Dress Pretty To Feel Pretty.

I typed out this long post about things that are bothering me but I felt even more frustrated trying to be vague so screw it. Ladeela.

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Earth Hour 09.

This is the UCL Main Building,


This is the "British Museum" in The Mummy Returns,


Uncanny, isn't it. Haha. I was jumping around in my chair getting all excited when I saw it. My uni was "The British Museum" in The Mummy Returns!

But apparently UCL is used as a filming location pretty often. It was used in Batman Begins, Harry Potter and even The Dark Knight, although I have no idea in which scene. I think I'll go watch it again to find out. Omg isn't this exciting! Maybe over the course of the next 2 years they'll film even more shows there! Omg!

Random fact: Christopher Nolan studied English literature at UCL.

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It'll be 8.30pm soon here in London. The family turned the lights off back home in Malaysia too so I'm even more gung-ho now!

But question: Turn off your lights.. and use batteries? Hm. I can't tell if that's reasonable or not. The part of me that wants to watch Doubt during that one hour thinks it's very reasonable :D

Whatever you do, however you do it, whoever you're doing it with - switch off your lights! It's Earth Hour 2009!

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Kid Wonders.

credits to: XDeathLoRdz

can you say PITCH PERFECT?



credits to: jwcfree (his channel)

If he ever comes up with an album, I want to buy it. I swear, it's so relaxing, all my sleeping issues will be thrown out the window.

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People.

I am starting to enjoy watching Grey's more than HIMYM, GG or OTH. HIMYM, GG and OTH are still awesome shows but I really get all emotional and affected when I watch Grey's, especially now as the show moves towards a more turbulent time. And Dr. Cristina Yang is my new favourite character. New because I've never really had a favourite character in Grey's. Except for Addison but she left to the barren Land of Spin-Offs so that doesn't count.

Just like that, term 2 is over. Easter holidays are upon us, and the imminent exams only a month away. Actually, this can be considered as the end of my first undergraduate year since I won't be returning for any more classes this fiscal year. I only have my exams and then I'm all done, and hopefully (please please please please please) I'll be starting my 2nd year in September.

I don't really feel it though, the whole it's-the-end-of-year feeling. I only realised it's actually the "end of the year" when I saw big groups of people taking photos in the main quad. After my borderline disastrous Spanish oral exam, but let's not talk about that.

I'm a bit curious as to how my Easter break will pan out. Sure, the plan is to study like mad, and it's a good plan too considering how bloody behind I am in what feels like EVERYTHING. But it's a long break, I'm living alone in London and public transport makes getting everywhere easy.. I really wonder how far my not-very-existent discipline is going to carry me. Haha.

But, I am trying this new thing called willpower. Heard of it?
Yea, me neither.

:D

Jokes aside, I noticed that it's very easy to acquire a habit be it good or bad. The bad ones are always easiest because well, it doesn't take much "willpower" to make you buy packets and packets of soft chewy awesome Sainsbury's Milk Chocolate Cookies. I guess I have to push myself, and hopefully this studying thing will become part and parcel of my life in the days to come. Especially in this coming month. Because I would really really like to move on to my 2nd year. I have nightmares where I have to repeat my 1st year okay. No joke.

Before all that though, I'll have my fair share of a "holiday" next week as people come from Manchester and KL. I get to play tour guide with Vonn for a few days, and not to mention, I'll finally be able to watch Wicked! And of course, we'll have our "picnic" in Hyde Park, if the weather permits. We're going to see what the angmohs enjoy in lying on the grass with their shades on, soaking up the very scarce sunshine. Oh, and I put the word "picnic" in inverted commas because we'll probably just go tapau some McDs and eat on the grass. Haha.

Happy Easter! :)

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Sarah's right. Too many spoilers! And I hate anything being spoiled for me, so I still feel super guilty even after I put up big, red SPOILER warnings.

SO! I have learnt how to hide parts of my post. Specially for people who don't want things spoilt for them, for people who don't follow these shows and just wanna patkua (because the stuff that make it to my blog is good OKAY) and for the people who are up to date and want to join me in reveling in the awesomeness that is good TV. (:

Might I also add that while HTML/Javascript/XML is effing frustrating, it also brings utmost satisfaction. :)

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Grey's Anatomy Season 5 Episode 19 "Elevator Love Letter" spoilers:




Perfect. Couldn't have been done any better.

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Oscar Performances!

credits to: youkilledken

"Does anyone think this case was curioussss?"
Priceless! Anne Hathaway! I love it!

credits to: greenbearwithit

Have fun recognizing the familiar musical numbers! I did. :)

The sound quality isn't that great, but Beyonce is just so WOW. Ooh and spot Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper! :)

Who knew Hugh Jackman could sing so well? And be such a charming guy to boot ;)

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The Beauty. (Minor spoilers!)

"..Here's the piece of the puzzle you boys are missing. Sometimes, the beauty is in the attempt. We took a shot. We gave it everything we could and we did it well. It just didn't work out. Well, when that happens, you got two options. You could sit in a public park like a couple of homos pouting and drinking cheap beer or you can celebrate the attempt. Raise your glasses right now, both of you. Get 'em up. To the friendships we made along the way. And the insane amount of ass we get from doing this job."

"You were so close. So close."

"But, above all, don't let this get you down. Pick yourself up, find the next one. It's what we do, boys. It's what we know."

-Reese Dixon OTH 6x18 "Searching For A Former Clarity"

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I heard OTH is scraping Chad Michael Murray by the end of this season. LUCAS SCOTT. Seriously, how do they expect the show to survive without Lucas and all his brooding.

And this came right after Hilarie Burton (Peyton Sawyer) ambiguously announcing that she's leaving too. When she finally turned less annoying, she says bye-bye..

..What is going on here!?

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Peaches.

My wallet has no cash, only receipts. Huh, go figure.

I just found out that we're not allowed to use calculators in our exams. Maths without my trusty calculator - shoot me now and get it over with.

I found Ray-Ban lookalikes in Primark going at 1 pound a pop. I'ma get me all four colours (red, yellow, white, black).

I need to vacuum my room. And clean my toilet.

Nate Archibald has perfect hair.

I'm pledging myself to Earth Hour 2009. I still haven't figured out what I'm going to do for that one hour. No electricity means no laptop, no radio, no.. does listening to an iPod count?

My point is, Earth Hour people! Turn off your lights for one hour at 8.30pm (local time) on the 28th of March to raise awareness for climate change. I mean, crazy snow storms in London? Fun, but freaky.

I can't decide which season of HIMYM I like best. Yes, season. This obsession is beyond episodic.

OB ended today. :(

I want to buy all of Jay Chou's CDs. Too awesome for words.

I do not like strong wind that mess up your hair. Because it means you have to take your pocket-warmed hands out of your pocket to fix it.

I should go on a fruit and vege diet soon. Too.much.CARBS.

I am not ready for my Spanish oral exam. Gulp.

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The Rest Of Your Life.

"The rest of your life is a long time and whether you know it or not, it's being shaped right now. You can choose to blame your circumstances on fate or bad luck or bad choices, or you can fight back. Things aren't always gonna be fair in the real world, that's just the way it is. But for the most part, you get what you give.

Let me ask you all a question. What's worse: not getting everything you wished for, or getting it but finding out it's not enough?

The rest of your life is being shaped right now with the dreams you chase, the choices you make and the person you decide to be. The rest of your life is a long time, and the rest of your life starts right now."

- Haley, OTH 5x02 "Racing Like A Pro"

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I'm So Young and You're So Old.

I know not the meaning of moderation, really. I go grocery shopping every Saturday, which means for a few days, my fridge/pantry will be well stocked. And of course for some reason I just have to eat a lot and continuously during those few days. Yea, just because I have food. And then for the next few days before I go grocery shopping again, I'll be starving at night. See, I seem to understand the concept of moderation.

But today, I went to Sainsbury's and bought a lot of FRUITS so even if I snack excessively, I'll be snacking healthily! Ha! Take that, Ms. Willpower! *smug

I'm listening to K-Luv Oldies on my iTunes radio, something I only recently discovered thanks to Charles. We've been on a bit of an oldies frenzy: YouTube-ing old school videos (oh so cringe-worthy!) and listening to radio stations listed under "Golden Oldies". Oldies are just awesome, which is why Lite 'n' Easy is awesome to listen to. For its songs only though, because the DJs are so bloody annoying.

I stayed up late last night watching Bride Wars (finally!) and Inkheart. Bride Wars was just your regular chick flick with a very good-looking cast and Inkheart sort of just fell flat. Anysmoos. I woke up super late today. OK fine, I wake up late every Saturday but today was a record late. My English breakfast idea went out the window. But no fear, there's still tomorrow!

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Borrowed Time.

"Practicing medicine doesn't lend itself well to the making of friends. Maybe because life and mortality are in our faces all the time. Maybe because in staring down death everyday, we're forced to know that life, every minute, is borrowed time. And each person we let ourselves care about is just one more loss somewhere down the line. For this reason, I know some doctors who just don't bother making friends at all. But the rest of us, we make it our job to move that line, to push each loss as far away as we can."

-Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy 5X18 "Stand By Me"

For the past few episodes of Grey's I have been sobbing my eyes out without fail. It's getting so tragic somehow.

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Whoopdeedoo, once again, the weekend is here! Every week before Easter break starts will still be considered a "holiday" for me, ironically, because Easter break will be a bunch of stressful weeks coupled with panicked hours and long late frustration-filled nights. Yay.

I'd like to think there will be so much waiting for me "on the other side" but if I do, then I won't be able to concentrate. Gah.

But, the weekend is here. And I still have to kaotim my accommodation stuff, which is going very very slowly btw. So frustrating. And then I have to get ready for my Spanish oral exam, joy. If I do well maybe I will do a post in Spanish, D. Haha.

I vow to sleep less and accomplish more this weekend! Weekends like these, where I will not have to be confined to my books, are slowly dying out. Bloody hell I really hate days leading up to exams.

On a slightly more amusing note, I got my exam timetable and exam venues along with it. Guess where some of my exams will take place? Lemme give you a hint, it's where you go and pray on Sunday mornings. And where you sing hymns. And there's usually a priest involved. Serious. Haha.

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In The Mail!

I was idly doing my laundry when I decided to check my mailbox.. and there it was! I thought it would only arrive next week! I love surprises :)

From my Aunty all the way in Singapore,


I love receiving snail mail! :)

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I Hate Small Talk.

credits: http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/C/Conversation.asp

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Hola gente!

I just stuffed my face with Nandos and now I can't get the peri-peri/chicken smell off my fingers. Damn.

My last Spanish class really was this week. Sigh. My oral examination is next Friday yay jump for joy. It will be quite an experience though, I've never really gone for an oral exam for a foreign language, as in me speaking a foreign language the whole time (a whole 15 minutes WOW!) Uh, I'm skeptical as to whether it will go well but we'll see.

OB lectures end next week. I probably said this countless times to whoever who has bothered to listen but it's depressing alright! I think I've grown emotionally attached to the subject. You know what they say: if you bare your soul to something, you are allowing yourself to get hurt in the process. Hahaha. But seriously, when my lecturer announced there would be no more seminars I felt a pang of sadness and I spent the whole bus ride back moping. Hahaha. It's funny in retrospect. But this is the one class I step out of much smarter than when I stepped in.

It never fails to surprise me how fast time passes. It's been 6 months since that cold, wet evening when I first stepped foot on London soil and realised it really is as gloomy as people say it is. When I really think about it, I can still remember the exciting unfamiliarity of this place back in September.

Anysmoos. Today is a day to rejoice for Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill are BACK! It was indeed a long and cold winter without them, but fear now for Chuck Bass is back to keep us warm. ;) Well OK fine, not literally. But a girl can dream..

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I think "Dan Humphrey" got a lot of hate mail after the last shown episode of GG before the break started. Y'know the one where he is a judgy ass and then couldn't control his hormones, does a 180 (and Miss Slutty Carr) and becomes a first rate hypocritic ass instead. So now he's gone back to just being judgy.

Chuck had a stupid storyline and his only saving grace is if his puppy dog crush on Elle/Hayley/Who Really Cares will have some big effect towards the end of the season. And although I'm dying for Chuck and Blair to get together, we all know it will never happen because if not handled properly, it could kill all form of fun in the show. Sigh.

Enter Carter Baizen a.k.a Sebastian Stan (Leighton Meester's real-life boyfriend) looking a little drug addict-ish, but very compatible with Blair all the same. I think he cracked and couldn't take the sizzling hot chemistry between Chuck and Blair so he figured it's time to step in and remind everyone he's the real boyfriend. Haha.

Ladeela, the tables are turned (again) and it's Chuck's turn to chase after Blair. Fun fun!

Oh on a separate note, I think it's very funny watching the HIMYM crew try (unsuccessfully) to hide Alyson Hannigan's very pregnant belly. It's so HIMYM-style!

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Dammit I need to get the Nandos smell out of my hand it makes my hands feel dirty. Now everything I touch is going to smell like Nandos. My keyboard is going to smell like Nandos.

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Big Movies.

For the first time, I seem to be really into watching Big Awards Movies this year. Y'know, movies you've never heard of till they win/get nominated for big big awards. Think No Country For Old Men, Michael Clayton, Brokeback Mountain..

I watched Slumdog Millionaire awhile back and I just watched Changeling tonight this morning after writing my Spanish essay on "¿Qué has hecho el fin de semana?" (What did you do over the weekend?). So far, this year's Big Awards Movies have been good, and not as slow-paced and pointless as I always thought Big Awards Movies would be. I've heard good reviews about Doubt as well as Benjamin Button, although I also hear it's a bit slow-moving. The Reader might be a good watch too.

On the other end of the spectrum, we have chick flicks galore! Confessions Of A Shopaholic, 17 Again (ZAC EFRON!), Bride Wars. I am a self-professed chick flick chick because come on what's not to like about shows where you can feast your eyes on good-looking characters who have happy endings? :D

.. and all this wouldn't be possible without the magnificent StageVU! :)

It's 5.45am here, and I should probably call it a night. uh, morning. And to think I intend to wake up at 9am to go get breakfast. Pft, I pft at myself.

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The Weekend.

When I'm not worrying about work, I'm worrying about exams. When I'm not worrying about exams, I'm worrying about accommodation. When I'm not worrying about accommodation, I'm worrying about work. It's a vicious cycle. Why can't I worry about getting discounts in H&M or Topshop or something. I don't like being repressed and not being able to do things I want to do, like go shopping! And of course, just when I have to settle down and look at a book, my mind erupts with a truckload of ideas on what to do other than look at a book. Sigh.

Fine, I'm just being whiny. There's a time for play (for me, that was from September-now) and there's a time to worry about work (like RIGHT NOW). The countdown to exams is at 47 days and I don't feel any more prepared as the days go by faster and faster and faster.. man, this is all so exhausting.

But I guess complaining won't get me anywhere. Although, random fact about me: when it gets to That Time (after 2am), I can either be really high or I just start to curse a lot. Cursing is bad, and we should refrain from doing it because if we don't, we portray ourselves to be uncouth youths. But heck it's damn bloody satisfying to curse your ass off when things don't go your way. Especially in the middle of the night when you begrudgingly willingly sacrifice sleep for work. And um, under your breath, of course.

But, the weekend is here. I had a physically and mentally tiring day, so I'm relishing in the weekend-ness that is the weekend. I'd like to call this my last "free" weekend for myself. Probably cut down my very long accommodation options list from 40 to 10, spend some time eating fruits (lots of it) and read up on Spanish (probably my least stressful subject..or is it?). I love the weekend, we love the weekend, God bless weekends :)

There are two equally stressed A2 candidates on my cbox. Haha. Isn't it ODD to be worried about exams in MARCH when everyone else has just barely started? Haha. All the best to you A2 people! Back during my days leading up to A2 trials, the most common conversation in class was:

"Eh, you ready for trials ah?"
"Aiya, trials only ma!"

;) Take it easy kiddos.

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A Mess.

I need to start living healthier. More fruits, less carbs. But I don't have to fret about exercise: every morning when I'm running late for class, I run up and down a total of 3 long escalators and practically sprint from platform to platform during the interchange of lines. And every morning, without fail, I feel like such a bum because I'm exhausted from a bit of "moving faster that usual". Sigh.

Vonn's right, before long I'm going to turn into a walking zombie what with all my late nights. My probably-very-mild case of insomnia is back as I toss and turn my way to sleep till about 5am. I don't even know why I can't sleep. It's not like I'm not tired, I'm so exhausted by the end of the day (from all the running in the morning. damn). Otherwise it's like, I get 3 hours of sleep so that night I'm so sleepy I crash and get enough sleep, then the next night I'm wide awake and so I only get 3 hours of sleep and the cycle goes on and on.. it's all very tiring and frustrating.

I feel very the unhealthy now. And my right ankle hurts, like it's been sprained and I wasn't informed.

Whine whine whine.

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Because Charles Is Bugging Me.

..and it's an awesome song.



Ignore the video, it's abit uh. Well. But notice the outfits the girls are in. :D

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Shut Up!

Today my OB lecturer informed us that back in the 1920s-1940s, studies actually discovered a correlation between height and how good a leader you are.

Uh-oh.

Well, he promptly followed that up with a bell chart/statistic study telling us how that's not true, because when studies were done the sample size (n) was really really big and yea, whatever it is, height has NOTHING to do with leadership skills!

Yea, at least I can fit into a Poladroid! Ngehehe. Love you Bro. :D

One more thing to be bummed about: my OB lectures end in 2 weeks. :( We had such a great lecture today (actually we have great lectures every week). We watched clips from the show Patton and Glory, shows from way back about war. We were specifically watching to see the different leadership types. The way my lecturer tied it into today's lecture was so brilliant and it got me thinking about the different teaching styles in UK and the US. I mean, I've never been taught under the US system, so I'm making guesses here. But both my management lecturers this year are American and if the way they teach is any indication of how lectures are conducted in the US, I think I'm in the wrong country! Haha. It's actually a simple comparison of quantity vs. quality, although I'm not saying what I have here has no quality. Like today, my OB lecturer was going to call off lecture because he couldn't get the sound system to work. If he were British, I think he would've carried on with or without the video, which honestly, would have made significantly less of an impact. Sometimes I get the feeling that it my other classes, all we're trying to do is rush to complete the syllabus.

My dad used to tell me over and over again to apply to the US as well, but I never listened. I was hell bent on coming to London. Sigh. Oh well. The dream now is to get good enough grades so that after 3 years here, I can wave goodbye to rainy London and say hello to the Big Apple! (and I don't mean the donut ok)

I've told myself this countless times, but I never seem to do it: I'm going to start bringing my camera with me wherever I go. And uh, use it of course. I'm bored of poladroiding old photos, and I mean OLD. Although it's fun to look through organised, labeled folders (I love labeled folders) and pick out photos I forgot I ever had. :)

Anyhoos, I've read about this Project 365 from various blogs and yea, I think it's kinda cool, but it looks like a lot of discipline. I mean, in terms of taking a photo everyday, blogging everyday.. YEA you don't have to point out that I am already blogging everyday as it is. And posting photos. NOT THE POINT OK. I feel like starting on it because it seems like a good enough way to capture the little things I do each day and remember them. I think the best part would be looking back after a year and reminiscing over 365 photos that made up my year.

Well, yea, I'll start it soon but not just yet. Heh.

I have this thing where I am super exhausted after I get back from a long day at class (Mondays and Tuesdays only la) but after I take a shower, I'm physically still tired but I won't be able to sleep. Gah. It's annoying. I really cannot stand tossing and turning in bed, it feels like a complete waste of time. Especially when I'm well aware I have to get out of bed in a couple of hours.

And since we're on the topic of things I can't stand: I cannot stand people talking in the library, even if they're whispering. ESPECIALLY if they're whispering. I told you right, it's both a blessing and a curse to be able to eavesdrop so well. You know how Murphy's Law says that a whisper is louder than talking normally because you naturally tend to try harder to listen? YEA, very annoying. Yesterday, this bunch of people were talking at a normal voice level and my goodness that's when I really noticed how much it irks me. Thankfully, a guy from the opposite table asked them to shut the hell up "please, could you keep it down". And then today, the girl who was sitting next to me OMG seriously do you HAVE to recite EVERYTHING you're studying? Imagine this: you know when you're trying to remember facts you read it once or twice and then you look away and recite it out? YEA seriously she was doing that but whispering which it twice as bloody annoying! And you know how when you recite, you recite it pretty fast, so when she was reciting it all came out sounding like there was a bloody fly buzzing next to my ear. WTF.


In other news,

after what feels like forever, the new HIMYM episode is out today! And it guest stars Laura Prepon ('Donna' from That `70s Show). I love HIMYM. I think I know the first 3 seasons' scripts by heart. Haha.

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Say NO To Sweets!

picture credits: http://www.wineandfoodtube.com/blog/view/cuisine-news-12/spain-landscape-in-a-cooking-pot--169/

I was putting the finishing touches on my Spanish Project (about Spanish cuisine and meals) and got carried away while searching for pictures of churros. Y'know I'm not much of a sweet tooth. I do have my moments when I turn into an bottomless pit of whininess and crave for sweet stuff (I am a girl after all) but I can generally survive without desserts.

But today, I researched on churros and immediately felt like eating them. Just now, I shamelessly took a free newspaper (I usually don't because I don't read them) because they were giving out free Cadbury Dairy Milk Caramel chocolate bars with it. And I've recently rediscovered the awesomeness of tako. Do you see the pattern forming here.

Crap.


My Spanish project is THIS close to completion! I just sent in my 2nd draft, so now I just have to wait for my lecturer to reply and I'm done done done! Only to be greeted by the imminent and looming finals, but let's not go into that just yet.

I think my very last Spanish lesson is next week and that is kind of depressing. While I was tossing and turning in bed at 5am today, I was thinking about how right my decision was to take Spanish instead of Econs (thanks Fong). And how cool it is that I can add 'Spanish' to the very short list of languages I can speak. :D

What's worse is that I won't be able to officially take Spanish next year because my modules will be all filled up. :(


I got an email from my Aunty in Singapore this morning and it was dripping with excitement. Well, why wouldn't it considering she just got to see Raymond Lam live at some awards show. LIVE. Dang. Why didn't these people come to Malaysia? Sigh. Well, I got to see Jay Chou. Twice. And Edison Chen pre-scandal (haha Mel). Although Edison Chen post-scandal is still mighty fine.

Well, we've made a pact to stalk TVB stars when we go to Hong Kong in the summer. I'm brushing up on important phrases ("cheng man hoh mm hoh yi yeng xiong?") so I don't appear too starstruck and make a fool out of myself. Haha.

Fong has conformed set up a blog on music. Hehe. I put your blog together with Moov-E so means I acknowledge it's "not a personal blog" (for now. haha emo kid) Alaa Fong blogging is not a bad thing! :)

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Ramblings in the Morning.

Today I walked to Noodle Noodle to tapau dinner. While waiting for my food, the waitress and a customer were talking and so I decided to eavesdrop. It's a blessing and a curse, really, to be able to eavesdrop so well. Haha. In my defense though, it was a small restaurant and they were talking pretty loudly.

But I really wanted to eavesdrop because this customer was talking about.. Ipoh! Of all places, haha. He was talking about steamboat (I never knew Ipoh was famous for steamboat), trying to explain it to the waitress and his ang moh wife. He didn't look Malaysian, but probably a Malaysian who's lived here all his life.

It's little things like these that sometimes get me through. In the midst of absorbing and enjoying all this unfamiliarity, it's always nice to overhear a particular accent or eavesdrop on a particular familiar conversation. I'll admit it's not very big on respecting privacy though. Haha.

I was up all night last night, then at 8am I very gungho-ly went out to get hot chocolate and a sandwich for breakfast. Walking along the quiet street (shops only open at about 11am), with the sun glaring in my eyes and the wind brisk but tolerable, I recall why I wanted to come to London in the first place, and in moments like these I just know there's nowhere else I'd rather be, really.

And then I came back and slept my day away. I have absolutely zero willpower. That Mini-Devil-Me on my left(?) shoulder is obviously ruling me autocratically. Gah.

Good news though: I've finished my Spanish project! Well, the first draft anyways. I've sent it in to be checked and now I've just got to wait. I'm quite proud of myself because it's actually due this Friday which is a WHOLE WEEK away, but I'm already 80% done. Pats on the back for me! :) Ha take that you very persuasive little devil!

Murphy, being true to his law, has been haunting me these past few days (and probably will continue to in the weeks to come). Aznv.tv has recently uploaded a bunch of really awesome-looking dramas. It'll be impossible to watch them all after my finals, and when I go back I'll probably have annoyingly slow internet. Sigh. I've bookmarked 10 dramas already, you know, as if I have that much time to watch them. Well, I shouldn't! No no no. NO.

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Mumbo Jumbo.

I think I'm becoming less daring as I grow older, as if my non-existant balls shrink with age. I think it has something to do with innocence and how it somehow depletes over the years. Which is kind of sad because as the harsh reality smacks us harder and harder in the face, I have obliviously chosen to run like a girl in the opposite direction. Damn.

I found this on Zyra's blog a few days ago and ah what the heck, gave it a go:

http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx

Your view on yourself:

Other people find you very interesting, but you are really hiding your true self. Your friends love you because you are a good listener. They'll probably still love you if you learn to be yourself with them.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You prefer to get to know a person very well before deciding whether you will commit to the relationship.

The seriousness of your love:

You like to flirt and behave seductively (LOL cool).The opposite sex finds this very attractive, and that's why you'll always have admirers hanging off your arms. But how serious are you about choosing someone to be in a relationship with?

Your views on education

Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

The right job for you:

You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

How do you view success:

You are afraid of failure (see I knew it!) and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.

What are you most afraid of:

You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel.

Who is your true self:

You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.



I've had experience with these personality quizzes that give pretty accurate results so I wasn't all oh-wow about this, but once in awhile, it's oddly interesting to read what a computer-generated result has to say about you. My OB lecturer told us that he'll give us a personality test to do during one of our seminar sessions so I'm looking forward to that, if it ever happens - we only have 3 more sessions! Which kind of saddens me because OB lectures and seminars make my Tuesdays and Thursdays. :(

I bought NINE egg tarts today. They're mini, about one-and-a-half inches in diameter, and cost 30p each which is, fyi, not cheap. Let's put this into perspective: one packet of Indomie costs 30p as well here. So buying nine egg tarts is financially equivalent to buying nine packets of Indomie, which is like nine meals (Amir and Thomas give me aghast looks) OK, fine 4.5 meals then. So this means that because I was craving for egg tarts and therefore have finished them, I have effectively went and "ate" away 4.5 meals Sigh. I have to work on this craving thing. Or at least stop craving such expensive things and crave stuff like, uh, Sainsbury's Chocolate Chip Cookies (600g for less than 1 pound).

The family is back at The Jeruk this weekend. Sigh. With all the new experiences I am gaining here, I am losing out on my favourite activities back home. Then again, if I mention this to my dad, he would tell me I'm not losing out at all, which is true whichever way you look at it. I may sound homesick, but in actual fact I'm not. I just have a lot of powerful memories from back home that I recall once in awhile which causes me to miss my family even more. I am somewhat proud to observe that even though we're miles apart, we've walked this path of me leaving home together in all ways but physically, and in more ways than one, it has brought us closer than ever. :)

Do you know that I still don't call London home? Well, it isn't. But sometimes when I say simple sentences like "yea I'm at home already", I retract and replace "home" with "back". What's even weirder is sometimes when I use the word "home", I consciously and purposely replace it which means that I have accepted this place to be some sort of home, right? Hm, I don't know. Perhaps I have gotten so used to saying "home" wherever I am, or perhaps this place is slowly growing on me. I find that things that used to eat me away have become my personal achievements, and that I have stopped being so hard on myself about every single little thing that goes slightly wrong.

For some inexplicable reason I am missing the Besto Pesto very much. I may or may not have realised it back then but those days when you'd call and we'd go for lunch at Pyramid, Parade or Taipan, spend time doing aimless things that we never get sick of, then swing by to pick your sister up, were highlights of my 3-month shake-leg stint between college and uni. I'ma warn you in advance, when I go home in June you had better not be too cool for me and you better cut down on your many clubbing outings to spend time with ME. Oh, and don't even think of getting a girlfriend then because you have the other 9 months in a year to do that. And yes, don't think I don't know you can control when you want to have a girlfriend or not.

Actually, I don't know if you can control or not. But besides the point. Missing you Besto Pesto! :)

Updates on Work & Mr. Mraz:
Say it with me: Spanish project due this friday, THIS FRIDAY.

To Mraz or not? Actually, I'm a bit sketchy as to why I'm hesitating, so get back to me on that later.

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Magnum.

My first funless week is coming to an end as the weekend approaches. Ah, the weekend. Don't we all just love the weekend. :)

Completed stress points this week:

Spanish Final Listening Test (10%)
It actually went pretty well. I was adequately prepared, and I even managed to understand a lot of what was on the tape. I did miss out on two questions because I stupidly forgot we only get 2 chances to listen to the tape, but ah well, I did fill them in with reasonable answers.

Management Quiz #2 (15%)
Considering I bombed my first quiz (or at least I think I did), I had to do well in both Quiz #2 as well as my final paper to either bring up my overall score or be considered for "extra credit" which loosely translates to well, he'll work something out and make my Quiz #1 look good. It's all very mathematical.

(You know what I think I did pretty well in most my quizzes/tests this year EXCEPT for that damn Stats in-course assessment I sat for last week. feck. And oh it just so happens that THAT is the module I will have to pass in order to proceed to Year 2. feck feck. And OH that's the degree I'm pursuing too. feckidy feck.)


To-be-completed stress points:

Spanish Final Project (15%)
Freakin essay in Spanish. Good thing is I get to do a draft, send it in and get it corrected. I'm doing my essay on Spanish food, or at least that's the general idea. I have no clue how to write it just yet, but I guess I'll have to start figuring it out soon huh.

Weekly Maths (??%) and Stats (nil) h/w
I always feel bad for leaving these two till the very last minute when I had the whole week to do them but I recently realised it's something that everyone does. Hahaha. Haha. Ha. Ok, fine so it doesn't exactly redeem myself.


Work work work. Despite it all, I actually enjoy having something to do instead of that whole "self-studying free time" thing where we all know I do everything but study, pft. As the workload piles on I hope to be able to cut this laptop/Internet addiction that has recently gotten crazy worse and not to mention is killing my eyesight.

5 days late but.. it's March people! Just like that, we're into the third month of 2009, and my term is almost ending..which means finals are coming up. The library services people sent out an email notifying everyone that library hours will be extended to 24 hours come exam period (eep!) I don't know if it will be motivating to sit next to someone who's furiously scribbling on his notepad or if it will be demoralizing to the point of madness. :/

Having said that, it's kind of weird in a funny way to start worrying about finals in MARCH. Haha.

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Mango & Passion Fruit Yoghurt.

Yes, in the midst of all the assignments, projects, tests and revision I still have time to Scrapblog. Perhaps it's because I miss them a lot, and that was a good night. My dad and I stood on wobbly marble stools and waved at, well, no one in particular. There was no purpose in doing so, really, but that's how I spent my 'stroke of midnight' - simply and with the people I love. :)

True to it's colours, with all the workload coming in, my mind has recently been brimming with all sorts of fancy ideas from new blog layouts to blog topics to accommodation types to shows I want to watch. Sigh.

Jason Mraz performed in KL tonight! Oh, how I envy those who went to watch the man perform live - must've been quite the experience. I'm still wondering if I should go to his concert here in London (4 & 5 April).

Yea I have a lot of time to wonder right it's not as if the 4th is already sold out and the 5th is selling like hotcakes. Yea wonder some more Ri, wonder away those tickets.

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