i miss you...

Minoru Park, Richmond

How do we know whether we are meant to be together?

mixed bliss

After 2.5 months apart without seeing each other, it was definitely blissful happiness to be wrapped in his embrace and to whisper words of love into each others' ears. The other part that is diluting my bliss, I shall not delve into as there is no point in that.

My 2-week vacation is slowly ticking away as I'm due to be back in KL next Sunday to start work again. I have been sitting in front my my laptop for a few hours now since 7am this morning reading episode synopsis of Desperate Housewives (yes, sad isn't it?) as mr. boyfriend is out playing golf. I think I hear him now...

A few pictures...

Lake Louise, Banff

Banff Gondola/Sulphur Mountain, Banff

Mission Hills Family Estate, Kelowna

minum milo dapat nintendo

I've got a little good news for the people who still pop by my blog once in a while, hoping in vain that I'd update it.

"Hey, I'm updating my blog now la!"

Anyways, it's not extremely amazingly good news, just a little fun update to share. SHIT, just realized I just gave it away in the title. Oh well~

So, back in December 2008, I entered a really random contest by Milo - Peraduan MILO "Sikit-sikit, lama-lama jadi bukit". All you had to do was to count the number of MILO packs hidden in a picture and submit your entry with a proof of purchase. I figured, since people in my office drinks Milo a lot and there's always Milo in the office, why not? Not like I had to invest in buying Milo; I just had to pay for stamps.


I had completely forgotten about it, thinking that I'd never win because I never win lotteries or lucky draws or anything of that sort....until last week, when I got a package from an unidentified company.


Silly thing is, I didn't even know what I won. I saw the Super Mario Brothers game first because the whole thing was bubble-wrapped so tightly and the first thing that came to my mind was "hey! I won a game! I can give that to mr. boyfriend...".



But the letter told me otherwise! I had won a Nintendo DS Lite (yes, in this color), a Super Mario Brothers game and a RM200 Hong Leong bank account!!!


I am one of the 5 lucky weekly winners! It's really crazy...

...but do you want to know what's even crazier??

Guess what my housemate won in a different contest?

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Guess!

Ok fine, la la la. I tell I tell.

She won VVIP tickets to Lee Hom's concert this coming weekend AND backstage passes! I think there's some after show party that she has access to as well...isn't that insane?? She only entered 6 entries. And she won the grand prize.

LOL. Now, that kind of luck I don't have la. But our apartment must have pretty good fengshui!

Alritey, I've done my update. Signing off now...ciao~

Haha...what a perspective!

Think we've got it bad? U. Chicago has it worse

By Julie Straus
Columnist

Published: Tuesday, March 7th, 2000

Two weeks ago, I visited a friend at the University of Chicago. A renowned research institution, Chicago's undergraduate program is better known as the school "where fun goes to die." With a quarter system, Chicago students endure three sets of finals per year. But here at Princeton, we're complaining about exams after winter break.

Compared with students at most schools, we are spoiled. We have 24 weeks of classes, compared to Chicago's 30. This week is designated "midterm week," and most professors schedule assignments accordingly. Yes, there are professors that schedule midterms and papers outside this period, but most do not. As many Chicago students can confirm, midterms there run from Week Four through Week 10.

Certainly, we are an exception when it comes to reading periods: nine days before exams devoted to catching up. The University is even gracious enough not to count Houseparties weekend in those nine days. Chicago designates two days that begin immediately following the last class of the quarter. So does Columbia. Penn allots three days. Yale students are lucky, with seven. I am not advocating change, because I think Princeton's academic program has evolved to fit the nine-day reading period. But I am asking that we put our situation into perspective.

As fortunate as we are, why do we complain about too much work? Last spring, when Chicago administrators proposed a plan to weaken their core curriculum, students there protested for months to preserve what many see as cumbersome academic requirements.

Too many Princeton students act as though they are owed "better" — less reading, fewer papers, longer vacations. Actually, we are owed nothing. Professors are the employees in the academic world; we are merely the clients. They are paid to challenge us, to help us develop our minds and pursue our interests. To do so requires reading, writing, examinations and assignments.

Attending this school is not a job, and it is not something we have to do. This society has created a system that justifies our spending four years pursuing our interests and expanding our minds. As college students, most of us have little real responsibility. Yet somehow, some of us have come to place so much emphasis on our classes that we perceive them as something akin to a job and beg for benefits.

For those who say that an advanced degree is essential in today's employment market, and thus argue that completing this education is something we must do, I respond that you did not have to choose Princeton. You could have enrolled in a technical school, learned a trade and earned a decent living. A Princeton education is a gift that we are fortunate to have received. This is a luxury — to spend four years exploring anything and everything, from astrophysics to Zen Buddhism — but we are not entitled to any of this. What we take away from our Princeton experience is directly related to what we put into it. "Dean Hargadon and Company" offered each of us admission here because they believe that we are the individuals that will make the most of our time here and the resources available to us.

Whining about work is not making the most of the Princeton experience. If your work is such a burden, perhaps you are taking the wrong classes. At the same time, however, we must strike a delicate balance between class work, extracurricular activities and socializing. In this respect, we should not emulate Chicago, where the first Monday in February is an academic vacation affectionately called "Suicide Prevention Day." Chicago earned its notoriety because too many students there were unable to strike the appropriate balance between class work and extracurricular activities. Let us not suffer the same fate. But let us not suffer the worse fate of misunderstanding why we are here.

steak steak steak

OMG...Morton's is sooooo goooooood!

Or perhaps I haven't had good steak in a long while...

unattenable promises

I had promised myself the Coach bag if I don't screw up in this project.

Damnit, I don't think I'm getting it =(.

say hi to my baby!

Way overdue, as usual. But can't really help it when wireless does not work in my house even after we've changed the router from the Belkin guy.

So here's the story:

I finally got my first Coach bag.

*tears*

I knew mr. boyfriend's mom was getting a Coach bag as a christmas present even before I went to HK but I didn't know which one. She kept me guessing and mr. boyfriend was of no help because he was not there when his mom bought it. Maggie and I even went into Coach stores to try to guess which bag. We were pretty close -- we did guess the Sabrina bag. However, I was pretty sure I would not be getting a monogram bag and we did not see this bag and therefore did not guess this exact design.

So why did mr. boyfriend's mom bought me a Coach bag?

Last year, I told mr. boyfriend that there are many different levels to expensive handbags...you start low with Coach, Nine West or Kate Spade then move on to the Guccis, Pradas, LVs and Channels.

He went and told his mom I said that.

*bangs head on the wall*

Definitely not something your boyfriend should tell his mom!!!

Anyways, I like it that it's not conventional, its monogram more subtle due to the color contrast and that it is convertible between a shoulder strap bag and a hand-held bag. Of course, after my baby's debut at our horse-racing day out at the Hong Kong Jockey Club in Hong Kong (yes, I went horse-racing! Will tell the story another day), I have not used it much especially in Malaysia.

Say hi to my baby!
Then I started browsing the Coach website and saw this bag:

COACH PARKER LEATHER LARGE CONVERTIBLE HIPPIE $358

What do you guys think?

Yeah, I know it's a little boring but honestly I'm not a very adventurous shopper and I'm drawn to the shape of this bag. I also want something practical that I can carry to work and it would be able to fit papers and notebooks. Just not sure which color I should go for...

The mustard yellow is not as dull as the brown but even the mustard yellow is a big adventurous for me!

What say you?