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Don't tell me you're done with 2012 and all ready for 2013? I pretty sure we've not gotten enough of 2012, well.. At least I know I haven't.

In a few more minutes (as I am typing this post) it will be December 31st. The last day of 2012. And guess what, my resolutions list has to be moved forward but I am still a happy girl because I figured that I've definitely learned more this year compared to the past few years. And also, I had the chance to experience life aboard, to live in a wonderful place called Melbourne :)

I don't really know how to conclude 2012 for it has been way too meaningful. I can only say that I am blessed to have been able to get through all the hardship and to have been healthy up till today. Thankful to have a home to go back to and of course to still have that bunch of friends.

Let's not forget that we should show our future generations the movie 2012 and told them we survived! :P

Have a great new year's eve!

And of course,

All the best in the coming 2013! Best wishes, always! :)

A little fun!

When friends you've met overseas gather together at a place we all call home. 

All 5 of us met in Monash but we're all from Malaysia. We've decided to go on a food trip to Melaka, Seremban and around Klang. After all, that's where most of us are from. :D

Taking public transport one after the other. First the train, then the bus, then taxi? I've realized how lucky I was that I always had transport to all the places that I want to go and never had to use the public transport (although we're encouraged to do so. Lol) I've never been on a 4-5 hours ride on public transport (at least not that I can remember) and it wow-ed me how my friends used to travel when they were studying at INTEC (Shah Alam).

I won't be uploading pictures of every place we've been to because that would be too tedious and I am lazy :P Only a few group pics and some other more meaningful ones (we went to a zillion places and ate a zillion other stuff!) :)

First stop was Melaka. 

The guy on the left is Leroy. He did not follow us on our trip but was nice enough to be our tour guide in Melaka. He's good friends with Yen Jun (girl on the right). Leroy drove us around and YenJun paid for everything (of course we paid her back afterwards) and hence, they were our PAPA and MAMA! :DD

The five of us. Taken in one of the Nyonya Peranakan restaurants in Jonker Street.

A huge thank you to Leroy and Jonah for those two days of fun and overloading us with good food! :D Thank you for your time and also your effort in organising this part of our trip :))

 The scenery of Melaka at night was shooooo pweeeeetty! This shot was taken at Leroy's favourite parking lot. Lol!! Everything was about "Favourites" during this trip. Favourite shop, favourite parking lot, favourite road, favourite park, favourite pasar etc. The tour guides of each destination has a favourite.

Melaka - Leroy's favourite:

A restaurant called Wok and Pan. The pork chop is seriously not bad! Should try! :D

Next stop was Port Dickson and Seremban.

And our guide? CC and our dear MAMA! :D

In PD :) I have hair in my mouth -___- but this is the best shot with CC. So yea.. Lol.

Ok, and I just realized that in Seremban, we kept eating and eating till the extent that we didn't really take human pictures. Lol. All we took were pictures of the food we had. So.. Here's some of the good ones! :D

This porridge is LOVE! But to be honest, I couldn't tell what's in the porridge. I know there's pig intestines and pig's stomach but I can't tell properly as I literally swallowed everything without chewing (my wisdom tooth was killing me). So.. *whoops*

 What is this called again? Lui Cha is it? I don't think I've tried this before and well, I was clearly surprised to find it all minty and sweet at the same time. It was.. erm.. frankly, yucky :S But everyone else enjoyed this so it must have been good, just that it wasn't to my taste. *whoops again*

Seremban - YenJun's Favourite:

Last stop, KLANG!

The guide? Yours sincerely! :P

Brought them to Setia City Mall to kill time since it wasn't dark enough to go to i-City. Who knew we'd decide to take pictures at the fountain outside SCM. I really love that place. A great hang out for sure :))

Clockwise from top-left:

Kim Kim, Li Ean, Pei Qi and me.

From left:

YenJun, Li Ean, Me and Pei Qi :))

Group picture at i-City :)

Our plan to Broga failed because we didn't have transport in Seremban. Dang! I've never been able to go to Broga. Its so so freaking SAD! D: But anyways, I brought them to Bukit Cahaya since we're all determined to burn off the calories that we gained during the trip!

Bukit Cahaya

Self-timer because there's nobody besides monkeys. We've conquered Sapu Tangan alright! It was Pei Qi, Li Ean and Yen Jun's first visit to Bukit Cahaya. They were really proud of themselves when they've reached the top. Good going girls! :D I guess I must have really gained a lot of weight because I was really struggling to get up to the submit. I don't think I've struggled that much in the past. Bukit Cahaya really changed a lot. It's much prettier now and there're new parks..? Or maybe I've never noticed them before in the past xD

Pei Qi, me and Kim Kim. Only the three of us went inside the Rumah Iklim. Don't play play ah! It's -4 Degrees in there and we're the only ones wearing t-shirts and shorts. Everyone else is wearing uber thick jackets! We've been through intense training in Melbourne! This proved that we did not go through 9 months of unpredictable weather for nothing! :P It was cold at the start but after 20 minutes in there, we felt nothing. People were looking at us as if we're freaks! Haha! (Y)

Yeap, and that marks the end of our 4D3N food trip!

It was their first time around Klang. They were pretty excited when they saw the fountain and the lights in i-City. At first I was worried that they wouldn't like the places that I've planned to take them to. I guess it turned out pretty alright? Heh. Thanks girls, for trusting my driving and letting me show y'all the place I grew up! :DD

Special thanks to Yen Jun for planning all this too! It all started with a random statement in our practical class saying that we should meet up when we're back in Malaysia. It's all decided afterwards and YenJun made a huge effort to make this trip possible. I really thank you for giving me a chance to join you girls for such a memorable trip! Cheers everyone! :D

I guess we won't be meeting in Malaysia anymore.. So, let's look forward to being in the same tutorial/prac class again next year! Happy Holidays! :))

Pain, Gain

I realized that this blog is really gonna be dead if I don't update more often. So.. Here goes nothing!

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After 2 months of torture brought to me by my dear wisdom tooth, I had a surgery to get the tooth out of my mouth. Because the "structure" of my mouth is obviously different from almost everyone (except everyone on my maternal side), the procedure to get rid of the tooth is slightly more tedious than expected. The worst part? My jawbone was shaved off (a third of it) to allow the tooth to come out. The sound of the machine was horrible. I can actually feel my jawbone being shaved even when the anaesthetic jabs were doing their best blocking the nerves on the left side of my face. I was numbed from eye-down. 

The whole procedure took up less than 45 minutes. But now, my face is swelled up like a pumpkin. Haha! Oh well, at least I will never have to worry one less tooth to worry about :)

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A spoiled spoiled child. 

I want an iPhone, I want an iPad, I want a camera, I want this shoe, I want that bag, I want everything! But none of these things are essentials for me to go on with life. I don't need any of them, I just WANT them. Greedy as it may seem, I realized that I was really lucky. My parents seldom said No to what I want. No matter how unreasonable my request is, as long as it is within their budget, they would get it for me. I never knew how lucky I was, until I went overseas and had to control every cent I spent on myself. Knowing that each penny I'm using was earned through my parents' hard work. I started thinking twice before buying anything. I would ask myself "Do you really need it?" and "if you won't die without it, give it a second/third/fourth/Nth thought and don't regret it". I'll tell you, to push away something a girl has set her mind on buying is a darn-right-hard task. Depression. Lol.

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I've learned many things in the past few months. But one thing I cannot get myself to learn is the way to express myself in a way that I won't offend anyone. Maybe I am too sensitive, maybe I just can't talk properly, I don't know which, but I feel that I have problems communicating with people.

There's this one girl I know, we're always in a group. Whenever I say something, she would ALWAYS, ALWAYS find a mistake in whatever I say. I realized it so many times till the extent that I'm reluctant to talk whenever she's around. Once, I was just trying to say something like "You did a great job! Good for you!" to A, but she said (in a very sarcastic and insulting tone) to A "Zhi Han is just trying to say that you've never done well previously". I was like wtf?! Then again, I can't blame her because maybe I've said it in a wrong way. I really don't know.

I am very straightforward when it comes to things that I find unfair/unjust or simply just hateful. Only then, do I not care about what I say because I intend to be harsh. When I try to change a tone, people just say that I'm faking it. Sometimes, I'm really fed up with what others want of me in my speech but I can't ignore it, can I? Because if I do, it will just become more and more hard to communicate with people around me. Can anyone help me to talk properly? Loathe myself. 

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Will talk about the trip soon :)

Gonna head to bed before my face swells up and becomes worse than how it already is.

Nighto!

I tried.

I tried. I wasn't good enough.

Everyone said passing is good enough. Yes, passing is good enough to move on to second year but deep inside, I don't want to get only a pass. I want either Ds or HDs. I don't want a shitty C either. I guess I will start with the "I-will-work-harder-next-semester" quotation again.

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I'm not trying to impress anyone nor am I trying to be a show-off. I just want to make use of my time. I am trying to help because I would rather do that than to rot at home. I'm not who I used to be in this matter. You can judge me, I give no shit, but only I know what's really happening, not you.

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I used to be the only one among my friends and family (girls) that's not afraid to step out under the hot sun for hours. Because at that time, I knew I'd never get fair and I'll only get tanner. But now that I've seen a fairer version of myself, I am no longer willing to stand under the uber hot sun at all. Now I get why my friends never liked the sun. Haha!

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Now I'm bored like crap but when its January, you'll hardly see me saying I'm bored. I don't think I'd say that word at all for the month of January. I don't even know why there's so plans. Last minute plans? Crap. My timetable is just a mess.

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Just some random thoughts from my not-really-functioning mind. Good night!