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Chinese Snowballs

2007-12-22T18:29:00.000+08:00

Hoho, Malaysia probably wouldn't have anything close to winter, let alone a winter solstice in a million years but, in polite acknowledgement of oriental heritage we made tangyuan anyway for dongzhi. Pretty mild annual affair for us, minus the religious connotations...to me it's more like a substitute for rolling snowballs thus the title of this post :-)

Glutinous flour all balled up into round little tangyuans!

Looks like fishballs...

Heart <3>

Pink hearts + her = inseparable

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Finally, what's a snowball party without the quintessential snowman...

meet Frosty!

Ello my name is Frosty! Nice to meet you ;-)

Body, buttons and hat: tangyuan dough; eyes: raisin bits; nose: paddy grain; arms: toothpicks

This cool dude won't MELT...

merry christmas!

sorry la for this doinky excuse of an update...hope everyone's in good health for this coming season of joy..."stay pink" always hahaha..may God bless you! xoxo ~L.A.

Kau Memori Yang Indah

2007-12-02T07:59:00.000+08:00

menusuk di jiwa
tanpamu....

tanpamu....

erm

{aiya forgot lyrics}
biarlah, tanpamu tak apa.

anyway, a birthday shoutout!
to you with the cutest CUUUUTEST dimples in the world; to you whom cheeks I love to pinch; to you my beloved prayer partner; to you who talks non-stop like a bullet train (or have you mellowed now already? haha!); to you who'd always find time to listen to me despite having so much to say; to you with whom I shared my craziest dreams/longings (and discovered with delight that you actually harbour similar ones!); to you with the lovely baby-soft skin; to you who always beat me at sports, to you - one of the very few in this world who shares my spirit for aestheticism..mm hmm great minds think alike!; to you whom I will one day backpack across the globe with, from writing poetry while sitting in the rustic vineyards of France to navigating through the elephant-dung-littered market streets of India to ogling at hot Spanish hunks in Ibiza to freezing our butts off skiing in darling Roger's homeland...; to you, the ever resilient one; to you whom I watched grow from initial acceptance of Christ to a woman of strong faith in the Lord; to you whom I love to the ends of the earth despite your incessant criticisms on Federer (just because I like him, hmph!); to you with whom I'll sit in rocking chairs fifty or sixty years later as cranky old ladies out in our garden of roses, giggling and reminiscing about the good ol' times. Friends to the end as promised. To you my dearest Tsuey Xin, of whom words cannot express enough, a very happy 17th to you. MWAH! <3

Ipoh, baby!

2007-11-10T22:27:00.000+08:00

Indeed! Actually, I really want to say that I came back for the sole purpose of sleeping in my dearly-missed bed for just one night because that sounds so -_-" (<--- hey does anyone know the literal equivalent of this -_-" expression? 'Sweat'? hmmmm maybe... but 'sweat' doesn't fully convey its essence somewhat. So if you happen to know of a better one do tell me please^^!) and I like being -_-" and I like saying things that make people go all -_-". AHA! What's that look I see on your face right now? Heh heh heh...

Sorry digressed again. Anyway, terribly packed weekend. Parents came to whisk me off from college and we spent a lovely Friday evening in Damansara with Uncle Weng Onn and Aunty Mui Eng (Joseph's parents; I guess the 'nice' factor runs in the family) and then attended Aunty Nanccy's son's wedding at The Life Chapel this morning. First time there. Didn't meet a lot of people, but dear Amy was present - all glowing and radiant in her bridesmaid's splendour! Joseph too, ever the gempak pianist, the pretty beacon boy. I'd actually forgotten how tall he was until he came and stood beside me (itupun ku sedang pakai heels yg tinggi gila), which goes to show just how long it has been since we last met!

Arrived home few hours ago; few hours later I'll be going up to Kuala Kangsar for Sunday worship, as well as this year's SS prize-giving day. Have to play for the mini concert. Yay gonna see my kids again! Mmmmuahhh love them so much =)! Then a few MORE hours later it'll be another 3-hour drive back to college, gosh, so much time spent on the road! Including on Thursday when it took us almost 3 hours by train-s (plus waiting time) to get from KMB to Nilai to Sentral and finally all the way to Wangsa Maju to darling Vinitha's house for Deepavali.

Yup it's been a pretty interesting week, what with the MPP elections and all. Campaigning is mighty fun, and thank God for my enthusiastic and very co-operative party members (ya we contest individually but are allowed to form parties/alliances with other candidates)! Lee Ann being Lee Ann, wielded her mouse and conjured up some pretty rad stuff with Photoshop (okay people, this is your cue to go -_-" again)...the results turned out so satisfyingly well that it'd be sufficient enough to keep her happy even if she doesn't win(pictures later!you've got got got got GOT to see the party banner!!!). Yep, seeing my work published has a strangely buoyant effect on me...like a balloon... I feel balloonish...not bloated, but light as air....floating.....and when I'm floating I'm extremely happy.... yeah like that!

On another note, I'm happy also because a giant hurdle that's been weighing down on me lately has been blasted out of the way. It was largely a self-imposed burden which God had helped me lift. Wouldn't go into details, but I've done things that I am absolutely not proud of. Very, very un-LeeAnn things. Things which people would never believe if I were to narrate it to them. To put it simply, I messed up a lot but life is slowly getting back into order. I confessed and He, in His abundant mercy and grace, will forgive. Of course, the scars will remain yet they serve not as painful reminders of the past but very valuable lessons, teaching and urging me not to stray, but stick to the plan God has had in mind for me from the very beginning. Yes, amen.

Of Fires and Ashes

2007-10-26T18:56:00.000+08:00

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CHILL...

2007-10-20T20:24:00.000+08:00

(in the 'calm down' sense of it)...is a word that should be obliterated, vanquished, wholly crushed, blotted out and banished from dictionaries to the very end of the earth.

What's your problem lah, you ask.

Nothing. I just don't like it. So, the next time you find me boiling, at least you know what not to say.

A Long Over-Due Blog Entry

2007-10-16T19:08:00.000+08:00

The brief review
Well well, look who’s back blogging ~~prim and~~ proper again! Can’t help but marvel at how a year plus has gone by, just like *poof* ...that. Thank you Lord, for every bit of this very wonderful year that I’ve had. I cannot recall everything, but it was one of improved relationships, insightful self-discovery, important decisions, wide-open doors, heights never-before-scaled, proud accomplishments, novel feelings, life-changing lessons, inspirations, reluctant farewells, fresh acquaintances, challenging commitments, resolute resolutions (heh), and new horizons. Never would have made it through without Him. Looking back on the path we travelled together, I see only one pair of footprints in the sand. He carried me in His loving arms all the way, because I was too weak, too afraid to walk on my own. Now the time has come for taking baby steps and despite stumbling so very often; I know He will always be there to pick me up and soothe the wounds, small and insignificant though I may be.

(Psa 37:24) Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with His hand. What an awesome, awesome thought!

Plucked from the sweet hometown and transported to ulu-land
God works in very special ways. The IB had always seemed very enticing. And the idea of doing it at a UWC, oh the idea, it was love at first thought! Especially Mahindra UWC. Fate had it however, that the cost goes way beyond what I could afford (for just a pre-u), even with a 50% scholarship (apparently Malaysia's been classed as a developed country in their books now, so no more full waivers from '07 onwards... news which broke my heart so much can die okay -_-"!). Anyway to cut a long story short, I've presently done about 3 months++ of the 2-year International Baccalaureate diploma programme at MARA College Banting, a sprawling 1257423899-acre institution nestled amongst thousands of oil palms in a lonely cowboy town village named Bukit Changgang. All students here live on campus, and the student body of about 700+ consists (almost) entirely of scholarship recipients with sponsors ranging from the Public Service Department to Petroliam Nasional Berhad. Makes for a pretty interesting experience don’tya think? It is an IB World School just like the UWCs but the similarities end right there. Where KMB lacks in cultural/religious diversity and well, fun, simply, it makes up for with a world-topping academic track record. I'd really love for it to be more... colourful though. But that's okay, because I've got my trusty colour pencils with me. I COLOUR! =) People-wise: warmth, friendliness, sincerity and comradeship abound. The lectures could use a little sprucing up though. Theory of Knowledge classes especially, made me miss Pn. Siva a lot. Haha I want to bring her over to KMB to teach ToK...she's totally made for ToK*. I still dream of Mahindra from time to time. Is the fact that I'm in a Mahindra without the 'hind' any consolation? No, not really.

*which hereafter will be referred to as KMB (kolej mara banting). I used to text “mcb” whenever people asked, until a well-meaning friend one day remarked that MCB is also the acronym for an extremely vulgar expression and the moment I realised which one it was, I’ve kept to the Malay version ever since.

In case you've forgotten how I look like
Here are some random pictures taken throughout the first three months. Some were captured on my not-so-sharp-after-all Razr (or my not-so-clear-after-all Crystal Eye webcam, sigh why do manufacturers like to paradoxically name their products) thus the grainy quality. There are many more which I’d like to post (e.g. photos with classmates, lovable SK Dengkil kids and the very beautiful lanterns on Mid-Autumn festival night) but, are not with me at the moment so I’ll leave those for next time then.

In non-chronological order.

Maiden journey to KMB, this was the first signboard spotted along the way. *excited* heheheh

Wooooo! (note the palm trees – they’re everywhere)

Seniors who came to say hi. I like my seniors! And, yeah, really baju kurung everyday.

Morning roll-call, orientation week. Afternoon roll-calls were terrible ‘cos the sun was scorching HOT! And they made us stand for like eternity. Nevertheless we had a relatively easy orientation. Anyway they were endlessly rambling about something up front, I got bored, looked up and captured this. KMB has really pretty skies with lots of planes flying by (more pics to come! eh if something like this is possible with a phone camera, imagine what I can do when my DSLR arrives later!).

Hi there! =)

Vini and I in our new room; Jyi popping by to visit. Bad lighting – skin so red >.<. a few days after moving in
Us in september

Ying Fei...why am I always in green >.<
The view from my window seat in class...nice?

Pretty girls at the church entrance: (L-R) Jerusha, Hosanna and Sharon. Before Nilai Gospel Chapel, I attended GFS Banting for about three Sundays...

...and caught Altered Frequency in action, they were okay

some of the girls

some of the boys. during our first of many more birthday parties to come

In KLCC with Tsuey...missed the PC fair to see her but it was worth it.

Inside the music studio (haha it’s got a mirror wall which I really love, can pose a lot XD)

"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood..."
(and I...I did not take the one less travelled by.)

Path back to the hostel blocks, the so-called Lorong Midaq..I don’t know why

And the one(s) I like best:

Suddenly some screws came loose one Sunday night and everyone decided to act hiao :-P. Sometime last month I think

Heheheh

So that concludes it... anyway please disregard the second last picture because we’re much more sober than that in real life okay.

p.s. Happy holidays everybody! Enjoy the remaining week and don’t forget to finish your homework =)