Tuesday, November 25, 2008

I see red.

Pig bread?!?

Remember the Food List that i had earlier? The one that had people saying i'd grow so fat in Penang that they won't be able to recognize me anymore back in Inti. -.-

If you look at number 16, it says roti babi. Some of you have never heard, much less savoured the dish before. I can only do as much to show you pictures. Come tantalize your taste buds in Penang. =P

This, my fellow readers, is what you call roti babi. Or pig bread if literally translated. Haha.
It's filling is made of shredded pork, onions and various other ingredients added which is then enclosed in deep-fried bread. Usually eaten with a dash of Worchesteshire sauce. =)

It's Hainanese cuisine, by the way.

And this is what a complete roti babi looks like.

Dad bought it from the coffee shop in Pulau Tikus. I think the shop is called Bee Hooi. I think. In my humble opinion, the above roti babi is passable but not that great. Not enough filling and the bread is a bit too thick. =P

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Monday, November 24, 2008

Jazz Fest

Yohooo!
Anyone wanna go for Penang Island Jazz Festival 2008?
Any takers?

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Que Sera Sera

SAT 2 scores are out!
Falalalaa.
I think i'm just like any other average student out there with average scores.
Physics & Chem are good (according to my expectations, that is).
Math 2 is..below par. Tsk tsk. (bravo to Crystal. Yours is fantabulous. =D)

BUT.
I'm contented with the scores. Am not going to retake.
Waste more money and there's a possible downside of getting worse scores.

And so, all exam results are out in the open.
SAT 1, AUP Semester 1 Finals and now SAT 2.
All that's left is TOEFL in Feb.

Que sera sera, what will be will be. =)
If it is written that i will fly next year, then so be it.
If not, then you'll see me around for another year.
Wheee!

Race

It's accelerating towards December now. Eagerly anticipating for friends to be liberated from their respective exams and faraway lands so that we can meet up again. =) other than that, it's the same ol' case of putting off writing my application essays, catching up on drama series and more bumming around.

Is it just me or are the shows televised on Astro getting less and less entertaining? There's nothing to watch in the afternoon. I miss my cartoons. When i had nothing to do, i could even watch 'Blue's Clues' for fun. Yes, i kid you not. I can sing the song summore ok. HAHA.
Sigh, my dosage of cute cartoons are running on and all time low. =(
And you know those Taiwanese game shows? They're supposedly funny but are actually incredibly ridiculous.
...Ok lo, maybe it's just the selection of channels i have at home. =P

These days, HK dramas are becoming less of an appeal too. Before life in Inti, i used to be such an avid follower. The time slot from 8pm up to 10.30pm was strictly reserved for HK dramas. Now, getting through 30 episodes of 'Moonlight Resonance' becomes more of a race to reach the end rather than a nail-bitting, attention-grabbing, non-stop activity.

Lalalaaa.
Anyone up for a game of badminton? A swim in the pool? A hike?
Or some kinda outdoor activity?
Some event to participate in?
No?

Bleh.
I go play my online games.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Results

I shall now interrupt the long blogging hiatus with breaking news.
I was on blogging break cause i was busy. Been going back to my secondary school almost on a daily basis, going out with family & friends, doing photo shoots and catching up with my cantonese drama series.
See, nothing much to be excited over. =)

Back to the breaking news.

Dr. Lim called me this afternoon. At my house number.
O.o
YES.
DR. LIM.
Just to tell me my AUP semester 1 results...and the results of other friends too.
(note: the results of our final exams are officially out on the 18th)
And knowing Dr. Lim, he always gets information way before other people.

I'm happy with my results. =)

How often is it that your professor calls you to tell you stuff/ask about you?
That's why we all <3 Dr. Lim.

By the way, the INTI supremos rejected his resignation letter.
Know what this mean? This means we'll still be seeing him around next year.
Anyone up for ENL 102?
Haha.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Musings

Lets try this again..
Doing things differently from the societal norms can be tough. Sometimes I feel so compelled to follow the flow cause it's fun, easy and everyone does it. But by not following the rest of the world, the end becomes worth the wait, yes? I know i certainly have felt the 'I wish i could do this' syndrome. I'm learning. And doing my best to turn to higher authority. =) And I appreciate that i'm not alone in this.

If it's in the blueprints, then it will work out.
That i know.


On an unrelated note..
Lookie here!







Haha.
Happy birthday, Gareth!
Yes, it was yesterday buttttt it's the thought that counts right? =P
Belated birthday blog post for you.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

End of Semester

Today is the official semester break and i'm already back home in Penang. =D =D =D Gonna be home until the Jan 09 semester starts..which is on 5th Jan 2009. Meaning, i have a two month long break. I can hear fellow Intians shouting "YAYYYYYY!!!" Of the other colleges i've heard about so far, Inti is the only one that has such a long break. Others have only one month or less.

I spent the last day of my time in Inti in the comforts of civilization. =P A bunch of us went down to Sunway Pyramid (yes, again) to eat good food and do some retail therapy. Hahahaha. 7 of us (Rachel, Crystal, Wui Yarn, Kok Keong, Tze Liang, Jit Choon and me) hopped on the Inti bus to Inti Subang and from there, we took a taxi to Sunway Pyramid. Coincidentally on that day, there was this 'Meet The Fans & Autograph Session' which had famous HK stars like the guys from The Super Trio Show and Bosco Wong. But it was at 8pm. And our last bus back to Inti Nilai leaves at 7.15pm. So, we didn't stay and we took a cab from Pyramid back to Inti Subang to wait for the Inti bus.

The day went pretty well except for when we were going back home..We arrived at Inti Subang at about 7.05pm. Seeing as the bus wasn't there yet, some of us meandered around the place, checking out the food stalls and what nots. Manatau, Jit Choon called to say that the bus was leaving already. Jit Choon and Tze Liang weren't able to convince the bus driver to wait for us. So, we ketinggalan bus at 7.10pm. The bus driver couldn't even wait for us eventhough it wasn't even 7.15pm yet. He insisted that he cannot wait and drove off just like that.

Hence, that was how the 7 of us got stranded in front of Inti Subang. -.- We thought of taking a taxi straight back to Nilai but the "best price" they could give us was RM90. Crazee. If we had known this was going to happen, we would've just stayed to watch the HK stars up close. Heh. With no other remaining options, we had to take another taxi to the Subang KTM station, board the KTM from Subang to KL Sentral and from KL Sentral back home to Nilai. AND from Nilai, we took another taxi back to Inti.

Yesterday, a lot of money was spent on transportation. No thanks at all to the bus driver. An advice to others who might want to try the Inti bus service in future, be there early and don't wander away. =)

Annyywayyyyyy, I <3 Penang.
Seeing all the familiar buildings and landmarks feels so good.
And i realize food in Penang is cheap.
Cheap = good

ps- Jas, take me on a car ride when you're back!!

Monday, November 3, 2008

Food List

I know i'll definitely be having more than one food-cravings list when i'm in the States. It's only been one month here in Nilai since i last went back for the Raya break but i'm already craving for all the yummy food back home.

Karyn's Food Wish List
1. Hokkien mee
2. Lor mee
3. Mee goreng
4. Lok-lok
5. Char koay teow
6. Laksa
7. Chee Cheong Fun
8. Ice cream (Haagen Dazs is good. =P)
9. Home-made cakes. *hint hint* (but i'd like to learn how to bake also)
10. Soup!! Like chai boey, lotus root soup, tu tor theng, fishball soup and etc.
11. Food from Chilis
12. Nando's peri-peri chicken
13. Nasi kandar (the one daddy usually buys..Combo of chicken, potatoes, veggie, egg. YUM.)
14. Orr chein (fried oysters with egg)
15. Nyonya kuih (what? i like ok. especially kuih-talam)
16. Roti babi
17. The toasted bread with butter that is usually eaten with half boiled eggs.

Haha! Super long list. Ok ok, shall not be a glutton. But i must gain back some weight i lost from food poisoning and 4 months of long distance walking in Inti. =P

Oh, i wanna show you people my SAT essay (Collegeboard scans our essay an puts it online for our viewing) but i'm not supposed to put it here cause it's copyrighted. =( i got an 8 for it. Out of 12. Which was quite okay considering i expected a much lower score. The topic was hard..and maybe i was...shall we say, uninspired. =P (situational attribution and rationalization kicking in. =P)

It's gonna be end of this semester's final exam in 14 hours!! =D =D =D
Going for a food jaunt on tuesday. Lalalalaa.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Ew.

THIS is the stuff of nightmares - though in this case, the victim could not even fall asleep.

A Taiwanese man by the name of Zheng Yongcai, 47, endured nasal pain and a persistently running nose for three days. But the pain didn't go away. Desperation because of a lack of sleep, Mr Zheng checked himself into a hospital on Tuesday morning, reported Apple Daily Taiwan. The doctor examined him, then pulled a large cockroach, still wriggling, out of his left nostril. At the sight of the insect, Mr Zheng involuntarily exclaimed: 'Disgusting.' The creature was 4cm long and 2cm wide and had been buried about 4cm into Mr Zheng's nostril. The victim said: 'Since something got stuck in my nose three days ago, the pain has kept me from sleeping.' It felt like there was another living thing struggling inside my body. It was really terrible. 'The doctor who saw him said that this was an extremely rare case and the first he had seen. He said that the cockroach could have crawled into Mr Zheng's nose while he was sleeping and got stuck there. When Mr Zheng picked his nose, he may have driven the insect further inside.

Source : http://www.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20081031-97592.html


HAHA.

Note to fellow Inti-UC friends, Beware.

=P

Bipolar disorder?

I've been trying and trying to register for Toefl for the past two hours or so.
First, it was some technical error which had me restarting the process all over again. Then it was the failure to authenticate the credit card user. Every single detail regarding the credit card is correct. I've checked and rechecked the details but every time i try to submit payment, it says 'Error' in Red letters.
I'm just so tired that i don't even know whether to cry or to shout.

I supposed to be really happy and relieved because the tough papers for finals are over, SAT 2 is done with and there's only ENL left before i go back home. All i needed to do was PACK. I was happy just this afternoon. Happily talking to Beng Yen about random stuff.

Then i remembered i have to register for Toefl..I know i should've registered earlier but i wanted to wait and see if my CR score in SAT 1 would be high enough to exempt me from taking Toefl. Needless to say, i didn't reach the score required by just a little bit.

I'm tired. Been functioning on insufficient sleep for the past couple of days. And now, i have to settle Toefl problem, get the Inti transcript thingy done, print the application forms, pack stuff to be stored in the store room for the holidays.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGG
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

It's because of all this that i seriously have doubts about applying to uni so soon. Different people are saying different things and we don't even know which information is correct. It's all these hassles and uncertainties that make me feel like i should just take live easy, enjoy the two years here in Inti and just go as a transfer student. Simple.