First CPR Attempt!

I made the first attempt of CPR in my life. It wasn't an official one though. The doctors and nurses where attempting it on this patient who had a cardiac arrest. As they took turns, a medical officer saw us standing nearby observing. He asked if we would like to try and we thought it was a good opportunity for an experience, so we tried. I guess they had half given up, which was probably why they allow us little newbies to perform. I was the last one to perform on the patient, as the family member of the patient later said that we may stop the resuscitation. I could somehow feel for the family member. He seemed to be ready for this moment. There was some dullness in his eyes, and I felt the compassion towards him. So slowly, I went up to him and said, "I'm sorry for your loss, pak cik."

Cinderella 1950 in 2015

Guess what, I just re-watched Disney's animated film Cinderella because I so happened to stumble upon it when I was looking up Disney's songs on Youtube.

And for a 22-year-old girl who might or should have grown out of being fascinated by fairy tales, it's surprising that watching it again after so many years actually made me laugh so much! The rats' conversations, and how they tackled the evil cat, the king's anxiousness of getting his son married soon... They were all so funny and entertaining to me. I guess any adult would laugh too. But wait, I can't believe I actually shed tears when it came to where Cinderella's dress was torn and she cried! "I can't believe, not anymore," she said, "there's nothing left to believe in." Yeah and I can't believe to find myself in tears hearing a cartoon character say that.

One thing I changed my mind about Cinderella, is that she isn't "the weak, pretty girl who gets bullied all day until a prince saves her day" that some people might describe her to be. Whenever people would ask, "Which Disney princess would you like to be?", there would be answers that sound like "Certainly not Cinderella because she's too easily pushed around." Yes, true enough, I used to think and say that too. But as I was watching it today, I'm amazed at how the rightful heir of the house, after being harshly treated by some "outsiders", could still keep her cool and meekly do whatever she was ordered to. This is not being weak, THIS IS STRENGTH! She never turned nasty or hateful out of resentment. And now, how many people can be like that? Even though she was bullied again and again, she never indulged into self-pity, and she could still care for others even more than herself (she was more concerned about Gus than for herself when her stepsister found Gus in her cup and complained to her mother)! What's more, she never harboured grudges against her stepmother and stepsisters after all the ill treatment.

I know it is just a fairy tale, but in every story there's always something we can learn. And I believe I just picked up something new from a very old, old tale.

Missing Home

Dear dad I miss the supper you prepare for me at home that keeps my tummy happy before going to bed.

Dear mum I miss your cooking that is so tasty even without MSG. I must have taken too much MSG-ed food since I came to KT because my hair seems to be lesser :(

Just keeping the laptop on without doing anything on it makes me feel more connected to people. Haha. Forgive my randomness. I'm always a little homesick on the first few days here.

Noooooo

I'm going to miss having my camera with me. My next holidays will be on the end of May and that's so long! That means 3 months in KT without my camera! :(

My Chinese New Year Break

I realized that I'm always in the mood to write something here whenever I touched down Terengganu. Maybe I just need someone to talk to haha! Anyway I'll just update my blog while I'm in the spirits or it's gonna get really busy and I won't have time for this in awhile.

I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22! Yeap, February is my birth month and I'm officially 22! At this age, I don't know about you again, but my friends really had to add something when they wished me a happy birthday - "Old dy lo." Now how is 22 being old? I feel young! Hahaha

I had a week's holiday for Chinese New Year, beginning on the 13th Feb, which was the day I flew back. As usual, since I don't get to go back as often as before, I made plans so as not to waste my trip :p And my very first stop was Mdm Chiam Chili Pan Mee! Words can't describe how much I miss KL chili pan mee! I have to say that was most satisfactory!

I attended CF meeting, and was totally blessed by the message "My Love Story" which was about BGR by Pastor Rudy (Hey we've got almost the same name! :p) from Kingdom City. Some of the points he shared were taught by my parents, and it's good to refresh that lesson. He said if we drew our lives in concentric circles, God has to be in the centre, and after God, the person in the next concentric circle would be the one closest to you - your family if you are not married, your partner if you are. But the problem is, too often when we get involved in a relationship, we let whoever it is share the space for God, and that's when conflicts happen - when we don't know where to draw the lines. The message was much longer but I'll just touch up with one more point he shared, "If you don't have the spirit of community, don't get involved in a relationship until you understand your need for a community."

After CF I went to catch up with a few of the CF members, when Joey suddenly shouted for everyone to sing me a birthday song as Joellene walked up to me with a cake! That was awkward for me but I was touched at the same time because I wasn't expecting that. Thank you guys, I'm always always so blessed with you guys around! I'll miss all of you :)

The next item on my itinerary was to go The Owls Cafe for my long awaited waffle! Even now blogging about it makes me excited xD

Living up to it's name, the place was full of owls!

Even the teapot came in the shape of an owl xD

I had Rebecca waffle as recommended by a girl in the cafe, and I'm compelled to say that I was really happy with the waffle. It tasted sooo sooo goooooood! My sister ordered David waffle, which was good too, but I liked mine more because my ice-cream was earl grey in flavour and it tasted superb!

Rebecca waffle and a glimpse of David waffle :p

After high tea we went to the airport to pick up her boyfriend, and we headed to Oasis Damansara for a dinner not so worth its price. BUT! Man the place was beautifully decorated! 

Love the atmosphere! :)

Not where I had dinner, just thought this building looked like a palace, beautiful huh? ;)

The next day we stayed at my sister's place the whole day, my sister ordered Domino's for lunch, a treat by her boyfriend.

My third time having Domino's for the week :p

That evening we were thinking of going Jam & Kaya cafe for dinner, as we thought it closes at 11pm (misled by a blog haha!). Thank God we made a call first because then I was told kitchen closes at 5pm and the cafe at 6pm! So we went to Midvalley instead to get my mum's stuff and to settle dinner. We went to Dragon-i, it was kinda expensive but at least my sister's boyfriend enjoyed the food, so it was worth it then.

Thanks Tracey for holding the chopsticks while I took this haha!

Meet Tracey, my sister's good friend (who is very nice to me too!)

The next day after church, my sister took me to Jam & Kaya Cafe. We almost didn't make it because of some appointment her colleague told her of that morning. I had Farmer's pancake, which was awesome!

Farmer's pancake - that little sunflower was so pretty it had to be taken together in this photo!

A close-up shot of Farmer's pancake - made of pancakes, mushrooms, lettuce,

hash brown and sunny side-up :) I hope I didn't leave out anything xD

Jam & Kaya Cafe, a quiet and lovely place to dine in. :)

That's about all for my weekend before heading back for Chinese New Year. I stayed home for the rest of the day, just to be a good girl for awhile, before taking a bus the next day back to my lovely hometown!

Always good to be back! :) That's my dad! :p

Back in the East

I came back two days ago. It's only two days. But I'm already missing home. :( Somehow I just feel like talking to someone. I don't know what. Anything. Anything as long as at the end, I know I'm not alone.

Hello Again!

It's August and I'm back in KT ;)

Last week had been a really great week for me meeting up a kindergarten friend, primary school classmates, buddies since secondary school and high school classmates etc. Pretty cool huh? And I thought I would be studying through the holidays. HAHAHA silly me.

So happy seeing everyone again and had fun listening to the stories of their lives. (#np Story of My Life) I'm really proud of them for progressing well in their studies, and of course of the fact that my friends are now all over the world studying.. Australia, New Zealand, China, UK, Canada, Ohio, India. . . Gosh they're simply amazing.

But I'm reminded at the same time that I had really lost touch with these friends I used to care so much about. I was so drowned in my own issues I forgot to at least show concern to them, and what's worse is I even forgot my friend's birthday :( I'm so so sorry Wan Yi, really felt extremely bad about it.

So now I have one more item to add to my resolutions this year, though we're already in the second half of the year hahah. I guess I know what to do :)