Sunday, 26 October 2008

im hvin tvb in my arms again

Time whizzed so fast. It has been few days more than a month since i left my home sweet home. Can i regard it as I ve survived my first month here.. despite there's a lot of cryin involved..

Frankly speaking, I still miss the comfort of home, esp with the daylight saving, time differs by 8 hours now, n im feeling further n further from home. But the good news is that, crying stopped for few days ade (3 days i think). So hey, pizza, i kept my promise :D From all your messages, I would like to apologise as I made pinkie feelings and pinkie spliiling in the pinkie closet a sad place for these few weeks. N im making everyone worried. Sorry. Stimes the whole tidal wave of negative emotions just shooshed up and made me cry. But for some reasons, Im in a good track of gettin thru all the circumstances.

Firstly, i hv to thank JL for showing me the light to my happiness. He got a nice website for me where i can stream n watch TVB dramas LEGALLY! Yes, I was extremely crazy n almost cried blissfully when i saw all my tvb idols again. Oh dear, is tis going to make my blog looks like yong's blog??


At least watching dramas is steering me away from the feeling of being lonely here. Yes i know what u r thinkin, i promise that i ll control myself so that im not too addicted to it ok ( i am, actually).. So now, im enjoying watchin my favourite 'ur class or mine' by the never fails to humour, joker bobby au yong n deng tsui man..


I drew up my plan where later i ll watch moonlight resonance and also the gem of life, and also forensic heroes II. Wow.. so excited to mention about tvb dramas. I duno if i can reveal the url address here (cuz pinkiecloud's blog is not for advertisements), but well, if u want to know, email me personally =P

On a happy note, Im glad that I am going home for Christmas. I ve confirmed both my flight and coach ticket. So everything is settled and pinkiecloud is awaitin u guys to hold banners to welcome her home at terminal M on the 7th of Dec k.. Hehe.. I do wish to spend my holiday to tour UK n experience Christmas here, but I wish even more to go home to see my family and frens, eat well, sleep well and be happy again. Nevertheless, im stil not in my best moods. I know i shud be happy and stop complainin bcuz there r some poor souls out there who r going home after 10 months overseas.

I felt blessed that despite being away from home, I still have a big bunch of friends whom i can turn to whenever i need help. Thank you to tony n robin for being kind so share a cab with me yesterday. N also to angeline, who's a bruneian gal who spotted the whole splash of homesickness over my face n gave me a good dose of moral support. Though tis' the first time i met her. I would say almost everyone is helpful and friendly. Though there were bad situations, but im grateful that there r good ones too. Jz like wat ying said, it rains b4 the rainbow. I know that the world is still nice and pretty. Just like the paper flowers i did during craft on wed.



However, I am running out of groceries. Or rather, im lazy to do grocery shoppin. Keke.. These few days, I ve been having canned sardines, baked beans n sum ready made food for my meals. Although these are amongst my all-time favourite food in the world, some change would do me good. N esp that all these r unhealthy. N pinkiecloud doesnt want to get sick. Fine, fine, fine, i ll go to tesco nx week n stock up my groceries.
N i couldnt belief that we r having 5 times of fire alarms in 4 weeks! Omg.. Out of 5, onli 1 is actually a drill. It is really annoying.. Jz keeping my fingers crossed that fire alarms wil never ring when im having my shower. I wouldnt know what to do.
In the realm of emotions, im stil adaptin but i am improving. Thanx for all ur support and encouragement. I dun mind u guys spamming my chatbox either. I enjoy reading all ur messages, n though it might jz be a simple msg with one or two lines, it does make a difference.

Wednesday, 22 October 2008

to pizza chow

Im sorry im crying again today, and tonight. Im trying very hard to control, but it's really very difficult mar.. Im sorry la, I oso dowan to be hampau jeng like chong kar yan, but i want to be as sweet n pretty as her. I promise i ll try my very very very best to overcome everything ok?

I stil remember one of the silly games that we usually play in class during school time. We always compete to see who's the first one to be able to hv their tears dropping first. Usually either u or lin will win the game, n everytime i ll be the last person, n not even able to hv tears even more than 1 hours was given to me. BUt i guess if we hold the same competition again now, i ll surely win le.. Cuz yunyun is really like hampau jeng now.. Should grab tis opportunity to go for actin audition now..

Dun nag at me anymore la.. (though it's very motivatin..). I ll really 'dik hei sam gon' in order to learn to be strong n tough. I noe im very lucky compared to u (cuz u onli go back after 8 months in aussie), so i muz be grateful n be happy lor.. Yalar, i wil de la..

N to everybody, i promise, i ll keep my tears and learn to stand firmly on my own feet. The scenary is very beautiful here.. See.. The trees r waving 'hello' to u..

As what mum said, i shud be grateful that i hv the opportunity to be in such a beautiful, enchanting, lovely environment.


Trees with orangie-red leaves..

N to ying, sorry la as i complained bout u in my blog, but im really glad to have ur company last night. Thank you very very much ying. Happy holi to u.



Tuesday, 21 October 2008

lai lai han

Pig jeng was so kind to chat with me last nite, at least she waited for me to cook n eat my dinner as well as to bathe. However, she is oso cruel bcuz she doesnt help me to realise my wish. I wanted to watch 'yu dek tong hang' with her, cuz i really really miss tvb, but she couldnt help me, she's not willing to get a webcam for me.. N she even made me so kan jiong by saying kok juin onn is very jin kak in the episode. Guys, scold her for me.. She made me cry last nite.

I shud be studyin now. After the person who promised to turn up didn =( That's the horrible time difference's goodwill. So i came bloggin here. Actually I wanted to study n determined to study but most of the time i just couldnt concentrate. THe readings werent going into my mind, n i also kept procrastinating. Haizz.. U noe la, online, chit chat, eat eat sum tidbits, cook cook sum food for tea time, taking breather, sleep, clean up my room, lai lai han etc etc. Time passed so fast doing these activites. Then the work has to be delayed ade.

Im not sure, these dancing thoughts keep gesturing n i couldnt focus on what i should. Oh dear. Is it that im not prepared to study mentally? O is it bcuz of homesick? O is it jz that im lazy.. Herher.. i duno y. DO u guys hv such experience..

Monday, 20 October 2008

pinkiecloud is angry

Pinkiecloud is angry bcuz pinkie daddy n pinkie mummy doesnt allow her to change to day flight due to security reasons. This is bcuz the day flight requires pinkiecloud to go to bus station after midnight.

Arrggh...

pinkie feelings

Oh, tis is going to be a long post again, as im sharing bout my agendas for the week. Actually other than crying, i did engage n enjoy in sum other stuffs. But certainly homesickness is affecting my mood, bringin ups n downs everyday.

Well, i did laundry on wed. Tis time i no longer wait foolishly in the laundrette. I threw my clothes for washing n i went to kitchen to prepare my dinner. After that, i went there for the second time and transferred my clothes for drying. N again to my kitchen 87 to enjoy my dinner.

Oooppss.. Should i continue with dinner o laundry now..




Errm.. Okay, actually i ve taken sum photos of the laundrette so that sum of u can hv a grasp of how the laundrette is. Similarly, it resembles the one in Mr Bean's. Washers on the left, dryers right.
And my ribena laundry 'basket'..



Cooking is progressin well. More confidence in my cooking now. Never tot i could cook though.
This is a shot of veggie that i cooked. Despite the appearance of pinkie's dishes has improved, but actually it's tasteless =P




N tis is pinkie's style roast chicken rice.
Pinkie-homemade spaghetti


N tis is a very precious food that i wont be able to get in uk... which is equivalent to msia brands instant noodles.. THe most precious food store in my cabinet..

In the realm of socials, i went for my second craft soc activity. This week we did iris pasting. N tis is pinkiecloud's masterpiece.


N thurs nite was my flatmate, royce's bday. Togeta with other singaporeans, we had a little dinner togeta. The highlight for the day is that katie is cooking claypot chicken rice! Wow.. It was delicious. N amanda baked a lovely cake. Well, u werent wrong. Since pinkiecloud is not expertris in cooking yet, she prepared wedges, which r ready made ones. Hehe..



Happy bday to royce again.. Actually tis reminds me of my last bday. HOmesickness begins again...




Perhaps friday morning is one the best mornings i ve ever had. The autumn feel was gettin stronger n stronger n all of us adored it so much. Random pictures we had around the campus for the day..

Joanna, who is always like a big sister, being so capable n independent..



Tis is frankie. She always reminds me of lin (due to her tallness). Anyway, she's the best posser amongst us.


And chiew yi.. She's from catholic, forever 'competitor' of kwang hua..

The ladies...

N everybody =)
Dinner was great tonite. There was a big bunch of us.. (sorry to my flatmates if we caused disturbance). Chiew yi and Korine cooked spaghetti and fried rice for us. Other than good food, we had great fun (i had at least).. Tis is the first time i admitted my problems adaptin in front of my friends, n im so glad that they r so supportive and caring... and helpful (they helped to clean up too). Thx.. N im pretty suprised when yit tze told me that she read my blog! I wasnt aware that someone here was followin my blog (im not sure if she follows o she jz dropped by by mistake).. Anyway, it was a good nite n shud be a nite tat stops the consecutive cryings for pinkiecloud. It's currently 10.45pm n less then 2 hours more to break the record.

Well, as nic said, sinced we ve undergone so much of hardship, we r gonna get thru it. 100% support. Dear homesickness, can u jz stop creepin up, i dun mind if u 'visit' me once in a while, but not too often k? Please. Pinkiecloud wants to study n enjoy uni.

ps: Btw, pinkie daddy (=super daddy) really managed to get a later ticket for pinkiecloud, which is on 3rd of jan. Thereby, pinkiecloud can stil celebrate new year in homeland, n oso ying's bday oh.. Looking forward to see the skies of msia soon =)

Saturday, 18 October 2008

thank-yous

It's the end of study days n im hoovering in my room again. The cleaner has just vacuumed my floor two days ago n i love to hv such lovely clean floors. Then i can sit o even lie on it whenever i feel like doing so without hesitation. But of course i prefer lyin on the green green grass in uni, which r very very pretty.

The autumns leaves are falling n the scenaries r picturesque. Im in lv with trees of yellow n red leaves as they make me feel rejuvenatin, giving me hopes n tellin me that im going home soon. Im wondering if i should make a countdown to the date im going home.

After visitin my facebook wall n blog box, i realised that quite a few people hv been followin my blog. Im so touched n glad. Some of with sharing the same feelin as me now. Essentially, the purpose of me re-opening my blog after dumping it for months is to log hopefully, every single thing, every new thing, everyday's feelings (good n bad) here. As well as keeping everyone updated of my life. I hope pinkie feelings and pinkie spillings in the pinkie closet wil overcome the whole hardship n grow up togeta with me. N i hope u all like it, though im kinda long winded stimes n talk bout negative things stimes.

I noe im making everyone worried bout me. But a big bunch of thank-you for all the support and encouragements.

Wendy, who keeps on sending msg to keep me happy, always encourage me to be strong, n follows my blog esp that she has piles of works
Pizza, who always chat with me during lonely nites, n suggests lots of lots of activities that i can do to steer myself away from thinkin home, n acting as a role model to be a tough person
Lin, who comforts me a lot, n reminds me that i must show a good role model to her as she's leaving home soon too
Ying n yong, who always crack me laugh n smile for the day reading msges they left on my blog
Royce, who always hv good talks with me n help me with cookin..
Korine and Chiew Yi, who 'saved' me and always walk me back to heronbank
Crystal, who always share her homesickness experience with me n ways of dealing with it
Joanna, who always take care of me like a big sister, n taught me how to make simple sandwiches
Nicole, who assured me that this is a phase that EVERYONE encounters, so it's normal but i do hv to try to slowly overcome it

To everyone in the family,who spent their precious times, days n nites to skype with me
N lots of lots of u who follow my blog, n supportin me o praying for me...

Sorry for making my blog so dull these few days. Wil upload photos later when im feeling better.

Thank you n hugSss..

destiny is bullyin me

I duno y, every single day i ll definitely hv sthing that goes wrong. Either i ll be rushing like mad to lecture (though i came out early, esp when i turned back as i suspect that i 4got to lock my door, that's so stupid =( ), either i ll 4get my notes, 4get tis 4get that.. Dreaming away in lecture, cut my fingers while i cook etc etc.. Everyday is racing with time.

Told u my worst experience today. I bought a new printer (apparently it shud be a happy one, cuz i waited for weeks for the stock to arrive), but i bought sum groceries as well. I noe i shudn't have done my marketing, but u noe pinkiecloud is always 'convenience first', n thinks that she's good at multi-tasking (which i think she stil is), so she carried all the things: one box of printer, a handbag n two big bags of groceries, all the way bac to her lovely room which is of 15-20 minutes walking distance.

It's ade a struggle to carry loads of things for a little gal (duno grew fatter ade o not), but i kept on, i walked n rest, walked n rest, i told myself to be patient. Im sure u could guess wat happened nx..

In the middle of the way, one of the plastic bag was broken. Omg.. Pinkiecloud had no choice now. She was too stunned to think to do anything. She could onli sit down in front of humanities building alone. She wanted to cry, but there was jz too too too many ppl walking around. Tears rolled down her cheeks very, very quietly. She couldnt think of anything for some time, jz staring at her stuffs, and i guess her looked like an idiot o retarded gal that time.

BOut 15 mins later onli she regained 'consciousness', and then she called her frens for help. A million thanx to korine n chiew yi. Who came all the way to 'save' poor pinkiecloud.

After she reached home she skype with her family (The best thing of pinkiecloud is that she never show her sadness in front of her family). Pinkie daddy told pinkie that there were no more tickets for her to cum back to uk if she goes bac to msia tis dec. The onli option is that pinkiecloud has to leave home bout a week earlier b4 school starts, o either leave at a later date whether she has to miss sum of her classes. Perhaps a day or two.

All the way, pinkiecloud reacted steadily n calm. Controlling her tears very very much. She wouldnt want to leave so early bcuz one more day of staying in msia is one more day of super super happiness n is very very precious to her. Esp that she really longs to celebrate new year n new year eve in msia with all her loved ones. *sobs*

Im not going to gv up a single day. Pinkiecloud told herself in her heart. Not even a single day. But wat about my lessons?? The conflict comes in but pinkiecloud has no choice, again. Pinkie daddy said he ll try to look for more available flights for pinkiecloud. Hopefully he could =(

Friday, 17 October 2008

the skies r not pinkie today

pinkiecloud is crying again..

i duno y but i jz couldnt control my tears..

i wanted to say that i wan2 go home. but everyone wil knock my head for being so weak. Could anyone teach me how to overcome my emos plz.. I tried to engage in activities, keep myself busy, but stimes i jz couldnt concentrate, n stimes i jz couldnt help myself. I dun feel like going out, eating, joining socials o activities, making friends and stimes even going lecture. I ll jz stay in my room for SKYPE. I think im going crazy, as if life is in despair.

It's of no use crying over spilled milk. Since i ve come here, i muz not make my sufferings wasted.. I muz stand up n go on n on. Im sincerely crossing my fingers that this phase would end soon..

Gambate ya pinkiecloud..

Thursday, 16 October 2008

why should i

Today's pinkiecloud is emo again. I duno why.. Suddenly i jz miss home very very much.

I keep on askin questions. Y shud i separate with my family when i can actually live with them n c them everyday. Y shud i chat with them thru a screen when i can actually sit beside my mum o hug my sisters. Y shud i suffer here when i can be so happy there. I can sleep in my own room, my own bed, drive my own car, go back to my own home, watch tv programmes that i enjoyed, go shopping o cinema as i like.......

Why shud i??!!

Mmm... im sobbing terribly now. I tried to control my emotion the whole day but after my dinner, i jz burst off.

Time to go home is nearer n nearer. But i jz cant wait to go home.

I hv an intuition that im not going to do well here. I ll disappoint everyone and feel bad of myself. Oh dear, i shud be studyin now but i jz couldnt concentrate. Hopefully writing would alleviate my negative feelins now.

I duno how hanchow n wendy can be so strong n tough. I hope that i can be at least 70% of them. I know that im too weak n 'fragile'.

*sobs*

Monday, 13 October 2008

A weekend with myself

It's 12.34am on sunday nite (or monday morning) and i've come to update the world of my life. I hope im not overly long-winded but i can suggest u to read one small paragraph a day.

I know you wont.

Haha. School has been slightly mo energetic tis week, with some readings and seminar questions. Just before this, i was grinding thru readings for OB. THere were 3, n ranges between 6-13 pages each. Actually i ve just finished 2, where i paused for a cup of natural herbs (which mum posted to me) and start blogging here. Hehe..

Went for society events on wed n thurs. Underwent training as a clown on wed evening, where i learned to form little animals such as a swan, doggie, little lion, kangaroo from balloons. I was bit slow that day, fearing that the balloon would burst. But then i found out that one of the important strategy is not to be afraid, be daring to fold, bend and twist the balloons so that ur animal wouldnt go out of shape. THen i walked home like a clown, with 6 balloons (not, shud be 6 animals) in hand.. Everyone was like staring at me, wondering where do i cum from..

Msian society was on thurs. Glad to meet a lot of msians. N hv lots of msian food. Apart from that, i also joined the warwick volunteers. I ve signed up for the reading tutor and painting & decorating. Im sure that's gonna bring lots of fun to me. Duno why, i start to like teaching somehow, n always missed times when i taught in school.

Actually i wanted to join lots of lots of things to learn lots of lots of things, but im worried bout time constrain. Stil considering whether to join warwick sports or otherwise...

Well, one good thing of keeping myself busy is that it's keeping me happy n proactive, n also less homesick at the same time. But firedrills werent exhilarating, we had a firedrill on fri morning around 7am. Everyone was dragged out of bed, and shuffling sleepily to lakeside in our freezing pjs and voicing out their grouses. I was so cold that im forced to hid behind amanda, cuz it's freezing cold in the morning. Fortunately the deputy warden said that we performed well, or else there would be a second practice. Omg..

Okay, let's look into nearer events. I had my weekends all by myself this week, no trips, no shopping, no marketin, no gatherings, no parties.. I think it's better to stay at home n get ready for my course. I think i ve not studied for quite sum time n i need sum mental as well as physical preparations. Guess it sounds weird, but pinkiecloud is weird. Rmb i always recopy my notes?? Im stil doing it here. I jz couldnt stand looking my work and notes being messy, but my speed is not fast enuf to catch up with the slide transitions, so i had to scurried illegibly on the blank spaces first, and recopy it nicely again when i reach home. U must be scolding me...

Other than recopying notes, i ve got to 'upgrade' my notice board. Of course it's not a massive project, i just use sum coloured flyers (sum of which i got from exhibitions and fairs), n cut sum hearts n randomly pasted them on my board. I think this is simple but sweet enuf for pinkiecloud's room.

Here it is. Better than nthing. But im still waiting for mo pictures, posters and photos after i come back in dec ya.

As u can see, time is passing fast. I ve been 3 weeks here, and im going back in 7 weeks again. There's nthing much to be sad of o homesick of too rite.. But i really miss msia, my family, my frens, my home, my room, my bed, food, shopping without having to convert exchange rates, karaoke, cinema. N i ve not watched any tvs since i came here! Tis is a major issue for pinkiecloud, as tv is essential to my life. Yong's fault la, for not being able to gv me forensic heroes II's series.

Friday, 10 October 2008

Autumn in my Heart

Hi, i guess im settling in well here. Lectures are pretty good, except that i realised that i must really really speed up my writing and improve my note-taking skills to a higher standard.


By the way, i got hold of this nice tree when i went to lecture this morning. Today i could really feel the autumn season around me. Hence i stopped n took a photo of it n posted it here to share with u all.

The leaves are turning yellow, and i think they r going to fall in few weeks time.



Things are going on pretty well. Esp my cooking, I cooked fry mihun the nite b4 yesterday. N it was extremely delicious, almost similar to the 'sing chao mai fun' in msia ohh.. I also learned to fry an egg!




But dad is complaining that im spending too much of time in cooking. It seems im here to learn cooking, not studying, keke.. But this' quite true, from preparing ingredients, cooking, eating and washing up, the whole procedure took me more than an hour! Hopefully with more 'experience' and 'practice', i can speed up a bit..

And breakfast is of more varieties now. I can toast bread, and even tried to make pizza bread (not pizza chow) myself. Hehe.. But it ended up not so good, esp the sausages (i threw away all the sausages in the end, they are completely different from msian sausages!). Or i think i bought the wrong one, i shud buy frankfurters..


Special thanx also to joanna and pi, i can prepare ham sandwiches for myself now. I never tot that it's so easy... THey were so helpful, kind and friendly..


Anyway yesterday nite was our msian students association welcome party. Of course, the climax of the event is DINNER!! I havent eaten curry puffs so long!! N it's so tasty. Felt so much at home. Other than that, i got to know a lot of frens, esp seniors, n im sure these ppl are going to play a pivotal role in my road of success in future.. Motivating, supporting, helping, sharing..


Okay, im going to prepare lunch now. Im cooking rice!! Hehe.. Take care =)

Wednesday, 8 October 2008

Looking anew

Hi, im here again.. Today was such a busy day.. But the happiest thing that i would like to address is that my parcel from mum n dad had arrived!!! Yoohooo.. Dad said that im reacting like a small little girl who is excited on opening her chrismas presents. Hehe.. I admit.. Ppl say that ' jia shu di wan jin', meaning that when u r abroad, even a short letter from ur family is priceless. THerefore, u cant blame me for being so uncontrolled n misbehaved while opening my huge parcel. N u noe wat, mum actually sent me lots of plastic containers, n inside each container, there must be sthing such as instant noodles, biscuits, sweets, coffee packet n so on. Im really really happy to receive the lovely parcel. N im sure dad n mum wil think that the 400 ringgit that they paid for the postal is worthwhile as tis is the first time their daughter smiled so happily since she reached warwick.

Back to my parcel, since i hv more stuffs now, i can start decoratin my room.. Wow.. It wasnt a big project, cuz im stil lack of some other things, such as more posters, pictures, cards, photos etc etc. Sorry, i start to misbehave again.. But nvm la, u guys noe me well rite.. Tis is pinkiecloud mar..

So, tis is my little closet, mum said i brought too much of clothes (some clothes were sent for laundry, hence couldnt 'turn up' in tis gallery) , esp when most of the clothes r covered by sweaters n coats.. They r unlikely to be exposed..



N tis is my little book shelf. Thanx to the maintenance ppl, they repaired it immediately after i lodged a report n now i hv 3 tiers like others.


Did u see pringles n sour plus?? Jane n mum purposely posted it for me ohh.. N my white-ie vaio..

N tis... pinkiecloud's notice board. 'Construction' stil in progress. Waiting for more contributions n when i hv more time..

Lastly, the books here r extremely expensive. Everyone was like astonished when they c prices of the books. It's like daylight robbery. One book wil cost u more than 50pounds!! N they r so clever that they edited the books every year, coming up with newer editions, n 'encourage' u with sum reasons to buy the latest editions instead of getting cheaper 2nd hand books.. Business strategy hmm.. But now i muz announce that everything in msia is cheap cheap cheap.. I should have appreciated them more when i was there. But standard of living is certainly lower in msia rite, in terms of income, so common sense, things of course should be cheaper too.. Well, im not sure..

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Pinkiecloud starts to cook

Food is the centrepiece today. For the past few days (until today n future), im putting a hard toil to learn cooking. It's not easy though, as i have zero-knowledge in it. Luckily many of my flatmates are willing to teach me n help me with some.

Regarding breakfast, usually i ll voice out thousands of grouses esp when mum prepares bread for breakfast. I must have sthing else such as roti canai, nasi lemak, fried mihun, noodles or pau (ohh, i start to miss them now..) In the case of bread, i ll hv two bites n simply throw it away, o i ll rather not having breakfast at all. But now, haiz.. bread is appointed as my staple breakfast. To prevent further depression, i ll encourage myself that i ll hv bread with different jams everyday. That's so sad hmm.. But today i had nice breakfast again, no bread, but little mini muffins! Or in uk, ppl call them fairy cakes. So romantic n filled with hope rite mm.. REgardless what name it is, tis is definitely better than bread.. I lv it!!
I bought tis, plz dun misunderstood. I dun hv the capability to bake muffins yet.. But i ll try.

WEll, let's proceed to my cooking. Here's a few dishes i ve tried by myself these two days (by learning from mum thru skype or thru videos mum sent to me). WEll, I know the appearance wasnt that appealing (at all) , but believe me, they arent that bad at all. And another reason is that i bought a wrong colour of my plate. However definitely i ll continue to work on n try more dishes, try more different cooking techniques. N one day, u ll be impressed that the naive n stupid yun yun now has turned into a mature n capable gal (haha, ready to be sold) . Wakaka..

This is grill fish with soy sauce n pepper. N it turned out extremely extremely delicious! I never tot simple ingredients could make food so tasty.. It almost tasted like 'ikan bakar', true, im 100% satisfied n so touched when i had my first taste of it.. =)

But u noe what, i continue to hv grill fish for 2 more meals after tis..



Tamtam.. TIs is yunyun's grill lamb with fry veggie. IM sorry i duno the name of the veggie, i just bought it cuz it looks familiar. Hehe.. THe lamb wasnt too bad, but the veggie were nice (of course edible)...

Actually this is the first time im using the pan to fry food. PReviously everything was prepared either with the aid of the microwave oven, grill o electric oven. So tis is another improvement of pinkiecloud ya..


I guess my life here is quite paradoxical. One moment im miserable, homesick n frustrated at the million things i have to manage, the next moment im having tonnes of fun with my friends n pleasurable satisfaction with my performance until now (at least i din cry to go home, like in inti previously..). But there r really lots of school-organised parties here, almost every night. THis is sthing that i never expected. But anyway, i ll take good care of myself, learn the good, discard the bad, n since im here, there's no turning back, might as well i appreciate n make the most out of it. Gambate yay yay!!


Saturday, 4 October 2008

Learning to stand on my own feet..

I really shud stop tearing up everytime i skype with my family. Esp once my sister asked n told me like: "Jieh jieh, i miss u, Do u miss us?", "Would u prefer msia o uk?", "Do u like uk?" etc etc. These r very sensitive questions that will make me burst off once i listened. Now I think they r getting quite worried. They did ask me if i want to go home, which i don't, really. Cause i know that as long as i can overcome this phase, i ll be very fine. Life is really fun n interesting here, n warwick provides such a good studying environment, however being independent has its price. Like cooking and laundry. Simple day-to-day things that u dun bother of or take for granted at home suddenly become such a big issue here.

Another problem is time. Previously punctuality doesnt seem to be a problem to me. But now, i ve been rushing all the time though i ve been like going out so much earlier than i shud (and giving time allowance to search for lecture rooms) . For instance, when i was on my way, i suddenly became uncertain if i locked my door, so i ll walked back to my room n ensure that it's locked. It seems im always rushing for lectures n ended up extremely exhausted when i reached the lecture hall n couldnt pay full concentration to the speaker cuz im energy-less. I felt very bad for this.


It's quite sad n miserable that my room is in a terrible mess. Clothes were drapped all over my bed, my study table, my wardrobe, my bathroom, my chairs n even floors.. I tried to clean it whenever i can, coz i really cant stand living in such a untidy room, but everyday is like so busy n im forced to jz put down my things at anywhere i stop. THat's life without a 'kakak'.. Just before this, i managed to arrange my shoes nicely on my 'self-created' shoe rack. But i doubt that tis arrangement can last til the day after tomorrow.. Bless me.



Food has been quite depressing too. Though im not a very 'rice' individual, yet i jz couldnt get use without rice o noodles. Really, all the pastas, breads and pizzas r killing me throughout the week. Other than bcuz of my poor cooking skills (or i shud say zero, since i dun even noe how to fry an egg! But i dun eat eggs, i hate eggs most of the time), another reason that the dishes seemed to span several meals n were repeated several times. Your groceries take ages to finish that u're stuck with eating the same thing again n again. To make things worse, things were sold in bulks. FOr example, a packet of potatoes consists of more than 10, how long would it take to finish?? :(





But well as they say, fruits take time to bear. I belief there wil be a good harvest awaiting for me ahead. All i shud do is to be strong, brave, patient and wait.. N all these experience are going to mould me into a better person, a better pinkiecloud.. =P

Friday, 3 October 2008

Appeals n hunting lists

This will be a very snappy post bcuz i ve been extremely exhausted n quite famished though nthing much was done today. Im just back frm my laundry, where i waited 40 mins for washing n an extra 50 mins for drying like a stupid gal =( .... LUckily i hv a little intelligence to bring over my notes n read them there. But it was damn tiring n boring. I tried to hv a short nap there but it couldnt work, cuz it's not my bed. Hehe.. Anyway, at least i ve done my laundry, after delaying it day by day. Actually the more tiring part is that i hv to carry all the clothes from blocks to blocks, opening n closing doors to doors......... Terrible. Someone did offer a helping hand but how could i ask ppl to help me to carry my clothes for kilometres.. Luckily i din delay it further, otherwise more clothes wil accumulate n it's going to be even heavier to carry.. I hate doing laundry somehow now, u r paying n u r working.. Hmm =(

Tis' my RIBENA laundry basket that mummy prepared for me n my detergent.. I took bout 15 mins to buy it cuz i dun really know which to buy : tablets, powder, liquid, non-bio, bio, 2 in 1??



Oh tis gonna sounds really shocking n scarying, but i heard someone died few days ago at whitefields. It's not nearby my residence. But some of my other frens said that they saw the area cordoned off n police were all around. Most evidently, they saw a mortuary van. It's really freaky n scary to hear that. Apparently the residence is not the reason, rumours were spreading that tat guy experienced breathing difficulties bcuz he was choked by his vomit due to excessive alcohol intake. SO u see, things jz happen hence we shud really appreciate every single day that we have.

Anyway, im really big on adorning my little room. I dun hv enuf things, n im bit reluctant to spend too much on decorations, mb hv to work bit on DIY ya, or put hopes on ur kindness. I know this is shameless, but im serious.. I currently want pretty bedsheets n lovely duvet for my bed, plenty of pictures o cards as well as photos to paste on my notice board (i shud have brought sum.. =( and other decorative stuffs that might enlighten my little pinkie room. Well, guys n gals, i ll be coming back msia for chrismas month so u can pass them to me anytime if u hv any.. Haha..
Omg, my eyes r really droopping.. Goodnite. Take care =P

Wednesday, 1 October 2008

Blank


Today was a free day. No lectures, no activities, nthing. Wanted to do sum packing, but the hangers werent enough. Wanted to do sum decorations for my room, but creativity is not working today. Wanted to jog, but stil in a sick condition today. Haiz.. THe onli thing i managed to do is to the library.

I went to library tis morning. Wow.. It was tremendously huge, which encompasses 5 floors n everything is computerised. Borrowed few books to compare but leaving them untouched til now.

N I ve to go to the bank n insurance company tmr to change both my policies. Haiz.. I really hv to learn to say 'no' FIRMLY.

Just before this, im planning to do laundry. HOwever, im uncertain of the entire system n which programme i shud select. Therefore i ve taken a pic of the programmes available n i ll ask mum tmr bout it. Worse, i forgot to bring my washing detergent. So i had no choice but to go home n start blogging here. One more delay for laundry. It has been tmr, n tmr n tmr..

Dad n mum's love parcel shud be on its way. Then i ll feel the warmth of my family again. Im feeling not too bad here, at least im studying for a uk top accounting and finance degree. But Im missing everyone at home n everything at home. I miss the time being pampered n not having to worry bout things like groceries, meals n laundry. But i ll try my best to manage n overcome it. That's y im here for. Gambateh, for myself o everyone out there ya :D

Today is a mixture

Breakfast was special for june tis morning. For the past few days, i ve been having bread for breakfast without fail, apart from having different flavours such as butter, peanut, blueberry and raspberry.. Haiz.. But i had jam tart today.. So nice.. Felt sorry to eat it, but more sorry if i ignore my stomach's sufferings..

N I had my first lecture today. It was pretty good n comprehensive. However, im not clear bout incidents o economic ups o downs tat happened these few years, such as the bubble dot com thingy n corporate scandal (i think?)..

We had jungle escape in the afternoon. I was allocated in group 27 with claire (sg too). We were supposed to work in teams to build a helicopter in order to escape from a jungle. There were 97 pieces of things with different sizes and colours n our tasks is to build the exact model of helicopter by having two looks at it. It was great as it is not easy to remember each n every part of it n teamword does play a very significant role in it. We started pretty nice, but in the end, we failed to escape. On the other hand, another group managed to assemble the units correctly n won the game. HOwever, there wil be a presentation nx week (so fast..... =( ) regarding prospects o potential of a company. So we have to do research on financial reports, info n datas n do sum arguments o forecasts on it. It was really hard as i nvr did such thing b4, neither during my secondary time nor my a-levels. I guess we r not going to mess up the thing.

In the evening we had the Sports Fair. It was quite a rushing day so i couldnt really scrutinize n go thru each n every booth. I do have a few societies in mind such as yoga, badminton, fencing, swimming, canoeing n tennis. But time is my constrain. Haiz.. It's gonna be another headache for me.

Just right after the Sports Fair, me n claire were rushing to the WBS Lounge for the social event. I had great results today. FINALLY, I found malaysians!! N it is a very big bunch of them, bout 6-7 mb? It's so nice n few of them came to my room n we had a great chat whole night. Thank god im not alone. If my parents noe bout tis, they ll at least have one sigh of relief as nx time there might be ppl who can go bac to msia o cum to uk with me.. Like what ppl said, sunshine after the rain, i felt that the world wasnt treating me too bad today.