I'm still alive!!

Dear blog,

I'm sorry that I've been neglecting you.. Lol.

I've just started my internship and OMG.. I mean, everyone's been telling me that workin life ain't easy, but no one ever said it was this tiring! Seriously. I actually like my job and what I'm doing, but I seriously have no time to rest at all! I worked last weekend and tomorrow I've got to go to work again. What happened to the "4-day week contract" they promised me when I signed in for the job man...!!!? I haven't had a day of rest for the past 12 days man, and tomorrow makes the 13th! Talk about being superstitious.

Anyway, I do enjoy most parts of my job. For example, there were some guests from Lancaster (& Sheffield) University last weekend and Cassie (who's also on the job) and I got to tag along in the "entertaining" bit. It was seriously a once in a lifetime opportunity and I absolutely loved the experience! Having the three of them, being world authorities in their fields treating me like a friend and colleague at undergrad level is seriously no joke ok! I could be hang for this absolutely-unheard-of-disrespectful-relationship!

In addition to that, I've admistered tests on 2 patients!! I'm sooo excited. Lol. The sucky bit comes in when we have to rush our reports. Gahhh... It's ghastly! The price you pay for doing something you like. Wayyy expensive!

Anyway, looking forward to the neuro case tomorrow morning!! A little panicky & nervous, but I'm sure it's gonna be a piece of cake. Heh. Yeah. Right.

Bangkok here we come!

Okay, so here's the most exciting news of all..

We've been waiting for months, and then weeks, and then days.. And now it's counting down the hours before our very next trip- Bangkok ! Hrmmph! I truly deserve this.

I've been working my butt out since Day 1 of Semester 7 (Finally in 3rd and FINAL year!) and not only I have to work on my thesis in addition to the regular academic work, I gotta now do some designing thingy for the upcoming symposium in OCTOBER! One thing, if I had wanted to do this designing thing I would have gone to designing school, not psychology. Grr. Thank God for HT who keeps saving my butt for me. Phew.

So, at 10.20 in the p.m. tonight, we're all flying off to all our well deserved stress-free shopping trip to BKK. Yummy yum. Well it's actually still stressful cause I haven't had the time to pack..!! Omg. And I'm down with, the FLU. And bloooody photoshop or illustrator or image ready ain't working and I wanna finish up all my work before I leave before Dr.Priya starts calling me when I'm having my relaxation time. Not good. Plus, thesis !! I haven't had time to even concentrate on my experiment!! Gahh... God forgive my soul..

Imma put up lotsa lots of photos when I'm back!! Promise.

I'm very much still alive!!

Ok, take deep breaths, calm down..

EXAM'S ALL OVER!! Almost ever! Not that it lessens my workload but things aren't that Urgent anymore. Doesn't make anything less important though. But at least I'm free! Yeah right. It's the 3rd day after the last paper and I haven't actually caught up on lost sleep. I'm a busy girl, and as Uncle Sunny would say, "what can I say?". Well said!

And it's not about my almost non-existent social life ok. I haven't even had time to socialise with my friends!! And I'm still going back to Uni everyday as if my holidays haven't even started yet!! Yes, I have a right to put all this exclamation marks! Here's why:

1. Working on the design for the symposium booklet cover!! Omg. Thank you HT!!
2. Working on the poster and publication for the symposium in October (mind you I did not volunteer for this, it was imposed upon me!!).
3. ECHO mag launch was yesterday so one burden off my shoulders.
4. Gotta look for sponsors and advertisers for ECHO.
5. Emceeing for Freshie Nite 2.
6. Gotta think of what to dress!!
7. BLOODY THESIS!! Grr..
8. Gotta get everything done by next week soooo I can finally (actually) enjoy myself when I'm in Bangkok!!
9. Shopping !! Not that it is a hassle but I gotta shop for formal wear (internship purposes) and this really an unfamiliar territory! Never really shopped for that kinda stuff. Ahh well, it'll get to me. I'm a girl after all.. These things come naturally. (Baby, stop laughing, shut up and move on reading!!)

Lets not forget little petty issues like:

1. Gotta take care of Momsie while I'm here.
2. Forget number 1. She can already do that. I just need to do the things she can't do yet like cook, wash, clean!
3. The in-disposable driver for my sister.
4. Band practices (ain't complaining guys, I love it actually. Didn't realise how much I miss it till last night).
5. Too many to list.. But the thing that's bugging me now is my thesis.
   Semangat oh semangat, where thou art ?! I was very excited about starting my thesis project and getting it done and over with. Maybe I'm just tooooo tired now. Or I just need Dr. Teoh (my supervisor) to pump up my spirit with one of his motivational talks. Lol.

Anyway, I miss my life !!! Damn. I thought I couldn't wait till my exams were over. Now I can't wait to just get my thesis done and over with...

Will post more photos up next time.. Hehehe.
OMG ! What to wear tonight !? So many rules !! Cover left cover right cover everywhere.. Grr!

Animals have rights too !!

I, hereby declare that I'm a meat lover!! Can't live without them, especially chicken. If you hang out with me long enough, you'd realise that I can't survive without chicken. I crave for them everyday. Except for the entire Lent period that I go vegetarian and every Fridays, which I suffer through without meat, I feel the need to eat meat everyday!! Especially chicken!! Lol. Must be because my grandma sells chicken noodles.

As much as I do not agree that people should be vegetarians (unless it's for religious or spiritual purposes), I've always thought it stupid that people would give up that wonderful taste and texture of meat, I have one thing to say. The meat industry is way too inhumane to.. to..!! Omg, you guys are too heartless I can't even find the words to describe how I am feeling right now. I mean, yeah, I agree that meat is God's gift to us, we should eat meat it's good for us when we do not over eat it, etc etc.. But hey, our ancestors did fine when the animals were let out free in the wild or even kept in farms.. At least their growth were not induced to the extent that they become crippled. They grew normally! And that's the way it should be. Not put them in cages and torture them and castrate them (wtf?) and let them die a slow, painful death !!

Here we are questioning why more and more people are dying, why cancer is taking over the world, do you people realise what you've been putting into your mouths ? Do you even question what  goes into your mouth? Is it clean from all the industrial hormones in your meat and chemicals on your vegetables? We're all dying a slow, painful death because some idiots here are trying to make a few extra cents per mouthful of food you put into your mouth !! Bloody asses !! Wtf is wrong with you !!? You're not only killing us, the people you don't know but you're killing your family and friends too.. Yeah sure, you'll get rich and make a fortune, but what's the point of all that when you're gonna live in misery here and die and rot in hell too ? Don't you even have a conscience?! Imagine you being treated the same way, yeah.. I hope one day the same fate will fall upon you!

Animals have rights too, even if they can't speak for themselves. Shame on you people! It is because we have brains and are supposedly superior to animals that we have to protect their rights, not strip them off it.

So anyway, why am I even saying this? If you'd be so kind as to follow the yellow brick road, lol, no to click on this link you'd soon realise why.. The Disgusting Truth is something everyone should know about!

It's not as if I can stand being a vegetarian all my life either, but something has to be done. I'm sure there are other ways to stop these acts of inhumanity. I don't think I wanna go to the extent of not eating meat either, that's really extreme.

Anyone with suggestions of how I could go about it ?

P.S. Ruby, relax. Breathe.. Take deep breaths. Inhale.. Exhale. Inhale.. That it girl!

Fish Spa

I had a terrible week! It was horrible.. I'd have to say that Thursday was just the icing on my most horrible cake! Not gonna get into details, but I've been sleeping as little as the creature that never sleeps till eye bags are forming !!! Sobs. Grr. I sooo wanna kill my self. Thank God for concealers!! So... Last night was basically day of the week spent most perfect. Fish spa with the girls, lol, if ya'll have never tried, GO ! Well, if you're ticklish it's gonna be a small problem, but hey, you'll get over it. Unfortunately, fish spa available in Malaysia only allows you to dip your leg in, so.. Japan, here we come! Lol. Maybe. Someday. Soon.. Oh, and we got this lil' CJ7 toy from Wuen Yar's friend.. For the Four of us.. Finally! It's really long overdue. We were suppose to get one friendship thingies since high school. That'll at least be uh, wow.. 5 years ago! Girls, we're really procrastinators man. Join my club!!

That's Wai Teng, Me, Wuen Yar, Huey Ting! Lol.

Dinner at Kim Gary's really brought back lots of memories. Nothing much has changed, especially for the part where we shamelessly just make fools of ourselves, uh.. Actually we make fools of ourselves everywhere we go anyway, it'll just have to be our trademark.

She's like damn bloody gangster ok!!

Then we moved to Waikiki where Baby was and spent about an hour there. Finally got to spend some time in his arms after such a long, hectic week of not being able to spend time with him. And not forgetting the kisses in between too. Mmm..

Pooh!! You're missing all the fun. Cheh. I mean, just the cam-whoring part.

And because we were soo tired, at least I was, we left Baby there with his friends after about an hour's of "attempts to dance" and "attempts to get remotely high". Sure, we were laughing like we were drunk already since the fish spa, but that's because I was soo tired I'd laugh anyway. But getting a lil' high is a totally different thing, and I deserve it okay !! Been working this meself a tad bit too much lately, and that's not including the fact that I haven't had the time to start studying for moi exams !! Oh God.. Bangkok, Bangkok, how I look forward to thy vacation opportunities and shopping spots..

Just to prove that I'm still alive.

I've got so much work in my hands. Somebody shoot me so I can die in peace and go to heaven. Wrote a to-do list this morning, and I've got to get 8 major things done by the end of the weekend. Why oh why did I go to the movies last night !!? Well, gee. Cause I thought I needed time-out. A girl needs her breathing space. And haven't been spending time with her baby at all.. And he deserves a little of her attention in the midst of the mess she's in. Grr.. Anyway, it's not like I regret it, but..
Dear God, why can't we have more hours in a day !!? Like 27 instead of 24? So a girl can finish her work and actually get a decent nights' sleep.

Was in Sky Bar last Friday with the girls for Wena's birthday. Omg, I miss those fun times filled with laughter and nonsense. Damn, I'm looking forward to that Bangkok trip !! This is all that stupid LHT's fault!! And then the next day, WT had to add to the excitement. Grr. Photos to be uploaded soon..

Fish Spa.. Here we come!!

Anxiety Takin Over.

Last year, my seniors warned us that life is gonna be tough once we get into our third year. We were all like, yeah right. We're living in hell already anyway.. How would our third year be any different? Here's a hint. Damn thesis!! I've got deadlines every week from now on, and on the most unlucky weeks, we have 2! Not to mention quizzes. And ECHO deadlines are coming up! And our damn newsletter! ahh! Thank God we've seen the last of surveys !! For the rest of the year, hopefully. Lol. Them terrible things.. We're cursed. I was practically begging everyone, friends and strangers alike to participate in my survey. Oh gosh, thesis research coming up. Anyone fancy being my, participant? Pretty please? Lol.

So I need a Knight in shining Armour to save me from all this pain.

I need to call it Quits

I'm so tired! I'm tired of sleeping late, I'm tired of all the research I have to do, I'm sick of journals on pdf, I'm tired of going to thol & ebsco & Google!! It's the perfect time to be in bed but nooo, I'm juggling between Internet Explorer (with journals on a few tabs, mind you!), Adobe Reader & Microsoft Word. Seriously. Oh, with The Longest Yard playing on the smallest box you've ever seen in your life at the bottom of my screen. Not even paying attention to it, it's just keeping me awake.

And yeah, tomorrow's a public holiday. No holiday for me anyway. My eye bags became worse despite the fact that I'm supposed to be getting my beauty sleep. Omg!!

The boyfriend is away for the weekend. Kind of.. Fishing trip, something like that. So I figured hey, we could have our Me Time. So much for 'Me Time'. Sigh.. I'm still too busy to do anything. Sorry Ryn, I am so well aware that we were supposed to hangout this week. I'll probably have less on my plate next week.

I'm sooo tired. I need to hire a Jocelyn look alike as my PA. Seriously.

Lol. This is the zombie speaking at 4 in the a.m.

Michelle, ma belle.
Sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble,
Très bien ensemble.

Can't help it. He's so funnily charming. Minus the hair..

Sorry, had a doze too much of American Idol today. It was playing back to back all day man, seriously!! If I wasn't busy with the damn autism review, I tell you. It wouldn't be running all day.

Toodles.

Another good reason to leave!!

I found another reason to leave this country!! Bad drivers I tell you.. Old men and women who don't know how to drive or drive worse than P drivers and yet they curse them like hell.. Effing drivers!! Imma start pretending that I have PTSD and suddenly lost all my ability to drive! Even if its a bloody sports car.

You know what's worse? These effing drivers on roundabouts. Yeah, sure we stereotype lorry drivers, truck drivers, bus drivers and the such to be unscrupulous drivers, but these fools (doesn't matter what car they are driving), they are as bad.. ^$#@&*^

I hate it when they just wanna block you for no reason when their turning is meng meng jammed packed!! Not only my side will be blocked, you can't even move if you block me so what is the effing point of blocking me in the first place !?!?!??! *&^%$#^!!

Fools!! You block me for what!!? If you'd just calm down and let me pass through then the bloooody roundabout wouldn't be stuck, stups!! What are you, 3 !!? And you don't even have the brains to put on your effing signals and you honk me when I have to push my way through. What are you, retarded !?! If no one's gonna let me through I obviously have to fight my way through, stups! I don't wanna be stuck there all evening because of these effing people. Don't even know how to describe them anymore..
Wtf is wrong with you people? Got half your brain eaten by maggots !?

Another thing that irritates me is people slowing down when the traffic light is green and stop in time when it turns red!! OMG!! Hello, green means go so you speed up a little to make it in time to cross over to the other side BEFORE the traffic lights turn red!! And you know what irritates me more than these traffic light maniacs!!? Those who drive so slowly when it's green that they are the ONLY ones who get to pass to the other side BEFORE the lights turn red again that the people behind has to speed through. Yeah, and those poor souls who have poor hearts will just stop and wait for their turn the next round. WTF !!? It's a fast moving world, everyone's in a hurry, so if you're planning to take it slow then drive on the effing slow lane. Don't hog the fast lane, stups!!Omg!! Your mother never teach you manners ar !!?

Phew. And I have to pass through that roundabout every day.. It's not that bad, it's only bad when I have to struggle out from that particular exit. The only way home from campus without having to go through that ridiculous jam to USJ. So there.. I need to leave this country so I don't die young.. Meanwhile, the PTSD plan sounds good.

Apple Juice

I love apple juice, among other things..

So when we were out for dinner yesterday and there was this promotion for some apple juice thingy in Sushi King, yours truly just had to have it.

See!! And I think they put less sugar in it or something.. It was nice anyway..

And how small it is when baby holds it. Grr.. Oh well. It lasted all my dinner and carried it all the way to the cinema anyway.. (Finished it before going into the cinema, obviously!) And we watched What Happens in Vegas. Funny but predictable.. So there. Vin literally fell asleep in the cinema, poor baby..

Highlight of the day:
1.Had lunch in MichaelAngelo or something for Lecturer's Appreciation Day. Right.. And well, Mia Palencia was there performing; and wow! Always wanted to go to her performances whenever Clare & Brennan goes but timing was always an issue. I mean, I know she's good and all that, we have her CDs, I listen to it whenever Clare plays it, but wow. It's different when it's live and unplugged okay! Anyway, bought her latest CD (heard it already, all you peeps should invest in it, btw. And no, I don't get anything for telling you this. Ya'll should support our local music anyway..) for Clare as a belllaaaaaated birthday present. Got it signed, took loads of photos but I don't have them at the moment so that'll be posted later on.

2. I have a new lap top!! Er.. Not mine technically. It belongs to my family and thus is to be shared among my family members. Ahh. Nevertheless, it's our new baby !! Muahaha. Finally gave up cause we're so fed up of fighting for the one we had.. Now we can do our assignments together and we don't even have to fight.. Clare and I, that is.

Happy Mother's Day

"God couldn't be everywhere, so he created Mothers."
I think it's from Proverbs, a book from the Bible.. Yeah, I know it is kind of cliched. But still it holds some sort of a meaningful thing, ya know.

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers, and of course, most of all to my mother! Since I'm the firstborn, I always feel special on Mother's Days. And Father's Days. Seriously. There is a sense of superiority being the first child because if it wasn't for us, then our parents wouldn't have been mommies and daddies yet. Ever thought of that? Well, actually they probably would be anyway by some other child, some other human being, but hey!! It's us who won the race! I mean. Lets not get into details now.. But it's me who made my parents, parents first and therefore I am.. special!
Ahh. You get what I mean.

The again, seeing what my mom goes through and seeing what other moms go through, I really don't think I can handle being a mom. I don't see the prospects of me being a good mother.. Therefore, I don't think I'll have kids in the future.. It is a lifetime commitment man.. And when they grow up, they'll only get on your nerves!! What's the point of sacrificing and suffering all your life so that they'll grow up and get on your nerves!!? Seriously. I mean, my mom's lucky cause she ended up with me and I don't get on her nerves. Really, I'm a saint. Yeah, right.. See what I mean!!? Then again.. When all of my friends celebrate Mother's Day with their kids every year, what am I gonna do !!? Stay home and rot !? I mean, there's an entire day dedicated to moms every year man, should I waste it !!?! Omg.. So confusing. Will crack my head more when I settle down and get married laa. If I get married.

Back to the present- Anyway, we had to celebrate our very own Mother's Day yesterday night because today was gonna be done with the gang. So we went to Italliannies in The Curve and blimey, it was a bigg mistake going yesterday instead of today. Moms actually get to eat for free on Mother's Day and deng! We were a day too early. Darn it!
Oh well. So today we went to the same ole' place we go with the gang on every occasion where all the kids will sweat while the moms talk about how tragic someone's life is and the dads will drink till they start talking nonsense. Lol. Not really.. When I say 'kids', we're really all in Uni already. And when I say 'how tragic someone's life is', they're really talking about their husbands, and when I say 'drink', they really have learned how to control themselves. Lol. We all love to be a lil' tipsy every now and then, don't we? Laa. Admit it!
All in all, it wasn't such a bad celebration. It brought our families closer because we were with the people we love.

Happy Mother's Day, mom! Hope you like the present as much as you said you did.. Lol. Muacks.

Student Leaders

So this morning we had to wake up soooo darn early to go for that darn it scholarship awards thingy to add to our credit hours to get a High Achiever's Award.



It's like the highest award you can get for being a student leader. Being in ECHO makes me eligible for it, so sue me! All I have to do is help out in events that are not planned by ECHO but other student leader bodies or the SSD itself for 30 hours. So I have about 13 + now, and still counting.. Ahh. Can't wait.. I actually have an award for being in Student Council last year already, but I'm greedy so there ! Lol. Not really.. I just really need to get a scholarship, or better yet, scholarships for my postgrad.. I really don't have a choice. You think I really like to sacrifice all my time doing what I'm doing !!? Well, I don't mind actually. Half the time it is fun.. But still. I'd really like some more Me Time.



So anyway, I had to wake up at 630 in the a.m. !! And when we got there, we were actually early. I mean, Cassie & I. So then they let u go and have breakfast where we stared at each other bitching about how much more sleep we could have gotten. Cassie would have gotten at least half and hour more, and I would at least get to sleep for another 45 minutes (due to logistics).



Anyway, it was actually quite fun because we were mixing around with other student leaders as well, all of whom we rarely meet. To be quite frank, we are pretty stuck up people and we only mix with our own people. Lol. Okay, that was meant to be a joke. But Arwooo joined Sports Council recently, and that made life sooo much nicer. I mean, when we get to work together of course. It's nice to see our fellow Psychology mates outside the Psyc Department.



After that we had lunch, where we finally get to rest our butts down joking and fooling around with the other peeps. There should be more opportunities for us to mix together, really.. Hint.






Cass and Arwoo.. See how cool our T-shirts are !! It glows!!!! It's a plus that they have my size. Unlike last year the council shirt was bad..!! Not only was it so weird we had to design our own unofficial T-shirt BUT I was practically drowning in it cause some guys, ain't naming names decided that it's cool to wear an 'S' while the girls have to wear it in 'XL'.

That's Adrian, been trying to tell him he'd look awesome with contacts. Not that he doesn't already without it..
Adrian, Cass, myself, Tyng (fellow A&P mate) & Terence (lame-o advisor & editor)

Where is Vin !!?

It's my first day of holiday. Well, it's suppose to be next monday but since I don't have classes on Fridays, so duh!

Baby's in Penang because he's got some work to do there. Then he's gonna spend the weekend with his family in Taiping where they are, seeing that he is already up north he might as well spend Mother's Day there. I hope that's really on his mind.. Since I am on holiday and I finally get to relax, he had to leave me here alone. Well, I'd have gone with him if it wasn't because I have to be in Uni tomorrow. Ishk. Sacrifices. Painful! Anyway, he left last night after a quick bite with me, supposedly called dinner, and I haven't heard from him ever since!! Seriously. Well, he did call but because I practically zonked off by 10 in the p.m. I hardly realised it. I think he called on 2 counts though.. Don't remember what he said. Didn't even know if he stayed the night over in Penang or Taiping. At 4 something in the a.m. he said in his text that he was out with Bernard and was going to bed (tired ya, baby!!?). He said he was out with Bernard, seeing that I know he's got 2 friends named Bernard, I suspect that he went straight back to Penang. Here's why:

1. Bernard, the Chinese Bernard (who is a Penangite himself) is still in KL at the moment, which I suspect was sleeping well in his nice new house in KK at 4 in the a.m.

2. As far as I am concerned, Bernard, the Chinese Bernard sleeps reasonable early (and by that I mean before 2 or 3 and definitely not 4 in the a.m.) unless he's out fishing.

3. Plus, he just came back from Penang!! Why in the world would he go there 3 days after coming back here!?

4. Bernard, the Indian Bernard I really don't know much about because I only met him once, stoop. But from the little I remembered, the last time Vin was back in Penang, not onl was he was out with this Bernard but this Bernard even slept over his place (supposedly by the beach, which he has never brought me to YET because we can't find the time). However, I can't be TOO sure if this Bernard is from Taiping or Penang.

5. I'm pretty sure that Bernard IS in Penang, regardless of where he's FROM.

So whatever it is, I finally concluded that Baby was back in Penang because no matter which Bernard it was, they must have been in Penang.

Phew.

Whatever it is, I'm pretty sure he's in Penang now anyway.. Penang. Food. Yum. See! Painful sacrifices.. I really miss going there for eating trips.

Here's a really random photo of us, both reasonable high in Ruby's birthday party a couple of weeks ago..

Anyway, is there anyone who can help me out with making my blog a better place to be in !? I really wanna learn how to design moi own blog with whatever I like rather than use the ones I can pick from because then I don't get to be different anymore.. *Pouts* I don't mean to sound blonde but what's CSS & html & Dreamweaver & & Fireworks & all that!? Only know these words from ECHO meetings cause only Terence, Adrian and MJ use them Frankly, I think half of ECHO don't know ok. Don't act smart.. Lol. At least I think these words has got loads to do with making my blog a better place to be in.
Help me !! Anybody?

Happy Holidays! not.

It's been an incredibly long week and I finally realised that students really do commit suicide cause they can't take the stress anymore!!

I'm finally on my mid-term break, not long, just one week but hey, that is one week of finally getting enough sleep!! I hope. I really hope so.. It has to happen. It must! I mean, the length of my lifetime has probably shortened itself by at least 10 years (against my free will, of course) than it orginally was supposed to be, by the grace of God because I've been sleeping as minimal as possible. As if life isn't short enough!! Hrmmph.
Back to my so called holidays, (one week! kiamsap!) I wouldn't even call it a holiday. Yeah, so we don't have to go for classes, and yeah, finally don't have to wake up before the clock strikes 8 FIVE days a week (4 + Sundays), but I have an entre pile of assignments. Make that 2 please, waiter! From ground to ceiling.. So there, as my classmate had put it right after our lecturer dismissed class yesterday "Happy Assignment Week, everyone!!". Lol.. Hint hint. I need a break.

So now that this is out of my chest, I need to complain about ECHO!!! THEY FREAKIN postponed the publication of the first issue by more than a month !!!! And had to tell us, the A & P department right after we had our timeline all planned out for the year! What !!? So we're no writers or photographers, we shouldn't be informed !!? You need us ok ! Otherwise the whole damn University will not read the mag at all. Fine, maybe one or two. But you still need us.. So now we have to make ammendments because the show must go on, as they say. And this is not even affecting them.. No, no one feels bad as if we haven't got enough on our plates. Not only that, but Nick (treasurer & photographer) actually introduced everyone in ECHO in Coffee Stops except the whole of A & P. The cheek of him! Therefore, the four of us are going on strike one of these days. Oh ya'll just wait and see. Not to mention the fact that they did not even allocate some money for us when they expect us to promote ECHO. How !!? You tell me how!!!???!!? How are we suppose to do our jobs well if we don't have any money!!? Teach me teach me. Lol.. And we have 2 ACCA students in our A & P department. How ironic. Lol.. Omg!! I just realised that I'm classmates with Cassie and Andrea's classmates with Su Tyng. Hah! Fancy that.. Bet you weren't smart enough to figure that out, Cass. Lol!!

Totally off topic, here's the very first ever in history, ECHOnline. I told you right!!? We're the college/uni coolest magazine ever because of us!! And by us, I mean A & P ok. Ishk.

Randomness again.

What's your stand on capital punishment?


Do we actually have the right to take the lives of human beings? Who are we to decide who lives and who dies?

Then again what do we do with inhumane people !!? Think Josef Fritzl. Think John Jamelske. Think of all the rapists, serial killers, funny weird people who'd do irrational things. Anyway..


As it is we are already running out of food and resources and people are fighting for food and food is getting so expensive. So there.. Why should we keep on feeding these people, for free!!? They don't even work for it.


My point is, Fritzl raped his daughter. Nothing new, right? You hear that a lot here, grandfathers raping 11 year old granddaughters, this this that that. BUT!! He raped for, for 24 years !! And he locked her up in a dungeon for more than half her life.. She's got 7 of his kids, I tell you !! SEVEN. He's already got 7 legal children of his own. Hah. Imagine that! You've got to give it to him though.. How many people do you know living in this century having 14 children from 2 women, one of them his daughter! Frankly, the thought of incest is disgusting.


So, what do we do with people like this !!? Lock them up for the rest of their lives and feed them free food?

Bloggin' triumphs LD, sorry..

My stoooooooopid LD assignment is due on Thursday.
And I was hoping that I'd complete it by tonight!

But no !! I had to waste the entire afternoon trying to make my blog look like a better place to be in. After hours of painstaking trials, I'm gonna just face it. I'm technology illiterate. With the Words document saved as "Term Paper.Review.LD." on one window (which I have not given two looks at, btw), I've been google-ing on tutorials of how to make my blog a better place to be. Lol. And, of course reading everyone elses' blogs. Gives me the exact semangat I need to blog and, totally ignore the fact that I should be doing my research. So gonna live to regret this.

I came across an "old friend's" blog. No. She wasn't my friend. And I certainly don't see the prospects of us ever being friends. Anyway, everyone seemed to really like her as if she's really the angel that she claims to be. It looks to me as if she's really likeable and that everyone likes being her friend. BFFs even! Funny how she never fails to give me the exact opposite impression of what everyone has of her. And I'm just curious as to why she swore us to eternal enemy-ship. Why me!!? Not that I'm bothered. She's literally a pathetic fly flying past my very bright pathway. Frankly, I don't hate her.. I just don't want to have anything to do with her. Sigh. What is it do you all see in her that I don't!!? Please God, let me see that too. I don't wanna rot in hell just because the no-good-fly keeps crossing my path! Or better yet, maybe these suckers are just pretending to like her and they actually can't stand her either.. (Note to self: Do not EVER bump into her AGAIN because last week's bump was like being in a horror movie). Bet she was bitching about me again to people I've never seen in my life. Oh, you no-good-lil'-TWEET!

On a slightly brighter tone, I'm addicted to instant mashed potatoes!! The best thing about them is that they are instant and therefore make my life a whole lot easier and the world so much a better place to live in!!

Vin's sleeping in again. Probably.. The usual thing that he does at this time of the day of the week. Either that of he woke up aeons ago, playing darn it computer games and decided to ignore me! Seeing that I can only pick from these two options, imma pick the former one to let moi soul relax a lil'.

Speaking of which, what is it with you people and computer games? Yeah, so play for a while, get your mind off things for an hour or so, then back to reality, right? But waste the entire day away playing some endless game somehow does not sound appealing to me, at all. Certainly does not benefit any aspect of your life, whatsoever. Unless you're like some computer game designer or something laa. Or you really do play games to make a living.. Then I rest my case. BUT !! Baby's in the fashion industry. Shoes!! Sigh.. Imma shut up now.

Here's a really random photo. I think we were having Indian food in Mantra, Pyramid.

(Photo taken by Ryn, the great-photographer-wannabe)

3 Movies and 1 Dessert

Had a strong craving for dessert today.




SO!! I had to device a plan.

1. Clare (moi darling sister) to feel exactly the same. Turned out, she wanted to have some sunshine bun from SS2 too!!

2. Baby. To want the exact same thing.. Well. The plan could have come through if it wasn't for football AGAIN!

Anyway, cheerios to Man U for the 4:1.



Therefore, dessert had to wait for football to pass. And then we headed for the nearest dessert place since time was wasting away. Beans.





Baby's "lame" look. Courtesy of Clare's expert photo-taking. Yeah. Right. Also included, the Chivas-tasting-thong-sui. Won't be surprised if the three of us end up with some stomach ish problem tomorrow. It's just a matter of time..

Photo with Clare, something we haven't done in a long time. Taking pictures together!! Here's the joke.. See the fork there?? The one Clare's holding? She was suppose to 'comb' her hair with that. If only Vin the worst photographer in the making didn't take 10 whole minutes to snap one pathetic picture! Dare to blame my phone summ0re!! Grr. Lol.. I love you anyway baby!

As for the movies.. Well, I've been watching movies fo 3 consecutive days! Ain' complaining.. Apparently it's quality time with baby because he's wayy too tired to do anything else. And by 'anything else' I mean shopping, socializing or even communicating. Get your mind straight! Heh. Anyway, if this goes on summore, I'd be expecting to watching a movie a day with you for the rest of our lives baby! Muacks.

Shoot Me!

I, of all people know that I should be shot right in the middle of my big head. So, I don't need anyone to remind me.



I should be bloggin more. I really do want to blog!! I just happen to be a terrible blogger!! Sigh.



Anyway, I just had the worst week of my life. From Monday morning to Wednesday night, I had approximately 7 hours of sleep and that ain't cool. The very reason of this is because I had 2 deadlines, one on Tuesday for some Military Psychology term paper and Wednesday for my Thesis proposal for the Board of Ethics to approve (If you really want to know what my thesis is about, just ask me. I can't afford to sound too much of a nerd here.. Maybe I'll post something on it in the future, when I truly can't take it anymore and need to complain with high hopes that people will pity me!) Lol. Fortunately, I survived it all. What no one knows is that I woke up a complete zombie, practically stoned on Thursday at 830 in the a.m. because my family thought it was cool to wake me up to see how I'd pull through the day! Not really.. We had togo to church because it was a day of Obligation- The Ascension of Jesus Christ. If you don't know what I'm talking about, here's the perfect opportunity to test the wonders of Google, if you don't already know how amazing it is. Anyway, back to my stoned moments without having to ingest/inhale any form of substance. I just don't remember how I managed to get out get out of bed, wash, showered, brushed my teeth, dressed, light make up on, and get into the car in 20 minutes. I can't even do those as fast on a normal day, let alone a hangover day! What amazes me is that I even have the decency to put some make up on to hide the marks of a "drunked".



See, I'm not a bad student. I actually started working on my assignments and thesis proposals weeks ago. I'm just not productive if I know that I have time to waste. I'm a great at procrastinating and I work a hell lot better last minute. Think i've mentioned that before.. But never in my life have I taken so long to finish one research!! I always finish it the night before at latest, all printed out and stapled together. Oh well.. As for the thesis proposal, it was completely my fault. See, I have a perfectionist of a supervisor and I decided to show him my draft at the last possible minute. He had to change left and right of everything, and that took up a lot of time because I needed to do more research, bloody time consuming, I tell you! Had to stay out all night to ensure that I don't fall asleep at all. Thankfully, Man U vs. Barcelona was the highlight of the night therefore Vin and Brennan (my sister's boyfriend) was out watching football anyway. So I had company.. Then again, not really. They were outside where the TV was, watching it with the rest of the smokers who decided that they should pollute the air- same place same time together. So I stayed indoors and enjoyed the air-cond all by myself! Seriously, at 3 in the a.m. I had McD's all to myself!!



Anyway.. I went on a date yesterday!! With Vin, of course. Duh !! Yesh, finally !! I can't even remember when was the last time we did anything fun together, just the both of us. Friends & family are always around. Not that I'm complaining, they are all harmless fun. BUT!! I need a little jut "you and me" time with my baby every once in a while !! So we went to 1u, had lunch, get-to know-each-other window-shopping, watched Ironman (super must watch, peeps!!), actual-hunt-for-specific-item shopping, baby got himself a CD (of which I get to enjoy for free, lol), had dinner, and got home by 10 because we were both zonked!



More about the get-to-know-each-other winow-shopping. We went into random stores, and head to specific areas and Vin'll have to guess which item I'd get if I have to buy something for myself. But this is not before he tells me which one he'll get for me if I wasn't there and he HAS to get me at least ONE item. Lol. Then we'll go to the mens' and then it's my turn to do the guessing. Loads of fun. Wasn't worth it to really buy anything since the Megasale is coming up in 10.. woops, 9 days !! I'd be lucky if I even have the time to actually go shopping. I missed the last one, for real !!

Phase.. I lost count!

I've had a hell of a hectic week. Firstly, induction week was from Tuesday to Thursday so I had to be on campus from 10 to 4. Which is really bad thing because the photoshoot was yesterday. So I had to make time to go to the salon as well as to be at the booths in Uni. And I had to be at 2 booths- ECHO and Sanctuary Club. As most of the planning and preparation were thrown into Cassie and my arms, we were going through a hell of a time together. I mean, I was busy with the photoshoot and Cass is leaving for a 2 week vacation to Hawaii tomorrow. Fortunately for us, there were other members in ECHO that could help with the booth and board and what nots. However, we encountered some difficulties for Sanctuary Club which did not share the same good fate. So there we were like a bunch of monkeys trying to calm each other down.

So anyway, I have lost count of the phases of my hairdo. I have decided to stop counting after phase Three. So, I am therefore ignorant to the countless times that Kit dyed and re-dyed my hair and cut it mercilessly as if my hair is a wig *shudders at the thought of the terrorizing sound of the infamous blade* because I finally learned how to entertain myself! I mean, reading magazines got old after the first day (and they were gossip magazines I tell you, do I look like I care who married whom and who's having who's baby!!? Seriously..) Then I got smarter and brought my own book. It's a chic flick, so I was stupid enough to bring it laa because I finished reading it by the second day (with much tears and laughter in the process), that means Tuesday and Wednesday. Oh, and I also became an expert in blocking out all sorts of sounds, most especially the hair dryer and the stupid Oven *shudders again at the thought of The Oven*. Don't know what is it called for sure, so I named it The Oven- "Burns not only your hair but also your eyes". Anyway, after I finished the book I went round the whole salon looking for Women's Weekly magazine because they have one pathetic Sudoku puzzle per issue. And I have to say that I am pretty good it that thing, it's addictive and I've had plenty of practice from Mellie's phone! Damn. Having the bloody urge to play again.. My boyfriend says I am a nerd and I resent that. So anyway, I was dreading Thursday because I was so convinced that there was nothing left for me to do so imagine my overflowing moments of joy when Kit brought his weird crossword puzzle thingy book! I did nothing but that the whole day, couldn't be bothered with what they were doing to my hair and make-up. Which brings me to the photoshoot. Never knew modelling was such a tiring job! One thing you all should know is that I get restless pretty quickly.. Can't sit through a 3 hour exam without pretending I have to pee. Need to talk to the lecturers every hour even when I do not have anything to ask- I'll just talk to them about non-related things during the exam for at least a minute, in total. Still a kia su person so wouldn't waste precious minutes.. I rarely leave the exam hall early, even when I've answered all the questions an hour before the time is up. ANYWAY!!! At the studio, I was actually so tied up to the crossword thingy the whole time I wasn't even bothered by the fact that make-up took more than an hour and Kit had to style my hair twice for the two different shots required. Lol.. Couldn't believe how fast time passed me by. I have to say that I still looked almost flawless and almost gorgeous by the end of the day, I thought of going clubbin. Never waste a perfect look.. BUT!! When the clock struck 8, I was sooo tired had to ask Vin to pick me up.. He was suppose to come already anyway but I was dying to leave ASAP. I still had another session of amateur posing to do at that time, and they were actually complaining that my eyes were smaller.. Lol. So scraped the clubbin idea, didn't even mention it and went for a nice quiet dinner with my baby in TGIF at The Curve. Couldn't even survive the drive home from The Curve, which isn't that long and with Vin driving it would have probably been 15 minutes at most, and fell asleep in my baby's arms while he drove.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, marked the end of my week hectic!!

Hair Do Phase 2

So here's the second phase. I was at the salon the entire day!! And I had 3 different sets of hair colour within the same day.

Black to blonde & yellow and then purple & blonde.

I have to say that never in my life have I ever tried anything funky or weird or even different. And phew.. I mean, it really is too much for me to comprehend in a day. A sudden change of appearance, and the reactions that I'm receiving from the world. I tell you.. Some of my friends just passed me by without saying a thing, I seriously thought they all didn't wanna be seen talking to me. Finally had the guts to walk up to them one by one to realise that they actually couldn't recognise me..

Lol. Oh well.. Just like my mom said. I'm still young, gotta try new things.. Funny eyh, coming from the woman who never liked the idea of having chemicals on my head.

Can't show you the purple one yet.. Frankly, I don't think I took photos of that phase. Was sooo tired and cranky by the end of the day therefore, all I could think about was to go home and sleep, after I had something to eat.. Anyway, if I had it, I can't post it here yet.. See, it's a competition. Putting there would mean jeopardizing the chances of my stylist, Kit winning, and I didn't suffer that much to see him NOT win, so NO..! Can't put it here till the proper time comes..

Series of Very Unfortunate Events.

I have been, for the past few days walking through a dark room filled with mishaps. Nevermind the story of it, it is the outcome of it that matters. I suppose everyone has their fair share of ups and downs, and we will never really appreciate that level of high unless we stumble once in a while. And then we grow up.

It's been a year since I last stumbled and although I went through a phase of numbness again, I learned. Everytime this happens we don't necessarily grow up, but we learn. Some lessons are more expensive than others. Some come cheap but you really don't learn much from it. I guess it's all about giving and taking. And every lesson is valuable, if you put some thought into it. Therefore, I truly believe that people shouldn't regret about the things that they have or have not done. As the saying goes, when one door closes the Lord will open a window somewhere. So everything that happens, happens for a reason. It's just quite difficult to see that reason when you're still walking through this dark room. Dear God, carry me..

Oh ya'll just have to forgive me. Going through a phase here. I'm just talking to myself..

Quickie

Okay, so I know that I've been neglecting my blog for way tooo long! I have a damn good reason for that.

For starters, final exam! And I got myself involved in too damn many things this year. You don't even want to know what I've done to myself. Lets just not get me started. So in these few weeks, I've been burning the midnight oil to meet assignment deadlines, cramming for exams, attending ECHO (editorial board of my university) meetings, meeting with the HoD of Psychology to work on our newsletter, planning the year out for Sanctuary Club, neglecting my family and friends, buying time to spend with Vin. And that's just half of it. Just came back from leadership camp and my bones are aching, started on my research for the newsletter and I'm on the look out for potential sponsors for ECHO, and learning about new things everyday. And it's my damn semester break!! Having a headache in deciding what my thesis should be on, and where to go for my internship. Plus i started on this new project called-- Operation Save Money! Lol. Which is not working out well because it's the time of the year again for all shoppers! Not that I have advertise it, if you live here you'd know what I'm talking about. And if that is not bad enough, it's about the only time I get to really spend some quality time with my friends which of course contributes in the 'weight loss' of my purse. Sigh. Plus I spent a bomb on the Psychology Department annual dinner a couple of nights ago- not on the dress or shoes or make up or whatever but on the bloody tickets.

And if all of that is not bad enough, I'm helping an old friend out in his attempt to get into a competition my making me look ugly. Sigh. He's working on my hair and technically, its not done yet. Plenty more to work on apparently, I can't for the life of me imagine what else can he do with the shortest hair I've ever had in my life. Grr. He's the expert. I'll just shut up and let him do whatever he wants and with the amount of time he puts me on the chair while everyone scrutinizes me, I will secretly devicing a plan to kill him after the photoshoot if all goes wrong! Anyway, I've had plenty of comments so far but I'm really anxious-excited to hear more! So here's a photo of Phase I. Tell me what you think!

My Valentine

It was Romantic. With a capital R! Lol. Wasn't expecting much since Vin said that his reservation was cancelled or something for some reason or another. So anyway, I would have settled for a nice quiet dinner somewhere, just the two of us. Another reason why I didn't think he'd plan anything else was because I called him after class and this is roughly how the conversation went:

Jo : Class just ended. Do you have any idea what are we gonna do tonight?
Vin: Nothing in mind yet..
Jo : Oh ok. But I need to know if I should go home and get changed.
Vin: What are you wearing?
Jo : Tank top & shorts
Vin: Like that cannot already.. I think you better change.
Jo : (started to suspect that something was up his sleeve) Oh ok.. So I'll wear a... Dress?
Vin: Just be simple. Okay, gotta get back to work. Love.
Jo : Okay, muacks.

I reluctantly hung up the phone with the biggest headache ever. You'd have a headache too if you were in my shoes. I mean.. He said we had no plans. Then he said I should dress up. But I shouldn't do it to the nines.. Sigh. And bare in mind that he is the biggest critic ever..!!

BUT! I would never ever trade last night for anything else in the world. Think, SKY Bar in Trader's Hotel. Think, flower petals on windows and tables. Think of the twin towers behind you. Think, a bouquet of flowers, candles, and champagne. Okay, now stop thinking!

And, we were chatting the night away. Which was extra special! I mean, what so special about chatting the night away right ? This is because you don't know that Vin has a certain quota in using his mouth to talk. Once that quota is fulfilled, he'll just shut up. Unless he's had a lot to drink or when he's really full. Thankfully, it starts from zero the next morning. Anyway..

Thank you baby, for the most romantic time I've ever had !

Cruise on a Yatch

The title says all.

It was magnificent. I wish I had my own yatch so I can go out there all the time.

This is however, Port Klang. So don't imagine the Isle of Capri for crying out loud! Imagine brown water, funny looking sights and weird feeling on your skin. But hey, it's probably the best you can get here in Malaysia, I wouldn't know. All I know is that it is probably the closes we can get to live the lifestyle of the rich and the famous. So there.

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