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Starbucks Coffee

2012-02-01T17:13:00.001+08:00

I have been into two coffee shops (Coffee Bean and Starbucks) for twice only throughout my life. Honestly, I'm not a coffee lover or find that coffee as a soothing agent for my body or might die without it. However, I do enjoy drinking coffee because of its amazing aroma. I prefer tea than coffee seriously. Furthermore, in order to get a cup of authentic, good coffee can cost me a bomb and a hole in my pocket!. I did look at the prices and ended up speechless because couldn't afford to drink such an expensive drink. No money so drink water enough, it's free duhhh! :D I have tried Coffee Bean before but I don't know why their coffee is just nahhhh (maybe wrong choice) and expensive. During Christmas eve at Genting Highlands, my cousin brother - Metzelder Siow offered me to hang out in Starbucks while waiting for the elderly to gamble so I nodded and kinda excited because that was my first time hanging out in Starbucks and he wanted to treat me since I have never tired Starbucks coffee before. Whenever I walked past a coffee shop, I'm wondering why the shop will be packed with people sitting down with laptops or friends, relaxing. Now, I know the feeling and why the coffees are expensive. Because we paid not only for a cup of coffee, we also paid for the warming ambience and efficient service by the staffs.

Me and Metzelder Siow sipping our drinks :)

Stressful week.

2012-01-21T01:36:00.003+08:00

Like finally, I can relax myself and be prepare to face the dragon year! It has been a hectic week for me because I was having my final exam and I have to shift out of my hostel because I will be going for my first clinical posting after CNY. I will be back to college after a month later so that means I willn't able to see my coursemates for a month. Let see whether I will miss them or not :D

Throughout this whole week, so many things had happened, there will be something every week. On Sunday evening, as usual going back to hostel, suddenly, my roommate sms-ed me a weird text writing that our house is like being entered by ghost. And I was like are you kidding or went crazy? I had already reached my hostel when she sent me the text so quickly I went up to check out and spotted her standing at the corridor. I asked her what's up? She brought me into our house by pulling my hands with a worried expression on her face and I was shocked and speechless! Our whole house was totally in mess seriously and it was terrible to look at. Some idiotic morons came in and did nonsense in our house. The first thing what we did was to call our hostel warden but she didn't pick up her phone. Fuck her. So I decided to go down to the guard house and brought them up to witness the whole scenario. I was afraid that they might ignore or cover up everything so I took some pictures in the scene.

Even the guards were shocked to see this but they told us that must be the students who did these and started asking us that did we fight with anyone blah blah blah. The best part was on the wall, someone wrote "Get lost DMI! Fuck fuck." with a weird funny face beside the writing. WTH! Who's that blardy bastard who did all these? What did we do to you? We're newbies and didn't upset anyone yet. We're always together and didn't mix around yet!

My roommate and I had to stay a night all by ourselves because the rest would only come back on the next day. We told them about their rooms and how those idiots messed up/ransacked the whole house with the way they treated our food - throw all over the place. One of them said that she will bring her parents to complain about this incident because it's considered as a big case. Actually, the main cause that made this to happen is because of the stupid main door. It wasn't functioning - couldn't lock it and we had complained since a week but fall on deaf ears. I couldn't imagine that we managed to overcome a night there without safety, we were too tired. The next day, the parents came and lodged a complain to the head. Immediate action - fix the door, was taken after being shouted and criticized. However, they still haven't detected any suspects and pretended as if nothing had happened. Honestly, staying in my hostel is not safe at all, men can come in anytime without knowledge or even one of us is missing, no one will notice. That was how we started our exam week by cleaning up all the mess that were done by someone else. Wasted time instead of doing revision for finals.

We went through exams day by day and were being briefed on our clinical posting. The way my lecturer organizes for our posting is just speechlees and last minute. Everything is done by last minute!!! Why? Why? Why? *calmdown* We didn't receive our uniforms for clinical posting and we were not informed whether do we need to shift out of our hostel during our clinical posting and suddenly we were told that we will have practical exam for Imaging Science. These were crazy! They made us all stressed up... We stayed up late nights for exams and packed our stuffs messily and rushed back home for holidays. A getaway for all these problems that should not happen. Anyway, they are past, now look forward and enjoy my holidays till the maximum! Seriously, I will enjoy because I will encounter problems again once I get back to college. Sometimes, I really regret that I didn't wait for the sponsorship. Government is better than private seriously. Look at me now!

PS. I'm not satisfied with my OSCE and IS (Prac) results! Double stress :(

Such a week.

2012-01-14T02:05:00.002+08:00

Here goes another week! So fast, I'm about to finish my first semester. It seems like I have just started not long ago. Before this week arrives, I plan to do revision to the maximum for my finals which is on next week. It was indeed a stressful week because our lecturers were giving quizzes and the marks are included in my finals. So if I have done/scored well, it might help out a little bit so it's a bonus to me. However, I really did my revision but I'm not sure whether is it maximum or not because I did spent some time for relaxing moment. I can't be studying for 24/7. I will go mad honestly and my housemates will be staring at me awkwardly and thinking this girl is really obsessed and lifeless! So I followed and invited some of my coursemates to release tension/stress with me :) Okay, this is what I have done throughout this week in college & hostel. Studied during leisure time. Excessive walk to a far far man-made lake and also to MyMydin for lunch, jogging around the park which I don't do it usually, eat more than usual - being attracted to icy things due to the hot weather, being forced to gather outside in 80% of absolute darkness during the night just to see ghost-catching actions and spot-check (hostel's roll call) and bitten by mosquitoes, having not enough of sleep due to studies, hurt my middle finger, being positioned into several positioning for OSCE exam on next Mon and lastly, beyond my expectation, being selected as one of the committee members for my senior's farewell party. At first, I feel damn stressed when I'm one of the committee members because I have never ever involved in such thing and I don't want to spend most of my time doing all these but after thinking, it's actually a good experience and I will definitely suffer and enjoy throughout the process so I will accept the challenge! In conclusion, it's a productive week for me :) And next week will be a killing week for me :( And after that, happy weeks because it's CNY and preparing myself for 2-weeks clinical posting :D

My radiographs.

2012-01-07T09:00:00.002+08:00

I have entered to a college of health sciences for almost 4months and how's my progression in my college in becoming a future radiographer? Overall, it's good except for the hostel and several lecturers. What I'm dealing with now is electromagnetic radiation, patients, anatomy and physics. To summarize everything, it's about x-rays! and basic knowledge about our body.

I have learned several techniques in taking a good image of x-rays during my practical sessions. So I would like to share with you, my so called artworks or masterpieces :) It's just the beginning for me, so support me although the pictures aren't acceptable!!! Well said, practice makes perfect... I realised that in order to take a good radiograph isn't simple as what you see. There's several projections/views. We need to position the patient in the correct and true position in order to obtain the space joints to be projected open and no overlapping with the soft tissues and then we need to set a good exposure factor so that the image will appear nicely, not over or under exposed and also not harmful to the patient. And many more blah blah blah...The best part is we're using phantom as our experimental object and it's pretty hard to handle and immobilize it.

My first radiograph!

Left: PA of little finger and right: Lateral of little finger :)

My second radiograph!

Up (Taken by me): Lateromedial of right foot and down (Taken by my coursemate): Mediolateral of right foot.

PS. Look at the artifacts, bad piece of image produced by ME!

By the way, my mid-sem's results are out, on the notice board with each and everyone's name on the paper. I was quite worried about my first results because it will determine whether am I suitable for this course but I do have confidence in that examination. So I glanced through the paper and saw several As. When I look at the name, it wasn't belonged to me :( and I was like nevermind. Then, I proceeded down and spotted my name. I looked across it, was happy because there's no other grades beside As! Yes, freaking straight As. In my entire life, I have never obtained straight As in my any examination so it's indeed a good achievement although it's just mid-sem, not finals. During the exam, my purse was lost and I was down but I managed to cope my feelings and concentrated for exam. I can't believe that I didn't let the incident to distract me. Urghhh, I have no confidence in my finals, too much to study and memorize... I'm afraid! I want a sponsorship badly.... so I have to try my very best and don't give up till the very last :) *fingercrossed*

Dragon Year, 2012.

2011-12-31T23:59:00.011+08:00

Every year, we will make a list of resolutions but how many of us have achieved the resolutions? This is my last year's resolutions - http://privateproperty-kelly.blogspot.com/2011/01/farewell-2010-hello-2011.html. For me, not even half of it :D #failure. Actually, resolutions are just guidelines only and I totally agree with this statement that some say that they will do it tomorrow but the tomorrow may never come. They will be forgotten soon or later so just one or two pledges will do! Determination is the key in achieving your resolutions so promise yourself that you can do it and don't give up!!! Anyway, what did I learn from year 2011? Many things! More to sad than happy things... Becoming more mature as my age are getting bigger in number. This year ain't my lucky year :( It's being shitty towards me.

To conclude 2011, I thought my future will be bright and secure after accepting a sponsorship (yes, a freaking bonded sponsorship) from a hospital but last minute, after packing my stuffs, getting ready to enter to the institution, I found out that I was still underage (under 18) so I wasn't given any choices but to wait for a year and it was the hospital's fault for not checking properly and wasted my time. I wouldn't stop Form 6 for you. #wtf. Then, I got my very first working experience for 2months in that hospital (I stopped because I don't want to wait anymore - stupid mistake). Although the working duration was short but I really learned a lot a lot of things, knowledge and also socializing skills as well as dealing with colleagues. After that, I enrolled myself to a private college all by myself in the way that the course fees are all by myself and ended up regretting why I didn't wait for a year because it's still worth although I will be tied/bonded for 6years and it's not easy to get a sponsorship nowadays. But now, I have to pay back my PTPTN loan after graduating and I'm not sure whether I can get/secure a job with good salary to pay back my debts. If I have the sponsorship and patiently waited for a year, I don't need to worry about my future and I can get monthly allowance. #cukupmakan. Anyway, don't cry over the past, its gone. Don't stress about the future, it hasn't arrived. Live in the present and make it beautiful! On the better, brighter side, I went through several driving classes and obtained a "P" license without re-sitting :D #proud

Hopefully, 2012 gives me fun and excitements which I'm waiting and expecting :) Don't disappoint me, darling!!! You don't need to wait for a new year to have resolutions, any day can be your starting day for a resolution.

2012's resolutions:

1. Study hard and smart. Get good grades - "A" for a sponsorship

2. Keep a good body posture, hunching all the time :(

3. Set a positive, optimistic mind and thinking, get rid of the negative ones.

All's well will end's well.

4. More confidence but not over-confidence

5. Exercise regularly in order to be fit and healthy!

6. Don't be lazy!

7. Do good deeds as much as possible.

8. Be a good daughter.

Lastly, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

If you fail, start again. Don't look at failure as a permanent defeat, but consider it as a pause. A pause is part of journey of life which helps us to gather energy and move on.

Taken from Tumblr

Side Braid Tutorials

2011-12-30T11:29:00.001+08:00

This post is specially meant for long bangs/fringe people.
However, people with short bangs or no bangs at all are most welcomed too!

Sometimes, when my hair is not in a good condition or having a bad hair day, I would just want to tie my hair up and secure my bangs with a pin or hairband and call it a day. It's quite distracting and annoying when we're doing/focusing on something and the fringe keeps falling down and covering my eyes and face. #stress. #emo. Are you having the same situation as me?

Like this?

Here are some alternative ways to style and look good with a clear face besides just pinning up the fringe with bobby pins:

Whenever I feel that my fringe is dull and ugly when I woke up and need to go out on that day, I want to try out something special and simple without looking messy! I searched through many tutorials in #youtube and found several tutorials quite easy to do so I decided to give them a try and it turns out nice and awesome! I love them so much, like seriously.

This is my first attempt to do twisted braid and it's super duper easy and within minutes, I'm done!

Taaaadaaaahh! What do you think?

After several practices, I'm falling in love and did it all the time whenever I'm at home or outside. Because it only takes up to approximately 5minutes, I did it oftenly in the morning before going to class and everyone will be praising me for my new look. #happy. Even my mood gets better after doing that because I kinda look good with it on my head :) #proud.

The best thing about it is it will remain neat for the whole day without applying any gels to maintain the shape. The picture above is the prove. It was taken after class around 5pm at the park and I tied it on the morning before going to class. And when you remove it, it turns out into another style - wavy, curly fringe! Please ignore my swollen and sunken eyes. Not getting enough sleep lately :)

I learned this twisted braid from this tutorial video. Hope you will enjoy learning like I do :)

PS. Sorry for the low quality pictures taken from my 2MP mobile camera.

Next, I tried Lauren Conrad Headband Braid and it's a little harder than the previous one. It looks even neater and tidier than twisted braid. All you need is patience and you will manage to do it! Especially after watching Shark Night, I fall in love with side braids. It's simple yet chic and unique!

Here's my first attempt on Lauren Conrad braid and it looked weird but I like it.

Successful or not? I love it so much!!!

Overall look :) It's damn neat but takes a longer time to complete

and your hand might get tired from trying!

Learned it from this tutorial video. Enjoy!

Hope you found and learned something new for your hair! I advise you to learn twisted braid first before going to the real braid :) It will be easier as you understand the concept of twisting and apply it on your hair.

My next attempt will be the French Waterfall Braid :) It's quite tough but not giving up!

HAVE FUN TRYING OUT, GIRLS :)

Taken from tumblr

Living outside.

2011-12-27T01:09:00.005+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I start to enjoy living out of my house alone. The feeling is indescribable! More freedom and independent for sure :) I can do whatever I want to do like what time I want to sleep, what time I want to shower, what time I want to eat or what time I want to study... Everything is under controlled by ME, just myself. I don't need to listen to anyone shouting or asking me to do this and that when I don't feel like doing them now. However, these will make me become not discipline at all. I will be slacking more and more or might just lie down on the bed for the whole day, doing nothing. Living outside ain't just about being freedom, it's also testing on your discipline, whether you're becoming better or worsen. We might just ended up mixing the wrong person and appearing in the news for doing youth crimes. Taking advantages for doing bad or right things. We might get cheated by anyone so it's important to stay alert and not being totally innocent in the outside world. There were many cases, heard from my lecturers that seniors got pregnant or went disappear with their lovers. Hopefully, I know myself, I will never ever do something out of my mind and just stick to my original plan which is to study and graduate with flying colours :)

College life has been getting more interesting than last time. But sometimes, I still feel lonely. Until now, I still don't know which one is a good friend in my college but I started hanging out with 2 Indian girls from KL, my hometown. I find them funny and I seldom feel left-out with them. Although they still talk Tamil all the time, I can sort of understand their conversation. Wow, I think my Tamil is improving! And they do share some secrets with me. That means they trust me and treat me as their friend. Will appreciate that. Hopefully, we can progress into good, true friends in hostel and also college whereby we can rely and help on each other :)

Winter wonderland.

2011-12-25T00:00:00.002+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

My plans:

Christmas eve - Genting Highlands

Christmas - IPC, IKEA and the Curve

Anatomy, I must love you :)

2011-12-08T22:45:00.001+08:00

Our lecturer taught us a new topic or sub-topic for 2 hours only and the inputs that we received were huge and detailed. My brain was packed with names and functions. She said it took her a year to concise everything for just a part of anatomy studies like osteology and how are we going to do it within months? Our final exam is on next year, January and we must memorize and get familiarize with all parts of the body. We aren't going to study just about osteology, there's many more in others subject. Our brain can't input so many things at one time and also output everything during exam in one time. She's not trying to frighten us but it's true. Not easy. College life is getting tougher yet challenging day by day. In order to survive, I can't be fooling around and must focus on my studies, and also some entertainments during weekends or else I will be crazy. I realise that it's a little stressful for now. This is so not me, last time I used to be lazy and relax but now, I will die if I'm doing the same old thing. I don't know whether am I able to make it until graduation? I keep reminding myself that nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'! So why not? Don't give up! If really cannot, leave it because you have tried your very best level.... My anatomy lecturer told us like that. I'm wondering why am I choosing this course? Because of interest.

GOOD LUCK!

So far, not really good.

2011-12-05T01:37:00.005+08:00

Sometimes, my college life is enjoyable but mostly, I feel lonely. My course mates are fun at times and fake at times (most of them). I don't understand what's in their mind. Sometimes they will be nice and good to me but sometimes they will ignore me. Yes, abandon me! I feel damn isolated and lonely whenever they don't realise my existence. Like there was once, happened last week, during class, they didn't talk to me as if I did something wrong. They didn't even look at me and just talking & laughing with the rest. Most of the time, they speak in Tamil which makes me feel more lonely. I can't understand anything and even if they backstab me, I don't know like a fool person. Back to the story, and during break time, they didn't even invite me to join them to the toilet and cafeteria. Usually, I will go with them. They just went out of the class without asking me. On that moment, I was like WTF. Maybe, they didn't feel that I'm sensitive and lonely. So I ignored my negative thinking and followed them to the toilet and still, they were just talking among themselves without me. I just kept quite and pretended nothing, standing there like a stupid girl. In the cafeteria, I sat with them and they still didn't talk to me. And when they moved away from their seat to talk to the rest at another end of the table, I felt damn pissed so I stood up and walked away. Now, I know I'm all by myself. College life will never be same as secondary life whereby there will be someone waiting for you. I have to mean and mustn't being used by others when it comes to dealing with assignments or notes. Be smart and independent!

After the incident whereby my money is stolen, I have no trust on my coursemates or housemates. I did a mistake. I always assume that the money is in my purse and no one will dare to steal or take it but it happened. Now, I must be alert all the time.

I'm wondering why some people will say that college life is FUN - you must be kidding me! It's HELL, not heaven.

PS: I'm already used to how my lecturer looks at me :) This is his character and I have to accept and adapt with it. *smiles*

Admire.

2011-11-27T18:30:00.010+08:00

It's my english lecturer. He's young and having 'baby face'. My coursemates said he's always ~~looking~~staring at me and I realise about that which makes me feel awkward. My friends always ejek me that 'he sedang mengurat me' but I know he isn't. Come on la, what is so special about me? Maybe that's the way he looks at people because he stares at each and everyone of us, not only me okay. Maybe he feels that I'm good/special because I dare to speak in front of the class and did a good presentation so I might have impressed him. Muahahaha! During the presentation, a girl cried because of the way he stared at her when she's talking. And the best thing about it is he didn't react or ask anything like why are you crying? He's just steady and no reaction. Like damn weird. So I think he should change the way he looks at people. It makes people feel low esteem and weird and confused. Sir, please make us feel easy and comfortable :) But sometimes, he is alright... I don't know why. Weird person. And one more thing, he always wear slipper to class although he said he likes to collect and buy shoes. He's a forgetful person who always forget to change his slipper.

Money Stolen/Lost?

2011-11-25T17:00:00.001+08:00

Yes, I have finished my exam. Overall, I think I did well, got confident to pass :) Today was my last paper - Imaging Science. The lecturer who is in-charge to look after us during exam was Mr. Rau, he is one of my Patient Management's lecturer. At the beginning, he was behaving normal and then suddenly, he started walking and stopped at the side of a few students' table and was staring at the question paper. Unbelievable, he gave answers to them. They didn't ask for it but he just gave it. So I was just staring at him and he came towards me and look at my paper. He started pointing an answer on my paper because I was confused and still thinking for an answer for that particular tricky question. Actually I have decided to choose that answer which he pointed out so it didn't make any different but at least, I can double-confirm that my answer is correct. And I was like WTF! According to some of my coursemates, the answers he gave were wrong. He wasn't sure/confirm for his answer. He was just simply playing a fool. Oh come on, we are having exam so please behave and just do what an invigilator usually do during exam time. This is the first time, my lecturer is so 'kind-hearted'.

During this exam week, I lost my purse with RM100 inside. It's like double-WTF! What's wrong with me? How can I lost my purse? and I wasn't sure whether it was stolen or lost. I can't remember whether did I put my purse inside my bag and then either one of my housemates steals it or I accidentally drop it on the way going back to hostel... However, I think it's impossible that I dropped it because I didn't touch/open that pouch whereby my purse was inside until I went back to hostel. But my housemates are nice people that I don't think they will steal/suspect. But DON'T EVER TRUST ANYONE! Anyway, it had already happened and I can't do anything about it but learned a lesson. Take good care of my stuff and don't trust anyone when it's dealing with money or any expensive stuffs. College life is not fun at all, got so many responsibilities!

Housemates.

2011-11-22T16:33:00.008+08:00

I haven't mentioned about my housemates right? I'm going to tell you now. I'm staying with seven multi-racial girls under a roof. Majority of them are Indians. Left one Chinese - me and a mixed Pakistani girl. I'm living in the smallest room in that house which is two in a room with that mixed girl. She's funny but a little stingy. I don't mind about that as long she's treating me well. She's a tom-boyish girl who does shuffle dance and listen to rock rock songs. That's super cool! Among all the Indian girls, there's one girl who is damn damn freaking weird. I dislike her so much but not showing it in front of her. She is selfish and cruel. She doesn't really care about the others especially those who aren't the same skin colour as her. She is always insulting someone else with her mother tongue and I don't understand so I look stupid there when she's insulting/backstabbing me. Like what my roommate told me that she's kurang ajar. I feel a little left out/tersingkir when the girls are chatting happily and laughing away and I don't understand a single thing. My roommate understands a little of Tamil because she's mixed so she can join them easily. However, she doesn't like a few of them so she seldom hangs out with them. At least, I have a partner to laugh and joke around since she's sociable and crazy. There's two KL girls who are kind-hearted and nice which I hang out the most with.

Last but not least, this is my cranky bed with my pajamas on the bed :)

Exam.

2011-11-19T14:15:00.001+08:00

Exam is around the corner and this time, I can't be fooling around like what I did during secondary school. The exam's standard will be higher and tougher so I have to work hard and STUDY! The subjects are different and deeper. Time management is very important. Days left aren't enough to cover all the subjects! I can't fail my exams because once I fail, I have to re-sit and I might not able to get PTPTN loan... Mama Mia! I don't want these to happen to me...

Anatomy & Physiology 1 - 21/11/11
Applied Physics 1 - 22/11/11
English - 23/11/11
Patient Management 1 - 24/11/11
Imaging Science 1 - 25/11/11

Actually, it's good to have Anatomy exam first so that after Anatomy, we can concentrate on the rest. Or to summarize it, throw Anatomy away.

Well Done!

2011-11-17T02:57:00.002+08:00

Owh, it's already 2.22AM now which is a brand new day. Then I shall consider 16/11 as yesterday. Alright, did I mention that my English lecturer gave us an assignment and we must present it on yesterday? Well, actually I didn't know what-to present because the topic he gave was anything you wish to present and I was like... What do I want to talk about for 10minutes? Then, I thought of creating some awareness on safety belts but it might somehow makes my audiences sleepy and unattractive so I forgot about it after searching for some points (time wasted). And then, I thought of talking about money, money, money. Why money is important but it seems to be quite pointless and people will start to call me kedekut/cheap or materialistic later... I still couldn't make up my mind so I went and seek for my friend's opinion and everyone was telling me to talk about what I like... And my mom came in and gave me the idea of presenting about your favourite stuff like travelling. I have no time left and I need to study for my coming exam so I had decided to talk about traveling. I had visited to a few places and I want to share them with the rest so I uploaded loads of photo for them to enjoy and indulge. Luckily, they really enjoyed. Felt relief. Honestly, my slide shows contain more photos than words.

After elaborating and presenting my slide shows in front of my coursemates, the feedback is positive! If my lecturer isn't satisfied, we have to do it again and I don't want this happen to me again so I try my best to present and I did it. My lecturer praised me by commenting that my presentation was wonderful which made me feel awesome!!! My lecturer told the rest who didn't make him happy to think why mine is good and yours is not. For me, the answer will be confidence. Some said that they were being influenced by the way my lecturer look at the them which I agree because the way he stares at us is like damn weird and awkward. I'm not sure whether this is the way he looks at people or he's just weirdo. And they lost their confidence and go blank out standing in front, facing him. Maybe, I managed to overcome this problem by pretending that he wasn't there because I don't care about people's critics and just look at my friends so my presentation turns out nicely and good. Anyway, it's really a good achievement in my studies and I'm proud :) Yeah baby!

Battle Time!

2011-11-13T14:45:00.000+08:00

After reading through several schoolmates' blogs, they're going to graduate soon and my journey has just started, not long ago. I can see that they have been through a long, tough journey during their Pre-U studies, scoring good grades and they're going to one step higher than me which is the degree level now. I know it's damn hard to get good GPAs because I'm experiencing it now. Two more weeks later, I will be having my very first exam in my college. And I'm not ready at all. Anatomy is a fresh subject to me although it's related to Biology. Since secondary school, I dislike Biology so it's a bit tough for me to study seriously. In order to increase my chances to get a sponsorship, I have to score flying colours so I really don't want to disappoint myself and my mom. Therefore, I'm trying my best to revise before the exam. Until now, I'm still wondering whether did I make the right choice by choosing to study in KPJIUC... I'm afraid that I will regret because I admit that I'm always unlucky so whatever things I do, sure there's something wrong! Hopefully, everything will be fine and nice :) But I'm not satisfied with my course mates. They behave like non-of-their-business and our class strap/president isn't doing his work well. He's freaking irresponsible! OMG, sometimes I just can't survive.... because of their attitudes. If everything also need to be done by me, then I will be famous for being busybody and getting bad reputations from the lecturers (I'm already famous). My course mates are damn smart indirectly because they don't want to do anything so they're escape from anything but if everyone is behaving like this, what will happen to our class? There must be someone to handle all this but I don't want to be that person. Anyway, I have been crapping/expressing a lot. Signing out :) May the coming days will be better.

Little Acts of Kindness :)

2011-11-12T01:56:00.001+08:00

One small, thoughtful gesture can make someone else's day...

1. Say "Good morning" to a person standing next to you in the elevator.

2. Call or write to a teacher who changed your life.

3. Take a minute to direct someone who is lost, even though you're rushing.

4. Simply say "I'm sorry" when you're wrong.

5. Offer to pick up groceries for an elderly neighbor, especially in extreme weather.

6. Put your shopping cart back in its place.

7. Say "I love you" to someone you love.

8. Don't interrupt when someone is explaining herself.

9. Help a mother carry her baby stroller up the subway stairs, or hold a door open for her.

10. Each time you get a new item of clothing, give away something old.

11. Forgive someone a debt–and never bring it up again.

12. Bring your assistant coffee.

13. Out of the blue, send flowers to a friend.

14. Say "please" and "thank you"—and really mean it.

15. When you're on a crowded train or bus, offer your seat to an elderly, disabled or pregnant person.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

Finally 18.

2011-10-28T00:00:00.000+08:00

Well. That's it. I'm eighteen now. Not a girl. Not yet a woman. I don't actually feel any different that I did a minute ago, when I was seventeen. Life stills go on as usual. I certainly don't look any different. Maybe I'm more skinny, my hair looks boring and slightly taller. I guess all of my eighteeness is going to have to be on the inside (inner), since it sure isn't showing on the outside. I might be more mature by now!

I stayed awake until midnight after finished watching a TV programme to see if anybody remembered, and I had my first phone call from my close friend, Abee since high school. Her mother even greeted me in the phone. I felt bad for not coming to the Deepavali open-house because I didn't receive her invitation in Facebook. Besides that, I received a sms from my another close friend, Wendy. Thanks sweetie!

Actually, I'm not looking forward to celebrate this year's birthday because many things had happened to me due to my age so I'm not happy for being 18. Anyway, today is my birthday so I want to make a wish. I hope I can excel good GCPAs in my diploma studies and obtain a sponsorship. And of course I want my whole family to be healthy all the time!

Taken from The Princess Diaries, Give Me Five and edited by Kelly, birthday lady.

My Happiest Moment

2011-10-27T16:34:00.003+08:00

One of my most memorable and happiest moment was when the pristine and lovely flowers finally bloom. My mom had put a lot of effort in planting it since she heard that the flower is very useful as it can be as medicine for healing purpose and it's gorgeous. She even had thought of giving up since a single flower wasn't spotted after so long (years and years) and it was growing bigger and bigger, occupying a lot of places in the balcony. Finally, one fine day, she realised that flower buds were growing at the edge of the leaf. She was so happy because her patience and hard work had finally paid off. After a several days, the much awaiting, suspicious flower was going to bloom on that night. This flower is very special and mysterious because it blooms only at night and wilts before dawn which made both of us waited attentively until late midnight. Staying awake at night to catch up these flowers was wonderful while feeling the cold night breeze. The fragrant smell of the flower was an additional awesomeness on that night. Last but not least was I get to watch my mom's smile when the flowers appeared. They were just perfect! Spending some time observing them were relaxing and great.

If I'm not mistaken, this flower is called Epiphyllum Oxypetalum

Me and my mom enjoying the best moment/bonding session together!

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Class has begun!

2011-10-15T02:26:00.000+08:00

Hey! Like finally, I have started to study and attending classes :) I'm so happy and excited... My timetable isn't satisfied. It's not packed at all. I have a lot of study hour (free/leisure time). However, on my first class itself, I was disappointed because the lecturer wasn't around the college. He went and visited his colleague's father's funeral and I was damn pissed off because that's his personal problem. How can he neglect our class and went off like that. The reason he gave is he couldn't get back in time. Therefore, we went and complained to our lecturer-in-charge and he is damn good in explaining and covering up. However, we let him know that we're serious about our studies. For this whole week, what have I studied?

Actually, I'm pretty anxious about my Anatomy & Physiology class but he postponed his class due to that funeral. Ahhhhhh! Luckily, he is a responsible man so he taught us on Friday. He is from India so I have a little difficulties in understanding his slang. He's a good doctor who explains and try to make us understand his class. He kept asking us whether do we have any doubts or questions. He is also a savvy man who deals with computers. He asks us to get our pen drive so that we can save his notes. Besides that, I had attended Imaging Science class. We had a tour around the x-ray lab and it was great especially when our lecturer brought us to the dark room whereby it's completely black when lights off. I can't see a single thing. We were given our first report to do. Then, we had our Applied Physics class where there's a young lecturer who is teaching us. She's quite boring because of her mono-tone and same face expression. My friends said she has the knowledge but she doesn't know how-to express it out so we have to dig from her. Okay! Let's see how it goes. Lastly, our English class was fun because we get to know more about our coursemates. We were asked to draw out symbols (not write) that can introduce ourselves and explain them later. However, our English lecturer for that day is just replacing our real English lecturer who was at Johor for no reason. She is the head of department who speaks fluent English. Is all the college the same? Class is always postponed and lecturers aren't around although they have class to conduct?

After listening to one of my housemates/coursemates's sad story, I realise that I'm fortunate compared to her. Her life is tough as an orphanage and she didn't give up at all. She was going to finish her foundation in another college but gave up because of some problems with the college and housemates. I should be grateful that I can further my studies and my college is not that bad as what she told about her previous college. At least here, they pay attention on our discipline. However, we still need to fork out a lot of money! Photocopy-ing notes, books.... In order to obtain a sponsorship from KPJ hospitals, we not only have to get good results. They will consider on our attitudes and disciplinary problems. Therefore, I have to perform well in my college throughout my 3 years diploma course. I have to set my mind to focus on my studies only. Everyone in my course wants it so I have fight really hard for it. So just stop thinking that I'm an unlucky girl!!! However, it seems that sponsorship is lesser nowadays and priority is given to Nursing student. Hopefully, there's something left for us.

XOXO

Shorter and shorter!

2011-09-29T17:10:00.001+08:00

After viewing several blogs, I can't resist myself from cutting a new hair style. Their hairstyles are damn gorgeous! Furthermore, I'm also not satisfied with my hair now as it is out-of-shape because I didn't go to the saloon to trim up for several months. I have tried several hairstyles before this like long hair, shoulder-length hair, bob cut, china doll style and many more. However, my friends prefer me in long hair... They ask me not to cut my hair anymore and leave it to grow longer but I just can't refrain myself when I saw someone's hairstyle is nice and I want to imitate them and hair is not easy to grow for me :D I don't have the patience to wait unless I really want a long hair :)

These were my past hairstyles that I had tried out!

Actually, I was born with unmanageable wavy hair... That's why I'm always envied with people who were born with straight and sleeky/glossy hair like baby hair. People like me always have problem when our hair grows till the shoulder level. My hair tends to go crazy and my aunt calls my hair "penyapu". Ish! For the first and second picture above, my hair looks straight and neat because I did straighten my hair or you call it hair rebonding. It's not cheap and painful! Moreover, it will make your hair dries out and falls a lot. Luckily, I have thick hair. If not, I will be bald soon. *touchwood*

If you don't get what I'm talking about wavy hair, please look at the picture below.

My "wavy" hair!

Currently, I'm obsessed with 'boy cut' hairstyle. I just want to cut my hair off since in my college, girls with long hair must and compulsory to bun up their hair. If I have short hair, it's easy to maintain as I'm still studying and staying in hostel.

Here's a few short hairstyles that I would like to try out!

Blogger: Jayley Woo

Actress: Kim Hye Soo

Model: London ( ANTM C12)

Blogger: Voon

Which one do you think is suitable for me?

My progress.

2011-09-26T11:23:00.002+08:00

It's going to be a long post!

Hello readers! How have you been? Currently, I'm enjoying my one week holiday :) Until now, I still haven't mentioned where am I studying now. I was just complaining about my horrible hostel on previous post. Alright, I'm studying at KPJ International University College (KPJIUC) which is located at Nilai but not exactly at Nilai town sadly. That area is not well-developed yet so I can hardly survive here because there's very limited food that can be found. Seriously! No proper shops, just illegal stalls around the college and everything's Malay food. I'm okay with it but with just a few stalls here, I will get bored of them soon. If I want to get food from 'mamak' shop, the nearest will make me walk for 30 minutes. So you know my college is like in the middle of the jungle. Well, it's true! It is surrounded by trees...

So how's my progress in my new college? I met new friends who are taking different courses like Nursing and Pharmacy. We were doing English Intensive Class together. Overall, that class wasn't a real English class. It was more to boosting our self-confident and brushing up our English. It was all about presentations in 'mahjong' papers and speaking in front of everyone. Now, I'm starting to get along with my hostel but not the shifting part because we have just shifted our heavy things to another block before we went back home for holiday. I'm considered good because my things is quite little. I can tell you that I was sweating like mad because I was carrying, pulling and dragging my stuffs to the new block under the hot sun. Damn, I need to clean up my new room again... I still don't get why must we shift here and there? We're new comers and we had cleaned up our house nicely and after 2 weeks, we have to move out. This is not reasonable and relevant at all!!! Do you know that for this Sep 2011 intake, there are only FIVE Chinese including me? OMG! Like seriously, it's very hard to find Chinese in my college. Majority if the students are Malays, followed by Indians. For my course (DMI), there's only two Chinese, a girl (me) and a boy. I wonder whether can I survive there for 3 years? Yes, I must do it!

Silent Night.

2011-09-16T02:01:00.003+08:00

This was written on a piece of paper before going to bed. I was emotional on that particular moment. I'm just typing it out from that paper.

For the first time, I cried because I feel that my life is tough and unlucky compared to the rest of my friends. Today is my first time and day as a university student in my new university college. Now, I feel a little regret after letting go my sponsorship. My hostel is terrible. Everything is just so not nice. I'm staying with another Indian girl. She is a nice girl. My bed is so fragile. It gives out "screeching" sound whenever we sit or turn our body. I don't have a proper cupboard, just a locker and the worse part is that we're not given house/room keys. They expect us to put all our precious belongings into that tiny little locker and secure it with our own padlock. WTH! This is crazy... What if someone comes in and ransacks my whole room? My study table is so small that when I put my water bottle and cup, calender and pencil box, my table is nearly occupied. How can I study with that such small table? The toilet is horrible and dirty at my first sight but after cleaning it up, it looks better but still not good at all. I have to take my shower with cold/tap water as they never provide us with water heater. Pity to those who are not used to cold water like me. Luckily, I can cope with it. My room doesn't even have a proper ceiling fan and we have to move out oftenly. OMG!!! Can you imagine how am I going to carry those heavy and loaded stuff all by myself. Hello, I'm not a superwoman! Why can't they just let us stay at that particular room throughout a year... At least a year perhaps and not every few months once. Nevermind, I will try my best to gather my courage and patience to face 3 years. I paid for it and these is what I get, haizzzz! A little dissapointed... How's the college? I'm not sure yet but I will blog about it soon :) Hopefully, the lecturers are good and efficient, not as terrible as our hostel!

My first and foremost job.

2011-09-07T13:00:00.002+08:00

As I had mentioned in my previous post that I'm working, I'm sharing a few photos of me and my bunch of colleagues which were taken on my last day of working with them :) Working with them was fun and memorable. Although we have only spent two months together, you guys helped and guided me a lot! At first, I don't really enjoy working there but as time goes on, it's not bad after all. Thank you very much.

All the best in the future, my fellow colleagues!!!

Latest Update!

2011-09-05T12:46:00.007+08:00

Hello! I'm still alive :) It's already September and going towards the end of the year soon. This is the worst year ever and I wish that I can turn 18 as fast as possible. My age brings me trouble and problem. Actually, I'm planning to further my studies in Diploma in Medical Imaging at Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya under sponsorship by a private hospital after I have stopped Form 6. This is the reason why I stopped Form 6 and ended up aimless. However, due to my age, I couldn't go for it and the hospital doesn't want to send me to other place like MAHSA to study. They want to me to wait for a year for the next intake and meanwhile I can work in their hospital. Actually they expect me to continue Form 6 but like I said, I had stopped Form 6 so what do you want me to do while waiting? So I demand a job from them. I received this sad news on last minute whereby I have already prepared myself to enter to study. This happens so abruptly. I'm stuck in the middle of the air. Can't go anywhere and left with 2 choices. For the past 2 months, I felt dismal and dismay.

After considering and thinking over again and again, I have made a difficult choice which is to let go the sponsorship because I don't want to wait anymore. I want to study now. I have wasted my time since last year after finishing my SPM. Some of you might think it's such a waste to let go the sponsorship because it's a very rare opportunity, entering PPUM and free of charge with T&Cs! But after listening to people's opinions and myself, I have decided to go away. Getting a sponsorship has its own pros and cons. Just see whether you can accept it or not. If I can study immediately, I don't mind taking it up because it's worth but need to wait for next year, it's not a good idea based on what had happened to me. Time is precious and future is unpredictable. So what am I doing now? I'm waiting and preparing myself to enter to college. This time, I'm not being sponsored or whatever. I'm all by myself. I have to pay my own fees and everything. But I think I will be happy because I get to study now and I'm not bonded - less stress! I think it's better to be a free person whereby you can do anything you like and go anywhere you want. Even now, my age is still giving me problem. I can't open adult savings account for PTPTN loan because I still haven't reached 18 yet. This is like WTF!

What am I doing now?

2011-08-07T17:59:00.003+08:00

Hello! I have been neglecting my blog more than ever... Sorry to say that I have nothing to blog anymore and I'm busy with my work. What shall I blog this time? Let me tell you what is my job all about :) Alright, being a clerk in Imaging Department, my job is to sort out the films given out, dispatch films and reports to the patients, call patients in for taking x-rays and also help out in ultrasound sometimes when someone is on leave. These are what I do everyday and the hospital wants me to do this for a year before going to study. I think it's a waste of time although I get to learn something that will help me in my studies. You're dragging me and this is very unfair for me! I don't want to wait anymore and I want to study now so I'm going to leave soon. Thanks for your guidance! My last day will be end of this month, I guess. It's a very hard decision. I have thought of all the pros and cons and I think it's better to leave because future is unpredictable. I have experienced it once and it's enough. I don't know what will happen to me in a year or six years later. I'm afraid that I have made the wrong choice but I will be strong to face the coming challenges and with the supports of my beloved, I will be alright :)
Be optimistic, Kelly!

Gaining some weight.

2011-07-31T00:14:00.001+08:00

From small till now, I have never experienced or seen any fatness in my body. I'm always ~~slim~~thin and underweight or I should call it feather-weight. I have gone through my photos and realised that I'm always in that 'toothpick' shape/size. My friends who touch or squeeze me are always afraid that I will squash into a pancake or fly away when the wind blows. I do admit that I'm too skinny and trying my best to gain some weight in order to look nicer and better but it's very difficult. My family are all small in size. Like mother like daughter :) My colleagues are complaining about my weight and body posture. One of them said I will look awesome if I gain some weight and stand straight - don't hunch girl! I always forget to stand straight. They ask me to eat more for my own good because in the future, I need to be strong enough to carry stuffs. Oh gosh! I'm forcing myself to eat more and I hope to see some improvement on myself. Sometimes, it's just hard to eat because I'm not used to eating a lot especially in the morning. Hopefully, I can grow fat! I wish I can get myself well-trained by walking or standing when I'm working.

Here's a picture of me taken in the year 2009. Not much different compare to now... Still skinny!

Life is tough.

2011-07-17T17:58:00.005+08:00

Hello people! How are you? Long time no see :) I have been quite emotional in June and I have decided to move on since nothing can't be changed. What I need is a solution. What am I doing now if you're wondering? Currently, I'm working in a hospital since I can't go for study due to my age which is ridiculous... Arghhh, this is really stupid! This is my freaking first job :) Anyway, working in the hospital is really an eye-opening and good experience. One thing I did learn is money is hard to earn. I get to see and deal with many types of people when I'm working. Not only that, I have to tolerate with the patients and also my colleagues. I don't know how-to describe it, you will experience it when you start to work so be prepared. Sometimes, I just feel so tired until I don't want to work anymore. Honestly, working is very tiring... and I think I'm still young to face such challenges but I know that one day I will still face it so why not face it now. At least, I will be more independent and stronger than the others who are still learning and studying. First week, I get scolding from a doctor, staff nurse and colleague which made me feel like going away but I remain tough because this is a part of life. Everyone does get scolding for the first time as a newbie. Or maybe it's just me. Just take that as a lesson. Maybe it's for your own good. I just kept reminding myself to try my best to accomplish my job and don't get into any mistakes or scolding. Taking public transports and not staying with my family are making me to be more independent and I appreciate that. One step closer to be a better person!

"Be thankful for who you are today, because it has to be someone out there who'd kill just to be you."

Now playing: Mistake by Girls' Generation :)

On Hiatus.

2011-06-28T11:20:00.001+08:00

Sorry for not blogging. I have so many things to blog about but I have decided to keep it to myself. It's not the right time to reveal them. Something bad had happened to me and I'm figuring out how-to solve those problems. From next week onwards, I will be very busy with something and will seldom blog. It's going to be July soon and I'm still not doing something meaningful. Hope you can understand my current situation. Thanks and take care!

Picture: Source

Why oh why?

2011-06-21T16:57:00.006+08:00

On my previous post, I said I have chose another choice instead of continuing my Form 6... Suddenly, there's a problem and I might not able to go for that choice due to a circumstance. That's I'm still underage. WTF! It's not like I'm going to clubbing or gamble in a casino. I'm just going to study....What kind of reason is this? This is not my fault for being born on October. I'm getting so excited and did a lots of survey and now, you're telling me I can't go? I can die now. Maybe, it's for some safety purposes... But I'm turning 18 in four months time, why can't you just open-one-eye-and-close-one-eye? Well, at least, ~~you give me another~~ ~~choice to choose but~~ if you want me to wait for one more year, sorry, I can't and have to re-consider about this matter. I don't want to waste my one-year time to wait for the next intake. Well, I think that's the only choice I have now. I feel like I'm hanging in the mid air, don't know what-to-do. I'm so disappointed! Why didn't you check properly before choosing me? You're letting me down... and it's so unfair to those who was born in July, August, September, October, November and December! Have you thought about us (those who was born at the end of the year)?

Picture: Source

Final Decision.

2011-06-15T22:40:00.002+08:00

After I had decided my own future, I have changed my mind again. LOL! What's wrong with me? Why am I so stupid and not determine enough to make a decision.... Earlier, I had chose to take up Form 6 instead of going to private college (can't afford) since Matriculation didn't accept me although I had appealed. Now, I have dropped Form 6, just to inform you.

Oh yes, I have stopped schooling!

Why? Because I have another choice and I have decided to go for it. Confirmed. That's the only reason. Not because I don't like to study or was being forced by parent or hate going to school while my friends are in college or don't want to obey the school rules or hate wearing uniform. I like the uniform alright! My mom supports my decision although she is scared and feared and worried that I might not able to do well. I know there will be no turning back or regret. I'm very clear on what I have decided and doing now. I asked my friends, teachers and relatives' opinion before deciding. Majority ask and support me to go for it. Hopefully, I made the right choice. If I stop halfway or change my mind, I will cause a big problem to my family... So better work very hard!

Disappeared & Returned.

2011-06-13T02:15:00.006+08:00

I didn't blog for a week because I wasn't in KL but Seremban. I had disappeared to visit my grandmother in the conjunction of the school holiday and Dragon Boat Festival. I ate 'bakchang' as breakfast for the whole week. Of course, many different types... or else I will throw up. Since I had nothing to do at home, I decided to stay on for a week there. At least, I don't have to worry about my meals. The best thing was I didn't online for the whole freaking week. I'm weird!

I came back on Saturday and immediately went to Watson to grab some 60% discounted products like Pantene 350ml for RM5.96 (NP: RM14.90). DAMN CHEAP!!!!! *faints* And on Sunday, I went to Mutiara Damansara (IPC, The Curve & IKEA) since mid-year sale is about to end. My mom and I did grab something back home. I bought a vintage flower top from a random stall at e@Curve for RM25 (will post a photo of that blouse soon) and my mom bought her office wears from Metrojaya at The Curve.

We had our lunch at Ah Cheng Laksa 阿清拉沙, e@Curve. Their 'Asam Laksa' and 'Curry Laksa' are tasty. Unfortunately, I didn't bring my camera out but you can visit their facebook page for the mouth-watering pictures. With a reasonable price, it's worth to try! Their gravy or soup is just nice, not too dilute or saturated. Currently, they are having Combo Set promotion where you can have a try/taste their exotic food. Later, we proceeded to IKEA to take-away some finger-licking good chicken wings :D Damn, it tasted great! The wings were well-marinated and cooked.

We headed home after that and we nearly crushed into another car while my mom was driving on the LDP. I had a heart attack. Luckily, I shouted at my mom and she turned her steering back. I wasn't sure whose fault was that but my mom confirmed that she looked into the side mirror and checked that there's no car before going to the another lane with the signal lights on. Maybe the car was speeding on the highway and within seconds, it reached beside my mom's car when my mom wanted to go to his lane. Sometimes, driving is scary and dangerous! The driver was unsatisfied and kept horn-ing and over-took my mom's car and speed off. WTF. If you want to speed or in a hurry, please go to the right lane, you idiot!

Signing out. My eyes are getting strained and droopy! Good Night, ehhhh it should be Morning because it's 2.15AM now :)

Off to bed.... Zzzzzz!

Yours Truly :)

2011-06-05T14:15:00.001+08:00

My current song.

Ishhh, I'm bored at home, keep reading my story book and online. Actually, my mom and I will be going to Kuantan on next Saturday. However, the trip is canceled due to not enough passengers in a bus... 15 of them left, damn you. Disappointed! Why oh why? I was looking forward for this vacation. My friends are enjoying and splurging themselves in different places - one is in India and the another one is in Singapore... leaving me #foreveralone here. Sorry for not blogging really hard nowadays because I have nothing to blog honestly and I don't want to leave my blog vacant. Between, I'm planning to change my current blog URL into a better and more mature one. Any suggestions? It's a time for a revamp, don't you think? I shall end my meaningless post with a picture of myself.... LOL! :D I know I'm not that good in camwhoring so please forgive my self-indulgence :P and you know I seldom take myself unless there's a very good background or setting...

Yours truly.

PS: I searched for the definition of camwhore and it turned out to be a bad meaning. A camwhore (sometimes cam-whore, cam whore or cam-slut) is an individual who performs sexual services on the Internet with webcam software in exchange for money, goods, or attention, usually by a fixed per minute fee or by encouraging viewers to purchase items on their wish lists or add to their online accounts. Oops! Now you get the real meaning....

Sunway Piramid, long time no see + Archery!

2011-06-01T12:27:00.002+08:00

Hello people! Since it's a school holiday for me, I'm free... not being occupied by studies :) In Facebook, I was invited to an event which was organised by my former classmates so I decided to join them for an outing to SUNWAY PIRAMID! Honestly, I ~~have never been~~seldom (twice maybe?) go to Sunway Piramid because it's ~~too~~quite far from my house and I don't know how-to-go seriously. You can call me jakun or what but I think I do belong to the estate, JK said :D Anyway, we - 9 of us, gathered in one of our classmates' house and here we went with two cars. Something caught my attention when I was walking towards the entrance of the mall. It was a long queue! So I hurried myself because I thought someone is giving out something for free... I was wrong duhhh, the people were queuing up for something-I-don't-know-why in front of the Apple Store. Rupa-rupanya it's something related to iPhone or iPad. LOL! We had our early lunch in PappaRich. The food was alright... because I only ordered a dessert which cost me RM5.90!

We were classmates for 2 years! Not long and not short.

After that, we decided to go for karaoke @RedBox! Again honestly, I have never ever sung karaoke in my entire life... because I think my voice is horrible, I have kiddy voice... Not really suitable to sing at all. However, after my friends persuaded me, I gained my courage and sang loudly! It was fun because nobody cares about how your voice is. We are here to have fun and enjoy, that's all :)

They went crazy and high up the sky :D

What a record that we sang for a few hours. The best thing was our voice didn't go harsh or voiceless especially me, for first time singing. We aimed to play as much as possible so we proceeded and went to the bowling centre! Unfortunately, there was a competition going on and it was so crowded so we walked off. Then, a friend suggested us to watch movie but the queue was so long so we left the cinema. In the end, we separated into three because some of them were not interested in playing archery... I'm interested yeah! They (guys) went off playing arcade and some (girls) went for shopping.

Three of us walked to the archery shop and it wasn't that occupied. We were given I-don't-know-what-you-call-that for safety purposes and minimize any injuries to happen. KJ was awesome because she didn't need those stuff.... She is a pro, ishhh. Again and again honestly, I'm not a sport or active girl so I have never tried to play archery before. My first impression was damn cool wey! Unfortunately, I'm small in size, they changed the bow and arrows just for me... It looks like kids version :( Nevermind, I still enjoy playing or shooting. Since I have zero knowledge on archery, there will be a coach guiding me how to hold, aim and shoot. It was hard at first but after a few attempts, you will know how it goes... I managed to shoot two arrows into the bull's eye :D It was great for me, a good achievement for the first time. My coach asked me to practice more and come back again... Of course, I will!

Aiming and ready to release!

It was a productive day! I had a lots of fun and learned new things... Thanks for inviting me :) We went back home in the evening since there were nothing left for us to play besides ice skating and Sunway Lagoon. I will definitely play archery again :)

PS: My hand is still aching due to archery... but no regrets!

Holiday is here!

2011-05-27T16:10:00.001+08:00

I don't know what's wrong with my friend, Abee in that picture. Sorry for posting this up...
I just love this picture! We were happy :D

Gahhh, I just can't stop blogging! It has become an essential part in my daily routine... I won't feel comfortable unless I blog something or anything. I just can't abandon my blog for weeks and the first thing I do when I'm on9-ing is to check on my blog. Finally, my two weeks holiday is officially started. I'm damn excited because I will be going to somewhere during this holiday. I'm not sure whether will I go back to school after my holiday. Today might be my last day in that school... Anyway, I have to decide my own path and future! For the first time, I did blood test and chest x-ray on last Wednesday. It was mad awesome! I saw my red blood being sucked out by a syringe and how many radiations had entered to my body when I was doing x-ray. Haha! I am, somehow interested in becoming a radiographer. I enjoy working in the hospital with the white coat. I know some might think it's a risky or life-threatening job because you will be exposed to radiations and they will never think of getting involved in this unsafe field. Even my Physics teacher asks me not to go for it... He said it's dangerous and you will die faster and also get older faster. For me, it's the opposite. I find it challenging and interesting.... because you get to see the inner parts of the body and dealing with the dangerous radiations and also meet different type of patients (fussy, weird, kind, crazy - you name them). Any suggestions or opinions about this job? Feel free to share with me! I want to more more about it....

Bye. Take Care! :)

Settled Down.

2011-05-24T14:20:00.007+08:00

Crazy over B&W pictures! Between, she is gorgeous :)

Finally my application is being approved by the PPD (Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah). It took me two weeks to be approved... My mom had to rush from office to my school to fetch me back home. Pity her! She didn't have enough time for lunch and was always late to office. Well, I chose a school which is way nearer from my house. It takes about few minutes and few kilometers for me to reach my new school. Furthermore, I know someone from that school so it's quite easy for me to get into that school. My new school is SMK Taman Ehsan. Everything is alright! However, I encounter heavy traffic jams whenever I want to get out of its area, Taman Ehsan. All sorts of vehicle like lorry, trailer, bus and etc. are found which will lead to massive traffic jams. Luckily, I have asked one of my classmates for an alternative road and it's much more better than last time. No traffic jams! Less petrol and less time taken to reach home - Happy :)

On the first day itself, I was called out to present my points in front of the class based on the questions given for MUET lesson. I know, that was crazy but since I still don't know any of my classmates yet, I just talked whatever crap... and even criticize them because that was what the teacher wanted, defend your points and defeat the others :D He was testing on the way we spoke and our maturity on giving the points. I met new friends of course... They are in the same table as me! We are placed inside a laboratory. That's why we are sitting in groups because the table is huge for one student. After studying for almost a week, I think I'm used to the environment and I have never come late to school for now. I can tell you I'm excellent in getting late to school. The prefects always take down my name and when my form teacher couldn't find me in my class lane, he will go to the late lane to seek for me and give some advices/ways for not being late to school :D Miss my high school's friends and teachers! Physics and Maths S&T are getting me drowsy and crazy... Gotta pay more attention and keep practicing! The teachers keep telling us that we are doing pre-u now, not secondary level of studies anymore so no more exercise books but test pads... Wow! We are like grown-ups seniors in the school. I can't take for granted anymore, life is tougher than usual... Work harder, Kelly! This is what you suppose to do for now :)

I shall end my post here :) Signing out! Take care.

Picture: Source

Swimming time!

2011-05-21T13:30:00.001+08:00

It was a long time ago, I had invited my friends for a swim at my house... Miss them now! We went to different paths. Owhhh! My friend, Abee has uploaded those pictures on Facebook. She takes a long time to upload those pictures after a year or months, I think... LOL! We didn't swim at all, we were playing and chit-chatting in the pool. We behaved like real children... OMG! Please grow up, Kelly :) You're 18 now, not 8... but I enjoy being a kid than an adult seriously!

The excited children in swimwear!

Posing before we get wet :) They didn't want to take off their T-shirts!

And here we went, off to the pool!

OMG! I look like a small little girl here... *peace*

It was relaxing to get splash by the high-pressure water. Some sort of therapy :)

Look how crazy were we?

It was a fun and memorable day! We had lots of fun time together. We shall hang out more often... Miss those high school days whereby we can be childish and immature :) No one will care on how you behave or act... but now, we have to change in order to be more mature (grown-ups).

Mother's Day's Gift.

2011-05-18T13:05:00.010+08:00

So what did you give your beloved mom during Mother's Day? A kiss or a hug or nothing (you're mean!)? Since I still haven't earned an income (no money) yet, I couldn't afford to bring her for a dinner in some 5-star hotel or restaurant. Plus, I'm not a good cook seriously! I might just disappoint myself and my mom :( Therefore, I decided to buy something that my mom wants/interested to own... According to her, she saw her boss using a 'clay' cup for tea which is quite useful and good. Then when we were walking along a street, at the entrance of the Carrefour hypermarket, she visited a vendor selling vases, arts and furniture from China. She spotted the cup that her boss had and asked for the price. It comes in pair with a wooden box and she was interested. We bargained and managed to buy them at RM30 for two cups. I have decided to give the another cup to my auntie for Mother's Day.

Left: My mom's and Right: my auntie's

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
'I LOVE YOU, MUMMY'

:)

Benefits of drinking water.

2011-05-14T17:10:00.002+08:00

I have received a forwarded e-mail from my mom and she kept calling me to read this useful article. After reading it, I have decided to share it out and hope it's useful to you since now, the weather is getting hotter day by day. Therefore, water plays a very important role in our body! Take your time to read this :)

The Correct Way To Drink Water
By Dr. Willie T. Ong

Our bodies are made up of mostly water. Just look at the facts: The brain contains 74% water, blood contains 83% water, lean muscle has 75% and bone has 22% water... Experts agree that water is one of the most powerful forms of treatment. So how come most people don't drink enough water?

10 Health Benefits of Water:

1. Water prevents kidney stones. The most common cause of kidney stones is not drinking enough water. Since water dissolves the substances that form stones in the urine, drinking 12 glasses daily helps treat kidney stones.

2. Water treats urinary tract infection. The more water you drink, the more you will urinate. "Drinking lots of water will help flush out harmful bacteria from your bladder," says Medical City kidney specialist Dr. Roberto Tanchanco.

3. Water helps patients with diarrhea by preventing dehydration. As a first-aid for diarrhea, you can make your own oral rehydration solution at home. Mix a glass of water with 2 teaspoons sugar and ¼ teaspoon salt, and drink as much as you can tolerate. This is similar to the dextrose solution in the hospital.

4. Water helps reduce fever. For symptoms of flu, water can help lower your body temperature when you urinate the "heat" out of your body. If you're sick, drink more water for you to recover faster.

5. Water helps treat cough and colds, sore throat, and respiratory infections. Water helps loosen sticky phlegm. A respected lung specialist told me that some mucolytics out there are just as beneficial as drinking lots of water.

6. Water reduces heartburn. Taking 2-3 gulps of water every 20 minutes or so can help flush the stomach acid away. Bananas and water are effective alternatives to taking antacids. Try it.

7. Water prevents constipation and its complications. Too little water can harden the stools and lead to hemorrhoids and diverticulosis, a disease of the large bowel. Drink water and eat lots of vegetables to soften your stools.

8. Water keeps you alert and energetic. If you're dehydrated, your blood is literally thicker. This makes it harder for the blood to circulate. As a result, the brain can become less active and you can feel confused and fatigued. Some studies also show that water may help cure migraine headaches.

9. Water helps reduce weight. By drinking a glass or two of water before a meal, you will lessen the amount of food you can take in order to feel full. Water has zero calories and will not make you fat.

10. Water keeps your skin soft and radiant. Just as a dehydrated person will have deep-set eyes and wrinkled skin, so will a fully hydrated person exhibit a normal and beautiful skin tone.

The Correct Way To Drink Water:

1. Drink water when you wake up. Your body loses water while you sleep, so drink a glass before you go to sleep, and another glass when you wake up. You are naturally thirsty or dehydrated in the morning. Drinking water in the morning helps flush out the toxins that have accumulated all night.

2. Drink 8 to 12 glasses a day. According to the Mayo Clinic, a 120-pound individual needs 8 cups of water a day, while a 190-pound person would require 12 cups daily. Dr. Robert Tanchanco says that we should monitor our urine color and keep it on the light side. However, drink only a maximum of 16 glasses a day, and not more.

3. Drink little by little throughout the day. It is preferable to sip water throughout the day rather than to drink two glasses all at once. This will lessen the stress on the heart (especially if you have heart disease) and give your body more time to absorb it.

4. Don't wait until you're thirsty to drink water. By the time you feel thirsty, you're probably already 2 glasses below your normal water needs. Elderly people are also less sensitive to the body's need for water.

5. Drink water, not soft drinks, alcohol or coffee. Some experts believe that tea, sodas and coffee can be potentially dehydrating. Moreover, the high phosphorus and sugar content in cola drinks can lead to conditions like osteoporosis and diabetes. One study shows that adults who drank six cups of coffee daily experienced mild dehydration. Drinking alcohol is much worse because it actually dehydrates you by making you urinate a lot.

6. Train children to drink water. Set a good example to your kids and drink water together. Make sure that children drink enough water when they're active. Pack a large bottled water in their lunch box.

7. Drink more when it's hot. People living in hot climates like the Philippines need to drink more water. They are more prone to develop kidney stones compared to those living in cooler regions.

8. Drink more as you exercise. When you exercise, you need to drink more water to compensate for fluid loss. Go for an extra 500 ml of water for a 30-minute to 1-hour exercise. Eating a banana also helps keep your potassium up.

9. Drink more when you're sick. Even though you don't feel like it, you really need to drink more water to help your body recover from various infections. If you're dehydrated, you'll feel much worse.

10. Drink more if you're pregnant. Women who are expecting or breast-feeding need additional fluids to stay hydrated. The Institute of Medicine recommends that pregnant women drink 10 cups of fluids daily and women who breast-feed take in about 13 cups of fluids a day.

Picture: Source

The Road Less Taken...

2011-05-10T16:10:00.010+08:00

Hello people!

I was so busy yesterday. I went to so many places just to transfer to another school and was lost in somewhere because my mom and I weren't that familiar with Selayang area. For those who don't know what happened, I have just registered myself at SMK Raja Abdullah for Form Six which I have decided since I was in Form Four. Yes, I know everyone has heard of its famous name for a bully case. However, nothing really happened when I'm in the school. We are still new and blur students. Well, each school has their own discipline problems, whether major or minor problems. Like what I wrote for the title of this post, I took or chose the greener road. Not many people want to study Form 6 now because colleges are better and more fun than school. If you ask me why I choose Form 6, I will say because it's cheap and I have the chance to go local university. Maybe, you think it's a waste of time but for me, everything is hard, nothing is impossible as long as you work hard and I'm not interested to work a.s.a.p. So just go step by step with no hurry... When you're graduated, you will have years and years to work...

Basically, this week is an orientation week to welcome lower six students and briefly introduce them with the subjects that they want to take and compulsory subjects like MUET and Pengajian Am. However, I'm not going to stay in that school because it's way too far from my house. It takes me about 30minutes and 20km per way to reach to that school. I can't afford to go to school like that everyday... First, I don't have any transportation, even they have, it will be expensive because petrol kept increasing and second, I got to disturb my mom to come out during lunch time just to fetch me back home until she doesn't have sufficient time to eat... Pity her! I still need to go to that school for one more week to wait for the PPD to approve my transfer application first. Hopefully, I can transfer a.s.a.p!!! I have been to that school for 2days without any companions. All my close friends have selected to go college... I'm alone, trying my best to make new friends or join my old schoolmates/classmates.

I have decided. How about you?

PS: I'm still wearing my formal school's pinafore :D I can't blog so frequent anymore.... but I will still blog :)

It's May!

2011-05-05T10:47:00.004+08:00

Blink up your life!

Good morning, everyone! The weather has been playing a fool with us because in the morning, scorching sun is glaring at us and in the evening, rain comes and makes us wet and damp. Alright, I have nothing to blog about and yet I still want to blog because whenever I visit my own blog, it's so plain and outdated. By the way, feel free to comment on my latest added poll at the left of my blog, beneath of my Nuffnang advertisement. I want to see how my blog looks like to you, readers view! May has arrived and that means I will be going Form 6 soon. I had received the offer letter to study Form 6 in SMK Raja Abdullah which is far from my house. So I have decided to transfer to a school that is nearest to my house so that I don't need to rush or wake up early everyday. OMG! Until now, my mom still doesn't let me drive out of my house compound.... She said I'm not good in turning and handling the steering when it's a corner turn. I, somehow will go to another lane if I'm slow... :(

Gotta keep practicing, my darling!

PS: I have to push myself to read more storybooks and wake up before 9am!

Source: Picture

#2 The Royal's Wedding.

2011-05-03T13:44:00.008+08:00

I just came back from Seremban after celebrating pre-Mother's Day with my grandmother, my mother and my aunty. I will use the KTM Commuter service to Seremban because my mom doesn't want to drive all the way to Seremban with the old junk car. Yesterday, I was so desperate because I couldn't find a seat from Seremban till KL Sentral.... OMG! It was terrible and the train kept on stopping for several times and it took me 2hours+ to reach Kepong from Seremban. Normally, it only takes about 1hours 30minutes to reach. Seriously, I hate and sick of KTMB. If they don't upgrade and improve their services and efficiency in the future, they will lose their passengers as soon as the MTR(Mass Rapid Transit) is completed :) Not only that, the women-only coaches are useless and ineffective because the men just ignored the signage and hopped in when the doors are opened...

Alright, let's get back to the topic. I'm enough with the disappointment and frustration. Yes, I had watched the post-royal's wedding which was on last Friday in Westminster Abbey, London from the beginning till the end. I was so excited about the wedding as if it was my wedding day.... LOL! My first impression on Kate Middleton's wedding dress is just simple... However, it is still pretty, elegant and gorgeous-looking on her! I love her earrings which is so classy and beautifully designed by Robinson Pelham, a wedding gift to Kate from her parents.

Wedding dress is designed by Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen.

Prince William is still the tall, handsome and smart-looking although he is already balding but I like Prince Harry more because he is too cute. *melts*

Two handsome brothers were arriving at Westminster Abbey. Prince William in a red uniform of the Irish Guard's officer and Prince Harry in a blue uniform of the Blues and Royals.

~~Kate Middleton~~Princess Catherine as a commoner is so lucky to marry a prince as her husband. It is every girl's dream including me! Don't worry, Prince Harry is still single :) They met in a university and after a 9 years of courtship, the world has witnessed a fairytale wedding.

Just married!

Prince William and his beaming bride, Kate Middleton pose for their official wedding photo in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace on Friday (April 29) in London, England. Photos are taken by Mr. Hugo Burnand who has been the Royal family’s official photographer for important occasions during the last several years.

Prince William and Princess Catherine, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

The family photo: Front row left to right is Grace van Cutsem, Eliza Lopes, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Queen, Margarita Armstrong-Jones, Louise Windsor, William Lowther-Pinkerton. Back Row left to right is Tom Pettifer, Camilla, Charles, Prince Harry, Prince William and Kate, Michael Middleton, Carole Middleton, James Middleton and Philippa Middleton.

Royal couple with the page boys and bridesmaids photo: Clockwise from the bottom right are the Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones, Miss Eliza Lopes, Miss Grace van Cutsem, Lady Louise Windsor, Master Tom Pettifer, Master William Lowther-Pinkerton.

May this new couple lives happily together!

I shall end this post with a memorable kissing photo!

The famous balcony kiss!

Credits: Pictures are searched from Google.com

#1 The Royal's Wedding.

2011-04-28T12:33:00.003+08:00

I'm counting-down for the tomorrow's much anticipated royal's wedding day. I'm going to glue my ass on the sofa at 3pm to witness the wedding. My mom doesn't understand why this royal's wedding has attracted people from all over the world until our Malaysia's reporters flew there just to broadcast about the happenings in London a week earlier than the wedding day. Even our Yang di-Pertuan Agong's wedding wasn't that big and grand until live in the televisions... Well, maybe it's because William and Kate is the perfect couple and it is like fairytale whereby Prince William is the prince charming and Kate Middleton is the lucky princess.

Where to watch the Royal's Wedding?

For fellow Malaysians, you can tune into Astro.
BBC (ch 512): Royal Wedding Special coverage Friday, April 29, from 4.30pm
CNN (ch 511): Live coverage of the wedding on Friday, April 29 from 2pm
TLC (ch 707): Live Royal Wedding coverage – (LIVE) Friday, April 29 at 5:00 pm
SkyNEWS (ch 514)/SkyNEWS HD (ch 700): Live coverage from 5.00pm onwards (Free for all Astro subscribers)

Non-Astro subscribers:
NTV7: The Royal Wedding – Friday, April 29 from 3.00pm-8.30pm
Royal Wedding Highlights (repeat) – Saturday, 30th April from 7.00am-1.00pm

So stay tuned! I wonder how's Kate Middleton's wedding gown looks like....
Are you excited? Don't miss it!

Something like this?

Credits: Che-cheh

Monday Oh Monday!

2011-04-25T10:25:00.002+08:00

I woke up as usual, around 9am in the morning. OMG! The weather is still hot... It's another random Monday again. People go to school/college and I remain at home trying my best to do revisions. Anyways, I'm going to drive my mom's car today for the first time... Now, I got to deal with auto-transmission car. LOL! It seems that auto cars are much more easier and not challenging. I still like to drive manual car and it's way cheaper than auto car!

Have a nice Monday!!!

PS: I blog because I want to post out the picture above :D It's pretty but it's not taken by me! What a random post?

Movie Review: HOP(U) and SCRE4M(18+)

2011-04-22T11:17:00.004+08:00

This month is rather productive for me because I have watched two movies and went through my driving test and interview :)

Alright, last wednesday, I joined my friends to One Utama for some shopping and hanging out... A friend of mine, Wendy drove us all the way from my house to OU and we arrived safely :D That was her first time driving to OU. Wendy went for shopping at her favourite stall, Cotton On and I was doing window-shopping with Abee. Later, we was bored so we decided to watch a movie. Someone suggested to watch Justin Bieber's Never Say Never which was a NO for me because I don't think it's nice to watch so we chose HOP.

The Synopsis: Hop tells the comic tale of Fred (James Marsden), an out-of-work slacker who accidentally injures the Easter Bunny (voiced by Russell Brand) and must take him in as he recovers. As Fred struggles with the world's worst house guest, both will learn what it takes to finally grow up.

Review: This animated movie is something related to Easter and the bunnies. This movie is pretty childish and funny. The characters are super cute especially E.B. and Carlos. The ending is lovely and touching because in the end, there will be two Easter bunny! I like the beats when E.B. is playing with the drum...

Rating: 3/5

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Yesterday, Abee invited me to watch her so-called epic movie, SCRE4M a.k.a Scream 4 with two girls, Ai and Ke. We headed to Kepong Village Mall and bought our tickets. The cashier lady was looking at me and telling me that this movie is for eighteen years old and above and I was like yeah... Till now, I still look like a little girl :( When the movie was showing, Ai and Ke went out because they couldn't stand it anymore... Pity them because they didn't know it's a killing movie until they saw the poster.

The Synopsis: Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro after 10 years for the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey (David Arquette) and Gale (Courteney Cox), who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill (Emma Roberts) and her Aunt Kate (Mary McDonnell). Unfortunately, Sidney's visit also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger once again.

Review: This is movie is nice to watch but you got to prepare for some disgusting scenes. There are a lots of stabbing and slashing going on... Not least, bloods are everywhere and when the killer takes the knife and start poking, cutting, slashing and stabbing, you can feel the pain...It was like ewwww and ouchhhhh! However, some best parts are being cut off but it's still nice.... If they didn't cut off those scenes, I think this movie will be awesome nice! I didn't expect Emma Roberts to act in this type of movie and also as the main actress. Many pretty girls are acting in this movie and you wouldn't want to miss it. The ending is unexpected because there was two killers and one of the killers was Sidney's cousin. OMG! PS: The cinema was empty because there were less than 10 people watching it which made it more spooky and cold.

Rating: 4/5

Parts of Thailand: Hatyai - Part 2

2011-04-21T10:10:00.001+08:00

Continued from Parts of Thailand: Hatyai - Part1.

After visiting the Monkey King Temple, we went to the famous Ang Chan Tong Temple. We were told by our tour guide that inside the temple, there is a undecomposed Buddhist monk and he is being kept in a glass showcase. Surprisingly, he is still in a good condition. Our tour guide told us that certain lucky people can see him swallowing saliva so we decided to stare at his mouth to see whether is it true. I think I saw him doing that but somehow it's impossible. I think it's due to eye illusion because you're expecting him to do that. Well, I don't know.... What do you think?

Flowers are sold for offering to the monk.

In the evening, we were sent to the hotel to check-in before going for dinner. We stayed one night in a not-so-nice hotel called Merlin Hotel which is located at 2 Chaiyakul Uthit 1 Rd., Hatyai, Songkhla 90110, Thailand.

This hotel is not a good choice for those who want to stay for a few nights. The rooms are alright and just so so only.

Later, we were brought to Lee Gardens Plaza for our luxurious dinner because we will be eating buffet. We took the lift and went up to 33rd floor. The foods were delicious and you can eat till you drop. There were variety of choices for you to choose. The only problem we encountered was fully occupied. Therefore, we had to search for places to dine-in and fight for the food before they are taken away. The night view from 33rd floor was nothing special.... I didn't care about it because I was busy eating all the time.

After we filled up our stomach, we joined a mini van to witness the one and the only stainless steel temple in the world, Chedi Thaimongkhon. It was magnificent! However, it's special because it turns out to be green in colour when it's being taken by the camera. Actually, the temple is white in colour if we witness it by ourselves. I was told that when it's being reflected, it becomes green in colour. Some scientific facts....

Picture: Source

Taken with my camera. It's green in colour!

Since the night was still young, we decided to go for shopping and hunt for some local food.

We were transported by Thailand's taxi called tuk tuk. It's reasonable and fun.

We couldn't resist from buying the Mango with glutinous rice and coconut milk. The mangoes are freaking sweet and tasty. OMG!

These mangoes are real and huge although they look fake and plastic.

Delicious and cheap!

On the next day which was our last day in Hatyai, we planned to take tuk tuk to the famous market(pasar) which sells everything from food to clothes. Before that, we had our breakfast at a street nearby to our hotel.

Selling dimsums :)

My favourite!

Then, we hopped into a tuk tuk and we reached to the market.

Arrived at the market in the morning.

Mangoes everywhere but we can't bring them back.

Artistic shots?

In the afternoon, we started our journey back to Malaysia and reached KL at night. We did stop at Ipoh, Perak for dinner and bought back Ipoh's Salted Chicken which was finger-licking good!

That's all for my Hatyai, Thailand trip. I hope I can go to Bangkok one day :)

Parts of Thailand: Hatyai - Part 1

2011-04-19T15:25:00.005+08:00

I'm bored in this particular moment and I don't feel like studying yet so I decided to blog about my trip to Hat Yai, Thailand by bus. Yes, I went to Thailand by a tour bus and it wasn't that boring because I went with my family at night and the bus was new and comfortable. Hat Yai is a city in southern Thailand near the boundary to Malaysia if you don't know where Hat Yai is. Hat Yai is the largest city of Songkhla Province, the largest metropolitan area in Southern, and third largest metropolitan area of the country. FYI, this is my second time to Hat Yai, Thailand. I have been there once in year 2006 and went back again in year 2011. Basically, nothing much changed.... I still can recognised some places in the city. Everything will be easy if you are fluent in Teochew dialet because the people there know how-to speak Teochew surprisingly.

We began our journey at night and reached at the boundary of Malaysia in the morning. After passing through the immigration, we started our trip by going to a temple called Wat Tham Khao Rup Chang. We had our vegetarian breakfast there before exploring the whole temple. Of course, donations are welcomed!

This temple is special because it uses the cave and consists of several part.

This is my first time entering into a cave and looking at the stalactites and stalagmites are really eye-opening. We need to be bare-footed while exploring the cave.

According to our tour guide, touching or rubbing this stone can give us abundance of wealth so we kept on sweeping the luck into our bags and pockets.

Besides that, we collected some holy waters from Guan Yin for some good blessings.

After we finished exploring the temple, it was afternoon already so we decided to have our lunch by the road side in a random stall. There was a lady in our bus and she was so excited to eat Thailand's chicken rice. LOL!

So we decided to give a try and honestly, Malaysia's chicken rice is much more tastier than Thailand's. I just don't get that lady who is obsessed with the chicken rice.

There was another stall selling noodles and I wanted to try it so I ordered by myself. OMG! It tasted better than the chicken rice. I love it!

Then, we proceeded to another temple called Monkey King Temple (齐天大圣). Our tour guide said that there's a tortoise in this temple and you must have 'fate' with him in order to carry him up. Not everyone can manage to carry him. Some said it's light and some said it's heavy.

My cousins were trying to carry him.... and next was my turn.

and I did it!

That's all for my Part 1. Stay tuned for my Part 2! More temples to explore :)

My Seventh Driving Lesson and JPJ Driving Test

2011-04-18T15:20:00.008+08:00

Yesterday was my last lesson with my tutor before going for the exam on Monday... Before that, I told my tutor that if it's raining heavily, I'm not going to learn anymore because my mom said it might rain on that day and I can't learn anything if it is raining. Apparently, it wasn't raining till I stepped out of my house, waiting for my tutor to come and rain started to fall. LOL! My mom can predict the weather.... She is so accurate even my tutor agrees with it. Nothing much on my last lesson because I have learned everything. I was just practicing my slope, side parking and three-point turn.

On the next day which was today, I went for the driving test at Sri Sinar in the morning. The candidates were separated into two groups. The first group will be doing on the road first and the second group will be doing the parking, slope and three-point turn first. I was in the second group and I was the second person who was going to do the slope. I was damn nervous because everyone was staring at me and I was the first in my row. The person in-charge called our numbers and I went into the car. I kept on pressing on the clutch so that I'm familiar with it. When it was my turn, I realised that my car was too near to the white line. The person parked the car to near to the side.... OMG! I failed my first attempt because I exceeded the yellow line. However, I succeeded in my second attempt. That was so near to fail! Then, I proceeded to the side parking. I tried to calm down myself and remembered the steps taught by my tutor and I did it without any mistakes. From there, I drove to the three-point turn. I kept reminding myself to be as slow as possible and I did it again. I was lucky!!! The only thing left was on the road (road test). According to everyone, you will get some nagging or scoldings from the JPJ officers and I got nagging from her.... The most important thing is to stay focus, just calm down and do it as usual. I just concentrate on my driving and I passed with 18/20. Overall, I passed and will obtain my "P" license by this week. I was so happy until I called up my tutor, expressed my gratitude and thanked him :) :) :) He was laughing on the phone. He said it's alright to get some scoldings from them if you can pass. LOL! My advices are take more lessons to brush up your skills and confident and ask questions from your tutor, don't be shy. It's better to spend the money on practicing rather than wasting RM150 for re-sit if you failed.

PS: I was damn happy so I blogged about it on the same day but I'm too lazy to upload a photo to prove to you that I really passed :D I met new and old friends there...

My Sixth Driving Lesson

2011-04-14T11:43:00.004+08:00

Yes, my sixth time driving a manual car was on last tuesday and again, I was sweating a lot but this time I can see my droplets falling down from my face. Basically, I just brushed up my driving skills including the parkings and slope and my tutor brought me to the the roads that will be tested during the test. There will be two roads known as Jalan Satu and Jalan Dua. Jalan Satu is much more easier because it's nearer and doesn't need to go up the hills. Jalan Dua is the hard one because there will be slopes and a lots of bumper. However, my tutor said Jalan Satu is used more frequent than Jalan Dua because the officers don't want to waste time and in a hurry. I'm still not confident with my three-point turn as my tutor said I'm too fast although I'm slow. He wants me to go as slow as a tortoise..... So I will practice more three-point turns on this sunday which is my last lesson with my tutor before going for the test on next monday. Damn it. I want to pass! I don't want to waste RM150 to re-sit.

Take a sip of Yeo's Justea.

2011-04-12T16:11:00.005+08:00

Justea has been my all-time favourite drink since the first time I had tasted it. During CNY, I served my guests with some Justea packs. It's my number one choice. I love the aroma and refreshing taste of the Justea has. Furthermore, I enjoy drinking tea more than coffee. The benefits of drinking tea are it is potential to protect against cancer, increasing the levels of good cholesterol, known as HDL, while reducing the bad cholesterol, known as LDL, in their bodies, fight skin related problems, such as acne, it reduces stress and chances of dehydration by maintaining fluid balance in the body, retards the aging process, in some recipes it can even be used for cooking rather than drinking and many more. Tea does contain caffeine, but the quantity is much lesser as compared to coffee so it's more safer to drink. My favourite Justeas would be JUSTEA GREEN TEA WITH LEMON and JUSTEA GREEN TEA WITH PEACH. Justea is available in cans or packs to choose.

Justea is available in cans:

• Justea Green Tea Peach (with Nata De Coco)

• Justea Green Tea Lemon (with Nata De Coco)

• Justea Green Tea Lychee Lime (with Nata De Coco)

• Justea Green Tea (with Aloe Vera)

• Justea Green Tea White Grape (with Aloe Vera)

Justea is also available in packs:

• Justea Green Tea Peach (250ml)

• Justea Green Tea Lemon (250ml & 1L)

• Justea Green Tea White Grape (250ml & 1L)

• Justea Ice Tea Lemon (250ml)

Currently, Justea's Facebook - Justea for Fun is organising a contest called Vote For Me Contest which provides a lot of attractive prices. There are two prizes that caught my attention and I have decided to participate to win them. The steps are simple!

All you need to do is choose your favourite can and submit a picture from your facebook album or desktop.

And then, you try to adjust your picture so that it fits the frame nicely and click submit masterpiece after you think it's perfect.

Later, you are required to fill in the registration form and it's done.

I'm trying my best to get the highest votes because of the attractive prizes. I'm aiming for the awesome cameras that they are giving away and also the Justeas!!!

So please vote for me. I do appreciate your helps.

Click here to vote for ME: http://apps.facebook.com/justeacontest/gallery.php?uid=1373273601

Thank you.
As a photography enthusiast, I will go crazy if I really won a camera back home :D

Having P!nk Fever!

2011-04-10T10:00:00.013+08:00

Currently, I'm in love with P!nk (Pink)'s songs. Her songs are freaking nice and her voice is just so alive and wonderful! However, I don't really like her appearance or the way she dressed up but her songs are amazing and true. You should read up her lyrics which are meaningful. Well, celebrities are usually more special than normal people to attract attentions.

Here are a few of my favourite P!nk's songs:

You know what? Being perfect isn't being a skinny girl, or being rich, or being popular. Being Perfect is you. Don't change for anything or anyone. If no one excepts you then just stay positive and you'll get through it. We all make wrong turns. I know, you don't have to tell me. I know that every guy or girl is tired of playing Charades with their identity. Just stop trying, get into the groove and be free. So Pretty, Pretty please...don't you ever ever feel like your less than, you're perfect!

She is pretty and talented!

Chinese New Year.

2011-04-07T15:48:00.004+08:00

I know it's ~~too~~very late to blog about chinese new year which was on the month of January but the pictures that I took with my cousins were pretty and fun so I decided to share it out. We were bored so we snapped some random pictures of ourselves. Please ignore our retardness :D

Receiving angpows from our grandma.

My mom's fortune basket.

Lastly, cheers everyone! Smiles on everyone's face :)

By the way, if you don't know who am I or can't recognise me, I'm the one wearing the purple bunny T-shirt in conjunction of the rabbit year.

My Fifth Driving Lesson

2011-04-06T10:45:00.001+08:00

Yesterday, I was sweating again. The weather was terribly hot! Luckily, I was smart enough to bring a handkerchief with me and whenever I was waiting for my turn, I took out and wiped my soaky face. Yesterday, I did all the 3 tasks by myself. Of course, at first, my tutor was beside me. After I'm familiar, he left me alone doing them. Basically, I was practicing my side parking again because I'm afraid that I have forgotten the important steps. Then, I proceeded to the three-point turn which was much more easier than the side parking. The most important thing is don't ever stop when you're doing three-point turn. You're only allowed to stop for twice. However, because it's easy, candidates tend to take for granted and too confident. For me, the hardest would be side parking because they're too many steps to remember and must be accurate. By the way, I took 3 more extra lessons before going for the JPJ test. I don't want to fail.

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PS: I have formed a travelogue page below of my header. Feel free to click on it :)

What we have bought from Bali?

2011-04-01T10:36:00.001+08:00

Here's the recap on my travelogue on Bali : Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4 and Day 5.

Basically, we enjoyed shopping in Bali because their currency is lower than ours and we can bargain as much as possible. Nothing is nett in Bali. All you need is communication. Because we know how-to speak Bahasa Malaysia which is quite similar to Bahasa Indonesia, we never encounter any difficulties during the bargain process. Hereby, I category them into locations. I'm sorry for the unavailable prices because I forgot to jot down the prices but they are cheap because we bargained till the maximum except for the items bought at Hawaii Bali. That I can assure you :)

#1 Tanah Lot

#2 Sukawati Market

#3 Hawaii Bali Oleh-Oleh

#4 Kuta Art Market

PS: Sorry for the long-lost draft post. Now, it's published! :D

My Fourth Driving Lesson

2011-03-30T11:01:00.004+08:00

Yesterday, it wasn't raining or sunny but the weather was damn hot. I was sweating for all the time (2 hours) and I didn't know whether did my tutor smell my unpleasant body odour when he sat beside me after I sweated a lot... LOL! Anyways, my fourth driving lesson was all about parkings. I found that side parking wasn't easy at all. There are so many techniques and formulas to remember. Just for the steering, you can get confuse easily. According to my tutor, everything must be done in no hurry and accurate but in 5 minutes. You can't miss a step or forget to turn or over-turn the steering to the amount that is needed. OMG! It was damn tiring especially for a skinny girl like me to turn the stiff steering for so many times. But the best thing is you don't need to step on the accelerator pedal at all. You just need to use the clutch and brake pedal to get moving and I'm curious why the car can move without using the acc. pedal. By the way, I'm alright with my slope part. My tutor asked me to try the slope part for twice and I did it without the engine died or the car went downwards. Yes, the car did went downwards a little bit but that was because I didn't pull the handbrake tightly and properly. My tutor had registered for my driving test which is on the 18th April. Damn! Next week, I'm going to learn three-point turn :)

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Getaway to Bali: Day 5 (Finale)

2011-03-28T15:09:00.006+08:00

I want to read from the beginning! Start from here;
Day 1: http://privateproperty-kelly.blogspot.com/2011/02/getaway-to-bali-day-1.html,
Day 2: http://privateproperty-kelly.blogspot.com/2011/02/getaway-to-bali-day-2.html,
Day 3: http://privateproperty-kelly.blogspot.com/2011/03/getaway-to-bali-day-3.html and
Day 4: http://privateproperty-kelly.blogspot.com/2011/03/getaway-to-bali-day-4.html.

Day 5
Kuta Art Market - Kuta Beach

Finally, after more than a month, I have finished up my travelogue on Bali. I know I'm not a responsible and hard-working blogger but do you know that to do a travelogue needs a lots of patience and hard work? Alright, without further bragging, Day 5 was our last day in Bali, Indonesia, we decided to take some pictures of Auntie Fina's housing area. Since our last day was free and easy, we went out after having our last breakfast and I can tell you that each house or bungalow has different design. They were freaking nice and luxurious!

Here's where we stayed for 5 days.

Auntie Fina's house.

Then, when we were about to go, we took picture with Auntie Fina's family for remembrance. Thank you for providing us accommodations and helps for 5 days. We appreciate them.

Because we still haven't had enough of shopping, we asked our driver to fetch us to the nearby low-budget shopping area which was the Kuta Art Market before we proceed to the airport. After walking around the street of shop lots and spent lots of rupiah, we didn't realized that we reached to a beach. The beach was near to the art market. It is located at behind of the market. Due to the time constraint, we couldn't relax and enjoy at the beach so we quickly walked to the Kuta beach to explore and take some pictures before we were off to the airport.

Hot, burning sun on our last day.

When we were walking to the sea, we saw a lots of sea shell and corals. There were so many types of sea shell and corals. My aunt decided to pick up a few to put into her aquarium. I enjoyed the feeling of picking up sea shells and corals along the beach :)

Walking along the beach.

After that, we rushed ourselves to the airport to check-in and flew back to Malaysia. We were happy because we enjoyed till the last minute and bits in Bali :D

Don't forget to read my next post which is about all what did we buy at Bali?

That's all for my travelogue for Bali. Hope you enjoy reading them. Overall, Bali is a place for shopping and sun-bathing at the beach.

My SPM Results

2011-03-27T12:01:00.000+08:00

Alright.... I'm a little late to announce my SPM results to the public or shall I say to the cyber world. Last Wednesday which was the day that the results were released or doomsday for all the students who took SPM last year, what I can see was people screaming or crying in the hall and some still didn't have the strength or courage to go in. However, I'm very weird on that day because I didn't cry or scare or fear to collect my results. I was easy-going and cheerful. Maybe it was because of a person. Thanks to him. When the results weren't out yet, I went up to the school's office to enquire some information regarding Form 6. Along the corridor, I saw many teachers and one of them was Mr. Yap, my Mathematics teacher. He was smiling happily until I can't see his eyes and he called my name. I was glad that he stills remember me. I greeted him and he said, "Kelly, you got A+ for your Maths. Well done! and you got A- for your Add. Math. Not bad!". I couldn't believe him so I double-checked by asking him again and he nodded his head. I was damn happy because I knew I have 2A's in my hands. At least, I got 2A's. It's better than nothing! So when the results were out, I went down to collect with my friends. All of them were damn nervous but I remained calm and happy still. I don't know what's wrong with me. When it was my turn to collect my results, I was just looking at the slips while my form teacher, Mr. Sulaiman was flipping through, finding my name. Finally, he found mine and said, "Congratulations!" then he passed it to me. I looked down my results and felt happy because I managed to get 6A's out of 9 subjects although most of my friends did well.

My results.

Do you think I should remain in science stream eventhough I didn't get A's for my science subjects?

PS: I'm satisfied and happy :) By the way, my GCE O' Level (1119) is 3B which is bad. I need to improve my bloody English!!!

My Third Driving Lesson

2011-03-24T17:29:00.003+08:00

On my third driving lesson, I had encountered many challenges through out the lesson. First, when I was eating my breakfast, the rain started to drizzle. OMG! I heard people said that when it's raining, the road will be slippery and you need to be careful. My lesson started at 8 o'clock in the morning and it was still drizzling. Luckily, the rain wasn't getting heavy and heavier. FYI, I will be driving go and back by myself from that day onwards which I think it's pretty cool. Next, when my tutor and I were about to arrive at the practicing place , there was a slight traffic jam occurring in front of us due to the rain and the working hours and I nearly fainted because I knew I was going to suffer especially my left leg. Thanks god, the center was just a few meter away. On that day, my tutor taught me about the slope. How to go up and down the hill. It was fun and thrilling but the most challenging part was the car's tyre must be inside the yellow line.

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After you managed to stop at the yellow line, then you will face another challenge which is getting down the slope which was quite tough and scary because I got to press on the accelerator pedal till the engine sound is heard roaring loudly. If not, the car will go backwards and you will be considered fail or your car will end up banging another car because you're nervous and you don't know what-to-do, . After a few attempts, my tutor went out of the car and asked me to practice by myself. I was damn nervous. Imagine me going up the slope without any guidance but that was an opportunity to prove to my tutor that I can do it and get myself prepare for the coming exam. Without my tutor inside the car, I managed to stop at the yellow line for a few times but I also failed to do that a several times. I also experienced engine breaking down when I was about to go down from the slope. Anyways, my tutor said I'm not bad because I did it a few times. For me, slope is actually easy if you apply the techniques and formulas that your tutor have taught you.

Getaway to Bali: Day 4

2011-03-22T00:00:00.014+08:00

Missed my previous days in Bali? Here are the links;
Day 1: http://privateproperty-kelly.blogspot.com/2011/02/getaway-to-bali-day-1.html,
Day 2: http://privateproperty-kelly.blogspot.com/2011/02/getaway-to-bali-day-2.html and
Day 3: http://privateproperty-kelly.blogspot.com/2011/03/getaway-to-bali-day-3.html.

Day 4

Ubud - Sukawati Market - Tegalalang - Kintamani (Mount Batur and Lake Batur) - Hawaii Bali Oleh-Oleh

We started off our day by visiting to the artistic site of Bali. Pak Made drove us to Ubud which is famous with its wood carving and painting. Pak Made said don't buy any paintings or wood carvings from the market because the quality isn't good and not long-lasting so Pak Made brought us to a shop if we're interested to purchase some wood carvings. It was beautiful and at the same time, it was expensive but you can bargain for a cheaper deal. We just did some window shopping and proceeded to another shop which is selling paintings. My mom bought 4 mini buddha paintings after bargained for so long. It wasn't really cheap but can consider okay because of its good quality. The colour will never fade eventhough it contacts with water.

Wood carvings.

Paintings.

Next, we were thrilled because we were going to Sukawati Market which is a shopping heaven. However, we still prefer shopping at Tanah Lot because the things are nicer and more good in quality.

I didn't take much pictures because we were busy shopping under the hot sun.

When we're walking from one shop to another shop, I will observe the grounds to avoid from accidentally stepping on those canang sari(s). "Canang" refers to the tray, while "sari" refers to the "essence" of the offering which may be a small amount of money placed on top. Canang sari are offered every morning by devout Balinese to show gratitude to the creator (Sang Hyang Widi Wasa). The philosophy behind the offering is self sacrifice in that they take time and effort to prepare. Balinese are very devoted to god so it's good to respect those canang sari. Even our Pak Made had one canang sari in his car.

Beautiful canang sari(s).

Then, we went to the rice terrace called Tegalalang. I always love paddy fields. They are green in colour and give me a calming feeling. Rice terrace is something special because the paddies are planted in step by step.

We didn't go down to Tegalalang so that we can save up for the parking fee. We just looked and snapped pictures from the car window.

Later, we headed to Kintamani to have our buffet lunch with the view of an active volcano Mount Batur. The weather was comfortable and soothing. Honestly, it's not worth to have buffet there although the buffets are cheap. There were very little choices to choose but it's nice to eat while feeling the relaxing weather and staring at the beautiful volcanic view.

Heading to the restaurant for buffet.

Mount Batur on the left and Lake Batur on the right.

This was only picture we took with our driver, Pak Made which was wearing a red T-shirt.

One thing that we were afraid of when we were up at Kintamani is being hunted by kids, begging you to buy something from them. They won't let you go until you buy something from them. It was freaking scary because they will follow you till the car. I bought a hair clip and ran away from them.

Auntie Fina being surrounded by a group of kids.

Due to the rain, we missed our visit to the Pura Tirta Empul at Tampaksiring. Finally, at end of the trip, we asked Pak Made to fetch us since we haven't had enough of shopping. Pak Made introduced us to a shop called Hawaii Bali and we loved it. The prices are reasonable and the items are nice and wearable. Do pay a visit to that shop if you're sick of bargaining. The shop is located at Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No 28 X, Kuta, Indonesia.

Stay tuned for the finale which is Day 5!

My Feelings.

2011-03-21T10:57:00.005+08:00

Beautiful roses.

I know that I'm not blogging recently because I just came back from Thailand. Yup, I traveled again :) I hope before I die, I'm able to pay a visit to those country that I always wanted to go! Besides that, my cousin sister came and stayed at my house for two weeks. We had nice moments together. According to the news, SPM result is coming out on the 23th of March which is on this wednesday - two more days! Honestly, I have never ever put any high expectations on myself because I don't think I did well for my SPM but I don't know about my mother. Sorry if I disappoint her. However, I wish, hope and want to score straight As. At least, straight A-'s. Actually, I'm not nervous for my coming SPM result. I don't know what had happened to me that I'm not afraid of my SPM examinations and result. Seriously, I don't feel that my hands are numb or my heart is racing and thudding or my fingers are sweaty. Now, what I'm thinking for this coming wednesday is to eat the food that I missed in the school (nasi lemak and keropok lekor). LOL! I must be joking.

My Second Driving Lesson

2011-03-16T15:21:00.003+08:00

Yesterday's lesson was rather more to challenging than fun. That was my second time driving a car and first time driving on the road. Such an exhilarating moment for me! Proud to say that I didn't bang or get any hons from anyone. I even conquered the big and small roundabouts, bridges and even u-turn. Unfortunately, I was panicked during the u-turn and the car died. Luckily, no cars were behind of me. That was my most unsatisfied moment when I was driving on the road. Other than that, driving is fun! My tutor even taught me how to drive up to the hill without reversing the car. I managed to learn it after a few attempts. By the way, I still have problem with the handbrake. It's damn hard and stiff. Handbrake is very useful and important when you're driving up the hill. My tutor called me to practice my left hand by mopping the floor. LOL! Next lesson, I will be doing parking which I think it's freaking hard and need a lot of practices.

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PS: I just came back from Thailand! Shall blog about it as soon as I finished my Bali travelogue.

My First Driving Lesson

2011-03-08T17:07:00.008+08:00

After I passed my Undang-undang test with a score of 47/50, I listened to the theory course for 6 hours and finally I received my 'L' license. Today, I started my very first lesson. I wasn't nervous or excited about it. In the morning, it rained and as a beginner, I don't want to experience my first lesson in the rain. Luckily, in the afternoon, the sun started to shine.

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During my first lesson, my tutor brought me to an empty and shady land to practice. Before letting me to drive, he explained about the gears, clutch, brakes and accelerator pedals which was quite confusing at first but after I tried it by myself, it was alright. My tutor was helpful as he really guided me with patience of course. The best thing was I didn't get any scoldings from him. The car did broke down twice as I wasn't really familiar with the clutch and this was my first time driving. Basically, my first lesson was all about how-to go round. I was just going round and round and round till my lesson ended. Am I a slow learner? My next lesson will be on next Tuesday morning. According to my tutor, he will let me drive on the road. OMG! Am I ready and brave enough?

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Here is a useful website about driving: http://driving-school.com.my/

A few video clips that I found it's useful for beginners: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4mx7yZEcy0, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH-nLjgl9do

Getaway to Bali: Day 3

2011-03-02T15:37:00.006+08:00

Here's Day 1's: http://privateproperty-kelly.blogspot.com/2011/02/getaway-to-bali-day-1.html and Day 2's: http://privateproperty-kelly.blogspot.com/2011/02/getaway-to-bali-day-2.html blogposts.

Day 3

Visit Coffee Plantation - Ulun Danu Temple, Bedugul - Taman Ayun Temple, Mengwi - Tanah Lot Temple

Early in the morning, Auntie Fina had cooked some local food for us. The green rice was super nice. It was made of all sorts of vegetables, leaves and herbs. Then, we started our Day 3 without Auntie Fina because her sisters are coming to visit her.

Visiting to the coffee plantation was our first destination before we proceed to Bedugul. We were tested by all sorts of coffee and tea. My favourite would be the lemon tea.

In Bali, you got to try out their one of the world's most expensive and low-production coffee, Kopi Luwak or civet coffee. Kopi Luwak is produced mainly on the islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Sulawesi in the Indonesian Archipelago.

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Kopi Luwak or civet coffee is made from the beans of coffee berries which have been eaten by the Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) and other related civets, then passed through its digestive tract. Because it's produced from the luwak's poop and freaking expensive, we didn't dare to try it.

On the way up to Bedugul, we passed by paddy fields.

Finally, after sitting inside the car for a few hours, we reached Pura Ulun Danu @ Bratan Lake which is located by the western banks of Lake Bratan in the Bedugul Highlands at a level of 1239m. The weather is cooling and relaxing, something like our Malaysia's Cameron Highlands. The entrance fee is IDR10000 per person. The weather was still cloudy so we couldn't take nice and bright pictures. Along the roadside, there are a lots of people selling strawberries which is so fresh and juicy. We bought 2 packets of them.

One of the most beautiful temples in Bali.

Trying to shoot some nice pictures with the floating temple.

Since it was lunch time, before we proceed to our next destination, we stopped by the roadside to try out babi guling, one of the famous local food in Bali. Pak Made recommended this restaurant called Babi Guling Andi Jaya.

We chose babi guling special. Overall, it was good except for the soup. The soup was too salty but Pak Made said it's normal. My favourite is the crispy pig's skin.

Then, we headed to Pura Taman Ayun, Mengwi. Taman Ayun is literally translated as "beautiful garden" and is generally regarded as one of the most attractive temples of Bali.

The entrance fee is IDR3000 per person.

Pura Taman Ayun was built in 1634 by the Raja of Mengwi, I Gusti Agung Putu. It is so called 'Pura Kawiten' or family temple, a special temple where the deified ancestors of the Raja Dynasty of Mengwi and important gods of other temples are honored.

Later, we rushed to Pura Tanah Lot with the hope of able to witness sunset.

Tanah Lot is claimed to be the work of the 15th century priest Nirartha. During his travels along the south coast, he saw the rock-island's beautiful setting and rested there. Some fishermen saw him, and bought him gifts. Nirartha then spent the night on the little island. Later, he spoke to the fishermen and told them to build a shrine on the rock for he felt it to be a holy place to worship the Balinese sea gods.

The entrance fee is IDR10000 per person.

Spotted a corn vendor and we couldn't resist ourselves from buying them :) Yummy!

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I can tell you that Tanah Lot is the best place to shop. You can shop till you drop! We regretted for not going to Tanah Lot earlier. We shopped till it closed when the sky turned dark. We felt so unwilling to go back because we weren't satisfied and haven't finished shopping yet. I didn't bother to snap any pictures of the shop lots because we were too busy shopping and bargaining :D

When it is low tide which is in the evening, we are able to walk towards the temple.

Holy water is provided at this temple to be used to bless the people/visitors. This holy water is continually flowing from the stone and surprisingly, it wasn't salty at all. I thought it's from some sort of seawater but I was wrong. It tasted like normal plain water. According to wikipedia, this temple is guarded with poisonous sea snakes but I couldn't spot any snakes there. Maybe, it's a myth.

Blessed with holy water. Donations are welcomed!

I, personally love this picture very much :) It's a candid shot.

Four of us think that Tanah Lot is a must to visit! The scenery is beautiful and shopping is fun.

Things that you bought from Tanah Lot can never be found in Sukawati Market. Trust me!

Things sold in Tanah Lot are much nicer and better than Sukawati.

After all the shopping and sight-seeing, we went back home. We really enjoyed at Tanah Lot. We will definitely go back there if we visit Bali again.
Stay tuned for Day 4!

PETRONAS Chinese New Year TVC

2011-02-28T15:41:00.002+08:00

In a blink of an eye, month of February or CNY is ending tonight. It's like yesterday, I just celebrated new year. I always adore television commercial from Petronas because they give us good and touching messages. I'm looking forward for these commercials whenever there are festivals going on in Malaysia - Deepavali, Hari Raya & Merdeka.

Here are some Chinese New Year's tv commercials which I had shed tears after watching them.

You might think I'm over-acted/exaggerated but these commercials really touch me till my bottom of my heart. By the way, I'm not that type of girl who will easily cry out or get touched.

#1 2011 - http://youtu.be/bYNjuvkymQw
#2 2010 - http://youtu.be/ujVSCexaNH4
#3 2009 - http://youtu.be/uG5_SW6M0kw
#4 2008 - http://youtu.be/299OANrWw9A
#5 2007 - http://youtu.be/dP-j6vUGwK4
#6 2006 - http://youtu.be/b4pDKTcKwkg
#7 2005 - my favourite among all!
#8 2004 - http://youtu.be/BtljF_POzGw
#9 2003 - http://youtu.be/nQGH5k9L_L4
#10 2002 - http://youtu.be/6MovURbmWKA
#11 1999&2000 - http://youtu.be/XHEOCDEZY6U

Remember family is more important than everything including your lover!

Which tv commercial is your favourite or touches you the most? Feel free to share.

Getaway to Bali: Day 2

2011-02-26T17:46:00.011+08:00

Here's Day 1 if you have missed it: http://privateproperty-kelly.blogspot.com/2011/02/getaway-to-bali-day-1.html

Day 2

Kuta - Dreamland Beach - Uluwatu Temple - Jimbaran Bay

My mom & I didn't have a good sleep because of the rooster. It woke us up early in the morning. Auntie Fina cooked awesome breakfast for us & also another guest all the way from Germany, Ms. Barbara. I salute her for what she's doing in Bali. She is helping the pity women in Bali. She traveled all by herself. Actually, auntie Fina is staying in Germany. She will come to Bali during the winter & visit her hometown.

Meet Ms. Barbara, a strong woman.

Around 9.30am, Pak Made came & fetched us to our desire destinations. Auntie Fina came along with us. In Bali, there are car rental services whereby you can rent a car (Toyota Avanza or Suzuki APV) including a driver for 10hours to whatever destinations you want. We rented a car for IDR400,000 per day which was slightly expensive but sometimes we exceeded the 10hours so it was alright. Here is his phone number, 085238430801.

Our first destination is to Kuta Town. We stopped at a place which I forgot to ask for the name. It's beside the beach & there are many restaurants & bars there. Auntie Fina said at night, this place will be crowded with people.

Planning to sunbath ourselves.

On the way to the Bali bombing memorial on the site of Paddy's Pub, it rained heavily. Therefore, we didn't get down to the memorial. We just looked through our car windows. The memorial is made of intricately carved stone, set with a large marble plaque, which bears the names and nationalities of each of those killed.

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Next, we proceeded to the Kuta Art Market. The market was flooded with rainwater. I didn't take any pictures because I don't want myself & my camera to get wet. You're allow to bargain there. The items there can be considered good.

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We had bakso ayam for lunch at the roadside. I can tell you that bakso ayam was freaking delicious and eating it during the rain was just perfect.

Awesome Bakso Ayam!

Then, we continued our journey to Dreamland Beach. Luckily, the rain stopped. Dreamland beach is one of the beautiful beach in Bali, surrounded with high hills and big coral reef. This beach is suitable and perfect for surfing. For me, dreamland beach is beautiful but the pathway to enter to that beach is horrible. You got to be very careful while walking because it is full of stones and it's very steep. Dreamland beach is not fully-developed yet.

In the evening, we planned to witness the sunset at the Pura Luhur Uluwatu. Unfortunately, the weather was still cloudy and we can't even spot the sun. It was being covered by the clouds. Pak Made said Uluwatu's sunset is the nicest of all and we couldn't get a chance to see it. Beware of the monkeys there!!! Grip your belongings tightly because the monkeys are smart in snatching things. Everything is food to them. They like to come from behind to your shoulders. I witnessed it by myself. However, we managed to escape without any harm.

Entrance to Uluwatu Temple.

The famous sea cliff at Uluwatu. It's stunning and the waves were powerful.

Entrance fee to Uluwatu Temple is IDR3000 per person. It's better to be properly dressed.

At the end of our Day 2 trip, we decided to have our dinner at the Jimbaran Bay. After doing some online researches, I found out that Lia's Cafe is highly recommended with its cheap seafood besides another restaurant, Sharkey's. However, this restaurant is hard to find. Our driver went searching everywhere and finally we found it, right before we're about to give up and go to another restaurant. If you're lucky, you can catch the sunset while eating seafood along the beach but my luck wasn't on my side!

We decided to take the à la carte which is slightly cheaper instead of the packages.

You're able to observe airplanes landing at the runway of Ngurah Rai International Airport from here.

When the sky turns dark, a candlelight is placed at every tables.

The food that we ordered - clams, fish & squids and they came with side dishes - soup, salad, rice, kangkung vegetable & 3 different types of sauce.

Our dinner wasn't that expensive. The total amount is slightly more than IDR250,000 if I'm not mistaken. It was a great experience eating at the beach, feeling the sea breeze, listening to the waves and enjoying candlelight dinner.

That's all for Day 2. Don't forget to come back for Day 3!

Getaway to Bali: Day 1

2011-02-25T12:13:00.005+08:00

Since ages, we had booked the air tickets to Bali from Airasia's sale. Finally, after waiting for nearly a year, four of us get to go to Bali for 5days 4nights! Thank god, we didn't forget about it. I think our anticipations towards this vacation also faded after waiting for almost a year. What-to-do, we want cheap air tickets. Bali is a popular tourist hotspot and backdrop for the new Julia Robert movie Eat, Pray, Love, adapted from Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling book about the recently-divorced author's search for self-discovery. We're damn smart to book our trip on the month of January which is the raining season in Bali and ended up experience raining in Bali.

Remember to check-in through online and print the boarding pass to avoid queues and less hassle! Tip: Check-in through online can avoid you from getting the back/last seat.

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As you can see, Bali is very huge island. From one place to another place, you got to sit at least 45minutes to reach there. My mom said we spend more time in car rather than visiting/touring at those places. That's very true! Bali is famous with its crystal-clear and white sandy beaches and also historic temples or puras Let's get started with Day 1 in Bali island!

Day 1

Arrived at 7.20pm - Went to Auntie Fina's house

Basically, nothing special happened on Day 1 since it was night time & raining heavily when we got out from the airport. We were all wet especially me because I was wearing long pants. During our vacation, we stayed in our relative's house which is located at Nusa Dua. Her house is freaking nice & huge. This was our first time in Bali :)

I wish that pool is belongs to her but it's belongs to her neighbour.

Stay tuned for Day 2. Have a nice weekend!

Interests in aviation industry.

2011-02-24T12:54:00.006+08:00

When I was in primary school, the teachers always ask their students "Bila besar nanti, awak nak jadi apa?" & I will definitely answer "Saya nak jadi pramugari, cikgu!". I'm sure 8 out of 10 girls will answer air-stewardess. I'm one of them. Being an air-stewardess or cabin crew, I can get the opportunity to fly around the world, get to dress up glamorously, highly-paid salary and many more. Who doesn't want all these benefits? I thought being a cabin crew is an easy job. All you need to do is to serve the passengers & ensure the passengers' safety but I'm wrong. After a few experiences in airplanes, I realise that cabin crew is a very tiring job. You got to fly for long haul, you will miss your precious time with families & friends, you will have a hard time dealing with those fussy passengers, you got to clean up the dirty toilets & sometimes you can get sexual harassment. The worst thing about being a cabin crew is that you're just a waitress in the air. What's so big deal? Therefore, I gave up since I don't have the height requirements - too short & the job is so hectic & unstable for me. You will get fired once you're old enough. However, I still have a special feeling towards the aviation industry.

Now, I have a dream job but it's very hard to come true because there is prejudice of the capable of female in that profession. Being a female pilot is what I want. I dare not mention it to everyone because people will somehow discriminate you or maybe laugh at you because it's impossible especially for the ladies. Furthermore, there are very little airlines that are willing to recruit female pilots except for Airasia as far as I know & I'm not that good in my studies but physics is my favourite subject among the another two subjects. That makes my dream job even more harder to achieve but if I'm given a chance, I will try my best. Whenever I'm in the airport, when I see pilots walk pass me, I will always turn my head & stare at them till they're out of my sight. In my thoughts are how nice if I'm one of them. I have decided to give a try in this profession if I meet all the pilot requirements.

Like what Mr. Tony Fernandes mentioned in his blog - This one's for the girls, piloting has absolutely nothing to do with physical strength, the only obvious advantage men have over women. Technical proficiency and aviation skills can be trained in anyone with the aptitude and this isn't gender defined. In fact, the bravado and machismo often associated with men is exactly the kind of trait that acts against being a good pilot. The qualities desired in a pilot are being able stay calm under pressure, being able to multi-task, confidence, capable of making solid decisions and trusting one's instincts.

What he wrote here really gives me the confidence to give a try.

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PS: I think I'm too ambitious for a moment!

Favourite Artists.

2011-02-23T13:15:00.009+08:00

Are you a drama addict of Korean dramas? I'm not really a fan but I like to watch korean drama especially the touching ones. After watching several dramas, I like some of the actresses & actors. They are gorgeous & good in acting. Here they are I present to you!

Actresses

#1 Song Hye-Kyo, 29 years old.

Favourite dramas: Hotelier, Autumn In My Heart.

#2 Choi Ji-Woo, 36 years old.

Favourite dramas: Winter Sonata, Stairway to Heaven.

#3 Lee Da-Hae, 27 years old.

Favourite drama: My Girl.

#4 Song Yu-Ri, 30 years old.

Favourite drama: The Snow Queen.

#5 Nam Sang-Mi, 27 years old.
Favourite drama: Time Between Dog and Wolf.

#6 Kim Hye-Soo, 41 years old.

Favourite drama: none

Actors

#1 Kwon Sang-Woo, 35 years old.

Favourite drama: Stairway to Heaven.

#2 Bae Yong-Joon, 39 years old.

Favourite dramas: Winter Sonata, Hotelier.

#3 Jang Dong-Gun, 39 years old.

Favourite dramas: All About Eve.

#4 Choi Si-Won, 24 years old.

Favourite drama: Oh! My Lady.

#5 Lee Dong-Wook, 30 years old.

Favourite drama: My Girl.

#6 Joo Ji- Hoon, 29 years old.
Favourite drama: Princess Hour / Goong.

How about you? Which one you like the most? Feel free to comment although they aren't in my favorite list.

My new layout :)

2011-02-21T14:43:00.007+08:00

Hello there! Thanks for your support people. I got 25 nangs for my Discover Singapore '10 blog post. This is a great achievement for me! Thanks again :) Today's weather is freaking hot & stuffy. I received a text message from my driving school, saying that my 'L' license is ready. That means I can start to learn how-to drive. I can't wait for it although I'm a little afraid of my instructor whether is he polite or fierce. By the way, did you realize that I have changed my layout? After a few hours of hard work, finally, it came out nicely & I like it. About the header, I chose that picture because I adore beaches & my pair of shoes. That picture was taken during my visit to Bali last month. What do you think about it? Please comment. I know it's not as pretty as my previous one but this is my first time designing my own layout so it's not bad overall. Please agree with me.

@Dreamland Beach, Bali

That's all for today. I just want to shout out about my latest layout. LOL! :D

Now playing: A Year Without Rain by Selena Gomez & The Scene.

Discover Singapore '10

2011-02-18T16:47:00.006+08:00

Alright, I would like to apologize for the super-duper much delayed post as I promised to blog about it last year & now, it's already February. The reason why I'm delaying my Singapore post is because I don't have the majority pictures. However, I got the pictures during CNY. Therefore, I can begin my travelogue on Singapore.

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On 18/12/2010, that was my very first I stepped on the Lion City or commonly known as Singapore, one of the most developed country in the world. I was rather excited to see what are the differences between Singapore & Malaysia. Yes, it's true that Singapore is better than Malaysia.

Due to our sudden plan to pay a visit to Singapore, most of the tickets were sold out because it was near to Christmas day. Air tickets were available but pricey so we decided to take alternative transportation which is the train. Yup, we went there by train. We took the KTM Intercity's Senandung Sutera, a direct train from KL Sentral to Singapore. We took the sleeping coach with a cost of RM36 per person from the Seremban station. Honestly, I couldn't sleep well although the bed was comfortable & cozy. However, the time passed pretty fast. We reached the Woodlands Train Checkpoint at 6am. Then, we went back to the train & proceeded to the Tanjong Pagar railway station.

Tanjong Pagar station. Bright day!

Then, we met one of my aunt's relative & they guided us around Singapore. In Singapore, you don't need to worry about the transportation. With a superb infrastructure in place, it's very easy to get around Singapore. The EZ-Link card allows you to travel seamlessly between MRT and public bus services. This stored value card costs S$15, inclusive of a pre-stored value of S$10.

Waiting for the correct bus to arrive.

Again because of our sudden plan, we couldn't book any cheap or budget hotels. Therefore, we decided to give a try at a hostel since we were staying in Singapore for one night only. We chose the Footprints Hostel (Backpackers hostel) located at 25A Perak Road, Singapore. We booked the Family Room (up to 6pax) for S$102 with breakfast provided & internet access. The problem of staying in a backpackers hostel is that you got to share toilets with strangers. That was so inconvenience. Other than that, everything was fine!

Later, we started our journey to Bugis where you can shop for a reasonable price. I still think the things there are expensive. Everything is doubled. I couldn't afford to buy anything from there. We just have a look there.

Then, we proceeded to Chinatown. We visited the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum, main attraction in Chinatown. Inside the temple, there were various of Buddhas & artifacts. It's impossible to visit the whole temple in one day if you want to look one by one.

Inside the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum.

After that, we went to VivoCity in order to get into the Resort World Sentosa (RWS). Take the Sentosa Express (Sentosa Station) which located on the 3rd level of VivoCity, the station will provide easy access to and from the HarbourFront MRT Station.

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Lake of Dreams, dramatically transforms the strip from day to night.

Universal Studios Singapore, Hollywood movie theme park.

Festive Walk

Later, we continued our journey to the famous Merlion Park, the trademark of Singapore which is standing at 8.6 metres high and weighing 70 tonnes. On the way to the Merlion Park, we were able to see the Marina Bay Sands developed by Las Vegas Sands.

The Merlion.

Marina Bay Sands, three 55-storey hotel towers being connected by a 1 hectare sky terrace on the roof, named Sands SkyPark.

The Merlion + Marina Bay Sands

We also visited the Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay which is located on six hectares of prime waterfront land by Marina Bay.

Esplanade looks like a durian to me.

At night, spare some time to have a look at Orchard road especially during Christmas month, December. Last year's light-up theme was "A Starlit Christmas".

Orchard Road, one-way street flanked by distinctive shopping malls on both sides of the road.

The next day, our last day in Singapore, we went back to Bugis again since it was the nearest place from our hostel. We walked along the Bugis Street before going to the Golden Mile Complex to take a bus back to Malaysia. We sat on a double-decker bus for 5 hours. The seats was comfortable & spacious.

Strolling along Bugis Street before going back to M'sia.

That's all for my Singapore's 2days 1night. Hope you get some information that you need :) It was so tiring because we got to walk for the whole day. I shall start to blog about my Bali trip.

Chap Goh Meh

2011-02-17T11:52:00.004+08:00

How's everyone? With a blink of eye, it's already the last day of CNY. How many angpows did you receive? I didn't receive much. Anyway, this year of rabbit isn't a good year for me. I have a swollen eye & there were some scoldings in my family & my mom hurt her toe. I was quite busy for the past few weeks because my grandma came down to KL to visit her children's house & stayed in my house for a few days. Therefore, as a good granddaughter, I got to take care of her during her stay. Yesterday, she went back home so I have time to blog & watch the collection of Harry Potters which I borrowed from my cousin sister.

By the way, I went to Bali on January & will blog soon about it after I finished my travelogue on Singapore :) Bali wasn't a very nice trip due to the bad weather. The pictures were dark & unattractive.

Since today is Chap Goh Meh, I would like to end my post with a video, one of my favourite CNY song, 春风吻上我的脸. Have a nice day!

End of January

2011-01-25T09:00:00.005+08:00

CNY is coming very soon! Are you busy doing last minute shopping or cleaning up your house or buying lots lots of food & beer? I miss my friends and school life after not being with them for more than a month..... Last time, when I was in the school, I wished that everyday is a school holiday but now, I want to go back to school because I'm bored to death at home! I miss my school's nasi lemak & keropok lekor & fried wanton. Although the sambal is full of chili seeds & looks quite disgusting, I still love it!

I love & miss you!

By the way, I passed my Undang-undang test! I scored 47/50 & I'm one of the fastest person who came out of the exam hall. Actually, the exam is not that tough. You just need to try all the questions given in the book & remember the mistakes you had done. After CNY, I will start to learn how-to-drive after I got my 'L' license :) I can't believe that I will be driving soon. OMG!

Now Playing: Imagine Me Without You by Jaci Velasquez :)

Chinese New Year Trivia

2011-01-21T10:00:00.005+08:00

Since CNY is coming soon, I want to blog something special about it. I don't want to blog about how I clean up or decorate my house. Let's learn something that we might not know! Are you excited for the coming new year? Yes, I'm. I was reading a magazine called Pearl from Jusco. I find it very useful & informative. I would like to share with you readers about their article about Chinese New Year Trivia on page 62 till 63, Issue no.58. You will get it for free if you're a J Card Member. Please take your precious time to read because it's my hard work to type it out. Thanks!

If you wonder why Grandma never allows you to sweep the floor during CNY & other unexplained traditions, we have the answers for you right here!

1. Why do we serve sweet treats like cookies, sugared fruits and candies to friends & family who come to visit during CNY?

Answer: Sweet things symbolise a sweet beginning for all and are usually served in a round "Tray of Togetherness". The types of sweets on the tray should add up to eight. This is because eight is a lucky number and symbolises good fortune!

2. What is Yee Sang and where did it originate from?

Answer: While there are versions of the Yee Sang in China, the contemporary version of this CNY must-have dish is said to originate from Singapore. Usually served with shredded daikon, carrots and variety of Chinese crackers topped with fish ( fresh raw salmon ) and plum sauce, this dish is auspicious because the name Yee Sang sounds like abundance and life. This dish is usually "tossed" or "lou hei" in reference to a thriving business and signifies auspicious wishes for abundance, health and wealth, making it a popular dish during business dinner!

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3. Why can't we sweep the floor during CNY?

Answer: Before the celebrations begin, there is hard work to be done. Spring-cleaning usually starts before the first day of CNY. Everything should be clean as it is a taboo to sweep the floor during the first day of CNY. This is because it is seen as sweeping away your good luck for the coming year. And in case you're wondering, vacuuming is not allowed too!

4. Why do we prepare certain food during the reunion dinner?

Answer: If you wonder why you've been eating the same type of food for reunion dinner every year, it's because certain foods have an auspicious meaning attached! Here is what is generally served during the reunion dinner and their meanings. Abalone means good fortune, arrow root (or Nga Ku) means good life, black moss (or Fatt Choy) means wealth, duck for fertility, sticky rice cake (or Nian Gao) symbolises increasing prosperity and fish for abundance.

5. What is the significant of the Mandarin Orange?

Answer: Beside the fact that mandarin oranges are tasty and filled with healthy Vitamin C, there are also a few symbolisms to it. Mandarin oranges are called "kam" in Cantonese and that sounds like "gold". Having a bowl of "kam" in your living room symbolises having a bowl of gold in your home! Apart of that, because the mandarin orange is in season during CNY, these sweet oranges are in abundance!

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6. Why do we give red packets (Ang Pau) during CNY and what are the origins?

Answer: Children usually look forward to gathering these red packets filled with lucky money from their parents and married relatives. According to Chinese beliefs, when one gets married, they have sufficient money and can share their wealth. In return, the person receiving the ang pau can present a mandarin orange back to the giving person as a wish for luck and wealth for the coming year. The tradition of givin gout ang pau probably came from the legend of Nian, th eterrible monster living in the mountain that descends the mountain at the end of the year to terrorise people and animals. The monster was frightened of the colour red therefore children were given red paper to protect themselves should they come in contact with the monster.

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7. What are the origins of the lion dance?
Answer: The origin of the lion dance also comes from the legend of Nian. The villagers discovered that Nian is afraid of loud noises, bright lights and the colour red. In an attempt to get rid of Nian once and for all, they prepared the Lion Dance with loud drums and red firecrackers and they succeeded. Nian never bothered them again. Henceforth the lion dance that is accompanied by the loud beating drums and red firecrackers becomes a mush-have during CNY to scare away bad luck!

8. What are the auspicious words to greet elders, family and friends during CNY?
Answer: Start the year with auspicious greetings for your elders, family and friends! Phrases in Cantonese like Gong Hei Fatt Choi (Congratulations and Prosperity), Sun Nin Fai Lok (Happy New Year) is usually heard in the morning of the first day of the CNY. Other auspicious phrases are Nien Nien Yao Yu (Wishing you abundance and wealth), Lung Ma Jing Shan (Wishing you more wealth in the coming year).

Hope you learn something new from the article. I think we, Chinese should know everything that I typed on above. For me, CNY is something fun and exciting because I will get extra cash, new clothes & get to meet all my decent relatives.

Lastly, wishing you all an auspicious Chinese New Year! Have fun :)

Kdramas

2011-01-18T13:42:00.000+08:00

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If you're following my twitter, you will know I always tweet about a korean drama, Stairway to Heaven. Now, I'm falling in love with it (again). That drama is really heart-wrenching! I still can cry eventhough I have watched it several times because it's too touching. Besides that, I like this drama because of the casts & storyline.

Choi Ji-Woo & Kwon Sang-Woo

Nowadays, korean dramas are not as nice as the last time's one. Like Winter Sonata, Save Your Last Dance For Me, Full House, Love Story in Harvard, The Snow Queen & many more, they are really freaking nice to watch..... Tears & joys altogether. You can just sit down in front of the TV paying full attention to the drama. You would want to search for the episodes that you have missed. Now, the dramas are all being acted by those people who want to be famous/increase their popularity. They aren't really actor & actresses. They are multi-purpose. I'm not telling that now all korean dramas are not nice. There is some which are interesting to watch like Goong, Personal Taste, Shining Inheritance & many more but they aren't compatible to those old ones. I still prefer the old korean dramas. Maybe sometimes the new actors & actress' acting are too fake - not enough skills. What do you think?

Giving you a new look!

2011-01-15T13:20:00.004+08:00

Since I'm so free now, rather than spending my time doing nonsense, I decided to give a makeover to my blog. I want to give my blog a new look. I don't know how am I going to do it till I'm satisfied but somehow it will be a new look in conjunction of ushering a new year :) Stay tuned! Any suggestions, please comment.

2011-01-12T08:30:00.004+08:00

I freaking love those nails! Too bad it's not on mine.

When I was reading people's blog, I found out a link which is loaded with super duper nice photos. I'm so envy with those photography. How can they capture such nice pictures?

Here's her website: Fashionistha
According to her, she doesn't own any of the photographs posted on her tumblr. She does however edit the photos that she upload. Her editing skill is professional. Each & everyone is so nice!

Now playing: If I Die Young by The Band Perry - http://youtu.be/7NJqUN9TClM

eleven one eleven

2011-01-11T14:50:00.002+08:00

A perfect cooked maggi mee.

This wasn't my first time cooking maggi mee. I always try to cook a perfect maggi mee whereby the noodles are just nice, not too soft & the soup is not too diluted or saturated. Finally, one fine day, I managed too :) I quickly finished up the whole bowl within minutes. Feeling satisfied! What a great achievement for myself. Well done, Kelly!!!

Today is 11/1/2011. I think it's an auspicious day for those who are getting married. For me, today is same as another day - boring day!

Continue studying my KPP. Planning to sit for the exam by this week.