A life full of colours...

Portugal was cold and hot, more precise, windy yet sunny.

Loads of pics but dont think I have time to upload them now.

Exams in less than one month. Feels quite screwed up this time...


*the good stuff we bought home*

xx

Life is often filled with mysteries..

We will never understand how other ppl think nor will someone else totally understand and comprehend things we do or say.. except God of course=)

I've never liked being in the middle, but often I find myself in that position... hmmmm, probably a time to polish my communication skills? Nah, not worth the complications and things which arises with it..

I'm currently working on my worst group assignment ever. There's this uncooperative group member who is enjoys working on his own. Finished his stuff without discussing with us, switched off his mobile when I tried to call, passed us a badly done report with a note saying we can change anything in his work or if not, we can just submit his copy=.='' arrggghhh!!! it's just so hard to work with him...
Plus with the lecturer, I've totally lost my interest in getting this assignment done. Probably you would say who likes assignments? The mood of getting this one done is just totally different... oh well, must constantly remind myself that skills such as problem solving and communication and frustration management is gain throughout this assignment!

It's gonna be December tomorrow! Which means,
1. Term's gonna end in less than 2 weeks.
2. Assignment's due in 7 days.
3. Holidays will be here soon=)
4. It's getting really really cold =(
5. Christmas is round the corner.
6. 2010 will be here soon than we can imagine...

Will post my house dinner pics when I'm free... wonder when will that be??
Gotta do research for Thursday but I've been so slow... Motivation, where art thou?

The highlight of yesterday's Sunday School Study:

Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Your name,
Your kingdom come, Your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
Forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Lead us not into temptations,
but deliver us from the evil one.
For the kingdom, the glory and the power are Yours now and forever.
AMEN.

I overslept this morning and missed my last business finance lecture for the term =S
Not good...

Baked with Hui Ann last last friday..
She made a banana cake while I made chocolate cheese cake




Last week, I decided to try muffins. The first batch was oat chocolate chip muffins. I think they were still ok but the chocolate muffins I made the next day was ermmm too salty.. used salted butter instead of unsalted butter.. lols..


my oat chocolate chip muffins.

I miss baking or making smthg with Sarah................

Gonna try a different muffin this week=)

Time has been put backwards,
Leaves are yellow,
Trees are balding,
Chilly wind sends a shiver down my spine,
Welcome back again!

To my one and only roommate!!!


Arghh, my face used to be so sharp....=(

Happy 21st birthday!!!

It's just so sad that it's my 2nd year not spending your birthday with you...
I miss you ok???

I really hope you had a great birthday back home with your friends...

pls: I forgot all my bahasa indonesia now... but my cantonese is quite ok now...hehehe...

Hi all,

I'm finally back at Uni now!! Started my 3rd year last last Monday and it's a bit scary...Loads of work...bluekk.. Mixed feelings and words cant describe how I feel...lol...

Met a whole bunch of Malaysians during our first Malaysian society welcome dinner last Sunday... So many ppl doing law and pharmacy and 10 students from MARA are doing medicine... Cardiff's Asian population is growing!! =D

Looking forward to a productive and great year!

love,
mei

Various stalls along the streets in Venice,







Some cheese stuff...

The first evening after Anna got back, we went for predrinks before dinner but we ended up there for 5 hours.... there was a band playing and I got to meet Anna's best friend


Spirtz, a typical Venetian cocktail


Anna


Anna, Anna's best friend- Anna, Martina, Martina's best friends, Alessia and Dario (who are a couple)
I thought it was just great to meet Anna's and Martina's best friends.. Anna and Martina were good friends in Cardiff and they've not met each other's best friends so yea, it was a good time of fellowship and drinks...lol..




I had a lot ice-cream there, and in just 2 days..... I had

Fruits of the Forest @ Berscia


Peach and Yogurt... I know it looks funny


Malaga


Pistacchio, Tiramisu and strecciatella = pistacchio was good...


Cant remember now...

and my last gelato was when I was leaving that morning.. Batt went dead then...
And so, I had 6 gelatos and 13 flavours in 2 days...hehehe...


me=)

Venezia was awesome!!

I must admit that impulse flight buying isnt great but I've definitely learned my lesson..

It all started with me stumbling upon Ryanair's website and found out that they were having a promotion. So I bought a return ticket to Milan but only to find out later on that Anna would not be in Milan cause she was going to have exams. Thus, I decided to visit Martina and Anna in Venice. So glad I did cause I had a great time there :) Was thankful for a good trip and sunny weather!

Venice is beautiful, rich in heritage and architecture designs. However, no green, just cement tiles and water. No car traffic but human traffic.. Well, since young, when I watch movies where they filmed parts of Venice and I just go wow, so beautiful! Yes, wow, it's amazing to be there to see another amazing creation of our Lord!


From Bristol...


Reaching Milan..


Bergamo Train Station


Some church


In Bergamo City


Took the train to Venice from Bergamo and stopped at Brescia.


Brescia train station


A massive flowerpot outside the station...


On the way there, I saw many new modern buildings. In my mind, ermm... that's not what I had in mind.. But when I reached Venice, *all smiles* , a river right outside the train station.


That night, Martina brought me to meet her friends, Dede and Anna(this is a different Anna). Anna's a really sweet girl who's doing languages as well.. She told me a few interesting things ie look at a building. There's usually 3 floors. But when you see a door at the side,
it only brings you to the ground floor only. To get to the 2nd or 3rd floor, there would be another door but somewhere else...lol

Martina, me and Anna


The only wooden bridge in Venice!

Then Martina brought me to some square where there's Museum Duamo.

The Museum, where it used to be a palace and prison and cemetery...


This is the sighing bridge. It's where prisoners have a last look at the outside world before having their last meal and then being executed. It's joined to the museum..

Martina bought me to this pillar and told me a story.. Here it goes;)


Boy meets after girl..


Boy goes after girl...


Girl accepts boy....


Then they get married....


Their first night...


Their baby...


Grew up to be a young child.....


Then their child dies....
Sad story....


The other side of the museum..


more structures..


and more...


This is the clock tower(i think) which collapsed and was rebuilt.. tall high tower...




See the 4 horses there? There's a myth about them...
The 4 horses were once stolen by someone(cant remember who now, think its Hitler). So when the Venetians got them back, the rubies at the eyes of the horses were missing. So at night, the horses would come down and try look for their 'eyes'. But as they were blind, of course they couldnt find them. And at the square, there would be hundreds of lights lit up at night to be like shining rubies so the horses would not be looking for their 'eyes'.


Me=)


This building has been burnt down due to a fire once but the last pillar on the left is rebuilt according the original structure which has been there since the 1600.


Those are trading ships..


At a place called Rialto=)




The market @ Rialto

That morning I went around Venice alone cause Martina had exams. I remember Martina saying that she doesnt know where all the University libraries are cause it's complicated there. I didnt really understand what she meant but when I was there, I understood her completely.

There were so many alleys and it's so easy to get lost. I had to ask a number of ppl for the directions to get to Rialto and I'm glad I reached partly on my own;)
But I had a good walk around myself, making my way through random alleys which I didnt know where it would bring me and where would I end up at...


boats...


Building..


On a bridge facing the train station and a church.

Okie, I'm going to stop here but will continue with food and people in the next post XD