I'm back!

I did not abandon my blog. I was just, urm, caught up with other stuff. I blame exams.

Anyhoo, been traveling quite a bit until recently and that has really wreaked havoc on my studying. Had been trying to stay home and study lately, but that has proved to be rather unsuccessfully though. Last night, while we were out with some friends, the remarks were like "I'm so glad you finally came out tonight!" or "So how was the exam?", which I would sheepishly reply, "Urm, its on October 30th." and then I'll get the confused look. Most of them have no idea what I do, or what I'm studying for. They must be thinking I'm really really slow for needing to study so many months ahead for an exam. Maybe I am. Sigh. But really, sigh, why do we succumb ourselves to this torture? *Just a couple more to go*

So, I was in Toronto during Labor Day weekend and that is one more country crossed out of my to-visit list! Next up, Vancouver, since I already have the Canadian visa. Must do it soon as it only lasts for one year. And I'm thinking what should I do for Christmas this year. (Already have some vague plans for Thanksgiving and if you're interested, you're invited too! Involves turkey and people. Good?) Would love to go to some islands or beaches, but then it would surely cost me an arm and a leg (and maybe a torso) during that period. What to do??

And I know I'm a bit slow, but its better than never right? Ok, I love Karen Cheng's blog! I don't really know why. Can't relate to her much, but then, it's enjoyable to read her blog. Again, I don't know why. So, here, me doing the Karen Cheng. In Boston.

Exam over, yay!

So my exam is over! I'm not exactly sure how it went, but I'm hoping that it went well. Anyway, recently I'm all excited about a lot of things. Now, bout the two things that I mentioned before, namely Toronto and yatching, I really want to do both. But now I've added a third item on the list. And that is, hot air balloon ride! I was very semangat on doing it last weekend, but then the place I called doesn't start until June 1st, and I was too lazy to call other places. So will wait for it. But think about it, hot air balloon!
Its so nice to come home and not have to worry about studying. It was also very comforting to know that during the weekend I could really enjoy myself instead of having to hurry home, not necessary to study, but just cause I feel guilty most of the time. I keep telling myself it's almost over but somehow it seems so far away.
Anyway, I went to Wisconsin right after the exam. It was a weekend getaway, the first in a very long time for me. Went to House on the Rock, which incidentally is in the middle of nowhere, and then went to downtown Madison for dinner. The House was very intriguing and also so very morbid. The themes were very boudoir in some places and it has a very musky feel to it.







Been meaning to post more pictures on that but uploading pictures is such a huge pain. And as everyone know, I'm an incredibly lazy person. That is also the reason why this post will end abruptly here. Ta!

Thou shalt not complain!

Missed everyone! That's right. Not only have I been missing from my lovely canopee, I've been missing from the face of the earth and Internet. That's because of the exam and also the new apartment which had no Internet connection for nearly 3 weeks. But I'm back now! Alrighty. It's the day before my exam and I'm grossly uneasy. It's that feeling that I get all the time where I'm nervous about the darn exam but at the same time I'm excited because I know it's going to be over very very soon. Tonight, hopefully I'd be knocked out by all the studying (or lack thereof) and wake up in time tomorrow for the god forsaken exam. Then by noon, I'll be done! Hopefully that's the last prelim I'd have to take. *Pray,please god*

When exams are over, I will be free to enjoy what's left of my life and summer. Was chatting with a friend the other day, and we were planning to charter a boat/ship/yacht/submarine out on the lake just for fun. It'd be nice to laze around with friends and sip drinks while we tan. Anyone interested?? Ehem, contact me if you are. Alsooo, I wanna go to Toronto. Be it a road trip straight from Chicago or flying all the way to Buffalo and pit-stopping at Niagara Falls first before making my way there. See, I actually have it all planned out in my head. Though there is nothing concrete planned out on paper nor do I know any details (includes having no idea on how to apply for the Canadian visa), but I could run you through a made-up itinerary that would hopefully excite you. Cause it excites me. All is welcomed!

Because I really should be studying instead of blogging, this post is longer than most of the previous posts. Why? Because of my love of procrastination and also the fact that my head is all jumbled with formulas and attempts to understand weird concepts made up by some cracked-up geniuses decades ago. Sigh.
Enuff for now. Must go back to the pits of hell for now. Ta!

I'm da coming to da DSM

Haru,

Quick update. I'm going to DSM on Friday! Yay!

But arriving like very early Saturday instead. Boo!

Though you people in DSM should still be prepared to be disturbed by me. Yay!

Ok enough, gotta go now. More later.

I will NOT complain about the weather...yet

Hi all!

I am writing because I am very bored of studying. And because I'm excited but too lazy to pack. Tomorrow will be the first time I'm sort of going away from the city since I've got to Chicago. I think this is the longest I've stayed put ever since I came to the States. I've been here for six months thus far and I desperately need a vacation. The kind where you laze around and not do anything. Yeap, like that trip to Lang Tengah, that was pretty relaxing. Eat, snorkel, swim, eat and then sleep. Repeat. I likey. Who's up for a trip like that?

Anyhoooo, to the hordes of complaining people, I will try to reply to my MSN messages as prompt as I can be. But rest assured, most of the time I do reply. Even if it's been a week or two. But I reply! Ok, I know. My bad.

Nah, some photos taken during one the friends farewell. She's going back to Malaysia and will get to celebrate CNY before she comes back (jealous betul).

It's me again

Oola,

Here are some pictures that I stole from everyone else cause I haven't been taking pictures thus far.

Stolen from Cadence, taken while she was in town with Mario.

Also stolen from Cadence. Up on Hancock Tower, you should be able to see the Chicago skyline in the picture, but cannot. Oh well.

Taken at the Pride Parade. The poodle cute hor? Her name is Yaya.

Ever since I saw that donut walking around I wanted to punch it.

Alrighty, thats all for now folks. I'm actually cleaning my house and because I love to procrastinate when I'm doing boring stuff, I uploaded pictures to my blog. How wonderful. Oh and I think I'm very confused on typing because I've been using Unix at work and now I keep pressing the Esc button and from time to time, I will do weird stuff when I'm using normal programs like Word. This is horrible. My typing is now even worse than before! How can. Ok enough rants. Gonna go clean up. Ta!

This is a happier post

Halu all,

It's been a while since I've posted something happy. This may not be a happy post but at least it's not sad. It may be stupid though, no promises.

Remember a while ago I had flying watermelon in my apartment? Well, yesterday I decided I wanted to have a quick meal, so I threw a pack of tong fun (or su-un), some vege and some meat into a pot of broth and wala...a meal. Then as I was happily balancing the big bowl in one hand, a plate of chili and a container of leftovers in another, I walked over to my desk/dinner table/coffee table/shelf/utilities table/anything you can think of. I was nearly nearly nearly there when the plate with chili decides to give way and plopped on my cream colored carpet. If watermelon stains weren't bad enough, now I had to get rid of chili stains. So much of Fantastik went on the carpet again. Aih. It's still slightly pinkish but it doesn't look like someone died here anymore though. Or at least it looks like a badly cleaned up crime scene now instead of a fresh one. I'm clumsy, I know.

Soooo anyway, I'm blogging because I want to escape from studying. Haha, yes, I blog to escape. From anything I don't want to do. Yeap. And after Wednesday, its either I'll put up a barrage of entries or there will be none for a very long time. I want to put up pictures but I'm still waiting for them from my friends here. Cannot hint on my blog cause they don't know about it. I will make sure I hint big big on MSN later. Oh well.

BTW, if you guys are thinking that I'm suffering big time in Chicago from the previous entries, I'm not. I was actually really enjoying it till like a month ago when work became busier and exams came close. And now I'm quarantined till when the exam is over. Then I will hopefully be able to enjoy what's left of summer. As I've said above, I blog to escape but then I don't blog to escape from good times, so not much good things here. I will do that soon when I'm free. But then when I'm free I want to go out and play, so hence the dilemma you see. Just want to leave a note that I'm fine and dandy again for now. But when I hit rough patches, I will blog 5 liners and get everyone thinking that I might commit suicide in a blink of an eye. Till then, tata!

June, please come.

Haven't been updating much at all lately. But now I am, so la la la.

Anyway, I've recently decided that I need a mp3 player. Badly. Cause my comp at work doesn't have the soundcard driver installed due to a bunch of reasons. So it gets boring plus it will help block out sounds when I'm doing my FAP modules (non-actsci, it's exam related). So, I went researching online and fell in love with the iRiver Clix2. One bad thing is that the 8gb version will only be released in June. I need it now!!! What will I do till June?? I'm not too keen on buying an Ipod, but if I'm desperate, should I? But I like the iRiver aloooot. AAAHHH. Dilemma.

On other notes, I wanna talk about my apartment. Ok, just the location for now. Right across of the building is......the Playboy headquarters! Yes, it is. I have been keeping a lookout for their models but no luck so far. Hehe...bet more of you wanna come visit me now huh. And right beside, blocking 50% of my beautiful lakeview is a hotel. I have full view of a lot of the rooms. One night, I was standing at the window and looking across, I was curious if I can see any hanky panky going on. But there was none. Till now, I haven't seen anyone that has forgotten to pull the blinds down. Hehe. Oh well. I do not spy or stalk ok. And down the street, there's a hospital really nearby. Just in case of an emergency, it'll be really close.

I was told that the pool in my building overlooks the lake. One day, I shall check it out. Okie, enough for now. Ta!

The world is full of hope

Last night, I went out for dinner with some friends. We ate some Chinese food in well, Chinatown, but there were so much talking going around that I didn't really enjoy the food cause everyone was engrossed in one conversation after another. They were a fun bunch. So after that, we went to play pool at a place nearby.

At the pool place, there was a boy who was working at the counter, bartending I suppose and just looking after the cash till. And there was a girl there also, just hanging around and playing with her phone. We were playing doubles so I had time to sit and look around alot and I was watching the couple for a while. They were so sweet. I think this can be accounted to the Canto songs that was playing in the back ground and the setting of the place. They were just running into each others arms, hugging, and snuggling. Then at one point in time, she jumped onto his back for a piggy back ride. It was as if I was watching a movie, and this was a flashback of the main character's first/puppy/young love. I kept telling everyone that they're so sweet, and cute. What was the comeback? "You jealous ar?" Haha, yah actually a little. I wish I was that young again, when the world was so much simpler. One of my friends there said something which I agreed was so true. *This is translated from Cantonese, and it sounds much better in its original form*
-When we are young, we are not afraid of loving and hating-
And as we grow older, we get hurt and we hurt others in the process. Then it is as if we had learnt earlier on how it will hurt if we burnt our hands, we try to keep ourselves safe and out of harm. We are then no longer the young naive girl/boy that is full of hope anymore. We are not longer not afraid.
But what I saw last night, I thought it was very pure and sweet. Yeah, in a smoky pool place.

back online!

Hi,

I've not been posting because I didn't have internet in my apartment for the past week. I think I had some withdrawal syndromes, but nothing major since I could still surf at work. Which I actually try to do minimally. So if I don't reply msgs at work, its not cause I don't like you, its cause I just try not to. Or maybe I really don't like you. Oh well.

Anyway, my apartment is still sort of bare, but its getting better. Was suppose to get a coffee table this weekend, but I'm just too lazy today, so maybe next week. I gotta get out and take a walk cause its so pretty outside. Very sunny and finally warm. I can't wait for actual spring weather! La la la. Anyhoo, so, yeah. I don't have much to say yet, but soon, I may come up with a post so long that your eyes glaze over just looking at it. But not now. Now, its gonna be a short one which ends here. Or here.

No, here.

I wish I can fly first-class only

I wrote this while I was dying of fatigue and boredom at JKF:

Here I am, at 5:30 am in JFK airport. There is still no internet here and I am typing this into WordPad first before uploading it to blogger later. By the time I reach Chicago, it should be 8:53 am local time there. That means it would have been 37 hours later from when I left KLIA. And by the time I reach my hotel, I would be dead, some 40 hours later. But die I could not, because I have a 1 pm appointment scheduled with apartment hunters to go scavenge for my future apartment. When will this long torturous journey end damnit??

I flew on MAS from KL to Heathrow and it was a fully booked flight. Which means, no free upgrades and being sandwiched for 13 hours. I've never bee upgraded for free (or with charge) before in my life. I've heard of it many times, but me, I have no such luck. So I figured maybe I would have it better with Virgin en route to JFK. Somehow, people like to go where I'm going, when I'm going. So, that’s another packed flight. The seats on V are much smaller compared to MAS (much like NWA or UA), and it’s a little cramped although it’s a 2-4-2 seating compared to the 3-5-3 of MAS. Also, the flight attendants are ALWAYS rushing on V and they tend to bump into me while I was desperately nodding off. The only upside is that V has a huge personal screen and it has a humongous library of movies.

When I reached JFK, I was really ready to stretch and enjoy some form of communication (i.e. my phone and msn!) besides with flight attendants and the person beside me. While on MAS, an Aussie dude was making conversation with me but it took so much effort as I was tired and trying to finish the first season of Grey's Anatomy (which I did), so eventually he gave up. So anyway, in JFK I thought I should get to whichever terminal that I would be flying from and stay there. *Long sentences and incoherence ahead*. That thought got me to walk really far, go on the AirTrain, get off the AirTrain, go up the elevator, then walk across the street, got some complicated instructions from a disgruntled guard, went down the elevator, walked around corner (this is outside in the cold, I only had a sweatshirt, sweatpants and slippers on), up the ramp, across the street, up a ramp again, crossed yet another street, only to be told to go back across the street, walk straight ahead and turn left. En route, my luggage, which weighs more than I do, fell 10 million times, the tiny little trolley got stuck 5 million times and the entire thing tipped over 2 million times. My hands were practically numb, toes were blue and I probably looked like some horror movie "thing". And this is not where the torture ends. Read on.

So this Terminal 3. If you are ever in JFK and is waiting for 10 hours in the wee hours of the morning and your flight should be in Terminal 3, DO NOT GO THERE TILL YOU ARE READY TO CHECK IN. There is practically nothing there but a row of chairs. No wireless internet, no cafe, no shops, no nothing. Nada. It took some effort to find the restroom and I had to go downstairs to salvage some food from the vending machine to not starve to death. I think I spent a good 3 hours on the phone, before venturing to find the restroom. When I was freshening up (yeah, still as fresh a stale fish after), some nice Chinese lady came in and tried to talk to me about some religion? Cult? I don't know. I didn't understand her that well with her and I doubt she understood me well too. After I was done, I tried to go downstairs to where I got a piece of pathetic bun initially to get some water from the water fountain or the vending machines. They closed off the area!!! Those bastards won't let me in and there was no fountain or vending machine upstairs. So I sat dehydrated for many many hours until a nice guy, who was polishing the floor heard me complaining over the phone (I also asked him earlier if there were any fountains on the floor) that I was dying of thirst, brought me over a whole bottle of water! I am forever indebted, but I did have my earlier doubts about him poisoning me and stealing my luggage. I'm still alive, so this makes me feel guilty for doubting a kind act.

Now, its 5:50 am, I have finally checked-in, got a piece of sandwich and a hot chocolate from Starbucks. My first meal in 10 hours. I thought when I have checked-in I would have wireless access. I was/am wrong. I'm still typing from WordPad. Someone kill me now. And people wondered why I didn't want to leave. Would you like to go through this torture? Are you masochistic? Huh? I hope it gets better from here.

Ps - I think this is the longest entry I've ever typed. And its really cold here. Why??!!!!!!!!!!!!1111one

I thought I was going to edit it but now I'm lazy.

No more rantings, for now

Ok, I will stop complaining now. I just don't feel like it today. Haha, but that doesn't mean I won't rant tomorrow!

Anyhoo, there is something about Asian horror movies that scare the crap out of me. Before I had to stay in dorms or stay alone, I loved them. I wouldn't even think twice before watching any. But now, I'm a pussy. Yes. Those who watched "Shutter" with me can attest to that. Yet I still always want to watch it, but I mostly decide not to nowadays. Hehe. The nearest to a true horror that I've watched recently was "Unholy Matrimony". Mind you, the movie itself isn't that creepy at all. It was the whole scenario. We went to watch the movie at 12 pm on a weekday, so needless to say, the cinema was quite empty. So, before we went in, I went to the washroom. It was dark and empty, sooo creepy. And there were 4 stalls, in which 3 doors I couldn't open, but there was no one in there! So I had to use the only one I could get into, and I think I came out in less than a minute of being in the washroom. I kept thinking what if something rolled over from the next stall or if I saw feet or if there was something hovering above my head! Ok, so nothing happened. But it was still scary. And then when we went in, there was only one other guy in there, sitting at the very end, in white. So we sat down, in the middle of the cinema and also of the row to watch. And guess what, since its nearly "Ching Ming", there are quite a number of horror movie previews. One Thai flick preview was really scary with haunted images overload. So as you can see, right before the movie, I was already on the edge of my seat. And when the movie started, the overall situation just made the movie felt more creepy than it was. Ok enough with the creepy and scary words that I keep using. But yeah, now that I will soon be staying on my own, I don't think I'm gonna be watching too many horror flicks anytime soon. Oh well.