Lee Min Ho

:)

my finals start TOMORROW!!!
omg. can't believe that 1 semester has just gone by just like that.

personally, i find this semester the best semester i've had in monash. i met loads of new friends, pushed myself out of my comfort zone... and yea. that's alot for me. and i'm really happy about it. only problem is i think i'm slacking in my studies. OMG and i'm still lacking sleep. i'm so easily distracter LAR....

and i've been doing alot of daydreaming hehehehe i think only yeanling can understand this since i believe she daydreams alot too. hehe right???

i'm really into Charles and Keith right now. the reason is because i think their shoes are comfortable (although i have not purchased any). the problem is, they dont have my sizes!!! GRRRR!! it's rather new in malaysia, but i think most malaysians knew about this brand way before it started franchising in malaysia. (wait. franchise? what's that again? oh darn. i haven't touch IB yet). anyway, i never fail to visit Charles and Keith when i'm in pyramid la. almost all the shoes i like are out of my sizes. geramness!!

ok. time to study.
first paper tomorrow. :)

small eye

i woke up today with one eye smaller than the other.
i hope hope hope it's not eye infection (again) !!!!!
oh wait, i think confirm it's eye infection edi. where got normal people wake up with 1 eye smaller than the other?

it's been like this since saturday night but not this bad. arghh!!
i'm too lazy to drive to the pharmacy to get the "miracle water" a.k.a. eyedrops.
the eyedrops that was prescribed earlier this year to me is by far the most powerful eyedrops ever!! even my sis use it and said it works super well!.

oh.. and first time, ever, i overslept & missed class =.=
i know i'm tired. the thing is, i'm getting 8 hours of sleep & that's not enough still!
i dont know what's wrong man...

AI and others

Kris Allen won! yay!

Monash recently upgraded their internet connection.
and the changes in internet speed is surprisingly significant!

before this, i take at least 5-10 minutes to log in gmail. i was trying to retrieve some powerpoint slides from my gmail and it took me sooo long! in the end, when i finally got it, i had no time to edit the slides properly. good thing no marks are awarded.
..to get into facebook, that takes another 10minutes. plus, it's slow to navigate around FB . and all other websites too. so it's quite useless to do research in the library with or without your own laptop because connection is simply too slow!
the internet connection is abit crazy, back then.. for a few minutes, connection will be smooth and fast, and for the next few minutes, it'll be hardly moving.

now i can facebook gmail youtube blog whatever i want in the library!

i should be studying. i came to uni today without preparing any extra books to study coz i thought i was supposed take over the role of the driver at 5pm. but plans changed, and i've sat in front of this computer surfing useless stuff.

blah. distractions.
FM notes are on my other window. but i'm simply too lazy to read through it. dividends, imputation systems, signaling, franked dividends...
zzzzz

oh. this song is so good
Battlefield - Jordin Sparks

renovationssss

i came home earlier and thought of leaving the front door open. to allow fresh air into the house, since it's been a LONG LONG LONG time we left the door open (it's always closed, i can't remember the reason why we kept it close).

so instead of getting fresh air... what i got is the total opposite!!
it smells like... haze. lol u know back in SMKSJ, there was this period of time we had to put on the white mask to go to school? that smell! and i thought, HAZE AGAIN???? it's super smelly lor.

but well, i just realized that it's Not.
(i think we only experience hazy days towards the end of the year, it's only MAY!)
the house in front of my house is doing renovation. it's SO SMELLY!! and not forgetting, the noise pollution. people watching tv halfway, they'll be "DRILL DRILL DRILLLLLLLL" or "KNOCKKNOCKKNOCK"....

that's not the worst of it. the house behind my house is ALSO on renovation =.=
so every morning, i'll be half awake by 8am since they start work at 8am. so early!
and i can't leave my windows open, have to make sure i close them.. and i like keeping them open!! grrrr...

i dont remember having a peaceful and quiet neighbourhood for years now.

first, the house on the right did their renovation works..
then it was my house (in year 07!!)
then it was the house directly behind my house, they did some work with their backyard..
then now it's the house next to the house directly behind my house. they practically knock down the entire house!!! it used to be a kindergarten, and i'm able to hear baby screams and cries every morning...
plus, now, the house in front of my house is renovating...
... and soon, most likely, the house on my left will be renovating too.


WHAT?!?!?!?!?
it's been 3 years already! renovations after renovations....
noisy- & smelly- lah ...

U.S.

See this!
super funny.
but insulting in a way too? haha

burning the midnight oil

this is my first time ever in this entire year (and probably year 2008 as well) sleeping at 4+pm just to finish up my assignments. *ignore those times i stayed up late to watch tv ^^*

i kinda thought that i wouldn't need to burn the midnight oil tonight because i was pretty much done by yesterday. PRETTY MUCH done. or that's what i thought. it seems like i still have a lot to do/redo today!!

thank goodness the lecturer postponed the due-time and due-date.
originally, it's supposed to be due on Wed 4pm. she postponed it to 5pm
then she postpone it, again, to Fri (tmr) 1pm.
and after much persuasion from the students, she postponed it to Fri (tmr) 5pm.
hehe! mel, jealous?

the only reason i'm able to tahan till 4am is because i took a long nap at night. 2 hours nap. haha and it sure does help!

i spend my time youtube-ing to keep be entertained.
i think that Taylor Swift cannot sing in live performances. *see this*
It's so different compared to how she sang in the music video. maybe she just can't sing Love Story in live performances, other songs she can gua..

oh wait. *this* seems way better. but still not as good as the music video.

good night!

missing out

i've been missing out on a lot of movies and good food!
ahhh! when was the last time i set foot in sunway pyramid?
i can't remember!

i'm craving for Pizza Hut. and i wanna watch the Anne Hathaway movie - Passenger.
but i can't do any of those till next monday!!

after monday, i'll only have one last assignment left for this semester :)
and i think it's quite a simple one, dont have to do so much of research.

i can't wait!.

i'm so so hungry.
blame it on the lousy cafeteria. seriously it's not hard to go on a diet when u're in uni.

Love Story & Viva La Vida

this is FANTABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i wish i had such talent & passion for music. i do. actually. just that the passion for it kinda fade off if no one pushes me hard enough, if i dont get motivated regularly =(
it's sad that my parents spent thousands of dollars on my music classes and now i'm not even touching the piano/guitar/violin.
today i even mistook a E for an F. wth. i must practice piano again.
(but it's excusable ok! haha coz the E is like really really low. and it's rather hard to hear. but.. .whatever. it's still bad enough)

ahh. i love this arrangement of Love Story & Viva La Vida.
it's just... awesome. i wanna download it.!

blocked

the weather these days is just too hot!!
it's been like this for the past few weeks!!
i can't stand being all sweaty whenever i go outdoors. dont like
wasting all my soap shampoo lotion only..
it's like no point taking showers since i'm going to sweat

i now sleep with the air cond on.
i do sleep better, the only downside is...
i have trouble breathing!! i have blocked nose right now.
cannot breath la. so susah!

kenny sia

Read this *kenny sia*

i find it really really touching.
it's hard not to get teary after reading it.

cheese

i'm currently stuffing cheese down my throat.
i used to like cheese. cheesedale cheese.
but the cheese that i'm eating right now taste abit different.
maybe it's because this type of cheese contains high calcium.

speaking of calcium, i almost-hate eating/drinking anything that is rich in calcium.
i dislike the taste of milk, so i never drink milk for as long as i can remember (of course, when i was a baby, that was a different story). but i prefer fresh chocolate milk, fresh oat milk. but not milk by itself. Anlene. Dutch Lady. whatever. i dislike it so so much

so last week, while i was working at pyramid, Guardian had some roadshow on. and this calcium pills company had a booth and we're able to check our calcium level at their booth. they apply some sort of cooling colourless gel on our feet (ankles there), and we had to put our feet into some sort of electronic machine.

initially they refused to check my calcium level for me because i'm 20 years old. they said that there's no need for a 20-year-old to check the calcium level coz usually it's alright. but i insisted!! free mar right.. haha and they checked for me. i have skinny feet and they had difficulties checking.

after trying about 3-4 times, it was finally successful and they printed out some sort of slip. and my calcium level is LOW!!!!! it's ostropenia.. or something like that. so shocking!!! and they were all shocked also, kept on asking whether or not i'm truly 20!!!

i kinda got scared. so did my mom. but she thinks that there might be some problem with the machine. however, to be on the safe side, she went to Giant and bought me cheese. the cheese that i'm eating right now. and i have to eat it every single day.. yuck!

this ends the story of my cheesy-story.

youtube!

my bro was on the comp, as usual, and he was You Tube-ing "who wants to be a millionaire? - stupid" . those people that can't even get past the first two questions, it's hilarious! because such simple questions and they fail to answer them correctly.

so i decided to switch on my comp (i was studying halfway!) to see whether i can download it faster. so from Who wants to be a millionaire?, mom decided to watch Britain's Got Talent. and i can't stop watching it! Season 3, Episode 3. it's soooo interesting! from dances to songs. erm. basically that's it. but it's so amazing to see how a "plain joe" or "plain jane" shut the mouths of thousands. they came on stage and some.. err.. noobie. the things they say, people just laughed. and they laughed even harder when these "noobies" said they wanna be a singer, wanna be an opera singer. BUT the moment they open their mouths to sing, no one could deny that they have that talent to be a star!. and i think Simon Cowell is wayyy better in BGT than American Idol. he has quite alot of good comments to give, maybe that's because Britain really got more talent than US...?

oh and after BGT, i was showing my mom who Taylor Swift is. hehe which led to me youtubing for Lady GAGA! her first single that got famous and was aired repeatedly on Flyfm was JUST DANCE. i hated that song initially. i just find the lyrics absolutely ridiculous! but i think i hear that song too much till the extend that i kinda like it. hehe i like the intro! just hate the chorus when it's all about "just dance...blablabla just dance..blablabla". i think the acoustic version of it is 100times better! Poker face is awesome too! hehehe

ok time to study FM> omg. 15% of my total marks!!!!!!!!

The 1st and only day in Form6

first day and only day in Form 6

those who know me back then should know that halfway through SAM in Taylors, i was supposed to quit and join Form6. Due to financial reasons. and i was devastated. that's a whole other story. but thank God everything went well after that.

BUT..
my first day.

after being in Taylors for 4 months +, i was already used to the 'college life' . where i dont have to wear uniforms, i can wear whatever shoe i want, i can wear my above-knee-length skirts, i dont need to tie my hair up, i dont need to cut my nails regularly.. pretty much, i dont have to do a lot of things la..

so going back to school was something i had difficulties adjusting too. i can't take the hot weather, i can't stand that there are no airconds in the classrooms, i dont have shoes to wear.. i dont find the need to wear baju kurung pins anymore. blablabla.

on that day, i wore baju kurung. sat next to leonard and yiwen (i think) at the assembly gounds. have to wait for the whoever to give some speech. no air cond ok! sitting on tar road, what happened to all the chairs! plus, i was trying so hard to use my baju kurung skirt to cover my striking red adidas shoes. super malu coz it was so easy to spot from far. my hair was let loose to fall on my shoulders, i couldn't be bothered to tie it up. no pin baju kurung of course, it's too 'choking' coz none of my tops/dresses are that 'high necked'.

in the assembly line, i just couldn't be bothered about whatever rules. in the hall listening to speeches again, i talked and laughed at the way the person giving speech. because i just CANT BELIEVE that i was back in school. in college, there's hardly any speeches! even if there is, it's short and brief. i felt as if i'm a "tai ka che" in a way. acted however i wanted. went to the toilet when i wasn't supposed to. and GOSH. the toilet, a whole issue by itself. SMKSJ's toilet is 100 times better! now i totally dont mind removing my shoes and signing in before using the toilet, because at least i'm guaranteed a clean toilet and i can do my 'business' comfortably.

halfway through the orientation day, i walked out.
ponteng sekolah on the very first day.
i think leonard and yiwen was following me behind. haha yiwen couldn't be bothered too i guess, since she already know she'll be transfering out. so even if she was blacklisted, it wouldn't make much of a difference to her. HAHAHA i was leading the way. the others were supposed to move on to some other program. but i just couldn't bear to stay there a minute longer. it's just not my life anymore. i needed to get back to taylors for spec maths class too i think (i was also having classes on that day). so i rushed out of the front gate. while walking, i heard the prefects shouting, i think. hehe and the others tak jadi run out. only me *bangga*. i hopped in the car, and drove off.

it was indeed an experience. maybe because i was really against going back to school. maybe because i was enjoying college life too much. maybe because i just wanted to get myself kicked out of school. lol! ok. now i think i sound like a spoilt brat. but i'm honestly not like that ok! i'm just really vocal about my thoughts . hahahahahaha

and i got something else to add - AL. only lickhung 6H ppl who are smart enough would knw who i'm talking about. lolololololol

that's all i have to say
byebye

boringboringboring

As i stood there by my booth, staring into space,
it struck me that studies are just so important.

oklah. not just "struck me". it was a BIG TIME WAKE UP CALL.
yea i know studies are important and everyone probably knows that.
but when i'm facing with the "most likely consequences" if i do not study hard, it's just a whole different issue.

if i dont study hard, i'll probably have to be satisfied with a promoter job.
not a part-time promoter job, but a FULL TIME one. i will need to look for jobs one after another. and i will probably spend my life "standing by my booth promoting my product".

i'm not criticizing or looking down at those who are currently working as promoters, they are, in fact, earning a decent living. rather than lying on the streets pretending to be handicap and begging for money, or do some sort of illegal jobs like.. prostitution? hahahaha

but working as a promoter is so BORING. the B&L contact lenses job is by far the most BORING-est job EVER. most say that it's easy money. all i have to do is stand there, give out flyers, try to promote a bit.. and i'm paid. just like that. easy money. no need to use the brain and think also. dont need to be so educated.

it's SO WRONG ok. i think it worst to do NOTHING than to do something. probably it's just me, i'm not that kind that can just stand there and do nothing. it's not exactly easy money to me. Rm80 per day may seem like a large amount for doing nothing much. but seriously, if u were in my shoes and have to stand there for two days, by the end of the 2nd day, u'll probably be complaining how little u're being paid.

One of the Focuspoint sales assistant came up to me and asked me about my salary and so on. and she also said that "baguslah. berdiri sini saja dapat RM80. i put tak kisah"
=.=''

i guess different people have different types of needs, different satisfaction levels.

oh and my mom didn't come and take picture of me =(((
this is the saddest thing throughout my 2days job la. i wanna do this collection of pictures taken while i work, but tak jadi =(

i also met some B&L National Sales Manager from Thailand! so funny lar. the Msian B&L guy (i dont know his post) came to visit me, he told me the other guy next to him is from Thailand and he's bringing him around. and the Thai guy was so so POLITE and cute!!! lol he's uncle age la, but his character very cute lor. those cute uncle type. so polite and pleasant. and he gave me his name card. NAME CARD to a VCA?? (vision care advisor) i dont think i'm in any position to even email him, or give him a call to yumcha. hahaha. point is, although i'm just a part time VCA, he took me seriously.

Unlike other managers, whenever they see their promoters in shopping malls, they will go up to them and act as customers to test their knowledge on the products. will scold somemore if wrong. i heard one promoter got fired by a B&L manager because she was caught talking or going out too often. As promoters, we're most afraid when the company manager comes by to visit us.

But the whole encounter with the Thai & Msian guy just surprises me a LOT!. i still can't get over the fact he's so nice, polite, and gave me his name card. hehe he even told me he's in charge of regional sales or something. wahhh. As for the Msian guy, i dont know la. haha maybe he wanted to scold me but can't do anything since the Thai guy is there. but he asked me a few questions and appears to be rather approachable and understanding. he understood the fact that having a part time VCA in a Optical shop is pointless! oh good. who would listen to part time workers like me when they can seek more professional help from the opticians..

anyway
back to studying.

come find me!

i'm working this weekend !
(25th & 26th April)

Product : Bausch & Lomb contact lenses and Renu cleanser.
Venue : Focus Point (near MPH, Memory Lane)
Time : 12 - 9pm

come find me ok!!
but of course, pretend u dont know me la... =)

there's free 1-day lenses to be given away. but u have to wear it at the optical shop there and then. but it's free la. just come and try k!!

oh! and whoever using B&L contact lenses & cleanser, just come buy from me k!!
=)

i got sales target so hopefully i can meet the target
and if u all come leh, my time will be taken up "teaching" u all how to put on contact lenses. so time past faster!!

come find me ok!

20

i think it hasn't really sunk into me yet that i'm 20.

20. still appears to be really really foreign to me whenever i fill up the "age" column on whatever forms.

i realized that lately, at the pyramid cinema counters, there will be this sign that states what movies that are above 18 and below 18 patrons aren't allowed to buy the tickets.

ABOVE 18.

last time, being able to watch "Above 18" movies was already considered a priviledged to me. mom would most of the time ban us from watching "About 18" movies if it's too violent or contain too much sexual scenes.

so being 18 was like a BIG thing whereby i'm legal to watch whatever movies. it's like WAHHH. now i can watch ALL movies. MUAHAHAHAH. XD

but till now, whenever i see the "Above 18" movie signage, i have to think twice, subconsciously, whether or not i'm above 18. then my mind will quickly remind itself that i'm 20.

doesn't make them any less of a Muslim

i had one of the most interesting International Business tutorial today.
frankly speaking, ALL tutorials are boring because my class is so small and half the class usually do not turn up for tutorials. plus, the aircond blowing at full blast, super cold! cannot even sit still. i spend my entire 1 hour in class just wishing for time to past faster.

usually for IB class, we're given a case study and there's a few questions that we need to answer regarding the case. and the cases are usually dry-ish. international business-ish and facts-ish.

but today, it's different. the case study is about the change in culture in Iran. which is so interesting because i learnt about something.. that i never thought was true.

according to the tutor and what i read, Iran.. in early 1970s, the women there are super fashionable! because of the strategic location near to Paris/France, they're really really advanced into fashion. so whatever fashion in France was 'absorbed' into Iran really quickly. those that wanna do cosmetic surgery, nose jobs or whatever will do it in France. and unlike today, the women do not wear head scarfs. just imagine la, the way the westerners dressed, it's like how Iranians dressed back then. plus, the women are really educated too and they cross the borders to work in western countries like Europe, US and australia and all.

until the whoever-whoever came and rule the country. that's when they implemented all sorts of rulings/mandatories complying to the Islam laws. which includes head scarfs for women, fully covered from head to toe and all that. education / career for women somehow changed, i think. can't remember. i was more into the fashion part hehe but i remember tutor mentioned that after the new ruler took charged, many Iranian women overseas did not return back to Iran because they aren't able to adapt to that change

cannot imagine right?!?! Iranians wearing shorts ? sleeveless tops? spaghetti tops? tube dresses???


but what i wanted to highlight was what my tutor said.

these Iranian women. the Muslim Iranian women. it doesn't mean that back then when they're allowed to dressed however they like, it doesn't make them any less of a Muslim.
true isn't it?

culture does play a major role on how we dress/how we act.
and we can't judge a person based on their appearance.

unfair

life is just unfair
and we just got to learn to live with that.

it's not an easy task, it just takes time to get used to it,
to dont give a damn about what's happening / what's going to happen.

prepaid.

after years of being on postpaid,
i'm back to prepaid. lol hahahahah

i dont even remember how to reload
or what's the number i should dial to check my balance.

one of my working friend actually asked whether i'm using line or prepaid after another friend miscalled him and he had to call back. he asked, "u're on line or still on prepaid?"
what's with the STILL? lolololol it's like saying only immature students are on prepaid. but oh well, can't blame him. people who start working naturally have a different perspective on things.

back to uni tmr =)

helpful?

The girl currently sitting next to me in the library (computer area) is busy doing her Accounts assignment. i think it's 1st year 1st sem assignment

and she's talking NON STOP! she got two other friends in the library too. and i think from what i see/hear, the other two friends are way smarter than her in accounts.
because those two friends are being so so generous to give "free tutorials" to this girl and practically telling her ALL THE ANSWERS.
this girl also dare ask to photocopy the friend's work so that she can refer when she complete her assignment.

i have no idea what sort of friends u classify this.
helpful friends? where got friends help until like that! clearly this girl is taking advantage of them.

and they keep on talking and talking and disturbing me!

waterfall

i was in the midst of uploading my pictures on blogger, but for some reason, the pictures turned out.. distorted and blur. i dont know why. and connection is so slow these days!!! now i'm trying to upload it on fb instead =)

anyway, trip to waterfall yesterday was uber FUN!

vien, jun, wen, kf and me! 5 friends who are all on holiday. wanted to ask the rest but all were busy. but it wasn't a problem la. it's still super fun with them. masa-berbonding. hehe

vien drove up. really happy that someone among us could drive all the way up! and prior to the trip, we all did our part 'researching' on finding our way there. jun asked her friend, i asked my friend, vien googled for maps.. so in the end, we had 3 different ways to go up.

we were actually arguing on which way to use. lol friendly argument k. and one of us were saying how good it would be if we have a GPS. and vienna said "i got GPS what!" and she open some compartment and tadaa! the GPS! =.= actually i knew she have a GPS, i just didn't know it would be THAT useful. so i kept quiet. i still can remember the story behind how she got the GPS! hehe

but i was proven wrong when that GPS helped us to get to our destination! although i think it's a bit laggy and not really 100% reliable. we missed a few turnings and had to take a LARGE u-turn to get back on track.

reached our destination in about 1.5hours later. haha super long. but we were travelling real safe with the GPS constantly reminding vien "please slow down". no speeding. nothing. such responsible drivers we are. =)


we had to walk up to the waterfall. A LOT OF STAIRS!!!!!!!!!
i just read wen's blog,
she wrote "Walking up to the waterfall area was... TIRING... It really made me re-think about how fit I really am, not that I was ever that fit.."
me? i thought to myself "i didn't know i was THIS unfit"
seriously, i always think i'm fit because i'm not fat. and this just proves me wrong. i was panting my lungs out through out that climbing process. i'm in real bad shape.. haha

we found a spot to picnic. the amount of food we brought, it was rather surprising - pleasantly surprising. we all agreed that we will bring whatever we have at home and enough for our ownself to eat. or maybe a bit more. and we'll then exchange our food later on. but in the end, we had loads of tuna sandwiches (thanks to yiwen), junkfood like pringles and seaweed, honeydew (me!), egg sandwich (jun).. it was more than enough.

we finally got in the water at about 2+pm. took such a long time to decide which 'part' of the waterfall should we go in first. the waterfall on that day was not as 'peaceful' as the first time i went. the first time i went, it wasn't that scary to walk across the pool of water to get to the 'more still' water at the other end. but this time, the undercurrent was really strong. and water was just gushing down from the top.

yiwen was like the leader in this since she's a swimmer, we all held hands and moved in a circle. yiwen would constantly say "becareful ar, here got big stone" "slow down" "find a stone so that u can step on to hold yourself". not her exact words. but she's so caring! hehehe. and vienna on the other hand who was a pro-waterfall-person because she's been to waterfalls since young was so so eager to get to the gushing-water-part. oh darn. i dont know the words. only can describe using pictures.

but it was a good trip and good fun. i didn't expect myself to go so far in. i'm scared of water and it was an achievement! the rest did help me achieve that. i wanna go again!

and i so hate butterflies. throughout the picnic-ing time, tons of butterflies were flying around. TONS. and they just love my slippers. hehe jun tried placing her slipper next to mine to see which slipper the butterflies would choose and the butterflies chose mine!!!! i dislike butterflies and i'm really scared whenever it flies near me. i just dont like anything that can fly. be it butterflies, dragonflies, grasshoppers... it's horrible and frightening! kf tried to make me less scared by saying "people say that butterflies who fly together are couples in the past life? so no need to scared. just think that these are all lover/couples can edi". wth ?!?!? =.= oklah. good try kf. but it's not working =)

we left Sg Gabai at about 5pm. original plan was to stop by Lookout Point. david told me earlier to follow the "ampang" signboards to get to Lookout Point from the waterfall. but since the GPS showed another route, we took that instead since it should be more trustable. AND THAT GPS TOOK US ONE BIG ROUND! it took us down the hill, and then one whole round and go back up the hill!!! we didn't go there in the end coz we figured that it'll take too much time and we'll be late. so back to subang!

it was such an awesome time.
so potong stim. no pictures in this post =( something is real wrong with my internet.
anyhow, we should do this more often . hehe
and thanks a million vienna for driving.
great fun, great company =)