Finished with my exams last week!

Also, my FYP is FINALLY finished!! TT_TT can't believe it's over... I still have the poster presentation to prepare for but whatever, 90% of my work is DONE!!!

In other news, I made another blog that's going in another direction from this one so I won't be updating much here... Anyone who's following this blog, please make your way over to ~Haru Haru~

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As it turns out, I failed another subject last sem oTL so now, I have 4 papers to worry about *headdesk* And I deferred my FYP to this sem... I'M. GONNA. DIE.

Anyway, updates:-
>> Currently doing my FYP and re-taking 2 subjects this sem.
>> I have lotsa post-it notes stuck to my desk reminding me to actually do something about my FYP. I want to not give a damn but I can't coz 80% of total marks come from the project report/thesis/long ass writing. FML.
>> Not really minding re-taking the subjects coz I only have classes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. =D More free time!!!
>> Moving on. I have ONE supplementary paper to sit for but under my Head of Programme (HOP)'s advice, I'm postponing that to next sem. Thank God! Otherwise my brain will implode with the amount of studying I'll have to do.

The one shitty thing about this sem is I didn't know it had already started in April. Mainly coz I was still in the midst of my January sem - not to mention, studying for my final exams in mid-April. Then my HOP contacted me about enrolling for my FYP and he didn't say a thing about re-taking my failed subjects GRRR!!. I had assumed that the new sem would be starting this month but I was wrong. FML. Went to see him after receiving an email saying I had failed my Mobile paper - wasn't expecting to pass anyway with my last minute cramming =( Had a talk/discussion with him about what to do??? Finally decided to take 2 subjects with my FYP coz I really really really needed to finish my FYP. Period.

Enough ranting, need to eat. Later~~

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Well I'm back... sort of...

Life updates:-
>> Will be completing my degree in August this year :]
>> Planning to take a few months off to research a few things that's related to what I wanna do in life.
>> Hoping to find a part-time job to fund this new 'plan/hobby' of mine...

Other updates:-
>> Road trip with cousins? IDK but it's one of the few things us cousins wanna do together :D
>> Planning to take up piano-playing again... My poor piano is collecting dust in the dining room oTL
>> Determined to stay away from anything related to my degree course... It's been a recurring nightmare for the past 4 years (excluding this year). Unless it's a desk-job, then it's fine XD

And that's it, for now...

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back home from my Bangkok trip =D

post-trip report:
Day One
left the country by train around 3pm. definitely regretted the decision to agree to ride a train to Bangkok instead of flying orz

Day Two
reached Bangkok around 11am. rode the underground train to reach where we were gonna stay during our trip, Rembrant Towers Serviced Apartment. it was a 4-star place so it was really nice to stay over =D walked around afterwards, had a late lunch at a Korean BBQ restaurant and walked around some more. forgot what we had for dinner xD went to bed early...

Day Three
Merry Christmas!!
met up with a tour taxi driver (Mr. Noopit) who offered to drive us around to anywhere we wanted to go (^_^)b went to the famous Floating Market first. took us about an hour to get there by car D8 not really worth it coz there really wasn't much to see and the boat was expensive oTL then we went to the Royal Palace. the place was HUGE! took some time walking around but it was worth more than the Floating Market. Lastly we went to the Reclining Buddha's temple. took us a while to actually find the correct temple coz we kept going around in circles XD it was 10 times bigger than the one we have in Penang 8D got back to the apartment later than expected coz of the traffic jam orz went to dinner with a business associate of dad's. as it turned out, we were having dinner at a Christmas function oTL but good thing it was only semi-formal otherwise we would've been severely underdressed xD

Day Four
went to the Safari Zoo today =D there was a huge crowd when we got there and most of them were in tour groups orz but luckily they were more interested in catching the animal shows so after breaking away from them, we had more space to breathe 8D also got on a ride on a bus for a trip around the Safari Park. unfortunately my camera went dead near the end of the ride so i couldn't take that many pics Dx dad was tired from walking around so we just followed wherever Mr. Noopit wanted to take us. he showed us where the snake farm was and also MBK, the biggest shopping mall in Bangkok (with reasonable bargain prices (^_^)b) went back to the apartment and rested a bit before we left for a dinner cruise on the Chao Phraya River. the dinner was worth every baht paid =D

Day Five
spent the whole day at MBK, shopping 8D finally left the mall around 5pm and took the monorail back. spent an hour walking around coz dad wanted to find a pizza place that used the traditional method of baking the pizza using a stone oven oTL

Day Six
checked out of the apartment around 11am and caught a cab to the airport. flew out of Bangkok at 2.15pm and arrived back in Penang around 4pm. reached home around 6pm =D

mum's planning to go to Chiangmai next year orz

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had my first exam paper this morning... i only started to actually revise the subject on the morning itself 8D nearly gave up reading but plowed through anyway have to, otherwise i'd die oTL took a mini-break by handing in my progress report for the project...

the paper itself was easier than i'd anticipated Dx rather anticlimatic if you ask me except for the last question, which is from the last chapter that we only studied last week D8 i didn't expect to be able to answer the last question but i wrote something there anyway for the sake of answering all the questions oTZ

finished within one hour 8D and went to the lab to get back my breadboard from my classmate. then i went downstairs to the internet lab to print out my music scores xD printed out about 100 pages but i still have 100++ papers left to use D8

Q: any suggestions on what songs to print out? i print mostly anime songs though

waited for my partner to show up so he can pay me back my money but he didn't show up AT ALL DAMN THAT BASTARD!!!
he still did't show up even after i gave him an ultimatum DX

i left shortly after... instead of going home, i went to Sunway Carnival Mall to meet up with sis and her friends... coz they're watching 'Ninja Assassin' and i wanted to tag along XD drooled at Rain again in the cinema 8D went to KFC for lunch after the movie LOL

we actually walked around the mall ...i think 3-4 times oTZ most of the time, sis and her friends were playing shooting games at the arcade D: i got a new clear folder to put my freshly printed music scores 8D i should really reorganize everything though oTL

called up mum and told her we were going to wait for her to finish work so we can have dinner there xD since mum's working place is nearby anyway we actually waited till about 7.30pm Dx sis's friends went back around 6.30pm so the both of us had nothing to do but loiter around oTZ

had dinner at Noodle Station :D just got home
i'm gonna go reorganize those music scores now...

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...with some old classmates :D

Yee Mun came over around 3pm and hung around a bit before we left to Jusco Bandar Perda for the mini 'reunion' at around 4.30pm :D

met Krishna and Natasha at McD xD it's been about 2 months since i last saw Krishna but it's been nearly three years since i last saw Natasha 8D naturally, i was really excited to see her again XD got something to eat while waiting for the others to arrive :3

we were just chatting around when Caryn suddenly appeared 8D another friend that i haven't seen since high school ended o_o again, talked a bit more before Cassandra and Hazmida showed up X3 it's been nearly half a year since i last saw Cassie and again, 3 years since i last saw Haz XD talked while Yee Mun took candid shots of everyone XD took a group pic before Caryn had to leave :(

we were looking at clothes in the department store when Natasha had to leave :'( the others were having fun trying on clothes while Yee Mun was busy looking for a turtleneck shirt 8D

it was around 9pm already so we left for dinner. Yee Mun and i went to Kenny Roger's while Cassie, Haz and Krishna went to Black Canyon =_= luckily i had enough money for the meal Dx Yee Mun paid first and i paid her back later...with lotsa RM1 notes 8D

after dinner, Haz wanted to go to F.O.S. but Yee Mun wanted to go get mooncake for her mum so i accompanied her while the others followed Haz. got the mooncakes then i wanted to go to the hypermarket to get a drink damn thirsty after dinner but i gave up after seeing the looooooong line Dx we wanted to meet up with the others one last time before leaving but it was already late so i texted Krishna instead :(

dropped off Yee Mun at her house then went home.
reached home around 10.15pm Dx

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first of all,
SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI to Muslims all over the world!!

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woke up around 11am today and got ready to to Auntie Jasmine's open house :) loved the cookies :D

had to rush over to Jusco Bandar Perda coz mum needed to meet up with her client (who came all the way from Johor) Dx

then went home to check on the black puppy...

story behind that: mum and sis discovered that the black puppy was vomiting some sort of black stuff + what seems to be blood early this morning Dx we suspected the puppy must've eaten something it shouldn't have. we wanted to send it to the vet but seeing as it's a nation-wide public holiday today, we kinda doubted that the vet would be open Dx

anyways, tried coaxing the puppy to eat (since it didn't eat this morning) and to our relief, the puppy could eat (note: solid foods, not the mother's milk). it seemed fine after eating. in short, behaved normally after eating =_= it was such a giant relief though ^_^

previously, the same puppy (it's female) had other problems as well :( e.g. swollen eye, then it had worms in the stomach DX i'm really glad she's fine now :D

anyways, came back around 4pm and grandma came back. as it turned out, my cousins from KL are here! \(^_^)/ but we had to wait till evening for them to come over to our house Dx
cleaned up the study room while waiting xD

i finally have a corner to myself \(^_^)/ mum was planning to sell off the old PC coz we don't use it anymore anyway >_>"
so now, i'm using the old PC table XD i have more space to put my stuff and i could even use the printer, which is just beside my laptop 8D

so it's evening and the cousins are here :D caught up with them and chatted a bit before they went out for dinner :3
they're returning to KL tomorrow :( i'm glad to see my cousins again since the last time they were here was during Chinese New Year oTZ

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...spending the day with sis, apparently XD

left home around 2.30pm with the intention of going to the bank to settle some stuff for mum but there weren't any parking spaces so i 'postponed' that plan to later...

continued to Butterworth coz i needed to get more components for my project... reached there around 3pm in record time XD got my components and left for the bank, again. it started raining when i stepped out of the shop D8 apparently, it only rained in Butterworth Dx

got to the bank and still no parking space Dx so i decided to park in the parking lot opposite the bank which cost me RM1 >_>" walked over to the bank with sis in tow XD took a number and waited for my turn... the whole process took less than 15 minutes I WANT MY RM1 BACK

called up mum to tell her that i was done with the bank thing...

then we went to Pacific coz we needed to change the CDs that we bought last week. and found out what's wrong with the CDs instead so there was no need to change them Dx went downstairs to Hong Kong Video to check out the anime series DVDs there. found nothing so we turned back and went to McD instead XD had some early dinner there :D then sis mentioned KFC'S Cheezy Chickaroni coz we've never tried it before so after finishing our meal, we went over to KFC 8D ordered the Cheezy Chickaroni set and both of us gave thumbs up to it (^_^)b
we were both stuffed to the throat by the time we finished it Dx

had to hurry back coz sis was starting her violin lesson today 8D it only lasts 45 minutes so i waited for her as ordered by mum Dx

looking forward to next Thursday's outing 8D

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been out of the house the whole day and i finally found the time to blog Dx

woke up around 9am. left home with mum and sis. had breakfast at McD XD then went over to Sunway Carnival Mall to book tickets to watch 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince' tonight :D

then, we went downstairs to Popular Bookstore coz sis wanted to get another mouse for her laptop. found the last volume of 'Helios Eclipse' and bought a few more manga to read XD

walked around a bit... then i remembered that i'll be doing a presentation for my final year project some time in October so i mentioned to mum that i'll be needing some formal wear. and she decided to get it right there and then Dx

at first it was just browsing for a shirt. then mum thought it'd look nice with a jacket over it so we got one as well =_= then she asked if i wanted to wear a skirt or pants with it. i actually wanted to wear a skirt coz i don't normally wear skirts but mum decided to get pants in the end coz we couldn't find a skirt that'd fit me Dx

then we walked around a bit more... and mum asked if sis wanted a new pair of sandals coz hers is in tatters and asked me if i wanted one as well =_=" so she got us both a pair of sandals each Dx

then mum decided to get herself a new handbag even though she already has two Dx she didn't find one that she liked until we went downstairs to get ourselves lunch... while me and sis went to grab a bite at KFC, mum went off to look at some handbags that were on sale... after we finished eating, we went looking for mum and she was still looking at the bags oTZ after browsing some more and about a dozen handbags later, she finally made up her mind and got the bag that she wanted Dx and i got one as well XD

we finally went home and fed the poor starving dogs Dx i threw aside the mini-project's report for now coz i was getting sick of looking at the same blardy thing and surfed the net a bit...

dad came home, had dinner around 8pm, left home for the movie around 8.30pm [movie starts at 9.15pm btw]... got popcorn & drinks and made it to the cinema but missed about 5 minutes of the movie Dx can't say i'm satisfied with the movie though >_<"

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went to college this morning only to find out that class has been cancelled

W.T.F.

okay.

went downstairs to the internet lab and printed out the project proposal's draft. left the lab and went to find my lecturer to show him the draft. i'm glad that he's fine with most of the work that i've done :D but i still have to improve some things of course.

went downstairs to the canteen. bought a bun and a box of Dutch Lady Chocolate Milk :D hung around a bit till 12pm then i went to the mamak stall to have my lunch 8D

after lunch, i went to the library with the intention of catching some zz's but got struck with an idea for a story so i HAD to write it down otherwise i'd forget 8D

then it was finally time for my afternoon class... learnt more crap stuff today =_= good thing the lecturer let us off early today coz some of them had their thesis/project to do LUCKY!!

drove home as fast as possible to pick sis up so we could buy a surprise birthday cake for mum :D

went to Jusco Bandar Perda first. power-walked to Secret Recipe to look for a cake. didn't have any that mum would like so we went to Baskin Robbins instead. unfortunately their display case had broken down so there weren't any ready-made cakes that we could buy... and if we wanted one anyway, we'd have to order at least 3 days ahead first Dx so never mind, we bought a pint of mango & lime ice-cream instead 8D

rushed over to Summer Bakery to continue our search for a cake. finally narrowed it down to either Vanilla Butter Cake or Fruit Cake... we went with the Vanilla Butter Cake in the end since we were afraid that the fruits on the Fruit Cake were rotten bad...

rushed home and put the ice-cream into the freezer since they didn't give us any dry ice this time :( damnit i wanted to play with the dry ice

then we just had to wait for mum to reach home XD

when she finally came home, we had to hide the cake first in the study room LOL 8D then, when she went off to shower, we brought the cake out to the dining room and lit the candles with grandma's help xD waited some more for her to finish her shower Dx felt really nervous coz the candles were melting really fast oTZ

needless to say, mum was surprised to see the cake 8D of course, we told her to quickly blow out the candles coz it was melting over the cake Dx then we shared the cake among ourselves XD sorry dad, your own fault for working late XD and we also shared the ice-cream :D so yummy~~!

of course we left some for dad XD didja really think we'd leave him out?

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my take on the 2nd and last day of ICHIbanzai '09:-

arrived at campus around 11am again. the booths were already up and running when i got there :D

stuck around to watch the wasabi eating competition. it looked torturous to me Dx didn't catch the name of the winner but kudos to him/her. skipped lunch today Dx

heard from Quist that the college turned off the central air-conditioning system and didn't allow usage of any classroom for the PS3 games competition Dx fortunately, the organizing committee came up with a solution: USE THE STAGE 8D a bunch of club members pulled up one of the white partitions to the stage and we used that as the backdrop for the projector 8D the PS3 was set up and we ran some demo games before the actual competition started :D at first, they were playing Dynasty Warriors 6 but they switched to Soul Caliber 4 (coz that's the game used for the competition). we opened the demo to the public so anyone could play/test out the game.
then it was time for the competition to start. the eventual winner was JC, a friend of Quist :) it was actually a close competition between JC and Sam (aka the owner of the PS3 & former president of KDU PJ's anime club) but JC prevailed :D besides, Sam had already won the Street Fighter 4 competition yesterday 8D

unfortunately, due to the unforeseen problem with the PS3 competition, the event schedule was delayed by two hours Dx next was the karaoke competition preliminaries oTZ it's a good thing Yuiko 'accompanied' me as part of the panel of judges :P
there were 6 contestants altogether. the eventual winner was Matrika Sasha from Equator Academy of Art \(^_^)/ her voice sent goosebumps all over my body 8D she was that good :D and i won't speak of one of the contestants who sang so badly, she made Yuiko choke, the other two judges cringe and i nearly died from the sheer tone-deafness/incoherent singing DX

after that was the cosplay competition. there were more contestants today compared to yesterday :D although, some of the contestants were the same ones from yesterday Dx

~ Archer [Fate/Stay Night]
~ Dante [Devil May Cry]
~ Shana [Shakugan no Shana]
~ Suzumiya Haruhi [Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu]
~ Train Heartnet [Black Cat]
~ Hinamori Amu [Shugo Chara]
~ gothic lolita
~ Sohma Akito [Fruits Basket]
~ Uchiha Itachi [Naruto]

the Itachi cosplayer came with an incomplete costume although she had the katana, hitae ate and contact lenses Dx the Haruhi and goth loli were the same ones from yesterday. the Archer cosplayer is someone i knew through Yee Mun xD he was pretty nervous on stage though Dx and i got a rose from the Dante cosplayer XD

the -Best Cosplayer Award- winner was Sohma Akito and the -Best Dressed Award- winner was the gothic lolita (coz she 'upgraded' her look xD). my unheard apologies to any cosplayer that i've offended ^^;;


and that wraps up ICHIbanzai '09 \(^_^)/
a million THANKS to everyone who came and supported the event!! to those who couldn't make it, thanks for all your good wishes and thanks for supporting the event!!

now i can sleep in 8D

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i saw a Russia-san cosplayer!! she wore killer heels that were 6-8 inches high o_O but it was cool that she even carried a pipe around 8D too bad i don't have her pic Dx

some pics i snagged from a friend 8D

the 'infamous' Kon cosplayer (aka Angelus) at ICHIbanzai '09:



the Sasuke and Haseo cosplayers from Day 1:



and the Archer cosplayer (aka Kogarasumaru) from Day 2:



and that's all i could find Dx

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here's my take on ICHIbanzai '09 day one:-

left home around 10.30am and arrived at campus after speeding through the bridge around 11am 8D booths were still being set up when i got there so nothing much was going on. walked around a bit to check out what they've set up so far...

after the event was officially opened by Miss Chan Nee Nee (or CNN, as we call her XD), registration for the competitions were opened to the public like the wasabi eating competition, karaoke competition, PS3 games competition, yukata-dressing competition, cosplay competition and the ICHIbanzai Escapade game.

as the PS3 games competition started at the 2nd floor, we had to cancel the yukata-dressing competition due to insufficient amount of participants Dx

had McD for lunch 8D hung around the canteen with Quist, Kevyn, Harry and June Shen then i went back to the foyer. Tara was hanging out with the Cosgami Club from Equator Academy of Art. as it turned out, there were a group of people setting up their booth next the Cosgami Club's booth. they turned out to be from Exotic: a shop that sells Harajuku fashions; gothic, lolita and punk costumes; kimono; cosplay costumes; wigs; shoes & boots; etc, etc... they were all dressed in visual kei style and/or gothic lolita style :D then Tara pointed out one of the guys there...who was so PRETTY 8D he was pretty...and HOT 8D he was pretty hot *gets shot* 8D we bugged one of Tara's friends, who happened to be a photographer, to get some shots of him XD there was also another guy there who was cosplaying Cloud Strife (of Final Fantasy VII) and his cosplay was pretty good :D in fact, he used his own hair (which was already dyed blond) for the character, how cool is that? 8D

anyway, after fangirling the pretty boy i went to the stage area and sat down for a bit my feet were killing me..

then, the ICHIbanzai Escapade game started.. it's actually a parody of The Amazing Race coz they had to do stuff to get to the next station 8D even Justin and Quist joined the game xD it was really amusing watching them run around looking for the person who holds the next task/clue 8D

the game ended just in time for the band performances :D
the first band was called 'Session 120'. apparently all the members of the band are actually from different bands who come together to perform. they called themselves that coz their practice sessions only lasts for 120 minutes (aka 2 hours) xD couldn't catch the names of the band members but the vocalist was Yuki. the songs they performed were really upbeat and kept the crowd entertained :D
the second band was called 'Kawaii Sakura' from Melaka. this band definitely rocked the stage (quite literally too 8D) since they performed mostly j-rock songs and the crowd was at its feet when they performed 'Haruka Kanata' (from anime, Naruto). not to mention, the vocalist's guitar skills were SUPER!! you can also read more about them at Spirits of Music.

after the band performances was the cosplay competition. unfortunately, i was roped in to be one of the judges coz Duncan (of ACGC) couldn't make it Dx
there were only 7 participants for today...

~ Suzumiya Haruhi [Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu]
~ gothic lolita
~ Haseo [.hack//GU]
~ Cloud Strife [Final Fantasy VII]
~ Hei [Darker Than Black]
~ Uchiha Sasuke [Naruto Shippuden]
~ Clark Still [King of Fighters]

the -Best Cosplayer Award- winner was Clark Still and the -Best Dressed Award- winner was Haseo :D

the -Best Cosplayer Award- winner would've been Haruhi but she was a bit over the top with her portrayal of the character Dx or it could've been Cloud but he wasn't knowledgeable in his character and he seemed 'lost'... oTZ

anyway, that was the last event of the day. overall, i enjoyed myself...partly coz of the band performances :D

the karaoke competition is tomorrow and i'm one of the judges oTZ maybe i should bring ear plugs along >_>"

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well, it's the end of 2008 and i can sincerely say that i've enjoyed this year to the MAX!! i can't help but wonder what the new year will bring me...

a basic recap of the year 2008 (from my point-of-view):

January

~ celebrated my 19th birthday with a friend. never happened before but there's always a first for everything :3
~ beginning of my 3rd semester at college

February

~ celebrated Chinese New Year with family + extended family (who came from Perlis, Sungai Petani & Kuala Lumpur respectively)
~ starting to feel the study pressure from the short semester Dx

March

~ finished my short semester ...with one failed subject oTZ
~ the end of the month marked the beginning of my 4th semester at college

April

~ gained a new friend this semester :)
~ re-took Engineering Maths 3 with my juniors Dx

May

~ promoted to Communications Director of the renewed AMGC club [Anime, Manga, Games & Cosplay]
~ preparations for ICHIbanzai '08 beginning to intensify
~ cosplay costume completed for ICHIbanzai '08

June

~ AMGC club of KDU Penang held its first ever ACG event on campus (also the 1st major ACG event held in the Northern Peninsular), which was christened the name 'ICHIbanzai'
~ mid-term exams crawling up after the successful event Dx

July

~ celebrated mum's 48th birthday
~ things are mellowing down after ICHIbanzai
~ preparations for final exams at the end of the month

August

~ 2 weeks of semester break \(^_^)/
~ stopped staying at the hostel
~ the end of the month marked the beginning of my 5th semester at college

September

~ Justin, former president of AMGC, steps down to give way to the junior committee before leaving for his internship at KL
~ promoted to one of the 5-member Board of Directors of the club, who oversees the club from the outside

October

~ celebrated dad's 48th birthday
~ faced mid-term exams, which were really tough Dx

November

~ preparations for Comic Fiesta '08 begins to intensify
~ Justin returns after 3 months of internship at KL

December

~ sat for final exams and passed all the subjects! \(^_^)/
~ celebrated sister's 15th birthday ..and gave her a surprise birthday present :D
~ traveled to KL to attend Comic Fiesta '08
~ traveled to Pulau Langkawi for Christmas
~ ready to end the year with a BANG!

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this year was definitely a whirlwind of a LOTTA things xD

therefore, my new year's resolutions are:

~ to do my best in my studies, no matter what happens
~ to strengthen my familial and friendship bonds [except with one person]
~ to enjoy life to the fullest!
~ to remember to carry out my resolutions XD

i'd say that pretty much sums up what i resolute for every year 8D

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details~ (took all of these down in a diary 8D)

Day 1 [25 December 2008]

0900: left home for Kuala Kedah
1030: arrived at the jetty; dad went to purchase ferry tickets
1330: supposed departure time for the ferry
1425: the ferry finally left for Langkawi Dx
1610: arrived at the island \(^_^)/ had our SUPER LATE lunch; walked around, and bought the nuts that mum loves so much xD
1745: dad got a rented car so we drove to the hotel which was right next to the airport Dx it's called 'Helang Hotel'
1800: after resting a bit, we decided to drive around...
1900: arrived at Underwater World Langkawi (UWL); walked around the place, saw a bunch of interesting sea creatures 8D
1930: arrived just in time for the 3-D show at the theatre, which was interesting but too short :(
2030: walked around a bit more; saw a few gigantic stingrays and touched a python 8D left UWL as it was near closing time
2100: had our dinner at a mamak place Dx ordered 2 pieces of roti planta and washed it down with teh 'o' ais xD
2140: returned to the hotel
2230: went to bed early xD

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Day 2 [26 December 2008]

0730: woke up bright and early 8D
0900: went downstairs for the breakfast buffet 8D had about 4 slices of bread with butter and strawberry jam, yummy 8D also had some fried kuey teow, which i could only taste its spiciness Dx i lost count of the number of grilled sausages i had 8D washed it all down with 4 glasses of orange juice X3
0950: finished breakfast and returned to hotel room
1020: left the hotel to drive around some more...
1030: first stop - Petronas Quay...where a whole bunch of cruise ships/sail ships were docked at
1109: next stop - Seven Wells Waterfall aka Telaga Tujuh. we actually trekked up the hill to get to the waterfalls oTZ dad only stopped halfway though Dx the uphill trek officially killed my leg muscles oTZ
1230: finally made it down the hill oTZ gulped down a whole bottle of 100 Plus.... NEVER AGAIN, i tell you...NEVER
1250: next stop - Crocodile Farm... where there were a bunch of big-ass crocs O_O
1315: luckily, we were there in time for the crocs' feeding time :3 looking at the crocs were scary enough...i can't imagine feeding them daily oTZ
1400: walked around a bit more.. dad got us (and himself) keychains which had a crocodile's tooth hanging at the end Dx
1425: next stop - Black Sand Beach...where the sand are actually black o_O" we also had our lunch there :3 and also got ourselves keychains with contained the black sand xD
1515: left the beach and moved on to the next place on the map...
1525: next stop - Tanjung Rhu Beach..where the sun is beating down on our heads Dx and a bunch of foreigners were sun bathing on the white, white sand... i don't understand how they can stand the EXTREMELY hot weather oTZ
1550: couldn't stand the hot sun anymore so we moved on ...THANK GOD!
1605: next stop - Air Hangat Village...where renovations were still on-going so we stopped by for a short while... the water is actually warm
1650: next stop - Mahsuri Mausoleum. we actually took the longer route to enjoy the sights xD the place itself was pretty packed with visitors Dx walked around a bit and visited the mini museum there too
1745: left the mausoleum
1805: arrived back at the hotel ...and took a much needed shower Dx and also a short nap zzZzzZZ
2045: went out for dinner at an Indian restaurant. had naan bread with tandoori chicken, yummy :3
2220: returned to the hotel; watched some TV shows and ate nuts XD
2330: went to bed zzZZzZZZzz

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Day 3 [27 December 2008]

0945: slept in a little today.. parents went downstairs for the breakfast buffet while me and sis slept..zzZZzZz
1015: breakfast for me and sis were noodles in a cup Dx
1130: checked out of the hotel
1140: stopped by Field of Burnt Rice aka Beras Terbakar. nothing to see there actually oTZ
1230: arrived at Kuah town and had lunch. walked around and bought lotsa chocolates ♥
1415: left the town
1430: arrived at Jetty Point
1530: departure time for our ferry
1600: left the jetty... arrivederci Langkawi~
1730: reached Kuala Kedah jetty when our ferry came to a halt Dx apparently the ferry got stuck in the mud oTZ and we had to wait for help so the ferry can be moved away from the muddy area Dx
1850: finally reached the jetty
1905: dad went to get the car and we drove back home~
2030: reached BM town and had dinner before heading home
2210: home at last!

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and that's it for our Langkawi trip :D sis actually wanted to go to Pulau Dayang Bunting coz she wanted to see the Lake of the Pregnant Maiden with her own eyes... but the cost to go there would totally kill dad's wallet oTZ

other than killing my leg muscles, the trip was definitely a memorable one :)

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finally found the time to blog about this year's Comic Fiesta :3

Day 1

~ dad drove the whole family down to KL. left home around 7.30am and finally reached Sunway Piramid around 1.30pm oTZ

~ went off to the hotel's washroom to change into my costume.. then we went to the convention centre, which was pretty easy to locate from the hotel :D

~ called up one of the committee members to pass the tickets to us..

~ left my parents outside (coz they're not interested...yet) and went in with sis

~ called up Yee Mun and found out the club's booth is aaaalllllll the way behiiiiiind the hall oTZ

~ met up with the club members; passed the gray ties to Synjie (and got cash in return 8D) then walked around the doujin booths...

~ first round: survey what the booths were selling and took note of any interesting stuff to buy... and also picked up my pre-ordered stuff from hotaru

~ second round: buying timez 8D got a whole bunch of stuff but not all coz i was running short on cash already oTZ

~ third round: went to the figurine display area... was really tempted to grab some and ruuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnn....!!!! XD

~ hung around till 4pm-ish then went to grab a bite :3 dad was waiting for us outside D: he took us downstairs (while i'm getting lotsa stares Dx) to Secret Recipe! 8D

~ decided that i've had enough of the 1st day of Comic Fiesta so i went back to the hall to find Yee Mun before heading off to the hotel... then i remembered there's an autograph session with Keith & Kaoru from Gempak! /headwall TT^TT but it's a good thing there'll be another session the next day :D

~ lazed around in the hotel room before going off to dinner.. dad took us somewhere in USJ to eat at a place called 'Ah Koong' which is basically a restaurant that serves yong tau foo oTZ

~ went cruising around the USJ area before returning to the hotel. went for a walk outside coz the lights were really pretty 8D

~ went to bed around 11.30pm zzZZZzZzz

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Day 2

~ woke up around 10.30am ...which is quite early for me 8D

~ got ready and went to the hall.. apparently my parents got interested to know what was going on inside the hall 8D

~ it was just the perfect timing coz the dance performances were about to start 8D unfortunately all the seats were taken so we had to stand Dx 3/4 of the performances were by the KDU PJ anime club oTZ

~ walked around a bit.. then returned to the stage area just in time for the autograph session! \(^_^)/ i was one of the lucky first ones to get their autographs (i was only interested in Kaoru though XP) so i got a goodie bag! :3 but i was really happy coz i got to meet Kaoru in person!! :D

~ stuck around for the solo cosplay competition and took pics on Yee Mun's behalf xD unfortunately, i couldn't get any good shots because of the taller photographers in front Dx

~ had to go off to lunch around 3pm... i was really worried that i wouldn't be able to make it back in time for the finals but Yee Mun didn't mind coz her group was practicing their performance ...in an obscure location Dx

~ then it was time for the stage performances.. got called out by Yee Mun to help her record the group's performance Dx didn't really mind it at all XD

~ stuck around to watch the other performances and also the prize-giving ceremony ...which got boring after a while oTZ

~ so i went to the club's booth and bought the mugs and some of the badges before saying my goodbyes...

~ dropped off all my stuff at the car before going to the hotel's washroom to change back to my regular clothes xD

~ then, we bid Sunway Piramid (and Comic Fiesta) goodbye and headed to our relatives' place in PJ. reached there around 8pm. talked to my cousins a bit before we left for home around 8.30pm...

~ stopped by Tapah to have dinner.. then it started raining heavily Dx it's bad enough that i already have the flu oTZ

~ finally reached home around 12.45am-ish.. lost track of time due to extreme sleepiness oTZ went to bed around 1.30am...zzZZZZzZzz

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items purchased at Comic Fiesta:

~ badges - a set of 6 Katekyo Hitman Reborn badges (pre-ordered); one Hibari (KHR) badge; one Hibari/Dino (KHR) badge; one Agito (Air Gear) badge; a set of 5 badges [designed by Justin :3] which includes Saber (Fate/Stay Night), Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid), Maka Alban (Soul Eater), Wanijima Agito (Air Gear) & Kuran Kaname (Vampire Knight)

~ one Hibari keychain

~ one Hibari standee [basically a placard you can prop up xD]

~ one Hibari uchiwa [paper fan]

~ four posters - one chibi!D.Gray-man and Trinity Blood for myself; one Vampire Knight and one Shugo Chara for sis

~ one Vampire Knight 2009 calendar for sis

~ two mugs [designed by Kevyn aka okaasama 8D]

~ one Hibari phone strap (pre-ordered)

if anyone noticed, i bought A LOT of Hibari-related stuff 8D which was on purpose...

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dance performances:

~ Renai Rider [sung by Buono!]
~ Tell Me [sung by Wonder Girls]
~ Tokaikko Junjou [sung by C-ute]
~ Go My Way [from Idolm@ster game]

note: the first 3 were performed by KDU PJ's anime club Dx

stage performances:

~ Futatsu no Kodou to Akai Tsumi [Vampire Knight] - Yee Mun's Team Himitsu
~ Antoinette Blue [D.Gray-man]
~ Glamorous Sky [Nana]
~ Iteza Gogo Kuji Don't Be Late [Macross Frontier]
~ Sorairo Days [Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]
~ Chouwa oto ~With Reflection~ [Gin-iro no Kami no Agito]
~ Diamond Crevasse [Macross Frontier]

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hopefully i get to go the next year's one too~ ^_^

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woke up around 11am and got ready to go out~

first stop: Gurney Plaza

mum drove this time xD parked the car outside the mall and crossed the road to get to the mall. dropped off sister's laptop at the House of Notebooks coz she wanted to install a webcam >_>"

went off for lunch while waiting... went back for sister's laptop an hour later and thankfully it was done by then :) then, we went back downstairs to get my black and red eyeliners at Watson xD too bad Revlon's red eyeliner was sold out coz apparently someone bought a whole bunch of them the day before o_O" i got a red lipliner instead oTZ went home to 'refresh' ourselves XD

next stop: Sunway Carnival Mall

stopped by Switch to get my new earphones coz my old ones are dead oTZ then we went to Parkson to get mum's stuff. went downstairs to Giant to get more stuff xD and we're having Subway-style sandwiches tomorrow XD

walked around a bit.. then, we saw someone playing at the piano (they have a mini grand piano near the other entrance of the mall). stopped to listen then i realized that i recognized the piano player! it turned out to be my junior from high school (and also college xD), Shmay *gasp* XD apparently, she comes to play quite often... mum was wondering how much she earns per hour oTZ finally went home

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totally enjoying my new earphones right now XD my old ones are 'sleeping' in the new one's box xD

haven't gotten around to watch Black Lagoon yet Dx and i still have a whole stack of DVDs to watch oTZ

• Vampire Knight - season 1
• Neo Angelique Abyss
• Code Geass - season 1
• Samurai Champloo
• Princess Princess D - drama version
• Honey & Clover: Live Action Movie
• Azumi - a Japanese movie

not to mention, my DVD player's DEAD!!! oTZ

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today's class: Advanced Electric Circuit

0713: woke up late today oTZ
0735: rushed through breakfast and left
0833: luckily reached early as usual :P
0910: had to wait till the lecturer arrives...
1045: break time. resumed reading 'The Graveyard Book'
1115: class resumed...
1205: class ended...and continued with Engineering Society meeting at the same class >_>"
1225: meeting ended
1335: reached home. pre-bridge - rain. midspan of bridge - no rain. off midspan - rain. again oTZ

gonna go eat lunch. then, me and sis will be going to Jusco Bandar Perda coz she'll be watching 'High School Musical 3' with her friends and i'll be stuck doing nothing for TWO HOURS oTZ

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just back from Jusco and i bought Big Apple donuts!!! ^__^

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what happened at Jusco:

~ dropped off my sister at the cinema

~ went to Speedy and met Yuiko (and her mum). chatted with her a bit. then looked around the store for...something /shifty eyes. bought Black Lagoon and wanted to get the 2nd season but i was afraid of running out of money oTZ

~ went to Big Apple Donuts & Coffee and bought a box of 6 donuts :D

~ went to Starbucks and ordered an iced caramel macchiato XD read 'The Graveyard Book' while sipping my drink 8D finished the book and hung around some more to finish off my drink XD

~ stopped by the ladies' then went off to Popular Bookstore xD was searching for the word-search book but couldn't find any :(

~ checked the time... 6.20pm oTZ checked my phone and found several miscalls from mum and sis Dx tried to contact either one of them but all i got was "The person you are trying to reach is unavailable. Please try again later." oTZ tried again after a few minutes ...and still couldn't reach any of them /headwall
then my sister found me at the entrance/exit oTZ

~ rushed home coz i wasn't supposed to get that CD coz it was getting late and i have to hide the CD before mum got home and mum was calling/telling us to get home ASAP >_<"

so i'm home now XD and the CD has been successfully hidden mum just got home a few minutes ago.. and we i'm having donuts for dinner 8D

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Thursday class: Data Communication

0705: woken up later coz sister refused to get up on time oTZ
0740: left home
0804: usual morning crawl on the bridge >_<" 0835: arrived earlier today XD 0900: still waiting for lecturer to open the stupid door
0911: lecturer finally arrives
0915: class starts. it's a small class with only 12 students, which is a good thing coz it means less 'noise pollution' xD
1019: break time. reading 'The Graveyard Book' this time. finished about one and a half chapters
1105: class resumed. given exercise/questions to do as usual. went over last week's questions...
1149: class ended earlier coz of the looming black clouds...which translates to a possible rainfall...
1245: reached home later than usual due to the slight traffic jam near the E & O Hotel coz they were putting up awnings over the sidewalk

right now, grandma's off to pick up my sister from school then we're having lunch together ^_^ after lunch, i'll probably play one of the games i downloaded last night.. speaking of games, i should download MapleStory >_>"

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onwards with my daily report XD

0655: woken up by mum
0705: showered; had breakfast
0735: left for college
0842: arrived at college; walked over to campus
0911: started raining heavily o_O" class was open but lecturer hasn't come in yet
0915: class of the day - Principles of Electronic Systems & Analysis. lecturer arrives along with other classmates >_>" no break this time coz the exercise/questions we were doing required a heck load of brainpower and concentration oTZ
1155: class ended with good news - NO CLASS NEXT WEEK. BANZAI!!! \(^_^)/ but assignment was returned to be re-done oTZ i have 2 weeks so who cares? XD
1240: arrived home. it was raining all the way to the bridge. but had a clear sky ON the bridge then it rained again after getting off the bridge oTZ crazy weather LOL

feeling rather lazy for the rest of the day coz i woke up extra early today oTZ

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