Holiday Fun!

The mid-term break was great!

The first three days were spent in MC, catching up with assignments, projects and papers to finish.



On Thursday, we went to Dreamworld! That was my first time going there and I was really excited to play the games. It's been a long time since I visited a theme park, so yeah, I was really excited! I loved all the rides, except for the Viking, now that, I hated! It felt as if my intestines and all the insides of my stomach were going to spill out from my mouth! That was the first ride.

After that, we went for the bumper car ride. It was fun, but I didn't quite enjoy it because I was still dizzy from the Viking ride. After the bumper car ride, we went for the hanging coaster. It was great! There were times that I felt as if I was going to fall off, but, it was just a feeling of course. That was the thrill, and I loved it! I loved the speed especially!

Next ride was the Space Mountain. That was also a cool ride. It was dark inside, sort of a galaxy inside with stars and replicas of the planets.

Then after that we went to the Super Splash! Before going for the Super Splash ride, me, Deanna and Lem stood on the bridge. And when the splash came, it was really an awesome sight! The splash was big!!Of course we got wet..but, oh well, I really enjoyed it! The Grand Canyon was okay, not so challenging though.

After lunch, we went to Snow Town. The ticket was 150 Baht, and you can stay inside for as long as you want. I thought it would not be too cold so I only used one of the two sweaters I brought with me, plus the one provided at the entrance. I was mistaken. It was really cold inside that after about 10 to 15 minutes, I couldn't feel my fingers. One thing I enjoyed in Snow Town was going on the sled! Super fun! Then only thing I wished was that I didn't have to drag the plastic sled all the way up. When I went out of Snow Town, my fingers and toes melted. And boy, the feeling of it 'melting' was not a pleasant one. It was painful! What an experience!

The last ride (it was unplanned) was the Hurricane! Super-duper fun! It looked really scary when you're watching how it goes but when you're on it, it is really fun! Not scary at all! Much, much, much better than the Viking, that's for SURE!

Next time, when we go to Dreamworld (next semester!) again, I will know which rides to go and which ones not to go. One thing I'm sure is that Hurricane is a MUST!

For more pictures of Dreamworld, please visit my flickr.

Selamat Hari Raya!

Well... here I am again. After so long.

First of all, I would like to wish Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all Muslims around the world. I miss Hari Raya. I miss going to people's house during Hari Raya. I miss eating kuih raya. I miss HOME!

I just found out that one of my cousin has already given birth! Yays!!! Another anak buah in da house! :D

Anyway.

School's fine. Getting busier each week. Projects, presentations, assignments, etc.! Begini pulak kehidupan senior ya? Baru tau. Next year, akan tambah sibuk lagi. Final semester, touring (Semenanjung M'sia and S'pore!!), graduation, more projects...aduh! Tapi tidak apa, in about 6 months (May not counted) I'll be out of here for good! I'm not tired of schooling, I just need some rest before continuing. I'm tired of people here that are...hmmm...begitulah. I just want to get out of this place, and go back to my comfort zone. I hope the next school I attend, this kind of situation doesn't appear.

I think that is it for now. Not in the mood of updating these days. I don't know why. But probably it will come back after this week. Hopefully.

It's almost a month since I last posted anything in here. Well, it's just because there's another blog that I am supposed to post something everyday. One of my classes this semester is Creative Writing and instead of a daily journal, the teacher has created a blog in which each of the students in this class would be able to contribute their thoughts and the others will be able to comment on it.

Well...something new about me this semester - I am taking Chinese class! Hahahah! It's a 2-credits class that is offered for the first time in this college (I think). So, since I'm lacking of 1 point for my free elective course, I decided to take this class. When this semester ends, I have no worries on choosing what course to take for my free elective and hopefully next year, it will be smooth sailing all the way to May.

Hmm...I guess that's about it for now. I can't think of what to write anymore.

Have a good day!

MERDEKA! MERDEKA! MERDEKA!

Tanggal tiga puluh satu,

Bulan lapan, lima puluh tujuh...

Selamat Menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan to all Malaysians! :D

Alahai...patriotiknya aku. Hehe.

I just wanted to say:

I miss hanging out with these people!

Have a blessed Sabbath day!

A few pics to share.


Have you ever encountered a crazy chicken? Well, I have. This is my dad's rooster and that rooster is crazy (at least to me). Can you imagine being chased by a chicken? I was chased by this stupid rooster. I didn't do anything wrong, I was just walking pass it when suddenly it gave me a chase. I was afraid that it would peck me that I had to run and climb the small water tank behind the house. Since then, I refused to make friends with this rooster. We used to have a friendly rooster, but this one, not at all friendly.


My cousin, Sounnee MacRyan. They were having fun playing with my camera :D His 8 year old brother took this.


That's me and Tina having a photo with Sounnee's brother, Kubin Shane. He was so chubby when he was a small, and whenever he came to my house the computer was always his first destination. There was once when I was playing the piano and he poked me on the arm with his index finger and then pointed to the computer saying, "tomputer, tomputer". So cuteee! :D


The church where I grew up.


This was the cover of our graduation program, thanks to Kim and Daron. I was just remembering the great times I had in high school and I came across this. It was good to look through it once more.


This is Oscar's little doggie. Sooooooooo cutee, especially when it's seated like this! Heheheheh! So playful summore!


I miss this place. So many memories!

A bet is a bet.

Last Tuesday, I had a bet with my cousin Jay. He's like a brother to me, I have always been close to him since he was a baby. He was at my house because his mom had asked me to drill him on his scales and sight reading, their exam was the next day. So after 2 hours of scales, I finally decided that we should end the drilling session. Hehe. The season finale (a repeat from last year) of the Amazing Race was at 6 o'clock. It was 20 minutes to 6, so while waiting, we decided to bet who will win the AR. There were three couples: Rob and Amber (which both of us didn't like), Ron and Kelly (I was for them) and Uchenna and Joyce (Jay said they would win). The deal was like this: If Rob and Amber won, both of us would have to drink 6 cups of water (Jay was the one who suggested 6, I suggested 4 but he insisted on 6). If 'my' team won, he would drink 6 cups of water and if 'his' team wins, I would have to do the honour of drinking 6 cups.

I was confindent that Ron and Kelly would win the race based on their performance throughout the whole leg of the race, but I was also aware that a race is a race and anything could happen. To make the whole story short, Uchenna and Joyce won. So, I lost the bet and I had to drink 6 cups of water. My brother and mom (including Jay) really had a good time laughing at my 'loss'. Hehe. Jay was kind enough to reduce it to 4 cups which I was really grateful for! Haha!


That's Jay and me, taken last Sunday. He growing taller and taller everyday, it feels like it was just yesterday that I carried him in my arms. Now, he's taller than me and he's just 13. :D


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On another note, I really had fun at Daron's place last Wednesday. The food was great and the cake Shaun made was really delicious! Chervie and Fiona came all the way from KK too. So happy to meet them :D Daron's ex-classmates were there, and an ex-classmate of mine was there too. While the others were chatting among themselves, some of us played UNO and it was really fun! We laughed...and laughed.............and laughed all the time! I don't know what was the real reasons were, I think it must have been the way we played the game especially when Steve joined us. The last game of UNO lasted about 30 minutes (there were 8 of us), until some of us got disoriented as to what cards to put down! No one wanted to lose, +4s and +2s kept on going on. Finally, thanks to Fiona the game ended! It was 15 minutes past ten. Hehe! By the time the game ended my throat hurt, my cheeks hurt and also my stomach. But it sure was fun! Valentino was there too, and during our 'break' from playing UNO, he really did make me laugh so, so hard! He is one funny person that always makes people laugh. Glad to have him as my friend :D

Oh I forgot. We also had a bet when we played UNO. That was when there were only five of us playing. The losers must eat one banana each. I ended up eating 4 bananas. I really have no luck when it comes to betting. :D

Just a shout out to Mr. Daron Benjamin:

Happy, Happy Birthday!

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."

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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...