miao's blog

wah...

2008-06-06T20:48:00.001+08:00

ok ok, ignore everything you see in this blog, its not been updated for a long long time.

i've graduated ok.. haha. in JB now but, plan to go back to KL by end of this year latest. Hurah!

uh... let me kemaskinikan this place..

Tee hee... :P

2007-07-16T21:11:00.000+08:00

Get Your Sexy Name

My birthday dinner at SDS :)

2007-04-03T22:42:00.000+08:00

Post-Birthday Post

2007-03-17T01:57:00.000+08:00

Yeops..

I'm now already 23 years old. Had dinner with orchestra people at SDS on the past Wednesday night, 8 of us all in. Thanks guys for coming yah..and all the presents :) Special thanks to Yin for helping to organize it :)

Nyeerr.. found out a date that I didn't need to know, that I might have wondered about last time, but now its just another date. It's 20.03.2003. Somebody's important date.

Speaking of dates... Let me make a pre-announcement first. Remember this date:

20.07.2007 !!!!

Hehehehe... More about this date next time :P

You've Got A Friend

2007-02-28T22:26:00.000+08:00

This is dedicated to whoever that reads it... If you happen to need a listening ear or a shoulder, gimme a buzz :)

When youre down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, whoa nothing is going right.
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest nights.

You just call out my name,
And you know whereever I am
I'll come running, oh yeah baby
To see you again.
Winter, spring, summer, or fall,
All you have to do is call
And Ill be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Youve got a friend.

Sunday night

2007-01-28T22:22:00.000+08:00

Err...
Just bored, so decided to blog.
Kinda sleepy, tired. That time of the month coming.
Darn orchestra recording coming up.
PSM progress is slow. Hope the supervisor doesn't kill or fail me.
Cold day. Just help roomie hang up her laundry haha.

Nyek..blog some other time I guess.. :)

In UTM for a bit

2006-12-07T13:03:00.000+08:00

Hey.

Its the 1 month break now, and I'm in UTM for a bit, helping the orchestra out for a few functions, dinners mostly, and majlis perkahwinan. Alamak. Oh wait, I AM a member of the orchestra, why would I say I'm helping out? Because this time around I'm playing the keyboard, not the drums. Well, just being multi-functional if you like. In dire times like these when there ain't no keyboardists around, you fall back on your back-ups. Haha.

Had a horrible tummy ache after supper at Aliff. The food hygiene there leaves little to be desired.

Sister finished STPM already. Merdeka for her :)

Hm... That's all for now. Take care out there :)

Sem 1 06/07 -- Finito

2006-10-20T22:36:00.000+08:00

Ok, not quite the end of the semester yet, since there will be finals to get over with first. End of lectures though. I'll be taking some time to wind down, after preparing for reports and stuff.

Going to have a nice weekend, off to Hutan Bandar on Saturday, and Singapore on Sunday. Checking out some chamber music in Singapore, for quite a cheap price. Going with Wan Heng for these two outings.

Thinking of going for a holiday for part of the one month break. I keep visualizing a peaceful beach side, where I can walk on the sand and feel the breeze on my chubby cheeks hehe. Somewhere where I can clear up my mind about some stuff...

Ooh, Scrubs is on. Guess I'll go off now.

The -sei mei- list

2006-09-22T00:37:00.000+08:00

Lately I had been using the term 'sei mei' around my good friend YY. To the uninitiated, 'sei mei' literally means 'haven't die?' in Cantonese, but it also carries other meanings. Most readers should know ya.. I hope.

This term was just to emphasize the weird and amazing things I actually could do, when I should not be doing it.

Let's have a look at it to know what I'm actually talking about~~

miao's -sei mei- list

#1- psm presentation on the next day and my slides are not even ready!
#2- psm presentation on the next day and still can jalan-jalan in JJ after dinner on the day before!
#3- in JJ, saw a cute guy and wanted to show YY, then YY have to play hide-n-seek with the guy to get a look
#4- in the end, she look at the wrong guy.. -____-"
#5- when reverse car, never see behind.. and knock down a stationary motorbike..

hahah...its quite short for now..
erm..getting sleepy now. put up another post next time la.

take care u out there :)

7 months pregnant

2006-09-06T00:08:00.000+08:00

Hey! Not me lah!
Silly.
My friend la. Hey, not student lah!
Silly.
Working already one, got 'suai ge' husband some more hehehe.. He's like so super 'suai', so everytime I meet him, I 'cuci mata' lo, what you expect me to do wor, be a 'kuai kia' meh...
Wah.. today she broke down oh.. too stressed from work, then 7 months pregnant some more, not easy you know! (cheh..as if I know how its like to be pregnant hehehe).
2 more months for me to decide if I should get her something..for the baby. Like some clothes or something. Its baby #2 for her. #1 is growing big and strong hehe.
Hmm..hope she can settle her emotions down, I'm sure she's going through a lot, with all the difficulties in her work, as well as carrying her baby. Chin up k!!

so many things happened..

2006-08-25T03:44:00.000+08:00

its early morning now.. goin to hit the sack soon. thought of updating my blog..which is half alive haha. er.. i don't update frequently cos i don't have many readers hehe.. er, if u read my blog, could you leave a comment? at least i'll know lor..

... a lot of things happened to my car.. of late. creepy stuff, accidents, broken glass, crash boom bang.. you name it la. really affected my sub-concious mind, til i became kind of blur. haha, ask my room-mate, she'll tell you bout how i almost shampooed my hair twice :) hmm..

rewinding back to the recent past.. this should be mentioned..
no matter how much i want to avoid it.
no matter how much it hurt me, you and another.
no matter how little importance you wish to place on the matter.
no matter what the reasons you voiced out, but maybe kept back the real ones..
i could go on..
but i'd better not, because the further i go, the deeper the pain gets..
do you know its really hard for me to even type this out..

anyway i wish you all the best. i'm not sure what you think of us anymore.. but if our friendship was meant to be, then .. que sara sara? what ever will be, will be.

~~~~~~

lets move to another more uplifting story--the story of how i i like to 'kapchai'. that's check out cute guys in english. here's the odd part--my taste.. hehe. i somehow seem to go for malay dudes. yes you read right. no, there's nothing wrong with chinese guys. just that my tendency--or i want to call it ex-tendency--was to look at the malays..

notice the term ex-tendency? its because i've decided to put a stop to checking out these kind of guys.. its an unhealthy habit hehe.

sigh.. just before i decided on this so-called policy.. i found this cute guy in my econ class.. he's sooo good-looking.. if you're curious bout him, you can ask me in class, i'll point him out to you.. hehe... super yummy eye candy..shlurp.. kekeek..

haha ok, i'd better stop before i creep you guys out :P

end of internship

2006-07-05T11:38:00.000+08:00

whee... the end of my internship is coming. in less than 2 weeks time. and im supposed to be preparing my report--instead im blogging. oh well..

can't say i didn't learn anything during the 10 weeks i spent in kulim. well, i learnt stuff--technically and non-technically. really lucky to have a decent manager. very understanding guy.

1 more year to graduation. so many people tell me that it'll be over before i know it. im not sure if its a good thing or not-- i find that i can adapt to working life, so i may not miss studying life as much as others. besides we'll have to join the work-force sooner or later, so why not earlier than later.. uh.. anyone who knows me knows how indifferent i am to so many things. heck, "indifferent" could even be my middle name... hehehe.

hahaa..oh well, i'd better get to my report, before my manager comes after me for it :)

Some tips..

2006-06-14T10:38:00.000+08:00

Me : Long time no blog
My blog : Anoh..

Going to keep this post short.
Due to an unfortunate event, us interns ended up chatting with a manager from the company. He shared with us his thoughts of studying life and how far we should take our education to.
Only a few points stuck in my mind, and they are:

1) er...for the job interview, read up on your 2nd year uni stuff, if you're planning to work on the technical side.
2) his point of view was that these days, degrees and masters are not enough. If you want to further your education, go all the way to Phd. This is because with a degree or Masters, you can be put anywhere in a company, but with a Phd, you're specialized and therefore can work on that specific thing.
3) double degrees aren't worth the effort unless you're planning to change your career. Referring to point (2), one degree is good enough for you to start work, so if the 2nd degree brings the same level of outcome...well, there you go.
4) a degree only proves one thing: you can study, but you probably don't know anything. (Over here I'm just commenting on the general outlook, so if there's anyone that actually will remember what they studied, please don't come looking for me.)

I think that's all that I remember. Whatever that's up there is just for sharing purposes, if you don't agree with it, well, don't look for me too.

S'all for now..

2 faced people and people i tried to be friends with

2006-04-28T01:49:00.000+08:00

this post is for the person(s) who:

talk behind my back
try to mess with me
think they're greater better smarter than me
look down on me, like im not good for anything

your attitude is driving me crazy
i've a few words for you, but it's all foul
i'm doing my best to keep them to myself

please don't cross the line
many times you almost did
i do not want to see the day that you do

i thought that we were friends
looks like we drifted apart
so near physically yet miles away in reality
i wonder what happened

take the hint and act on it!

2006-04-20T13:22:00.000+08:00

my computer's back. the motherboard's spoilt so i got it replaced.
about the title of this post... some people have been literally staying in the living room of my house. though they've been given many hints that they've overstayed their welcome, they stil haven't 'moved out' yet... im guessing that people of this course are weird in a way..hmm..

organ donation

2006-04-01T14:17:00.000+08:00

i've signed up to be an organ donor. you can too. just go to the following link to learn more.

http://rayma.com.my/giftoflife/FAQ.html#

end of sem..

2006-03-27T19:30:00.000+08:00

time to update my blog. even tho not many ppl read it hahaha. never mind la anyway.

well, coming to the end of the semester. meaning no more functions for orchestra. so sad! it means i get to see less of my friends there. and 2 of them are graduating already, this is their last semester. so sad! i grew so close to them, and they're leaving. man, this means there should be new ppl coming in, maybe just one to fill in the guitar part. the keyboardist part might be filled by an old member.

recently i got closer to the pianist, cos she sent me back home more often after practice and functions. on the past friday, there was a dinner at the NC's house in conjunction with convocation, and we played outside the house, on the grounds la. then the pianist got stung by a bee.. so i followed her to the clinic, she got an injection and some pain killers. she's fine now ;) thank goodness.

today's monday. the past saturday and sunday was the 36th convocation. 1 session on sat, 2 on sunday. nothing unusual happened thankfully. usual thing, yakked with my friends at the back, the drummer, the pianist, the keyboardist, the guitarist and bassist. one thing tho--no picture taking this time round, i think we were just too bored with that already haha.

u know something funny..the director (of the orchestra) asked if i thot of extending my time here at utm..maybe do master's or something, so that i'd still be here and can still be in the orchestra. hmm.. if i'm not bonded with intel, i might consider it.. but it's something in the future, so it's hard to tell. but to stay on just for the orchestra.. it's too small a thing to consider staying on for, and anyway i'm not really planning to do masters. im already struggling with the degree for goodness sake! it would be nice to stay on, but if i have a small chance of working in intel (if i like it there), and if they want me to stay on, i will.

but all in all, it's all fun while it's lasting :)

how am i supposed to view people?

2006-03-17T01:56:00.000+08:00

late nights make my mind wonder too far away and think too much about things that i shouldn't think too much about.

people always say that there's always positive and negative values about every individual. and we're always encouraged to view the person thru his positive values. then how is it so that we tend to view him thru his negative values only? what do we do if he unknowingly to himself, does not show his positive ones to us? note that i'm giving him the benefit of the doubt--im saying that he doesn't show us his positive values, not that he's showing us directly his negative ones.

communication--is very underrated. it is THE most important thing ever in anything concerning human relations. do not rely on silent communication alone-- you will miss out on a lot of things, and your mind will make weird and incorrect decisions about things. you'll be very confused about the actual situation, and mix it up with your pre-made decisions about that particular thing. the worst part is that sometimes the actual situation and the one in your head actually tally--that's when you start doubting yourself, start thinking back about stuff..basically short-circuit the wires in your mind trying to figure out what's actually what. in other terms, this can also be called-- mental torture. mind games where the players and you, yourself and you. im not kidding. i've gone thru so many rounds, and each round i don't know who's the winner. i won some, i lost others. sometimes im me, sometimes im my inner demon(s).

for so long i was in this on-going dilemma. i never could put my finger on the cause of it. few days ago it just hit me--i was second choice all along. 2nd fiddle. actually i think i knew it all along..but just never quite accepted it. i couldn't put a term to it, couldn't find a name to call it, but it dawned on me finally. now that i found a name for it, it finally fits everything that has happened, it explains everything. i knew i had to come to terms with it, but i couldn't until i knew why it was like that.

excuse me while i sort out my mind...it's messed up..

spectrum U 5th season recording 13-2-2006

2006-02-15T12:49:00.000+08:00

hey there. here's a post to enlighten you guys about what this whole recording thing's about.

see, there's this local programme aired on RTM1 (yes, i know no-one watches it, not even myself!). anyway, this programme's called spectrum U (U for university i guess), and it collaborates with all the local public U's, where the Unit Kebudayaan of each U will come up with something to be featured on the show, for example-dances, singing, orchestra etc. Besides that, the programme will feature courses that are available in that U, so on and so forth.

So basically this time round, Spectrum U's now recording it's 5th season. So we-the UTM orchestra, and dance troupe and singers were in KL (Filem Negara) at the mentioned date, to record our slot, which will be aired in May I think, one Saturday at about 3 or 4pm, yes, on RTM1. haha, so if you happen to remember, then go ahead and check it out.

to give you a brief wrap-up about our recording- we were supposed to record 3 songs, but ended up doing 2, because the local artist that was supposed to appear for one more song was sick, so that's that. the other 2 songs- one's a joget, and one more a Siti Nurhaliza one. well, the things featured on the programme lean more to BM and malay cultural stuff, so if you're looking for english and more modern things, er.. look elsewhere, haha :)

had a good time over all :) i've got to go now, so i need to cut this post short :)

my own drumsticks, finally!

2006-02-11T20:09:00.000+08:00

Finally after talking about getting it for so long, I now have my own pair of drumsticks. It cost me RM37, after an RM2 discount. Got it from C&M, beside Ong Lai in Tmn U.

It's the same pair that my friend's using. Plastic tip, black rubber grip, 7A length. Zildjian. Very nice indeed. Now I can do some rhythmic practice in my room.

Here's a bit about my Sunday before I hit the books for tomorrow's test:

About 38 of us will be boarding the bus to take us to KL for Spectrum U's 5th season's recording. These people consist of the orchestra, dancers, back-up singers and singers. We leave on Sunday night, reach there, record on Monday, chao on Monday.

Then Yin and I will be taking some quiz on Tuesday afternoon since we will be M.I.A. on Monday (the rest of the class would have taken it on Monday).

In case you're wondering--no, I won't be using my own drumsticks for the recording. I can just use my friend's. At the moment my sticks will only be seen by me and my roommates, haha. Don't ask me why, it's too new to be taken around. Besides, I'd be accused of showing off if I bring it around. As you know, I'm no pro in drums yet, hahahaha.

Ok, I think it's time for me to hit the books..

late at night, sleepy

2006-01-24T02:34:00.000+08:00

Thanks to Ai Lin and Sue, my PC is now user-friendly again. After changing the grafic card provided by Sue and screwed in by Ai Lin, I can now listen to my own music and view my own pictures. I've been using Sue's PC ever since my old grafic card fried up. Thanks Sue and Ai Lin!

Ooh, CNY's coming. I'm planning to drop by JJ and get a box of mandarin oranges. I've to give some of it to my orchestra conductor, as a way to say thanks for ferrying me around all this while to practices. Heard that the oranges are quite sweet. I did go to JJ today but it slipped my mind to get them.

Funnily, I'm typing this on Sue's PC, because I was too lazy to open mine. Haha :)

hm..even i thought my blog was dead

2006-01-20T14:03:00.000+08:00

I think my blog died. But I'm still alive, and you can stil access my blog online.. so technically, it's still around.

Sem 2 of 4th year in UTM has started. Not too much to do at the moment, usual tests. Practice for orchestra has started, another recording scheduled on the 13th of February. I understand why my sifu doesn't want to go for these type of recordings anymore -- which rocker at heart would want to drill out a joget beat?? for no pay.. Even for myself, I might bug the conductor to get another drummer so that I can sort of 'retire'. Being in the orchestra was fun while it lasted - actually it's still fun- but all good things come to an end, and I want to be ready when that day comes. I hope the conductor will know that I won't mind if he finds a replacement soon. I think he's getting tired of fetching me for practice already.. whoo..

What Celebrity Matches Your Taste in Music?

2005-10-04T04:34:00.000+08:00

Your Musical Tastes Match: The Fab Five

See their whole playlist here (iTunes required)

What Celebrity Matches Your Taste in Music?

What Kind of Rocker Are You?

2005-10-04T04:17:00.000+08:00

You Are a Punk Rocker!

When it comes to rock, you don't follow any rules
You know that rocking out is all about taking down the man
You've got an incredible stage presence and rock persona
You scare moms, make bad girls (or boys) swoon, and live life on the edge!

What Kind of Rocker Are You?

What's Your Hidden Talent?

2005-10-04T04:05:00.000+08:00

Your Hidden Talent

Your natural talent is interpersonal relations and dealing with people.
You communicate well and are able to bring disparate groups together.
Your calming presence helps everything go more smoothly.
People crave your praise and complements.

What's Your Hidden Talent?

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

2005-10-04T03:42:00.000+08:00

Your Birthdate: March 14

With a birthday on the 14th of the month (5 energy) you are inclined to work well with people and enjoy them.
You are talented and versatile, very good at presenting ideas, and you are also very good at organization and systematizing.
You may have a tendency to get itchy feet at times and need change and travel.

You tend to be very progressive, imaginative and adaptable.
Your mind is quick, clever and analytical.
A restlessness in your nature may make you a bit impatient and easily bored with routine, and rebel against it.
You have a tendency to shirk responsibility.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

The Keys to My Heart

2005-10-04T03:39:00.000+08:00

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free.

In love, you feel the most alive when your lover is creative and never lets you feel bored.

You'd like to your lover to think you are stylish and alluring.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was ruthless, cold-blooded, and sarcastic.

Your ideal relationship is open. Both of you can talk about everything... no secrets.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage as something that will confine you. You are afraid of marriage.

In this moment, you think of love as something you don't need. You just feel like flirting around and playing right now.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

Your Ideal Relationship is Polyamory

2005-10-04T03:35:00.000+08:00

Your Ideal Relationship is Polyamory

You want to have your cake... and everyone else's.
Which isn't a bad thing, if everyone else gets to eat too!
You're too much of a free spirit to be tied down by a traditional relationship.
You think relationships should be open and free, with few restrictions.

What's Your Ideal Relationship?

You Are 40% Boyish and 60% Girlish

2005-10-04T03:29:00.000+08:00

You Are 40% Boyish and 60% Girlish

You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch.

Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes.

You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them.

You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be.

How Boyish or Girlish Are You?

bad alarm clock

2005-10-01T02:53:00.000+08:00

im talking about myself, hehe. i'm an unreliable alarm clock. just ask my housemate, james. he knows not to trust me to wake him up anymore next time.

here's what happened..

wah, tonight no need sleep again ha?
ya lor, this thing have to pass up tomorrow le. haven't finish o..
ka yau o..

some time later..

eh, miao, can wake me up 15 mins later ah? i cannot tahan already, wanna sleep awhile..
15 mins? enough or not?
.. 20 la..

20 mins later..

(knock knock) james... bangun bangun..
... can give me another 15 mins? ...
ah..? ok ok..

2 freaking hours later!

(oh shoot! knock knock) james.. sorry! i fell asleep le!
..(wahlau).. neh mind, neh mind...

change of scenery, breath of fresh air..

2005-09-28T14:35:00.000+08:00

i thought of going home this weekend. then i realized that i've a lot of catching up to do for my studies. i wanted to go home to have a change of scenery. then after having a good lunch, i semi-decided that maybe that trip home isn't really that necessary, especially since i've a test next week.

stocked up on bread and milk, food for the soul and tummy that is anti-tapau :)

no band practice for tonight, but i'll be able to see my friends tomorrow morning if i get to class early enough. hmm, found out that yin's house has an empty room because one of the housemates left (not a student). til they find someone to take the room, it'll be empty.

i'll end this update here..

woke up too early

2005-09-24T11:58:00.000+08:00

haha, so funny! huey's parents were coming down for a day trip today, supposed to reach this morning, so when she got up to pick them from the bus station, i was awakened too. but i thought that it was a weekday and i was supposed to go for class. she was surprised to see me up so early.

eh, why you get up so early?
....(walking to the toilet, still blur from sleep)... eh! i thought have to get up to go for class le..
oh..then now how..?
now a..(i had saliva plastered over the right side of my face).. i wash my face, pee, then go back to sleep lo..

in my blurness, i sensed that she was trying not to laugh out loud, coz she wouldn't want to wake sue up as well :)

Hari Co Q

2005-09-23T23:27:00.000+08:00

i'm just back from the opening ceremony of Co Q week in UTM. why was i there? what else, the uni band was supposed to play there.

we didn't play that many songs, about 6 in all i think. actually the students who took orchestra were supposed to play, but of course some of the original band members would be included. there were only 3 people who were Co Q students i think, 2 guitarists, one drummer. that drummer played one song, i played the rest. actually he's a good drummer, but more for rock songs. knowing very well the type of songs that we play for orchestra, he practiced one song, and i did the rest, since i'm familiar with them already.

my sifu's back! thought he'd miss out on tonight, but he made it, even though he didn't play. he rarely plays already, i know he's bored out of his skull with the songs we play. he's involved with the setting up and packing down of the equipment. kak kimmy, his wife looks so fierce, that i normally dare not talk to him when she's around, afraid that she might bite my head off. so curi-curi talk to him when i think she's not looking... haha!

i need to take a bath befor sleeping. and take off my contact lenses. try to catch the dave letterman show if i can.

that's all for today i guess..

my mp3 player..

2005-09-12T18:32:00.000+08:00

mom got me an mp3 player :). as a belated 21st birthday gift. it's cool! samsung, 256MB storage, red in colour. and it has a thumbdrive, FM radio and voice recorder as its functions. runs on an AA battery.

loaded songs into it of course, enjoy using it :).

feeling sleepy. sleep world's calling me..

my hair: it's a love-hate affair. sometimes i feel like chopping it off or going bald, sometimes i wanna challenge myself and see how long i can let it grow. it doesn't look like hair in shampoo ads. i've coloured and straightened it before, not planning to curl it at all, that would make me ultra-feminine. please, where would i put my face..

one pimple appearing on my face.. grow la, you'll disappear with time ..

stupid limewire's not downloading my songs....yeesh..

UTM 35th Convocation

2005-09-09T19:48:00.000+08:00

It was on from 27th to 29th August. My involvement-a bunch of us make some noise while the graduates walk up to get their degree/diploma. Let me ringkaskan for you..

27th..
woke up late!

opened my eyes and saw 5-6 missed calls from Mr. Conductor, and a few msgs frm him too. uh oh. faster faster called him to apologize, then told him I'll get Yin to fetch me, coz he was going into campus already.

then i called yin, lucky she hadn't left yet, so she swung by to pick me up. she lagi 'keng', flute also forgot to bring, so we had to go to her place and get it. wah, she was in a very bad mood o, coz we were running late and she forgot her flute. lucky these things don't start on time, or else we'd be screwed..

28th..
almost woke up late again! the day before, i asked Q (keyboardist) to gimme a wake-up call, to prevent history from repeating itself. wahlau, if she didn't call me, for sure i'd be late again.

i screwed one of the songs today. got the guitarist pissed, then he got me pissed.. thinking we were done for that session, i went to the toilet to cool off. mana tahu, when i went back i heard them playing.. aiya, neh mind la, my sifu was there, he was playing. after they finished, i felt pai seh to go in, coz of how i reacted after i kena marah from the guitarist. but i went in anyway.. wahlau, he was teasing me leh! then he kinda apologized.. i was like, it's ok la, small matter.. im cool with it..

I'd write a proper one about the 29th, but i spent so long on this post, im tired already...
tink i'll go now..

2005-08-06T22:39:00.000+08:00

My butt hurts. Been sitting too much. Ate a lot of Jacob biscuits. Hope I don't get that fat.

Can't wait for tomorrow night. It'll be the highlight of my day. I think anything concerned with the orkie would always be the highlight of my day. I'm beginning to think of them as my extended family. My boss is like a dad to us, and the other members are like siblings. I'll still have 2 years here to spend with them. I'm going to remind Q (the keyboardist) to bring her digicam so that we can take loads of pics. Then I'll have new pics to upload :)

So tomorrow I'm going to watch Melody on TV3 tmr, and with the rest of the day, try to study, so that I can enjoy myself at night. All right! The time that I'm using to blog now was supposed to be for reading up....oops. Planning to catch the 8tv Quickie at 11.30pm later. I like the chemistry between Phat Fabes and Rina.

Butt still feeling numbish. It was warm this afternoon. I was doing an assignment in the room..yeurrgh..but it didn't feel that bad. Once I was done with it, I went to chill out in the living room with the tv, whoa, it felt good, the cool air on my skin. Such a big difference, 1st floor and 3rd.

I'd better go off now.

2005-08-05T18:51:00.000+08:00

Hey.. feeling tired. Just came back from orkie practice. Played the same songs over and over and over again, in different keys. Of course that doesn't affect me, but it's the repetition that wore me out. Ok, I know I wasn't playing rock songs, but hey, I'm an amateur, repetition still tires me. The event's this Sunday night. Q (keyboardist) has a digicam, she said she'll bring it. Cool! Then we can take photos and I can upload them :)

K, here's another color. Today's my sifu's wife's birthday! He got her a coffee cake and we sang her a song after practice. Then we got a piece of cake. Yum :) She's actually quite a beauty, honest! Hmm, if I have the chance I'll take a photo with her someday and show it to you guys.

I should study something tonight since exams are coming up. Or finish up my lab report. Hope I can put in about 2 hours. I'm having wobbly knees... thanks to practice. I'll just stare at my books til I'm satisfied. Then I'll go to sleep. I've got a belly full of tom yam fried rice. It tasted kinda odd. And bland. Yuks, don't try it you guys. K, ciao for now...

2005-08-05T01:08:00.000+08:00

Well, hi there.. I'm trying out the features in here, after being bugged by my sister. So I uploaded a picture of myself and my friend, who's the flutist in the orkie (that's orchestra, people). In this picture, we're next to the keyboard during a break in the previous convo. The picture was shot with her digicam. Oh yeah, she was the keyboardist for that session because the original keyboardist was doing her practical.

Anticipating the upcoming convo. Will be able to see ALI! yeah! I'm going to snap pictures with him for remembrance because I doubt I'll ever see him again unless he decides to continue working in KL. Not that I've actually met up with him when he was in KL anyway, but you know what I mean :)

Speaking of convo, there's some new members in orkie going for convo. Among them is one of Michelle's hometown friend. He plays the trombone. Seems he's good at sight-reading, according to my boss. Well, good for him! But I don't quite know how to accept his joining the orkie. He once said something that I found annoying. Anyway, I'd better just accept his coming in and do what I can do make him feel comfortable in the orkie. I'm sure the occasional greeting and conversation about how the orkie works won't kill me ;)

Kay, here's about an event this weekend. Singing competition of patriotic songs to pick a representative for UTM for another national level competition. The rhythm section of the orkie will be backing these participants on Sunday night.

I think I'll go off now....

2005-08-01T12:46:00.000+08:00

Guess you all thought I died or something, since I never updated my blog for a long long time. Anyhow, I'm back in UTM of course for another 2 years. I shifted house, the new one's 2 streets behind the old one. And I've got Streamyx, so I can online a lot, hehe.

I lost my matric card at the end of the last semester, but I just reported it to the Guardhouse today. Going to make it on Thursday. Wonder if I'll get the card with the new design. That would be cool, I'll be the only person with it since the rest will be having the old design card.

Well, this new house has facilities like the TV, semi-auto washing machine and a fridge. But I've no idea why there's so many mosquitoes here! And my room has a ceiling fan installed right in the middle of the room, there was no ceiling fan in the old room.

Some updates about orchestra. Big Boss changed his car from a Kancil to a Wira (auto). Now he can ferry people in comfort to practice. And a lot of old members have left because they graduated, so now there's some new violinists recruited. Still looking for a pianist. There's a new tenor sax player too. My sifu brought his kid one night for practice. He's grown a lot! He can walk about now, so someone had to always watch him in case he pulled out wires, score stands etc. 2 events coming up: Patriotic Day (7th August) and convo (27-29 August). And another very important piece of news: the Ustaz that headed Unit Kebudayaan has left! He's still the Fellow of a hostel though. Ustaz's place has yet to be replaced.

My 2 roomies are zonked out because they stayed up late to do some homework. I did too, but I don't feel sleepy now, will probably nap later. It's a bit warm in our room, even though the weather's not too hot.

Sleepiness is setting in.... That's all for now I guess :)

2005-04-13T13:24:00.000+08:00

Hi there! Yes, I know you thought I'm dead or something. It's been eons since I updated my blog.

Ok, interesting news up and foremost. Having practice for convo this week. Wah, discovered double bass pedals on the drumset! Yay! Then Mr. Coach worked his stuff on it :P Now I've got something new to try out. I got him to demo stuff.. then it's up to me to pick it up. This is what I called 'education' :P

Hmm, heard that PALAPES people are going to sing 'Negaraku' for convo. We're supposed to practice with them tomorrow.

Been staying with Yin in Melawis, sleeping on the upper bunk of her double decker. We're supposed to haunt Jusco in our free time - which we have a LOT of, haha!

Convo this time will have slight change in musicians. Because Q the keyboardist has gone off for practical, that job's been given to Yin, so no more flutist this time. Then Mr. Ali (guitar) has graduated, there's another one gone. The rest are pretty much the same.

I'm at the library now. Sneaked in without my matric card 'cos I lost it. Will need to replace it when the sem reopens.

Well, take care all of you out there.

2005-01-05T13:27:00.000+08:00

Nirvana - Lithium

I'm so happy 'cause today I've found my friends ...
They're in my head
I'm so ugly, but that's okay, 'cause so are you ...
We've broken our mirrors (Alt: We broke our mirrors)
Sunday morning is everyday for all I care ...
And I'm not scared
Light my candles, in a daze
'Cause I've found god
Hey, hey hey (x6)

I'm so lonely, but that's okay, I shaved my head ...
And I'm not sad
And just maybe I'm to blame for all I've heard ...
But I'm not sure
I'm so excited, I can't wait to meet you there ...
But I don't care
I'm so horny, but that's okay ...
My will is good
Hey, hey hey (x6)

2005-01-05T13:12:00.000+08:00

Maroon 5 - Not Coming Home

When you refuse me
You confuse me
What makes you think I'll let you in again
Think again my friend
Go on misuse me and abuse me
I'll come out stronger in the end
And does it make you sad
To find yourself alone
And does it make you mad
To find that I have grown
I'll bet it hurts so bad
To see the strength that I have shown
When you answer the door pick up the phoneY
ou wont find me cause I'm not coming home

You do not know how much this hurts me
To say these things that I don't want to say
But have to say them anyway
I would do anything to end your suffering
But you would rather walk away

2005-01-05T13:03:00.000+08:00

The Killers - Somebody Told Me

Somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looks like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last yearI
t's not confidential
I've got potential
A rushin', a rushin' around

2004-12-28T10:47:00.000+08:00

Hey guys, i've a bit of time now, so i think i'll write about how i spent my xmas eve. being a non-christian, i wasn't too particular about where or what i did for xmas eve. but it's pretty cool that i had the chance to get out of the house. well anyway, i went with the orchestra to the closing ceremony of the uni's inter-hostel sports competition. it was held at the marching field near KTC.
Basically what we did there was provide marching songs for the march-in at the beginning of the event. then came the speeches. then there was entertainment like zapin dances, taerobic and senamrobik. the senamrobic was pretty lame, we were laughing at it cos there were only guys in it. they're kinda pantang about girls and moving parts of the body :)
there wasn't much work for us, cos we only played at the end of the event when everyone was leaving. and in between stuff i think, as well as before the event started. i didn't have much work myself cos there were 2 other drummers there, so it was quite relaxing for me. mr pro took the marching songs cos me and the other guy, yusri couldn't do proper rolling. then yusri took the harder ones and me the easier ones. actually there's not much difference between the hard and easy ones, it's just that yusri can pull it off better, so i just let him play what ever songs that he wanted, and he dumped all the boring ones to me :) less chance for me to screw up :P
with all the free time we had, which was quite a lot, we basically talked and crapped. major teasing went on -from me and q, the keyboardist to the guitarist and his 'friend'. "where's she?","don't know..", "went back already is it?".. "don't know.." yeah right...!
basically all the orchestra members were there: me, yin, q, meiyi, the guys like amirul, ali, syawal, yusri, mr zali, then the blowing section of trombones(chow it) and saxes(chua, nadia n one more not sure what name) and trumpets(some malay guy, not sure what's his name). saw mr zali's baby daniel for a while before he went back with wife, kimmy :)
good grief, yusri just sat down at the pc next to mine. better go!

2004-12-16T13:41:00.000+08:00

Like a Stone - Audioslave

In your house I long to be
Room by room patiently
I'll wait for you there
Like a stone
I'll wait for you there
Alone

2004-12-16T13:39:00.000+08:00

Here without you - 3 Doors Down

I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby
And i dream about you all the time
I'm here without you baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight girl its only you and me

2004-12-16T13:28:00.000+08:00

Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down

If I go crazy then will you still
Call me Superman
If I’m alive and well,
Will you be there a-holding my hand
I’ll keep you by my side
With my superhuman might
Kryptonite!

2004-11-04T22:38:00.000+08:00

Here’s the posting about the orchestra’s guitarists, as I sort of promised.
I mentioned earlier that there were 7 of them, but since I only know 6 of them, I’ll only write about these 6. Whether you like it or not, muahahaha… So here we go:

Amirul All I know about this guy is that he’s in 3rd yr, not sure what course. He stays in Kolej 10 if I’m not mistaken and has an ancient-looking car. And he smokes. That’s the only uncool part about him.

Syawal This’s the PALAPES guy. He’s in 4th yr SEM. He’s pretty cute. I don’t know much about him, but I guess I’ll learn more about him as time goes by.

Yusri This’s the guy who’s in the gamelan group. He’s Syawal’s course mate. Another good-looking guy. He always likes to tease me because of the lack of my drumming skills (of course I suck compared to him right ?!), besides trying to be friendly. That’s why I rarely talk to him, ‘cause I don’t want to give him any chance to make fun of me. But he’s an okay guy basically.

Max/J.J. He’s Max to us orchestra members, J.J. to the rest of the world. The name Max stuck with us ‘cause it’s his 1st name, whereas the rest of the world knows him by his nick. 4th yr Civil. Goes to the same church as Chua (the guy below) and my roomie LH. Oh right, he’s from Sabah.

Chua This guy’s from Sabah too, 4th yr SEE. Recently he was unofficially assigned the place as bassist ‘cause the conductor’s kicking out the old one. ‘cause he’s constantly late for practices and has other habits I’m not too sure about.

Ali Hehe.. my favourite. He’s from Tenom, Sabah if I remember correctly. Final yr, some Geoinformasi course. He sends AmAzInG SMSes.. It’s like formatted, not your normal wordy SMS, but it still brings meaning of course. He’s the 1st person I’ve ever seen sending SMSes like that, ALL the time I message him. That’s why messaging him is always fun, ‘cause I never know what funny and interesting message I’ll be getting from him. Which is why I’m dying to get his number back, since I lost my phone and his number’s in the phone. Let me try and replicate an example of his messages for your viewing pleasure. It goes something like this:

06:59:57pm [new screen]
06:59:58pm [new screen]
06:59:59pm [new screen]
07:00:00pm [new screen]
*BOOM!*
(Then whatever crap that he wants to tell me, like how are you etc)

Adios!!

2004-11-01T23:52:00.000+08:00

I did say that I was going to post about them guitarists from the orchestra right? Well, I'm not going to do that now. Some other day, but today's not the day.

Shoot.. I can hear my younger sister wailing away upstairs. She slept the whole night and didn't do any revision for SPM which is starting this Thursday. I don't know why my mom didn't wake her up.. Jeez.. At least she's not screaming her head off.. for now.. I absolutely hate it when she throws tantrums.. Never ever want to be around when that happens.. it gets me pissed off too..

Anyway, I was watching 'School of Rock' for the 2nd time just now, because my elder sister was monopolizing the TV set (which she just freed). I guess I'll go check what's on TV after I'm done with the internet. Which should be soon..

Well, did nothing productive today. Mostly ate, did the laundry, slept a little, online.... you can just tell how fulfilled I'll be this holiday.. jeez... I thought I had lots to blog about..

Well, my sister has quietened down.. thank goodness.. mom must have worked her magic. I pity and at the same time wonder how she can handle my sister when she's in a bad mood. But let me quote my mom - "If I could have died, I'd have died a thousand times." Oh yes she would have.. Definitely and without doubt, no question about it.

Oh yeah, I heard from my housemate that we'll be getting a new housemate but it's not the guy that I was talking about in one of the earlier posts. Turns out a friend of the house owner will be the new housemate. Ok.. hope he's an okay kind of person..

I should go now.. since I've not much to talk about. Will post again.. soon :)

2004-10-28T11:49:00.000+08:00

I'm currently still in Skudai. For people wondering, what're you still doing there ?! Well, I'm spending my holiday here, isn't that obvious? Don't you spend holidays away from home? And since Klang's my home, it makes sense for me to spend my holiday here right? Hehe, don't kill me..

Nah, I'm going to Klang tomorrow. (You people must be thinking, finally she's going home.) After spending 1 week here in Skudai, I'll have about 23 days + - in Klang. More than enough.

Here's a summary of what I've been doing here:

If I follow either one of my housemates to campus:
Wake up at about 8+ to catch my ride. Online in my housemate's office, or read a book. Then have dinner, go back, watch tv.. etc etc..

If I don't follow them:
Wake up really late (since I've nothing to do), read book.. wait for housemate to come back to entertain me, watch the 5.30 serial show with them, dinner, later on watch anything that's interesting on tv. Then sleep..

Pretty productive huh.. It would be worse if I'm in Klang. If I was in Klang, this is what I'd be doing:
Try to wake up late (I'd probably be awaken by daddy dearest).. eat, read paper, watch tv.. not shower unless I'm going out.. this means that I'd be in my pyjamas for most of the day. What else.. watch more tv at night. I've Astro back home, woo hoo!!

Pretty much sums up my life during holidays..

It's cloudy and rainy here in Skudai. By the way, there's elephants in Pulai!! At the empty field opposite 81 Pulai. Don't know what they're doing there, probably you can pay to get some rides or something. Really dark ones, not too big.

And.. I'm getting a new housemate very soon, because the couple in my house is shifting out by the end of the month. PL will take over that room and CL's friend will take PL's old room. (PL and CL are my housemates.) The new housemate's guy who's working already. The funny part is, he'll only be here for 2 months, meaning by January he'll be gone, because another of PL's friend will be shifting in to our house. Basically we're kicking him out so that this girl, Corrine, can move it with us. She's pretty cool, and cracks us up most of the time.

And.. my roomie MCPY announced that she intends to stay in a single room for 4th and 5th year.. so me and LH will need to, uh, make some other living arrangements. Maybe we can just stay by the roadside, or under a rock, or in the drain.. But we have lots of time to figure out where we're ending up.. since we got such an early notice...

It's really too early to tell what's going to happen to us. At the moment, I'm kind of considering moving into the uni's hostel, but I might change my mind later.. I don't know, it all depends on other factors too, namely LH for 1.

Let me go on to some other stuff. A few days before, I was in campus, posting a letter and updating my bank book, and I bumped into one of my uni's orchestra mates. He's a PALAPES guy, and in the orchestra he's the percussionist/guitarist. He said he's not going back for the hols because he has training. Poor guy, during fasting month too. Malay guy.. kinda cute too :)

Since I'm on the subject of the orchestra, let me just count how many guitarists are there.. I think there's about 7, 1 I don't know him well, not even his name, the rest I've spoken to. Gosh, they play really well :) 2 bumis, the rest Malay. 1's actually in the gamelan group.. hey, since I'm so free, might as well have a new posting about them..

Let me publish this one 1st :)

2004-10-21T14:59:00.000+08:00

Finals are over!!

finally, finals are over..
glad that it's done with..
can now chill and wait for the grades to come out..
actually saw one of it..
was shocked but should not be..
expected a grade of that sort..
i'll be getting cats and dogs..
and some birds..
sad, but true...

here's another sad story..
my handphone got stolen..
was my fault, definitely..
never leave it outside the exam hall..
unattended..
foolish was i..

had duck rice for lunch..
having steamboat for dinner..
was sweeping the floor..
and packing up books..
during the time i was supposed to have breakfast..

currently reading 'prey'..
by mr michael crichton..
the book itself belongs to..
ms tan pl (aka.. mrs alex kum)..
mr alex is the m'sian ice hockey team's coach..
'nuff said.. :P
have about 1/5 more to go..

good weather now..
perfecto for nap-0..
o, btw, sent my clothes to dobi..
coz the machine at home broke... UP...
cost less than RM8..
for about 3 kg +..

be notty, be nice, be anything but lice..

2004-10-07T14:44:00.000+08:00

Help.. I'm too freaking lazy to do revision for finals. There's a lazy bug in me. It won't get out..

Went swimming twice this week. On Monday and Wednesday. With Ade on Monday, Ade and PL on Wednesday. In Larkin. Tun Aminah's pool's small and dirty, according to what I've heard.

Going for convocation this Saturday. Blast the UTM franchise, who ask them to pick the day so frigging close to finals. Not like it makes a difference anyway, looking at the way I'm doing revision now. im sooooo screeewwwweeedddd......

having a test tomorrow. it's a uhp subject, ie not core faculty subject, ie non-electrical subject.

it's so sad, what i've become, a person who doesn't care much about studies anymore. will have to get in the mood of reading exam material. it's pretty lonely to study alone..

it's this period of time where everyone in public universities are slogging away with their books because of finals. all are aware and concerned about the exams.... good luck to these hard working individuals..

2004-10-06T10:11:00.000+08:00

"My Happy Ending" - Avril Lavigne

So much for my happy ending
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...

Let's talk this over
It's not like we're dead
Was it something I did?
Was it something you said?
Don't leave me hanging
In a city so dead
Held up up so high
On such a breakable thread
You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be

[Chorus:]
You were everything, everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
And all the memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...

You've got your dumb friends
I know what they say
They tell you I'm difficult
But so are they
But they don't know me
Do they even know you?
All the things you hide from me
All the shit that you do
You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be

[Chorus]

It's nice to know you were there
Thanks for acting like you cared
And making me feel like I was the only one
It's nice to know we had it all
Thanks for watching as I fall
And letting me know we were done

[Chorus x2]

Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...

2004-09-23T15:01:00.000+08:00

Hi, im updating my blog while i have the chance.

This time im doing it in the comfort of my room, but with my roommate's com, not mine because she took my keyboard and im a bit lazy to shift it around to my com. she's using my keyboard coz her is a bit cacated.. some keys are not sensitive liao.

my other roommate is "piah-ing' for tonight's test. oops, is there a test tonight? look at what im doing, hahaha... not that im already ready, im just taking it cooly and calmly. and my results will be the same too :)

thinking about going back to klang for the weekend. if i do, i'll leave on friday at about 5pm after a class. then i'll be back in skudai on sunday night. i want to go back to see the changes in my house. from the updates that i've been getting, there's a new water heater in the bathroom and a new sofa set's suppose to come this weekend if im not mistaken. so for now the old sofa set's been thrown out and they're all sitting on the floor. funny!! hahaahh.... i think it's pretty comfortable to do that too, sit on the floor.. and i can lie down too..and doze off with the tv on and wake up at 3+am and blurly go to bed :)

o yeah, another thing im hoping to do during the weekend is to meet up with my friend who's leaving for the UK next friday. will be the last chance that i get to see her before she flys off. i think she'll be free..to meet me that is..

the weather here's been funny.. it rains heavily in the afternoon... so it's cold at night.. not very warm these days..

and my friend actually fell sick very recently, and missed a test on tuesday night. hopefully she's well enough to take the test tonight. she told me that she went to the hospital early this morning.. poor girl, she must be feeling really unwell...

which brings me to mention that im thankful for my strong immune system. the most ill that i got was a cold/flu.. can't remember the last time that i had a fever. it's not like i take vitamins or anything like that, or health supplements or what have u.. i do eat fruits whenever i can.. but how much effect can that be right :).. i'll have to settle with assuming that im born with it for now :)

this weekend sees both my Master student housemates away .. one going to penang, the other to melaka.. and if lh and i go to klang.. then mic will be left with the couple and the house all to themselves... and the house owner, small chan if he comes back from singapore.

well, high time for me to finish up this posting.. till the next time .... :) have a good day...

2004-09-16T10:37:00.000+08:00

Okay.. now i have time to update my blog. finally since eons ago. by the way, im actually skipping a class now. just felt like doing so. maybe because im so comfortable here in the freezing com lab. and anyway, the lecturer was cancelling classes last few times, so i was hoping that she'll cancel this one as well. guess i was wrong.

Okay, let me talk about.... the orchestra's drummer's kid. i missed the chance to see him! i heard from yin yin the flutist that he brought his kid for Hari Co-Q night, last Sunday. That performance was done by the people that took Orchestra for co-q. so they had a drummer, thus i was not needed. so i missed seeing his kid. aduh.. actually i thought of going to see yin and Q (the keyboardist) perform, but not having the freedom of doing so left me at home, wishing i was there.

what else.. actually there's a lot of things that i can talk about now. but i can't think of anything now. i think im more careful about what i blog, realizing that people i know actually read my blog. so i don't want to accidentally talk about stuff that i shouldn't talk about. if any, for example :)

never mind about that. let me crap about lesser important stuff. like.. was wishing that i could go back to my hometown for a while. looking for the free weekend to do that. maybe the weekend before 1st oct. meaning the 24th-26th sept.(refered to esther's calender on her blog on the other window. thanks :) ) go back and see my mom and my sister who's studying for spm. go back to maybe meet up with a friend who's going off to UK on oct 1st, lucky gal. if i still feel like going home by that weekend i will.

feeling really free now, since im not stuck in the class listening to the lecturer drone on and on and on..about goodness knows what..

i need to 'kam cheen' - withdraw money for room rent and hphone reload. i spent the room rent given to me on the endau rompin trip, which is why i couldn't pay it up when the house owner asked for it the previous weekend. meaning i have to get it by this weekend. by the way our house owner's called mr chan and he has a brother, so we call them big chan and small chan. big chan has gone off to shanghai to work, so now we pay up to small chan.

here's something about the endau rompin trip. i think i need to be more careful about the trips i make next with this senior that i went with. i've nothing against her, but i have to think twice next time she invites me to go for trips. because i think i don't give it much thought about the trips whenever she asks me, i just answer yes very quickly. or.. maybe going with her alone is not enough company. i hope she doesn't know i have a blog, or im so screwed. so anyway, i like going for trips, but preferably with my friends etc..

im so hogging the computer. hehe.. sorry, to people standing there waiting for a free com. it's 1st come 1st serve and early birds gets the worm. and most relevant here - selfish person this i am.

well, now im just waiting for the class that im skipping to be over, so that i can go home. did i say home??.. home's not here.. it's back in klang. never mind.. it's like a substitute home here, because we have a 'lai ma' - kind of like a god mother. she's like 23 years old. she's my house mate. because she says she's cultivating motherly skills, therefore me and lh are her guinea pigs. haha. i told her, by the time she's done trying to raise us, she'll be thinking, "i can't wait to have my OWN kids!!"

current musical influences - avril. i like her new songs. many of them are catchy. but according to 'lai ma' (pui lai's her name), most of them sound the same. do they?? er... i don't know, not to me. and the other song, i really shouldn't mention but .. it's stacie's mom. she's got it going ON. well, it's lh that's so hot over it. she must be a lesbain, since she keeps going on and on about stacie's mom.

speaking of lesbians, there's a lesbian character on the tv2 show at 7pm. she just came out of the closet in yesterday's episode. but the girl that she likes couldn't accept that. she thought that they were just like close friends and nothing further than that. so the L was crying her eyes out.. saying she couldn't live without her etc.. watching her weep away her sorrow made me feel the pain too..what a great actress !!

im wondering if the class is done. if it is, i'll have to publish this post and leave the lab. well, might as well do it now ... till then..

2004-09-03T09:22:00.000+08:00

here's a new posting to let you all know that i'm still alive..

i'm too lazy to change the setting of this blog, so it won't have comments for now.
last weekend i went to endau rompin with my senior and her friends. the activities that we did was jungle trek, night walk, swim in the river and raft down it.

don't really feel like blogging now, so i'll just stop here..

2004-08-03T10:21:00.000+08:00

Well..here I am again in the freezing computer lab..

Trying to update my blog with tired eyes (not enough sleep) and a full stomach (had breakfast 1/2 an hour ago). Having orchestra practice tonight, which reminds me to ask the conductor about my transportation to practice. Usually he fetches me there, but he could be busy with setting up the sound system or something. Then I'll rely on the flutist for transport. Good old flutist.. Tomorrow there's a function in Pan Pacific, so I heard from the conductor and the flutist. And this Sunday we'll all (the orchestra) be going to KL for a recording in RTM, if I'm not mistaken. That's the events that are scheduled for this week. Next week will be convocation, during the weekend.

Tomorrow's my turn to write the lab report.. luckily it's not that long or hard.. it's about something called pulse amplitude modulation and pulse code modulation. I took the initiative to actually read up about it, so for once I won't be so blur. Unlike the last week, I practically slept through the 3 hours of lab, because I didn't know what was going on, and I didn't get enough sleep the night before.

I've to go for class in another 15 minutes. While I'm relaxing here, my friend's struggling with reportedly the hardest lab report to do - amplitude modulation and frequency modulation (AM/FM). Well, I think she is..

I hope I can concentrate during class later, because actually I'm very backdated in my lectures. Though the last test was on last Wednesday, I've not read up on the current lectures for some of the subjects. That's really dangerous for me I feel, so hopefully I can catch up.. or else...I'll be in so much trouble..

And! My mom actually CALLED me last night! You guys must be wondering.. so what?? Well, in case you didn't know, my mom doesn't like to call me.. but she messages me instead. So getting a call from her was quite surprising.. I can count the number of times she's called me. Twice this semester I think.. So you get the idea.. Anyway, I can understand coz she's busy with work and taking care of the family etc... well, at LEAST she messages... hehehe...

Well...almost time for me to go for class... I managed to add the comment icon on my blog.. so feel free to comment on anything at all..

Till the next time.....

2004-07-22T12:23:00.000+08:00

Hey people out there..

Sorry for the technical errors that have happened in my blog. Things like posts appearing when I thought they disappeared. This is due to my un-prowness in most computer skills.

To actually find the time to update my blog is - proven - NOT beyond my belief. I'm saying this because I'm actually having a test tonight and 2 more next week. Well, time management is truly the key point here. People who need advice on this factor, do NOT look for me. All I can say is that I'll be spending the weekend with my beloved books and notes and calculator and if anything interesting shows up on TV, then you know where to find me. If you're that blur, then here's the adddress for you: Living Room, 17 Jln Pulai 55.

Also.. computer labs are equivalent to ice-boxes. Anyone who's spent time in one can confirm that. This is the place to get numb fingers, and if you are lucky, the server won't be down, and will be fast.

Whoopss.gtg..ciao!

2004-07-10T16:42:00.000+08:00

Hi..

Fcuk..I just typed a blog, and for some reason it didn't get published properly or something. Well, it wasn't a great piece of literary anyway, so no loss really.

I was just talking about what I did last night. Yesterday I went to JJ for the J-card member day. At night i watched Malaysia Idol with housemates and kind friend who brought supper (thank you!).

Now i'm at the Computer Center in UTM, supposedly helping out with the Adobe Photoshop workshop, but all i did was register the participants, that's all. The rest of the time, shake leg. And online, hehe. Because there's literally nothing to do. I'm just helping my senior.

And I was talking about the IEM talk that i cleverly took up to organize. Don't exactly regret it, but not entirely happy about it. Nah, it's just because tests are on the week after this weekend and the talk is on the weekend. Another shitty piece of news is that Fareen from RIKL contacted me about a sailing and rock climbing activity which is on this weekend also, and I can't go because of the talk and the tests. Um, yes, I know I'm not the sailing and rock climbing type, but it's just that I'm missing out the fun and action. Well, nothing can be done about it :)

Thank goodness it's not too cold here.. the temperatue here's just nice.
MM..i'll blog some other time.
Take care..

2004-07-10T16:07:00.000+08:00

Hey there you guys..

I'm typing this from the Computer Centre in UTM. I'm helping out with the Adobe Photoshop workshop, but my duty was only to help with the registration of participants this morning (it's a whole day programme). That's why I'm so free now, free enough to go online.

Yesterday was the J-Card member day for Jusco. I went with my room mate for fun. Didn't get much stuff. It wasn't as packed as they say it was, or maybe I went during unpeak hours. Haha. We managed to get parking at the sheltered parking area.

Last night I watched Malaysian Idol with my housemates and friend, who supplied supper. Thank you! :) Personally, I find American Idol more interesting, but maybe I'm just used to American entertainment, even though I don't stay there.

I'm flitting from subject to subject here. Well, here's another one to talk about. Smart me decided to pick up the challenge of organizing a talk for IEM Student Chapter. It's going to be on this Saturday, 17/7, and I have tests coming right after that weekend. Just my luck.. but I predicted this happening anyway because I purposely chose a late date for the talk. And smart me also didn't take down the IC numbers of the participants, meaning I can only give them the certificates of attendance AFTER the talk. Which is troublesome.. so I categorize that as human error..

Fareen from Raleigh International KL just contacted me about a sailing and rock-climbing activity on the same weekend as the IEM talk. So I can't go.. also because of my tests on the following week. Sucks.. it's going to be in Singapore, so it's quite convenient for me. Wonder if anyone from the Kuala Gula trip is going :) ?

The good thing about helping with the photoshop is that I get to use the Internet facilities for FREE..yay.. but it's a small matter compared to the time that I spend here. It's now 4.30pm. The workshop should be ending in another 1/2 hour. Thank goodness.. I can go home and sleep or study or watch TV or something.

i think I'll stop here for today. Pretty much updated you guys about what's happening here. Or don't really feel like writing much.

ciao..

2004-06-23T14:58:00.000+08:00

Hi there everyone..

I'm typing this posting from the library of my uni. Yap, I'm back there again for another grueling semester of studies. At the moment I'm using a computer actually meant for assignments only, so I'm feeling very guilty, hoping no-one will catch me doing this - wrong-doing. I would use a normal computer, but when I entered the library all the computers were already occupied. So sue me! The phone line connection to my room is a bit faulty, that's why I came to online in the library. It's a bit creepy, especially when there's library officers walking around you! So now I get to practice my skills of elusion..nerve-wracking!!

Anyway, the house that I'm staying in also houses a working couple. My housemate told me that the couple's shifting out in a few months. So I guess we'll be getting a new housemate, since the house owner's eager to look for the next occupant. Too bad it can't be me, since I'm already staying in that house, but just in a different room. And I don't think I can break the unwritten contract that my room mates and I have, which is no-one's supposed to move away until the next year starts..or is it the next semester? Hmm, if it's the next semester, maybe I have a shot at it.. You guys must be thinking, what's wrong with this girl? She's thinking about moving from one room to another, in the same house?? Somebody call Tanjung Rambutan! Don't worry guys, I'm just looking for a change of environment, which can be achieved without shifting anywhere.

Remember I was taking care of my friend's hamsters? Well, she told me that a friend of hers, um, killed the male hamster. Well, there'll be no more breeding of hamsters for her, unless she gets another male. Maybe I'll ask her about that, because she's thinking about getting another pet for her now-empty cage.

Well, today's the second day of this new semester. Nothing much to do yet, not pressured to start studying. I haven't even got all my books yet. I think I'll just stop here for today's posting. Take care everyone!

2004-06-18T20:18:00.000+08:00

Hi to people who read my blog :)

I figured something out-instead of wasting money typing my blog online, I type it offline instead, then post it when i go online..

Well, I'm back from Pulau Redang! Went with some coursemates from uni. 8 of us in all, 5 gals and 3 guys. Stayed in Redang Holiday, a 1-room chalet with 1 toilet and 4 double beds. Wait, i forgot the coolest thing - our room had the sea view!! That was awesome :) the sea on the left and the beach on the right.

The main activites there was snorkeling. We went to the Marine Park on Monday (14/6) and 2 other places on Tuesday, which were the House Reef and, uh.. i can't remember what the other one was. But snorkeling was cool, saw the fishes and corals. The guides were very helpful by showing us around the areas, and pointing out stuff that we might have missed. It was easy to identify them because they were wearing a casual uniform. So whenever we went snorkeling we would gather around a guide and he would take us out to the sea :) to see the fishies and corals.

We rented a life-jacket and snorkeling mask for RM10 each. Entrance fee to the Marine Park was RM5, so we paid RM25 all in all. Meals were served at a common dining area. The food was simple - mostly we had buffet style economy rice. One night we had steam boat for dinner, that was cool..

We spent the 1st night at the beach, just lying on the deck chairs, looking at the stars..after exploring the whole stretch of the beach, that is. It consisted of other resorts actually. I don't like the way we spent the 2nd night. We went to a KARAOKE.. actually only 2 of them wanted to go, so we had to go to give face, but honestly I think it was a real waste of time. Maybe it was because it mostly had Chinese songs only, therefore, me being English-ed and not very familiar with Chinese stuff, maybe you can understand how i felt. But it wasn't that bad because the songs they played were quite popular to the extent that i've actually heard them before. So i could tap and bop and hum, but not sing the actual lyrics. After that, we wanted to see the sun rise, but it was quite cloudy, so we only managed to see the sky brightening. Oh well..

Well, the scenery was quite pretty.. and there's something about the waves and the sound of the ocean that I find very soothing and relaxing. I really enjoyed that part of Redang..that would be the reason I'll visit the next beach resort.

Well, that's all for this time's posting..

2004-06-12T18:11:00.000+08:00

Hi all!

After some prodding from a friend, I'm now updating my blog, haha! Anyway, just for the benefit of anyone reading my blog, I'll let you know what I've been up to for the past 3 weeks.

I went for this volunteer community service project thing in Kuala Gula, Perak. It's about 40km away from Taiping, if I'm not mistaken. For more info, check out the website at www.raleighinternational.org.my. It's under Project AVYIL. AVYIL stands for Active Vibrant Youths Inspiring Lives. Most of our activities are listed in that section, so go ahead and read it there.

...oh alright, I'll tell you what we did there from my side of view. It's divided into 2 components, the hardware and the software. The software consisted of giving English and computer lessons to the locals there, as well as coming up with a marketing plan for eco-tourism. As for the hardware, we built a mini-jetty (boardwalk) going out to the river/sea, constructed signages for the nature trails that tourists would walk through, and set up a herbal garden in front of their community hall.

It was pretty cool overall, met interesting people and did interesting stuff. Almost 40 of us, including the facilitators stayed in an empty shop-lot, which was equipped with water heater for both the toilets! That's because the owner of it used to stay there.. Anyway the town's quite developed because it's already known as a bird sanctuary. So next to the shop-lot we were staying at, there were mini-marts and Chinese coffee-shops/karaoke centers, no kidding! But they only sang those old sort of Chinese songs, so not very 'ngam' for us, but whether we liked it or not, we were entertained! Till the wee hours of the morning!

The food - was prepared by the software/cooking team. We had lots of canned food like baked beans, sardines, curry chicken, and bee hoon. Since there was a market near by, we managed to get fresh food as well like veggies and chicken and tofu. Most of us were very tired of the canned food by the 3rd week already :)

Besides working, we managed to have some fun as well, like visiting the Taiping Zoo and a protected archaelogical site (Pulau Kelompang), where the early relics of civilization was discovered (meaning bones of dead people and broken vases). Actually all we saw were 2 big holes in the ground.. well, if you were an archaelogical buff, you'd have appreciated it, that's all I can say for P. Kelompang. But I liked the boat ride that we took to get there. Just sitting in the motorized 'sampan', with the wind in your face and the salty spray in the air, and all over the boat at times :)

i could go on about it.. but i'll leave it at that for now and post this one up :)

2004-04-09T11:43:00.000+08:00

Hey..long time no blog..

I'm currently taking care of my friend's hamsters for her. Out of 5, 1 escaped and 1 died. Isn't that horrid? Luckily the mom hamster gave birth a few days ago, so at least there'll still be more hamsters around.

O yeah, I'm working as an office girl in a dentist's office. It's so boring there! I'm trying to get another job to replace this one even though the pay's quite good (RM 5 per hour). I don't care about the pay anyway, just want a job to fill up my time. Doesn't matter if the pay for the next job's lower than the one I'm having now.

Guess what, I might be taking some guitar lessons! Yay.. Not planning to be the next, uh, Jimi Hendrix.. Just want to pick up some basic know-how.. Actually I've wanted to learn the violin.. but never mind..

A bit bored..and hungry..and I need to lose some weight..but I can't seem to get started..on excersizing..or dieting..

Anyway..will blog again next time :)

2004-03-23T13:18:00.000+08:00

Hi..

You know what, I was typing out a posting just now and the computer just restarted, making me lose what I was typing. Horrible isn't it? I was typing about what I did last night, which was watch 'School of Rock'. Well, I don't have the energy to retype what I typed, so I'm not going to.

I was at the library again the whole morning. Yesterday morning I already checked and replied all my mail. Today I had a few new emails to reply, but besides that, no new mail.

I have orchestra practice later at 3pm. I don't even know why I came into campus so early. Besides faxing some IEM stuff, I didn't have much to do. Time practically went by...I didn't bring the book that I was reading, and the story-book section in the library seems to have disappeared. So now I'm just left with updating my blog. Do I sound like a sad person?

Maybe I should crap a little about convo then. Still don't know what I'm suppose to wear. I guess it's either white formal shirts or some T-shirt that they might provide. I'll ask someone later. I'm also hoping that I don't play badly during that time. If I follow the score I should be fine I guess.

Gee, I'm going to be a bit tired by 3pm later. I slept at 2+am, I was typing the IEM letter that I wanted to fax. It's my fault really, coz I did it after watching SOR. Serves me right. Then I'm so smart enough to come to campus so early..aarrghhh....

Well, I'd better end this posting now...
take care..

2004-03-22T12:33:00.000+08:00

Hi there!

I'm in the uni's library now, making full use of the internet service. Hehe. Checking mail, replying, using ICQ but no one's online at the moment. Let me tell you what I've been doing in campus today.

1. Went to see the orchestra's music director/conductor. Wanted to ask him if he had any cassettes of the songs that will be played for convocation this weekend, because I wanted to familiarize myself with the songs. No, I'm not familiar with the songs yet, coz I just joined the orchestra for goodness sake! Saw my drum coach (his name is Zali) sending his wife to work (she's the clerk there, at Unit Kebudayaan). He trimmed his hair and he looks so CUTE now! Heheh. His wife's pregnant (I have to find out what her name is). I wonder if they'll get a boy or girl.

2. Went to look for a lecturer but she wasn't in. I wanted to ask her to be one of the speakers for the IEM talk in July. Will have to contact her somehow.Wish me luck.

3. Online in the library! Looked for lyrics to some songs (one by Eamon, it contains lots of fcuks). The song's really cool, it's a slow one. Have you heard of it? Then.. will be looking at photos of my friend in the US, she just went to New York. She actually migrated to Florida.

Well, that's what I've been doing today.

Oh, I went to City Square yesterday (it's a shopping mall in JB). I went with my housemate and another friend, FK. There was a heavy rainstorm and there was a power cut for a short while. Cool or what? Everyone just wandered around, waiting for the power to come back. FK bought some tops. I got a yellow tank top from Padini, my housemate got a pink one. But she normally doesn't wear tank tops (like I do!) so she was wondering whether she ought to get it, and she did in the end. She normally wears V-neck tops, but I guess having one tank top won't kill her.

My tummy's gRoWlInG.. I think the guy at the next computer should be able to hear it. And my ass is aching coz I've been sitting at the com since 11+ I think. Well, this was a good chance to update my blog. I think I'll post it now. Have a nice day!

2004-03-14T21:34:00.000+08:00

Hey there. I'm back again.

I'm posting this from my home in Klang. Went back to spend my birthday with my family. Had dinner with them, and ate some cake. Now im feeling quite full. TV's on in the background, the All England badminton finals. Obviously i'm not that interested in badminton, or i would be watching it now.

It's pretty warm here.. i guess i'm actually looking forward to returning to Skudai, seeing that the weather there is more favourable. though once returning, i'll have little to do actually. just pack up my stuff (still haven't done that). then i'll have to start contacting people to invite as speakers for this talk i'm in charge of in conjunction with IEM UTM "engineering month." so sien..

i think i better make this blog more interesting right? the readers will be yawing their heads off, thinking - "i don't wanna read this blog no more next time, it's so boring!" alright then, let me finish checking my mail then i'll figure out how to make this blog more interesting...

ciao for now..

2004-03-09T02:00:00.000+08:00

Hi again.

I didn't take lunch nor dinner. I took 'linner', hehe. It was chicken rice from Arked Meranti, a makan place in UTM campus. Then later on I had supper, roti canai and hot milo. Ate with my housemate and a bunch of her friends. When i burp i can taste the onion from my roti telur. Don't know why the waiter ask me to take with onion. Maybe they want to finish the onion before it spoils. Yuks! well, help them a bit, waste not want not. it was raining heavily actually when we went out, but luckily didn't get too wet. i just took my bath some more.

well, a bit about my preparation for the trip to redang. you know how i prepare? let's say tonite i'm leaving right, when do i get my swimsuit? the same day, but in the morning! in other words, i get ready in a hurry, haha. at least i got the sunblock about a week before. i don't know what else i'm supposed to bring besides clothes. i guess basic stuff like toiletries, clothes, sunblock, maybe a bit of food since i like to eat, hehe. (ps, it's still raining since early on!). i don't have a camera, so can't bring that, o ya, cash... thieves out there, don't come and rob me please! I'll bring a minimal amount.

ok..next..so i'm getting my suit tomorrow. a friend (ailin, u la) was kind enuff to help me get my ass to jj in the morning cos i don't have transport. since i doubt i'm the picky type, i ruffly know what colour i want. it's either blue or black. i think i'll try to get blue. what type or design? that's a good question la. um, something simple is good enuff, i'm not the fashionable type. and i don't have the bod for bikinis please. i have spare tyres you know, haha! that should put off any potential nuts..

getting a bit tired. i haven't even packed for the trip. i guess i'll pack tomorrow, if can before orchestra practice. if not, then after la. this should be the first time im mentioning this practice. ok, to brief you, i'm involved with the O for convocation at the end of March. playing the drums. sharing with my drum coach, who is so good looking! more about him next time, hehe.

k, enuff posting for today. i'll be back....hahahha..
miao

2004-03-09T01:55:00.000+08:00

Hey there..

killing time in my fac's com lab. didn't take lunch, don't know if i'll be eating anyway. it's raining almost cats n dogs here. actually im in campus for a so-called meeting for miinex, but not much work to do at the moment. got scolding from my ketua for fooling around.
was given work just now, haha! just finished it. um, if you want to know, i'll be goin to redang tomorrow nite, and i have to get a swimsuit later from jusco. will post more postings some other day.
tata...

2004-03-04T04:28:00.000+08:00

hi..
i don't noe if anyone will read this. anyway, i've to sleep soon so i'll post something another day ya. tata..

2004-03-03T20:20:00.000+08:00

hey..
cool.. i have a blogger thingy..thanks to ai lin :-).. she introduced it to me.. kind of.. it's actually quite late already.. not very sleepy. coz i had coffee late.. was watching the latte show on 8tv. the one hosted by j lo.., not jenny, but jason. kinda ok la, funny and uncensored, haha! ok, i'll come back here again later after i write wei ling's testimonial and clear up my mail box.