The 5th day..

was the day S4 decided to have our CNY house rounding....
We visitied quite a few places... started with my house..Pn wong's.. Chng's.. Yong Keat's.. Weyshyan's.. Ah Fan's.. Yingying's.. Off to Teluk Gong for dinner... followed by Ah Poh and Eng yew's house... It was a long and tiring day.... so tiring that as soon as i got home i had some snacks due to the hunger... and tried to watch "True Lies" but kept dozing off that I lost all sense of hygiene and collapsed on the.. wait... I didn't lose ALL sense of hygiene... I didn't sleep on the bed... hehe... i took a spare blankie and put it on the floor and slept there... when i woke up i felt really uncomfortable though... so now i'm clean and squeaky :)

Anyways.. more about the outing... It was pretty fun... sat in Zekai's car... which is a really scary experience.... I don't have problems with people driving fast.. coz dad does and though we always tell him not to sometimes it's really exhilarating when he drives really really fast XD ...

But the problem with fast drivers is only when they're not stable... but Zekai blamed it on his lousy suspension.. -.- .. oh well... i'm still in one piece so it's ok....

Nothing much to say about visiting people's houses though... just that everyone's family is really hospitable... and Eng Yew has a really cute Shih Tzu... which has had it's balls cut out..hahaha... poor thing... I thought it was a female...

Dinner at Teluk Gong was... hmm... an impulsive decision? Coz we didn't know where to eat... someone suggested Teluk Gong so Teluk Gong it was... Dinner was really good... coz it's so fresh... and yummy .... then at the restaurant i think Zekai touched Yingying's hand or something..and yingying...being yingying kind of... shouted like.. "You're very dirty!! Don't touch me!!!" ... her voice is really high pitched and there were a few people looking...... embarassingly funny moment.. After eating on the way back there was a traffic light... and it was turning red... yingying told zekai to just cross but he didn't.. and good thing he didn't.. coz right after that there were police... haha... he asked us to wind down the window... and he used a flahlight to look see look see at us.... then we were free to go... *phew*.. thank goodness we all had our seatbelts on....


And those were the highlights of yesterday :) ... overall it was a really fun day :) ... and one that i probably wont forget....

-llen-

Pua Kiao....

Kinda early for me today..haha... been coming back home around 3am-4am coz we have pua kiao session...hohoho...

Before starting today had a little fun with Rachel... :) .. naughty as ever...but also a fun little ball as usual..haha... she's getting kinda destructive.. or maybe not "getting" but more like she has always had a destructive side..haha... but we went over quite late so didn't have much time to play..

Lots of funny things happen when you pua kiao..haha...
We were playing "in between"... first you gotta put the minimum money in the pool... then you're given 2 cards... objective is to place a bet that the next card dealt to you is in between the two cards that was given earlier... if it is the same number as one of the two cards give to you earlier you gotta pay double..

So the first round... small aunt was given an Ace (ace is considered 1) and a King... She said "Sai Lang ahh!!" (meaning sapu everything in the pool) very loud and confident...generally that's what everyone would tell you to do.. coz what are the odds of getting another ace or a king in that big stack of cards? next thing we knew she was holding her head.. staring at the cards in dismay... coz the next card was either an Ace or a King.. can't remember... but we were stunned... and she had a really funny expression on..hahaha... so we laughed...she had to pay quite a bit so the next round we said "bad things won't happen twice" ... and guess what? she lost again the next round XD... It wasn't a good day... lost quite a bit... but it was fun.. kept laughing...

So the moral of the story is... Good things don't happen twice and bad things will definitely
happen more than once...and conclusively... don't be a gambler!! especially don't play "in between" when you're outside... coz the pool could get really really big and ou might get an ace and a king and then you would wanna sai lang...and then ...... bam!! u get a king or an ace.... O.O ...

-llen-

3rd day of CNY... soon the holidays will be over *sigh*
So far... it's been good.. pretty relaxed this year... not many places to visit...but lots of family time..we've all been so busy recently that we haven't really seen each other much...

The only constant reminder in my head is... I haven't got round to doing my homework.... which is making me worry a bit... haha... I think some things never change... unless you really really really really push for it to be changed... my habit of procrastination is horrible... knowing the fact that I'll be busy this weekend.. i'm still lazing around... enjoying the holidays... when we got out student planners that day everyone was checking for the next holiday..haha... holidays really have a whole new meaning.. one of the reasons why i miss secondary school -.- ... it just dawned on me how lazy i can actually be...haha..

Today..mum's friends came over... and when you put a bunch of 50+ year old women together... you get a whole lot of noise...haha... there were rare moments of silence now and then but those lasted for only 3 seconds..and then they continue to chatter and laugh..and giggle like schoolgirls again... makes you think about what your future reunions (if there are going to be any) would be like... would we all be looking old and saggy... with tongkats and dentures.....?????? *shudder*

-llen-

Happy Niu Year...

Ahh... CNY... the festival of feasting...
Wasn't feeling well a few days ago but thank goodness i'm fine now... just in time for the celebration...
Something bad happened on CNY eve morning... but it's one of those things that... you can't really do anything about... but good thing it happened on the eve.. not the first day of CNY...
Lots of food as usual..all good... Reunion dinner was back at my hometown..haha... which is a 10 minutes drive away :P ... I really miss that place... and having meals there with family.. laughing all the way... having baking projects with aunt... it's all so nostalgic... though it wasn't very long ago but..yea it's kinda long ago actually... the last time was about 1 and a half years ago... time flies so fast... Looking forward to a good new year :)
On another note... college so far is still tolerable... we don't have so much of assignments and stuff but loads of homework.. it's loads coz everyday we have the main subjects and some lecturers don't tell you when they need your homework done or rather expect you to have it all done by the next day... and i still have some stuff to catch up on due to my procrastination... darn... hate this habit...
Wishing all a wonderful ... happy.. healthy..prosperous..joyous new year!!!

-llen-

TGIF!!

It's Friday :)
Today is the only day that classes end at 1pm ....joy... So i had lunch with Yi Min before going home..or rather intended to go home...
After lunch I took Yimin to the library...then after a while she left..and I found a book by Jeffrey Archer "A Prison Diary" ... Sat down and read... Mum called... car brokedown so I had to wait a while before I could go home... so in the end I only got home around 4pm+ ...

I should start to live more economically... food around college is expensive...makes me feel guilty..... thinking of bringing food to school on the days I can't have lunch with Yi Min...

I'm meeting more and more familiar people at taylor's... but they're all in different classes...so... yea..not much of a difference actually...haha... So far we only have Maths homework... it's good for refreshing the brain.. whatever Mrs Tan taught at tuition.. basically half of it is gone from my memory..haha... Econs seems kinda fun...for now... Basically everything is still tolerable... but weekends have a whole new meaning..haha... just a week ago weekends and weekdays made no difference..

-llen-

Back from orientation.... *sigh*
Classes start at 8 everyday.... on 2 days it ends at 4pm... anot her 2 days it ends at 3pm and only on one day it ends at 1pm....
Not that it was bad in any way..but I was kinda sleepy... and constipated...haha... people I know doing A levels: Sam, Vhimal, Yong Sheng, Amy and Kah Ling... but only Vhimal is in the same class..and Yong Sheng might be switching over..I think.. ohh.. and there's a guy who used to be in the class next to mine in Kwanghua in my class..haha... small world...
I guess the people there are...friendly... in a way...I duno... it's a totally new environment... with people who are... really different... in some ways..
But I think it's safe to say.. these people from Subang or KL... from supposedly more civilised areas than Klang are not as civilised as we think..haha... When the Student Council dude was trying to make his speech and stuff they were still making lotsa noise..
I'll need some time to adjust ... it's not like school whereby I already know I am going to school ... jumping on the wagon like this is.. tiring..haha... but i hope it'll be fun...

-llen-

It's settled... college orientation will be held tomorrow....
Kinda disappointed that I couldn't pick literature as my fourth subject coz it wasn't one of the combos.... It's like fast food combos... sometimes there's a combo that's almost perfect..except one little item that you're not sure of... -.- ... So the fourth subject ended up being economics... which is not too bad either... coz it sorta widens up my options....
I'm pretty late in registering..haha... when we talked over the options with the lecturer lady there's a list of all the combos...but after talking to her..we went over to the registration counter..and then we get to see which combos have been fully registered for... the one i picked...had 5 places left XD ... thank goodness.....
So tomorrow...i aint a bum anymore... -.- .. My cousin who just finished her STPM isn't bumming either like how the both of us planned it..haha... we were so happy with our half year holiday..... but she went to teach at a school...and I'm going to college .... good in a way... but... kinda sudden... oh well... it was bound to happen anyway... hope it's gonna be fun.....

-llen-

Panic....

Grr... watching my friends go off to college is... making me feel guilty...
Sometimes I feel like I'm wasting my time... but I know that I need this time to :
1. Get driving license
2. Practise more on piano (though i havent been doing much so far...but i thought i'd have jan to march to do something about it before college..coz i'm a procrastinator..)
3. Maybe lose some weight

But...today..while most of the people are goin off to college and school is starting... Huai Ping and I went to midvalley to shop instead...We were talking about people going to school while we were shopping.... and then when we went home... she sms-ed me... and told me... she might start in January... and I started chatting with KerMin... and then she said March intake would be really rushed and stressful... then came my panic attack... It's not that I didn't give any thought to what subjects I really wanna take for A levels... I had in my mind the 4 subjects I want for quite some time now... but it's so sudden... if I do then I'd be registering today (it's past midnight..) and going to college tomorrow O.O ... And thinking about June... I dont think I can wait that long...and March..it'd be so express..i might not catch up... and so...tomorrow will be the day... I go and discuss with the college people.... *sigh* ... I didn't expect my days as a bum to end so soon -.- ...

p/s: great... mum just pointed out my table's a mess!! i was gonna tidy up but...hehehe... grr...guess i'll do it now...

-llen-

Belated birthday celebration...

I think this is one of the best birthdays ever!!! Not that the previous ones weren't good but..this one is the most touching.. :)
Kahyee told me that Joeann wanted to celebrate with me on Saturday..but I couldn't so we decided to have it on Sunday... So today I went to Kahyee's house with Chinli.. the others couldn't make it though..Then they said someone was upstairs...and they had a surprise for me.. but I kinda guessed that it was gonna be a video call session with papa..hahaha...
But we had some noodles..egg..and nuggets before going upstairs... Kahyee's mum prepared the food and what surprised me was when she told me that she didn't have red eggs for birthdays and her mum made some for me ... :') ... so touched... then Chinli ordered some pizza... and we were total pigs... haha... all we did was eat..chat.. when we went up the video call was already set up..hehe... We talked ... ate.. talk.. then went down for some agar-agar... and went up again.. then Kahyee brought brownies that her dad bought... haha.. my 2nd birthday cake (I called it my 3rd coz the agar-agar was kinda like a cake itself.. )..ate more...talked more... then it was about time to go home...
I think this birthday could be the simplest... but it was the most touching one :') ... haha... thank you for making it a memorable one for me.... :)

-llen-

17

Another birthday has passed....
This year was kinda special I guess... coz bro had futsal on the 2nd of Jan from 11pm-1am.. so dad didn't wanna go back..coz then we'd have to come out again and it'd be really a waste of time..Coincidentally.. we were hungry.. so after dropping bro off we went to a mamak stall..We finished exactly at 12 am..haha.. so mum and dad were the first ones to wish me happy birthday... After mamak we went on a ride.. a very long one... here there everywhere... we had nice chats in the car... and when it was about time we went to pick bro up..in the car dad told bro "it's past 12 am.." then bro just said "oh... happy birthday"....(-.-)..gee...thanks so much...haha..but im kinda used to it so... went home... still full from the food.. watched a few episodes of "who's the boss?" on youtube... went to bed...
Woke up quite late... Had "mee suah" with a hard boiled egg.. its not that my mum is the kinda traditional type..but i remember its because in standard 6 i think... i went to vianni's hse after school on her birthday and her ah ma made mee suah with egg... and then only i found out that it was a tradition...so ever since then I told my mum I wanted the mee suah thing for my birthday... So mum made it for me for my...erm.. brunch..
She was pretty busy cooking and all that... kinda made me feel guilty... coz she has to do all this stuff for me... so I went out with dad to develop some photos... came back... aunt arrived soon after... Had our dinner and other aunt with cousins started coming... we didn't really do much this time.. it was also like another family gathering..just that I had presents..hahaha.. Aunt made me a cake... got a soft toy tweety and handphone "sofa" and a nice box from cousin Rachel... And halnhaln did a DIY decorative item with our photo for me..and kahyee did a photo collage for me (is the thingy with different pictures in one piece called a collage?).. oh..and i got a watch from mum and dad...though its by request...
All the wishes I got really made my day :) .. Thanks so much!! Some people you think would've forgotten or didn't know it was your birthday actually remembered and knew!!! If i could I'd give them all a big big big hug for making my day... It's one of those days where you'd get a nice warm fuzzy feeling... ahh... happiness :)

-llen-

1.1.09

Yesterday was New Year's Eve.... and I think it was the most tiring one so far..
In the morning woke up earlier than usual around 6.30 (well..usual is kinda late ever since the holidays started..) so that we could go to the airport to send Elvina and YongJie off... (felt kinda guilty coz I didnt really talk to El much..haih.) At about 10 something they went into the... erm.. they went down and passed through the gate thingy....? what's that procedure called?
Then we went to midvalley coz mum still has to work.. so she worked..we watched a movie..hehe.. and had lunch and went back... went cycling in the park with Jill and Yimin while Kahyee walked... and then..we lost Kahyee XD .... haha... looked for her.. thank goodness we found her..... After a while they went back... and we bought food for dinner+supper...

The rest of the night was pretty much like any other family gathering... until about 12 am... countdown and wishing ppl happy new year was done... then soon after everyone went home..


So what happened in 2008.... ??

1. We had SPM
2. We graduated Form 5
3. Went to Italy and Switzerland
4. Foot got run over by a car....
5. Injured knees in the McDonald marathon... (the last marathon I ran..)
6. Performed on the stage with Yimin ( and there were people shouting our names as we went on stage..haha... so supportive :) ) We didn't win anything but..we also didnt think we'd get past the audition... so it was a great experience...
7. Made a "second family" at school ..haha...


Well.. I don't really remember anything else that's worth putting down on this list.. I don't think there's anything else... but what I know is... I really enjoyed 2008... coz overall... everything was fine... I had a lot of fun ..maybe more than I should've had but it was all worth it :) ... so here's to a new year filled with new hopes..new experiences and new achievements..Have a happy 2009!

-llen-