The day when I turn old

On the 23rd of January. And everybody was actually happy for me. Haha. So celebration started one day earlier with boyfriend coming all the way down to Seremban from Ipoh. Such a surprise that I cried because I was too happy. :P

After he arrived, we went for a dinner and he bought me a cake from Secret Recipe. Yeah! My favorite. :P After dinner, we went for a movie. Everything seems to be so simple yet romantic. I am very very contented to have such loving boyfriend. Ethan Ow, thank you for everything you did for me.

So I celebrated the first half an hour in the cinema. And Joyce called me all the way from Singapore. I was surprised and that was my first time receiving an "overseas" call from a friend on a birthday. Really appreciate that. Wish that you'll have a good time in Vietnam and learn to eat some veges.:P

When we returned back to my house, it's shower and bedtime. Before going to bed, I found that little Care Bear got strangled by something on it's neck. Hehe. My present from boyfriend. I really love it. I am still trying to find out how much he had spent on this watch.

On the actual day, boyfriend have to leave for Singapore for some work. We had lunch with my family in Kensington. The food was surprisingly nice. Boyfriend wanted to treat all of us but was stopped by mom. Haha plan fail once again :P After lunch, it was mom's turn to give me a present. Change my image, from a straight, silky (:P) hair to curly, and still silky hair. Hmph... I still prefer my straight hair. But still thank you mom for this pricey present.

I would really like to thank everyone who wishes me, phone, facebook, heart, or in any other way. I am such a lucky girl to be blessed with so much love. My only wish this year is for my family to be healthy and boyfriend and I to have a safe trip to UK and Europe.

Most of the photos are with boyfriend.

Farewell Part 2: Girls affair

14th January. After graduating from high school, we seldom met each other. I think the last time we meet each other was in 2008? Anyway it has really been a long time since we met. Cai Xuan is my friend since I can ever remember. Our mom's are colleagues. So despite being in different primary school, we used to get to meet each other and play. We went to the same secondary school and from then on she went on to pursue her accounting degree and me, well ended up in Singapore. For the sake of her future, she decided to quit her job in Malaysia and go to Singapore. So we met in Singapore, City Hall to be exact and had a simple lunch. Really had fun catching up with you Cai Xuan. I hope, if you get to read this, that you'll settle down real soon and complete your ACCA with flying colors.

22nd January. Today I met with another two important people in my life. Hui Qian.

She's my best friend from secondary school. She was the one who was there for me when I had troubles and difficulties, sharing my tears, my laughters and my happiness. I hope I did the same for her too. So, we met in Mid Valley for lunch and had Korean food. The food was so-so but having her as company was great.

Condiments before meal

Our Lunch

The too sour iced lemon tea and too sweet peach shake

After that, we went shopping. Such fun time. I remembered we used to go shopping and buy the same shirt. Hahahaha...Anyway she's sick now, I hope she will recover faster. Thank you for your lovely present. And friends forever.

Friends forever

In the night, Xin Yu came over to meet us. I know Xin Yu when we were in A-Levels. I guess I was her first friend. She's one year younger than me so she's more like a little sister to me. Haha but in many ways, she's more mature than me. Sometimes, she's the one who offered me advices regarding life's matter. Such a shame of me. Well she had just finished her exam that day and rushed down to meet me in Mid Valley. We went for dinner in this cute shop called Reminisce. The interior of this shop is pretty interesting, decorated with things that we used to know from our childhood. Matches its shop's name Reminisce. The food is value for money. The taste is that familiar taste you will get when your mom cook. So, if you are studying far, far away from home, you could drop by this place in Mid Valley for a reminiscence of mom's cooking.

Reminisce

Chee cheong fun

Nasi Lemak

One of the decoration with gasing and "lao fu zi" comic

Both of us looking pretty

Desserts

For Hui Qian and Xin Yu, good luck in your final semester. I wish both of you will pass with flying colors and got hired even before you graduated. I will miss you guys when I'm in UK. Having crazy friends like both of you really made my life my colorful. Haha. No offence.

Not perfect

Sometimes, I think that I am not as good as I thought I am. Or maybe, I am just greedy. Yes, I admit that I am greedy. I always hope/dream that I'll excel in whatever I do, studies, music, dance, life, relationship...blah blah blah. But I am never the top-achiever. I am not really perfect. I understand very slowly. I forget things easily. I lost focus easily. Sometimes, all these really make myself and everyone around me frustrated. Take dance for example, I am always doing the same mistakes again and again. I want to change but somehow, my mind don't wanna do so. I cannot understand my own mind and body at times, it's like both of them are not linked together and they wanna act according to their own way. *Sigh* Frustrated.

What do you have to say to this success-greed but non-perfect person?

2011

2011. New year new hope. However, I chose to not set any resolutions because I do not want to feel guilty later for not being able to achieve them. But there are certain things that I will continue to hold on to, such as
1) Always, in my own capacity, make people beside me feel awesome and happy
2) Always, in my own capacity, try to help my family out. (Arghh I think this wouldn't be the case this year due to my UK exchange which I need to loan large chunk of money from my parents)
3) Always take good care of myself so that my family would not need to worry about me
4) Always be the best girlfriend boyfriend will ever had (Hahahaha...)

Anyway, this brand new year started off with SICKNESS! Damn! What a way to celebrate the new year. Down with flu! Just hope I will recover soon so that I could go meet my friends and enjoy all the delicious delicacies before flying off to UK.

Have been spending loads of time with my family for the past week. Very happy and contented to just to be able to chat with them. And I think the happiest thing of all is to have mom's cooking nearly everyday. When they say mom knows best, it is not wrong at all. My mom just know what I like to eat and how I like it. Of course, I do helped out and in some ways pick up a few dishes which hopefully can be applied when I go over to UK.

2011. Getting a year older. 2011 will definitely be a good one because of exchange! So looking forward to fly off next month. I wish everyone will achieve more happiness, more success, more prosper in 2011.

Farewell Part 1: The DSA affair

23rd December 2010. So, the dance club that I've joined since Year one-DanceSport Academy (DSA) has take up a large chunk of my uni life. Most of my friends are dancers. And so I guess they are the people that I would really like to say so long, farewell to before I fly off. Therefore, I've planned a dinner, in Holland Village. Although there were only 8 of us, but I am sincerely very happy. Thank you Chek Lee, Duy, Hanh, Bao, Joyce, Chin Yun and of course Ethan for making yesterday's dinner so fun.

It started with Bakerzin Lunch with Chin Yun and Ethan. We had pastas! Some were nice, some were just so-so.

Seafood Pasta

Pork loin Pasta (Taste like sweet and sour pork)

Oglio Olio with crispy bacons and mushrooms

Brastwurst Pasta

Then we headed on to Orchard for some winter clothing window shopping and also to meet Joyce. Chin Yun suggested it but in the end, only Ethan and I bought it so winter wear. Haha anyway we gonna miss Chin Yun after this because she'll be flying off to the US on 31st December. Hmph..Joyce was still no where to be found.
To Chin Yun: Do take care of yourself in the US.

Chin Yun and I

We walked and walked and walked, from Orchard to Chinatown where we had our KOI bubble tea and also to meet Joyce. Oh I guess I'm gonna miss KOI when I'm in UK. And guess what, Chin Yun had her first KOI ever. After bubble tea and some shopping at Chinatown, we walked to Tanjong Pagar. Ethan managed to capture some interesting photos. But we still couldn't find Joyce. And we rested in Tanjong Pagar where we started to look at maps of Europe, UK and US. Such exciting thing to do when you are really travelling there, looking at places you are going to go, probably going. And it is also very exciting to be able to locate the places that you have heard before but never ever know where are they. I am sure that I will have so much fun.

So, we still couldn't meet up with Joyce. And we decided to head on to Buona Vista to meet everybody. Well, as expected, everybody was late. So the three of us waited, waited and waited when finally everybody arrived. And we walked to Holland Village, takes about 10 minutes to have our Mexican Dinner at El Patio. They have free Nachos.

Free flow of Nachos

Yes, free flow of Nachos if you can eat 10 buckets and still stuffed down their Buritos, Quesadillas or Fatija. The food are worth trying but they are quite pricey. This is what I had.

Tex-Mex Crispy something 

So we talked and laughed and cam-whored while munching away our Mexican delights. On that night, I actually picked up a few interview skills from everyone. I hope the next time I have an interview, I'll be able to nail that interview and get what I want.

Chek Lee and Joyce

Bao, Duy and Chin Yun

Hanh and Bao

Although not all friends that I wanted to meet were there that night, I thought the night ends well. But everybody was too tired to stay on and accompany Chek Lee for a drink, maybe due to long hours of shopping and may be due to energy drain from exams.

DSA has been a big part of me and will continue to. DSA is a one big family that I will miss and never forget when I go to England. I hope the juniors will continue to improve their dancing and that DSA will reach further milestones in competitions and performance during this half a year. So long farewell DSA.

Pre-Post-Exam post

Okay so after two weeks of battle, sleepless night, zombie-like days, I am finally down with one paper. Yes! One final paper on Wednesday! This is getting really excited as the semester seems so so long this semester. During exams, I sort of had a "reunion" with my family...on the virtual world that is. So, off they went to places that are so familiar to me such as Kedah and Melaka and savor all the delicacies that I miss much (Kedah's assam laksa, chendol, ais-kacang.....the list never ends). And off they went for chats and laughter and cam-whoring session without me. And I shouldn't continue on because I'll only sulk, sulk, sulk and sulk. Haha. I never knew how much I missed all of them. It's been a year since we've all met. And it will be another year when we meet again. *Sigh*

And within two months time, I'll be leaving home again but this time to a place which I am clueless about. For all my life, I've never taken airplane for more than 5 hours and now I'm gonna take a 14-hour flight to England. I am going to travel around countries where people might not even speak English. Yeap. I am finally leaving my comfort zone and I am finally reaching out for my dreams, to study in a Western country. This still seem very surreal although everything has been confirmed. Nonetheless, I am still very very excited about it. Too excited until all the study mood has gone. Too excited that I want to just pack up everything, wind the clock fast-forward so that I will be on that plane the next day. Too excited to go through four seasons (But I think at most it'll only be 3). Yes there are so many excitement lying ahead for me and I am really really looking forward to go.

After exams, it is gonna be party, meet-ups, good byes and back onto the dance floor. Yeah I miss slipping into my dance shoes, listening to Latin musics and move around with my partner. Miss the days that all dancers would just hang out in the dance studio and dance, laugh, argue, cry, sweat...

Every back home holiday is a rush one. This time, I'll finally have the time to meet up with my friends that I've never met for a long time. I've made a list on who to meet, who to say good bye to. Topping the list are Hui Qian and all my other girls as well as my A-Level mates (I think it's been two years since we've met). Next will be... Only then I realised, I actually have friends that can be counted using all my 10 fingers. Haha such an antisocial I was last time. Anyway, really hope to meet up with more people that I've missed for long time before I fly off.

I shall hit the books again. Merry merry Christmas everybody.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

心动

After watching 星光大道 this week, I fell in love with this song again

过去让它过去， 

来不及，

重头喜欢你，

百云缠绕着蓝天，

如果不能让我门永远走在一起，

也至少给我们，

怀念的勇气， 拥抱的权利，

好让你明白，我心动的痕迹。