A life full of colours...

Yay yay yay!!
I'm officially graduating this summer, in merely 2 and a half week's time.

I'm more than thankful for graduating with a 2:1 cause I know I'm on the borderline. God has been good and also to Lily:) Still looking forward to see my breakdown marks though...

Went out for work as an interpreter tonight. (it's an one-off thing) Was at the posh Chinese restaurant, Pearl of the Orient at Cardiff Bay. A group of delegates came from China to discuss some education stuff with Wales. It was kinda cool cause we had free dinner and wine after that. After the guests left, Lik Yi and I stayed back to eat and drink. The manager of the restaurant was really nice, he even offered to warm up the food for us. I didnt think the wine was that good so I didnt have much. Must say that after drinking port, any red wine just doesnt taste that sweet anymore.. Then the man from BC, Gareth was drunk, wanting to drink more and the restaurant probably closed around 12.30am, way past their closing time at 11pm. Lik Yi was still drinking with Gareth when I left and got a cab on the account back home:)

Been a good day :)
Good results, good food and fun at work tonight!

I would think you are familiar with the saying that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

I think that kinda applies to me.. haha.. Home-cooked food delights me. It makes me happy :)

Now I miss Martina, who has been my cooking partner last year.

I wouldnt say I'm much of a politics person but currently living in this country, I should know a bit of what's going on now.

So Britain has a hung parliament.
And Britain has a new prime minister, David Cameron and his deputy, Nick Clegg.


David (left) and Nick

Both the top man are pretty young (in their 40s) and I do hope that they do their part to make a change in this country. In my humble opinion, I really think that the great glorious era of UK being one of the world's best country has passed. I personally do think that they're in serious mess this time and the politicians really need to stand in to do something to save this country.

The first and major emphasis on the country's financial situation. So much debt and then tax rates would be increased to raise more revenue to pay off the country's debts. Speaking of debts, as some of you might know, students here are entitled to a student loan for them to enrol in a local university. (Yes, the government loans them money to study and they only pay back when they've started earning smthing like 15,000 pounds per annum) On average, it takes a student 10 years to repay their debts. There's been ongoing talks about increasing tuition fees. But to me, what difference does it make when the government would still be the one forking out those money for students to pay their tuition fees? Wouldnt it be better to introduce a policy that enables students from low income families to be entitled for the student loan instead of everyone? I'm not saying that the locals do not repay their loans but I would think much time and money can be saved by giving out loans to those who need it instead of offering it to everyone.

Another thing in the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition is to impose a quota on non-EU immigrants. I still want to try to look for a job here after I'm done so I'm not sure whether that's a good or bad thing.

Looking through the new cabinet line-up, I was surprised to see a Muslim lady in the cabinet. There's 2 lady ministers in this cabinet. But to have a non-White there is just astonishing! I've done a mini research paper on the percentage of female board of directors so pardon me for being interested and surprised with such info.

Many promises made prior to election but we'll see whether David and Nick delivers them. I hope these young leaders have something new to offer for this country!

I'll be having my first paper tmr. And I'll be done in 2 weeks from now :)

6.53AM
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6.53AM!!!!

It's been the second time I woke up at 6.53am in the past 5 days!

I miss my sleep =(


I wish I could sleep like a baby.

ps. Exams officially start next Thursday, will update more after that. Take care now :)

Today is another of the thousands of days I give thanks for :) God has been so good to my parents and cousin!

Last Saturday, I realise that my parents will be flying over this week. (I knew but it's the bang, they're coming realisation)
With the Iceland volcano eruption last week, it has caused massive air traffic chaos in Europe. The news didnt really bother me until Monday, when news reported that London airports were still closed:S When someone posted 'another eruption?' on FB and MAS's flights on Tuesday were cancelled, boy was I worried :S :S
But but, got an email from daddy this morning saying that they've proceeding with their flight and I was so relieved and thankful to hear that. My parents couldnt be more blessed cause today's flights were the first ones to have departed on schedule.
And my cousin is flying here tmr. I think he must have been more worried cause he has a few interviews lined up on Friday, the next day he arrives.

Now, just a few hundreds words to go. Cant wait to finish my coursework!

I had a pleasant surprise in the post today :)

Totally didnt expect it as it was just a random 'craving' for it.
Some time last week, I was watching the late Yasmin Ahmad's short films. Her Chinese New Year and Hari Raya advertisements are just heart wrenching and touching!
Her 'Tan Hong Meng' film just reflects the pureness of a child's mind.

So after watching those ads, I wanted to watch Gubra or Mukhsin, movies she produced. Asked a friend and he found them on ebay but it was just too expensive. Around $40 if I'm not wrong.
Didnt think about the movies as I had a coursework to do and it kinda slipped off my mind after that..

He left me a msn msg that I should be expecting a parcel soon. Saw a parcel for me when I got home today. When I turned over and saw the description as DVD, I knew that I had a movie to watch:)
BUT little did I know that there were 3 DVDs inside!!!

Yes, I was surprised and touched. It definitely made my day:)


Mukhsin and Gubra. (Asked my Welsh housemate to watch Sepet ^^)

THANK YOU JOASH!!
And thanks for calling too :) :) :)

Michelle said she bought bak gua from Malaysia for me. Will get it tmr and I'm so so happy..hehe..

And Adrian Lim gave me a pretty bookmark which he got from Amsterdam.

Am thankful for a blessed day!

Went to London on Sunday for a career's fair organized by a number of Malaysian companies. It was held at UCL and Ann, Joanne and I took the 750am bus. It's actually 650am cause we had daylight saving on Sunday, so I'm 7 hours behind Malaysia now.



Some building of UCL.


The main building which looks like a museum to me.

After a long day without food, Melody, Ann and I went to Hi Sushi at Covent Garden for Japanese buffet. It was good and we ate more than what Wan Jinn's friends usually have..hehe..


We put up the night at Wan Jinn's friend's house. Really nice of them to host us for the night. I even had a fringe trim =D
Had an interview with PwC the next morning at Embankment. Dont think I passed my numerical test cause I didnt finish a lot of questions. But oh well, it's over now.
Had duck rice at Chinatown before coming back to Cardiff on Monday.

Me, Ann, WJinn, Ian, Ken & KarWye

btw, just thought my breakfast was really colourful this morning.
Purple, red, green, brown and yellow =)

Have you been in situations where you feel caught in between 2 friends?
When you really wanted to say something but you know it'll hurt the other person?
Yet you really hope they both will be alright...

Times like this reminds me that I'm blessed to know that I have our Father to turn to and friends who would remember me in prayer.

I sure hope that my friends will know how amazing God can be and He can help to share the burden of their problems.

All you need is childlike faith to believe that He is God!
Yes, it's just so simple.
Just believe and accept Him with open arms!

Woke up to smthg really funny this morning!!

*From FB*
Prince Wils - Hey dude seem like we got howany years dint meet up?how ya?' still know who am I?
Yesterday at 01:44 · Comment · Like · See Wall-to-Wall

Yiong Xiu Mei - lol.. of course I do!!!
How are you???
Yesterday at 12:34 ·

Prince Wils - Still the same like b4 .. U currently at kch?
19 hours ago ·

Chew Hui Ann - Baby is with me in Cardiff
9 hours ago ·


Got a FB msg from her asking why he called me dude?
When I saw what she posted, in my mind I went, awwwww... I felt protected and loved! Sweet yet funny!
So you see, this is Miss Chew Hui Ann!
So blessed to have met her here!! 1 more reason to love Cardiff XD

And on the same day, Joanne came over to give me something.

So sweet of her, said it's my belated birthday present!!

My banana cake is in the oven now. It's not cooked at all=(
*fingers crossed* Hope it'll still turn out well!

The Malaysian Society Cardiff University held our annual Cardiff European Games today. After winning the best society award last year, they sure are raising the bar each time they organize an event.
I was impressed that a lot of Universities participated this year. 38 futsal teams if I'm not wrong. And some flew all the way from France to participate. Quite cool right?

Initially I didnt want to go today. Wanted to do some work but *tsk tsk* went in the end. Wan Jinn asked me to help her to sell food at her stall as Cindy and her were volunteering for the event and Patrick would need a hand at the stall.

The stall sold soya bean and cincau, fried mee hoon and finger food stuff like chicken nuggets, fried wantan, spring rolls and prawn toast.
The soya bean was so good cause it was freshly made!! Good stuff=)
The beans were soaked, boiled, blended, mixed with water, filtered and boiled again. Quite a tedious process but the effort was definitely paid off cause everyone enjoyed the drink :)
So good and fresh that the wife of the Malaysian Students Department's Director wanted to tapao back to London!! She said that you cant get this taste in London!! *such a compliment =D*
So yeah, credit goes to Wan Jinn, Stanley, Yiew yiew and Nath for helping in the process of making the soya bean!!


Yasha was over last night and I took a bit of cincau for him to try. He enjoyed it and at the spur of the moment, he wanted to eat something Asian. Told him that sushi would be closed then (almost midnight) but told him that Wan Jinn, Wei Han, Cindy & Patrick were cooking fried mee hoon. I asked whether he wanted to try some and so Yasha was our first customer!! =D

Our fried mee hoon didnt see well today cause competition was so tight. Our neighbours were selling nasi dagang, nasi lemak and nasi kerbau (smthg like that). Their rice smelt and looked so good... *really yum yum* It seriously draws you by your nose to their stall.
We didnt have such a good time selling at the start but in the end we sold them real cheap with the fried finger food and thankfully, we cleared the big pot before coming home.

The food sale definitely helped polish some of my business skills and I've learnt how to make fresh good soya=)
On top of that, the process of cooking food and making drinks have bonded me with my friends and it was a time of good company & fun!

Yiew yiew has been so helpful throughout the whole food making process. Wan Jinn would have had a harder time without her and Cindy who helped toast the finger food and cut carrots.
2 blenders were spoilt in the process of grinding the beans. Only found out when I got back from the ICAEW talk yesterday evening and found Stan beside the blender all evening long. It was really funny to see such a 'bear' patiently grinding beans next to a small blender.
Wei Han helped to cook mee hoon with Patrick and he came back quite late this morning. Bless him!
And Nath as usually had been really nice and helpful. He helped a bit with making soya, mopped the floor last night and even went there to help today.
Scott and Pearly helped out for a bit at the stall too.
So blessed to have all these ppl helping :) :) :)


Me, Patrick and Wan Jinn

Ps: Dont you think the CEG poster is nice??
Looks very creative to me but someone took credit for something he didnt even do... I feel for that friend of mine who has helped twice and the person took credit for my friend's work. But it's okay, God knows our every action and our reward is in heaven, not on earth!

Today made me feel so old. I felt really tired after it was over.
Is it true that age catches up slowly after turning 21? Lol... It's probably just me.

A doctor told me that people around my age should have at least 6-8 hours of sleep every night. I've always been intrigued by the fact that babies need so much sleep every day. I think they sleep for at least 12 hours but as we grow older, we need less sleep. Will google why but I think only our creator can answer the question.

Okay, going off to bed now.. zzzzz

Good night!

It's 0125 and I want to sleep.
But I am still wide awake. Probably was the　毛尖　that I drank at 11pm.
Contemplating whether should I go to JH to use the computer there? Cant log on some database from home.

Just a short update.
This week's my last week of the term. Self declared holiday yesterday and today cause I thought I deserve a short break after my Management Accounting & Control essay which I submitted on Tuesday =) And if I took a break after Friday, it might just be a long long break cause there wouldnt be any more lectures. So I hope I'll get back into my momentum of doing work on Friday. *sure hope this strategy works*

Had tea with Ann, Eunice, WanTing, Chia Chee and Yae Kee this afternoon. Ann baked muffins and mash potatoes. Glad to have spent time with the girls, especially WanTing, who came over after that ♥
(pics with Ann)

Just felt like sharing the 2 most important girls to me in Cardiff!

This is Miss Chew, Hui Ann.
I've probably not mentioned who she is but she's one AMAZING girl. I'm very blessed to have her here with me.
I truly admire how she juggles things in life and she's been a great encouragement to me!


And this is Sha Sha. To me, she's one in a million. I've never got along with a China Chinese girl so well before. Not like I know a million chinese girls, but she's just different, 与众不同!
She's going to Egypt with 男人 and LiXue on Friday and that's sure gonna be a torture for me!

I ♥ them both and they mean a lot to me! Cant express how blessed I am to have them in my life!!

I'm feeling quite happy now. Dont think I'll get sleep soon.

ps. I'm happy to be able to type Mandarin words in my comp now. A bit noob but better late than never...hehe..

I dont know why I'm feeling happy now but I sure am looking forward to tmr and Friday and my 3 weeks break =D

Cheers!

This week passed by in another blink of eye to me.
It's been quite a happening week, both good and bad.

Week was well spent doing my tutorials and I finally stepped into Cardiff Castle. It's quite empty inside and I sure think it's not worth the 7.50 quid you pay to get in. And there's like a disco inside too... weird ey? A disco inside a castle...

There's this Uncle from church who had a stroke last Friday. He's suffering from a brain haemorrhage and is in critical condition now. This happened so suddenly and I myself find it hard to comprehend. I remember vividly that he was talking to someone else last week and overheard him saying that bank cashiers dont like receiving so much coins.
And Cherry and Connie's mother passed away very suddenly last Friday.

Life is so vulnerable. We really must be thankful for every new day. His mercies are new every morning=)
I really hope my loved ones would be saved before that unfortunate day!

Another thing is that I've decided to not teach Sunday school for 2 weeks to concentrate on my coursework.
Told my students and they asked why? And the 2 naughtiest ones were super guai.
Some conversations went:'Shut up, this is not an argument class' - super touched.
And both of them tried to control the class for me today.
Now they're making me miss them...

Hope Uncle Kim wakes up soon and looking forward to a brand new week!

As my title says it, it's going to be the 6th week of my final term of Uni. How daunting it may be.. well, at least to me!

There's 10 weeks this term, and I'm halfway through it. In just another 2 months, I would have finished Uni!! Scary thought though....

Me turned 22 this week ♥
Had a good time with my friends and boy boy was in Cardiff that night! Nothing beats celebrating with family and church friends! Monday's dinner's pics are with still Brian so no pics for now. Btw, Brian did my blog layout for me!! Love it!
Thank you Brian!!

Connie's mummy cooked dinner for us on Tuesday night. I thought it would just be a small one but Connie invited so many ppl as well:)

the cake and I

Lots of journals to read this week. Hope to get half my management accounting assignment done this week:)

just found out that calling HK mobile is very cheap, yay to skype! ♥ u shing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuH1faTC22E&feature=related
I find this song very encouraging=)

Last weekend has been amazing.
FOD was amazing. The cast put on a very good musical.

Ann was usual, was lovely and sweet.
I think Wan Jinn looked cute in her costume=)
Cheered for Adrian Lim so loudly and giggled till I think I turned red..lol

The fund-raising for the new church premise was amazing, we raised way more than we expected. 572 pounds!! How amazing can God be!!

My sunday school kids were absolutely cute and a joy to teach.

Steamboat last night was good. Food and company was great. Yum!

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So many thoughts in my head since last week. Sometimes I feel I'm all so grown up..haha.. Thinking so like a grown up. It sure amazes me to think of what my parents are going through, so many things that needs to planned and thought about.
Last week's study was assuring in its own way that God has predestined our future. Amazing to know that our life is already written out in God's book of life=)

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Going to have dinner with ppl I love tonight ♥

ps Carey and I realised we've never celebrated our bdays with each other. One day Carey =D

My room has become the new internet lounge...

I'm starting to love doing my work=)

I'm sorry but I need to rant here..

I've started my FINAL term of my undergraduate studies.
Exams was bad, felt as if they were my worst exams ever. But it's a good slap in the face, hoping it would wake me up from the fun I had last term and buck up for my final term.

I can foresee a very very busy term because I think I have decided to do a 100% coursework module. It's not an easy module and I think it'll take up a big portion of my social life.

With the need of wanting to do constant studying after every lecture has made me procrastinate on my assignments which I better start soon.

Job applications are on high priority on my list but yet, the fear of completing them and being rejected has been been hindering me to look seriously into them.

For the last few days, I felt the pressure of finishing my work but I couldnt find or just start on them. Not being able to sleep well isnt helping as well.

Plus I'm feeling anti-social now. Too tired to socialise.

Oh the joy of being a student!

Once again I feel so vulnerable at this point of life. But I'm sure God's teaching me smthg throughout all these again. I know I shouldnt be ranting cause I should be thankful for what I have in life cause many other ppl may not be as fortunate as I am like those in Haiti.

5 more months...

when a phase ends, another begins.....

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!