The Most Precious Gift for Christmas

I really like living here. Right here. In my housing area. It has a perfectly calm and soothing atmosphere. And the sight of the garden in front of my house is always so mesmerising. Once in a while, it makes me ponder about my life. What life is about, what it means to me and what is the best way to live on. Am I doing well? Should I maintain the way I am or is there room for improvement? And there, is the place, I can find the one and only noise I enjoy hearing. The little kids love to play in the garden. And their cheerful laughter can be heard from the inside of my house. It naturally makes me feel happy to hear people laugh gaily. It occasionally reminds me of the happy and precious moments of my childhood days. How every action that I did was out of curiosity yet full of innocence. And the green healthy trees in the garden? Makes me feel healthier each and every time I glanced at them. When a gust of wind blows by, the soft rustling of the leaves pleases my ear. What a rare, precious sound of nature to find in a city. It is amazingly loud that housewives would often mistaken it as a drizzle, panicking over their laundries which are hanged out to dry.

I enjoy witnessing these happenings from the window everyday. Especially in the month of November and December, the winds are relatively strong due to the monsoon season. And because of this, it feels comfortably cold at home at night even without switching on the air conditioners. I can feel the cold wind kissing my cheeks whenever I stand near the window. It makes me think that I'm staying in Cameron Highlands! How immature.

This holiday is going to end soon. And its Christmas today! As usual, I would particularly get excited about a certain festival or celebration and start making plans in my head, but when the real day comes, nothing goes as planned or imagined. Well, that's me. Always imagining things as wonderful as can be in my innermind theatre. The fact is, I spent most of the time staying at home today besides sending my brother to the airport today. He boarded a plane to Penang to join a charity walk from Penang to Ipoh. It was part of his club's activity. Yeah, I had to send him away to do his stuff and leave myself all alone at home talking to four walls and a monitor on Christmas (well, of course my parents are at home). Merry Christmas!

Maybe I should post this to some kind of media on "How I Spent My Christmas This Year" and they'd probably be so fascinated that they'll pay me royalty for such a touching story. I hope. Of course, it was clear that I felt discontented on why I had to spend my Christmas like this. I should be shopping at Orchard Road? I shoud be dining out, eating turkey with my family? Chilling out with my friends? Feels like there's many thing that I could do. But being a filial and baik punya anak (you know me xP), I stayed at home to take care of my mum! And do housechores. I'm sorry that I have to make myself sound so noble here. (You know me! xP) Just kidding. After beating about the bushessssssssss(I've beaten a lot of bushes man!), I've finally reached the main point of my post.

It took me a while to realise what Christmas really means to me. At the end of the day, I finally realise that it's not the presents that count, neither the food nor the celebration. What really made Christmas meaningful, is to have my loved ones safe by my side and to know that I am not alone. How can I not realise all this while that these are the most precious Christmas gift ever? I am happy. I am blessed with a wonderful and blissful family. And this has made all the difference. =)

Merry Christmas everyone! Love ya lots!

Love my family lots!

Time to turn off the lights!

Good night! =)

Jingle Bells

Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas is just around the corner! Are you excited?

Yesterday was the mark of the beginning of winter solstice, in which the Chinese celebrate as "Dongzhi". Chinese people always have their food associated with festivals. Like how "yu-sang" is eaten during Chinese New Year and moon cake during Lunar Festival, I ate "tang yuan" for dongzhi yesterday! There were pink ones and white ones. Why aren't there any other colours? I'll tell you when I know next time...haha(Because I also don't know). Anyway, I've actually taken a photo of the bowl of delicious tang yuan that I ate, but judging by the current internet connection tortoise-compatible speed, I'll probably only get to see it by tomorrow if I start uploading it now. So for the time being, just use your own imagination, k? ^_^

I've not been updating my blog for like two weeks now. Well, I think I have quite a good cliche reason that goes with it. ..... My laziness is overwhelming.....Again....If you realise......It has always been my excuse...... (>.<) Actually, most of the time, I find myself really desperate wanting to update my blog about something, but I just couldn't find the right words to bring out what I was trying to convey. And this is how I ended up not blogging at all about certain important issues despite several attempts. If I really forced myself to do so, it'll turn out as a really boring post capable of curing imsomnia patients effectively. You know what I mean.

Somehow, lately, I feel that I'm loosing my blogging touch. I'm loosing that sense of humour in my post or is it that the holiday me always has a brain on leave? Who knows. Oh, yes. I remember what happened last week. It was last Thursday. My music teacher rang me out of the blue at night and asked if I could do a music performance for an interior designing company which will be having it's opening ceremony on Sunday. Fortunately, I wasn't the one who picked up the call. It was my mum (cause I was bathing). Or else? I would have yelled "Why don't you do it yourself?" or maybe "wrong number" at my teacher unintentionally. Just kidding. I'm not that brave. It's just that within this year, I have been accepting many last-minute tasks, putting me on hot bricks fighting against the clock(feels like a hamster running on the wheely thing).

Last minute competition (the judge didn't even believe that we prepared the presentation in 1 and a half days' time!), last minute homework to do, last minute revision, last minute project etc etc. And to come up with last minute creative excuses to cover up for undone last minute jobs. Come on, it's not as easy as you think, okay? When I speak of last minute, I'm referring to the period of 1 or 2 days given to process what's going on, to decide yes or no, to decide what to do and to practice! And yet I find myself in the same familiar situation, AGAIN! Though it sounds stressful, it's equally inviting. After all, I had nothing better to do during the holidays other than swatting flies and mosquitoes. So why not have something to keep myself occupied? So on Friday, I finally decided to go for the performance on Sunday(day after tomorrow...what?!). Sometimes, I'm just too optimistic at the start of something which eventually leads me to being very pessimistic as things complicates. I had to decide the song on Friday and practice intensively on Saturday. Then, I got too tensed up and pek-chek till I fell sick. I'm serious! not exaggerating.... =.=

First reason: No performing experience
Second reason : No performing talent
Third reason : No time

Why did I agree in the first place despite knowing this would have happened? I don't know. I'll tell you when I know. :D Anyway, I'm glad that performance went well. *smiles* Oh yeah, I heard that the Form 3s are getting their PMR results tomorrow right? The best Christmas present indeed....Hmm.

Time do pass us by very quickly. It's been a year since my batch sat for PMR. And I happen to read my old post which exactly pictured how I felt on the day we received our PMR results. So here it is:

"Last Post of The Year"

Hope you enjoy reading. Oh, yes. Merry Christmas everyone. Tomorrow's Christmas eve! Hang up your Christmas stockings and wait for Santa to fill them! =D

Time to turn off the lights!

Good night!

Blood.

• Learnt something new regarding medical stuff today!
• Went to the blood donation duty for the first time
• Was told that the nurses are fierce ~.~
• But i think they're not
• Stood for 3 hours plus doing the duty in the morning before getting to sit
• Enjoyed the duty and felt very happy
• Was amazed by the blood which appear to look more like tomato sauce instead of chilli sauce
• I thought that I'm scared of blood. Ironically, I'm not at all.
• Saw and learnt how to draw blood from donor
• Saw how the donors felt......some were bored, some excited, some felt dizzy, one fainted =.= (why lar go and donate so much blood till u faint twice!!)
• Was incharged of topping up the apparatus and materials for each nurse. Thongs, scissors, cotton ball, alcohol swab, needle and syringe, medication fluid....
• Cleaned the thongs with slight blood stain (>.<)....dipped in some red sterilisation fluid i think...
• Business was extremely good in the afternoon
• Went to have lunch with members at Wang Cafe which charged us RM6+ in total as 10% service charge...patutlah ada banyak wang..
• Went back to duty....felt that it became more fun since more people were coming to donate blood...
• Registration counter was packed with donors waiting for blood and blood pressure test
• Someone accidentally spilled a speck of blood from a bag
• When I was trying to be kind by offering this young man a chair to sit while waiting in line, I accidentally called him "uncle" and he said "har, you call me uncle ar?" Paiseh
• Had a great day... =)
• Will go to the blood donation duty again in the future! =D =D =D
• Was at duty from 9am till 3.30 pm.
• Bade friends goodbye and went home satisfied.

Don't actually feel like blogging right now because I'm tired. But the event today was something fresh. Hence I decided to write about it so that I'll always have this wonderful memory here! =)

Basketball Bonanza... =D

I didn't know watching basketball matches could be so interesting and exciting. Well, at least that's what I thought before watching the "LIVE" matches at the Stadium Bandaraya. I started to fall in love with the game....erm....maybe....the players too...... XP

1st FIBA Asia U16 Championship for Men

It all started with Wan Chyin calling over to ask if I could take over her place at the basketball duty in the stadium. I thought "Why not?", in fact, it would be a good opportunity for the suaku me to experience, for the first time, the intense atmosphere at "LIVE" basketball matches. So I heartily agreed to her proposal (sounds like marriage pulak but I can't seem to find the right word.......)

And two days prior to the duty, I went to watch three matches with my family at night. It was a Sunday and there were many spectators at the stadium rooting for their own countries. Some brought along their national flags and one Korean supporter brought erm....something like a small "gong" that made a loud clanging sound to cheer for the Korea team. And that night itself stood three eye-opening matches that I've watched, namely Phillipines vs Syria, China vs Chinese Taipei and Korea vs Japan. You should have seen how patriotic those Japanese and Korean supporters were while the match was going on. And I really like the part where the national anthems of the teams involved will be played before each match begins.

While watching the matches, I noticed that every team has its own advantages and specialty. The Phillipine basketballers are swift and they come up with many good scoring techniques. Syria and China basketballers are physically-advantaged. China basketballers are very very very very very tall besides being able to shoot the ball very very very very accurately. And this is why they can easily outstand players from other teams. They play with impressive agility and skills. On the other hand, I could also see the determination and perserverence of Chinese Taipei basketball players in the court. Despite facing a tough opponent(China), they did not give up on hope and tried very hard to think of ways to overcome their obstacles even at the last few minutes of the match. They deserve a pat on the back. Nevertheless I admire their fierce determination and courage. Hmm, as for the Koreans and Japanese, I think the spotlight is more on their supporters. xD Just kidding. Korean players are generally "bigger" in size and more defensive. Japanese players are fast (Didn't get to notice that much 'cause I left while the match was halfway through). Yeah, that's all I have to say. The interesting part is how each team's supporters will take turn to shout and cheer.

Still, nothing beats the feeling of watching your own country's team shine in a match. Like how I watched Malaysians playing against Kuwait players today. So exhilarating. So nervous. So ambitious. So much hope. So scared. So admirable. So intense. So breath-taking. So glad. So happy. So proud. So patriotic. So memorable. So meaningful. It felt good and relieving each time Malaysia scored a goal. And it felt so worrying when the opponent striked a goal. It felt great to shout out loud for our country's players(when they scored) to show how proud we are of them. There was a strong sense of triumphant and satisfaction when they won the match. Our players have admirable teamwork. Kudos to them for such a great game played.

http://fiba.malaysia-basketball.com/?q=u16b09/team-roster

*Yawn* My eyes are feeling heavy now after a great day today.
Ah, I can't wait for tomorrow. *Secret* XD


Time to turn off the lights! Good night! Sweet dreams! =)

Teddy bears love to take photos too.

Concrete proof:

Here's Apple, trying hard to climb onto the chair. Instead of helping, I was busy taking candid photos of her.

The fact is, she didn't know that I was snapping photos of her. So after she managed to climb up the chair, she lazily lied on top of it (in a supposedly ugly manner). Harhar.

Finally, she noticed that I was laughing and smirking at her, so she asked me why.I told her that she was on a candid show. And she got petty and angry at me.

But after much persuasion, she finally agreed to continue this photo-taking session (because I promised that I'll make her look pretty in it). Tsk.

Her first proper photo.

I told her that she looked a little too formal in this photo and that she should be more natural while taking photo.

Instead of heeding my advice, she started to act cute in front of the camera. (=.=)"

She claimed that this pose(the half face whatever it is) is in trend.

And I was sceptical about it.

"Hi!" =)

I asked her to give a big smile. She misinterpreted what I meant and she went close to the camera to give a magnified smile instead.

Apple got tired of the camera. So she got off the chair.

She went to join her two roomies, Big Dog and Loffy.

As you can see, they were not aware that they were on camera.

Until I told them that I'm taking their photo.

Apple and her "cool" pose. I think she should grow up to be a Teddy-Bear-Pose-Consultant. Haha. Sounds funny and weird. Crap I just don't know what I was saying.

I didn't even say that I'm done with them.

It's just that these hyperactive pals can't seem to stay put for long.

And can't stand acting they way they aren't for long too.

Aharhar.

Time to turn off the lights! Good night! =)

Life trekking.

One minute ago, I signed into my dusty Friendster account. Out of curiosity. I guess I'm just too bored I couldn't think of anything better to do. I'm wondering if there's any need for me to study for Monday's exam but I'm sure everyone is studying for it though it might sound a little ridiculous to you. After all, who doesn't want it to turn out satisfactory? Just then,I saw the shoutout I posted few decades ago in my Friendster profile. This is what it said:

"Am I on the right track in years to come?"

This immediately reminded me about my undecided future. Sometimes, the thought of future worries me. Maybe I just dislike the uncertainty I'm feeling besides a little lost too. Most of all, am I on the right track for years to come? Am I handling everything the right way? Am I juggling both sides of my life well? Yesterday was the so-called last day for our Form 5 seniors to live it up as a Convent girl. The time has come for them to determine their next phase and path of life through whatever they have accumulated in high school. SPM is the deciding moment of truth. Behind their cheerful smile and laughter, I see that little sense of anxiety in them.

Before long, I know it's going to be my turn, to face the defining moment. Whether I want it or not, it is going to approach me. And as you know, time passes by very quickly. Swiftly. We, humans, are forever into our routines when actually, we do not really remember everything we do. Everyone simply takes it as a necessity and responsibility to live on at times and when the peak of life comes, he or she starts to wonder what he or she did in the past to have come till this day. Regret or not, it all lies in the person's hands. He is going to steer his ship past the storm and land safely at the port if he tries hard and persevere till the end.

I personally think that whoever is brave enough to face up to this big challenge and complete it is already a winner. It takes courage to take the first step. It takes determination to create the rest of the footsteps. It takes confidence to land firmly upon each step. It takes hardwork on how far you can go with each step. Last but not least, it takes perserverance to reach for the finishing line of this race within your soul. This is what it takes to put a beautiful ending to a teenage phase of life in high school. Everyone knows. But not everyone does. Because not everyone can.

It puzzles me why I am thinking about all these all of a sudden. Am I such a worry wart?? I might be thinking too much at this moment. We are the hero of our own story. We are the narrator of our own story. We challenge ourselves to make our story more interesting and lively. And so, this is how life is meant to be.

Good luck to fellow SPM candidates. Pull up your socks and put your best foot forward!

*Yawn* ZzZzZz.......



Time to turn off the lights! Good night! =)

Reality-TV-Reality-TV-Reality...

I just love Taylor Swift's songs!! And MVs!! Most of her MVs potray a girl's dream of a perfect life. But sigh, sometimes MVs really kill your brain 'cause you'll come to realise that everything inside just sounds so perfect, too perfect to exist in reality. So all you can do is just watch the video, wish you are inside, smile at it and then sigh for nothing seems to come true. And stop thinking about the impossible. Oh well, L-I-F-E. Ludicrous infatuation for everybody. Harhar. For whatever that means.


The first day after exam, I thought that I would be back to square one, which is turn-out-to-be-not-that-happy-nor-excited-as-expected as usual after tests. But I guessed that's just for Day 1. I thought I simply wanted to face the computer all day long all the while after exam. That's all. But no, I found out later that there's more that I want, I guess my brain's fried on the first day exam ended...that's why I couldn't think of anything better to do. It's hard for me to cure myself once I'm addicted to the computer and Taiwanese dramas. So, I've decided to spend less time with these two good friends before I lose my mind.(but I don't think my plan will last for long



Anyway, I've come up with a list of things I want to do at leisure (decided to type it out so I that won't forget) :


1. Complete a 1000 pieces jigsaw puzzle/ picture.


2. Go swimming and get tanned.


3. Go shopping and watch a comedy with somebody real close.


4. Go on a short vacation.


5. Take up holiday courses.


6. Go cycling in ECP.


7. Do some handicraft stuff.


8. Daydream.


9. Have long hours of sleep.


10. Slack.


11. Splurge to pamper myself.


12. Get a good storybook to read.


13. Visit someone's house.


14. Munch on all sorts of JUNK......food.


15. Update my IT gadgets.


16. Change my blogskin.


17. Chill out at home.


18. Clear some old clothings in my wardrobe.


19. Eat a posh meal.


20. Start planning out for the next fabulous year.