Flu Attack

Being sick during holidays always put me in a thoughtful mood, having too much time on my hands to reflect and think. Lying on the bed making myself more emo by reading emo poems, I came across this lovely verse, by Leigh Hunt...


Abou Ben Adhem -may his tribe increase-
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich and like a lily in bloom,
An angel...writing in a book of gold.

Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
And to the presence in the room he said:
“What writest thou?” The vision raised its head,
With a look made all of sweet accord, answered:
“The names of those who love the Lord.”
“And is mine one?” said Abou.
“Nay, not so,” replied the angel.

Abou spoke more low, but cheerily still;
And said, “I pray thee, then,
write me as one that loves his fellowmen.”
The angel wrote, and vanished.

The next night it came again with a great wakening light,
And shewed the names whom love of God had blessed,
And lo!
Ben Adhem’s name led the all the rest.


Beautiful, right? (Don't look at me sanguine sanguine like, I am also capable of being serious wan o~) This time, it made me realize... How selfish I could be at times, till I forgot about the people around me. I care only for my own comfort, but none for others. In this modern era of science and technology, we are often told that it is a competitive world out there; you gotta be aggressive and fight or lose out.

Yet sometimes, the loser- who has nothing compared to you- seems to have everything you could ever wish for, everything your money can’t buy...
Rich in happiness, well-off in friends, life filled with love, laughter and contentment...

Contentment with everything. That...is what I want.

Happy Chinese New Year!! May it bring you prosperity and everything you wished for...

BECAUSE...I finally got you out.

Deniece was free (finally!) on Friday, so obviously must find an excuse for an outing to drag her out, wee~!

For once, I have no words to describe the fun we had... I shall let the pictures do [most of] the talking instead!!

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Because I was the earliest...

I had nothing else to do.






Chinese New Year decoration in Time Square.

Some cheeky kid... Trying to grab the flowers to throw at his sister...




Some big kids...


...giving me the standard Asian Sign (credit goes to Deniece!!).
Though I still have no idea what is Tai Wern trying to indicate... The Hamsap Sign? Toulam Sign??




Because we had to wait for Jon to fetch his sister and make up his mind whether to join us or not...


I love this photo!! You have no idea how much trouble I had to go through to ask those humans to pose weh...
UuuUu... Vicky have a fuller janggut!!


Jon made it in the end, after a very vERy long time... But Wai Ling couldn't come cos her boyfriend had a cook out...
At times like this, how you wish that some things had never change.




Because we couldn't make up our mind where to eat fast enough, I suggested...

Shabu Shabu!! Hehe, still addicted to steamboat~

Victor, Deniece and Smileys!!





Fake human beings and bitten Alien Smiley! (compare it with the smiley before)






Tai Wern and Jon's hangus-ted tomyam and egg steamboat which turned their shiny pot black.. Funnily, it taste quite nice la, though it smelt like, well... you know when you got lazy and didn't wash your socks for a week?
Yea, I believe it stank the whole restaurant, that smell...




Because Deniece was laughing like a hyena...

I think Leonard was in the process of deforming his smiley..





None of the pictures you took was clear, woman!!




Oooo but then again maybe blur photos aren't too bad after all~




Because we ate too full we needed to work off our fats!!... Ummm... Because I wanted to show off my bowling skill and attract leng zhais... well, we memang plan to go bowling anyway~


It was already 10pm when we started playing.





Colourful shoes!! I wanna curi mine home!!






Waiting for Vicky to make a strike...

OMG just look at the shoes, the sHOEs!! Super uber cute right????





Presenting Deniece and Licky and bright striking bowling ball!!


Luvv the colours!!♥ ♥ ♥ ♥



Because evil Kuek gave me a heart attack when I dropped the ball and he clutched his toes...

Ok fine, because I was a bowling virgin... WAS!!One day I am going to score higher than Ed.. Muahaha!!

But never in my entire life had I dream I would be so proud for making 9 straight longkangs in a row~ Beat me! XD

I see that ray of light, and it's shining on my Destiny.

I am training to be... A Professional!!

Ms Sharifah (English lecturer-cum-liberian-cum-assistant manager) handed us the Student Handbook, so now we are expected to understand what we are going through and obey the college rules. I shall elucidate on the professional grooming part, since that is what concerns me most.
(Grooming=appearance ma, obviously it affect me most. I’m not a girl for nothing, you know.)


…Every student is responsible to convey a professional image by adhering to the YLT-International College of Hotel Management grooming standards. Please take pride and great care in your personal appearance as it is important that you project a polished, well groomed and professional image at all times. While these standards are not at all inclusive, if any lecturer or faculty member believes you display an unprofessional appearance, you will be exterminated immediately counseled. Our appearance is dress when the need arise… HuHH..? ALL have to wear dresses in time of need??? Oh...dress standard will change when the need arise. Ah ceh… It is every student responsibility to adhere to the college grooming standard. YTL-ICHM is committed to creating an environment where there is mutual respect for one another and respect for ourselves. To create a positive learning environment and an attitude that…that…ZZZzzzzzz…

*just in case I am sued for plagiarism, this is an excerpt from YTL-ICHM Student Handbook.*

Anyways, this is what I had summaries (beats me whoever can read 25 pages of this crap la)…


The Seven Commandments for Professional Appearance

1. Thou shall not dye thy hair.

2. Thou shall not wear more than one pair of earrings.

3. Thou shall wear lipstick no matter how unpleasant it make you feel.

4. Thou should not have nail polish on. And no pontianak fingernails (This is for safety reason just in case you decide to attack the lecturers).

5. Thou shall not use thy handphone, not even under the desk… Lecturers are equipped with eyes behind their head.

6. Thou shall wear thy ugly covered up shoes forever and ever.

7. Thou shall look neat in thy uncomfortable uniform forever and ever too.



The uniform also includes a blazer too. You’ll think it’s stupid to wear blazer, right? After all, Malaysia=Sun=Hot. Which xiao fella want to overheat themselves piling on more clothes? Yea, I though like that too, being 7 years in secondary school pitying prefects cooking in their blazer day after day.




UNTIL…

I met lecturers who think anything more than 20 degree is hot; hotel staffs who can stroll around Antarctica with nothing but shirt and tie. ARGH!! Hotel~ Cold!!!! Butt freezing!!! Gimme protection!! Gimme blazer!! Gimme anything air-cond proof!!


Oh yes, I’m anak Malaysian to the core. Malaysia heat boleh!! Rawr rawr!!



But the uniforms are super chun!! We will be given a complete set of chef clothing too!!

Complete with

Chef Charlotte!! Senior from Dip 3/08 (Translation:Diploma course, 3rd intake, 2008)

Now only I realize neckerchief is actually to prevent sweat from dipping down into the food. But I still have no idea what is the function of tiny apron and safety boots. But I believe it is to save your toes from being chop off if you drop your knife. Those boots are made from steel wan weh! Jangan main-main. Make me mad, just one kick and you are a goner dy...

Wonder when is our turn to cook le? Can’t wait to test my skills on
a la cuisine style~



And how you know? Perhaps I’ll be your chef one day, and plan your meals. Don’t worry, my cooking is not bad actually. Fwo Yi said that I make the best spaghetti around, hohoho… Or perhaps she said that cos I was holding a knife at that time. But no matter~ I need testers to try out my dishes. So make me happy and I’ll stuff you silly!!


hint: I love chocolates~ *wink*

I am officially in college!!

Today, I started my first day in college!!

This is our babysister lecturer, who will take care of us throughout our orientation...

Mr Desmond



And some punishment he tortured the guys with cos they didn’t get enough information about their classmate...

...that means us lo, hoho~



Cacat right? I think that horrible laughing is me, but not positive lar...

Just a bit on my new college~ Will blog about it more when we 'warm up' more with each other in the future. XD

New Year Escapade in Penang: Day 3

(click here for Day 1 II Day 2)

Day 3

At the stroke pass midnight, every guest in the motel was sleeping, and the streets were quiet.

Amid much laughter and giggling, 2 fairy un-godmothers in red and white materialized, raided my magic make up pouch and turned Chick 1 and Chick 2 into…

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Beautiful chicks!!!

They can never look lovelier than this. *Beam*

By the way, co-stylist is also know as fairy un-godmother in red. White fairy had returned to dreamland because...she couldn’t tahan lor, being up since 7.30 am..hAhA~


Took us hours to chicknify them completely weh… But we are proud of our handiwork!! Even though emo chick’s make up chicknifying process didn’t really work out… We had no idea liquid eyeliner was so smeary!! Draw, smeared, rub away…draw again, smeared again, rub again…frustrated and gave him-I mean, her a panda eye!!
Fine, so we are not pros... Sue us!! Blek!!



Primmed their hair, handed out some tips, then send them out to the prince camera!!



Now, let's see how did our protégé fare~





The Art of Posing.
Phew~weet!! Pass with distinction!!





The Art of Pouting
Ah ah ahhhhhhhhhhh..... Nice try la... I can't exactly fail my Cinderella model right? Haha~



When the clock strike 3, Emo Chick and Glamour Chick ran away and turn back into their own evil selves… Then we join white fairy in slumberland where we slept happily ever after~




The End.





Next morning, we discovered...


...we kena STD!!





Ahaha, kena labeled STD only ma~ What you think? Sexual transmitted disease meh? Aiyer, don’t think so Y...



Last stop in Penang was Queensbay Mall. Actually wanted to kunjung kunjung around Queensbay Mall geh, but we spotted this..



Roller blading!!

So much space to fall empty!!


But still, Kam Yee was shy to join us cos she was wearing skirt...even though we swear we won't see a thing if she falls down. So she happily went shopping.









Tai Wern gave up not long after cos his pretty foot hurts and joined Kam Yee for shopping...


And we gave up vERy long after, after scraping our knees like crazy trying to imitate the pro. That guy was like, so cool!! I want to skate selari like him!! How r how r???? Waited and waited for him to show off again, but then that smacking fella sat down on the floor...and SMS!!!!!!!!! Aiya, so bloody chiun!! I curse him forever and ever and ever and ever!!!!!!!! Rawr!!




Nearby the roller blading alley they have this neatest little café ever!! Guess what is their design were inspired from?



Jeng jeng jeng!!

Café's name is T. Bowl... Cute right??




Never in my wildest dream would I think of dining on a toilet bowl... What would my mama say la...




Lookie, even the food was served on mini little toilet bowls!!

Oh... Kam Yee would like to announce to the whole wide world that she ordered the best tomyam dish among us… Nah Kam Yee, I tell the whole world dy… U o me!! Huahua!!

Anyway, I got this real cool phone for my birthday! Since God throw to us so many opportunities during this trip, it's a sin not to make the most use it, right? So...


Lots of mirrors=Happy us!!

Just realize the camera sucks in the dark.





Tip: Find a clean mirror!!!!!!!!!!!!



And yeah, there were more nicknames given in addition to jawatan-jawatans:

Miss Kam Yee: Sip sip Machine, Screaming Machine, Shopping Queen
Miss Deniece Chong: Slow Machine, Sleeping Machine
Mr Chang: Burping+Farting Machine
Mr Leonard Lee: Eating machine, Fast Machine
Me: They couldn’t pin any nickname on me cos I am too good dy. Hoho!!



Anyways, this trip had been real fun!! To tell you the truth, most of the time I was expecting us to loll butts off in the car, but surprisingly, we get to find the right way most of the time~!! Most thanks must go to our tour guide, whose invaluable guidance and knowledge of Penang manage to save our butts!! *clap clap clap!!* It was one of my most enjoyable trips!! And this is not compliment kosong ler, since can say I travelled quite a lot this few months…



And this, dear readers, we had finally reahed the finale of our Penang trip…

Till we meet again~~ Toodles!!

New Year Escapade in Penang (This is not BRATs)

Sorry for the late updates, dear readers. I have an announcement to make: My post-STPM travelling days had finally ended.


Oh… Hello pollution! Hello jams! I’m back in KL!!


How I loath thee, o kiasu drivers~! I miss travelling around aldy..T.T.. On the bright side, I can blog jor.. Ah well, most of the long breaks in between is because I have so much in my mind I don’t know which to blog about.. Or put it simply, I tried (but fail) to recall sequence of events. But don’t give up on me!! I’ll be goooodd now and update as often as I can...


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I celebrated 2009 in Penang… Incidentally, it is also my last trip before going off to college. And this time, I'm with my best friend+church friends!! This is also the first time I traveled without any adult supervision, wee~! Deniece and I agree to gabung post this time. My post is the continuation of hers, so click here for Day 1!



...Continuation...
Day 2

We played kite till 1am last night in the morning, yet Kam Yee was up and sight seeing at 7.30am!! That wonder woman ar.. She doesn’t even have eyebags to show~ We had a hard time pulling Deniece out of the bed, like the last night in her house. But this time we had a secret weapon on hand...Plushie!! Chick 2 Leonard threw Patrick into her face and she woke up shrieking, “ARRRRgh!! Patrick is smokey!!” Uuu~ that was easy!! Ahh, just wished I had think of that tactic earlier on.


First stop of the day-Botanical Garden. Kam Yee went high and was raving on about 'revenge' and ‘chasing the monkeys’. They were lots of mean lookin’ monkeys there, and more tourists feeding them. HeLLOoo people, can’t you read the DO NOT FEED THE MONKEYS signs pasted, oh I dunno... everywhere?!? Geez, you’ll think that those smelly animals are their best friends. Tai Wern did not dare to take out the camera in case the monkeys decided to hamsap him and ‘borrow’ it, so we didn’t take pictures there. But oh oh..!! You should see this monster!! He had the biggest tes- ahem… male reproductive organ ever seen weh!! It’s a wonder he could scamper about without…well, you know, hindrance. Kam Yee was so fascinated by Big Ahem that she chase it around, and promptly ran back screaming when it show its teeth.


In fact, the whole trip was punctured with deafening reserved for life-and-death-situation screams…
“AhhHH!! It’s a bee!!” “AhhHH!! It’s a cat!” “AhhhHH!! It’s something furry and cute and alive!!”


It was drizzling, so we were kinda lazy go on walking. As soon as our ears recovered, we were off to the toy museum! There were lotsa lotsa lotsa...





...lotsa lotsa lotsa....




*pening kepala*



And joy, tucked at a corner we saw…


Sailormoon!!
MUST intro you to my childhood characters.. See, the long black hair one is SailorMars, the yellow haired with red bow is SailorVenus, while the green one beside my head is SailorJupiter! If you observed closely, you can see a mini size Sailormoon and Chibimoon.
Don't ask me why they mini-sized the main characters.. 'bit silly (I mean the toy museum manager, not me.. Don't be rude~)...



You can take a girl out of childhood, but you can never take a childhood out of a girl. =)



The Girl Who Is Terrified of Harmless Worms


Don't think... Sometimes I myself pun tak faham.




There were also lotsa life size model!

Tada!!
I Love U

Hmm, wonder how superheroes in mask blows their noses when they are down with flu...

Deniece (during the night when she was the only one who could not sleep): "Lets see how long you can tahan if I shut your nose!!"



Who needs sidekicks when you can have these two lovelies?


You can retire dy la, Robin.




Next up: Syoik sendiriness to the max!!

Camwhorers revealed!! Geng le... Using DSLR to camwhore weh~

(l-r) Chick 1, Holey Chick, Chick 2...

Paintball attack!! *pow pow pow*

AND THEN, they spotted the girl dolls...

If you can drag your eyes away from those impossible boobies for a sec, you'll notice she also have very vERy big toulam..

Here is another toulam!! Showing off his pikating skill!!

Aww, there are more hot pants gun tottering babes out there for you to choose... If they don't shoot you first la...hehe~


Oh by the way, here is the link to Achmed the Dead Terrorist I promised you, Ivy... Click it click it!! But please, refrain yourself from laughing to death when you watch it ya.. I still need you to help me make pizza...



Tai Wern's darkest obsession...

...Woman minus underwear.

I'd sussed you out, disgusting boy!!


Leonard's secret obsession...

Don't worry Leonard, I will NEVER TELL..




At the end of the museum..
Family groupie!!

That's my new papa in green...
My sweet smiling mama beside him...
My superb camwhoring sista...
And my long-haired brader!!




Later we curve our way to Batu Ferringgi beach… Sip Sip Queen didn’t want to swim, and Frosty King didn’t bring extra clothes to get wet in. So left us 3 to entertain ourselves. And we rode the banana boat!! It was the only thing I could afford anyways… It was the first time I ever ride a banana boat, and I was excited giler!! But in the end, we only fall once though, excluding Leo.

We saw a parachute passing by...

…and started waving enthusiastically at it~

But a li’l too enthusiastic for Leo’s case. One moment he was there, the next moment… *scream*(me) *squeeeeak*(skin sliding against rubber) *ka-splash!*… Man overboard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boatboy was blissfully unaware with his leg cock up until Deniece and me yell ‘STOP!!’x100 at the top of our lung.. By that time Leo had been left far far away. Smackin’ boatboy… Lucky we are in the sea, or I’ll use a well aim brick to attract his attention instead. =.='

At the end of the ride we let go la so at least we can ‘overturn’ once.. It was bit disappointing lar at the overturning part, but it was still quite fun for first time experiencer like me~

Deniece, since you are an old timer, kau sai on you to take me for a more fun bananaboat ride, ok? hehe…



Tai Wern's fantabuluos zoom lens~

So far out also can take!! *envy*



At night, we stroll around the rows and rows of shops selling fake goods. Sip Sip Queen turn into Shopping Queen and went into a shopping frenzy~ Ok la, I also did went mad…a bit. Have ter test my bargaining skill mer.. Bargaining is a must in Penang anyways, for every Penang folk haggle. It’s like a competition, you see, who can go lower than the lowest. Dad was telling me some Penang friends of his came to KL and tried to bargain in the supermarket.
Get wad I mean?

In the middle of pure shopping bliss it started raining! Argghh!! Wait, was it raining before shopping??? Aii, somewhere there la… Same icky wet stuff anyway~ We were forced to dive for shelter of a food court.


Waited...


And waited...


Still raining meows and woofs...



Grew bored waiting for the rain to stop, so we sissified Tai Wern!!

Wasn’t really extreme cos we are in public place… Didn’t want to ruin Tai Wern’s reputation ma…hehe~ Later all the gays charge into our motel and the receptionist give us THE GLARE and ‘SHH’ us again…



Hairy Unkempt Leg vs. Smooth Gorgeous LegWas trying to persuade Leonard to shave off his manliness...


So dear readers, did the girls manage to persuade the boys to part with their masculinity? Did the males finally succumbed to the power of the fairer sex?

Find that out in New Year Escapade in Penang: Day 3!!

For now, that is all for today~ Must keep you in suspense, hoho!! Plus, it's a nightmare uploading photos and I desperately in need of sleep... So, night folks!! Zzzzz....