Tuesday, December 30, 2008

My life of 2008

Hi there...So it comes the last day of the year...So what had you done for the year ? What is your plan tomorrow ? What did you miss ? What is your new year wish ? these are the question I always heard when it is the last day of the year..

Oh...talking about the last day of the year...Happy Birthday, Choon Khen.. The Birthday boy..

Hmm..Let me recall back what I did normally on the last day of the year..Mostof the time I will go on a holiday..Last two year I was in Genting..last year I was in Edinburgh, England...But not this year..i am staying in my house enjoying the peaceful moment with my family and of course siting in front of my laptop surfing net for the song I am looking for ages..Finally I found it in a website that I had known before..but i never get to look at it probably..That the carelessness of me that cause me to waste a lot of time in my holiday in order to look for the song I want..

Hmm..I had done a lot of things in 2008 but those work that I had done seems to be a bit useless compare to the year before since I had been having my own honeymoon between the high school life and the college life of mine..Having done things that I have not done before..have been enjoying myself after all those hard work before this..This is what I felt..I had been having a very long vacation for the year..But i think i will have to end it since I will be facing major exams next year..

I was in Edinburgh for the whole January for vacation and attending my uncle's wedding held in the Edinburgh Castle..Had done a lot of shopping which I had not done before for clothes, night gowns for the wedding, shoes and some accessories in Edinburgh..Had experience the snowy weather..the winter that is snowing..this is the first time I had seen snow in my life..I had experience the western life for almost a month..And at the last week of January..i started my journey back to Malaysia..Stop over in Hong Kong for a day which provide the opportunity for me to visit Disneyland before I am too old to enjoy the view there..Unfortunately..That day was a rainy day..I can't see much of the people with costume walking around the street..But i did found a lot of souvenirs there that I had bought..Had watch Hong Kong movies till the next morning before I get few hours rest on the plane before I step on Malaysia's ground..My hometown finally after a-month-long-vacation..

When I finally arrive in Malaysia..It is the last two days of January..The journey is so tiring that I had suggested to stay with my aunt first before I go home..Furthermore..Some unpacking job needed to be done as all of clothes had be jumble up so that we have enough place for other things in the luggage bag..so I have to stay in my aunt's house no matter what in order to separate the belongings..Well..The last day of January indicates the coming of Chinese New Year..I had been just in time for that..

I had organize a gathering in my house..A small one though consists only girls..I had distributed the souvenir and some cookies throughout the gathering..had been chatting about the things we done for the month and all the old things we had experience together..I enjoy the fifteen days of CNY as I never experience such a long holiday for CNY before..normally we only have 4-5 days of holiday for CNY..but this year I had 15...Overjoy by it..Can enjoy collecting ang pau for the year..While CNY celebration had pass...i started my life as an anime lover by watching anime online..talking about anime in the forums..asking and looking around those anime fans' profile...I am busy with my Friendster too at that time..Learning loads of new updates and the skill in decorating and manipulating the html codes...And even looking around for website that allow me to watch anime for free and downloading songs..And also the website where the scholarship s available...Looking for more info about courses is also my job during the holidays..

After the eventful and seasonal February comes the March..i had started to attend courses for the driving license...Attended the few hour course before I am able to get the L license...In my country..We have to get the L license first before we are allow to practice with a car..so basically the L license course is all about theories and the rules and regulations on the road..While busy learning for the driving course...I had to receive my SPM results at mid March..had been curios about my result until I dreamt of it..That's a terrible feeling when I thought of it now..Hmm..anyway...I am happy with my result although it did not meet my goal..But it is expected fro the start..While we are receiving the results...Souvenirs and school magazines is being distributed to the classmates..There's also photograph session for those who obtain good results..We even started chit-chatting with teachers around the school..

Right after I got home...I had immediately started applying Jpa scholarship online..This is the scholarship that had fix my future so far..Since my SPM results is out..i had started to look for more scholarship and the courses available..I will go back to school occasionally to verify the documents needed for the application and visiting my beloved teacher...It had been a while since the last time I visited my teachers...perhaps I will go back soon when I had time..And the streamyx had been fix is my house which cause my access to net become more faster and more convenient..

After the March comes the April..Well..I got my L license and were starting my driving lesson for a month...So throughout the month I had been practicing..But finally got my driving license by the end of the month..As usual...Surfing the net..Watching anime..Downloading songs and game playing had been my job throughout the month..And more frequently since streamyx is available in my house...Besides all these entertainment..I had to be prepared for my interview for JPA scholarship after I had attend the Programe Pendedahan Kerjaya Seorang Doktor in Hospital Kuala Lumpur..Had been learning a lot of things in hospital and had seen a lot of things that i can't get from my study so far..I had my interview in USIM in nilai which is very near to my-current- attending-college..

May is an eventful month for me too..My birthday is been forgotten by my family...Can't help it since everyone is so busy..and JPA scholarship results is being released in mid May..If I am not mistaken..It is on 11h of May...A day before I decide to enter form 6...I had receive a form 6 letter from my high school..Thought of going to form 6 as I didn't get any offer of scholarship...I even prepared the uniforms for my form 6 school life...Luckily the result came out earlier and I had become a scholar after that moment of happiness..I didn't tend form 6 registration the next day but sleeping soundly in the house while waiting for the arrival of the official letter of JPA..At the end of the month..I finally receive the official letter of JPA with the forms and registration forms from college and also 3 copies of contract..Since then..I had been busy for the rest of my long vacation before I started my college life..

June might be the most busiest month for me..Have to fill up the forms that are required for the entry of college..For the info of JPA...And also the medical check-ups..And in intervals I had been calling the JPA office for more info regarding the way to fill up the forms and the extra details about the forms..At the last day of June...I had finally enter my college life..i had enter KTT and living with my housemates and roommate...The beginning of my life away from my house..

July is the start of my college life with a week of orientation programmes and games with the MPPs...And then comes the competition between the groups of newcomers...That week brings the new experience...New friends..new environment and the new life of study to me..Classes had started in the second week and that's the start of my study as a college student in KTT..

August comes the mid semester examinations which is 1 an a half month after we start our study..The results doesn't seems to be good to me...It had been quite bad...Or should I said..It is worse that my results before..After the mid sem exam comes the mid -sem break..Everything resumes as normal after that till the month of November where the activities starts...We have a week of holiday for Raya..And then another week for Deepavali...besides that..nothing special had occur throughout those months..

November indicates the end of our first semester and also the arrival of the final semester examination...I had do my best on this exam..It seems to improve a little compare to the last exam...Hope to do better next time..And as usual..holiday comes after the final sem exam..

The start of the class in December indicates the arrival of the results and the new semester..the second semester..The seniors are all out of KTT except the MARA seniors...So KTt is extremely quiet now...I bet the situation will change when senior are back for language course on March..

Hmm..basically that's all about my year...For the activity in December..i will not write much since I already posted so much of it before this..
Well..My summary of the year is complete..

I think I had achieve quite a lot of things...

--become an anime lover..
--meet new friends..
--started my life out of the house..
--learn how to cook better..
--study with others..
--enjoying things with my housemates and roommates..
--started back my reading habits..( had stop after the SPM exams )
--improve slightly in my exam..
--college life...
--having a blog of mine..
--deleted my friendster account..
--reading more books..
--vacation in overseas..
--visited Disneyland..
--got my driving license..
--get rid of my school uniform...

Hmm..i think that's all that I can think of for my achievement so far..the memorable one..

What's my plan next ? so far...
The thing I want to achieve by 2010

--score in my AS exam..
--score in my A2 exam...
--don't pressure to death..
--not bored to death..
--more new experiences..
--have more time with my family..

Hmm...that's the thing I wish to do throughout next year..perhaps that's few more things..I dun know yet..Who knows what the fate had assigned to us...Just walk down the road and the path you had chose..And everything will be clear soon..

See ya next year..

HAPPY NEW YEAR...
May your wish come true and everything is favourable for you throughout the year..

Shop for Books..

Hi..Well...about the tagging job..It seems fun..although sometimes the answer seems to be ridiculous but some did suit me..Hehe..A few of it is the correct answer or should I said the answer I am going to answer...It describe and answer the question perfectly..

It had been a few days since the Christmas ha pass but the shopping centre still had some Christmas decoration in the big hall or the entrance..i had been to Ikano, IKEA and the curve yesterday..The shopping malls like Ikano and the Curve still had the season mood in it..A warm welcome of the clown and the decoration of Christmas tree is just the thing you want when you enter a big shopping centre..It gives you the season mood...

Well..Here's some picture of it..






The decoration in Ikano...
Sorry for the unclear picture..It is being took from a few floor above it..

Well..do you know much about Ikano I dun really know much about Ikano but i did know some info about the Popular bookstore there..According to the info, it is the biggest Popular bookstore in Malaysia if I am not mistaken..the books there...So far as what I know is always up to date and you can find most of the new arrivals there..You can even find the best selling books, award winning books and other categories of books...I enjoy shopping for books there since the books is always more up to date compare to the other branch.. Well..and there's a CD section for the bookstore too..And there's so many anime DVDs there..unfortunately there's no anime that suits my taste so I didn't get any new anime these time..

I like books a lot..I enjoy reading since I am young..So I will be overjoy whenever i know I get the chance to go to a bookstore...But I hate shopping..especially shopping for clothes..So when my parents decide to shop for clothes or other necessary equipments..I will suggest them to go somewhere with bookstore and maybe somewhere with anime DVDs..hehe...That's my style..I can stay in a bookstore for very long time if I wanted too..i did stayed in the bookstore for 4-5 hours once when my parents went to shop..Although I hate shopping but I like to shop for books..especially storybooks..

Yesterday, I bought a few books..the books which i have been asking around...the books which I receive a lot of reviews.. And a books that I had hesitant to buy before..It is the book named twilight...It had been quite popular these days..A friend of my had recommend it to me before the movie is out but unfortunately I am not interested before this so I ended up looking for it everywhere now since it is out of stock in most of the place..I finally found it in Ikano yesterday..According to a friend of mine..She couldn't find the book in other places..So do I..That's why I am overjoy last night when I finally got the book..i have no idea why but the Borders in the Curve is out of stock too..Actually not only the first book of twilight series is out of stock..the rest of the series is out of stock too in that Borders bookstore..



This is the cover of the second book called new moon..I like the cover of this book...A beautiful colour..i had heard a girl describe it before..The flower with dripping blood...But i dun think so..i thought it was just an ordinary flower with nice and beautiful tuning..

Although other books of the series is out of stock..I have no idea why there's so much of new moon in the market..Which even bookstore you go..You can still find new moon in the bookstore but not the others..

I am really glad that I got the first 2 books instead of the last 2 books...Did I tell you before ? well..I think i didn't...The first time I saw the book..It was a few months before the movie is release..i saw the whole complete series for so many times that I get bored at it..but when I decide to look for it again when I saw the commercial of the movie..I only got to find the last 2 books which is eclipse and breaking dawn..The next time I look for it..I only found the last book..And now when i decide to buy it..I only got the first 2 books..that was quite frustrating...The things seems to appear in front of you for countless time when you dun need it but when you decide to have it, you will realise that you couldn't find any of it anymore..That always happen in my life...Hmm..Whatever it is...I will try my best to look for the last 2 books..if not I am not going to read it..because in my opinion..I wun get the excitement and the fun of it if you didn't read or watch something continuously without stopping...That's why i wun starts to read it until I found the other 2 books..


And this is the other book I bought...Inkheart trilogy..had saw the book before..I had always refuse to buy since it is quite expensive for some time..but i am glad that I found the compilation
for a way cheaper price...RM 79.90 for the book..Although the cover is not as beautiful or as artistic than the separate book since this is the movie cover...But still it is worth it..Have you read the Narnia compilation book? the words is as small as that too...I will have eyesore later when I read the book..Hehe..According to the commercial..The inkheart is coming out with the movie soon on January.. If you are interested to read the book..better get it before everyone rushing to buy the book like twilight series...

Hmm...Well..Beside the bookstore..I went to Speedy shop too..A place where you can buy CDs and DVDs..I have no idea why but i realise Speedy had reduce the number of anime available now..Hmm..that's why I came out empty handed again..
Well..Have you been to IKEA before ? it is a good place to go if you plan to renovate your house..to buy a new furniture of looking for design of a room...if you really like those place..You will probably enjoy visiting the place..There's so many design of the rooms and the furniture..I am hoping to look for something for my house..But dad said we wun be getting any for the time being...Maybe later..So we walk out of IKEA empty handed again..
Anyway..That's all for today..
Tomorrow is 31th of December 2008..
I will be writing for tomorrow since it is the last time i will be posting for the year...
so coming up next..the summary or history of mine in 2008..

Tagging job..

I. Put your iTunes/any other players on shuffle.
II. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
III. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!IV. Tag 11 friends who might enjoy doing this.

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY? Canon In D
2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY? Maria
3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? Romantic Morning [OP]by the Stand Up]
4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? 0.00Am
5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? "bu pa bu pa "
6. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? Ayakashi no Izanai
7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? Itsumo Gawa ni
8. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS? Yawaraka naYuunagi
9. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? " ni guang "
10. WHAT IS 2+2? Seventh Heaven
11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? Seisou Gakuen o theme
12. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? " yi qian nian yi hou"
13. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? " long de chuan ren "
14. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? Kataritsugu Koto
15. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? Boulevard of Broken Dreams
16. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? "qing qing"
17. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? I Got Nerve
18. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? If Tomorow Never Comes
19. WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN? Big Big World
20. HOW WILL YOU DIE? Namidaboshi
21. DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU? Fly Away
22. IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? " ai de hei yan quan"
23. WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW? Sanagi
24. WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS? Eye Catch

I would like to tag Sheih Nee, zeff, Choon Khen, Hans, emma, Keshan, Shawn Paul..

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Moving mission

Hello..I am here again to update what I did today...An extraordinary day for me as I am helping my granparents to move from their old apartment to the new apartment...The new apartment was located a few street from the old one..Just few blocks away from Kepong's Jusco..It is a new apartment..Just been built for half a year now..My granparents live in the 8th floor..I have no idea why they move there...Hmm..Or do I know ? well..If I am not mistaken..It is due to the shorter distant to the shoplots..But i dun think the location is as good as the old one...Why is it so ?



Wel..I personally felt that the old one is more comfortable than the last one..And at least the old apartment did not face the 'indah water' directly..I believe most of you knew what Indah water means...It means the straining plant..The place where they treat the faeces..Hmm..so it will be knid of smelly if the machine is damage or if the direction of wind is favourable..So I dun think it is a nice place..beside that..The scenary is not as good as before...I am able to see the KL tower from the old apartment but not the current one..So I dun like the current one though..Anyway, my grandparents seems to like it so I can't comment more about it...



In order to help them to move, I had to sacrifies my sleep this morning.. Woke up really early to day to be prepared...There's 9 peoples involve today..Well..these include my family members, grandparents, my aunt and her son and my uncle..I am not going to talk more...Let's see some picture..





Busy folding the red paper used to wrap the gods statue..



Busy finding for the materials require for the prayers..



Finally my granparents found the materials required...





The condition of the floor after the simple and necessary ceremony or sholud I said the tradition of Chinese...These are the mixture of glutinous rice, rice, green bean, tea leaves and some salt..According to my dad..These materials can bring us riches, help to avoid the bad things and help us to chase out the unwelcome guest on the house..A necessary ceremony by spreading all the mixture to the whole house including toilet and the corners..So it is quite messy today..Well..It should be leave there for 3 days before you can clean it..Besides that, all the light in the house have to be turn on for the whole day..This indicates the brightness of the future if I am not mistaken..or should I said lighten your future or life...

What are they talking about ?
Grandma cleaning the dirty sink...

They are busying putting the tien kong on the wall..



What is he doing ? well..he is putting on the red cloth in front of the house..It is a tradition to do so as the older people thought red colour cloth will bring luckiness or 'ong' to the family while moving into the new house...

Hmm...My parents are busying burning the paper used for prayer..


Grandpa busy praying...As he is not tall enough so he have to stand on a chair to pray..
Charcoal used for lighting up the stove outside the door..

The stove outside...We put up the fire by burning the paper and charcoal...

Due to the lack of gas stove in the house...We have to turn the prayer stove into multi purpose stove by using it to heat up the water for the usage of brewing tea. The tea will be used for prayer later..Yup...prayer..There's a lot of prayer when we have to move into the new house according to my granparents..
The messy situation after the prayers...
After the tiring job..They plan to have a game of Chinese Chess...
The chit-chatting of adults..
What are they doing ? They are inspecting the renovation done by the workers...

The look of the front door after they put on the red cloth...


Situation of the kitchen after the cleaning work..But it is still messy...hehe..
The luggage and radio that are placed in the living room..

The kids are relaxing while we are doing work..Not fair..


The situation of the living room after the small party we had..

Saturday, December 27, 2008

A friend's birthday party

Hello...I am here again...This time I am going to tell you about a birthday party or should I said advanced birthday party for VK...She is one of my classmate...And her birthday is on 25th of December...Due to the holiday..Most of us went home for the celebration...So we decide to give her a little bit of surprise 2 days before her birthday..

There's 12 people that attend her birthday party..Most of them are my classmate and a few from ALL 11 and one from ALL 7..There's Q, Lg , S, H , V , P, MY, L, Susu, me, KS and of course the main character VK..We plan to give her a surprise by singing the birthday song in the bedroom..Unfortunately she is kind of blur so we ended up singing the song again in front of her..

The main character and the birthday cake..
Time for making a wish and blowing the candle...It should be candles but all of it turns out to be so short right after the main character come back from the apartment of her friend..


Cake cutting ceremony..
Distribution of birthday cake..

Additional desert..Fruits..include pear, apple and starfruit..


The chit-chatting of the girls..




The girls...

The camera girl of the day...
So that's all for today...I had some fun in this whole week due to the activities held...
Coming up next will be the summary of 2008 life of mine..

Friday, December 26, 2008

The Arrival of Winter Solstice

So it is finally the arrival of Winter Solstice or what the Chinese called dong zhi..It indicates the arrival of of a new year and the start of the Winter..that's why it is called the Winter Solstice..For the Chinese especially the Cantonese, it is an important event or festival.. In that day..The Chinese will make tang yuen which is called the dumplings made of glutinous rice flour that serve in soup..In short..It is called the glutinous rice balls..

I had not dream that I will be able to have glutinous rice ball in Ktt..Never dream of it before..I thought i will miss it since it falls on Sunday which i had to stay in Ktt..But after the suggestion of the staircase-mate..hehe..Well..that means those who live in the same block..We decide to made the glutinous rice ball 2 days before the festival.. And we had succeed in making two type of glutinous rice ball..One is the plain one and another one with pandan juice which is the green one..

So let's end the talking and start viewing the picture as promise..No more words..



The ingredient of the glutinous rice ball with the pandan juice..


Due to the lack of apparatus..We have to be creative in order to obtain the pandan juice..



The cooking process of the glutinous rice ball..

The cooked glutinous rice ball..

The filtration of water from the cooked glutinous rice ball..


A friend of mine ( staircase-mate) and my housemate SN..


My roommate, Emma and housemate SN..

The process of making glutinous rice ball..

The uncooked glutinous rice ball..

The eagerness of waiting for the cooked glutinous rice ball with the soup..


The removal of the pandan leaves that used to cook the soup..
The entry of glutinous rice ball into the soup..
Finally...It's done..




Serve while it is hot..
The adding of sugar into the tasteless soup...
Although there's 9 of us that participate in the making process...There's so much of it that we have to give it away to other people that had helped us and to our friends that remain in Ktt for the weekend..
So that's 16 people who had consume the glutinous rice ball make by us..
Quite happy with it...Since it is the first time I made it and also due to the first time making it while i am away from home..
Got to make another type of glutinous rice ball tomorrow with my family...It should be with the red bean this time if i am not mistaken...