Have courage

You know, I am happy that my Dad is my Dad. He is the best father in the whole world. In my world of course. To this day, now, I am 23 and he haven't really scold or yell at me before. Whenever I make any mistake, he would always smile and says 'it's okay'. Take this evening for example, I tried to make double chocolate chips cookies, while mixing the dough, I broke the wooden spoon. And he said it's alright and use a new spoon. Then, I stop a minute and flash back. I realized that this is not the first time. My Dad has been very patience and nice to me ever since I was a little girl. He taught me that it is okay to fail, make mistake, be silly, be embarrassed and angry at myself. But, you must be able to stand up again after falling. To have the courage to try again, or start over and believe that the world is not at the end yet.

One day, I want to go New York :)

Hello there?

I have not been writing here for a very long time. Well, it is not very long, just 6 months with a few spider webs covering the page.

Geee....Reading back the previous posts. I was so happy back then. Where is that girl? Hello...Knock knock. Please come back.

Many times I ask myself, am I truly happy?

Hello Sheffield

I was so blessed to have great friends who drove me from Manchester to Sheffield.

The entire road trip was scenic where I wish the journey could be longer :)

Moved into my temporary residence hall. You have no idea how many times I went into the office to make complaints. Problems with the Internet, noise pollution, broken microwave... Eventually, I just don't bother anymore. At least the room is clean and new-looking.

This is my favourite spot to have lunch or simply to hang out :)

Let's hope for the best in this green city :)

Cheers.

Being a tourist in Manchester

Welcome to Manchester.

Weather here is as crazy as what I experienced in America. This place is cloudy, gloomy, rainy, dull and wet.

We did a lot of walking here since you won't even sweat after walking miles and miles. Unlike in KL.


We walked from Old Straford Stadium to the city. Which is about 3.5 KM. Did I mentioned in the rain??

The next day after arriving in Manchester, I was standing in front of the Man United players.
Marcus the tour guide and Melinda my tour partner.

I love every architectures here :) Pictures turned out really nice no matter how what.



I think I just found my version of dream home.

On sunny day, we just sit outside, tanning. We compared our skin complexion with Steven's. I would kill to be as fair as he is.
One of my favourite views here.

I am going to Sheffield in 2 days time and I couldn't wait for my college buddies to be here.

Safe trip everybody.

Manchester! Here I come.

Uniquely weird

Wern Hwei is clingy.
I am a drama queen.
I don't know since when we started calling each other that.
No matter how weird she is, I still love to share my thoughts with her.
Thanks for listening.

lalala~~~ it's summer

I met up with Jasmine, Jason and SK yesterday. They brought back some air from St. Cloud and it was so nostalgic. When I got back to my room, I walked down the memory lane, remembering who I met and what I did there. I sure had lots of great time there. =D On top of that, I just got to know there is a new Malaysian UGRADer that will be heading to St. Cloud State University this fall. To be honest, I am glad and happy but envious at the same time. I hope Amy would create lots of valuable experience there.

Jasmine brought something back for me and I am really excited. Thanks Jasmine!! I am really embarrassed as the package is so bulky.

Voila! I think I have enough supply for the summer.

And yay!!! a new digital camera. After months and months, thinking and wanting, I got one finally.

Thanks Babe!

Cheers.

monotonous

Woke up a little too early today. I didn't get up immmediately, wrapping myself comfortably in my comforter like a springroll and think. I have many thoughts everyday. Along with that, I was reflecting about what I've been doing until now.

"Monotonous". That's what I thought of. Dull and lack of variety.

Haha.. my god... can somebody give me some coloring.

What's going on.

I am trying to live through my break to the max before starting a new semester. I heard a lot of same old advice from my working friends "enjoy while you can". Man, this is so cliche. However, I do take them seriously as I can't predict when I'll have any chance like this again.

What I've been indulging myself with lately?

Asian Buffet Dinner at Tao with friends I made while working at Singapore. The buffet is good but I suggest you go there with empty stomach. For me, it was not worth because I have small appetite.


This is my favourite.

Did I mentioned I had snowflake at Kota Damansara before my buffet dinner?


As for the next day, my lunch is snowflake again.... At Pavilion because Heng Fai wanted it so much.

And had Aglio Olio with calamari at Manhattan Fish Market. I had enough of seafood for now.
This man here actually did something more than my expectation. He prepared a guide for me on where to get the best things in UK at the best price.





One of the best thing I bought today. A set of picture cards.

my kind of weekend

Here I am, back to Malaysia since Sunday and I've been bumming at home for almost a week. Got a call for work in Denai Alam by Sime Darby which I didn't hesitate to accept at all. But after that I realised I forgot about meeting Heng Fai on Saturday. Sorry dude. Really, sincerely.

Time passes extra slow today but I have a new friend that entertained me.

Meet Milo, the clown. I just thought it is pretty cute to have a clown sitting on a couch in a serious living room.

Clowns are evil. When I was little, I had coulrophobia. I fear and hated clown so much because they will eat me!!! Haha. Being slidely rational now, I am no longer afraid of clowns. See! I make friend with one. I even took pictures of him. Plus, I added him on Facebook. Okay, clowns are people too. Milo's real name is Patma.


And he made me a dog balloon.

While camwhoring, we compared our shoe sizes as well.

Last day of work tomorrow. Let's hope I have another fun day.

Cheers!

Breakfast

A little hearty meal I made for my mummy and I, garlic bread. Since I made it out of grains sprouted bread, it tasted really good :) I am serious about this.

For today, I just wanted to stay at home. Online, watch a few movies, read one or 2 page(s) of novel, do mask and maybe a little cat nap. I am tired of always on the move so I wanna stay still today.

There are many who asked me whether have I prepared my stuffs for UK or not. Darlings, I have not because there is nothing much actually. It will be same like going to US and Singapore. I'm going to stay at a place for awhile, begin to love it but have to leave eventually. However, life still goes on and I am looking forward for new adventure.

Anna is still looking for new camera.

awfully indulging day

I had an enjoyable day off yesterday. I slept at 5.30 am in the morning and woke up at 10am because somebody's alarm rang so loud. Honestly, I don't believe the types and amount of food I stuffed myself. I can feel my stomach bloating.

JC, my boss brought me to Katong to have Katong Laksa. Honestly, this is one of the best local Singaporean that I've ever tried before. Even the highly commercilized frog porridge was not this good.

I took an additional Otak-Otak. Tasted same like what we have in Malaysia.


Then we stopped by Awfully Chocolate to have hot green tea and Super Stack Chocolate Cake with a scoop of vanilla. I can only use the word 'OMG'. It is sinfully delicious. The cake was moisture enough, the cream was mild warm and the ice-cream went perfectly well with the combination.

After all the good food JC dropped me at one of the MRT station so I could go Bugis to walk around. I want to maximise one of my hard-to-get day like this.

With my ipod and a few good songs in my playlist, I walk aimlessly without map, looking for places to explore. I love walking on the street where nobody know me and nobody care. Heard about Haji Lane? It's an interesting place with smell of shisha all over.

Found a vintage shop and Vespa :)

Remind me of Jonker Street in Malacca but this place has its own uniqueness.
They are many small boutiques but I think the items are overprice. Guess what? I bought 2 dresses that look similar to what I see here for only $10 each. They are selling here for $40. Sounds like Sungei Wang and Telawi Street.


Just browsing. Love the interior of these boutiques.

Walk too much and I got a little dehydrated. The weather is panas gila. I just went into a coffee place and had a bottle of Esprit Passionfruit.

I am the only patron there!! Well, it's okay, I feel sad for them :)


Yi Yung called me to his workplace to have dinner. Burger and Chardonnay. Breathe in breathe out... Life is good.

Had a few bites of cakes as they are giving out free samples. Chocalate cake and caramel cheesecake.

I don't know what is this call but its something different.

But food doesn't stop here. As I got home and shower, we ordered McDonalds delivery service and my colleague is buying. It's already in our tummy and I was too tired to take picture. I had Salad Chicken McGrill. Really good, I wish they have it in Malaysia.

My stomach say no more food.

Cheers.

10 more days

I have 10 more days and I'll be out of this job.
To think again, this is another good experience ever and I have no regret at all.
I work and live with funny, easy to get along and awesome people.
Damn, goodbye is so hard to say. It's always like this. I go somewhere, make friends and family then I have to leave. The cycle continues. Well, nothing to be emotional about as life goes on.

This is so unrelated but I am thinking about:

• black leather jacket
• boots
• baking cookies
• dying my hair

Back to my room

Too dusty, too dirty but I'm too tired to do anything.

not that bad

This Monday was the best day off that I've ever had. On Sunday night, Shih Mei called me out of the blue asking me to go Clark Quay to meet herself and Yi Yung. Die die also she wanted me to be there. I quickly ran off from work and jumped into the MRT. No hesitation. I slept over at her place after that. In the morning, I went back to my place.

I found an eclair from Sweetspot waiting for me in the fridge. Thanks Eric. It was so yummy, I mean it when I say yummy.

My day was just getting started. This time round, I didnt make any prior plans but somehow, things went so well.

Nothing is better than having companies to spend my whole day rather than walking around Orchard Road aimlessly.

Again, I have a date with Shih Mei.

and Yi Yung. I just met him in Clark Quay and he is a really super nice guy. He is Jun Yi's friend actually but Shih Mei is the reason we met up. It's a long story.

We watched 2 movies back to back in Cathay Cineleisure Orchard. First was Morning Glory. I kinda like it mainly for Rachel McAdams.

We had ice cream break of 20 minutes and Swensen.

Next, we move on to action movie, Eagle.

Last but not least, we had Nandos for dinner thanks to Yi Yung :)

And Shih Mei said she love me. I am telling the whole world. hahaha.