Just some pictures from last Saturday. I went to Dantai with Daron and his family last Sabbath and it was great having the chance to go there again after so long. We had a nice time, remembering the past when we were still high school students, going there for Pathfinder camps. Some of the ghost stories recalled, our adventures walking from Tenghilan to Dantai (hiking honor), recalling where ORION used to pitch tents, eating acar like the good old days - sweet, sweet memories! We walked along the beach while the AY had their honor classes eventhough it was a really hot day, we didn't care! Hehe. :D


I miss this place!


What a sad, sad sight. *Sigh. A sea turtle dead on shore. Its head no longer attached to it, probably brutally taken for its beak. That's the first time I've seen such sad scene there. I hope not to see anymore the next time I visit this beach.


Dasron, where are you going? ...Daron disappearing into the light. Hehe.

More pictures to come.

I wish we could do it one more time! I miss those days :(

Anyway, Happy Sabbath! :D

It's been four days since I got back. The first two days were spent doing nothing at home, and I finally went out on the third day. And today is the fourth day - I'm all ALONE at home, thinking of something to do. Watch TV? Nah, nothing's nice on TV at this time. Watch movie? I've watch all of the movies my brother got here and I don't have RENT. Damn. Clean the house? Sounds like a good idea, but I'm l.a.z.y.

By the way, both my mum and bro asked me to help them correct their students' work because I had so much free time. I'm having fun but it's also frustrating. I wonder whether I was like them when I was their age? Hmm. Sometimes their answers make me laugh too. Some of them like to add some extras - like including a Malay translation of the English words. Here's an example:

Selfish - penjual ikan ... oh my goodness!
Anger - sudut ... the word is "angle" students!

I'm going to be correcting my mum's students' essays later in the afternoon. I hope it's not as frustrating as checking the 13-year-olds' work.

Yesterday was a good day. Me, Daron and my cousin went jalan-jalan to our old school. First we went to STPS and met Steve. Haha, so weird to see him as a teacher there! I met up with the other teachers who were MY teachers back when I was in primary school. Then, we proceded to SASS, lepak at the library, ate at the canteen, and talked to the teachers. As usual, I got the "wah, tambah sihat oh kau kan!" from some of the teachers. Whatever! Dagnamit! Anyway, we had a small party at Shaun's house too! Fiona and Chervie came all the way from KK and it was good to see them! We had Shaun's famous chicken fried rice, bbqed chicken, potato salad, brownies and ice cream! mmmMMMM, yum yum!

I'm getting hungry now. Lemme go to the kitchen and find something to eat.


Have a good day! :D

I'm home! I'm back where I belong! Hehe. Despite the 2 hour delay, we managed to 'do' something to kill time. Yes. 8 hours. We left the campus at 6.19 a.m. and reached Don Muang International Airport at around 8. Our flight was supposed to be at 1435, but it was delayed until 1610. So, yes, imagine, we had to wait for 8 hours! It was worse than when we have to wait for 7 hours in Brunei two years ago. What we did? Hmm. Watched "Just Friends" (without sound, I mean there was, but it was tooooo soft) and played "lap lap pu" (card game that I finally understood how to play).

Well, I'm home and that's all that matters. It's 2 p.m. and all I did the whole morning was ehm, laze around, feed the dog, watch "Life Without Limbs", watch Worlds Apart (love it!) and ehm, online.

And now, my brother wants to watch Pirates of the Caribbean, so I'll resort to watching whatever's available on TV. Hehe.

So happy to be home and I hope time will pass slowwwwly!

Have a good day folks!

One down, one to go

Yes. One down, one to go. The hard one down, the not-so-hard one is tomorrow. The exam for English Usage this morning was challenging. At 8.30 a.m., the auditorium was full of students. Then slowly, one by one went out. Then an hour before 11.30 a.m., the only students left were on Row B. I left the auditorium at 11.10 a.m. One of the longest time I've taken to complete an exam paper. Oh well, it's done. No more English Usage after this. Phew!

Semantics is tomorrow. At least we were given specific topics to study, so I think it's gonna be okay. I wouldn't want to be over confident though.

For now, I son't want worry about Semantics. I need some sleep. Now.

A couple of funnies

Little Tommy was a smart little boy. Little Tommy was sitting in class doing math problems when his teacher picked him to answer a question "Tommy, if there were five birds sitting on a fence and you shot one with your gun how many would be left?" "None.", replied Tommy, " ’cos the rest would fly away." "Well, the answer is four," said the teacher. "But I like the way you are thinking." Little Tommy then said, "I have a question for you now. If there were three women eating ice cream cones in a shop, one licking her cone, the
second biting her cone, and the third one sucking her cone, which one is married?" "Well," said the teacher nervously, "I guess the one sucking the cone?" "No," said Little Tommy, "the one with the wedding ring on her finger. But I like the way you are thinking."

_______


Three men who were lost in the forest were captured by cannibals. The cannibal king told the
prisoners that they could live if they pass a trial. The first step of the trial was to go to the forest and get ten pieces of the same kind of fruit. So all three men went separate ways to gather fruits. The first one came back and said to the king, "I brought ten apples." The king then explained the trial to him. "You have to shove the fruits up your arse without any _expression on your face or you'll be eaten." The first apple went in... but on the second one he winced out in pain, so he was killed. The second one arrived and showed the king ten berries. When the king explained the trial to him he thought to himself that this should be easy. 1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8... and on the ninth berry he burst out in laughter and was killed. The first guy and the second guy met in heaven. The first one asked, "Why did you laugh, you almost got away with it?" The second one replied, "I couldn't help it, I saw the third guy coming with pineapples."

Randomness

Five jobs I've had
Piano Teacher
Violin Teacher
Reader for one of my lecturers in MC (really fun!)
Tukang masak at home (hihihih....)
Tukang sapu, tukang lap cermin (porreallss!)

Five movies I can watch over and over again
RENT (yays!)
A Walk to Remember
RENT
Just Like Heaven
RENT (yays, i can watch RENT over and over again!)

Five places I've lived
Tamparuli
Singapore
Philippines
Thailand
ehm, I think that's about it..so far Lah.

Five schools I've attended
Sabah Training Primary School
A Chinese kindergarten school in Singapore (I forgot the name)
PUC (now AUP) Elementary School, Philippines
Sabah Training Primary School
Mission College

Five shows I love
Judging Amy
Fear Factor (oooohh, love to watch them gulp down the yucky 'food'!)
Friends
America's Next Top Model
Amazing Race
World's Apart
oopsss, it's more than five. But I just love Reality shows! :D

Five of my favourite dishes
My Mum's cooking (definitely!)
Mee Sup Tamparuli (dze best!)
Thai dish "Kha Pao Ghai" (Chicken with basil leaves)
Pisang goreng
Ayam tuhau (mmmm..yum yum!)

Five sites I visit everyday
Bloint (it's a must! :D)
Berita Harian
Friendster
mp3shits.com
Utusan Malaysia

Five places I'd rather be right now
HOME~~!!!!
Uhm, well, visiting my favourite cousin in America
England - hanging out with my niece and nephews there
Australia
HOME~~!!!! (3 more days!)

Final exams begin tomorrow and will end on Friday. Luckily I don't have 2 exams on one day, that would have been hell for me. English Usage will be tomorrow - I haven't studied yet. Our teacher said that the final exam tomorrow is supposed to be fun. Uhm, fun? FUN?!?! I'll try. Semantics will be on Friday and I have a good feeling that I will pass that one. Somehow, I found Semantics to be easier than English Usage. :D

Well, wish me luck. And good luck to those who will be sitting for their exams tomorrow and Friday!

I changed it to five Shiz :D

World Cup finally over!

ITALY won the World Cup!

Yays!! I was never a fan of Italy before but now I guess I am. I used to cheer for England only but after this year's World Cup, I think I'm gonna go for England (yes, still for good 'ol England), Germany and Italy.

The match between Italy and France was good, although I admit it that after Zidane scored in the 7th minute I had a little doubt that Italy could break the 0. But they did, and boy was that a thriller for Paps, JJ and me! Leaps, shouts of "yesssss!" and high-fives were exchanged between the three of us while Vivian and Lorena (cheering for France) were glued to the sofa. Hehe. 90 minutes gone and the score was 1-1. Extra time - still 1-1. I was starting to feel nervous inside because first, I hate it whenever the winner of a game is decided through penalty shoots and second, I know that Fabien Barthez is a good goalkeeper. By this time, Pappu was standing up, so was JJ. Then all of us stood up, unable to plant our asses on the couch no longer. When David Trezeguet missed his shot, we couldn't help it but to shout 'yesss!' And then when Barthez failed to save Fabio Grosso's shot, shouts of 'yessss!' that I believed were twice as loud as the previous ones could be heard in the quiet and stillness of the early morning. Haha, I think we woke half of the neighbourhood this morning! Hopefully, nobody complains. Hehe.

After the match, we were too excited to go to sleep right away. But then eventually one by one fell asleep, except me. I had decided to go back to the dorm at 6 a.m. so I stayed awake. I thought that I would be able to sleep at 6.30 a.m. but the door was not yet opened at 6 so I walked and talked with God on the tracks, enjoying the fresh morning breeze and the smell of the plants wet with dew. It was fun, and I finally got to sleep at 7.30 a.m.

I woke up at 12 noon and went online to find some information for my presentation. I haven't eaten anything yet and it's already 6 p.m. Well, at least I get to accomplish something today.

Lazy, lazy, lazy....

I haven't updated my blog for almost a month! Lazy, lazy, lazy. Lagipun, there's nothing interesting about my life nowadays. I'm just counting the days to go back to Sabah - 13 more days!! Yays! This time, my time back in Sabah will be more syok! My cousin who married an American pastor will be going back home to Sabah, and the nice thing is they have a kid!! Caleb's the name and I've been communicating with her for almost two months even though I have never been close to her before. Thanks to the internet for reconnecting me to her! I just received an email from her, and she updated me on Caleb. He took his first steps last Saturday! He'll be turning 1 in 19 days! Hehe! Can't wait to meet them!

I'm watching Animal Planet (finally!) right now. Too lazy to go to the library to study.

Anyway, I'm lazy to type already.

Good day!

Morpheme and morph....

Hmm. Hari ini cuti. Cuti apa? Hari ini seluruh Thailand akan meraihkan the 60th year of the King's accession to the takhta (iya, iya...my Malay vocabulary is limited). Sungguh boring lah! It's gonna be a lonnggggg weekend. I miss English Usage class! Hahahah, lol!

Last Wednesday, I was the moderator. I was supposed to cover Chapter 3 - "Close Encounters of the Morphemic Kind". Yes. While reading that chapter, I myself got lost in it. Confused. The terms are just so confusing for my poor head. I mean, it's not that hard to understand actually, but then when a lot of terms are used in the book, it gets confusing especially when the book gives different terms but in one way or the other, they actually have the same meaning and functions! Aaarrrgghhh! The challenge of being an English major. Hehehehe.

While preparing the questions for discussion, I was worried that I would not be able to get the class to participate in the discussion. I always have that fear. But, surprisingly the discussion was lively. It was really a good discussion. Everyone was saying something, especially when we got stuck in trying to explain and understand the meaning of "morpheme" and "morph". We had to end the class because it was already time. After class ended, some of us were not yet satisfied before we really understand those two terms. So the discussion continued at the cafeteria. Yes, while eating lunch. We sort of got to the point when we finally understood but not quite there yet. So, after lunch (it was already 2 o'clock, class ended at 12.40) we decided to ask one of the teachers who teaches language. While trying to explain, something struck us. So after that, we went in to our teacher's office and tried to explain to her what we understood. Once again we had a lenghty discussion with her. We were trying to create a simple but understandable explanation for the class. Laughter, frustration, pulling-of-the-hair feeling - all those were present. We finally left the office at ehm, I think it was a little after 3 o'clock. Yays. 3 o'clock. I think that's the longest discussion that I've participated so far.

Now, I sort of understand what "morpheme" and "morph" means. Sort of. I just realize - I love being an ENGLISH MAJOR!!!! LOL!

Gonna go eat breakfast now.

Have a good weekend everyone!

Happy Harvest Festival Day!

Just a shoutout to all the Kadazandusuns out there:

Kotobian Tadau Tagayo do Kaamatan!
Kopivosian Tadau Tagazo do Kaamatan!

and to all Ibans (for tomorrow):

Selamat Hari Gawai!

Song service was good, although there was a bit of confusion on stage, but it was good. It seemed like the song leaders (and the teachers) were the only ones that were singing because probably the songs are new to them. We're gonna do it again for friday night vespers and for Sabbath School. Yays, let them be bored of seeing us on stage 3 days in a row. Hihihihihih :D

Nothing else to update on. School starts on Monday, and I need to go down to Saraburi to buy new uniforms!heheheheheh...

I'm BORED!


That is all.

DONE!

I'm DONE with JOURNALISTIC WRITING, CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION, SACRED LITERATURE, SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE!!!CHOIR? I'll never be done with choir, at least when I'm still studying here. Hehe.

No more waking up at 7 a.m. every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. No more going to 6 classes with only 1 hour break in between. I will miss Journalistic Writing class though. I just love everything about that class - the teacher, the assignments, the students, the discussions, the journals, the class itself, everything! I think it's the most easy-going class this semester and after this, I doubt that there will ever be such a class anymore because I am a SENIOR!! And my subjects for the next 3 semester including summer classes, will be everything but easy.

Gone were the days when I could still procrastinate. Gone were the days when I could still sit and relax almost everyday. Gone were the days of being a Freshman, Sophomore and Junior. It's been three years. Three not-so-long years. I can't believe that I actually survived until my fourth year here. Hehe. It's been fun with friends and all the activities done. I've been involved in a lot of activities, I had the opportunity to perform on stage more than I had back home, and I have learned a lot since coming to MC. Though I complain, and complain, and complain about this school, I really think that I would actually miss life here at MC when I graduate. Seriously.

Friends. I have made a lot of friends here and it's such a good feeling to be around these kind of friends. Some already left, and some will be leaving. I hate it, I hate goodbyes. But that's life, right? Life. LIFE. L.I.F.E! Anyway, I'm gonna be here for another year, so I might as well enjoy my stay and have fun with my friends!

Hmm. How did I go that far? Macam saya pula yang mo graduate..hehehe Neway, my brother, Feldinand and Heary is here! Yays! Seeing them here feels like they've never left the campus. So happy!

Graduation weekend is just around the corner. Busy. Busy. Busy people around campus making preparations to welcome the Princess on campus. Once again the Princess will make an appearance on campus after 2 years.

I guess I will be hanging out with my bro for the next two weeks. Hopefully. Hehe. Now, I'm just gonna find something to do. Like...ehm, I don't know. Whatever lah.

the way kids see it

In church yesterday...

Dr. Ted: When you're rich, and have more money, you become richer. When you're richer and have more money, what will you become?

Kid: A scientist.

Cute :D

That made me laugh. I was sitting alone, at the right-hand side of the church. Just felt like sitting alone - disappointed at what was going on, pondering on what life is all about - what friendship is all about, struggling with different feelings and emotions inside, struggling with myself.

Sometimes life can be difficult to understand. I just wish I could understand everything - my life, myself, my friends,etc. Sometimes I think that by understanding everything that happens around me would make life easier to go through. Not always though.

Hmm. Thinking of all sorts of things now - good and bad - a mixture of everything. I have one more exam. I need to study. Now.

Exams, exams, EXAMS!!

Yays, the final exams are here again! Yesterday I had one exam - Cross Cultural Communication. I used up all 5 papers back to back writing bs (well, not all of them were bs, but most of them were I think). The questions were challenging but not as challenging as Sociolinguistics. I am SO glad that I'm over with Sociolinguistics! That is one subject that I struggled the most throughout this semester. And now, I'm free! Journalistic Writing was okay. I forgot what the definitions were for some of the terms, but I think I pulled through and I think I will pass JW at least with a B+. That will do.

Tomorrow afternoon is Sacred Literature. I hope I'll pass that one too. I've been doing well throughout the semester, and I'm quite satisfied with where I stand as of today. Tomorrow, it can change if I don't do well.

My last exam will be Survey of British Literature, another class that I can't wait to get over with. It's not that I don't enjoy the class, but I guess it's just the crushed hope I had last semester - hoping that the second part of the class will be enjoyable. It was a little enjoyable this semester - watching movies and all but still, I am not satisfied.

Anyway. I will survive all the exams. Yays!

Thank you!

Thank you to all of you who wished me a Happy Birthday, gave me hugs, sent me smses and gave me pwesents! I appreciate all of them :D

Thank you Chervie.


Thank you Shimona.


Thank you Nok.


Thank you Felly.


Thank you Fiona and Pappu.


Thank you rakan-rakanku.


THANK YOU ALL!


Walaupun tahun ini low cost saja belanja hari jadi, tapi terima kasih kerana telah membuat hari Isnin yang lalu satu daripada hari yang amat menyeronokan!

Leaving my teen years...

In less than two hours, I'll leave my teen years and enter the twenties. Can my age be twen-teen? Hehe. The 'teen' will no longer be there when I tell people my age. Goodbye 'teen'!
I'm happy to be alive for 20 years now. I'm still half-way in accomplishing what I dreamt of when I was a kid. I still have a long way to go (I hope) before I'll be able to accomplish what I really want, what I dreamt of, and what I've set as my goal when I was growing up. I know I can do it, because it's what I've always wanted and I would work towards accomplishing it and because I have all the support I have from my parents, aunties and uncles, cousins and friends. Probably in 5 years I would see myself and my goal accomplished. I hope.

I'm content with my life. I'm quite content with my I've got. I'm almost content with what I've accomplished. God has blessed me throughout the 20 years of my life and I thank Him for that. I can't help but thinking about my dear cousin who passed away at a young age - 22 years. She was happy with her life, even though she knew that she wouldn't be able to live long. She was strong. She had faith. She had a close relationship with her friends, her family and God. She lived her life to the fullest. She lived to see her 22nd birthday when doctors only gave her 17 years. She's everyone's inspiration. She's my inspiration.

Life is short. Trust in God, keep your faith and live your life to the fullest!

Happy Birthday Me! :D

We're Back!

The trip was great! We had great fun wherever we went, although sometimes things just aren't going the way we expected, but nevertheless, we lived that day and went through it no matter what. Singing (and playing) morning and evening daily was tiring, no doubt about that, but it felt good just to be together with the group singing songs and having fun! We battled mosquitoes in most churches, especially in Sabah I guess, right Shizmona? Hehe. New nicknames invented, new friends made and relationships strenghtened because of this trip. I wish the 10 days didn't end so soon. When I was in the airport, waiting to board the plane back to Thailand, I felt like it was just yesterday that we arrived in Kuching Airport. The days passed by quickly, belum puas enjoying myself back home.

Well, here are some of the pictures taken during the trip. There are a lot of pictures, can't post them all.


This was where we stayed in Kuching.


Had the chance to meet ex-schoolmates in Kuching.


Shizmona, Me and Losvina :D


With Joemmaicca in Miri.


Pussshhhhh~!


Kuching Airport a.k.a. KLIA junior.


We also performed at the Sarawak Tourism Center.


Last meal in Kuching.


Our performance in SASS good ol' dewan.


Me, Villary and ehm, I forgot her name. Hehehe.


Lynsdelle and Ken at Pantai Dalit.


UNO - official constant companion of the group. Anywhere, Anytime.


Crocodile Farm in Tuaran. (I never knew it existed before!)


We all had matching umbrellas!


Juji started it first. Hehe.


Aiichi and Bobby the python. :D


My first-hand experience touching a live snake. Not so bad, actually. If I stayed there longer, I would have bonded with that snake. I miss Bobby! hehehehe.

Have to go to class now. Will post more later. :D

Malaysia, Tanah Airku!

In about 6 1/2 hours, we're gonna leave MC campus. And 4 hours after that, we'll be flying up in the air, on our way to Sarawak. Excited, because I'm going HOME!!! Muahahahaha!

Can't write long, gotta help with sticking labels on our CDs.

Will be updating once I reach HOME, which will be next week. Hehe.

Balik kampung, oh oh oh, balik kampung, hatiku sangat girang!