good ol' days...

*sigh* i miss the days where we use to hang out together back in SASS...it's been almost two years since i came to mc and those times are still clear in my mind. luckily i have some of them here in mc so that ada jugak orang yang saya boleh bercerita about zaman dulu-dulu...now, semua pun scattered, ada yang sudah berada di seberang laut, ada yang masih di sabah...miss all those hanging out times...going out to restoran istimewa to eat on saturday nights...having makan-makan...and semua yang sewaktu dengannya...ehehhe...good times...good times...

this one was taken in 2000...5 years ago!hehehehe...taken on the jambatan tamparuli... 

and another one...skarang lain baju...aawww...daron looks so young..hihihihi..jangan marah ye...meng kan dek dek...hihihihih... 

another one...omg, look at my eyes, sudalah sepet, tambah sepet, donno how it became like that....ahahhahaha.... 

yep..those were the good old days...L - R: me, Kim, Clarvie, Mae, Adsone, Lisa, Marsha, Avonnie and Daron...inilah kerja orang yang teda apa2 mo buat tiap sabat petang...hihihihih... 

Five gurls surviving in MC

i was browsing my pictures folder in my computer awhile ago and i decided to upload some pics of the five of us girls. we've known each other for almost two years now. we've done many crazy and fun things together. we get together. we eat together. we go out together. we laugh out loud together. we play phase ten together. we pokai together. those are some of the things we did together. wherever we go, we just can't keep ourselves from making jokes and from laughing out loud. we've been to places together. we've had arguments, but in the end it all turned out to be okay. age doesn't make us any different from each other. we get along just fine. they're my best friends here on campus. i feel blessed having them as my good friends here in mc. you gurls are the best!:)

the gurls!if i'm not mistaken, this pic was taken during the chinese new year celebration??not sure... 

our tired faces...taken at pha taem (northeastern part of thailand?) during the songkran break last year....laos was just on the other side and was separated by the mekong river...

good times...crazy times...this pic was taken in my room by my ex-suitemate, tomoko... 

taken with steven and jaffry...steven was back for holidays.. 

with dr. and mrs. kemp the last Sabbath they were here... 

yet another random rambling...

life here on the second week of the new semester stays the same. five days a week of classes which ends at 3.20 p.m. everyday except friday. friday is the best, with only one class that begins at 12 noon!boleh bangun lambat, because there's no morning worships in the dorms on fridays! well, finally we started the appreciation to fine arts class today, after a week of extra 'holiday'. mrs. tanya, our teacher, apologized for not being able to teach last week because she had to stay back for her grandmother's funeral. the appreciation of fine arts class is very interesting, i guess it's just me being me for liking this class because it's on music!yay!finally a class related to music! i just feel irritated by the other students who doesn't have the feel (if i can put it that way) for this class, making noise while the teacher is speaking, making fun of the music that are played, and stuffs like that. it's quite a big class with 112 students in it when the teacher only expected 20 - 30 students, so you can imagine how packed the amphitheater is! man, i wish there were only 20 students in that class, it would be so much easier, not only for the teacher but for us students too! but, oh well...we just have to get over with it and get used to it! you see, it's been quite a while since i sat in a big class like that!

i will be having american literature class in about 40 minutes and i haven't done the reading assignments yet, so i might just skim through the pages and go to class! that shows how pemalas and irresponsible of my duty as a student!hahahahah...gonna be a junior next semester and i'm still acting like a highschool student who waste time a lot and who doesn't take things seriously until the last minute!

it's the second day of school and i'm still feeling lazy to do any work...haven't started reading any of the books yet...every night, i hang out with the other girls and some new students...go out to eat...and then back to the room to either watch movie or talk or go to sleep...i know i should start studying but then, haih~!im already in the second semester of my sophomore year and yet, im still acting like a highschool student...doesn't take my studies seriously..okay..okay..i'll start..probably next week..ekekekekek....so far, the classes are good...except for the Advanced Composition class..mannn...i hope i can survive this semester taking that class under mr. A...it will be a tough semester but i hope i will be able to cope with every class...

yesterday, i just discovered that i have 5 AIMS students that wants to take violin lessons under me...i was supposed to teach only ONE student yesterday, when suddenly i found out from this student that her friends wanted to learn violin too!!i was like, 'whatt???all 5 of you?'(while pointing at each one of them) and they all said 'yes'!mann..they never told me so i was shock!i mean, an addition of 5 kids as my students to the 4 that i have now...i couldn't say 'no' to them because they brought their violins along with them....so, i didn't have any choice but to agree...but anyways, it's money...ehehehe....i charged my students 100 baht per hour so it's 400 baht per month for each student...i have 10 students and all 10 are paying 400 baht per month..you do the maths...:)im glad im earning my own money, i mean i have been teaching since i was 11 years old and have been earning since then but then im also boros when i go out...but with this pay, i will try not to spend unneccessarily and with this pay too i think i will ask my parents to just send 1000 baht per month as my allowance just to pay for the bike and to ringankan beban mereka by just sending the usual 2500 baht allowance to my brother...i will feel better that way, instead of frequently asking money from them every now and then...

im so glad that deanna and fiona are back from home!!eheheheh...now the gang's once again complete...going to the talat today with the girls..instead of the usual 5, there's an edition of 3 more girls going with us today...oh well..as other people says, 'the more the merrier!'...ehhehe..they're nice and funny anyways....

time for lunch...ciao!

getting younger or ...?

i was reading other people's blog and i came across with this one which caught my eye:

"They are getting younger by the day. I thought as people got older they were supposed to mature. Why is it that seem to get younger, act more like teenagers than adults... to act their age..."

i've omitted some of it already, because i think that woman was referring to her son, but the excerpt above caught my attention...my mind goes back to the posting i did about friends which is somewhere in my archives...oh well...

today was good...bought two new baby-t from the tuesday market...at last a couple of new shirts...im short of t-shirts...those who know me will recognize that i use the same ones over and over again...oh well...that's how it is with those who are poor like me...can only afford to buy 150 baht and lower of t-shirts...apa boleh buat lah labu...it's just that i don't feel good to spend the money that my parents sent for pocket money...i usually buy reload card with that money to call back home and things for them...other than that, i use it for food and toiletries...but i don't feel good using that money to buy something that is for me...i don't know why...i feel more comfortable using my own money that i earned from teaching my students to buy things such as t-shirts and all...i hope my students will pay on time every end of the month...eheheheh....

hmm...

i woke up quite early today, because i had to go to the toilet...may woke up at the same time too..today is their english proficiency exam and she was quite worried about it...me, tina and the others have already told her not to worry about it since she took MUET (Malaysian University English Test) already back in sabah but i guess one can't help it when it comes to times like this...i assured her again this morning before she left that everything will be okay, and i told her not to worry too much and just think positively...and she left with mark s and lemuel!

well...lemuel is finally here!ahahhaha...still can't believe it, because when i went back during the summer, he said he wasn't coming here..but 5 months later, he's here!glad to have more gang from tamparuli here...at least we have the same stories because we practically grew up together since we were little kids back in sass....eheheheh...had a good dinner last nite at pi noi's place...there were 11 of us, well 12 actually if rebecca is included!ahahhaha...it was good to be having dinner with people you already knew from small...this excludes birdie of course...ehehehe....imagine one of my teacher in primary school is now my college mate??!!eheheheh...i used to call him 'sir' but now i call him by his name!

well...new students have already arrived since last sunday...a lot, and i mean it, a LOT of cambodians are here...i pity the 2nd mens residence because the tv room was turned into a room where 10 guys are staying right now...the college should really start building new dorms because more students will be coming next semester...

im still waiting for daron to come to the library...while waiting, im just browsing other sites...it's already 11.32, i wonder if mae, lemuel and mark are done with their exam already....

R.I.P 2004

New Year's here!!and what did i do?well, it was the first day of the year 2005 and it was saturday..went to church quarter to 9 and practiced some pieces that was to be played during the divine service...i only went inside the church at 9.20...eheheheh...the carillo family did the special feature and mr. carillo taught the congregation some spanish words towards the end of the special feature: buenos dias - good morning? ( i forgot)...feliz sabado - happy sabbath, Dios le bendiga - God bless you and gracias - thank you...ehehehe...after that, went to the malay class for ss lessons, was already getting nervous..kept looking at my handphone to know the time...and then the time came...tried not to be nervous, and i managed to control my nervousness...played some pieces before the platform leaders enters...it was all about the tsunami thingy...had two congregational prayers..and two testimonies from dr. elizabeth role and acharn duangjai...it's really amazing to hear how the Lord works in mysterious ways for the role family, they were so close to being hit by the tsunami...thank God they're safe back here on campus... after church, did nothing but went back to the dorm and slept...well, i did go online before that, only slept at 3 p.m...and woke up at around 5 p.m....decided to have dinner outside so we walked all the way to 'New Zealand' to eat...daron, tina and mae had kana sai tohu while i ordered kai pat king and tom yam pla....the soup was perfect as it was really, really cold!kalah-kalah retreat center!...after that, went back to the dorm, bercerita with daron outside his dorm and then went back to the room!decided to watched movie, but didn't know what movie..settled in with an indonesian movie i curi from deanna's room (sorry dee, ehehehe...i kasi balik jugak nanti, k?bosan mo mati bah us!heheh) - 30 Hari Mencari Cinta.....slept at around 12 lebih...

the next morning, woke up at 8 and went to the cafe at about 8.35 to eat breakfast...went back to the dorm and watched 3 movies in a row in HBO at the tv room in the dorm...nice movies...only went back to the room at 4 p.m.!!ahahahha....could only do this during the holidays..eheheh...then we went to the cafe to eat...after that, we lepak outside our dorm...keeping a lookout on every public van that entered mission college for any signs of lemuel's kedatangan...but to daron's disappointment, i found out from my brother that they're only be coming back to mc tomorrow!!poor daron...:)

okies...i think the water heater's off...damn heater...haven't taken my shower yet and it's already 10 p.m....sh*t!

Happy, happy new year!!!

yay!in other countries, it's already the year 2005 but i still have about 43 minutes to go!well to those of you who are in malaysia, happy, happy new year to all of you!may the new year be a prosperous year for all of you!man, i can't believe the year 2004 has come to its close..i feel like it was just yesterday that i reached thailand a year ago but now, i'm already entering my 4 semester here!!omg, it's amazing how fast time flies...i just sent sms to my friends back in sabah!i tried calling my parents too but i guess they're already asleep..ehehehhe...might as well call them tomorrow moring then...:)it's good to be celebrating new year back home with friends and family, unlike those who are stuck here!but anyways, we had a small new year's eve celebration and i think the food was the best i tasted since i came to mc...we had mee sup ala ala tamparuli at kenny's house this evening..man!!it really, really tasted like back home, maybe it tasted better to me because i hadn't eaten mee sup for ages!!for a moment i felt like i was back home!it was super-duper-delicious!!yummy!my mouth still wanted to go for another round, but my stomach just couldn't take it anymore!damn stomach!!i hope we will be able to eat something like that again in the near future!:)planning to stay up until 12 midnight, then take my shower to buang sial...i know some of you may think that it's nonsense...but i have been doing it for a long time...two years ago, my aunt was staying over at my house...she brought a long some flowers:rose, bunga kertas, and other kinds of flowers, except bunga tahi ayam of course..ekekke...she told me to mandi air bunga at the stroke of midnight to buang sial and i did!hahahaha...my mom thought it was stupid..we laughed but both me and my aunt did it anyway...and if im not mistaken, my mom did it also!ahahahah...i've never mandi air bunga before, it was something new for me...that was my first and probably the last time to mandi air bunga...because i think it's stupid..ekekekke...wonder why i did it before, maybe just for the stupidity and fun of it!im planning to just have a plain shower before i go to bed later at the stroke of midnight!:)

well..well..well..tomorrow is the first day of the new year, and im playing for church..for the first time since i came to mc...ahahha...i will be playing the piano and daron will be playing the organ!we've been doing this when we were in PMC Tamparuli, and now we're a team again!yay!i hope everything goes well tomorrow because this is sort of a last minute thingy...auntie ritha just called me thursday night and i what's worse is that i haven't been practicing the piano for a long, long time...i guess i just have to bear the embarrassment of making a lot of mistakes tomorrow...a great embarrassment - a distinction 8th grader making a lot of mistakes while playing simple pieces for church!what a way of starting the new year, huh?but i think i felt better because pastor pangan prayed for us and what he said in his prayer really touched me...it helped me feel a little bit better...thanks to him...:)

do you make new year's resolutions? i make new year's resolutions but i usually don't stick to them...i've made my new year's resolutions, and i am hoping that this time, i will be able to stick to them...eheheheh...hmm...someone from abroad just misscalled me and i think it's ido!happy new year to you!received an sms from my favourite cousin in kl too!and yvonne who is still in indonesia!miss her craziness already!

23 minutes to midnight!might as well browse other sites first...

18 minutes....and still counting...

oh man..im getting sleepy now...13 minutes to go...

23:53...my lips are hurting!!

3 more damn minutes!

00:00!!yay!!!good bye 2004...2005, here i come!!!!i hear fire crackers outside already!!time to bathe now!!