Yup that's right. No more Neet for me *cries*
It was a short but fun time *wave hanky*

But still there's not much changes in my current lifestyle.. wearing pajamas whole day at home, hugging my lappie in the living room and playing with Hiro once in a while, besides making lunch delivery to my parents in the afternoon, doing some chores and jogging for a bit in the evening.

It's practically the same mundane routine but yeah. I've gotten a work-from-home job! Specifically it's a manga translation job. The job scope is to translate the original manga from Japanese to English and apply them on the manga conversation bubbles. Sounds easy but it's a really time consuming and brain squashing job. Well at least I am forced to learn new japanese vocabularies and at the same time getting paid!

Thanks to my lil' sister's help, I've manage to finish the first assignment in 2 days. There's about 20 pages of gag doujin with fair amount of conversation bubbles lol. Then I have to re-learn the font setting and sound effect wordings, since last time in alpha years the only scanlation practice I had was in Chinese. so I went to The Idiot's Guide to Editing Manga to get all the fonts needed and some basic know-hows. Neat~

Anyway I've got my pay! It's only 15USD but what the heck. It's still my first pay from a job I really enjoy. So hopefully there will be much more to come! Ganbarimasu!

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NEET is an acronym for the government classification "Not currently engaged in Employment, Education or Training". It was first used in the United Kingdom but its use has spread to other countries, including Japan, China and South Korea.

In Japan, the classification comprises people aged between 15 and 34 who are unemployed, unmarried, not enrolled in school or engaged in housework, and not seeking work or the technical training needed for work. The ‘NEET group’ is not a uniform set of individuals but consists of those who will be NEET for a short time while essentially testing out a variety of opportunities and those who have major and often multiple issues and are at long term risk of remaining disengaged.

As plucked from Wikipedia.

After finishing my last paper, I am proud to say that I now fit the bill to be called a NEET! It's been two weeks (or was it three? time flies) since my last paper had ended, and you bet I've been having fun through and through until now.

To recall back, right after exam on Tuesday I had dinner with Shuyin and Lynn in kokiya, leaving poor loomun at home cracking her brains for her final paper on thursday. Then Wednesday we had a class gathering in Seoul garden, about 16 of us there which was alot of fun where we kinda make signature gestures of our lecturers throughout our course and guess who it was. The next day we had a close fren's bbq gathering in Alan's house and that's cool too while busy writing/signing Anne's and jon's sigma books. Then Friday whole day is spent in Muar, with William, Jun, CP, Weiyong, Loomun and Suj. The food was really great there, where we went to the famous street of hawker food for otak-otaks and half way to yong peng for the mouth watering yam ring basket. Photos will be uploaded when I get them, hopefully *stares at someone*

The night on sat we had our EMiNA Gang Last Gathering in Wazen, where we have 11 of us there making silly poses at the facade of the restaurant *haven't grown up*



there's Qj, Kristine, LooMun, me and Lynn on the left, and Khurshid, Nazrin, Edo, Shuyin and Dexter on the right. Jin's snapping the pic lol.


My best friends and housemates ever.

On Sunday, it's the House Moving day. In the morning I went out for branch with Motor uncle and his family at the Shun Fat Bak Kut Teh restaurant in town.


The motor uncle had been helping me uncountable times throughout my years in Melaka, although he's abit on the rough side and always pulling my leg whenever I see him.


I'll really miss his 2 kids Ah Hock and Ah Pei too. Before we parted I gave them all the GACC sponsor stuffs leftovers.

Then after clearing the house completely (took several hours to move our boxes of stuff accumulated for 4 years @.@) and getting back our deposits from the agent, Mr. Sanjay, who is going to be married end of june *super busy*, we went around the house once more time, and left our home for 4 years. So goodbye, our Melaka home!

Before Loomun and I went to the bus sentral, we had dinner in Sakura House, which was not really that splendid after all. Wat you pay is wat you get i suppose. Won't really recommend it to people but hey, i'll leaving melaka di so nvm!

After 6-7 hours of bus trip *backache* I'm back to my beloved raintown. It was 3.30am when i reached but yey the HoShin (raingod in hokkien) who always triggers the 'rain' switch whenever she wash her clothes is finally back to her hometown.
Home sweet home~

To everyone I know throughout the past 5 years, I'm glad to have you as my classmates/friends during my life in MMU. I will treasure the moments we have together and will miss you all dearly. Even if our paths may not cross again, the times we had always hold true to me. Good luck in all your future headings and see you at MMU convocation in August!

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I was back in my hometown, which is also known as the rainy town. Without fail, it has been raining everyday since i've arrived last week. My friend in Brazil said it must be one heck of a weird weather to rain everyday, but i was assuring her that it'd be totally weird otherwise, not only because it is the monsoon season currently.

Let me explain abit about the geography of my hometown. On the west it is surrounded by the Titiwangsa mountain range, or more specifically, by Maxwell Hill. And far off the east will be the melacca straits, so the wind blown in from the sea will be trapped by the hills and thus the clouds carried along it. Then condensation happens so often that we could have rainfall at any moment of the day, even in the afternoon, when the sun is shinning perfectly bright.

It was even a sport, or i should say a gamble, to guess how much rainfall for the moment of the day and of course the one with the closest bet will hit the jackpot. I dun know if it is still on now that we have Toto, Magnum and other lottery games but the probability of winning is about the same for any of them, because though it is almost guaranteed to rain, the range of time and the amount of rainfall is unpredictable, as in, you can have rainfall out of the blue and then clears off in a blink of an eye.

Anyway, it is really nice having some rain each day, be it a light drizzle in the morning, passing raindrops in the afternoon or even a heavy downpour that last for a whole day. The haze will clear off too after a rainpour, tho altogether it was not as bad as in Malacca or KL. Maybe it's just that i've gotten used to rainny weather, since i've been living here for my past 19 years. That's why raindrops splattering on the roof proved to be my lullaby while killing off my roommate's sleepiness in Malacca.

It was not until a few days after that i've gotten myself soaking wet under the rain. In the afternoon, i was running an errand for my Mom, to run round the other shop lot behind Mom's shop to photostat some papers. Just when i was reaching the photostat shop it poured cats and dogs. some of the papers were splattered with raindrops but not too bad. After getting the papers done and putting them in a plastic bag, i started running back, and i was soaked thoroughly. But what got me cursing was that as soon as i hit home base, the sky was crystal blue and the sun shone mildly, as if it never rained a few minutes ago. I should have waited but who could predict its lifespan? At least i get to go home instead of staying back for more work :p *bricked*

Well, This morning it was mildly drizzling, and i slept till it was almost 8am. Yes, for those who thought that i had a typo in the last sentance, trust me. I've been waking up at abit off 7am everyday to go jogging with my aunt. damn everyone said i've gain weight.. orz. Have to jog some of the pounds off before i engage myself in more eating. I really hope that the rate of exercizing can burn off more calories at the rate that i'm eating now :p

So lets sum up my 1 week of holiday/laziness: i've finished reading Angels and Demons, as well as When the Wind Blows. I've downloaded more of the new series of animes, naming a few: Dgrayman, PumkinScissors, Red Garden, HatarakiMan, Black Lagoon, Bartender, Chevalier, NHK, Nighthead Genesis. I haven't really touched my jap pass year papers, or mangas that i've downloaded long time ago. But i got to watch my sis playing DoC and Vincent really need some hair treatment cos his strains of hair are poking out and resemble some deadly harpoons XD *killed by vincent fans*

And that's it. will be catching up with long lost hometown frens next week and also get some jap homework done. Gambarimasu! I will try not to look fat when i come back *bang wall*

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*happy chinese new year!*
erm.. sorry for the late update.. was being a cooking baking slave+driver+slacker for the pass few weeks :p anyway, i'm going to KL later today and i'm busy packing now. going to spend the rest of my holiday there, without internet connection *scream and cries*

yestereday mom brought us to Fajah Kamunting for last minute shopping at about 11pm. Bought a few clothes for myself.. and met up with a few long lost frens in secondary school. the whole place was pack like sardin can, and the worse case was queuing up to pay.. can't imagine it's such a long line before my turn. I waited for like half an hour before mom came back from another counter. this is so screwed. the casher had sum problem with the credit card machine and everyone in the line jz stuck there, grumbling and cursing. after paying, there's another corner with alot of goods, which you can purchase only when you present receipt for clothes of certain amount. well, after 'slaugtering' everyone about 100 ringgit above, they still want to 'cheat' ppl to buy those goods with prices 1-2 ringgit below the market price. sigh. in the end, after buying some cookies n body foams from that counter, we went back home at 1am.

At home, found out that i can convert rmvb to avi successfully using WinAVI video converter 7.1 (i'm slow.. i know) cos last time my dad use other programs and failed to do so. too bad the quality loss is quite obvious (pixelated) but then again, at least i found out sth can be done to convert rmvb to avi :p

mom's gonna come back anytime soon so i better start packing.. see ya in campus then! and Happy chinese new year! gonna bring back my cookies XDD

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There's a cat from my back alley which comes regularly for food in the evening. Yesterday she din come, and this morning she amazing squeezed thru my back grill door into our kitchen, with a big belly @__@ my aunt put her back out and later only found out that she's finding a place to give birth! wow.. at the end my uncle saw her having kittens already near the backyard few houses away. the babies are so cute XD altogether 3 of them i think >w< kya~~~ so wanna hug them.. but i can't even have a second look at them cos uncle said i'm born in the year of tiger so i shouldn't see them or else the mama cat will eat up all the kittens.. >"< superstitions are bad... so my sis, who's born in the dragon year took the pic and let me see.. wonder why dragons are not harmful to the kitties.. not fair T_T

oh yea.. i've added a background to the previous pic i coloured.. take a look here.. btw, my results are ok XD. can't asked for any better *dance around* thx for calming me down when i'm nervous and anxious for it XD

that's it for today.. me going to KL tomorrow so am busy helping my aunt to do cake. ^__^ Selamat hari raya to all and enjoy yourself during the remaining holidays!!

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Day 5~

starting now i'm writing this after the trip, cos on that fateful day, i got really 'lucky'. remember the mongolian style buffet? i think because of that, my tummy started to rumble non stop and ached now and then. yes.. i got myself an attack of diarrhea! die la.. i din know how i managed to survive without shooting off to toilet every 10 minutes OTZ the first tourist spot of the day was the emperors' tomb from qing dynasty. There, i will run to every available toilets and then come out relieved, for 1-2 hours before i dash again.. haiz.


As if this is not bad enuf, i got even luckier when i was trying to snap the monument below.. i walked on the marble steps with my camera standby to snap any second, and suddenly i felt unbalanced and the gravity force pulled me head first and made me kiss the dusty ground. ==||| Mom was behind running towards me obviously worried. All the while Mom was asking about my knees or ankles or elbows if they're injured but i jz told her i'm ok. i was more worried about the camera, which knocked the ground along with me!! summore the len's on!! Arrrggh! I tried to fix the camera, which now had irreversible scratches. After a few anxious fumbling, it finally functioned normally. Phew.. I was too worried about the camera to notice the pain in my knees.. Later on then only i realized as we had to walk down to the basement in order to see the tomb... Ittai yo!! totally had no mood to look at the ancient ornaments in the tomb as i was limping all the way up to ground again.

The worse has yet to come, cos our next stop was the China Wall *faints* why? cos we had to climb on that steep mountain high wall. Urgh.. i can't refuse not to, cos all the old ppl went up.. i'd feel damn useless if i don't, so i begin my teeth gritting journey up the great wall. It was damn hard, as the height of the steps are uneven, but all mostly knee height, which was a pain to my bleding scratched knees. After about an hour, me and mom were up on one of the high towers and call it quits. Damn satisfied as i look afar at the mountainous view. We snapped pics, rested our poor legs, only then we went down carefully. it'd be fatal if i trip there *shivers*. then when it's time, we went up the bus and from there, we headed to datong (大同), one of the city in shanxi (山西) province. The bus journey took more than 7 hours, cos of the stupid congestion on the highway, which was all clogged up with lorries and other heavy vehicles. At 8pm only we reached datong, and we ate dinner there before going to our hotel. having tommy ache and knee injury, me dropped dead instantly on the hotel bed that night :p


Day 6~

Dun have much appetite for the following days cos of the diarrhea but then i felt a wee bit better after taking some medicine mom bought along. We went to 2 places only during our stay in Datong, and both of them require walking alot. haiz... so we go see the cavern of buddhas there and then the hanging temple situated in the middle of a moutain, thus having the name. luckily my injuries weren't that bad anymore, so i was able to climb the stairs up to the temple without much difficulty and pain. and that's it for our sight seeing cos we have to head back to beijing, and yey~ another 6-8 hours of bus ride. wat joy it was... *sweat* in the end we reached beijing at 8.30pm and jz in time before the restaurant close up for the day. still having diarrhea that time, so din eat much.. can't even eat fruits TT_TT








Day 7~

Felt better cos my tummy's not grumbling that much already, and we went to beijing's underground tunnel for a visit. it was like an underground maze, with tunnels going here and there and practically we can reach every prominent places using the tunnel. seems that it's for military use and to hide from bombing in President Mao's time. The tunnel was only open up for public recently so we get to visit only parts of it. they have factory, hospitals, place for ammunition, residental area and even schools! @__@ imagine it's like an underground city there.. and the tunnel was dug by manpower.. it's really impressive. too bad i can't take pic cos of military reasons. we went around the tunnels led by a tour guide there and later on we were brought to a underground shop selling silk products. there they started promoting and stuff and i wasn't interested to listen cos i've known since last visit to shanghai. they all talk about the same thing. so me and mom walk around the souvenir corner and pick some handy gifts for frens. Before long, after most of us had bought enuf stuffs, we went up to ground again.

we ate lunch before travelling to tian jin (天津) which took about 3 hours. there we jz go shopping cos there's not much historical stuff there. bought alot of traditional biscuit and nuts and even scallops, which tian jin is famous for. after dinner, we return to beijing without staying overnight in tian jin. starting to get sick of bus ride, especially those more than 3 hours ones.. haiz.


Last day. wee~

was forced to wake up at 5am, and checked out at 5.45am as we board the bus towards airport. the trip to airport was 1 hour so we ate our doggy bag breakfast and slept in bus. our air flight was due on 8.45am, so we had to be there 2 hours earlier, which's 6.45am. we reached there jz in time so we linger in the duty free area until we board the plane. on the plane i watched 3 movies, the first one was a korean comedy "she's on duty", 2nd was Jay Chou's "Initial D" and the third one which i can't finish was a japanese science fiction drama called "Hinokio". the first one was so hilarious that i had to eat my fist to stop bursting into laughter. Jay's was ok, but the third one was really touching and thought provoking. now trying to search for its download XD. Once in singapore, we din stop long cos our next flight was due in an hour's time when we touched down.

Then as we arrived in Penang, Mom was busy buying DOM and cigarettes while i go pick up some chocolates XD. Loaded with stuffs, we pass the customs and went up our tour company's bus back to taiping. Yeah~ Home Sweet Home!

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Beijing trip~ day 1 & 2

the first day was uneventful as we travelled from taiping to penang by bus, flew to singapore from there, then only to beijing. Seems that this trip only consisted of 15 tourists, who are mostly senior citizens excluding me and Mom. haiz.. I was the youngest among all, but i dun feel particularly happy about it TT_TT cos was thinking i might get to know some cute guys in town. bleh.. now all i got is old married couples and uncles old enuf to be my grandpa. ish.. our tour guide called Kumar Loh, was surprisingly a Chinese, cos judging by the name, anyone would have thought he's a mix or an Indian :p. He's short and stout, (i'm taller than him XD) and funny. Later found out that he's my Driving Instructor's big bro and i should have noticed earlier cos they had the same features :p Mr. Loh briefed us thoroughly about stuff to take note like our passport n money during the bus ride.

then when we reached penang airport, we went into the duty free area and bought chocolate. i got a tube of toblerone dark chocolate and daim sweets. happily we walked to the gate to wait for our flight. we departed and after 45 mins or so, we touched down in changi airport, which, to my delight, had free internet access! XD we had to wait there for 3 hours cos it was still 11pm, and our next flight to beijing is not until 1am. So i hogged over a com there as long as i could. Mom was browsing around the duty free shops aimlessly (sorry mom >"<) while i read manga, chatted using e-messenger and checked my mails. haha.. the connection was damn fast summore. After chatting with my taiwanese fren using online translator (yes, i'm too free XD) Mom came around, so i started to chat with my younger sis at home, to Mom's amazement. Mom asked if Dad's around, but the answer's no cos he's still repairing fridge in the shop. later on Mom went to the waiting lounge nearby and i continued browsing net until it's time to board the plane. [some kid at the com beside: Bro, that girl had been using the com for so long.. and she's giggling to the screen.. bro: ...]

In the plane, guess wat i watched? Densha Otoko the movie! hehe.. it was really good and i liked the densha here better than yamada-san. i can't believed that i saw jinkama-san in the show as a cameo! At the end i dun quite get it but yamada-san appeared, as well as Aoyama-san in the train scene, with the densha in movie as the cool guy hand locking the drunkard *_* Then i dropped dead at 3am after finishing the movie. Jz when i was starting to sleep better, i was waken up by the stewardess cos it's time for breakfast.. i check the time, and it's jz freakin 5am! it was the first time ever i'd eat breakfast this early. While eating and half sleeping, my flu came back! I can't believe that before reaching beijing i'm already like this. This is baaaaad.. Trying to get rid of the flu as i breathe in the hot steam from my tea, i saw the sun rising up amidst the cloud of melting red and yellow.. It was nice, with a wide spread of orange on the horizon, getting brighter and brighter. But before long the sun was glaring at us and i pity the passangers sitting near the side window ==|||

25 mins later we touched down in China Capital Airport (中国首都机场). the outside temperature was 16 degree Celsius, which was freezingly cold to us at first. my lips started to get really dry, and was forced to use lip gloss Mom brought along. Once we passed all the customs we were greeted by our beijing tour guide, Mr. Wang. He's a middle-aged guy and looked slightly plump cos of the thick jacket he's wearing. After everyone'd gathered, he led us to our bus. On the bus, i was busy trying to snap a pic of the airport but failed >"< *curse the moving bus* while our tour guide started to intro himself and then briefed us again about our belongings' as well as our own's safety. The drone goes on as i became more and more groggy with sleepiness. Before we proceed to our first tourist spot, we went for a light breakfast in the urban city. It was really good and of course after some food i've rejuvenated and ever ready to go XD. After this, we went to Tian An Square (天安广场) which was a vast clearing filled with sea of heads. At the square's south is president Mao's Memorial Hall (毛泽东纪念馆) which we din visit as the queue was from one corner to the other of the square =_=|||. To the West is a government building used by president mao before, and the North is the Emperor's palace (紫禁城), where we are heading after this. In the square we took a group picture, and were persuaded to buy it from the photographer as well as the album with beautiful scenic pictures. the tour guide was really persistant about this so we jz had to buy it to stop him nagging :p. [Mom: cincai la.. me: ...]

We were then given 10 minutes to walk around the square and snap pics. From the square there is this subway path for pedestrians to cross under the deadly highway in order to reach the palace's entrance, which is called suzuka door (朱雀门). Said that last time it's only the Emporor and higher rank officers can go pass it. others have to go in thru the side doors; on the left is the white tiger door (白虎门)for criminals, on the right is the dragon door（青龙门）, which is for the lower rank officers. Once inside the vicinity, i was awed. it was so wide and vast that i can't imagine how long it took to build the whole palace.. Now i know how filthy rich the emperor is, and how well he knew to enjoy life to the fullest. by jz looking at the ground, it was laid with almost hundred layers of stone bricks jz to prevent ppl digging a tunnel up the palace precinct. then there's numerous regal palaces in it, until there's an enormous palace, bigger than my whole house plus backyard jz for the emperor to change his clothes... *faints* See the pics, you'll be cursing him for wasting so much material+man power. This is the palace that all the emperor in Qing and Ming dynasty lived in. Besides, those HK movies also take their scenes here. At the end there's a garden with coral rocks piled up artistically as a back drop for the scenic view. it was really beautiful but my camera jz have to die on me at that moment.*grr..* grudgingly, we exited the palace through the genbu door （玄武门） on the south. We walked back to the bus, and felt like dying. I've never walked that long (3 hours of walking >"<) ever since my last visit to Shanghai. So when we were on the bus going towards lunch, i was dozing on and off, only remembering Mr. Wang emphasizing a zillion time about Beijing being a city full of Fengshui buildings and ornaments.

After lunch, which was only so-so, we were taken to shi cha hai(什刹海), one of the huge lakes in beijing. We sat on trishaw and went along the lakeside, which was said the olden part of beijing. it was very soothing, with the chilly wind blowing towards us and the weeping willows swaying gently along the lake. Luckily an uncle from our group help me and mom took a few pics. along the narrow paths called hu tong, there were shop lots with their ancient facade turned into pubs to attract foreigners. Before long, the ride ended, and we headed to our next destination, which was a shopping mall! haha.. there, Mom had fun bargaining and choosing branded imitations for dad and her frens. She bought 2 polo shirts and 4 tommy, at a total price of 280RMB (140 ringgit, so about 25 each @_@). After shedding blood and sweat over the bargain, we move on and it's my turn XD. i saw some really cool pants and tried them on. Suddenly i heard a loud Thump. Mom dropped the camera from my pouch, which i handed over to her! shit!! i was so dumbstruck that i almost forgot to put on my pants, and i broke my nail while buttoning up >"<. When we were told of the price, Mom practically glared at the salesgirl. 700RMB for imitation?! sial a? so we went off, after failing to bargain them into 100 RMB. Anyway, my mind was full of worry about the camera. Dad's gonna kill me if it's broken >_<|||

We went back to the bus and again i slept until we arrived in a restaurant for dinner, which was awful. So i jz stuff myself with rice and some vege and off we go to see Kung Fu performance at the cultural Opera. The performance was really impressive and i was in awe all the while, as the performers are using real Kung Fu 0_0||| they did really cool stunts like fly kicking, extreme break dancing, breaking wooden plank and metal sticks with their head and even swirling around in the air clinging on to nothing but jz a long piece of cloth hanging at the top. I'd never ever underestimate these ppl doing martial arts on TV again, cos it's so real.. and the performers are all teens and even primary school kids! sugoi desu!! Not to mention the lighting effects on stage was superb too. All in all it was worth us spending 90 ringgit for the ticket.


Day 3~

i was waken up by mom at 7am and washed up groggily. As we went down the hotel room for breakfast, mom told me that when she woke up at 6sth, she was shocked cos it's too late to prepare to work, and then mystified when she saw she's not on her own bedroom. then only she remembers she's in beijing. what can i say.. like mother like daughter? :p So i told her about the incident the other day when Dex came to our house. He slept until evening after test, and thought it's morning already, and rush up to my room asking me why i din wake him up for the night to study. Me was equally blur at that time and din know wat dex was talking about. so in the end, i realized that he'd thought like i did when i first woke up in the evening too, thinking it's already the next day XD. Anyway, back to breakfast. i can't believe that the buffet had nothing much left for us, even though it's jz 7.40am! Damn.. hungrily i jz grabbed some edible leftovers and gobbled them down with a cup of diluted milk.

Our first destination for the day was Beijing's underwater world. Thought it'd be some awesome place but it proved me wrong. If you have been to the one in Singapore Sentosa Island, what awaited me will be sheer disappointment. There is this underwater tunnel no doubt, with the escalator along, but there isn't much underwater creature to behold, which should be the main attraction! haiz.. so we went out of the tunnel and see colourful fishes in aquariums instead. there's even penguins! kinda cute and energetic they were. Before the scheduled time, we've already finish sightseeing. So we walked back to our bus, but before that, we saw some hawkers selling fruits, to be exact, fresh dates (the dried up ones we use to cook soup). Curious, Mom bought half a kilo of it and we munched all teh way in the bus. They were very crispy and crunchy, like a limau sized apple. XD

We finished the dates before reaching our next spot, which is heaven's palace (天坛). It is a place there the emperor used to held prayers and ceremony to the heaven god. Around the palace the precinct was made into a garden for public, where we can see old ppl exercising and even playing music like flute and erhu. It was a really pleasant place to take walks, among the pine trees, willows and other greenary. The weather was cooling and refreshing too. Later on we went into the compounds of the palace and listen to the historical stuff told by Mr. Wang. Took a few pics and then we went back into the warm bus. It was jz 11.15am, so before lunch, our tour guide brought us to the official shop selling enamel ornaments that are really famous in ancient Beijing, and even now. We were briefed about the process of making it and then led to the stall. Mom chose the souvenirs for her friends and i jz looked around with her, feeling kinda bored cos the ornaments are old fashioned.











Finally when she got wat she wanted, we left for lunch. although the food was jz ok, the restaurant was situated at a really scenic spot, at the bei hai（北海） lakeside. At about 2pm, we went to another shopping mall selling fake stuff. There we search around for dad's backpack and we found it, only after asking one of the stall owners. They din dare to display it cos that time there were raids going on. Dad wanted North Face brand and they have them, so mom bargain again, for about 20 minutes i guess @__@ at the end, we got 2 backpacks plus a genuine leather purse for 340RMB. If i'm in my mom's place, i'd die of embarrassment. After the great haul, we headed to an official tea selling shop near the outskirt of town. The tea was nice with soothing fragrant to warm our dry cold throats. yet, after the salesgirl had done promoting all the famous types of tea and finished letting us taste a couple of cups, mom din budge to even approach the samples. At the end almost all our ppl bought, except us cos Mom had bought tons of them when she last visited Yun Nam.^_^;

By then i can't wait for dinner, which was really delicious and i swear my judgement is not misleaded by hunger. When we were heading back to hotel, the traffic was congested with buses moving bumper to bumper, cos it's friday and everyone's heading home. Wasted an hour on the road but i've slept thru it again.. think i'm getting more like a pig everyday... *shivers*


Day 4~

After waking up at 7am, we went down quite early compared to yesterday, but the food was already scarce... damn. Same old food and was awful as yesterday's. Oily and super salty fried mee, fried rice, boiled egg and a cup of milk. getting sick of them =_=

Before long we were in our bus ready to go to our first stop- pearls breading & selling shop. The promoter there led us to an aquarium of clamps, and then fished out one while explaining how pearls are formed. Then she open up one for us to see. I can't believe that inside the palmsized 5-year-old clamp were 29 tiny pearls! @__@ Amazing.. Hence we browsed around looking at the pearl accessories and products. Bought the pearl daily facial cream, pearl bracelets for souvenirs and a ring for Mom.

Satisfied, off we went to the Summer palace (颐和园). Seems that the emperor came here during summer to get away from the heat. the weather was kinda warm (21oC actually) and the sun was glaring down on us when we went in the garden. Ignoring the shine, we followed our tour guide closed as the garden was seething with tourists of different races.. It wasn't quite enjoyable having to jostle and push against others jz to get a closer look at the antiques in the palaces. After awhile, We reached the longest corridor stretching along the lake side in the garden. it was about 1000 Meters, which leads us to the marble boat built by the emperor to spend time in. Too bad it's too far and we din walk until there. But the corridor itself proved to be very interesting with all the paintings etched inside the rooftop and pillars, which depicts all the legends and stories told in china.


After the long walk, we went back to bus and move to a 貔貅 museum (pronounced pi xiu). It is a mystical animal which looked like a lion without it's mane, but with a horn and wings instead. The manager of the museum who's a fengshui sensei too, explained about the immense influence of Fengshui in Beijing, until the whole city is built up according to Fengshui potisions. Most of the time we can hardly understand wat he's saying but we jz know he's good. every sentence he speaks was like poem. =_=||| Then he showed us a 貔貅 of a size of a real lion, and taught us how to 'touch' it to bring on good luck XD. First we hold the horn and ears, then move down to its beard, then it's front paws, its wings, then at last, its bottom... >"< have to rub it in circle for 3 times, cos supposedly we are gathering all the good luck doing that and keep the 'luck' in our pockets. It was hilarious seeing ppl doing it and me following suit.. bunch of pervs.. :p

At noon, we ate buffet, Mongolian style. there's grill mutton, lamp stick, grilled beef as well as other western and eastern cuisine. There's even performances on stage near the dining room but honestly i was doing more eating than looking XD. Damn repleted as i tried to stuff myself with scoops of icecream for dessert. In the bus, we were told that it cost about 100 ringgit per person for the meal 0_0||| At that time, little that i know the meal's going to be a nightmare to me afterwards...

In the afternoon, we went shopping again (our schedule's arranged like that so that we'll not feel tired, said Mr. Wang). We went to a famous place called 老番街, which means alien street in english.0_0||| it's actually a mall hosting stalls selling fake stuffs again. There were alot of branded shoes and so i got myself a nike sports and a Timberland Hiking shoes for dad. and guess wat? each of them jz cost 30 ringgit XD. We were really glad when we gather back with our group, and were perplexed as everyone's laughing at some kind of joke. Later on Mr. Loh told us that while we were shopping our one of our group mates were insulted behind their back by the salesgirls, thinking that we din know mandarin. They said that we can only afford to window shop cos we are stone broke fellows not having a penny to our names... haiz, so surprised that they'd discriminate their potential income bearers.

Anyway, our groupmates were sporting and took it as a joke, and off we went to 王府井街 (wang fu jin street) and 东华门夜市 (donghuamen market), which are really busy streets seething with tourists. In the latter, there's jz stalls at the roadside welling weird food like grilled larva, animal intestines, starfish (wtf?!), sea urchins and some other unheard of stuff with absurdly high price.
Actually i've seen the pics of that market on internet and already knew its notorious name. So we moved on to wang fu jin street and bought alot of souvenirs there. After that, we ate dinner and then return to hotel. It was jz 7pm when we reached, so mom and I along with some other groupmates went walking around the shop lots near our hotel. saw a internet cafe but din go in *sob* cos mom said it's late already TT_TT. saw the rate.. 3RMB for an hour?! that's so cheap man. haiz..

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*currently in dad's shop awaiting his command to do stuff XD*

minna san genki desuka? after a few days of lingering around kristine's place, i'm finally back to my beloved home. It's jz good to be in Taiping again, with the smell of rain ever present and the cooling wind blowing, well, not always, but this is how i felt XD. Home is always jz better.

Before i went on blabbering about wat's happened between the interval of my last blog update, I've got to tell you guys about this cool thing.. I've been watching anime on TV! ...You guys must think that i've lost it but I'm telling you.. i watched the avi files animes we download all so frequently ON TELEVISION!!! @___@ *gone mad* really.. at first i thought me dad was kidding me when he told me to watch anime on TV.. but then when he insert Trinity Blood--i borrowed from kristine--in the DVD player, i was awed. It is playing as in monitor!! i practically gawked at the tv screen as abel nightroad and other characters appeared during the OP. and wat's more, the visual's supperb, better than in monitor cos the size is big XD.. i'm so gonna love the dvd player during the hols XD too bad i can't bring back to melaka haha.. orz

so, we'll first wind back the clock to the week during we had our FF screening.. In my engin math class on monday night, my helmet got stolen, blatenly in mmu campus!! damn the thief. i mean.. my old rusty bike was not the only one with helmet casually put on, and i won't have done it if everyone's taking their helmet to class! why me?! urgh.. when i got out of the boring class walking towards my bike, Kristine was the first one to notice about it. "Where's your helmet?" was wat she said when she was holding hers. That smacked me out of my usual blurness and onto woeful anxiety. Fishball was around by that time, and i told him about my stolen helmet. He was such an @$$ as he told me to take other bike's helmet in a-matter-of-fact way. I refused, as this is like stealing and the viscious cycle will repeat itself. I paced around hoping the thief would somehow be conscience striken and come back to return my helmet, but in vain. At last, i gave up and ride home. The guards stopped me and asked about, so i grudgingly told them that i've lost my helmet. Even so, they can't do anything about it. No point doing a report cos i won't be getting my helmet back.. haiz. All i had to blame is the stupid thief and my naive trust towards the security of mmu.

Had been whining about my lost helmet until the day of our FF screening but got ignored as expected XD. Before the screening, there's alot of commotion about whether to screen it publicly or jz for members. Kinda had headache over the issue and to add to it, i've got test on the day after screening. In the end, i kinda have it my way, and hoped for the best. Well, at first we had venue problem. the audio in B2 (the room we booked for screening) won't work and the CITS ppl confirmed it. So, a day before the screening i emailed the alpha lecturer having B1(the room beside ours) to swap classes with us, since they are not using audio. she agreed, and so we've solve one matter. But then, more problems arise as we went to our swapped room (B1). the lecturer from the previous class at 6pm was still in the room, with stupid class presentations summore! i told him politely that we have to prepare the screening before 8pm, but no.. he wont' get out of the room. He said his class will finish the damn presentations in half an hour's time.. it looked doubtful that he'd finish in time, but i let him, since he promised. we waited until 7.30pm, and yet he's not finished. I went to him again, and again he said it's gonna finish.. i saw that there's still like 4-5 groups to go, so i asked him if he wanna change venue, since Loo Mun had booked A1 as backup. I felt like stranggling him to death as he kept on insisting that he's gonna finish in 15 more minutes' time.

At last, at 7.50pm, our members started to come in the room, which made us feel like cats on hot brick. Desperate, we let the members in first, until the lec and his students finally clear the room. then, as we were setting up the video and audio (kinda had problem with the projector), i was called, and found out that it's the alpha lec. My face turn white as she told me that my original venue was used by another stupid lec, which is impossible. By then, the alpha lec's students were crowding all over the place as I ran to the class beside to asked the lec there for clarification. He glaringly told me that he had booked the place! This is outrageous! Loo Mun had booked the venue like weeks ago and now you tell me you've booked it?! Imbecile! I was trying hard not to shout at him, and there he was, saying he had got proof and went out to his office to get his paper. I'm so in deep shit at that moment, and suddenly Loo Mun said that they can use our backup class. Brilliant! so i went to the guards to ask them to open up our the class for them. After much hassle, the room was opened and i ushered the alpha lec in while apologising for the trouble caused. She was kind relieved, and did not scold me or anything, which i was grateful of. Still, i was really mad at the stupid lec who stole my room, as he came back to clc, smilingly telling he'd mistaken about the room he booked. I refrained from killing him, and told, no.. actually more like warned him not to do it ever again. so.. Case Solved, with the stupid lec as the culprit.

Back in our screening room, i cooled off in the air con and told gen and dex and others about the incident. Later on dex said he's going to get bentou for dinner so we all tumpang buy XD. At the show starts, i was readily sitting at the back, with kristine beside, while loo mun and jin were at the far end, chatting very noisily. *glares* they had watch it dunno how many times and were discussing about it. I haven't, so was kristine, so we hushed them, several times.. =__=||| the show was great, even more as we watch it on big screen XD the audio sucked abit, but that's the least of my worry. Practically throughout the show i was gawking at the chuned graphics and Tifa!! she's damn beautiful.. perfect combination of Rinoa and Yuna..*drool* Jin said she'd make a gay straight and a girl into les.. i agree vehemently. And then there's Vincent! he's so kakooii!!! him along with his blood red cape was such a killer! ish.. the only thing is that cloud's hair looked so fake.. but i've nothing against him, especially his swords.. damn cool! 6 of them all on the bike like kitchen knives arranged nicely.. summore can combine 6 of them into one big sword! no wonder it weighs 45kg! wonder how Cloud managed to hold it, let alone swinging it at enemy on bike..*shrugs*

Somewhere during the show, our bentou arrived as Dex came in the room distributing to us hungry souls.. It was dark and i can't see wat i'm eating but then it was delicious. I watched the battle scene between cloud and the Bahamut while eating fried prawn. Oishii desu (delicious)! was sipping last drops of my yakult drink as cloud was fighting with Yazoo and the other guy (forgot his name XD) in the tunnel on bike. hehe.. din think that sephiroth would appear at the end tho.. can't take my eyes off the screen as they were bashing each other up. Erm.. am i giving out too much spoilers? well, i think most ppl had watched it so nvm la~ XD After the show had ended, i thanked everyone for coming and then we hicomms lingered around the room until like 11 sth. We were screening the raw Last Order while chatting merrily. Can't believe that the screening ended so successfully, as our audience filled the whole room. And i can't believe that there's one international student was desperate enough to use his digital camera to record the show! of course i stopped him, but i forgot to tell him that he can get the show from us later :p. *felt sorry for that guy*

After the screening, we went back and i started revising my electronics.. luckily it's not on friday morning or i'd die. after studying as much as possible, we went in for test that night, and it turned out quite straight forward, jz that i din know how to do cos i din cover the last chapter so much :p. After the midterm test, we were rid of 1 more burden on our shoulder. Though we had to pass up our electronics assignment on the following monday, we were jz glad that the midterms were finally over.

On Saturday night, Dex, Gen, Kristine, Loo Mun and me went for dinner near muara in a village. Yes!! Seafood!! We got ourselves butter prawns, ikan bakar (grilled fish), clamps and the bamboo-stick-like clamp, which was blissfully yummy. There was a specially mixed soya sauce to go along with the dishes, and as dex said, it's really good. We sat near the river, where there were some mangrove forest on the opposite bank. It was a fullmoon, which explained the high tide. Needless to say, we were eating with utmost pleasure in the moonlight XD. *still drooling as i think back about the food* Well, we expected to pay at a higher price for the luxurious meal, but din expect it to reach 80 bucks.. found out that it's the prawn which top the bills.. 30 bucks for half a kilo! that's a real killer. can't deny it that it's fresh and lip-smacking good, but it's jz too expensive for us. Having learnt our lesson not to order prawns again next time, we paid through our nose and drove back to town. Since it's a weekend, we thought that maybe we can go kacau kid cos he always goes back to his house in ujong pasir. We went in Dex's car, but the house was dark. Kristine phoned him but too bad he was still in BBU. darn.. Our plan failed, so we headed to town for food XD. We parked near Fajah supermarket, and walked to the nearby food court. there, we ordered the Hong kong styled 猪肠粉 (ju cheong fun in canto, which looked like this jz that the one we ate dun have the red sweet sauce but instead we had prawns in the white) We chatted for a long time there, wat with FF, PS2 games, cooking stuff(me n gen can only listen blankly XD) and other stuff. It was fun, going out with frens like that and chatting and laughing without having to worry about curfew. We only went back home at about 12 midnight cos the food court was closing. All in all, it was really enjoyable and really hope we can come out like this more often XD

*dad want me to do the excel sheets.. will continue in next post XD*

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yup. abit too late but i'd manage to get myself hooked up with online game. it's called star dream (note: direct translation from chinese) which is kinda like RO, except it's in chinese. you can go over to its official site to check it out or even better, get the installation free and then get hooked up like me. hahahaha... i'm so bad. but no harm playing it XD.

so.. i've found one of the keys. like Fistandantilus said, i've still got 15 days to recover it. damn. at least i dun have to break 2 doors now.. *mumble mumble*

about the library book, seems that they are doing stock checking in MMU so they din see my renewal request >w< and guess wat? today they renewed for me and my previous fines (2 bucks) was cleared!! wakakakkaak... so good. hope they do stock checking every month. XD

My dad's gonna bring me back to melacca with his van, which also carried all my stuff back home when the holidays started, which will also means hours of tormenting heat again. haiz.. i think i'll have to bear with it, since i've gotten my wish after months of nagging. Dad's finally bringing along my good old bike to melacca in that van! Wee~~ then i can go everywhere i want already. shhh... dun tell my dad k?

now i've got to do a list of stuff i wanna bring back to melacca.. my cloths, pillows, mattress, computer table, cds, my precious system unit, my backpack fill with goodies (dun ask), my electrical wire stuff, a kettle, maybe a microwave... jz ignore this part cos i'm doing a check list~ oh yeah, helmet! can't forget that XD

think that's it then.. Melacca here i come!! in 1 week or so...

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hmm.. currently really bored. So i'll jz list down wat i've done so far during the holidays...

jz finished a webpage design for Wounds, a fren in taiwan who's too busy to do anything now except drawing XD. here's a link. then i've done that first coloring in previous post, fixed my com and installed 10gb of necessaries in my system drive, fixed my photoshop (previously it got screwed and can't display chinese characters) by installing the all new cs2! haha.. got afew new features here and there.. but haven't tried it out. Had been doing regular exercise everyday.. but still sleep late at night and wake up at noon XD.

My daily routine: wake up and eat lunch, collect clothes, daydream abit, then bathe my coco (he's a chihuahua) and then me bathe, then stick to the com doing trivial stuff until evening when i'm suppose to drive sis to tuition or watever, then come back with comics and read, exercise abit (jog/jumping rope/run around), then go fetch my sis, and then another sis from school, and then dinner, then drive them both to tuition if there are any, then stick to books or computer again until late at night. and the cycle repeats itself again and again...

Think i have to spice up my hols abit or i'll regret it... any suggestions? *puppy eyes*

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Right after the applied math paper, Anne suggested that we go yam cha (supper) in Cahaya Dinar at night to celebrate the end of exams. She asked us (me and kristine) to wear skirt, and of course i was shocked. Then she said everyone's wearing it so we might as well do the same. And so i was in it, with Kristine jeering at me "someone got a new skirt that day so now can wear di~" =__=" was my only expression.

That night, i wore the pale blue skirt, which made me feel weird and awkward. As we walked to our rendevous, Anne was assuring me that everything will be ok while i whispered my complains to kristine about how weird i felt and how hard it was to walk wearing a skirt over knee length. Ish.. when we arrived, we were greeted by remarks about us wearing skirts. Cheesey was like "What happened to you?!" and others mocked horror and shock looking at us. Anne asked if they also wanna wear skirts with mocked sincerity while i gave cheesey several slaps and punches on his shoulder for his kind remark. after that we joined in the chatting and ordered drinks in between. Everyone was here, most of the PE01 that is. We enjoyed ourselves to the max since exams' over and this might be the last time we'd ever gather and have fun like this.

After awhile, when everyone is finished with their drinks and food, We started our photo session and grabbed each other to take pictures. We took group pics, freezing our smile for several mins until our jaws' numb. CM took so many pics until he'd forgotten how to smile while Jon finally knew how to smile nicely after countless snaps. funny, isn't it? They had some really funny pose and we were mostly busy laughing at them. Before long, Yen Wei, Alvin and lilo came to join in the fun, adding in more noises, particularly from Yen Wei XD. We fooled around until 12sth, when everyone started to pay for the food and leave. Before that, we hugged each other and promised to keep in touch with those going to cyber. We wished them good luck and an enjoyable holiday and went off.

Wednesday was Loo Mun's birthday! on Tuesday night me, Kristine and Loo Mun were eating burgers near ep around 12. So we were among the first to wish her happy birthday with mouthful of burger XD. So on Wednesday evening, we rented a kancil and went out to celebrate, after we'd settled the telephone line application in the kedai telekom. Kristine drove to Mahkota and we watched million dollar baby, which was quite a movie IMO. Then we went browsing the shops for her birthday present, but to no avail. Though we had fun window shopping, there were not much choices here and so we decided to get her a belated birthday present. At about 8pm we went off to Amigo's for dinner. I ate black pepper chicken, Kristine's barbeque sauced while our burthday gal ate sizzling fish fillet. the food there was not bad at all, seeing me savouring my dish blissfully was enough to prove that XD. The setting was very inviting with bright glows of multiple hues on the celling and noises from ppl chatting and eating happily.

Then, i took the wheels and drove to Secret recipe, only to find that my driving skills sucks plus my parking skills even worse than i thought. It took me ages to adjust the car position to get in the parking slot and in the end i gave up and handed over the steering to kristine. My face was glowing red with embarrassment as we stepped in the restaurant, where ppl came out to see wat on earth is the silly girl on the wheels trying to do. That time i felt like putting a paper bag on my head >"<. damn embarrassing i tell you. ish. So i acted non-chalantly while those two were smirking gleefully at me. haiz... Before long, our slices of cake came and we indulged in. Loo Mun's yogurt cake was unique with rasberries spreaded on top and tasted like yugurt (duh!) while kristine's coffee cheese cake was jz coffee tasted. Okay. i admit i wasn't doing a good job describing the cakes but that's because at that time i was really full and can't really eat them with ease XD. so spare me with the cakes, k? *kena wallup* After that i drove everyone back, getting lost several times in town but no harm done. Phew, what a relief! and so the day ended with us back in hostel and attempting to pack our stuff into bags and boxes.

Thursday was the most hectic day i've ever had after exams. In the morning, i woke up and continue packing the remnants and then sat there daydreaming until my dad rang me. He said he was going to arrive at about 12.30 and so i quickly get ready while kristine was jz waking up. After a while, we went down and i saw my grandma, aunt and uncle were there too. I happily gave grandma a big hug and then we went to town to eat the infamous chicken rice ball. at first i wanted to bring them to the pork ribs noodle stall but it was closed, to our surprise. So, we went to the chicken rice ball shop near jonker for lunch. the chicken was good, and grandma was surprised that i ate the chichen with chilli sauce. hehe.. before i came to MMU i was chilli-free and now? all thanks to Kristine and Loo Mun i was trained to eat spicy stuff XD. After lunch, we toured around the area of red houses (wat's it called again? darn, my geography and history sucks) then we drove back to the hostel to begin moving our junks.

Guess what? it took us 4 trips up and down the lift to completely clear our stuffs; computers, bags of clothes, tons of books and lots of other necessities. We were damn exhausted jz carrying and dragging our stuffs out of the room and down the elevator. Then, my dad crammed all those into his van, which was thankfully long enough to load all our stuff. After much toiling, we went to our rented house and painstakingly dump everything in Loo Mun's future room. Phew, all of us were flushed with the exercise and were really glad that it's over. Mission completed finally! yey~

So, it was time for us to leave. We parted with Kristine and Loo Mun and drove off to KL. The ride was not a smooth one, with the diesel engine roaring throughout the journey and the overwhelming heat torturing us all. I dun even know how i got through it, maybe by dozing off every now and then, when i'm suppose to keep dad company XD. Anyway, we got through the 2 hours of extreme heat and reached my Aunt's house at about 7.30pm. There, we took turns to take bath, revelling in the cooling shower. When both my aunt and uncle came back from work, we went out for dinner then at night we slept soundly due to the exhaution during the day.

Next day, Me and dad and my cousin, who came back from London, went to Low Yat plaza to look around. dad was asking me if i want a laptop, so we went around taking catalogs and browsing laptops from shop to shop. most of the prices range from 3 thousand to 5, which was really expensive to me. But then it's really exciting to see all these laptops varying from size, performance, harddisk capacity and price and thinking one of these might be mine someday... ah, wat joy it was imagining having one of them while listening to the salesman introducing them one by one about their specialties and stuff... Yet in the end of the day, i told dad i dun need a laptop yet cos i've already got a computer. Darn. there goes my laptop. What to do, i'm such a good daughter XP (throw up).

After spending a few hours in Low Yat Plaza, we walked to KLCC as there was a massive traffic congestion along the road. It was not that bad actually, except that it had to rain and it get more intense as we were reaching KLCC. Darn, i was having a wet look as i stepped in the complex with dad, who din look any better. But then We couldn't care less about how we look, so we continued walking around the complex hunting for bookstores, as i was searching for japanese dictionary. Besides Kinokuniya, there were only a few bookstores, which shows how much malaysian reads XD. After several futile attempts to get hold of the jap dictionary, me and dad went to the centre ground floor to browse through the newest handphone on display. It was Nokia 6680, the one with the 3G technology. the salesgirl explained the features to us patiently and even let us try out the video conference thingie. Amazed, we thanked her and then went off to take pictures of KLCC from outside. As you can see, we were loitering aimlessly around KLCC cos my cousin wanted to meet his frens there, so we were actually killing time while waiting for him. When his gathering was finally over, his fren offered to drop us back in my aunt's house, to our relief. I was afraid that we had to wait for bus or taxi as i was too tired for that already.

On sunday, I can finally go back home. We sent my cousin and his parents to KLIA the day before so the van was then more spacious and less heaty. We reached home at about 6pm, jz in time for dinner, homemade. Ahh.. I miss homemade meals so much. to think that i can enjoy these delicious dishes for 2 months got me drooling all over the place XD. Home, At last!! *rejoice*

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On friday, it was horrible. I woke up at 9sth, right after i've gone to toilet and came back, i twisted the tap and nothing came out. I turned it again and again and groaned. What the hell happened?! No water!! who's big idea is this!? Arggghhh....
After attending to the applied maths class (sleeping most of the time anyway) i came back with a glum face, only to find out that it's gonna be dry the whole day. I heard someone talking about the bulletin notice online, so with a shrug i went to check out. True enough, there's a notice stating that the water shortage due to the repairation of the bursted water pipe will continue until 5pm, or so they said. scrolling down, i saw another notice. This is outrages!! first no water, now power supply?! Go to hell, MMU!! Arggghhh!!!

cooling down, saw the notice said that it'll be a black out at 11pm until 5am in the morning. When i told Kristine about it, she snapped. She was so pissed that she shouted and cursed, her eyes filled with fiery anger. With the engulfing fury hissing and burning, she threatened to pack and stay over her fren's house. I was abit stunned to see her reacting so fiercely, though part of me was expecting it... And i thought i was angry. ha. After a while, as i was keeping dead silence with a bewildered look, she cooled off and jumped on her bed and sulked. Frankly, she needed electricity at night more than i do, since she's nocturnal. haiz. She must have figured that ranting to me, who did not response but simply stared at her with that nonchalant look, was futile after all.

Then, she sprang up and packed. I thought she was really going to ran off to her frens house, and got abit worried. But i was wrong. She was packing all her water bottles in her backpack and i instantly knew wat she's gonna do. i smiled and continued to watch anime. Since we're going to have no electricity at night, might as well make the most out of it now. When Kristine came back, she dragged her bed onto the floor and sat there watching LOTR extended version.

We watched until 7sth, before Loo Mun came and dragged us to dinner. We ate the Nasi Lemak and on the way back, we decided to make a daytrip to KL on saturday, since yining and her gang's going too. Kristine got really excited as she'd wanted to go to Low Yat to buy her long aspired Altec Lansing speakers. So, it's decided that we go to KL next morning really early. After getting back to our room, Kristine can't wait to dig up her savings from the bottle. ehhe.. It was a totally different scene compared to earlier :p. We keep our computer on until the last minute. No one wanted to off the com even when it's approaching 11pm. I continued with editing my wallpaper while not forgetting to save every now and then. I was really excited as even after i've finish editing, the electricity was still on and it's pass 11pm. So, happily i uploaded the wallie and showed it to some of my frens while chatting.

Without warning, it suddenly puffed and everything blacked out! "Shit!!" was our first reaction. We groped in the dark for awhile as Kristine searched for her torchlight. Loo Mun came with a bright light shining on us and boasted that her laptop can still last for 3 hours. So we decided to hang around her airy room and listen to songs. Her room was so windy and cooling that it lulled me to slumberland. But after awhile, me and Kristine decided to return to our room to continue our sleep. So we dragged ourselves back to our stuffy room and dropped dead.

The next morning, i woke up at 7am (rare case) and took a bathe (even rarer) before the water dried up again.. sigh. then when all were readied, we went to the bus station. We waited for the bus wira until 8.30 and only reached the bus station before 9.30am as the bus made a detour to town. We hopped on the 9.30 bus in time and reached KL at 12 noon. Then, after dropping off the bus near Jalan hang tuah, we walked to Low Yat and begin the search for Kristine's speakers. Yining and gang broke off and went to Time square instead after bidding goodbye to us.

All the way, Kristine was so anxious to get her hands on the speakers that when most of the shops on 2nd floor were out of stock, she got really crestfallen. But even so, we kept on searching and scouring every nook and corner, until we got to 3rd floor. There, we walked around and Kristine spotted D speaker at display in the corner. She rushed there and asked the salesman to test it. It was good as we hear the bass booming across the place. And so, Kristine had found her baby finally. We were glad too, but i'd never thought i'd get sumthing in the end too! I was browsing around the shop when Kristine signal me to the row of speaker and asked me to choose one. I gave her a bewildered look and then Loo Mun said it's my birthday present. Surprised and excited, i chose one really expensive looking usb speakers, which is pure white in colour. Cool~ i was really grateful, now that i can finally blast songs again.. ^^

After that, we carried our 'babies' to pudu station to buy tickets back to melacca. it was not too far away as we reached there few minutes later. Then, we reached Taman bahagia station via LRT after going to Petaling Street, where i bought a Swatch watch :P, and we were brought to lunch by Kristine's sister. We ate the seafood curry mee, which was filled with big prawns, oisters and sotong. We savoured the delicious sizzling mee and ate the seafood filled with contentment. At about 4sth, we ate till the last morsel and left for One Utama. There, we window shopped in the new wing, and tried on clothes and shoes for fun. Before long, it was time for us to go, carrying back a few shopping bags of clothes. We bid goodbye to Kristine's sister and went off.

The Transnational bus we boarded was brand new and we had a very comfortable ride back to melaka. At about 10.30pm, we reached our room and set up our speakers eagerly. And so, throughout the night Kristine blasted her new speakers and woofer madly, with me enjoying it along~^^ it was the best sound system ever! Cool~

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I've heard ppl saying that when you are no longer enthralled with festivals and celebrations, you've already grown up. Well, i dun know if it's true or not. Before going back home, it was like "ah, no big deal, it's jz chinese new year." and a fren was jz telling me how quiet it was around Melaka for CNY. Besides, we have tests before and even after the holiday, which dimmed the joy of having a week of holiday.

But then, when i got home, the atmostphere changed, or should i say my mood changed. Either way, everything seemed so festive. there's fireworks lighting up the night with colours, loud firecrackers blasting all over the neighbourhood, friends and relatives coming back for reunions and not to forget angpaos to collect. How could I not get into the new year mood? On the New year's Eve, i was filled with anticipation as mom and grandma prepared for the reunion dinner. The air was joyous and lighthearted with the ubiquitous new year songs wafting in it. When I looked around, loving faces which i missed and the familiar place where i was so used to, greeted my eyes like never before. I'm home. Back to where i belong.

With this, i enjoyed CNY like any other kids. I've never had so much fun for a long time. We have steamboat for dinner and we never got fed up with junking all the food stuff in the boiling soup. Mom, dad, my sisters, me and other family members all sat down eating and chatting happily in the warm dining room filled with nice mouth-watering aroma. After that, the TV will be blasting new year movies or concerts while we kids play with firecrackers. It was thrilling as you light the wick with a joss stick and everyone run helter-skelter for cover as it sparks. Then you stare in awe when the explosion kicks in with bright hueful shoots of light. nothing beats simply joy. Really. :P

When my aunt came with her husband and kids, our house got even merrier. The restless kiddos were here and there, with friends and relatives chatting noisily about how the kids had grown, giving remarks on the adults as well, and practically everything else. I was not much of a chatter, but i was jz happy that i'm in the picture. There's angpao collecting also, which is our favourite part of CNY :P. It is a tradition where the adults(usually married) give the kids red packets of $$ each to bring good luck. Anyway, it brings smiles on many faces. The amount of angpao this year was less compared to previous years, but that's due to my short holiday. Anyhow, i'd be grateful being able to get back home for the celebration.

Things aren't the same as they were before. I'd learnt to appreciate them and not take them for granted. For certain, being away from home had taught me this. Although my break for CNY was short, i'm happy that i enjoyed every moment of it. I had spent time with Mom baking cookies, went around town with dad on my trusty bike, fooled around with my sisters and cousins, and 'manja' abit with my grandma. This is what CNY and other holiday seasons are about; getting close with your family again.

hehe.. I've grown up quite a bit, eh? Well, i'm still a kid and am enjoying as much as possible while i'm still at it :P. It's like wat they say, you'll never be young twice, so i'm making out the most of it. Wee~~~

Last but not least, I wish everyone a jolly CNY and an enjoyable holiday!! Have fun while you still can!! hehehe...

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Ah... After the crazy party, i was really exhausted but then my stuff were still unpacked. *bleh* Kristine was going out again as Alex and the rest wanted to have supper. I was too tired for that :P. So before going to bed, i tried to pack as much as i remembered to and then dropped dead at about 3sth in the morning.

Before long, i was waken up by Kristine and then got ready in a jiffy. My bus ride back home was at 9am so i was forced to get up early. Dragging myself along with my heavy luggage, Pat and Sharon and me took a taxi to the bus station.

We boarded the bus at 9 and only reached Taiping at 5pm!! it was such an interminable journey, which could be even worse if i was travelling alone. I'd bored myself to death if not for Sharon who chatted with me for the better half of the journey. Juicy gossips were shared and exclaimed in bewilderment while we chatted about our days before going to MMU. *sigh* time does fly pass in lightyear...

Talk about changes. There's a HQ comic shop in Taiping now!! Wohoo! i can use the card even during holidays now! Wee~ We drove pass my primary school and it looked new with the refurbished entrance with stainless steel gate. wow. There's this Guardian opened awhile ago and that 7-11 shop near the bus station. Then there's more pirated cd shops and new Internet cafes mushrooming all over... I can always see changes to my beloved home town everytime i come back. Felt a bit nostalgic. *sobsob* It's jz great to be home...

After dumping my dirty clothes into the washingmachine (all hail the great heavenly machine~) i went out for a bike ride. It was too good to be true... i'm on my old trusty motor again! The air felt totally different; it's so alive! I was instantly refreshed as the chilly air went pass me with joy~ I'm jz too happy i guess ^^

Well, that's it for my first day back home. gotta get sum dinner. *stomach grumbling* >///<"

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hey guys! i'm going camping on the Penang Hill tomorrow. It's a 4 days camping so you won't see me online for a while, let alone any updates. heheh..

i'll be having fun and i promise i'll update right after i come back, k?
Till then, Ciao~

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Today's jz great! I finally got to drive alone! without parental supervision! Weee!!

It was an ordinary afternoon when i was told that dad was coming back home to get his quotation after i've typed it. Then i got a phone call from my fren asking me to go back to HuaLian to see my former Orchestra practicing for the competition, which is on 17-18 Dec. I told Dad when he came back that i was going out at 3, about 2 hours later. And to my surprise, he said he's going to leave the Kancil home and let me use it! I mean, Me, Driving! and plus, Driving Alone! I was stunned at the thought momentarily.

I've been driving for half a year under my dad and mom's supervision. I dun think there's much good in that cos everytime i'm in the driver's seat, they looked tensed. When i drive, they looked so freaked out that in turn make me scared to death while driving. I was afraid that i might jz bang into sumthing too near the car (from my view) cos my estimation sucks. I panicked everytime things sounds wrong and they will give me that disapproving look. Maybe, i panicked more because of their looks, rather than the gears or brakes or clutch. *shrugs*

So, having low self-confidence which is jz like me, i asked my sis to accompany me for test drive. I needed sum help when i reverse out of my house cos it's abit narrow. Then Bon voyage! I'm Driving! yey!

I drove to town safely and reached the comic shop. Well! this is the first time i went to the shop myself without helmets!! this is jz so great! i was totally immerse in euphoria while my sis picked the comics she wanted. I paid in a delirious state too, and it lasted until i got back home driving. When we came back in the house, my aunt was so relieved. she said she had prayed repeatedly for my save return. Well, i'm in one piece, and so is the Kancil! Thx, aunt! My younger sis, lili jz had to give me the cold blanket. The first thing she ask about my ride was,"did you bang in to anything?" I stared at her and shrugged. But luckily my other sis, Lize the tester, gave me a pass! Wow! that's superb! i'm fully ready then!

I went to Hualian at 3pm, when it was pelting real hard. But then, Weather doesn't stop me now! Muahahahaha!! So i droved off to school with the wipers on. Once i'm in the Music room, many faces greeted me, old and new. I stood in a corner, along with all the alumni. Wow, it's been ages since i last saw them! We chatted abit while listening to the practises. I spend 3hours over there, and then decided to leave. One of my frens asked me to drive her back. Wow! i was really excited and agreed instantly.

it's so much fun driving without inspecting eyes scouring for mistakes!! This is the best day ever! I'm going to drive more until i get fed up with it! Weeeeeeeee...!!

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Wow! i woke up early today too! 9am! Weee!
Ahem, back to topic..

At about 1pm, Mom ushered everyone off to get ready. We are going to Penang! yey!
Before our journey, We went to a kopi tiam for lunch.. me and my younger sis din eat much cos we had 3 pieces of bread and melted cheese for breakfast..Urgh..damn full. So dun have the chance to eat the infamous noodle soup my dad was bragging about (he eats there almost everyday...).

During the journey i was reading Diane Wyne Jones's Merlin Conspiracy, which i bought ages ago but din have the chance to finish it. But then i dozed off some where in the middle where the main character was going into another world.. When i woke up, The Bright big blue words forming 'Tesco' filled my blured sight. Yeah! it's the recently opened Tesco in Penang! and it was such a sight! cars streaming in from all directions, bumper to bumper, and the queue jz to get in the car park is like a huge long dragon. While we were stuck out there, i can see that the building is a 3 storey and most of ground floor and first floor was made as carpark. In the process, lots of honking were involved.. Geesh, these ppl jz can't wait, can they? We were lucky cos we found a place instantly, thus we dun have to listen to or even join in the concerto of sound pollution..:P

In no time, we were in the Hyper market. Phew! Compare to the cars, there's even more ppl in here! I was excited to get in this new mall before, but the excitement kind of died off cos i dun like crowds much. My family was heading to the loos while i hang around, browsing the shops. There were many shops on ground floor and first floor while the Tesco hypermarket occupies the most of 3rd floor. i was walking around when i suddenly saw my fren, who's suppose to let me stay at her house in penang on Tues. She was shocked to see me so soon and i'm kinda surprised too! never thought that i would bum in to her like that. it's been more than 6 months since i last saw her! After a brief session of chit chatting, she'd had to leave. So, i went on to the 3rd floor with my family.

There, the place was huge, but crowded. not much difference compared with other Tescos, but wat am i expecting? duh. So i loitered around, and then got myself in the cd section. My dad and the others were way behind browsing for stuff i'm not interested in, so might as well join them later when they are done. After i've look through most of the cds on the racks, they finally caught up with me. We then went to the food section, which, you're right, i'm interested in. hehehe...

I was going to queue up for the hot-from-oven potato buns but then got fed up. ppl were pushing and jostling to get their famished hands on the buns. i was disgusted by those ppl.Maybe it's because the buns were cheaper by 10 cents. Heh. 10cents can really make a difference.. the buns were good, but it din worth me getting into the bunch of ravenous, uncivilised aunties and uncles and behaving like them. No way. I told Mum, and we decided not to get them.

After a while, my family realized that things aren't jz that cheap in Tesco, which is true compared to the price in Taiping :P. So we paid and left the mall. Outside was raining like cats and dogs as we got out to the sheltered parking lot. Then we drove off to the pc fair! yey!

When we reached PISA the penang sports stadium around 7pm, it was crowded, as expected. I was too happy to be bothered by the crowds this time. I practically jumped off the car and flew off to the arena, where the pc fair was held. there were many make shift lots set up for selling computer stuff. so many gadgets, accessories, computers and laptops!! Wee!! I was caught in a frenzy seeing all these. We walked around and took alot of prise lists and catalogs. We saw ppl selling cd-rs really cheap (38 bucks for 100!)and pendrives(512MB!) and also wireless routers(about 300 bucks!) and powerful woofers. But i was searching for nothing else but a mouse! heheheh.. there were so many types of them, price ranging from RM5 to RM100!! Crazy, eh?

I had another surprise here! Cher Aun is promoting for streamyx there! hahaha.. never thought i would see him there like that! He was shocked too, and thought that i lived in penang. Darn.. he mistaken me for Kristine.. another gone case.. Do we really look the same?! At least i dun think so... ><"
Besides, my dad was also surprised to see the saleman in Low Yat,who sold Dad a mp3 player, appearing at the pc fair too! that's such a coincidence! Ha! Double surprise for us!

At last, i finally made up my mind to get a big enough and comfy optical mouse. Yey! it'll be more comfortable doing my Photoshop next time! no more cramps! ^_^
Dad bought some stuff too and thus we happily left the chaotic scene with salesppl shouting frantically,"Last night! Last Stock! Last call! 5 bucks each!"

Before heading home we went to Prangin Mall. It was about 9.15pm and shops were closing any minute then. I rushed up the escalators to the cd shops along with my sis. they were searching for the new RO (ragnarok online) guide book while i was browsing cds. It was bad news for them cos all the books were sold out while i've got hold of the cd i wanted. Oh well, we just have to search other places for the guide book other time then, since all the shops were closing by then.

At 10pm, we got out and headed home. All of us had tired and sore feets. It wasn't astonishing that most of us (except dad, my uncle and I) fell asleep in the car instantly in the car. hehehe.. I wanted to sleep but too bad! When the sleepiness finally came, we had reached home. Home Sweet Home!

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Darn..The surge of laziness is really getting on my nerves. I woke up at 12 today. and then stuck in front of my com until 2pm, when i have to force myself to walk a few steps away from the com for lunch. Then Dad came back to get his Astro activation form printed after i modified it. After that i was doing another blog to put my artworks in(not much though.. those not posted was too ugly to be seen). then i saw the tag-board was broken or sumthing. I din bother to check what happened to it,jz leave it to 'heal itself'. True enough, it return to normal after i created my gallery. yeah.. you can go visit my gallery but dun expect much.. dun seem to have the mood to do more stuff.

Think i better sleep early so i can wake up early.. at least i can get the black ugly rings off my eyes. Must be the sleeping late part that made me so tired and lazy.. (voice :there she is, blaming on everything else when things goes wrong..tis tis)

But then, i think i'll be better when tomorrow comes. Hopefully i can shrug off the sloth disease syndrome tomorrow.. hmm.. maybe tonight.. better plan to do sumthing first or i'll be wasting yet another day of my precious holidays.

Yeah. I can start with buying ticket back to K.L. That will make me more alert of the few days left for my holiday. Oh. almost forgot. I have to buy tickets to Penang also. Going there for the day camp i've signed up for. Hm.. That means i have to start packing too. And i haven't return the comics i borrowed.
Hey, wait a sec.. i forgot i have a bunch of things to do.. how could I..
*slap myself in the face*

ok! I'll be fine tomorrow! Jz have to! I'll slap myself again if i don't. I'll pull myself up! that's the spirit! i'll start with sleeping very early tonight! ok! going to offline at 10pm even if i haven't done with it. I'm Gonna do it! yeah!

[The post above is jz to get my lazy bum off to do sumthing useful. Just ignore it if you can't stand gibberish stuff. I'm crapping and am going to do more..^_^]

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I've been waiting for this eversince mid-term exam. Yes! Holiday is coming!! After all those awful and torturing exams, holidays will welcome me along with Freedom! yeah! And i can read those novels i've been craving to finish, do some photoshop stuff i've promised myself, do exercise if possible and this, and that... or so i thought.

Right after the last exam, i started to pack my computer, then some of my clothes. i was still light-headed, unable to believe that exam had been over and holidays are jz ahead of me. The next day i went straight to the bus station and fled home as fast as the bus could take me. The groggy feeling was still there, having me still wondering if exam is over yet.. but what the heck! i'm going home! after 2 months being away from home, i should be happy going back...

I admit that i'm blur most of the time, especially when my family came to fetch me. I was reading my ebook while waiting for them at Kamunting bus station. Mom approached me and the first thing i said was "huh? what? oh, yeah..." Damn blur. Guess i wasn't ready for home, was I?

Like i mentioned.. i had alot in mind about what i want to do before holidays finally came. Finish my novels (bought and borrowed), my ebooks, improve my photoshop skills, roam Taiping with my old bike, learn to drive fearlessly (ok, i'm timid...) and exercise, which i put alot of resolution on it.. Yet, things don't always turn out the way we want. The first thing i felt being at home is the surge of laziness. It seemed pretty ok if i drone on living like a good-for-nothing parasite.. i slept until late in the afternoon, waken up jz to get lunch, then stick to the computer doing nothing much until dinner and then glued to the computer again.

A small part of me complained that's just partially true. With the facts that i did get up once at 8 am and jogged around, that i did roam Taiping for 15 minutes and noticed that a part of Taiping Lake Garden was in an unsightly state having reconstruction of draining system in progress, that i did manage to flip a few pages of one of the piling novels and that i did experiment with some of the cool tutorials on the web, holidays is not equal to being sucked up in laziness.

So, since Wednesday, about 6 days have passed. Task accomplished: 0
Hey, this is holiday! no Pressure should be involved! Alert! Alert! Tension detected!
But, come to think of it, if i dun push myself to do things, i'll probably won't do it until the next term break comes, or even the next next term break if it matters...

Ok, solutions..
Timetables. Nope. I dun follow them anyway.
Determination. hmm.. i have that, as strong as a toothpick. Great.

For now, I have no idea what i'm suppose to do with my sloth like attitude.. jz wanna comfort myself that it's the same with everyone else.. so anyone outside the 'everyone else' group can come here and give me a kick. it's much appreciated! hehe.. at least i can start getting off my butt and threaten myself with "Somebody out there is doing stuff, so can you!" kind of thing. hehehe.. Ciao~

P.S. i'm long-winded. but heck, this's the first thing i post. Bear in mind that there may be no more post longer than this as my passion is short-lived...

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