Into My Third and Final Year Of Uni

Week 5 just ended. And I'm already dead tired. It feels like it is already the last few weeks of the semester.

Final year is no joke. It's draining all my energy. Wondering how am I to last till the end of the semester.

I just got all my collection of pictures from China from my friends. And a lot happened last week. Went out to a party. Did the craziest thing ever. But I should say that it was all in the name of fun...

Think I've gone bonkers...

Cooking Mama

Ever since I moved out of hostel, I've been alternating with my roommates to make dinner. It's my first time cooking no matter at home or anywhere else. I don't actually suck as bad as I thought.

So what have I cooked so far? Mostly korean food because of the materials that were bought. As a student, we don't have too much budget to get a lot of cooking stuff. I've successfully made dukbokki, kinchi fried rice, kimchi pancake and bibimbap. Others are the normal rice, vege and meat but mostly it is due to the help of my room mate who has more experience in the kitchen than I do.

All the food that I made are up in facebook and I'm lazy to upload them here again.

It's a Saturday and I wasted the day away by sleeping in, going for a walk around the neighbourhood and doing assignments...(lame way to spend the weekend, I know) but there's really not much to do anymore other than these.

Planning to sleep Sunday away as well

I Don't Like Hectic Hectic Life

From the moment I stepped into Sabah International Airport, I've been anything but hectic...Life's currently in emo mode. I'm tired and sleep deprived. Assignments are starting to pile up already. I already came back from a field trip and it is only my first week. Today marks the first day of the second week. If I don't get more rest, I think I will fall from fatigue...

I got kicked out of uni hostel and life been nothing much hassle and trouble. Settling down a bit already all thanks to my friends aka roommates...they cleaned and shopped while I was toiling away in school.

I seriously need a break but when will that day arrive?

I Don't Like Hectic Hectic Life

Leaving on a jetplane

Ok...This is gonna super short

I AM LEAVING TONIGHT sobbssss

dead tired now.. gonna sleep through out the entire flight!

p.s. friends please don't miss me too much. see u guys in december...

Of Friendships

Since I'll be off in no time (approximately 2 days) I been out and about meeting up with friends..maybe except for SUE that was so secretive and apparently ran down to see Usher and I don't think I can meet her before flying off.

Everyone is everywhere. Grown up and busy with their own stuff...but all the girls spared some time for a small get together at Pappa Rich (newly opened at E-gate). Although we're considered grown ups, when put in one table, we turn back to secondary school kids. I think we were very loud that day and sat there for nearly 4 hours just chit chatting about nothing.

Topics that riled us during high school still does now...talk about maturing....But its only among these people that the dummy side of us (especially me) comes out.

Too bad a few couldn't make it at the very last minute. I think the next one will be 6months away.

p.s. today i confirmed that i gained back all the weight that i lost...TTT_TTT. Note to self : urgent need to lose weight, cut down food intake

Holidays

I don't know when I will finish (or ever starting) my blog about my holiday trips in China and Singapore

Almost Coming To The End Of My Holidays

Picture from Langkawi Underwater World
Picture from Tengeli Desert, China
Big Family Holiday in Singapore
Celebrating Jane's birthday with Kiddies

In a blink of an eye, 2 months is nearly coming to an end. What have I achieved ? I can't say that I didn't achieve but I can't say that I achieved a lot. Well of course nothing educational wise that is...to say the least my cgpa pointer dropped which is really frustrating (there's goes my 1st class honours and exemption of paying back PTPTN).

I'll be flying off in a few days' time. And I still have much undone i.e. my thesis proposal which I have been procrastinating for the past 2 months and I'm trying really hard to churn it out before I step on the plane.

A few things that I'm happy during my 2 months break is :

1. Holidaying -Langkawi, China and Singapore

2. Universal Studios (albeit a lil small) - I experienced the power of express pass! ;P

3. Seeing a lot of family members

4. Seeing a lot of friends

5. Amazingly nice smelling perfumes courtesy of Kiddies

6. Getting great food for a lot of nights

p.s. the only thing bugging my mine the entire hols is still the long overdue thesis proposal.

p.s.s FYI I'm entering the third and final year of my university life. Time FLIES. no joke. I'm suddenly afraid of growing up

p.s.s.s. i think i put back on all the weight i lost last semester. now i have to start all over again T_T

To You

This Moment In Time

This moment in time

A thousand thoughts run across my mind

Many fractions are of you

How so?

Clueless myself

This moment in time

I won’t wish for time to rewind

But I wish for the future

For though the past holds laughter and tears

But I for sure know

That tomorrow will bring more than what the past holds

This moment in time

Right here right now

Listen to your heart, your soul

And I thank you for being you

For this moment in time

Always and forever

I shall always keep the faith

PS Something that I created due to a spark of inspiration from chatting with my friends

A Week of Nanjing

Nanjing, the capital of Kuomintang. Famous for its city walls which are about 600 years old. This city is a mix of the old and the new. On one side you can see part of the old city wall while on another side of the wall, there are rows of apartment blocks.

Some of the places that I went to was Nanjing Museum, Ghost-Face City, The Emperor's Summer Xanadu, ZhongShanLing and Confucius Temple. I shall rate the attractions according to my preferences.

No.1 : ZhongShanLing

China Rated : 5 A scenic attraction

What is it : This is a large reserved area of green aka the lungs of Nanjing. Here, you will find the tomb of Dr. Sun Yat Sen in the shape of a bell. Apparently, the architect that designed the tomb suicided after building this place because he was heavily indebted because of the high cost of building this place. A long time ago, this was 'the' place of all places. Song Mei Ling also lived here

once a upon a time. Her mansion is still standing and open for visits. Next to Dr. Sun's tomb is the royal tomb of the First Ming Emperor aka MingXiaoLing. Here, the emperor was buried together with all his wives and concubines as accompaniment. However, the exact location of where the emperor was buried is unknown to prevent enemies from digging up his grave.

MingXiaoLing, The Tomb of The Ming Emperor

This is the other realm (After you crossover the gate). Apparently the emperor ordered the designs to be built as if he was still living after his death.

ZhongShanLing. The design is such that from the bottom looking up, you can only see steps although there are 8 planes separating each flight of steps and from the top looking down, you can only see the planes and no steps in sight.

No. 2 : Emperor's Summer Xanadu

China rated : I'm not sure but it is one the most well conserved historical place in Nanjing

What is it: The emperor used this place as a holiday villa (if I remember correctly what the tour guide explained). The buildings and materials used were all according to fengshui and myths, i.e. the pathways are designed with coins and butterflies because coins=wealth and butterflies=beauty. Only the emperor himself can step on these pathways.

No. 3: Confucius Temple.

China rated: unknown

What is it: This is the altar of education and knowledge. Here, they display all the tools i.e. books, brushes and biographies of all the famous scholars from the past including a bronze statue of the famous Tong Pak Fu. They also showed how ppl used to cheat in the exams in the past and how small and crampy the exam squatters were.

No.4 : Ghost-face City

This is a city wall. How the ghost face came about, I have no idea. Maybe the wall became lopsided through time and eventually formed the face. There's a lake in front of the wall which makes it look as if the ghost was looking in the mirror at itself.

This is XuanWu lake. I didn't rate this place because I felt that the scenery was already tampered with all the renovations works taking place around it. Apparently, nanjing in undergoing a huge makeover in preparations for Winter Olympics in 2014.
This is just another typical city wall. They are all over the city, usually near their parks. Parks are actually a common occurrence all over China because of the culture of strolling and hanging out in parks especially the old generations whereby they pass their time away playing chess and poker and singing chinese operas.

PS. For more pictures, go see my facebook. I uploaded most of my pics there

5 Cities Later

A whole BBQ lamb. One of the famous dishes in Ningxia

In Front of Tiananmen Square
Tongli, Suzhou

China Pavilion, Shanghai World Expo 2010

I'm back home once again after a long trip around China. Had a great time there thanks to my hospitable course mates. I went to Nanjing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Beijing and Ningxia. The first four cities might be familiar to everyone, the last city Ningxia might sound foreign. Ningxia is a northern province bordering Mongolia. Most of its people are Muslims aka the Hui people.

A City Wall in Nanjing.

I've tasted a lot of foods around China, some looked so foreign to me but they all tasted good. In

Ningxia, I think I consumed my entire lifetime's lamb portion within 8 days. Apparently the sheep there are famous all over China for its tender meat.

Shanghai was really packed with tourist especially at the World Expo. And Shanghai is very costly. Burned a big hole in my pocket just after 3 days.

Suzhou was much more relaxed and laid back. I got to sleep in a 300 year old house and on an antique bed that we only see in museums. The surroundings were really nice and ancient as well.

Beijing, although I didn't spend much time there, I managed to visit Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. These 2 places are right next to each other and they are massive. The entire Forbidden City is as big as an entire Georgetown.

Lastly, the mysterious Ningxia. Mysterious it might be to us commoners but not to film makers worldwide. Many films like Treasure Hunter and The Mummy 3 was filmed right here.

These are my short intro for the cities that I've set foot on. Will write soon on each of the places I went to soon~Zai Jian!

First Trip of My Sem Break

Langkawi was where I went. Two uni mates met me at Langkawi for a short two days one night trip. A surprise guest appeared at the pier. I was not aware of him joining 3 girls on a trip. Anyways, I spent 2 hours waiting for them at Langkawi Jetty in KFC and I befriended a Korean guy whose on a backpacking trip across SEA and China.

Long story short, I think I only managed to down some amount of alcohol and bought chocolates and entered Underwater World. The Cable Car was shut for maintenance. I wanted to go visit the Anna and The King filming site but apparently it was destroyed by the tsunami in 2004. What a pity. I really liked that place. Langkawi improved a lot from the last time I went there about 6-8 years ago.

Tonight seems to be blogging night. This is the third post already.

A New Addition to My Tech Collection

Although this is not considered the latest technology, it is a new member to my must-take-alongs during holidays/trips.

I have a sudden urge to name all my stuff so that I can find them easily (but it's not like they are going to come running when I call them).

This was courtesy from my cousin sisters : Eve and Lisa. Thanks! love you guys!

My Birthday

To say the least...It was a surprise but the real surprise was the number of friends that turned up. So many unexpected faces...and because of the number of people there, I was so shy because 1. I just finished bathing and was in my pjs 2. I was *ahem*-less the whole time everyone was in my room.

But nothing beats having my friends putting aside their exams for a few moments to celebrate with me. And I LOVED the durian cake. Yes...I love durian... after the celebration I played monopoly on the computer. The game sucked. Would take up the board monopoly anytime.

Of Tweetering and Blackberrying

I finally got a blackberry for myself...after nearly 6 months of non-stop recommendation from people around me about the greatness/efficiency of this handheld device. Although it is just a normal one, after using it for just 3 days, I acknowledge its efficiency-ness and I will get a better one soon (when I have the dough for it..which is not anytime soon).

Since I have nothing much to do at home ( or just plain procrastinating) I recently opened a tweeter account....and I've been following a lot of celebrities...and heck do they twitter like mad...

Today I did something I haven't done in years...I went to play badminton..yes...the irony was I still could play..maybe there's just some things that you never forget once you learned them...I was flat out on my bed the whole afternoon after the game.

Tomorrow I'm doing a movie marathon of Shrek Forever After 3D and Robinhood. Looking forward to both movies!

Home Sweet Home

I'm finally back home. But still with a lot to do.. Two days and I still cant find time to laze around at home like always. Going for Iron Man 2 later.

Somethings that I like

since i'm procrastinating in the library, i'll do some blogging. My cousin recommended some blogs for me to browse through..and I really like them. Found another one through my friend's blog as well.

http://loveyourchaos.tumblr.com/

http://u-jean.tumblr.com/

http://colormekatie.blogspot.com/

http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/

There are a lot more from these websites. I think they really do have some minor uplifting effect on me by giving me something to think about (other than assignments and deadlines and assignments)

Finals is Coming

I'm entering the last week of the semester. Time just flashed by. A quarter of the year has come and gone now. I'am at the end of my 2nd year in university. Soon, I'll be in my final year doing my thesis.

Although it's almost my final week, assignments are still mountain high. I've been spending a few of my weekends cooped up in the library for internet access to finish up my assignments (although it is also a temptation to facebook and youtube, blame it on the lack of internet access). I'm so stressed up that I've been acting weird. I refused to do anything productive (finishing assignments) for the past 3 nights. All I did was play Chuzzle and Bejeweled and drama-marathoning.

Of late, I've have a lot of temptations for materialistic wants. The biggest of them all has to be Blackberry...Most of my relatives have BB. I'm about to be persuaded to own one. The only thing stopping me now is $$$ and I just got my current phone about a year ago. And I want to go on holidays too..

A month from now, I'll be home...I seriously need to catch up on my sleep. I've been deprive of sleep for the entire semester now that I look like a panda with huge dark circles, but the chances are highly impossible with friends coming over to Penang for holidays. Yes, I'll be the tour guide again. I've been tour guiding every single semester break. I'm actually sick of the tourist spots in Penang, and I can actually memorise all the history related to those places.

Holidays, come to me ASAP!

Updates

still busy. think will be so till the end of the semester which is just 2 weeks away. then it's my finals. will be going home on the 5th of may.

current state of mind...is to go home ASAP. very very tired mentally and physically.

need a break from all these madness

Busy Days

The title speaks for itself. B-U-S-Y!!!

My current condition

Almost burned out.

Tired.

Sleepy.