MERRY CHRISTMAS!

this year's christmas can be considered the best in my life so far, in terms of the number of presents i get. got prezzies from gek suan, huwi yin, eileen, ee lin, chin chin and another one from jun kee which i haven't collected. didn't really have any celebration on the day itself, just a simple celebration during the eve. went to affryll's 21st birthday party and met a lot of mmu students which i know by face but not in person. too bad most of our secondary classmates can't make it to the party. i would love to see how they're doing now. some of them will be getting their first paycheque soon! how time flies.

after that i went to a small gathering at kea loon's rented house with kea loon, zhenjian, wee how, joe seng, hui yen, liyen, chee hui, ching yin, chin chin and lay wei. before this we had a small agreement whereby we would exchange presents with a certain price range with a certain person. a person would draw a name from a small ballot to determine who he/she has to buy a present for. in the end it was determined like this :-

chee hui bought for kea loon and vice versa
ching yin bought for zhenjian and vice versa
wee how bought for chin chin
chin chin bought for me
i bought for lay wei
lay wei bought for wee how
hui yen bought for liyen
liyen bought for joe seng
joe seng bought for hui yen

*zhenjian bought separately for siew eng, who joined us later.


after opening our presents, we took photos and also a video. i was the one who wanted to take a video after looking at wiyang's chinese new year reunion dinner video taken at germany. somehow i felt that it does have a warm and nostalgic feeling when viewed. but the video doesn't turn out like what i wanted it to be because everyone knows about the shooting and acted unnaturally. i wanted to shoot it while they were opening their presents but they were already done with it before i could start! oh well, better luck (and better video) next time!

our celebration (sort of) ended with a yamcha session at a nearby mamak shop. the initial plan was to continue chatting/playing games until the sun comes out but many of us were feeling tired already (we still had classes earlier that day) so everyone headed home and had a good night sleep...


p/s: i think i spent quite a lot for this year's christmas. but i think it was worth it. have to control next year...

i had a hunch that 'someone' would contact me these few days and i was right. after a few months that 'someone' messaged me thru MSN just a few minutes ago...

before that, i received an unexpected call from hui fung as well. hmm...weird.

anyway, christmas is coming..so enjoy~!

been going up and down to auyin hill resort where nanyang student club had a camp there for the past 4 days. i used to join this kind of camp, as a committee or participant but stopped since 3 years ago. felt kinda nostalgic when i was there but the main reason i went is because of mee nyuk. she is a friend from seremban which i seldom get to see. she a nice person and whenever i see her and talk to her i get very happy. actually anyone would get happy when seeing her around because she is such a fun person to be with. too bad i couldn't stay for long because i was having a bad flu and had to rest at home...

recently i came to know that some people treat me differently for two main reasons.

the first is my exam results. for a long time i've always believed that good result is not THAT important. well, it's important in a sense that employers are more likely to look at those with better results. but nowadays many people who graduated from university with a degree doesn't get a job which is related with their majors. i might be wrong but i've heard a lot of cases where degree holders are working as salesman. some even sell credit card (getting people to sign up for a credit card that is) for a living. another point is, so what if a person is a genius but his social skills are ZERO? can he/she survive in the job market?

my principle is that as long as i enjoy studying, and in the process hanging out with friends from different backgrounds then i'm satisfied. but then of course i have to pass all my papers or else the tuition fees would go to waste. we never stop learning until we die, but we can only study in a institution until a certain time. so why not enjoy university life while we still can?

some people don't share my point of view and i don't blame them. but i can feel it when they treat me differently just because i'm not really good in my studies. perhaps i didn't put enough effort, but that's just me. why can't they just accept who i am? i know it's for my own good, but when i find the need to change then i will. for one, i don't choose my friends according to their results.

the second reason is my inability to read/write chinese, being a chinese. because i tend to mix a lot with those chinese educated people, sometimes i really do feel left out...

came back from my trip to penang and butterworth with kea loon and i'm feeling great! it was an enjoyable trip and i'm sure i'll be back there whenever i have the time and chance. anyway, heartfelt thanks to zhenjian, wee how, ching yin, lay wei, chin chin and liang liang for their hospitality. i really appreciate it guys! oh yeah, they even introduced us to some of their nice friends as well. the only bad point about the whole trip is the rain...

i went to a'famosa resort's animal park today with huwi yin, eileen, ee lin, ken wei, and lai ching and her sister. it was quite an enjoyable trip, but we should have gone there earlier if we knew they were closing at 5pm. so anyway, we get to see lots of animals and even touch them from a close distance. but then we were greeted with a sight of a somewhat tired looking tiger cub posing for photographs. and then there was a few other shows which featured animals such as elephants, monkeys, orang utans, dogs, birds and a meerkat. if i remembered correctly, the last time i saw an animal show is around 11 years ago. maybe at that time i find it interesting. but today it's a different story. i felt disturbed when i saw the tired looking tiger. i'm very sure that i won't pay to be photographed with the tiger because...it looked cruel to me. even the animal shows (except for the bird show) doesn't look interesting to me anymore.

and then there was the animal safari ride. we got a little surprise halfway thru the ride : lions mating! they were doing it in the middle of the ride's trail but i wasn't able to take a picture because they moved away before i was able to snap a photo. the best thing during the ride was the sight of a baby camel. it looked so cute!

a tiring but quite exciting trip. i'm looking forward to my trip to penang now...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUWI YIN!

my cute + mischievous god sister turned XX years old today! although there wasn't much celebration, but i hope she was happy! couldn't help it because most of us were sick so there's wasn't much we can do. but i really regretted for not bringing my camera out and snap a photo of her blowing out the candles on her birthday cake, albeit being a small piece only. anyway, she got a new look to celebrate the event as well and she didn't tell me about it!

at least her birthday managed to lift my mood a little bit after getting pissed off twice yesterday. yeah i know you've been wondering why i'm so pissed these few days. i don't have the answers either. the bad luck streak continues...

i'm so excited today! of what reason i don't know. just have that feeling. and it was fun at work today with simon monkeying around. though all of us kinda miss doh's jokes. anyway, i met an interesting customer today. i didn't get to know his name but he's a nice guy to talk to. he's always cheerful and smiling but from the way he talks i know he's a smart guy. he told me he is a programmer, but he graduated as an engineer. and he is very interested in taking photographs. what we talked were mostly centered on the IT field and the programming world. he said he knows a guy who spent 4 years in mmu to get a degree in IT and the first question that guy ever asked him was "how to convert a bmp file to jpeg?". and he also told me about a guy who graduated from ukm in the same field, who didn't know that a computer needs to have a modem installed to be able to get on the internet! well, i honestly felt he was a nice guy to talk to, and i wished i could see him again...

and i'm finally able to see someone's true face...