International Rules Of Manhood

1: Under no circumstances may two men share an umbrella.

2: It is OK for a man to cry ONLY under the following circumstances:
(a) When a heroic dog dies to save its master.
(b) The moment Jessica Alba starts unbuttoning her blouse.
(c) After wrecking your boss' car.
(d) One hour, 12 minutes, 37 seconds into "The Crying Game".
(e) When she is using her teeth.

3: Any Man who brings a camera to a bachelor party may be legally killed and eaten by his buddies.

4: Unless he murdered someone in your family, you must bail a friend out of jail within 12 hours.

5: If you've known a guy for more than 24 hours, his sister is off limits forever unless you actually marry her.

6: Moaning about the brand of free beer in a buddy's fridge is forbidden. However complain at will if the temperature is unsuitable.

7: No man shall ever be required to buy a birthday present for another man. In fact, even remembering your buddy's birthday is strictly optional. At that point, you must celebrate at a strip bar of the birthday boy's choice.

8: On a road trip, the strongest bladder determines pit stops, not the weakest.

9: When stumbling upon other guys watching a sporting event, you may ask the score of the game in progress, but you may never ask who's playing.

10: It is permissible to drink a fruity alcohol drink only when you're sunning on a tropical beach...and it's delivered by a topless model and only when it's free.

11: Unless you're in prison, never fight naked.

12: Friends don't let friends wear Speedos. Ever. Issue closed.

13: Women who claim they "love to watch sports" must be treated as spies until they demonstrate knowledge of the game and the ability to drink as much as the other sports watchers.

14: Never hesitate to reach for the last beer or the last slice of pizza, but not both, that's just greedy.

15: If you compliment a guy on his six-pack, you'd better be talking about his choice of beer.

16: Never join your girlfriend or wife in discussing a friend of yours, except if she's withholding sex pending your response.

17: Phrases that may NOT be uttered to another man while lifting weights:
(a) Yeah, Baby, Push it!
(b) C'mon, give me one more! Harder!
(c) Another set and we can hit the showers!

18: Never talk to a man in a bathroom unless you are on equal footing: i.e., both urinating, both waiting in line, etc. For all other imperceptible nod is all the conversation you need.

19: Never allow a telephone conversation with a woman to go on longer than you are able to have sex with her. Keep a stopwatch by the phone. Hang up if necessary.

20: The morning after you and a girl who was formerly "just a friend" have carnal, drunken monkey sex, the fact that you're feeling weird and guilty is no reason for you not to nail each other again before the discussion about what a big mistake it was occurs.

21: It is acceptable for you to drive her car. It is not acceptable for her to drive yours.

22: Thou shalt not buy a car in the colors of brown, pink, lime green, orange or sky blue.

23: The girl who replies to the question "What do you want for Christmas?" with "If you loved me, you'd know what I want!" gets an Xbox. End of story.

24: There is no reason for guys to watch Ice Skating or Men's Gymnastics. Ever.

We've all heard about people having guts or balls. But do you really know the difference between them? In an effort to keep you informed, the definition of each is listed below.

"GUTS" is arriving home late after a night out with the guys, being assaulted by your wife with a broom, and having the guts to say, "Are you still cleaning or are you flying somewhere?"

"BALLS" is coming home late after a night out with the guys smelling of perfume and beer, lipstick on your collar, slapping your wife on the ass and having the balls to say, "You're next!"

We hope this clears up any confusion.

The International Council of Manhood, Ltd.

What Women Want

gosh nasib baik neither Sham nor Christian was eliminated just now. Christian is like, just so so so so so SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTT =) *awwww. And Sham's like, so nice. Well, so is Hafiz..before that I felt that he was very bapok-ish. But I changed my mind =) Hehez. Lega..in case you dont know what im talking about, watch What Women Want every Thursday night at 10.30pm on 8Tv..the host is the oh-so-gorgeous-Hannah Tan

Off to study..sei lor..tmr morning got Finite Element Method (FEM) test, belum sentuh lagi.Guess hv to pull an all-nighter tonite =(

It's so cold and nice to sleep now...zzzz~

Top 5 favourite movies Tag

List of 5 favourite movies

I guess my list of movies does not really differ from David's but I'll think harder..Hmm favourite movies are those that you can watch over and over and over and over again without yawning right? There are many categories..such as scariest movie that I'll never ever forget movie that made me cry buckets everytime I watch it

1) Papa Can you hear me sing (1983)
I'm not sure whether you guys watched this mandarin movie before or not, but you have to! I watched it about 4 times in my life, and last watched it 2 yrs ago..I still cried buckets watching it. About a girl with a mute dad...He picks up the abandoned baby and raised it as his own's. He goes around collecting wine bottles, hence the super popular song Jau gon tong maai mo (Wine Empty If Sell Nothing). I'm not so sure, it has been a long time.

2) Back to the future (all)
I don't know, all of us grew up watching it, so..haha. but it's a magical story with cute actors (then)..so..

3) All of Stephen Chow's movies
100% confirm that I would rather watch reruns of Stephen Chow's movies than any of the silly lame comedies in the cinemas lately. His humour is not lame (i.e. cold) and has that silliness that somehow that I just find funny. I think I watched Shaolin Soccer more than 10 times d, lol, and his past movies are just so good!

4) The Ring
The japanese version is very good. The original wan la..but I guess the scariest part is when the girl was in the well and then some skeletal hand grabbed her wrist. Actually I watched that with a bunch of girls in the family and then the electricity suddenly just went off and it was midnight =( All of us nearly screamed our heads off~ -_-"

5) Dirty Dancing (1987)
Starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Classic!!! You're not being passé if you watch an old movie you know..The dancing is just so good..it may not be like You Got Served or Honey with super canggih moves, but the chemistry is just there

Tagging:
None, haha but I'd love it if you guys share your favourite movies with me as well. Nowadays, movies are just,..movies. You go to the cinemas just as a past time, the moment you walk out of it, sure, there is a topic of discussion for a few days, and then a new movie comes along.. =( I think I'm becoming an antique..coz lately checking out many old movies haha. So anyways..if your list of movies are really good, then I'm going to look for the DVD or d/l la haha.

Tag~Book

with due respect to answer JoeC's tag, here goes:

1. Grab the closest book to you.

2. Open to page 123, go down to the 4th sentence.

3. Post the text of the following 3 sentences on your blog.

It strengthens the arms, wrists and fingers and relieves tension in the shoulders and lower back, and is the most wonderful energizing stretch. It stimulates blood flow to the spinal nerves and helps to prevent degeneration of the spine. Because some people never managed the movement in childhood and others have had a long gap since they last practised it, please take care.

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Look 15 years younger- The 15-minute a day yoga plan
Barbara Currie

Healthy leh...for the record, I've been doing it for the past 8 days after kena the tamparan demi tamparan that i gained a lots of weight recently. so..Since I cant eat less, thy shalt exercise *wink hopefully, today for the 9th time..til...hmm, CNY! (*crosses fingers)

Am curious about what you guys read so...tagging these few people.
1) Pao
2) David
3) Heng
4) Jan
5) Ian Liew

Answer lah kalau boleh =)

The World's Funniest Joke

A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn't seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps to the operator: "My friend is dead! What can I do?" The operator, in a calm soothing voice, says: "Just take it easy. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead." There is a silence, then a shot is heard. The guy's voice comes back on the line. He says: "OK, now what?"

The Company of Kyle XY

Seperti biasa I tell myself that I'm going to do my FYP every weekend and seperti biasa I fail to do so. That's me, The Procrastinator =P That aside, I was very productive in my drama watching though. I started on Kyle XY from ABCFamily Broadcasting Company..totally recommended!! Google it, lazy want to elaborate the plot yada yada. However, it involves this secret organisation named, The Company..

Ahh..ring any bell? There's this Prison Break from Fox Broadcasting Company that also has this secret organization called The Company. Ish, can't they be more creative?

Apapunlah, go download Kyle XY or something. Quite nice lah. Now continuing with House Season 3. Bwahaha. Someone slap me awake to start on my FYP please!

the nite I saw someone hentam someone

Last night was having dinner with a few friends at a coffee shop in Tmn U. While waiting for my dinner to be served, there was this sudden commotion. Being the kaypo Penang ppl we are, so peered over to our side. This customer was shouting at this boy (who's the waiter of one of the stalls), maki hamun that the boy threw the change on the table instead of politely placing it. Then the boy gave him some retort (which was rude I assume). Then the man shouted again, daring him to repeat his sentence. The boy did. The man terus gave him a penampar and his tirade of profanity. The boy wanted to hit back I think, but since he's a mere 13-14 (15 at most), and the man (Ah Beng-ish in his 20s) is so garang, he refrained himself and just said something. That man's temper terus flared, and boxed him few times. Chisin hor? The boy was about to fight back when a friend pulled him back and ask him to leave. The man challenged him to bring back his friends or something..

later we saw the boy talking with his group of youngster friends also, probably just to complain. but the man misunderstood that he would be attacked, terus call his leng. A few minutes later a man came, took the plastic chair and hentam the stall (selling zhu chao). Even the chair broke. Even the stall's owner pun lesap, leaving the gas stove still on. Nth interesting happened after that but we were quite scared la.. Ppl throw the change also beat up the guy and thrash the stall d, apatah us kaypo onlookers.. Tsk tsk.

Tsk tsk again. That's why I say hor, JB no good le. So kelian the boy tak tentu pesal kena wallop =( Full of people like this. There ARE nice people, but few lah. Glad that those I personally know so far are nice ppl. Must clarify a bit. Ahbo later kena defamation legal case lagi boh tat. No money to pay arr...Moral of the story hor:

Customer --> Drink more leng teh to cool the temper
Staff--> Never ever throw your change to your customer in a kopitiam (I wonder if that man was expecting service like in a 5-star restaurant.
Here is your change, sir. Thank you so much for your patronage ?????
Kopitiam wor..aimeh??


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on a brighter note, today I learnt a new technique. Lol. I didn't know I was this talented or it was plain natural beauty. Lol. Bwhahaa rofl. Perasan siot. Ho ho ho. See la if you can see any difference. Hint, eyes.( That's actually the answer la) ignore the fats and the poor complexion and greasy hair. I was about to take a bath that time. Heee-heeee.

The nite I couldn't sleep

Last night after a heavy dinner, I happily watched anime, some House series and then went to bed at 1am, since class is at 10am this morning. Kut kut lah damn proud for beryoga for 1 whole hour yesterday. And was so busy the whole day ma...so it should be a good, relaxing sleep. weather sumore cold cold...Thus I snuggled into my blanket and slept...

Woke up at 2am...Tossed and turned =( Ciz. then think happy thoughts, fattening thoughts, evil thoughts and FYP thoughts. 3am. Prognosis: I must be hungry. Cos I overexerted myself by yoga (excuse to eat nia) for an entire hour earlier that evening ma. hmm. logic. My heavy dinner must've already been entirely digested. Thus, in order to save my tummy, I had 3 pcs of HupSeng kiam pneah (latest addiction).Lies back on bed.

4am. Cis. Still awake wan...must be still hungry kua.Takes a piece of bread. Puts a slice of cheese on it. Melts it with the microwave oven. Yum-yum. Still not full. Takes another piece of bread. This time smother it with Milo. I heard it's good. and I've got sudden cravings for Milo anyway. Yuuuummmm. Confirm tat my hard work of yoga that evening has gone to waste =( Drinks a glass of milk. Jumps back to bed.

5am. Why?????? I'm so tired d..but can't sleep..Realised culprit: My clothes' fabric is not cotton. Very uncomfy and hot. Ciz. Could've saved myself of 3 Hupseng and 2 pcs gardenia had I realised earlier. Changed clothes. Bahagia...Then I dozed off...

The communists are making us plant and reap the crops the whole day, from early morning to night. The food ration is so little, the 3 meals rationed barely make up to our regular 1 meal. I heard they sent off the neighbour's dad off to some camp or village last week but never came back. But it's just a pretense. Apparently the communists has already silenced him forever as they believe him to be a government supporter. Am so worried for dad and mom. The communists just came to pick up them just now. Younger bro is crying. But am not sure why we still get to live in our flats. Can tanam so many crops in flat wan meh? Ahbo I try to call Dad with my Nokia 6270, "hello? Where are you?Are you and mom ok?"
"Yeah we're fine..we are in the village now"
"Eh...how come the communists let you keep your Nokia 3310?"
"Yalor, they let us keep hor, so kind"
"I see..alright. Glad that everything's ok.Ttyl"
I was sending Dad a text message when...

The ringtone of Floorfilla Anthem rang. Jeez. Vun called d..Looks at alarm clock. 9.55am. Class at 10am. Brush teeth and hurry off to class. Late 20mins siot. Lol. Actually hor, after telling this long winded story, my point is I wanted to reflect on my dream cos I kept thinking about it the whole day. Hehe. Such a funny dream right?But it isn't.

I read this book 2 weeks ago, FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER by Loung Ung. Written by a Cambodian survivor of the Khmer Rouge's tyranny, this story told of how she and her family survived the era. From 1975-1979, through torture, execution, starvation, disease and forced labour, the Khmer Rouge killed 1/4 of Cambodia's population, which was about 2 million people. Imagine, 2 million ppl dead for no reason. Just because Khmer Rouge felt they were right in their own twisted patriotic mind. Obviously my dream was that I was in that Khmer Rouge era. The writer had to eat charcoals, worms, roaches and anything they could find on the floor to fill up their stomach. Using their jewelry to trade for food, the chicken they traded for were totally walloped. Even the bones were eaten with relish. From a well-to-do family, and chubby, she went from healthy and robust to being malnourished. From well groomed and trimmed hair, to being filled with hair lice, sticky and knotted. They make do with mud water as bathing water. When they are lucky, they get to use the river. No toothbrush, toothpaste or any sorts. All kinds of diseases plagued the society then, and all the suspects (mainly government servants) were killed. Her dad, mom and sister was killed by the communists, and another sister died from disease. Obviously there were also rapings and all sorts.. dan sebagainya. It was really sad reading the book, and all of it is true. All because of the craze for power, innocent people had to suffer. The Khmer Rouge (called Angkar) destroyed many of the temples that was preserved (Angkor Wat and all the other Wats) and basically killed their prospering country. 30 yrs later, when I visited Cambodia in June 2006, I can see that their country is still slowly picking up..The poverty was quite bad and you see shoeless children begging for food whereever you go. And some that stepped on the landmines and survived? Either tak bertangan or berkaki. I almost forgotten the scenario d till I dreamt of it last nite.

Gosh, we always complain so much about dissatisfactions in life. Do we realise how lucky we actually are? Even our communists last time in Malaya weren't so bad (I believe la, since my grandma always tell of the stories of the Japanese occupation and communists). I mean, at least gramps and grandma had potatoes to eat everyday. I mean, roaches, crickets, and yucks. Many other types of insects were described in the book. We are just so so so lucky to be borned in this era and in Malaysia. And I can guarantee you that there are definitely no handphones nor nice communists like in my dream during the wartimes (sure la, tarak handphone pun last time, but it was just an analogy for small luxuries). I'm not making sense am I?

What can I say. Sometimes we just forget to appreciate things. Or simple things in life. Go read the book. I guarantee it will at least twitch a vein in your heart.

p/s: sorry the beginning of the post was a bit mouliu and non-relevant. but wanted to build the momentum to write ma, which is prelude to my dream, which is the prelude to the Khmer Rouge tyranny which is prelude to emphasis on how lucky we are now. Jeez, no wonder I nv score well for essays. No head no tail~

THAILAND 2006!*part II

Day 8(Sunday) -Surat Thani/Phuket
Oh..Yesterday after goin Chatuchak, then we boarded a bus to Surat Thani fuuuh (12 hours?), and took a 2 hour van to Phuket..in total we spent about 15 hours on the road..We wanted to go Koh Phi Phi straight, but it's supposed to be expensive since its peak season, so we went Phuket instead.

Surat Thani

Day 9(Monday)-Phuket
Walked around in Phuket, went the beach the whole day (Patong Beach)..our volleyball was bitten by a dog and Fred was also bitten by the same dog. haha. oh, there were a lot of prostitutes at one of the streets -_-" the beach was inundated with topless females though wuhuhu..

*1) JS walking to the waters 2)Fred's bitten chest
3) Them in the water 4)The dog that bit the volleyball & chest

*Fred and Shiong posing to show off perky butts

*Us posing at the beach

*Me poser poser poser!*1) Those two macam gays..eee 2) One of the games on the streets
3) The traffic police chaining up the bike who parked illegally 4) Me!

Day 10(Tuesday)-Koh Phi Phi

Departed at 7.30am and the trip ended at 5pm...Gosh, Koh Phi Phi is so beautiful!! We took a boat about 2 hrs to the island but before that we went Maya Bay to snorkel and sightseeing. Upon reaching the island, we headed for a buffet lunch and then us 3 climbed up to View Point 2..definitely worth our money!!! =)Us on the way to Maya Bay..I know, those 2 guys nice body..not me =( I used to have nia. haha

I put this pic coz I looked slim and fair. haha illusion..Viewpoint from top of Koh Phi Phi

Lovely Koh Phi Phi and Maya Bay

Day 11(Wednesday)-Phuket/Surat Thani
Fred went for a morning jog, I went for a morning swim at Patong beach, and JS slept in (like a pig)..haha checked out the guest house and took a bus to Surat Thani in the evening. We went to check out some landmarks in Surat Thani..then boarded a super long trip eh bus back to Bangkok

Day 12(Thursday)-Bangkok
Walked to our Bangkok International Youth Hostel (YH)..oh we spent the evening watching Thai Girl Show (Tiger Show) in Patpong which was very..erm..interesting..can open bottle caps, shoot pingpong balls, pop bananas, can contain water, shoot darts, etc etc etc..interesting. haha initially Fred and JS were worried than they cannot contain their, erm, "excitement" while watching the show, but the girls weren't that, hot, but they had very special skills, so they could sabar the whole nite lah. haha.

Day 13(Friday)-Bangkok

We went to visit many temples, Khaosan Road, Siam Paragon again and walked around.We met up with Yui (Fred's friend) and we stayed at her place for the weekend. =) His friend is obviously chun la hahaha..In temples, posing by the roadside and Siam Paragon Xmas Tree

Day 14(Saturday)-Pattaya

Went to Siam Square i think..also dunno what the name is, but reputed to be the biggest mall? i tot it's Siam Paragon, anyways we had lunch there, then we went to Pattaya, did some sightseeing,had dinner there and went up the peak =) oh we went to club there. jeez I also forgot the name of the club d, too long ago liao..haha. but it was pretty good. then we drove back to Bangkok..oh we had fried crickets, grasshoppers, woodworms?..yummy..better than the rats lah..it tasted like the one I had in cambodia

Pattaya with Yui, Fon and Um

Yummilicious insects =P

Day 15(Sunday)-Bangkok
Woke up and went to have a late lunch with Yui and her uncle..then we departed...and bid farewell to Thailand. =)

haihs, sampai penang pun 4am in the morning(Monday) d...but it was very fun having Fred and JS around..them very the cute and funny ppl.By day 14 they were so so so dark and tanned everyone mistook them for being Siamese..cute ones in fact, so all spoke to us in Thai. Haha, but their Thai very the cannot ler. ho ho ho..we attempted to speak complete Hokkien throughout the whole trip and it was so hilarous trying to translate or rojak Hokkien into pure Hokkien. But yeah, I definitely enjoyed myself immensely with them! Can't wait for my next trip..but now on strict budget la..pokai d..

P/S: Yay..so proud of finally finishing the post, it was a gruelling task compiling the pictures..woo hoo. it's pretty obvious that towards the end of the descriptions it has been very very much shortened =P

P/P/S: And YES..I looked horrible throughout the two weeks coz I tot backpackers are supposed to rough it, so I brought minimal clothing and only brought a simple cleanser (no toner, moisturiser etc, gasp!!) and made it without make-up. Ho ho ho. horrible!! And of course, your job is to console me and say, "no, you look good to me" haha. Thanks to these two guys, I gained a healthy 2kgs being a glutton..they eat a lot a lot, so did I!

THAILAND 2006!*part 1

Sorry, this post is a year overdue.hehe.

2 years ago, I went to Bangkok and Pattaya with Sanrong and Thongching but it was with a travel agency and a busload of elderly ppl..so its all about hopping from one shop to one shop where they force u to buy expensive stuffs =( Last November, I went backpacking instead!~ this time i went with 2 other guy friends instead..26th November till 10th Decemberintroducing my fellow backpackers: Fred and Jit Shiong

Hmm I've known Fred since I was 7,so it's been,16 years? and JS abt 3-4yrs i guess. I think you guys will not want to know every single detail so..I'll just summarize it with pictures. .as for the details, that's for me to remember lah, so read if you're interested. hehe.

Day 1: (Sunday)
Reached at noon at Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Had to take the 150Baht bus to Khaosan Rd. and there we took a Tuktuk to a TAT- govt tourism agency We stayed at Bangkok International Youth Hostel where it costs us about 125B/night..

*clockwise: at airport, at BMK, some place, and our dear 7000Bahts we parted with on the 1st day itself!* Hard Rock Cafe, Fred posing with it, HC at MBK (shopping mall), Fred with ka thei (transvestite) who looks amazingly feminine

* Fred and JS at the street where we watched a football match (Man utd against sum team), a live band, Paragon Mall, and the street where the whole street sold lots and lots of beer

Day 2:(Monday)
Sleep was pretty good albeit the hot weather as we were exhausted from walking so much!We went to Siam Paragon where everything is so expensive..just sightseeing la..then we went to the bus station to board a bus to Chiang Mai, 8 hours I think..

Days 3,4,5,6

Went trekking up the hills in Chiang Mai..it was a 3 day hike where we stayed with the tribesmen and went elephant riding and water rafting. our hiking group comprises 12 ppl and mostly Canadians..there was also a Belgian, American and Korean..and us 3 Malayisans =) ooohh and we had rats(or izit mice?) for dinner and breakfast!but that wasn't the main meal, only 3 of us were curious what the tribesmen eat,so we tried the rat soup and bbq rats. not bad..but chicken is better. haha

Siam Paragon: Nice cars rite?

Chiang Mai: 1) Brrr...its so cold. 2)Marie Lynn and Marie France
3) Amie, Philly and Simon 4) Hannah and Lynn

Us trekking in Chiang Mai

1) Fred looking so bahagia with his new found gold mine (cow dung).
2-4) Rats, rats, rats!Our travelmates in Chiang Mai1) Amazing waterfall 2) Looking tribal
3) Walking aimlessly in Chiang Mai streets 4) JS and Hannah posing1) our first time taking a train! 2)Riding with Auntie Laura
3)JS and Fred 4)Pair of lovebirds

Day 7 (Saturday)

Reached Bangkok again..we took train this time..quite comfy..upon reaching, we left our stuffs at TAT and went to Chatuchak Market where there are thousands of stalls..very famous for its things and variety. Poor jit shiong kena pickpocket there though..we had this sling bag where we kept our passports, wallets, handphones and camera..nasib baik our handphones not stolen..he didnt realise that someone unzipped the bag till some passerby told him..but too late lar. When we went to report ar, there has already been more than 2 pages full of reports. =( tsk tsk so ppl pls be careful when you go Chatuchak! Oh, his wallet kena pickpocket la.. so suei coz he just borrowed RM100 from me to change to Thai Baht. We were quite naive la, say wanna use only RM1k in 2 weeks, so we didn't bring extra cash, after kena pickpocket (there was abt RM200 inside) terus tak cukup. had to withdraw money using my visa card.

To be continued in Part 2...easier to post the pics ar..

It's freaking cold in Johore after being freaking hot for a few days!!

Lol. Texted Joe just now...

H.C.Tan: Missy, I'm now one step closer to marrying Cannavaro hehe...

Joe: OMG are u going to italy?

H.C.Tan: No lar..just taking italian this semester hehe =)

Dear if I really am going to Italy of course I wouldn't forget you. You'll be like, the first person I will gloat to. Afterall, we have been supporting Italy since form 2 which is like, a decade ago. hahaha. anyways, yes, due to my horrible timetable this semester, I had to drop my Japanese II. I switched to Italian instead..after susah payah appeal etc (cos registration closed d last week), I have the green light to take Italian. hehehe. So Next time dont have to worry that I dont have international appeal.

let's see, I use Hokkien, Malay, English on a daily basis.
(Thanks to Chun Tin Au Bo Sim my hokkien has improved tremendously...neh, that taiwanese hokkien drama that all our grandmothers and mothers and aunt and grandaunt are busy following wan lately).

I speak Teochew and Cantonese when I have to, although I'm not 100% fluent lar,but cukup makan). Oh, I speak a little Tamil and Thai which are super simple phrases and syok sendiri nia wan. and I've taken courses for Mandarin, Spanish, French, Japanese and this sem, Italian! *wink wink which are all 'phuar tang sai' (half barrel of shit,literally translated).

Dad asks, "Are you studying aeronautical engineering or languages?"

Lol. somehow languages are more interesting. I really do want to take my Japanese though, cos I can barely speak it and still cannot fully understand the anime that I watch. =( bohpien..

so can I conclude that next time I can marry a Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, French, Indian, Malay or Thai? (preference in sequence) hehehehe. gleefully imagining my future groom.I'm not actually very picky, I'd gladly settle for Signore Fabio darling..or Signore Alessandro. HEY..it's not like I have anything to do you know...it's been raining here non-stop for two days. apparently some parts in Johore are flooded again d..and my eyes are seeing stars after watching 120 episodes of One Piece in a week..Have been gathering my courage since the past 3hours to bathe..but..brrrrrrrr...

Enjoy your weekend and as an Italian will say...Ciao! hehehe

the year that was...2006

'twas the year that I...Had crazy impulsive hairstyles

obviously the one on top left was a super mistake, cos I wanted to recreate the zaman kegemilangan look in 2005 when i worked in glo...

zaman kegemilangan

Hah, obviously failed dengan miserably...in fact, the whole mop of hair looked like charred noodles in rainbow colors--red, orange, brown =( =(...no thanks to the auntie who did my hair. terus banned her after tat incident.kena 'suan' by lecturer sumore and dubbed, 'perempuan yang rambut berwarna-warni'. cis. Hence, 1 week after industrial training, I chopped all it off.

'twas the year that I...went for industrial training
I was very lucky to be accepted to undergo my internship with Honeywell Aerospace Services, where our main workload is to assist with the overhaul and maintenance of APU (Auxiliary Power Unit). basically it very fun working for the 10 weeks, in fact i extended my internship for another 10 weeks!! =) learnt a lot from the GM, Mr. Tong and the other employees

Partners in crime-- Hah, Lun and Jenifur (fellow coursemates)

'twas the year that I...cavorted in clubs & met loads of new friends
the best part about KL is obviously the nightlife heeheeeheeeeee. penang clubs are just so potong..but very homely feeling la,wont feel scared or alienated cos friends/acquaintances are everywhere). In KL, I got to know some really good friends whom I still meet from time to time whenever I'm in KL or when they are in JB


'twas the year that I...lost a dear friend- Yu Ki who passed away on April 2006

'twas the year that I...joined gym for 3 months, lost lots of weight and became a yoga enthusiast
'nuff said. I looked super fit during my stint at Fitness First, losing weight no matter how much I ate. was at the gym almost everyday and god, it felt so good! (dum dum, I didn't take a good picture when I was at optimum weight)

'twas the year that I...gained all the weight back after I quitted gym,and more!
OF COURSE it didn't feel good after that because my appetite remains ravenous, unwhetted no matter how much I eat...and I stopped exercising completely after uni reopens, maka all the pounds came back..*sobs sobs (I refuse to upload any pictures of my fats =P) as of now, I' a good 5kgs heavier than when I was in gym

'twas the year that I...joined Spirit of KL 2006 and won!
This is definitely one of the best experience ever =) I don't think I blogged about it (no time ar that time =P), but to summarize it, the collages below should suffice. Basically there are 4 of us during the prelims and when we got on to the next stage, we recruited 2 more researchers into our team for the finals. The 4 of us are supposed to do the running and completing the tasks whereas the other 2 are given the responsibility to research on topics to aid us. ahhh. but we won!!!! we didn't think we would, but we did! =) 3 of us are coursemates, 1 from UTM, 1 from MMU and 1 from UTAR..

Prelims where 150 teams participated and only 20 selected for finals

Making banner for team La BambaAmongst the tasks are abseiling and making flower garlandsFinal presentation where we presented a sketchbwahaha. 10k!!!!! (divided by 6 la of course)

'twas the year that I...went to Cambodia and visited Angkor Wat
It was great, a short 4 day trip..or was it 5 days? travelling around Siem Reap and visiting the many many temples. haha. Angkor Wat is breathtaking, the others also were. by the 4th temple, we couldn't distinguish one from another anymore though.lol


'twas the year that I...spent 5 months in KL and loved it~

'twas the year that I..did not jinx the country I supported and Italy won WC'06!!

'twas the year that I...celebrated 22nd birthday & got myself a tattoo


'twas the year that I...went to Thailand and my first backpacking trip
This is an a great trip and I shall defer from elaborating as I'll make an extensive post after I sort the pics (as I mentioned earlier)..now a sneak preview lar of my travelmates and I at Patong Beach, Phuket.


'twas the year that I...spent loads of time with dearest friends and family
love you guys to bits!
Ahhh..a great year..has its ups and downs, but it has definitely made me wiser,fatter and of course, older =P Thus I hope 2007...

1. Weight management plan to succeed after 12369798 attempts (I'll be naive and set my target at 9kgs)
   
2. Concentrate on mastering Yoga (like pao)
3. Study hard--final semester d, my results are in a precarious situation now
4. Choose the path to walk on after I graduate
5. Travel to even more places (Target for this year: Sabah, Australia/NZ
6. Settle down with someone special (haha, offers anyone? *hint hint)
   

I think sekian sahaja for the moment...ganbarimasu! =)