Annyong!

Annyong! I've been using that as a greeting for a while now. Haha. Probably from the influence of Kat. Right now it is 1am, and I'm supposed to be studying. But evidently I am not. I have been procrastinating for two days now. And I know I'm gonna regret this so badly because I'm going to the Netherlands with Yong next Tuesday, and will be meeting my relatives there after Yong flies back here. So all in all I will be staying in the Netherlands until the 16th, and my exams start on the 30th! Why do I torture myself. But anyway. I'm looking forward to the trip! Of course I'm really stressed too because we'll be staying in dorms and dodgy places like that. Gotta pray pray pray for a smooth trip! I'm also really excited because we will be travelling down the off-beaten path. We'll be going to different places and cities, spending quite some time on the road, and ending up in Amsterdam. Also gotta pray for good good weather!!! 

Today I went for a "run" with Sam. I basically woke up with a text from her saying that I'll be joining her for a run later in the afternoon. As she knows, I don't exercise at all, so she wasn't giving me much of a choice. I was kinda looking for an excuse to get out of my room so I went with it. It was quite nice. She promised me we won't need to run. Even though I would have, we ended up not running at all because the heavy rain from last night made the paths slippy. So we walked and talked and walked and talked and I could feel my lungs burning from exertion. Haha. I know right. Exertion. From walking. I really need to get out more. Haha. We walked down by the river (the song!!! Let's lay down our sorrows!! :P) and back, and then went up to Yong's place, chat with her there for a while. It was so funny because Sam said that we would go for the run if it didn't rain. And it didn't at first, but by the time we were at Yong's, it was drizzling quite a bit. I was quite cold in my exercise wear which did not include a jacket or a coat!! And when we left her house, it was safe to say it was pouring!! Oh gosh. I was freezing, numb! I stepped into the shower as soon as I got back and my upper limb muscles were not working!! Took a while for them to warm back up. But yea it was a fun day. :D Hmm come to think of it, I actually haven't posted many photos at all for a while. Here's one! Credits to Sam.

Anyway. I've finished another book! Yayyyy applause applause! I started The Gift by Cecelia Ahern quite a while ago. (Also, beware! Spoiler alert!!!) I read The Time of My Life not too long ago. It was quite a weird book because I couldn't quite grasp her writing style. I guess I was confused because I expected it to be a fiction set in the real world. But it was kinda magical also, like abnormal things happened too. It was kinda like it was set in the real world but with magical unexplainable things happening. The same went with The Gift. Kinda confusing. Because it all seems like it's set in the normal real world. But then things start happening and you're like, ok wait, what? So now I can see her writing style, though I must say it differs so much from the last book I read from her, which was the super old Where Rainbows End. But I really really love it. She kinda puts in the magical aspects, like how fairies or genies appear in movies and like grant the main character a second chance or something. Then everything ends well. You know that kind of thing? Quite wistful. This book was so good. The way it was written was so.. descriptive. I don't think I really liked it at first because it seemed long winded to me. But then the way she described some things were really quite beautiful.

Anyway. Good story. I realised that I hate these kind of story lines for movies. You know, when the character is so frustratingly ignorant about the things that are important in life, then throughout the movie, many "lessons" try and show him/her the right path or something, and he/she never sees it. UGH. It makes me want to pull my hair out. I don't know if it's because of the way the story line was laid out, or if it was because it was a book not a movie, but I didn't find myself getting annoyed like that. The story line was laid out so well. I love books that make me feel like the whole story was like a process of tying a bow, where at the final chapter, it's like the last step of the bow-tying, where you pull the opposite loops to tighten the knot: it's where every thing comes together and forms a beautiful bow! 

I just really want to highlight the main point of the story which is a lesson that we all need to learn, and here it is:  

"You think you've all the time in the world, but you haven't. None of us have. We're spending it with all the might and indifference of January sale shoppers. A week from now they'll be crowding the streets, swarming the shops, with open wallets, just throwing all their cash away." 

"But you can earn more money, so who cares?" 

"So that makes time more precious, doesn't it? More precious than money, more precious than anything. You can never earn more time. Once an hour goes by, a week, a month, a year, you'll never get them back". 

That really struck me. The comparison between money and time. I really need to work on spending my time more wisely. I really do! 

Anywho. Gonna sleep now. Gonna start a new book soon! Nights!

Sunday 01:53 6/4/14 

Belated Merry Christmas!

Wish the joy we feel on Christmas was felt all year round. 




Mon 22:46 20/1/14 

Walk Two Moons

Finally, I've finished a book! 

I haven't really been reading for a long time and it was my new year's resolution to read more this year. And I've finally finished this book I bought ages ago from high school. It's called Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech. And I absolutely loved it! It's a young adult's book, written in the perspective of a 13 year old girl, and truly, the way the narrator sees things, the way the book progressed, it was so amazing. There were parts of the book that expressed love in such simple words that reached out to my heart and squeezed it. And needless to say, I cried reading this book too. A definite must-read, will-read-again, worthy-of-my-bookshelf book! 

"She isn't actually gone at all. She's singing in the trees." 

18/1/14 Sat 20:03

Ohana.

Hello! HELLOE HELLOE HELLOE! One down, two more to goooo!!!!!! So, I'm supposed to start studying already. But thought I should blog. Cuz. You know. 

Anyway. The biochem exam this morning was ok. I don't know whether I've said this before, but there were three sections: Biomolecules, Metabolism and Dental Case Studies. I only studied for Case Studies and 3/4 of Metabolism. I had studied biomolecules like a month ago but didn't have time to revise it. But yea. Yesterday I wasn't feeling very motivated so I didn't start studying till it was too late. And guess what? I actually didn't get to sleep in the end!!! :O I know. Extreme! It's my first time not sleeping for an exam. I took a nap for about an hour at midnight yesterday? But that was about it. It was because I didn't have time to finish what I had left of Metabolism, and because I didn't touch biomolecules, I could not afford to not finish what I had planned to finish for Metabolism. So yea. The exam went ok in the end. I'm pretty sure I can pass so that's a YAY. But oh gosh. I was soooo tired. I was dizzy, my eyes were so dry and I could feel my sympathetic nerves being stimulated, activating vasoconstriction in my subcutaneous vessels. Hahaha a taste of physiology for you. 

Finished the exam, came back, tidied my stuff, took a shower. Oh and omgggg. Because the shower drain has been kinda clogged for a few days and it kinda floods cuz the water drains so slowly, I decided to clear it out (not for the first time) to have a good shower experience that I deserved in my sleep-deprived state. I've done it before so I kinda knew what to expect. But this time it. Was. So. Horrendous. I actually almost puked, I was so. DISGUSTED. I had to dig my fingers in the drain (covered with plastic bags of course) and tug the HUGE clump of hair out. And there was this omg-I-don't-know-how-to-describe-it-but-it-just-made-me-so-sick-I-held-my-breath smell that wafted out from the drain. YUCKSSSS. I was successful, mission accomplished. And I poured bleach around and down the drain, wanted to bleach my hands too but was like, neeeeh. Hahaha. 

ANYWAY. I dried my hair, moisturised face, and CRASHEDDDD for four hours. Haha. Omg. Naps on soft and warm beds are an amazing blessing from heaven. Seriously man. We're so blessed! Yong and I napped together then I forced both of us to get up lest we won't be able to sleep tonight. And we cooked dinner. Yummy chicken thigh stuffed with stuffing from Tesco, boiled poppies and spuds. :D 'Twas yummy! I didn't put the chicken skin down. I put the oven on the fan setting, then on the grill setting for the last 10 minutes. Skin turned out crispy. Win!!! 

Recently I discovered Kyle Landry, a youtube pianist that does his own arrangements on covers, he also plays his own compositions. He's like so pro and the music sounds so great to my ears that I'm determined to touch the piano again when I go back. Haha. Loveeee his Harry Potter medley, which is the first thing I heard from him. He has a cover of the "I'll make a man out of you" Mulan song and it made me start looking up Disney songs. OMG I so wanna watch Mulan again. Then I came across LILO AND STITCH songs. Seriously. I hereby exclaim that Lilo And Stitch is my all time favourite animated movie man! I really really really really love it so much. It's not just those feel-good movies with a happy ending. It's actually kinda heartbreaking. :'( The fact that Lilo is not a typical main character who's pretty and smart. She's awkward and has no friends, and comes from a broken family. "We're a broken family, aren't we?" SUPER SAD. And while listening to one of the songs on Youtube, saw a comment that made me realise something. Pudge the fish controls the weather!!!! And Lilo's parents died in a car crash on a rainy night. :( SO SAD. It's seriously such a great movie! 

Anyway. Should get studyingggg! Can't wait till EXAMS ARE OVER. Soon!!!!!!!!!! So soon I wanna put my fist in my mouth. HAHA. Kinda worried though cuz the next two papers are worth 70% of the whole subject. :/ And yet here I am telling you aboud a non-existent cartoon character. Haha. GBYE!!!

Sat 00:38 18/5/13

Don't Be Scared!

This song is so beautiful! It's so sad that her songs stemmed from such heartbreaking circumstances. Watch till the end ok!




Anywho. I can't believe it's almost over! My first academic year is almost done!!!! We have about 18 days left till the LAST PAPER. And it's seriously crazy to think that we've made it. I mean made first year. Hahaha my head will probably explode when/if I graduate after 5 years and it'll be even more seriously crazy. -.- Denise has her semester break now and she's flying home!!! Wheeee welcome home!!! I can't wait till it's my turn. And I just thought about how weird it is that you've just been flying in Msian airports. Sigh. Kinda miss the grundgy-ness of the airports haha. Appreciate the company you'll have ok!!!! I mean your WESTERN friends. Cuz like, you're blessed with coursemates you are chillaxed with yo! 

Anyway. Should continue studying!!! Tmr is Dad's birthday!!!! AND. The 5th is election day!!!! OMG. There's so much going on, I don't know whether it's the fact that everyone is more politically aware now and is fed up of the government, or whether it's cuz I'm closer to the voting age now so my social network would also be the same, but everyone is really fiery now regarding change and such. INI KALI LAH. So yea. I don't know, kinda worried that change won't come, or change will come but with consequences. Wish Malaysia all the best I guess. :) It's a beautiful nation, but every nation has it's flaws. Hopefully this will lessen them. 

BYE! 

Fri 23:42 3/5/13

In An Ideal World...

YOU! Tell me that you're gonna fight!

Haha if only life were a movie. 

Thurs 18:33 2/5/13