ola

ola!

i'm still alive and kicking! miss me lehhhh....

sorry for the lack of updates but my life revolves around work, work, work AND work. all i do is work. i'm not complaining though. this totally beats doing assignments any day.

i would love to post photos but i have no where to store my photos once i've uploaded them so just wait laa yeahh. man man tang wtf.

you have no idea how much i miss the food back home. everyday i have a different craving. from kai fan to chu yoke fun to hokkien mee to curry laksa to bak kut teh. thankfully, i'm eating well here.

believe it or not, i've been here for almost 2 months already. i miss home and all but at the same time i really like it here too. i've met some of the most awesomest people here that have made my stay here all the more memorable. i'll tell you more about the awesome people in my life here when i have the photos to show you.

till then.

chao!

update part 1

life is good here. i seriously think i do more walking here in a day then i do back home in a week. i walk to the trolley stop everyday- about 10 minutes there and another back. and some days, i'll have to sprint to the trolley stop because if you have mean trolley drivers, they'll just leave you there even though they see you running.

the weather is great this week. not too cold not to hot. i think the locals call this the perfect weather. work is good. i sell photos to happy tourists. i wish them 'have a nice day' and they wish me back 'you too'. ahhh...life is good.

but then again, i've only been here 2 weeks. come back to me in 3 months.

i sorta celebrated Thanksgiving here it's a holiday celebration somewhat similar to our CNY reunion dinner. all the children will come home and have dinner with the family. they also say it's the time where they get to eat all they want. pfft. back home in malaysia, we eat all we want all day everyday!

tis the season to be jolly too! the Thanksgiving SALE! it starts a midnight and they have crazy deals. there was a literally a queue in front of Coach. and certain shops like Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger had a 50% storewide sale. can you say OMG?

needless to say, i had to control myself.

this is probably the part you people are most looking forward to. some photos to whet your appetite!

the ladies in Prime Outlet. this isn't the Thanksgiving Sale. we went there on our first week there when we had a day off. lotsa branded outlet shops.

daylight turns to dark. such a pretty sky. it gets dark around 5pm. by 6pm it looks like its 9pm. i get sleepy by that time. but now, i've pretty much gotten used to it. now i'm back to my regular sleeping pattern =)

the ladies in the Trolley. we take this to work everyday. this is us on our way to Prime.

that's me in my living room. okay laa. not my living room. this is the clubhouse. it's really pretty. there's a fake fireplace!



this is the main area. damn nice right? we also have a movie theater, a basketball court, a gym and a pool. it's a pretty place.

more coming soon =)

is everyone missing me already because i'm missing everyone!

i know you guys want update because you wanna live your exciting lives through me right? HAHAHA. cheh wah wtf. i shall be nice and try to update you guys regularly laa but i can't promise because i get really tired at the end of the day and all i want to do is sleep. i'll try to post up pictures soon.

the place i'm living at is DAMN AWESOME! i'll let the photos do the talking. soon. if not here then facebook.

the weather is slightly haywire. it's been pretty cold here and apparently that is unusual weather here but today, the weather was really nice. not too cold not too hot.

check back whenever. will try to update. byeeeee.

missing home mucho mucho.

FREE INTERNET

hello!

just wanted to say that i have landed safe and sound in changi airport and am now utilising the free internet. which is only available every 15 minutes. so i gotta log in and out. and i'm gonna do this till i get tired of standing. no chairs to surf the net. free mah. what to do.

anyways, gonna fly off in about 7 hours time +_______+

ZOMG 7 hours in the airport!!! thank gawd for FREE INTERNET!

hallmark moment. start. i wanna say HUGE thank you to those who came to send me off. if any of you are reading this, i wanna say THANK YOUUU for the gift and the card. DEFINITELY put a SMILE on my face =)). end.

i'm already missing HOME =((

sifu moment

"i am but a small speck in the ocean of humanity, struggling to survive, not to outdo" (B Chay, 2008)

a FUYOH moment. this is what exam stress can do to a person.

quantum of solace...nope.

quantum of solace is worth the ticket price just for daniel craig.

can you see where this is going? the movie does not live up to expectations at all. the whole car chase routine, running around and jumping from one building to another was chaotic. the whole camera movement was shaky and blurry (i can't find a better word to describe it). you couldn't tell who was who when they were chasing each other. i was nauseous just watching it. no, i'm not exaggerating.

i also didn't get the storyline. like who is dominic greene again? and what is his deal? maybe i was slow when watching it but for a james bond movie, it shouldn't be rocket science.

why did vesper have to die!!??? poor poor bond. heartbroken and all.

bottom line, let's hope the next bond movie will be better. better camera work especially and a better storyline please with humour added in to the script. daniel craig hurt himself making the movie and i can see why. crazy action going on. unfortunately can't exactly be appreciated. but i can definitely appreciate daniel craig *ahem* do look out for the credits for the name of gemma arterton's character.

gimme casino royale any day man. i can watch that movie on repeat and never get bored.

not exaggerating.

anyways, the next movie i'm really looking forward to is twilight *schoolgirl moment wtf* marry me already edward! (belinda chay, please go read the book already. no excuse anymore. you have 4 months break. go read book it.) i'm already hyping myself out listening to the soundtrack. love bella's lullaby.

hopefully it'll be good and not as disappointing as the latest bond. i was really looking forward to quantum of solace =( nevermind, daniel craig more than made up for it. and ohh before i forget, please watch out for the car in the opening scene. i'm gonna start driving my car with more pride than ever now. teehee.
(clue: it's not the aston martin)



"men are stupid. they go for the obvious" - daniel meade

happiness is a comin'

ok it's official. my exams are FINALLY over. i can sleep easy now. actually, it was officially over yesterday. and no. i didn't exactly get to celebrate the way i wanted to (read drinks with a certain amount of alco content).

we literally stopped at a few petrol stations to look for drinks. then it finally dawned on us: don't drink and drive. hence the no drinks sold in petrol stations =(

so yes, i didn't exactly get to 'celebrate' but never mind, another celebration was celebrated.

BIRTHDAYS!

don't you just love em'? another year to mark your descent to your grave. anyways, hope you guys had fun despite the constant change of plans. HA HA!

happy holidays to me =D

laa dee daa

i hate hate hate hate hate HATE __________ (fill in the blanks).

it's a no brainer, really.

no prizes for guessing correctly. just the satisfaction of knowing that you are not alone in this world. that there are others out there who HATE HATE HATE _________ too :)

ahh..can you feel it?

inner peace.

the moment we've all been waiting for.

boo.

my inner peace ain't here yet. it's lost in the mail.

omg omg omg. this is totally random but i have an increase of 15sens in my nuffnang account. LIKE FINALLY! *punches air in victory wtf wtf

ok, if you must know right, nuffnang has been a bitch to me. since the first day i signed up with them till this very moment, i have had no increase whatsoever in my earnings. the last time i checked i had.....rm0.65! and now with a rm0.15 increase..i have..

0.65 + 0.15 = 0.80

ZOMG 80sens in my account!!! another rm49.20 left to go before i get my first cheque!!! wheeeeee.

dot dot dot

wanna know what i did today? i played teddy factory on my handphone and my thumbs are aching now.

i was trying to take a 'break' from studying and ended up playing that infantile game for the past 2 hours. and because i haven't taken my nap yet, i napped. there, my day in one sentence. don't you feel productive just reading it? because right now, i just wanna study study study because thats the most productive thing i can do today! wheeeeee.

if i go abit senile on friday, please forgive me. it's just the aftereffects of long term reading, hardcore 13 weeks of assignments and classes coming to an official end for the year :))

i shall end my post with something i got from nicole's blog

Just try this. It is from an orthopedic surgeon. This will boggle your mind and you will keep trying over and over again to see if you can outsmart your foot, but, you can't. It's preprogrammed in your brain!

1. While sitting where you are at your desk in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.

2. Now, while doing this, draw the number '6' in the air with your right Hand. Your foot will change direction.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

it's the funniest thing ever! hahahhaha. go try it.

decreasing mental capabilities

i think my ability to read and understand has deteriorated. considerably. at an alarming rate i might add.

i read and read and READ but i don't understand AT ALL.

+____+

i think i just turned stupid.

goo goo gaa gaa google

instead of taking one off day, i took two and looking at the way things are progressing, looks like i'm gonna be taking three off days +__+

not. good.

not good at all.

but i did spend my time organizing my album covers in iTunes. now most of my songs have an album cover on them, making them look organized, neat and pretty *cough

thanks to amazon.com i can finally copy+paste album covers. amazon.com is way better than allcdcovers.com. there, now you know my secret =)

and just now, my iPod froze. i was browsing the song list and then it just stopped and had that buzzing sound. scared the shyt outta me. i thought "there goes my iPod. oohh, time to get a new one wtf"

one. word.

google.

one click and problem solved. there goes my hope of getting a new iPod. i should have gotten the iPod classic. i'm starting to run out of space with my iPod nano. i have 1332 songs excluding songs which have yet to be transfered from my cd's. and everytime i watch gossip girl or grey's anatomy, i end up loving the songs played and will hunt for them. i found the most AWESOMEMEST website that lists all the songs played in an episode. hearts.

one song i'm really into right now is emilliana torrini's big jumps.

exams 2008

one down, two to go. yippee ai ayy i'm a cowboy wtf.

feels damn good to be relieved of one subject now. one book less to read, more space on my table.

but then it feels like the tougher subjects are coming up now. brrr..contemporary fiction comes to mind. is it me or did it just get cold in here wtf. sigh. andrew's subject does that to you. great lecturer, terribly tough subjects. brrrrr...

then the day after is all about althusser, foucault and his governmentality bla bla bla, pii pii por por (ZOMG i'm having a flashback moment here-lips and j).

boy do i LOVE exams. feel the joy emanating from my pores, bursting at the seams and flowing through every fibre of my being. i'm gonna burst into song now wtf. *singin' in the rain, i'm singin' in the rain...*

another one turns twenty

You know who you are...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!


xoxo

i like it i like it

i'm gonna make a movie!

after completing my FINAL assignment of the sem, i have come to the conclusion that i enjoy the process of making a movie/tv show. it's way better when you see the final cut of your hard work on screen.

watch out spielberg! *jengjengjeng*

i'm looking at films and other productions on screen differently now. i now see how they edit their clips and i find it so interesting how they can cut into a new scene so effortlessly. for us, cross dissolve baby, the magic wand that makes editing that much easier.

making a film/tv show is no walk in the park. you have to visualise how the final product will look like on screen. what music you're gonna insert into the scene while you're actually filming the scene. it's all about thinkin ahead way before you start. and i like it. but this might just be a passing phase for me. whatever it is, i hope to find something i'm passionate about before the end of my final year.

i mean, i think i like the whole film making process but DO I REALLY LIKE IT? i'm fickle minded like that. i also think i want to work in a magazine but thats what i think i want because i'm basing my ideas of what its like to work for a magazine on the devil wears prada and ugly betty wtf. the only way i'll know if those are my passions is to actually be there, doing it for real.

i cannot go on going with the flow now can i? i'm gonna join the workforce in a years time and i dont want to go stumbling into something that will secure me a certain kind of stability if i still dont know what i want at the end of it.

i already know what i want to major in so i can base my career decisions based on my qualifications but then again, not everyone practices what they preach or learn in this case. and that's okay.

look, there's even a silent film contest which i am actually contemplating on participating. want to join me belinda? i saw your entry on wanting hallmark to hire you wtf. you cannot escape me now wtf.

i might not be good at what i'm doing but i can learn. ancora imparo (can you say fuyoh! wtf. i am monash material indeed wtf)

hols kickin' in

i'm already in holiday mood which is a really REALLY bad thing because i can't be in holiday mood yet as my holidays are not here yet.

i have to study. after this week of course because i'm still busy with another assignment which THANKFULLY is not an essay. i will die if i have to write another essay. for the year 2008, that is. i cannot afford to die writing an essay next year because that will be the cycle once again. oh joy.

i collected my passport today and there was a long queue outside the office. i got there and the guard asked "UK or US?"

then he asked me to queue up. then this lady guard stopped me and asked me the same thing. next thing i know, i was scanned and let in to the very empty office. sat down and exchanged pleanseantries and 5 minutes later i was out of the office. the queue wasn't any shorter.

i'm still curious as to why those people were queuing up. were they waiting for their passports too? or were they applying for their visa? oh wells...sucks to be them wtf.

ok. gossip girl finished downloading. byebye.

so scared

since handing up my last essay of the semester, OF THE FRICKIN' YEAR BABY! i have been a bum. and a happy bum indeed.

it feels good to come home and be able to do nothing. feels good not to worry about reading and researching and then actually beginning writing the essay. feels good not to think about structuralism, poststructuralism, derrida, foucault, idealism, materialism, ideology, discourse and many other brain screwing mind numbing head banging nails on walls tear inducing theories which at this point in time seem to be of uselessness because what will i be needing these theories for in the future? will it help me get a rich husband? will it help me become a rich tai tai? will it make me happy? wtf i so drama now.

wait a minute.

this isn't over yet, is it?

as i recall, i have exams in 2 weeks time.

bring on the brain screwing mind numbing head banging nails on walls tear inducing theories!


i is sked now. +____+

technology savoury

my mother is not technologically 'savoury' (jega, 2007).

"i'll google the recipe"
"huh? what's google?"
+________+ like the holy grail of all things WWW.

story behind it was that there was a pineapple at home so i told my mother why not make pineapple fried rice! she goes to say "why don't you cook it, if you can get the recipe"

pfft. she's TOTALLY underestimating me. so that's when i said "i'll google the recipe"

all hail GOOGLE *insert relevant emoticon*

madison oh madison

today taught me a very important lesson.

NEVER. EVER. WEAR. HEELS. WHEN. WALKING. FOR. HOURS.

i know heels make you look pretty and taller than you really are but for the love of me, i salute women i see wearing heels whilst shopping. RESPEK wtf.

i now have extremely tired feet. sigh. from now onwards, heels will only be worn to sit and make me feet look pretty and sexy wtf. i could literally hear my feet screaming in AGONY. a certain amount of the population will now think i walk funny because i walked like captain jack sparrow only i wasn't half drunk and i'm not as sexy as johnny depp. life is so unfair wtf. but my heels make me look taller. sigh. dilemma wtf.

and i now COVET the madison bag! so cantik.

aku tak boleh tunggu untuk pergi ke US! adoi..aku pergi ke US untuk 'the wrong reasons' (i lupa the malay word for reasons wtf) tidak apa. aku akan bekerja keras untuk mendapat duit berlambak banyak. seronoknya hidupku ni wtf.

which totally reminds me, i now need to bekerja keras menulis esei aku. semoga aku berjaya.

totally random fact, i stopped writing my essay last night with 888 words. so 'ong' horr.
and now, after starting and then stopping to blog (rajinnya aku) i have 911 words! wahh..so cool hor wtf.

wtf. that means i only wrote 23 words from yesterday to today.

byee. must finish it now. i give myself one hour to write 1000 words. RAH RAH!

the power of naps

i woke up this morning with all the intention to start on my essay.

a 2000 word essay which is so theoretically based that i want to hurl myself across the universe and never come back wtf.

trust me. if you've read althusser and foucault, you'll know what i mean.

so i took out my books, propped myself comfortably on the bed, grabbed my pillow, laid my head on the pillow for a 5-minute power nap which went on to become a 3 hour nap +_________+

innocence of the $$$ kind

i walked innocently into mng.
walked innocently out.

i walked innocently into dp.
walked innocently out.

i walked innocently into topshop.
...
and came out...

innocently poorer! i swear. i should not have thought to myself that there's no harm in trying out the clothes.

WRONG!

if anything, more damage done. to the pocket that is.
my happiness level however is on H-I-G-H!

i'm such a girl laa.

brek

i'm supposed to be slaving away to althusser and foucault.

needless to say, the break has gotten to me.

good times *nudgenudgeLips*