Blessed !!!!

OMG ! Whoa ! Sooks just came all d way to my hse n brought me packets of NGA CHOI KAI from IPOH... n its still HOT !!! OMG ! THANXXXXXXX so much my dear Sooks! muahx muahx

Sooks is my dear friend from Vitrox, an Assistant Project Engineer, she has never failed to carve a smile on someone else's lips.

Thanx again Sooks for ur kind gesture ... looks like i wont have to wait till 2008 for a round of Ipoh's nga choi kai .. =D 'm really blessed to haf u as a friend.. 'm gonna miss u loads n miss u calling me "JAMES" .. altho i prefer it to be spelt in another way cos since JAMES IS a guy's name .......

I WILL remember to bring stuffs back for u from Ireland ! ;p

Music & Lyrics

Alex Fletcher, the oh-so-no-other-British-is-more-GORGEOUS Hugh Grant

is one half of the very popular 80's has-been band 'POP!'

Serendipity came into his life when he needed to write a lyrics for another shot at stardom!

Talk about love comes when you least expects it ... =)

Sophie Fisher appeared as his beguiling if quirky plant lady, who has a green thumb for lyrics.

To write a perfect love song together, it really helps if they're falling in love.

Alex *It doesn't have to be perfect. Just spit it out. They're just lyrics*

Sophie *"Just lyrics"?*

Alex *Lyrics are important. They're just not as important as melody*

Sophie *I really don't think you get it*

Alex *Oh. You look angry. Click your pen*

Sophie *A melody is like seeing someone for the first time. The physical attraction. Sex*

Alex *I so get that*

Sophie *But then, as you get to know the person, that's the lyrics. Their story. Who they are underneath. It's the combination of the two that makes it magical*

"It has never been easy for me

To find words to go along with a melody

But this time it's actually something on my mind

So please forgive these few brief awkward lines

Since I've met you, my whole life has changed

It's not just my furniture you've rearranged

I was living in the past

But somehow you've brought me back

And I haven't felt like this since before Frankie said relax

And though I know

Based on my track records

I might not seem like the safest bet

All I'm asking you

Is don't write me off just yet ...

For years I've been telling myself the same old story

That I'm happy to live off my so-called former glories

But you've given me a reason

To take another chance

Now I need you

Despite the fact that you've killed all my plants

And though I know

I've already blown more chances

Than anyone should ever get

All I'm asking you

Is don't write me off just yet ..."

alex *The best time I've had in the last fifteen years was sitting at that piano with you*

sophie *That's wonderfully sensitive... especially from a man who wears such tight pants*

alex *It forces all the blood to my heart*

Indulgence

i-c-e c-r-e-a-m .... who in the world shuns it ?

New Zealand Natural ice cream - all d way from New Zealand.

Why isit good? The cows there produce better, creamier, 'milkier' milk ?? Maybe..

Fruit flo (r) - the feeling of nostalgia overcomes ur feelings,

gives u a slight tingling sensation when the soft, creamy ...

play wif d taste on our tounge,

down our throat n into our stomach ...

whoa !

sensational !

i can still remember those times, when Pg Plaza was known as 'Feema'..

outside Cold Storage, there was a little stall

she blends watever ur choice, cookies n cream, honeydew, berries,

n it came out perfectly beautiful

pleasing to eyes, tempting n mouth watering!

- New Zealand Natural Fruit Flo -

Ice cream !!!! i want to eat uuuuuu now !!!!

green tea - mint chocolate chip - butterscotch walnut -

mango passion - boysenberry swirl - rum n raisin -

white satin - cookies n cream - cafe espresso -

cool banana - hazelnut crunch - hokey pokey -

SLURP ;'p

Internet Community

facebook - the new internet community ?

no wonder everyone's SSoo quiet in Friendster now.. !!

setting : BakerZin 1 Utama

time : lunch - linguini vongole ;P

homosapiens : amanda goh - has never played with friendster

wenyen - so-called not cyber bodoh

jiangle fung - helpful n nice

amandaG *wenyen! i got facebook!*

wenyen * har?really ah? (acting smart) wah u so rich go buy! APPLE rite?*

amandaG n jiangle *huh? wut APPLE?*

wenyen *not d APPLE compu---ter?*

amandaG n jiangle *NnnnOoooooo*

i THOUGHT ... it was d iBook or MacBook !!!

apalah FACEBOOK !

what is new, is new ...

This title.. 'what is new, is new' is posted in retrospect to the blog i posted d other day,

'what is gone, is gone'

Last Thurs, went to KL.
first is to get my US visa done. Damn STO.oPid kwai lo.. REJECT my US visa on Fri.

kwai lo: wats the reason for your trip to US?
me: for tourism. i'm visiting my aunt n uncle who're living there
kwai lo: when will that be?
me: *dunno how to read my app meh?* sumwhere in January. I'll be there for 2 weeks.

Thats during my mid-year break.
kwai lo: what r u doing now? working?
me: *halo? i printed my app form wif my details for u for WHAT??* Nope. I'm studying at Dublin.
kwai lo: Dublin where? U haf ur UK student visa?
me: Nope. Dublin's in Ireland. Its a part of Europe.

I wont be getting my GARDA vetting form until i reach there

but we only haf our International Student IC. *shows him my offer letter*
kwai lo: I'm afraid i'll haf to reject ur VISA application
me: huh? why???
kwai lo: ur ties r strong enuf there, but i dun see ur ties strong enough back here in msia
me: but, but, i'm only going there for vacation. *sounds 110% desperate*

its just short term. i've already paid my fees. i AM definitely coming back to Msia n...
kwai lo: *sounded harsh* I noe this is disappointing and it disrupts ur plans

BUT THIS IS JUST THE WAY IT IS.

*passes me d offical rejection letter n signs it*
$%&*^^%$#*# *i cursed n cursed as i got up the taxi n onto the lrt until i reached back home*

Fri afternoon, after the US visa interview, went over to Saw's at KLCC for a haircut..
Weeeeee.... =D .. i got new hairstylo again! this time its shorter than when i first straighten n got volume! got body! haha. sweet! everyone say its nicer. of cos! duh! that one when i first straighten is just straight gila. no stylo milo at all.

Saturday's my PMC Orientation. =D *shhh... i met this good looking subun my type kinda guy* hahaha! d moment i saw him, i went, "okaayyy.. hrm..." n then i look around summore, n wash eyes summore, n tapis all. LOL ! all in all, met lotsa very help seniors - charles, alwyn - n lotsa nice n frenly classmates - d already met jean n jo, kristina, elaine, wan lin, ajay, wai onn, jeffrey -

Sunday was sis time. Nyonya food at BibiChik for lunch. oooooooo.. Seoh was good. n d curry fish head. yum yum. best was honey sotong! ;P Went up to Bukit Tinggi. kinda diappointing at 1st, cos it was such a long n windy trip up but then after that when we reached the french theme resort, d architecture amazed me. kudos to BERJAYA group! Thanx my lovey ah chea n her bf for spending those precious moments wif me! =)

Hopefully all will go nice and well for the next few weeks to come.
UCD will be gracing my presence in : EXACTLY 1 week.

- the heavenly princess of ESPRIT -

chic. urban. contemporary.

esprit.

Esprit Clothing has an interesting history to it.

Selling homemade clothes at the back of their station wagon while traveling through California, Susie and Doug Tompkins unwittingly started a worldwide business. Despite an unconventional method of selling - from the back seat of a vehicle, their very first customers were delighted by the quality clothing that they sold which ultimately came to be known as Esprit apparel.

Esprit apparel has a certain elegance to the name as well.

A team of international designers translates the Esprit attributes into regular collections

self-confidently, naturally, stylishly and sensually: twelve collections are produced for six order dates per year and product line for Women Collection, Men Casual, Kids, edc youth, Shoes + Accessories and Esprit Sports Women, Men + Kids.

IT IS CONFIRMED...

Dear Quintessential Readers,

How r u getting on? Hopefully all is well in our land of crapperness and craziness. I'm writing in to let u noe that it is confirmed. N what u may ask is confirmed?

This, my readers... is confirmed. My address.

M3-4-1, Merville Residences, ----> this has been changed to M13-2-1
University College Dublin Belfield,
Dublin 4,
Ireland.

And, i'll be leaving for Dublin in.. less than 2 weeks! OMG! lots to be done, lots have been bought. I'm just waiting for the time where i get my @$ to the luggage and start packing!

Sadly, my IPOH trip is cancelled.. no more nga choi kai, hoisin mien & dim sum till 2008.

Sadly also, my GENTING trip is cancelled.. no more motion masters, corkscrew, spaceshot, watever coasters till 2008.

I made a new friend too, my housemate-to-be .. Apparently, her name's also J-A-M-I-E ! thats very coincidental.. and she's almost 3 years younger than me! tsk tsk. i'm old. *sighs*

Lotsa lurve,
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie

Love For Hoops

*There is a tide in the affairs of men ... which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune ...
But omitted, and the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and miseries ...
On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves ...
... ... Or lose the venture before us ... ...*

18-8-07 ... My first ever basketball tournament. One word to describe it - Ecstatic, ... and a lil disappointing. Okay, well, TWO.
Weird way to describe isnt it?

I've always loved playing basketball. the thrill of throwing the ball into the hoops is sometimes, rather indescribable. yes. its an indescribable feeling. some can do it effortlessly, while some, try throwing all their life, will still miss the hoop. This challenge, i would say, is d best part of the game. "It doesn't mean anything if you can't knock down that shot"

When i got to ViTrox, everyONE was already there, all ready and pumped up. JW got the ball rolling in d opening ceremony by hooping a basketball. Now I can see that he's really an all-rounder, not just from what I've heard from those around me... lol ! He's truly a rare-breed rite? Good in everything? *sighs* if only, if only... i can find one like that.. *slouchs*

Lost my opening game, won the next two, and lost the last. Sadly, it was one game short to qualify for the semis. To say the least, I didnt choose my team. It was fate, and luck from a lil thing we call - draw lots! Cant say i like my team, and i cant say i dislike it either. Its just one i wont choose if i had the choice... To evaluate, they probably see me as the weakest link, I'm not sure.. cos that guy, that STOOPID guy, that i kinda had mutual dislike for him, from d very beginning i set my eyes on him (not that i want to), NEVER passes d BALL to me. n the way he played, its like he nvr had d word "TEAMWORK" in his dictionary! He shoots air balls, passes air balls, and dribbles like crap. SHIT him! He nvr bothered to rotate, n the worst part, when Desmond hit d ball to him, delibrately, I accidentally covered for him! TWICE! &%$%#&#%$ *my head hurts badly now* imagine.. Desmond, DESMOND's STRENGTH! *ouch* i'm sure it wouldnt matter to hit his fat-ladden body.. (ok, i noe this is a lil too much, sorry!) well, if its any consolation, my other 2 team mates were nice. they played well. kudos!

one of d nice parts of d day, was getting to play wif 2 beautiful gems, Jia Yi & Jia Hui. ahh.. u noe how much i love children, cute ones especially.. i can just play with children non-stop, whole day and still feel energised at the end of it... well, i was kinda close wif the younger sis, Jia Yi. at first she was kinda quiet and reserved, but after that, she was nice. played ball with her. and she HUGGED me three times. that was nice aite? it shows i broke the invisible barrier she built around herself... i love hugs from kiddies. like those from my nephews Maximus, Sydney n Brandon, or Lorraine or even like those reluntant ones from E-Vien! lol.

after the game, went to a light meal at Hongkie with some of the guys - CK, Chen Chung, Desmond, Dar, & Chit Hun. Chit Hun's this new fren i got to noe from the paintball activity earlier.. kinda nice guy, and treated all of us at Hongkie... speaking about food, had dinner at Eastern Wishes at i-avenue. food there is quite impressive, of which the basil chicken, brinjal and claypot seafood is highly recommended. of cos, the mouth-watering black sesame tong yuan at Red Chopsticks is one that leaves me wanting for more !

I told myself years ago, "I'm gonna be a doctor." So, i could not play sports that harms my arms and my hands. I could not wrestle, and couldn't do anything physical but basketball. And I wasn't really that good. I'd just kind of knock people around on the court, that was my little claim to fame.
Baskteball is my passion it always will. All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood. It's not just a game, it's an addiction ...

what is gone, is gone ...

as of today, the look that made me, me, my japanese-korean look... is gone. yes, gone.

went over to grace's salon this morning for a haircut to 'discipline' my unkempt japanese style wavy-curly hair. while we were discussing what style to cut, i spitted out these words, "straighten hair how much ah?" whoa.. from then on, the ball started rolling !

2 and half hours later, voila! a whole new different me .. fringe's kinda long though but she said if she trimmed it would look lopsided so i hafta, HAVE TO bear with my fringe keep dropping down to my nose n cover half my face.. argh.. i really like short fringe !! :S hopefully, my hair wont bring along dirt and clog my pores around that area.. otherwise .....

maybe i should google fann wong and see some of her styles cos she always spots a nice straight silky long hair. oh ya, my head never felt this LIGHT before ! n my hair.. OMG, is NEVER EVER this silky soft.. i love d feel of it. =)

I'm NOT Forgetting The Old

time flies.

'm leaving to dublin on sept 4th.

new friends come.

but old ones, i will never forget u all.

thats my promise.

pau, u're my longest closest fren since std 1,

ups n downs, highs n lows,

we've gone thru so much together,

if i ever forget or turn my back on u,

pls.. slap me in d face!

panda, u're my bestest fren since std 6,

together, we achieve our dreams in med,

graduate from different unis,

but our aims n goals remain d same,

just as our frenship will be.

yy (yingyi), u're 1 of d unique-est fella i ever noe,

crazy n acuh tak acuh,

but still a reincarnated einstein,

ever since u haf lwei,

cuci mata wif u is not fun anymore,

cos ur eyes haf so called opened to one n him only!

phingy, my 1st ever fren in std 1 in CGL,

that time u were ever so pewny..

of cos i was not much different,

but at least now i am bigger, n still growing.

life in sabah sux big time,

dont worry, relax n take on each day with courage,

4 years (or 3?) will pass quickly,

the birdclub will always stand by u.

ejian, my oldest baby.

wat happened to all those LONG phone conversations?

tsk tsk

u're always d fashionable one,

those trips on ur kompressor... memang membanggakan!

*friends forever - to be continued~