nisa.in.america

overly ambitious

2009-08-24T11:27:00.002+08:00

School begins in exactly one week, and I'm starting to feel that itch. That itch to get busy, that itch to start doing things, to meet new people and love this life I'm living.

Having had such a laid-back, relaxin, LAZY summer, I think it's about time to get moving! It always annoys me slightly that I haven't found the time this past year to take advantage of all IU has to offer. Volunteer opportunities, world class performances, fantastic music and theater schools which result in awesome performances all year round. All this has stirred up my passion for theater and the arts and I need to get out there! Problem is, where do I begin? All I see are opportunities! fun! ooo! i wanna try that! And I am becoming overly ambitious omg.

This here would be a list that I managed to conjure up tonight. Prioritized, which is why I have 3 items in #1 (indecisive much?). I started by looking for volunteer work, and got terribly distracted halfway..

things i want to / need to do this upcoming year
1. find a job, workout and volunteer with the iu auditorium
2. continue ballroom dancing, but perhaps not as often as before
3. volunteer somewhere else where i can actually help people
4. gather the guts to audition for a play/musical
5. join a dance group in which i can dance my heart out

all this in addition to taking and acing I-Core and Spanish grammar, and cooking (almost) everyday with leon in our lovely new kitchen.

A part of me looks at this list, thinks that it must be impossible, and longs to just shy away from it all and stay lazy in my new, cozy house. But I must not submit to that temptation.

No. No. No.

the sedentary lifestyle

2009-08-04T01:24:00.002+08:00

eat.
sleep.
shop.
read.
videogames.

That is my summer in a nutshell. not quite sure how i feel about it, but i think it might be a mix of comfort, frustration, restlessness and laziness all rolled into one giant ball of fat. That is me.
The weather's been lovely but i have nowhere to go. One step out of the house brings me to another road with nothing around me but houses and rundown businesses. If I turn right I hit a main street with cars and smelly fumes. To the left, more random houses. I've apparently been told that I should not even go for a run around the neighbourhood for fear of (insert random city danger here).

Oh Bloomington how I miss thee.

On a brighter note, 1.5 weeks till people start coming back. 3 weeks till I am released and will be freeeeee again.

so much for that

2009-05-09T04:58:00.002+08:00

once again, the school year went by just like that. as i looked over my post from last year, i remember those feelings i had. the numbness of saying goodbye to friends whom i've missed much these past months, the disbelief that it was summer break, not quite wanting to move on.
as i sit here, listening to music in a language that i am slowly getting better at, with the sound of rain hitting the road and the leaves being blown around in the background, that sense of disbelief is creeping back.
it's a gloomy, rainy day in bloomington. but i am somewhat enjoying it because it calms me, giving me time for my thoughts. something i haven't had time to do in a long while. the house is somewhat empty, and very quiet. i know once the others get back later i will probably be swept back into the rush of things. just the way i like it :)
fall semester seems like a while ago. thinking about it, i wonder how i managed to keep myself so busy all the time. as neil used to ask me "why do you make yourself so busy?". i guess i loved it then, maybe not so much now.
ah. distractions now prevent me from writing further. till later i suppose. at least this is a start?

2008-09-13T04:16:00.003+08:00

oops
okay so the point of this blog was to blog about what I was doing in the States, so I think the loooooong gap from when I last wrote in here is should be justified ;)
but hey, looks like i'm back once again. far away from home; in a different city, different state, living a different life.

Welcome to Bloomington, Indiana.

34 days

2008-04-28T08:53:00.002+08:00

the months have flown right past me and i'm down to 34 days.
34 days till i board a long ass flight home.
right now i'm a ball of mixed emotions.
said some goodbyes today. it wasn't wasy. it never is.
now i'm sorta numb. still in disbelief. not wanting to face reality.
i'd like to crawl up into a ball and go to sleep. sleep would be good for my pounding head.
but of course i have work to finish. a final to study for. things to do. places to be. reality to face.
i hate these last days. im such an emo child :(

2008-04-02T12:39:00.001+08:00

as u all know i've been very very lazy to post.
wait a bit longer! i need the right frame of mind and the right mood to do so :P
lovelove

omar

2008-03-17T13:15:00.001+08:00

haven't seen you since 2006
but i still miss you!!
summer 08 boy
but for now
happy 21st lah

lotsa love omar dear!

oh dear oh dear

2008-03-06T13:04:00.003+08:00

THREE WEEKS since i last posted anything here.

oooooooops?

too many things have been going on. way too many things. and the result? = i am now SICK

yes, SICK SICK SICK. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrh. i HATE being sick! i look so tired and pathetic -.-

yeah yeah yeah i know i am partly to blame. too many drinks, parties and late nights. but heck i had fun :D

it all started a coupla weeks ago when Bea of Colombia had her 19th birthday party in Atlanta. we had OMG THE BEST ITALIAN FOOD EVER in Maggiano's then headed on to some new club called Opera in midtown. twas a gooooood night =) stayed in 3 different places that weekend; Kennesaw, Oglethorpe and at Savannah's.

oh, this is Savannah

Savannah (left) and Ashley - who is my bit bitch in glassblowing

anyway, on that same weekend Savannah SOMEHOW dragged me to a tattoo parlor and got me BELLY PIERCED. ahhhhahahhaa. i still cannot believe it la. i was scared shitless :P
but yeah. Ive been talking about it. So i finally did it . Yay meeeeee.
so anyway that was the weekend that started it all. spent so much money tooo =.= how la.

then last weekend we went down to Valdosta for a night to visit some people and party. heh. and so happens i went out the night before that. and the one before that too. sooooo. to sum it all up it kept me busy. When i came back i had like nonstop rehearsals for the king and i which starts TOMORROW by the way!
and now im lying in bed with a sore throat =.=
GRRRR.
at least the fever's gone down?

oh well. more things to do tomorrow. will blog again when im free-er la!

later!

cold?hot?

2008-02-16T04:30:00.004+08:00

it was freeezing. below 0 degrees celsius. yes. freezing.
all bundled up we were. got in the car and drove 10 seconds to the lakehouse.
and when we got there.....

oh boy was it HOT! the firemen of Americus helped start the fire and then we started making smoooooores =)

oh yeah btw,

a smore = roasted ooey-gooey marshmallows between 2 graham crackers and chocolate.

picture time!

the firemen were shy :P

trish by the fire

ok so all the other photos are on facebook!

go check yourself la :P

mommy look what i found

2008-02-16T04:28:00.001+08:00

hahahhahaha.

i found this in the hallway and i just HAD to take a picture of it.

someone's in trouble?

lol

sniffs

2008-02-06T05:28:00.000+08:00

i finished season 2 of grey's anatomy. i've seen it before but it still makes me cryy. yes, i am a crybabyyyyy (^.^)
anyway that was the last episode i ever saw on tv last time till they stopped showing it on astro! so now it's on to season 3 wooohoooo!!

*smiles happily*

okay fine, i'll take a break before i start season 3. i wonder how long i can last?

so..

2008-02-04T14:01:00.000+08:00

The New York Giants won the Superbowl tonight.
wait. i don't really care. oh well.
sadly, i haven't gotten into the whole American football craze. I'm still waiting for it to hit. haha. if it ever does.

anyway i made 2 more glass pieces on friday and am set on making 2 more tomorrow morning!
oh the sweetness of it all.

had a rather dull weekend. pretty disappointing, really. but on the bright side, i did have my first drink in a month :)) it was really last minute, just a coupla shots while playing card games in a friend's room last nite.
yeah, that was the highlight of my weekend. omgggg.

work it

2008-01-30T12:02:00.001+08:00

omggggggg. my friends are all gila babi semangat to work out these days.
why? SPRING BREAK. can dieeeee.
cos whenever they wana workout, they ask me if i wana. and me, being the lazy lump that i am immediately reply [in my head] "noooooooo"
hahahha.
but then of course, i end up going cos i don't want to look like the bum that i am.
great.
just great innit.
so now i go to the gym and run for 15 minutes and stretch. hahha. yeah yeah say whatever you want, but i do sweat so it IS considered as working out. then on wednesdays i supposedly go for pilates from 4-5. but i have yet to get into the whole routine. i know i know it's good for me and blablabla. but it's winterrr. and it's coldddd. all i wana do is crawl into bed and do nuts :D
but instead, i went to the gym at 8pm today and now my feet hurt. i need new shoesss!!

ok enough about my babi-ness.
i'm going on a diet. hahhahah. been eating too much crap in the cafeteria. so i'm gona go on a week-long salad+abitofmeat diet. and NO desserts. NO sodas. UNLESS i cook. sounds like a plannnn.

hmm. random;
- i got invited to invite an honor and service organization
- i neeeed socks
- going bowling tomorrow :D
- i'm cold
- my tv's broken
- grey's anatomy is preventing all productivity
- i'm a royal wife/singer/fandancer in the king & i
- i have a smart ass kid for a "son" in the king & i
- it's superbowl sunday this weekend
- i decorated my wall! it's got looooovely pictures on it now.
- i'm upset about missing CNY AGAIN this year. [i missed the one in 2005 too =(( ]

ok. im tired.
goodnight

behold

2008-01-29T11:06:00.000+08:00

My lil' work of art! *proud smile*

Date of completion: 24th January 2008

Made in: The glassblowing room of GSW

MADE BY: ME!

full view/from the top/the pretty colors/the rim

this is the first piece i made as a glassblowing student.

it took me a good 45 minutes or so but i'm proud of the result! :D

i'm hoping hoping that i'll get an A in this class. it's funnnn.

the only downside is, since i'm gona be transfering out next semester, i can't continue with Glassblowing2 =(( cos GSW is one of very few schools that offer it! amazingggg.

oh well, i made my 2nd piece today! and got this in return

A sore, burnt, thumb =(

lesson learnt?

becareful where you put your fingers. the hot part of the rod is NOT a good idea.

love xoxo

puzzles

2008-01-25T12:51:00.001+08:00

drive me craaaaazay.

i just spent the last few hours on Trisha's floor working on her Cinderella castle puzzle. The tough part is that all the easy parts with many colors are all done, and now we have to work on the blue/black sky! it's just all BLUEEEE. with little white specks as stars. so yes my head is a-spinning right about now.

time for some grey's =)

later ya'll

omg am i goood or whattttt. so many posts in so few days! wheeeee. im BACK.

aiyoh

2008-01-25T05:47:00.000+08:00

mi clase española está consiguiendo más difícilmente

Spanish seems to be getting more difficult this semester =((
daymn, now i actually have to concentrate in class!

it just takes over

2008-01-24T11:04:00.000+08:00

laziness.

it just takes over.

drama series = baaaaad.

specifically grey's anatomy.

i recently found this LOVELY website where I could stream old episodes of grey's anatomy and it has gotten me HOOKED. my room is a mess. clothes are strewn all over the bed, floor and my chair. my college papers are in a pile, unsorted. and my homework lays untouched. i have about two weeks of sketchbook-ing for glassblowing to do. microecons work to finish. omgosh i am such BUM!

i cant quite pinpoint when this phase of laziness came about. but since it happened all i want to do is lay in bed with my computer, watch movies or do puzzles not mine, okay. they're Trish's.

a couple of weeks ago, when the new year had just begun, i was having an intense craving for pizza, fries and mcd's. there were other times last year that i had weird food cravings as well. haha.

oh well.

oh yes moving on, i did a nice bit of shopping this weekend! yayy. went to columbus, georgia to explore new territories and a new mall :D

6 of us girls packed into a car illegally. lol. and drove for about an hour and fifteen minutes for a loooong day of shoppingggg!

Jessica, Gerda and Trish who were squished up next to me.

Ashley who drove us there

and Sandra, Trish's roommate, was in the front!

the drive was SO worth it.
you see, before this all we had was the Albany Mall which is 45 minutes away. so we were like kids in a candy store to say the least. haha, so jakun i know. but try staying in my town la ok. it WILL drive you crazy too.
anyhow, after shopping we decided to watch 27dresses in the cinemaaa =) i like. although it sure didn't help my grey's anatomy addictiction. cos after i got back i really wanted to watch another episode but i was too sleepy.

yeah so that was my last few days.

oh oh oh i played in the snow on saturday! but that's a story for another time. right now i have to get to my sketchbook-ing.

love!

i am a little late

2008-01-23T04:10:00.000+08:00

but...

HAPPY 21ST BERNICE DEAR!

i will never forget the first time i met this girl - SuCasa party!

she was one of the friendliest people i have ever met. especially considering the fact that she didn't know alot of us very well then! i had my reservations about her, no doubt, but as the night went on we had tonsa tonsa fun with our vodka and ribena :D

from then on she quickly became one of the girls and a night would never be complete without her! from crazy friday nights to swimming in the rain to cheering on our shoelace boys, BernBern has been the best company =)

so here's to Ms. Bernice Chan, and to all of us celebrating our 21sts this year!

i send much love from miles away.

xoxo

it has been

2008-01-21T10:29:00.000+08:00

a year

xoxo

2008-01-10T12:33:00.000+08:00

Neil,

you're beginning a new year

your 21st year,

enjoy it and celebrate!

go out, have fun, and eat lots of cake.

okay?

happy birthday my dear.

i'll be home soon,
love you

xoxo

texas

2008-01-09T13:16:00.000+08:00

here are some photos i took in texas! none from christmas or new years eve, these are just... well, in the garage! =D
booze and shisha all night every night
nisa, sarv, dharma, navvin and kavie (sometimes)
enjoy!

(above and below) the 2 boys dancing :D i think it was bhangra?
sarveeeeeeeeen!

hahahahhha. we tried to "walk through" mcdonalds. got yelled at in the end.
beer pong

from the car

mini golf! was followed by go karting, batting cages and the arcade.

dharma driving and camwhoring.

2008

2008-01-06T09:59:00.000+08:00

a new year!

2007 was a year of love, laughter, fun, drinks, friends and travel for me.

love & laughter with my closest girls&boys.

travels with my family and on my own.

i must say it's been very eventful.

and I am so ready for MORE!

( i shall post pictures and details of my holiday in Houston up soon! when i stop being so lazy =))

stranded

2007-12-31T03:54:00.000+08:00

i leave for atlanta in two days. tuesday morning, 6:29 am.
and at this moment, i have absolutely no idea what i'm gona do when i land.
yes, i am stranded. for now at least.
host mum can't come up till wednesday.
how did this happen =(

so in my desperation i called danielle and stephanie who live about an hour east of the airport. danielle said she'll call me back and let me know. man i hate asking people things like this. and so last minute too (ok fine, the last minute thing is my fault, but still)

now i just have to wait. wait wait wait. hmm.

how the now?

shoelace -

2007-12-29T17:03:00.000+08:00

Shoelace Untied performs again tonight at Backyard Pub and Grill in Sri Hartamas!
It's in a coupla hours and i know that probably no one will read this in the next few hours but i'm so proud of these boysssss =)
and if you happen to read this by chance and it's still early, go support them la k!

.i'm out.

unbelievable

2007-12-25T15:20:00.000+08:00

was this really a year ago?

i love you guys <3

the season -

2007-12-25T14:47:00.000+08:00

after feeling terribly uninspired for so long (ok fine, maybe it was laziness), nothing helps more than the christmas season. oh yes,
merry christmas everyone!
this has got to be hands down the best time of the year. good times with the family, parties with friends and great food help spread the joy. being away from home this year i was dreading the holiday season. after the kick-ass time we had last year (WENCH guys and girls, i love you all!) the thought of having none of those familiar faces was horrible. but then again, i'm still in the christmas mood so i guess things did work out after all, did they not?

i also miss my family right about NOW. because right about NOW my dearest big sister is slaving away in the kitchen preparing christmas lunch for everyone at home. and i wana be there! it's something the two daughters do every year and we make the bestest food =D no worries chach, i'll make it up to you, somehow!! i will cook Southern food when i get back. haha!

also, last year at this very time i was out with my dearest michy chin sue mei. yes, sue mei, i will never forget your chinese name =) dinner at the ever-so-packed TGIF and tonsa tonsa catching up and talking after.. it's really been unbelievable to think that a whole year has passed since then! then of course there was the LAT party and after party, Velocity, Christmas at Chrissy's (lol), Christmas at Dass's, and so much more. good times with good friends.

this year, how so much seems to have changed! I'm in Texas (oops, for those who don't know, im spending 2 weeks of my hols here in Houston, TX with Taylor's friends - Sarveen and Navvin- and staying at Sarv's friends house - Dharma =)) Bubblelina Hua is in London, Dass is in Germany?, and well, everyone seems so spread out! so for everyone out there, wherever you are, i love u and have a fantastic Christmas and New Year!!

tomorrow we'll be barbeque-ing with Dharma and his family. can't wait =D pounds and pounds of chicken, beef and pork. nyehehehe. jom everyone, MAKAN!!

i sure am going to miss all the Christmas carols, lights and decorations once today is over. why can't they just keep it up?

grrf-ed

2007-11-28T11:54:00.001+08:00

i'm annoyed
mostly at myself though. I lost my student ID. possibly the most important thing i need in college. i need it to get into my dorm building, into my hall.. heck, i even need it to eat! these past 3 days i've been reduced to waiting outside my building and hall; waiting for someone to come along. man i feel pathetic. it's hard to get in the dining hall even cos they don't like it when u just give ur number. for "security reasons" they say. to eat! that is all i want. not as if i haven't paid for the food already.
i'm so terribly reluctant to get a new ID right now. it costs 10 dollars! ok well some of you might not think that is much, but with a bank balance like mine... you would wana save that 10 bucks. i could spend that money on a phonecard that would let me call a home for 14 or 5 hours. to landlines and cellphones respectively. i could spend that money on 2 new tops! on 2 meals! but nooo. i had to be soooo damn careless and let it fall out somewhere. yes, that's right, i don't even know when i lost it. all i know is that it suddenly disappeared from the pocket that i had had it in. oh the frustration.

2007-11-21T00:46:00.000+08:00

ten

<3 waffle house - - -

2007-11-18T14:51:00.000+08:00

yummy yummy, just came back from waffle house an hour ago! late dinner :D
cheese n steak n bacon melt with a hashbrown and a blueberry waffle. oh so scrumptious!
anyway, the weekend is halfway thru, and i have done absolutely no homeowork! and i have a presentation on monday night that is 20% of my grade (!!) that i havent started on. mannn. NOT looking forward to tomorrow.. it's crunch time!

thursday night Trisha's boyfriend, Eric, came down to Americus! aaaalll the way from a place called Ringgold which is a good 4 hours away. he was supposed to come with another friend, but the friend couldnt come at the last minute so guess what happened la. Trisha, being the loving girlfriend that she is,,.. went up to Atlanta to get him!! 0.o we're talking a 2 and a half hour drive here ladies and gentlemen. amazing. *hint hint (neil... would u do that for me? :D )
so so so.. friday eric got a tour of GSW and Americus. he even sampled out delightful cafeteria food! which was exceptionally bad that day.. It was actually our (trish, jessica and i) first time exploring Americus too. exploring as in going downtown (which is say... the size of... new town? LOL. it has 2 or maybe 3 main roads. and main means there's something on it like a shop or smtg, haha) and parking the car and walking... it was really pretty though! and we stopped for ice cream eventhough it was about 16 degrees celsius out. not that cold, but still... oh i had moosetracks ice cream! i get to try something new everydayyy. moose tracks are like reeses peanut butter cups, but i think there's real peanut butter inside? something like that. but when made into an ice cream,.... oooooo mmmmm.. good stuff.

oh then after that we went over to the movie gallery cos trish had a free movie rental and attempted to find a movie that we would wana watch. u'd think this would be easier since it was FREE and all but it really wasnt! in an entire store filled with movies from end to end, it took us a good 20 minutes to pick out one that we wanted! it ended up to be fantastic four; rise of the silver surfer. which incidentally, was the first time for all of us :D it was an okay movie la. but too much action tires my eyes and makes them sleepy.

and thennnn. today we went to albany, again! but it wasn't to shop :O shocking i know. in fact when i came back just now and told my roommate that i went to albany today, she was so surprised that i didnt buy anything. nothing at all! so proud of myself, yayyyy. we did watch a movie though. BEOWULF!! i've been wanting to see it since i saw the coooooooool trailers on tv. but it was okay only! grr. and once again, all the action took a toll on my eyes..... soooo... yeah, i kinda fell asleep... several times. hahahhah. cacat la. but it was cool though. cos thing were like POPPING OUT at us in 3-D. we got the special glasses and all! wheee. i must say that i prefer normal movies though. the glasses were so tight on the sides my head felt trapped :S

okok soooooo. after that we came back, waffle house dinner at 11pm, then came back and im here! babbling my heart away. *phew.
pictures later la. my camera is in my bag, which is at the foot of my bed, and im too lazy to lean over. too full also. wahahhaha.

goodnight!!!

loooong story - - -

2007-11-09T08:42:00.000+08:00

so i finally feel like writing! :D
it's been awhile, huh.
well firstly, updates!

last weekend.. omgggg.
to get a ride up to Atlanta was impossibleee.
well here's the deal. last week was a "Rotary Student Weekend". aka, you go somewhere and they take you, feed you, take you around, and give u stuff =P i love these weekends.
so last weekend it was destination Atlanta, where we were supposed to stay at the YMCA and be shown around atlanta a lil bit. So i was all excited.. y'know? all ready to go up and have a great time. so the Monday before the weekend, i ask a rotarian how we were getting up there since rotary is responsible for getting us a ride.
well, she doesnt know. so i was like 'okaaayyyy'. we ask the next day at the rotary meeting, and guess what? they don't know either! so in other words, out of a group of 100 people, not one of em knew how we were getting there. and yeah - no one could bring us there either. gaaaaaaah. madness.
so they turn to me and say "can u ask your host family if they can?" it was TUESDAY! we were supposed to leave on FRIDAY!
frustration. really.
but anyway, after 2 days of asking around, Gerda and i finally get a ride from a guy HALF AN HOUR before he wanted to leave. talk about luck.

moving on.. so we get up to atlanta, and the guy drops us off at a train station. we get out tickets, get on the train......
and the train DOESN'T move.
mmmhmm. technical problems kept us there for an hour! in the same station! sooo. after a looong while. we finally got to the meeting place 2 hours later. GRRFYING i tell you.

anywayy, on a happier note, the weekend after that was great! tonsa fun and not enough sleep. haha. after all, how can one sleep with nothing but a yoga mat on a hard floor? yes, me the dumb ass did not bring a sleeping bag cos my host mom couldnt get me one on time, so i tossed and turned allllll night long on the floor of the YMCA. can DIE man. but im a survivor.

other than thattt.t... oh we went to the World of Coke! lovely. and to the zooooooooo :D
fun-ness.

oklah, damn malas to write already. wana watch america's next top model instead!!! heheheh. have nooo idea what season i'm watching though.

later!

XOXO

it's - - -

2007-11-08T13:46:00.000+08:00

FREEZING COLD!

ZERO DEGREES CELSIUS.

OMGGGGG.

crazy, no?

what fun. wheeeeee :D

shopping!

2007-11-05T09:32:00.000+08:00

i found another website with Shoelace Untied!
check it out, ok? :D
http://numberonemusic.com/shoelaceuntied/

total emo-ness

2007-11-02T14:32:00.000+08:00

pms-ing like never before.

emo-ing as always.

i don't know what's up with me, but i need some happy pictures.

the wallpaper on my laptop

pretty sky
my fav band, shoelace untied; on stage
the house that i wana go back to
the boy i need to go back to
family time
the bestest people

i really need some lovin' in my life right now =(

shoelace - - -

2007-10-30T02:56:00.000+08:00

They're back! Here to rock your world, I present.....

[[ Shoelace Untied ]]

This time around, they will be performing at the

Jairus Anthony Music Festival (JAMFEST) 2007

at the Backyard Pub and Grill, Sri Hartamas

on the 7th of November

at 9pm.

There is NO cover charge for the event, and for those of you who don't know how to get there, the address is Jln Sri Hartamas 8, Taman Sri Hartamas, KL.

For more information about JAMFEST 2007, visit these websites!

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/Features/20071023165652/Article

http://starznews.blogspot.com/2007/10/grooves-and-new-moves-at-backyard-fest.html

http://www.backyardpub.com./jamfest2007.htm

So be there, and support the boys please!!

go on my behalf =)

thankssss! <3

2 weeks - - -

2007-10-24T08:02:00.000+08:00

It's been 2 weeks since i posted anything.even with that one i kinda cheated since it was a birthday post. heheh.oops?
I can't say that anything really interesting has actually happened here. It's Americus! But i suppose i could just post some updates.
let's see...

oh oh. I aced all my tests! and all my midterms :D yes la yes la, nerd, i know.
and... oh I had the most horrible weekend in Jacksonville, Florida. Went there for SIFE training. Not gona talk about that.
other than that. oh I became a tutor LOL. it's good money!! sorta. $5.85 an hour, and I have about 6 hours a week. I'm pretty much getting paid to study with people! and the most hilarious part? I'm 'tutoring' in subjects that i've JUST started learning... kinda. Macro&Accounts :D

then... then then.. i went to Savannah on the 12-14th of October! It was wonderful! Possibly my favorite city here yet. I shall post some pictures up later =]

and lastly,.. last weekend, i went back to my host parents house in Albany and had a relaaaaxing weekend. sleep+eat+football+..... fleas -.-
yes, fleas. it so happens that before we came, my host mom had put something called 'pinestraw' into her car and it had fleas!!!!! like OMGGGGGG. it got onto us, then into the house, and then practically the whole weekend was spent scratching!!!! ok, it wasn't THAT bad la. but the idea of fleas around was kinda gross. and i have horibbble bites on me now :(

and now i'm here.. the days are getting kinda boring really. i go to class, come back to my room, watch tv/read a book, go for lunch, go to the gym (sometimes la), go for dinner.... and laze in the room? i sound like a bummmm.

laters

mazwah - - -

2007-10-09T09:52:00.001+08:00

happy 19th birthday mazwah!

(it's still the 8th of October here so i'm NOT too late with this post!!)

i'm SURE you're probably having the bestest birthday in London right now, so have funnn!! =D

The last birthday I spent with you was in 2004 -.-

But anyway, have a great one and we'll party next summer

love u babes!

i should be shot

2007-10-09T09:51:00.000+08:00

for not blogging in so long!
i've been... well i can't say uninspired, i have alot i wana say, but I can't seem to set myself down to write.
oh well!
and guess what. I'm still not in the mood.
wait lah.

lazy lazy weekend - - -

2007-10-01T11:29:00.000+08:00

just the way i like it.
a lazy weekend on campus.
lotsa sleep, movies and laziness.
=]
yucky food though. but oh well.
nothing's perfect.

my laziness can't seem to go away.
i'm too lazy to write this really.
gaarh.

oh it's getting cooler here.
and i went shopping on saturday.
yeayy.
class tomorrow..
not so yayy.

woopsie - - -

2007-09-26T12:13:00.000+08:00

i've been bad i know.. can't believe i've left my blog idle for 5 days! 0.o
anywayy. quick update!

my weekend
was superrrrr :D
went up to Atlanta for an informal weekend with the other GRSP students for a crazy time!! eheh.
we stayed at the super 8 motel, drank like fish both nights, and hit 6flags theme park on sat afternoon. wahahhhaa.
lesson learnt? don't try going to a themepark with a hangover :S it aint fun.
also, Gerda and i were actually lucky enough to get a coupla tickets for the Atlanta Braves baseball game on friday night from 2 guys in our college so we went for that too! (the same 2 guys also gave us a lift up there)

oh oh. we almost got evicted from the motel. LOL. what do u expect, 40 students, 8 rooms. you cant exactly expect us to stay in our rooms and be good little kids right!! but anyway, apparently some of the other guests complained to the management so we all got fined when we went to pay for the hotel on sunday.... =.=
An extra $320 for all of us. urgh.

but overall, it was fantastic. there were people from like 20 different countries from all nearly all the continents. soo. yea. that's it!

Trish (pictured below) picked gerda and i up from atlanta on sunday evening. the darling! she got lost looking for the place we were at <3 woopsie. ===================================
tonight!!

anybody up for a strapping young fine man from the Chi Phi fraternity at GSW? wahahha. 10dollars 10 dollars! going once, going twice,..... SOLD!!

mwahhahah.

u guessed it. I went for a guy auction!!! haaha. it was funnyyy. and omg. some of these girls have ALOT of money to spend!! the highest bid was 100dollars (350ringgit!!) and the lowest was about 30 dollars (100ringgit)....
i was like 0.0
that's alot of money........

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bubble

bubble aka Alina Hua Xiu Min (also pictured below) is on her way to LONDON RIGHT NOW!!

our darling lil straight A bubbly girl is all grown up!! LOL.

to Aliii: hope you had a great 'last week' in Malaysia!!! miss yaaa. and be good!! :D we party next summer. yah?

Trishhh

bubble @ Aliiii

XOXO

it's getting-a-cooler - - -

2007-09-20T06:27:00.000+08:00

from scorching hot days to cold winds. the weather here has just changed all of a sudden. like it just decided to do a 90degree turn and act like it's already autumn. or is it?
i walked out of my room yesterday with 3quarter jeans and a tshirt. my jacket was stuffed in my bag in preparation for the freezing business building. But as i walked out, the wind hit me. not a pleasant surprise. however, as the day wore on it gradually warmed up and soon it was back to the norm.
so, i thought that it might just be normal this morning too. cos judging from the bright sunshine out my window when i woke up, it seemed to be fairly warm.
i was wrong. -.-
it was so cold, i had to put my jacket on while walking. hrmpf. dumb ass weather won't make up it's mind.
anyway.
i guess it's going into autumn now eh?

cozy day in - - -

2007-09-20T06:23:00.000+08:00

in my room.

temperature's set at 69degrees fahrenheit.

i'm snuggled under my comforter, i love the pretty patterns on it.

i'm surrounded by cushions.

laptop on my lap.

novel by my side.

oh bliss.

what a lazy day.

birthday balloon - -

2007-09-17T02:12:00.000+08:00

i just realized that i didn't blog about my birthday balloon!
here it is =)

thanks Gerda & Danielle!! For the raspberry danish too =D

ooo. 0.o

2007-09-15T04:27:00.000+08:00

i realized something a few days ago.
It's been a month.
a MONTH since i left.
daymn.
oh well. here are some pictures!

family, friends, loved ones, memories =)

sistersister

mi familia
darlings!
my girls from japan
more japan =] Neil.

i miss you!. And you. And you!

and oh. everyone.

movies - - -

2007-09-15T04:25:00.000+08:00

Had "movie nights" with some girls the past 2 Thursday nights.

The Matrix

Lucky Number Slevin.

sweetness.

Now it's time for Matrix 2 & 3!

*pathetic smile

i know i'm slow la.

bouncing off the walls - - -

2007-09-15T04:18:00.000+08:00

IT'S THE WEEKEND!!

and... three tests down, one to go!!

to make things even better?

highest in the class for accounts and macro YO!

mwahahhahah.

forgive me if that sounded obnoxious. But this is like the first time in yearsssss that i've ever gotten the highest grade in a class. Wheeee.

I don't even go for half my macro classes cos it's too early. LOL.

Anyway, back to my bigbig title. It's the weekend!! And I don't know why i'm so happy considering the fact that i'm not leaving Americus this weekend.

Yup, staying in my little town.

But it's kind of a relief actually. I need to get down to some serious cleaning up and clothes-washing :S

Also, today is my friend Michelle's 18th birthday!! So birthday dinner tonight!!

And then birthday shopping and movie tomorrow!HEHE.

And then... tomorrow night is some big frat party cos it's the fraternity recruitment week.

So yeah, this is a good weekend to stay here.

Woohoooooo!

bring it on!

shoelace!! - - -

2007-09-13T12:30:00.000+08:00

more pictures - - -

2007-09-13T11:30:00.001+08:00

these are a few of my weekend. will do more later =]

group photos, we love!
dancing the chicken dance!!
giselle, dave, marcus, robert, me, gerda, juli
mr. jamaica & i. neville!

wake up call! - - -

2007-09-13T09:49:00.000+08:00

Called Bernice and Alina today.. (Thurs morn)And gave them both a wake up call!!

I especially wanted to talk to Bernice about their new Rotaract Club!! So excited for them about that. Also cos I might prob start up the Rotaract here at GSW so it's such a coincidence!

Anyway, Bern said that I don't have enough pictures on my blog. So i'm gona dedicate this one to picturesssssss!!
Have fun =]

these were taken on aug30, at a frat house party.

me, juliana, christine

it was a band party, so there was a band!

me and some guy, and his aviators. haha. forgot his name!

beer pong!

the girls =]

juli, gerda, lyn, krista, amy, michelle & me! the band again
a lil camwhoring
more beer pong

shoelace untied - - -

2007-09-12T03:17:00.000+08:00

oh wait. I musn't forget!!

congratulations guys!!!

i mean

shoelace untied rocks!!

Shoelace Untied ( Neil, Chris, Brendan, Mark & Shukri )

played this weekend back home at Midvalley for the World Cyber Games!!

I wish I coulda been there to cheer you guys on, but I guess I'll have to be content with supporting ya'll from here!

For those of you who don't know who Shoelace Untied is or have never heard them play before, do check this out!

http://amp.channelv.com/shoelaceuntied

actually, even if you HAVE heard them play before check it out anyway!

Videos from last weekend are up tooooooooo :D

Photos are up on http://absolutelypyng.blogspot.com !

can't wait till your next gig guys,

Love you all!

i'm back! - - -

2007-09-12T03:04:00.000+08:00

I've been MIA!!

SO SO SORRYYYYY.

I've been super busy this weekend and i finally have a break now. Not.

But i'm taking some time off to update anyway.

Let's see.. quick update on what's been keeping me so occupied.

Tonsa homework =.=
Clayton County Weekend! (more bout that later)
Rotary Presentation; Presenting.... Malaysia!!! hahah.

What's to come?

THREE TESTS THIS WEEK
ONE NEXT MONDAY.

GAH.

*think happy thoughts, happy!*

ok. So Clayton County weekend! This was a bittersweet weekend cos i had a fantabulous time with the other GRSP students at the Clayton County International Park --- beach!! hehe.

(It was a fake beach though. LOL. Manmade. Lake. It was where the 1996 Olympic volleyball tourney was at though! "altogether now, oooooo")

But my host family wasn't even close to being great and I lost my Olay night moisturizer & toothbrush :(

I also didn't take many pictures at all cos my hands were wet or sandy most of the time. So sorry, LAH!

Then yesterday.. I had 2 homework assignments due, so that ate up ALL my time. Had the presentation to prepare for the whole of last night and this morning....

So in other words, I'm TIRED!. so excuse the lousy post, k?

I'd like to write more.. i really would. But.

Nah.

good god this post really sucks.

night out - - -

2007-09-08T15:38:00.000+08:00

So I went to Atlanta todayyyy!!

omgosh i was so happy and excited. heh!

Forgive me la, living in small town. What to do?

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Anywayy. Before tthat.... We came up to Clayton County (Where the Atlanta int. airport is) this afternoon for our 2nd GRSP weekend! We met at the Holiday Inn hotel, had dinner, and then went back with our host families for the weekend.

So last time, my host family consisted of a recently widowed old man. He was sweet, but it was very quiet.

This time around, I had nooo idea who I would get this time,. I go to the registration table, they give me a name, and guess what; an Indian man!

hahahhahahha.

It's like I can't escape. He had this superly duperly thick accent so i was kinda like 0.o =.=

So the after dinner, we were all ready to leave and stuff when i find out that 2 of us, (there were 5 girls that were supposed to stay with him), were going back with his niece. And yeah, you guessed it. I was one of the 2. It was a totally random selection.

-.-

But his niece totally changed my mind like within minutes. heheh.

She's cooooool.

Andrea, the Colombian girl staying with me, asked if we could go out tonight.

She said okay!! So being the lovely host that she was, she drove us 40minutes, into the city of Atlanta and took us to get some drinks....

at a gay bar.

LOL!

It was so funnyyyy!. heh. You walk in, and you see these really good looking guys dancing. with each other. As in bumpin' and grindin' and all that! Holding each other and what not.

What an experience. i have some pictures below!

oH and after that, we went to another club/bar called Loco Luna cos one of Andrea's bestest friends was there. It was right opposite the Georgia Tech campus.

So a drink, a jello shot, a cuppa water lotsa dancing.

Nice night, eh?

picturesssss.

Our host, me, Andreajello shot!

i did mention that it was a GAY bar, right?

check out the posters behind me

3 girls =]

Alright, i gotta get some sleep. going to the BEACH tomorrow!

oh wait!!

right now Shoelace Untied (Neil, Chris, Brendan, Mark, Shukri) are playing in Midvalley for the World Cyber Games.

I wish i was there, boys! And i'm sure you're rocking the crowd as I type this.

to everyone,

Love y'all!!

radio - - -

2007-09-06T02:50:00.000+08:00

they need to out different songs on the radio.
it's worse that hitz.fm i swear.
same song again. and again.
and again.
and again.
and again.
need i say more?

and Rockstar is such an old song la pls.

biotch - - -

2007-09-06T02:46:00.000+08:00

ok so i MIGHT be getting a little too annoyed over this but i cant stand it.

my bloody spanish lecturer should not be teaching.

she is never clear about what she wants from you
she pauses every few seconds while talking. maybe she's got something stuck up her ass?
no, she does have something stuck up there im sure of it. uptight bitch.
nobody learns anything.
she doesnt know the damn meaning of OR!

arrrrgh. i'll show you.

Birthday weekend - - -

2007-09-03T08:55:00.000+08:00

I've been lazy.
lazy to update.
No.
Actually i've been too sleepy to update. hahaha.
Really. everytime i have time, im too sleepy.
Anyway, just a summary of my weekend.
xoxo

Friday the 31st

Tiringgg. I was so super sleepy because of my lack of sleep on Thursday night, so I was a walking zombie.

Then.. Oh, at around 5:45pm, Neville from Jamaica came over to follow me to dinner. We were to have dinner with the Kooti family (my roommate's host family) in their house.

Sooo. at say 6:45, Thays - a Brasilian girl who works here at GSW- came to pick us up. Dinner was good. We had barbequed steak & rice =] so yummy. Then, sleeep.

Saturday the 1st

Birthdayyyyy!! :D hehe. Thank you Bernice for that sweet post on your blog* The day started really early (in my opinion anyway) and we were off to Atlanta to do some shopping!!

Or so I thought. I have NO IDEA where we went cos I slept the whole way in the car. What can i say? I like to sleep. heh.

But when the car finally stopped after a coupla hours I woke up and started shoppinggg. Bought a few things, not that much.

But nice stuff if i do say so myself. Lunch was Burger King -=.=

Dinner was Applebees. I was so NOT full. Tidurr.

Sunday the 2nd

Slept till 10am =D

Was off to Albany for Juli to buy her computer, and for me to meet up with my host family. Burger King for lunch AGAIN ==.==

and then i met up with my loooovely host mom who is the bestesttttttt. We did more shopping together, then made dinner!
And now im here!

picture time!

My birthday cake on Friday

Nevilla & Juliana
Nisa, Thays, Juli
In the car driving everywheree.
My host mom making my 2nd birthday cake =]

With all the candles on

The delicious pasta bake

Salad on the plates

Birthday cake all lit upMy host parents; Anna Lee & Pat O'Neil

Pat lighting the cakeMy dinner plate

love all!!

barely awake - - -

2007-08-31T22:09:00.000+08:00

Thursday night parties kill me.

No, actually having a Macro class the next day at 9am kills me.

I was barely awake again in class today. grrh. It doesn't help that my lecturer just goes on and on and on and on and onnnnnn.

*sigh*

Anyway, I might as well tell y'all bout the party last night =] and i have pictures too! but i cant upload em now cos they're on Juli's camera.

Oh wait you know what? I might as well update later with the pictures.

I wana sleeeeeep now.

Goodnight.

how now?

2007-08-29T11:16:00.000+08:00

It's my birthday this weekend and it's a long weekend here because of labor day.

No one's gona be on campus.

I don't know what to doooooooooo.

Stay here?

Go back to my host parents house?

My host mom is only free on Sunday & Monday.

How now?

Depressing-nesss.

tootsies - - -

2007-08-29T11:05:00.000+08:00

MY TOES HURT -.-

So we went a little crazy on the workout again today. heh!

Well it felt crazy to me la.

Kickboxing for an hour, then 30mins of abs! Ok it doesnt sound alot, but it's tiring.

After that, I stayed back to see what was happening after, and it was aikido!! =D

i was like coooooooool. hahaha.

So i stayed back for 90mins to watch that.

Ooh ooh. And i met this Korean guy who was in the aikido class and he could speak Japanese! Apparently he started learning like 2 weeks ago but he was like super good for a beginner. hmpf.

Anywayyyy, this guy, Phil, (or Pil in Korean.lol) also does kendo! (Japanese martial art using a bamboo stick. Go look it up la ppl) and soooo. I got a short lesson in kendo =]

It's DAMN HARD. grrh.

Anyway, back to my big red heading above. --- I didnt bring the correct shoes with me to the States. I only brought a pair of Converse and Adidas sneakers that aren't really ideal for working out.

So now my toes hurt =( I don't like my shoes. Shopping timeeee!! wheee. hehehe.

group photo - - -

2007-08-28T23:19:00.000+08:00

i got this off someone elses facebook. Alot of em are in their national costumes =] Only about half of us here though!

- - -

2007-08-28T12:18:00.000+08:00

I'm sinking lower and lower and lower.
Someone, come rescue me?

oh i've got a headache.

tired out! - - -

2007-08-27T02:13:00.000+08:00

Soo i just got back from Augusta and i'm so tired!!
I know was supposed to update while i was there but i had no time!! sorry. ehehe.
anyway, eventhough it was rather tiring, it was fun!! =D
Altogether, there are 71 GRSP students this year, from 22 different countries, studying in 26 different colleges & universities.

15 Colombians, 12 Swedes, and... well Danes, Brasilians, Norwegians, French, Scottish, Welsh, Bulgarians, Kiwis, Estonians, a Turk, Indian, Uzbekistanian?, Vietnamese and a Jamaican. and... err. cant remember lah. woops.

anyways, it was a whirlwind weekend, full of meetings, seminars, good food, then dancing =]

wells, me gots to study and im too lazy to write right now sooo. pictures!

Anne Marit (Sweden), ermmm, Juli my roommate, me!

Gerda, Juli & I

Juli and I in our costumes

Friday night dinner; Calum (Scotland), Gerda, Me, Merje(Estonia), Henrik (Sweden?), Liina(Estonia)

Gerda & I

Anne Marit

Tristan Gray (NZ)

The sexy Colombian (according to Juli. haha) forgot his name.

The Swedes

Calum the Scottish boy

aching - - -

2007-08-24T01:27:00.000+08:00

OMG im in pain.

Yesterday was like super workout day or something.

Arrived at the gym at say 4:15pm and did 20 mins on the treadmill, some ab crunches and leg extensions.

Thennn.. this girl came up and asked us if we wanted to join in the pilate class at 5pm.

I was like yeahhhh! heheh. Cos i've been wanting to go check it out, but never had the time.

So anywayy. Gerda, Nicole, Stephanie & I went for the class.

omg.

*ouchhhh

we hung in there though, and it felt real good after! I felt soo healthy. wahahhaha.

After the class they had step aerobics lol which i was soo so tempted to take.

So i did.

heh!

I must've been crazy.

Nicole & I stayed back for that. I left halfway to go get dinner =]

Couldn't risk missing dinner again, right!

So gym: 4.15-5.00 + pilates: 5.00-6.00 + step aerobics: 6.00-6.30... = aching butt, thighs & shoulders

hahahaha.

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other than that...... Augusta!!! yayyyy.

This weekend is conclave in Augusta!.

Conclave is like the first meeting of all the GRSP (Georgia Rotary Student Program) students of the year and it's basically a whole weekend of good food, good fun and yeah, more fun!!

I think..

bahh. it'll be fun.

So anyway, Gerda, Juli & I are gona be leaving Americus tomorrow (Friday) morning at 9am and are off on a 3.5 hour ride! hehe. whee.

I just hope i can walk properly by then. Cos now i'm like limping around in a weird way. lol.

There's gona be about 70+ of us there tomorrow. I know alot of them are from Colombia, some from Estonia, Brasil, Jamaica,.. just to name a few.

I will be bringing my laptop so I'll definitely update while i'm there!!

in the meantime, picturesssss =D

my room number
WELCOME =]

as you open the door..

on the left is the closet..

look to the right and you get the bathroom..

Then on the left is Juli's side of the room.And this is my side!! (yes, i'm aware that it's significantly messier than Juli's side)Then we have the sink! Ain't it prettyyy.look closerr. the flowers are mine, candles are hers.

the view from my window

me messy room

That's all folks!

random - - -

2007-08-21T11:13:00.000+08:00

This has got to be the most updated blog everr. haha. So stop complaining la!

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As I walked into my Southwestern Oaks 2 (my dorm) today, there were a bunch of black girls and guys sitting there - which is normal- then comes this cutest little African American boy who looked to be about 2 years old or so running around eating ice cream!

So i look around..... oh gosh. which one's the mom?? Everyone there was so young.

It was .. different.

But it seems pretty normal here.

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I made friends with some Japanese girls here.

So i've been practicing me Japanese with them. yayyy.

No excuse for me to forget the language now is there.

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I'm too lazy to do my homework so i'm gona continue writing random things here.

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Tomorrow I have to go for the Rotary Club meeting again.. hope the speaker's interesting.

If not it is oh so hard to stay awake -.-

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I hope the books i ordered from E-bay come soon! yes, I use e-bay now cos textbooks cost a bomb!

one textbook here costs about $110. On average. Used ones in the bookstore are abit cheaper, but there aren't many used ones for alot of the subjects I have..

Therefore, to buy all the textbooks i would need for my FULL LOAD of 6 subjects, I would need a good $500-$600! But I only get $450 for Rotary, so i bought most of em online.

cos if i spend less than $450, i get to keep the change. whee! like that's gona happen.

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Oh I had one of the most interesting subjects today.

Free Enterprise in Practice 1. or more commonly known as SIFE.

Check it out online!!

Apparently it's this big international competition where groups from hundreds of universities aroud the world compete with each other. Malaysia is involved too but only in places like UniTEN, UPM, UiTM..... etc.... u get my drift (no offense to anyone)

So anyway, it's really cool! And we get to travel and stuff to go to the competitions. woohoo. hahahha. might be going down to Florida toooo. yeayy

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Lastly,

to get a job or not??

i cant decide!

pros: money

more money

cons: less time

less going out

dilemma

i need comments!

locked outa my room - - -

2007-08-21T09:15:00.000+08:00

So i'm in Gerda's room writing this now.
Forgot to take my key with me when i left for dinner earlier so I cant get in now.
Juli, come back quick!!
I'm so dumb sometimes..

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Anyway, It's getting so hot here that i'm actually starting to miss the weather back home. LOL.
Miss everyone at home like crazyyy too. Crazy. Grr.
On the bright side, making friends here hasn't been to hard. yayy! The American's are amazingly friendly and I've already gotten a coupla invitations to go home with some of them for the weekend. I can get outa Americus! YAYY! hahaha.
This town is so tiny, it's like...... ~thinks.. . the size of...... well it's half of pj. go figure it out yourself. HEH.
Another weird thing? Back home we have One Utama and Midvalley and KLCC.
Here I have Walmart -.-
It's the biggest building here i swear. omggg.
I still havent been into town yet though. Will have to do that soon.
Oh and talking about 'swearing', everyone's so religious here!!! hahhaha.
Today, I accidentally said "it's hot as hell out here!"
guess what he said??
"Amen"

!!!!!

i got scared. Did i offend him?
someone tell me, please!!

2007-08-20T07:38:00.000+08:00

note: this post was written on Sunday evening

Exerciseee

i went to the gym todayyy =]

did a whole lotta running, jogging, leg exercises & ab crunching. yay. hehe

Gerda's reaaally into exercising so we're gona go a few times a week.

I'm gona get fit y'all hear!

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First weekend

So my first weekend here is coming to an end. It was so quiet here on campus. Unbelievable.

On the down side, less people=less people who eat in the cafeteria=less food

The selection has been so bad these past few days. grr.

So we're going out for dinner today. whee.

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SHOPPING!

OMG shopping yesterday was gooood. hahahha. didnt have much time to shop cos Gerda's host dad needed to get back to work, but the stuff was so cheap!

anyway, I gots me a jacket for $2, a top for $4 and flipflops for $3!

happy happyy.

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toga party photos - - -

2007-08-19T12:20:00.001+08:00

Nicole, me, Gerda JP (John Paul) and I
Gerda! my teman for like everything here. crazy girls getting it on. lol.
the venueee.

sorry la girls, got no pictures of hot guys. haha.
some other time, k?

more more more - - -

2007-08-19T11:45:00.000+08:00

so then.. my host mom (as pictured below) got me a new room and then we transformed it into my little cosy place :)

BEFORE:

moving in

AFTER:

TADAA!!

then i moved out. haih.

and mooooore pictures - - -

2007-08-19T11:18:00.000+08:00

presenting...

This is the room i was originally assigned to..
i was like... :0
then the public bathroom..
check out the stained carpet. lol.

PICTURESSSS!! - - -

2007-08-19T10:06:00.000+08:00

Finally! I'm on my on laptop!!

Whee.

Anyway, first up, pictures!

So stop complaining. hahaha.

In Korea

in the Seoul Incheon International Airport

LOL. found this in the restroom.

Sarv & Navvin

The Chinese boys; Mo (?), Caleb & Teik Eng The Korean Airplane

From Korea to Atlanta
OMG.. the food was soo badd. look below.

this looked good at first, but it tasted soo bad. ick. It was like a bowl of cold vege and noodles then they gave us a tube of hot and spicy sauce for flavor. it was ice cold.
and hot soybean paste soup to top it off?? it was an odd mix..

The view of Canada from the plane

We flew into the sunsetAnd then reached daylight

Then my dratted screen got stuck -.-

It's FRIDAYYYY - - -

2007-08-17T22:20:00.000+08:00

yayyy!

no classes tomorrow.. going shopping tomorrow!!

so anywayy.. updates:

i only had 1 class yesterday so i had the whole day free =]

hung out with Gerda and some other girls then headed to Walmart for 2 hours!! LOL. Had to get some things for college like notebooks that cost me 10cents (love Walmart!)

and a CELL PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

omg i was soooo so so so happy yesterday. And the phone was only $60!! :D

And for that $60, I got:

a Samsung SCH-a870

a charger

140minutes talktime

unlimited night minutes

unlimited calls to other Verizon numbers

one odd thing that i still cant get over is, they offer the same thing at theVerizon store, but it's going for $129?? I just don't get it.

but yayy. I'm happy.

oh oh! call me!!

1-229-815 3331

and my address is

GSW BOX 1143

800, Georgia Southwestern State University Drive,

Americus GA

31709-4376

finally, i'm in touch with the world! hahahah.

ok so later on, after dinner, we went for a frat partyyyyy. Apparently Thursday night is party night here so 3 of the frat houses were having parties last night.

loud music, beer, beer pong, happy people, dancing people, cops.

it was interesting. =]

we only went to 2 of the houses though.

and no pictures for this cos i didnt wana bring a bag.

so yessss. that was my yesterdayy. Gona go workout in the gym today!! woohooo! time to get fit! and i think there's more parties tonight?

mwahahhahaha.

xoxoxo

So many things, too little time.

2007-08-16T11:12:00.000+08:00

New room!

So I have officially changed rooms and now i'm in Southwestern Oaks 2, the new dorms.
Moving was such a hassle! I didn't know I had so much stuff! However, I did get some Japanese girls that I met a couple of days ago to help me out so it was MUCH easier.
My new room's so pretty, yayy!
Will post pictures up later la. I was in the midst of uploading pictures this afternoon when my internet just shut down on me -.- So gone la the post I was writing. Grr.
Oh, I still don't have internet on my laptop yet so i'm in the comp lab. That's why I'm not doing the photos yet.

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The Toga Party

Was fun! Well. Interesting la.
It was held downtown in this place called Wood's Swinging Wings and was organized by the Chi Phi frat. And since it was by the Greeks, they wear togas, so before the party all the girls were busy getting ready. So Gerda (Estonian Rotary Student) & I joined them up on one of the floors and they did us up!
once again, no pictures yet. sorryyy. i swear i'll do onepostjustfor pictures tomorrow. TOMORROW!
anyway, we caught a ride with some other freshmen girls and headed down.
Underage drinking is reaaaaally strict here. And since the place was a bar, they put wrist bands on those who were over 21. LOL.
The party was just like a party la. Music and drinks. It only started at like 9pm so there wasnt any food provided.
So after chilling and dancing for about 90minutes, everyone got kinda restless and there was talk of an after party. haha.
So yes, we went along for that too. Was at the Chi Sigma frat house if i'm not mistaken? The coolest thing about being in that fraternity is, you get a whole house!! haha. and i'm talking a bungalow looking 2 storey house here.
So yes. That was fun too. Only stayed for about 20 minutes or so though cos it was getting late and we were all SOOOOO tired.

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Todayyy

Today was pretty normal really. Had macro and spanish, then headed to pizza hut with some girls for free pizza! Then back here to pack my stuff and move out!
I'm uber tired.
Soooo. Goodnight everyone! Have a good day.

toodles

New dorm - - -

2007-08-15T06:00:00.000+08:00

And now I have a new dorm!

Remember how my roommate freaked out at the sight of the room? Well yeah, cos her host dad's the head of business here and stuff, he managed to get us a different room. In the brand new building :) hehe.

BUT.... ok, i'm not ungrateful or anything, the new rooms are reaaaaally nice and shit. But OMG i am just tooo damn lazy to move! And i've also settled pretty nicely into my dorm right now. Arranged my stuff nicely and all that. So a part of me is a wee bit annoyed. grrh.

Nice life for my roommate la. grrh. She didn't even give this dorm a try. Sooo.. bratty? lol.

Oh well. She is nice though. Just wish she had given it a try.

Anyway, I have a dilemma..

I still don't have a cell phone yet!! and OMG RM1.20 to text back to Malaysia is waaayyy expensive.

I tried going over to Verizon Wireless to get a line today. BUT. There are only 1year plans. And 2year plans. And then prepaid la.

Sooo. my original plan was to get a 1year plan. But then that means 12 months. And i'm only gona be here for 10!! So i tried asking the guy if i could freeze my account or something since i will be coming back to the states after that but apparently i cant? WTH right.

So yes. I might just have to get a prepaid phone. GRRRRRR.

I WANT A LINE!!

Either that, or i try looking for some other cell phone provider that might give me something better. Thing is, Verizon has the BEST signal here. So how??

Somebody tell me what to do PLEEAAAASSEEEE.

The phone(S) they offer here for prepaid suck. its some samsung flip phone. not that nice too. Gone are my Sony Ericsson dreams =(

On a slightly brighter side, I will have a room phone in my new dorm i believe. So i can call international from there. yayyyyy.

But I NEED a cell phone.

Grrf-ness.

miss youuuu.

New subjects - - -

2007-08-14T22:37:00.000+08:00

And Im baaack!

I think i'll keep updating a few times a day like this so each post won't be too long.

Anyway, I changed my classes!! mwahahahaha.!

Went over to see the Dean of Business here at GSW, Dr. John Kooti. He also happens to be Juli's (my roommate) host dad.

Well basically he looked at my schedule and said "are u sure u wana do this?" hahah.

So he drafted a new schedule for me, with new subjects, and here it is!

Accounting 2 (Tues&Thurs)

Macro (Mon&Wed&Fri)

Spanish (Mon&Wed&Fri)

Business Comm. (Mon)

Microcomputer Application (Online)

Free Enterprise in Practice I (Mon&Wed)

Am I crazy? Perhaps... hahaha

Oh and also, I went for my first class just now! Accounting 2. Since it was the first class she just went over the course outline and stuff. There are no finals for accounts!! hahhaha. 70% of our grade are from tests. And the remaining 30% come from homework, quizzes and participation etc.

OH OH. and everythings ONLINE!?! Everything as in EVERYTHING. From homework to quizzes to TESTS.

Weird.

Anyway, wireless is still out. Gotta go see someone about that.

And my ID card still doesnt work. So I still cant get into my dorm -.-

Have got a Rotary meeting to attend on campus later. Free foooooooood. yay!

Later!

I'm on a roll - - -

2007-08-14T19:56:00.001+08:00

It's 7:55am & I'm up and about. About to catch some breakfast.

What is this country doing to me?!?!

Lol.

Anywayy..

Classes start today. *sigh. I swear i had NO holiday. Oh well.

Am off to the bank at 830am to open up my account.

Then econs, socio & psych.

O then toga party!

yayyyyy.

later all

Wireless is out :( - - -

2007-08-14T19:50:00.000+08:00

Hello!

I’m just gonna make this a simple post cos I’m doing this on the dorm computer. The wireless access in my room isn’t working really well at the moment =[
Anyway, I have moved in!!

I am (for now) in Duncan Hall, Room D2-11! If that is of any significance to you..
Anyhow, I moved in yesterday and the room was frightening!! REALLY. I took pictures, but they’re on my comp. I’ll post em up later, ok?
Sooooo. Host mum & I did a WHOLE LOTTA cleaning up and shopping for the room yesterday so I could move in. I have a coupla before and after pictures. Hehe. Is coooool.

Anywayyy. After I moved in yesterday, I just chilled out in my room. Got some things in order, and was online chatting to a few loved ones =)

This morning…[ the 13th of August!!] continued with the unpacking of me suitcases. There isn’t enough space in this room for all my stuff!!! Grrr. Especially with the shopping we did yesterday. I had to put some stuff over on my roommates side cos she hasn’t moved in yet. Haha.
She actually came over to see the room, and she was horrified! I think she really wants to change rooms. Oh well. I’m fine either way la.

This afternoon… was so boring! I was waiting for my roommate (Juli) to move in, but she never came! So I went around doing some stuff. Meeting counselors and all that kinda stuff. It was tiring… walking around in the hot hot sun!!

Yes, it’s HOT here!! OMG I swear it’s hotter than Malaysia!!!! And humid too -.- In other words, it feels like home. LOL!

This evening… was the ‘welcome to Greek life’ party! (There’s actually a different name for it, but it’s something along those lines laa :P )
It was fun!
Actually the only reason I went over to check it out was because my host mom was here so she walked over with me. She wanted to check out her own sorority, (Kappa Delta)
It was like the movies la, as Julia would put it. Hehe.
I’ll post some pics up as soon as my wireless comes back on kay!!
So anyway, I got me some free drinks, dinner and dessert! Lol. There were say… 20+ pizzas? And a whole lot of soft drinks, cookies and people!
Each sorority and fraternity had sorta a long table to promote themselves. And all wore the cutest matching tshirts! Ahha. Reminded me a lot of LEO & Interact. Especially since there are only 2 sororities here.

After all the mingling, my ‘tourguide for the night’, JP- whom my host mother introduced me to- and 2 other guys headed to Walmart!!
LOL!!!
Better still, it was to get SHEETS!! Hahaha.
OKOK. Not crazy. (look below)

Another thing I found out today was, there’s another party tomorrow! Hahhaha. A toga party. So everyone’s going in toga’s!
Hence the sheets la.
Apparently it’s the biggest ‘beginning of the year’ party and it’s happening downtown.
Think I’ll go?
Might as well right. Meet ppl and all.
Hrmm.
Will see.

OH WAIT! There’s one more thing I wana say!
I chose my subjects today. Heheh.
I think they sound ok? But I’m still kinda worried it’ll be kinda heavy.
I have:
Macro economics
Accounting 2
Sociology for Family
Human Sexuality
Elementary Spanish

What do u think?????? I’m thinking of dropping either Human Sexuality or Socio. Since they’re both kinda alike (psych&socio). I might get em mixed up perhaps??
What do u think??

So yes. Here is a nice long long post. Hehe. Not that interesting perhaps.
But read if you wana

Love all.

The Longest Day Ever - - -

2007-08-12T11:28:00.000+08:00

Cam-whoring on the way :]

The view of KL from the plane

20 hours on a plane
3 hours going through customs
5 hours in the car
and 7 hours of everything else.
tears, walking, airports, universities, shopping..

Finally. I'm able to get some rest!! And bed feels oh so gooooood.

So anyway,let me tell you about my journeyyyy!!

KL - Korea
First up, my 7 hour flight to Seoul! At the airport, Sarv, Navvin & I tried asking the woman at the check in counter to put us next to eath other on the flight. But when we actually got onto the flight, all the side seats were 2 seaters!! [grrh. small planes]

So yes, I was the sesat one and sat alone. Next to some mat salleh fella.
BUT!. muahahhahhahahahah. Halfway thru the flight, for some reason, the mat salleh fella got up and changed seats!!
[ i think my crying might've annoyed him? haha. but i'd like to think that it's because the lights weren't bright enough for hom to read ]
SOOOOO. I had TWO seats all to myself!!! :D :D
Damn syok. wahahah. I was nicely putting my legs up on the other chair while Sarv shot me dirty looks.

Oh wait wait!! the most horrifying thing about this flight!!! Since it was a relatively short flight *rolls eyes*, it was a smaller plane [hence the 2 seaters]. But ALSO, it didnt have personal screeens!!! :O
When we saw that we wanted to kill ourselves! LOL. But I survived. Sleep is goood.

Korea - Atlanta
After a nice long nap, we had to land in Seoul to change planes ;[

it was like 7smtg in the morning!! I had barely gotten enough sleep.. grrh.
So yeah, we got off, changed planes and whoopdeedooo. I was sitting on my own again!!!
Did the Malaysian woman at the check in counter not understand 'together'??
Well fine, technically we were close by cos I was in front of the other 2. But still!! This time it was a 3 seater!!

Anyway, it was a 13 hour flight. Horribly long. I kept trying to sleep, only to wake up and find that only 50-60 mins had passed -.-
Oh! But this plane had personal screens!! WHEE!! with nice movies too!
So i watched 'Perfect Stranger'!! Been dying to watch that :D

Watched some Adam Brody film too. Land of Women or something like that..

And thennnnnnnn. 9 hours into the flight.

"My screen's stuck!!!!!"

Yes. My personal monitor remote control stopped working.

This meant i couldnt do annything but control the volume cos there was music. WTF right!

I still had 4 hours to go.............

for 4 hours I sat in total BOREDOM. Tried to sleep, couldnt.

Bugged the 2 guys behind me alot.. but they were watching their movies too 0.0

I wanted to dieeeee. My ass was KILLING MEEE. hahahaa.

And so, I whipped out my camera and started snapping!

But i'll only post those up tomorrow.

Now for some much needed zzzzz!

Love love all!

ps: thanks to all of you who came to see me before I left. Will miss you guys loads! muaxx.

And my story begins..

2007-08-10T00:39:00.000+08:00

.. i have hereby joined the world of blogging.

so get ready for updates on my life in the US of A, RANDOM SHIT, and probably a whole lotta EMO posts? hahaha.

only time will tell.

much love to everyone at home, I'm gona miss you all like craaaazy.
i'll update as often as I can, so do check back =]