How does one cope or even bear faint hope for normalcy knowing the happenings in your own home, in your neighbourhood, in your school,in your state, in your country, in YOUR world, if not with apathy?
And that was just because of some silly sugar-coated movie.
What more the actual news.
Friday, August 08, 2008
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
An activity filled day!
Angelene treated the whole gang to lunch at "DELIcious", Bangsar today!
The dessert was oh so good, think i will go back again one day soon.
Whee~ thanks dear!
Though i really hope that wasn't the 'farewell' party yet. We're still going to see you for BBQ right?
oOo BBQ, the thought of it just...(shouldn't think about food so late at night, will continue tomorrow.)
And after lunch we adjourned to Pyramid to do what? do what?
KARAOKE, oke!
Yeah after 2.5 years of just talking about it, we finally sang into actual mics instead of random household objects.
Took quite awhile for us to warm up, being the shy 'sei man' ( is that the correct canto spelling for 'polite'?) creatures we are (haha) .But once we got over the "scared they hear me go outta tune'' phase, it was Blast from the Past babee!
Tunes like
Britney Spears- 'Lucky', 'From the Bottom of My Broken Heart', 'HIT me Baby' ( the secret to singing like Britney people, is to sing while doing the Valsalva manoeuvre. Meaning try to sing against a closed glottis)
Backstreet Boys - 'Everybody', 'I Want it that Way', 'Drowning' ( wah this last song's mtv is super exaggerated wei! think thats why we liked copying it so much =p i played Kevin btw, the only good looking one of the lot)
Manbai - 'Kau Ilhamku' ( another very funny mtv, go watch it, look out for the lead singers hands. Its so old the Twin Towers weren't built yet when they were showed Kl's skyline)
Marron5 - "This Love" (waah i never knew it was so hamsap, no wonder young that time no mtv channel at home)
Ah Niew - "Tui Mian De Nui Hai" (Translation for ''In front girl". My all time FAVOURITE song! complete with actions! haha seriously it never fails to make me laugh this song)
Michael Buble - "Home" (emo emo emo)
Old school chinese singers - Songs that only Jen Lye knows ( sorry couldn't accompany you lar, i have no clue!It was really old school like Shanghai type of movie ok,but itu uncle looked very passionate about his Shanghai songs)
Sounds like allot of english songs for a karaoke predominantly serving chinese singers right? But Angelene balanced it our for us by singing every chinese clip that came up as advertisement between songs. *salute* every song leh, the girl is a walking jukebox!
And now i can to sing the Beijing Olympic song already : "We are ready.... *shake head from side to side* We are reaaaaaaady *hand movements then tumbs up*!"
Two things noticed:
1)We tried a few more current happening songs like "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis but i think tak jadi la. Old songs that remind us of our prepubescent years in school brings out more SSness.
2) When RedBox doesn't have the music video for a particular song, they replace it with random videos shot 500years ago. When we were singing some very meaningful song, out came this girl none of us recognised, and for the next 3 minutes she conquered the whole screen. Everything about her had nothing to do with the song. 1 minute she was playing with her necklace, then she show emo face, then suddenly skipping and laughing. The funniest part was when she was posing with a wall : lean on wall *smile*, skip to left lean on wall *smile, skip to right lean on wall *smile*, disappear behind wall pop out *smile*. Don't know if my description does it enough justice but it was hilarious!
Aaah good activity filled days like these make me feel so much less of a bum =)
The dessert was oh so good, think i will go back again one day soon.
Whee~ thanks dear!
Though i really hope that wasn't the 'farewell' party yet. We're still going to see you for BBQ right?
oOo BBQ, the thought of it just...(shouldn't think about food so late at night, will continue tomorrow.)
And after lunch we adjourned to Pyramid to do what? do what?
KARAOKE, oke!
Yeah after 2.5 years of just talking about it, we finally sang into actual mics instead of random household objects.
Took quite awhile for us to warm up, being the shy 'sei man' ( is that the correct canto spelling for 'polite'?) creatures we are (haha) .But once we got over the "scared they hear me go outta tune'' phase, it was Blast from the Past babee!
Tunes like
Britney Spears- 'Lucky', 'From the Bottom of My Broken Heart', 'HIT me Baby' ( the secret to singing like Britney people, is to sing while doing the Valsalva manoeuvre. Meaning try to sing against a closed glottis)
Backstreet Boys - 'Everybody', 'I Want it that Way', 'Drowning' ( wah this last song's mtv is super exaggerated wei! think thats why we liked copying it so much =p i played Kevin btw, the only good looking one of the lot)
Manbai - 'Kau Ilhamku' ( another very funny mtv, go watch it, look out for the lead singers hands. Its so old the Twin Towers weren't built yet when they were showed Kl's skyline)
Marron5 - "This Love" (waah i never knew it was so hamsap, no wonder young that time no mtv channel at home)
Ah Niew - "Tui Mian De Nui Hai" (Translation for ''In front girl". My all time FAVOURITE song! complete with actions! haha seriously it never fails to make me laugh this song)
Michael Buble - "Home" (emo emo emo)
Old school chinese singers - Songs that only Jen Lye knows ( sorry couldn't accompany you lar, i have no clue!It was really old school like Shanghai type of movie ok,but itu uncle looked very passionate about his Shanghai songs)
Sounds like allot of english songs for a karaoke predominantly serving chinese singers right? But Angelene balanced it our for us by singing every chinese clip that came up as advertisement between songs. *salute* every song leh, the girl is a walking jukebox!
And now i can to sing the Beijing Olympic song already : "We are ready.... *shake head from side to side* We are reaaaaaaady *hand movements then tumbs up*!"
Two things noticed:
1)We tried a few more current happening songs like "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis but i think tak jadi la. Old songs that remind us of our prepubescent years in school brings out more SSness.
2) When RedBox doesn't have the music video for a particular song, they replace it with random videos shot 500years ago. When we were singing some very meaningful song, out came this girl none of us recognised, and for the next 3 minutes she conquered the whole screen. Everything about her had nothing to do with the song. 1 minute she was playing with her necklace, then she show emo face, then suddenly skipping and laughing. The funniest part was when she was posing with a wall : lean on wall *smile*, skip to left lean on wall *smile, skip to right lean on wall *smile*, disappear behind wall pop out *smile*. Don't know if my description does it enough justice but it was hilarious!
Aaah good activity filled days like these make me feel so much less of a bum =)
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Atas tarikh
A quick update on my life.
I'm not getting any taller, i just found out i'm 3cm shorter than what i've been proclaiming myself to be.
(u really think i'm going to reveal my actual numerical height here meh? fat hopes!)
I messed up my internal clock so bad, i think i should move to Canada, they speak the same time as my body, or was it Switzerland?
I'm not having as crazy a holiday as i expected, not as hectic, but somehow i like it this way.
I am broke. ( actually that's not really an update la, that's my normal state of existence)
I've been to ikea 4times! FOUR times! I've eaten Swedish meat balls twice.
I finally shifted out of vista. Its amazing the bulk of stuff you can accumulate in 2.5 years even though i kept reminding myself not to keep too much or buy too much since it was just a temporary room. But now for my seremban room, i want to make it nice and COzY!
I need to eat more unhealthy stuff. Its not a real holiday until u stuff yourself on greasy savory goodness.
Project Embarrass Innocent Sister:
~eh, no signal wan?~
Mission accomplished.
Good job Denise!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Denise's inspirational speech:
I have a dream, that tomorrow....
I will actually see the morning sun and not wake up to the smell of lunch.
Every great achievement starts with a dream man.
I will actually see the morning sun and not wake up to the smell of lunch.
Every great achievement starts with a dream man.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
50% there
Exams are over!
We all passed!
WheeEee~
But now comes the hardest part of IMU PhaseI. Scarier than and CSU station, more draining than any pbl, an emotional rollercoster. The part where we have to say goodbye. Friends will be leaving for... well all over the world very soon, except for a few who are either going with me to seremban or bumming around till they fly next year (THANK GOD for that).
It was only of late that i realised how attached i am to these people, these mad medical student, these outstanding individuals, these brothers and sisters. People constantly remind me not to take anyone in my life for granted, but again i find myself trying to make up for lost time. I've been surrounded by such wonderful people for the last 2.5 people, and i've enjoyed our times together tremendously, maybe even enjoyed so much i forgot they would one day have to leave me, and i leave them. You know like when you enjoy something so much, you're just having the time of your life with it, you just forget to acknowledge and appreciate the simple fact that it IS THERE. You don't take time to celebrate how happy you are, how contented you are, how blessed you are. I always knew we were going to part but it never really sinked in, it still hasn't. I wonder if i noticed this earlier, would i have done somethings differently? But then again, friendship like all things spontaneous is best enjoyed in the moment and not planned based on impending goodbyes.
I've said goodbye before, in primary school, high school, collage, but doing it a zillion times before doesn't make it any easier. And the knowledge that these people will be scattered across continents doesn't help either. Ok..I'm being selfish here.
I know wherever they go they will make great doctors and will be surrounded by great people simply because they are great people themselves. And i will fall into the same routine of making new friends in seremban. But a part of me feels it unfair if these 2.5 years that now seem so important and dear to me, one day down the road becomes just a some fuzzy "uni phase" to our old minds. The best 2.5 years of university has to count for SOMETHING right? We must remember ok! We must remember the important things about this phase. Remember the fears of exams, stressing together, talk about jumping of rooftops, putting on and loosing weight together, lame jokes, heartfelt tears, library days, sucky food, dramas, holidays, pranks. Things that might seem superficial, but when i reflect upon makes me smile. I am proud to be able to call these people friends, VERY proud.
And even if we grow up, even if the next reunion (if there will ever be one) is painfully awkward and we end up talking about the weather or politics, i will secretly remember these future very distinguished doctors as the mad crazy medical students we once were.
haih... 1day at a time. 1 friend at a time.
Prediction: more emo posts coming up.
We all passed!
WheeEee~
But now comes the hardest part of IMU PhaseI. Scarier than and CSU station, more draining than any pbl, an emotional rollercoster. The part where we have to say goodbye. Friends will be leaving for... well all over the world very soon, except for a few who are either going with me to seremban or bumming around till they fly next year (THANK GOD for that).
It was only of late that i realised how attached i am to these people, these mad medical student, these outstanding individuals, these brothers and sisters. People constantly remind me not to take anyone in my life for granted, but again i find myself trying to make up for lost time. I've been surrounded by such wonderful people for the last 2.5 people, and i've enjoyed our times together tremendously, maybe even enjoyed so much i forgot they would one day have to leave me, and i leave them. You know like when you enjoy something so much, you're just having the time of your life with it, you just forget to acknowledge and appreciate the simple fact that it IS THERE. You don't take time to celebrate how happy you are, how contented you are, how blessed you are. I always knew we were going to part but it never really sinked in, it still hasn't. I wonder if i noticed this earlier, would i have done somethings differently? But then again, friendship like all things spontaneous is best enjoyed in the moment and not planned based on impending goodbyes.
I've said goodbye before, in primary school, high school, collage, but doing it a zillion times before doesn't make it any easier. And the knowledge that these people will be scattered across continents doesn't help either. Ok..I'm being selfish here.
I know wherever they go they will make great doctors and will be surrounded by great people simply because they are great people themselves. And i will fall into the same routine of making new friends in seremban. But a part of me feels it unfair if these 2.5 years that now seem so important and dear to me, one day down the road becomes just a some fuzzy "uni phase" to our old minds. The best 2.5 years of university has to count for SOMETHING right? We must remember ok! We must remember the important things about this phase. Remember the fears of exams, stressing together, talk about jumping of rooftops, putting on and loosing weight together, lame jokes, heartfelt tears, library days, sucky food, dramas, holidays, pranks. Things that might seem superficial, but when i reflect upon makes me smile. I am proud to be able to call these people friends, VERY proud.
And even if we grow up, even if the next reunion (if there will ever be one) is painfully awkward and we end up talking about the weather or politics, i will secretly remember these future very distinguished doctors as the mad crazy medical students we once were.
haih... 1day at a time. 1 friend at a time.
Prediction: more emo posts coming up.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Welcome back...
I was beginning to wonder if you would ever show up,
though a little late, you did eventually arrive.
So we are back where we started 12months ago i guess.
I realize that everything past the last system is a blur, that all i remember are the headlines.
My gut is in a constant knot, as if anticipating an inevitable explosion.
I look around and everything has a dream like quality, moving too fast, too colourful, too much spinning,like a bad version of Alice in Wonderland. (not like there was ever a good version to start with)
I cant feel my limbs.
And you, you just sit there on your "Monday chair".
Hmm..doenst all this feel so familiar?
Yes, indeed you are back.
Though like i said, a little late.
Anyways the same strategy applies now as it did a year ago. Only this time I'm not going to let you get to me.
This time I'm not the one fighting.
Almost there.
Give me strength.
though a little late, you did eventually arrive.
So we are back where we started 12months ago i guess.
I realize that everything past the last system is a blur, that all i remember are the headlines.
My gut is in a constant knot, as if anticipating an inevitable explosion.
I look around and everything has a dream like quality, moving too fast, too colourful, too much spinning,like a bad version of Alice in Wonderland. (not like there was ever a good version to start with)
I cant feel my limbs.
And you, you just sit there on your "Monday chair".
Hmm..doenst all this feel so familiar?
Yes, indeed you are back.
Though like i said, a little late.
Anyways the same strategy applies now as it did a year ago. Only this time I'm not going to let you get to me.
This time I'm not the one fighting.
Almost there.
Give me strength.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Keel Dem!
An old high school friend sent a link for this comic strip to me.
I dont know if it's the exam stress kicking in, or the fact that the spelling reminds me allot of my own stuggle with letters, but i just couldnt stop laughing when i read it!
It's a little small here. But to those who are free go check out "Pearls Before Swine".
2 weeks and counting...
Guess we need all the comic relief we can get.
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