Not to be too excited yet. I'm only flying tomorrow. Had been anticipating this for, like 1 year? Hehehe.. Finally, what's supposed to come is going to come. Just that... TIME seems to fly fast, very fast, too fast actually. Indeed, I'm prepared to go overseas in somewhere but part of me is reluctant to leave this mushroom-planting lifestyle cosy hometown called Sibu. Just can't believe in a blink, it's already February 2010. *sigh* [this makes me sound so old, I know]
All clothes and stuffs are laid out on bed, tables and boxes, waiting for the last check through before lying in my suitcases and shall start a whole new journey in Canberra, a place I shall call 2nd home for the next 3 (hopefully 4, 5, 6 XD) years.
Ahhh... I so feel like shedding tears just at the thought of leaving my pets behind. (Mum and Dad's going to be jealous envious of them XP)
Good friends, I know I'll miss them but more than half are overseas (can I just use "scattered all over the whole world?) and say.. 99% are online almost everyday, if not every week. So I guess, with the existence of MSN and Skype, life won't be lonely. Advanced technology, banzai!!
Will be meeting lots of new friends, seniors and lecturers, tutors etc. in ANU, including newly-met friends through JPA activities. Truly looking forward~ Yeah, I'm outgoing =)
Shall blog when I settle down and nope, I haven't forget about my aim of a blog post a day. I'll accomplish that when I have enough time.
Chingku (s) [as in "friends"] make sure you miss me!! Keep in touch~ Pray that everything will go on smoothly for me in a foreign place~
This is a game a friend introduced and personally, I think it's quite fun. Gain knowledge while you can help donate water.
Okay, I'll give you some basic information about it.
FREEPOVERTY GOALS AND MISSION
The goal of many organizations is to end poverty. We intend to do the same, and we want you to contribute. By testing your knowledge on the map shown above, each correct answer means you will be donating 10 cups of water. We chose water as our primary source of donation, because it is something that all human beings need to survive. And around the world, there are many, too many people who don't have access to clean drinking water; thus causing various illnesses. With your contribution, we may just be one step closer to ending poverty.
HISTORY OF THE POVERTY
Every day, at least 30,000 people around the world die from poverty; most of whom are under five years of age. They die because they are undernourished, and do not have enough food or water to survive. More than 800 million people go hungry every day. This is 13% of the world population. How can you help? By playing this game on FreePoverty.com, each answer you get correct, 10 cups of water will be donated. Somewhere in the world, someone will receive it. And it will make a difference to their day.
HOW TO PLAY THE GAME ON FREEPOVERTY.COM
How far would you go to end poverty? Your mission here is to locate the place given to you [e.g. Rome, Italy] and how many cups of water we donate on your behalf depends on how accurate your answer is. Once you have located one city or landmark, another location will be shown to you. You may play the game however many times you wish. Of course, the more you play and the more you are correct, the greater difference you will make with your donation. If your answer is correct, 10 cups of water will be donated. The further away you are from the location, the number of cups will decrease. If your answer is nowhere near the exact location, no cups of water will be donated. Therefore by playing this game, not only are you doing a good deed for others, but you are also gaining knowledge for yourself.
WHY WATER?
70% of a human being is made up of water. Water is the second most essential element for survival, after oxygen. Over one billion people in the world do not have access to clean drinking water; hence, causing them to develop deadly diseases. Moreover, without water, the brain is not able to function properly. One cup of water can make difference to someone's day. FreePoverty allows you to donate as many cups of water as you can to save millions of people.
Conclusion: My Geography sucks except for places I know (but then I can't score full marks for those too) *sob* 55 cups out of potential 100 cups at easy level really make this temporary Geography teacher ashamed.. *sob sob*
Urge: Go try it! Good deeds done, knowledge gained!!
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Even if I die, I can’t let you go (죽어도 못 보내)
3. I’m Sorry I Can’t Laugh For You (웃어 줄 수 없어서 미안하다)
4. I Love You (feat. Baek Chan, Joo Hee of 8eight)
5. To Her/ That Girl (feat. Chansung of 2PM) (그녀에게)
6. Outro (I’m laughing)
是说这次的feel跟上两首hit songs《这首歌》(This Song)和《朋友的告白》(Time for Confession)真的有差别。因为创作人不同？不过，请放心，死忠的粉丝通通都会接受的！哈哈……连带的，不管是feat谁，一律抱着爱屋及乌的心态，欢喜打包！！XD
Just some extra info I got: In 2009, after they ended their promotions of their track Friend’s Comfession, the boys of 2AM have been very active in variety programs. And because of their variety appearances, everyone is anticipating their comeback because their image is so unique from a typical “ballad” artist.（简直是搞笑艺人。有空我真的要介绍Oneday） People are especially interested in their comeback as their new track’s producer is not JYP, but another hit ballad-producer Bang Shi Hyuk. In the past, Bang Shi Hyuk produced hit-tracks including, Baek Ji Young’s Like Being Hit By A Bullet and 8Eight’s Without A Heart as well as Goodbye My Love. With all the anticipation amongst fans, Bang Shi Hyuk even commented, “2010 will be 2AM’s year” in a recent interview, adding even more to the hype.
Yeah, a lil' bit too much for this young soul of mine. Subconciously (?) my heart is trained to be stronger and can withstand any shocking news about the old body of mine..
*sigh*
Shall update all after I get back my laptop, hopefully by tomorrow. Plan to start packing all my books and stuffs into boxes and seal them up on Saturday.
Also hoping that the JPA briefing will be earlier than 28th. I still have like 3 luggages to be packed. XP
Yeap, it's definitely true. I got my 2nd poem on the newspaper as well =)
Started my routine of smiling like a foolidiot, ah, I don't know either... XD In short, I'm utterly happy~
Had to type this in English because:
I can't access the Internet using my laptop.
My PC's way too slow and might jam/lag at anytime it pleases. Maklumlah, I'm the one who is "got beg fish people" *sigh*
This laptop borrowed from my aunt have no Chinese (Simplified/Traditional) feature set in the language bar.
Even the Chinese heading above is done by using Google Translate with the best feature of all computers~ copy and paste. However, the translator is quite a crap not sufficient. This is when I start to appreciate human brains and Malaysian spoon-feeding (?) education system. At least we learn a lot and can translate almost anything between these three languages: Bahasa Melayu, English and Chinese. So, cheers!! XD
It seems like I'm at the brim of being announced sick OFFICIALLY. *sigh* And to make things worse, mum's already vomitting and dad's having a headache. *double sigh* All clinics are not open on Sunday night. *triple sigh*
Hopefully we'll all get better. Mum definitely need an injection. I'm hoping not having the need to see the doctor. I TOTALLY hate being at a hospital-like place. (Sorry, no disrespect intended)
I still need to send my laptop for repair. Seriously, it's giving me shock everytime I switched it on: something is missing. EVERYTIME I open my lappy, 1 programme disappeared. It's freaky.
Still have tons to things to be prepared. Going overseas to study the first time is really like moving into a new house. The problem is: I have TOO MANY things to bring.
Other updates later. Plan to head off for my cosy bed =)
Oh ya, attracted to SHINee recently. Can't help falling in love~ Lee Soo Man, you are something afterall.
Yes, I guess it's time for me to speak my mind (part) on the latest happenings in Malaysia that shocked everyone. EVERYONE.
Saturday morning, I took the earliest flight to KL for the pre-departure briefing and hence did not read the newspaper. I think I saw a glimpse of the headlines but did not pay much attention. Fell asleep in the plane.
By Sunday, when it was time for me to come back, things had become worse.
Spent whole Monday afternoon reading through 3 days' load of newspaper.
Conclusion: I felt worried, scared, terrified. This string of happenings is turning Malaysia into the next Indonesia/ Iraq, I fear. Where's that Malaysia which I can boast about a peaceful multi-race nation? I had always been proud to be a Malaysian, especially an East Malaysian, where there's no need to fear about having tea-breaks at a local coffee shop with friends of other races and religions （是啦，就是我吃干盘配teh-tarik，你吃nasi lemak配kopi-O嘛……） or to gather together after we went for church services or they went for Friday prayers at mosque.
Now that burnings (or shall I say bombings?) happens, I began to question myself. Am I being too naive all these while?
Read this, and tell me who should I believe?
【In 2007, the Majlis Agama Negeri Perlis, which is a large majlis filled with people very learned in Islamic religious knowledge, discussed the question of the use of 'Allah' by non-Muslims. Their unanimous decision? They issued a fatwa to say that there is absolutely nothing wrong with non-Muslims using the word at all.】 http://rantingsbymm.blogspot.com/2010/01/confident-people-do-not-get-confused.html
【Dayak community leader Dr John Brian Anthony explains how when Christianity was being propagated to the East Malaysian natives roughly 100 years ago, the texts that were used were imported from Indonesia.
These texts used the term Allah and were in Bahasa Indonesia, which was similar to the Melayu Kuno used by the natives. However, Anthony says, East Malaysian Muslims have never opposed the use of “Allah” by Christians and other non-Muslims.】
【Political scientist Dr Faisal Syam Hazis of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) puts it another way: “The use of Allah by non-Muslims has already been embedded in East Malaysian society for more than 100 years. It has never been an issue. So why are these peninsular Muslims suddenly jumping up and down over it?”】
【 Unimas’ Aeria and Faisal also dispute the views of a Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) race-relations expert who contended that for Sarawak Muslims, religion was not as important as tribal identity。 In a previous The Malaysian Insider article, Prof Dr Mansor Mohd Noor of UKM Inter-ethnic Studies Institute gave an opinion that peninsular Muslims were less tolerant when it came to questions on Islam than their Sarawak and Sabah brethren. “For Muslims in East Malaysia, the use of ‘Allah’ by non-Muslims is not a problem because their identity is tied to a tribe rather than to a religion,” Mansor has said in the article titled “Allah unites some and divides others”. “Saying that is almost like saying we Sarawak Muslims are less Islamic than the ones in the peninsula just because we can tolerate Christians using ‘Allah’,” says Faisal. East Malaysians of all creeds are passionate about their faith and identity but they were more accepting of each other, says Aeria.】
I had helped out in my church's native service and felt it was perfectly okay to use "Allah". At least I can't find the what's wrong with that.就崇拜时，祷告啊、唱诗啊、证道啊，都很顺畅啊……（我个人要求不多，传教崇拜不就是顺畅的语言最好吗？） Tell me another better word. "Tuhan" "Bapa" are all used in linear with this. 【It's just a noun to decribe God. 】（a quote from recom） We know who He is, regardless how we address him.
我现在懂F.T.Island多一点点了……新成员seunghyun是16次元！！一定要看他在《Idol Magnae Rebellion》的表现啊～ 可爱 无厘头到爆……【ps：个人觉得华语字幕比英语翻译完整】
ha ji won那张照片我认得！！是《黄真伊》的剧照！！
han ye seul（不是sul）的华语名字很熟悉，可是我还是记不起在哪儿见过她……
jun ji hyun原来就是野蛮女友全智贤啊～
kara里的nicole我是越来越喜欢啦……不懂是因为她比较洋派还是她的笑声就是很爽朗……第一次我不讨厌女生撒娇的语气诶～【爱】哈哈……gyu-ri是一等一的自恋队长（是从同公司的师兄学的吗？XD），goo ha ra有点可爱的说……
see ya果然啊不是新团体，只是阵容改了好几次……最近的《his voice》蛮不错听……
忽然发现，原来我去年很早就听了SHINee的歌啊……太久没有听《花样男子》的歌曲了……看来我也是喜新厌旧的女人【殴】……onew是我新幻想的对象(虽然我对他一点都不熟 XP)、jonghyun很帅气、taemin太太太cute了、minho在《Let's go dream team season 2》里的求胜欲太强了，姐姐会怕呢～【切，谁管你？LOL】、key真的是万能的综艺咖，可是姐姐比较有兴趣你的三角恋（还是四角？）《Jojo》、《Ring Ding Dong》都有很强很强的中毒性，《amigo》不错
Going for ANU pre-departure briefing tomorrow. Will be back the next day. Share all my thoughts (oh dear, I just have SO MUCH things to talk about here) on Monday~
Lately, I'm totally in love (?) with this sub-group of One Day. Although 2pm debuted first and is said to be sexier, 2am suits my taste, very well. =) All these while, I do prefer ballad.
【Correction: 2am debuted one week before 2pm but unfortunately, at that time, ballad singers aren't that popular with dance groups all around】
This group consists of 4 members (according to birthdate):
Changmin Full Name: Lee Changmin (이창민) Birthdate: May 1, 1986 (1986-05-01) (age 23)
Changmin has finished his mandatory army service, the only idol to have entered the entertainment scene with a completed army service. In December 12, 2008, he featured in Mario's digital single "Superman". He and Jokwon released a digital single titled "졸업" ("Graduation") on February 5, 2009. He was absent from OneDay's predebut reality show "Hot Blood" because of having joined JYP after it was filmed.
He is currently a permanent guest on Star Golden Bell and DJ for "Starry Night Radio" with SNSD's Sooyoung. 【请不要跟DBSK的昌珉混淆了……这个oppa是一等一的搞笑……至少，他是idol里愿意牺牲很大的第一人……要知道在《Star Golden Bell》当最后一排（最右边）的permanent guest可是镜头很少的吖……他的外表跟时下帅气可爱的idol弟弟（但是DBSK的两位大哥都比他大啊）们差得有点多，但是他的嗓子绝对赢他们，很多！！】
Seulong Full Name: Im Seulong (임슬옹) Birthdate: May 11, 1987 (1987-05-11) (age 22)
He was part of "Dirty Eyed Girls" on an episode of 2PM's reality show "Wild Bunny", performing a parody of popular Brown Eyed Girls song Abracadabra. The music video became extremely popular. Seulong and Jinwoon make regular appearances as commentators for We Got Married Season II. 【这位大哥（还是我应该说先生？）我真的不是很熟啊……不过据我在网上看到大家对他的评价（based on 《We Got Married》）是：脑筋不太好嘴巴却很利的傻大伯 / 恶婆婆？我个人不太了解啦……等我啃完赵权和佳仁那三个片段后再来 毒舌 分享见解。老话一句：这个人的声音真赞！！】
Jokwon Full Name: Jo Kwon (조권) Birthdate: August 28, 1989 (1989-08-28) (age 20)
The leader of the group, Jokwon is the longest-serving trainee in JYP Entertainment, having trained for 2567 days. He was chosen as last members of Park Jin Young's 99% Challenge project along with Sunye of Wonder Girls.
He sang with Jinwoon in May Doni's "몰라-ing"(Molla-ing) and featured in W&Whale's song and music video "덩크슛" (Dunk Shoot). He was part of "Dirty Eyed Girls" on an episode of 2PM's reality show "Wild Bunny", performing a parody of popular Brown Eyed Girls song Abracadabra. The music video became extremely popular.
In September 2009, Jokwon was one of the main MCs for SBS's environmental variety show "Find it! Green Gold" with Super Junior member Shindong, SS501 member Kim Hyung Joon, and former Fly To The Sky member Brian Joo. He also replaced 2PM's Jaebeom on historical culture variety show Nodaji after his internet controversy. The other hosts included Kim Jae Dong, Jo Hye Ryun, Shin Jung Hwan, Hwang Bo and Nicole from Kara. He joined the cast of We Got Married on October 3, 2009, coupled up with Brown Eyed Girls member Ga-in. Although they were initially only supposed to feature for the Chuseok special, their appearance brought in the highest ratings yet for Season II, and they were announced a permanent couple.
Jokwon was diagnosed with H1N1 on October 28, 2009, causing him to postpone filming We Got Married. The next day, a representative stated that Jokwon was recovering quickly after treatment.
He released a digital single "우리 사랑하게 됐어요" ("We Fell in Love") on December 16, 2009, a duet with his We Got Married partner Ga-in. 【这个是天生的综艺咖！疯起来绝对不输SuJu。曾经在某个访问说：“JYP社长出国最大的好处就是在综艺节目不必顾形象（比较开放）”大家基本上都有个共识～那个，赵权-sshi，你有照顾过形象咩？！哈哈……说实话啦，听到他唱情歌，我真的有吓到……很好听诶！至于FTTS的Brian找他加入Bracademy，我相信Brian的眼光。在他的督促（？）下，你一定会更性感的……好奇下次你怎么让我们鸡皮疙瘩掉满地……哈哈……希望你跟佳仁幸福啦～不要再念了，小心继续被K～】
Jinwoon Full Name: Jung Jinwoon (정진운) Birthdate: May 2, 1991 (1991-05-02) (age 18)
In January, 2009, Jinwoon was cast in MBC's reality show "Family Needed" Season III, also featuring NRG member Lee Sung-Jin and actors Choi Yangrak and Ricky Kim.
He starred in 8eight's music video "잘가요 내사랑" ("Goodbye My Love") with Kim So Eun and Jung Gyeo-Woon, as well as singing in May Doni's song "몰라-ing" ("Don't Know-ing") with Jokwon on January 15, 2009. Seulong and Jinwoon make regular appearances as commentators for We Got Married Season II.
Jinwoon was diagnosed with an early case of H1N1, but recovered quickly before the illness took effect. He became part of "아이돌 막내반란시대" (Idol Magnae Rebellion) along with the other youngest members of fellow idol groups FT Island, U-Kiss, T-Max and Mighty Mouth. The first episode aired on November 7, 2009. 【这位小朋友（也还好厚？差两岁的说……）我是从《偶像老幺的叛逆时代》（Idol Magnae Rebellion）中第一次看到的……几集下来……noona超爱你的啦！哈哈……你是第一个让noona我觉得单眼皮也很好看的人～18岁的唱功，我认同！也是ballad高手一个～只是……要努力变强啊！怎么快1米9的人老是给团友欺负？！还踢你哦？然后……祝福高考顺利！还有……偷偷希望你跟nicole……er hem hem……（Key-sshi，对不起啊……感觉得出来你也喜欢nicole（？！）但是，感觉人家珍云比较爱啊……哈哈哈……】
Liked the acapella version very much but didn't make an effort to find it.
That's when I watched this on "2009 KBS Song Festival".
Okay, I admit, I like this because it's SHINee. Haha.. No matter how much I dislike disagree with Lee Soo Man's infamous contracts, I can't, and won't, deny that he does his job pretty well. SM Entertainment can really produce good-looking + sing well + dance well + hilarious all-rounded artists.
And that this song's beats are really catchy, you just can't stop humming "just dance..."
I downloaded the song in MP3 format but you can check out the original video here.
Lady Gaga, your sense of fashion may be a little bit... hmmm.. abnormal out-of-reach, but your songs, especially this one is really good. :)
It’s been such a long time since I last updated my blog here. Hmmm, let’s count, that’s… erm… 2 and ½ days? Haha… I’d regard that as long ;) Too lazy to move these days. I guess that’s the main reason I gained 6kgs. Tonnes of idea forming in my brain and yet I rather sat hours (13:46.50) in front of this lappy to watch 《Iryu》. Finish all 11 episodes of season 1. Currently finding season 2 with subs.
Okay, back to the main theme. It was Jin Mei’s 21st birthday on Sunday. Of course we need to celebrate! After all, she’s the first among us to be legally allowed to register as a voter, right? We decided not to have a big gathering. When more than 5 people gather, you’ll end up really tired and after arriving home, realised that you haven’t really spoke to someone long enough to know what’s going on with him/her and yet didn’t manage to talk to all either. Tze Hui and I planned to have lunch at Mitsu Shabu Shabu (main branch, the other behind Rejang Medical Centre had closed), calling the birthday girl (of course) and Karen.
Both of us drove and she had better luck. There’s this parking space where everyone thought is empty but turned out to be filled up by a… motorcycle!! I went two rounds and when I finally saw a space, Tze Hui was in front of me and took the parking space. I had to be satisfied with a freaking congested slot. It was till the point when I open the back door to get my umbrella, I accidentally bang on the car on my right. I still salute my parking skills: I didn’t crash, front or back, into either cars beside me. XP
Three of them either had a late breakfast or had a light meal before coming, so I was the only hungry person that ordered the most. Hey! I only had a light breakfast early in the morning. Was running late for church. Therefore only a cup of Milo and ¾ piece of Swiss Roll. We enjoyed the meal (except for the dripping aircond) and chatted for… you guess how long? Don’t faint, 3 and ½ hours!! Non-stop. Haha… We haven’t seen each other for a long time and got lots of catching up to do. That’s what I call girls’ good friends’ gathering. We were quite reluctant to leave and thus keep giving ourselves excuses that we haven’t finished our food.
In the end, we had to bid goodbye when Jin Mei’s mum and my mum called. Her mum’s shocked to find out that we were STILL sitting at the same place. XD
It was quite tiring (slept late, woke up early, glued my eyes to the TV instead of resting before driving and went out whole day till 4pm). Nevertheless, I’m very glad that we had lunch together. There weren’t any surprises or cake-cutting or singing, just four friends gathering together sampat-ing reminiscing the good old times (which was since, like, 8 years ago?) Everyone grew old up and is now either already in universities or getting ready to enter (yes, that’s me, the last one). We couldn’t say for sure when our next gathering is and that brings moisture to my eyes.
No photos taken that day ‘cause we were too busy talking. So, yeah, the photos below were copied and pasted from Facebook (according to birth dates)
Birthday girl JM
Me TH KW
Dear Jin Mei,
Congrats in growing older!! Faster than anyone of us!! Haha… I know you are saying “You are the next, Barbara~” in your heart. Well, as Eileen likes to sms during our birthdays: “one year older, one year wiser”, hope that you learn and do well in Curtin. I know what’s your dream. Believe me; you will still be able to achieve it as long as you still have that passion. Fiona’s the best resemblance. Looking forward to see you in Perth soon and remember to come to Canberra. We shall go cram in Karen’s house before joining the Sydney gang and visit Tasmania!
June
Mentally almost all prepared to fly. Had a hard time, mentally. Weeping throughout the month because Mum and Dad decided that going to USM is the best choice. Started this blog. http://barbaraxuanyige.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html
August
Received news from JPA that they will only sponsor me if I get into top 20 universities in the world. Rushed to get all documents done for ANU. Got the scholarship under "Ivy League and Equivalent" programme. Truly a blessing from God. http://barbaraxuanyige.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html
October
Suddenly, teaching wasn't as fun. It's more of a pressure. Especially given the task to handle a bunch of monkeys XD and exam class where not many are willing to study. http://barbaraxuanyige.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html
Totally loved this drama and rewatch it, starting from Iryu 1. =) I will update more on this after I finish the whole thing (till Iryu 2) with Youtube links and my 感想 for every episode. Yes, you are not seeing things, EVERY episode. Oh my, I just have so much thoughts about it.
Stay tuned.
Or even better, watch it for yourself. It's so nice that you won't regret you started. You will only regret for not watching it earlier.
I believe half of Sibu’s now in water. I had the urge to write this not because I’m trapped at home, but to voice out my heartfelt grateful to these heroes that save my life as well as my parents and also our pets and probably, my grandma too.
Last night we went for Hainan Association’s 新春联欢晚会。Normally mummy and I won’t join this. I often opted to go for the Mid-autumn Festival. However, surprisingly, mummy urged daddy to buy tickets for this year’s Chinese New Year gathering. She was thinking that if I go for university earlier than expected, I won’t be joining the Mid-autumn dinner. So, she wanted a family dinner at the association.
Yesterday morning, my house was kind of flooded. The main road had been flooded almost everyday since the last day of Mouse year. It was a bit more serious than usual. But since the water level drop significantly by 5pm, we decided to go after all. Before we went out, we put the new born kittens in one cage, the mother cat that caused us to worry whole afternoon in another cage, left the others free and pulled our dog in. We thought everything will be okay. Nevertheless, I brought my sandals along just in case we need to park our car at the higher area opposite and tread water back.
Unexpectedly, just as the Chinese proverb always say, man count no like sky count （人算不如天算）, the water level rose up in a blink of eye. When we leave New Capital Restaurant at 9pm, we were trapped before Catholic High School. By 10pm, we parked our car near Li Hua Hotel and waited for daddy’s friend to fetch us home. However, the water level was really high and his car got trapped in the water too. So, I started to phone the authority for help. Using my handphone and dad’s, I called the Lanang police station, Sibu town centre police station, rescue team, flood operation room, 911, patrol police station and residence office. Basically, I phoned all possible paces for help. A total of 14 policemen and policewomen answered my calls or came to ask me personally. They all advised us to stay in the town till dawn. But mum’s really worried about our special ones at home. Personally, I was more worried about grandma. So, I tried my very best to seek for help. The policemen were strongly against my undesirable decision of walking home. Although it’s just a 5 minutes’ drive, the water was really swift and even policemen in Pajero don’t dare to go to our area. It’s one of the most dangerous areas in Sibu. I must give thumbs up to these policemen because they were still willing to help me to ask for other means of transportation so that we could home. Mind you, it was already 11.30pm and they were all very tired after patrolling through those areas. They could just ignore us and forced us to stay in town. Instead, they took down our details and paged for boats and trucks. Unfortunately, all the trucks were used to transport other victims from villages to schools. Thank God that he sent another 2 good Samaritans. These 2 marine police came in speed boat and sent us home. Hence, there we were, in the police speedboat in the middle of the night (I did check my watch, it was 12.08am when we past by a ship near the swan statue). It took us about 25 minutes to arrive the marine police jetty. On the way, I look down into the water with an inside out life jacket. To tell you the truth, I was scared by the look of rough seas. I prayed silently in my heart. If God has the power to calm the roughest sea, I believe He’ll lead us a safe journey home. The gigantic look of ships and harbour with endless planks did give me a sense of horror. Our speedboat stopped thrice due to planks stuck in the motor. But the voices of marine polices soothed my panicked heart. I was thinking hard, what was God's message to me through this incident? To love my country more? If you guys out there understand this, please enlighten me.It’s good that we live near Battalion 10. In fact, we were just 2 minutes walk from that jetty point. When we arrived there, the policemen that requested for boat rescue actually phoned us and said that he was truly pleased that we arrived home safe. Mum was so impressed with Malaysian police. We were all touched with their dedication.
We took 15 minutes or so to arrive home. At the U-turn junction, we saw 许长发(not sure if I get his name correct) taking photos. Home was never this far. The water level was until my thigh. I’m not a short person, so you can imagine how frightening the experience was. When Hilux drove past us, the water will become so strong that you might fall anytime. (ps: when we crossed the road, we saw a cyclist on his bicycle. The water had covered more than half of his tyres) I believed 120% that the policemen said the water is 3 feet deep. Arrived home safely at 12.40pm. Glad that we saved all kitten, cats and dog. Grandma’s room was dark, so I assumed she was alright. Aunty and cousin Alex waved to us, indicating things were okay.
Went to bed at 2pm.
A special thank you to the unsung heroes out there that were willing to save us, no matter how bad the weather is, no matter how difficult the task is.
Tonnes of food were served, as if we will starve. This is just the interior part.
Can you see where's Wei Yew?
Who should I blame for this terrified totally shocked expression of mine?
The normal and nice photo.
Can someone tell me what's going on between YK and Aaron?
Before everything's in place, you can see how messy and unorganised we were.
Man, this is a super flashlight.
I can understand why Jeffrey's starting to get impatient.
Sing Hoe, is something wrong?
We can see how much YK loves Wei Yew. To the extend he doesn't wish his lover's face to be revealed. So unlike Shakespeare.
There's an unexplainable barrier between me and Jacob.
I seriously don't know what's wrong with my thumb.
Ps: I didn't know Yeo Kiong well enough or did he changed? Haha.. His performance for the night~ woah! extremely shocking discovery for me. As for Wei Yew, yeah, he's the luckiest guy of the night and well, I seemed to really can't run away from his haunting. Haha.. Look carefully, he's almost next to me in every photo of mine. 难道这就是传说中的阴魂不散？！啊哈哈哈哈哈……
Guys, book me a place. I'll be coming next year!
【I just knew I had missed out something. Yeah, I finally get to meet Kelly in person!! Yup, that president of S.I.S hahaha.. She's smaller than I expected *envy* Hope we'll get to know each other more after I arrived Australia. Of course, that includes Angel. 】
【Yesterday when I was surfing the net without any specific aims, I came across something named Yayasan Biasiswa Sarawak Tunku Abdul Rahman. At first I don't have any special feelings until I saw these:
Scholarship Name：Yayasan Biasiswa Sarawak Tunku Abdul Rahman Field Of Study/Studies：locally or overseas Eligibility：Sarawakian only.
Academic excellence, actively involved in co-curriculum activities socio-economics. Grade B in each subjects in STPM or CGPA/PNGK 3 and above for Certificate/Diploma or Matriculation.
I was like screaming at myself. Why didn't I ever come across this? A real deep thought reveals that someone told me that this is something that is impossible to get. All these years, he only knows that 1 person in Sarawak got this to do PhD.
I checked all links and found out that for around 20 years, say 100 students got it.
I wanted to download and fill the form straightaway but was shocked that there was no dateline. I searched through the net and find NOTHING about the dateline. My newspapers are in Chinese, so the part where Closing Date : Will be advertised time to time in local newspaper doesn't apply to me.
I tried to ask but the online system wasn't working. I tried to e-mail them but was rejected.
*sigh*
*sob*
I'm going to pray really hard this time that they will at least accept my application and of course hopefully grant me a scholarship. 5 years bond is really OK for me.
Hence, I hope that God listens to this prayer and show me a bright path. Please also pray for my dream to come true. Thank you very much (in advance)】
说实话，这个老板（JYP Entertainment）很可爱啊……虽然不是帅哥型的（as in 花美男），但绝对是个很敬业的艺人，也是一个很有影响力、很成功的老板。
个人对他的希望：及早寻觅到爱人，结婚去吧！=】呵呵……我会祝福你的！还有，事业更上一层楼～
【更新：Park Jin-young married his wife, Yoon Jeong-seo, in 1999. It was announced in March 2009 that the couple would be divorcing after 10 years of marriage. On the official JYP website, Park noted that although they have been together for 16 years, they grew apart and eventually decided to go their separate ways. 我终于明白他为什么说自己不是一个好情人了……啊……我可以偷偷希望他们复合吗？】
Okay, it's just a scrambled egg but mind you, this is my first attempt to fry something without parents beside me. =) Give me a big hand, please.
This is the overall picture. The two black flakes are burnt eggs (as if to reconfirm I'm a newbie to kitchen).
Diagonal view.
Okay, let's take a look, nearer please.
Oops, too focused and blurred.
Add in a spotlight and, whoa! Nothing much can be seen XD.
After some adjustments, ah, this looks better real.
This is the inside view.
My scrambled eggs may not look appealling but nevertheless, I think it was pretty okay. Should have add more butter, less milk and 1 more toast. =) Shall do better next time. Who wants to try? Line up and make an appointment. I have a tight schedule XP
Skipped church this year due to an illusion of heavy rain. Felt kinda guilty about that.
Anyway, this is the card I got from Mum and Dad. Didn't get any presents this year because they don't know what to buy XD Instead, I got an "angpow" and is allowed to get anything I like with it. But, for your information, RM 50 isn't really enough and even with Mum's second packet, I still can't really buy the things I want. *sigh* Blame it on inflation
Had a great Christmas' Eve dinner at Kingwood Hotel, Sibu. Of course, there are still lots of places that they can improve, but overall, satisfactory was achieved.
1st round of our "feast"
The lights were broken and out-of-order =.=ll
Mum's really not good with digital cameras. Or is it because I'm too fat?
