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#22 - Welcoming 2016 Quietly
It's day SIX of 2016 and here I am greeting you at almost midnight.. I haven't been in the mood of writing - or perhaps being on my computer much especially because I am home, spending my December schoolbreak with my family. Anyhow, when the midnight of first January strikes, I was back to my school, and busy cutting out journal cards and printable stickers for my planner that I didn't realised that it was new year until two hours after that. What a loser. However, there is nothing to lose tho, because I never went out to celebrate New Year, and usually I will just stay at home, watching all the drama, music or entertainment awards happening in Korea at that time.Seeing my friends on Twitter posting their latest blogpost, I felt bad for not updating anything, so I reckon I should at least greet 2016 while it lasts, kekeke~ Since I don't celebrate Xmas, so there is nothing to post about it, except that my friend and I sent a birthday cupcake to one of our favourite idols, and he received it a day before xmas and I was so happy to see him posting the picture of the cupcake on his Twitter page. And as for 2016, I don't have much expectation, but here are what I have planned so far:
- Getting a new mobile phone - I know this is not necessary, but I want to reward myself since I have been saving for it for two years. Yup, I wanted a Note5, and I have been saving for it since Note4 was released, lol.
- Pay off my debt - especially the Education Loan
- Never missed submitting my RPH - I am bad, I know, but there are times when you just don't feel like sending it off to your boss to get it signed XD
- Pack food to school - My housemates and I have decided that we should bring bento to school to save up XD Let's see how long can I survive this, or not
These are not much, but I will add more if I decided on something else too.
Good night~
[BLOG] Ramadhan Flies so Fast!
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| Image from Karen Tham |
I have been going back every week during this Ramadhan. I feel bad thinking that my parents have to eat their Sahoor and breaking fast with just the two of them. I don't mind having to drive for 5 hours just to enjoy the blissful Ramadhan with my family.
On the other hand, I've been busy with school. A few months left before the big exam for my Form 3 students and Form 5 too, and I have no idea what I've been teaching them! ahhh~ I'm screwed x___x Hopefully, they are ready for the intensive exercises I'm giving them after the Eid break. Been spending so many nights preparing the modules~ #prayshard
SHOUTOUT: I have two new affiliates, Joey and Shasha! Joey is one of my favourite Blogskinner and I always admire her designs, which are so different from the others, while I just knew Shasha form her blog, but her writings makes me ponder a lot about life~ do visit them and say hello ^^
SCHOOL HOLIDAY
So, my previous post was on the 10th of November, and today is the 20th of December kekeke~ I've been enjoying my school holiday too much eh? Yeap, more or less. It was fun to be with the family, doing things (and nothing) together and eating my heart out too. Since all the children are home, mom became so into cooking. She spent most of the time in the kitchen, which you hardly see in the other months lol. I have four days left before I went back to Johore and here are the recaps of what I did.
Parents' Wedding Anniversary (28th November)
All four of us siblings were home so we went out to our second favourite mall, Setia City Mall to have our teatime at Starbucks and then had seafood dinner.
Sister's birthday (2nd December)
This time, we went to Alamanda because daddy craved for the food court's chicken chop lol. Mom bought a ukulele and after that we drop by Setia City Mall to pick up my Boys Republic CD and bought Nanae a balloon. She's a balloon fan and we got her this customized balloon for her birthday since last year.
Boys Republic Showcase (8th December)
My long-awaited moment was here when I finally get to meet my favourite member of Touch, Choi Dabin. However, it is not Touch who came, but Dabin and his new group, Boys Republic. I didn't enjoy the event because it was a free event and people were too busy taking picture and I was too short to tip-toe and look at the stage because of the camera so I sat down at the back, listening to them. The signing session was fun, where the boys were so eager asking about my official Boys Republic slogan. Only two people have this slogan during that event which was me and Szen. Thanks Szen for buying me the slogan! Dabin's eyes were like so round, pointing at the slogan, and asking the translator noona to translate whatever he says and I replied him in English as my sister translated it to him lol. I am a bit emotional, and I even planned to beg him to sign my Touch album but I don't want the other members to feel that I only like Dabin. Boys Rep is one talented group, and they know how to handle the crowd and the fans well ^^
Mom's Birthday (18th December)
In conjunction to Mom's birthday, we all went for a short vacation to Malacca. It was fun, and minus the heat, I love everything about Malacca XD
CORAL WONDERLAND, MALACCA
RIVER CRUISE
TAMING SARI TOWER
31102013 - Lesson Learnt
How do you like the new layout? I guess it's my fault that my hitcounter is not moving haha~ I haven't been visiting my friends these days. I've been busy marking my students final exam papers, and at the same time I have to managed the post-examination activities for the students. Two more weeks before school ends, and there are so many things to be done and I have to rush myself into everything. However, as I get busier, I will get stressful, and being careful to not adding the stress by eating, I do something else. In this case - designing. I remembered back in my university days, I just can't live without Photoshop, and even during final exams, I will make sure to do something on Photoshop for a few minutes before I started studying. It has became a habit and until today, every time I switch on my laptop, my hand will unconsciously clicked Photoshop before anything else, even though I am not using it.
So these days, despite all the workloads, I spent a few minutes on Photoshop, trying to build my portfolio. It has been a while since I reopens layout request and I fell like opening it again very soon. I hope my design is good enough for people to pay. Even if they don't want to pay, they still can request for free and I would be happy enough to work on the layout ^^ Thanks to my little cousin who bought me a domain, and I hope I can open it soon.
Two days ago, my students presented their show for Literature Day. 1RK1 did a sketch version of Journey to the Center of the Earth while 2RK2 tried out Choral Speaking for the first time. I was kind of satisfied with their performance, and a little bit sad that 2RK2 did not win. I really hope they will win because of the hardwork shown by them since their first training. But oh well, I hope at least the program will be an eye-opener for the students to love English, and also as their personal experience in learning how to mingle around, cmmunicate with others and express themselves through English.
Two weeks earlier, I met Vixx for the first time. I've been hearing about this group for almost every day because both my sisters are huge fans of them. To meet them in real life is an honour to me and it has been a while since I ever felt the goosebumps of listening to live music - since A-Prince. Yes, I miss A-Prince so much but A-Prince and Vixx are two different groups that I can't compare with each other. Talking about K-Pop, a few new groups are debuting and I am anticipating for them because I am supporting the members who have been in previously debuted group. In this case, I am supporting a new group called Nu-Bility because the leader, Taehyuk was my favourite member of a group called Taken. There is also M.Pire whom I like because of their Chinese member called Red and now the group has added a new member, Lumin who used to be in F.Cuz. Korean music industry is as complicated as their fandoms. I hope they will deliver unique music which I can enjoy while supporting them ^^
21052013 - Teacher's Day and all that
While typing this post, I'm waiting for the photos of Jay Park's xMini Capsule Launching photos to load for me to put watermark. Yep, my sisters went to Singapore as we were invited to the launching of the super cool speaker inspired by Jay Park. Since my last post, every day is a busy day for me. The mid-term exam has ended and that left me with 300 exam scripts to mark (which I've finished marking 70% of it). We also celebrated Teacher's Day last week and I don't really enjoy this one because the year's theme colour was Brown. I hate it. It makes me look old =.= last year was pink and I like it XD However, the best part of this year's Teacher's Day celebration was when the hostel student threw a surprise event for all the wardens. They served us with Chicken Steak, cake, roll-down banner, fireworks and singing. They all sang this cute Malay song about teachers. The thing is... the wardens are a bunch of heartless humans so we felt so awkward and don't know how to react to that lol XD We just stood there, watching them singing, and them awkwardly clapped our hands kekeke~ Thanks to all Asbenta residents for the surprise event (you guys watched too much Korean dramas, eh? hahaha...) It was so meaningful and the best Teacher's Day gift this year ^^
Anyway, later on, my sisters and I went to Singapore to meet A-Prince. We were invited to cover their showcase and to be honest, A-Prince is not a group that we really follow. I actually listened to their song back then because it's so cute, and they were from one of my favourite group, Taken who disbanded and renamed as A-Prince, but then I stopped following them. I only know their songs but I don't know who's who. However, upon meeting them, I discovered their talents and how they actually are good looking in real life, and they are so free-spirited. You can feel them enjoying the stage for all the songs they performed, and what brought my sisters and I to almost tears was when they performed DBSK's Hug and Mirotic. We're pretty disappointed that we didn't get invitation by TVXQ Catch Me Tour's Organizer to cover the event, even though it was held in Malaysia, but then, we're glad that we went all the way from Malaysia to Singapore that we get to see five charming princes performing those legendary songs of K-Pop.
And today, I was home, falling sick. Yes, this is the second time I was down with fever this year and I am so sad that I think I've taken care of my body well enough (I consumed vitamins and calcium pills diligently compared to last year) but still, I think my body cant handle the challenge I had this year. Well, God just want to put away some of my Sins, so he put me down with some sickness~
So far, I'm happy for the past ten days because my sisters were here with me and that actually gave me strength to handle the pressure I had with my career. I thank God for giving me such an amazing family which I can turn to when I'm down, and actually my happy virus when I feel sad and breaking down.
Be sure to be back soon because in the next post, I'm talking about my new hobby XD
Happy Birthday to A-Prince's Seungjun, Nu'Est's Aron, and Lu:Kus' Choi!!!
14042013 - I love the weekend
I can say that I enjoyed this weekend the best. Well, apart from spending the weekend with my family, I prefer spending it alone, and quietly. Indeed, this weekend was nice because I get to spend the time to myself, reading novels, updating my sites, writing, playing music.. all the things I like. My housemate is here but she's doing her own thing, and that's what I like about her - knowing how I appreciate my own privacy. I don't like chattering noise and I keep my room door close most of the time because I don't fancy listening to people talking outside my room. Plus, my housemates are not fond of Korean music so I don't want to disturb them by playing the songs out loud, so I will wear my headphones. However, there are time when I just want a quiet environment where I don't play any music and I'll just sit quietly, reading or marking essays. I guess that is what I really am. An introvert. Well, socially introvert.
Alright, before you start thinking that I am a weirdo, let's talk about books. I just updated my GoodReads page with books that I have read and whatnots. Looking at the types of books that I have read and want to read, I think it can also describe my personality. Ranging from chiclits, classicals, fiction and crime, I think I read for leisure. I can't read books which requires a lot of thinking because then I can't do other work but to sit and try to find out what is the actual message that the book wants to convey. Same goes when it comes to movie. Being a BENL student, I've been trained to "read between the scene" and because of that, I can't help but to let my mind work while watching movies. My sisters hate it when I told them about the foreshadowing, the environmental clues in the movie which they said "real-time spoilers".
Here's what I'm currently reading:
And let me leave you with a cheerful song from Lunafly from their latest album, Fly To Love:
05042013 - Back on Track.... I guess~
Wow..that's a feat! I did not post for two weeks straight! -on my knees- my apologies to every one who spent a little time visiting my page and reading my rants. After the schoolbreak, things had gone pretty hectic especially the school bits. Data to key in, diagnostics to report, students to teach, public speakers to train and a whole loads of students to take care of at the hostel! I can't really complaint tho' so all I did was to focus and try to finish all the works before the deadline.
Thanks to Lunafly whom we watched on the last day of vacation, and that pretty much boost a little energy in me. It is fun because all three of us were there as fan, not media and we enjoy every single acoustic performances by them. During the autograph session, we decided to ask Sam, Teo and Yun about McFly and we're so exited when Sam said to Panana that they know McFly. Later, during Paton's turn, she asked them if they like Dougie Poynter (of McFly) but they hardly hears her tho' and I asked the boys about their favourite McFly songs. It sounds weird but how I wish I have brought our McFly CDs so we can give it to them XD I got the boys signed on my black guitar, and my sister's violin got autograph even on its case. McFly, please come here because we have almost crossed out all our to-meet idols except you! *fans nagging should end now*
Alright, back to business, there will be Public Speaking competition next week and I'm preparing my students for it. I spent the whole night preparing for the script and I'm kinda proud of it. The script is nice, and we had fun practising and trying the text with different accents. Four days before the competition and now we're brushing the impromptu speech part because that's the challenging part of the competition. There will be two debate teams too, which I plan to train, until they are ready for a competition. We hardly send representatives for debate, and I would like to try it for once, and maybe Choral Speaking too?
The weekend is here now and my family is coming to spend our weekend here ihingggg!!! *so excited!* Can't wait to see them tomorrow and have a nice day out of the hostel for a while. Then I'm working on the new layout for EmpireKiss since I have to move host, and apparently I'm getting tired of this layout too. I need something light, and more readable, and that would mean... NEW LAYOUT! haha... but first, I need to design a few watermarks because we need a new one of that as well. Till then, no photos for now, ahaxxx~ Enjoy your weekend!
Alright, can't handle a photo-less post. Here's Tham's latest picture that I took just now when he tries to distract me from watching movie~
23022013 - So much of featuring someone else
The hostel students are not going home this week, so I decided to hang out with some of them while doing my work. It was the first time I tried scrapbooking and I have to say that it is not an easy task to do. I have a student who are very diligent and she followed the tutorial on the Net and she helped me a lot with my scrapbook today. I will show you the photos later since I need to go to sleep now. I have to wake up early tomorrow. Yes, even though it is Sunday, I have so many things to do before the Sports Day on Monday.
A special shoutout to my lovely Lunchster, Timah who is celebrating her 25th birthday on the 24th February 2013. She is not my real sister but we became so close that I treat her like my own sister. We share lots of things and we have almost similar taste in almost everything. We hang out together a lot during my Post-grad studies, and now that we're too far away from each other, we still keep in touch through SNS. Age is just a number and I hope you enjoy your life right now and live it to the fullest. All the best for your future and may all your dreams come true. Wo ai ni~!
And today, my sisters and I went crazy again and we ordered 5 albums from Szen! We ordered B.A.P's autographed One Shot album yesterday and how I regret to buying B.A.P's eco-bag too early, or else I will get to buy the eco-bag for their Korea concert =.= Anyway, here's the list of the albums that we ordered today:
1. Shinee: Dream Girl, The Misconception of You
2. Excite : Try Again
3. Nu'est
4. Teen Top
Wait.. what's the other one? I thought we bought five? hmmm
and I just can't wait for all of them to arrive! Good night!
14022013 - Valentine's Day?
How do you like the layout? ahahha~ FINALYYYYYYY~!!!! Well, I don't really like the colours and headers but yeah.. I might make a new one tomorrow~