*I started off going in sequence of when these things happen, but then this system got screwed up because some things happen all throughout the year
P.S This is a super duper looooonnnngggg post cause come on! It's a year long update since I didn't blog much last year >.< hopefully I'll blog more often this year so that I can insert links to individual, designated and more detailed blogpost of each major event/accomplishment, instead of cramming everything into one. Like this particular blog post. Heh prepare popcorn and drinks people! :D Welcome to my 2015 movie, in pictures and words!
Solved a jigsaw puzzle! :D
I've always love the idea of solving puzzles because you get that sense of accomplishment when you finally finish it, take a step back and admire the picture and your effort. You remember the times when you feel like throwing away the puzzle or pushing it under the bed and forget all about it (frustration, frustration...) and the times when you think this one piece must be missing (and you curse your family members for losing them or the manufacturer for forgetting that one piece and then take it all back when you finally turned a few pieces around and it fits). In the end, a completed puzzle is worth all those mental breakdowns you suffer from while completing it :D and then you want to challenge yourself and complete 1000 pieces puzzles and more and more! #2015lesson-Don't give up!
Doing it alone is nice because you can show off and proudly tell people that you completed it yourself, but doing it others is fun and challenging and competitive and cooperative at the same time! :D and call me cheesy and mushy, but I think it's really romantic to complete a jigsaw puzzle with a special someone. Most preferably after marriage, so we can frame it and hang it in our own home <3
I've always love the idea of solving puzzles because you get that sense of accomplishment when you finally finish it, take a step back and admire the picture and your effort. You remember the times when you feel like throwing away the puzzle or pushing it under the bed and forget all about it (frustration, frustration...) and the times when you think this one piece must be missing (and you curse your family members for losing them or the manufacturer for forgetting that one piece and then take it all back when you finally turned a few pieces around and it fits). In the end, a completed puzzle is worth all those mental breakdowns you suffer from while completing it :D and then you want to challenge yourself and complete 1000 pieces puzzles and more and more! #2015lesson-Don't give up!
Doing it alone is nice because you can show off and proudly tell people that you completed it yourself, but doing it others is fun and challenging and competitive and cooperative at the same time! :D and call me cheesy and mushy, but I think it's really romantic to complete a jigsaw puzzle with a special someone. Most preferably after marriage, so we can frame it and hang it in our own home <3
It's a really really hard puzzle yo!!! the colours are all oh-so-similar, I wanted to cry at times lol
Had the opportunity to serve at the booth, answering questions about the Star Education Fund i.e what are the requirements, when to start applying, when does it start, how much does this scholarship cover, how long is the bond, etc etc. And also got to know 2 new people who benefited from this scholarship too! :D
My then and current roommate, Xhin Yein was there too! She went under the Student Ambassador programme from our university :D
I was surprised to talk to parents who have kids that are only taking PMR that year, and they're already asking about this scholarship which is meant for post SPM/pre-uni students :O #asianparents
What happened was that many enquiries was about where a particular college/university's booth was and whether they are exhibiting or not. My guess is that most of them didn't realise that our booth specialises in answering enquiries about the STAR Education Fund, not general enquiries of the Education Fair. And well, since we weren't prepared about where each college/university booth is, we weren't our most composed and professional self when we answer those non related enquiries >.< we must have seemed so incompetent. Hate how those people will think that we can't do our jobs well when we actually can, they just happen to ask the wrong questions :'( #2015lesson-Prepare self for unexpected situations
Anyhow, I will be at the booth again next year (9 and 10th January 2016), so if anyone have any enquiries about the Star Education Fund, please come and I'll be glad to answer your questions :D
Mr Peresamy, Sherwin, Oom Yin, me and Susanna Kuan
Grandma's passing
I was supposed to be at the booth for both days, but then I got a text from my mum that my ahma passed away. Ahma's health was quickly deteriorating the few weeks before that day and she was clearly suffering, the adults tried to get morphine to ease her pain :'(
Ahma was to say, my only grandparent growing up because the other grandparents passed on when I was really young. She used to call me Mi Sher (because she can't pronounce my English name) and she was the only one who said that I was pretty/beautiful :') this beats hearing that I look 'cute' all the time. Sighhh the memories... although I don't remember much, I hold on to those few little memories I have left. And my beautiful chinese name is given by ahma. In the first few months of ahma's passing, mum shared with me stories about ahma, about how smart she is despite being an illiterate, how she kept all the money mum and mum's siblings gave her when since they started working, to be given back to them, and so much more... With all those stories, I regretted not getting to know her better, regretted not putting more effort conversing in Hokkien or Mandarin with her, and for not spending more time with her #2015lesson-Don't take people for granted
Travelled to the land of elephants!
Went with my course mates and a few lecturers of UNMC SoE (School of Education if you don't know) for 10 days! :D since it was such a long and purposeful and eventful trip, it deserves a whole (if not, multiple) post on it's own 기대하세요! :D
#2015lesson-Do crazy things while you still can
Volunteered at SPCA
Of puppies and Fido and Zoe
They love head rubs like me! <3
Met
Yee Huei at Ying Xian's birthday party (but I'm guilty for not keeping in
touch with her so often and it's been a long time)
Summer
gangsters! Met during the summer *duh* and we're still planning and trying
to go and eat Bah Kut Teh XD
All
the Beasties 2.0!
And
76Bs! B stands for Boys, Bobos, Beeches, Baes and Beasties that don't seem like who they are on the surface. Missing our karaoke nights! >.<
Some of my dinner mates and I joined the annual NCR (Nottingham Charity Run) in preparation for another mega long ass run that we are going to join few months later. There was the option of 5km or 10km and I initially wanted to run 5km, but my roommate signed me up for freaking 10km!!! I was going to blame her if I die running but in the end, I was really thankful to her. Because it was good to know that I can at least run half the distance I needed to, before May. Started training only 1 week before the actual run and because it has been a reallllly looooongggg time since I last ran, kiasu me trained from Monday to Friday hahaha. But this is necessary, so I don't actually die and because I'm a little competitive like that :P I clocked in roughly a little more than an hour and I got a medal! It says Top 100 Women Category :D woohoo #achievementaccomplished-10km #2015lesson-We can do this!
Volunteered for Easters
Wanted to serve in CF but I was too shy and too much of an introvert to ask about it and to go up and sign my name. Thank goodness for Andrea who asked me personally if I wanted to join and helped me register with the Refreshment team. We made cake pops! And I finally learnt and got a chance to make cake pops after seeing them in pretty dessert tables and Youtube tutorials :D
#achievementaccomplished-cakepops
First night run aka NEON run aka zombie run and obstacle run!
Sooooo! There were posters around campus about a certain night/NEON run and since it's a pretty new concept (well, at least to me and some of my dinner mates,) we decided to join it. It was only 3km (we were smug, "3km only ah? No problem!") and the posters say that there are zombies! :D
It was pretty cool because they have the campus street lights off solely for this event, so that the roads are dark :D although, the zombies aren't scary in the way they didn't try to chase you. They just move along sloowwlyyy. There were some confusion and bad management problems tho, cause some of my dinner mates were lead to the wrong path, so they ran more distance wasting their time and effort. And the obstacles are way too simple for my liking cause I wanna challenge myself to climb a wall, etc etc. Someone please go to Viper Challenge with me. Oh and we were given glow sticks! <3 so funnnn wished I took more photos. But wait, I didn't even bring my phone -_-
Clinched another medal saying TOP 100 ZONE! Yayyers! :D and I would like to think that I was among the top 10 in the women category heh because I was probably the second or third person in line to collect the medal
Ermmm only 7 of us came together, the other ghosts behind are really friendly :D while lining up for our free RedBull!
#achievementaccomplished-Ran in the dark despite having night blindness
Little did I know that the organising club will mean so much more to me later on... Hehehe more on that later :D
Moved out of my dorm
Lived in a dorm for the first time in my life when I entered uni. I was pretty ecstatic about starting uni because of the campus life, staying away from home, doing everything on my own, living with friends, etc etc. First week in, everything's new and fun and exciting but then when it was long enough, I dreaded doing laundry (we hand-washed our clothes cause we're too cheapskate to send to the laundry) and missed the convenience of having a fully stocked fridge at home (doesn't help when there are food thieves in our halls). Cleaning was fine because we have the cleaners come in weekly although they didn't do a very through job >.<
Since I didn't manage to blog about it earlier, I shall make a short post about my dormitory life in this post :D
...... cause we're girls... 6 girls heh :D
My room! :D Guess which is mine
Our wardrobe and the many hooks we have to hang our clothes <3
Ze toilet... didn't realise that our things are pretty colour coordinated lol
The common area within our 3 bedroom flat and the balcony
My study table! We love and miss how big our table was
Us I2C61 girls. This is where we first met :') not literally outside the door tho
One outside Langkawi Hall <3
One rule of living outside home, you come home with more things than you thought you brought over
Belaated birthday present for Evaaaa
Birthday present for Yee Huei
Bon voyage card for Yee Huei
Happy Birthday garland and message for Kam
All handmade with love <3 oh, there's a few more that I didn't manage to take pictures of :( like the few paper cuttings in 76
Came in close contact with
the Notty ducks :D
Was excited as a little child when I saw
ducks swimming in the Nottingham lake and had always wanted to go near them :D
finally got the chance to, this year! There used to be 2 white ones, a couple
and they have their very own Facebook page! How cool is that? And then one
died, it was tragic. The other one was really lonely. And one day, there were
more ducks! Of different colours as well! :DDDD
Greetings, human
For
a moment there, I had a Notty thought of plucking their feathers to make
dreamcatchers XD see
what I did there? :D
Yes? How can I helpchu?
Proud half marathon finisher! :D #2015lesson-RunMichellerun! #achievementaccomplished-21km
Proud half marathon finishers! :D we are all winners!!!
Not too bad for a first timer me thinks, but ermmm I don't know if I want to subject myself to this kind of torture anymore tho...
While we were in Penang for the marathon, we
- went to the beach <3
- saw the murals
- went cafe hopping
Blog post pending... >.< too many nice pictures, they deserve a whole dedicated blog post heh
Kept in touch with some friends
Primary school gang during raya
Cause we miss lining up? #discipline
Boys will be boys XD
Amirul's house for Raya! It's our new tradition now! :D
Another meet-up specially because our Miss VIPPP, Lisa is backkkk!
One
of the Dirty Ah Soh's gathering where we take hundreds of selfies with Pei Yi's
phone till it crashes XD
Catching
up session with suss/Jinn over a cup of coffee and a cup of cold chocolate for the lactose-intolerant #mahfankanorang
Apologies if I didn't include everyone
>.< holler me if you want your face here hehehe :D
Let someone go for their own good
Realised that my feelings changed and let an innocent person who loves with all his heart go. Because why would I waste someone's time, love and energy when I know I can't do the same for him anymore? I also came to know what I took for granted and learnt a little or two about what I want, in future #2015lesson-Be brave
Realised that my feelings changed and let an innocent person who loves with all his heart go. Because why would I waste someone's time, love and energy when I know I can't do the same for him anymore? I also came to know what I took for granted and learnt a little or two about what I want, in future #2015lesson-Be brave
Photoshoot
#innocence
Sis wanted to join the GUESS model search
But they don't want no shorties :(
Played frisbee
Suck at catching and running and tossing, but I think I kinda enjoy it :D like how I enjoy badminton although I'm terrible at it
Went to Surabaya
Finally had a family vacation in almost 7 years I think!
- saw a vast blanket of stars <3 and beautiful sunrise
- rode a pony
- went go-karting!
And like the rest of my trips, this one
deserves a dedicated blogpost about it too! :D
Moved into my new off campus accommodation
It's a new, guarded community about 5/10 minutes away from campus (depending on traffic and how fast you drive). I love how the designs are simple and white with lots of glass <3 ermmm I haven't thought of taking pictures of the house and judging by the way I do things, I'll only blog about it when I leave lollll. Oh and I love how the floors upstairs are all wooden floors! <3
Sky bar at the master bedroom <3
Missed a few outings with friends
You know how you sometimes have to make difficult decisions and sacrifices? :'( I hate how I can't split myself to attend all the outings. It's such a bummer that you will have to miss out on all the fun and bonding times with certain group of friends because you have to be somewhere else at that time :( Missed a few zoo gang yamcha sessions, dinner mates holiday to Melaka, Sunday breakfast and morning market outings and Connaught pasar malam, Bukit Tinggi, Pahang day trip, badminton, climbs, waterfall, IKEA and Big Bad Wolf outing with FMC Youths.
But to think about it, I'm pretty sure (hopefully) that I missed all these moments for more important things and I shan't regret missing these! #2015lesson-Don't look back to dwell in the past and regret doing what you did because you had a good reason then!
Went ice-skating on my own!
Oh, heh... This was when I just broke up and wanted to go out of the house. Suddenly and randomly felt like going ice-skating and asked a few people, they weren't too keen on it. So I went alone... It wasn't too bad, I learnt how to stand on my own two feet on ice because previously I relied on the walls and my then bf. It was nice learning how to skate/walk/stand on my own and I left the walls and went to the centre! Still can't really skate as fast as I want to, but at least I left the walls :D #achievementaccomplished-let go of those walls!
And another time I went ice skating with my dinner mates, I came back with blister scars :( I wore long pants and ankle socks tho... But #2015lesson-wear higher socks when ice skating! So my pants were rubbing against the skates and my skin, resulting in these blisters. I was walking with shackles of fire around my ankles for weeks, and initially it hurt so bad, I was sitting on the bathroom floor when I bathed >.<
Not too bad because it looks like <3 but looks like they're staying... forever! *gasp* :O
Climbed Broga Hill & became a tour guide
Finally conquered Broga Hill after studying in Nottingham for a whole year! We went right before our second year classes start :D It was quite challenging but fun all the same! Having night blindness and having to start our climb in the wee hours doesn't help as well as having acrophobia (fear of heights) but I made it all the way up! And I was one of those who lead our pack uphill! Bamboo even brought 100 Plus for me because he thought I would be needing it (he thought I'm the weak one) but then I didn't, heh it was somebodeh else who needed it! ㅋㅋㅋ #achievementaccomplished-ConqueredBroga
Finally conquered Broga Hill after studying in Nottingham for a whole year! We went right before our second year classes start :D It was quite challenging but fun all the same! Having night blindness and having to start our climb in the wee hours doesn't help as well as having acrophobia (fear of heights) but I made it all the way up! And I was one of those who lead our pack uphill! Bamboo even brought 100 Plus for me because he thought I would be needing it (he thought I'm the weak one) but then I didn't, heh it was somebodeh else who needed it! ㅋㅋㅋ #achievementaccomplished-ConqueredBroga
It was a really good exercise and I proposed going weekly but everyone went -__- so I guess not... :(
Oh and I recently went again after the end of my Year 2 Sem 1 with my parents, uncle, aunt and 2 cousins. We started off as a group of 7, but only me and Lucas reached the top -__-
But anyhow, this is the view from up there, it was windy and crowded
#achievementaccomplished-Conquered Broga on my own!
#pockyambassador #wishfulthinkinglol
Then we went for roti bakar just beside the Sin Ming school in Semenyih town. My friend brought me there because it was good and I didn't know it was soooo good until my aunt went like "Wahhh this is soo gooooddddd" *heart shaped eyes* and the coffee and nasi lemak and the noodles from next door is really good according to her too.
Comes in toasted or steamed, and this is obviously toasted and I chose to spread the kaya and butter myself. Yes, I have wayyy to much time and because I'm weird liddis :D
Oh,
and we visited my campus #proudnottinghammer/notty
And
fed the ducks! :D #finallyandcoincidentlyhadfoodforthem
In case I die and the younger generations don't have this skill to make snowskin mooncakes and won't be able to enjoy this delicacy anymore :D #plot twist: I only enjoy making them, I don't like to eat them at all
Materials and ingredients! :D
Ee Bien with her successfully done moon cake!
#achievementaccomplished-Pass snowskin moon cake making skills on
Jeanne's cute little piggy
My students and I
Hungry ghosts
Group pic! Almost complete, missing only 1 >.<
What we do to the one who wasn't there
Second round and second batch of students to learn! My Eng Ann gang :D
These are some of their magnificent mooncakes made over pointless chit chat :)
One of my students, Shirley with her masterpiece! :D
Had fun in (an 8 hour) class
It's pretty bearable because we get to watch clips of kids cartoon/songs
... sitting on sofas instead of plastic chairs #unmcsoeftw
Got to play with PlayDough!
#achievementaccomplished-Enjoy classes
How can class be boring when you have colourful and interesting materials to play with? Oh, and we have Hershey's Cookies n' Cream too! <3
Fun with shaving cream and food colouring!
On the serious note, these are some ways we can let kids learn, say the alphabet, but shaping them with play dough, picking the alphabets and spelling out words, and also 'writing' alphabets on shaving cream. Education is about facilitating children in learning after all, and this kinaesthetic ways make learning fun! :D
Oh, here's a picture the only picture of my entire small class of 14. Missing one Derrick, extra one Michelle because you can't get enough of Michelles :D
Got my belaying license
So that I can climb whenever I'm free and whenever I want to (except, I still need a person to belay me). Because I am occupied on Wednesdays, when my uni's Rock Climbing society goes for their weekly climb. No pictures of me climbing or of others climbing because I don't go around with my phone in my pockets. And I'm too lazy to take a picture of the cert. It's been a few months since I went for this belaying course and I'm on the verge of forgetting everything already omgggg :( #achievementaccomplished-Belaying license
Joined cheerleading!
Because I wanted to try something new and challenge myself! Practice sessions have been fun, learning new stunts and pushing ourselves (splits, bridges, etc) and we even performed for the Nation Cups Opening Ceremony! Oh, I'm a flyer mainly because I'm small and light (kinda) and because I can't lift >.<
Because I wanted to try something new and challenge myself! Practice sessions have been fun, learning new stunts and pushing ourselves (splits, bridges, etc) and we even performed for the Nation Cups Opening Ceremony! Oh, I'm a flyer mainly because I'm small and light (kinda) and because I can't lift >.<
#unmcbeast
Macam yes picture by DAG - Sin Yee doing liberty :D
Before we performed!
We did it! :D
Supporting our fwriend's event
Coming from someone who has zero flexibility and agility, I can finally kinda do splits and bridge (still learning and improving!) but I still tend to banana when I do handstands, and I still can't get into a handstand position without help and I still can't cartwheel :( #needtoworkharderrawr
Some of the bruises I got after this particular session, I even got bruises on my stomach/waist lol
Looking forward to learning and perfecting more stunts when semester starts! :D And hopefully we get to go for competitions i.e ACIC 2016
Donated blood (like finally - third time's the charm)
My journey to donating blood is a pretty dramatic one lol. The first time I went, I didn't meet the weigh requirement and also my blood is very thin :( second time, I finally meet the requirement. Was super happy that I passed the first table, but then at the second table they told me that my blood pressure was just nice for me to sustain my life, but will drop too low if I were to donate blood :'( so close yet so far. And then this year when they were holding a blood donation drive, I went to try my luck. First station, pass. Second station, *magically passed*!!! Woohoo!!! And then came the nerves... heart's pounding while waiting for my turn. And then it was my turn. Sat/laid down and wait for the nurse to poke me. Deciding whether to look or not when she does. I looked. Don't know how I felt about that. Okay, end of drama. I'm proud to announce that I donated a full bag of blood! :D #achievementaccomplished-successfullydonatedblood #callmealifesaver
Learnt about being selectively social with some people
Before, I'm pretty much onz to every other outing people jio me to. This year I learn how to pick occasions I choose to grace my presence with lol. Nahhh I'm kidding, I was MIA in a lot of outings, but I feel bad about missing them in some sense. But what I'm talking about here is how I learnt how to tell whether I am tolerated or celebrated in a certain group of friends. And not ignoring all those signs and keep hanging out with them hoping that they'll eventually accept you for all your quirky self. One of the quotes that I live on by "Don't waste your time with people who don't appreciate you". #2015lesson-Love yourself #2015lesson-Listen to many people, but talk to few
Learnt(-ing) how to say no
I wouldn't exactly say I'm miss-nice-girl, but I find it hard to say no. Right now, I can't remember any occasions when I declined anyone in any situation, but I'm pretty sure I did! I'll update this part when something eventually comes into mind. But yeah. It still is really hard to say no, but I'm still learning and there's a lot of room for improvement! #2015lesson-Say no and be firm about it!
Learnt(-ing) how to enjoy being alone
Breaking up in my case means I have much more time in my hands, and it's been far too long since I was alone. And I came to realise that I wasn't used to it and had to learn how to be comfortable on my own. Like how to not constantly be texting friends about nothing important in general. Most importantly, savouring quiet times alone to do my favourite things and to reflect and think... about life, things, people, myself #2015lesson-I don't need nobody else
Got to know friends better, in a whole new level
Hahaha somehow this year, the conversations I have with certain group of friends were about deeper things and I felt that I understand my friends more than I ever had. I have a few group of friends in mind, and I'll leave it at that :D #dirtyahsohs #hentainight #owwoww #animalkingdom
Learned how to love cats ^ㅅ^
Became back-up singer for worship session at church
Didn't really know all the songs, but I tried to practice and was too soft but I enjoyed it :D and I'm glad that I get to serve in church in this little way #instrumentaldisabilitysadlife
Drove!
Was behind the wheel quite many times this year!!! :D special thanks to all the car owners (Kheng, Hong Shin, Duncan, Leslie, Ezmir, Tiffany and Joeh Meng) who trusted me with their car and sorry for all the heart attacks, drivers and passengers alike TEEHEEE :D One time, I moved to the next lane too suddenly and apparently didn't allocate enough distance for the driver behind me. She honked at me and drove beside the car and purposely turned to look at the bad driver aka me. Wanted to sink into the seats omggg. And the problem about my driving (so say everyone) is that I drive too fast, switch lanes too fast, brake too suddenly, don't utilise the rearview mirror and side mirrors and etc etc. In my defence, I love speed! Hate road bumps! Used to love watching Fast and Furious when it's all about the speed and drifts. Don't watch anymore when they added all the crashes and explosions, too much la whey. *I have no defence when it comes to not looking at the mirrors because I don't! Lol still can't multitask*
Oh, and there was once I almost rammed into a taxi, and failed doing a 3-point-turn but then had smooth comebacks (in later on driving experiences HEHEHEHEH)
Eheheh. So you kinda get the gist of my driving skills, but despite hearing all those stories, Tiffany was the only unfazed one who allows me and hear this - offers me her car to drive. The first time I drove her car, she didn't even pay attention to the road, she was looking at her phone #muchtrust #muchlove <3 her comment on my driving >>> rather smooth, not as bad as others' comments and the second time (I was even surprised that there was a second time!) was okay too! But maybe I made a few little sharp turns, but other than that, parking and driving was good! :D #2015lesson-Keep calm and drive on. If anyone screams, kick them out
Went clubbing
There goes my virgin club experience. I just wanted to experience it, see how it is like. Went into a smoky, hazy club, had some drinks and that's it. Was too chicken to go to the dance floor because I don't wanna risk people coming too close to me. Hahah maybe I wasn't tipsy enough to want that XD But I'm open to going another time for the full clubbing experience tho! With more friends!
Had 12 days streak of MCDs
I have no idea what came into our minds, and who proposed it but I'm all up for it! We didn't exactly have Mcd for at least one meal for 12 days, the least we had was dessert, ice-cream- sundae cone, McFlurry. But we had a variation of meals tho. Once we had breakfast, another time lunch, dinner, supper, tea? Yeah I think we did XD #I'mlovin'it #achievementaccomplished-Showed Mcd how much we love em'
Volunteered for CF Christmas Fair
Came out with our very own board game!
Website:http://bookstoboards.wix.com/thewordzofoz
Tried lots of good, new food! A very blessed year! :D
And in the end, got fatter :(
My journey to donating blood is a pretty dramatic one lol. The first time I went, I didn't meet the weigh requirement and also my blood is very thin :( second time, I finally meet the requirement. Was super happy that I passed the first table, but then at the second table they told me that my blood pressure was just nice for me to sustain my life, but will drop too low if I were to donate blood :'( so close yet so far. And then this year when they were holding a blood donation drive, I went to try my luck. First station, pass. Second station, *magically passed*!!! Woohoo!!! And then came the nerves... heart's pounding while waiting for my turn. And then it was my turn. Sat/laid down and wait for the nurse to poke me. Deciding whether to look or not when she does. I looked. Don't know how I felt about that. Okay, end of drama. I'm proud to announce that I donated a full bag of blood! :D #achievementaccomplished-successfullydonatedblood #callmealifesaver
Learnt about being selectively social with some people
Before, I'm pretty much onz to every other outing people jio me to. This year I learn how to pick occasions I choose to grace my presence with lol. Nahhh I'm kidding, I was MIA in a lot of outings, but I feel bad about missing them in some sense. But what I'm talking about here is how I learnt how to tell whether I am tolerated or celebrated in a certain group of friends. And not ignoring all those signs and keep hanging out with them hoping that they'll eventually accept you for all your quirky self. One of the quotes that I live on by "Don't waste your time with people who don't appreciate you". #2015lesson-Love yourself #2015lesson-Listen to many people, but talk to few
Learnt(-ing) how to say no
I wouldn't exactly say I'm miss-nice-girl, but I find it hard to say no. Right now, I can't remember any occasions when I declined anyone in any situation, but I'm pretty sure I did! I'll update this part when something eventually comes into mind. But yeah. It still is really hard to say no, but I'm still learning and there's a lot of room for improvement! #2015lesson-Say no and be firm about it!
Learnt(-ing) how to enjoy being alone
Breaking up in my case means I have much more time in my hands, and it's been far too long since I was alone. And I came to realise that I wasn't used to it and had to learn how to be comfortable on my own. Like how to not constantly be texting friends about nothing important in general. Most importantly, savouring quiet times alone to do my favourite things and to reflect and think... about life, things, people, myself #2015lesson-I don't need nobody else
Got to know friends better, in a whole new level
Hahaha somehow this year, the conversations I have with certain group of friends were about deeper things and I felt that I understand my friends more than I ever had. I have a few group of friends in mind, and I'll leave it at that :D #dirtyahsohs #hentainight #owwoww #animalkingdom
Learned how to love cats ^ㅅ^
So 76Bs got a kitten. Writing this post, it's scary how I made the word 'cat' and a cat figure with play dough in class earlier on :O
Everyone, meet Kippu
Don't let this innocent look fool you, I have permanent scars from her :( she plays rough, with her claws out
And then came along Baici. Who still stinks after her first bath but is really sweet <3 she plays with her claws in! And after her presence, Kippu learnt how to play nice <3 <3 <3
Meowww <3
They ran away about almost a month ago and everyone misses them both :'( waiting for them to come home one day. I didn't even get to take a picture of them and with them both together #2015lesson-Learnt how to love cats
Became back-up singer for worship session at church
Didn't really know all the songs, but I tried to practice and was too soft but I enjoyed it :D and I'm glad that I get to serve in church in this little way #instrumentaldisabilitysadlife
Drove!
Was behind the wheel quite many times this year!!! :D special thanks to all the car owners (Kheng, Hong Shin, Duncan, Leslie, Ezmir, Tiffany and Joeh Meng) who trusted me with their car and sorry for all the heart attacks, drivers and passengers alike TEEHEEE :D One time, I moved to the next lane too suddenly and apparently didn't allocate enough distance for the driver behind me. She honked at me and drove beside the car and purposely turned to look at the bad driver aka me. Wanted to sink into the seats omggg. And the problem about my driving (so say everyone) is that I drive too fast, switch lanes too fast, brake too suddenly, don't utilise the rearview mirror and side mirrors and etc etc. In my defence, I love speed! Hate road bumps! Used to love watching Fast and Furious when it's all about the speed and drifts. Don't watch anymore when they added all the crashes and explosions, too much la whey. *I have no defence when it comes to not looking at the mirrors because I don't! Lol still can't multitask*
Oh, and there was once I almost rammed into a taxi, and failed doing a 3-point-turn but then had smooth comebacks (in later on driving experiences HEHEHEHEH)
Eheheh. So you kinda get the gist of my driving skills, but despite hearing all those stories, Tiffany was the only unfazed one who allows me and hear this - offers me her car to drive. The first time I drove her car, she didn't even pay attention to the road, she was looking at her phone #muchtrust #muchlove <3 her comment on my driving >>> rather smooth, not as bad as others' comments and the second time (I was even surprised that there was a second time!) was okay too! But maybe I made a few little sharp turns, but other than that, parking and driving was good! :D #2015lesson-Keep calm and drive on. If anyone screams, kick them out
So... erm a picture of us both since we're still alive XD #coincidentalopposingbutyetmatchymatchyoutfit and because Tiff's bravery is worth more than just a mention! It deserves at least an OOTD picture! <3
Went clubbing
Hahaah yeap, it's dark inside
Went to Gravity club with the other Beasties :D #achievementaccomplished-Entered a club
Had 12 days streak of MCDs
I have no idea what came into our minds, and who proposed it but I'm all up for it! We didn't exactly have Mcd for at least one meal for 12 days, the least we had was dessert, ice-cream- sundae cone, McFlurry. But we had a variation of meals tho. Once we had breakfast, another time lunch, dinner, supper, tea? Yeah I think we did XD #I'mlovin'it #achievementaccomplished-Showed Mcd how much we love em'
Broke a cone in half while trying to take the sleeve out XD
Volunteered for CF Christmas Fair
With
the booth team setting up the place!
Started off in the booth team and ended up
in the multimedia team (not that I'm complaining). Pictures deserve yet
another dedicated blogpost :P
Came out with our very own board game!
It is actually part of our assignment, and
in a group we were supposed to design an entirely new game! My group decided to
design one based on the storybook Wizard of Oz >>> Wordz of Oz being
an educational board game
The board and all of the components!
Our
3D standing pieces to move across the board from Kansas to Emerald City!
Quest
cards and tokens
Gave out candy canes
Had and have always loved candy canes
because I think it just shouts out "MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! :D" and so I
decided to get some to give to a few friends who surprisingly treated me to
food EHEHEHE. It's the sudden and unannounced gesture that touched me, so I got
2 candy canes each, one is theirs to enjoy and another for them to spread the
spirit of giving because they showed that spirit to me and I would like to help
them spread that to more people :D no pictures of the candy canes because I'm
too noob like that. But I do, however have a picture of the little holiday
paper icons I made to write 'Thank you' messages and instructions ;)
Spread some Christmas cheer to 25 26 30 kids!
With 2 of my primary school mates, Ting
and Rachel! :D We went Christmas present shopping for the kids, taking a long
time to decide what gifts to get for kids ranging from 1 year old to 16 year
old, for both boys and girls, and then had a quick lunch, rushed to Ting's
house to get them wrapped, rushed to get some candies for the kids, and
finally went over to the orphanage, Waja Home located at Taman Klang Indah.
Shortly introduced ourselves, get to know the
kids' names, and told them our reason being there
Played
musical chair with Christmas songs
And
then gave them presents and had them grab a handful of candies
Took
some pictures with the kids <3 they're so cute!
And a group picture! :D
How I wished that we planned to do this
earlier so that we had more time with the kids and more time to tell more
people about this, to collect more funds and gather more people to join us so
that we can get them more meaningful gifts. We did the best we could with what
we have and I'm glad we did, but I can't help wishing that we could do more. Oh
wells, next (2016) year then! #2015lesson-Plan
ahead! #achievementaccomplished-Made 30 kids happy
If you guys want to do good and spend some
time with the kids, you can call 016-6933707 or email them at
p.wajahome@yahoo.com
Nana's Green Tea
With dajie during our shopping date :D
Milk Cow
Taiyaki in IOI Putrajaya Mall
These
tiny fishes are filled with custard or red bean and whatnot. Lurveee the
custard/cream I can't remember what it was
but it tastes soo gooooddd <3
Happy
face because a happy tummy = happy me :D
Homemade fried ice-cream by Andreaaaa!
Haraju Cube for my birthday!
Can you see why this is da bomb?!!! :D
Sangkaya! Yummylicious smooth coconut ice-cream <3
See
that mess? I did that >.< the countertop was spotless before I came
Had
lots of good food and advices during my date with Pei Yi! <3
Inside Scoop
Oreo sundae cone <3
Fish + ice-cream!
Aboong at SS15
Fish + ice-cream!
Regular
and large *whispers* get the regular!!!
Aboong at SS15
With le family and this is my sister
Made some kick-ass awesome food
CNY cookies - Pineapple tarts
Mini tower of pancakes
Mickey mouse pancakes because we can!
Made it for Yee Huei's birthday <3 panCAKE geddit geddit?
Tomato rice with cheddar cheese, parmesan and seaweed
Discovered fresh brown button mushroom <3 and cooked amazeballs half-cooked fried egg yolk! :D
Hot chocolate with mini marshmallows
Smores
Apple pie
Roasted marshmallows - crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside <3
Gingerbread-man cookies
Non-bake cheesecake for mum's birthday the other day :D
And I freaking finished this long ass blog
post, after 3 4 days (only started typing on the 30th) and thought that
I could finish and publish this on the 31st, before 2016, but noooppeee... And
then renewed my hopes thinking I can make it on the New Years, but then I finished it at around 3am last night and blogger crashed on me. So I had to redo it today and hopefully this can go up! *fingers crossed*
2015 has been very eventful to me, I think I've grown and learnt quite a few things and I look forward to what God has in store for me in 2016 :D oh and I think there's a lot more things that I forget to mention in this blogpost, but never mind! I shall edit it along the way :D
Hope everyone had a fun countdown, a
different, more fulfilling New Years and to more exciting adventures ahead! May
we all remember that it's 2016 now when we write the dates TEEHEE! XD HAPPY NEW
YEARRRRR! I know it's a little late,
but I don't care :DDDD
