened? no..
moodswing? maybe..
screw me.. i just need to chill and RANT..
Off to read my novel..

-1 Ling-

Updates.

Updates. To prevent my blog from dying off like all my previous ones.
Just a peek to let you know what have i been up to after camp. =)
Well.. count me lucky to be down with food poisoning two days after i got back from camp.
Didn't know how i got it. But then i started feeling bloated and having stomachache after having pasta for dinner. Initially, i thought i was only having indigestion but apparently, that was not the case. =( I was supposed to attend a malay wedding dinner and go for a drive with mum and dad at Kuala Sepetang on Sunday. But thanks to my illness, i stayed home. FOR TWO WHOLE DAYS. Sleeping and throwing up. =.= great way to spend a weekend and to slim down. Whatever went into my mouth came out through my mouth again after half an hour. So all i had was Gatorade and no solid food at all. =(

The moment i can get solid food down my throat and i was feeling a biiiittttt better, i was out of the house. =D hehe. Yumcha with the girls and then off to school to visit camp. Actually, it's more like being a big kepo at camp. =p owh well.. i miss scouting, i miss being part of camp, i miss being a part of a big family where we work together to achieve the same thing. It's rare for me to have that kind of bond i used to have now. Anyway, the juniors were having some cooking competition when i arrived. Backwood's cooking. Which means, no cooking utensils are allowed. Only bamboo, leaves and whatever stuff you can get naturally can be used. No ajinomoto, no flavorings, no artificial stuff whatsoever. During my scouting days, this is one of the activities that i actually like. =) it's really quite a challenge especially to get everything u're cooking COOKED. Pictures below are pics of my juniors and their hasil kerja. =)

The chicken isn't cooked yet. That bamboo sitting over the fire should contain rice. Those longish stuff- some kind of bread like thing that we call "twist".

Aha! This one is partially cooked. Those 3 things- fishes wrapped in banana leaves. Those white clumps near the bricks- potato wrapped with dough.

Dad, mum and i had the famous kuey teow goreng basah for supper. Lots of food programmes have been intoducing it and saying its a must try. And yet me, staying only like less than 10km away had never try it. Anyway, the kuey teow was ok to me. nothing very special except that it has gravy. Dad didn't like it though, claims that it's too salty.

Had a post camp dinner with the camp committees and the other facilitators at tambun. and.. seafood is just... GOOOOOODDDD... Lol.. =D

Guess that's about it. I have other stuffs to be updated but i don't have the pictures with me. so.. next time. =)

-1 Ling-

09 Leadership Camp. =)

I'm back from camp. =) and i have to say that this camp is indeed one of the memorable ones that i will remember for a long time. It wasn't the activities that were interesting. It wasn't the seminars that caught my attention. It wasn't because i got to meet up with lots of people whom i've not seen since i left high school. It was the bond that was formed in 3 days between 2 facilitators and a bunch of form 4 kids that made me feel spending the last 4 days in school, feeling extremely tired worth while. =)

It all started with yih yin who was part of the committee for this Leadership Camp asking me and yin yin whether we are interested in helping out in this camp as facilitators. I agreed half hearted-ly promising her that if yin yin attends, i would too. So.. come monday and the three of us reported to camp and we started off with cleaning the classrooms. That wasn't too bad. But i guess what we didn't expect was the chairperson of the camp being so strict, imposing punishment and all. Afterall, we haven't been treated like this ever since we left scouts.. haha. It really did remind me of our good old scouting days.. =)

By evening of monday, yin yin and I have started questioning ourselves.. "what the hell have we gotten ourselves into??" "bo su chui su... =.=" haha.. The both of us found ourselves being put in charged of facilitating the same group. That night, we were actually both worried that what if our group members turn out to be a bunch of very passive people.

Come day 2, the day where the "kids" were supposed to report to camp, during ice breaking, when they were all still shy and a bit unresponsive, we really did worry. But after spending some time with them and after they had their first activity, these bunch of kids, begin to warm up to each other and to us. In fact, when we were carrying out the first activity, i can feel the bond forming slowly. They already can make me laugh. That night, during dinner time, we were already talking and laughing together. And when they were given the task to prepare an item for the campfire the following night, all of them were full of ideas and so eager to make it a success. yin yin and i were real glad to see that but we were tired to the core. I honestly didn't know that being a facilitator, so much energy is needed. And to top it off, I had only two hours of sleep that night. Waking up at 6am the next morning, all yin yin and I wanted was to go home to our comfy bed.. LOL.. Our scouting days were 10 times tougher than this, but we didn't even complain those days. But then again, it has been 3 years since the last time i seriously camp.. dah tua.. LOL..

Day 3, the kids were more energetic now and they have begin to work as a team. And they were nice to us, offering to clean our dishes for us after every meal. By then, the 16 of them and the 2 of us were already like a family. That night, during the campfire, their item was quite a success and the two of us were so proud of them we were grinning from ear to ear. That night before we went to bed, i told yin yin, i'm going to miss them when the camp ends tomorrow and yin yin nodded silently in agreement, not wanting to meet my eye.

Come the last day, the bond between us was strong. When we sang together for the last time, i can't helped but noticed everyone of us didn't want the camp to end. I, myself was on the brink of tears. haha. And the kids keep telling us that they will miss us. haha. =)

I don't have a lot of pictures of the camp. In fact, i only have like 3 or 4. But i have lotsa awesome memories. =) To the kids, though they claim that we are not that old to call them "kids", XD thank you for giving me such wonderful memories. =)

My nametag.. with quite a few errors.. the major one being my chinese surname.. =.=

Me, Yin Yin and the group leader-Kean Li. =)

The "KIDS" XD

-1 Ling-

Random Babbling.

I guess dad was in the mood to drive today... he drove us almost around half of penang island...with me almost dying from the heat in the car... =.= owh well.. we drove across the bridge and took the Gelugor way to Gertak Sanggul... and then to Teluk Kumbar passing a lot of i-don't-know-where small malay towns on the way and finally ending up in Balik Pulau.. If you have ever took the road before, you'd know that it's uphill and windy... i'm not complaining... but then why take such a long drive on a hot day like this huh? =.=

So upon reaching Balik Pulau, we decided to hunt for the famous Laksa stall.. which we spotted easily... since there were so many cars and so many people crowding around... most of them from out station. i think. The laksa wasn't exactly the perfect laksa... LoL.. but then it's pretty good.. just that its not sour enough... with a bit of lime.. it'd be perfect.. =D and i had nutmeg juice... you know what? i didn't know Penang was famous for nutmeg until i was 18... malu.. =p nutmeg juice with a tinge of "sui buey" with ice on a hot sunny day... PERFECT!! too bad.. mine was hot... =.=

After Laksa, we headed to the old bookstore at Chowrasta Road... hehehe... =D

and i spent on novels again... =p this time... rm110 for 5 novels... which includes "Change of Heart" by Jodi Picoult, "The Cupid Effect" by Dorothy Koomson (i'm beginning to like books written by her.. =D), "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini and owwwwwhhhhhhhh... the book i wanted to get... "Sundays at Tiffany's" by James Patterson.. =D =D but then.. i didn't manage to grab any of Sparks or Ahern.. =( anyway... my reading progress this time round is slow.. haha... i've only read one so far by Koomson... but i guess that's good cause it means i'm caught up with something else... XD and i bought 4 Princess Diaries for rm15 yesterday... =.= i know i'm too old for that.. LOL.. that's actually a diary of a 14-year-old princess... =.= but owh who cares... its so cheap... =p and i don't mind reading some easily digested stuff now... XD

Next up was shopping... which i spent again on blouses... XD then it was dinner with my aunt, uncle and lil cousins... It was a restaurant overlooking Gurney Drive and the hawker place... food was expensive.. portion was small... but ambience was good... haha..

After coming back from the island, i went for round 2 yum cha with my cousin and his friends... who will be my housemate-to-be if everything goes well... =)

On other note, i've got my sem 4 results... and... Wan Ling passed... ;D though not brilliantly.. but i'm contented for everything except ONE.. you know... there're some things which you have high expectations for it... I know I could've done better... bah!! whatever... it's over... i'm just disappointed with myself =.=

so far... holidays have been great.. =D watched terminator.. though i don't like it... =p uhmm... met up with the girls for a looooong chat and chiam chiam... finished watching tvb drama "Sweetness in the Salt" or something like that... LOL.. guess what? that's like one of the RARE tvb dramas that i don't hit the fast forward button while watching.. so its a pretty good one to me... XD and... i'm currently reading "My Favourite Wife" by Tony Parsons.

owhkay... enough of babbling on and on... i'm signing off.. Will be away for a few days... Will update when i'm back... so till then.. see ya.. =) if i bore you with my babbling... too bad la har... =p

p/s: suppose to upload a few pictures to go with this post... but i'm too lazy to do that now... so... hehehehe...

-1 Ling-

Langkawi. Belated. =)

I dunno what's with me.. but right now.. i'm just not feeling like myself...

maybe its the after effect of browsing through some photos.. or maybe anxiety..

i duno which... hmm.. whatever...

So.. i'm trying to blog about the langkawi trip.. to shut the thoughts away...

Langkawi.. Full of myths and stories...

and now.. our memories... =)

the trip wasn't a reaaalllyyyy smooth one...

in fact.. there were a few quite unfortunate stuff that happened...

but then.. i had fun.. =)

hope those that went did too..

Some pictures here to share with you...

Others are already up on facebook.. =)

Check them out.

Dataran Lang.

A very nice quay next to the petrol station. =)

We went there to look at a bowl of burnt rice.. and started taking pictures.. XD


The car rental people told me that this is the second best car among all the 6 cars.. kp rebut the best one awal-awal already.. so.. i thought i was damn smart for getting it before the other drivers who weren't there... =p but turns out.. it wasn't that good afterall huh? the stupid car key broke into half when we attempted to unlock the car... =.= but then.. not too bad la har... we were given a waja as a temporary until the key was fixed.. =) anyway.. thank you wei ping and andrew for being the drivers... =D

The perfect picture of us and our rides.. =)

Langkawi 18052009-20052009. 29 people. 6 cars. 1 destination.

LOTSA FUN!! =D

Signing off.. Kepping fingers crossed.. =)

-1 Ling-

Lil Things that Carved a Smile . =)

After i came back from Langkawi, I paid my two close friends a visit cause i wont be seeing them in Penang this sem break. They brought me around PJ, feeding me with GOOD FOOD. XD So... Thank you CS and LX for being good hosts and for everything else. The picture above was taken when Lx fetched me to the Lrt station before he went to uni. =)

I came back to Penang and was given THIS for my 21st birthday.. =)

From my parents, with love. <3

And today.. I went hiking with my parents... taking a trail that i don't normally take.. tougher than the tokun trail.. but... i guess i need the exercise... XD and it has been a long time since the last time i actually hiked with mum and dad... =)

On another note, i have been wanting to blog about my trip to Langkawi.. But i'm not done with editting the pictures yet... =( will post them up when they're done.. =) So.. till then.. happy holidays people.. =D

-1 Ling-

Blabber. ; )

Now that exams are over... i don't feel like blogging anymore...
but then again... to keep things alive... here i am... XD
Sem 4 EOS ended on thursday with OSCE...
and I have fantastically screw up one of the stations in my OSCE big time...
sigh... anyway... exams havent been all smooth sailing either..
keeping my fingers crossed.. hoping for the best.. =)
haven't been doing a lot of post exam stuff so far... haha..
i don't know... when exams are on... i actually can't wait for them to end...
and now that it's over... i am kinda disoriented.. LOL.. XD
i guess i need to get back to penang.. then i'll feel the fun?
but then again... this time around... not all my best buds are back in penang...
lean xin has got to stay in kl to help out with some research thingy...
chin soon flying off to sabah soon... bernie and min yi is in australia still...
my two favourite hang-out juniors are not in penang either...
i only have the girls with me... but never mind...
we'll figure something out and have some fun... XD
i've watched two movies thus far... Angels and Demons lived up to my expectations...
made me wanna reread the book... XD
Star Trek was funny.. LOL.. perhaps its not supposed to be funny..
but i thought it was funny... =p
i like the dialogues... LOL.. so... andrew.. don't feel bad about it... =)
and.. i'm flying off to Langkawi tommorrow... =D
Sun. Sea. Beach. Breeze. FRIENDS! perfect combo!
So.. till then.. Cya.. =)

-1 Ling-

When You Believe.. =)

"Now we are not afraid... Although we know there's much to fear...

We were moving mountains long... Before we knew we could...

There can be miracles... When you believe...

Though hope is frail.... it's hard to kill...

Who knows what miracles... You can achieve...

When you believe... somehow you will...

You will when you believe.. "

A song i heard the nurses singing today... =)

it just touched me when i heard it.. and the tears just started welling up..

And suddenly.. Kin Man said what i had in mind: " This song sounds so right for us having our eos... " I guess that's true? =)

-07052009. 0705. A scene i looked up to see when i'm going through my pharm anal notes two hours before exam. =) -

Somehow.. Eos always has the ability to drain me... to plunge my mood... to make me lose faith and will... to just wanna give up...haha... damn.. i sound so pathetic..

Anyway... there's always stuff to keep me going... to help me through this..

when i'm weak and lost.. and for that... i feel blessed... =)

Thankew people.. Even though its just words.. Even though its just a smile...

A message from papa to be shared =)

" Have faith as faith can move mountains.. "

4 down.. 4 more to go... Jia you people.. =)

by the way.. guess what? this is my 100th post... =D perfect timing or what? XD

-1 Ling-

Med chem made me homesick. RITE. =.=

Was at starbucks for the whole day today...

not to chill but to study...

and for the whole day... i kept thinking of home... CRAP..

When we were having dinner at pappa rich,

the cafe was playing this song that mum once taught me how to sing...

"Lord I'm one.. lord I'm two.. lord I'm three..

lord I'm four.. Lord I'm 500 miles.. away from home.. "

such GREAT timing..

and then...

it played another one..

this time.. it's dad's all time singing aloud fave...

"Country roads.. Take me home.. To the place... I belong.."

Coincidence or what? =.=

and then back at starbucks.. when i was so ENGROSSED in tetracyclines...

i saw this family of four walking in.. and they just sat and chilled while having coffee..

it just reminds me of how mum and dad, han and i used to have dinner together and how we would go for coffee and just talk... shit.. i hate to admit this.. but i miss home... =(

So yeah.. tetracyclines.. It needs four rings to exhibit activity.. ring C cannot be aromatized if not activity is lost... C-5 is to improve pharmacokinetic properties... C-7 if added with an electron withdrawing group or electron donating group will enhance activity.. C-6 uhmm... if OH is removed, more acid stable... correct ar? whatever... =.= now that i have vague memory of tetracyclines.. i think i've forgotten about aminoglycosides... =( oh med chem...

Maybe.. Med chem made me miss home. RITE. CRAP.

signing off. nitez.

-1 Ling-

Hearts to Notes.

As exam draws nearer.

As stress level increases linearly.

The picture tells it all.

Hang in there B107. =)

And good luck to those already having exams.

-1 Ling-

Bubble Bath. XD

Call me lame but i find this actually funny... XD

at least it helped me chill when i was frust... =D

I found this small dog key chain of mine a bit dirty...

so i've decided to give it a bubble bath... =p

and it turns out it looks cute uhm... bathing... XD

-1 Ling-

Whiny me. =.=

i'm here to WHINE and RANT.
i'm frustrated... and i just feel like yelling... =.=
i've been staring at the same stupid line for the 10th time... reading it over and over again and yet nothing make sense to me...
it's not like it's something hard that requires a lot of understanding... it's just one stupid sentence that is THAT SIMPLE... and why can't it just get processed and stay in my brain? =.=
and this happens to most of the sentences that are in my notes... =.=
thanks to ME who allowed me brain to drift away ALL THE TIME.. *HUGE sigh*
so.. when i can finally concentrate... and understand what i'm studying... i get bored in like 15 minutes... and i'll either start stoning again.. or i'll start playing the stupid games in my handphone... my fave for the time being bomberman... =.= and for your info... i always die by TER-BOMBING myself and i'll start cursing "si gui... wang ba dan... a**hole... zhu tou... zha wa..." great huh?
anyway... after i get frustrated of bomb-ing myself but not my opponents.. i call it quits and try to get back to my notes... since i've just lost bey kam buan-ly.. there's some adrenaline rush.. to keep me focused for another 15 minutes...
then... after the adrenaline is gone... i drift again... and start feeling a bit sleepy...
so i turn on some music... and guess what people...instead of studying...
I START SINGING ALONG... =.=
so.. i tend to repeat the same song over and over and over again... to get myself tired of humming and singing along...
anyway... that will last me longer... 30 minutes i suppose... then i start getting restless again... and i start to think of facebook.. my blog.. and this little voice in me starts saying "maybe i should log in to facebook and try some stupid quizes to make me feel more awake..." "maybe i should go to my blog and see who has updated their blog..." "maybe i should blog about HOW SIEN I AM... "
that will result in me turning ON my computer and be glued to the screen for 30 minutes.. that's minimum... =.= so... finally.. the guilt settles in.. i'll let my lappie sleep and i do some serious studying... rite.. and the cycle repeats itself.. =.=
geng hor? i have only one thing to say... EOS... DIE!!!

"Sometimes... i wish i don't have the ability to feel...

sometimes... i wish things are simpler...

Stand by me... will you?"

=) i'm perfectly fine... no emo.. no nothing... its just something i want to say from the bottom of my heart...

RITE. finished ranting and whining. happy studying people... and to those having exams on monday... jia you... and all the best... looking forward to see ya all in one month's time... =)

-1 Ling-

Ice-cream. XD

I just have the sudden craving for ICE-CREAMS

even though i had quite a lot of them during the weekends.

rite. studying always make me crave for random stuffs. =.=

so... can i have some ice-cream... pleaaaassseeeee?
those people who said i can't at facebook,

I DON'T CARE... i'm getting ice cream FIRST THING TOMMORROW!!

owhkay. maybe not first thing. second thing? after breakfast? =D

now that i've finished ranting,

back to studying and dreaming of ice-creams.

=p

-1 Ling-