Most shopping complex in KL are in the festive mood for Christmas as Christmas is just around the corner in a few weeks time. My family and I got to hang out at Metrojaya Time Square yesterday. The decorations are truly dazzling enough to put every shopper in a festive mood!

Live performaces and dances paired with lively songs and music

Ceiling decor: convincingly look like snow falling from above. Quite creative don't you think?

Life size Christmas sledge full of presents



Merry snowman!

A christmas tree beside a gelato ice cream stand. Rum raisin flavour is my favourite and it tastes sooo heavenly! (although it did burn a hole in my pocket)

This is one gigantic Christmas tree. It's gigantic enough to house a S&J shop underneath! XD

Giant tree with giant snowflakes decor. Not that nice to view from this angle because the snowflakes are obscuring the tree.

Performance by a choir group

As for dinner we went to Vivo Pizza. It was the my first time patronizing this pizza outlet (definitely a nice change of atmosphere from Pizza Hut) and I must say I would give it a 'thumb's up'. The ambience is nice with spacious seatings and the pizza is on par, if not, better than Pizza Huts'. The Hawaiian pizza simply tastes superb!

We went home after that with dad driving the car through the traffic-packed highways at night. We were all worn out but it was an enjoyable day for us nevertheless. Back to my usual holiday routine. Plan to hang out in Sunway Pyramid with some of my friends soon. Till then, good night!

Most of my UTPians pals who were already home long ago will probably snigger at this post. But after being stuck in UTP and my holiday delayed for one week, words can't describe the feeling when I finally reached home safe and sound. Cheers!

The last stage of leaving UTP was a mess. I overlooked Block O will be closed at 5pm. It definitely looked like it was closed when I reached there to return my key. Thinking it would be the best solution, I slipped my room key and sign-out forms through the gap under the door, hoping that the officer will see them the next morning. But to my surprise, the door suddenly swung open and the officer was there, giving me a strange look wondering what was I doing. I quickly stood up and said, "Oh, still open?" while he nonchalantly picked up the forms from the ground and went to verify them. That moment was really awkward and embarassing.

I must look like a complete fool kneeling down near the door doing something like that. Luckily doors are invented to be open inward, not outward which will result in the door hitting me right on the face. Who would have thought that there is still someone working inside when the door was locked and the lights are off? If this were to happen at night, I will definitely ran away with terror.

Despite all that, I guess I should be thankful that at least there is still someone there so I can have a peace of mind knowing that my key was safely returned. That was a funny, embarassing, yet creepy experience. But most importantly, lesson learnt! Never ever do things last-minutely!

That's all for now. Finally, Happy holiday to my self! Gotta cherish the time together with my family, all the good food, and comforts of home. Home sweet home! (^_^)

I’m sure by chance some of you have been caught in this situation:

You are staying alone and completely isolated.There are no friends around you and you have no one to talk to for the whole day.

Well I’m the fortunate one to be experiencing this right now. :P

Yes, it had been a complete 2 months since I updated my blog and the dust is thickening. Time to wipe away the dust and start anew, this time with a change of template!!

My new blog template features an urban blue jeans’ texture and 3 column layout, which I think is easier to manage. Personally I like it very much..( ^_^).. . The transition process is a smooth one, as experience had taught me not to lose any blog links by saving them beforehand, otherwise it will be a big hassle looking for them!

To update, final examinations for undergraduate had finished this week and everyone can’t wait to go home!

To make it short, friends began to leave one by one, and the student population in UTP decreased drastically, as can be observed happening in V1 hostel. This early morning, my four remaining Sarawakian friends embark on their journey home, leaving me to wake up in a surreal atmosphere of total calmness and silence. It was a stark change of reality to digest at first because the remnants of last night’s fun and laugher still remain in my head for some time.

Getting past the loneliness blues, the rest of the day was pretty normal and I spent most of my time in front of laptop. There’s an infinite things you can do when you have a decent internet connection so I ain’t tat bored.

The only issue is access to food. The management only limit one cafeteria in the whole UTP to be open when approaching the holiday so you have to take the trouble to go there, no matter how far and inconvenient it is. Everyone is forced to eat there so if you are late you are in for a hell of waiting. Not that I don’t have the time, I just hate waiting.

In my case, I was pretty lucky. V2 cafe which is designated to be open is near to my hostel. I went for dinner early today to avoid the crowd and had waited less than 5 minute for my oyster sauce chicken rice to arrive! That’s an unbelievable record seeing that I had blacklisted v2 cafe twice: the first for making me wait for almost an hour, the second for forgetting my order. After both incidents, I had never eat in v2 cafe for a long long time until now. :)

Feeling lazy to walk? There’s always instant noodles to the rescue! Being last to go back home does has an advantage. The last person gets to hoard any remaining food that you friends have but can’t possibly or lazy to bring back, especially packets of Maggi! XD

Well, I have enough Maggi packets to last me for these few days, although that’s not a good idea unless I want to suffer extreme hair loss from MSG overdose, so in the end going to v2 is still a must to alternate between my choices of meals. =.=

That describes pretty much of everything for now. Luckily this period of solitude doesn’t take place in a jungle and I’m not in some sort of horrible camp! I still had my warm bed, a roof over my head, a sturdy door to keep me safe, plenty of food, and fast internet access so I’m enjoying life as it should be. Cheers!! :)

Happy holidays!!

Hello again. It's been a while.

I'd been home safe and sound since Friday relishing the good food and comfort of home sweet home. Missed my family dearly and glad to be back home with them. :)

My brother had just completed his UPSR examination and gained his ultimate freedom. So envious of him! I do miss the time when those major exams over and there's no need to worry about anything academic for a few months. My sister is so engrossed in movies recently, movies on you tube, and I just found another Titanic fan club member. Steward take note! Meanwhile, my youngest sister had just performed for her kindergarten and after watching the video I must say she danced awesomely for such a young age! Can try rival with Xiao Ci in the future. :P

Jonathan and Kerry stayed for the weekend and we had fun in Times Square and Sunway Pyramid before they head back to Johor Bahru on Sunday. I'm supposed to buy a new pair of shoes but end up buying a pair of pants instead.

It's Wednesday. Planning to hang out with Graham and his friend so will take this oppurtunity to shop for my shoes. Hopefully, no distractions too great to tempt me this time! I think I have more than enough outfits in my wardrobe for now.

As for now, the long promised update that I kept putting off. I apologised for the delay..

Memories of the half past sem (1st year 2nd sem in UTP)

As you can read from the sign: it says: UTP Book Fair 2009

The night before the event, and lots of preparation need to be done!

Balloon people! JkJk! They did a great job in decorations. Thumbs up!

I'm in Logistic Department. Introducing my Head of Department: Kalaimany. Also known as Kalai$$ Show me the money! :D

Can you spot me? Heh heh


Sze Mei, Yi Herng, Graham, Jonathan

After the events, logistic people need to shift everything back to where they belong..

That's Eric behind me. He's kind enough to lend a helping hand despite not being in Logistic Department. Thanks :)

Kalai the driver! No la, he's sitting beside the driver actually..

P.S: The rest of the Bookfair pictures are in my Facebook (or someone's else profile). More great pictures there. Sorry can't show every single picture in my blog. :P

Lecture time! The chemical gang are very enthusiatic people!

Until our extent of enthusiasm runs dry.. due to lots of limiting factors. :P

An atom separated from the gang! XD


UTP food is err.. to politely put it (edible for stomach fulfilling purpose)..that's why there's always the need to savour franchise food from outside. In this example:Pizza Hut!
Starring (clockwise from left: Yi Herng, Harold, Eric, Michael)

Tired of franchise food? You can always go for the local food!

Mouth-watering indeed..


Emo moments

Guys version of Pillow talk! These two are the hosts. I'm the main sponsor for pillow, bed, bolster, and err.. ya that tin of Jacob biscuits..

Time for fun!
Cool moves!

Also cool!

Coolest!


Want to know how 'cool' really feels like? Head for Cameron Highlands!
Clockwise from center: Guy on the stone: Michael, followed by: Pei Ying, Graham, Shih Gin, Lawrence, Kerry, Me, Fang Yee, and Eric




Again, the rest of the pictures are on facebook. :P



That's all for now.
Bye!

Half a sem is over. Time flies when you're too busy to notice anything. But anyhow, I can't wait to go back home!

Finally I'm able to heave a sigh of relief, relax, and slow down. Yes, there's still some homework to be done during the break but I'll worry about all that later. There's plenty of updates to post regarding what had happened this first half of the semester.

Tonight I'm suppose to dota as much as I can but surprisingly I don't have the mood. I don't feel like burning away my last night in UTP by playing dota.

Packing but really don't have any idea what to pack except for some clothes and books. It's late. Tomorrow will see me sleeping on the train. Graham sleeping so soundly on my bed till I don't have the heart to wake him up. Lol..

That's all for now. Updates coming soon when I finally reach home.

SELAMAT HARI RAYA to all my Muslims friends! :D

It’s a whole new month! Time really flies and I’m still caught in my never-ending cycle of hectic schedule.

Finding time to update my blog is getting tougher. But I’m still capable of some constant burst of short updates like this post.

Going to Cameron with a few friends this weekend. Despite being busy and having two tests next week, I really need this ‘runaway trip’ to give myself some time to relax and enjoy. Hopefully after this trip, I’ll be back refreshed and ready to tackle all my tasks and exams! Will update soon, see ya!   

Actually…my birthday was two days ago, so this post is a tad late. This is just a short update bcoz it’s way past my bedtime!

Just wanna drop by and say that I had a great birthday. Despite being on a busy lecture day, my friends and birthday well-wishers had made my day especially special with both some nasty and pleasant surprises.  ^_^

From the bottom of my heart, I thank you all. Thanks for the wishes, thanks for the treats, thanks for the gifts, and most important of all thanks for the priceless time, fun, and laughter shared together! I would really like describe everything in full, but I guess I would have to save it for some other time for now. Thanks again. Goodnight!