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Who dunnit?

2011-10-21T01:23:00.001+08:00

Kuching, oh Kuching?

sms

2011-08-30T21:19:00.004+08:00

Any cell tower up there?

Thumbdrive “Issue”

2011-04-05T12:26:00.001+08:00

My thumbdrive just wouldn’t work!

Till then,

~yourstrulymandy~

What I Learnt In School.

2011-03-20T16:41:00.001+08:00

I used to write “…kebebasan beragama…” in my essay.

Till then,

~yourstrulymandy~

Of Maths and Cats…

2010-12-31T20:36:00.003+08:00

Greetings all!

I know it has been looooooooooooooooooooog since my last post so here I am again! Can you believe it? 2010 will be a history tomorrow!

Just a glimpse into what has been going on for the last few months.

I have been spending approximately 4 months over-the-sea. Why? I guess it’s because the gov hated me so much to be on this side of the country so they decided to import me to the other side. I don’t know much about Sarawak, after all, I have only been there once and that was only in Kuching! Thanks to Geography and History, my knowledge on this Land of Hornbill expanded. I know of places called Miri and Sibu, of course, the Brooke’s family!(okay, only the 3 listed in textbook). To cut the long story short, if everything goes according to plan, I will be spending the next 4 years doing Computer Science majoring in Software Engineering in UNIMAS. =o)

I’m really glad mom and sis went over with me. Thank you mi and che for the time, money and strength spent going around the city of Kuching literally direction-less, just to get all the things that I will be needing during my stay there. The weight of all the bags…*phew*

A big, loving thank you to my family for that that they have done and given to me <3 You guys are the best! and to friends, the messages and words of encouragement certainly cheered me up during my homesick days.lol, yes, you heard me right, homesick…

Upon arrival,

KIA = Kuching International Airport

The hotel

The view from hotel room

up-close…oh-so-greeeeeen

One of the many cat statues around the city

Another statue at the other end of the road.

Man-hole cover..need I say more?

The first non-statue I spotted!

Seriously, at first glance, I thought Hau has something to do with this!

I guess this is a local-based newspaper. Most, if not all the news reported are local whereabouts.

The first week, also the orientation week was tiring. Getting up early in the morning and sleeping late at night was enough to drain me out. The campus is so huge that walking from one place to another is enough to burn off a significant amount of calories. The shoe that I bought for orientation served me well and was laid to rest in the garbage bin at the end of the week.

pallas shoe is of better quality.

One of the many activities during orientation week.

Majlis Ikrar Pelajar.

The liaison officers.

Looks good, tastes better. (maybe I was really hungry at that time)

Seniors who came back from sem break…Hopefully, I don’t need to do that when I get back!

Sarawak Edition

Big and heavy.

up close

My faculty

Divided into two, connected by the bridge.

Block A

Block B

As seen from the bridge.

How my time was spent during Semester 1. Bye calculus and discrete maths!

Glad I’m done with those!

This is Bunga Allamanda. It’s almost everywhere here in my college. That’s why the place that I stay here is called….

None other than Kolej Allamanda!

This is Red Café…Another two are yellow and blue in colour…Try guessing their names! lol

Vote-casting all for the sake of college chop and merit marks

Inside.

Apartment-style

Cat’s favourite spot! They can lie there for HOURS!

My room.

Super^{100000000000000}-small study table.

My very tidy bed! T~~hat’s because dad asked me to snap some photos to show him!~~

You wouldn’t want the up close.

So there you have it! Place where I stay and study. Still getting used to it.

Eventually, everyone needs to leave their comfort zone right? but there will never be another place like home!

I’ll let the pictures do the talking.

New Campus

Always the sight of uncles playing rich man’s sport. ~~Just why didn’t their sons tag along?~~

Some words found along the pathway. ~~I did try making up the sentence but by the time I reached the other end, I totally forgot what the first few words are.~~

Now, the clinic

CAIS – Centre of Academic….err ‘something’…

When calling it as library is so much easier! lol

KL Tower and Penang Bridge lookalike

Merdeka celebration

faint sight of rainbow

Welcome to…

The bowling alley

RM1 per song...

but singing in shower cost you nothing!

The most comfortable café in campus.

Old Campus

Terbakarrrrrr

That’s it for now

I was on a road trip with friends just few days ago. I had a great time hanging out with them…thank you guys!

*ehem* and of course a few new words along the way! LOL

HAPPY NEW YEAR PEOPLE!

Till then,

~yourstrulymandy~

Football Is Not Just For Men!

2010-06-10T21:33:00.013+08:00

World Cup is like a birthday for an avid football fan! It's like throwing a birthday celebration on 29th February! The difference is that World Cup lasts for a month while the birthday celebration for a leap year baby only lasts for a day! Does that make any sense? maybe not huh?

Anyway, I fancy football :)

Counting down the top 5 reasons why women should watch football!

P/s : I'm not a football pundit so don't expect the reasons to be technical and all =o)

Reason #5
Jerseys! Some are hideous, some are nice...Some are tight while some are loose...So take the time to critic or praise the designers...I really dig Arsenal's 07/08 away jersey! and boots! its so cool for them to have their name on their expensive boots!

Reason #4
Scandals? Footballers are like celebrities these days! Take John Terry or Ashley Cole as an example...Well, both actually made headlines for themselves for cheating on their wives! Terry was stripped of his captain armband due to that...Then, once in a while you'll get the scoop on C.Ronaldo hooking up with Paris Hilton in a club in LA...Few months later, its another with Kim Kardashian..

Reason #3
Hot guys! and good package doesn't come from the face alone! *pssst* remember not to turn off your tv straight away after the final whistle has been blown, just pray hard for the exchanging jersey to be telecast ;)

Reason #2
Football is like an art in motion...Teams with different styles and players with different skills, combine them together and that's the beauty of the game! How can you resist watching players who dribble past defenders, goalkeepers who dive here and there to prevent sure goals! or even the way some players can pass the ball around without even looking (fabregas!)...and do look out for some theatrical fall!

Reason #1
Don't give up on football just because our national squad sucks! They had their glory days too..Just give those lads some time...they might probably need 2 or 3 decades? (or maybe even longer?)

All in all, let's participate in this global event! just remember keep our eyes not only on the hotties but also on the game itself!

May the best team win!

World Cup is just hours away!

Sigh, I feel feverish...Oh well, maybe its just the football fever ;)
teeheeee

Till the ball get loose,
~yourstrulymandy~

☼

2010-02-08T22:30:00.006+08:00

Why is it so hot these days? i sometimes mistaken myself for being stranded in a desert, moving at a snail's pace towards an imaginary oasis...okay, it doesn't make sense, does it? oh no, is that a sign indicating that my brain's melting? (crap)

It feels so 'National Service-ish'...the weather, the scorching heat, the sweat, the oven-like sensation throughout the whole day....

Let us all sing to bring the rain back, shall we? XD

can't wait for 'fryday' to come!wiiiiiiiii~

till then,
~yourstrulymandy~

P/S: i so hate road bully who plays 'zero-acceleration game'...he thinks its fun to annoy me after my lengthy honk (which of course it was his foolishness on the road that triggered me to do that!)..I think he's just so immature! Anyways, i think i've played along quite well! at least it lasted a couple of seconds over that 300m before he sped away? =o)

#two

2010-01-08T00:08:00.003+08:00

This was what I did just a few days ago; just minutes before I wrapped up another day of work!
Check out the time...lol

Till then,
~yourstrulymandy~

#one

2010-01-01T01:32:00.007+08:00

*Gulp*
A year already???

Guess we just have to grow older day by day (probably wiser as well)

A neighbor of mine welcomed 2010 with a celebration, a karaoke session.. but I'm pretty sure they were very drunk. I heard a lady (probably had been mike-hogging since i don't know when) So when I was back, she was like having some 'motivational talk' to her quite-attentive crowd since they cheered along..and then when the clock struck 12, she started singing 'gong xi, gong xi..' (you know that song!)...err, like hello?there's about a month++ away from CNY? (aaaah, CNY..red packets and prawn crackers XD )...and i think instead of fireworks, they had those 'chinese firecrackers'...I salute them though, at least the spirit of new year was very much alive!

Here you have it, 2010...umm, so 2010 minus 1990 ... woah! (i'll leave it to you to do the math) I'm starting to feel old..

So long 2009, though you hadn't been great but its alright, I still love you for all the things I had been through and picking up valuable lessons along the way.

Guess its time to suck it up and move on =)

HAPPY NEW YEAR PEOPLE!

Till Then,
~yourstrulymandy~

Q&A #1

2009-12-15T01:56:00.002+08:00

"Can money buy you happiness?"

"I'm not sure bout happiness but I'm certain that money allows you to buy more shoes and clothes?"

PeeDee

2009-12-13T18:50:00.007+08:00

“When you have a bunch of friends gather together, you are bound to have some fun”

Yea, from that title, you know roughly what I’ll be talking about in the next few lines (hopefully, more). I was in PD with a bunch of friends for the weekend..To be honest, I actually expected the number to be much smaller, maybe less than 10; but I was wrong and yes, by all means, I’m glad to admit my inaccurate prediction! Lots of things happened but right now, not gonna go into minute detail.I’m kinda low-batt now..Maybe because I’m always used to being so lazy, all the lazing around and stare blankly at anything that caught my slightest attention..teeeheee…Anyway, i had a great time meeting up with u guys!!!’So I'll go into greater detail when I know how to put those words in sentences..The words are all jumbled up in my mind now....

Alright, so just a lil shout-out to all of u guys (you know who you are), just wanna extend my appreciation to u guys, so

Thank you for your presence despite the busy schedule,
Thank you for the time and effort spent on planning and all the hard work involved,
Thank you to the parents who prepared the food,
Thank you drivers and navigators (esp. for keeping me intact..lol)
Thank you to those who cooked the food and of course those who kept watch of the heat despite being ‘smoked’,
Well, thank you just for everything; everything that made this gathering a memorable one!
(I’m sorry if I left out any form of appreciation)
Oh ya, not forgetting the introduction of a new word (...), a new addition to my knowledge since it has been repeated intensely in almost every topic possible!lol

p/s: sorry guys, ‘potong stim’(?) today for not joining in this morning…it was all because of the blazing heat!! (ummmm well, I know that it should be expected at the beach. hahaha, i'm talking like some bimbo pulak)..teeeheee XD

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Aston Villa beat Manchester United while Chelsea drew with Everton...muahahahahahahahahahahaha

till then,
~yourstrulymandy~

annoying driver

2009-12-01T18:26:00.013+08:00

Congratulations to the young man of a grey Myvi with registration plate NCC 8598, you had just topped my list of the most annoying driver. If there's ever an award for 'i-speed-yet-i-couldn't-control-my-steering-especially-after-a-sharp-turning', I'll definitely nominate you! but if you insist that you don't deserve it (oh-so-humble of you), then go brush up your skills on the road first! when you go through a sharp corner, STAY IN YOUR LANE! dum dum, you should be grateful that there wasn’t any motorcyclist on my left; that poor fella could have been one of the many innocent lives being taken. Wanna speed? Sure! just don’t come near me!?! So did that speeding get you anywhere far from me? NOOOO… so what honour did get from speeding damn fast even when you were approaching a sharp turn, and then you carelessly got into the lane next to yours because you can't control your steering, and then being honked-as-loud-as-possible by the driver that innocently had to swerve to avoid knocking your car! NOTHING! nothing but this :)

but you do deserve some form of appreciation.so thank you for serving me a lesson, in the form of a real-life-situation. a very valuable reminder ie. to be the exact opposite of you.

Farewell for now

2009-09-17T20:26:00.006+08:00

Dear all,

This blog will be ditched for quite awhile due to some lengthy reasons, i.e. from 'i-don't-know-what-to-blog' till 'i-might-not-have-the-time-to-blog'...whatever the reasons may be, do come back once in awhile to check on the ever-growing molds...

Alrite, so that's about it...take care!

p/s: and hey, look at the following cutie fatie puppie!

Till then,
~yourstrulymandy~

gramma

2009-08-30T23:26:00.006+08:00

deeply loved, dearly missed..

Break

2009-08-21T14:48:00.007+08:00

Greetings people!

woohooo!!! it's fridayyy!!! and what's best is that i'll have an entire week+ of holiday *grins broadly*
but hey, for the following 2 weeks after that, i'll be facing my trial, 2sept right up till 16sept *sigh*
time flies...

well, i have nothing much to blog about actually, just keeping the trend of at least a post every month..lol...and weather's been blazing hot these days and with the h1n1 transmitting like nobody's business, do take care of yourself...

alright, so now...let 'them' do the 'blogging' =o)

can you spot the difference?
(scroll till the end of this post for answer)

Mr Astronaut

The 'throne'

poor quality control by the national planetarium

class play

last but not least.....
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cutieeeeeeeee
*spot me spot me!spot the cutie me!!*

*love it love it love it =o)

Till then,
~yourstrulymandy~

Daddy's Day

2009-06-21T00:15:00.000+08:00

and so you ask why...

Till then,
~yourstrulymandy~

06/06/2009

2009-06-06T22:42:00.006+08:00

Saturday night~

Currently, I’m on holiday now…yea, been hanging out with ‘long-time-no-see’ friends…good to see all of them…gonna miss you guys so much!

Well, I’m halfway through my Upper Six, pooof* time flies and I’m only months away from Trials and then STPM…Extrinsic motivation from sis, weeee~

Gonna try my ‘bestest’ best to stay away from distractions…

*cheers for what’s ahead of us!*

Till then,

~yourstrulymandy~

If only i could offer my help in certain situations..
are the people around me changing or it is just me?

Of Crab and Crappy services

2009-06-06T22:32:00.003+08:00

For mother’s day, we decided to go to the much-publicised “Seremban Seafood Village”.The visit was definitely a huge disapointment. Firstly, sis booked a table through a phone call and even talked to the boss yet no table had been reserved for us. And not only do they serve crab, they serve with a crappy attitude as well…and then there was this cat who came out of nowhere, ‘cat-walking’ beside us with a hugeeee rat dangling at the corner of it’s mouth..urghhhh, disgusting!!! and i wonder which grade did the MPS graded them…anyway, the crab eventually shut me up because, no doubt they serve real meaty crabs, but a little bit too salty though (baked crab), that’s of course my taste bud’s evaluation…

Food

*First and last visit there*

Till then,

~yourstrulymandy~

05/05/2009

2009-05-05T18:39:00.004+08:00

Goshhhh, this movie is nice, another great movie (im sure its a great book as well)...Damn touching (during the last 30mins or so)
*Im sure you''ll agree with me that having tissue paper by your side is really handy while watching this*

"A dog has no use for fancy cars, big homes, or designer clothes. A water log stick will do just fine. A dog doesn't care if your rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart and he'll give you his. How many people can you say that about? How many people can make you feel rare and pure and special? How many people can make you feel extraordinary?" - John

nice, nice, nice...

and sorry maine for the you-know-what reason :)
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ARSENAL....sigh, please please pleaseeeeee win tonite....
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the weather is so hottttttt these days...kekeringan

till then,
~yourstrulymandy~

03/05/2009

2009-05-03T21:21:00.007+08:00

Random random random....

this is me in Restaurant City (the latest craze)

and here comes the 'compliment'

sweat...

next, presenting my employee of the day!!!

THE CLEANER!!!!

till then,
~yourstrulymandy~

02/05/2009

2009-05-02T23:53:00.002+08:00

randomness~~~~

*Spotted this somewhere in malacca*

till then,
~yourstrulymandy~

30/04/09

2009-04-30T22:48:00.008+08:00

***pure randomness....***

this is what dad got from a malay friend of his who'll be getting married soon...

note the NAME..FYI, my surname is 'LOW'..tiba-tiba got 'A' in front of 'LOW' pulak...im pretty sure he misunderstood dad's name for being 'ah low' (usual moniker for chinese la with the 'Ah' in front of every name)...probly he thought 'ALOW' sounded more like an english name???

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MU beats Arsenal 1-0 in the 1st leg...goshhhhh..im so glad i didn't stay up late just to watch how bad they played...and thanks 'ji mui' for alerting me XD
p/s: will you be watching again next week? if yes, do me the same favour pleaseeeeeeeeee....lol...im kidding, i know u'll be back in coll..guess i'll have to wake up early and tune in the radio on time...

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and hey, take a look at my artwork!

isn't it lovely???*winks

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yet another crappy post huh??

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okayyyy!!!! exam schedule's out...*faints

revise, revise, reviseeeeeeeee.................

till then,
~yourstrulymandy~

PANAS

2009-04-25T22:36:00.005+08:00

cuaca kini amatlah panas...maka, saya pun teringatkan saban hari di khidmat negara..situasi panas hanyalah perkara biasa sepanjang 2 bulan di situ (maklumlah, kat PD)..lebih-lebih lagi apabila berbaris mahupun semasa latihan kawad pada pukul2.30 petang setiap kali...situasi yang saya teringatkan:

semasa cuaca panas,kedengaran para pelatih berbisik-bisik mengadu cuaca yang panas:

JURULATIH: PANAS KE????

maka respon normal yang diberi adalah,

PARA PELATIH: TIDAKKKK!!!SEJUKKK!!! ISH ISH ISHHH WOW!!!

kedengaran gelak-ketawa semua...

=.=
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hahaha, i know its lame (me blogging with my cacat-ed bm and blogging about that particular situation)...random random random...

pelatih cina-cina sekalian

till then,
yourstrulymandy

Lazy 1.0

2009-04-16T20:48:00.007+08:00

lazy wanna update these days...been really tired..hectic, hectic, hectic!!!

these few days had been really exhausting...tonnes of homework, impending exam papers, lack of sleep, extra schooling 'daze', what more can i ask for?

so basically, i'll usually be super-duper glad on thursday nights because i won't have to attend to my maths homework in a rushing manner (that's procrastinating, i know...) as there won't be any maths class on friday...then, on friday, i'll be able to come back early, class ends as early as 12!!! and saturday, i don't need to wake up early!!! no more sat morning's tuition, at least for now...

but everything's so different for the last couple of days...on thursday night, i had to start working on the homework..friday (*my very 1st scholing day on a 'good friday' ), had to complete the P.A assignment (due on that friday itself) ...on saturday, had to go to school, some replacement for the coming raya holiday........*few things happened in between*...and until today, i mean, now, i get to sit down and slow things down a lil,*phew...i'll finally be able to get my much-needed sleep, tomorrow if not tonight...so yea, that's life! :D and i'm trying to embrace it in a positive manner!

Hotdog???

P.A project

~end of ranting session

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ARSENAL are now in the semi!!!! 3-0...wohooooo..so ARSENAL will play against ManU next in the semi-final..then chelsea up against barcelona (i think)....okay, i do admit ronaldo's goal this morning was good but hey, don't brush aside Fabregas' nice, cool back-flick which contributed to the first goal!!! hehehe....i just love football :D

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i don't think my initial plan of blogging on 'NS stint' is working...kakaka...i'm thinking of 'all-in-one' post ....

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i think that's about it...and oh ya, sisters and cousins came back last weekend...glad to have them back..its been looooooong ago since i met them (1 month is long, sis)...cleaning ama's hse had been tiring but fun (wooden-sword etc)...that house, brings back all the good'ol memories....nostalgic...and i miss ama alot :(

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dad's been longing to own one and now this is his!!!

Till then,

~yourstrulymandy~

VOTE EARTH

2009-03-21T22:08:00.004+08:00

yay! i will be able to cast my vote!!wooohooo...

people of all ages, this is better than general election :D

what will i be doing at that very hour?

stay at home watch tv, cinematic ambience..

or maybe not since my friends seem to be planning on something...

'yuckie taugeh kay poh boss' aka joyce, bear this in mind...we're voting against global warming...ehehehe

so anyway, let's join the rest of the people all around the world in this global election and vote for our dear earth!

*c'mon, it's only for an hour...

well,i plan to sleep though,makes no difference..lol

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a year ago...

a year ago...still at home, good friday break for 4 days...

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woah! Arsenal will be playing against Villareal in Champions League quarter finals...Liverpool against Chelsea...MU against Porto....Barca against B.Munich....

Means arsenal will have a chance to trash mu just like what liverpool did..muahahahahhaahaha

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aaaaAAAAhhhhhHHHHH...holiday's gonna end soon....back to school once again...

till then,

~yourstrulymandy~

NS Stint #2

2009-03-19T20:40:00.005+08:00

A year ago...

19th March '07

-no records found-

guess i was too tired to jot anything down..

- anyway, i visited the 'klinik' cause my cough was unbearable, medicine was confiscated as well so no choice, will have to look for the trainer if i want my own med. (at that time, can't even recognize their faces)...the nurse, a malay lady, nice lady, gave me a cough syrup and another bottle of antiseptic mouthwash for gargling...

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aaahh, it's thursday already...time fliessss....i'll have to go to school again next week, routine all over again, no more sleeping late, waking even later! lol...

*am watching 'E.U' these days...damn sadla, this guy called 'Laughing' (*laughs) , an undercover police was shot dead..ishhhhh

Till then,

~yourstrulymandy~

NS Stint #1

2009-03-18T13:38:00.002+08:00

YOU DONT HAVE TO READ THIS, it’s gonna be long and lengthy..

A year ago, 18th March,2007, that day was the day when i first reported myself at the campsite of ‘Kem PLKN PDS Resort,Port Dickson’…

i can still recall the moment when i first received the news that i had been selected for NS, 2nd batch…It was morning and i was sleeping, then came a few SMSes from my friends asking for my IC number and if i were selected for NS…i jumped out of bed and log on to its website and checked…

It was something like this that i popped up on the screen,

”Tahniah, dengan sukacitanya dimaklumkan bahawa anda terpilih untuk menjalani…”

at the beginning, we weren’t informed of the date and place yet only which batch, and im in the 2nd batch..

OK, chill, what am i supposed to do???I’m 50-50..i got down to mom and broke the news to her first. well, can’t really remember what she said but she did emphasized that i should eat more pork back then before the 3months of HALAL food…broke the news to the rest of them…and sis, suggested i will need more sunblock…lol…

anyway, that was around October ‘07…then it was CNY ‘08, as i was travelling back form nilai to seremban, i got a phone call from weiyew, the campsite had been listed out and mine was "PDS Resort, Pasir Panjang,Port Dickson”…Mom said ‘isn’t that pasir panjang campsite the one where the Chan Wa girl died?’…yaiks, i didn’t know that…

One fine day, a letter arrived at my doorstep,

KUMPULAN 2 SIRI 5/2008

18 MAC 2008 – 7 JUN 2008

KEM PLKN PDS RESORT

all the details were in there…lotsa papers…and also a “BUKU PANDUAN PESERTA PLKN” , i was flipping through and my eyes met with “ HANYA 1 BEG PAKAIAN DAN 1 BEG SANDANG SAHAJA DIBENARKAN”

WHAT?!?!?!? enough anot???

anyway, zhipin was in that campsite as well so managed to ask him about the camp…

Alright, i know that the days are over now but the daily records will be blogged as ‘a year ago’ post…It might bored you guys so you don’t have to read it, it serves only as an act of remembering for the forgetful me :D

A year ago...

18^th March '07

Woke up at about 7am, little flu and cough…Did my packing last night..When we (mom, dad, me) reached ‘Tapak lama Stadium Paroi’, the place where we’re all supposed to assemble before departing, I saw a lot of buses and cars and people…Then, I registered myself and were ordered to wait in front of the bus. Heard announcement that parents cannot come along today but mom and dad insisted because they have no idea where the campsite is.. Walked towards the bus, I saw Astina Grace, then, spotted Rasathi. I saw Michael, Kwan Fung and Amelia (waved at her). Everyone boarded the bus.met a couple of newfound friend, Intan, Nabila and Hidayah. One of the trainers distributed RM5 each one of us. I ate medicine and was too sleepy to identify the roads so I slept. Sat beside Astina. Reached there, gave them the bankbook and IC, then fill in the yellow form.went around to get to know more friends, Carmen (kgv girl) ellis/jac (mantin). Dad asked the trainer when’s the holiday. She said on 9am on 20^th until 24^th by 5pm. I was so excited! Good, can come back! the trainer said “Baru datang dah nak balik?’..lol…Then dad and mom left..i belonged to Charlie company…we were ordered to bring our bags in to the ‘bilik rehat’ to be spot-checked.we filled in a form (serial number, hp model, charger, medicine)They confiscated my medicine *the trainer who checked my stuff was tini if not mistaken…Then, headed to another ‘store room’ to take the pillow and pillow case(blue), blankets(green) and bedsheet(blue), (those things didn’t look clean but dusty) went to my dorm, JELEBU 3…alone at that time. Chose my bed and spread out the bedsheet etc*I chose the bed, far end…more space, but the cupboard wasn’t tat good…then, met a girl in rasathi’s dorm, Arvin and thulasi (durahan)…chatted with them…the malacca people arrived, two came to my dorm,a Chinese, Amanda, and a malay, Ude…only 3 of us in the dorm…Ude can’t stand the dirtiness and so she mopped the floor with vanish o2..met with a girl from another dorm, Watie..went to take bath…only 3 cubicle with shower…went for dinner and came back to dorm..drizzling, quickly get my laundry back in…It’s only 8+ , no idea on what to do what next..heard announcement asking us to assemble at hall, not clear, so botherla…

Girls and boys (wirawati and wira) were all there..the trainers gave a brief talk on some of the do’s and don’ts..then get back at about 12 something..sleeptime…can’t really sleep well due to cough…Middle of the night some one knocked on the door real hard..Ude opened the door. A Terengganu girl, came in and I dozed off to sleep once again..zzzz

*i’m actually having a hard time identifying what i’d scribbled back then…sigh

till then,

~yourstrulymandy~

16/03

2009-03-16T21:31:00.007+08:00

Yay! No ‘monday blues’ today!!!!supposedly...

Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case…My beauty sleep was disturbed by some neighbour’s alarm clock that sounded like ‘teet teet, teet teet’…Well, this isn’t the first time, it’s been waking me up since last week…I usually sets my alarm at 6.30, but since last Monday, I’ve been awaken by this neighbour’s annoying alarm alert at 6.20 sharp! Till now, i have no idea who this ‘good samaritan’ is that i am so ‘grateful’ of…but then again, thankfully, this neighbour did not set it onsnooze mode…

But being the usual me, not a problem, i slept back right up till 11…

*Hah! The contented yourstruly whispered to herself,

*“It’s recess time if i’m in school”

I spent the afternoon with my idiot box, computer and mobile phone…just pressing it here and there, exploring it…i was browsing through DiGi’s website when i stumbled upon this,

‘Windows Live Messenger now on DiGi’

AAAhhh, something new…and my phone’s in the compatible list too…i tried but failed, probably something wrong with phone’s settings…try again tomorrow…

and now, it’s night already, i had my dinner, taken my bath and this is what i’ll do next =)

Till then,

~yourstrulymandy~

P/S: i think it’s the mating season for the cats and so my next door neigbour’s garfield-like cat (comparable in size) has been really loud these days..not the usual ‘meow’, more like ‘MMMEEEEOOOOOWWWWWWWW’

and i hate it!

Story

2009-03-15T12:25:00.000+08:00

I’ve been getting complains whenever im holding this book…and YAY! I’m proud to announce that I’m done with “My Sister’s Keeper” marathon…well, though it took me ~~almost a year~~ some time to finish reading it from page-to-page, it’s worth it! but damn sad la the ending…this story basically tells us about this 13 year old girl, Anna, suing her parents, Sara and Brian, for the rights of her own body…Anna’s an allogeneic donor ( a perfect sibling match)…so it’s like she existed just so she could save the life of her sister, Kate who was diagnosed with some leukemia since young…well, the way that this book was written is unique, or at least i’ve never come across this sorta writing…Each chapter in the book is told from the first person point of view, so most of the characters get to narrate…kinda pening but will be fine once you’re used to it…

"…you said that none of us is obligated to go into a fire and save someone else from a burning building. But that all changes if your’re a parent and the person in that building is your child. If that’s the case, not only would everyone understand if you ran in to get your child- they’d practically expect it of you."

"..in life, though, that building was on fire, one of my children was in it – and opportunity to save her was to send my other child, because she was the only one who knew the way. Did I know I was taking a risk? Of course. Did I realize it meant maybe losing both of them? Yes. Did I understand that maybe it wasn’t fair to ask her to do it? Absolutely. But I also knew that it was the only chance I had to keep both of them. Was it legal? Was it moral? Was it crazy or foolish or cruel? I don’t know. But I do know it was right."

“when I start to feel this way I go into the bathroom and I lift my shirt and touch the white lines of my scar. I remember how, at first, I thought the stitches seemed to spell out her name. I think about her kidney working inside me and her blood running through my veins. I take her with me, wherever i go.”

P/S : This story made me ponder just about everything! the decisions they made, the consequences, the reason why she did that etc...perhaps, that's the reason why it was so time-consuming!!!

Now it’s time to kick-start another book!!!woohooo…

but hmm…which one, which one??? ( sis, thanks for the books!)

*still in a contemplation state*

maybe i should reduce the reading time for storybooks…should probably focus back on Textbooks instead!

HOLIDAY!!!! wooohoooooo

can sleep and sleep and sleep and SLEEEEEEPPPPPP!!!

Till then,

~yourstrulymandy~

Past 7 days

2009-03-11T15:09:00.006+08:00

Yourstruly was challenged by Jim's comment

so to cure his 'desire' (hahaha)

here i am, once again for a quick update!

7 days ago:

i ate too much "Mr. Potato" while waiting for lights to turn green.

6 days ago: woke up with sore throat

5 days ago: it developed into flu

4 days ago: i can barely talk, phlegm sticking on my throat...

In tuition, stole the limelight form Mr Ng when Me and Hau created a moment of laughter for the entire class, how embarrassing! Later on, Mr Policeman caught me for talking on the phone, phew, managed to escape from any punishment...well, there's mercy after all!

3 days ago: recovery process.

2 days ago: recovery process. School holiday! thanks M ! :D

1 day ago: recovery process. March test begins..yaiks!!!

Today: recovery process. March test, ended!!!

looking forward to next week's holiday!!!

"AAAHH, tidur puas-puassss!!!" (devilish side of mine)

"No, No...wake up and study, STPM!!" ( angelic side of mine)

*Thanks sis for your annoyance*

Till then,

~yourstrulymandy~

Cluster

2009-02-17T18:03:00.007+08:00

Greetings.

Guess what? this morning, during the short daily assembly, a discipline teacher, Mr Something, standing at the podium started giving commands to 4 prefects (on the stage) both 'senang diri' (at ease) and 'jaga sedia' (attention) repeatedly...

so why?.....perhaps DEMO? wanna show that the prefects in this school can march as well?

True enough, starting from this morning till every other assembly possible, we're supposed be able to perform this 2 basic static drill!!!!

And they expect the girls to lift their feet from the ground and strike them back to the ground to produce the 'thump' sound?!? =.=

this is the most absurd (oh, maybe not this, i won't deny sunblock incident being on top of the list!), so maybe it's one of the few (undertsatement) inappropriate rules that were being implemented...

HELLO? this school is not a military school!!! It's a CLUSTER SCHOOL remember???

and did the education ministry requires cluster schools to do those military-like drill?

I thought i won't have to execute these drills anymore...it's like undergoing practices for RC and feels like being in camp once again! N.S stint!

It's not like i hate all this marching/ footdrill thingy...just that i think it's kinda illogical to do it during school assembly....

and the time for us to read is being abolished as we're asked not to bring reading materials anymore for you should not be holding anything..

what a waste of precious time...for the sake of some illusional discipline?

KGV, KGV, can you make yourself more likable?

pleaseeeeeeeee.....

Till then,

~yourstrulymandy~

KIASU

2009-02-15T00:41:00.004+08:00

Dear Mister,

DUDE! if you wanna dent your car, go ahead, i'm not stopping you by any means but please, please stay away from me! If you're so damn ego just because i'm ahead of you, then you should have step on your modified-kancil's accelerator a little bit earlier! Don't come squeezing into my lane when you're aware that there's a divider just meters away before the corner. and so? you're still damn kiasu when you did not succeed in overtaking me just before the cornering? Oh!!so that's the logic that you overtook me right after that? even when you're aware of my blinking right signal, you still wanna show me how fast your car can go by overtaking me immediately when there's space for you to do so? Overtaking at that situation is not wise, you're risking yourself and also your 2 friends but most importantly, my life is at stake too! i'm glad nothing happened but only you speeding away though there's about 30 over seconds before the traffic light turns red. But why the rush when you have to stop at the junction which is about 200m away, and surprisingly, it's the junction where i stopped right behind of you too, so HELLO again! You went straight while i turned, and yet i met you again on the opposite direction when i'm already home, are you sure you took the right turning? i'm guessing no by the road that you took after that....Be wise! when it's already 12am and the road is dark, you have no idea where you wanna go, don't speed as if your grandpa owns the road....

Seriously, you kiasu, i kiasi!

Fellow KANCIL-lian,
~yourstrulymandy~

Life

2009-02-13T18:21:00.014+08:00

I was taken aback this morning when i was told...

Padma, a former schoolmate of mine, had passed away yesterday.
a really horrifying accident...i was told that he was coming out from a temple, the one near Taman Nyior/Bidara...the so called 'highway' that connects to 'Ocean'...he was knocked down by a car...it was something like, he was hit, then bounced, fell back and crashed the windscreen of the car..the windscreen broke and the fragments cut his carotid and he died on the spot...only 19 years of age...
well, it happened all because he did not use the pedestrian flyover which is quite near to where the temple is...

I used that road too yesterday, i assume it happened between 5-7+pm, because on my way to tuition, there wasn't anything but when i was on my way back, on the other side of the road, i saw a crowd gathered near the temple...i glanced, thinking it was another ordinary ceremony held....not knowing what happened...
i can't imagine how the grieving parents, particularly the father, could overcome this..

that road, which i uses quite often...yes, people do speed..me and a friend of mine unanimously agreed that the minimum speed is 80km/h for us...so imagine the impact that caused the death...it could have been much much greater....

life is so unpredictable...

this mishap serves as a reminder to me, not only to be extra careful on the road but also to value life and the people around me...

i miss ama

Till then,
~yourstrulymandy~

p/s: I so LOVE all of you.

Dissection + a lil on CNY

2009-01-25T12:37:00.010+08:00

*Animal lovers, you might find this post disturbing so please don't continue..

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okay!
so I did my very first rat dissection on Thursday...
It was fine...but the stench of the dead rat yucks, *truly unforgettable
My appetite was down to the lowest possible that day...

Overall, its interesting as in i get to dig everything, peel it's skin, etc...lol

Mine wasn't perfect.. still,
an achievement to me :)
and please don't call me cruel, blame the 'Malaysian Examinations Council'

Let the pictures do the talking now,

25 of them for the 25 of us

Yourstruly's masterpiece!!!!

Rib cage, lungs, heart, diaphragm, liver

*another 2 dissections waiting for me...

Till my next dissection,
~yourstrulymandy~

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Tomorrow's Chinese New Year so

Happy CNY people!

*the pre-cny get-together was great =o)

the cheong hei ones

lol

solutions...

2009-01-15T20:49:00.002+08:00

there's always a reason for every problem;
and for every problem, there is always a solution...

Problems:
- Lines formed on the screen of my phone
- MUET, a satisfactory band only
- PA lesson, knowing the truth yet being told the false
- Bio project, unintentionally allowed a grasshopper to hop off
- Bio practical, stayed longer in school than i have to, no time to eat lunch as i was rushing to tuition
- Headed to Sony Ericsson Service Centre Pick-up Point as asked by the sony ericsson guy
- Could not locate the shop in seremban parade
- Headed back to car and it couldn't start, something wrong with the battery
- called dad with my 5%-battery-left phone
- able to start the car later, so drove home..

Solutions:
- Reported to SE's customer service and they replied
- Retake
- I'm glad that i know the truth
- Guiltiness once again...good news is that i have such sweet fellow mates
- Got back home late,no time to eat lunch as i was rushing to tuition..that lunch was my dinner then
- that so called 'pick-up point' wasn't there was told another location...the phone is still with me
- Super-duper thankful that my phone is still with me (imagine if i found the shop and handed them my phone?)...called dad immediately for rescue...ate my lunch-cum-dinner
- 'low battery' notification popped out a few times yet still able to make and receive calls
- though able to start the car after dad bought the battery (after the hassle of calling the shop owner that telling him he needs it desperately), isn't having a brand new battery a reason to celebrate?

those sticky situations unfold like a plan...one thing leads to another...and yes, i can't be more grateful that i'm back home now, acknowledging my ups and downs, still in a piece though emotionally-disturbed...*i'm smiling despite what i've been through

should i say what a day?

until now and till then,
~ yourstrulymandy~

Remorse...

2009-01-14T17:20:00.013+08:00

sighhhh....

i accidentally detached a really nice butterfly's antennae...*ignorance, and its half now..
*not only that...i dropped a small creature and its head detached!
crap...
why are dead insects so delicate and me being so heavy-handed?!?!?!?
*maladroitness

regret, guilt,remorse.....

gazillion apologies project-mates.....

=o(

and today, a grasshopper escaped when i was trying to transfer it...damn...i so hate myself for it...its even harder for me to compose an apology msg, i can't find my words.......*

Back to School...

2009-01-04T22:12:00.003+08:00

yaiks, tomorrow's 5th Jan...

'Back to School' day!!!

no, i'm not excited, in fact i don't wanna go back to school so soon ( yea, i know, after a month plus of holiday and still complaining)

sigh, i haven clear my debts too...lol...talking bout 'intensive programme' pulak..lol..'tak boleh pakai' la..lol

alrite! a new year has come and yes, a new beginning!

tomorrow...Upper Six...woah!

crucial year, crucial year...

gonna stop now and start packing...gotta look for the things needed....sigh...where did i put them all?

*come out and reveal yourself please, don't make me search high and low for you*

Till then,

~yourstrulymandy~

First...

2009-01-01T00:00:00.003+08:00

...post for the year 2009

a new year
a new beginning
a new resolution
a new of everything ahead....

not to mention, a crucial year that is...phew, *optimism
*study study study...* flipping through pages, jotting down notes*

haha, crappy post?
i know =o)

alright,
until now and until then,

HAPPY NEW YEAR PEOPLE!!!

lotsa love (even more than before),
~yourstrulymandy~

Last...

2008-12-31T23:59:00.010+08:00

...post for the year 2008

Looking back at 2008, for better or worse, i've been through lots, both ups and downs..
* ...celebrate and reflect on blessings*
*and i'm thankful to Him*

Year 2008, 366 days...should i say a long and lengthy one???
nope...

time flies..
and at a great speed..

listing down briefly what had happened this year...

January : My very first job! Wau Travel and Tours (if not mistaken)
February : Quitted my job...lazed at home
March : SPM results out *i'm contented*...a week later, National Service in Kem PDS Resort.
April : National Service * got involved in water sports*
May : National Service * M16 *...left NS to enrol into Form6 (transition period, the need to adapt to the new environment,.hmm, brings back fond memories of the good'ol times in acs).. then, the arrival of my humble SLK (if you know what i mean)
June : went back to PD to bid farewell to the rest of my fellow wira and wirawati, not forgetting the trainers...
July : apart from schooling and tuition classes, can't recall much..
August : the long awaited Anugerah Day!!! My Legal Day!!!
September : apart from schooling and tuition classes, can't remember though...
oh wait, how can i NOT remember the HONOUR i was given to explain what a sunblock is to another Mr. so-and-so.
*and now, I'm happy for him =o)
October : apart from schooling and tuition classes, can't.. oh ya! MUET exam..that's all
November : schooling for the about 2 weeks, then the long awaited holiday!
December : Continuation of the oh-so-enjoyable holiday...*projects
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at least, until now....and its ending very soon..

Hoping for a greater year ahead...

* valediction*

GOODBYE 2008...

lotsa love,
~yourstrulymandy~

1 week

2008-12-29T22:44:00.009+08:00

aaaaaAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

another week and its back-to-school again~
and i don't want to go to school!!!!
going to school means i will have to deal with the oh-so-hectic life again...
i need a longer break!!!
i don't wanna wake up at 6.30am
i don't wanna sleep after 12am
i don't wanna eat bread in the morning, then during recess, and probably another meal if i'll staying back that day
i don't wanna do homework...

does this list of 'i don't wanna' sounds familiar?

i know! its almost like the opposite of what i blogged about last month

sigh...a great procrastinator i am...

experiencing any sense of regret?
no, not exactly

reason?
i've enjoyed my holiday in ways that i am greatly happy with, even hibernating in house for the whole day seems like an enjoyment already..just let me get away from all the syllabus and i'll be fine!
HAH, silly me! sometimes, i'm such a quiter....

nah, i will not..
i'm here once again just to rant about stuff...like i always do...

so i've pampered myself kinda a lil way too much i guess...i did not push myself to do what i know i need to do...that's bad and yes, i know...
and so now another 'self-declaration by yourstruly' ,

i, hereby declare an intensive-one-week-programme that will start right after i hit the 'publish post' button!

in this whole week, i will try my utmost best to clear of my debts! yay! *i'll just cross my fingers

some good news, our projects are almost done!yay!

alrite, done with all my self-motivating!

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many things happened over the weekend

like going to kl on saturday then coming back on sunday, after a few hours gone back to kl again before returning home today...long story...lol...went to kl to meet my uncle, aunty, cousins and their kids...and not forgetting my sisters...great to be seeing everyone again...

and hey, how can anyone in negeri sembilan particularly not concerned about the ruler especially this weekend..

a pic taken on the anugerah day

yea, he mangkat-ed
i'm actually glad that received my award from him, and like i said earlier, he's great and friendly at his age...and yes, the senawang exit has been so busy this few days, everytime when i was around there, loud sirens were heard, then those expensive cars, dashing across...i saw a 'rolls royce' today...

and so we have a new ruler here in negeri, Tuanku Muhriz Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir, took over the throne from the late Tuanku Ja’afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman.

hehe, having to blog about their names, i hope it might help if were to be asked during pengajian am paper...lol

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alright, all is said, but not done yet...so i shall kick-off my intensive programme now!
* i can't watch astro!!! there's something wrong with the decoder..and i hope the astro-man will come asap and mom is so restless now that she can't watch her programmes *

till then, happy holidaying!

oh wait!

a small announcement here, anyone interested in going for a round of badminton on wednesday? 8 to 10 am, s2 sports complex..

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Eggs

2008-12-09T12:06:00.017+08:00

This morning, yourstruly, with the intention of checking whether the Grasshopper is still alive, discovered something...

When i got closer, i saw some whitish-yellow substance deposited at the bottom of the container, and still coming out from the grasshopper's anus...snap some pics then headed back in and hit "GOOGLE" !
and well, after searching through much non-related articles i finally found the most dependable soure - Wikipedia

YESSSS!!!it does resembles rice grains (closer look)
OOOooohhhhh....
corrections to the statement made above:
The whitish-yellow or yellowish-white substance is actually the fertilized egg pod, and its not coming out from the anus but from the ovipositor, an organ for laying eggs...but how come the eggs take so long to fertilized?as far as i know, this fertilized grasshopper is in captivity since Thursday...hmm, so long, yet still so strong!lol
Anyway, it might hatch when the weather has warmed sufficiently...hmm, so let's just wait and see..

**UPDATES**
the eggs are gone!!!

Convicts - Red ants
# they were seen intruding grasshopper's villa and carried pieces of eggs away like nobody's business!
and some are still left wandering in grasshopper's villa

so in the end i threw the eggs away and cleaned grasshopper's villa...
grasshopper should have shoot out it's green blood and drown the ants!!!
oh come to think of it, i haven had any 'Red Ant' in my insect box. HAH! now i know exactly what i should hunt for!
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Sigh,

Biology Project: need a few more insects...and not forgetting 'Herbarium', yaiks!

Chemistry Project: still got lots to do,phew...

and yea, my current addiction, Pet Society!!!

presenting Ivory,

p/s: the tyre and the melon hat is the trendiest fashion rite now
(self-declared by yourstruly with no intention whatsoever)

Till then,
-yourstrulymandy-

:)

2008-12-01T21:29:00.008+08:00

a random conversation....suddenly,

xinyi says:
heyy

xinyi says:
look at the moon!!!

==> mandy <== says:
yer

==> mandy <== says:
same with jim

xinyi says:
heheh

xinyi says:
jim told me tht

xinyi says:
really le

*moments later...

==> mandy <== says:
wow...cool

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okay,so 'what so special?' says me when Jim asked me to look at the moon first...'what's the obsession this time?'...Then he mentioned 'ONCE IN A LIFETIME'...and xinyi asked me to do the same too...Hesitate no more and so I went out and not forgetting telling mom too...she trailed me out and then came dad..hmm???..just in time, Hau's message, asking to do the same too..
Aha! a look in the sky and i see smile :)

cool huh?

tried to capture some shots but nah, not clear enough

*courtesy of cyndee..lol, thnx sis
or maybe just imagine there's two bright lights just above the crescent-shaped moon

googled it and it's actually the three celestial objects ( Jupiter, Venus and Moon) come together, visible enough for us to spot that smile formed in the sky...err, something like that la..

anyways,
as Jim says,

'All of us should smile more, if the moon can smile, why can't we humans do the same???'

I agree with him

and so it'll be my turn now,

says yourstruly,

'Smiles are contagious, so let's start an epidemic'

*then, a thought struck me...

i saw this

but will i ever see this?

maybe?

*it seems that it takes more muscles to frown and less to smile...
so you do the thinking...

so till then, smile :)

oh ya,
if you missed the boat this time, you can still catch a glimpse of it the very next time, 2052..
*source :discovery channel...

Sand Art

2008-11-22T11:30:00.008+08:00

All this sparked of after a few minutes of starring at kids playing in the children section popped rite in the middle of jusco...and we saw 'SAND ART'!!! It's been like years since I've touched all this, colorful beads, scrapping the container for more of it, pulling the sheet away from the sticker, scratching my head hard to decide on what-color-to-put-where...Its just pure fun, it reminds me of my younger days, no worries, just play and play and play and more of it...and this time , there's Hau and Joyce together with yourstruly ventured back into those-were-the-days, nostalgically...I've got myself a pirate-looking seal...we didnt felt that awkward back then, maybe because out of the 'few' kids, there was this mother putting on colors for her kid..ok, we don't look motherly enough (that's a good thing) but we do look like their sisters rite? so to minimise our existence all we did was to stand near to a kid pretending we're helping them out..Then, more and more adult came by, relieving the situation considerably..and on top of that, we even befriended a 9 year old girl, named Atika..It alll started when she praised our artwork by saying 'wow, nice'..us, being flattered by her compliment, decided to take a look at her piece, a lilo and stich...her lilo looked more like a monster, and she laughed too when we said that to her...*oops..lol, anyway, she came by a few times to ask us which color suits best, and without hesitation, offered her our professionalism :)

what they were thinking:
Hau : lousy toothpick, can't even lift the corner up for me to peel.
Joyce : Hmm, what's next?not much variety, maybe i should mix them altogether.

Joyce: come come come, let me help you with it
*joyce, i think you've ruined it

Hau, are you comparing our artwork or the size? I knowla, ours is RM3 while hers RM10

*And presenting the 'colorfullest' piece of art ever,

woohooo, nice? yea, i know it is :)

Next on our activity list, STEAMBOAT....nice one, lotsa laughter and food :)

Till my next post, stay cool!!!

INSECTA catching...

2008-11-20T15:08:00.015+08:00

Yessss, Biology Project....

5 of us, Fu, Kamchen, Meichern, Xinyi and yourstruly went to Taman Rekreasi in Lake Garden this morning...Rainy season these days...Unsure if the insects will be kind enough to show up for us to catch them...Anyhow we don't have the proper insect-catching tools, only 3 nets, plastic bags, plastic containers and staryfoam food container...So no choice,catch as catch can, and once, Kamchen used her both her hands to trap an insect...Its not as easy as it looks...We had to climb up and down, squat on large stones just to get nearer to the dragonflies...phew* tiring...really tiring....

Below are a few shots of my project partners :

After a few hours of hunting-you-insects-down, 11.30am , we decided to head back to Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Raja George ke-5 to kill them all, ehem, preserve that is...the lab assistant allowed us to prolong our killing session by extending her stay for another 30 mins...so kind of her *of course la, lab will be closed next month...

and due to that inconvenience, we 'took' some chloroform and formalin home..ahahaha, and its in my car..lol, so will i be charged if police were to stop my car suspecting there's something illegal in it?

no more lab needed...lol

Back home and decided to apply formalin on the insects...To my horror, the dragonflies are not DEAD...still, very much ALIVE...all i did was to put the chloroform-soaked cotton into the insect box...finally, all died, and me, suffocating...

but all is done now, not exactly......but as for today, it is...

Presenting our TREASURY

Next on our 'torture list'

Recapitulation of today's

DONE!!! so till then!
eh wait...there's something i wish to mention..
something more disgusting than this

There was this uncle (no, too nice for him to be called uncle), so there was this man who's in the same place as us...URGHH, i was so tempted to rectify his understanding of 'public toilet'...First, Public toilet is not that 'PUBLIC'...Second, if you don't know how to read signboards, i don't mind pointing to you where the washroom is....and, if you wanna do whatever, whenever and WHEREVER, please think of others as well, there's people all over the place, both young and old... and please keep those 'sight' to you and you only...ish..mengada betul la...and mind you, its rainy season these days, the plants don't need you to water them with your organic fertilizer....
*Eyemo, where are you?*

Till my next post, take care!

H-O-L-I-D-A-Y

2008-11-14T11:00:00.006+08:00

WOOHOOOOOOOOOO
Yourstruly's long awaited holiday is finally here!!!!!!

this taking-a-break-from-the-hectic-life-of-form6 is truly the holiday I've been waiting for...

this means, from 14th Nov until 1st Jan (at least),
NO WAKING UP at 6.40am,
NO SLEEPING after 12am for the sake of starring at the homework which sometimes worse, I have no idea what is being asked.
NO longer have to survive on bread and bread only as my recess meal.
NO homework on a daily basis.
the list of goes on....

Despite all of the above mentioned,
my list of debts,

- Chemistry project (1st attempt, failed)
- Biology project (preserving at least 25 insects from at least 5 different orders)
- To complete all the incomplete exercises given by school teachers
- To complete all the incomplete exercises given by tuition teachers
- To complete all the incomplete school notes
- To complete all the incomplete tuition notes
- To revise all the lower six syllabus
- To prepare myself for the upper six syllabus
.........

I'm starting to realize that the second list seems to be longer than the first, practically...

This means, I will have a whole lot of things to do...I need to spend my holiday wisely...I know I have lots of things to catch up...I wanna make this holiday the most well-spent holiday ever!!!
I've started my form6 with a wrong attitude, the same old attitude that is still sticking to me during my form4 and 5...and mind you, I'm a bit slow these days...whatever comes out from the mouth of the teachers seems like some foreign language to me...just hate that!!! the feeling of being so lost....sigh, such a ranter...

anyways, on top of that, I'm glad about the level of resiliency in me...having to gone through 6 months of schooling in 'Sekolah Menengah Raja George ke-5', I know I'm a stronger person now, not physically but mentally...as until now, I am still a 'sixth former'...
I always remind myself of the voices form different kinds of people with different opinions when I first popped them with the question 'what do you think about doing form6?'
some are very encouraging, yet some are not...
the most recent ones being heard was 'Brave people, do that'

hahaha, college-goers, don't get me wrong, I'm not sending the msg that those not doing form6 are not brave...
I'm sure u guys chose the better alternative for yourself.

so, yes, all the constant reminders...One of the few motivations that pushes me through the feeling of being humped by all the workloads...

Enough already....It's gonna be some grandma story if I were to continue.

To accomplish the list I intended to, I will need a positive mindset, a high self-discipline, a high level of concentration, most importantly the right passion for it...

and of course I will need to slip in a little fun in between, so guys, lets hang out!!! I'm missing all the fun already!!! lol

Till then, *may this holiday, the most satisfying holiday ever*

SOLAR "OVEN" ???

2008-11-11T21:02:00.010+08:00

Is wanting THIS

to turn into THIS

that demanding meh????

It sure does with our 'solar oven'...

AAAARRGHHHHH!!!!!

we're trying to save the environment, that's all...*innocent look

i desperately need this pizza box cum solar oven to work...

we tried to boil / fry or at least heat the egg ...and its not looking good...

any idea how to improvise? like what's the best angle for the flap to be propped open/ which brand of aluminium foil works best?

yaiks...guess need more time and some brainstorming to work things out...

till then, *may this solar oven feeds our hunger...*

Month of October

2008-10-30T22:47:00.005+08:00

*scroll down for the latest addition somewhere in the middle

So here I am, bidding farewell to October and welcoming November...

sigh, I'm out of idea...

anyway , guess what?
'November' means the looong holiday is really really near!!! woohooo!!!
any plans for the holiday? *wink

and yes!!! thankfully...me, being able to survive through the exam,
ahem *to pass*
isn't that great???hahahaha

oh ya....I did my MUET (SPEAKING) last week...

TASK A - some individual presentation
walaoweiiiii....Guess what's my task's all about?

'BARANGAN BUATAN MALAYSIA'

aduiiiiii...products MADE IN MALAYSIA??? *blank...totally blank*

should I elaborate on the quality? the packaging? then what else???

ish..teruk betul la..suddenly bombard me with such a topic

sigh... want me to elaborate perodua kancil eh???
anyway ,...I didn't do well..managed to crap things up in the last few minutes...lol...didn't even know what I was talking about...
eg ; "...that every household will have products being produced by us, the Malaysians..."
aiyerrr, what was i talkingla...lol...thinking back, it's funny though...

TASK B - some group discussion
after much 'discussion', the three of us (meichern, sing yue?*a kgv girl* and yourstruly), came to a conclusion whereby 'Education opportunities' being the best achievement till now, being achieved by Malaysia after 51 years of independence....
so basically the topic revolved around Malaysia, being 51 years old, achieving great things and stuff like that...

yela, MALAYSIA BOLEH ma...

So now, waiting for '8th Nov.', final day for MUET...aiming for a good band..
* I want ' BAND ...' hopefully la

*addition
went to Johore too last weekend...was there to 'check' on my sis..hahaha..nolar, was there just to spend some time with her *wow, so sentimental* and mom's birthday!!!lol..sigh...sorry for sleeping early mom, was too tired...was there for 2days only...
*thanx sis for stuffing me with lotsa nice food *yummy
'good' things yet to come...
how you pulled the blanket over to your side, leaving me just enough to cover myself with no excess at all *shivering back then
hahaha...kidding la,still bearable..
and not forgetting the plan of watching mamma mia back in the hotel...in the end? everyone fell asleep, leaving me all alone, lying on the couch watching and humming the tunes...lol....oh ya, we walked around a few shopping malls *but who's the one who did all the shopping in the end?
*guilty anot? at least this time better the previous time when I visited you, erm two years ago???
hahahahahhahaha
I'm just joking la...hehehehe...
*because that's how a 'tea-lady' usually comments on her 'CEO'

I forgot to take that dvd from you la...lol...anyways i heard mom said that we might be visiting you again soon, sometime in december..

I had fun spending my time there
*grins

GUESS WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING NOW???

my Maths T teacher aka 'siew tin jie' being 'too good to be true' today did not give us any homework, and I'm telling you that's rare, really rare...
where got so good la...lol...in return we're supposed to memorise some formulas which she'll be testing us tomorrow...sigh

oh did I mention that she's an ACSian too? and once, Miss Seow's student..lol..what a small world huh?

so after hitting on "PUBLISH POST"
this is what I'll do...

PUSHING MYSELF TO FAMILIARIZE

this

and

not forgetting

oh no, there's more...

Till my next post...

Month of September

2008-10-01T13:37:00.003+08:00

September's coming to an end, giving way to October...

okayyy, that's lame~~

Hmm...September's been a busy month...What have I done???
.
.
Nah, can't recall but at least its.......its..

busy enough to keep me from revising (*ehem) Finals' coming...I'm hoping for a change this coming exam..Did badly in the previous test *Oh thankfully its just a TEST*...anyway, the core is still STPM...hahahahahahahaha...
*need to leave that mentality behind too*

So I'm here, bidding farewell to the OLD YOURSTRULY and welcoming the new...
*drumroll*
*applause*
*what else?*

the new Yourstruly!!!

*vainglory*

Anyways, let's hope it'll work :)

Oh ya, it reminds me of something..How much I miss ACS!!!
People, i seriously miss all of you (from the whole bunch of you guys to the teachers *yes, no exception for est teacher* even to the cleaning lady not forgetting the jaga who used to keep me from going into the school for practices *i miss all the 'halau-ing part, *whistle, peeet peeet "sudah pukul 12, semua keluar keluar" or 'hari ini cuti, tak boleh masuk')

yea, this kinda memories are forever, how much i miss the times we had in ACS? indefinite....

sad la..new school..everything's new..Been caught by teachers, 'argued' with the principal
* 'argue' was the word he used, Excuse me, i thought i was there to give you my opinion only*
one word, LOUSY
*i miss u, sunblock. i hope you're of good use to the principal, that of course if he's still keeping you...may he understands your importance*

hahahahahahaha

Alright, that's that...the new Yourstruly is working on her temper and manner...

ALAMAK, masih ada berbukit-bukit of BUKUs waiting for me to 'conquer'

so I guess till then people....

*love u miss u thinking of u*

im wiser not older

2008-08-31T21:15:00.014+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MALAYSIA / MALAYA?????

whatever*

and to yourstruly too!!!weee~~

hahaaha...melebih adi...too high..lol

anyway, this morning after sevice, got a sms from maine which reads like this:

"mandy, are you in sban?"

"i seriously need your help. i've left malacca forty mins ago, a last minute decision for 2mr's cf meeting. my bro can only drop me at the mcd food junction after giant. do you think you can pick me up at about 12.30?i got no transport"

i agreed to it and loitered around giant's mph ..adui, all the books ar, they seriously need to restock their books la...haihz, once u step in, doesn't have that mph feel also..

okok..back to the topic...yea, so i said ok,i'll wait for u...then when i'm there, charmaine was standing at the entrance adi...alrite, i spotted her coming back from malacca but wait! without any luggage?lol..anyway, she hopped in my car...smiled...and asked me to park my car...rite!as i drove further in spotted jim & vincent's car...weee~~~

hahaha..then we walked in...at the corner i waved with delight, where xinyi, mankwan, avin, jim, and vincent were sitted...then, turned my head towards the counter and i saw hau and fu...then we settled down chatted...then, *grins...my birthday cakeee~~~

chocolate indulgence?nice!!!

the paiseh situation, i don't know how to cut a cake la...sorry guys, turned out to be a ruined cake..but tasted fine also rite?it means you guys should close your eyes when u wanna taste the cakela...it should taste better with eyes closed! lol...

then, the 9 of us went to my hse...sorry guys, hse to small to tampung all of you! lol...and, thank you for 'ransacking' my room...*adui, bilik anak dara dah terdedah la...

then headed to maine's hse...hang out for sometime before to lake garden..yea, for insect-hunting...caught one only...dunno wat species also, but botherla...lol...yup back home now!!!actually there's more to blog about, but why not let the pictures speak for themselves again~

birthday wish!!ok,maybe wishes then...

weee~~~

that man behind me, he closely resembles RPK..

cake!!! still looking good there *winks

after a gg?lol

okay!!i see you vincent!

whooops!

yourstruly would like thank all who had sent their birthday wishes to her..erm well, and merdeka wishes too..thanx for the surprise party, thanx for the angpaos, thanx for the prezzie, and also,

*lol,golb ruoy ni tuotuohs eht rof xnaht*

*!era uoy ohw wonk uoy*

thanx for the LOVE people!!!

30/08

2008-08-30T19:37:00.008+08:00

Well, its MERDEKA eve!!!weee~~~~
*happy merdeka ppl*

Anyway, i just came back from istana hinggap. Finally!!!! after a year of waiting...yup, received it from the Yamtuan...i think he's great...at least at that age he is still very friendly and did not hesitate to communicate with us, asked us questions like 'sarjan dari sekolah mana?' and also 'dari kampung mana?'( question from him to xinyi) lol...the ceremony began with the state anthem of ns, bsm song, not forgetting speeches...then it was the award giving ceremony...we had to march to the podium where he's sitting..then some of the recipients marching made us laughed..then there's a guys frm KGV almost fainted, he almost fell right in front of the yamtuan, thankfully some officers held him back on time..lol...then when i was receiving my award (a framed cert), yamtuan handed me the cert and congratulated me (and i replied with 'junjung kasih tuanku' ahahaaha, then we (yamtuan, mr wong n i) looked at mr khoo, the photographer and flashed a smile! when i was about to leave, i took the cert from his hands but i felt an opposite force that resisted me from grabbing it and march away asap..it was this mr wong that didn't wanna let go of it..then probably the yamtuan realized that i wasn't marching away yet...oh no!!probly he thought i was waiting for his congratulatory msg..now no wonder he congratulated me twice!!! then it came to my senses that i've spent too long in front of him adi that i pulled that cert with a lil additional strength...i felt the force though!!! anyway, we sang BIRHTDAY SONG for yamtuan's wife, not sure bout the exact date but definitely not today...then she raised her hand and waved to all saying 'well, thank you everyone'...lol...after the ceremony ended, everyone else was busy snapping pics of course how can we miss the fun!!! yea,these are the few pics...let them do the talking now then,

of pride and glory...

yay!acsrc!! let the history repeats itself..

meichern, yourstruly, mc+xy+mk's kai ma, xinyi, mankwan

'The Four'

once again*

mankwan, huey shin, meichern, xinyi

walking down the boulevard of istana hinggap...

erm ok, maybe just a few more...

well there you go, 30/08, another event listed!!!

maybe this will be the very last time you'll see me in this uniform :) or :(
*smiles

*its been 2 years now since ama left , back to where she belongs...

......and i miss her alot~

Highlight of the day!

2008-08-22T12:56:00.018+08:00

This morning, i went to S2 Sports Complex for another badminton session with my mates (avin, jim, vincent, zhipin, charmaine, hau, xinyi, kamchen, april fu) We rented 2 courts but we used 3 instead since nobody is using the other court...It was tiring but somehow sweatingly-fun though i spent most of my time picking up shuttlecocks from the floor!

Then, few minutes before 10, there was this mixed-double match between team GREENIES and team DARKIES:

Team GREENIES : Jim and Xinyi (cz both wore green tees)

Team DARKIES : Avin and yourstruly

(erm, well i came up with that idea...lol, avin u can take the joke rite?)

Somehow along the match...zhipin and vincent joined in...zhipin went on to become a part of the GREENIES while vincent, teamed up with me and avin

We're too indulged in the game till the guard actually came in the hall and stood for quite awhile..anyway, we ignored her causing her to turn off the lights and stuff...We headed out for breakfast ...reached there, wanted to eat laksa but the lady said 'mai sai jor' :( then ordered 'chee cheong fun' instead...then something not-so-pleasant occured:

While we're still munching away, zhipin realized something...he actually left his car keys in his car!he locked his car without pulling his keys out!i think its because he's too hungry or somethingla...then jim and vincent 'consoled' him by saying that all we need now is a ruler to slide it in the doorframe...so after we finished our food and headed to zhipin's car with one mision and one identity, 'to be and act as a car stealer'.

We tried with all the keys possible, trying to twist them left and right...but of course of no use..then somehow zhipin managed to get a malay man from an accessories shop to help him out. The man kept changing his gadgets after a few unsuccessful attempts but credits should be given to him cz the weather was really hot at that moment, bout 11+...It's like testing his patience and endurance standing in the hot sun and trying to stay focus despite us lamenting...

A few gadgets were involved:

1st: a long wire
2nd: a thicker wire
3rd: screw drivers

The man trying hard to jerk the locking knob up.

Then the rest of us thought we might do our part by helping to remove the rubbery material. Then the rubbery material of each door were stripped off hoping that the man could have other alternatives.

In the midst of concentration/desperation,

The man got down on his knees!!!

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

zhipin, laying his hand on his car....

no, no, no....

It's not the end yet...

While the man was attempting with his 3rd gadget. hau and i had a hands-on activity. hau took the 2nd gadget and tried it on the passenger side. then being the playful me, i asked hau "hey hau, come,let me play with it!"(of course it wasn't an intention to 'play', it's just a more optimistic manner to deal with the situation)

HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY!!!!

after a few attempts of pulling the wire up hoping the locking knob might follows too....suddenly i saw something like this,

(not from zhipin's car)

*applause

Woah man!!! i was like

"AAAaaaahhhhHHH!!! I DID IT!!!"

the funny thing:

my attention was totally shifted...beaming with joy when vincent suddenly said something like this,

"hey, open the other door and take the keys first la"

it was then that "OH, YAHOR!" thing struck my mind.

anyway to wrap this up, it was another moment to laugh about!!!

till then!!!!

and oh, did i mention that zhipin quickly duplicated another set right after that?lol

That so-and-so...

2008-08-02T00:28:00.015+08:00

GEORGIE has been awarded the title 'CLUSTER'...deserving?hmm...

On friday morning during assembly,as usual i chatted with the rest of my friends (who wouldn't?)...let me briefly explain to you how GEORGIE's assembly's like.basically all students from form1 till upper six are required to gather at the smallest assembly ground one can ask for everyday...from what i've heard, form 6ers only need to assemble once a week which is on mondays only...however it changed a few years ago, when there was a loving-assembly-to-the-extend-of-suggesting-all-the-form 6ers-to-be-present-for-every-assembly boy who's better known as 'The Causer' existed...and thanxalot to that 'brilliant' suggestion of yours that the form 6ers are now NOT wasting their time to revise in class BUT are now able to spend their precious time standing/being sandwiched, and having to walk such a distance just to get to the tiny assembly ground.

anyway, Hau was standing beside me,on my right...all i remembered was that i wasn't keeping quiet at first..then one of my friends warned us that there's a teacher looking at us...i was wondering which teacher so i looked around and around and around till my eyes met with another pair of eyes belonging to this mr.so-and-so..let me describe him in short, he's a teacher, a discipline teacher...and so he's staring at us with those 'one-kind' look...under normal reaction, i pretended as if nothing happened and so turned my head away...it was then that i decided to open up my chemistry book that i was holding for the past few minutes...flipped it to chapter 5 (periodic table) and start going through it...then Hau did something funny (unintentional) and we both looked at each other and chuckled..surprisingly we were able to control ourselves as in we stopped and turn our attention back to our reading materials...

then it goes something like this:

yourstruly : (thinking to herself) *Octave law,hmm..mendeleev...oh mendeleev!that's the guy with long beard that give rise to the modern periodic table or something....*
(proud of herself,at least remembered a tiny detail)

just as yourstruly flipped to the next page,

prefect : kak?tadi kak ketawa/bercakap kan?

yourstruly : *(felt offended, flashed a what-are-you-talking-about look [that kind of look that 'the rock' ,that wrestler used to give, the eyebrow thing] to her) followed by a sarcastic smile*
kamu rasa saya sedang bercakap ke?

the reason i said so was because i was paying my full attention to how periodic table was developed...imagine u're in my situation and u're so into what u're reading that this somebody just come over and accused you of making noise!?!?

okay, i'm not denying the fact that i 'did' laughed and talked...but seriously that was like so long ago, imagine how many words i've made understandable to myself within that period???
alot!!!!

prefect: cikgu yang kata....cikgu nak kamu berdiri di depan sekarang.

yourstruly: *WALAUWEIH!!!* cikgu apa??? *then turned my head around again*

and guess who???it's that mr so-and-so again...he was making some kind of gesture..hmm...OH I GET IT!!!it struck me that he wanted us to leave our comfort spot...

yourstruly: Hau,that prefect said we were laughing and that teacher wanted us to stand in front.let's walk to where he's standing...see what he has to say..

upon approaching him,this mr so-and-so's face was like wanna 'burst' (can't think of any other word) adi..

mr so-and-so: TADI KAMU BERCAKAP/KETAWA KAN??BERDIRI DI SINI!! (stairs linking the corridor and the assembly ground)

me and hau exchanged what-is-wrong-with-this-dude looks...we were surprised by his decision of randomly picking us because there were many others who were talking as well!!!then i grumbled a few words out from my mouth (can't help it!)...so this mr so-and-so lagilah marah!

mr so-and-so: JANGAN CAKAP LAGI!!!

it was so funny, but being an obedient student, i did not talked but just exchanged smiles with Hau quite often...then i leaned myself on to the wall while flipping through my book...concentration was about 80% when a finger pushed my shoulder away from the wall...no guess needed,that was that mr so-and-so again...kinda impressed by the strength of his finger though!

mr so-and-so: JANGAN SANDAR!!!
yea..i think that's the last thing he said to me which i'm able to recall now.
to get the whole picture of what happened, click >here<

anyway we were the first to go back to our classes after that, guess it's something good out of it!

PRESENTING!!!!!

mr so-and-so

i thought it might be better to put a smile on this mr so-and-so's face..making him more likeable

p/s: don't get me wrong..i'm not being unhappy/angry or whatever comes out from ur mind now just because i was called out and being punished...i personally don't care much about whatsoever disciplinary actions or any other form of punishments taken on me cz if i already have the guts to do that, then i'll be fine with whatever happens next...in fact, i don't deny that i talked and laughed, just thought that it should be better for him to be fair and not to pick on us only when there's alot more noises that that weren't from us alone (even he himself talked and laughed with his prefects)...and that's a no big deal to me cz this is exactly what i expect to see from GEORGIE's disciplinary board...just thought that this might be something fun to blog about,tatz all!!

*cheeseeeee*

:)

2008-07-12T22:05:00.007+08:00

This evening my uncle and his family came by...They went to his friends orchard in the morning...so my uncle, aunty and cousin, Miss Michelle May...They got lost somewhere then mom wasn't sure where they were but in the end managed to lead them to our house...By the time they reached,i was about to go for my tuition, sat for while only...make an early move coz it's raining, need to allocate extra time...

Then bout 6+ mom called, she asked me to meet them in a restaurant...Dinner with them,it's been a long time though...If not mistaken since the CNY dinner...hmm...loooooong..

managed to capture a few shots only...

Lastly....

'SAY CHEESE...'

>>Michelle,
i regretted we didn't do the 'lala' thinglar..lol..
and how u tricked me in believing you and your primitive theory...hmph..

Barbecue + HOME-ALONE...

2008-07-12T12:55:00.008+08:00

Last saturday, *phew, after 24 hours, Mom and Dad approved to let me stay alone in sban...I managed to convince them on how important is it for me not to miss a tuition class and this gathering of course...

So we BBQed at Poow's place, to be exact, its by the roadside...No,its not another 'Setians' gathering, it was an 'ACSians' gathering..Some unexpected-long-lost-buddies turned up; (Shaun, Wai Kit and a few others) and of course some did not...Anyway,its more of a 'welcome and farewell thing' for Mui Kim...At that time,she just came back from Aussie and will be heading back next week (guess she's back there already now)...So Mui Kim came late...Glad that she made it cz she met up wit a few others right before she came here..Mdm. Fong and Miss Lee were the only teachers made it...Mdm. Fong brought her kids along...Her daughter, especially,being really honest *wink.. There's much to blog about,too much till i'm.......lazy to do so..so,to cut short the whole thing,its been a very pleasant night spent with them...For some,its been months since we met (like after spm?)...All of us get to catch up with the rest..Then wit the teachers too..Imagine what will you get when you have a bunch of boisterous-out-of-control teenagers gathering together by the roadside with smokey backdrop..That's just 'us' at that time...Hmm..loving every moment of it though after a few hectic incidents...still!Its good..

Shaun, Man Kwan, Ve Wan, Chiun Wern

Man Kwan, Mei Chern, Xin Yi, Joyce, Mui Kim

Vincent, Jim, Ve Wan

Mdm. Fong, Mui Kim, Kam Chen, Vinod, Man Kwan

the innocent lil girl, Xin Yi, Mei Chern, yourstruly

joyce and yourstruly

yourstruly and her 'zi mui'

avin, the only faithful 'listener' of yourstruly's song
(or maybe no other choice but to listen??what to do...u sat in front of me wat!!!hehe)

nice rite? Ugly edited it,lol

The honest lil girl, Mei Chern, Joyce

acting cute?hmm..it only works for 'lil girl'

hmm...i see smoke and overcooked wings

These are ones that we managed to grab their attention to take pic
the rest,*sigh,busy chatting...

The result of yourstruly joining in...

not even a chance to tilt her head..thanks to people around her!

Mom rang me and asked if i'm done.i said 'ya, ya, ya, will be back shortly..Bout 11+,quickly drove to petronas to fill up my tank then back to home...*phew,a sigh of relieved as the clock struck 12.i grabbed my house phone(evidence that i'm back home) to call mom,have to report to her la since this is my 1st time all alone (at least a good impression so that she'll allow me to stay next time,if there is any....

*there goes another weekend......

Another '18 years old girl'...

2008-06-22T00:55:00.001+08:00

It's Charmaine's Birthday!!!

"HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY"

"HOT GIRLS"

2008-06-14T23:41:00.016+08:00

*Happy 18th Birthday "HOT GIRLS"*

..........and guess whose the two "hot girls"...............

Yup, none other than Mei Chern and Anna!!!

(making very long wishes until the candle became shorter and shorter...)

Their probable wishes,

Anna : Shower me with lots and lotsa 'bANaNAs' this year

Mei Chern : Grow taller (*obviously!!hehe)

Not long after that,we found..........................

The VICTIM of the day....

Then she went over to a nearby table on a dare wrapped around with the long "Happy 18th Birthday" mini banner...

Miss Lee Mei Chern, representing 'herself' for the title of

'MISS 18 YEARS OLD'

Eventually she was crowned 'MISS 18 YEARS OLD' of the DAY because neither of us are 18!

In return, we sang the tamil version of birthday song for her

(*I'm still wondering of all versions, why tamil?!?)

Anyway, it's another fun occasion once again, with...

Mei Chern

Anna

Azlin

Hau

Man Kwan

Xinyi

SUM

Poow Hui

Darren

Kenny

not forgetting, yourstruly

HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY

Mei Chern!

HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY in advance ANNA!

Yourstruly versus Joyce!!!

2008-06-05T15:13:00.005+08:00

Played those msn games with Joyce just minutes ago...this particular game, 'tic-a-tac poker', not bad...we played twice...I won the first round...then in the 2nd round,I played 'carelessly' and a few 'nice' cards of mine were stolen by Joyce...*bad Joyce*....that's why Joyce won!!!hehehe..

red : Yourstruly

Green + star : Joyce

Gathering and also.....

2008-06-01T23:35:00.001+08:00

Yourstruly's yumcha session with her long-time-no-see buddies.

Yesterday was great...there's about 21 of us, which is good!!!I noticed everyone had changed, (for the better la, lenglui and lengzai already)...but one thing that's still the same...everyone still talk-non-stop...hahaha...probably it's been long since the last gathering, hence, everyone made use of the time to chat and chat and chat and chat and chat with each other...all of us were really loud...

*it's really nice to gather with u guys last night!!!

Azlin, Anna and Xinyi

Anna and Joyce

"The Pal" and "The Friend".....

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and we celebrated my Zi Mui's birthday too!!!!

Zi Mui's birthday cake
*look at those candles, arranged in lines (umm,well only the right side, wonder what happened to the left ones...)

This is Jim, the "Birthday Boy"

"HAPPY BUNNY BIRTHDAY"

=o)

*a guy who works in that place tripped over a hole and his sandal fell into the drain(but his colleague picked it up)..it was partially our fault coz we asked him to snap pictures so that all of us can fit in...hehehe...hope he's fine!

What A Day!!!

2008-05-31T10:42:00.000+08:00

Yourstruly went to the library.

I went to the library in the morning. I was supposed to meet Joyce and Hau at 0900. I overslept and woke at 0930…haha..biasalah...Joyce sent me a msg at 0858, telling me she’ll be late and ask me to reserve a place for her...Then, I replied her telling “I’ll be late too”..*giggles…So I dressed quickly and drove straight to library…Thankfully the parking lot is within walking distance!!!I scurried up to the adult zone thinking I’ll cool myself down since the library is fully ‘air-conditioned’….As I reached out my hand to push the big-heavy glass door, I noticed a note pasted on it…*NO WAY!!YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING!*…*what is the matter with the air-cond now?yesterday was still ok?!?*haihz, forget about itla, I love Mother Nature anyway…

I saw Joyce and Hau..hehehe…Joyce told me that by the time I replied her, she was already in the library…hehe…sorry guys, too tiredlar…then after all the chattering and not forgetting some homeworks too, suddenly, don’t know what’s wrong, the whole place turned into some scene from those romantic candlelight dinner…we decided whether to leave or not, eventually we continued to chat until a librarian / guard came to our table and politely asked if we could just stay outside for a moment…We packed all our stuff and decided to head straight to Fu’s house after lunch…Called Xinyi, told her that the library didn’t pay their electric bill so she don’t need to come…

This is Hau, no, she's not sleeping...She's reading!

Can you recognized who's that lady that on the mag?It's angelina jolie!

(*Hau, go library read those magazines ar?)

Joyce and Hau in yourstruly’s car.

We ate in some food court on the way to Fu’s house…Upon reaching Fu’s house, Joyce and Hau were telling me two different roads…Somehow managed to find the house…then we spotted her mom in a straw hat standing outside buying veggie from the ‘veggie truck’ (you know, something like a movable grocery store?)hehe..her mom was like waving and instructing me where to park my car..hehehe…so cute…we went into her house and ‘disturbed’ the small kids…hehehe…played along with them…then, me and Joyce almost made the little girl cry (all we did was just shoving the toys to her face), somemore the toy that I’m holding was hers…kids!?!hahahaha…

Joyce and Hau (*ehem, what u all doing ar?)

Went to jusco after that…Joyce followed Fu’s car, Hau faithfully followed my car…walked around, then had a drink in McD…Headed back to library to drop Joyce off after sending Hau home..Joyce’s mom was waiting for her already*ooops...Then I drove back to my home…at a junction in my neighbourhood, I saw a motorcycle and a lorry stopped by the roadside…then as I turned in, to my horror I saw half the body of a man!!!first thing that struck my mind was…….hmm………but then I saw the whole body of the man!!!so I assumed he’s fine, he can still held on to another man’s hand, no blood *phew…that accident made me realized how careful I should be on the road…Reached home at about 4…settled down, waited for Azlin to send me a map to her house(she drew it)….about 7,I went over to Charmaine’s house then to Xinyi’s…

Yourstruly on her quest to Azlin’s domicile.

At first glance, it's not too bad...but she missed out quite a few important things…see for yourself, can you figure it out???

*erm, thanx pal, well, for the map!?!? =o)

Yourstruly’s hair-raising experience.

We took a few wrong turnings that lead us to another unknown place to the three of us…there were quite a few shocking moments, like we missed the first turning and we were actually on our way to jelebu or something,*phew, thankfully we didn’t keep going on coz for me it was a perilous journey even for that few minutes spent on exploring that road…Charmaine and Xinyi, if u guys are reading this, I’m sure you’ll never forgets how terrifying it was when I made that U-turn and that jeep was coming and how I honked (*thanks Charmaine)…thinking back, it was kinda funny though…hehehe…and remember how hard I stepped on the accelerator on the way out…*I thought to myself that I need to get out of here ASAP*I was so relieved when we got back to the main road!!!hahaha…somehow we actually saw azlin’s car in front of us but we weren’t sure enough so we didn’t followed the car and made few wrong turnings before reaching her house!!!And if I were to blog everything, it’ll be long, so nonit la…haha…I’ll just conclude that the drive to her house seemed interminable!!!after azlin hopped into my car we decided to go over to A&W…

yourstruly and Charmaine

Xinyi and Azlin, debating about the map..

Them again...and still debating....

We sat there about an hour plus, chatted and debated about the map too…Then saw a few seniors, wow, getting prettier!!hahaha…Then, went back to azlin’s house, chatted at her porch, took a few ‘good’ pictures…haha…Oh by the way, ‘chirpy’ is Azlin’s pet’s name…You guys must be thinking it’s a bird or something rite?haha,WRONG!!!It’s actually a cat, so imagine how brave I am now…hehe, headed back to home after sending Xinyi and Charmaine…by the time I reached my home, it was already 2330…dad and mom were watching tv…

Conversation between yourstruly, Mr and Mrs Low.

Yourstruly : I’m back!!!wow, it's before 12!!!

Mr Low : Why so late? You all hang out at that place till the shop closes ar?

Yourstruly : Nolar…

Mrs Low : Next time come back earlier la, by 11.

Yourstruly : Hah?I thought by 12?

Mrs Low : Nolar,11…if not I’ll lock the doors next time…

Yourstruly : It’s ok mom, I’ve got keys!!!hahaha

Mrs Low : (laughed along) Next time come back earlier la, it’s not safe to drive alone at night.

Yourstruly : Sure, I will.

Mr Low : Do you remember what’s the main purpose I bought you the car?

Yourstruly : Yea, so that I can drive it to school!!but you see, it’s been months I didn’t hang out with them…that’s why we talked a lil bit more…

Mr Low : Hmm..Just bear in mind the purpose, I can’t stop you but I’ll leave it to you…Just be careful…

Yourstruly : I will…Don’t worry, I’ll take care of myself and drive carefully.

*The conversation stopped when I quickly went to bathroom…hehehe

There you go…a day which I’ll never forget!!!thanks to all of you who had been with me, going through all these fun moments (Xinyi and Charmaine for reading the map and not forgetting Azlin, 'the mapper'!!)

*Special thanks to Mr and Mrs Low!!!Love u both dearly!!!

CUTE?!?!?hmm...

2008-05-27T23:31:00.000+08:00

i found these last few days in a souvenir shop...i was with hau and xinyi...cant remember who spotted it first but all i remembered was that all of us had a good laugh about it!!

*look closely at the pink bear's mischievous smile...xinyi pretended to be the yellow/light brown bear(wit the arms, head and eyes), and i'm telling u they were so ALIKE...too bad she refused to let her pic taken...(to xinyi: i'll leave a space to put ur "act" beside it, hehehe)

*keep smiling then!!!

CLASS OF 2007

2008-05-27T01:52:00.000+08:00

Hey there people!!!

My first post...hmmm...*what to blog about huh?!?!?*...*me?myself?I?*Nah, not now...*what about National Service?*nah, later la...*arghhh!!just forget about blogging!!*no way, not gonna stop once i started doing so!!!...gimme some time...

.......After few minutes.....

While i was going through my folders, i found an article without a title...guess what?it's "THE ARTICLE", the one i wrote some time ago...the main purpose was actually hoping that it'll be published in last year's school mag...too bad,something happened along the way,hence it didn't had a place in one of the pages *sadla, been spending hours doing it...Botherla,at least there's a place for me to "publish" it now, hehehe...

So, yours truly decided to blog about her high school days...
FYI, I've been a faithful ACSian for 11years (now, a Georgian*sigh)...Tell you more about it next time..Let's just roll back to the memories that never failed to make me chortle in delight...

One of the ways for me to remember the "Notable Setians",

As we venture through life’s journey, we experience different stages of life physical and emotional growth. We began this remarkable journey by entering into the infant stage. Next, we access into the childhood and later to the adulthood stage. Wait! Did I miss out something? Erm, now that we are too old to categorized ourselves into childhood nor too young to be in adulthood, who are we? Are we called the adolescent? It is an epoch which we are known as teenagers or youths. A time when we are in a unique stage where there has never been more pressure to learn, improve and succeed.

Well, that’s what we are. The 5 Setia, Class of 2007 are just a bunch of enthusiastic teenagers in the journey of discovering our purpose in this world. We arrived as strangers, afraid and lost but somehow or rather we found our way in each other’s comfort. Together we form a lifelong friendship. It takes 38 of us, 24 “lasses” and 14 “lads” to make this clan. All of us have distinguished personalities to fit the saying of ‘it takes all sorts to make the world’.

Let’s begin with the “Gu’s Family” consisting a group of “aunties” who gossip just about anything. I mean everything! They are like...yup, you named it.. The CNN and BBC of our class! This group is made up of Amelia-Gu, Fu-Gu, Pua-Gu and Hann-Gu. Sad to say two sisters of the triplets, Ying-Gu and Ni-Gu joined them too. So you wonder, what about the brother, Zhi Pin who was appointed as the assistant class monitor? Nevertheless, he found himself a twin, Shaun, who travels all the way from Selangor daily and together, they are like brothers. Awww!!!

To balance out the noise, we have Thannya. A girl who seems to be keeping shtum all day. Believe it or not, she is the most popular girl in class. Whenever a teacher asks for a volunteer, the whole class will chant her name. Don’t blame us, we are just supporting her, well; maybe not…Anyhow, let’s move on. We have Poow Hui, who constantly astonishes us with his cycling skills. His skills certainly convince us to purchase bicycles from his shop. Promoting eh?

By the window, we have 2 basketball players, Hau and Joyce who regularly turn their heads 90˚ towards the window. To be exact, they are peeping at the basketball court. Just beside them, Rachel and Vivienne are actually totally opposite. They will always fix their eyes to the blackboard. What a fine example! Right behind them is Mei Chern whose personality outshines her height. She constantly begs for class funds. “Why does she begged?” you wonder. Well umm, it’s not that we are reluctant to pay, just that....Okay, maybe we are anyway! Sitting next to her is Man Kwan who wishes she had an insecticide with her all the time. Together, they can be jocose yet serious at times.

Our little sister, Syafika who turns sweet 16 this year. She is very talented in drawing especially manga characters; just a word to describe is all you need to know. Anime-freak. Beside her is Agilan who aspires to be a karate master someday. Nearby are Vaachalla and Thakshna who are continuously buries in their books despite the distractions we make. It’s okay because they usually have the answer to the questions. The 3 Bollywood aspirers, Harveena, Rasathi and Chandrella aka Cinderella are often to be in the middle of discussing the ways to prove that they “talk the talk and walk the walk”. No wonder they seem so perfect!

We have our very own ‘superheroes’. First to be acknowledged is Wei Yew, who is the man of steel, ‘Superman’ by summing up the number of things he spoils. It’s not unusual for his ability to ‘fly’ from one place to another in split second! Next, we have Wai Kit aka Jackie Chan aka Spiderman who never seems to take off his necktie. Finally, let’s make a wild guess, a nocturnal superhero. Yup, that’s the answer, Tze Yen, our very own ‘Batman’ who sees the vital link between him and sleep. You should be able to guess what’s next, don’t you? Based on the few characteristics, they make us contemplated again, labeling them as ‘The Unsung Heroes’ rather than Superheroes!

Nearby the ‘heroes’ is Wai Kien, the tall tech-savvy together with Kwan Fung, who was once a ‘slaphead’, now opted to let his hair grow. Good option! Then we have Sanjiven and Vincent, the ‘kings who lost their kingdoms’. In their quest to regain their lost kingdoms, they somehow ended up to be ‘The Drama Kings’! Alongside with them is Mui Kim who seems to get along well with them on their quirky sense of humour.

Have you ever heard of Avindran, our local-bred Michael Jackson? He always entertains us with his trademark ‘moonwalk’. Often causing confusion due to his ‘tanned’ complexion is Jim. Even more misleading, he can speak Bahasa Malaysia as if he’s native Malay. At the far end, you’ll notice Johannes, the blond boy of German descent who seems to be laying his head on the table most of the time!

Ultimately, this clan will not be complete without the existence of 5 ‘laugh out loud’ teens by the name of Anna, Audrey, Azlin, Xin Yi and not forgetting the class monitor, Mandy. Together they prove that integration can be achieved in this multi-racial clan. They blend well with each other and agree on the perspective ‘do I need a reason to laugh?’.

Well how can we forget the dear teachers who risk their lives stepping into this class and putting tonnes of effort into educating and moulding these teens into better people. Regardless of the noise we make, we are yet a bunch of aspiring teenagers who can’t wait to be in raptures and optimistic about our future. We hope to enjoy our final year in our beloved alma mater, engraving memories and once in a lifetime experiences that is to be treasured within each other.

Fellow clan, all of us have our own dreams and aspirations waiting for us to achieve . Soon, we will embark on a multifarious path, each heading to our own direction where we are to expect stumbling blocks and be determine to conquer them!

>>special thanks to all the SETIANS ( esp those contributed ideas >u noe who u r< )...cz without YOU guys, this article will never be the same again....

*love u, miss u, thinking of u*

-mandy-

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CUTE?!?!?hmm...

CLASS OF 2007

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