Life: New Year

These are couple of the pictures I took of the paper stars that I made. Took me a long time to get it perfect... but these looked cool.

I went on HP and talked to some of the technician about the bloody flashing of the screen and they said that it need to be submitted for fixing... and the people I talked to are actually US ppl... I feel so embarrassed to ask such things from people who are so far away.

Today is new years eve, in a couple of hour, it would be new years. 2010... what does it hold for me?

Thoughts: Greener With the Scenery

Picture taken during brother's Reading graduation of the "yellow flower" field?

Dunno why I chose this title... The title of The Used song "Greener With the Scenery" just popped into my head as I was thinking what picture I should post on... Then I thought of some picture which is green, then I thought of this title... Weird uh? How my brain works...

Tomorrow is new year... Think I better post sum'in on the wall of facebook...

Thoughts: Stargate franchise

I'm not sure whether I posted this picture on but anywayz... I like it, except that it is not of good quality...

These couple of days... nothing much... that's why I didn't blog anything.

Kinda attached to the Stargate Atlantis... I like most of the characters there... They all are relatively good and I like to see how things evolve...

Looking forward to the NCIS:LA on AXN soon...

Plus my computer has this flashing line at the bottom of the screen... If it doesn't solve itself in a couple of days... I think I'm ganna get it fixed...

Talked to Tanya yesterday... Probably ganna talk to her tonight... will see how it goes...

Life: Spring Cleaning... Again

Picture taken when I was bored...

Update... Clean the house, went out for buffet in Rosita, brother came back from Sibu, spelt kindergar't'en wrong and the luggage people hasn't replied... sigh...

Life: House Cleaning

This was a picture taken of us during our Leeds visit. It was during our last breakfast together. I think that I should be slowly putting up my Leeds pictures 'cus blog takes a long time to load pictures.

Today we (me + mum) did a little spring cleaning. It was tiring but kinda nice 'cus I getta help my mum with the house before CNY, which I hadn't spent with my family for 3 yrs...

Also, new trouble arises as me and my parents talk about moving to Australia, and without knowing my new place, there is no way I can start sending things over... Unless I use a storage company.

Thoughts: hump... What should I think about...

Celebrating the festive season... I went through my old pictures and drag this one out... Think it was taken couple of years ago in "The Bridge" a local shopping mall in Sunderland. Thought is is rather interesting and funny...

Today brother left for Sibu and hope that everything goes well for him... Today also went to a relative's birthday party...

That made me think... Hum... What should I write for my blog? lol...

Life: Pass the Driving Exam!!!

This was a picture I took in Scotland for my family... It's printed out and placed in my parent's photo album... I like it 'cus its "artistic" and family portrait... keke...

I passed the driving test!!!! I almost failed at the "bukit" 'cus 1st time, I forgot to raise my hand to show that I was ready (that was because the hand brake of my car was too tight and I couldn't release it...) 2nd time, I went to far up the hill and asked whether I could try again... and the JPJ (examiner) said or rather scolded that I cannot back up and stop... I must go down hill and try again... which was what I planned to do... before he scolded me... then the 3rd time I passed... Hd no problem with the rest as my instructor already taught me a lot...

Today was also Michelle Tan's wedding... This thought came into my head. "Weddings are complicated and elaborate procedures which need not to be followed and ends with the same result." If I put this on facebook... I think Patrina would see and talk that I don't like Michelle's wedding or what ever... Anywayz... just a private thought... I do not think weddings are necessary... It all really depends on the certificate and the heart.

Me and Random Scotland Pic.

As the title mentioned, it is a random picture taken in Scotland.

Tomorrow is the retest of my driving exam and Eric (my host in Leeds) contacted me and send me a christmas letter. They are wonderful people and I sincerely hope them have a wonderful time and enjoy themselves.

Life: Uneventful Day

Brother likes this one... dunno why... Don't really like it 'cus of the boat...

Today is rather uneventful. Went out for dinner with aunt (小姑)... That's pretty much it...

Had more ideas in my head for stories... Just dunno when to write it out... Hump... I think I should finish my xxxholic fan fiction...

Me and Roses...

This drawing took me ages... I took so long 'cus not only it was real complicated, I also took lots of time perfecting it... I dun look so nice close up but it looked pretty good on the camera... lets see what others think when I put it on facebook.

Life: Photography Competition on Sinchew

There is this photography competition on Sinchew in which we submit our best holiday pics and get picked to be their calender photograph. I submitted this photo 'cus I think it is most unique and quite well taken... I think... I'm telling myself that I won't mind if it were not chosen... but of course I want mine to be picked... Oh well... lets hope for the best! as well as for my driving...

Life: Failed Driving Test

This I made out of "blue" tac dyed with red, so it turned out pink. Cute?

Today I had the driving lesson. Today I failed. Tomorrow I rest. Next week I try again.

Some of the people I met there passed except for me. I was just hopeless at the three point turn (L parking). I failed there and passed everywhere else. I thought I was ganna pass when I did a perfect mountain pass, and S-curve parking. I also passed the road test. I will do better next time and ACTUALLY listen to my instructor's INSTRUCTIONS. Sigh...

The baggage is yet to arrive. Will call if it don't arrive tomorrow, just dunno when...

Life: Finally, News From Luggage!

This picture is taken during the Scotland trip before my graduation with my family. At that time, it looked great on the camera, but now it just look crappy... The sky's too white.

Two news, I will be testing my driving skills tomorrow and I received news from my luggage... yay! Said that I should arrive in Miri tomorrow or the day after... Once I got it, I'm just ganna shove it into the storage room... Joking... I need to clear some things out. E.G. winter/thick clothings and maybe the pot... Its rusted...

Tomorrow is the driving test... Wish me luck... Sigh... I hope I pass...

Extra: Like Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" and almost done with the rose drawing... Hopefully could post it on tomorrow or the day after...

Life: Sending off Aunt Regina and Karaoke

I took this photo as we visited the zoo in Blackpool during our "graduation trip" with Tanya and gang. I like this 'cus it looks like the little giraffe is looking out of a "window"... so cute...

I didn't get a chance to post up anything yesterday because I was busy dinning and talking with Aunt Regina and family till 10pm. Then me and brother went to karaoke-ing with his friends until 1am. So I got home pretty late and was tired and did not bother to turn on the internet to post up a blog. Didn't miss much anyways.

Will be taking last couple of lessons on Mon and Tues before taking the exam on Wed... Wish me luck...

Life: Brother is Feeling Unwell

Taken with my phone camera during the Bekenu trip with brother and his friends...

Taking about brother, he is feeling sick and unwell. Body pain and fever made me think of H1N1 and Dengue. On asking him, he said he doesn't have sore throat or feeling like throwing up ('cus these are also symptoms of the above disease). I could only put it as having a serious case of tummy flu. Mum's making a great fuss over it... She should...

Thinking of getting sick... I usually get sick when I was in UK, especially when the weather is getting cold/winter. I also get sick when I got back from UK (previous years). I usually have to support a running nose, cough (sometimes period and diarrhoea) to work in Popular book story and does not get to rest until late in the night. Back then, I felt pretty horrible and having to work makes it worst...

Just complaining... Oh and I'm working on a drawing of a flower. Will post it on when I finish.

Life: Auntie Regina Came for Visit

Picture that I took when I was walking back from the lab in Newcastle for my final year project. I saw a lot of people walking in and out of the park so I decided to "drop by". With my phone camera, I took a couple of pictures and are on facebook under "Pleasant Surprise".

Today, Auntie Regina, a old friend of mum and dad's from Oman came for holiday and brought her daughter, Nina, along. She is as beautiful as always. Auntie Regina also brought a hand drawn china for us. It was really quite beautiful. We went to the Apollo Restaurant for dinner and promised to meet up tomorrow for dinner again.

Tomorrow is my trial test for driving and hope that I won't flunk it. Somehow, I got a feeling that my instructor told me to go for the test is so that I would fail and have to pay them for retest. Do I sound mean?...

Joke: Haven't Got the Letter Yet.

Not sure whether i've already posted this picture... Like it 'cus of the sky...

John and David was sitting at the bar.

David said, "Hey John, let me tell you a story."

John said, "Yah sure."

"The story goes like this" said David.

"One day, the old angel asked a younger angel to list down the names of the people who had sinned.

The young angel went away for a week and came back tired and weak, 'Its impossible, it is not possible to list down all the names of the people who had sinned.'

The older angel then said 'think about this through another perspective' with a wink.

The younger angel lit up with a smile and went off to the duty.

After a day, the young angel came back with the list and said 'there you go, this is a list of people who hadn't sinned.' The older angel smiled and handed the list to God.

God then said 'Good, now send all these people a letter.'"

David stopped the story and John pressed on "What next? What's in the letter?"

David looked at John and said "Looks like you haven't receive the letter too."

This is to say that whilst looking at how other people has performed misdeeds and mistakes. Why not take the time to look at oneself and improve.

Thoughts: Uni Housing

The best shot I have of the limestone caves which we visited whilst we were in China. The cave was dark and we did not have much time to stop and observe which position for the best shots.

I was applying for the housing in Flinders. It is f***ing troublesome as I actually have to find people to fill in academic and personal references. What is that? Why would I need those kinds of things for application for housing! Especially the fact that I need to give 35 AUD for application fee! Why would I need that! Now I find application for UK universities are so much easier as I don't need to hand up application fees, for both study and housing!

Anyway, I'll stop complaining and hope that everything goes well. I also hope that I would be able to get a job and apply for PR successfully! Wish me luck!

Life: Brother Gone For Holiday

The picture with the red flower was commented by Tanya 'cus she liked it... I found it ok... I should include the rest and more of the crown and instead of placing the flower in the middle of the picture. If I had more time, I would have taken different angles.

I had just sent brother off to his holiday, I just watched my dad drove him off, didn't send him to the airport 'cus couldn't be bothered... lol... Anyway, I hope that he has fun and would forget 'bout the troubles he had here...

Just painted my nails dark metallic brown... Hope that this fashion would catch up... lol... Now the "hot" colour is black and pastel purple. I like both of them... Thinking of buying white and black nail polish into my collection. I also added a new fragrance into my perfume collection... Bought it for 9.9 chinese dollor, equivalent to roughly RM. 5. Cheap uh?

Me and China Trip

These are selections of the best pictures of the bunch... The others are ok or not so good. This one below is debatable.

I like this one 'cus of the composition, however, the fog messed it up...

Life: Been to China & Back

I just came back from the trip to China... Will upload the pictures and talk about the trip later...

I think China has really improved a lot... Though there are still poor people in there but overall... Its quite good... The only thing that spoilt my mood is that they used everything as a business opportunity... I feel quite mad about it 'cus it kinda breaks up the atmosphere... Will talk about that later too...

Now, I just wanna put on some music, tidy my stuff and sleep... All the hotel beds are real hard...

Life: Going to China

This is one of my favourite and best piece of photography in my collection. It was of the Manchester "eye" and it was some time in the evening, that's why the sky is purple. No photoshop or any form of special effect. Just pure luck and skill... lol...

Today, 大表姐 brought her daughters to our house to visit us and go out for breakfast. Her daughters 茈嫣 and 茈琳 are very nice kids. The older, 茈嫣 is more quirky and inquisitive, and did not find a liking towards arts or music. Whist the younger, 茈琳 is more obedient and considerate and does like arty stuff and music. They both are nice kids and hope that they grew up to be great ladies in the future.

Tomorrow we (me, my mum and dad) are leaving for China. Mum, of course have tonnes of complains but she still agreed 'cus that is what my dad would have wanted. Sigh... hope everything goes well and will write after 1 week (will be back on the 5th of December).

Life: What Should I Write About?

These are also pictures taken when I was in Curtin, Sarawak. This Curtin has a great pond/lake. Will put up more pictures.

Today Wendy dropped by. She was again being too modest and did not eat a lot. I felt bad that I made her eat too little... We just hanged out, watched TV, talked... Nothing much but still, quite nice time together.

Today we (me and mum) had a talk with brother and finally figuring out what is "eating" him... So with that cleared, I hope he can handle the problem well... Crossing fingers...

Think that's all for now...

Thoughts: Malaysia

This is a picture I took when I was studying in Curtin, Sarawak. I remember that time I had finished school early and it was almost time for me to leave the uni. I had always wanted to take picture of it as I walk by the various places... Will slowly paste up the pictures...

I wanted to talk a bit about Malaysia nowadays. According to what I know, people of our generation and people with better income or background wants to get out of Malaysia. My family predicted that Malaysia is going to be equal to the state of other underdeveloped countries like Indonesia or Philippines.

The government system in Malaysia is not good. They over protect Malays and totally and absolutely ignore and sometimes to the extent of degrading other races. Chinese here has absolutely no chance to be independent or stand out against the Malays. The only way to stand out is through sports... which is very sad. All the major independent Chinese developed companies needs to or HAVE to have a Malay share holder. Sometimes the "share holder" does not even put out a sen. They just feed off the income made by the Chinese company and enjoy the rest of their live driving expensive cars and live in big houses.

I think that Malaysia is going no where. It is mainly sustained by logging, oil palms and tourism, which are mostly from east Malaysia. Then all the shopping or more developed cities are in west Malaysia. What is the point of that! If you look carefully in the tourism advertisements, they rarely do feature Chinese. All are natives (which are, again mostly in east Malaysia) and Malay. Multicultural society, I would say that is pure B.S.

I think enough said. People in Malaysia should understand what I am talking about. If we really want Malaysian Chinese to be considered part of Malaysia (instead of living in Malaysia), we need to stand together! We need to stick together! Look at our own Chinese political party. They even had a internal row when Chinese themselves in Malaysia has barely a ground to stand on... Look at Singapore, it is Chinese governed at it is a well developed place! sigh... Chinese really need too stick together where ever we are... Will talk more...

Life: Karaoke and Dinner

Both these pictures are of the same kitty. I took them as I was trolling to a nearby grocery story (ALDI) from my accommodation. I was stroking the kitty on the second pic, that's why you can see a brown thing on top of its head...

Yesterday, bro, me and his friends went karaokeing. It was fun, but it wasn't as interesting as last time 'cus there wasn't a lot of ppl and some of his friends left early. I dunno whether I was too sensitive or what but I sorta kinda sense that something is up with the ppl who left early. Maybe it was because they came together, but usually one of them hangs with another group of ppl... Otherwise, everything was fun... Bro sang a lot... He sang well too... I'm proud of him...

Today (night) I went out with my relatives... To be more exact, my 大伯 and 姑姑 as my 大伯 had just arrived and tomorrow my cousin 佩君堂姐 is coming in on the morning flight. So I need to sleep early as tomorrow morning we're gonna invite them for breakfast.

At the same night and place, I met my mother's sister 大姨 and her daughter 大表姐. Tell me about coincidence... Right, I have to remind myself that I have to tell mum that 大表姐 might visit us tomorrow. I felt real awkward as I had to talk to both families as they both are quite close. The most important thing of all is that I had to handle it all by myself 'cus mum and dad had a wedding dinner and bro had his birthday party to attend. I think I handled it pretty well... There lacked conversation across the table but I wasn't gonna contribute...

Then on Monday, I'm gonna be hanging out with Wendy. Hopefully the driving lessons won't intervene... Busy, busy, busy... entertaining ppl... sigh... Oh well, better then nothing...

Me and Snow day in Sunderland

I took this picture when it was really snowing in Sunderland and I took it through my bedroom window. I was really happy that I snowed that much 'cus Sunderland never really snows that hard... However, I regretted it later in the day...

I took this for my friend Muh Yuan as we were outside and for her it was the first time it snowed that hard. So I took the picture for her. As I walked back to my accommodation (as I get a long gap in between classes), my shoes were soaking wet...

I like this one because it looked pristine. No footstep. No nothing. Just snow. And couple of cars... I've seen pictures of other students who made snowman and stuff... I wish I could do that. But I did play snow fights with Tanya and them. It was fun!

Life: Wendy's day

This pic I took during one of the winter months. I liked it because you can see the snow and the footprints. Though I think it a bit too dark.

Today I drove the S "curve?" parking. I think I did ok. Though I'm still not that comfortable with controlling the steering. No stalling, which is good... I think...

Today Wendy came over. Before she did, we (me, my mum and Wendy) went for lunch at Miri cafe. She just ordered "liang teh" while me and my mum ate, 'cus she ate before coming out with us. Then I suggested that we should eat at nine-2-five next time. I hope that she would come out with us. Sometime she can be too shy or "paise" to come out with us...

We talked. We did a bit of stuff... and we talked... It was a good time. It has been... or should I say first time I got a chance to invite friends over to my house in M'sia (I've invited friends over to my house in Oman, not M'sia). I liked it. Hope to do it again on Thursday.

Life: nothing much sunday (NMS) II

I took this picture, I think, during winter time, as I was coming back from some "after school shopping". I liked it because of the sky, it was of the perfect blue. The night scene of the city further enhance the tranquillity of the dark blue sky. One could also notice the lone shimmer of a star on the left side of the picture.

As the title suggest, today is nothing much too. Tonight mum and dad had a dinner party to attend, so they left me and my brother to a simple dinner, which we ate in front of the TV. Might be meeting up with Wendy on Tuesday. I'm thinking of buying some ingredients to make a brownie. Will see how things go.

Life: Application for Visa

This picture I took during autumn in UK on my way back to the Precinct. I like this because the yellow leaves really stood out against the blue sky. Plus I need not to mention that I took this with my phone camera, which is a mere two megapixel.

Today was kinda hectic as we were rushed from point A to point B then to point C then back to point B again. First I went to see Miss Yii (my tertiary education consultant) to do some work on my visa. Then I was asked to do medical check up in a clinic (point B). I got weighed and I was 58.5KG, which I think is still leaning towards over weight. Then I had to go to Columbia Asia to do my x-ray, then back to point B (the clinic) to finish up. Then the clinic is gonna send the stuff to the Australian hi-com to provide me the visa. I hope everything is gonna be ok.

Today has been raining hard too. I hope nothing serious comes out of this monsoon season. Also I would be going to china at the end of the month. Roughly around 25th or 26th of Nov. So, that means I won't be updating for roughly a week.

Life: 21st Birthday

Today's my 21st birthday and Wendy came over as a surprise for my birthday. She asked my brother through sms (she got my brother's mobile number through asking to look at my fone's themes, cheeky girl...) whether we're gonna have a dinner out. So apparently, my brother asked her to come for the dinner too (which we had crabs, which I haven't had for a long time.) She also came with two cakes, one chocolate (which she admit she made with cake mix) and a jelly cake. The above photo is her present.

As she was in my house for quite some time before she left, I thought her how to make the paper warped eggs. She did quite a good job so yah!

All in all, I had a great day, except for the driving lesson this morning. I screwed it up as I was learning to drive the hill... Difficult...

Life: Interesting?

This is a picture of a soft toy that Jingli gave me for my birthday, and she made the heart shaped card in which she wrote me best wishes on my birthday. I really liked it so I placed it on my table lamp.

Today at aunts shop is a wee bit more interesting then usual. My cousin (阿峰表弟) threw a fit because I wouldn't give him the computer to play. He just stood behind me and started crying. My aunt (his mother) wanted me to let him play, but my mum said she let it be cause she wants to see how my cousin reacts. My cousin is very pampered and is used to getting what he wanted. So that's why my mum wanted to "perform" the experiment. So in the end, as his crying started getting louder, I had to give way, to save "face" for my aunt. If not, I wouldn't have given way. He was extremely rude.

Oh, my mum had a interesting fit today. 'cus we had a very filling breakfast kueh chap (和婆粿杂). So me and my mum decided to go to sun city (a cafe) to eat toast and teh tarik. I had curry with my toast while my mum had peanut butter. As she was eating the peanut butter toast, she started complaining how filling it is. I suggested that peanut butter had that property. She agreed. 'cus on Monday, my other cousin (not the one who threw the fit, my ah peng 表姐) offered my mum peanuts as titbit, my mum mentioned that she hoped that my 表姐 won't offer it again, as she was getting sick of peanuts... lol... Guess what, as we reached there, my 表姐 was munching on some peanuts and offered my mum some. Me and my mum looked at each other and started laughing, leaving my cousin absolutely no idea what's going on... hehe...

Today I saw Superjunior M's "Super Girl" again... Sometimes, I think these can be too repetitive... Also, I found the Japanese songs on TV does not attract me as much as the Korean songs... Even though I have more Japanese songs in my laptop then any Korean (the only Korean songs I have are of Superjunior's second album).

Life: Monotonous Mondays

Today is pretty much the same. Thou me and mum made a carrot kueh 萝卜糕 which I will have for breakfast tomorrow before going to learn driving at 8am... Again... Sigh...

This the idea I had for A.S.T.'s first album. Originally, I planed for the sunglasses to be of star shape. But when I looked at it again, it just looked weird, so I just drew a normal glasses. I know that the legs could be better drawn but I really don't care... So... Yah... Basically that except with two other girls...

Thoughts: A.S.T. cont.

This is a "remake" of the previous picure... but with this you can clearly see the costumes and such... I'm quite proud of it as it too me half a day to clear the picture up with paint!... Of course, there are still something wrong with the picture, for example the kimono looks weird. The girl in the middle is too small. The orientation of the girl on the left is still awkward. The proudest is the hand, I drew it in one go and it was perfect. Except for the fact that you can barely see the thumb... hehe.... What I had in mind is that the bottom half of the picture would be white letters "A.S.T." with letters at the bottom "Sex Appeal".

What I had in mind for the 1st album "Girl Power" is a picture of the three girls standing on a white background. They are all standing in a same position, legs spread apart, hands on their hips and facing the front. They wore the same dress, something like the 60's clothing.

Something like this. Except that the dress is simple, with out the line and stuff... Then on the dress, it would be letters 'A' on the first girl, 'S' on the second and 'T' on the third. They would then look similar to their country's flag... I would put up the drawing when I have the chance. Now my question is whether they should wear stockings which represents their colour, red, blue and yellow. They could wear boots, or those platform stilettos? They would all be wearing a black bob cut wig and sunglasses. That would be cool...

My mum's godfather has a little problem with high white blood cell counts. My mum keeps worrying whether it could be blood cancer or leukaemia... I personally think that it is not that big a problem. But in these kinda cases, some times it is better to think of the worst.

Thoughts: A.S.T. girl band???

As usual, my brain tends to think a lot, revolving around current pop culture or entertainments. This time I thought of a pop girl band which would consist of three girls, one from China/Taiwan, one from Japan and one from Korea. They are called A.S.T. 'cus its acronym of their names.

From the picture... A guess can be made on the girl on the left being the Jap in a kimono. What I planed is that the girl in the middle is chinese, wearing a cheongsam being fingered at the chin by the Jap. The Korean wearing a hanbok on the right, hugging the chinese girl's arm from behind.

I also figured that the first album should be called "Girl Power" featuring majority pop or R&B songs. 3 Japanese, 3 Korean, 3 Chinese and two songs in English, which could be cover for old English songs made pop... The major focus would be on one of the girl 'cus she's the pop chick of the group, preferably the Korean.

The second album would be mainly rock based songs, named "Sex appeal". Also, 3 Jap, 3 Chi, 3 Kor and 2 Eng. The focus would be on another girl, preferably the Chinese, 'cus she's a rock chick.

The third album would be mainly on slow romantic songs. Same 'ol, same 'ol.... The focus would be on the Jap as she is the classic chick of the group. Haven't thought of the name for the album... Maybe something like "Basic" or "Beginning".

The fourth album would be all English songs but they are all cover of famous Korean, Japanese and Chinese songs. Could be old songs, could be new hot tunes. Haven't figure out the name for the album yet.

Life: Australian Application Process

Here's a picture of the Precinct, the university accommodation which I lived in for 3 years and everything was good.

As apply for the Flinder's housing... It asked for a whole bunch of stuff that I couldn't even get the page through to the next without having to refresh... Then it also asked for REFERENCES! What was that? Why would anyone ask for references for just LIVING IN THEIR ACCOMMODATION! I still don't understand it!... Sigh...