And Then I Remembered...

When I was in primary school, there were art classes every week. I would be going home asking for potatoes, lady's fingers and what-nots for printing. Mommy would carve stars and heart shapes out of those vege and put them in a plastic bag the night before. The next day, the potatoes would turn brown, the lady's finger would be slimy and the smell! Ugggh...i can smell it while typing. But then, I was happily printing my drawing paper away, looking sideways, up front and behind for some inspiration ( It is called COPYING back then ). I never got an A for art. :D

And then I remembered, when drawing papers were no more. Art classes were not confined to paper but leaves, glue and ice cream sticks and alot more glue! I remembered my egg-shell scarecrow. How I pestered my aunt for a perfect empty egg-shell with just a hole as big as a chopstick's at the bottom of the egg so I could stand it up and dress it with a bottle.

And then I remembered the teacher asking us to bring wooden clothes pegs for art class the next day. We were doing a pen container! I only managed to glue 4 sides of the container with paper glue. Took it back home and showed to my daddy. He brought more clothes peg and settled my art work with Uhu! Ahhh The Morphin to my nose! XD I got an "A" for it. Hehe!

I remembered a WAU. What I did in school were incomparable to what my dad and I did in that weekend! He drew the biggest wau utilising a piece of manila card to the max and used a penknife to cut it out. My friends in school didnt have such big waus so I was pretty excited already! He bought 5 big packets of glitters (THEY ARE REALLY BIG PACKETS THAT I STILL STORE THEM IN MY BOX TILL TODAY! :D ) and starts putting glue on the sides of the wau. Then he poured gold glitters and let it rest. I was jumping up and down, asking daddy when are we gonna proceed to the next section of the wau! MY GAWD! Blogging about it makes me excited too!!!! XD

I remembered, it was the most beautiful, elegant, colourful looking wau in class. I remembered it very well. And no one can touch it, only SEE it. With my chest held high, I passed it up to the teacher and of course, I scored an A. ;)

I remembered a wooden kampung house, set in the student's art work shelf, where only the finest art works were displayed. We were supposed to build a house with ice cream sticks. Mommy bought back those larger sticks used by the dentist! Its was perfect! Then daddy started to saw out pieces of hard wood for the frame. He loves carpentry. He loves electronics. He loves handcrafts. When the frame is done, he stick the sticks, one by one till the perfect last piece. It was there for 2 years. And everytime I walked passed it, I couldnt help being proud of it and wanting to tell other students about it. Thank you Pa! :)

All those years...I dedicate my As, my pride, my happiness to you. :)

And then, I was in secondary school. We still had art classes. It was refined art, where we did different styles of painting and drawing, different texture of materials used. It was a lovely distraction after a day of Geography or Maths or boring boring Pendidikan Moral. I remembered my Pooh Bear. I did it with cotton and towel fabric. I remembered a craved clown with crayon-based drawing. I surprised daddy with my art work. :)

And then I remembered...I learnt the patience, the delicate nature, I learnt it all from daddy.

What Ive Been Up to

I am done with my internship first of all! Log book, the whole technical report, goodbyes and see yous! How would I sum up my internship you would ask... I'll say it was a mixture of perspiration, literally and metaphorically. 132kV to 240V, humming transformers, buzzing incoming feeder, freaking lots of relays everywhere I go. There are some parts of the factories some of you engineers dont ever get a chance to go hahaha!

( The writer is deliberately showing off :D )

I skipped on rooftops, posed with a stupid lightning arrester, captured a few shots of a dry shedded phython skin by an outdoor transformers...what else, see how copper wire are entwined into cables, how BMWs are assembled, umm... travelled from one state to another, a factory to another, had lunch and teas and have always eaten more than each of the boys, and did a lot of reading.

The other part of perspiration is this =.= '''

Since I am the only one from Venus in the gang of engineers, teasing is natural, or I would say an essential part of the joke of the day. Not that missy likes being tease with the most outrageous reasons in any given condition of any working time, it was all of good intentions, something to brighten up the working conditions. And the teasing doesnt stop after work. The company annual dinner was good. What is to complain with an international buffet at E&O in penang on a weeknight?

The grilled salmon was really delicious, the fresh salmon and cheese were not bad. The strawberries by the chocolate fondue were topped up non-stop and eager photographers were clicking away! What is not to like about it? :)

Oh did you know that missy thinks that guys who can rock a bald head are hot? XD

Internship comes and goes in 3 months.

And then a wedding popped up! Never in my wildest dreams I would be attending a dear friend's wedding at 23! Dressed up in silky golden dress with a glittery hairband, off I go to QE11 at penang port. The wedding set up was very easy-going, guests were free to walk around free flow wine and beer, chat at the bar, munch up all the lamp chop available and camwhore with the loveliest bride of the century!

And then there were countless gleeful meet-ups and birthdays and redboxxxx

What I enjoyed the most was the two unforgettable HOMESTAYS! Just by mentioning them, makes me smile! A loving home will never fail to impress, and the happiness emancipates outwards, like light attracting moths.

I love the fuzzy feeling of eating homecook, I love the pets, I love the children and the exchange of subtle,comfortable jokes. I might have gained too much attention from the kids but hey, it is just for a few days. Let their mommy take a rest! I walked no, run with a dog for the first time in my life. Ohhh how I love Goldie. She is so full of energy, so obedient, so ROUND!

I know there are new puppies and a set of guinea pigs waiting for me in my next trip! :D

Throwing Oranges, No?

It was Chap Goh Meh on our first year in university.

Nahh how could our gang throw oranges? Boys from all over the country in our university were in hot pursuit to get each and every one of us so why bother throwing? *wink*

5 of us crowded in one of the hostel rooms on that night when some nuthead suggested a brilliant activity for that night.

"Wei Im bored. I bet alot single guys are feeling depressed that they have to throw virtual oranges in their dorms...Lets entertain them tonight! Give me your coursemate's number! :DDDD

#Prank 1

So the first one is, lets call him Beanie since he loves wearing beanie to class!

" Hey hottie~ Are you feeling lonely tonight? "

*the whole room starts to giggle silently*

" Err... "

" I am lonely too~ Do you wanna have a chat with me? "

" Err hello? Who are you? "

" I do not know you, but we can be friends...Im lonelyyyy"

*the girls were gagging their mouth to block the uncontrollable laughter*

" Err...*silence* "

" Dont wanna be friends then Bye~ "

*The caller has to end the call as she herself couldnt be seductive any longer! SO FARNY! *

The whole room just cracked up, laughing hysterically! XD

After the first one, there is no need of a push to do the second prank. Next number, next member. And the rest are in Mandarin.

#Prank 2

Lets call him Sunny for this one.

" Hello Im from Triumph Mahkota Parade. I have received an order for Triump Lace Set. Can i confirm with you your address? "

" HAH? I didnt order la "

" Is your name Sunny? An order has been bought and paid for. Is it for your girlfriend?"

" HAH?? I really didnt order. Is it really paid for? Then I'll take it. "

"Can you tell me which colour you want? Black Lace or Red Lace?"

" Err one red and one black set la"

" What about the size? "

"HAH?????"

" I am asking you what size is your girlfriend. If not, I'll send 38C okay? "

" haha err okay "

" Okay. Address please. And you will expect delivery in 3 days. Thank you. "

Free triumph delivery? YEAAA Dream On~

#Prank 3

Lets call him Banana.

Caller scream in distress, " Why did you left me at the road side? "

" Hello? HUH? "

" You left me a the road side after fighting with me! Are you human? "

" I do not know you "

" Dont pretend you bad guy! I have to walk home myself! "

" I think you call the wrong number miss"

" This is not the wrong number! Irresponsible! IM BREAKING UP WITH YOU CHOU NAN REN! "

I guess this is the first time he got yelled by a distressed woman in Mandarin! XD

#Prank 4

" Hello, I am lonely. May I be your friend? "

" How did you get my number? "

"I got it from the Dating Agency. Can we talk? "

" But I didnt submit my name. "

" Its okay. My name is Lacy. Can we be friends? "

" Oh okay... So how old are you? "

" Younger than you 2 years :) "

*the conversation goes on and the girl asked to meet up and the guy agreed and then it got pretty serious and the prank was called off*

#Prank 5

This is in Canto! Lets call him Tough Guy!

" Hello! Good day! So I have received your order for a pack of condoms. Is this Tough Guy? "

" HAHA! Dont play la! Whos this? "

" I am doing business here. What size condom do you want? "

" OI dont play la. Who is this??? haha!!"

" We have a special edition Glow In the Dark condoms. Do you want it? "

" HAHAHAHA! SIAO. Okay okay! I want. "

" Okay Sir. So we will send you a box of XXL Glow In The Dark condoms. Thank you."

So the pranks ended with teary,red faced girls in the starry night of Chap Goh Meh! :D

Soft Fur, Soft Purr

Introducing COCO.

Introducing COCO's BUTT! OOps!

She likes lying on the bed, looking out to the window for stupid birds which always try to fly through the window.

I grew very attached to her when I was visiting my best friend at her hometown. She would come into the room early in the morning, meowing everyone to wake up! *love*

And when I dont wake up when she meows at 6am, she jumps up my bed and curls on the side of my bed, sleeping together with ME! :DDDDD *misses*loves*smiles*

She is so so furry and she keeps herself so clean every day. Her mmmeows makes me grow soft like toufoooo~

How I yearn to just hide her in my luggage and sneak her back to Malacca!

I smsed my daddy I'd wanna get a pet doggie when I work next time. This is what he replied.

"NO cats allowed and dont talk about dogs, cats or even fishes. Strictly prohibited and possible penalty impose if found when working."

"Pa, a guinea pig?"

He didnt reply.

Every Cloud Has Its Silver Linings

Into the second week of my internship. It was kinda disastrous this morning. The whole office was deserted, most of the engineers have gone all the way to Danau Toba under the company's holiday scheme and those who stayed back were out to work. I even locked myself in the office to keep myself safe, not that anyone would wanna kidnap a fully grown Ursula LOL

Lunch turned out to be great actually. The assistant manager took us out, drive all the way to Autocity and we feasted on a complete japanese cuisine!

Bento, warm green tea, fruits, miso soup, and a scoop of a nutmeg blended ice cream.

It was a treat! :D

Mommy smsed me too. She doesnt sms. She takes 5-10mins just to send a text but she messaged me to keep me entertained! MY MOM IS JUST SO ADORABLE!

PS: Or am I good in whining about how free and ignored I feel in the office? :D

Friday night is TONIGHT. 3 hours from now! HAHA! And I think I am not scheduled to work tomorrow *WINKIES*

*peace sign*

We Fly Before We Walk

And we did. It took us near to an hour to check-in although we were the first at the counter.

“ Our MAS software engineer says the system is down ”.

Yeah hear it? MAS. Malaysian Airlines. I tell you what, change your engineers.

At the boarding area, we waited again. Our flight was delayed an hour. Perhaps flights are affected by the recent weather changes. It rained near cny and caused floods in South Malaysia.

Seats were colourful, pilot was a scrawny uncle, the rendang with nasi tomato was edible. When my sister asked for a cup of coffee and a set of scrabble, the latter request made the stewardess scrunch her face like a fortune cookie lol

We touched down and headed to MAMA.

MAMA was my nanny, my aunt, my story teller, my cute huggable barney, my solace when I was little. I have not seen her in 3 years and I really do miss her dearly. Rushing inside the house, she called out my name loud and clear and I just couldn’t help giving her squashing huggies and kisses! *love*

My cousin has a newborn and the little girl was all smiles. Daddy was carrying her all around the house. You know how it feels like to be cuddled in your daddy’s secure arms. . . *smiling*

Trying to get a cab for 5 pax wasn’t easy around 9pm. It was dinner time for most cab drivers I guess. My cousin was stopping cabs on the road and my petite ah soh was calling cab companies, and at last, we ended up with. . .

LOL

We had a licking good dinner and MAMA is as bubbly big as usual! Thank you so much Gor Gor and Ah Soh! J

We Come, We See, We Conquer!

Red and blue roller coaster rails, twisted and daunting looking

State of the art theme park with lush greenery

Colourful gift stores with fascinated kids running around

Hanging lollipops from trees

2 litres of Hersheys chocolate

Rabbits made of

roses, carnations and sunflowers

A Globe in the middle of a fountain which bores “Universal Studios”

*Living a dream of a 5year old boy. . .*

The tickets were bought 2 weeks beforehand. It was a long awaited trip and we spent a total of 6 hours in there ;)

*Hollywood City*

Lights, Camera, Action is the main attraction. Not knowing what was installed in the studio, we blindly went in and were welcomed by a chirpy young lady who had us briefed about what to expect when we step into another studio.

Little did we know that we were about to experience a hurricane by the sea, in the building itself! Billowing wind, crashing boats, gas tankers exploding, water splashes. . . ohhh and the 3D tsunami as background! The experience kept us awed and we were anticipating for the next adventure already

*Egyptian City*

Return of the Mummy is THE Roller Coaster ride of this city. Well, for me! Read on to find out! *grinning* At the entrance, we have been warned that it is a high speed ride and loose items must be kept off the ride. Then we started out for the path to THE roller coaster. You know how your adrenaline rushes through your veins, your brains, your feet when you are going to ride on THE roller coaster!!!! I just love the sensation when the coaster JOLTS in front to create enough momentum! It was quite a walk to the coaster, as they have decorated the path with mummies, sphinx, sandy beings and cravings. It was a 5X4 coaster and the ride begannnnnnnnnnnnn. . .

It started off winding and slow, telling you a story about how the Mummy returns to get revenge and we are at his mercy. The drawings and laser cravings are magnificient, with dry ice effects. And then the coaster came to a halt right in front of the wall. We were waiting for it to open and anticipated a thunderous start but, the coaster stop dead and jolted in REVERSE direction, DOWN in the dark, DOWN again then SWERVE at full speed and STOP! The Mummy crackled and continued his taunt, he casted a spell and the ceiling went on fire, hot steaming fire, with blood oozing from the edge and we go DOWN again in any imaginable speed! In the dark! The tunnel is so cold, you grip tight onto the railings, swearing that you don’t wanna die if this coaster ever hit the tunnel in any way because it is super dooooper HIGH SPEED and they aren’t kidding when they say high speed. . .

It was superb! *THUMBS UP ;D*

*Far Far Away Land*

Shrek 3D in a beautiful pinkish castle is the attraction. We were being brought into the cinema with 3D glasses, just like any other cinema, we enjoyed the story till. . . we could feel the donkey sneezes on our faces LOL We practically got wet from so many splurts of water throughout the movie! It felt like Holy Water in Constantine. . . ;P

*Madagascar*

I love the quartlet! I love Alex, I love Marty, I love Merman, I love Gloria! I love their friendship. Four of them have their very own cafes in Madagascar and we went to Marty’s, Casa de Blanca. The food is delicious, surprisingly in a theme park. No, we weren’t hungry when we ate, and when I say it is delicious, mark my words J

Jurassic Park fans will get a chance to dine in their restaurant, something like in the movie. They have their own roller coaster where your feet will be dangling during the ride and they have a water-slide-cum-hydroelectric-plant where you will be drenched!

Oh ya, we saw an enormous Kungfu Panda mascot walking around! His belly is twice the size of a door! Too bad we didn’t have a chance to take pictures with him. We are fans of him! Daddy has Panda’s song as his ringtone by the way! *grinning*

We went home feeling content, and even more satisfied when we had one of the best reunion dinner in Singapore! It was just an ordinary steamboat dinner but it meant more when you dine with people whom you called Relatives, and being loved and appreciate like Relatives. . . Happy Bunny Year everyone! :)

*Shop Till You Drop*

I am in love with this place oh man...

For those who like trendy, cheap, colourful shopping, here is PARADISE!

There is a mall right opposite Bugis Street called Bugis Junction. I was particularly fond of a gift shop, where they have this miniature apple-shaped speakers! They are something like these. . .

The quality is really impressive and it is priced $29.90. There is also a puppy coinbox, where the puppy will paw your coin into the box when you place coins on the tray. And they do have those Japanese scarf where you could wear it as a jacket, a skirt, a dress and any way you like it! It comes with a beautiful box with a complimentary How-To-Wear-It CD, priced at $35 per box. It would be a wonderful gift from me for Mommy but Mommy wouldn’t use it often so she declined J

Next stop, Orchard Road! The lights, the ornaments along the road, the pathways, it is all SopHistiCation! It is all bLing bLiNg! It is what Me like. *love*

Orchard Road is one whole stretch of shopping malls, where you could just hold hands with your special someone and strolled through the glitz and glamour, and stop occasionally to oogle at Gucci heels and Versace dresses HAHA

There is one red haWT building at Orchard bearing ‘Singapore Information Centre’ and we went in there to get a leg massage, for free. Yup it is for real. That place has plushy cushions with brochures of every kind in Singapore. The shopping started at mid day and we retired home near midnight. Taking buses and switching LRTs and then walking several blocks home. The Walk was indeed so different from my life in Penang. Daddy was exceptionally protective of us when taking public transport, Mommy was constantly grabbing us when the bus lurched forward, we were always running to catch the incoming LRT, or dashing across the road and keeping our EzLink card safely in our pockets! It is tiring but the feeling of walking everywhere with your loved ones, going places. . . is awesome. . .

Oh yeah this is my first fortune cookie in Singapore! I'll leave the interpretion to you. *winkies*

The Climbing Einstein

Anyone who has been to Singapore Science Centre would have noticed the cute, dusty Einstein. Anyway, the Little Einsteins in the movie ‘Night In the Museum’ are more adorable hehe!

We took a bus there and I couldn’t help noticing that uniforms impose a respectable authority in Singapore, be it immigration officers or bus drivers, or even LRT conductors. Those in uniforms are strict, at the same time they are polite and very courteous. At SIA, the whole stretch of immigration counter looks majestic! And the uniforms make them look even more formidable. I held out my passport and I got an obligatory smile and nod, and two energetic “THUD THUD” on the documents! In contrary, the Malaysian Customs in uniform show you their buLLDog faces, looking over your passport with near boredom! Why do I even bother smiling that time?

No No...those bulldogs aint as cute as these two adoooooorable creatures *MMWAH* :)

Back to science centre. It is something like PetroScience in KLCC but cheaper. It is only $9 per entrance. As usual, the design of a science centre is children-friendly and you could hear PONG BONG CLANK TING TIANG aHHHH MOMMYYYY at every corner, instead of silent reading and occasional soft clutter of scientific models to satisfy the curious mind and hands. At the other side, there was an on-going CSI Experience where you have to pay another $20 to go in. There were a total of 4 crime scenes mimicked according to real cases and we were required to solve them. The whole experience was more for early teens, but mommy and daddy who are always a good sport tagged along, joining the packed sardine crowd with the DNA strips and touch screens data. This is one of the report that we have to complete at the end of every investigation.

The whole trip in Singapore was an incredible journey, will look forward to more trips down South next time round! ;) Or maybe across the South China Sea, into the wonders of beautiful salt foundations! *grinning*

Brown Brown Stuff =(

Brown.
Thick.
A sniff is heaven sent.
While a bite....will be euphoric.
Im craving for chocolates....
I NEED CHOCOLATES.
But they only allow chocolates during weekends!
Or else my nose will be running like a tap during lectures.
I need to abstain from those brown devils and it is I who ask them to stop me from eating!
*sobs!!!!!*
*MOANNNNN*




I shouldnt have done that. XD

It Has Been 3 Weeks...

...since I got good internet connection and a time to blog.

Looks like this blog will be left unattended in the days to come. Been sleeping in class, or dreaming... Tutorials are piling up, assignments will be handed out this week. Ahhh...back to the hectic schedule due to my habitual procrastination =)

Let me recap.
O ya...my long awaited clubbing experience in Penang was sort of disappointing! I had great company, two of my good friends from high school with didi too. We headed to Fame and got pretty good seats.
Imagine.
A group of guys in their early 30s were dancing and prancing like hyenas~
A very super dooper skinny young lady shaking her bottomless booty~
A pair of twin djs trying real hard to get the crowd high but to no avail~
Yours truly yawned as much as a pig snorts and farts into the mud~
Moist was packed like sardine so we called it a night. By the way daddy was drinking in a lounge nearby, you know why la. His litte girl going clubbing for the first time dot...dot...dot. =)

We moved to a new hostel this semester. A double storey house. I think we are getting too comfortable in there. The bathroom is paradise in this sweltering weather. The rooms, the kitchen, the living room, the study area, everything is near to perfect till we are having more bathing time, more sleeping time, and MORE cooking time! We love our rice cooker! Steamboat and American scramble eggs has been produced by that little fat baby on the first day we own it. Upcoming dishes, pastas...herbal soup...umm more suggestions? =D

PS: There is never a study time, isnt it? LOL

I have got to go for my thermodynamics lab now. Will be back soon!

The 10 hour F-word

I wore my retainers just for two weeks and I realised that my teeth was crooked. He did a bad job in shaping my retainers. I was already prepared for the facilitator camp, a two week affair, but I was forced to skip it. Skip the long awaited camp just to take a 10 hour bus ride back and hear this from him.

" It is just an illusion. Your teeth arent crooked."

So if it isn't crooked Doctor, why the hell did you even try to reshape it?

Anyway, the 10 hour bus ride is even more interesting than this.

Didi and I went to look out for comfy buses. Well I would pay more for an 8 hour bus trip home without little tiny brown crawlies in the bus and a pain-free ass when I got home. When we came across a ticket booth selling Super VIP to Penang...big~ cushiony~ clean~ new~ all those images just popped up when they are SUPER VIP bus ticket. We bought it. =)

At 10.15am, so excited to board my first Super VIP bus, with McD in our hands, we board a bus. A normal one. How naive of us. *smiling sheepishly* But it was okay. The journey started at 10.30am, with fillet-o-fish in my tummy, music in hands, my soft sweater on the lap and didi was there to keep me company. I dont mind that much. =) At around 1pm the bus stopped at puduraya. Waited for half and hour in the bus, passengers were unboarding and new ones were boarding...Near to an hour in Puduraya, a supposedly bus agent came screaming in Malay saying that the last stop of this bus is at Perak.

WTH?

We got scrammed down from the bus at Puduraya.

We got scrammed into another bus heading to Butterworth and not Penang.

And we got into a bus which seats were hard and there goes my pain-free ass ride?

WTF.

Making a statement to complain this outrageous menace of Malaysian bus transportation, I called my dad. He has to pick us up at Butterworth. Half an hour into the highway, a loud buzzer sound was heard. The bus came to an abrupt halt. When a bus comes to halt in the middle of the highway, it spells nothing but trouble.

Our bus broke down. The day couldn't get worse isn't it? So we waited. Half an hour. It was 3.30pm. There were no air conditioning so we got down from the bus and waited like stranded puppies at the highway. I dreaded being in this senario whenever I see a broken bus by the roadside with sweaty, frustrated passengers strewn by the side of the walk way. It is, dreadful. And at that point, I was too frustrated with the whole thing and started camwhoring. Yup. At the NS highway. Well, there is always a silver lining in the dark dull clouds isn't it? LOL

I received a sms, a friend asking me what am I doing now

" Im at the NS highway. Bus rosak. Very HOT."

If I were him, I would be laughing and rolling with fits of laughter.

It was so pathetic! Gawd...

4pm and they were still fixing the bus. The bus conductor managed to stop a bus heading to Buttterworth and we were overjoyed! We grabbed our luggage and lunged for the bus! Just one more step to the entrance, the man said that there were no more seats available.

WHAT THE.....

At around 4.30pm the bus conductor stopped another bus and we took it. Eyeing at the sleeping passengers with envy, didi and I took the remaining seats at the back. Bumpy as it was, we snoozed throughout the whole journey back. Reached Butterworth at around 9pm, took a ferry across and back to the island.

The blue dot. We were there. Super VIP tickets. Like Phua Chu Kang would say, DONT PRAY PRAY....

The quest to find...

A hotel.
A decent one.
For the weather is freaking hot!
Slept till 2pm then had portugese egg tarts for lunch. A simple packing for the heat-getaway.
pyjamas, checked.
hp charger, checked.
toothbrush, checked.
laptop yes yes music! CHECKED.
The foursome; kame, cici, didi and me!
Drove to King's Hotel to check out room's availability. Fully booked.
Holiday Inn, seaview hotel...sounds good? =) Fully booked.
This time around...it wasnt even school holidays. But there were many singaporean cars parked outside the hotels near town. Singapore school holidays.

We decided to leave the hotel quest for a while and went for a decent round of screaming and ears-splinting Dreambox session. Well, it was freezing in the room. We had buffet dinner. I get to scream and sing whenever and whatever i want. Perfect . =)
Got scrammed off the room 30minutes after our booking time.
PS: I preferred it here. Redbox back in penang...I cant do that. They just automatically turn off the karaoke set when the time is up.

We set out for our hotel quest. Cici was so determined and excited about the hotel stay! Cute cici! Went around town looking for a heard-before-hotel but couldn't find any. There were alot of ancient looking hotels... We didnt want to have a umm... visit from aunties wearing samfus at night or a grandpa offering an invisible cigar at 2 in the morning. LOL

We were close to giving up and kame suggested the ones near our hostel. Near the highway. We passed the Malacca Zoo and had a good laugh when didi suggested we should stay over for the night with the monkeys and the turtles? We drove passed Hotel Seri Malaysia...naa looks not pleasing. Saw a sign board leading to Puteri Resort. It was midnight already. Upon reaching the Puteri, we need to drive through a very winding dark lane...with thick bushes on both sides and we couldn't see where the winding lane was leading us to.

Instinct probbed me to slow down and cici immediately said,
" Our hostel isnt that bad. I would prefer our hot and stuffy hotel with 's' than to go through this road. With that, I swung my hands hard on the steering wheel and make a pointy u-turn and drove back to our hoStel without a second glance at the rear mirror! XD

We retired for the night with ample amount of ghost stories in the car. Cici was terrified of these things so we tried to control our urge to continue those spooky tales. Well, the conditions that night were perfect for bed time ghost stories... LOL I'll tell you mine. =D

Was bathing in my hostel back in semester one.
Out of a sudden i heard a womanly voice calling out to my mandarin name.
I frozed.
No one, not even my chinese educated friends call me by that.
I knew my roommates were just outside and it was broad day light.
Frightened I was, but I brushed it off, thinking that my luck must be running low lately...
And I didn't plan to tell my room mates about it. It'll make them jump.
Last day of semester, I decided to tell them as we were leaving already.
I related my ghostly encounter and I was the one who almost got choked on my rootbear at A&W...

The ghost was didi.

Of Tutus, Floating Market and Massage....

Yup yup! It is Thailand =)
Went there with my family just for the weekend.

For 1. food 2. bargains 3. just pure fun!

First stop is at a restaurant. I can't remember names here as Thai words sound kinda foul? We ordered 5 dishes, and our tour guide muttered a dish sounded like ..."Hampalang"?

*scrunched-up face*

Well I don't know! See it for yourself LOL

This is the Hampalang dish. The dish is a vege pattties dish, consists of greeens, green long beans, green spring onions and green cili padi- all fried together. It is eaten with prickled cucumber...imagine biting on the cili padi =)

The other 5 dishes were awesome. One word to describe, HOT. Though they were horrendously spicy, we, (proud penangites!) could still finish every drop of the red, the orange, the green Thai curries! =D *peace sign*

Next stop was the infamous Floating Market.

If we weren't rushed by our tour guide, we would have patroned every food sampan along the river side! The cooking looked simple, yet they are delectable! And they cost around 200baht each serving. Fantastico~
=)

Little cute fried bird's eggs wrapped in banana leaves!

The big black jelly is called 'leong fun' in hokkien. You see bamboo containers and cute lil clay mugs? They are used to pack drinks and food. So you pay for the food, get the food and the lil souvenirs too! =)

At night, we were free to roam every where at the night market. Daddy took us for supper in an ubiquitous looking shop, selling birds' nests and shark fin soup? These are exquisite dishes for the chinese but it seems like the Thai take them as desserts lol they are alil more expensive desserts!

They sell lobsters at the road side! I was like... " Uh huh???"

Around midnite, Daddy asked for a fulll body massage. I wanted to have one but i was dozing off by the time the girl came into the hotel room. According to Daddy, the girl looked very petite. But, she is strong. She could flex all those hardened muscles with her tiny fingers, loosen up those stubborn knots and and the effects of whole day of walking and travelling is gone! Just two hours of mighty-o-massage ladyyyyy!

In the morning, we had breakfast in hotel. They served fresh rambutans for desserts? I am impressed. The Thais are proud of their natural resources! Seafood, lobsters by the road side! Spice scented body shampoo! Local fruit, rambutans at a hotel breakfast! I salute them. =)

Next stop was the Bazaar. We took the Thai taxi, Tutu. Cute! It is the biggest market in Hatyai. The place was so packed, full with big umbrellas, shading from the scorching sun. But the umbrellas made the place a heat hub. We went there for bargain hunting so, the sweltering heat aint anything! I think.

I thought I am a good bargain hunter, but Daddy is a master in it. Daddy if you ever come across my blog...

THANK YOU FOR THE BAG. I LOVE IT. MMWAH!

The bag was 400baht. The lady was so persistant in the 280baht and with a few shuffling of notes? and jokes? and Daddy's charming persona? He got it for 225baht.

ps: No wonder mommy falls for him!

A lot more bargains and we were off home. Yup! A weekend in Thailand.

_END_

PS: Yours truly has a lot to brag but it'll take a few pages, hundreds of photos, thousands of comments. So she has decided, No. =)

OKAY, the last photo? =D

Those are the culprits in Thai HOt HOt dishessss~

haha! OKAY. END.

Hot Teethy Issues

After an enduring two and a half years of monthly mushroom-soup-for-a-week days or porridge-for-lunch-dinner-and-supper days, I finally left the orthodontist clinic with-OUT my braces. YIPEEEE!!
The YIPEEEE do come with a price. =)

Four teeth extractions.

Monthly enduring visits to the dentist for tightening.

A year of hideous looking photos with visible holes.
*Went through high school prom looking like that, but I was so comfortable with my looks, smiling and grinning with missing teeth =)

Missed a golden chance to fight in an inter-uni karate tounament.
*the gum sheids couldnt fit...=(

And no bitting into fresh juicy FAT apples! And bubble gums!

After a week, I went back to get my retainers.

"Wear your retainers 24 hours. Take it out only during meals. Dont follow, then the braces will have to return."

Went to A&W the other day and took the retainers out, put it on the table, ate my lovely crispy curly fries and sipped on the root beer float...OOOHH...=) and then put it back!

Ever since i got my retainers, I am always wondering whether would it fly out when i sneeze out of a sudden?

I would have make a world history by sneezing my teeth out without the help of a punch to the face. But I wont be sneezing anytime soon!

El Nino is saying "Hello again!"

Now, anyone wanna get a root beer float?? *wink*

Monkey Hair Business

I have cut my hair. This time it is short. In my previous trips my hairstylist wouldn't want to cut it short. He says long hair suits me perfectly~

(It Does! LOL but I want short hair!)
And every time I try to argue, he will eventually toss my hair into those messy-but-stylish look and I’ll just let him have his way…

But this particular day, the boss aint there. I like him working on my hair, he is good in it no doubt. But he isn’t there...

SO, *evil grin* I picked another hairstylist and asked him to make it short. Mommy was there too. She loves my long hair.

Well most moms want their daughters to have long hair.

The moment I jabbered with the hairstylist that I want it short, she was on high alert. I know you guys would go… ‘oh common…it's just hair! Why such a reaction!"

Aha.

Let me tell you a story shall I? =)

Once upon a time, in a far far galaxy… lives me who has just finished her spm.

End of high school.
No more uniform days.

No more pin-up-your-hair days.

No more cut-your-nails days.

Yes to more crazy days!! =D

I do miss high school. *making a mental note to write it some day*

Back to our story. Yes yes…crazy days! The start of a new chapter in my life means a change of looks, first. The subsequent ones will be discussed some other time.

I hit the malls and went shopping. Those people are handing out fliers, leading you to their barber shops with exclusive promos? I jumped at the opportunity to get a haircut! I told them I wanted it short. I have a soft spot for short sporty hairstyle as you can see.

Then I came back home, with my new hairstyle.

The first thing that I noticed when my mom saw my new look is, her jaw dropped.

DROPPED as in practically dropped and not closing anytime soon and will only close after a thousand times of whys and how comes and aiyooooos!

Her daughter has come home with spiky hair. Short, gel spiked up hair with gel.

Those are the days of bandanas, wrist bands, baggy jeans with tight fitting singlets and spiking everyday in front of the mirror.

It was a shocking change to my mom especially, and my friends who has known me for years. But I liked it. I embraced every lil bit of my life carrying that particular cool head on my shoulders ;)

That is why mommy would insist on accompanying me whenever I go to the hairstylist. Well she did get a hair cut every trip but deep down, I know mommy is terrified to see another spiky head in her house! *grinning cheekily*

So mommy was asking, ‘How short u want to have it cut’ and I just throw the sweetest smile at her, telling the guy, ‘Make it nice and short’.

After an hour I got my desired style!

Short, aha... Fresh, yes... and sweeeeet.

Mommy is happy. =p

ps: the first spiked up hair picture is for illustration purposes. The real one is better =D