Ushering the year 2008

What is a new year to you? At times i think it's just another day and other times i think it's a time where we renew our spirits and start over. (At this moment, I feel like the latter ^_^)

Reflecting back on the year 2007, I've grown so much in many aspects of my life - spiritually, mentally. At the beginning of the year, I was preparing myself to live away from home. That was already a major step in my life because I had to decide on a course to take which will determine more or less what I will do for the rest of my life (before retirement). It was quite a drama I'd say - turned down an offer from IMU to do pharmacy because it would be fairly costly and after that not being able to take up pharmacy in Curtin because they wouldn't accept application based on a forecast result. So off I went for Medical Science, a 3 year Bachelor of Science course in Curtin. I'm quite happy with that decision ^_^

Coming to Perth is already a whole blessing - a life changing event. This is where I actually learned to cook, wash my own clothes, buy my own groceries, find my own way round Perth and even got myself my first real job! But the most significant event ever this year is when I accepted Christ. Just to learn that there this...well, friend that loves us so much, gave His life for us so that we would have eternal life...basically showing us that there is GRACE in this world. Sometimes i forget about this grace as we are constantly bombarded with so much negativity - stress, sadness/depression, violence, cruelty, doubt, selfishness - but thank God that I'm surrounded by loving people and I'm so thankful that I'm blessed with a cheerful personality. I finally learn the true meaning of "if you just believe, anything can happen". Nothing goes as planned, though. I'm still learning to trust wholely in His plans for me instead of my plans for myself. The learning never ends and I'm taking it a step at a time...like REALLY a step at a time...slow, slow steps...baby steps.

After reflecting, the bad things that happened, i learn from it. The regrets that i may have had, i throw away that feeling but take away the lessons. All these I will keep in mind for the year to come. Life's a roller coaster ride. Enjoy the ride!

New year resolutions??? hmm...thinking about it and it's private and confidnetial =P

But I pray that this year to come would be a great year. A year full of new experiences and a year where we are a step closer to learn or fulfill our purpose here on earth.

sounds deep eh? sorry ah...i did say that I feel renewed in spirit =P

Happy new year!!!!!!!!!

tanah tumpah darah

On the way back from Perth, the aeroplane flight was terrible. well, not exactly but i would usually be able to sleep while travelling but i couldn't! the seats were like the cinema seats in Perth! so upright and tall...my neck was always strained and i could only take about 10 minutes of sleep before i could start feeling the ache in my neck =S when we got off at about 7am (Malaysian time) - by the way, our flight got delayed for about half an hour - we took breakfast! croissant and latte...i wanted hot chocolate though.

after that, we hopped on the bus at 9 am and travelled for another 3.5-4 hours from KLIA to Ipoh. The contrast compared to the aeroplane! the seats were much more comfier, bigger and basically comfier ^^ I took this opportunity to SLEEP!!!! i slept from the time before the bus started moving till we got off the highway to enter Ipoh. I really needed the sleep, man...

anyways, as we were entering Ipoh but still on the highway, i couldn't recognise the place! all the usual landmarks i used to see on the highway were sort of weird. but then, it could be because i was drowsy. lol!

I reached home in time to eat lunch! boy, i do miss homecooked food ^^ we talked alot...and i think the house got noisier just like that. meriahnya...oh yea...my sister and i started to realise the little creatures in the house that we seldom see in australia, i.e. lizard, ants - red ants in particular, mosquitoes.

after that, hang around the house a lil...visited the fridge and the cupboards to get back to my usual habit of looking for food/something to munch. then, on the white board i saw, " collect YH's STPM cert". oooo...i've got a certificate to collect from school! cool! besides, i've to renew my driving license and my brother also needed to collect his SPM certificate. so, off we (my bro and i) went! took us about 1 hour. by the time i got home, i felt really tired. please excuse me la...i did afterall travel the whole night and had only 4 hours of sleep on the bus.

I went to sleep and woke up 4 hours later =P for dinner!!!! wooppeee!!!! i had my favourite...steamed pomfret! yumm....actually, had it for lunch too.

oh well, the rest of the night was spent online, on the phone, enjoying the home shower, watching tv with family, etc. haha.

the day ended at almost 1am when i felt sleepy again and when i found out i got a mosquito bite! my first mosquito bite in ages!!!! i'm not too sure whether to be happy about it or not =/ the mosquito attack didn't end there! i heard one while i was trying to sleep...buzz...buzz...urgh! annoying!

oh well, that's home ^^ and i'll love it no matter what

p.s.: i've been sneezing...hopefully it won't turn into a full blown hay fever cause that'll suck

going back to malaysia

wow...it's already 4th of December 2007. Firstly, it's almost the end of the year. Secondly, I'm done with my first year studies. Thirdly, I'm going back to malaysia after 9 months staying in Perth, being independent in a foreign country and so far away from home.

I've mixed feelings, to be honest.
I'm happy that I'm going back to Malaysia, my home country. Back to see my parents, back to see my siblings and other relatives, back to good old home cooked food, back to my beloved bed, back to hugging my beloved bolster, back to meet up with former school mates...the nostalgia, man! (I'm not making myself sound old, am I?)
I'm also feeling sad because for the past 9 months, you've also come to love the people here, the place you live which has become home. Basically, I've grown accustom to everything here and it's hard to leave all that for the next 2 months.

Oh well, that's life I suppose. Come to think of it, I can't imagine how some people/families who moves back and forth their whole life without really settling down in one place - nomads. They would have never experienced HOME. Quite sad actually.

By the way, I've got 5 more days till I sing, "I'm leaving, on a jet plane...". So, any requests from Australia? Please be reasonable, k? Afterall, I've got luggage weight limit which is 20kg and I'm occupying 15kgs!!! I don't care! I'm booking that 75% of the allowed weight! One more thing, priority is given to relatives ^^

WWEEEEEEE~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!

friday outing

just the past friday, i went out to the city with sue ann and wan cheng. we had lunch and we hung out at a ice-cream(?) parlour called icey ice. oooo.....that was a fun day. had loads of fun just catching up with my 2 friends ^^

first stop!

lunch.

we ate at some korean restaurant (i didn't really bothered remembering the name, although i should since it turned out to be a nice place =S) I was not fond of korean food at that point of time but that restaurant sort of changed my outlook on korean food. may be because i ate all the wrong food during my previous (and only) visit to a korean restaurant. that's is why, if you've got a bad experience with food ONCE, don't let that stop you from trying it again.


there...an overview of what we had...


gorsh...i should have blogged on that day itself. umm...this is the spicy chicken claypot dish (if i'm not mistaken)


and this is the sizzling spicy beef dish. don't ask me for the exact name...i can't remember!


and the final dish...rice cake!! mmmm.........

after that, we took the blue miao miao (CAT: Central Area Transit - it's a free bus service in the city and also in a couple more places; they use colour codes to differentiate the bus route) to Icey Ice in Northbridge. and we bought a.....
TADA!!!

doesn't it just look divine???? lol!

ok. that's all for now. and one more thing. don't forget to clean up the puddle of saliva on the desk before you leave the computer!!! kekekekeke...