EXAMS..........

KILL ME NOWWWWWWWWWW



pre-exam period is always the worse...as the days get closer...i get damn nervous and i really really cannot do anything!! even studying gets my mind all worked up because I keep thinking about the exams and not the stuff i'm suppose to study.........

STRESSED OUT...SOMEONE SAVE ME!

Pre-exams syndrome - symptoms:

• Period a week late
• Headache
• Guilt whenever doing anything besides studying
• Even with the guilt....wants to do anything else besides studying!!

HOW LA LIKE THAT?

Manchester!

Went on the 31st of March, left Sunderland in the morning and arrived Manchester just in time for lunch at Tai Wu, famous for their cheap Dim Sum Dai Lou and Me, hungry and ready to eat!
Food is here!!Wait, before we eat, take picture first!!!!! More food came after this!!
Cherry Blossoms!!! Beautiful!
Off to the stadium after Lunch!!!!
Manchester United Football Stadium!!!
:)
Ronaldo.....too tall to kiss...(Lenz, sorry but your hubby too adorable already!)
Stadium model

The tram that brought us back from Old trafford back to the city!
Old Trafford! with my Manchester Merchandise!Us Five who went!!( Clockwise from the white shoe: Victor, Kelvin, Chee Cheong, Dai Lou, Yours Truly, Wen ying)

Tram Tracks....goes through the whole city
In the city centre!Manchester eye!! this thing is the new 'IT' or "must-have" thing in every city

Waiting for our bus back to sunderland!
A little dark but that is our bus behind us! National Express!

Hi Dad

Dad..I know that you'll be checking my blog for updates and pictures...I will soon update them when the connection is stable enough for me to upload them... I've got pictures of snow and manchester!!!


Love you......

:P

Block 6 Peeps

One of the Night clubbing at Diva/Liquid.

Kim and I, my primary school mate in Miri...reunited after like 12 years???

Me, Callum (aka Ginger Geordie) and Kimberly

Its APRIL........

..... and it is snowing!!!!

what has happened to the weather?? 2 days ago was WARM..... and now...its SNOWING!!!!! and i think this is the heaviest snow i've seen

Now, you tell me whether this weather its mad or not!!!!


-_-"

Chang Hong's Bday

Snow in MARCH

Spring Break

Its been a while since i last blogged!! it felt like ages!!!

So many things has happened since i last blog....i mean not huge life-changing things but just events that make uni life all better!!!

The last time i blogged, it was all the celebrations!! Naw Ruz with the Chester-le-Street community and then easter at Victor's place. It was all fun and being with everyone that time was just amazing!!! Gathering at Kamran's place for Feast was really refreshing eventhough i was so tired! and then sunday at Victor's place was just so much fun!! we laughed till there was no tomorrow!! hahahah...it was supposed to be like a late lunch thingy which started at 3.. but it ended only at around midnight! I didnt expect that it would last that long so i didn't pack my stuff to stay over!!! THanks to Lenz and Stella for accommodating me!!...Lenz's room is my second room in UK!! i think i've spent so many nights there already!! Thanks lenz wang!

The last week of Uni before the spring break was good. I had to prepare 2 presentations that week, one for my dissertation (Final Year Project) and one was for my Forensic Analysis. it all went well and I am very happy with them..besides the presentations, it was all fun and games....At night was board game time with the housemates (must remind myself to take pictures while playing, cuz it is so much fun). Playing board games with them bunch of people are just funny!!! Games that we play are Game of Life, Yatzee, Thief of Baghdad, Cluedo...i guess we should explore more games!!

Well, HOlidays are here and this holiday is gonna be a studying holiday...i need to remind myself that after this holidays, its finals for me and i really need to do well!! I'm not aiming for too high but i should really try my best right????? i need to allocate at least half of my waking hour during this holiday to work....maybe even more!!!! someone should remind me every hour!!!

Before all the madness of studying, my friends and I went down to Manchester on Monday for a day trip. Reach there around noon, which was good because we were all hungry and Cheryl's boyfriend, Dominic brought us to this famous Dim Sum place for Lunch... Ate so much but it was very cheap!!!! it was like half price for lunch so we ordered like crazy......ate so much....i guess to fuel up the day. Went to Old Trafford after lunch to go see the FAMOUS Manchester United Football stadium. It was huge and the shop was nice..they had so many things there.... I bought myself a Man U cap. Although im not a huge football fan, its just a must to buy something... Sorry to all those who asked me get Man U jerseys for them..its freaking 57 quids! madness okay.....thats like what RM 400 ?? siao man......wait till i become a billionaire in the UK then i'll buy them for you okay???

Besides the stadium, we didnt do much since we didnt have time, but the manchester is a very nice city!! its not too busy like London, but not as dead as Sunderland. So if you like the just a normal paced life, manchester is definitely a nice place to be.... will definitely make a trip there again....

anyway..i'll leave you guys with some pictures of the Easter lunch and also Cheryl's Bday dinner.

Easter lunch at Victor's

Victor and the Girls..

Havent played Twister in AGES!!!! testing my flexibility

Hot chicks

Lisa, Me and Lenz....people from Borneo!

Cheryl's 22nd Bday dinner at Frankie and Benny's

Kim, Wen ying and Myself

My Meatball on SpagettiChee Cheong, Cheryl, Dominic and myself

Group Pic of the night!

will upload the rest of the pictures with slide show!

Happy Religious Festivals

To all of the Bahai's out there.... Happy Naw Ruz!!!

To all of the Christian's out there.... Happy Easter!!!

To all of the Muslim's out there.... Happy Birth of Muhammad!!


As a Bahai, I celebrate Naw Ruz every year. This year is my first time celebrating it in a whole new country!!! Of course I miss home and stuff but a whole new place makes it more exciting. I went to Chester-le-Street on Thursday evening to spend time with the Baha'is there. it was a small gathering but it was good!! I haven't seen the Baha'i friends since Ayyam-i-Ha so it was refreshing to see them again!!!

Today, I'll be going to Newcastle because a friend of mine has invited us (a few bunch of friends) to go to his place for Easter Celebration!! I love how diverse in celebration we have in a span of a weekend!! LOVE LOVE IT

Well, have a good weekend guys....hugs and kisses

OH YA...I want to give a shout out to people who's birthday fall during this weekend!!!

Boo Yeong Ku (21st March)-- my maternal uncle
Wee Tee (21st March)-- my cousin
Jasmeet (21st March)-- my Rockstar!!
Lisa (23rd March)-- my cousin

hugs to the others who's birthday fall during this time....its cool because its a long weekend!!!

Peace OUT

A little bit of me!

Busy as a bee!!!!

Dissertation due on monday!!!!

will blog soon definitely when i hand in my dissertation...suddenly lost the mood to blog now......so i'll just leave you a pic of me.......

Boo people!

Malaysian Dreamgirl

I've been following Malaysian Dreamgirl ever since i heard about it, and that is before the episodes started. I'm all the way here in the UK and I am happy that this show is over the internet, so meaning i can watch it anytime I want!!!

It is nice to hear Malaysia has their own search for models, knowing that how "conservative" Malaysians are. Dressed in hot pants and bikini tops on a Malaysian show is something very new and fresh!

However, I'm not very impressed with some of the girls. I know I'm nobody in this industry or i know nothing about this kinda thing..but i just feel that Malaysia can offer much more. I know there can be more model-ish girls out there! where art thou, oh model-ish one??? :P

I know I totally should not compare with America's next top model, but i just can't help myself! Girls in ANTM are not all good looking but really have a look that make you take a second look... some of the girls in Malaysian dreamgirl are just pretty, and i feel that you can't really go that far with just pretty in this industry! as they like to say...too commercial?? hahahaha....

But there is one thing i'm impressed is at that the girls are better at walking than some of the girls in ANTM!!!!! some girls on ANTM just CANNOT catwalk!!!! OH DEAR..... its hilarious sometimes to see them walk... so that's one thing that i really think Malaysians can do better....

Anyway, i really hope to see how these girls will play out in this competition! so far i have no favourites yet, but i'm sure i'll have a girl that i want to win !!!!

Work it babes!! Do malaysia proud!

Before the fast

Before the fast begins, few days are allocated as Intercalary Days, or better known as Ayyam-i-Ha for the Baha'is. Baha'is celebrate the festival of Ayyam-i-Ha each year from sunset on Feb. 25 to sunset of March 1 as a preparation for the Fast. During Ayyam-i-Ha, members of the Faith perform acts of charity, give gifts to friends and family, and attend social gatherings.

So for social gatherings, I went to Durham on Friday to meet up with the Baha'is around the area for Chinese Buffet!!! THere was about 20+ people and it was so much of fun... more than half of them were youth which made it than much more fun!! Dinner was quick but the food was so much that i practically force feed myself!!! hahahaha....

After dinner, the youth decided to go play bowling since the night was still young. So 10 of us headed to the bowling alley for some bowling fun! I haven't bowled in a long time so bowling into the gutter was way expected. however i had a strike and a spare to cover for that!! ahaahahah

Done with one game, a few of them wanted to play with the arcade games in the bowling alley so it was fun seeing some of them on the dancing machine jumping away!!!

It was too late when it was time to go home, so i stayed over at Amy's place for the night and only went home the next day!!! I really had fun and hope to meet up with them soon ...

sorry no pics...was too busy having FUN! which i kinda regretted not taking when i came home!

Happy Fasting!!

Today, the Baha'i Fast starts and will go on for 19 days and at the end of it, it is Naw-Ruz, when all Bahai's look forward as it marks the new year for the Baha'is!!

Here's a little something about the fasting period;

As has been the case with other revealed religions, the Bahá'í Faith
sees great value in the practice of fasting as a discipline for the soul .
Bahá'u'lláh designated a nineteen-day period each year when adult Bahá'ís fast
from sunrise to sunset each day. This period coincides with the Bahá'í month of
Ala (meaning Loftiness), from March 2 to 20, inclusive. This is the month
immediately preceding the Bahá'í new year, which occurs the day of the vernal
equinox; and the period of fasting is therefore viewed as a time of spiritual
preparation and regeneration for a new year's activities. Women who are nursing
or pregnant, the aged, the sick, the traveler, those engaged in heavy labor, as
well as children under the age of fifteen, are exempt from observance of the
Fast.

"The fasting period, which lasts nineteen days starting as a rule from
the second of March every year and ending on the twentieth of the same month,
involves complete abstention from food and drink from sunrise till sunset. It is
essentially a period of meditation and prayer, of spiritual recuperation, during
which the believer must strive to make the necessary readjustments in his inner
life, and to refresh and reinvigorate the spiritual forces latent in his soul.
Its significance and purpose are, therefore, fundamentally spiritual in
character. Fasting is symbolic, and a reminder of abstinence from selfish and
carnal desires."

Fasting is the cause of awakening man. The heart becomes tender and the
spirituality of man increases. This is produced by the fact that man's thoughts
will be confined to the commemoration of God, and through this awakening and
stimulation surely ideal advancements follow... Fasting is of two kinds,
material and spiritual. The material fasting is abstaining from food or drink,
that is, from the appetites of the body. But spiritual, ideal fasting is this,
that man abstain from selfish passions, from negligence and from satanic animal
traits. Therefore, material fasting is a token of the spiritual fasting. That
is: `O God! As I am fasting from the appetites of the body and not occupied with
eating and drinking, even so purify and make holy my heart and my life from
aught else save Thy Love, and protect and preserve my soul from self-passions...
Thus may the spirit associate with the Fragrances of Holiness and fast from
everything else save Thy mention.'

SO TO ALL BAHA'IS OUT THERE, HAPPY
FASTING AND MAY THIS FASTING PERIOD BE A TIME FOR REFLECTION, DEEPENING OF
THE SOUL!

Lazy...

to the brink that i just stare at my laptop!!!

I tell you...i have been so lazy this past few weeks!! I need to start to work hard!! Exams in May and i really need to energy to start from NOW!!! at this very moment, i'm in the Uni library because the internet connection back in my room is HORRIBLE! they have been doing some maintanence work...and since 2 weeks go, the internet has been crappy!! what kind of maintanence is this?? instead of upgrading, the internet has been worse than ever!! I dont know why they have to fiddle with the internet when in the first place....there was nothing wrong with the internet!!! damn irritating lar....People have got assignments to pass up and the internet being down is not helping at all....and also people who are addicted to facebook like me...it is really upsetting with it keeps displaying "page cannot be displayed"!!!

Anyway, I'm still alive in this small little town of Sunderland. Busy with Uni and i think that takes most of my time. Assignments are pilling up and I sometimes just get fed up with it and wish i was like doing something that didnt involve my brain so much!! ahahahaha....always think how nice if i was like doing something like dance or performing arts..something so much more fun?? I really dont know why i put myself through hell like this??!! Please someone tell me lar.... Maybe in the end of all of this, i end up marrying some rich guy who can afford to take care of me and i dont have to use this degree to earn a living?? ahahah.. I really need to wake up....

I've got just a few more months and till then i need to buck up and STUDY!! I know i need chill because everytime i think about my work and exams that are going to be in May, i'll go all irritated and just can't seem to think straight! I really hope i dont go crazy just by going through all this!!!

Besides uni, everything else is fine, have been enjoying food a lot, especially this week...On valentines day, a few of us went out this to this restaurant, Wetherspoon to have dinner. dinner was good, curry with loads of spices! better than what i expected, being in a english country, you'd expect that the curry would be bleh...but this was really good!! spicy enough and full of flavour!! with naan, rice, and poppadam!! yum yum!!!

You might think that I've been spending a lot since you see pictures of me going to London twice, barcelona, shopping, going out to eat?? I am really proud to say I've been spending lower than I expected. Yesterday I calculated how much i've spent while the 5 months I've been here and I can say that I can go for a shopping spree!! ahahahah..just kidding...Dad, i know you are reading this so dont worry okay?? Love you!!

Anyway, i better get back to doing some reading!!! will upload pictures of what has been going on this past few weeks...If you have facebook, you'd be updated with all the pictures...it is just this blog that I havent uploaded any pictures to...

HUGs and kisses to everyone and have a great week!!!

Love!

Au revoir Darling Di

remember this pic??? nothing better to do right?

Hey girl!!!

Have a safe journey as you are making your way to the land down under!! Do take care and keep in touch!!!!! Make sure you have fun....make all the aussie hunks go gaga over you!!! Summers now, Beach boys and all the surfer hunks are out there....go grab some....but dont forget to share them with me!!!

HUGS AND KISSES!! miss you loads!!!

This is how i feel now...

GONG XI FA CAI!

TO ALL CELEBRATING THIS FESTIVE SEASON, HERE TO WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY, PROSPEROUS, HEALTHY NEW YEAR! MAY THE YEAR OF THE RAT BRING YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES EVERYTHING YOU WANT IN THE NEW YEAR!!

GONG XI FA CAI AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

This year is the second time away from home during chinese new year ( the first was in india). I miss home the most now, knowing that my family will be having get-togethers and the FOOD!! Yesterday, while i was on webcam with my parents and my dad's side of the relative as they were having the reunion dinner, I really felt left out and made me miss home so much more!!!

The worse part was the dinner that i was suppose to go for the "so called" reunion dinner turned out to be crap! the food was lousy and the atmosphere was pathetic. they were playing english oldies instead of chinese new year songs....you guys may think that i'm hypocritical being that when i'm back in malaysia, i always hated (or rather annoying) chinese new year songs being played in shopping complexes and in the airplane, because the tunes just get stuck in your head for so long and its irritating...BUT now being in UK..i want it played because I dont feel the festivity! I need it to feel that it is actually CHINESE NEW YEAR!!

Today, the first day of chinese new year.....if i was back home, i would be at my cousin's place, eating all the yummy food. BUT now i am in the UK, first day of chinese new year is going to the lab at 10 in the morning, eating chips for lunch and sitting in front of this PC!!!

I guess this is just another day!

For once it snowed decently

This is not the first time that it snowed in Sunderland but this is the first time it snowed long enough to actually be happy about. The last few time it snowed was 5 minutes snow that i felt it was better if it didnt snow! ahahaha... I mean this is not the first time i saw snow (first was in China), but its pathetic! I know that sunderland does not snow till its a foot tall but let it snow until we can see it on the floor alright?

But its not that fun when it snows with they HEAVY WIND!!! snow gets into your mouth, eyes, nostrils!!! damn irritating leh...walking back from class was torture the other day!! Thank God for my huge winter jacket, i was protected from the snow, which melting once it came in contact with any surface....you could see people getting wet from the snow...i was DRY (although my shoes were wet, lesson learned....WEAR BOOTS)!!!

anyway..enjoy the pictures....

My Room!!!

Dont know if you can see this or not!!! but these are pictures of my ROOM!!! My HOME for now!
will do it again.....cuz i think its too small...for now it will do

Changes in Season

As I have been here for 4 months now, the seasons has also changed!! When i just came, the weather was just nice... and now..its cold and windy, especially today!! Its so windy today that, my hat flew off while walking back home, i felt as though 10 people were pushing against me while i try my best to walk home!!!!!

Weather oh weather.....calm down...