Fairy Tale!! Taylor Swift Don't Be Jealous :p

Once upon a time, in the land of hazy weather, over-priced food and dreadful traffic jams, lived a lovely maiden Princess Sheep who resides in the ever glamourous Sterling Condo. Totally head over heels for this princess is the knight in filthy atos shinning armour, Sir Gigi from the land's most prestigious insitute for higher education, UM.

One day, the Princess fell sick!

Sore throat, aching body, sore muscles, headache and a fever that comes and goes!

She was so sick that even a window shopping stroll around KLCC was so unbearable! How can this be??? Princess was never too tired or unexcited to dwell among the lavishness of Burberry and what nots!

She even found it painful to sit up straight in Kinokuniya while reading a book, and was forced to go on a yoghurt diet for lunch T.T

Later that night, the Princess was left all alone by her friends who went back home or went for a sleepover in Klang.

She tried going to sleep but kept waking up for whatever reasons, and was very hungry but could not eat anything solid because of her sore throat. She had a sudden craving for porridge. Yummzz...

When the clock struck at midnight, something magical happened!

No, the Princess' dressings did not turn into rags, neither did the magical Sterling turn into a pumpkin or a cabbage.

At 12am, Sir Gigi showed up at her front door AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL the way from UM after his meet with the others at the round table with medicine AND porridge in hand for his beloved princess!!

*aaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwww*

He gave her magical green polo candies to suck on to help with the sore throat, together with extra panadol just in case. He knew about the Princess' cravings, so he took the trouble to stop by McD to buy a bowl of hot porridge to fill her empty stomach.

The sweet and loving actions of Sir Gigi totally melted the Princess' heart. And she was able to sleep soundly that night knowing that she's got a sweetheart that will go the extra mile and through all that trouble just for her :)

AND the magical polo candies worked! No more sore throat!! Haha

I am feeling so much better now thanks to you. This post goes out to you loves :)

Can't wait to see you again this weekend :D

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CHINESE NEW YEAR!!

A new year, and a new look for some of us.

How else paid a visit to the hairdresser?

Jeslyn. Dyed her hair black with pink and blue highlights!

Dipti. Had her hair cut too.

Joe. Had his hair cut not too long ago. Haha so cute. Now he looks sooo schoolboy-ish.

Boy. He is going through his 6th hairstyle now. He made a bet with someone that he could undergo 7 different hairstyles within a year. I suggested to him that he go bald for the last one hehe

Yugen. Went to India. Just came back. And he's BALD!

And not forgetting me.

Hehe

Waiting For The Moment

Who said chivalry is dead?

And that all guys are insensitive and selfish?

That is why I just love to talk to Mr Sweeney Todd online. He is just about the sweetest guy ever. He is so sweet, you are practically exposed to the risk of getting diabetis online just by talking to him.

Anyone that knows him will definitely agree with me :)

Anyway, I was talking to him yesterday about opportunities and waiting for the right moment.

Lets say you really want something so badly.

Or if there is something on your mind and heart that you really want to let out and tell the whole world.

What do you do?

There are two very different things you can do.

You take matters into your own hands. You go out looking for that opportunity to do what it is that you want to. Or you go ahead and create an opportunity for that moment to arise. In other words, you get proactive.

Either that, or you can just sit around passively and just wait for the moment to come.

Sure patience is a virtue. But we all know that we never really miss the water until its gone. Right? And by doing the first, it just shows how much you really want something.

Lets say you really want a bar of chocolate. You crave and yearn for it. It is the only thing on your mind.

There are two things that you can do about it.

1. Get off your lazy ass and run down to the store to buy that bar of chocolate and satisfy your craving.

2. Just sit around and wait for the magical moment for someone to come out of nowhere and hand you a bar of chocolate.

To the latter, he calls them "fool".

If you do not do anything about it, then that one thing will just pass you by and then you realise that its too late. And then regret comes into place.

We have all experienced situations in which we are forced to decide between the two.

And in regard to whatever it is we decide to do, sometimes it works, other time it backlashes into your faces. And the cruel sting of failure daunts us.

But as to which decision is right or wrong. It is subjective. Afterall, we were all taught that sometimes we need to wait patiently until the right moment comes.

I think it is safe to say that Mr Amiyer is one who takes action. Especially when it comes to matters of the heart.

But please do remember Amier, there are times when we just need to wait for the right and perfect moment to come :)

Declaration of Love

I love and miss my darling roommate Kautsar more than you!!

Take that.

RIP

In loving memory of my precious curls...

OH.MY.HEATHEN.GAAAAAAWD.....

I just realised how much of my nice long hair the guy chopped off.

T.T

I am going to miss my curls...

I used to be able to touch my curls whenever I reached my hands to my back.

Now, NOTHING!! I cannot feel a thing...

*mourning state*

Regret...

But it was a necessary evil.

This is a very sad, unfortunate and tragic lost for me...

T.T

My Five Days of CNY

Happy Chinese New Year people!

Yes, the very busy and lazy blogger is back. Ready to dissect what could possibly her last CNY in Kuching for the next four or five years. Hopefully.

This year was not that different compared to previous years. It was however, a lot more mellowed and less hustle than last year.

I arrived in Kuching on Saturday. Met a certain sweetheart at the airport who saved his pack of Rocher for me because he knew that I was not getting any food on Air Asia *cue awwwwwwwww* hehe

I made it back for reunion dinner and the food was yumms.

Left to right: Mama's chicken pie, Mimi's mee, Sibu tu kah, Mama's veg, and Mama's ngo hiang especially requested by me :p

Pa digging into the tu kah. We are a pork loving family haha

Owh yea I feel so blessed. I do believe that when it comes to reunion dinners such as this, the best place for a nice family meal is at home cooked by your loved ones, not at a crowded and rowdy restaurant that overcharges you just because it is a festive season. Hehe what better way to come back home and be welcomed with a hearty meal :)

First day of CNY was the same as usual, just like what we have been doing for years now. A cycle that we never break. Simple, but a rather nice one, I must add.

Our first order of business:

The family portrait.

The giving of ang paos.

My parents :)

Going over to my grandma's house for another round of family portrait

Everyone getting ready while Ah Fiq the photog sets up

More ang paos given out again.

Eat mee sua for breakfast.

Then lunch.

Bottom to top: Maa's curry, roast duck, Mimi's salad topped with Dimong clan's secret salad dressing recipe, and pork ribs

And after that, we terrorize our relatives' houses.

This year, Kuku came back all the way from KK to join us for CNY. But all of my cousins did not :(

Valentines Day coincided with the first day of CNY. This is Kuku's valentine flowers

Everyone is a joker in the family. Haha

On the second day of christmas my true love gave to me CNY, just like previous years, my very Bidayuh father will magically transform into a Chinese and open house mainly to our Bidayuh relatives from the kampung. Haha

Ready to serve!

First quater of the guests

The hungry relatives

This year, not many people showed up. So it was not as rushed as before. But nevertheless, it was still crowded at my crib.

Caught Mary sitting like a little lady :)

The cousins. Karate kick by naughty Ah Seng

My brother and I even got some of our friends to show up. Well, credits to my brother for being more happening than me. He had a total of 6 friends that came over, while I only had Joe and Yee Shien. Haha

Brother giving his respected guest the treatment they deserve.

Pretty Yee Shien in purple!

^-^

In the evening, Brother and I took a stroll to Taman Sahabat to walk off the fat that we have consumed for the past few days.

Brother said something that really changed my perception about how "nice" it was to get sprinkled by the fountain.

Imagine fish poo and other nonsense shooting right out of that thing, and droplets of those landing on any part of your body. Eew...

Thanks a lot Brother...

Third day of CNY was my happening day. Hehe

I kick started my day with a visit to Yee Shien's new crib with Joe and Fiona. The really big one by the side of the road near my house.

Yee Shien and Fiona

It.is.such.a.huge.and.totally.nice.house!!!!

For security reasons, I shall not give away details or display any pictures of her house.

I love her house. I think the entire College United Zone can sleep over at her place. Hehe

Next, we crashed Joe's place, followed by Fiona's where the naughty Ah-Boy was there to bully poor Yee Shien.

John aka Ah-Boy hehe

As planned, I joined my former high school mates for many rounds of visiting, just like what we did last year. It was really nice to see them again.

Siaw Ping, Michelle Wong, Kang Hong, Jojo and Lanny, crashing Lanny's place

Cindy and Nancy :)

They kept going after 5pm when I left them to send Mei Fang back home. I would have stayed on, but I felt lazy. Plus I had other plans. Hehe have you watched Valentine's Day? Its funny. And a major bonus is you get to see Taylor Swift act like the total bimbo you imagined she would be!

My Valentine's dinner came late. A few days late. This was on the fourth day of CNY.

Joe's first time in Bing!

My mother said that I am a bad influence on him. I am teaching him to be "bad". By showing him the finer things in life that costs a lot of money! Hahaha

No beef lasagna though. I have concluded that the lasagna is definitely better than the panini, and a lot more worth it. And the IB caramel is also better than the IB Choco mint. Sorry Suria.

Thanks to Syhu for teaching me to make kek batik last month. Joe and I tried our luck in making it on the fifth day of CNY.

Breaking the marie biscuits

Girls, here is a tip for you. Next time do not shoo your guy away from the kitchen. Put them to good use! Make them stir the stuff and do other things that you do not want to do so that you can play around and get things done without breaking a sweat :D

And voila!

Haha our milo layer was abit too thick. Thanks to a certain someone who threw the whole chunk of butter in instead of adding it in slowly bit by bit...

This year was fun. It might be my last CNY in Kuching for the next few years to come. Hopefully I will be in USA around this time next year.

I am going back to KL next Monday. Skipping one day of class simply because the flight ticket is cheaper on that day. Self-declared holiday :D

Till then, happy CNY peeps :)

Love Is Not Just About Me and You

Haha yea that is the title and theme of the Valentine's Day event that KDU PARTS organised.

That was totally random by the way. I did not have anything else to say.

Feeling rather sad nowadays.

*emo*

My physics breakdown is not as good as I hope it would be. A2 is no joke. But thank God Petronas decided to lower the cut-off point by lowering Further Math's standards from a B to C. This means that Nordin and Chan can fly :)

More good news, I heard that Zan found a way out!

Congratz Zan! Happy for you :)

Yay

I just received a reply from UTexas. They told me that I will be hearing from them within the next few weeks, before the end of February. This is like one of the most important deciding moments of my life...

Either I am in, or I am not.

If I do get admitted, then UT is where God wants me to be. I made that deal with Him already hehe

Joshua New is leaving for Tasmania this Saturday. I will definitely miss him at the airport. He arrives when I leave for Kuching. We will be doing a small farewell for the busy Mr New tonight. I feel tempted to force him to wear a dress like what he did for his 20th birthday last year. Hehe not going to happen though.

*emo*

I was again reminded of how we should hear both sides of the story before we judge or take sides. About what happened last Friday, I feel guilty for sticking to the wrong party. Maybe I was wrong.

People are fighting, but it is not my fight. So I will refrain from interferring.

I know that they are a forgiving bunch of people. I had a fall out with them before. But look at us now. We are genuinely happy together, and I love them much.

So maybe the problem is within the individuals themselves.

No, I do not want to get involved and dirty my hands. I have enough of my own problems to worry about.

*emo*

Yes I emo.

No. I sumo (sunyi + emo)

I found Spice's blog, and I have to say, I understand how she feels. Sammy too. But I have to hand it to Sammy, she's got it easier compared to the rest of us. Well, me actually.

I envy Salt and Pepper. They are so happy together.

Is it me? Am I being ungrateful? Or is it just plain wrong and not how you are suppose to treat a person?

*sumo*

And no, Material Girl. I am not trying to steal your characters or style of writing. Just pinjam only hehe

I wish Badaq, Ko, Wee Leng and Suria were going back to Kuching for CNY.

*sumo*

Are you confused? If you are, then I have accomplished my mission for today :)

*continue sumo*

Move Over, Its My Turn To Bitch Bitch

Material girl, we all know how much you just love to bitch about things and every living being.

But now, its time for Miss Priss to lay down the ugly on something. So step aside and give her the limelight tonight!

Zero efficiency. Even though it exist, it does so in miniscule amount.

I planned to make my passport before CNY so that I do not have to rush in my Tulsa application last minute like what happened to Texas. Randy was kind enough to offer to drive me all the way to Subang airport EARLY in the morning to get my passport done.

Our first attempt on Saturday was a bust.

Upon arriving at the airport, they told us that the immigration department was closed, and directed us to MAHSA College.

Ok, no big deal. So we made a trip to MAHSA College, and when I got to the door of the immigration office, the guard told me, "No. Close. Go to Wangsa Maju". Just my luck. The branch there was closed on the 6-7 February.

Since Randy did not know where the place was, we gave up and decided to try again on Monday in Subang.

Today, we headed out before 7.30am. So freaking early in the morning!

We arrived 10 minutes after the office opens, and guess what, the place was packed with people!

Why on earth are there so many people in a government office before 8am on a weekday?!?

I can only think of 2 reasons.

1. So typical Malaysian of all of you! You are only planning to make your passport one week before Chinese New Year? I bet they are going to fly off somewhere for a holiday. But making your passport one week before is not exactly the smartest thing to do *coughcoughronaldtengcoughcough*. Yes, I know that you can get it done within a day. But mana tau something went wrong somewhere and BOOM!! No passport for you and you can say bye bye to your CNY holiday trip to Macau!

2. They are also applying to University of Tulsa which requires the photostated first page of our passport.

Since the second reason does not fit these bunch, then I shall settle for the first reasoning.

Ugh. As if things were not bad enough. The office was so hot! They operated on fans, and did not even turn some of them on. The lady in front of me at the queue complained as well.

Another thing that was so vexing about my visit to the immigration department was the system. Normal offices would require you to take a number, and while waiting, fill in the forms and everything else. Immediately after that, everything can and will be done in a jiffy.

But they decided to be different. You have to fill in the forms first, wait in the unbelievable long line to get a number at the counter, then wait about an hour or so (that was how long I waited) to submit the form, and then wait some more to make payment in a different counter.

T.T

While waiting for my turn, Randy came up with a few worst case scenarios that we could encounter that morning.

1. My MyKad's chip was spoilt. Which would require me to go all the way back to Amcorp Mall to settle the IC, and then journey back to Subang airport to wait that the long queue again to get another number just to submit in the form again.

He came up with a few, but that was all that I could remember.

But after my return from the counter to submit in the form, I corrected Randy. There was another worst case scenario that is likely to happen.

Me, little miss SARAWAKIAN, wanting to make my passport in SELANGOR, would require me to submit in copies of my mother and father's IC as well.

Bravo!!

Kak, how come the dude at the counter issuing the tickets NEVER mentioned that to me when he was checking my forms???

There is a miscommunication somewhere. Someone got their facts wrong. Who was it? I am just not bother to know. I just wanted to get out of there ASAP.

I wasted two hours in Subang and missed my further maths class because of this. Not to mention hours of my precious sleep time WASTED! I lagi kesian Randy who has to wake up early in the morning (the first time he got a chance to witness the sun rise!) and ferry me around.

Nevertheless, I do not point all fingers to the immigration department. I would not have needed to wait that long if everyone else did not decide to do settle their travel documents the Malaysian style. Randy went before when it was on a weekday and not around a festive season. He was the only person there. Hence, he got it done straightaway.

Plus there was something very wrong with me today. I filled in the form wrongly, TWICE in a row! I kept crossing out *saya tidak pernah memiliki pasport*....

And I wasted a good 10 minutes waiting in the wrong queue to have my picture taken.

Not to mention the fact that I am half-smiling in my picture. Something stupid and tragic happened inside that booth, and no, it shall not be revealed. I hope the Americans do not think that I am a terrorist after taking a look at my picture...

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So yes. The end result is that I never got my passport done. Nevertheless, I am pretty glad that I went before CNY break. I would definitely be in a tough spot if I did it after coming back from Kuching, and to discover the incomplete documents that I needed to complete the procedure.

Plus I have to hand it to them. Being able to get the passport done within two hours, well, give them credit la.

Yes, it was an eventful day.

What was even more eventful was that I went shopping in OU with Jeslyn after class in hopes of getting a pair of shades. The irony is that I bought nothing, while she went home with a bag full of clothes and a pair of shades!

Haha sad facts of life.

Wardrobe Full Of Clothes, But I've Got NOTHING To Wear!!

Ugh

Seriously.

What the heck am I suppose to wear to multiplication tonight?

No jeans or pants allowed.

Must wear either skirt or dress

>.<

Pah, I borrow your grass skirt can? haha

Uncanny Beauty

I do not really have an eye for photography, unlike some of my friends with one of those big kick ass cameras.

Neither do I have a talent in taking pictures of something so simple and making it look so beautiful.

With that said, I haven't the slightest clue as to how to fully utilise my camera haha. This is what happens when you do not bother to read the manual.

On Monday, I had to stalk my classmates and take candid pictures of them. Ms Hema wanted them for some unknown reason. Even though they were suppose to be candid, I ended up asking them to pose so that I can hand in decent shots of everyone. I may be a paparazzi, but I do know how to give people face. Sometimes... hehehe

I took single candid shots of every single person remaining in AL608. Here are some of my favourites. And yes, I got them all to pose for me haha

The two posers waiting for the bus. The one of Jie is quite classic.

Notice that even though everything is in black and white, the green colour of the leaves are showing? The camera mode is set in colour accent, and selected colour was green. So only green came out.

Looking rather depressed while studying. I like trying out different angles of people, instead of your conventional in-your-face shot like Chia Sin's pictures. Hence the picture of Arsyad. Nevertheless, I think its a pretty good shot of the both of them :)

There are times when I am pointing the camera to someone, and I just so happen to catch a really good angle of them projected in the screen of my camera. So I got the following people to do a replay and maintain that pose.

I am totally loving this angle of Kautsar! Not overdone, very simple. Yet very elegant and classy IMHO. Cute dimples too. And I love her mole!! :)

Not forgetting Jeslyn of course. This Little Miss loves posing for the camera facefront. This is one nice profile shot of her from the side. Up close and personal. Lovely smile and yes you can see that she is smiling from her eyes as well. Either that or it could be her very sleepy look hehe

Amalina is a really beautiful girl from Brunei. It was suppose to be natural and spontaneous, and I caught that angle of her while she was talking to Kautsar. And yes, I asked her to stay put until I shot this picture of her.

I noticed that most of my candid shots were done in colour accent. But there are a few pictures that I took in full colour, and turned out to be nice as well.

Pei Pei and her beloved Ipod. Yes she was laughing when I got her to pose for this picture. Even though it looks kinda poser-ish, but I think that you can see through this picture that she looks genuinely happy. Because of her blue Ipod I suppose :)

A-ha. The boy that does not like flash. Too bad. Total poser. But I really like this one of Alep. Kinda "oxy-moron"-ish. He is smiling yet trying to look serious at the same time. Hands folded in a defensive manner, trying to pull of a tough-guy act. Yet his boyish charm shines in this picture. Somewhat hehe sharp nose Pah

This one was candid. No posing at all. I was following Nazirul, armed with my camera and my finger ready to snap on the button. I called out his name, he turned around, and SNAP! Sempat smile lagi la this fler haha

I love candid shots. People being themselves without the awareness of a camera being pointed at them. People in their purest form. Like this one

Owh yes, caught red handed!

After the whole candid shots shenanigan, I also took this picture of the girls in class.

Nice right? This is one of the very few natural shots I took that turned out to be exactly the way I saw it through the lenses of my eyes. It is rather frustrating at times to be unable to capture the beauty of people and nature as seen through the human eye. Especially with a 7.1mega pixel camera.

I still believe that the best lens out there is the human eye. Because accompanied with what we see in hand, is our emotions. What is felt when something comes into view. Be it a warm-hearted feeling, or a stream of sadness that comes along with it. That is what makes a good picture.

A lot of people enjoy taking pictures. That is why they have a camera, so that they can take thousands of pictures of themselves. Haha and no, there is nothing wrong with it.

But unlike most people, being the photographer means that I am always the one taking pictures of other people, not myself. Hence the extremely minuscule amount of pictures of myself in tan90 and MKM compared to everyone else. And I was always too busy to take my own shots. I did not even manage to take my own candid until Tuesday.

Busy busy me

I guess I do not really fancy taking my own pictures with my own camera. Haha but then it comes with the mood I guess. Before we had a digital camera, I was always taking pictures of other people instead of myself. My mum scolded me for that. Haha old habits die hard I suppose.
I am not photogenic anyway.

See? Haha ok for this one I blame the photographer. Rashad you fail!

Hmm I love taking pictures. Not as good as the rest, but I do what I can with what I have :)

Haha ok yes, I talk a lot of crap in this post. So sue me :p