I'm so happy I'm not like uber huge over here!!

So it's like this... I went to the city last Saturday with like two of my roommates and I did a little shopping and lots of window-shopping... In the end I bought two leggings which cost 10 dollars each and a pair of flip flops that cost like 5 dollars!! To my everlasting amazement, I'm not a L size here!! For tops I'm between a S and a M as for bottoms I'm like a M!! M for Medium!! I haven't been a Medium for years and let's not even talk about Small!! And I'm not talking about old-fashioned clothes here!! I'm talking about trendy stuff!! Whoo!!! Back in KL, I'm like a L size or God forbid a XL size!! Here, I'm NOT!! As for heels, I saw plenty of designs and they're all at least 3 inches!! Ahh!! AND they were like on sale from 50% onwards up till like 80%!! To my disappointment, they were none in my size!! They were all like size 8 and above!! Talk about tres depressed at the sight of those gorgeous heels and me barely fitting into them to try them out!! Enough to make a girl mourn her small feet!! By the way, my flip flops are like XS!! I don't think I've ever been a XS in my life for anything!! As for the designs that are not on sale.... they're like at least 80 dollars each and as beautiful as they are, I'll be damned before I pay so much for heels that I probably won't get to wear it often here in Perth where I have to walk a lot!!

Anyway, today is my first time experiencing rain in good old Australia!! Yay!! The weather was awesome despite the rain!! This morning, I spent like two hours sitting on the verandah and reading some books and enjoying my instant coffee (BOO!! No Starbucks and I hate Gloria Jean!!) and the cool wind!! Seriously!! I was like on a high today because the past week has been like sweltering hot!! I took some pics but again I haven't uploaded them yet!! I figured I'll upload them all in one shot next time!!

Hmmm.... first week of classes have been quite nice actually and the lecturers are easy to understand!! I definitely cannot envision any problems with communicating with them!! I dont think I need to worry about them not understanding me!! I MUST get good grades not only to boost my average but to ensure I will have no problem overloading next sem!!

Well... classes have started

My holidays are officially over and I spent the last weekend of my holiday chilling out and getting to know most of my roommates.... It's now Monday and classes have started... It's not as bad as I expected and I can definitely understand what the lecturers are talking about... Not that I know all my lecturers yet since I only had 2 classes today :- Organizational Behavior and Retail Marketing (this is only a tutorial so we spent like 5 minutes in class only...) I do have to say OB sounds really interesting and the lecturer seems fun and I love the fact that he uses his own personal experience.... Anyway my time table looks quite good and I think I'm gonna keep it that way....

I haven't been posting up many photos mainly because I'm so bloody lazy but I swear I'm gonna make more of an effort to post up more pictures.... Since there's not much entertainment here, I'll probably spend most of my time studying and apparently whether I can overload next semester depends on how well I do this semester... So good results here I come!!

First time doing laundry... So proud....

You know I had always thought I'll probably screw up real bad when I foray into the world of laundry duty.... It turns out I don't suck too badly at it.... The clothes smell right and they certainly are quick to dry because of the scorching sun. I started doing the laundry at 11 in the morning and I'm done by 11.45. I hung out the clothes to dry... 3 hours later the clothes are more than dry in fact I could feel the heat emanating from them (Is that even possible?? Forgive my ignorance after all this is seriously my first time doing the laundry!!) Anyway, I hand-washed the undergarments. But I did learn something today, don't press the clothes too hard into the laundry line, there will leave a faint mark on the tops especially.... Still, all it takes is a few shakes and a few presses and everything is fine!! I'm so proud!! I've finally washed my clothes!! Pathetic isn't it?? Now I can no longer revel in my ignorance in the washing of clothes!!

Well... here are some of the pics I've taken (not all of them mind you.... just the early ones... I haven't really been faithfully taking pictures because most of the time I'm still finding my way around and I just can't be bothered to take out the camera and start clicking away...)

First time taking public transport.... hmmm....

Well, well, well..... today is my first time ever taking a public bus and the first time I've taken a public train.... I have to say... the buses and trains is like crazy punctual as opposed to the horror stories I heard from Malaysia public transport.... Anyway... I went to Ikea in Stirling with my friends to grab some kitchen stuff.... Anyway it's a bus ride and a train ride away from my hostel which means it takes about 20 minutes to reach the Stirling station then we had to walk for a bit then we'll reach Ikea. You can bet that I'll be taking a lot of these buses and trains because there is no other way unless I'm gonna spend a fortune to take a taxi.

So... I'm freaking tired right now so I decided I'm gonna rest up and prepare myself for the next day. By the way I've decided to start doing my laundry tomorrow so I'm gonna cross my fingers and hope I don't screw up too badly....I've bought two textbooks from the secondhand bookshop which is not that cheap either. The original cost around 120 dollars each but i paid 70 dollars each for the 2nd hand books....Food wise I'm actually settled for the next few days and I think I've bought everything I need.... Hopefully I won't spend so much money next week and the weeks after that....

Here in Perth....

Well... I've finally arrived in Perth and settled down in my hostel room. I just have to say the room and the flat in general is better than I expected. But I guess that's a given as I have little to no expectations since it's just better to not have any.... his is my fourth day here and I walked to the university this morning to do my student id and let me just say I'm bloody exhausted!! It took like more than 10 minutes for my friends and I to walk to the Student Centre and I think it'll take like 20 minutes to walk to the Business School from my hostel. Thank God I'm applying for a Smart Rider for the bus so I don't need to use coins everytime I get on the bus... Well... the good thing is I'll be definitely walking a lot and I'll probably lose weight and still eat the same amount of food.... This is the first time I finished my food (A burger) since I came to Perth.... Anyway.... I need to remember to apply sunscreen religously cuz I think my arms have grown darker.... I need to definitely maintain my complexion... That's a priority....

I've bought most of my groceries except my kitchen utensils and pots and pans and laundry detergent because there'll be a discount on Thursday so I'll get it then but I have bread, cheese and margarine and other foods that don't need cooking... So it's definitely not a problem.... Even if I do buy food, it'll probably last me two meals since the portions are so huge!! Anyway no photos for now because I'm bloody tired (I know I'm repeating myself but what the hell... I can't think straight now...) I still need to go to Coles (the supermarket next to my hostel) to get some dinner stuff.... I still need to get used to the Internet here where I'm where I'm constantly checking my bandwidth.... 1.5gb for 3 months is seriously not enough... I may need to change my plan to something from Three which my friend recommended.... Anyway... no photos for now since I've barely taken any photos cuz I was too busy walking.... So later days.....

Last night in KL....

Well... it's my last night in good old Kuala Lumpur... how do I feel? I can't say I'm feeling too sad right now but there's a slight twinge in my heart when I think about everything that has happened to me... Life goes on but at least I can tell myself I'm only an e-mail or phonecall away from everyone I know here in Malaysia.

Anyway I consider my luggage 99.9% packed... the only thing left is my toothbrush and comb. This is my last post in Malaysia and I don't have much to say because God knows I've ranted enough for the past two months... So... the next time I blog, it'll be in Perth... I'm sure I'll do well there for I shall endeavor to try my best...

Au revoir Kuala Lumpur... Au revoir my family and friends...

Feeling bloody pissed off!! Ugh!!

Guess what!! I barely slept last night because of this stupid Idol function at Disneyworld!! I found out at the last minute that Kelly is going to be there so I started watching the live stream..... I waited for 5 HOURS only for Kelly to appear on stage for like 10 seconds!!! YES!! THAT'S RIGHT!! 5 HOURS of seeing people I could care less about just to see Kelly for less than 10 seconds!! AHHH!!! I miss my beauty sleep because of this!! I can't even blame Kelly because there was never any mention of her going to the stupid function!! I think the main reason Kelly went is because IDOL wanted ALL the winners to be onstage!!! God!! This just makes me so pissed!!!! Actually I spent more than 5 hours watching the damn show and I don't even like Idol!! I'm so pissed right now.... I feel like strangling the organizers and I know for a fact that I'm not the only Kelly fan who felt this way. I felt like giving up after 3 hours but I held up in hopes that Kelly will perform.... alas she didn't.... *Sigh* I'll just wait for her performances in the Bahamas later today.... Anyway, the only thing I got out of watching the WHOLE fucking show is this pic!! The others were too fucking blur and I could barely see Kelly!! Seriously.... the stuff I'm willing to do for Kelly....

Well... it's almost time....

Two days left in KL then I'll be hopping on a plane to Perth where it's gonna be sweltering hot!! Not that it's much better here... but at least here I have my trusty air-conditioned room... Well... I'm sure I can live without air con... worst case scenarion I'll just hang out in the library all day!! *Sigh* I just hope it won't be that hot.... I just need to remember to put on loads and loads of sunscreen....

Looking through my old stuff....

I was cleaning out my cupboard the other day and dumping a lot of stuff that's like more than 10 years old and I came across my old diaries. As I read through them I could only snicker in disdain over my naivete and my proclamations of love for people who are frankly not my type now or even if they are my type, they probably wouldn't be interested in the person I am today... I admit I've changed much over the years but as I finished reading my old diary entries I never realized how different I was back then. Mind you those journals were written when I was like 13,14 years old but I just couldn't believe how hopeful I sounded and how much I believed in love and a happy ending. I wasn't naive for a 13 year old but I still hoped to meet a nice guy or maybe even a Prince Charming. Now... I don't want a Prince Charming or a knight in shining armor... I don't want love and I certainly don't believe in happy endings. I don't want marriage and I detest the thought of commiting to someone in any way. Still the biggest shock for me was how much I liked kids (babies, toddlers etc.) back then. If I didn't read it with my own two eyes, I probably wouldn't believe it especially since I don't like kids now. The thought of me having children or being a mother gives me nightmares. I'm too selfish to be a mother and I certainly am uncomfortable with the thought of having to be someone's everything. As bad as this sounds... it's true... So in my true emo fashion, I've decided to burn all my old diaries. Though I have started journalling again, I probably won't ramble about my love for some undeserving ass again. If I do... I'll probably hit my head against the wall.

Leaving in a few days....how do I feel...

Well now that Chinese New Year is officially over and I'm leaving for Perth in a few days...there's only one question on my mind and it's not about the whole Perak fiasco. It's not even about how heavy my luggage is or how many kilos it has exceeded the weigh limit.... It's about how much I'm NOT feeling homesick at all.... I can't say I'm gonna miss my friends a lot because I'll be seeing them online (which is where I see them most of the time anyway...) It's not even the local food because honestly I don't enjoy much local food like nasi lemak or mamak food ( I don't eat them anyway...) I'm not even really gonna miss my family because they're only a phone call or a pm away. Am I feeling nervous or nauseated at the thought of essentially living alone for the better part of the year? Not really.... I'll most likely be uncomfortable with the fact that I won't have a maid to clean up after me but I guess I can live with it.... After all there's no harm in learning new things.... All in all I'm not too excited nor am I feeling sad that I'm leaving because this is a sad,sad country we're living in right now...What with the Finance Minister who is also the Deputy Prime Minister busy with the whole Perak situation and now with two by elections that will again take up all his time to 'donate' money to people so that they'll vote for BN, he's probably not too concerned with the economic crisis that is sweeping across the world... *Sigh* after all he and his cronies have enough money to last a few lifetimes so why should he care about the little people i.e. us??




Anyway... I digress. I'm not knowledgeable enough to discuss the whole situation let alone comment or rant about it. So... I'll just busy myself with making sure that my luggage doesn't get any heavier. After all I booked 20kg for the luggage and it's hovering between 21kg to 22kg... Worse come to worse I'll just pay the god damned fine!!! Ugh!! I hate packing!!





OOhh!! Latest Kelly news!! The track list for both the regular version of the album and the deluxe edition!! YAY!! Kelly also did a fantastic performance of Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart" at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party!!

Regular edition

1. My Life Would Suck Without You
2. I do not Hook Up
3. Cry
4.Don't Let Me Stop You
5. All I Ever Wanted
6. Already Gone
7. If I can't Have You
8. Save You
9. Why You Wanna Bring Me Down
10. Long Shot
11. Impossible
12.Ready
13. I Want You
14. If No One Will Listen

Deluxe Edition

CD 1

1. My Life Would Suck Without You
2. I do not Hook Up
3. Cry
4.Don't Let Me Stop You
5. All I Ever Wanted
6. Already Gone
7. If I can't Have You
8. Save You
9. Why You Wanna Bring Me Down
10. Long Shot
11. Impossible
12.Ready
13. I Want You
14. If No One Will Listen
15. Tip of My Tongue
16. The Day We Fell Apart

CD 2

1. Making of the Video
2. Making of the Album
3. My Life Would Suck Without You
4. Photo Gallery

What can I say about....hmmm...

Everyone is talking about the whole Perak situation and almost everyone including myself is hating on that Hee Yit Fong (I'm being nice here... afterall...she'll receive her retribution one day...) and pelting stones at her home and office which I totally think she deserves it. Everyone who has a working brain is calling for re-elections and yet the Perak Sultan had refused to do so. For whatever reasons he has for this decision, the public has a better reason. All we want is a good government and a honest and just leader but apparently fairness and equality is not in the equation. The BN has like only 2 non UMNO seats in the so-called 'new government' which is absolutely unfair especially to the large Chinese population in the state. At this rate, no one will associate justice and fairness with this country, at this rate... we are only moving backwards who can save us but ourselves? Perakians are taking their dissatisfaction to the streets and there are going to be demonstrations tonight in Perak and as much as I hate all this drama.... I feel the people have no choice but to show to the so-called new government that they do not want them as the government. If rumors are true about 50,000 to 100,000 people will be voicing their dissatisfaction and that is not including the netizens who are vehemently(to put it mildly) protesting this decision. 50,000 people is no small amount but sadly I think BN or rather UMNO could care less about what the people think so all I can say is it's a sad sad day for all Malaysians who cherish fairness and equality.

Watching the 'Gem of Life'... what do I think about the series so far??

I was looking forward to watching some of my favorite TVB actresses in one of the most anticipated Hong Kong TV series of the year..... All I can say is...meh.... It's not that good, it's not that bad. It's mediocre and and it probably doesn't deserve all the hype and promotion it had. However I do have to say, the clothing and the jewellry in the show is amazing!! God!! If I can have just a few of those jewellry pieces, I would be one happy and RICH girl!! And... as much I am ambivalent about Linda Chung's acting skills... I have to say she did a bang up job potraying a Paris Hilton type of rich socialite. She definitely exceeded my expectations for her. Louise Lee as always is GREAT as the manipulative and slightly devious matriarch. Quite a far cry from her roles in Kindred Spirit, Heart of Greed and Moonlight Resonance. The other old fogies in the show like David Chiang, Yue Wah, Chan Hung Lit etc. Their performances certainly show the years of acting experience they have. I won't say much about the male leads because they're not the reason I'm watching the show. The disappointing part is Maggie Siu, Gigi Lai and Ada Choi, I expected more from them... I have always loved Ada Choi and Maggie has always been a solid actress and as much as I disliked Gigi for her crying skills, she's a good actress...So I guess I expected too much from them. My final gripe is the length of the show:- IT'S TOO LONG!! Face it... the show is not as good as 'At the Threshold of an Era' (for me) so I felt the show has too many uneccesary plot twists that are honestly not helping the flow of the show. I guess I'm gonna wait for the ending and see if this show is gonna be a big disappointment for me.... I guess I had too much expectations...



On a more personal note... I'm leaving for Perth in like 10 days and I'm now busy packing and making sure I'm bringing all that I need... So little time... so much to do... All I have left to do is to dump some of my stuff in my bro's luggage then I guess I'm ready for my new adventure. Ah... the challenges of being relatively alone in a new place. Will I enjoy it or will it suck balls??

Congratulations Kelly!! #1 on Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Digital Songs!!

I'm seriously elated with my darling Kelly's success right now!! She just made history on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with the largest leap to no.1 position in the history of the chart!! She made a HUGE jump from no.97 to no.1 after just one week. She sold 280,000 digital downloads giving her the number 1 position in the Billboard Hot Digital Songs!! That's HUGE news (for me at least)!! Though I have to admit I'm a little less than pleased with the way some people are comparing this success with the less than successful sales of My December... Ok... that album was definitely not really pop friendly and it probably didn't fit with the current crop of music that is being churned out by Kelly's 'peers' but I believe the relative failure of 'My December' is due to the whole Clive Davis issue which was seriously blown WAY out of proportion!! God!! Just because of that, Kelly so did NOT get the promotion and support she deserves!! Thank God Clive is out of the picture!! Anyway I digress so.... a huge YAY for Kelly!! I'll sleep well tonight! For a brief moment I didn't think the song will do that well maybe because it's not really my favorite Kelly song but I have to say after listening to the song and watching the video like 300 times, I actually LOVE the song now!! I guess it just grows on me and it does help that Kelly looks really cute in the video!!

Feeling bloody euphoric right now ! Hope that feeling won't go away

Oh My God!!! I finally saw the music video for "My Life Would Suck Without You"!! Ah!!! Thank the bloody stars I wasn't taking my afternoon nap cuz I would have missed it!! I've watched maybe about 250 times so far (I've been playing it on repeat since I downloaded the vid!) As much as that song isn't my top 10 fave Kelly songs, I honestly LOVE the video!! She's so cute in it!! The whole horsing around with the guy bit and the throwing stuff out the window bit was really cute!! Of course Kelly could be doing a Hannibal Lecter bit and I'll still adore her!! I do have to admit that I thought that the video is a little dorky but I have to say Kelly was acting really natural here. And she has always said she's a bit of a dork so she's just being herself (without the throwing stuff out of window part and the reckless driving bit. I don't mind the attempted fish murder part. I think it's funny as hell!) At least she looks like herself as opposed to the single cover which was much too photoshopped... I'm feeling seriously euphoric here!! It's like I'm on a drug-free high!! Whoo!!

Ahh!!! Kelly's video premier will be on Idol this week!!

OH MY GOD!!! I will be definitely be watching Idol on Wednesday!! I mean I haven't been watching Idol much because seriously I started since the first season and I'm just tired of all the shenanigans!! Still... the thought of missing out on my Kelly's new video just because I'm bored with Idol just makes me feel UGH!! And... despite my misgivings about Kelly's new song, it is undeniable it's getting much airplay and the single is doing very well. By the way... I love Kelly's new look in like the 10 second commercial I saw. I hope it's gonna rock so I can watch it like 10,000 times!! I'm so fucking excited, I'm actually listening to the song on repeat despite it NOT being one of my favorites! AH!!! I seriously cannot sit still right now, I'm actually bobbing my head to the beat and my feet are tapping like mad... Suprise, suprise...

Celebrating in Muar was cool!!

Wow!! Another year has passed and it's now officially the year of the Ox!! *Sigh* another year older but in my deluded mind, I'll forever be 21 years old and no one can tell me otherwise!! Woke up at 6 am to prepare for the trip back to Muar. Actually the only preparation I needed to do was to put on my clothes and makeup and heels... still that'll take around 20 minutes at least. Left at 7.25 and anyone who knows me knows that I just cannot sleep in the car so I spent the better part of 2 hours reading and listening to music while talking junk with my bro.Anyway, we arrived around 9.30 and as usual we were the first to arrive... Anyway everyone started arriving after 10 and when I saw my nieces and nephew, I realized how much they've grown!! I mean my oldest niece is 16 years old!! Seriously!! I feel bloody old since I still remember them when they were wee little babies!! So... it's a fact that none of my nieces and nephews from both sides of my family do not call me Auntie. In fact I disallow them to do so, the only ones I'll allow will be brothers' children!! Anyway... I had loads of fun chatting with the munchkins and my cousins! Of course the newest member of my family : 8 months old Jia Sin, daughter of my big bro and sis-in-law was the hit among everyone. Of course that's a given because she's just so cute! My older nieces and nephew were also clamoring to be around her because hello she's a baby!! Of course everyone is gonna look at her! Most of my older cousins were asking when I'll be going to Perth and how long will I be there. They were so sweet and concerned about it... Aw... Of course as usual I played around with my younger niece who's 7 and awfully shy but a loud and shrill screamer when she comes out of her shell but that could be due to me locking my arms around her and not letting her go and giving crazy massages. Only my youngest uncle, his wife and daughter did not join us which was a bit of a letdown seeing as this is like the first time they did not attend the celebration (as far as I can remember...) For once, I did not partake in much tidbits as I was feeling plain lazy though the bad thing was that I did not drink much water cuz I was too busy lazing around. We left like around 4.30 and arrived home like after 6.So all in all I had a great time. Also took some pics not a lot cuz I felt so lazy...

What to wear.... *sigh*

It's Chinese New Year Eve tomorrow and I have the reunion dinner to look forward to and dress up.... Well not really dress up but I'll be wearing a new outfit, new undergarments actually new everything but that's the meaning of Chinese New Year (for me at least). Now I've several new outfits and I already know what to wear on the first day of Chinese New Year which is my purple dress, white leggings and my black stilettos which I've only worn once to a convocation (my diploma graduation ceremony) I didn't even want to attend in the first place but that's a whole other story....




Anyway... I'm still in quite a conundrum seeing as I still have no idea which top to wear for tomorrow's reunion dinner!! I know I'm gonna be wearing my new skirt and wedges but I have no fucking idea which top to wear!! I currently have two choices:-





*Sigh* What to wear? Red is certainly festive but I like the purple top more. However I'm also wearing purple on the day after the reunion dinner... I'm well aware that picking an outfit for a dinner does not amount to much in life's grand scheme but I'm a girl and I'm entitled to be occasionally vapid and superficial. So.... the question still remains... What to wear??? Fuck this!! I'm flipping a coin! Heads: Purple top, tails: Red top!! And the result is... HEADS!! Purple top it is!!!

I've also repacked my bag and it's now barely 15kg!! How did the weight get reduced so much?? The answer lies in my toiletries and jeans and towels. I took half of them out and took out 2 pairs of jeans and only brought 1 towel (the other towel I'm putting it in my carry-on). So the current situation is that the bag is still full but it's certainly less heavy!! So YAY me!! I'm still using my bro's luggage space since I'll be putting in the other half of my toiletries, my heels and my so-called 'winter' clothing in there which is basically nothing more than several long-sleeved tops and 2 light jackets. Ah... I'm a happy girl now!! Anyway, to all my Chinese friends.... GONG XI FA CAI!!