happy shiny people

2011-07-17T09:20:00.001+08:00

wow, this blog really needs some love. will post pics soon... -ish.

2010-08-18T03:28:00.000+08:00

change is good

2010-08-09T02:42:00.012+08:00

So I changed the layout again! And it's white again.. white just looks so pretty and delicate. And I'm always drawn to navigation layouts for some reason, as opposed to the usual blogger layout. It's a whole lot harder to edit and mess about with but I still feel the need to use them. I don't get it either. I'm hoping the change will encourage me to blog more often. I have a terrible habit of starting things and then leaving them unfinished.

So the last time I blogged, I was in IMU, about to start my second year of med school.. and now I'm done with Phase One! That's 2 1/2 years.. I'll be continuing with my clinical years May next year in Dalhousie University, where I will be for the next 2 years. I can't wait! :) Funny how I was so against the idea of doing medicine when I first started. Ehh, it kinda grew on me :)

Sooo, I have a 9 month gap to fill before I leave! I have a long list of things I want to do in that time, I hope I actually do some of them. I have this natural tendency to laze around, do nothing and procrastinate :p

Picture Post!

2009-01-03T09:16:00.024+08:00

Ello! So I finally found the time to compile and put up this picture post of my summer hols in Melb. Only it was hardly summer! Lol. It was so uncharacteristically cold! Ugh. And to think I brought all my warm weather clothes.. Everyone was bundled up like it was winter.

Anywho, the trip down to Melbourne this time around was mainly to attend Sherry's graduation ceremony.. yay for Sherry! She's now a certified doctor! And lucky her, she got a job at the Royal Melbourne Hospital for a year. So yea, she'll be going back for another year... in fact, she's flying off tmrw night! :( Sigh.

Ok, so enough whinging and on to the pics!

Melbourne city. We dove right into the sight seeing after we arrived! Oh yea, my sis prob wants me to mention that she picked us up from the airport in her darling Honda Civic which she's totally in love with. And I mean really really in love with it. To the point where it scares me.

Along the way we passed by the theatre and saw that they were showing the musical 'Wicked' and we so had to watch it! Sherry called up the ticketing booth and managed to get tickets for us for the next day, and we were so lucky to get really good seats :)

'Wicked' tells the story of the two witches of Oz before Dorothy came along. It's very well written and it connects its story to the Dorothy story which we're all familiar with like how the Lion, Scarecrow and Tinman came about. And it's absolutely hilarious! Very very entertaining :)

Huge Christmas tree near the theatre, after the show.

Weribee zoo! Gosh, I love zoos, haha. Oh this was on one of the two extremely hot days we had! Thankfully we didn't waste it but spent it outdoors!

Giraffes! Oh how I adore thee! (I have this unexplainable love for all things giraffe. I don't get it either.)

These ostriches just kept running back and forth, passing by the gate, for no apparent reason. It was quite amusing.

Yes, the zoo did consist of more than just lions, meerkats, ostriches and giraffes but I don't want to bore you all la.

There was this old mansion near the zoo that they restored and opened to the public. The place was huge and just so gorgeous with this vast garden that I could run around in all day, haha.

At the rose garden. My sis being all cute and pretty. Bleh :P

Then comes the big day! Sherry's graduation!

Mum and dad at Sherry's place before leaving. That's me at the back with my crazy ass shoes. I forgot to bring my heels with me so went shopping for a pair and I so loved it when I saw it and just had to get it, but now I'm thinking they look a little severe, lol. *facepalm*

At Sherry's uni.. I bought her that bouquet of flowers! I had to sneak out of the house to go to the market to get them and spent like half an hour trying to figure out a nice combination.

There were of course professional pictures taken of her receiving her cert plus proper studio pics taken at the uni.

Sherry with her buddy Wai May

The card I made for Sherry. I know, it's looks weird for the occasion. I was in a hurry la. But my sis asked to include the pics in this post, awww :)

We drove to Geelong, a suburb in Victoria to visit relatives. They had these two kids who were so so adorable! Albeit a little hyperactive la, lol. They were just so precious and when it was time to go, they didn't want us to leave and blocked the door! Gosh! Tak boleh tahan man, all that cuteness, lol.

In the city.. I was falling onto my side.. I suppose cuz I'm too heavy compared to Elena, haha. Elena is my sister's really good friend since like forever (since primary school I think!) and currently housemates in Melb.

Creepy doll-boy in the tree.. Crown Casino lobby during the Christmas show.

My fave part! The great balls of fire outside the Casino shooting out of those pillars. The heat really warmed us up while we stood in the cold watching it. The last time we were in Melb, we had dinner at the restaurant upstairs and the pillars were right outside and at eye level, so we had a really nice view of them.

Next up, Tasmania! We thought this place was gonna be much colder than Melb but turned out we were wrong.. it had such nice warm weather! It was actually summer over there, lol.

We landed in Hobart, rented a car and spent the night there after some sight seeing.

Pretty rainbow! It was the most perfect rainbow I've ever seen! I could see where both ends touched the ground, so awesome :) We were on our way up Mt. Wellington when we saw it and just had to stop by the side of the road to look at it.

Halfway up Mt. Wellington. Was so cold! We dreaded how cold it would be right at the top.

Even colder! My fingers felt numb and a little painful when it started to sort of thaw.. ouch. It was so misty we couldn't see a thing. The only time the mist cleared and we had a good view of the city down below was when we were in the car or inside the lookout place thingy. Everytime we stepped out of the lookout or out of the car when we stopped along the way up, the wind would blow and the mist would cover up everything! Ish.

But we finally got a good shot of the view while on the way down, from the comfort of the nice warm car :)

The next day we took a river cruise.. was really nice and relaxing. And the gorgeous houses along the river banks were a really nice sight. That's Mt. Wellington in the background.

After that we started our 2-3 hour drive to Bicheno.. stopped at this little town called Richmond along the way where someone made this miniature model of Hobart town when it was first built up. Tasmania is a convict island so there's a lot of convict history there and the model depicts the new township, the prison and whatnot. Was really well built with lots of little details.

Walked around the rest of Richmond.. very pretty little quaint town.

Picturesque scenes along the way to Bicheno.

We spotted this amazing little stretch of beach on the way too and couldn't help but stop and take pictures. It was blistering cold tho and the wind was continuously blowing! Brr. And the smell of the salt water just hits you in the face, lol.

We finally reached Bicheno at around 9 pm.. after getting lost of course. I had to call the cabin owners that we rented to ask for directions and they were so nice as to drive down to where we were and lead the way to the cabins :)

The cabins were so cozy! It's called the Whale Watchers Retreat and had a great view of the ocean. I loved staying the night there. But what I really loved was this sight :

Gosh, it was the most amazing sight I've ever laid my eyes on, almost mesmerizing. I spent 10 minutes out in the cold trying to get a picture that would do it justice but that was the best I could do.. nothing like looking at it first hand.. and then spent a good 20 minutes just gazing at the moon and the way it shone on the ocean water.. sigh :)

The inside of our cabins, we rented 2 to accommodate all 5 of us. The bathroom was like a little jacuzzi with a big tub and all and soft lights. My brother of course spent like an hour soaking in it. He looooves soaking in tubs of any kind, especially if the weather is cold and the water is nice and warm. He despises cold weather, lol.

Ooh ooh and the water was BLUE! I was so amazed, haha.

After brekkie, we drove to the blowhole nearby.. cue more gorgeous views! Hehe.

Then it was off to the Freycinet National Park to see the Wineglass Bay.

It was a long hike up...

...but it was worth it! So prettyyyy :)

My mum.. so happy to finally reach the top, hehe.

Then we took a walk downwards to the beach..

.. and were greeted by a friendly wallaby at the bottom! So cute la this little fellow. We all fed him with sunflowers seeds that we'd been snacking on earlier.

The walk back up to the car was pretty tiring, so kesian la my dad, lol. My mum pulak so gungho! All that exercise she gets from carrying tons of files up and down the office stairs and the housework she does is good cardio, lol.

Ooh we saw another wallaby at the carpark with a little joey in its pouch! Aww. So many of them running around la, most of them are friendly too, prob cuz the place gets lots of visitors.

Started our drive to Launceston soon after, another 2 hour drive. Stayed the night and went sight seeing early the next morning. Went to this place called Cataract Gorge which is this lush place full of greenery right smack in the middle of the city.. so weird! But such a nice place and so convenient.

The place had so many peacocks.. and my mum got chased by one, haha! Was so funny! She went up to one and asked, 'How many eyes do you have?' and for some reason the peacock got all mad and ruffled its feathers while running at my mum! Lol. Don't worry tho, she didn't get hurt or anything :P

On the chairlift back.

Left for the airport after some lunch and was scheduled to fly back to Melb at 6 pm... but the flight got delayed by 4 hours! And cuz we got there early, we ended up having to wait for almost 7 hours! Gah.

Played poker with M&Ms to kill time, among other things.

We did some more shopping in the city the day before flying back to KL. It was raining and the wind was blowing mercilessly, but I insisted on dressing like it was summer, willing the weather to change. Haha! Needless to say I got many weird looks on the street :P

And so ends this picture post.. hope you enjoyed it. It's not a very detailed account but if I wrote everything, I'd be done by next week and I'd look like a zombie at the end of it, lol. I'll put up these pics and a few more on Facebook if you'd like to check them out.

Happy New Year and God bless! :)

2008-11-19T00:28:00.010+08:00

Yello! Yea I know, omg why haven't updated after so long yadaa yadaa. :P Sorry la! Anyhow, I was actually putting together a post on stuff that I've been up to over the past erm, 6 months but then I realised that most of the pics, if not all were already up on FB. So I thought no point la ha. Anyway, I'll be going to Melbourne to see my sis with the family for 2 weeks and will be back on the 14th of Dec. So then I'll actually have current stuff to blog about :P

And oh I just received word from my sis, who just finished med school in Melbourne and who will be graduating on the 6th of Dec, that she got 2nd class honours! Whoo! Congratulations Sherrypoo! I'm so so proud of you! :):):)

P.S : Nah Mike, no more surprise. Stop complaining :P

Update! Surprise surprise!

2008-07-08T14:02:00.007+08:00

Heyyyy people :) I know, long overdue post eh (I seem to be saying this a lot, haha). Not a terribly good excuse, but I got caught up with settling in, a whole new way of learning, new place, people.. and then came the exam period which was WHACK. Anyhow, now you all know I have atrocious time-management skills.

Let's see, where do we start... well, hostel is a little cacat.. compared to what I had in Sunway (how spoilt, I know) but I'm fine with it. Just a little surprised at first (when I say 'a little surprised' I mean, 'OMG WTH??'. Haha, kidding). Anyhow, I've since moved out after my exams. They charge wayyy to much for crap facilities. Now I have a crazy awesome place which I ADORE! Haha. Pictures coming soon.

Orientation was crazeee! Haha. 3 lonngggg weeks of getting bullied by seniors, preparing for events, sleeping late, numerous dinner outings and tons of great laughs :) Was incredibly tiring but way fun at the same time, mainly because I got awesome groupmates! Hehe. Well there were a few irritating parts which really got on my nerves la, like when I apparently pissed off the Indian seniors for being a smartass to them, but will talk about that laters. And oh they pulled off this awesome prank on us, and lecturers were in on it! They had us have First Aid classes, then an exam which we feverishly studied for (of course la, first exam mah, must show that you're committed, etc).. then during the exam people kept getting pulled out and yelled at for cheating and not wearing proper attire (we have a formal dress code) and it was scary! But halfway through the paper, which they cut short by half an hour because of our 'disgusting and despicable behaviour', seniors burst into the room and surprised us all! That was a great laugh, haha :)

On to the pictures!

Dress code thingy.. I was a spanish dancer, lol. And yes, I am aware that I am smiling liking a total dork here.

My Spanish male dancer, ahaha. I was Maria and he was Fernando -_-

Second Dress Code Check.. it was some fairytale theme.. you can see Frodo, Shrek and his Mini-Me, Little Red Riding Hood, Queen Malificent, Mary Poppins and a crab among others, lol. I was Legolass and so the character was played by.. a girl.

Our Kiss band. I was a groupie, lol.

Jing and I! We took many opportunities like this to pose for the camera whenever it was pointed in our direction, hahaha.

Take one and two of the seniors gleefully shooting their water guns at us. Evil seniors! :)

Doing the caterpillar during the treasure hunt.. of course, more torturing by the seniors ensued.

Check out our awesome flag! And how dirty our clothes got, eek.

Before getting all dirty (again) at the wet ice breakers

Jeremy (sort of) kissing Izzat! Why? Because I CAN! Hahahahah! :P

Our Harry Potter sketch for Variety Night.

I have tons more pics and lots of other acivities that I didn't include here.. but me lazeee.. and there're lots of pics on Facebook too if you're rajin to go see la :P Oh and I have yet to introduce you to my new fwens! Haha.. I have to wait for pics tho, so you have to wait too :P

Anyways, academically wise, everything seems to be going alright so far. Not exactly smooth sailing but it’s not as bad as I thought it would be. But then again, it's only been my first semester. Lots and lots and LOTS of studying to do. People are a little intimidating, as in, they seem to know a lot more than I do but I’m hoping that I’ll be able to catch up and not appear so blur, haha. Just finished an exam and a semester... we'll see how the rest goes :)

Campus is somewhat comparable to Sunway in terms of size and facilities ... except that it’s like in the middle of nowhere and food is quite a problem. There aren’t any nearby stalls or restaurants like White, Orange, Pink and Medan (nasi lemak!) like we had in Sunway. Well there is a mamak place and a couple of mixed rice stalls outside uni but.. meh. Haha. Cafeteria food kinda sucks too... and extremely overpriced! I know I’m starting to sound like a brat here but I really don’t like la k! Food is important to meeee. Atmosphere is alright, a few happenings and events going on.. tho not as lively as Sunway... ok, no more complaining :P

Anyways, will try to update more often, got my own internet connection already so I won’t have an excuse, haha. Toodles :)

P.S. : Dimi this is for youuu! :D

Back from the dead

2008-05-18T13:31:00.003+08:00

Hello darlings! Ok, I'm gonna cheat.. this isn't a proper, actual update. I'm just letting you know that yes, I'm still alive, and yes, I am going to update soon. Waiting on pictures and a somewhat decent internet connection. Also, exams are coming up soon! Brrr. I promise a super awesome update and great pics when I can kays? (Great, I just set up super high expectations from you guys, haha). Till then, toodles :)

ps : just in case you people hate me for not updating in 123891246 years, here's an awesome picture, just to ease the tension, haha

Bla bla bla

2008-02-21T23:36:00.004+08:00

I'm tired. I miss Mikey already and I know I'm gonna miss Dimi a whole freaking lot. I don't see them everyday but when I do, I get super excited, lol. And knowing that I won't be able to do that in the next 9 months or so.. makes me sad! Aii. Ok, no more gloom. I'm glad and happy about all the exciting new things that they'll learn, see and do and all the wonderful new people that they'll meet along the way. I know I can't wait to jet off somewhere after the next 2 1/2 years at IMU. Yay! :D

We had an Akandh Paath (continuous reading of the Guru Granth Sahib that usually lasts 3 days) at home which started on Monday and ended on Wedneday. So amazingly tired from cooking, cleaning, running around, washing up.. but it was still good fun. We didn't invite anyone so it was just us and 10 priests (yes, 10.. sigh, don't ask) and so as busy as I was, there was more time to just sit down and listen in a quiet, empty room. I liked that.

Helped out in the kitchen lots. Attempted to make a nice round chapatti. 5 times. I failed all 5 times, haha! I was so frustrated and ready to break out the big cookie cutters until..

I know, I cheated. But in the end, after many many tries, I finally learned how to make a nice round chapatti! My chapattis always turn out oblong, square or just shaped like an icky splat so yay! The only down side is that now my dad expects me to make them for him everynight, lol.

Had a nice loooonnnngggg talk with a good old friend the other day. I missed that a lot. Anyways, I'll be busy packing for uni and stuff till Saturday when I check into the hostel. Not sure when classes officially start but orientation starts on Monday. Looking forward to starting uni. 7 months of break is just too long. Gosh, I have no idea how I survived that. In Temerloh. Anyways, won't be blogging till I get all settled in. Till then, ta' :)

And more pics..

2008-02-14T21:58:00.090+08:00

Okays, so soon after I got back from India, Sherry invaded the house with her craziness. And she dragged me along to Alor Star to help organize a mini Samelan. I wasn't too keen at first but when we got there and met all the little kiddies and teenagers, I was a little happier. And then I got to know them and I had a blast :)

Yes, it's 'Temerloh!'.

Oddly cheerful for 5 am. I look like such a dork here, haha! Setting up the laptop and projector for the day.

Leading that morning's simran

Sherry having a cuppa before starting to run around again

Aww!

Little Kelvinderjit and Gurdheeraj, oh so cute! Entertained us no end over the 3 days

Holding court, hehe

Went to some engagement party when we got back a few days later. Was a bit of a bore, entertained ourselves dancing to bhangra and Hindi songs. We totally failed at it la, lol.

Dancing with little Amrita

Haha! :)

Next up, went to KL to spend time with friends, Mike, Dimi and Cass, and shop with Sherry. Was good fun :) Danced in the rain with Dimi at 3 am, lol. Talked and talked and talked about anything and everything. I'm gonna miss her :(

Went to S'pore next, a few hours after coming back from KL, 3 am train :

Killing time. Reader's Digest is your friend.

Pretty empty train, despite the ticket guy telling us that this train is almost fully booked. Eh?

Escaped to the pantry for brekkie. Sherry asked for teh tarik. The guy said tak boleh. Hahahaha. Almost spilled our drinks so many times, was very wobbly and jerky (well it was a moving train)

Cousin took us out for a huuuge lunch. He ordered us so many dishes!

Part of the massive food court.

We had 8 or 10 dishes in total. Those seashell like things are called 'dong dong', hehehe. A little weird but didn't tasted too bad.

Fell asleep in the van after lunch, on the way to the Esplanade. Me piggy :P

Merlion! Everytime I see this guy, I think he's puking, lol.

Rajjy acting cooler than he is :P

Visited a Hindu temple and a Buddhist temple on the way home. The Buddhist temple was stunning

Prayers and wishes :)

Went to my cousin's place next. His two kids are adorable!

Playing with baby Bir.. this little dude plays with everyone else but falls asleep and drools all over my arm when I carry him -_- hehe. He's a cutie tho :)

Little Amrit kept dipping her finger in that glass of coke and fed my cousin, lol.

Aww :)

...um, yeah

Playing footy

Went to the museum the next day. They were showcasing Greek sculptures that they brought from the Louvre!! I was so excited!

An excited and happy me :D

Figuring out the ticket machine. We eventually bought tics from the counter, ha!

Sherry took this for the boobs, heheh.

A still very excited me.

One of the many gorgeous sculptures on display. I was so fascinated, hehe.

In another display room at the museum

Scary but oddly hypnotizing swinging chandeliers

Sherry all happy too, lol

Went for a boat cruise along the quay in the evening :

Again, trying to figure out the ticket machine at the MRT station

Hehe :)

Check out the little girl's rockin afro! How cute! And she was so fascinated by the fishies in the tank, heh

Russian ice cream! Was yummy :) The guy totally freaked me out when he handed me the ice cream. He handed it to me by the cone and the ice cream was still on that flat scooper thing, and as soon as I put my hand on the cone, he whipped it up in the air and banged it on the bell above the ice cream and said a bunch of stuff. And my ice cream cone was flying everywhere with it, lol. And he did it twice, ai. Gave me such a shock man.

The Fullerton from the boat cruise

Ooh, me and Yuv went on these bungee-like things! It was freaking AWESOME! I loved it! My heart was pounding out of my chest and I was praying like my life depended on it but I would SO do it again! :D On one of them, we were strapped into these metal ball things and shot up 60 meters in the air at high speed and left to bungee and bounce and turn around on it's own momentum. Can't really explain it in words, but it was so so good!

Gettin strapped in...

...and whoosh!

Dinner by the river. Worked up a huge apetite after all that excitement

Lots of shopping and visiting more relatives the next day

Heee :D

With cousins Sonia, Kashvin and Inderjeet :)

Not a very picturesque background but it's a nice pic of the 3 of us. And cuz I miss them :(

CNY reunion dinner! At my aunt's place in Damansara, as we do every year :)

Mummy preparing a few dishes to bring over

Sherry helping out by stirring and singing 'Que Sera Sera' real loud -_-

And err, me and Yuv didn't really do much, lol

All dressed up and ready to go :) I know, my dress looks familiar :P Recycled my Grad Night dress, didn't get anything new this year (boo)

Fooood :D We only get these dishes during CNY and so I always make the best of it, haha :P

Popo! :)

Playing with Rex and his mum, Doggy (that white thing by the washing machine)

And now the sad part. My sis went back to Melb after only a month at home! :(

Watching the lion dance outside our house

All smiles despite the fact that everyone was super sad

And back home we had (puny) fireworks! Yay! Hehe.

Check out the looooong line of cars on our side of the road on the Karak highway the next day. Crazy. Went on for about an hour.

Finito! After all the nice comments on the first picture post, I feel pressure to make this post equally interesting, haha.
And yay yay congrats on your full scholarship Mikey! :D Even if you don't think so, I really do think you deserve it. Every single penny :)

And that's all I have for now :)

Erm.. sorry? :P

2008-02-13T18:12:00.067+08:00

Behold my merry friends, a MASSIVE picture post! Hopefully this will make up for the extremely long hiatus of this blog. I won't go into specific details cuz you'd be bored out of your mind (tho if you want, I can still write up another post). Anywho, hope you likey :)

India Trip

All bright and cheery at KLIA, having brekkie before our flight to Mumbai

And 16 hours later we're on a train for a freaking 12 hour journey to Nanded at 6 am. More than half of it was spent standing up *facepalm*

Although the scenery was pretty much the same (flat, dry, brown - tho we did pass through some gorgeous ravines, but we were standing up and the windows were low -_-)...

...it was an eventful journey : Me and Yuv got seperated from mum and dad for about 2 hours cuz of some confusion; a fight broke out in our carriage; Yuv and I had to push our way through 3 incredibly crowded carriages to get back to mum and dad from the pantry; total chaos whenever the train stops at a station; a lady asked me to babysit her upset little kid while she yelled and argued her way onto the train with her bags (one tough lady, that one); pantry workers somehow go up and down the crowded carriages to sell cha, bread, chikki and all sorts of other snacks; some kind souls lent us their seats after seeing us stand up for so long.

And so we finally reached Nanded.

This is where we stayed for the next 4 days.. I know it looks totally grand from the outside (tho it still needs a paint job), but looks can be deceiving. Nevertheless, the room was comfy and warm.

The langgar hall buzzing with activity

Unbeknownst to us, there was some celebration going on the next day :

Pretty interesting despite the scorching hot sun and walking 1-2 km barefooted on the dirt road, heh. These sort of celebrations are really important to the people in this town. I saw old men and ladies walking and singing their hearts out despite the conditions and two little siblings really happy and eager to follow the procession and kept looking back at their dad who smiled reasurringly back at them. Aww :)

Over the next few days we took in historical sites and gurdwaras in Nanded :

One of the countless gurdwaras we visited. They were all so gorgeous! The architecture, the marble walls, the inlaid semi-precious stones, the serenity... mmm. That's me in the red and white, on the phone with Sherry, lol.

Stopped for cha and snacks a top a hill somewhere. Food in India is like whoa! Even the simplest of foods taste divine, really! Although I did have that one lemon fizz drink from a cart by the road.. ended up in me having an upset tummy. But I still had another one the next day, haha. What, it was really good okay!

Inside Hazur Sahib, the reason we braved a 12 hour train ride in really bad conditions :

Mummy! Cute eh? Haha. [Tarsem just texted to say that he looks forward to the india trip post with 'great anticipation'.. no pressure here, hah!]

We had the tremendous privilege of going up to the highest floor of the gurdwara to the very spot where Guru Gobind Singh Ji sat down to meditate. How cool! Usually they don't let people up there but the guy who guards the place brought us up since we were foreigners. I was awestruck :)

Headed back to Mumbai on another 12 hour train journey. This time it was at night and we had bunk beds, thank God! Our little compartment consisted of 8 beds; 2 stacks of 3 beds facing each other and another 2 beds stacked up adjacent to the 6 beds. Mummy likened it to transporting cattle, hehe.

Walked the streets of Mumbai after lunch by the beach, was pretty cool :) Got to see lots of the city and its people.. I quite like it, it's got character. And so many gorgeous old colonial and Indian buildings.. but sadly a lot of them aren't preserved and taken care of properly. If they were, they would be even more amazing to look at.

Cricketers gathered in the field in front of the High Court in Mumbai

The Taj Mahal Hotel opposite the Gateway to India. That place is so LUSH! And they have so many designer boutiques! YSL, Burberry, Moschino, Miu Miu, D&G, oh my. I went a little weak when we went in, hehe. [My sis just told me that UB40 performed at the reggae concert she went to last night. OH MY GOD I AM CRAZY JEALOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And they sang Fools Rush In! Oh man :( ]

There was some constuction going on at the Gateway (boo) so couldn't get very nice pics

Went on a trip to Elephanta Island the next day. Took a ferry out to the island. View of the Gateway 'as it was meant to be seen' - our Lonely Planet's Guide to India. Was a pretty picture :) Although the Hotel seems to overshadow it just a lil.

Mumbai City

Happy Yuvraj!

Boaties!

We went up a long flight of stairs to the stone temple, lined with stalls selling all sorts of knick knacks, a lot like the Kek Lok Si Temple in Penang. On the way up, my sandals broke so I was barefoot the rest of the day. Oh and a cow stole my cob of corn, after I walked right into it. Story of my life, ha.

All carved out of stone! Amazing.

Left for the mainland at dusk. Look at the seagulls! (I think they're seagulls.. correct me if I'm wrong). People on the ferry were throwing food out for them so they were flying really close. Was such a pretty sight!

Got my sandals fixed at a cobbler when we got back to the mainland for dinner. Rajjy piggy-backed me through the streets, lol. Ooh saw so many good buys on the streets! Would have gone nuts and spent the whole night there if it Dad didn't insist we got back to the hotel early. Did get some shopping done tho, so I was happy :D

Next stop was New Delhi to get a train to Amritsar, Punjab. Stayed in Delhi only a few hours while we waited for our train at a relative's place. They kindly provided us with transport from the airport and got us good tickets for the train. And good tickets they were! This class was a far cry from the one we got to Nanded. Glassed up windows, air-conditioned, individual cushioned seats (well they sound like the normal KTM ones but I was SO grateful ok :P) and food galore. It was a 6 hour train ride so they served meals. A lot of them. I got a little sick after that.

Amritsar! Arrived late at night and it was FREEZING! Temp drops into the negative region by sunset (which is like 5 pm) in the winter over there. Brr! I was shivering like mad (surprise Michael :P) but was alright once I relaxed and told myself not to. I didn't know I could do that, heh :P

This guy was amazing! He carried all three of our heavy roller bags at one go!

When you visit Amritsar, of course you're gonna visit the Golden Temple, at least once :) See that looooong line of people across the water? Yea, that's the line leading into the temple. We spent almost 45 mins in that line.

Once you get through the crazy crowd outside, it's a really beautiful, peaceful place inside (upstairs tho, you're only allowed to sit downstairs for awhile, to give others the chance to spend a little time inside). We found a cozy little corner by the window and stayed several hours, till Rehraas. That's the Akaal Takht you see through the window (if I'm not mistaken.. again, correct me if I'm wrong).

Gorgeous details :

The next 8 days or so were a blur of relatives, villages, gurdwaras, food, shopping and basking in the sun (it was cold!) :

One of the shop's workers showing us the new clip-on saree, haha!

Roughly trying on one of the sarees we eventually bought. We bought too many suits and sarees! The shop owner's mum thought we were shopping for my wedding, lol. I had the best day ever, haha! And I look huge here, eeh.

Basking in the early morning sun, having cha.

Outside the house belonging to my grandmum's cousin (who is extremely nice and extremely loaded) in which we stayed. He always has really interesting stories to tell us. And we share our secrets with him, hehe. He's really good at keeping them! Him and his wife are over 80 and retired. They own 2 factories and a huge farm just opposite their house. And this is starting to sound like an essay. Anyways, my dad's really close to them so we usually stay over at their place when we go to Amritsar.

Meet baby Sumaer! This little guy is positively adorable! Very intelligent and always smiling. Always happy to meet new people too. I could watch him all day man. Sumaer is the uncle's great grandson. The bigger guy is his grandson, Harman, whom we met the last time we were there, 4 years ago. They live just next door. He's really nice and brought me and Yuv around the city and made sure we enjoyed ourselves :)

Outfit change!

Look at his little tassles! So cutey. Playing with Dad's beard, hehe.

Another procession just outside the village

Little kiddies hitching a ride. How colourful :)

These kids were so intrigued by us, asked us so many questions, hehe.

Dinner in the city, one of the last few days. Dessert! The black stuff looks icky in that pic but it's bubbling hot chocolate.. mmmm :)

And me!

I just realized that I didn't take any pictures of the streets in Mumbai and Amritsar! Darn! Would have liked to show you guys so that you have an idea of what it's like. Mumbai, Delhi and Amritsar are vastly different. Oh well, next trip? Hehe :P Oh and the yellow text are things that happened while I was writing this post. I just realized that the pics are quite small too but if you click on them, you'll be able to see a lot bigger.

And err, I change my mind about the 'massive' picture post. I still have pics from Alor Star, S'pore and CNY to put up but I am terribly tired. I've been at this for too long, lol. Will continue tmrw :)

And oh oh HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHERRYPOOOOOO!! :D I miss you already and I know you're having one heck of a birthday over there, haha! Love you! :)

Hallo!

2008-02-02T02:13:00.000+08:00

Heyyy people! I am terribly sorry for the lack of updates. Since I got back from India about 2 weeks ago, I've been constantly on the go. Also, sis is home! So I've been putting up with her nonsense and screaming and bugging me for the past 2 weeks.. or so Anyways, got back from KL at 6 pm (where I had a reeeaallly good time :)), will be leaving for Singapore at 3 am later by train. And will still be busy after I get back on Tuesday. Will post pics taken in India as soon as I get the time. See you guys till then :)

Off to India!

2007-12-14T23:06:00.001+08:00

Helllooooo :) Flight to India today is at 11.30 am.. woke up super early! I'm all packed and ready to go.. bag is full to the brim! Trust me to overpack. Anyways, I guess I won't be updating till I come back on the 8th of Jan. Looking forward to the trip especially Bombay and Amritsar.. Bombay cuz I've never been there before and Amritsar cuz I'll get to see relatives again! :) Will take lots of pics and tell you allllllll about the trip when I get back, whether you want to hear it or not :P

Oh oh, I got into IMU.. had to rush like mad to get everything settled before tomorrow cuz the offer is only valid till the 30th of this year. Everything's all done now so I'll be starting uni on the 25th of Feb. Finally! This past 6 months have been torture. Up to a certain degree.

I am so missing Samelan this year.. sigh. Been reading the blog and the daily newsletter. I miss writing for that! And the IPS sessions. And the people. And the atmosphere. Grr. Couldn't visit either cuz of the floods.. whyyyyy :(

Sorry about the random change of topic. Anyhoo, thought I'd leave you with a lil entertainment! (You might want to wait for the song playing in the blog to finish before you watch). I absolutely adore The Office (and Dwight!) and I know some of you do too, so...

(yea, ignore Ryan Seacrest in the beginning) Rainn Wilson and Kanye West at the 2007 Emmys! I thought it was real funny :)

You don't like? Ok, how about we keep to the theme a little :

No? Ok then, I thought this one was even funnier :

The part where they're all in some house, the guy tells the old lady that he prefers the younger girl, and not the girl that he's being introduced to for an arranged marriage.. other than that, it's pretty self-explanatory. No likey either? Bleuk, too bad :P

My brother said that if he doesn't see random and choreographed dancing in the streets in India, like we always see in Hindi movies, he'll be very disappointed... lol :D Funny little boy. Ooh lastly, look at the travel journal I made for the trip!

The cover is a lil too girly so I might change it when I get back.. can't wait to fill it up! :D

There's a map of India too! And 8 Sudoku puzzles in between the pages for the long flights and train rides. I hope I stringed it right and that it doesn't fall apart..

And lastly, I leave you with a pic of meeeee! Being the cutest little deer/dear (I am too funny, I know) ever :P (Yes, we have a new camera, mwaha!). Taken while bro and I were putting a puzzle together when the electricity went out.

Well, have to leave now..car's all packed up. Maybe I'll be able to blog while I'm there..hmm. Either way, see you when I get back :)

Edit : I have no idea why the date and time on this post is wrong.. anyway, it's 7 am on the 20th of December. I hope the videos play o.O

Banjir!

2007-12-14T17:50:00.000+08:00

After a week or so of incessant rain, many parts of Temerloh and Mentakab are flooded! Plus, electricity has been cut off to prevent electrocution (cue Nirms doing Sudoku by candlelight while listening to Led Zeppelin on Binky), no water (whatever little water we have is muddy.. bleurgh), people are lining up to get petrol before the last few stations left go underwater, and also people are exhausting the stock of food, candles and lights in supermarkets and grocery stores.. and currently I'm stuck in my housing area cuz the roads are blocked.. to everywhere! Bah. Only a small part of my housing area has flooded, but only cuz it's on much lower ground, so my house is fine.. for now.. I hope the water level doesn't rise anymore. We have run out of eggs. Oh the horror! :P Hah.. I used the last two eggs 3 days ago.. I didn't think it'd be that bad.

Anyway, there hasn't been much rain today and yesterday, yet the water level keeps rising and they keep closing down more roads. I know it's much worse in other parts tho, so I'm thankful that everyone in this area is safe and sound and haven't lost their homes. Hope it gets better soon. Toodles!

Save me. Please.

2007-12-06T22:46:00.000+08:00

As of late, I have bored of my daily routine (I know, about effing time) of jogging in the morn (if I don't wake up late, which happens more often than not), having brekkie, reading my book, watching the telly, checking my email, having lunch, reading some more.. and the rest of the day goes by in an incredibly slow blur (if such a thing is possible). SIGH. I have little side projects that keep me busy.. but that doesn't seem to be enough lately. Plus, there's this little debate that keeps running through my mind and I change sides everyday. Someone please come save me. Fine, I have cookies, if you want. Sheesh.

Sorry this is all so melodramatic. Anyways, I've changed the song from Hujan's Pagi Yang Gelap to Silver Lining by Rilo Kiley.. since there have been complaints and I have tired of the song. If you don't like this either, TOO BAD! Haha :P Switch off your speakers la, haiyo.

In other news, I'll be in India from the 20th of Dec to the 8th of Jan.. so no Samelan for me this year. Was hoping I could maybe visit on one of the days. Oh well. Ooh and Sherrypoo is coming home on the 10th!!! EEEEEEEEE!! I am super excited.. all the chocolates and clothes she has for me. Haha! Ok la, I miss her company also. And the screaming she does at home. And the late-night talks. And her not getting my jokes..heh, that's my fave part, for some reason. Also, Rajjypoo (yes, my siblings have weird petnames, between us) is applying to Sunway U for A Levels. He'll be missing his whole orientation week cuz of the India trip. I really think he should do SAM or AUSMAT or maybe ADP.. or if he's gonna do A Levels, he should go to Taylor's as they have a really good track record.. not that SunU isn't a good place to go, but Taylor's seems to do better academically. Hmm. What do you post SunU A Level people think?

Lastly, if you don't want me to kill you, do not utter these two words when speaking to me, whether to use them as an adjective or just to tempt fate :

Starlicious : An incredible transformation from drab to glam
Divo : A male diva

Coined by the people at 'E!'. I will hurt you, without hesitation. Toodles! :)

Filler!

2007-11-21T23:00:00.000+08:00

Yello! SAT Subject Test results were released online today.. 1920. Not too bad I guess :) See, smiley face! Hehe. Oh yea, if you haven't already, you can check out pics of the BBQ that Mike hosted at his place over at Cassie's.. oh and pics of OSCAR! He was such a star that night, everyone adored him!

I was cleaning out my closet the other day and I came across a pair of horrid looking, ill-fitting denim pedal-pushers :

Bleurgh. They made me look 2 times heavier than I actually am..

See? Even my belly looks bloated (even though they're not touching the jeans) *coughcough* Anyway, that was evidence enough for me! Therefore, I chopped them up.. So now they look like this :

Proof that I am doing somewhat constructive things at home, and not *just* bumming around as most of you presume (stress on the 'just', I still do bum :P)

Spongebob approves! He is very happy with the result. Sorry about the shoddy pic quality.. again. Tried to brighten and sharpen them as much as I could without making them look abnormal. Anyways, that's all I have for today. Toodles!

Tadaa!

2007-11-20T20:30:00.000+08:00

Like the new look? I likey very much! The HTML part was a real bitch and took me HOURS (I'm pretty sure there's an easier and faster way of doing it, but I'm a rookie *weeps*) but everything's all fine now.. yay :D And I wanted to add a really pretty comment box but the site that hosted it won't let me monitor and delete comments unless I'm an advanced user and donate to them or something.. and it would delete all my old comments.. cannot! Your comments are all precious to me :) Haha :P

Okay, I know this doesn't count as an official update or post, but will update *real* soon kays? I need a break from the computer people! Sheesh :P

Toodles!

Happy Diwali!

2007-11-08T20:23:00.000+08:00

Hey people! Happy Diwali! Hope everyone had a good time and that Cassie got all the muruku in the world :P

Nothing much happens at my place during Diwali anymore.. we do get lots of cookies and stuff and exchange gifts with the nice neighbours, like every other holiday, and light candles around the house.. but I miss how we used to do it when I was younger. We used to have lots of my friends over and play with fireworks and stuff (before they were banned) and back then Izzat, Kai Lei and Divann were my best buds throughout primary school (how Muhibbah of us right :P) and occasionally we'd drive down to Johor to my Gran's place where they have those fantastic, HUGE noisy foreworks.. sigh. Ah, the good ol' days.. ha, I sound old.

Anyways, thought I'd post a couple of pics of the garden nicely lighted up.. it's not much but I think it looks alright :

And little Doggy watching over us :

He's been moved out of his house cuz he was being fussy.. whiny little (cute) thing. So yea, this is pretty much a random filler.. heh. Toodles!

Freedom!

2007-11-07T15:27:00.000+08:00

Ah, I like this feeling. Not that I've been super studious, preparing for SATs and all la, but it feels like there's been a HUGE weight lifted off my shoulders now that the sub tests are over and done with :)

I had a great weekend, hanging out with Dimi, Cass, Ben, Mike and new found friends Jason and Ming Yie :) I'm def gonna miss that a whole lot when Mike, Dimi and Ben leave for uni.. in case you can't already tell or didn't know, I'm super sad about this la k.. first Ling went to UK.. now those 3. SHYTE. I dunno how to deal la.. this seriously sucks. I'm actually quite surprised at how I feel right now. I hope this horrid feeling goes away when I start uni myself.

Anyways, back to my weekend, you can check out pics on Cassie's blog, there are two posts.. and a related post at Dimi's. Hung out a lot with Dimi and Mike.. walked around aimlessly in Midvalley, watched Bourne Ultimatum (which was super cool!), visited Toys R Us :P and had long chats over dinner and drinks.. all that was after SATs which were..ehh. Math was prob the easiest paper, so no gripes (yet) but Bio and Chem were badbadbad. kjhflatgbf.

Oh oh, I went to Mac City in Amcorp Mall after I arrived on Friday cuz Binky seemed to be sick and it turned out that her system was corrupted or something and had to be reformatted.. which would cost RM 30. So I gave her to this dude called Aston Nick something and wrote down my name and num in the receipt form and went to meet up with Dimi. When I came back he said, 'no charge'.. heh? Then this guy msgs me the next day asking about Binky (konon la) then asked if we can be friends, blablabla.. weird la. And I realized, after Sharan told me, that it's so unprofessional and against some sort of rule or something, I'm pretty sure.. right? Whatever la.. I didn't really reply to this dude although he kept msging me.. then he told me he didn't charge me cuz he thought I was pretty -_- Well I thought it was nice la, but weird and a little creepy.. so I felt bad if I didn't reply his msgs.. dammit. So he's now on my Friendster. And no, I don't think he's cute, he's a year younger and has a gf. What a flirt man, haha.

Anyways, helped out with Roteract and Rotary stuff.. was lots of fun and met lots of nice new people.. although I think they totally used us as little worker people *coughcough* but it was for charity so, yea.

Currently back home.. was supposed to go to S'pore at 2 pm today, but changed my mind.. maybe I'll go later this month or Dec. We'll see. Toodles!

Facebook..argh.

2007-10-27T14:11:00.000+08:00

So SAT results are out. I got 1830. Out of 2400. Rats. That's about 76%. Ah well, I'm thankful that I'm not applying to the US anymore, cuz I'd be sorely disappointed if I didn't get the unis I wanted..with scores like that. Ech.

I signed up for Facebook sometime back, so that I could see pics that my sis and Ling put up (ish, why not just Friendster :P) and then a few other friends added me.. and poked me. The layout is pretty confusing, there are way too many weird applications and I don't get the poke thing..? My profile is pretty empty too, no pics or anything.. so err, if anyone else adds me (sorry to those who are still waiting for approval.. I have yet to decide on this Facebook thing :s) or whoever has already added me, if you're reading this, I probably won't really respond to your pokes and applications and other stuff.. I'm pretty much only there to be updated on happenings and pictures and stuff (that you still refuse to post on Friendster! :P) But then what's the point in having an account and using it but not updating your profile or interacting with your friends right... but I refuse to be pulled on to the bandwagon and participate in poking people! And I already have Friendster.. but.. argh. I shall decide soon, I promise.

I watched Transformers again this week [thanks to my super duper brother for getting it for me(my brother is super duper)] .. mmm, Shia :) Jewish boys are hott. I like Jewish boys :)

Look! Is he not yummy?? And he wears a suit so well :) I would post pics of other hot Jewish guys but Mike and my *other* male readers will prob stop reading my blog. Heck, even Kenny from South Park is an adorable little Jewish boy (although second only to Ike, who might not be Jewish anyway.. he's an adopted Canadian :P)

Anyhow, I watched The Seven Year Itch with mummy the other day.. it's real funny! And ooh, Marilyn Monroe's dresses were tres pretty... she has such big boobs and a tiny tiny waist! Ha.

Ok, I will stop the girl talk here. Apologies to my male readers. Toodles!

Your (Almost) Daily Dose Of ME!

2007-10-19T21:13:00.000+08:00

Sorry, ignore the extremely vain title. Anyway..

I didn't realize that I have SO MUCH to study for SATs! Dang. I need to be on an island somewhere flying a kite ler. And goodness, I haven't sent Ling her cocoa yet! I am such a terrible person. I hope it's still drinkable and not spoilt or anything by the time it finally gets to her.. and I'm supposed to be making stuff to send to Sherrypoo too. Oops. And after pestering him for months for it, I left the CD that Mike gave me at Dimi's...oops?

After thinking for SUCH a long time that I was 5' 5 1/2", I found out the other day that I am only 5' 4 1/2"! NOOO! I was deceived for such a long time. Now I've been on a yoga frenzy, doing poses that specifically elongates the spine to grow taller... well that's what it said on the net (yes, I know, I just heard myself) and I don't care if I'm already 19! I WILL grow taller dammit. Good excuse to get my bum moving anyway. Dimi really makes me feel like a slug la.. when I stayed over, we slept so extremely late and only got maybe 4 hours of sleep, but she still woke up early to go jog and then swim k... she is crazy. But good crazy.

Didn't go anywhere or do anything for Raya.. but did follow mum to work for two days since all but one of her staff took off for hols.. I did not enjoy it. All I did the whole day (9am - 8.50pm) was type out draftS for ONE submission.. so tedious la the work there.. must check stuff so many times, bla bla bla.. and my mum also so picky, aii. Other than that, photocopied stuff, bound stuff, typed more stuff... ick. Office job + Nirms = Tears + Depression. BAD.

Anyway, enough randomness for today. Toodles! :)

Of SATs and Freaking Out

2007-10-12T22:03:00.000+08:00

Ahoy there oh so faithful readers! *snigger* I have yet another update for you (I'm SO on a roll). Sat for SATs on Sat (I really couldn't think of another way to put it k) and it went surprisingly well, considering that my timing is so cacat. They had it at Metropolitan Coll and Dimi and I had no idea that there would be so many students taking the test at any one time.. there were 2 bus-loads of students from Mara Coll and quite a number of other non-coll affiliated students like Dimi and I. The classrooms were alright, people were somewhat friendly and the invigilator was quite a little bitch, but it was a pleasant experience anyway. SO glad that it's out of the way... now only 3 Subject Tests to look forward to. Whee.

Went down to KL on Friday and came back on Monday.. like Dimi said, its the longest I've stayed over at her place and it was super FUN! Hehe... nothing like spending quality girl time with someone close to you and whom you trust..could have stayed up the whole night talking (good thing Cassie wasn't there, or we actually would have stayed up the whole night :P Kidding! But I did miss you :) ). Once we got SATs out of the way, Dimi went home to get some stuff done for the Installation Night while I went to see Boooooo! :D Didn't get to spend much time with him but it was alright.. had lunch at Thai Express and ooh, the TomYam was so so good and spicy! And the soup was white! Wonder how they did that..

Well Boo had to go to his cousin's wedding so we left IOI at about 3.. it was pouring like nobody's business and I spent a good 30-45 mins waiting for a bus after the security guard told me specifically which bus to take to get to University Towers.. and so I tried asking all the buses that he told me to get on if they went there and they all said no! And they also said that none of their buses went by that place or anywhere near it. Bah. Bad security guard. Paid RM15 for a cab in the end, ish.

Installation Night was on Sunday but first went to a Roteract Presidents' Meeting with Dimi.. on Dimi's orders I had to say that I was from Roteract Bdr Sunway, I was such a sucky liar, ha :P Dimi and I and another girl were super early and on time and everyone else got there like 45 mins later... Malaysian timing *kick* But everyone was real friendly and nice, glad I went :) And ooh, if you didn't already know, the Punjabi community here in Malaysia is sooo small and I happened to meet a friend's cousin at the meeting without knowing it until my friend called to tell me, how weird. Like everyone indirectly knows everyone else *shudders* But the cousin was hot, so... (Mike stop judging me).

Went to the hotel where the dinner would be held to get stuff prepared and hung up and saw Cassie and Ben! Yay! :) Met and made more friends.. Shaun's funny :) And ooh, helped a girl wrap her sari and I'm so proud of myself! And it didn't unravel or fall off or anything the whole night :D It was Halloween themed so it was a costume party of sorts.. the little kids were adorable and the adults were cute, heh.

Anyways, the night went really well although Dimi was totally FREAKING OUT in the car three hours before it started.. was a little scary but mostly amusing :P Sorry! Glad everything went well and that you're happy.. Yay Dimi! :) And congrats on the President post..and Cassie as the Secretary and Ben as the Club Service Director, yayyy :)

Had the 'after party' at McD's till 3 plus I think.. was it? Headed back home on Monday morning where I met Dad at the CourtHouse, where after his case we went SAT book shopping at KLCC. He had never been on the LRT in KL and he was so fascinated by it, haha. He said it reminded him a lot of the London Underground during his school days.. awww. Told me lots of stories on the way. He did a bit of shopping too and I helped him pick out a tie which he now wears pretty often, hehe.. and its pink and I LIKE! I want. Had lunch, then wanted to watch Hairspray but they were all showing late, boo. Went home soon after.. had a good time with Dad :)

Har called the other day and it was a nice surprise.. although it was to ask about rock-climbing (which I really miss and really want to go for again.. someone please take me), it was nice to hear a familiar, comforting voice, however short the conversation. <-- Random thought.

Ok, I think this post is really long, so I'll stop here. I need to save material for my next post :P Thanks for reading.. Toodles! :)

Edit!

2007-10-02T22:43:00.000+08:00

I've replaced a bunch of pics in my previous posts with brighter, clearer pics, which are lots better. Anyways, been timing myself on SATs today..I suck at it! Sigh. Oh yea Dimi, you'll be glad to know that I have a bunch of ideas for a costume for the Installation thing :) And Mike if you're reading this, please come on Sunday night too, k? :)

2007-10-01T13:23:00.000+08:00

I finally did something interesting this weekend! Yayy! Hah. Drove up to Frasier's Hill for the day with the fam.. went for long walks, lunch and had English tea and scones at Ye Olde Smokehouse, whose waiters, unfortunately, are horribly RUDE! Got me so irritated that I just had to go up to them and tell them off. Ugh. They were only nice to all the Caucasians..bah. Anyways, besides that, had a good time and took lots of weird funny videos :) We so need a digi cam.. have I mentioned that before? :P Got back home at around 8 then went out with the kids to Mentakab for Wen Huei's bday.. I haven't seen her in so long! And got to see Sir Yee too, was really nice :) And oh yea, I baked choc chip cookies the other day! Initially they were a failure but I had to tweak the recipe a bit and now they're actually edible :P

Still no reply from IMU..sigh. Wish they'd hurry up and tell me..the anticipation is agony. I watched a little bit of Miss Teen USA on Starworld just now and goodness, so much bimboness! Couldn't stand watching it after 2 minutes.

And ooh, Happy 19th Birthday Wen Huei! :)

So yea, that's all I have for today :P Toodles!

2007-09-28T16:08:00.000+08:00

Yello! So I've had this blog for how long and I only have 14 posts?? Sorry people, the malasness took over and I've been much too weak to fight it off. What, after three to four weeks of doing absolutey nothing, it happens okay. Bleuk.

Anyways, I've been spending my time eating, sleeping, watching the telly, preparing for SATs and nothing else.. no violin classes, no Taekwon Do, no swimming/jogging, hardly any crafting of late, NOTHING! Everyone keeps asking me, "So what have you been doing at home?". Sigh. I need a life...anyone?

So many people have left for UK/US/India to study. I am absolutely desperate to get back to school. Yes yes, the boredom and malasness depends on me as I can definitely do something about it. Would anyone like to volunteer to give me a right kick in the tush? Please? SATs are on the 6th and I've still got some stuff to do.. need to time myself on the sections and actually write an essay. Had an interview for IMU last Thurs.. went well I guess, although I haven't gotten a reply yet. Jeremy already got his. Ish. His mum is scary.

Anywho, I would love to include some recent pics with this post but I haven't received them yet (Mike..?) :P Toodles people.

Update!

2007-08-22T14:18:00.001+08:00

Wow, I know, I'm actually updating my blog :P Sorry about the lack of updates la, nothing much to write about really...accept for a few things. Ok, it's mainly cuz I'm lazy..there I said it :P

I had a BLAST on my bday! Thanks to Mike, Case and Ben who drove allllll the way down to Temerloh on the 1st to surprise meeeee! :D As you can imagine, I was crazy happy and really really surprised.. Oh how I love them :) And the many many msgs and calls and wishes and hugs I received on that day :) *happy sigh* They stayed over at my place for 3 days and I was soo worried that they would be bored cuz there really isn't much to do in Temerloh..but we managed and had a great time :)

I don't have any pics with me as they're all on Ben and Cassie's cam, but till I get them transferred and whatnot, you can check out Cassie's account of the stay at her blog : Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 and while you're there, do click on the ad on her page :) Once I get a hold of the pics, might write my own account, if you guys are up to reading another one, that is.

Anyways, I was tres bored the other day and so I attacked my brother and dad with mehndi! And I continued the terror when Case, Ben and Mike came down, as you prob read from her blog on Day 3, hehe...I did some on my hand as well which turned out pretty good (which was so not expected) :

That's my icky brother, *supposed* to be studying. My dad and bro's weren't too nice tho, so erm, don't wanna post those :P

And when it was all nice and dry :

Tadaa! Hope you like my non-existent artistic abilities :)

Anyways, got my A-Levels results recently..didn't do too bad although I expected to do better. Was alright with it when I received it, but when I got home got kinda depressed over it for like maybe a week..sigh. But I'm all better now :) Applied to Melb, Monash, UNSW and Sydney for Biomed and Science at the IDP Fair on Sat..bro came along and had a look at some stuff he's interested in. Went to 1U after that to meet up with Rizzy, watched Rush Hour 3..kinda silly but SO funny! Couldn't stop laughing throughout..ooh, bought an SAT book, so excited! But it's so darn ex k, goodness. And to think that I might not even have to take the test anymore if I get accepted to Aus. But thought I'd try to do real well to prove to myself that I can do well academically after the depression over my A-Level results, heh.

Anyways, stayed over at Aunt Moong Lan's in Rizzy's crazy cold room...went to DP and Ruby's wedding in the morn at PJ Gurdwara..Congratulations you guys!! Finally! Lots of people have been waiting for this k :P Very very happy for you two :) Met up with lots of old friends and got a lot of catching up done, was real nice. Went home a lil early tho, watched Blades of Glory... another extremely dumb movie but so darned hilarious! Watched a little bit of Disturbia too and swooned over Shia for a bit :P

Sharan picked me up from the house at 7 to bring me to the reception at the Subang Golf Club.. Yuv went home with dad at around the same time..reception was real nice with lots of interesting performances, not the typical Punjabi wedding reception which was a nice change. Left the reception relatively early too...some cute guy was chatting me and Sharan up when Mike called, darn that Michael! :P Anyways, he was very nice and picked me up from the golf club after I told him that I would take a cab..went back to his place and met the 'famous' Oscar the dog...I've never seen anything cuter in my entire life! Little excited ball of fur :)

Stayed up the whole night and slept at 7 in the morn...which subsequently got me sick :/ But had a blast staying over anyways :) Got to coll late on Monday (of course) to collect official results..met up with Case and she was so happy to see us! She kept hugging me over and over again, hehe. Wrote in her blog that she misses all six of us having lunch breaks together everyday in coll..and its weird not doing it now that she's started her Psyc course at Sunway..I miss that too..and seeing everyone in class who are all so close, and going back to my room to Tha at the condo, and talking non stop with the guys over lunch, and Ling's happy-go-lucky ways, and seeing my Booboo everyday, and watching movies with the 5 of them in the AV room..and, and..everything!! (Except Moral Studies, bleurgh).

The gang that stuck together from the start : Jeremy, Ben, Mike, Ling, Cassie and Nirmal. *Sob* :(

Sigh. I'm worried all of a sudden about going to uni.

Went to IDP to complete apps by giving them my official results, went back home after walking all over coll looking for Ms Irma, was so darn tired. Anyway, Spongebob is on the telly now so I have a duty to go watch it. Oh yea, found this pic on Updesh's Friendster profile and stole it, hehee. Was taken early last year :

Yes, I am the proud father of this clan of misfits and confused people..and I don't know why there's another father..for the sake of adding to the confusion I guess. Toodles!

And I'm back to bumming at home

2007-07-29T15:32:00.000+08:00

Hey all..I'm back from S'pore yet again and I'm beat! Spent 5 days over there and had a blast! :) Met up with lots of cousins whom I have not seen in ages and two whom I've not met since I was like 7! That's just way too long.

Exciting as it was, this wedding had way too many events..Maiyan (hope I got the spelling right) ceremony on Friday morn, Sangeet on Friday night, Churiya (again, spelling.. pardon my Punjabi) ceremony on Saturday night, wedding on Sunday morn and reception on Monday night (!) ..but I enjoyed the dressing up part, heh. And close relatives' weddings are always more fun, you feel like you're a part of the celebration..not like those 'show-face weddings' (as Sim calls them) where only your parents seem to know who the people getting married are and you're left all alone with your siblings with absolutely nothing to do *breathes*

Anywho, I was appointed photographer by my Aunt and mum (yet again!) and so there are hardly any pictures of me at any of the events (but she had a pretty cool camera so I enjoyed playing around with it..but still!) . I was photographer at another cousin's wedding two years back (not official or anything, duh :P just for their cam) and I remember getting all dolled up for the wedding and then wearing a saree to the reception and out of the 132 pictures on my camera, there were only 2 of me! And I was in the BACKGROUND! Bah.

Anyway, I made sure I got a few pictures of myself taken this time :) (Call me vain, but its a big deal to me ok!)

We arrived in S'pore at around 8 to 9 on Friday night so we already missed the ceremony in the morning and the Sangeet was already underway..it was at the Khalsa Club (I think) on Swensensohn Road (I think) ..got lost way too many times trying to find the place although we were just there a week ago and have been there countless times before. Aii. Stayed only for a bit and couldn't wait to get home and sleep..stayed at my Aunt's place and I just had to volunteer to sleep on the floor in the hall..argh! Bad choice..hardly got any sleep over four nights.

Anyway, lepaked around the house the whole of Saturday and went to the bangle ceremony at night..pretty interesting..I had no idea it even existed. The bride has the wedding bangles put on her (after having her henna and stuff done) by her uncles, cousins and brothers..I think only the boys do it, but she asked me to do it for her as well (see, part of the celebration :P).

A few pictures from the many events : (posted a few more, so you guys have an idea of what goes on at a Punjabi wedding..thought you might be interested to know :))

Charanpal trying his hardest to get the bangles on, hehe. They were awfully small and I was so worried I'd hurt her!

Her little 'throne' (couldn't think of a better word) was so pretty! Didn't really get a good picture of it, but you get the idea.. lots of shiny, pretty things.. I want a throne too!

Okay, one picture..with family! Mum, Dad, the bride and I...all not looking at the camera.

At home with Aunt..please don't laugh at my jammies.

Two Aunts and Mumsie! Outside the temple, ready to greet the groom. Haha, double chins :P The wedding ceremony is held at the bride's place, where she resides and so the bride's party has to welcome the groom's party.

Me! *gasp* Having brekkie before going upstairs for the ceremony.

The pretty bride after the ceremony..can't imagine how heavy all that stuff she's wearing must be.

From left : The insanely gorgeous girl on the left is my cousin's daughter, and so she calls me Aunty (haih), my cousin (her mom) and cousin Sonia.

Edit : Added another pic, of like, half a quarter of the fam..I likey big families! :)

After the ceremony, there's lunch..this was at the Riverside Tandoor..after lunch they have this gift giving ceremony and they get lots of stuff and fed sweets. The little kid at the left corner of the pic was the best man..usually they get mercilessly bullied and pranked by the girl's side, but since it was a kid, he got M&Ms and kisses...they showed a short vid of the highlights of the wedding at the reception and they had clips of him repeatedly wiping his cheek after each kiss..how cute! :)

After that, the bride tossed the bouquet, there were the goodbyes and lots of crying..its supposed to be symbolic, after living with her parents and family, the bride leaves the family to stay with the groom's family..mum explained that in olden India, the groom usually stays miles away in another village and so the bride never gets to see her family ever again! :( I asked mum what happens when a family only has daughters..her reply, "Oops. Too bad." Hehe. But well, its still kinda sad in this age..you're all grown up and starting your own family and being independant and stuff.

Anyway, Monday night, the reception, Grand Hyatt Singapore :

Mum : Whoa, who's the superstar in green?
Me : Mum, we're both wearing green.
She was talking about herself!

Take one and two of the decor..so pretty! And good Lord, was the food YUMMY! Probably the best Indian food I've ever had..ok, second after the dhal and chapatti I had in a temple in India once..it tasted like spaghetti to me for some reason. But anyway, I loved how they cooked the Indian food with a Western style, a bit peculiar but oh so delish.

With cousin Tejpal, big bag of fun and great with warm bear hugs :)

Mum and dad..aww :) Oh man, I still remember when Wan Yin saw my mum in coll for the first time..she was like, "That's your mom?? But she looks so...Chinese!!" Haha :)

And of course, the obligatory full length shot :P What? Making up for lost pictures k..if that makes sense. Sorry about the shoddy pic quality.. the video thing is absolutely hopeless at taking pictures.

Anyways, the rest of the pics consist of many many family pictures which I don't want to bore ya'll with. And sorry about the number of pics, if they take a long time to load..hope you enjoyed them anyways. Toodles! :)

My brother, the poet

2007-07-20T01:49:00.000+08:00

The following was written by my little brother, Yuvraj, age 17 :

School
Teachers are calling,
What is it now,
Once again it's nothing new,
Someone's skipped school,
The bloody fool,
Coz of him, we all get punished,
Oh, the disgrace, if picking up rubbish.

Untitled
I wanted to rhyme,
It was all in my mind,
I was able to rhyme,
No doubt about that,
It was just a topic,
I needed to get.
So I thought some more,
Over marshmallows and shmores,
about rhyme,
no harm in that,
I wasted no time,
And came up short,
So I said 'sod it, I'm not the sort'.

Nirmal
Do you cry,
when Spongebob dies?
Do you laugh,
when you barf?
Do you eat,
people's feet?

After that there was some gibberish..silly boy. He said its not poetry and was just rhyming but I found it so funny! Especially when he read it out to me..sorry, I'm very easily amused :P

Went to KL yesterday, to see Ms Irma about some uni application form..but she had some event to go to and I didn't get there early enough before that..actually I did, just couldn't find her anywhere..Ms Irma, you owe me a 10 ringgit cab fare! :P Went to Subang Parade after that, looking for a substitute for a saree blouse..didn't find one there but I found this really cool store called W3..hehe, attention was deviated for a moment. But it was a really nice place to shop, they had really nice tops and jeans and dresses and accesories and shoes and bags and makeup and hair products and a wax and nail parlour! *bliss* I SO need to go there again! And the stuff was pretty reasonably priced..tops were like 20-40 and jeans were about 50 ringgit. Cassie, you HAVE to go there, you live so near!

Aaanyway, headed down to Bangsar where I finally found a matching top after going in to all the boutiques in Telawi..it was like shopping for a dress for Grad Night again where I went in to every single boutique I set my eyes on and tried on a crazy amount of dresses..and I was walking around the whole day in heels..and then I went out again at night, also wearing heels. My feet have never hurt so much in my life, I seriously could not bare to walk on the way home. And I think they're still recovering! I get a little tingle in my feet every time it touches the ground after I get off my bed in the morning. How weird is that.

Went home earlier than usual that day, after getting my top and a bunch of other stuff (attention got deviated again). Oh yea, while I was waiting for a cab to get to Midvalley, this Mat Salleh guy came up to me and asked me if I spoke English, so I said yea and he asked me if the place I was waiting was a taxi stand, cuz he needed a cab too. So then he started talking to me about a bunch of other stuff for about 10 minutes and it was a pleasant conversation, till he said, 'Your English is very good. How come?' Um, am I not supposed to be able to speak English properly?? There are lots and lots of Malaysians who speak very good English, thanks very much. Guess he hasn't come across many of those yet :/ Sigh. Ignorance.

Anywho, I'm off to S'pore tomorrow..again. Aii. Hope this journey is a little more eventful than the last one..maybe I'll see some palm trees and a few little towns this time. Whee.

Oh yea, I watched this show called Ad Persuasion on Discovery Travel and Living last night about really good ads on TV and I thought this one was HILARIOUS!

'Heya Janice!' : Gets me every single time! Like I said, I'm very easily amused :) Will be back from S'pore on Tuesday. Toodles!

Hello!

2007-07-17T14:54:00.000+08:00

I'm back! Happy Case? :P Went to S'pore over the weekend..seems like everyone's going there. Mike's supp to be there right now..and I think Sarah just came back..and I'm going back there again this Friday! So tiring! Hate long journeys..sigh. Me and mummy took a train together and it took us 9 hours to get there! OMG. I knew I should have brought Sudoku..was about to print it out when mum started yelling for me to come downstairs. Went for Melvin's wedding, saw cousins and relatives, etc etc. Mainly went to get suits for Satnam's wedding..too many people are getting married this month..really :/ Anyway, I bought two suits and they're so pretty! I likey very much.. and oh, I saw a terrible accident on the way to the shops..some poor guy got knocked down by a bus and he died! :( There was so much blood on the road, real scary..I couldn't bear to think of what he looked like or what the doctors would have to deal with..and I'm supposed to be doing med! Starting to rethink that.

The shops were in Little India and it was way crowded, guess cuz it was a Sunday too..mum was holding on to my arm so tightly like I was a fugitive, worried I'd get lost...and in the train she was so worried about me going to the loo cuz she thought I might just fall out of the train -_-'

Went to the American Edu Fair after shopping where cousin was advising...mum says I should take SATs and apply to unis in the US...not sure if I'm ready to go back to studying for more tests just yet, heh. Jeremy's not too thrilled about it tho..thought it was bad enough that I might be going to Aus.

Anyways, I love S'pore! Always liked it, and always wished I lived there..but then again, I also wish I lived in KL, life would be so much easier. I won't have to travel 2 hours in a dingy bus with dodgy people and another hour on trains and KTMs to get to coll, to watch a movie, to see the dermatologist, to go shopping, to see friends and most importantly, to see Booboo! Sigh. But back to S'pore..I love that place! I love the convenience of getting around in nice clean taxis that go by the meter, the nice places to shop, the higher currency, the good schools, the compulsory Punjabi classes (I'd be speaking perfect Punjabi by now!), the cleanliness, and the fact that most of my fam on my dad's side live there..think I mentioned in a previous post that I'm not as close to most of them cuz we hardly see each other..maybe a couple of times a year. How sucky. But then again, S'pore's a real tiny island..couldn't stand living in 'little boxes' of apartments as my mum calls them. I want a nice big garden where I can unleash the jungle girl in me :P (inside joke..I'm not a jungle girl, really!).

Mum's been driving a manual car lately, as her car's been in repair since she ran over a dog and burst the carburator (or something like that, pardon my car language) .. mum asked if I wanna drive it back from town and I was too scared, cuz I completely forgot how to drive a manual! I'm so ashamed. Brought me back to the time I failed my driving test..stupid car engine died at every single traffic light! 5 times total..I remember Mike saying, "I can't believe they still let you drive after that" :P

Anywho, I've gotta go reply some emails and register for the SATs and whatnot. Wish me luck :)

Sigh

2007-07-12T18:00:00.000+08:00

As you can see, I've taken down the previous post, mainly due to the many threats I've been receiving *rolls eyes* It's obvious that you people did not read the post properly and immediately jumped to conclusions and assumptions, and totally misintepreted what I wrote. Why in the world would I say that all Sikhs are bad and should do what I wrote? Beats me. But you guys sure seem to know, right? Whatever. I'm tired of repeatedly correcting you people and teaching you how to read. As far as I'm concerned, (that is, IF you read my post correctly and DIDN'T rearrange all my words for me) I was speaking the truth. Funny thing is, you would rather condemn me and call me all sorts of unpleasant things for pointing out something so blatantly obvious than tell off the people who are actually giving Sikhs a bad name. So then you guys are saying that it's alright for a guy looking wonderfully grand in a turban and beard to go out to pubs and get really drunk, right? It amazes me how so many of you failed to see that part of the post, but fabricated something totally ludicrious out of it. You guys crack me up. Seriously.

Anyway, anymore comments regarding this post and the previous one (well, comments that call me a bitch and whatnot) will be gladly ignored. If you actually have something intelligent to say and in a polite manner (thanks to one guy who was actually nice) then it will be considered. Have a nice day :)

Funny Mummy

2007-07-08T17:18:00.000+08:00

Me : Mummy, how come you always buy Boh tea and not Lipton?
Mummy : I don't like the way it tastes.. except when there's a price cut, then it tastes okay.

Cheapskate!

Accomplishments

2007-07-08T11:47:00.000+08:00

Well, this post is an accomplishment in its own, right? Considering my lack of updates :P But I received THREE comments on my last post! Whee! Such encouragement :) So now you have to keep them coming, k? :P

Went down to KL on Friday morn and caught the 10.30 bus cuz the 10 am one was about to leave and I was being lazy..and so I got my punishment.. some dude came up to me saying he used to go to my old school..I had no clue who he was but he knew my name and so he started talking to me about a whole bunch of stuff and asking me questions about myself. I wans't in a very talky mood and I was irritated that I got cut off on the phone while talking to Jeremy and was trying desperately to get him back on the phone. I didn't want to be rude but I didn't want to talk either..I was torn! So I politely answered his questions anyway, sigh..sometimes I feel I'm too nice, bleh.

But anyway, I was real glad when I saw that my bus was about to leave, so I made like I was in a real hurry to go (which was true, the driver was already starting the engine) so I thought I'd just say bye and rush off but NOOOO, he had to ask for my number! Ugh. I told him to give me his number, thinking I wouldn't need to call him or anything, but he insisted he take my number first! Grr. I should have said no to him when he first asked, but didn't have the heart..again, being too nice..BLEH!

Now this fella is smsing me nonstop on the bus and when I don't reply within like, 3 minutes he starts calling me and smsing again, asking if I've already forgetten him..getting on my nerves, really..then he asks if he can go out with me! Um, NO! You'd think that after saying no and then not replying for a whole day, he'd get the message..aii. Some guys just don't get it.

Anyway, reached KL after 2 hours and went down to Pyramid to get my hair fixed. Me, being a hero, decided that I could colour my hair for the very first time all by myself. Needless to say, it turned out to be a DISASTER! I wanted a rich, dark brown but the colour was much too light for my liking and only the top part of my head was brown..'easy application', as if! Payed RM76 at A Cut Above Academy and my hair looks BLACK. I wanted dark brown, but not THAT dark! Ish. Jeremy said it looks blacker than usual :s Oh well, they blowdryed it straight and everyone liked it anyway.

Went to the Curve with Jeremy, Cassie and Dimi for the first time..the place is so pretty! I likey. Met up with Ben, Xiang, Alice and Mike for Mike's bday at Itallianies. The food there was so extremely yummy! I've been craving good pasta for such a long time and I finally got it *bliss* Oh and even after a whole lot of food and saying how full I was, I still wanted a choc sundae from McD's..hehee.

Took a whole bunch of pics with everyone but they're not with me..I need a digital camera! *hint* Gonna have to steal the pics from Dimi and Cassie. Stayed over at Cassie's place for the night..talked till about 3 in the morn and woke up late..dad was already waiting in coll for me! Had to pick me up to go for a wedding..met up with Jas and the rest of the cousins after so long! Was nice to see them all again, but I did kinda feel left out, as we don't always see each other, with them staying all the way in S'pore..sigh, didn't really know what to talk to them about..how sucky.

Anyway, I'm supposed to be in Punjabi Language class now, haha. Woke up late so dad said I'll just go next week, yayy! Hehe. But mum made me wash the dog anyway (I dunno why she always says 'wash' like the dog is a rug or something)..silly dog outsmarted me! Jeremy said I should be embarassed :P I wanted to relax him and sorta surprise him with a bath so I took him for a walk in the garden and around the house and let him sniff everything he wanted..but when I slowly started walking to his bathing spot, he sat down and refused to move! Smart eh.

And oh, this part of the post is dedicated to Sherrypoo, smartass sister :)

Her research work is being published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research! She's a published author! And her name is right at the top and on every page, how cool is that? I'm so proud of her! *beams* And I just received another email from her, saying that they're getting requests from people in the US and around Aus to have a look and use the cogrisk they developed..woohoo!

Anyhow, I shall end this post with an icon of Milo Ventimiglia (I think that's how its spelt), total hottie from Heroes..I just find it so funny, I dunno why :

Toodles!

Read this!

2007-07-04T20:05:00.000+08:00

I am getting fat. Yes, such sad news, I know (Jeremy, stop laughing). I haven't budged from from the couch in a record 5 hours, watching show after show..I watched Spongebob Squarepants (yayyyy!!), Fairly Odd Parents, Kim Possible, E News, Scrubs, something before that that I can't remember now, and whole slew of commercials. AND I ate a whole lot too. Sigh.

I need to accomplish something tomorrow! Let's hope I wake up in time to go for a jog tomorrow morn (pffft).

Anyhow, I'm being forced to update this by Cassie :P So here ya go, you'd better read this! Guess I should be updating anyway, not doing much at home, heh.

Oh yea, look at this neat pic that Tha did for me! Aww, how sweet! (She says she took an hour drawing our faces in the sand, hah :P)

Toodles!

Travelling SUCKS

2006-12-27T17:30:00.000+08:00

Travelling long-distance in a car on extremely winding roads, at least. Especially if you've just gotten home after a tiring week. I spent like, 6 to 7 hours (awake) at home, before leaving for Batu Pahat (6 hour drive!) for a wedding reception the very next day. Sigh.

But poor Dad and Sherry tho, they did the driving while I slept in the back seat with Mumsie..but still! Tiring ok :P We left at around 11 am I think, and only arrived at 7 (I think..the whole journey was a blur of many many palm trees and avoiding flooded areas). Lucky Yuvraj stayed home with the excuse that he didn't have any trousers to wear..lameness. And my parent's let him stay home! Twerp.

Me and Sherry had absolutely no idea whose reception we were attending. And it didn't help that it was the most dreadful thing I've ever been to; tacky entertainment, bad food, typical decor and the compulsory drunk guys that seem to show up at every Punjabi wedding reception. Therefore, the both of us spent the night planning our weddings, since we already knew everything we didn't want. And so, things we would like at our weddings :

1. No huge-ass camera and blinding light in my face and all my guests' faces. A (meaning only one) professional with good editing skills and camera-handling will be sufficient (Okay, so this one was from the wedding scene from Love Actually).

2. Wider variety of food, preferably a mix of different dishes from other cultures (in short, not limited to typical Punjabi wedding dishes) and proper vegetarian food

3. Entertainment should be personal, by people who know me and the (extremely lucky :P) groom-to-be. Sherry wants an insrumental band and acoustic perfomances by her friend L.

4. White orchids will be the main theme of decor (I've thought about this a lot la k :P), candles, lots of lavender and white and a huge assortment of complimentary flowers

5. Proper seating arrangements with placards in a huge hall.

6. Personalized tokens of appreciation for guests

7. Very little alcohol No alcohol whatsoever..too messy, too ugly.

Yes, I'm very demanding :P

All in all, the reception was bad bad bad..resulting in me and Sherry to retreat to our rooms much earlier than expected where we resorted to taking random pics such as this :

HOME!! :D

2006-12-24T17:27:00.000+08:00

After a week of slaving away in PD, where most days were wet and rainy, sleeping at 12-1 am (!!), getting up at 4 am(!!!!!), washing toilets, running around tar roads bare-footed, having limited communication with sayang J, and other terrible sounding, torturous things we were made to do, I'm HOMEEEE :D *praise the Lord*

After begging Dad to let me stay home and failing miserably doing so, I was forced to go to the dreaded thing and... I actually enjoyed Samelan this time around..heh. Got to see so many friends whom I haven't seen a long while and made tons of new ones :) I thought I've been to way too many samelans to be able to learn anymore (10th Samelan and counting!), cuz it seemed to me like the organizers kept recycling material over and over again. BUT how wrong I was! I have come to realize that it was my own stubbornness that hindered me from learning anything new *sentimental music plays in the background*. ANYWAY..

I can't possibly go through each and every day of the week (siao ah) although it would have been nice to, if I had the time and the patience, heh. Anywho, Premmers and a whole bunch of Bangkok people came down, most of whom ended up in my Jatha..and guess what, I was elected Jathedar (or is it Jathedarni..pardon my Punjabi). Totally new experience! I had no idea we had so much of work to do! There were 4 other leaders (Premmers, Karamveer, Reena Ji and Gulu), but it seemed like everyone was looking to me for an answer, which was nice, but..tiring.. BUT I enjoyed the overall experience, hehe.

Apparently, we earned full marks for our langgar sewa for dinner! Woohoo! Soo extremely proud of all my jatha members :) Utility sewa was a blast (Bangkok girls totally rock at washing toilets :P), Jaap Ji Sahib and kirtan was wonderful and spirits were HIGH! Best of all, we won third place in the Jatha competition! Ok, so third place doens't sound all that wonderful, but it's good enough! I'm happy we were in the top 5! Hehe :)

Warning, syiok sendiri paragraph ahead :

I had no idea I could accomplish what I did during Samelan..leading about 60 people as a group (of course, with TREMENDOUS help from the other 4 leaders :) ), managing to get everyone up in the morning, while getting up at 4 to be in the Darbar Sahib by 5 every morning, managing 2 major langgar sewas and whatnot...oh, and staying awake throughout most of the programmes (eep). It was like a week-long lesson for me..something I wouldn't have been able to learn elsewhere (not anytime soon, at least). Anyways, Samelan was a blast, and the IPS (Inspirational Sessions) were truly inspiring (couldn't think of another word to describe it la)..and from those sessions, I think I might have come across a new revelation :)

Prettinesseses!

2006-12-16T17:26:00.000+08:00

I bought new heels! Pretty pretty heels! And *another* pair of earrings! And they're pretty too! And best of all, I SAW MY BOO BOO!!! *bliss*

Me and the whacko sis went to Midvalley for a super girly day, where we shopped like mad, frolicked with J, and subsequently lost Sherry's phone. Actually, someone STOLE it! Evil stranger..to which Sherry replied, 'I hope my phone knows how to bite'. Interesting.

Ooh, went to make suits! Pretty pretty suits! Hehe. And oh yea, samelan starts tomorrow..NOOOOOO!!!! Sigh. Usually I look forward to this yearly week-long thing...but...last year was a bit of a bore. Wait, SUCH A BORE. And now I'm forced to go..I was hoping my fever would last right through to now so that I didn't have to go. Dang. Sherry went into a suit-trying frenzy, as we always don't have enough suits for the both of us to last through the week. Yuvraj resorted to me pushing him off the balcony, and if he held on to the railing, I was to tickle him. Desperate times. HUMBUG.

Anywho, I'll end this post with a line by the ever eloquent Mike:
"IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'VE EVER BROUGHT US ANY OF THOSE RABBIT SATAYS YOU HAVE IN TEMERLOH!"

Driving 101

2006-12-08T17:22:00.000+08:00

I drove today! Woo! So I panicked a little, but according to my instructor, I RULE!! (Ok, not exactly his words, he said I was alright). The gear changing part and clutch thingy was such a hassle! My leg was so tired from keeping the clutch against the floor that I was all wobbly when I got out of the car..heh. Dad seemed to find this very amusing when I told him. The instructor guy drove me to some empty industrial park outside of town so I thought he'd drive me back when we were done...but he said I was gonna drive back to town on the highway with all the scary cars! I almost died. But it was the most fun near-death experience I've had. I wanna do it again! Hehe.

I STILL haven't started on any of the homework! The only thing I did was Math..and a teensy bit of Chem. I feel like doing some work cause I feel guilty..and then the malasness takes over..but then I get so bored watching the tube all day that I feel I should do something more intellectual..but then it seems like its too hot and early in the afternoon to do anything (conveniently forgetting that we have air-conditioning upstairs), so I go back to finish watching whatever show I started on and think "Ok, after this one, I'm going upstairs"..and then I think "Nah", and it just keeps going on like that over and over again in my mind. I need help.

Oh yea J, since I didn't have the heart (or the guts) to tell you this in person, Sherry did bring back dark chocolate, and intended for me to give you some when I see you. BUT...we kinda ate it all up (we as in sis, bro, mum AND me, OK?). Forgive me!!

2006-12-07T17:21:00.000+08:00

Ok, so I'm not one for cutesy little things (some, ok..there are only certain levels of cute I can tolerate), and the elephants were starting to get on my nerves..sorry? Anyways, on to more important issues; I miss my baby boo! I thought the month long separation wouldn't be such a huge problem but turns out that IT IS!! Dang. He seems to be fine tho, the little twerp. He should be missing me more. Hmph.

I feel bad for kinda blowing off my friends since I got back almost a week ago. I just don't feel like going out (sorry! I still love you guys k :D). It's just TOO hot to go out..I've been putting off going to the dentist and getting my license because of that. Oh yea, and the icky Malay guys we tend to unavoidably encounter along the way puts me off too..so yea, staying home would be a much better option. But despite all that, I've finally gone to the dentist, and my first driving lesson is tomorrow at 5..woo! J says I'd better not get hurt or my instuctor would have to watch out..my hero! :)

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2006-12-06T23:57:00.000+08:00

Ok then, so I have decided to keep this little thing (such an adorable one at that too..look at the cute little elephants! And it's Christmas-themed too! Go me!). AS is finally over and done with, and after two and half weeks of classes (which seemed to go on for a month), I'm done for the year! Call me crazy but I can't wait for the results to come out. My darling Sherrypoo is finally home after a year, so now we can all act like the lovely disfunctional family that we are again :)