Taste Of The Teen Spirit

it's my birthday!

2010-10-27T21:22:00.016-05:00

Blueberry cupcakes from Edel

5 days ago, it was my birthday! haha. October is such a great month! For one, it is obviously cause it's my birthday. It is also the Breast Cancer awareness month, go PINK! It is also the month for Halloween and also the month for a million more babies. So, this year my birthday was celebrated with the people i'm close to in Lincoln, NE. Nothing wild or anything of that sort, just a casual evening doing very decent stuff. Hah! I was working during the day, one of the postdoc in the lab, Akane took me out for lunch at Ali Baba's Gyros. I had the Greek Chicken which comes with a pita bread and a side salad. She also treated me to a cup of chai latte from Starbucks! yums! Got back, took a quick shower and headed downtown with Car Mun, Anh and Han to Paint Yourself Silly. Before that, we stopped by the Haymarket Downtown Train Station to take pictures! Made our way to Paint Yourself Silly after that which was right next to Ivanna's Cone (they have the most awesome ice creams in Lincoln, NE!). I picked out a clay horse figurine and started painting for an hour. I think they had some sort of promotion every Friday in which 2 pay for the price of 1. So, for an hour, it's about $3 per person. So once you're done painting you give it to them for them to fire/oven to give it some sort of shiny glaze coat. This would take about a week to get done (which is this week! can't wait to see my pretty horse!). After that, headed back for dinner. Woon Loong a.k.a. Chef Pang made Bak Kut Teh (BKT) and it has been a long time since I had BKT last. After dinner, it's time for dessert! And for dessert, it was my Birthday cake. Initially, CM made Peach Cake but she said it didn't look good. Therefore, on a last minute decision, she decided to make a green tea pound cake as a replacement. Personally, I didn't think the peach cake looked too bad. Played a game of 'Guesstures' and 'Canasta' and believe it or not, we called it a night! Yes, too old to party! :P

Gift from Anh and Han! I love the unicorn card!

Birthday gift from CM,WL & Jaclyn

Prettiest Card I've ever seen thus far

Ali Baba's Gyros: Greek Chicken Starbucks: Chai Latte

CM and I on the Train!

Paint Yourself Silly

The workplace at PYS

That's me painting my pretty pony! :D

They didn't have a unicorn so this horse would do just fine!

Peach Cake

Green Tea Pound Cake

The next day we as group had lunch out at Fireworks. What's so awesome about this restaurant is that they run on heating and cooling in an eco-friendly way. It's abit far from the area we live in but anything for food right? It was a pretty decent place to eat at. Fireworks is supposedly the sister to Lazlo's so the concept of the menu is pretty similar to that of Lazlo's. So just lunch and back home. That's how I celebrated my birthday! Nothing big or fancy. Simple and boring. Haha. I'm old, don't expect much 'kay?

Fireworks' Menu

My X-Rated Martini (really good btw)

Salad

Korean Wrap Appetizer

Complimentary Corn Bread

Babyback ribs

Ribeye

Chicken Milan

Prime Rib Pizza

Jamaican Chicken

if it's love

2010-09-27T21:59:00.003-05:00

The current song that I'm addicted to is "If it's Love" by Train. Such an upbeat love song with such cute lyrics. It's so fun to sing along and dance yourself silly listening to it. Really.

If it's love
and we decide that it's forever
no one else could do it better
and if i'm addicted to loving you
and you're addicted to my love too
we can be them two birds of a feather
that flock together~

happy birthday to you~

2010-09-23T23:52:00.004-05:00

would like to spare a space in this blog for a someone who's always been there for me. thanks for always listening to my rants and dilemmas, for your support and advise and for always making me happy. you're something real special! thanks for everything! baked a white chocolate raspberry cheesecake to celebrate your birthday! happy birthday RSLS! (:

soupy weekend~

2010-09-13T22:02:00.005-05:00

Latest update of the month? Nothing in particular that's worth mentioning other than winning my bids on eBay! I'm really happy with these new items I won off eBay. First, it's a set of 3 deck of card games (Scrabble Slam, Monopoly Deal and Pictureka). Monopoly Deal is one of the best card games I've ever played and it can get pretty addictive too! Second item I won was an electronic word game known as "Catchphrase"! One of my favorite group games of all time! This is a really fun and fast-paced game. I love it! My favorite boardgame of all time would be "Quelf". I would really like to make a purchase of the game but I just don't know how to bring it back!!!

(L-R): Scrabble Slam, Monopoly Deal, Pictureka

Catchphrase

Last weekend, I had a soupy weekend. Why? I had Steamboat/Hot Pot with a bunch of friends on Saturday and I made Tomato eggs, spinach soup and buttered onion tomato rice for dinner on Sunday together with CM and Darren. All of which that I would post up on my foodblog in time to come. :) I love it when I get to cook/bake something new. By the way, I am updating my foodblog from time to time so be sure to check it out if you're interested in searching for easy recipes! So anyways, the soup base this time around is not the regular ones we always have which are tom yam or chicken/pork stock from the bones. It's a soup base from preserved chinese vegetables. So it has the salty and sourish taste to it. We're so adventurous right? Oh and CM made green tea cupcakes for dessert on Saturday! so yummylicious!!

The steamboat spread~ yummylicious!

CM's green tea cupcakes

bored

2010-09-09T23:38:00.002-05:00

blehs. bored. lately the office has tonz of fruit flies from I don't know where. So, whenever I chance upon one, I use both my hands to swat them like how you swat mosquitoes with your hands. It's kinda annoying having something so small bother you. seriously. I'm sorry but I just don't feel like I can be a saint and not kill them. It's just really annoying! If only I can swat people like that too...

slow traffic

2010-08-23T22:53:00.004-05:00

it's almost the end of August already. I realized my last post was last month. traffic has been going slow lately. I'm sorry to all those who expects updates but seriously, I don't think I can keep up with that demand! ;P I wonder how XiaXue does it. She almost always have something interesting to say on her blog. Mine's just the mundane life I live, so...yea. Updates from the last time I blogged, I moved out from my apartment, now I'm living with Car Mun and Woon Loong temporarily. Job hunting, stress-living. That's my life for now. Sucks that summer is still around. It's been so hot lately, like living in a Sauna. Oh wait, I stand corrected. It's dry heat here. Humidity levels are really low so it's like living in a dessert really, it's just that it's not so dry that there's no water. hah! School started again, the once dead town of Lincoln during the summer break is now so busy with students everywhere. This place is basically a University town. It's only busy during school year. When summer holidays starts, everyone just magically disappears! I can't wait for Fall to come. One of my favorite seasons aside from Spring. It's cool and nice. Not too hot and not too cold. Summer and Winter here goes to both extremes! No kidding! Right now, I'm just living life as it is. I dun wanna get too worked up and depressed over the situation on my life's status. Trying to always look on the bright side. I hope everything could work out. Le sigh. Here's a random picture of an interesting product I purchased last week. Cotton candy flavored milk and Root Beer flavored milk. INTERESTING RIGHT?!!

Miami, FL Summer trip!

2010-07-22T23:49:00.030-05:00

Leaving Miami, FL was one of the most challenging and difficult thing I had to do this summer! Oh what it feels like to bask in the moment of great fun and joy just once more! Spent a whole week in Miami for my summer vacation. Time off from work, stress and worries! It was bliss in a week! Arrived Miami in the evening on a Sunday, saw Jason, 1st time in a long time, 9 years or so I think! He picked me up from the airport. Got the luggage, stepped out and a gush a heat and humidity smacked me like a heat wave! Wow, I haven't felt Malaysia in a really long time. Make that 3 years away from home! Got back to the house, saw my other cousin, Matt, another one I haven't seen in a long time. So we waited around the house to pick my aunt up from the airport at 9pm-ish. Saw Andrew with my aunt, he grew big! Not that small boy I last remembered for sure! So anyways, had super late dinner. Showered and rest off for the beginning of an adventure in Miami! Day 1, went shopping at Ross, Costco and Dolphin Mall! That's not enough! Day 2, went shopping at Sawgrass Mills Mall! Both Dolphin Mall and Sawgrass Mills Mall are outlet malls! I was happy with my purchases! Moving on to exploring Miami! My aunt didn't join me for the exploring, she rather shopped and she can shop!

Day 3, went to the Everglades to ride on the airboat and check out alligators and swamp! Jason and I went for the airboat tour. Apparently, Matt and Andrew weren't interested. Oh well! But anyways, scenery was mad awesome! Sun was scorching hot but it does not take away the experience! Pelicans hitch a ride on the airboat and one took a dump on it. Eew...so we made sure not to step on them! Got to hold a tiny alligator, but of course I haven't had the guts to hold it by myself so the Captain held it with me! It was an awesome experience!

Having spent the entire morning there, we got hungry. Headed to one of the nearest seafood shack there was for lunch. Ordered soft shell crab with sweet potato fries, fried calamari and conch with fries. Yummylicious but fattening!

Had some time before dinner to learn a new trick, bullet making! J is into these man. He has a little "bullet making workshop" in one corner of the house. I made one! Proud! hahaha. He told me he would take me range shooting which of course I was excited about!

The one bullet I made!

All these are ready to go!

Day4, went to Vizcaya in the late morning with J, Matt, Andrew and Steven. I love this place! Breathtaking landscape and scenery! Plenty of historical architecture and amazing statues! My kind of thing! I recommend checking this place out especially if you love to take pictures! After that, we head on to Ocean Drive had lunch at CJ's Crab Shack and later went to South Beach to bask in the glorious sun beams.

Day 5, went with J to Miami Seaquarium!! It was love! Love the dolphins and the killer whale! They had alot of shows scheduled throughout the morning, had areas where we can just walk around and look at the sea creatures as well as other land animals. Dolphin shows were awesome, so was the Killer whale show. I feel so young watching these shows! tee hee~

After our time at the Miami Seaquarium, we headed out for lunch to Shinju Japanese Buffet! Something I've been dying to eat for the whole time! It was reasonably priced. $17 something per person for lunch. Loved it!

And after that, J brought me range shooting! Damn, I was excited for this. The gun shot sound was really loud but this has got to be one of the coolest things I've ever done in life! Haha. J said I did pretty well for a beginner. I hit somewhat close to the target point. (:

At night, Matt and I headed to Hard Rock Cafe. No, I didn't party. I just went there to experience Hard Rock and get a tee! Haha.

Day 6, was a more relaxed day. Went out for Dim Sum in the morning, went to Publix and did some casual shopping. Went back, relaxed and dinner time was supposedly Seafood dinner but my aunt had to fly out early the next morning so we settled for something nearby but unfortunately, the Seafood restaurant closed down so we went to a Japanese restaurant nearby, Kimura Steak & Seafood. I would say it was a good experience to eat here. Having chef come to your table and cook your meal in front of you!

my dragon sake tini! X)

My Hibachi Salmon Steak meal!

Overall, I really had fun in Miami. I realized that I love travelling and still have so much to see and experience. I love vacations! Who doesn't?? :D

Happy Birthday!

2010-07-22T23:44:00.002-05:00

Happy Birthday Mummy! Thank you for everything you've done. How you've shaped me and made me the person I am today! I miss you!

Life: I dedicate this to you, Sachina.

2010-07-22T21:24:00.009-05:00

Life. Makes you stop and wonder about it, no? You think about the past, the present and the future. What you've accomplished, what you wish to accomplish and the many mistakes and failures along the way. There are plenty of joyful bliss along with heartful sorrows. Sometimes we wish for a better life. Something more than what we have. We think of how much life kicks us in the gut all the time. Why so many hardships? Why some have it easy? Why can't I have that life? WHY? Plain simple. Greed. We always visualize things the way they are on the outer appearance, never on the inner surface. We jump to a supposition in an impetuos manner. Unfortunately, I am that type of person. Someone who lacks confidence and is full of doubts. Someone who always hoped for a better life when it's going down hill. I'm changing, slowly. The initial thought would always be how sucky life can be, how is it that some people can live the life I desire. When I found out about the diagnosis for certain health conditions I have, I said to myself that I was the most unfortunate person in the world. How the world was unfair and selfish. And then, along the way I've heard about people diagnosed with cancer and other health problems that are much worse than the ones I have. It was remarkable how they still have the positive outlook on life. How they had hope and faith. Then I read real-life stories on how homeless and less fortunate people never gave up with what life has to offer. They worked hard and made the most out of it and succeed doing them. Inspirational. I've learnt to deal with the obstacles of life in an emotional way. I'd like to think, somewhere down the road, there will be something that means so much to me and that I'd be happy with it. That's having Hope and faith.

Recently, a friend of mine, Sachina was admitted into the ICU in the Cardiac Institute at one of the hospitals here in Lincoln, NE. Two days before her unfortunate incident, we went to a Michael Buble concert at the Omaha Qwest Center along with her boyfriend and another friend. She just flew in from Malaysia the day before. And days before that, she told me on Facebook that she would be coming back to Lincoln and that we could watch the World Cup 2010 together just like how Malaysians do at "Mamak" stalls. I thought that it would be great to watch the World Cup with friends. Cheering and boo-ing together. During the trip to the Michael Buble show, she should be tired and sleepy, she mentioned she was but as bubbly as she is, she stayed awake during the journey. We talked, gossiped and laughed throughout the journey. She seemed totally fine. Always smiling and ever so cheerful. Although I am not super-tight with her, it's always easy to talk to her. She's just so jovial and friendly it's not difficult to talk to her. really! Occasionally we hang out as a group for pot lucks and special events. Those were definitely good times! When I found out what happened to her, I was in deep shock because I never saw it coming. We were watching Michael Buble two days before, and everything seem so well. I never expected anything like that to happen.

June 29th, I saw an ambulance, a fire truck and the police outside the apartment complex. When I first heard about it, I couldn't believe that something like that could ever happen. The next night I found out, Darren and I went to see her. The next morning, I decided to make paper cranes. Initially I thought that it was a hundred paper cranes to wish for good health. Car Mun told me that she thought it was a thousand. My Japanese friend in the lab taught me how to fold the cranes and ensured me it was a thousand. I looked at the cranes I've folded and thought to myself, a thousand is definitely possible, it's just the time needed to achieve that on my own. Car Mun said she would love to fold cranes too and she's doing it all the way from Malaysia. But still I thought, it was not going to be quick enough. That night, when I went to the hospital again, TC, Luke and Eu Gene were there and along with Darren I showed them how to make the cranes. Edel supported the idea. Soon enough, it became viral. Most people were folding cranes almost everyday. We hung some up in the room she was in as well as placing tiny ones in jars. By the 10th of June, we collectively made 1053 paper cranes and even more. This was from all the love and support for Sachina. Everyone wishes her well. Every crane I made, I placed my wish on them. Hoping that you, Sachina would get better. After a week away at Miami, FL, the last I heard was there were still no changes in Sachina's condition. I went back to the hospital on the night of July 20th to visit and gain updates. Her mom said she was smiling alot that day when her Professor talked to her. I had to see it to believe it. The next night I came back with Xinrou, it was Edel's birthday. Edel said Sachina gave her a huge grin when she spoke to her. I thought that was awesome! I had to see her smile. That night, Yenti, TC, Xinrou and I went into her room. She was fast asleep. TC spoke to her and she opened her eyes. He started teasing her like how he would always tease her and then, we saw it. The smile on her face. Yenti said to make a joke. TC said "of course she's smiling because I'm so handsome la" and she gave a huge grin almost laughing along with us. It was really one of the great moments in time. Sachina, you have an awesome smile. After 23 days, that smile gave all of us an assurance to the hope we've clinged on the whole time. You thought me how to appreciate family and friends more so now than ever. You gave me a better meaning to life than what I've known. I will pray for you until the day you can stand back on your own two feet and tell us how much you've missed all of us. We pray for you to get better with each passing day. We miss you and everything that you are! Please recover soon Sach! With much love and hugs! (:

Hail Storm in Lincoln, NE!

2010-06-20T20:22:00.007-05:00

So today, has been raining the whole day! I couldn't go to the gym because of this. So nevermind, I did some errands such as washing my comforter and blankets which I wouldn't need for the summer. Started sewing my laundry bra bag cuz it was dying. Such a sad case. It was not until about 8pm when I heard something heavy falling outside. Like tiny rocks hitting the ground, roofs and cars. I looked out my window and it was hailing outside! So interesting, no? But this hail can't be as bad as the one in Ohio 3 months ago. That was bad. The hails were so huge that if you get hit by it you get bruised. But hails are always no good, especially if you have a car parked out in the open space with no shelter. So anyways, I took a video of this event. I apologize for in between shots of non-related hail storm scene because I was running from the living room to my room to get better views of the hail storm! hehe!

-=video takes forever to upload, will try to figure it out later=-

strawberry picking

2010-06-13T21:49:00.006-05:00

on saturday, i went strawberry picking with Jieying, Yuen Mei, Akane and Alex. It rained in the morning so it was a little muddy when we got there at 4pm. There were alot of strawberry bushes and of course strawberries! It was fun picking the strawberries but the one thing I detest about the whole experience is that, I had strawberry stains on my shoes! sobs. but its sorta cleaned off I think? Oh well, next time wear black shoes! So we picked, picked and picked. Don't really know how much we picked but for the amount we did, it was only $7.81 total. So cheap right? Hehe. Regular sized strawberries. I've seen strawberries in the store almost the size of a fist! but anyways, it was fun picking strawberries! can't wait for raspberry season! hehe!

Tempura Battered New York Style Cheesecake

2010-06-11T23:21:00.002-05:00

another week gone by...time for life update! I was moved to a new desk at work this week. bigger space and more personal. yay! A Japanese post-doc in my lab (Akane) had lunch out yesterday at Grateful Bread and she packed back a Cheese Scone for me from that Bakery. and it was very yummylicious! I am serious! I went and google the place, found out its a Family owned business and they have plenty of good feedback for their soups and scones! It's a vegetarian eatery and I couldn't careless because that cheese scone was proof that the place serves delicious food! must go must go!! tee hee~

today, we had lunch at Wasabi (a japanese restaurant downtown Lincoln). It was my first time trying the place out. It was a small place with decent Japanese decor. The restaurant had a Sushi Bar where the Sushi Chef would be preparing the sushis. I believe that the Sushi Chef of Wasabi is the owner of Wasabi as well. So it was lunch time and when we arrived there were 2 people at the bar and 3 parties seated on tables all of which had 2-4 in a party. So, we would be an additional party dining at Wasabi. There was technically 2 server but 1 of which seem to be the only one taking orders. She took forever to get our orders so I believe the Sushi Chef noticed and came over to our table to personally take our orders. In addition to that, he started chatting with us to ease the tension i suppose. But he was a really friendly and nice person. So, when our food came, Akane's order was wrong, so they made an extra serving of the right order for her. I believe having gone through all that, the owner provided a complimentary Tempura Battered New York Style Cheesecake. It was really good, I mean it's so sinful and fattening but it was really yummy! I love how its warm outside and chilled inside and it's served with ice cream and those chocolate filled rolls. It was something different but taste good!

basically, those are pretty much the highlights of the week. other than that is just work, eat, gym and sleep! my life is pretty awesome...not! tomorrow we're planning to go strawberry picking. I hope and pray it doesn't rain so I can pick 'em strawberries!! :D

i t ' s h e r e

2010-06-07T23:18:00.005-05:00

yes! it's here! my iPod nano 5 cases! one white leather case and one foam(?) armband for the gym! got them from DealExtreme for a total of $5.25 i think. DealExtreme sells products with worldwide free shipping I think. But everything on the site is free shipping! yay! but it takes about 3 weeks plus before you receive the items after payment. It ships from Hong Kong, so yea. Either ways, it's considerably affordable! :D i love love love it! I wished they had more choice for colors though. White is so elegant but I'm afraid it'll get dirty soon! The only sad thing about this cases is...you can't see my red beauty!!! speaking of which, I havent charged nor have I added songs to my baby. haha!

b o r i n g w e e k e n d

2010-06-06T22:02:00.002-05:00

so today, like every other weekend. it was a boring one. except today i did a phone interview for a job position i applied for. that's the only eventful thing that happened today. didn't go to the gym today cause I didn't wanna forget bout the scheduled phone interview. so I'm feeling fat right now. oh well, I'll see you bestie (gym) tomorrow! it's 10:23pm and i already feel like sleeping cause there's absolutely nothing to do. i'm so bored. and worried about my future. and there's a new post on my slow-moving food blog. yay! don't know what else to say. hmm...good night! the end~

d e p r e s s i o n . . .

2010-05-31T22:09:00.002-05:00

i was depressed. i am depressed. i will be depressed. only time will tell.

a week of absence

2010-05-30T00:03:00.002-05:00

amazing! no post for a week! I've been kinda busy last week. Scrambling to get my OPT STEM extension done. It's almost done but yea, that's the one interesting that happened to me for the week. Other than that is just the usual routine, work, gym. eating and sleeping involved. Tried Balee again, this time got the Vietnamese meatballs sandwich and a pomegranate bubble tea which tasted like strawberry to be honest but once again the sandwich was yummylicious!!One of the post-doc was leaving the lab on Friday and so the lab came together for lunch at the Capital City Grille. The interior was pretty neat. Food was okay i guess. Maybe I ordered the wrong thing but i looked at what the others ordered and it didn't look so good either. We'll see in a few months if it's still there or not. So the weekend came, watched Prince of Persia today! Mad awesome!! Even though i'm not a big fan of jake gyllenhaal, but it was good to watch. And love this weekend! It's Memorial Day weekend! Wee~ Gonna have a potluck session and play some games with friends tomorrow. and my I-20 has been processed already! yay! going to head to bed soon when my hair dries...i will try to update my food recipe blog tomorrow! until then, peace out! (:

p r o d u c t r e v i e w : e y e l i n e r s

2010-05-23T22:04:00.010-05:00

product review time! today, let's talk about eye liners. I only started using them in mid-2008? In fact, I never really fancied make up except for lip gloss until I started with eyeliners. tee hee~ There's a noticeable difference between using an eye liner and not using. There's more definition to the eyes when eye liners are applied. Some people create effects with eye liners but unfortunately for me, I have no such skills. So, I started off with an eye liner pencil from Maybelline's expertwear eyeliner. It was my very first eye liner and I never knew much about make up anyways. So it seem like a good one for starters. But one thing I notice with this eye liner is that when applied on the bottom rim of the eye, below the bottom lashes, it smudges. It was pretty frustrating, and I thought that maybe I'm not applying right.

Maybelline Expertwear Soft Lining Pencil (about USD$7.00)

It was later in mid-2009, I purchsed a M.A.C Powerpoint eyepencil in black. I loved it. It's much easier to draw on the rims of the eye and it doesn't smudge as much. It's a pretty good buy for a pencil liner. However, I find it a tad bit difficult to remove. I'm using LOREAL's eye makeup remover. It can be removed but not as quick as I had hoped. Maybe it's the way I'm doing it. But I have no regrets with this purchase.

M.A.C Powerpoint Eye Pencil (USD$14.50)

Later on, I was introduce to gel and cream eye liners by my sister. She gave me a link to Bobbi Brown's website with the award winning Long-Wear Gel eyeliner. Award winning huh? During my trip to Seattle, I asked one of my friend about this specific product and so happens she's actually using it that time and she highly recommends it. So when we went to the Outlet mall in Seattle, I took this opportunity to buy this award winning gel eyeliner. Branded products are usually much more inexpensive than ones in retail. Unfortunately, I couldn't find just the eyeliner alone but they do sell sets that has the eye liner and cream eye shadow. I purchased a Moon Rock Long-Wear Eye Palette that has 2 different shades of cream eye shadow, 2 different shades of gel eye liner, a dual-ended brush and a mirror in the case. It retails at USD$54.00 but I bought it for USD$38.50 not inclusive of tax yet. If you buy just the eye liner itself, it retails at USD$21.00. The first time I used this eye liner, it was an instant love affair! The eye liner brush was really nice to use as it provides good precision and the size of the head was perfect! The gel eye liner was really easy to apply and unlike liquid eye liners, it requires no drying time. I tried a liquid eye liner once and didn't like it because it's wet when applied and it's kinda difficult to apply in my opinion. Here's the best part, it doesn't smudge! and it's really easy to remove as well. I too would highly recommend this gel eye liner! It's really worth it!

As if, I haven't had enough eye liners. My itchy fingers decided to purchase a black gel eye liner from Sephora. I've read some good reviews about the Stila Smudge Pot and so I bought the Stila Smudge Pot in Black Cat. This particular color is really glittery when applied. So if you're looking for a glittery eye liner to use for a night out. This is a suitable one for you. Application if this eye liner is pretty smooth and easy. Doesn't smudge but ironically it's called a Smudge Pot and it's actually a whole lot despite the size of the bottle especially for people like me who don't use eye liners on a daily basis. Otherwise this is a decent gel eye liner that I would recommend as well. Aren't makeups colorfully beautiful? (:

Stila Smudge Pot: Black Cat (USD$20.00) Bobbi Brown's dual ended brush Moon Rock Long-Wear Eye Palette (USD$54.00) Outer view of the Eye Palette (Flower sticker not included ;P)

Shrek: Forever After & Sun Rays

2010-05-22T18:23:00.004-05:00

Wake up in the morning feeling lost and sleepy. Grab my gym bag, i'm out the door, i'm gonna hit the gym-meh! before i leave, brush my teeth with a my colgate toothpaste, cause when I leave for the day, i am coming back! (Kesha- Tik Tok inspired) Hahahaha. sorry for the lame introduction! yes, i went to the gym this morning. yay for me! i was really lazy, who would give up being in bed on saturday morning to be in a gym. that's me i suppose. it was crazy out there today. the wind is super strong today. 28 mph. imagine that! i can't even paddle my bicycle properly. it was challenging. but nothing like a good workout at the gym. it was worth it. and then WL suggested to go to The Peacock for lunch. The Peacock serves indian cuisine and they have lunch buffets everyday except Sunday. Today they had Mutton curry that was yummy! They don't really have a big buffet line like any other american buffet or chinese buffet restaurants. So i was okay with going for this buffet. Didn't really eat alot of carbs, I controlled myself. Ate more protein but still feel fat. Oh well. I'll work harder at the gym tomorrow. >_<>

the sun has been bright and shining lately. so i got myself a facial sunblock lotion to protect my skin. i read an article about UV rays and skin cancer and got worried. I mean, yea we know UV rays causes skin cancer but I always thought, it's just gonna be minimal exposure for like 10 mins or so. It's not like i'm goin sun bathing or anything. but having read the article, my perception towards using sunblock changed dramatically. Apparently, scientists now believe both UVB and UVA rays causes skin cancer. Scary! UVB rays harms the surface of the skin and is the primary cause of sunburn whereas UVA rays penetrates more into the skin. I am using Neutrogena Age Shield Face Sunblock lotion with SPF 110. Thus far, I'm loving it. It's easy to apply, not strongly scented and it doesn't sting when applied. I've tried some sunblocks before, and it stings n burns for awhile after applicaton! so yes, I love the fact that it doesn't sting me when I apply it. I found some interesting information provided on this product. It says that UVA would cause damage to the collagen and elastin which causes premature aging and with this Neutrogena sunblock with helioplex would help screen out UVB rays and stop UVA skin aging rays from penetrating the surface layer. How awesome is that?! And one should always remember to apply sunblock 15 minutes prior to exposing one's skin to the sun! I would highly recommend this face sunblock lotion. It's somewhat inexpensive and it's said to be the #1 dermatologist recommended suncare! I purchased this from Walmart for USD$ 6.97 and I think it's a good investment. Prevention is always better than cure!

yesterday...

2010-05-22T00:14:00.004-05:00

officially am not a hardcore blogger! I didn't make any post yesterday! It's 12:16 am now! But i still want to talk about yesterday! doesn't make a difference huh? lol. so yesterday was a long day at work. i spent almost the whole day working in the greenhouse. giving those cassava plants tender loving care! i just hate those insects flying around! annoys me to the core thinking that maybe one flew up my nostril and another into my ears and some having a party on my scalp hidden underneath my hair! dammit. and i hate cleaning off the molds and algae on the soil. ugh. otherwise, i'm doing my job. can't complain there.

good weather today. no excuse for me to skip gym again. so i headed to the gym. did the usual workout. got back. watched the simpsons. darn hilarious, there was a scene in which sideshow bob wanted to murder bart and said somethig about like how snape murdered dumbledore and gave an evil laughter! homer dumb as always. (:

i have posted a new recipe on the food blog. feel free to check it out! btw, I have a proof-reader for my blog posts now. thanks mumsy KANNY! blehs. agenda for tomorrow, gym-lunch-movie-slack-dinner-gaming-hunting-hate sunday-sleep. so eventful no?

he confessed

2010-05-20T22:50:00.002-05:00

so today, lance confessed his undying love for me and told me that I needed to make a post on my blog about his confession. so here it is lance! your love confession towards me that will not be in vain given that you do well to fulfill the wishlist as listed on the sidebar to the right! the heart grows fonder everytime a wish is fulfilled. gambateh! fight for you love! tee hee~

g l o o m y d a y

2010-05-20T22:13:00.004-05:00

it's been gloomy all day long. the morning showers were particularly heavier than expected. she didn't know nor expected it. she exits the apartment complex, all ready with her bicycle and then, she felt it. It looked harmless from the window but when she stepped out, the rain droplets started gushing in, hitting her painlessly. luckily, she thought to her self, she had her raincoat on. she thought better to cycle in the rain for 5 minutes than walk in the rain for 15 minutes. either way, it would've been bad. that's what she realized when she reached her destination. her jeans were soaking wet and so was her bag. everything else under the raincoat was dry. frustrated she parks her bicycle and heads into the building. grumbling to herself, she kept thinking that the sky was feeling the same way she's been feeling since he flew off yesterday. gloomy. she tried calling him, but he didn't pick up her call. frustrated. she kept it to herself.

she carried out her duties at work, glances at the watch every now and then. why does time pass so slow today? she thought to herself. 5pm and without hesistation, she left for the day. Sky was still gloomy. She had no motivation nor the mood to hit the gym. "I'll slack off today", she told herself. She was lazy to cook, so she just had soup for dinner. but a hot soup is ideal for a gloomy cold day like this. Made herself a cup of hot Blueberry Herbal Tea. Every warm sip rejuvenates the mind and the body in a very exagerrated way. Took a nice warm bath and started typing. Every key she taps on reminded her that she needed to vent her frustrations for the day.

She can't seem to let out the frustrations with full force. She pauses, takes a sip of hot tea, disappointed that the taste is gone. it's starting to get to her. the absence. she needed to get out and have fun, she thought. not in this weather, no. she feels a little lost, a little insecure and a lot upset. "stop being a baby!" she silently told herself in her head. she scrolls up and down on her MSN Messenger list. hoping but knowing she'll never see it. she ends her post with a sentence she'll carry to bed, hoping that tomorrow would be a better day, "no matter how gloomy it gets, i know the sun will come. i know the sun will always be there. for now, know that i miss you dearly. i hope to feel your warmth again as it puts a smile to my heart. sunshine, i love you"

when you're gone...

2010-05-19T21:20:00.005-05:00

waiting for that hour is excrutiatingly painful. especially when there's nothing you can do about it. it's only 5 days. just 5 days. like every other time. just 5 days. i know for you, it will be fun. i know for you, it'll be a blast! i'll miss you when you're gone. i'm going to be so bored! safe trip RS!

bug got in my eye...

2010-05-18T23:16:00.004-05:00

woke up this morning, wanted to pack a sandwich for lunch at work today. dang it. moldy bread. luckily i had leftovers from dinner the night before. so i packed that for lunch. went to work. celebrated the graduation of one of the student worker in the lab. Professor's wife bought cakes and ice cream. had a slice of a Chocolate Oblivion Truffle Torte from The Green Gateau. YUMMYLICIOUS!! Yes! Let me talk about The Green Gateau! It's very quaint inside the restaurant. A French Bistro concept. I love it! We went there for Lunch after Gretch's graduation. Sadly I never got pictures of the place nor the food. But I simply love the concept of a French Bistro! I had Crepes Cordon Bleu Casserole for my meal and for dessert which I shared with CM (here's the best part!), we had the Apricot Napoleon Torte (7 layers of butter pastry with chocolate mousse and raspberry preserves). It was heaven. It's so YUMMYLICIOUS! You have to taste it. Words can't describe how heavenly delicious it is! so anyways, back to the story of my life. hehe! went to the gym after work. had a good work out. on my way back, when i was cycling, this bug got in my way and went into my right eye! like what the crud... i was sooooo mad!!! i quickly stopped and rubbed my eyes hoping to get rid of that bug! T_T my right eye looked like it has been tearing all day long! quickly got home and went straight to the sink. flush my eye with water over n over n over again. made tom yam fried rice to pack for lunch tmr cuz my bread is in the trash now. sigh. watched an episode of Pasta, hehe. i love the developing love in the show! tee hee~ skyping with RS now, talked bout that bug incident. made everything feel better. (: waiting for my hair to dry then go to bed. tmr is a repetitive activity. let's hope no more bug this time!

like chocolate dipped strawberries

2010-05-18T00:04:00.002-05:00

i sit here looking at it

thinking about it

waiting for it to come

i love it

it is like chocolate dipped strawberries

it compliments each other with that

i know that can be annoying

that can be bitter

that can be sweet or even sour

but that is like chocolate dipped strawberries

that compliments each other

i miss eating chocolate dipped strawberries

how it communicates with the senses

sending signals to the brain

how sweet it is

that blends in well

i t ' s j u s t a n o t h e r b o r i n g m o n d a y !

2010-05-17T20:11:00.003-05:00

so today I dragged myself out of bed, head on to work, work, lunch and work. got back, head on to the recreational center to hit the gym! the GYM~!! it's been a week since I've seen you! entered the gym and it smelled like fresh paint or something. it was kinda choking to be honest. went into the strength room (gym) and noticed the rearrangements with the equipments! yay, it's so fun to scout out the machines you normally use! ~_~'' my right knee still hurts. blehs. i think maybe it's blood clot or something. ): i'll just keep massaging it. my body feels like an old lady. that's not good. not good at all. came home, had dinner, watched Desperate Housewives which was mad awesome by the way and now I'm boring you with my daily activities. tee hee~ I am currently watching a korean drama entitled "pasta". I love shows that revolves around cooking and food especially the ones with a love story! haha. i'm on episode 6 now. slowly getting there. So far, what i've picked up from watching this show is that, this girl aspires to one day be a chef at this Italian restaurant called "La Sera" because her mother that passed away wanted to eat at that restaurant before her mother died but she was saying it would've been a waste of money and all that. Initially the head chef of the restaurant was an Italian but he was "fired" because of misuse of power i think...can't remember. so this korean guy who studied at Italy became the head chef now and he hated women in his kitchen, very hot headed and scary like Chef Ramsey. Haha. Fired all the women but this girl was determined to stay in this kitchen. some sort of love develops, she likes him. and uhh...that's all I got so far. But I'm liking this drama series. It's cute and funny to watch. Nothing like Winter Sonata...*YAWNS* Try to watch "Pasta" if you have the chance to! ^.~ it cures my boredom. shows that is. *sigh* wonder what it's like being back home right now. what would i be doing? today, like any other day, i wish to speak with you.

m y f o o d r e c i p e b l o g - n e w l o o k

2010-05-16T14:57:00.006-05:00

I've just updated a new look for my food recipe blog! (link to this blog is on the side bar under "check it out") Am really excited to get some posts in. I've got complaints from friends who goes to my recipe blog to find no updates. GOMENASAI~! I will do best to keep it up-to-date! This time, there will be alot more recipes to go around. I've been experimenting with cooking and baking. Some of which I followed recipes and some of which I just go-with-the-flow. hehe. but all in all, it's amateur/mediocre cooking and baking. Nothing extravagant. hence, the simplicity in cooking and baking! ;P Woke up this morning, sky was gloomy. oh dear. I wanted to go for an evening walk later but the sky looks so sad. It's heart-wrenching! Skyped with RS, we laughed at how funny I sound when I say something in chinese or hokkien. Called me funny. i love being funny then! It's so nice to just lay in bed on this gloomy day. lazing and chatting. but sometimes, we can't always live in la-la land. time to get some applications done with a cup of hot green berry mixed tea~!

w h a t i f . . .

2010-05-15T23:56:00.006-05:00

i was kinda bored. so i went through some of the older posts i have on this blog. it sure brought back some memories. good, bad and the puzzling ones. there were times i thought to myself, "what if...". what if i had done things differently. what if i had made different choices from the ones i did. what if...? i think back on the silly mistakes i made in life. the immature choices and actions. the bold and timid ones. most of the time emotional. some of the time happy-go-lucky. silly. stupid. crazy. jovial. emo. naive. had i done things differently, would i've been happier? would i be content with what lies ahead? would i...? sometimes we tend to live in the past and in the future. never always in the present. that's what most people do, no? i keep thinking bout the past and the future. i'm not the kind that lives in the moment. i always fail to do so. i worry about the future. i dwell on the past. i ignore the present. this gets me no where in life if i continue to do so. so, how do i live in the moment? does it have anything to do with being in control of your life? i would think so. doing things for the now which would result in the future that is influenced by the past. i think...i think...i think...yes i have some regrets with the choices i made in life.

one of which is being away from home for 3 years. missing my brother's development from a child to a teenager. missing out on the chinese new year celebrations & the birthdays of family and friends. missing the malaysian food, 'yum-cha' sessions and random watching of television programs. but then you'd stop and think of the good things that happened with the choices you make. the people you've met. the things you've learned. the experience you've gained. i am thankful and pleased with where I am in life now. I will live in the past and in the future. most importantly, i will live in the moment as well. the question is, are you happy? yes, i'm happy. i'm worried to death! troubled, flustered and frustrated but i'm happy. i believe things happens for a reason. and the reason is you...

p r o d u c t r e v i e w : b a t h & b o d y w o r k s

2010-05-15T15:59:00.011-05:00

okay. honestly, i need a break from all that applications and job search! so today's post would be a product review on Bath & Body Works (B&BW - i made up this acronym, it's not official! it's just for easy typing >_<). B&BW is an American retail store for personal and body care. The concept is somewhat similar to that of The BodyShop. Lotions, shower gels, shampoos, lip balms, candles, hand sanitizers, hand soaps, body splash and EDTs are some of the products sold at B&BW. I believe B&BW is not available anywhere else outside of the USA. What I like about B&BW is the availability of several scents from flowers to fruits to a mixture of both! However, lately, the Signature collection scents are not very favorable (this is me ranting...) and the Signature Classic collections are only available over the Summer. Personally, I'd prefer the Signature Classics over the Signature collection hands down! B&BW discontinued some of my favorite scents such as Pear Blossom (sounds lovely, no?), sparkling peach and white cherry blossom.

But anyways, let me talk about the products I own and use. B&BW has a line of hand sanitizers they call "PocketBac" which are 1 fl oz in quantity per bottle. I purchased one with a 'Fresh Market Apple' scent and you wouldn't believe this but when you take a sniff of this hand sanitizer, you're literally standing at the apple section in a grocery store. This scent is really refreshing and it just makes you want to disinfect your hands every second! What I like about the PocketBacs are the size. It's small and compact. Fits nicely in a small purse and it's convenient for travelling (TSA only allows 3 fl oz of liquid per bottle on board)!

The other products I use are the body lotions. To be honest, it doesn't moisturize as well as Jergen's bodylotion for the Winter but it does well enough for Spring and Fall. The 2oz body lotion works well as a hand lotion to carry around in your purse or bag for ready-use-availability. I carry one of these everytime with me because whenever I wash my hands outside, I would obviously lose the moisturizer I had on me previously. The air here is really dry, so my hands tend to get really dry if it has no form of moisturizer on it. So the 2oz bottle works well for me! My personal favorite scents are Pear Blossom (discontinued T_T), Pear Berry and Pink Grapefruit. Country apple is a nice scent as well. From the Signature collection that I own which I think are nice are White Citrus, Twilight Woods and Sweet Pea. I'm pretty sure that there are some other signature scents that are nice but it doesn't really appeal to me. But that's just my opinion. I would prefer the Signature Classics anytime!

I have a 10 oz bottle of shower gel in Country Apple scent that I would use for travelling. I adore the size of this shower gel. I don't think I can travel with 3oz of body wash!! It's nice to use especially smelling like country apple right after a shower! loves! I have a range of body splash from B&BW as well. The body splash has a very light application to it. Obviously it wouldn't last you the whole day, but if you're the kind that don't fancy wearing perfume but wants to have a refreshing scent on yourself just to ignite your nostrils, then a body splash would work just fine for you. I believe that these body splash would provide a tinge of moisture for the area you spray on because it has 'conditioning aloe vera'. I just sprayed pink grapefruit on my wrist just a minute ago and believe it or not the area in which I sprayed at feels a little smoother than the other areas! and yes, you get to smell like pink grapefruit for awhile! loves!

all in all, if you're visiting the US, stop by at a B&BW store and get some for yourself and as souvenirs for friends and family back home! I'm not saying you shouldn't get American chocolate for them, I'm just saying you should get B&BW products as well! tee hee~

(L-R): White Citrus Bodysplash(3oz), White Citrus Body lotion(2oz), Fresh Market Apple PocketBac (1oz)

(L-R)Signature Classics Body Lotion: Rice flower & shea , pink grapefruit (8oz each) (L-R) Bodysplash: White Cherry Blossom, Pink Grapefruit (8oz each) (L-R) Signature classics bodylotion: Pearberry, country apple (8oz each) Discontinued scent: Pear blossom body lotion (8oz) The collection I have from Bath & Body Works

m y n e w i P o d n a n o i s L O V E

2010-05-14T21:28:00.009-05:00

today was the day i saw the beauty in red! i just received my iPod nano generation 5! i purchased this beauty on tuesday night from the apple store website and got it today (friday). quick, no? Making an iPod purchase online is beneficial, It comes with a complimentary personalization! the engraving i did may sound lame but really, i had no idea at that point in time. and it's not that lame...(trying to make myself feel better about it). and as long as you purchase anything from the online store at a value of USD$50 and above, you're entitled to free shipping. there are 9 different colors to choose from which are silver, black, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red and pink. yellow and red are apple store exclusives! one of the reasons why I decided to buy a red one. the other reason is because the red iPod nano is a (PRODUCT) red which means a portion of the iPod nano purchase is given to the Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa. It's a win-win situation! I get my iPod and some of the money goes to the global fund! i'm now going to make purchases for a screen protector and cases to protect my beauty in red! tee hee~ i'm so in love with this gadget now! wait till i get my new phone in which i still haven't decided on. on a side note, CM flew back to Malaysia for the summer today. Safe trip CM! (:

a w a l k t o r e m e m b e r

2010-05-13T22:33:00.013-05:00

It's been gloomy and rainy all week long! and today, the sun was shining. showering its glorious rays upon the citizens of Lincoln,NE. it was a tad bit chilly though. the wind was blowing. but no, not today Mr Wind. We are going to go out for a walk no matter how hard you blow! Nice weather to be out and about. CM, WL and I decided to take a walk around the area (or so I thought). Turns out we walked all the way downtown and went to Balee to get Vietnamese sandwiches to go and WL to Five Guys to get burger n fries to go.

Here's a very interesting fact, after having walked around so much in flip flops outside, my feet was not as charcoal ash black as it would be had I walked down the streets of KL! Interesting no? It was nice to take a stroll around the area, air's not as polluted as back home, the breeze was cooling, the roads are not jam-packed with four wheel machineries, there's no wolf-whistling, need I say more?

Lovely spring weather! However, there weren't alot of flowers blooming. Such a waste. I remember the first Spring I experienced in Lincoln. Walking to classes around campus was truly mesmerizing. I've never seen so many pretty colors along the walk before! It was just too bad I had no camera with me at that point in time! Mom would've loved it! Heck, she would probably start plucking on them and try to make 'em grow at home. My mom's got green fingers. She can spend the whole evening of her day off tending to the very very little garden we have back home!If weather permits, tomorrow morning I will be going for a walk with CM who will be flying back to Malaysia for the summer. I too wish to fly back to Malaysia. Sadly, that's not gonna happen anytime soon. The heart aches in agony!

-Got intrigued by what they were reading- -the Grand Theatre Downtown- -the awesome vietnamese sandwich-

h o w t i m e f l i e s . . .

2010-05-13T01:21:00.006-05:00

look at how time flies. It's been a year since I made my last post on this once upon a passion (more like a venting channel). I've just updated some side-info on this space of mine. Spent a two good hours of my life deleting and adding stuff. yay for me! so update since my last post! since graduation, I've been working in a Research Laboratory at the University I used to study at. The research project is rather interesting. It's about fortifying Cassava tubers with Vitamin A and Beta-Carotene. How cool is that?! Cassava is the staple food crop in Africa and supposedly they want to increase the nutritional intake of Vitamin A and Beta Carotene amongst the population in Africa.

Ever since November of last year I've developed a liking for baking. The first thing I've ever baked is a Blueberry Cheesecake. I loved it! People loved it! Puts a smile on my face! (: I've been experimenting with cooking as well. I feel happy whenever I cook or bake something that is appreciated by the consumers. Feels like a great achievement! Other than that, I've been into make-ups recently. I love Sephora! Mad crazy about it! It also steals money from me! Lol. Addicted to Facebook games. Got a bicycle to cycle to work. Got a pair of new swimwear from Victoria's Secret cause I don't have one. Into flavored teas. In love with my bumble bee chucks from converse but haven't have the heart to wear 'em out!

I think that's all the update I have? I could've missed out on some parts but nothing interesting, really. Anyways, I know I keep saying this but I will do best to update my blog whenever possible. For some odd and random reason, I've decided to blog again. (:

A w e e k a t t h e B I G A P P L E ! ! I L o v e N Y C

2009-05-30T23:00:00.009-05:00

Finally I am gonna make a post on my trip to NYC. I have no pictures yet to go along with this post because it's all with my sis. Post graduation, my parents along with my elder sis went on a one week trip to the BIG APPLE baby! I've been dying to go to NYC forever ever since I came to the US. Was super psyched when I was able to give NYC a visit. My aunt from Jamaica joined us and we stayed over at our Uncle's place which mom has not seen like forever and of course the last time I saw Uncle was when I was a baby. Obviously, there's not much memory there. Anyways, he stays in a cozy apartment in Brooklyn. Subways are super convenient in NYC and of course there was a whole lot of walking which is part of the criteria when it comes to travelling! I can't remember what was done on which day and where we went on which day! I was living in the moment! So I couldn't really careless what I did on what day! NYC was really awesome! Basically, everyday at NYC, we had meals at Chinatown over at Grand Street. Dim sum and Malaysian cuisine, life was good for that week at NYC. I was loving the food! On the first day, I remembered we walked a whole lot and I remembered we went down to Wall Street. I love the buildings at Wall St. !! It was all tall and old, it was really nice and of course we visited the famous bull at Wall St. and took pictures with it. We went to Soho (however you spell it, I hope I spelled it right) and sis loved it there because of the cheap Levis jeans she could find there. Anyways, we also went to Times Square and it was a beautiful sight at night! Lights and huge screens everywhere! It was crazy but oh so cool! We also took a picture with one of the NYPD police who was there! Such a sport! ;) So basically just walked for awhile at Times Square and admire the lightings and all before heading home. One of the days at NYC was spent visiting the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. I would consider myself nuts for not visiting the Statue of Liberty! (die die must go! ;P) Anyways, it was really beautiful seeing lady liberty. The feeling is really hard to describe. It was just awesome being there! Aside from that, dad, sis and myself went up the Empire State Building whereas mom and aunt were not up for it and decided to go Soho. The view from the Empire State was pretty amazing in a way. All you see are buildings after buildings and how tiny the cars looked from up above yet you could hear the super loud honks made by those tiny little cars. Wind up in the Empire State was dead crazzzyyy!!! My hair was in serious tangles and knots when I got done viewing NYC from the Empire State. I tell myself everyday that I seriously need to go get a hair cut because of that. We also managed to pay Ground Zero a visit. The thought of being there was scary. Imagine being at the spot where the tragedy happened. It was so surreal. There was a memorial built nearby for those who sacrificed themselves to help others during the 9/11. We also went to 5th Avenue and walked here and there and made a few shopping stops along the way. :P Of course, we make it an effort to go to Central Park as well. Central Park was gorgeous! Such a nice place to go jogging or simply just a walk. We just took a short walk, didn't have time to go through the whole park because I think it was huge! One of our stops were at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Uncle brought us there to see the pretty flowers and trees and indeed they were pretty! We spent a few good hours admiring the scenery and beauty of the garden. Finally, on the last day, we went to Woodbury Premium Outlets where they had according to my sis 222 outlets! But we only managed to go into about 5 outlets. Of course we went to the ones that we really wanted to go to. ;) I bought a pair of DKNY jeans, a Polo from Polo Ralph Lauren for myself and my sis as a gift for her birthday and a Coach bag and she sponsored a sum for the Coach sling bag as a gift for my birthday. Oh happy day! I finally got myself a Coach sling bag! And let me tell you, Coach had a really massive clearance sale that day. On top of the outlet price, they had a clearance price and on top of that a 50% off of the clearance price!!! How sweet is that?? Super sweeeeeet!! :) All in all, I really enjoyed my trip to NYC especially with my family. It felt like a bit of home having relatives together. I seriously heart NY!! :)) It was sad when I had to come back to Lincoln mainly because we had to separate and I don't know when I would ever see my family again. I'm keeping my chin up and look forward (somewhat) to starting a new phase in my life. Stepping into the real world now. Somewhat excited but scared. We'll see what life has in store for me. :)

I *heart* NY

i dreamed a dream

2009-04-26T22:48:00.004-05:00

the other day i had a dream. a dream of which that i was home. yes, it was so real until my alarm clock rang and i had to drag myself out of bed to head for class. imagine how dreadful the day was for me. i had char kuay teow in my dream but ate nothing close to that for lunch in the real world. haha but i dealt with it. went through the day making the best of it. on another note, let me share with you the beauty of the african violet. :)i know i get pretty messy with my postings, jumping from one topic to another just like that. bare with me. hehe. graduation coming up in 13 days. feels so unreal but it's about time. lol. my parents and elder sis would be coming down for my graduation in 8 days or so. Kinda excited to see my family! It's been really long since I last saw them. ^^ then there's the swine flu outbreak happening in Mexico and some cases in the US. Freaky. >.< hopefully it would get under control soon. no pork for the time being! @.@

feels like february

2009-04-05T20:44:00.002-05:00

It's april already but it feels like freaking february! why does it feel like we're skipping spring?! this morning i saw flurries outside my window! YEA! it's that cold in april! the semester is really feeling close to a train wreck, I wonder if I would make out of the semester alive. (this is me sounding dramatic) Anyways, I bought a little pot of African Violet about a month ago and the pretty thing has been blooming ever since but of course there are some dead weight on the plant. Some leaves and flowers dried out but otherwise she's looking rather healthy! :) I have a non-moveable "pet" that only respond to water and light. Oh well, it's pretty! On a side note, I'm sooooo depress it's Sunday again already! I mean I don't hate going for classes and all that, I just wished that the weekends could have longer hours so that we can get work done and have some relaxation time rather than just working on homeworks, assignments and projects during the weekends. I can safely say my life has been really dull since I came here. I'm feeling pretty sleep deprived and i'm snacking away like a pig! gah! it sucks feeling this way. Furthermore, everytime when Sunday comes, a part of me goes away and I can only anticipate the next weekend to be whole again. :( anyways, back to work!

sweeping off the cob webs...

2009-03-29T14:03:00.004-05:00

yes, it's been quite awhile...well quite awhile is an understatement as you can clearly see my last posting on this blog. i've been so caught up with classes and work and everything it's crazy i tell u! life has been really hectic and crazy sometimes. wonder what it's like to blog again...feels kinda strange but anyways i miss blogging a whole lot. i almost wish i had the time to blog but i've always wished for time to do my other stuff blogging was at the back of my mind. until recently dear foonz had just reminded me of the existence of my blog she told me she had a new blog and asked me to update update update! i would if i could girl. =P highlight of year 2008, i managed to get a 4.0 for my fall 2008 term. am really happy about it. on a side note, went to Minnesota for the Winter break! I would blog about that when the time comes! right now it's my last semester, would be graduating in May 2009. feels so surreal. it scares me more thinking bout leaving school life and goin into the real world. so its my last semester, i can assure you its way more hectic than any semesters i've ever been on! There is definitely plenty to do, applying for jobs, applying for my OPT, doing projects, posters for my research projects. i like being occupied with things to do but these are all just stressing me out! on another note, i've recently begun working in another professor's lab as a undergraduate lab/research assistant. it was pretty exciting performing some of the lab experiments in an 'out of class' environment. otherwise, that's how life is for now. parents and my sis would be coming down for my commencement in May 2009 and later we'll be travelling to NYC! pretty excited! i miss Malaysia so bad i can almost cry just thinking about char kuay teow...i wanna eat that!!! ;P

life is about to suck...

2008-08-16T10:53:00.004-05:00

so the "great" summer holidays is about to come to an end! basically i didn't utilize my summer holidays entirely. there were some things that i've should've done which i regret not doing! dammit! sitting here thinking bout the next semester is almost like waiting for a tragedy that you know is about to occur. That's frightening! Next semester is definitely gonna be hectic! BUT i shall presevere and kick everything that's in my way! Sigh, now i'm looking forward to winter break! Hopefully my trip to Jamaica works this time around. It didn't happen over the summer, which was such a sad case but at least we travelled to Chicago! :)

Chicago Trip!

2008-08-11T23:47:00.007-05:00

It's been sooooo long since I made a post. I'm sorry people! I'm just a goner with my blog. ): anyways, since nick complained to me about updating my blog, i guess i could update on my recent trip to Chicago last week! Highlight of my summer here! (: I would love to just post pics and leave it at there but then that wouldn't be blogging right? =P So anyways, the whole trip to Chicago from Lincoln took a whole nice 8 hours by car! yeap you heard me right! 8 freaking hours! Why does US have to be so darn big to travel from one state to another?? Back home, when travelling back to Penang or some other state took about 3 hrs was agonizing enough! I'm proud to say I survived an 8 hour roadtrip in a car! (: Back to story, so it took like 8 hours to arrive at our destination, we left Lincoln at about 7:30am and reached there at about 5pm-ish. Well, we had to stop for breaks throughout the journey so yea! Even longer than 8 hours people! >.< size="5">Millenium Park in which they have this famous huge silver egg dome thingy. I don't know why it's so famous but yea, oh and parking in Chicago is a rip off! If parking by the meter and all is fine but because there wasn't any available parking, we were forced to park at a parking lot which costs us a i-don't-wanna-mention-how much! But anyways, it was a lesson well learned! Then we headed on to Chinatown! To eat of course, eat some good ol' chinese meal! However, since we went there in the evening, and Darren wanted to eat siew yuk, most of the restaurant ran out of them by the evening so we ended up eating at 'Joy Yee Noodle'. The restaurant is more of a modernized rather than the typical kind of chinese restaurant but anyways, they must be famous for their noodles so i ordered 'Duck Noodle Soup'. It's been a long time since i ate duck! Which is why i decided to order it! It was a satisfying dinner. After that, since most stalls were closed we didn't see the point in sticking around Chinatown. So our next destination was supposedly 'Buckingham Fountain' but Darren's GPS went haywire and couldn't lead us to our destination so we skipped that and head on back to the hotel since it was getting late and we were all tired from the 8 hour trip especially Darren. Next day, we went to Brookfield Zoo. Animals are my favorite thing and although i've been seeing alot of them lately, I'm excited about the zoo because they have a dolphin show and a newly opened stingray bay in which you can touch them! The dolphins were soo pretty and nice to watch! Very adorable! As usual, plenty of animals to look at. Touching the stingray was a plus point. They felt so slippery but it was a great experience! We also went into the butterfly park which was lame cuz touching the butterflies is forbidden! -.-'' So anyways, our trip at the zoo lasted till about closing time. We managed to cover everything in the zoo! Just so you know, the zoo is HUGE and by the end of it my feet was really killing me! I was dead tired! After that, we went to 'Navy Pier' kinda like 'Gurney Drive' in Penang but nicer! But when it comes to food nothing beats Penang! =P We stayed there and watched the fireworks show and enjoy the night lights in Chicago. It was beautiful! The next day just before we headed back for Lincoln, we went to Chinatown one last time to see more since we didn't get to the first day. We went to see gift stores and stuff and i found this really cute and pretty wallet. CM and I got the same wallet in different colors! Hehe, then we went to have lunch at "GreatWall' where I has 'Siew Yuk' Rice and a complimetary lotus soup and chinese tea!!! T_T it was heaven! Soon after he headed back for the 8 hour drive back to Lincoln. Chicago was awesome! I'm glad we went for it! It made my summer fun! (: Next destinations : New York, California, Florida, Yellowstone, Mount Rushmore, Minnesota, Texas, Las Vegas!! I WISH!!!!!! ): Will try to make at least one of them work! ^_~v

Here are some pics!

July 4th

2008-07-05T22:44:00.003-05:00

so anyways, July 4th was Independence Day. Hurrah! Get a day off from class. So we decided to have meals together (Hainanese Chicken Rice-yum yum!) and played the Game of Life. At about 8pm, we left to go to Oak Lake to watch fireworks and it only starts at 10pm. Cuz the sun doesn't set until 9pm plus so they can only display fireworks later. Anyways, it was great to do something in Lincoln!!! Yea, it's sad here. Staying cooped up in the apartment and all. so kudos to July 4th! (:

oh so blue

2008-06-17T23:01:00.001-05:00

today, i'm feeling pretty down and blue for some reason. Could it be the fact that I had to see Jaclyn leave for Malaysia? I can't deny that. I f*cking miss Malaysia! The food, the people, the location is all so perfect. Actually I have nothing to blog about. I'm just feeling blue and resort to blogging. Looks like it's going to rain. Even the weather feels for me. LOL. My head's a little messed up now. I can't think straight and i wished i was a 5 year old kid again. Young and free...ooh by the way, something new in my life, i'm resuming my interest in handmade cards! i decorated my laptop...juz a small section, a photo frame and my desk drawer. so exciting! ok then, back to blueness...

Picnic at Holmes Lake

2008-06-03T22:31:00.004-05:00

So as mentioned in previous post, I went for a picnic. The destination was: Holmes Lake. It was a pretty place to have picnic/barbeque. And because it was summer and it was a weekend and we were bored of routined life so *boom* we planned a small picnic. I made salad and chicken salad sandwich while cm made chocolate torte (yummy) and egg sandwich. Other than that, we had honey dew, pretzels and corn chips with salsa dip and chicken nuggets. We played a card game and took a stroll at Holmes Lake. Who would've thought I would do something like tat. Haha. anyways it was different and I enjoyed myself. Here's some pic of the lovely place.

summer

2008-06-01T13:50:00.004-05:00

so it's summer right now in Lincoln and man I've been letting the cob web build up. through the summer, I've been goin to the gym to work out but somehow I'm eating alot along the way too...which sucks. so basically i would be juz burning off what i put in! that's gotta change...SOON! Other than that, I'm doin nothing with my summer so far except goin grocery shopping and stuff. Last week I went to Southern Illinois University at Carbondale for the Midwest Games 2008. It's a sport event organized for Malaysian students all over the Midwest. Anyways, all I can say is the dorms here at UNL is way better than the dorms there. What's worse is the 10 hour drive and butt aching journey to go there. When I was there I told myself, Lincoln is not that bad after all. you get my drift. and there was one night when we were all stuck in a basement due to a tornado warning...SCARY! Malaysia is definitely a place to live from natural disasters!!! But nothing happened, thank God! Well, all I can say is that trip for the Midwest Games was not something I would wanna go through again! Aside from that, yesterday, cm, wl, jac and I went to the UNL's Morrill Hall (Museum) because we haven't been there plus students at UNL get free admission. It was a pretty cool museum and I did snap some pics on some of the display. Other than that, nothing much happened yet. I am however intending to attend a summer class to pass my time. And we're going for a picnic later. Who would've thought cm took my suggestions seriously...I'm that influential. ;P

Maintenance!

2008-04-16T23:28:00.003-05:00

feels like aeons since my last post. time for some maintenance! or not... so anyways, been real busy lately. lab reports, quizzes, exams, assignments....YOU NAME IT! life juz keeps getting harder. and to think that foonz girl is goin to Pulau Tioman without me! so sad. :( summer is approaching, most probably gonna visit my aunt down in Jamaica. yippee~! I think ever since I came here I have been eating unhealthily. Grease and fats, well yea but also processed food. They can be so convenient but unhealthy at the same time. I try not to consume so much of it which is why i bought alot of eggs from wal mart the other day. haha. and to think i moved out of the dorm to not eat processed food...how ironic! I haven't been sleeping well lately or getting enough sleep if that's how you wanna put it due to lab report writing. yesterday i managed to get to bed at 12:30am...trust me that's the earliest already. and well, the wind was pretty strong throughout the day. when i lay in bed, all i could hear was the strong gushing wind rustling the tree branches and gliding against the wall. I'm not gonna lie i was freaked out. and no it has anything to do with supernatural stuff but more like natural disaster. kept thinking in my head, what would I do if it happens? took me awhile before I finally fall asleep. seriously, i was scared like how a little girl who can't go to bed because of thunder. I was afraid like that. I'm glad that period is over. tonight I would get a much better sleep then. :)

recipe blog

2008-03-22T20:31:00.004-05:00

hey peeps~! I have recently created a recipe blog. You will find the link under my sidescroll bar called "check it out" or here :-

www.pohpohcooks.blogspot.com/

feel free to leave comments on how I can improve this blog. and go check it out! I'm estactic about it! :D

start plurking~

2008-03-22T17:18:00.003-05:00

so recently I've been plurking. Wanna know more about it? Go to:

http://www.plurk.com/

enjoy~!

butter cream fish~

2008-03-20T22:14:00.005-05:00

so I was sitting at my table, thinking about Malaysia. Then I thought about this cafe in Taipan called "Strawberry Fields" and how I thought about the "butter cream chicken" they serve there. Then I had this crazy desire and intention to try making a butter cream dish as well and decided to go for "butter cream fish". I searched high and low for recipes to make the butter cream sauce but to no avail, all the recipes posted online requires ingredients in which I currently did not have in my fridge. Like I said it was a spur of the moment/ last minute decision thing. And then I finally found one recipe which I can use. And I'm really happy that it was a success. I intend to make up a separate blog for recipes...ONE FINE DAY. I've been trying out and making several stuff lately. Been taking pictures of them. Just haven't had the urge to build a blog of recipes yet. But. I'll show the picture of my butter cream fish that is part of my success stories.(haha). Btw, went to Omaha Zoo during 2 days ago during spring break. I still like Melaka's A Famosa Safari. Aaah...miss Malaysia. Sorry I haven't been blogging lately. I hope to keep posting stuff. Cuz I actually enjoy blogging. I will probably talk about my Omaha Zoo trip in another post.That is if I remember what I did that day. (weak smile) so anyways, enjoy the pic of my delicious "butter cream fish"!!

wanna see my room?

2008-02-24T21:56:00.001-06:00

well, eversince i moved out from the dorm i was wondering if anybody would like to see how my room looks like? i know you want to foonz. wahahaha. :P sorry i'm being real random here...wee~ but if you wanna i could start taking pics and post them. hoho.

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE~~~~!!!!

2008-02-23T15:18:00.003-06:00

yes. it' been a while since my last blog post. what i've been up to? living a life of hell. *sob* every week i've got quizzes, homeworks and lab reports to do. i would very much like to blog unfortunately there isn't anything new, exciting, interesting and intriguing happening in my life lately. well, except for gatherings during CNY and peep's bday...my life here pretty much mundane. damni even get sleep deprived sometimes. longest i've ever slept is 8 hours and that itself i was thankful to have. my average sleeping hours is 6-7 hrs...i would got for 5 but...then i'd b sleepy in class. so i try to get 6-7 hrs of sleep daily and no... i do not have the luxury of afternoon napping bcoz i have tons to do. now itself i'm cooking less becoz i've got no time. i would usually cook fried rice or noodles, meals in which u juz toss everything in and stir fry. saves time and fills the belly. =P anyways, i rewarded myself with my first online shopping with my pay and to get off my shopping deprivation. American Eagle had a promotion in which they had free shipping. so i jumped at this opportunity and bout some stuff that were under "CLEARANCE". i only mostly usually and almost always purchase items on sale. i bought me a pair of new checkered ballet pumps, a checkered skirt and a tweed shorts. (somehow i have this thing for checkered stuff...lol) and my fren bought me a pair of leg warmers (Thank God i dun have to let my legs suffer the cold anymore. Thanks RSLS! muacks~~) so thats basically what i've been doin with my life lately. i shall try to update as much as me can juz so no cobwebs grow all over my page. so together with this post are pictures of my newly purchased items and some stuff i cooked last time, bak kut teh and lemon chicken and a vege dish (siew pak choy with oyster sauce). anyways, the images for BKT is bit blurry due to the low camera battery and using my handphone instead.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BFF~!

2008-01-26T00:37:00.000-06:00

this post is a shout out to my dearest wendy girl~! Happy Birthday girl~! May you have a blessed and wonderful birthday! sorry can't be there. and yay a posting after so long~! yippie! many hugs gurl~! XOXO

Black Friday and Japan Night

2007-12-04T15:58:00.001-06:00

The day after Thanksgiving which is usually a Friday is very well known as 'Black Friday' here in the States. Why black? Beats me. Why don't you do me a favor and google bout it cuz i'm just lazeeeee~! anyways, black friday is this nationwide mega sale. Yea...mega sale~! But unofrtunately, I didn't buy much, I only bought winter socks, a new pair of gloves and new shoes...and i think I spent about $30-40 tat day not inclusive of lunch. So yea. I controlled myself. Oh yeah, and we had our own little Thanksgiving over at Chin Heng's place... the turkey he bought was huge but we managed to somewhat ate alot of it. Just last week, I received the package from Foonz and Mimi. Their birthday gift to me. Thanks gurls~! XOXO but when i pulled it out...i didn't know what it was till i read the card. It's a massage stick cuz foonz say i very stress wor. but anyways, thanks alot...its not serving its purpose tho cuz i dunno how to use it. =P also, mimi included her souvenir from Hong Kong for me. Very cute~! Thanks mimi~! Too bad you couldnt get the Jay Chou wax figure for me. =(

On December 2nd, 2007; 5 of us (Car Mun, Woon Loong, Jaclyn, Shelly and I) decided to book a table together for the Japan Night event held at the Union here at UNL. It was fun and entertaining watching the skits,dances and some traditional performances. Makes me wanna go visit Japan. What I enjoyed most was the food~!!! yes! there was sushi for appetizers and a bento box for our dinner. It was good to eat Japanese food again~!! ^_^ overall, I should say I enjoyed myself and thank cm for dragging me? =P I don't really have much to say about the event because right now i am actually busy. Sorry for delayed updates to my fellow avid readers.(like i have any... =P) so here are some pics from the events. enjoy~!

one of those days

2007-11-11T10:56:00.000-06:00

today is one of those days. one of those days i felt the need to blog. one of those days i felt the need to be expressive in a discreet way. one of those days when i felt that the laptop was my one true friend here. one of those days that the blog was my best friend. one of those days when i felt that i regret the decisions that i made.one of those days when i realized there's no place like home.one of those days that i realize i don't need to be nice anymore. one of those days when i feel like i need to b emotionally stronger. one of those days that i know i am not alone.

Halloween & Shopping trip

2007-11-04T15:45:00.000-06:00

On October 26th, the NUMSA organized a Halloween trip to Roca Berry Farm. It was a 25-30 mins drive and well its a farm with a pumpkin patch and they have haunted houses and all stuff related to Halloween set up in that area. They had the Hayride and the Pyschopath which were the two highlights in that area. All in all it was an enjoyable trip. I really don't have the luxury of time to go in depth about the event so let the pictures speak for themselves. Nothing much happened that day.

Yesterday I took a break and went shopping with Jac and Soo Jen. Life has been dull at Lincoln so go hang out abit plus we were getting CM's pressie so yea. excuse to go shopping. I was pretty satisfied with the things i got. I managed to get 2 new pants, one jacket and one long sleeve shirt from Aeropostale, all in the range os $11- $17. It was about time i got new pants and more jackets and long sleeve shirts since winter is approaching. Of course i needed boots for winter and more shoes cuz i've been depending on my loveable puma shoes.I managed to get a pair of boots for $10 and i got new pumps for $7. Good deal eh. So yea...i guess i've had enuff shopping already. Just needa get long johns now. winter i hate u. u make my skin dry and ugly. u make putting on lotion such a chore. :(

my birthday - the dinner at Applebee's

2007-10-23T00:52:00.000-05:00

in this posting it would mainly consist of just pictures of the food we had at Applebee's. as you already know, a picture tells a thousand words. feast your eyes on the delicious looking meals. *drool*and look at the dessert, it's the heavenly "triple chocolate meltdown". the one i've been telling you guys about. the one when u put it in ur mouth, it's heaven~!

so, cm have been asking me on a scale of one to ten, how would i rate my day. i told her this afternoon it was 9. after going through the whole day, sitting back and doin a recap on it, i'd say it's a 20 out of 10! thanks cm for everything~! it was the best gift. i appreciate the effort u took in making it happen. see me smile. xD

my birthday : the gifts

2007-10-22T23:44:00.000-05:00

my first birthday at Lincoln was surprisingly enjoyable. i appreciate the effort everyone put in to make it a memorable one. and i would give most credit to dear cm for organizing and planning everything out. thanks a bunch gurl~! so here's the story of my eventful birthday. the day before that is on October 21st, i received plentiful of birthday wishes from family and friends back home and all around.and i also got a drawing from sammie who promised me a BIG pressie when i get back from the States ya? i'll be anticipating for tat day to come sammie~ =P

by the stroke of midnight on October 22nd, i received a call from the peeps at Drake Uni. each of them took turns to wish me through the phone. I never expected it and was surprised. it was pleasant. thanks you guys~! and i think bout 2 hours after that, CuX called me and i actually fell asleep while studying on the bed. i was woken up by the phone call, and here's roughly how the conversation went:-

Me: Hello.

CuX: Hi Lay Poh. Happy Birthday.

Me: Thanks. ( I guess I had a croaky voice then)

CuX: er...were you sleeping?

Me: No. (there was a moment of silence/pause before i continued) Erm, i think i fell asleep studying.

CuX: hah, er ok i won't disturb you then. bye bye.

Me: bye

and so i woke up the next morning wondering is i really did had a conversation like tat and CuX confirmed it with me. Sorry for being so blur CuX and thanks loads! i really appreciate you calling to wish me even if i was blur. thanks~! ;) the day went as usual, woke up in the morning, ate breakfast, read somemore birthday wishes on friendster,facebook and emails. was eating lunch when there was a loud knock on the door. Opened it and it was the postal service lady, RSLS's gift arrived. ^_^ i love your message in the card~!thanks for the gift and i so love the handphone pouch~!

so that was that. later on in the day, cm called me to go over her place to watch Desperate Housewives. Then and there she and woon loong gave me their gifts to me. a giant horse doll and body lotion together with a really sweet pretty card~! btw, i'm a horse lover in case any of u didnt know and that big horsie is just lovely. too bad it's too big to sit on my bed though. i even made a comparison with my smaller horse dolly to express how big the horsie was. Nevertheless, i love em. Thanks cm and wl~!

later that evening cm planned for us to eat dinner at Applebee's in conjunction with my birthday. just before leaving joy gave me the gift she, chin heng and chi min got for me. it's an iPod shuffle. and yea, it's an item on my wishlist. so thanks you guys for fulfilling part of my wishlist~! (p.s. : dun stalk so much ah chin heng =P)

all of us then headed off to Applebee's for dinner. There I received a box of Godiva truffles from Ryan and Christine, thanks a bunch~!

a gift set with lotion,shower gel and a loofa(is that what u call/spell it?) from yumi, wei jian, wei kay and wei ming. muchos gracias~! x)

and finally, another lotion in a really cute package from xiao qing. thanks girl~! i hope i didn't forget anyone. u gave that gift on your own without sharing with anyone rite? oh gosh hope not. was really estactic that time. maybe didnt hear properly but thanks anyways. really appreciate them~! i'm quite happy to get lotions cuz i was actually running out and was planning to go wal mart and buy again. Thanks a bunch peeps~! and i love these lotions way better. smells and look so pretty i dun feel like using 'em. =P

"pak cham kai"

2007-10-21T21:36:00.001-05:00

today according to Malaysian timing would be my birthday but over here it'll be tomorrow so yea. however, i received birthday wishes from my family members and some friends today. so i'm happy. ^_^ v anyways the posting today would be about my attempt to serve "pak cham kai" to more than one person. plus, today i managed to get an office chair for myself and a coffee table for the apartment. it was a good deal and an end to our meals on the floor. yay~! so anyways, back to topic. and the many thanks for the success of this meal goes to my mom. I used to assist her in the kitchen and while doing so watched and learned how to cook. most of the times i would ask her what ingredients she use and stuff. basically, what i picked up from my mom would be the simple dishes. when i moved out, i had thoughts about making "pak cham kai", "pan mee", steam fish the way she does and do a steamboat. so far, what i've managed to accomplish is the steam fish and today the "pak cham kai". actually i made tat with joy like a week ago or two but i wasn't sure if it would turn out right so i thought i'll just try it out. and then today decided to let others try it out as well. but in small group cuz im worried, it's still not good enough. so anyways, cm made the rice (it was superb~!thanks gurl!) and i made the "pak cham kai" the way my mom would. the sauce would be the oyster sauce. initially i was worried that it may be a tad bit too salty but i got good feedback for it so pheww~~~ another dish i made was just cooking the chinese cabbage, chinese style? or should i say the way my mom cooks vege. (it wasn't a hit...blehz) and finally using the chicken broth for soup. after boiling the chicken i turn the broth into soup by adding just salt n sugar to taste, fish balls, the red cherry thingy and d leafy thingy.i duno names i jus know how they look like so yea. all in all, i guess it was a good meal. thanks to cm's rice it was perfect~! but most of all it's good to just eat meals with friends. :) i had fun. btw, it's fall break now. which is only 2 days extra from the weekend. oh well...better than nothing i guess. so my "pak cham kai" experiment: success! with the help from cm's yummy rice experiment. =P i managed to snap some shots as well. it won't make you guys in Malaysia drool but any food we cook here is heaven for us. :) i dedicate this post to my mom. thanks mommy~!

UNL Homecoming

2007-10-14T17:35:00.001-05:00

On October 12th, UNL had a homecoming parade at about 6 in the evening. Car Mun, Woon Loong, Joy and I decided to go to the Rec. Center for some exercise and well we knew the homecoming parade would be on but never actually intended to watch it but since the Rec. Center area was where the parade started, I thought why not just watch the parade. Well, the band was impressive, the floats were not like the floats you view during Merdeka day back in M'sia but I guess it's because these were students making the floats so at least they made the effort. Some were tossing free candies and the Health Aide marched pass giving free candies and colored band-aids (plasters, we call it). The final march was pretty impressive. These group of guys were doing an acapella on the Big Red theme song. Their voices blend in so well together. Save the best for the last rite. All in all, nothing much happen. It's Lincoln not KL. After that, we just went to Rec. Center and played badminton up until the rain stopped pouring. That's another not so eventful Friday. I miss the times when I could just go to a mamak stall drink "limau ais" and eat murtabak with my buddies. that would've been the perfect Friday or just sit home and watch American Idol. Mind you...i have no TV here~! I miss the Sundays when my family and I would go for lunch at some place. at this point any restaurant/ coffee shop in M'sia would not be a problem at all. Those lazy Sundays when I could just sleep and watch TV and those times when I could just bug my lil' brother. there's definitely no place like home. here are some pics from the homecoming parade with my Nokia phone...sorry didn't drag my camera along...you can't blame me. my intentions were to exercise not snap shots. so this is as good as it gets. =)

and so another end to a weekend...

2007-09-30T17:09:00.000-05:00

do you know what it feels like to know that the weekend is about to end? how it feels like to have a routined weekend? how it feels like when you have to say goodbye to someone yet again? how it feels like to anticipate for the other weekend to come? and how it feels like to have to go through the feeling of goin through it all over again? well, honestly its miserable to feel that way. the worst part is, it's not home. and listening to sappy love songs is making the feeling worse especially if it's jay chou. makes u wonder when he would ask u to marry him. *grins* i hate sundays~! *sigh* every sunday i feel a lost. a lost that would return on friday. i am anticipating for friday to come once again. i miss euuuu~! oh btw avril does it better in expressing how i feel right now.

im bored...

2007-09-26T11:52:00.000-05:00

with the last posting i have officially hit a 3 digit number of postings...yay~! for someone who's been slacking in blogging. anyways to move on with the topic. im bored, having a headache, feeling sleepy, tired, frustrated, angry, depressed, and probably a little upset. Everything that's been goin on here is a series of highs and lows. mostly lows. lol. how pathetic can my life be rite? so i'm seriously anticipating the weekend this time. on friday the NUMSA (Malaysian Student Association) is having a potluck lantern festival party. i'll try to get pics so my blog dun look so dull. yea... and i hope got pandan mooncakes since mine was infested with fungus and i had to discard the whole damn delicious thing away. *sob* hmm...weekends can chat. weekends can sleep longer. weekends can study more~! YAY! =.= oh yea on another note, JAY CHOU is coming to US for a concert. it'll be held (near/in?) USC (Uni. of South California) woo hoo. if i ever should decide to go for Jay Chou's concert there, i would get the chance to travel around california maybe? i juz did a lab on fruit flies so im kinda paranoid if i got some that flew somewhere in between my hair n couldn't find their way out so you can imagine me flipping my hair so many times looking like some freaking vain pot! nevermind that. Just so u knw i accidentally rip off one of the fruit fly's head off from the body. yikes~! i tried...but they were juz too tiny n soft to manage. *sob* two more days to go through. before the weekend. ooh can't wait~!

happy birthday to someone special

2007-09-23T22:10:00.000-05:00

I thought that this person deserves a posting on my blog. After all the rants and whining i put him through he definitely deserves a spot on my blog. rite? *winkz* for all the times i was down, i managed to vent them out through his ears. for all the times i was happy, i would share it with him simply because he's been hearing all the depressing ones. LOL. he would usually comfort me at times when i had problems even though for some he can't help much in terms of advising but he does make an effort to help me forget bout the problems. i'm glad to have met you. so here's a special shout out to u on u're very special day. Happy Birthday RSLS~!

Uber-adorable

2007-09-14T17:27:00.000-05:00

i got this link from CuX's site and thought it was really adorable how young love can be. so here it is:- (thanks CuX for sharing the link!)Click on the link below. http://62.128.138.159/petronasmerdeka50/vnew_4.html#

i'm feeling...

2007-09-09T11:11:00.000-05:00

frustrated and stressed. but thats juz the obstacles you would have to face to reach happiness and glory. i need to overlook these in hopes of not being down n under anymore. otherwise, life sucks. period.

i made it through 1st week

2007-09-03T11:33:00.000-05:00

NOOOOOOOOOOO~ the long weekend is finally coming to end. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~!!!!!!!! nothing beats being home~! Malaysia, family and friends. you can't imagine what nonsense goes on around Lincoln. it's so nonsensical u'd wanna rip the hair off ur heads. some things we should avoid. -_-''' on another note, turns out my cd rom player on laptop is not spoiled after all~! yippeee~~~!!! now i can play my mesmerizing jay chou album which i got for my birthday and which i brought all the way from Malaysia to here juz to listen to. serenity~ *grins* so there's like a lot of studying to do and exercises. better get to it soon. internet coming in nex week phone line also in 2 weeks time i suppose and then after that hopefully everything's done. *winks* i miss everything back home~

happy birthday malaysia~

2007-08-30T22:15:00.000-05:00

aww...it's currently Merdeka day back home in Malaysia right now. Happy Independence Day Malaysia! yay~ my first time away from the Merdeka day celebration. but i guess it would've been the same for me. tidur sampai lewat pagi ke tengah hari. nyek nyek. anyways, yesterday,(whenever i talk about events happenning here at NE, just keep in mind that we're 13 hours apart, i set my laptop to Malaysian timing~) car mun, darren, joy and i went to makan at some noodle house downtown for dinner. eating at that restaurant made me miss malaysian cuisine so bad. the noodles served were juz noodles and vegetables. If u want protein you would have to pay an additional price of 1.50 dollars i think. *sweat* furthermore, the veges were raw~ i ordered a noodle they call "bangkok curry". it taste sweet without they authentic curry taste. there were more raw veges than rice noodles. erm...the only thing i like were the chopstick helpers. -_-' i never knew there were such things. i played around with one. so my noodle looks like this, but looks can be deceiving. =P

first week

2007-08-29T11:36:00.000-05:00

honestly speaking, my first week sucks in the sense of living off campus. you can't imagine the many things i would have to deal with now that i'm living off campus. it tires me trying to get everything done...solo-ing with very little help. life is definitely not easy. but then again, this experience would help me be more independent and mature? i suppose. oh well. at this point, i really miss home. family n friends. sigh. i've learned not to simply trust anyone here at Lincoln and by anyone, i meant Malaysians. yea. im really hardcore when it comes to trusting someone so to get me to trust you is a very big thing and when that trust is breached...can u imagine the depression i sink into? right now, i really wished i was back home. i dun mind the living off campus scenario...really it's juz that... i can't do it alone. classes here so far so good. gonna get into the lab course tmr...i think i'll die but i'll try me best. *winkz* i miss lazy pig. =( btw, it sucks not having internet connection. until my next post, i hope i dun die of depression.

moving to a new place

2007-08-27T22:10:00.000-05:00

now im living off campus. moving off campus can be a hassle but i guess it's good in ways in which it allows you to be independent. buying furniture, settling bills, cooking... sigh. somemore got studies and im gonna go get a job. i hope i can cope. but then again if others can do it, so can i. the apartment is currently in a mess right now. sorry but i dun feel the need to take a picture of the messy place and show it here because there's no point in seeing a messy n empty apartment. still haven't gotten the internet. i feel the need for internet. i'm an internet addict. i swear i could cry not having internet connection. so i've been hanging out at chi min and chin heng's place for internet connection. as long as there's internet, i feel happy.so i need to get mine settled A.S.A.P! anyways. classes just started today. been running around in the scorching hot sun...okay not literally running but yea...buying books for the semester. settling some stuff here n there. i still have alot to settle. sigh...there shld be one more week of holidays for me to settle stuff. had no time for lunch today so i juz ate a banana and a glass of milk. sounds so sad rite? anyways then went for class, get bus pass ( line was freaking long furthermore under the hot sun!) then got home and set the kitchen, placing and washing kitchen utensils so at least the one thing we could get was food. so i made dinner for the both of us ( joy, my housemate). it was a first trial and because there's no rice cooker i can't cook rice instead i made a chicken breast with veggie and a sausage. tats all i had to cook. aside from eggs. we decided to juz make do with these for a week until we settle everything. so here's a picture of the dinner i made. it was edible lemme juz confirm tat. i simply marinated the chicken breast...lol suprisingly it turned out ok. wee~~

im back at Lincoln...

2007-08-24T10:05:00.000-05:00

so the title of the post says it all. yes i'm back here at Lincoln which means that the probability for me to blog had just increased. anyways, being back here at Lincoln may be a lil different for me now in d sense that i will b leaving off campus which means cooking, cleaning, and what not is done independently. buying furniture and stuff...oooo scary...i thought i would only do that when i get marry and move in with my hubby. lolz. so anyways, i am counting the days till i return to Malaysia which sums up to more than a year cuz nex summer i intend to look for an internship, visit aunt in jamaica and erm...dad will kill me for coming back again. hehe...maybe december 2008. i do wanna go home and visit singapore. Made alot of new friends in Singapore. Must go visit. *blehz* before i came to Lincoln, mom knows i love dim sum. so we went for dim sum non-stop. overfed with dim sumz. but i had no regrets. i love dim sum~ then my friends threw a lil gathering at Yuen's Buffet Steamboat...again makan banyak. what i'm tryin to say is...i makan banyak before i came here. i bet ive put on weight so much more in msia. eating all the glorious and delicious msian cuisine. =) and juz the day before my departure, i went and watch "Secret" with foonz at summit GSC. the movie features the heart-melting jay chou. *shiny eyes* boohoo if u dun like him~ movie was okay juz that the ending was abit out of place... hmm...thats juz my opinion. i dunno why but my sinus is pretty bad since i got back here. sigh. hopefully my nose gets well. =P anywayz, not so depress lately so got nth to blog about. lets juz wait for the depression to sink in. hoho. but i guess i'm not so depress lately thanks to someone! *winks*

The Simpsons Movie

2007-08-08T01:02:00.000-05:00

Erm...i know this is a pretty back-to-date post but anyways, if you loved watching The Simpsons series. Not an avid fan like myself but find pleasure in watching Homer strangle Bart then you should watch The Simpsons Movie. It was a good laugh. Way better than some movies Shze Yeong claims as nice ones. To point out a few, "When A Stranger Calls", "Boo", the list would've got longer but that's only because I barely watch movies with the coll peeps lately. Anyways, back to topic. Went and watch The Simpsons Movie with foonz, kanmi and jack at mid valley last wednesday. Thumbs up! Hmm...it wouldn't be like The Gladiator kinf od standard but yea. its good to watch n release stress. good laugh i say. after the movie we went our separate ways. so me n foonz went "window shopping" and i finally got the tube top i've been eyeing on at Dorothy Perkins. I was hesitant at first but man, i tell u that foonz really knw how to brainwash u. Her persistency has led me to grab the tube top. i was also eyeing on a halter top but decided not to be greedy and juz get one...for now. i'll go back again. *woot* so yea. i got my tube top. hearts content. x)

after that, we stumbled upon a new dessert cafe. oh my. it was tempting. so the greedy and piggy two of us went over and ordered a durian pancake and a kiwi soyabean pudding thingy. images courtesy of foonz' camera phone. they look scrumptious don't they? lolx. pig foonz wanna go back for more. Hoho. unfortunately, the cafe is new and there is only one branch. and tat's at mid valley. it's called "Sweet Chats" and its good. go try! x)

Harry Potter Fever Kickin' In

2007-07-09T10:01:00.000-05:00

this month is a great month. this month is an anticipated month. this month is the month Harry Potter influenza sets in. I'm getting the Harry Potter fever now (oh my gosh listen to me, i sound lame!). anyways, i need to blog. when i blog i can be lame-ish and crappy. so yea. bleh! oh by the way, transformers was good! haha and darn bloody full house!!! @&^#%$^%^%$^ darn i tell u ! first went to cineleisure that one all sold out then went to 1U GSC also full house but since we took about an hour searching for parking i said we should wait for them to release the tickets and fair enough they did and hoho we got it. ^_^ v the movie was great! transformers more than meets the eye woo hoo~ ok back to topic. Harry Potter month. if you don't already know the new Harry Potter book entitled " Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will be releasing sometime soon, if i remembered correctly, July 21st and and and Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix movie will be out on July 11th. oh my gosh!!! so excited!!! do u feel the excitement???? im super excited! muahaha

speedy update

2007-07-07T02:30:00.000-05:00

this post is a speedy update post. because nothing interesting ever happens in my life so i never bothered blogging. i was getting tired of blogging about my daily activites..." today i went to bla bla bla...." BORING. if i'm getting bored of it i bet you are too. so anyways, there's been a mosquitoe or two bugging me about updating my blog when there's nothing to blog about. so i'm juz gonna compile everything tat has happened lately ya. i went to Kuantan for a weekend away from the suburbian life. stayed at Legend Hotel... i heard a few *gasps* but oh well...majority wanted to stay somewhere nice mah what to do have to fork out money lor for one night in 4 star hotel room. -.-'' whats worst is that place rained on and off...cannot do anything... lagi -.-''' but oh well for dear foonz, its a weekend with friends along with $$$$$! @_@ ok nvm...we wont be goin anytime soon ok so yea. Muahaha. i plan to go singapore sometime with jaclyn. probably a one day trip or something. we'll see how. then last sunday, i went to the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) with college mates for a music class thingy. The theme of the performance was called " Musical Postcards from Spain & Italy". sounds nice huh? i thought so XD anywayz, it was good. ive been to jazz performances and all when i was in US and since then i started to appreciate musical performances such as these. it was something different and so totally not me but you've gotta try before u ever decide to not like it right? sorry no pics... very lazy to take pics lately. damn malas to trasnfer pics and stuff. *rawr* been missing movies lately. havent watched fantastic 4 but im gonna watch Transformers tomorrow! yay! "transformers more than meets the eye" bleh! and then this morning woke up to an sms; " hey, wei hoong here. you free tonite? I am having a birthday party tonite 8pm. Am hoping you could come". i was like waaaaaat? so random wei. but anywayz thanks for the invite hoong. never give ppl time to buy pressie for u! -.-''' on another note, has anyone heard of a korean movie known as "Maeumi (Hearty Paws)" if so and if have, please please lend me. *puss in boots eyes* meng siang didi la! all his fault intro show to me. now i so wanna watch it cuz it looks so sad! ah meng! *Rawr*

hubba hubba brad pitt

2007-06-10T09:48:00.000-05:00

yesterday i went out with jaclyn, chi mui jonathan, nick and shze yeong to watch Ocean's 13. yea...it screams BRAD PITT. Ocean's 13 was fun to watch. my take on the movie? well, i would recommend it to people to watch. aside from the obvious reason ( Brad Pitt ) it was a good movie to watch! then after tat, we makan at Sakae Sushi!!!!!!! Finally! really satisfied that day. by the way, my test on monday got postponed...argh!! i could've gone to Singapore!! dammit! oh well. i will try to go for the Singapore sale.hopefully. sniff sniff. oh yea. i finished watching Desperate Housewives Season 3!! Finally!!! OMG i cannot wait for nex season. aaaak!

i wanna go singapore

2007-06-06T00:40:00.000-05:00

you don't know how much i would love to go to singapore. wei chee had it all planned but unfortunately i can't go for it because i've got a test on monday and that would be the day she expects to return from singapore. awww...wei chee i love the singapore plan and i so so so wanna go but time just won't allow it. maybe next time ya? hopefully i could get myself to singapore sometime soon cause the singapore sale is ON!

singapore sale : 25th May - 22nd July 2007

i have yet to go and watch Shrek 3. I have yet to consume dim sum and sakae sushi. i have yet to meet up with jaclyn. i have yet to sleep all day. i am having catharsis. thank God i have someone to vent my frustration to. *rawr*

10 things you didn't know about me

2007-05-15T22:26:00.000-05:00

before i start, thank you jaclyn for tagging me, i'll get back at ya one day. one fine day. =P because she tagged me, i'm gonna tag a few others too :-

Foon Ling
Wei Chee
Jenilee
Car Mun
Kok Fye
Yuin Yin
U Xinn
Michael C.

have fun! =P

anyway, so here it goes, i'm keeping it short and sweet. the ten things you didn't know about 'moi'

I'm actually a taciturn. But somehow, I always make an effort to socialize. The anti-social society would kick my ass for sure by now.
I love eating vegetables. YES. Vegetables even bitter gourd. My top favs would be broccoli, asparagus, kai lan, celery and spinach.
There was a point in time when I actually stopped eating poultry for 2 years. This was because of some Vegetarian association video footage I saw.
I have inner desires for Car Mun. NOT! What I meant to say was I hate bird's nest. I think it's disgusting and very nauseating.period.
I have a fragile soul. I may look emotionally strong, break me and you'll see my other side.
I hate techno music. big no no!
I have health problems. Love me while I'm alive.
I'm a heng tai to my "he-chi mui". His name is Jonathan Lam.
I feel more happy as of now. Thanks for being there to listen to my rants.pria terhebat! =)
I dislike this 10 things thingy. But I'm glad you thought about me jac. *grins*

okay, there. done. to those who got tagged by me, get goin. =)

back in malaysia

2007-05-11T12:59:00.000-05:00

it feels good to be home.been 5 days since i touchdown at KLIA. first msian cuisine i ate = char kuay teow. downfall bout being back here, eyes and nose itch and irritates like crazy! went to one utama to find MNG missing frm the shopping mall but everything pretty much the same. i came home to find one of my tops changed color! erm, my bro elongated abit. otherwise, everything pretty much the same. wei chee took me to murni's today. yay! i was actually happy to see my chi mui at college today altho he constantly bullies me but yea i actually missed that. went n get a hair cut earlier today. msia weather hot. haha. erm, i'm lazy to blog. so all in all, its always good to be back where u came from. its good to be with people u grew up with. Jeni, ur SIMS 2 CD no code for me to key in. =( LOL. now thinking bout dim sum. *winks* okay...i'll stop here. really lazy lately. =P

supporting all the way...

2007-04-29T19:10:00.000-05:00

the crowd just keeps increasing...

getting the support

2007-04-29T00:06:00.000-05:00

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

2007-04-25T17:10:00.000-05:00

for the friends in my life, for the friends that plaster a smile on my face, for the friends i truly appreciate,

Good friends are like stars.You don't always see them, But you know they are always there.
i'm glad to have met some so randomly. can't believe how we could just click so instantly! *grins* to my new found best buddy in singapore: eat more. you're too skinny!LOL

i dreamt...

2007-04-21T23:50:00.000-05:00

last night we went over to ah ted's place for BAK KUT TEH! yummy~ it was good. many thanks to our beloved "daddy teddy" quote Chin Heng. haha took too much garlic till my breath stinks but it's all good. it's been awhile since i last ate garlic like that. oh what joy! haha, funny thing is, on the night before i had a dream. i dreamt that all the mushrooms in ah ted's bak kut teh was gone! *gasp* i'm a mushroom lover. i love mushrooms to bits! it was great he had the string mushrooms in 'em too!!!! oh what joy again! LOL. had fun again last night despite the fact that there was loads of studying that needs to be done. LOL. played a few round of card games then talk crap oh and ah ted taught me how to use the complicating camera. haha. will try to improve with the shots next time. cuz to me when i snap the pics...it looked like ordinary camera shots. need to get into the whole focus focus thing. then last night i dreamt i forgot to pack my clothes together with my luggage. panic mode on for awhile but didn't really knew what happened after...i guess i woke up from that crappy dream? anyways, home is only a breath away now. LaLaLa~

Jason Mraz!

2007-04-13T17:19:00.000-05:00

My highest point here in Lincoln by far and by a mile would have to be spending an acoustic evening with Jason Mraz! The University Program Council here organized a Jason Mraz concert at Rococo Theatre here on the 12th of April. Let me tell you. You thought the line to the entrance wouldn't be that long. Boy was I wrong about that! The waiting line was loooooong~! In addition to that, the show was a Sold Out show and so there were a few people around trying to/hoping to buy tickets from some of us in the line. Would you give up your tickets for money? I'm glad I didn't. I wanted to but instinct told me not to. The ticket price is only $14.50! convert that to Malaysian Ringgit, it's actually not bad for a concert. Plus, its Jason Mraz!!! so yeah. didn't wanna miss it. *grins* Rococo Theatre it's a pretty nice location too. So anyways, i didn't bring cash so dang it i couldn't buy merchandise when i was there! but oh well, as long as i got to see the show. =) it started off with an opening with Raul Midon, who's been touring with Jason Mraz for some time now. He's a blind guitarist but his songs are really good and his talent is superb. he plays the guitar really well and he can mimic a trumpet sound! so thumbs up to that. after half an hour of Raul Midon it was then Jason Mraz took the stage. I totally expected him to start the show with "You & I" and end it with "The Remedy". He sang a numbers...some I'm not familiar with...it's time to get familiar with em'! his songs are actually really good. dunno why i was not into him last time? only listen to a few but now...i wanna go home and listen to his album again. i left it in Malaysia. haihzz. anyway, aside from just singing, he really entertained and got the crowd moving. he's so adorable and cute on stage. very funny. very entertaining! i really enjoyed the show and to all out there, if he ever goes to where you're at, go for it! it's worth it. It's by far the most entertaining performance I've ever attend! Thumbs up to Jason Mraz for putting on a superbly entertaining show! Here are a few snaps i got out of the show! (if you don't know, Jason Mraz is the one with stripped shirt... -.-' , the one with shades is Raul Midon,just so you knw. =P)

losing my sanity and patience

2007-04-10T14:33:00.000-05:00

[I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain From my eyes, Tonight I Wanna Cry]-Keith Urban

Ever felt like just slitting ur wrist sometimes? Haha. Unfortunately I don't because I never mustered the courage to do so. Besides, what good would it do to me? Haha. You think i'm being positive don't you? LMFAO. I'm not. Just wondered what I could do to release myself from this burden discretely without having the world notice what i'm up to. *bangs the table loudly* I don't have the creative mind to do that! All i know of what's best to do is just PRETEND. yea, I guess that's the only way. Worst part is when you thought you weren't pretending some moody soul just had to pass your way and it made you realize that you were only still just pretending to smile. I guess at times like these, you should know better now who to avoid and who to keep close just so you don't have to lie to everyone else especially yourself. Sometimes it just feels pointless trying to be nice and joyful when you have something just ruining it for you. why put so much effort and patience when it would all go to waste in the end???!!!!!!!!!!!! if i go on like this i might just lose my sanity. i might just lose my real friends. i might just lose myself. and by then, music won't do me good. at times like these, i wish i could just talk to you and wallow in the comfort of your presence. crap to the time difference!!!!!!

what i wish for at this very moment:-

to be able to talk to you (you mean so much to me)
to not be around people that make me depress
to have faith in myself
to obtain the strength i need to pick myself up
to isolate myself from the cold cruel world
to be a flowing peaceful river
to be anything but myself
to feel true happiness again

why you shouldn't worry?

i am a strong person
i know my limits
i have people who loves me
i want to do many things in life still
i still haven't read the latest Harry Potter book
Brad Pitt hasn't asked me out
I have yet to meet Jay Chou
I have a dream, to dream the impossible dream
I LOVE LIFE although it sucks to the core, I'm loving it!

[warning to readers: i usually forget what i post on my blog. my blog is my stress-reliever.my blog is a part of my soul. my blog is where i toss painful memories and incidence. don't ever bring up the topics mentioned on my blog. i might just break down in front of you. i do not wish to do so cuz then i might just punch you for making me do so.thank you]

another day, load em' up

2007-04-06T22:44:00.000-05:00

i had the sudden urge to blog. the finals is nearing. got another test coming up next friday.right now, gonna search for an article for an assignment. i hate searching. gives me a headache. haihzz. anyway,i'm motivated! i think...yaya...i'm motivated! just feel like getting over this. its killing me slowly inside. really eager to get rid of it. 'It' refers to the exams ya people. *grins* think positive...think positive...think life...think positive... *exhales deeply* whoa...this is really weird. posting something like tat. anywayz, i listen to UVERworld so much lately i feel so free listening to their music. just work ur muscles to the beat and forget about the cold cruel world. it feels goooood~ the more i listen the more i'm in love with UVERworld. i hope someone out there could provide me with their music. i usually don't listen/like japanese music but UVERworld has got to get the thumbs up!!! here's me wishing dear little wei jie a speedy recovery! poor fella has been having sleepless nights bcoz of his sore throat. hope u recover fast and talk more crap again. =P then there's little meng siang all ready for poly! yay, excited for u!time flies... wah i can just simply run out of topic. think positive think positive...think life...think positive. *exhales* kk i destress-ed already! yay! back to assignment! woo hoo. bull crap.

on a saturday

2007-04-01T13:45:00.000-05:00

yesterday (saturday, 03/31/2007) was a really fun day. i'm glad that chi min and wei jian's persistency actually paid off. Initially they planned to go shopping at South Pointe for the day, however they wanted to go at 10am plus i was worried it would take up my time. I actually needed to study. *groans* anyways, they switched the time to 11am instead so i agreed to it cuz as long as i dun have to wake up early its alrite by me. I ended up buying a jacket only for $6.04 now its really cheap cuz its clearance sale. anyways i needed a jacket so i'd say GOOD DEAL! hehe so went back after having lunch and studied abit and watched an episode of HEROES before goin for dinner at Ted's place. They served nasi lemak. really good.thanks to Ted and Lyn! miss msian food so much! and then there was a round of card games and booze tat lasted till 11pm. then it's juz shower and bed. aaah. nice saturday. really had fun! =P

Memories on one of the Best days here at Lincoln

2007-03-27T22:22:00.001-05:00

pretty high on Malaysia Night still. Can't believe it was so enjoyable. some songs r still ringing in my head! seriously. but that Lee Hom song is not though... can't even hum a tune to it. oh well. here r some pics to let u into the fun i had during msian night. i'm glad i was apart of it. got to know many great people and er yea...had fun! what more can i say? *snaps* back to reality gurl, life actually sucks! muahaha

Malaysian Night at Lincoln

2007-03-25T13:11:00.000-05:00

finally the night was over. I must admit I actually enjoyed myself during Malaysian Night here at Lincoln. I admit i hated the times taken up for the skit practice but i guess all in all, it was worth while. i can't say much about the whole event cuz i was backstage most of the time. so yea. but the performances were awesome put together on stage. i really had fun. it's been awhile since i had fun. this is as fun as it can get. i've never actually had so much fun since i got here. i guess i havent adapt to the whole being away from home, family and friends. im not saying i have no friends and "family" here but its not the same as being back home in Malaysia. the whole event just made me miss home more but it was a great event minus the part me "courageously" appearing hideous up on stage. *winks* ................and now, i ahve o get back to studying. not that studying sucks but if i could just get another day off please?! life sucks...big time! *sigh* i wish i was a flowing river instead. flowing down a stream. doing nothing but flowing,deep in a peaceful forest where the birds chirps in harmony a melodious tune, the leaves rustle against the blowing wind, the butterfly that flys gracefully across the forest, the sun shines a bright ray throughout the forest and where the animals roam free about it. i wish i was a flowing river. serenity and peace at its best.

i can go the distance

2007-03-22T16:13:00.000-05:00

i'm so stressed out right now. gee, can't wait for this misery to end. i'm not getting immune to the constant stress i'm facing its a pain in the a** juz thinkin bout it. i was so stressed out i almost quench my thrist with lotion. i realized it was not water when i touched the container. stress is deceiving my brains. what i see is not what it is. stupid brains.stupid life. stupid people that made my life miserable. stupid stupid stupid! i'm glad i've got someone to hear me out. sometimes u just feel like dying, knowing that u won't feel stress.u won't feel pain. u won't feel anger. u won't feel misery. u won't feel deceived. u won't feel anything. now thats what i call lifeless. siao. but then u knw there's more to life than all that sh*t. u knw that someone out there loves you and u dun wanna let 'em down. u just wanna stay strong and together, we'll go the distance.

when template and myspace collide

2007-03-20T15:51:00.000-05:00

i think i will start every posting with an image from here on(that is if i'm free enough to go scout for a nice image). feels good to see a pretty flower rite? so anyways, recently...no i meant today i suddenly had the "template" attack. you knw the feeling of wanting to modify ur template just so u can satisfy urself. i know someone who gets it alot. *cough* cough* foonz *cough* hahaha. yea...i got it today. de-stress. hey foonz, i'm loyal. i stick to my template layout leh. i love the design of this template thanks to drogue designs! i just added a few stuff here n there just so i can force myself to smile! gah hum bug! i think spring break came too short. should be like another 2-3 days longer. =P spoke to weijie that day. that fella is starving himself! (><) so naughty! weijie make sure u eat le. made me laugh when he jokingly said he wanted a slim face. (-.-V) hehe i'll cook for u nex time just don't starve urself until then! =P jeni mamacita, me wans some of eh spongebob. woot woot.oh shoot. break time over. suppose to get back to the books. anyway, i hate my life. oh what's new?!

this is it...

2007-03-17T14:49:00.000-05:00

its the smile that makes u go warm and fuzzy. its the attitude that lifts ur spirit up. its the laughter that makes u happy. its the sorrow that u share that comforts u. its the tiny little bit of expression that makes ur day. its the wacky-wackoness we share that keeps us alive. i'm gonna miss every bit of it. (T.T) i'm gonna miss having you around. be safe and keep in touch always. this posting is dedicated to weijie thats going for NS and chengwai thats goin to australia. personal msg : all the best in life and be happy always. ;)

where art thou...

2007-03-15T16:40:00.000-05:00

i wish i knew where my guardian angel is. need some guidance or should i say i need to be guided. i'm kind of lost rite now. whatever shall i do? *slaps herself back to reality* pffttt... i need to get some reality check. HELLO?! punch me for crapping please. i'm feeling sleepy rite now so i needed to do something to entertain myself to stay awake so i can study. whoa guess what. im awake knw. ever tried crapping? it works. with a little dose of reese's... ah love tat peanut choc. life sucks. whats new? crap. lacking good music. lacking tv shows. lacking frens back at SJ. lacking my home sweet home bed. lacking msian food. missing msia. sorry for this post and the previous one. it's really random and its out of boredom n sleepiness. sorry. shall talk some sense nex time but for now, bear this boredom with me. peace out. one love.

HEROES

2007-03-15T16:35:00.000-05:00

i wanna watch HEROES! =(

spring is here!

2007-03-13T15:25:00.000-05:00

finally, some warmth. no more thick big heavy bulky looking jackets. =) anywayz, its spring break now. *groans* study time. cuz after spring break there is the wonderful exams to be dealt with. oh wat joy! lately, i believe God has been doing me a favor. certain things goin on with my life lately has been pretty obvious. i really think God is doing me a favor and i guess i should not ignore it and attend to it. everyone gets an opportunity. i believe the many wonders in which things occur actually happens for a reason. i'm glad i'm blessed with a family and a pool of great friends. i'm glad i've met a couple of really nice people. some come n go but for some its a long lasting friendship tat both of us treasure. for those that come n go, so called "pei min" or in other words give face only. really can't stand these kind of people man. pretentious to the max. i hope they find serenity in their lost souls. waste time only listen to their problems and advice them, then they totally forget u when they're better or so it seems.

sometimes it hurts. sometimes its dead

2007-03-05T14:28:00.000-06:00

sometimes it hurts. sometimes its dead. i'm talking bout the fragile soul in me. hah. now where does the happy part fill in? nowhere. oh well. that's life right? everyone is bound to go through a period of depression. mine's just taking a longer time. but no worries. i'm still smiling on the outside. ain't that great? i'm charging the positive "chi-s" now. still loads of negative around me. so i get pretty moody sometimes. it basically happens when i start thinking. geez, using ur brain power is depressing huh? kinda hard to do. to not think. feels weird. everyone thinks. not juz as often as i do i suppose.

when the glass is half empty

2007-02-28T22:03:00.000-06:00

its starts off easy then hits a slope tats so steep u juz slide all the way back down. u try to lift urself up but u're so tired of repeating the same f*cking thing over and over again. u shake it off and slap urself hard. u say to urself,"i f*cking need to get this right!" i had a hard fall. really hard fall on tuesday. i can safely say i feel better now. cute wei jie told me to forget it and go take a nap awhile. it works. no point mopping bout the downfall. ur supposedly rice has turn into porridge. let it go. rest ur tired brains and when u get up, GET IT RIGHT! i'm glad he was around to take in my rants. really nice didi!thanks! i guess i'm gonna f*cking get it right this time. oh jac, thanks. i'll try to keep my chin up, even if i have to put a ruler under it on my chest. =P btw, life here sucks. woo hoo! the place is cool but my life sucks tats all. i hate life but i gotta put up with it. until i make myself happy, i'm gonna suffer to get there. anywayz, the verse from the song "What Hurts The Most" by Rascal Flatts really reflects me alot : [I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house.That don’t bother me.I can take a few tears now and then and just let them out.I’m not afraid to cry every once in a while.Even though going on with you gone still upsets me.There are days every now and again I pretend I’m ok.But that’s not what gets me] just tat its not bout love. is about f*cking life. i'm really good at pretending. lol. screw me.

trouble sleeping at night, trouble waking up in the morning

2007-02-22T01:50:00.000-06:00

lately, although being so sleepy n tired from my daily agenda, no matter what, without fail, when i get to bed, i lay there thinking to myself, "oh great! it's 2am and i'm not falling asleep despite the fact that i'm super tired and sleepy...AGAIN!" it takes me awhile before i actually doze off and when comes morning, its hard to get out of bed. really hard. i had to force myself out, but at least im not as bad as my sis. waking her up is so stressing! haha. furthermore, in between classes usually i'll juz take 15 mins of 40 winks and yet when comes the time i should b sleeping, i have difficulties. dunno whats bothering me. i have a feeling a whole lot. sigh. i better get to bed now.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

2007-02-15T22:09:00.000-06:00

to all Harry Potter fans (readers not movie go-ers), the 7th book is said to be released soon! take note Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be published on Saturday the 21st of July 2007. here's the official site of JK Rowling that i got the info from: http://www.jkrowling.com/en/thankyou.cfm omg. i can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was sooooo frustrated over the 6th book's ending, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince i hope that the 7th book doesn't come off as disappointing. JENI, SHU FEN...my harry potter kaki-s... we shall reunite soon. muahaha.

my first missed CNY

2007-02-15T21:22:00.000-06:00

funny now that i sit here n ponder on my thoughts, i realized i used not hate but just dun like chinese new year a tad bit only.i enjoy the whole process of goin on a money collecting spree but dislike the fact that during this time around i hate the hot weather,i hate the fact tat u have to wish every single person u see "Gong Xi Fa Cai". its really awkward for me to do so. but other than that, i totally love CNY. the delicious yummy CNY cookies especially chocolate almond cookies, cornflake cookies and pineapple tarts. i also love "ngaku" and "kuih kapet"!! i also love sweet sweet mandarin oranges! haha and yes i love "ang pau" hunting. brings back memories. i miss the times we went out as a gang "visiting" people. *grins* then there's the balik kampung trip...now i wish i was at grandma's place rather than being here. =( i rather eat n become fat with all the ipoh and penang food rather than eat n being fat here. and to think i was always complaining bout penang food. gah! curry mee, fried oyster, char kuay teow, nga choi kai, ipoh hor fun, chinese food...*with glitter in her eyes*its too cold here to even think that CNY is 3 days away. and i'm checking my mailbox on a daily basis for that "package" dear foonz is suppose to send...(foonz dun greedy greedy, sharing is caring!) hoho. i'll b waiting. belated CNY package also nvm. kekeke. i'll be waiting... anywayz, back to topic. CNY here isnt the same as CNY back in msia. haihz. anyway, the ethnic cuisine food here not so nice. and i'm getting bored of the food here already. i must adopt/kidnap some hawker stall owners in my luggage nex time and have them cook the yummy chinese food i miss so much. oh, chinese new year eve dinner...mom makes the dinner extra special...i miss mom's cooking. wonder what she's cooking this time around. oh well, anywayz, i hope everyone enjoy CNY this time around. XIN NIAN KUAI LE everyone! enjoy the warmth of the weather. its sucks being in this cold weather. walking to classes everyday in the cold sucks!

close your eyes

2007-02-11T18:50:00.000-06:00

i have a video to share.this music theme is pretty sweet. touching at parts and its goes well with the video edit.don't you wish u had love like that? such fantasy.so sweet. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

ZARA sale...80% off

2007-02-10T13:02:00.000-06:00

i received an sms last night telling me that ZARA is having sales up to 80%. how sedih is that? i'm all the way here. grr... yea tats bout it.day juz started. lets see how well it goes.

the 5th week

2007-02-07T10:38:00.000-06:00

now i'm in the 5th week. 11 more weeks till summer. feels so long. anywayz, its snowing again and crap i got lab later. hopefully,the snow stops coming down so i can walk back frm lab session more easily. its pretty cold out today. *groans* i really hate lab sessions. correction, i really hate physics lab session. Grr...correction, i hate physics in general! *sigh* omg...CNY nex week and im here freezing in the cold. *sob* no cookies and mandarin oranges to eat. so sad.anywayz, got another class later better start getting down to it. anyways, recently i met Wei Jie. and I wanna thank him for sending me a copy of his pic. Jie, thanks alot! I really like the pic. its sooo nice. I hope you can take more. Hope u will gain loads of inspiration and passion. Maybe your 2 years at NS will help you with that! All the best! Have a little faith and I believe you'll make it. Go for your dream and remember me when you do. =) take care when you're at NS and keep in touch ya! it's fun knowing you. =) here's a look at the pic he gave me. I've edit it to a copyright pic. didn't wanna post it simply cuz it's his work. hope you dun mind Jie, but i wanna show how nice your pic is!

when the world turns evil

2007-02-04T15:11:00.000-06:00

i could not believe it when Foonz told me about the shooting incident that happened at Subang Parade on Saturday night. She wasn't sure about the news either until she gets the paper. So, then comes kor who sends me an article from "The Star Online" to read, and said "I was there". this kor ah. anywayz, the news was true. 3 died. 2 Security guards and one of the penjahat. I can't believe that it happened at a place like Subang Parade. I never thought it would ever happen anytime...ever. it was shocking. and to think i go there sometimes back when i was at Malaysia. Somemore tat place is usually filled with people during the weekends. Haihz. what is the world coming to? why so many heartless people out there? can the government do something bout illegal immigrants please. even if they're not illegal, still, do something about foreign ppl coming into the country not for travelling purposes. *sigh* a moment of silence for the two security guards that had dedicated their lives in fulfilling their duties. may they rest in peace.

in the comfort of your strength

2007-02-04T02:51:00.000-06:00

"When I am down and oh my soul so weary.When troubles come and my heart burdened be.Then I am still and wait here in the silence.Until you come and sit awhile with me." - Josh Groban. An excerpt from Josh Groban's "You Raise Me Up". The words are beautiful. It's very moving and i truly feel it in the depths of my soul. You think you hate life and all its "wonders" tat comes along with it but you actually don't. sometimes life is juz hard. sometimes life is juz complicating. sometimes life is a hassle. sometimes life is disappointing. sometimes life is frustrating. sometimes life is a bore. sometimes life sucks. sometimes life is depressing. sometimes life is stressing. sometimes life is irritating. sometimes life is crappy. sometimes life is shitty. sometimes life is worth it. sometimes life is a blessing. sometimes life is just a path of rocky slopes and some how, some way and some day we may just reach the top and enjoy the troubles we went through reaching our goals. along the way, we meet people. people who just makes life worth living for. people who would be there to be your pillar of strength. people who would listen to your rants and not complain. people who would offer comfort and assurance. people who you end up loving and caring. people who ends up loving and caring for you too. people who would always be there, rain or shine to be with you. people you call family and friends. people you would treasure for life. that's why life is precious.

then comes february

2007-02-03T11:40:00.000-06:00

yes! a month has gone by with just a blink of an eye.hehe i didnt mean that literally but yea. 3 more months to go.i'm getting pretty excited.i can't wait to go home. by the way, speaking of which, it sucks being here not being able to celebrate chinese new year!!!!!! its not the same celebrating CNY here and celebrating CNY back home.I can't believe that I'll be missing CNY everytime now. The red packets, the cornflake cookies, the chocolate almond cookies, the pineapple tart cookies, the ngaku, the mandarin oranges, and the list will just keep getting longer...bah hum bug!its just downright sucky.anyway just experienced my first test here, one was not bad and the other was bad.In a true/false question, geez, if it's false give a reason why it is. Can u imagine? but actually its a good way to motivate you to rememer things more till your brains explode. hey guys, if my brains does explode, sue them please. thanks! LOL. anyway, i better stop here. got another test coming up in a week's time so its no fun n game. i relly need to get down with this one...physics sucks big time! so yea...gotta live with it. anywayz, happy valentine's day and 'Xin Nian Kuai Le' to everyone! i might post again but just in case! have fun...while i don't. grrr...

week #4

2007-01-29T16:51:00.000-06:00

I'm actually moving into week #4 of classes. It's getting pretty much depressing due to the fact that I'm still jobless. E-mailing some of the "employers" proved not fruitful at all. Out of 3, only one replied. God knows what happened to the other 2 emails. The one that replied said that I shouldn't b wasting my time just cleaning glassware.Said something bout not having any opportunity to move up and what not with that job but just merely and clearly b a dishwasher with tat job. suggested that I fill in an application form with the Biochemistry department and c from there if there was any professors that need help with lab work. He said that by doing so it would benefit me more in the long run. having able to fill up my resume in a more impressive manner. *sigh* i suppose i shouldve just said to him to take me in first. cuz currently i'm running pretty low on cash. Its not like i have anything to spend on right now but yea, it gets pretty tight comes the times when i may actually need to use 'em. I've applied with the library, still waiting for reply there. Gonna do some online stuff to get money. Still in search for a job. omg its really depressing. i can't imagine later looking for internships and what not. screw the wonders of life. it sucks big time! shoot. i'm being negative again. BEN I WANNA PUNCH MY PUNCHING BAG!!!!!!! seriously screw the entire planet and its inhabitants! F*** life! aah... feel better. I'm not giving up, i'm still searching but being negative just helps me b stronger. *scoffs* yea rite! i'm just making myself feel better. i believe in being independent and hard work. and i have a little faith in myself and God. screw this i'm done! =P