Pictures

Scenery on the way there


The only tunnel along the North-South Highway at Ipoh


Source of Ipoh Marble


Cast Landscape - A change from all that greenery


Haha i like this for some reason. Looks like some ray of light shining down on a mountain top!


Damn nice drink! Buah longlong drink. hehe


my daddy's pri schooL! he's super proud of it. took us on a detour to see it hehe!


Greeeeen rambutans outside my uncle's place! purdy.


pretty scenery on the way to the penang bridge...


penang bridge from afarrrr...


a tad nearer...


and perhaps just tooo close! hehe.


pretty sun shining bright!


woohoo some ex-millionaire's house.... big!


where we ate our last lunch this trip in penang... thai-nonya food! the tomyam was good!! i like!

~ st*rcr*ss*d ~

Personality Test

Took this personality quiz.

My friend said it was absolute bs and simply full of praises but I felt it really reflected me...


Your view on yourself:You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

*I'm not even straightforward. More like blunt. Lol. And yeah I like to listen to both sides... though i might not make such nice decisions hehe*

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.

*true romantic duh. isnt everyone who's heart hasnt been smash to smithereens yet*

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

*welll... its gotta be fy! hahahaa i wonder. like that would happen*

The seriousness of your love:Your have very sensible tactics when approaching the opposite sex. In many ways people find your straightforwardness attractive, so you will find yourself with plenty of dates.

*liar! i have no dates. but i guess im sensible. I wont dare to resort to outrageous and downright open ways to approach guys. im a scaredy cat*

Your views on education:Education is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own.

*ah hah! this was the one that clinched it! exactly right!!*

The right job for you:You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

*well of cuz i want a secure job with a steady income + a job i LIKE. who doesnt*

How do you view success:You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.

*umm nothing will stop me from trying thats pretty much true i guess. not sure abt successful though =P*

What are you most afraid of:You are afraid of having no one to rely on in times of trouble. You don't ever want to be unable to take care of yourself. Independence is important to you.

*another clincher! I dont ever want to be unable to take care of myself!! And when I feel I have no one to turn to when I'm down.. breaks my heart...*

Who is your true self:You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.

*this one.. haha not so sure man. not calm and still includes being noisy and silly and just plain too high? then tooo low? and im not that full of confidence*


On another note. photojerk is finally up yay. can upload my pics. =)

~ st*rcr*ss*d ~

Shop Shop Shop (and just distract myself from the essay)

Pretty Knitted Bolero! -on sale too...

Comfy looking! -i like!



~ st*rcr*ss*d ~

Addicted

Shit. I'm fking addicted to costume/semi precious stones/glass beads etc jewellery! I just spend my time online nowadays surfing catalogues and totallying drooooooling over the fantabulous pieces of jewellery! Even more so if they're like within my price range! Some stuff going for like USD 1 but there's a minimum order of like USD 50. Shucks. 1 is fine but 50 is a tad too much. I'd probably end up buying like 49 pieces of stuff what am i gonna do after that?! Go on an accessories-shopping hiatus? Of course that won't happen. Shit. I still love the pieces. FFFFFFFFfking pretty!!!! And the most affordable so far. Gosh. I'm so in <3!

Hokay. That aside. I'm also fking screwed. I havn't touched anything. And I still owe a shit essay to Rolly. Ugh. Gotta be done by tomorrow or something. I havn't done that essay for sir either. Shall attempt to get it done tonight. Wait. Wth am I saying?! I WILL get it done tonight. That's more in line with my new supposed positive and confident attitude. Hah.

Unfinished

* Hockey Essay
* History Essay
* PW
* Econs Revision
= Basic Problems of Econs
= Demand and Supply
= Theory of Production
= Theory of Costs
* History
= Shit I dont even rmb wats tested or wat i've learnt. lovely.
* Chinese
* Maths
* Lit

Boo. This site is the <3!!

Ugh. I can't stand it. I'm definitely going down to Little India/Chinatown/Bead Hub some day soon! Hopefully these places can match up to my online catalogues so far. Haha. Doubt so though!

~ st*rcr*ss*d ~

Semi-Precious!

I'm in love with semi-precious stones!! Aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I esp love them in strands of chips, diamond squares, biggish round (faceted/nonfaceted) beads and lentils! Hehe.. Lentils are those flat and round ones that aren't faceted! I learnt that today whilst surfing around all those sites =) LOVELY!

Oh yeah. And I finally learnt how to post images! I posted 4 pics on my lj today, so proud of the ring I made! Shall place one here -beams-



My ring's extremely pretty isn't it!!

Hehe anyway today I'm quite happy too! Accomplished quite a few things, including

; Mowing
; Mending Walls
; Love and a Question
; Birches

Actually come to think of it.... that's not much at all! BLEH! Now I'm kinda boooo...

~ st*rcr*ss*d ~

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I feel rather gladish, happyish and contented today. Felt that I didn't let the day go to waste and I'm gradually feeling more and more happyish each day. Anyway, today I....

;washed my wallet
;washed my shin guards
;made a pretty bead ring (my first!! -beams-)
;opened Robert Frost's Poems and re-read two poems
;drank my 2nd cup of warm water + lemon slice
;discussed with Chen the possibility of moving the party elsewhere and he replied quick quick!
;almost got the thing settled
;had tv + kfc for dinner and yumun's house was pretty cosy!
;had a rather nice walk around white sands with bren tho it wuz short

See? Takes so little for a girl to be happy. Hehee... I suddenly revisited the idea of going out with him. Wonder if he has time though -remembered him saying that he doesn't have a free day the last time I talked to him ya... Anyway I decided if I wanted to go out with someone and I wanted to dress up, I can go out with him! Cuz then he won't like laugh at me or something.. i THINK. Haha! Wonder if I can still talk to him. Havn't seen him in so long...!

Oh well.. I wonder where's a nice place to shop for buttons/beads and wont burn a hole in my empty pocket! Booo.... Sometimes having a comfortable amount of disposable cash is nice.

~ st*rcr*ss*d ~

Running Makes My <3 Go Pitter-Patter...

Haha I feel great! I love running at night when all's serenely quiet and softly lit... And there's the unfailing cool wind that rustles the leaves, creating a soothing sounds just perfect for running.

I ran two rounds but it only clocked till 18 mins or so though. Last time I ran one round it turned out to be about 10 mins thereabouts. Boo my sweaty forearms are causing my laptop to be damp and icky! So I placed my sweat towel on top of the touchpad area. =) I think I'll run one more time of 2 rounds before I move on to 3... 1 seems too little, 2 seems almost just nice whilst 3? 3 just seems a tad too much. And this great thought struck me during my run just now -that running and mugging would go hand in hand!! Lol. I say great because I havn't touched a single school-related book, paper or instrument since the last day of school on 27th May =) I havn't filed either. I havn't done my overdue essay either... I havn't, I havn't, I havn't....

I feel like baking scones again soon. Except this time I will remember to add in the egg or two =P and perhaps a more accurate ratio of baking powder to plain flour. Hehe! OoooH! And I spied a small plastic packet of dried fruits from Carrefour in the fridge! I suspect it's cranberries or some berries. Have yet to check though.

One day, sometime soon, not too far off in the future, hopefully, I will get the idea and method of the most convenient way to post pictures on here or maybe even my lj hehe.

~ st*rcr*ss*d ~

Online Shopping!

This is the first time I'm enjoying online shopping so much! I just like looking at really unique jewellery stuff and imagine myself owning them. Quite amusing hehe.

See, I like this silver set.

And also, like this red beaded thing

AND i like this one alot alot alot!!

Hoho I quite like this simple one too, except its too long and I don't have anything low cut enough, yet anyway.

and for some reason, i think this purple fat beady thing is REALLY cute and pretty! I probly wont wear it tho... Or maybe I would just because its so simple. hehe.

boo. hehe it's nice to dream sometimes. and have those lazy brainless afternoons =)

not everything should be intellectual. time for everything...

~ st*rcr*ss*d ~

3.04 am

Boo. Stayed up late again. But this time it's so worth it! I chanced upon this korean movie whilst browsing Poh Kim earlier today with my mum at Festival Market. It was called "The Cool Guy''. Looked pretty funny and I wanted to get it but then my mum said, "Don't we have this at home already? I rmb watching it. I think dad bought it." So after I came home from the musical at Faith's church, I dug high and low and was so exasperated when I couldnt find it no matter what! Then finally my mum dug it up. It had no cover... Wonder why. Anyway so I watched it. It's so GOOD! I can't stand it. I like these kinda shows. Hehe! Happy ending and umm just keep drooling over the guy...

Many times when girls go crazy over their idols, I don't really think it's all that much to do with their 'drop-dead-gorgeous' swankylooks or electrifying 'thousand-watt-smile', but perhaps more to do with the kinda character they acted out. Most times movie characters play right into our hearts, dreams and romantic naivete. In real life, we want such guys who would take note of the ugliest and most unfashionable us in school, fight off everyone and claim you for himself loudly even though you pretend to get angry with him for that... perhaps that's why we associate the actor with such a character and we start idolising him. Hoping one day, perhaps it'll be just like in the movie scenes, where he suddenly turns around and catches your eye. He smiles, and starts walking towards you with the crowd parting silently to let him by...

Hah! I wish. I'm still idealistic in my own dreamworld, but caustic and cynical at the same time /in this real world. It's rather amusing. I know such a thing will never ever happen to be, but something inside me keeps whispering softly that it sure doesn't hurt to dream... HAH! With those idealistic dreams and images of a boyfriend comes expectations, expectations that reality will break and break HARD. I can't wait to get my heart broken so I can stop being so naive and stop hoping! I sound disgusting I know, but sometimes just knowing that I will get hurt one day because of my own stupid beliefs is something that doesn't leave a good taste in my mouth. At the same time, I find it rather... saddening that I actually want to have my feelings thrown back in my face, just because I don't want to have such romanticism anymore... Without hope, there's no dreams, and with no dreams there's no search for that something more...

I can't stand this. Life is so full of bullshit sometimes. I wish I would just shut up and know what I want.

After all that crap of cowshit, I will still eventually go back to watching my love comedies and movies and bury myself in some trashy love novel, hoping for some ray of hint that would tell me about my own prince charming. Pah. Humans are so fking not understandable. I dont even want to understand everybody. Just myself would do...

Better remind myself to get Ice Rain. It stars Song Seung Heon who was the "Cool Guy" in the movie I just watched. Ice Rain was shot in the Canadian mountains, sounds pretty. At least if the story sucks my arse, there'll still be the nice scenery.

~ st*rcr*ss*d ~

There goes my early morning intention..

poo. It's 2.34 am. I screwed up my sleep-before-12 plan and sleep-early-wake-up-early plan tooo. Psh. Supposed to get up at 9am tmr morning, since I got up at 10 today. Then day aft will be 8am then 7am the next day then 6am then it stops at 5.30am. Then I'm supposed to have a 20 mins run every morning before I start my day. Hehe. Sounds good eh? -beams away-

In any case! I ran today! At like 11.15pm lol. 10 min run only tho. Shall attempt to run 2 rounds in about a day or two. Oh yeah and better remember to do my conditioning today. That's all I guess, I think I'm making good progress! Not only cuz of the run, but in terms of mood and attitude too. =)

~ st*rcr*ss*d ~

Optio S4i

Can't seem to find the cd-rom to install the USB connection for the digicam to the PC. Shall go dig around more later. I had a sudden surge of inspiration last night. I decided I got to go learn to become more poised, more self-confident and just enjoy my life. Perhaps then it'll be easier to actually meet someone I like? Or just easier to make friends, and not always be afraid to step out of my comfort zone. I always seem to laugh at my close friends' fear and discomfit in stepping out of their comfort zone, cuz I've always seen myself as the one who's more willing to take steps outta the box. I guess I've come to realise that being inclined to go trekking and hiking doesn't mean I'm more adventurous than others. A few times I've wanted to change a major part of me, be it my activities or attitude or wardrobe, but I've always somehow found a way to restrain it and with time, it passed.

I'm quite laughable really.

So I've decided. This time I'm gonna try harder. Some of the stuff I've decided to start doing are probably things I should have done years ago, but I've never really knew how. I still don't really know how to go about it now either, but at least now I have more guts. This time, I've decided to make things a little more practical and realistic, not like how I used to have those huge desires to morph into a princess overnight. Hehe.

Things to Buy

- lemons --> for that cup of warm water with lemon slice every morning as faith recs
- T3 Tea Tree Pimple Gel --> for my unfortunately rapidly worsening complexion
- hair gel/wax/clay --> to style my pretty new haircut
- coloured/shine lip gloss --> to make me feel a bit prettier when I need it =)
- sunblock! --> the thing I should have bought a thousand and ten years ago

Also, I've decided it's time I should actually get on with my exercise regime that I've always thought I should do. Especially since now I came up with a fitness thing for my hockey babes, I better follow it and do more! They probably won't do it, but I don't wanna let myself down cuz even I didn't do it in the end! I'm starting off easy, let's hope I'll actually stick to this.

Exercise!!

- 30 min jog alt days
- 50 crunches daily
- 30 backraisers daily
- 20 female pushups, 10 of each kind (tricep and bicep kind) daily
- 30 obliques daily
- 10 easy laps + 4 hard laps fortnightly

So, well I can't exactly change my features and alter my genes to make me look like some world-class South American beauty, but I can alter my attitude, my outlook, my self-esteem.

Positivity, is my new motto.

~ st*rcr*ss*d ~

Just.. Life -Getting By

Gosh. Havnt been blogging have I? Short summary then

:: day before yesterday ::

huge headache about when the party should be. really disgusting. at least now its outta my hands and no one can say i didnt do anything or try my best to please everyone ya.

:: today ::

quite pleased actually. let's see. First, I made myself a new top! It's quite pretty and simple though. But I wuz damn pleased with myself when I tried it on with a black skirt and it looked almost perfectly fine. And I didnt need to sew anything ya. Just wondering if I'd really ever wear it out. I'm sure it looks decent except maybe for the armholes - always happens when u cut shirts up anyway. Shall get a tube to go with it or something. I really quite like it. Except maybe the colour doesnt really go well with me...

Next, I cut my hair! Guess where? In the toilet. Guess who? By me. Lol. I really like it too! Really quite pleased. I'm beginning to sound pretty much like a Brit in my head, maybe listening to BBC too much ya. Anyway I cooked dinner too, tasted pretty bland to me. Too salty for my mum and apparently my dad loved it -had two servings even. I thought of a few things I shall want to kinda neaten up my room or some stuff. More about that later. That's about it I guessed. Not too bad a day, but not exactly terribly fascinating either. I realised BBC repeats its bloody news and programmes the whole day, I guess it's pretty inevitable and whatnot, but I've just never realised it.

Things to Buy

Plastic Pullout Drawers
Wax/Clay/Soft hairgel (to style my new hairstyle =P)
Huge Plastic Containers


Oh yeah. The new laptop is driving me nuts. Don't buy from ACER. It bloody sucks. Really does.
I just got it like on May 8, started using it properly like perhaps a month ago. And already, the touchpad doesn't work, I get lil electricity sparks, it gets pretty hot, and the AC adaptor never worked. PLUS I don't seem to be able to get hold of a warranty card, since the seller says one doesn't come with it and I have to register my warranty online. I've registered like thrice on the same day I guess, and nope, no email ever crept into my account to verify the registration and what not. So I guess without a warranty I'm not gonna be able to do much about the irritating stuff. I'm gonna try tho. My grumpy and nagging mum is driving me nuts. I wish I lived alone sometimes. No having to wash other people's dishes, no waiting for the toilet, no having to clean up other people's crumbs, no having to nag at other's to keep the place clean, no having to cook for other people... You get the idea I'm sure. I really like helping people, I just don't really like living with my two brothers sometimes... And my mum doesn't help the situation most times. Heh.

Phew okay so I've spewed my dirty linen out. Shall go enjoy my lovely hot noodles...

~ st*rcr*ss*d ~

Bintan, Alan, and all...

Boo. Got back from bintan on monday already. Stupid lazy me. It's friday already and yet I'm still here sitting contentedly at the comp, wasting away my precious holiday hours... It's so amusing how humans always clamour for something that they want, but once they get it, they look for other things. Oh well, first things first, the camp.

I was in group 4 delta (like the delta stadium!! no la its just the letter d... like toto haha) with.. M ichk, M aybelline, C heryln, C har Kwan, T hamlizhan, B encai, Da niel, Ch orkiang, J unyi, Lij iu. It was really quite a nice group cuz everyone wuz on and stuff and everyone contributed! I think I turned out to be the most quiet and anti girl there... All the rest were like so pally with the other group members! Haha and it turns out that be ncai, jer ry sim, liz han, l icia all stay in the S'goon area!! Wahh... I've never seen most of them that often... haha. oh well.

Oh yeah I joined some ABC blackies club thingy. Now I'm kinda apprehensive about my rash move.. cuz I don't know half the people in there! Hmm.. actually maybe I do.. I'm just not that close to any of them... Haha nvm la. It's an exclusive club! Only for black-is-cool ppl! =))

It's so ironic... That what I was once teased about is now considered a rather cool thing... -snicker- sigh.

Tsai just called me 2 mins ago, asking me where i am... and ordering me to get my butt down to wenyi's house.. hehe =) im so lazyy i really really wanna go. but.. i want food tooooo. boohoo... and im so broke i dont dare spend any money already... blah plus my mum's filming these few days so there's no food at home.

A list, for my own reference

- Copy lacking maths notes
- Copy lacking SEA hist notes
- Copy lacking Int'l hist notes
- DO ESSAY
- Maths Assignment trigo 2
- Maths June hols extra questions
- Copy lacking econs notes
- Settle date for party ASAP!

Actually come to think of it, I really don't have much homework. It's just that stupid procrastinating me likes to.. well, procrastinate. Heh. Gotta start studying too tho...

~ st*rcr*ss*d ~