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a picture paints a thousand words.

Here's two for you to paint more words.


*pictures taken by Ms Loke with her new precious

all the red

I don't know what it is exactly, but everything about Chinese New Year makes me happy. From the red deco in front of everybody's houses to the daging salai stalls that magically appear this time of the year. So you can imagine how nice it is walking past a very decorated and red south lobby every day soaking up the hyped up cny atmosphere in uni. I especially like cny songs, the noisier the better. But my favourite part of cny is definitely sitting around with the whole big extended family after all the eating part is done. I love the part where everybody just lazes around and practically do nothing. Nothing beats that kinda fun, isn't it?

This following list is for people who have nothing to do while staying at cheras. (haha)

What I've learnt in the past few days

1. you can eat at the same mamak with not so clean utensils for 3 days in a row and still survive. what does not kill you only makes you stronger.

2. amazon.com = partial e-commerce. (sorry, but i have to start absorbing something)

3. there is alot of noise polution involved in building a retaining wall.

4. how a piping bag really works.

5. grocery shopping is fun.

6. hannah montana is actually quite cool.

7. bakery supplies stores are one of the most aromatic and therapeutic places.

8. the very nice (and clean) uncle at the ramly burger stall opposite utar sg long makes the best ramly burger in the world (this was discovered more than a few days ago though)

9. it is impossible to find the journal articles you want.

10. it is possible, with the right precautions, to doodle right under your tutor's nose in class.

Jesus You are so so good

I love this time of the year- celebration after celebration, holidays and the feeling of reaching the end and starting a whole new beginning. You know how it is at the start of every semester when we vow to do things differently this time around and actually start studying on the first day itself. Then a week before finals, the guilt of not doing exactly that starts creeping in. This of course repeats itself every semester, ironically or not. But that doesn't change the relief and joy I feel after every last paper, somehow hoping magically something different will happen next semester.

I'm extremely thankful to God not only for seeing me pass another amazing year, but knowing that whatever's in store next year will only bring me a step closer to seeing more of His amazing love and grace. 2008 has not been boring, that I would say. It's been a year of growing, not always pleasant, but growing nonetheless, and it's been wonderful seeing God at work in my life. My prayer for the year ahead would be to move towards His direction a little more closer. And that's my prayer for all of you too. Things might not go as planned (like how it happens every sem) and there's bound to be screw ups here and there, but the awesome reminder that we have a God to go back to, to renew our strength in each and everyday just makes me so excited!

Other breaking news, I can't believe how fast time is flying by. I don't feel a day over 17 so the fact that we'll be final year students baffles me. But to all my dear friends, have an amazing, exciting last year of theses and every subject advanced!;)
Have a wonderful blessed 2009 everybody!

" But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not be faint."

Isaiah 40:31

breaking dawn

It's been awhile, but I'm back so you don't have to see Edward's face anymore=). Ok, firstly i got to clarify that the Bella's Lullaby in the post before is not the official lullaby. There are many lullabies around so the real one is on the official soundtrack. And after all the hype, of course Twilight the movie came and went and I finished the last book. I still like Bella as a human girl. The movie was great considering it's not easy to fit all the details of the book into a 1+ hour movie. But of course the books are incomparably better=). Oh Bella in the movie has the exact same phone as mine! haha I just had to let you know that one important fact. And everyone clapped and cheered and squealed in the movies, mostly girls of course.

So! It's finals again, and I say again because I just mentioned finals in a few posts before this. So it's either time is flying by or I'm updating too little. Take your pick haha. It's stressful as usual, more so because there are only 2 subjects this time around which means each subject carries alot of weight in determining the sem's cgpa. It doesn't help that both subjects are very theory based. I'm coping and surviving with alot of almond Ritter Sport and crunchy peanut butter. Random fact: I did not use my calculator or any test pads this sem. Ok back to finals, I was reading thru OB and I came across a very ironical subtopic and I want to share it with you.

Information Overload
Consequences- stress, lost of info, poorer decisions
Solution 1: Increase info processing capacity
- learn to read faster
- scan through documents more efficiently
- remove distractions (eg chocs and peanut butter)
- time management
- temporarily work longer hours (HAHAHAHAHA)
Solution 2: Reduce info load
- buffering
- omitting
- summarizing

Obviously, typing all that out, I hope it helped me(and some of you) remember something! Till then, I just need (more)chocs, peanut butter and lots of prayers!

twilight

I am absolutely hooked on to the Twilight saga! Let's just say, once you've read it, you'll never perceive vampires the same again. AND now the author is in the midst of writing a complementary novel to the saga from Edward's perspective! I am VERY excited!=) Fong calls it OCD (Obsessive Cullen Disorder). The movie will be coming out tentatively on Nov 26th. Go watch it! GO!

The Cullens

Bella's Lullaby!

here there everywhere

So we were all very semangat and started on our ITM assignment and presentation on the first day of the new semester, and planned other very unrelated things in between discussions..

The past week has gone by so quickly! So quick that i'm pretty speechless..hehe so i'm posting up random pictures here and there during the week. Everybody loves pictures!;)

A sneak peak into our assignment..

No, our presentation is not about simpsons or any other yellow fellas, we're doing something much more interesting-biometrics!

Thank you Mr Driver!=D

I do not need to explain the grin on his face-another thing you will not get in Australia Jon

Ok now, open your eyes bigger and look at the pictures below closely..

I'm currently craving this (nuts AND chocolate=a very happy me), and my mom only bought a box back, so if you happen to see it in some supermarket i don't go to, or anywhere else, please please get some back for me ok=) thanks in advance!

you make me smile

As I'm writing this, I'm bubbling with excitement and joy!hehe my 3 weeks holiday is coming to an end (not just yet), and this is probably the only holiday I've had that didn't involve a single moment of boredom. I was well kept occupied, and since my dear friends (you get to meet them later on) want a long blogpost out of me, i shall let my creative juices flow and give you highlights here and there!

The morning of the first day after the last paper, my mom decided to fly off to australia that evening itself. That left me with the duty of driving my sisters around and my part of the house chores, which brought about 2 revelations, sweeping was not meant for me and my sister is an underdog iron-er.

In the first 2 weeks also, i had a wonderful friend who bought us baskin robbins after dinner after getting her paycheck earlier (I have the most amazing friends=)), hung out at a new found mamak which name creepily bore resemblance to a particular penyelia petang in school last time. These are the friends that make me laugh till my stomach hurts everytime we meet. Like, a friend of my friend was punished to wear a tudung for not putting her hair in a bun while doing practical at HKL (cue to laugh). And it's nice to have an insider view of what goes on behind the scenes in the media world- I would never survive there, and that's why I'm really proud of how my friend handles everything being the only girl in her team! (though i think they recently recruited another girl, but still) I'm missing you girls already.

The last 2 days were spent with 2 of my 'eating buddies'. I will not go into details, but let's just say, we can really eat=) There were many 'moments' but I'll just fast forward to my favourites. On the first day, we went into an esprit place and within seconds of walking in, I look over to Amelia whose hands are now filled with clothes and she was so excited going "ohmygosh, I already have 5 pieces to try and I'm only at the first rack!" I really couldn't stop laughing. I love you Amelia..hehe (btw, she ended up not getting anything from there)

After pigging out (and i mean really pigging out) on the first day, we decided to be ladies again and share one large meal for lunch the next day. Needless to say, our stomachs were more willful than our intentions. We had a set each.

We needed pictures as we were on a 'mission', and since we didn't want to get somebody to take back-to-back pictures of us, we settled the camera on Fong's shoe box and snapped away. When we reach the royal family portrait, we were happily posing when 2 men walk passed and found us amusing and decided to take one shoebox-free picture for us, yaY!

Oh, I also went to the clinique counter to redeem some stuff, and i really thought all 'redeem' involves was giving her the redeem card, getting my stuff and go. But no, the lady had to sit me down, and the asking-questions-part was fine until she asked "Does your skin get burned easily under the sun?" Apparently my "No" answer wasn't satisfactory, and she kept asking the same question over and over again, more persistently each time, and only stopped after i said no for about the 100th time (Fong joined in). When she left for a brief moment, i could not stop laughing. I know it's rude to laugh at people, but seriously.

There's really no need for me to tell you everything, it's already written down from 2 different perspectives, go to Fong's and Amelia's and enjoy our pretty pictures all over again=D (or just go to fb)

royal family portrait

Amelia and her best friend, the mirror

We really took too little pictures of food in the big scale of everything we ate in 2 days

come on, everybody plays with their food

puddles everywhere=a picure-perfect sight of 3 girls jumping around

Fong at the wheels ready to make a turn at a not-too-spacious-parking-area while smiling for the camera. She's superwoman.

What we've become in just 2 days

On a completely different matter, I not only passed all my papers (I do not deserve this, considering how I studied co. tax only the night before), I'm still holding on to my scholarship. And don't get me wrong, I am in no way suggesting I'm a genius, in fact I'm far from that. I'm kind of stressed right now to do better in the coming semester. The last few months have been a rollercoaster in every sense, and definitely the toughest sem so far. But that is why I am extremely grateful to Him for being so faithful to me even when i am not. It was definitely not my efforts that deserve those results, and not my answers that deserve those grades. Thank You Lord for your grace to me=)

I'm liking this whole colourful-highlighted post style (after Fong and Amelia also highlighted theirs..hehe), dont you?