Hold On!

Sometimes you wonder, if you had hold on just a little bit longer, things might have been very different from how they are right now. But I guess, it's just not meant to be. Sigh.

Holidays, without my best friend.

Yeah, finally some much needed holidays are here! In another 5 hours, I'll be landing in Sibu to have my one week long raya holidays. After 4 weeks of intense MBBS curriculum, I seriously need my rest (though after this, it's gonna be 2++ consecutive months of much more grueling curriculum, sigh!). During this coming week, I really hope to have as much fun as I can, but it's just not possible as I have to study for the coming mid semester exam after raya holidays. T.T

Anyway, at this very moment, my best friend, Sing Kiet is on his way to US to further his studies. On Thursday night, Eric, Kuen Luen and I went to the airport to bid him farewell, as he's most probably not gonna come back in the next 3 years. Though the gathering was quite short, I think that memory will always be valuable and nostalgic in the future. We did manage to surprise him with some gifts in the form of a beanie, a card with our hearty wishes and a 2R photo of the 4 of us. They serve as early birthday gifts as well as farewell gifts to our best buddy, and I was glad he liked them. =D

Shall always be best friends!

As I have written in the card to him, me and him, we have come a long way in our friendship. From knowing him since primary 2 when I first moved to Sibu, till we graduated from Form 5 in secondary school, we were classmates for 10 years. In that period, our friendship evolved from being normal friends who fought childish fights with each other till we became best friends. In the end, that smartass got overseas offer from JPA while I could only stay local, haha!

We had our differences, we had our fights and quarrels, but I guess those are the things that strengthen our friendship even more. Now that he has left to US, guess I won't have anymore solo breakfast sessions with him in Sibu during my holidays already, too bad! I can only now wish him all the best in the States, and may our friendship never fade in the years to come. Good luck, bro!

My new smartphone!

Finally, I have gotten a new smartphone, Samsung Galaxy Nexus! I realized that I have never mentioned it, but for those of you who do not know, I lost my Nokia Xpressmusic 5310 more than a month ago in Sunway Pyramid when I went there to watch Madagascar 3. My friends and I searched all over the place in the cinema, the place we ate lunch, the car and even the washroom, but we just couldn't find it. Sigh, that phone had been with me for more than 4 years and half already, now it's gone. But the bright side is I finally have the desire to buy a new phone.


So after considering for quite a long time, I bought a Nexus. I was initially considering between Samsung Galaxy S2, S3 and Nexus. I really wanted to buy S3 at first, as it's a very recent model, but I guess the price of around 2k just put me off in the end. After much consideration, I decided that the prices of phones will surely drop in the future, so there's no point in buying the best phone out there. So with 1k++, I bought the phone above last Wednesday.


This being the first ever smartphone I ever owned, you can imagine how addictive it was for me in the past week. It's amazing how many things you can do with it, once you installed all the apps that you want. I just couldn't get my hands off it, and with all my syllabus cramming up, I was quickly behind pace in terms of my studies. So now, I'm controlling myself not to touch it too much daily, haha. Discipline! Control! >.<

First week of the new sem

The first week of the new semester is over now. Actually there are many things that had happened in the past week that I don't know where to start with. Well, first of all, I got my results of the first semester exam back on Monday. Honestly, I'm quite disappointed in my results personally. My marks dropped by almost 10 marks from the last exam, sigh. The only consolation was that I still managed to luckily get into the 'High' category. Guess I'll need work much harder for the next exam.


However, I have to say, I study in an environment where if your results are better than some people, you cannot complain or express your disappointment in front of them, they'll think that you're trying to show off. Seriously, guys? I'm seriously saddened by my results dropping, is it so wrong to be disappointed about it? I'm trying to be true to my feelings, but I guess people just prefer me to be hypocritical. =.=


Alright, back to the 2nd semester of year 1, the curriculum seems to be tougher and busier than the last semester, though ironically the timetable looks emptier. I guess that's what human anatomy does to you, all the bones, muscles, vessels, nerves and blah blah blah. However, I'm still affected by my holiday mood and am still so lazy that I can't be bothered to study anything at all yet. In contrast, most of my course mates have already found their rhythm even before the new semester started. Medical students are so scary, huh?


Anyway, to wrap up the first week, our batch had a 'Captain Ball' competition among the groups on Friday after classes. I shall not explain the game here, don't see a point to it, haha. The game required teamwork, so it was perfect for us to bond with our new group mates in the new semester. Though I didn't contribute much, I had lots of fun and my group got 1st runner up, haha.


Hoping that I'll get my rhythm back soon enough. ^_^

Acceptance instead of emoness

I have come to a point in my life where, instead of always being emo about my status and lack of attraction to the opposite gender, I have succumbed to the acceptance of them. I used to be always emo about being unable to get the girl that I'm attracted to, and feeling so down when I see all the couples around me, whether I know them or not. Well, those days are over, temporarily at least. Now, I've just come to accept the fact that I'm just not that attractive to girls, both physically and mentally.

Personally, when I go around shopping in some mega malls or night markets, my eyes are always wandering around looking at random pretty girls walking pass me all the time. Not that I'm a maniac, no, it's just human's natural reactions to beautiful objects, which in this case, beautiful people. But after a while, I realized that no one's doing the same to me in return. The fact is I'm just not a beautiful guy where females' eyes would follow. Based on personal extractions of others honest opinions in the past, the general view is that my physical impression is categorized as nerdy, too serious and most of all, typical. The sad truth indeed.

I can indeed say I would occasionally turn emo because of everything I just mentioned, but those occasions are becoming less and less. The reason is as stated by the title above, acceptance. Acceptance that beautiful girls are just not meant to end up with me. Acceptance that I would be the near last guy to be noticed by girls in a room full of males and females. And eventually, acceptance that everything is in God's plan and it would be meaningless to make an effort to chase attractive girls since I'm gonna end up miserably.

Life lacking of motivation and interests right now

I've been home in Sibu for almost a week now, and life's starting to get really boring. Just so you know, I'll be staying in Sibu for exactly one month for my semester break. Though coming back started out quite interestingly as the day I came back on was Dumpling Festival, and I get to go out with many frens who happen to be in Sibu now, it's starting to get really boring. It's cuz my best fren, Sing Kiet had since went off to Australia for vacation, and another guy is going back to KL soon this weekend, leaving me as the only guy left alone in Sibu with all the others being girls! T.T

Well, that's not just it. I'm starting to find it hard to recognize motivations and interests in my life. Being in holiday, I do not know what I should do at all. I don't chat with anyone consistently these days, as no one is so close to me anymore other than SK. My phone never rings anymore as no one would text me to chat with me, and vice versa. I'm not motivated to read anything at all too, be it academically related or not. Being out of motivations and interests, means I'm running out of ideas to blog as well!

The only things that I'm doing nowadays are watching movies and sleep. Well, maybe I should just hope to get back to uni asap, but the thought of leaving my hometown is just as bad as well, sigh. At least last time I still had someone to be emo about, but now not even close to one! That's how forever alone I am at the moment -_-

Melaka Vacation!

The 2nd vacation trip after the end of my 1st semester, Melaka! Yeah!! This is the 2nd time in my life of going to Melaka, the first time being last year's April when I went with 2 MUFY frens. This time though, I went with 5 course mates from my medicine course, and it was filled with total fun and delicious foods! XD One of them provided and drove a car there, so transport was not a problem... And we stayed at a cheap hotel just to save cost. >.< Alright, as always, let the pictures do the talking! Haha!

Chicken rice balls! We ate it at Restoran Famosa in Jonker Street. It's not one of the most famous chicken rice ball shops in Melaka though, the two most famous being Chung Wah and Hoe Kee, but we still chose there to save the trouble of queuing up under the hot sun. It was okay, but I would like to eat the famous ones in future, just to see what's so special about them that there are freaking long lines outside at all times! Anyway, the picture above is a set of fried chicken rice ball (5 balls) at RM5.

After lunch, we went to San Shu Gong, a shop to buy local products, biscuits and stuffs like that. The shop is at the entrance of Jonker Street, right beside Chung Wah chicken rice ball shop, and if you're planning on buying some souvenirs in the form of local food products, do come here! =D

Of course, for some of my friends who have never been to Melaka before, the historical sites and museums certainly attracted their attention. So we went to Stadthuys, numerous museums, Christ Church, St Paul's Church and Porta de Santiago while taking lots of photos along the way. ^^

After all the walking and visiting, nothing beats Durian Cendol for a perfect teatime! Got this from Jonker 88 which is the no.88 shop on Jonker Street, if you don't understand the name of the shop. This is arguably the best food we ate on the whole trip, coming at RM4, filled with durian paste and gula melaka. Eating it just feels like heaven, literally! Haha!

Other than that, we got some laksa's from Jonker 88 as well. Above is Nyonya Asam Laksa which costs RM5. It was nice, though one of my Penang friend claims that Penang Asam Laksa is way better.

My favourite laksa from Jonker 88 was this, Baba Laksa kahwin Nyonya Asam Laksa, RM5. Basically it's a mixture of two types of laksa, and it tasted so NICE! Wouldn't mind eating this all the time, though it still doesn't beat the best laksa of all time, Sarawak Laksa! Hahaha.

At night, we went out to Jonker Street for shopping and a bit of food. This Jonker Street night market only opens on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, so be sure to visit Melaka during weekends if you don't want to miss this. The Jonker Street night market is different from normal night markets you have in Selangor area in the sense that it's less food but more products and cheap stuffs for shopping. Due to all the varieties of stuffs sold there at low prices, the 3 girls went on rampage with their shopping mode activated, and we spent around 3 hours there, OMG!

After that, we just couldn't miss one of the primary attraction of Melaka food, satay celup! Last year, I went to Ban Lee Siang, but this year we went to Capitol, hence I was ready to compare the both of them. Not sure if it's the truth or maybe it's just been too long since I last ate satay celup, Capitol seemed to taste better than Ban Lee Siang. Though each stick comes at RM0.90, which is more expensive than Ban Lee Siang's which comes at RM0.70 (last year), the sticks are somehow bigger and I like the sauce here better than Ban Lee Siang.

Satay celup for supper, truly fattening! LOL!

The next morning, we decided to have breakfast before going back to Sunway. And we came to this shop where my friends claimed to have nice wantan mee and char kuay teow. We didn't get to eat the char kuay teow, but surely I'm not gonna miss the most awesome wantan mee I've ever tasted in my life!

FYI, the wantan mee in Melaka uses some unique chili sauce instead of the normal black sweet sauce. Initially I wasn't expecting much as I'm not a chili lover at all, but I have to say, it was so delicious that I'm not gonna order another black sweet sauce wantan mee in my life ever again. I can't describe the taste, but it was just so awesome, and quite cheap as well at RM3.30.


Overall, this Melaka trip was just so lovely and delicious, haha! I have to say, I really LOVE Melaka, and at the moment, I place it at my 2nd personal favourite place, behind my beloved hometown Sibu only (though that might all change when I finally get to go to Penang and other various places in future). Not sure when will be the next time of coming back to Melaka, but surely this will not be the last! =P

Genting Trip!

So, the first of two trips for my semester break is to Genting Highlands! Well, we went in a group of 9 on Thurday, and started our journey early in the morning by car.

Once we reached the cable cars, we parked our cars there and used cable cars to go up to Genting. This is actually my first time sitting in a cable car, so it was quite interesting, haha! (though some of my frens were scared of heights and keep complaining, LOL!)

Met up with another group of frens from our course for lunch. They were here a day earlier and was gonna leave Genting once they're done with Genting. It was great meeting up with them, though the food at Genting is just freaking expensive. I actually ate a RM12 wantan mee which tasted below standard. -_-

 

There u go, the most recent ticket prices at Genting Theme Park. We went for Outdoor Theme Park which costed RM50 per person. You might feel it's more expensive than last time, but actually now they let us go for Flying Coaster FOC (last time is RM10 per ride!).

First ride of the day, Sungai Rajang Flume Ride. Got incredibly wet right after the first ride, gosh! >.<

Pirate ship. Still think Sunway Lagoon's Pirate Ship is much better as it goes 360 degrees.

Lined up for around an hour for Bumper Boat, it was still worth it though. =P

Corkskrew, aka roller coaster. This is the best roller coaster in Genting, and quite exciting as well, haha.

Space Shot!! I actually played this twice on the day, and I have to say, apart from Flying Coaster, this is the best ride in Genting! So scary when you're falling free fall from so high up, OMG!

The good old Spinner! Still as nice as ever.

In the end, we left Genting quite late due to taking so many group photos with other course mates we met in the theme park. This is my favourite picture, too bad two of our members didn't come with us. It would have been so awesome. But then again, enjoyed this one-day trip to Genting! =P

Holidays are here, FINALLY!

YES!! My first semester as a medicine student is officially OVER!! Hahaha... After a whole month of hard work and non-stop studies, finally I've completed today's examination... Though I'm a bit disappointed cuz I could have done better, but oh well, who cares anymore, right?? Hahaha... Until the results come out, I shall not concern myself about it... For now, I'm gonna enjoy my holidays as much as I can, 6 weeks worth of holiday, must use everyday of it to the full extent!! Haha...

P.S. I'm gonna try to blog more from now on, at least for the next 6 weeks... Will try to update more about my holidays... =)

Choices

Choices, what does this word mean to u? Do u like to have choices in your life? I guess everyone loves to have choices in life, right? Diverse choices of food to eat, choices of friends to be with, choices of places to go on vacation... Everyday in our lives, we make choices in so many situations... The question is, are choices really that good?

Personally, sometimes I find choices quite distressing in life... Choices put us in a dilemma, they cause us to waste a lot of our time to consider what should be done, and when we finally decided on something, deep down we know that we sacrificed something on the other side... Of course this applies only to certain situations, situations where it would be so convenient that we're left with no choices and just pick the only one that is left... this don't just save us our precious time, it also saves us from plenty of stress and worries that we would give ourselves...

Recently, I had a tutorial in my course, and I was asked the question how did I cope to studying medicine when it's actually my last choice initially? For some of u who doesn't know, medicine was never my preference in the first place, and I only took it after JPA diverted my application from dentistry to medicine... After much reflection on the topic, I had to say, there was nothing for me cope with, as I did not sacrifice anything... Simply put, I did not have a choice at all! 

When I received the offer from JPA, the only thing I was thinking at that moment and still do, is that I must save money for my parents and lessen their burden as much as I can... I come from a financially restrained family, and naturally I did not think too much about whether it was my interest to study medicine... Although I would have loved things to go my way, that I could have chosen the course that I wanted, but actually, medicine is not that bad a course also, right?

However the future holds, I can only accept it with my all, as I'm constantly reminded that this might be God's calling to me to study medicine and be a good doctor in future... As for choices, I have to say, sometimes it's just better not to have choices, it takes away so much of our worries and troubles... Of course we cannot do away with choices in life, I can't imagine a life without choices, haha!

it's all about EXAMS!!

Ya, it's all about exams recently... I had a mid sem exam in early April, and the result only came out on Monday, 6 freaking weeks after the actual exam!! Talk abt losing ur patience waiting =.=... I think most of us even forgot abt it already... But anyway, my result was okay, I'm quite satisfied with it, I think... Thank God I didn't screw up my very 1st medicine exam, LOL!


So after the result came out, what next? Exactly, more exams!! Gonna be having my semester exam in 3 weeks time, and I can tell u that if I'm asked to take the exam right now, I'm gonna FAIL for sure... to be honest, I haven't been studying at all, have been procrastinating since I came back from my mid semester holiday... I better dun screw up this one, gotta buck up to study very hard for the next 3 weeks, starting from tomorrow!


Anyway, when the results came out on Monday, I heard a lot of ppl saying that bad results motivate them to study harder... I think personally, that doesn't work on me, cuz I'll be regretting why I didn't do better and not think of the future... Call me lan si or whatever, but honestly, what spurs me on to study harder is the moments when I get good results, and ppl would be like 'Wow!', 'Congratz, Albert', or anything like that... This is quite an embarrassing part of me, and I'm revealing it here, omg... >.<

Best friends forever!

Look! It's the Fantastic 4! Haha... That was how we called ourselves back then during high school... Those 3 above, Kuen Luen, Eric and Sing Kiet, are my besties in my life, and will continue to be for the rest of my life... XD


Today was a rare occasion as finally we got the opportunity to have a gathering with each other... it's been quite hard to do that since high school, as all 4 of us went to different colleges/unis and our holidays are almost always different... Though Kuen Luen came late and we only got to meet for like one hour, that one hour is really worth it... These ppl have been my precious support throughout my life, and they are a big part of the reason why I am who I am today... Thank God for giving me such good friends! ^^


Although from here onward, we'll all be heading for our different paths respectively, I believe that one day, those 4 paths will join into one once again, no matter how long that is... I have to say, my decision to screw my Saturday for doing assignment is made worthwhile simply by seeing u all! =)

Laziness fills me to the max!!

I know I should be studying more, I know I should revise all my lectures daily and finish my assignments as soon as possible, I know I should go to uni during weekends in order to study properly... but whatever I'm doing right now is completely the opposite... I'm wasting most of my time on facebook, I'm constantly planning to go on gatherings or visits with my friends, I'm delaying all my assignments and not studying when I need to... This is really getting out of hand... I might have lost my kiasuness, which is what I always wished for, but now I'm beginning to doubt whether that's a good thing or not... =/


Anyway, I finally bought a camera from my friend, Timothy... It's a Canon PowerShot SX220 HS, bought at a cut price and is only 3 months old! Now that I have a new camera, think I'm gonna start taking lots of pictures everywhere... This is gonna make me lose focus on my studies more, oh no!!


Honestly, I'm a bit stressed about the whole situation at the moment... but as I always said, this is like the 1st semester of 1st year, I should chill and relax as I don't get much of that as the course progresses... well, I just hope I don't be too lazy and neglect my studies too much... @@

Go bald for cancer!!

Look at my BALD head!! Oh my, can't believe I did it in the end... If ur wondering if I've just gone through a heartbreak or broke down due to sth, it's not it! I only did it as the title of the post suggested, for cancer! On Friday, my school of medicine held an annual charity at Monash University, and the theme for this year is 'Toon Out Cancer', the theme picture being the one I'm holding above... A lot of events were held, but none more interesting than the main event, 'Hair For Hope', haha...

For this event, basically we just encourage ppl to show their support for cancer patients by going bald... When I first heard of it a month ago, I couldn't care less as I wasn't prepared to lose my hair AGAIN... For those of u who don't know, this is the 2nd time in my life that I'm getting bald, the 1st being in National Service... Well, it all changed on the day before the charity... I left my fb on on a computer, and my friends fraped me into posting a status of going bald if I got 50 likes, and I got much more than that... =.=

Then, I started considering real hard that night and on the whole day of charity... It just came to my realization that maybe God has arranged for me to be fraped so that I would get an opportunity to go bald and do sth meaningful for cancer... And, to be frank, I reli dun have much to lose... though I still dun have a gf now, I thought that having bad haircut for 3 months wouldn't make such a big difference too... my own personal self-esteem is nothing compared to the sufferings of cancer patients worldwide... In the end, I decided to do it, and I got the haircut or shave by 4pm...

The reactions to my antics were quite surprising to me actually, seeing that I've been bald before in the past... I posted the photo above to fb, and I've got 150 likes so far... everyone was like saying I'm so brave to do it... to be honest, I didn't think I was so brave... there were braver ppl than me, most notably GIRLS who went bald... I heard one of them even cried while having her head shaved, seriously impressed and astonished by their guts...

Anyway, I guess the event was a success, though there were only 3 year ones who went for the cut... All in all, I think guys shouldn't hesitate so much abt giving up their hair... What's there for us to lose when we can get our hair back like in 3 months? For other cancer patients, they can never grow hair on their heads, which we should respect and show empathy to them... I'm glad I did it, as this is the very first genuine good thing I did as a medical student, a good start to the journey of being a good doctor in future! =D

Back to this uni life!

Ah, here I am again in Bandar Sunway to continue my life as a medicine student... I guess I shud have written this post like on Monday or Tuesday, but I was just busy or maybe lacking in motivation to blog, haha... Anyway, after a one week holiday last week, I'm back here again, and this time it's for around 10 weeks, longer period compared to the last! @@

Well, it's not that I hate my uni life, it's actually the opposite, I do love my uni life a lot! As compared to my previous college life, my uni life is so much more enjoyable due to many reasons... one of the main reasons has to be that I have a gang of friends who I can reli mix with in my course... no offence to my college friends, but I always had the problem of reli mixing with them, it's like I'm not reli in tune with all their crazy and funny jokes and stunts... Anyway, my current group of friends in medicine is making my uni life so much more meaningful and enjoyable, haha...

Another reason is I guess I dun put too much pressure on myself to compete with other ppl anymore... In foundation, I used to have the mentality in wanting to beat everyone and be top, ya u can call me 'kiasu', I admit I seriously did have that problem... but now in uni, I no longer care that much anymore, I just urge myself to study hard and not think too much abt what other ppl is doing... Maybe I've changed, who knows? =D

However much I enjoy my uni life, we all will miss our hometown in the end no matter what... The food, the hometown friends, family, comfy home... NOTHING can compare to them T.T

On Call 36 小时, a must watch!

I've just finished this Hong Kong drama in 4 days (actually shud be 3 days, since I didn't watch it at all yesterday)... I must say, this is one of the best, if not the best, Hong Kong drama I have ever watched in my life! It's 25 episodes long, and it's worth every episode of it, serious!


As u can see from the poster above, this drama is all about doctors... it shows the life of a doctor, the difficulties, the rules, the interactions with patients' relatives, the teamwork between colleagues, and so so much more... What makes this drama so nice is that it's so meaningful... it teaches us a lot of life's challenges and how we shud be thankful for our healthy lives while others can only dream to have what we have...


One of the quotes that I like the most in this movie is 健康的人不一定是开心的，伤病的人不一定是不开心的 (healthy people might not always be happy, while sick people might not always be sad too, they can be happy as well)... this teaches me that everyone can live a happy life regardless of our health status, it's our choices that matters...


Maybe it's because I'm gonna be a doctor in future that makes me so connected to this drama, but of the people that introduced this drama to me, they r not medicine students, and yet they enjoyed it a lot... So, dun hesitate anymore, this is a must watch drama for everyone, u won't regret it... It's meaningful, funny at times, and incredibly touching too... I almost cried a few times while watching it, gosh!

Back in my Home Sweet Home!

Ah, the feeling of being home is just so nice... the smell, the food, the people, the language, the sight, the traffic (=.=!) and everything else, I would never replace them with anything... Sibu will always hold an unique and irreplaceable place in my heart, since this is where my Home Sweet Home lies after all... ^^


I've been back for 2 days now, and even now, I feel like time flies too swiftly, 2 days gone just like that! I must enjoy the next 7 days of my life to the max, as it's gonna be another two grueling months of intense studying ahead once again... Honestly, I don't even wanna mention it right now T.T


Anyway, I don't have any plans at all for this one week break... just wanna get as much rest as I can, and the rest of the time can be used to watch movies and dramas, and definitely eat as much nice or home cooked food as I can, hahaha... one thing I'm planning to do is to go to gym for a try, haha... But at the moment, I'm still too lazy to do that yet, hope I can motivate myself soon to do it... XD

Forevermore - David Archuleta

Somehow I just had to share this music video on my blog, haha... This is really a nice love song, soothing, romantic... just the kind of music for me and for the most of u... ^^

Temporary freedom!!!

Hey everyone, I'm so sorry it took me quite a while to update my blog, but I do have my reasons, haha... FYI, I just finished my mid-sem exam today, it was just a 3 hour paper for the whole mid-sem assessment, which I worked my socks off in the last 2 weeks @@


The reason why there's only one paper is because my medicine course is different from other uni's medicine course, in which our theory is to learn all the subjects at one go, little by little as the semesters go by... so when we have exams, they'll stuff everything into one paper... 


For the last 2 weeks, I'd totally turned into a nerd, couldn't believe that I'll do stuffs like that for just a mid-sem exam, oh my gosh! =.= I've slept for 4 hours daily, and what's even more epic is that for the last 2 weekends, I actually walked to uni just to study from morning 8am till night 9pm, imba!!


I'm just relieved it's finally over now, and I'm already in my holiday mood, as I'm getting a one week break next week, gonna go back to SIBU!!! Hahahaha.... I can't wait! ^^

Anyway, above is my group mates for this semester 1... Love them! =D

Walk walk walk everyday!

Look! That's me up there!! Hahaha... Okay la, I'm still not as miserable as that... Anyway, since I've started studying at Monash, I have to walk a long distance everyday from the place I stay to Monash and back again, it's so tiring! And why is that? Because I stay so far from university and worst of all, I dun have any means of transport at all! Sigh! It takes me 20 minutes just for one trip, and seeing that I walk quite fast with my long legs, it's freaking far la...

There's definitely problems for me to walk like that everyday... Every morning I have to wake up earlier than many of my course mates cuz I have to walk that long, this is just depriving me of my sleep lo... imagine if I'm gonna have exams in future, shall I arrive in uni all tired and sweaty if it's a hot day? =.= It's even worse when going back, cuz I can't stay at uni for too long as it's all dark and dangerous to walk back at night, plus it's soooo tiring to walk 20 minutes back home after a long day of lectures and classes in uni too...

Just so you know, I didn't choose to take up this road by myself... I'm actually staying at my cousin's house now, and he's so kind to offer me a 'special' price as rent for one of his room... I have to accept it cuz I need to save $$ for myself and my family... Though it's not realistic to say I'm exactly like the person in the pic above, but one thing is the same for sure, we are both FOREVER ALONE in our journeys! Hahaha!

The very last one?

You come to a certain age where you say to urself, stop! No more play play, I want a serious relationship, and by serious, I mean the next one shall be my very last one... yeah, the one I'm gonna spend the rest of my life with... Sounds so magical, so 'happy-ever-after'-ish, right? But, it's so much easier said than done!

At this moment, every girl that u meet, every girl that u feel she might be the one, I said 'might', because how can u be sure?? Seriously, there r so many unknowns in reality, u reli have no idea whatsoever what's gonna happen tomorrow, the day after, next week, next month, next year.... ya, u get the point... Can u see what I'm trying to say? Though how much I want my next girl to be my last, I can never be sure whether it's gonna be like that or not...

You're probably thinking, what's up with this dude? Why he's writing all this crap all of a sudden? I admit, I do have someone in mind at the moment... I'm not saying I'm in love or anything like that, I'm just saying I have someone in mind! Anyway, it's not abt me that I'm writing all this... I'm just trying to convey the message that when ppl say 'I want my next relationship to be the last!', they better think again...

my W995 GG lo~~~

This is so unlucky! My second phone, Sony Ericson W995 is spoilt! I bought this in November 2010 as a second-hand phone for Rm550, at that time it was only 5 months old, so it was quite worth it... Now it's damaged dy, sigh...


FYI, it all started on Tuesday when I was rushing for university... one part of the screen suddenly became colourful after I slided it down... at that time, as long as I dun slide the phone down, the screen still can see... now it's complete blackout, though I still can use it to listen to music =.=


According to my fren, Tim, this is cuz my phone's ribbon spoilt, which needs around RM100 to repair here in KL... I'm currently in a dilemma whether to sell this phone cheaply to shops and buy a new smartphone or just repair it... Plus, I'm reli hoping to get a iPad 2, as iPad 3 just came out which means I can get iPad 2 for a cheaper price... JPA ar JPA, faster give me my allowance la!! I wanna buy a lot of stuffs, okay??? >.<

1st week of classes~

Okay sry I didn't update for more than a week now, I guess it's gonna be like this for the next few weeks at least... Well, the first week as a medicine student was still okay, the timetable is still not so packed, so I still can breathe, haha! There are 4 main types of classes in MBBS, namely lectures, tutorials, practicals and Problem-Based Learning(PBL)...


First of all, and most commonly, lectures... This has to be the most boring among all, always caught myself dozing off in lectures as some lecturers are just so boring! However, still gotta force myself to concentrate as it's where the facts all come from >.< On the other hand, I like tutorials and PBL (dun ask me what's PBL, can't explain, lol...) much more, it's more interesting and they're done via group work... at the moment, I still haven't gone through any practicals yet...

Anyway, I'm sure some of u have the burning question of asking me whether there's any leng lui in my course? Haha... Of cuz there r lots of them la! Come on, this is Monash, all rich rich ppl come here lo, duh... But disappointingly, most of the chinese ppl in my course, boys and girls alike, are bananas... which sadly means no options available for me (no offence though...)... So I guess, I shud just concentrate on studies rather than girls in Monash for now, sigh... That said, the timetable is becoming much more packed starting week 2, there goes my free time... =.=

Transition camp to Port Dickson

As I mentioned in the last post, I went to a transition camp to Port Dickson, which is part of our orientation program... U might think this is super fun or sth like that, but it's actually more serious than that... ya sure the fun is there, but the camp is more abt briefing us abt how our MBBS course would be like, and helping us to get used to university life better... It was a 3 days 2 nights trip, and I got to know lots of frens in there as well...


Anyway, the seniors were the ones who helped the most in making this camp a success, and they gave quite a lot of wise advice to us abt how we shud deal with our studies and lifestyle once we start our course... They were saying that we shud study at least an hour everyday to be able to catch up, and somehow this gave me a lot of pressure... everyone knows that I'm not the kind of person who would study everyday, and this is asking a lot from me >.<


Ah well, our classes start tomorrow, and the normal schedule from Mon till Fri is 8am-5pm DAILY! Dun think I'll have that much time to facebook or blog from now on... I'll still try to update my blog once a week, so I hope u all can try to bear with me... =D

My 20th birthday!!

Well well, in a blink of an eye, my 20th birthday passed just like that... For those of u who still doesn't know, my birthday falls on 22nd Feb every year, which was two days ago on Wednesday... This year, I was neither in Sibu nor Sunway to celebrate my birthday, as I had to go to Port Dickson to join a transition camp, which is part of orientation (more of that in the next blog post ^^)... So, as expected, no one actually celebrated for me on my birthday... I even stopped showing my DOB on facebook this year, as I wanted to prevent ppl from spamming my wall, but surprisingly, numerous ppl still wished me, haha...


However, there were actually two surprises for my birthday this year... 1st of all, my Sibu frens, 13 of my ex-schoolmates gave me an early birthday present, a Manchester United home jersey!! Oh my gosh, this has to be the best birthday present I have ever got from anyone in my whole life... I have been dreaming of having my own MU jersey for so long, and now that dream has come true, big THANK YOU to the 13 of u! XD And mind you all, it didn't come for a cheap price too @@

The jersey!! =P

The 2nd one was even more surprising, as it was after my birthday on Thursday night... The camp organisers, which would be my seniors, actually came out with a cake and celebrated for those whose birthday fell on 22nd till 24th Feb... I must say I was truly stunned and this was reli memorable... Thank you seniors!!


There goes my birthday this year... though nth much happened on my actual birthday itself, the 2 surprises along with it were enough to make this birthday the memorable one yet... =D

First Day in Monash University

Today, finally I'm officially a university student after 8 and a half months wait, haha... Well, I dun have much comment abt the first day cuz the programs were all abt briefing this, briefing that, quite boring if u ask me... >.< Of cuz, one thing abt orientation is u get the chance to meet ur new course mates and maybe even pick up a few lenglui frens, haha... but for me, today was more abt meeting up with my old MUFY course mates, it was great catching up with them again =D

There was another event today too... It was my close buddy, Vignaa's birthday! Happy birthday! Haha... After all the programs were done today, I went to Sunway Pyramid with him, and we watched the movie 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' together (he paid for my ticket >.<), and then we went to take dinner at TGIF Friday's, wow! (we shared the cost though)... so basically I feel guilty for not doing anything for him today on his birthday... gotta find a chance to get back to him again ^^

Orientation is one whole week, and includes a transition camp to Port Dickson for students from Jeffery Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences... So yeah, hope I can start making new frens soon... =P

Summary of my long holiday~

Yes (and no!!!), finally my long holiday has ended! It's been 8 and a half months since I started my holiday, can't believe it has ended just like that... It reli feel like it was not so long ago when I just started my holiday, how time flies!! >.<


So how do I summarize my long holiday? I did try to think abt it, but then there's just too much details to mention, which would make this post too long! Haha... 


Basically, from June till mid September, I was just enjoying my life to the max and going out everyday with friends, most notably Kuen Luen, Lee Tong and Oswald... then from mid Sep till mid Nov, I got a job of being a teacher in Sacred Heart Secondary School... after that till the end of 2011, I was actively involved in church activities, this has always been the case for the past few years... January 2012 was abt promoter work for Dahfa and of cuz, Chinese New Year... Finally, to sum up the whole holiday, I used the last few weeks of my holiday to enjoy once again! Food, games, movies, futsal matches, u name it~~ =P


Honestly, this has been one of the most memorable period of my life, as it's filled with everything... I've gained experiences for so many stuffs such as work, due to working four different part-time jobs during this period... For health, I was constantly involved in sport activities such as futsal games and jogging too... my friendship with my friends from church and secondary school became stronger and closer than ever... I also spent much more time with family when others couldn't at all... and if that's not enuf, I even fell in love for one girl and then gave up in the same period of time... How colourful can this holiday be? Haha...


And here I am, sitting on my bed now at my new place in USJ 2, Petaling Jaya, typing this post... there are things in life that we wish will never end, such as holidays and moments of happiness, but they do end, we just have to move on... Now, I declare to myself that I am ready for my next challenge in life, which is my uni life... Bring it on! I shall fight this battle with God by my side... =)

Trip to Bintangor

This morning (Tuesday), I went on a trip with my ex-schoolmates to Bintagor... This trip was planned by Timothy Ngu and he reli did a great job in settling all the transports, shops to eat, photos and so many more, credits to him! =D So, we started our journey around 8.15am and came back to Sibu around 12.30pm... It was reli a short simple trip abt food, companionship, scenery and photo takings, haha... A great way to sum up my holiday! =P

Waiting for our prawn mee to be served... =D

My favourite drink nowadays, Teh C! Haha...

The delicious prawn mee... It's freaking expensive as well! >.<

Rojak! Not bad oso~~~

One of the scenery in Bintagor...

Today is my lunar birthday!

Ahhh, so how many of u do celebrate ur own lunar birthday every year? Maybe I shud rephrase my question, how many of u do actually know when is ur lunar birthday? Hahaha... Okay, I dun actually celebrate my lunar birthday at all, but at least I know when is it, haha! It's on 19th Jan (正月初十九)... =P


This year is a different case for me, cuz I DID celebrate my lunar birthday this year... It's cuz I'll be flying off to KL again next weds (finally? T.T), and my family wouldn't be able to celebrate my actual birthday... so to find a replacement date for that, my lunar birthday seemed to be the perfect choice =D


Actually it's not much celebrating though... just a simple dinner with my family at a chinese restaurant, 全家福... the main point is spending time with my family and having a nice meal outside before I part with them once again... >.<

The food we had! Yummy!

My actual birthday is coming soon as well... This year I'm not expecting much from my friends once again other than plenty of wishes through fb and sms... Speaking of fb, I think this year, I shall stop showing my birthday reminder to fb frens, haha... One reason is that it's so tiring to 'like' and say 'thanks' to hundreds of birthday wishes, and another reason is that the only true wishes are those from ppl who ACTUALLY remembers it... Ah well, shall stop showing it at 11.59pm on the night before... =P

Listening to songs

Not long ago, I was listening to a chinese love song called '擦肩而过' in my car while I was driving... I was listening carefully to the lyrics, and somehow I couldn't relate the song to myself at all... I suddenly had a thought in my mind... Are there times in life when whatever songs u listen to, whether love songs or emo songs, u can relate almost every song to urself?


For example, when u listen to love songs like 'Love Story' or 'Queen of My Heart', u'll always have that specific person in ur mind to think of, no matter what the status of ur relationship is... or if ur heartbroken or emo recently, any emo song that's playing can be describing urself... What does all this have in common? What's in common is that u have that special person in ur life, whom u love, or loved, and u'll always think abt him/her when u listen to songs...


But earlier, I mentioned I couldn't relate the song to myself, what abt that? I think it's because I dun have any special person in mind at the moment, that's why when I listen to love or emo songs, it'll just be like that... I can't get myself emotional at all... Of cuz I had periods in life where whatever songs I listen to, I'll think that the songs are describing myself...


Well, what's the point of this blog post? I have no idea, haha. Maybe I'm trying to declare myself as forever alone, hahahaha!

CNY Visitings~~

After a whole week of bai nian (visiting), I'm absolutely exhausted!! >.< For the first time in my life, my chinese new year visits extended from the first day consecutively till the seventh day, oh my goodness! Haha... And this is not assuring that I'm not going again tomolo =P


Well, as always, the first two days would be visiting relatives from both sides of my parents... This year, something unexpected happened... Unfortunately, I actually got SICK on the very first day of CNY, 'perfect'! I started having blocked nose and soon flu, and all these got worse on the 2nd day as I started having very sour eyes and serious headache throughout the whole day... Basically I slept for almost the whole day at home, how unlucky =.= It doesn't matter though, cuz by the time I started lying down anywhere and everywhere, I've finished all the relatives' houses, haha...


3rd day, I went with frens to our secondary school teachers' houses, which was quite nice... 4th day, group visits with church frens... 5th day, former schoolmates and buddies... and the final two days are with church frens again... Slowly as my visits progress, my sickness got better and better, thank God for that! =D And one thing that's different this year, is that I started taking lots of red wine during my visits... Honestly, I love red wine, and someday I'm gonna try to get drunk to see how is my ability to withstand alcohol, cuz I can see that I'm not that bad at it, haha... I actually took 8 cups of red wine in a day and didn't even feel anything in my stomach... XD

This picture was taken on the 5th day... the only regret that I have is that next year, I won't get to take pictures with half of them, cuz they'll be overseas and not able to come back for CNY... How time flies and everyone is moving in their own directions... That's why it's always essential to appreciate ur time together with ur frens... I sure did have a great week, and I'll cherish the sweet moments in my heart... :')

100th Post: Happy CNY 2012!!

Wow, I can't believe my 100th post on this blog is wishing everyone a happy chinese new year 2012! Hahaha... Anyway, I'll make this reli short and simple... Happy CNY to u all! May u have a blessed and prosperous year ahead of u with ur family, relatives and friends... =D


The standard saying of 'Gong Xi Fa Cai, Hong Bao Na Lai'.... let's all echo that and may we all get lots of angpows this year... ^^

Work Done! Yeah!!

Finally, after 3 long weeks of working as a promoter, my job is completed! XD This morning, I went to my boss' office to claim my reward, and it's as follows... Can you count how much I got for my wages? Haha... (mind that I'm not showing off..... >.<)

Well, I have to say, after working for the second time as a Dahfa promoter, this time reli taught me sth... It taught me that u dun always have to treat ur rival as an enemy... It's actually the other way around, u can be good friends with him/her and still get ur work done, happily! =) I made friends with the Wanfa promoter and we actually helped each other to promote when the other ppl is not capable... of cuz there's limits to that as we still compete with each other in getting customers, which is healthy competition... but when there's no customers, we would be chatting like buddies, haha...


I'm just glad it's over now and I have the rewards in my pocket, haha... 2 more days to CNY officially!! Can't wait for it, hahaha...