Happy Birthday Daddy

Daddy,
you may not be the most sporting dad in the world,
you may not have spend alot of time with us,
you punish me when I do wrong (althought sometimes I feel that I did right =) ).

But I know that,
this family is the centre of your life
You tried to be everthing for us... a father, a role model, a teacher and a friend.
I know I haven't been the child I should,
that I make you worry about me all the time.
Underneath all my irresponsible actions,
there is love, respect and admiration.
How lucky am I to have such a good father like you,
How grateful am I to have such a sacrifice from you,

I'm so far away now that I miss you so much,
and I know you do too.
I am sorry I am not able to celebrate this special day with you,
but my heart wishes you a really happy birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!! I LOVE YOU!!!

Flat Party

They (I mean the ang mohs) have it so frequently, specifically every week. As if they have lots of free time. They really know how to enjoy life to the fullest. I envy them because I do want to enjoy too...

Well, day by day, time passes so quickly that I haven't actually done any real studying. All I can think of right now is partying. I know it's affecting my studies quite harshly. So the only way to balance both partying and studying is by spending my non-party time with my books.

It is now that I feel like a university student. Being in IMU did not give me any sense of being in university at all. How pitiful it is that I only get this in my final year, damn it sounds really late. Imagine that, my final year. How I wish I get more university years. People say the best time of your life is you schooling/university life. I so totally agree with that statement. I feel old now.
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Seriously old.

Coming back to the flat party, what happens when you mix with people who party too much??

You organise a flat party yourself! =)

I do admit this idea came from both me and Rinoa. Who else can be as crazy as us? Well, it's good in a sense that we make the house livelier. It seems that we are already starting to influence Esther into being one crazy person. H12 ROCKS!!! I love my flatmates, hugs!!

Trying to make it abit Malaysian, we cooked rice, fried mix vegatables and five spice powder chicken and a dessert (white fungus and longan). The ang mohs find the dessert weird because the white fungus seem to be funny to them. When they chew on it... It's like.. err... I don't know! I should have made something else for dessert. In the end, we even forgotten to bring out the crisps *opss*. Thanks to Liran, Carlo, Emilio and Andrea for cooking pasta at OUR flat! Haha I wonder how convenient is that compared to cooking at their place downstairs. I think it's because it's difficult to carry cooked food up. Anyway, it was fun having you guys cooking at our place. Learning that Italians actually sprinkle salt onto their palms before pouring it into the pot/pan. Or is it just ONLY Emilio who does that, I wonder.

There were loads of alcohol. In fact, that was the only drinks around. NO WE HAVEN'T TURN INTO ALCOHOLICS!

Italians unite. They are kind of the 1st bunch of people I know. Kinda weird how we actually met. haha. We randomly went into their flat party one day. It's so funny, I remember how you guys actually FORCED us to go clubbing with you. We're so short and you guys are so tall. Your voices were so loud that I actually felt intimidated. But now, it's ok, you're all nice people.

One Vietnamese stuck with a bunch of Italians. Francesco: Good that you told them about asian culture haha. Don't touch them, don't touch them!!! LOL. I know they make a joke out of it.

Multi-nationality. Vietnamese, Italian, Morroccoan (is that how you say it?) and of course Malaysian

The 3 right behind me are French. Emilio you look like a joker lah. When can I see the serious Emilio??

Of course we did not leave out our best buddy, Desmond.


Nice picture Rinoa. Andreas, Simon, Benoit and Rinoa.

Girl friends

The girls with Desmond, Christian and Carson

*edited: After scrolling, I saw that this is the only picture of Yaniv I posted up here.*

Wah, this picture lagi multinationality. Malaysian, French, German, Vietnamese and Chinese from China. Opss sorry I don't know what to call a person from China. The guy on the right is actually damn leng chai in real life. Haha.

Nice meeting you guys. Sad that your other housemates couldn't make it. Thanks for taking care of us as well during Friday's clubbing.

See how crazy Emilio can be



And finally, a group photo. NICE ONE.

Later that night, we clubbed at Bamboo. Don't ever go to that place!! It's because I didn't like it at all. Lousy environment.

Crazy jumping attempts were NOT easy. After multiple shots like this...

And this...

Why am I always on the ground? I don't even know if I've already jumped up (yes/no?) or I've already landed.

We finally got a shot of us up in the air! Weeee...!!! It wasn't just 2 shots. There were more.

I know I look like a very happy small kid who bugged her parents and finally got to the playground.

Autumn at Glasgow Green

Tempted by Yan Nee's photos taken at Glasgow Green, we made use of our day off (in actual fact, private study time) to be camwhorers ourselves at the park.

Like how a blind leads another blind, we walked til the end of High Street. We did not get lost (if we really got lost, damn malu wei bcuz it's so easy to get there). It was where the BBC Proms was held recently. I missed that event. I even missed the one at the KLCC Park last year.

*Disrupting myself: I shouldn't be blogging bcuz I have tons of work to be done. So many cases to prepare for tomorrow's workshop. I'm not even half done. But, I need to put photos up!!*

I thought Glasgow Green is just an ordinary park (it does look like one) but as I was tidying my room for inspection, I spotted this leaflet about it on my shelf. No joke, it's the oldest park in Glasgow and it has been there since the 15th Century.




McLennan Arch

Yellow ground.

Botak tree.

A mixture between green and yellow. Wonders of autumn.

River Clyde at the background. The most famous river in Glasgow.

Of course, our main intentions were to get snapshots of the falling, yellow leaves before the trees turn "bald". Surprisingly, beneath the yellow fallen leaves, the grass was still green! Like this below...

What do you think of those scrawny trees?

Nelson's Monument

They say I look fierce. But I like this picture!

We're the new Charlies Angels. Watch out!

Doulton Fountain. Desmond kor kor (ahem, almost typed out uncle but he'll strangle me if I ever do that): Aren't you happy to be surrounded by so many 'leng luis'??? Haha.

Presenting to you the People's Palace. Nothing extraordinary in there.

In the People's Palace. See I told you... Don't believe me laaa

There are lots more but I shall not bore you guys by showing off more pics of us (or maybe me?) being narcissistic. Well, you can see that I'm trying to suppress myself by posting pics of myself individually to a minimal number.

Speaking of inspection, we spent our weekend cleaning our flats for the 2nd inspection. How can guys' flat passed and ours didn't? *Knock knock* The most housework I've ever done in my life! I can't stand doing things the ordinary way, so this is what I did... For example, I plugged out the microwave and turn it the other way round so I could clean the top! I wrapped a butter knife with the table cloth to clean the narrow grooves on the rubber of the fridge's door. We're done after hours and hours. And we made a swimming pool while defrosting the freezer (which was filled with inches of 'snow'). *Whenever I'm feeling bored, I'll run to the freezer, grab some 'snow' and weeee... I play with them!* It's tiring but kind of fun though. Laughing at all those difficult chores, some of which we think are impossible to be done because we left it stained for such a long time.

Super busy week ahead. Pening kepala thinking of the number of things I have to do.

*Knocking of to bed now.... *

Il barbiere di Siviglia

Immediately after settling the hacking problem of mine, we went for our first opera at the Theatre Royal.

Definitely enjoyed it because the music and the singing was so damn good. Presented by the Scottish Opera, it was sung in Italian with English subtitles.

For those who enjoy operas or those who would like to give it a try, there are 2 more performances on the 30th of Oct and 1st of Nov. They are actually offering 10 pounds tickets for those under the age of 26. It's really worth it bcuz the original price of the ticket you're getting is about 40 pounds. Of course, this isn't any advertisement. Just an opinion of mine as I was really stunned by it.

Synopsis...

Almaviva is a Count who fell in love with Rosina. To ensure that she loves him and not for his wealth, he disguises as a poor man. Dr. Bartolo, Rosina's guardian secretly plans to marry her as well. Therefore, the Count turns to Figaro, the town barber (also his ex-servant)to plot the meeting between the lovebirds. In the end, both of them got married.

That's it.

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I made black glutinous rice with sago dessert today. My 1st "tong sui" I made since I got here. It was really easy because the directions were clearly printed on the packet. There was even coconut powder in the packet so that I do not need to buy a tin of coconut milk/powder separately.

Well, the truth is I'm not a kitchen kind of person and I do not know how to make anything. Therefore, I need to buy pre-packed stuff because it comes with all the ingredients I need and the instructions. I hope my bf doesn't mind bcuz at least I do try to learn.

But, sadly to say, every single time would be a 'tak jadi' case. Sigh.

It goes the same for cakes that I bake at home. I buy the prepacked flour added with sugar and flavour. Thus, the only thing I need to do is add butter, beat, and pour it into the baking tray. As simple as that. And they have a variety of premix stuff at this particular shop near my house. (Not here obviously, in Kota Kemuning).

Frankly, I'm not a fan of black glutinous rice back home. I rather choose to order longan, honeydew and sago, gingko, white fungus or any other dessert. Never red/green bean soup or black glutinous rice.

I know, I'm just plain lazy because this "tong sui" can also double up giving me carbs and making my stomach full so that I do no need to cook for a meal or two. Haha...

WTH... I got hacked

Argh, had a stressful day bcuz my MSN got hacked into. Fine, I admit it's partly my fault. I can't believe I was THAT silly and STUPID. Well, this is the story. My cousin's account has already been hacked into and I didn't know about it. So, when that person used her account to message me, I didn't suspect anything wrong about it (although I felt that it wasn't her chatting with me). He/she sent me a file and I asked what was it bcuz I'm afraid that it could be a virus. I got a replied "Virus no don't worry".

I actually opened that file (a HTML document). Wait, nothing wrong with opening that file YET bcuz there wasn't any virus. This page with the MSN logo on it asked me for my username and password. Here's the stupid thing I did, I KEYED IN MY PASSWORD! Clicked Enter, then I saw this "Your password has been given to ...*I don't remember that fella's exact email add*." It was only then I realised I'm doomed. I regret not jotting down the address.

Of course I immediately tried to change my password but I ignored that the secret question has been changed to some language unknown to me so that he could reset a new password. So there was the chain of me logging in, him logging in bla bla bla on my MSN Messenger. He even forced me to give my new password after that by using my cousin's account again. Suspecting that I missed out the secret question, I tried logging into MSN page again to change it. BUT I COULDN'T ANYMORE. I scolded the fella "you fucker". I was mad ok??

Thank god I'm actually using a non-Hotmail address as my Windows Live ID so I could reset the password again later. Currently, I own my password.

It's no use hacking me bcuz all you fucking idiot get is my Messenger. So fuck off!

And I better show my gratitude and appreciation to Desmond who helped me with it. Seriously, thanks alot to you for it. I don't know if you actually do read the words in my blog or just open the page and blindly scroll down.

Tak puas la me... I want to scold that person 'kao kao'. Why I said I should have taken down the email add is because I want to send a mail cursing him with all the words I can think of. I don't care if he reads it bcuz I only need to let my anger go.

Sleeping beauty

Briefly,

Prologue
Princess Aurora is born. The christening of the baby princess is celebrated by guests all over the kingdom. There were 6 fairy godmothers and they were happy to give their blessings on the lovely child. Then, there comes Fairy Carabosse (one evil fairy) who cast a spell on the princess so that she will prick her finger on her 16th birthday and die. Thankfully, Lilac Fairy (one of the fairy godmothers) pronounces that the princess will not die but will only sleep for 100 years and be awakened by the kiss of true love.

Act 1
The princess became a beautiful lady and at the birthday ball, 4 princes were there. However, she did not choose any of them. A mysterious old woman arrived and offered the princess a bouquet of flowers with a poisoned needle. She pricks of it and falls asleep.

Act 2
That's 100 years later. Lilac fairy shows Prince Florimund a vision of this sleeping princess. A love at 1st sight! He went to the palace and kisses her, and the princess wakes up.

Act 3
The wedding day. Special guests arrive for the wedding too. Some are fairytale characters including Puss in Boots and White Cat, Bluebird and Florine, and Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf.


THE END.


Why haven't I heard of Bluebird and Florine before?? I thought I grew up in the era when all these fairytale characters were super popular. I grow up reading these story books while I was a kid. Seems like all these tales were from the same author, the guy who also wrote Cinderella.

Alright, synopsis done. Photos now...

We went hunting for the posters to snap photos with it.

Outside Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. *I can't help with the blurness of this picture bcuz I had to increase the ISO. My camera produces lower quality pics with higher ISO*

Xin Hui and myself

Jelly Babies

I tried these soft jelly sweets at RAG's meeting the other day. They're nice. So I bought a box while shopping for groceries. A huge box of 600grams. According to the nutrition information given on the box, each tiny sweet contains 4.5g of sugar. There are definitely hundreds of them in there. I don't want to imagine how much sugar I'm consuming now.

I hear baby jellies from the box asking me to let them out. So, I did! Wait and see what these naughty jellies are up to.

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Jelly babies were so happy that I let them out to camwhore. Each of them has names. L-R: Boofuls, Brilliant, Bubbles, Big Heart & last but not least, Bumper. Oh no, there's another colour called Baby Bonny but I didn't realise that there are 6 flavours until now. P/S: That's not an image of a ghost on my lappie back there. I was on ZARA's website.

Dominoes jelly babies.

Jelly babies marching in a single file line.

Bumper was so jealous seeing the rest of his friends kissing. Ah, it's my fault. If I realised Baby Bonny earlier, Bumper could have a kissing partner too. I'm sorry Bumper. I'll let you kiss Baby Bonny tomorrow okies?

I'm currently munching on these 5 little baby jellies while typing this.

Swan Lake at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

I was so excited the whole day. I just couldn't wait to watch the performance. Ah, why can't they tour to Malaysia as well? I can't be flying into Singapore and Bangkok purposely for a show. And they cost a bomb there too. I can't remember when was the last time I watched a ballet piece. I know it was Nutcracker at the Istana Budaya. And also the River Dance about 4 years ago. No ballet dance companies ever came since then.

I'm not saying that it's super cheap here but for about Rm210 (after conversion), it's not too bad. The only fact that makes me feel guilty is that the other 5 of them bought cheaper seats while Rinoa and me wanted the most expensive one.

The auditorium was much smaller than what I expected. It look grand from the outside so I was expecting it to be a really big hall. Other than being small, the hall was quite nice la. The set for the show was abit plain. But the dance by the prima ballerina was good, that's the most important thing! Act 1- Scene 2 was the best! It was where the prince met Odette at the lake together with the other swans. I'm like WOW.

Oh yea, the prima ballerina's name is Irina Kolesnikova. If you try to google her on the internet, you would realise that she has a fan club (the IK Club). The company is not exactly that famous, but she is.

Do you think we girls overdressed? I think we did, looking at what the other people wore.
L-R: Esther, Jessycca, Xin Yin, Rinoa, moi, Xin Hui

I don't know if this is allowed. We did not use flash!!! That's the curtain when it's down. I got a great seat. From my view, it's the middleline of the stage.

LOL See what are they doing. Jessycca camwhoring herself. Esther trying to snap a pic of us.

It's our turn to camwhore!

Photo taken before leaving. That's the expensive booklet I'm holding. Continue reading to see how much I paid for it.

With a ballet-lover as well. And also my teman for ballet classes.

This is definitely one of our housemates-activity. All 4 of us. Plus the gentleman Kah Wei. I'm surprised by his interest.
P/S: Today's photos are thanks to Rinoa. I didn't bring my camera as it couldn't fit into my clutch.

One more thing, can somebody tell me if I look any fatter compared to before? I feel that my face grew fleshier! Why is it only my face? Salah tempat la fats. Of course la will be fat, eating 5 packets of biscuits in a week. I eat more unnecessary snacks during semester classes.

Coming to that booklet, I bought the SPBT's 2007-2008 European Tour programme booklet for 7 pounds. Mahal hor? That's rm49 leh. *Faints*

Ah, another week coming up. *Hates, hates, hates*

Happy 16th month anniversary

14th October 2007, a bright day.

There's not much significance of the number 16 months but there is a huge difference being with you. Because of u, I grew up to be a more mature person. Because of u, I learnt not to be such a spoilt girl. Because of u, I learnt the meaning of understanding and compromise. Because of u, I learnt that my actions do not only affect myself, but you as well.

We've been apart in a LDR for more than 4 months. The longer we're apart, the sooner we'll get to meet once again. The earliest 14th of the month we'll get to celebrate the monthly/yearly anniversary would be next year's August. It may seem long from now but as time passes, the date would approach really soon.

There were disagreements and moments where both of us got sick of each other's "attitudes". These are all part and parcel of being in a relationship, I'm sure. Even people living with each other for 50 years argue right?

I'm glad that my other half is YOU. It's one decision that I will never regret. Haha rmber me asking you before we got together "Do you think it's a better idea if we only start after I return from UK?" If we actually did it, I wouldn't be sitting down here writing this entry.

As I'm staring out of the window... admiring the brightly litted city of Glasgow, I wish you're here with me. Everywhere I travel to, I wish you could be with me. Every photo I take, I wish that I could just have 1 photo taken with you this very moment.


This entry is dedicated to you, my dear LUM WAI KENG! Love you loads!

*This entry is posted exactly at 3.45am Malaysian time on the 14th October 2007*

*Edited*

I got this website off Yannee's blog: http://www.feeleverysound.com/avatar.html It's cute!!!

Dear, I wanna dance with you. But neither of us know how to do any couple- dances. We'll learn yea?? LOL