有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎

A year ago we wouldn't know we will meet this way.

Who knows huichian's gonna take part in exchange programme to Norway?

Who knows kian howe is the lucky one who get selected for Nottingham Malaysia Award Scholarship to do his master here in UK?

We talked, we laughed out aloud, we discussed about silly stuff (as well as serious talk on economy during dinner), we exchanged travel and life stories and we made each other cannot sleep at night.

I felt everyone has grown up since we last meet. Which is why now I have to read more and see more so i'm not left behind.

it was a real good weekend to remember.

mom, u're just so cool

[The University of Nottingham, UK]

[Nottingham city]

[ Ukulili performance in Birmingham Museum]

studying abroad in the UK is a brand new experience for me.

always being away from home makes me less homesick(actually, never homesick) and not missing home. --makes me sounds more like a sui lui bao.

then, i asked my mom if im supposed to feel bad as im not missing home. mom's reply was cool and it's the way i always like it:

(below are the exact words from mom)

"Frankly, we don really miss u (don feel bad) why??? cos when u are in kl, u were always not around most of the time too. so we are just used to not having u round the house. We just take it that u were like in sabah or trekking somewhere or jus doing some things elsewhere. So..... tis time we just hv to wait 2 years."

"I am quite lucky u girls can take care of yourself well overseas. I think it's my training to let u ppl go anywhere freely. that makes u independent. Be good there, learn more things. "

2 years vacation is just about to start!

thanks for the upbringing and i love u mom.

Going for a walk. See you in July.

the miserable charlie coordinators.

Quote luying:

E=MCC

E=Miserable Charlie Coordinators

2 years ago, we were charlie mates, 2years later, we are charlie coords!

together-gather drenched in rain, not knowing what to do for almost an hour.

cannot shower, cannot eat, cannot sleep, cannot move.

miserably sticked our butt on fallen tree, raindrops ,in red bean size, hitting on my cold body and soul.

Praying for the rain god. We thought rain god might like to have a taste of chipsmore?

there goes posing time. co-coord eunice what u doing? different pose one?!!

(wet inside out)

time passed mid night with sudden heavy downpour.

flooded campsite, clean-and-smells-good body, wet legs and itchy legs.

where to go other than squatting down with an unbrella?

there goes the most dramatic charlie group and their umbrellas bonding session.

waterfall finally and the Rs gang !

Can't believe I don't have grey's season 3.

The first thing i found out when i woke up in the morning--- I DON'T HAVE GREY'S ANATOMY SEASON 3! The second thing, complaint to amoi! blamed her why she bought season 4 instead of season 3. Listening to my complains, she got no choice but just laughed at me.
---the day started off like that. It's a bad omen to kick start a day. It's no fun to be a light bulb so i went for raleigh therapy till late night. It's porridge again but a different one and i like the kacang as well as the night.

The day before i-dun-have-my-grey's- dvd day, it's nice to hang out in borders starbucks.

The day after i-dun-have-my-grey's- dvd day, it's going to be a tiring day. Look forward to meet my familiar faces! hopefully good team work this time in my last IW(for the next 2 years).

I lost my passion.

stimulation needed badly.

On an insomnia sleepless night, suddenly i'm back to Maga Falls!

*i can hear the water gushing down*

Orion constellation on my forehead.

i mean, three pimples in a straight line due to all late sleep nights.

sayang yoh!

Amoi yoh,I'll keep my promise.

weekend getaway to kuantan

An awesome free-and-easy weekend spent wisely in kuantan.

Places visited:
bentong--kuantan giant--McD beach--apartment--hamyu beach--hospital HTAA--Ana ikan bakar--apartment--McD beach(sunrise)--cherating beach--karak highway--sentul dinner.

Trying to make an magazine advertistment for Imazine colourful sports watch.
(my enthusiasm for photograph is still there and i'm happy it is still there)

Go CK! Enjoy Yellowstone and Borneo !
Don't forget us in KL even if you meet hot chics in USA. We gonna miss you! for no one will give me a lift back home after late night yumchar.haha.
Look forward to seeing a brand new you when you're back. perhap with a different hairstyle?

得闲死，唔得闲病

huh, i'm suffocated by the endless coursework and assignments, terrified by the new exam timetable.

rushing non-stop after annual dinner. never really rest well. everyday i collapse on bed and fall asleep in less than 2 second.

20th march
-annual dinner.sky bar. *first visit to a bar. sky bar wasn't like how i have imagined*

[prina and I]

[pharmacy gang]

21st march
-went penang for amoi. *insufficient sleep but it was a worthwhile sudden visit.alcohol allergy is no good.*

22-25th march
-rushing for journal summary assignment
-lab preparation
-paranoid for OSCE mock exam. *but not as paranoid as other mates*

26th march
-journal handed in. *my hard work reducing more words to meet word limit*
-patient counselling OSCE was kinda fun and very brief.

27th march
-i'm a maxis user now!! *sms with unbelievably cheap rate* and i like it!
-huixin's bday party. meet those giler cadet gang again.

28th march
-trapped in rain in myvi with karlye, luyi,christal and yink heay. was eating McD and trying to curi CK's hse internet with laptop in car but failed. *fun experience*
-tercalar my myvi bumper.
-video conference interview for the first time.

29-30th march
-poster presentation preparation and some other stuff. *insufficient sleep again*

[my poster group.] [1.7 million unintended pregnancies can be prevented by morning after pills] [need info cari me]

[some nice photos after presentation fun day]

[nah! always say nvr take photo together.i like this cekik pose]

31th march
-poster presentation day! turned out to be quite ok despite having a very well prepared neighbour group.
-at night drunk. *for the first time i felt the effect*

1-4th apr
-I'M GOING TO COMPLETE MY DISSERTATION IN THESE 4 DAYS
-chemistry model paper. to be completed b4 tuesday.
-still unwilling to touch CNS journal presentation.*it's waste of time*
-scared by the new timetable. *give me more pressure and I can do better!!!*
-very itchy to go for Operasi Memancing Udang.
*someone please make sure they don't buy prawns beforehand*

HOT topics

Photoshop-ed by the-very-free-in-office-interior-designer Marble Goby.
I did not expect such big discussion in raleigh, don't know should I be glad or swt.

After all, I still think I look better with jagung or banana(msn profile pic) than when I put on make up.

random stuff with raleigh again

Walked, walked and walked...around Times Square to kill our time.

Decided, went in Peter & Guy. Took a picture of "before" (too bad su lan was not in it). Got a hair cut by "professional stylist". Poh-e was potong by a young lady which she now has a grudge on her, because she was unhappy with her too horizontal short fringe.

[how they look like before hair cut]

Lu yi could not stop her professional stylist from chopping her hair way too short. Outcome, she got a really short hair now and she looks like lu ying.

Su lan, her professional stylist trim-trim her hair, which i think made no difference and she paid the same price as us. Bfff...hahahaha !!!
(p/s from sulan: i like my hair washed and cut by him. i got no complaint.)

Me, got shouted by the woman "how short you want ??!". Intimidated, succumbed to her "professional cut". Little bob and short now. But all was bladed rather than using scissors. Cis !!!

Later went lunch at Food&Tea. And we took a picture of "after". Ok, of all the negative comment we had for Peter&Guy, we still bare it and accept it (not sure about poh-e though...)

[ after hair cut]

hmmmmm.....still think it's a random afternoon.....
--- blogpost copied and pasted from dino's fb notes
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received dino's short and sweet sms when 3 of us were in borders.
i like the random hair cut too and the special feeling of wearing 2010 top fashion walking in KL city.
what's 2010 top fashion style? raleigh shirt + shorts + shoe lace-less white color kampung adidas.

someone said i'm HOT

thank you luyi for making me happy.

check this out to know how HOT:
http://tomokolulu.blogspot.com/2010/02/picka-bond-bond.html

Supposed to be a good day

Today, KL has such nice weather. Big blue sky, lots of cotton clouds and bukit tabur looks really awesome today.On our way to jiayen's house, I see trees of different colours on bukit tabur and shadow of the clouds on tree canopy. I got a feeling, it's gonna be a good day!

Since it's a good day and i'm feeling great(very much influenced by views of bukit tabur), i play mahjong. However, good day good feel doesn't bring good luck. I lose a lot in mahjong game. So, we change fengsui and went siewkhoon's new house.

[zoom with a better camera.see PV10 and tabur?]

Balcony view from her house is spectacular if you overlook all the low cost houses. How spectacular? I can see a very long range of Banjaran Titiwangsa which makes me excited enough!! This is even more awesome than bukit tabur view that i always mention. How i hope my balcony view is like hers, can see sunrise everyday. Can see my house from her house too! notice the yellow building in photo, that's my condo. I ask siewkhoon to hang red cloth at her balcony whenever she come back from sg to notify me, so I can kecoh her house.

[my favourite view. notice the shadow of clouds?that reminds me of Long Pa'sia]

Good feel after seeing banjaran titiwangsa, so we resume mahjong game. Again, good feel does not bring good luck and i lose a lot. Lucky thing this time is we play chips no real money.

Can't believe i ever got this. 3 贡 in one game,summore 贡花 . Anyway, i did not win this round.

NO BOOKS till cny holiday ends

This is gonna be a long long post loaded with photos to record what I have done after a torturous exam revision month that made me missed out ALL the school gatherings. I have been studying like no life, so i think i deserved some fun till CNY break ends.

[hwah. i didnt know i WAS perfect until u told me.not to forget taiwan trip.]

First outing was at huichian's bro's wedding dinner. None of us are invited by his bro nor we know her bro and we just popped up in huichian's hse and helped finish up the not-too-bad (yeechien said malaysians don't praise) catering food. Then all 10 of us crashed into huichian's room and were all on a mission to dirty her bed. Me NOT being one of them bcoz i bathed and i wore a new t-shirt but i doubted abt ginyi cos he had curry blotted on his shirt. Had some chat but the most unforgettable one would be the gossip of the father and son. Beh entertained us by reading out aloud the newspaper article by the father. The gathering ended very early not as i expected. My definition of early.
When i was finally home, i texted emoi abt the new leather sofa in my living room.I dozed off on the lorenzo sofa.


The next day, i went bukit jalil again with different mates. This time, ruiqian and yipeng. 3 fellows who slept very late on the previous night apparently couldn't drag our lethargic body out from bed for badminton match final.Although a lil bit late, we made it in time coz malaysian match started late too.

[chong wei bt boonsak effortlessly]

The final ticket worth more than rm20 coz lee chong wei and KKK+TBH played in final. And both the malaysia team won! Everyone yelled like mad in unison to cheer the malaysia team and this is one of the very rare occasions where i witnessed malaysians are so united together.

[hwah! tan boon heong, smash him!]

[they fell but they won. the happiest person would be mrs.koo yap luyi.]

[pizza serves well especially when it is hot and during a live match]

I discovered another function of my D60. It can be used as a binocular when you realised you're too far from the objects. I zoom zoom zoomed for the players till i can even become the paparazzi of lee chong wei. For the whole day, i have been doing this and gained muscle pain for the whole night till next day.

Monday. I planned my own timetable. Before exam ends, i already planned to skip class and ajak them out for movie marathon. Watched sherlock holmes and 3d avatar with 10 mins break in between. I don't think i'll do any movie marathon again cos it is a waste of money when i cont. watching a second movie b4 i fully digested the first movie. I still prefer going for a movie and then spend the rest of the day digest and recall every scenes. And i gained neckache from movie marathon plus the unrecovered arm muscle sore from the previous day.

A week later. It's world cup trophy tour coming to msia at MVEC. Raleigh got a booth there so i went helped out and sibuk. I didnt plan to spend whole day at MV but i ended up staying there for a very long time. We walked around the exhibition centre for countless time, got our face conteng-ed, went in to watch 3d movie(better effect than 3d avatar) and took photo with trophy for twice, played all the coca-cola games except for the monkey fool game, drank free flow cokes and pee cokes, made a video to promote raleigh kau-kau, had random chats with coca-cola workers, meet jim,yo, celine, richard,wengkern and the semai puak from sepang and brought back a few cans of free coca-cola.

[offical match ball]

This creature which looks like a lion with giraffe skin and coconut leaves as hair is believed to be FIFA world cup 2010 mescot.

After i spent like half a day having fun in MVEC, i went out MV to meet evonne. I couldn't believe i went shopping with you again(actually not really shop) but in the end i bought nothing. Nth really special to make record for the exception of the very unexpected moment where you forced me to do manicure for the first time of my life. Then we went bookstore and i unexpectedly bumped into lim min and wengkern in the MPH. had a lil chat and i gave her the coke that i smuggled out from MVEC. Before having the idea of squeezing with all strangers(they could possibly smell my smelly green tee) in ktm to go home, we indulged ourselves in hagen daz ice-cream. The last time i had hagen daz was like 10+ years ago.

[how messy is my room when she's here but most of it my stuff]

Evonne came for 3D2N vacation in kl. accomodation is my new room. 3D2N just passed like that, i felt i did nothing but i did sth : Watched movies, room painting, went midnight mamak and drenched in rain, trophy tour and shopping in mv, cibravo's garage sale, bookstores, my favourite homecooked dinner, pool side moon gazing (extremely huge moon in the KL sky tat made me love KL a bit more) , kena-halau-by-security-guard-again experience , smacking her with my pillow to wake her up and all those unexpected "gay" six senses happened.


a week later. The first marathon in my life, not a real marathon though because it was just 7.7km. I have never summoned up the courage to participate in any running event but i think putrajaya night marathon inspired me and i think i might go for 21km in KL marathon. I love running with music. Running makes me think and then it relaxes my mind. It's contradicting but i love the feeling. Chiayin said she loves running cos she enjoyed the feeling when she is on the verge of fainting and dying cos too tired of running. another weirdo.


We had fun running and kecoh at night marathon till the workers warned us to behave ourselves or else we can never go near the finishing line. It was a good night with raleigh bunch again and i wanna tell you all tongkat ali nescafe tasted not too bad, can try next time. I don't feel lethargy in me after the run and i forgot to grab a packet of banana powerbar home.

A perfect photo to end this remarkable day but not the holiday. I'm going to play till cny holiday ends.

house

A brand new year needs new starts. including new environment? new house? new room? new tv set?
yea to all above and mom's decision was to shift on 1st Jan of 2010. These are few new stuffs in our house:

1. this thing came from bali. making the best sound whenever wind blows (tung...tung tung tung...)























2. some feng shui plants featuring the green lines that i'm very proud of.
















3. some very chinese stuff on the DIY tv console.
















4. one of the sunset views from the balcony.





















5. one of the very impressive sunsets.








































6. one of the nights when i was waiting for stars.
















Lastly,
7. one of the moments when i can't find any new bowl in the new kitchen set for my instant noodle.