Recap on the Year 2014.

Hey guys, it's 2015 right now! One of my new year resolutions is to become more active in blogging again. It's time to polish up that writing skill whoops.


Here's a recap on my 2014.
Lots of things have happened. Both good and bad. But I'm thankful that I'm so blessed to have more good than the bad.

January:
I started 1st year preparatory class at Brickfields Asia College (the college where i did my a-levels as well)  yup...gonna be here for quite sometime.

K also organised an early surprise birthday celebration for me because my birthday is on 1st of Feb and the second day of CNY is on this date. Everyone is gonna be back for holidays so he decided to celebrate it for me earlier. K gave me 2 birthday surprises. One with our housemates and another with his friends who became my good friends as well (wtf friend stealer lol)
Sad to say that, he failed one of the surprise HAHAHA (the one with his friends)

It happened like this, I was playing around with K's phone when he was showering. I camwhored a bit (vain oops) and looked through pictures in his gallery. When he came out from the shower, he immediately snatched the phone away from me. This has never happened before. He always lets me use his phone and never questioned me. He told me he has nothing to hide and he knows that i respect his privacy. I never snoop around his things but only use his phone functions. We also always answer each other's phone calls if one party is busy, or sometimes even help reply texts.

So naturally, I got very upset and started getting suspicious that he has something to hide from me. Like he was cheating on me or something and afraid that I'll find out wtf. You can't blame me right. Omg he gave that big of a reaction lohhh.
So then i asked him "why why, what's wrong. why did you treat me so roughly?"
He dropped the ultimate bomb "Don't snoop around my things lah. why are you looking through my phone?"
Wah he say till like this I ma even more suspicious lah.
So i said "All these while i use your phone as usual you never said anything. why suddenly now that you claim I snoop around your stuff? are you hiding something from me?"
Then he just gave me another "Don't look through my phone la"

At this point I was on the verge of tears loh. Super damn hurt and scared that he cheat on my (wtf irrational but cannot help me)  I was thinking 'sei fo loh, i thought he seemed damn loyal. can't believe i would fall victim in getting cheated.'

Then i just kept quiet and stared on the ground. Before I knew it, tears started falling. I know I damn emotional. Don't judge pls.
Then he saw me crying and asked "why you cry? there's nothing to cry about. don't cry"
Now i became super duper upset "how is it possible for me not to get upset. it seems like you are hiding something from me. i cannot help but feel suspicious. i don't have a good feeling about this. what is it? why won't you let me see? are you onto some other girl? is this what this is about?'
Can say that, from this point onwards i lost it already.

K had the nerve to just keep quiet. But then he see that i cry so quietly by myself like that so kolien he couldn't bear to see it anymore. So he exposed his secret LOL.
"No la... actually I was planning a surprise party for you. I was afraid that you happened to see the chat then no more surprise liau"
WAH I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW RELIEVED I FELT PLS.
I asked "wah then why must you be so aggressive. you make it seemed like you are cheating on me"  (watch too much drama that's why, but his actions also damn suspicious lah!)
K: ya ya i know. when i snatched the phone away from you so abruptly and so aggressively i thought to myself  'oh fuck what did i just do, this time die liau'

So yup, to help K keep face, i pretended to be surprised during the dinner but in fact i already knew the plan oops. Sorry Carmen and Louis! Love you guys! Still feel very touched kay!


February:
I went to Japan for CNY holidays and celebrated my birthday there!
And guess what! K forgot to wish me on my real birthday FML.
I was waiting the whole day for him to at least drop me a text or whatsapp just to wish me happy birthday but noooo. Until that night when my birthday was almost over, i sent him a text 'i wished you at least remembered today's date'
You know what he replied???    "What's the occasion today?"
ARGHH. And he wasn't trolling with me. He GENUINELY forgot.
After awhile then he realised: "Shit! I'm so sorry! Happy Birthday baby!"
I loved Japan but this was the saddest day in Japan for me FML.

I also celebrated Valentine's Day for the first time ever. Last time I did get flowers and chocolates from admirers but never went out with a guy for a dinner date. And even when I was in a relationship, the relationship either started AFTER Valentine's Day or didn't last till Valentine's Day hahaha.


March:
Officially got together with K for exactly a year!
Nothing much happened in this month apart from the fact that i took up running very seriously.
I started off by pacing myself and could only do 5km in half an hour, after that my battery flat already.
Shall not bore you with running talk.


April:
I remember from the span of March till May, my housemates were having a bakuteh craze. Once a week, we would wake up at 6am in the morning to travel to Klang for bakuteh as breakfast. So far this has place the greatest impression on me for this particular month hahaha.


May:
K and the rest are gearing up for their final year examinations. I am too, with my assignments. So can say was absolutely focused for this month with studies etc. And not to mention being very active in sports. Lots and lots of miles ran within this span of time haha.
Oh and I remember i purposely flew back home just to attend to my nephew's 1 year old birthday party hahaha. I'm his only aunt and self-declared best friend ma. What to do haha.

At the end of may, the housemates and I took a trip to Langkawi! It was an awesome awesome time! Really loved it! Looking forward to this year's May trip again hehe.


June:
Went back home for summer holidays. K went to Europe and I didn't manage to communicate with him for 2 weeks because Europe's wi-fi need to pay and it's expensive shit lol.
And at home I stuffed myself with lotsa fresh seafood. KL's seafood not as fresh as back home's and way more expensive. Back home, we fish it out and cook it immediately. *slurp slurp*
This month trolled with me. I wanted to go to Tawau (K's hometown) just to visit since I've never been there before. But there were so many kidnapping cases around my dad advised me otherwise. So i kuai kuai stay at home and rot haha.


July:
All my high school friends start flying back home from overseas so there was a lot of catch-up and meet-up sessions. A lot of gym time involved too. I went to gym 5 days out of 7. Lost 2 kgs one shot haha. And at home I ate clean too. Like really really clean. Everything was boiled and steam. By now I can hit 15km without feeling like I wanna die. I was really proud of myself hehe.


August:
Gym gym gym and gym. Eat clean regime. Felt so healthy.
My KL friends came to Kuching for a visit too. The trip was to prove to them that I don't live in the jungle. Dunno why West-Malaysians always have this misconception that East-Malaysians are living in kampung and are not developed at all. When my friends came, they said it was such a modern city. As advanced as KL only with a more laid back lifestyle. Not so hectic and rushed. So relaxing yet so modern. See see see. I'm glad they enjoyed the trip!


September:
Officially started life as a 1st year student! Got to see K again after 3 months! September has been all about settling back, waking up early and attending classes. No more eat clean regime cause I'm not allowed to cook in the student accommodation and KL food all so oily so bobian still have to eat to survive.
I still head to the gym regularly. This time i took up rock-climbing, bouldering and muay thai! Whole new level of fun and fitness! I like!

Also accompanied Louis and his Japanese friends who came to visit. We went to Malacca together and brought them around to try Malaysian food. They loved everything except durians HAHAHA. They smelled it and claimed it to be very smelly. After trying it, they said it tasted horrible.

Oh oh, and every Sunday i go cycling with K's group of friends too. Can say that, it's the start of our fitness training regime!


October:
Gym, muay thai and bouldering every week. Sweat sweat sweat!
Joined a 7km charity marathon called Locks of Hope. Was a super enjoyable time!
Also went to Cameron Highlands with friends. First time going there. As true as the saying, Cameron Highland's strawberries are sour. None of them are sweet lol. Each of us also adopted a cactus plant and named them. I named mine Spikey (how typical). We even have a whatsapp group called Cactus Buddies hahaha.


November:
Joined and conquered Viper Challenge 2014! I injured myself here. My kneecap popped out then it popped back in again by itself but slanted to the side causing my ligament to be pulled. Limped the rest of the 10km. But i finished it and i was glad i did! My knee was swollen and I was told not to exercise or do any active activities for 2 months. Sighhhh.

Also got my wisdom tooth removed on this month. It cost me RM2k. Yup omg so expensive. But my surgeon was very experienced and he did a super smooth, clean and quick job. So at least I'm paying all that extra for less pain and less unnecessary injury.

Also started on my assignments which carries 25% of marks for each subject. I have four subjects. This marks the day where I have to sit in front of the laptop, read, do research, and type endlessly.

I also got started on physiotherapy. Quite shiok to have someone massage your knee for you while you just sit there and surf the net. Also had ultrasound therapy to reduce inflammation.

December:
Still cannot exercise. Feel so restless. Accompanied K to all his gym activities and bouldering. Only can sit down and watched. Backside itchy wanna join too. I am still on physiotherapy but was told that my knee is better already.
Took one of the week and secretly went to play badminton (shhh oops don't tell my mom). I took it slow. Just needed to move around and sweat a bit. Mostly used my hand and didn't run around much.

Managed to throw a very successful surprise party for K hehehe! Mission accomplished! He was really happy that night i could tell  :)))

Had a simple celebration with a group of friends during Christmas.

Made red wine sangria with K at home and let it sit for a day and a half. After that we brought it over to friend's house to celebrate new year countdown. Everyone approved and said that it was good stuff hehe. Success!


So this pretty much sums up my whole year.

My current 2015 New Year Resolution is very simple (since if i set so unrealistic, sure cannot accomplish one)
1) to eat healthier and cleaner no matter where i go
2) to not start studying so last minute (which means i can start making more extensive notes and get ready for the May exams already)
3) to start writing more and start reviving my blog again
4) to start getting fit again when I am given green light to start exercising
5) to be more patient and disciplined yet live a more carefree life (because sometimes i fret over the littlest things)

I only made 5 resolutions for 2015. It's only befitting isn't it hehe.

Update soon!

Summer Break

3 months break!

What should I do, what should I do?

I currently have a lot of things in my mind that I want to do, but... secretly I know the chances of accomplishing them are very very slim. BECAUSE I AM VERY LAZY AND HAVE A SHORT-LIVED WILL. NO MOTIVATION AT ALL. Most probably will lose the kick sooner or later and just wanna drag myself around like a sloth.

The list of things that I wanted to do came out before my holidays which is during my exam week. I wanted to do something else more fun so badly other than studying. Anything to get away from studying.

But this has already happened more than once. Every year I would say the same thing, during the holidays I want to do this! I want to do that!

And… say only, never happened one.

Once it’s the holidays, I’m so contented with being a sloth that I just lie around the whole day, watch tv and surf the net (refreshing every minute, looking at the same thing and yet I still sit there beh kam guan to do anything else).

The cycle continues: eat, sleep, sloth around, repeat.

This term I’m determined to do something different and at least accomplish a few things on my list! (say only, watch me fail).

Among the things that I want to do are:

1)     Go for foreign language classes. Preferably Korean (improve more on it) or Japanese. Or Mandarin even (because I’m banana like that).

2)     Go to the gym regularly and start training for Viper Challenge (this maybe I can accomplish hahaha)

3)     Swim at least once a week (I live near a swimming pool facility. Nobody accompanies me so definitely lazy to go)

4)     Start blogging regularly… HAHAHA JOKE OF THE YEAR. See how long till my next post then you’ll know.

5)     Put my culinary skills to practice and cook dinner often (hmm…)

6)     Start going for active biking activities (*smirks at myself*)

7)  Join all the marathons available at home ground (*snores*)

8)     Go for social events more often (*screams bloody murder when being pulled away from the tv*)

9)     Follow some Korean drama series since it’s been awhile since I watched them (this I definitely can do!)

So far these are all.. anymore on the list I’ll realize that I’m a major hopeless, lazy bum  *hides from reality*

Recap on the year 2013

2013...

It marks the year I graduate high school and start on my college life..

The year I become partially legal and have some power of authorisation for certain legal procedures..

The year I stepped out of my comfort zone..away from home..away from my parent's shelter and protective wings...

The year I went and took a big exam(A levels) alone without a send off from my parents...

The year I had to start being very independent and care for my personal necessities such as food, laundry and transportation...

The year I grew up and became more patient and less hot tempered...

The year I mature in terms of mentality...

The year I found a strong bond of friendship...

The year I shared my heart with someone else... a serious relationship with a special someone...

Looking back I think, whoa... a lot can surely happen in just a year..

Turning 18 does make a change in you especially when you leave home for studies.
No parents to watch your every move, you have the ultimate freedom to do anything you like without getting found out by your parents.
From here you have to practice a lot of self-control and judge if something is right or wrong. You have to be strong and not get influenced easily by some ways of your peers that do not sit right.

The decisions you make now have greater impacts on your life. The step you take now affects the options available for the next move you can make. What do I want to do with life? What course should I take? Which school should I apply to?
What you decide now will decide your future.

Sometimes I think back to the times when I was young. Innocent and carefree. Not a thought for the world. Every decision decided by my parents.
However as a child we often demand for greater freedom, wanting to be heard, wanting to decide on certain things. But we were often cut down by adults with the ever so common phrase "You're still young. Wait till you're older. What do children know."
And now with the power to decide, we are often challenged by the decisions that we make and also put in a great dilemma when the options are not in our favour.
I guess with great power, comes with great responsibility.

However so far so good. 2013 has been great. I look forward to 2014 being even greater   :)

I Have Eczema

I know it is common for people to have eczema..but still...
I just found out recently this year after I've settled down in KL that I have eczema. My triggers are dust, dirty particles and hot/stuffy temperatures. Talk about soi lohh... KL is just as dusty as it could ever get and just as hot  =__="

For those of you who do not know what eczema is,
Eczema is a skin disorder (wahh sounds so serious). The skin gets inflamed and rashes will developed on affected or triggered areas. After that it might spread to the whole body even if it is not affected. Yes, it is itchy...  >.<     Eczema is not contagious. So if one day you see me scratching here and there like a monkey don't worry I can't pass it on to you. The reaction or shall I say the "acting up period" lasts about 2 to 3 weeks depending on different individuals. After that it goes away but will come back again whenever it feels like saying "HELLO I AM HERE AGAIN DID YOU MISS ME??". Not scientific enough for you? Read here and also sini.


So... how did I find out that I had eczema? Wah this story damn drama I tell you. Gave me quite a number of scares and emotional stress. I thought I was gonna have skin cancer, or maybe some major infection or maybe some bugs decided lay eggs into my bloodstream.

So I remember that day I sent my boyfriend off to the airport as he was having his sem break so he was going back to his hometown. I would not get to see him for a month so of course say bye bye till security check point lohh.

Anyway, I got home and I realized the bottom of my legs (above my feet, approximately at ankle length but higher a little) started getting itchy. I thought there was my enemy(mosquitoes) around the unit or something. The weird thing was it has tiny tiny hives forming clusters together. It wasn't all that scary at first, just a few and it wasn't really red or anything.

I disregarded it because I knew my skin was quite sensitive (I guess from beginning of time I already had eczema lohh. My skin tends to peel off easily even when I just scratched a little, after that wounds would form, then got scar)  because even when insects don't bite me but just land on me, I will easily get flare ups. It usually would subside after awhile but this was not the case. I did my usual stuff and thought maybe it will be gone by tomorrow.

When I woke up the next morning I noticed the hives got redder and a few more clusters started to develop. I was thinking oh no sibeh jialat (something along the lines of oh no something seems off) did I eat something wrong that I am allergic too. I started recalling whether I ate any seafood (I am not allergic to seafood btw) for the past week or anything out of the ordinary but I had meals that consists if normal food.

Typical me gave it 2 days more to check progress. It became so itchy I had to scratch. It worsen and more popped out. So I decided to call my mom and tell her about it and went to the doctor.
This was my first scare. The doctor told me I had been bitten by ticks and they had taken over my body by laying eggs into my bloodstream wtf. He said the hives are a result of the eggs wanting to hatch out of my skin. Major WTF. Wah all that emotional turmoil. I was like BO KO LENGG!
He asked me if I went hiking or someplace dirty or if I had good personal hygiene, tidy my bed etc. Wah I damn clean one okay. I have OCD so things must be neat tidy and clean! So he said maybe I just happened to be a soi (unlucky) target.
I remember thinking nooo my life is over! How now?? I don't want to give birth to bugs!!

Eh whoever is reading this and you do not have the habit of tidying your bed when you wake up you better start now! You have a reason now to tidy up. If not ticks will hide under your blankie and might just choose you to house their eggs (CHOI!) but you know what I mean lahh. Better safe than sorry.


He asked me if I wanted an injection and I said no because I discussed it with mommy beforehand on what if the doctor wanted to administer some injection for the allergic reaction and mommy said not to take it first because we are not sure and she's not here to see how my condition really is.

I think mom and I really have trust issues especially on things related to medical stuff because mom used to work in a pharmaceutical company and she does quite have an amount of knowledge on drugs, meds and also other related stuff. Besides there are so many incompetent doctors out there with all those misdiagnosis (sorry but it's true!) so we decided not to take the risk for fear the injection might not be for what I really have and might even worsen it.
So he gave me some cream for application on the affected area. Told me the cream was to kill the eggs. I asked him how long should I give the cream to work before it completely heals so that I can see if the diagnosis was right (doctors really hate me because I tend to doubt them and always give them this skeptical look together with my unconvincing "oh is it" lines)  and he said after a week I would be completely healed.

This time my doubtfulness and skepticism proved to be right! After a week + 2 days it didn't even get better. So I was in a panic state because they had started to spread onto my back, thighs and knees. I took pictures of my condition and whatsapped it to mommy. She almost fainted. She didn't think it would look so serious (I am not going to post the pictures up, I'm embarrassed). She immediately booked me a plane ticket and flew me home to consult a specialist there. So the specialist diagnosed that I have dry skin which is sensitive to things such as pollen or maybe grass so he gave me some cream to apply as well. Now the cream did work and the hives started subsiding and I was happy that I was okay already and it was nothing major.

After I flew back to KL, approximately a week later, jeng jeng jeng... it came back and this time it's worst! It spread to my hands, face and ears! So itchy till cannot sleep! I was thinking it was going to be something worst, maybe skin cancer or something. So I had to call daddy in the middle of the night and told him about my frantic situation. Because it was uh..around 1 am I almost gave my parents a heart attack because I was crying when I called. Mom said they both couldn't sleep the whole night after I called. Sorry mommy and daddy, I love you both to bits!
Daddy flew in the next morning and brought me to Gleneagles Hospital KL. We took blood samples just to make sure I don't have anything out of the ordinary or some cell mutation going on...

So the doctor told me I had eczema and it's not at the severe stage yet and have to be treated with some steroid cream. I was also advised not to have hot showers and to apply moisturizers at about 3 to 4 times daily. I also had to use sunscreen to prevent pigmentation. He also gave me some oral medication (antihistamine) to control the itch so that I can sleep at night and won't scratch. The steroid cream really worked! I tell you, it is now my best friend! But cannot use for long term, later will have a lot of side effects..drug mahh...

I have never used so many skin care products in my life at one go. Have to apply every layer of product on my skin. Some are for daytime some are for night. Really jia lat (taxing) because I cannot apply one after another. Have to give 10 mins interval so that the skin can fully absorb everything.


Now I have to wear long pants till my legs fully heal from the flare ups and also from the previous scars. Sad life. All of my pretty dresses have to stay in the wardrobe for the time being.  *sniff*   :(

I met double F's.

I met double F's. It was an insane experience. A flasher and a freak.

Here's the story:

On the Sunday (31st March) where I am supposed to meet up with a group of friends to go to church, I had a bumpy walk. As the shuttle from my hostel to KL Sentral did not operate on that day in particular, I had to walk.

The Flasher:
I took the route where it's bustling with people so that I can reduce the chances of being mugged or kidnapped (but walaoeh, took such a "safe" route also can meet a flasher.)

I walked past 7eleven near the monorail station and wala! There was this mentally ill Indian man sitting at the sidewalk with a sarong wrapped around him. Yes yes yes, you can guess what he would do next. He called out to me trying to get my attention. Knowing that he was mentally ill, I deliberately looked away to the other direction avoiding eye contact.. but..at the corner of my eye, I saw him untying his sarong. My footsteps quickened and I zoomed away.


The Freak:
So after I zoomed away, I reached Old Town Kopitiam (opposite YMCA) as that was my waiting destination for my peeps. While I was waiting, I noticed an Indian man (I AM NOT RACIST BUT THIS IS JUST PURE COINCIDENCE) with glasses, a green T-shirt and short khakis carrying a plastic bag filled with Sunkist oranges. He was a pretty neat dressed fellow. He walked past me, turned, and stared at me as he passed. I felt indifferent initially because, hey, lots of people walked past where I stand.

I started to notice him because he started walking to and fro of the sidewalk MANY TIMES (walked from my left, stopped, turned around, walked from my right, stopped, turned around, rinse, wash and repeat for more than 6 times). Every time he walked past me, he would turn to me, stare, and walk ahead again. He even tried making eye contact with me and smiled!! I started to freak out and prayed hard that he won't approach me and that my friends would show up ASAP.

I thought I was being paranoid and that maybe he was just looking at someone behind me and not me. But nope, there was no one around me. THE HORROR. Each time he passes by, he seemed to be coming closer and closer towards me. I was prepared to bail, scream and run! I have to admit, I was pretty terrified. The man finally decided to move ahead with his walking BUT, as he walked ahead he was still staring at me. The further up he went, the more he turned his head and continued to look back at me until he was out of sight.

I was tensed. I kept looking behind me and around me making sure he won't appear anywhere behind me or around me or anywhere near enough to reach out to me and grab me (yes I was that paranoid but I can't help it.)
Thankfully Angeline and the rest appeared shortly after. When we boarded the bus to head to our destination, I made sure to check behind me to confirm that the man wasn't following me and boarding the same bus as well. Otherwise, I think I would've freaked out for real, become hysterical and start grabbing stuff to throw at him or maybe stab him with something and give him a blunt force trauma.

To all you people out there, seriously, be observant of your surroundings and DON'T TRAVEL ALONE.  Get someone to accompany you! I think I am very fortunate to get away with something that might end up ugly. You never know (*shivers*). Thank God and Praise the Lord that I am safe!

Malaysian Culture: What is "Queue Up"? I tak tahulah!

It irritates me at how Malaysians love to cut the queue. The most frequent crime scene? The toilet!
Every time when I enter the toilet/water-closet, there are bound to be people coming in later and obtaining a stall first. It makes me go WHAT-THE-HECK I was here first and I have to pee first okay!

Malaysian women have this tendency to wait in front of a specific stall. They just walk straight in without seeing who was here first and zup! Once they see a cubicle door open, they rush straight for it. GRR.

The management of any malls in Malaysia should seriously put a yellow tape that says "QUEUE UP AND WAIT FOR YOUR BLOODY TURN".

There are people like me *ta-da* who have the politeness and courtesy to observe and know who was here first and let them use the cubicle first. These polite and courteous species are ALWAYS BULLIED. Heck, the word 'often' cannot even be used. I very often hear the polite and courteous species complain about the rude and no-mannered women who just rush for the stalls without waiting for their turn. Even FOREIGNERS complain! What a way to build a good image for our country.

Countries like Japan and Korea do not even have yellow tapes that says "QUEUE UP" but the people there automatically line up once the cubicles are all taken, each waiting for their turn. They are all so courteous and disciplined!! WHAT IS THIS MALAYSIA!

When I was in Korea, the toilet was filled up so everyone was queuing up patiently and there was this lady who I am 100% sure was Malaysian (because she held a red Malaysian passport in her hands and she looks like a Malaysian and she spoke Bahasa Melayu to her friend) just cut the bloody queue, walk straight in and wait in front of a cubicle! THE HORROR! So embarrassing you know!
All the Korean women were exclaiming "Bo-yah igo neun!(what is this/what the heck!)" and shooting the 'go and die' daggers from their eyes. Everyone was frowning at her. This Malaysian girl damn thick skin. She looks around, feels uncomfortable, sorta know what is going on but didn't do anything! Just wait there and went in when the person came out from the cubicle.
When she came out, a Korean lady who could speak English looked at her and exclaimed, "Do you have a bad stomach ache? Diarrhea? Or you do not learn how to queue up in your country?"  OHOHOHOH BURNNNN!
The Malaysian girl looked at everyone staring at her and she still had the nerve to tell her friend "I tak tahulah perlu queue up. Perlukah mereka tengok saya macam tu."
ERM HELLO?? ARE YOU BLIND OR SOMETHING? CAN'T YOU SEE EVERYONE IS QUEUING UP??

Just yesterday I was in tHE Spring (a shopping mall in Kuching) and I went to the toilet. A lot of people were waiting in front of the stalls and in came a few more people who just walked in, occupy the stalls before those who were already there for quite a while could go in. Surprise surprise. There was this pregnant lady who had been waiting there for quite awhile and the people who just entered the toilet quickly zoomed past her and occupy the stalls. WHAT THE HECK. What happened to humanity??
Pregnant women usually need to pee more often and they just brushed past her!

It is essential and COMPULSORY for every mall in Malaysia to put a yellow tape/line that says "QUEUE UP". We need fairness in this country. Everything is so unfair here already. We need to at least have this little rule and courtesy.

Youth Convention 2012

Sarawak Methodist Youth Convention 2012 (SMYC/YC) was held on the 3rd of December at Wesley Methodist Church Sibu. It was an awesome awesome experience! The theme was iHOG (i Hold Onto God). hee-haw, howdy!

The event itself was truly powerful. Right on the first day Pastor Arnold Oh (theme speaker) hit right on the spot. Never have we all encountered being touched by the Holy Spirit on the first day as it always happens on the last few days of the event. You can totally see how different this convention is from the past ones. All my youth members came home so passionate and fired up for God. They were all so ready to spread what we experienced to those who did not manage to go.

My youth members are usually introverts while I'm the black sheep a.k.a the extrovert. Oh boy how they changed! Jumping, singing with their heart, doing actions and clapping with joy have replaced the standing still, emotionless and the unwillingness to move about and do actions!
As SMYC is held only once every two years, we get to meet both old and new friends from previous SMYC and also the current one.


We had activities such as Fun in the Sun, visit to the Methodist Heritage museum and a trip to Sibu's pasar malam (night market). There were lots and lots of durians (king of all fruits), longans and kalangs (asian olive) all around Sibu. As it rains quite often in Sibu, we were all given an umbrella. Sadly, mine got taken away by someone else  :(

From left to right: Ashley Tang, Ashley Lai, Audrey, Selina, Selina, Heather

As usual, Bibiana and I love to camwhore

With Joshua. The buddy I met at the previous SMYC. He's so vain and loves to camwhore too!

From left to right: Sean, Andrew, Wilson, Zech, Johnno, Darren, Jason, Sean with awesome hair.

Top to bottom: Joshua and I, with Jason and Wilson, with Wilson

Johnno

With my team. Team Phillip!

Peter the awesome worship leader.

Joshua

 Team Philip!

Jason the panda lover.

Sean with a new designed specs.

Group picture with everyone in it!

 My team doing ballet.

Groupie of my youth bunch at the airport.

We had hot cup for supper. So Josh and I decided to do some commercial shot  :P

I feel artsy for Christmas! ♬

So I helped to decorate the office today for Christmas! The theme is of course a Christmas theme! When you think about Christmas decorations, it's always Christmas tree, mistletoe, giant socks, candy canes and.... *drum roll* snow spray!! (my country doesn't have snow, gotta make do)
I was feeling so inspired and you can hear me whole morning shaking the spray can up and down, climbing up the chair (because I'm not even 5ft tall), and cutting cute designs to spray on and create designs ♬
Here is the final product!

Girl Talk #1

Okay, for the opening ceremony for my first post in a new blog, I shall not talk about how this is my first post, asking you to visit often and bla bla bla. *release some fireworks* there! opening ceremony done!

I shall immediately move on. Okay boys, now if you are easily disgusted and squirmy about girl talks (body, feelings, etc), I suggest you not to read this and move on somewhere else (this is my first post after all, there is nothing else for you to read. so shoo..!).

GIRLS! I am going to talk about ARMPIT HAIR!

Yes boys, see that? Armpit hair! Read on at your own risk.

Fact: Girls have armpit hair. Yes boys, if you didn't know that.

I find it ultimately annoying to have armpit hair. Girls do not have facial hair so I do not get the point why don't we just don't have armpit hair as well. Saves all the trouble. I asked my mom about it and she responded "Maybe in the ancient times, having armpit hair is a form of attraction.*laughs*"  Seriously, mom?? A form of attraction?? Whatttt??

Whilst talking about armpit hair, my mom and I found out about this MIRACLE DEVICE called an epilator. For those of you who had this gadget long long time ago, good for you!

(I just recently found out about it thanks to my mom who loves to go on the internet to search for electrical appliances which makes your life easier. *my mom is very modern* And yes, the epilator has definitely made my life easier!)

For those of you who used this once and vowed never again to touch it, READ ON!

An epilator is used to remove your armpit hair. It has no blade. It does not shave the hair away. It PLUCKS. For those of you who manually pluck your armpit hair using pincers, the process is long, literally a pain in the neck and it gives you a sore arm AND you have to pluck it ONE BY ONE. Imagine the whole bunch of armpit hair (okay not that much/scary), and you have to pluck it one by one or it won't be clean!

The epilator practically solves your problem. They have a roller head about 4-5 cm wide. The rollers have in built pincers. A whole row of them! You don't have to pluck them one by one! The epilator will finish the whole row for you in less than a minute!

For those of you who shave, you might face a very common problem faced by those who shave. DARK UNDER ARMS. Seriously. We girls have a price to pay for something we do not want. It's either neck pain, waste time or dark under arms. What is this. Punishment??

I myself use the method of shaving because I am an extremely lazy girl. As a result, yes, dark under arms. It's gradually improving now. I will share with you the secret on how to eliminate your darken under arms later.

So to give you an idea on how an epilator looks like, here:

The Miracle Device!

The head epilator head can be taken out so that you can wash away your plucked hair. Please be aware that you cannot wash the whole body because it will spoil the motor. When the head of your epilator is wet, you cannot attach it back to the body. You have to wait till it dries.

When you epilate your underarms, make sure your underarms are not wet and don't put any lotion before you epilate. Apply moisturizer or lotion only AFTER you epilate. Oh, and tie your hair up or else the pincers will pull at your hair too! Best epilate after shower. Your skin would be smooth and not sticky. Also, it's advisable to epilate at night when you are not going out because your skin might turn a little red or pinkish.

The epilator functions on two kinds:

1. by electricity. (wire, chords)

2. by battery

I am using the one with wire attached because I couldn't find the one with batteries.

I chickened out many times before I suck it up and tried epilating for the first time. I had to hold it off many times because the minute I turned the epilator on, the sound of the motor *brrrzzz* made me sweat. My armpits became wet and I did not want to be electrocuted (from the instruction leaflet).

So one day, I just pick it up, read the instruction and placed it on my armpit.

DID IT HURT??

For the first time? HELL YEAH!

It's like you feel your skin being rubbed raw. The hair all pluck *plit plit plit*

My armpit turned red and it felt like it was on fire. I immediately put some moisturizer.

I have a high threshold for pain but it still hurt. Prepare for the worst.

During the second time, it did not hurt anymore. Your skin becomes accustomed to it and wala! No more pain! An average epilation for both side only takes me about 5 mins max.

The epilator can be used to epilate your LEGS (or even body hair/ hand) too! But I have not done it, because once you pull/shave your leg/body/hair, they will grow longer and longer. When you leave it be at original state, the hair will be in hibernating process. They won't grow any longer. Status quo. I am too lazy to maintain it so I rather not.

Now, for those who have those sad dark underarms, here is what I did. I won't say my underarms are of poster-models quality but compared to before, it's much much better.

1. rub some sliced lemon on your underarms and leave it be for about 15 mins before you shower.
2. face-wash works! because face-wash is for your face *duh* it gives gentle care and smoother complexion therefore lightening uneven skin tone. they do the same to your pits. mmhmm.
3. exfoliate exfoliate exfoliate. any scrub etc, use it. they remove dead skin cells and so on.

The reason why your underarms become dark from shaving is because when you shave, the blade shaves of a layer of your skin and all the dirt/dust clings on to the exposed surface. It becomes worst when you shave then you immediately use deodorant.

I got mine from Singapore and after conversion to MYR is costs about RM120.

For Cat-city-ers (Kuchingites), I saw Parkson @ The Spring selling it. It's a different brand. Mine is Phillips. Parkson has Braun. They do have Phillips' sometimes but it is always out of stock, partly because it is cheaper I guess. Parkson sold the Braun one for RM 200+ and RM 300+ (the 300+ has some additional function or something like that).

There ends my armpit hair/ girl talk.

Toodles and pluck away!

Men should appreciate sacrifices women make to look good!
They should give epilating or waxing a try.
Bahahaha.

Pfft, to all you women AND men out there who say that appearances doesn't matter at all as long as the heart is an angel and you do not make an effort to wear presentable clothing (yes, those people who always look like they sleep, eat, go out, and live in their pj's all day long) and have a decent/proper/neat hair, YOU ARE WRONG. Appearances DO matter but it is not the most important.
Like seriously, if you were your pj's with a just-woke-up-disastrous-never-combed-hair, do you think the employer would actually want to employ you? You look like a freak, a couldn't care less person and a sloth. It shows the employers on how you don't even bother to make an effort in things you do, so the same thing will happen in your work field.
I mean, you don't need those falsies (eyelashes), a 5cm thick foundation or the thickest and blackest eyeliner on your face, designer labels, high-heels that would kill you when you fall/help you break a leg, or those salon-ed-styled hair, but at least wear neat clothes, neat hair and a pair of comfortable shoes (not your furry house slippers). Nobody cares what you wear at home, you can be naked for all I care.


Conclusion: Appearances DO MATTER. You cannot argue with me. I don't care what you think. Blehh.