He's back!!!

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My lil' bro is back to "kacau" me for one whole month!!! Didn't even let me sleep peacefully this morning..... My precious precious sleep.... :/

Oh dear Lord, please please pleeeeeeeeeease grant me patience...

Blekk!!! :P

Home Sweet Home!

Am back home at last!!! Had a great time at Trader's Hotel with my frens. We were having a performance there. Quite nervous as it was an international level thingy. But all went well and Cikgu was quite pleased with us. :) Had a fun time in that 5 star hotel.

Came home...unpacked...and repacked for PCC church camp in Genting Highlands. Was fun too...except that I brought back some scars on my right arm. Memory of camp 2006 I guess. ;P Hope they'll go away tho...

And now I'm finally home for good. At least til the 3rd week of January. :) Been into knitting lately. Finished the front piece of my blouse already. Looking forward to meeting up with my classmates too! Haven't seen them for half a year. Nothing much to tell here. No funny stories. Been lazing around...sleeping til 9 or 10am everyday...pure luxury!!! Paying back my "hutang" for all the lack of sleep in uni I guess. Hehe.

A boring nite in UTP

There was this one night back in UTP....it was this Monday. We had a break since Cikgu had gone back home to Johor and the instruments had to be packed and transported to KL. And so we were free to do whatever we wanted the whole day. Elvina was busy packing. She had boxes and boxes of belongings!!! Dunno how she managed to bring so much all da way from Sarawak. Well...we packed, sealed boxes, giggled, ate keropok (she was on a diet...kononnya...but we ended up eating so much stuff) .

That night, we were so so bored that we decided to take a walk to Jarum Emas...outside our campus. It took us 30 minutes to get there. We talked and laughed all the way. Beats me how we gals can have so many things to talk about. After having our Maggie goreng and murtabak, we walked back stopping at the ATM machine for Elvina to get some money and at Kopetro to do some shopping. ;P

Was a great nite except for an unfortunate event. (deleted that part) ;P

Random News from UTP

Greetings from gud ol' UTP!!! Ya...i'm back in UTP for a week. Practising for a performance on the 6th of Dec in KLCC. Was told it would be a grand event as it is an international level thingy. Having a break this morning as the final year students all have interiews to atend. So we juniors have a break!!!

Staying here made me realise how very very boring UTP life can be without my friends and my laptop. Kinda regret not bringing my laptop with me. Using Elvina's right now. Ya...it's quite quiet here without the gay laughter of good friends and the happy chatters. Really prefer the "pasar malam" environment to the one I'm having right now..."peace and quiet". ;p

Anyway...gonna bore you with all I've done since I've arrived here on wednesday afternoon. Went to Ipoh on the night itself. Jack needed to pass something to his aunt. But didn't get to do it after all...dat's why he and elvina have gone to Ipoh again today. We stopped by at Menglembu to have Bak Kut Teh. Btw, the honey chicken in Menglembu is really yummy!!! yeah...if you've never tried it before...you shud!!!

Went to JJ in Ipoh to catch a movie. Wanted to watch Happy Feet with Soon Yen n Debbie...but only the front seats were vacant. And so...we all ended up watching a Chinese movie...the title was "Behind the Wits" if I'm not mistaken. It was all about the war...cud quite understand the mandarin though... But the subtitles did help a lot. Slept halfway thru the movie. And the next thing I knew, Debbie...or was it Soon Yen? Well, someone woke me up. The movie was over! Everyone was already leaving the hall. What a waste!!! And I slept thru all the shootings and bombings. Guess if there was a real war, I would sleep thru it as well. ;P Oh ya...forgot to mention that Jack and Soon Yen played snooker like real experts! They played like those people you see in movies. Me and Elvina got bored watching them after a while and went window shopping instead to pass the time before the movie started.

And another hot news...a sad one...a senior in UTP passed away on Wednesday morning. Kinda like a shock to us UTPians. It was an Indian guy, Shankar. Eventhough I don't know him, but I do feel sorry for his family. He's a final year student. Just graduated...I guess. Died of Leukimia. And the worst thing is he just found out he had the disease like this mid sem break? That was just 8 weeks ago!!! Didn't even have enough time to say goodbye to everyone I guess. Kinda sad...kelian~ Shows that you never know the time for you to go....huh?

Okay...enough of the sad news. Practice started yesterday afternoon. Actually was supposed to start yesterday morning. But for some reason unknown to us, it was cancelled. And we weren't inform!!! Elvina, Ena and myself had already started walking to block B when Tracy sent an sms saying practice was cancelled. Thank God we were only halfway!!! Ended up having a morning walk instead. Watched a series, "One Tree Hill" on Elvina's laptop. Went jogging after practice with Yin Yin, Joey, Elvina, Jack and Tuck Fai. Was great fun.

There..that's all the update for now. The last thing I did was to practise my violin. Fished out my old music scores and enjoyed myself playing my favourite pieces of Vanessa Mae...Contradanza and Storm. And now my fingertips hurt!!! Shows how long it has been since I last practised.

Okay...that's all for now. And here's Diane Teng signing off. Tata.....

Last minutes in UTP

Here I am blogging in UTP for the last time this semester. Just saw Koonie off to Ipoh. Miss her already... A lot..... Will be away from each other for 2 whole months! :( But at the same time, I'm really looking forward to going back home. Wish she would move to Penang. Then we wouldn't need to separate every semester break. Yay! ;P But anyway, just like in The Wizard of Oz..."There's no place like home!" :) Staying with my parents, watching TV at night, getting all the sleep I want, eating Penang food, meeting up with old friends.....

Really happy that exam's all over. But dreading the fact that I'm getting older...so fast... I'll be in my 2nd year 2nd semester next year. And soon will be going for my industrial training. Anyway...it's "MERDEKA!!!!!" for now. Am super tired after so many nights of burning the midnight oil. But at least I won't regret not putting in enough effort. Will enjoy my holidays to the fullest.

I'm going back!!!!!

Bug Bug

Last night a firefly came to pay me and Koonie a visit at our room. Debbie was here too. Dint know there were fireflies in UTP though. Was quite a fun time. I guess someone told it I was so super bored analysing circuit after circuit. :P And it came in to cheer up all da bored "siao po's" in our house.

Caught it in a small container to get a closer look at it. Kinda cute... Even though at first it looked like a small cockcroach. Brought it for a small tour around our house. Introduced it to Tsae Yng... Wanted to introduce it to Elvina...but she was sleeping... :( And when she woke up, poor "Bug Bug" wouldn't light up anymore. (Btw, that was the name Peck Koon gave it. Guess that name will stick to it.) ;P Maybe it's energy bar had finished. (Proof of too much computer games...hahaha) Well...at last I let it free again. Free to fly...

Funny~

Today I attended the Dean's List Award for the EE department. It was kinda fun. It was held in Pocket D1. So i thought it would be just a "chapelang" event since it was just held in a lecture theater and not in the hall. :P But surprisingly, the lecturers put in quite an effort to make the event an eventful one for us students. The mc, an Indian fellow...whose name I've forgotten...put some humour into the day. Dr Noh Karsiti gave a very short and sweet speech. And when we went up to receive our certs one by one, they even had some background music! The music was recorded from the music we played during convocation. It gave me that type of environment....felt quite grand.

It ended early...around 11am. Every1 adjourned downstairs for lunch. After taking some photos, we were informed that lunch would only arrive at 12 noon. we had breakfast/lunch in In2eat cafe...being lazy to wait for the food.

After a long session of chit-chatting (gossipping), we saw that the food had arrived!! We couldn't resist having a peep at what was provided. It was so tempting. We were "halau-ed" twice from the room by our lecturers. But spotting a container of karipaps and hoping there were some cakes kept us waiting to be allowed in. :P

Finally we sneaked in behind Dr Yap's back and got to our long awaited cookies at last. We helped ourselves to the honey chicken and Raya cookies. Was great fun! Getting plates and plates of cookies and chicken! :P

Yummy!!!

Frustrated

Sometimes I just wish I wasn't that fast of a learner. People tend to put higher expectations on you. They depend on you on their homework, assignments, whatever... Arghhhhhhhhhhh...
I don't really mind about that...I'm being a help to them...I know... But...sometimes I just don't know how to do it. I am a human too, you know??? I'm not a super genius. I have to work hard to understand...spend hours interpreting the pages after pages of never ending words with no colour let alone pictures... :(

And when I don't know, they just throw these words at me, "If you don't know, how can we know?" Come on...we're all students, aren't we??? We attend the same lectures, do the same assignments... And this is your response??? I just go crazy...inside I mean...i'm good at hiding my feelings from others...sometimes. ;) It's so unfair!!!

Okay...there...I'm done with lepas-ing geram. Still chatting with Jesse and Chia Ming though. :P

Mission Accomplished!!

It's been a week full of ups and downs.... Kinda tiring. Been sleeping late and waking up early everyday. Had to rush to the lab to be able to "jom" a place in the lab and get a board all to myself. The boards are limitted here in UTP as one costs RM6000. Without the boards, we wouldn't be able to test our program and circuit. Thus, it has been a week full of "kiasuness"...in trying to be the first to the lab. And it's tough when you practically have to drag yourself out of bed every morning.

But one thing I can't understand...why does everyone have to be so so so "kiasu"??? Can't we just help each other? Teach each other? Just to help our friends understand...not to let them copy. Anyway, all of us are going to graduate together. What's wrong with giving a helping hand??? Why must we be so selfish about our knowledge? Is it wrong to share?? Wouldn't it be better if it was so?

Gone thru a lot this past week. There were times when I was doubtful if I'd chosen the correct career for my life...an Electrical and Electronic Engineer. Maybe I was meant for something else??? I even wished I was like those smart people...they had just come into the lab that day and their program was already working!!! My group had been in the lab working on our project for days!!! And it couldn't even display a digit!!! And yet...sometimes I just wish I wasn't so smart. At times it's difficult...especially when others put a higher expectation on you....they expect you to be able to answer whatever questions they have. It's tough.....

But suddenly, on Thursday...we finally found our mistake. And, our watch could finally count!!! Praise God!!! :) We were all so so so happy!!! Suet Yeng shouted out loud, "Can count liao!!!" And then her face turned scarlet. :P By Friday, everything was ready.

We did our demonstration on our project today. All went fine. The stop watch worked perfectly! And...it had additional features as well!!! The evaluater had loads of questions for us. But I think all went fine. :)

Secret Revealed

The secret plans were very successful I shud say. Was in quite a tough situation on how to go about it...the plans at first seemed a bit difficult...for me...that is... :) And during the last 20 mins or so, Yin Yin told me that Melvin's car had broken down!!! And we were frantically searching tor cars but to no avail. To cut the whole story short...Erica came to the rescue as she called David up and he was so ready to lend his car. ;P And in the end of the day Roomate didn't seem very keen on going to Ipoh anymore. (It seemed so silly to have worried about "kidnapping" her after all)

The "kidnapping" act went out alright. She was blindfolded and her hands were bound. Kinda like a captive. Kelian~ And to think that she was left in that way for around an hour!!! Super kelian~ ;P But the trip there was kinda funny...in the car. ;)

We had an 8 course dinner!!! Choy tam, mixed vege, mantis prawn, pork, fish, tofu, ommelette, and soup. Kinda like a wedding dinner. With the speeches and stuff.

Today is Roommate's birthday. So...

Happy Birthday Roommate!!!

:)

Mixed Feelings

Sometimes it's so so so difficult to keep a secret from those closest to you. You feel as if you're about to burst. And yet...you just can't let yourself do so... You just can't...at least til a certain time...then you can. But the few hours you've got to keep it in.....it's simply......oh...it's complicated.

Hmmm....just wanted to let it go... Feeling kinda "pek chek" here. Can't tel ya why... But feeling like shaking someone real hard!!!!! Aghhhhhhh............

Isit right to lie to someone??? But it'll turn out right in the end. But how do I go about it??? I'm simply confused....

If We Hold On Together...

I just came across a song from the movie Land Before Time. (It's a cartoon) It brings back memories of old... Tells about holding on no matter what....and doing it together. Reminds me that I wouldn't be here today if not for the many people who've helped me all along my life journey. My parents, friends, loved ones... :)

Here is the lyrics of the song...

If We Hold On Together

Don't lose your way
With each passing day
You've come so far
Don't throw it away
Live believing
Dreams are for weaving
Wonders are waiting to start
Live your story
Faith, hope & glory
Hold to the truth in your heart

If we hold on together
I know our dreams will never die
Dreams see us through to forever
Where clouds roll by
For you and I

Souls in the wind
Must learn how to bend
Seek out a star
Hold on to the end
Valley, mountain
There is a fountain
Washes our tears all away
Words are swaying
Someone is praying
Please let us come home to stay

If we hold on together
I know our dreams will never die
Dreams see us through to forever
Where clouds roll by
For you and I

When we are out there in the dark
We'll dream about the sun
In the dark we'll feel the light
Warm our hearts, everyone

If we hold on together
I know our dreams will never die
Dreams see us through to forever
As high as souls can fly
The clouds roll by
For you and I

Thinking back...

It's surprising how time has flown. It seems as if it was just yesterday I when I was a lil gal. When I cud play all day long... The days when I would sit in the school bus to kindergarten...feeling so excited when it was my birthday and my birthday cake was in front with "Ah Chik" the bus driver. Having milo or orange juice with biscuits during tea time in kindergarten...the teacher telling stories with hand puppets as a treat if we kids were good... Waiting for mum to return from work in the evenings...daddy taking us for rides just to see the lights at night...Listenning to mummy telling bedtime stories...

And after that...there were the times in primary school...playing "a-chi-lok-duduk", "ice-water", "kalitoi", "a-e-i-o-u..bangkali love u"... And can't forget those accidents I had knocking into a swinging window til my head bled...falling down the stairs standing and holding a mop too! Those times me and my bro flooded our bedroom trying to create a swimming pool..totally forgetting about our mattress on the floor. (Luckily our Grandma stopped us in time). We poured pail after pail of water into the room... And the times we played "ice-skating" on the garage floor after spraying water on it. We hung upside-down on the swing...let in stray dogs into the garden to play... What a time we gave our Grandma!!!

Then came secondary school...the more serious times...or should I say crazy moments? My first birthday party... Marching in the hot sun...cooking competitions in Girl Guides meetings... My class being named in the noisiest class in the entire school...and it was right in front of the office too! The dismay of getting only 5 A's for my PMR and the determination of studying harder for SPM... Carrying the responsibility of being class monitor...treasurer...team leader...club treasurer...and then senior...

There was the trip to England and the tour in Europe... The first time I sat in an aeroplane... Having meals in the air... Visiting castles after castles til I was tired of them...

And it seemed so fast...I had to leave school...no more school uniforms...no more "Selamat Pagi Cikgu"...no more school bells...no more rush hour during recess time... Oh how I miss those days... I worked in a kindergarten while waiting for my results. My...what a fun time I had with those kids. It's nice knowing you are needed...when a kid hangs on to her "jie jie"...and cries when I'm not around. But there were times when I felt like smacking them too! We had countless class reunions... We missed each other so... And there was the time of applying for uni...And I only wanted to stay in Penang! Had a hard time realising I had to leave home. There was the time I simply refused to further my studies in Singapore... Going to Saints to experience Form 6 for a month. It was a culture shock being only one of two girls in a class of 20 boys. And being elected treasurer too! Came from a girl's school...hardly spoken to any guy my whole life except for my dad and bro...and had to collect $$ from a whole class of boys!!! My biggest nightmare!!! But wasn't so bad after all. Had a great time there. Was treated very well there. :)

And now I'm in UTP. Been having a great time here. The crazy things we do... Here's some of da pics...

And then there are the numerous camps and outings our church group has had... We had camps in Tapah...Camerons...Langkawi... Outings to Planet Shakers...Teluk Batik...Bercham...Nasi Lemak...

And the many outings I've had with my batchmates...

And now...to think that I'm in my third year here!!! graduating in two years time... Arghhhhhhh..... Why do I have to grow up so so so soon??? Can't imagine myself working...walking around in high heels...in formal clothes... Ughhhh...

Deeparaya Holz

Guess I've abandoned my blog for a while. ;) Had a great time in Cameron Highlands. Went there with my Penang cg. We spent 3 days and 2 nights there. We rented the whole of Twin Pines ( it's a guest house). And so we had the whole place all to ourselves...Like one big family. We made such a din!!! Fancy children running all over the place and the mummies screaming for their children to stop running...or to wear their shoes... And the children were going up and down the floors in the lift that they got stuck in it several times! And it was funny seeing their helpless faces in the lift. ;P Well, I must say I myself was as fascinated with the lift too the first time I saw it. It had a door which you must swing close yourself...it's four walls were transparent, enabling you to see out of the lift. And it moved in slow motion.

One of the highlights of our stay there was the hike to Robinson Falls. I had the idea that the hike would be just like those I've been before...fallen tree trunks to climb over, roots to step over, steps to climb, muddy paths and what not. However, the path was a simen path...with such a smooth surface that it was so slippery you could almost ice-skate on it! And what was worse...i had my toilet slippers on!!! And it had hardly any grip. I had many near slips...heart attacks... But the sight of the waterfall was breath-taking!!! It was huge!!! And the sound it made... Wow... Simply indescribable... :) Unfortunately, we did not make it to the end of the trail. It was too slippery...and if any of us were to slip and fall at the wrong point of the path...we would end up in the falls. It was an adventure...praise God I did not slip or fall though...never heard of anyone hiking in toilet slippers...and believe me...I wouldn't do that ever again.

We went to many other places as well...the Camelia garden, Multicrop, Fragrance, Kea Farm Market, Strawberry Farm, Step-In, etc. The photo was taken at Multicrop. It was fun..."kai kai-ing"...especially plucking strawberries. We were kinda competing to see who got the biggest and reddest strawberries. It was simply hilarious seeing the look on Bernard's face when he saw the strawberries I had in my basket. "How did you get such big ones???" He exclaimed. And the mothers were shouting to their kids to show them the fruits before they plucked them. "Make sure the strawberries are the colour of your basket," one mother was heard saying. ;)

Another new experience was at Step-In. There, we can pick our own vegetables. My dad wanted to buy four cabbages for Grandma. And so, I had the priviege of plucking them. The lady handed me a knife and chose a great big one for me to cut. Showing me how it was done, I did just as I was told. I was so excited...it was a new experience for me...not having cut cabbage in my life before. However, to my dismay, I saw holes all around the vegetable...and snails crawling all around, not to mention worms wriggling their way deeper into the vegetable as I sawed it off its stem!!!!!!!!! Arghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! If there was one thing I hated, it was worms!!! I cut the second cabbage with much less enthusiasm in me. Passing the cabbage gingerly to the lady, I kindly told her she could cut the next two cabbages herself. I'd had enough worms for the day!!! Guess I don't qualify for a farmer.

Went to KL to visit Ah Ma, Mak Kor, Wai Leong and Wai hei...not forgetting Whiskey their dog which looks like one of those tissue box holders. Cute lil thing with thick white fur. had a fun time playing with it. :)

Well...now I'm back to studying in my hostel...getting ready for my finals. Haven't done much yet I must say.

Bible study

We had a bible study last night. Hmmm...shud it be last night or last last night??? since it's already 1.25am...it's considered as Saturday morning now...so I guess I better say "Thursday night". ;P

Li Moi came over to conduct the bible study with us. We studied Mark 1 : 14 - 28. We were taught how to read the verses as if we were inside them...I mean...to use our imagination as we read. Li Moi asked us to throw questions about the passage...randomly. There were lots and lots of questions...some were funny, some were weird, and some sounded just 'kepo'.

Among the questions asked were :

1. Who was John?
2. Where was Jesus before He "came into Galilee"?
3. Who was giving the sermon?
4. What is "gospel"?
5. How old were Simon and Andrew?
6. What did Jesus mean by "fishers of men"? Did Simon and Andrew understand it?
7. Why did Simon and Andrew immediately follow Jesus?
8. Why did James' father, Zebedee allow him to follow Jesus?
9. What is Sabbath? Which day was it?
10. Why was there a man with an unclean spirit in a synagogue?
11. Why did Jesus ask the unclean spirit to be silent? Why did Jesus want to conceal His identity?
12. What is the "new teaching"?

Well...that's about all I can remember. Enjoy thinking out the answers! ;P Btw, John The Baptist was Elijah...came back to earth for the second time. :) Well...I'm super-sleepy now. So...nitez. Oh ya...I'm going to camerons tomorrow!!! So won't be blogging while I'm there. Ciaoz! :)

The Day I Skipped 3 Classes in A Row

Wednesday
12.30am : I asked Tsae Yng if we could go to the lab on the next day to work on the hardware part of our project. (Our programming was working...at least it worked when we simulated it on the IDE 68K. But some modifications had to be made for it to work on the Embedded Software.) Tsae Yng agreed that she and Suet Yeng would be there at 10am after their test. We are in the same group for our microprocessor project.... 3 gals... :)

Thursday
10.30am : I was woken up by loud knocks on my room door. I opened the door and see San Yin...panicking, I asked her what day it was. Realising I did not have a test on that day, I relaxed a bit...til she said Tsae Yng was looking for me...only then did I remember I was supposed to be at the lab by then. You cannot imagine how fast I got ready that day...I was ready in about 15 minutes!

10.45am : I rush to the lab...meeting San Nien on the way. (She woke up late as well. ;P) I the lab, we had to build the circuit and modify our program. Our tutor came in from time to time...and everytime he was in the lab, he was smiling from ear to ear as if enjoying the sight of us students struggling and begging the 7-segment displays to light up and count! Hmph...! Cruel fella!

1.05pm : Having run out of ideas fo how to modify our program...plus having bands playing in our stomachs, we decided to have lunch 1st and return after that. We had omelette+red beans+frenchfries+toast in the pocket D In2Eat Cafe. And I didn't know that even existed in UTP! Lumpy~~~ :P

2pm : Hmmm...I'll always remember this day as the day I skipped 3 classes in a row... From 2pm to 5pm...Analogue Electronics, Numerical Methods, Microprocessor. But I did attend my mandarin class though...it was 5pm to 7pm. By that time the lab had closed, so we could not work on our projects anymore. The lab will be closed til the Monday after Deeparaya...the very week we're having our demo and evaluations!!! So do pray that my project (a stopwatch) will be working by then. As for now, it can't even light up...what more count.

The test day

Hi. It's been a long time since I've posted anything here. My last post was on Monday. So I guess I'll update you on what happened since then. :) I went for a combined gals cg on that night. It was in Grace's room...in the same house as Thana. We played a really nice ice-breaker called "Twister". We were divided into 2 groups and given a big piece of paper around 1.5m x 1.5m per group. We were asked to stick pieces of coloured papers on this big piece of paper. There was red, blue, green and yellow...around 2 to 3 pieces each. And so...the game went like this....Stella, the gamemaster said something like this, "right hand on green, left knee on yellow, head on red, sit on green, etc. " (notice that not only your right hand has to be on green, but your butt as well!!!) No wonder the name...twister. ;P We had a great time twisting, and laughing. I wonder what the people in the opposite block were thinking of us! Well, we had a wonderful time of worship and sharing as well. Oh ya...and there was the keropok eating session and I was given a new nickname...kok kok ke.. The origin being our cg outing to Teluk Batik.

There were no classes on Tuesday due to EDX. However, I was not able to go as I had to study for my test on the day after that. It was my first time having two tests on the same day (in UTP). It was tough. Numerical Methods and Signals & Systems. Numerical Methods is just calculations and more calculations. It's actually supposed to be done by the computer. We are just learning how the computer operates...so poor us have to do tens of iterations before getting the answer. During the test, I could feel the tension in the air as everyone raced against time to finish four questions within 90 minutes. It was tough, but thank God, I was able to finish and check some of my answers. Unfortunately, my second test did not go as well. It was tough!!! I'm not sure if I will do well in it, but I do know that I've done my very very best. I studied til 6am on the day before!!! That was the most I could have done. So at least I can't regret that I hadn't studied enough.

Thana took me out on Wednesday for lunch!!! In Tronoh!!! Was I happy!!! Well...I was feeling stressed...so eventhough I had two tests that evening, I spared 45 minutes for lunch on that day and it was worth it! :)

Monday Blues

Today was quite a tiring day. Plus...it's Monday! Hehe. Classes start at 9am on Mondays and finish at 7pm...but of course with breaks in between. I went to the exam and registration unit today. Chia Ming drove me there and insisted on going down with me 'coz I was afraid of a scolding. All went on smoothly.... The guy there was quite helpful and he said I would know the results after Raya. God was there with me all the way through!!! And I feel a weight off my shoulders. :) (haha...as if it was such a biiiiiiggggggggg problem. :P)

Today I wrote an entire essay...two pages long...in mandarin! Haha... Wo hen kai xin! :) Plus...I wrote a letter too! I love these mandarin classes! They're so different from the other classes...in the mandarin classes, you can be able to sit back and pay attention instead of almost breaking your wrist with copying pages of notes or pressing the calculator til you know the key positions by heart. :P So far, we've learnt 4 mandarin songs...it's real fun! Our mandarin teacher is a good singer too! He can sing with a vibrato like those olden days Chinese singers! And...the way he pronounces his words...it just makes us laugh and giggle uncontrolably. Hmmm.....let me tell you some of the things he say...I sense I'm going into real deep sea waters...gossiping about my lao shi. A proof of how naughty I am... :P Well...here goes...

book -----> "berk"
body -----> "birdy"

These are the two best ones. The latter is the best. Everytime he says that word...we all start laughing... Well...not all of us though...only San Nien, Chris and myself. Seems like "syok sendiri". I'm crossing my fingers that my "lao shi" never comes across this website! :P

Going to Thana's room for combined cg soon....in 10 minutes. Looking forward to it! :) Tomorrow's a holiday!!! Yay!!! But I have to spend the whole day studying...so much for the holiday.. :( Well, gotta get ready to go soon. Will write more soon. Tata~ :P

Hi. I'm back from makan. We had church today and after that, went to a coffee shop in tronoh for dinner. You won't believe it...but til now I still can't remember the names of the shops. I just know there are 'The Pink Shop', 'Orange', 'Oon Huat', 'Choy Pin', and Tien Tien. Tien Tien is the only one I know...the rest...well...I just can't match the names with the right shop. I had fried crispy wan tan mee which was nice. It looked like a bird nest with all the vege and meat in the middle. But...contrary to my expectations, there were no wan tan in the wan tan mee. Penang wan tan mee is still the best! :P

I played the violin again today. Love playing the violin...one reason being...well...my voice isn't so nice...I can't seem to be able to reach the high notes...but my violin can! And I feel like I'm singing with my violin...it can reach such a high range of notes. And I just play my heart out during worship...and hope to please God. :)

Today's been...well...okay... The climax was church. :) Love going to church! It's a must for me to brighten up my week! Oh ya...we sang a song...Through It All...one particular line spoke to my heart..."You'll never let me go...through it all...". I saw the picture of being in God's embrace...He'll never let me go...He's always right there for me!!! I love You, Lord... :)

Hmmm...I just read Chia Ming's comment...about the verse... Here it is :

"People were bringing little children to Jesus to have Him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, He was indignant. He said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." And He took the children in His arms, put His hands on them and blessed them.

Chia Ming...are you saying I'm like a little child??? Ya...I like this verse as well. Little children have great trust in others. And we should have great faith that all things are possible in da Lord!!! Yay!!! :) Now I have more semangat to study...so...I guess I've gotta go. Got three tests this coming week and two of them, Numerical Methods and Signals & Systems are on the same day!!! But all things are possible!! Tata~

It's freezin~~~

I'm kinda lonely 'coz Koonie hasn't come back from Ipoh yet. Guess she's watchin a movie right now. :) I miss her.....

It's a freezin nite!!! I came back from v5 cafe 1 hour ago and I'm still shivering. The fan's off and I have my pajamas with long sleeves on. But all these are definitely not working. Jesse asked me to teach him some stuff...signals & systems. So we met at the cafe. At 1st I was afraid that my frens would tease me...but at last, Suet Yeng ended up joining us at the table. :)

Tell you a very funny story which happened this morning. It's kind of disgusting...but very funny. So bear with me. :P I went to the toilet....the sitting one. Well...sitting there, my eyes suddenly came upon a huge cockcroach right next to the door!!! My...did my hair stand on end!!! ;P If there's one thing I hate, it's a cockcroach! I dared not move a single bit...but started praying that God would not let the cockcroach move. It went like this, "Dear God, please don't let the cockcroach move...please don't let it move. Please please please... Dear God, please don't let the cockcroach move...please..." And I repeated it over and over again. Believe it or not....I was trapped in the toilet for 30 mins just because I didn't dare to move...even more so when it started feeling around. I was afraid that it might fly into my face or something.

I'm really sleepy now. The rashes on my skin are driving me nuts!!! They're super itchy and leaving scars all over my hands and my legs. Arghhhhhhhhh........... I wish I could shed my skin just like a snake. :P Well...my eyelids are droopin and I better go to sleep before I scratch my skin off.

Goodnight~~~

A Bad Day...and A Fun Time ;P

2:35pm : Today has been a pretty bad day for me. I woke up early to collect my exam slip from MPH (it's UTP's Multi Purpose Hall...not a bookstore. ;P). After a long walk, I collected my exam slip. To my utter dismay, I saw that there was this subject, Sports Science I, which I have not taken at all. It was stated in my exam slip! Oh noooooo....... I hurriedly asked the person-in-charge how I could change it. She said I had to go to the co-curiculum unit at block b. Well, here I am waiting for Gary to fetch me there, praying real hard that everything will turn up all right. I don't want to have an "F" in my result slip!!! Please please God...don't let it be so... :(

To make things worse...our marks for the microprocessor lab test came out today. And I got 11 out of 30!!!!! Arghhhhhhhh......... I could just scream my head off!!! It's even less than half for goodness sake! Gimme a break... I had a very hard time keeping my tears in. Several times I had to blink my eyes to keep the tears from spilling out. Fortunately, not many people noticed. It's so embarassing to be so emotional. Sometimes I just wish I can be more tough...and just face things boldly. But what can you say of a gal who was called "how-bao" when she was in kindergarten and cried every first day of school til she was in primary 4? ;P

But well...I went to prayer meeting straight after lab. It's one of the things I look forward to the whole week. I always can't wait to go to prayer meeting, cgs, c-square meetings or church services. It's because I just love worshipping together with so many of my friends. Of course I do worship alone in my room...but it's different. The atmosphere...the music... However, God's presence is always real no matter where you call on Him!! Even in the toilet...He can speak to you. :) Ok...back to the prayer meeting...btw, how did I come to talk of the toilet??? We sang this song in the prayer meeting. Let me share the lyrics with you...

For This Cause

Hope has found its home within me
Now that I've been found in You
Let all that I am be all You want me to be
'Cause all I want is more of You

Let Your presence fall upon us
I want to see You face to face
Let me live forever lost in Your love
'Cause all I want is more of You
All I want is more of You

I'm living for this cause
I lay down my life
Into Your hands
I'm living for the truth
The hope of the world
In You I stand
'Cause all I want is You
All I want is You

* All the 'You's refer to God ;P

While singing the song...suddenly...there was a tugging in my heart...do I mean all I sing? All i want is more of Him??? I realize...nothing else is important...all I need is God. Of what importance would my results be after I leave this world? My stay in this world would be nothing compared with the eternity I would be spending with my Lord Jesus Christ! I should not worry about the things around me...to put my trust in Him alone. And the line I lay down my life into Your hands... Do I really mean that? To leave everything to God? Sometimes I try to do things with my own strength. That's where I go wrong. I should learn to be more dependent on God. :)

6:08pm : I'm back from Signals and Systems tutorial. Eventhough the above problem has not yet been solved, but I'm not that worried over it anymore. I have to write in an appeal letter by Monday to the manager...and we'll see how it goes. I'm just leaving everything into God's hands. :P

Well.....tutorial was quite fun, considering we were laughing and giggling throughout the entire session. It was all about my friends. I suddenly begin to realize that my life has begun to get very interesting! What with all da juicy news all around me. But for some reasons, I will not write them down here. Will jot it all down in my own little cute diary which only me and God can take a peep into every now and then. Pray don't be jealous ya... ;P My friends say I'm getting very cheeky nowadays, but I guess it's just the real me slowly inching my way out of the shell.

I'm impatiently waiting for the arrival of my dad. It's the quite a big deal when your dad pays you a visit when you're staying two and a half hours away from home. :)

A Funny Experience

Hmmm...it's 1 am. But I'm still wide awake. Wanna tell ya bout tonight. It was quite...well....what can I say? A new experience? Today's Egypt's Independence Day. Soooo...the Egyptians of UTP organized an Egyptian Dinner. At first, I was quite reluctant to go. But after knowing that so many of our batch were going, I didn't want to miss out. Well, I must say the experience was worth it though. The new tastes and smell... Hmmm...wasn't used to the style of Egyptian cooking. The queue was very long...so we spent our time taking photos first. Unfortunately, I can't upload them now as I haven't gotten them from the camera holders yet. The food consisted of salad...which is one of my favourite dish...soup, potatoes, beef...and more beef. To be truthful, the salad didn't really appeal to me...the sauce was a wee bit bitter. The soup tasted unusual...and I'm not adventurous when it comes to trying out new food....and so...you can guess the expression on my face when I tasted it. ;P And then comes the beef...in one of the dishes, the beef looked quite raw...reddish looking things. And in the other dish, the meat had a funny smell. We also had some history lessons on ancient Egypt...some were interesting...but when they came to the politics part...boy..was I sleepy. I had to keep hiding my yawns.

We had our cg tonight. It was my turn to share the word tonight. Honestly, I always dread the time I have to do the word. It's all b'coz of my shyness. I get all enthusiastic in the begginning...preparing and researching on the topic of the nite. During the cg meeting itself, I would freak out. Even though they are all my friends. No one will ever understand this shyness of mine. It's like...I suddenly don't know what to say...I forget everything I had rehearsed. I have so much more to share but I just try to get over with it. I feel like I'm not doing well and I'm making it boring for everyone. Sometimes I return feeling a tiny bit useless. But my friends would always help me out during the sharing. So it's normally not that bad. :P And cg is the time when we get to dig up all the juicy news. So many of my friends are paktoh-ing already... :( soon I'll be left all alone...so sad... ;P It's the time we share our problems...cry and laugh together. Hmmm...what's more, things said between those four walls stay there. You can be quite sure your secret is safe with us...unless it suddenly decides to slip out unintendedly. :) Well...that's all for now. Oh ya...my dad is coming tomorrow!!!!! Hurray!!! Love ya dad!!! :D

Last-Minute-Rushes

Today and last night was just spent doing last minute assignments. My analogue lab report and two tutorials were due today. And so...after a fun and exciting day at the beach, and a nap after that (coz I was so so tired), I started on my assignment spree! It lasted til today, around 12pm...I think...and then... The news I've been hoping and hoping for in my heart...it came!!! And the news bearer was none other than Melissa!!! The tutorials are now due on Friday! I immediately concentrated fully on doing my lab report and finished it in time to have a 30 minutes nap! And Peck Koon had to pull me up twice before I got out of bed.

It's funny why I always oversleep on the very day I'm not supposed to. I guess it's because I hardly sleep on the night before due to sheer excitement. For example, during convo this semester...we were supposed to be at the Chancellor Hall by 6.30 am. Dina and Shareena, the other two violinists (there r 3 of us), woke up at around 7am. They were ready by 7.30 am. Realizing that I was not waiting at my block...they tried calling my mobile phone. But this silly gal turned off her mobile phone on such an important day!!! Fortunately for me...Shareena had just come to my room on the night before. So she knew the way. She knocked and I openned the door. I sat on my bed and starred blankly at her. And that was one of the unfortunate days.

Another was the church camp just this semester. We were supposed to be at the petrol kiosk by 7.30am or so. And 10 mins before that...Elvina came to knock at my room. They were all ready. And I was still in the midst of a very interesting dream! Well...here comes the most funny part...I opened the door and looked at her with my sleepy face. I exclaim,"Oh..shoot!!!" (I don't know where I picked up that phrase from...it just poped out of my mouth.) She asks, " You still sleeping har???" And my answer, "Ya...." (nodding my head). It was only after that that we realized...my answering "ya" when I was fully awake talking to her. We had a great laugh over that many times and I still laugh everytime I remember that moment.

Well...let's get back to the topic. What was I talking about? Oh ya...did I tell you I went to teluk Batik yesterday? It's just 1 hour away from UTP. Surprisingly, I woke up at 5.45am! And I slept at around 3am on the night before. We were making salad. I peeled apples after apples...green...and then red. But of course some of those fruits went into our stomachs on their way to the containers. Debbie didn't go to Teluk Batik. So she fetched us to the petrol kiosk. I followed her back the second round to fetch Elvina, Davin and Michelle. We took the middle road to save petrol. Stopping at our block...I went down to exchange our mop for a broom coz Thana said a mop was no use. As i reached the entrance of the block, a guy walked out. A guyyyyyyyy......... "What is this guy doing in a gal's block???" That was what I was thinking in my heart. And then I begun to realize...first I starred at him...then I looked around me... I noticed V5 cafe on my right. Now...if I was at my block, it would be on my left. Meaning we hadn't even driven past the cafe! I was at the guy's block!!! I ran straight back to the car. And Debbie didn't even realize... That was a close shave!!! I can't imagine what would have happenned if I had gone upstairs! Well...I blame it on my blurness in the wee hours of the morning.

I'll just skip those not-so-important parts since it'll take me all night to blog it all down. Well...one funny part was one of the games. We were divided into 6 groups...according to our cg. Oh ya...did I tell you it was a combined cg outing? Called Para-para Lampi day ( lampi meaning lambat pickup) ;P Each group consisted of about 5 to 6 people. We were supposed to think of an animal sound for each group. My group's sound was "kok kok ke"...hokkien for rooster.
Well...we were all blindfolded and scattered around the beach. We were supposed to find our own group by making our animal sounds. Well....everyone started meowing and oo-aa-ing...it sounded like a zoo gone wild! Knowing my voice was too soft to be heard amidst the din, I just listened for the "kok kok ke" sounds. As i slowly inched my way towards the sound, I suddenly realized there were "kok kok ke" all around me! I ended up as a lost chicken! If you wanna know the rest of the story...hehe...you'll have to ask me personally! :P

my cg gals

Another highlight of the day was the bbq. We had barbequed chicken wings specially marinated by Tomi, fish and...the specialty...banana wrapped in bacon topped with honey. :) It was yummy!

Well...I must say it was a wonderful trip eventhough I came back totally exhausted. And...no...there was no tsunami. ;P

Coincidence or what???

I'm back again...blogging. You would probably think I'm real free to be able to blog twice on the same day. Actually, I have a test tomorrow night. It's Signals and Systems. It's real real tough. And I feel like giving up on it. Arghhhhhh..... Why is life soooo tough??? I sometimes wonder if I'm in the right field...engineering. How would it feel like to do something you really really enjoy as your career??? Like figure skating, or dancing... Wouldn't that be pure bliss? Hehe. Sometimes I just can't help but let my imagination take the lead once in a while.

I just asked my fren...what does engineering have to do with doing things for God??? Shouldn't being a pastor or a missionary be much much more helpful??? His reply was really good. He asked me about King David. Once again...I hear the name "King David". He said....before David became king, what was he??? A shepherd boy. What does a shepherd boy have to do with being a king? Nothing at all! But God said "wait". God has His own timing. Everything that He allows to happen in our life has its own purpose. I like that. I'm here for a purpose! Oh ya...he also talked about Joseph. Bout how God gave him a dream of becoming king. But before that he was sold off as a "guli". That was the exact word he used. Hehe. And he was also thrown into prison. But he was patient. And everything turned out as God said in the end. God always keeps His word! He will never let you down. And I believe that. :)

You know what's so funny??? Just now, Pastor Elijah preached about King David and Joseph!!!!! That's the third time I've heard bout King David in two days...even less than two days. Is that a coincidence or what??? Haha. Had a great time playing the violin. :P I always feel superb after church. But now, after looking at pages and pages of formulas, my head's full of 'em. And I'm sleepy...Haha..that's the side effect of studying! :P

Tel ya a funny story before i sign off. Hehe. After coming back from church and taking a bath, I headed to the grocery store just nearby my block. Wanted to buy myself a packet of keropok and a box of soya bean drink. To my utter dismay...the shop was closed. The operators were breaking fast (It's the fasting month for the Muslims right now). Dissappointed, I started to walk back to my block. Halfway, I made a u-turn back to the cafe. I decided to see if there were any popiah or karipap. In the cafe, met San Nien and Chris. They asked me to try some cendol...it tasted funny...for a while, couldn't pin point what was wrong. Later realized that the mak cik who sold it put too much santan. And it was funny seeing both of them trying to finish the whole bowl, not wanting to waste it. When I told them I was actually there for some keropok, discouraged me from buying any coz I just got back my voice(had sorethroat for some time). Daddy Chris made me bring back a packet of coconut juice. Said it was cooling. When I went back and confessed to my roommate that I went keropok-hunting...I got another scolding from mummy Peck Koon. Hehe.. Well...it was not exactly a scolding...just concern. Hehe. Now, I realize how thankful I should be to have such loving and caring friends all around me. :) Thank you friends!!! Luv ya!!!

Hey...time sure does fly! It's 11pm now. And if I don't go back to my studying...only God knows what time I will sleep tonight. Hehe. So...tata for now. Wish me luck!!!

Hi. Finally I've created a blog after ages and ages of procrastination. It's Sunday! Will be going to church in two hours time for the worship practice. Yes. I'm in the worship team. I'll be playing the violin today. Haven't played at all this sem. Things always came in the way. At first i injured my knee...it hurt to stand too long (tho it still hurts a bit now coz i just played badminton). Then it was the convo( I had hundreds of practices then)...and it was dead tiring. And there were tests, quizzes, assignments. Well, tomorrow I'm having another test...but well...I've made up my mind to put God first. After that all-nite-prayer on friday nite, I'm all fired up for Jesus!!! And I won't let this fire die down. :)

We prayed from 10pm til 6am. It was awesome! I never knew i cud pray for sooooo long... But you never know til you try. And believe me! It's much much more fun compared to being cooped up in your room with a your nose in a thick book full of long formulas. We had a refreshing time basking in God's presence. Pastor Elijah prophesied to me. And this is what he said...

He talked about King David. David had a heart for God. He always put God first. God is going to make me like King David. He is going to make me strong. Strong in the world. People will see that I am strong. But I will be weak before God. Like David. David often wept before God. The joy of God will be my strength. He also asked me not to doubt my abilities. That God would strengthen me. He would mould me and use me to do great things for Him. Wow...what an encouragement! Our God is trully a wonderful God!

We also made a commitment to God. I commited to read God's Word dilligently. And since I've typed it down here...you bet I'll keep it! I'll put God first in whatever I do and be a light and salt unto the earth! I'll walk in His ways all the days of my life forever til I meet Him in heaven.

Ya..dat's all for now. My first blog. Boy...am I proud!!! hehe. :P