The Big Ending.

thirtieth september twenty twelve.

the day when reality hit hard on me. the day when the Big Man reminded me how crazy of the things He's able to do. the day He blew my mind away. the day of emotions running high. the day when I made my family proud. the day of celebration. also the day everyone looks like lohans (the fish) HAHA.

that day came.

At times I think back of what I have done to deserve all this. To be given the honor of walking up the stage twice. £50 is not a big reward from Keele University, but it definitely came to me as a surprise. the Big Man is so crazily amazing (there are no words to describe how it actually felt for God to surprise me like that) I mean, come on! 

All I aimed for in college was to pass all the subjects. First Class Honors? Never targeted that (and no, I'm not trying to say that I'm smart). I'm just amazed what God did what He did. IT'S CRAZY! This is a perfect example of 'do your best in all things and God will handle the rest'!

Okay, say no more. Time for visual syiokness (warning: there'll be loads and load of pictures since it's the day we all get to vain kau kau) - some taken with the S2.

that Saturday noon getting all ready to snap a nice photo with ah kong.

that Sunday morning started with a great breakfast time with crazy people.

behind the scenes.

i don't like flowers. but if I have to like one, it would always be red rose.

when you honor Him, He will honor you.

i am truly blessed.

 

the one whom i know stands by me through the storms.

   

 classmate from Turkmenistan, Gulayim. Koay gets to come into the hall thanks to her extra ticket! :)

some of the KEELE-ers.

*sings*

as we go on, we remember all the times we had together.

and as our lives change, come whatever, we will still be friends forever.

 

the only picture I took at the Keele Dinner (too hungry d!)

Choo and Ng (voted by us best couple of the three years! and no they are not REALLY a couple)

Along with the people from KEELE University. 

and a loud and long yam seng to bid farewell.

And with that, I conclude this post with a photo of people whom I cherish the most in the entire galaxy.

Be blessed peeps.

One of Ten.

Blessed day one of the tenth month everybody! :)

Those who are still asleep, please wake up because September ended (lame, i know)

My right eye is starting to be swollen. Those horrible ache around the eye that's telling me it's gonna be very swollen soon and painful and ugly (and tomorrow is my first day of meeting corporate clients on my own)

Tonight is the night! Koay and I will be going out on a 'date' to draw lots for whattwoeathere and the three blessed winners will be revealed in the food blog sooon! (i am sooo excited to see who's gonna win it)

Signing off with a photo of my favorite twins! (actually they are only twin babies i know) but still, me sayang them to bits. Cuteness overloaded (i want to have my own twins too)

I Don't.

- understand why people think that going for manicure and pedicure is a waste of time and money.
I get what's the whole big issue is about. Why pay so much when you can just do it yourself, right? The thing is it's different. I know how to paint my nails nicely and stuff but I have no idea how to clean off the sides and massaging your own hand is no fun. And it's pampering. VERY PAMPERING! It's like how other girls would rather go shopping. Mine is definitely manipedi session :)

- like coffee.
Most people around me are addicted/inlove/obsessed with coffee. but somehow I find myself go 'yerr..' It's not like I never try. In fact, I've tried so many times but its just no way. Plus I worked in Starbucks TWICE (few months each time) and that is not enough to even convert me to a coffeeperson. But I do have cravings for coffee (rarely) sometimes (very very rare)

- sleep with the lights on.
Not even with one small lamplight at a corner. Somehow it just irritates me, a lot. I like it dark and cold.

- want to know whether the jellybean is a he or a she.
LIES.

- know most of the songs title that's in this whole universe.
Maybe just those which I really like or it just happens that someone mentioned it. But I can never answer you if you ask me of a song's name. Never!

- like to eat char hor fun.

- drink a lot of water, naturally.
I can go on one whole day without taking a sip of H20. It's weird, I know. And very bad for health. That's why now I'm 'forcing' myself to drink and cultivate this habit (having a boyfriend who drinks like a cow definitely helps too, in a way)

- know how to download youtube videos.

I've googled it many times, and in the middle of reading/watching the steps, I give up. It's too deep. Haha.

- get obsessed with celebrities.
Those pretty and handsome superstars, of cos I like to see. but not to the point of having their photos on my phone screen saver or desktop. And I have always been having this one thing to one man. JOSH DUHAMEL. How can anyone not like this dude? He's like too good looking for anyone.

- like carbonated drinks, anymore.

- really like sushi.
Just sashimi. Okay, just salmon. Raw salmon with wasabii! *drools*

- complain as much as I did before.

- understand why people want to dye their hair.
Don't you think that the color of hair that you came to this world with suits you best? I just don't really understand la. I know my grandma dyes her hair black cos most of it are becoming white. Haha.

- want to have less than 4 kids next time.

- want to wear contact lens, forever.
Yes, laser is definitely considered. Later on perhaps.

- have an apendiks.
It exploded inside my system. I have a very high tolerance towards pain. True Story! :)

- think I am addicted to Facebook.
(i think.) Once, Koay asked me if I would pay RM1/year if one day Facebook decided to charge at that rate. I think I answered no. Hmm.. Wait, I don't know if it's RM1 or RM100. Oh well, I can live without Facebook (actually, I'm not so sure) But I can definitely live happily without logging into it for few days! Achievement, yes.

- like bread/bun/flour-made-food.
Except bang chang koay.

- like to think and have deep thoughts.
Most of the times cos I'm so lazy.

- usually think properly when I see something really unique especially stationeries.
I would just get it. Like recently, I bought a notebook that costs me RM30 from Popular. And I regretted it when I got home. Kena nagging session from him sumore. Down.

- want to work in the finance line though I have a degree in it.
It's common, right? People usually study one thing and work another thing. Haha. But I do see myself using my finance degree in the future. There must be a reason why I studied it what right? So far, I'm enjoying my travel line.

- have a camera.
Which ranks one of the top must-get-list.

- think it's a sad thing to be short.
I like being short. Or maybe cos I'm already like that so I grew to like being short. Haha. As long as my boyfriend is taller than me, I'm fine :)


- like talking when I'm in a car/bus/van on a long journey/roadtrip.
Its funny how I just want to look outside the window and be quiet. It's like my thinking/personal time sort of. But it's impossible especially when I travel with friends. And it doesn't seem to bother me as much now anymore. It's the talking/laughing/talkingcrap in the car that makes it all so fun! :)

- like to eat fruits.
But I love vegetables. So it kinda balances my eating habits :)

- know why people don't think that I'm a shy person.
I am, in some ways. Get to know me and you'll realized deep inside this girl, there's some shyness.    

- why I'm so loud.   

- want to have a big wedding.
It's never my dream of having a wedding that's so big and grand. People always want that because they always say 'you only get married once!' But what for? You spend all that kachings on one night with great food and great companies of friends and the next day, all gone. Sumore whole day event, sure tired like mad. My ideal (if must have) would be ceremonies in the morning and then a good (4 course Western) luncheon with close ones. Then off we fly to our honeymoon! :) Yes, I do think of some details already, for the fun of it :)

so, here's my 28 of i don'ts since its today's date.

Have a blessed weekend, everyone.

Sun and Rain.

Getting some sun in Kulim! 

Totally missing the 'vacation' sun!

Rain should only happen at night when people are snoozing away!

Love and hate relationship I have of this two :)

One HEART brings one SMILE.

AKI's Mooncake Festival 2012.

AKI stands for Alumni of Keele-ers International
(consists of all the amazing people, like *coughsMEcoughs*)

We have been working on this project/event for many months now. It's a night where children from different kindergardens would come together and enjoy the night with planned programme for them to enjoy. Also, to celebrate Mooncake Festival with them. The whole idea is to raise funds for charity (by selling mooncakes and on donations). 

We did the same thing 2 years back and the response was great, that's why we decided to do it again this year. All our donations are given to Nasom Penang (National Autism Society of Malaysia) and Ruyi Home (for the underpriviledged children with single parent). Both of these amazing NGOs also participated in our event that night (no kindergardens this year which I think was good seeing that we didn't have a lot of manpower, heh)

So, the last day that we could still raise funds was Saturday itself and we have a team who went to Chung Ling on Friday and I joined them on Saturday. Students don't really buy mooncakes cos it's pretty expensive for students and we didn't think that they would carry at least RM15 in the pocket to school so we decided to open it up for donations, at any amount! There are students who even donated 50 cents (such kind souls to really wanna help these children even with their last few cents!)

after spending 45 minutes of saying loudly "Donation for the autistic children" to every students who walked pass by us to go to the canteen (the only way to canteen), I decided to write it on the board (why didn't I figured this earlier. Hmm)

drank this once years ago. Saw it in the canteen and a happy girl, I was indeed.

the team behind all the raising funds (they were at KDU almost everyday) You guys, best!

the two boys decided that they would sit down and let the pretty girls 'attract' the boys'! So, I gave them work to do! Haha. Cut out the decorations, which they happily did.

we ladies memang powerr! We collected around RM300 on cash donations and RM200 plus on mooncake sales. All that happened within the two and half hours in Chung Ling. Wow :)

After Chung Ling, we went back to college to meet up with the rest of the team and head for lunch at New World Park, where Koay and I had probably the worst bak kut teh, ever! And while the rest went back to college to prepare other materials (for lantern making), Koay and I went to APT for our RM5's hair cut and hair wash! Afterall, the emcee needs to relax first before the night starts, heh!

stage and deco.

 foyer (notice the not-alligned-red-lanterns-behind-the-banner)

 buffet area (p.s I did the printed colored words. Nice, yes?)

food catering from Homes Chef Garden (partly sponsored by them as its a charity event)

yummy chocolate cake sponsored by mommy :)

sunquick orange drink with lots of ice.

After all the setting up and months of hard work, it's finally the time to kick start the night. The helpers were all dressed in either blue or white. All the handsome boys and drop-dead-gorgeous girls were ready to rock the night and making sure those kids will go home with smiles and lots of goodies! :)

oh! and we've got some supports from the home yo!

speech by the Head of Business Department, Mr. Prakash and Vice President of AKI, Vernon. 

our supporters. Not many in numbers but it was great!

first up: Mikael's stroytelling session on how Mooncake Festival existed. All the kids laughed, all the helpers laughed and all the teachers laughed! Mikael oh Mikael, such joker.

 then, it was coloring timeee! All kids' favorite time (okay, maybe not all. I never really liked coloring when I was young)

they gave their 100% because it's a contest! Three winners to walk away with three amazing prizes! (I had no idea what the prizes were, btw)

the boy on the right is cutenessss overload wei.

dinner after that.

all the hungry people in the world unite.

the next activity is making lanterns! This, the kids love.

*pinches*

Mikael guiding the kids step by step.

the emcee also jaga kids. syiok betuii!

After making lanterns, we also gave away ready made cartonned lanterns. I was actually telling them that there's only one lantern left and who wants it, and their happy reactions were priceless.

of course they were more happy when they found out that they each get one with lighted candles too!

so, we took them out for few rounds in college, to the darker areas. emcee jadi lantern-guide.

seeing pretty lighted up lanterns held by wonderful kids and the joy on each their faces, really priceless.

and we sang 'twinkle twinkle' (don't know other songs d. haha)

oh, I'm so happy looking back at the pictures la.

they also blew the candles to the count of 3. Oh how I love kids when they are this obedient! :)

PRIZE GIVING! (at this point, most of the helpers were quite tired d and I was pretty much losing the voice but the kids, they were more jumpy than ever!) They all left the place with goody bags each!

the group picture.

and because we had so much fun and it was a great night, here's another photo of us :)

one HEART brings one SMILE.