Pink 21st

I'm now officially a lady, a 21 years old lady. Wow its already that long 0.0 21 years! And judging by the years that passed, my life has been really well, some small hurdles, a big rock on my pathway, but hey, that's all. Apart from all those, I really enjoyed my life to the maximum. 

From a naughty and super stubborn little girl, I am now grown up, being able to improve myself. I am still learning, to be a better daughter, a better sister, a better person. I appreciate everyone that entered my life, whether you are still staying here with me, or have left me. At least you were part of my life. Every single thing in my life is important, or else I would not be who I am now. 

Daddy, I know you have been having a hard time all this while. I understand, I really do. You are the greatest dad in the world. No matter what had happened, I love you, like how you love me.

Mum, thanks for raising me. I might not be the child that's easy to raise up, but I know you raised me up well, teaching me lots of knowledge. 

Bro, still remember we always argue over small stuffs since young. And we even fought before lol. Oh well that's how we "communicate" when we were young. I know things weren't easy for you too, but I'm always here for you. I hope that you will grow up being an independent, tough, and thankful person.

All friends of mine, thanks for everything, every single thing that you have done for me, that you have spoken to me. You all are my power to be strong. Friends that are far away from me, I miss you all, all the time. I wish you all well. And I will see you all soon. Friends that are here with me in this foreign land, thanks for everything, all the fun and all the surprises. Most importantly, all the love!

Look at all the love !!!

Now you know why is it called pink 21st. Pink table cloth, pink plates, pink cups, pink spoons, pink knifes, and pink serviettes!!! SO PINK! but I like hehe =P

and all the cola related candy 0.0 & mystery gift

Tiffany & Co, and flowers <3 <3 <3

All the photos above were taken from the celebration for the first night. Yeap they celebrated for me for two nights =) The second night, we went to eat steamboat at Ming's Steamboat at Morphett street. Its actually really yummy! They have 3 sauces, one that's salty, and then the middle one is peanut sauce, and then dried chilli sauce. But only the chilli one is nice, no joke.

Cake cutting session after steamboat =D One of my favourite - Tiramisu

Life's hard

Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead.

- Adele "Someone like you"

Now that we are grown up, life is not simple anymore. Remember how we used to spend time doing things that we like, playing around and just simply having fun? And now, we're facing challenges in life. Writing this post as I realised that we are now in the phase of exposing to the cruelty of life.

I'll have to admit that friendship always play a strong factor in my life. Friends are just too important to me. I have been told so many times not to trust people too much and that not everyone are sincerely nice to you. Despite that, I trust people so easily. Well, all of us have to learn in life, falling down is just part of it. I'm still learning. 

Sometimes, when you give out lots of love, you don't necessarily get them all back. But it's alright, it's just telling you that they don't appreciate your love, by telling you the hard way. Then you get to know who really love you. Yes I know that we shouldn't expect returns, but I guess it's just merely a way of differentiating who truly loves you. And for those who don't, you still can love them, but I doubt you will treat them the same for long. It's just simply human behaviour, you tends to love people that loves you back, it's hard to love people that hates you.

Looking at my friend experiencing betrayal, and knowing that I couldn't really help much, it's such a bullshit feeling. The fact that I know only time could heal the pain, I could really just hope that the sore will just go away as soon as possible.

同类

“  雨後的城市寂寞又狼狽
  路邊的座位它空著在等誰
  我拉住時間它卻不理會
  有沒有別人跟我一樣很想被安慰
  風停了又吹我忽然想起誰
  天亮了又黑我過了好幾歲
  心暖了又灰世界
  有時候孤單的很需要另一個同類
  愛收了又給我們都不太完美
  夢作了又碎我們有幾次機會
  去追
  不曉得為什麼愛又稀少又昂貴
  雲在半空中被微風剪碎
  回憶也許美可是正在飛走對不對
  啦啦...
  天亮了又黑我過了好幾歲 ”                        - 孙燕姿 “同类”

最后一个学期了，终于要毕业了。

毕业了，人生又该谱怎样的曲呢？

未来好接近又似乎好遥远，因为它代表着得在浩瀚地地球里找个点，短暂或长久，原地或迁移，那个点真的好难掌握，好难决定。

离乡背井第四年了。

四年里，进入了四个不同的环境探索。

住了四间房，读了三所学校，住了三个城市，两个国家，还有一份两个月的实习工作。

四年里，总在适应新环境。

现在，终于觉得好累了。

终于，好想放弃了。

一个又一个深夜，静下思绪，心里载着满满对亲人与友人的想念。

这样的夜晚，又如何能控制泪水呢。

泪痕载着邮差先生无法传递的思念。

感激我有这个机会，到国外见识了，也体会了异乡子的思念之痛。

很庆幸能拥有这经验，但，确实不容易。

Procrastinated post - Auckland & Rotoroa, New Zealand

TOUR MEMBERS OF NZ '11 : 

KHOR TIAN NING 

CLEMENT LOO

ANDREA LIM

HONG SHAN SHAN

DESTINATION OF NZ '11:

AUCKLAND

ROTOROA

ACCOMMODATION OF NZ '11:

YHA AUCKLAND CENTRAL

This is the second trip for the 1 month winter break. And guess what! Its an overseas trip when I'm already studying overseas (hahahhaha). In my imagination, New Zealand is a land full of farms and cows lol. I was being so stereotype of the impression given from the story books when I was young. We travelled to the biggest city in New Zealand's north island, which is Auckland. Its the previous capital of New Zealand. Its absolutely not what I had in mind like those scene in story book. hahah I know la nowadays the world has changed but still the images of New Zealand that I've pictured since young stayed in my mind! Auckland is a hectic city, something like Melbourne and Penang, but not as busy as Kuala Lumpur or Hong Kong. Those who says there're nothing to shop in New Zealand, are you sure you've been here??? There are so many shops for shopping over here! Cheap or expensive stuffs, they have it all! One bad thing there is that their roads are ridiculous! The roads are all so sloppy! Other than that, it just gives you this comfortable feeling about it, an unexplainable attractive power,a very very nice place to be! and something cute about them is that the people are also called "kiwis" hehe =)

An evidence of the road! 

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Something that we noticed at New Zealand is that there are so many Koreans there! Students or tourists! I wonder why... Most of the attractive tourist destinations are actually in Rotoroa, not in the Auckland city, we actually followed a one day tour by Grayline. It costs us a bomb! Luckily we got 10% discount and it comes down to around $280, yet it's still super expensive T.T Because of this we were totally broke and have to change more New Zealand money! Never this broke before, will never forget about it! But the bus is really cool! It has 2 levels, where the upper level is the passenger seats while the lower level is a small kitchen and a toilet! Because its a day trip, we don't have time to have lunch in restaurant, do the tour guide prepared lunch for us on the bus! Its curry chicken with rice and its surprisingly yummy! Ten times nicer than those served in the flight! Oh we had morning tea and afternoon tea on the bus too. haha at least get VIP treatment for the price we paid. 

Destinations that we've visited in Rotoroa includes Waitome Glow Worm Caves, Agrodome Farm Tour, Lake Rotoroa, and Te Puia Maori Village. Waitomo Glow Worm Caves is really really really magnificent! Anyone that's gonna go New Zealand must visit this place! Imagine this : riding on the small boat inside the cave, head up and look at the ceiling of the caves, where you see thousands tiny lights, just like a star-filled sky! Too bad we weren't permitted to take any photo or video inside. This is a photo I took from a travel website:

 

Agrodome Farm Tour did'nt really amaze me that much, b'cause I've been to a similar concept farm tour in Brisbane. But we thought we should at least go to a farm tour since we're in New Zealand lol. Some photos that I really like :

it is naturally born with the love shape1 how lovely!

In the Maori Village, we have the opportunity to experience the cultural dance performances by New Zealand's aborigine, called Maori. The dances have been slightly modernised in order to maintain interest of the younger generation and I kinda like it =) Inside the Maori village, we could see the geothermal areas that produce the gases so closely.. and the smell is definitely not nice haha.. Apparently the whole area of Rotoroa is geothermal area that's why they have the hot spring there. Besides, there is this mud pool that's like boiling @.@ and its used for many purposes.. one of it? mud masks =P

Apart from the day tour, we visited this European village, called Howick Village ourselves by public bus and walking *proud* Its established back in 1847 by soldiers from England. The story behind is something like the soldiers and their families are offered to transfer to Howick village FOC including houses and schools built in the village, but they have to live their daily life in this village for 7 years and have to protect New Zealand if its in danger. And now, years passed and their younger generation volunteer to serve in the village, as it is now a tourist attraction. The village is really a place to be! Everything in the village is well-maintained. Look at the photos : 

 

Apart from all these, New Zealand has few dead volcanoes. We climbed, okay sorta walked all the way up to Mount Eden, to have a look at a dead volcano.  It is like a very very huge lake, without water in it lol. So this is how it looks like :

And we also went to this island, where a dead volcano is situated. Look at the ugly rocks along the way! The path was just too long we din't make it all the way up.

That's all my memory from this New Zealand trip =) Oh we ate at a super yummy Thai restaurant for dinner during this trip. The reason behind is the wife of the boss of the restaurant is from Thailand, and so I'm guessing the chefs are too. The taste of the food can really compete with the restaurants in Thailand itself! One of the yummiest Thai food I've eaten overseas so far! I really wish that I can go to New Zealand again next time! I somehow really fall for it...

Melbourne, Australia

Haven't been jotting down my memories for quite a while now. Thought I should write everything that I've done in the holiday before too busy with uni again. The first day we arrived Melbourne, we straight away head to Queen Victoria Market for something super duper adorable...

BEHOLD

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OH MY GOD right!!!! damn alot of teddy and all of them are soooo CUTE and SOFT !!!  

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This is my doggie

<3 <3 <3

hahahaha I'm so happy, eventhough it has been one month since I got doggie, I am still super excited hugging it lol... I think I am kinda have too much feeling towards doggie, but hey its really super cute =D hahahah okay, back to Melbourne, or else few years later, when I read back my posts, future me will be thinking current me is so stupid and crazy lol. Melbourne has blended people from different cultures and backgrounds together. And most importantly, its a place that you could really immerse yourself in their city and feel the mix of cultures, unlike Sydney that is so hectic and what I can feel from Sydney is just another hectic city even though it also has different cultures flowing into it. Basically the whole Melbourne trip is about food, and food, and food! ahah.. Seriously, its all about food, which is absolutely good for me b'cause I love food =P Honestly,till now I still miss churros from Queen Victoria Market, its actually spanish donut but obviously not is the normal round donut shape. A picture of churros with me =)

Probably should list down restaurants and cafes that I've been too.

1. Ying Thai 2 
2. Il Dolce Freddo
3. Stalactites
4. Grill'd
5. Lindt
6. Koko Black
7. Pancake Pallas
8. Max Brenner
9. Galleon Cafe
10. Hardware Societe
11. Hu Tong Dumpling Bar
12. Roule Gallette
13. La Belle Miette
14. Pie Face
15. Lord of the Fries

So much to eat and I really love them all! No joke! Each and every one of them have their own specialties that I don't think any other restaurants can replace. I even develop my love towards crepes from this trip. It just so amazingly good, especially savoury crepes, its really yummy everyone should try it themselves! 

And we visited 2 churches which have been standing there for don't know how long. Its really great that I'm able to visit the churches as their paintings, designs, craftsmanships are unbelievable! its just like those churches that we always see in movies. 

However, Melbourne, unlike Sydney, don't have Opera House and Harbour Bridge as its popular landmarks. The nearest Australia landmark to Melbourne is Great Ocean Road, which caused us to travel for 550km for the journey. It is crazy! To make things worse, our tour guide/driver drove super fast, overtaking other buses, while the road is so winding and its a rainy day =.= Luckily the views were magnificent or else I'll kill the driver that made me vomit throughout the whole journey!

This is Melbourne Uni! Its really nice, can compete with Adelaide Uni (protective) lol... Visited Monash Uni's Caufield campus and Clayton campus as well, but its really disappointing. Clayton campus is huge but the buildings in both campuses are just ordinary buildings, by that I mean the style that's sorta in between modern and traditional. Well its my personal preference that I actually prefer such old buildings' designs. No offense to Monash student =P

Some random shots :

Bersih 2.0

Gotta admit, I am never an activist, not even someone that can tell you the full story of any political issue, not even a tiny one. But since the spread of Bersih 2.0, I am so aware, so much attracted to find out more about everything related to it. 

Some simple facts about Bersih 2.0 :
1. Its also known as The Coalition of Clean and Fair Elections
2. First public demonstration was on November 2007.
3. Latest demonstration was on 9July 2011.
4. Calls include:
    - Clean the electoral roll
    - Reform postal ballot
    - Use of indelible ink
    - Minimum 21 days campaign period
    - Free and fair access to media
    - Strengthen public institutions
    - Stop corruption
    - Stop dirty politics

Honestly, I am so impressed and proud of every single individual that attended the rally, they teached me a very valuable lesson. We, Malaysians can still be so united, helping out each other, despite the dirty politics. Their acts have shown great moral values in them to serve the same aim (Bersih 2.0 calls), treating each other as a family across the differences of race and language. Just like any other Malaysian, I know that the politics in Malaysia is just not that fair, same goes to the history in Malaysia. And thus I am slightly bias/ racist. But the videos I've watched, articles I read recently, just prove me wrong. This is also the reason why the Bersih 2.0 has such a huge impact on me, like totally crushed me down. I have been watching lotsa videos and photos and articles that my friends posted/linked to. And I cried, yes I literally cried! I am so touched and proud! They fought for us, for every single Malaysian! If you feel nothing, you are totally heartless! You are someone's child, or maybe someone's siblings, someone's boyfriend/girlfriend, or someone's parents, and so are they! They are someone's loved ones, but they are there, fighting for all of us. Not to mention that there were even old people that went all the way to KL, some went alone, and ended up being drenched wet!

This video below shows some of the clips combined together, showing the rally from different areas. In Australia, they held their rally in front of parliament house, walk along the busiest street, so what? We have freedom of speech, freedom to act! But through this video, Malaysians were attacked by tear gas and water cannons for a peaceful rally! Worse off, the people don't have any weapon on them, or do you wanna call their water bottle as their weapons? I felt so ashamed on the government and police, do the people deserved such treatments? Since young, we've been told that police will protect the citizens, police will help the weak, police is always the good guys. Well, how true is it?

The link below is a well-written confession by a participant of the peaceful rally :
http://kyspeaks.com/2011/07/10/my-account-on-bersih-2-0/

And after all the incidents that happened during the rally, guess what? Newspaper are controlled by the government to report it with a whole new storyline!

For those that don't read Chinese words, its written "The governement had decided to provide the stadium for the peaceful rally, however the offer was rejected. This obviously shows that they intend to strike on the streets in order to attract attention of others, giving other country the impression that our government is unstable, and that the authority is treating them violently".

What nonsense is this? As far as I am concerned, no permit was given to them, and that is why they held the peaceful rally on the street. 

Just wait.. Not everyone is gonna be fooled by such stupid and fake reports. The world knows what is happening. And importantly the peaceful rally had brought up all our spirits and love to our home country.

Sorry That I Loved You

Might not be my most favourite song, but meaningful lyrics, well-written I would say...





For all of the times that I tried for your smile
For making you think that I was worth the while
So your love love love love love would be mine

For sending you flowers and holding your hand
That no one was there to take a stand
But then love love love made us blind

And I`m so sorry that I hurt you
Sorry that I fell through
Sorry I was fallin in love with you
Im sorry that it came true but sorry doesn`t turn back time
For all that I have done to you
I wish that I could make it right
So sorry that I loved you
Sorry that I needed you
Sorry that I held you tight

And Im so sorry for...
Making you love me and saying goodbye
For being the one that taught you how to cry
It was love love love and it passed us by

For giving you every thing that you dreamed
For taking it back when I fled the scene
Sorry love， for wasting your time

An apology now after all of this time
Won`t make any difference tonight
But im hopin "im sorry" will open your mind
To love love love love in your life