pointless rants

Down to my final assignment for this semester, or rather the 'last' assignment for uni life. My body is reluctant to cooperate with the brain to finish this finance paper asap, taking a little break to breathe. Feeling a little surreal typing this out, but yea, time is moving at a frantic pace it's tough to grasp hold of fleeting moments that are dear to me. One blink of an eye and I'll be closing another meaningful chapter in my life, speaking of growing up and turning 21. This week marks one of the craziest hectic week ever, with two heavy assignments due, a part time job, meet ups, reports, practices for the anniversary, a ball to go, and loads of last minute shopping for ball. I've barely tick off half the lists that is due tomorrow, leaving me with 90% of assignment to go, scratch that, make it 100%, a dress which hasn't been collected, no clutch and no heels, no hair do appointment, incomplete make up, geez, I'm pretty much a hero. I really am looking forward to next week, for a decent one week mid semester break, and a breakaway to Lang Tengah to clear my mind of city stress.

Shall we pray that I will finish the assignment on time, get the altered dress on time which will fit well, and tick of my crazy impossible to do list, all in 24 hours, with adequate 8 hour sleep. mMm, that sounds, just great.

ok. full stop. rant over.

(:

never revealing their depths

"Honey Star"

I've been meaning to update a proper post since ages ago, the many unfinished posts ending up in drafts, to which excuses after excuses were given, but honestly it's just sentences of words I cannot find the courage to blurt out. Having a private journal allows me to write the most personal thing without worrying about consequences, leaving this blog with vague, one line updates. But I have come to terms that running away is not going to bring me to greater heights in life.

This two weeks marks one of the craziest period in my life. I wish I could jot it all down here, but yea, filtering because it's an open blog, and the web's a crazy lil' place. I'm slowly digesting the little bits of all, and trying to realign to transitions and all. Definitely, maybe, indeed.

Officially spent the whole day just chilling at home, web browsing, clearing the bag from mission trip that I left untouched since Monday, catch up on moonlight resonance episodes, and finally found time to slap on some mask to rejuvenate the poor face. I foresee starting next week assignment will take hold of my life. Sigh, five more weeks to go, and I'll be done with uni, and slap with finals. At the meantime, I'm taking things one thing at a time, and still living life to the fullest, because hey, I'm still young. (:

People have been telling me that I take pictures and just keep the pictures without sharing them, so here's a selection of pictures, of interesting things that I've yet to broadcast to the world.

MSLS '09

Drew was casually mentioning about this event, I went with the thought of boosting my resume, and perhaps to have some eye opening experience. Ended up soaking up much of political stands and whatnots. Pretty interesting I would say.

Fiji my love
His absolutely blur adorable look, tak layan my camera boohoo.


TIS event
with Esther. (:
Thanks for the invite, I had fun, bonding with you.


Bertie the Beetle
Chocolate caramel crunch for burning the midnight oil. There was Mcd's Choco Top as well.



Meeting up with Lynn

The bestie, the SIA air stewardess. and putting her 21st b'day present to good use. When I was over at her place she was showing me her stash of Polaroid shots from around the world. Good memory keepers.

SkyTrex Extreme Challenge

So we finally pulled of our first outdoor activity successfully. It was bundles of fun although initially the pulling yourself up 22m was a killer, really. Flying fox is such a breeze, while the obstacles totally drained us. It's worth the money though, do try it out at least once!

Off to bed, to escape the crazy splashes of events for a little while.
Have a great weekend!

learning to say "no".
it's probably the toughest thing to do, but I need to do it.

me time

the picture dated 20th July '09.
Caramel ice blended with a good book.
the only time I can find time for these things are during first weeks of uni.
i long for one now.
anyone care for a cuppa with me?

snippets.

... happily munching on wonka's nerds rope, leaving the bit i munched off linger in the mouth as the flavor slowly fills the senses. mMm. (:

... sad that my laptop is currently in the ICU pending. With two assignments and a presentation due next week, it's really bad time to lose my precious asset. le sigh.

... still learning the art of juggling life.

... ate so much. ayamas percik for dinner, and dad comes home with the infamous beef ball noodles. how to resist? ):

... had a good time picking out clothes from racks after racks today. very happy with my buys. but still unsatisfied. heh.

... there is such thing as a free lunch in this world. free nando's with coke today. just cause it's their 11th anniversary. how cool is that.

... had an awesome bonding time with a friend whom I haven't had the chance to catch up with alongside mango sticky rice and thai laksa over the weekend. so enjoyable. so comforting.

... attempted exercising today, and almost died after half an hour of lunges and whatsoever. my level of fitness has deteriorated ever since forever.

... lost 2 combs in two weeks.

... embarrassing myself is like an everyday thing for me.

it's august already.
no, I'm not ready.

Western Australia, in words.

Second week of uni. More specifically, the second week of my last semester in Monash, to which I will be graduating thereafter. and as if time isn't flying at a crazy fast pace already, I'm swamped with a million to-dos and uni workload. Sigh, but the short span of winter break was good, managed to catch up with quality time with people, forget about the worries of the world and enjoy a relaxing holidays in Western Australia, a much needed breakaway. I'm already missing that place loads. Most of the pictures here are already up on fb, but here's little notes about that quaint laid back city...

The ambitious us decided to stretch the holidays as much as we can, for an 8 day trip, we travelled closed to 2000km, route from Perth-Yanchep-Lancelin-Swan River-Fremantle-Bunbury-Busselton-Margaret River-Pemberton-Albany-Perth. Crazy one heck of a road trip. (:

hot chocolate accompanied with ham and cheese croissant

Probably one of the most enjoyable thing I loved about Australia is the large amount of cafes with heavenly smelling coffee and warm toasty pastries. I have a weak spot for coffee, cafes, and bite-size delights, so you can probably imagine me happily sipping away coffee on the streets of cold chilly Perth. :]

Yanchep National Park and King's Park. Grass!! (:

I love my family. I really do. For the sacrifices, the tears and the joy they endured with me. For picking up the pieces I accidentally left behind, for teaching me the important values in life, for bearing with me, for reminding me who I really am deep down... gracias.

Fremantle's Cicerello's

Before I left for Perth, almost everyone who've been/staying/studying in Perth reminded me endlessly about this particular fish and chip restaurant, apparently known to serve the best fish and chips ever. No doubt, having the best fish and chips meal beside the harbour is really cool, with endless seagulls flying around, albeit the chill you get up your spine every time the wind blows. Brr. [Btw, the fish and chips are indeed good, in comparison with the other competitors over there, cuz we've managed to try Kaili's too, which was a tad bit oily.]

"Spiderman"

Fremantle market boast an array of thingamagics happening all at the very same time. There were buskers, face painting, pubs and live bands, people cooking up scrumptious delights like that bratwurst sausage mmm, fresh fruits and bagels, more invigorating coffee, boomerangs , massages (yes I kid you not) and really, it's bustling with activities.

Wine Tasting...
.. at wineries along Margaret River and Swan River.

Oggies Ice Creamery
is ♥.

Old Shanghai

We were wandering around James St. on the first night looking for decent food, and came across this particular restaurant, to which serves awesome lasagne, and asian food. Might not be the best, but well, tourists are tourists. :p

Greek Style Lamb Sausage with black pepper

Since the lodge we were staying in had cooking facilities we decided to cook breakfast during our one night stay in Margaret River. Ok mainly because I loved grocery shopping over in Aussie, and we were craving for bull's eye. So before you start pointing the finger that I can't cook for nuts, although to a certain degree it makes sense, the sausage looks gross because the dad and sis smartly sliced the sausage open while the instructions on the label said, do not slice the sausage to ensure it remains juicy. Such brilliance. Tsk.

Swan Bells

Busselton Jetty stretch so long from the shore. Too bad it was under maintenance, we had to settle midway instead of walking to the very end.

"If you use the P.A. system you must speak with a fake accent"

Haha, I wished I've had the guts to use the P.A. system, and note the cute pink handcuffs just below it. (: Backpackers, so unique, so colorful with happy shiny sun picture painted on the wall, and free internet, a hundred thousand movies to choose from, and ps2 with guitar hero to play. So.cool.right.

Hogs Breath Cafe
Pork Ribs, to which 4 out of 4 pigs agree! (:
I can't help agreeing with the pigs!



Jewel Cave


The Gloucester Tree

Standing 75m tall, pegged with steel rods and no harness whatsoever, my sis and I made it the very top in the freezing cold weather! Ok I don't have the fear of height but my sister, haha, was so funny during the climb down.

Simmo's icecream is yums. ♥♥♥

Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse
I look like I'm smiling silly in the photo, but yea, who wouldn't smile to clear cloudless sky, cool breeze in a foreign country?



Wind Farm at dusk

The scenery down south gets better the more we travel. The above picture is a shot at the Wind Farm. We were rather reluctant to pay it a visit at first due to time constraint, but luckily we did, the view, was so awesome. In my little mind, I recall strong gusts of wind, gigantic wind turbines, and the beauty of sunset.

The Gap
Total breathtaking view.
Totally worth the drive down to Albany.


Dead whale on cable beach
Such a pity, sigh. ):

"take a peek at the inside of a human heart, not just the exterior beauty,
and you'll be surprised at your findings..."


Candy Cow!
Painted pink in colour, the sweet smelling shop is filled with candies, candies and cow soft toys. Sigh, this is where happiness lies. Fudge, candies, gummies, cows.


Corica's apple strudel
messy, but absolutely delicious.
Ok it was also recommended as one of the must try in Perth. (:
and it was also good to have met up with weny and yobi at Perth over pizza.
and walking the streets of Perth waiting for yobi's grand arrival.

London Court
.. to which I grew an affinity with. I loved that street. Someday, I will visit London.


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Now I long for a beach escapade...

thinking of the possibilities makes me cringe.

so sweet. (:

it's when we evolve.
and things changes.
feelings toying emotions.
life starts to intertwine.
.. and love starts growing.

food for the soul #1

Strawberry Mill Crepe
20 layers of crepe accompanied by strawberry fillings.
Also available in chocolate, and vanilla flavor.

Address:
BG-8 Happy Mansion,
Jalan 17/13, 46300
Petaling Jaya, Selangor

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