I'm Still a Kid

I was grocery shopping with Hui Chien today, and at this one point, she stressed upon the fact that I do act like a kid.. somewhat.. xD Well, it's nothing big actually, but it was just funny how she was like, staring at me at disbelief... just because I dropped a 5 cent coin on those donation things you can find in the mall, that makes the coin spin round and round before it drops in the whole in the middle... =D

And there was free samples of ice cream in the supermarket... free ice cream! even tho it's getting cold, it's ice cream! (of course.. I took a sample) :D

So thinking all about this kid stuff reminded me of the Toys r Us advert that I used to watch all the time as a kid... The song is similar to this video, but of course it was different people.. xD I think we had local version of that advert.. But it's not easy to find on youtube =D

Long Day, Yet Not Quite

Woke up around 10 +, showered, and didn't do much at all... till class at 1 pm... finished class at 7.30 pm

But yet, somehow feels like a long day..

Actually, I'm just too lazy to blog atm. so that's it :P

Btw, it's damned cold today :K

Arrr... matey!

Watched Pirates of the Caribbean 3 today in the city at 10 AM.

It was awesome O_O; I need to watch it again, definitely =P

Came home about 5.15 PM.

I is tired.

Also dropped by at the crumpler shop, a shop that sells crumpler bags, some for notebooks, some just normal sling bags... they look so awesome.

I want.

Where's the electrician?

They say, Ayin and cooking don't mix.. 0:-) (well, I say, but I'm sure some of you agree with me) :D

This morning, I called up the electrician to come over to our apartment to fix our stove... Yep yep, electrician + stove.. sounds odd, ya? but oh well, we students here are stuck with electric stoves... Here's how ours look like:

Notice something wrong? Well aside from it being really dirty (the person on duty hasn't clean it... -.-) The biggest hotplate looks damaged...

And did I mention that on Tuesday, while cooking fried rice, I sorta... blew the stove? 0:-)

Here's a clearer pic of the hotplate:

Notice the top right of the plate, it looks burnt. Well, here's what happened, and I can assure you, it's NOT my fault :P *pokes you to stop laughing*

I was cooking fried rice for the three of us, me, Sindy and Chien.., just like normal... then suddenly I saw a spark, like from those little fireworks, and I looked around, wondering if it was from a camera flash. No camera. Continued cooking... then another spark flew. I was like O.O; I started wondering.. I lifted the frying pan (the biggest one in the house), and I saw that top right part of the plate, literally on fire... xD

With frying pan in hand, I'm like "... is it catching fire? Is something gonna burn? Now what? Now what? Now what?" xD Fortunately Sindy was there... the little fire/spark died down, and I just continued my cooking on the hot plate next to it.

Ever since, that hot plate stopped working. :P

And only today we called him up, supposed to come after 2 pm.. it's 5.12 pm now and no sign of him :P

And really, it's NOT my fault.. nor anything to do with my cooking... 0:-)

EDIT: It's 6.31 PM, and I went downstairs just now, and seems like it's fixed already.. xD a nice new plate too :D

Inspirational

As I said in my previous blog post, I consulted my lecturer, regarding the material he covered that day, which is basically the ANOVA table. I'm somewhat familiar with that table, having done it before, but I remember that it wasn't a course I fancied, back in UiTM.

Anyway, during the 30-minute consultation, he also gave me an e-mail contact to final year student from Malaysia, doing Actuarial Studies here, who also 'transferred' from home, i.e. straight into second year. Now that I have "thicker skin", I went ahead and e-mail her, looking for guidance and tips on how to succeed better in this course.

I am totally grateful for it. Her reply to me was very warm and understanding. The details she mentioned in the e-mail, almost exactly reflected to the situation I'm dealing with right now. For once, I felt like finally someone is empathetic to my feelings and stress. Then, I extracted the main points of her advice and posted it on my wall.

• Interest + passion
• Determination, positive thinking and never give up
• Ask, consult and share
• Never compare

The last point especially, struck me, and I see how true that is. Not only am I an international student, I'm straightaway into my penultimate year, and I'm all on my own. No parents here to prepare my meals, watch my health, do my laundry, etc. added to the changes in environment and lifestyle, which is quite different from home. Just like one picture I remember seeing in a gadget shop at eastgardens: "Your mum doesn't work here, so clean up!"

Work won't get any easier, stress levels are still at its peak, but at least, I'm not alone anymore...

Meeting the Lecturer

Finally, after 12 weeks of lecture.. I went ahead and meet my actl lecturer during his consultation hours... He's a very nice person, we talked for about half an hour.. then I bumped into Albert on the way out... hope I didn't keep him waiting too long to see the lecturer xD

Anyways, I'm more motivated to do better :) Together with encouragement and support, you know who you are ^^, I'll do my best

Btw, pics from Pann Pann have finally arrived in my e-mail today. They're where they should be, of course :P

But here's one anyway:

The "beginners level two"/advance ballroom class, with our teacher (Bettina) in the middle

Sejuknya!

Hari ni macam dah musim sejuk.. Tak tau la kalau memang dah official ke tak...

Tapi angin kuat, bukak pintu pun dah terus sejuk.. Lain betul kalau kat rumah, bukak pintu terus peluh.. hahaha

Dua lapis memang tak cukup untuk hari ni... Ingat nak pergi actl punya egm, tapi sebab sejuk sangat, taknak kut pergi... dahlah kena pergi kuliah kat upper campus x_x

Nak fahamkan kelas pun susah... general understanding tu adalah sikit, tapi bila nak praktikkan tek reti =/ nak jumpa pensyarah pun segan, macam tak cukup ilmu..

Aiya.. o_o

为什么今天很冷？上课很难。。。 我要回家。

0:-) *pokes Vanny and Steven and hides*

Eh...

Another day, another night, another dream, another kidnapping

Well, actually no, more like a murder o_o

Put the last two dreams together, a lil girl was killed by... you don't wanna know...

And I was trying to find her x.x

Why can't I have nicer dreams? :@

But In Dreams

My dreams are so wacky. I just had one weird/scary dream last night.

*tries to write it out in the simplest way*

1. In an arrange marriage, I was married of to this guy I don't know.
2. This guy is tall, handsome and rich.
3. His house is really huge and beautifully furnished, like the houses I see when my mum sends me photos of huge celebrities (eg. sportsppl, artistes) houses.
4. On the first night of the marriage, I discovered that he is also a murderer.
5. On that same night, he chopped someone up and was hiding it in the garden.
   
6. He's nice to me, but I was terrified, and wanted to escape.
7. After many attempts, I did not get to escape.
8. I woke up.

After waking up, I had a nice chat online, before I went back to sleep again, and had another wacky dream:

1. I was in a race, a huge one, like the ones with all sorts of obstacles.. something like The Amazing Race kind..
2. No teams, we were all on our owns.. funnily, I was wearing my State team's uniform from last year.
3. At this dark obstacle, regarding a kidnapped little girl in the maze (yes, kidnapped :P) we were supposed to find, I got lost.
4. Then I lost.
5. Then the phone rang which I got up and disconnected and went back to sleep... :P (Btw, it wasn't my normal phone, it was Audrey's phone since she borrowed mine, while her receiver is not working, so to use hers, I have to use the loud speak, but everything on the phone is labelled in Chinese.. So I don't know which one is the loud speak button)

Then, I woke up near 1 PM :D

Save the Last Dance

With my ACTL assignment finally submitted, (unfinished tho :P)

It was time to think about my last dance class for this semester, where all the advance students dress up as well...

Good thing clothes are planned out already.

SO the hair.. I didn't know what to do.. tie it up? let it down, make my curls stay? Sindy suggested straightening, Hui Chien agreed to the suggestion.. so at 5 PM, I had my hair straightened using those things that kinda like, irons your hair.


This pic was taken after I got home from class tho, so by that time, my hair became frizzy again...

Once Pann Pann, (another girl in the dance-advance) sends me the photo of the whole class, I'll post it in the blog.

So I had three of my housemate's items on me.. xD skirt, blouse and hairband xD

I rushed to the class, since Pann Pann was feeling odd being the only person dressed up at the moment.. xD (since we usually attend the beginners class as well, and they didn't dress up)

Make up? Just my foundation that I bought at least a year ago, I can't remember why.. maybe for work.. and some lip stuff i don't know.. Sindy helped me put that on

Kris noticed it -.- at least he was quite decent.. till he stepped on me :P

Now someone else needs to start dancing :P