Snapping bac2 Reality.....

sights & scenes of Adelaide

2008-03-03T03:02:00.000-08:00

Torrence River at North Terrace

Kavita and I @ Ward Street

Road leading back to Luthers....

Snappping bac2 Reality - PART 2

2008-03-03T02:42:00.000-08:00

This is it. I'm officially a student-again. After a break of 8 months, I'm back in the game. Uni lectures started today. Wasn't too bad at all.

It really takes time for me to digest the fact that this is IT. My future. No space for screw-ups.

The weather here in Adelaide has been pretty crazy. Like PMS. The only difference is that we can actually check online for weather forecasts. And so far they have been pretty accurate.

1st week of arrival : 39 deg + massive sun + dryness

2nd week of arrival : 20 over deg + wind + dryness

3rd week and counting : 36 deg + massive sun + dryness

I need more sun-block and more moisturiser. I'm not high maintenence. I have never believed in lotions and moisturisers - till I landed on Aussie soil. No kidding.

Adelaide itself is pretty small, as compared to KL. More nature, less concrete. No such thing as sky-scrappers. Well, at least the nature makes up for the lack of "city life". I guess it's a good change for me, having lived in a metropolitan city since I can remember.

However, it takes time to settle in, takes time to realize and appreciate the beauty of this place. The people I've met so far have been nothing but friendly and hospitable. Let's hope it stays that way. *fingers crossed*

rehersal pics

2007-07-01T00:05:00.000-07:00

Ballroom for the Viennese Ball....
our dance instructors....

Pedicures anyone?

2007-06-30T23:56:00.000-07:00

Boy...it really has been AGES since i've updated my blog. Apologies.

So what have I been up to lately? I've basically completed my foundation studies and am currently working part time at an engineering firm. Good experience. Enjoying myself atm. No complaints. =)

Last 2 weeks had been packed. Busy busy. Got busy with dance practise down in KL. One of my regrets is not being able to participate in the ball. Anyhow...there's always goin' to be the next one, rite?

Dance practise last 2 weeks had been awesome. I can totally say that I really enjoyed myself. Feeling doubtful of my participation at the beginning, the journey till the end was great.

We learnt the cha-cha, rock & roll, waltz, Viennese Waltz, Tango, Quadrille, polka all within the last 2 weeks! absolute fun! =D though my feet hurts, at least i can say that i did try out those dances...! =P

A social event like that is always fun. It 's a good chance to meet & get to know new people. The unknown is always intruiging...

I shall let the pictures do the talking...

CNY pics

2007-03-02T02:01:00.000-08:00

Cousin and I.. Dentist in making....

Cousins and the kid of a cousin.....totally adorable!!!

Cousins at the reunion table...

Ain't the baby cute???? I say he's totally ADORABLE!!!!

Cuzzies and I at Rums Jungle... Cheers!

Random

2007-03-02T01:51:00.000-08:00

I've been neglecting this blog for quite some time, haven't I?... time to make amends...but this doesn't mean loong posts, which I totally have no time for. Mid terms is ending tmr! YAY!

Life recently has been like a blur. Days, weeks come and go. By the time you know it, it's the end of the week, or the time to hand in an assignment.

This is why I shouldn't procrastinate.

I can't wait for my 3rd semester to end. Really. I need some time off. To rejuvenate. To clear some things of my mind, off my chest; so that I won't make sucky decisions which make me seem like a bitch.

To lessen the tone of this post, which seems rather whiny and depressive, CNY was relaxing. I actually spent 5 days in Ipoh! Talk about family spirit. Got to meet up with my cousins and all, which turned out to be a blast.

The joyous moments of CNY could actually be savoured longer, if not due to fact that we had to start college on the 4th of CNY!

WTH?!?!?

Anyway, i'll just keep things short by posting up some pictures.

Enjoy and have a great year!

semi - hols

2006-12-10T07:04:00.000-08:00

well, how should i start?

first off, my finals ended. FINALLY! unfortunately still have to attend LAN classes. Ridiculous if u ask me. I've never listened in LAN class b4. Our group is famous for coming in late. So i think i shouldn't blame anyone if i fail my LAN, except that I DON'T WANT TO FAIL LAN!!!!

I can't imagine myself sitting there for another semester for Malaysian Studies.

I think we shouldn't go to Ruums - ever. Was pretty damn lucky I didn't get caught. Was pretty lucky a few of us decided to go out for some mamak, instead of hanging around there. The next thing we knew, a couple of our frens were being brought down to Dang Wangi Station.

FUCKING SHIT.

Of all the people there, they just wanted 7 of them. WTF?!?!?!

A few from Thai, a few from Aloha, a few from Ruums to prove they did their job? MY ASS

Pretty ruined the spirit. Anyway, the party started after that. Didn't look as pathetic as before. Had a pretty good time after that. By 2.30, people started leaving as they didn't want to take da risk of being brought down. We left too for mamak.

I was half dead when I reached home. But I had a gr8 time, due to a certain someone.

Some good news though. Thank goodness I didn't screw up my Zertifikat Deutsch exam. I was so afraid that i'd screw up my exams & just throw away my dad's 400 bucks.

Thank goodness.

Puteri Gunung Ledang in Singapore

2006-12-09T22:58:00.000-08:00

Taken in the shopping mall... AC Mizal and wife...and us! =)

Curtain call...superb! Tiara and Stephen Rahman Hughes

At Pan Pacific lobby......

Ryan Star at Zouk

2006-11-25T05:26:00.000-08:00

Channel [V] VJ , Albie and Me

After Ryan's mini concert...............

Ryan Star at Zouk, Malaysia!

Rockin' the night away.......

Josh and me..... =)

Ryan Star

2006-11-25T05:13:00.000-08:00

ok. I admit. I did act like a groupie when I saw Ryan Star. Yeap. THE runner-up of Supernova RYAN STAR.

Thanks to Josh, I had da chance to see the talented rocker live in Zouk in his mini concert.

Ryan is :-
1) Tall
2) Talented
3) Hunky
4) Cool

Gosh. I sound like a typical "girly girl" who giggles at the sight of drop-dead hunks. I'm not that kinda girl. Totally NOT me.

The night at Zouk together with Josh and his friends were cool. Albie from Channel [v] actually interviewed me at the end of the concert! Thank goodness I remembered one of the songs ryan sang that night. 11:59. How embarassing it would be if I ended up blurting out some random song title.

We adjourned next to Laundry Bar as the night was still young.

Frequency Cannon and some other local band performed there. I say it was really not bad at all. Pretty cool.

A HUGE thanks to Josh again for makin' that night possible.

*hugz*

....con'd

2006-11-07T20:27:00.000-08:00

Daley and me.... =)

At Hartamas.....Together with Amir the birthday guy....

Chew Fung, Lynnette, Lavee, Shalini and me....

Zahier(who came into da pic suddenly) me & Shaynik

Together with the hot sistas....Shalini and Lavee

The pictures which speak a 1000 words....

2006-11-07T20:04:00.000-08:00

Hot chics....=P (l-r : Sharon, me, Ms Chris (our CTS lecturer), Belle, Lynn)

At Trolak Camp, Perak : The Ever-Awesome CrAzY HoLiX!! Rockin' the house!!!

At Lynn's Birthday BBQ at Hartamas.....

Deepavali at Lavee's......

DA GANG group pic......hot guys & hot gals.....had a gr8 time......

Recents.....

2006-11-07T19:51:00.000-08:00

I've decided that I'd let ma pictures do the talking cuz i'm juz too busy to put ma thoughts into words.....further more, i'd like to assume that people would prefer looking at pictures rather than reading through a whole bunch of words.....After all, a picture speaks a thousand words.... aite?

Midterms were just so stressful...not to mention the following weeks after that. I've got no one to blame except for maself...thanks to ma last minute habits....had to work ma ass off late nites... it was no wonder y i had eye bags and extra eye-pinching pimples on ma face....damn... n to top it off...prom was around da corner! anw.... starting off with lyn's birthday party at hartamas, which was good...da b'day gal and us ended up skinning da chickens cuz they were juz too darn rubbery! Deepavali at Lavees was gr8! seemed like a road trip as I had to drive all the way to klang. chilled at Lavee's place having scrumptious mutton and chicken...hmmmm....

Was a comfy nite when i went out 2 yam cha with ma babes, Wenn Shin, Yee Yien and Jor How at Citrus Park. The time we knew it, it struck midnite. Man, I really miss those heart to heart talks wif ya, babe....... The following days were spent cursing & catching up with ma assignments.

Finally. The BIG DAY! Prom nite! It was not bad. Had a good time with da gang. Couldn't enter Sugar as one of da gals were underaged. Adjourned to Hartamas instead. Was cool. had some sheesha...chilled with ma mates....

What a way to end a stressful week. There's only 1 word for it. Prefect. =)

Farewells

2006-09-27T07:01:00.000-07:00

Wan Qian's farewell......

Jit Han's farewell at Yuen steamboat, Sunway......scrumptious!

Li Hsien's farewell.........

updates

2006-09-27T06:41:00.000-07:00

Because pictures speak louder than words.........

Merdeka Eve celebration at the Curve with da gang.....

Daley, the birthday boy and me at his birthday celebration -- Thai club KL

Swiss Jakuns reunion at All Stars....missing Kak Izra....

Birthday celebration at Thai Club KL

I rest my case.

M.E.R.D.E.K.A

2006-09-02T20:14:00.000-07:00

49 years of independance.

49 years of development.

49 years of growth.

49 years of loyalty from gracious citizens.

49 years of Malaysia.

Happy 49th Birthday, Malaysia!

I do admit I'm not the most patriotic Malaysian. I can't recite the Rukun Negara by heart. I can't sing Jalur Gemilang without forgetting the lyrics. I never seem to support Malaysian products. I laugh at others who actually bother to hang the Malaysian flag outside their windows. However despite all condenming and rantings, I'm glad I'm born to be a Malaysian. There, I've said it, HAPPY? In a country where diversities among the different races are bridges to closeness and better relationships. It is often a wonder to the world to why people of different races in Malaysia can live together harmoniously. Despite our differences, we can't deny the fact that we've grown into each other to spell out " Malaysia" or rather "the spirit of muhibah".

Some people may consider me a hypocrit. I critisize and love my homeland at the same time.
That's right. I do have a love-hate relationship with her, Malaysia. & I'm not afriad to announce it to the world.

I bitch about the ridiculous policies. I rant on how some leaders can act so foolishly on certain issues. However, I do openly profess my admiration to all fellow citizens where they are able to overcome racial diversities and background. I applaud to people of all races where they live and accept each other as family.

I support Malaysian movies like Sepet and Puteri Gunung Ledang. Eh, I bought original DVD u know....not pirated leh....

I support Malaysia enough to feel bummed out of missing PGL, the Musical. So much that I'm prepared to travel to Singapore to watch the Malaysian production in November.

Most of all, I love Malaysia enough to call myself a true,proud Malaysian.

SELAMAT MERDEKA, TANAH AIRKU!

Langkawi

2006-08-27T20:19:00.000-07:00

Langkasuka Beach Resort

Amir, me, Zi Jie and Christopher by Telaga Tujuh

Sun set by Langkasuka beach Resort, Langkawi

With The Gang * How do I live.....*

Back 2 Square 1

2006-08-27T19:52:00.000-07:00

My semester break flew by, just like that ....2 weeks of holidays..ending soon...

Darn.

The first day in Langkawi was crap. Thank goodness for the star-gazing at night and Island Hopping which made up for the crappiness of the first day. Island hopping was made even more exciting by the unsuspecting rain after a good swim at Pulau Dayang Bunting. Speeding against the rain which hit us like little needles, the couple of us sitting in front clung on to that drenched towel, acting as shields protecting our pretty little faces. Beach volley was fun, considering the weather was perfect -- not too much of typical scorching tropical sun. Telagah Tujuh made up for the absence of the cable car tour. The nights by the beach were memorable as it was my first time making wishes while catching comets flying by in the clear nights. In short, the trip was very memorable.

*How do I live without you......*

Nacho Libre was ok. Typical Jack Black. In my opinion to the others who haven't watch it yet, Nacho Libre is DVD worth. If not, you won't miss anything by NOT watching it. Comparing Adam Sandler and Black, Sandler definitely wins hands down. Unsuspecting plots in Click made people sniff and reach for their Kleenex. A definite must-watch. Dinner at Williams was scrumptious. Was very pleasantly surprised to see David coincidently there too. I guess the world is REALLY small. Dude, all the best! You coming back in December or not? The next time when you come back from UK, we gotta hang out together lah wei....must ajak Chris and all to come out for a drink..... Better behave, monkey boy! =P

Penang was great! Together with Han and the other two Germans, I had a blast. The nights were memorable.....and jet-skiing at Ferringhi beach was awesome, despite the minor accident. The adrenaline rush was indescribeble. Speeding through the waves and sea, it was all great--- till my friend hit into me. Aikz >.< Food sampling at Song River, Gurney Drive and Bali Hai was not bad. Yum...all the sea food.... Li Tihn and her family and Mei Fen were great. Took us around Penang and they were the best hostesses we could ask for. Many thanks for your warm hospitality!! =) Ipoh was as usual....nothing much except for visiting relatives and having dim sum.

Met up with Rahayu today in Taipan and had Italian. It was a nice, exquisite Italian restaurant where we spent our whole afternoon and evening there chit-chatting and catching up on each other's lives. Man, I miss having those long heart to heart chats with you, and THANX for all the advice!!! Luv ya tons! =) Looking forward to our PGL trip to Singapore!!! =)

That's all for today. Time to recuperate and bask in the last few moments of my holiday till I start my second semester tomorrow at 8. Gees, I think I put on some holiday weight.

I blame Williams. I blame the fact that I love seafood so much.

Penang

2006-08-27T05:46:00.000-07:00

Mitch & I at Sri Sayang

Group picture at the Burmese Temple

Sunset by Ferringhi Beach

Normen & I =)

Li Tihn and Normen and me

Reunion

2006-08-08T18:55:00.000-07:00

Urs(all the way from Switzerland), Shar, Sharmo and me at Castle.....missing Sue(who went back earlier) and Izra schatzlii!!!

Together with Sharmo's hosties

2006-08-07T17:32:00.000-07:00

Sue, sweet Delia and me at KLIA

Together with Sharmo's CH hosties at Starbucks

Sharmo's hostparents.....MEGA nice peeps!

Together with the Ferrero siblings....Francesco, Matteo and Elisa

when east meets west.....or vice versa

2006-08-02T17:21:00.000-07:00

Sharmo's hostfamily arrived on Msian soil in July....exactly a month ago actually....it's just that i was caught up with stuff that I didn't manage to post anything since my last entry.

Basically, having met them for the first time since we left Switzerland was actually great. The first time was at the World Cup Finals at Bukit Bintang. The following round was at Times Square, together with Sue and Sharmo. Finally got to meet the whole Ferrero family.

Together with Sue and Sharmo, we met up with her Swiss hosties at Times Square. Upon meeting them, exchanged the usual Swiss culture - Swiss 3 kisses. Was like another happy reunion where at some point you realize all reunions come with a price - separation. It was good seeing them again. Delia was as cute as usual. Elisa, gorgeous as usual. Michi, Ruth, Francesco and Matteo....was just nice lah seeing all of them again.

Watched Pirates 2 for the 3rd time! Sharmo's hostdad belanja'ed us to the movie and drinks.They were surprised as it was so cheap. Obviously eveything in Malaysia is cheap to them considering eveything here in Malaysia is one third of their money. Basically, they had to just pay CHF 20 (RM 60) for the 9 of us. Vice versa for us when we were over there. We had to pay a RIDICULOUS amount of at least CHF 14 ( 14 x 3.4 = RM 47.60) for a movie! Talk about paying through our noses!

Introducing them M'sian fruits was a must. We had longans at Starbucks while enjoying coffee. Talk about Msian flexibility. The next fruit which they didn't quite stand it was the cempedak. Obviously they weren't use to the strong-smelling fruit. However, they appreciated Sharmo's effort of introducing them typical M'sian fruits.

The next day was the day where they flew back to "die Schweiz". Of course we didn't pass up the chance of saying our goodbyes at KLIA. It will be a long, long time b4 we'll be seeing them again.

At least it wasn't a reply of 27th Jan 06.

nice rice

2006-07-14T19:27:00.000-07:00

Yes....I said it....Rice is definitely nice. Definitely getting jotted down in my list in fact.

NO, I'm not talking about complex carbs where most girls and women churn and curse.

NO, I'm not talking about the culprit for saggy asses and tyre-like tummies people gain from all those complex carbs.

Damien Rice. That's whom I was talking about. Upon by chance, I stumbled back on his CD while going through some old memories I carried back from my host country. I was never a fan of his work. To tell the truth, I have only listened to his CD less than 5 times before! I have no idea what happened on that "fateful" day,but I decided to give Rice a chance and gave it a go.
People do deserve 2nd chances. So did Rice. I LOVED IT. His CD was awesome. I'm suddenly hung on to his music. It has been playing and playing and playing since that day. Maybe I was feeling nostalgic that time. Which also explains why the sudden liking for this Irish singer. I finally understood why Maria was sooo all over him when she shared his music with me. She was so into him, that she also burned an extra CD for me, which I tried declining in vain. In fact I was too polite to decline the CD she purposely burnt for me. I can't thank Maria enough for introducing Rice to me.

Rice is a rare breed of talented singers in our time. His songs "The Blower's Daughter" and "Cold Water" were featured on the 2004 Mike Nichols film Closer (feat Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natelie Portman). He is definitely one of a kind. He has his own style of making real music. He is a singer of substance.

Rice is no Diddy or Timberlake. Nor does he have Ricky's sexy tush or Lachey's washboard abs. However, he has the talent where no combination of Diddy, Timberlake, Ricky and Lachey can match. His songs may be no number 1 in charts around the world. His video may not have skimpy-cladded chics shakin' their booties and pressing their boobs practically up against the video lens.

But yes, this Dublin- born musician is one talented man. Rice is a man with attitude who often becomes annoyed with audience members who speak through his set. Once at a Hollywood party, he said that none less than Britney Spears, who had turned up with date Colin Farrell, talked all the way through his set: "She was a pain in the arse," he was reported saying.

*smirk* Talk about attitude. I like it. I find it sexy. Take that, Spears.

Known somehow as an intensely intimate and dark musician, Rice has undeniably carved himself a name as one of Ireland's most notable musicians.

A man with attitude definitely catches my eye. In his case, my ears and heart too.

VIVA ITALIA!

2006-07-13T01:57:00.000-07:00

The Azzuris won. Les Bleurs, with the slip of fate, had to hand the World Cup to the Azzuris who performed their best at the finals in Berlin.

As it was the finals for the World Cup 2006, I knew it couldn't be missed, despite the match was aired at 3am, and the next day I had to attend college. Anyway, to cut things short and simple, refer to the pics. Afterall pictures speak louder than words.

I enjoyed myself thoroughly together with my college mates. We got our faces painted and hung around the colourful lit streets of Bukit Bintang. Flip side and other cool bands also did perform b4 da official match at 2am. We also went "alcohol hunting", lookin' for bars or pubs which offered the cheapest rate for beer. We finally ended up in Outback Steakhouse where our gambling session also started. Thanks to Italia, I won back what I lost during da card session.

Sharmo and her hostbrothers from Switzerland also came n joined us for the match. It was sooo great seeing them again! It felt weird, yet in a good way, cuz just last year, we were in their country, getting to know their culture. Now, vice-versa. It's them getting to know our culture.

The match started at 2am and the whole stretch of BB was packed with football fans, with eyes glued to the huge screens. The 1st half was pretty exciting and we cheered like mad when the Azzuris made their 1st goal in the 19th minute! The 2nd half n extra time was pretty boring and I had to count on my sweets to keep me awake.

Zidane's head-butt was the highlight of the match. The penalty shoot-out just made things even more interesting! All of us just stood up and started cheering and solemnly praying that Italy makes the goals. Same went to the French supporters. Cheered like mad when Grosso led Italy to victory. We cheered n cheered lyk mad! Of course, a couple of my friends who supported France wore dissapointed looks on their faces.....it was obvious dismay considering they lost a huge sum of cash.

Anw, after the match, took the LRT back and sent Sharmo back home. By the time I reached home, it was bout 7am! I was as good as dead. I was exhausted considering the fact I still had to attend lectures at 9.30am! DArn.

I had a blast. Afterall the WC comes once in every 4 years. It was definitely a memorable time I had my friends, Sharmo and her Swiss hostbros.

Pics from BB 2.....

2006-07-11T18:51:00.000-07:00

Together with Matteo, Sharmo's hostbrother from Switzerland....

Francesco, Shaynik, Matteo, Sharmo, me, Amir and Lavan cheering after the match

With the guys in front of the World Cup trophy....

Together with Francesco, Sharmo's older hostbrother from Switzerland.....

HOP SCHWIIZ!!! Intercultural exchange between Malaysia and Switzerland...... =)

Pics from Bukit Bintang.....VIVA ITALIA!!!!!

2006-07-11T18:25:00.000-07:00

The packed crowd at Bukit Bintang preparing for the finals of World Cup 2006........

Daley, Eu Wis (dunno how to spell his name) and me.....

Supporting Italy......VIVA ITALIA!!!!!!!

Got our faces painted at the Hotlink booths......

The Grand Finale-Carnival at Bukit Bintang

Brotherly love.....

2006-07-04T15:29:00.000-07:00

Chongshen called home yesterday!!!!!!!

It was a really pleasant surprise to hear from him after for quite some time. When he heard it was me, the familiar sound of"jie" came to me and we continued our conversation in German for a limited time due to my detoritated Deutsch and his limited Deutsch vocab. I say, my brother now really has the typical German accent compared to my Swiss-german accent, which mostly sounds like I would wanna clear my throat and spit mucous out of my mouth.

We started chatting and chatting....catching up on practically EVEYTHING!!! From his travelling experiences in Poland to my new college life.....we were practically drowning each other with latest information of ourselves.

Chatting with him, I realized suddenly how much I miss my dear brother. Ok Chongshen. I know u r reading this now. Dun flatter urself. =P but undeniably, I really really do miss him.

I miss all those heart to heart talks we used to have.

I miss all those times where we used to crap. Remember how I burst ur bubble by HONESTLY pointing out the coordinates of your village which isn't at all near to Poland? How I *innocently* reminded u that u were practically living in the middle of no-where?

I miss all your sacarstic remarks and witty jokes u use to make...from "innocent" jokes which may seem naive from the outside, but still can be interperated in a slight(which is an understatement) obscene way.... God, I miss those days........

ok....I'm getting all emo and all senti now.......I think I'd better stop b4 someone starts barfing.

I can proudly say I have a really great relationship with my brother. Yes, sometimes we do get into silly sibling squabbles and piss each other off, but still our bond is still stronger than ever.

It's another 6 months till my brother comes back. Time flies. By the time we know it, I'll be waiting at the arrival hall in KLIA.

I'm definitely counting the days.

Auf wiedersehen (Bye-bye) Swiss.....

2006-06-27T20:38:00.000-07:00

VERDAMMT! The Swiss are out of WC!!!!! DARN!!!!! I 'm still having the trouble digesting the fact that the Swiss lost to Ukraine!!!! Ukraine!!! The country who have never in a million years participated in the WC!!!!! To add salt to injury, the Swiss lost in the penalties!!!! WTF?!?!?

To give credit to the Ukrainians, they played pretty well. The Swiss themselves were good too. Or else why wouldn't any team score a goal during the game? Or was it both teams weren't that good.....that's y neither team scored a goal......wut say u? Mourning for the Swiss, I can't believe the fact that they actually LOST in the penalty....but what can I say? They lost, the Ukrainians won. Period.

I'm kinda caught up in the world cup fever. At the beginning, I chose my matches. Now, I practically watch every match. Now I've something to blame for the cause of the extra pimples on my face. Watching these matches, I find something interesting that I would like to point out. I'm sure many ppl like me have noticed that footballers are used to falling down during the game. It's inevitable. Some might say that they are just acting. Some may be authentic. It's hard to be 100% sure.

What I find amusing is that when a football player falls, they fall.Then they plaster a "pained & hurt" on their faces. They look up wondering of others saw them fall. They look up again, hoping the referee would offer a free kick to them. When they realize that the referee decide to turn a blind eye to them, they stand up and continue RUNNING (mind u, there's no limping involved). Hmmm.... ok lah...to be fair to the footballers who strive hard, maybe they did swallow their pain and continue to defend their country's honour?

I wonder whether there's a secret segment involved in these footballers training schedule. The sacred art of falling and getting free kicks. *An hour long of practising the perfect angle of falling and putting on a pained look as if someone kicked them in their groin. * I wonder......

Footballers also tend to raise their hands to prove their innocence when the referees blow the whistle when a teammate falls to the ground. Raising your hands doesn't mean that u r innocent. Please. All of us have eyes. Even if our reflexes aren't that sensitive, with the help of today's technology of REPLAY, we always have the option of watching the EXACT scene AGAIN, and even CLEARER.

Yes, we saw you put up your hands to prove your innocence. Yes, U didn't push the opponent. But yes, u did trip the opponent with your legs. So y bother raising ur hands in the air?

Recalling the time I went to a live football match in Zurich with my hostsiblings, I had a great time immersing myself with the football atmosphere. The fans were split into 2 huge groups: FC Basel and GC Zurich. Fans were singing literally bad stuff bout their opponents. It was HILA RIOUS!!. However, I was more amused with the footballers' "falling and looking pained" act.

I guess all football matches are the same. It's all part of the game. Winners smilers ; losers weepers.

p/s : No offense to football fans. I'm just writing down what I see. It's just an opinion.

HOPP SCHWIIZ!!!!

2006-06-20T02:28:00.000-07:00

Swiss fans cheering for their national team...

HOPP SCHWIIZ!!!

2006-06-20T01:54:00.000-07:00

HOPP SCHWIIZ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Swiss fellas kicked the Togans' butts at yesterday's match. The underdogs won, 2 to 0!!! WOOO HOOOO !!! HOPP SCHWIIZ!!!! Now, the Swiss can at least prove to the world that they can not only produce world-class tennis players, but also football players too. It wasn't a match where much people might watch, but for me, it was something that I would never miss in a million years. Yeap, the Swiss Jakuns will definitely agree with me, gell?

Despite the pressure and tension to revise for my mid-terms, my eyes stuck to the TV set like glue. My eyes didn't turn away from it once. The game started off ok, but I felt that the Swiss played kinda clumsily, compared to the Togan's (does this word even exist? I dunno) aggresiveness in the match. However, the Swiss player's efforts were not in vain. I bet my hostfamily and ex-classmates at AKSA have been estatic when Frei shot in the 1st goal for the Swiss team in the 16th minute. So was I. Can't blame me for my fanatic love toward the land famous for chocs, cheese and breathtaking sceneries. It was the land where people embraced and accepted me into their lives, the land where beautiful relationships and friendships were formed and blossomed....gawd...I'm getting all emo now...n sorry for all those "swiss crapping".....Can't help it though........so sue me....

When Barnetta shot the 2nd goal at th 88th minute, I was almost practically screaming my lungs out....Clapping so loudly that my sister knew that the Swiss team won without coming out from her room to watch the match. Bernetta and Frei put the Swiss team on the map. Koebi Kuhn must be sooooooo pleased with them. The often cool and calm looking Swiss coach also couldn't help jumping with joy when Barnetta shot the next wonderful goal. Gosh, I soooo wished I was there during the match cheering with my friends at AKSA. I bet all of us would've made each other promise to skip school whenever the Swiss team plays and watch these matches together. Talk about patriotism.

Next round would be Swiss Vs. South Korea. Given the normal circumstances, I would've supported the Asian team. But now, things have changed. The Swiss better strut their stuff well enough and show the world that they're more than just chocolate and cheese.

Rocking with the gang at Castle 2

2006-06-19T06:05:00.000-07:00

Deep and I each with a glass of Tiger....cheers!

Shaynik, Amir, me and Deep

Deep, me , Isabelle and Lynnette

Rocking with the gang at Castle

2006-06-19T05:43:00.000-07:00

Lavan's room mate (which btw I dunno how 2 spell his name), me and Lavan Amir, me and Wen Hoe

Together with the twins: Wen Hoe and Wen Leong

Together with the gang rocking at Castle....u guys rock, man!!!!!

Pictures from Fete de la Musique 2006

2006-06-19T03:58:00.000-07:00

Fete de la Musique 2006

2006-06-19T02:55:00.000-07:00

Chilling at Castle.......

With the gang at Fete de la Musique, Jalan Telawi

With one the members of the French band - La Casa

Fete de la Musique 2006

2006-06-19T02:41:00.000-07:00

Fete de la Musique 2006, was basically another excuse for us to go out, have fun and chill, despite our mid-term is just next week. Talk about irony. Talk about good time management. For the French Society members, we had to arrive so bloody early juz for that merely-less-than-5-minute dance routine at Bangsar Village. I wouldn't categorize the place where we performed our so-called "French Can -can" a stage though. It was merely a slope outside some restaurant which can be considered hazardous to us gals who were wearing heels, dancing to the French can-can beat. Met up with the gang later at Castle, where the main stage was. There were some cool music played, and of course a couple deafening music which some people may call them as rock music. In my opinion, it's just a bunch of ppl screaching and sreaming their hearts out, thinking the shrill of their voices is juz so "cool". No offense to rock fans. I have nothing against rockers. In fact I do admire cool rockers who have a style and sense of their own. Rockers like Bon Jovi, Nickelback, Bo Bice (American Idol runner up 2005),Chris (fr American Idol 2006). These rockers are definitely worth listening to. To rockbands wannabes, plz do create ur own sense of style and music. There's always a difference between singing rock and sreaching ur lungs out. thanx.

Had dinner at some mamak restaurant, which was actually more costly compared to Ali Maju and Limau Purut. Well, it explains it coz we were at BAngsar! Nothing comes cheap in places like Bangsar. A French band " La Casa" performed and they were really darn good! It was kinda pity they didn't have any CD or demos...I definitely would've bought them. The Malaysian Capoera Society also did capture a group of their own spectators while they performed the beautiful art Brazilian martial arts to the brasilian beats. I say, it was really not bad at all, considering they were doing head/face stands on on the hard,rough, tar roads of Jalan Telawi.

Sharmin and Sue arrived later and also joined us. They first checked out Castle as it was Ladies Nite....n not 2 forget da free flow of drinks for da ladies...*grin* Babe, remember the good ol' times in all those parties in Zurich? It did bring back wonderful memories, didn't it? Eating colours, Alex (washing machine), singing "weil wir traurig sind" to that New Years Eve party to Lucern and not giving a damn of how the people were looking at us.....i know I've said this a billion times, but WIR MUESSEN UMBEDINGT ZURUECK IN DER SCHWEIZ!!!

After some time of stoning at the streets of Jalan Telawi, we finally went to club 11:15, but God, it so sucked! It was nothing compared to the 1st time we went there the last 2 weeks. It wasn't packed, there wasn't any crowd, the music sucked. The reason : World Cup. Lessons learnt. Unless we really wanna watch football, it isn't advisable to go to clubs with projectors when we really wanna dance. Though we wanted to start the party like the last time, this time was definitely a challenge as we were competing against World Cup. In my opinion, which wasn't a competition cz we lost. World Cup won.Period.

Thanks to Sharmo, we switched clubs to Castle. Thanks babe! Had a negociation with the Castle bouncers to let my classmates in as not all were 18. Thank goodness the discussion wasn't in vain. I say, that should've been the party!Castle had really good dance music and there was a crowd. It rocked! Danced our hearts out and it was really really fun. In short, the evening started off ok, then detoriated to sucky, but then the perfect ending.=) What more can a girl ask? Of course had tons of photos taken...it was a must as how often ppl get to bond so fast and so well in less then 2 months? not too often I say. That's y I'm one lucky gal. To my pals at Help UC, u guys r THE BEST & u guys ROCK!!!! N of course not to forget dear Sharmo and Sue who joined us, there's definitely a next. Sharmo, hoeffenlich dass du eine tolle Zeit gehabt hast! Und danke fuer die Vorschlage dass du gemacht hast dass wir nach Castle gehen koennen.

A rocky start, but a perfect ending. That was my night chilling with my pals in Bangsar. I dun wanna think about how it'll be after 7 weeks when we start our 2nd semester and go to different classes. That's reality. F***. Somebody please shut me up.

Pics with College pals

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At club 11:15 with muh class buddies.....had a rockin' time!!

Buildin' an empire with da gang at DSA....who knew DSA was fun?!?!?!?

Spontaneous movie outing at MV.....b4 The Omen on the 06.06,06

College Life Vs. Exchange year

2006-06-09T20:20:00.000-07:00

I'm totally enjoying my college life at HELP. Met new peeps, new lecturers, new classes.

I'm so thankful dat I'm in a group where the peeps are cool and fun to hang out with. Since classes started, I've been to the movies every week, sometimes even more! I guess I'm just making up for all the lost time with all the movies I missed during my exchange year. Can't blame this movie-deprived chic. Can't blame me considering it cost CHF16 - CHF18 per movie in Switzerland, which is a RIDICULOUS ammount of RM54.40 - RM61.20 (= CHF16 X 3.4) a movie!!!!! Therefore, we had no spontaneous movie outings coz it was also considered expensive for the Swiss students temselves! Even more so for me! All movies that we watched there were made sure it was carefully chosen and equally good.

My classtimetable rocks. No classes on Fridays. How cool is dat?!?!?! On Wednesdays and Thursdays, I only haf a mere 3 hour class! While getting my time-table straight at the beginning, I was pleasantly surprised dat I only had such a limited time for college. Considering the fact that I used to have looong hours of classes during secondary.Morver, during my exchange year, where even though I had da "illegal privilledge" of skipping classes, I still had looong hours of classes!

Last but not least, the ppl in my class rock! Yes, I mean u guys...da whole gang! It's been totally fun hanging with u guys, all the spontaneous movie outings, clubbing(club 11:15....wasn't it a gr8 time?!?!?), mamaking (at AM, Garuda, Limau Purut...lol)..etc... luv u guyz tons!!!!!!!

XOXOXOXO

Castle

2006-03-26T20:17:00.000-08:00

Went out clubbing with Sharmo, Izra and peeps. kinda like a farewell gathering for Sharmo coz she'll be spending her next 3 months being so patriotic in National Service. Hope she has fun there.

They picked me up at bout 8.30 and we headed for Bangsar. Of course, it was a normal Friday night, but apparently Malaysian DBKL peeps are really hardworking, considering it was a Friday night. A couple of DBKL tow trucks towing away cars caused a traffic congestion there. We were pretty psyched coz a couple of cars started to reverse and left their parking lots empty. No wonder they came out. THere was a water hydrant there. Damn. WE spent quite some time looking for a parking space, but of course in vain. In the end, parked in the residential area.Hit Mc D first, waited for Sharmo's friends to turn up and then we hit Castle Dance Club. I say, it was really not bad -at all. It was apparently Ladies Night - everyday! Free drinks for ladies.

"Skuol!" (Cheers in Greenisch, according to Marie, Izra's host sis from Greenland)

"Prost!" ( German)"

"Dirty Sex!" ( Apperently it's 'cheers' in Estisch, according to my dear Sharmo)

Vodka , gin, whiskey. Some of the familiar names and drinks which were btw free for the night to all ladies.=P Finally hit the dance floor at 11.15. The music was seriously not bad at all. HAd a great time dancing and having fun. Sweated like hell, but hey, it was good exercise anyway.

Pretty soon, the floor was so packed that it was impossible to move around. Damn packed! Left for the state mamak at 2 sumthing. It was a good time with my peeps. Just like ol' times...=) by the time I reached home , I had to take a bath, at 3.30 am! No wonder coz I stank like hell. Anw, had a great time with them and i'll definitely be looking forward to the next trip to Castle a.k.a Schloss! =P

Exchange year blog

2006-03-24T21:13:00.000-08:00

This used to be my blog when I was doing my exchange year in Switzerland......feel free to browse and check out muh blog....enjoy! Those were really the good times......=)

Snapping bac 2 Reality.........

2006-02-25T19:59:00.000-08:00

Basically, this new blog will be replacing my old Swiss Adventure blog. No point continuing with dat as I'm already back in Malaysia....the place where I belong...yeah rite....

Coming back to Malaysia, it seems to surreal. It felt as if I had a one long beautiful dream. A dream which I didn't want to end. A dream I didn't want to wake up to. However, I had to. Sooner or later. Reality bites. HARD.

I hope my second chapter of my life will turn out ok. I know I shouldn't compare. I know I shouldn't expect. Malaysia will always remain as Malaysia. Reality is reality.