i'm in vienna! Haha, doing this on my phone through wifi :) it's around -5 now, cold! It's really pretty esp with all the snow though.

Sw-owh-llen

I've extracted my lower third molars!! :D Haha, and I did it in one session, which in retrospect, I admit, is a lil crazy. Um....and I'm happy because it's over? HAHA. I'm not healing as fast as I'd like to though- my face is still very swollen and sore, I can hardly open my mouth, and I can't chew. Still, there's no real pain which I'm thankful for. In fact, I remember the extractions of my upper first premolars ( for braces) as being more painful, but they healed a LOT faster. I do miss 'normal' food though, and am really craving a burger at the moment :S and right now, it feels like I'll never be able to eat normal food again HAHA.

But seriously, it's hard surviving on a liquid-ish diet (porridge, soups, ice creams, jellies), not just because of its taste/ texture/ palatableness, but on a purely nutritional standpoint. Haha, I threw up three times the day after my extraction because of gastritis. Finally figured out eating cream crackers (they sorta dissolve in your mouth) throughout the day, in between the other stuff, REALLY helps :) Doubt I'm still getting adequate nutrition, which makes me feel lethargic, but I really don't know what else I can eat HAHA.

Haha, re-reading this, it actually sounds so bad, but really, it's not THAT bad. It could be worse. I just really hate having a swollen face haha. It makes me feel so....big. And I have this irrational fear the swelling will never go down. But I *think* that's just me being neurotic. On the bright side, I'm glad I extracted both the lower thirds together. Haha, after going through one extraction, I would probably have been really reluctant to go through another extraction on a separate day. It wasn't really painful, but the procedure just took so long, and it was uncomfortable. I had oral sedation though, which I had to get from a hospital. It was basically diazepam, and er, I found out diazepam doesn't really have much of an effect on me haha. I can't really remember what we learnt from dr. Aichike's lecture, but according to the dentist, it was supposed to me make sorta drowsy and less conscious of the whole procedure. And er, I could still feel the dentist cutting up my tooth, and picking out the pieces. Especially the last bit of tooth-I sorta felt the root being pulled away from the alveolar bone, but it didn't hurt!! Gooooo LA! :DDD

Oh, my occlusion has also temporarily changed for now too. From what I've been reading online, it's normal. Haha, I also have a pretty big bruise on me left jaw- it looks like I got socked by someone LOL! Would totally post up a pick of myself, but this post was done entirely on an iPad, and it's just too bothersome to transfer a pic into the iPad to post it. And yes, this isn't the most coherent post I've written, and if I'm contradictory and whiny, just blame it on the meds :) I'm on quite a bit. Wish me luck for a speedier recovery! <3

Time

Just felt like updating :))) Haha, today feels like a happy day, but with a tinge of underlying sadness- does that make sense? I was just calculating how long i have left in malaysia, and i realised i won't be in malaysia for more than 2 weeks at a time, from now on. It's more like 3 separate one week stretches :O And during that time, i'll be working for 3 days (i know 3 days isn't a long time, but i'm beginning to feel like every day counts!), getting my lower wisdom teeth extracted (and apparently i shouldn't really fly for a week after the extraction- i never knew....or rather it sorta sounds familiar, but i guess i forgot? At any rate, it presents a huge logistics problem for me.) AND recuperating from it during that time as well. Apart from that, i'll have to finish sorting out all my stuff, buy/get all the things i need/want to bring over and pack it all in without exceeding the weight limit FML haha. Yeah, i know i haven't used FML for awhile, but i haven't really felt the need to use it these past few months. Until now.

Btw, i feel my good mood evaporating which is baddd. Good mood come back!! Haha, apparently just thinking about the stuff i have to do is enough to send me to the slumps. Oh, i forgot about woollenwonders too. But to be honest, after handling woollenwonders during term time, and sometimes during exam periods and all, i've kinda got my role at woollenwonders down pat. So i wouldn't say it's a stressor- more like it's just something that exists on the side, but i guess i have enough stressors to well, stress me out at the moment haha. To add to that, i am now constantly suffering from pain in the oral region. Haha, c'mon, say it with me- FML!!

Haha, the short time i have left in malaysia also means i have a shorter time left to see all my friends. I'm trying not to think about it too much, but truth be told, it's a little....depressing. It kinda sucks too that i'll hardly be around for the whole of december (my birthday included), but oh wells. It just feels like time is going by faster than i would like it to HAHA. It not an unfamiliar feeling for me, and it's probably totally my fault, i mean what the hell have i been doing all these months??!! And now they're gone, gone, GONE! But time and time again, i make the same mistakes :(

Haha, i don't wanna sound so whiny and complain-y, and i REALLY want to end this post on a happier note, but er, i can't really think of anything HAHA. Um um, oh, uniqlo is opening! Haha, okaylah, i wouldn't say it's super happy news, but at least it's happier, haha! =p

Il Dolce Far Niente

Is what i am enjoying at the moment. Haha, go google or watch Eat Pray Love to find out what it means. As you can guess, i've just watched it, and it was good. I liked it anyway- go watch it quickly so i can have someone to discuss it with :) I think i liked the 'eat' part of the show best, not necessarily because i consider food to be my greatest joy in life [i think that would have to be talking HAHA (I was attempting sarcasm btw)], but because that particular part was based in Italy. I love Italy. It's definitely in my top 5 favourite places in the world, and i felt the movie portrayed Italy in all its gorgeous-ness haha. It totally made me want to go back again, at the very least.

The other parts were nice too, in their own way; 'pray' was incredibly emotional as can be expected, while it was nice to see the lead character begin to have some sort of understanding of life in 'love'. I think the actors did a great job, (James Franco is hot!), and the sad and funny moments in a really relatable storyline just did it for me.

Anyway, i'm beginning to get far too used to doing nothing HAHA. Yeah i know, i still complain that i'm bored and all, but for the most part, i've settled into a routine. Of basically doing nothing. Haha, i sleep like half my day away, and spend the other half reading or watching TV. Of course i still eat and shower and all, i haven't reached the no-hope point yet lah, but you get the idea. I'm now able to fill my day for the most part, with doing completely useless things. Lol, i really have no idea what is going to happen or how i'm going to cope when i start classes full time again. We'll see. Haha, i haven't even been crocheting and knitting much lately, and i totally blame it on the fact that they're not challenging to me anymore (or that i'm not very focused at the moment!).

BUT, i recently came across this blog, newdressaday, and i was so so inspired! It's amazing how she has managed to transform an item of clothing everyday, for almost year. I remember mentioning to someone one that i would love to be able to sew, (i can lah, but my sewing now is like my knitting before- crap. So i don't consider being able to do it :p) , so NOW feels like the ideal opportunity to pick it up :D AND, while talking to my mom about it, i discovered we actually own a sewing machine :DD Even more reason for me to pick it up now :DDD Wish me luck! (I have no idea what my first project is going to be yet. Suggestions please? =))

Since this is a holiday post, and my posts have been so wordy lately, here's some piccies i'm pretty sure you've already seen! Haha, wth, all in the name of making my blog more colourful :p

Ka-Mun, Pei San and I at Old Town

Enriched chocolate <3>

*sings* I'm loving it!
(l-r: Ee Mee, Boon, Wei June and Ka-Mun)

Boon, Me and Wei June.
Reminds me an awful lot of this photo taken in sem 3

Dunno what i had to laugh about so much also.
But also very reminiscent of this photo

Wei June, Me and Pei San.
Ah, our good ol' car photos :)
Back to the present

Korean BBQ *yums*

Kim-Chi!

Full!!!

Haha, that's it folks! Will update y'all on my sewing adventures (or misadventures!) soon. Good night!

Blast from the past

Just a short post...i was working on another one, but it had the potential to become very long, so i got bored HAHA. I will go back and finish it eventually, just not tonight. Anyway, i got distracted by an OLD acquaintance who suddenly got in touch with me via skype. And it's just so weird. Haha, i mean i was never close to him, and i have him on my fb, and i *think* msn too, but he's never attempted to contact me until now. And it's strange because back then, we hardly talked to each other and we are now having a conversation like we're old friends. Not that we're not friends or i dislike him, but you get what i mean.

Is that what time does? Blur the lines, and make everyone you ever knew into a friend? Haha, i'm surprised he even managed to find me on skype, cause i sure find it hard to randomly look for my friends on skype. Maybe that's just me. I mean, i get it- i'm someone he hasn't talked to in a long time, so it IS nice to find out what the other person is doing, and to know that they're doing well. Even if you weren't close to the person, you knew them, and in a way, they're part of your past, albeit in the background. I strongly believe that who we are are, or who we become depends on our innate personality, the decisions we've made, and the people surrounding us- family, friends, or even a random stranger that has in one way or another, made an impact on you, thus influencing you.

As a result of never being close to this friend, (or rather, i doubt i ever made much of an impact on him), he is very different from me, and his life has taken a completely different road from mine. So, it is interesting to find out what has happened to him, for the sheer fact that it is all so foreign to me. On the other hand, because we are so different, we have very little similarities (duh!), and after awhile, there's pretty much nothing left to say to each other HAHA. I always feel OLD talking to people from my past, as topics like what mutual friends and their siblings are doing, get brought up, and it accentuates how long ago that part of your life really was. And it doesn't feel like that long ago, so you begin to ponder on how finite time is. Even though i have practically my whole life ahead of me, and my best years yet (face it, being incontinent and constantly throwing up as a baby cannot be considered your best year), it all feels so short.

When i asked previously whether time makes everyone you ever knew into a friend, i would honestly answer....yeah. It's a relationship of sorts, as a result of having a shared past. You may not be a part of their present or future, but the past is always there, and you can't change the past. Conversely, i have fell out of touch with friends who i was rather close to, but i would still consider them friends. Life just works like that. Nothing lasts forever, but i do hope i continue to keep close to me, the people that matter. Who knows what the future holds?

Yep, my short post became a long one, so i guess it's time for me to stop HAHA. But before i go, today coincidentally happens to be the birthday of an awesome friend, so here's to you Pei San; HAPPY BIRTHDAY! !

And maybe when the night is dead, I'll crawl into my bed

I'm in a funny mood. Not HAHA funny, but more of a strange, weird, not-myself sort of feeling. I have an inkling I'm going to be nocturnal tonight. I mean, have you ever seen me use such short, staccato sentences in quick succession? (The question is purely rhetorical. But, if you deign to answer it, the correct answer would be NO.)

Another thing; I can't think of anything to say. Like seriously. I know, I'm speechless at my apparent lack of (figurative) speech too. It's just so not me. And, listening to The Script on loop isn't helping either. I've come to the conclusion that I'm just bored. I know this makes me sound like an ungrateful b**** for not appreciating my extended holiday, but it's a case of the grass is always greener on the other side. Yes, it is a cliche, but true to a certain extent. What wouldn't I give to attend uni full-time again? (Rhetorical again.) Sure when I had classes, I wished for holidays and I will probably wish for them when i start classes again, but now, after being on break for over 4 months, things just aren't as....fun.

Haha, this post makes me feel like such a teenager. I'm still technically a teenager, but i think I stopped feeling like a teenager years ago. Whatever teenagers feel like. I feel better now, just in case you can't tell from the tone. On a completely separate note, I really feel like going shopping. I have this thing for high-waisted stuff at the moment, shorts, skirts- you name it. Anyway, just found something (else) to do right now, yay!

Things you totally did not need to know about me.

Hi all! Haha, i realized my blog has been kinda neglected lately, (yes, by none other than me), but i've been really busy doing...doing, erm, what have i been doing??! It's amazing how time passes. I still have to finish the Bandung post, but i've been too lazy LOL. And i'm heading to Bangkok next week, so erm, more things to blog about! Haha, i just need to get down and dirty and finish all my unfinished posts! And i'm so lifeless, i'm dedicating an entire post to *drumroll* "Things you totally didn't need to know about me"!

1. I just spilled the beans on the first one- my inability to finish blog posts. Or rather my reluctance to, for some of them. I obviously don't have a complete inability for finishing them, or you wouldn't be reading this, or any posts for that matter as they would never be published. It's just that some posts seem to go on and on and ON, to the point where i hardly know what i'm rambling about and i just need someone to put me back on track or just tell me to shut up. (Hey, it happens in real life to me.)

2. I have weird sleeping hours. I work/ study/ basically do everything best at night, preferably after 12 am. That said, i never wake up later than 10 am (not counting when i'm severely jet-lagged or similar incidences cause they are exceptions, and there are ALWAYS exceptions, so i'm disregarding them). I generally feel shiteously sleepy in the afternoon, and as you would expect, afternoon lectures are TORTURE for me.

3. I faked my height on my passport. Or to put it nicely, i was um...thinking big or rather taller. When i had my current passport made, i think i was about 160 cm, BUT my passport notes i'm 165 cm. Even now, several years later, i'm only 164 cm at the very most. Still shorter than what it says on my passport, but at least a little closer. And i've pretty much stopped growing, FML. I wonder if i had put, say something like, 170 cm, i would have grown to 169 cm lol. THAT, is what i call wishful thinking.

Still reading?? I swear i can hear your brain cells screaming for mercy, but it's your call.

3. I like baking (A lot actually. Surprisingly). And crochet. And knitting. (I knit now! I mean, i've known how to knit for a long time, but i've never been any good at it till now. Am currently knitting this monkey soft toy set my bro got my a long, long time ago lol. Procrastination much?) As a result, I sometimes feel i can be so Stepford wife-y, and it's a little at odds with my personality, so it's very disconcerting.

4. I've got over my butter-in-its-raw-state issue :))) Big step for me, if you know about me and my food issues (i hate all nuts, but adore peanut butter and nutella. I have a thing against several root vegetables, sweet potatoes, radishes, yams as well as squashes, including pumpkins. I'm sure you get the idea, do i really need to go on?)

5. I am close to obsessive about drinking my recommended 8 glasses of water a day. Seriously. I keep track of the amount of water i drink each day, and if it falls short, i will literally just sit down, and drink water. Since i hate exercising, and i don't exactly eat healthy, i reckon drinking enough water is my way of making me feel better about my lifestyle.

That's it for today. I'm sure there's plenty more things you never knew and don't need to know about me but um, it's not coming to me HAHA. And i know this is an extremely self-obsessed post, but i'm calling it introspection =p

Random Sh*t

Hahaha, i feel so much more like myself after typing the tittle for this post!

But anyway, was in a bit of a downer after my OHC session on thursday- i had so much trouble with my temporary restoration, and i just wasn't happy with it at all. It's so disappointing to be disappointed in yourself if you know what i mean. It was the first time i had done a temporary restoration in clinic, and by no means is that an excuse for NOT doing it well, but at least, i will learn from it, and not screw it up AGAIN next time. The ZOE kept falling out of the cavity, and when i finally tried to carve it, bits started breaking off, and the ZOE hardened much faster than i had anticipated :( So the next time i attempt a temporary restoration, my plan of action would be to ball up the ZOE and just pack in the whole thing, and carve it, all as fast as possible.

My hypothesis why the ZOE hardened so much faster as compared to the time it took in the lab, was due to all the moisture in the mouth (a rubber dam couldn't be used as the cavity was so deep, a rubber dam would obstruct the cavity), and the ledermix. That was the first time i used ledermix...EVER, and i'm ashamed to say, the first time i had heard of it as well :( It is basically used as an intra-canal medication (as a pulp-capping material during exposure or near-exposure of the pulp). It contains a cortisone derivative and a broad-range antibiotic, for preventing inflammation and infection respectively, resulting in pain relief. The ledermix is a thin paste which doesn't dry or harden at chairside, so the ZOE was placed over this almost-liquid which also added to the moisture in the mouth. Since moisture apparently accelerates the setting of ZOE, it would explain the rapid hardening.

I definitely won't always get to work in ideal conditions, so this just means i need to improve myself to adapt to any situation. It doesn't lessen the abject disappointment i feel in myself, but i'm glad i at least know what i really need to work on now. And on the bright side, I also gave my first LA injection (buccal infiltration) on a patient, and it was successful- my patient didn't really feel any pain :) I also had a really good supervisor (i've never been in his session before, so another first!), so that was awesome. He was very direct which i like, and really teaches :DDD

I feel a bit better than i did, but that was really a wake-up call. And maybe one i needed. Time to start brushing up on EVERYTHING again.

Just to justify my post tittle, every time i hear the bridge of Taylor Swift's, "Today Was A Fairytale", where she sings, "I can feel my heart, it's beating in my chest", I think, "No shit! You're having palpitations! And if your heart isn't beating in your chest, honey, you'd be DEAD." Yeah, i know it's actually pretty mean since it's supposed to illustrate how she feels and all, and i actually do quite like her music, but i can't help it! And that, is my random shit for the day. Anyhow, Bandung post should be up soon, still a work in progress though, lazyyy to finish it haha. Till then!

Birthdays!

I just realised that i know at least 5 people born on the 8th of August, which makes me wonder if this is mere coincidence, or whether it's really good time management on the part of the parents. Imagine being born on the 8th of August, 1988! It's like a chinese good luck number fantasy what with all the 8s in there. Then again, there's always the C-section, which just goes to show you that practically everything CAN be controlled. Anyway, was meaning to blog about Wei June's birthday. (Which was like a week ago, or his party was at any rate.) I figured if this wasn't my blog, i wouldn't read it cause it's so darn wordy. Haha, so i am attempting to beef it up with pictures :p

Ee Mee and Su Anne! Haha, i bumped into Su Anne at ikano, and she gave me a lift. Thanks Su Anne :)

Wei June, Ee Mee and Su Anne.

All of us!

Ka-Mun and i. Ka-mun currently works in her dentist's clinic as a receptionist so she gets to meet people like Amber Chia and Andrea Fonseka. How cool is that! Haha, we had fun asking her about them- E! News Malaysia! (Sorta a personal joke :p)

Oh, and i wore my ladiesfash dress out for the first time that night. Haha, it was an extremely delayed debut- i bought it late last year. Needed to alter it, but didn't do it until recently. It's really quite pretty and i think it's worth it for RM 16 :) (i THINK it's RM 16) The only issue i have with the dress is that it is shorter in the back than at the front when i wear it, so a lil annoying. Haha, i was calling it my pregnant dress cause i figured the hemline would even out when/if i was pregnant! Lol, but ka-mun brought up the crucial point that everywhere becomes bigger, so maybe not. Haha, which led to whether i would even still have this dress let alone want to wear it when/if i'm pregnant! LOL, i don't know what's with me and pregnancy today!
Ooo, i also wore my tooth pendant <3

Ka-Mun, me and Wei June. We were laughing about something, so my hand was shaking like crazy when we took this pic. Surprisingly, it didn't turn out blur :)

Our botched shots. I was trying to *elongate* my eyes, or give the illusion lah using make-up. Didn't turn out as well as wanted :( But learned something new from Su Anne and Ka-Mun- go watch Michelle Phan for make-up tips. Still haven't done it though!!

The girls! Ee Mee's top was from ladiesfash too. I like!

Wei June and his girlfriend, Yen Ming.

All of us with the birthday boy.

The cake Yen Ming baked for Wei June. It was yummm! It tasted sorta like a cheesecake version of tiramisu to me. (Technically, i think tiramisu IS considered a cheesecake, but this was heavier, and more cheesecake-like LAH! Dunno how to describe any better.)

Anyway, that's it! It's pretty late, or rather early, and i need sleep! Haha, flying off tomorrow, or rather today :) (The rathers are rather intentional :p) I'm flying by MAS and am not intending to check-in any luggage cause there's just so little. Was a bit worried about the whole liquid content allowed, but there was nothing on the MAS website. So stupid! Nothing about liquids and carry-on luggage, but they had info about carrying archery equipment and canoes -_- How many people actually carry along bows and canoes when they travel?!! And everyone travels with at least one liquid item. WTH! Priority screw-up. Should be okay if they're following the TSA regulations though, we'll see. Anyhow, will be back in a few days!


* Er, i wrote this post before i came back but um, problem uploading pics until i couldn't tahan anymore and went to sleep hahaha. So, ended up being posted only after i got back. But er, i'm back! And i had a great time! Oh, and there was no problem with the liquids :) Will write about it soon. See ya!

Sem 6

So, sem 6 begins. I have to say, it's a little sad going back to IMU when nearly half the class isn't there anymore. It just isn't the same and it feels like the overall group dynamics has changed :( Hopefully, it'll get better with time :)

Speaking of time and situations, I thought things would more or less get back to normal after the looong break. But apparently semi-baseless grudges are still held, though i don't see any reason why that should be. I am trying my best to be *positive* about this, and am making a conscientious effort to try and achieve a state of almost normalcy. (I'm not THAT optimistic to think it'll reach normalcy LOL!)

I'm not aiming to be deceptive, and be all fake nice towards the person, then bitch behind the person's back, although i do admit i don't particularly like said person. It's more a case of easing relations, so things are less awkward and more civil. I don't need to like the person, but since i can't avoid someone forever, i might as well at least attempt to make necessary dealings and conversations more comfortable for the both of us. Idealistic it is, but you never know if you don't try ;)

Haha, and since this post is titled sem 6, er, i guess the very least i could do to honour the title is to mention something about it! So, today was our *first* day and we had a briefing on IT-related patient management. Took about 15 mins max. I thought it was a total waste of time, and probably wouldn't have come if i knew what it was like. Still, pei san and i got some ww stuff done, and it was definitely good to see everyone, (or half of everyone, lol), so all was not lost. But, yeah, we technically only go back for clinical sessions to see patients, so i guess today wasn't really a proper first day? Hahaha, hence my *first*. Anyway, have a new patient tomorrow, yay! Haha, am sorta excited- feels good to kinda get back into things again. I hope i can still remember everything though, and i don't screw it up!!! Cross your fingers for me :DDD

Sometimes.

Sometimes, things don't turn out the way you expect it to. I think it's a case of knowing what would happen, but wanting to believe in something so badly, you begin to see things the way you want them to. Nothing new, people do it time and time again, but it's just plain stupid. You subconsciously set yourself up to disappoint yourself. You lie to yourself, and i can't stand liars. If you can't be honest to yourself, who can you be really honest to?

First step over, one step closer

I passed my driving theory! Haha, seems like such a small victory, but it is one step closer to obtaining my driving license. Turns out i now have to do another course, a 6 hour practical one this time, consisting of 3 hours in the classroom and another 3 hours outside. Yet another whole day of stoning and blurness (all in Malay!) :( If i'm not wrong, this is a pretty new implementation, so if i had taken my driving stuff earlier on, i would not have needed to attend this new additional 6 hour course, FML.

So, like i said, i passed my driving theory today, and i went through the 5 hour theory course without understanding a thing. Literally. It was carried out completely in Malay, but that's not my current grouse. I went through a course supposedly to educate me on safe driving without understanding almost anything, only started 'studying' this morning (my driving instructor gave me an english book), took my test at midday, and STILL managed to pass the theory test. All the odds were against me. I'm not saying this shows i'm exceptionally smart, i'm not. It just culminates in me not having much faith in this whole system in producing safe and knowledgeable drivers. Even if i wanted to study more, the information just wasn't available to me. (I went through the whole english book.)The malay book had a lot more information, and in my defense, i did try to read it, but let's just say my understanding may not have been quite correct. Anyhow, there's still the practical stuff to do, so i'll just have to see how that goes before drawing a conclusion.

On a positive note, i am beginning to get used to blogging- the words flow a lot easier now, and it doesn't feel so awkward anymore, so i guess i will continue 'blogging'. Like everything else in life, the first step is always the hardest for me, and i always feel so tempted to quit then, or just ignore the possibility, but knowing myself, i just need to push myself through that first hurdle and it'll be fine. And i'd LIKE to think that once i've made a decision, i will see it through :) So my post's tittle pretty much alludes to both my driving stuff and my blog- i feel i've overcome my first and biggest obstacle :)

Haha, since this is such a wordy post, i'm ending it with this random pic of a lorry i saw one day.


Hahaha, i apparently provide the best home appliance repair service. Nationwide, k. Don't mess! LOL!

Sunday!

Haha, i really wanted to force myself to blog yesterday, but i was so so tired thanks to staying up relatively late and waking up relatively early. I only got 5 hours of sleep!! Which is relatively little!! (My relative-ness is all compared to my uni/ pre-exam days, which may not exactly be the best comparison. But still!!!) Anyway, i had a pretty good, albeit random Sunday with my family starting with dim sum for lunch! I didn't think it was that great though, i feel so disappointed by dim sum nowadays :( Am currently on the look out for new yummy dim sum haunts so let me know :)

We went grocery shopping after that! Bought lotsa ham, sausages and all so i can be even lazier and camp out at home :) I wanted to get that low-fact, calcium fortified, REAL milk containing chocolate pudding but they didn't have it :( Haha, and yes, the numerous adjectives are there for a reason- to illustrate to you how healthy it was!! Actually, i think it is just good marketing, but it's pretty yum for a snack, so i fool myself into believing it. Or at least tell myself that since they have to pass the Food and Drug Administration Board or something similar, it can't be utter bullshit hahaha. Decided to get cookies instead- Chipsmore! Oreos are my usual cookies of choice, but i was walking down the cookie aisle and i spotted Chipsmore, and it reminded me of pei san, so i bought it! Haha, and i haven't eaten it in years so i thought i'd remind myself what it tasted like.

We visited a new mall too, (at least it is to me!), called Wangsa Walk Mall and oooh, i found a Levi's Outlet store! Yay!! Haha, women's jeans were going for about RM90- M130, so it's really quite a steal!! About 50% off normal prices :) Denim skirts were around RM 80, while tops were about RM40, which i felt wasn't much of a bargain, but then again, i'm not into Levi tees. Didn't check out the prices for the guys stuff though, but i would imagine they would be about 50% off the original price too. Haha, i was super happy, cause i can now, well, get Levi's on discount like all the time, no need to wait for sales :) Didn't get anything however, still waiting to see what loot i can reap from my Bandung trip early this August. Will definitely come back here before i head off to Aus :DDD

Since we were having dinner with some family friends, we got muffins for them from this place, Just Muffins, which is apparently from Australia. Haha, i was commenting to my family on how i've never seen or heard of them before, while checking out their box for other outlets, and it turned out their head office isn't too far from where i live LOL. I never knew haha.

I like their box! Haha, i think the little koala hugging the muffin is pretty cute, and i love how ergonomic the box was- the muffins fitted in just nice so they couldn't move around or topple over, and the box was really compact.

The muffins are RM 1.80 each, but they have special prices if you buy more, like we bought 12 for RM 18 and there was quite a wide variety to choose from. I wouldn't consider them expensive but i have to say the muffins aren't very big either. I haven't tried them, so i don't know how good they are, do try them if you can! Unfortunately, they don't have very many outlets currently, and none of them are in the major malls (Mid Valley, Sunway, One U and all), hopefully they open more soon!! :DDD

That's it! Till next time :)

It's 2.25 am

That used to be not THAT late by my standards, especially during study break and all, but since the hols i've been sleeping relatively early, so i would say it's pretty late for me right now. However, i am in a contemplate-ish mood, and this is a completely impromptu and random post, so bear with me.

To be honest, I HATE blogging. Expressing my thoughts, views and i suppose to a certain extent, life on a public platform just feels so self-indulgent and narcissistic, and i do think i'm bad enough as it is. Don't get me wrong, i have nothing against bloggers or people who blog. In fact, i've now come to realise that it really isn't easy at all writing a blog, so their ability to do so is admirable. I just feel awkward writing a blog. Yeah, i do know i've only written one post which was all of er, 4-5 lines? So, how could i possibly draw such a strong conclusion, "I HATE blogging", so soon you ask? Well, I've been trying, seriously, but it just isn't working.

In addition, i haven't been writing, well, stuff, or at least things that focus more on the flow or writing style rather than just content, in ages. The last time i probably did so was in school, and that was years ago, so it is highly likely i'm more than a little rusty. But i really did love writing in school, and i was pretty good at it! (Haha, i did say i was narcissistic enough already.) But seriously, when i re-read my old work, i do think some of the stuff i wrote back then really wasn't bad at all.

I loved english, and i still do, so it really is quite sad that i never continued writing. And yes, i do realise i am 'expressing' myself now, but this is just ranting, which is different, trust me. Still, i do hope that if i rant enough about how much i hate blogging, i'll get it out of my system and come to love blogging or at least tolerate being able to do it. Reverse psychology, self-imposed :) Afterall, this blog is suppose to mark a new-ish beginning, so i just need to pull myself out of this hating-blog-writing funk. If all else, at least i will improve my writing and english (hopefully!)

Time for change

I never thought I'd start a blog seriously before this, but there's always a first, and people can change. Not that I'm particularly keen on maintaining a blog now, but I guess it's always good to try new things. Am also in a minor rut, and who knows, this might just pull me out of it :)