Last Day

Last day of the year. Hmm.
This year I...

Fell asleep.

Learnt to aim and shoot. Somewhat. =P

Climbed a tree.

Made noise and do silly stuff with MGSians.

Went to Genting.

Had fun in Melaka.

Chilled with the Homies.

Saw a friend for the last time before she left for Canada.

Sent dearest cuzin off too.
And she's having so much fun in Europe! =D

Went for MPO concerts.

Met up with Rachel before she left for US.

Celebrated my birthday in Inti. =)

Wasn't allowed to come out of a lubang.

Got a bear! =D

How has your year been?
No matter what 2009 signifies, here's to a whole new experience in 2010!

Even if it puzzles you, scares you or tires you out.
Happy new year! =D Hahaha.

Tis The Season

It's the month of holidays!
The kawan sekalian are either finishing their exams, having their breaks or coming back from 10000 km away. =D Well, except Denise (who is too busy with uni and boy boy and prolly doesn't read our blogs anymore =P) and the TARC gang (whose college gives holidays at all the weirdest times). And someone from over the South China Sea is coming over for a visit during Christmas. Heee. Crystal, bring your doggie! Pweeeease. Stow her away in a hand carry luggage and nobody would know. Sounds good? Yes. =D

In the month of December, there will be more outings with good company and good food, more trips to the cinema, more shopping (if mama allows more of it), more essays to reach completion, more playing masak-masak (Karyn can cook and not burn the house down. Lalalaa), and Christmas celebrations!
Before heading back to the jungle, that is.

In the mean time, other friends who are not in Malaysia for Christmas are going out /have been to explore the world. Some going to NYC, Niagara Falls, Chicago, London, Rome and Italy and some more!
Mmm can't wait for that part next year. =)
It is true when people say college days are the best days.

Ambassador Day

Today is Ambassador Day!
As you shall see from the pictures below.
Be forewarned, ada banyak gambar-gambar Karyn.
Haha =P

First up, cosmetic products : Christian Dior.
Digitally enhanced Karyn. Ahahaha. =P

Food : Winter Warmers

Again, Winter Warmers.

Padini

and Padini

Wheeeee! Shoes!
Everybody say YAY!

Vincci

Opera

Opera

Vincci again

*twirl twirl* =D
Ambassador for twirly skirts?

End =P

All made possible cause of mama. =)
Thankies!

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

Holiday!

It's the Raya holidays. =DD
Linear Algebra test just over on Friday.
And family is down in Kay Ell.
Melaka trip with friends after that.
Wheeeeeeeee!

Now is not the time to think about vector space, spanning set, subspace, axioms and what nots.
Tata for now!

The cd that Phyllis gave me as a farewell gift cannot work. =((
I hope you have another copy to send me! *cross fingers*

Departure

Crystal and i went to KLIA just this evening to send Denise off
As predicted, there was lots of waiting...waiting...and waiting...

Got to see the entire process.
Lotsa family and friends mulling around, waiting for the students to get their bags checked in, taking photos, waiting for the briefing and just talking (we saw Denise's boy boy! Talked to him too. =P).

While waiting, Crystal and I checked out their luggage sizes, backpacks and etc. (yeah, we were getting statistical data in preparation for next year) The boys sure travel light. Either only small bags or one big luggage plus a backpack. What can you possibly fit into such little space?! Though most of the other students brought two bags. I'm guessing a 28" and a 26".

Then came the briefing where passports were handed out. Then one by one, they descended towards the immigration area. Though i was surprised there weren't any waterworks. No, Denise didn't tear either. Hahaa. She just went pass the immigration, got through the security check and on towards the terminals. No looking back.
So that's the start of a new part of Denise's life. =)

Next year, it'll be our turn to descend those escalators and wave goodbye.

Cubicles

And so, the semester break has ended.
Back to living in confined cubicles. =P
Quite a few have left for the States and its a lot quieter now.
Though not much has changed.
Still the same ol' ululand.

Enrolled for Linear Algebra and Public Speaking for the short semester.
Yeah, yet another maths subject.
Won't be seeing the last of them anytime soon.

September marks the departure of many friends to foreign lands.
UK, Canada, US, Czech.
Sometimes i wish people don't need to part ways.
But that's part of growing up isn't it.



Till we meet again. =)
<3