a journey not destination

that time of the year again...

2011-12-16T11:15:00.002+08:00

Glad to see 2011 go?
Not really... but I expect an even better 2012 coz 2011 is awesomeness!!!

Did u change your hair in 2011?
Yes! Twice. And I'm obsessed in getting them short!

The best part of 2011?
1. get to travel to a lot of places... it was such a memorable experiences
2. to be in UK after all these years
3. bought my first and second Apple products and been loving them!
4. I was featured in Air Asia 360!
5. I went crazy with Hooi Ling and joined her to watch Super Junior in Malaysia and we were so close to the stage and I can see everyone super clearly!

The worst part of 2011?
1. being bullied by that certain contractor
2. culture shock
3. met weird (and greedy) people while I was on vacation in Krabi & Solo.
4. almost all my 3-year or older electronic products die almost at the same time, eg laptop, phone, camera
5. saying goodbyes a few times to a lot of people...

Any new crushes in 2011?
Forever Taeyang!

Who will u never forget?
When I went to Indonesia, I bumped into two Malay backpackers while we were waiting at Immigration. After that we were kind of traveling together. It was fun! Never thought we will get along so well and now we are planning for our second adventure!

Who do u wish u didn't meet?
That contractor. That greedy beca-man. And that UH representative is M'sia. Seriously, a lot of students complaint!

Did u have a boyfriend in 2011?
My Moomoo & my work are currently my boyfriends. Period.

Did u fall in love in 2011?
everything about being in UK. And also hot chocolate, especially Costa.

Did u catch someone in lie in 2011?
More like what they were talking not making any sense.

Did u take any vacations in 2011? Where?
1. Krabi
2. Jogjakarta & Solo
3. Singapore
4. London, including Oxford and Bath
5. Germany (coming soon this Dec)

Any new hobbies of 2011?
I love cooking! I love cooking for people.

Did u get a new job in 2011?
Don't think I'll change field though.

Did u lose a job in 2011?
Yes. Due to further study.

Did u host a party in 2011?
Noooo.... I should have...

Where did most of your money go?
Vacations and shopping and electronic products!

What song will always remind u of 2011?
Tomorrow by Tablo ft Taeyang.

Biggest Achievement in 2011?
Nothing much to shout about...

Biggest Failure of 2011?
Failure to earn more money =p

In 2011, did u lie to miss a day of work/school?
Happened 2-3 days ago >.<

Did u move in 2011?
Move to Hatfield from Petaling Jaya.

What was your greatest musical discovery?
I love anything by Taeyang. LOL.

What was the best book u read in 2010?
I have no idea. I have not been reading a lot lately, except when i was writing thesis.

What was your favourite movie of the year?
Transformer of course!

What did u want in 2011 and got?
1. Apple products - iMac & Macbook Pro
2. vacations and I got a lot of them
3. clubbing! so far went twice only >.<
4. back to school
5. Big Bang light stick!!!

What did u want in 2011 but didn't get?
iPhone... but trying my luck again. As in NOW! lol.

Did u make out in public in 2011?
How I wish... yeah right...

What's the ringer on your cellphone?
Classic ringer.

Who did u miss?
People back in Malaysia, and those who went to overseas.

Who was the best new person u met?
A lot! Last 3 months I met a lot of very nice, helpful people.

What one more thing would have made your year immeasurably more exciting?
If only I get to see Taeyang in person since he was here in London!

Your favourite commercial in 2011?
No TV over here and not into broadcast program.

Something u couldn't leave home without in 2011?
Passcard & bank card.

How did u spend New Year's 2011?
At home, and was heavily sick after coming back from Singapore. So I was there, in Millennium Square, with my another sick housemate, watching New Year countdown on TV while people outside was shouting. Oh but I had a nice dinner with Siew Lin the night before.

Valentine's Day 2011?
Wasn't it fall on Chinese New Year as well?

Easter 2011?
I think I was working...?

Halloween 2011?
Looking at my funny fellow schoolmates dressing up as crazy as they can be.

Thanksgiving 2011?
Rushing work >.<

Christmas 2011?
Don't know yet. But it will be with my classmates and involves turkey & gift exchange!

Your birthday?
At Daorae Korean BBQ!!! With all the nicest friends!

Since I'll be spending New Year away from UK and might not be able to access on the Internet, I hereby wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Hunter Douglas

2011-08-02T12:20:00.000+08:00

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miss you much, Singapore!

2011-02-19T18:23:00.003+08:00

I have started to like Singapore over the past few years. There are certain things that you just can't find in Malaysia. When it comes to Christmas, I want to be in Singapore more than any other place (okay probably if given a chance, I would love to be in America, but we're talking about reality now).

I was just browsing through some photos and the feeling hits me again. I want to go back to Singapore! I miss the place, I miss the shopping and the fun, and most of all, my bestest of friends are all there!

Christmas is just so beautiful in Singapore. Shopping is awesome providing you have enough cash and cc to spend!

And the architecture... is just mesmerizing! At least this is way better than what I see so far! And knowing those suppliers and contractors that I'm working with are involving in those awesome projects makes me love my career even more!

I already missing all the shopping spree in Singapore! And the party! Darlings in Singapore, when are you guys going to bring me to hit the club? I seriously can't wait any longer.

And I have to pass out the chance of going to Singapore next week with a friend all due to my job! How I wish to go there again...

It has been not long ago when I met them, but I miss them lots - Phoebe! Lynn! It feels so different went crazy with you guys in a totally different country! And everytime we see each other, we look different.

Crazy enough but I even miss Candylicious. Indeed I always crave for candies & chocs for my sweet tooth!

In fact I feel a whole lot miserable now because I want to go to Singapore!!!! I want to do the wakeboarding, BBQ-ing & cycling at East Coast, shop-till-drop, and party like there's no tomorrow.

All the memories... feel so nostalgic!

I have high hopes for 2011

2010-12-31T23:02:00.003+08:00

Before the new year kick off, let's start planning and hopefully 2011 is going to be an amazing year!!!

> Further study
That's it! 2011 is the year. If I don't go, I would be too old. So no more delaying.

> Earn more money
Get freelance job or any side income.

> Vacations!!!!
Wanting to explore more of the world, so it would be lovely if Air Asia is kind enough to offer cheap tickets for me to go Korea or Bali!

> Get a scholarship
Partial scholarship watsoever... I want to continue excelling in studies!

> Get a design job
To be in charge in design, and only as design consultant. Can be a freelance job.

> Experience new things
Like cultures of other countries, or learning a new language!

> No health issue!
I don't want to fall sick until I can't get up like this again... This is just too much!

> Electronic gadgets year~
I need to change almost all of my electronic gadgets. So it is timely to get iMac, iPhone & D90 within this year!

> Get a Prince~
Maybe I should open up to people in order to find one. I'm still praying there's at least a few more Taeyang out there!!!

> Slim down
By eating healthy, and exercise often...

> Conquer more mountains!
Probably I should get Dixon to help me with this! I want to go mountain climbing again!!!!

Hope all these will come true... xD

Let the tradition continue....

2010-12-31T15:47:00.002+08:00

Glad to see 2010 go?
NO~!!! It's one of the best year I've ever had! But who knows, 2011 would be even better??

Did u change your hair in 2010?
Hell yes and I freaking love it!!!! I cut short my hair, and dyed cherry brown.

The best part of 2010?
> Earning my own money
> Being full-time full-paid Designer, and get the advantage to attend social parties!
> Met a lot of people who I lost contact with
> I moved in to a lovely & warm house that feels like family!
> I bought ALL of Taeyang's CDs - the first mini album & the first full length album & international album xD

The worst part of 2010?
Iphone and I doesn't seem like getting along.... So as other electronic devices like my digital camera and laptop T___T

Any new crushes in 2010?
New? NO. Remains the same as last year. Still Taeyang. Will always be. =D

Who will u never forget?
The people who leaves impact in my life.

Who do u wish u didn't meet?
There must be a reason we meet some people.

Did u have a boyfriend in 2010?
Don't think I will have any if Taeyang is the minimal standard I set.

Did u fall in love in 2010?
> With eating healthy food - direct influence from housemates
> Singapore!!!!! I heart Singapore~~
> Back to the basic design....

Did u catch someone in lie in 2010?
I think so... And it still going on... I just have to wait and see...

Did u take any vacations in 2010? Where?
> Singapore... TWICE!!!!
> Melaka... TWICE too!!!!

Any new hobbies of 2010?
Old hobbies remain.

Did u get a new job in 2010?
Full time FF&E Designer.

Did u lose a job in 2010?
Resigned once.

Did u host a party in 2010?
Nope. But I attended a few...

Where did most of your money go?
Vacation....

What song will always remind u of 2010?
Probably some of the songs I really like from this year from artists like Taylor Swift, Taeyang & GD & Top.

Biggest Achievement in 2010?
Still underachieve...
Okay I climbed a mountain and a hill throughout the whole year!
And I also stay out of clubbing for a whole year ever since I turned legal!

Biggest Failure of 2010?
Failure in getting a boy count??

In 2010, did u lie to miss a day of work/school?
I just pretend to be sick... Because there was something I have to do T____T

Did u move in 2010?
Yes!!! I LOVE my current place right now =D

What was your greatest musical discovery?
I love KPOP <3

What was the best book u read in 2010?
The World's Greatest Architecture. This year I hardly read >.<

What was your favourite movie of the year?
Harry Potter 7 Part 1~

What did u want in 2010 and got?
> Vacations
> A good paid job
> Moving back to PJ

What did u want in 2010 but didn't get?
iPhone... keep out of stock whenever I want it!

Did u make out in public in 2010?
I wish I have someone XD Kidding~~

What's the ringer on your cellphone?
I silent mode the phone.

Who did u miss?
Dearies from the good old times aka June, Phoebe, Lynn!!!!!

Who was the best new person u met?
Met a lot of nice suppliers.

What one more thing would have made your year immeasurably more exciting?
If only I was able to go to Taeyang Live Band concert!

Your favourite commercial in 2010?
I don't really watch that much TV...

Something u couldn't leave home without in 2010?
Wallet!

How did u spend New Year's 2010?
Mountain climbing with Dixon and his friends!!!! I want to do that again!

Valentine's Day 2010?
Celebrating Chinese New Year!

Easter 2010?
Working!!!!

Halloween 2010?
Didn't celebrate but I think I went out.

Thanksgiving 2010?
Celebrated it late but it was at Euro Deli.

Christmas 2010?
At Singapore!!!! Christmas Eve had dinner with Weiling & Aurelia, then later on met with Lynn & Crystal. The next day shopping with Phoebe, after that went to her friend's party! The happiest Christmas I've ever had!

Your birthday?
With mum & dad at home! First time after sooooo long!!!! Lol~

Looks like I'm spending my last few days of 2010 and first few days of 2011 being SICK T____T

Happy New Year 2011 everyone! *fireworks*

Merry Christmas

2010-12-20T00:04:00.000+08:00

Life is a gift
with no strings attached
no debt to pay back
the giver asks only
that you not be wasteful of it
that you be respectful of it
that you always share its bounty
with those around you

and that you live
every hour
every second
in the spirit of love
in which it was given

Merry Christmas my friends!

Please Be My Santa...

2010-12-07T22:46:00.003+08:00

Came up with my Christmas wishlist XD

Not that I expected to get them. But it's the things that I want to own at some point.

1. iPhone 4
2. Nikon D90
3. Taeyang Solar Concert DVD
4. iMac
5. A cute lil Boston Terrier
6. Chrome Heart shirt
7. New Era cap

Well... yeah~ Be my Santa! Or rather, Mr. Santa, I'm looking forward meeting you!

Let's have a fun loving Christmas people! I see you in Singapore~~!!!

Cari Makan

2010-12-07T22:10:00.003+08:00

It's already December and I feel like I accidentally went through all the past 11 months. And there is still so many things I wanted to do before the end of the year, but looking at the seemingly endless schedule, I guess some won't make the cut.

Well, since it's the Christmas season and all, I'll blog more this month. Hoping will end this year in high note even though I still feel underachieve. But at least, I'm doing something...

Anyways, here goes what I was doing recently... or last night...

Siew Lin, Si Ying and I went to this Swiss German restaurant called Euro Deli at Damansara Kim. Took us a while before we found it. This is a good place for those who craves for pork.

And I don't normally eat pork as well. However, just for tonight, I decided to eat. Since I read a lot of good reviews, so might as well try.

And yeah... the food comes in big portion. I ordered Butcher's plate. There were so many to choose from and I really don't know what to eat. But one thing for sure is they taste heavenlicious! Lol.

Before that they also served us breads with butter. I have not eaten anything so simple yet so yummy before. The bread was warm and soft plus the aroma of the butter... It feels heavenly.

We were really enjoying our meal. And for a western restaurant standard, their price is considered cheap. Worth the money for a high quality food! I definitely will come back again. But for the next 2 months or so, I'll stay away from pork or any meat possible!

Melaka again~

2010-11-06T15:28:00.002+08:00

2 weeks ago I went to Melaka again. Don't really have a purpose. Just want to go there to have some food and get out of busy city life for once.

Posing in front of the hotel we lived in. It was the same place me and Siew Lin lived the last time we came.

So of course, food! Instead of going for the usual one, we tried different shops/cafes since we have a tour guide aka Kelly who knows Melaka perfectly well.

Here's the chicken rice balls. Like this better than the one I went last time.

Since Hooi Ling and Kelly are around, I don't have to be the photographer. It was fun walking around freely and knowing that behind me there would be people taking photos of me! Hahahaha.

See... even the tripod is out!

Didn't really eat a lot this time around. The weather is just nice when we reached. It wasn't scorching hot like how Melaka should have been. So we didn't get any sunburn. Yeah... and I even spent money to get sun block...

But night time it was raining. Totally spoiled our chances to walk the Jonker night market. Not that I want to go there. But where else to go? We did came out late night to have cocktails at Geographer Cafe. And not to mention my cocktail tasted totally like pineapple!

We went to Capitol Satay too. When we reached there it was about 5.30 pm and the queue was quite long already. God knows we have to wait for one hour plus to get in our turn. And the queue by then was even longer! When it comes to food, people really willing to queue for hours!

Sad to say this is not my thing! The gravy is not as nice as the original satay gravy. Maybe if it's satay gravy, I will like it better!

Nothing much happened though. Maybe because my last trip was 4 months back, I have yet to miss Melaka that much yet. Nevertheless it was a nice getaway!

Broga Hills, Finally!

2010-10-10T17:34:00.007+08:00

After delaying this trip for so long, I finally get to climb Broga Hills! But need to wake up at 3 freaking am which is a major problem to me, as I really am not a morning fella. All worth it though... I really need to get out of comfy zone and do something adventurous. I need to exercise. I need to be healthy!

So yeah... it wasn't a photography outing. More like, keeping fit! And this is only the second ~~mountain~~ hills I climbed this year. Initially I thought Broga was half the standard of Santubong. I still remember how we spent 4 hours to reach the peak of Santubong early this year! And from what I heard, Broga ain't that easy as well.

But sometimes you need to experience it yourselves in order to tell your opinion. So here goes mine: Broga is nothing compared to Santubong. For some reason it's a hill not mountain. Easy to walk, nothing much on climbing, can reach the peak within 1 hour. In fact, I didn't sweat that much, making me feel like I didn't exercise at all! *sad*

When we started our journey, the starry sky was a pretty sight! And the ground was so dark that it feels like one wrong step you going to fall to somewhere... Once we reached the peak, the scenery was so pretty! And I can't believe there were so many up there! I mean, this is a hill! Not shopping malls! And people actually come all the way here on an early Saturday morning! I find that difficult to believe!

Scenery from up there is just so breathtaking! Thank God the weather was nice. Can clearly see the ground below.

And you can actually find a lot of this at the peak. More like this grass covered almost the whole area. Won't it be nice if it was some kind of flowers? Lol.

The most amazing thing is we get to see ~~TAEYANG~~ the sun rise! LOL~ Basically the sun glows brightly on us.

Since up there was overly crowded, we didn't stay long to snap photos, just enough time for us to enjoy the view and the sweet air.

There were people who even brought bicycle up there! But once they were up there, they kind of worry how to get down with the bicycle. LOL.

I want to go there again! I feel like I can do this over and over again as compared to Santubong. But it would be better if there's other mountain to climb.

Even the sky is so pretty.

There was a lonely swing near the peak.

We took one last photo before heading home, and promise to come back again... hopefully soon!

Who fancy another outing??? XD

my way to celebrate mid autumn fest

2010-09-26T20:13:00.004+08:00

I don't really get the chance to celebrate any festive days - specially Chinese ones - after I started 'independent life'. No one really bothers to celebrate them anyway. But then again, whenever we feel tired, we always think of our childhood where we were the happiest. So this year, Siew Lin, Hooi Ling, Kelly and I decided to make our own version of Mid Autumn Fest.

Not that it was any difference from others. But on that day, we made sure we don't stay at office for long. Hahahaha~ Then off we went to the Park at Amcorp Mall.

Lucky for us, it wasn't rain that day. So when we arrived, there were actually a few groups of people started putting on lanterns.

I never realized lights from candles can be so beautiful. It was pitch dark out there, but we basically lighting up the space.

It really does look like in a movie, where the guy putting on thousands of candles to form a heart shape, then proposing to the girl. Very romantic! But we have no intention on forming a heart shape. We just adding some lights to the steps, hoping people inside LRT can see them when they pass by.

I'm in love!!!It was a pretty sight. And we get to talked to this uncle and aunt, whose children are all on their own already. Aren't we too???

Not forgetting the lanterns!

The most basic lanterns of ours. Of course, those children there have very high tech lanterns. You know, those using batteries and comes with music.

Here's me and Kelly with our lanterns, behind us is none other than Amcorp Mall.

For a night, we forgotten about the harsh reality. LOOOOL~~ We ate mooncakes under the spotlight of the moon.

Bubbles and pretty little lights... they are good combination!

And it really feels different playing lanterns now then when we were young. Those time, we were innocent, we just followed through. But now, we try to be innocent, we act like kids again. Because we know, when the sun comes out the next day, it's time to face reality again.

And Kelly bought us Kong Ming lantern a.k.a. Sky lantern. My first time to have this kind of lanterns during this festive day! I scribbled all my wishes on it, hoping they managed to reach to the sky above and making my dreams come true!

And here we go... It went up, up and up... Even passed by the moon.

It was truly the best Mid Autumn Fest I had so far!

before & after

2010-09-26T19:14:00.003+08:00

There are certain things in life that we cannot afford to make mistake. Or else you have to pay for the huge mistake.

Sometimes, I do things without thinking much. It's a lot more adventurous that way, no? And I believe I might need to have a little trust on my instinct.

One of the example is... getting a new hairdo. I believe it is important to find a stylist you trust, and have a say on the style you want. If not, you probably need to hide at home for a long time!

Some time ago, I just decided to crop my long wavy hair I had for the past 4 years.

I just feel like I need some changes in life. I need to take risk, and sometimes playing it safe just makes life a bit dull, considering my profession.

I seriously cannot imagine how the outcome is going to be. And the stylist don't even give me time to think twice. She chopped off my hair in seconds. So, no room for regrets, and no room for mistakes.

And the result??

TADA~~~

This is probably the shortest hairdo I have in my entire life. And I feel like I'm reborn again... LOL~~

I can't believe this, but I'm loving it! Any regrets? Absolutely no!

What's next??? Short curl perhaps?? LOL.

Somebody to love

2010-09-15T15:47:00.002+08:00

誰かを愛して
誰かに愛され
誰かと別れどこかでまた
誰かが誰かと巡り会う中
これが最後のLove

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Tomorrow, for the very first time, we're going to celebrate Malaysia Day~~~

* * *

I want a vacation!!!! OUTSIDE the country!!!

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And I'm tired of waiting~ TT.TT

Obsession

2010-09-05T23:35:00.004+08:00

My obsession towards Taeyang, or Big Bang is no secret. LOL~ So whenever he released his albums, I'll fork out my salary to get one.

Just recently I ordered his limited edition Solar. But after that, he surprised me when the was the announcement of Solar international album, which included a few new songs and DVD! And of course, I ordered it again. So here comes my love~~

What more can I say? I love his voice, I love the way he sings, I love his dances, and most of all, I love his songs and the genre of his songs! And I really crazy enough to get all his albums. ~~Didn't even do that to Leehom!~~

Since the annual Bookfest is here again, how can I miss it! The fact is this is actually the first time I went even though I was suppose to go last year, or the year before. But things just came up... Surprise huh? Considering I'm a book lover...

Books are freaking cheap. I wish I have more budget allocated for books (and also space). There were a lot of encyclopedia I wanted to get for my personal collections. But in the end, I only get this one~

For a freaking cheap RM 15.90! I might go there again, for more books. I need to spend less time on the Internet on more time reading. LOL~

I made a bold decision to have some drastic change. And I like it this way. I feel the need to have some challenge and take risk. I realize that while I'm still young and capable, might as well be wild and bold... in a good way.

Getaway

2010-08-30T23:25:00.002+08:00

Back in Kuching for 5 days. Not even a week! And I'm leaving in a few more hours.

Didn't get to accomplish some 'to-do list'. But I'm quite satisfy already. At least, get over the most important ones. And met a lot more people than I imagined! Well, thanks Johnston, Dixon, Johnny, Ek Guan, Liew Yii and also dear Jacq for your time! Even bumped into Mildred while out with Jacq the other day. I still wish to meet Joan though... maybe someday...

And my phone... looks like I'm getting a new one in KL. And not just any other phone. I have trusting issue here... no matter how popular the brand is. It is very wrong to make me piss because I don't give second chance!

*Sigh* I already started thinking of the day I'm going back to office... I have this love/hate relationship about works. I love my job, I love being busy and useful, but I hate going to office. Lol. Can't I just work at home? =p

Happy Birthday Malaysia, by the way. We came a long way since independent, but the journey ahead is even longer. Let's just pray for some peace.

I can feel the end of the year is quick approaching. I still have a lot to accomplish before the end is coming. Right now, I just need somebody to luv~~~ Yeah... the song just keep repeating in my mind. Until next time then. PEACE!

Boy... I Need A Boy...

2010-07-10T02:30:00.002+08:00

I better post this before it becomes another outdated post again. LOL. Because my BABY is finally here!!!

Some of you might know, Taeyang released his first full album last week. And being a fan to his music ~~and of course of him and his sexy body is hard to resist~~, I just have to get my hand of this copy! Not any other copy, but the Deluxe Edition!!!

Even though the chances of getting this album straight from Korea is quite low as they only produce 30,000 copies, and you know how his fans are super fast in getting his album, I know my chances are not so bright. Nevertheless, I still tried and looks like lucky star is on my side! Went to pre-ordered it as soon as it was released.

This is the most expensive CD I ever get so far. I have to fork out USD49.99 for it! And to convert it to RM, it's roughly about RM162... just for a CD! But it's limited edition!!! I guess being a designer, whatever you want is priority and you always will want the limited edition.

And within few hours after it was released, all 30,000 copies worldwide were out of print! So paying that much is really worth it!!

I still can't believe I actually managed to get one myself!!! I'm so so so lucky!!!!! It comes with a very nice CD casing I must say. Drop dead gorgeous!! Uh~ so I was basically buying the design too...

And I just love all his songs! And his voice ~~and also his body~~!!! This is one awesome CD that contains all 13 very nice R&B tracks. I simply can't find one that I don't like...

Then I had this conversation with my housemates...

Me: This CD cost 50 dollar!
Fay: USD?? *shock*
Me: Yes!
Fay: O_____O *keep staring at me*
-Gee just came back-
Gee: Oh new camera!!!
Fay: It's not the camera, it's the CD! Look at the CD!!!
Gee: Okay... *stare*
Me: ......

While we are at it... Last weekend was the annual Archidex, which I always attend ever since college days. For the first time, I went there not as student, but someone from the industry.

Who knows... even after registered clearly with my namecard attached, they not only get my name wrong, they also got my position wrong!!! Since when am I a Trade Visitor??? I supposed to get a red tag, not yellow!!!!

Luckily I didn't lose the privilege of being a designer. At least I got everything I need and met with some suppliers. During my student days, whenever I came, I don't know what to ask. So usually just have a look at their special inventions. But now, they are a lot of things to ask. It's part of the job to meet more people and to know more.

I wish they are huge design expo in Malaysia for us designers... That will certainly benefits all of us!

Outdated Post - A Drive To Malacca

2010-07-06T23:23:00.014+08:00

*warning - read at your own risk. I'm not responsible for your hunger or craving for yummy food*

I haven't been able to blog frequently lately. Even though there were a lot of things I would like to share, every time when I get back home, I was too tired to do anything. So having Twitter gives me an advantage to sum up my current situation. And so, this is another outdated post that I should have been posted like, 2 weeks earlier.

My ex-colleague (from PDI) was getting married on end of June. Or rather, he get married few days before that and had a small celebration with us. So, as a nice junior, I attended his wedding kenduri along with Siew Lin and Dominic. Since it was at Tampin, we came out early from PJ that morning after had a very nice fish noodles at Sea Park. Seriously, the handmade noodles there are just so nice! Thinking of it right now makes me want to go there straight away.

I have not been seeing Fendi for 2 years or more! Luckily he still recognize me! And of course, him being an ex-colleague means that I would be seeing other colleagues as well. Chatted with a few of them. I heard the boss is coming too. But I didn't stay that long though. And he certainly didn't come early.

Congratulations Fendi! May you live in blissfulness and happiness forever and always. And I'm glad to hear that you like the gift we gave you and currently using them!

Since we already at Tampin, and it's not that much further from Malacca, so we decided to stay overnight at Malacca. Just assuming this is a weekend trip for us! I have not been to Malacca for 2 years! So it is only right to visit this state again!

Probably because it was weekend, and Singapore was having school holiday then, Malacca was basically flooded by tourists! Most of the hotels were full. We were lucky we managed to get one!

And so... our all-you-can-eat journey started! When you go to Malacca, you certainly can't miss out Jonker Street even if it's a tourist attraction and sometimes the stuff selling there are overprice. But... that's where you get all the nice foodies!!!

We started off with the famous No.88. Seriously, they have the best Baba & Nyonya food. I opted for the famous Baba Laksa. The cafe was so crowded like usual. The interior still remain the same just like what I saw 2 years back. Nothing really changes huh??

Look at how Dom enjoyed his food! Another famous dessert in Malacca is their Cendol. This is also the place that serves good Cendol. The weather was scorching hot so having a Cendol is a must in this kind of situation.

Speaking of the weather... Malacca is all-year-long hot. The last time I came, I went back with serious sun burnt. And so this time I keep reminding myself to bring comfy clothes. Everything went fine until I reached Malacca, only then I realize of everything I had prepare, I totally forgotten to pack along my sunblock!! That's like... the most crucial thing to have by your side when you go Malacca! So here goes my second time visiting Malacca that ended up with another burnt.

I find this tree... entertaining! It leans on one side, just like how Pisa tower is.

And everywhere you go, you certainly can't miss out the sight of tricycle. They are all over decorated with flowers that makes it looks like a wedding tricycle rather than normal tricycle (and comes with all the international top hits).

This time, since it was more of a personal trip, and we came to de-stress instead of doing research, so we had much more time to explore. We managed to have a ride at Menara Taming Sari for a full view of Malacca, and noticed that Eye of Malaysia is very lonely located at somewhere near the sea.

During my last visit I didn't exactly went to all those historical places. So this time I made it a must for me to pay a little visit as I have not been here for so long. And my local history knowledge is getting deteriorate.

Up on the hill is St. Paul. And the other side there is the A Famosa.

Japanese tourists were here too! It was funny seeing them fascinated by almost everything. I guess that would be our reactions as well when we go to Japan!

The best part? We ate a lot! Basically everything that is on the famous must eat list! LOL. Jonker Street is a good place to get food. After a lot of shopping, we had a drink at the historical Geographer Cafe at one of the corner of Jonker Street. It is a good location to observe the busy night market. And in case you don't know, the movie 'Summer Holiday' had their shooting here! The drink above is the beverage I ordered ~ Summer Mou Mou tea!!!

The famous Chicken Rice Balls at Chung Hua Cafe. I really like the taste of the rice balls. They look yummy even from the picture, right?

Love the satay!!! I think if I were to live in Malacca permanently, I'll gain weight very fast!

Once Abubu told me the best Cendol in Malacca is the one near the port opposite Red House. And so I went. Yeah... they're good. They taste different from the one adding santan. I like both though.

Before we left, we searched all the way for this famous cafe selling popiah. It was the last thing on our to-eat list. And finally we managed to find our way there. Ordered rojak and popiah.

The popiah here is different. More juicy I guess. Can't really describe food with my limited adjective. LOL.

Anyways, I feel really satisfied after having all the food I basically can swallow! And that 2 days I feel like I was having fun again, going travel in another world without having to worry about reality. But time flies and reality hits back really fast when it was time to say goodbye.

Me and Siew Lin took one last photo before leaving Malacca and all those yummy food behind...

P/s: There are more outdated posts coming soon... And I am more likely to upload the rest of the photos in my album... or facebook(which I don't fancy much). Wait till I have time to edit some of them.

My Boy!

2010-06-12T19:09:00.000+08:00

Been waiting for this for so long and voila! Hehehe...

the beginning & the end

2010-06-05T20:09:00.005+08:00

>>>Not having internet connection at home is real suffering! But I applied one now... Just need to wait for Telekom to come and fix everything! And I'm thinking of getting 4MB since it's cheap and covers my area!!! xD And even though I can online in the office, but being busy is one thing. Having a boss who's sitting behind me and occasionally next to me is another thing! Well she doesn't seem to mind, she's chatting all the same like any of us... But better not overdo anything and concentrate on work!

>>>I love my current house! And my housemates are nice, nice people! I feel blissful! It makes me feel at home. I'm so grateful I'm being taken care so well by these people. Thank you! And thanks Olala too.

* * *

you had me at hello

you have this warm smile
that managed to brighten up any dark days
and whenever you around
you never fail to make me smile
any difficult days made easy because of you
with that
every day seems to be a happy day
all the difficulties
all seems bearable
because of one smile

every morning

you wave, you smile
we shared some secret

only between you and me

those were the only times

we were alone

then the time was up

it's difficult to say goodbye

it's even difficult

not to see the smile again

when you walked to me

held out your hand

i realized

this is really the end

i wondered

will i ever see that smile again?

i smiled at you

coolly took your hand

but have you ever know

how that time

i really feel like crying

knowing the fact that

i will never see you again?

it breaks my heart

it feels like i'm beyond broken

i keep thinking

did i make a right decision?

at times

i feel like shouting

it becomes a little unbearable

not able to see the smile

that takes away all troubles

part of me

wanting to rush to where you are

one song is enough

to remind me of you

one place is enough

to make me think of you

everything i see

everywhere i go

i see images of you

thus,

i keep repeating that one song

i keep passing that place

hopefully the memories won't ever die

shattered and broken

but life goes on

i wanted to make excuses

just so i can see you again

but

what will happen

when i see you again?

the shortlived happiness

remains as the most

beautiful memories right now

i pray that

your smile

will always be there

lit up everyone's lives

so each day

is a beautiful day

i can't thank you enough

for always being there

lighting up my life

Cheers~ =D

And I have a nice day... But tomorrow will be even better!

Good night everyone...

Randomness

2010-05-30T01:56:00.005+08:00

Suddenly just feel like blogging... But my mind has been all over the place. I can't focus, and I'm tired of thinking. So now I'll try to compile them here... hopefully this will join my mind altogether.

The other day a friend of mine, who is a quantity surveyor told me that designers are complicated. The brain just don't function like normal people. Well, that is why we are designers. Our brains think differently, just so that we can create something new and different. Then again, it's so difficult to create something new and different each time. People usually recycled their concepts, and sometimes make me wonder is that their signature styles. Designers... are complicated! Being one is very tough.

Lately the weather is just killing. The hot sun almost burnt me into human bbq. It's a miracle I survived living in this country for this long!

I still can't get my baby Boston Terrier. Because I live in condo. I hate laws! And designers just don't follow them. I'll find a way to get one because... I NEED it so very badly!

Have you ever push something/someone away only to regret it later? I think... I've done this a lot of times. History just keep repeating itself. Lol. Maybe I just don't really appreciate what I have until I lost it? It's hard to be thankful and grateful all the time...

I started to feel that I don't really have a life. All I do is work. After that, go home and face more computer screen. This is not healthy, no? We've been spending so much time in front of pc, particularly internet. But, all these chatting and Twitter stuff, they ain't real!! Can't see, can't feel the emotions. I need more social life ~~but not clubbing~~!!!

There are many things that I have put on hold as of now. Sometimes, the uncertainty feeling really eats me up. There are so many unanswered questions. There were times I wish I'm brave enough to make certain decisions. Because time is running out. Dixon pointed out that, it has been 10 years since we graduated primary school, 5 years since secondary school, and 1 year since my college final. But, where am I going to be during this time next year? Or 5 years later?

*End of ranting...*

Let's Go Party ~~

2010-05-28T22:36:00.011+08:00

I never thought I'll be going to Singapore anytime soon, not when most of the things have not settle down yet. But I did. It was more like a stress relief + soul finding adventure, just to get a glimpse of our modern neighbour.

And so... off I went with Phoebe and Jack...

Yes... I flew. But that's only because the air tickets were cheap! It happened to be my first time flying international using LCCT. And they made us walked so far! How I wish for the comfort of KLIA... or even KIA!

It was a night flight. So when we arrived, it was past midnight.

The next day, I had the joy of meeting with dear Weiling. We always talked about visiting each other but the opportunity never really come. I'm glad this time around, we made it!!!

She brought us to Science Centre for the Pixar Exhibition. But since she was a lil occupied that day, she didn't join us for the tour. That's too bad. I bet you would really love the exhibition, dear.

Rare chance to get a glimpse into the world of animation right in front of your very eyes! Tickets didn't come cheap though... $21 for the exhibition and science centre package. Anyways, worth all the money as chances like this don't come often.

Science Centre... is awesome! And the Pixar Exhibition, is even more breath taking! For some, they might find it boring. But for me, seeing how all these characters that I used to watch at tv screens created, it was touching to say the least. Makes me wonder how come some people are just so good at what they are doing...

So much things to absorb and learn. My brain has not been working this hard ever since... SPM?? Lol.

My ultimate motive this time is to come here~

UNIVERSAL STUDIO!!!

Ever since the opening of Resort World Sentosa, I have been wanting to experience all these even with the extremely expensive entrance fee.

Even though it was a weekday, the theme park still packed with people, mainly oversea tourists. Perhaps it's new, everyone just want to have a taste of it!

I was like Alice, entering a Wonderland. For once, it feels like I poured my heart into having fun and looking out for things that I have never experienced, or see.

Cartoon characters are everywhere for people to take photos with. Madagascar even had a live show. They danced! Lol. Hypo is such a cutie.

But since it's still new, there are some games that are still under construction. And those are what I really looking forward to. Next time, maybe??

Nevertheless, it was fun! I guess I became tan right now due to excessive direct sunlight. Who knows it will be that scorching hot? And being me, who have the mindset of the only time to put on sunblock is when going to beach, I won't be surprised if I get sun burnt (even though so far no symptoms yet... but last time it took me 2 weeks for my skin to peel!)

I was tempted to get a lot of souvenirs. Specially At Silver Screen Collectibles. I ended up getting myself a super expensive notebook that has 'Best Director' on it. Now I don't think I'm going to use it...

Went to the Casino too. Being a foreigner means I don't have to pay to enter. The difference that I can tell is that in Genting, the gamblers all look gloomy and dull, but it was total opposite here. Still, being a good girl I always am, say no to gamble. I might need to add, the interior doesn't appeal to me at all. It looks very oriental, which I think I know why, but not as much grandeur as I would think.

During this vacation, I also get to meet Lynn. Our sudden appearance at Singapore might be a shocked to her as we only notified her after our arrival. I'm glad she's doing good at the moment even with the situation we all going through. But time wasn't enough for me to meet up Carol, another dear senior of mine.

More photos will be uploaded soon... in Facebook maybe? And in my very own photo album. But at the moment I'm not in the mood to edit. And there are some more from Phoebe's camera that I have not get.

On another note, lately I have been addicted to none other than these~

Sale should be illegal!!! It makes me spend on unnecessary items, especially when I myself is some sort of impulse shopper. Then again, I'm just being a girl... and a designer >.< Excuses I know O__O

And for once, I want to go back home very badly. Not because I'm homesick or so... But I really can't wait to get my copy of Taeyang's first mini album, which is already arrived and currently in my room! I want the CD!!!

It Has Been A Long While...

2010-05-09T01:08:00.002+08:00

To say I don't have time to blog is a lie. I simply don't have stories to share. Well, I have actually. But most of the time I just keep them to myself. There are things that can't be talked about publicly.

Last Sunday went to Aurelia's gallery aka TOA students showcase. Click here to view the photos.

Lung Wei came down on Monday, so had a very brief meeting with him.

Two weeks in a row get to meet Nicole. We even went to Homedec at KLCC. We certainly know more now as compared to the time when we were still students. And bumped into ex InteriCAD instructor.

KLDW is ongoing. Hope to visit National Art Gallery. I have not even go to Capsquare even though it's very near to my office.

There's a lot of ups and downs in the past few weeks. But that somehow spice up life a little...

Lately I'm addicted to this song - Try by Asher Book. Liking the lyric.

the big day (updated)

2010-03-09T15:55:00.008+08:00

Last week was a really special week for me. I got to celebrate my birthday the same week as my convo. So it was like a double celebration for me. Well, not so much of the birthday. I can't believe I'm aging this fast (at times I wonder why people bothered celebrate the day they get older) and it's a lil difficult to accept that I'm no longer 21. Furthermore, the next 10 years will be flying.

As for the graduation, it was a long wait. We were supposed to graduate last year. But due to some circumstances, plus this year it's the 25th anniversary of PJCAD, we celebrated them altogether.

Unlike the past years seniors, we had ours at none other than KLPAC.

This is only the second time I've been here. And I heard they are going to tear down the building soon. T___T So sad!!! I hope they changed their mind! It's a really nice place even though it's very, very far away.

For the convo this time, we had a larger graduands because the first batch of 2007 juniors just in time finished their finals and graduated with us.

But being a graduand is not an easy task. We had to put on the super long robe, and it was like sauna. Besides, the rehearsal took quite a long time. And standing there waiting with 4" high heels is killing.

Took my Diploma from Mr. David. And now, I'm officially graduated!!!

Here are some photos from that day.

There was a celebration party at night, but most of us went home due to tiredness. Well, for some reason, I'm glad I wasn't there that time.

A lot of invited guests only came at night, so I missed out the opportunity to see them. I didn't even get to see Madam. But I heard she asked for me T___T I feel bad leaving early. There are a few lecturers not coming too... I miss Mr. Roger!!! And where is Mr. Travis???

More photos coming soon. There are a few more cameras I have to hunt down.

KLPAC is such a beautiful place =) A nice place to shoot wedding photos!

Why are there so few guys I can take photos with???!!!!

And let's not forget to thank Olala for coming to see me graduate and also be my photographer!!! Thank you so much! Muaks!!!

The not-so-complete batchmates~~ Hope we're all becoming a great designer some day!

Credits: Aurelia & Albert & Alan (coincidently their names all start with 'A'. LOL~)

march

2010-03-08T19:55:00.002+08:00

It's March already! How fast...

Last Friday I had a lil gathering with my classmates at Delicious, Jalan Tun Razak. I have been wanting to come here for so long since my last plan to go was crushed and ended up at Starbucks.

This time, I finally here! Many people recommended the spaghetti as they said it's delicious.

Well, the moment I tried it, I love it. The taste of cheese is very strong in here. But after a while, I started to have trouble eating up. Too much cheese. Ended up I wasted 1/4 of the meal. @.@

But the next day after the convo, Phoebe, her boy, Olala and I went to Fullhouse at Pyramid. Again, I ordered spaghetti. I'm craving for spaghetti for a long, long time and Fullhouse has the best spaghetti! The others like them too.

It's March. It's my birthday month. It's my graduation too. So I buy anything and everything I want.

First, I get this!!!

Not exactly the one I want, and I still like the one I saw at internet better. But I can't find G by Guess anywhere in Malaysia. And since Guess has sale, I ended up getting this one. Love it!!! Hoping to get more designer brands in the future.

I can't seem to find Taeyang's first mini album. I guess I have to order them by internet. But I can't resist getting his live concert album!!! From now on, I can keep staring at him. *huge grin* This DVD came with Big Bang's Global Warning Concert. So, it's a bonus for me. Hopefully later on I can get Big Bang's Big Show and Electric Love DVD.

There was a fund raiser for Pink Ribbon campaign. Since the Phoebe's mum is fighting breast cancer at the moment, we decided to help out and Nicole and I bought handphone hanger each. Siew Lin bought orchid for herself, as her belated graduation flowers.

Love shopping at KL with friends! Didn't get to watch Alice in Wonderland though. Cinema at Mid Valley always full of people on weekend.

Dear Sharon,

2010-02-24T23:01:00.005+08:00

Look at him!!!

Source: somewhere in the internet....

Isn't he a cutie??? The pointy ears are freaking adorable. I just wanted to hug him and feed him love ♥ ♥ ♥

I want him... I want I want!!!

*p/s: Edward-chan said he's going to arrange a Boston baby for me as b'day and grads day present once I settle down at KL~ Woohoo~~ Can't wait to have this little baby coming into my life XDDDD

The Lunar New Year

2010-02-23T01:48:00.002+08:00

I feel old. Last week we celebrated another round of Chinese New Year. Here comes the year of big cat. Frankly I'm not looking forward to this festive season as much as when I was younger. Right now, the thought of Chinese New Year alone is very tiring and demanding, specially all the fusses before CNY hits the town.

This year, we still went on with the annual visiting thingy. The only difference is we went in a smaller group compared to last time. And we visited those we rarely meet. I guess now that we all are aging, visiting becomes very tiring as soon as we started out.

Yeah... TUA SUDAH...

Next time we all should just gather at McD and chit chat all night. That will do. xD

Everyone looks well. There is not many photos to show since none bother to take photos. So the photos I got here are really precious. By the look of it, they look more like a normal gathering on a normal day rather than a CNY. Lol.

I was so happy because at some point, there was a flash back of what we did last time during primary and secondary years. Those memories are precious. Glad that right now when we think back of those times, we can laugh and cry together (not much of the cry part really). Just to let everyone knows, me and Chiang Joo have been classmates for the longest time. From Primary 4 until Form 5! WOW~~

So here goes this year's CNY. Next one please don't come so soon.

Credits: Ek Guan for those photos

Feb the 14th

2010-02-14T04:22:00.001+08:00

When you call my name someday, I will be there right in front of you~~

Happy Chinese New Year & Happy Valentine's to you <3

2010 is the year ^^

2010-01-13T22:01:00.001+08:00

❤PISCES

Style: Jupiter affords you far more options for lavish living than you have had in a while. So take advantage of these celestial blessings to better define your look. Think; fresh make-up strategies & the symbolic new beginning of an extreme lingerie makeover. The Piscean gem is the Aquamarine and all variations of the colour become you as well. The part of the body ruled by your sign is the feet; beautiful shoes are thus vital to spiritual wellbeing.

Happiness: Pluto in your Social Sector transforms every element of your friendships. People whom you thought would be in your life forever may fade out for a while and you form fantastic new connections with enviable ease and speed. If you can consciously think in terms of expanding your social networks, the benefits are unbelievable. Jupiter in Pisces is about your self-confidence and opportunities blossoming. You’re particularly prosperous in mid-2010.

Love: Since late 2007, you have been under the pump, learning untold love lessons, thanks to Saturn in the relationship sector. Now, apart from a little flashback from April to July, you’re done with angst and are ready to shift into a more fun and flowing romance reality. But keep the emotional self-reliance & sophistication you have picked up. Magical months for romance include Jan/Feb and from September onward and into January 2011.

Source: http://galadarling.com/article/mystic-medusa-2010-horoscopes

the new year adventure

2010-01-08T20:28:00.003+08:00

I began the new year with a bang~~

Even though the night before I had a small celebration with friends and only came back home at 2 am, then went to sleep for 2 hours, the next day, with luck on our side, the sky were so beautifully, and we fulfilled our promise to conquer Mt. Santubong.

12 of us decided to do something fun on new year day. Apart from Dixon, I think the rest never climb that mountain before. Even before this, I heard a lot of rumors on the hardship and difficulties to climb to the top.

Since my dream is to conquer Mt. Kinabalu one day, I need to get pass this mountain first. And off we go~~

It took so long for us to reach here. And this is like... not reaching one quarter of the journey... I haven't been actively involve in sports for the past 4 years. And due to the fact that I'm aging now, my stamina is not as good as before. Guess I need to hit the gym soon...

The journey... seriously, better comes prepared.

All these were nothing compared to the latter part where we had to climb the 90 degree ladders(?). And there are a total of 8 of them, varies in height.
It took me around 4 hours to reach the top. Dixon was way faster though. Once reaching the stop, the feeling is just amazing. It makes me feel like I can conquer anything and go through any hardship throughout the year.

How I wish they have cable car to send us down. Going down... was a nightmare. It was even more difficult than climbing up. You can't even say you want to give up because you need to get back home. Those steps are steep, and we were being really conscious on safety. It was a never ending journey. Try ask Dixon how much I complain and curse back then.

For once I'm thankful I took dancing and wushu classes last time. Climbing that particular mountain requires flexibility too.

The best part of all? All 12 of us reached the top!! I certainly want to come back again... with better preparation of course! I hope Dixon comes out with more adventurous activities in the future =D

Belated New Year

2010-01-08T02:48:00.006+08:00

First and foremost, Happy Belated New Year everyone~~ I know... the whole world celebrated new year last week, and looks like I was a week late in greeting you all. ~~I'm just being all lazy to update blog ever since Twitter exists!!!~~

Anyways, just like every other year (mostly), I celebrated Christmas and New Year with Deers and other friends. But the atmosphere is getting sadder by years... Wonder what will happen to this year's Christmas and New Year eve celebration...

I nearly can't make it to Christmas gathering this year. Long story... And we didn't get much time to hang out. We don't even have that many people to share the joy anymore... Sigh... We all are heading to our own path. We no longer have time... T__T

Same thing for New Year celebration. The saddest part, there were only 4 of us. Should be five but then someone ~~Johnny~~ wanted to rest early as he had a mount climbing mission the next day. ~~Yeah right... Me and Dixon going to... But we can't kill the spirit of New Year.~~

Ended up counting down at Olala's ~~summer house~~ apartment. Olala and Dixon even brought their laptops to play Left4Dead... *hit the wall*

The evidence - when the whole world busy counting down, two of them busy shooting down people in front of their laptops.

That didn't last long though. Then we were forced to draw out of moments in 2009 and new year resolutions for 2010.

My drawing skill going downhill!!! OMG~~ Oh I did add in Taeyang inside after this photo was taken ^^

The next day, New Year, I went mountain climbing with Dixon, Johnny, Alan and 8 others despite just having 2 hours of sleep. I always love this kind of adventurous outdoor activities. Doing it on New Year itself is more meaningful for me. I hope throughout the year there are more activities to come, be it mountain climbing or jungle trekking or just simply jogging.

We went to climb Mt. Santubong. Despite all the hardships, all 12 of us managed to reach to the top! I'll blog about it some other time along with photos.

We are now entering a new decade. Usually I'm not fond of new year, because that's the time you have to go through everything from the beginning again. But this year is different. I really looking forward to 2010. I need a fresh start somewhere to bury all the nightmares I went through last year.

I'm excited and anticipating what's 2010 in store for me. I truly believe this year everything is going to be different. Okay maybe I'm not anticipating turning 22.

Perhaps even a chance to be in other part of the world??? And maybe I'll be able to see Eiffel Tower right in front of me. Who knows...

There's also going to be a few vacations with friends. Oh and also my official graduation ceremony which will take place on my birthday week! That's not really something I'm looking forward though... I just hope that certain someone won't be there! But it doesn't really matter...

People get lonely easily, right? I know I am even though I'm a person who need a lot of time for myself. No matter what, let just hope that everyone being happy throughout the year, live peacefully always in healthy condition.

May 2010 brings more luck and fortune to all. I promise to work hard, to be positive no matter how difficult the situation I get into, and spread love to all the people around me.

Cheers~~ Let's go party!!!!

well, it's done...

2010-01-07T16:31:00.002+08:00

Me bloggie has a new face! Love it? Hate it? You love it or you hate it is none of my business... *evil laugh*

It now looks very clean and simple. Guess since I'm older now, I go for simplicity rather than complex design. But I can't guarantee I'll keep this design for long... Nothing is everlasting in my dictionary. *evil laugh again*

Oh and I disabled comments and chatbox. So you'll all come here to hear my voice only. The only way to contact me is through Twitter or MSN...

So far for this new layout, me likey!! Hopefully I'll update more now that it has a new face... *pray hard*

Under Construction

2010-01-06T23:16:00.000+08:00

Blog is currently undergoing some minor changes...

Will be back soon ^^

New Year Resolutions

2009-12-31T15:13:00.002+08:00

20+0 will be a better year!!! ~~ I'm not hoping... but I believe!!!

1~ Get a proper job, preferable with high salary (or in S'pore)

2~ Get some oversea vacation, to see more design, learn more about other's cultures, and meet new people

3~ Further study, and explore the other side of the world, and explore the other side of myself that I have yet to discover

4~ Dare to change in order to fly higher! Be adventurous and open minded =) Making opportunities for myself. 跌倒了，爬起来，就是成功！

5~ Enjoy life!! Do what I think is right. The year is going to be so fascinating because of the people I'm going to meet, the places I'm going to step, and the events that going to occur.

Stay tune to find out more... ^^

Until then...

Let's embrace 2010 together people!!! Let's go PARTY!!!!!

Ritual

2009-12-31T14:15:00.004+08:00

Glad to see 2009 go?
YES!!! Can't wait!!!

Did u change your hair in 2009?
Yes!! Shorter hair with bangs.

The best part of 2009?
Am Graduated ~~

The worst part of 2008?
S'pore don't want me TT____TT
Oh and the cruel ex boss firing machine gun during finals O.O

Any new crushes in 2009?
YES!!!! >>> Taeyang <<< =D can't resist his abs, the way he plays piano and sing, the way he dances, his smile and smiling eyes, and the way he speaks full of sincerity *drool*

Who will u never forget?
Madam.The lecturer who has love-hate relationship with students.

Who do u wish u didn't meet?
The condo agent.

Did u have a boyfriend in 2009?
It's complicated.

Did u fall in love in 2009?
With Taeyang XD

Did u catch someone in lie in 2009?
The full of crap condo agent >.<

Funniest moment of 2009?
The days I spent with June, Joe and DADDY. We have to be all sneaky but then we truly enjoy ourselves when there were only few of us.

Most embarrassing moment of 2009?
Can't remember....

Did u take any vacations in 2009? Where?
Genting. Port Klang. Sunway Lagoon. Next year shall have some major vacations =p

Any new hobbies of 2009?
Guess not.

Did u get a new job in 2009?
Freelance.

Did u lose a job in 2009?
Didn't get fired.

Did u host a party in 2009?
Nope.

Where did most of your money go?
FINAL PROJECTS. Cost me a total of $600 or more.

What song will always remind u of 2009?
The song that keep playing in my itune --- Make Love.

Biggest Achievement in 2009?
Graduated from Diploma ^^

Biggest Failure of 2009?
A lot a lot~~

In 2009, did u lie to miss a day of work/school?
Yes. But basically it's not a lie coz I have the option of going or not going that day. I chose to stay home to wait for postman delivered my phone =p

Did u move in 2009?
Move back.

What was your greatest musical discovery?
I listen to Japs and Korean songs now.

What was the best book u read in 2008?
Where Rainbows End. Not exactly a new book but I like the way the author tells the story.

What was your favourite movie of the year?
Transformers. My eyes never leave the screen.

What did u want in 2009 and got?
I don't know???

What did u want in 2009 but didn't get?
iPod. and DSLR. LOL.

Did u make out in public in 2008?
Nope.

What's the ringer on your cellphone?
Let Me Hear Your Voice.

Who did u miss?
JUNE!!! NICOLE!!! And those in overseas eg Johnston, Jessie, Royce etc etc

Who was the best new person u met?
Ugyen the lovely housemate. Actually there's a lot. There's also these sisters from Sibu, met them while I was joining Alan and Royce at Port Klang.

What one more thing would have made your year immeasurably more exciting?
If only I get what I want...

Your favourite commercial in 2009?
I like those showing at cinemas right before ur movie starts.

Something u couldn't leave home without in 2009?
Handphone, wallet, keys... as usual.

How did u spend New Year's 2009?
Had Korean bbq with JJ and Shannon then hang out with them.

Valentine's Day 2009?
At Mid Valley with Lynn, June and Sii Ying.

Easter 2009?
Having classes.

Halloween 2009?
Didn't celebrate.

Thanksgiving 2009?
Didn't celebrate.

Christmas 2009?
With Jacq and Olala and a few others at Spring.

Your birthday?
First time at Scarlet with classmates, clubbing. 2nd time at MV with friends. Had Korean BBQ. 3rd time at The Apartment Downtown with close friends.

Ah....

2009-12-13T00:31:00.002+08:00

My BFF of 15 years came to visit me last weekend. Yes. 15 years!!! We knew each other almost all of our lives!

It was a bit of last mins planning but everything turned out well.

Though we only get to spend time together for half a day at The Spring. Nevertheless I'm thankful and grateful that she came to visit me. Always she comes to me... I hope some day I'll be able to cross half the Sarawak and give a surprise visit! Hahahaha....

The last time we met was few years back... before I went for college actually. So we wasted no time in catching up what we missed for the last couple of years, did some window shopping and shopping, had Secret Recipe's cakes and of course, a movie at MBO with 3D!!!!

It was a blast! Hopefully next time we can spend more time together... Thanks for coming!!! Hope to see you again in the near future!!!!

Update

2009-11-17T20:02:00.002+08:00

Finally went out with Sharon yesterday, and heck it was so much fun!!! Full of gossips and laughters.

We even went all the way to find Wee Mee just to say hi. Since we were a lot late (due to us having lunch - the very, very spicy Korean food) and she had class, we get approx 5 mins of meeting up. In the end we ended up at The Spring for some shopping and cake.

Yes, I just update for the sack of keeping the blog alive. I like Twitter better =p

My current obsession...

Lately I just LOVE sad songs. If you don't get what the song is about, forget it, just enjoy the beautiful tune.

Btw, DIXON, I forget to recommend songs to you, so you can start by listening to this one.

Random...

2009-10-06T20:34:00.003+08:00

Click the images to read...

September!!

2009-09-22T16:16:00.006+08:00

The month of September zoomed by so swiftly. Without much notice, it's already near the end of the month. And it's a month where a lot of things happened. Since almost everyone is heading to their own direction soon, I spent most of this month meeting up people.

One person that is going far, far away is Royce, and also Jesmine. But since Jesmine spent much of her time in Kuching, I did not get the chance of meeting her up. Because Royce is leaving and the buddies should come out and gather together, I ended up meeting with long-time-never-see buddies. Seriously, everything changed after we all graduated. I miss those college days...

The have-not-see-for-ages seniors and junior...
Wonder when can we meet again after this... Glad to hear that everyone's doing okay

Royce, the guy who left us all behind in order to chase his dream...
Going abroad for a year and come back to become world's best ^^

That's all of us... Luckily everyone managed to come out even though it's short noticed

It was a nice gathering even though there were only a few of us. Anyways, to Royce, wish him all the best and also happy belated birthday.

June's 21st birthday falls on the 21st, but she decided to celebrate early. After a very eventful day, we finally having a blast celebrating at Full House.

Heart you so much, Nicole... Been really a long while when we last met or even chatted due to my poor MSN T____T

Let me present the birthday girl, June who celebrated her birthday not on June but September....

Trying on hats... I did this before during my last visit =p

This is all of us ^^
Happy 21st birthday, June dear!!!

Portfolio

2009-09-07T21:56:00.004+08:00

I've been upgrading my portfolio recently so I happened to come across my foundation year portfolio.

To tell the truth I did not flip through it for almost 2 years already. There were time when I was cleaning my room, I even thought of recycling it to the waste bin. What a pity portfolio... Afterall I spend a lot of money and energy on it.

And I suddenly have the urge to look through my foundation year works today. Reminds me of the good 'ol times. I don't really share my works, but I decided to share since it's not major year projects and the contains need not to be protected.

cover...

Part of those sketches I submitted during my first term in foundation. I remember we had a lot of sketches and drawings to do then.

Another sketch... I think this is one of 200 sketches that I have to submit.

Ah... charcoal drawings!!! How I dislike using charcoal at that time.

Manuscript!!!! This is the only project I scored full mark! And it's the project I like the most too...

Pattern!!! I remember I was rushing this project on my birthday. All because we all did not do our work during CNY break and rushed like hell once we came back. lol.

Same as the above...

I love photography the most!!! Specially when we have to develop our own films in the dark room. And all the creepy stories in the dark room. Lol. How I miss the time we went for photo shooting... Feels like taking a photography course right now... Hmmm....

Once a lecturer told me 'Ideas begin the creative process' and the remark just stamped in my brain. Well, every idea is business. We are surrounded by design and that says how valuable we designers are. Stop mocking us designers because without us, you can't enjoy the luxury things u have now even if you have the money.

I guess that's all... Wait for my next update ^^

Just something...

2009-09-06T22:05:00.004+08:00

Just something to keep this blog alive for some time...

Ah well, those are kinda outdated... but better than nothing right?

On the other notes, I am currently down with food poisoning TT___TT

I will also be starting over at somewhere... just hope all these works! Keep my fingers cross. I shall only reveal when everything's confirm =p

Until next time then...

Not Wanting To Blog For Now

2009-08-23T21:02:00.000+08:00

Ever since I have Twitter, I don't feel like blogging anymore...

I guess I just blog once in a blue moon, when there's something big and explosive happen. Other than that, follow me through Twitter.

Life changing

2009-07-24T01:05:00.002+08:00

My life is about to change.

Or perhaps it is already starting to change lil by lil... But drastic changes are coming soon and I couldn't help but thinking about it day after day.

It's about time for changes... and only time will tell.

Until then...

Birthdays

2009-07-14T02:47:00.012+08:00

July is a month filled with never ending birthdays. Last weekend I attended two of my classmate's celebrations.

The first one is none other than Lynn. As for her birthday, we (or rather, she) decided to celebrate it at Lookout Point located at Ampang. It's a place where you can look at KL's night scenery. And since it was Friday, after office hours, so it took us about 2 hours to reach there. Imagine how dizzy (due to heavy traffic everywhere) and hungry we all are...

And everyone seems like enjoying celebrating birthday there. That night alone there were about 5 or 6 tables celebrating birthdays. All youngsters like us.

Well, this is the ~~legendary~~ night scenery everyone talking about... And I can only managed this black and white photo because I never bring tripod around, and it's blardy hard to capture nice photo in this kind of super low light situation.

Next day, we celebrated Joyce's birthday at Full House. It was only my second time there, but this time around that place looks quiet than usual.

We reached rather early. So while waiting for others to come, me and Nicole came up with all the funny poses around the cafe since there ain't too many people around too.

This time around I just don't find the place as fascinating as the first time I was there. And some of my friend even comment that the pictures in magazines seem a lot nicer than the real place. LOL. The power of photography xD

Just coming out from shower...

Stealing mannequin's hat then pushing him away xD

We had fun for the whole night

There are too many July babies so it's a bit impossible to attend all of their celebrations. Anyways, Happy Birthday in advance to Lynn, Boon Fui, Amanda, Joyce, Alan, Edwin, Eddy, Wee Mee and Timothy. I hope I didn't miss out anyone...

Peace everyone!

100 facts about me

2009-07-09T18:34:00.001+08:00

100 facts about me ~~ Read it only if you are too free... just like me

1. I only study interior design because I like physics, maths and arts. So if you combine them together, the nearest answer you can get is either architecture or interior design. And I prefer people call me a 'designer' more than 'architect'.

2. Totally adore photography. Seriously considering photography as my second choice of career. But thera are a lot more aspects to learn in photography.

3. I went to PJCAD taking ID simply because I was offer a scholarship there. My first choice is MIA. They have the highest standard in ID compared to others. Nonetheless having Madam teaching me I have no complain regarding ID at PJCAD.

4. Used to dance and performed a lot in my younger days. Now no more though I would love to have the opportunity again.

5. If I can ever go back to the past, I'll go take up piano lessons. Or any other music instruments.

6. I started watching F1 while I was 13. That time I owned a tv in my room, and will usually sneak up late at night to watch the race live.

7. Is a very loyal fan of Micheal Schumacher and Ferrari.

8. I have up to 7 cows (soft toys) and still counting...

9. I have 4 deers, who are my bestest and important friends and we own a blog, a photo album and more to come.

10. We deers never fail to meet up when we all come back to Kuching. Celebrating Christmas together is becoming a tradition now. xD

11. Very much prefer European countries than Asian. Same goes to the people.

12. Believe that I'll never settle down in a place until I retire (probably). Wish very much to travel and work around the world.

13. Very much attracted to guys who can play piano or violin. If you are a guy playing any musical instrument, please come forward. xD

14. My first phone was Samsung C100, a gift from my bro when I was in Form 3.

15. I love going to the beach and somwhere with island. I love resort.

16. When I am in Kuching, I'm a very adventurous and outdoor girl. When I am in KL, I prefer staying at home, or sometimes out to mall for a movie.

17. I love Kuching because that's the only place I can relax, doing nothing, having everything done for me, and most importantly, get to eat laksa!!!

18. My friends say I never miss home and it's not surprise if I settle down in England. I think they are right.

19. Can't work properly when my surrounding is very noisy. And easily annoyed by that.

20. Share the same name with my cousin, though in different chinese characters and spellings.

21. Have no food sense. I eat just to fill up my stomach. And having difficulties in rating food. The only thing I can comment when comes to food is, delicious and taste bad!

22. Did my internship in a quite well known company. During the 3 months stint, I have 60% happy moments and 40% unhappy moments. Anyway, I still keep in touch with a few of the awesome colleagues.

23. First time went to travel in foreign country with friend is during 2008 Christmas week, with Nicole.

24. The festive season I like most is Christmas. I love the receiving and giving presents part. And the joy of choosing presents. And the gathering. And the Christmas carol. And the Christmas trees. And the atmosphere. Basically everything to do with Christmas.

25. Think that Chinese New Year is tiring. From the preparation to visiting to cleaning. The only good thing that comes with it is the Ang Pao (red packets) but unfortunately when I'm growing older, people don't really give me anymore.

26. I celebrate my lunar birthday on Day 14 of Chinese New Year, which is a day before Chap Goh Meh.

27. On 27 Dec 2006, I received my first marriage proposal and forced to marry on the spot. Those who were there that time will know what exactly happened and we still talk about it. xD

28. New found love - orchestra!!! Managed to enjoy MPO thrice and still counting for more!!!

29. Can't live without internet. I always need to check mail, blogs, news, Twitter and MSN.

30. Don't watch horror movies. And certain very action-pack movies too.

31. Love Shakespeare. Have a complete collection of his works.

32. Have a hobby of collecting books or novel. And I do read them.

33. The only Chinese musician I admire is Leehom. He has the look, very much talented specially in instruments and he sings beautifully.

34. Form 1 to Form 3 was the happiest time of my life. No stress, no need to study much yet produce good results. On the other hand, Form 4 to Form 5 was the years I hate most.

35. Love talking to bananas, because they usually have nice English accent without slang!

36. Favourite period of time is probably during Renaissance era. And Baroque. And Rococo. How much I wish I was there at those times. I simply adore everything about those periods of times.

37. Pride and Prejudice is my favourite English drama. I mean the one with Colin Firth. I seriously think everyone should have their own Mr Darcy!!!

38. I watched all of the dramas based on Jane Austen's works on BBC. Pride and Prejudice is still my favourite so far, followed by Emma.

39. Prefer to watch costume dramas. Frankly speaking most of my foreign history knowledge comes from those dramas. Like, I get to know who William Wilberforce was and how he fought for the abolition of slave trade and that time, his best friend was the then prime minister, William Pitt the younger. This came from Amazing Grace.

40. Very picky when comes to food. I don't eat durian, pineapple, milk, very much prefer not to touch pork, beef, or any other exotic food, egg etc. There's a lot more but I just can't think of any at the moment.

41. When I'm outside, I prefer having food that does not require me to use my bare hands. For example, if I were to have KFC, I would prefer eating burger rather than fried chicken.

42. Still having difficulties using chopsticks. Because I usually only use spoon and fork and knife. Western style, I know.

43. Will love to learn ballroom dance if given the chance.

44. Desire my future house to have a library and garden.

45. Last time I made the decision to study something I like rather than something I'm good at. And I can never say I never regret about my decision. At certain point of studying I wish I have chosen something I'm good at.

46. I will not give up interior design until I get my license and initial 'IdR' (I suppose). It'll be more glamourous to be named as IdR Yeo. =p

47. Very interested in philosophy, specially those meaningful and beautiful quotes and phrases. My favourite one being 'sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand'.

48. Never thought I have to learn so many things that related to my career. In order to be successful, not only do I have to know everything, I also have to go undercover at times in order to get useful information. It's sometimes crazy. I mean, just because I want my house to get a little cooler, my research can get from what type of winds do this country has to how this wind reflected at certain angle and affect the land to how I open my windows affect the wind coming in to my house. My advice? Studying accountancy saves you a lot of trouble!

49. I'm not a morning person. I like to sleep very late at night, usually surfing net or watch movie because that is the time of the day which is very peaceful and quiet. By the time I wake up, it's usually lunch time. So I can save up my breakfast.

50. I love to taste wine, I like cocktails but I dislike beer. And I mean taste. I don't drink much.

51. Don't talk much. Prefer quiet surrounding. Have the laziness to talk at times.

52. The only pc game I played and getting addictive is The Sims series. All thanks to my sis. That's how I started to like architecture and interior design. Can't wait to play The Sims 3!!! xD

53. Love roses. Only roses. Like sunflowers, specially when they can get taller than me.

54. Like to watch animes and read mangas. But only apply to some genre. Like them so much because there are usually full of bishies. How I wish real life is the same...

55. Hate people who don't know how to clean up their mess. So very unhygenic! Nodame is one very unhygenic oddball, but at least she's a damn good pianist (if you read/watch Nodame Cantabile you'll know what I'm talking about).

56. Don't like getting nag at. Loathe to answer questions like 'where are you' or 'what time are you coming back'. I'm very much a responsible person so I can take care of myself and if I think there's a need to tell anyone about my location or my activities, I will. If not, don't even ask.

57. Always wanted my freedom. What's life without freedom?

58. Very easily get sick, and usually it's fever. My record thus far is getting sick 6 times in 6 months. @_____@ Not something I'm proud of.

59. Used to own a lot of Doraemon (soft toys).

60. When I'm super free, I love to do some craft. I love my arts material collections. I specially like scapbooking. (It's an honour to get handmade gifts from me, okay! That means what you get is limited edition and it's very rare for me to be FREE)

61. Was a member of St John Cadet No.41, and right now is very proud of their progress ^^ They rock! They kicked arse!!!

62. Have a lot of nicknames.... jingle bell, jingjing bell, jing jing jing, twinkle twinkle little star, moomoo, pumpkin, kam kam, kim kim to name a few. My favourite has to be jingjing bell, given by a friend. It makes me feel Christmas. LOL.

63. Enjoy involving in sports. I tried Taekwondo during primary school, Wushu on secondary school, table tennis during primary school, and badminton throught secondary school. My best event in athlete is triple jump. Once I tried jogathon 8km, and is placed 47th out of 500++ participants.

64. Very much prefer to hang out with guys. Reason?? Less trouble, less annoying, less gossiping and more fun. But I still very very much love to hang out with deers ^^

65. Weiling and I used to say we want to establish a one of its kind design school in Kuching. Lol! It's a dream.

66. Always daydreaming, fantasy always goes wild. This must have to do with my horoscope! But it's good for my career.

67. When it comes to apparel, I prefer wearing one piece dresses. This way, I save up time for not having to think what to match what, and save money too. My signature style are dresses and skirts not longer than knee length. I just look good on them xD

68. Very into history and wonders of the world and amazing places with beautiful sceneries. God's creations are always awesome!

69. I forget most of childhood's fairytales. I just can't seem to remember those cartoons I watched during my younger days (olala once said I don't have childhood life because I can't remember most of the cartoons she mentioned). To tell the truth, I only remember Snow White and Cinderella. I'm aging TT__TT.

70. I love college life. I love my dear seniors and juniors. I enjoyed my foundation year assignments because they are so much fun and we did what we like. Unlike major year, we need to follow client's requirements which at times are sickening.

71. I appeared on my high school magazine once. And I wrote a super sarcastic article. Pure science students not necessary ended up in medic or engineering you see... The world needs a lot more designers ^^

72. I want to own a BMW at some point of my life.

73. People always say I keep smiling even when I don't. That's because I just have a smiley face =p

74. Was invited to a dinner reception at Swedish Embassy bangalow once with the Swedes.

75. Had my artworks displayed at Hilton once. Also had one of my photography artworks selected as Top 30 in a Flickr and Sony Asia competition.

76. Have snake phobia. Thinking of snake skin can make me feel eerie.

77. The most expensive book I bought is Time Saver - RM 190. Whenever I want to use it, I have to struggle with its weight and thickness. But the funny thing is the book never save my time at all.

78. I get excited whenever there is holiday promotion. I love going for holiday. I love exploring new places, specially when they are not big cities, though I don't mind. So I expect a lot more travelling in the coming future.

79. Don't like to talk on the phone. I feel lack of privacy whenever I talked to phone. And I dislike my conversation overheard. And most important, I don't know what's the expression or situation on the other side as I can only hear voices.

80. When I'm curious, Wikipedia is my bestest friend. I can spend hours surfing all the information I need. When I thought those informations ain't sufficient, I'll go and dig more from the net. And easily get frustrated whenever I can't get the answer of whatever I want to know.

81. A self proclaimed chocolate junkie. My favourite so far is dark chocolate. And I also love alcoholic chocolates. I will always choose chocolate over vanilla or any other flavours, whether it's cake or ice cream or candy.

82. Still trying very hard to find a whale (softtoy or anything) because of a promise I was force to make few years back. Why on earth must it be whale... I searched till Singapore and still can't find any.

83. I still very much keep in touch with my kindergarten buddies!!! Though we didn't chat much, we go through the trouble of catching up with each other and even find time to come out once in a blue moon. You know who you are.... =p

84. I can live without clubbing. I enjoy clubbing and will usually accept invitation to go there but still, I'm not a frequent visitor and I don't mind not having it in my life.

85. I usually get inspired through nature, believe it or not! And my design style always got something to do with nature, or books.

86. I received both flowers and chocolates on my 20th birthday. The thing is, the ones who gave me flowers and chocolates repeated to give me the same thing on my 21st birthday.

87. I try to expand myself more in Photography. It just not a mere hobby.

88. My record for not sleeping goes up to 72 hours (3 days). It was after we came back from MSID Dua Belas and had to rush to complete assignments on time. After that time I never been able to go without sleep for such long period anymore.

89. Don't like coffee. It makes me dizzy and nausea. But I still like visiting Starbucks and Coffee Bean for their ice blended.

90. I hate Biology back in school days and still hate it. It's one of those subjects I will never understand (and have no intention in understanding them).

91. I prefer J-dramas than Taiwanese or Hongkese dramas. Mainly because they have a lot less episodes, less babbling (such a waste of time), and always have some incredible technology/scenery to go with it.

92. Most of the times I'm a perfectionist. But there are also days when I lower my own expectation (eg. during finals).

93. I still keep in touch with my kindergarten buddies!!!

94. I can survive by only eating breads =p

95. The past 3 years of my life is the most happening one so far. They were fill with meaningful events and activities. These are times when I really feel growing up...

96. Detest people smoking around me.

97. Very good at multi-tasking. The only task I can't do is drinking or eating while walking.

98. Always pack my luggage in less than 10 minutes. So usually this is done very last minutely. xD

99. Have not experience or meet someone that I will and willing to sacrifice my life for him. Most of them are not worth sacrificing anyways =p

100. Likes to keep myself busy and occupied. That is why I can come out with '100 facts about myself'.

So now you think you know a lot better about me??? xD

This Whole Week

2009-06-29T12:42:00.010+08:00

I had been going out nearly everyday for the whole of last week. And today I decided not to join the guys to Melaka, simply because I need my energy back, so stay at home relax and rejuvenate.

On Saturday my day was fill with non-stop events. The night before I stayed overnight at Olala's. The next morning went to Pyramid with her. I was going to Sunway Lagoon and she was going to Urbanscapes.

I wonder how I ended up in Sunway Lagoon. I don't think I ever mention I wanted to go. And it just happened that Urbanscapes held on that day too. By the time I decided to ffk (putting aeroplane), tickets are already bought. That's how I ended up having a crazy day.

The best thing about this trip is after so long, the 6 of us finally get to do something together again. That is why everyone is making effort in joining even though most of us have a busy day ahead. Thank you for all your efforts guys!

Nowadays it's getting difficult to come out yam cha with seniors, what more to say have fun!

The fella showing off 'V' sign is no doubt, crazy! He did that all the way up... Perhaps he's just too excited. But I definitely called it crazy, because I was on the ground, taking the picture.

Inside the splash there were 3 fellas xD

I don't think I mentioned who I went with... So here goes... 6 of us are Alan, Royce, Siow Chee, Nicole, Jesmine and me.

Siow Chee only joined us until 1 pm.

Me and Nicole left slightly earlier than the rest because we still need to head to Urbanscapes, which is on the other side of the city.

Our one and only group photo!

I wonder when is the next time we all hang out again since Royce and Jesmine are heading to UK soon, and after that it's me and Alan's turn next year.

After Lagoon, it's time for Urbanscapes. For those who are wondering, Urbanscapes is a creative art festival, something like KL Design Week but a lot better. Entrance ticket is needed and it priced at RM 25.

It was my first time at KLPAC. And my first too to attend Urbanscapes. There was one last year but I don't think I ever heard it back then.

I wish I get to go in the afternoon, where there are a lot of events outdoor. By the time I reached, it was already 7.20 pm, and in the dark I can hardly see anything.

It was so much fun though. There were a lot of events going on from afternoon until midnight, all very entertaining (and educating).

I didn't get to see many since some of the nice one was over by the time I reached, specially those performances.

Zouk is one of the partners so this feel a lot like clubbing too... minus the alcoholic beverage.

Inside 'The Box'

There was also outdoor party. Music was super loud.

And I even bumped into Olala even though that place is super crowded. Lol. I thought by the time I reached she already on the way back home.

It was a super crazy night because after Urbanscapes, we thought we get to eat some supper before heading home. And we went all the way to Wangsa Maju, even asked Alan to come out. That time was already midnight. After an hour plus of yam cha-ing together, Nicole sent us home. Then, Eddy and Brenden were there waiting for us for another yam cha session. I only joined them for a quarter hour.

Next day morning, me, Alan and two of his friends will be joining Royce to Port Klang and Klang for a one day trip. Lol. Again, I ended up joining them not that I say I want to. It's more of Royce was asking and Nicole agreed on behave of me. In the end of the day I just followed.

We even lost twice on the way to Tanjung Harapan, which is the place we going for our seafood. Oh well... it was a fun journey finding the location.

The place reminds me of Buntal. And the last time I went to Buntal was exactly two years ago...

And no... it's not a photo shooting outing even though I would love so much to try shooting photos for HDR image. But I didn't bring tripod. And the weather is just so windy and it feels super nice.

Frankly speaking the surrounding is not nice.

And too bad it's not beach!!!

Looks like something bothering him... thinking hard and deep by the sea...

The other side is mainly industry area. Reminds me of a part of Kuching which I forgotten the name...

After that, we went back to Klang. Did a little window shopping, and then at night went to have Bak Kut Teh. It was only the second time I stepped my foot at Klang.

Basically it was a day dedicated to eat. It was fun though.

Just A Simple Update

2009-06-24T23:45:00.003+08:00

I just went to watch Transformer 2. And all I could say is just AWESOME and a lot more SOOOOO AWESOME!!! There ain't a moment my eyes left the screen. You just have to concentrate because you just can't miss out any tiny part of it.

And this is also the first time I had to get the tickets 2 days earlier. Thanks very much to Albert for helping us to buy the tickets! So thoughtful of him. Basically a dozen of us went, so we were actually occupying a whole row xD And some of them already watched for the second time! OMG.

And that's for Transformer. I'm hoping for Transformer 3 now xD.

As for Urbanscape, tickets are sold out at Borders. And I mean all Borders!!! That's just so sad. Well not so sad actually. At least it means this creative arts field is getting noticeable and starting to play important roles in our lives. Which mean we designers are starting to have our value. And which mean more working opportunities!

I'm hoping Nicole's friend is able to get the tickets straight from KLPAC. I'm really dying to go there even though on the same day I have a 'date' with seniors at Lagoon, which I kind of regret of promising to go =( So, God, please let us have the tickets!!!!

I'm still jobless and the blardy results still yet to be released.

Trip

2009-06-14T22:22:00.003+08:00

Lately I've been attacked by a bunch of events until I hardly have time to blog them on time. And after all those finally over, I don't feel like blogging anymore.

Anyhow, last week there was this steamboat with my classmates at Sunway. It feels like we have not been eating for so long that we have to keep eating when finals ended.

Then right on the next morning, we went to Genting. Such hectic schedule.

Unlike last time, this time we went by bus and cable car.

Such a nice scenery up there...

We went for 3 Days 2 Nights. Initial plan is to go to Taman Negara. However since most of us is officially broke, we have to change to Plan B.

Kuroush wasn't joining us because he went to Taman Negara; while Sue Jan went to Bangkok, and Kimi sprained her leg, making her unable to move freely. Apart from these three, the rest of the class were there, even joined by two of our MD batchmates - Albert and Sze Loong.

Journey to the top of the ~~world~~ mountain.

The air up there ain't cold at all due to haze. But I like the cool breeze during wee hours.

A lot more photos expected in my album, and facebook. Let the photos don all the talkings. I'm very lazy to type.

No more events please in the coming few days... I need to hibernate!

I Am Back....

2009-06-08T15:16:00.008+08:00

I finally am back after nearly a month of absent. There has been a lot of things going on I wonder I have time to pen them down nicely. Well, a brief summary will do I hope....

First thing first, if you have not already know, I'm graduated!!! Well, sort of... Official ceremony is next year March or April. And I'll get my results (by all means, let me have flying colours for one last time) within this few weeks!!! So, the end to a 3-year college life.

I guess the last few weeks had been the most stressed out for all of us. There were only a few hours of sleep in a week, a meal for a day, emotional unstable, and physically tired. No wonder everyone said finals is tough. But I have to thank everyone for being so helpful, caring, and understanding duirng those periods. A lot a lot of thanks goes to Olala for helping me with some design, even though I know you are busy as well. Thank you very much!!!

A few days before the Judgement Days (finals), something big hits my housing area and I guess most of you heard of it already - Jaya Supermarket collapsed. On that day, I was with Kimi, went to print our presentation boards. The time she fetched me back, the building was still there. After I showered, my housemates told me the building collapsed. All this happened in less than an hour.

This is the view from my living room.

If I'm not mistaken, 7 people died in this incident. The building is actually vacated ever since last year. The authority plans to renovated, or is it rebuild. Initial plan is that they are to demolish the building on that faithful day at 6 pm. But an hour or so before that event takes place, the building collapsed.

Thank God I was taking another route home on that day, so basically I didn't pass by the affected area. Even until now police are still keeping their eyes on that area, making us have to take different route to go back home.

As for my finals, it was real tough, even during the presentation. My ex boss was one of the assessors and he showed no mercy at all. Everyone is being bombarded. So it takes a lot of effort to convince him what you do is right, instead of letting him to tell you what you did is wrong. Luckily the other assessor and Madam were those in our sides. I still hate the boss. Most of us are. We might just have a plan to really demolish his building xDDD though the firm called and was offering me a job after my presentation, but i reject them. no way i wan to face him ever again.

And for this ~~goddamn~~ project, I just have to announce that I'm officially broke for spending RM 500 ++ on printing and plotting. Why do they always want us to print out presentation boards?? Can't they just use modern technology like projector?? @.@ Beside wasting money, it's wasting time to do the layout, and environmental unfriendly. Think of how many trees we have to sacrifice just for the sack of all these printing anf plotting.

After presentation with Alan, Kuroush, Jan and Sun Sun...

The boards at the back there is actually mine. But I have no proper picture of my presentation boards at the moment. Need to wait I go to take them off tomorrow.

Group photos with the assessors. This is not a complete one since our presentation is divided into 2 days.

The next day, the whole class had a graduation celebration at Atrium Cafe, Pyramid Tower Hotel. We invited three of our lecturers - Madam Suah, Mr. Peter and Roland.

Me and Nicole... Funny the last time we all have proper meal was a long, long time ago. Everyone is pretty much trying to eat as many as they could to replace the past's empty stomach.

The girls...

Group photo with 2 giant babies!!

Not in the pic - Ricky (ffk), Kuroush (sick)

Highlight of the night: Roland went in to the female washroom, and that very faithful moment was witnessed by Nicole and I. Later on he pulled this off by blaming on the signage.

There are a lot more events coming soon, or happened. For all the photos, please refer to my Facebook. I'm just tired of... typing!

Birthday birthday

2009-05-12T16:36:00.003+08:00

I'm stealing a few minutes off from finals because my brain ain't working at the moment. There's just too much to think, and then solve, and then think again. No wonder they say designers have lower risk of getting Parkinson! Well, that might be true, but I bet designers have HIGHER risk of commiting suicide or any stress related disease.

Anyways, just wanted to say something to my two deers.

Dearest Weiling and Olala,
Happy 21st Birthday!!!

Congratulations! You two are know eligible to walk in Casino without being chased out by guards. And welcome to join me and others who are already 21 xD

May God bless the two of you, and good luck in ur finals
(Olala - final year; Weiling - last few weeks before graduate, like me!)

Btw, anyone fancy go exploring/travelling with me?? Since right now Air Asia has zero fare promotion, so better plan quick. ^^

Krispy Kreme

2009-05-09T13:22:00.002+08:00

After a super long wait, Krispy Kreme finally landed in Malaysia!!! Before this friends coming back from overseas keep telling how good the doughnuts taste, and they claimed it taste even better than J.Co or Big Apple.

I thought I must try it to find out the truth. And after what seems like a hyper long class ended at 1pm, June, Lynn and I headed to Times Square just to try out this newly open doughnuts store. Yes, we went all the way there to get our doughnuts and went back home =.=" Loyal doughnuts lovers we are...

When we reached there, there was already a long queue. I scanned over the price and the flavours. It is slightly more expensive than J.Co or Big Apple. But the topings are not as colourful as either J.Co or Big Apple. And has less choices compared to the others.

A dozen costs RM 23.90

Me and June's doughnuts!! ^^

The yummy Hershey's Cookies & Cream melt in my mouth

The doughnuts are crispy, no doubt about that... The crispiness is hard to describe since I'm very lack of vocabulary on food. There's only one problem... they are just too sweet just like consuming sugar.

Worse Nightmare

2009-04-24T20:45:00.002+08:00

Below here are certain angles of my bedroom.

Somehow I still think there's something missing about them. These are nothing compared to VRay. But these are less time consuming ~~though I already feel pain in the arse when I have to wait for a whole 50 minutes!~~

* * *

Final project... my progress?? Getting there. At least so far it has been quite a smooth journey. Just that I have to push myself harder in order to finish everything up a week before presentation.

And speaking of final assessment days... I was told only today by my dear lecturer that my ex boss from my former training firm is going to be one of the two external assessers. My nightmare has been confirmed. I already have doubt about this when my dear lecturer asked me for his phone after my consultation yesterday. How I wish he couldn't attend!!! I so badly don't want him to come because...

> he was my boss. I never directly under him, but well, I worked for his company. And you know, news travel fast in that office. I'm sure he knew everything happened to us trainees.

> I kind off 'stealing' his drawings for my project. He did say we can get those drawings but certain drawings are P&C. Then again, since the other designer said we can have them, we went to get them while he was away on business trip. So I have no idea how am I going to answer if he asks how on earth I get those.

> I get the drawings, own his property and demolish his office and turned it into a Design Library. How brilliant!!!

> He knew a lot better regarding the site than me! I may not see whatever problems they faced while construct that building. He never explain the reason why they build it like that also...

> I'm dead sure no matter how the outcome of my presentation is, the whole office going to know about it in less than a week time after the presentation.

> If he talks to us like the way he is during meeting, then I can say bye bye.

~~I can sense non-stop laughter and evil planning to destroy me coming from my ex supervisor =.="~~

On a brighter note, this may be a turning point too, provided I do it nicely and up to expectation. Pray hard that the other assesser is a nice, kind fella!!!

Quickie

2009-04-22T09:19:00.002+08:00

Dear lecturer just sent sms to us. It has been confirmed that our final assessment going to take place on 1 and 2 June!!!!

Woah.... that's like 40 days from now!!! How come so soon???? To make things worse (or better, depends on how you judge it), we going to have assesser(s) from outside. They are usually very good, powerful interior designers with decades of experiences and if they are kind, they might be lenient; if not, say bye bye to our final just like in our stage one.

Our faith and confidence is at the lowest at the moment. Lack of time and too many problems to solve in our design. Not to mention the pressure of being Madam's students, in our shoulders we are carrying her name, in school or when we step into the industry. And why on earth my seniors did a good job last term?? That again adding unneccessary pressure to all of us, as 'the whole school is eager to see what we come up with just because we are Madam's students!' Can't they all understand we are only normal human beings trying to achieve what we want, or rather, trying very hard to please others because we never design for ourselves.

40 days to go...

A lot of working drawings to do consists of facade design, elevations, sections, sectional elevations, 4 floors of furniture layout plans, electrical plans, reflected ceiling plans, floor finishes, 2 furniture designs with detailings, at least 4 photo realistic 3Ds, and finally, presentation boards.

Now you know why I can die at the moment.

Not only there are so much work to do, the final printing will cost a bomb too. Estimated at least RM 300 going to spend on presentation boards alone!

Break

2009-04-21T13:54:00.001+08:00

Do or Die

2009-04-19T21:19:00.003+08:00

Must think...

Must think harder!!!

Must not procrastinate!

Bear in mind...

There's not much time left...

Last chance to get things right!!!

So, do or die...

MUST THINK!!!!

MUST START WORKING!!!

New Phone

2009-04-16T19:22:00.003+08:00

Tuesday morning, I received a parcel all the way from Kuching from my bro.

This is how it looks like when the postman handed it to me

Just too eager to tear off the wrappings even with shaky hands. Assignment had to put on hold for a few minutes due to this. And I found my long awaited new sweetheart!!!

my SE G705!!!!

This is how the real one looks like ^^

Along with Greenie, last year's Christmas prezzie from Weiling (hey I finally get to used it!)

Yes, it came all the way from Kuching. That's because the market price here is more expensive by 100 over bucks.

I'm so luving it!!! =p

KLDW

2009-04-05T23:17:00.004+08:00

* * *

Went to watch The Shinjuku Incident this afternoon with June. Gave us heart attack. I'm not and never is a fan for 'violence' movies, so usually this type is never my cup of tea. But since I didn't bother to check what it is about (or rather, I checked and I forget >.<), I just go ahead and watched it. Sometimes something different will do us good. Probably I'll have nightmare tonight.

* * *

F1 race just ended. I mean Malaysian GP. I'm a bit (okay, probably a lot!) pissed right now. The race have to stop halfway due to very, very bad weather. And I was hoping for a restart, but condition just didn't get any better. So the race was over in less than an hour. Jenson Button won of course! A week ago I was seriously considering of getting a grand stand ticket (Ben was selling the tickets with 80% promotion). But then due to some circumstance which makes Siew Lin can't go, I decided not to go too. And if I actually go, I think I will start cursing. Changing the race from the usual 3 pm to 5pm is really a bad idea. Look at what happened right now! They can't even race even if the rain stopped because out there it would be too dark for the drivers to race, not to mention slippery track. I just hope next two week the race would be better for Ferrari team.

Signing off. Tomorrow new term. Or rather... LAST TERM!!!

Kuching oh Kuching

2009-04-02T21:11:00.004+08:00

Finally get out of house on Tuesday night with Olala and Weiling. We went to Bing! at Premier 101.

The next day, the three of us went to watch Knowing. Then after that we headed for some photo shooting. Reminds me of how long I have not take out camera and start shooting. And I have not walk at waterfront for ages. Used to go there a lot before The Spring exists.

Next week term starts again. So sad. I want more holiday!!!!

Reading

2009-03-29T17:48:00.004+08:00

Good thing about being sick during holiday is I get to spend more time doing some reading. I badly need something new to read just to let my imagination runs wild as I think I'm getting less and less creative nowadays =( yeah... and more realistic, which is a bad thing for me... reality is always cruel

The other day I finally get my hands on Cecelia Ahern's books. A total of three of them, and came in a box set. So far I've finish reading two. (Reading is good because I get to spend more time AWAY from computer)

I don't really fancy If You Could See Me Now. It doesn't make me feel excited at all. Certain times I feel like giving up reading, because some part is truly boring. Well maybe because the main character is a serious kind of person even though she is an interior decorator with no sense of humour and have no idea what fun is.

However, I totally love Where Rainbows End. You won't find long essays in the book (except the epilogue) because there is none. All you will find is mails from one person to the other or chat messages. It makes the whole thing more interesting and also easier to read. I like the storyline too. It's about two best friends since childhood, how their lives changed when one of them moving away. When they thought they can finally reunite,things happened again and again and everyone moved on, choosing their own paths. But not everytime we make the right decision. I actually been trying to get this book few years ago, don't know why I only get it now.

I still have another one to go, so I better start now before the final term starts. ^^

My Luck

2009-03-25T21:13:00.002+08:00

So I'm back in Kuching.

And still sick. Cough, sore throat, and slight fever. Voice returning but I have those sexy voice for now. @_@

And don't remind me the fact that I'm missing out KL Design Week, UK Education fair, trip to PD with classmates and any other events to be planned within this two weeks. T____T

Yesterday

2009-03-20T11:56:00.007+08:00

It was one exciting day yesterday.

First, I had my final presentation (phase 1). My class is a bit too large so they divided us into 2 groups, and I happened to be in the second group, which is on Thursday. Even since Tuesday I have heard a lot of comments on how the three assessors firing up questions that can't be answered, either that or our answers were not what they expect to hear. =__=

Most of us get pretty nervous as the presentation is conducted privately, with 3 assessors inside. And they do not hesitate to shoot questions or comments. So when my turn came up, I went in, expecting to get shoot very badly. Who knows... it was not as bad as I thought. Certain times they make you laugh too, and they themselves keep laughing for no apparent reasons. And I even encountered a time when I've done explaining my research, the three assessors keep talking on their own experiences to each other on our library as if I wasn't there. Yes... sometimes they do get carried away.... Oh well, at least now that I've done my presentation, I can concentrate on doing other stuff. ^^

My sis and her family happened to be in town on that day too (and not to mention it was her birthday =.=). So after my presentation, I rushed to Mid Valley to meet her. Then after I reached home, went out with Nicole and Phoebe to HP Tower as Phoebe wanted to send her laptop to hospital. After that we even went to Jalan Maarof just to look at the semi commercial bungalows.

Jaya One is actually very near to my place but I have never been there until yesterday. It is a really nice place to look for food, and I think that place is even happening at night. They have a lot of outdoor coffee houses, bistro and cafes. It's totally like those cafes we see in foreign countries, minus the climate. So hopefully more shops opening soon and that place is going to be a hip!

The most awaiting moment is the night's event - my class gathering. We don't even graduate yet, but all the hardworks we put in the finals, we really should come out and give ourselves a treat, and also our beloved lecturer. So imagine a total of 5 cars going all the way to Teluk Gong (somewhere at Port Klang I guess) just to have dinner, or was it supper already.

The journey from our college took about 45 minutes. When we reached there, it was about 9 pm already. Eddy, being the tour guide, settled everything for us. So all we did is eat, talk, laugh, taking picture, eat more, talk more and laugh more. Madame can be very entertaining and fun once outside classroom well even in the classroom she's also always joking around, but there's no topic of project issues on that night.

It's too bad Jan can't join due to some personal reason, and Kuroush already flying off to hometown.

The yummy-ness of crabs. I eat you, Sue!!! So sue me!!!

Tom yam prawns taste so nice!!!

*Photos credit to June and Stephanie

(I was too busy to eat to take any nice pictures)

I feel like... being one part of this class is a really blissful experience. We certainly know how to have fun as soon as we leave classroom. More events to come... soon. And holiday just started... again ^^. And the best part? I'll meet you all in Kuching next week!

Sharing

2009-03-09T00:27:00.001+08:00

Something to share about...

Birthday presents within these 3 years. =p

Research

2009-03-08T22:42:00.003+08:00

Finals on 19 Mac. That is only phase 1. And my sis and her family coming on that day too. @.@

Yesterday went out to do some extra research for my final project at British Council and National Library. Aurelia came along too to accompany me. Thanks so much!!! ^^ I have been in KL for so long, nearly 3 years now, and I have not visited any libraries before (school library not included).

First, we went to British Council, which is located at Wisma Dredging Selangor, some walking distance from KLCC. And I only know by then that Axis Identity Group is also located there!

The place is so cool. They have this very nice spiral staircase, which I heard is imported all the way from Britain (not sure they imported the staircase or the materials for the staircase). They provide a lot of PCs for public and also classrooms for children as they also offer English classes. They don't have a lot of books though compared to 'normal' library. And only today I found out they actually have closed their library section due to some reason. @.@

After that we took taxi to National Library. Before this my lecturers have warned me that I'm going to puke when I go to that place. I totally agree!!!

First, why they even think of building a national library at this kind of so not strategic place?? I mean, if you were to encourage people, specially students to come, at least you need to find a place where public transport is easy to obtain. And here... since it's in the middle of nowhere, you can only get a taxi, or take bus (and you know in this country, waiting for a bus is almost like waiting for a stranger to give you money) or private car. The most funny thing is, outside the main library, I saw a banner saying they encourage people to take public transport. RIGHT... the nearest LRT station is either Ampang Park, Damai or KLCC, and they're very far, far away (walking might take up to an hour or so).

Second, the signage is super-hyper bad. They don't have a proper running system for a library. For a first timer, you don't really know where to go or what to do since there isn't any signage indicating where you should go or what you should do or anything. Not to mention they have a different building for adult sections, and they don't even have a clear signage saying that. And also, once we were at that building, we don't know which floor we should go, because there is no proper direction. And once we finally on the right floor, we just randomly walk around because again, no signage. The books are in category, but things are really not organize. You don't even know where to start looking for the book you want. And out of sudden, there's a staircase hidden in one small corner leading to another floor, and those are where fictions located.

Third, they have more empty shelves than books. And the books are so old. If they are antique books, then fine. But they're not. And there are a few row of shelves with no books on them. Just empty shelves. They have a notice saying they are in the middle of sorting and organizing out the books. RIGHT again... from last year until now and they still in the middle of sorting. How efficient.

Forth, they should provide a proper locker room, not somewhere outside the building in a creepy and dirty area. I mean, they have a super huge empty space inside the main building next to the info counter, why don't they just turn that place into lockers?? Nice space planning, huh??

Fifth, for a library, they really should provide more seatings if they wish to have more people coming in. They are giving the impression of just throwing in a few chairs for the sack of having them there rather than providing the needs for the public.

Sixth, the whole atmosphere is very dull and sad. No design, no noise, no music, no scenery to look at, and best of all, NO LIFE. It's more like a warehouse than a library, really. No wonder people nowadays don't go to library. Who would even want to step into this kind of place? Very plain, very dull.

Seventh, can't they just categorize nicely books by languages as well??

There's a lot more to complain. But I think I said enough. I'm very lazy to type them all out at the moment, since I need to re-type this to my presentation as well. Or I might just copy and paste xD

By the way, they also have a really sad amounts of design collections. My college library is way better than this.

I'm not really doing a general library for my finals. Mine is more specific. But what's the point of having such a nice building with no function? That really defeats the purpose of having a library. It's the function and practicality that come first before the design. It is very sad to say we are so much behind than Singapore National Library in every aspects. They beat us in the exterior design, interior design, facilities etc etc. Not to mention, their building is designed by our own very well known architect.

In the end of the day, I still much, much more prefer my own State Library than this.

Oh and one more, thanks Aurelia for the meal ^^

Birthday Day Parties

2009-03-01T23:54:00.006+08:00

21st Birthday Parties on the actual day...

I get my Golden Key today!

That is to say right now I'm legally adult, I can go into casino without being caught, I can drink (legally) and I can also go to jail if I get myself in big trouble.

Luckily my hangover was gone by then. So that afternoon celebrated with mostly the old gang - Ek Guan, Daniel, Kimberly and also some of my juniors like Joey and Siew Ling at Mid Valley.

And yes, Kimberly was there too! She specially taking off from Kuching just to celebrate my big day! Loyal friend!!! Lolz. Joking. Well part of it was true though. She was in KL for that timeline so she dragged along a friend with her.

See!! it's really her!!!

Did I mention we were having Korean food?? Well we did. Some sort of BBQ as well. And too bad those from public universities can't join us because they are having exams I heard. That morning I received an SMS from Aurelia saying she can't come because she was having sleepover at her friend's house (what kind of reason is this?? @.@) The one and only deer in KL ffk me on my 21st, I'll remember you forever!!! *evil laugh*

Daniel was there!! Nowadays it's so difficult to ask him out because he is busy 24/7. So, my honour to have him there. Thanks for coming, Daniel! I know you just get well from diarrhea.

Went back home to change just in time for the dinner with my closest friends. This time we celebrated at The Apartment Downtown located at KLCC.

Those who were there including June, Lynn, Phoebe, Sun Sun, Nicole, Alan and also Royce.

The Apartment has a very nice atmosphere and surrounding. There's another branch at the The Curve. The purposely designed the interior to look just like any space of our house to bring out the homely feeling. And the bar upstair is really nice!!! Ok enough of the place. I have the tendency to criticize everything around me nowadays. I wonder if it's a good news or bad news...

I won't write much... Just let the pictures do the talking.

I get roses again!!!

I love these shots. Credits to June who took the pictures nicely!!!

Compilation of some pictures with beloved friends.

And also this...

This photo looks like the casts of some drama series. Lolz. I love this photo so much.

Anyways... thank all for the presents and wishes and everything.

So I get another cow... baby cow!!! It's from Kim. It's so darlingly cute but... how come the older I get, the more soft toys I get too?? And also, does cow actually eat carrot?? xD

Probably the most special gift I get is this one... 21 chocolates - indicating my age and also for 21 occassions of the year - from Royce

A million thanks to you all for the SMS and facebook wishes and everything. Love you all!!!

By the way, there are a lot more photos in my photo album and also facebook (uploaded by my friends, with scarily too many comments). Do check them out!

p/s: thanks Siow Chee for coming to visit us and the lunch treat! It's a pleasure to see you again. And also Sasa and Joyce for the presents. Love you all!! =)

Birthday Bash Part 1

2009-02-28T23:18:00.006+08:00

Pre-Birthday Bash @ Scarlet

My first 21st birthday celebration kicked off on Friday night. The bunch of us went clubbing at Scarlet, Cineleisure. This is the first time more than half of my classmates went to clubbing together --- a total of 19 of us, where 13 of them are my classmates.

Attendees list: me, Phoebe, June, Sun Sun, Lynn, Si Ying, Nicole, Ricky, Eddy, Brendan, Sasa, Joyce, VK and Steph. Adding on another 5 of friend's friends.

I never been to Scarlet before, so this is also the first time I went there. It was Friday night, but the place is not as crowded as I expected. Everyone seems to have a slow start...

Eventually we all starting to get high...

And there were also many attempts to get me drunk. Mostly came from Ricky and Eddy. Fortunately it was only half a success. I still remebered what I did and what I said and what people told me. And when I walked, I still walked in straight line!

That night not many people were celebrating birthday. And most of them even thought that day is my birthday. They didn't know I celebrate early =p

And I did not expect to get cake!!! And also smashed by cake after that T.T

and the cake reads 'Happy Birthday Moo Moo Jing' @.@

Some of the crowd xD

when people get drunk...(angle effect only)

that's all of us after partying!!!

Party ended at 3 am. However we all were hungry by then so we ended up at a mamak at SS2. And that ~~night~~ morning, I was having difficulties to sleep because I drank too much. As expected when I woke up I get a hangover.

Anyways, a thousand thanks to Sun Sun for making the night fun and memorable. Thanks for all the organizing and invitation and preparing and the cake!!! And of course thanks to those who came and making the night so unforgetable!

more photos on my album and also, in case any of you haven't notice, facebook is full or photos and comments from the event!

No Comment

2009-02-26T22:39:00.001+08:00

Tagged by Sue aka Pinky

1. What are you currently reading?
Futurarc Green issue. In fact I'm currently reading anything that has to do with GREEN and SUSTAINABLE. *damn boring*

2. What are your favourite books?
Harry Potter series, Twilight series, Little Black Dress series, Chicken Soup series, ART HISTORY books and not forgetting PAGE ONE books.

3. What are your favourite movies?
Too many movies I like and right now I can't recall any.

4. What is your favourite snack?
Chocolates. xD

5. What is your type of tea?
Love mostly any type of tea (like Sue)

6. Where do you mostly find your photo-lovers?
Google search!

7. What is more intense to you - pictures or words?
Pictures. I'm not good at all in describing words by words.

8. Would you rather be an artist or a writer?
Artist of course!

9. What are your favourite magazines?
Futurarc, AM, Space, Digital Camera.

10. Which program do you make your collages?
I make collages MANUALLY.

11. If you could live any where you wanted to right now, where would it be?
Sweden.

12. What is your favourite(s) flower(s)?
Roses =p

13. What perfume do you use?
Don't really use them. At the moment none.

14. What is your favourite accessory?
Ear-rings

15. Where are your favourite places to shop?
Anywhere with nice shops and nice prices and nice designs and nice services.

16. What is your personal style?
I can't describe it in words. You have to observe me for a few days only you will know what my style is.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. - Jean Cocteau

17. What does your wardrobe consist of?
Clothes.

18. What is your favourite beauty product?
Clinelle, Elianto, Sothys

19. What is your favourite kind of shoe?
Nice design yet comfortable and affordable

20. Finally, complete the following sentence. I dream of…
a future that I am going to love =)

Now, I shall tag.. (Really lazy to list names down actually)
Sharon
Jayne
June
Kimberly

Disney Lights and Lantern

2009-02-16T15:31:00.002+08:00

I updated my photo album regarding the Disney Lights and Lantern exhibition I went yesterday at Ara Damansara.

Too busy to write more... so just enjoy the photos at the moment.

Something fun

2009-02-10T22:00:00.003+08:00

It has been a very, very stressful day for me. But at least right now I feel slightly better. Maybe because I'm not in class at the moment?

Here's something that I bumped into while doing my assignment.

If you’re architecture students you’ve probably experienced: (The ones in bold indicates I agree)

> The taste of wood glue.

> Changes in your vocabulary: homework to project, ball to sphere, etc.

> You don’t understand how somebody can spend less than $20 at the supplies store.

> You hate people telling you “go to sleep” or “do you still have a lot of work?”.

> Your friends and you don’t have the same concept of work: “oh, well do it right before class”.

> You’ve slept more than 20 straight hours on weekends. (not more than 20 hours... but sometimes reaching 12 hours straight =p )

> You can easily discuss with authority the effects of caffeine on different drinks.

> No matter the effort you put in a project, somebody will always say 'why don't you add this? or 'why don't you change this here?' or 'i think that' but 'yeah, its ok'.

> You've heard all your iPod songs in a week. (sometimes in a day!)

> You aren't seen in public without bags under your eyes. (on certain times, yes!!)

> Whenever you get invited somewhere, it is followed by "or do you have a lot of homework?”.

> You'll dance YMCA with a choreography without a drop of alcohol in your system.

> You write down a quick message with rapidographs, lead holders, markers and ink.

> You constantly make up excuses for courses that are not design related why you didn't do your work.

> You have more pictures of landscapes and places than of people.

> Your worst nightmare consists of not finishing a project. (obviously... )

> Someone once called you 'lazy' and you wanted them murdered. (If it's true then I already murdered some people =D )

> You can live without human contact, sunlight, food, but if your plotter's ink runs out? chaos!!! (so true!!! xD )

> When somebody lends you a Bic pen you look down at it. (not only Bic but anything I get)

> You don't care about sports cars, your favorite car is the one where you can put in your model and your huge computer. (I still care about sport cars!!!)

> You design spectacular things without the idea of the cost. (how nice would it be if everything is without BUDGET)

> You have the modern mark: a blister in your palm's hand for the constant use of your mouse.

> Everybody tells you how they admire your work, 'but there is no money for it'.

> You've gained the ability to sleep in whatever surface: pencils, keyboards, backpacks, your studio mates, food, etc.

> You always have the idea that your project will always be recognized. (that's the point of being architect/interior designer!)

> When you finally have free time to go out you keep thinking 'who was the idiot that designed the restaurant's bathroom?', 'who designed this menu?' or 'who designed this (chair, table, lighting, fork, etc)'.

> You’ve been at many sunrises, yet you’ve never seen one.

Random - ness

2009-02-09T17:16:00.002+08:00

Time to get back to work. I can't and I swear I would not screw up this Final Project.

Before that, some random pictures to fill the day =)

Guess these legs belong to who?? xD

VERY FUNNY!!!

Something I get from Weiling for last Christmas - new version Teletubby perhaps??

I have a pig!!!

Happy Chap Goh Meh everyone!! =)

PJ PJ

2009-02-05T20:25:00.003+08:00

I just get back to PJ a few hours ago. Somehow I don't feel like myself in PJ at all. My mind and soul are still back home in Kuching.

I suddenly remembered I have InteriCAD exam coming up next Wed!!! I never do any revision as 1. I don't have the software and I doubt any of my classmates having it 2. I was clever enough to put my notes in the school locker and the latest I can get it back is on next Tue.

I'm glad the weather here is better than Kuching! Sunny is better. Rain just kills my day.

Notes to Olala:
I want to watch Puteri Gunung Ledang Musical!

High School

2009-02-03T17:37:00.002+08:00

This morning Dixon, Johnny, Alan, Lung Wei and I raided our ex secondary school. I thought we all are going to wear LOL shirt as we said the other day, but ended up Johnny forgotten to tell Dixon, then Lung Wei claimed his shirt is too big.

I have not step foot on that school since 2006 perhaps?? The main reason for my return is that I have to get back my SPM and GCE certs. Luckily they still keep the certs and not throwing them away. Since we can't visit all the teachers during CNY, we use this 'alternative' way -- by visiting school.

School does not change much though, so as the teachers. Surprisingly most of them still remember us. We must be caused too much trouble last time until we are so popular...

It's nice to be back at school again. Brings back a lot of memories. It feels just like yesterday when I'm still a student there, trying to cope with SPM. Suddenly by this year I'm going to graduate from college! I just don't feel like I'm all prepared to start working. I mean I'm going to spend at least the coming 2 or 3 decades working!

And I feel bad for missing classes today (that's because I did not do homework!). Even right now I can't draw a straight line properly! T.T

p/s: I have to forget about Notthingham Trent Uni interview as I can't go back on time for the interview. Too bad. But that's not my only choice of uni so hopefully my portfolio is ready for other interviews.

CNY 2009

2009-01-31T19:56:00.006+08:00

CNY holiday coming to an end. Most of us are going back to school and work. But I have extra 4 days of holiday in Kuching simply because I myself declare holiday for another week. xD It can't be helped. Air ticket is so expensive you know! Besides after this I really have no idea when I'm coming back again. By June I'll graduate, then I might stay in KL, or I might even come back. Who knows? So let's just wait and see.

Anyways, this chinese new year has been different from previous years. First because it keeps raining from the eve until right at this moment. Now I understand why Jacq was so furious 2 weeks ago. Secondly, I started to visit friends on the first day itself, something I never do. Then continue visiting non-stop for the next few days.

I wasn't thinking of visiting friends on first day as this day usually reserve for family. But since it's going to be Su Chern's last cny in Kuching, we decided to go to her open house. And after that, we stormed into another few houses.

Datuk Dixon with his four daughters??

An unexpected visiting occured on third day too. I was supposed to wait for Sharon to come, but ended up went out with her and some others.

We were also invited by Kim and her family to their open house that night. We raided her movie room and watch Love Guru, forgetting that there were some of our seniors outside in the living room. But eventually when the movie ended, when the seniors left, it was our turn to sit down and being interrogate one-by-one by our ex-English teacher. I even have to 'work' on that night when Kim's dad started to ask my opinions on his design. I'm going to start charging soon if everyone keep asking.

Kim's movie room. I just noticed we did not take picture with Mdm Lee.

Then comes the forth day. Initial planning is that the few of us went to visit long-time-no-see friends. But in the end, a few turned out to be a bunch, so it's like 20 of us if not mistaken. That very morning, Aurelia wanted to go Friendship Park for some photo shooting. Thanks to the rain, we didn't get to do the shooting and we did get to have extra one hour sleep xD.

Even rain did not dampen our spirits and everyone is in the mood of celebrating. That day we went to more than 10 houses and there are a lot more we did not get to go.

LOL shirt finally reveals!

Trying to be funny. That's what we all did at Jayne's.

The girls! And I've forgotten to take picture of the boys.

Syok sendiri

The holy boy from hell - Lung Wei

Of all the houses, these people have to choose our ex teacher, Mr. Chin's house to gamble!

This is basically all of us!

The deers went out again on fifth day because of Jacq. She just came back holidaying from KL. So once again, the deers reunited! Weiling became the driver for the first time with her new Swift.

Her darling car parked at Dixon's.

Deers

This year I finally get to see Jackie, another soon-to-be pilot. He certainly getting rounder compared to last time. I also met Jane Ting, who is currently studying at UWA, Australia. Have not meet two of them for so long.

I have been procrastinating assignment for as long as I can remember. Blame the rain... I have no mood to do assignment at the moment. And my mouse chosen this time to die. I can't find any extra mouse in the house as all the working ones are preoccupied. And my phone also showing symptom to die off soon.

Due to the bad economy, I'm getting less and less ang paw nowadays. But I finally get the green light from my dad to further studies at overseas. Not confirm where to go yet, and when. Might be this year, might be next year. I'm excited!!!

Happy Moomoo Year

2009-01-25T14:53:00.003+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!!!

>>> It has been raining almost everyday since I came back. I hope it won't ruin my visiting.

>>> I have been procrastinating my assignments since the day I was back. O.o

>>> I should bring back my moomoos since it's the year of ox. Leaving them at PJ seems to be a good idea then, but not now xD

>>> I still craving for laksa... I want MORE....

and lastly...

WHO HAVE AUTOCAD 2009???

BACK

2009-01-19T21:55:00.001+08:00

Yes people... I'm back in Kuching few hours ago.

And I need a shoulder massage... badly!!!

Update

2009-01-15T22:07:00.002+08:00

New sem just started a week ago, and I'm already flooded with researches and presentation. To think that lecturers are kind enough to let us have our holiday mood until after Chinese New Year, then you are so wrong. I think the word 'holiday' doesn't even exist in the dictionary for all the final year students. No... put it this way... we are trying to 'apply' the word 'holiday' into dictionary, but the 'authorities' do not allow.

That makes us having a lot of stuff to do before, during and after CNY. Even skipping 2 weeks of class is not making me happy. Suddenly 6 months is just too short for a final project. And not to mention Feb is a short one.

I'm going back to Kuching next week. So, wait for my return ya!!!

Way Back Into Love

2009-01-08T00:41:00.001+08:00

Way Back Into Love ~~

1. Put your iTunes/any other players on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 1 X infinity number of friends who might enjoy doing this.

***

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?
不完整的旋律 (Incomplete Melody) by 王力宏LeeHom (now why would I say that?? Lolz)

2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Prisoner of Love by Utada Hikaru (huh?? that pathethic?? lol)

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
星期六的深夜 (Saturday Night) by 王力宏LeeHom (time for dating and shopping perhaps?? xD)

4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
不能说的秘密 (Secret) by 周杰伦Jay Chou (OMG!!! That's so true!!)

5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
Stay the Same by Joey McIntyre (this can't be happening!!!)

6. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Moondance by Jonathan Rhys Meyers (errrr.....)

7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Joy to the World by Mariah Carey (awww that's so sweet xD)

8. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Jesus Born On This Day by Mariah Carey (MUAHAHAHAHA!!!!!)

9. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Winter Wonderland by Amy Grant (can't wait to go a four season country to feel the snow!!!)

10. WHAT IS 2+2?
Raise It Up - August Rush Soundtrack (yeah right!!)

11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Something Inside by Jonathan Rhys Meyers (don't get it)

12. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
The Power of Love by Celine Dion (I'm totally speechless!!! LOLZ. But the whole song is really meaningful)

13. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Jingle Bell Rock by Hilary Duff (OMG!!! That's how I get my name??)

14. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Realize by Colbie Caillat (This is really good!!! And sweet!!! =p)

15. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
This Is Real by Demi Lovato (HUH!!!! Got fake funeral is it??)

16. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
New Classic by Drew Seeley & Selena Gomez (No comment!)

17. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
To Zanarkand - Final Fantasy X (heehee...)

18. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Now or Never by Zac Efron, High School Musical (YES!!! Another get-together soon!!)

19. WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Dance With Me - High School Musical (Hey I can dance perfectly well okay!!! Unless you can't dance xD)

20. HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Beware of The Dog by Jamelia (O.o)

21. DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
I Love You Came Too Late by Joey McIntyre (means what??? Yes or No??)

22. IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
One Step At A Time by Jordin Sparks (YEAH THAT WILL DO!!! Change everything that went wrong)

23. WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Just Dance by Lady GaGa (Indeed... The dancing fee here is too expensive and I have to wait till I get back Kuching)

24. WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Way Back Into Love by Hugh Grant

And I would like to tag...
1. Carol
2. Lung Wei
3. Esther Jong
4. Jacq
5. Bao Qiong
6. Jessie
7. Joshua
8. June
9. Sharon Chong
10. Dixon
and whoever find this entertaining...

Tagged

2009-01-06T20:29:00.002+08:00

Rule 1: People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any questions that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.
Rule 2 : Tag 5 people to do this quiz and those who are tagged cannot refuse.
These people must state who they were tagged by and cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by continuing this game by sending it to other people.

Tagged by Kim also.

1. Do you have secrets?
~ Who the hell don't have?? Of course I do.

2. Would you fall in love with a boy younger than you?
~ No. If I can help it! Depends on situation.

3. Do you enjoy going to college?
~ I would prefer working as an intern xD College is fun but I dislike bringing assignments home.

4. What would you do with a billion dollars?
~ Buy a small island and build my palace ^^

5. Will you fall in love with your best friend?
~ Same answer as Olala --- I don't know. But I'll make sure the person I fall in love with will be my best friend.

6. What do you prefer? Touching story or happy story?
~ Both. Touching story can be happy story too!

7. List recently watched movies.
~ Twilight, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Bedtime Stories, The Flight Before Christmas.

8. If the person you secretly like is already attached, what would you do?
~ Moving on... It's not the end of the world, and he certainly not the only man on earth! I always try to make my life interesting!

9. List 5 favourite songs.
~ Just Dance by Lady GaGa
~ Beware of the Dog by Jamelia
~ Something Inside
~ Stay the Same
~ First Love by Utada Hikaru

10. Do you have any regrets?
~ Yupe. But we learn from the past right...

11. What are your favourite emoticon used recently?
~ xD and ^^

12. What are your favourite saying recently?
~ 'Kanasai'. Maybe not. 'What what what??'

13. What kind of person do you think the person that tagged you is?
~ The person still owes me a paper kimono. She promised to give me on my 19th birthday and look how old am I now?!

14. Would you rather be single and rich or married but poor?
~ Married and rich!

15. What is your favourite color?
~ Nothing specific. It depends on how the color blends into the design or whatsoever.

16. Would you give all in a relationship?
~ I will. I think. Try to. I hope.

17. If you fall in love with two people simultaneously, which one would you choose?
~ Again, same answer as Olala --- The one who makes me laugh. :)

18. What are the top 5 places on your "to-go" list?
~ Paris
~ Bali
~ Rome
~ Vienna
~ Egypt

19. Name 3 things you would like to do but would never be able to.
~ Return to the past and change history.
~ Have a real Doraemon as my pet!
~ Quit job, have a butler to serve me for the rest of my life without worrying about financial issue.

20. 5 people I wanna tag!
~ Sharon
~ Joshua
~ Jayne
~ Bao Qiong
~ Lung Wei

Class Begins

2009-01-06T01:19:00.002+08:00

Class officially starts today...

Good news is I have Monday and Friday off for this term, which happened to be my last semester. Time flies. xD And I have all good lecturers lining up for this term.

Bad news is I don't want to face lecturers tomorrow. Final project is a hassle... really. And I have not finish doing my report!

Went back to PDI yesterday right after went to college to get timetable. Main reason is to get pay cheque. Ended up spending most of the times chatting with my daddy. Studio dept. had meeting too at that time.

I miss being in the office. When it begins to be part of me already, suddenly the 12 weeks which I thought would be a torture passed through without notice. I don't want to go back college!

2009

2009-01-01T15:23:00.005+08:00

It's a brand new year already! I hope this year is a good one!

Unlike last year or any other year, I did not spend new year eve with d33rs. I'm not even in Kuching. Instead, me and a few friends went to have Korean BBQ. Not to mention some of them putting aeroplane =.="

Side dishes are nice. Can refill somemore ^^

BBQ-ing

The funny thing is, all of us came from different batches. Shannon's the super senior, followed by JJ, me, Sii Ying and finally Danny.

Saying goodbye to 2008 and welcoming 2009 ^^

And no, I didn't go downtown for countdown. Don't feel like stuck in the sea of people.

As for this year, my future seems uncertain. I can't see where am I heading after first half of the year. I wonder what's going to happen after I graduate...

Happy new year everyone!

Tag

2008-12-30T13:37:00.002+08:00

2 days before another brand new year. It becomes tradition that I do this tag every year. So here you go again...

Glad to see 2008 go?
Yes... this is not exactly a good year for me.

Did u change your hair in 2008?
Nope... not really. Don't really know what to change.

The best part of 2008?
Finally went for some MPO concerts.
Doing internship at PDI for 3 months... turned out to be a good learning experience.

The worst part of 2008?
Did terribly for my hotel project.
Messed up time management, and fallen sick during crutial times.

Any new crushes in 2008?
New curshes?? No. Is Edward Cullen count?

Who will u never forget?
Mr Roger, the ever so kind and caring and understanding lecturer and also a friend who always showered us with great advices.
My cousin who passed away due to breast cancer and I stranded in PJ can't go back.
Ms Brenda, the wonderful ex English lecturer.

Who do u wish u didn't meet?
Hmm... let's just say we meet everyone for a reason.

Did u have a boyfriend in 2008?
Nope.

Did u fall in love in 2008?
Nope... guess not.

Did u catch someone in lie in 2008?
I don't know?? Mostly they are just trying to be funny.

Funniest moment of 2008?
One of them being I get shocked all over by my boss who usually walked into the room without any sound and standing behind me not making any sound.

Most embarrassing moment of 2008?
Involved me and my housemates with a taxi driver one day on our way back home from office. We thought the driver is Malay, so keep talking to him in BM and English. Until when we have to pay, he spoke Mandarin to us. Making us speechless.

Did u take any vacations in 2008? Where?
Yes. Malacca, Singapore, and Johor. Erm... is Genting counted too?

Any new hobbies of 2008?
Watching orchestra!!

Did u get a new job in 2008?
No. Still student. But I went for internship for 3 months.

Did u lose a job in 2008?
Nope. I quit after completed the 3 months training.

Did u host a party in 2008?
Nope.

Where did most of your money go?
Books and clothes. And printing.

What song will always remind u of 2008?
River Flows in You.

Biggest Achievement in 2008?
I'm underachieve this year T.T
But gratefully and thankfully I scored full mark for internship.

Biggest Failure of 2008?
Photography skill goes downhill.
Not able to complete my Project Snapshots.

In 2008, did u lie to miss a day of work/school?
Guess so. I can't remember whether it's this year or last year. xD

Did u move in 2008?
Nope.

What was your greatest musical discovery?
That I like classical music afterall...

What was the best book u read in 2008?
Twilight Series!!!

What was your favourite movie of the year?
Red Cliff. Still waiting for part 2 though...

What did u want in 2008 and got?
Did I get anything I want?

What did u want in 2008 but didn't get?
Something I wish for a few years already but still yet to have.

Did u make out in public in 2008?
Nope.

What's the ringer on your cellphone?
To Zanarkand.

Who did u miss?
d33rs!!! And old school mates. And Jessie. And Johnston.

Who was the best new person u met?
I guess I met a lot of best new persons. Most of them are the staff from my internship company.
And also my current ID lecturer who is strict but also kind at the same time.
And the people I met at church where my neighbour brought me.

What one more thing would have made your year immeasurably more exciting?
If only I get what I want... =p

Your favourite commercial in 2008?
No idea?? Barely touch the tv.

Something u couldn't leave home without in 2008?
Handphone, wallet, keys... as usual.

How did u spend New Year's 2008?
At Olala's apartment. Had steamboat. Only went back home at 4 am.

Valentine's Day 2008?
Rushing assignment as the due date was the next day.

Easter 2008?
Having classes.

Halloween 2008?
Working...

Thanksgiving 2008?
Working again...

Christmas 2008?
At Singapore...

Your birthday?
Celebrated three times. First at college on the eve before my birthday. Then at Wong Kok Pavilion in the afternoon of the actual day with friends, and lastly that night with housemates at Cafe Cafe. It had been an unforgetable birthday bash!

Back From Vacation

2008-12-29T01:45:00.007+08:00

I'm back from vacation... and tired... and lazy to blog...

I have some 1000++ photos to filter and edit. At the moment I feel more like reading and watching drama then do all these...

Anyways... as for now just enjoy all the pics below... let them do all the talking =) I'll update again if I feel like it xD

Another cake?

Enjoying watching fish

Won this on a game of Bingo on the eve of Christmas at the bar behind where I stayed. Some kind of wine I think... have not really read the label though. And the truth is by the law I'm not eligible to drink and even enter a bar yet xD

Nice reflection

I've touched it!!!

Specially dedicated this to my dearest deer - Sue aka Crab!!!

*If you ever notice, there's a lot more subject photos rather than scenery. That's mainly because I don't see any nice scenery that's worth shout about (in my opinion anyway... no offence). Besides, I assume most of you are very familiar with Singapore already.

Hiatus

2008-12-22T13:38:00.001+08:00

On hiatus for a whole week until this Sunday...

Not sure I'll be able to update or not during these few days... but I'll try...

Off to Singapore then JB tomorrow.

So, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!!!!

Tagged by Olala

2008-12-21T12:35:00.002+08:00

Tagged by Olala and also Pini actually.

First time doing a tag in BM!!! I have not been practicing BM right after I graduated Form 5 xD So here goes...

1. tulis 10 perkara pasal orang yang tag anda
2. tulis 10 perkara pasal anda
3. cari 10 orang untuk anda tag

tulis 10 perkara pasal orang yang tag anda..

1. teramat suka babi O.O
2. gilakan Maple
3. seorang yg sangat cerdik (maklumlah... top student ^^)
4. tengah belajar Multimedia Design kat TOA
5. dia akui suka makan laksa
6. salah seorang D33r
7. gilakan Pride & Prejudice (specially Keira Knightley)
8. dulu awal pagi panggil I pergi jogging =.="
9. seorang yang pendiam, emosi selalu tak stabil, sering bercakap dalam monotone
10. suka sangat apa2 yg berkaitan dgn da Vinci

tulis 10 perkara pasal anda

1. akan pergi Singapore dlm masa 2 hari
2. nak belajar ballroom dance
3. suka mengumpul buku
4. hidup saya = photography
5. nak sangat berhijrah ke tempat lain =p
6. suka kehidupan yg bebas ^^
7. mempunyai 4 orang D33rs
8.nak dSLR 450d sebagai hadiah Hari Natal/Harijadi (get me one!!!)
9. suka berjalan-jalan & makan angin
10. entah nak tulis apa sudah....

cari 10 orang untuk anda tag..
1. Jacq
2. Wei Ling
3. Sharon
4. Dixon
5. Lung Wei
6. Kimberly
7. Jessie
8. Bao Qiong
9. Alan
10. Daniel

Christmas Get-Together

2008-12-21T01:49:00.002+08:00

Christmas is just around the corner. That means I'm going off to Singapore soon!!!! Yay!!!

Anyways, yesterday I was invited to a Christmas get-together organized by my lecturer. At least I get to have a Christmas dinner even though I'm not in Kuching celebrating with D33rs them all. This is also the first time I'm celebrating Christmas here. Something new for me...

Dinner was awesome!!! It's not like the typical Malaysian kind of open house. It's totally different. Now that I think of it, it was actually a lot like the Swedish Embassy dinner I went a year ago. Except for the food.

Ms Brenda even gave us a tour around her house. Speaking of her house... that is something new too! The space planning is just too different from any of our houses. How to describe it?? I guess you can say Western style + Balinese design.

As a lecturer, she used to give us a lot of advises, and she still does. It's too bad that she's no longer teaching in college anymore.

A photo with Ms. Brenda in her living area with a nice Christmas tree as backdrop ^^

Christmas Around Town

2008-12-16T20:07:00.002+08:00

Was late to meet Kim just now simply because I can't wake up in time. I have not sleep properly for so long already!

We were at Pavillion doing lil shopping. Have not done shopping for presents yet. After that we went to watch The Day The Earth Stood Still. Nice!!! even though there were times I don't catch the meanings...

I don't like the Christmas deco at Pavillion this year. No offence but really not nice!

Somehow the Christmas tree looks more like Mango ice cream...

Thanks for coming, Kim!

Sleepover @ Olala's

2008-12-15T22:37:00.003+08:00

Went over to have a sleepover at Aurelia's on Saturday. That morning we went to One Utama for some Christmas shopping. I love doing Christmas shopping!!! So much fun choosing presents for everyone... However, in the end I didn't get much stuff compared to Olala.... That means I still have to hunt for presents!!!

Deco at 1U is nice!!! I think it's based on Alice in Wonderland

I can't believe this year I really not going to attend the D33rs traditionally Christmas Dinner!!! So sad... T.T

Sunday me and Olala went to see a book launching. I mean she went to see the book launching whereas I was there to read book. Yes, I read finish The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling. I was thinking of buying at first but that book really cost a fortune! Forget it then...

KLCC still has this super high Christmas tree... as always...

I heard that MV Doulos is back in Kuching for the last time!!! How can it be the last time?? I want to go there so much!!! I'm going to miss out being there for one last time?? So sad T.T

The Finale... The End...

2008-12-13T10:34:00.002+08:00

Friday... the finale...

I don't feel like extending internship as there are stuff for me to do in this few weeks. Let's see...
I need to:

1. Brainstorming on final project
2. Touch up previous assignments for portfolio
3. Clean up my room
4. Go out and have fun
5. Rest!!! Can't believe I down with flu and lost my voice!!!

Anyways, we had more fun than working on our last day. Farewell after farewell...

with Lisa, my boss ~~sort of~~.
She did ask me to come back and work after I graduate.

with Project Director, Mr Lau.

I wonder I will ever come back to work??

With this, my internship officially ended. My gratitude to Mr Ooi for willing to take us, to Lisa for all her guidance thus far, to Kalvin for everything he did for us, and is probably the best supervisor I can ever ask for, and all the other colleagues for making our days interesting throughout the whole practical period.

I still can't believe I just finish the 12 weeks long internship!

Farewell

2008-12-11T17:57:00.004+08:00

My last day of work supposed to be tomorrow. But then yesterday the seniors and also the design director decided to give us an early farewell at Vietnam Kitchen, Plaza OUG.

Time has been flying all these while though there are times when I wish time flying faster. It was like yesterday when I first stepped into PDI, starting my 12 weeks long internship. And now I only have one day left until the end of internship.

No doubt for these 12 weeks, I have been learning a lot. I get to know and experience the life of designers, their working prospects and a lot more. Working does not really has to be serious and dull all the while as long as you know how can make your own life interesting ~~as said by Royce~~. The staffs also always make you feel welcoming. And this applies not only to Studio Dept, but the whole company.

Us trainees (Phoebe, me, VK, June and Lynn) with Jasmine, our Design Director, Mr Ooi (aka my super senior), Nelson, Lisa, Kalvin, Monica, Stella and Grace. Out of 13 of us, 10 are from PJCAD!

They even gave us an appreciation letter and also a motivation book!!!

It's too bad our colleague, Zen is not senior. The day before he said would like to bring us for lunch as he's not coming on Friday. But then sudden changed of plan make it impossible for us to have lunch together, so we changed to dinner instead.

So we went to Kenny Roger@Mid Valley. This time, only us 4 trainees went as VK was out at Bangsar.

Us with Sasha and Zen

The best thing afterall, is I scored well for this internship. ^^

And Some Other Stuff...

2008-12-06T12:37:00.004+08:00

After going through a not-so-awesome week, I decided to give myself a break. I need a break. Seriously. That is why after work on Friday, I brought Phoebe along to The Curve for dinner and a movie.

I never thought I would want to Wild Child since the trailer kind of showing all the plots and you know how it is going to end. Besides, by the time we were there, we were about 20 minutes late. We decided to watch anyhow and I'm glad we did.

This move really sent me a nice good laugh from the start till the end. These bunch of girls did anything and everything just to get expel. It is similiar to St. Trinians... well sort of.

I love Christmas deco at The Curve. They're always so nice as usual.

In case you can't see it, there's a deer there with its neck hanging bells.

Huge Christmas tree

Last Wednesday, I went to my college's alumni night even though I'm not alumni YET. I will be one soon enough. A very bad decision to want to go there as it turned out I was attacked by my supervisor. What's worst, Alan and Royce even joined him to attack me! That two so going to face the music after this!

However we did get to meet a lot of people. Even PDI's boss was there too. And so as Madam. By the way she talked, it is almost confirmed she's coming back to college and teach us for the final semester. Good news indeed!!!

Finally managed to meet Siow Chee!!

Next week going to be my last week of internship!!! I'm so glad all these nightmares finally coming to an end. Not to say I never enjoyed internship. But at least there's 50% of the times I enjoyed being there. I can't wait to return to college. And before that, pampered myself with a trip to Singapore and some other events .^^ It's time to relax...

December

2008-12-01T09:21:00.003+08:00

It's that time of the year again - December!!!

That means...

Christmas is 24 days away ^^ Lots and lots of presents to prepare
My internship going to end in another 11 days!!! YAY!!!
I'm off to Singapore in 22 days!!!
Preparing to end another year with a blast =p
Time to relax and recharge before entering the final battle

Met up with Aurelia yesterday and we went to church together. After that, went to our usual place and talk, talk and a lot more talk. She just don't want to go home and face her actionscript =D

I received some bad news from my dad yesterday. He told me my aunt passed away. I don't have much details yet. But, I feel so helpless when I stranded here being not able to be there with them all.

Nostalgic

2008-11-23T21:27:00.002+08:00

I feel Christmas! Simply because wherever you go you start to see Christmas deco is up already. One more month to go!! Time flies... but at the moment I wish time flies even faster.

I wish I'll be there with you all for Christmas. I miss those time - the not-to-be-missed Christmas Eve dinner and the afterward party. How I wish I can be in two places at the same time!

Thought

2008-11-19T00:03:00.002+08:00

For once, I was hoping...
time could fly faster

at least in the 3 weeks to come.

I used to take everything for granted...
And still I am

But now I finally realise
the most precious gift I want badly
I have it with me.

I'll try my best
to treasure the next 6 months.

I've learn to appreciate,
to be grateful and give thanks.

Life's lesson,
Thank you ...
for giving this golden opportunity,
and for being a good teacher.

Madness in office

2008-11-16T20:51:00.002+08:00

Something to share about...

All these can be found in the office

Seriously, there's nothing to update. Okay maybe there is. The fact that I eventually fall asleep during a movie is very new to you? No doubt it did happen. On Friday night when I went to watch Quantum of Solace. Even with all those heart pounding moments yet I'm still able to fall asleep. So I guess I missed out certain small parts in the middle there.

Nothing else to update. Until next time then.

Of MSID Annual Dinner and Phoebe's Birthday

2008-11-09T21:31:00.005+08:00

I should be blogging on this 2 days ago but due to unforeseen circumstances, I only managed to write something today. Anyways, let's starts with Friday...

The day started off just like any other morning. Went to site in the morning, and around lunch time, managed to sneak into college... or should I say paid a visit and had lunch. And all these I have to thank my supervisor for being kind enough to bring us back there.

Without us, college looks quite the same... except less merrier I guess. xD Just in case you are wondering, my class and batchmates contribute about 50% of the noises made in college. Didn't get to have even a glimpse of Mr. Peter, but then get to meet other lecturers and juniors. At the moment the hot topic in college is about the coming fashion show, which I'm still not sure I'm going to attend or not... Surprisingly, while I was there waiting for my supervisor, Joanne came in. She is my ex-classmate who quited design to read bakery, and will be going to Switzerland soon. I have not seen her for ages... or rather, she has not visit us for few months already. It was nice to see her again.

Lunch time with Mrs. Toh who filled us up with current affair in the college and the pros of going to Swinburne Australia for degree. I know if I go to Swinburne, there's a lot of people I can rely on. And I believe more and more Kuchingnites who's currently studying in Swinburne will continue further studies in Swinburne Australia too. Something for me to start thinking about for now...

Back in the office, I was told that they have extra tickets for the night's annual dinner. Never really want to go in the first place. But in the end all five of the trainees going. (And we were informed that the ticket actually costs RM 450!)

So it was actually 19th MSID Annual Dinner, held at Hotel Istana. They even have a theme! For this year, it was 'Save the Earth'. That is why we all were required to bring old newspapers or bottles to recycle. Not one but 19!!! Or you have another choice --- dressed up as superhero or cheerleader --- which makes the whole thing looks like cosplaying, and that was LAME.

The whole night was pretty much very dull even though we had Serene C. for emcee and Reshmonu to entertain us. Kimmy was there too with the rest of her colleagues.

This table is actually reserved for PDI designers. I was suppose to sit with suppliers, but then our senior designer asked me to just sit here =p

With Edward from the admin dept.

This guy here is from QS dept. He's one very funny fellow.

And yes, PDI did win some awards. The one on the left is our senior designer. As for the one on the right, I blogged about him last time. He is the current MSID president and we used to visit his office last time.

Performance by Reshmonu. See the backdrop? All recycle items.

* * *

Saturday was Phoebe's 20th birthday. Went to a Korean Restaurant at Sunway Pyramid to celebrate. Forgotten the name of the restaurant. But it's near J.CO donuts.

Attendees...

The housemates

Food was nice. Atmosphere's great. But we over ordered, so that made us bloated in the end.

I guess it was a remarkable birthday for Phoebe as a few unexpected things happened. Glad that everything's okay.

* * *

I really had a very packed weekend full of agendas. On Sunday, went to UK Education Fair with Royce and the rest.

Not many universities offering interior design course. But there are certainly a few that comes in my mind. Too bad I did not bring along my portfolio. That's to determine which year should I enter if my application is successful.

At the moment I have to tidy up all my portfolio again and send them to various universities for them to judge. For UK, the intake is mostly on September. That means roughly 3 months after I graduate! And if I were to go, most probably I'm going to miss out my own graduation ceremony!!! T.T And I want to go so badly next year right after I graduate is because I would be able to join Royce and probably Alan, and if I were to wait for another year, that would be too late. Australia or UK? Tough decision to make! Reminds me of The Road Not Taken again...

More photos are available now in my album

Fun Thursday

2008-11-06T11:45:00.000+08:00

Nothing much happened in my working place recently. It's like usual - amending drawings, go to site, help out in whichever project I'm ask to, overtime... Sometimes the tension moment makes you excited for no particular reason. Still, I'm already half way through this internship now... and there are times when I totally enjoy working and not complaining anything at all.

I was told by Dixon that I appeared on this year's school magazine. I had forgotten that I was asked to write for school magazine some time ago. I thought they are going to do a lot of filterings as I inserted sarcasm in it. But then it came out just the same... Only shorter.

Here you go if you wish to have a look...

And thanks Dixon for scanning and sending it to me =)

Right after work, went out to meet Royce and Alan. At least this time nobody putting aeroplane. And I'm glad we did come out. I feel much more better seeing them and talking to them. Another catching up session but this time involves a lot of laughters. Seriously, a lot! Planned to watch movie too but then we just keep talking until forgotten the time. Anyhow, Royce still owes me a movie =p

Going to update again soon. With more photos. Doozing off.

Another Weekend

2008-11-02T23:26:00.001+08:00

Went to church this morning with Aurelia. And we really have not been there for ages. Nearly didn't make it cause I wasn't able to wake up on time. Surprisingly it took me only 20 mins to prepare everything and rush out of the door.

After that we went for some catching up session. Too bad Edmund wasn't able to join in. So basically we just talked, talked and more talked. Since we have not meet for more than 3 months, there is a lot of catching up to be done, all the wonderful as well as nightmare time in our lives. I actually talked until my voice won't come out. That was like 3 hours of non-stop chit chatting.

But after that I feel much at ease. At least, you are not alone.

These few days I suddenly realised that it's November already! Where has all the time been? And it's going to be Christmas in another one month plus! Last year's Christmas still ringing in my head, yet another one is just around the corner. I feel like I'm uderachieve this year. Not productive, nothing impressive. Oh hell...

Stress Level = Very High

2008-10-26T20:48:00.003+08:00

This is what happened when people are overstress. They can come out with thousands of crazy ideas on how to release stress. This is just one of them. And of course, the man behind this 'masterpiece' is none other than my boss.

Friday night, right after office hour (and guess what, I don't have OT!!), I went to Mid Valley to have dinner as well as catching a movie. Since I'm kind off outdated lately (all thanks to work and no fun), I don't even know what's there to watch. Only then I noticed that High School Musical 3 is on screen on that very day!

I guess when it comes to watching movie at Mid Valley, I have the luck of bumping into people, specially those in my very own office. Last week when I was there to watch House Bunny, I bumped into my big boss (in another word, the one that own the company). And on Friday, I bumped into my boss aka my supervisor aka the devil who did those thing to the pity doll. No wonder he was rushing back right after the clock ticked at 7 pm.

Back to the movie... Apart from all the nice songs and dance moves, I noticed that this time there's less story and conflict in the movie. But still, I like it (more to I like the dance moves).

Tomorrow is supposed to be Public Holiday. Unlucky for me, due to some reason, I have to work! Heck!!!! I want more holiday!!!

Life So Far

2008-10-20T22:44:00.004+08:00

I started to miss college life badly. Now I know why studying is so much fun compared to working. Not that working life is bad, but it just less fun. Just by looking at my colleagues, and thinking I would be like one of them in the near future makes me think whether I really want to go in this field. Basically you dedicated your life to work, and sacrifices all the loves one around you. I'm not sure I can do that... I have to think over this carefully...

Anyways, this is the company I'm currently under training...

The signage... (Photo taken under low light circumstance)

I think I never mentioned this. My boss (also called my supervisor) is sometimes adorable but most of the times evil. Let's see what he did...

This is actually me and Kwan's workstation. Look at that!!! This is all thanks to our genius boss...

Have a closer look and you will see this...

Of course neither me and Kwan did this!!! Only the one with the EVIL aura willing to do this to the poor doll...

Same goes to our NIPS chocolate... our best friend during office hour and sometimes lunch time...

SO who's the devil behind all these? None other than...

this guy here... he is our super senior (not hyper senior though), our supervisor, our boss, our driver, our dad... Photo taken during our first ever site outing which happened to be in the ladies. =p

Office asides, I also took the time out for some leisure. Okay I didn't go for basketball session for how many months already! Starting this term they are making this event weekly, even then I can't find a day to attend as I usually work until very late, either that or I'm just too tired to have some exercise ~~not unless you want me to die the next day due to over exhaustion~~.

I went to The Cave the other day with Phoebe at SS2. I have to say it is a very unique restaurant in the sense if design. It is just like you having meal in stone age. Or maybe in Flintstones.

Dinner time!!!

The whole place is barely lit up. So most of the pictures turned out to be blur.

I'm having some sort of spaghetti don't-know-what. I can't remember the name though.

That's all for now. Will update soon again. I hope. And hopefully office life won't make me insane!!!

Before I forget, Happy Birthday to Lung Wei!!!!

Happy Graduation!!!

2008-10-12T23:27:00.002+08:00

Their big day came. It's the day when we see them all now, and wonder when will we able to see each other again. Senior's graduation held at PJ Hilton.

I went there some time after the ceremony, so a few close friends left already. But managed to persuade Royce to stay until we came.

The bear sits on his front pocket! So cute! No whales... only got teddy! So named the teddy 'whale'!!!

The usual gang!

Loo Ping!!! I went to see her final presentation last time.

Do we look alike? She's been waiting for this day for so long already!!

Right before we went up to meet the rest... Too bad the photo is blur... Very rare to have a group photo with the seniors already! And it's us again! The Genting gang!!

Photos uploaded at my album. But more photos coming soon right after I get them from Mr. Mok.

MPO

2008-10-12T02:39:00.002+08:00

Reminder to self: 9 weeks to go before internship ends. During this time, never fall in love with your company (advice from colleague) and avoid being a workaholic!

The long awaited weekend finally came ~~and going to end in a few more hours.~~ I was so looking forward to this weekend because:

1. it's the only time for me to get enough rest
2. there's an event at City Harvest Church which I'm looking forward to
3. new season of MPO starts this week
4. senior's graduation on Sunday

However, due to some reason, I didn't managed to go to church on Friday night. That's a pity... Saturday morning, Nicole came over. We have some business to settle xD That night, we went to DFP together for MPO concert. I was so mad at ALAN WEE because he stood me up on the very last minute! This is at least the 3rd times in 4 weeks! Anyhow, I have been waiting to watch this concert ever since Aug so I have to say NO to Olala for her Project Shout which also happened to be on the same day.

It's rare to see they have concert for 2 pianos. The concert also featured one of my favorite pieces. So overall it's a must watch and I'm glad I went for it. Compared to last time, the concert hall was almost full. However we still managed to get seats on B reserve with student price! (Being student is just so lovely xD) That aside, there are just a lot of hotties to look at ~~specially those musicians in tuxedo.~~

Sadly, I also found out that due to some scheduling conflict, Lang Lang (the pianist who performed during the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympic) won't be coming to perform at DFP afterall! That is really a pity! I was hoping to see him live in action!

Today's my senior graduation. For some reason, I just don't want to be there even though it would be a good chance to meet up with my seniors.

River Flows In You

2008-10-03T22:59:00.002+08:00

Only week 2 out of 12 weeks... Why at this moment time don't want to zoom past me like it usually does whenever I'm facing heavy assignments... Internship is indeed... very scary, tiring, tiring, tiring... Not to mention the usual overtime. By the time I get home, I'm as good as a corpse. Why on earth it's only week 2??!!

I hope I have enough strength to survive the remaining 10 weeks. Dearest coursemates, hope you all doing fine too!

Enjoy the music video below. It's a piano song - River Flows In You by Yiruma.