Scrambled!

I have been living here in Miri for more than a decade. But, when asked, “Where is the best kueh chap here?” or “What’s the most popular food here in Miri?”, I will completely go nuts.

Anyone knows whether the sotong bakar at Taman Selera are good or where else?

Forgive me, but I feel like a noob as a Mirian. I realised I don’t know much thing about this awesome place. Maybe because I had been shut off from the world for the past 10 years due to the hectic life of a student.

Arcade, anyone?

Seriously, I didn’t go out often and always stayed at home studying. The times when I go out were all to tuitions.

My beloved high school!

Ok, Ok. Maybe not that sad. I did go out once in a while to shopping malls. And now, I go out more with friends. But, still, I don’t know much. Plus, the places that I go out to eat are always the same and I’m not even sure whether it’s nice or not. I don’t really have good taste buds.

Anyone knows where’s the best laksa in Miri?

I’m hosting a big group of friends from West Malaysia. I’m supposed to plan everything which include bringing them to the best food, interesting places and other important stuffs. OMG. What to do?

Should I bring them to eat crabs? To where then?

Dim Sum at 2020?

Suggestions please, people! I need ideas on where should I bring my friends to and what kind of food should I bring them to eat. I hope I can be a good host and definitely, I hope they’re going to enjoy Miri!

Got to bring them to Esplanade too!

P/s: Please email me here or leave a comment for ideas and suggestions. TQ!

Long time ago…

Kristine just tagged me 2 photos of me and some old friends on facebook. Guess how long back then?

Michelle, Kim, Me and a friend (I forgot who.. Sorry!) =)

5 years ago!

We’re Form 2 when Michelle and I attended the 'No Apologies’ workshop organised by my church. Back then, Michelle was a free thinker but, look at her now! She’s not only my bestie but also my sister-in-Christ!

We’re supposed to use this picture as our Moral project!

Talking about ‘No Apologies’, I still have the pledge card with me in my purse. Anyone still keeping it?

How I miss those old days! 

Kay-Tee-Tee IV

Juniors. The juniors in my college is definitely different from my secondary school’s juniors. In the old days in secondary school, juniors are more likely to be referred as the prefects’ juniors. Not really the students who are younger than our batch.

But, that’s secondary school. Not in college.

When the juniors came in, I didn’t think I would be free or even willing to get to know them. Maybe it’s because I wasn’t close to my seniors. I was only close to Sharlyne and a few CF seniors. Call me anti-social but, not many of my seniors hang out with my friends and I. I seriously don’t know much about them.

So, when the juniors entered college, I didn’t really want to hang out much with them. But, they’re too cute to resist! Talking about the CF juniors, they are awesome. They are people who are full of excitement, enthusiasm, love, surprise, and the list goes on…

It’s really sad coz’ when I was just starting to hang out with them and get to know them better, I had to leave college. It was just a few weeks before I graduated from college that I started to join them in the library to study. It was really fun studying with juniors, with all those gossips, jokes, chats and not forgetting, the high-risks-of-getting-diabetes candies.

Cute Willy and Edwin!

Talking about studying with juniors, I also started to study with another group of juniors every night in the empty room just below my apartment. They are mostly 1-year students except this girl who everyone claimed to look like me! But, I must admit, we do have quite a few similarities.

We look alike meh? I think she looks more like Ah Ning =)

We became good friends in just a short time. Chai Lian and I just love to dig their secrets out and they were scared of us that they would tell us their little secrets. So cute of them. They are all very caring and kind to me.

Studying illegally at 2am in the empty classroom…

And sometimes I think that, it’s not always the seniors who teach the juniors but the other way round too. For me, I think they had taught me a lot of things and I’m really thankful for having them as my juniors.

 

P/s: So sorry! I don’t have pictures of the rest like, Sui Seng, Hau Seng, John and a few more. =( Got to get some from Chai Lian next time. I miss you all!

Kay-Tee-Tee III

A special post dedicated to my college’s Christian Fellowship. My little testimony about me in CF.

CF every Wednesday night.

The place I went every Wednesday, the people I joined every Wednesday and the fellowship I had with them every Wednesday.

I had learned so much about God in CF. I had gotten closer to God through CF.

As I had mentioned in my first Kay-Tee-Tee post, I had never really joined such a fellowship when I’m back in my hometown. It’s my very first time joining CF and I know it’s exactly what God wanted me to do when He put me there at the first place.

CF was where I got to know so many awesome people. Regardless of speakers, visitors, seniors, friends or juniors, they are all awesome people who had brought inspirations to my life. They are truly, a blessing to me.

I was once a shy girl who refused to lead a prayer or just even to voice out her thoughts and opinions during meetings. I was scared to say or ask anything because I didn’t want to look like a fool who doesn’t know a thing. I was just too embarrassed to do so.

But, every since joining CF, I started to open up. I started to stop feeling shy or embarrassed and asked questions when I don’t understand some things. I started to share my thoughts when my CF leader asked me to. And I started to lead prayers when somebody asked me to. I feel so good because I now know that what I’m doing are all for God. Why feel so shy or embarrassed? It’s a blessing to do it. Why not?

I <3 CF. I <3 God. =)

My New Job

I think I just got myself a new job.

Joaquina Lim Siew Siew’s PA. Personal Assistant. She calls me her secretary but I prefer the title “PA”.

What do I do as her PA?

1. Follow her around the town.

2. Manage her phone contacts (By saving her contacts into her new phone, Nokia N86 – Lovely phone!).

3. Help to buy phone reloads for her.

4. Hold the umbrella up for her where ever she goes in the rain.

5. Park her car when she on her phone (Only once and it was in a very short distance only!).

6. Keep her car keys.

7. Take photos of her events.

8. Prepare sanitizer and tissues (Dry & wet tissues) for her.

9. Breaking crabs’ shells for her when she makan crabs.

10. Guiding her a little bit on how to use her new phone.

Funny right? Haha…

But, despite all these things, I enjoy hanging out with my bestie very much (Chelle too!).

And I don’t even think it’s a burden coz’ it’s not at all! That’s what besties are for right? And I guess if I can drive, she’ll definitely be my PA too! One day larr…

Kay-Tee-Tee II

As you can see in my previous post, I’ll be doing a collection of Kay-Tee-Tee posts to conclude the 1.5 years of my life there. Reasons why I’m doing this are to share to people about my life in college and what I love about being in college. It’s definitely a blessing to be there and I hope it’s going to be the same when I go to India.

I guess I’ll continue the collection by writing about my housemates.

First day of the college, I was alone, with my sister. I didn’t really know anyone. So, while I was queuing up in front of the lecture hall’s entrance, an auntie came to me. She asked me where I’m from. I said “Miri” and she continued asking me whether I know Elise (Joa’s friend from NS and also my room mate’s friend).

I was so amazed by the auntie coz’ the girl she talked to was the one she actually know. And that was the first time I met my room mate, Oanna (Just kidding, her name is Joanna larr…).

Suraya labeled us as the 2 weird animals in Madagascar movie!

And there was Suraya, the girl who left a comment on my blog before we met. It’s such a coincidence coz’ we’re all kind of connected in all kind of ways.

Yasmin was the last one to reach the apartment. The first impression I had on her when I saw her was that she’s a very gentle but, spoilt girl. Haha… (I call her spoilt brat sometimes but, I know, it’s not nice to do so) And her first impression on me was I’m nice, quiet girl but, she then realised that it was a total opposite! Muahaha…

Yasmin is going to kill me for posting this pic up! Haha!!!

My best partner in Biology lab =)

So, all 3 of these girls who coincidentally come from KL and by all means, became my housemates. We’re all different people of different races and religions but, we managed to stay together in an apartment in peace and harmony. Guess we should be selected to be the ambassadors of 1Malaysia. Haha!

First time jogging together, 4 of us + Jun Mei + Haziqah

We grew close together and enjoyed each others’ company. We even had rankings for the most evil person in the apartment. And Suraya was No.1 because of her sarcasm, followed up by me because of my slappings and bullyings, Joanna came in third and lastly, Yasmin.

Went for a walk to release exam stress…

Not forgetting, we even made a list of guys for Joanna and stuck it to our wall for months before she tore it off. Haha! And also counseling Suraya about her ‘fly’ before finally seeing her changing her Facebook’s status to ‘Married’.

Can’t believe I’ll post this up right, Oanna? Haha!

Also Yasmin, my ALL/ALU9 housemate. The girl who always had to wake me up for classes. She’s one of my good friends in college whom I really liked talking to and also to bully. It’s so fun to bully her! Muahaha…

Studying together in library…

And if it’s not because of Joanna, I would not know how to play guitar by now. She’s an awesome room mate who’s always there to support me when I’m need them.

These 2 really have something for each other… =)

2-3-A2 is always the best! I’m going to miss you 3 girls a lot. I’m sure you girls will miss all my naggings to ask you all to clean the apartment. Muahahaa…

Ponggal Night =)

Before I end this post, I just want to thank these 3 wonderful girls, Joanna, Suraya and Yasmin. Thank you so much for filling the empty spaces in my heart, thank you for taking care of my when I’m sick especially that time when I twisted my ankle, thank you for tolerating my demands for the cleanliness of our apartment. There are still so many thank you’s I want to say to you girls but, if I am to list them all down here, I’ll take ages! But, most importantly, thank you for being my good friends.

Our very first picture together…

Promise we’ll be together again for KI, OK?

Kay-Tee-Tee I

I had learned a lot of things when I was in college. The fact that I had to be away from home had really changed my life. I had grown to be more independent, made loads of good friends and realised how important family is to me.

But, there is still one thing that had really changed me. That one particular thing is God. When I was at this small, depressing place, I experienced God.

It’s funny coz’ when I knew I was going to this college, I questioned God why?

Why must it be here?

Now, I know why.

Before going to this college, I was quite an anti-social when it comes to church. I didn’t have a lot of friends there. In fact, I was bullied when I was in Sunday School and because of this, I refused to mix with the youths because I thought they didn’t like to hang out with me. It was a big discouragement to me. I guess I was quite paranoid too.

So, I never really had the experience of serving God in church and mixing with the youths. God knew how much I wanted this so much that He sent me to this college.

God is awesome. I kind of had a mild depression for the first 3 days there. I was completely a different person. But, when I attended the college’s CF for the first time, I felt so good. So good that I feel this is home to me. I think that’s when I got my smile back.

Besides, I was elected to be one of the committee members for CF. Although it wasn’t very difficult, I took it as God’s blessing. I enjoyed every single time I had in CF with my friends. And that was also the time I started to learn guitar and play for CF.

Nilai Chinese Methodist Church was the church I had been attending when I was there. It’s a small church but, the pastors, members and youths there are amazing people. I also got the chance to serve in the Tertiary Youth Fellowship as one of the committee members.

I really liked it there as it’s my very first time getting along well with the youths. Although we’re from different colleges, they are so friendly and nice.

If it wasn’t because of Agnes, I would not have the chance to play guitar for church too. Awesome experience.

Just like what many of us agree on, it’s always the people of Kay-Tee-Tee that kept us going. For me, it’s not only the people but, Him too.

Reunion with Best Friends

I just came back to Miri last Sunday and got to meet up with my besties. And also to spend time with Sherp!!! Btw, all the pics are taken from Sherp’s new SLR (Canon EOS 500D) so, they are super nice! All either taken by Ivan or Sherp.

Joa and I

The first gathering we had was at Bintang Megamall. Ivan came to my place first to teach my some photoshop skills and also on how to use an SLR. Then, Joa came to fetch us, Ivan, Sherp and I, to Bintang Megamall.

Ivan, me and Joa =)

We didn’t do much there though. We had lunch at Secret Recipe. Not as satisfying as we thought it would be. The Chicken Cordon Bleu was a big disappointment.

Eating Secret Recipe’s brownies.. Not as nice as I thought it should be…

After that, we went to Starbucks for drinks. We sat down to talk and talk. Really miss talking to them! So many things to talk about but, too little time… =(

3 of us again, at Starbucks. Very little pics of Sherp coz’ she kept taking pics of us. Tnx Sherp, muaks!

Later, we went to watch the Treasure Hunt prize giving ceremony. Lynna’s team won first. Really proud of her. =) Then, we wanted to go catch a movie but there was nothing to watch! I miss GSC and TGV. So, we went to Coffee Bean for second round of drinks again.

Ivan’s espresso. Pic taken by him but, the curves are edited by me! Muahaha…

It was great meeting my besties again. I miss them sooooo much! But, we couldn’t meet up that often coz’ Ivan is leaving Miri soon and Joa’s going Taiwan next month too. =( I’m still going to meet Joa again but, I don’t know when I’m going to meet Ivan again after this year since he wouldn’t be coming back often and I’ll be leaving for India too next year.

Well, guess that’s what Facebook, Twitter and MSN are created for!

Prom Graduation Night

We just had our prom graduation night last Saturday. It was an awesome and fantastic night to remember!

Me & Christine during the rehearsal.. I was so tired!!

Everybody really took the effort to dress up nice for this event of the year. Well, I must admit that I had a difficult time finding a dress and had myself ended buying a quite expensive dress. I felt quite bad at first for buying such an expensive dress but, it’s once in a while that I could attend such event.

Full length pic of me =)

With the white rose! Don’t know why I looked different.. =( Maybe coz’ of the lipstick?

My friends and I did a musical performance. It was a blast and we all did a great job since we kind of screwed up the rehearsal. So, before performing, Christine, Hui Fen and I said a short prayer about it and it went well! I shall try get pictures from friends on the musical since I forgot to ask my housemates to take for me. =P

Suraya, me and Haziqah!

With Chai Lian, my study buddy! =P

The whole night was mostly about us taking millions of pictures! Except that I didn’t take that much since I was a little bit tired.

My housemates (Suraya, Yasmin and Joanna) + neighbour (Haziqah)!      

I had loads of fun. It was really meaningful since we wouldn’t be seeing each other in a few months time. Gonna miss all my Kay-Tee-Tee friends! Gonna miss all my CF buddies very much! Honestly, I wouldn’t miss the college but, I will definitely miss all my friends.

Hui Zhi, Christine, me, Joanna and Sylvia =)