Big, Big Apple

Disclaimer: Several images were taken from a blogger's site - jimmychin.net

OMG I'm soo outdated.

I'm a HUGE fan of Big Apple donuts I even thought of asking Jeremy to drop me at Jusco so I can tapao half a dozen of yummy yum donuts before heading back to Tronoh tomorrow.



Little did I know they recently opened a branch in Penang.

YAY!

Wait. I thought it's spelt d-o-u-g-h-n-u-t-s instead of d-o-n-u-t-s?

Maybe I'm wrong. Oh well. That's not the point. The point is..

I'm so gonna get some later!! =D


Part of the variety, going from L-R then Up-Down:
Pink Panther, Duren Duren, Chocoring, Rolling Stone, Kiwi Blitz, Semi Glacier, Say Cheese, Go Nutz, Kimochi, Green Teaser, Chocoholic, Iceberg, Whitnut, Snowy, 101 Dalmation, Choreo, Spicy Flossy, Mango Tango, Glacier, Californian Almond, Moonraker, Chococinno and The Alien.


I've personally tried Kiwi Blitz, Say Cheese, Green Teaser, Chocoholic, Iceberg, 101 Dalmation, Choreo, Californian Almond, Chococinno and The Alien.

And my top and all time favourite is Californian Almond followed by Say Cheese. Damn nice, I tell you! I love the chocolaty donuts too but hate Green Teaser. It tastes like cough medicine. Yech.


Going from upper left to right then down: Say Cheese, Green Teaser, Name-Unknown, Mango Tango, Can't-Be-Identified and Chocoring.


Later plan to get Californian Almond, Say Cheese ermm..will try Mango Tango, Duren Duren, Go Nutz..maybe..and Californian Almond!! =D

Duren Duren is a durian-ed donut. Kinda risky to try such a weird kind but I love durians and I heart the durian cake by Secret Recipe so I guess I will love this as well! ;p

Ramble Ramble Ramble

I took the Kelisa to uni. Mom got herself a new Myvi. The new edition. The new colour damn yeng.

It was my first time driving it today.

And it was honestly S.C.A.R.Y.

=.=

For some reasons I felt the Myvi was superbly huge. Probably cos I've been handling my SLK - Small Little Kelisa, for years.

Drove to the hospital, home, Altera, hospital again, pharmacy and finally home sweet home. Ahhh..nice.

Went hospital to get my sprained ankle checked. Dono why ar my ankle is bruised. But it's a painless bruise. Now it looks super ugly. No pictures of it. It's seriously ugly -.-

Then went Altera, picked an ex-colleague and went Little Castle. That fren of mine almost suffered from a heart attack cos I hentam-ed a sudden break =P

Told u I was still new with that car =PPP

But after that heart-stopping incident, I pulled off an almost perfect side-parking. Even that colleague was impressed ^^ I then tapao-ed curry puff and spring roll for another ex-colleague for his tea.

Had to return to the hospital for dunno what check up. Thank goodness everything turned out fine. Phew.

Bro's coming back tmr. Yay. Mom ask me bring him go shop for Nike bagpack. The truth is, mom doesn't trust him with the car. LOL.

Tmr must get roomie's heels fixed. Didn't realize I damaged the tip of the heel when I missed a step (and sprained my ankle).

Tmr must go buy my all-time favie Him Heang Tambun biscuit also. Yum yum!

To-Do List for tmr:

Fetch bro from bus terminal, then bring him go shopping
Send roomie's heels for repair
Buy Him Heang Tambun Piah. Yum yum yum!
Dump bed sheet and blanket into washing machine
err..wat else ar?

That's all I guess. For now, I wan go out ady. Till then! =)

I'm Home!!

With a sprained ankle T_T

Ouchy


For some reasons, the pain's on-off. One minute I thought it's completely healed, another minute it hurts like crap.

That's why I'm currently at home when I'm supposed to be in church =P

I seriously dunno what I did when I was asleep lor. Woke up this morning with a stabbing pain in my ankle. I must have kicked something =.=

It's much better now I thought I could run and hop already but it's actually not. Better stay at home and nurse it.

T_T

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I think this entry's a lil misleading. I actually missed a step and fell down on Thursday night. Ended up having my knee scraped and ankle sprained.

My ankle underwent a quick recovery I thought it was all fine and dandy again but I woke up this morning with an unbearable pain. That's why I said I must have kicked something in my sleep =(((

And KC, no I've not been a bad girl in bed =.=

Chris Lee

Happy (belated) Birthday, you =)

Wished you on ur big day itself. Now giving you a belated wish on blog ^^

UTP July '04

UTP is definitely a top local technology university

Which make use of the lousiest technology..ever.

Oh, the irony.

Getting into MSN is impossible

Even chatting on our handphones are full of hassle



Till we had to opt for alternatives during desperate measures

And not to mention how cafe food has landed some of us in the hospital.



But it was the company that keeps me going for 4 years now

UTP July '04 batch



Who originates from 6 different engineering and technology courses.

E-N-E (E&E)

C-H-E (Chemical)


ME (Mechanical)

C-I-V-I-L


I-T (Information Technology)


I-S (Information Systems)

Most of us are scholars alright

But we do look like a bunch of retards at times

Who happen to fancy rabbit ears



And asses



Or a combination of both



See what I mean?



We walk the talk



And jump sky high to reach the top

Although some may exhibit abnormal relationships and desire



We accept them for who they are



Despite my complaints about this university,

I had to bow down to one little fact.

UTP is among the best in the context of Mother Nature



Some of us appreciate by doing Her a favour



But some of us choose to trample on it



Whoops.

Guilty as charged =(

But one thing I love most about my life in campus is..



We're united

Again

Why..don't I deserve some privacy?

I'm suffocating..

B-52

The B-52 is a layered cocktail shooter composed of a Coffee Liqueur, Baileys Irish Cream and Grand Marnier. When prepared properly, the ingredients separate into three distinctly visible layers.

For a Flaming B-52, substitute a dark overproof rum with 60-80% alcohol by volume for the Grand Marnier.

60-80%?! Now THAT explains everything =.=

Happy Mooncake Festival!

I had a pretty hectic day today. A whole load of rushing all around the campus since 9 am. Oh and have I mentioned I MISSED an 8 am quiz??!

>.<

I worked on my progress report till late the night before. Not too late actually. Almost 1. To me it's kinda late ady lor. I don't know what time I slept off cos I rmb tossing and turning for quite some time.

When I was finally back in room, I decided to lay off my work and books and treat myself to a nice long bath and a movie! My movie pick today was an old one - Face Off, starring John Travolta and Nicholas Cage.

Halfway through the movie, I received an email notification in my gmail account.

And had a pleasant surprise =)

"Happy Mooncake Festival!"


Cute right! That was from my colleague in Altera. He got it from this site.

I initially thought he wrote that, took a pic and emailed it. Then I saw the tiny little link on the bottom right. Gullible me.

And so I sent one back!

He was surprised to get a quick reply from me cos he thought I would have trouble "deciphering" those chinese characters =P

I scored an A for my Mandarin elective wei XD

Randomness. I stumbled upon this picture when I cleared the junk in my lappie. Cant seem to push this surge of feeling when I look at it..




I wonder why..

It's not the place. It's no longer the company.

Ahh..must be the complexion and my long straight hair =P

Before I sign off, Happy Mooncake Festival, people~

Oh wait wait. One song recommendation - Lelaki Ini, by Anuar Zain.

Damn nice (and emo).

Emoness

I was happily doing my FYP when a friend of mine pm-ed to chat. He was super emo cos something he has been subconsciously holding on for years slipped away..

Just like that.

I tried to give words of comfort and well..basically just talk to him since he needed a listener then. But the more I talked to him about it, the more I emo.

Yes, u transferred ur emoness to me thru the net!! =P

Oh, did I mention that friend and I share (quite) the same situation?

It's like..every single time we keep in touch, I will be living in fear for that few minutes/hours, wondering if it's gonna happen. I am afraid of what the future holds. Afraid of when it's gonna happen, if it happens.

Hopefully not though..

"u gotta brace yourself for it coz one day it's gonna happen".

Emo.

And The Poor Luck Continued..

After Friday's super soay back-to-back scenarios..

I was equally soay on Saturday =(

First of all, it rained like crap. How to go out settle stuff leh like that? I wanna buy tambun biscuit oso so hard. Almost everywhere's flooded. Well, not really lar but the water level was really high.

But I desperately need to go to Bukit Jambul Complex to get the ADS cd replaced. And so I went.

I reached BJ at around 5+ and it was seriously a bad, bad timing. That place's popular among the Malays and that time samo almost buka puasa time! The whole BJ area was packed with vehicles and people and..stalls! Yes, stalls. There was a long stretch of stalls in front of BJ's main entrance selling all sorts of stuff which was extremely packed with people despite the heavy rain. I had to carry my laptop and an umbrella, which wasn't really helpful for both my laptop bag and myself ended up getting wet by the time I reached the entrance to BJ.

I then found out that the ADS cd wasn't faulty. The stupid Vista was the problematic one. It took barely 10 minutes to be installed in my home desktop but took HOURS to get it chucked into my lappie.

All thanks to JeremyLee. Sorry la JamesLum. This is really something to diagung-agungkan (He commented I ALWAYS praise Jeremy on my blog) ^^

Jeremy called and helped me with it for many hours. He was like my personal Dell support centre =P

Such a simple installation task I also need ppl's help. Imagine that >.< Below: A few of Jeremy's artwork. He's a photographer + programmer + engineer + guitarist + blogger + Dell support services + g33k + a really good friend =)

His site: http://www.jeremyisaaclee.com/


Me holding his huge camera (@ Pg Hill)


Again (@ Altera 7th floor carpark)


Sorry had to cancel the meet-up on Saturday. Parents had movie plans ahead of me XD Next time I chia you makan k ^^



Speaking about movies, I watched "Money Not Enough II" and loved it. Seriously. It was funny alright but it's not cause of the humour that made me fall for it, but the invaluable message sent across. How parents sacrifice for us kids only to be tossed here and there when they grow old. How parents forgive every mistake made although there was already a deep cut in their heart. Just like how Jesus forgive us. I actually did some self-reflection and evaluation after watching that movie and felt like a total ass for being mean to my parents at times.

Next time go back wanna give my parents a big, big hug ady =)

Really Soay

Today really super soay. The soay-est day since the semester started.

My bus was at 1145 am. I had CommSys lab from 9-11 am. I tried my super best to finish the experiment as early as possible so I won't have to rush but the stupid board just had to give problems. After fiddling with it for half an hour, the lab assistant asked my lab partner and I to join another group. Luckily they were way ahead so yay. Lab ended at 1010.

James & I left uni at about 1030. Reached terminal at about 1110. Since it's kinda early, I chia James MCD since he's so kind to fetch me all the way to the terminal.

Left MCD at 1140. Reached terminal at 1145.

I happened to notice a SriMaju bus with a 'P.Pinang' board in front of it so I quickly asked James if that's my bus. He rushed to the counter to ask and yes, that's the one.

But it was too late. I felt sooo helpless and could only watched the bus from afar.

The lady at the counter said the bus will stop at its headquarters and will depart at noon. Since James weren't very sure of the directions and I didn't want to take the risk, I hopped into a taxi with James trailing behind it.

And thankfully, I made it on time.

The journey back to Penang was pretty decent. I managed to nap a lil, thanks to the not-so-bumpy ride.

When I reached the Sg. Nibung bus terminal, it was raining so heavily but since mom said she's on her way, I waited outside under my umbrella. But it wasn't really helpful. My travel bag's completely gone case, laptop bag's partly affected and me myself drenched waist down.

And we rushed to the hospital for my appointment with the dermatologist but was shocked to see the queue. At that time, the digital counter showed 33. And I was holding a card with the number 74.

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Haih. So much for the hassle.

Went to the post office to renew my driving license but I saw this sign:

"Lesen memandu habis. Harap maaf"

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You see lar. Soay or not??

So here I am, writing this entry, drinking fruit juice and eating fried chicken (mom's specialty) while waiting for a few more hours to go back to the hospital.

Oh and chatting with James. Quite an interesting chat, I would say =)

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first time see u seriously angry

angry lar. wat if cnt make it in time? if the taxi say rm 30 i oso give ar

haha so tatz ur angry face. kinda scary tho. ask u calm down oso don care me. i oso blur

eh just now i reli scary har?

yeah scary. bt wana hear somethin honest?

haha ok go ahead

u kinda look prettier wen u serious....makes u look firm. haha n tatz hot

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wah reli meh? u noe ar..ppl alwiz say i look very lansi when they first noe me cos of that kinda expression i have

yeah...agree. bt afta knowing u for quite sometime ppl wil know u quite blur 1. jz nw u look rily serious bt it potrays u as someone firm la. nt blur. know wd i mean?

HAHAHAHA okay..i get it. interesting betul. i never knew. no one commented this b4

tis is first time comment? jz an honest opinion. so mb u shud get angry mo to prove d comment. bt then again....jz stay wit ur smile....tat would make the world a better place

hahaha siao. get angry more will chase the boys away. LOL just now im close to eating someone up and the closest to me was u. hahaha

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Still munching on fried chicken. Nyammy!

A Blessing Indeed

(Comments re-enabled. Don't know why they were disabled)

I'm going back tomorrow!! XD

*jumps jumps jumps*

But won't be free lor. Have to be in Penang before 4pm to see dermatologist. Return the faulty ADS software CD and get a new one. And hopefully my Altera's friend's friend's friend (relationship super distant) could help with the software. I have yet to get a confirmed reply.

If my friend's friend's friend (let's call him/her M) couldn't manage to help, I'll be free then =) Eh that's bad news so it's supposed to be =(

Hopefully M can lor. Have to submit progress report in a week's time and I have absolutely no idea how to use that software. AAA HELP!

No idea on software = Zero progress T_T




I'm so dead. I've been so distracted lately and couldn't concentrate much on my books.

Books - Could manage a mousey squeak still.
FYP - D.E.A.D.

Have to put in double triple effort in both ady.

Oh and there's something I should be really grateful for. Now that my coursemates and I are in our final year, we were required to select a specialization. 70% of the EE chinese are in Instrumentation&Control, 14% in Computer Systems and Power Systems each, none in Microelectronics and only one in Communication Systems - Me.

I had trouble deciding on my specialization because I was weighing between friends or interest. ComputerSystems or Communications. Communications or Computer. In the end, I decided I dowanna die in my final year (not that I won't die in Communications la but won't be worse than if I choose Computer lor) so here I am, an 'Independent Candidate' representing the chinese in EE.

Besides walking to class alone and all, everything was fine. The fact that I'm not really close to anyone in Communications encouraged me to attend lectures. I've been skipping classes like nobody's business for the past few sems because I know there will be someone for me to refer to when there's any update, i.e. asignments, tests, etc.

So, my point is, last week, my Microwave lecturer informed us about a group project. A group of two. I went uh-oh and looked around. Most of the Malay girls seemed to be in pairs already. And the closest people to me are two Iranians.

I happened to spot one really diligent Malay girl. Let's call her F =) I remembered her mentioning something like she's the only one in her gang of friends in Communications when we once walked back to our hostels. But there's also another solo Malay girl who's erm..not so diligent but I thought they would pair up.

So I got worried about it like what if my partner's someone who relies fully on me to handle the project and stuff like that. I wanted to ask F if she has a partner but I don't have any of her contacts and don't know where exactly she stays.

So I prayed. Yes I actually prayed about it to ask for the best from Him.

(I can hear Jesse muttering "THANK GOD!" =P)

And guess what? Before I could approach her in class today, she approached me and asked if I mind working on the project together with her! I was like..of course not!! XD XD

I then glanced at the solo Malay girl and saw her hunting for a partner. I'm really curious why both the Malay girls didn't pair up. I'm sure I'm more of a stranger to both of them. What can I say? This is indeed a blessing =)

I begin to sound like Jesse and Marc =.=

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Oh on a totally different note, just a few hours ago, I was seriously stumped when I was asked "What are my chances if I'm single?"

Again. Second time in like..less than 6 months?

I was actually caught by surprise and I didn't know what to say so I merely shrugged and changed topic. I really don't know what he's trying to achieve by asking me that.

I have had enough with attached guys. No more, thank you very much ;p

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I wanna complain about something. Before this, allow me.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

Geram ar I tell you!! I was looking for any regular Ipoh balik rumah kaki who are going back tomorrow morning so I can tumpang them to the bus station.

And going back this weekend's a really bad timing. So many ppl have tests tomorrow evening and my bus is at 1145 AM!!

So, I was searching for ppl high and low and this guy finds it really funny to see me so desperate to look for someone to tumpang. He seemed really happy and turned it into a BIG joke.

HA--HA.

Samo ar. Sudah lah I damn frustrated about my transport to bus terminal tomorrow, he samo kept bugging me to fetch him to Tronoh for lunch and Ramadhan Bazaar for dinner next week (I'll have a car ady by then).

I'm frustrated. He's not helping by making it sound like a big joke. And samo bugged me about next week's ordeal when I have stuff to be settled before tomorrow!!

GERAM ARRR!!!

*kicks him to the curb*

Random

I took the extra effort to count the number of steps I had to climb today..

And it shocked me when I realize it can easily reach 500 =.=

80 steps from ground floor to 5th floor. Yes, I'm on the top floor. How lucky.

Today itself I hiked up 4 times so it's equivalent to 320 steps already =.=

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At 8 am, I climbed 60 steps to attend lecture, which is on the 2nd floor in the academic building. I took about 25-30 mins to walk from my room to this lecture room.

At 10 am, another lecture, another 60 steps.

And I went back to room after lunch. Plus 80 steps. And had to bear another 25-30 mins of walk.

3 pm, 60 steps to attend tutorial. Approx 15 mins walk from my room.

And at 4, I went back room again. Hiked up 80 more steps .

After Multimedia Network test, I wanted to get something from the cafe but didn't bring my purse with me to the test room so had to climb 5 floors up, get purse, go cafe, and climb 5 more floors. This is equivalent to 160 steps.

Grand total = 500 steps. Excluding all the walking I had to endure.

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I think my legs are fit enough to hike up the Penang Hill. Interested, anyone? =)))