Leonard's Life

A Day of Many Firsts

2008-05-30T08:56:00.000-07:00

Yesterday (as the above tittle suggests) was a day of many firsts. New experiences and experiments in my life...hahahahaha...who was it who said that life is short and we should try everything before it's too late or too early for the crypt...

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I tried on some mean spectacles yesterday...they were Dionne's, but kinda look good on me (don't you think so? Come on Miss Catherine... =P).

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Was going for the nerdy look, with rimmed specs and buttoned-up collared tee...the retro print (which you can't really see) is kinda vintage or what some of my coursemates termed as "apek"...vintage la people, vintage...V-I-N-T-A-G-E...lol

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Went on my 1st college roadtrip yesterday! And it was awesome even though there were only 3 of us...namely Dionne, Evonne and yours truly. We packed ourselves into the car and drove all the way to Seremban to have a taste of the oh-so ( I miss using this phrase...) famous and gastronomically enchanting Bake Crabs...

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But before that, pump petrol first. Which was my 1st experience cause I can't really remember the last time I pumped petrol...Dad is the one who take care of it and I can't actually drive. Oh, and if you guys still don't know, I have 0% education on cars... =D

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The petrol smells remind me of Steph...petrol addict! Hahahahaha...

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I slept halfway through the journey...sorry Dionne... =P

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We met up with Cel Sin in Seremban as she performed her duty as our guide toward the Bake Crabs. The crabs were nice...but a bit too expensive though...RM43 for a kilogram...aiks...*gasp*! It's not actually baked crabs, tasted more like marmite crab (according to the two sisters)...for me the sauce taste like Otak Udang...weird combination...but nice!

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We ordered other dishes too, seaweed soup, veggie and a meat dish with rice for everybody...and I drank coconut water...ahhhh~~...refreshing... :)

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On to another story, before we went to Seremban. There was some kind of conflict and confrontation going on in class. I thought I was not involved...but I guess I was wrong. Well, it can't be help when you are so popular right? Hahahahaha...this is also a first for me...turning negativity into positivity...some will say it's naivety...at least I was upfront from the start and still manage to preserve my integrity.

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I feel sorry and sad for that person... :)

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Anyway, to prevent ourselves being involved. Some friends and I took the chance to do some serious camwhoring...hahahaha...below are the edited pics...

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Me, Joey and Pooi Yee...

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Giggles...kinda cheesy...

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I like the compositions. Pooi Yee's angle is so nice...lol...this is one of the time when I actually like my lips... =P

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Me with the specs again...looking smug...Haha..

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That's all for now...enjoy the weekend people!

Baking Spree!

2008-05-21T07:40:00.000-07:00

The holiday is over and I'm back in campus and the blogsphere...just did the Moral Studies presentation on punctuality...was OK...not that great and not a total flop too...

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My one week in Kedah was utterly boring...not being able to drive (I got no license...(T_T)...) and what with the rains...not that I hate the rains...I LOVE rainy days...just that when I'm bored, it's a tad bit depressing...sigh...IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

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Anyway, I managed to get myself working and started my very own baking spree during the holidays...lol...
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The first thing I made was a Chocolate Cake with Meringue Frosting. The cake was quite easy, just that I had to replace cake flour with multi-purpose flour which made the texture a bit dry...
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The hard part is the frosting...it's my own invention actuality...lol...I chanced upon the possibility of making frosting out of unbake meringue...but I can't seem to get the same consistency this time round and the frosting tends to solidify really fast, making it hard to ice the cake.

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But still, it's eadible...just that it was kinda too sweet...well, once a while right? Hehehehe...

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My second baking endeavour was an Apple Crumble Gallet (correct spelling anyone?). It's just like any other pie just that this one didn't require a pie tin, so there's less hustle when getting the pie out of the baking tray. This was inspired by Martha Stewart's Rhubarb Pie...since we don't actually have rhubarb here...so..apple is the chosen filling...

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The crumble didn't turn out to be as crunchy as I'd expected. I guess the butter and brown sugar must have melted by the time they were ready to be use as I had pre-made it to save time...lol...

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After the pie, I continued the baking spree with a Coconut Cream Cake, it's a variation of the Chocolate cake actually, just swap the melted chocolate with dessicated coconut...

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Oh, but please make sure you cut down the butter used in the recipe as dessicated coconut will produce oil when baked at high temperature. You don't wanna get an oily cake!...hahahahaha...

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I thought of ending the baking spree after 3 days of non-stop baking action, but then Leh Bin requested that I bring some back for my coursemates. I didn't wanna make a complicated recipe as I was running out of ingredients and time as it's about time for me to come back to college too...so I decided to make Raisin Cake for them...

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One tips that I got from Bill from the cooking show Bill's Food is to soak raisins in orange juice overnight so that they will be plumb and juicy when used in cakes and bread...it turned out quite well I guess, my friends enjoyed it...lol...right guys?IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

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I bet Martha Stewart is proud of me!! Hahahahahaha...

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Of Hair, Pillow Talk, Movie Marathon and Cutie

2008-05-09T07:13:00.000-07:00

I'm lazy. My backpack is still empty and there's only hours left before I board the 9am bus back to Kedah. Somehow I don't feel like being productive today...hmm...the thought of traveling and sitting my arse off in the bus all the way to my 6-hours-away hometown is not that encouraging...
The above was 2 days ago. Now I'm already back in Kedah, blogging from my Mother's room because the phone is in her room and I can't find those elusive extension cables. Yeah...I'm using dialup connection...it's a miracle that I had managed to get to my blogspot dashboard...hahahaha...

Well, nothing much happened in the past 2 days...been sleeping and eating like a pig. I will tell you guys more about it in the coming post. This entry is so overdue. It was about the sleepover at Mentari a day before I left for Kedah...but before that, here's some random, vain pictures...

I look so constipated in this. There were more shots but I jumped too high and all my face will be out of the frame. This is the only one where the whole me is in frame. Pooi Yee...do take photography lessons often...hahahaha...

Trying to copy the photography style of The Sartorialist...and I miss my hair...because right after that, Dionne, Evonne, Cel Sin and Pooi Yee (my entourage of girls...hahahaha) and I went to Sunway Pyramid for my haircut (long overdue haircut according to some of my friends...)...oh...it pained me to see my precious locks being cut...awh...all those memories...my identity gone...*cry ala ANTM makeover day....sob...sob...hahahahaha...just trying to be dramatic about it...

It turnout kinda OK...my friends told me that I looked thinner...these people are soooo good at lying!

Me and my new hair and supposedly "thinner" self...hahahaha...

Now, about the sleepover. For the first time, I was finally invited over for the Movie Marathon and Pillow Talk session by the Mentarian (Elaine, Aina, Leh Bin and Dina). Ain and Kel Zoe were also there...I was the only guy...talk about being the only thorn among the roses...hahaha...

Here's pictures of everyone in their PJs...without make-up, hair spray, contact lenses and all...the REAL us:

Me...wearing Elaine's strawberry slippers...sooo comfortable...was thinking of stealing it...wakakaka...

Elaine...looking somewhat like a coala bear (cute tau...don't be angry!! Lol..). Eating her sushi...she got a Wasabi attack after dipping sushi into Kel Zoe's spicy sauce!

Kel Zoe with her spectacles! We said she resembled an owl...hahahaha...her specs are kinda retro, don't you think?

Leh Bin...desperately trying to tidy up her hair before I took her pictures...futile attempt I must say...muahahahaha...should I consider a career as a paparazzi?

Ain, showing off her long lashes (can't really see from the pic...but it was damn long!). She was also demonstrating her killer-blinking eyes that she will soon use to seduce Steven Gerrard!

Dina and her scrunched up face, wet hair, towel and sleeping bag...what more can I say?

Finally the birthday girl (yep it was her birthday that day). Aina giving us all the peace sign...she reminds me of Pn. Farizah from high school...don't you thing so Pauline? HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY GIRL!!

The cup cakes they bought for me...thanks guys! They were half-eaten by then...LOL...

Elaine's Baskin Robbins ice cream...apparently a must for these kinda occasion...it melted and turned mushy...

We watched 2 movies for our movie-marathon that day, first up was "Lucky Number Slevin"...was quite a nice movie...love the twist at the end and how all the storyline finally came together...and the girl got their eye candy via a topless Josh Hartnett...next we watched "Brokeback Mountain" as requested by Dina...I was looking forward to it to as Mr. Winston had been talking about the cultural significance of this movie in our Media Appreciation class...it was quite draggish...but you really feel for the 2 cowboys...and the idea of a Chinese director (Ang Lee) helming a Western Cowboy movie that deals with homosexuality was amazing...

Aina working the projector and laptop...yep...we had a projector!

Thank God for the projector...can you imagine all of us hunched around a small laptop screen?

One more thing before I end this post. My roommate Sam brought back a stray kitten the other day. I fed it my tuna...pitiful creature...the cat was attracted to my other housemate Beng...and was sleeping comfortably on "that" area...lol...(see the pic to understand):

This pic is rather obscene...I'll let your imagination take charge...wakakaka...

Sam wanted to keep the kitten...which was quite impossible as our warden is against pets...and I don't think any of us will have the time to take care of another being. We can't take good care of ourselves! Sam named the kitten Cutie...(-_-")...

He took it down the next morning and that's the last I'd see of that cat...good luck out there Cutie!

"My name is Cutie and that's because I'm cute!"...wakakakakaka....

Burst of Colors on a Sombre Afternoon

2008-05-07T01:26:00.000-07:00

Drew and half-painted this since afternoon...can you guess what it is? Look closer...

I know, it's not yet finish. Maybe I'll continue some other day. Somehow the fluidity isn't there, but I like the bright colors though. Make me feel happy when rain clouds are actually gathering outside the window right now. It's funny how sometimes you really get what you wished for. Moments ago I was talking to a friend about hoping it rains today...my wish is about to come true...

NO. This is not an emo(tional) post. Just feel the need to be more reserved today. Ah...it's one of those unexplainable days. If you are looking for an explanation.

It has been ages since I last drew. Never really got the time to stop, get inspired and draw. Happened to be flipping through my sketch book...here's some stuff I did when I first started college:

This piece basically started out with a single love shape in the middle of a white paper...as you can see...a lot of other things had been added in from time to time. My housemate said it's a form of digital art...I don't know...

This one was drawn quite some time ago. Random idea...can't remember what actually inspired me to paint this. In case you are wondering, it's not an interpretation of Mary Poppins either....haha...

Came back quite early today after our Social Psychology test. Not too bad. Did the laundry, washed those dishes I left this morning (was rushing to college after breakfast) and sew back the button that had fallen of my shirt. It was tiring...but it's nice to feel productive...is this what Mum feels? Mothers' Day is coming...I'm going home soon, suddenly I miss her...

I'm cutting my hair tomorrow after my Moral Studies test...the final paper.

I have to go now. It's raining. It's calling to me.

Mid Term Exam...sigh...

2008-05-05T01:33:00.000-07:00

The long awaited mid-term exam for this semester is finally here and we started off by having English for College Studies and Media Appreciation tests today. And let me tell you that our IELTS based English paper was damn tough! One short essay with two extremely hard comprehension passages...sigh...worse still, all these had to be done in one hour! At first, I thought I was the only one who seemed to be stressed out by this particular paper because the others look so calm and compose...and there I was, darting back and forth between the essay and the comprehension passages. I can't seem to focus on a certain section of the paper when I'm having a (minor) panic attack...

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But then, after the test, I found out that many of us (me and my course mates) actually experienced the same thing when doing the IELTS paper! Hahahahaha...thank God...I was starting to think that there's something wrong with me! Well, it was hard...make me feel like screaming at the top of my lungs!! Hahahaha...this is what I wanted to do when I reached home after lunch today, please note that the blue book is the IELTS textbook that we use in class:

However, I never got to doing it...there's still half a semester to go and I paid RM30++ for that blue book...hahaha...

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Will be having Principle of Economics paper tomorrow...and yet I still have not get my lazy self to study or at least browse through the notes...maybe later...

An update to all of you, I will be getting my pay from Leo Burnett (the advertising agency that I used to intern in) tomorrow and my ex-supervisor Clarissa will be joining me for lunch in college! Haven't see her for more than a month now...miss working...even though it was super stressful! I wonder how the others are doing? Hmm...I need to pay Leo Burnett a visit someday...

Well, that's all for now. Only a brief update. Oh one more thing, I'll be going back to Kedah this coming Saturday (and I'll miss out on the BRATs self-defence workshop...sigh). I miss Cici so much...hahaha...and the food back home! I'm hungry now...I better get myself dinner...will post again soon!
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For now, I need to study...study...study...STUDY...

Yup, It's Pink!

2008-04-26T20:56:00.000-07:00

On the 25th of April, the color Pink became an epidemic tone that swept through the Taylor's College student body as we danced and dined to the beat of various local bands, artistes and some talented (and plain foolish...suddenly feel like Joan Rivers...hahahaha) Taylorians in celebration of the new March intake of 2008 as well as creating an awareness regarding breast cancer...that's why it's pink...

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Dionne fetched me around 5++pm (nearly 6pm) as she was on her way to college to do some final preparation for the night. It's a bit early for me, but I would never turn down the chance of a free ride because (all of you should know this by now) I hate walking and sweating...hahaha...well, Adventurace being the exception that is...

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Elaine and Manpreet arrived around 7pm together with most of the crowd dressed up in pink like myself. To tell the truth, I had some reservation when wearing my pink t-shirt as I'm afraid that someone else might have the same outfit on. Can you spell embarrassing? Since I bought this t-shirt from the oh-so common (I can't seem to stop using this 'oh-so' thingy after the scarf post) F.O.S... I assumed a lot of people would own one too...but thank God that nobody clashed with my outfit...fewwh...

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The night started of with some speeches,but the one speech that stood out was by Baby Ruth (sorry if the spelling is wrong, can't seem to spell simple words like 'answars'...ops...I mean 'answers' these days...). Anyway, she spoke on breast cancer and how she is coping with life after being diagnosed with breast cancer recently...she's so brave...our prayers are with you Baby Ruth...

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After that, dinner was served. I had rather high expectations of the buffet because for the first time, the buffet was prepared by hired caterers instead of the culinary art students of Taylor's College School of Hospitality and Tourism. Prior to this, I was told that they will be serving Indian food for dinner and I was thinking about Mutton Curry, Chicken Masala, Manggo Chutney...until I saw the Bihun Goreng, Nasi Goreng, Sweet & Sour Fish, Chicken Curry and Chilli Dried Tofu that they served. All I can say is "Please bring back the Culinary Art students!!" The food sucked big time (sorry...Joan Rivers said that...not me...hahaha...).

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The performances was pretty good with Mia Palencia, Bus Company, Frequency Cannon and many more...it felt like a rock gig! Everbody was so hyped up...people were jumping and dancing like crazy...hahaha...but I (Joan Rivers) got to say that the games played during the intermission in between performances were quite uncalled for...but I guess no one with a full stomach and a head full of good music would care...

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We camwhored (please refer to the pinkish polaroids...) the whole night through and partied like there's no tomorrow. The dancefloor was opened quite late though, around 11++pm and there were less crowd...such a pity. By then, I was sweating all over and I couldn't careless anyway because everyone was having such a great time...hahaha...

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I went back around 12++pm via Dionne's car again. Was so exhausted but still it was a great night! Kudos to the Student Council people for making all these possible...

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P/S: Went to Sunway Lagoon yeasterday, it was great! Will blog about that soon, once I get those pictures from Mei Yen.

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P/P/S: Don't forget to keep on voting for the 2008 World Fish Pageant!!

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P/P/P/S: I think Joan Rivers will sue me now.... :P

DIEt: Day 1 & World Fish Pageant

2008-04-22T10:31:00.000-07:00

I'm dieting! I know I'm not that fat (that's what they all say la...but I do think I'm fat la...). So, I'm currently undergoing a super strict diet program. I must focus!! Hahahahahaha...but mind you this diet thing is not that easy. I (initially) had a support group, a group of like-minded people who strive for that perfect physique...but now...sigh...how's that pizza tastes guys...sad...
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My breakfast today and for the rest of the diet will be oatmeal with muesli crunch...damn gross and tasteless and grainy like moist sand...but at least the muesli add some taste to it...I must presevere though...who say good thing must taste good right? Then, lunch was three single-pieces of wholegrain bread sandwiches of butterhead (somekind of lettuce variation) with tuna flakes in water. Quite ok la...not bad...nice actually just that it's a bit dry compared to the normal sandwiches. Dinner was a headache, I had no idea of what to eat. Ended up eating 2 pieces of the same sandwiches from lunceh with one hard-bolied egg...sigh...I' hungry now...but no more food after 10pm...must be strong...must stick to this...Anyway, beside my diet, there's nothing much going on today at college...boring class as usual...
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Asam Laksa!! From the new stall in college...only RM4 la...very nice! But the portion is a bit small...sigh... no more for me...cannot eat already, diet...noooooooooooooooo....
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Oh, and I saw this super-duper-fantabulously-amazingly-gorgeous backpack!! Look...nice right? Love the combination of black leather, brown lining and silver studs...love it la...just feel like grabbing it off his back...Pooi Yee also think so...hahahha...we peeked, the brand is 'Ink'. Anyone know where I can get this brand?

We reached early for class yesterday and since there's plenty of time, we camwhored...wanted to post this yesterday...but as I said in the Cbox...blogger is torturing me...so here you go...

This is what Steph usually eat...Oat Brans...but we call it the Bird Food...lol...

But it's quite nice la...very addictive even though it's actually tasteless...Elaine (the health foodie who can't seem to stick with a diet...hehehehe) was very much interested with it too...she got herself a box when we went grocery shopping...

I used to love them...but there's sugar in these small pockets of oat webbing (don't know how to describe)...so I'm not gonna eat it anymore...diet ma...

This is Kel Zoe...my twin sister, hahahha...please note the same hair style, same eyebags (hahahha...sorry Kel Zoe) and that oh-so chubby cheeks...hahahha...

I was raped by Pooi Yee yesterday...lol...not literally la...crazy ar??!! We staged a rape scene while camwhoring...she seriously look like a serial rapist with her hoodie over her head...scary...

And as fate has it...she robbed me after she raped me...sial punya rapist...wakakakakakakaka...

We took the below picture just for fun, but somehow I saw great potential in it and decided to make it into the 1st World Fish Pageant...it's just like the Miss World Pageant...but with silly people who want to look like fishes...wakakakaka...here's the finalists...you can vote for your favorite fish by using the poll below the 'Author' section of this blog...on top la...

That's all for now...don't forget...to choose your winner!! Voting will be open until the end of May...hahahahaha....

Monday's Musing on Perception

2008-04-21T08:08:00.000-07:00

It's Monday again, the start of another week. Unlike before, I was not late this time, thanks to Dionne and Beng (my housemate) for waking me up...somehow I feel like there's a surfacing need to show public appreciation nowadays, no? Hahahaha...

My mind was wondering as I sat on my problematic bed (I broke one of the wooden supports under the mattress... :p) and thought about what to write in this very entry. The sucky internet connection earlier did not help at all with improving my thought process...sigh...luckily the connection managed pick up or there won't be any post out in this blog today...

Somehow ( I seriously don't know why) I started to think about what we had learnt in the last Social Psychology class. It was about the topic of Perception, yup, it's back to perception again as we already did this particular subtopic in Intro to Human Communication 2 semesters ago. But I guess there's no harm in re-learning old stuffs right?...There might be some new found revelations...isn't that what history is all about as well? Anyway, perception plays an important role in our lives, it actually dictates our views, opinions or impressions of a person, object or an event (God knows how many time I recyled this very line). Therefore, what we perceived is what we understand. How we perceived is how we shall react...okay...I had made up these three situation below to better illustrate the power of perceptions:

This is my friend Akil. He's tall, thin and has a pair of the bushiest eyebrows I'd ever seen. This is what we call first impression. But what do you think is Akil doing in this picture? What is his feeling at that particular moment?

In order to deduce his emotions, we will have to read his non-verbal cues, meaning his expressions, gestures and so on.

Akil's seemingly sweaty forehead tells us that he is somehow nervous or anxious, while both his tightly closed lips and fingers suggested that he is trying to hide a certain emotion or eagerness within himself. From all of these cues, my perception of Akil is that...

He had avoided the toilet for many days and now is suffering from its ghastly consequences...poor Akil...eat more papaya la...

Moving on, the second series of pictures show Steph cuddling a fluffy toy dog (used as a pencil case by Dionne...) while smiling from ear to ear, so to speak. What do you perceive of her?

Let's take a closer look at her non-verbal cues...

Faraway eyes and a somewhat too forced smile kinda show the fragile nature of Steph's mind that get emotional easily. However, bottle feeding a non-living toy dog with mineral water bottle just scream one thing:

Please someone get this girl a shrink!!!

Lastly, we have this wonderful picture of a fresh faced college student. I wonder who this person is, looks very approachable and friendly...but is that really how he feel?

We will need to examine his non-verbal cues before jumping into conclusions...hmmm...

Good memory with great knowledge, coupled with a stylish appearance (not only the eyeware). It is apparent that this guy is a cool intellectual soul...how interesting...aiseh man! Wakakakaka...

Well, there you go...a lesson in perception..lol...no offence ya...it's supposed to be a spoof...hehehe...

Oh one more thing, we finally got our 2nd semester's result slip after so many months. But we'd already know our GPA and CGPA from our student portal...so no surprises...and since recycling is such a hot thing (since when? since forever...) now, Dionne and I weaved a small basket from the tear-off sides of our result slips...hahaha...

Akil asked whether we are having Art Class or Media Appreciation Class...both la...

Last but not least, do you guys think Dionne will be out of the spoof? Well not really, since I can't find a useable picture of her for the perception thingy and as she had been bothering me about not giving her enough credit for taking all these wonderful pictures I use in my blog. Ta-da!! Drumroll...I would like to present her with a certificate of appreciation...something that she pestered out of me...hahahah...pay attention to her pic...that tacky hand gesture suggest that she crave for attention...muahahahahaha....

That's the end of the craziness for today...I'll post soon. Take care guys..

New Header...

2008-04-20T08:08:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, just a short update. As you all know, I'm currently trying my best to give my blog an Extreme Makeover (maybe not that extreme la...nothing much yet...lol...) and that banner or header up there (look up la) took me 2 days to create. Nice? What I'm most proud of is the fact that I managed to make it using only Paint (not even Paint Shop Pro, ok!!)...hahaha...Anyway, I'll blog more tomorrow...my bed is calling and I was already nearly (nearly ok) late twice for my 8 o'clock English lecture. I guess the weekend just slow me down. Finally, for those who can't seem to look up (shy maybe... :p) Here's the new header, not complete yet...still need to insert my blog's title in the yellow notepad...any suggestion?

P/S: Millions of thanks to the creator of Paint and thounsands of gratitude to all the photographers that took all those wonderful pictures I'd use...Thanks!!

X-SAL part 2 and Scarf Day...

2008-04-16T07:10:00.001-07:00

X-SAL team picture taken before the race...

Haih...as you can see, laziness kicked in again. Sorry la...I know I promised the 2nd part of Adventurace...but seeing the little respond from you guys (comment) I thought that you guys must had find the race, or at least the retelling of the race to be boring...anyway...I'm too lazy to actually write it in details, but here goes the summarization:

Our 1st task the next day at 4.46am was to trek up a hill and to retrieve a clue at the peak of the hill. It was pitch dark and cold and definitely scary...worst still...the hill I'm talking about happened to be Bukit Cina. For those who don't know anything about Bukit Cina, well, it's a Chinese cemetery, yup, packed with hundreds of graves and tombs and crypts and what ever you wanna call it...scary!!! The small road that we followed kept going up and down, sometimes getting very wide and at times super narrow...but we managed to get the next clue without any supernatural encounter...thank God...fuhh...

As always, the Adventurace committee with their twisted minds and all sent us in the difficult task of selling 10 packets of Chicken Rice Balls to earn at least RM100 (which mean 1 packet must at least be RM10...crazy right?) and the rest of our earning can be use as transport fee for the remaining of the race. We were flailing our hands at random cars and motorcyclists along the roads like mad hitchhikers...lol...imagine the faces of these people when they found out that one packet of our Chicken Rice Balls cost RM13++...but as always...we managed...

Adventuracers fooling around after 2 days of racing...

The next checkpoint was the slaughter place for a few teams as many quit because they were not able to finish both choices of task. One was the Fast Forward and it involved solving some over-the-top-fantabulously-messed-up-effing-hard maths question...many teams chose this and failed...only one team managed to get it right...after 6 hours of calculation that is...I wonder how Weijian will fare...hehehe...As for our team, we chose the other task which was Anyaman or Weaving in English...it was hard ok...and needed a lot of concentration...not gonna go into details about that...I'm exhausted thinking about it now...

Then we were asked to find this school called Pay Foong High School...it was the first time that we got perfect directions from the public if you considered the wild goose chases some of them sent us on. At the school we had to search for 5 numbers and place them in a certain equation to obtain the largest sum. Surprisingly, we did that quite easily...lol...maybe we should have taken the Fast Forward...wakakaka...We texted the correct answer and got an address in return...So off we went to find 10B, Jalan Laksaman 2, Taman Kota Laksamana...

It was hell, I tell you...what with the annoying Guide and the scorching weather! But in the end we did found the house after asking a postman...at this house we were asked for the 2 last digit of our IC number which stand for a myriad of ingredients. These ingredients were then blended together to form the most vile beverage ever and we had to gulp it down. Our special shake consisted of: 2 raw eggs, red chili, ginger, raw sausage and bitter gourd!!! Yuck right?!! Our next task was a bit more relaxing, separating a mixture of red beans and green beans with only one container. We were quite good at it I must say, beating the team that reached before us and even managed to find time to bitch about people we dislike...haha...

And the grossness continued after that small break. We were required to hike up St. Paul hill and to transfer 10 living cockroaches from one container to the other...not too bad actually...but the smell was plain vile...lol...the next task was (to me personally) the most ridiculous task ever: counting the vertical bars on the railing of Melaka's biggest bridge...and it was a BIG bridge...under the hot sun!! Arghh! But somehow and someway, we did it...hehehehe (winking at Steph and Akil)...then it was the jigsaw puzzle challenge which was pretty easy.

Remember that key from our 1st task? Well our next stop is to pass that key to a crew or also known as a "mobile keyhole" at Melaka Sentral. After doing so (we nearly missed that guy), we were required to travel back to Kelana Jaya Recreational Park to assemble some bicycle. Long story cut short, we assembled the bicycle and Akil rode it around the park in search of another crew who gave him an individual challenge of arranging all the tasks that we did throughout the race in the correct sequence...then it was off to the finishing line at Michelangelo's Italian Kitchen!!! I think we came in 6th or 7th place...quite good right? Considering how the race started out with 21 teams...hahahaha...the night continued with some fantastic buffet and prize giving ceremony...fewhhh...there you go...the Adventurace 2008!!!

Group photo...nice experience!!

On to another story, yesterday was Taylor's College bowling tournament...so me, Leh Bin, Kel Zoe, Elaine, Aina and Manpreet went to support Akil and Dionne! But somehow we missed the 1st part of the game as we got carried away by our little pre-tournament shopping spree...hehehehe...As expected, Dionne took 1st place in the female category, while her sister Evonne (hahaha...I know how to spell her name already!!) took 2nd and her sister's friend whose name which also happened to be Evonne took 3rd place...Akil didn't win though but he put up a great fight (aiseh...lol...) and got quite a good ranking considering there's quite a few pro-bowlers in the male categories...

The winners...

Talking about shopping, I bought a scarf yesterday at Forever 21!! It's so nice!!! I love it to death...Akil was being mean and said that I'm shopping on impulse again...where got?? Hahaha...scarf is the IN thing now...and because of my new scarf, I declared today as Scarf Day and forced everybody in my class to wear scarves to class...but only 3 of us did...hmph...

Me, Pooi Yee and Leh Bin...the honourable founders of Scarf Day...17 April...

OMG!! I stained my scarf with sambal while eating Nasi Lemak...sad...sad...I hope it washes off...huhuhuhu...

The sambal stain close-up...sad case...

And to prove my point on scarves being IN right now...here's an article by Malaysia Today in their Fashion Police section...scarves rock!!

Classes were as vague as always...we (Dionne, Steph and I) decided to do our own fashion spread on the many uses of scarves after Econs class and our model is none other than Stephanie a.k.a. Miss Lew(d)...hehehe...it was damn hilarious...hahahaha...enjoy:

1. As a head covering to protect your precious locks from the oh-so glaring UV rays...

2. From keeping out bad cigarette smoke during the day to part time Arabian belly dancer at night...a scarf is your best friend ever...

3. Throw a swath of scarf over your body when you get that "kampung Melayu" feel or when you accidentally stained your top with unidentified chocolate substance (like Steph)...

4. Finally, relive your childhood dream of becoming a super hero with the aid of a scarf as your fashionable but not necessarily practical cape...

Somehow Steph's hair and top today remind me of a Tyra Banks picture I saw sometimes ago...and guess what? I found that pic...here goes..you judge how much the resemblance is...lol...

Sorry la...bad photo editing skills...

So that's all for now to all of you out there who complained when I don't post and never comment when I do...bluek... :p

X-SAL...part 1

2008-04-13T07:56:00.000-07:00

The Taylor's Adventurace 2008 is definitely not for the faint hearted (keep reading, you will know why). It's craziness was extreme, it's hardcore-ness was crazy, I'm out of word basically. Out of breath too most of the time during the race...

The race started out around 4pm on Friday, each team was assigned a guide who will be following us through out the race. Our (Me, Akil and Stephanie) guide was Josephine a.k.a Spy. She must have been the most annoying (seriously, don't get me started on that) and endearing (surprising, but true) individual you will ever meet in this world. A rare specimen I would say. Anyway, after some briefing and warming up, it was flag-off time and off we went with our first passcard (clue)!!

Task 1: Missing Key

"We lost a key when paying for parking this morning somewhere in SS15. Please help find the missing key and keep it for future use."

Our first clue sounded something like the above (I'm writing this base on my memory) and so we set off on this key hunt looking for parking meter cause it would only made sense that one would pay for parking at one. It turned out to be a quite ridiculous hunt as SS15 is a HUGE area! Imagine how many parking meters we searched. It was by luck that we finally found the "key" made out of black mounting board with the second clue stuck on it beside a parking meter in a creepy back alley on a pile of rubbish.

Task 2: Taro glasses

"Go to Malaya Optical and count the number of glasses under the brand Taro in the four display tables. Team must report the correct number to the crew. If there's an error, the team will have a 3 minutes penalty before another chance to recount the number of glasses."

Our hunt continued as we try to track down the location of Malaya Optical which we eventually found after some wrong turns and all. And annoyingly, it was also the same time when our guide decided to have a footwear-malfunction as the sole of her shoe was torn off completely from her sport shoes. We were already having a hard time catching up with the other group and she wanted us to find some glue to repair her shoe...arghh...guess what? We told her to wear her slipper.

We got the 3 minutes penalty though. We missed out on one of the glasses and had to wait outside the shop for 3 minutes before counting the glasses again. Thank god we got it right this time and was given the next clue.

Task 3: Crossword on the bus

"Travel to the central bus station of the state shown by the pictures (pics of A Famosa and a Red Building) and complete the attached crossword puzzle before reaching the location. Give the completed puzzle to the crew at the entrance to retrieve the next clue."

Any Malaysian will be able to tell that the state with A Famosa and red colored buildings must be Melaka. You can't imagine how excited we were at the thought of crossing to another state for our next task. But first we had to decide our mode of transports as we had limited budget (RM120 for 4 people throughout the race). Taking the train to KL Sentral and then the LRT to Pasar Seni which is nearby the Puduraya Bus Station was a practical choice. But mind you, we had to walk quite a distance as the nearest train station was not that near after all. Our guide took this chance to grab another pair of shoes from her house which was along the way to the train station.

We managed to catch up with some team who were also waiting for the train. The train was so packed with people that we had to literally shove ourselves in. Stephanie was yelling "Tolong masuk! Masuk dalam sedikit!" and managed to get the whole team into the train. So "terror" la that girl...

The same thing happened on the LRT and we had to pay RM72 for 4 bus tickets (other teams got cheaper tickets). We crack our brains the whole way to Melaka on the crossword puzzle and I managed to catch some sleep before we reached around 9++pm. We were given the next clue after our crossword puzzle was checked.

At Puduraya bus station waiting for the bus to come...I looked horrible...damn exhausted...

Task 4: The Eye of Melaka

"Travel to the Eye of Melaka. There are two choices of tasks 1)To Hang and 2) To Flip. Only one member of the team can perform this task."

Who would had known that there's something called The Eye of Melaka (Dionne did told me before, but I kinda forgot). It was late night and there was not much choice of public transport, a lot of teams chose to take taxis. Our team on the other hand, was on some economical lucky streak that night as a bus literally stopped in front of our faces and happened to be heading towards the area we wanted to go.

At the Eye (of Melaka that is), Steph who had chosen to do the To Hang task was required to rock climb to the top of a stone wall and memorize orange colored alphabets that was pasted on the top of the wall. She was very quick, it's so her...lol...her element la. And we also managed to arange the words rather quickly which spelled "JONKER" and was given our next clue.

Task 5: Torturing Clogs

"Each team will have to wear a pair of special shoes and walk from one point of Jonker Walk to the other point to retrieve a ribbon from a crew. Teams then must walk back to the starting point to complete task."

Those special shoes turned out to be a 3-in-1 clogs with those poking base that really hurt our feet. Mind you, it was such a torture...I was near tears...it was so embarassing...hahaha...that was basically our last checkpoint for the day and was given a clue to our pitstop which was right behind Jonker Walk.

It was an open air community hall (with roof but incomplete walls). We were required to have a 6 hour rest...we bathed and ate and chat a little. Akil and I were trying to sleep, but Steph was still feeling the adrenaline and can't seem to close her eyes. Akil slept so soundly that I became Steph's victim...she kept on disturbing me when I was about to fall asleep...she never slept that night...lol...we reached at 10.46pm...so we were set to embark at 4.46am the next day...

This post is becoming too long...I'm tired from recalling and writing all these stuffs down. I bet your eyes are tired too. I'll continue again tomorrow with what happened on Day 2...

Taylor's Adventure Race

2008-04-10T19:24:00.000-07:00

With only a few more hours before the Adventure Race, I'm starting to think of what kind of hellish situation I'm getting myself into.

Only RM120 to spend among 4 people for 2 days and 1 night...no luxuries...no comfort...

Constant raining every evening...6 hours of rest...good grace!

Anyway, I won't be updating until this Sunday...wish me luck guys!

P/s: Stay tuned to see what happened to Leonard (unsporty, low stamina, high metabolism dude) and his friends during the race...if they made it back on time that is!!

Social Psychology and Cici

2008-04-09T08:35:00.000-07:00

We finally had our first Social Psychology class today after 2 weeks of cancelled classes. Needless to say, anticipation was high as my coursemates and I longed for a subject that will finally break the tepid monotony of the other classes, maybe with the exception of Media Appreciation. I'm starting to like it. Unfortunately, dreams that we build our hopes upon were nothing but fantasy as this class happened to be quite "studious" in the case of both the lecturer and his lectures. I'm not implying anything here, but my expectations of the class were not met. Sorry, the truth hurts...

However, I tried my best to make the best out of this situation and made my own mind map for today's class. Well, it might seems more like a self-gratifying action, but I assure you it did help get some facts into my brains. Let's hope it goes uphill from here...

Went to Sunway Pyramid just now with Dionne, her sister (wanted to put her name, then I realise that I don't really know how to spell it...hehehe) and Akil. Both Akil and Dionne played 2 games so as to get ready for the upcoming college bowling tournament. Since I was not playing, I took the chance to practice taking some action shoots of the bowlers. Too bad my phone's camera is crappy...don't have any great pictures, but it did help me pass time while waiting for the 2 to be done.

I don't know why, but I like this one. I love how Akil is seen bowling through the gap between Dionne's hand and body that somehow framed this particular shot. I just hope the picture quality is better...

Anyway, did some shopping after the bowling session. Bought sleeping bag for the Adventure Race on Friday and then I deviated and got myself a new pair of jeans...I'll wear them tomorrow... :D

Had dinner at Alif, a "Mamak" restaurant and then me and Akil crashed Aina's place while waiting for our future landlady to come and show us the rooms we are renting. Well, everything is confirmed. I'm moving this July.

I'm out of bombastic lines for today...but I did saw a dead cat on my way to college. Its rigid, soulless body pulled mixed emotions out of me. I'm sad at the death of such a beautiful creature but I'm disgusted by the state of its remains...I don't know...it's just sad...I miss Cici.

The Day After Tomorrow...

2008-04-08T04:44:00.000-07:00

In today's Media Appreciation class, we had a screening of the film "The Day After Tomorrow". As always, we need to do a review on it, which is due this Friday. Anyway, the movie turn out to be quite interesting, especially how they manage to associate global warming (which is suppose to generate higher temperature) with the disruption of the Artic winds that in the end causes a new Ice Age for humankind in the film. One of my favorite line from the movie must have been: "The cost of doing nothing is even higher".

True, isn't? We sometimes choose to ignore mistakes that may seem trivial at first, but these mistakes will eventually manifest into something more frightening than what we had imagine. By then it would be too late...What will happen in the day after tomorrow? Or the days after that? Well, we will never know until the day comes...

It rained again this afternoon and the drizzling never did stop. And as I wrote this, the slight drizzle has picked up its momentum so that the constant noise ( somewhat similar to white noise ) is now a melancholic symphony that shroud the growing night. My shoes, drying under the bed, with its rubber soles cold from the many puddles that dotted the open-air car park are a testament of the bleak weather.

Nevertheless, rainy days are somewhat special to me. There's some kind of reverence in the gloom of its drizzling or the malevolence of the mighty thunders. It put me in my place, telling me how helpless we can be when dealing with the forces of nature. It enhances the warmth that we never realise because we are too busy complaining about the heatwave and hot temperature that we dread so much. I don't know. But there's peace in the pitter-pattering of raindrops that draw me deeper into my own thoughts, regardless of how silly they may be. Moments of self-analysis that I so often appreciate.

My state of dizziness continued from yesterday to today. As of now, I'm still feeling a little lightheaded. My appetite from the evening eludes me as taste of nausea trails everything I consume. I think I'll skip dinner. I feel the cold now. A tender chill that pricks the skin. I think I'll rest now.

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2008-04-05T08:47:00.000-07:00

I don't know why I stopped blogging and I am not sure as well as to why I chose to write this entry after months of silence. Well, I suppose boredom is more will-bending than procrastination and the lack of determination, that's how it was with me. Many things had happened in the course of these long, quiet days. Events that frustrated me; situations that made me feel uncomfortable, sad, happy, indifferent and also angry. They are hard to explain, so don't expect an explanation. Maybe some day, when I finally find out the reasons for all these, we'll have a long conversation over a meal perhaps or a walk, traversing the countryside as I share with you my knowledge of what had been and could be. You must be so confused by now. You are not alone.

But for now, I think the reason for writing this post must have been nostalgia. Like the old picture above (well, not that 'old' after some faulty editing from my side). Taken a long time ago, bearing a profound significance and a story that only those in it can understand. Nostalgia hit me, I guess. For a moment I craved that feeling that blogging can give. That unexplainable state of mind that one gets when one knows that he or she can tell that story without the fear of adverse consequences of the worldly circumstances. Maybe, it's not all that deep, I might be craving for attention. Ashamed? Not really...

Anyway, I guess sometimes it takes a great deal of bravery and courage (not that I have any) to put our minds to words and hope that those who shall lay eyes upon it will not judge or form perceptions of the person behind the monitor. Was I scared? Go figure...

I guess I'm back...for the moment that is...

SS2 Murni

2007-12-20T23:26:00.000-08:00

Some times back, I was lucky enough to finally dine at the infamous SS2 Murni with Akil, Steph, Manpreet, Dionne and Andrew. The first time I heard of this eating place was during a BRATs gathering from Yun-Ni (who is now studying somewhere in the New South Wales...)...and then from Stephanie when I came to college...my initial impression was a huge food junction with many stalls selling different food, like a foodcourt in a mall. But SS2 Murni was actually a mamak store! And mind you the food is superb!!!

Since it was my first time, I don't really know what to order, so we consulted Steph who had been to SS2 Murni before. She recommended to us the special Roti Hawaii. Which was delicious...it's like roti canai but the inside is filled with chicken cubes, egg, sausage and many other yummy stuffing...

Other than that they also have great drinks...their special fruit juices and smoothies. I ordered the Mango Special that Yun-Ni told me about. It was nice, ice blended and served with chunks of watermelon and mata kucing...yum yum...Akil took the Pink Panther which was a concoction of banana and strawberry smoothie...it look abit like blended brain though...and I dared him to finish it or I'll pour the remaining smoothie on his head...lol...he never finish it (nearly vomited in the car) and I let him go, for now...wakaka...

Anyway, that's all for this food review...go and try for yourself!! Happy Christmas everyone!!

Open Day / Career Talk...

2007-12-12T02:49:00.000-08:00

These past few days had been some fun and tiring days...for I had been working with a bunch of friends as Student Ambassadors for the Taylor's College Open Day in main campus. Basically my job was to monitor the inquiry counter outside the exhibition hall and to give out goodies and freebies to the visitors...I'm glad I got the chance to be part of the team, met some great people, ate some good food and best of all, I was in action as a Taylorian...lol...anyway, I don't feel like posting much about it, so here's quite a bit of pictures to tell the story for me...

Courses exhibition in the Multi-purpose Hall (MPH)...not the bookstore...just so you know...hahaha...

Another snapshot of the crowd...it was so packed that another room had to be used for counseling...

The Cafeteria where we had our lunch 3 days in a row...some day the food was great...but other day...you get what I mean...

It's lunch hour people!

Main building of Taylor's University College Main Campus...no lifts...nearly died of exhaustion because of taking the stairs...hahaha...

Other than exhibition...there were also talks on various courses...

Vico was there too...which mean free drinks for everyone!

The Celcom and Nestle canopy...

Manpreet and Leh Bin in action...overseeing the crowds in Lecture Theatre 3...

Look at the crowd at the Inquiry Counter!

Akil...hogging the limelight as always...Steph was on the floor...packing goodie bags...kesian....lol...

Our storeroom...where everything and anything were kept...

Taylor's stuffs...

View from the top floor...feel so bad for the usherers working under the hot sun...at least they can huddle under the big yellow umbrella...

Florence and Jeng Zhu (I'm 100% I misspelled her name...sorry...hehehe...) manning the other Inquiry Counter...posers!!

We are the Student Ambassadors:(1st row) Me, Christine and Steph...(2nd row) Akil and Toddy...

In another story...today we got the oppurtunity to meet Ahmad Izham who is the CEO of 8TV...he was one of the speakers during today's Career Talk organized by 8TV and Hotlink...very nice guy!

Akil, Steph, Miss Josephine (Program Director of SOC), Ahmad Izham, Me and Dionne...

Anyway, that's all for now...I'm looking forward to meeting up with Paulene this Saturday! I'm going shopping crazy this weekend...but I'm low on cash...how? Sigh...anyway...enjoy the rest of the day guys!

P/S: I'll do the tag soon Esther...thanks!

Nitwit Vandals

2007-12-03T19:46:00.000-08:00

I'm taking a quikie break from doing my Malaysian Media History about the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984...I'm dying of boredom. Anyway, I got something interesting to share. I found these scribblings under my desk in English class this morning.

A closer look at the the words scribbled on the drawer reavealed some rather idiotic coomments...

Look who's talking right? Talking about vandalism and still whoever this is still scribbled on the desk, which he shouldn't have if he's preaching about anti-vandalism, no? I got one word for this guy: STUPID.

That's all...time's up...gotta get on with my assignment...which by the way is due tomorrow...lalalala...

For Wu...hahaha...

2007-11-28T19:52:00.000-08:00

So here I am...blogging again after some period of silence for the past few weeks. Here I am also to please Wu Wu, who had been constantly nagging me for not posting any new entry...he can be quite restless as you guys can see...hahaha...

Anyway, I had not been feeling well these few days. I don't have much appetite to eat lately and had been getting some serious gastric attack. What's worst is that my nose kept on bleeding...two days in a row is the longest...as you all know, I can get pretty paranoid when things like this happened to me...as always I'll think of the worst case scenarios rather than being optimistic about it.

Cottons stained with my blood...from my nose that is...hahaha...

My mum called and I told her about my nosebleed and she started panicking and lecturing me about taking care of my health. Told me to go to the doctor too...nah, I don't really like doctors. Not that I hate them, but let's just say my last family doctor was extremely intimidating. Then, mum started talking about a movie she had watch where a girl who was diagnosed with leukemia was also experiencing nosebleed prior to her bleak diagnosis. That was exactly what I was thinking about when my nose started bleeding...goodness...and so I continue to worry...but I'm glad to say that the bleeding had stopped and hopefully it won't start again...

Other than that, nothing much happened, my mid-term exam was brought forward (sigh) and I'll be helping out with Taylor's Open Day from 7th until 9th of December in main campus and also on 16 of December in my own campus. And some LAN (Lembaga Akreditasi Negara [which now had been renamed Malaysian Qualification Agency or MQA or something like that]) will be coming to our college this Wednesday for a visit and some of us from foundation (yours truly included) will be inteviewed...scary...hahaha...one more thing that I'm excited about is tomorrow's 1st National HIV/AIDS Youth Conference! I'll be going under BRATs with some other bratty people (lol...) for the conference hosted by the Malaysian Government and also by UNICEF...hopefully I'll enjoy myself...but I'll have to drag myself out of bed early in the morning...that's the downside...sigh..lol...

I had been doing some serious camwhoring too, and edited a few of them...I wonder what my camwhore "sifu", Miss Pauline thinks about my camwhoring skills...improved? Hahaha...anyway that's all and enjoy these pics....

Pineapple Jam!

2007-11-07T01:39:00.000-08:00

I have been neglecting this blog for quite some time now, it was mostly due to the fact that I was back at Kedah last week and the dial-up connection back home was suckier than ever...lol...and the start of my 2nd semester didn't help at all as I was busy preparing for new subjects and getting to know new lecturers who will e teaching us this time round. Well, for this semester, I will only be doing 3 subjects which are Malaysian Media History & Law, Introduction to Information & Technology and also English for College Studies (ii)...so I guess I'll have a bit more free time to enjoy the perks of college life...hahaha...

Anyway, I'd been through some extremely wacky situations when I was in Kedah last week...there was a cat and mouse stuffs happening and a very liberal or shall I say, indifferent idiom came into play and presented itself through my cousin...I'll be posting about that in the next post though...as I'm writting this, I'm also trying to rush home before the rain starts pouring...ain't got no umbrella with me...and I just watched "30 Days of Night" yesterday, so I'll really want to get back before it's really dark...if you get what I mean. But for now I'll show you how I make pineapple jam for Stephanie as a very, very, very, very, very, very, very......belated birthday gift for her...hahaha...it's my first attempt and it turn out quite okay...so maybe you guys are willing to risk getting a tummy ache and try out this jam recipe...lol...

1. Firstly, you'll have to buy the pineapple because without a pineapple, there wouldn't be any pineapple jam...there will only be air jam or, if you prefer, oxygen jam...hahaha...so after that, cut the scaly outer skin of the pineapple unless you eat the skin as well (might give your jam some extra fiber...lol...)...you begin by chopping the top aand bottom off...

2. Then cut off the skin sideways to reveal the 'eyes' of the pineapple...

3. Make the pineapple a blind pineapple by removing it's annoyingly many 'eyes'...

4. Admire your artistic sculpture called the "Eyeless P-apple"...mine was a bit off though...maybe you guys can do a better job at cutting up the pineapple...lol...

5. Next, slice the pineapple into smaller pieces so that it will be easier to crush into a puree...

6. After that, put all the pineapple chunks into a blender, juicer or food processor...

7. This is how pineapple mush looks like...haha...

8. Pour out all the juiced pineapple into a bowl, you can also sieve the juice if you guys want a more refine jam...but that will take away some of the good fiber...

9. Boil the juice using low flame so as to turn it 'jammie'...hahaha...

10. Here comes the most important part of jam-making...stirring the jam non-stop...people who are lazy are advice to get someone else to do this for you because by the time you manage to pull yourself from the TV, you will get charcoal jam instead...hahaha...

11. As I say, keep on stirring as the jam boils...

12. While the jam thickens, add some cinnamon to bring out the sweetness of the jam and to enhance the aroma...don't drool please...lol...

13. Mix well and keep on stirring like there's no tomorrow...

14. When jam is going to be done, add a teaspoon of margerine or butter to glaze it so that it is shinny and nice to look at...

15. Let the cooked jam cool off and then bottle it up for storage or to gift it out to friends...

16. Finally, I present to you the jam!!! Hooray! Hahahaha...

Hahahaha...that's my recipe for the pineapple jam...I got great feedback from Stephanie's friend, Sulin...and hopefully it will also work for you guys! Gotta go...it's dark outside now...I'll blog again soon...I know you are proud of me if you are reading this Martha! Hahahahaha...

The Ride of Our Lives!!

2007-10-24T17:34:00.000-07:00

So after Akil and Mei Yen left for their hometown for the end of semester holiday, there was only me and Dionne left out of the gang of four. Initially, I wanted to go to MidValley to shop and get cottage cheese for my Mum. However, through the power of persuasion from Dionne (I'm giving you too much credit...hahaha) I found myself wondering the different floors of Sunway Pyramid's new-wing with my dear kakak...

As you guys know, the life of Leonard (that's me...in case you don't know) is always full of randomness. As we sat at the Hartz Chicken Buffet Restaurant with Elaine, Manpreet, Kel Zoe, Joey and Leh Bin, the idea of going to MidValley came to our minds...and off we go...

I'm getting way ahead of myself here. So it happened that Kel Zoe's sister was also going to MidV and was willing to drive some of us (as not everyone can fit into her car) and the rest would follow in Joey's car.

Now, let me tell you about Joey. She's the most innocent girl that can ever be found on this planet. But, she compensate that aspect of her by having an extremely bubbly personality, loud range of vocal projection (or very...very...very...very loud...) and restless. Which is fine by me as long as we get to MidV...hahaha...though that was not the case at first...

Joey couldn't remember where she had parked her car which she named Mango. She there we were looking around for Mango in the massive carpark until I'm puffing and sweating...we took around 20 to 25 minutes to find Mango and now the terror begins...

Joey's driving skill is not bad...but she is super restless in her car...dancing to the radio...making hilarious comments and laughing out loud...she's a wreck...if you get what I mean. Not a wreck wreck...but a positive wreck...okay...whatever...

Well, her driving skill basically sacred the living daylight out of me...I think Dionne suffered more though as she was in the front seat...lol...

Joey the "rollercoaster" driver...

Looking uncannily calm...which make us more scared...

Along the way, she kept on telling us to trust her...which was a bit...emm...hard?...ahahaha...yet it was all fun...I was laughing at her silly comment all the way to MidV...but don't forget how terrified we are at the same time...

Dionne: Ahhh...oh my God!! Why is your windscreen wipers so fast and furios?!! Ahhhhh....

Leh Bin: Oh Lord! I'll close my eyes and my ears and pretend that I'm in a dream...somebody save us!!!...

Yours truly: I'm too young to die...please spare my soul!! Please...Joey pay attention! Hold the steering wheel!!...Fuhh...

Fortunately, we manage to arrive safely...not a scratch...which I guess I'm thankful to Joey...Kel Zoe, Manpreet and Elaine was our welcoming party at the carpark...they were more worried about our lives that ourselves...hahaha...

The welcoming party: You guys are SAFE!! Thank God!

At last we managed to reach Gardens which, is another new shopping mall similar to KLCC and start shopping. I was very excited about coming to Gardens because I heard there was a very cool t-shirt shop here. The shop is called "Graffi Tee"...

Me and Kel Zoe browsing in "Graffi Tee"...I was a bit dissapointed by the fact that there were not much choices in the shop and the t-shirt that I wanted was still not there...which sucks...I wanted to shop and get something badly after getting my Mum's cottage cheese. So we walk around a bit more and camwhored with the mall's background...

The garden bridge...it's a backdrop...

Dionne looked like she's in an English countryside...thanks to my photography skills...hahaha...

Dionne and Kel Zoe camwhoring...what's new...

Me, Kel Zoe and Dionne...I'm moping over my t-shirt dissapointment...lol...

Group photo!! Leh Bin, Me, Dionne, Manpreet, Joey and Kel Zoe...Elaine was the photographer...kesian...tak dapat bergambar...lol...

Then it's time to go back. Oh, I got myself another top from Topmen...they are having their mid-season sale right now...there's bargains galore!

Well, the same thing happened again...we forgot where Joey's car @ Mango was and started another search for it...lol...we can be so forgetful sometimes...As none of us were familiar with the road in KL, we took the risk and just follow the road signs. We were supposed to go back to our college which was right at the border of Subang and Petaling Jaya (PJ)...so we followed the sign to PJ and ended up on the other side of town which we called the real PJ and our college is situated in the fake PJ. So we turned around and manage to follow the sign to Subang Jaya and Bandar Sunway.

After that I had dinner with Elaine and Leh Bin...and we chat...it was a great day!! And I seriously hope that all of us can do it agian some day soon!

That's all..I gotta catch the train now to the bus station cause I'm going back to Kedah today!! I'm sooo happy! Chat later!

A Jumble of Nonsense...

2007-10-18T20:16:00.000-07:00

It's been a very stressful week, final exam is coming very soon (next monday to be exact) and my Human Communication academic essay (due on the last day of final exam) is still not done. Seriously, I'm currently living up to my title of being a "Procrastinating King"...I was supposed to finish my assignment today...but...look what I'm doing now? I'm blogging...it's all you guys' fault...hahaha...tempting me to blog for your pleasure...hahaha...I know, I'm dramatic and sometimes narcissistic...that's how I am...Anyway, since I'm blogging just for the sake of procrastination (but my entry is still as sincere as ever, mind you) I don't really have much to talk about...so instead let me show you some pics which equate to a true jumble of nonsense...

Let me introduce some of my wacky (and not so wacky, if you catch the flow...oh well...nevermind) classmates...tada...

Mitch with her purple hair...she kept changing her hair color...the last time I heard it's blond...I wonder what it will be...wakakaka...

Introducing Cel Sin! The girl from Seremban....there are a lot of Serembanians in my class...pretty le...so pretty until I look so damn ugly beside her...memalukan...

And this girl is Pooi Yee...can be considered as Cel Sin's best friend...they always talk rapid Cantonese with each other...blablablablablabla...but she's a lot of fun!

She's the loudest in my class, she's the kuku-gaga-crazy girl....she's none other than....Joey!! She seems to have something going on with random taxi drivers (*whisper...whisper...)...I sincerely thinks she has a good future in sale...very persuasive...hahaha...and the guy in black is Akil...funny chap...lol...

Talk about the devil! And here she is...Dionne...my dear kakak ...this pic was taken after our commercial presentation for Mass Comm...I was the devil in the commercial...I made those horn with her hairband...lol...

This is how the hairband is at first, if you guys are wondering...lol...

Meet Pauline the Cat...wakakaka...you know who I name it after...wakakaka...she exactly like her namesake...sooo crazy...look at what she did...

OMG!!! She's flashing her butt at us all!...I bet the human Pauline is doing the same thing in the streets of Melbourne...wakakakakaka...jangan marah...

I saw this bug two days ago near the elevator entrance at my condo...damn freaky...I named it Mr. Buggy...hahaha...unfortunately, when I went back in the evening...he's dead...crushed and sticking to the floor...life is so brief...sigh...rest in peace Mr. Buggy...

My dinner! Spaghetti with mixed veggie and sausage...yum...yum...who says I can't cook?

Took this yesterday...it's Manpreet...we are in the library...trying to do the assignment I mentioned earlier...see what I mean about procrastinating? Instead of focusing on the essay...i took pictures...lol...

Manpreet's outrageous earrings!!...She have one that look like a satalite dish...wakakaka...

Dionne...doing essay or MSN?? Look so sleepy...

This is the topic I'm doing for my essay...damn hard...sigh...anyway...that's all. Need to get cracking and finish it today...hopefully...lol...later people!

Pok...pok...Pokai!!

2007-10-08T00:27:00.000-07:00

This is the story of how I become so broke that Maggi Mee is my best friend for the moment...

Well, the tale begin on a Saturday. It was the weekend and I had a lunch date with my friend, Alex who is currently doing his medical pre-u course in KTT before going to Indonesia under the PSD scholarship. And so we met at Sunway Pyramid, we started off by snacking on sushi as we loitered around the massive mall. Then, we decided to watch a movie and got ourselves the tickets to watch "The Seeker" which was at 2.30pm...It was still early, so we had lunch at this wonderful place clalled the "Bar . B . Q Plaza".

The food there was superb as it was a fussion between barbeque, steamboat and noodles. And not to meantion healthy as well, especially the soup at the end bacause it was the essence of all the fresh ingredients that were cooked...unfortunately it's not Halal though...too bad...

Bubbling hot steamboat!!

From the way I'm holding the chopsticks, you can guess that I'm not that familiar with it...lol...

Alex enjoying his food...hahaha...

Next it was time for the movie. It was okay but it's the same-old storyline: a boy found out on his 14 birthday that he was the Seeker and have extraordinary power... boy is tasked with the mission of saving the world from the Dark...boy prevailed...the world is saved...get what I mean?

But the worst part was the two guys beside us, they keep on giving smart ass remarks all through the show...damn noisy! in one of the scene, the hero asked "What is the Dark?" and the two guys said "Dark is the absence of light...". It was so annoying...duh...we all know that, can you keep all that to yourself? Seriously, they are very noisy...

After the show, we went to Topshop to do some browsing...

And we camwhored in the changing room...as always...lol...

And I got this new top for myself...nice stripes...

Then, it's time for snack again! We had Hot Roll this time, Alex took tuna while mine as Double Cheese Onion...it was beyond heaven!! Hahahaha...

Next, we had ice-cream as desert. We took the New Zealand Natural ice-cream, Alex liked it so much that he took a second helping of his Kiwi & Cream sorbet and Iate the Rum & Raisin ice-cream...they are so smooth and creamy!!

Before we leave, Alex spotted Auntie Anne's Pretzels and so we indulged ourselves with those fluffy pastries! Yum!!

It was an extremely good day and outing, but then again I did spend a lot...now you know why I'm broke...

Event-ful Day

2007-10-03T04:19:00.000-07:00

Our " 'E' 4 Inglish" event just ended a few hours ago, it didn't turn out as what we initially expected it to be. Not many people came to participate in our activities, it seemed that people were afraid of the fact that this particular event was about the importance of the English language...weird...

Event's flyer...

Well, before I go into details, I think it's best to look at what happened a day before the event...Yesterday, somebody sabotaged our event's banner!! We hung up two banners, one in Media Hub, which was our event's venue and another one in the Courtyard.

Media Hub's banner...blocked by palms' leaves...sigh...

Something even worst happened to the banner in the Courtyard...

What the hell happened??!

As you can see, our banner is not a banner anymore. It was so tangled up that the words on it were barely visible...I wonder how it got to be this way...hmmm...

Anyway, one the bright side, "The Ultimate Prom Nite" contest organized by 8TV was having a roadshow at our campus yesterday. We had so much fun taking group photo, and it's even more hilarious to see Akil and Mitch entering the competition and had to pose for the photographer...hahaha...do vote for them ok...cause they are awesome!!

"The Ultimate Prom Nite"...by

Ok, let's talk about the event. First of, our t-shirt was banned because it was too sensative (according to our English course leader that is). This is how it looked like:

What we are trying to convey is the fact that if we take English for granted (I fell asleep in english class), we will not be able to express ourselves accurately ("Sun off a beach")...however, it seemed that some lecturer do not think it's appropriate...what do you think? But, as a consolation, we were allowed to sell it, but in a discreet manner...hmmm...in a way, I feel bad about the t-shirt because lectuerers might start having bad impressions toward our class...sigh...

The itenarary for our event...

The performance by Hardstyle Republic was awesome, but there wasn't much audience...so the vibe was not really there. Most probably it's our location, it's quite isolated from the other part of our campus...but we got no choice as other venues were booked...gotta do with what we have..

Badges galore!

We also sold badges during our event other than the t-shirts. These were all handmade from discarded bottle caps...cool huh? It's was quite popular among the crowds...just that we don't reall have much crowd to start with...sigh...sad case really. 50% oftThe revenue from these badges will go to Rumah Hope, an orphanage that we are supporting for this particular event...

These are what I'm giving you..Pauline...

Badges that my team made...lol..colorful right?

Infos on Rumah Hope...

Selling badges...one for RM1 and 3 for RM2.50...

Other than that, we also had games...the most popular one was Ain's Riddle Game...

Their prizes were quite cool too...hahaha...Kuhen's booth was all about Hip-hop...love the deco...

Done by Kuhen and Ozzy...great job!

Below are soem snapshots I took when we were cleaning up...organizing an event is a definite hardwork people...pheww...

Well, it was our first event, we tried our best to make it happened and in a way I'm really proud of it...it's not really a flop, but it's also not a huge success...We'll learn and we'll grow, our next event will definitely be a blast...you wait and see...hahaha...

Random Deviations...

2007-09-27T22:32:00.000-07:00

Just a short update of my life, our event is coming (next Wednesday to be exact!!) and assignments for my final are getting more and more each day...well, basically I'm super busy!!!

Anyway, I was bored today as everyone had gone back for the weekend and so here I am in the library blogging to you all out there...I edited some of my camwhoring pics just to pass my time...the words have no apparent meaning as they just came into my mind at the very moment I edited the pics...I'll be back soon, need to be more dedicated to my blog...hahaha...here's the pics, enjoy...