a little kindness

there's this man on wheelchairs in the lrt station i stop by everyday. he sells RM1 tissue and little bag of chips for a living. i've always told myself to stop by his wheelchair and buy something from him as a form of support for his independence and courage to actually earn money to support himself. he's not like other people that begs for money from table to table in the hawker centre when they look healthy and capable of actually working to earn a living instead of begging. this man wants to support himself. and i think i should give him a little support. but i haven't bought from him yet. after a year of taking the lrt. giving myself the excuse of catching the train is just well, an excuse.

anyway, one day i saw a gentleman standing by the man on wheels. he wasn't just buying chips or tissues from him. he was actually talking to him. it awed me that there are still such kind people around. to actually stop in their tracks and talk to a stranger. to give warmth and kindness to a total stranger. it makes me believe in goodness of human. that there's this goodness in each and everyone of us. but we just choose to lock it up because we're too 'busy' to care. how sad. shouldn't this goodness be shared and shown?

thank you, stranger. for giving me more confidence in kindness of human beings. :D

christmas spree

went to midvalley yesterday to do some christmas shopping before going to thailand tomorrow. saw LOTS of big cuddly teddy bears there. it was all over the place. in all 3 south, centre and north court centre. and also the few main entrances. i love going shopping malls during christmas season. all nicely decorated with toys and bright colors. really brings out the happy mood of shoppers. so that we'll spend more there. :p

me and ben went there earlier to shop. and peayying met us up for lunch in chilis in the afternoon. got my 1st taste of chilis mash potato. OMG!! i would never want any other mash potatoes from now on. it's THE mash potato for goodness sake. freaking best mash potato i EVER had. craving for it now. yumyum. we sat there for 4hours plus refilling again and again on our drinks and chips. ben fell asleep for awhile. i rooted for some asean basketball team shown on chilis tv. they were wearing blue uniforms and they won. WOOHOO! we talked about margaritas, drinking habits, clubs, driving, the perfect time to take ktm, sports and a lot more i can't remember. hahahaha. we're such random people. but i love it! awesome day out with awesome friends! :D

domo army in gardens. RAWRRRRRR!

we had a few bites of the mash potatoes before remembering to take picture of it.

hence, the tortilla chips to cover up the 'eaten up' part. :p

ben's fried chicken crisps with honey mustard.

he was nomming now the corn when this picture was taken.

we love cuddly bears~ :D so wanted to bring it home! but they had guards on duty.

ireland potato that i wanted to try so so much.

nothing special though.

i love christmas!!

my blog is pathetically quiet these days/months. been to busy in life to actually write down what's happening in it. life has been a blur. rushing through everything. so many deadlines. so many things to be done. that when i finally completed something, it's time for me to move on to the next. i'll try to blog about what's been happening lately. it's the only way to help me document the important or memorable things in life. so do hang on and look out for new posts okay. :D

a trip up north part 1 (2009)

THIS IS SO OVERDUE. like A YEAR overdue. i'm pathetically sorry! made a promise to myself that i'd post it up before i go to thailand this year aka 2010. so here it is. read this up while i brew my 2nd post on this year's thailand trip. it's FULL of words. i bet this would keep you company while i come up with the other one. :p


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went to thailand with the family on the 26th. we wanted to leave kl earlier but there were christmas service, family gatherings and stuff. so we could only leave after everything was settled.

my aunt's a thai and her family in nakhon built a new house there. so we all went there to check it out, with a little vacation for ourselves on the way. we started journey around 11am. my back was stiff for sitting so long and i couldn't sleep the whole journey because i had to make sure my dad wasn't sleepy. when we finally reached nakhon it was around 9pm. and when i saw the house, i was like 'omggggg, is this the right house?!!'. it was so cool. and to know that they built it all by themselves is even more impressing.

the house was bigger than i expected. with 2 toilets, 3 rooms, a kitchen and huge hall. they even have a driveway for goodness sake. so not your ordinary kampung house. and with the money my uncle gave them, it'd only be enough to build a small small house here in kl, but they manage to build a mini bungalow there. picture that.

- chickens in nakhon sleeps on trees.

seriously. they're only slightly bigger than a dove and they'd fly up the tree to sleep around evening. crazy man. now who says chickens can't fly?

- the water there was freezing cold.

in nakhon, they use well waters for bathing and washing and everything. and boy i tell you the water is so colddddddddd. *shivers* i know you'd say i'm a spoiled brat with the luxury of hot water for my whole life but it's not about that. even my aunt went 'woohoooo' while she's in the shower. instant wake up call i tell you. the cold water here is nothing compared to that. nothing.

- the kids are really kids.

there's no internet connections or astro in nakhon. at least i think they don't. so the kids have to find their own entertainments. they'd be running around the house chasing after the dog or competing to see who's the fastest to climb up a pole or killing bugs and insects in the house. they're not the same with kids in the city. in kl, even an 8 year old has a facebook account. but these kids are really just kids, if you get my drift. they have all this innocence and passion. this their childhood. all this will become beautiful memories for them to look back upon. i kinda envy them.

- uncle onn's special pet.

1 of my aunt's brother, uncle onn/ohn/on (i never get the hang of thai names) owns a flying fox named han as a pet. still craving for hamsters as pet? pleaseeee lah. out of date dy. :p mum was terrified of it. she can't stand furry animals. don't know why though. han is kinda cute. it'd curl up into a ball and sleep on my hand. not sure it could fly though. looks more like a baby squirrel than a flying fox. but i've never seen a real flying fox. :p wished i could bring back a flying fox as a pet. mum would be FURIOUS.

blog on hiatus. will be back in december. i hope. :p

happy 19 kahsoon!

we celebrated kahsoon's birthday in papa johns pyramid. can't really remember when was it already. somewhere in july i think. hmmm. sorry kahsoon for not remembering your birthday! we only had 1.5 hour break so it was a really rush birthday celebration. not much time to dwaddle and take pictures. heck, we didn't even have enough time to EAT. liting was fidgeting about getting the bills right after our pizzas arrive at our table. hahaha stress much.

the F4 guys bought him a reebox bag and we all chipped in money. but being the GREAT friends we are, we conned him into believing we got him an eraser for his birthday. in our offense, the eraser was a really good one okaay! anyway, he believed it and even thanked us for it. then only we gave him the REAL birthday gift. the guys went all out to buy the eraser just to con him. great friends i tell you.

we also bought a cake and it was meant to be a surprise but the waitress in papa johns spoilt it. she took the cake out before we asked her too. we tried to stop her before kahsoon saw the cake. it was so funny because kahsoon didn't have a clue what was going on looking at us waving to the waitress behind him to take the cake away. anyway, plan failed terribly.

i know this is so overdue but the pictures are so pretty that it deserves to be posted. so here it is.

 birthday boy kahsoon

 part of those that were there

 

 love love love this candid! ♥

 helping me promote my gorgeous ring. (:

 awwwwww

 now this is how they actually hangout

 secret to show small face through the camera -.-

super overpriced! never going back there again.

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Kad Kahwin

He who matters all

i felt touched after reading her blog. she has been away from god for some time. and now she's finding her way back. 'i make it a point to go to church every weekend. i need god.' that's what she wrote.

i've always envy those with great urge to seek god. those that make it to church eventhough their family are all against him being a christian. those that crave for god every single second of their life. those with this huge hole in their hearts that they know can only be filled with god's love. they are so strong and firm in god that i feel so incomparable and just plain sad.

i guess being born in a christian family isn't all that glamorous after all. i was taught from young to fill in the religion blank on forms with the word christian. i was taught to pray and read the bible. i was taught that god is THE god and he loves me so very much that he gave me his son. he gave us all his son. what more can i want or need other than this. but somehow along life's way i discovered that i can't really feel it anymore. the passion and strife for his words. i've been too distracted in life. in all the small, petty things that i can no longer see what matters the most. Him.

i had it the easy way. i didn't have to fight with my family every weekend just to go to church. i don't have to anger my grandparents just because i chose a religion different from theirs. i didn't have to choose to be a christian. and i guess i took god for granted. god gave me a wake-up call through my friend. he wants me to go back to him. to choose him above all other things. to know that he still loves me even when i'm so downright stupid and blind to see that. i see it now. and i'm gonna make a change in my life.

pray for me.

ben is 17 now

me and peay ying celebrated ben's 17th birthday in gardens. only 3 of us. everyone else was either NOT in malaysia or grounded by parents or too sleepy cuz they stayed up till 3am the night before or just too busy to join us. so yeah, mini celebration for the birthday boy.

midvalley's cinema was packed full for step up 3 so we went over to gardens to try our luck. no luck was needed apparently. the place was so expensive i don't think much people would go there for a movie. well we did. the seats there were all couple seats so 1 of us had to sit alone. awww. well actually the seats are big enough for 3 of us. and sitting together was a better option because the air cond is so freaking cold! -.- me and py were seating together. birthday boy was seating alone. i was moving from seat to seat to teman the 2 cousins. and with any luck, i was annoying the person sitting right behind us too, for having an itchy butt. :p

step up 3 was freaking awesome! way better than the 2nd movie i watched in ppstream. the dance moves and especially the last dance battle was way wicked! super love the guy that did the robot dance. he's like the terminator dude! omg! very impressive. ben enjoyed himself too with the dancer's butt and boobs. pfft. guys. -.-

chilli's was full to the brim. so we went to TGIF for lunch. the waiter gave ben a slice of birthday cake and made him blow the candle while the waiter was holding it a few steps away. well, they actually wanted to made him drink a whole bottle of henz chilli sauce and give a speech and sing a song but their plan failed terribly. our birthday boy was just too shy. hahaha.

super huge domokun at gardens. ♥ 

happy birthday daddyben! (:

i'm a dreamer

i had the weirdest dream last night. not just A dream, but 2 weird dreams. can't really remember what was it about already. but i remember telling myself that when i wake up i must blog about them. committed blogger yo!

so here i am blogging about the dreams that i've only pieces of what it was all about. this is called staying firm to my promises. even promises to myself. which is to blog about it. hahahah.

well i only remember 1 of my dreams. it was like this. in the dream my family was really poor. we were experiencing a financial crisis or some sort. and i was talking to my grandpa, asking him if our lives would turn for the better someday. he said something to comfort me that made me woke up crying, but i can't remember what he said. and then i fell back asleep.

they say dreams are direct opposites of what is to happen in reality. they say dreams are just our imagination. they say dreams are unreal.

i say dreams reflect what we want, need, hope and wish the most.


i miss you, grandpa.

window phone

this is the in-est phone i ever saw. step aside iPhone and BlackBerry. this is waaaay beyond cool. but i don't think it'll be mass produced anytime soon. i mean, where am i supposed to slip in my SIM card and where on earth is the battery? looks too fictional to be true. so i guess i'll just stick to my good old unbreakable nokia for the time being.

a lame attempt of me keeping my blog updated, i know. better than nothing right. :D

credits: yanko design

horror terror

dad: nah the thirteen ghost vcd your friend wanted to borrow.

me: orrr.

dad: eh, wanna test out the movie?

me: no. *flipping newspaper*

dad: want la. it's a nice movie.

me: no. *still flipping newpaper*

dad: *plays vcd* *hears woman screaming from tv*

me: OMGGGG! WHY YOU STRAIGHT JUMP TO THE SCARY PART?!

dad: where got straight jump to the scary part?

me: THIS STILL NOT SCARY AH? *woman still screaming* *ghost pulling woman away to do god-knows-what* OMGGGGGG! *covers face with newspaper*

dad: eh watch with me la.

me: don't want don't want don't want don't want don't want! *runs upstairs to room*


horror movies. never my thing. i repeat. never.

music with a big M

my 1st to teach a choir. also another 1st to teach an average age group of my age or older than me. i've only gone through the songs a few times. *gonna add it into my playlist and listen to it till i sing in my sleep* and i don't know how to teach warm-ups. *sin yun, paul, HELP!* enough said to explain the stress i was in. and the fact that joanna would not be joining our practice until delivering her baby was no good to my stress level. thank god for awesome friends that came to my rescue without much hesitation. heart you guys. :D

i know i'm not a good teacher. too impatient to help people understand. always rushing into things and babble out whatever that comes into mind. i guess that's why i was picked for the job. to help them learn and also to help myself

to learn to listen. to be patient. to be responsible for my acts and words. to understand and help.

greatest satisfaction of all when they sang together in unison and harmony. music is so simple yet beautiful. even with just our voices, it is enough.

despite all things, i still hope sunday will take its time to arrive. stress!

temporary home

Little boy, 6 years old

A little too used to bein' alone

Another new mom and dad,another school

Another house that'll never be home

When people ask him how he likes this place

He looks up and says with a smile upon his face

"This is my temporary home

It's not where I belong

Windows and rooms that I'm passin' through

This is just a stop, on the way to where I'm going

I'm not afraid because I know this is my

Temporary Home."

Young mom on her own

She needs a little help got nowhere to go

She's lookin' for a job, lookin' for a way out

Because a half-way house will never be a home

At night she whispers to her baby girl

Someday we'll find a place here in this world

"This is our temporary home

It's not where we belong

Windows and rooms that we're passin' through

This is just a stop, on the way to where we're going

I'm not afraid because I know this is our

Temporary Home."

Old man, hospital bed

The room is filled with people he loves

And he whispers don't cry for me

I'll see you all someday

He looks up and says "I can see God's face"

"This is my temporary Home

It's not where I belong

Windows and rooms that I'm passin' through

This was just a stop,on the way To where I'm going

I'm not afraid because I know this was

My temporary home."

This is our temporary home

super love this link jy posted on facebook and i just had to post it here to share with you guys. it's so true that this is our temporary home. we all have to go back somewhere someday. somewhere we belong. somewhere nothing matters but only us and Him. it doesn't matter if we're alone because He's there all the time.

i kept listening to the song again and again. the lyrics are so beautiful. 'He looks up and says "I can see God's face". 1 of the lines that really touched my heart. God was there to welcome him to go home. to go back where he belong.

p/s: sony entertainment disabled all embedding of the official carrie underwood videos. so check out the official mv here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_SR3BlsmH4. super love the mv. :D

never ever!

 can't really remember when was this already. 1 of the friday-s where we have an hour and half break for the muslim students to go sembahyang. since we had a longer break than the usual 30 minutes, we decided to be nice to ourselves and splunge some money to keep malaysia's economy growing.


went over to fullhouse. i've been wanting to go there for monthsss. been there once with jy and shen. we went in. sat at this small square table. read the menu. realize how freaking expensive the dinner cost. tempted by jy to go somewhere else cheaper for dinner. and then we just walked out. my 1st time walking out of a restaurant before eating there. cool but kinda embarrassing. the waiter actually said bye when we left. and i said sorry.


anyway, the food there was mediocre. choices of food are so so so limited. only a few dishes to choose from. the place looks really pretty but it's a restaurant right. it should serve good food to maintain customer flow. i'm never going back there again. so not worth it. for those who wanna try the place out, a piece of advise, don't go there during dinner time. the price are way higher for dinner than lunch. that's the reason why i walked out of that place the 1st time i went there.


enough of words. now pictures! liting didn't bring her dslr with her that day. so be forewarned that the pictures are bit yellowish and dark cuz my camera is great like that. -.-

shen's dori fish something.

chicken with i don't know what sauce. it has black pepper and raisins in it.

mushroom soup too mushroom-y for my taste.

our 'cupcake'. -.-

bling-ed bears for RM99. if not mistaken. SO EXPENSIVE!

'EEEEEEEEEE' :p

an ugly picture of me to end this post. now i really look like a grandma. -.-

here at last!

sorry for not updating much people. been on a roller coaster ride ever since ACCA sem 2 started. starting to feel the heat of ACCA. now i know why i get that respectful look when i tell people i'm studying ACCA. it's not easy. at all!

24 hours a day is REAAALLY not enough. with homeworks and lectures and revisions that i was supposed to do but getting delayed due to my sleepy head and the concert for bible society last last week and miyaf anniversary last week and PTs coming next week and practice for easter 2011 that's coming soon. talk about information overload. i need a time-out!

this post is just to assure you guys that i'm still alive and yes i know i should blog more often. i would have done that if it weren't for all the craziness in my life right now. so stay on and check my blog every so often. who knows i might get back to the blogging craze i was in before. :p

p/s: a little hint. my upcoming posts will be those highlighted in color. and also day out with davidson girls and my super overdue thailand post. i'm damn efficient i know.

p/s 2: is bella in twilight bugging everyone else like how she bugs me? i find her really annoying. blegh.

robots ♥

stumbled upon these in photobucket while i was searching for some robots for my favicon. cutest thing ever! reminds me of milk toof i posted sometime ago.

文字是没有温度的 没有感情的
是把话说出口的人给了它们能够伤人的权利
也给了它们能够振奋人心的快乐
这是多大的力量

但我们往往会忘记自己有这样的本事
说话刻薄伤人
转个头就忘了
不当成一回事

也许是说者无心
但听了的人 伤得多痛 他怎么会知道

get off

i'm so freaking pissed! stop making your own assumptions and blame it on others. i did not VOLUNTEER to do all those things. so this is what you think about me. so cheap and lowly that i'll willingly do it. this proves that you don't understand me at all. how could you make her barge into the place and say that 'this is none of your business.' what is this?! i can't decide for myself what is my business and what's not? i can't decide when i want to help others? that 4 words of yours is so hurtful. none of my business.

i thought you knew me well. i guess i thought wrong.

i wanna go out!

i'm done with my exams. like FINALLY! ever since i joined the accounting course in sunway, my friends have been listening to me complain about having exams every few weeks or so. till the point where they couldn't be bothered anymore. haha joking. they'll just go on saying 'exams AGAIN ah?!'. they're bored of me having exams already. great! seems like i'm not the only one who's tired of all the PTs and mocks and finals.

anyhow, i've just finished my 1st ACCA exam. *exam again. -.-* and i have about 2 weeks break till the next sem starts. so ASK ME OUT PEOPLE! before all the mad accounting notes start piling up on me again.

2 weeks of holiday ain't that long. come help me fully utilise my precious break from school. :D

victor borgue

borgue is to be pronounced as BOR-GUH. danish comedian, pianist and conductor. google him if you're interested. love the way he blends humor into his music. especially classical music. he makes it fun to learn. i'm left with a big WOW after every video. a true entertainer and music-lover. unfortunately, he's no longer with us. i so wanna meet him in heaven!

'follow me please!' and there he was playing at a different key putting the blame on the poor guy. HAHAHAHHAHA.

HAHAHHAA OMG HE CHASED HIS VIOLINIST OFF THE STAGE. freaking hilarious. and he was doing it with live audience seated. how awesome is that. i wanna watch this kinda concert!

Quoted by him: 'And now, in honour of the 150th anniversary of Beethoven's death, I would like to play "Clear the Saloon", er, "Clair de Lune", by Debussy. I don't play Beethoven so well, but I play Debussy very badly, and Beethoven would have liked that.'

HAHHAHAHAH i love his humor.