Looking for the Silver Lining

Just realized I haven't been blogging for two whole months. Not that I didn't have stories to tell, but it's just the other way round, I got stuffed up with so many things I didn't know where to begin.

I'm not the kind of "emo" person but I know lately I've been emo-ing a lot. I wasn't aware of it until my friend asked me not to. I had been struggling to myself to some problems I was facing. Some are about choices to make, some about people, some about myself. I talked to my parents about these problems, but I know I'm old enough to decide for myself.

I saw in the papers today of Shio Yee's brother, who is now well known in my hometown because of his successful video assignment which made him "the first Asian to win the Best Short Film Award at the Alto Vicentino Film Festival". It's really awesome to see someone from your hometown becoming famous because of high achievements. It reminded me that successful people are actually ordinary people who worked the extraordinary way. I shouldn't be finding excuses to be lagging behind, that's irresponsibility. Responsibility finds a way. And guess what, this is from a quote I saw in one of UCSI's toilets hahaha.

Tell myself: stay focused and work a way out! :)

We Run KL

Went for the 10km Nike Run just now. It was actually a super random decision. I thought of signing up before but I missed the registration date. Soon I gave up all thoughts of joining till this day.

I was eating a slice of cheese cake while studying. It wasn't till noon that I finally finished that cheese cake. Then it came across my mind, why not take the opportunity to run since my roommate's sister registered but decided not to go for it? I quickly messaged her and one of my classmates who was also going. Then I grabbed my stuff and joined my classmates to take the public transport together.

We reached there before time, and I waited anxiously for my roommate to appear. If I didn't get to change into the particular shirt given, I wouldn't be able to join the event and all effort would have been wasted. Finally she arrived and I changed. It fitted perfectly! :) We left our belongings with the people who were in charge and got our numbers before we started running. I still remember her number was 1707 and mine 1708.

My roommate told me to keep pace along the way and try not to stop. In order for me to keep up with the speed she was going, I had to. At one point of time where there was the U-turn, we lost sight of each other. I assumed she was in front of me, so I kept running, thinking that with that I'd catch sight of her soon. Even if she was behind me, given her ability she would definitely catch up and we would meet again. And true enough, we met again! Yes she was behind me. And she specially made a trip back just to find me. I was touched by her sincerity. And all the way we ran together till the finishing line, where we lost each other again among the crowd.

I took my finisher T-shirt and started looking around for people I know. And I met a random nice girl who offered to bring me to ask about where to get our belongings. On the way, I saw my classmate's girlfriend and quickly called her. And almost immediately I couldn't see where was the random nice girl already. I just hoped that I didn't cause her trouble searching for me. I felt a little guilty but I was glad that I finally found someone I knew. So we went to search for our stuff together after a few fruitless attempts to contact my classmate. At lorry A, where my stuff was supposed to be in, we met our classmate. Finally! And soon more people gathered.

Some of them went to get our belongings while we waited. I didn't have to queue because they were getting it for me as well, but my roommate said she was in a rush and sought my help. So I took her number and went into the impatient crowd. Why impatient? Because their system of keeping and returning people's belongings was simply silly. With hundreds of bags in the lorry, three person stood at the end shouting out numbers, and as people raised their hands they passed on the bag. I mean, anyone could have raised his or her hand and got what didn't belong to him or her right? I was worried I wouldn't see my lovely bag forever. Praying hard in my heart, I waited patiently for 1707 to be shouted. After about an hour, I saw my friends squeezing out of the crowd, and with my bag too! I was more than just being happy to see it once more!

They went to the tent where the rest were waiting, while I continued waiting for my roommate's bag to appear. I waited for another hour and my classmate called me, saying that LRT station would close by 11pm, and it was 10 something at that time. I felt bad to keep them waiting so I asked them to leave first. But they didn't. Instead, Matthew, Aiman and Kelvin came to where I was and started shouting for my roommate's bag. Thankfully her bag was We Run KL bag and it wasn't long before they found it for us. So we went back to the tent and made our way to LRT station together. I was looking pale that time, that's not surprising as I sustained my whole day's activity solely on the slice of cheese cake I ate in the morning. My classmates asked if I was alright and if I needed to eat. I just answered,"It's okay, Just go." So we left.

All the way, I walked behind as I really felt bad that I might have caused them to miss the LRT. Wilson offered to help take my roommate's bag but I really didn't want to trouble anyone. A few of my classmates kept me in sight and occasionally asked if I was fine. I'm really thankful for their concern and care, and that they didn't blame me for holding them up.

At the station, all of them went pass the entrance easily with Touch'nGo card, me? I raced towards the machine to get a token. I didn't have small change! I turned and asked the girl next to me if she had any. She didn't have enough to change with me, so she gave me RM5 and refused to take my RM10 in exchange. Another random super nice girl! :) Guess what, actually I stood for quite some time in front of the machine looking for Bandar Tasik Selatan. I found it already, but it showed RM1.70 and I was totally puzzled. I came here with RM3.30 why was it RM1.70 showed??! Gosh I couldn't delay further so I just clicked that destination, hoping that I didn't make a mistake. The rest were waiting for me and Matthew asked,"Ruby, you never take LRT before?" That was embarrassing. We raced up the stairs as we saw the train had arrived. But alas, as we reached it went away. Cheng Cheng offered to take my roommate's bag for me as I was holding quite a lot of things. That's so nice of her for we didn't know each other. Joanne took care of me as well on our way back. Finally we reached.

Sometimes I don't understand why am I always giving people trouble. I feel really bad about it, but thank God it's always nice people that I meet. This Nike run was really a good experience for me. :)

Red, Black

Hey bloggy. I got myself a pair of wrist bands from the Pharmacy students. I bought red and black, mysterious and beautiful combination.

Red and black ♥

I've seen many other combinations like green and blue, blue and purple, red and white...... But red and black is significant to me, and it makes the perfect combination in my eyes :)

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Yay! No early lectures tomorrow :D

I didn't go back for the weekend that has just passed. It's just one week since I last went home, but I'm missing home already. I'm not one who will easily feel homesick. I only do when I'm faced with troubles. So yeah, you can guess, I was.

Missed my daddy so much. His calming voice is always so soothing when I'm perplexed. I called daddy today! And yes, I felt so so much better after talking to daddy :) The man who loves me most in this world, that's him! Hehe. I wanna go home! :( But I have to stay back to prepare for the upcoming exam, sigh. Stupid MEQ. Why only now you tell us about that huh Medical School of UCSI?! Informing people at the last minute is your hobby is it?!

Fine. I'll bear with it for the moment till I can fly back home after MA3, hehehe. Ahh. Listening to 煎熬. Feel so 煎熬 now. Hahaha! Okay I'm being so random. Should get started with PBL thingy now. See you, bloggy!

Hello October!

It's been almost a month since I last blogged, September was a great month for me. Wake me up when September ends? No way, I'd miss out a lot of fun and knowing nice people then :P

I haven't had enough sleep since before I went for CF camp. I didn't really manage to get proper rest since then. I don't know why. Probably because I was kept occupied with lots and lots of events.

Like I said, September was great and fun. The only thing is that I kept getting the same questions from people for the entire month. "Ruby! Why did you cut your hair?!" Like I needed a reason for that *shakeshead. What's wrong? Well maybe they were not used to it at first, coz I never had such a short haircut since after primary school. I have to admit that I didn't quite like it at first, but for a self-loving person like me, it isn't hard to love every part of myself again, this is plain narcissism, lol. XD

It's quite fun playing with hairstyle, that's the privilege of being a girl :P

So now, stop talking about myself. Now I'm going to briefly describe the events that I had this month. :D The first one was the camp, of course, which I told about in my previous post. These are what came next:

Birthday Celebrations! :)

We had two birthday celebrations in a row with our CF friends. Hanging out with these people are just fun, but tiring though, since I never had enough sleep. :P

Harry was caught by surprise, we succeeded! Yay!!

Paul dedicated a song "For You I Will" to Harry XD

The following night after Harry's birthday celebration, we hanged out again to celebrate David's and Philip's birthday. It was rather a well-planned secret "mission", but somehow... it half failed. XP It didn't happened the way it should, but still, they both were caught surprised :)

Discussion before executing the great plan :D

Getting into position... Look who's showing off his wrist band *shakeshead

Do re mi fa. Hehehe.

I didn't take much photo for the second celebration because first of all, I was sitting at a distance away from the birthday boys; secondly, my Kodak baby doesn't like taking photo in dark places :P So... this is all I've got>>

One of the birthday stars- David!! XD

Nicholas the annoying kept singing the same song that whole night: "Baby you light up my world like nobody else!", until Amanda and I got this song stucked in our heads -.- As if he only knew that sentence. *slaps forehead.

Departures... :'(

September was also when my sister flew to UK. :( Gonna miss my heart-talk companion.

The last family portrait before my sister's departure.

 My Bugs Bunny friend, Charmaine; and also Anlynn, Jessie, Wendy and Syakirah all flew away, up up to the sky, and down down to land on other countries.

Managed to meet Charmaine before she left. We got her this lovely sweater :D

Beginning of Youth Alpha! :D

It was also the start-off point for Youth Alpha, Yay!! Amanda, Ann and I created the "slogan" ourselves because there wasn't enough space on the banner to fit in the words "Welcome to Youth Alpha". Creative right! Say yes! Haha!

Our cute banner! :)

Installation of my high school :)

It was the last installation my brother would be participating for Interact Club. Soon he'll be an outgoing director. He was performing. As a very supportive sister, I made myself present :P

My lengzai brother who thinks he looks like a Korean -.-

Reminds me of those times when I was an interactor :P

After all these came MA2. And I'm lazy to write on. So yeah, I'll continue when I'm free :P

First Camp in UCSI!

It's been a long time since I last joined a camp... Actually it's only about 3 years, but for a camp-lover like me it's considered long lol XD

I wasn't feeling well last Friday, which was the first day. Headache and whatever, I didn't even know the source of my discomfort, just felt awful. All campers set out in the afternoon, I'm one of the odd ones, starting my journey to El Sanctuary at night. A thousand thanks to Harry, who drove us there :)

An evening transport was promised in the beginning before me and my classmates signed up, but some errors occurred somehow, and we were asked if we could skip class. It wasn't our usual lecture, it was about our modular assessment, which we find to be quite important, so we asked if they could make other arrangements. Harry was supposed to go by afternoon, but he stayed back to bring us there after he was told to, so I kinda feel bad about it. I tried speaking to him in Malay (he's an Indonesian) this afternoon, just to check how far have I gone backwards in my speaking skills, and it was totally teruk! ><

We had jungle trekking till past midnight, so we turned in late. And I was thinking "Oh man, I'm gonna suffer a severe headache after this." I had only 3+ hours of sleep that night. But miraculously, my headache was gone the next morning even though I "underslept"; I didn't have to miss out any activities that day, praise the Lord! :D

The second day was really fun. We played scissors paper stone in the morning to make up a queue as long as possible. And my queue was the longest with me heading it, but I really didn't know how did it happen. Goong goong. -.- Ps. Les Lee shared the second message and had a dialogue with us, which was interesting, coz I've never seen any church camps held this way. We played station games in the afternoon, totally wild and exhausting, but fun! Picking rubber bands from a heap of flour with our mouths; memorizing 15 steps; running up and down taking photos; throwing balls of newspapers with one of our legs tied to another group member and walking in a zig-zag pattern; passing a wet sponge to fill a pail with water; spinning to get ourselves giddy before we bring a ping pong ball to the other side with a spoon in our mouths; making a long bridge with anything we had, and passing balloons with cloths.

There was a game of captain ball after that, and it started to drizzle in the middle of the game. We carried on; my team won the first round, lost the second (because Billy was too tall for us, and his team members were "ferocious" players XD), I don't know how about the third. Treasure hunt which was supposed to be carried out at night was cancelled, everyone was worn out lol. XD We had a special session, whereby punishment for committees who were caught "breaking the commandments of the camp" was executed with a CF's Got Talent show. It was amusing seeing Keng Cheng and Paul mimicking cartoon characters XD

And yes, we had a campfire! Yay!! Uncle Vincent made the effort to make us this fire even though the woods were wet because of the rain, thank you so much Uncle Vincent! :) We sang praises, and danced, like Sunday school kids XD

We had an earlier night, though it wasn't early either. I'd just washed my hair and I couldn't hair-dry coz my roommates were already sound asleep, my hairdryer would be a nuisance. I had a talk with my "owner" of the Guardian Angel game - Patience Malete. She was studying under the dim light outside our chalet to prepare for her exams, so semangat >< Gotta learn from her lah hehehe. This will be her final year of study in Biotechnology, and she'll be returning to Africa after this. She's so kind with words :)

This morning, I woke up at 5.51am and I couldn't sleep anymore because it was so cold, and my "bedmate" rolled and cuddled almost the whole of the blanket we shared, so I had no choice but to get out of bed. XD I was one of the earliest to arrive at the hall, which was surprising coz I was on time, not before time, even though I woke up very much earlier. I really learned a great deal from my group members Sung En and Paul during sharing. They must be very deeply rooted in the Word.

Breakfast was awesome!! Pancakes, porridge, bacon and bread, so mouth-watering! Before our last session, Ps. Les Lee's daughter performed ballet for us, she was so cool and composed, admiring her for that! :D After the session it was revealing time for the Guardian Angel game, Keng Cheng and Billy guessed I was their GA, that was strange, I thought it would be Paul to guess his GA was me, because Amanda and I tried to mislead him a few times XD I guessed mine right! Priscillia Angela! Woohoo! No prize for that though hehehe. My team, The Conquerors, got the 4th place out of 8 teams for the games, we had a hamper of Zip, cheesy ring and durian tit-bits, and Halls sweets. Nicholas exchanged for my tit-bits with a nail-clipper they got for second prize, because he said he didn't want "girlish stuff". -.- For lunch today, spaghetti, toast, cucumber and fried marinated brinjal, awww... so nice!

I took the school bus back this time, as I wanted to talk to people because I was in high spirits. But I felt so tired when I started talking, and I fell asleep. -.- (Overestimating myself lol.) We reached in the evening, around 6pm, I had roti canai with Amanda on our way back to Angkasa. Amanda, thank you so much for helping me to take photos with our graduating friends! And thanks for your concern and anything throughout the camp! You're like my second GA la lol XD

I'm really blessed to be in this big family of CFers. There's so much I learned through sharing. This camp is beyond my expectations, and thank God for such awesome, amazing organizers! You guys are great, thank you for the sweat and tears you poured in to give us a wonderful experience :)

Goodbye August

August 2012- a meaningful month for me. I'm slowly getting on track, starting to make new friends, blending my life with this big city once more. So many memories within this month, bitter and sweet. These are the moments that I'll keep in my heart, because they mark the true start of my degree life :)

Ended August with a haircut. Why? Because I shi-lian! Hahaha. :P I'm not going to cut this short anymore till my sister comes back next year, I promised her it'll be long when she next sees me after she leaves Malaysia :) I'm going to miss her very very much.

Say goodbye to my long hair :')

Middle of The Night

Officially been away from Facebook for a week. Phewww. MA at a time like this, such a spoiler. T.T When everyone else is having fun and relaxing, here I am...... blogging instead of studying, HAHA!!

August is coming to an end, time swifts by incredibly fast. I've been in UCSI for 7 weeks (and I don't even know the names of some of my classmates). 6 weeks of lecture is enough for our notes to be piled up like crazy. So much to read and memorize T.T For two things I regret, the first is I didn't study EVERYDAY, and the second I literally spent two weeks on the first Biochemistry topic -.- Bravo.

So many of my friends are leaving, either by the end of this month or in the following month, I'll miss them >< I'm supposed to melianluokekancingan with them during this Raya holidays, but, as you know, MA1 comes in the way :(

Now alone at my unit, feeling so independent :P Well got to either read another set of notes or get to bed now. Good night world :)

CHCKL Experience

Feel so blessed to have finally found a cell group where I can settle down :) Never knew that there's one going on at Angkasa until recently, Lye told me about it when he happened to see me wearing the Chromeheart T-shirt.

Perfect timing it is, just when Christine's about to move to her new house in Subang. I'll miss her :( She was my first friend in City Harvest, her family the first to show me hospitality and God's love. I've been taking her car to church for a year, and we didn't even knew each other when she first brought me to church. She was introduced by my hometown friend, Wen Qi. She's so mild-tempered, gentle, caring; and such a great company too- we enjoyed our Neon Run together today, taking it as "sight-seeing" as we made our way slowly to the finishing line. And we were actually just one minute away from the medal of such beautiful craftsmanship :'(

Talking about my new cell group, W13- we just got to know each other for one week (I first met them this Sunday) and they're already like very close friends to me. Ken, whom I just met today, thought I've known them for a few months seeing me "talking back" at Caleb (as what he said)! XD I told them I had to defend myself, since I was trained for that growing up with my lawyer sister. Hahaha.

Made many new friends through CG- Silvia, Caleb, Pek Ling, John, Robin, Zoe, Joshua and Ken. Had breakfast with them today, and a wonderful fellowship time. I'm growing to love this family in City Harvest more and more! I'm really thankful to meet these people who gave me the CHCKL experience, and who instilled in me a stronger sense of belonging here. I was actually looking forward to go Kuala Terengganu campus, but now, I'm having second thoughts, lol. XD

Champion in Our Hearts

For the first time in my life, I feel the disappointment of being just a few inches away from championship as a sportsman. I don't often watch sports, but this year, because of Dato' Lee Chong Wei, I stayed tuned to the semi-finals and finals for Badminton in the Olympics games.

Despite the fact that he hadn't really recovered from injuries, he bore the pain to fight in view of Malaysians to win a gold medal in Olympics, to make us proud. I'm compelled to say that he performed well, beyond my expectations. I had the thrill of screaming and clapping in excitement each time he won a point, and also felt the anxiety when he missed. I'm thankful to be able to watch this awesome game on such a wide screen. It's so different to watch with a group of enthusiasts :)

He knelt down in down spirits as the last point went to his opponent. His coach went up and gave him a hug, and that was such a touching moment. If I were there I'd hug him too! I remember sharing the joy when he emerged as the winner in the semi-finals. And now, as a part of this nation, I wish to share his anguish with all Malaysians. #Keeping up the One Malaysia spirit yeah!

You're the Gold of Malaysia, Lee Chong Wei :)

I can't help feeling sad seeing photos of his downcast face as I scrolled my Facebook homepage. Please don't, you have the whole nation for you. Who cares about the benefits we get for your championship, I want you to be happy!

"Skill wins you medals, but attitude wins hearts." (ESPN commentator) He perspired to inspire- he's our hero, our pride. He's my lifetime role model. Tonight, he is crowned champion in our hearts :)

 认真的男人最帅!

Hello :D

It's been a long time since I last blogged! Too lazy to update. XD

I'm in UCSI studying medicine now, and this is my first weekend staying back in KL. I miss my home, I miss my family. I've been calling back home almost everyday since I came back last Sunday, partly because I need to tell my mum what to bring for me when they come up the next weekend. :P Though I don't get to see them, but I feel very blessed and happy to hear their voices over the phone, as long as they're doing fine, I'm contented. :)

The climax for these three weeks was when we did lancing, it was fun! It was my first time doing it- punching a mini-hole in my finger to get my blood! Amanda and I was sooo excited! XD Harri's fingers shivered when he did it, and Zhen Theng couldn't bring himself to do it. I regret for not asking Amanda to take video for me, the historic moment. Arghhh

UCSI published our foundation results on The Star today!!! I bought today's papers and flipped through the pages, there it was- right beneath my eyes- one whole page of list and I actually DIDN'T SEE IT!! Till I saw somebody posting some snaps taken of that page on Facebook did my jaw dropped in horror -.- That's so unfair! How can they post it without seeking our permission, that's P&C T.T

Had a peaceful and quiet breakfast this morning, reading some articles, and observing as laborers worked under the scorching sun to complete the icon nearby. Everyone is striving for a living, and I'm really blessed to get the opportunity to study, sponsored with a scholarship. God is always so gracious to His children :) I know I can't afford to be blur if I want to be a doctor. So I'll have to work on it somehow.

If I were to enlist things that I regret in my life, this will be a fraction of it:
... Not continuing piano lessons during primary school.
... Not having the habit of reading beyond textbooks.

I'm just being random. Good night :P

First Day in Kedah :D

We set out last night at 11.21pm, and were supposed to sleep in the bus while heading towards Kedah, but the bus stopped every now and then - from one hour to the next, and interrupted my piggy sleep a few times until I decided that I should just give up sleeping -.-

We had breakfast at a place in the middle of nowhere and the Ramly burger my sister and I had was awesomely awful. It was the worst Ramly burger we had ever tasted.

We finally reached this morning at I wasn't sure what's the exact time, and went to the hall of SM Teknik where the competition will be held for rehearsal before we had a lunch of meat. Lunch of meat? You should be able to guess, gu lu yok, lemon chicken, steamed fish, gong bao fish, sweet and sour chicken...... and only a dish of vegetable. What's worse, the meat are not tender at all T.T

We checked into the hotel and I really really had a hard time trying to put them to nap, arghh. They just can't keep still!! We rehearsed again after the unsuccessful napping time and went to a saloon to have their hair tied up.

So, dinner was at the same place, the kids just railed "蛤又是这里!", so I persuaded them, "你们要假假很开心, 就像我现在这样!!" T.T

Another hard time of hushing them and sending them off to bed. Lol. Just tucked them in and now, I'm gonna have a rest. Tomorrow's the national level competition! Hope that God's favour will rest on us. :)

It takes some time to gather myself to stand on my feet. The mere thought of being rejected can set me off in tears. But seeing others who are in the same situation with me upset and disappointed, I chose to voice out what I might otherwise thought shameful to tell, so that I may at least encourage them as someone who shares the same feelings with them. After all, I always have my tower of refuge behind me :) It's also partly because I'm flooded with questions lately that I decided to say it out once and for all, or else I might drown answering "No I'm not accepted.", "I don't know." and "Don't worry, I'm fine."

On the first day the news broke to me, I cried. As I looked up in tears, the words "In life, what sometimes appears to be the end is really a new beginning."

The next day, I decided for some fresh air outdoors, though I failed to get fresh air because all I got was breathing in chunks of smoke in Tasik Y, lol. I was jogging when someone ran past me, on his shirt there was the word "Miracle 11". Right. Following behind was another man bringing the word "Amen 18" into my sight. Fine, I smiled~

My life, my strength, my hope are all in God. I'll trust Him for the best :)

Because I don't have a single idea of what am I supposed to do next.

A Council of Dads

I was reading this article, "A Council of Dads". It's about a request made by a father, who is believed to be dying, to a few of his close friends whom he trusts to be his voice in raising his twin daughters when he's not around.

In his letter to his daughters, there is one thing that really struck me into tears. It goes like this:

'A few weeks after you were born, we held a party to introduce you to our friends. I gave a short toast. My closing wish was "May your first word be adventure and your last word love." I can report that the first half of that wish came true. The second half - "May your last word be love" - is up to you. And if I've learnt anything from my illness, it's that we never know when our last word may come. So I beg of you: be awash in love everyday."

Action Song 2012 State Level - Champion chain

And so, the state level action song competition came to an end with our team emerging as the champion! :)

We didn't make much changes, we were short of time. We added in Iban traditional dance, with little Jia Xin as Iban girl :D

 You're on candid camera!

Well it did took some time for them to master the Iban dance, as they did when they tried different movements of Zapin. All traditional dances of the different races are different: in nature, in body language, in anyway in almost every way. Gentle and meek for one; hot and explosive the other; swift and elegant yet another...... Different "texture" I would say, and it wasn't easy for them to pick up.

We are champion, when we are one :)

The judges enjoyed the last song - We Are Young, guess that might be the first time they listened to that song. The senior assistant of Ai Chun 2 was as enticed, when the kids performed one day before the competition, which was Teacher's Day. My mum said she stood up when she heard the songs, cool~ And then there's another teacher whose heart was caught by the second song -  We Are One. Good combination of song, inspiration comes when we work as one family :D

I was so so touched to see them performing their best on stage! They may be mischievous, noisy and much of a nuisance during practice, and handling them was no mean feat, but they always give their best when the spotlight is on them. Children do need proper attention, don't they?

The kids rushed to me to ask if they did okay, I smiled and gave them recognition :) They deserved it.

Team No.9 was a strong opponent, their performance made me worried. The props they prepared, the costume they wore, they were good. Lost half of my appetite after that T.T But then the other half of my appetite that remained was enough for me to finish a packet of chicken rice, HAHA! XD

Jia Jia kept asking me about my cross necklace, as I'd told her before that my God comes with power when I wore that. I didn't know it meant so much to her. X) She didn't want to go home without the champion, as she said, "不要给Rhoda姐姐骂我!" (My sister told them not to come back without the champion XD) So I told her to pray with me, and she did!

Tension was building up in the hall. We were so nervous when the results were finally announced, my mum literally had her hands cramped!! Well not surprising, my mum put in a lot of effort - Looked for tailors to sew the dresses, searched high and low for the traditional costumes, sat in front of the PC night after night to observe the traditional dances. That's a whole load I know, because I was "assistant manager" who worked alongside my mum with whatever I mentioned above, lol. XD

Well, God granted us the championship, so this glory belongs to Him! :D

God will be with us till the end! =)

Action Song 2012 District Level - Number one

Ai Chun 2 and Chern Hwa represented SJK to fight with SK for the champion today. The competition was at SK Seri Gading.

It was a breathtaking moment while waiting for the results to be announced. Thankfully we didn't wait as long as the last time because each competition was held at different classrooms. It was like De Javu after they announced the 2nd and 1st runner-ups, there was another school which we thought might at least be in the top three but neither fall on the 3rd place nor the 2nd place.

But yes! We are the champion!! Thank God for that! An ang moh complimented our performance, and said he'll see us next week, astounded by his friendliness :)

Our trip to KL to get these traditional costumes is not wasted, pheww! The Kadazan costume was sewed by Aunty Mary, great piece of work! :D

One Malaysia under the sun!

Hopefully we can win in the state level!

Foundation Finale!

FINAL results for my FINAL semester of foundation is FINALLY out, hahaha.

I did well, though not perfect, in this semester. I thank God for that and I'm satisfied. :) Susin actually messaged me to ask me about my results, and seeing that I didn't reply instantly, she and Wan Yi were worried. Lol such cute friends, where to find? Even if I didn't do well, I guess I won't have any regrets.

I saw a friend's status on Facebook just now, "Don't get too upset over small things, cause you don't know what will happen next. Appreciate what you have, not complain about what you do not have." Exactly what I was thinking about earlier on this evening, hehe.

If study is all my life, I will target for straight A+, and I will feel down if I fail to achieve so. Study is just part of my life, not all. Apart from that, I have so much more in my life. I have music, I have dramas to watch (步步惊心! XD), I have something worth working on (Action Song :P ), I have dates to lateh with my friends, I have my family by my side. There's so much things in life to be thankful for that I really don't want to spend a single moment of it grieving over minute matters. Hahaha~

 There's my #1 favoured male character-

Brave, understanding, loyal, and treats all his brothers fairly well.

#2 favoured-

Faithful, courageous, loves his parents, and keeps his feelings to himself.

Under the umbrella, #3 favoured-

Helpful, understanding, smart, gentle, and showed concern even though they broke up.

Friends, let's move on together, there's still a long way ahead of us, we're all in this together! Cheers!! :D

God's Favour

Two weeks of my holidays have passed.

The Action Song competition was held this morning at SJK(C) Sin Hwa. Six teams took part, including Ai Chun 2.

Together with my sister and brother, I started helping my mum with the action song the moment I came back from KL. My mum had chosen a song, so I picked one more and my sis the other. We joined the songs and thought of the dancing steps. Not easy though. But we prayed.

The costume gave us a lot of trouble. We went from shop to shop in search of an appropriate costume. Finally a few days before the competition we decided on the red "musical look" dress we found at Soun Thye Fashion. We took four sample sizes for the students to try on the next day. Guess what, even the largest size, which I would define enormous, couldn't fit four of the students -.-

We were running out of time, so the teachers-in-charge, including my mum, dug out some old uniforms which belonged to my seniors, which they used in the choir team during their time. I knew it because I recognized one of their names. Imagine how long ago it is, when my seniors were still as young as these kids.

We decided that we will look for a better costume should we win.

Waiting for the carnival to start.

And so the game began!

The kids performed quite well, even though they didn't manage to practice at all in the morning before they went on stage. I accidentally put one more Chinese fan on stage, so in utmost embarrassment I saw one fell from the hand of Xin Ni lol.

Never imagined that one day I'll attend as a "teacher" and not a participant.

We waited bitterly for the panel to announce the results. The weather was so hot, and they took such a long time that some of the kids fell asleep. How I wished I could sleep like them, haha.

My mum lost confidence when they announced the 3rd and 2nd places, because there was one team we thought performed well and yet wasn't one of the runner-ups. But just as I believed, Ai Chun 2 turned out to be the champion! God's favour was on us :D

The officers wanted to see the performance by the first runner-up and the champion team, which will both represent SJK to compete with SK. Some of the kids' fluffy decorations had fallen off, so we had to ask them to "terminate" all the decorations, what a waste hahahaha.
 

My mum and I with the kids.

Enjoying themselves at Witchery Ider after a tiring morning.

The next round will be held soon. With faith we'll give another good shot!

Glory be to God :)

My Holiday Job

So busy lately with my mum's job, lol. I'm helping out with the Action Song 2012 competition for the Year 3 students which is coming up this Saturday.

Now I'm gonna explode thinking about their costume. RM60, ask the students to fork out that sum? It's a little ridiculous that their parents have to spend money after nodding their heads to their children's participation. If I'm rich, I'll come out with the money myself, save the trouble and pressure. Yaya, if I'm rich, hehehe.

It's a tedious job, time-consuming, and unpaid; but it'll be worthwhile if they win and make it through the next round. And the kids are cute...... sometimes XD God be with us! :D

Music Never Sleeps

I'm falling in love with Jason Chen's singing!

His voice is so pure, he sang "Set Fire to The Rain" well, and I enjoyed his duet with another singer, Sharon Kwan in the song "被风吹过的夏天".

The remix "Love The Way You Lie/Not Afraid" is totally amusing, and the rapping part is my favorite. It goes like this:

Lately I've been dealin with haters
And people sayin I'll never make it
But I just use it as fuel to my heart
To keep improving
Race will never be the reason I'm not succeeding
nor will I ever sell myself short I’ll get what I'm deservin
Cuz I've put in my heart, and I've put in my soul
And I've always believed, that I would make it this far 

 We salute you, Jason Chen!

I think he might have wrote the lyrics out of his very own heart. It's meaningful. Beautiful voice, what a gift! :)

You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home

Thursday, I went for Wendy's talent show at Taylor's College. Before that, Jia Lin, Wen Qi, E-Chuen, Anlynn and I yum cha at Snowflakes. We were talking halfway when E-Chuen suddenly yelled:" 全部爱群二校的," pointing towards Anlynn :"你走开!"

The air froze.

Catch no ball.

LAUGH DIE ME!!! We were talking about something else when she made the statement, wrong timing lah hahaha!

1M Class of Ai Chun 2/2000

But we did have a thing in common, we were all formerly students of 1M class Ai Chun 2/2000, hehehe. Cheers girls! It's so amazing that we're still in contact after we've all grown up.

The weather was hot and we felt sticky before the show started. Should have bathed the second time before I came T.T

The torn part gave the ticket some kind of effect.

Like what I did during Shio Yee's Songwriters' Night, I took out the camera only when I saw Wendy on stage, haha. Wendy was so so small on stage, or maybe we sat too far. I had to zoom in the camera to capture her photo, lol.

Nice performance Wendy! ;)

 

I was going back to my hometown that night, so I didn't get to catch up with her after that. Guess she'll be busy too though. Before I left, I tried the very infamous burger at The Burger Shop that I used to see people mention on Facebook. It tasted good! Almost like the Ramly burger near UCSI, my college :D

Finally, I'm going home going home going home!! ALL ABOARD!!! Here we go!

You can change your hair you can change your clothes 

You can change your mind that's just the way it goes

 You can say goodbye and you can say hello

 But you'll always find your way back home 

You can change your style you can change your jeans 

You can learn to fly and you chase your dreams 

You can laugh and cry but everybody knows

 You'll always find your way BACK HOME! 

Miley Cyrus- You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home

Farewell FIS, Goodbye Angkasa

Finally I have time to update my "lonely" blog, the fact is no one knows I have a blog yet. The reason why I'm here is simple -- it's a homework given by our Computing Essentials lecturer, haha! She wanted us to open a blog each, "threatening" that she'll check on us, in the end?? She didn't even bother to ask us about it -.-

Back on the topic. On Wednesday, I had some fun hanging around with my housemate, Sze Yin, the supreme highness (or so she calls herself). We went for the Chilli Pan Mee near KL Central with my sister and a very busy-on-the-phone boy first. We were waiting half patiently (the other half was because we were too hungry) to be served. But apparently there were so many other customers, and there were only two persons preparing the food. I was observing the boss, marveled at his patience for having to work with only one maid despite having so many things to do.

 I respect him for his diligence at his job :)

We window-shopped at Sunway Pyramid. Walking into Apple shop, a mini ipod caught my sight, because it was so small! Ok lah I admit I'm a bit of a suagu sometimes.

It feels awesomely awesome to see your name on an advanced gadget. 

Mind you, my name is more prominent than the artists' name! XD

As it was Baskin Robbin's pink day, and my housemate was wearing pink, as usual, she got excited and bought two scoops of ice-cream, which we shared. She's really a food lover, while I eat to live, she lives to eat, hahaha.

Mint with chocolate chips and blueberry yoghurt

Around evening, we waited for Jia Hui to pick us up, we were going to party away! The sun was setting, and I started taking pictures, again XD

And so, the party began!! As if getting food burnt is typical on a barbeque party, it did happened, hahaha. Not mine though, I'm more skilled (actually I was too lazy to do it myself, so I left Sze Yin to do it for me). The part I enjoyed the most was when we all sat down outside of the house, talking about things we saw or experienced throughout our foundation year. We roared into peals of laughter upon hearing that some of the boys in class made a remark saying they were busy entertaining girls because there were so many girls in class and the boys were the minority. How thick-skinned to  say that! Well, I'm gonna miss all my classmates, though I don't know all of them. I FAILED as an interactor! Shame on me.

Happy holidays dear friends! Thanks for the wonderful times together :)

I'll miss those times at 22-08. I'll miss the sunset here, the night view, my housemates.

Night view

Sunset :)

Study times

Goodbye, Angkasa 22-08!

Farewell FIS, Goodbye Angkasa

I'm so tired after having fun the whole day, I'll tell my story when I get back to BP hehehe. Home town I'm coming!! So many things to carry tomorrow T.T

This will be my last night at Angkasa, I mean for my foundation year, haha. But WHY??!! Why the last memory that you give me comes with cockroach??! Aww that's okay, I threw it off from the 22nd floor.

Unleashed

Finally, my foundation year has come to an end, yay!! How time flies, and I know I'm growing older each day, a fact that most people, including me, find hard to accept T.T

It's a year of tears and joy, of course. No journey is smooth right? Even if there is, at the end of the journey I'll grow old with an immature mindset, an even harder fact for me to accept, muahahaha.

Talk about my Calculus papers today, WHY?? Why do I always complicate simple questions?! I was just ONE step away to finding the answer, yes, ONE-- if I multiplied ln x by 1, then I would have been on the right track.
Ruby why you think so far?!! It's as easy as 123, you screwed it up T.T This is what people call "脱裤子放屁", hahaha! Ok enough said, exam is over and WHY am I still talking about it? Eww.. Just pray.

Sometimes it's exactly the same with life. We're faced with problems, and solving it is just one step away. But we go round and round and tend to make things complicated. The solution can be simple, just take it easy and you'll find your way out. :)

I was following Charmaine's blog just now. In other words, I was stalking her! *evil laugh*
Maybe Blogger should just list "followers" as "stalkers".
Reading her blog brought me back my high school memories, and I sure laughed away when I tried to picture those times.
I remember clearly how I used to slumber in class, Biology class, usually, during high school.
What you sow you will reap. I didn't get A+ for Biology, hahaha. Give me a break lah.. I was just trying to prove this idiom, seriously.

I really miss my secondary school friends! :(
"We had joy, we had fun, we had season in the sun."
Our庆功宴, sounds grand? But it was actually our celebration whenever exam was over :P
We had "twitter@bumi" column on the board, where we shared our funny ideas. And then there was Vivian, who was so so enthusiastic with her daily lyrics. Susin doesn't twitter, she prefers to bicker -- with me! XP

Hope all of you are going on well with life, remember our 2020 gathering :P