Reflection of the Past

It's new year eve. One day to go 2008 will come to an end and it will be a whole new beginning of 2009. Wondering if I am ready for the upcoming new year. Not to say very excited about it though. It is more like I still cannot let it go.

2008 has been a wonderful year to me compared to my past years. I have gone through quite a lot in this very year. Lots of downside but not forgetting there were those happy moments too. Shall cheer those moments for the rest of my lives.

JANUARY
A Whole New Beginning
The beginning of 2008 marks the beginning of my life as a University student. Getting myself scholarship, sponsorship to be exact from PETRONAS to pursue my tertiary education in Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS in Tronoh, Perak. Taking Chemical Engineering. A whole new learning environment for me.

And of course, get to know some new friends.

Sarawakians in UTP

Friends from Peninsular

FEBRUARY
Chinese New Year is Here!

Since I am not going back to my hometown for the celebration, I followed one friend of mine, Chua Wee Kheng, back to his home in Puchong, Selangor. My first time to have this celebration without family by my side.

MARCH
SPM RESULT IS OUT!

It was mid semester break and I was finally home again after being away for 2 months. At the same time, it was about time to reveal the outcome of SPM. Not really satisfied with the result, but it has been a long story.

Received shocking news as well. My pet dog, "Hitam" died few days before the day I arrived. May his soul rest in peace.

Took this picture on the day I left for UTP

Can't believe this was the last time I met him.

APRIL
PENANG TRIP

Went to Penang with my friends, our very first trip. 3 days, 2 nights.

And this was the month that I have turned legally 18.

MAY
Nothing much happened around this month. This is because it was FINAL EXAM.

Oh ya! I signed up for Facebook since the end of this month.

JUNE
Smile, Blessed, Approachable Gifted was born. It used to be "Sensual" if you still remember. Yes, I only started to have this blog since June. All the posts before month of June were created purely based on my memory, of what that I could have remembered.

Semester break.
So I went back to Bintulu and have a nice holidays with my family.

Just to tell, 1 June is the Gawai Dayak Festival for Iban folks but since I have booked my flight ticket on 10 June. So, I have missed the celebration. Hope that I can catch up with it next year.

JULY
Back to UTP. A whole new semester.

AUGUST
Genting Trip, the second trip of the batch. All of us have agreed to skip lectures on Friday just for this trip. Pretty bad, aren't we? Well, it has been so much fun!

SEPTEMBER
Towards the end of the month, it was Mid Semester break. Guess what? I am going back home.

OCTOBER
Reunion with Biological Family

We went to Kuching to meet with my biological family from my mother side. They haven't met like 30 years. It was a really REUNION for everyone to gather together for the first time.

Grandparents, Uncles, Aunties, Parents

Us and Uncle

And first time to receive my
DEAN LIST AWARD

Just to say, this is also the month where lots of people in my life is having their birthdays. Plenty of dedication around this month.

NOVEMBER
It was the time for Final Exam again.

DECEMBER
End of foundation, end of semester. Back to home again.

It has been a busy month for me. Not busy in terms of work or something, it is season greeting and it still is.
Kuching Trip
Christmas Day

Sooner after this, it will be new year celebration.

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There are lots more of them actually other than listed here. Some, which I think shall remain as secrets of my own.

2008 has been a bless to me and I never regret of anything that I have done. I feel really grateful. All the events this year has been like a chain of scenario. Things could have been better if I am persistent enough to chase after my dream job but somehow, I do like the choice that I have made and never regret a bit of it. My life now is so beautiful with all the things that I get to experience, new friends that I get to meet. It has been a magical year. All these are simply irreplaceable and I won't want to trade this with anything else.

Hope the upcoming new year will be a promising one to me. With new challenges, hopes, dreams, spirit, I shall learn to conquer and to grow up.

Let us make a count down --- 2009

=)

我懂华语

幸福套餐

第一：被點者請在自己的 BLOG裏寫下答案

第二：請傳另外十位的人.=)

第三：傳閱人‘請在于這十位當中鬥留言版’ 告知他(她) 被點名了..

第四：這當中的十位的人‘不得拒絕’

第五：被點者‘請注明被誰點暸’ 在哪接到‘在傳給下十位’

第六：這些被點名者’ 你們被點會得到祝福‘並且願望會實現’ 也會得到幸福.^^


幸福套餐 NO.1 ♥

1. 你的綽號 : 没什么綽號. 朋友都叫我 Steward.

2. 年齡 : 18岁8月3天

3. 生日 : 27/4/1990

4. 星座 : 金牛座

5. 興趣 : 数学

6. 專長 : 没什么專長, 只是一个平凡的人


幸福套餐 NO.2 ♥

1. 你有沒有喜歡的人? : 有. 家人和朋友

2. 是否在交往? : 没有. 不曾经交过往

3. 現在幸福嗎? : 还好

4. 如果上天給你勇氣，最想做什麽事? : 不知道,不清楚

5. 如果有天,你愛的人跟你告白的話? : 接受是理所当然啦


幸福套餐 NO.3 ♥

1. 點你的人是 : Justin 叶伟勤

2. 他（她）是妳的 : 网友 , 朋友

3. 他（她）的個性? : 亲切

4. 認識他（她）多久? : 也不是很久, 应该有五个月了

5. 你覺得他（她）怎樣? : 可爱, 哈哈!

6. 你想對他（她) 說什麽 : 好想再见到你哦...


幸福套餐 NO.4 ♥

1. 最愛的節目 : Oprah Winfrey Show (很久没看电视了,现在看电脑比较多. 哈哈!)

2. 最愛的音樂 : Celine Dion

3. 最愛的季節 : 春天

4. 最愛的卡通 : 很久没看卡通了

5. 最愛的人 : 家人和朋友

6. 最愛的顔色 : 应该是红色吧

7. 最愛的國家 : 马来西亚

8. 最愛的天氣 : 阴天


幸福套餐 NO.5 ♥

1. 如果上天給你三個願望: 家人健康,友谊长久,天天开心

2. 你是很專一的人嗎 : 还好

3. 最深刻的回憶 : 太多了

4. 你是個很有信心的人嗎? : 还好

5. 你很愛微笑嗎 : 我很想啊, 但有时候想太多

6. 如果你要放棄你現在的生活,你願意嗎: 不願意

7. 妄想什麽樣的生活 : 不愁不忧的生活

8. 是否橫刀奪愛才是愛 : 不是

Laugh Out Loud

This is may be something funny to be shared with everyone here. May be it doesn't. It may make me like a fool even. Anyway, I would say I am still an amateur in this virtual world. This is pretty obvious when I am chatting with my online friends, either through MSN, Yahoo or Google Talk. This is simply because I don't get some of the short forms or notations that they used. Apparently, all my friends get what they mean, but not the dumb me. I interpret them other way round.

1. LOL - Laugh Out Loud
This is quite common for me now as I used it myself quite often, even in my blog. At first, when I was exposed to "LOL", confused, asked my mom about it. She saw it as abbreviation of "TOLOL", a Malay word which means stupid or foolish. At that time, know nothing, not that I was angry, just wondering why my friend has to call me so. Anyway, I was a real stupid though at that time.

p/s LOL can be Lots of Love, too.

2. LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
I first come across this in CathyC's blog. The first interpretation was "Limau", which means orange or lime which is so irrelevant. Determined, I Google searched it. "Oh I see. Now I get it!". Just to say, some of them use "anus" instead of "ass".

3. ASAP - as soon as possible
Again, ASAP in Malay word means smoke. Guess I am still too Malay-minded in this thing. Also, somehow I also come across that ASAP stands for "always say a prayer". When my friends messaged me with "ASAP" at the end of it. I was like, OMG (okay, I get to know this one means), is the thing so serious that I have to pray for it? Just to say I am not religious but I do feel blessed of what I have.

4. DL - Download
I thought it was something to do with characters in a movie or drama or something. My friends use this when we were talking about 'Charms". DL, Charms, kinda related in a way, eh?

5. BRB - be right back
Burb? I even get the spelling wrong when it should be "burp'.

Guess that's all, for now. If I were to encounter more later in the near future, I am really an outdated guy then. I think that's why I don't really like chatting though, sometime just bring more confusion rather than understanding of each other. Even I chat, I will prefer use complete words rather than short forms, which of course, makes me a damn slow chatter. Prefer SMS though because IM like MSN somehow is too instant for a slow guy like me.

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Have a good laugh myself while I am posting this after being down for the last few days. I know it is season greeting which we shall celebrate with joys. Yes, I did. But when everything was over, I was just back to my down side. Couldn't sleep for the last few nights. Not really sure what caused it though. Well, it was those days. Now is TODAY.

Anyway, I have just LOLed.

=)

Last Sunday of the Year

Tick Tock, Tick Tock,
Looking at the clock,
View outside of the block.
Looking at the sun,
Thought that I am almost done,
Just realise today is the last one.

Okay, enough with the pointless introduction. Guess everyone knows that today is the last Sunday of the year. Time really flies, I mean, really flies. Another year is passing by again, and nothing could ever stop it. Looking at your watch, looking at that ticking second hand, no matter what, it will always go clockwise and will never be otherwise. Wonder if you get to realise, that single second can only occur once. It may strike again at the same spot for the next round and so on but it will never be the same as before as minutes have just passed by. Same goes for hours, days, months, and eventually a whole new year. Confused? Never mind, it is just me being long winded. (different story if you are using digital watch but the same concept is being applied)

Just to say, sometimes people tend not to appreciate the time they have. They waste their time for worthless things. They spend their time for useless stuff. In short, they don't feel grateful of their lives because they fail to see the purpose of their lives. They fail to enjoy their lives. They fail to see that life would have been so beautiful if they could cherish it.

Enough with this whole philosophy. I start to get confused myself of what I am writing.

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I woke up very late today. Really late. Once I have opened my eyes, looked at my analog watch, it was already 11.00pm. It is normal for me during holidays. But, I noticed something odd. Different time was being displayed on my handphone. 14.30!! OMG! I went to my parents' room to have a look on their watch to verify the time. Guess I was really tired. Well, I hardly can sleep though last night. Things keep on running in and out of my mind.

Anyway, after preparing myself, have some lunch. Guests were still coming so I helped my parents out. Needless to say what I have to do. Just the usual stuff. One word says it all: CLEANING.

Watching Transformer that was being broadcasted. Until today, I still don't like the movie enough. Sue me. I don't know why. I like the robotic effect though but not the movie lines. To me, it is so fake and so like a movie. I mean, the way they act is not natural enough and always make me feel they are memorizing their lines, well, they are acting anyway. Not expressive enough. And some of the conversation, irritates me in which I think is so unnecessary. As I said, I only like the special effect which is more real. My opinion only, no hard feeling to those who like the movie. It is not that I hate it.

Attending Sunday Mass around 5pm. No much people because most of the families are still away for their holidays, I think. It is Holy Family Day, if I get that right and the priest was talking about educating the children. "Melentur buluh biarlah dari rebungnya" is the word that he used in inculcating the discipline in young generations. And he also told that parents shall never curse their children if they are being rude or mischievous, because this will make them stay that way. Wondering why I am telling this? Well, just to share even though it is kinda common sense to everyone.

Home at 7.00pm.

Magical Friendship

".......... Thanks for being such a good friend and my wish for this year is to be able to continue this friendship that has been so magical. And thanks for supporting me in everything I do. I really to appreciate to have a friend like you. Last but not least, cheers to our beautiful friendship....."

It has been a while since our last conversation. Even though we hardly get to see and communicate in real, I truly treasure the time we get to spend virtually. It like you are always there to accompany me.

I think I have forgotten to thank for being there for me for the last semester. You shared your stories and I shared mine. Good or bad, up or down, both of us have gone through. I could not thank you enough for the care when I was going through hard times. Thanks for your words that will always lift my spirit high, so that I can stand up again.

Since the day you have started your work, you are getting busy yet never fail to stay in touch, even though how late the mail reply may be. I don't really mind about it and you shall not ever feel guilty about it. I understand. How short, how late the mail can be, I am already happy enough.

Same wish for you, I really hope our magical friendship will last forever, no matter what it takes, I won't ever let go.

Thank you. ^_^