Life ♥ Me

Moved.

2008-09-17T10:44:00.002+08:00

Hey People.

I got bored with Blogger.

So, I moved.

To.

mandymusiquel.wordpress.com

Relink!

Do whatever you want :)

For people who realized her/his blog is not linked here, it's because I screwed up the layout settings few days ago, and am too lazy to redo it :P I'm SORRY!

& it felt like it was FRIDAY NIGHT!

2008-09-08T01:06:00.002+08:00

It's 1:10am! and no, it's not Saturday now... it's MONDAY... :/ I do not, at all, look forward to Uni-days... I don't think everyone does for studies purposes.

Been out since 10am this morning (I meant Sunday FYI), had to teach Jennifer's CMP, which turned out to be way better than my own CMP class on Saturday *pfft*, which after that, non-stop violin/piano teaching from 11:30am to 3:30pm, followed by my drum lesson.. (Not complaining at all)

After that, I went to Gardens with Albert & Goldberg, they went to get some stuff, and I had nowhere to go! Ended up in Guitar Store, watched Goldberg play the guitar while testing on this sound system that had "Kirk Hammett's Signature Series" written on it. (Okay, I could sense the dark side) haha! Albert's 'angel' playing totally spoilt the sound system. Hahaha!!

Had annual dinner/thankyou dinner at Pearly's house at night, which was quite a blast for me (well, at least when Shazzie n Jyao came) Jen and I played SPEED after three rounds of Big2 with Sara and the boys, they left early =.= so POTONG~ (Jyao's n Pam's fav word) SPEED is a very nice, tiring, crazy game, and I somehow don't get bored of it~ Pearly joined in to play too!! haha!! THEN, Jen and I (again) decided to check out what our teachers were doing in the backyard. Ended up drinking with them! haha! It was like "here, take a sip, try it!" "oo, nice" "oo this taste like cough mixture" hm... ok~ it was a great chilling spot! candle light, music, tatami @ the backyard of one of the linkhouses at Bangsar Jalan Telawi. haha!! It was cool~

mind u, those two adorables are my flute teacher's daughters at the same time, Myra (the bigger one) is my piano student by far the closest to me, and Arya (the tiny one) is my CMP student who calls me "Teacher Manda" the baby way. :D They are just so loved by me! :)

for more photos, shall wait for Jennifer to upload to Facebook, since I didn't take ANY from my camera =.=!

oh by the way!!! FINALS timetable is OUT!!! Damn damn damn...

28/10 - Chemistry, 29/10 - MacroEcons, 5/11 - Biology & 6/11 - Biotechnology... damn damn...I'm so dead...

and today felt like it was friday night, when I look forward to the Saturday which in reality, is actually MONDAY the day which I have a blooodieee Chemistry Lab at 9am...ok, stop complaining and shall go to bed now. Toodlez.

We're family.

2008-09-05T22:11:00.004+08:00

they rock my world ;)

my stepbrother, kena bit of amanda's cute virus :D

they are my chi mui's!!

we like to cucuk her, cause of her reaction.

extraordinary family gives extraordinary birthday present, best i've received this year ;)

oh look, naz n pam, our long lost family members :(

jenniefur, manda, meow yao, shazzie

oh see another added to the family tree?

i'm straight, she's straight, but she's just so dear to me :)

we are one family, that's why we're on the family ride! :)

Bangsar.

2008-09-04T23:06:00.003+08:00

It's another thursday! and yes, I am roughly one month or so away from Sem 2 Finals. Hm, I'm doing everything but studying. Sigh? Can someone like influence me or motivate me to StuDy? (not going to work anyway, ha-ha) Oh well, I guess I will eventually study...somehow or another.

Back to my title: Bangsar! (wondering why?)

It's my second "home"! and it just stuck my mind that I should just move to Bangsar and stay there *for heaven's sake* LOL. (wondering why? again.)

Of 7 days a week, I spenT 3 evenings there from Tuesday til Thursday (today). In addition to that, I will be spending the next 3 days there too!!! Amazing isn't it? I spend more time at Bangsar than I do at home, well, of course if you really really count exactly it says otherwise, but still! =P

Give me some reasons (I know there's alot) to NOT want to move to Bangsar! :) I love that place so much! Mainly because...

"Jennifer is there, J-Yao is there, Shazzie is there (although I don't see him as often as Jen), Pam is there, and last but not least, MUSIC MAKERS is there!"

50% part of my life is there o.O ok.

memories

2008-09-01T20:30:00.002+08:00

It's September 2008...and I'm going to say the same old thing again: Time flies.

Just got home from Singapore! Dad went there to do some stuff, mum followed, and I was tagged along. So, it's a HAD-TO-GO thing for me. Oh well, I got myself a new pair of heels, a blouse, and and and a Kipling backpack. Did I mention that there was sale in Singapore.

Anyway, before I start burning the midnight (again) to do my chemistry lab report, here's a little something I think it's okay to share here... Read through my blog of 2007 which reminds me of all the little things/happenings I've been through, that I've forgotten~

Okay, time to start doing lab report...

Just do it.

2008-08-28T00:30:00.003+08:00

It's the 7th week of semester 2 in Monash for dear me.. time flies, there'll never be enough time for me to finish up my work, or maybe it's just that I have never ending work to be done.. sometimes I really feel that I need to slow down and take a breath, enjoy my university life or something?

Dear Arif is still not convinced that I can do both Medical Bioscience and Music together, like what I'm doing now.. Well, I'm not convinced myself either, so I can understand why he can't.. And here I am back at point 'zero' asking myself again and again, why medical bioscience, why make my life tough trying to have the best of both worlds, this and that and this and that.

Sigh.. I really don't have any choice now, but to continue on, and hope that the 3 years can end faster.. and I'm grateful as long as I don't fail.. I was never a high achiever during my schooling years, I'm just another average student.. But, it's funny, cause I would want to score if I have the chance, but I always end up not studying for finals, hm? It's a habit I guess..

Music, the other part of me, has changed me a lot, and I have to say.. I do not know what will happen to me, if I were to give up on it.. Well, I had never thought of giving up in the first place. In fact, here is where my dream is.. Sigh.. I suck in expressing myself, words can't really describe how I truly feel inside.. I wonder if anyone understands..

It gets better every year

2008-08-25T23:58:00.004+08:00

It has been quite awhile since I last posted here! Life has been so so so busy, that I nearly forgot that I have a blog o.O Going online these days means chatting with my ''chi mui'' you know who you are ;) about music n craps, chatting with albert about music again, chatting with pam about music too, god! music music music, just makes my world go round =D

p.s. I think I'm beginning to lose focus on my studies...AGAIN...anyway!

In case some of you do not know, it's my birthday today! my 20th birthday. One year ago, I celebrated my birthday at home, with my relatives and my 'a levels family'. This year, was quite different. I received many text messages, more than I expected! from my friends, which is quite nice of them! Although I had problem guessing who sent to me! I lost my phone at Genting, and so contacts gone!

Would love to thank TEY JIE YAO for being the first to call me at exactly 12 mignight just to wish me Happy Birthday! and JENNIFER for thinking hard what to get for my birthday! and ALBERT for his thoughtful 2nd Birthday CD! and SHAZZIE for crawling out at 10:30pm at night to Baskin Robbins! and CHERYL for her lovely butterfly necklace! and ALL MY FRIENDS who wished me today! Appreciate it alot and you guys just rock my world =) and sorry if I didn't mention your names in particular, just so you know you'll always be in my heart. ooo~ Hahaha!

My life had never been better! and here's my little secret :)

I love you to the max! Who?

- Jennifer! you are my close friend k, and it shall last til forever.

- J.Yao! my chi mui xiong dee, oh, and i know your little secret ^^,

- Pammie! you, my soul mate, another close friend, I'm waiting for the day we ''music'' together!

- Shazzie! we just don't feel right without you around, my step brother! haha!

- Nazzie! he comes and he goes, yet never forgetten! Our No.1 drummer k!

- Cheryl! the smart brainie one, with lotz of love!

- Betty! we have loads to catch up my friend!

- the whole ASS group! haven't been hanging out as often, but I still love you! haha!

Oh god...I have so many things to blog! but I have to sleep now! anyway, will continue next time! by the way, photos are uploaded on Facebook! Nightz!

Carried away.

2008-08-21T19:43:00.002+08:00

Concert ended.

Now I feel so empty.

Like there's nothing to look forward to.

Yet life goes on.

There's still reports to do, assignments to do, exams to study for.

But I'm just so lazy now.

Anyway, I'll be going to Genting in like.. 10 hours' time..

Yeah, in the middle of my semester, not even a holiday break..

Leaving my assignments, tests, books, reports behind.

And going Genting with Jennifer, ShazzieMir, MeowmeowYao and Shawnnn.

To be continue ...

Music Makers Summer Concert 2008

2008-08-08T00:46:00.003+08:00

- I know I suck at giving description! -

but anyway...

It's no classical concert! where even I can fall asleep!

It's no celebrity concert! where people shout and cheer at the top of their voice!

It's a music school's summer concert!

where students show their talents on the musical instruments!!!

A concert that you would not want to miss!

Enjoy the music performance by...

young children, young teens, young adults, teachers...

who have one common dream:

Touch the hearts of the audience with Music!

all put together on one night:

August 19, 2008

at the hour:

20:00

on stage:

Actors Studio, Bangsar Shopping Center!

be there, and give them your biggest support! :)

Tickets are currently on sale:

RM 15 per tix

Get it now! or never...:( at:

Music Makers, Bangsar

Telawi Street

(Above Guardian)

I'm addicted!

2008-08-07T23:33:00.000+08:00

Fade To Black - Metallica

Life it seems, will fade away

Drifting further every day

Getting lost within myself

Nothing matters no one else

I have lost the will to live

Simply nothing more to give

There is nothing more for me

Need the end to set me free

Things are not what they used to be

Missing one inside of me

Deathly lost, this cant be real

Cannot stand this hell I feel

Emptiness is filling me

To the point of agony

Growing darkness taking dawn

I was me, but now hes gone

No one but me can save myself, but its too late

Now I cant think, think why I should even try

Yesterday seems as though it never existed

[this song is so so so so so nice!]

My favorite month of the year! :)

2008-08-04T15:58:00.003+08:00

Goodbye July, Hellooo AUGUST! it has always been my favourite month of dee year :D

Cheryl - "What do you expect me to get for a girl who has everything!?"

Mum - "You've everything and there's nothing to give you anymore.."

Dad - "Your present was given to you in advance! on 20th July 2008. 8k Mac.."

Bro - "You still want the iPhone?!"

JYao/Shawn/Amir - "Mee goreng M.A.N.J.A...anak manja...spoilt girl..." dang~

I seriously do not know what I'm crapping about now, but suddenly felt like posting some funny things my family and friends said to me for the past few weeks. Haha, it's funny alright :P

Okay, time to pig now! yes, "pig" sleep "pig" sleep "pig"~ I slept for one hour only!! this morning. And, yea, I told my parents about it, and they were like quite speechless!! Haha!! So niteys~

Broke the record.

2008-08-04T05:13:00.003+08:00

First record broken:

I'm listening to Metallica...thanks to JYao and Shawn! I'm in love with Fade to Black. and JYao, I've changed my blog song =D

Second record broken:

It's 5:20AM in the morning now! You might wonder why am I up so early right? Guess again! I didn't sleep at all! @.@ Okay, it's not a proud thing...

Anyway,

Last week ended ----- like that? Nothing spectacular! I wonder why again. Let me write a quick recap, shall I?

Monday, 28th July: Worst lab ever. Ok don't bother.

Tuesday, 29th July: What happened on this day?? Ok don't remember.

Wednesday, 30th July: Aha! Spent half my day at Music Makers :)

Thursday, 1st August: I SKIPPED ECONS LECTURE to do my quizzes. Ok don't bother.

Friday, 2nd August: Spent the whole day at Music Makers for Music lessons of course, my week starts here!

Saturday, 3rd August: Band practice light n easy? haha! When the night came, it was THE NIGHT! Jen, Albert, Sue, Goldberg and I went to KLPac for this concert, which I had noooo idea what was it all about at the beginning, going there like blindly! 30 bucks ticket. Leaving KLPac with a BLAST! The concert was superbly amazing! Ok I have to said this, some guys do look hot FROM FAR. Hahaha, up front? ok nevermind =P The concert entitled "Let's Go Mamak" was really nice enjoyable fun and NOT BORING haha! Too bad its ovaaaaa~ Sorry JY!

Sunday, 4th August: Work work work and more work. Uncle Nick is back from Shanghai with Aunt Hee and my 1.5 years old cousin brother, Xiang Yu, for my Aunt Hee's convo! She's getting her MBA. Gosh, this uncle and aunt of mine are like the brains!! I'm pretty sure Xiang Yu will in fact grow up and become Jr. Brainy! He was so adorable today!!!

Okay, see? short and sweet! and now I HEAR BIRDS CHIRPING OUTSIDE!!! @.@ isn't that cool...

Screw the sick "bugs"

2008-07-28T16:36:00.003+08:00

I'm finally feeling sick after a crazily busy yet fun weekend, despite sleeping no more than 5 hours! I think I'm about to surrender and just go to bed. Unfortunately, I CAN'T because I still have my bio lab report to finish! which is due tomorrow...OK, I know it's last minute again...Can't help having fun with my music mates, studies just ain't my main priority if you force me to choose. Damn, how can I say that! Hahaha! Whatever...

I had my worst chemistry lab today, screwing up every single part of the experiment, adding the super concentrated HYDROCHLORIC ACID! to filter some stuff, which ended up melting the cotton wool into the flask. ==" my god! Only after the lab that I realised that I used the 12M super concentrated hydrochloric acid, instead of the not so concentrated 2M hydrochloric acid. @@ swt...THE WORST THING was I BOILED THE 12M CONCENTRATED hydrochloric acid, and it was boiling, and there were "steam" coming out from the test tube, and there Cheryl and I INHALE the gas and nearly choked ourselves to death, since the both of us were as sick! Screw it laaa....

Anyway, before I start my biology report, which I just realised it's a blaadee FULL REPORT ==" ...

Congrats to this amazing girl in Astro Star Quest 2008 who won the competition! Apparently, this is the first time ever that I actually liked the ASQ winners. LOL. But her voice is really soothing to the ears.

THE END.

Short and sweet (:

2008-07-27T02:30:00.002+08:00

I know its 2:30am now! and I know I should be sleeping. and I know I have piano class at 9:30am . and I know I have to work from 11:30am to 4pm. and I know I have drum class at 4pm. and I know I haven't finish the discussion and conclusion part of my chemistry report. and I know I still have one bio report, one biotech video assignment, one macroeconomics assignment to finish by say...Tuesday! and I know I have been going out for the past two nights. and I know that I shouldn't have :p but still I went with much consideration. and I know that I really did have lots of fun hanging out with Jyao, Amir, Jen, Shawn, Teacher Pearly and Albert. and I know that the current OTM is like the best of all we are like closer than ever, although Nazrin, Sara, Sarah don't hang out with THAT often, but still. Gosh! and I know I really do enjoy my weekends although it's tiring work! hard-to-handle students! late nights! and I know if I go on like this, one day my hair will all fall out my head and that I will have very obvious panda-eyes. and I know I will get old...

but ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T KNOW was

I finally got to talk to my dear brother! through skype! like one-hour ago. Ok, I have to admit, god I miss him! and I was glad to hear his I-GREW-FAT voice! Nahahahahaaaa....bare in mind we are 13 hours apart~ gees...why is the world ROUND! :p

okay, that's all. Nights!

My favorite Friday

2008-07-25T23:33:00.005+08:00

Time really flies! It's another Friday! Just finished my 2nd week of lectures and 10 weeks more to go. Craps! Seemed like alot! But nooo, all the due dates and exams will flood my...i-dont-know-what :p

I managed to finish up A BIT of my chemistry report, which is due on Monday, I'm left with the discussion and conclusion. And Bio report...Video assignment 1...Chem tutorial...Econs tutorial...More chemistry report...@@

Yet, I went to the Gardens to watch The Dark Knight at GSC Signature (again!) haha! Oh well, Friday night is like the best time for me to go out, which I shall not make it a habit! cause have to study :p ya right! Anyway, this Batman show was...kinda saddening! but Christian Bale was quite cool :p

Batman (Christian Bale)

Batman (Val Kilmer)

i personally enjoy this batman last time :)

Christian Bale and the nice car :)

He is HAWT! :D

but

BUT...

HE IS THE MAN,

Deeee HAWTest of all^^

damn! i wanna go taiwan!!! argh..... T.T

iChatting away.

2008-07-23T18:09:00.005+08:00

The stressed-up destressing at the moment.

This will be a short post! Cause I just spent like...one hour? two hours? I have no idea how long...chatting with JYao on iChat, since we were the only ones using Mac. Hah! It was lame but super funny.

p.s. only iChat can do this :) hahaha! unfortunately, its only applicable to Gmail/AOL/MAC/Jabber accounts...hmm this is probably the only disadvantage. Can't add others in. OH WELLS...

peace to headless me :)

retarded flutist! haha!!

say hi to headless JY.

trust me, it's JYao's twin brother!

JYao, like every other guys.

goodness! i'm in heaven :D

-THE END-

I'm loved, so loved.

2008-07-21T15:42:00.004+08:00

I've attend my first chemistry lab of the semester at 9am in the morning, which I didn't really enjoy cause the experiment was boring and messy. Adding onto that, I was freaking tired after the dreadful yet enjoyable working weekend. Sigh, I seriously have no idea how long I can stand up on such a busy life... What stresses me even more is the amazingly unpredictable work load for this semester with the lack of time! How I wished that we have 8 days in a week... YET! I'm here updating my blog, blablablabla, while doing my chemistry report. And what's running in my mind while doing this report is...tomorrow's Biology lab and all the biology quizzes and Biotechnology assignments, Chemistry tutorials, Econs tutorial. OH DAMN! I really need to FOCUS! FO-Qs :p

Anyway, say bye bye to my Sony Vaio C!! cause...

My parents, finally! out of my expectation! omg! bought me a MacBook Pro! :D Cheryl said that I'm so loved.......by my parents of course! Something I longed for quite a while, I finally got it, damn I'm so spoilt :) So, yea, I'm using like right now! Haa, what more can I ask more of them! But of course, the world will end if I say there's nothing more I want to buy! That's really impossible. Anyhow, I shall ask no more for the time being and start saving to buy the extra accessories for my mac :D and hey, they aren't cheap :(

my baby mac :)

living life to the fullest.

2008-07-19T23:54:00.003+08:00

This is so-NOT the right/best time to update my blog, despite the fact that my MasteringBio online quiz is due in like...10 miserable hours! I just finished the first one, but there's still a second one to be completed, and there's a third and a fourth and a fifth and god-knows-how-many-more in the coming weeks. Anyhow, it's good in a way that it keeps us studying OR RATHER READING constantly over the 12 weeks of lectures. @@ Anyway, I'm not here now, to mourn about how tiring and stressful my days are going to be, instead, I want to share some happy happenings :) well, at least I'm happy :p

First week of Semester 2, 2008 :)
Monday - One hour Biotechnology(BTH) lecture from 12-1pm, relaxin' cause it was just intro!

Tuesday - An hour of Chemistry(CHM) lecture 9-10am, followed by a 3hr break, then another hour of BTH lecture. Gah, I have a feeling that BTH is going to be freaking HARD.

Wednesday - HaHaHa! One hour CHM lecture 10-11am, and I was done for the day! :D Went to the Gardens with my parents, where I ended up browsing in MPH and Borders! while my parents went round checking out the latest TV tech.

Thursday - THE MOST DREADFUL FIVE HOURS OF LECTURES with NO BREAKS from 12-5pm!!! which consist of an hour of CHM lecture, two hours of BIO lecture and two hours of Macroeconomics lecture!!! KILL ME!!! I realised that I have chosen this damn-hard-to-score Macroeconomics unit as my elective this semester, most of coursemates chose engineering maths simply because it's easy to score. Sigh~ For your information, the FAIL RATE of Macroecons last semester was 49%!!! Isn't that amazing(-_______________-)" I'm oh so very speechless now.

Friday - NO LECTURES =D but it became my music day, as in, my day being a student in Music Makers. Hah! Many people thinks I'm nuts :) Why? LOOOK below!

12-1pm VOCALS
1-2:30pm PIANO
3-4pm FLUTE
7-7:45pm VIOLIN

Not that scary actually! Cause there's breaks in between, but basically I spend 3/4 of the day there. Wonder where's my DRUMS lesson? Somewhere, some time whenever my teacher Ip is free. LOL, super flexible :)

Met up with the ASSes after my violin class at Pyramid. Saw Xander the Brain! He's so different, and he has the British slang now!!! I'm like so proud to have him as a friend!!! :D Super hardworking, brilliant, high archiever in Oxford University! Hung out with them for awhile, then Jon sent me home, Thank you Jon~ Slept at 3am reading Biology and doing the quiz...

Today - Saturday - WORKING DAY. Started teaching at 10:15am til 12pm. Had band practice from 12:30pm to 3:30pm! It was super tiring @@ Went to Pelita for a drink with Amir, Shawn, Jen, JYao, Albert and Pearly cause...They had to eat lunch :) I ate Subway sandwich, yummy! After that, I ended up watching movie with Shawn, Amir, Jen and Albert.

Guess what! We went for HELLBOY 2 in GSC Signature The Gardens!!! Premiere class, RM20 per person! Hahahaha! Mainly because the queue was freaking long in Midvalley. Picture how desperate were we to get the tickets, cause it was such a last minute decision to watch movie, and Shawn is leaving tomorrow to go back to his uni in Perak. I have to say, the seats in GSC Signature are so comfortable, I didn't get backaches after two hours, or neck pain sitting right at the FIRST row! The seats were twin seater though, so I sat with Shawn, Jen with Amir and poor Albert alone. Sorry Albert! The show was ok and funny, but the cinema was damn cold. We went for a drink at Starbucks after the movie, and everyone headed home, cause Jen has to go home before her mum 'kills' her. Haha! Anyway, it was nice hanging out with them :)

Ok, so I think that's all for now. Bare with the ONLY-WORDS-NO-PHOTOS posts =p Toodlez.

Last day of HO-LI-DAY.

2008-07-13T22:39:00.006+08:00

Time really do fly like nobody's business :p cause here i am on/in/at the LAST NIGHT of my 1-month break from Semester 1 in Monash University. Tomorrow will be my first day back in Monash for my first 2ND SEMESTER in my life! Hahaha!! Anyway, I shall now begin my updates for the past 13 days since 1st july ==!

4th July - 7th July : LION-PORE :)

my impression: I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT!

4th July # Waited for my cousin Kim to finish work before we rushed to 1U to take the First Coach bus down to Singapore. We reached Novena Square around 8pm, met up with Pin Tsin (my uncle's girlfriend) Took the MRT to Orchard road, where the hotel is situated - Orchard Parade Hotel, it was nice alright. After that, we went to Akashi to have Japanese! SABA MACKEREL WAS DELICIOUS!

5th July # We went to McDonald's for breakfast! Malaysia McD's do not have McGriddles :P After breakfast, we begun our shopping spree at Orchard Road! for THE WHOLE DAY. So, I don't have to describe much right? Met up with my uncle and his girlfriend at City Hall, went to Suntec City for...window shopping, had Singapore Fried Hokkien Mee at the Food Republic, walked all the way to Esplanade (one of my favorite spot in S'pore) for Haagen Daz :D Yum yum. Went back to Orchard Road in the evening...

6th July # Kim had to have a meal at Ding Tai Feng, so we went there for branch :) After that, we continued shopping for a while. Went back to the hotel for a rest, CRAZY TIRED, to rejuvenate for the evening, we finally went to Vivo City. I LOVE THAT PLACE!! and and and I finally bought myself a pair of CROCS!!! :DD and there's this shop CANDY EMPIRE, you know what I mean :) Anyway, we had dinner at Food Republic, took the Monorail to Sentosa Island for Song of the Sea, it was nice but anti-climax :P After that, we headed back to Orchard Road, were freaking hungry that we end up eating Mcdonald's and Burger King at 11pm!

7th July # Last day in Singapore T.T had Mcdonald's breakfast again for that burger you can't find in Malaysia :P Lunch at Burger King, I wonder why~ Headed home at 3pm, reached 1u at 8pm. TIRED TIRED TIRED. Packed for Sabah, slept at 1am...

8th July - 11th July: KK, SABAH.

one word: tiring :p

8th July # KK City Tour with Jon's friend Freddick. We stayed at Kinabalu Daya Hotel, 7 people in a family suite with 2 rooms 1 king size 2 singles and ONE BATHROOM. Understand?

9th July # Island Hopping at Pulau Sapi and Pulau Mamutik. Got sunburn on my head T.T Had seafood for dinner with Jon's uncle aunt and cousin. Dad and mum flew to KK in the afternoon and they stayed in Le Meridien.

10th July # Norman drove all of us to Poring Hot Spring. But we didn't go into the hot spring cause of the hot weather. Instead, we picnic-ed at a waterfall. Cooling. Went to Le Meridien Hotel to stay with my parent. I LOVE THAT HOTEL! especially when dad was a Starwood member!

11th July # TIME TO GO HOME :)

Sorry for the short "summary". anyway, I WENT FOR A HAIR CUT AT IKANO POWER :) Photos will be uploaded later!

Start a new.

2008-07-01T12:29:00.006+08:00

It's JULY!!

4 days to: Singapore trip :)

8 days to: Sabah trip :)

11 days to: Doom's Day Results coming out! ;( how fail how now~

14 days to: Commencement for my 2ND SEMESTER in Uni!!! (worth celebratin' cause I couldn't even finish first sem in Nottingham!! :p)

25 days to: Nicholas's birthday (hm, a long lost friend of mine that at last found through facebook, god bless facebook)

1 month + 5 days to: JonATHAN's buttday :D

1 month + 19 days to: Music Makers' Concert 2008

1 month + 25 days to: Yours Truly's 20th!!! omg!!! getting really old? or growing up, big girl now? hahaha~

1 month + 31 days to: Merdekaaa! Merdekaaa! (".) ok

"All the useless junks shall go into the trash bin from this day onwards and let's start a new. " -this applies to my studies, my music, my work, my life, my everything laaa ;p The most important is FOCUS.CONCENTRATION.and.somewhat URGENCY. Lalala, crapping I am, but easier said than done...Ok, will do my best :)

Anyway,

I ♥ THIS! it's CROCS CAPRI CANVAS

I ♥ THIS TOO! in PINK ;)

apparently, I enjoy listening to this girl sing during Astro Star Quest 2008 :)

Lunch with homemade pumpkin soup, only available at 218, Jalan 5/52 :D

gotta go SHOPPING ;p cioaz...

Contented Saturday

2008-06-28T23:19:00.004+08:00

Tired!

As usual, I woke up at 8am just to make sure that I DON'T OVERSLEPT, LATE FOR WORK. So, reached Music Makers at 10plus :) Just nice to take a breath *Haa-Huu*

First student, Charmaine - I actually had fun......playing Baa-Baa-black-sheep to her, ended up playing Twinkle-Twinkle-Little-Star, so I had to...act stoopid ;p But anyway, she was laughing, so GOOD! Second student, dear Myra - talkative and naughty as usual, but I HAD FUN, SHE HAD FUN, WE HAD FUN :D Third student, Saradhmi? I hope I didn't spell it wrongly - first lesson, nothing much ;p

Had violin class, damn tiring...Band practice started at 3pm and ended at 6pm. IT WAS STRESSFUL IN THE BEGINNING!!! but ended happily, satisfying! We played Let It Be so nicely that I LOVE IT :)

this is so adorable :)

A quick one ;)

2008-06-27T23:11:00.003+08:00

oh goodness, I'm left with two weeks of holiday before 2nd semester starts...10 days or more away from D-day (if you know what that means...) I seriously hope I don't fail any papers, but I seriously think I will fail at least one...

Just came back from Nikko Hotel, and trust me the japanese food there ain't the best in town x~__~x even worse with its super duper ridiculous price. Pfft~ anyway, dad didn't pay the bill so no comments ;p

GOOD NEWS: AMANDA IS DRUNK, SHE IS OUT OF HER MIND, SHE IS...RUNNIN' OUT OF TIME :/

so yea, I don't care I want I need I have to I must! GO FOR HOLIDAY! so yes too, I am going for a holiday...although I can't make it to USA~Taiwan~HongKong~...there's always a "save-it-for-NEXT-trip" case right...;p

soooo...decided!

4th July - 7th July : a place where I call the LIONpore :D with mom & cousin sis
8th July - 11th July : SABAH :) with the ASSes apparently only 6 of us~

where's dad?

hahahaha, he's going Chinaaaaa~ for work though, so we can't follow. Although I really wanna visit Uncle Nick, Aunt Hee and my cousin XY...:( maybe next time round...

oooh, talking about my cousin, his name is Wong Xiang Yu! amazing initials WXY! sooooo coool ;p

ok, this post of mine is so...messy and...random...so please forgive me if none of you understand ;p anyways, it's running late, and I HAVE TO WORK TOMORROW! god, who works on WEEKENDS!!! MEEEEEEE~ and my beloved teachers! in the music school~ hahahaha! Ciaoz.

'everybaadee has a secret'

2008-06-22T23:56:00.000+08:00

Boo! Haha! I'm back to my half-dead blog! I just finished my exam last Monday @.@ felt as though it was ages ago, but noooo... it's HOLIDAY now! yet the hours I spent/spend in front the laptop is like...a downward sloping curve, hahaha! plus, whenever I want to blog, I go blank :(

Life's been sooo boring...(AT HOME)...so lalalala, I watched tv, vcds, dvds, more tv, more vcds, more dvds! pfft! But towards the weekend......I longed for a second or two to breathe!!! So freaking busy~ but enjoyable ;)

For the last two Saturdays, I've been going out for lunch with OTM after CMP. Boy, it was really fun~ hahaha! Two weeks ago, there were Jen, JYao, Amir, Nazrin, Jyao's friend Shawn and me, we had banana leave rice followed by tea at McDonalds. Unfortunately I didn't stay til the end, cause I HAD CHEM PAPER ON MONDAY! Ok, then last Saturday, there were only four of us, JYao, Jen, Shawn and I~ went to ChatterBox for lunch and yea, talked and crapped again~ hahaha! FUN, FUN, FUN.

Yesterday was "HEAVEN" to me, 've never been busier! Why?

9:15 - 10:30 * my piano class with Pearly
10:30 - 11:00 * Sadhna (vln)
11:00 - 12:00 * did arrangement with Pearly
12:00 - 12:30 * Omvaathi (vln)
12:30 - 1:00 * Sharaan (vln)
1:00 - 1:30 * Leila (piano)
1:30 - 2:15 * Annabelle (vln)
2:15pm til 4pm, I was working out my arrangement with Albert! Do you see that!

Jon came at 4 plus, to pick me up (DUH) hahaha! Then we went to pick up Vincent and headed to 1U...(here I go again)---ITS BEEN AGES SINCE I WENT TO 1U!!! We had a small/kecil/xiaoxiao gathering there with Fido and Izzat who I didn't see for I-don't-know-how-many-weeks, Hanson whom I just had lunch with him after chemistry paper, and last but not least, Arif Husaini whom I've been seeing for the whole of my semester 1 in Monash! hahahahhaha~

and one SURPRISE person, which Jon made me guess for at least 5 days...YVONNE!!! o.O She came back from UK two weeks ago, and noooooooooobody knew it, and Jon kinda guessed it out, so it was surprise to the WE-who-didn't-know. But everyone kinda guessed it out too when Jon started mentioning Yvonne and calling Vincent "Yvonne" hahaha, he spilled bit by bit!

We had dinner at Chilis...that's like the THIRD TIME for me this month O.O Oh wells...Then we went for window shopping cause there were SALES everywhere. Watched KUNGFU PANDA at 8:45pm~ IT WAS AWESOMELY FUNNY!!! HILARIOUS!!! RATES 5 stars~ =)

While waiting for 8:45pm to come, we went to MPH~ just 10minutes before leaving, everyone stood at this section "RELATIONSHIP" and there, I started showing everyone all the books with funny titles:

-MEN ARE DOGS :)
-HOW TO UNDERSTAND MEN THROUGH THEIR DOGS! (and thus, women through their cats)
-THE COMPLETE IDIOT: DATING
-....PLEASING YOUR MAN
...etc

'it's call break up because it's broken'

'an hour to live, an hour to love'

Nice phrases right? Haha, meaningless to someone like me, who plans to have two income, and no husband =D then I'll be Filty RICH! Wakakaka~

How lame can this be?

2008-06-16T11:49:00.003+08:00

1. Why are you doing this?
-cause exam's over, I feel a sudden emptyness ;P

2. If you can have a dream to come true, what would it be?
-be RICHly happy! :D

3. Who are you in love with right now?
-as always LEEHOM!!!

4. What would you do with a billion dollars?
-you wouldn't wanna know :)

5. What's your ideal lover like?
-capable of taking care of me, good looking, trustworthy, at least be more mature than I am, doesn't stick to me like PVC Glue, preferably NOT YOUNGER THAN ME....

6. If there was one thing you want to change in the past,what would it be?
-Find out what went wrong with that ONE relationship and make things better.

7. How long do you intend to wait for someone you really love?
-I have better things to do =="

8. If the person you secretly like is already attached, what would you do?
-Let it be, let it be, oh, let it be, oh, let it be, speaking words of wisdom, let it be~

9. Is there anything that has made you extremely happy?
-Of course!! YES!!

10. If you had three wishes, what would it be?
-get rich *damn materialistic
-get talents
-be happy

11. How would you see yourself in ten years time?
-i see DOUBLE INCOME WITH NO HUSBAND. :D

12. Who is currently the most important people to you?
-Family, ASSes, MM ppl! :D you know who you are!

13. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?
-I was nevaaa tagged HAHA!

14. Would you rather be single and rich or married but poor?
-Single and rich :)

15. What's the first thing you do when you wake up?
-Look at the time, still early? sleep someeeemoreeee.

16. Would you give all in a relationship?
-I wouldn't if I could...but it nevaaaa works~

17. If you fall in love with two people simultaneously, who would you pick?
-This is my little secret :)

18. Do you judge people?
-I do and trying not to.

19. What type of people do you hate?
-Ppl who stand in my way, bothers me all the time, irritating

20. List 5 people to tag
-save it~

It's 13th June!

2008-06-13T14:51:00.004+08:00

firstly,

HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY

to my dearest, one and only, beloved-loved Braaa-Daaa! hahaha!

who is currently in the States, up on a CANYON! where there's noooooo coverage for mobile phones! hahaha! eating pootaatooes everyday. LOL!

secondly,

my LeeHom's Laos Trip Commemorative Book has finally arrived yesterday! and there's TWO books! cause I paid twice ==" oh well, it's charity~ soo, nevermind. All these online payment ;p

this is RESPIRATION? hahaha!

this is? RESPIRATION + PHOTOSYNTHESIS!!! hahaha!!!

this is interesting! click on it ;)

the end:)

Photography-

2008-06-03T18:11:00.004+08:00

can be really fun sometimes ;)

my art! so nice ;p

Arif looked kinda cool so I took it ;) -phonecall+blackfile-
Arif, do you look like some animal? (he was lookin' at ron at that time)
For people who haven't seen me for ages :)

In the Biology Laboratory:

the unfortunate frog ;'(

it has really fat limbs O.o
my moss (bryophyte) drawing!!

'square'st hydra :)

my crabbie's legs ;)

This is what I do in the last two bio lab sessions =D Ain't I a good artist!!! haha!!! ok, back to studying... =="

This is why...

2008-06-02T14:32:00.004+08:00

...I hate academic exams

jinx-ed? 'n unbelievable.

2008-05-27T20:18:00.002+08:00

None of you will ever believe what just happened! -that's why I came here to post, when I should be studying =p

I was listening to this song - God Blessed the Broken Road by Rascal Flatts. Its a really nice song~ cause I still enjoy listening to it =p and it reminded me of Izzat singing this song with Esther during our A Level Ball 2006.

and then....

*my phone rings*

IZZAT called!!! @.@ omg!!

-listenin to song-> thought of izzat -> next minute Izzat called~ =D haha!! what a coincidence...unbelievable right!!!

anyway, was really glad he called though, cause Arif doesn't call, Ron doesn't call, Hanson doesn't call, Jon doesn't call, Fido doesn't call, Betty doesn't call but she texts when she's free ;) Conclusion: Izzat rock ;D hahahahhaha~ ;p

next!

My dearest braaaa-ther has safely reached USA erm erm last night, mixed up with the time difference. Anyway, he texted home saying that the 24-hours-on-the-plane was not so fun because of the transits xD So funny~ He woke up the next day (in the afternoon o.O) and realised that the banks were closed cause it was a holiday or public holiday, so he couldn't get his stuff done, hence "I-AM-ROTTING-AT-THE-INN-NOW" message we received~ hahahahahahah!!!

okay~ time to bathe and continue studying... T.T

You are simply the best

2008-05-24T01:17:00.002+08:00

Damn...I am so sleepy but I can't seemed to fall asleep! What the h*ll?! Zzz...

Exam is getting closer everyday and procrastination goes on... And and and these cravings for TV programs are making it worst!! So much for studying in the kitchen! I can't even remember a thing I have studied... Not to mention not spending time in front of the laptop MSN messaging... Zzzz... I am so freaking dead!!! @@

Its 1.25am now and I have chemistry lecture at 8.30am later...

Screw myself for doing something really stupid just now, I finally dialled a number which I have erased in my mind for months.. Ok it is still in my mind and ok some matters are just unforgetable even though you try to forget. Anyway, I hope that I wouldnt do it again for my own good.

As always, I'm listening to lee hom's songs now.. Love it they are so soothing for the soul O.o good night ppl'~

Oh and brother is leaving Malaysia in exactly 20 hours! To...? The United States of America... I want to gooooo tooooooo..... T.T but dad said no (--.) so... Will see my brother again in 3.5months' time... He is going to work there by the way and then flying to San Francisco to L.A. to Hong Kong back to KL in September. AND he is flying ALONE this time!! That is the best part........

I have to say it be4 I forget

2008-05-18T01:33:00.002+08:00

Woo~~another late night up not studying, and I am darn aware that exam is in THREE WEEKS!!! @.@

There are a few thingies :) I would like to say before I go to sleeep...

Good luck n all the best tooooooo~~> Izzat & Fido!! Cuz their exam is in 3 dayzzz!!! I'm pretty sure they'll get through it cause they are darn smart!!! ;)

Hope Betty is doing fine in India after her sudden breakdown, anyhow, she's strong, I know~

Most importantly, big hugs to the three of you (zat fido betty) I'm so happy that you guy tested/called me to chat when all of you were stressed out~ ;) and also YVONNE, who has been dropping by quite often few days ago, wish u all the best in ur exam too!!!

Sadly, I haven't been talking to jon hanson ron arif ... Dot dot dot... Cause I hardly go online?? Haha~ wish all of you the best in your exam for the monash asses;( which includes ME!!!

Ok, its almost two in the morning OMG!!!

To be continued....

its ya birthday!

2008-05-17T10:37:00.002+08:00

Happy Birthday to LEE HOM!!!!!!
Best wishes to him, and his career,
as we look forward to more amazing good deeds he does!
Oh! By the way, I am in the lecture hall now!!! On a saturday morning, listening to dear Ms Pushpa lecturing on mechanisMA @.@

Anxiety

2008-05-14T00:37:00.002+08:00

Oh my, exam is in THREE weeks!!!

How to die......???!!!

I could barely concentrate on one topic for 30mins!! Which after, my mind starts wandering how doomed I am! So many things to study, not to mention the REMEMBER-WHAT-U'VE-STUDIED part...omg!!!Die hard ~___~''

Back to "trying to sleep, but can't" ... "why not study?"..."dad will kill me if I sleeep late again"...wasting time procrastination on my comfy bed v______v *did I mention that I drank this ginseng tea that is actually for keep people awake?? O.I

Screw that baaaagggaaa...

2008-05-08T22:34:00.002+08:00

Stewpid I-don't-know-who, screw that baaaggggaaaa who mess up my msn email!!!

Now, I have to get a new email, because I FORGOT WHAT'S MY ANSWER FOR THE BLOODY SECRET QUESTION!!!

DAMN IT.................

amazing!

2008-05-05T23:34:00.002+08:00

Hehe!! I'm posting from my iPod Touch!!! This is so fun :)

I'm on my bed now too...

Listening to LEE HOM's song ;)

The kinda life with no worries, people long for their lives. Hah, can never get!

Life's been so packed up with I-have-no-idea what n why?! But sometimes I just wish that time can slow down? Which will never happen :/

Oh wells, thanks to LeeHom and his songs, that accompany me every night to sleep, wake me up every morning.

Enough of crapping XD niter ppl'!!!

And why am i always the only one :)

2008-05-03T01:14:00.002+08:00

Finally got home from the curve! Oh, wait! First,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARIF! FINALLY 20! and HANSON TOO!
(I'm still 19 ^^)

Anyway, time passed like I-don't-know-what today! there was no biology lab! no chemistry lecture! o.O So, I had only SCI lecture and Chem Tutorial, which were QUITE easy-going I suppose~ Bah! Exam's in like ONE FREAKING MONTH's time, and there's so so so many many to study! Yet, blogging at this godly hour :P

Spent 1.5hours in the Learning Suite, starting on my biology essay WHICH IS DUE ON 12 MAY! wow~ I know I should have started like one month or so ago !! haha! and now I'm left with uh~ less than 10 dayzz~

Headed to The Curve at 5:30pm~ cause Hanson wanted to avoid THE jam. So, we were like d*mn early that we had TEA at IKEA! Muffins and DAIM cake ;) and, started LOITERING around Curve-Ikano-Ikea-Cineleisure. OMG~ It was seriously so-waste-of-time lepak! why? CAUSE WE HAD TO WAIT FOR FIDO AND IZZAT TO FINISH THEIR MOVIE which Hanson, Arif, Jon and I watched later after dinner. Baakaa~ Oh well~

Had dinner at THE APARTMENT *finally* the atmosphere there was quite nice :) love it! food was ok too~ just rather expensive o.O wtva~

Watched IRONMAN, which I was initially so d*mn reluctant to watch, and was forced to watch! but, the movie turned out to be SO NICE!!! altho a bit fake *wtva~*

Anyway, gotta sleep NOW~ have to WORK tmr == Nitez~

Procrastinate!

2008-04-27T20:21:00.003+08:00

Took these questions from Annabelle's blog, and shall NOW start my procrastination, before I start doing my economics assignment...

Getting to know me. 25 questions!

1. Where were you 3 hours ago?
Bandar Sungai Long

2. Who are you in love with?
LeeHom, Fahrenheit.

3. Have you ever eaten a crayon?
Nope.

4. Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?
do I need to answer this question.

5. When is the last time you went to the mall?
Thursday.

6. Are you wearing socks right now?
No.

7. Do you have a car worth over $2,000?
Yes. ;)

8. When was the last time you drove out of town?
Never did o.O

9. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?
I wished I had.

10. Are you hot?
The weather is freaking hot, but I just bathed so I'm fine.

11. What was the last thing you had to drink?
Honey Lemon.

12. What are you wearing right now?
Red tshirt Pink shorts My glasses?

13. Do you wash your car or let the car wash do it?
Heh, daddy does it~

14. Last food that you ate?
Fish slice Mee Hoooon.

15. Where were you last week at this time?
Gardens =)

16. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?
Yeap, Esprit Shirt ^^

17. When is the last time you ran?
I have no idea...

18. What's the last sporting event you watched?
Formula 1. (live now)

19. What is your favorite animal?
Dogs. Horses.

20. Your dream vacation?
it depends who I go with.

21. Last person's house you were in?
A condo my dad is going to buy soon =)

22. Worst injury you've ever had?
Never had any.

23. Have you been in love?
Define IN LOVE =.= well, yes.

24. Do you miss anyone right now?
I'm blank.

25. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
what's the point of luring (".) let them come to you themselves!

---

1. Do you still talk to the person who
hurt you the worst?
- No. Never. Don't want to.

2. Do you like to dance?
- Yes.

3. Are you obsessed with someone?
- Hell ya.

4. What is the best thing about your
job?
- My job is my interest.

5. Do you like more than five people
right now?
- Yeap. Izzat, Arif, Hanson, Ron, Betty, Aifang, Fido larh, Yvonne, Jonathan! ... etc!

6. Name something that you would like
to eat right now?
- slimming pills =.=

7. Did you get any compliments today?
- Yea ^-^

8. Who was the last person to call you?
- my brother.

10. Do you steal people's boyfriends or
girlfriends?
- I don't give a d*mn.

14. Are you moody?
- can you tell?

15. Last person you hugged?
- my mum i guess.

16. Have you ever tried to get back
with an ex?
- Yes, and thank god I'm over him now.

21. Have you ever gone to the beach?
- PERHENTIAN babe!!!

22. Have you ever had a stalker?
- Hm. No.

23. Who was the last person to make you
mad?
- That crazy boy who thinks he's the only male on earth for me to love.

25. Are you listening to music? What
are you listening to?
- LeeHom's songs. ROCKS TO THE MAX

30. Who do you miss?
- I'm blank.

31. Where are your siblings right now?
- he's back in Seminyih.

32. Last person you kissed other than
family?
-No one.

33. Name five things you did today?
- Teach, Work, Procrastinate, Talk, Walk.

34. Last person who you yelled at?
- Haven't been yelling for quite a while.

35. Future kid's names?
- Let's not go too far.

36. Do you have plans for tomorrow?
- Go for chem lecture.

39. Is anyone jealous of you?
- Hopefully no, cuz he/she is just wasting his/her time =.=

40. When is the last time you got
flowers?
- Never did.

41. Where were you 2 hours ago?
- Bandar Sungai Long

42. What were you doing last night?
- Procrasatinated.

43. What does your hair look like right
now?
- Tied up.

44. Has anyone ever used you?
- I guess yea.

45. Has anyone ever told you that they
like you more than as a friend?
- Hm. I dont remember.

47. Is your hair naturally curly, or
straight?
- straight, and I made it straightER

49. What are you looking forward to?
- erm.

50. What do you think about being
cheated on?
- Screw that person, and screw myself for being so stewpid.

51. Any of your friends getting
married?
- No.

52. Is tomorrow going to be a good day?
- I don think so~

greatest news of the week.

2008-04-26T18:06:00.004+08:00

I passed my violin Grade 5 and flute Grade 4 exam!!! and, I got MERIT for Flute~ well, the most important thing is I PASSED!!!!!! =D

On The Map is back in action, preparing for the music school's concert 2008!!! We did our first try-out on our pieces =) We are gonna play BEATLES and ABBA's songs~~~

anyway, that's all for now. xD

Bye bye bio reports~

2008-04-25T11:15:00.003+08:00

Whoaaa~ its my FIRST time blogging from Monash Library =P while waiting for my next lecture to come.

(imagine: when Arif reads this)
Arif: *whack* aren't you supposed to be studying when you have such a looooong break.
Amanda: yes, i should. but too many people here =P
Arif: *smack* !@#$%^&*()

Hahahahahahahaha...

and I have nothing to blog about actually! spamming my own blog again!

the UNBELIVABLEs that happened recently:
- dad bought a condo at Sungai Long in less than 1hour! o.O *pigs can fly!*
- that condo is under my brother's name! of cuz and my parents~ but not me XD cause I said I don't want! hahahaha! why? cause...he's gonna get me somewhere else~ well, yea, when he is loaded~ =P joking. but definately getting for me for my future =) cause properties are getting more and more expensive today so by the time we "grow up" and want to buy, its gonna be freaking expensive and we can't afford it anymore~ WTHEELLL~
- i finally swapped my c.card! at Espirit yesterday XD!!! nothing surprising right~
- dad's gonna get CIMB credit card, cuz that card has so many goodies!

that's all I can think of posting now. sooooOOOOO toodles~ I shall continue building castles in the air~~

(and arif, i ain't fantasizing about anybody nobody using this blogskins =P)

that's why you're important.

2008-04-21T20:29:00.004+08:00

Semester Exam timetable is finally out! *1 ton heavier on my shoulders*

9/6 - Bio (2.5hrs)
10/6 - Stats. Reasonin' (3hrs)
13/6 - Intro. Microecon. (3hrs)
16/6 - Chem (3hrs)

Four 'amazing' days...

Bio essay on [Biology of Tardive Dyskinesia] dues on 12 May! *2 tons heavier on my shoulders* Been reading up the materials I found, and apparently I understood nothing. Wthell~

Ok, maybe I should stop mourning...

Just when I was emo-ing and feeling empty, IZZAT CALLED! :D Thank him for always calling! Felt less emo after talking to him. Talked to Fido (by chance) too, cause surprisingly he walked into his room today and so happen I was talking to Izzat...hmm, rarely happen though~ But anyway, it felt good talking to both of them (=

But screw Fido for "how's assignments and reports...passed to Arif ady?"... Ish, I wonder what does Arif complain to him about...(Arif I'm talking you. *poke*)

~ sometimes I wonder...does anyone really know who I am inside and outside? I mean like... the REAL amanda...

One World One Dream

2008-04-19T19:25:00.002+08:00

He just makes everyone love him more and more every single day! =)

世界的梦想

作曲：王力宏作词：林夕
演唱：王力宏

I used to dream that I could soar beyond the clouds
just close my eyes and fly away
blue skies inspire us to be free as a bird
and the dream connects us everyday　　
让你我朝着天空看各自飞翔
就像在分享这地球
理想的路怎么走
互相宽容
才能明白彼此的感受
one world one dream
long for all mankind
one world one dream
和平的未来
当你我情不自禁为别人鼓掌
原来是赞赏的问候
一场平等的较量各尽所能
相信最美就是这时候
当你我紧紧握着陌生人的手
有一种和平的温柔
在同一样的路途
一起奋斗
就像多年后的老朋友
为彼此加油
one world one dream
to the end of time
one world one dream
和平的未来
　　
*幸福天空
因为爱因为爱而存在
这一个梦不分你我
同样精彩 hu~~~~*

和平的未来
　　
幸福天空
因为爱因为爱而存在
这一个梦不分你我
同样精彩 hu~~~~

Lee Hom ROCKS!

my touch.

2008-04-13T21:48:00.004+08:00

Yes, tomorrow's my big-yet-not-the-biggest day. Violin & Flute exam, one after the other~ I really hope I don't screw up tomorrow!

Pearly says, "What could be the worst, scale of 1-10? Unless you go in, and you die immediately"
It was funny, yet I still feel tensed up! Anna & Pearly made me play infront of a bunch of kids and some uncles and aunts in Music Makers today.

Bro went to PC Fair with Mum and Dad today, without me. Yea, cause I had to work! and, Bro finally bought, well, DAD bought him, a SONY touchscreen digital cam. Yeapz, finally! Anyway, I have mine like last year, bought it just to go for Leehom's concert!! Omg~

SOoo....THEY GOT ME a TOUCH!!! O.O!!!

my touch =) 32GB!

Breathe, people.

2008-04-11T17:54:00.002+08:00

Despite the oh-so-many-things-to-do last week, I became a lazy-couch-potato-wannabe this week, apparently the couch potato thing didn't really work out because I HAVE WORK TO DO! this word WORK goes on til forever.

At one point of time, I really wished that I could just take ONE DAY off and sleep the whole day, well, at least for like 12 hours maybe?! Thus why I don't understand: How can dear-study-freak Arif forget to sleep?! o.O *faint*

and,

How can a Biomedical Science student have more work than a Medical student?! Well, cause Amanda is a lazy bum who does everything last minute. =) Oh, that was the first time and I've been trying to do my work in advance lately! That's why I'm so busy! Resulting in I-only-saw-Arif-at-lunch-time-on-Wednesday. Well, his timetable for this week was freaking packed anyway. AND I have yet to be able to study consistently T.T which is bad because semester exam is in like less than 2 month's time!!!

and,

I realised that when my brain is "turned off", I can forget how to play the flute! Which was exactly what happened on Thursday night. After a loooong day in uni, I reached home at...9pm. Picked up my flute, and I had only one thought "how do I play the flute?" None of the notes came out right, the tone was extremely off. I freaked out, cause I've been practicing everyday! like it has never happened before o.O When I told Pearly about it, she said that I was stressed up so yea, I was worn out and all I needed was to rest. Surprisingly I could play so well last night, my scales were perfect and the tone came out so beautifully! Whatheheck right ==?

Anyway, hope I don't screw up on Monday!

I hate lab reports! Can someone teach me how to write better so that I can score higher sucky marks! T.T

Everything

2008-04-08T23:50:00.002+08:00

I wonder whats with me and double post lately =p anyway, here's the latest song I'm addicted NOW: Michael Buble's Everything. (nyah, it's not the latest song on radio or anything.)

You're a falling star, you're the get away car.
You're the line in the sand when I go too far.
You're the swimming pool, on an August day.
And you're the perfect thing to say.

And you play it cool but it's kinda cute.
Ah, when you smile at me you know exactly what you do.
Baby don't pretend that you don't know it's true.
'cause you can see it when I look at you.

[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, you make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.

You're a carousel, you're a wishing well,
And you light me up, when you ring my bell.
You're a mystery, you're from outer space,
You're every minute of my everyday.

And I can't believe, uh that I'm your man,
And I get to kiss you baby just because I can.
Whatever comes our way, ah we'll see it through,
And you know that's what our love can do.

[Chorus]

So, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
So, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, you make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
You're every song, and I sing along.
'Cause you're my everything.
Yeah, yeah

So, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
So, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Arif: after trying to translate that long and makes-no-sense paragraph of i-dont-know-from-which-planet malay, I realised this alien language is somehow quite interesting and fascinating.

down+moody=amanda

2008-04-08T21:09:00.003+08:00

I, suddenly, feel like my mouth has gold in it, I don't want to open my mouth to say anything to anyone. o.O
I, suddenly, feel so... empty and blank, I don't know what to do. (other than study and practice)

Sigh.

and I feel down because my stewpid lab report sucked...the marks sucked T.T I'm so d*mn disappointed! cause I scored so high for my lab reports in Nottingham, and now... its like... sh*t. Wthell~ **oops! mind my language =x**

anyway,

back to korean drama now.

procrastination, or not.

2008-04-07T22:55:00.004+08:00

I'm so-not supposed to post now, with my statistical reasoning book + notes infront of me, trying to study! to do my week 5 online quiz. There's more! I have to read microeconomic chapter 6 & 7 to do my tutorial question for TOMORROW's tutorial.

Today was a hot day! with...rain not enough to cool me down =.=! I want more rain! Hehe *be careful of what you wish for* Anyway, I'm having a "big-needle-poking-thru-my-head" headache.

I love my violin.

Studying stats now.

So random... boring~

(edited @ 12:15am)

hahahahahaha~ studying do help A LOT!

I got 10/10 for my statistical reasoning week 5 quiz! woohoo!!!

did I mention that: I got 9/10 for chemistry test 2 too!!

i hate the weather.

2008-04-07T14:50:00.001+08:00

i hate the weather.
i hate the hot weather.
i hate the freaking hot weather.
i hate the freaking hot weather in malaysia.
i hate the freaking hot weather in malaysia during the morning.

i love the weather.
i love the rainy weather.
i love the rainy weather in malaysia.
i love the rainy weather in malaysia in the evening.

omg. see how lame i am~ spamming my very own blog now.

not the worst yet, right?

2008-04-05T22:21:00.003+08:00

I had by far the most "stressful" week ever experienced! simply because I didn't do anything during the term break I had last week. *serve-me-right* says Who!

So, what did I do this week;

B i o R e p o r t C h e m R e p o r t E c o n s A s s i g n m e n t S t a t s W o r k s h e e t T u t o r i a l Q u e s t i o n Q u i z z e s s s more B i o R e p o r t more C h e m R e p o r t more A s s i g n m e n t s s s s s s s s s more Q u i z e zzzzzzzzz

Omg. So lazy to blog now. Tired tired tired.

Violin/Flue exam is on the 14th April 2008...so yea, I'm crazy desperate to practice as much as possible while completing reports and assignments for uni. WTH~~~~

Ron * on the table! in the LS.

The brainies' discussion *blur*

It looked nicer there and then~

I'm RM368.50 rich now!!! :)

the WHO living in a Speck =)

2008-03-28T00:53:00.002+08:00

Hellooo people, I'm finally here to update my half-dead-as-usual blog :D Well, I don't really know where to start! :x

My mid-sem break is coming to an end, like so-fast-time-flies-wow I didn't really do anything "productive" except sleeping 10 hours everyday *OMG* This is so bad bad bad bad.

Anyway,

I went to Pyramid with Hanson, Arif, and Ron on Wednesday! Yeapz 3guys+1girl. I just love the quietness you can get in shopping malls at 11:30am on a weekday =) You don't have to queue up for hours just to get urself a movie ticket nor walk in crowded+noisy mall.

The first movie we picked was Spiderwick's Chronicle, which I didn't really enjoy~ cause, *blank* Anyway before the movie at 1:10pm, we have McD's for lunch, since the guys were hung-ger-ree. Yeapz and I basically ate nothing but junk. *oops*

After Spiderwick, we decided to watch another movie. Here's when I cried out loud 27Dresses!!! but Arif said NO. Ish~ !@#$%^&*() pooor-me! Unfortunately the times weren't right, so I didn't get to watch that movie. Instead, we bought tickets for Horton Hears A Who, which was extremely funny and I LOVED IT :D Highly recommanded by Amanda!

Bought J.Co Donuts! and went back to Monash after that, where Arif, Ron, and I went up to the sky bridge that connects building 2 & 3. We sat there eating donuts, in the middle of nowhere, with the view of the oxidation pond on one side and monash building on the other. *what a 'nice' view* Went home after that~ Exhausted!

That's about it~ and, thanks again to Yvonne our future economist =) for helping me on my econs!!! She is so kind~ *ding* and so I thought of this:

our class S3 has
8 future doctors - Arif, Nana, Fido, Zat, Ron, Jo, Betty, Lyn.
2 future businessppl - Yvonne (economist) Vincent (i dunoe).
1 future biomed scientist + musician - ME :)
5 future engineers - Hanson (mechatronic) Ai Fang (Chem Eng.) Jon (Mechanical) Norman (Chem.) Ce Dong (E&E)
1 future IT expert - Siow!
1 future biochemist - Xander!
1 future lawyer - Jacqui!
...
so,
We can build our very own ASS mini hospital :) with 8 doctors of different specialization! Financially managed by Yvonne and Vincent! All tests run by Xander & Amanda! and I don't know but we do need Engineers! Computers looked after by Siow! Miss Jacqui the lawyer to deal with legal issues? hahahah! that's like so nice wei~ *dreaming*

take care ppl~ hope i can update more often :) til then~

to Arif :)

2008-03-25T17:58:00.003+08:00

*specially to Arif* :D
don't feel touched yea, I know your tears-of-feeling-touched are falling now! xD!!!

nyappy godly hour :)

2008-03-19T00:27:00.003+08:00

it's 12:30am :D

firstly,
the "sad-and-pathetic-human" has finally digested my "i-have-said-so-many-times" thoughts! *time to celebrate* after bugging me like h*ll I could walk on the ceiling by now. :phew: I really really hope that this is the last time! cause...*blank*

anyway, there's something more important! which is...

I MISS THE ASSES A LOT A LOT A LOT T.T

Hanson, Izzat, Jon, Betty, Yvn, Jac, Lyn, Xan, Norman, Fido.
(haha, exclude Arif, AiFang & Ron, cause...I see them quite often~ xP Vincent seldom but still bum into him occasionally)

here's the part where you start singing this line:
♪♫♪♫ when will I see you again ♪♫♪♫

( ^ ______________________ ^ ) v

Learning Suite 9

2008-03-13T18:44:00.004+08:00

Headlines:
"Arif Husaini Abdul Rahim was sworn in late this afternoon as PM of Learning Suite 9 :D"

What more do I have to say :D

finally over.

2008-03-10T18:31:00.004+08:00

Huuuu~ I feel...so much lighter now~ (much lighter? lighter? much light?) Ignore my grammar mistakes! and I feel...*blank* (nyumnyumnyumnyum .. ) Lazy to blog actually...no idea why =p

Betty left Malaysia on Sunday night T.T She's currently in Mangalore, India xD learning to live the life of an indian xP with her so-very-fair skin (hahaha) Let's look forward to seeing a tanned-and-slimmed-down-doing-belly-dancing Betty in...few months' time? kaka~

Was happy to receive a text message from her yesterday evening! For one second --> who the h*ll is this, long and strange unknown number? Oh, it's Betty! texting from India! with her India number! haha! Well, according to her, it's freaking hot and sunny there :) poor thing. haha!

Hm... Berklee Audition is finally over!!! It went ... well I guess~ it was good experience! and, I would never go to *ehem*... that place is not a very nice place to study! plus all they want is your money. Imagine going to a college, you drive towards the front gate, and to come out of that lane you have reverse, cuz it's a freaking packed up dead end ==" and the college looks more like a language center. *enough* I would rather go straight to USA when I have the money, -next time-!

As for now, it shall be MEDICAL BIOSCIENCE, which I'm enjoying now! haha! surprisingly~ Especially studying bio with Arif and Ron at the library xD Unfortunately they will only be there for 2 years, then cabut-ing to Johor for the last 3 years! T.T Oh wells~ Can't rely too much on them anyway ;) Shall appreciate what I have now first.

Hm, mind my lame post~ toodles.

gloomy monday

2008-03-03T23:07:00.005+08:00

I totally knocked out after two days of sleeping at 2am & waking up at 7am! - referring to my busy weekend~

Yesterday was a loooong day. But, cut the crap:

We didn't win in the Classical Duet :'(

The pair of teachers won champion. But anyway, it was a good experience! So now we know that we still don't know how to enjoy classical music! Haha! (Pam agrees, right?) Unless I know the piece and I like it, I will feel bored after listening to classical music after 2 minutes! which was what happened yesterday when the winners were performing. How sad~ :P

The good news was:

Sara and May won!!! in the Jazz Category!!!

We feel really happy for them! and, they practiced less than us. Hmm... anyway, we had fun! for making the most noise at the Green Room! Haha! Chatting away with some little kids we met there! The petit genius!!!

Anyway,

Woke up at 10am today! like...wow~ haha! Lecture was at 12pm. Was too lazy to drive, so dad fetched me :D I love Monday! cause I had only one hour lecture! :P Met up with Arif at the library after lecture to go for lunch. Ron drove today! while Arif and I seated at the back, Rachel in front. Ron had to send her home first. We had A&W for lunch. Headed back to Monash cause Ron & Arif had some CPR Practice. Went to Music Makers for piano class, which I didn't practice much on my pieces T.T so sad.

It was sooooo gloomy today! I mean the weather! Ya, and it rained~ and I felt gloomy and worn out xD But still I did my chemistry test zero! I still studied :D

Things I learnt today :)

Ron is a safe driver, but still fresh! hahaha!
Hanson should change target!
Jon says that guys see colors in 5 ways: red, blue, black, white, rainbow.
Arif helped me on my chemistry through FACEBOOK.
Arif realises that he really need a ... LAPTOP!

Music & Roland

2008-03-02T02:03:00.005+08:00

(if Arif reads this)
Chup, I know it's 2am in the morning :) I know I should be sleeping. :D But, I felt like I just have to come here to crap a bit :P Hehe!

Oh dear me, it's already March! Time flies! and Audition is like in two weeks :x

Friday February 29, Steamboat Night :)
Lectures started at 12pm :D ended at 3pm. Rushed to Bangsar, ended up driving down to KLPac with Jen Pam & Swathi in my car. Screaming the word "JAM" all the way! haha! Luckily there were NO jam~ Had our 6mins rehearsal and left the place in an hour's time. Sent Swathi home, her house was so so so so white! =) Sent Jen back her home, which is behind Telawi Street. Last but not least, I sent Pam home and rushed back home! Cause...

I had to go back to Sunway Pyramid to meet up with...the ASSes ;D Despite the suckie traffic jams during the scary annoying peak hour when everyone finish work, I reached Pyramid at 7-ish? haha! Ehem, I still weren't the LATEST!

Poor Jon was stuck in the jam for two hours before he got to Domino's. haha! Sad case. The last one to reach was dear Mr. Fido! Izzat didn't come, and Ron left early. Well, I guess it's better to be late than never? =x So, Ai Fang had quite a good appetite, made her money worth! haha! She had a sudden craving for sweet corn, she couldn't stop eating it.

Anyway. Had fun chatting (or rather crapping) with them! Oh, forgot to mention who went: Jon, Vincent, Arif, Hanson, Fido, Aifang, Betty and I :) Fido sent me home after that~ Bathed and went online~

Realised (on Thursday) that the due date for MasteringBio online assignment was Sunday March 02, 11:59pm Australia Time. So, I started my assignment at 12midnight and slept at 2am. =.=

Saturday March 01, Roland Piano Festival 2008 Malaysia :D
Woke up at 8am today, did a bit of reading on biology! before I went out. Had orientation/briefing at KLPac at 11am. Jen drove this round in her petite Kelisa. We did our balloting and we got no.5 while Jen and Pam got the last number. Anyway, rushed to Sara and May's condo at Taman Duta. We had like 27mins to change into our performing outfit. haha!

I seriously LOVE their room! it's like a total girl's room!

Competition went well, I would say~ We had fun :D Although I think chances of winning is....nevermind~ Gala concert is in 20hrs' time? haha! Results will be anounced then. Well, I have to wake up early, as in 5hrs' time, cause we have trio practice at 9am! for the performance next Sunday! Hahaha! Trust me, the 6 of us did not practice at all~ and we have like only ONE WEEK to practice ~ Oh wells, it happens all the time!

It's 2:25am and I so have to sleep now! So, good morning & good night. haha! :p

----#Photos uploaded on Facebook :D too lazy to upload here! :p

Augustini

2008-02-28T18:36:00.003+08:00

Woohoo~ I finally found ONE girl whose time table is exactly the same as mine. I'm so happy. Well, it's so obvious that I don't have new friends there cause I missed the orientation, so most of the time, I hang out with Arif and Ron. Unfortunately, they can't always accompany me in between breaks, because we are in different courses...Arif & Ron are Med Students! I'm? Med BioSc Student. OK~ I guess we are in the same field? ;p

Anyway, this girl is from Indonesia! well, she's a indo-chinese. Her name is Augustini. I find it easier to remember Augustini than Tini~

I had lecture at 8am today! So, I woke up at 6:45am, which is kinda early =.= Monash is just ten minutes away =p Oh, and I learnt Excel during computer lab today. Haha! (Arif's reaction: Don't you already know how to use it?) Well yeah, but honestly I just found out there's so many things you can do on Excel! haha!

Morning classes ended at 11am, went to the library and read a BIOLOGY book!! o.O The front chapters made me sleepy [flip] Cancer cells and mutation gave me the goooosebumps T.T [flip] Reproduction! hahaha! Never bores me *Ooops* =x hahaha! Well, Biology is kinda interesting :D

Went for ~~Money & Capital Markets~~ lecture with Tini, which we left 5 minutes after the lecture started. Cause... the lecturer announced:

This unit is for seasoned students who have taken at least 1 accounting unit or 1 econs units. This unit is not meant for freshmens and freshwomens. So if you have not taken accounting or econs, I suggest you don't take this unit because you were struggle. This is a very hard unit, I know it because I teach it, and I teach tough units..."

So out the auditorium we went. xD and it was 1:15pm! So Tini and I decided to change our elective. We practically walked back and forth from Building 2 to 6 to 7 to 6 to 7 back to 2! Omg~ So in the end, we managed to slot ourselves into ECW1101 Introduction to Microeconomics.

After printing out my lecture note at the Open Lab, I met up with Arif. I don't know why, but we sat outside the admission building for a while, crapped a bit. hahaha! After that, we went to Sunway UniCollege, I wanted to look for Ms. Annie (whose actual name was not Annie but Aun Nee) It took us quite a while to look for the LAN Department =.= SHE WAS NOT THERE!

Anyway watch Ron rehearsal for his musical thingy and left cause I was too sleepy! kaka~ Oh wells, got to go now. Ciao~

You're the worst.

2008-02-27T18:32:00.009+08:00

Omg...I wasted 6 hours doing nothing today! :'( Shouldn't have come home so early! I feel so...bad~

and.

My timetable is finally done! Unfortunately, my busiest days are Thursday and Friday (wth~) and super empty on Monday xD Well, that fits just right for me, since I am busy on Saturday and Sunday. Monday = Amanda's "Rest" Day :)

ok, I don't know what to blog now actually~ sorry for this lame post! kaka~ Gotta READ BIO now :)

oh wait.

Jo, read the comment you left me. Sadly! Everyone seemed to have classes/test on Saturday, so I think nobody is coming T.T

7 days a week.

2008-02-24T22:26:00.004+08:00

firstly!
ROLAND PIANO FESTIVAL 2008 Malaysia
is around the corner! and it's this...
Saturday & Sunday!
Admission is FREE (for Saturday)
Open Category Piano Duet - 2:00PM
Open Category Jazz Duet - 5:ooPM
pls come pls come :)

GOOD LUCK
to
my dearest friends! aka my ~~COMPETITOR~~!
PAM & JEN - JePam
since we're in the same category ;p
and also
SARA & MAY - SaraMay
who entered the Jazz category.

I realised today that I have... SIX students in Music Makers :D One piano student & Five violin students. LOL Well, I took over Pam's students cause she had to concentrate on her SPM this year. Practically spent the WHOLE day at Music Makers today [9am-6pm]. I don't know, but I just love being there~

Oh wells, uni officially starts tomorrow! unfortunately, I haven't even allocate my time table. hahaha~ omg.

I guess I won't be blogging that often anymore! Well, by right, I wouldn't have the time to do so! If I ever did, it means I'm not studying very hard~ which is WRONG! So yeah, unlike normal students who have 5 days of lectures/tutorials/labs in uni and 2 rest days aka weekends! Amanda here, the word 'weekend' merely exist in her dictionary. Why...

cause...she will be in the university from Monday to Friday, followed up by a whole load of music classes on Saturdays and part-time work at Music Makers on Sundays! Woohoo~ there goes my 7 days in a week. I need a 8th day :x

I think Hayden Christensen is so so so so HOT :D and.......

I so...wanna...watch this movie ;D

study dates!

2008-02-21T23:14:00.004+08:00

oh dears, the offer letter is ready! I'm going to collect it tomorrow...I guess there's nothing much to think about now, nothing much I can think about actually.

Finally had a father-daughter session with my dearest dad. I respect him very much~ but I've been doing things that disappoint him...I feel sorry. I hope whatever comes next will not be another heartbreaker for him...

I guess that a degree cert is very important to me, especially as a stepping stone to start a living in the future...I love music very much, but that music degree is not going to take me anywhere in Malaysia. Futhermore, it isn't the degree cert that makes a successful musician.

The best choice is to study, get a degree now...when my brain can still absorb bio & chem ;p while I continue doing music during the weekends~ I will freaking busy soon! Look on the bright side, it's not a bad decision. Moreover, I get to date now! hahaha! STUDY DATES!!! =D

That's about it~ Nights!

before that, Edison Chen's scandal has finally come to an end. Video Link

think once, think twice.

2008-02-21T00:11:00.002+08:00

ok...I think it's crazy to post thrice in a day. Oh well, I guess it's okay cause it has passed midnight now ;p oops, by right it's my sleeping time now. I'm kinda sleepy anyway! =x before that...

I can't believe it! I'm seriously, so d*mn indecisive!!! this shows that I have NOT gave up on my I-want-to-go-to-Berklee dream! and it's like if I have the chance, I would definately go...Question is whether MONEY is really what's holding me back? That's partly it~ The other part would be my confidence I suppose.

I have yet made any new decisions at the moment, am waiting for Pearly to come back to Malaysia from the States! for another session of "counselling" hahaha, I'm such a troublesome *ss, ain't I??

Anyway...

latest status: reconsidering~ think once! think twice! think as long as I want cause I still have time! what I should really do now is:
-concentrate on practicing!
-focus on the March 12 audition!

...I'll never know if I never try; I'll regret if I never tried my best; there shouldn't be room for regrets. For now, I'm going to bed cause it's way passed midnight!

times i miss most now :) i miss S3~

2008-02-20T20:16:00.003+08:00

It's been like so long since I last...drove my car for one whole day, and I meant the whole day ;p and it was honestly tiring!!!

I drove myself to French class (which is at Lorong Gurney!) in the morning. Freakin' sick of the stuuupid morning jam. I might have to quit French class soon by the way! Anyway, flew straight to Sunway after french class at 1pm! Reached there before 1:30pm!!! ;D Hm, yeah, I was speeding on the highways~ all the way from...Istana Budaya area to NPE to Sunway. *in this case, ignore the traffic lights and slight traffic jams* Gah~

Met up with Ron, Arif and Hanson at Sunway for lunch. Guess what we had!!! Ron, Hanson and I had ROTI GORENG xD while Arif ate CHICKEN RICE!!! in the cafeteria...hahaha! I guess it was just our sudden cravings. We stopped going to the cafeteria for lunch even during A2, cause it was always Pan Mee day! haha. *memories*

Before I left at 3plus, we saw Mr. Alagarajah! who is now so tensed and stressed with his overdue assignments! hahaha! cause he's taking PhD now! and he told us that he hasn't even finished his assignment which was due last week! LOL...then we sat down and listened to Mr. Kingsley talk about some musical thingy to promote A-Levels in Sunway~

Had practice with Swathi at 3:30pm, apparently I was so late. Oh wells~

Hm...I just realised that I've been so darn worried about Biology and Chemistry ever since I handed in the application form! but...HEY!...what if my application got rejected xD hahaha~ I didn't think of that! ;P we'll see~

conclusion is...

2008-02-20T00:10:00.002+08:00

...we (maybe not for everyone) cannot escape the fact that it's quite important to get a proper 'academic' degree, but then again, define 'proper' =P

I think I definately need to stop being so indecisive...cause all I'll end up doing is throwing my dad's hard-earned money into the ocean by the thousands, which is d*mn wrong T.T

Being as spontaneous as can be, as sudden as it takes to give everyone a big shock, I decided to go back to studying again. It's going to sound really crazy, because I have chosen Medical Bioscience. Yes... it's Medical Bioscience!!! Yes...Biology + Chemistry once again! which I shall admit that I'm so ~~dead~~.

Wonder why I chose that course, considering the fact that I'm not a very outspoken, outstanding person and that I am selective, I don't mix well with people...etc plus interest matters, I will "die" if I were to take some Arts course. Anyway, I'm pretty aware of what course I chose, and am expecting the worst that can happen to me and that I am definately going to struggle studying Bio and Chem! after dropping Bio and screwing up Chem during A-levels.

Think positive!!! I will do well and at the end of the day, I have the best of both worlds! Science and Music~

anyway...

Classes are starting NEXT Monday!!!
Roland Piano Festival 2008 is NEXT Saturday!!!
I am 3 weeks away from Berklee's Audition & Interview!!!

God bless Amanda, and wish me all the best, for what I have got myself into...

she wonders if its ♥

2008-02-16T23:57:00.003+08:00

It has been a great day out with some important friends in my life whom I cherish a lot :) well, knowing the fact that they are the only group of friends that I have-and-want to hang out with! :P It was another ASS gathering with the intention celebrating Fido's birthday *belated celebration*

These are the leftovers stuck in Malaysia: Fido, Izzat, Arif, Ron, Jon, Betty, Amanda, Aifang, Siow, Nana. Everyone turned up today, except for Aifang who is still in Malacca and Siow (I just realized we forgot about him! oops) Izzat couldnt make it to MV~ Jon oh holy one had church!

We were supposed to meet at 10AM. Unfortunately, as expected, Fido overslept! Thank God I told Ron to call him around 9:40am (he texted instead). He just woke up! Ok, he was supposed to fetch me this morning, but I had Hanson come instead.

Reached Midvalley around 11 and found out that Vincent was there since 10am. He is super punctual, unlike...us! =P While waitin' for Fido & Betty, we bought tickets for Jumper, which I had no idea at first what the show was all about. Lalala~

Anyway, we had lunch at Chilis. and movie at 2:30pm. Jumper was ok, the main cast was cute ^^ Fido was like "do you see some similiarity?" hinting that he looked like the jumper. Haha, which I have to agree that he really does look A BIT like him. Anyway...

Hanson ditched us after movie cause his friends were going over to his house, which I was told later that he regretted ditching us. Wakaka~ Arif, Ron, Vincent, Betty, Jon, Izzat! came over to my house, for dinner. Left the house at 8pm and went up the spooky hill road with no street lamps, which freaked us out. hahaha! It was lame yet fun :D

Drove Arif & Ron to Sunway, a place I'd never been to ages ago. After sending Ron to the car, Arif took me to the spot that only himself, Jo & Fido knew, to see the night scene across Sunway. It was breathtaking! hahaha! Although it was only SUNWAY =P after that, he took me to the train track =.= and we walked along the track like it was so dangerous and dark, but there was this one spot for us to see the beautiful night view of Sunway again!!! I so want to go there again!

spot no.1

spot no.2

♥ this photo ^^

i love you guys so very much :D

Anyway, its time to sleep now. Nightz ;p

& it is x love.

2008-02-14T22:30:00.002+08:00

Before I start crappin'...

Happy 20th Birthday to Fido!
and
Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!

Yesh, as you can see, Fido is so d*mn lucky to be a Valentine baby. So, it's Valentine's Day today. Hm, doesn't mean anything to me this year haha! cause I'm single? I guess you can really save a lot when you don't have celebrate Valentine's! :P

Woke up at 10:30am today xD Had to go Music Makers at 12noon! Oh dear, what a pig I am~ Michael taught me BLUES, which is the very very very important basics of Jazz! Had flute lesson at 3, and practice with Swathi at 4, which we didn't really practice cause I finished flute class late and we didn't have the front studio.

Anyway, went to Ara Damansara to meet up with Uncle Nick for dinner ^^ Glad to see him again! He's going back to Shanghai this Saturday which is like "So Fast?" So I saw my baby cousin Xiang Yu who is 1+ this year~ Omg, he is so cheeky and cute and adorable and lovable! :D Loooovvveee him lots! haha!

Uncle Nick was quite concerned about my 'future' haha! He suggested that I apply to Singapore & China too, just-hentam-only ~ ahaha! China, I've never thought of going there before. :p Ok, shall not talk about this now, I need to focus! FOCUS!!!

Worst comes to worst I have Plan B to Plan Z if I have to xD Ok..I'm sleepy~ nights

& Ron calls it LOVE.

2008-02-12T22:54:00.002+08:00

Firstly!

Yvonneee! What did you hear from Who! Tell me Tell me Tell meee~!!

Okay. I haven't been updating my blog for quite a while! and I just found out that Pammie reads my blog :D unfortunately there weren't any new posts for her! Sorry Pam ^^ So here I am! I can barely remember EVERYTHING that happened in the past ... 12 days!

**thinking back & thinking hard**

For people who are wonderin' how is my practice?
Honestly, I haven't been practicing ~~MUCH~~ for the past one week. It was Chinese New Year! But! I did spend some time on the piano & my flute tho~ =P better than nothing. So, intensive practice starts again tomorrow! :D

Well-awared that my Berklee World Scholarship audition & interview is in exactly ONE month's time, I shall sadly admit that I'm so demm dead =.= SOS!!!

Oh! and...

Roland's Piano Festival 2008 is in 18 days!! Hurray, I'm already so demm dead, now I'm certified! T.O.D not available, haha! =P Arranged practice with Swathy at 3:30pm tomorrow :)

anyway, cny was kinda fun this year, for one & only one reason that is I spent it with my family and my extended family. Ignoring the fact that the ang pau part wasn't very satisfying this year, why? cause I didn't visit anyone! However, money is not the most important part *so not true* :P what's important is the family gatherin' right? yea!

my aunts, uncles & cousins came to my house for reunion dinner on wednesday night, there were 20 people! 4 families. as what chinese would usual do, they started gambling. The good thing about my family is that they only gambling during cny. Daddy doesn't gamble if he had the choice!

so, on new year's eve...

my cousin brothers played mahjong with my brother. while. mum played jimrami with two of my aunties and kim, my elder cousin sister. dad played mahjong with my 2nd uncle & youngest aunt, which accordin' to my aunt, she has never played with her brothers before. (this was after my uncle & my aunt lost "few tens" to my elder cousin brothers! playing Big 2)

i, learnt to play jimrami that night, and had the beginner's luck ^^v anyway, everyone left after midnight and did not say good bye but instead SEE YOU SOON. cause all of them were coming back on new year's day.

on new year's day, (thursday)

my family and I went to my grandfather's house in the morning before my uncles + aunts came to our house. nothing much happened, we started gambling on mahjong & jimrami again. wth~ hahaha! I still had the luck ^^ woohoo for dragons! another late night =P

second day of cny, (friday)

ALL my aunts ditched my grandmother and went to OU Neway for karaoke with the younger ones! haha! so yeah, went to OU at 3pm and sang til 6pm. went home and started played jimrami again! but everyone left at 9:30pm. the end~

yesterday! feb 11~

dear kind hanson came to fetch me to pyramid :) we watched KUNGFU DUNK with Jon & Vincent while waiting for Arif to come from Bangi~ went to lyn's house for Boardgame night where we ended up playing Big2 & Taboo! Haha! I'm pretty sure they're not board games. Met my long lost primary school classmate, who happened to be lyn's friend! What a small small world. Had a great time there, coming back with a headache =.=

I love Arif's game! Downfall. :D

We left after 11 cause hm, everyone has class the next morning. Fido sent me home, and I had Arif accompany me at the back seat while Izzat nagging on Fido. haha! "you see fido you dont even look left or right before you turn" etc. hahaha! They REALLY look & sound like Husband & Wife. Oops~ =P and it was the first time I had the seat belts on! at the BACKseat! haha! Cause hm...Fido speeded, but it was nothing~ 110 only! Accordin' to him, his latest record was 2xx. =.= but of cuz not in his wira =P haha!

anyway, before going back to my house, Fido went up the "spooky" road again! Izzat went "Fido stop flashing" haha! cause it was super scary and we nearly scared ourselves for nothing when Fido turned on the lights again. Ok, that's all I think~

I can stop it from coming.

2008-02-01T13:04:00.001+08:00

Pfft* It's such an odd hour to update my blog, when I'm supposed to be...practicing piano? practicing flute? practicing violin? after having FUN the whole of yesterday!

I woke up at 9am yesterday, with a determined mind set that I have to transcribe my jazz tune! and so I did :) but it was left unfinished because I had to get ready for my music classes. Only then I realised that I weren't going to have piano class yesterday (since my teacher taught me on Tuesday) **imagine the oh-i-see blur expression on my face** Well, flute lesson was still on anyway! BUT...!

Mum came knockin' at my door step and basically informed me about a last minute lunch with my godmother who is also my grandaunt from my mom's side of the family. So I postponed my flute class til later the evening after Reena replied my msg with this - "Ok, no prob, just pop in when you're done." So, there I went, with my mum, to my godma's house...

There I saw, Aunt Adeline & Aunt Lena from the Fonseka Family. Since my parents and I bummed into both of them in Midvalley last week, there was no oh-i-havent-seen-you-for-ages feelin' when I saw them. Anyhow, it still felt good seein' them. Ooh there's more! The Wong Family from Ipoh: Aunt Yun & Uncle Jiang, Granduncle&aunt no.9 or was it no.8? no, I think it's no.9 *oops* I seriously have not seen them for ages! and I had to say that I thought I saw my grandfather when my granduncle came in, they looked very alike (duh! they're brothers) haha.

After moments of hello-how-are-you-what-have-you-been-up-to, we had lunch at Overseas Restaurant. Omy! It was a full CNY set, and I would say dinner set! for lunch. The food was nice though =P The thing when you eat with all the "elderly" xD is their conversations can bore you out terribly. Luckily, I was entertained by the actions of my young cousin I barely know, Lucas Fonseka Koon age 2, amazed by how well he can speak! with the British slang, since my aunt stays in London.

Lunch ended at 3:30pm, mum went home to get some stuff for Aunt Molly and she was supposed to send me to Bangsar for Flute lesson! BUT my cousin sister, Kim and two Aunties from dad's side of the family came when we reached home. Oh no, they came!

Amanda: Why not I just cancel flute class today?
Mum: Yea, I think you should.
Amanda: (HURRAY)

Since it was my cousin sister's off-day which is a rare thing =P I wanted to hang out with her instead. So I DIDN'T GO FOR FLUTE CLASS! instead, we went to Menjalara to have early dinner with the intention of meeting my eldest cousin sister Kim Lian who is very hard to catch hold on. Unfortunately, it was a big disappointment for my auntie cause she didn't turn up after knowing that we were there. (personal family problem, shall not talk about it) Anyway, since we were already there, my parents had the worst Tom Yam Noodles ever xD dad ate the worst cheese cake he has ever eaten LOL lucky for me, I choose tiramisu cake which was 100% coffee cake and cream, well, that's why its called a cake. Haha no complains, never expect too much from cafes like that. The important thing is I have a great time with my cousin sister and my aunties :)

Left around 6plus7, parents decided to go Midvalley to get a set of John Master for my grandfater for CNY. Oh dear, someone has to stop me from further burstin' my budget! haha! I managed to grad a red polo tshirt from Forest, and a new pair of Long&Lean Jeans from GAP :D That's it, no more! I hope~ haha. Reached home around 10:45pm, chat with Arif agn! haha, til 1plus cause he was nagging me to go to bed early (as requested by Betty) Grrh~ anyway I was quite tired too.

Woke up at 11am today o.o Bad Amanda, Bad :( Anyway I've gotta start practicing NOW. Lastly:

CONGRATULATIONS to:

JEPAM - Jennifer & Pam

SARA&MAY - Sara & May Eoon

THE PRELUDE GIRLS - Amanda & Swathy

We have successfully been selected as FINALISTS for Roland Piano Festival Malaysia 2008 :D This only means that we have to practice even harder now! and,

Oh dear me, my Berklee Audition is officially scheduled for March 12, 2008 at ICOM. ~.~ So yeah, off to practice now!!!

My collection of Lee Hom's albums from 1995-2007,

yet missing 1997!!! and I don't intend to get his singles.

Joy of Being Random

2008-01-31T01:08:00.000+08:00

Oh dear! It's one in the morning =x and I still remember what Betty said: "Sleep early/Asses do not talk to Amanda after 12midnight, for her own good~" LOL! Guess what I've been doin' since 10:37pm til now! Chatting with Arif on msn! hahaha! Hanson too, but he left around midnight.

Ooh, and I finally got to know Fido's and Arif's full name with their ancestors', as in Fido/Arif bin their fathers bin their grandfathers bin etc... Hahaha! It all started with:

...
(11:23 PM) Arif: fido fido fido...
(11:24 PM) Arif: why do u embarress us human beings so cruelly
(11:24 PM) Arif: actually right...it's kinda weird when u say his real name
(11:24 PM) Arif: firdaus
(11:24 PM) Arif: sounds unfamiliar now
(11:24 PM) Arif: lol
(11:25 PM) Call Me Amanda : hahahaha
(11:25 PM) Call Me Amanda : firdaus.
(11:25 PM) Call Me Amanda : so long
(11:25 PM) Call Me Amanda : whats his full name?
(11:25 PM) Call Me Amanda : muhammad firdaus nasution?
(11:25 PM) Call Me Amanda : or is there somemore

...
(11:28 PM) Arif: sounds almost the same if ur using a malay boy's ears
...
(11:29 PM) Arif: anyway, the question just now was: what does yan nee mean
...
(11:29 PM) Call Me Amanda : i have no idea?
...
(11:29 PM) Call Me Amanda : like you know what does ARIF mean?
(11:30 PM) Arif: are u serious
(11:30 PM) Arif: of course i do
(11:30 PM) Arif: i even know what husaini means
(11:30 PM) Arif: and what firdaus means

and so you have, the meaning of Arif & Fido:) and oh dear Amanda doesn't know the meaning of her chinese name xD

...
(11:31 PM) Arif: Firdaus is one of the names for Heaven
(11:31 PM) Arif: if i'm not mistaken, Nasution was the name of a famous indonesian leader
(11:31 PM) Arif: Arif means smart
(11:31 PM) Arif: husaini means soft-spoken
(11:31 PM) Arif: meaning i'm a polite smart-ass

...
(11:33 PM) Arif: as u already know, i swear a lot
(11:33 PM) Arif: lol
(11:34 PM) Arif: but then again, so does everyone else
(11:34 PM) Arif: so, come on come on, what does ur name mean?
...
(11:35 PM) Call Me Amanda : well i really dont know
(11:35 PM) Call Me Amanda : All i know is Amanda means maple or sthg like that

then our randomness starts here! How innocent can Amanda be at times~ xD

...
(11:42 PM) Call Me Amanda : if your mum didnt change
(11:42 PM) Call Me Amanda : it would be
(11:43 PM) Call Me Amanda : arif rafi'i bin abdul rahim
(11:43 PM) Arif has changed his/her status to Online
(11:43 PM) Call Me Amanda : girrafiii
(11:43 PM) Arif: yeap
(11:43 PM) Call Me Amanda : hahaha
(11:43 PM) Arif: har har
(11:43 PM) Arif: why dont u ask if fido remembers his name for 3 or 4 generations
(11:44 PM) Arif: *ask fido if he remembers

...
(11:44 PM) Arif: seriously cool sometimes wei
(11:44 PM) Arif: yea, coz we can add the name of the father after each name what
(11:45 PM) Arif: coz "bin" means "son of" right
(11:45 PM) Call Me Amanda : it would be REALLY RANDOM if i suddenly text him like that askin' about his name for 3 generations
(11:45 PM) Arif: i'm pretty sure u dont have to ask him directly like that, amanda
(11:45 PM) Arif: farney la u
(11:46 PM) Call Me Amanda : hahaha!! that's what I had in mind when you told me to ask
(11:46 PM) Call Me Amanda : hahaha!!!
(11:46 PM) Call Me Amanda : how innocent more can i be~
(11:46 PM) Call Me Suicide Boomer... has been added to the conversation.
(11:46 PM) Arif: u never cease to amuse me
(11:46 PM) Arif: hey hanson
(11:46 PM) Call Me Amanda : hahaha so shall i text him that randomly
(11:47 PM) Arif: i thought u were away?
(11:47 PM) Call Me Amanda : hahaha! it would be fun tho~
(11:47 PM) Call Me Suicide: came back dy
(11:47 PM) Arif: yes!!
(11:47 PM) Call Me Amanda : ok! type me the msg i'll send to me

notice that I wrote "ok! type me the msg i'll send to me" haha! so dumb! typo! and so it was done! message sent: (I simple love this sentence)
>>> fido, can tell me ur full name including ur ancestors as well? as in fido bin ur father bin ur grandfather and so on

and you have the usual GANASness in GUYS:

...
(11:50 PM) Arif: b**ch, whats ur full name m**********r?

...
(11:58 PM) Call Me Suicide: just gimme me your @#$#$@^ full name ... you bloody !$@$%#$^&
(11:58 PM) Call Me Amanda : hahaha!!!
(11:58 PM) Arif: he'll understand that too

Since fido asked why, we have to come up with something! Thus, the creative one and only Arif:

...
(12:02 AM) Arif: just say ur curious, and u saw someone write their name down like that on grafitti near a ktm station
(12:02 AM) Call Me Suicide: lolx
(12:02 AM) Call Me Suicide: damn long
(12:02 AM) Arif: (yes, i'm very good at making up stories spontaneously)

OH I LOVE THIS part that made me laugh!! while we waited for Fido's reply -

...
(12:07 AM) Arif: graffiti is those artworks u see on the walls
(12:07 AM) Call Me Amanda : owh~
(12:07 AM) Arif: like they use sprays and stuff
(12:07 AM) Call Me Amanda : i c i c~
(12:07 AM) Call Me Amanda : well, i think those ppl are really very artistic
(12:07 AM) Call Me Amanda : hahaha
(12:08 AM) Arif: that depends
(12:08 AM) Arif: can say la if u see the reallyx3 nice ones like those in UK
(12:08 AM) Call Me Amanda : fido x replyin mission failed
(12:08 AM) Arif: not the "ahmad wuz here" in green sprays u see in KL
(12:08 AM) Call Me Amanda : hahahahah!!!
(12:08 AM) Arif: lol

Fido finally replied! and Taadah~ His full name was so long, but Arif's full name is one generation longer than his. hahaha!!! I shall not write their names out here =P Ask me ask me, I know xD

Last but not least, before I go to bed! cause it's seriously late now! I like this line by he who is the 'wise, polite smart ass' ARIF =P

...
(11:05 PM) Call Me Amanda : well, i'm sure izzat WILL DEFINATELY be in an adventurous mood when it comes to doin' pranks on Fido?
(11:06 PM) Arif: yeap, we're talking izzat here....mr i-think-i-can-run-against-the-walls-coz-i-saw-ppl-do-it-in-the-movies

C'est tout! Bonne Nuit!

If I were a bell.

2008-01-28T21:07:00.000+08:00

Here I am, updatin' my blog (which is a very borin' thing to do!) for one simple reason - I can't watch tv!!! because the astro/tv in my house is so retarded...grrh! sick of the "NO SIGNAL" word appearin' every 5 seconds. I would probably curse astro or curse the neighbour's cat that loiter around the houses! OR I don't curse, and do something else. =P Be nice :D

Anyway, I woke up at 8:30am today, thinking that I would be very hardworkin' to practice the whole day. but NOoo I watched tv in the morning til 11am. Haha! Only then I went to the piano to practice o.o Surprisingly, ignore the minutes I stand up to take a walk and to drink water, when I stopped practicing it was 4PM! =D I couldn't practice any longer because my wrist started to ache =(

The sad thing was I realised that when I practice the flute for more than 1hr, my left wrist starts to ache, and when I practice Gershwin's Prelude, my right wrist aches. Omgoodness~ Well, "Just take a break!" and stop complainin' cause I didn't do enough practice yet! zzz...

Hmm, I shall talk abit about yesterday Sunday January 27;

Despite the fact that people rest on Sundays, I don't, my music teachers don't, music schools don't. Why, because we have Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday to rest as we get busier towards the weekends. Cause kids have school on weekdays *duh* and I don't cause I'm not studying. Well, Arif doesn't have, Ron doesn't have, Hanson has, Fido has, Izzat has, Jacque doesn't, Nana has, Aifang doesn't, BETTY HAS! But she goes to school or rather kindergarden to teach and lie to little kids xP *sinful* haha, ignore my lameness~

Oops, come back come back~

So I worked at Music Makers from 10am to 5pm! Had a new violin student to teach at 11am. Zzz, I don't understand why parents let their child learn the violin at 3? I think it's too young! Pam agrees too =P haha! Anyway, since Pam is going to stop teachin' for the year (it's her !Big SPM year) I'm arranged to take over her students for the time being.. thank god her students are not that young, easier to teach ^^v So yeah, teaching is very tiring =( But its good experience.

Parents came to pick me up at 5pm, and we went to 1u to do "a bit" of CNY Shopping. Oh, we walked for like five hours and I bought the most! as usual~ Wanted to get a new pair of Sketchers, but mum didn't really want me to buy it, so I didn't. Cut the story short, I bought:

one blouse and two tshirt from Baleno - casual & cheap
one beige dress (more like a jean dress) from G&H - not expensive & nice!
a dress I love love love very much from Armani Exchange! - expensive but lovely!!
a pair of Lewre wedges - comfy to go shoppin' in it.
a pair of :Exodus wedges - I bought it and wore it there and then because sadly the stripe of my Lewre heels broke while shopping! T.T

Oooh yes, yes, yes, I bought that dress from Armani Exchange! The actual price was RM539!! But I told my mum the other day that it was RM300++ so she looked at me and said "you missed a 5 before 3." xD Anyway it was on 60% sale! So I paid RM216 for that dress. All the joy~ Mum was like "okay, you burst your budget and don't tell me you want to buy any clothes for the rest of the year" Omg~ That is so not going to happen, cause that budget thing is *invinsible* =P

Elle peut quand elle veut.

2008-01-25T17:26:00.000+08:00

i don't think it's a girl's room :)

in the cleanin' up process.

these, I don't want.

this, I don't wear.
Since I have NOTHING to post, I shall crap a bit about myself. For you people who are reading this, feel free to agree/disagree by tagging me yeah!

no.1 I'm just an ordinary girl, probably with a bit of SOMETHING in me. (Better than NOTHING =P)

the bad side of me

I (sadly) 'm very picky 'bout everything includin' friends. (what to do~ I'm tryin' to change.)
If I don't like you, it means everything you do/say will annoy me.
If I talk to you in a crude yet polite way, it means you'd better leave me alone.
If I don't reply your messages on msn after a very very long time, it means I really don't want to talk to you.
I'm lazy in all ways...
My mood changes with the weather. (Beware?)
I rarely talk to people I don't know.
If I'm dressed "cheap-skately", it means I'm going to "cheap-skate" places doing "cheap-skate" things.
I learnt from past life experiences that, boys younger than me (there're exceptions) can stop wastin' my time. My advice: jump off the cliff before I push you down myself. (Ooops...noo, I'm so bad.)
I'm kinda two-faced? I will treat you nice & kindly even though I don't like you. If I can treat you badly in a very obvious way, it means you're done for.

*ding dong* that's all for now =P

I have many lists!!!

VeryImportantPeople list: S3 asses, Pammie, Jennifer, OTM, my family.
Gentlement list: Izzat, Arif, Fido, Jon, Hanson.
Jerk list: (It's not good to list out =P)
BFFs: Betty, "some" from ASS.
Oh-no list: Fido (for the crazy/unbelievable things he does)
the Entertainer's list: Izzat and Jon.
the Listener's list: Arif and Ron. Pam and Jen.
Last but not 'least' it's -out of the list- means you suck big time!

ha-ha-ha-ha ^^v

Je ne peux pas aimer.

2008-01-23T00:26:00.000+08:00

Zzz, I can't seemed to log into msn! First, it's connection failure, then it's incorrect username or password...wth! I haven't been online for two nights? Haha, only two nights. Zzz, I miss chatting with Ron, Arif, Hanson, Betty, Jon!! online =( Screw msn, screw internet connection...

So here I am, to update my blueyy bloggie!

Had dentist appointment on Monday morning~ p.s. I had my teeth cleaned, ish! I hate polishing! Anyway, reached home around 11am, had early lunch. Omg, then I took a nap from 12pm to 2pm xD That's like so wrong! Woke up at 2pm, and Teacher Pearly texted to cancel class cause dear Jennifer was not going. So surprisingly! I went to the piano at 2:30pm and spent 1.5 hours practicing scales!!! Omg~ haha! It felt really good though! I spent another hour practicing Bach's Fugue, which was so demm annnoying =P Didn't practice much on the violin, nor the flute nor the drums Oops! Not enough time.

Woke up at 7am this morning, had french replacement class at 9:30am. I drove down to Lorong Gurney again~ zzz, I drove the civic though =P How fun! It took me 1 hour to reach there and less than 20mins to go home. Mum sent me to Music Makers at 2pm. Teacher Pearly decided not to teach today cause she needed to rest~ So I spent 2 hours practicing piano again!!! *proud of myself* Left my flute and music books there since I am going there again tomorrow.

Fido picked me up at around six to go to OneU. How nice of him, I didn't have to drive. It was the first time I see him dressed up "formally" cause he just finished class at IMU~ usually he would wear just t-shirt, shorts and slippers! Ok, so he wanted to get some stuff, and I accompanied him to shop at OneU. I'm such a nice friend =P So we went to DKNY, Calvin Klein, French Connection, Zara, Topman, Padini, Armani Exchange, etc. Yeah, all branded shops!

Oh, we had McD for dinner xD Fido's so-called cheap skate dinner. Anyway, FINALLY! after walkin' all around up and down, he bought a Padini Tie for himself and a Sigma bottle for his nephew. Zzz, he wanted the DKNY Tie so much, but he didn't buy xD We actually sat down infront of DKNY thinking whether to buy or not to buy!! Even the sales guy was laughin' when he saw us sitting outside.

Mum and bro came to OneU at 9pm for dinner, so Fido didn't have to send me home~ and so I heard from him, that he went back to DKNY again after sendin' me to my mum! Now he loves the jeans. LOL! and I love one very nice dress from Armani Exchange. No thanks to Fido for takin' me into so many branded shops!! That dress costs at least RM300 =( Saw a pair of shoes in Sketchers which was beautiful too~ and I bought a dress from Polka Dots! o.o

I sooooo want to buy that Armani Exchange dress!!! anyway it's late and I should sleep! good night ppl~

If I could write "happy" tunes.

2008-01-19T23:49:00.000+08:00

Continue from previous post...

Izzat's 18th birthday!
Organized by: Jonathan Chin xD

Date: January 18, 2008 (Friday)
Venue: Shogun Japanese Buffet Dinner, One Utama

Ass(s) invited:
All Asses in M'sia.

Ass(s) who turned up:
Izzat! Hanson! Arif! Siow! Ron! Jon! Fido! Amanda! Xin Lyn!

Ass(s) who ditched us:
BETTY! Vincent! Azlina!

Ass(s) not available:
Ai Fang! Jacque!

Photos: Go to Xinlyn's Facebook!

We spent three whole hours at Shogun! Chatting away, however we didn't really eat a lot! and haha, it's a buffet which cost us RM60 per person! OMG. Anyway, it was fun meetin' up with them~ Was rather amazed by Izzat's singing! (Izzat, you know what I mean) Oh, and I actually called Betty, then everyone started sayin "I want to talk to her!" So yea, I'm so dead when my phone bill comes T.T

Anyway, woke up at 9am today, had flute lesson at 10:15am! Brought my violin to the music school and realised that I have no violin lesson! wth~ lol! So I had a looong break before drums lesson at 2pm. which I spent it all "babysitting" the kids...They were sooo adorable! Especially Marissa's brother Jason!

Managed to spend a couple of minutes with Teacher Michael to work on my new song =) entitled 'When I have friends to love' ~ Thus, realised that all my composition are demm depressin' and saddenin' LOL! I can't even write a tune out of Chord I,IV,V... )= Which led to the topic "Understanding Modes" for CMP class =D So yeah, I had funnn during CMP today!!! and I'm gonna try to write HAPPY TUNES~

Came home around six. Started talking to Jon, as usual! wonder why we talk so much lately! hahaha! and then Arif~ then Betty! Yeah so not right! I spent the whole night infront of the laptop listening to songs and not practising!!! Argh~ Bad bad bad~

Anyways, here's a little something from Jonathan Shakes-the-Spear Chin:

(7:51 PM) J O N ταν ή επί:
you pout, stomp your feet and you may even cry
but you know you'll go on, cos you know you must try
(7:51 PM) J O N ταν ή επί:
cuz no matter how many hearts to break or to win
(7:52 PM) amanda. -puff: hahahaha
(7:52 PM) J O N ταν ή επί:
*toot* must be urs or else u will die
(7:52 PM) amanda. -puff: LOL!!!!
(7:52 PM) amanda. -puff: jon is just like izzat man
(7:52 PM) amanda. -puff: just the taller version
(7:52 PM) J O N ταν ή επί:
so tho things may change and its hard to lose a friend,
*toot* goes on, maybe as a boyfriend
fight on amanda and make us all proud
so we all can cheer for you, hearty and loud!
(7:53 PM) amanda. -puff:
(7:53 PM) J O N ταν ή επί:
so after u fought here, and fought here well,
take your medals and love stories to tell
go venture into the larger scene
and teach other lovers just what it means
(7:53 PM) J O N ταν ή επί:
to be with *toot*,
(7:53 PM) J O N ταν ή επί:
and how hawt hawt it can be
(7:54 PM) J O N ταν ή επί:
just remember your roots and stay within reach
Remember your friends who you often love
Don;t forget us after u get married

p.s. the *toot*(s) is edited by yours truly xD so you see, Jon is so amazin' right? til then!

Shogun NOgun.

2008-01-19T01:39:00.000+08:00

I know it's really late now and I should be sleeping because I have class in 9 hours' time. Shall quickly finish blogging and go to bed. Ok, fyi- c'est post for January 18 (Friday). Firstly...

Happy 18th Birthday to Izzat!

Woke up at 7am this morning and went for French class at 9:30am, finished at 1pm. Reached home half an hour later. Alone at home again, cause mum and bro went for cny shopping without me. Why? because I had plans =P

Spent two hours or so surfin' the net and chattin' with...JON! haha! and RON! until 3plus~ It was time to get ready to go out! Fido was surprisingly early! xD So yeah, I kinda rushed out my house, hence I forgot to wear my watch and I forgot my camera! Oh wells~

Anyway...Fido and I were like the earliest! LOL. So much for Jon askin' me to remind Fido not to be late and stuff~ haha! So since we were early, we were window shopping again while waitin'~ Fido was soo attracted to Zara's kids wear that we spent quite a while in there! Ok, then we met up with the others. (p.s. Xin Lyn was soo pretty tonight! Hanson came in shirt&slacks which made him look so demm smart xD Ron has a new style for his fringe =P)

Ok...I'm really tired I can't think what to write anymore...So...to be continue =) Oh and, I was practicing my flute just now...when it was 1am!!! hahaha!!! *proud*

Oh, they're broken.

2008-01-17T19:46:00.000+08:00

Wonder how dull and boring my days would be, if I had no music classes or french classes to keep that titsy-witsy bit of discipline in me! I would have turn into a potato couch, or is it a couch potato =P whichever! Well, my days aren't that miserable yet! I wake up early these days for morning exercise (= So yeah, I'm not ~~PIG~~ even though I'm on sabbatical xD

Realise that it's January 17 today! I have practically 6 weeks til my audition for Berklee! and I am so dead! Haha! Pearly was just telling how much work I've got in these 6 weeks to get me well-prepared for the audition. Not to mention that I suck in playing Jazz! Improvisation! cause I studied classical and nothing else. OMG. Blues! *chup* I love jazz, I love blues, I love improvisation :) All I have to do is to practice harder and harder.

Thus! For the next 6 weeks or more, I will be spending my time at Music Makers everyday! practising... apparently I have more discipline there. HA-HA. Cause there's nothing there to distract me and there's nothing to do there except to practice. All the joy.

Anyway my apologiess for postin' in such mess. I should be practicing my instrument now!

Til then.

Oh look at these! They're my new year's resolutions!

1. Lose weight before 18 January 2008 - be fit and healthy, happy and noticable? xD
----Started doin' exercise everyday, and January 18 is tomorrow! haha. 50% BROKEN!

2. Be more disciplined - for the sake of my dreams!
----Going to start next week at Music Makers. So, 50% BROKEN..

3. Work harder and really hard on composition and practices on my instruments!
----I haven't work HARD enough for these few weeks! 80% BROKEN..

4. Control temper, change my bads to good.
----Hurray! I haven't been in bad moods nor did I throw tantrum on anyone (=

5. No more late nights going online!
----This is 200% BROKEN! ask Jon, Arif, Hanson, Betty! hahaha!

6. Use every 24 hours productively (; includin' spending time with my beloved ASSes.
----I would say it's 50% BROKEN, cause of the word "productively" haha! but I did spend many hours chatting away with Ron, Jon and Arif online.

7. Learn French!
----Learning now (=

8. Develop my performing skills!
----Have yet the chance to do so.

9. Treat my family, my friends better than before. Be nice to people (:
----It's coming along (=

10. Hopes to meet my next Mr.Right =D
----When the time comes I'll know.

Gershwin Darlings.

2008-01-14T17:41:00.000+08:00

I had the busiest most tiring weekend in this wonderful 20th year of my life (lala, bare in mind that it was only the 2nd weekend of January haha!) Isn't it obvious?

Thursday, January 10

I woke up at 7am! but lazed around til 8am. Practiced piano til 9am, then another 30 minutes on the flute. Was all ready to go out by 10:30am! but, no. Anyway, I went to the Gardens at 11plus to meet a friend who turned up after twelve. Right, I think I'm the nicest human being on earth! Cause Aifang went straight home after waitin' 10 minutes for a guy who asked her out for lunch. Oh wells, we had lunch at Chili's and did some window-shopping at the Gardens. Ohmy, I just love the Gardens more than Mid Valley, less crowded. Had to leave at 2pm for flute lesson at 3pm. Went to Cheras Pantai to visit my uncle who had brain stroke, saw my cousins crying for the first time in my 20 years. Conversation at the Gardens not ended, to be continue...

Friday, January 11

Woke up at 7am again! Had french class from 9:30am to 1pm. Class was okay, enjoy learning the language (= Dad picked me up from Alliance Francaise and rushed to Bangsar for my flute lesson at 2pm. Had to work at the front desk because Aunt Molly couldn't come. So I worked til 8pm. Dad came to pick me up and we went to my uncle's house at Sungai Long. My uncle (dad's brother in law) has passed away... The doctor announced him brain dead at 5:30pm. Spent the whole night there, and reached home after midnight. Spent an hour on msn talkin to...I think Jon? Another late night.

Saturday, January 12

I woke up at 9am cause duet practice was at 9:45am. Decided to go home after violin class, cause I was too tired! Had flute lesson again, then violin lesson. Parents came to pick me up at twelve. Dad took me to Maxis to get my new maxis number. Yesh, I betrayed Digi. Reached home around 2pm. Was textin' Ron & Fido til I fell asleep on the comfy sofa~ haha! Anyway woke up at 6pm, had to go to uncle's house again to help out. We were not allow to laugh or smile but my uncles and grandfather ended up playing mahjong and my aunts were chatting away at one table. Had a good laugh at ourselves when my cousin sister showed us some really old photos of all of us. Left after midnight again! Spent a while on msn talkin' to...Jon again I think! haha! and Arif? Don't remember. lol~

Sunday, January 13

Drop dead tired. Woke up at 9am, which was so demm late! Rushed to Music Makers for final duet practice in front of the parents. Had to wait for Jennifer to finish teaching and get change. While waiting, Pam, Swathy and I had a good tiring laugh with Reena and Eric in the office as they joked away about how we dressed like waitresses. Right. We were all dressed in B&W, and I even looked like the hostess~ how "nice". Reached Roland Asia Pacific located at Dataran Prima at around noon, we were super early (= which was a benefit for us, to be recorded first before the other competitors arrived, so only one pair of duet heard us and we heard all of em. LOL! It was a good experience for me. Spending about 6 weeks on this jazzee yet classical piece; Three Preludes by George Gershwin. Pam&Jen and Swathy&I were the only duets who played Gerhswin. Unfortunately Sara&May didn't play Gershwin :( anyway, Proved that we can learn a piece so quickly if we practice. Okay...haha! Had serious headache after listening to two teachers perform for like 10 minutes. haha! anyway, went back to Bangsar at 4pm. Had lunch/tea/dinner at Marmalade with Albert and Jennifer, followed up with one junior scoop of Green Tea ice-cream from Baskin Robbins. Conclusion: Never gonna eat Baskin Robbins anymore, Haagen Daz is the best!!! Spent the whole night chattin' with Jon, Betty, Hanson, Arif, Izzat, and Fido~ thus, meetin' up with them this Friday! Cheers~

Randomness.

2008-01-13T23:07:00.000+08:00

1. Link the person that tagged you and list the rules.
they've already been linked. I hate rules?

2. List 8 random facts about yourself
# Amanda loves music.
# Amanda loves dressin' up but barely noticable?
# Amanda spends most of her dreamin' and wastin' time.
# Amanda is not a bright student that I can be.
# Amanda wants to learn dancing, cause it is music-related and she can lose weight.
# Amanda went to Genting Highlands twice in her 20 years + they were just daytrips!
# Amanda's first ever trip with friends was to Pulau Perhentian at the age of 19.
# Amanda is tryin' to grow up.

3. Add a black and white photo of yourself.
it's ok...

4. Tag 8 people.
I seriously picked at random...
Annabelle Hon, Yvonne Tee, Betty, Ron Hsien, Amanda Chew, Jonathan, Izzat, Jennifer.

Happy being random!

Spin the bottle.

2008-01-07T23:42:00.001+08:00

First week of 2008 ended so quickly that I couldn't even catch a proper breath! I was as always busy at the music school for the weekend.

Went for my first French class of the year at Alliance Francaise on Friday morning. *I'd taken one semester of French few years back, unfortunately I stopped for a simple reason - School, too tiring. Oh, and I've learnt Japanese before too ;D Stopped in the end for the same reason. SADLY~ want to learn again though =P Rushed to Bangsar for duet practice with Swathy after lunch. Schedule got messed up so flute lesson was cancelled.

Had to wake up early on Saturday for Flute lesson. Saturdays have became rather borin' ever since I stopped working at the front desk. Could feel the emptiness, cause I have breaks in between classes. Played some pieces from the Groove Lab book during Flute lesson, realised that they were very nice (= I love the flute? Violin lesson was suckiee in the beginning, cause I was like so out of tune. Ish! T.T but overall it was fine after warmin' up. Have to practice more though!

I seriously think that my life is a little messed up now. Like, my sleepin' hours and not practicing as much hours as I should be practicing! Waking up late and watching tv. Omg, I so so so do not want to turn into a couch potato? or is it potato couch? =P

Woke up at 7 plus on Sunday, went to Music Makers at 9am for duet practice. This time, we had to play our piece for others to listen. "Others" here refers to Pam & Jen, Sara & May, who appear to be Swathy & Amanda's ~~competitors~~ in the Roland Piano Festival 2008 Competition. Haha, no no no, we're friends =P Anyway, Pam & Jen is playing Gershwin's Rhaspody in Blue while Sara & May is playing Scarra-sthg-sthg xD I have no idea how to spell. Worked from 10am to 3:30pm. OH, and I got to drive the Honda Civic to Bangsar cause dad wasn't free to fetch me! *YAY* Went home after that of course and there goes my Sunday~

I happily spent my nights chatting away with the ASSES =D and omg, I woke up at 11am today! =( Managed to practice the piano for like one hour before I went to Music Makers for piano class at 1:30pm. Well, I was so honest, I told Pearly that I didn't practice much. Hope that it will never happen again, cause going for music classes unprepared is really sufferin' and I struggle like crazy. =( Had duet practice with Swathy. It went well, there's nothing much we can really do at the point, except to practice more and work on the speed. The heats is on 13th January which is this Sunday!!! Really hope to get into the finals though.

That's all for what Amanda did ~

Nobody spinned the bottle,
yet the secret is no more a secret now!
Betty, oh Betty!
Izzat, oh Izzat!
I'm so dead.
Izzat took action too quickly!
Everyone includin' ME,
shocked and speechless.

Good night people! Zzz~

Crush or Crash.

2008-01-04T00:40:00.000+08:00

Omg, it has passed midnight now. Another late night! Demm, this is so wrong. My hours are so messed up lately! Will quickly finish this post and go to bed.

Woke up at 11am today. Sat in front of my laptop was the first thing I did. Wth~ haha. Went out for lunch at Taman Desa. Reached home around three, then parents left for Ipoh with my brother while I stayed at home (; Hanson came over to grab photos, and I meant really grabbing tons of photos. Haha! Apparently he lost almost all of the ASSes' photos, should we like screw him or something? Anyways, he left and I started practicing my flute, since I did not practice for the past "so many days". AND, I'm so dead tomorrow cause I didn't touch the piano at all. Craps. I've seriously got to arrange my time properly, to start working hard again next week!!

Was all alone at home til 10 plus. Had salad and cottage pie for dinner (= Talked to Ron in the afternoon and Betty at night, about some unbelievable crazy stuff. Uhm, I still can't imagine that it's happening. We'll see if it's true or just some sudden wrong instinct in the coming days~

That's all for today, photos now (;

my dinner :)

that's why I gain weight!

practicing flute while watching Brothers & Sisters xD

. boo!

Thanks to the ASSes.

2008-01-03T01:27:00.000+08:00

itFirstly, I would like to list my new year's resolutions:

1. Lose weight before 18 January 2008 - be fit and healthy, happy and noticable? xD
2. Be more disciplined - for the sake of my dreams!
3. Work harder and really hard on composition and practices on my instruments!
4. Control temper, change my bads to good.
5. No more late nights going online!
6. Use every 24 hours productively (; includin' spending time with my beloved ASSes.
7. Learn French!
8. Develop my performing skills!
9. Treat my family, my friends better than before. Be nice to people (:
10. Hopes to meet my next Mr.Right =D

Next, my music dream starts with my first composition of the year: An Accidental Crush. Thanks to "fooling around", and also Betty my bestie. I only have the lyrics now, which I would consider undone. Will share it when it's done.

Last before I call it a day, again thanks to my darling ASSes, I am going to write my second song just for you guys! xD Huggs and Kisses to all of you! good night!

Unforgetable New Year

2008-01-02T21:30:00.000+08:00

Hello, everyone. It's 2008. I wanted to post on the 1st, but I wasn't at home and I was too tired. Anyways, I'm finally home. However, already missing my friends very muchy! ); Something for a change, I had a different new year! I spent it with this one group of friends who I think is my closest group of friends (:

ASSes' New Year's Eve Gathering (;

Azlina, Betty, Amanda, AiFang, Fido, Izzat, Arif, Siow, Hanson.

Hanson came over to fetch me from my house at 5pm, then we went to Sunway to pick up Aifang from college. We then took the train from Kelana Jaya to KLCC, to avoid the jam. Met up with Betty, Azlina, Siow and Arif at KLCC moments after we reached. Had dinner at Nando's while waiting for Fido and Izzat (smart guys who drove to KLCC!) Both of them were like so amazed that we took the train!

Strolled around KLCC for awhile, doing some hilarious stuff. Haha!

- we love (; -

After that, we walked to the park, and spents 4 hours on the grass (; There and then, it was 11:30pm, and it started to dizzle 'heavily' SAD. We were reluctant to leave the place but we did. So yeah, what a disappointment! Cause the smart guys who drove there were so lucky they stayed back to see the fireworks on the way to Izzat's car. WTH~ For those who took the train, we saw the fireworks from the train stations. So Yesh!! I saw fireworks at KLCC, Dataran Merdeka, practically the whole of KL city, KL Sentral and lastly Midvalley ;D

In three cars, we headed to Betty's house. Stopped at a mamak for a drink on the way cause some of us were hungry and some were demm thirsty like me ;P I felt so sick after drinking a glass of orange juice and a cup of teh tarik, which was so demm wrong. Reached Betty's house at around 2am. The guys knocked out after spending awhile in Betty's room chatting and crapping. Azlina was drop dead sleeping right after she bathed and Jacqueline slept after the guys went away, Aifang slept around 4/5 in the morning while Betty and I stayed up the whole night! We didn't sleep! Haha!

Betty and I were dying to sleep but we didn't because we were afraid that we might not wake up in time to join the others when they wake up. Haha! So we went for a morning jog, which was so nice. I'm in love with Gita Bayu the housing area where Betty's house is situated. TREES & NO POLLUTION. What do you know, we were so tired that we fell asleep on the sofa in the living room, the others woke up like so demm late Haha! The sofa was so so so comfy at that time! Sadly, Fido snapped a photo of me sleeping, which was so embarassing! haha!

The girls left for Jusco to get stuff for BBQ while the guys lazed at home. BBQ was short and sweet, ended early because Izzat, Fido and Azlina had class today. Then Siow and Arif had to go home after BBQ so Hanson didn't stay back SO! Jon didn't get to stay back cause there were no guys left =P By 9, the house was like so empty, we felt so empty after the guys left. haha!! Anyways, Betty and Aifang were like so tired they fell asleep while Jacqueline and I crazed around on the webcam with Jonathan online. Hahahaha! which was the CRAZIEST THING I EVER DID!

- me! reindeer! -

Woke up at 10:30am today, had girl's talk with Betty and Aifang cause I didn't have to leave at 11am. We had lunch before leaving Serdang. Took the KTM to KL sentral, while Jacque stopped at Midvalley station. That's all for my wonderful 3D2N gathering with the ASSes, my beloved friends!

My head was 'exploding' after practicing with Swathy at Music Makers. Went home and fell asleep. However, I really had a great time with them~ and I miss them so much now! =( Oh wells, we'll be meeting in 16 days from now =D

p.s. to view my photos, please head to my friendster or facebook ;D til then.