new beginning...

Finally, after all the ups and downs...
I finally able to "settle down" on postgrad life...

Getting a job in the building which I wished to work at, since young
Having my own fixed income, monthly
and
Staying together with my dearest (after being separated for 2 years!)

and I thought I would be contented with all these...
In fact, I am NOT. The reality of life is really not that simple and pure.

There are alot of demands coming in, alot of expectations pouring in, alot of hard work waiting for me.

and

I know I am in a battle called LIFE~

Small-eyed family

Did you know?

(credits to: a forwarded email from Alycia)

Did you know that...

1. The body's strongest muscle is tongue?
2. A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes?
3. Statistically, people are afraid of spider web than they are dying?
4. All polar bears are left-handed?
5. Butterflies taste with their feet?
6. A cockroach can live 9 days without it's head, it only dies if it cant consume food (Eat)?
7. Humans and dolphins are the only mammals that have sex for pleasure?
8. The muscles in your heart can shoot your blood 10 metres above sea level (air)?
9. It is impossible to sneeze without closing your eyes?
10. Starfish is brainless (physically)?
11. Mosquitoes have teeth?
12. The origin of the work "O.K" is from the word "0(zero) killed"? during the civil war, when troops returned without any casulties, "0 killed" will be written on a place for people to see. Therefore, "O.K" means all is good!
13. In ancient times, people in England was not allowed to have sex without the King's consent. If a couple wanted to have baby, they need to get permission/consent from the monarchy, and if approved, the monarchy will give them a plaque for them to hang on the couple's door while having sex. And the plaque read: Fornication Under Consent of the King aka F.U.C.K!
14. Elephants are the only animals in this world which unable to jump

Randomness

Nowadays,I am so addicted to...

Super Junior, "Marry U", original version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezSJ3Gn05qc. if some1 sing this to me, i will be completely melted.

Homecooked-seaweed soup with 5 vege dumplings. healthy,delicious, need less than 5 minutes to prepare.

SAMANTHA WHO? http://www.tudou.com/playlist/playindex.do?lid=2181310&iid=11880716. its a comedy,and I need it!

Starbucks's JAVA CHIP FRAP, no whipped, venti!

Panchan (little plates of korean "appetizers") & DolSot BiBimBap (similar to Kim Gary's rice on a stoned bowl)

Kuroshitsuji. not the best manga/anime plot, but who cares? the drawings are gosh, AWESOME

CNY-less, 3rd anniversary

Chinese New Year is coming.
And this is going to be my 3rd year of CNY-less. My first and second CNY-less year were kinda pathetic; I remember I had to study for exams, attended classes like not-CNY, not surrounded by any CNY-related things, and listened CNY songs from YouTube. One word: Pathetic.

My American friends once asked me, do people in Malaysia celebrate CNY? I was like "duh?". Well, I do not blame them for asking this "duh" question, I mean after all it is Chinese New Year, which make them think that it is only for Chinese aka China people. Another friend of mine was suprised with my sadness for CNY-less. Do you know how I answered his suprise-ness?

"Imagine you are far away from family during Christmas, and you are also not surrounded with Christmas Tree, Christmas Presents, and Christmas food." -this is what I answered.

Well, I guess this yr's CNY-less might be slightly better than the previous years. Reason? I just received a CNY card and an angpau, bought "nian gao", going to a CNY Food Fair, and most importantly, I dont have to study for exam or go to class :)

p/s: For those who think that studying/working overseas is COOL, think again.

おかあさんとエリースさん、ありがとう。わたしはとてもhappy!

Multilingual

One obvious advantage to be multilingual...
You can talk BAD on people on their face w/o "worrying" that they understand you.
The RISK?
That person might actually understand what you are saying!

I had a short trip to New York, and apparently, as a chinese, I spent alot of time venturing Chinatown. And obviously, I can't use cantonese or mandarin to talk "bad" about people (folks, its a "tradition" here to use canto/mandarin to talk bad about Mat Salleh) since most of the people in Chinatown is Chinese, so naturally my friend and I digged out our "buried" BAHASA MELAYU and utilized it! Well, our BM were so KARAT! yet still understandable la. Who cares? as long as we faham each other, boleh la.

Here is the interesting part,
We ( 4 of us) were having lunch in this typical-chinese-only-restaurant. For some unknown reason, we kept on chit-chatting with our karat-punya BM. So a friend of mine who is not really fluent in Cantonese spoke to the waiter in Cantonese to order food. After that we continue our chit-chats, suddenly my friend told us, "Eh, u dengar tadi apa meja sebelah cakap pasal kita tak? Mereka cakap kat dunia ini banyak orang multilingual. Tapi ada sesetengah orang suka menunjuk-nunjuk dan pura-pura faham bahasa lain." And obviously that group of people made a stupid assumption on all of us based on my friend's not-so-fluent cantonese.

Since that group menyemarakkan our api,
All 4 of us with a volumized tone, continue our chit-chatting in fluent CANTONESE, this time. and we "won". That group of people dengan perasaan yang sangat malu, terkejut and whispered "they really can speak and understand Cantonese!!!" -PADAN MUKA-

so, the moral of the story is: Be careful on Multilingual People, especially in city like NY

P.S: BM is not a safe language to use in NY, too. Because we met alot of dont-look-like Malaysian Malaysian and also Indonesian.

Berhati-hati semasa mengunakan Bahasa Melayu~