My Sanctuary

Test 1 2 3

2010-03-17T00:59:00.001Z

Testing post lol

After School and 2NE1

2009-05-06T21:02:00.002+01:00

lately i've been listening alot to korean music and these 2 girl groups have been driving me mad lol XD

enjoy!

After School - Diva

2NE1 - Fire

My Future... my present... my past...

2009-04-19T00:26:00.009+01:00

I'll be graduating soon in July 09... what am I going to do after that? Stay on and work in the UK? go back to Malaysia? visit Japan? sigh... I don't feel like I wanna think about it... Why can't we stay young forever? lol

The plans I have after i graduate is to stay on in the UK till my student visa finishes in September. During that time I guess I'll move down to Manchester or Leeds and maybe work part-time while trying to secure a full time job. Looking at the fact that the world is suffering from credit crunch and economy downfall at the moment...what are my chances? I'll just have to keep on praying that things will turn out for the better :)

Right now, all that's left to do is to study, assignments, study, assignments, and the list goes on... Its hard to imagine that I arrived in the UK not long ago and I'm already at the end of my degree course! It's even harded to imagine that I've left highschool about 6 years ago... roflmao time passes so quickly it's scary!

I miss my family and friends back home so much I'm beginning to doubt my choice of coming to the UK. Anyway, putting regret aside, I'm really thankful on the other hand that I'm given this opportunity to study here. Ironic as it seems, I like and hate this place at the same time lol.

My time in UK has been filled with lots of drama and emotions. Staying with other housemates, working together as coursemates, stuff like that I can admit is not really something I'm good at. It's because we stay together and see each other everyday that we begin to take each other for granted. I'm not pointing fingers but here I admit that I for one, am like that. There are times I just want to stay in my room and isolate myself. Here I have also learned that it's not easy living alone far away from your family. In times like these, friends are really important. Again, it's not easy to please everybody, there are times I try my best to please people and in return I end up hurting and making others angry at me. I'll just like to apologise if I've pissed anyone off. XD

Ah...moving on to my past... I thought that leaving Malaysia and coming over to the UK to start anew would relieve me of the memories. I was wrong... they continue to haunt me even when I'm far away from where it all started and ended. Will I ever forget you? Will I ever be able to let you go?

Manchester 13th to 15th April 2009

2009-04-18T23:25:00.008+01:00

Finally!

FINALLY!

yes... finally I'm about to visit Old Trafford, a place I've only see on the telly since I was a Man Utd fan. Come to think of it, I still pinch myself when I think about the fact that I've visited the Theater of Dreams! hmm okok enough about that, lol XD

Having Easter holidays at the moment for 3 weeks...argh...assignments and a final project write up thats dued on the 1st of of May! anyways, albeit the fact that I'm stressed up over work, I've managed to slot in a Manchester trip somewhere in between the holidays :D

Well, thanks to a childhood friend of mine Nicholas, I've decided to take time off studying and visit him down in Manchester. Took the bus at 11.45pm and stopped by Leeds. Tried to look up Jason but he was busy and I guess it was because I called him really last minute lol. Anyways, arrived later in Manchester at about 4.30pm and met good ol' Nick at the bus terminal. He told me we were gonna have Korean dinner that night and coincidently, I've been really into K-pop music lately..hmm XD

Walked abit around the city center, Manchester really is an awesome city... again I'm comparing it to little Sunderland *tsk tsk* Met up with 3 new friends at the Korean restaurant "Koreana" lol. Joyce, Wendy, and the last girl I can't quite recall what her name was... Wen Yi, Wen Yee sorry! XD

Dinner was awesome as I had a beef bimbim bab :D Got home to Nick's student apartment around 9 to 10pm. Gosh it's so different from my place, I wont post any picture just to respect his privacy lol. =D Spent the night chit-chatting, dota-ing, and reminiscing bout the good times. Seriously Nick has never changed since we left elementary school... same jolly ol' Nick lol.

Woke up really early the next day to catch a bus to Old trafford... I woke up at like freakin' 7.30am! I've never gotten up earlier than 8am since like forever, anyways arrived in Old Trafford and I was left speechless in amazement and awe. The stadium is so majestic, it emits some kinda aura that leaves you rooted to your feet and only able to stare at it... okok I know thats alittle exaggerated but that's how I felt! XD

We got our little stadium tour tickets and moved on into the stadium museum to get ready for the 9.40am tour. The tour guide arrived not long after that and started taking us around the stadium grounds. The tour started at one of the stands and there he briefed us on Manchester United's early history and a little on how Old Trafford was built. We later moved on to places like the stands for the disabled, the dugout, player changing rooms, and to the side of the pitch. Everything felt like a dream as I was touring around the stadium... I mean like, Ronaldo, Rooney, Giggs, Scholes actually change in this room bla bla, had refreshments in the other bla bla, walked down this very same tunnel bla bla XD

The tour ended about an hour later and we were left with our own time at the megastore and the museum. Without wasting much time, I moved on to the museum and I was smiling to myself the whole time! Manchester United memorilibias! Boots, jerseys, trophies, you name them, they've got them all the way from when the club was formed to the present day. Awards and sections dedicated to outstanding players were all on display. It was like walking down a time tunnel as I went from floor to floor exploring and reliving Manchester United's glorious past and present.

Lots of photos can be found in my facebook :D

After Old Trafford, we went for lunch at a 2 michelin star restaurant, Michael Caines. The food was awesome as expected from a reknowned chef! I'm not really a food blogger so I'll just keep the taste to myself lol. Spent some time at the restaurant chit-chatting before going to Trafford Center, a shopping mall that looks really like KL's 1 Utama. Lots of crazy shit branded stuff here and I got myself an t-shirt here just to remind myself that I was in Manchester :p

Had dinner at TGIF and it was hilarious... Nick ordered some drink and it was tasteless. He told the waitress to get him another one and this time it was a slight improvement to the previous one although it was the same drink. Later on he ordered a steak and he asked for it be medium. The steak came and it tasted like it was basked with a lot of salt, and I mean really alot lol. Again he asked for them to make another one for him. This time it came and it tasted like steak but it was well done! Rofl, for the 3rd time he called the waitress but instead, the manager came. He asked for Nick's opinion on what he and the TGIF staff should do to make Nick pleased. At the end they came to a mutual agreement to scrape the steak off the bill but Nick could go on eating the "well done" steak. Sigh, free dinner that costs 13 pounds!

Went back home and I fell asleep really early although we planned to go dimsum at midnight, sorry Joyce and Wendy! I guess my body's just not used to getting up at 7am+ lol. Woke up on the last day of my trip and had breakfast served by Nick XD was wondering why they weren't having any and I came to know that they were going to have dimsum for lunch arghh... how unfair is that!

Well, thanks alot Nick, Joyce, and Wendy for making my short Manchester trip fun and memorable! You guys take care yea!

Arrived back in Sunderland around late evening and back to the books!

Happy New Year 2009!

2009-01-04T17:22:00.007Z

hmmm, its been very very very very long since i've posted anything in this blog...damn lazy already lol, anyways...

~HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009~

In a blink of an eye, another year has passed and I'm already in UK for 4 months. I'm beginning to doubt my decision for coming over to UK...everybody seems to be having fun back in Malaysia. Sigh, my first Xmas and New Year away from home. So how did I celebrate my Xmas 08? I went down to Leeds to celebrate it with Jason and Wan Ling! I always feel good to meet up with any highschool friend whenever I have the time. Chatting about nonsense or how much we miss our highschool days always makes me feel so much at home.

20/12/08 -

Woke up at 5.30am to catch a bus to Leeds with 3 other friends, Darrell, Kevin, and Zhen Hui. Our bus was scheduled at 7am. Arrived in Leeds about 3 hrs later. Spent the 1st day at Jason's place and looking around Leeds city center before heading off to the German Market to see Wan Ling and Wan Yee work :D (pictures can be found in my facebook). Thanks alot guys for the free meals lol.

21/12/08 -

Went to London by bus at around 7am. I forgot what time we arrived in London's Victoria Station but it should be around 11am. We were amazed at London and comparing it to Sunderland, I wished I was studying in London instead. Beautiful buildings, and well...city life lol. Took the tube to embankment station via circle line and later on arriving at our hostel in Waterloo. Quite a nice place to stay and well worth the price considering the fact that we have to share rooms with strangers. Breakfast too was provided. Later on we went to meet up with Zhen Hui's cousin in Chinatown and she treated us to dimsum! Thanks alot Zhen Hui's cousin! XD After the amazing lunch, she brought us to SOHO, a street/area that has lots and lots of sex shops lol. Anything genre can be found in the shops such as LGBT, fat chicks, etc etc, you name it, they have it. Took some kinky pictures and later on we moved on to have some Frech pastry. Again we were treated by his cousin. Thanks again :D

After that tasty treat, ZH's cousin went off and left us to wander around London armed with nothing but a map and a daily tube pass which was more than enough to get around the busy capital. First off we headed to Trafalgar Square and the fact that its winter, we had to rush as dusk will fall by 4-5pm. Took lots of great pictures and later on rushed to Buckingham palace only to know that we can't see anything as it was too dark. Decided to return the next day instead to see those guards lol. After many photo sessions, we left for Picadilly Circus to witness London's night life. We went on to experience Ripley's Believe it or Not and to no regrets, it was fun. Saw many weird stuff that Mr. Ripley once travelled around the world in search for. After that, we went back to the hostel and retired for the day.

22/12/08 -

Tower of London!!! Finally it was time to visit London's great tourist attraction but before that we had many sights to see in the agenda. In 1 day, we went to Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, and Buckingham Palace (again) but the change of guards was scheduled the next day so we decided to return for the 3rd time. Took a tube to Tower Hill where the Tower of London is located. Spent almost the whole day there as there were too many things to see and worst of all, we had to walk the entire time. Nonetheless, it was great to experience life in the middle ages, and how prisoners, kings, and people lived behind those great castle walls. Met up with my highschool junior Adrian for dinner at Holburn. Had Hainanese chicken rice for dinner. Thanks for the time Adrian! Keep in touch yea.

23/12/08 -

Finally, the day which focused on nothing but shopping, and shopping alone =D
Before that, we checked out of our hostel and later on we visited Buckingham Palace 1 more time and this time we were a little late but we managed to catch a glimpse of the reknowned "Change of Guards" routine. Took many photos and later on moved on to meet ZH's cousin 1 more time to collect "gifts" from here lol. We met her outside the British Museum but we didn't have the time to go inside so we just took photos outside the huge building. Next destination was Regent and Oxford street well known as London's shopping district. Bought lots of stuff ranging from AX. FCUK, Zara, to name a few. Rushed back to Chinatown for dinner before heading to Victoria Station to catch our midnight train back to Leeds.

24/12/08 -

Arrived back at Leeds about 3am and went straight back to Jason's place to sleep lol. Woke up about 10am to go shopping for Xmas gifts as there will be a exchange of presents during the midnight Xmas eve/day party at a friend's place. Again, we succumbered to shopping and we spent about half the day shopping. I got an LV bag for mum here. Later on we prepared for the Xmas party. Had lots of crazy fun there and thanks for the party! Merry Xmas lol

25/12/08 -

Stayed at home. Enough said. Nothing opens on Xmas day in UK. sien.

26/12/08 -

Boxing Day!!! 50% to 70% sales!!! Nothing much to mention here except the fact that we bought lots and lots of stuff lol.

27/12/08 -

Went to York. No, its not what you think...we did not visit the city or any historical sites, we went straight to York's Outlet Store lol. Again we bought lots of stuff including Burberry. Got a polo tee for my sis, and a tee for my bro. Went back to Leeds about 4 hrs later. Said our goodbyes and then returned to Sunderland. T'was sad to leave city life but life goes on and not to mention, lots of coursework to catch up on :S

Will update more if I have the time or when I decide to get rid of my lazy bug :D

Tohoshinki - どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう?

2009-01-04T17:10:00.002Z

Doushite Kimi wo Suki ni Natte Shimattandarou lyrics

Doushite kimi wo suki ni natte shimattan darou?
Donna ni toki ga nagaretemo kimi wa zutto
Koko ni iru to, omotteta no ni
Demo kimi ga eranda no wa chigau michi

Doushite kimi ni nani mo tsutaerarenakattan darou?
Mainichi maiban tsunotteku omoi
Afuredasu kotoba, wakatteta no ni (mou todokanai)

Hajimete deatta, sono hi kara
Kimi wo shitteita ki ga shitan da
Amari ni shizen ni tokende shimatta futari
Doko e iku no ni mo issho de
Kimi ga iru koto ga touzen de
Bokura wa futari otona ni natte kita
Demo kimi ga eranda no wa chigau michi

Doushite kimi wo suki ni natte shimattan darou?
Donna ni toki ga nagaretemo kimi wa zutto
Koko ni iru to, omotteta no ni (mou kanawanai)

Tokubetsu na imi wo motsu kyou wo
Shiawase kao de tatsu kyou wo
Kirei na sugata de kami sama ni chikatteru, kimi wo

Boku ja nai hito no tonari de
Shukufuku sareteru sugata wo
Boku wa dou yatte miokureba ii no darou?

Mou doushite kimi wo suki ni natte shimattan darou?
Ano koro mo, bokura no koto, mou moderenai (kangaeta) modorenai (kangaeta)

Doushite kimi no te wo tsukami ubaenakattan darou?
Donna ni toki ga nagaretemo kimi wa zutto
Boku no yoko ni, iru hazu datta (sono mama nii)
Sore demo kimi ga boku no soba nara to itte mo

Eien ni kimi ga shiawase de iru koto
Tada negatteru
Tatoe sore ga donna ni sabishikutemo (setsunakutemo)

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[Translation]

Why have I fallen for you?
No matter how much time passes,
I thought that you would always be here
But you chose a different road

Why wasn't I able to convey to you?
My feelings that were growing everyday and night
The words begin to overflow
But I know they won't reach you now

From the first day that I met you
I felt like I knew you
And the two of us melted together so naturally

Wherever we would go, it would be together
It was so natural for you to be with me
We became adults together
But you chose a different road

Why have I fallen for you?
No matter how much time passes,
I thought that you would always be here (but not anymore)

For the day that holds a special meaning
For the day where we can stand with happy faces
For you looking beautiful while praying to god

Next to the person who is not me
There is the figure of someone truly blessed
So how am I supposed to see you off?

So why have I fallen for you?
We can't go back to that time, or how we were (I've thought it through)

Why wasn't I able to take your hand?
No matter how much time passes
You were supposed to be at my side (just like that)

But, even though I say that I need you close to me
I just pray that you will be happy forever
No matter how lonely that makes me (or how sad)

Back in Action~ XD

2008-10-16T14:09:00.002+01:00

wooo...it's been so long since i've blogged hehe. In case you're all wondering, UK is great! But the only problem is the currency which I'm still not used to.

Life has been good to me over the weeks, through time I've learned how to cook, how to "really" take care of myself and stuff like that. Thanks alot to Choo and Suh Yi for "taking care" of me the first few weeks. Here, I've learned the meaning of true friendship and I'd like to thank my "brothers" for being there for me in times of need and trouble... cheers XD

Well, the place I'm staying is pretty nice...the only problem is the internet line which sucks so bad I've learned to live without the internet. (I'm actually blogging in the library now lol).

Lectures and lab sessions are pretty much the same as it was in Sedaya only that the lecturers here in Sunderland seem to know more than what they teach. This sem I'm taking 4 modules which are Biotechnology final project, Medical Microbiology, Immunology and *drumroll* Japanese language! Finally I have the chance to take my favorite language for free hehe. Btw, the Japanese language lecturer is pretty funny and cute lol.

Food? hmm... the first few days all we had to eat were pasta, pasta, pasta, and pasta. Over the next few days we progressed to eating bread and now finally, we have rice to eat. We had to go through some trouble buying the ingredients because normally our mothers were the ones doing it. Picking fresh vegetables, meat that were on sale, etc etc is pretty fun. When it comes to cooking, it's very much the same as preparing a science experiment. A little dose of this and that and there you have it, a cooked meal XD

Oh, I was in Newcastle about 2 weeks ago, and it's so much different from Sunderland. It's a very beautiful city and not to mention, St James Park was the first BPL stadium I've visited since I've arrived in the UK. Took lots of pictures and they can be seen in my facebook profile.

Hopefully during the 3 week Xmas holidays I'll be able to visit other major cities in England and not to mention, the awesome stadiums! Old Trafford, Anfield, Emirates, to name a few.

As I was saying earlier, life here is great. Looking forward to each coming day and being thankful for each day that has passed.

To all you people back home in Malaysia, I miss you guys! :D

Finally Arrived in England~

2008-09-21T08:32:00.002+01:00

Arrived yesterday (20th Sept) in Newcastle Internation Airport about 12.15pm (local UK time) from Dubai.

The weather's great but the winds can get really chilly at times. Waited for the Uni of Sunderland bus to pick us up from the airport. The place looks great, vast landscapes, little shop-like looking houses along the roads, and lots of green trees. Arrived Sunderland about 3pm and then went on to collect our room keys. I'll post some pics after I've uploaded them and update this post to more detail. Met up with Jason and Wan Ling.

Jason is staying over at my place for 2 days, Wan Ling will be staying at her sis' place for a couple of days. Lots of stuff to catch up on with them hehe. Had dinner with everyone last night at a bar called Lambton's. It was so happening with em Brits drinking and celebrating Sunderland's victory over Middlesborough. Dinner was great, and the beer made me feel so relaxed after a very long journey on the plane.

Went back home about 10pm and then met some cool Irish peeps, a Greek, and a guy from Manchester. Really friendly people lol.

Well, gotta run off now...will update much later.

Cheers

Back in KL (again)

2008-09-16T21:27:00.002+01:00

Well, I'm back in KL again. Will be loitering here before I go to UK on the 20th of Sept (gosh, that's only like 2-3 days away o_o" )

Was worried that my luggage would be overweight but luckily it was only 22.6kg at KKIA. That means I still have plenty of space to add stuff before going to UK. Will also be doing some last minute shopping in KL to get stuff like extension wires/adaptors, a pair of formal leather shoes, some instant noodles, and some toiletries. Damn, I hate shopping...

Went out with JS, BP, LB, and ZH earlier just now to Asia Cafe and then chilled at ZH's place for sometime just to talk and play ps2. Never knew playing PES2008 with a group of friends would be so fun. Will really miss you guys when I go to UK but hey, that's what the internet is for~ Keep in touch guys!

Gensokyouku ~Eternal Silence~

2008-09-04T05:22:00.003+01:00

Lately I've been really addicted to this song "Gensokyouku ~Eternal Silence~" by the Visual Kei band Phantasmagoria. The song is auto-played in my blog. However I will embed the video here for you all to enjoy :)

Lyrics (Translated)

Beyond that hill, a stone paved street rises up
like the sun and your favorite piano notes,
The common daily incidents are lodged in these notes forever
An umbrella weeps, the day is filled with the moon,
the reason of the day that we met by chance

You are alive, Let me hear your pulse and the flowing of your blood~

Chorus:

I wish heaven, I want to meet you
I'm eternally walking through thse ordinary days
I wish heaven, I want to meet you
Let me be the way I am at time's whereabouts~

Alone, I approached the moonlit road
where I recall you and the piano notes I heard.
I don't need anyone's voice.
I wonder if I will still get to heart those notes now.

Moving past memories, I see you as if its the day we first met.
You are alive. Let me hear your pulse and the flowing of your blood~

I wish heaven, I want to meet you
Its too cold, too quiet.
I wish heaven, I want to meet you
Time's door won't open, neither will your eyes.

Bridge:
Will there be silence for eternity? Can my wish be granted?
I won't say goodbye even if I can't meet you right away~

I wish heaven, because if the time comes... I can see you anytime
I wish heave, I came to meet you...

I will look at that flower

until that day comes...

F**k Motorcycles

2008-09-02T12:57:00.003+01:00

Was on my way this morning to get Kelvin when some dumb ass motorcyclist rammed into my rear bumper causing a very bad dent. Not only that, the guy just took off after that after doing some gestures (as though he had a heart attack). Marcel was in the car when this happened and we were both stunned on the spot after what happened. I've never really liked motorcycles on the road especially during my last 3 years in KL. Now that this has happened to me in KK, I am officially anti-motorcycle mode now.

Repairs would cause me almost to RM400 just for an accident which I did not initiate. How could this happen? I was on the right lane signalling to cut into the middle lane and that bike was behind me. He was looking behind to see if there were any cars before accelerating and picking up momentum to go into the middle lane. There I was innocently in front of him and my car wasnt even moving nor did I do any emergancy brake but the fella rammed straight into my rear. I mean, how can you accelerate at a quick speed while looking only behind and not what's in front? Amazing...was my engine too quiet? was my car in stealth mode? how could he have not see me?

Right now I don't even feel like doing any driving anymore. What's the point if I'm being careful on the road while others are not? Well, to sum it up... I'll just blame my luck and the fact that my engine is too quiet.

F**king motorcycles

Versailles

2008-08-30T21:12:00.004+01:00

Versailles is a Japanese rock band formed in 2007. It is comprised of several notable figures in the visual kei scene.

Kamijo – vocals
Hizaki – guitar
Teru – guitar
Jasmine You – bass guitar
Yuki – drums

Vocalist - Kamijo

Guitarist - Hizaki

Guitarist - Teru

Bassist - Jasmine You

Drums - Yuki

yes...Hizaki, Teru, and Jasmine are all guys lol, crossdress ftw

Visual Kei J-rock Crossdress

2008-08-27T15:03:00.003+01:00

we were surfing for some visual kei bands(Malice Mizer, GazettE, Alice Nine, Lolita23q, Ayabie, Dir En Grey, etc etc) when we stumbled onto this...

Death Race

2008-08-23T20:27:00.005+01:00

went to watch this movie with Jeremy, Kelvin, and Mars at Cathay. Based on ratings on the net, we decided to watch this and hoping that it would not be a let-down such as The Mummy. Well, we got our money's worth! XD

This movie is simply amazing. The racing is realistic, the fighting/battle scenes are jaw-dropping, the girls are hot, and there are lots and lots of blood/violence. A really action-packed movie that can keep you glued to your seats for the entire length of the show. The plot proceeds at just the right pace and no unneccessary parts were seen at all in the movie.

A race/battle scene

But the thumbs up from me will be Jason Statham's amazing acting and of course...the hot (she's really hot) and beautiful Natalie Martinez. I'd personally rate this movie a 5/5.

Jason Statham as "Jensen Ames"

Natalie Martinez as "Case"

Natalie Martinez FTW :p

Our Journey

2008-08-19T21:51:00.005+01:00

This song was introduced to me by Samantha, "Our Journey" performed by J-pop artist Melody. The lyrics really touched me and here I want to share with you all.

Our Journey

I've seen you before
In the back of my memory
I looked in your eyes
And felt the truth in me

You're finally here
Been waiting so long
You took my hand
And told me to believe

Now I know that you are the answers to my prayers and
You are my warmth and my strength, I'm not afraid now
Time will soon embrace our bound destiny
I'll spread my wings and fly to where I belong
This is our journey

You picked me up
From the shadows of pain
How was I to know
That I would love again

So I know that often our minds maybe misleading
But my heart is not willing to stop, I feel it burning
Time will soon embrace our bound destiny
I'll spread my wings and fly to where I belong

It hurts to be untrue
To what I've gained through you
I cannot live forever
I know that I belong to only you...

So I know that often our minds maybe misleading
But my heart is not willing to stop. I feel it burning
Time will soon embrace our bound destiny
Unfold my wings and I'm flying to you...

Now I know that you are the answers to my prayers and
You are my warmth and my strength, I'm not afraid now
Time will soon embrace our bound destiny
So spread my wings and I'm flying to you,
Cause I know that where I belong is with you,
And my heart will flourish on moments that I'm...
With you.

Guga Kell Ly

2008-08-15T06:17:00.005+01:00

A random post about my good friend guga kell ly. I call her guga because that's the name of her "favorite" lecturer. She's a crazy, lame, and random person. Loves to tease and disturb me. She gets high when I do the =.= emoticon (god knows why). Was chatting with her just now and she was complaining about having dark circle/eye bags, bruised legs, and rashes on her skin. She blames the exams for these symptoms.

I shall now present to you a picture of guga kell ly drawn by me:

Momok Lady

She then drew a picture of me:

=.=

p/s: it's an inside joke but the reason i posted this is just to show how "wu liao" she can be.

Lunch + Shaolin Girl + Burger King

2008-08-13T14:04:00.008+01:00

Finally got to go out today. Jeremy picked me up from my place around noon and we went over to Marcel's place to get him. But the lame ass was in his room and his phone wasn't on. We tried to spam phonecalls, the car horn, and the doorbell but there was no response. Jer decided to just have lunch without him while waiting for his call. Supposed to go to Lintas for Sang Nyuk Mien but Jer was on the wrong lane so at the end we had to eat at Foh Sang.

Gay Mars called about an hour later so we went to get him and headed off to CPS. Spent some time at Fun Square. Jer was busy playing some DJ and drum game while Mars and I were setting eyes on this sniper game lol. We even tried this game that uses a camera. The idea is to snap a picture from a moving clip. Not as easy as it looks... Later on headed to Growball to watch Shaolin Girl. It's basically a Japanese film that's similar to Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle. Well, that was what we thought...it was different...way different. It sucked that we all gave it a 1/5 rating. The 1 is only for the fact that there were cute Japanese University girls haha. I'd personally give it 2/5 because one of my favorite Japanese actress is starring in it, Kou Shibasaki. No doubt there still were comedic scenes but the movie still sucked. Not only that, the Growball cinema seems worst than before. Weird odour, chairs that sink in, damn...

Mars: "I'm gay"

Watcha' doing Mars?

Fu-yoh...

Voyeur Jer in action

A closer view of what he was snapping

Later on walked around CPS for awhile. Amazing, the whole mall is so hot and filled with 'fan chung's. Decided to evacuate the place asap and headed over to Damai's Burger King for dinner. Is it me or the prices in Burger King are f**kin expensive? Anyway Jer ordered this set that comes with a Soya Bean packet drink. What a weird combination... the thing was that he thought it was ice lemon tea lol. Talked cock as usual and then headed home.

Burger + Soya Bean = absolute no-no

Mars' signature pose

I'll just post some pics from one of other outings earlier this week. Went to KFC for dinner and watched The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Another disappointing movie tsk tsk. To end the day, we stayed up at Mars' place till 2.30am just to talk cock lol.

Finger Lickin' Good (sounds naughty hmmm)

Cheesy Wedges (don't get the wrong idea)

Jer carefully going through his chicken

Shot of the day: Mars' in action

Happy For You~

2008-08-11T15:53:00.002+01:00

After that yim cha session, I've really never seen you so happy before. You've made the right choice. It's exactly like what people say: "if you really love a person, you will be happy just by seeing that person happy."

I really feel happy for you.

I wish you all the best in the future.

Till we meet again...

1 more month to go...

2008-08-10T02:31:00.002+01:00

I never thought that 4 months would be over so soon...but yes, its already August and I'm leaving for UK in September. Really looking forward to it but also beginning to feel heavy-hearted to leave my friends and family behind. Most importantly, I can't live without my car. I drive in KL too so I can say I'm pretty much of a car-person lol. But lately I haven't been seeing much or using much of my own car so I guess it's beginning to make me get used to living without a car.

Just bought a bag/luggage (whatever you call it) last night. It looks kinda big and being the person that does not travel so much, the size of the bag/luggage looks really like a burden. Have a few more clothes to buy, some toiletries, and whatever last minute stuff that pops up in my to-get-list.

I've yet to do my medical check-up yet, hopefully can get it done next week. Not looking forward to it at all. Well, I hope it all goes well.

Right now I have to live and enjoy my last month to the fullest!

Ryokiteki na Kanojo

2008-08-02T08:48:00.005+01:00

Title: 猟奇的な彼女
Title (romaji): Ryokiteki na Kanojo
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 11

I just finished watching this j-dorama and decided to blog about it. This drama is based on the Korean hit movie, "My Sassy Girl". Although the characters and plot are different, but there are similiar key events in both the Korean movie and the Japanese drama such as the scene where the male protagonist plays Canon in D for the girl and also the part where they met in a train.

A very funny, touching, and warm drama. I realised that this drama relates mostly to fate and destiny. It might feel a little too fake or dramatic but at the same time it made me think alot (this is what I hate most bout watching dramas, they make me relate alot to reality). XD

This story basically starts off with this guy, Saburo who was dumped by his girlfriend. He then meets a girl, Riko at a train station. Riko was drunk and this scene is very much like the same from the movie. She soon falls asleep at the destination station and being the nice guy Saburo is, he decides to carry her to the nearest hotel(in Japan its mostly a "rabu hoteru" lol). The story kick-starts here as the girl comes to his workplace to find Saburo the following day. She thinks that Saburo did something to her at the hotel. From this point on, the events start to unfold episode after episode. She starts to take authority in their "friendship" and it really annoys Saburo.

What Saburo does not know is that Riko is currently suffering from a heartbreak after being dumped by her bf without any notice. When she woke up 1 day, her bf walked out of her life. Devastated, she tried to conceal her feelings but eventually Saburo finds out from the people who know Riko and at the end, from Riko herself.

He decides to do her a favor by finding her bf. He did not want her to suffer anymore. I won't say what happened or why her bf left her, you can find out yourself if you decide to watch this :D

As the story goes on, Saburo falls for Riko. Many more obstacles stand in their way as they progress with their relationship. Riko's playful, sassy attitude and Saburo's guillable, kind character puts together a very funny yet adorable chemistry.

Not to mention the colleagues in Saburo's workplace, Riko's whacky dad and bro, and a few love triangles here and there puts together a really enjoyable story. I personally rate this drama a 4/5.

Reason why people think Catholics are crazy

2008-07-29T12:47:00.003+01:00

Sunday joke, if you can’t take it then leave immediately. TYVM.

We like to keep Mass interesting. We sit, stand and kneel, in no particular order. Probably just to keep the blood flowing.
It’s not merlot or syrah they’re serving; it’s the Flesh and Blood of Jesus. No, really.
Forget a big meal afterwards, just pick up some of the breakfast tacos they’re always selling after Mass
Purgatory.
We all have 20 cousins. On each side of the family.
Infant Baptism isn’t dumb; it’s after-life insurance.
$5.00 in the collection basket is the epitome of generosity. Anything more than that, someone has hit the lottery.
A missal is a book, not a weapon. However, it has been known to pull double duty.
The signs we make aren’t just a mark of respect, they’re a lot of fun to do.
Every Catholic Guy tries to sit next the really hot girl they like at Mass. This is because they really want to hug during “Peace Be With You” and hold hands for the “Our Father”
We really like statues. A lot.
After every confession, everyone hits themselves on the head. This is because they have realized that they forgot that really big sin, and they know that it’ll hang over their head til the next time.
Contraceptives? Why?
Altar boys continue well into their twenties.
The 14 Stations has nothing to do with TV.
“Peace Be With You” is just a way to meet pretty girls.
We’ve always been taught that celibacy til marriage is the only way to go, forever and ever, amen. That being said…
“Sin on Saturday. Pray on Sunday. Confess on Monday”.
The Mass doesn’t start for a few minutes not because of tardy parisihioners. It’s because the priest is running late.
The Virgin Mary is not a God and we don’t treat her as such. But she is without sin, gave birth to Jesus and did it without having sex. That warrants more than a little respect.
11:00 a.m. Mass means 11:15.
We actually get all the jokes in Dogma.
There are two very different, irreconcilable factions in every single church in the world. They are known as the Saturday or Sunday Mass bunch.
Bake Sales are a way of life.
Your knees are more calloused than your feet.
Priests have been giving us alcohol since we were little kids. No wonder any one of us can drink Protestants under the table.
Mass is nearly unchanged after almost 2000 years. We’re a little stubborn.
Catholic School Girls.
Whatever you gave up for Lent, you have it in your hands at 11:59 p.m. Saturday night, counting the seconds til midnight.
You either love or hate the Stations of the Cross. There is no middle ground.
We all know Da Vinci code is bogus and inaccurate. Yet we’ll still read it if nothing else is goin on.
We have Midnight Mass so there are no interruptions on Christmas morning
You’ve slipped out an Amen after the Pledge of Allegiance.
Holy Water can kill just about anything. So Protestants are pretty much screwed if a vampire comes calling.
There’s no way to explain it, but Catholic girls are just scorching hot.
There’s no need for impromptu prayer; you can always fall back on the Rosary or the Our Father.
It’s not uncommon for just one family to take up an entire pew or two.
Confession. Enough said.
When in doubt, say a Hail Mary.
Whenever anyone in Star Wars saga says “May the Force Be With You”, we get the urge to say “And Also With You”
If you see a guy leaning forward, looking half-dead with his head on the pew in front of him… he’s not praying. He’s hungover and was guilted into coming to Mass anyway.
Even though you never met her or been to a country she’s been in, you’re still willing to have “seen” a miracle by Mother Teresa.
We’re the oldest Christian religion. Period.

If you appreciated, chuckled or even smiled at some of these, you’re not a wacko. You’re just probably a member of the one of the oldest and largest religions in the world.

Red Cliff Part 1

2008-07-24T11:16:00.008+01:00

Movie Poster of Red Cliff

Went to watch Red Cliff (赤壁) last night with Ivan. This movie is awesome. I mean, it has to being the highest budget Asian movie to date. Before this I never knew much about the Three Kingdoms or Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I did play a computer game about it many many many many years ago. Who would remember the names of the Warlords and Officers right? That time it was all about leading vast military attacks and planning political strategies to ensure that my kingdom was in tip-top condition.

Zhang Fei, Liu Bei, and Guan Yu as they appear in Koei's Dynasty Warriors

Many years later, KC introduced the game Dynasty Warriors 3 to me on the PS2. I fell in love with the game as it reminded me of the previous games I played on the PC. Familiar names like Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhou Yu, and Zhuge Liang were re-lived in that action hack 'n' slash game.

Movie Poster of Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon

A movie I watched before this was Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon which starred Andy Lau as Zhao ZiLong, or better known as Zhao Yun. I know it wasn't historically accurate but I found the movie so cool. Generals in armor, hadberds in hand, horses galloping to war, it was breathtaking. Ok enough about this movie, back to the post title lol.

Zhao ZiLong at the Battle of Changban

This show focused on the pre-Battle of Red Cliff, the actual Battle of Red Cliff, and post-Battle. How are they gonna fit all these in a 2hr movie? Easy, they had to split it into 2 parts. I won't blog much about the story as you have to watch it for yourself. All I can say is that this movie is uber cool. There were even scenes of the generals/officers doing musou during the battle lol. The actors/actressed played their roles well and Zhao Wei as Sun Shang Xiang added some comedy into the serious plot. Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung both were fantastic as Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu respectively. Oh incase you're wondering, both of them are really important figures for both the Shu and Wu Kingdoms.

Zhou Yu, Zhao ZiLong, Zhuge Liang

Erm I'd recommend this movie for those of you who are really interested in the history of the Three Kingdoms as the famous Battle of Red Cliff is brought to life and also to those of you who are just craving for some random action-packed hack 'n' slash movie. Personally, I feel that this movie is too much to Dynasty Warriors-like. Its just my own two cents but hey, at the end it's all up to you to rate it XD

A battle scene involving a naval ship belonging to Cao Cao

I'd give this movie a 4.5/5. The last 0.5 would be because I felt they should have introduced the characters in-film. Like when Liu Bei appears for the 1s time, they should put a label/legend/side quote or whatever you call it saying: "Liu Bei, Warlord of the Shu Empire" or something like that. It'll be good for those who don't know who's who in the Three Kingdoms.

Lu Su and Zhuge Liang

Part 2 fast come pls

Proposal Daisakusen

2008-07-20T20:29:00.005+01:00

Iwase Ken

Yoshida Rei

Drama Title: Proposal Daisakusen
Episodes: 11
Synopsis:
Iwase Ken and Yoshida Rei have been friends since elementary school. Ken, is obstinate and unskilled in love, but he fell in love long ago for the lively and cheerful, Rei. But Rei is about to get married to another man. While Ken and other friends from high-school attend the wedding ceremony, a fairy appears and sends Ken back in time, giving him a second chance to win the girl he loves.

THIS POST CONTAINS minor SPOILERS

I watched this drama last year and finally decided to blog about it. A very touching drama. The plot made me think alot about love and friendship. If I were to attend the-girl-I-love's wedding, how will I feel? Not only that, she is my first love and the only girl I've really ever loved. In this drama, the main staring, "Iwase Ken" failed to convey his feelings to the girl, "Yoshida Rei".

People/books/television tell us that if we do not tell or express our feelings to others, they will not know what we are thinking about. We will also not know the results. For example, if you were angry with someone and never showed any signs of anger to that person, surely he/she won't know if you are angry right? I guess this also applies to love. We have to let the opposite party know that we like or love him/her. But how would we know when is the right time? How will we know the result? Will I face rejection? Will he/she hate me? Seriously I don't know and I too fear the result.

Back to the drama, Ken is sent back to the past and is given a chance to express his love for Rei. This drama has 11 episodes so he has 10 chances which are explained in each episode. I bet there was a time when we would think, "If only I could go back in time...then I could bla bla". I for one am that kinda person. I would always think, "if I could back and patch things up, or if I could go back and changed that scenario/situation, I wouldn't be in regret now..." Many songs have lyrics that mention about being trapped in the past, unable to move on and stuff like that. So it seems that everybody is holding on to a part of their past. Why? I think maybe because it is important or special to them.

Now I wonder to myself, "Do memories fade with time?" "Do new memories overwrite the old ones?"

I'll just post whatever I'm feeling so I can look back and laugh. I know that I've moved on with my life, but seriously I feel that I've left a part of me somewhere in the past. I tried so hard over the years to erase them from my RAM, but they seem to be "protected". Unable to erase them, I had to move on and always reminisce about it. It's painful, it's sad, but it was a great memory. How would I put it, hmm...it had a bittersweet taste to it, almost like chocolate.

The years have gone by and I've seen you grow up. Moving on further into the future, I really feel that there will come a time when I can look back and tell myself, I'm glad that it was you. I'm thankful that it was you. I'm blessed that it was you. Seeing you everyday was painful and happy. People say that, "when you really love a person, it doesn't matter if you're not with them but as long as they're happy." I used to think this was bullshit. However in my life, I finally understood what this meant. Seeing you happy, I felt that happiness in me too. You were so near, yet so far beyond my reach.

So back again to the drama, Ken was at the girl's wedding. He was also asked by Rei to give a testimony during the ceremony. I mean, wow...you love that girl who is getting married to another man, and you have to give a testimony. Torture? Honor? If it was me, I don't think I can do it. Anyway, I ever thought to myself, what if you were to attend your ex-gf's wedding? would it be weird? would it be awkward? lol

to be continued...

First Love~

2008-07-20T20:09:00.004+01:00

The last kiss tasted like tobacco, a bitter and sad smell...

Tomorrow at this time, where will you be? who will you be thinking about?

You are always gonna be my love... even if I were to fall in love with someone, once again i'll remember to hold on because you taught me how.

You are always gonna be the one. Now it's still a sad song until I can sing a new one.

The stalled time is about to start moving and there are many things that I don't want to forget about.

Tomorrow at this time, I will probably be crying and I will probably be thinking about you.

You will always be inside my heart. It is forever only for you and I hope that I have a place in your heart too. Now and forever you are still the one...it's still a sad song now until I can sing a new one.

You are always gonna be my love, even if I fall in love with someone once again, I'll remember to hold on you because you taught me how.

You are always gonna be the one

now and forever...

My Stupiak Best Friend~

2008-07-11T21:54:00.003+01:00

Looking through some old and new photos, I came to realise that I've been missing something over the months and years... my stupiak best friend~

She was somebody I could really talk to, somebody I could rely on, somebody who just smile and tell me that everything will be alright...

But because of my emotions, the fact that I fell in love with my stupiak best friend, I was blinded and decided that the only way to heal my pain was to forget her and to try not to get involved with her anymore...

I was wrong, it worked out fine over the months initially but right now I finally came to understand, that life would not be complete without this special person. If only I said the right words, if only I did the right things, if only I was stronger...

With this I hope we can start all over and rebuild that lost but not forgotten stupiak relationship...

"If this farewell is the beginning of a new journey, I'll smile as much as I can for you..."

KL Trip (July 9th 2008) DAY 2

2008-07-11T12:33:00.006+01:00

The next day started off with us meeting up in Sungei Wang's Kyros Kebab. Later on we went over to Lot 10 to meet up with Sonia. Had brunch in Dome and stayed there for about 2 hrs to chit chat and reminisce about Day 1 lol.

Next, went to Pavilion to shop before having dinner at Madam Kwan's. Normy, you finally got your craving fufilled aye? lol, he's been raving bout Madam Kwan's (and also Kyros Kebab) since he arrived in KL. Caught a movie after dinner, 'Wanted.' Hmmm...the movie was pretty interesting in the beginning, towards the middle it became so-so and at the end it was like "ughhhh." Angelina Jolie was hot as always, she even (insert spoiler tag here XD) died beautifuly.

After the movie, we all went back to the hotel and it was great of Sonia's bf to drop me home so I could collect my car and then go out again. Pei Yee followed me because I thought I could drop her at the Putra LRT station but the station was already closed when we arrived. So I dropped her home instead before going back to Jalan Alor to have supper with the gang. Lionel joined us and decided to spend the night at the hotel with them. Had fried kuey teow and alot of barley drinks lol.

Lionel then brought the rest of them to some kinda hill along Jalan Ampang. I didn't follow because I had to get up early the next day. Said our goodbyes and called it a day.

I did not partake in Day 3's activities as I had stuff to do and hung out with my uni mates for karaoke.

KL Trip (July 8th 2008) DAY 1

2008-07-08T19:14:00.006+01:00

Norman and Calvin both came over to KL for a 3-4 days visit both from Australia and Singapore respectively. The night Normy arrived was the 7th of July and he bunked in at Ling's place in Sunway for a night before going to a hotel in Bukit Bintang the next day.

Day 1:

Met up with Ling and Normy around 3pm in Sungei Wang and shopped around aimlessly looking for random stuff like shampoo, etc etc. Ling forgot to bring his hp charger and Normy's one couldn't work as it was not the right socket type. Had to depend on Calvin who waited for us at the hotel and ended up falling asleep at the lobby(will post a pic of him sleeping when I get the pics). Later on we went up to room 912 where they were staying. Normy tried to plug in a phone charger and ended up blowing a fuse lol(will post pic of charger and plug). To resolve the problem, he called the receptionist and gave them the dumb look saying "I had no idea what happened to the power." After power was restored to the room, we chilled there for awhile and made a move to Sungei Wang----> Lot 10---->Pavilion.

Did some window shopping in Pavilion while waiting for Lionel, Carmen, and Jackson to go for dinner. The plan was to have dinner in Jalan Alor/Changkat. We assumed it would be "THE" Jalan Alor where there were lots of hawker stores and such. Anyway I'll move on to that later. We waited for Lionel's and Jackson's car outside Pavilion. The traffic jam was so amazing we ended up having dinner at around 8pm. Since it was Jackson's birthday, he wanted to eat some kinda Brazilian cuisine that costs almost RM70 per person. What an amazing price. LOL. Anyway I forgot what happened but we ended up eating at this shop(do remember this shop pls) called "The Magnificent Fish & Chips." Yes, it really is magnificent...I don't mean the food, but the price. The cheapest fish is Butter Fish which we have no idea what that is. There were many other types of fish such as parrot fish, silver cod, salmon etc etc. However the range was from RM28-RM68. At the end we all ended up ordering Butter Fish and Chips because it was the only thing we could afford. Jackson and Chloe both ordered something else which I think was salmon and another I forgot. The portion pretty much lives up to its price tag but for some reason it just didn't suit our taste. Ling calls it Rubber Fish because the meat is so hard and thick, lol. After dinner we just sat there and chilled.

The next plan was to go to "Aloha", a club nearby. This was suggested by the "innocent" Chloe because there was some kinda event going on there. Due to the fact that Calvin and I were both in shorts, we had to go back and change. So we divided into 2 cars to the club. Jackson did not want to go as he is working the next day. Ling followed me home and then I changed and drove my car out. Chloe drove the other car with Calvin, Normy, and Pei Yee. Lionel and Carmen both went home. Arrived in Aloha and we opened a bottle of Black Label. Had lots of fun in the club but regrettably we were late and missed the entire event. Not to mention there were no chicks at all(except for Chloe and Pei Yee IMO) lol. Played lots of drinking games and this was the main cause for our downfall. Ling and Normy were the 1st to call it quits when 1 of them started feeling tipsy and the other turning to a tomato lol. Calvin also drank alot till he had tummy ache haha. I continued playing with Chloe and ended up feeling tipsy too. To Chloe(who was an innocent angel lookalike girl-turned-wild party woman) Black Label wasnt enough so she ordered another bucket of beer. She really is damn amazing, we were all feeling tipsy and drunk but she kept on going. At the end we all gave in and she alone finished the remaining glasses of beer.

After the clubbing session, we went to eat nearby at a beef noodle stall along Jalan Alor. This was the highlight of the night where we all did random stuff on the dining table. Well not all as Ling was holding his head down the whole time(I will post a video of us during that supper session at a later time). The only person that finished her meal was Chloe. Despite the fact that she drank the most, she didn't show any signs of being tipsy at all. Pei Yee was also in good shape.

The night/morning ended around 3-4am after I dropped them back at their hotel and then went home.

Day 2 to be updated...

A Meaningful Song

2008-06-28T18:50:00.009+01:00

All final year students:

Teachers brought us up, as well as our fathers and mothers.
Now all of us are graduating from the Youryuu Female Academy High School, and once more we offer our gratitude. From here on, everybody will make progress along this road, one at a time. Today's promotion we will never forget.
From tomorrow onwards, we will walk forward.

*Conversation between the two girls*

Girl 1: From this moment onwards, a year later or 5 years, or even 10 years...no matter how many years pass by, how do you think we'll remember today?

Girl 2: Hmmm... I have no idea.

Girl 1: "Ahhh, that was so sad," even now I can pretty much remember the same feeling. Even so, as I remember that, everyone will become so busy or maybe wonder, "I guess that was kinda sad."

Girl 2: I won't forget, ever.

Girl 1: They left for home already, It's too early!

Girl 2: I want to stop time.

Girl 1: What?

Girl 2: I want things to stay forever this way.

Girl 1: Well then... shall we go say goodbye?

Girl 2: To who?

Girl 1 : To the school, you coming?

Girl 2: I'll stay here a little longer.

Girl 1: Ok, well I'll see you later.

Sakura no Hanabira-tachi 2008 (performed by AKB48)

kyoushitsu no madobe ni waurara kana hidamari
ato wazuka no haru no KARENDAA
jugyou chuu miwataseba onaji seifuku kita
nakama tachi ga otona ni mieru

sorezore no mirai e to
tabidatte iukunda ne
sono senaka niyume no hane ga haeteru~

sakura no hanabira tachi ga saku koro
dokoka de kibou no kane ga narihibiku
watashitachi ni asu no jiyuu
toyuuki wo kureru wa

sakura no hanabira tachi ga saku koro
dokoka de dareka ga kitto inotteru
atarashii sekai no DOA wo
jibun no sono te de hiraku koto~

kenka shite denwa shite naita koto atta ne
nayan da hi ga naze ka natsukashii
yorokobi mo kanashimi mo furimukeba michinori
donna toki mo hitori janakatta

sotsugyou shashin no naka
watashi wa hohoen de
sugiru kisetsu miokuritai SAYONARA~

namida no hanabira tachi ga harahara
kono hoho wo nagare ochite aruki dasu
aoi sora wo miage ookiku
shinkokyuu shi nagara

namida no hanabira tachi ga harahara
omoide no sono bun dake utsukushiku
me no mae no otona no kaidan
issho ni nobotte te wo furou~

English Translation

By the window in the classroom is a bright, sunny spot.
The Spring calendar doesn't have much space left on it
During class, I look around and although we're wearing the same school uniform,
everybody looks like an adult.

With each of our own future,
we start our trip on each of our backs and grow the wings of our dreams~

Each time the cherry blossom petals bloom,
The bell of hope resounds somewhere,
It gives us the freedom and courage for tomorrow.

Each time the cherry blossom petals bloom,
Someone, somewhere is surely praying,
To be able to open the door to a new world with their own two hands~

There were times when we fought, called each other, and cried
Why do those troubled days feel so nostalgic?
There was joy and sadness...looking back, it was a journey.
No matter when, we were never alone.

In the middle of our graduation picture,
I'm smiling. The passing season wants to send us off, Good-Bye~

The petals of these tears go pitter-patter,
On these cheeks they flow and fall,
As we look up to the blue sky,
we breathe in deeply and start walking.

The petals of these tears go pitter-patter,
They're only as beautiful as you remember them to be,
Let's climb up the stairs to adulthood that are
right in front of us and wave our hands together~

Autographed Shirt by Houzan Cosmos Circuit Ladies

2008-06-26T13:45:00.015+01:00

Finally I will blog about me winning this T-shirt (incase I forget in the future). Well, each team of race queens were introduced on stage 1 after another and they had gifts to be given out which were either an autographed DVD or T-shirt.

When the girls from TEAM TOYOTA KRAFT, or Houzan's Cosmos Circuit Lady (which they call themselves) came on, I knew I had to win this. Imagine going on stage with 4 Japanese girls! The guy asked what was the number of their team car and I quickly raised my hand and shouted the number, CAR #35!!!!!

The guy acknowledged me and asked me to come on stage to receive my gift. I shook their hands and posed with them. It was an amazing experience and I will never forget it.

Hontoo ni ureshii katta!
Ano toki no kimochi de, zettai ni wasuremasen~
Boku no taisetsu na omoide~
Houzan's Cosmos Circuit Lady (Aiko Hirayama, Keiko Ohno, Takako Ishii, Kyoko Miki): Hontoo ni Arigatou Gozaimashita! v(^_^)v

I wonder what are they laughing at?? (o_O)

All smiles for the camera! (^_^)

YATTAAAAAAAAAAA~ (ﾟ∀ﾟ) ~

Calsonic Team Impul girls Chika Tono and Ayana Sakura

2008-06-25T15:19:00.006+01:00

These girls can speak awesome Malay...looking at the fact that they are both Japanese hehe. Btw, Sakura-chan is hot! woooots XD

Super GT Queens Kotomi Kurosawa and Ayami Sasaki

2008-06-23T09:40:00.004+01:00

The 2 Super GT Queens singing on the moving trailer during Session 2: Meet the Race Queens in Sepang, Malaysia on the 22nd of June 2008.

Pictures of Japan GT Race Queens in Sepang 21/6/08 and 22/6/08

2008-06-22T14:37:00.018+01:00

Airi Nagasaku and Rika Ootsuka from TEAM MACH

Mari Takanashi and Ai Matsuda from Team Hasemi Motor Sport (YellowHat)

ZENT Sweeties: Kaori Morita, Hitomi Furusaki, Mayu Oya, and Junko Iida from ZENT TOYOTA TEAM CERUMO

Nanami Norishima, Mai Masaki, and Ema from Team apr DOUBLE HEAD

Morita Izumi, Yayoi, Kaori Hoshino, and Rika Gotou from Team MOLA

Yukari Amano and Megumi Furusawa from ENEOS Toyota Team LeMans

Shiori Tsukumi and Maki Taniguchi from ヴェチューリッヒ

 Mina Momohara from Team Total Benefit

Mina Momohara from Team Total Benefit

Mai Sakamoto and Haruna Jitsu from team Nismo Motul

Akari Arimura and Mami Matsumoto from team Nismo Xanavi

Aiko Hirayama, Keiko Ohno, Takako Ishii, and Kyoko Miki from TOYOTA TEAM KRAFT

Aiko Hirayama, Keiko Ohno, Me, Takako Ishii, and Kyoko Miki from TOYOTA TEAM KRAFT

My autographed shirt by the Race Queens of TOYOTA TEAM KRAFT

Kotomi Kurosawa and Ayami Sasaki

Chika and Ayana Sakura from Calsonic Team Impul

Akari and Azu Iwakawa from TOYOTA TEAM SARD

Rina Kato and Mai Kusunoki from AUTOBACS RACING TEAM AGURI

Mari Takanashi and Ai Matsuda from Team Hasemi Motor Sport (YellowHat)

Reiko Miyashita from Team REAL RACING with LEON

Nanami Norishima, Mai Masaki, and Ema from Team apr DOUBLE HEAD

Airi Nagasaku and Rika Ootsuka from TEAM MACH

Akari Arimura and Mami Matsumoto from team Nismo Xanavi

Mina Momohara from Team Total Benefit

Tomoe Nakagawa and Reina Fuchiwaki from Team GREEN-TEC (ARKTECH)

Yukari Amano and Megumi Furusawa from ENEOS Toyota Team LeMans

Back in KL

2008-06-19T00:56:00.003+01:00

well, I just arrived in KL yesterday and immediately suffered from headache and slight fever. Weather change? hmm, maybe I'm just taufu XD

anyways, will be going to do my visa this trip and hopefully catch up with uni mates.

Will be going to Sepang to catch the GT race queens, yes...not the race/cars, but the race queens. Hot legs, legs, and more legs... hehe

the last 3 days better be good Normy!

60% of my 4Month Holiday Left~

2008-06-07T14:21:00.004+01:00

Well, it's been a VERY long time since I've posted anything. Been busy playing World of Warcraft and preparing my application for Uni in UK.

Renew passport, taking new pictures for visa/passport use, opening a new bank account, paying for my 1st semester, filling in the accomodation form, buy my air ticket, bla bla bla...

Within a blink of an eye, it's already June and I need to prepare for my trip back to KL on the 18th of June to handle my visa application. Sien~

That's about it, just posting here to remind myself I have a blog hehe.

Genting Highlands Trip ~17th April 2008~

2008-04-18T14:25:00.004+01:00

The plan started at 6.30am for most of us as we all decided to meet up in KL Sentral at 7.30am and take the bus/cablecar to Genting. We had breakfast at Rasamas and then took the bus at 9.15am before arriving in Genting shortly around 11am if I'm not mistaken...I realised none of us took note on the time of arrival lol. The peeps who took part in this awesome, fun, hot, wet, dizzy, and extreme random weirdness trip was none other than Wai Kit, Zhen Hui, Jen-Sen, Leng Boon, Yoke Wai, Boon Pin, and me. Yes, there were no girls as Yun said she had no money and Grace didn't want to ruin a "all-guy-outing." =.="

The journey there sucked so bad as the air conditioning in the bus was so low, loud oldies were being played at the background, and some really random weirdness by Yoke Wai lol. Anyway, upon arrival, we went straight to the theme park as we all bought the package deal worth rm42 which includes a day-pass for the indoor and outdoor theme parks. The weather was great when we arrived. Wai Kit, Jen-Sen, and Zhen Hui sat on the 1st rollercoaster ride while the other 4 of us sat on what I rate as the ride with the highest thrill factor in the entire park. The "deadly" spinnig cup ride. Don't be fooled by it's physical appearance as it looks like it's only for kids. It works in such a way that a hidden "trap" is layed down awaiting visitors that unluckily take this ride. The mechanism of this ride is that the cups rotate round and round in circles in a group of 3 cups per rotatable floor. In each cup there is a wheel like device where you turn it and the cup turns according the direction you turn. Yes, if you turn the wheel very quickly, the cup spins very quickly too and at the same time the cup is rotating from the bottom. So its a SPIN+ROTATING movement. Boon Pin and I were in 1 cup while Yoke Wai and Leng Boon were on the other. Boon Pin being the hero he always tries to be, spun the cup so fast I felt so sick and dizzy. The other 2 went through the same routine too. By the time our ride ended, The other 3 went on without us to some kinda aeroplane ride just next to the "deadly" cups. We told them we wanted to sit on it too, so they stayed back the 2nd time to accompany us lol. So nice of you guys muahahahhaa.

After that, we went to the "Pirate Ship." This ride swings from end to end like a giant swing. By the time this ride ended, the 4 of us that went for the earlier cup ride looked like we were going to die. The feeling was so horrible. We looked so pale and just had to sit down. I concluded that we were feeling that way was most likely because our heads were still spinning from the cup ride and right now we just added another form of movement which was from side to side which is directly in contrast with a circular movement. The funniest thing was that Zhen Hui felt sick too after the Pirate Ship. But he was never on the cup ride, so why he felt sick is still a mystery haha. He blames it on the weather by saying that suddenly so hot, then so cold, then so hot. His quote during that time was, "diuuuuuu, the weather lah, so hot then so cold. Shit" LOL XD

We moved on to the "Corkscrew" which is a rollercoaster ride. The 5 of us were still trying to recover from the earlier nightmare but Jen-Sen and Wai Kit were already ready to sit on this ride. Yoke Wai and Leng Boon tagged along with them and the 4 of them went for the ride. The remaining 3 of us just sat there talking and "spamming" on sour sweets lol. After they finished the ride, Jen-Sen and Wai Kit went to the ride where they send you up really high before dropping you down. The 5 of us stayed back and Leng Boon, Yoke Wai, for the second time together with me and Boon Pin went to sit on the corkscrew. Zhen Hui was still "dying" there so he stayed back and try to recover. After the corkscrew ride, the weather suddenly became so bad and it rained damn heavily. Jen-Sen and Wai Kit couldn't get to sit on that "something shot" ride because the whole theme park was closed due to weather conditions. Yoke Wai went on to annoy us with his "I told you it will rain lah, where can believe the weather forecast wan, always cheat people" complaints. XD

We went to KFC to eat and had a "talk-cock session." The whole time we were talking about totally random stuff like the 3 Kingdoms story, DragonBall -.- , and other stuff. After that we went to sit on the bumpercar ride. Just before the ride, we had a quick briefing and our plan was to gangbang Yoke Wai. It was really funny because we used the terms from soccer and the movie we watched in 1U which was Three Kingdoms. Terms like "you take the flank, Zhen Hui @ Zhi Long you be the vanguard, the rest of you circle the sides to build momentum before you bang the target." lol. Boon Pin was really excited and wanted to set the plan in motion already. So according to plan, we picked on Yoke Wai and kept on banging him according to our team talk and formation. While I was picking up momentum to bang Yoke Wai, a chick was in front of me and I decided to drift away from my mission and bang her car. The rest of the guys saw what I did and decided to punish me by turning on me and charged at me instead =.=' LOL it was the most fun ride and experience.

After that, we went back out for fresh air because it was only drizzling then. We noticed that the Pirate Haunted House was still open. Now that we were desperately to make the theme park tickets worth, we decided to go for this. The car used for this ride can fit a maximum of only 2 people. To show that we had balls we chose to go with 1 person a car. However that Yoke Wai damn scared. LOL. He kept on insisting he wanted to sit with anyone of us. We thought it must be because he never went for this ride before so he doesn't know what to expect. We forced him to go on the car alone. He had no choice then so he had to do it. After the ride, he was like going around saying, "not scary at all also, how come last time abit more scary wan?" I straight away repelled his statement by saying, "eh I thought you never sit before that's why you so scared? So you actually sat before is it? Then why you so scared wor?" haha, I forgot what was his response after that :D

We initially booked the 8.30pm bus ride down to KL but we decided to go down earlier. Unfortunately, there was no way we could get an earlier bus so we were kinda stranded at the cable car station. So we had another talk-cock session. This time the starring was Yoke Wai. He told us some really crazy shit stories. Till now I am still shocked at the story haha! Most amazing story I ever heard in years! Well, we finally got 7 seats on the 7.15pm bus and then went down to KL Sentral and had dinner at The Chicken Rice shop. Jen-Sen and Wai Kit went home 1st followed by the 5 of us. Thanks again to Boo Pin for the ride home, sorry to trouble you man. Hehe.

Right now the next trip/plan we're looking forward to is Karaoke Session next week! Let's make it happen people!

Once again, thanks for the memories guys. Had lots of fun lol.

Exams are finally over!

2008-04-18T14:00:00.003+01:00

My exams have finally ended a few days ago. So my time at UCSI has finally come to and end unless I fail a subject and having to retake it again next semester...lol. So how did my exams go? I'd say it wasn't too bad. Still do-able hehe.

The last paper which was Microbial Biotechnology ended on the 15th of April 2007. Zhen Hui, Jen-Sen, Leng Boon, Boon pin, and I decided to go to 1Utama and watch the movie "Three Kingdoms". The journey to 1Utama that day was terrible. Our initial plan was to go to Yoke Wai's place and park our cars there and taking only 1 car over to 1Utama. Zhen Hui and Jen-Sen were in the 1st car, I was behind them, Leng Boon behind me, and lastly Boon pin. Suddenly it rained damn heavily with thunderstorms. At the UM turn-off junction, Zhen Hui was on the left lane and suddenly signalled to the right and changed lane right before the traffic light. I followed behind him and suddenly the traffic light became red and Zhen Hui hit the emergancy brake causing me to also suddenly brake and yea, the other 2 behind me had to make emergancy stops too. It was so sudden I nearly thought we made a 4-car collision! The front of my car was breathing down Zhen Hui's Myvi back and Leng Boon barely missed my rear bumper while Boon Pin narrowly missed Leng Boon's rear by almost an inch. It was damn scary lol.

Since it rained so heavily, we decided to just go straight to 1U in all 4 cars and then call Yoke Wai and Grace to meet us there. The rest of us had A&W for dinner before meeting the other 2. The movie was great and it revived my interest in the story of the Three Kingdoms again and of cause, to play Dynasty Warriors from scratch lol. Awesome movie, I'd rate it 4/5 for action. However, if you're a hardcore historian then the movie might be a little disappointing as it does not really follow the exact series of events based on the battle between the Wei and Shu forces.

After the movie, we went to Murni for supper before heading home. During that yum cha session, Yoke Wai suggested we go to Genting Highlands for a day trip. So over the next day, we did some serious planning to ensure that the trip would go on smoothly. The ironic part was that the person who suggested this trip barely did any planning and was complaining most of the time like the weather, bla bla bla~ Anyways we had a great time on the last day of the exam and were looking forward to the Genting trip on the 17th of April. XD

In The Midst of Exams part 1

2008-04-11T12:41:00.002+01:00

Argh...its "the" time of the semester again. Exams...exams...and exams... It's my last sem in UCSI and I'm praying and doing my best that I'll be able to pass and score well to make it to Sunderland.

So far I've adi sat for my Pharmacology 1 paper last Thursday. I was suprised that I could do it thanks to the sleepless days before that. Another great news I heard today was that I passed my mid-term with an above average score. Great news. Next Monday and Tuesday will be the last 2 papers, Molecular Cell Biology and Microbial Biotechnology. Studying for these 2 is boring...boring and boring with a capital "B".

There are already plans being planned for our post-exam celebrations. Let's see, there's movies, yum cha sessions, dota sessions, chillout sessions, and erm...genting! Let's go genting biatches. Crap, exams are not over and I'm already dreaming about post-exam celebrations. God help me!

There's a PC fair this weekend...Spencer asked me along, should I go? should I not go? hmm...decisions! I wanna go see the girls doing promo and stuff~ Ahhh...Fujitsu "models", Samsung "models", Canon "models" XD

Well, it's back to studying for now...laterz

A Great weekend

2008-03-23T15:23:00.007Z

Well to start off, Leng Boon asked me and Bpin to go to uni with him on a Saturday. The first thing that came in my mind?

"lb, u must be crazy to go to uni on saturday"

but after hearing the reason, it was a great plan! so, i called kevin to join us. It was our uni's open day and the Food Science students were having an exhibition on human nutrition. It was great, I went out to yum cha with Jacy & Foong Leng after not seeing them for so long. Lots of stuff to gossip about and catch up on hehe. Other than that, I've made new friends and finally spoke to the "guga" Kell Ly. lol

Our next plan was to go cybercafe and play dota after the open day ended at 3pm. However, it suddenly rained so heavy and we were stuck in uni for another half hour. Hey, who's complaining? Lol, it meant that we had more time to spend with the girls haha! Well, I had the chance to sit in Kell Ly's new car aiseh, damn nice la. Thanks again for the ride!

Went to dota later on and then stayed for dinner. Vincent then joined us and as usual, the 4 of us would have lots to talk about. We then yum cha-ed till 12am lol talking about almost everything.

Woke up at 8am on Sunday to attend Easter mass. Argh...too....early....for...mass.....service...but nevertheless I am proud to say I could wake up lol. Happy Easter everybody!

Later on, I went over to Berjaya Times Square to attend the ACGC 2008 which stands for Animation, Comics, Games Convention. It was my 1st outing with members of my Uni's Anime Club. It was held on Saturday and Sunday 22-23 March 2008. We decided to go for the Sunday convention because there was a cosplay competition. We met up at 2pm and went straight to the 3rd floor for the convention. The venue chosen was terrible. There were so many people in such a small space. However, there were many cute and pretty girls in costumes and in normal clothes lol. We went separate ways at 1st, ky0ko went off with some of her friends to yum cha, sa-chan went straight to the front row of the stage to get a good view of the cosplay competition, gaijin suddenly disappeared, leaving Jeff, Sue Teng, KS and me to walk around aimlessly.

Remembering Kendrick's request, we went to every booth looking for name cards and sponsors. Most of the booths concentrated on promoting various online games such as Cabal Online, Granado Espada, Ran Online, and many more. I was kinda busy "washing my eyes" haha while the other 3 were looking around. My main aim was to take pictures with every cosplayer and I was kinda successful lol. There were many many cosplayers and most of them are from the anime Naruto and Bleach. There were also other cosplayers cosplaying as characters from smaller titles.

After the competition, we went to eat and because we couldn't decide where to go, gaijin decided to toss a coin where the 2 options were either McD or Old Town. Ok, McD was the result but Time Square's McD was so full so KS decided to go to Sungei Wang instead to eat. So we walked and walked and walked...KS, ky0ko, gaijin and Sa-chan walked damn fast. Sue Teng, Jeff, and I were struggling to keep up. I asked where were we going to eat but nobody knew and asked me to just follow KS. So we walked...and walked...into Sungei Wang's McD!!! omg, I was like "huh?? walk all the way to Sungei Wang to eat at McD when we could have waited in Times Square's McD!" Anyway, they said they wanted to check out some architecture books in Sungei Wang. I guess today is Jeff's lucky day. He ordered a McChicken burger but the person at the counter gave him 2 for the price of 1. Could it be an accident? or perhaps...*ahem*

Anyway, ky0ko and I didn't eat and we were spending most of the time looking at the rest eat. That lunch session was the most silent "yum cha" session I've ever experienced in my life lol. Nobody was saying anything, hmm...maybe they're all tired from walking around. ky0ko and I both nearly fell asleep haha. Later on, we went to the bookstore and then back to Times Square at 5.30pm for the cosplay competition prize giving ceremony. The prizes were RM1000 for the best cosplayer and best craftsmanship, RM500 for best props and best performance, and lastly a hamper worth RM350. After that there were mini games and freebies to be given away. The first game is to guess an anime soundtrack. They played some songs that were easy to guess but so hard to remember the track name. However, luckily gaijin managed to win a goody bag with some kinda limited stuff inside.

The second game is also a guess-the-song game. Its a little different this time as they chose 1 person to listen to the song from the headset and then go on stage and hum the melody. Another person had to guess that particular song. If they won, the prize was a pendrive. Then we tried to guess the song each time hoping to win the pendrives. Each time we recognised the song but we forgot the name or either we were too slow. However our last chance...was the song "Houki Boshi" from the anime Bleach which was sung by Younha. This is the song that Jeff always listened to but he couldn't recognize the song. He kept thinking...thinking..thinking...and it was too late. Another person answered it before him! That last song entitled the winner to get 4 limited edition pendrives! lol, we were disappointed but we had lots of fun.

Group pic

Taken with cosplayers

Taken with the winners of the cosplay competition

Highschool girls promoting the online game Ran Online

Cosplayers promoting the online game Lineage II

Forgot what they were promoting lol

The online game NosTale

Card Captor Sakura

Promoting the online game Cabal Online

I kinda like this pic :D

From the anime "Tsubasa Chronicles"

Promoting the online game NosTale

"Karen" from Code Geass

She's so kawaii~ XD

Thanks for the memories Jeff, KS, Aaron, Sue Teng, Sa-chan, and ky0ko!

Lab Reports, Assignments, Presentations, Exams

2008-03-16T14:28:00.004Z

I hate doing lab reports

I hate doing assignments

I hate doing presentations

I hate Exams

Yes, I hate them so much and I hate them even more when they're all dued at the same week. Well, it's not like I have a choice anyways but I hope it'll all be over soon. In a blink of an eye, its already near the end of this semester. What does this mean? Well:

My last sem in UCSI is coming to its end
4 months of freedom before going to UK

Sigh, so much to do yet so little time. I know this is a very common complaint and it all depends on time management. How's my time management? well... its crappy, care-free, and happy-go-lucky.

Well, I'm beginning to feel that updating my blog is very tedious (not). I'm just lazy lol. Over the weeks I've been occupying myself with studying, playing the ps2, playing dota almost every night, lab report-ing, and of course, animes and more animes.

Mum and bro are both coming over to Kay-Elle in May. Yippieeee...that means I'll have more kaki to help me pack my stuff to bring home to Kay-Kay, and then over to UK. Actually I miss my mum bah aiseh. XD

Over the 2 weeks I've been hanging out with Bpin and LB. Played badminton with them and found out that these 2 fellas also girl-crazy. Finally got kaki to talk and "muk" girls adi lol. Thanks guys for teman me to go Giant and "buy maggie mee" or was it "muk" girl? haha!

I just borrowed a guitar from Rachel about 3 weeks ago and I've been playing it everytime I have the chance. It's so nostalgic to be strumming and plucking the wooden thing again! Thanks so much Jen-sen for making me not study LOL (all your "hey check out this song man, it's damn uber awesome" everyday has a hypnotising effect).

Last week, Uncle and his family went to Bali for holiday. They happened to go during election. So my sis and I were given the warning to "not go out" during election, except for going to church. Why? well, there might be riots and protests going on around the city. If you're wondering, no...I did not vote. I didn't even register lol! I stayed up on Saturday to follow up with the post-election news. It was pretty 'gan chiong' and expected I guess. Thank God I had my sis with me or else it'll be maggie, maggie, and more maggie for dinner.

Brought the kids to catch a movie this weekend. Watched 'The Spiderwick Chronicles' and I personally found it nice. Very interesting plot. Initially I wanted to bring them to watch 'Ah Long pte ltd' but it's an 18PL movie. Strange...I wonder why is it 18PL? Oh btw, that's because my uncle has 4 free tickets for that movie lol.

Just a reminder for myself, 2nd draft for my finals are out:

10th April (10.00am) - Pharmacology 1
14th April (2.30pm) - Molecular Cell Biology
15th April (2.30pm) - Microbial Biotechnology

Its time to put in more effort guys! All the best, and no lazy pls. okthxbye.

Mikhail Hyder (08.11.1986 - 07.02.2008)

2008-02-26T17:22:00.003Z

Mikhail was a great friend. I knew him since primary school. I was shocked when I heard that he passed away. I didn't know the exact details of his death. However, for those of you who are still unsure, here is the truth revealed in a blog by starranise.

The story.

Mikhail was someone who would joke with you anytime, anywhere. A great footballer, a cool guitarist, and most importantly, an irreplacable friend. I regret that I did not get to meet him for the last time.

Rest in peace Mik. Friends forever and you always live on in our memories.

I thank God that it was you

2008-02-26T17:13:00.004Z

Since I've got nothing to do, I look at your smiling picture.

There is no lining up at the theater together anymore.

Even as a friend, I miss you. There would be no return for us.

When I realize that I am alone, real loneliness wells up and overflows.

I remember how precious the feeling of loving someone is. No matter how many times I move on, that voice and dream of yours won't leave me.

Time flows, but even when I have a new love, I would still think of you. The fate that brought us together and the warmth that we shared. I can really say from the bottom of my heart that I'm glad that it was you.

The future cant be stopped. It will come so fast that it's sad. Forever achieving happiness, getting hurt, all this happens when you love someone.

Can I not look back? Can I just let go?

How long has it been? Many years have passed and why am I hurting so?

Right now, I'm in front you. I need to tell you what's in my mind.

The long wait...waiting for you. Isn't it dumb?

It's always been like this. It always had to be like this.

Why aren't you asking anything?

Do you think i can do well without you?

I know...the last thing I could ever do for you is to forget you.

I love you... I still thank you for everything and especially the memories.
I love you... I just wanted to tell you this~

If this farewell is the beginning of a new journey, I'll smile as much as I can for you...

Wake me up when September comes~

2008-02-26T16:12:00.003Z

Time seems to be passing really slowly. I can't wait for September. I can't wait to go to UK. I can't wait to enter a whole new world.

This week started out very much like every other week. Mid-terms are just around the corner and I seem to be feeling pretty lazy. Not only that, lab reports and assignments are piling up. 2 presentations next month. Argh, so many things yet so little time. Everyday I'm counting the days till September comes. I guess the only thing I can do now is to do my best in my last semester in UCSI.

Lately I've been listening to Taylor Swift alot. Her songs are meaningful and soothing in some way.

Jen-sen has been telling and asking me alot about guitars lately. It kinda re-ignites my passion for guitar-playing. I think I'll just borrow Rachel's guitar and strum away till she wants it back lol.

Been doing alot of "stalking" in the net. I mean I've been busy reading friends blogs to see how they're doing. Its great to know that everybody is doing great. A shoutout to Hannah, don't forget me now that you're in Australia! :D

Yeah you guessed it, I'm just blogging now because I'm bored.

The weekend~

2008-02-24T12:44:00.003Z

It was a bad and good weekend.

I woke up on Saturday for lab which starts at 9am. Left the house and arrived in uni around 8.55am. When I was about to get out of the car, I realised I forgot my lab coat. I wanted to call any of the gang to help ask the lecturer if it's ok to go for lab without a lab coat. I reached for my pockets... to find out that I left my handphone at home. I didn't know what to do. Go for lab? Go home to get my phone and lab coat? I've got only 5 mins. Ok, so the plan was to go home and grab everything and come back. Great, got stuck in a jam. The time? 9.45am. Oh heck, might as well stay home. Well, its the beginning of a bad day.

Decided to take my sis and cousins out for a movie in KLCC. Went for "Jumper" and personally I find the movie awesome. They didn't really explain why there was a war going on between the jumpers and the paladins. Who the heck knows? Anyway, went to PetroSains after that. It was my first time there. It was pretty interesting but nothing all that great. We had to walk, and walk, and walk, and walk... at the end I was more tired than fascinated.

After that, we had dinner in the food court. Ate glass noodles and yeah, they're pretty tasty. That was how I ended Saturday. From an ugly beginning to a pretty ending. LOL. Went to bed at 8.30pm and woke up to watch EPL. United trashed Newcastle 5 goals to 1. Arsenal drew 2-2 with Birmingham. We're now within 3 points.

Well, today's Sunday. Woke up pretty early to wash the car. After that, did some studying and watched some anime. Went to church later on and then to Komura as usual for weekly dinner. Went home and still figuring out how to end the day/weekend. Maybe I'll just catch the Cup Final at 10.30pm between Chelsea and Tottenham.

Just a rant, TOMORROW I HAVE FREAKIN' 8AM CLASS!

ok that's about it. laterz

Quiksilver & Roxy PREVIEW SALES (22nd Feb 2008)

2008-02-21T23:56:00.004Z

Today is the 22nd February, QUIKSILVER & ROXY will be having a PREVIEW SALES @ all outlets nationwide. Discounts up to 50%. Members receive an additional 10%. Actual sale starts on Saturday (23rd Feb 2008).

A summary of the past week~

2008-02-21T14:25:00.004Z

It's Chap Goh Mei today, which is the 15th and also the last day of CNY. Damn, it's already the end of CNY and it doesn't even feel like it. >_<"

It's been like 6 days since I've blogged. Been very busy preparing for tests and sleeping. My uncle's gone for a business trip again and I'm sending my cousins to school every morning till he gets back. Yes, 6.30am every morning. So it's like send the kids to school--> come home and sleep---> wake up for class ---> come home and sleep.

Anyway, there was a pharmacology and molecular cell biology test the other day. Did I do alright? well, I don't wanna spoil my weekend thinking about it. Throughout the whole week, many football games were played. UEFA Champion's League, FA Cup, etc etc. I'm getting very lazy to posts final scores. LOL

Went out today with the gang to Midvalley to catch the movie "Dan in Real Life." A very heart-warming and funny movie about family togetherness and romance. Very good OST too. The new GSC Signature in The Gardens looks very glamorous. Might consider watching a movie there some time, hmmm. We had lunch at Oasis. Pretty decent food but not too great. Took alot of pictures too. I think I'll post some here.

Got home after that and slept. Btw, Happy Chap Goh Mei to you all!

Valentine's Day

2008-02-14T16:40:00.002Z

I spent this day at home. Nuff' said. Well, it does keep me aware that I'm still single lol.

My "short" CNY holiday

2008-02-11T14:31:00.002Z

This year like every other year, I celebrated CNY back home in Kay-Kay. As stated in my earlier post, on the eve of CNY, I had a reunion dinner with my family. The next day, I went to visit Ling's place and then he brought me to his cousin, Alfred's place. We played prawn-crab before going over to another friend's place. Jeremy invited us to his open house. Caught up with Calv, Oliver, Maxi and many more old faces. It was a great gathering. All the best in your new job Jer!

At night I had a simple open house too. Lots of relatives and friends came. Casey then asked me out for a drink with some of the ClickStartPlay members who were bored. I was introduced to a new term "chong." LOL. Anyways, it was great to meet up with them after HobbyCon 2007. Later on, Casey came over to my place and we had a great time talking about the good old days. Before we knew it, we actually talked for almost 3 hours haha. If you're reading this Casey, its always good to reminisce about the past!

I spent most of my remaining CNY with my relatives. Hardly had time to meet up with the gang. Is it me or CNY holidays are getting shorter? hmm... Anyway, I had a call from Jace and Wan Ling. It's good to know that they are doing well in UK. It's even better to know that I'll be joining them soon! hehe.

On the day before I went back to KL, I went out with Kelvin, small Chong, Rieb, Ling, Calv, and Jer to warisan for lunch and some shopping. Met up with Bao Bao and Mary after that. Ended the day with a movie gathering together with ClickStartPlay members. It was penman's first outing with us. We watched CJ7 and it was an awesome movie. I have to admit the plot is weak, but there was enough entertainment to cover up the weak plot. After the movie, we went for a drink at Salim 2. As usual, every CSP meeting ends up as a NDS and PSP outing. This time I took part but I got my a$$ whooped by Toyboy in Tekken.

Sadly, I'm back in KL already. Hope to see you guys soon again! Take care, and God bless! Gong Xi Fa Chai to those I've forgotten to wish!

CNY Reunion Dinner!

2008-02-06T10:11:00.001Z

I arrived back in Kay-Kay last night and it's freakin' hot here. Anyway, it's great to be back home with my family and friends. I asked Ling the other day about any open houses and its sad to know that Bertez isn't coming back for CNY and there's no open house at his place. Damn, what about the ha kung lao hai?? XD

I'm minutes away from my CNY reunion dinner and here I am blogging. Below is a rough description of what the reunion dinner is. Its taken from http://wikipedia.org/

At Chinese New Year a reunion dinner is held on New Year's Eve where members of the family, near and far, get together for celebration. The New Year's Eve dinner is very large and traditionally includes chicken. Fish (魚, yú) is included, but not eaten up completely (and the remaining stored overnight), as the Chinese phrase 年年有魚/餘; (nián nián yǒu yú, or "every year there is fish/leftover") is a homophone for phrases which could mean "be blessed every year" or "have profit every year", since "yú" is also the pronunciation for "surplus". A type of black hair-like algae, pronounced "fat choy" in Cantonese, is also featured in many dishes since its name sounds similar to "prosperity".

I'll be going back to KL on the 11th of Feb. I was told last week that I'll be having a pharmacology test on the 12th. So I booked my ticket as soon as I got home hearing the news. HOWEVER, the next day...the lecturer canceled the test and postponed it to a further date. If only I knew, I wouldn't have booked my ticket so early...haih~

Anyway, I hope to do whatever I can do in these few days in Kay-Kay. A 6 day trip only...hmmm, time is really of the essence.

Alrites, it's time for my family reunion dinner, will blog more as soon as I have the chance.

p/s: could this be my last reunion dinner in kk until the next few years?

50th Anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster (1958)

2008-02-05T05:02:00.001Z

This week will be an important and memorable week for Manchester United as its the 50th anniversary of the Munich air crash disaster. Eight of the Busby Babes died in the disaster in 1958 including potentially the greatest of them all, Duncan Edwards. The last remaining player from the pre-Munich side, Sir Bobby Charlton, retired from playing in 1975.

The Munich air disaster took place on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at the Munich-Riem airport in Munich, West Germany. On board the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the Busby Babes, along with a number of supporters and journalists. Twenty-three of the 44 passengers on board the aircraft died in the disaster. The team was on the way back from from their European Cup match against the Yugoslavian team Crvena Zvezda (Red Star Belgrade), which ended in a 3-3 draw (United won the tie 5-4 on aggregate).

This mid-week Manchester United will be taking on Manchester City in an all-important derby in Old Trafford. The Red Devils will be donning a special jersey to commemorate this unfortunate accident.

Kay-Kay here I comeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~

2008-02-03T04:14:00.000Z

I can't wait to go back to kay-kay for CNY! Gambling, house-raiding(visit), Ang Pao collecting, and everything else. Great time to catch up with family, relative, and friends too. I'm going back on the 5th of Feb just in time for the New Year eve's reunion dinner. Cool...that's like only 2 days away hehe.

Had a small pre-CNY dinner last night with uncle Vince and his family. Ate mum's "kiu nyuk" which has been left in the fridge for almost 1 year haha. Amazing that it still taste so good. Oh for your information, "kiu nyuk" is a Hakka cuisine.

"Kiu nyuk" (扣肉, sliced pork with preserved mustard greens): thick slices of pork belly, with a layer of preserved mustard greens between each slice, are cooked and served in a dark sauce made up of soy sauce and sugar.

CNY holiday has "unofficially" started as we had a test on Thursday(31st Jan) and the next day was a public holiday (Federal Territory Day). Of course this is followed by a weekend and yeah, you get the picture. HOWEVER... I still have class on Monday and Tuesday! Not only that, I've got tutorial questions that need to be handed up on the 5th of Feb...damn, this means I can't skip both classes =.=" (MCB is really MCB) (hint: MCB= molecular cell biology. the other MCB is well....you guess!)

Re-installed Heroes of Might and Magic V (HoMM5) again. Finally had the chance to sit down and play through every campaign. It does bear similiarity to HoMM3 but its so much harder. Wasted many hours playing this. Better start studying instead. LoL! XD

Petition To Have Safer Bus Rides For Long Distance Routes

2008-01-31T14:41:00.001Z

This is a post taken from http://www.buscrashnomore.blogspot.com/

We, the concerned youths of Malaysia express appalled anger towards the Slim River Bus Crash incident that claimed the life of Lee Nian Ning, Mohd. Zailani and Pang Boon Eng on the 25th of January 2008. This is not the first time that such an incident has occurred. Despite numerous complaints and public uproar in the past, incidents like this continue to occur. It was reported that the driver’s company had 13 summonses on that bus itself. We find it unacceptable that such a company could have operated that vehicle on the road.

What are the explanations?

Hundreds of thousands of university students just like Nian Ning and us rely on such public transport to travel back home. A human life should not be taken lightly.

How could a vehicle with 13 summonses be free on the roads and not be held by the authorities?
We, the following, hereby demand that the relevant authorities set up a committee consisting of road safety experts and representatives from relevant public bodies to conduct a thorough study to find effective solutions to ensure that mistakes like this do not occur again in the future.

We will not be quiet until we see it in the media that satisfactory measures have been taken.To sign the petition,
please click here
and submit your FULL NAME(as in IC. Please don't use your nicknames or initials.) and e-mail. It will be considered one e-signature upon completion.
Alternatively, please send your FULL NAME and IC NUMBER to buscrashnomore@gmail.com.

Please do not leave initials or nicknames, only full name is accepted.
We thank you for your co-operation. Let us pray for those who have died to make way for change and keep our fingers crossed that someone, anyone will hear us and enforce that change.Please put this in forums, bulletins, emails, blogs.....everywhere. We need all the support we can get. This is for you as well.

A very tiring but fun Saturday

2008-01-26T14:53:00.000Z

As mentioned in my earlier post, I had my pharmacology lab session earlier today. We had to conduct an experiment to see the effects of various drugs on a guinea pig illeum and the frog heart. I will just roughly explain the procedure. The first step is to "stun" the frog. Instead of applying an anesthetic, we punctured the nerves located at the backbone of the frog using a screwdriver-like tool.

After that, a hook tied to a string is used to lift the heart up. The apparatus is connected to a machine that reads the heart beat of the frog. A solution is used to bathe the heart overtime to not allow the frog's heart to "die." Various drugs are used on the heart via a dropper and the effect of the drug on the heart is monitored in the monitor through a graph.

The same procedure is applied for the guinea pig illeum experiment. The only difference is that the illeums are already prepared for us. We have to put the illeum in a Krebs solution which is put in a water bath at 37 degree celcius. The solution is aired with oxygen and carbon dioxide. The various drugs are then used and the effects are observed via a graph which is read from a nearby machine.

After the lab session, we went to Sunway Lagoon for the Quiksilver Revolution Tour 2.0. As mentioned in my earlier post, its an event where skaters and surfers from around the world compete. Other than that, there are various performances from local bands such as One Buck Short. The event started at 12pm but we arrived at around 1.30pm because we had trouble looking for a parking space. Before we went for the event, we shopped around the new Sunway Pyramid 2. We then proceeded to enter Sunway Lagoon but at the entrance, I realised that we had only 3 tickets and the 4th one was missing. We kinda panicked but the guy at the entrance just let us in. lol. When we stepped inside, the place was overwhelmed with a huge crowd. It was the first time I've seen such a large crowd in Sunway Lagoon. Of course there were hot chicks in bikinis too...hehe

We went to check out the surf beach but it was too hot and we never thought of bringing any sunblock lotion. So we just stayed at the surf beach for a while to check out 2-3 surfers doing their "thing." One surfer did a cool move and I think it's called the "Superman." It was really awesome and the crowd showed good support for each participant.

Later on, we proceeded to the skateboarding ramps. We saw many professionals doing cool tricks such as the Ollie, Sliding & Grinding, and Kickflips. However, there were many failed attempts too. Many of the skaters had nasty falls but they were cheered on by the crowd and continued to skate. Throughout the whole event, the weather was freakin' hot but at around 5.30pm, it became cloudy and windy. It was the perfect weather for an event like this but we decided to leave as the place was getting overcrowded, We continued shopping in Pyramid and I bought a new "hoodie." It was on a 20% discount sale. Great deal I guess.

After that, we left for a mamak called Murni in SS2. I was damn thirsty so I ordered a watermelon juice and a can of 100plus. For dinner I had "Roti Hawaii" which is a special Indian bread found only in Murni. It is just like your normal roti canai but inside there is minced chicken, pineapples, sausages, and eggs. The bread is topped with mayonnaise and served with various curry/dhaal.

I got home around 10.30pm and I'm feeling damn tired now.

Laters.

A weekend to look forward to~

2008-01-25T08:57:00.001Z

I'll start this post by complaining about Malaysia's weather...it sucks. Nuff' said. Its so hot in the afternoon and it barely rained the past few days. Actually, its drizzling now at this very moment but this doesnt change the fact that its so hot.

Alrites, tmr I'll be having a special 1-day lab session in uni. Yes, a lab session on a "Saturday." The subject's pharmacology. Sounds cool? Well its basically the study of drugs and the effects of it in the human body. The lecturer said that we will be cutting up guinea pigs and frogs to examine the effects of various drugs to the tissues. I hope it'll be interesting. Will post some awesome guinea pig and frog pictures here after the session. :D

After the lab session, the gang and I will be going to Sunway Lagoon for the Quiksilver Revolution Tour 2.0 event. To know more about the event, click on the link. The only setback is that this event starts from 12pm to 10pm and my lab ends at 1pm. Guess we'll be missing the first 2 hrs due to traffic conditions and stuff. The event will be at the Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach.

This will be my 1st time attending an event of this magnitude organised by Quiksilver. Based on the information taken from the site, there will be surfing and skating competitions. International surfers and skaters will be participating. Not only that, there will be various performances from local bands and a special performance bythe American band, The Click Five. I'm really looking forward for this event and I'll post some pictures from the event.

Laters.

New Year, New Shoes?

2008-01-23T15:06:00.001Z

Its Thaipusam today and for the first time, its a public holiday over in KL. Played game with the gang last night till 4am and initially decided to stay home and rest.

However, due to boredom i decided to rally the gang to watch a movie in 1utama. I didn't expect so many people in 1utama and there were so many cars parked outside. This gave us the sign that definitely the parking lots inside the shopping center was already packed. At the end i decided to park the car outside Grace's house. Thank God she stayed nearby. We wanted to watch Sweeney Todd but the tickets were already sold out. We had no choice but to watch Rendition. The movie's plot started out really slow but the plot was pretty interesting. It had a suprising twist towards the end.

My bro promised me a new pair of shoes. It would have to be either Skechers or Ecko Unltd shoes. So I went to the Skechers shop and took my time looking for a pair of shoes. I found one and it looks kinda cool with the graffiti design.

Well it did burn a hole in my pocket but I'll just claim it from my bro when I get back to KK. Hehe. The shoe was in the new arrival section and there were only 2 pairs left. A size 9 and size 11 pair each. I'm a size 9 so I guess i was really lucky. The graffiti design seems to go well with the CNY theme because of the rising sun part and it has a little chinese-y dragon abstract. So I think getting this shoe just before CNY seems to be a pretty great timing.

That's about it for today's post as I've got go to bed adi...damn 8am classes.

Monday morning "flu"es~ (its a pun for blues) XD

2008-01-21T04:45:00.000Z

I hate monday mornings. I hate 8am lectures.

Yes, I have an 8am lecture on Monday mornings. For some reason I always wake up with a wild running nose. The muccus flows like there's no tomorrow. Today was no exception. I woke up to a cold morning and went to Uni for that dreaded 8am class. For 2 whole hours I was trying not to fall asleep let alone try to keep my nose from oozing out its muccus. The worst part is that the lecturer isn't very "English" educated. Its so hard to understand the message that she is trying to share with the class. Simple words like "damage" and "illustrate" sounded like alien words the moment they left her mouth. God bless me and I managed to survive that class.

As usual, I had lunch with my homies and decided to skip my afternoon class: Pharmacology (2pm-4pm) as I had to give in to my nose and the fact that I've got quite alot to cram up for tmr's MCB quiz.

You must be thinking, "aiya...only monday morning 8am mah."

NO, I have another 8.30am class on Thursdays. Not to mention the fact that my uncle is outstation on a business trip. You might be wondering how this is related to my 8am blues. I have to play the simple role of "daddy" and send my cousins to school everyday of this week. Meaning I have to get up at 6.30am everyday even if I have no 8am class. Nah, i'm not complaining or lamenting. Just that its quizzes and test week!

Oh and I tried an experiment last week, I tried sleeping early at 9pm and woke up the next day at 6.30am for my morning class. No FLU! This week I slept at 2am and woke up the same time. Got FLU! hmmm...so I guess the lesson is to sleep early. Btw, who has the right mindset to go to sleep so early at this age? For some reason, we post-teenagers and young adults have our freedom time only after midnight (clubbing, night yum-cha sessions, late night movies, online games, etc etc) correct me if I'm wrong XD

Alrights, time to take a nap then study!

Laters.

Where did all my highschool years go?

2008-01-20T13:03:00.001Z

Yes, I've taken my highschool life for granted...so many things I felt that we could have done. I was just discussing this with a couple of my ex-highschool mates (Calvin, Jeremy, Marcel, Ling) the other day. Looks like everybody feels the same. Waking up everyday looking forward to going to highschool and meeting up with friends never felt better. Right now...you don't even feel like you wanna wake up to go uni. LoL.

I always knew looking back at the tears would make me laugh, but I never once thought that looking back on the laughs would make me cry

The last X'mas(2007), only a number of us (highschool mates) went back to Kay-Kay for the year end holidays. It doesn't feel quite the same like before. Will it be like this in the years to come? I understand that with time, we start to occupy ourselves with new stuff. Each of us are graduating 1 by 1 and starting to enter the workforce. Obviously, you'll be obliged to your newfound job and rarely get the "day-off" to spend time with family and friends unlike the times when we were younger. It is a good thing in a way that we're growing up to be useful people in the society.

My only fear is that over time we will slowly "disconnect." Jace sent me a Christmas card last X'mas and he mentioned about this issue. It never really occurred to me that we will eventually disconnect but after reading the letter and putting in some thought, the signs are showing. Our circle is slowly getting smaller. We have to keep the fire burning! Don't let the flame of friendship burn out--this is a shoutout (ahem) XD

To all of you my highschool mates, I'll forever treasure the undying friendship we have!

Still in the holiday mood~

2008-01-20T12:36:00.000Z

Quizzes and tests are just around the corner and here I am blogging. For some reason I don't feel the pressure so early on in the semester. I'm dreading the fact that I'm back in Kay-Elle (KL) so soon.

2 months + 3 weeks have already passed since my semester break in Kay-Kay (KK). Why is it that time feels like its passing oh so very fast? Am I having fun? Am I just wasting my time? I can't find the reason to why time is passing by "extra" fast since I've graduated from highschool and continuing my life in University. But after doing some serious thinking and reflecting, I came up with the conclusion that its probably because everyday its the same routine.

Wake up
Go to uni for classes
Come home - play game, watch anime, watch dorama, watch tv, study(if you wanna count this)
Sleep
Repeat step 1

Due to repetitiveness, your body and mind system gets accustomed to this "daily" routine and you end up feeling like an automated machine. A zombie? A robot? Nah, just a very bored student. I miss the last holiday! Where did all the days go?

Anyway, just a reminder to myself --> I've got a Molecular Cell Biology quiz this Tuesday(22/1/08), Microbial Biotechnology and Pharmacology quiz' dates are not confirmed yet but they're sometime next week.

United Kingdom? Sunderland?

2008-01-19T18:52:00.000Z

It's my final semester in KL and it ends this April 2008. Provided everything goes well (both academically and financially), I'll be on my way to the UK in September 2008. Yes, I'll be doing my final year over there with the hope of securing an "international" degree. To make it sound nicer, I'll be getting my Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Biotechnology.

Prior to my decision to conclude my final degree year in the UK, it never crossed my mind even once to go overseas. To me, getting a degree is all there is to it without giving a damn if it's local or international. I came to know about the IDP (International Degree Pathway) or in other words, twinning program from my University course mates who have already made up their mind to go to the UK. I'll be twinning to the University of Sunderland.

The thing that's troubling me now is whether I'll be homesick and be able to adapt to a sudden culture shock. As a newbie to stuff like this, I guess its pretty normal to be worried about my future. I have friends already over in the UK and they seem to be doing pretty well. After I graduate in June/July 2009, I'll be staying on in UK to work for maybe 2-3 years provided I can secure a job there. This means that I'll be staying in UK for a long period of time. Even when I'm in KL I'm already missing KK (especially my car) so God knows if I'll be able to "survive" in Sunderland.

There are a couple of things I'm looking forward to and the main thing is the BPL or formerly known as the EPL! Football has always been my niche and you can very well say that going over to the UK will be like a dream come true for me! Other than that I'm looking forward to having a "white" Christmas!

To all you CSP-ians reading this, unfortunately I'll be missing many hobbycons to come. /sob

Lastly I hope everything goes well for me :-)

p/s: Jace and Wan Ling please wait for me! Hehe~

The life of a Hikikomori~

2008-01-19T18:18:00.000Z

Well, some of you out there reading this might be wondering what a "hikikomori" is...well it's basically a a Japanese term to refer to the phenomenon of reclusive individuals who have chosen to withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement due to various personal and social factors in their lives.

I took this from here

Nah, I'm only refering to the fact that I mostly stay home apart from going to Uni. You might be wondering what I do at home. Well I'm a hardcore J-dorama fan and not only that, I love watching anime and playing either PC or console games. But I'm mostly in front of my laptop idling. I hate to admit this but I cannot live without my laptop and my internet connection. XD

There are many reasons that lead up to my life being a semi-hikikomori. These are the few factors:

I don't have my own car in KL. I drive my uncle's spare car. So you get the idea, to go out other than to Uni I have to ask for special permission which is not very right.
For some reason, life in KL is so much different from KK. Everybody stays so far apart and yes, even by car its really far. I stay near KLCC and most of my Uni friends stay at the other end of the map (either in PJ, Bandar Utama, or even Subang).
Everything in KL is so expensive (this includes petrol - I know its the same everywhere in Malaysia but in KL petrol seems to burn faster LOL).

I guess there are more reasons to support my cause but the ones listed above are the major factors.

Don't get me wrong... I do study too!

My very first post!

2008-01-19T09:53:00.000Z

Well, I've always wanted to start a blog but being the lazy person I am...blogging might be too tedious for me lol. However, after seeing that a close friend of mine, Kc who started his blog as a part of his new year's resolution, kinda inspired me to just give it a go and hopefully keep this blog updated. Well, that's about it for my 1st testing post as I've got to go to church now. Will update this blog when I get home later :D

Laters.