~DaphNe-tion of Life~

Happy 2012!!

2012-01-01T09:00:00.001Z

So, its finally 2012. I had a lot going on in my mind yesterday, especially since it was my 25th birthday and i really felt like letting go and writing this super long post on everything i was feeling and wanted to write about. but as usual, there were too many things to be done, people to layan, and too little time. so blogging again took a back seat. =/

but here i am today! on the 1st of January 2012! Older and wiser, hopefully.

Am still feeling slightly lost now that i'm officially 25, and wondering where life is going to take me. I've been contemplating many ways to advance my career, but none have really taken root. Not that i'm not doing well now, I really do like my job =) even though i have had 20 hour work days and 70 hour work weeks, and though it has given me much stress and lack of sleep, I have learnt so much throughout 2011, albeit at a slower pace than I would have preferred. Getting my first bonus ever was a huge plus! =D

So my new year resolution now is to really get off my bum, work really hard, hopefully kick start some of my ideas (hopefully is a bad word, because it means more than not that im not going to do anything about it =/), stay healthy and most importantly, be happy with everything that is going on in my life right now.

my first time being a bridesmaid! At my cousin's wedding in November =)

On a side note, my birthday yesterday has been a quiet affair, with a girls get together at my house for tea, and a simple dinner home cooked with love =) No parties (yet, but tonite there will be one! haha), no crowds, no drinking. Nevertheless, the week leading up to the big day has been filled with much love and birthday lunches and dinners and surprise gifts, so i've been a very, VERY happy and lucky girl indeed. =D

Here's to a wonderful 2012! =D

Distractions

2011-12-16T06:30:00.000Z

...are evil.

But "我可能不會愛你" is beginning to make me into an addict! and there's no time for this right now! I need to do work!!!! Woke up at 6am to try to get some headway into the gazillion pages of my report....but here I am on youtube. kill me.

ok back to work sigh.

Temptations.

2011-08-07T11:20:00.004+01:00

OMG i totally need to control my spending. And yet i'm sooooo tempted to buy so many things!!!! /grumpy

That aside, life has been pretty crazy yet routine at the moment. I've settled into that plod-along, dreary brain-draining work life, (un?)fortunately...keeping up my pace pretty well i would say! still, i was given a 'meets expectations' rating for my performance review recently so guess i have to buck up and try to hit 'exceeds expectations' the next time =/

I have so many things to write about but i dont know where to start lol. been neglecting this blog waaayyyy too long (as usual) as much as i keep saying i will try to update regularly. but meh.

a random pic of my cousin and I during our Bali trip in January 2011. just so there's at least ONE picture in this post lol.

first things first, i FINALLY watched harry potter 7 part II last nite!!!! I cant believe its finally the end!!!! T_T feel so woe-begone that i have nothing to look forward to now. i think the harry-potter-generation who grew up reading hp books and anticipating the summer movie releases would know how i feel right?? but anyways, i LOVED this last instalment, it exceeded my expectations although there were missing bits of the story that weren't in the film (the usual die-hard fans' gripe) and some over-zealous CGI going on (the trolls during the final battle? so fake.) i think i can safely say i'll probably never be so crazy over another book-and-movie-combo quite like harry potter again.

sigh.

i've got reports to do now but totally not in the mood. argh.
heading to Johor and Kay-elle next week for meetings!!!! /glum

Forgetfool.

2011-06-30T00:56:00.000+01:00

Forgetful Mr Foo.

I remember reading that story back in primary school.

Strange that i remember things like that, but not many other things.

Then again, i have selective memory capabilities.

Like, if something bad (or good even...sumtimes =/) happens, my mind instantly wraps the memory up nice and secure, puts it carefully into a box, locks it, and places it in one of the deep recesses of my brain where it is unlikely I'll find it unless I'm dying and I need that memory to save my life.

The next time someone asks me about it, i'll only vaguely remember the gist of the memory, but i wont remember the minute details of it.

I'm sorely tempted to say 'Tough luck buddy' but thats a bit mean. =/

sometimes i think i have the memory of a goldfish lol. of cuz, those memories that cling on with their claws for dear life on the heart are better wrenched away and kept away far beyond our reach.

At least I dont hurt as long even though slivers of such strong feelings will always linger around no matter how long time has passed.

So. The big question is, is this a good or bad thing?

You tell me.

Love.

2011-04-29T16:22:00.003+01:00

Going to Bangkok for our annual lawyers' meeting in 8 hours wheeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!
All expenses paid 3 days 2 nites trip (we're staying at the 5-star Four Seasons Hotel!!! /bliss) and we'll be attending a dinner and everything plus SHOPPING!!!!

Totally excited hehe.
All the better that my room mate is darling Doreen. =D

I've also decided, 5 minutes ago, that in future my wedding dress is going to be like Kate Middleton's dress. DID YOU SEE IT??!!! Its GORGEOUS. I love it to bits and I love HER to bits, she's such a vision and those 2 kisses with William were so. heartmeltingly. sweet.

Its every little girl's dream come true...to marry a prince and become a princess and live happily ever after lol.
I could imagine the huge sigh of envy going around the world from all the girls when they saw the exchange of the wedding vows (btw did you see William telling Kate she looked beautiful? Takes a bit of lipreading skills but try to watch out for it when Kate reaches the altar and stands next to him and he catches sight of her in her wedding dress =P Totally didnt noticed that but apparently they had lip readers watching every second of the wedding and they reported it on Yahoo news =/) and then all their cute little gestures towards each other during the wedding and the kisses and hand holding and everything.
Too sweet <3

Anyway, I also got my license to practice on Tuesday so I've been signing letters officially now as an associate!!! Its still a bit surreal to see my name on those letters but it feels freaking good! after all that slogging its finally worth it hahahahaha.

Gotta go sleep now! Have a wonderful Labour Day holiday everyone!!

Figures.

2011-04-18T15:37:00.002+01:00

Hmmm. =/

Not feeling very well.

Got a sore throat coming on and I'm aching insanely all over.

Could barely drag myself up the stairs to my office today thanks to my sore legs from paintball (i still loved it though, worth the pain lol.)

Other than that...

looks like things arent going well for me this week.

Sigh.

Painball. Literally.

2011-04-16T18:12:00.002+01:00

Went for a paintball session today!!! =D Kinda expensive at RM60 for 300 pellets each, 100 pellets per game but we went thru a gruelling 3 games with breaks in between over 2 hours so i guess it was ok.

Was the last man (woman?) standing in one of those games woo hoooo!

And gave an opponent a giant bruise as a result hehehehehe.

Not bad for a beginner eh! =P

Had a lot of fun, but i have jelly legs now from squatting too long hiding behind some big tong/shack/wooden obstacle and 'sour' arms from holding the heavy marker (paintball gun). Meh.

Tomoro im gonna ache all over, i just know it. =(
I couldnt even sit down without my legs giving a shudder earlier during dinner lol.

I was looking forward to friday...

2011-04-08T18:44:00.003+01:00

...but i'm now at home. on friday night. in my room. at 1.45am. bored out of my mind.

Granted, i made full use of the unexpected free time (didn't really relish it. sigh.) by catching up with my 100% entertainment episodes but there's only so many videos you can watch in 6 hours before your eyes kill u and you wonder why you are seeing blinking stars.

So i moved on to music. Diligently searching all the latest songs. Fell in love with a few new ones. But even those new songs have been replayed about a hundred times now.

I still feel like the entire friday evening and night was wasted.

I wana go curl up in bed and leave my laptop on with this one song on replay...but its such a sweet song that somehow gives you that warm fuzzy feeling that I feel like a hypocrite falling asleep to such a sweet song when I dont feel the slightest bit warm and fuzzy at all. =/

It's so terribly depressing.

My neck and lower back is killing me after sitting for hours and hours without a proper chair. Ugh.

Everything just doesnt seem to be working out tonite and I hate it.

Woh.

2011-03-29T15:21:00.003+01:00

More than a month since my last post.

So busy la. =(

Really tired everyday from all the documents and work.

Life as a lawyer is not as glamourous as it sounds actually...you need to spend hours just going thru a report from China which has been translated into sub-standard English that is both confusing AND long winded...ugh i could kill myself.

But despite all my sufferings I still somewhat like my job lah.

At least i still get that sense of achievement whenever i finish yet another agreement or report or whatever it is my boss threw at me.

Sigh.

Boring post i know.

Solly lo. =P

Just right.

2011-02-27T10:53:00.002Z

For my 400th post, I would like to announce that I have been called to the Malaysian Bar on 25th February 2011 and am now officially a recognised Advocate and Solicitor of the Malaysian courts (loryahhhhhhh)!!!

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

ABOUT TIME.

after 6 years of slogging over law books hehehehehe. Had a great day, the whole ceremony went smoothly and there were so many thoughtful and lovely gifts from everyone /happy!!! The party at nite went great too, everyone had fun and the BF passed out drunk and even I was swaying a bit lol but its allll gooooood =D

I MUST post pictures and i WILL. soon. check back!!!! woohoo! (sorry still very kancheong-ly happy over the new chapter of my life hehehehe)

Oh the irony of it all.

2011-02-11T14:24:00.004Z

Do you ever feel like this?

You come home totally exhausted from a long, hard day at work.

And yet, you feel like you need to go out to let your hair down cuz damnit u totally deserve to let loose after a long week of work.

Then again, you feel like staying in and watching your favourite drama which, after 5 months, you still havent managed to finish watching all the episodes.

But when u FINALLY decide to stay in (of course, this is after you realize that staying in seems more appealing seeing as the BF is out with the guys and your bestie is out on a date and you are not in the mood to go out with other friends cuz you cant whine to them as much as you would have about a gazillion million things if you went out with the BF/bestie), you can barely keep your eyes open!!!!

Because you are so. totally. exhausted!

(not to mention the fact that you know you have to go to work tomorrow on boss' orders when its a saturday and you'd much rather do something else than go to office again after 5 full days /glum)

I'm now officially living the 'Working Life'!

Happy new year 2011!!!!

2011-01-02T07:39:00.001Z

I need to make resolutions!

(but i know it'll probably be march or april before I finally remember that im supposed to make'em hahaha)

Merry Christmas 2010!

2010-12-23T15:17:00.001Z

Because I haven't posted pictures for a gazillion years. =)

Have yourself a warm, merry christmas with your loved ones!

Random bits of Singapore!

2010-12-13T15:44:00.004Z

Just came back from the Lion City with my bestie eunice and we had the best time ever /happy

Finally got to go for the LUGE!! and SKY RIDE! (met Gurmit Singh there too, yep, we r lucky like that hahaha).

Had a super-worth-it lunch at Hark Rock Cafe Singapore...for only SGD15! and they gave haagen daz ice cream! =DDD

Had tomyam soup for all 3 nites that we were there lol.

Shopped til we dropped.

Got to experience SG as a local...cuz we stayed in a HDB flat. Which was like, 1000+ square feet wtf. And we got the master bedroom all to ourselves, thanks to eu's aunt. =D extremely grateful for that especially after our 10 hours of daily shopping and we were about to die from exhaustion haha.

Bags. Dresses. Accessories. Shoes. /eyes shining

Bargains even at Changi Airport! 30% off Korean jewelry (from a xmas scratchcard...told u we r lucky! =D) and i got the prettiest little earrings organizer ever. Bought one for dear doreen as her long call gift too hehe.

Splurged on a few things but they were totally worth it. After all, i saved 7 months for this trip! =D All from my tiny trainee associate allowance! /proud wtf

No pictures because I is lazy.

But i updated! =D

Another random thing: Even though we drive each other up the wall sometimes...I still fall in love all over again whenever i play the song he recorded for me nearly 3 years ago, just so I can giggle at his lyrics! =D

Loves.

Round and round.

2010-11-16T16:13:00.002Z

looks like the cycle of depressing days before my birthday is back.

Sigh.

I tot we were doing okay....that i was going to finally get my dollops of hugs and kisses that i needed so badly. But here i am, home and bored listless and with barely even a "goodnite", much less a kiss.

And yet, i just can't explain some things.

You should know.

2010-11-12T17:26:00.003Z

Try to understand you said.

But I DO TRY.

I TRY SO HARD IT HURTS.

Don't you know that?

Hello.

2010-11-03T14:18:00.003Z

Wanted to blog just now but then realised my nails were too long (didnt cut one month d i think) to type properly. =.= My words would come out like this: i ant tyo log (i want to blog) cuz i type pretty quickly but my nails were getting in the way. Bleh.

Going to sleep by 12 tonite because i've been a cranky grumpy bitch lately (feel so guilty towards superman cuz i was so cranky and he left me alone to calm down which totally pissed me off anyway since i needed him to yang me but thats another long story you dont wana know) and i know im PMS-ing BIG TIME and i have pimples (nitemare!) and too much work for me to even start complaining cuz no time to lah!

Happy Malaysia Day!

2010-09-15T23:30:00.000+01:00

Superman sent this to me and omg its SO FUNNY i love it!

So simple and witty yet so meaningful. =D

Shopping Spree. Not.

2010-09-14T17:24:00.002+01:00

The mall hates me.

I went to Queensbay Mall with Eunice today and was so very excited to buy something, a pair of new shoes, a new bag, a new dress, ANYTHING.

And came home empty handed.

Dresses i tried on were either too big. Or out of shape. Or out of sizes.

I tried on S size work slacks at Elements. Too loose. Was totally relieved to know they had XS size. But when i tried XS, it was TOO TIGHT.

wtf.

Saw a pair of rly nice work heels. BUT GUESS WHAT! they were out of sizes.

Spotted a lovely bag. Turned out, the inside fabric was this paperish kinda material which will tear very easily. Totally not worth the price.

Sigh.

When i'm ready to spend money, i cant find ANYTHING to buy.

But when i WANT to buy something rly badly, i DONT HAVE MONEY.

The hell.

The mall really hates me. =(

Ow.

2010-08-03T14:36:00.002+01:00

I have a horrendously huge ulcer. Under my tongue. Yes, disgusting i know.

AND ITS BLOODY PAINFUL.

Everytime i utter a word, or MUMBLE even. As long as my tongue moves, the friction between tongue and ulcer is torture.

Even drinking water stings like hell.

Superman gave me a tube of oral paste for ulcers and i've been using it but it only seems to be growing bigger. Whereas HIS ulcer (we both got ulcers at the same time wtf) has healed. /sulk

ITS NOT HEALING and i've even gargled saltwater and ALL I WANT NOW is for it to go away /tears

GAH.

2010-07-05T20:28:00.000+01:00

I AM VERY CRANKY NOW.

EXTREMELY. INFURIATINGLY. CRANKY.

With today being monday and getting the monday blues and all and getting that dreaded sms from the STUPID STUPID STUPID accident lady who wants to claim money from me (i have to bank in RM100 to her tomoro GAHHHHH there goes my hard earned allowance) and my confusion over drafting a very simple letter and nearly bursting in tears at work from my crankiness and disappointment at 6pm...i gotta say...

TODAY SUCKED.

FTS.

Dwindling.

2010-07-04T23:12:00.000+01:00

Goodness, i just realised my blog posts have dwindled down to about one per month.

o_O

Ok, so im really busy but i know its not rly an excuse cuz i've got so many things to tell!

Its just that when i get home from work, im either too tired and i just want to sit down and watch my drama (autumn's concerto anyone? my current obsession hehe), or head to superman's house for dinner and some relaxing time together.

Weekends are for family time: saturdays for mine and sundays for his.

So my week is all taken up sigh.

Cant believe its Sunday already and I have to go to work tomoro

T___T

I'm absolutely baffled how the weekend flew by, i dont even remember what i did wtf.

But had a rly long day today wif some of my besties =D especially shopping at gurney hehehe. Been damn good today d la, didnt buy anything besides Cleo magazine which i havent bought for like months. Had my eye on a couple of dresses and a bag and some facial stuff but didnt buy anything in the end. =(

Probably cuz im quite flabbergasted that I have already spent RM250 (!!!!! kill me) within the first 4 days of July omg.

But RM100 was for my monthly quota of self indulgence *smug* that was what i spent for my yearly hair treatment and hair cut...it was a rly good bargain (i love promotions!) and my hair structure is so much better now after the soft rebonding treatment so yay my RM100 was very well spent!

Already planning to spend next month's RM100 on the refining cream i saw earlier =( expensive sial but wat the heck, it'll last me like 3 months at least.

....

I realise all I ever talk about on my blog is my money matters now sighhhh why am i like that now!!!!

Another week that flew by.

2010-06-19T20:55:00.000+01:00

Im torn between watching my drama. Catching up on weeks of un-read blog posts from THE bloggers. Taking a nap. Blogging. Shopping WTF. Going out. So many things to do, so little time.

Yesterday and today was a blur of lectures,

dark boring but smart suits (there's something about wearing a business suit that makes me feel, well, professional lol especially the way other pl look at u with some semblance of respect heh),

papers,

frantic last minute cramming,

the legal profession act 1976 =.=

lots of writing,

about a hundred sneezes this morning alone (im coming down with the flu /sob)

and yet another buffet lunch with senior practitioners.

And i thought i never had to go for another exam again....yet there we were, trying to write as much as we could on ethics and politics and rules and acts in 3 and a half hours on a saturday morning.

But im done now!! =D Praying that we all pass.

On another note, IM DYING TO GO SHOPPING. Well actually, dying to just buy stuff without worrying about blowing my budget. Sigh. I want that pair of pretty black flats i saw the other day, and a couple of new work blouses (or a dozen =P), a new pair of heels, a new handbag, a new WORK bag (!!!), a new watch, summer dresses, and oh i dont know, about a million other things!

/wrings hands but i know i cant =( because i. must. save. and not spend like there's no tomorrow. (i desperately want to, trust me. /wry smile)

emo-rant: I envy my friends who are earning double what i earn and can afford to spend so much more....and i hate being a wet blanket whenever i go out wif them and i see something pretty and go oooohhhh thats nice! and they tell me to buy it then! but i say i cant im broke =( and then i walk away and they go errrr...ok.

Sigh. =(

Salary-wise, im not doing so well, being just a trainee after all. /boo

and im paranoid about having that measly sum in my bank account. /sulk

and when i say paranoid, i MEAN paranoid. Like, i have a few hundred bucks zomg this is a disaster! paranoid. =(

Anyway, i rly dun wana bum myself down with all these horrid thoughts, looking forward to father's day dinner tonite (i bought a cake for daddy! with my own salary! /proud wtf) and possibly heading to a party or just hang out wif my bestie =)

the still underweight me. but look! chubby cheeks!! =D

i was born with a fat face anyway bah.

After a rough week...

2010-06-12T15:48:00.004+01:00

Things are looking up again. =)

Had a good night last nite because nothing beats falling asleep in the warm embrace of superman =D

Work has been crazy but do-able, there are the low days of course, but then the good days when i finish a tough task always makes it all worth it. Moving into another room on monday! New desk whee. Not sure if it can be considered an upgrade but...we'll see. =)

Not another one.

2010-05-11T15:47:00.002+01:00

Thought today was a good day cuz i was so busy at work and learnt new stuff and had lunch with superman and doreen (my colleague) finally came back to office after so long etc etc.

And then i got into an accident with a Vios on the road after work sigh.

Thank goodness it was just a minor one but im dreading the bill for both car repairs when it comes.

T___T

I HATE THE MAHUAN-NESS OF IT ALL.

Having to go to the car workshop.

Paying for the repairs.

Spending unnecessary (and hard earned!!!) money.

The stress.

My tears. ='(

Oh well, like superman says, i banged my bad luck all away so shoooooooo all the bad luck and may the good things come in abundance now. =)

My first outstation work trip is tomoro to Ipoh with 2 senior associates!

I just needed a hug.

2010-04-23T19:11:00.000+01:00

Really.

What a rush.

2010-04-15T12:50:00.003+01:00

Rush to KL, that is.

Took a flight down to KL in the wee hours of the morning.

Rushed to the 3 places that i had to go to serve forms.

Got lost.

Got stuck in the infamous KL traffic jams.

Got lost again.

Lol.

Took a flight back to Penang at night which was horrendous because it was delayed for duno bloody how long.

Reached home and KO'ed terus.

Woke up in the wee hours again to do work.

Sigh.

Such is the life of a chambering student.

But so far...

I LIKE IT. =)

Almost one week of working life d!

First day on the job.

2010-04-12T11:48:00.002+01:00

Gotta remember this momentous date lol.

Am tired but learnt quite a lot today from my seniors!

One day down, 3895783461580 to go.

Heh.

Starting a new chapter of life.

2010-04-09T16:51:00.003+01:00

So. Finally. I've got a job.

Not exactly a job job, more like becoming a trainee.

Am apprehensive about what this major change is going to bring. i know im going to be reaaaalllllyyyy busy and work long hours, and not surprisingly, im feeling rather down about the fact that i wont be able to spend a lot of time with superman anymore. =(

Have gotten pretty used to being together almost everyday now that its gonna be a BIG change for both of us. And being the worrywart that i am, uhhh...its not exactly a comforting thought.

And, omg i cant believe im saying this again at this age (i thought it was just a phase when i felt this way when i was in my teens), MY GOD i cant stand being at home nowadays. =.= Seriously, being at home stresses me out.

Not all the time la of course. But when things happen, i sometimes wish i was back in the UK. Life back there was so carefree and easygoing, with nobody to say anything about what time i come home, nobody to make me feel like i gotta do this and that, yknow.

Sigh.

I just need peace and quiet right now,right this moment, and

I AM NOT GETTING IT WTF.

I actually have to resort to blasting music in my ears to drown out the noise haih.

Lately.

2010-03-31T19:27:00.002+01:00

Yeah 'Lately'. Thats the word that i hate the most now.

Long story.

Anyway. Things have been...well...in between so far...not good, but not bad either.

Still, i can feel the strain and stress on everything in general, (more so for superman i suppose) and I really hate feeling this way.

I wish i could do something, anything, to make things better, but all i can do is watch helplessly at the sidelines and try to be there.

Sigh.

On another note, watched How To Train A Dragon today, and its my most favourite movie of the year yet! =D Loved the characters, LOVED TOOTHLESS the dragon (who reminded us both so much of our pet bunny yuki lol, will tell u about her soon), and loved the fact that we watched it with me in his arms. =DDD

Nothing makes me happier.

Actually ok la, if everything changes or turns out for the better (not just for me), THAT would be make me the happiest girl in the world. =)

I'm praying hard, reaaaallllllyyyyyy hard.

43kgs.

2010-03-04T05:45:00.002Z

Yes, underweight to the max wtf.

I haven't had much appetite during the daytime these days, i pick at my food and feel ZERO cravings for anything.

But when it comes to midnight, or more specifically, between 12am to 3am, i am SO HUNGRY and STARVING i crave for everything from charkoayteow to laksa to mcD's. =.=

Most of the time, i go to sleep and try to forget about the hunger pangs (which is really bad i know).

Then the next morning when i get up, the cycle repeats again.

Sigh.

First my sleeping patterns, now this.

I blame everything on the stupid hot malaysian weather haha.

Midnight thoughts.

2010-02-28T19:13:00.002Z

Not really midnite la actually, more like 3am.

Cant sleeeeeep.

T_T

i need to sleep earlier and wake up earlier but i end up sleeping around 3 or 4 EVERY nite since i came back from UK 2 weeks ago and then waking up at noon EVERY day.

Always feel so bloody awake after midnite. Stupid body clock still in UK time lol although i think its probably just an excuse cuz i wasnt exactly sleeping regular times back then anyway lol.

Anyway been spending my evenings with superman most of these days =)

Watched Inglorious Basterds and the chipmunks squeakuel earlier and had a really good at-home date together. =D

Love him to bits hehe.

Still, our new work life, and a new chapter, beckons though. Sigh. Not rly looking forward to it.

A New Chapter.

2010-02-26T16:31:00.002Z

Went out for a yummy lunch today at autocity, took a much needed afternoon nap (after being woken up for said lunch) and went back to autocity again for shopping lol.

Now its back to the serious stuff...preparing my CV and cover letter sigh.

Anyway.

Gonna start working life soon!!!

Hopefully i get the job in the place im aiming for...wish me luck!

xoxo.

Time for a bimbotic post.

2010-02-20T07:18:00.006Z

Having always been rather clueless (and lost!) when it comes to fashion, I've surprised myself over the past few months by dressing more consciously instead of throwing on a tee over jeans and thats it. Not that its a big difference, just the awareness of it yknow. Subtle changes like longer tees and more leggings in my closet (to keep up with the trend, or is it outdated yet?) and my current obsession with minimal anglaise embroidery (like the top in the pic!!) and feminine details like little bows or ribbons or eyelets.

I totally lack the confidence to pull off something really on-trend anyway so am quite resigned to keeping it low profile like i've alwiz done.

Sigh.

Was browsing through fashion blogs and MY GOD i wish i had thin legs. Not that im unhappy with my legs but dammnnnnnn to have those gorgeous pins that go on forever. o_O

Which, in retrospect, probably wont do me any good since superman isnt very tall hehe (who'd want a guy to stand on tippy toes to kiss rite =.=)

I brought back plenty of nice blazers (my zara £4 (RM 24) vintage black blazer! *dies in happiness) and cardigans from Englishland too but goodness, its SO BLOODY HOT in malaysia that i'd be mad to layer my clothes now no matter how nice or trendy they look. Plus its pretty annoying (and very maddening) when u get laughed at for wearing a blazer/cardigan in this hot weather. =(

Cant really be bothered to put on too much make up too (hey its good for the skin when u go natural lol), not to mention all that fuss when removing make up. U have no idea how many lashes have dropped off in vain due to my stubborn mascara which, although makes my lashes look good as hell, refuses to come off without a fight with my eye make up remover. And oh, the hot weather that makes make up slide off like goo. Yucks to the max.

So there, you see, im afraid of fashion in this sense. I have a slight obsession with shoes too but cant really wear heels (see point made about guys standing on tippy toes) even though im only 5 2"? 5 3" possibly. Such is the way of life when u have a petite bf whom u love to bits and cant bear to bruise his ego. =/

So its back to easy-going tops or baby tees with shorts and flats. =(

Not very fashion conscious at all, no.

Any opinions on how to dress for the hot weather? =)

I MISS NEWCASTLE ALREADY T_T

2010-02-16T07:15:00.002Z

I really do! I ABSOLUTELY HATE HATE HATE the weather in Malaysia, i've been getting some serious breakouts and my skin is in total oily and blotchy chaos. /tears

Its so humid and hot its just non stop sweating the whole day =((((

Oh to be back in NCL's weather and to have good skin again. Sob.

Besides that, Chinese New Year has been great so far!!!!

Finally after nearly 3 years in England, i'm back with my family and cousins and all that FOOOOD and gambling and drinking and making fun of each other. =D

Its bliss being home during festive seasons (except for the STUPID weather ruining everything).

So how is your Chinese New Year so far and how was your Valentine's Day? =D

I didnt celebrate V's Day at all *sulk* but oh well, CNY is much more important anyway. (Although when my cousin's edison-chen-lookalike pilot boyfriend came over to my grandpa's house with a big bouquet of roses you could hear a big collective sigh of envy from all the female cousins LOL).

So anyway, Gong Xi Fa Cai dongdongchiang and here's hoping the Tiger year will be a good one for all of us!!!!

RAWR.

=(

2010-02-11T02:50:00.002Z

I cant wait to go home and celebrate Chinese New Year after living abroad for so long...and yet....I CANT BEAR TO LEAVE NEWCASTLE!

I love my life here. =(

Gonna miss this place so much....i have so many memories here and it really sucks knowing i wont probably come back here ever again.

Was out in toon (newcastle geordie slang for town =P) today by myself cuz i had a shit load of shopping to do...finally managed to buy most of the souvenirs for family and friends...came back absolutely exhausted cuz i haven't slept that much, brought our books to the law library at 9am to donate them, rushed to St. Vincent de Paul's (a charity) at 9.30am to arrange for them to come collect our furniture (3 IKEA tables, one chair, one book shelf, clothes rack, shoe rack, lots of other miscellaneous stuff...these are all going to a new home for disadvantaged people built by the charity! =P) then rushed home to prepare the furniture for moving....phew.

After all the moving and packing (i'm still not done packing yet, SO. MUCH. STUFF. OMG.) i had to go to the bank at noon and then to the landlord and tenant agent's office and then to another charity shop and then FINALLY to high street for some shopping.

Reached home at 4.30pm, collapsed on the bed at 6.30pm, slept til midnite LOL.

gonna help superman check some work now then back to sleep again. =)

The next time i update will probably be when im back in malaysia, so stay tuned!!!!

New record jeng jeng jeng.

2010-02-09T08:03:00.002Z

Stayed awake for 30 hours straight!!!!! Was rushing to finish up my masters thesis before the deadline and i finally, FINALLY finished.

This is really the end of university life for me.

After going through all the procedures of handing in the thesis (printing, binding my work, i had 80 over pages of writing, 23,812 words in total ok!!!!!! /proud wtf and signing the forms and all) i came home thinking SLEEEEEEPPPP....BEDDDDD....PILLOWWW but noooo, the stupid shipping company said they are coming by tomorrow to pick our boxes up. =.=

So i couldn't sleep and had to start packing up our stuff. Sigh.

Went to sleep at 12 midnite and THEN WOKE UP AT BLOODY 5.30 in the morning!!!!! /geram

I think its because i've been so used to sleeping 5 to 6 hours at a stretch for the past 2 or 3 weeks, then getting up to continue writing my thesis that i just woke up automatically thinking, oh shit, gotta do work.

But actually no more work to do muahahahahaha.

So happy.

Yet I have that niggling feeling at the back of my mind that I MIGHT just fail my thesis cuz well, just don't have confidence la.

Its not just any degree coursework, its a Masters in Law thesis and I seriously doubt my work is up to par. =(

Cant be helped now that i've passed up my work, just gotta pray for the best now. sigh.

Its 8am now and im gonna go heat up the leftover hainanese chicken rice that i cooked yesterday night =P hungrehhhhhhhh....

after that, back to packing!

(confession: i actually LIKE packing lor. There's something about the ability i have to squeeze everything i've managed to amassed in UK for the past 3 years into one giant luggage bag and one big box for shipping back to malaysia (I REALISED I GOT DAMN A LOT OF CLOTHES). hehe. plus i have to help superman pack cuz his thesis deadline is this thursday. He has a SHIT LOAD of junk. =.=)

Anyway we officially leave UK for good on friday!!!!!

Dont know whether to be happy or sad sigh.

笑慘了 Too funny! My de-stressing method

2010-02-04T07:24:00.003Z

每次聽到小鬼的笑聲，不知不覺自己也開始微微的笑了...小鬼的笑聲真的很容易傳染給人!!!! =D

This is only for readers who understand mandarin cuz really, translation wont do it justice lol.

我的生命因為你滿滿 =)

2010-02-03T02:43:00.003Z

滿滿 by Rachel 梁文音 and 王錚亮

I love this song! =) Makes me happpeeeee when i hear it hehe.

The beginning of the song is really sweet! If you can read chinese:

太陽也許會想休息　放縱了烏雲
　　會擋住你回到我懷裡的北極星
　　但你不用著急
　　我會找到你喔
　　我絕不會讓你一個人孤單旅行

Now my mind keeps going '滿滿' and then 5 seconds later '滿滿' again LOL. The chorus is SO addictive.

Totally in love =)

(by the way i suck at reading chinese too but im learning! and improving! hehe)

PS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BESTEST GIRLFRIEND EUNICE!!!! MISS U! *hugs*

Did you know?

2010-01-26T01:23:00.002Z

A ‘hard copy form’ is defined under S 1168(2) of the Companies Act 2006 as a document supplied in a paper copy or similar form capable of being read, while an ‘electronic form’ is defined under S 1168(3) as a document or information sent or supplied by electronic means (examples include email or fax) or by any other means while in electronic form (an example would be sending a disk by post).

DO I LOOK LIKE I CARE ABOUT THIS?

(isnt what i wrote up there common sense anyway???)

This is really stupid.

I'm beginning to hate my thesis. *sulk*

Cant wait!

2010-01-25T06:05:00.002Z

Looking forward to heading home and seeing my parents and family, especially my pretty mommy! =) Finally, after more than 2 years, i'll be able to celebrate Chinese New Year at home again! =D

Especially looking forward to hanging out with my best girl again! Its been months!!

Back to work for now sigh. I dont actually hate writing my thesis cuz i like that satisfied feeling i get whenever i write like a thousand words but really, its SO tiring and monotonous just to stare at my laptop and books for hours on end EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. trying to understand shit and analysing UK's company law wtf. =(

Lost.

2010-01-21T18:49:00.002Z

Very lost in my work.

And by that, i mean im SERIOUSLY lost. Can't understand shit.

Have been very lazy for the past few days and did little work (or none at all T__T).

Panicking now over my thesis and omg i gained like 2 kg i dont know if i should be happy or not cuz i AM supposed to be gaining weight but damn i liked it when i was 44kg. *vain wtf.

The triple chocolate chip cookies are working their magic on the underweight me.

Bangs.

2010-01-13T18:56:00.002Z

No, not the sound 'bang'.

Bangs as in hair fringe bangs.

I suddenly felt like i wanted bangs and went to the toilet with a pair of scissors and cut off some of my too-long fringe like 15 minutes ago.

It was actually motivated by my attempt to hide this HUMONGOUS pimple above my left eye which hurts like a BITCH i tell u *tears

(yes, i have my vain moments although im not exactly a girly girl. DEAL WITH IT.)

Its been 3 days and the pimple refuses to pop and im getting so pissed at it.

So my only hope is to camouflage it with concealer (which doesnt work anyway cuz its SO. DAMN. BIG) or. cut my fringe and hope that works.

Actually i snipped off like 2mm la then i remembered the disastrous hair cut i got before coming back to uk a few months ago which made me stop short.

The hair cut that had superman calling me a china village girl WTF. *indignant

Very angry.

I hate pimples but what to do stupid period is making all this happen thank goodness this time my cramps dont hurt that much (see previous posts for my woebegone rants on menstrual cramps - this does not apply to guys who are reading this of course, im sparing u the details, my good deed for the day AGAIN lmao).

I managed to write like one thousand words today so im quite smug and all but actually its fake wan lah i copy paste work only hahahaha.

Still counts blek.

Hullo.

2010-01-12T00:14:00.003Z

Whoops. Supposed to update quite often wan.

But CANNOT.

I have to speed read through a 1300 page thick company law textbook for my thesis tonite.

Which is actually quite impossible lah i know shaddup.

So.

Gomenasai, i cant update. =(

(sometimes i act like i actually have readers. a girl can dream! blek.)

And here's a bonus! Also because my louheng KV @ keavie.blogspot.com is on the topic of curls now....this is a picture of me when i was too free some time ago in December and decided to curl my hair using....a hair straightener.

(no u read that right, i did use a hair STRAIGHTENER to curl my hair and i got really pretty curls too hahahaha the power of youtube =p)

Things that made me happy today.

2010-01-05T17:58:00.005Z

1. Been out in town for 4 hours today. We walked in the drifting snow! Cold, but...bliss.

2. Went for a shopping spree with superman =D

3. Bought satin PJs for my 2 aunties, a gazillion pairs of leggings and tights which were all on sale (ok la, not a gazillion, but like, 4?), AND.

4. Bought the CUTEST schoolgirl pleated skirt ever. We had to buy 2 of those for superman's nieces, but they were on sale at 3 for 2 prices, so i got one for myself. £8 for all 3 authentic schoolgirl uniform skirts!Mine was for 11-year-old girls but they fit! Perfectly! =D

I love being petite hehehe. *notshy wtf

5. Bought a pair of long pants for only £1 hahaha. They were £14.99 before discount! This time the size was for 12-year-old girls. Lol.

6. FINALLY. FOUND. GALAXY COOKIE CRUMBLE chocolates. Which I have been craving since FOREVER but only faraway tesco stocks them. But i miraculously found them in a small supermarket nearby so yay.

7. Received the 2 authentic American Eagle Outfitters Baby-Ts that i bought from ebay in the post. GUESS HOW MUCH. =D

....

Only £2.60!!!!! FOR BOTH!!!! Brand new with tags on including postage! These T-shirts easily each cost like £10- £20 in the online US store, not including taxes and postage!

THAT is what keeps me going back to ebay again and again and again. I've got so many awesome deals online that i really cant imagine how im going to find such good bargains again in Malaysia. T__T Anyway i should blog about my ebay bargains one day. =)

8. Received the CK Euphoria Blossom 100ml EDT that my cousin asked me to buy for her in the post as well. Damn cheap also. Half the price in Malaysia.

9.Bought my favourite chewy triple chocolate cookies! =D

10. Ok one thing that made me not so happy: SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY TODAY. =(

You know what.

2010-01-05T03:57:00.003Z

I'm angry, and rightfully so. Angry at what you ask?

Myself of course.

What in FUCK's world am i doing??????

How can i have procrastinated this long?

I've wasted so much time.

Haih.

I'm angry about something else too but that's waaayy too personal. I'm fuming inside but no, i cant stoop to that level.

Gah im up to boiling point here.

Sometimes i wonder how bitter a person can be.

The isi of this post has gone terpesong wtf.

2010-01-02T20:55:00.004Z

I knowwwww i haven't posted up pictures yet...but i have like a million things to do in my mind now and im PANICKING.

I need to upload pics and blog.

Need to WRITE. MY. THESIS. OMG.

Need to eat. I'm hungreh again =.= (i've been TOO hungreh TOO fast lately wtf)

Need to decide whether to go PORTUGAL or not NOW NOW NOW cuz the flight leaves on Tuesday!!!!!

I really wana go to Portugal for a beach holiday but zomg if i go im gonna be so BROKE. And i need money wtf for my first year when i chamber because we get paid peanuts for our job. T__T

So its either i go now for a 5 day GLORIOUS sunshiney holiday with friends and suffer for one year with zero savings for 2010.

Or i stay at home and sulk and be a nerd and finish my thesis GAHHHHHHH. And then i suffer less in 2010 cuz i'd have savings during my first year of work. Sob.

I seriously HATE being financially constrained most of the time, its fucking annoying to scrimp and save every single minute when i have all these friends around me who (it seems to me) have an endless supply of money and can spend on whatever they want and make me jealous wtf.

Ok la, im not JEALOUS, just...sigh. You know what i mean???

I just dont want to worry about money whenever i see something i really like but i have to stop myself from buying, even if its not THAT expensive but still, every penny counts!!!! LITERALLY every penny, in this godforsaken freezing Englishland.

Ok, this post has really gone terpesong cuz i didnt start it off to rant about my financial situation wtf.

Anyway, I don't want to talk about how my 2009 was cuz ALL the bloggers are doing it and i really dont want to bore you (my good deed of the day lmao) and i also dont want to post an impossibly long list of newyearresolutions cuz im not going to remember all of them anyway so here's my one and only resolution:

I SHALL SUCCEED IN WHATEVER I PUT MY MIND TO THIS YEAR AND I SHALL SUCCEED WITH FLYING COLOURS.

See? So easy.

I'm 23 today. =)

2009-12-31T03:01:00.004Z

Had burger king (bacon cheese whopper supersized lol what i was REALLY HUNGREH ok!) an hour before my big day (11pm).

And then.

I think i kinda spoiled superman's surprise cuz at the stroke of midnite, he brought in a hugeeee birthday cake with candles lit and all into the room*bigshinyeyes*...

But we were both too full from burger king to eat any more cake LOL.

So i made my wish, blew out the candles, and put the cake back into the fridge haha.

Pictures soon! And i will edit this post as the day goes along. =)

Meanwhile, the fb msgs and whatnot have all been trickling in since yesterday.

so...Many many thanks to everyone who remembered, i love u all!!!!!!

muaks and much love.

EDIT: It started snowing sometime around 2am in Newcastle! =D Right now its hailing..big ice stones....if go out sure kena pelted until die. =.=

Still, I'm having a white birthday!!!!!!! =D

So we had to cancel our plans to go ice skating at 5pm, with the hail and all. Bummer. Hopefully dinner plans will go smoothly, we're going to Palace Garden in Chinatown for a yummy year end dinner!

I was actually up the whole night watching funny Japanese videos on Youtube and giggling with superman hehe. Then we started feeling hungreh again and cooked tomyam soup beehoon at 7am lol.

Finally fell asleep at 8am and just only got up at 4pm.

There goes half my birthday wtf.

Kinda disappointed that we aren't going ice skating but NEVER MIND. BECAUSE.

I HAVE DISCOVERED THE ELUSIVE 2 FOR 1 vouchers again!

Wheeeee. Now instead of paying bloody £6 for an hour's worth of skating, we only need to pay £3 each like we did 2 years ago. XD

And I finally got my birthday msg from Eunice T__T

i tot she forgot T____T

but she didnt so yay for best friends!!!!!

Mom called earlier when i was sleeping as well =.= bad timing as usual but still, i love u mommy and daddy!!! Thanks for the wish and for...er... giving birth to me lol.

More updates later!

23 is creeping up on me.

2009-12-30T17:21:00.003Z

Its a few more hours to my birthday...and...I have nothing to do besides writing my thesis. =(

I actually wanted to write a post about how my 22nd year of life has been but...i duno, not rly in the mood for it. haha. This is the 2nd birthday in a row that im not particularly looking forward to, probably cause im still in the UK and most of my friends are back in Malaysia.

Which really sucks.

Cause i feel so alone.

Even if superman is here.

And I really dont expect anything cause he's just not the 'surprise!' kinda guy. Learnt my lesson after many many times of getting my hopes up and then having them crash down upon me on special days.

Sigh.

My best friend Viv just called to wish me happy birthday and i felt so far away from her! I swear, if i could magically appear back home, i'd drag her out for late nite supper at the mamak outside my house RIGHT NOW.

Cuz im reallyyyyy hungry T__T.

And i miss Eunice too. And HoonHoon. and Winnee. And all my other friends. And my cousins. And my parents sob.

Sometimes its not a good thing being a New Year's Eve baby cuz u get so caught up with the whole 'omg-the-year-is-ending-why-so-fast-new-year-already' feelings.

Then again, being the youngest in the year has its perks.

Hehe.

Like, a lot of my friends treat me like a little girl. (being horizontally challenged helps =/)

And i get spoiled. Lol.

And a lot of other things.

Of course, got pros and cons la.

Anyway.

2009 has been filled with many many happy moments and happy days, but i also had a lot of days where i cried and felt really depressed and emo...i haven't really gave a lot of thought to how i've changed as a person which i know is damn lazy but i guess nothing much has changed. Oh wait, i think i tend to think a lot more before i speak now. No, thats not right, if i did that there wouldnt have been so many arguments with superman this year. Hmm.

Yeah, so i guess nothing much has changed. =)

Aiya, lazy to think d la!

Boxing Day SALES. shining eyes

2009-12-26T17:48:00.003Z

Wheee.

By the way, after the heater/boiler disaster 3 days ago (see post below), the electricity in our whole flat went bonkers. =.=

Talk about being damn suey.

Anyways.

BOXING DAY SALES 2009!!!

Shopped for 4 hours with Queenie on the high street, but didnt really spend a bomb. I personally think the sales are always the same, nothing really cheap also la.

So. Bought a new pair of flats. A present for my best friend. AND. The most gorgeous, fitting, to-die-for black satin pencil skirt ever. There was only one left, and it was a size 6 (i'm an 8) but it fit so perfectly!!!! Unfortunately it was a splurge to me, even though it was half price off (£20 slashed to £10, which is actually reasonable but im damn stingy when it comes to clothes la plus im also very financially constrained /pitiful face), but it looks so good that i really dont care. I really love it omg pls forgive me my poor bank account /begs.

I bought another deep purple pencil skirt too from H&M which was only £5!! Also the very last one in my size!! Which is kinda weird too cuz it was a size 6 as well, oh dear i think im actually shrinking, i used to find size 8 too tight even. o_O

All in all, it was fun shopping with Queenie (she bought so much more stuff compared to me T__T /envy), weather was good although it was freezing as usual.

Now what i really need, is a good foot massage....i can barely feel my legs from the cold and all the walking and fighting with the crowds!!

*sighs in contentment*

Erm.

2009-12-25T18:22:00.000Z

Sorry i didnt realise i forgot to wish all my readers:

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

So this post is backdated hehe.

Paiseh la.

I doubt it matters anyway, i figured i dont have many readers heh.

Worst Case Scenario for Christmas.

2009-12-23T17:43:00.003Z

Its 3pm.

I am supposed to be out shopping for the Christmas party tonite.

We need turkey, chicken, potatoes, apples, onions, etc etc.

Then. The heater and water boiler dies.

Disbelief. Horror.

4 hours before the party and we have no hot water plus no heater.

Its 2 degrees Celcius outside.

I desperately try to press some of the buttons on the boiler/heater.

Nothing works. The machine refuses to hum like it always does.

Panic.

I call the landlord at 3.30pm.

Nobody picks up WTF.

And then finally. I hear a hello.

I pour out my woes to the lady on the other line.

I emphasize on the word 'EMERGENCY'. Its winter. No hot water. No heat. We are gonna die. (ok, i exaggerate.)

She arranges for a contractor to come over as soon as possible.

Relief.

5pm.

2 hours to party. Still no sign of contractor.

Panic again.

The temperature has dropped to -1 degrees.

Im freezing at home waiting for the contractor while the boys go out to buy the party food.

My toes and fingers are as cold as ice.

The temperature in the house doesnt feel much different from the outside.

5.45pm.

My phone rings.

HALLELUJAH the contractors are here.

Two guys come up, one young, one old.

(young chap looks a bit like joe mcelderry from X factor. Cute. But i digress. Hehe)

They tinker with the heater/boiler.

Screws and bolts come off.

5 minutes later, the machine comes to life.

Its humming again like it always does! =D

I thank both of them profusely.

And settle down in my seat with the comforting thought that FINALLY.

Everything is alright now.

*sighs in relief*

Stress and Guilt.

2009-12-23T02:35:00.003Z

I've been trying to write my thesis for the past 2 hours but i've only managed like, 100 words wtf.

Keep getting distracted by youtube and songs and shit.

Random fact: I'm SO IN LOVE with anson hu's voice. He has the dreamiest voice EVER. I downloaded 3 of his albums and they have been playing on repeat in my WMP for weeks.

<3<3<3

ARGH I really dont have any motivation to write my thesis!!!!

It's snowing!

2009-12-18T23:20:00.003Z

And its -3degrees Celcius wtf.

Freeeezing.

I'm wearing a thick jumper plus long pants plus socks plus a jacket and i STILL feel cold.

Bleh.

But its so. SO. pretty outside, not to mention VERY romantic, with all the snowflakes drifting down every now and then. I know lah, they dont exactly just DRIFT down, sometimes the snow showers get heavier and it becomes a full fledged snow storm but those only last like a few minutes so most of the time i get my drifting-down-slowly snow. Its my favourite zen thing to do now heh.

My work table is right next to the balcony door so i can see the snow piling up on the balcony too! =D

Went out grocery shopping today and saw this REALLY pretty dress halfway through but it was £17.99 (!!!) sobs. Thats like, one week's worth of food wtf. My parents already say I look like a skeleton so i guess its a no-brainer: say bye bye to dress (after about 5 seconds of wishful staring) and add one week's worth of food for me. Sometimes i wish i had the money to splash around and buy whatever i want lo. But nvm la. Its never good to splurge.

(Besides, I'm saving up for Boxing Day sales muahahaha.)

Anyway, back to the snow. So we were walking back from town and since our home is right at the end of a long downhill slope, with all the trampled down snow and frost and ice, it became an impromptu ice-skating/balancing act of sorts. And then superman kinda slipped. Or skidded. Whatever it was, it made me laugh. Cuz it happened so suddenly and he just went 'woops!' and would have fell if I wasnt holding on to him (as expected, he wouldn't admit it. Haha *smug*). I was wearing my winter boots so it wasnt so bad for me but he was wearing sneakers =.= with really smooth soles =.=

So he slipped/skidded/skated while i burst out into giggles every 2 minutes at his antics, alllll the way home.

Hehehe.

I just looked out the balcony and its snowing again!!!!!!! hopefully its going to be a WHITE CHRISTMAS!

Love at 6am.

2009-12-12T06:20:00.004Z

As usual (see post below), i was watching an episode of drama to kill time.

Then around 6am, i heard a stirring behind me (i was at my work table) and turned to see superman sitting up in bed, sleepy-eyed.

He had the most heart-rendingly pitiful expression on his face, and in that one instant, i felt an inexplicable sudden rush of love for him. =)

What are u doing waking up so early, I asked.

Neck ache, he grumpily replied.

Inwardly, i just went awwww. Then i went over to him and gave him a quick 5-minute neck rub while he snuggled back under the covers. Hehe.

I am with the most adorable guy. Ever. <3

Picture above taken at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, where i took him for his 24th birthday surprise. We watched BACKSTREET BOYS live in concert!

90s cheesy love songs all over again. =)

Deprivation.

2009-12-12T04:43:00.002Z

My daily routine since a week ago:

9.30pm: Sleep (damn healthy right. yeah.)

11.30pm: Wake up, bleary eyed. Drift back to sleep.

2am: Wide awake again. Shit.

3am: Been tossing and turning in bed for 1 hour. FED UP with trying to sleep.

3.30am: GAH. Stress from not being able to sleep. Get up from bed. Take a hot shower in hopes that it will make me relax.

4am: Nop. Still wide awake. Make a mug of chocolatey memories (Milo, of course) or when i feel like it, bubble milk tea. (Fact: Chinatown in Newcastle sells one glass of bubble milk tea for £3. I can make 10 glasses of bubble milk tea for the same price at home, same taste, same black tapioca pearls that they add to the drink, only i put in DOUBLE the amount of pearls. Bliss. Score: Daphne - 1, Conniving Chinatown businessmen - 0)

4.30am: I try to do some work. Research. Write my thesis.

5.30am: Sick of writing. Writer's block anyway. Drama time!

6.30am: Still not sleepy. =( Another episode of drama? Why not.

7.30am: Finally. I feel slightly woozy.

8am: Superman wakes up after his happily long sleep of about 10 hours wtf. I'm jealous. *pout* He yangs me for a while before I drift off to la-la land.

12pm: I wake up feeling extremely tired. Go through the day's routine of eating, going out, doing work, eating, watching tv.

9pm: Sleepy time again. And the stupid cycle (as above) repeats ad nauseam.

I REFUSE to let this happen again. Its 5am now, and I have decided to stay awake til tonight's 9pm, just to see whether I can sleep through the nite for once. FOR ONCE.

Please?

*bigweteyes*

Bleh.

2009-12-08T03:50:00.002Z

I'M SO BORED RIGHT NOW I COULD CRY.

Already tried watching drama. Sien.

Ate a choc chip muffin that superman bought for me. Sien.

Caught up with a primary school friend and talked for like 45 mins. Back to sien-ness after that.

Went through a gazillion youtube videos, all of which made me even more sien.

Sounds like i did a lot of things, but I STILL FEEL DAMN BORED WTF IS WRONG.

Don't even ASK about my thesis, I really dont want to look at it right now.

And throughout all this, superman is blissfully sleeping even after i woke him up like 3 times cuz i was JUST. SO. FUCKING. BORED.

He told me to go talk to my fren on msn and let him sleep. T__T

I perked up when earlier he got out of bed suddenly and came over to give me a shoulder massage BUT THEN it ended like 30 seconds later wtf cuz he actually only got up to go to the loo. T__T

Gave me false hope only cheh.

Thought I'd have someone in real life to talk to instead of chatting with 4 walls yknow.

GAHHHHH.

I CANT SLEEP AND ITS 4AM AND

I'M STILL AS BORED AS I WAS WHEN I STARTED TYPING THIS POST.

NO SNOW.

2009-12-03T22:10:00.003Z

Liars, those weather forecasters.

Us on a day trip out to Durham town. Obviously, camera skills FAIL.

On a side note, once again, our days have turned into nights, and nights into days.

Vampire days. Heh. (oh the irony (!) after I just said a few days ago that i hate red nails cuz they make me feel like i'm a vamp ><)

Too cold.

2009-11-30T02:33:00.002Z

The temperature is set to plummet below negative for the next two days and I'm not looking forward to it. =(

And snow! Its actually forecasted to snow over the next two days!

It has been freezing cold ever since we came back to UK, and the new home isnt helping much with its high ceilings.Yes, I super LOVE the skylights in the house, and i love my room, but jeez, we have to pay electricity and gas and water! =(

(I never had to pay electricity and gas and water in the past 2 years that i was here cuz i had been staying in places where everything was included in the rent.)

So now we ration ourselves. No turning the heater on unless its ABSOLUTELY FREEZING in the house. All lights off anytime we arent in the room. And even when we're in the room. Cuz we just turn on one tiny lamp. Sounds rather sad doesnt it?

Oh well. Cant say i mind the independence away from home.

Actually, when i reaaalllly think about it....

its great living by ourselves!!! =D

No curfew!

No nagging!

No do this, do that!

Private time!

So screw the chill, screw electricity, cuz living by ourselves rocks! =D

I painted my fingernails red.

2009-11-29T04:06:00.003Z

That was 2 days ago.

Now i realise I'm not such a girly girl after all. I DON'T LIKE RED FINGERNAILS. Honestly? They creep me out. I feel like, a vampire or something. There. My confession.

So i guess its back to light peachy fresh colours for me. =)

The past few days have been filled to the brim with nibbles of choc chip cookies, dried apricots, and other sweet sugary stuff, which i think is probably because i'm pms-ing. Woe. My little tummy roll is proof of my cravings. And my depleting bank account. OH you have NO IDEA. Too much shopping these days *shifty eyed*...but a girl's gotta shop when she's feeling all moody and whatnot yknow. *defensive* Did you know i bought a lovely cream top today for only £2.99 from H&M? So proud of myself. *grin* And it wasn't even on sale o_O which is crazy cuz well, H&M NEVER sells a top that cheap without sales. Even a bloody cheap plain t-shirt made in Bangladesh or India or China costs £4.99 in that evil store! Which also explains my pitiful-always-lusting-after-this-dress-and-that-top expression when shopping in town. Everything is just SO. DAMN. OUT OF MY BUDGET.

But i digress. H&M stocks some of the most lust-worthy jackets, dresses and tops I've seen (in my opinion, of course...all in my own mind), but they usually are between like, £9.99 to £49.99. That...is just ridiculous. Especially when my parents are paying through the nose to put me in this freezing gloomy country with the main purpose of getting an EDUCATION. An education, i repeat, NOT shopping. And i'm not complaining because they do give me enough allowance every month to get by quite comfortably (read: food to fatten myself up, because i returned to Malaysia a couple of months ago looking painfully skinny and my dad said I looked like a skeleton) but not much extra for shopping. =(

Actually everything i wrote above is just to console/convince myself that shopping is evil. Haha.

But ebay beckons. Glorious affordable within my budget stuff. I bought a River Island dress for only £3.75 can u believe it!!!

Ohhhhkaaaaay, this has gotta stop.

No more shopping! T__T

Worse.

2009-11-20T04:03:00.002Z

Is it SO HARD just for someone to care?

IS IT???

I want nothing more than to curl up in someone's arms and be reassured that everything is going to be okay.

No harsh words, no wtf is wrong with u, no nothing.

Just...'Its gonna be okay' and then...a hug.

*curls up in a ball*

I desperately need...i duno wat...hope?

Some good news perhaps?

I'm SO SICK of posting depressing posts but I cant help it.

Yeah, so im being whiney (i will say screw u to anyone who says that), but cant a girl get a break????

Frustration.

2009-11-18T17:38:00.002Z

This is getting old, but

DAMN IT THE WEATHER IS REALLY DEPRESSING.

I feel so lost. =(

Gloomy days.

2009-11-16T18:26:00.002Z

A song thats been playing on repeat for me since last week. Somehow something about the violin in the background speaks to me.

Its raining almost everyday in Newcastle. Plus the days are getting shorter and shorter...sunset at 4.30pm! =(

I'm beginning to dread winter.

Storms and gales forecasted this week for Newcastle. SIGH more depressing days.

My thesis seems to be going nowhere. 300 words in 6 days? Pfffft. Pathetic or what.

25000 words seem like a million lightyears away.

Superman has been having bad days over the past week. Which then lead to a lot of extra special attention coming from me. Hm.

I don't like it when he's sad/depressed/frustrated. =(

Thank goodness he gets over his bad times pretty quickly. And his happy go lucky nature helps. A LOT.

I need to go and cook dinner now. Someone tell me how else to cook chicken besides curry chicken, chicken herbal soup, baked chicken, and fried chicken. I'm running OUT OF IDEAS. And out of ingredients. Help.

I really should be getting back to my research now.

Meh.

Time to go...

2009-11-10T19:11:00.003Z

OUTDOOR ICE-SKATING again!!!!!

Louheng KV, remember this? Hehehe

Us (and shufong's handbag lol which i cant remember why i was holding now) 2 years ago!

The rink opens on 14th November, so 4 more days to go! This time its gonna be with different friends of course, with so many classmates back in Malaysia, but still, im really looking forward to skating in the open air again! =D

FINALLY.

2009-11-04T10:01:00.001Z

WE HAVE INTERNET AT HOME THANK GOD.

Looking forward to more posts i hope? =)

Prague, Summer 2009

2009-10-09T19:20:00.005+01:00

Prague...how do i describe it....beautiful and charming, quaint cobblestone streets, cheap food, drinks (booze alert! =P ) and 4 star accommodation, not to mention perfectly and romantically european! Whats not to love? =)
Spent a total of 4 days and 3 nites in the relaxing Czech Republic city and honestly, it was the best european city i've been to so far and i loved it! (except the shopping though, it was horribly expensive compared to the food ><)

Us, tipsy and drenched from the rain after we went for a night time historical/ghost tour around Prague followed by an impromptu pub crawl (involving a lot of beer + foreign alco shots for the 2 boys + giant glasses of singapore slings) with 2 very friendly American siblings that we met during the tour.
The repercussions of the pub crawl were, of course, head-splittingly felt the next day when we had to fly back to London but heck, look at our happy faces! =D Even the rain failed to dampen our mood and we somehow managed to totter our wet selves back to the hotel while dissolving into giggles every now and then hehe. =D

I'd write more, and there were SO MANY beautiful places in Prague that we took pictures of, we even went on a cruise and visited the Prague castle and the famous Infant Jesus of Prague church and etc etc, but really, it'd be too long a post and i'm lazy. There, i admitted it haha.

Anyway, long story short, it was a perfect summer holiday and if u EVER have the chance, GO. TO. PRAGUE! =)

Lourdes, France 2009

2009-10-03T17:48:00.004+01:00

July/August 2009.

If Lourdes rings a bell with u, thats because its a Catholic pilgrimage site in the south of France where about 6 to 9 million pilgrims visit each year.

I'm not a Catholic of course, but nevertheless it was an interesting experience being there with a family of staunch Catholics.

Hiking up one of the mountains of the Pyrennes in France (please ignore my atrocious geography)...obviously we took a cable car up first, then hiked up the remainder of the mountain to the peak for about 20 minutes? Maybe 30? In my flats. And on craggy rocks. View was worth it though. And of course, with him together, what more could i ask for? =)

Call to the Bar Ceremony at Lincoln's Inn July 2009

2009-09-04T00:07:00.000+01:00

Just so you guys can see what a full fledged barrister-at-law would look like. The wig costs £50 to rent for that couple of hours!!! So i didnt rent it (thought it was a waste of money honestly).

And the collar lapel that Mel is wearing costs what, £8? Bloody expensive.

Me and Tanzim, one of my classmates. Very nice guy. =D (the boys say he looks like one of the hobbits in Lord of the Rings =.=)

With the Under-Treasurer after our dinner.

With the first ever female Treasurer (kinda like the President) of Lincoln's Inn, Elizabeth Appleby, who was very pleasant and nice to talk to surprisingly!

Some of the boys in my class

(just wanted to show a contrast from my previous post hehe).

I have a LOT of group pictures, but they are all with Doreen and Jimmy, my other classmates, so I gotta go back to Malaysia and get it from them =(

My official Lincoln's Inn picture has arrived too (£33 wtf for one lousy picture which didnt even look like it was taken in Lincoln's Inn =.=) and i'll post it up later if i can since i'd need a scanner or sumthing.

Til then, this will have to do! =D

My Newcastle girls =)

2009-08-29T13:50:00.003+01:00

This picture tells many things....what we wear to class almost daily, where we spend most of time over the year ie. IT hub doing work and research, our classrooms in the background, how there are so many malaysian girls doing the course, and yes, the last day of BVC (hence the happy grins =P).

From left: Me....then Mel, the super-dedicated girl who was one of the few chosen ones to do real legal work during the course and whose boyfriend also happens to be studying a doctorate at the moment (pandai sial)...and Sujintana Mongkolthanit @ 'thai-gress' @ dominatrix garang woman @ ok-lah she's really nice actually hehe, who happens to be the girl I spent the most time with this year, mainly because our boys get together so often =.= (she's actually Malaysian, just half Thai, and boy, you wouldn't wanna get into her bad books trust me).

And how can i forget Daphne Lee, Richard's Bao-yu, who shares the same name as me and has had many a happy lunch/dinner together with the boys. =)

Picture above taken on her birthday when we went for a steamboat dinner and karaoke session.

Will write again soon!

*loves*

London and its rustic charm still gets to me.

2009-08-21T19:29:00.007+01:00

Back from my London Call to the Bar ceremony at Lincoln's Inn.

I'm FINALLY a certified (non-practising as of yet) barrister-at-law, after 5 years of slogging and burning the midnight oil...phew! Hopefully i've done everyone proud... =)

Graduation Party 2009 BVC (July)

2009-08-15T18:54:00.000+01:00

Guess where we went to celebrate our Bar Vocational Course graduation in July!

An experience we will never get in Malaysia legally...*grin*

I think the picture says it all =P

Needless to say, the girls enjoyed our 'learning process' while the boys were nose-bleeding half the night hehehe.

Oops!

2009-07-25T00:02:00.003+01:00

Another recent picture...this was taken on my Bar Vocational Course dinner night at the Newcastle Civic Centre! =)

*******

Can't believe its been a month since i wrote sumthing here!

/shy

Been busy and all. =)

Anyway, I'm going away for a special 2 week trip which will be spent in London, Prague (Czech Republic) and Lourdes (France).

Special because, i'll be travelling with superman. With parents in tow. Or rather, with us 2 in tow. Heh.

Looking forward to it, haven't packed properly yet and we are leaving this Sunday!!

Oh and I miraculously PASSED MY BVC!

I'm a barrister now!!! Well, soon to be called to be a barrister, cuz my Call to the Bar ceremony will be on the 28th July, which also explains why part of my 2 week trip will be in London. =)

Let's just say it wasnt easy to pass, nor was it very hard. But still only about 60 - 70 students out of 100 over passed the finals, so...i'm grateful enough.

All thats left now is to write my 25 thousand word thesis for Masters in Law and I'm done studying!!! Already almost 23 and still stuck in uni...i don't know if its a curse or a blessing.

I wana think of it as a blessing though. Very not looking forward to working life. Hehe.

On another note, things havent been very smooth lately, I've had a terrible hacking cough for a week, sleepless nights, then i had to rush to the hospital at 4am a few nights ago cuz I suddenly got an extremely bad allergic reaction to SOMETHING (i duno what) and i had these ugly horrible itchy rashes all over my body. Itchy sial i nearly died. =.= But i'm ok now 'cept for a few minor rashes on my arm which are going away thank god.

Maybe its because of the ill spells and dreadful rainy weather and PMS and everything...Its been tough in the relationship department as well. I just feel drained and so very tired of fighting when all i want is a long cuddle and a reassuring 'everything will be ok'.

I guess nobody's right or wrong and its inevitable that fights happen but really, this is RIDICULOUS! I really need to set my priorities right, i was told something that freaked me out so badly that I just wanted to curl up and die.

Still, what will be will be and its always going to be that way. Again, i NEED to get my priorities right, because too much of something is seriously not good. Same goes for over analysing things. And over thinking. And freaking out.

Jeez am i even the same girl i used to be anymore??

So thats my rambling for today, sporadic as they may be. Til i write again, loves.

Hello!

2009-06-27T14:37:00.002+01:00

Haven't posted a recent picture lately, so here you go. =D

So happy that I lost weight since i started going to gym and eating properly (thanks to jun of cuz lol cuz he's our personal trainer and nutritionist hahaha)!!!

I am now back to my 19-year-old weight...joy =D

All I have to do now is to maintain it, or risk looking like the bak pao (pork dumpling) i was last year again...=(
Nuuuu, no more bak pao face please. ><

Thriller/Dangerous no more.

2009-06-26T04:03:00.003+01:00

Its amazing (and absolutely ridiculous) how MJ manages to execute his crotch-grabbing, hip-gyrating (back and forth) moves without making them look pervertic or obscene.

=.=

Instead, check this out! Freaking awesome.

Bye bye legendary King of Pop.

I would say more, but am refraining from doing so lest I am pelted with names like poser and stupid again. Heh.

I miss my AhMa =(

2009-06-15T03:45:00.003+01:00

Its a taiwanese song. =.= I know. But seriously, i had tears pouring down by the time the song ended. It made me miss my grandma SO much i wanted to hear her voice straightaway. And if u tell me u aren't moved by the song after u hear it, either you r not normal, or u never had/never knew your grandparents.The song is sung in taiwanese min nan yu, which sounds similar to Hokkien so i think most of us (those who were born/grew up in Penang) will understand at least half the song.

Lyrics:

在細漢的時陣　阮阿嬤對我尚好　
When I were young, my granny would most dote on me.
甲尚好的物件攏會留乎我
She'd always keep all the best things just for me.
伊嘛定定帶我去幼稚園看人在七桃
She'd always take me out to kindergartens to watch kids play
看人在辦公伙兒　看人在覓相找

伊定定跟阮說　叫阮著要好好仔讀冊
She'd always remind me to study hard
嘸通大漢像恁老爸仔這麼狼狽
So I won't end up a good for nothing, like my dad.
在彼個時陣　阮攏聽攏嘸
Back then, I did not understand a word she said.
阿嬤　你到底是在講什麼
Granny, what do you really mean?

大漢了後　才知影阿嬤的話
Now that I'm grown, I finally understood granny's words,
我會甲永遠永遠放塊心肝底
and I will forever keep them in my heart.
想可一步一步的過去　
Looking back, having climbed steps of memories
定定攏會乎人真難忘
They were so very hard to forget, for me
時間一分一秒塊過去　
Time passes in seconds and minutes
在阮的心內定定攏會想到伊
yet deep down, I will always think of thee.

阿嬤你今嘛在叨位　
Granny, where are you?
阮在叫你你甘有聽到
Can you hear me?
阮的認真甲阮的成功你甘有看到　
Can you see my success & sincerity?
阮在叫你你知影沒
Are you aware those calls were all from me?
阿嬤你今嘛過的好麼'
Granny, how are you feeling?
甘有人塊甲你照顧
Is there someone who takes care of thee?
希望後世人阮擱會凍來乎你疼　
I can only hope in my next life, I'd have you dote on me.
Be your grandchild again, and call you once more, my Granny.

(By the way, try [i said TRY] singing the song if you are one of those who can speak hokkien. Someone mentioned it in the comments for the video. ZOMG i tried and i broke down in tears in 1 minute flat. This is some powerful tear inducing song, i can tell u. Either that, or im a REALLY big crybaby. =/)

My university life is over.

2009-06-15T01:43:00.003+01:00

Not over, over in a bad way.

Just over, over as in...

I'M FINALLY A POST GRADUATE!! =D

Technically, not yet, cuz results for BVC will only be out 2nd of July.

I'm quite terrified cuz honestly I don't think I did very well for the last 2 exams.

Freaking multiple choice questions exams,

something I havent done since high school, for crying out loud.

My mind just jammed and refused to comprehend after the 40th question, especially the last paper, and i had to read the same thing over and over again for like, 3 times wtf. =.=

But its all over now, and BVC is over, and I'm FINALLY, FINALLY gonna get my license to start a life as a young lawyer (I dont really wana make law my career but this is another long story so pfffft i'll save it for another day and we can all pretend i'm gonna be a lawyer for now =P).

--------------------------------

TODAY:

I've helped to cook dinner.

Washed up the plates and stuff.

Put the clothes into the washer.

Refilled a few 2-litre bottles with water and popped them all into the fridge so that superman and I wont die from thirst.

Took a long hot shower.

Gave myself a quick eye massage.

And finally settled down now to type this and watch my e-news.

Ah blissful are the times after a 6 week long examination period.

Until results come out, that is.

Accompany me through the long night.

2009-06-08T02:30:00.001+01:00

I love this song. =D

And its helping me concentrate so yay!!!!

Burning the midnight oil...

2009-06-08T02:23:00.002+01:00

Its back to cramming and frantic memorising and panicking for the last 2 final exams.

No more presenting submissions in (fake) courts, no more plans/skeleton arguments to write, no more worrying if i missed out a point in fact/law.

The final 2 exams will be multiple choice questions based....75 questions, 3 hours each.

And i'm burning the midnight oil like there's no tomoro.

36 hours to the first MCT.

Ah my poor mind, i pray that u fail me not in these crucial moments.

And how can i forget,

those doses of love that re-energise me every now and then. =)

8th days of Finals: Family Law

2009-06-04T19:12:00.005+01:00

The judge refused to grant me one of the 2 orders i was applying for.

T___T

I didn't have any authority to back up my (very weak) argument for the client.

I suppose getting only half the submission right is gonna affect my marks pretty much.

The good news is, everyone else drew flak at the second order as well.

The bad news is, we could ALL be penalised (and fail *touch wood*) for it.

Nothing else to do but to pray hard and hope we all get through.

It sucks being among the first few ones on the rota today compared to being the last one on the rota yesterday.

Lucky for superman, he only has half the worries the guinea pigs (ie. ME) had to go though in the assessment today!!!

But he deserves it after spending the whole nite up with me in the 24/7 university IT hub while i fretted and agonized and fussed and got stressed over typing out my skeleton argument. He even helped out and contributed his own bit to my work when i was taking a break at 6am, bless his soul. =)

7th day of Finals: Commercial Law

2009-06-03T19:06:00.000+01:00

I was the last one on the rota taking the assessment (woe is me) and i guessed graham bartlett, my commercial law tutor was bored out of his mind by then, wat with every student repeating the same points and arguments in their submissions to the judge.

But he granted me the application so yay!

And he was really nice and helpful, despite asking me a shit load of questions and screwing up my whole skeleton argument.

I finished in 10 minutes i think which freaked me out again cuz almost everyone who went in before me COULDN'T FINISH.

I'm always the odd one out. o_O

Even SuLing says im crazy,

and she's the smartest 1st class student among us!

T___T

6th Day of Finals: Advocacy Cross Examination

2009-06-02T18:14:00.002+01:00

I finished in 6 minutes out of 10.

o_O

Was probably rattling on like a bullet train, and i darn well hope Emma, the advocacy tutor who was assessing me, won't minus points for that.

Otherwise, i suppose it was okay, not that hard an exam but still...i really hope i covered everything we needed to elicit from the witness.

*prays hard*

Anyways.

Its been terribly hot in UK for the past week...my room is SO stuffy and warm in the daytime!

And when i say hot, i mean like 18 to 24 degrees celcius wtf.

Its 14 degrees right now and I have the fan on in the room =.=

Its just SO freaking hot with the sun shining and everything.

I'm so gonna melt when i go back to Malaysia where its 32 degrees on average....

sigh.

Somewhere Out There.

2009-05-31T00:14:00.006+01:00

I know I'm supposed to be preparing my skeleton argument for my commercial law paper on Wednesday.

But i can't help it, u have GOT to watch this:

I cried. Did you?

Les Miserables.

2009-05-29T03:47:00.002+01:00

I am doomed.

Feeling VERY under the weather...and its SO DAMN IRONIC cuz its like, what, freaking 20 degrees out there and I'm supposed to be loving the weather.

But nooo.

I HATE THE WEATHER ITS SO HOT AND STUFFY.

I WANT WINTER AND NATURAL AIR CON BACK.

I HATE THE FAN.

I HATE THE SOUND OF THE FAN WHIRRING.

ITS GETTING ON MY NERVES.

I FEEL SO DARN UNPREPARED FOR MY ADVOCACY EXAM TOMORROW.

GAHHHHHHHHH.

YAY!

2009-05-22T14:55:00.002+01:00

KRIS ALLEN WON!

(scroll down for pics in my previous post)

AMERICAN IDOL 2009!!!

(sorry outdated on the news abit cuz we only watched the finals last nite, 2 nites after the results were aired live heh)

I feel like i won too, cuz Tjun was supporting Adam Lambert and superman was supporting Danny Gokey and they were both saying Kris wasnt going to win for sure yada yada yada...

BUT U SEEEEEEEEEEEE.

He won.

*smug face

5th day of Finals: Advocacy Skills 2

2009-05-20T17:42:00.003+01:00

Nothing much to say except the police witness was a very nice young guy but he jumbled up his evidence. =.=

And i followed only la, so end up both oso jumbled up haih.

We had to wear our barrister robes and wig!! And conduct the assessment in our university's fake court! It felt really weird all dressed up and posh like. o_O

Actually, I just looked very weird haha.

I finished my examination-in-chief in 8 minutes, which was probably a bit too fast cuz we were allowed 10 minutes. Guess I did my best d lah. Hopefully my results will be as promising as the mocks? I'll be praying hard! =D

Time to get some sleep now....Soooooo tired.

This is a really REALLY outdated post.

2009-05-19T16:50:00.001+01:00

But what the heck. My 22nd birthday!!! *rush

I remembered i haven't posted any pictures at all yet, and while i do have some pictures of what happened on my burfday, this are the few ones i've got with me so far. =D

My surprise birthday party by my BVC mates who turned up in the kitchen with our dinner and a lovely blueberry cheesecake. All painstakingly planned by superman. =D

Me and my favourite cheesecake!

My little hoard of burfday presents...from Tjunnie, Shu, Dann, Jeff, Sujin, and Richard. DO YOU SEE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD IN THE PICTURE I HAVE IT NOW MUAHAHA THANKS TO TJUN WHEEEEEE. *diehard Harry Potter fan

And!!! A surprise all the way from Malaysia! From the bestestestest girlfriend!! I love u gurl! A very pretty handmade card with her signature writing, a souvenir, and a white organiser which im using right now. =D

It was a rather quiet birthday last year, but nevertheless, I loved it. I guess we really do tend to mellow down with age. I received lots of messages and emails and smses as well, from UK and Malaysian frens alike, which were all very sweet! (to my louheng KV: im so sad i didn't get ur card =( but thank you anyway, i know it would have been a very sui card cuz u made it urself rite! =D stupid postman lost it lor haih).

Of course, i would have loved spending my burfday with my best frens back in malaysia, but spending my 22nd in Newcastle with my BVC mates was great anyway. I definitely wouldn't trade that for anything in the world!

~AMERICAN IDOL 2009~

2009-05-17T01:18:00.011+01:00

KRIS ALLEN

IS IN

THE FINALS

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heartless - Kris Allen

(the song that got him into the finals - the way he sang this song is 231457865 times better than the original sucky song by Kanye West, just listen to the original then listen to this version and u'll know what i mean!)

Kris-Allen-2009-03-17.mp3 - Kris Allen

He's my favourite!!!!!! =D

I can't believe he got into the Top 2!

I thought he was going home cuz well honestly, Danny Gokey and Adam Lambert are just SO good...i was actually hoping Adam Lambert would go home...haha....although he's so damn good but...i duno, i don't like his style i guess.

Kris hasn't had as many great performances as Danny or Adam, but he has a HUGE fan base (his boyish looks help a lot but do u know he's married!!! o_O)

ANYWAY!

Kris is IN!!! SO YAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm really sad that Danny had to leave though...his rendition of 'Endless Love', 'What Hurts the Most' and 'Jesus Take the Wheel' was absolutely brilliant...and his slow ballads always ALWAYS sound so darn good. Im pretty sure he'll come out with an album though!

Bye bye Danny Gokey...

Listen to these songs that he sang throughout the competition...

i swear, they can just melt you.

What Hurts The Most - Danny Gokey

Endless Love - Danny Gokey

You Are So Beautiful - Danny Gokey
enjoy =)

Fourth Day of Finals: Negotiation Skills

2009-05-15T22:38:00.002+01:00

Well.

It wasn't as bad as i expected.

In fact, it was BETTER than i expected.

Hehe.

My first time negotiating with an angmo (his name is adam something or other), cuz throughout the whole year i'd alwiz been negotiating with asians only.

But he was alright (actually i wasn't expecting him to be so nice), we conceded here and there and finally came to a reasonable settlement so...

YAY!!!!

At least I know i won't fail it like i failed during my mocks for this subject cuz I gave in too much to my opponent then and ended up losing £35,000 for my fake 'client'.

T___T

I know, damn lawyer buruk right.

BUT! I have now redeemed myself. Heeeeee.

Next exam: Advocacy Examination in Chief!

(We are going to have police officers-in-training acting as our witnesses in court!!! o_O)

Phewwwwww

2009-05-14T22:46:00.003+01:00

So so SO relieved that the gruelling 5 hour exam is finally OVER.

Sat til my butt hurt and my back's been aching til today. =.=

But thank god, we all managed to finish in time and although i wasn't too sure about some of the points that i wrote, ah, there's nth i can do now but to wait for the results.

Next exam: Negotiation Skills tomoro.

Gotta research and prep again tonite, its a 2 hour preparation exam + a 20 minute negotiation with another student which i hope won't be the competitive, aggresive type that i alwiz seem to falter to. Sigh.

Just for a short break from my mundane ramblings of exams, here's something i think its really worth a watch.

Britain's Got Talent 2009 auditions! Its something like American Idol, it's got simon cowell in it as a judge, and some of these year's contestants are REALLLY good. My favourites so far, first of all, 12 year old Shaheen...he nearly gets kicked out but WAIT! watch til the end!

He's adorable! Look at his dimples!! And he's only 12!!! o_O

My second favourite, 17 year old Shaun Smith singing Aint No Sunshine...love his deep voice and his 28 i-knows haha u'll see!Couldnt find a proper video which had an embeddable link so here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVgiJJsWbOE

And this, 23 year old Sue Son...a brilliant performer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMKw-A0hKjc

Couldn't find an embeddable video =.=

Everyone is saying Susan Boyle is going to win this year, anyway just check her out in youtube as well cuz she's good, but i duno, i dont really like her. Hm. Try Jamie Pugh too, he's good as well. Other than that, Julian Smith the saxophone player is worth a watch, and so is Gregg Pritchard, although i think u need to prepare urself for his performance cuz it might freak u out. Hehe. Have fun watching!

That familiar feeling.

2009-05-12T15:24:00.003+01:00

I'm terrified out of my mind about my opinion writing exam tomoro.

Seriously.

I have no idea why.

But i just feel like im bogged down by these intense feeling of desperation and helplessness, like i cant, and i wont be able to do it.

Last night was...horrible.

Thank god for superman.

Or i'd be a total wreck by now instead of the half-wreck i am at the moment.

I really hate that feeling i get everytime before a major exam...sob.

NOT looking forward to Wednesday.

2009-05-10T00:44:00.003+01:00

Wow...

the university labeled our opinion writing skills final assessment as

'Opinion Writing Advanced Areas of Law'.

o_O

...

OMGWTFHOWTHEHELLAMIGOINGTOWRITEMYOPINION

I CANT EVEN WRITE AN OPINION IN BASIC AREAS OF LAW PROPERLY

AND NOW THEY WANT US TO WRITE AN OPINION IN ADVANCED AREAS OF LAW????

I hereby predict that

Wednesday the 13th of May 2009 shall be a very grim day.

Indeed.

It shall be the longest exam of my life.

A 5-hour paper.

='(

Second Day of Finals: Conferencing Skills

2009-05-08T13:38:00.001+01:00

Sigh.

I think I did badly for conferencing this time.

(by the way conferencing skills doesn't really mean we learn to sit around a long rectangular table and have conferences with a dozen different people like u see in the movies, it actually just means we learn how to obtain information by asking questions to our clients and advising them about their case before their trial in court, which, although may sound easy, is actually pretty hard as I learnt during the exam. SOB.)

My university hires actors to play our clients during our final examinations, so its as realistic as possible. And we are given these tiny, airless rooms with just enough space to fit 2 chairs and a small round table plus a video recorder in it to run our conferences.

I HATE IT.

The fact that my 'client' was a big-sized afro-hair giant of an angmoh made it even worse. (and he stank. BAD. like he hadn't washed his hair or his clothes for days. even though he's supposed to be playing a guy who was arrested for burglary from a school and spent the night in jail doesnt mean he really had to smell like he was a burglar ma rite? ><)

I was in the room waiting for him to come in and when he knocked on the door and the recording for my exam started, I went into jabber-mode. =(

We are supposed to maintain eye contact as much as possible with our client but I COULDN'T.

Sob.

He had these piercing eyes and he kept staring at me while i was trying to ask him questions and I just...couldnt look at him for more than 5 seconds. =.=

He did answer my questions and gave me sufficient information though (i fervently hope he did).

I ended up looking down at my list of questions and advice for most of the 12 minutes we were given for the exam.

And i was so nervous i just jabbered on and on and stumbled over my own words repeatedly. =(

I don't think i managed to finish everything i was supposed to ask and advise either....cuz the 12 minutes were up before i knew it.

SOB.

2 down, 8 more to go.

First day of Finals: Drafting Skills

2009-05-06T18:29:00.003+01:00

ZOMG I can't feel my right arm and hand anymore =.=

Haven't written so much for so long. And it was only like 6 pages in 3 hours but yet my arm felt like it was about to drop off in the last 20 minutes of the exam.

I spent an hour plus doing a stupid draft which messed up my time and i only JUST barely managed to scrape through what i needed to put into the damn particulars of claim.

Thank god...

and for some reason,

i felt like

the tiny little 'talisman'

that i put on the table

really helped.

The story of my sneakers.

2009-05-03T21:23:00.003+01:00

I noticed my scuffed Adidas sneakers (my only pair of Adidas in my 22 years which Mom bought for me...*protective possessive look*) looking forlornly back at me today as I was shuffling my feet about in church. They look pretty bad, I thought.

I'm not surprised.

These nearly-2-year-old sneakers have been over half the world with me...to UK, France, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Germany, then back to Malaysia, then BACK to UK again.

No wonder they look so sad.

I've been thinking of getting a new pair of sneakers for a very long time, and Mom has told me to as well...

but I just never seem to be able to find a pair that's within my budget AND comfy AND suited to my taste (albeit, my rather bad taste i must add, for the benefit of people who say i have no fashion sense. Bleh).

Why is it so hard just to find the perfect pair of sneakers (and the money to go with it)!!!!!

Of piles upon piles of notes.

2009-05-03T03:48:00.002+01:00

Towering mountains of notes greet me every morning now.

The room is a disaster. =.=

Its only when i'm reprimanded for being messy and untidy that i reluctantly get off my bum and try to shuffle things around here and there.

I end up dumping my notes in a teetering pile in the corner of the room, perched dangerously atop my slanting plastic i-duno-wat-u-call-it 3 racks high, well, rack (ah, thats the word!).

They keep sliding off into the laundry basket next to the rack sigh.

Its 2 days to finals!!!!!!!!

Not panicking yet, fortunately.

Wait, i mean, unfortunately =.=

Oh well.

Its terribly unfair.

2009-05-02T03:11:00.004+01:00

It just makes me feel like im dying inside...

and like i lose that little bit of love.

I wish things weren't this way.

I wish you knew how ultimatums only alienate me from you even more.

But most of all, I wish u'd understand how I feel about this.

Cleo Bachelors 2009

2009-04-03T20:36:00.002+01:00

Just found out that I've got 3 friends listed in Cleo's Most Eligible Bachelor 2009.

One is a college classmate, one is a high school sweetheart, and one is like a brother to me.

But TWO of them, as far as i know, are NOT bachelors!!!!!!!!!!

(oops, i dont think i should have revealed that. Hehe)

Good luck to them though,

i heard the competition this year is tough cuz there's this Henry Golding guy who apparently pwns them all.

!!!

2009-03-29T04:43:00.002+01:00

I have a tooth growing out at the moment.

...

At the age of 22!!!!!!!

...

A wisdom tooth, i'm told.

...

Oh well, i wouldnt mind a little extra wisdom heh. =D

Argh.

2009-03-22T20:57:00.003Z

Behold the world's biggest klutz who walked into the door just 10 minutes ago and now has a bruise on her left cheek.

...

T____T

It better not be blue black tomoro or im dead,

cuz im going down to London for Education Day and Domus Dinner at Lincoln's Inn,

which means I have to talk to A LOT of people who will think im a criminal if I have a huge bruise on my face. =(

Smoking chimneys.

2009-03-13T23:45:00.004Z

Whoever created cigarettes and tobacco in the past should be cursed to a million suffering lifetimes in hell for causing people in the present to be addicted to smoking and subsequently die because of lung cancer, which then causes their loved ones to suffer either from secondhand smoke (and then they die from lung cancer too, how nice) or just from grief from losing someone they love.

...

I'm not in a very good mood today.

~DaphNe-tion of Life~

Happy 2012!!

Distractions

Temptations.

Forgetfool.

Love.

Figures.

Painball. Literally.

I was looking forward to friday...

Woh.

Just right.

Oh the irony of it all.

Happy new year 2011!!!!

Merry Christmas 2010!

Random bits of Singapore!

Round and round.

You should know.

Hello.

Happy Malaysia Day!

Shopping Spree. Not.

Ow.

GAH.

Dwindling.

Another week that flew by.

After a rough week...

Not another one.

I just needed a hug.

What a rush.

First day on the job.

Starting a new chapter of life.

Lately.

43kgs.

Midnight thoughts.

A New Chapter.

Time for a bimbotic post.

I MISS NEWCASTLE ALREADY T_T

=(

New record jeng jeng jeng.

笑慘了 Too funny! My de-stressing method

我的生命因為你滿滿 =)

Did you know?

Cant wait!

Lost.

Bangs.

Hullo.

Things that made me happy today.

You know what.

The isi of this post has gone terpesong wtf.

I'm 23 today. =)

23 is creeping up on me.

Boxing Day SALES. *shining eyes*

Erm.

Worst Case Scenario for Christmas.

Stress and Guilt.

It's snowing!

Love at 6am.

Deprivation.

Bleh.

NO SNOW.

Too cold.

I painted my fingernails red.

Worse.

Frustration.

Gloomy days.

Time to go...

FINALLY.

Prague, Summer 2009

Lourdes, France 2009

Call to the Bar Ceremony at Lincoln's Inn July 2009

My Newcastle girls =)

London and its rustic charm still gets to me.

Graduation Party 2009 BVC (July)

Oops!

Hello!

Thriller/Dangerous no more.

I miss my AhMa =(

My university life is over.

Accompany me through the long night.

Burning the midnight oil...

8th days of Finals: Family Law

Boxing Day SALES. shining eyes