The smooth surface,
Almost mirror like,
Watching it unknowingly,
I entered its flow,
Unconsciously submerged by it,
Fighting to grasp the sky,
Before being pulled down again,
Following it’s flow,
Unable to turn back,
The road is set;
I shall head to sea,
Can you see the future?
It’s unpredictable
✿Oracl3✿
*This was a scheduled post, and was written before 16 October 2015, hence the reason why it still sounds so upbeat. I've amended it a little only to reflect the current situation, but left almost all of it as initially drafted.*
I just realized, but 31 October 2015, marks the 10th Anniversary of my blog. 10 years!
What a long way I have come, since then.
I apparently started this blog on 31st October 2005, whilst I was in my first year of Law School / University.
(I know for a fact that I meddled with the date of the first post, so this blog's actual birthday is either before or after that date, but I can't remember the exact date - so let's all just forget bout that technicality here lol)
The design of this blog is thanks to ccymie who kindly designed the current outline of the blog in 2007 according to my specifications, and I have not been inclined to change the design at all all this years. (Though if and when he has the time I may need some help with some html codes on the sidebar for outdated apps.)
The theme for the blog, being "Flow" where I chose water as the main premise, since water is ever changing, and conforms to whatever container you put it in; it can be gentle and it can be cruel; it's unpredictable.
Which, is in line with this blog's main focus of being unable to see what the future will bring us i.e. I still stay by the theme of this blog that the 'future is unpredictable'; and that the 'fight to rise once again' is till ongoing as a daily battle. But that's a different story for maybe another day, and/or different audience.
While due to work commitments I had became less active over the years in posting anything at all.
Since I rather spend my spare time catching up on my sleep or other things than racking my brains thinking about posting anything. I've honestly also become more reserved about what I want to share online with people who know me, and what I would like to share with strangers, if any, do read what I write.
I also went through a lot career wise. My direct superior and senior left the team at the same time i.e. in April 2011, forcing a 3 man team into a 1 man team, with the same amount of workload, if not more. Hence the lack of posts from that duration on wards. I did write intermittently during that tough time, so maybe I will retrieve what I wrote and post them later. Those will be backdated though, I think..
And also due to some ex acquaintances, who for a lack of a better word were nosy, stalking, gossip mongers, I had for many years made this blog only available for private viewing - it's public again now, and if you don't like what I post then just don't read or follow this blog.
(I'm in a position now where I seriously don't give a damn about your opinions. It's not like you are losing anything financially or your quality of life by what I post here. So don't waste your time reading something you don't like. i.e. No one is forcing you to read my mindless and lengthy ramblings...)
I did skim through my posts from this past 10 years and all I can say is that, the me of the past 10 years, rambles a lot, curses a lot , procrastinates a lot (I probably still do all three a lot?), has a weird sense of humour(?), freaks out a lot close to exams, took a lot of random online quizzes, and again... Rambles a lot.. Ahh, those were the days...
Anyway besides all the random ramblings, whining, complaints, weird posts.. etc.. (I actually read Shakespeare.. Such a nerd! lol) I apparently live a very uninteresting life, since all I do is work; I don't hold interests in things long enough usually (read: short attention span.. lol..), and I'm apathetic to almost everything that won't cause me or people/things/other living beings, I care about, any financial, physical or psychological harm. I guess overall, I am just not that attached to this world.
But I digress... Back to the topic at hand...
This Blog's 10th Anniversary!!
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Well, in this year of 2015, to be more precise 31 October 2015 (darn forgot those html codes to make the words blink =.='), 10 years has come to pass since this blog officially had it's humble beginnings...
So.... After 10 years..... What's different? Besides the recent loss of Baby (which I will not address further here).
I've started a new chapter of my life, since as of 1 April 2015, for a duration of one year I was stationed in the land of the rising sun. In a so-called secondment by my firm to work as an assistant professor in a certain university here.
After this stint i.e. in April 2016 I'll be going back home; don't get me wrong, while I love Japan, I don't love living here for the long term due to various reasons that I decline to mention in this post, or it will be never ending.
All I can say is that after Japan, I will need to seriously rethink my future, do I want to keep slaving away at my current law firm, or review other options? (Which are all probably in-house options.)
One thing I can say for sure is that in 2005 when I started law school, I knew I wanted to be a lawyer, and I never considered being a lecturer. So I didn't bother with a LL.M. (that's the minimum educational requirement to be a lecturer - besides my bar school offered an LL.M from some Australian University that I've never heard of till this day).
I did consider doing a masters, maybe a LL.M or MBA, since it seemed it might be better for the corporate world, if you hold a directorship or something, (your profile would look a little nicer in the prospectus lol) it could be advantageous, but I've met some lawyers who don't hold any masters at all, and they are doing fine... So I digress...
Anyway back to the topic at hand, now 10 years after the start of law school, I spent about 7 years of that being a corporate lawyer and now I'm an assistant professor at a Japanese University, in Japan obviously, and I must say, to be frank, I still cannot imagine myself in the teaching profession.
I rather be out there as a lawyer or an in-house counsel. I honestly prefer drafting/reviewing contracts to preparing power points. Talking to clients than to students. You could say I've rediscovered my love for drafting here.
Maybe I'm still considered young; maybe I like the corporate world better than the academic world; maybe I'm too used to what I have in the corporate world that moving to the academic world seems like something I can't get accustomed to; or maybe it's a case of who moved my cheese.
The corporate world isn't all rainbows, chocolates, roses, puppies or sunshine either, the long hours I spend slaving away, dealing with crazy people etc. The toll on my health... Both physical and psychologically... But I think in my personal view that it's more challenging and interesting as compared to where I am now.
Maybe I'm not being utilized to my full potential here at the university, so I feel this way, but I digress, that is a can of "what ifs" that I will probably never have the chance the open in this lifetime.
Or maybe, if I ever do fall in love, get married and ever have kids, maybe.... Just maybe.... I will find what I have now more appealing....
So here's to another 10 years! To the future where I hope that this blog and/or I'm still around then, or that still remember about this blog and will post something. Cheers!
from the 26th of april 2010 (Sunday) till the 2nd of May 2010 (Sunday) i was in China with my family and my aunts (from my mum's side) on a tour...well holiday..
overall it was nice... scenery was beautiful... food was ok, learnt new things bout the culture... they have 52 minority tribes.. and wow... the women wear the pants in some of those tribes, (and the men.. are damn lucky...house husbands... imagine..)
and there's a well... really interesting tribe... (men didn't need to take responsibility at all,) haha... weather was okay too.. loved the cool/cold weather.. well downside? with china... you know it's the toilets... then again back home here we have really disgusting toilets too... so what the heck... at least 50% of the toilets we went too were okay.. i notice they have a problem with flushing.. it's smelly and disgusting, cause they can't flush... water system has a huge problem =.='
souvenir wise it was really difficult to buy anything.. why? well, cause everything is made in China, you can buy it back home... as for the food stuff.. i went to kun ming, dali, li jiang, and one more place... can't really remember.. but there was a hot spring there? haha... i guess that's what you get when you mandarin is only 40% usable??
anyway... i couldn't buy tidbits either for my colleagues, cause it was almost all yak meat... which i don't think my indian colleagues can eat, cause it's like a cow?? and my muslim colleagues either.. cause i'm not sure if it's halal.... =.=' so in the end i bought whatever i could... some preserved... sourish, saltish thing.. (shin mui kind of thing...)
also along the way i didn't really get quite a number of explanation from the guide, and had to rely on the tour leader and relatives to explain what was going on... but in the general sense... i got what was going on.... so guess it was ok?
but on the 2nd day? i think.. i fell ill.. it was a bit too cold for me.. and smart ass me, didn't wear a jacket to sleep. so i practically freezed to death... and caught the cold.. arghh suffering... especially when i had to fly (from li jian to kun ming... and the worse was kun ming to home..)
it was so dry, my throat ended up so damn sore, i almost lost my voice.. and my skin broke out in rashes, cause it was so damn dry... (either it;s the dryiness or the flu medicine.. which i think could be the medicaiton...cause i didn't get this rash in hte UK) and am still suffering the effects now as i sit here, sweating like a pig here typing this... (cause i got used to their weather, ours is too hot now.. practically bathing in sweat ) =.='
so again, the scenery was really beautiful, especially at the lake and mountain shall upload to Face book when i've the time. oh yeah, i made a new friend too... it's nice :)
but a little weird thing happened.. on friday night (30 april 2010), i dreamt that my boss was unhappy bout something, and then after that he seemed happy.. =.=' (it was like, he was unhappy i wasn't in the office? and happy again when i was back in - guess that's cause i'm back to do the work...?? =.=' i get that feeling.... i swear honest to god, it really felt like he was happy again in the dream cause i was there to do the work... =.=' weird right?)
so when i got home on the 2nd of may (at night, tired like hell, and still down with the cold...not really done unpacking...) you know that naggy feeling you get??
so okay, i check my email, and i see something from him... a number of his comments.... and you know.. (i'm a really impatient person), i don't profess to be a genius.. i admit i learn slow... and i'm a visual learner.. that's why i learn faster when i've something to read/compare, like a text book, or a sample document... (lately my attention span is quite short too.. and usually i don't like those really thick text books anyway, but the simple straightforward books)
so yes, i don't like the damn thing either, and would like to get it done and over with too.. i didn't stay till 11pm on the 23rd of april to finish it so that i had to redo it/add on to it, and make my dad have to come all the way down to the office to pick me up, cause it was 11pm and no one could drop me at the train station.
so thank you very much for your comments. i've been doing the work from the start, and forgive me, but my brain really can't process anymore, i see it as it is.... and you as a fresh brain... well thank you for your comments............................................. really.......... i don't know if it's inexperience or what.. but i really couldn't pick out the points you did..=.='
anyway, another point of annoyance.... oh wait.. ermm, let's say the good stuff first... a nice old malaysian chinese man... okay not that old, maybe bout my dad's age, let me cut the line, so that i could board the plane with my family.... thank you nice chinese man...
on the other hand, the annoying point? was this malay man... maybe about... late 30's? or mid 40's? was an ass.... when the plane landed and people were disembarking, he was pushing me trying to get into the lane to get out.... hello?? you really shouldn't wear sunglasses in a plane on a night/evening flight, cause obviously you can't see that the lane between the seats was so congested with people, that i couldn't get out either, so all your idiotic pushing was for naught....
i don't give a shit if you are going to wet your pants there, you were just plain rude, so a big no thank you to your rudeness you middle aged malay man, and for irritating me, after a sort of pleasant flight...
(sort of, cause well... my cold made my ear hurt really bad during landing, and the fact that there was a problem with the plane's audio system... and the food was reallly, really horrible i couldn't eat it, and the air stewardess english was horrible... and.... that the plane was really small and cramped, and fully booked and had only two toilets..... yeah i think that's the end of the complaint)
yeap, i think that's it... i had a fun trip, slightly dampened by my lack of understanding in manadarin, and due to my cold, and the fact that no one.. i repeat NO ONE, would accompany me to the hot springs :( then again, i was already down with the cold then, so it was in some sense a blessing in disguise...
i bought a number of things for myself.. at a cheap price (hey it's China right?), namely? a name card holder, cheaper than what you can get it for back home... a blouse, and a jacket... well with the clothings, i hope they don't shrink after being washed.. (they kept me really warm too, so i think they should be ok?)
other than that.. there's really nothing much to buy there, (cause we can get it back home)... so it was a lot of scenery pictures.. it was a pity the cable car for the snow mountain was under maintanence... i miss snow... but it was still okay?
alritey... really tired from the trip, so need to sleep as tomorrow it's back to the office, i'm starting to wish that i had taken an extra day off =.=' but then again. i'm taking a day off this week for my physiotheraphy... sigh.... so i didn't take that one day....
so back to work tomorrow to face the shit... err work... and yeah.. drowsy from the cold medication.. going to hit the sack.. good night world...
sorry la... if this post sounds angry again, my dreams have been telling me that i've been holding in too much shit, and need to let it go.. hahhahaha... nitey all :)
i hope i can come home early.... cause tomorrow my dad is going to pick my precious up, i missed him so much throughout the whole trip =.=' baby~~~ come home to mummy ;p hehehhe
not sure if she still visits this place.. but since i can't log onto facebook, and she's not on msn.. i've taken to wishing her here... well, just like what i used to do before facebook came along, and i ceased my birthday wishes announcements hahaha..
Well, yeah.. Title says it all, it's a whole new phase, because tomorrow I officially start work for the first time.. I mean yeah.. I've worked part time before.. but this is the official thing, since I am a law graduate and all..
Although I'm not very sure if you can call it work, since it's an internship.. But I do get paid? They call it an allowance...
Well, My internship is for 9 months, then I get called to the BAR.. then It's official I guess...
So expect less of me online and well.. probably in real life too, except on the weekends. If the company would be so gracious as to grant me that....
Clothes : check, Shoes : check, Bag : Check..
So Okay... It's off to bed for me for my brand new start tomorrow..
Before I head on to the reason of this post, let me just say that in less than 5 hours my brother has to fly back to Brisbane.. so have a safe flight bro and see you again next year.. or well.. in the next few months.. or, whenever you have money to come home and can take leave from work... It's been fun having you here hogging the dog and everything.... And thanks for all the stuff from Japan.. I love it, and I would write that in Japanese, but unfortunately I can't because this computer doesn't have such a function.. but I digress, back to the topic....
I'm expected to be busy this week... Expected... Not like I wasn't last week... Anyway....
Reasons.. . ermmm, interviews coming up? some events with friends? A supposedly planned badminton game coming up? Yes, supposedly, because if there's no court on Wednesday, they will play on Friday.... and well this Friday there is a festival at IMU which I've promised to attend..... and well, yeah interviews.... We'll see how it goes, am tired and well, just really tired now...
Jittery bout the interview? Well, not yet, maybe not..I tried preparing based on this book Xian Ai was kind enough to loan me.... About questions they would usually ask and all... I guess I'm okay for those?
I'm quite confident a person, unless they start asking me law stuff, like what procedure should one do to get an injunction.. I'll just have to honestly answer, I'm not sure.. but I think an ex parte application supported by an affidavit...
(reason being.. when I was studying.. that came up so many times, for almost everything... :p haha)
On another note.. it's been more than a week.. one week and 3 days, since it's now Monday, 139am.. and Shiro chan is still no where in sight.. am getting depressed over that fact, not depressed, despressed, but just depressed.... You know when people say there are happy people, and than, there are happy people? Well, I'm the former, but you get my drift....
I think after my interview tomorrow.. I shall call the shop.. I can't continue living like this.. I need Shiro chan.. I have a ton of manga I want to download, I want to listen to my classical music, I want to translate manga, I need to download at least 5 episodes of anime, and that number keeps increasing.. and I want.... I want... I just want Shiro back!!... Sigh....
I doubt anyone would have anything that important to look for me for, besides just to have some mindless chatter with me. but well, if you miss me that much, or if there really is something really important to say, I'm sorry but you are going to have to call me or text me, though I prefer you to call... cause well.. texting is a pain.. Sorry I'm a stingy pain in the ass haha...
ermm The reason? well.. my Macintosh OS got corrupted.. most probably due to me stuffing it silly with anime and manga.. but according to the guy, it's because I didn't eject USB stuff properly....
Well, best part was just today I wanted to clear some space on it, when it died on me, so that left me with no choice but to bring it to the shops to get it fixed.. and that's where it currently is. I don't know how long it will take them to fix it.. but most probably I will be without a computer for 2 or 3 days tops...
Scratch that, my dad decided that it was high time my little shiro chan got serviced since it was still under warranty, so I'm without a computer for a week or more now, ~sobs~... .. so in that time span, call if you need me, thought I'll try to be online where possible....
What else.. oh yeah Cheese, bout the fireworks thing.. you could text or call me bout it? but like I said, if the weather is good we can go :) I have a friend who is interested :)
Happy thing? Well my computer is still under its warranty so it shouldn't cost me a bomb just to reinstall the OS.. no thanks to what I suspect as my brother, whom I again suspect has stolen/ accidentally taken my installation discs with him to Australia... sigh....
That's all.. hope my files survive this... I don't want to have to download the whole season of persona trinity soul again ~sobs~
Sorry Mel, but this seems like a really good idea..... to control myself...
On my honour [do I even have any? Well, I guess I do have the Scouts honour... haha] I hereby declare that I, will TRY not to blog [or do online related things] so much till after my exams, which is at the end of July.. .....
-[A sort of hard feat on my part.. since it's only classes and books now in my life.. I need an outlet.. but I'll .... I mean, I have cut down on my politics & manga after all.... Any encouragement, in any form is highly appreciated.. if you wish to send me money, please inform me ;p though food is a preferred medium, but hey, if you give me money, i can just buy what I want to eat, and other things.. and you don't have to think what to get me... kills two birds with one stone keke ;p]-
-Exam kills-
~Exams are coming..~ ~Oh yes, it's coming~ ~It's less than a month away~ ~With 10 subjects all together~ ~And they aren't very fun either~ ~When you're mislead into thinking~ ~You have only but 5 papers...~ ~It's all memory work~ ~Oh yes, a 100% memory work~ ~Time to kill my brain cells~ ~And seriously get down to work~ ~Stop the lazing~ ~Stop the procrastinating~ ~It's time to get serious~ ~Or reap what you sow...~
-By Sayaka-
Some lame-o-thing, I randomly thought off.. A poem, lyrics? I don't know what it is... But assuming it's a death song..? I'll compose a tune for it? If I'm talented enough to do it, [& if I feel like it] after my exams that is.. haha.. and yes, title was taken from.. "Smoking kills"
Therefore DO NOT DISTURB [unless necessary], Privacy please.. i need peace and quiet to memorise 10 subjects.... -->
On the top we have the little brown thingie [kitten] i.e my law books/notes, and I'm at the bottom haha.. Oops! Bad analogy? :p The look of sheer terror on the chihuahua's face.. that's me alright..
Oh, before i go into attempted online hibernation mode...
[I think I'll still be online, to check my mail & download animes but not watch them till after exams... but I most probably won't be very available on my MSN, as my books will be seducing me, or at least attempting to seduce me.. like the kitten above... haha]
A little video taken from Mel's blog, with her permission, to show the pain that law students have to go through.. though the guy that made the video is only a LLB (degree) he hasn't met CLP yet, and he's most probably lucky not too... [Assuming from the slang he's American, and therefore he will face their BAR exams instead, i mean hey.. anything is easier than a right?]
For a shorter version of the wedding.. i.e. less posts (it's only one post on the other blog), less commentary, and less pictures.. head on over to Generation Lim --> Here
That is for those lazy souls who think my blog has too many pictures& words.... And are lazy to wait for all of them to load, because generation lim consists, of the same pictures and an almost simliar commentary, just that, i cut out quite a lot of words and pictures from that post..
but well if you have time at your leisure, than you might just want to go through all three posts about the wedding, but if you are one of those unfortunate souls who do not possess that time, then head over to generation lim, and read just one post..
and also again, i apologise for all grammar and spelling mistakes on both blogs, because i didn't read through to check, as i'm lazy? and well.. it's so damn time consuming, that i'm sort of fed up..and it's already 210am.. so yeah.. you know why.....
For a shorter version of the Western Australia tour.. click on Generation Lim (GL)
The on on GL is shorter, has less pictures, less words, better grammar and spelling, and best of all, it's all in one post....
I apologise for the horrendous english on all the australian posts for this blog, as i was uploading them all at some ungodly hour, and was tired and sleepy, thus making me too lazy to edit it....
well there is one more.. post left.. which will be cross posted to GL again... the wedding in perth, and after that, it will be pictures of my brother and his girlfriend when they came to Malaysia..
Title reads as atarashi no uta, meaning new song. i finally changed the song on my blog with the help of satoshi kun :p
so now the new song on my blog is from the musical called Wicked. i went to watch the musical, i posted about it on my blog, a while ago in august, before i came back to malaysia, and i really liked the song, it's so meaningful. so here are the lyrics so that you know why i said it's meaningiful. and it's dedicated to all my friend and relatives out there ;p
ELPHABA I'm limited: (Spoken)Just look at me – I'm limited And just look at you - You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda So now it's up to you (spoken) For both of us (sung) Now it's up to you
GLINDA I've heard it said That people come into our lives for a reason Bringing something we must learn And we are led To those who help us most to grow If we let them And we help them in return Well, I don't know if I believe that's true But I know I'm who I am today Because I knew you:
Like a comet pulled from orbit As it passes a sun Like a stream that meets a boulder Halfway through the wood Who can say if I've been changed for the better? But because I knew you I have been changed for good
ELPHABA It well may be That we will never meet again In this lifetime So let me say before we part So much of me Is made of what I learned from you You'll be with me Like a handprint on my heart And now whatever way our stories end I know you have re-written mine By being my friend:
Like a ship blown from its mooring By a wind off the sea Like a seed dropped by a skybird In a distant wood Who can say if I've been changed for the better? But because I knew you:
GLINDA Because I knew you:
BOTH I have been changed for good
ELPHABA And just to clear the air I ask forgiveness For the things I've done you blame me for
GLINDA But then, I guess we know There's blame to share
BOTH And none of it seems to matter anymore
GLINDA (overlapping Elphaba) Like a comet pulled from orbit as it passes the sun. Like a stream the meets a boulder halfway through the wood.
ELPHABA (overlapping Glinda) Like a ship blown from its mooring by a wind off the sea. Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood.
BOTH Who can say if I've been changed for the better? I do believe I have been changed for the better
GLINDA And because I knew you:
ELPHABA Because I knew you:
BOTH Because I knew you: I have been changed for good.
Title reads as gakkou mou hajimaru... don't know bout my grammar for my japanese, but i meant it to say that school has already started...
so yes school has already started for me... again.... not even back for a month and now i have to attend classes again..
yes, yes, i know soome people are saying.. " i thought you graduated already?"
yes i have graduated already, and i am a law graduate, no longer a law student... need to update my friendster profile haha.. anyway.. as a law graduate, in order for me to practise as a lawyer i need my license, thus i am now in a course called the certificate of legal practise aka CLP, whic is the malaysian BAR. cause i cant afford UK BAR... too expensive... and since i intend to practise in malaysia, might as well take the malaysian bar...
the info on my blog... like the reading time and my location etc.. i will change it next week when i have time..
have to pack for my trip soon as well....
what trip? well fyi for some friends and well... errr.. family i guess from the 13th till the 23rd of september 2007 i will be in perth... yes travelling again, this time with a purpose, i m going to perth to attend my cousin's wedding.the cousin which i was staying with in London, and with whom i celebrated chinese new year with this year :) yup, that's her, am going to attend her wedding :)
which reminds me i haven't called my aunt to ask her what would be appropriate for me to wear.. hmm better do it tomorrow after class...
tomorrow, class??? yes i know a lot of people have raised their eyebrows to this.. for the CLP our classes are all on saturday and sunday, with occasional tutorials on fridays... and the timing is so damn insane.. 6 hours straight of classes,, imagine, classes from 9-2pm...???? arghhh.... over the years we have gotten so used to having at the most 2 hours or 3 hours of classes, a day, and even then we had breaks in between, this is like back in school you know, going to school by 725am and ending at 105pm with a 20 minute break, but i think school was better, cause we changed subject every 40 min or hour and a half... insane...
but we had no choice, the timing caters to our lecturers who are practising lawyers, and i guess for the price we pay... can we really complain?? well we can, but who else would teach us...
arghh man it sucks.. but no choice... today was the first day of class, and it was an intro, and i guess maybe it was cause it was the holidays and we 3 months off... but we... well i don't know bout the rest, but i was like really mushed up.. and almost fell asleep....
the lecturer was telling jokes and all.. as well.. so ermm it was kind of interesting, but i felt really tired.... and hungry... reminds me of the time back in high school where i would go to the canteen to buy something to munch on in class cause i was hungry ahha.. guess i have to do teh same here... ;p
i think i will get fat at that rate 0_o'
so ermm either than that, nothing much really..
when i got back from the UK as mentioned i had jet lag, but i've already managed to get over it, i mean i ve been back for almost 3 weeks already....
and well attended marlyn's party, met a few old mates there, had a blast, my new cupboard came, so i cleaned my entire room, and rearranged and kind of tried to decorate it a bit... took me a few days... =='
went back to my hometown.. finished watching goong.. well am missing 3 episodes.. but will try to download those soon.. hopefully i manage to. cause i have to use megaupload to download it, and well megaupload is totally and absurdly stupid in malaysia. unlike UK we can download almost how much we want, but here in malaysia we are set a quota, and we even need to download this stupid megaupload tool bar, which doesn't work for MAC!!!!so yes.. you know my woe without me saying anymore....
finished watching blood + as well.. although it was 50 episodes, but it's really nice.. keeps you on your toes, and if you are like me, curious, you will keep asking for more, cause the way the episodes are structered are, in the way where the answer seems to want to come out in the next episode.. so i go on watching, but i guess i was really tired, cause it took me a few days to finish it...
been doing nothing much but going out a bit, at one point i went down to brickfields with mel and xian ai, cause xian ai needed to register and i wanted to ask some questions... then went with the said two just a few days ago to a law firm in KL called Albar & partners, for their open day, was interesting, found out what some of the areas of law entails when we come out to practise...
on the 4th huey came over to my house, had dinner in my house and we basically hung out and chatted :) showed her my new yukata :)
i hope next year i can make it to bon odori...
oh finally my much awaited broadband from maxis came yesterday.. before i went to SRK Puay Chai, to help out as a scouter :p we made a little campfire hehe.. was quite fun to get back into the scouting scene, although intially when i first arrived felt a little awkward since i've forgotten quite a lot of stuff hehe, but seing my juniors again, and chatting and hanging out with them was really fun :)
oh wait, was talking about my maxis... broadband.... well... err i still don't have wireless yet, but guess my dad will settle that in due time, as for now, am trying the download rate... and it's 7 -8 times slower than the UK but aiya, anything la, as long as i can download la... slowly lor... :p
considered that i m no longer vomitting blood over checking my mail... hahha... in a way i guess its ok... i really must stop comparing to the UK... but i cant help it.. ==' it's just like in the UK i couldn't help myself from comparing some things from malaysia... it's the same la, when you have experience better facilitties..
i think if, a country had weather like the UK, transportation system like the tube in london, and price err, dollar to dollar but in malaysian money.. it's £1.50 imagine if its RM1.50 right :p so it's cheap right? hehe malaysian efficency in the technological part and for public utilities ermm... malaysian culture and food, evrything in english, fast connection like the UK, but lee way for piracy like malaysia haha.. ;p well there is a lot more la... but i would say that wouldn't be a bad country haha... :p
at least when we walk outside we won't feel so hot, and internet will be fast, transportation, cheap and efficient. using public utilities like the luggage trolley at the airport wouldn't be such a pain (at least when you push it straight it goes straight and not left or right...) Malaysia is rich in culture, so we will have clubbing, drinking but we will also have mamak, and hang out places, malls that close at 10pm :p haha.. but oh well.. that's life la, we can't have everything....
anyway.. just got back from dinner at marco's pizza at KJ with mel, xian ai and wendy... had a shower and started blogging.. got to hit the sack soon for tomorrow's class... :p so till then...
this is just a little post to inform friends and family that i will be returning to Malaysia on august 15 2007, my flight is at 10pm but i m leaving for the airport at the latest 5pm i guess..
cause i will be taking the Picadilly line to the airport and it takes me almost and hour and a half to get there by the tube...
so it's my farewell to everyone here in the United Kingdom and in Europe...
may we all meet again someday, either in Europe or in Malaysia :)
do stay in touch, it's no excuse not to, when we have emails, msn and the like haha
for those of you who wish to call me... unfortunately you can't unless you have my Malaysian number....
the reason being that, i will be mailing my sim card to my best friend in Leeds to use since the contract on my phone does not end till November, and it would be a waste to bring it back to Malaysia and let the minutes burn, so i m letting him use it...
so if you want to call me or text me, please do so before 3pm on august the 15th 2007.. if not you will have to contact me on my malaysian number. *it will be posted here till i get back to Malaysia after that it will be removed*
+6 *number removed*
sorry i put a strike through it haha... for security reasons?? :p but the number is readable anyway... to call the number you have to dail +6 that is the calling code for malaysia...
well sorry for this late post, i totally forgot about posting up here, what with my travelling and tying up all my lose ends.. but another reason for this late post was cause i did verbally inform everyone haha..
also, maybe you can say that subconciously i m not that willing to leave? so maybe i procrastinated?? but.... i know myself, and i know i forgot la haha... yesh... finally i can go back to my little baby :) hehhe.. can't wait to cuddle him again...
who doesn't want to go back to this??? ;p
and yes to my parents too, and to mamak food and all.. hehe... Malaysia here i come... :)
ok got to run, have to pack everything up by today :p
and oh by the way, i don't have broadband back in Malaysia so you won't be seeing me online almost 24/7 like i am now in the UK, so if you have anything.. or just wanna keep in touch, just drop me and email la :)
here are the links for my eastern Europe trip and my Berlin trip which was in June, for the Berlin trip i didn't upload all the pictures. cause well, i don't have everything some are with mel and dave and i have yet to get them from mel, so that one has to wait till i get back to Malaysia but i don't think that i will post on Berlin again since i m going to post about it later after i ve had my sleep... for the time being i am just loading whatever i can onto facebook first...
http://rdg.facebook.com/album.php?aid=10728&l=5f3ba&id=511511700 Berlin,Potsdam: Germany 070607-120607 - guten tag :) went to Germany to visit our German friend antje, had a really nice time there, she even brought us to her home and introduced us to her parents who sportingly "adopted" us, we had a really nice barbeque and really enjoyed our time there..danke antje :)
here are some of the picture links for some of teh posts below, the rest will come later.. bloody shipping to Malaysia.. arghhh... says they will come on Wednesday... omg... i m watching wicked on Wednesday la... wtf.... baka company..... but it's cheap apparently... sigh.. the price we pay for being cheap.. sigh.....
if you are interested you can copy & paste the links into your browser to see the rest of the pictures, yes i know it is a lot.. tell me a bout it, i have to load it, and then i also have to sort it to figure out which one to put on the blog, i even have to separate them cause facebook can only uplaod 60 pictures at a time... ==
currently tired and don't feel like blogging... arghh.. so expect maybe only one or two posts.. the rest of the post, i have yet to load the pictures on facebook and to sort the pictures out, so i will have to do them now.. therefore i don't think i can post anything on the blog today i guess..
need to clear my hard drive space as well.. sigh.. so many things to do.. especially with the computer... everything is all cluttered and it is annoying me, files everywhere, taking up space, heck here even copies of the same files, taking up space arghh.. really need to reorganise my computer files, and burn everything out!!!!!!!
banyaknya kerja dengan computer ini.. sigh.... well if i m done uploading and sorting the pictures, then expect some more posts soon la... Portsmouth 190507-210507 http://rdg.facebook.com/album.php?aid=10061&l=e00f8&id=511511700
Switzerland 030607-070607 : for teh switzerland and amsterdam pictures...sorry it's so few, cause tehre was just way too many, to upload.. imagine uploading up to 4gb worth of pictures.... == so i only uploaded a few.... if you have a facebook account, maybe you can check out weili's and kenny's profile, they uploaded some as well.. or if you are really interested, you can always ask me to show you.. wil be glad too :) switzerland is very beautiful :)
Geneva: the first place, well technically the second, since we stay in interlaken, but it's the first place in switzerland that we went too.... we even went to united nations!!! :)
Luzerne, Mount Titlis...(hope i got the spelling right :p ) i think this is the second place we went too.. can't really remember that well... but we went onto on of teh alps... and it was mt titlis... really nice place, the time i went it was hot like mad.. so yes, trust the pictures and me when i say that i was running arouond playing with snow in nothing but my shorts and t shirt.... my parents experienced really cold weather there though.. so i guess it depends on the weather and your luck :p http://rdg.facebook.com/album.php?aid=10671&l=9e665&id=511511700
Rhine Falls.... i think this is our 3rd stop for switzerland... well actually how it worked was that we based ourself in interlaken and travel out to the different states everyday, wasted a lot of time travelling but it was worth it la.. i can't remember which state this was... == somebody who went on the trip with me.. help??!! but anyway we went to teh rhine falls :)
for Zurich.... which if i m not wrong is our 4th stop... i don't have the pictures yet... when i get back to Malaysia i will have to visit wan chieh and get it from her la.. till then sorry no pictures from Zurich.. i was separated from the rest as wan chieh, paul and i went on our on, so the pictures are all in her camera, have to get it from her.... which actually means there is more Switzerland and Amsterdam pictures. but i will no longer be uploading any more la.. too much of a hassle la.. cos it's to much and the file will be too big and i will be in Malaysia already...so...jangan harap la ya haha.. if you want to see then u will hv to ask me.. :p
**the last stop for all 8 of us before we separated, cause mel, xian ai and i were headed to Berlin to visit antje and to meet up with deepika, aansan, and dave... as we were based in interlaken, staying at the happy inn lode the last place to sight see would be interlaken.. for this, paul , xian ai and i decided to ride bicycles... cause some of the girls can't ride and we all have different interests so we just went on our own. and well the other 5 left earlier for the airport, so with so much time to spare mel, xian ai and i went to this Thai, Chinese restaurant to eat.. and my goodness, that was the best Asian food i had tasted in Europe haha.. but oh well.. jsut take a look at the pictures.. i will blog about the individual places later.. minus Zurich of course as i have yet to get the pictures for that places..
this is just to inform that i will be unavailable for contact unless by phone, which unless can be charged will also render me totally un-contactable..
reason?
i will be touring eastern europe from the 14th till the 25th of july, but i m leaving for the airport tontie ie 13th, and well if i don;t make the train back on the 25th i will only be back on the 26th morning.. sigh..
stress!!!!!!! due to past trips, the perfectionist in me, wants this trip to go as smoothly as possible....... plus all teh last minute plannings.... == grrrr...
but yes, i think so far, accommodation shld be done la ya... i hope it is, cause i was out the whole of yesterday i didn't manage to look up hostels, == sorry had to leave it to you guys.. sigh... anyway... budget, currency and the weather has all been looked up, even the train times, way to go everybody!! and good job... :)
so all that is left is for me, or everyone also would be good, is to scan through the attractions that are in each city, and well hope we have a good trip..
man.. i dunno y i m so stressed over this trip, till cannot sleep, and u all know la, when i cant sleep, i cant eat... == alamak....
so wish me the best of luck on my trip, and i will see you guys when i get back..
i will be back by the 26th, but on the 27th july am bringing yee sin's parents around london, then 8-10 of august am going to leeds :p hehe.. so that's it la..
i have one more posts to add on to my ever long list of overdue posts, and that is my trip to essex :p xian ai's cousins are adorable ;p
ok that all for now, slept late cause was packing for my eastern europe.. gonna try to sleep a bit more, or i m afraid my body cant take it ==
till later people
p/s: cos its backpacking, don't expect souvenirs :p i cant carry, my bag is already full to the brim == sigh 10.1 kg can manage la ya :p
For items that i am selling please go to the post titled MIA from reading, which is just directly below this post. pls buy them off me asap, cause if not i am going to pass them to the reading law society to sell, masa itu harga sudah naik!!!
this post is to announce that i am a LLB!!!!!! i passed my exams!!!! muahahha... so the nice graduation date.. ie 7th july 2007 notice -->07-07-07 is mine!!!!! muahaha.. nice number and date to graduate :p they say that in magic 7 is a lucky number :p
well i am happy bout my results, i really couldn't ask for more, seeing that i did last minute work...
tried to study medical like a week before, and EU 3 days before and the rest the night before.. i was so stressed and freaking out, asking friend's for notes and all... until i couldn't sleep, couldnt eat... it was insane studying for the paper the night before.... seeing that furthermore, i didn't really do my tutorials and well lectures were like somewhat a waste of my time...
OMG it's a miracle la in some ways... but i could answer every question they gave me, so i thought that i was between a fail and a 3rd class... but i got a second class ahaha so yes, i am happy... accorddin to paul i can even qualify for the BAR.. but too bad no money la, UK is expensive for us malaysians after all... and i guess my little baby might kill me if i stay on any longer?? haha
well congrats to the other TUC people here, 3rd years for all of us passed as well.. and no one got 3rd class or lower.. so it's good
for the other Taylor's people or non taylor's people, as your results are coming out soon. GOOD LUCK AND ALL THE BEST. i m sure that you will all do great, or even better than expected... :)
to those that were worried over me for my exam results and all. THANK YOU :) i appreciate it, and actually i owe a very big thanks to mel!!!
thanks mel for keeping me in one piece during my exams!!!! if it wasn't for you, i would be freaking out way much more and couldn't even do my last minute studying!!!! owe you big time mel!! *hugz*
and well... sorry for being "cold" hahha.. i m always cold anyway aren't i??!! == but lately i don't know why, i m even more not so touchy feely..... == but that's me... :p
another thing to thank mel was orgnaising a lil birthday party for me last night haha, i was tired cause i got back from paris and wasn;t really in the mood as all that was going on in my mind was... SLEEP....
and well, from what she was trying to do, i assumed that she was going to do what she did to dave with me... ie collect(kumpul.. sorry i suddenly thought in malay... and direct translation is collect... == haha ) the bridges people and you know bring a cake and all...
but..... it was the malaysians haha, so yes i was still suprised and was very happy...
so thank you derrick didi, vivian, michelle mimi, jason boy, thong, michelle aka chelle, wei li, wendy, kenny, bri, paul, xian ai, aiyee, aiyee's bf.. wing hing? did i spell his name correct??? sorry if i got it wrong... and well, thanks desmond des, for coming even though you had work... :)
and thanks to mel, for organising it, and i heard from her, that i have a dinner tonight as well, with the bridges crew hehe :) thanks mel!!!
and well, to vivian and wendy... I ABSOLUTELY LOVE TRUFFLES :p will slowly saviour it... :p *hugz
to mel and des!!! thanks for the necklace, i love it *hugz*
and well.. this is sounding like an academy award thanking everyone.. and well hopefully by tonight there will be more people to thank? haha...
and oh yes thanks to ryan, yee sin, gene, ray, yen ling, my parents, sister and brother for wishing me happy birthday!!
love you people :)
i m kind of like fully booked for the day.. so got to run... *muakz & hugz* love you all...
once again..
みんな、ありがとうございます。私は本当に嬉し！！ (Thank you everyone, i am really happy :) )
