Ship of Dreams

Eager to know how we were caught in the midst of nowhere,

Looking like a desert on a day with intolerant scorching heat.

As uncertain and dubious as we were, and

In an attempt to find ourselves a shelter, we walked and walked,

Not knowing that we were pacing down an esplanade of memories.

Extemporaneously, words of concern were expressed with much sincerity,

Though, they were constantly beaten down with adamant refusal.

As helpless as I am, the only way is to protect and shelter you silently from afar.

Nine million pieces of broken glass piercing through my pounding heart was what

I felt, while watching you persevered in your efforts through obstacles of life.

Noble and amenable to kindness, your problems often reach unfathomable depth, and seeing you suffer from unbearable pains,

I decided to sacrifice every second of my life for you, to provide the wamth and comfort you needed.

Never stop waiting I shall, for your permission to bring me into your solitary life, and

Giving you the long lasting and never fading love you always yearn for. (Dreams 11)

Tuesday Outing!

Thinking back of what I have done really frightens me at times.

Time flies, and it seriously does. It's like having Deja Vu in college everyday. Every single thing that happened the week before still stays fresh in my mind. It sounds real creepy but that's what I'm experiencing all this while.

Research proposal and outline handed in. So much time was wasted. Doing research, finding information on the net, merging and editing essays, waiting for procrastinated works, cracking brains while he slacks, staying up late at night, sacrificing my precious time for others.

Only to know that every single thing done was worth while when we successfully came up with a fairly satisfying draft. A sense of relief and accomplishment came flooding all over the students of En102 on Monday when the drafts were handed in. =)

What's next? Of course it's an outing with a gang of friends to get ourselves far far away from the workload and stress. So, the gang decided to hang out at the Curve on the following day - Tuesday!

Sorry people for being a killjoy that day. No one inform me that we were going to have our lunch there! =( Anyway, we did have fun right? Yes!

It was a simple outing but yet memorable. =) We went there to have lunch at Sakae Sushi. Yes, the restaurant I commented about in one of the previous post. =P And Nikko was the photographer of the day! Thanks for all the pics!

The Gang: Qila, me, Mid-Hat, KL, Quo Qian, CY, Elaine and Jehan! Nikko the photographer and Asil were not in the pic =(

Struggling with the menu~ What to order?!

Me recommending yummy foods to my Kenya friend - Mid-Hat.

That was his first time eating sushi and he ate it with us. Aww..

While waiting, we posed for pictures!

Asil~

Nikko and Qila. And you said I'm a bad photographer -.-

Camera Shy~

Foods are Here!

Qila's Octopus

Mid-Hat's sashimi, Yum Yum~

Wasabi Challenge !

This is what you get when college students eat out at Japanese restaurant xD

Mmmm~ Dont the wasabi just tastes good?

Even Mid-Hat thinks that it's good.

Dessert time~
Don't we just loooveee Baskin Robbins ice-cream?

Bye~!

I was wondering..

I have been having myriad dreams, although they are not as vivid as before.

But there's one thing for sure..

Those little dreams I had were wonderful.

Changing Style

Life has been real hectic lately. I have assignments to hand in, lab reports to catch up with and a 3000 words research to do! Everything is killing me softly. But I just don't feel like doing anything. Why? I need someone to push me, to motivate me and to guide me through. Anyone.

And there's one thing about me. I'm happy with my life now. Smiling everyday, but deep down inside, I'm actually worrying about my studies. I'm slacking off!

My life has also changed slightly since the start of the semester. Actually, it's 2 weeks after the start of the semester. Less crap, less vulgarity, coming online everyday and.. can't think of more right now.

One more thing! I finally went to play frisbee with my friends after promising them that I'll join them since January, which was my first semester in HELP college. FYI I'm already in the third semester right now. I'm also starting to care for my body and I'm getting back my stamina after going for two Pick-ups on Saturday :)

Yup. That's basically it. My life.. (boring)

Yi Hui aka Sean :)

Sometimes, temptions are REALLY HARD to resist

It was during Freshman English 2 class today when my friend, who was just sitting right beside me started feeling the urge to eat something in the middle of the class. He asked one of my friends for food and was hoping to hear a positive reply. Unfortunately, none of them had any tidbits with them.

Out of a sudden, he remembered keeping some chewing gums in his bag and the search began. He found the gums within seconds and was thrilled. After plucking a gum out of its package, he offered me one but I turned down his offer. He then turned to the guy next to him and offered him instead. Without further hesitations, the guy took a gum.

But then, something happened..

The guy put the gum into his mouth, took a bite and immediately spat the whole gum out of his mouth. You wonder why..

Guess what?

That guy who took the gum is a muslim and he was supposed to be fasting at that time! Both my friend and him have literally forgotten about that. Anyway, that guy laughed at himself for being so forgetful. Joker..

A trip to Sunway

Saturday, 2nd of August - Since we have been to One Utama, we are planning a visit to 'Egypt' today!

This morning, unlike most, we woke up late - 10 o'clock. Taking our own sweet time, we dressed ourselves up and filled our stomach with breads and cereals before departing from home. Shortly before 12 p.m., the huge lion and pyramid were in sight. We alighted from the one year old Myvi, snapped a picture and entered the shopping complex.

It's been a long time since I shopped or did anything here. Anyway, Yuka - the Japanese girl standing between me and my sister stopped by at Anna Sui, getting her nails polished with the free tester and her face made up in front of the promoter. How daring. Even I who was not the one using those free testers, standing beside her made me feel embarrassed. As you can see from the mirror, she was happily utilising those free testers on the counter. I admire her guts :)

Yuka is also one real fast shopper. She would go into a shop which has a large variety of clothes displaying and in the next minute or so she's out. If it was a rather small shop she went into, she would glance through the things on the shelves within seconds. My mother is the opposite of her. While waiting for my mother, we wandered off taking pictures randomly to kill time.

A little while later, I was already starving and my feet slightly aching - due to the lack of exercise. We then decided to have a hot bowl of pork noodles for lunch at the Esquire Kitchen. What a brilliant idea. I could see that Yuka was enjoying every single moment eating that bowl of noodles. "Oishi desu ka?" I asked, already knowing what the reply would be. "Oishi," was her instant rejoinder as she smiled back satisfyingly at me. Of course, we were contented. Yummy~~

After having all the noodles sucked and slurped into our drumming belly, we continued with our shopping. We even went outside to take some pictures of sunway lagoon. Then came snacking time when we entered a shop selling all types of candies with samples to try. Yuka tasted the sour plum and showed us this expression where we snapped it immediately. Funny~

Before we went home at 5 p.m., we sat down and ordered some coffee to quench our thirst at Toastbox! We discovered another thing then. She loves coffee very much and the toasted bread with kaya and butter was like food sent from heaven to her. She could almost finish the whole plate herself.

At night, we bought some "Yao Zha Guai" for supper. And there goes our lovely Saturday.

Walking straight

Wednesday, July 30th - 3rd day of hosting.

This is another day where people have to get up early from bed to get their lazy asses to work and to school. But, as for me and my sister, it's a total different story. Do you know that there are a total of 1300 free tickets given out each day if I'm not mistaken for a visit to the KLCC sky bridge? Yes, and we are going to get 3 of the 1300 tickets today!

While fetching my younger sister to school, my mother dropped the three of us - me, my elder sister and the Japanese girl - at the Taman Bahagia LRT station. As expected, the LRT was so packed and cramped with people that I could hardly breathe and kept on perspiring. That's one of the implications of the hike in petrol prices. That also made me wonder of how those people in China survive going to work everyday in those super crowded trains of theirs.

By the time we reached KLCC, the ticketing counter was already crowded with people queuing up in an 'S' shape. Reluctantly, we went to queue up as well. There were many foreigners sitting and waiting patiently to get their tickets. The wait wasn't very long as we stood for about a half an hour or so.

Up at the sky bridge which is 170m above street level, the whole Kuala Lumpur city is in full view and the scenery is fantastic. And not to forget, I have a slight acrophobia thanks to my 'wonderful' imagination, so it's a little scary too.

A view of KLCC park from the sky bridge

Pictures taken at KLCC park

At noon, the scorching sun above was burning into my skin. We quicken our pace, walking towards the KL convention centre as fast as possible, as the merciless sun gets hotter and hotter. After taking some rests, we headed towards Pavilion to have our lunch and of course, for shopping! We bought a plate of Char Kuey Tiow, Asam Laksa and Nasi Lemak from the food court there. She likes Asam Laksa best and thinks that Nasi Lemak is too spicy. Anyways, we did a little shopping after lunch and she bought herself a pink Guess handbag which costs RM440! Rich people -.-

Believe it or not, we later walked from Pavilion all the way to China town under the burning sun because of the poor transportation in KL! Torturing.. At China town, she bought herself some souvenirs and a watch which we bargained the price for her. She did not seem to be interested in those pirated stuff sold there though. Rich people -.-

After taking some pictures, we advanced to Central Market to see whether she has anything to buy from there. We then called it a day and went home by LRT. Tiring~~

Knowing "Her" well

After having a hearty dinner at home on Monday night, we -my parents, elder sister and I- rushed straight to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Neither of us nor our relatives were going overseas or outstation. So what were we actually rushing to the airport for? You wonder..

Since the year of 2005, I have been hosting Japanese Youth Exchangees (YE). This year, as usual, I'm hosting once again. As the Lions Club Youth Exchange Program is getting a negative feedback annually, I suppose, the number of YEs that are allowed to come to Malaysia is gradually decreasing, as if there are quotas set. The same situation is as well faced by our fellow Malaysian YEs.

Anyway, the Japanese girl I'm hosting came from a town called Nanno located in the Gifu prefecture. Her name is Yuka Miura. It is undeniable that her English is fabulous for a Japanese student as she understands what we are saying excellently. Body language and dictionary are of seldom use. I'm glad.

It was Monday night when we picked her up at the KLIA airport. She was so excited and worked up when she saw us that she was speechless for a moment. Soon after we arrived home, we brought her out to the Kayu in SS2 to satisfy her empty stomach and to quench her thirst. There, she tried the delicious and crispy Roti Canai, Tosai and Naan. And of course, the never-to-miss Teh Tarik. She was amused by the way those Rotis are made. She has not tasted Roti Tissue and Nasi Briyani though.

On the following morning, we woke up early and brought her to Pasar Pagi.

Tasting some Jack Fruits~

Surprisingly, she doesn't think it smells but she hates the taste of it.

Me teaching her how to play Congkak.

Puzzled with "It"

It has been awhile since I last dreamt about you,
I never stop contemplating our never lasting relationship.
As we thought that the bond we made never did work out,
I told myself profusely never to bother your life as much as I did.

At the time when I was thinking that "It" is almost ending,
You never fail to appear and reappear continuously in my Every dreams.
Telling me how much you want "It" to move on more than usual,
While occasionally informing me that you never knew how much I cared for you?

I feared that I had made the wrong decision for letting you go,
Forgetting that a great effort had been made to bring you into my solitary life.
I am willing to go through thick and thin with you if the decision made is right,
However your confessions to me never fail to baffle Every single bits of me.

P.s. "It" has been occurring for the past three consecutive days and I'm so confused, making you confuse too :)

Resurrection

6 days ago, the feeling of anxiety took over me. Flipping through the Macroeconomics book wasn't a good idea. As I tried to comprehend the Phillips curve, my mind was floating away, thinking about this very day. 12 hours a day was never enough for me as I perspired and struggled through the process with much perseverance. Laughter from my family distracted me and tempted me into stopping. My brain was filled with graphs and information that I found myself incapable of remembering every single thing that was said to me.

Time passed swiftly. The weekend was over in a blink of an eye. I was partially relieved as I covered most of the chapters. Confidence was eventually building up in me. Until Monday night came. I suffered from slight insomnia. I tried to 'coax' myself into sleeping but as usual, it didn't work out. Surprisingly, I did not suffer from any fatigue the following morning.

This day was the final day of the dreadful examination. 5 hours ago, I wrote the last number for the month. I was satisfied. The feeling of freedom and a sense of relieve was beyond description. The moment the great burden alighted from my shoulder was fulfilling. And I was once again... FREED!


Hey! I'm so sorry for being so inactive lately. The past two weeks was real hectic but now.. I've got nothing to do with the exception of watching the television and playing, playing, playing and of course, blogging.. if possible.