How great, is our god

Kris Allen

Monday, February 8, 2010

Back from college. College was pretty fun today. Loads of laughter and cheer. And also homework *sigh*... I guess I'll be thinking of this when I do my math homework at night. Gee..its so unfair that Im not able to go. Hence, in ryan's words- I Kris Allenify my blog. Bluek!

Soon Wei says that I should like Adam Lambert more. Cause according to Soon, Adam stands out in the crowd and knows how to dress well. eee. But Kris is more boy-next- door. and jeans and t shirt guy sneakers guy and the kind of guy who just sits strumming the guitar and singing. Doing his thing. and keeping it real. I love that about him. So simple.

Next mission is to find a guy like him here! *cheeky grin*

anyway...cheerios will i dive into my Kris Alleness...for awhile.

last week's mission accomplished- finally bought her bday gift! yeayness.

Signing off,4:56 PM
Child of god

my sweetheart and Biology.

Friday, February 5, 2010

F. Y. I : My sweetheart is coming to Malaysia!!!!

Monday. 8th February 2010. 8.30pm. The Gardens Ballroom. 5th floor, the Gardens Mall!

In case you dont know who he is, well...

Kris Allen! American Idol Season 8 Champion!!!!!!

My dream guy!!!

Im happy that he's coming over, yet sad that I will not be able to see him in action. I think I would just faint if I do see him. Someday, when I have my own money, I shall by VVVVVIP tickets to see Kris! As I'm blogging right now, he just landed in Manila to perform there as well. I just love his smooth voice, charming personality, caring and easy going. And he is doing a whole lot to raise money for Haiti. So sweet!!! and he is simple and just so focused on his music and God.

Back to college:

Thursday was a good day. Ragging the juniors was kind fun. Reminded me of myself actually. Going around during every free period I had, getting signatures. Yes, it was scary and at times embarassing. Yet, I had loads of fun. Its also a really cool way to meet seniors, get to know them, buy cheap 2nd hand books from them. Math was abit boring. The class is kinda gloomy and dark. I really think we should switch to a bigger class with better lighting - so that I wont feel like falling asleep..Chemistry was fine. Noticed how hard working everyone has become. Motivates me to work harder also. Final Sem. Uni applications. Good results. Motivation, motivation.

Friday. Got the news that Ragging has been suspended. Because of the silly 1001 batch. So babyish. I cant believe the college gave up our tradition! Ragging is like the way of getting 'in' the college. If they cant handle this ragging, what about university later on? You cant possibly ask your parents to stick up for you. Geez.. So not sporting.

Moving on to fun stuff, we had Biology lab today! awesome time counting grass. Really. We did the random sampling experiment using the quadrant. It was loads of fun. From the time we had confusion drawing lots till then end. And the weather was fine. Not too hot.

We did it in the MGS field. Thats our small quadrant and us counting the grass in it. From the left: Grace, Jessica, Gaya and Ruth. Had loads of laughter while doing this.

Then, we did the Lincoln Index experiment which required all of us to walk around the college. Capture and reccapture technique. That was lots of fun too. Especially when we walked to the second floor and hid in the auditorium and spied to see if Ravi was coming to catch us. haha. He didn't see us. So that was fun!

Missed pay less bookstore at YMCA today... Haih. Next time.. I havent bought books in like ages! Cause my dad keeps reminding me, A-levels books first, novels later. Grr...

My aunt is still sewing my OB dress. We bought maroon satin material and some lace material and gave it to her- she volunteered to do it free of charge! which means that my total I spent for this OB is only RM 35++. Yeay! But I hope it turns out alright and the design doesnt look old fashioned - cause I have to reuse the dress for my mom's MBA graduation and cousins baby shower! Owh, and Chelsea vs Arsenal this weekend! Big match ahead...

Anyways, have an awesome weekend ahead! Cheerios!

This boy is sooo cute!

Signing off,12:17 PM
Child of god

Back 2 College

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

So, yesterday was back to college day. Tuesday. Had some awesome time catching up. and also ronda ronda around the new building with Gaya in the morning. And we sadly got lost on the way to Math class. We're still not so used to the new building. And some of the classes have some weird paint smell. Still, it was fun. Suddenly got so many bald people in college. Because of Thaipusam.

And also so many juniors. 200 of them and only 100 plus of us, seniors. Might be a chance to rag more peeps?? *evil grin*

Anyways, loving my new timetable-- although class starts at 9am every single day! it ends at 2.30pm on Monday and Tuesday and 1.30 pm on Wednesday and Thursday and 11.00am on Friday with only Bio Lab. Very cun!

However the un-cun part is Math right now. I've never seen that many letters, squares, indices and numbers in one math equation. Its driving me cuckoo. And graph and curve sketching. Argh! The pain one has to go through! Then, theres Krebs Cycle. Headache! even more headache when Miss Angeline said that we're gonna see this again in Medicine. yikes!

cheers!

Signing off,2:27 PM
Child of god

Of Haiti and Friendships.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Yesterday, the headlines of the Star read : Just amazing! with a picture of a man who survived under the rubbles of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti 12 days ago. 12 days he survived by just praying and minimal water.

And yet here we are in peaceful Malaysia, far away from most natural disasters complaining about almost everything under the sun. While others are struggling to survive. Clinging on to that hope. Its just amazing and inspiring. And also what the volunteers and the organisation of Doctors without borders are doing. Just extend a prayer for them every night if you cant afford to donate. Simple, no?

Long weekned is coming up. And I've planss!!!!

Friday : My home made and self declared spa day. I learnt how to make a nice foat soak and hand soak online. Just to spoil myself after the exams. Release stress and relax. Face scrub. Loads of stuff online and all the ingredients are at home- means I dont need to waste money to get them. Even better! But i think i kinda messed up my eye brows. I can follow instructions from a small box! *sigh* Night : homegroup yeay! Finally, the cure to my lonesome boring Friday nights.

Saturday : The hunt for the OB dress. Decided on the colour, so that it would be easier to pick. Gaya suggested I go for either red or blue. Im trying to stay away from black. Too many black stuff in the cupboard.

Sunday : Church and visit relatives

Monday : Might drop by a few universities to check out fee structures, entry requirements, interview shedules, recognitions and some other stuff. Still quite undecided where to go to.

Before I end this post,

I came across this one day while reading the book my parents got me : Bible Seeds :

"two are better then one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Also if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, tow can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken"

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

How true?? Im glad that I have amazing friends

Cant wait to see you on Tuesday! Here we come- sem 3!

Signing off,9:24 AM
Child of god

Reflection

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Hey! Its been a long time since I've last blogged. One month plus- due to exams. Now that it's over..yeayness! means that second semester is also over! I cant believe a year has just been over.. and since I've not done my reflection for 2009 - a lil late but what the heck! This is my first post for 2010! Here goes...

It all started with a lil something as Methodist College Kuala Lumpur. getting new friends meeting new people, new experiences. In short, the whole stuff was just brand new. Then, we had :

1. Moral Education
Just when you thought you will never ever ever look at that word Pendidikan Moral again- you have it looking and stariing back at you. However, on the bright side, it was much more livelier that the ones we endured during schooling years..

our mini sale by our moral group to help raise funds for charity! it was kinda awesome. we had pizzas, drinks, and my personal fave - the choc covered marshmellows! Then we also held a kids carnival at MGS where we then brought them to another carnival at Monorail and basically let them loose. It was very difficult as we did not understand Tamil which was what most of the children spoke. Very challenging indeed!

Event 2#Orientation Ball

Was really fun. All from the preparation - buying the dress till the excellent food and deserts, the company, the music and dancing. should have taken more pictures though!

for this years OB, I havent done a single ounce of planning-which I should by now at least start looking for the dress and make use of the CNY sales to get better offers. As for shoes and make up- I'll just borrow mom's. can save $$$

Event #3

Orientation camp. My first time sleeping in a real tent! first time jungle walking at night! first time bathing in extremly cold showers early morning! first time stream trotting! first time throwing eggs to team mates! first time playing human chess! (which i did pretty well i must say) first time getting bitten by a leech and then an unknown insect which left my right foot swollen and had to be banadaged for a week or so. fun fun fun!

Event #4

My Birthday- me turning 18! Thanks to all who made my birthday extra special, for all the hugs, love, food and gifts!

event #5

Ruth's Bday- 26 days after mine! we all planned to wear pink on that day cause Ruth loves pink and boy was it fun! Sam even got a new shirt just for this! Took a whole lot of pictures and all of us were pretty excited from the morning onwards.

event #6

Bye bye Tanuja... our final makan together at Shiok at YMCA. I miss you Tanu!!!

Event #7

BBQ night. Theme : Mismatch- hence the wardrobe. most of us wore formal shirt and shorts. The easiest. Food was great. friends were awesome. great DJ. I remember us dancing crazy and then stopping every now and then in search for water to cool us down. Loads of fun.

Event #8

Gaya's bday makan at Subway in Sentral. yumyum. then, i teman her shop for accesories and stuff for her celebration with her cousins at home.

Event #9

Siva's and Soon Wei's surprise bday makan makan. at Gaya's place. Was uber fun planning for it, hiding it from them, running from the college to Gaya's place with the cake. Stuff that I would remember for a lllllooooooooooong time to come!

December :

Family vacation at Bukit Tinggi- was loads of fun as well. nice weather, good food, the international buffett was just awesome to the max! and very cute waiter.. hehe. Beautiful scenery. and my first time in a Kimono. After the lady filled my in with some knowledge about Japan and its culturee- I feel like going there and experiencing it for myself! someday..when I've made my own money..

finally - Christmas!!! Baked 2 lovely cakes with mommy and ate and ate till so gemuk bulat bulat already!

anyways, that was my awesome 2009.

but the most awesomest of all is me getting Baptised on July 19th 2009! I dont have the picture for it though.. but it was an awesome experience!

Whats in fo 2010?

I dont know. Alot of figuring out what college to go to. Decided on the course. Fixed. Now need to work out the fees, loans, any possibility of getting partial scholarships, fully local or credit transfer to UK, NZ or Aussie land. Or do in govt uni and then specialize and do post grad overseas. Loads of things to think about.

But its wonderful to know that though we dont know our future, we know its in the Lords hands and that he cares for us!

Till tomorow. cheers!

Signing off,1:27 PM
Child of god

part 2 vacation.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Family vacation - part 2.

The next morning, we woke up early and got dressed. Had breakfast buffett at La Cignone. It was pure awesomeness! Love the cupcakes and freshly baked bread especially. and the nasi lemak was yumyum.

After an hours of makan makan, headed back to the room to pack some stuffs and then headed to the bridge area to wait for the shuttle service that would bring us to the Japanese Village and Botanical Gardens- which was another like 15 minutes away..

We headed off to the Botanical Gardens first. It was about a 1km walk in total throughout the whole of the gardens with a wide array of species of flowers and many different colours. Very nice and serene place..

I'm not sure what this flowers are called but I like them because it kinda looks like grapes. After walking around the beautiful flowers, we came across an ''uncle'' who had a huge camera- complete with every lens you could dream of. It was so damn cun. Apparently he was bird watching there. And he was kind enough to show us the type of birds that he caught on his camera and he told us some of his experiences bird watching in Thailand and Sabah as well.

After that, we headed off to the Japanese Village. It was a fun experience. They had a replica of the Japanese house, Japanese tea, Koi pond, Japanese massage parlour and spa, Japanese suites. It was more of an educational experience for me, personally as I never knew anything about Japan or its culture before.

Hence, to kinda ''soak'' and experience the culture, I decided to go for the Kimono rental which cost RM20. Can rent it for about an hour tops, if there is less crowd. If its in the afternoon when its more crowded, you can only rent it for about half an hour cause they only have limited numbers of kimonos to rent out. As we went in the morning, I was pretty lucky! less crowded.

the lady who put on the whole garment for me. certainly easier and faster than putting on a saree but this is way cooler. The lady told me a little bit about the Japanese culture and stuff while putting it on and then she also volunteered to take family pictures of us- which was very kind of her. If you dont have a camera, you can also use theirs for a certain amount of fee.

After all that, we went back to the hotel, did some last packing and checked out. This is how part of the room looks like- the TV and sofa area. Btw, I love the TV, got so many channels including BBC, French channel, metro Vision and National Geographic and Disney. They call it Sky TV. I wish i had this at home.

Before heading home, had some more snaps here and there and we went shopping in the marketplace where I bought a belt and earrings- considered to be Xmas presents.. and then we finally left for home...

-THE END-

Just 2 more days left to Christmas and since I wont be blogging after this, due to exams and stuff till January 27th when the 2nd sem exams are finally over, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2010! Have fun... cheers!

Signing off,7:37 AM
Child of god

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Hello! I'm back from my family vacation in Kuala Gandah and Colmare Tropicale, Bukit Tinggi!

On the first day, we left home at about 9am and headed for Bukit Tinggi. The journey only took us about 40 minutes or so..pretty fast! to the bottom of Bukit Tinggi. And about 15 minutes or so to drive all the way through the winding roads to the top! it was sooo misty when we arrived and the scene was beautiful.

We checked in, dumped our luggage and headed off straight to Lanchang, Pahang to visit the famous Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary.. The journey from Bukit Tinggi to Kuala Gandah took us about another 45 minutes plus some very expensive toll.

Finally, almost noon time, we reached the Elephant Sanctuary. On the outside, it looked really dirty, unkept, right beside the orang asli settelement with limited parking space, but as soon as we went on the inside, it was clean and nice- thank God!

They had some picnic sites, so we ate there and hung around till 1.00 to watch the video presentations about elephants and we also got to see the skull of the elephant- which was uber cool! At 2.00pm, the elephant activities officially starts where we get to feed, bathe and ride the elephants...

Mommy and I riding the elephant.

I must say that it was an awesome experience. A little scary at first though, but after awhile, you kinda get comfy. You can also get up close and gently stroke the elephants. They are all tame and harmless.

We also fed the elephants peanuts and fruits which they gladly ate up the whole thing- seeds, peanut skin and all! It was an amazing thing. Being an avid National Geographic fan and finally getting up close with elephants was absolutely awesome. And the elephants also bathe once a day and are fed really really well. All the elephants that are in the sanctuary are females only as the males can get aggresive.

About 4pm, we left the Elephant Sanctuary and headed back to Bukit Tinggi.

Our room was on the 4th floor, facing the marketplace where the whole activity can be seen. The whole of Bukit Tinggi is actually a french- themed village. Cant afford to go to France? Just visit Colmare Tropical...

After bathing and unpacking our stuff, it was 6-ish and almost dinner time. Daddy said he would pay whatever dinner that we chose and hence we chose the International Buffet Dinner at La Cignone restaurant.

The food there is absolutely awesome!!! 5 stars rating for the food. If you are a meat lover, you would absolutely love it. I tried almost everything on the menu except for the mee asam! I know, damn fat ady.

I had Grilled Chicken with cheese sauce (my fave), sweet sour fish, beef stew with thyme and loads of garlic and tomatoes- some Italian specialty it seems, squid, lamb roast topped with mash potatoes and cashew nuts, another type of lamb with mint sauce and I finally got to try sushi! awesomeness!

for dessert we had chocolate cake, bread pudding, apple pie, mango pie, crossaints, freshly baked cinammono bread, fruit cake and some french dessert- i dunno what you call it but it was mouth watering!

After filling our stomachs waaaaayyy more than we normally do, we decided to go for a walk around the facade and marketplace. Everything was beautifully lit up.

Daddy and I near the bridge. It looks exactly like a castle.As if you were reading some old fairytale and somehow jumped right into the story book and landed in front of the castle.

me and my knight in shinning armour!

the view from the top of the tower that night. According to the write-up, the whole place is somewhat of a replica of a place called Alsace in France.

At night, we were also entertained by dancers and perfomers. I must say that it was really really nice! and at 10pm, we were tired and went upstairs to watch some TV and sleep..

Part 2..in the next post! stay tuned...

Signing off,9:39 AM
Child of god

*sighs*

Monday, December 14, 2009

Hello!!

the past week has been pretty productive- in terms of studying. and also eating!

still got more to revise revise revise, still looking around for a small nice Christmas tree and collecting recipes from here and there for annual Christmas baking session with mum- which I cant wait for! Anything to do with food, I'll be the first one to get excited and jump in. Always. Speaking of Christmas, finally all my Christmas cards have been given out! mission accomplished. yeayness!

Just finished the unit4 Bio. Didnt realise how much tougher it was compared to Unit2 Bio. Hence, the cramming in session didnt work- so resorted to nicely sitting down and trying to understand and wrap my head around the idea. Still slightly confused over the cell mediated response stuff. But still, keeping positive.

Will be away this Thursday and Friday to Bukit tinggi aka the French Village and Kuala Gandah, Pahang for family vacation! Im super excited. Finally, a vacation- after 2 years! its been long enough, waiting for mum to finish her Masters before we could head off for a holiday. And I absolutely love to pack all my stuffs, I have no idea why.

Anyways, cheerios! Have a nice weekend ahead.

Signing off,1:33 PM
Child of god

round up.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

December 8th 2009.

Statisctics : 9 more days to family gateaway

17 days more to Christmas

23 days more to New Years

34 days to the first Edexcel paper

Hello! This past week has been qiute tiiring. Travelling to Malacca to visit my grandma. My daddy let me drive on the way which was sooo cool. My first long distance drive. yeay! And my granma and aunt made super awesome food. All my favourites lined up on the table, prawn, fish, chicken, curry, veges, drinks. Oh yes, it was quite a feast! And Astro.

My granma is finally shifting to a new house! a real house, double story, not too far away from the city. Kinda sad though, the real kampung feeling wont be there the next time I visit her. No more rumah papan, chickens running around, that tall coconut tree me and my cousin brother tried to climb for years but never succeded- we just ended up having cuts and blood. Afterwhich we would compare who had more cuts. I know, we were nutcases. No more gardening or firecrackers during Deepavali... * sigh * I kinda like the kampung life.

And then last friday night went for the final homegroup for the year, it was a combined service at the Church. was quite fun. met more new people, made new friends. Now, my friday nights are gonna be back to boring nights without homegroup.

owh, and the groups have been drawn for the 2010 world cup! i cant wait!!!! im gonna stick my butt at home from June 11 to July 11 and sit in front of the tv.

Group A : South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay and France

Group B : Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea and Greece

Group C : England, USA, Algeria and Slovenia

Group D : Germany (love!), Aussie, Ghana and Serbia

Group E : Holland, Denmark, Japan and Cameroon

Group F : Italy, Paraguay, Slovakia and NZ

Group G : Brazil (love!), North Korea, Portugal and I.Coast.

Group H : Spain (love!), Switzerland, Chile and Honduras.

with the finals taking place in Johannesburg on the 11th of July! Now itself, me and my dad are just so excited. Hopefully Edexcel June exams finish by June 11th!

on a sadder note, Chelsea lost that day...damn heartbreaking. with Man U only 2 points away from us now...but im sure we shall rise again!!!

cheers..

Signing off,8:43 AM
Child of god

deviational

Thursday, December 3, 2009

That day my daddy brought back a camera that he borrowed. Me lovey so much, it couldnt stop taking pictures with it! Damn kao expensive. At least can play with it for a few days. Some of the pictures I took : all views from my balcony.

1st pic : The view on a bright day.

2nd pic : Just after it rained, when everything was still wet...

It was almost sunset when I took this picture. My fave picture.

Besides all of this, the week has been..okok on the productiveness of study scale. Still a long way to go. Brushing ups to do. Change of plan, strategy..hopefully it works out alright. Keeping myself positive!

Other than that, have also been planning for the short family gateaway. Since mummy and daddy are busy, the most of the researching part and planning has been left the youngest member of the family- me! I hope it turns out fine!

Cheers, thats all. very short post. Just to get over the confusion while studying humoral and cell mediated response.. brain feels so saturated..

Signing off,9:15 AM
Child of god