To Sotong...

Here I am.. writing this post after a letting my blog die a few months. Well it's not that I'm too busy to update.. A part of me name Sotong had stronger influence in me these days. Yeah it's fun allowing Sotong to take over me (getting to relax on holidays, stay cool even exams is near, take time doing what I FEEL like doing), but sometimes I kept thinking: IF Sotong was forced to sleep for the next few days, am I able to focus on my revision for the exam? :/

Basically I'm just getting annoyed for contradicting myself over and over again. Wonder if anybody feels the same when what you planned contradicts what you feel like doing at the moment. I knew deep inside that the Sotong personality of mine have to stop ever since I came back from my trip. However I lied to myself for a week, telling myself "I'll speed up my revision tomorrow!". Well this have to come to an end. Therefore, I'm here.. writing this post.. to once again REMIND MYSELF and SHUT Sotong UP now! You know what Sotong? Please sleep until 1st of June.

Sotong: mumble mumble *swims away*

Okay time to focus. Sorry Sotong :) You can help me with the competition I'm having with Sei Yea after that.

Haha I'm getting crazy for talking to myself =x Oh well it did bring me the right mood now :) For those who were having exams, ALL THE BEST!

Yam Cha Day?

It's been a while since I had used the word 'Yam Cha' in UK. For those who don't understand its, meaning, it's actually a word used by fellow Malaysian for chatting :) Anyway, this came to my mind when I realized that the chatting sessions today are MUCH longer compare to the usual days in Leeds.

I had two Yam Cha sessions today. One of it was during the afternoon class break. My friend Edele and I was invited to Jing Han's house today. We packed our bread/sandwiches (whatever they call it) and ate in her place. On side note, her place was.. WOW! Try imagine staying in a castle like house (from the wall to the windows, doors, and also the design) and that was her place. Although her room doesn't have a castle theme (it will be scary to see this), it was actually like a hotel! Large windows, large bed, personal kitchen with high chair, personal study table.. Anyway we had our lunch there and start chatting. The details are confidential, of course (according to the ethics of APA), but the whole yam cha session just keep going on until 15 minutes before class, which was a bit rush. Overall this Yam Cha session was great and honestly I get to know my friends more than before through it. :)

Another Yam Cha session was at night. My brother's friends had booked an "appointment" with my brother to come at 11 pm to meet up (my bro's schedule was full due to hotel work). When they arrived, I was feeling kind of awkward. Why? Because.. we let them sit on the sofa and when they sat on it, it looks like some camp or something like they were forced to sit in lines (and yes I kept laughing inside me about that). However, this feeling faded as my bro came in and chat with them. The topics revolves around INTI life, friends in Engineering fields, basketball (they would never miss this) and life in Malaysia when they go back during summer holiday. Well the Yam Cha session was quite interesting although I just laugh whenever they say or do something funny.

Okay apart from that, I would like to share something that my friends and I found out about. Ever watched Winnie the Pooh? During our Yam Cha session, we were talking about it and we discovered something amazing! Do you all know that the main characters of Winnie the Pooh all have a certain psychological disorder?

Pooh Bear (Binge Eating Disorder)

Piglet (Generalised Anxiety Disorder)

Eeyore (Depression)

Tigger (Mania)

Rabbit (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

Okay, that was random... Anyway time to sleep :) Night~

Tang Yuans

As I mentioned in the earlier post, today we attempted to make Tang Yuan again :D But 1st off, grocery shopping.

As usual, we went to the Chinese shop to get our grocery needs :) While searching for the glutinous rice powder, we realized that the powder we used earlier was different.. The packaging was almost the same except for the color of the frame of it. We grabbed a packet of the powder and a bottle of olive leaves pickles (Sim say it's nice @@) and then headed to the counter for payment.

After the payment, instead of continuing grocery shopping, we had a nice walk in the town, looking at shirts and furniture and stuff :P Also I got my badminton racket here (7 pounds)^^ that solved the problem for me to rent badminton racket all the time in the sports hall for 1 pound each time. While having a stroll in the city, it was natural for us to stop by Starbucks (again) to have a nice cup of coffee (instead I got an ice-blended fruit juice today). We continue grocery shopping after the rest in Morrison to get some gingers and some other stuff for dinner :)

We started making Tang Yuan after we reached home. The whole process was interesting (although it killed 3 hours of my time), wrapping the glutinous rice powder in chocolates and red bean paste :) The wrapping was done by Sim and me while my bro prepare dinner for us. After dinner, we had our Tang Yuan (finally after so many weeks) ^^ although bro took most of my chocolate Tang Yuan and complained about being too bitter (it's dark chocolate.. my favorite.. T__T), I had finaly tasted a home-made Tang Yuan made by my own hands, which is kind of satisfying :D.

Okay that's all I'm writing today :) had to sleep now for tomorrow's class. Night :)

Picture of the Tang Yuan:

Tang Yuans :D

Chocolate Tang Yuan :P

Updates

Hi hi :D sorry for not blogging quite some time =x thanks to my laziness, this blog was half dead. Anyway HEY I'm here to out some updates now :P

Firstly, exam had just over last week. The exam was tougher than I expected at first; but using a different approach to understand the material, I found the second exam easier to do.. Although the last exam was somehow GGed, I'm still glad I had ended this 3 weeks long of suffering! =x Right after exam, I revised the list (yes, I literally created a list of things to do after exam) and started it one by one :D

CHAT:

Yup! 1st thing in my list~ chat XD due to exam stress, I failed to stay in contact with my friends and that made me feel somewhat guilty ._. Right after exam, I had about an hour long session chat (and it's a wonderful one despite the laggness of my Internet). By chatting, somehow I realised how outdated I was due to the exam and tried to get to know and understand things more than usual =x Well that's 1st thing 1st XD the next few days I even spent my time talking to best friends in Malaysia. Chat chat chat bla bla bla =x

Bah Kut Teh:

Last Friday we spent out time relaxing outside (I'm sick of sitting at home) at Starbucks with a cup of warm Mocha. During the outing (or grocery outing), we went to the market to get some fresh fruits and meats. We then head to Morrison and the Chinese Shop to get some other groceries. Main plan? A meal of Bah Kut Teh tonight! Yes, Bah Kut Teh was recorded in my list, too. :P The idea of cooking Bah Kut Teh came from Sim during the revision periods, where she suggested we should have Bah Kut Teh right after exam (to clear our Malaysia stock). Bro was pro at making Bah Kut Teh (although the amount of soy sauce added to the soup annoyed Sim all the time :P". Had a wonderful meal that night. Although I didn't get to walk around Leeds with my friends that day, I really enjoyed the time I spent with my bro and Sim. :)

GYM:

Been around a month I had not move my muscles. After the exam, Sim and I had decided to exercise in the gym :P It feels so relaxing to be able to work out in the gym to release the stress accumulated during the revision period :) OO I reached my optimum BMI (Yay~)

Cleaning:

Due to the exam period, my house was like a rubbish hill (just that it was all made up of INFORMATIONAL notes, more like a knowledge hill :P) The carpet was full of tiny paper scraps and the table was super dusty. We spent 2 hours in cleaning the house, from living room to toilet to bedroom and now I can officially announce that THE HOUSE IS OPEN FOR HUMAN TO STAY, AGAIN! 3 of the things in my list crossed ^^

Tong Yun (more like a ball of glue ._.):

The next food that we proposed during revision days was Tong Yun. We bought all the materials for making Tong Yun and decided to make it yesterday. Well, it didn't work out quite well.. We totally forgot to use boiled water while mixing the powder with water, causing the powder to become a lump of.. rock? Initially we thought that it needed more water. This caused us to ignore the normal amount of water needed and the rock, instead of becoming a cute ball, turned into a lump of glue ball. Well, we were sad due to the fact that we wasted 2 pounds worth of powder due to a silly mistake :( Oh well~ a nice meal of Chinese Food outside cured everything XD ironically, we even had Tong Yun outside instead. Lesson learnt: never EVER use cold water on glutinous rice powder if you don't want to have a rock or glue as your glutinous rice ball. =x Gonna try it again tomorrow :D

Bat Tin Soup:

Okay this sounds weird due to the fact that Bat Tin soup was for girls to drink after their PMS. HEY! THAT doesn't mean guys can't drink or love it right??? Well, had a nice bowl of Bat Tin XD Loved the bitter taste that brings sweetness in the mouth~ Feels so heavenly~~ ahhhh~~ XD

Well that was all the things that I had accomplished in my list so far :) that was 6/12 and yes the list still continues even class had started. Speaking of class, I just had the worst Practical class ever! We, as participants, were required to drink a few type of scented color water (or should I say CHEMICALS). One sip and I found myself nauseous @@ A scary thought came to mind whether I would faint in front of the class (which is kind of embarrassing ._.). Oh well that's all for this post :) Will blog more often from today onwards :D Stay tune!