Memories Are To Be Treasured...

Money is coming to New York in a week's time and she asked me to plan a comprehensive tour package for her, with the most important feature being - free of charge! I've just compiled a list of places to go and put it up here. The more I researched on the places to go, the more I'm reminded to be thankful that I'm currently living in one the world's most exciting cities, and made me feel like jumping onto the LIRR train and go back to New York right now, instead of hanging around at Stony Brook for my last final next Tuesday, speaking of which I haven't studied for yet. If anyone heard of any places that I didn't include here (except World Trade Center and Statue of Liberty - we've both been there before), feel free to add to the list via comments! 1) Central Park - My all-time favorite place in NYC. Prettiest place to take a solitary walk and engage yourself in a conversation with the nature. 2) Times Square - Over and over again, but I love its bustling...

I need to talk.

What I Cannot Change - LEANN RIMES I know what makes me comfortable And I know what makes me tick And I when I need to get my way I know how to pour it on thick Cream and sugar in my coffee Right away when I awake I face the day, and pray to God I won’t make the same mistakes All the rest is out of my hands I will learn to let go what I cannot change I will learn to forgive what I cannot change I will learn to love what I cannot change But I will change, yeah I will change Whatever I, whenever I can Yeah I don’t know my father Or my mother well enough It seems like every time we talk We can’t get past the little stuff The pain is self-inflicted I know it’s not good for my health But it’s easier to please the world Then it is to please myself All the rest is out of my hands I will learn to let go what I cannot change I will learn to forgive what I cannot change I will learn to love what I cannot change But I will change, yeah I will change Whatever I, whenever I can Well I know I can’t ...

Mini Christmas tree in our front lawn Lonely car in front of our house Mailbox No.66 Car tracks The House More pictures to come when it snows at the right time again - Christmas time :)

Secret keeper. Tough.

STONY BROOK IS RED HOT! Whenever I'm psyched up thinking about transferring to Pharmacy schools, I always go to the school's homepages to check out their information, like how prestigious they are, what achievements do they have to boast of, how strong are their academics and so on. However, I've never ever looked through Stony Brook's homepage where they have designed to attract students. Well, I just looked through it as if I were a freshman in search of a university. And truth to be told, I have never expected to see Stony Brook held in such high esteem in the world of tertiary education. So, this is a post for me to boast of Stony Brook, even though most of the things it did I didn't know until I found out from the website, and most of the innovative activites, I will never have to opportunity to participate in. EDUCATION * Stony Brook University is just one of 40 public and private universities nationwide to be named a Best Buy by Fiske Guide to Colleges. * T...

I really should care less about worldly things. Popularity. Acceptance by others. Or even the need to know that I mean something to others. To name a few. These are just transient things in life. Gaining these now doesn't mean I'll have them with me forever. Gaining these doesn't help me in any way at all, but will instead cause my soul to only flourish when they are available, and fade when in lack of them. When it appears that your self-esteem feeds on such ungrounded things, it should be obvious that you're doomed, unless you change. Looking back, I see myself as one who did many things because I wanted to get accepted by others. I did not do things that I know I should do because that just wasn't the norm. I can sacrifice something that meant a lot to me just to gain the right to be part of the world. This had resulted in a completely non-opinionated person, one who is unable to think because she wants to probe deeper into the subject matter, but rather one who ...

心力交瘁。 太多事情发生，根本来不及反抗。 是天意？还是人，微弱的抗议？ 看来还是只能见步走步。

Ok, I'm going to break down my facebook status here. In short, I'm doing very badly in all my classes (RED ALERT), so in a few days, I'm going to deactivate my facebook account again for some time, not sure for how long (MIA), and finally, if I've been communicating with you via facebook message or if you have anything to contact me about or if you just wanna talk to me, you should email me now at my regular 8 years old hotmail account (sorry i know it's more mah fan, facebook is so much more convenient with all the wallposting and commenting and stuff!) or leave tag here at my blog. Yeah, so this means that I'm probably going to be updating my blog more often too. It's one thing or another, so if there's no more facebook distraction, I'll turn to my blog more (I really hope), and reach out to people who really cares, and who still visits my blog despite me not updating for the longest of time. Thanks for the patience. Till another time!

I love Biochemistry, I really do. But somehow, I'm not doing well in it. I'm consistently doing below class average for the two midterms. How am I going to get an acceptable grade? Acceptable being A/B since now I'm definitely in the D/E range. They usually set 60 as mid-range which will be the bar for a C grade in the class. What can I do to do better? I was really devastated to get my second midterm results back. I'm so going to meet my professor tomorrow to discuss with him my prospects, because if I still don't seek help and advice from the professionals, I'll never know what steps should I take next. Hopefully after the discussion with Dr. Haltiwanger, I'll be able to see things clearer, and maybe if need be, just drop the class to avoid a D/E in my transcript and pull down my GPA :( Only God knows what will happen next. I leave everything in his hands.

Lord, help me. please.

Hi everyone, Thanks for all the care and concern shown here. I'm just writing a quick one to tell you guys that I'm well and just recently, tanned from a white water rafting trip at Pennsylvania. I'm taking 22 credits this semester, which is a total of 9 classes, but one of it is The Wind Ensemble, so essentially, I'm taking 8 academic classes. I'm currently a teaching assistant for general chemistry 2, so I'm really working my ass off to keep myself up-to-date with the materials that the students are learning so that I can answer whatever questions they have for me. I'm taking 3 biology classes(bio lab, mammalian physiology and biochemistry(which is killing me btw)), 2 physics classes(one lecture, one lab), a calculus class(which is befuddling my brain), and finally an english literature class which focuses on american fiction after the world war 2. All these are actually more than what I can handle, which explains the lack of contact with the rest of the w...

One odd. The other gratifying. When I was taking a short nap before I launch into my studying yesterday, I had this weird dream. It was really short. I dreamed that the US had made it a rule that everyone has to have only one first name, and can only be called by one first name. Yeah, essentially, in the dream, it meant that I can be called Shu only, instead of Shu Ying. Hahaha, really weird right? Maybe my subconsious mind is still too accustomed to an authoritarian ruler. Ok not that Malaysia was authoritative, but when it comes to racial rights, she is. And now with all the Anwar stuff going on, the government to me, is really, deteriorating to the core. I'm definitely not buying the same story that popped up, was it 10 years ago or what, I can't remember, but definitely not going to take the government's word for it this time. Not that I did last time. The second dream that I woke up with tears from: Sheng Yee, Siew Lee and I were finally reunited! I think it's when...

Friday, July 18, 2008 we don't need to follow the rest. The earth and sun do not hurry; they follow their own path at their own pace. If the earth were to accelerate and complete one rotation in three hours instead of twenty-four, we would be in big trouble! The most important thing in life, too, is to find a sure and certain path and confidently advance along it. 5:11 PM from Zhiwei's blog. Thank you, my dear concubine :)

Seriously, I don't know whether to be proud or angry with these people. First, I made an appointment at the University Hospital on Wednesday to donate blood today, 2:30pm. The person who wrote down my appointment on the book, didn't do anything, like take my weight, test my blood and stuff first. She just told me to get very well hydrated and eat all my meals regularly before the donation day. And so, I ate very well these two days, mind you, I usually just get a $1.90 cheese pizza every lunch cos it's the cheapest, but today I bought myself a chicken sandwich with fried chicken breast meat, tomatoes, lettuce and topped with honey mustard, which cost me $5.76. That's a huge difference for me, and that's how far I would go in order to be able to donate blood, further if need be. Then I made my way to the hospital's blood bank. Upon reaching there, I was told by the receptionist that I need to fill out some paperwork and stuff, then she commented that I'll def...

I think out of all my friends, the only person so far that I get to meet in person at least once every year since I went to Singapore is Siew Lee. At least once. That's a great achievement, due to the fact that every year there was always something major happening either for her or for me. There was this first year that they were all having SPM, 2003. When I went back for holidays, they were all so busy with this and that, but luckily, I got to meet Siew Lee twice after her SPM were all done and before I went back to Singapore. Then the following year, 2004, I had my O Level's, which delayed my return to Ipoh. I remembered we met up during the end of the year cos there were presents as evidence, but I've seriously forgotten the occasion and the location =X Then in 2005, I got delayed again due to OP stuff in JC, but still managed to meet her twice before she left for Taiwan for a month of student exchange :) That was a tough period for me cos of family stuff, but luckily sh...

"Burnout is a state or condition where one experiences fatigue, exhaustion, or frustration as a result of an intense focus on or attention to a goal, a cause, a lifestyle or a relationship that fails to produce the expected reward..." - Management Issues I'm feeling so burnt out now. I really can't take this any longer, I feel as if my head will just burst like a balloon ANYTIME! The amount of pressure mounting in my mind is really becoming unbearable, or maybe I'm just too tired after bearing with it for so long. I need to shift gears, but I can't afford to do that! Mom said I'm giving myself too much pressure. But no! I only did last minute studying for the exam this morning! I just couldn't concentrate on the materials anymore! And the result is utterly devastating. Well done, Shu Ying. Very well done, you.

电话不见了！！ 救我啊！ 电话 = 朋友们 电话 = 闹钟 电话 = 娱乐 电话 = 钱 电话 = 方便！！！！！！！！！！ 真的是坏事连三！！！ 怎么躲也躲不了这个劫！！！

everyone wants to tell their life story but not everyone is ready to listen to others' life story what a shame if everyone would just take turns to be the talker and the listener the world would definitely be in greater harmony

Current gas price: $4.359/gallon *faints*

Finally, I can breathe again. The Finals for summer session 1 are over!!! The last paper, Organic Chem 1, was this morning. I still can't believe I studied up till 5.30am, had two and a half hours of sleep, and then went on to take the exam. I thought I would be brain dead during the exam, but somehow it went well. All those stuff that I've learned just came out naturally on paper. I only hope that the good feeling that I have after the exam is a good indicator of my result though, cos I know sometimes my good feelings are wrong :( Calculus final yesterday was easy, so it won't be a problem for me to get an A. I've reactivated my facebook. This time, I felt no excitement anymore when I sign in to facebook. I guess, it's really getting boring for me, to the extent of being a little sick of it. Getting bored of stalking people :p Anyway, news on the road again. I almost knocked down a skate boarder on the highway junction on Tuesday afternoon. The guy was first hit by...

Apparently, people are misunderstanding my previous post -.-"' So I have removed it. There's nothing to worry about, people. Don't need to get as "worked up" as me here :) Some updates. I had my third and last orgo midterm yesterday. Did very badly, had half the multiple choice questions wrong, but luckily only 3 points taken off my short answer questions. So, if someone's reading this, now you know my grade. However, I still end up among the top 18 in the whole class of 150+. The exam was really super tough. I kinda regret deciding to kill off orgo in the summer, this is just near the end of session 1 and I'm already half dead(nearer to being dead). How can I continue to fight on in session 2 for orgo 2 and orgo lab together? The finals for orgo is next Friday, for calculus is next Thursday. I'm positive I'll go crazy by the time next Wednesday comes. Well, of course I won't be studying last minute, umm okay there're not even last min...

This was what Kevin Garnett shouted several times so emotionally when interviewed after the Celtics victory. Yes!! Celtics won the 2008 NBA Finals!! And it was truly an awesome game, awesome defense, awesome steals, awesome cooperation between the team players. Whew, 131-92, what a huge stretch in between. I really don't regret sacrificing study time to watch this championship defining game :) After 22 years. They last won in 1986. Imagine that hunger, that desperation, that determination to get that trophy finally in their hands. I can only imagine that feeling, and compare it to my seemingly pathetic similar experience of winning the 2002 Perak Marching Band Competition :p They really, really deserve this trophy. Paul Pierce really, really deserves his MVP title for the finals. I applaud his performance, along with Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, as well as Rajon Rondo, not to forget P.J Brown and Leon Powe for their input in the previous games. As I watch the big three getting off the...

Acetone is a ketone. Acetic acid is a carboxylic acid. DUH. Area under f(x) from x=a to x=b = lim n-> ∞ ,i=1 to n, ∑ f(a+i.b-a/n)(b-a/n) Umm, OK. Driving to school. Don't know how many people I've angered on the road. Got light signals from this CRV, cos I think I drove too slowly on the fast lane on the highway. As if I wanted to drive on that lane -.-"' If it weren't for the fact that I want to turn left at the next junction I would so much rather stay on the right lane. Road rage. Not yet, but I've experienced a tiny fraction of it. Kinda scary to think that I would actually be egged on upon on the road. Got to control myself. Calculators. TI-83+ or TI-84. $75+. Should get or should not get? So so so behind in organic chem. Workshop's up to Chapter 3 but my reading is up to Chapter 1.12 only. Math homework due tomorrow, haven't even read the textbook yet, not to even mention doing the homework. I'm sick of myself, the busier my life is, the mo...

很辛苦啊 真得很辛苦啊 教教我怎么撑下去 好吗？

站在狂风的天台一望无际 这一座孤寂的城市 在天空与高楼交接的尽头 谁追寻空旷的自由 阳光覆满这一刻宁静的我 隔绝了喧嚣和冷漠 川流不息的人游荡在街头 谁能听见谁的寂寞 找一个人惶惶相惜 找一颗心心心相印 在这个宇宙　我是独一无二 没人能取代 不管怎样　怎样都会受伤 伤了又怎样　至少我很坚强 我很坦荡 夜幕笼罩灿烂的一片灯海 多少人多少种无奈 在星光里遗忘昨天的伤害 一觉醒来还有期待 我不放弃爱的勇气 我不怀疑会有真心 我要握住　一个最美的梦 给未来的自己 一天一天　一天推翻一天 坚持的信仰 我会记住自己今天的模样 有一个人惶惶相惜 有一颗心心心相印 抛开过去　我想认真去追寻 未来的自己 不管怎样　怎样都会受伤 伤了又怎样　至少我很坚强 我很坦荡 我不放弃爱的勇气 我不怀疑会有真心 我要握住　一个最美的梦 给未来的自己 不管怎样　怎样都会受伤 伤了又怎样　至少我很坚强 我很坦荡 未来的你　会懂我的疯狂 Sometimes, tough times. Got to face them, and beat them. That's the law of survival. Anyways, haven't been updating for so long. Finals were over since 5/19. I wasn't in the mood to update or to get in contact with the rest of the world, so please excuse my absence. I met most of my expectations for my results, and I did get an A for my BIO 203, but it seemed to be at the expense of CHE 132 which got a shocking A-. I'm quite disappointed for not being able to get a GPA of 4.0 again, for my first semester at Stony Brook :( But to think about it, I'm taking 6 subjects t...

I don't know, I'm not sure yet..but, after learning about some basic principles of Nuclear Chemistry from my current chemistry course, I really like it very much. The topic itself is interesting enough with all the controversies going about, now with more knowledge about the undergoing chemical and physical processes, I'm even more curious about this particular area of science, and its applications in technology. Maybe this is like a second 'Astronomy' to me? I remember being all psyched up about Astronomy the first time I read about it in primary school, and went on to research so much about it up till now. Gee, I even made it my personal ambition to become an astronomer when I was a kid back then. Every year when we had to fill up those blue/green/yellow cards (can't remember which) during primary school, at the section where we had to state at least 3 ambitions, being an astronomer was always my first choice. So hopefully, being a nuclear physicist/chemist WO...

Every Spring, Stony Brook Univeristy holds a boat race. Not just your typical kind of boats, mind you. It's a race of boats made of cardboard, bound by duct-tape and decorated by paint. Roth pond, so named because it's located at the Roth Quad, a students' dormitory area. So my first spring semester here, I went to this regatta belonging to a club - Undergraduate Geology Club, long story why did I join it in the first place :p But still, it was fun :) And here are some photos. Just some cos I managed to catch only the first round of race before having to leave for work :( Canoe/Kayak named Shui Shang Piao. Roth Pond, with the beautiful flowering trees :) First round contestants getting ready. The water's super, super cold...brrr... Ready? GO! Splash! The first boat couldn't make it :p Second boat made it halfway. Third and fourth boat scoots on! Poor girls from James College(second boat). They really did try their best to continue the race, despite the boat ove...

Things have really been working in my favour for these past couple of weeks. From every small little thing, to every major issue, all the outcome has been making me smile and thank God from the depths of my heart. First. I was really worried about my class schedules for the Fall semester. I was 'forced' to take an evening lab for Physics and another evening lab for Biology due to all the closed afternoon classes. A voice in my head told me not to give up checking for empty slots, since there's always a possiblity that somebody changed their schedule or dropped that class or whatever. So I did. Every single day. And I was really, really blessed to find a seat empty in the Monday afternoon Biology lab :) For Physics, on the other hand, the department added new afternoon labs on Wednesdays mainly due to the overwhelming number of students taking Physics next Fall, so yay I jumped immediately into the class :) Thank the Lord! Second. After hearing so many scary stories of the d...

Bro is really getting better day by day. His guitar-playing, his singing. Oh my goodness, if I'm any other girl, I would so totally fall for him. Guys who can sing, play guitars, shoot nice photographs are just too irresistable!!! :p After dinner just now, while the rest of us were still sitting at the dinner table, he brought out his guitar and started playing songs to entertain us. Mom and Dad looked so happy and proud of him :) I, myself, certainly am very proud of him. He's got a whole bunch of musical genes in him, so talented! Aahh..tonight's dinner ranks among the top bests in my life. I recorded part of his singing/playing, but when I asked for his permission to post it on facebook(mainly for sis's benefit), he just told me this,"Video Killed The Radiostar". I was like, okay fine, i shall not upload it then -.-"' weird brother I have too :p Anyways, jia you bro!! We will always support you! :)

Spring is here. New shoots are emerging from the ground :) It actually felt like summer today. Japanese Taiko performance. The rhythmn was profoundly beautiful. Some Red Indian dance ritual. My duty. Haha I'm not the one inside lah. Just have to walk the Jellyfish around :p There was another butterfly and sunshine :) In just one day, I've experienced so many things that I never thought I would. Many of them awakened me of a lot of my own pre-conceived ideas of what should things be like or how should things be done. My ideas are too stereotypical already. No fun at all. Man, are you sure I'm one of the younger generation nowadays? I'm not sure of it myself. I definitely have to go out there and have more fun, instead of just mugging and mugging all the time. I just realized that I belong to nothing in school, no affliations at all, no clubs to call my own. That's so sad as a university student. No. Must be more outgoing liao. Bumped into Lysha and the other Malaysia...

This is very, very bad. I've planned all my classes way long ago and yet I'm still facing difficulties doing the registration. Why??? Because I forgot that the classes that I'm registering for are HOT classes that have HOT time slot and UN-HOT time slots, where the HOT time slot is already FULL when I finally got down to registering tonight!!!!!! Aarghh!! The UN-HOT time slots are so UN-HOT that I totally don't even to try registering for them, not another semester of being late for classes due to oversleeping!! So now, what remains for me to do will be to go to the departments directly and request for a seat in the full class. My biggest headache is Physics cos all the afternoon labs are full and the only ones remaining are in the evenings from 8pm-10pm. Siao! Imagine me taking the taxi home every time I have Physics lab. Totally crazy! But what if I really have no choice?? I don't even want to think about it... I'll be taking English Composition 2 during Fall,...

Hallway to stats class. Taken very early in the morning. Brooklyn Bridge in sight. Taken this morning from subway station. My Neighbourhood. Still waiting for the trees to bloom there. Elsewhere, all trees are flowering pink, white and yellow already :) Finally, the music shop that cheated my dad and bro. They were charged the price of an acoustic guitar when what they bought was a classical guitar. An example of unscrupulous businessmen -.-

I am feeling worse now. After telling mom about my result for bio, she totally flamed up, scolded me for so many things. One of the things that affected me the most was that she said all the money that they spent on me has already been "dump入大海". Actually I know it's my own fault ultimately, for getting that kind of shitty result. I had two exams on the same day, and though I prepared long ago for bio, I had ignored statistics totally until the night before. I thought it was so easy I didn't even have to read up much about it. I was wrong, of course. I started at almost 10pm the night before, and only ended at about 3am. Won't matter much if I have a late class the next day, but the thing is I had to wake up at 6am to catch the only bus that won't make me late for the first class at 8am, which is stats, which is the exam already. With so little sleep, and no naps taken in the afternoon, my brain was really really not functioning at its maximum when the bio exa...

Studied two weeks before still can get such a lousy grade for bio 203. I'm so down in the dumps now. Just tried to cheer up sl who's got a bad test score too, and now it's my turn..sigh.... Anyway, Finals!! I'll overcome you! You just see! I'll get an A+ for final then I'll be able to change the fate brought about by this second midterm!!!! You watch out!

I never knew the songs that I loved to sing most back in SAJC were by him!! Thanks woeilin :) I really, really liked it very much. You know me ;) So here's the song-video below. And I looked up imeem.com, lo and behold, so many came out, but too bad all are 30-secs version when posted elsewhere..so can't really share here. Thanks again yeah woeilin! You're the best! :)

I've only just heard of Godtube, thanks to peishan who sent an email with the link to a wonderfully touching story. This is the email: A son asked his father, 'Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?' The father who, despite having a heart condition, says 'Yes'. They went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying 'Yes' to his son's request of going through the race together. One day, the son asked his father, 'Dad, let's join the Ironman together.' To which, his father said 'Yes' to. For those who didn't know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever. The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the coast of the Big Island. Father and son went on to complete the race together. This is a really touching vi...

Finally some time to gather friends' blogs and put them up here again. Still missing quite a few people's blogs. Please do leave your blog add here for me if you ever visit my blog and don't find your add in my list :) Missed out so much on their lives, at least for the past 3 or 4 months. So here are more excuses for procrastination :(

We just found out that dad has to use up two-fifths of the total savings in our joint bank account to pay for his taxes. Great, even more financial stress now. If I still can't find work this semester, I'll just starve myself to death in school. Seriously. Otherwise, we won't be able to afford my summer classes tuition fees, plus sis's and my tuition fees for this fall. Things are getting from bad to worse. We have to be very prepared for a financial crisis coming this summer. Lord, please help us. Only that, I don't think He is listening anymore.

Okay, I've finally got down to registering for the PCAT at last. PCAT - Pharmacy College Admission Test Date: 8/23/2008 Venue: New York University It costs $125 for one test, and includes 3 score recipients, which I chose to be SUNY Buffalo, New York, University of Maryland at Baltimore, and Rutgers University, New Jersey. Any additional score recipient will cost $20 each. Well, I can worry about that later when I apply this Fall. Quite worried about my intended pharmacy career now that I realized how competitive Pharm.D is, here in America. I really, really hope to enter either Buffalo or Maryland. However, if you ask me why, I can't really tell you. It's just the feeling inside me that's telling me, "Okay this is the one for you", when I was reading through the American pharmacy colleges bulletin. Well, of course Buffalo has always been where I wanted to go, but now after finding out about University of Maryland, I felt torn between the two. Sigh..but of cou...

[Warning: Incoherence found in text. Do not read if you're very particular over correct English usage.] I can't believe I'm actually shouting this in the middle of a break. It would be more appropriate to be used at any other time except during a break, a one-week spring break that is. Sigh. So, Cheng Wei went back to Singapore on Wednesday morning. I woke up so early and was so brain dead, that I totally forgot to say what should be said when you send people off at airports. Things like, well, at the very least, have a safe flight/journey home and rest well on the plane. So in the end, it was a very unceremonious goodbye. Don't blame me! Blame it on his too too early flight :( I felt really, really tired. I guess it's not really that easy to be a host. Though I'll admit I had fun picking on this particular guest! There are so many things left to be studied and I have to do it in just half a day, after coming back from Stony Brook this afternoon. Was supposed to...

I'm so in need of a break, so this one week break is really a very much appreciated one! :) The first day of break, Saturday, went to Guggenheim Museum with Cheng Wei! I've always wanted to go to the museum, if not for the love of arts, then let it be for the sake of improving my (lack of) knowledge in that area :p So luckily Cheng Wei is here long enough to accompany me there, cos bro would never had gone to that place with me. In the end, however, I didn't really enjoy Cai Guo-Qiang's exhibition, "I Want To Believe", and instead enjoyed more of the other paintings exhibited. And, Cheng Wei came out of the museum complaining about the politics of the exhibition, China, US, blah blah..And then I felt bad. Anyway, then we ended up at Central Park again. Central Park seemed to be there upon our feet whenever we made for the city. This just shows how big it is. When we were at a small platform at Turtle Pond, now this was something that I didn't expect. A man...

by the way, it's spring break.

that was something an old colleague from China wrote for me. without even knowing what't the actual meaning -.-"' but actually, i guess i'm not very much forgotten by the looks of the tagboard... sorry for not replying to the taggies for so long. sorry for not replying to emails. this goes to mk, far, laine, xenia, xianan, woeilin. no amount of sorry can make you guys forgive the rudeness i know...but still i can try... anyway, there's something so horrifying that happened last night that i had to vent it out... the uncle living in my neighbouring room. he brought someone back home for the night. and i heard disturbing noises all night. and the thing is, i think the person he brought home was a guy. i didn't have a good night's sleep.

Yes. After more than 2 months of the dry weather, it finally snowed again. Even though I'm not really that hyped up about snowing as I was before, I'm still glad it snowed today because sis hadn't had a chance to experience snowing at all since she came here. Experiencing snow at Stony Brook is a little different from experiencing it at Brooklyn. Suburban life rocks ok. (well, not the bus-taking part though). The whole campus looks so beautiful after the coating of snow. It's still snowing outside, but according to weather.com it's going to change to sleet, then rain. After that, it will be raining for 2 whole days. Goodness, I really don't know how am I going to survive the next 2 rainy days. I really despise going out of the house on rainy days!!! Plus, the snow will be gone when it rains and I haven't had a chance to take pictures of it yet!!! Grrr...Brrrrr.... I think I'm getting more and more accustomed to life here at Stony Brook. At least I'm ...

and it was held at most absurd of time...2 o'clock in the morning at Mohegan Sun, which is a gambling hub at Connecticut. Anyway, it was Eason Chan's concert, Moving On. His performance was very good, but it's just a pity that the turnout wasn't that good, most probably because of the time. He's holding another session at 1pm later, so hopefully it'll have much more audience. Aah...am so tired now. I was so looking forward to joining Lysha and her gang for ice-skating at Central Park, but it's just too tiring for me already. Slept for only like 3 hours maximum for the night during the ride back to Brooklyn. I can't sleep now, if not I'll definitely have insomnia tonight and be late for school tomorrow morning.

Setting suns are not necessarily the most beautiful to watch from the beach or from the top of a mountain or from an airplane. Yesterday, the rays of a very beautiful setting sun fell upon me. It shone through the thick, but bare, tree trunks of the forests along the roadside, in a rich golden yellow orange colour. The forests came alive bathing under the remaining sunlight. It was really breathtaking. Just a simple sunset coloured the whole stretch of stripped, ugly forest in the most vivid of colours. Though the sun itself slipped in and out between the tree trunks and a few mountaintops, and it is impossible to see the exact moment it made its final dip into the horizon, it was truly beautiful. Not only the forests, my precious bit of seaview at Port Jefferson Ferry Dock was at its most mesmerizing moment when the bus went past it. Goodness..I am really at a loss of words for that bit of picture in my mind. The small town ferry dock became a castle in my eyes during the few minutes ...