I am so inspired by the lecturers/professors/doctors/whoever’s here because they seem to be so genuinely and not hypocritically polite. Which is why I’m trying to scrape off my addiction of saying "what the hell" and I’m going to say "WHAT IN THE HEAVENS" instead from now on. OMG That came off so super lame I should dig a hole and bury my head if anyone ever read it. Which is going to happen wth. I mean w.i.t.h.

I feel so tired now from all the walking but I really have this urge to blog right now. Actually I’ve had this feeling since yesterday. I’m glad it’s only the first week of medical school right now so I still have plenty of free time. I’m pretty sure soon there’ll be hardly any free periods in our 8 am to 5 pm schedule.

On Saturday, I went out for my first ever shopping trip with friends in KL. I just got back from the camp, I washed my clothes, showered and then brought my clothes to hang. AND OFF I WENT ON A 15 MINUTE WALK TO SUNWAY PYRAMID! Seriously what the hell right? I mean.. WHAT IN THE HEAVENS WAS I DOING? I bet everyone else from the camp was snoring soundly at home after the camp because I bet nobody got more than 5 hours of sleep. I should have gotten some sleep too but I bet I would have slept from 4pm that day to 4am on Sunday and then sulk about wasting time doing nothing more productive than sleeping.

I truly believe that I will be able to be on-call for 48 hours in the future because the shopping part wasn’t just a 30 minute thing you know? We were there until almost 10 at night! So there! Who else can just come back from A FREAKING CAMP and then right away go off for a 6 hour shopping spree? You tell me la. W.I.T.H.

In case you were wondering, I was out with Ryan and Wennie a.k.a a senior all the way back in IS whom I’ve never talked to. LOL. Funny how IS was such a petite environment but we’ve NEVER EVER spoken to each other.

Both of them are such freaking fashionista wannabes la. They were already discussing what to wear on the first day of uni and I was like "WHAT?? WHO CARES??" but of course they didn’t listen to me and continued on with their plans which later on led to making Ryan totally overdressed this morning. HA HA HA. OMG I’m so evil. He looked good la. Just a little overdressed.

We had dinner at Kim Gary Hong Kong restaurant or whatever place it is and the only reason I could afford it that day was because I’d been away for camp for 3 days and during the 3 days, I didn’t spend a single cent. WHICH JUST MAKES ME SO HAPPY. The value meal thingy was REALLY FILLING. I liked the taste of the slightly sweet herbed lamb mixed with the salty black sauce. The cream of mushroom didn’t taste like Campbell’s instant soup and I really appreciate it. I didn’t really like the coconut pudding though.

I once said that Sunway Pyramid is small but now I guess I’ll have to take that back. The new wing is really confusing and I still haven’t been able to remember the location of all the shops.

Anyhow, to those of you who think that I’m such a shopaholic, YOU ARE SO WRONG OKAY? I’m a shopaholic with a conscience lor. W.I.T.H. right? Shopaholic where got conscience one right? But I do lor.

One of the first shops we went in to was Guess which had a HUGE sale. I was so freaking excited to see jeans at the 60% discount corner because I’ve been jeans-hunting SINCE FOREVER. I browsed through the jeans and did a mental calculation of the prices. AND THEY WERE SO WORTH IT!! Anyway, being a shopaholic with a conscience, I decided to look around first before buying any of the pants there. Who knows I might find better bargains right? But it turned out that even PADINI jeans were more expensive. Hello? Isn’t Padini like a local brand or something?

So after debating with myself (and Ryan and Wennie), I decided to go back to Guess to get a pair of jeans which I so totally need. BUT in the end I didn’t get a single pair because I didn’t really like them (most of them were Boot fit) which totally proves that I totally have a conscience. See? I only buy clothes which I like a lot and not clothes which I think I should buy because they’re cheap or worth it.

I think I’m seriously boring my readers with all the crap and half-hearted blogging attitude because my eyelids are so heavy they’re going to drop any minute now. So I shall just leave you guys with a few photos.

We didn’t camwhore that much because they were a lot of people around that time.

Cya!

XOXO

“How are you doing today?”

I’ve asked this question about 102928 times when we were role-playing as medical students and simulated patients this afternoon. So how am I actually doing today?

For some reason, I feel so totally self-conscious about my writing skills. I re-read all my blog posts today and didn’t feel the high I had when typing them for the first time. Are my writing skills that bad? I feel so boring. Not bored. But boring.

I spent my time just reading blogs and not blogging myself because I like admiring other bloggers’ writing styles. And in some ways it made me even more self-conscious about my own writing skills. It feels as if everyone crafted their words and I’m the only one who throws everything randomly and hope that they hit the mark. And apparently they did not.

But on the positive side, I did get compliments when I helped people alter (borderline rewrite) their application essays and now one of them is being shortlisted for a scholarship!!!! WHAT IN THE HEAVENS RIGHT? OMG I SHOULD HAVE SO APPLIED TOO! I shall start charging starting from now after finding out that I might actually be good at application essays and that Nisa earned RM500 for editing CVs for only 4 days!

Anyway, I will update again once I feel less self-conscious. I’m pretty sure I’m just being a perfectionist. Or sometimes I just have different taste. For example, Ryan told me that this shot he took of me looks cool.

OMG I’M SUCH A POSER IT MAKES ME WANNA PUKE!

But I think I look as if I’d smelt something rotten. Those are my new shades btw. Got them from Topman and I totally adore them and totally think they suit me. So don’t you dare bash them because I WILL BITE YOU.

Still trying not to be self-conscious and looking for inspiration for my application essay here. Which has taken more than a month by the way.

Cya!

XOXO

I’m back in a building where there are more than 20 floors and bless whichever person who invented the elevator!

I’m finally back from the 3days2nights camp which involved a lot of jungle trekking and river crossing and fly-foxing (lol) and synchronised marching and and and and…

Ok fine. It was at a resort in Port Dickson.

I’m seriously too tired to type much now since I only slept in 2.30 in the morning since it was the second and LAST night at the camp and had to wake up at 7 am just to find out I’d missed the morning jog. *sarcastic HAHA*

I think I’ll talk more about the camp sometime later because I have yet to compile all the photos that I have taken. There really aren’t a lot in my camera itself but I believe at least half of my face has appeared in considerably many photos?

Suddenly I’m not looking forward to the first day of school that much anymore (even though it starts at 10! YAY!) because they just gave us the STUDY GUIDE I REPEAT STUDY GUIDE AS IN JUST AN OUTLINE OF THE THINGS WE’RE GOING TO STUDY and they’re already…..*drumrolls* 200 PAGES!!

And that’s for the first 2 weeks.

Gotta run now.

TONS of laundry. Trust me.

Cya!

XOXO

little little happy things happen and they help dig out memories of what could have made you happy.

OMG THERE’S WIFI AT THE HOTEL LOBBY!!!!! I am now sitting with a bunch of uncles who are sending emails using Microsoft Outlook. Who still uses Microsoft Outlook??? Anyway, I typed this offline and I shall post it up now. My blog is dying.

Dear Bloggie,

Today I am a happy person despite not having Internet access and I’m still too stingy to pay for a cup of overpriced coffee at Starbucks just for the wi-fi since I don’t even like coffee THAT much.

I FINALLY bought Delta’s latest CD!! And got a pretty good bargain for it. Yes, I am one of those idiots who still buy CDs rather than download songs onto my mp3 player. But sorry lor, I love CD booklets. I like the feeling of opening the cd case and browsing through the cd booklet, looking through the photos and lyrics even if I’ve seen them before. Besides, my only mp3 player isn’t even an mp3 player but my phone which is also my camera. I love my Samsung D600 to bits. But not enough to not yearn for an Apple iPhone.

It doesn’t matter if the shopkeeper doesn’t know who Delta Goodrem is and only managed to say "HAR??" even after I repeated her name over and over again like a broken cd in the player. Because they sold it for RM34 only!!! Which is not exactly cheap (if you compare it to the ones at Petaling Street) but it is pretty cheap because original CDs would normally cost around RM44.90 with probably a 90-cent discount which most sellers would deem to be OH SO GENEROUS. Right.

I am happy because I honestly think Delta’s going to make it big in Malaysia soon because just yesterday I saw her on the cover of a magazine! Okay, so it was Australia’s Girlfriend and not some hot Malaysian magazine but at least it’s being sold here in Malaysia! I was walking around, browsing uninterestedly through shops, and *insert grand music here* I saw her in a bookstore! And I’m still thinking if I should buy the magazine. It costs RM17.90 and SHE’S ON THE COVER PLUS another 4 pages in the magazine.

Hmm.. Now that I’ve said it out loud, it suddenly doesn’t seem worth it anymore. LOL.

Along with Delta’s CD, I also brought back Leona Lewis’ album which is no doubt a great CD since she can sing ‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’ and make it go to No. 1 WORLDWIDE. And it’s only RM30 ler. I thought it was the Malaysian version at first with that annoying super big ‘Malaysian Special Edition’ sth spoiling the cover but it’s not! The photographer doing the album shoots is such a pro! Look at this photo!

*inserts photo taken with digicam – I FORGOT THE CABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

Talking about good bargains, today none of the cabs overcharged us. Not really la. But I’m happy now. Most of them are pretty ethical and succumbed to our bargains. Those who tried to charge unreasonably can now go home and wet their pillows for not making any profit today. HA HA.

I’ve unpacked 2 of my super large luggage bags today and guess what? It didn’t even take 15 minutes! But it was really hard to get them onto the cab because I bought more stuff from Jusco this morning so the cab was so full we even had to fill up the front passenger seat. Luckily I’m smart enough to have hung most of my shirts onto their respective hangers before stuffing them into the big bag. So when I unpacked, I just had to take them all out and hang them in the cupboard and walla! Nothing else was needed to be done. No folding, no rearranging, NADA. Muahahaha. You shall leave comments to tell me how smart I am although I already know it myself. Wakakakaka.

I still have another bag to unpack so hopefully it’ll be just as easy tomorrow.

Today when I was buying an electric jug/kettle at MidValley, the part-time salesman who entertained my mom and I asked if I was studying here and if I was staying at a hostel (both yes). How do I know he’s only working part-time? Well, he told us.

He asked how old I was so I told him I’m turning 18 later this year. The salesman got rather excited when he told me we were of the same age.

"Sebaye le kite" translated: "Sebayalah kita!"

Poor thing. Little did he know I’m already registered as a university student. Of course I didn’t pour cold water on him because he seemed so genuinely happy telling us about the possibilities for his further education. What he would do if he got good results. And what he would do if his results were just so-so. Either way, I think he’ll get somewhere.

What made me happy isn’t the fact that he was so genuinely happy about his plans, but the fact that I’ve gotten over that painful period of waiting.

Sometimes I would second guess if skipping Primary 4 was really a wise choice (PTS, lazy to explain further). If I hadn’t, I would have studied Math and Science in English since they changed the language medium the batch after mine. This is because the Malaysian Education system is so flexible they change the syllabus every two years (yes, I am very bitter that I have textbooks that can’t be sold out). And if I hadn’t skipped Standard 4, I would be in the batch that the teachers at secondary school so obviously pampered and loved so extensively.

But now I am happy.

I am happy that I am not in the shoes of those who are nervously waiting for their SPM results and when you clearly knew that you pretty much have no special rights in this country, the future would have seemed so uncertain. So the wait could be so painful sometimes.

I am happy that I have come out from the experience a stronger person wth. O.o

I am happy that the scar on my SPM results did not spread to my A-Level results. (Yes so ecstatic until wanna change my name to Esctatic already o.O)

I am happy that I am now on the way towards doing what I want to do for the rest of my life even though it is neither at my dream school (Oxford, HA HA YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO LAUGH NOW) nor at my dream city (Rome, wth Oxford isn’t even in Rome!).

I am happy even though my eyes are tired and I have neck pain.

I am happy that my phone’s battery just died (because now I can finally charge it) after more than 48 hours with some quite heavy texting in the middle.

I shall stop here before I say that I’m happy that there are clouds in the sky and that mosquitoes exist so that I can chase them around the room which is my only way to exercise.

I hope the happiness extends forever.

Need to sleep now. Tomorrow’s going to be a long day. First day of orientation! Am I excited? Hell yeah! *fake* *grrr at English Test*

In the meantime, you may paste my name next to the word ‘happy’ in your dictionary because I am, after all, happy. By the way, I am a noun.

Cya!

XOXO

Gosh! It’s already 11pm! The last time I checked it was only 7? Time really flew by didn’t it?

I have finally finished packing! Hopefully I won’t leave out anything tomorrow.

Packing this time around was way harder than it was before I came back to Miri because that time, it was all about packing everything and leaving nothing but footprints (which I didn’t). Now, it’s really about packing wisely and choosing the needed items only. I HAVE TWO SUPER HUGE LUGGAGE BAGS!! OMG!! Both are equally super duper heavy but one of them is heavier than the other thanks to the two books that probably weigh 10 pounds each.

I understand I’m only going to KL which isn’t far at all and even if I’d left anything I could easily buy them there but the thing is, I DON’T WANT TO! I have a whole trolley bag of clothes because I bought way too much in KL for Chinese New Year (blame it on the clearance sales!) and how I wished I’d just left them at the counter and only collected them after tomorrow!

Right now I don’t know what to feel or what to expect but I don’t think unpacking would be a very fun thing to do. Judging from the way I stuffed all my clothes, it would be nothing near a walk in the park I suppose. I have no idea how the hostel would be like and DO I HAVE TO BUY MY OWN MOP? Can’t I just borrow it from the janitor or something?? I don’t want to start fearing and besides, the nomad in me tells me nothing is permanent (although everything always turns out to be in the end).

Honestly, the orientation program doesn’t help raise my anticipation because there’s going to be an English test on Monday, and on Tuesday, there’s gonna be a FOUR HOUR TALK ABOUT STUDY SKILLS! I can already hear it in my ears now. I bet everything would be so cliched on that day. Do those talks ever work? I fell asleep during one of them 2 years ago and someone snapped a photo and it appeared in the school magazine. =.=|

Anyway, as I was packing today, I found the piece of paper my ex-classmates gave me during my birthday. I have yet to laminate it. It was just a simple piece of paper (they didn’t even bother buying a cardboard or sth…) but as I look back on the messages they had left, I REMEMBER THAT I WAS SCOLDED BY MY ENGLISH LECTURER FOR NOT PUTTING MY PHONE IN SILENT MODE. ON.MY.BIRTHDAY. It felt as if my dog had died then. Except I never had a dog.

I can’t believe a year has just flown by. It happened all so quickly and *poof* tomorrow I’m leaving for uni! And then *poof* I’ll be back in my cozy room (it’s still cozy despite its resemblance to a pig sty) again.

I bet I’ll have more to blog about soon and even now I still have some stories left untold but everything will have to wait til I settle down (which I hope will be very soon).

But until then, cya!

ps. To those of you who complain that my handwriting is small, take a look at this:

Doesn’t it look like termites were trying to bite the edge of the paper?? Btw does anyone know about Kah Yu’s whereabouts??

pps. I’m still wondering how my roommate would be like.

XOXO