Chapter : 3 YEARS!

Wow, I can’t believe that I actually have this blog so 3 years already! Though I’m not much of a blogger because I rarely update my blog and half the time most of the stuffs I write in here are just for my own personal ramblings and not much of “stuffs-that-you-can-learn”.

Maybe some might find “enlightenment” by reading my blog because at times I will go into a deep thought and talk about life. Ha, funny…me talking about life when at times I barely manage to get my life together! But looking back at all my entries, which there isn’t much to begin with, I have realized that I somewhat grew up? I’m not sure how to say it.

It is like looking back at my old artworks from my college days (well, I did it yesterday!) and laughing at all my hideous artworks that I have drawn or reminiscing all those sleepless nights which I have to go through in order to complete my assignments. Those were all the fun times. It is like my blog, laughing at all the posts that I have written and remembering all those good times which I have blogged about in my entries. I also found one of my OLD diaries which I have written when I was a teen (oh my, am I THAT old?!!) and I was laughing at how childish I was then.

Now, I do admit that I’m still childish, after all, I still have my childish heart keep within me but when the time comes for me to act like an adult, I would. Not like last time where I feel that the entire world is going against me or my parents are out to get me and stuffs like that. I just decided to take things as it goes though I admit that I have my outbursts once in a while but I’m a happier person now. I don’t fight with my parents that often, most of the time it is just a few disagreements here and there and everything will be back to normal unlike those times where every single day without fail (okay, I think not that much…) that I would argue with my parents over the silliest matter. I guess I have learnt to accept everything that is thrown to me and then forgetting it. Less stress, more life, more laughter. You will look younger too! Ha!
 

So till then, a short entry from me because I tend to write a novel which half the time doesn’t make sense! To my blog, I know I’m late, but HAPPY 3 YEARS!

Chapter : Routines

As always, when I start updating my blog it is either

1.       I have nothing else better to do.

2.       Something exciting has happened.

3.       I just had the urge to do so.

But mostly the reason is number 1 because half of the time I really have nothing else better to do. I basically been bumming the whole time these days and occasionally working on my freelance work for Rowan together with Sylvia. But on the other hand, my mom recently got infected by the H1N1 disease (and though who doesn’t know, it is called the swine flu and yes, I’m serious that there are some people who doesn’t know that swine flu is called H1N1) and everyone in the family have to be quarantined at home.

Truthfully speaking, I firmly believe that my parents told me that all of us have to be quarantined at home so that I wouldn’t disappear into the night or day when my mom might need me the most to do all her demands. It’s because my mom is currently at home, can’t even go out to do her normal daily stuffs hence my brother and I were the only options that she can control give orders for us to do. So my entire week was filled with mental torture and physical torture. I was stuck at home for the entire week plus it doesn’t help both that I was “bedridden” for two weeks and only recently recovered till that quarantined matter came by.

My daily routine consists of (I’m serious; I think my body now works on clockwork by doing these routines already!)

·         Waking up around noon

·         Check on my mom

·         Mom says she is hungry, off to buy lunch

·         Lunch is served

·         Cleaning up the dishes

·         Checking whether there are water in the flasks and bottles.

·         Boil water

·         Fill water

·         Check laundry

·         Chuck laundry into the dryer

·         Clothes in the dryer into the basket

·         Rest for a while

·         Time for dinner, off with my brother to buy dinner

·         Dinner is served

·         Cleaning up again

·         Filling up bottles with water

·         Check laundry again

·         Chuck into dryer

·         Clothes into basket

·         Relax / Sleep

Then the next day it continues. I have been doing that particular routine for a week and I haven’t been out at all meeting with my friends, catching up, watching movies or even SHOPPING! I’m like rolling around at home, basically just chatting and doing my freelance work. I never felt so much like a hermit before! Okay, I have to admit that when I’m in Australia I’m mostly at home but it never felt so…torturing? Crap, I can’t find the words to express my feelings.

Just another day then I’m out of the house meeting up with people again! Though truthfully speaking that this week was actually filled with meetings and stuffs that I wanted to do before my mom fell ill. At least she is better now because she can come up to my room and ask me to do some stuff before heading back to her own room watching her Korean dramas.

So now I’m taking a break before heading off to buy dinner for the rest of the family. Man, one more day then I will be off gallivanting again.  

Chapter : Happy New Year!

Well, a new post (AFTER SO LONG I KNOW MY FAULT I’M SORRY!!) to jet off the awesome new year! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL WHO ARE CURRENTLY READING MY BLOG! If you ask me what my new year’s resolutions are, I can tell you that I have none. Zero and I’m serious.

This time my new years were spent pretty relaxing. My good friend also I consider him as an elder brother I never had, planned a little trip up to Bukit Tinggi (High Hills) for the countdown but the funniest thing was that we never bothered, we missed the countdown because we were busy entertaining ourselves with mahjong! Hopeless, yes I know but still there are many more countdowns to attend in the future and the only difference is that it is the company.

Well, to summarize up my life experiences last year, I could say that I had a lot of emotional ups and downs. Let’s see whether I could put my “life” experiences in point forms. 

• Graduated with a degree in animation.

• Pursuing my masters.

• Broke up with my ex.

• Was in depression for a bit.

• Lost a lot of weight.

• Enjoying single life.

• Meeting up with old friends.

• Meeting new people along the way.

• More nonsensical.

• Got closer to people and have formed an awesome friendship bond.

That should be everything, I suppose. Now the New Year, I have to continue with my free lance work and also continue on with my studies and then find a job. Now I’m trying to live and take the present instead of thinking so far ahead in the future. Like I have said, take one step at a time and never look back! 

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Chapter : Random Post.

Finally I have completed all of my assignments! Enjoying my freedom for the time being before I have to start doing all those chores that I have neglected during my sleepovers at my university. All those late nights and snacking made me into a whole new fugly person! Why did I say that? Well, I’m currently battling my pimples outbursts (which does not help that I tend to press them turning them into scars! Oh no! There goes my “beautiful” face!) and the little extra pounds have attached themselves to the most unwanted place. THE BELLY! Seriously, can I learn a technique where I could move those little extra pounds to places which need extra pounds? 

Today after handing up my last forsaken assignment, I was ecstatic! But not as much compared to my friends who are graduating this year because they managed to complete their FINAL film. Congrats to all of them! I will miss their screening and graduation though plus their company during my late nights in university. Oh well, friendships that were made lasts forever unless something bad happened in between and the friendships turns sour. Okay, that last bit just spoils the entire mood right? I’m sorry. 

On the other hand, after reading blogs that were written by famous bloggers, they have my uttermost respect! Why? I have no idea how in the world they find the time to upload pictures for everything! Even I find it quite tiring just to upload a few photos of MYSELF camwhoring yet alone them posting up event photos, tutorial photo or photos from their travels. How do they do it? Is it some special skill they have developed overtime after blogging for so long? Or it is just some awesome determination to post pictures AND write a blog entry on the same day about some event they attended? What is it? I have no idea. The only determination I possess it when my assignment deadlines are approaching and I have to complete it in time. 

Hopefully I will be able to apply that particular determination that I have for my assignments to determination to other purposes in life. Okay, end of entry. It is a short one and quite a random one because I took a nap around 10pm and woke up around 1am. I have no idea how am I going back to sleep now.

Chapter : Reading Old Entries Brings Back Memories.

Reading back through my old entries that I have posted in here made me realized that the way how I look things in life pretty much haven’t changed I guess. The only thing I managed to point out is that I may have slightly matured throughout these years. But not only that I have realized that I have this blog for quite some time now and I barely update it! Talk about being lazy!

I guess reading back those entries really triggered some hidden memories. Pretty amusing to read how I have grown, meet new people, going for interviews or getting together with someone and then breaking up. I guess having a blog really helps u grow in a way I guess. You get to pour your heart out and wouldn’t careless who would read it unless you are a famous blogger where everyone in the world knows your blog link and you have to write to entertain them instead of being overly sentimental in your entries.

Just reading my old entries made me smile because it shows that what I have been through that made me become who I am today. I guess maybe when I return to Malaysia for my summer holidays and probably there is much more exciting entries for me to write about. Who knows maybe something unusual will happen to me during my holidays. Well, it is always good to unexpect the unexpected. Maybe I will meet more new people, or gain a closer friendship with the people I have known or even meeting up with long lost friends! These ideas are making my heart filled with excitement. I just can’t wait to return now.

On the lighter note, my deadlines for my assignments are slowly approaching but looking on the bright side it shows that I’m one step closer to completing the semester and can fully embark on my holiday journey! Just a little reminder for myself of what I need to complete.

ASSIGNMENTS

1. AIL - due on Monday, 2nd of November
2. Visual Art Essay - due on Wednesday, 4th of November
3. CGI Environments - due on Wednesday, 11th of November
   

After these then I can officially say that I’m free from assignments! Then I need to do these things before I head back to Malaysia.

THINGS TO DO

1. Pack the room because shifting house
2. Pack my back because I’m flying back
3. Remember to wash the sheets
4. Vacuum the room
5. Check whether there is duct tape to tape the boxes

Hopefully I will be able to complete all of these before I return to Malaysia! My heart is getting all excited because just knowing that I will be able to breathe the polluted air and meeting all those nasty and rude people who spits, smoke, doesn’t follow rules nor drives according to the rules makes me feel right at home again. But you do know that it is a joke, right?

Chapter : A Step Forward.

I wished a certain someone happy birthday yesterday and he replied thanks. It was funny though cause a very good friend of mine came spamming on my MSN but I was already asleep because he was worried that I would brood over that particular someone. I gladly told him that he and I was an item and now he has moved on pretty quickly and I too have moved on though it took awhile. I’m taking a step forward and never two steps back. Maybe that should be my next motto. If I fall behind, I will pick myself up and start looking forward again.

True, I have been wounded by people countless times and letting them trample on my heart yet I am grateful because I have awesome people surrounding me supporting me whenever I’m down. But on the other hand, I feel quite content with myself right now because I can fully enjoy myself without any strings attached. I don’t want to say “I want to be single for the entire year!!” because I know that the more I say it, the more it won’t happen. Instead, I tend to say “if it comes, it comes. If it doesn’t, just go with the flow.” Why bother searching for THE ONE when you can just enjoy your life with friends and families to the fullest and let fate do its job?

I believe that there is someone for everyone in this world. It is just that whether they are lucky to find them or not. In my opinion, I feel that this year is the year that it is filled with loads of dramas. I see people getting together then breaking up, I see people whom I thought that they will last forever break up and also I see people breaking up because of various reasons. But on the other hand, it is also the year filled with joyous occasions! People are getting engaged and married or newly found loves. Well, like what I would say that it is all about balance. Like what my Geography teacher used to say “God is very fair. For an example, if the country always has volcanoes eruptions but they will have very good soil for them to plant.” I think it is somewhat along these lines but I find it quite true. God is indeed very fair. There is always the good and the bad. Hmm, another example, if you suffered from a bad break up, just look forward because there will be others! But I guess that particular example everyone knows it by heart.

So in the end, life is just very complicated. We just have to live it to the fullest. We aren’t immortals. Just take one step at a time, never look back and I’m sure that you will be able to look at life in a more positive point of view.

Chapter : Thrilled the World.

Well, this is the first time in a long while where I am actually updating my blog fairly often! Surprising even for myself! I know that I shouldn’t be typing an entry but instead I should be focusing on my assignments but I guess I want to have a little break before working throughout the entire night suffering and thinking ways to fix the glitches that I am facing.

On the side note, I am proud to say that I’m part of the world record and I have THRILLED THE WORLD! I actually joined the Thriller dance today at Brisbane Square and I must say that I really enjoyed myself! Though I have to admit that I did some tiny mistakes in the dance routines but I managed to cover it up somehow. After all, the choreographer said that we are all joining the dance just to have fun. Well, I DID.

We arrived at the meet up point, Mad Dance House at 9am and everyone was there in their zombie costumes, putting on some makeup, adding more blood to their faces or adding more white “paint” in hopes to make themselves look “dead”. Though in my opinion, they look more like very freaky looking mimes. My sister bought some fancy Halloween thing-a-ma-jig make up where it looks like you will have bruises, blood or even stitches. It was quite fun putting it on because you can just simply paint your face (probably the only time) and don’t have to bother whether it looks good on you or not!

By 10.10am, us zombies left Mad Dance House and went to the Brisbane Square where we would be performing the Thriller dance at 10.30am sharp and also 350 cities (or was it countries now…I’m confused) would also dance at the exact same time and we would be achieving a new world record for the largest amount of people around the world dancing Thriller at the same time.

The weather was pretty hot and with the costumes and all, doesn’t help. We had to lie down on the ground for a good whole 3 minutes and we were sweating and I could actually feel the sun burning through my clothes. Thankfully, I didn’t get sunburn or a tan. Well, I would want stripes tans all over my body because I was wearing a ripped t-shirt that used to belong to my sister’s boyfriend. I really enjoyed myself ripping the shirt to shreds. It is a great way to release your stress. Seriously.

For a good whole 3 minutes of the entire song, everyone danced and enjoyed themselves. When it was all over, I was a bit sad because it ended so soon. I have heard that it is an annual thing and Malaysia actually participated as well. Maybe next year I might join in the fun again but then, I would be in Malaysia working unless I managed to find a job in Australia…Hmmm, decisions decision. But my heart is set on heading back to Malaysia to work and gain all the experience I need and then slowly work my way up.

Now, I will enjoy my life, focus on my studies and heck, take things slowly yet live life to the fullest! Don’t you agree?