Say L.O.V.E!

We're moving~!!

2011-01-16T23:38:00.003+08:00

Hi there peeps!

I still couldn't stop shivering! I thought I had deleted my whole blog! Oh my.... thank God it's still here.

Well, I'm planning (no, actually I had done it!) to move my blog to Wordpress due to the features and all... (a bit influenced by Miss Ng hahaha) so for any updates of mine in the future, I'll post in...

choobits.wordpress.com

Sorry for all the inconvenience caused (if there's any) and thanks for visiting all this while! Happy reading! :D

Thank you Blogger, you have served me well! Who knows someday I'll export my blog back to Blogger. Hahaha~~!

2011 is here!

2011-01-07T01:19:00.003+08:00

Happy new year 2011!

I know, it's already the 6th day, coming to the 7th... and I don't have the mood to blog! :( Reason being, I have no photos! TT There were a bunch of interesting events and I don't know why I didn't take a single picture.

On New Year's Eve we went for the Youth's overnight church prayer. Sounds so spiritual right? Hahaha... I thank God for the opportunity. Coz we usually don't attend the weekly overnight prayer meeting due to clashes of time with our cell group meeting. But because our cg leaders couldn't lead that day due to end-of-month closing, I thought why not just moved everyone to church and experienced a unique way of entering the new year!

It was really a blessed way to usher in the new year. More importantly, I believed that God has given me my new year resolutions. They were more like 'RE'-solutions for me! I've got 3: REpent of my past mistakes and sins; be REborn again and have a REnewal of mind; and REconcile - whether it is my relationship with God, or with family and friends which I have failed to care for for the past 1 year... and I'm sure the list doesn't stop there! There'll be more to come as I seek His face! And all these would lead to REvival!! Amen!

Guess what else we did? On Pastor David's suggestion, we had a countdown at the entrance of the tabernacle, and when the clock struck 12, we ran out as a prophetic act that we would GO OUT this year! Then we ran back in as another prophetic act that people, esp youths would be rushing into our church this year!! So much for being crazy for Him! :D

I proclaim that this year will be a year of BREAKTHROUGH! And I want to proclaim this with FAITH!

After the prayer meeting most of us went for supper at Picadilly's until almost 2 am... we didn't plan to stay so long but time just seemed to fly..!

No pictures of people but there are pictures of food haha...

Beef Nachos! Are they supposed to look like this?? Looks like a pizza right? I thought should be nacho chips with melted cheese + bits of minced beef...! RM5.50++

Turkey Ham Pizza, RM15++ Okay lah.. like how a homemade pizza would taste like... okay maybe less than that. XP

And those were the only pictures that I've got. Unbelievable.

Then on Sunday I got the honor of being invited to Lubie's company lunch buffet at Shangri-la Hotel... and I so smartly left my phone in the car which resulted in... not a single picture! And partly it was because it was kinda awkward and embarrassing to shoot using my cam phone when there were pro photographers seated at the same table!

Since we took no photos, we made it up by taking A LOT after we came back. Hahaha...

Yeah I know what you're thinking. They're all pretty much the same right... hahaha

This one was fine until we realised I was showing one of my fangs. ==

Even the back of cheng-kerik provides an opportunity for a shot. ^^

I really thank Lubie's boss for the treat. At the same time I vow that we should have a buffet meal at a hotel like this before we go on our own separate ways! I'm certain it would be a whole lot fun-er eating with people that you've known for life! :P

Speaking of parting, we've just grown through the very 1st week! And there're just 13 more to go before the study week, the exam, and that was it!! Oh my!! TT

We're having the 'add-and-drop' week now, which means we still get to decide on what courses to choose. But I'm having such a big dilemma now as for what to take for electives!!! Foreign languages? Or go for something that doesn't have exam?? Actually I don't have that much fear for exam, it's just that if I go for foreign languages, should I take Thai, German or Portuguese??

Ahhh... decisions, decisions...

Nah not gonna fret about it. I just want to enjoy this six months coz they might be my last chance of studying! I so thank God that I still get to study after the part-time job! Looks like retail line is really not my cup of tea!

Have uploaded my last day in TSTMMV on fb. But there's still one more item that I'd like to share here...

My ah-ma shoes which I bought on the 2nd day of work! They were spoiled on the 3rd last day... yet they endured the battle till the last day!

officially R.I.P.

Cost me RM39.90 even though they looked kind of choink... But when I counted the days this pair of shoes has been serving me, it was a surprising 39 days! RM1 for a day... not bad lah~~~ :)

Hahaha... I wish I would return with more interesting news! Stay tuned!

dec 3rd week sum-up!

2010-12-26T14:43:00.015+08:00

My last Blogging Sunday in 2010!

Wow 5 more days to a brand new year! Time passes faster when we get older it seems. I... I... can't believe that I'll be tw... twenny f.. f.... four next year...!

Anyway, let's leave the shocking oh-my-it's-2011-dy moment for next Saturday then. I've got some more batches of pictures for sharing here. :)

First and foremost the Broga Youth Camp from 131210 to 161210. But many ppl have uploaded the Youth camp pictures on FB already (and they could tell a more detailed story than me) so I guess I'll just dump all the camp photos on FB. As for my own reflection, I thank God for the opportunity to join the camp, to lead a group of awesome and interesting members, to know Pastor Anton's amazing daughter--Amazing Grace personally, to indulge myself in all kinds of thrilling activities in 3 days, to experience teamwork and enjoy fellowship with all the other youths in every session, and to be edified by God's words through the sermons! It's truly a priceless experience that nothing could exchange with!

And I actually cried on the last day when they asked each group leader to say a word or two to their group members! == *malunye* Before that when I saw the group leaders shedding tears as they shared in the videos of the previous camps, I was wondering... why la... just a few days only right? Who knows in the end I myself TT pulak... Sigh.. Never judge too early!

After the camp I think we had a breakthrough in terms of attire. (So irrelevant!) Hahaha... coz the following Sunday Caryn and I both wore the skirts which we had left molding in our wardrobes for months!

Eh Caryn wore SKIRTS without leggings or jeans okay~!! *applause!!*

And I think we had another breakthrough in terms of lunch as well.. hahaha... instead of the usual MJ lah, Subway lah, Face to Face Pan Mee lah, Curry Mee lah, Loh Mee lah, Georgetown lah... we opted for Vietnam Kitchen! ^^

Nice ambience.. with the dim lights and curtains that sort of formed personal cubicles@diners...

Only 4 of us... :( Where are you, you and you know who you are?

Fresh Chestnut Juice that came in a set with my Grilled Beef Celery Set, RM18.90++.. I simply love the crunchy bits of chestnut in every sip! ^^b

Not bad.. the portion was just fine. Caryn ordered the same set without the drinks.. RM16.90++

The spring rolls came in a cute lil' basket! Just a lil' too salty but the sauce for dipping was excellente~!!

And Lucas's Grilled Lemongrass Pork Chop Set, RM16.90++ as well... Didn't try his but they looked yummy enough.. :)

Lubie's Claypot Caramel Pork Belly Set, RM19.90++ Oooh this was smashing!! I've always LOVED porky's tummy~!!

And that's for 191210 lunch, leaving us determined to work harder in the coming week. Hahaha...

On the following Tuesday 211210 TSTMMV had a Christmas party in the training room.. Didn't plan to go at 1st coz it started at 10pm after work! And when it's late at night, things could become unpredictable... or uncontrollable, righto? Nevertheless we went.. and I could only say that the best things that night was the food...;

the goodies bag for each of us was great;

the gift exchange session was not bad too;

the deco was okay... the birdie balloon was quite cool;

but definitely NOT the games!! FYI, they're not gay and they're not kissing. They're just passing poker cards using their mouth... Ugghhh.. beh tahan! =='''

I don't know how crazy they went after that coz I got to go back early. But thank God there wasn't any alcohol. I suppose it was just a high sugar@glucose effect.. ==

And the next day was Winter Solstice! My 1st time not eating glutinous rice balls at home.. TT Called home and found out that Mentaro and Moth2 and Owl2 and Cheesels and Niny were having steamboat! >:( Without me!!! TT

So Lubie and I went for something other than Mamak for dinner that night. And we resolved to eat tong-yuen!!

Went to Fun TaiPei Teacafe for dinner! ^^

To save your time from scrolling down pics after pics, I have conveniently paged them with Photoscape for you. Me so nice right? :D The food was scrumplicious! RM14.50 per set without tax whatsoever. I like~! I got myself a beef soup set with rice... Lubie had his 三杯鸡... I suppose it's 3 kinds of sauce or sth... But the way they greeted customers was way too loud and shocking and sometimes, too 热情 that I couldn't take it. Hahaha...

To keep the tradition of 冬至 besides satisfying our cravings for tong-yuen later, we dropped by at 甜品哥哥... the Q was horribly long! Looks like it's not just us keeping the tradition yet too lazy to make tong-yuens at home!

Sesame glutinous rice balls rolled in peanut crumbs. Lovely.. but I don't like sesame much...

I prefer this: Tong-yuen in ginger tong-sui... RM5.50 if they are all peanut-fillings..

And look at the peanut filling! Slurrrp~!!! :9 I guess to me only peanuts can do the magic. Hahaha

In fact, we went a second time because Caryn hadn't kept the festival that day... and because of some food voucher that entitled us to a set of sesame glutinous rice balls rolled in peanut crumbs if we spent 20 bucks and above...

This time around we ordered...

Tong yuen in milk... RM7.50... Too bad it's not soya bean milk...

Durian pancakes, RM8 per set of two...

I wonder where they got the durian.. The season's over isn't it?

Some ginger milk which was supposedly good for Lubie's coughing. But it turned out real hard to swallow and we gave up after half a bowl... RM7. Don't ever order this! Hahaha it's chef recommended some more can u imagine?

And ahh finally I'm coming to the end of the blog! Gosh I think I spent like 2-3 hours on this post!

Christmas's here and is over! We had a 'Do Justly. Love Mercy' event on Christmas Eve, where the church invited the poor and the needy for dinner, games, prayer and brought the gospel out of each station. I didn't take any pictures except for this.

Hahaha... == In fact, I didn't help out much coz we're late.. And the next day was the evangelistic night with dance, drama, dinner (wow 3Ds~!) and by God's grace Pastor Anton was here to preach! He talked about breakthrough in 2011 and God's promises and prophecies on us will come to pass! Woohoo~~ I want my whole family to submit under Christ!!! Oh yes and I got to see Grace again!! And she brought us Christmas gifts all the way from India! Authentic handmade Indian costumes! Will wear them and post up all the 自恋photos when I have the time ya! Hahaha...

Oh by the way, we've got a new member in the family... Introducing~~~

Plushie~! Not me okie.

Ooh what big eyes you have~!! Oops Plushie is shy. Hahaha...

Yaoyao will take good care of the new brother.. ^^ Lubie insisted that Plushie is a male. == But it has floral patterns all over wor...!!

Lubie got me the T too.. What?! You think I am charismatic + irresistible + magnet..? Oh yes I think so too! Hahahaha maybe M stands for muka tembok also~!!

LMAO~! Ciao~~~!!

another '5I' gathering!

2010-12-23T23:51:00.009+08:00

I want to bloggggg~~~!! Argghh... this job is taking up too much of my time!! So glad that it's gonna end next week!

So exhausted and sleepy now but I've resolved to write something these few days! My photos have been piling up and they demanded to be shared! ;P

Let me dump the 1st batch here...

Date: 12.12.10

Venue: IKEA Damansara

Event: 5I gathering again!

Yea right... and the class only consisted of HH, KL, ET (all the way back from Ozzie!!) & HF!

Not forgetting me please! :)

Everyone sort of had their lunch... so the menu was mainly a Daim cake, meatballs and chicken wings and horrible tasteless 7-Up ==''' for sharing.

I was the only big eater. Herb baked salmon for RM15.90. Not exactly my wish! Was planning to feast on Grilled Chicken Leg & Blabla as shown in the catalogue... TT

Had a superb time catching up with one another... ET commented on how long it has been since he has heard so much Mandarin, and he couldn't decide on which language to speak it seemed hahaha... HH complained about how heavy her ear-test machine was and how she had to carry it around every day... HF, still sarcastic as ever, suggested her to bring to IKEA and tested on the patrons... KL was still her bubbly self and was the only one who could either make HF speechless or excited hahaha...

After lunch we went window shopping. Or perhaps that was the initial plan... *wink wink*

We weren't shopping wad... See? No shopping bags at all~!

No shopping bags coz they could fit into our tote bags muahahah.. Got a necklace from PDI Sale! After 70% off it's less than ten bucks muahahahahah... with cute lil' gold teddies somemore okay! I don't care what ppl say.. gold is the IN thing now! :P

Walked around The Curve but was not very much fascinated by the Christmas deco.. I want to see 1-U's!!!

HF: I don't take this kind of pictures... (I suppose he meant with choink-looking Christmas trees) and yet posed together when HH counted 1, 2, 3... hahaha...

Finally dinner at SS2 Murni coz ET wanted to try something local. And this was the best we could think of... fusions of Chinese, Indian, Malay & Nyonya cuisines! Had fun sharing and trying out all the dishes ordered! *like*

*And that's the end of the 1st batch photos*

Indescribably elated to see all of you! Hope that we get to do this more often! (Ya I know, I know, it's usually my problem... haha) Well, see u guys in a month I guess! I really thank God for our annual CNY visiting session! It's a tradition that must be kept until our hair starts to gray and our teeth fall ya! ^^

Till then, to everyone out there, even though Jesus was not born at this time, all the same Happy Christmas to you all! May it be a time of love, care & warmth!

God bless you!

all in one

2010-12-11T14:55:00.005+08:00

The world is so small!

Was browsing through a church friend's photo album on FB and found a friend of hers who happened to be a customer whom I served in TOPMAN weeks ago and was a friend of a Form 5 friend of mine!

Are you dizzy trying to sort out the relations? Hahaha.. leave it then.. I'm just amazed at how FB connects people! ^^

I guess I should listen to Jacky and watch Social Network someday.. haha..

There's a wedding in church this morning.. didn't go coz I don't know the bride and groom very well. I think I've not spoken a word to the bride before. Hahah and I've never seen the groom! And I'm going to translate tonight!! The pressure is enough to sweep away the mood to go anywhere! Arrghh my Lord...! Let Ps David's sermon be powerful in a GENTLE way please~~!!

And Jong, you owe me like 10 times for this okay!!?

Oh yea I promised to show you the long-legged bear right...

See how tall he is!

Caryn got a pat on the head too!

And this is D' Ultimate Super Ultra X-Bear (combination of superman, ultraman and x-man's power)!

See the spotlight on us? ^^ You only get this privilege when you take pichas with them at 11pm. Hahahah...

The Black Beauty.. his legs made superb sofa! But if I were to place him in the living room... err we'll have no place to land our feet I guess...

Caryn harassed him.

Lubie said I'm 变态 in this photo, which I dont understand why...!

They reminded me of Noah's Ark. Hahahah...

Adorable lil' snowman!

....

Ahh.. that's all! Keep me in your prayers!

p/s: Tomorrow meeting ET, KL, HH & HF!! Woohoo~~~~!! I can't wait to see you all~!

thank You Jesus

2010-12-06T10:18:00.002+08:00

My hope to register for next sem was shattered into smithereens. TT After being told by the Pejabat Bendahari staff that 'Yes, your payment is settled. You can register online now...', we disbelievingly and happily went home and on our comps only to find that 'Pendaftaran sudah ditutup'...

Caryn called the office again and was told, "Salah you kan. Tak bayar awal-awal."

Wanting to vent out our frustration, McD breakfast became the choice although we knew that we're going to get hungry real fast soon when we start work later.

Before heading home, went to Rhb to check whether my meager salary is in or not, only to find that my balance of RM24 became RM4 due to the 20-buck annual fee...

God, I want to thank You still. Oh yes, I will praise You!

jingle bells~ for christmas and a wedding!

2010-12-05T15:32:00.007+08:00

Hello December!

Oh yes! 3 more weeks and I'll be free from part-timing! :D Actually there're 4 weeks left to new year, but I have taken almost one week off (4 days) to join the GA Youth Camp (finally~!)... And MIRACULOUSLY, they approved our leave! Thank You Jesus!! Sometimes I felt that Caryn and I might be too demanding: can work for only 2 months, sat & sun must off, friday morning must be morning shift, now another 4-day leave again... But God is gracious, and all who honor Him will have His favor, amen!? ^^b

Speaking of this, this month is, of course, the Christmas season celebrated worldwide! Although Jesus was not born at this time, it's still a time to give thanks and ponder upon the amazing grace in the awesome salvation plan God has had for us! Thank You Father!

Since the only mall I go to is Midvalley, I haven't had the chance to see the deco of the others... Maybe next week we could drop by at 1-U after lunch at IKEA, right dear?! ^^

Midval is having a 'Funtoystic' theme this year! So what do you expect to see... Lots and lotsa toys of course~~!

This is just one of the booths there. Famous Amos if I'm not mistaken. I took the picha coz I simply love the long-legged santa and snowman!!

And there're LOTSA teddies as well!! Long-legged teddies! I mean, really, really long legs! Hahaha... Some closer ones to the railings offer free hugs. I've got to remember to take the picha of the biggest bear some day...

Photo session with Mr. Brown.

Two octopi!

And this was one poor bear tied under a lamp post outside Topshop Topman. When Caryn saw it in the morning it was fine.. but by break time it was torn around the leg and its neck too! I wonder if those shoppers hugged him or bit him... ==

See? This mean girl still went and pulled his scarf. Poor bear. He must be so thankful that he was removed the next day!

Oh yeah by the way, I promised to post about Zul & Aisya's wedding aite? I think I should rephrase what I had written in the last post: it's our cohort friends' very 1st wedding, not our very 1st cohort friends' wedding... if you can recognise the difference... hahaha whatever~

Anyway, we went yesterday around noon time. It's the girl side, Nain's side would be next week at his hometown, to which I doubt we'll travel so far. Anyway there were just the 3 of us! Not fun enough! :( A-ar, who are those from AirAsia and MAS (放我们飞机)? Please turn yourselves in and be executed.

This was the best picture I managed to get... It's either my face got cut off or his. Hahaha...

We drove all the way to Sungai Buloh without knowing the exact direction! Ended up at Kampung Sg. Plong which led us to some eerie crossroad. On the way there's even a sign saying 'Buang batu karang dan makhluk halus' and our goosebumps were all over! o.O

Then called a few coursemates who RSVP-ed as 'attending' for directions but ended up they joined AirAsia and MAS as well! Sigh... and finally got Azreil to give us the right directions...

And when we saw this banner by the roadside, we knew that we could not have been wrong! Hahaha actually it's the RELA team who attracted our attention! Can you believe it? They actually invited RELA ppl to help guide the traffic!

Woohoo~! Congtrats to Nain & Aisha!

My 1st time eating nasi minyak! Nice~~!! I super *heart* the rendang daging! Very authentic and scrumpleeeyummilicious~~!! Caryn even went for a second round which she regretted later... hahahah.... they didn't provide spoons actually. We used the spoons for cendol. Hahaha.. I think besides the florists, we're the only Chinese guests there.. Hahah.. but they're all so warm and amiable! Even the guests who were seated at the same table chatted with us like long-time friends! d^^b

Before we left we got to take photos with them again at the pelamin... ^^ though we missed the ceremony in the morning... Good for Nain to get such a pretty wife! :D

Selamat bernikah, Nain & Aisya~!! And get some kids soon!! Hahahah.... We're really, really glad for you! ^^

next sem~!

2010-11-29T23:34:00.006+08:00

I'm going to add on just one more post before November ends... so that I have more posts in a month hahahahah...

Tomorrow am working morning shift so I must make this short and sweet.

Just registered for the next sem. Guess what I take for my co-curriculum activity: swimming! ==''' And the two lecturers-in-charge are guys it seems. Arrgghh... I don't know whether I'll regret or not later. Hahahah...

Well, it's a matter of learning something new. It's also a matter of keeping my promise to Caryn (coz I promised her that we'll learn swimming together during the last sem, which caused her to not register for the co-cu the previous sem....)! Sigh....

Hmmm... let's see if I'll change my mind during the add-and-drop week.

I can't wait to start our last semester. Studying is way better than working!!! :P

Oooh by the way, we're going to attend our very 1st cohort friend's wedding this coming Saturday!! Woohoo~~ congrats Nain & Aisha! Will update on Sunday! ^^

discovering the world

2010-11-28T16:45:00.004+08:00

Sunday is blogging day. ^^

Not much of updates this week. I'm just surprised at how time flies. A blink of an eye and it's weekend again! Good. Shows that I'm getting used to working. :) The first week actually felt like one whole month!

And it's the end of November! Which means... pay day is here very soon! Heheheh...

Hmm.. what else can I share... oh yea I got to know my colleagues more... Haha... Naturally. After all, it's the 4th week already. What can I say, they're a bunch of interesting people! They make you gape, laugh and sigh in disbelief!

I guess God's allowing me to see how the world is like, before I really step out into the working arena next year. And you ask me, how is it like? I could only say... it's not a bed of roses. What a cliche == hahaha...

Well, more specifically. It's not exactly pleasant. It's a place without grace. It's a place where you have to depend solely on yourself because no one else could help you. It's a place where everyone fights to be the best, so much so that sometimes conscience doesn't matter, morality doesn't matter. It's a place where true friends are hard to find. It's a place where selfishness abounds. It's a place where material, money and status are prioritized over anything else.

It's a place where I'd find normal if God hasn't found me.

Last week my store manager suggested a game to push the sale. Whoever achieved a personal sales target of RM2,500 would be rewarded Juice Work, which cost around 7 to 13 bucks I guess. Because of the motivation, the whole store turned into a race field. Everyone was literally fighting for customers.

My hope of receiving the reward was nil. I only managed to sell a jersey top cost 39 bucks after hours. And I was pushed to the fitting room which was not my duty area at all. All because everyone else wanted to serve customers. It seriously didn't feel pleasant at all! But I heard a small voice within telling me, "Thank God when there're sales, and thank God where there isn't any."

That was like the hardest thing to do at that time. But I prayed silently in my heart and said, "Yes, Lord. I thank You even if I can't do any sales. But please, let my sales be at least 1,000 by the end of the day (so that it'd not be such an eyesore to the manager)."

And I suppose, like what my cell group leader has testified later, thanksgiving IS an energy booster, a faith pump, a spirit lifter. I wasn't so down after that. I suppose I was really submitting things into His hands instead of depending on my own effort.

And God sent an angel that night. A friendly, not-prominent-looking Indonesian lady came into the shop and got me to help her with a few garments. Only seconds later did I realize that she was a BIG buyer. She just walked around saying yes, I want this, and that too, and that as well... I don't know how much everything cost, but I knew that her one receipt sent my sales zooming to RM2,515 from around 1,600!

And by the end of the day when we closed the store, I was amazed to see that I could do more than 3,000 bucks in a single day! More accurately, I was amazed at how He worked the impossible!!

As a result...

I got my share of a large Juice Work...

And since they're doing promotion for their Peachy Christmas, it came with a gingerbread man! :)

It's really quite nice nyahahaha.. I must say it's a reward from God... for passing the lesson of the day: being submissive towards Him. ^^ Thank You Jesus!

Life is full of big problems. Thank goodness I have a bigger God. :)

oct-nov updates

2010-11-21T22:17:00.011+08:00

Hi there I'm back!! I mean... in Blogger. Hahaha... After 1 month plus!! Gosh how could I leave my avid readers craning their neck waiting and waiting until all blooms have withered (等到花儿也谢了) hahahah just kidding... so perasannn!!! But truly I see the counter keeps going up, proves that there are a bunch of you out there who checks for my updates often ya!! *touched* TT

Hahaha okay enough 臭美-ing.

I guess for this post I'll just explain why I was MIA for so long.

As I was saying (like ages ago), I was looking for part-time jobs rite. Well initially Caryn and I settled for SEED and would start work in November, since 10++ others didn't respond to our application. They pay like RM5 per hour, no commission.

Then we're busy with the SEA Bread of Life Conference already from Oct 13-16 coz our church was hosting it, so there seemed to be no more time for other job interviews. But God was soooo GOOD all the time! On Saturday (which was the last day of the conference), we had a free afternoon, and Caryn and I were called for another job interview in TOPSHOP. And it went smoothly and tadaa... we're in! RM6 per hour, no commission as well. But that would add up a lot by the end of the month compared to SEED.

But dont think that we're rich ppl now la ya. There was always a catch to the RM6 per hour. Since we're working for 2 months only, we have to pay 50% of our uniform price, which should be given to us for FREE if we work for 3 months, and that's already RM100 gone! And I bought 2 other pairs of shoes just to work! 100 bucks gone again. Then have to dress up, accesorising... not mentioning transport and everything else. My poor baby has to come fetch us if we work noon-night shift. I really, really thank God for him, like seriously!!

Besides, we're working Mondays to Fridays only, devoting our weekends to church activities. My colleagues were shocked (like literally) to hear that we're church-goers. Hahaha.. coz they're like workaholics and 'clubbers' I think. And they're so much younger than me!! Mostly 18 to 20... like oh gosh!!

Anyway ya so this is what I'm doing currently. Working. Standing for 8 hours per day at least. My leg muscles growing more and more. Hahaha... Caryn said she FELT that she has slimmed down. Hahahaa...

Okay so let me rewind again and dump some photos here... if not I'll go on and on.

On 10.10.10, GA611 officially moved into our new land! Ya ya I know this was like ages ago...

A momentous day: the congregation walked together from the old place to the new prayer tabernacle!

Notice the crowd!

Rev. Esther gave a very moving speech and it was a time of paying attributes to God and all that He has done for us! At 10.10 am we entered the tabernacle and used it for the very 1st service! ^^ (weird that until now I still haven't taken a pic of the interior!)

After service we went for BBQ at Seoul Garden, Taman Desa... Yeah food again!

The side dishes + our BBQ beef with green vege... *tummy rumbling*

I ordered some octopus meal.. high in cholesterol. Sigh.

The family photo! I guess we can have this view again only in January '11 ya. :( Miss all the missing ones!

Karen came to visit over the weekend as well and brought us muffins made by a Kch 611 sister! Bee-yoo-ti-full~~ Thanks Karen. Sorry that I only managed to take pichas of muffins and not you. Hahahaha....

Then October 13th-16th was the conference, like I mentioned. An extremely, tremendously, exceedingly busy week! This was the only picture I managed to take. Highly anointed coz Rev. Joshua was the main character. Hahaha...

Then 1016 was our 6th anniversary. We had an outdoor buffet dinner after the 5-7pm service! No photos coz I was one of the food station leaders. Too busy running around dy... :P

The next morning Jong, Lubie and I took an early flight back to Kuching! Can't wait to see Mummy! Had breakie at KL Central Coffee Bean with Kevin-Jong.

Shared a breakfast set with him. Not too bad but my taste butt had yet to wake up so didn't taste it well.

Jongie's.. What's that again?

Kevin's burger...

Then the long flight... us sitting separately.. TT and the flight was not full at all!!

Lubie's ultimate aim of dropping by..

Niny~!!!!!!!!!! See how big girl she has become already!

My 2-week break was very fulfilling coz I spent most of the time playing with her. Hahaha... She's learning to walk by herself a lil', hold her own spoon and poke straws into packet drinks. Wow. Hahah.

And yeap, went to straighten my disastrous hair again at a new hairdresser's. She's real good! She made me look 10 years younger. Hahaha... coz a TOPMAN colleague actually guessed that I'm 13. :P

New-look auntie with Niny. Hahaha...

My last day with Niny... at the airport. Her mummy is growing prettier. Hahaha... and there went my break. I flew back to KL on Oct 31st and had to start work the next day! How nice was that!!?

No working pichas here. There's one but not that nice. Hahaha... I'll try to take some if I remember la ya..

And to Jong's and BeeGuat's attention: Caryn & I had done some long-awaited DIY hair coloring with Liese Bubble Dye! I tried the Marshmallow Brown.

FYI, this is the AFTER effect k, not before!! Do you see the color? NO~~~!!!

But with flash you can see a lil'... SIGHHHH~~~

The next day I experimented on Caryn's hair. She tried Chestnut Brown, which was supposedly darker in color. But because of my hair result, we left it 15 mins longer than mine.

She looked like the Simpson's mother right? Hahahaha...

And the result? More obvious than mine okay~!!? Angela noticed she dyed her hair but nobody asked me mine. TT So you guys know how the product is dy.. might as well go for the lightest shade since the outcome is so dark. But now all our hair color is getting lighter a lil'...

Okay it's 12am! I'm gonna wrap this up pretty soon.

Went for a real date with him after coming back for weeks!

Tried Jap restaurant Kissaten at Jaya 1.

You know me... food pichas cannot be missed! I had a grilled salmon set. Verdict: I don't like salmon. Or I plain dislike FISH. Very fishy. Hahaha... It came with all the sides: rice, steamed egg, miso soup & lobak jeruk, RM27.80.

Lubie's beef steak was disappointing, RM17.90. It felt like eating patties more. The portion was actually bigger than what you could see coz it had been snatched half by me. :P

And a pancake for dessert, RM4.90. Not superb and I think Pasta Zanmai beats this like ten times. So 3/5 for this.

Last but not least, we celebrated 3 birthdays:

Doreen's on Nov 9...

Lubie's on Nov 11...

And a belated one for Lucas & Lubie (Nov 10 & 11 respectively) as well as an advanced one for Zuzhang (Nov 22)! Oh ya, it's 12 dy! Happy birthday Zuzhang!!! The very 1st birthday as a daddy! I guess Ian-Ian is the best gift ever ya! May God bless you more and more! Thank you for being such an awesome spiritual daddy to us! I hope we have been good children. Hahaha...

And till then. I'll update again, peeps, hopefully. ^^ God bless you all!

a new blog title?

2010-10-08T23:55:00.000+08:00

Time to give my blog a face lift.

I'm thinking of changing my blog title. And maybe URL as well.

Yes, AGAIN!

People do grow up wad... :P

Any nice suggestions?

I would give you a prize for this if you have a superb suggestion and could complete the slogan 'I like your blog because ....' in not more than 15 words.

Muahahahahaaaaa...

desperate job seeker (!!!)

2010-10-07T22:51:00.004+08:00

Am currently looking for some part-time for my Nov/Dec break. Anyone has any good recommendations?

For the 1st time in my life, I'm like more than grateful for my course! Coz I don have to look for jobs! Like, seriously grateful! Gosh, on Tuesday me & Caryn walked around Jaya 33 and Section 14 shops asking for vacancies and we're like half-dead by the time we reached home! And we don know how to write a proper resume! Crazy right? How could teachers-to-be not know? Don't ask me! They never taught us that! And we actually went online to see a sample so that we could apply jobs online. ==!!!

It's so freaking hard to get a job that

- pays well;

- requires you to work on weekdays only (so that it doesn't clash with church stuff); and

- is near our hse so that we don have to travel far!

Usually they require us to work 6 days a week! And the off-day is a weekday!!! I so freaking don't want!!!! TT

Now you know my 'criteria' for my part-time yea... hahaha.. being choosy pulak! But I strongly believe that God will provide, with all my heart and will I proclaim that!!

And maybe ALSO some data entry stuff so that I can work from home and have more flexible working hours? And some extra income?

Can those online stuff be trusted??

God, please hear my prayers!!

Hmm... will be attending an interview tomorrow! I hope this one works out! At least it's something that I'm more confident in. Teaching kids... or just helping out in the classroom! God, please grant us this one! With good pay! :P

I thank God that at least these few days we're quite occupied helping the church a lil' here and there. At least we're not sitting at home waiting to grow moss all over! Can't wait for Bread of Life South East Asia Conference!

And then I'll be home to see Niny!! Yay~~~~~!!

But before that, I need a JOB!!!

P/S: Oooh by the way, I came across this vacancy for food blogger, food lover and food photographer that day! And I was thinking.. hey, not bad wad... I just need to eat and blog and get paid! Let's see how much it pays... guess what...

RM10 per month! LOL~!!!

Farewell, TP... & SKBUD!

2010-10-06T21:58:00.012+08:00

TP is really, seriously, officially, finally over! TT <-- *crying tears of joy*

My timetable was officially crumpled and went into the rubbish bag!

Surprisingly, the last few days were the busiest and most stressful of all.. it's not the portfolio-stress, though we really had to burn midnight oil before the submission date to finish up the pettiest yet couldn't be overlooked dreadful stuff, i.e. table of content, cover page, separators, blah blah...

And I'm so glad everything's over :) ... (for now ==''')

Like I said, it wasn't really the portfolio that stressed us out. It's more like the gift stress kinda thing. What to give the teachers? What to give the kids? What to give those who scored higher than the others? Oh no... Not enough?! Should we buy more? Or should we just act innocent...? Trust me, these are more than enough to give you the headache!

I forgot how many times we visited Mr.DIY for those gifts! And there was one Monday when we had to purposely drove to Cheras to re-stock! Oh gosh, now I'm getting Mr.DIY-phobic! On the other hand I really thank God for its existence! The things were so cheap yet the quality was okay! Where else can you get 6 glitter gel pen for RM1.90? 6 rulers for RM1.50 (the ones that we usually use, not those choink ones mind you); or 10 cute bookmarks for 70 sen? But yea, seeing cheap stuff = buying a lot! In the end, we lost count of how much we had spent for TP!

For those who behaved well and tried their very best in class, I promised them gifts. And so it was time to keep my promises (one of the most crucial points in education).

For the rest, we just got them junk food. Tsk tsk... so unhealthy right... but they made them happy, so we couldn't care too much. Hahaha...

See? Teachers nowadays have a part-time called Santa Clauses okay!

We took the pains to ensure everything was right & equal!

And not just the kids, it was quite brain-cracking to think of what to give the teachers as well!

Guess what they were!

Cupcakes!

Beautiful on the outside but not so yummy on the inside... hahaha but not too bad still. I thank God that the teachers in my school were more humble and appreciative. I heard that Caryn's school teachers actually passed the cupcakes to others. The difference between an urban and a rural-like school!

Well, my school was not exactly rural. The name SK Bandar Utama Damansara said it all. But since most of the kids were immigrants' children, they were mostly from Kampung Kayu Ara, some lived in squatters' areas... conclusion: those of lower SES families. And you would just feel that lil' tinge of sympathy and sadness every time you see them, especially those who were completely de-motivated to study. They were not to blame, but we'd always think that if not through education, how else could they climb up the society ladder?

Sigh... why am I so philosophical and emotional all of a sudden?

Anyway, they're still a bunch of cutie pies. Especially my Year 3 darlings. ^^

Sarah Sofea and Nur Adelyn... two of my best girls in 3 Meranti.

In fact, Adelyn cried quite a bit on the last day when we're giving away prizes. I think dear & me were quite surprised at a few of them. I never expected them to be so emotional. It meant that we're quite adorable teachers aint it? Hahaha.. but frankly speaking, seeing their tears rolling down their chubby cheeks made me force down the sudden lump in my throat as well! But I told myself firmly that no, SS, there's no way you should make the kids cry even more buy crying yourself! And I guess it was also partly because I was too happy that TP was gonna be over soon despite the fact that I'd miss the kids! Hahahahah...

Took some pictures of the last co-curriculum activity: club and games. We had fun conducting the English club activity: Hangman! The kids were super competitive. Winning was everything it seemed. Hahaha...

Then it was time for netball! Which I wasn't good at. Ya ya, in fact, I ain't good in any kind of sports. TT

Ustazah Halifah, Puan Azlinah and Puan Sii Nor joined in the game!

The one thing that I love about SK schools is that: their teachers and pupils could be like friends when it doesn't concern anything serious or academic! In Chinese schools teachers are always the authority. And they don't usually joke with the pupils. And pupils revere the teachers to some extent they are scared of them. So it's a norm when a teacher asks questions and the whole class keeps silent, because that seems to be the way of showing respect. Seriously unhealthy! When I entered maktab we practised what had been our 'culture' all this while, and our behaviour was interpreted as arrogant and disrespectful! But I still believe it's not anyone's fault... it's more like a difference in culture. Hahahaha...

That's all I've got! Forgot to take pictures of the teachers... ==

And yeap, that's all. Farewell, SKBUD. It was a pleasure serving here. And to all the teachers and staff, thank you so much for your kind cooperation, consideration, tolerance, and your help whenever we're in need! You might see this and you might not, but I would like to especially thank Cikgu Norhafisyah for letting me use the Bilik Tayangan when my lecturer came to observe me, despite the fact that you had an observation by the PK HEM also that day! Thank you so much!!

Bye! And to the mural as well. Dear and me were always amused by it. Hahaha... look how big the fish in the sea was! And how the Penang bridge was cut off in the middle of nowhere... Hahaha... but a nice one! ^^

Bye, take care! Till we meet again!

the art of balance

2010-09-30T21:56:00.001+08:00

There's a saying in Chinese that goes something like, "Today's tasks, finish today"... Something like that lah... And I suppose likewise, "This month's stuff, post this month"... hahaha

Let's not delay my outing post anymore. Since I have 27 minutes here before my very LAST co-curriculum activity in school starts! TT (crying tears of joy again hahaha)

I don't remember which Monday, but Monday it was, when we cuckoo-ly decided that we should go break some bones by ice-skating. And we got there quite early... 10.30 am I guess, when there were less skaters and audience there watching us making a fool of ourselves. :P Just what we needed.

So we paid 180++ per person, and enrolled ourselves in the Sunway Skating Academy.

Are you shocked? You should be. Coz we're cuckoo but not to that extent yet. Hahahah. It was a cheap RM21 including gloves. Not too bad eh? And dont cha agree with me that this was a pretty nice shot? ^^ Triple date ahaks.

Trying on our blades. They are blades, like... literally. They cut into your ankles and bit your toes!

But for the sake of fun, we're more than willing to sacrifice our feet... at first. == Please tag yourself. Haha.

The spirit of unity is strength! Muahaha.. and later on went ahead and skated on our own! :P

Please do not be fooled by the seemingly cool and stable pose. We're actually shaking and struggling to keep still. :D

I tried this like... 6 years ago, when I think my bones were still strong and... flexible? Haha... now it was such a vast difference! Gosh, the signs of aging! TT Anyhow I had to start learning from scratch again.. and once again appreciate the existence of friction... like seriously! I actually walked on the same spot without moving more than a few inches for quite some time. But that's normal for novice like us right? Right right!? :P

But I think the ultimate key to getting the hang of skating is to allow yourself to fall. To not be afraid of falling, now that's the trick. ^^ Coz when we had overcome that fear in us, we'd try to skate, without depending on the railing on anyone which could keep us balanced.

And that's how they fell in love. Hahaha.

See? ^^

In fact, I managed to have my own 'quiet time' as I slid round and round with occasional falls. It was as if God was speaking to me and showing me that life as a Christian could be equate with skating.

LESSON NO.1: You know how we'd go 'wowww' at those pro ones sliding and twirling around.. that's how Christian life should be. Free, not bound by any railings; and attractive and interesting. And how could we upgrade from a novice to a pro? Through the famous saying that goes, 'Let go. Let God.' Stop depending on the railing or anyone and take a step forward, with that little faith in you that however I fall, I won't break a bone. Likewise, stop depending on the world and people in life, but with the mustard-seed faith in God that He will look after me in all situations, step forward in life.

LESSON NO.2: Don't be shy to fall. ^^ Because we can always climb back up again. You've guessed it. One of the hardest lessons in life is not to care too much about how people perceive us. I guess God's reminding me again and again that it's perfectly okay to make mistakes, that's how we better ourselves... as long as you learn from them! If skating in a certain pose made me fall again and again, I should change my ways!

LESSON NO.3: Don't look at others; don't compare with people! I found that as long as I watched this person fall and how s/he got up, or how good that one was, my legs would start to wobble like jellies and the next thing I knew, my ass was in pain! So I'd learnt to fix my eyes on my path, where I should go and how I should go about doing them. And that's how things should be in life isn't it? Fix our eyes on Him and not on how good@lousy others are. Our paths are different, but eventually we'll reach the destination.

LESSON NO.4: I don't know why I feel much acceptance and love within the skating rink. Hahaha.. Although we didn't know one another, but whenever people fell around us or vice versa, there'll surely be this reflex action of reaching out and lending a hand, or a friendly smile or sth. Perhaps it's because we knew we're all in the same boat.. :P In life, we're in the same life-boat as well.. God's reminding me the famous verse: love your neighbour as yourself!

Yeap. so enough of lecture.. let's just take a break and browse through some pichas...

Dont you think this looks a lil' like an album cover or something (except for BeeGuat's weird pose)? Hahaha... Actually they didn't allow us to take pics in the rink. I didn't know it until a guard or sth came over and stopped me. But by that time I'd taken quite some dy hahaha..

And then we're getting to leave... our bones couldn't take it anymore. Caryn actually felt the pain even like one or two weeks after that. Old women, biaselah...

5 hands only.. Coz I so super-smartly tore my ticket and threw away even before we came out, only to realise that it was needed for barcode scanning during exit and also Papa John's pizzas at some special price! Arrghh... then Kevin and Jong actually went back to the rubbish bin and retrieved it for me! TT Thank you so much for your servanthood heart!

So I got my ticket back, and our next destination was of course

Papa John's! Saw in Times Square for countless times but never did try it...

Camwhootzing before meal... ^^

The 1st few things that came included a pickled chili. A jalapeno? I'm not too sure. B said it wasn't hot, just sourish.

Garlic butter cream and tomato sauce that tasted like Prego for dipping! d^^b I wanted a refill but they said they're going to charge, oh well~

Some super-duper cool drinks. Coke. Haha.

We abandoned the special price offered by the Pyramid Ice entrance and went for a set meal for 6 instead, RM58.90 ++. ^^ Comprising of...

Breadsticks! So different from Pizza Hut's! They looked like kacang tumbuk right?

Came with sweet and spicy drums and wings and a touch of greens. But I still prefer Pizza Hut's honey BBQ and Sweet Chilli wings! :9

Some potato wedges...

The highlights of the day: Fisherman's Catch.. yup, seafood~

*up close*

... and Chicken Super Papa's...

Fresh ingredients! They're all fresh and non-frozen (Papa John's, 2010).

And I especially *heart* (x100) the crust! Crispy on the outside and soft inside yet not too thick. Not too bread-ish like PH. :P

Add on Cheesesticks for RM6.50

And we ordered another Chicken and Mushroom Pizza Pocket, RM8.90... it reminds me of sea creatures I don't know why.. Hahaha..

Kevin dissected it and exposed the inside.

My share... now you could see the ingredients more clearly righto? ^^ Juicy and cheesy chicken and mushroom in 'pizza pastry case' (love the description!) baked to perfection!

How could we possibly miss cheese powder?!! Thank God I remembered to ask. Hahaha... Ask and you'll receive! (Ya ya I admit I looked kinda weird here.)

The secret to superb pizzas: cover it in cheese powder!

Not fattening at all. Don't worry. We've shed kilos of fat in the skating rink dy remember? :P A balanced diet. And hence the title of the post. Hahahaha... Ciao!

P/S: Tomorrow is my last day in school! Woohoo!! Stay tuned for pichas!

happy birthday to NINY

2010-09-28T23:43:00.004+08:00

Before it strikes 12 and becomes too late, I would love to wish my cutest, most beloved and adorable darling niece Sarah Ho

a very Happy 1st Birthday!

(so fast 1 year dy!!?)

cheeky girl :D

May the Lord be with you, my dearest, as you grow and learn about Him.

Love you!

Am coming back to give you wet, wet kissessssss~! :-* Heehee

honor God and be honored :)

2010-09-28T18:12:00.002+08:00

It's the end of September! (which means my TP is ending!! TT <-- crying tears of joy hahhahah) The weird thing is, I'm getting busier and busier! It's not the TP stress anymore I guess; it's the PF stress... PortFolio!! Jeng jeng... Imagine tracing back to July 19 onwards and trying to remember how well@teruk my lesson was on this and this particular date... *faint*

Let's just leave it aside first shall we? I have better things to share! ;D

I'm currently helping Ps Philip to do some translation... from English to Chinese!! TT It really shows how rusty my Chinese is! I really thank God for Google Translate... like seriously! If not I'd have to go out and get myself an Eng-Chinese dictionary, for that matter!

Well, I did the first part last, last (and last...?? dont remember) Friday. And it took me like 6 to 7 hours to complete 12 pages! Averagely, 1 hour on 2 pages.

Okay you can skip this para...

So last weekend I got the second part from him again, this time 8-9 pages. And last weekend my time was jam-packed like marathon! Saturday 7am - 1pm replacement class in school, 2pm - 4pm class in church, then I konged in the evening, 8pm to 10pm Youth service. Then Sunday naturally we went for church... by the time I came back and konged, it was night time and I had to prepare two 1-hour lessons for Monday! And Monday after school we had to go to UM and Cheras to get some things done! By the time I thought I was free it was already Monday night!

The conclusion is: I was EXTREMELY busy last weekend. And Monday too! :P

So I delayed the task until last night. And I had promised Ps Philip I'd submit it on Tuesday. But looking at my past experience, 2 pages per hour!!?? That means I need at least 4 hours to complete it! And I haven't done my devotion that day!

And the dilemma came: devotion? Or translation? Devotion. Translation. Devotion. Translation.

In the end I thought.. Ahh just pray first la. Since that is a task from God, might as well 'cleanse' myself first. (I have this peculiar idea that devotion cleanses us... from all worldly or unclean things that we might have got ourselves into... maybe that is how I feel every time after devotion -- refreshed! Yes that's the word!) And God showed me that when I honour Him with my time, He honours me with time! Extra time...?! Let's see!

And when I was done with everything, I was so exhausted I thought I could have just slept through till morning! The trip down to Cheras and everything was taking its toll on me! And then there's the translation waiting for me! I surrendered to my sleepiness for 20 mins, so when I was ready for work, it was 10pm. I thought in my heart, arrghh... I'm gonna do half now and another tomorrow then...

And off to work I was, with the time tick-tocking away.

And to my amazement (!!!), I managed to finish the whole piece, 8 to 9 pages in all... (and that's not it)... all in 2 hours!

8-9 pages in just 2 hours!

I was like... gosh this is not me! I couldn't have been that fast...! This is a MIRACLE!

And how I thanked God!! Jesus, You are so real!

Another lesson learnt: it really is not how good you are when it comes to ministries. It's about Him and always has been! When you do His work, You gotta do things His way! And when I put my priorities right, I see miracles and blessings! Praise Him!!! Lalalalala~

Honor Him and He'd surely honor you!

all for a GOOD cause

2010-09-21T20:45:00.003+08:00

I have an outing post pending but I don't feel like completing it.

It's the mood... the atmosphere these few days... the people and things that happen around me... which did not allow, or motivate me to write on such a pleasant outing. I felt that even if I forced myself to write on it, I would forfeit some of the enthusiasm and pleasure and enjoyment on that blissful day.

Anyway, let's cut the crap.

I don't know how to sum up everything. But it was a bit of this and that. Interpersonal relationships, struggles in faith, different perspectives on a certain issue, lack of favor from men, things that we can't control, expectations and disappointments...

Well, they ain't really my problems. Like I said, they are happening around me... which somehow, not surprisingly, have some kind of influence on me. Not exactly negative ones. They just probe me to think, I think (see? I'm thinking haha). And my conclusion is that, everyone's learning their little life lessons from God.

God's molding us little by little, day by day. Through things that happen around us. Through people who cross paths with us.

We're all growing. But sometimes we tend to go out of shape. Like trees. Plants? Flowers? Bushes? Whatever you call it. And we need a bit of trimming here and there from time to time. And of course they're not pleasant experiences. Who likes it when people disappoint them? Who likes it when God doesn't seem to answer prayers? Who likes it when things got out of hand?

But whatever it is, always remember Romans 8:28: (And we know that) in all things God works for the GOOD of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

That is what gives me hope every time. That is what allows me to give thanks and praises to Him in all situations (though sometimes I do forget :P), that God loves us so much that he won't let us go through sufferings without a reason. The faith that in the end, you will see the GOOD purpose that God has set for you in that particular situation.

Here's a reminder to myself and everyone out there: let's not give up hoping.

Let's not give up on things.

Let's not give up on people.

Let's not give up on ourselves.

Let's not give up on God.

Remember that it's only through problems that we see His miraculous hands.

Believe it or not, Jesus loves you! Like... seriously! ^^

Penang food hunt: epilogue

2010-09-16T02:23:00.008+08:00

Yippie Penang posts are finally ending! ^^ I think I've been looking through the pichas over and over again until I got bored of them! Haha... Anyway just a few more left, and not much of food pichas this time... I'll just dump what I have here k.

View from our hotel room...

Was in time for some quiet time with God before we packed and checked out. Sitting at the balcony enjoying the cool morning air and sea breeze was a bonus during morning devotion! How I wish I could have a house by the seaside or a stream or sth next time... Then this privilege would become a way of life. Hahaha... Yea maybe I'd have that chance if I got posted to some ulu places ya... Hahahah...

Checked out early in order to get our shopping done in Queensbay Mall! The ladies were more than ready! Yay~~!

Wait... just one more k!

Breakfast must never be forgotten, of course! We ordered food from a coffee shop... and they were oh-so-cheap! My Kueh Tiaw Th'ng (Kueh Tiaw soup) was only RM2.60! My goodness, where else to find? In KL the cheapest you could get would be... RM3.50 or RM4 okay!

Then we went across the street to buy some ORIGINAL apom that no one wished to miss! And this was the morning when we experienced how pleasant and friendly and kind and caring Penangites are!

First and foremost we went into the coffee shop, only to find that it was quite full and the tables left were those small ones for 3-4 ppl. So we thought... it's okay we could just cram a bit. Suddenly a couple sitting at a bigger table nearby (they're just about to eat I think) stood up, carried their bowls and cups, and voluntarily switch tables with us! And we're so.... TT... touched!! I couldn't believe it. Such displays of care and concern are usually rare in big cities!

Then it was the Apom uncle... He gave us an extra apom for free without us asking for it! Although it was just an apom but it was enough to make our day... again! ^^ Thanks uncle! I know it's not easy to earn a living through small business like this! TT

And finally before we went off we found a parking ticket stuck to the windshield. That was like one of the cute things in Penang. They dont seem to use parking coupons. Some places do have parking meters but not all. They have ppl walking around writing on a receipt kinda thing and you have to look for them to pay! Like playing hide and seek.. hahaha... We went to an auntie and asked her where to find the P.I.C. and she volunteered to pay for us! Save us lotsa time and trouble! So we're all like... woww Penangites are so nice~~!! d^^b

Next stop was of course Queensbay. And yes, it looked A LOT like MidValley!

Shopped halfway and stopped for tea eggs!! *love**

Didn't buy much. Just 2 bags for RM50 after a lil' haggling! I simply love the red one!! ^^

And finally~~ going home! It was a fun trip but I guess we still couldn't wait to be home... somewhere familiar... with our smell and all that. Hahaha

On Penang Bridge again... bye Georgetown!

Dear and me sempat camwhootz a bit... before snoring all the way back to KL!

Jong was really settling down nicely and curling up in her seat! Gosh.. like kucing!

Reached KL at 8.30pm.

And had the most unhealthy dinner ever: McDonald's... I'm still loving it! ^^

Penang food hunt cont.

2010-09-12T22:38:00.014+08:00

Omigosh, I must really write faster coz there're more pictures coming! o.O

The food hunt continued on Day 2! We walked to our brunch place, banyak healthy right... hahah.. Nah, it's not at Choo Plaza. We just passed by this place and took photo coz my name appeared again. :P

I'm so rich in Penang. Hahahah XD *PSfJA*

We had Dim Sum!! Yay yay~~~!! But I still love Tmn Connaught's! :P Wont go into elaborating each and every one of them since they were more or less like KL's. But their pig stomach in herbs were d^^b!!! :P

There wasn't any particular plan that morning so we went window shopping (which turned into real shopping for some of us, hahaha... it's just too hard to resist for us girls)! Went to Penang Times Square half expecting it'd be like KL's but were surprised that there wasn't anything to see there... so we dropped by at Prangin Mall instead.

I have this 'weird' interest towards wayang kulit characters and I dont know why... It'd always remind me of my childhood. Not that I watched any of it. But I remember there was this Pae Pa Kou advert which utilised wayang kulit (remember ppl?), and I have always thought that was very cool. Hahaha...

Ooh I love the chickens! Lol!

My harvest from loitering around in Prangin: white VKI sandals! Ya ya, I know, there're LOTS of VKI outlets in KL... in case they dont have the same cheap stock mah... *excuses excuses!* :P

And after a while dear started to nag for food. Sigh... see the difference between guys and gals? Sometimes I wonder if he's a cow... with 4 extremely huge and spacious stomachs... Remembering what we had missed the day before, we went back to Penang Road! Here we go again!

This time around we went back for their ais kacang! Fuyohhh~!! Our bowls were so generously filled, and all this for only RM2.30! The 30 sen was actually commission given to the uncle who opened a coffee shop opposite the stall. The bizarre point was, it seemed that the uncle didn't sell anything in his coffee shop. Maybe just drinks. I suppose he earned from little commission as such from customers of the cendol stall. Not bad eh?!

And the asam laksa that you should never miss, RM3 only! Superblicious~~~!! I for one never liked asam laksa in KL before, but here I simply gobbled up everything till the very last drop of soup (except for the bowl)! Love the occasional surprises of chunks of fish! Yum yummmmm~

Another must-try: Char Kueh Tiaw, RM3.50! We waited for half an hour for this okay~!! Nice! The prawns were fresh and BIG. A real treat for Jong the shrimp freak.

Hahaha... Both the dishes were from the coffee shop behind the cendol stall... Forgot to check out its name. It was like packed and JAM-PACKED with people! Since they're so busy, the aunties and uncles at the stalls weren't exactly friendly. But yeah, we could understand... just make sure to serve us 1st class food that's all. Hahahah...

The full-to-the-brim makan gang. ^^

After lunch, err... not exactly, since we had brunch. So this was... heavy... teabreak? Gosh... Fatness! Loitered a while at the bazaar and bought jeruk and tambun biscuits... I love jeruk kedondong~!! :9

Next destination: Batu Ferringhi!

We got a better and bigger hotel room this time. Hahaha... of course more $$ too... Anything for a more comfortable night. :)

Nice photo, don cha think so? ^^

More camwhootzing~

Ahh this was just a break from the food hunt. Hahaha...

In the lift also sempat.. my big face again... 0.O

We thought we had to drive to the beach... Turned out that it was just an overhead bridge away...

And they called it Miami Beach... Lol... why cant they think of a more Malaysian name for it? XD

'Stop! Yeah stand where you are and say Cheeese~~!'

The Ferringhi seaside...

Birdies at the beach... *yawn*

The locals chained the seashells together and hanged them on trees...

A-ahh... the locals... from left to right: Maria, Daisy, Timah and Rebeka.

Planned to go swimming initially but changed our mind coz the waves were quite terrifying. So just took pichas lah... Year-end wasn't the best time to go to the sea. You dont want to go home with one or two missing. That would be the most heart-breaking thing to happen seriously!

So we thought we could dip ourselves in the pool. For 5 minutes, yea... but suddenly the guard came over and told us... sorry yea, are you clothes made of cotton? Yes ah? Cannot lah like that...

Fine... let's just sit and sunbathe under the umbrella. Hahaha...

After shower and everything, we went in hunt for food... again! This is what the makan gang does for living wad... :P From Hydro Hotel we drove further in to Ferringhi and found the small town springing to life as it got darker into the night... It's a good lively town with stretches of bazaar selling AA goods... from branded bags to perfumes to shoes to clothes, you name it!

Oh let's forget about shopping for a while. Food first! ^^ We found a hawker centre filled with tourists. Let's see what they have!

Apom! With special ingredients: pineapple, cheese and ham! But for RM3.50, it's quite disappointing coz... I expected too much? Hahaha.. I thought we'd be able to taste fresh pineapple chunks and in the midst of that, sweet juicy ham... and on and on... Nah.. nvm...

Banana and chocolate apom, RM3.50 as well. Better... but perhaps the ori always tastes better.

Deep fried spring roll. RM3 for one. Not bad... *PSfJA*

And we ordered asam laksa again! It's sooo the very HOT~!! Lots of bombs inside -- cili padi~~! Auwwww... I was turning into Charmander eating this.. Ended up Doreen finished everything for me. Hahaha... I still prefer the one Penang Road! :9

Fried oyster... again.. Are you wondering... isn't there anything else to eat? I did think the same thought... but yea, maybe we're just looking for the ultimate, 'bestest' of each kind throughout the whole trip. Hahah.. coz we ordered CKT also (again!)... No pichas. They all looked the same. :P

And we went jalan2 to digest our tea-break and dinner... and took a good look at a seemingly famous restaurant called The Ship (in the shape of a ship of course).. Some of us bought a lil' of this and that along the way.

Ahh and there's always supper before the night ended. :P Ice-cream for RM1. Definitely a good dessert to 'wash down' everything else, if not, added on to the workload of our digestion system.

Who hadn't poo-pooed by then?

Me. TT

Note:

PSfJA = Picture Stolen from Jong Again

Penang food hunt

2010-09-10T15:57:00.021+08:00

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Maaf Zahir & Batin to all Malaysians! Apart from food, another blessing to be born in Malaysia is that there are just too many holidays~! Woohoo~! We celebrate Hari Raya, Chinese New Year, Deepavali, Christmas, our King and Sultans' birthdays and countless others, all as one! The spirit of 1 Malaysia! Hahaha...

Went hunting for food in Penang with my 3-8 gang from Sept 6th to 8th. It's just the beginning of holiday and we're already desperately in need of a getaway! So 6 of us packed our bags and marched all the way to the LRT station as early as 7.00 am on Monday. Our mission this time: a budget yet fulfilling (in terms of tummy) trip!

Took a few wrong turns and finally on the gravel path to Asia Jaya. Reminded me a lot of the Amazing Race last year!

From there, we took a train to Masjid Jamek. It was jam-packed with working adults! And we're ever grateful that we were heading to a more pleasant destination. Hahaha... Changed to Star LRT after that and boarded the wrong train which was heading towards Ampang... Argghh.. chaos! Then took another train back to Chan Sow Lin and finally after much blood and sweat reached Bukit Jalil... And we're ready to fly! Go, I mean.

After hours of dozing off, we're on the Penang Bridge finally! See Georgetown? ^^ I think it had been too long since I last came. Suddenly felt like the bridge became shorter this time.

Finally reaching the bus station at Sg. Nibong and waiting for Encik Rahman. '?? Who's that??!'

He's the uncle who rented the car to us. Hahah.. We changed the Wira to a Waja at the last minute. An additional RM10 per day was worth the $$. ^^ *PSfJ*

The first thing to do was to check in at our hotel. So with our Google maps and everything (really did our homework ya) we found PP Island Hotel finally! Oh yes, with the help of Caryn the living GPS! It's free but very helpful, but sometimes it went blur-blur too. :P

PP Island Hotel was having its promotion now. So we got it for RM88 per night. I think it's kind of like a budget hotel coz they still utilised keys and not the usual key cards. The appearance was comparable to those of 3 or 4 stars, but the facilities were not as complete as the usual hotels, of course. No water kettle and coffee and sugar and hairdryer. We actually slept in wet hair! T.T Overall, it's real clean and spotless. Maybe they just renovated or sth. Ooh, btw, their car park had this hydraulic car-lift system! Quite cool for such a small hotel. Hahahah... So if you're looking for a good, simple and cheap place to stay for a night, I'd still recommend this place. ^^

*PSfJ* Our Deluxe Room. I think if I were to come to Penang again in the future, I want to try out some of the home-stays. We passed by a few and they looked real nice! For instance, the Penang Heritage House or something..

So we dropped our luggage and bags, changed into more comfy attire and were more than ready for our food hunt!

After driving a few rounds and could not seem to decide on where to eat, our groaning tummies forced us to stop at a coffee shop. But I couldn't remember its name. :P Our key terms of the day were 'food' and 'variety'. So here we go... (food not listed in any specific order)

Dish #1: Curry Chee Cheong Fun

The curry actually tasted a lil' like Sarawak laksa! Hahaha... or maybe it's just me missing it too much that I'm starting to imagine it's everywhere! The thickness of the curry was just nice and not at all hot. We left the blood puddings untouched though. They looked yucky. :P and since Deut 12:23 says we shouldn't eat blood coz it's the life, so the black puddings were safe from our big mouths. ^^

Dish #2: Prawn Mee

I simply *heart* this one. The prawn soup was first-class!

Dish #3: Hokkien Mee

If you're a Penangite, I guess you might be wondering, 'Aren't the 3rd & the 4th the same?' Yes they are! Hahaha... Coz I didn't know that, and I thought the auntie must have made a mistake. We went around ordering a Hokkien Mee and a Prawn Mee, completely unaware that Penang Hokkien Mee IS Prawn Mee, coz Sarawak Hokkien Mee is thick noodles in thick, black soy sauce that looks something like this...

Looks like Mee Mamak in thicker sauce... Anyway, lesson learnt: Penang Hokkien Mee = Prawn Mee. I sure won't be mistaken anymore. :)

Dish #4: Fried Osyter with Egg

A famous must-try in Penang. But Jong and I thought Kuching has yummier O-Jien (fried oyster). I think it's a taste-varies-according-to-places matter. Kuching's O-Jien is drier, I think. And I learnt lesson no.2 here: oysters are different from clams! Sua-ku me. I never knew that until that day. :P Oysters seemed to be more slimy and the 'juice' that went 'pssst' in your mouth... Ugh I XXX like. So I had decided that I prefer clams to oysters though I don't really like them both. Ooh but I like oyster sauce though! Hahah...

Discovery Channel Mode: On

By the way, a lil' interesting fact about how oysters are different from clams that I saw on the net: An oyster stays in a spot for its whole life, while a clam moves from a place to another with a muscle protruding from its shell which acts like its foot. An oyster has that kind of foot when it's young too but it disappears when it has found a place to settle kinda thing. Interesting kan, kan??

Dish #5: Char Kueh Tiaw

Ah lovely! Simply scrumplicious~~!! I think this is the one particular dish that we ordered wherever we went. It was like a search for the ultimate char kueh tiaw king! And dear & I found our favourite, at SS2 Wai Sek Kai! Hahaha... Penang CKT was nice too, but I guess we're too used to KL food which are loaded with MSG and Ajinomoto that the authentic Penang CKT tasted a lil' bland to us. Still, we *heart* char kueh tiaw~!!! In fact, we're still ordering the same thing after coming back to PJ. Addicted! :P

Dish #6: PoPiah

Not too bad. But I personally think that we have yet to find the PoPiah King. :D

After the satisfactory lunch, we headed back to the car. And on the way... jeng jeng...

We saw You Tiao! What a... sinful... dessert! Every bite you take you could feel the oil oozing out! But we're such gluttons that we didn't care too much. Hahahaha... Too bad it's not steaming hot. :( *PSfJ*

Next up, off to Jalan Penang for the cendol that we've missed for... urm... 3 years...?! Since we last came for Penang camp! This small stall by a narrow lane seemed to be super-duper well-known among tourists. And Phua Chu Kang and Rosie came here to eat before also, don't play-play ok!

Glutton *slurrrpp*

The gluttonesses... d^^b

For RM1.50, it's really worth your money. And their ice-kacang was more terrific than their cendol I think! Behind the stall was a coffee shop which was famous for its asam laksa, but that day we went too late, so they were all sold out. :( But we resolved to come back again no matter what~! The spirit of the makan-gang shall prevail!

But I think there's a bit of... err misunderstanding (or mere rivalry?) between the stall and the shop owners. According to the cendol aunties, if we ate our cendol in the coffee shop, they would charge us a commission of 50 to 80 sen per bowl, so we'd better stand there and eat. Woww, there wasn't such a thing 3 years ago! People nowadays really know how to earn extra income ya..

After cendol we're given ice to wash our hands. Hahaha cute!

And by then we really needed a break from stuffing our tummy. But temptations were everywhere! We couldn't resist it. I got some bananas and a papaya slice (for anti-constipation purposes) and later some kacang kuda! *love love love* But they said the kacang was a bit too 'mi-mi' (mashed).

*PSfJ* Alright, the reason why my face looked so big was because my mouth was filled with papaya k. I don't really have a big face k...

Dear bought corn to nibble on all the way back to the car park. It was shweeet~! I wonder if they soaked it in sugar syrup. :P

So everyone climbed into the car... and soon we're heading to Gurney Drive! For more food... *oh no!!* Parked at a place far, far away from Gurney Plaza coz we're cheated by the MPPP uncle. Sigh... nvm, we really needed some walk!

I just took this picture coz of my name on the signboard. See 'Choo Char'? Hahaha.. Lameness.

The evening view along the walk...

Explored Gurney Plaza for ourselves after hearing the name for so many times... It was a lil' like MidValley... but perhaps Queensbay was more like it.

The hawker centre at Gurney Drive. Ahh madness... too spoiled for choice! And yet we're not hungry!!

Nevertheless, dear & I queued at a Char Kueh Tiaw stall which had a long Q, making the Q even longer. Hmmm... and we waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited.... my patience of typing so many 'and waited' was the result of training of patience by waiting at that stall. I don't remember how long we'd waited... 30 minutes? Or more? There were just so many customers! We both thought to ourselves, let's see how special the CKT is!!

And finally we're the second nearest to the stall! See the sifu in action!

And this was the reward of our sweat and blood waiting there for ages! The verdict? It was less oily than what we had been eating. Caryn said the flat rice noodle tasted more 'Q' (please ask her for clarification of meaning)... but to me it was still bland. Hahahaha...

We didn't just eat CKT lah. Doreen ordered some very fattening fried stuff... Not bad. I didn't know chicken skin could be eaten that way... Some ppl must be thinking: Chinese are so awful. They eat everything.

And finally some satays to fill dear's tummy coz I think he was not satisfied with the CKT. Hahaha... I love the peanut sauce! Two thumbs up! There're actually other stuff which I didn't take any pictures but ya let's just be happy with the existing pics.

And there goes our Day 1 food hunt. Ahhh... *relieved* finally... writing one post also takes up so much of my time... sigh... hahaha... stay tuned for Day 2...

Note:

PSfJ = Picture Stolen from Jong :DDD

the makan mission: pasta zanmai

2010-09-09T12:25:00.013+08:00

Am back from Penang but I must clear my pre-Penang-trip photos first! Come to think of it, I wasn't done with my Kuching trip posts yet... and the Day 1 post just suddenly went missing like that! Oh well! Chaos chaos~

Went to feast with my dear last Sat after our last observation. I don't know why after each observation I would feel like final exam is over kinda thing. And of course what follows after is celebration! Which means eat, eAT, and EAT!

Tried out Pasta Zanmai this time! My rating: 4 out of 5 stars! d^^b

To my surprise, the price is very reasonable! Yay~! I half-expected that the price would be killing and after the meal I'd feel like... it's okay, indulgence once in a while mah! Food wise, highly satisfactory and recommended. ^^ You eat to your money's worth! And the portion is just nice! No 'Burrrppp! Oh I'm so not gonna come again in a short while!' feeling. Haha... so here we go...!

Both of us shared a tall glass of watermelon juice. I suppose they have different juices each day.

Today's Freshest, RM6. Very... authentic and genuine. Hahah... It's real juice coz it's not as sweet as those commercial ones... I am quite certain they never added sugar or syrup or anything!

For the food, we had Ebi Fry Curry Rice. I simply *heart* Japanese curry!! It's thick, with a hint of sweetness, and not the least hot! Yummy!

Close up with the fried prawns! *salivating despite the fact that I just had lunch*

Another delightful surprise was that the real dish was bigger than the display picture. Hahaha.. you know usually all restaurants would never forget to state that 'all pictures are for illustration purposes only'. And when you see that you can expect a not-as-nice-looking dish when it arrives. This was just the opposite! The photo showed 3 to 4 skinny prawns, so I didn't heighten my expectation. But when the dish came, we went... wowWW!!

We ordered the Ebi Fry Curry Rice in set (RM23), so it came with miso soup and a mini salad. The veggie was fresh and crunchy... and I say, the salad sauce was superb! It's peanut sauce with some thousand island sauce I think. The taste was heavenly! I never look highly upon any kind of salad served in restaurant, but this had definitely impressed me! ^^ I actually scraped the bowl clean! :P

Apart from that, we ordered a mini duo: Mini Teriyaki Chicken Pasta and Mini Hotate Pizza, RM23 as well. They were not too mini. In fact, they were the regular personal size. Just nice to be shared by two. And I must say we made the right choice! The chicken was real tender and juicy! Succulent!

:9 Does it look like the egg's wearing some leafy hat? Hahahahaha...

And the pizza! I love the plate! Hahaha... AND the pizza, of course. It was loaded with toppings! Scallops, mushrooms, and a lot of others which I couldn't make out or remember. I just knew the combination of the taste was... Excellente!

Loaded...

And the crust was thin and crunchy! Oooh... love! d^^b The one thing that I don't like bout Pizza Hut's pizzas is the bread crust. Too thick and bread-ish.. :P Delifrance pizza last time was superb as well, but now it's becoming more and more like Pizza Hut's. Is it a Malaysian thing? Lol...

Basically that was all for Zanmai. *Two thumbs up* ^^For dessert, we went for Secret Recipe cakes! The makan mission had yet to end. Hahaha.

Tried Banana Baked Cheese. Is it a new recipe? Coz I had never seen it till then. But hmmm.. dear and me both thought that it was NOT nice. The cheese cake layer tasted more like eggggg~~ Ugh.. maybe we're full dy so ya, not nice. SR'd better changed its recipe or sth...

Thank God we had a blueberry cheese to make up for the disappointment. The conventional choice is always the safest isn't it? :D But we abandoned the thick fresh cream to avoid that extra grams of fat.

And till then... that's all for our report from the makan partners in crime. ^^ Stay tuned for our Penang Food Hunt!

my God is gracious!

2010-09-08T21:56:00.006+08:00

Yeayyy~~ Observations over, holiday starting, I’m truly a free man right now! But I guess I’m so used to school days that even till today, I keep thinking that there’s school tomorrow.

Last observation was assessed by both supervisor and mentor, so I was a nervous me. Perhaps it’s because I planned too many details in my lesson and I feared I might forget any of them and my supervisor could be quite particular. But thanks be to the good God! The feedback given was still quite positive to me, coz my evaluation form showed quite a bit of improvement. In fact, I didnt think I did that well, due to some poor time management, I actually missed out quite a few things that I had planned. Anyway, another encounter that God is good and gracious all the time! ^^ Praise Him!!

It’s time to clear my pichas again~!

Took photos of my school and the kids for the very first time last Thursday when they had the inter-class patriotic singing competition. Saw a lot of my friends’ FB are filled with updates and pics of their school, made me wonder why I never took mine. :) So here they are! Just a few of them…

The kids were allowed to wear national costumes on that day. But because almost 90 to 95% of the kids were Malays, so most of them were clad in baju Melayu, so the atmosphere that day was more like a Raya celebration more than National Day! ^^

My Year 4 girls…

My Year 3 boys… a bunch of monkeys but I still *heart* them, esp chubby Syawal in red! He could give you the most innocent look and all your burning anger would just extinguish by itself… :D

The whole school was assembled in the hall… Very few pupils compared to other schools right… I think there’re less than 200 pupils...

The first gift I got from the school… hahah… actually quite pai-seh to have received it coz all the teachers were involved in their religious activity but the two of us were just sitting in the staffroom minding our own business… :P

1st time I felt that plastic flower actually looked quite nice too… :)

Come to think of it, I really thank God for my school teachers. They are always helpful, always prioritise our observation, and not at all demanding. Maybe none of them would read this, but I still want to wish them here: Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Maaf Zahir Batin! ^^ Thank you, teachers and staff of SKBUD!

Speaking of Hari Raya, the Ramadhan Bazaar has become one of our favourite spots for dinner. After the Jamuan Makan in school last time, I actually got addicted to Nasi Kerabu! :9 Pure blisssss~~~! It’s truly a blessing to live in a multi-racial nation as such! The VARIETY in food is enough to be grateful for dont you think? So how can anyone not love Malaysia???

By the way, we found a new way to eat murtabak! Put a cheese on top and flip it over and wrap the whole thing up again… Then continue to savour other food… after a while, open the wrapper up and flip the murtabak over again. There you have it, a hot cheesy murtabak~~!! d^^b Try it~~!

p/s: Sorry if my updates are all in irrelevant chunks… hehehehe… :P

Experienced God’s miracle again on Friday on our way to Cheras for our cell group meeting… Cheng-kerik’s fuel warning was blinking even when we’re just starting to be stuck in a jam in Section 14! When we passed by SK Bukit Bintang (L), the usually-free-flowing traffic was crawling! We could imagine how the rest of the traffic at Federal Highway looked like!! Oh my…!

In my head I was visualing the route we’re gonna take to Cheras… perhaps there’d be a petrol station somewhere… but there’s none! None of which we knew of. And I dont know hear from where that petrol consumption is greater when your car is NOT moving. T.T

So we moved inch-by-inch all the way, our heart crying out to God. Please God, don’t let us be stranded in the middle of the highway. Dah-lah jam, the others might curse us for creating even more congestion!!

It’s a good test of faith, to fix your eyes on God instead of the environment, and I’m glad everyone passed it. At first we’re sort of anxious, but after a while I really felt the peace of God sweeping to me. We’re gonna reach Cheras without having to push the car!

Once we reached the Cheras toll gate, Cheng-kerik suddenly beeped kinda loudly, alarming everyone. Louis felt that the car wasn’t really picking up speed even though he pressed on the gas pedal…

And we’re like… God! A few hundred meters away only!! Please dont fail us!!

And He was faithful till the end! We managed to slide into Petronas at Bdr Permaisuri in time to feed Cheng-kerik. ^^ If there is such a thing as coincidence in this world, we’d have been the luckiest creatures on earth!

And by God’s grace we reached Zuzhang’s place safe and sound… and were rewarded with a Big Apple’s treat from Lucas!

Doughnuts that looked like sushi~!!

A closer view to make your mouth water! :9

And some of them stored surprises for us inside! A sudden burst of chocolate cream! Yummy yummy! ^^

Thanks Lucas! You’re the God-sent angel. Hahaha…

But it had caused all our attention to be diverted from sharing… :P Anyway, it’s a great time of fei-lou-ship~! ^^

pondering upon life

2010-09-02T15:22:00.001+08:00

These few days I have this peculiar discontent that settles in… It’s not being ungrateful for what I have, but more like a question of ‘Isn’t there more to life than just this?’ that keeps nagging my mind.

Saw some friends’ updates and how they’re going out into the world, trying new things, meeting new people and realising dreams. It got me thinking if I’m just gonna teach as a primary school teacher my whole life and that’s it? Not saying that being teachers aint something great… It IS a noble job. In Chinese there’s a saying that goes like, teachers are the engineers of human souls. But I couldn’t help thinking if there’s a possibility that I could venture into something else besides education… like urm… a photojournalist or travel journalist? Or if $$ is the problem, perhaps a magazine journalist doing reviews on food?

And why journalism, maybe you ask… Err… because I dont know what I am good at…? Even that too, I couldnt be 100% confident that I’m good in it. Sometimes I feel that besides language and memorising and planning, I don’t know what else I can do, like seriously…

Few days back my housemates popped the question of further studies after degree, masters and PhD… if we have considered that as an option that sort of thing. I was thinking if by the grace of God we have such an opportunity, it’ll still be a dilemma for me… going further up means 8 to 5 working hours and few holidays, besides endless courses and research projects, but you’re up there, who knows you’ll have some authority to speak into the current education system… on the other hand, remaining as primary school teachers mean half-day work, LOTSA hols that you could pursue your dreams like journalism or wad, and who knows… perhaps speak into the life of the younger generation, but remain there and at that level for the rest of your life…

Sigh… in the end all these thoughts would just boil down to a conclusion: what’s important is that we walk in our calling. There’s no use if I pursue everything else but miss what God has intended for me to do…

Father, I surrender my life into Your hands. Although this vessel may be imperfect, may Your perfect will work through it and by the end of everything, may all glory be unto Your Name.

你真的默迪卡吗？

2010-08-31T17:50:00.002+08:00

刚为着国家祷告完突然有一些很深的感触。今天的祷告事项是为着国家各个领域宣告默迪卡。可能我刚好看见一些事情（其实也不算刚好，是神的带领吧)，所以会有所反思。我在想：我们在喊默迪卡的时候，自己真的自由了吗？

真正的自由又是什么？

如果你问一般人，什么是freedom？我想大多数的人会这样答：自己想做什么就做什么。因为我以前的答案也是如此。认识了神之后我才知道真正的自由是：自己不想做什么，就可以控制自己不去做。

就好像你明知道一件事情对你不好，可是你却不能自拔，你却情不自禁，一定要做，做了又会后悔，痛苦，自责。然后好像永远都脱不了一种‘瘾’。

很多人应该在这样的光景吧。我也不例外。我还在靠着神克服着。因为知道对自己不好，所以选择要得到自由。要自由是要自己选择要，选择呼求神，才能够得着的。靠自己也能，只是效果一阵子罢了，过后你会发现你还是被同样一件事缠绕着。

今天是国家默迪卡的日子。主啊，我也要默迪卡。从我的骄傲，自我中心，依靠自己的势力，依靠别人，依靠环境里面出来。我不要从别人或者环境取得满足，喜乐，安全感，因为这些会让我失望，而主啊，你却是永远信实的神！你所预备给我的是最好的！

PS: 希望你会看见我想说的。我们一起加油好吗？

yay merdeka!

2010-08-31T14:17:00.007+08:00

Happy Merdeka Day!

It's the end of August and I must dump all my pictures here before the new batch comes in! I'll leave the 'Happy Birthday, Malaysia' wish till September 16 I guess. After all, that's really when MALAYSIA was born!

I've never appreciated National Day hol more than this year I guess... ^^ It's a great break after long weeks of teaching or merely being in school. And it's a great reward for me after my second last observation! Last on this friday and I'll be really MERDEKA! Yeay~~~!

Taught my kids on the Independence Day topic yesterday. It was actually a last-minute decision. I had a lesson prepared for Monday observation but somehow I just did not feel too confident and comfortable with it. Then at 6pm Caryn suddenly came in and asked me bout this topic... and I thought, eh.. why not try teaching this coz Tuesday would be Merdeka Day mah... And we started preparing the lesson plan, task sheets and videos and slides together coz we'd be sharing the same lesson. Hahahaha... Sharing is Caryn, I mean... Caring rite... ^^ and thank God, miraculously we finished up everything by 12 and I managed to crumple in my bed by 1.30am... Could have been earlier if I restrained from the urge to facebook. Sigh.. self-discipline problem...

And the next morning I was thinking if I could really do well in the lesson, it'd be really by the grace of God! I'd never planned a lesson so last-minute-ly!! And without a doubt, God is good all the time!! My mentor had quite some good comments for me and there was improvement in my evaluation form! Praise be to the Lord! :D

Ooh by the way, let me just include the simple acrostic poem Caryn and I did for Malaysia... err, or more like for our kids.. :)

Malaysia

A beautiful place to live in

Lovely and friendly people
Amazing culture and traditions

'Yes, we can!' spirit

Strong and united

Independent and free

Always wonderful!

Anyway, guess how we celebrated the countdown last night?

Played Saidina! Hahaha...

We're kind of 'addicted' to it these few weeks... It's the Malaysian version (patriotic right? :P) of monopoly. Doreen bought it from a fair kinda thing in Times Square.. but ended up we're always playing with it. I think we have to buy the whole thing over from her. You know wad... I wont even touch this thing at home.. but here... when the rest are gung-ho to play, you'll just follow suit.. infectious! But a good way of bonding too.. ^^

The highest record ever: 6 hotels but no one declared bankrupt yet..

And when it's a one-sided win-all scenario, ppl could get pretty flustered. :)

And crazy enough, we have a debt book for the game... :P Caryn's debt so far has reached a record of 33 thousand. When this happens you have to be grateful that it's fakies... if not we could just jump from Jaya 33. But maybe it's not high enough ya...

Besides Saidina, another entertainment for us would be seeing cute baby Ian Ian on weekends..

He could really sleep anywhere! d^^b

I got to feed him lunch on Sunday! Yay~~! But his Daddy said I failed as a nanny... coz halfway I got so engrossed with the TV I forgot to hold his bottle properly...!! Sorry Ian Ian, the nanny's trying to improve herself k...

Ooooh he's holding his own bottle~~!! ^^ Can't wait to see him on Friday! And sniff-sniff too! Ian Ian always smells great~!! :9 *starting to sound like a pervert*

On a more.. normal note, I thank God that last night we got to buka puasa with our Cohort 4 friends for the very last time (I suppose, unless next year posting doesn't come too early)! Though not everyone was present, it was enough to make the Day a memorable one! Hopefully we could have a farewell dinner next year with everyone there! ^^

the ever pretty C4 gurls~~ ^^

KFC wasn't exactly the best place to buka puasa... coz it's packed! And there're plus minus 40 of us! But I think we still 'conquered' the whole place with our well-trained voice! ^^ Everyone has got their own TP stories to share... and listening to others could really inspire you, give you ideas, and to some extent make you more grateful of your school and kids... :D This was like an early post-mortem for us dy... And I'm really glad for Illi and Najwa who love their school so much that they're sad to leave so soon... and we're here, counting days and thinking when all this would end... hahaha... I suppose different schools give us different yet valuable experience... hopefully when we got posted next year, we'll have the same love and passion for the school like Illi and Najwa~!

The dinner ended with photo-shooting session and more salam-salaman as we'll only see each other after Hari Raya! To all my Muslim friends, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri! And maaf zahir batin (correct right? :P)! Enjoy your holiday, and be careful on your journey back to kampung!

to the horror of the KFC staff... hahaha

and our housemates' makan session did not end there... back home we indulged ourselves in a sweeeeet icing cream cake that tasted a lot like those beautiful cupcakes... Ahh.. sinful~~!!

And there goes the Merdeka celebration! *with Saidina* :PPP

aug monthly test

2010-08-25T22:49:00.007+08:00

Monthly test from Mon till Wed = no lesson plans! ^^

I've always envied teachers when it comes to test/exam period. Why are we the ones who are suffering... studying... trying to cram in all the notes and they just sit there (invigilating) doing nothing?

And yeah! I'm the one goyang-ing kaki now... Hahaha... the stress period comes after the test actually.. marking the papers and knowing your pupils don do well and you're the one to blame isn't the greatest thing in the world. I haven't marked my Year 4 Math papers.. but I scanned through a few of my murid harapan's papers and kept on exclaiming why? why?!! throughout... sigh.. on a more grateful note, I'll be leaving end of Sept... leaving all the dirty job to Cikgu Zul... hahah *evil evil*

This Cikgu Zul's very helpful. Haha. On Monday I entered 4C to invigilate. There're 30 minutes or so before the paper, and the kids, when greeting me 'Good morning Teacher Chooooo' purposely went high-pitch at 'chooooo~~~!' Since I still had time and had got nothing to do, I got all the 5 boys who did that to stand up and scolded them for making fun of my surname.

Suddenly Cikgu Zul came in to ask me questions on the Math papers... he was like, 'Err.. Miss Choo...'

*paused and saw the boys standing*

then he just went over and lempang SKILLFULLY...

*PAAAG~~* x 4 heads

and started walking back to me...

one of the boys grumpily said: 'Cikgu, Faruq tak kena?'

He went over and *Paaag~~* for the last time on Faruq who was too short and looked like he's sitting down even though he was standing... hahaha

Then he came back to me and said, "Arr.. Miss Choo, this one..."

as if nothing happened like that.

I was like... O.O wow sooo effective and efficient!

hehehehe.... padan muka!! :P Who asked you to tease my name, my dad's name, my grandpa's name and my moyang's name?!

Oh well, I resolve to be nicer to them... I have 2 more REAL teaching weeks to go... let's be friends and not foes.. :)

delicate jelly cake

2010-08-19T22:17:00.005+08:00

Caryn gave her pupils a spelling test that day...

It seems that either she has to improve on her pronunciation or the kids have to acquire more vocab..

Kids can be so cute... at times... ^^

guru cemerlang

2010-08-18T22:41:00.002+08:00

Mdm Sheerin’s training us to be specific and precise in writing lesson plans. All the details, even the ones u consider most trivial, have to be stated… and this is the result of her training…

Have you even seen 42 steps in a stage? Hahaha…

FYI, I’m not that crazy. This is Louis’ piece. Then Mdm Sheerin’s comment was: You can write ‘Teacher repeats step x to x with blah blah blah…!’

Lol~ Louis the guru cemerlang!

TP: half down, half more to go!

2010-08-17T09:47:00.004+08:00

Has anyone missed me? :)

My absence for a whole month shows that I'm real busy ya... hahaha... come to think of it, yes I am busy, yet not to the extent of messy hair (messy room, yes! lol) and breathless moments... or not yet? But so far so good... God has been gracious, and Caryn and I were just saying the other day that well, practical is not so bad after all, at least not as vicious as they have put it. And we're entering into the 6th week! Which means 6 more weeks to go... and out of these remaining days, there are monthly test, merdeka break, Raya break (2 weeks!! yay!!), UPSR... all contributing to not having to do lesson plans!! :P

So after so long... Where did I pause my story... bout the teacher who did not like me?

Well, again by God's grace I was not placed under her supervision. I got another Malay teacher instead, humble and friendly and always ready to help! God You are good all the time! But when I see the former teacher every day I make it a point to greet her and smile, from the heart lah... and true enough when you are sincere to others, they will become nicer to you. Hahaha... Bless others no matter how they treat you and you will be blessed! Now she seems to be more amiable than what she used to be. No more cold shoulders! Praise God! ^^

I'm taking the English class of the Year 3 kids and Year 4 kids... 13 periods in all, which equals to 6.5 hours of lesson weekly! And there're of course loads of stories to be told! I think all teachers could come out with their memoirs! You know kids can just be so unpredictable and do things that you least expect! Which make your hair grow white at some point and other times, suppress your laughter because you're supposed to be angry! And it's true that they teach you more about life that you could ever teach them. It's from them that I see the ultimate pure hearts and sincere servanthood. They would 'fight' to help you carry just a pencil case. Haha... I don't know if there's any motives behind (e.g. skipping a few minutes of class or trying to please you...?) but I suddenly understand what Jesus means when He wants all of us to be like young children. And the best part, they believe in everything you say. Hahaha, well not all maybe, but most of the things!

My lecturer has come to observe me twice up till now. And I told the kids that she's coming to watch them. Well, of course it's just a half truth, but she's indeed coming to see how they respond to me right? :P Both observations have gone well, and I really thank God that the kids are not behaving too badly each time Mdm. Sheerin comes. Maybe she's got the face of a real stern teacher that the kids are a lil' afraid of her. Haha.. but it helps anyhow. All the years in college I had never come one-to-one with her concerning academic works. This time around after both reflection sessions I realised that she has really got the substance in her. Hahaha.. like Miss Illha. She really knows what she's talking about kind of thing. And when you try to improve your lesson according to what she has said you see the result... that kind of thing... So yeap, really gained a lot this time, and it's more than thousands of hours of lecture...

I have another observation coming up this Friday with my mentor. Just remember me in prayer if you... remember. Haha.. ^^

Oh guess what last Friday when Mdm. Sheerin came in to see me, I taught the kids actions of a few transports.. so I asked them.. Class, do you know how a sampan rocks gently from side to side? They excitedly exclaimed, 'I know! I know!' Then this is what they showed me...

*image from fotolia*

Me: *speechless... faints*

life lesson

2010-07-14T23:29:00.001+08:00

Taking a break from doing my teaching aids for Teaching Practice (from now onwards it’ll be just TP lah ya)…

My third day at school has just ended. B and me both felt that we’d been in the school for a long, long time. It feels more like 3 weeks. Countdown? 52 more days to go. TT

Now I really know how it feels like to work. It’s not as pleasant as expected. It’s not the workload or anything. It’s school politics. Some people say that the education field is ‘darker’ than any other fields.

Today I came home quite a subdued me. I seemed to have made quite a bad impression on a teacher who may become my Mentor, which means she has the power to grade me.

Frankly, I still did not know EXACTLY what I did wrong. I have countless speculations in my mind that I think might have upset her. Perhaps wrong usage of vocab when I talked to her for the very first time? Or lacking in greeting and smiles? Or is it the way I carry myself which sends out an odour of arrogance (back in sec sch a lot of ppl thought I was a peacock until they really got to know me and all I could say was, ‘…’ *speechless*)?

Or some teachers just plain dislike practical teachers because they tend to mess up their teaching plans, do not bother to make sure the pupils learn and leave the dirty job of catching up for the sch teachers after 3 months? (If this is the case, I could very well understand.)

Well, it’s not fun to get cold shoulders and just ‘yes’ and ‘no’ for answers… but I’m sure God is teaching me a lesson of humility and servanthood. I know I have this problem of pride and perfectionist thingy in me that I have to get rid of. It’s just that the process of being molded is so painful and uncomfortable.

I know He is always showing me that I should depend on Him and not on my own strength.

I know it’s when times are difficult and things go well that I’ll give glory to God whole-heartedly with joy and thanksgiving instead of crediting myself for the outcome.

I know that His grace is sufficient for me.

I know that He wants me to trust in Him with all my heart and lean not on my own understanding; in all my ways acknowledge Him, and He will make my paths straight.

Thank You Daddy.

A song that has been running across my head this evening:

主啊你是我的高台
我的好处不在你以外

虽然面临逼迫
我不至动摇

因我知你与我同在
我就得以往前行你是我的一切
我信靠你

有谁能使我勇敢的往前走
唯有你唯有你主啊你是我的唯一
我的最爱还有谁能代替你主啊
我爱你我心欢畅哦主啊感谢你

因我深知我的名早已记录在天上
哦主啊我爱你

“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7

kuching trip day 4

2010-07-13T21:10:00.001+08:00

Let me finish telling my story before my real teaching practice starts. ^^

Upon reaching Electra House, we went to India Street & Carpenter Street & dont-know-what Street to… err… shop? These places in Kuching are like KL’s Petaling Street and Malacca’s Jonker Walk. So you can expect pickpockets here… :P

My mom came to pick us up. On the way she asked me to pick up some siew-pau and curry puffs that she’s ordered from a famous siew-pau shop nearby. They’re still steaming hot! *I’m hungry atm!* So we got to fill our tummies a bit while waiting for her.

In the afternoon Jong and I busied ourselves with the car rental and everything and the poor souls had to wait for us until evening.

Finally we brought them to visit the Sarawak museum when it was half an hour to the closing time. == We managed to visit one block. My first time there too! I can’t believe it as well. Hahaha…

Then to the monument. Took lotsa silly pics that you might have seen in FB dy…

I havent been here since primary school time I think.

Doreen harga runtuh dy… hahaha… according to Louis, when they found the rock, there was already the carving of the person there dy…

At night we had dinner at Taman Kereta! Yay seafood I love!! I actually turned like 3 rounds trying to find the place! My dad would have scolded me, “See? Told you to pay attention to the roads! Only know how to sit in cars!” :P

I’ll just show you the highlights of our dinner k… :)

‘O-jian’: fried egg and flour with clam. But this is like the real thin and crispy and keropok-like type.

Portuguese-style ikan bakar. Ray-fish yumm! We saw this so often at SS2 and kept saying we wanted to eat. Ate here in the end. Haha…

Bidin. First try for the west Malaysians. ^^b

After dinner we strolled along Riverside & took pictures but they’re all kinda too dark. Astana looked real majestic at night…!

Kevin came and joined us halfway and they saw Jong’s pick-her-up-from-hospital-after-giving-birth-to-Tigger husband for the very 1st time! Muahahahaha…

Then he brought us to the 175 cafe for drinks and fish spa treatment! ^^ My first time there too! I think I’m a tourist like the rest lah… :)

The old couple.

Caryn just commented on how long BeeGuat’s legs are. Quite true also ya…

Guess which were whose feets? ^^

Stealing a sip from Peter’s beer. :PP

And that was basically it for Day 4!

Oh yea, on our way back, the rented car broke down in the middle of the road! B was driving it and the two drivers in front were me and Kevin. So when the lights turned green we just sped forward assuming they’re following behind. Only to find them missing after almost 1km away! o.O Poor thing they had to pushed the car to the side of the road. At 1st we thought it was out of gas so Kevin bought petrol from the station and drove back to help them while we waited there. Ended up it was some wire problems. Hmmm… anyway, don’t ever rent cars from that company. We’ve got enough bad experience from them this holiday! The cars were faulty and we didn’t get the car we wanted. The workers even tried to swindle 40 bucks out of us without the boss knowing it. I don’t know the name of the shop but it’s in a pink building at Satok at the bridge heading towards Matang. >.<

Gotta start doing some work for practical now. Ciao!

kuching trip day 3-4: the ‘pedalaman’ trip cont’

2010-07-13T15:38:00.001+08:00

I think I can try and write a bit about Day 3 and 4 since everyone’s still up and awake here too… ^^

I forgot to show you what we ate after the fruit salad…

Sandwich-toasted fishballs!

Jong brought her sandwich toaster from home and we made full use of it. Hahaha… the next morning the toaster again contributed faithfully too our breakfast! ^^

Square omelets!

We hired two aunties from kedah & malacca to help us make breakfast. ;)

a view from my room window early in the morning

The last night before we slept it rained pigs and monkeys. *new term: only useable in Bako* So that morning it was kind of chilly and wet. Quite a perfect weather to go jungle trekking! d^^b

The pigs came and dug the mud for food. Their diet: everything including worms, fruits, super-ring, eggs, fishballs, tomatoes and all leftovers. And they FOUGHT for them ok! From left to right: Rhino, pig 1a, pig 1b. Rhino was a mean guy. He would bit others~~’ asses~~ just for food.

Then our adventure began. :)

I had to confess something here. I took them on the wrong route. And we had to make a U-turn back and wasted like half of our energy. Hahaha…

We saw black durians on our way. It’s the kind of special durians that you can find only in Bako. They should taste like…

rotten durians?

Hahaha… Nah I’m just bluffing. Don’t go around asking for black durians next time you visit Bako k. I malu nanti.

And some trees have really special names. Lol~

The adventurous team! Hahaha…

The trail was so long that we passed by Batu Caves… ~~and realised that we’re back in West M.~~ Hahaha… Why am I crapping so much today?

We didn’t manage to finish any trails. Yea I know I know, my fault. :P But that’s when I realised how lousy my stamina was. I need to exercise! But see, we’re so cooperative, righto?

This cute white mushroom really stood out amongst the green.

Patah balik time…

And I didnt take any more pictures till the next day. I think we just spent most of our time at the beach and in the sea. Oh yea, I learnt to float and swim a bit! Bb is a good sifu. ^^b

The next morning we had breakfast at the canteen. The food there was surprisingly CHEAP!

My healthy, nutritious breaky! This only cost me RM3.50 I think. And the mee-pok (beneath the spork) was nice! Caryn loved the mee-pok. :)

This is not chinese tea. FYI, this is their HOT WATER. I’m not kidding, serious! That's why I said this is pedalaman. Hahaha… The water is all fresh mountain water. ^^ Hot chinese-tea-lookalike water was 30 sen.

Oh yea I forgot one important episode here. A monkey came and stole Doreen’s food! It just jumped on our table while she was gone to get sth else, grabbed a few chicken nuggets and hotdogs and ran off! Caryn and Jong was too shocked to even scream I think! Hahahaha… Then Doreen dared not eat the food anymore… not sure if the monkey washed his hands or not… so she had to buy breakfast again. Hahahah… Thank God it wasn’t too expensive. The owner then came out with a catapult, only to find the monkey peeping down from the roof! Cheeky~~!!!

After breakfast, we hanged out at the beach… and took pictures…

The view was indescribable!

Caryn: Ey, ey choo, take my back, take my back!

Choo: Ok.

Nah… done! ROFL~!!

Kesian she showed me the ‘ham’ == face dy… so I took another one… hahahah

And then it’s finally time to pack and check out.

I found this little hot spring on the ground!

Waiting for the boatmen to come… and left Bako finally…

We had to wade through the water this time to get into the boats… coz of low tide eh… everyone took off their shoes!

Getting into the boat…

I betrayed the other boat. I took the covered boat twice. :P

Don’t know why BB’s gay mode was on. But wahh… beautiful slender legs! Phewitt~~!! :PP

And we’re sailing again!

The other boat… I’m sorry! :PPPP

Bye bye Bako! Till we meet again! I’ve truly enjoyed myself! Thank you Jesus for making this trip possible for us!

p/s: stay tuned for Day 4-8!

practical day 1

2010-07-12T22:26:00.001+08:00

Went to school today and joined their assembly for the 1st time. The shocking thing was that they asked us to go on stage and introduce ourselves… in Malay! I had no time to be nervous and when I went up there I just repeated what Louis said. Hahaha… After that I decided this on-the-spot things was better than telling me way beforehand where there’s time for nervousness to haunt me.

Sat in the staffroom for the whole day. Sleepy yet dared not start fishing in front of the teachers. Guess what I did in the end? Read dictionary. How interesting…

Got my timetable already. If there’s no more changes I’ll be teaching Year 5 English and Year 4 Math. 12 periods altogether. Louis’ lagi ‘geng’. 14 periods. Don’t know how to negotiate with the teachers tomorrow la… ><

After sch GB said today cannot go back early, got meeting. So sat and listen to them for almost one and a half hours… But the meeting was not as boring as I expected. The GB cracked a lot of jokes and sometimes he laughed himself. Haha. The teachers seemed to be very comfortable with him, yet you could feel their sense of respect towards him. So altogether it’s quite a conducive working environment. :)

After that rushed to see our supervisor. Got some good tips & reminders from her. It’s another pleasant meeting too, I would say. ^^

Oh yea, in the holidays I actually prayed for good and cheap canteen food… (haha) and yes God answered my prayer. But there was no variety. I forgot to add that… lol~!

Don worry I dont think I’ll describe my Day 2 and Day 3 and the rest of the days in detail. Unless there’re some great happenings. I feel like writing my kuching trip Day 3 and am wondering if I should. It’s 10.26pm already.

Hmmm~

practical, oh practical!

2010-07-11T20:50:00.001+08:00

Some commercial break before I go into our Kuching Trip Day 2-4.

Tomorrow would be the starting of our practical!! *shivers* Really don’t know what to expect. And tomorrow I have to go meet up with my supervisor, lagi don’t know what to expect!!!

God please, may we find favor in Your eyes as well as men’s!

I’ll see if I can take some pictures tomorrow… but there’ll be nothing much to see anyway. Imagine the kids having their assembly and suddenly Louis or me take their photos, with his D90, hahahaha… the headmaster’ll kick us out of the school kot.

I’ll be getting my timetable tomorrow! I wonder which classes I would get…

You know these few days I’ve been thinking of how I should manage the class and everything… what kind of tricks I should use to get the kids to listen to me… and to entertain them. As my lecturers always say, primary school teachers have another identity: clowns! =='"

Well, let’s just keep our fingers crossed that tomorrow would be a great day! Because God is in charge! :)

p/s: by the way, I can’t believe I’m starting my 4th year! My final uni year! So ~~old~~ senior. ;]

kuching trip day 2: the ‘pedalaman’ trip

2010-07-11T20:40:00.000+08:00

I think I’d better complete the chronicles of kuching trip (hahaha) before any procrastination causes loss of memories and in the end, a hanging piece.

In fact, through this trip, I’ve learnt A LOT of things… and at the same time experience our ever-loving, miraculous God at work. I’ve learnt that it’s not easy to plan a trip, not mentioning being a tour guide. I’ve learnt that if I want to bring my friends to visit Kuching (for a long trip), I have to come back at least a few days earlier to make sure everything is in place: the transports, the accommodation, everything!

And I guess I took many things for granted. I was supposed to manage everything about the Bako trip coz I was the one suggesting it (kepo~), but by the time Lucas and Peter marinated the chicken and prepared to go to bed, I started to panic. Because I didn’t know how to get to the Kampong Bako, where we’re supposed to take speedboats to the national park. I’d been there, but that was like… 6 years ago!! And I called a friend (in KL!!) who’d been there in Feb, who promised to give me another girl’s number who seemed to know better, but in the end I didn’t get the contact. So I was imagining the worst scenario ever: us waiting for the bus at Electra House until evening and coming back subdued and sitting in the house looking at each other for 3 days and 2 nights (with the marinated chicken spoiled). It was midnight dy and all I could do was nothing but to pray.

So the next morning… (by faith) I asked Dad & Mum to fetch us to Electra House, and we had breakfast at the old market opposite EH, which was once very famous for its shio-bee (shio-bee is Sarawakian siu-mai).

Look at our loaves of bread… hahaha… like we’re going to a place hit by famine…

I felt that I’ve got tons to do! I had to settle the accommodation bills but didn’t know where to, if not I don’t think they’d ever let us be on the boats! So I called the number which was so often engaged, and it got through! Praise God! And I found the place, and the whole billing process was simple and smooth! Praise the Lord again! ^^

I got back to the place, and now it was time to settle the transport. So we asked around, and the friendly kolo-mee aunty told us we could take the bus, which was only RM3 per person. But it didn’t look like it’s very regular and punctual! *oh no!* I was praying in my heart, God, I don’t want to reach there in the evening!

So we waited… and waited… AND waited… aish, why waste time, take picture lah! *It was blaring hot!* And when the bus came, I really wanted to shout Hooray! Hallelujah!

Finally in the bus! A big load lifted from my shoulders instantly! Thank You Lord for providing!

After a long, long journey of stopping here and there, finally we reached the terminal!

Then there were more payments to make… and we’re ready to sail! That was when we saw the Buaya sign! *oh no!!*

Nvm.. we have our life jackets on! They’re supposed to save lives right? Right? Boat uncle didn’t even wear ok…

Some picturesque view on the way… My K770 not bad wad… :P comparable to DSLR… hahaha… and I could actually receive a call from my mom on the boat! DiGi coverage is not very bad after all! ^^

This is the swampy area… Paya Bakau that we learnt in Form 3 Geography.. hahaha

Reaching the park! On the way to the registration counter… excitement mounting! d^^b

We waited at the ‘lobby’ after registration. It so happened that we arrived too early by an hour plus and had to wait for the rooms to be cleared. God could be so humorous at times. I said I didn’t want to be late and this was what happened. Hahaha… It wasn’t too boring, i remember playing games and laughing too loudly that people hushed us down. Oops! :P

We stayed at Hostel C. Another thing to thank God for. Initially we planned to stay at Forest Lodge but it was fully-booked. So no choice lah, had to take Hostel, which was cheaper by half. I already expected the worst. Mana tau… the forest lodge and the hostel looked the same only… Forest lodge has got 2 rooms and the hostel has got 4! Hahahah….

Can you believe it? Our 3-day-2-night stay only cost us RM21 per person. Hahahaha… thank God!

The first pig that visited our hostel. When I told Priyatha back in KL that there’d be lotsa pigs, she thought I was kidding her…

Up close!

There was a time when we had 7 to 8 with us. They’re never choosy when it came to food.

After making sure our food would not be stolen by monkey thieves, we went for a stroll on the beach. Crazy, on a hot scorching afternoon. (See my footprints? ^^)

Then the BBQ ‘party’ started! Fire first! This was like the hardest fire-making attempt ever! I think we spent a good one and a half to two hours and still couldn’t get it up. Everyone was pitching in to help. Our cooperation and love (for the sake of food) was really touching ok!

Then halfway we got visitors… One of them ate up our Ben10 beach ball! Yes, I’m just exaggerating. He bit the plastic and we literally watched the balloon deflate!! >.<

The aunties who helped peel off the charred meat and potatoes. :)

But I tell you the truth (sounds familiar? hahah), the chicken really tasted oh-so-yummiscrumplicious! Very cooked ok! With some added foreign ingredient… towards the end Peter and Doreen complained, “Why so much sand??” Hahahah!

Sunset in Bako

And we did some tribal dance before going back.. Hahaha to kill Piggy… and BBQ-ed marshmallow!

And the thank-God part was, some manager came and asked us who allowed us to BBQ there. But anyhow our party was coming to an end too, so we’re not too disturbed. Imagine if he came halfway when we’re still cooking and some chicken was cooked and some not, it would have been very pek-chek rite? The weird thing was, we’d been there like for so long and he only noticed us at 7 when it was dark? I suppose God knows how much all these meant to us and helped us through it miraculously! Thank you Jesus!

To make up for the lack of Vitamin C sources, we had apples in mayo + raisins + corn flakes! Superb!! :9

And everyone ~~fought~~ took turns to use the bathrooms, talked talked talked, then zzz la… save some energy for tomorrow! :) Stay tuned for Day 3 lah~~! ^^

may-june break

2010-07-08T21:55:00.001+08:00

I’m back!

After dumping my blog for 1 month plus… and it’s July dy! Teaching practice starts 4 days later! This morning went for briefing. Guess what? I got SK Bandar Utama Damansara… I heard the kids there are all terror-terror… don’t know whether I should laugh or cry. T.T

Well, guess God has His sovereign will and ways of doing things that sometimes we can’t and don’t need to fully comprehend.

This holiday has been a fruitful one, jammed and packed with all kinds of things. First, my west M friends came over for an 8-day-and-7-night vacation. I was so excited to blog about it and all, but the Internet connection failed me (again), so by the time I went online, most of us had uploaded dozens and dozens of pictures dy…! == I still want to blog about it though… hahaha… an exclusive one! Not here, in the next post. From Day 1 to 8… all the details… how we eat & sleep… ~~pee & poo….~~

K so now I’m gonna summarise my holiday & dump all random pictures here…! :) Ready?

Before our trip this time, baby finally bought his baby. Hahaha… his Nikon D90… I’d have to fight for his attention now…

Look at his cheeky finally-I-got-you smile… ^^

Don’t know why he didnt pose with his baby though… I think he’s still in the unbelieving mode. Anyway, he was happy enough he got to snap-snap during the trip.

Then there was the trip… And after that I got to rest and spend some time with the family…

The highlight? Niny, of course!!!

Niny is quite a big girl now… She could ‘drag’ herself from one place to another real fast.

She’s planning to skip the crawling stage I suppose.

Sometimes she’d refuse to take picture but her mom’ll make life easier for us paparazzi. Hahaha… Look how unwilling she is!

At times she reads too… ^^

And ‘bites’ whatever that she could get hold of…

Niny’s passport photo. Hahaha… it’s such a shame that I took the wrong focus.

And the greatest sense of achievement for this aunty would be to able to take her smiling face!

And the very first birthday bash Niny joined was her mom and her two twin aunts’ birthday! The 3 of them were born on the same date, June 20th!

And she simply loved the American Cheesecake! Kept coming back for more… ^^ We let her try a bit though she’s got a few baby teeth only… :P

Me attended a wedding… Got the 3rd red bomb of my life :)…

Congrats to Connie & Terence…!! May God bless your marriage abundantly! And bless you with kids as many as the stars in the sky… hahaha ;P

And as you can see, I cut my hair which I have kept for years!!!! T.T My long hair~~~~~~~~ I miss my long hair~~!!

Met up with Hui Hui & Khai Ling and found a nice yam-cha spot! I’ve never known the existence of this place!!

Isabella’s… It’s so near to my house! Maybe I’m the only sua-ku one… My first impression of the place was.. wah.. 梁山伯&祝英台! XD Coz of the curtains & veils… A very good place for dating… :) with the dim lights and all that…

Big face portrait…

And camwhootz in front of the washroom…

They have cute decorations…

and hilarious signs… **‘Big Size’ here interpreted as big business.

My twin sisters’ application results for Teachers’ Training were out towards the end of my hol… Good news was: they both got it; bad news? One got Kota Samarahan & the other got Perlis… which means…

PARTING…! After sticking together for so many years…

So you can imagine the rest of the holiday was packed with getting ready to leave home for studies… There were seriously tons to do… and tons of farewell parties to attend…

Had a farewell steamboat dinner for my sist during our last cell group meeting… thought it’d be kinda emotional but it wasn’t too teary… :P

The day before my youngest sist & I took off (I’m responsible to send her to Perlis and get ready some things for her), we had the nerve to adopt a dog from SSPCA for my mom (despite the fact that my dad dislikes pets!)… thought Weng-Weng could accompany her ma… since Daddy travels a lot… Actually Weng-Weng risked being sent back to SSPCA, but then again, it was another long story that I wouldn’t elaborate. Right now it stays at home with my mom. :D

And finally I got on the plane on Saturday, this time with a family member… kinda marked the end of my holiday… :(

We had to take another flight up to Alor Setar the following night… and drive up to Kangar on Monday morning…

She has got to be one of the strongest girl I have ever seen… There’re so many stories to be told during our stay there esp on the registration day but I choose not to go into any details here to prevent myself from ranting and complaining again… But my dear sister, I know God has a special will for you there. You’ll definitely shine for Him! *hugs* Orientation week could be tough… but it has ended! You can do it!

Can you spot her? Reminds me of those days 5 years back…

We stayed in Kangar for another day… It’s a good small town with good food which is real cheap! ^^

Quoting Louis: Window XP! hahaha..

and there we go.. going back on a bus… I really thank God for the extra week of holiday after this… My body couldn’t support such long journeys I guess… Been sick for twice after coming back from Kangar. So peeps, if you do remember, pray that I’ll be loud and healthy before practical starts ya~!

I’m gonna be away

2010-05-10T22:17:00.001+08:00

Twelve more hours and I’ll be on my way to the airport!

I have nothing much to say actually. Just feel that I need to sort of put out an ‘Away’ notice here. I’m sure I’ll have lots to share in the hols, since Caryn & Beeguat & Doreen and everyone else are coming over… but line at home isn’t good. Can you believe that we’re still using dail-up… 1515… *eee-oooo-eeeee-ooo-ee-oo*… at a crawling speed… ==!!!

Done my packing. Just left the last few things to stuff into my luggage. ^^

Went to do some last minute shopping at the night market just now. And we ‘threw’ away the cat & kittens. Or more correctly, I was the one who forced the others. It’s not like I don’t like cats and stuff, but they are starting to poo in the drain outsider my room and the stench is… imaginable. And being kittens, they scratched at everything, and the newspapers would be torn into many pieces and strewn all over the place. And mama orange cat is going to give birth soon (for the 3rd time) and is constantly looking for ways to come into our house through my room window! Oftentimes we came back and found my mosquito net pulled off from the frame… What’s more annoying is their sneaking-into-the-house and constant meowing-for-food… If it goes like a day or two I don’t mind, but imagine everyday you have to chase them off and close the door even though it’s hot just so that the cats won’t come in.

Well, this is not the least bit interesting I know. But I just want to explain to that you out there who might be disappointed, frustrated or even angry that I insisted on sending them off. How I wish I could NOT do that. But sometimes when we couldn’t commit ourselves into taking care of pets, then we can’t keep them. To me, it is just selfish and isn’t fair to have the at-times fun with them and leave the all-the-time trouble to others.

Ya so there, my ‘defense’….

Alright, so I’ll see you guys again… if the connection at home is okay enough… Tomorrow morning have to wake up early… we’re going to church to join in the 24-hour prayer before heading to KL Central. What a blessed way to begin a trip. Hahaha… Till then, God bless everyone! :)

reviving dreams

2010-05-08T03:08:00.003+08:00

Exam's over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! **With Robin Williams' 'Freedom' playing at the background**

As expected, I wasn't as thrilled as I should be. The climax was usually the countdown moments before the last paper.

Went straight to Cheras for cell group after exam. Our last meeting for the semester! The next time we come back we're going to have a new member joining us! Yay~~~!! d^^b

Tonight we shared mainly about our 40-day fasting and praying, what we have encountered so far and stuff like that. I wasn't planning to share about anything serious. I thought of my grandma who was hospitalised last week but was discharged few days back... and I thought, that was one good testimony to share. In the end I didnt know why but I talked about how I felt that God's glory had left me that sort of thing. Like God's calling was once upon me and then I didn't manage to get hold of that kyros moment and it just swept past me. Like how God's anointing had swept past Saul and went to David. Saul died a tragic death. And I shudder at the thought of ending up like him. All the effort previously gone just like that. Burnt to ashes.

When I first gave my life to Christ, I knew that I was going to be in this field, and I dreamt big dreams for God. Dreams so big that I don't dare to share with others because they sound ridiculous to my own ears. They were all by simple faith and a pure heart. Now, looking back, I suddenly feel that I am not at all equipped to do His work.

By His love He reminded me through my leader that I am to give thanks. That He hasn't forgotten me and obviously hasn't left me. That all these are convictions from the Holy Spirit who was reminding me of my big dreams. I guess I was the one taking a few steps back and then a few more steps back. He was there all the time. God's trying to save me here before my fire's snuffed out. He's saying that it's time to step out of my comfort zone.

And I want to praise Him for all that... how much He has encouraged me through my leader. It was like a deliverance that no one knows has taken place. Just what I needed to get rid of the vile lies of the devil!

Get behind me, Satan! My God is a warlord!

posting matters

2010-05-07T01:35:00.001+08:00

Hi May!

I’m counting down to freedom! 16 more hours and I’ll be free from studying-for-exam for one whole semester! Yay!! ^^

Dealt with some posting procedures this week. It’s like so near yet so far! We have one more year to go. One more year to graduation; to parting; to going on our own separate ways. But to be asked to decide on where we want to go one year before all these just seemed a little too early!

Back to maktab in teachers’ attire. In fact, we went the day before and were halau-ed because we’re clad in jeans and t-shirts. Wasted half of our day going back and forth between Cheras & Pj. The effect of bureaucracy…. sigh!

I opted for Sarawak = uncertainties. The Kakak who managed all these sounded kinda surprised when she saw my form. Usually Sarawakians and non-Sarawakians will not choose that I guess. Why, Sarawak is so big, and there are so many rural primary schools without English teachers! All this while our lecturers scared us with ‘you’ll be posted to Sabah & Sarawak’… as if West Malaysia doesn’t have rural areas! I heard that a Hulu Selangor Tamil school just got its pipe water supply recently okay… after waiting for 50 years! Wow, that’s like not much difference from the ulu places in Sarawak & Sabah… Anyway, I think it’s not where I choose that’ll determine where I’d go. God is in reign anyhow. I believe it’ll be His best will for me wherever I get.

Borang ini dihantar ke Sekolah Rendah. Macam kesian je. Hahaha…

So these few days we’re just ransacking for certs & photocopying them and looking for passport pictures. I haven’t had enough… had to go to the studio and took new ones. I’m disclosing it here… so don’t laugh!!!

Schema… Nerd… Whatever you name it. XD

And it’s so expensive! RM20 for 8 pieces only. I think back in my hometown you can get 12 pieces for RM8!

Just realised how old my offer letter was. 2005’s like 5 years ago…! Seriously couldn’t remember how I felt when I first got it. Again the cliche, how time flies!

And I’m going to be a real teacher sort of thing next sem. How does it feel like to be in authority I wonder. To be in front of the class, talking instead of listening. Reprimanding instead of being reprimanded. Nodding your head instead of greeting & bowing.

God, please don’t give me a school with scary pupils, those who like to challenge teachers! I don’t have faith in my classroom management skills. Yet.

Now I regret opting for Subang Jaya schools. I heard that the pupils are too advanced. *faints*

Anyway… let me just put all that aside and concentrate on my freedom now. 15 and 1/2 more hours to go. I can’t wait to go home and tour with my friends! Am half a tour guide for the 1st time! ^^

See, I’ve even gotten new Hawaiian shorts for the trip!

My beloved Kuching, see you in 4 days! :D

‘5I’ gathering!

2010-04-25T23:25:00.001+08:00

I must be too free to blog on a pre-exam night!

De-stress for a while la… Looking forward to the lonnggggg holiday and kuching trip. Haha. Me sound so not like a Kuchie! XD My friends are coming over in May, and that’s like…

16 days away!

And I’m sure I’ll have loads of pictures to post from Day 1 to Day 8 then! IF the connection is good.

Outings + friends = heaps of fun!

Had our very 1st gathering in KL on Thursday… after 5 – 6 years! I can’t believe it! I mean, we’ve been in KL for so long… And have never been out once!? And those who’re in Ozzie have been meeting up like so… frequently!

Inspired (ha-ha), we went to MidVal & watched movie! Ice Kacang Puppy Love was the very 1st local movie I’ve watched in cinema. Not bad… but maybe it’s coz it’s not action-packed so I think you don’t have to go to the cinema for it. Anyway, to be able to support a local production is a good reason to go after all.

The evidence that we went. Hahah… KhaiLing & Honkiet, you want to keep the tickets or not? They are still with me. Our very 1st & last memorable outing k!

The story is about ice kacang & puppy love la… Hahaha redundancy. The story’s like tergantung at the back, maybe they want to come out with a sequel sort of thing.

But until now I still can’t get “ 情人，情人”out of my head! Oh my…

After that we met up with HuiHui who just had her last paper (unfair!!) and went shopping together. Sigh, the problem of ladies: our clothes are never enough it seems!

Got myself a Harajuku floral top in JJ! I tried to restrain myself but this one was too cheap to let go… *battle failed*

Then we just walked around MidVal aimlessly… and sort of caught up with one another. Bonding was the ultimate purpose after all! ^^

HonKiet brought his new DSLR. So we snapped photos everywhere, and KhaiLing tried to get some good mirror spots… but some shops didnt allow it.

Found one finally. *pic stolen from HK’s FB*

The funny part was after this shot, some Indian tourist got inspired by KL’s idea of taking pics and he literally asked us to shoo so that he could take photo there too. ==

Dinner was at KimGary (again! I seem like a big fan of KG)… Sorry, and thanks peeps for being so thoughtful for me the herbivore!

Nth much to choose from so I ordered Japanese Tofu & Mushroom in cheeeese…

HuiHui & her ice-cream!

The geram part was that I didn’t take more pictures using my own phone! Wonder why I didn’t! TT

Anyway it was a great day spending time together with you guys. I just wish we had more ppl joining us. Too bad most of us are not here! We’ve known each other for a decade now! As for HuiHui, 16 years okay! Woww… Hopefully our annual CNY visiting could keep us gathered at least once a year and continues on until we’re married with children, with grandchildren and great grandchildren. Hahaha…

Friends forever! d^^b

eccentric chiney boss

2010-04-23T22:02:00.001+08:00

I could type 华语字in my computer finally!

Attempted to type this post in chinese but it was way too hard. I guess it just didnt sound like me. Oh man, but I think in Chinese all the time! So what should I do? Chinese and English both 半桶水!

Anyway, there’s this new chinese coffee shop at my place, which is just opposite the usual chiney that we always go to ~~and have gotten quite sick of it~~. When this new one (called 旺众) was still renovating, we were so excited coz we thought ‘Finally there’s another option for dinner!’ sort of thing. And it’s always good to have a little competition among shops coz customers will always benefit out of it, since all this while the chiney shop has been dominating the business.

So we went this evening, glad to find that it’s still open. And the boss, I presume, came out and invited us to go in and have a seat. We were discussing what to eat since most of us’re still herbivore for the time being and only a few stalls were open there. The boss was still pestering for us to go in… So in the end Jong, Caryn & BeeGuat went in and sat down while Priya, B and I decided that we should tapao-ed the economy rice at the old chiney shop.

And this boss, anxious that we’re leaving it seemed, kept telling us that the dishes over there were finished. We sort of ignored him and went anyway. And he kept asking (I think if he could he would have chased after us), ‘Are you going over there? You are really going over there…?’

Arrrgghhh……

Then we got intimidated and decided we should just ate at the old chiney shop. Jong then called and asked us not to go back there too. Coz the boss kept asking them why we left!

After dinner we went over and found that only BeeGuat was eating; while Jong & Caryn’re still waiting! The boss came again and paced around like a supervisor making sure his customers eat! Then he saw us and asked if we had our dinner. We nodded and he showed a so-I-lose-so-what face and asked sarcastically if we got our meals for free… The truth was that we got our dinner a lil’ cheaper today! Then he mumbled to himself, “Yea, 3 (ate) here and 3 (ate) there, fair enough…”

I was like ????????????????????????????????????

Seriously, do you have to be THAT desperate? It’s just the second day of business and you’re scaring your customers away! You’re like a lion waiting to pounce on anyone who refuses to eat at your place!

I thought we have found another makan place but if that’s going to be the boss’s attitude, I ain’t sure if I dare to step into or even pass by his shop again. Guess we’ll have to stick to old chiney…! ==

a year older, a year wiser ^^

2010-04-23T00:52:00.001+08:00

2 down, 3 more to go! Yea yea I know Science ppl are screaming ‘One last one to go!!’ o.O

Well, on a more positive & grateful note, we have more time to revise. Hahaha… consoling myself.

Anyway, all work and no outing makes siangshian a dull girl. Err… maybe not a girl anymore, but not yet a woman! *Britney Spears starts singing at the background* hahahah

Celebrated my ~~23rd~~ birthday last Sunday. Wasn’t the best timing because the next day we had the Ethnics paper. Still, my housemates were kind enough to spare their zzz time for me on Saturday night. Thanks gurls! Love you guys lots! Hugs & muacksss….!

Only 5 years old… hahaha

I’ve got a so shiny bday cake that I could see my own reflection! ^^

The strawberries were sweet! d^^b

Vina, we can’t see you!

Still can’t see Vina! :P

Is everyone on diet except for Jong?!

No way!

Got my share too! :9

And had another one the next day from San Fransisco Coffee during lunch at Bangsar South Tappers! ^^ Sorry I didnt mean to stick out my tongue twice. :P Oops… again. ;D

I was a herbivore that day so my Chicken Carbonara Without Chicken tasted quite bland. RM10.90 ++

Ooo but the honey lemon was very refreshing! But anyway, what’s more important is the bonding! ^^

They used Switzerland ketchup k! Made in Malaysia. XD We’re fooled seriously…

And I got a nice CD from my cell group! Thanks a lot to zuzhangs & everyone! But I wonder why we didnt take group picture ya…

What a harvest! ^^

Asmah surprised me with a book on the exam day! Thanks girl! I certainly wont be bored during the hols! ^^

And here I’d like to thank Jong, BeeGuat, Caryn, Doreen, Audrey, Vina, Priya, Asmah, WeiPing & Angela, and my dearest him, for making my birthday so special!

And to everyone else who has wished me well, thank you and God bless you!! ^^

Last but not least, thank you Mommie, for all the pain & labour you have gone through for me… And for all these years of toil and tears, I couldn’t thank you enough… Just want to tell you that I REALLY REALLY LOVE YOU!

And last last but never the least, thank You Lord! May my days in this life glorify Your Name!

“For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” Psalm 139:13-16

study week + shopping + food marathon – studying (if only) = BLISSSS

2010-04-17T00:53:00.003+08:00

Study week is meant for ~~shopping & eating & sleeping & Burger Shop &~~ studying…

And I assure, we’re really studying HARD here. ^^ Serious.

Ethnics paper is on next Monday, followed by Entrepreneurship the next day. Both objective papers. Sound easy-peasy but sometimes it’s even harder to score like this. Like my Tamadun Islam paper last term. Sigh.

So these few days are all about memorising and cramming as much as we can into our brain.

I need a good break. In fact, we’ve planned where to go and what to do next week. :D

Want to go to SS2 night market next week. Can you believe that I’m here for almost two terms and have never been there? Not even once??

Then… Times square again? Very dangerous. I overspent again last Saturday. Hahaha… As usual. But what’s more important is that you’ve got to be SATISFIED with your ‘harvest’! Nyahahaha…

I am! :D

This is gonna be the 1st in my practicum formal wear collection. Have to look for long ‘ah-ma’ skirts after this. *giving myself excuses to shop again :P*

Anyway I’ve got to make sure these clothes last until my real posting, meaning I can either maintain or reduce my current figure… so thank God for the 40-day fasting & praying after our food marathon!

After KFC on Thursday, we had BT2 tomyam (again) on Friday. Saturday was KimGary’s set lunch. Oh my~~

The leftover from the 3 of us. Can feed a lot of African children I know. Seriously we couldn’t stuff ourselves anymore. Thought of tapao-ing for Mao-mao the orange cat. But then how to tell the waiter? :P

Bad choice…. Next time should just order a set and everyone shares. Hahaha~

Oh I’m so gonna burst~

Our tummy had a good break on Sunday. Then Monday we thought of Sushi King RM2 Bonanza~! Big disappointment coz there’s a problem with the card thing… so we opted for Pizza Hut.

Royal Masala with add-on 3-layer cheese! I’m salivating still!

And of course the not-miss-able latest 10-layer Chunky Loaded!

A whole-and-one-sixth comparison. Teachers, please use this to teach fraction. Your pupils’ll love you!

I love mine with lotsa cheese powder!!

We finished up the whole container… hiak hiak…

And we decided that pizzas alone were not enough… and ordered lasagna!

But frankly speaking, I don’t like Pizza Hut’s lasagna. It tastes like egg only…

Then everyone’s like high sugar level…

…!!

Group pitchar~

And the cuckoo-ness continued at home. :P I love this particular one!

I had an early bday celebration! I love Durian Cheese!!Thanks gurls~~! :9 But ar… I refuse to be labeled 23. At least not yet.

Doreen's face didnt change at all...

Alright let’s have a normal one… :)

Oh by the way, our food marathon only ended on Tuesday. KFC was our last heavy meal before fasting started. :9

We ordered chicken rice set but they gave us Nasi Beriani… d^^b

Cheesy wedges… Still makes me drool!

That’s the bad thing of having KFC & McD like… less than 100 metres from ur house… Hahaha…

Oh my I mustn’t let my mom see this! She’ll have plenty to say!

bye 3rd year!

2010-04-09T03:49:00.001+08:00

Sem’s over… Which marks the end of my 3rd year!

And there’s 1 more year to go…

before graduating, posting, working, earning $$, working, getting old, working, working…

The fear that accompanies adulthood. Hmm. Maybe not fear. Uncertainties. That’s more like it.

Anyway, we just said bye to the semester yesterday (since it’s 3.20 am now)… and it ended quite well, with no pending ~~printing~~ assignments waiting for us. Every assignment and presentation is over and done with, by the grace of God!

I guess it’s the going-to-part feeling that makes us so eager to capture memories through professional’s lenses and amateurs’ camera phones. In fact, we took pictures with all the lecturers! Except for one who didnt come… ~~and I didn’t bother with the replacement teacher who seemed kinda biased…~~

This is Dr. Tom Lahaie who taught us Language Games. His trademark is his ukulele! And you can expect songs and more songs whenever he’s around…

Ethnics lecturer, Dr. Ngeow Yeok Meng who preferred to be called Dr. Meng… hahaha.. just discovered that she’s quite cool on the last day of lecture… :P

Ethics lecturer, Dr. Visha. She’s really sort of a mother to all of us. Glad to have her!

Mr. Zawawi, cute Tata! ^^ Math history… the subject is boring but the lecturer’s not!

Mr. Shahul… teaching us how to teach Math. Very knowledgeable and experienced… err… ya that’s all, I wont comment more… :P

Associate Professor Dr. Juliana… wow what a title! Hahaha… taking our Simulated Teaching class… we had our brunch party for the final class yesterday… and it added up to our food marathon for the week.

On wednesday because we’ve got some profit from the Entrepreneurship Day…

$.$

we decided to celebrate with Dominoes pizzas…

Actually we didnt make that much too… compared to the other group… but for a group of 27 people, I’m thankful enough that we got back our modal and another fold of profit. :)

Then yesterday for the Micro-teaching brunch party we had a lot of self-sponsored food,

with a pecan cake sponsored by Dr. Ju as the highlight,

thumbs-up! But the main course was KFC…

That makes 2 kinds of fast foods in 2 days… and it seems that there’re more coming up… oh my unhealthy lifestyle!

I guess I’ll just treat this as my motivation for the study week. Let’s hope I do study! :PP

Spot the difference

2010-04-09T03:13:00.001+08:00

That day we went to the Mamak outside our house.

The Malay cooks were not around so we could only order Mamak food.

BeeGuat ordered kueh tiaw goreng Mamak, Caryn’s was kueh-tiaw goreng Melayu, and Jong’s was kueh tiaw goreng basah…

In the end when the food came…

Can you spot any difference?

Jeng jeng…

The answer is:

NO DIFFERENCE la…!

Even the taste is also the same… ==