Toys R' Us taught me...

yesterday i was an escort of sorts to my mom and aunt, training to be the "Ambassador of Midvalley Megamall" >p
we were walking around the whole day. and after all that what did i buy?
















yup, i didn't get my usual heels. for one, i couldn't find a pair i really liked.. besides, the irony is, i shopped the entire day to get shoes so i can do more shopping! ^^ muahaha.

then the other time we were being pretty nonsensical so we decided to drop by Toys R' Us! yes, i haven't been there in a long long time. no nieces or nephews to shop for yet ma ;p
ekhem..anyway, the first 'item' you see around the entrance is....



















Furbies!! i didn't know they still existed! we poked one in the tummy and it still asks the same old thing, "you, me, friends?" and if you say "no!", it'll go all sad..aww. hehe.
Furbies remind me of Gremlins though. >_< and i used to have this awful fear of Gremlins as a kid. American kids fear the boogeyman in their closet/under their bed?
my fears let them haunt me under my bed, in my cupboard, and my bedroom window the night after i just watched the movie..so, no, i'm never getting a furby..hmph!

*sobsob* i wanna play...

...Water Margin! (get your brains out of the gutter) T_T
either my stupid computer is acting up or streamyx is giving problems again.
*is tempted to go on mad rampage*


i didn't even get a chance to play properly yesterday, damnit! so much for being nice to my brother since the only time he gets to play games on the computer is during school breaks. hmph. i level up one measly level then let him go crazy thinking i'll just play at night.


i'm jinxed.
my cousins came over. they brought DotA. DotA got installed into my computer. (aaaaaarrggh!) i wanna kill something.


when i came back this evening, my bro was playing Water Margin just fine, albeit the lag.
now i come home about 2 hours later and *&^*^%$$% it won't even connect???how am i supposed to study when my mind is on the darned game?? at least let me use the "reward-system" where i study a while, play a while. no study, no play. deal?
apparently not. some higher force is to be reckoned with here.


if it doesn't work by morning, i think i owe a little phone-call to those tmnet people. they've been sitting comfy on their asses too long.

*update*
Happy Birthday Eileen! may you not be jinxed with such "luck" ;p

it's not Manhattan..? its...






credits to AromaCookery whose lovely photo of this dish i uh...took to illustrate my meal.. ^^;

shopaholic-1, moneysaver-0

shopping is fast becoming a part of my uni lifestyle. that is, if and when i can get transport. there is seriously, nothing to do around "campus".
bemoan my stupidity in not taking advantage of the university "facilities" if you will, but honestly, i've tried and i fear the library's rather short supply of interesting reads may run out before my 3 years are out.


there are no lovely grounds to speak of, much less "explore", the cafeteria is rather cramped (and expensive) so if we were to selfishly park our asses there will be no place forother people who actually want to have lunch. plus, gorging food all through 6 hour breaks is highly not recommended. last i heard, sports complex entrance fee is pricey. -_-


but i digress, shopping (or at least, window shopping) without funds is kinda like punishment. Man, the ammount of "SALE" signs i saw today! >_< 50% no less!

see what i mean? all that temptation coupled with insufficient funds is something like what they'd do to you in 'shopping bootcamp'. the whole "refrain, refrain,refrain......" mantra.but you know, in the mind of a shopaholic, it only hones us into our 'buy more with less' skills. i know most Singaporeans are good at this if only proven by their chirps of "Cheap! Cheap! Cheap" everytime they hop into Johor for a shopping spree.

happy glow - i want that sweater!!!

today, i started off tired(early morning), frustrated(no inspiration) and lethargic.
i had a weekend replacement class, my essay wasn't done, i was going nowhere and i was bored.
then we went for lunch and they planned to go straight to my godma's place.
my essay haven't finish! this brat not happy. so daddy very layan, said come back first. i eat lunch happily. yummy little bowl of ice kacang. ^^


writing essay time, still very frus...why idea no want come smoothly?? >:(
but i persevere and type and type and type. set myself a 1 hour plus deadline cause that's when they plan to go. i seriously work better under pressure. -_-" but still didn't make it, so they went without me.


i then finish it about half an hour later. dang. oh well. now i'm alone, bored and in need of a printer. left msn on hoping dear friends will pop up and save me. wait wait wait. aiya, didn't come. nevermind, i call. anyway, i'm bored. maybe can go out also.


aiks? Melly the Queen also bored. itching to go out. in the meantime, print for me first lor..hehe. and then, i drove!!! on my own! mom not beside me! at the u-turn only i realize, 'aiyak, later how to park ar?' nevermindlah. >D muahaha! now i know i didn't get my liscence this style:





yalar, when i left the driving test place, i was still wondering whether valid anot 1 this thing? :p


so anyway, the Queen has a KFC craving, so to minitown Taipan we went.
popcorn chicken comes in cute lil popcorn boxes. but it doesn't taste as nice anymore. :(
my craving was of a different kind...shopping! >D
ok lor, the Queen layan and we hop off to Amour. all manner of pink calls out but i'm adamant! i dowan anymore pink. er..for now la. instead, i've got a strong colored turqoise top. ^_^ now i hanker after that soft long-sleeved sweater....i want!


then, drove back again. as you can see, i'm home safely, like it or not. muahaha >p
hmm...wonder why i sound like a bimbo today...*swt*

of accidents and lottery numbers

if you saw an accident while driving, would you
a) slow down to watch
b) jot down number plates for the lottery
c) drive on past, heck, none of my business, right??
d) stop to help

well, a driver this morning chose both (a) and (b). only, i should add that he was doing so while clogging up the traffic! geez..if you don't want to get sweaty and lend a hand, at least do the next best thing: move on and get out of the way of the rest of us who are trying to do so!
then my friend commented, "the Chinese are the worst. they won't help but they'll stop to take down lottery numbers.." eventhough i'm chinese too, my distaste for this barbaric practise overides any urge (at all) to protest. to our credit, not all chinese are like that but it is true that this particular notion is a chinese one. yes, i'm sure there'll be those who will chide me with, "Got chance to get rich also you don't want! Take number only mah! Not that i caused the accident also..choi!"
ok, then if you win the lottery, don't you think you should credit it to the person whose numbers you took in the first place? it's like if you fell down the stairs (i know, choi!) then i'll pass by and instead of helping you, start counting the number of stairs you fell down to go and buy lottery.
don't worry, not quite that mean and not so silly either.
come to think of it, it's like feeding off someone's bad luck to get good luck. well, sorry, if i don't see the sense in this.
but back to that driver this morning, if there were no other drivers like him/her, she/he singlehandedly clogged up the entire road from usj 4 to SS17 sial!

World Cup Withdrawal??
more like that feeling you get when you've been out partying all night then you wake up the next day and somehow the whole day feels wrong. well, to me anyway.

spent last night watching the finale to Germany 2006 World Cup for the heck of it. initially wasn't sure who to support but 5 minutes into the game, i picked Italy. :p in truth, part of it was in spite of everyone who told me they'd be rooting for France all day and the rest was just because they were playing well. oh, and because they beat Germany.

don't get me wrong, i rooted for Germany but this sick mentality of mine that tells me, if they were actually good enough to beat Germany (they got through Oliver Khan!) then they should be able to get through France..haha. don't ask.

after my 1 hour plus of sleep, it was surprisingly not-too-difficult to drag myself out of bed, change and get to uni. yes, i looked crappy, pale, had panda eyes and i was in no mood to care about dressing up so i ended up matching a dark purple baby-t, very-faded-black jeans and bright orange sandals. what?? they're comfortable, a'ight!

thank God i only had 1 lecture today. to be honest, this is the earliest i've ever been home on a monday. eleven-freakin-o' clock. A.M. i usually hang around for no better reason than, staying out of home but today, i was just too tired and in dire need of the comfort of my bed...needless to say, i came home and crashed. Viva Italia.....zzzzZZZZZ!

little tempurung people stole my glasses!
cause Mel told me to kidnap one of them back for her.. >p
actually, i lost them during a trip to Gua Tempurung, Perak on a church youth trip. though it takes only four words to say 'hike through the cave', don't let it fool you into thinking there's no extra exertion involved. sure, there are stairs...flights and flights of stairs til you're so high up (and so out of breath) you delusionally think that you're running out of oxygen. after all that hiking, there's a break in the form of sliding down a short slope then jumping (not literally of course) through a hole in the floor to lower ground where the river is. this is the fun part.



we alternately wade or float in the water where the roof is too low for us to crawl and you know what, it's better than Sunway Lagoon! :p this cave comes with nature powered water slide (nevermind what's in the water including bat droppings >_<) and that is where i lost my specs. the first time i tried it out, my specs were tucked safely (or so i thought) in my pocket. after 'slide', tada! it's gone. so i figure, what the heck, go for a second, third and fourth round just to make it worth losing my specs for.. >p



that was four days ago. what the- i've been half blind for 4 days while watching korean serials plus staring at this screen summore..no wonder my power went up. T_T
on the positive side, results came out today. no, i'm not happy they're out. i'm just happy i passed..yep! i passed! woohoo! i get to continue my journey to UTAR! waitaminute..how come it doesn't sound like such a reward all of a sudden?? heavy weightloads of assignments, frantically scribbling notes, sudden quizzes.. @_@ no, no, i'm still happy i passed..at least i didn't let my parents down. but wait til the cgpa comes..then, more stuff for me to complain about..haha



orientation begins tomorrow.. dunno what to expect. all i know is, i'm not placing high hopes on the building. they're just converted factory buildings spaced far apart. none of TARC's nice wide, rolling fields and nicely clustered layout. :( oh well, what will be, will be..



hmm..maybe the bats stole my glasses instead. you know bats are short-sighted, right?

homefree...and restless
i'm home~ but to those of you who know my itchy feet, it won't be long til i get restless or am out the door again. which brings me to why i loved the hostel so much.
-no one questioning me on when and why i'm going out
-so many 'new environments' to visit
-mamak within walking distance (eat and digest all in one go!)
-you're living with your friends..that's why!
well, i checked out last tuesday. Cynthia was with me while i was "packing" and checking out and everything. when i got home, i was already hostel-sick. so i went to sleep. (plus i was tired out with my owl-like sleeping pattern) and woke up in the evening and decided to pluck up the courage to ask my mom for permission to go to Genting.
she said 'yes'.
there's a first for everything! so off i go again, to Genting at 7 in the morning, Wednesday. we had fun alright...played on all the rides like mad eventhough it rained (fine, i only photographed the Solero Shot..too chicken to try it out >p). the whole thing came to about RM100 or less..not bad..
*tip: bring lots and lots of junkfood.
the night was the craziest and though we said we wouldn't sleep, most of us were out by 1am. lol...
right, since i'm gonna be home for at least 2 weeks from now, i guess more posts should be up-and-coming though there could be the opposite effect with me being so bored at home and nothing to blog. >_<
wish me luck with the exam results, people! i need to pass everything pretty well to get to UTAR!

it grows on you
having a younger sibling actually grows on you.
i remember when we were kids and i used to resent him for all the attention he got and all my stuff that he ruined. :(
now, he just plain irritates me sometimes but i still love him anyway...haha
to be honest, my kid brother really damn layan me. after all, i love to bug him when i'm in the mood, get him to do stuff for me and yes, play bossy big sister at times.. :p



let me try to imagine what it would be like without him...
-no one to watch playing games when i'm bored
-no one to close the door for me when i'm too lazy
-no one to bug me to accompany him downstairs when all lights are off.. >p
-no one to tell me irrelevant scientific facts
-no one to...
i'm too lazy to think anymore now..i guess it suffices to say that it would be weird not having that annoying lil proffesor around. a bit too quiet round the house me and mom would say.
why am i suddenly such a thoughtful sister? well...actually it's his birthday today! and since i've already been spreading word around anyway, heck why not here as well..
plus, need i a better reason? ;)

*i'm stubborn and refuse to comment in my own comment boxes ;p


Shan: thanks..haha, i liked the whole 'innocence' thing on the old one but i got bored of it. lol. now here's the "bad" part..(don't kill me) i changed the picture..which is why i picked this template in the first place..heh. yes! Dookie is cool! finally, my boredom in words! catch ya' next time.


i said 5 weeks!
i think i assuredly told everyone at the beginning of my holidays that i had a five week break. hmm..well, no matter as those gloriously lazy five have come to an end. yes, tomorrow, i return to college. this time with the knowledge that i passed all last semester's papers..w00t! ^_^ (i seriously thought i was going to flunk economics again but i didn't!) so at least i won't experience deja vu from last semester's scenario. you know, the one where i came to college on the first day and everyone was freaking out and waiting desperately to use the CIT (computer lab) to check their results from our college website and there i was, blissfully unaware till one by one, every other acquaintence i met along the way to the canteen burst my bubble. now the only blurness i will encounter will be of "where is class ar?" or "what time is class? what?? now?? where??" heh..
actually, i'm supposed to be back there by now. but last Friday i had to go renew my passport which they asked me to collect tomorrow so..geez. no luxury of having my dad drive me to hostel with radio and whatever other junk in tow. instead, i'll have to 'travel light' tomorrow (one travel bag) and no radio. for one week!(nooooo....Green Day!) T_T nevermind..shall survive! all in all, it'll be good to see my friends again. it seems one of me friends has a new roomie and they say she's annoying. hmm..shall see. waitaminute..i hang out at her room alot! o-kay, that girl'd better be nice! >p take care, everyone! we shall see what we shall see tomorrow~ *coughs in 5 weeks worth of dust*

Extraordinary girl
i'm extraordinary! nah, just kidding..lol! that's the song that got me through this morning when i was freaking out about my driving exam today. something vaguely comforting about the way Billie Joe sings "she's an extraordinary girl..in an ordinary world" haha.
yes, vic finally went for her driving test today after 3 months of "break" from driving lessons at college and one week plus of driving lessons just before the exam. man, the tension i went through days before today. >_<
but....i can sleep clearly now because i. have. passed!!!! >D big achievement,wei! you know how one of the biggest elements in a scary movie is suspense? well, today started with waking up at 5 in the morning, then snoozing til 5.30(because i realised i don't need that much time to get ready) and the driving school aunty picked me up at bout 6.20. was falling asleep inside her car while she drove around picking up 4 other students. and when we finally got there, we had to wait. yeah, wait for about 1 hour plus for them to get stuff organized and call our numbers to collect our information cards then more waiting while they call out your number for either the road test or the slope test.
i was pretty blessed. mine started with the road test and was called pretty early. the examiner was friendly (possibly a little too friendly.. -_- kept asking all these personal info questions..hmm) and passed me quite highly even though i wasn't that sure of myself..lol..nevermind, as long as i didn't endanger anybody's life, right? ;)
ok, half te tension gone. now for the slope test. a little more waiting, then, my number is called along with a few others and i have to sit at a tent to wait my turn. it shows what a procrastinator i am that i was the last of my group to go since we have a choice of whether to go or allow others to and well...eheheh. but! i passed that and parking and the 3 point turn too! muahahah...i may now road hog and speed! look out, world! or maybe just Malaysia for now.. :D
on the other hand, i viewed a few cases on how you can fail the road test. the first one was this guy who went before me. he came back with the examiner driving and his friends asked what happened so he said, "i forgot to stop at the second stop sign. no cars what, so i went la" hiyo..so wasted..but, lesson learnt, i remembered that. ;)
in the second case, in my opinion, it really wasn't the guy's fault. he stopped at the second stop sign (the one the other guy didn't..lol) but when he was trying to get onto the busy road, some idiotic driver sped past and caused him to stop the car on the line. the examiner then said "you can't stop on the line." i was thinking, then what? become superman in a minute and reverse the car? or maybe he should just let it be and crash into that guy to 'teach him a lesson.' and after that tell the instructor, "sorry, bang, cannot stop on the line." really, sometimes people just don't make sense. and that guy's friend, a girl whom i befriended there came and told me that that was the same examiner i got. >_< thank God, i wasn't in such a scenario..but when it comes to that, let's just thank God i passed. or not. ;D

rain rain go away
it rained all day today. this is proof that you really 'know not what cometh tomorrow'. (yeah, so i medievalised that sentence a little.. ;p) yesterday, we had plans to meet at 7-Eleven then walk to a baking shop, buy materials and the rest was blurry after that but that was the initial plan. oh, and i was supposed to be at Chelle's house around 12.30pm.
Initial glitch, i did not make it to Chelle's house at 12.30pm. it was delayed to 2.15pm. plus it was raining. so now we were at Chelle's house chatting with Mel online because it was raining.
Glitch number two, we only left the house at about 3? i dunno..when the rain began to slow, we left so i neglected to check the time.
the rain slowed then picked up again, gave us a glimmer of hope that it would finally stop and then pour down heavier than before. my energy was sapped just by carrying this large umbrella with a logo advertising 'Atlas Copco' on it. so! i got a nice little blue umbrella today. (finally! i was supposed to get one to replace my poor chequered one two months ago ^^") and i got a packet of those party masks you used to wear at your friend's birthday party when you were about 7? for an early Valentine's Masquerade dinner my church youths are holding tomorrow. no, it's not a childish looking mask! i specifically chose an appropriate pattern.. lol. and i still haven't chosen a top to go with my skirt.. haha...ever the last minute planner. anyway, feeling pretty tired now. still gotta dig through my closet. busy day again tomorrow. ja ne! ^_^

sashiburi ne..
scattered feathers indeed...i'm really bad at keeping up journals in the long term. everytime i get a "new" journal, i run off to it and drop the old one. poor blog.. :'( *blows dust off it*
anyhow, i've been thinking bout Petronas' advert for this year's CNY. for those of you who don't know it, i'll roughly cap it up.
a few old women are sitting around a table and talking. the topic of their conversation revolves around their sons' professions and (roughly) how much they earn. each one tries to outdo the other. but all throughout their conversation, one old woman just gives remarks like "really?" and "oh.." towards the end, the others ask her, "how's your son doing?" her reply, "he's doing fine. he's healthy and he's coming to pick me up today." the others are stunned. "Going to pick you up today?" they ask. at that moment, a car pulls up and she says, "yes, there, that's my son. so troublesome, wherever they go for holidays he'll want to take me along." she gets into the car and waves goodbye leaving the others still with surprised looks on their faces.
all conversation was carried out in Hokkien. one of the dialects i grew up with and that added to the nostalgia i felt. watching this advert, it just made me really sad as i have actually seen 'abandoned' old people at the old folks' home my grandmother used to stay at. a nurse told me that some of those old people didn't have anyone visiting them for a long time. and then, of course, i miss my grandmother (eventhough she doesn't speak Hokkien, it reminds me of her) who can't be with us this Chinese New Year. I want to wish her Gong Hei Fatt Choy anyway.