Grandma and I are huge fans of Bros bottles. Hers is in the middle.

Grandma just left for aunt’s house in Kota Kemuning after dinner. I’m left all alone at home again. Usually I don’t have any problems being left alone, but this time, I feel lonely. Suddenly I miss her so much, even though I know that I will see her again this weekend.

Grandma lives in Ipoh. Occasionally, she visits us and stays for a few weeks. When I was a child, I used to feel safer with grandma around. When I know that she was going back to Ipoh, I would feel really sad. The house became quiet once again.

The sky is rapidly turning dark. It’s still blue now, but not bright enough to light my garden. Someone in the neighbourhood is playing with the recorder, the instrument we used in primary school. I could make out ‘Fly Me to the Moon’. I think I know who it is..

It’s nice to hear people playing music from other houses. Especially if it’s the right genre. Heheh.

I messed up my newly-bought rubik’s cube. Now I don’t know how to undo it.

Think I need to buy more of the same cubes.

Uhh.. help?

“I don’t think you’re into writing. You’re more into photography than writing.” –Peiling.

Can’t remember her exact words.. just paraphrasing la, yeaaa.. since she paraphrased me in her article. XP

I’ve been pondering to be a photojournalist. I know I know, I’m not very good, but I’ve gotta start off somewhere. There are gazillions of people who are better than me. but I enjoy taking pictures more than writing. I can imagine myself in the newsroom, stressing my head off thinking of what to write and how to start my story, just like how I always did when I’m rushing my assignment.

Every professional photojournalist had to start off somewhere, right? I will have lots to learn. I’m really excited. It’s so scary when you have to make a decision.

Bentong is a nice little town in Pahang. I think it’s a town.

Anyway, we stuffed ourselves full with delicious food for three days, from Friday to Sunday. Adam was unofficially the tour guide, since Bentong is his hometown. We stayed in the church. Free accommodation. =D

We joined their Youth Fellowship on Saturday. Mr Chin spoke on Slander. He had his rubber mouth puppet which was really cute. You could control the movement of tongue! Then, games with them was fun. It’s been a long time since I last played Captain Ball. I tried a bit of floorball too. I liked it. =)

Lotsa pictures (and a video) ahead!

Every time I look at this picture, I could feel the sour and spicy taste in my mouth.. makes me wanna eat tomyam. *drools* it was so yummy!

Amanda digs tomyam! Actually, she digs anything hot and spicy.

We had ten glasses of drinks on the table. Yep, two for each person. =p

me, Amanda, Song, Adam. =)

Next stop: Desert! First time I ate pandan ice-cream, the pastel green blob. Tasted so fresh and heavenly..

Amanda’s ice-cream ice-kacang. Can’t remember the exact name..

Adam the poser.

Jon the bimbo.

Saturday night: steamboat in church!

I have a thing for creative foods. I arranged them wan. No point la, they’re all gonna be pushed into the pot anyway. =p

Han Sze said “Eeyer.” when Adam used the ladle to taste the soup.

Jon practising his photography skills. =p

Waiyee practising guitar skill! SERIOUS okay! =p

Sunday morning: Sunday School crafts session!

Natalie (right) and her friend trying to identify fancy-looking alphabets which spelt out “Amanda” on Amanda’s jeans. =p

Natalie and her friend. Wished it weren’t blur.. not easy to shoot kids. Once the moment’s lost, it’s lost. Hence, seize the moment. Heh. =p

A little student with his lantern. =)

Simple little lanterns to celebrate Mooncake Festival. The tags at the bottom of the cans say “I am the light of the world”.

I thought it was a type of orchid. It’s actually a type of milkweed, which ants like to feed on the nectar. The owner of the restaurant was so kind. She asked about it and she gave me a stalk (with its roots and soil..) to take home! =) Now I have milkweed in my garden collection! *happie*

Did that word attract you?

I was looking at an English workbook, Exploring English Form 3, published by Penerbit Fajar Bakti Sdn Bhd when I came across this dialogue. Very interesting. Pardon the messy formatting.. tried very hard to align it but I couldn’t.

I am reminded to think before I say anything.

The difference between wearing spaghetti strap top, jeans, a kokopelli pendant on a black leather choker and black beaded bracelet in One Utama and Petaling Street is:

you’ll look stylish in One Utama, and

people think you’re a prostitute in Petaling Street.

What’s wrong with the people there?? Argh.

the blogger is off to bentong later for a nice weekend holiday of friends and food!

actually i plan to lose weight (ahem.. i’m fat, okaaay..) and shape up after my paper. but looks like my plan backfired. instead of getting slimmer, i’ll be putting on more weight!

maybe i’ll share with them.

dunnola.

maybe three days of food won’t hurt.

my exam went quite okay. i sat for Malaysia and International Relations paper last afternoon. i knew that i was frustrated and cranky because i just don’t get what i read about conflict, the united nations and malaysian foreign policy. peiling seemed to be able to get it so easily and answer questions without much difficulty.

both ju and peiling stayed over at my place since tuesday evening. ju and i had to resit the paper, while peiling was just there to guide us. i think both of them were very patient with me, because almost every ten minutes of reading something off the book about international politics, or off wikipedia, i’d moan, “i don’t understand!” i’m sorry you guys had to bear with my crankiness. =p

makes me feel like i’m a bimbo, not understanding these stuff. maybe i already am. i also felt that i didn’t know how to read english anymore because there were so many what my journalism lecturer would call ‘bombastic mr lobaloba’ words. every sentence was peppered with words i didn’t understand, and i had to flip through my dictionary to find the meaning and then get back to the sentence that i was reading and finding myself lost all over again.

i wished i knew every meaning the words like ‘regionalism’ and ‘hegemon’ off my fingertips. you know, those canggih words.

i guess flipping through the dictionary is the whole point of the learning process la. if you don’t flip, you won’t know.

my problem is, i flipped, but i can’t remember.

can’t do anything about my results now.. i’ll just have to wait for my results and hopefully i’ll pass it this time. i’ve already done my best, and this time, i could feel that it’s really my best.

My Internet connection is so horrible. I refreshed my browser gazillion times to get to Google until when I finally managed to reach Google, I’ve forgotten what I wanted to search for.

“The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” This designation goes for those who doubt God’s sovereignty as well as those who deny Him. Either He is sovereign, or He is not God. Therefore, when we become so preoccupied with and dismayed by circumstances and certain people that we doubt God’s ability to handle things in His own way, and in His own time, then we, too, are fools.