back from manc

i got back from manchester at about 9pm just now and i feel so freaking tired, but i have to wait for my laundry to be done T.T

i saw a few trailers just now and i really really wanna watch transformers and public enemies!!! so awesome!!!

about manc... well, lets just say its not my kind of city. if i wanted to live in fear i would prefer living in kl. wtf
not that i kena-ed any racist incidents or anything, just that there were wayyyy too many dodgy characters around *shudders*

so manc would not be a city i would recommend anyone to visit... unless you are a MU fan. then its different =p

but hwei seems to love manc :)

oh ya, anyone who does go to manc must must must go to chaophraya. its a thai restaurant and blissfully delicious! im craving it already T.T
plus im not even a thai food fan!

many thanks to hwei for dinner and to bernie for being my awesome possum host! :D

off to manc

i'll be off to manchester tomorrow!

it was all very last minute. bernie has been asking the lodgians in uk to go visit him for sometime, but as usual we just said we would but made no actual plans.

then suddenly he said that he had to move out of his place soon and if we wanted to visit, we had better visit soon. so i immediately booked tickets and off i'll be going tomorrow!

it has been awhile since i've been spontaneous like that and i like it! haha...

sometimes i will walk to the bus stop without knowing where i wanna go and see if the bus heading towards headington or the city centre comes 1st then just take it :D

ok la, i gtg sleep now. gotta wake up at 9am coz my coach is at 10.55am :)

starstruck

i met an actress at yo sushi on monday!

jeannie, min yuen n i were nearly done with our meal when she came in with a guy and sat opposite us. then MY got soo excited. LOL

she's anna popplewell who acted as susan in 'the chronicles of narnia'!

so after dinner MY asked if she acted in narnia and she said yes and shook hands with MY but declined photos.

in real life, she's slimmer looking than in the movie, plus she's gone blonde. :)

i heard emma watson is studying in oxford too. now thats someone i wanna meet!!!

beautiful weather

today's weather was soo awesome!
not too hot nor too cold. i didnt even have to wear any jacket out.

in fact, the weather was so nice that after work, i went for a jog in the park in a tank top and felt great! the sun was warm but not 'hot' because of the cool and constant breezes. plus, my skin finally had a taste of vit D after goodness knows how long!

like i mentioned above, i had to work in the afternoon today. and i felt so so envious of all those people coming in all dressed so nice and summery, enjoying the sunshine while i was stuck behind the counter :(

oh and my co-worker messed up some breads (he left them out too long and they grew too big, eventually collapsing), so they were wasted. but i felt too sayang to throw all the dough away, so i took one tray and made the dough into balls and baked it. they turned out pretty decent and i had one just now for supper.

i warmed it up in the oven, then i ate it with butter. yums!
then i tried it with my mint and apple jelly too. double yums!

im going for sushi tomorrow! *excited*

dinner at browns

im currently using my friends laptop.

i havent been able to get on facebook for so long, im on all out stalker mode now. wtf

plus i've been catching up on my mdg =p

i was struggling to install the nokia driver into this laptop so that i could finally start uploading pics again. and after much tinkering, i got it done! :D

so here are some photos of anson's birthday dinner :)


wai bing n i


the roof of browns

the whole roof wasnt like that. we were just lucky enough to be able to snag the spot with the glass roof =p


blurry shot of the ambience


birthday boy basking in the glow of sunlight that by some stroke of luck shone only on him.


random shots


lol at mel!


jia xin n mel




tap water because im cheap like that. wtf


menu.. not like u can read it from this pic -_-"


random hanging plants


my camwhoring partner of the evening


the blue-ness




this blurry face on the right is jason. the only non-malaysian with us that night.


as usual, the girls camwhored while waiting for food


birthday boy n i!


does anyone remember the trademark pose? omg that was so long ago! LOL


we discovered the huge mirrors outside the loos


can u spot the differences between the photo above and this one? or did i just put the same photo twice? nyahaha!


this is the shortest skirt i own (if im not mistaken). and dont be so alarmed cherie, i very very rarely wear it =p


if only these socks covered my knees, they would look less like football socks. wtf




right after this shot, she noticed a cctv and we paiseh-ly went back to our seats -_-"




so tiny right the portion of lamb! 2 pathetic ketuls!
to pay so much for so little food... the sim thia-ness!


chicken chop.
do not be fooled by the fries, the actual meat was not much more than my portion.


duck. the only big serving there was (this picture was taken a few minutes after my friend had begun eating).
i soo regret not ordering it
T.T


my last camwhore pic of the night in the comfort of my own room =p

after dinner, we adjourned to anson's kitchen where we played drinking games and thank god i managed to cheat and not drink alot. wtf

i want 'me' time!

gosh, i've been so busy these few days that i barely even have any 'me' time to read my post!

not that my post has had anything interesting recently... just tesco and election stuff.

i havent ebay-ed in awhile... i've run out of things to buy :S

anyway, the job interview went ok and i hope to hear from them by tomorrow. but im not THAT keen on working 2 jobs anymore... i just feel so tired :(

i have the flu o.0!!!

so off i go now to get my rest! hope i get well soon!

hunt!

remember i said that i was looking for another job and that i sent my CV out to several places?

well, im going to an interview tomorrow for one of those places.

i had no idea where the restaurant/pub was located, so i checked out its website and discovered that there were many asians working there and the manager was quite hot! *squeals!!!*

hire me! hire me!

ohhhhh im being side tracked into searching for a gift for a friend! i love buying people gifts! but only if i know them well enough la... and they're female. LOL

i find it damn hard to find gifts for guys. i always think of the boring old tshirt or wallet. but for girls, u can get them accessories or makeup or clothes! and there are a millions of types of accessories, makeup and clothes to choose from. most guy's clothes look the same to me. *shrugs*

im off to present hunt now! toodles!

9 hours shifts

yesterday i worked a 9 hour shift. ok la, it was actually more like 8 and a half hours because i kept bugging the supervisor to let me off early =p

eh, u think its an easy job ar? there are no chairs in the kitchen, so if i have a 9 hour shift, it means i have to be on my feet for 9 hours straight T.T

i thought the 9 hour shift would be a one-of thing only, but i had to do it again today T.T

i wasnt even told i had to work till 9 until i was already working. ugh, i really do hate my manager's time management skills -or lack of.

another gripe i have is that they automatically assume that i have no plans and can work whenever they call me to. damn, i must really look like a no-lifer. wtf

but gripes aside, i still love my job =p

btw, im looking for a new job. i sent my cv out online to several places and all have replied. im going to an interview on wednesday!

i hope that they accept me eventhough i can only work for 2 months :s
plus i hope the pay is much better too! =p

i guess thats all the updates for now. i'll try to update more often! (not as if many people read me anyway =p)

burning bridges

i have kept so many bridges i should have burnt.

i've changed so much over the years. the high school me would have never hesitated to make bold moves at the risk of offending people. unfortunately, the university me cannot afford such rashness and have shied away from countless conflicts. coward.

in case u havent guessed, current mood: emo

i wish i were more devil-may-care about my relationships with people, but the sick truth is that i do care. i care hell alot.

dont get me wrong. im not trying to say im all sugar and spice, because im not. what im trying to say is that i wish i could be firmer, more decisive.

bah. enough emo-ness.

let me tell u about the incident in the library toilet.

a few days ago, i was studying in the uni library. then i had to go to the loo. so instead of leaving the library and having to use my student card to gain entry into the library again, i decided to use the library toilet which is very small and quite dodgy. a girl entered the toilet before i did an took a stall. i took the other stall next to it (there are only 2 stalls). when i was just about done, i heard a very loud "ka-chak". u know the kind that camera phones use?

so i immediately checked under the stall to see if there was any camera there and there was none, then i looked up and there was none there either. i felt mildly disturbed. only mildly disturbed because as far as i knew, there were only the 2 of us girls in the loo and i doubt that the other girl would be perverted enough to wanna take a picture of another girl peeing. so i assumed that she was just camwhoring. but still thats a little wierd because girls normally camwhore with the mirrors at the sinks and not inside toilet cubicles...

on another note, my laptop is becoming even more screwed up. now, not only do i have no desktop, but i cant even open mozilla. so i have to use IE. and me no likey IE *pouts*

yes la, i know i should have reformatted it eons ago, but do you have any idea how much it costs to do laptop related stuff here? i might as well buy a new laptop with that money! im actually quite relieved that my laptop managed to last through my assignment period. *phew!*

thats all for now, im off to a bbq! =p

emote

i sat for my last paper today and if all goes well, i'll be graduating in june ;)

im gonna start working tomorrow and i'll be working nearly everyday. which means... income! :D

but right now, im so so exhausted... all i want to do is sleep. well, after im done watching House =p

did u notice that every line so far has ended with an emoticon? o.0

ok, my brain is shutting down. bye :)

emotionally volatile

im having my period, plus im under great stress because my finals start on monday and i've barely started studying.

provoke me at your own risk!

xoxo!!!

wa tarabibi

the ending was so anticlimactic! so many questions left unanswered, as if there was going to be a fourth installation to the series. so i googled it to check... and there is none!

there are few things i hate worse than a bad ending.

speaking of which, ming is out!
oh noes!!!

what are u voters thinking???!!!

banestone

i received the final installation for the pearl saga today. so much for studying...

procrastinating

i know i've mentioned this many times before, but im gonna say it again... i love mail!!!

the way to my heart is via mail. and food. wtf

i bought some makeup brushes online the other day and they arrived today. now im soo excited to try them!

so people, ask me out to fancy dinners already! or any occasion that will require dressing up la.
not only do i wanna try out my new brushes, i have loads of new threads i have yet to wear!
so whatcha waiting for! lets go partayyyyyy~~~

oh wait, exams are just less than a week away. wtf

i always itch very badly to try out my new stuff. who doesnt! admit it! =p

actually im in the middle of an essay right now. gotta hand it in tomorrow.

but the sien-ness of studying/ doing coursework always brings out the wanna-type-out-random-stuff-ness in me.

omg, i totally forgot my apples!!! i bought them last week and there are now 4 left.
*runs to fridge*
ok, make that 3 left. *bites into apple*


a happy picture to remind myself of more carefree times.

dammit, if i knew we were gonna stop to take pictures in a field of flowers, i would have dressed the part and prettified myself.

instead, tired after playing paintball, i was half asleep in this photo. i just stumbled out of the car, trying to open my eyes, then stood in the field trying to look nice for the photos.

my mum

my mum is hilarious.

here are some emails between us.

mum:blue
me:purple

"Hi gal,
 
Got ur contacts di. Is there anyting else I need to send u 4 ur Bar application, etc? 

If got several tings, I mite courier 2 u. But not frivolous tings tho.
 
Can I send Tamiflu?"

-_-"

"Hi darlin,

there 's a b/day cake in d fridge wen i opened it
just now. Cherie treated us to my b/day buffet lunch yesday
>& u remembered 2 call me & b 1st one to wish me last
nite. This is a great 50 b/day. Tanx.

Love & kisses,
 mum"

" haha... sounds like chump didnt do anything! i was the only
one not in the house and i was still the 1st to wish u??
they all suck! u should just disown them and leave all the
family valuables to me.

btw, i got 8.5 average for my ielts and my lowest section i
still managed to get an 8.0. so im safe :D

xoxo!"

"Congrats, darlin. So ur english very 'teng'. No, I won't disown anyone. U all cause me so much work & worry & cost me so much I can;t afford to release anyone from lookin afta me in my old age. Haha."

actually there's more, but i guess thats all i'll share for now =p

ancient

jo! i dedicate donkey kong, donkey kong jr. and donkey kong 3 to you!

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why it is important to chose your case when you get the chance to and not just let yourself be assigned to left-over cases:

because now im left with a case that is so freaking old that none of the 3 textbooks i have with me even so much as mentions this case!

so clever!

$&*%#$&@@#(*&#@!

a whole season late

yes, i know im a whole season(possibly two) late, but better late than never right? right??

these will be a compilation of all the snow pictures that i took in winter. so dont get confused if there doesnt seem to be a sequence of events.


if you look at the road, you might just be able to discern some falling snow


these pictures were taken on one of the heavier snowfall days




see the thickness of the snow on some branches?


the dots in the sky are snow


i think this picture is cool... it looks distorted although i didnt do anything to it at all.


one day, a few of us went to a park nearby to play with the snow...


1st time see snow mar... must jakun abit.


elysha, caroline, angela n jon




elysha thinking evil thoughts...


the easiest way to make huge snowballs is to hug a huge chunk of snow to your body




i think this would make a nice banner picture. it just needs some cropping and editing :)






the building behind the trees is the mansion


playing with a huge-ass snowman that some other people built


it was huge... and also very dirty


u know the bury-a-person-in-sand game?
this is the snow version.


look at caroline's expression! HAHAHA


abit fail because the snow kept sliding off -_-"




jon's turn!


his over-sized organs


summore got 6-pack... dun play play!




xmas tree sans decorations




beyond that gate is a little path.

fresh snow is alright to walk on, because its flaky, there is some grip to it. but when the snow turns to ice, it becomes really slippery and dangerous. the path behind the gate was pretty steep and with the ice on it, it became very very hard to travel on. you should have seen all of us, gripping the gates and making such slow progress >.<
view from my window


the view is even nicer at night...


ta da!
looks so magical~


this was taken when i went down to london and got stranded -_-"


yun mei's sister, yours truly, yun mei and stella with our snowman!

see, so clean compared to the huge one in the park! summore the smiley face to cute! haha~
u have no idea how hard it was to find stones n twigs! everything was buried under the snow and getting the right shapes and sizes was a nightmare!

stella's insane, she didnt even wear gloves!


thats me with our masterpiece!


then we had a snowball fight!


my 1st ever snowangel!


so hard to get up -_-"


ta da!


these next few pictures were taken that time we had dinner at goldmine.
oh... i miss the duck! T_T
(and my earmuffs. wtf)


kiong, stella, mel, me, jo, un-pro photographer's finger


besties




damn i miss em peeps!

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sometimes im so healthy i amaze myself.


so that was my lunch. (super bad quality pic because i took it with my webcam which has a tendency of making things look brighter and whiter, thus deceiving my family into thinking that i turned into snow white since i came here)
potato, carrots, beans, ang zhi (the chinese red seed thingy)
damn kao healthy.

i havent had much of an appetite these past few days.
i do get hungry, but i just dont feel like eating. or maybe its the hassle of preparing something to eat that turns me off.

whatever it is, i havent been eating much (besides at birthday celebrations).
and no, im not on diet. people dont eat ice cream and chocolate cookies when they are on diet.

and i am so unbelievably reluctant to begin cracking for my exams T_T

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i just watched 'bride wars'. loved it :D