4 shopping malls in a day

Morning went to Berjaya Times Square with brother and mother after signing up for Spanish class at UTAR. Not me, my brother is taking the course but I would love to learn too. Too bad, time is limited. Anyway, at Times Square, my mother changed her Digi plan and got herself a Blackberry!!!! My mother, who can ignore her phone for days is getting, no, GOT a Blackberry Bold 9780. *Faint*


Next, I went to Low Yat and met up with Monica and her friend. We went around because her friend was looking for laptop and cameras so I kinda picked up a few tips on laptop stuff and kinda got the idea of what to get next year =)
Walked around for 4 hours and made a laptop promoter calling Monica doctor!!! Hahahahahaha!!!

Later, I went to Pavilion for a while then to KLCC, meeting my mom for

This movie was hilarious and I really enjoyed myself even though I was dead tired. After the movie, went and had Natural New Zealand ice cream and half way through indulging my chocolate fudge, I saw a familiar face.....BLACKIE!!!!!!! Ran and caught up with him and talked for a while. If I was alone, I will definitely join him for mamak!!!! But oh well, WOW, to meet him at KLCC =)

Btw, my sister got 6As for her PMR. So much for bragging about beating me in studies =P

I always forget to include this. I wanna watch

Sign language

Yesterday was my last sigh language class and I believe it will be my last for the next few years. The SL for UK is different so I can't really continue my SL classes when I'm at UK and the Level 1 class is commencing in January and end after I fly off so it's really sad that I can't continue the lessons.

Anyway, yesterday we had our last class at Old Town Coffee opposite YMCA and 4 of us signed and laughed a lot. I am proud to say that I could hold a 2 hours conversation without muttering a word. If I don't know how to sign the word, I just finger signed it and my teacher, Loula would teach me the proper way. It was so fun.

I will upload the pictures here soon =)

My teacher praised me at FB hehehe
"Hwei Jene, What short simple name should i call u? HJ? Call me Loula. well, we had a great conversation via sign language. I notice you have potential to become a fluent signer some day. Will keep in touch always so that u will pick up signs."

Micael Jackson Medley

By Kurt Schneider and sang by Sam Tsui

YouTube Sensation

I am totally in love with Sam Tsui and Kurt Schneider. They can really make good songs and make them even better than the original songs. Totally in love with the way they make their music.

(This picture is taken when he sang Paramore's The Only Exception. Sam can really sing and I love this song a lot!!! Another must watch is Micheal Jackson Medley, Just a Dream, Love the Way You Lie Mash-Up, Firework & Grenade Mash-Up, Unwell and a lot a lot more!!!!)

You guys rock!!!

An interview by The Star Scoop

THE STAR SCOOP:
You work together a lot. How did you guys meet and start working together?

KURT SCHNEIDER:
Some people know this, but a lot of people don’t. Me and Sam were on the same bus route in middle school. That’s when we first met each other.

SAM TSUI:
We both lived in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, which is a small suburb outside of Philadelphia. We literally lived right down the street from one another, a couple houses away…Toward the end of high school, both of us were involved in the chorus and music scene. We started to become better friends through that.

He’s a year above me, so he went off and left to Yale and then the next year, I independently made the decision to also apply and got in. At that point, we were the only kids from our high school that were at Yale. [Kurt] had started to do some music stuff in the year that he’d been at Yale before I was there, and so when I got there, it made sense and we started collaborating together, and everything else was sort of history from that point on.

THE STAR SCOOP:
What is your musical background?

KURT SCHNEIDER:
I always loved music. I didn’t start playing the piano at a really young age. I didn’t start playing the guitar when I was super young. I taught myself piano in high school and started playing guitar in college. I’ve always loved music. I’ve always loved listening to blatant pop music.

SAM TSUI:
My mom was a high school music teacher from Iowa…so I grew up in a house where we had a piano and our whole family is a big supporter of the arts and music. From a really young age, I was singing recreationally. I always said that I wanted to be a singer. Probably [by] middle school/high school I was pretty sure I wanted to perform or sing in some capacity.

THE STAR SCOOP:
Are you studying/did you study music or some music related field?

KURT SCHNEIDER:
I got my degree in mathematics, so I guess I studied math in school. I actually really didn’t go to class too much.

SAM TSUI:
I can corroborate that [laughs].

Interestingly enough, I’m actually majoring in classical Greek, which is perhaps as far on the other end of the spectrum as you could get from music. That was actually one of the things I loved most about Yale…it was a place where I could pursue something totally different academically but still have all the kinds of opportunities and resources to do just as much music as I would majoring in it.

THE STAR SCOOP:
You guys must be superstars in the area/on campus.

KURT SCHNEIDER:
It’s crazy! Everyone at school, they knew us when we had three subscribers, when we had like, none! They would know us as Sam or Kurt. They don’t really see us as YouTube people. It’s crazy! The whole rise on YouTube happened really fast for us.

SAM TSUI:
Everyone who was there before sort of knew me as just Sam, that kid who is in their class…But for a lot of these new kids who are coming to Yale, the first way they know about me is through the YouTube stuff…it’s funny to meet these people who, their first impression of me is not from knowing me personally, but who perceive me as this big YouTube star guy.

When we first started putting stuff up, we had no idea that it would reach this level. We’re obviously very grateful that it did and very excited.

THE STAR SCOOP:
You just put up a collaboration with Christina Grimmie. How hard is it to put something like that together? It looks amazing.

KURT SCHNEIDER:
It is a lot of work. That video was actually put together over a fairly small period of time…If we’re really devoted to something, we’ll just take at it for hours and hours on end and then soon enough there will be a video.

SAM TSUI:
It was pretty fast, believe it or not…laid down the track, we recorded most of the vocals in one day and the video quickly there after it. Obviously the editing took a while. It goes faster than you would think. When we get started on something, because we enjoy it so much, the time goes quickly and we just tend to crank stuff out in a pretty concentrated amount of time.

THE STAR SCOOP:
Sam, you’re almost done with school, and Kurt, you are done with school. Is this going to be a full time thing for you guys? What are your plans post-graduation?

SAM TSUI:
That’s definitely a good question and something I’ve been thinking a lot about, and don’t know that I yet have a good answer. But certainly, continuing to create this kind of content is something that is an absolute must for me. I’m actually looking forward to graduating, if only because it will give me more time to be able to work on this kind of stuff with Kurt and actually devote myself fully to it.

KURT SCHNEIDER:
We definitely have something that’s going right, right now. Definitely, I fully want to continue. It seems to be working well.

THE STAR SCOOP:
You guys have released some original music now.

SAM TSUI:
That’s absolutely something we want to start doing more of. A couple months ago we released a music video to one of Kurt’s original songs, and people loved it. More original material, music videos, are definitely something we want to focus on.

KURT SCHNEIDER:
Yeah. We’ve got some originals in the works that I think you are really going to like. I can’t wait until everyone out there can hear that. I think they’ll all really enjoy what we have in store.

THE STAR SCOOP:
Kurt, we saw that you actually sing as well. A lot of people are wondering if you and Sam have done any singing together? Nothing on YouTube yet?

SAM TSUI:
We haven’t! The only thing we’ve done together is the shows and things we did together in high school.

KURT SCHNEIDER:
That’s true. You know, Sam is a much better singer than me. We sang in little groups in high school as Sam said. We did musicals together. That was a time!

THE STAR SCOOP:
In terms of who you might collaborate with in the future, are there any plans for who you might work with next? And also, we are formally putting in our request for one with Lisa Lavie. She’s amazing.

SAM TSUI:
She is awesome.

KURT SCHNEIDER:
She has a pretty incredible voice. I’m a big fan. We’re possibly doing another collab with an R&B group named Ahmir. We love them. We’re always keeping a lookout on who the people are on YouTube.

THE STAR SCOOP:
Interesting facts or things we don’t know about you yet that would be fun for fans to know?

SAM TSUI:
One funny thing, and these will never be released, I’m pretty sure…In high school we did do a little bit of, I guess you could call it “studio recording.” We did a couple recordings of some of Kurt’s original stuff…instead of the wind protector and the mic, we took a hanger and twisted it into a circle and put pantyhose around it. It was a very humble set up.

KURT SCHNEIDER:
That actually worked shockingly well, I gotta say. That was a surprising success.

SAM TSUI:
[Laughs] There some other problems with those recordings, including the fact that I sound awful in them.

KURT SCHNEIDER:
Or the fact that the songs weren’t good…but ignoring all that…

THE STAR SCOOP:
For anyone who watches your videos and then decides, hey I want to give this a shot, is there any specific advice you have for people you have for what might help them be successful?

SAM TSUI:
I think a big part of what has made us successful and what makes a lot of people on YouTube successful is two things. One, you really have to enjoy making the videos. That’s a huge part of what makes any performance on YouTube shine…If you love what you’re doing, I think that translates into a video that people want to watch.

And also, that combined with something creative or new. That’s always what excites people the most. Whether it’s a take on a song that they’ve never seen before or some concept or idea that’s fresh and new. A combination of enjoying what you’re doing and coming up with something that’s your own, I think those are two of the keys to success for a YouTube video.

THE STAR SCOOP:
What do you want to say to your fans?

SAM TSUI:
First and foremost, just a huge thanks. Honestly, this really started for us as something that was fun to do. We both love making music, love making videos like this. The fact that people started showing interest…and give us a real reason to be able to put a lot of time and love and energy into it has been absolutely amazing.

Just the incredibly, incredibly positive response we’ve gotten from people and the continued interest is not only really touching for us and means a lot to us, but the fact that it allows us to keep doing this stuff that we love and be able to take it seriously is a gift. That’s 100 percent the fans and the people who continue to watch and subscribe to us. I know I’m certainly so thankful for that.

KURT SCHNEIDER:
They’ve been with us since the beginning and they are so much of the reason why we’re here.

Kurt and Sam on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/KurtHugoSchneider

iTunes:
http://www.itunes.com/SamTsui
http://www.itunes.com/SamTsuiAndKurtSchneider

Kurt Schneider Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/KurtHSchneider
Sam Tsui Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/samueltsui

Kurt Schneider on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KurtHugoSchneider
Sam Tsui on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SamTsuiMusic

Kurt Schneider MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/KurtHugo
Sam Tsui Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/SamTsui

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1

I woke up at 6am and started watching House Season 6 until around 2ish. Finally completed the 6 seasons worth of House drama.

Mother was complaining about not having the time to watch the current Harry Potter's movie so I checked the newspaper and the next thing I know, we were at Jusco watching the movie.


Have I blogged about this movie before? Nope, don't think so because I am not a fan of HP movies but I like to read the book. When I read, the characters come alive and never once did the actors or actresses of the movie appeared in my imagination. I honestly feel that some actors and actresses just don't fit the personality of the characters.

Enough said, my brain has been banging itself in the skull since Saturday evening and I am still feeling it. Anything to look forward?? Just the movies my cousin is bringing to me =)

Another 12 hours out

I went out of the house from 9am and reached home at 9pm. Again.

So morning, went out for a workshop which delayed for 45 minutes because some speakers just can't stop talking. But I did gained a lot of insights and had the motivation to the things that I have been procrastinating.

Next, went and watch

This movie was somewhat like Harry Potter in the sense that the magic I felt when I first watched the movie was gone. I guess the first movie was like introducing us to their world of magic and after the 2nd movie, I kind of got used to the "magic" and felt like this movie is just another movie.

Came home with a throbbing head and fell asleep by 9ish.

Next movie I'm looking forward to watch is

2 new books

I went out with June and end up with 2 more books.

Loving it =)

Unexpected Friends

Seriously, I have been spending a lot of time thinking instead of revising whatever I need to revise. Ever since I enter my uni, I am no longer the same girl everyone knew back in secondary school and even college. I used to spend my entire day trying my best to please everyone and be their best friend. I used to hang out with a group of friends, laugh, study and have meals with them and the thought of being lonely even for a second just kills me.

And so I thought.

Since I started uni life, I have been experiencing a lone ranger life. I could not find my clique of friends among that hundreds of fellow batch mates. I spent my time alone in the library trying to remember as much information as I can so that I can secure my place in this course. I was depressed for the first few months which worsened when it was exam week.

Surprisingly after spending 2.5 years, I actually found friends that I am comfortable with. Although I no longer spend time in a group, spending time with this few friends really was one of the best time in my uni life. Each of them have their own quirkiness and those quirkiness made me love them more. Besides, I don't need to pretend and put on masks around them.

Back in secondary school and even college, meeting friends at the mall and hanging out with them outside our school/ college was something I have never done before so I expected myself to have the same experience when I enter uni and during my first year, that thought became a reality. When I enter my second year, that reality blurred a bit because of the true friends I've made.

I am so glad that I found them after all the depressing months. Hanging out with them now just makes me cherish them even more.

This post is for you girls who made my uni life so much fun.
I miss you guys so much =(

Whole Day Out

I was feeling sick yesterday because my dad drove recklessly and I skipped lunch and dinner. My face was green and I felt like throwing out. My ears felt hot and I was having cold sweat. There were lots of saliva in my mouth which I got to consciously tell myself to swallow and avoid the anti-peristalsis which was happening soon. Anyway, I felt so sick that my dad sent me home when they went for dinner and I slept till this morning.

So I woke up and followed mum to her office after dropping dad at some hotel. Before that, we went for breakfast and had a really delicious satisfying English breakfast set with 2 pieces of toast, 2 small hash brown, 2 sausages and scrambled eggs. Mum ordered extra French toast and orange juice for my sister and I. It was so tasty!!!

At the office, I spent 2.5. hours watching cartoons through my small handphone and the next 1.5 hours reading manga through my mom's laptop. Then we went to KLCC!!! For the past 5 months working, I go through Pavilion and KLCC to reach my mom's office to follow her home and I seldom shopped at that 2 shopping mall. Regretted a lot for not enjoying Philharmonic when I had the chance.

KLCC was packed with human beings and that turned me into Ms.Cranky. I just hate crowded areas.

Anyway, we went to the Thai restaurant and had our late lunch/ early dinner. It was 3pm already so by the time our food came, it was 3.30pm. We had some appetizer, the pandan chicken, a plate of noodles and a plate of pineapple rice. It was nice, but nothing worth blogging about. Next, we walked around looking for mom's Christmas present. Her office is having this exchange-present event so we went to Godiva (my suggestion), Harrods and got an idea on what to get (managed to try something called macaron) and Arch where mom got her 1st Christmas gift. 1 down, 2 to go (she is helping another 2 staffs to get the present).

This is macaron, the new cupcakes.

We also went to Swatch and mom wanted to get a watch for me and my sis but I didn't feel like getting any so mom got frustrated when every watch she asked "you want or not?" I replied "no". But honestly I love the Christmas collection's Winter Sun

Love it but I'm going to use my own money to get it =)

Then we went to New Zealand Natural Ice Cream and ordered Mount Cook where you are allowed to order 5 types of your choice of ice cream and they add on toppings for you with 2 ferrrro rocher chocolate at the side. This dish costs RM36.90

We had the Popular card so we get to have a free junior one scoop ice cream for free so we asked them to add onto this dish and hence we had 6 scoops of different flavoured ice cream!!!!! So delicious and fattening!!!

Next, mom went and took some more cash while I ran to Kinokuniya to check out some SL books but I could not help myself from checking for this book

And it was in the shelf!!!! I ran back to my mom and got some cash from her, ran back to the store and Finally, It's MINE!!! Wheee!!!!! I hope my agony for getting this book is worth it. Daniel, you better don't disappoint me!!!

Then,we went to the Stadium to get me a jogging shoes. This is my first pair mind you!! Anyway, there were a lot of brands such as Adidas, Nikki and more but I settled on
Cool eh??

We left house at 7.30am and left KLCC at 7.30pm. Not a big fan of shopping but food and books can just cheer me up any day =)

Meeting June for lunch tomorrow. Wheee!!!

pissed

I got to sit for IELTS, AGAIN!!!

Why am I angry? I don't really have a clue. Maybe I just want to have no exam stress for this break? Maybe the exam fee is just up the roof? Maybe I just want to get pissed with something?

Seriously?? Coming to this uni, we need to sit for IELTS and MUET. After 2.5 years studying in English and speaking in English, how bad can our English evolve to? Well, apparently some IELTS officers or someone or someTHING just figured that if English is not the first language, then their English sucks and we need IELTS to determine and proof how sucky are they. Oh wait, there's another reason. We need your money to boost our so-not-very stable economy compared to years ago and make you poorer. We will be nice and kick in some complementary increase in the exam fees and wait for it, we will make sure that IELTS only valid for 2 years. We are so nice to you-non-English-as-first-language people.

Fine, it was stated that IELTS only valid for 2 years when I sat for it back in 2007 but I never hear any of my seniors sitting for IELTS again!! It's so unfair!! Why can't they just let my batch be the last batch to enter UK without a valid IELTS?? If it's because some seniors who suck in English start propagating the idea that our English is really down the drain, then thank you very much. You ruin my week and weekend and you should just die.

On a lighter note, the sem 5 just finished their exam and I can recall how I felt when exam was done and over. Wait, I don't really remember but ya, I kinda recall, or not. I can't make up my mind. I'm just so distracted with the not-so-new-news-to-others-but-still-new-to-me news.

I'll admit that my English is not very good and I'm just an average Asian girl who can speak English well enough to survive but not cool enough to chill and take the exam like some English-is-so-not-a-subject type of homosapien. Alright, I'll admit it, my English sucks and I was hoping to silently blend into the background and never speak a word of English if I have the choice but hey, I speak English and people understand so I'm not that bad, right?? Oh ya, the IELTS officers, someone and someTHING just reminded me, I am a non-English-as-first-language people.


Just releassing some anger and steam here. If you so happen are an IELTS officer, someone or someTHING, don't take this personal. This post is purely fictional (anger and steam is not though, sorry) and you should not be reading this.

House Rules Rocks!!!!

I am so attached to this book.
The last time I became so emotional because of a book was when Professor Dumbledore died. I was so depressed that I actually was moodless for a few days. Yes, I was that into the book at that time (I remember me discussing with Lai Thin about how sad I was before sitting for some SPM paper that afternoon).

Jodi Picoult really did a great job writing this book. I would say that this is so far one of the best novel she ever wrote. Really superb!! While reading it, I was like thinking like Jacob, with Asperger's Syndrome. I started staring and refused to engage in any conversation LOL!!

Ok, got to go but I just want to thank Jodi for giving me an idea when dealing with some jerks or the annoying people. They have Asperger's and hence they make me irritated. I need to be kind and patient with them LOL

play doctor and nurse

My sister fell sick on Saturday. Headache after coming back from a surprise party for one of her group of friends which they name themselves Fate. (What??!! I know. Who name their own group of friends Fate?! Well, my sister's group did.)

Anyway, she left at 8ish in the morning and came home at 11ish and she went to bed straight. Woke up at 5ish with bad headache and fever. She felt better on Sunday and we brought her to Jusco because my mom wanted to watch the oh-so-great-Harry Potter (or my mom dragged her out because she was bored and wanted to watch that movie). Anyway, I made mom fetched us home when she looked bad (no HP for mom LOL).

I was made to stay at home to look after my sister and instead of studying, I used the computer to fill up my time (still not feeling guilty and hence me blogging now). Read manga and more watching and listening to Glee via Youtube. Oh ya, we are now using a new modem and the speed is so much faster when watching youtube. Last time, to buffer a 3 minutes clip will take us more than 20 minutes but now, it buffers and load at the same time and it is just so great!!!

Anyway, my sister was better by the evening but my mom insisted on taking her to the doctor and she came back telling me my sister's temperature was 38.4 degree Celsius. Well, at least it's not Denggi the =P

Today, I am still at home to look after my sister and hey I did OK. I walked to the market to buy porridge and food for her. (I don't see you clapping for my effort, hmph!) And then I watched a very nice and touching movie - My Name Is Khan.

This movie is about Rizvan, a Muslim with Asperger's Syndrome who after having his 13 years old step son killed due to racial fight after the 9/11 incident where people started to hate Muslim, traveled to meet the President of America to tell him "My name is Khan and I am not a terrorist".

I kept tearing (and no tissue was around =.=) because it was really touching. This is really a very very good movie. I'll rank it as high as Forrest Gump. Besides, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol (in my humble opinion, is the best on screen couple) were my long lost favourite movie stars. It has been a long time since I watched a Hindi movie (not since my kakak left) and I'm loving every minute of it.

I was just reading through Wikipedia on this movie and under controversies at the airport securities, Shah Rukh Khan actually went through what the character in the movie went through because of his Khan (apparently a lot of Muslim has Khan) and even though he was an international superstar, he still went through such unfair procedure. I love this line in wiki "American actor, Christopher B. Duncan who portrays President Obama in My Name Is Khan, also commented on the incident stating: "I was very disappointed with what SRK experienced at the airport. We’re living in times where the levels of fear can sometimes spill over into paranoia. Here’s a man who is an international superstar, being detained for an excessive amount of time at an airport in the United States. It had to be very upsetting for him. Imagine Oprah (Winfrey) being detained at an airport in India for a long time, during a kind of interrogation."

Books I Laugh With

I have been going back to my university's library and rejoined the library furniture club since Tuesday. On Thursday, I was feeling a little sleepy so I went to the fiction books section and found these books
1. 10 Reasons Not to Fall in Love by Linda Green

2. Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella

3. Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella

4. Dead Run by PJ Tracy

For 10 Reasons Not to Fall in Love by Linda Green, I kinda just read through on Thursday afternoon and finished it within 2.5 hours. Got the gist of it and continued with my revision. It was about this mother with one child, divorced and fell in love with a balloon man.

On Friday, I borrowed the rest of the 3 books with Jon's help and started reading Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella. I could not stop myself from laughing out loud even though it was 1am in the morning. It was just so funny and I love every bit of the book. Really enjoyed myself reading it. After this blog, I'm going to start with Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella and hopefully it will be as fun as well =)

So far, life has been good. A lot of friends saw me and could not stop themselves from adding "you look buff-ier or you put on some weight" (Fine, I know) and I managed to meet a few batch mates (miss you guys somehow) and revision is slow but at least there's something.

Photos from China will be uploaded when I'm free (be patient) and for you who just finished exam. Hooray!!!! =)

China

Someone wrote in FB that I went to Antartica and someone did believe it LOL

Anyway, China trip was nice especially the weather, very Genting like. I could walk around with just my T shirt and a pants.

I enjoyed the visiting part especially to Yip Mun Hall, Wong Fei Hong memorial museum and Guang Zhou where the Asian Games was going to be held (currently going on). The city was decorated with so many colourful flowers and the hotels we stayed at were nice and cozy especially the Macau hotel. Lots to eat with so much chicken, duck, pork, fish, crabs and prawns etc everyday, felt so sick of it by the 3rd day onwards.

I did not spent even a cent because this trip was not that straight forward as I was brought along to look after my 2 aunts who are above 65 years old. I dread it when the tour guide bring us to some shop or some street for shopping. Walking behind this 2 aunts really tested my patience but luckily weather was nice and it did cheer me up a bit.

All in all, I enjoyed the trip.

Yesterday went back to uni and it felt different because my fellow batch mates were no where to be seen but there were quite a few dramas involving a few couples. Interesting stuff!! LOL

I had lots to tell but I've expressed most of them at another place so for the moment, I shall resume to my no-life-student life =)

Gonna MIA

I'm going to be MIA for about 9 days and my desktop is spoiled so I doubt I'll be here anytime soon.

Take care =)

farewell Peter

Peter is the first staff from ACTS that I know and comfortable with at ACTS, the place I am doing my volunteering work now. He's a refugee from Myanmar and he's the coordinator at ACTS.

Finally, his application to go to a country where they accept refugees was approved and he's going to Tennessee on 2nd Nov. Malaysia DO NOT recognise refugees here and hence they are considered as illegal immigrants. The police and Rela staffs treat them badly and even abuses them! Want to hear true stories, just ask me.

He actually organised a dinner at Subang 2 weeks ago but I was busy with my China relatives so could not attend hence he organised another lunch at ACTS where it was more convenient for all the doctors and volunteers. He even made me promise that I'll appear when he called to invite me again LOL.

So I attended the lunch and I was all alone as the other volunteers are relatives of the founder of ACTS while other non-volunteers were his church friends. I didn't know anyone besides Peter and the ACTS staff which I am not very close to and seriously considered leaving as fast as I can. Thank goodness I kept myself busy by watching Astro's AXN while waiting for the other guests to arrive =P

After waiting for an hour and Peter introducing me to all the people, they gathered and said grace. Before that, Rosemary (the founder) gave a short speech on how much Peter had helped them (Peter teared and sobbed) and how thankful they are and how much we'll miss him then she asked him if he wants to say anything and

Peter- Ya, I want to thank you...(paused)...(eyes tearing)....
Rosemary- Peter, it's ok. We know you have mixed feelings. We know that you are happy to go but very sad to leave us.
Peter- Ya, my feelings (point to his heart) are mixed and so I want to....paused (teared)...I want to really thank you all...(paused)...thank y...(cried really sadly with sounds like hngh hngh....)

It was a really sad scene and most of the guests cried too. I teared a bit and was touched as how Peter really loves everyone here with all his heart and is really really sad to leave us. This scene is something I used to watch it in TV, not something I expect to experience it live. It was so touching.

Lunch was delicious. With satay, mihun, yam cake, mamak fried rice, ayamas chicken, pork, tomyam salad made by one of the staff. The food that they ordered are all from Peter's favourite restaurant =)

During lunch and after lunch, I was surprised that I could actually hold a conversation with complete strangers. First was with the head doctor of ACTS, then with another doctor who was 70 years old! and with another ACTS staff who is from Sabah. I actually talked to each stranger turn friend for one solid hour each. Amazing right?! I was shocked too!!

Mom picked me up after spending 4.5 hours there then we went to Daorae and was so satisfied with their service again. They never fail to serve you right and I love their ever-flowing side dishes =)

My last day in corporate world

I woke up this morning feeling so sad =(

Yesterday was my last day of work. After getting treated lunch on Tuesday and Wednesday, I got a small gift from the receptionist on Thurday. I got this
Then on Friday morning at 9am, Kak Dina presented this to me and it's from the whole department

I actually suspected it because on Thursday, she went around whispering with the staffs and one of the staff gave away. After a few exchange with Kak Dina and while Kak Dina was walking back to her own place, that staff suddenly said "my daughter said S-D is not so cold, some what like Genting" and hence I suspected that they'll give me some winter related stuff. More over during Tuesday's lunch, Kak Dina already asked me what I like, accessories or clothes etc LOL
I can't help smiling the whole day after that =)

The winter scarf is so cute and the things that the staffs wrote in the card are so nice. I've got that same huge lollipop from my DM ages ago and so happen Thursday was her birthday too!! Gosh, I miss them so much now.

On Thursday night, I actually prepared some small gifts for them and I slept at 2.30am after finishing everything!!! I was dead tired but it was so worth it!!
I prepared the cards
Then wrapped up the chocolatesand tadah~~
So during lunch, I put them on their respective tables while they were not around and after that, I got even more gifts which include
2 ducks from a staff which I rarely talk to a small purse from Lee Tenga wayang kulit thing from Indonesia and a box of nougat from my Assistant Manager
I've finished the nougat though =P
and a box I am so touched and felt so appreciated and a few staffs even keep asking me to prolong my contract and keep saying "janganlah pergi". One staff actually teared when I said my goodbye. Aawwhhh...
The staffs at 9th and 10th floor were so shocked that I was leaving so soon and they were so nice as they keep giving me hugs after shaking my hand =)

I am never good in saying goodbye and instead of feeling sad, I was actually really happy the whole day! When I returned my tag, the HR staff also commented "wah, so happy leaving us ah?" LOL even her head department which I only said hi a few times also came out from her room and said loudly "where is that leng lui who is leaving us? Don't want to shake my hand ah?" Gosh, I felt so awkward because she acted like so close to me when I don't even know her name.

Oh ya, the CEO actually called me into his room and talked to me. Asked me why am I leaving them so fast when I'm continuing my studies next April etc. His PA/ secretary/ senior manager also asked me into her room and told me to keep in touch and if I need anything, she has family at UK that she can ask them to help. So sweet right??

When I was waiting for the lift, the CEO came and waited for it too and we actually had our second conversation in the lift LOL.

OK, I actually felt really really sad this morning hence I went to my email and spread my miss-yous to them and after that, felt so much better. I was even hyper in ballet class which starts at 7am!! Hahaha

Well, I thought corporate world is all about politics, gossips and back-stabbing. This working experience really changed my mind. Maybe because I'm just a temp staff but hey, they love me!!! =)

Goodbyes

It's 7.20am and I'm in the office already and hence the chance to blog =P

Well, this is not news flash but for those who didn't know, this is my last week working in the corporate world. After this, I'll be a no-life student again.

So on Tuesday, I went to office early and on my way I bought a packet of nasi lemak biasa tambah kuah kari and it was so delicious!!!! I can't remember when was the last time I had a packet of steaming hot nasi lemak. Anyway, when I was finishing the mouth-watering breakfast, Kak Dina, the staff who sat behind me gave me a steaming hot red bean pau and I gobbled it up because the nasi lemak was so spicy that made me yearn for more.

Later in the afternoon, she and a few other staffs forced me out and treated me A&W as my farewell lunch!!! I was so touched because these ladies who are always on coco-collagen supplement are so nice to me.

Yesterday, another group of staff (Chinese this time) also did the same and since one of the staff is a vegetarian, I thought we'll have vegetarian food and hence joined them but we walked into a Japanese Restaurant instead!!! I only had RM10 on me and the meals there were RM18.80 and above!!!!

So I ordered the set lunch (which was the cheapest-RM18.80) and hoped that I can pay back them tomorrow but in the end, they said this lunch is on them. AAWwwhhh.....

Just moments ago, the receptionist (Kak Nor) just gave me a small bouquet of chocolates decorated like a flower with a teddy bear. The people here are so nice!!!! Double Aawwhh...

Tomorrow, I'm going to give them some chocolates (planned early this week) and with them showering me with so much love, makes my "some chocolate" looks so insignificant but hey, it's the sincerity that is important. Right?

In the House

Ms. Cranky and Ms. Negative is in the house.

Welcome home bitches!

Anyway, just finished watching Inglourious Basterds and I actually liked it.

Tonari no Totoro

Tonari no Totoro or also known as My Neighbour Totoro is a 1988 Japanese anume film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film follows the two young daughters of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan. This film won theAnimage Anime Grand Prix prize and the Mainichi Film Award for Best Film in 1988. [From wikipedia]

I was so bored that I found the movie here =)

Bye China Relatives

Yup, my dear China relatives are going home this afternoon.

Well, they are kinda like my grandfather's brother's sons and daughters and his grandchildren. So that is how we are all related. Anyway, will try to get some pictures from them then will post it up here.

I am now bored in my office because most of the staffs are at another floor attending a training so nothing to do besides reading my book. So till then =)

About splurging on books and China relatives

Woke up and went for ballet class lazily. Came home and went to 1 Utama because mom is meeting her friends so my sis and I went and watched
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This movie is well, OK? Didn't have any expectation so just enjoyed it. But I'm kinda into Justin Long now =P

Next, went to Amcorp Mall's Bookxcess for
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Yup, and I spent RM133 on them and I got a 3 years membership card and a free book thong(Huh? It's like a book mark but made out of strings and ribbons)! Crazy right? I know. Impulse buying? But it's not really impulse since I actually sent an email and asked them to reserve the books for me. I'm such a bookacholic!!

After getting my books, we went to a Dato Liu's place. Apparently he is the Ti Ratana Welfare Society Kuala Lumpur's President/ Chairman. Wow right? His house is as big as Jacqueline's place (maybe smaller before her's underwent renovation) but Jacq's place is definitely bigger and nicer. His place was err, I don't know, I don't feel hommy. According to my mom, he's my cousin.

The left guy with the open hand is him.

Anyway, my main point of blogging is about my relatives from China. I met them on Thursday night for dinner and after that went to my uncle's place (where they're staying) for fruits (a cousin sells fruits). There was 7 of them here in Malaysia and and all are my, well, I'm confused, well, they're uncles and aunts and cousins and my cousin's children.

Anyway, that night I didn't get the chance to actually talk to all of them but I can tell you one thing. They definitely look like us, Malaysians. They did not look like those typical beady (sepet) eyes with pink cheeks and they speak hakka just like my mom's side. When one of the uncle knew that I can't speak Hakka, he was nice enough to speak to me in Mandarin (they call it bu3 tong1 hua4) and his Mandarin was a little difficult to understand. Either it's the intonation's problem or my Mandarin sucks.

So today, I had a nice chat with them and got to know the youngest among that 7 relatives- a 23 years old cousin's daughter. She's pretty and she just finished her degree in English so she could speak English albeit a little broken. Her Mandarin is VERY understandable!! I could speak to her fluently and well, we just felt like a family =)

Oh ya, before I forget, Datuk Liu has a huge family. He has 14 (including him) brothers and sisters!!!! 14 siblings!!! So by 7pm, most of that 14 siblings and their family arrived and hence we had like a HUGE family reunion!! Found another younger generation girl among that crowd and she's a Malay mix Chinese CBN form 4 girl. So my 23 years old China relative, this 16 years old "Chinlay", my 15 years old sis (who just smiled and listened and acted like her mouth has gold) and me chatting away with a lot of awkward and non awkward pauses in between.

I'm dead tired and I got to wrap my books so I'll call it a day now. Will continue soon and hopefully can get some pictures of (or from) them to put here.

Envy me? Go ask your parents if they can somehow contact your relatives at China =P

Family Tree Book

Do you or your family own a family tree book? Well, apparently my mother's side has. Last year, they traced back to China and had a small family reunion at China and my sister went too. I was, well, preparing for EOS or summative I think and hence stayed at Malaysia.

Anyway, according to my mother, each Liew boy in the family has that family tree book and it's their responsibilities to continue recording and keeping the family tree book "alive" so my uncle did his part by contacting the relatives at China.

Today, these relatives of mine from China will be coming to Malaysia and we're going to be their host. We as in my mother and her 7 siblings and families. We even had a few family meetings (my mother's side always have such meetings) and decided to bring them around Malaysia for a tour so we'll be having dinner with them on Thursday and Saturday when they come back from Ipoh and Melaka respectively.

What to expect? More Hakka and Chinaman I guess =P

PS: Blood Lies by Daniel Kalla is out of stock at Kinokuniya!! Should have bought it when it was available!!! Sob~~

10.10.10

I started off by watching an episode of House (again =P) and then went to temple for Puja. Maha Vihara was filled with couples registrating to be husband and wife and the relatives were wearing quite inappropriate mini skirts and micro dress at the temple. Can't they just use their pea brain and think before wearing those revealing clothes to a temple? Jeez. But the atmosphere was wonderful with lion dance and small kids dressed up as whatever they need to be.

I was in a dilemma whether to go uni to start studying and kick start my study mode or go to a nearby MPH to get my House Rules because MJ actually smsed me to inform me that it's out. Thanks MJ!! So when mum said she wants to go home after puja I asked her to drop me at KL Sentral so I'll take a train to uni. Lady luck smiled on me when suddenly mom asked if I really want to go uni to study and I was "err..I don't know..." so she drove us to Mid Valley and made my 10.10.10 a memorable one.

Since we were at MV and it was 10am, I decided to treat my mom a movie but instead we bought tickets for 2 movies.
We were deciding on
1. Charlie St. Cloud

2. Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame3. Wall streets: Money Never Sleeps 4. Dinner with Schmucks 5. Legend of the Fist : The Return of Chen Zhen6. The Switch 7. Alpha and Omega 8. The Joshua Tapes9. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of GahooleIn the end we watched Wall Streets and Detective Dee back to back with 5 minutes in between for toilet break =)

It was nice and entertaining and I really enjoyed both movies but I really regret not watching the Joshua Tapes because one of the main actor is my friend who was at first my brother's friend but we kinda got closer when I was college so I am going to suport him later by watching it this week. GO WATCH TOO!!! SUPPORT LOCAL!!!

We didn't watch The Switch because this movie's review on The Star was not very good. For Alpha and Omega and Legend of the Guardians, we might watch it with my sister later since tomorrow is her last PMR paper. I rather read the Charlie St Cloud book than watch the movie. My mom is the one who wants to watch Legend of the Fist and Dinner for Schmucks is a stupid movie which I'll watch when I need a good laugh and hence that 2 choices.

MPH was having a huge sale yesterday!! MPH card members get 20% discount on every book besides those that are already having discount. Buy more than RM100, you can get those skill books with DVD (How to Play Guitar, Yoga etc) for RM10. Buy one book with original price and get another for 30% discount for non members etc!!! I got my
and I got this

for the 30% discount. I would love to get more but by the time I want to look for more, it was movie time.

So we spent almost 7 hours in Mid Valley and went home feeling so happy even though everything was on me besides her books.

I'm going to get my Blood Lies TODAY at Kinokuniya NO MATTER WHAT because MPH didn't have the book!!

PS: I'm kinda half peta now as in when I eat, I'll stick to non meat meal BUT when there's nothing but meat like Saturday's dinner at Daorae, I was forced to consume them but I am really trying to go vegetarian. Trying is better than nothing right??