Le Poof

Karyn is waving!
Nuuuuuuu, not Google Wave.
As in wavy hair wave.

Ahahaha.

Like the end bits cause they be wavy.
But there's weird poof around my ears.
Weird poof!!!
Yet again. =/
*clips weird chunk behind head*

All better now.
=D

To the land beyond the oceans

University applications.
Quite a hassle, no?

The worry wart in me will not be appeased until everything is 100% done.

Blow the candles

Someone turns a year older today!
He's an artist who is really good with his hands.


And a chef who cooks better than i do (and we all know how i am at that =P)

A giver of bears and all things soft and fuzzy.
And giving them kewl names too. =D

An initiator of activities.

A kungfu master? =P

Someone who sees me off at the airport every time i go back to teh jungle.

Someone who brings many smiles. =)))

Someone who is observant, humble and thoughtful.
Who knows how to handle pau-cha moments.
Someone who loves food as much as (if not more) than i do.
Who is funny, gentle and patient.

Blessed birthday, Gareth! =)

(Credits to sui thong for some of the photos which i took of his blog. Hee. Thank kiu)

First Taste

First taste of home and i had four meals today. Well, sorta.
Mee goreng for tea immediately upon arriving in Penang.
Some ikan bakar for dinner. Some roasted pork from a second dinner.
And char koay teow & geng geng drink for supper!

Mmmmm.
I foresee many more meals like that in the coming days.
So much more of home to taste.
Tralalalalaaaa~~*skips around*
And the best part is that Penang food is so cheap! <3 <3
And you get to eat good food cause you're with family. =D

Brought Francis home with me. Don't want him to be eaten by the insects of Nilai.
He was asked for a boarding pass again. Which also happened in February when i brought him to Nilai. Teehee.
Haven't unpacked though. Not quite looking forward to that.
Gonna hit the sack after this and let the bags sit there for tonight.
Just had a nice long catching up/bonding time with mummy.
You know how mums have that "sixth sense" where they know stuff even before you tell them?
Yeah, they do.
Your mummy knows! Aha!
=P

As always, it's good to be home.

Bzzaarrggghhh!

Why are math exams always like this?
Whhhyyyyyy?
They leave you feeling so disgruntled. So unsatisfied.
Wishing you had more time to at least complete the paper or check through your work.
Wishing you wasted less time contemplating on one particular question(s) that stumped you.
Wishing the clock would tick slower.
So brain juice depleting.
So bzaarrrgghhhh!

Oh well.
It's time to celebrate! Celebrate and sing!
Cause the year end hols are here! =DDDD
First up, pack pack packing. It's amazing how much paper, notes, books(and who knows how many innocent trees killed) you accumulate over 4 semesters. I think they'll all go into the recycle bin next year when i leave Inti.
Then maybe a movie outing to Seremban?
And Genting after that.
On the 4th November, it'll be lovely Penang again. =)

Reflections

Well, it's been almost a month since i've updated. Much has passed since the last post. I always want to blog about events and what i've ben up to budden...*looks at blog header* =P Whoops. My bad. I really need to change the layout and the name. Budden...=P Ehehehe. Ok, i know i need to work on that. Now for some brief updates.

The usual round of tests and assignments (though having only one sub makes things less taxing =D). Choosing universities for application. Confirming the 5 uni choices (should be my final choices). Restarting the whole application process. MPO concert (this time around, it was good. Beethoven. And boy genius on the piano). Outing to 1U (cause now we got drebar friend with car!). A few Friday dinner nights around Nilai town. Lunch with lecturer and classmates (duck rice, nasi kandar. yumm). Swimming. Jogging. Cat that came up to first floor (was one very cute and friendly cat ^^). Prayer meetings early morning. CF activities. Having no money to buy Twisties (and a very amused shop owner). Movie night with the 4th floor gang. House Season 5 and 6. Sleep. Naps.

Though all that pale in comparison to what happened in the afternoon today.
http://www.cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2009/10/20/lim-%E2%80%9913-found-dead-dorm-room
Boon Jim.
It really came as a shock to all of us. Someone so young & with such a bright future, someone we actually know, someone who's always so blur we always wondered if he's still blur even in Cornell, someone who was terrified of abseiling during BTN but survived anyway, someone whom Yeet Chien always offered a seat to, someone who is so quiet yet so hardworking...
I'm not quite sure what to say.
Like a friend said, you feel the surge of emotions so much more when something happens to someone that you know as compared to all the world events that don't affect you. Like how can the whole world (ok, half your msn contacts) be so happy/carefree when your friend just passed away? And nobody noticed anything was amiss until like 4 days later! Yes (as you can probably tell), i am still shaken.
I guess that's how life is. Things happen and the world goes on...

It made me appreaciate all the people around me even more. I'm glad i have friends who care, friends who ask you out for dinner/lunch/activities, friends who notice when you're not in the room, friends who miss you cause you're far away (lynn <3), family to remind you of home and all things familiar...etc.
Go give everyone a hug/smile today. For being a part of your life. =)

Mummy

Mummy is many things.
Apart from the usual role of driver, banker, caregiver, and supporter...
Mummy is also

An archer

A fashionista ;)

A queen

Not camera shy

A hip and trendy lady

A photographer

A model

Shopping mate ^^

A food(selective) lover =P

A grandma!

And best of all, she's my mummy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! =D