Edinburgh Trip

Venue: Edinburgh, Scotland

Date: 9th-11th November 2009

Travellers: Papa, Mama, Ahjeh, me

Accommodation: Ramada Mount Royal Hotel (Bed & Breakfast)

Cost: £160 per person (Return journey rail from Cheltenham and 2 nights Bed and Breakfast)

This is really a nice place. Very beautiful and all the buildings would always draw in a Wow effect.

The train station we arrived at.
Waverley Bridge- the old buildings are in the Old Town.

Beautiful, aren't they? (the buildings, not the people xD)

St Giles Catheral

Old town.
The Old town.

View of the new town from the old town.

View in the Old town.

Good scene being shot in the Princes Street Garden. hahaha.

Most of the main tourist attractions like Edinburgh Castle, Camera Obscura- World of Illusion, Scotch Whisky Experience are all in walking distance. Although friends telling me this is a place that suits family trip, I'd say that that's too much walking for papa and mama. I can see that papa quite like this place, stunned by the beautiful old buildings, given that they've travelled so many places.

The Camera Obscura - World of Illusions. I found it quite interesting and feel worth visiting.

The cartoon version of me. There was also a baby version of me but ahjeh said it's too scary so I have decided not to scare my readers.. haha.

The heat detector.

HAHA.. mama looks so cute. xD

There were 8 of us. HAHA... not very clear though.

It's also very lucky to get a hotel at Princes Street, which is one of the very main street here. It makes going anywhere and searching good restaurants much easier (food was basically more or less the same as in England, but prices were lower I'd say).

The Scott Monument. As you can see, the Princes Street was under construction. But it didnt really bring any inconvenience to us..

The place we had our breakfast in Ramada.

Continental Breakfast.. this sort of things la..

In the Filling Station, a restaurant bar that serves nice food with reasonable prices.

During our last day we also found that the day trip bus ticket was just £3, unlimited uses for whole day, which is quite convenient for lazy people who like to sightseeing in and around the city.

Where to get your bus ticket? £1.10 for a journey or £3 for a day ticket?

We took bus 22 to the Britannia. This is the Royal Yacht Britannia Visitor Book. Not really worth the money visiting this I'd say.

Papa looks damn yeng, in the Britannia.

Love this trip although the scene itself is not the best but it's the first Europe trip for me with my family, also my only trip with family in recent years. The place, I'd say the historic buildings are sooo beautiful that you would think they were fakeee.. =D

P.S. There were too many photos, just roughly picked some out when I still have some time and memory about it. Feel free to ask me for further information =P. This saturday gogo will arrive and the 5 of us will be off to Paris for 4 days! =D

6.5 hours

They will be stepping on this land as I'm in just 6.5 hours..

They were in Abu Dhabi earlier and ahjeh was online.. =D

I'm thinking whether I should sleep.. because if I go to bed I don't know what time I should wake up.. hahaha...

Plus, I'm now watching Heroes Season 3.. arghhh so addictive..

I'm excited =D

*I did my base visit in Eastgate street today, and watched 6-7 clients coming for needle exchange, I've got so much thought!! It confused, surprised me and widen my knowledge. But from what we learnt from Confidentiality and Professional Boundaries I wonder whether I should blog about the clients.. (will write more about my thought if I've got the chance and time.. oppps, I dont think I do =P)

The day after tomorrow

Tomorrow I can finally say

"I'm going to see them tomorrow!!"

That day when I was booking coach tickets etc

I was already feeling down when I was checking the timetable for the coach from London to Heathrow airport at their final day here...

I'm already feeling sad merely imagining the arrival of the 27th

Anywayyyy... will definitely enjoyyyy the time..

Fingers crossed that everything will be good! (=

Update regarding my previous post - I've made up my mind not going to the job interview as I called them and the only option she gave me was either the 10th or the 11th, after checking the location etc, I think it's not quite possible for me to make it..

I'm sorry that I didn't choose to trust you...

but I was just worried..

Working opportunity??

Just now back home from Woo's house and realized that I've got an email from NHS, inviting me for a job interview on the 11th Nov.

I cant even remember when I applied for it, as I've already given up to look for job properly for quite some times.. especially I realized that I'd have to take such a long leave off work when my family is coming.. and it was such a HEARTACHE to be accepted to a job and then rejected it... simply because they said I can't have such long leave off work as I would have just started working by that time... (to be honest my tear nearly drop on spot >"< ) But soon I understand the thing we call "取舍", and for me family comes first.. and I was happy that I could join them in all the trips.. (and even happier when I know jeh was happy that I could join)

But what now? the 11th Nov, it's a few days after my family's arrival, and we have already booked holidays to Edinburgh... I just want to say................. KNS....

I wonder how many things it wants me to give up, to have 3 weeks "peacefully" with my family here in the europe la.. I would skip 2 days from my drug and alcohol service training course, 3 weekends off from Primark, and a job offer from Lloyds pharmacy.. and now.. aiyo... MUST YOU TREAT ME LIKE THIS???

Anyway, I'd see what I can do..

ANDDD!! tomorrow will be my last day working in Primark until the 28th!!!

thanks Leslie for approving our holiday requests!!!! she is the best manager! =D

(we actually got rejected by the Store Manager and then get approved by the Assistant manager hahaha... she's so daring la xD)

I still have 2 base visits (part of my training course) to do,

and there are 16 items in my to do list in preparation for my family visiting..

omgggg all I have is 3 days!! (but I'm loving this..)

p.s. I've got so many to say, but now all I need, is SLEEP!!

In 4 days

I just want to say

THIS FEELING IS SO STRANGE!!

that my papa mama ahjeh and gogo are coming to the UK

to travel and to attend my graduation ceremony

No doubt I'm really looking forward to it..

as I havent gone home for more than 1 year already.. (it's a new record =D)

I've started count down since 29 days ago

but it's strange

imagining the place that I've been on my own for 3+ years

and they are "appearing" here!!! here with me!!!

(would be perfect if erge will be here too, but i accept imperfection (= )

I hardly remember my dream

but I dreamt about it already

I'm really looking forward to it.. and I'm really, kind of.. nervous

in which.. I dont know why!!!

We are going to do a lot of travelling..

to some nice and famous places near to Cheltenham

and also London, Edinburgh, Paris, Rome, Venice and Florence..

Oh people I'm going to be busy, but I hope we'd all get to meet up especially those that are coming back purposely for the graduation ceremony... (but I understand that everyone would have their family to "take care" of)

Hope everything would be alright.

and everyone gets to enjoy to the fulllllesttttt!!

I'm also praying hard for Peiman and Bpeng will get back their passports asap too (=

全球十大旅行禁忌

大多數去國外旅遊的人總是會對當地的風俗有所顧忌，擔心自己會出錯，引起誤會，下面蒐集的是常見的旅行禁忌，以方便你更好地出行。

1.筷子
關於筷子有很多說法。在日本，不管任何原因，都不能把筷子插入飯碗裡離開，因為這是不祥的徵兆。因為飯碗裡直立的筷子會讓日本人想起墓碑。而且，如果你用入口那端的筷子去夾菜也是一種不禮貌的行為，應該用另一端去夾菜。在中國和很多其他的國家，用筷子指別人也是不禮貌的。

2.參觀清真寺
所有人，不管是穆斯林還是非穆斯林，在踏入清真寺前都要脫鞋。遊客也應該遵循穆斯林的穿衣風格：男士應該穿長褲和長袖襯衫；女士應該遮住所有裸露在外的皮膚，雖然各國對此的嚴格性會有所不同。女士必須圍頭巾，如果你沒有，在很多大的清真市入口處你可以借一條。

3.送花
在烏克蘭，如果你打算送花，一定要確保花束是奇數，因為偶數的花束是送在葬禮上的。如果你要給女主人送花，或為慶祝生日或其他特殊節日，不要送黃花或復活節百合，因為這些花也只是為葬禮準備的。

4.接吻
在英國的柴郡，火車乘客不允許在站台逗留、親昵話別，也不允許接吻。如果你真的有很多離別的話要說或想要接吻，你可以去接吻區域。

5.鹽
雖然埃及人非常好客，但是他們的烹飪卻有些溫柔的自我。在埃及旅行的時候，不要在你的碗里加鹽，因為這被看作是對廚師的侮辱。幸運的是，由於埃及人烹飪時經常使用大蒜、洋蔥和其他芳香劑，埃及的食物還是很可口的。

6.參觀教堂
如果你打算在溫暖的氣候去意大利的教堂，出發的時候不要僅僅帶短褲和無袖上衣。去意大利教堂天主教大教堂的遊客穿著必須謹慎，無論是男士還是女士，都不允許穿短褲和無袖上衣。在教堂門口會有警衛或教民檢查，所以在出發的時候記得帶上一件長袖衫或其他套頭衫。

7.代表成功的V手勢
在大不列顛做“V”手勢的時候掌心不要向內，因為這被認為是挑釁或侮辱。據說，2個手指的致意是起源於英法百年戰爭。法國揚言要砍掉所有英國人射箭的手指頭，結果最後英國大勝，因此擺出手指來炫耀自己是完好無損的。

8.侮辱國王
泰國人將其80歲的國王普密蓬‧阿杜德（Bhumibol Adulyadej）視為神靈，將其畫像作為護身符希望給自己帶來好運。因此對他的侮辱會被認為是犯罪，會被判處15年的監禁。

9.碰杯
匈牙利人敬酒的時候不會碰杯，因為奧地利人曾經在殺害13個匈牙利烈士後用碰杯而慶祝。之後的150年之內，沒有任何一個匈牙利人在敬酒的時候碰杯。現在雖然過去很長時間了，但是這個傳統還一直保留。對於遊人來說，記住這個傳統比記住匈牙利語的乾杯容易多了。

10.吃光碟子內的所有食物
在柬埔寨，如果你吃光碟子內所有的食物，這表明主人沒有招待好你，因為你沒有吃飽還想要。

Source was SinChew paper, not sure how true they are but I think they could be very useful. E.g. the 6th, I think when we were in Italy we didnt come across this problem, but I was requested to get a scarf when I wore sleeveless top and visited a church in Vatican City..

Thalassemia

星洲日报: 地中海贫血症患者增43%

(吉隆坡）首相夫人拿汀斯里羅斯瑪指出，大馬的地中海貧血症患者從2004年的2500人，增至目前的4385人，增長率近43%。

她說，若再不提高民眾對地中海貧血症方面的醒覺，尤其雙方都是地中海貧血症帶因者的夫婦，相信這疾病的新病患將不斷增加。

每个人都有責任控制這病

她今日（週日，8月9日）為一項地中海貧血症醒覺運動主持推介禮致詞時指出，地中海貧血症是一種遺傳性疾病，每個人都有責任控制此疾病，確保它不會“代代相傳”。

“目前大馬每100萬人口當中，就有近60萬人是帶有地中海貧血症基因者，為了避免這疾病一代傳一代，最有效的預防方式是鼓勵大眾進行檢驗。”

她欣慰衛生部撥出295萬令吉，免费為地中海貧血症患者提供醫藥治療及展開醒覺運動。

她吁請雇主勿對地中海貧血症患者持有偏見而拒絕雇用他們，甚至把他們邊緣化。

朱基菲里：300診所免費檢驗

馬來西亞地中海貧血症協會主席拿督朱基菲里則披露，估計目前每20名大馬人當中，就有1人是地中海貧血症帶因者。

“如果1名帶地中海貧血症基因者和1名非帶基因者結合，生下的孩子可能完全健康，也可能是輕型患者。不過，倘若雙方都是帶因者，生下孩子則極大可能是重型患者。”

他表示，衛生部在全國300家診所提供免費檢驗，公眾可瀏覽衛生部網站查詢診所的地點。

他强調，倘若患者接受醫生安排的治療及定時吃藥，患者和普通人一樣可過正常生活。

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地中海貧血症是一種遺傳性貧血病，由於患者製造血紅蛋白的功能出現問題，以致無法生產紅血球，形成貧血。由於常見於地中海國家、中東、亞洲地區，因此又稱為海洋性貧血（Thalassemia）。

人體紅血球的主要功能，是把養份運送到全身的組織，血紅蛋白則是紅血球內的重要元素。骨髓是製 造紅血球的器官，在長期貧血的刺激下，地中海貧血症病人的骨髓特別活躍，但卻不能有效生產及放出紅血球，於是含有不正常血紅蛋白的紅血球在人體內加速分 解，由於沒有足夠的紅血球和血紅蛋白，全身的組織就因沒有足夠的養份而不能正常操作，構成貧血現象。

Twitter

Haven't been updating my blog for nearly 3 weeks (is this the longest gap?) but I had been thinking to get this twitter thingy to my blog.. and guess what,
I'm going to update it as often as I could.. (and probably it will cause less and less posts on my blog = =)
But it's still beta version for my blog, I might remove it if it doesnt work well in updating others about me..

Got the code from Bloganol through EngLee's blog.. =D

BTW, I found that the passion on blogging of myself, and people around me is disappearing gradually.. Why?

The Recent Me

I wonder whether any reader noticed.. that I'd never updated my recent life and future plan in my blog after final exam.. This is probably one of the most anaswered questions at this stage of my life.. Yet I never felt like writing about it. The reason is rather simple, because I have no idea about my life, my further study or career life.. I'm like lost..

I just checked the student record online today.. and Yes, I've got a first class degree.. It seems to be a bit late to tell as most who care knew it already lol. For my past study life, I'd never ask other's results.. never tell anyone unless I was asked.. as I don't like the way people look at me, as if I was showing off.. But, like what I told PeiMan that day when result came out, I want to share my happiness, I hope my friends (and family) feel happy for me.. OK, so what's this first class for/about? Before even I came to UK and started my degree, Ms Tan (Sook Bee, from E-West) told us that getting a first can let you to go for PhD directly.. So I could see the "value" of getting a first, rather than just... hmmm "oh first? that was really good!" (Dav's reaction when he asked me today.. lol). I thought this was true.. but it's just half true. I emailed a uni staff that deals with those postgrad study, he said that actually a first can let me go for MPhil, which there is possibility to upgrade to PhD.. Hey! this is very different right?

Actually, I don't really care, although I could see the value, but as I said, I love studying, I don't mind spending more time more effort and go for usual route.. But somehow.. this is still.. @#$%^&* la.. right??? (Although I'm aware that my house now got 4 bachelors 1 mba, if there were to be someone who get phd, that's probably me? HAHAHA =P)

So I'm still rather confused.. I think I mentioned before, that I feel like working, I want to work! I need more more more experience, rather than just research theory research theory (I do love research).. and ah well, I feel it's time to stop studying temporarily.. and learn to live a different life.. So ideally, my plan is to work for a couple of years, then study further.. yes, ideally. Else, I should be working and pursuing my master or whatever at the same time... hmm.. I dont know. The thing is also, I haven't even got a job, a proper one I mean (I must leave primark asap, except Ben, most of my best colleague friends left =( ). And I feel guilty as I found some friends actually seek for job when I was still slacking and enjoying life after exam.. = =.

Apart from these issues, our student visa expires at the end of Oct. So if I'm going to stay here, I should be applying Tier-1 around July/August.. (will probably going to live without passport for 4-8 weeks = =). So it's also important to decide whether to study or to work, since the tier-1 is just once for each life.. Then, the place of studying/working is also very important... because our house rental contract actually ends on 10th July = = (2 weeks later), although I did tell the landlord that I might be staying till August... etc etc.. there are so many things.. to be considered..

I can't get motivated, to plan for my future.. rather ridiculous, isn't it? So.. hmm.. I don't know how to end this post now, but if it happpens that you do read current long and wordy post, let me know your opinions ok? Perhaps it's not a decision, perhaps at this situation, it's not my decision that matters, but "que sera sera" (whatever will be, will be)...? I mean.. perhaps not even myself can decide what I want to do.. (although I can try)?

If I were a boy

I cant remember when and from where was the first time I heard this song..
but when I heard it again today, I can sing most part of the lyrics with no problem.. = =
maybe somebody share in their blogs or something...?

What do you think about the song?
the lyrics is just so so.. yet kind of interesting..
the thing is, when you get to be a girl first before being a guy, you could probably learn to love a girl much better than you're a guy "from the initial till the end", is this right?
But like what the guy sang,

But you are not a boy,
so you can't understand
You are not a perfect woman
and I am not a perfect man

Things wouldn't be that perfect. So you wouldn't get the opportunity to TRY to be girl/guy first before being another..
So.. hmmm.. right, there's no perfect woman and man..
Perhaps there are loads stuff that men can do while women cant (are there?? I doubt..?!) and vice versa.. But if I get to choose again.. I would still be a girl.. HAHAHA.. why? no idea.. being a girl is simply good! =P

Presents

My 22nd birthday presents..

The birthday card.. See the plaster? It's also part of the present.. LOL
coz they said I fall down often (during other's birthday.., while in fact it was just K's birthday, wasn't it?)

Thank you guys. ((=
and sorry I lost the wrap that you guys spent time drawing = =
I like that too..

HAHAHA.. I love this. But I don't know when I'm going to wear it. =P
From Joce, Ruby, K, WaiLeng, Marv, Shinyee, PehLing, YangWoo.. (am not too sure how the list goes..)

I received this from Sammi & Stephy more than a month ago.
Lovely, thank you (=
they said they wanted to make me more girlly... =D
it looks like a little bomb..

My new watch!!! in white!
why is it soooo nice? I chose one ma..=P
from Bpeng, PeiMan & Felicia.. thank youuu!!

Hmmm.. the rest.. remains secret.. XD
I think I've got so much more than I deserve in the beginning of my 22..
(opppss.. hmm.. 22, sounds so old..=S)

The 22th Birthday

Skype with family

Mum, sis and bro skype me at 11+pm.. Hehehe.. can't believe nowadays mama also sleeps so late edy... although I get quite annoyed because they actually discussing what cake they want to buy to celebrate MY birthday WITHOUT ME... but still feel happy la.. think this is 2nd birthday i'm not celebrating at home? Also, now only I know that my chiense birthday passed already! (on Sunday the 14th >"<)

Egg Dinner with Housemates

Thanks to my sweeeeetest housemates (Bpeng, PuiMan & Felicia) for the dinner. Although obviously it can't be compared to those I had during my past birthdays at home, but it's still sweeet and nice. Why is it called the Egg dinner..? Because.. errrr.. I kind of love eggs, and thus for the dinner, 4 persons had 12 eggs! LOL

MidNight birthday 'surprise'

Frankly speaking I wasn't expecting it, I thought there are now so few of us here in the uk, I thought even if there was a midnight surprise I should deserve a slightly warmer and nicer one.. Until when we were having dinner, Fel mentioned "Ohh.. then we can use it tonight hor.." That reminded me all those lovely birthday attacks. Then at around 11pm, when i was enjoying movie in my room, somebody sticked a note on my wall

You know, this is soooo "helpless", you know what you're going for, you know what's waiting for you out there.. and you can't pretend like you're tired have to sleep yet you MUST go (?)! Fel wanted to blindfold me.. and for sure rejected by me.. then when we were walking a lil bit further in my house garden.. I saw group of them edy.. Haihhhh.. Haihhhh... then i turned from a clean and ready-to-sleep look, to... @#$%^&* with flour powder water cream.. Next was a birthday song, a wish that I can't remember what I've made, blowing candle.. THEN, I've got more cream as they said I still looking too clean.. zzzzz...

(photo taken from Jocelyn's blog)

and you know, actually I was not even interested in attacking back (since having so much previous experience, I'm not liking having bath at 12-1am.. so I wouldn't want to do that to them).. But YERRR.. they all.. so evil.. =SS Yet funny la, especially Shinyee and Jocelyn.. omg, I still can't help laughing the way Jocelyn ran and.. lolll. Ok, this sweet surprise thing spoilt 2 things - my flipflop, and my LG phone (again! *later found it seems to be working again).................

Different time zone wishes

Like celebrating the new year 2009, I'd also got my birthday celebrated in different time zones.. from friends in Aus, M'sia for sure, then Russia, Poland, UK and finally US.. ahahhaa.. kind of interesting.. ((=

Anyway thanks to everyone, I mean, everyone, and extra credits to Bee Peng (forgot this on my speech). Thanks for the effort and time, the party and food, the cream and flour, the presents (!!!), the calls from farrr away, the sms, messages on facebook and msn etc etc.. THANK YOU! I've made my wish for you.. heee..

[to be continue... maybe]

P.S. This is also the 100th post of my blog.

Summer

Think this is the first time in my life that I'm going to experience the all four seasons..
as I was in m'sia for the previous summers..
these days, I really learnt how summer is like.. and to be frank, I'm not liking it..
being here for years, I actually enjoy sunny days very much, not like in the past, I used to love rainny days in m'sia..
Few days ago, I even felt excited that it was going to be sunny and hot
But.. it's sooooo hot these days, OK, I guess it's actually not warmer than m'sia (yet?), but I cant stand it!
because in m'sia, there are air cons anywhere, and I don't spend hours walking myself to anywhere..
but here.. I have no cars.. I'm always under the sun, we're not even having a fan =S
plus.. the day time is kind of loooonnnnggg... the sun rises before 5am, and set at about 10+pm..
one more thing I dislike about summer, is all those insects.. arrrgggggh..
now there is a moth in my room.. they get so active.. even walking on the street there are places that you can't/shouldn't actually open your mouth or else you're going to have them as snacks =(
Oh yeah.. also quote Alice's "It's summer and I'm still fat".. ahaha.. same thing applies to me

Hmmm.. it seems that I dont really like summer huh? Not really..
if compared to rainny and windy days, sunny's still better I suppose..
when it's windy and the temperature is not too high (28+ celcius?) I still enjoy the sun very much..
I can't decide yet which season I like the most.. I used to love autumn (before I even experienced autumn), because I like those leaves turn red.. now errr.. I'm not sure

What do you think?

='(

Can't believe they both are leaving us tomorrow..
or ehmm.. 12 hours later =(
Really feel quite ... ... Hope I won't be tearing la..

Sammi de de

Stephy de de

Guess what we're doing..?

Hehehe.. I'll remember the smell


All the best and have a safe trip..

I wish we could have become so close during the first year we knew each other
I wish I could judge people better so that I know these girls are such great friends that shouldn't be missed
I wish they would be staying here with us...

I miss you even before you guys leave *sigh*

Fun Fair @ Cheltenham

I'm really tired, but glad that I went to the fun fair today (with Sammi, Stephy, Peiman, Felicia, Jocelyn, Marvin and Allyson)!
It's not as bad as the one we went last month, this could be considered as massive I guess..
And the funniest thing is Felicia, Jocelyn, Allyson and I actually tried a crazy spinning ride..
trust me, it's the craziest I'd experienced so far, for a person who craze for exciting advanced games like me, it still is!! (will probably upload an video, to provide a rough idea: basically all stand in a round platform and it spins and turns in every possible dimensions)
I was so glad that there's someone that could play with me.. thank you thank you!

Frankly speaking, it hurts. The safety notice there says people who have back problems shouldn't try it.. ahahaha.. but I ignored it despite having seen it.
And! Just now when I changed clothes, I found both of my shoulders "crawling" with red lines.. (ask bpeng or peiman, I showed them)
dont know how I made them actually.. >"<

Anyway, it's finally a FUN fair. The firework wasn't bad too.. worth that pound la..
just that, after working 2 whole days, and walked myself there.. my legs aren't mine anymore =S
what more, I'm working tomorrow...

Found!!

Saw this when I was on my way to work yesterday morning..


Really really glad to see this..
May god bless Kian and his family
Hmmm.. a single case may seem a bit insignificant to most people, but if whoever able to help do so, it will definitely make a significant difference

More details:

BBC:
Donor found for rare disease boy

Previous posts:
Bone Marrow Donating Session
Donating Bone Marrow

Attending a wedding

The first ever time I attend a marriage registration and it happened to be kind of a different one.

Firstly, I attended it in the UK (in Chichester, where the groom's mum stays), with Bee Peng, Sammi and Stephy.

Secondly, they are couple of a British and a Malaysian

Thirdly, there are already two (super cute) kids when the wedding was held.

On 16th morning, going to the registration office. From left, Stephy, KimFoong, Sammi, me, Nanny and Oswyn, front row: Oscar.

The bride and the groom during the registration. I like this pic! KimFoong looked so 含情脉脉.. =D

Best wishes to YOU!

Huibee and Oscar, KimFoong and William's eldest son. He is DAMN CUTE!! and smart as well, he can speak mandarin to mummy, e.g. "妈妈是猪猪 (mummy is piggy)", or speak English to daddy, e.g. "Daddy is naughty boy"... LOL

They followed and had the chinese tradition (don't know what it's called) in William's mum's house as well.

5 of us. in Arundel castle. Nice trip with Sammee and Stepeeee..

P.S. there are loads pic on facebook and some videos will (hopefully) be uploaded soon (:

ahahahaha...

Today! brings all the exam and stress to the end, this morning I've completed my degree unofficially!

As I mentioned in previous post, my exam today is on 9.15am, which means we would need to take the 8am bus to the park campus. And!! I was so careless and thought that the bus was 8.10am instead of 8am!! (it's normally on 10 past of every hour, but the first one is somehow different >"<) Luckily Bpeng reminded me and we 2 ran to the bus stop.. phewww luckily we still managed to catch the bus but could hardly breath.. Then, did a bit revision before the exam and went in like usual.. This very final exam brought me a somehow different experience, because I requested to go to toilet when I finished the first 3 questions (4 short essay Q in total). Nothing special la.. 11.15am sharp, I completed the final paper of my degree! Would like to make an Official Thanks to..

HsiangYek
CK Cheng
WeiShan
Sammi
Stephy
Jocelyn
Ruby
Jeffrey
Safia
Naina
Nick (YongKang)
LiJi
Evonne
LiWei
YongHan
Brian
Alice See
Cathy
Ariel
Jun Yi (He said he wanted to wish me but never saw me online)
Marcus
YingLing
Jancie
MingNi
Justin
+ those who wished me on FB

Hope I didnt miss anyone out. Some of them are really damn nice and sweet! purposely text or sent me offline message on msn (coz I seldom sign in msn recently). And of course my family, although they dont normally give any physical support but they are always the ones that motivate me and keep me moving on. Hmm.. They made me feel I'm blessed throughout the exam, although this doesn't mean I'd score well.. but at least I'm happy with the questions come out and my way of answering them la.. I tried my best! (except PY316 though) the rest, leave it to the markers.. (=

BTW, I feel sooo empty now. It's like nothing to focus in life now. This probably explained why I wasn't excited as I expected. Yesterday when I was doing the final bits of the revision, I already started to feel that I'm going to miss STUDYING very much.. Anyway, not to say too much of those, because Bpeng, PeiMan, Sammi, Jocelyn, Ruby, ShinYee, WaiLeng and Marvin havent finished theirs yet! Best of luck to them!!

For fun: My surname. LOL. Took the pic after exam. (It means exam PY310, surname Adlam to Teh, alphabetically)

In 36 hours

I can't wait anymore..!! this is such a long torture
even friends start saying i've been saying im in exam period for long.. (although it's just 1+ week)
not really motivated to study anymore and those stuff just refuse to get into my brain.. stubborn than me!!

2 papers left:
Thinking and reasoning exam on 5.15pm tomorrow, which is the one I've decided to give up on..
while another clinical psy exam is at 9.15am on Thursday..
not very happy with this arrangement, there's just so little time in between, would rather have them in the same day.. =/
Anyway, will be the end of the final paper of final exam in final semester in less than 36 hours...
wonder whether I'll be too excited on thursday till can't write properly.. >"<

Best of luck to everyone.. (=

Donating Bone Marrow

Today!! is the day that we're supposed to come to save Kian (to know more about it see my previous post- Bone Marrow Donor Session). Originally I felt like not coming because I've been slacking after my first paper, but.. dont know why, the feeling of i might be the one who save him, or somebody else, was so strong that made me made up my mind to come at last, with Bee Peng (the rest all become very ignorant during exam despite saying that got karma one if you come to test >"<)

Surprisingly we saw loads of people when we arrived in the SU bar in park campus. A guy gave us one booklet and a medical application form, asking us to read pg. 4-8 before filling in the form. OK, so next we sit down comfortably and started reading.. right on the first page that we read regarding the donor criteria for joining..

be aged between 18-40 *tick*

be in excellent health *errr.. yes gua*

weigh at least 51kg *wow bpeng!! luckily I gained weight!! otherwise I couldn't donate!! first time feel so good for gaining weight!*

reside in the UK (for the next three years min) *oh no!! we're not sure yet*

bla bla bla... several other criteria which I think we fulfill.. (see picture)

So, being curious whether a carrier of thalassemia gene can donate bone marrow or not.. I approached a lady and wrote down the "disease". She said she doesnt even know what it is but she brought the booklet up and asked somebody else.. When she came back

"Are you a carrier or you actually suffer from it?" (errr.. if i actually suffer from it i should have died i guess >"<)

"I'm just a carrier of it =)"

"OK, it should be fine, but it may limit the way you can donate it" (pointing to 1 of the pages showing different ways of donating bone marrow)

"just discuss it with somebody else later.. it should be fine"

OK. I assume that I'm now an eligible donor. Next thing is the 3 years period problem - that guy said if we can't be sure that we 'll be here for 3 years, the answer is NO =/ (for apparent reason if we're needed we will need to travel here and stay for quite a few weeks.. it seems that we can't make this commitment yet)

So... I'm now blogging in park campus.. instead of giving blood sample.. feel a bit jealous seeing some people having the test up there. Actually in the application form, there's also criteria like "I am not on any other bone marrow / stem cell register in the UK or worldwide" which reminds me that probably we should register in malaysia rather than here in the UK..

Although a bit disappointed not being able to donate, guess we can still register it somewhere else in the future and help somebody else (for their trust, one in 1000 is selected as a match for a patient each year). At least I know that carriers of thalassemia are able to donate.

P.S. Post was written in park campus on 29th 7pm

Countdown to freedom: 7 days!

Prosopagnosia

Do you think you have problem in recognizing human face?

I wonder anyone is like me, that when I first came here, I found most Whites have similar faces. It's kind of embarassing that sometimes when I'm working, I help a customer to look for size option in the stockroom while she's waiting in the shop floor, normally when I come back, I don't really remember which is the one that ask for my help (especially when there are lots customers)! I assumed this as usual (since we seldom see faces of different races ma), and thought that I'd get used to them soon and would be able to differenciate them well. But until recent, things like that still happen!! I've been here for 3 years.. That day when I came back from stockroom and wondered who that was, I asked my manager directly.. she and a colleague of mine kept laughing at me after that.. so did the customer, because she heard me asking.. >"<

Is there anyone out there that have similar situation??

Why would I talk about this suddenly..? Because one of the topic that I revised for exam PY313 (Cognitive neuropsychology) is about Prosopagnosia, also known as face blindness, which is a selective inability to recognize or differentiate among faces (something like that la, finished this paper I can't remember edy =P).


Then, when I was doing a bit research about it yesterday, I found that it's not just simply wide variation under this diagnosis, but there are mild cases in which, it may be affecting 10% of the population!!!! ok, you may not be able to realize this in general life, as most people are those that familiar to you, while there's no point of remembering strangers'. BUT, one common "symptom" is the inability to keep track the identity of characters in movies!!

KNS.. I really have this problem.. Still remember when I went to watch The Dark Knight (Batman 3) in cinema last year, I couldn't differenciate between the batman (of course when he was in his casual look la - Wayne) and Dent, until my friend told me that they have different hair colour.. so THROUGHTOUT THE MOVIE, I used their hair colour as the cue to differentiate who is who.... super zzzz right?!!?!

OK. Basically it's not a big problem (neither is it very disabling), as I can recognize familiar faces, no matter what ethnicity they are, really well. But.. I'm just trying to look for anyone like me.. please.. (well, if it's really 10%, then 1 of 10 of my blog readers should be like me right?)

What my name means

You entered: Teh Hui Bee

There are 9 letters in your name.
Those 9 letters total to 47
There are 5 vowels and 4 consonants in your name.

Your number is: 11

The characteristics of #11 are: High spiritual plane, intuitive, illumination, idealist, a dreamer.

The expression or destiny for #11:
Your Expression number is 11. The number 11 is the first of the master numbers. It is associated with idealistic concepts and rather spiritual issues. Accordingly, it is a number with potentials that are somewhat more difficult to live up to. You have the capacity to be inspirational, and the ability to lead merely by your own example. An inborn inner strength and awareness can make you an excellent teacher, social worker, philosopher, or advisor. No matter what area of work you pursue, you are very aware and sensitive to the highest sense of your environment. Your intuition is very strong; in fact, many psychic people and those involved in occult studies have the number 11 expression. You possess a good mind with keen analytical ability. Because of this you can probably succeed in most lines of work, however, you will do better and be happier outside of the business world. Oddly enough, even here you generally succeed, owing to your often original and unusual approach. Nonetheless, you are more content working with your ideals, rather than dollars and cents.

The positive aspect of the number 11 expression is an always idealistic attitude. Your thinking is long term, and you are able to grasp the far-reaching effects of actions and plans. You are disappointed by the shortsighted views of many of your contemporaries. You are deeply concerned and supportive of art, music, or of beauty in any form.

The negative attitudes associated with the number 11 expression include a continuous sense of nervous tension; you may be too sensitive and temperamental. You tend to dream a lot and may be more of a dreamer than a doer. Fantasy and reality sometimes become intermingled and you are sometimes very impractical. You tend to want to spread the illumination of your knowledge to others irrespective of their desire or need.

Your Soul Urge number is: 9

A Soul Urge number of 9 means:
With a 9 Soul Urge, you want to give to others, usually in a humanitarian or philanthropic manner. You are highly motivated to give friendship, affection and love. And you are generous in giving of your knowledge and experience. You have very sharing urges, and you are likely to have a great deal to share. Your concern for others makes you a very sympathetic and generous person with a sensitive and compassionate nature.

You are able to view life in very broad and intuitive terms. You often express high ideals and an inspirational approach to life. If you are able to fully realize the potential of your motivation, you will be a very self-sacrificing person who is able to give freely without being concerned about any return or reward.

As with all human beings, you are prone to sometimes express the negative attitudes inherent to your Soul Urges. You may become too sensitive and tend to express emotions strongly at times. There can be significant conflict between higher aims and personal ambitions. You may resent the idea of giving all of the time and, in fact, if there is too much 9 energy in your nature you may reject the idea. You may often be disappointed in the lack of perfection in yourself and others.

Your Inner Dream number is: 2

An Inner Dream number of 2 means:
You dream of close and meaningful relationships, cooperation with those around you; family and friends. You want to be a peacemaker and mediator. You present an image that you are a very pliable and easygoing person who would be very easy to get along with.

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Those in yellow tend to be what I agree with, Or, what suprised me yet I still more incline to agree with. Whereas those in red are what I strongly disagree with.. (e.g. I'm obviously not an easygoing person lorrr.. XD)

What do you think?

In general I think I'm quite a practical person, not really a dreamer (wth it says I'm a dreamer more than a doer, I didn't say I disagree, but I will spend some time analyzing whether it's true! lol). I still agree with "you are more content working with your ideals, rather than dollars and cents." although having to say that I'm a more down to earth person. BUT the thing is I'm shifting my mind.. I mean changing, because at this period of time, I'm going to graduate, and I recognize the importance of......... you know, some realistic stuff (e.g. financial issue if you don't get a job - ahh and it says I'm a natural excellent teacher, philosopher, social worker or advisor - So I should work towards this direction huh?).

Anyway, This is such a long and wordy post that I doubt whether anyone would really read it by heart?! Perhaps you'd be more interested in getting to know what your name means? (click here) And.. I don't really... agree with those kind of analysis, this is why I seldom do any test (I'm still wondering it's just a name that my dad gave me in translation from hokkien to english, does that mean that much?? - most of the time I wonder when I see people doing any form of non-academic test) I still do this one and share it on my blog,.. because it seems pro

Thanks ChungVi (my primary school mate), got this from his blog (=
saw his analysis includes "have excellent capabilities to study and learn really deep and difficult subjects, and to search for hidden fundamentals" and I'm so jealous! because I think I'm yet it doesnt appear on mine =(

P.S. in approximately 12 hours I'll be sitting for my 1st paper, why am I blogging here?

Random

刚刚因为不想读书而无聊去看facebook一自己的照片
看到一些滑雪的照片.. (Austria Skiing Trip)
突然很想念滑雪 很想念那趟旅行 很想念那些像仙境般的风景..


突然.. 有一点舍不得在这里的朋友 大部分都要毕业也准备回去了...

Facebook & Lower Grades

College students who use Facebook spend less time studying and have lower grade point averages than students who have not signed up for the social networking website, according to a pilot study at one university.

However, more than three-quarters of Facebook users claimed that their use of the social networking site didn’t interfere with their studies.

“We can’t say that use of Facebook leads to lower grades and less studying – but we did find a relationship there,” said Aryn Karpinski, co-author of the study and a doctoral student in education at Ohio State University.

“There’s a disconnect between students’ claim that Facebook use doesn’t impact their studies, and our finding showing they had lower grades and spent less time studying.”

While this was a relatively small, exploratory study, it is one of the first to find a relationship between college students’ use of Facebook and their academic achievement.

Typically, Facebook users in the study had GPAs between 3.0 and 3.5, while non-users had GPAs between 3.5 and 4.0.

In addition, users said they averaged one to five hours a week studying, while non-users studied 11 to 15 hours per week.

"There may be other factors involved, such as personality traits, that link Facebook use and lower grades,” she said. “It may be that if it wasn’t for Facebook, some students would still find other ways to avoid studying, and would still get lower grades. But perhaps the lower GPAs could actually be because students are spending too much time socializing online."

To read more

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What do you think?

I found myself spend relatively less time on Facebook nowadays due to its new layout (especially not happy with the fixed selections of published news, get annoyed that people keep doing tests and publishing them). But I used to spend lots time playing some games (some applications like "Who has the biggest brain?" "GeoChallenge" or "Friendsforsale" that sort of thing) or commenting on photos. Hmmm.. I do agree that it could be a distraction, but would it be affecting people's grades in college?

Anyway, it's important to note that they merely found a relationship, especially there could be many confounding factors underlie the relationship, such as personality traits as mentioned. There are also people who found facebook improved their grade as it helped them to make course related contacts. So perhaps it just depends.. And if we were to compare, I guess the advantages may outrange the disadvantages..

Students ma, even if there is no such thing as facebook on earth, there will always be something else to distract US from study.. LOL (such as blogging? why dont they investigate the relationship between regular blogging and college grade? ahahah..)

Bone Marrow Donor Session

Young mother, Gemma Isaacs, is urgently calling for people to come forward and potentially help save her two year old son’s life. Little Kian suffers from an extremely rare genetic disorder — PNP Deficiency — and desperately needs to find a bone marrow donor in order to survive.

Gemma, from Wyman’s Brook in Cheltenham, is urging everyone aged 18-40 years old to join the Anthony Nolan Trust’s bone marrow register on Wednesday 29th April from 4 — 7pm at the Park Student Union, University of Gloucestershire.

There are currently 16,000 people worldwide in need of a bone marrow transplant, but because individual genetic makeup is so varied, the chance of finding a suitable donor can be slim. Many searches for patients are unsuccessful — a bone marrow donor whose tissue type matches theirs could mean the difference between life and death.

Kian’s condition - PNP Deficiency - is a genetic disorder caused by a lack of Purine Nuceloside Phosphorylase enzyme, which leaves the patient vulnerable to a variety of potentially fatal infections. People with the condition can also suffer brain damage.

His mother Gemma said: “Without a bone marrow transplant, Kian’s prognosis is bleak. It’s very rare for a child with this condition to live beyond 10. But with a bone marrow transplant, Kian will have a normal life span, although he will still have developmental problems. Please please come forward and join the register. I ask you to put yourself in our situation — imagine if it was your child, or a member of your family, what would you do? I really hope we find someone who will be able to help save Kian’s life. We’re desperate.”

The blood sample taken at the registration clinic is tested to establish the tissue type and the results stored on the charity’s confidential database. As a new member of the register the donor receives a registration card and written confirmation of being a potential life saver. A donor may be found to be a match for a patient almost immediately or may wait many years before being asked to donate — and in some cases may never donate at all if there is no match. Please come to the Park Student Union at the University of Gloucestershire from 4-7pm on 29th April to find out more.

Donors need to be aged 18-40. For further information regarding the clinic and joining the register, please contact The Anthony Nolan Trust on +44 20 7284 1234 or log on to www.anthonynolan.org.uk

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Just saw this on our Uni website.. I feel like going to try ley.. especially the kid (named Kian!!) looks damn cute.. but that will be during exam period plus I'm a bit scared ley.. -_-" and.. and.. and my thalassemia genes.. haihh. Have been saying I want to donate blood for a very long time, but never get a chance to actually do it, of course donating bone marrow is a far bigger matter, but still, if stand on their point of view.. perhaps one day we will need other's help.. why not giving a hand when we're able to? It's like.. saving a life, A LIFE!! And it won't be just a life, it will also be a great boon to the family of the patient. And it's quite surprising.. they actually let people register, and when they find patient who match the donor then only would you need to donate.. Hmm.. dont know, it seems a bit scary.. -_-"

Anyway, hope they can find a suitable donor. God bless him.

P.S. Happy Earth Day!

Well done?

80 pages, my dissertation..
received this email last week, it made me feel wow! finally came to this stage
it's like really the end of it, have been working on it for a year!!
don't really care whether it's well done anymore, I really try my best
but actually not really finish yet, because I don't get what Kerry means by saying "you have 2 univariate tests but only report one"
I think he overlooked something when checking my result section.. but I'm not sure, since he's the pro... (anyway I still think he's the best supervisor, opps, maybe I should say one of the best?)
haih.. hate being so last-minute! otherwise I could have finished and typed all the page numbers..
I was so stressed yesterday that I felt I couldn't really breath as usual :(
but then today I spent all day indulging myself.. zzz
no more procrastinating until 7th May - I say it I mean it I will make it (:
Countdown to freedom: 16 days

Half Year

It's now half a year I blog here in huibee.blogspot.com (which is my 3rd published blog after thespoke and windows live space)
I think previously I did aim to reach 100 posts in six months and obviously - I failed, 15 more till my target :(
Blogging too less in recent few weeks
Just reread nearly all the posts this year
Kind of impressed by my passion on blogging, and my views on some sorts of thing
Guess I'm really kind of forgetful person - thus it's good to keep a blog
It reminds me about myself, my dream and helps me to see my growth and changes
Many people around me start or start again to blog, which is quite nice
as you get to know how life of your friend is through blog fairly easily
But the thing is I just realized the blogs that I'm following exceed 30 already!
they are all bro, primary and high schools friends, ELS friends, uni friends etc (still exclude those that I care yet they blog in windows live space which following here is not possible yet)
And I feel I'm not really able to read so many posts especially some (bloggaholic?) friends (e.g. Nick, Peiman) has new post daily or nearly daily..
so it ends up I just read the first few lines, if I'm interested only would I click on it
Is it good or bad huh? Or I should be more picky - dont follow so many people's?
Yet when I decided to follow every single of them, I'm pretty sure I'm interested in reading it or in knowing this particular person

Anyway, hope I would keep blogging, no matter how busy or boring life is..
and one final thing - Many thanks to those have been reading my blog and/or leaving comments for it.. They are very very much appreciated, they mean a lot to me, especially when I'm down, and they keep me carry on too (:
with real hope, i will be celebrating its 1st, 2nd, 10th.. anniversary

417

不是我不明白 /梁静茹 & 卢广仲
曲: 林稘玉 词 : 李焯雄

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Just saw friend sharing this on FB, worth sharing it too, agree?
Heard the song quite a few times, felt it was just kind of normal Fishy type love songs (except the fact that the lyrics was really well written - deep though)
but watching its MV may somehow make you feel different (:

Passionate about...

I'm passionate about studying, yes I just said studying, just as I'm passionate about jogging, blogging, movies, snoopy, eggs etc
This was what I feel normally, sometimes when I dont study for a long time, I miss the feeling of studying, of working really hard for exams.. It gives me sense of moving on and achievement. This was what happen last year before final
But it didn't happen this year
I can't motivate myself.. I keep saying motivation but I've lost it.
Anyhow I still believe I'm keen on studying.. it's just something's not going right in me lately.
Arrrggghhhhhhh how? Killllll... ok, back to my revision

even if im not motivated, I still hope I can be a motivator of at least some others.

I'm back (:

I need somebody, a psychologist at best, or a sincere friend to talk to
someone who will listen to my words, give me some advices, yet won't spread the things
feel a bit lost recently, but early morning today I decided to find myself and to be the usual self again
hehehe.. dont know what im talking about
anyway, I'm back to my revision, after 2 weeks of slacking..
i'd been on viwawa often or otherwise at work (not uni work!).. now i ban myself from vww already..
worth mentioning as well: regarding the finished ink of the pen that i mentioned in previous post, i'd been using it for 1+ year
it's not just 1 or 2 day that I finished using it la okk.. funny, somebody thought so :P

while typing this, sis msn-ed me "harlo, pama miss you"
awwwwwww... this is so sweet.. ahaha.. i dont think they ever missed me since i came to england?!
oh ok.. at least they never said so (:
i miss them too.. every single family member of mine.. very much.
talk about msn, recently quite often i forget to sign in - i dont know why la
just.. something wrong about me, but anyway.. im back on msn too! - although i may be doing something else and will rarely reply anyone.. -_-"
OK, basically just want to declare battle against final - should be revising not blogging!

Good luck to everyone (:

Swollen finger due to 'excessive' writing

I wonder whether anyone is like me - normally when I write loads word the middle finger of my right hand will get swollen, it hurts a bit when it just appears, and takes quite long time to disappear.
I know the problem is actually because I hold pen too tightly and write too hard - the whole table normally waggle until those that sit beside me usually split their table from mine during high school.. hahahah..

That's why normally I try to get this kind of pen

You may realize or not, there is a little rubber thing to let you hold, although it doesnt help too much, but at least it does.. slightly
Obviously I've nearly finished the ink. =/
and this is my new pen... just 3 hours of note writing my middle finger bengkak :(

What to do?

This is the pencil that has followed me for.. about 5 or 6 years

Guess what I've done to solve my problem - Look carefully,


Hahahaha.. Wuliao, I know
but trust me and try it, it helps!! (:

(Note on 01.03.2012: I don't know why the pictures wouldn't show anymore, but basically I moved the rubber from a mechanised pencil to a ball pen so that it's softer for the middle finger, and it really helps!)

Anyway, I believe nowadays not many have the chance to write excessively..

Sigh

It should be a day for celebration
as I finally handed in my draft to Kerry - not really a final draft, but I can't be bothered anymore
Yet worry destroys the supposingly joyful mind..
why?
I shall talk about it on or after Tuesday,
if I can take it.. at all.

God bless me, and those rushing their works (:

The End

It came to the very end of week 12 of semester 2 of my final year
Attended two lectures today -
Tim Jones' Mental Health & the Elderly and Jonathan Elcock's Social Constructionism
And.. that's it!
We took a few pictures in our favourtite lecture room TC001 (:
not going to write too much about my 3 years uk uni life, perhaps until I finish my exam on 7th of May

Totally have no life recently
Sleep at 2am, or sometimes 5am, 3pm, 5pm
and have dinner at 9pm or 12am
totally random!
Just sleep whenever I feel my brain isn't functioning
then wake up in 3-6 hours, ignoring the real world day and night time -_-"
Apart from myself, I think the thing that works hard as well is my alarm clock XD
Anyway, why am I free to blog?
Today I went to see my diss supervisor Kerry Rees
Guess what!! he allows me to hand in my final draft on Monday
it changed the fact from 2000-word-a-day to 1000-word-a-day, plus the reference, appendix and some amendments.. Love him!!
I really wonder why - I'm probably the earliest who started my diss - before summer last year, but ended up having no life to finish it up. huibee, damn sat bai la you..
Really appreciate Kerry's help, hope I'll be able to work out the best of my final of final draft.
And then, 3 final papers waiting for me - shouldn't be a big problem
hopefully I will be working hard enough to impress myself (please remind HuiBee about this as often as you can..)
just realized I haven't talked to mama for 2-3 weeks -_-"
Can they still remember they have a daughter in the UK?!?!

one final thing -
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY to the girl that deserve all the happiness in the world - PEIMAN!!

Just to blog

Aaaaaaah!! Can't believe it, I hadn't blogged for one week!!
think it's the longest gap so far (except when I'm away of course :)), and this is no good!
I may become the blogger who blog only once a month! no good no good!
But recently I'm only exposed to 2 things

1 assignments/dissertation
2 viwawa

So how on earth can I possibly blog something nice, interesting, fresh, positive etc?
I'm thinking maybe the "2" should be "1".. XD
having kind of severe addiction on it now, and my work is getting more and more behind, especially my dissertation
Just can't get motivated, on the very final 3 weeks of my uni life.. losing control on myself..


P.S. Many Thanks to those leaving comments on my previous post, very impressive - of who actually read my blog.. :D. Hope you guys got to share my happiness, I can still feel a bit excited - it's one week later already!

All England Super Series Badminton Tournament 2009

I can't believe that!! I had been wanting to go to watch since I came to the UK, and thanks very very much to Jeffrey (for what? I dont know!), I think it's he and me that make this happened! Although it's not the final match, I'm more than happy and contented today.. really, very seriously. Let's start the day from the noon, when we (Bpeng and me) were in the train..

Marv called me, asking where we were and guess what? they were having lunch in the same restaurant with Lee Chong Wei, Tan Boon Heong and their coaches. OMGGGG!! I was damn excited after hearing that, and feel like jump from the train and run there!!

After arriving, we rushed ourselves there to meet Marv, WaiLeng and Dayna. At the second I pushed the door in, guess who was at the other side of the door....... Taufik!! Then, trying to calm myself, we sat down first and started a bit chatting, while waiting Chongwei they all to finish their meals.

What next? two persons passed by, WaiLeng and Dayna were saying something like "two gays", but I recognized them!! the one walking at the front was Xie Xin Fang (谢杏芳), and of course the guy walking with her was Lin Dan (林丹).. I got kind of excited and asked Marv, shall we.....?!?!

Then immediately, not even Waileng being able to react, Marv, Bpeng and me ran to chase them.. lollll.. I swear, I never did this in my life, I never chase Leehom, SHE, Yanzi or whoever!! And my first time is for LinDan.. -_-" Then we realized two of them were pak-tor-ing.. But insisted not to let ourselves regret, we decided to interupt them.. while Marv and I were still discussing who and how to approach them, Bpeng already went to say "不好意思" (excuse me).. Then we took photos with them..!!!!!!! although they didnt seem to be very happy, but still quite friendly la.. (at least didnt say no ma!) I was so excited that my hands shaked! Before we left, we did remember to 加油 for them..

Superstar Lindan and his pretty gf.

Then with such huge excitements, 3 of us went back and took photos with ChongWei and Kuan Beng Hong, at this time, Tan Boon Heong went to toilet -_-" (when he came out and saw us taking photos, he walked out directly...)

The Malaysian happy family.. :D

Guess who took this photo? The couch!! lol.. they're very friendly!!
Look at his smile, so ... err.. fake yet real, guess he learnt that from me..
Next I saw Marv and WaiLeng busy taking photos with the couches, whereas ChongWei was doing nothing there, so I approached him and said "宗伟,可以跟你再拍张照吗" OMFG, I called him ChongWei... -_-" it's like we are old mates or something like that.. *shy*

Errr.. I feel I look like a superstar, more than he does.. XD

The world number 1s, I've met them both!! taken photos..!! We were so excited and couldn't calm ourselves down for such a long time..!! seriously... My brain wasn't functioning after that, didn't even feel like eating although I was really hungry! It's kind of waste not taking pics with Tan and also Taufik.. it'd be perfect if we'd met Koo Tan also..

Then in the evening, we walked to the NIA to watch the quarter final matches. Kind of disappointing and I guess it doesn't really worth my sleeping time to blog about it.. Ahahaha.. just kidding, but the matches of the Men Doubles, both were disappointing.. : ( we watched 4 Malaysians games, and only ChongWei won.. Even Koo and Tan lost : (

But it was GREAT!! to support the Malaysian team live! not on the TV, not shouting to the TV, but there, when you shouted "malaysia boleh" or "xx jia you", they can hear it! To see some live matches just right in front your eyes, and our seats were great too! To feel the smash and the reactions of the audience.. very ganjiong!! To shout randomly with some other unknown yet familiar malaysians. To meet those superstars.. well worth.. seriously!

Very happy today, very distinct exciting experience.. Hope the Malaysian badminton has brighter future.. and those top seeded players can be... more stable! I'd want to go again if there is another opportunity! Malaysia Boleh!!

Fresh

I feel so much better now, thank you very much for whoever showed concerns
they're all very much appreciated
I don't know what happened and I thought I could be so depressed that you know, in term of clinically depressed, in term of mental health problem
because I sat in front of the laptop and crying for nothing, yup, it may not be nothing, it's just something that I don't even can give a guess..
And I think that's because I'm a psychologist, it makes me aware of many things, that as a so-called normal people shouldn't be aware of..
anyway, I'm OK now, getting better I guess, trying best not to just pretend good but be real good, and hoping people around me are all fine too.

This morning Jeff, Shinyee and I went to a park for a ... WALK
I wanted to go jogging, serious, for many reasons,
for the feeling of sweating and healthy..
for my old best mate who was once jogging 7km marathon with me
for a pair of jogging shoes that I wished to buy but I quited jogging.. lol
(but for some sorts of reasons we ended up just walking)
The place was really nice.. It made me feel really fresh after coming back..
and felt the local life.. bringing your kids around, to the playground, to look at the little animals, to feel the spring, to simply breath the fresh air..
it's a bit odd la.. having that kind of retiree life at my age, but the feeling was good, as you get to leave you assignments problems difficulties and pain ...
we saw old couples walking and sitting by the lake, and imagining 50 years later.. :D

But.. I don't feel the motivation, the power, the force come to me yet
don't feel like doing many works yet..
whereas in fact in 3 weeks time, the last semester of my uni is officially coming to an end, 3 weeks!
unbelievable..
need some motivation.. or perhaps .. stress?
This Friday we're going to Birmingham for the All England badminton tournament!!!
It's just a quater final though
but I'm still damn excited with it..
hopefully get to see some nice matches..

Want to go to Alton Tower, to go skiing, to plan my not-so-bright future, to travel with Sammi and the others, to some nice cities in the UK, to sit down and have nice chats and laugh for silly things, to go picnic etc etc..
So many things to do, yet so little time left..
Hmmm.. I may not blog that often..

Best of luck to everyone out there, whatever you're doing.. : )