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The Pretty Reckless-You

2012-02-19T10:00:00.000+08:00

I think this song is beautiful and melodious. However, I suggest you guys to better listen to the song rather than looking at the lyrics. The lyrics are just repetitive! >< !!! If you opt to just listen to the music, then fine. :D

You don't want me, no
You don't need me
Like I want you, oh
Like I need you

And I want you in my life
And I need you in my life

You can't see me, no
Like I see you
I can't have you, no

Like you have me

And I want you in my life
And I need you in my life

You can't feel me, no
Like I feel you
I can't steal you, no
Like you stole me

And I want you in my life
And I need you in my life

Miley Cyrus ft Johnzo West-You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

2012-02-18T21:41:00.001+08:00

Okay, I do not listen to Miley Cyrus much (I prefer her Hannah Montana persona) but I recently found this song on Youtube, "You're Gonna Make Me lonesome When You Go". This song is, to me, extremely beautiful and heart-warming. Thus, if you are in a mood for a meaningful ballad, this song is for you! (I dislike her dance-pop songs like "Can't Be Tamed", though. I prefer her ballads.)

I've seen love go by my door
It's never been this close before
Never been so easy or so slow
Been shooting in the dark too long
When somethin's not right it's wrong
Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go

Dragon clouds so high above
I've only known careless love
It's always hit me from below
This time around it's more correct
Right on target, so direct
Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go

Purple clover, Queen Anne's Lace
Crimson hair across your face
You could make me cry if you don't know
Can't remember what I was thinkin' of
You might be spoilin' me too much, love
Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go

Flowers on the hillside, bloomin' crazy
Crickets talkin' back and forth in rhyme
Blue river runnin' slow and lazy
I could stay with you forever and never realize the time

Situations have ended sad
Relationships have all been bad
Mine've been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud
But there's no way I can compare
All those scenes to this affair
Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go

Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm doin'
Stayin' far behind without you
Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm sayin'
Yer gonna make me give myself a good talkin' to

I'll look for you in old Honolulu
San Francisco, Ashtabula
Yer gonna have to leave me now, I know
But I'll see you in the sky above
In the tall grass, in the ones I love
Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go

Taylor Swift-If This Was a Movie

2012-02-18T15:49:00.001+08:00

Last night I heard my own heart beating
Sounded like footsteps on my stairs
Six months gone and I'm still reaching
Even though I know you're not there

I was playing back a thousand memories, baby
Thinkin' 'bout everythin' we've been through
Maybe I've been goin' back too much lately
When time stood still and I had you

Come back, come back, come back to me like
You would, you would if this was a movie
Stand in the rain outside
'Til I came out

Come back, come back, come back to me like
You could, you could if you just said you're sorry
I know that we could work it out somehow
But if this was a movie you'd be here by now

I know people change and these things happen
But I remember how it was back then
Locked up in your arms and our friends were laughing
'Cause nothing like this ever happened to them

Now, I'm pacing down the hall, chasing down your street
Flashback to the night when you said to me
"Nothing's gonna change, not for me and you "
Not before I knew how much I had to lose

Come back, come back, come back to me like
You would, you would if this was a movie
Stand in the rain outside
'Til I came out

Come back, come back, come back to me like
You could, you could if you just said you're sorry
I know that we could work it out somehow
But if this was a movie you'd be here by now

If you're out there, if you're somewhere, if you're moving on
I've be waiting for you ever since you've been gone
I just want it back the way it was before
And I just wanna see you back at my front door

And I say come back, come back, come back to me like
You would before you said it's not that easy
Before the fight, before I locked you out
But I'd take it all back now

Come back, come back, come back to me like
You would, you would if this was a movie
Stand in the rain outside
'Til I came out

Come back, come back, come back to me like
You could, you could if you just said sorry
I know that we could work it out somehow
But if this was a movie you'd be here by now

You'd be here by now
It's not the kind of ending you wanna see now
Baby, what about the ending?
Oh, I thought you'd be here by now

That you'd be here by now

Taylor Swift-Ours

2012-02-18T15:45:00.002+08:00

Elevator buttons and morning air
Stranger's silence makes me wanna take the stairs
If you were here, we'd laugh about their vacant stares
But right now, my time is theirs

Seems like there's always someone who disapproves
They'll judge it like they know about me and you
And the verdict comes from those with nothing else to do
The jury's out, but my choice is you

So don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
And life makes love look hard
The stakes are high, the water's rough, but this love is ours

You never know what people have up their sleeves
Ghosts from your past gonna jump out at me
Lurking in the shadows with their lip gloss smiles
But I don't care 'cause right now you're mine

And you'll say don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
And life makes love look hard
The stakes are high, the water's rough, but this love is ours

And it's not theirs to speculate if it's wrong and
Your hands are tough but they are where mine belong in
I'll fight their doubt and give you faith with this song for you

'Cause I love the gap between your teeth
And I love the riddles that you speak
And any snide remarks from my father about your tattoos will be ignored
'Cause my heart is yours

So don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
And life makes love look hard

And don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
But they can't take what's ours, they can't take what's ours
The stakes are high, the water's rough, but this love is ours

恭喜你，你刚偷了一件“宝贝”！

2012-02-18T15:43:00.000+08:00

我的天啊，你竟然偷了我那值RM1000的宝贝凉鞋！

（众人：有这样贵吗？）

哈哈哈哈，其实，这双凉鞋值一千sen啦，哈哈哈！

那时，我家正要拜天公，我就把这双凉鞋放在鞋橱里。结果，真的好幸运，隔天，还有接下这几天，凉鞋无影无踪，如人间蒸发般。

我粗心，家人朋友也知道。我的东西是四处乱放的，房间也凌乱不整。可是叻，这下，我很确定，我的凉鞋在橱里！怎么办？怎么办？？？！！！

东找西翻，这下可好了，我的凉鞋不见了！我断定，有人偷了我的宝贝凉鞋。

当时我简直哭笑不得，一张红虎就能在早市买到的凉鞋，居然也会令人眼红？我猜想，应该是小偷为了情人节愉悦女友，又不要白费心机，索性偷了邻家一双鞋好了。我的鞋又不是很美，起码实用。可是，鞋子这么大（9号鞋），她穿得上？这点，我就不知道咯。（其实，我也在瞎猜的啦！）

哎，就当成捐鞋好了，下不为例，我得更小心！哼！

Oh my God, how dare you steal my sandals worth RM1000?

(Chorus: Are you sure that your sandals are THAT costly?)

Ha ha ha ha, in truth, the sandals cost me 1000 cents. HA HA HA!

My family was about to pray the God (Pai ti gong) and I put these sandals away in the shoe rack. I was lucky, DAMN lucky. For the next day and the days thereafter, my sandals disappeared, as if they had vanished into thin air.

My family and friends know my recklessness and clumsiness too well. In fact, I tend to put my stuffs anywhere, and my room was not at the least neat. However, I am 100% SURE that my sandals are in the rack. How? HOW???!!!

I rummaged every single corner around the house. Oh great, the sandals were GONE! I am sure that someone must have stole my sandals whilst we were away.

I was stupefied and perplexed. A pair of sandals which is available merely by using a red Ringgit bill (obviously RM10) and in the ever-crowded morning market, can make a person see red? Whoa. I guess it must be another guy who wanted to look for a Valentine's gift the easy way out. My sandals are nowhere runway-ready, but at least they were practical. Yet, they were large (My shoe size is NINE for your information), and was he certain that his girl could wear it? I don't know about this then. (I was just doing some blind-guessing and crapping, yeah!)

Aye, I might as well as regard this case as shoe donation. Not again!

A Car-tening Day. (Part 2)

2012-02-17T10:12:00.000+08:00

16 February 2012.

Vroom! Vroom!

The sun was still deep in slumber beyond the golden horizons. It was somewhere around seven o' clock in the morning. The murky azure of midnight still draped across the atmosphere above the Rain Town (That's MY hometown, Taiping! It rains almost daily, hence its name)

On the way to the driving school, uncle kept telling me this and that about the road. How many people got run over by vehicles, his late-grandson's accident cases, bla bla bla. As usual, cars dashed across the roads in a flash!

"他妈的混帐他！就是这样啦，这么多车祸！拿了Lesen就乱乱来！"

He's swearing (and he swears like that along the way whenever cars dash across)

Driving, again! Nah, another day of madness, another day of frustration, another day of bliss (for being able to drive on the ROAD). There I was, at the large driving school, waiting for driving lessons while my driving instructor (to make things simple, I'll call him Uncle throughout the whole post) when, most of my peers are still deep in slumber (I bet, because we are students no more-at least for three months!)

It was the matter of slopes and parking the entire morning. Of course, uncle chided me for going up the slope too quickly at first. Going up the slope, Stop at the yellow line (slightly after the first pole but before the second pole), pull the hand brake twice, check the tyre, raise my hand. Coming down the slope: press the "oil" and raise the hand brake after releasing the clutch enough, then descend the slope. Easy, right?

Yes, it SOUNDS easy.

I did not go straight down the slope before reaching the poles (In Malaysia, we call reverse as Gostan. Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Hindustan (movie), and now another term: GOSTAN. Okay, you get it now. Nevertheless, I always manage to get it way ahead of the yellow line before stopping, and as a result, Uncle "chap liam" at me...!!! ("Chap Liam" means "nagging" in Hokkien-imagine Grandmothers! ) Otherwise, I would have stopped too early, and down went the car.

"Release the clutch! Brake slowly, and let the car down! Okay, start AGAIN!!!"

Anyway, the slope is far from a big deal. Well, at least, I can go up the slope steadily and safely, and there are not too many "Gostan" which occurred. Okay? Okay. Deal.

Now, the slope stuff is done. Parking-THAT was the ultimate problem! Despite having many poles as reference, I was somehow confused-no, but 100% ALWAYS confused! When to turn right, when to turn left, how many turns... Uncle even told me to look at the mirror as reference! What mirror? Triangle mirror or side mirror? My goodness... There was even a time in which I was to reverse with two turns of the steering to the right and see if the pole was in view, half of the left mirror, and later turn the steering right completely. I ran into the poles just like that. Worse of all, it was drizzling.

Obviously, I got chided.

In whichever and whatever way either, I often failed to get the vehicle right during parking. Now that QTI is around the corner, I often found myself driving with bated breath and shaky hands. Cannot get the parking right again during the actual driving examination and I will fail. that simply means, forking out extra Ringgits and get my Driving Licence late. HELP!

I really hope that I soon understand the parking basics. Driving up the slope is okay, driving on the roads is no big deal (But those with heart attack or are elderly, don't take a ride from me yeah. No insurance!), but parking-that's the deal.

Thus, that was my one-hour-and-half morning session of driving, speeding (if I get naughty, but don't worry, the cars at the driving school are annoyingly slow and rickety, so I can go only as fast as a snail anyway...), bumping (on the disgusting speed breakers on the road) and frustration. That was not the end.

The noon was blazing hot. Uncle called me to go to the driving school again. WHAT? oh my darn goodness. Parking again? Apparently, it was for half an hour.

"Sharon, wait there (Waiting place), okay?"

So I wait. No, I did not learn driving for half-an-hour, but I actually WAITED like a fool impatiently for half an hour. Until Uncle Woon called out my name, the wait has finally ended! Yes, it was my long-awaited QTI. Test drive! Hallelujah~!!!

I was to drive road F. Ha ha. By far, the easiest road to drive among three planned routes, because I just need to drive around Taiping Lake garden. It is just that the cars that dashed out of nowhere that left me frightened. thus, slowly I began driving-in a rickety manner. Kriak... Kriak... Kriak... Yes, I am not joking. That is how the car sounds. Almost with no guidance, I somehow managed to drive safely. Praise the GOD!

Two more hours to go, and I am all set to the Driving Examination. Wait, am I really all SET? I don't think so. All I have to do is drive extra slowly, clearing out some brain space to remember the parking stuffs, and pray for myself.

Amitabha please save ME!!!

A Car-tening Day.

2012-02-13T23:38:00.000+08:00

"Sharon, do you want to go driving?"

That was my dad. Whoa, driving early in the morning? I usually drive in the evening, ehem, actually, I am LEARNING to drive. I am still under driving courses.

Thus, off the rickety, ancient car went. "Vroom!" (Yes, that is what happened when I start to drive. I am TERRIBLE at controlling clutches)

"Sharon, you need not fly your car, right?" Dad chided.

What to do?

So off the car went flying across the road and bridge, with some sharp, ear-piercing screeches at the back Tyre. Fortunately, the weather was relatively cool or else I would be sweating like a pig by the time I finished driving. Cars and lorries whizzed past my car like lightning.

My father even said that I was too slow! (Hello, 50 km/hour already, okay? I am still a new driver!!! And, I don't want accidents!!!)

With sharp, scary twists, slope-climbings which almost sent the car sailing in the air, and some episodes of close-shaves, Phew! I was lucky to finish three rounds of driving, safe and sound.

To be serious, it was drop-dead exhausting! Despite seven hours of sweet slumber, tears welled up in my eyes when I was folding joss papers at home.

PAM!

I simply CAN'T believe this. I have actually napped for one and half hour...

To me, driving was really tiring. To my dad? No big deal!

"You newbies are always like that!!!"

A Legacy is gone...

2012-02-12T16:30:00.000+08:00

I do not really listen to old songs, not until my English tuition teacher shared this meaningful song to us. I immediately fell in love with it!

我不常听旧歌。当英文补习老师分享这首蘊含含义的歌时，我马上为之沉醉。

It is Whitney Houston, who awed the world with her sultry and powerful vocals, and her regal image. She was dubbed as the "Queen of Pop" and was popular back in the mid 80's until the late 90's.

她，就是云妮休斯顿。美妙、劲力十足的歌声，以及高贵的形象，使她红遍全球，冠为八、九十年代天后。

Her list of awards includes two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010. Houston was also one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums, singles and videos worldwide.

她是唯一在美國擁有兩張最佳銷售前 35 名的專輯的女性歌手，更是唯一拥有在告示牌流行榜 (Billboard) 連續七週冠軍單曲紀錄的歌手。惠妮在全世界有超過一億 7000 萬張專輯的銷售紀錄。

(Source: Wikipedia)

However, drugs and family problems took a toll on her career.

And she has finally breathed her last on 11 February 2012 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Whitney, your music will be dearly missed, and your legacy will forever be in our hearts. R. I. P.

A Big Love To You 献给你的爱

2012-02-12T01:18:00.000+08:00

Darling, I love you!

Ha ha. Actually, (and I've repeated uncountable times) I am hundred-percent single but unavailable. I have many boyfriends though. (Hey, what the Hell is this? You are single, yet you have many BOYFRIENDS??!!)

Well, my boyfriends are these: car, television, newspapers and joss papers. Boyfriends right? They accompany me all the time. It is just that they are silent and not living.

What I'm about to say yeah? Oh yes...

Happy Advanced Valentine's Day!

To start with, I will be sharing some great Valentine's poems for you., hmm, just to spread some love actually. I am dying for ideas to write poems after a year of not writing any! What's more, love poems. Sigh~

Amoroso

We have climbed the tall blue mountain,
to touch the eagle's wing,
Trekked the valley far below them,
to drink from crystal springs,

We have walked among the tall grasses,
through wildflowers we were lead,
They stood like noble kings and queens,
with crowns upon their heads,

The goldfinch and her family,
they kiss like you and I,
In the morning and come the evening,
they sing sweet lullabies,

I look back across the seasons,
thankful you were there,
To have wrapped my arms around you,
put ribbons in your hair,

If tomorrow holds my promise,
it will be to forever gaze into your eyes,
And dance with you forever,
in a land with no good-byes.

- Aubrey Keith Wilhoite -

A Special World

A special world for you and me
A special bond one cannot see
It wraps us up in its cocoon
And holds us fiercely in its womb.

Its fingers spread like fine spun gold
Gently nestling us to the fold
Like silken thread it holds us fast
Bonds like this are meant to last.

And though at times a thread may break
A new one forms in its wake
To bind us closer and keep us strong
In a special world, where we belong.

- Sheelagh Lennon -

... and I Know It!

2012-02-10T11:05:00.000+08:00

Okay, you might have known the song "Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO, which is widely aired on the radio. Personally, I like this electro-pop song, which actually got me dancing!

However, there are many other parodies on this song which made me laugh my guts out! Here are some of my particular favourites:

#1: New year and I Know It

Okay, I know that Chinese New Year was over. (The Chinese New Year celebration lasts for fifteen days) Yet, when it comes to watching videos, who actually CARES? Youtube does not restrict any particular videos to be played at any specific celebrations or whatsoever. You can watch Youtube videos... ANYTIME. Enjoy this!

Note: "Hu Xu" means beard.

#2: Smelly and I Know It

JJ and Ean, the two DJ's from the Hitz.fm Morning Crew made this super-hilarious parody! To me, their rap is totally epic FAIL, but that was why it was funny! Watch this and you will know why.

Note: "Lari" means run in Malay.

Get ready to laugh out loud! Good for health and slimming! ;)

I Heart Hello Kitty

2012-02-08T16:34:00.000+08:00

What's going on these days? Oh no, the days were just dark and gloomy as usual. Every episode that fluttered across the calendar made me cry in my heart.

(Sharon, stop be pessimistic!!! )

However, there is something which I find kind of "back-to-the-past" This year. Malaysians who watch 8TV Chinese News, you will comprehend what is my post all about.

-Hello Kitty themed Restaurant, Beijing-

Oh my God! I would like to dine in this restaurant if possible! Watching this restaurant on the television is enough to beckon me to this. I am severely deficient of Vitamin M, though. Maybe, a decade or two later? I hope that by the time I go to Beijing, the restaurant is still open. According to the television report, too, that this new restaurant established last December has successfully drew thousands of curious customers and Hello Kitty fans there!

Here are some of the snapshots of this cute eatery, which I got from Google Images, of course.

Oh my God, It is just lovely...

Lessons: When venturing into any business, creativity and innovation counts.

-Is this a man, or Hello Kitty?

Watch this video for this special news on filial piety. (You have to understand both Mandarin and Hokkien language for this.)

If I were the man, I would not shave my head like that! :P

Here is the page on anything related to HELLO KITTY, which I liked recently.

http://www.facebook.com/Malaysia.hello.kitty.fans.club

这叫"Teknologi Terkini"?!

2012-02-08T05:57:00.000+08:00

老天爷啊，你能保庇保庇你这个可怜的17岁孩儿吗？

Matrikulasi网站不能登入，害我最近一直得24小时对着那架又旧又慢到不行的电脑，眼球都快跳出来了。。。。。。！！！

真讨厌~

Matrikulasi首页（thanks Esther.. :D Or else I cannot find the site...)

结果，那网站也几好的，千辛万苦，竟然给我这：

真不知到他们用什么操作系统。windows1998? Windows1996? 哇塞！Internet Explorer 都不能！￥%%#··%·%·#%……·%……·！！！

Lessons on Cartoon

2012-02-07T15:11:00.000+08:00

Having those weekend blues due to boredom? Worry not, I shall prescribe the perfect panacea: Cartoons in the morning.

Ehem, I am not sure since when I begin to like cartoons back after years without cartoons. Reminiscing my childhood nostalgia? Maybe. As a matter of fact, it began last Sunday, when I was haunted by the weekend blues while carrying out my daily household chores. I aptly went to the ancient television set and "switch"! flashing across the screen was a scene in a cartoon show entitled "Willy's Wild Life". The show was aired midway by the time I turned on the television. These are what I saw...

Willa and Dooley were playing skipping with their friends. No-but their PETS. They then invited three girls-Sara, Kara and Lara to play with them but got turned down. Games? Fashion conquers everything! The trio were too proud to join them as they were sporting Scrunchies, a new head dress for that week.

"I want my Scrunchies..."

Willa could not afford any! Her pocket money and wage were used up, and her father irked at her, saying that it was unnecessary. Besides, she has got a wardrobe-full of new clothes for her birthday.

How you wear Scrunchies. (Picture from the Internet)

She wanted the Scrunchies badly as she wished to keep up with the latest trends just as her friends did. Thus, under her father and friends' suggestion, she went around her neighbourhood to carry out chores, only to create more chaos. Thus, instead of earning money, she landed herself into a string of debts instead.

Somehow, Willa managed to earn a handsome sum of wage. How does she spend it?

(Highlight the text below for answer.)

She bought no Scrunchies. In fact, seeds, hose, and a grand ice-cream party were where she spent on. Her Scrunchies was just a balloon.

Who cares?

Her pet giraffe got itself three Scrunchies-from the trio actually. They have wastefully discarded them and got themselves new hats with blades-only to see their hats drift into the air.... (Imagine fashion in just a week....)

-Lessons-

Spend money wisely.
It is unnecessary to keep up with the Joneses.
A penny saved is a penny gained.
no pain, no gain.

Lest there is any other boring Sunday mornings, i will watch this for sure!

Seeds

2012-02-07T13:49:00.000+08:00

Sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, papaya seeds... All sorts of seeds which give rise to the bountiful plants which paved the otherwise dull Earth with lush greenery.

(Hey Sharon, stop that usual prologue! I know that plants are beautiful, but you need not be that poetic, OKAY??!! Now get straight to the point!)

Me: Okay Okay!!! (Ish...)

***

Hale and hearty I am if not for my constantly aching, kind-of-squashed up tummy which constantly haunts me- EVERYDAY. It leaves me screaming on the floor, or facing problems even in a simple task such as writing and painting. It causes me to rush to the loo for any unknown reason. It causes me to... It causes me to...

WHAT THE HELL!!!

I hate you, tummy! You are not only ginormous and spoil my pictures, but you have caused me lots of trouble too! I wish I can throw you away, but wait, can you imagine a person WITHOUT a tummy?

-End of the tummy thing-

***

A large, sweet-smelling orange-coloured fruit is to undergo "surgery".

Yippee! Papaya, my favourite fruit! My mom made me eat this really often as a panacea to my tummy-ache. (So, you can guess what is it already? ) Wait, there is something disgusting...

I have to swallow at least 10 papaya seeds a day!

Ki siao! (Crazy) It is all due to that sickening tummy problem. Luckily, the seeds are to be swallowed and not chewed, because the seeds are more bitter than any other medicine on Earth!

My dad even teased me: "Eat more and..." (refer the picture below)

P/S: Sorry for the ridiculously ugly drawing... -.-

Nonsense! By the time the seeds traveled from the mouth into the oesophagus and then down to the stomach, they would have been digested by the hydrochloric acid in it! pH2, people! No plants could survive in such a condition, hello! (My Biology's not bad right? What not bad? I got A or A- for Biology in my usual examinations, man! ) ** narcissistic girl dancing around with smiles written all over her face**

Seeds are not just to be planted or to be eaten in breakfast muesli cereals, but also a disgusting medicine. Now, I know! = ='''

元宵节快乐！

2012-02-06T16:21:00.000+08:00

Chinese New Year will be over soon. I wish everyone a happy Chap Goh Mei! (Chinese Valentine's Day) Plus, if you want to throw Mandarin oranges, throw into my mouth instead because it is water too. Besides, I'm dying for oranges. Ha ha!

Anyway, happy Chap Goh Mei to all and happy Chinese New Year!!! :D

I May Be Simple, Yet the Infinite Beauty in me will continue to Radiate...

2012-02-05T12:40:00.000+08:00

Wait! That was obviously not me!

Instead, here the beauty is...

You are the flower of my eye...

To be frank, I do not know the name of this flower, which was planted carefully and grown lovingly by the late Temple Master. Good things are definitely not to be missed, right? Thus, I snapped these beauties down when I went to clean the temple a couple of days ago. Yes, I LOVE flowers (except for Rafflesia...)

Here is the bonsai! Hmm... I wonder if it is too big to be called as a Bonsai, though. A beauty anyway.

I love them so much that I wish to have these! Orchids, sunflowers, roses, lotuses, lots of bonsai, with a medium-sized vegetable farm and herbal garden! In my dreams, for now...

Part Time Job!

2012-02-05T12:30:00.000+08:00

This job is part-time and it can be worked from home. Guess what?

FOLDING JOSS PAPERS!

Normally, housewives will do this to supplement their income. However, I am 100% NO HOUSEWIFE. i am still single and waiting for my results. plus, I don't do all household chores.

Anyway, I recently picked up this job-just for fun and some working experience. My mom's friend offered this seemingly simple but not-so-paying job for me. RM12 for 25 paper lotuses! However, in this paper-lotus scene, that wage was handsome enough. (Some even pay only RM0.20 per lotus...)

This job is ideal for TV fanatics as you can keep your hands busy while enjoying your favourite Television shows, For me, they are reality shows, of course.

Dad to the rescue!

Folding the lotus. Yes, I fold them left-handed, which is easier and neater as the round goes anticlockwise.

Lotus seats, anyone?

However, this work is interesting, indeed! (Not if you are allergic to paper dust or hate paper-folding...) Best of all, it keeps me off cellphone games and saves me on battery-recharging costs. Nevertheless, I still long for a part-time job-maybe a cashier? This holiday is NEVER to be wasted!

Wait! What about learning Korean online???!!!

Pai Ti Gong

2012-02-02T20:56:00.000+08:00

I was really sick, and busy for the preparations of the "Bai Ti Gong" (God's Birthday on the Ninth Day of the first Lunar Month) hence I did not update my blog for a LOOOOOOONG time...

On 30 January, as most Chinese households do, my family celebrated the Pai Ti Gong day. Unlike those previous years, no meat and sugar canes were used this year. Well, firstly, mom wants everything to be VEGETARIAN and secondly, everyone in my family is of Cantonese descent except for mom.

The Preparations for this event are nowhere easy. In fact, they were ridiculously tedious and exhausting, especially the sweetmeats, such as mee koo and kuih angku. My mom even told me: "Without you, I would have slept when making this much of kuih!"

I say: YES!!! Why? Well, making mee koo demands the strength of both shoulders. You have to knead the dough by pulling and pushing either side of the dough alternately until the mee koo dough was elastic. The dough is then ready to be shaped before being left to rise and later, steamed. It sounds easy, but in fact, it takes a long time! Until today, the intense pain is still constantly haunting me...

It's OKAY! I will not fear of mee koo because of this!!!

(For how the Mee Koo looks like, click here.)
http://sharonnghy94.blogspot.com/2009/07/roti-cina.html

How about the Ang Koo? Mom did most of the jobs, of course. Anyway, she was the "sifu", right? I was the rookie. All I did was to oil the steamed ang koo and trim the leaves which are the ang koo kuihs' base. Sounds easy, right? Yeah, you got it right, it SOUNDED easy. The ang koos were indeed steaming hot and carrying them using bare hands was no easy feat indeed! Besides, I had to do the oil job really quick because the cakes would taste gooey once they were oiled when cold. (Imagine a gooey ang koo kuih, God bless...!!! )

Come midnight, it was the long-awaited God's birthday! I did not need to fear much-I am no longer a high-school student! Who cares about sleeping late, then?

All-vegetarian fare this year. Great! Go-Green at the same time and kill less animals!
(P/S: the stickers on the offerings, ang koo and mee koo-are part of my "masterpiece", hehe...

Having firecrakers beating the otherwise calm and murky night azure is all in a day's work. For that night, WOW! It was-emm, maybe- a fireworks parade in a moderate scale. However, it rendered me considerably awed. (Sorry for my terrible skills in photography, though...)

My relatively messy home.

My sis and mine's masterpiece!

Huh, what a tired day indeed!

βαвʏ Ɔнαяℓɛƨ...

2012-01-27T14:49:00.000+08:00

"Wei..." there was a gentle, meek voice coming from the phone. That was mom.

Kim Poh (My super-talkative yet friendly grandaunt) will be visiting my home! That was the end of silence at home!

That was what she did. Oh wait, guess who was along too?

BABY CHARLES!!!

He is kim poh's first grandson, who came to this world in 2010. Born in the year of Tiger, He was an unstoppable, super-active and cute little cub as well! My goodness, he was just simply cute and cheerful! However, he could never sit still. Carrying him around was by no means easy!

Come here, cutie boy...

I just saw something...

Arrow root chips, and nothing else!

Budding musician.

He is slightly over a year old, and here, he craved for nothing but ARROW ROOT CHIPS! When my parents and kim poh ordered him to sit still on the rocking chair, he sat-but for merely three seconds! He would pick up almost anything to play and eat-but biscuits. Getting him was like playing hide-and-seek, you can never fathom where will he be next. That was little wonder that kim poh was as fit as a fiddle!

Well, had I been given the responsibility to look after baby Charles, my diet plan would have succeed! Wait, he would have drive me mad!

Boys will be boys, and so do babies. Babies messing up the house-that was just oh-so-normal! His infinite cuteness has awed every member in my family!

By the way, he is left-handed.

I cannot wait to see him again in the future! Hopefully, by the time he would have grown and pushed asifde his mischievous antics, but remain as cute as before! Plus, I would like him to visit my family more before he leaves for Australia...

Ѧα Ɔнιиɛƨɛ Иɛω Ƴɛαя...

2012-01-27T14:34:00.000+08:00

English Post.

Sorry for being on the other side of the Internet for a few days! Besides visiting my relatives during Chinese New Year, I was terribly under the weather these days, perhaps due to excessive overeating, being a darn couch potato and, oh whatever.

Anyway, Happy Chinese New Year everyone!!!

22 January 2012

It was the Chinese New Year Eve. Just as most Chinese families will, my family had thrown a sumptuous Chinese New Year feast to usher into the new lunar year-the year of the Water Dragon. Frankly, we do not have much guests then-my paternal grandparents and an uncle. Anyway, that was enough to make up a REUNION...

Have a look! Disclaimer: It is just a feast for your eyes! Do not lick the monitor screen yeah, ha ha!

Purely homecooked reunion dinner.

Here the menu went in random order: Roasted pork, mixed vegetables, steamed fish, steamed chicken, braised mushroom with sea cucumber and "koh dao". Yum! Simple as they seem to be, it was a totally different feeling as you savour every bite of the food infused with dilligence and love.

Unless if you are a vegetarian, this feast is bound to make your mouth water, and even the most hardcore dieter will be off the track! *evil laugh*

By the way, no Chinese New Year is complete without decorations around the house. Thus, my home got a total makeover! Heck, it was just some decorations here and there. A total makeover costs a BOMB, man! Initially mom wanted the house to be repainted, but that was difficult to justify the cost.

Biscuits and pomelo, anyone?

Come midnight, mom prepared for the daily prayers. as for me, well, exhaustion crept on me, thus I could not stay up for the Spring Gala Show as usual, which aired on midnight. Sigh, I missed out everything...

23 January 2012

"gong Xi Fa Cai!" (Congratulations for gaining wealth!)

Real common. That is the first phrase coming out from my mouth whenever I wish my relatives during Chinese New Year. Till today, I am still wondering any suitable auspicious phrases besides "Gong Xi Fa Cai". Frankly speaking, not all of us are working or earning money, please...

Money, is important. Yet, health, studies, life... they are equally important too!!! Any phrase besides that, huh?

No more rantings, Sharon. This is Chinese New Year, okay???!!!

Okay, OKAY!!!

Paternal grandparents' house-that was my family's first destination. Later, my mom's old classmate dropped over to my family's. They were from Ipoh....

(Maybe, I got to skip this. Visit, Visit and Visit, it was very monotonous, really! It was only the adults who chat till the world ends; we children and teenagers did nothing but kept our mouths sealed)

24 January 2012

I can tell you're looking at me
I know what you see
Any closer and you'll feel the heat

That was my alarm tone, by the way. It was "The Boys" by Girls Generation. I fell in love with this song...

Yawn~

4.00 a.m.!!! It was time to rise and shine for "Balik Kampung"! Wait, what "balik kampung"? To be precise, it was "balik bandar" because we were heading to Kuala Lumpur. To arrive there early, we had no choice but to begin the three-hour journey at the break of dawn. The entire road was virtually OURS!!! Yes, the best time to go to Kuala Lumpur is during the festive season. The road is yours!!! No more traffic congestion and whatsoever nonsense!

After unpacking the bags at my first aunt's house, off the entire family went to visit Seng Koo Kong's(Youngest granduncle) and Chit Koo kong's families. Their houses were just ginormous and elegant.

Seng Koo Kong's was just large with a flair of sheer elegance. I could not tell if it was just a house, a library, or a hotel! Bookshelves were everywhere, and there were almost THIRTY fans in the ENTIRE house!!! At there, Seng Kim Poh (Seng Koo Kong's wife) and me chatted about my career choices.

This is how seng kim poh talks.

She talked as though as she was hurrying for a...

Anyway, it was a precious talk. From a seventeen-going-to-eighteen full of delusion and confusion, I am now quite enlightened about career choices. Maybe, I am better off as an accountant, or computer programmer, or to dwell myself in the fascinating world of multimedia?

Later, there we went-Chit Koo Kong's house. His house was much more simple-a sweet green bungalow amidst the healthy green pasture. (Sorry no pictures) Uncle Daniel (Chit Koo Kong's eldest son) even advised me about jobs (once again)-Mass communication this time, due to my passion in languages. Maybe, I should just devote myself into journalism?

I am just-mystified. Here are my choices...

I simply cannot make decision easily.

Time to ponder. No more honeymoon!

SPM wannabe announced on 22 March...

Anyway, my Chinese New Year was okay, but a little boring though... :(

By the way, this year is supposed to be the WATER DRAGON YEAR. However, the days were just freaking hot, so would it better if I call it as the YEAR OF THE FIRE DRAGON???!!! Ha ha!

做饼记

2012-01-22T12:18:00.002+08:00

农历新年的脚步跫近，而制作过年饼是我家的传统啦！除了制作过程较繁杂的如番婆饼、Kuih Ros、蛋卷等等，其他的，一律独家精心烘制的哦。。。。。。（其实，我们参考食谱的。。。。。。）

说真的，这是我第一次尝试烘烤饼干！我平时看妈妈烘制过年饼时，总是暗自嘀咕、发窂搔，埋怨妈妈为何不让我这个大冬瓜代劳就好了。反正，它又简单又好玩，即打发牛油和幼糖，然后再逐粒拌入鸡蛋并分批拌入面粉，加入适当配料如巧克力粒、蔓越莓、葡萄干等等。搓匀面团后就整形，再把那些生面团儿送入烘炉就Okay啦！

不试不知道，试之方知味。做饼，其实并非任何芝麻绿豆小儿科！为何？

搅入面粉时，面粉会喷得滿处都是，还得用九牛二虎之力才能拌匀的叻！
整形生面团儿时，面团儿多到爆！挫饼团儿搓到腰酸背痛的那种。。。。。。
当然，过后还要Clean Up的，（超彻底的说）否则就会有“好朋友”光顾！

不过，只要高兴, 再辛苦也值得。天下哪有白吃的午餐呢？

玉米饼干-蔓越莓，葡萄干和花生味。

青豆饼。放心吧，鲜艳的绿色来自青豆，没有人造色素，百分之百的天然!

Cranberry and orange cookies

巧克力核桃曲奇。

还有，还有白杏仁饼干和凤梨饼,当然不乏我家最爱的Muruku啦！（显然,我家不做Muruku，是买回来的。1Malaysia 嘛!)

无论如何,我永远不会放弃烘焙。何况，我爱上它了啦！！！！！！

New Baby! So What??!!

2012-01-18T14:42:00.000+08:00

Baby is God's gift to families. Which married couple does not rejoice when a baby was born to them?

Yet, what I am trying to say here is that: You have a baby, do you need to create a SCENE???!!! Parents having a baby-well, that is a NORM, you KNOW???!!!

due to this as well, I lose all admiration to a singer recently. You know who is that.

These stars have babies too. Yet they manage to stay in shape.

Natalie Portman when pregnant.

Jennifer Lopez. She has twins, yet she still looks beautiful and you cannot even guess that she's in her 40s at a glance!

Heidi Klum. She has FOUR kids. Yet, she manages to look sensational.

What about this star? (I think you all know about it.) She made a scene during the 2011 VMA Awards, apparently a baby bump. Soon, in a television programme, her belly seems to FOLD.

In 7 January this year, her daughter was born. Yes, it is joy to the world-buy hey hello, do you really NEED to rent the ENTIRE floor of the hospital-just for childbirth? For 1.3 million dollars? (That is a handsome sum for we laymen, ha ha! )

What about the other parents-to-be, huh?

@%%%@&@$*@$^~#%@%^!!!

Pity to the other parents!

Further news, I will say no more. They are all in the newspapers. I'm getting heated! (Very kay-poh, right? XD )

Cooking Up a Storm

2012-01-14T14:12:00.000+08:00

Cooking is among my new hobby which I had picked up after SPM. Well, the holidays are long-a golden privilege for us high school leavers. I bet this privilege will only come to me again after retirement. Thus, there is absolutely NO REASON for me to waste this vacation by being idle,

11/1/2012

Fried rice.

My mom went to the temple. Thus, I was to prepare my own lunch. Being a greenhorn in cooking, I prepared fried rice, which, I must say, among the easiest lunch in the world!

Leftover rice, frozen mixed vegetables, small prawns, an egg, chopped garlic, dash of pepper, light soy sauce, some cooking oil, and of course, patience, these were just all that were needed for this easy-peasy daily laymen's fare. Likewise, ANYBODY can prepare it as the dish is not expensive, except for the prawns. (Yes, seafood is outrageously expensive these days)

Here are the steps on how to prepare fried rice (Well, it is SO EASY that it does NOT even need a recipe! ) I will show the steps anyway.

Stir-Fry the garlic till fragrant but not too brown.

Add in the prawns and stir-fry together with the garlic till the prawns are cooked (curl up into a "C" )

Separate the mixture into one end of the wok, then fry the egg while mashing it up.

Add in the rice and mixed vegetables. Stir fry the rice till well-mixed.

Add pepper and light soy sauce to taste.

Dish up and serve hot.

Well, it is freaking easy, right? Not if you are impatient (That is me!)

My mom wanted me to leave some of the rice for her to taste. Guess what? She commented that my rice was fragrant and that it was better than my grandaunt's (heart blossoms...) but it was too oily. (Yurghs!)

I must admit that my fried rice was damn oily as well.

Anyway, it was quite a good try. (Being narcissistic, again, huh? ) Nobody learns without doing mistakes anyway.

12/1/2012

正月初一头一天 
家家户户过新年 
大街小巷悬灯彩 
炮竹响连天 
七个隆咚锵咚锵 
炮竹响连天 
小妹过年真高兴 
换上心鞋穿新衣 
从头到脚打扮好 
上街去拜年 
七个隆咚锵咚锵 
上街去拜年

Ehem. Maybe it is too early to sing this traditional Chinese song yet. Well, nine days away. However, I am completely geared up in the festive mood,all-out for Chinese New Year. (That does not mean that I crave for a crazy party yeah. Festivals are precious moments for FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS to REUNITE, right??!! Festivals are definitely not moments for you to become a skanky party animal! ) ***cruel laugh***

As a matter of fact, to me, everyday is Chinese New Year. Everyday is moon cake festival. ***winks***

For this upcoming festive season, my mother is going to offer a myriad of biscuits as usual. Personally, I prefer homemade cookies to the bought version because they are cheaper. (Actually, the ingredients are quite costly as well, especially cooking chocolate and nuts.) Besides, the ingredients are guaranteed to be the best and that the biscuits are loaded with REAL ingredients (e.g. fruits and nuts), and are preservative and stabilizer-free.

Of course, it is a back-breaking effort to bake biscuits. I used to think that baking biscuits is child's play and sulk whenever mom turned down my request for biscuits. Now, I got to taste the experience in baking biscuits. Awww! Unless you are physically strong, this task is bound to beat you.

Nevertheless, mom and my effort definitely pays off! As the saying goes, "No pain, no gain".

These are the first batch of biscuits: Cornflakes cookies.

Initially, we decided to make only cornflakes cookies with raisins. However, due to the lack of raisins, we soon turned to peanuts. I regret using peanuts as they do not taste good at all. :(

Thus, my mom suggested that we switch to cranberries. Obviously, the end product tastes a thousand times BETTER than those with peanuts! However, the cranberry variety and the raisin variety taste almost the same.

Happy baking to me yeah. I will be helping my mom to bake GREEN PEAS COOKIES soon!!!

Just Too EPIC...

2012-01-08T15:06:00.000+08:00

I recently subscribed to this channel, Epic Meal Time. Please do not get me wrong- I liked this channel simply because I find this amusing and hilarious, and not for promoting meaty eating habits. Enjoy!!! :D

To be frank, I really salute the hosts for being able to eat food WITHOUT ANY VEGETABLES! What is more, they are not at the least plump! Had I been eating like that, I will be growing horizontally-like THREE times. Plus, I may not be able to swallow any of them (since I love vegetables- A LOT!)

No offence to them though.

However, the humour which is cleverly infused into every single video in this channel has outweighed its downsides. The procedures on the preparation of the food are sure to tickle your funny bone! (Imagine putting in endless streaks of bacon and pouring in huge bottles of Jack Daniels in EVERY dish... )

Enjoy!! :D

(Obviously I am not into scoffing on meat like that, but the videos definitely gave me a hearty laugh. :p )

Lady Antebellum-Just a Kiss

2012-01-05T13:23:00.000+08:00

I must swear that this is among the most beautiful country song ever...!!!

Lyin' here with you so close to me
It's hard to fight these feelings when it feels so hard to breathe
I'm caught up in this moment, caught up in your smile

I've never opened up to anyone
So hard to hold back when I'm holding you in my arms
We don't need to rush this, let's just take it slow

Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
And I don't want to mess this thing up
No, I don't want to push too far

Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby, I'm alright with just a kiss goodnight

I know that if we give this a little time
It'll only bring us closer to the love we wanna find
It's never felt so real, no, it's never felt so right
{ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/l/lady-antebellum-lyrics/just-a-kiss-lyrics.html }

Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
No, I don't want to mess this thing up
I don't want to push too far

Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby, I'm alright with just a kiss goodnight

No, I don't want to say goodnight
I know it's time to leave
But you'll be in my dreams
Tonight, tonight, tonight

Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
And I don't want to mess this thing up
I don't want to push too far

Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby, I'm alright

Oh, let's do this right with just a kiss goodnight
With a kiss goodnight, kiss goodnight

School is here! Wait, Who cares?

2012-01-03T10:17:00.000+08:00

Well, that is in my case as a high school leaver.

Witnessing my sister smartly donned in her school uniform and got geared up for school to get her textbooks for Form Four lessons which are about to kick start tomorrow, I reminisced on my gloomy Form Four days. Those struggles with the complicated lessons, endless tuition classes... Which were actually OVER!

Unfortunately, being stuck amidst the crossroads and thick clouds looming over my head, I view the future with infinite angst. Where to further my studies? should I go for Matriculation? Teacher's Training? Polytechnic? Form Six? Being born and raised in a middle-class family, I have definitely crossed private college out of my list. I am highly passionate in multimedia, but alas at the same time, languages and accountancy are my loves as well!

My parents constantly remind me to follow where my heart belongs. Meanwhile, my friends suggest that I take up Teacher Training as I am okay (well, really?) in languages. I, on the other hand, am fascinated with the colourful graphics and a sea of information across the cyberspace.

Sigh, I really do not know where is my destiny, my life path.

Seriously, the post-SPM days are no child's play. Yes, I may regard it as honeymoon, but in fact, it is all about future planning and pursuing my hobbies and all. As I look at the promotion campaigns in the supermarkets and my Alma mater, I start to remember those school days. (Well, I will not repeat all these. Lazy, right)

As the days dragged by, I cannot help but sigh and pray. The long-awaited yet heart-thumping SPM results are to be announced not long soon, maybe on the end of February, maybe on March. Now, I will just leave these to God!

Now, it is a long holiday (I am not chosen for the National Service, ha ha!!!), but it does not mean that my mind will be allowed to rust. I hate to be lazy, really!

To fellow students out there, Happy schooling! Schools are not just merely about studies and homework; it is about cultivating a wholesome life for a bright future ahead. Who knows, you may be the next Nelson Mandela, Albert Einstein, Thomas Alva Edison or Confucius? Live up your school life! Good luck!!!

As for school leavers like me, enjoy this holidays but do not go overboard. To those who:

attend

National Service: Good Luck and remember to take care of your safety! It is a chance to gain experience, do loads of extreme activities and make friends.

Work: Grab this golden chance for work experience and social skills.

Stay at home (That's me!) : holidays are never drab, if you can utilise your holidays well. Honestly, it is a golden privilege for us school leavers to enjoy long vacations for almost five months! (If I am not mistaken) Do whatever you like but cannot be done during school hours, however, bear in mind that do not go too crazy and wild.

Happy School days and advanced Chinese New Year!!! :D

2011 Rewind!

2011-12-31T23:21:00.000+08:00

Ring out the old, ring in the new!

For now, it is merely more than two hours away to the next day-and a whole new year ahead...

2012. A whole new year. A whole new life which is yet to begin in the next few hours.

2011. A fascinating, important year and an eye-opener, which is yet still perplexing, oh, maybe a little.

I knew that I have to make a change in 2011, at the end of 2010. No more Internet addiction, no more getting confused in any time and any place, no more non-stop complaining. NEVER!!!

Did I got over all those nonsensical hoo-hahs which unfortunately downed on me last year? I am uncertain of that. however, most of the people around me agreed in unison that I have indeed changed to the better. Not to brag, though. XD

I am putting in every effort to pick up the broken pieces of my life and fix them altogether into a better picture-throughout the year.

(Sharon, stop being that emotional! Head straight to the point!)

Okay, okay yeah...

Well, well, in this year, I have learnt that life is not all about endless studying and internet. Life is about LOVE, APPRECIATION to the best things around you, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT to the beauty and power of GOD, and to forgive and forget.

This year is nothing but AWESOME. I meet awesome people, shared the most outta-your-mind jokes with my allies, meet good teachers which enlightened my soul (especially Puan Sharifah...)... the list is endless. however, nothing beats GOD. He saves souls!

Malay debate. Spell-It-Right. BRATs. Essay competitions. I have since then explored towards further horizons and began to think out of the box. Polishing my writing skills, learning up beautiful quotes (eh, is the word "beautiful" appropriate here? I don't know!), liaise with people around me and getting out of my shady corner beneath the thick pages and the idiot box... Yeah, it is all about living up my life! I learnt to interact with my friends more. I am no longer perplexed in managing time. I can rack all and about my brain more! I am... I am...

Nonetheless, 2011 is my final year of marathon studying, and that is the ESSENCE of the year! Now taht SPM is over, that means that there are no more mind-boggling scientific terms and long-winded facts which virtually blow my mind out!

In short, it is about letting go the scums along my life journey, and live a wholesome life. *Smiles*

However, being a school leaver, I am currently on the crossroads, lost in direction, fidgeting which direction to follow. Matriculation? A-levels? Teacher Training?

Now that there are a myriad of challenges ahead, I will have to brave through the hurricanes and move on.

Anyway, anyhow, 2011 is surely a memorable year for me and will be treasured for the years to come.

forgive and forget. Live and let live. Last but not least, to all of you,

...Time to bid adios to 2011 with glee!!!

2012-My Wishlist! :D

2011-12-29T21:56:00.000+08:00

2011 is coming to an end while 2012 is drawing near. As time flies and a new phase of life-and human civilization-is about to kick off, I harbour lots of hopes, praying that 2012 will not turn out into the dreaded DOOMS DAY.

Doom's Day? Well, in religion, that is possible. However, I do hope that it will never, never come and gulp everyone. There is still a long way ahead for us all-and including ME, of course! For this coming year, I have decided on a list in order to improve myself in terms of life. (Well, i may have retired from school, but life is about improvement, and not just a dull stagnant journey!)

I will jot down my wishlist in point form... (AGAIN!!!)

1. Broaden my general knowledge.

Despite being a high school student no more, there is no reason for me to let my brain rest hundred-percent. In fact, I do not want it to "rust"! As told by our ancestors, "knowledge is the guide for life". Without knowledge, human can do virtually nothing. Thus, I am currently picking up magazines, newspapers and occassionally novels, to indulge in good reads for the sake of language proficiency and broadening my horizons. Never mind, such reading habit is NEVER as stressful as flipping and memorizing the endless flow of facts in the revision books, obviously. Best of all, it is suitable for all ages regardless of time and location.

2. Pass my driving tests quickly and smoothly.

This is the book of rules and regulations on the road. By the way, I have passed the computer test and currently waiting for the "L" licence.

Who says that school leavers do not go to school? Of course they DO! However, the classes are not as long as those in academic schools. They showcase two sessions of long lectures, practical driving sessions and driving tests of course. As I am taking only car lessons, ! hope that I will somehow go through the entire lesson well and who knows, I can take my family and friends for a joyride one day! I am longing for that.

By the way, most importantly, driving is a priority these days. You can almost go nowhere without a vehicle in at least two wheels, in spite of the fact that the world iss getting smaller.

3. Stay fitter than before!

Can I possibly become like that? Well, hopefully yes.

To be frank, I am quite chubby yeah. I will stay away from fast foods and snacks whenever possible. Besides, I am opting for a vegetarian diet, which is quite difficult as I am an avid seafood lover and a fan of eggs. No, I still consume meat for now of course, but I will watch my diet in order to keep diseases and bulges away. Exercise, well, that is a must, but I am quite uncertain on the best type of exercise for me. Most importantly, I must stay happy everyday! Laughter is the best medicine!

4. Learn up cooking.

We are not cavemen who eat only raw food. Thus, I want to learn up cooking as a step towards independence. I can cut vegetables quite well but meat products are problems to me. I hope I can cook as well as my mom. (Hey Sharon, dream on!) Anyway, I love the kitchen more than the classroom. I love cooking up a storm, erm, well, at least I know how to fry rice. Ha ha!

5. Play the keyboard.

I will not describe more about the keyboard as I had mentioned about it in my previous post. I am currently learning up some Chinese New Year songs, yet it is still in a messy manner. My mom always question me where I learn the songs from. In terms of precision, I am still way below par. Never mind, I love the keyboard, and I will never give up!

6. Seek a part time job

My dad allows me to look for a job only AFTER I pass the driving examinations. That will be almost two months later. I am looking for jobs such as temporary clerk or shop helper. Waitress? No way!!! I want to gain some working experience before stepping into the doors of the campus.

7. Get a laptop.

I will need it for campus assignments and all. Most importantly, it is MOBILE! I hope for a Sony VAIO because it is sleek and stylish.

8. Get straight A+'s in my SPM, of course!

The results will only be out next year. After all the hard work and frustration in studies, I hope that I will pass the examinations in flying colours. No, but 11 A+'s!!! God, help me!!!

New Year, New Life. I am keeping my fingers crossed while fidgeting about my future and further studies for now, besides doing lots of nonsense. I pray that 2012 is much peaceful than this year, and that everyone will live happily in comfort, just peace, no disasters, no war. That makes a paradise-UTOPIA.

Ɔняιƨтмαƨ Єʌɛ

2011-12-24T15:52:00.000+08:00

Christmas Eve, a day for Thanksgiving, a day for family gatherings, a day for the ultimate get-together with friends.

Of course, as mentioned earlier, I do not celebrate Christmas. I have neither a rich turkey dinner nor a grand Christmas tree glistening with colourful lights nor whatsoever. Nevertheless, I have TWO main items to accompany me for Christmas: Computer and an electronic keyboard. <3

As for the electronic keyboard, well, my dad bought it for my sister and me yesterday during a sales campaign in Tesco. It is not sophisticated at all, rather, it is the relatively cheap, kiddie variety, made-in China variety which costs around RM60. Ha ha! Anyway, I am quite contented with that already as I had yearned for a keyboard for long.

Speaking about PMR 2011, well, the results were announced yesterday and the overall performance is okay. As for my sister, Magdalene (http://darkforce-devil.blogspot.com), she scored 6A's and 1B, where B for History. Congratulations, sister, you have did it pretty well! Do not rest on your laurels yeah!!!

Form Four is waiting for you! HA HA!!!

everyone!

Of course, I will tell my Christmas wishes here:

-Get 11 A+ in SPM
-Sony Vaio laptop
-gain height and lose weight (the downside is, I freaking love food!!! XD)
-Helping the needy
-Meet up with friends and cousins
-More ideas to make greeting cards...

Damn simple, right? I am keeping my fingers crossed for these.

and

Ѧɛяяʏ Ɔняιƨтмαƨ Єʌɛяʏσиɛ!

2011-12-23T15:50:00.000+08:00

Haha, I got the image from Google. I love the neon colours!!! :D

First and foremost, for your information, I am not a Christian despite my name. In fact, my Western name was given by my aunt who is a Christian. Most of my maternal relatives are Christians as well.

Anyway, everyone can indulge in the infectious and merry Yuletide Cheer, right? *grins*

Well, I bet everyone would have known the story of Christmas, so I will not elaborate about it. (Lazy!)

I drew some Christmas pictorials for fun and information. However, they are in black and white. Do they look okay? XP

Note: I write some of the text left-handed because my dominant hand hurts terribly at that time! I hope they are not illegible...

As for the last picture, I added some clip art from Photoscape because I forgot to draw anything there.

Sorry for my sheer carelessness!

To all Christians,

To the rest of you, happy holidays and together, let us count down to 2012! Stay happy as the day is long!

(In fact, I NEVER believe in Doom's Day. Hahahaha!!!)

冬至节快乐！

2011-12-23T15:03:00.000+08:00

Since my computer's Chinese input system went on and off, I might just type this in English. Sorry yeah! :-(

To all Chinese, regardless of religion and location, Sharon cordially wishes all of you a...

Happy winter solstice Festival!

冬至节快乐！

For the Cantonese, Winter solstice Festival is a grand event because it is regarded as being more important than chinese New Year. In chinese, we call "dong zhi da guo nian". For Chinese, I hope you understand.

Every year, mom made these "tang-yuen" for this festival. Seriously, my family does not believe in purchasing "tang yuen". For this year, we do not have any pink "tang yuen"; instead, my mom made her "tang-yuen" in FIVE COLOURS: white, orange, green, purple and blue.

Is this weird? Relax! Be rest assured that the "tang yuen" is a hundred-percent natural. (My dad frowns at ANYTHING with artificial colouring, and we like it neither.) Sweet potatoes, screwpine leaves, bunga telang... Those were the source of colourings used. =)

Sharon's Cooking Madness

2011-12-22T13:38:00.001+08:00

As a food lover, I am interested in cooking as well. Thus, cooking is part of my holiday to-do list. Mom has always have me to prepare the ngredients. I was fortunate last Monday because I could prepare my first dish at last!

The dish was steamed cauliflower. there are only six ingredients used: cauliflower, red capsicum, green capsicum, margarine, salt and ground black pepper. After cutting the vegetables, the next steps were to mix them up and steam for ten to fifteen minutes. Yes, it was THAT easy, but it did not guarantee success.

I do not reveal the entire recipe here (well, the amount of ingredients) because I got the recipe from a food magazine.

this is the steamed cauliflower dish.

My favourite meal! It is freaking colourful... due to LOTS of vegetables! :-D

The dish was still okay, but it was too soft and spicy though. My dad commented that it was overcooked as well. What a flip-flop!

Nevertheless, in fact, I cherish every moment in the kitchen and the problems were absolutely nothing. That will not deter me from cooking up a storm during vacation. NEVER!

Savouring the Rich Heritage in Malacca :)

2011-12-14T09:48:00.000+08:00

12 December 2011

It was the third day and final day of my family trip. It was also the time to say adios to Johor Bahru, the place where my family stayed with my relatives. Early in the morning, after a rich (yet expensive) breakfast, my family made our way to the renowned City of Historical Heritage-Malacca.

Since it was a brief trip, I will just let the pictures do the talking.

Lime drink at Hainamko Cafe.

Later, we went to...

... and we bought...

The Historical Malacca Red Houses, built during the Hollander era.

Fancy a trishaw ride around the Malacca city for RM8.00 per person?

Christ Church built in the eighteenth century.

Fountain.

Me in front of the Malacca Art Gallery.

Tan Beng Swee Clock Tower.

A busy market selling mainly souvenirs.

Scenes at Stadhuys

Muzium Pemerintahan Demokrasi

Fort A' Famosa

Statue of St. Francis Xavier

Pictures tell you thousands of words!

Boat ride is available too!

St Francis Xavier Church.

Souvenirs. Mind you, I paid merely RM10 for six key chains, which is among the cheapest souvenir I have ever seen!

Frolicking in the Lion City! -Day 2

2011-12-14T09:09:00.000+08:00

11 December 2011

Aaarrrggghhh!!! After the night-long "battle" with my cousins' Wii game console along with my cousins, Bryan and Amanda, it was another sleazy morning at 7.20 a.m. It was a Singapore escapade again after breakfast!

Unfortunately, the traffic at the causeway was outrageously jammed. Thus, it was almost noon by the time we arrived at Singapore. :-/ Well, better late than never, better safe than sorry!

As promised by my aunt, we went to the Burdington Square. It was a place for budget buys. The buildings there were built using traditional Chinese architecture, and temples were everywhere. The drizzling did not dampen the holiday mood. In fact, the city was crowded like a can of sardines. Food stalls and stalls selling Buddhist ritual necessities were lined up neatly side by side across the street.

As a devout Buddhist, mom headed straight to the Great Guan Yin Temple (above) which was said to be the most renowned temple in Singapore. There is a unique rule in the temple: NO JOSS STICKS ALLOWED! It was packed with devout Buddhist disciples and curious tourists, both inside and outside the temple.

After that, we visited the local market and stores. We were totally starry-eyed and spoilt for choice as there were lots of great bargains and buys! In the end, after much fidgeting for the purchases, my family bought some foodstuffs from New Moon.

In the afternoon, we went to Ah Hua's Bak Kut Teh Restaurant for lunch. Though not air-conditioned, the food served was a real "Wow" factor!

Even stars favour this outlet as well!

For your information, the Bak Kut Teh in Singapore was much different with the Malaysian version of the Chinese herbal delicacy. Instead of having a rich aroma of spices and brown soup, the Singaporean version tasted rather like pig stomach soup which had lots of peppercorn. Be rest assured that it is not at all spicy!

After that hearty lunch, we visited Marina Square at Esplanade.

Look at the colourful decorations!

The cute "igloo" which looked like a heap of balls, for that Yuletide mood.

Singapore's signature Merlion statuette.

The durian-shaped Esplanade performing arts center, which never fails to stand out in the Marina Square area.

The ferris wheel, "Singapore Eye"

Skyscrapers were abundant in the Lion City.

In the afternoon, we visited my aunt's family's house in Bedok Reservoir Garden.

Here are some bird's-eye view snapshots from the apartment...

Cute public garden

Singaporeans really do know how to use their land well!

Paradise Restaurant-that was where my relatives and my family went for a dinner grandeur. My, did we actually PIG OUT???!!!

Whoa, what a bloated tummy! I love this dinner though.

By nightfall, it is time to bid Singapore adios. I will miss Singapore, this beautiful city. I vowed that I will pay a visit to here again next time!