cookies!

Had the mood to bake today. So I did.
Made the dough in record time, 40 minutes!
Hey the book says "preparation time: 45 mins" okay.
This was the first tray; second row; third biji. (biji?)

I cheated. A bit.
Instead of cocoa powder I used... I won't tell. Hahah!
So the colour didn't turn out as nice.

This was the first tray; second row; fourth biji. (yes biji.)

Notice the difference?The end product! =D
They do taste a bit... Burnt.

But they're still edible!
Bluek~One for Xiao Qing,

one for Johnny,
one for Andy
and one for Victor.
Victor??

Pictures taken by my bro Ben.

elly

For sparing your time for me,
for spending your time with me,
for listening to me,
for sharing my pain,
for being patient with me,
for all the advice you've given me,
for teaching me new things,
for the shoulder I leaned on,
for the hug that made me feel better,
for your effort to make me smile,
for simply being there for me,
I really thank you.

in my phone

So I was loading the pictures in my phone to the computer. And I came across some pretty interesting pictures that... Uhh... Well... Good stuff should be shared! No? =D

Macam hantoo laa!
Who on earth...???

SannDee Toopai the Hantoo drinking water.
You should see her without the hood.
"Toopai look-a-like Championship"
Not a problem at all.

Remember Ivan?

-The Sleepyhead-

This guy can rrreeeaaalllyyy sleep, I tell you.

Before the second sem ended, we went for steamboat somewhere opposite our school. This is Andy in my car, looking stupid talking on the phone. (Was he really talking on the phone or did we make him to just for the camera? I think... I don't remember.)

While eating, Johnny came up with a brilliant idea.

Notice his mouth? =D
Then another brilliant fella joined him in his brilliant-ness. Aaron.

Then Johnny took the glass away. There was a deep red circle around his mouth. Yep. He sucked that hard. Owhkay this sounds so wrong.
The! Mess! We! Made! On! The! Table!
Was unintentional.
Anyway, towards the end of dinner, we still had food, cooked and uncooked. And any wasted food will be fined. RM6 per 100g! So we stuffed some more food in our already-very-extremely-bloated stomachs. Still couldn't finish everything. So we hid the uneaten food under piles of crab shells, prawn shells, lala shells, shells, other shells and loads of rubbish.
Under the surveillance of CCTV. Smart people.

I couldn't help it! I laughed my head off during dinner!
(another day, another occasion, another place)
My bro Brian imitating my dad trying to keep his eyelids open by poking them.
With fork and spoon?!
Apparently, yes.

Taa dah!
The latest addition in our jigsaw puzzle collection at home.
Quote from my sis,
"How can a duck be so sexy?!"
Awesome. =D

And these are called arrowheads. Or 'nga gu' in Cantonese.
Ama, Aunt Sim, Aunt Geik and Jacqueline came over today to fry 'em.
I'm telling you, the kitchen smelled really good.
Cleaned nga gu's.

In the kitchen.

The frying of nga gu.

The fried nga gu's.

The cooled and packed and ready-to-eat nga gu's.

RM15 per... What d'ya call this thing?
RM15 per container. Anyone? =D

hear me out

Punkids?/punkkids?/punk kids?/pengkids?/pungkids?
(how do you even spell it?)

You know what these words mean?
They're females. Girls. Who make themselves look like guys. Cut their hair short. Wear over-sized clothes. Also, accessories that are "guy-ish". Hunch. Try to imitate the way guys walk. The way guys behave. Look for a girlfriend. Stuff like that. (maybe that's just my opinion, but tell me. You born like that? No. You make yourself look like that.)

Yeah, you see plenty in malls. Restaurants. Basically, everywhere.

I do admit, I know some girls like this whom I (once upon a time) consider friends. (not that I don't want them to be my friends now, but we hardly keep in touch anymore. And it's not like I hate them or something.)

It's just that... I dunno. It's just not a very pleasant sight to see (them everywhere you go).

Owhkay. I've cut my hair short. Real short. (That was about three weeks ago. It's grown a little now.) I just got very bored of my long un-manage-able (I'll just separate the root word for easy reading) un-tame-able un-desire-able unattractive big bushy lousy mane that I've kept for three years so I cut it short. Simple as that.

But no. I have to freeking look like a punkid.
(Does this word even exist?)
I. Am. No. Such. Thing.
Gawd.

I still behave like I always have. Long hair or not.
I walk like this.
I run like this.
I eat like this.
I laugh like this.
I talk like this.
But the way (some) other people look at me.
Damn.
I think they see me like some kinda trans or something.
Just. Because. I. Have. Short. Short. Hair.

All I wanted was a little playful change of my look (temporarily).
All I hoped for was a little more self-confidence.
(if you had mane instead of proper hair, how high will your confidence go?)

But I'm not gonna regret this haircut.
Stare (weirdly) all you want.
Punkids are (in my opinion) ashamed of their boobs.
I'm not. So keep staring.

Bosan, tau tak?

random #2

Owhkayyy...
The printer won't scan and print stuff as I wish so no pictures in the previous post.
No there WILL be pictures! Aww man... I just have to wait till I get a cpu that functions properly. (my old cpu likes weird fonts and annoying numbers on its screen. I don't like seeing weird fonts and annoying numbers. So we don't 'friend' each other anymore. Owhkay this is lame.) I need to get a cpu asap! School's starting in a week's time! Nooooo!! My holiday~

Owh lemme tell you weird stuff.
Back when the sem was about to end (that's when normal TOA students like me would be rushing their assignments they owe the lecturers, trying to finish the five-weeks-of-critique-but-only-one-bloodee-week-to-complete-the -end-product final project, other final projects that need a lot of group discussions, presentations and more presentations) dad just had to be in holiday mood. I was up several nights already trying to finish up the load of work and he happily told us one day to "pack your clothes!" and that "we're going to Port Dickson for three days!" Joy. So yeah. We stayed by the seaside and I didn't even set a toe on the beach! I friggin' stayed INSIDE the apartment doing figures! You know how I love the beach and sea?! Kesian weyyy~ On the first day I managed to do this:I kind of sort of lost the figure I did the day after that. It was in the artblock Ivan took back! But he claims that there isn't any figure in it! Cut the crap~ Long story anyway~
And now? Two weeks into sem break already but no~ No nice sandy beach to visit or sea to swim in. I stayed at home and discovered that I can grow mushrooms on my head. Joy. I wanna go somewhere! Actually I did. Camp. But I wanna go somewhere not-camp!

Moving on!
Had movie marathon today! Two at home and one at the cinema! Watched Harry Potter 5 first coz my bro was "in control" of the player. (apa laa... Just because I went to the bathroom) Then we watched Wanted. (still at home) Yes I'm kind of sort of lame, such a nice movie (actually it was awesome! I love it! Love it love it love it!) and it was released like centuries ago, and I only watched it today. And lastly, The Day The Earth Stood Still (long title) at Aeon Bukit Tinggi. Was freezing in there. But the movie was owhkay. And I had the best popcorn! So much caramel! =D But my eyes are darn tired. What d'ya expect? I never saw the tv during schooling days. So it's quite an achievement here.

Owh and...
I'm patiently waiting for the 30th to arrive. Results out on that day! Not that I've done awesomely well, but... Dunno! Guess it's pretty exciting to think that the next sem is already major sem! Animation rawks~ (although the seniors told us some scary stuff) Owh well! =)

Owh owh and...
I gotta apologize to Yean Yeon. Sorry girl. I wasn't able to make it to Jeth the other day. I said I'll make it up to you and I will. =)

Little Cheawen

Was just sitting around watching my bros when I thought of the 'me' I used to be more than 10 years ago. Well, I bet most of us don't really remember their childhood (or maybe that's just me, coz I have severe short-term memory case) so I'm just gonna ramble about the things that I actually do remember.

Way back when I was young, real young, unlike my little girl cousins and most of my friends, I disliked Barbie dolls. Instead, I played a lot (whenever I had the chance to) with my boy cousins (because I went to an all-girl school, I didn't have many boy friends back then). We would meet up in Gramma's house, discriminate the Barbie girls and start chasing each other around the house. We'd play catch, wrestle each other, pretend to shoot each other with the toy rifle Grampa made for us (Grampa's an awesome carpenter) scream and shout at each other playing pirates and when we do get mad at each other, we'd fight but we'd all refuse to cry even if it hurts (unless it really really hurts). Well of course, I cried more compared to the rest of the boys. But the next day you'd see me and the boys wrestling one another again.

*I'll try to find some old pictures of me and put them up. I hope the printer will forgive me by then and scan them into the computer.

And about my sis, I was never close to her when we were young. I don't know about her (I mean, she always had this dumb, blur-case look when she was tiny so I don't know what she thought of me) but I hated her. I hated her and I hated her. It's funny now that I think back. We're 10,000 times closer than we used to be. Weird~ Don't even know when the sudden change of event took place. Owh well~

Back in preschool, I was in the same session as Steven, one of my boy cousins. Back then, he was a quiet and calm boy. Our mums (sometimes) pick us up (way) later than the rest of the kids. I remember once, when the hall was left with just the two of us and a few other kids, and Steve fell off the piano chair he was sitting on for no reason at all. While other kids stood and watched helpless Steve, I went to fetch the teacher who was chatting with the Mak Cik. I even shoo-ed the few little kpc's away because I didn't want them to see Steve cry. (I wonder what Steve would do if he was in my shoes. He always seem(ed) so... Timid... He's not anymore. =))

I can't recall much now, but to sum it up, I was a tomboy when I was a kid. I hated skirts and dresses. I loved jeans and shorts and plain tees. But the weird thing is, I also loved my long hair. I loved the outdoor (still do). I loved games that required a lot of running and jumping. I loved to shout. I loved the rifle Grampa made for us. I loved winning over the boys. (when you're a kid, everything's fair and even; boys never give in to girls) I loved sitting on dad's shoulder whenever we go out (I felt superior).

*I think I have a picture of that too?

I still have a bit of the tomboy-ness I developed from my childhood. And I plan to maintain it that way. I don't really care if other people don't see me much as feminine. I mean, that's the way I've always been these two decades. Kerry believes that girls don't have to be stick-skinny to be considered pretty. Totally agreed. And I believe as long as you live the way you are, you are beautiful. (I tried to be.. Uhh.. More feminine before? And it sucked. So I said, "Ahh sod it! I'll continue to hate dresses.")

So yeah.
There's a reason to why I put this post up.
You'll see. =)

very random

Noooooooo~
I've got loads and loads of things to tell! But I'm going to camp tomorrow! Gotta friggin' wake up at 6a.m. wadaaa~ Noooooooo~ My holidays have just started...

This is not awesome...
A crush is a crush. It will remain a crush unless you do something about it. Well since I chose not to do anything at all, I shall live with it and get over with. No I'm not emo-ing!

And... Hoho! Be ready to be surprised the next time I put up a post! A whole new head baby! (head? Yes, head. Head? Yes, head. Like, head head? Yes, head!)

Hmmm... Just a random thought.
Was it really you that I saw in the restaurant the other day? Dinner? Looks like it... But I might be wrong... Owh well... =)

Kerry! Cepat balik from Malacca! Haven't seen my bestest best friend for such a long time already! XD (and no please don't ta-pao chicken rice from all the way there. Hahah!)

Owh owh owh! I am so gonna organize a bbq somewhere next year. Or the year after that. Or the next. No, really! It's time for some real gathering! Really! Yeah, next year. Or the year after that. No, I will! Really laaaaaaaa~

Aiyok camp tomorrow better go get some sleep now. SIX a.m. tomorrow! I have a feeling my sis is gonna bark and yell at me tomorrow. And she'll wake the whole neighbourhood up but not me. Then she's gonna sit down and sob coz I won't wake up. Then she'll become so frustrated that she'll start pulling her hair off and scream like orang gila. Finally when she's used up all her energy (just to wake me up) she'll fall back to sleep and we'll both be late for camp and have to go to Dusun Eco ourselves.

I should go to bed.

first day of sem break

There isn't really time to blog when the sem's about to end. The amount of final projects we had! It might be ONE project PER subject, but they're huge projects! There are tests too! We might just be sitting in a room painting away or drawing human forms out of human stick figures provided, it's still a friggin' test. I always run out of time but I still wanna deliver my best! These past weeks have been really hectic. And if I really do find time to do anything at all, I (what else?) sleep. But,

YAY!
The sem has ended!

YAY!
Bed here I come!
(aiyok actually I still have two pieces of figure to hand in tomorrow)

And YAY!
No drama for three weeks! Awesome~

Wait wait. Lemme tell you something really stupid.
As I mentioned earlier, yesh I still have two pieces of figure to complete. And I slept at I-kind-of-forgot-what-time-but-I-know-it-was-friggin-late last night.

This morning, kakak came into my room and said,
"Yvonne bangun, sudah pukul sepuluh."

It's weird but I actually heard her soft voice and I immediately jumped out of bed (literally jumped!) with my eyes still closed (I knocked my knee on my cupboard door) and (kind of sort of) yelled (still with my eyes closed),
"WHAT?! CHOCOLATE FUDGE!! TEN O'CLOCK?! ALREADY?! I'M SO LATE!! I'M SO DEAD!! MY ASSIGNMENTS!! PINKY'S GONNA KILL ME!! OMIGOSH THEY'RE ALL WAITING FOR ME!!"

My sis was on the other bed comfortably snoring away. She didn't even budge a millimeter! (or so I thought)

In all the confusion (and my brain hasn't really started functioning correctly) I managed to struggle my way out of my blanket. (I really have no idea how but) I was wrapped and coiled up in a complicated way in my blanket. Halfway trying to stand up and run to the bathroom, I looked up and saw kakak stoning near my bedroom door. THEN.

Me: Ah Yen, what day is it today?
Sis: Sunday.
Me: OMIGOSH! SUNDAY?! WADAHELL?!?!
Sis: ... (continued pigging)

My heart was racing like mad cow and I was panicking and so terrified and on the verge of breaking down and almost committed suicide AND she told me it's SUNDAY?!?!

CHOC-O-LATE-FUDGE!!!

Omigosh. I've never felt such fear in my life before. My heart still pumping hard, I fell straight onto my bed again and cursed at my own stupidity. After a while, I gave up trying to sleep and took my shower.

As I was walking out of my room, my sis lifted her head up from under her blanket and said,
"Nice, Jie. What a way to greet people early in the morning like that."
And we both laughed at my foolishness. Well, that's the kind of stuff you get living with me.

Owh well~
Hahah~

And it's Fei Xin's birthday today!
Happy Birthday girl!
Mmmuah! XD

oowwwhh~

So many things had happened. So many things are still going on. And I know many more things are yet to come. I just hope there are more good things than bad things. Example of bad things: I'm crapping. Again. Hahah~ Aiyak ini biasa laaa~

So anyway, I'm done with whatever emo shit I was going through. (school, basically. I just couldn't handle my workload at that time. So glad to see good old Chea Wen again. =) Hiao~)

Eyh? I haven't blogged for this long already? Alamaaa~ Owhkayyy... Let's see.

I.

Don't.

Remember.

Much.

Aiyaaak~
For those who know me, well you know me.
For those who, well, don't know me that well, I'm forgetful. Very. Extremely. Forgetful. It wasn't entirely my fault ya know. I was born with it. So... Yeah. Where were we?

Owh! I wanna make a shout-out!
No reason actually. I just feel like it. =p

Mr. and Mrs. Soe, Ah Yen, Ah Pin, Ah Ti!
Thanks for all the support (and pressure) you guys give!
Kakakakah!
But most of all, thanks for simply existing in my life!
=) =) =)

Ah Maa!
Ah Maa dearest~
You're the bestest best Ah Maa in the whole wide world!
And Ah Wen loves you very much!

Chea Wen!
You promised to live the life you love and love the life you live.
You better not forget that!
Roar~

Kerry!
I love you babe!
So you got no choice but to love me back!
Mwahahahah~
Grey's Anatomy rawks~

Elly!
Things aren't quite the same anymore, are they?
(stoopeed question)
But I love you all the same!
Mmmuah!

Atikah, Shen, Prema, Yun Minn, Pei San, Shirin, Sue-Lyn, Elaine, Carol, Yean Yeon, Yee Ling, Chin Choon, May Jinn, Mei Wei, Ming Jie, Li Peng and everybody else I know back in Convent!
I miss all of you!
Very much!
We should have, like, a basketball game every Saturday!
I'm serious!
(imagine Sue-Lyn playing basketball)
Hahahahahah! XD

Wen Shan, Chee Thean, Alison, Ah Shin, Shin Ying, Fei Xin!
Weyy all of you!
High school might be, like, a century ago, but once a friend, forever a friend!
See, this post shows that I saved space for you guys in my very-limited-space built-in memory~
Say "Hi!" sometimes! =)

Lay Hoon, Han Zhiang, Mei Lian, librarian people and other Starians I know!
A big big "HHHHIIIIII!!!!!" with a big big smile to all of you! =D

Xiao Qing, Johnny, Andy, Jen Ruw(?), Victor(?)
You guys are great!
Really!
And I hope we can be friends for life!
Really really! =D

Sann Dee, Aaron, Kevin(?)
Drama minggu ini~
But that's what brought us closer, ya?
Hahahahah! XD