happiness is...
when ur team can still cheer in high spirits after losing all matches but one
phone calls from the one you love
a familiar face from home visits
watching sex in the city with nasi lemak for dinner in bed
when ur house mate craves for 'tong yuen' and brings a bowl up to your room after making some
Alright, this project has really got me thinking. This music piece I'm working on Stimmung by Karheinz Stockhausen is a very contemporary piece and the project is to design how it is staged. The music leads me to think of how we all journey through life, the paths we take the parts we play in the time we have.
Time, I never saw it as something linear but never did it occur to me as a spiral. I came across this book the mystic spiral : journey of the soul by Jill Purce. A part of it speaks of how the journey through life as in time, is like a spiral, how we will always end up in a same time in a different situation or place or vice versa. Happenings repeats itself and it is sort of like a rehearsal, once we've gone through a particular situation, it teaches us how to deal with it, and makes us stronger. Like how the saying goes, what does not kill you only makes you stronger. Although I think of all the things I've gone through, the only thing that I never learn is to let go of someone gracefully. The fact that I will never ever see someone again, just the finale of it gets me very emotional, lets not even talk about the passing of a loved one. I just played a truth or dare game when I found out my Boo Boo had passed and I was totally wreaked. Someone threw me a question, what is your biggest fear? I had to think for a bit and with all that emotional swarm I had inside me then I answered, loosing someone. Truthfully, now after having time to think of it, deep down, it is the greatest fear I just never realized I had.
And then, this also reminds me of the conversation I had with Ram, a friend of my brother whom I met on the Frazers Hill trip I went last summer. How an adult party conversation turned into a serious religious/life talk with the help of Mr Gin. Ram said something about how we as beings are all on our own, how we come into this world on our own and how we will leave it on our own. I know we can all debate and say no, we all need others to survive, like no one can stay sane while being on solitude because we need family, we need friends to live on. Although I could not tell if he was drunk or not but what he said that night really made a mark and I could see his point. On this journey we take, there are others who make this path more joyful and pleasant but really, we are alone to take it. Like when we are born, when we come to this world, we come alone, but there are others to receive us, and when we go, there are others who hold our hand and walk with us right to the gate, but only to the gate. They can't hold your hand and walk you through the gate.
It is not a cynical approach to looking at life but more like thinking about how much you take as a person and how much you give in return in your space of time. Like how in the end, all our actions are totally in our hands, and as your time flashes before your eyes you only have your conscience to blame.....so really are we really all alone in this, together?
the 4 girls, 2 borders, 7 cities, and loads of random fun journey began on the 30th of July 2010. We left Nottingham for the hotter and much more sexily sunny Faro to find a fantasticly cosy hostel with an awesome roof terrace.
Faro Lounge Hostel  Sangria   dinner for 8 euros, makes u very happy after all dat walking =)  maria the 3rd?  the old quarter of Faro....lovely rustic buildings and narrow pavements  next morning we took a boat to the Ilha deserta meaning deserted island. it cost us 10 euros each  walking to the beach, love this place. Totally nature friendly, situated in the national park here is Faro, they build platforms so you don't kill the plants and they use solar energy   I heart Ilha Deserta no3 on my list of finding the best beaches. It was HOT ut the water was COLD. Sooooo clean and there was almost no one there. No water sports to pollute the water and no kids making loads of noise. Just calm serene peace.  Next city up......Porto, home of the delicious Port wine. When I first got to Chirk...ok more like when I unexpectedly realised I arrived, I frantically scrambled to grab all my stuff and dashed for the exit. I almost missed the stop. Firstly, they did not announce the stop. Secondly there was this old lady with two dogs at the exit saying goodbye to\her lover and the conductor said I should better jump off like NOW!! Thirdly after I jumped off...at the back of my mind I was like...shytes have I gone off at the wrong stop cos the sign said, !*&%!^# Chirk. I was beginning to think, omg there is a station that’s called just 'Chirk' and I am at this station called '!*&%!^# Chirk'. Luckily, just before the panic alarm went off I saw Kat coming down the steps. And yes I now know those unexplainable words Y Waun in front of Chirk, just like how all other signs here in Wales, was the Welsh translation of it. It took us about 4 hours to get to Aber, the sky was really taking a piss, I've never seen it rain this heavy in the uk, it almost feels like a proper pour at home. The roads were really windy as well and I would actually start screaming if any friend of mine back home were to drive at the speed Kat was driving, not that she was reckless or speeding, it just seemed like we were going real fast although we were only about 40. I figured that all Welsh people drive windy roads all the time. But I think the thing that delayed us most was...ahem was because we stopped loads along the way as there were many picture opportunities =) We actually turned around to get a picture of an advertisement by the road.  Yes, it's a Woodlands for Sale sign, how awkward is that.  After that, we came to this part where the hills were all covered with snow. It was totally white!!! I've never seen so much snow ever!!! Feels like I'm in some Scandinavian country that snows like hell, like the Iceland or something.   The white blanket of snow just made everything so much more majestic and made me feel so small and insignificant...totally jaw dropped awed!! Our hostel is nothing like a hostel at all. It's like a 3 star hotel with a shared bathroom.  Pretty sheets, coffee making stuff in the room, towel and shower gel, tv, proper wardrobe and stuff in it. Not to mention free wifi as well!!! And for the price we're paying, gosh, best hostel I've stayed in so far, I rate it 5stars. Today was a very productive day despite the nasty weather. We were like playing a cat and mouse game with the dark clouds. Of course we were the mouse, we always see sun ahead but it was constantly raining on us. You get a dry bit for awhile but it always seems to catch up. Devils Bridge was not the greatest start but it was interesting to see how civilisations buried their past, in this case how they built over the past but it plain sight. Bridges built over bridges. Pretty cool. I particularly loved the little crack in between the rocks below the bridges. It's like a little peep hole to the glistening moss on the other end.  Really pretty although this pic does not do it justice. On the way back from Devils Bridge, we pulled up at the side of the very narrow road to take a shot of a spectacular view of a valley. I noticed all the animals staring at us even when we drive pass. When I said 'the horses are staring at us' Kat thought I was doing that crazy thing of mine again....not until she saw ALL da sheep literally staring at us. These peculiar little fluff balls literally froze in their socks and just stared. How odd.  The sheep that stare at men. I think they might just be thinking, how come we're free range and you're free roaming. Or maybe the rain is giving me a BAAAd hair day. Borth was the highlight of the day for me. I've never set foot on a pebble beach before although I still preferred sandy beaches cos they were much easier to walk on, this was an enlightening sight.  Teamed together with the clifts on the far right, where drove down from, so beautiful. It got me painting again, have not done it in ages, you can see the hand has gotten very rusty. At Tan-y-Bwlch, I literally felt like I was going to be blown away. Even getting the car door to stay open was a task. it was sunny at first and then the rain caught up. Pretty though task to take a pic without getting raindrops on your lens but I got a decent shot of Aber there.  Hope tomorrow’s weather isn't going to be as bad as it sounds. BBC can be very wrong for once, I am missing da warmth in Nottingham now. Attachment: river.gif okkies, I know I have been MIA...totally. I'm yet to post my Italy trip and not to mention the backlog on the Sabah trip...will do that when I'm back. That will be in 2 weeks. hehey...  It's payback time!!! I didn't get a proper holiday last christmas due to backlog of assignments during my hectic placement with the birmingham opera company...more like just 3 days of replenishing all the sleep I lost the whole 2 months there. Soooo.....I'm on a 2 week holiday =) travelling across the UK and then to Paris , la ville d'amour.
So far I have bought 2 train tickets, a 7hr bus ticket, another bus ticket, a bus/ferry ticket and a plane ticket. The route Nottingham - Birmingham - Chirk - Aberystwyth - London - Canterbury - (this part is still kind of a blur but i know I'll end up in Paris) - Nottingham. Well I'm not exactly visiting every town but some just to change train or meet people. You can split it into 3, Aberystwyth with Kat, going to London to meet up with friends and visiting my brother, and visite de Paris. I can practice my French =) Je peux parle le français.
First leg of the trip would be to Aberystwyth, where I meet Kat at Chirk and we'll drive down to Aber and stay for 6 days. Kats doing her photoshoot for her final degree show and I'm accompanying her, at the same time get to see a new place =). We have a 'trip blog' if that's what you call it. http://cynefinallfro.wordpress.com/ The title is in Welsh, whole concept of it is like the familiar and foreign. Kat was born in Aber so she's seeing the place as something that is close to heart while Aber is someplace totally foreign to me. Heck this place is actually sorta considered as isolated from the most of wales, ie. hard to get to if you don't have a car, hence it is self sufficient yet still a small little town. How awesome is that. I'm finally going to a beach!!!!! A beach in the UK!!!! wohoooo....well it will be too cold to swim so I'll be leaving my bikini at home...lol but still ohh I totally miss sea breeze, how the air is warm and a lil salty. The sound of the waves hitting the shore, seagulls, sand between my toes.....it calms my soul, and it always reminds me of my childhood, how I used to go to Penang and Port Dickson with family when I was younger. Can't wait, can't wait !!! Kat has been planning everything since I'm so friggin busy, I totally owe her so much for planning everything.
Ok I NEED to get packing. I'm starting to panic. I can't forget anything cos I won't be back in Notts until I actually fly home from Paris. N I have a 20litre backpack and my camera bag to fit 2 weeks of stuff!!!! I need comfy sporty wear for our beach walking/castle exploring/mountain hiking escapade and formal/dressy stuff for Paris in so little space. Arghhhh.....totally freaking. Totally hyper now, but I have a feeling I might come down with a fever, having a headache since morning, pray and hope I don't. Cross fingers. well I'm on my second week with Birmingham Opera and it has been really busy. I'm working with one of the Linbury Prize winners Samal Blak as assistant designer for the upcoming production Othello directed by world renown opera director Graham Vick. The BBC is coming to film us, to make a documentary on how Graham is directing the opera sooo.......kena solek solek sikit tiap-tiap pagi now cos gonna be on British TV.....lol
I leave the house at 830am the latest for a 930 start and reach home not earlier that 730pm everyday. We work non stop hardly stopping for lunch, well at least I eat in front of my com. Samal eats when he walks.....he says I need to learn how to do so, yea it saves time but cough cough cough.....just not my style.
Wat we do, ground plan drawings, technical drawings, costume mood boards mostly to propose to Graham, costume sorting, costume researching, costume hunting & buying so there's a lotta moving around.
I'll be in Birmingham till 19 Dec and I'm soooOO gonna be addicted to coffee when I'm done. I've never drank more than a glass of coffee a day or 2 glasses a week. A tiny bottle of nescafe can last me a year (i'm a red bull person) Reason no 1 - they hav free flow of coffee no 2 - I need da caffeine no 3 - it's damn cold no 4 - it's DAMN blardy cold !!! at the moment I heart da free flow of coffee and tea, cookies, fresh fruit and da microwave oven totally!!!
We went shopping for costumes in Primark today and spent 203.66 pounds and got 3 bags of splendidly ugly costumes =) when ur gonna dress almost 350 performers you can't make them all.
it's 1120pm i just sent in some research......totally exhausted thanks to mr sniffles. Super bad time to get sick !!! zzzzZZZZZ OMG never again will we see Michael Jackson glide on another stage cos he is now moonwalking in heaven!!!! I am totally devastated!!! And the way i found out, so shocking!!!!!
I was having a nite out in Rock City, having some drinks when Sophia got a text from her friend saying he had passed. Well I thought it was some silly joke, couldn't believe it, then I begged Jason to google it up on his iphone, well yeah it confirmed the news. Well an hour later the DJ announced it and played his songs, the club always plays his songs anyway but more so today.
When I got home I watched his videos till past 5am woke up at 10 and watched more videos of him. Can't believe he's gone. It's really such a lost, I grew up listening to him, I can still remember his pepsi ads, his dancing, watching his MTVs on TV while waiting for the bus to pick me up for school and when I get home mostly in the afternoons when there is nothing else interesting to watch (well to a teenager that is) They even played his MTVs back to back like a Michael Jackson hour.
Whenever I hear the song 'beat it' it reminds me of the time my family had his concert on our television after dinner. My dad took my poor kitty cat Tiger and made him dance to the song. My mom scolded my dad like the cat was some precious little baby saying he shouldn't be so rough to him.......LOLOLOLOL. My baby Tiger is dancing wif MJ in heaven now tho. I also remember moonwalking in my school basketball court at night while building bivouac for Jaya camp. And how can I ever forget dancing to "beat it" on stage wif friends......dat was really fun. Memories memories.......emo emo emo!!!!!
I felt MJ was so misunderstood, to me after watching a documentary on him some few years ago about his trials, watching his videos (person in real life not performing) he's really like an innocent kid. It's not easy being Michael Jackson, cut him some slack TMZ!!!!! My personal fav video of him on youtube. Just the way I would like to remember him. This video consoled me, knowing that he at least had his happy moments aside the accusations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_15tALSO5M&feature=related
It is my honor to have grown up watching you dance and listening to ur music. Thank you for touching my life Michael Jackson. May you RIP 22 Dec 2008
Anna, Aishah and I had an early christmas dinner/lunch today as we were not going to see each other until the new year. Each of us cooked a hearty amount of our speciality dish and we had a lotta foooooddd.........xin wei we even have some left for you. A good way to get rid of our stock of food in the fridge or else it's just gonna rot when we're away.
pic wif dishes and their master chefs
Anna and her marmite chicken
 aishah and her egg over beef & veg with anchovies and chilly
Too bad I had a little problem wif caramelizing the sugar or else we could have dessert before i went to work ( but not like anything could go in after all the food we had.........totally stuffed) Oh i was so happy that I had creme caramel sitting in the oven waiting for me that i literally ran/skipped back home from work to check on my babies. I heated them up a little in the over, unmoulded one and fualla.....peeEEERFECT!!!!! Nothing burnt, nothing too soft or not cooked, texture..ohhh smooth !!!!!! Maybe the sugar could have been a little browner for beautification sake but sugar here is weird.......it crystalizes cause it's cold. I had it boiling on the stove and it crystalized in a pot over the heat.....weird aint it?? But i'm still so happy......it's amazing how little pots of caramel can make me so delighted, happy and cheery. Baking is really therapy........talk about happy food =P
little pots of happiness
after arriving at the campus grounds..........we were given temporary accomodation at Sandby Hall.......on of the best uni accomodations they have because of the location and the rooms have an en-suite bathroom.  this is sandby hall
below is Hampden Hall, I wished i could stay here, it's just a stone throw away from where I will be having my classes but too bad.....there are no units available. this is what i see out of window at the moment around 5pm, pretty eh? 
and this is da room, forgot to take pic of da bed maybe tmr ....hehe
en-suite bathroom
we went walking around and this is Market Suare, u get ppl performing here for free
city council building, that's xin wei, me, anna and carine
this is the food they serve us on the first day for dinner, honey baked gammon ( dunnoe wats that, taste like bacon =), POTATOES n vege. cold pasta salad....yummm ( i have a feeling i will be eating a lot of this) and yeah general salad. again i'm rushing off for dinner, it's so darn early today 6pm.....n i just ate curry....full...lol. Tonights activity is the Barn DAnce......I'll tell u bout it later (when i find out what in da world it is)
around 6pm on 26 sept, I left my hse for da airport. Said goodbye to my big big room, my sangat besar punya soft toy, and my two babies Boo Boo and Nikki who is will miss da most. Hope my dad will sayang him like how I do since I'm not around........ my sayangs
my family at da airport.......my mummy cried.......and me.......i didn't......kinda surprised i didn't since I'm da emo kind..........and everybody was like saying.....dun cry ah....lol.
When I was like doing security to board plane n on da aerotrain.......i still can't believe that 2 months ago i was looking for a permanent job in KL.....it still didn't hit me that I'm going Nottingham......hence......probably why i didn't cry......heh.
my other two sayangs who were there to send me off.......i now feel SO DARN STUPID......for crying so damn banyak when Ken Ming left.......Jin Wei when u leave........I WON'T cry.
Kirsty n I were on da same flight. When we stopped by Abu Dhabi for our 2 hrs transit we went to some kafe wif wifi.....hehe.........thank god for dat or else i will rot in da ugly swimming pool without water.
Coke in da UAE
we reached da Heathrow at 730am....it was damn foggy, could't see anything, when we were landing i thought we were going pass some thick thick clouds, BUT it was fog. Practically ran all da way to da imigration, and I got through, pass everything by 830. Lucky me. They din ask anything much, din even need to go throuhg health point, lucky din check my luggage or else i think my 'ha mai' dried prawns sure kena ambil liao.
anna and I at Heathrow
me walking down hampden lane to dryden building xin wen, me, anna and carine, market suare
okkies dats all for now......no time for pics on my room or dinner last nite......im now at McD's thanking god they hav free wifi. gotta run back for dinner.......it's not dat great but hey at least i got dinner.
 | Labuan | Jun 20, '08 4:16 PM
for everyone |
 at Jesselton Point....................ferry terminal
ferry to brunei..........I ALMOST DIED of sea sickness. whenever there is a first class ticket.....there is a freaking reason for it !!!!!!!! will elaborate this later on......... Chong who flew in to Labuan met us there and we rented a car for RM60 for 24 hours. chong was da driver, me navigator..............we drove round the whole island and stopped at random beaches to enjoy da view and sea breeze.........but cannot be compared to TAR marine park beaches. 
Labuan where business and leisure meets..........we saw this sign somewhere. That nite after dinner, we decided to check out the local clubs there and meet our newly made Bruneian friends Keith Wong, Isa and Wayne. Looks like one of the best clubs in Labuan.........Pop In(name of club)............was a freaking whore house!!!!!!!!!!! 
at Rm5 for cover charge..........98% of the girls in the club were whores...........never have i seen transactions happen so openly. Chong got invited to go upstairs............twice.....haha. Well........oni thing good i must say is the free drinks and the live band that was quite ok........I still luved the one at Shenenigans. after shopping till our hearts content........we took the ferry back to KK on FIRST CLASS!!!!!!!!! oh worth every cent of my 4 bucks. din get nauseous at all. 
happy people on the deck who got a little smarter to buy first class tickets for da journey back
 this was how the waters in Sapi Island looks like. Crystal clear !!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks even more beautiful under water. it's like a forest in another world. We went about 25metres deep........log book says 18 metres.......hush hush........hehehe. I saw a round chubby squid, a puffer fish and a spotted sting ray...........coolies. There were lots more colourful fishes i couldn't identify but oh i saw Nemo and Dory's cousin !!!
my diving instuctor "shall koko" and I my diving buddy, Toby a Sabah boy from Lahad Datu took us for a seafood dinner in Lu Yang. Freaking cheap!!!!!!!! we had 1kg of prawns, a 850g sak pan and 500g of soft shell crabs. meal for 5 ppl. Here's da bill for your eyes to feast on...........you'll get to see the food later............kakakakas 
to celebrate being certified, we went to shenenigans, the most lavish club in KK part of the Hyatt hotel. They had a really smashing live band playing there. drunk ok not drunk majorly high episode no 1 in KK.......lol. the koreans we dived with earlier joined us. 
toby, me n penny
 us on the boat leaving Sutra Harbour for Sapi Island. behind Penny and I is our dive instructor Marshall Foo We were picked up by Scuba Paradise, our diving school at 930am headed for Sutra Harbour. There we had a boat transfer to Sapi Island on of the Islands in the TAR marine park. Diving is awsome !!!!!!!!! I'm so getting addicted to it !!!!!!!!!!! 
Penny and I in wet suits later on, we went looking for the filipino market with Nazri. We ate pasar food this time. seafood panggang..........local style. we actually asked the locals sharing the same table how to eat them, with all the sauces and lime the stall provided. and eating wif your fingers mmmMMM makes food taste better 
fresh from the sea, BBQ on the spot........big sotong RM7, Mackrel RM7, ikan pari RM12 The introduction to Open Water Diving is not as fun as it sounds. It's theory.......and 5 part videos that last 20 mins each.......quizzes.......and test........ Was partying hard last nite and we walked in BGB around 4am soaked from head to toe.........BGB workers must be thinking these two girls are nuts........well I think you could tell what happen during our introduction.....zzzzzZZZZZZZ. we fell asleep lie 1/3 of the videos.....still both of us scraped through........min passing mark 75 % after tests we walked in search of Filipino market..........din really find it. was walking at the waterfront and came across this beautiful view........ 
Penny and I ended up eating in some roadside stall, like pasar malam. I ate rendang, some chillies they ate as vege.......something different, not spicy at all, and pucuk rebung........I luved the pucuk rebung........damn good malay food........all for RM3 
my dinner......all for RM3, crab was from Penny we went straight back to BGB after buying some breakfast........can't repeat wat happend in introduction..........or else will be sleeping under water We were supposed to go diving today but since the instructors couldn't accommodate us, we had to start tomorrow. Since we had nothing much to do, Benny's lodge owner, Tropicana Lodge, Vincent called us up to see if we were interested in a trip to the waterfalls. It was a hot day so yeah, why not. He picked us up from BGB ( Borneo Global Backpackers) and we met up with a friend of his at his Lodge, Professor Stephan from Canada who was doing research on bio diesel fuel in our country. Vincent took us to this place to eat Tom Yam Prawn noodles. Oh it was damn nice, prawns are so big and fresh, the mee hoon is like the thick kind and the soup is not like the regular tom yam you can find back in KL. Soup is not as clear but........taste damn good. 
special Sabah Tom Yam Prawn Noodles Lunch was on Stephan, nice guy, he says it was his turn to pay since people always paid for him when he was travelling back when he was still a student. Vincent picked us up at the coffee shop after our lunch and he brought with him Mohamad Nazri whom he just picked form the airport. Nazri is from TTDI hahaha.......we live so close but we had to come all the way to Sabah to meet. It was a 30 min drive to Kionsom waterfalls. Through winding roads and kampungs, pass paddy fields and sekolah desas. Roads were not very good. According to Vincent, roads are always under constant repairs. 
left: stephan, me and vincent at kionsom waterfalls waterfall was really nice, water was deep and very very very clean and other than us there was only two other locals there. current was very strong though. we went to the Tamu, local market to get a fish for our BBQ party at Vincents place we got a freaking huge Tuna for ONLY RM27 and spirulina also know as sea grapes for a buck for a plate. They actually taste like fish roe. 
spirulina / sea grapes 
the RM27 Tuna we BBQed the Tuna and only managed to finish half of it............i never ate so much fish in my entire life...........burp.... sobbies...........cry cry cry cry cry my DSC-L1/R cybershot is GONE !!!!!!!! I went straight home to look at sony.com.my to check for da price n it's RM999. shit......da price didn't drop much in 3 years........sulks. i was quite determined to get back da exact same cam back then but after seeing da price.......haih have to think again. But i totally need a replacement, how can a professional cam whorer survive without a good trusty ol compact camera. I remember hunting round low yat every single store for dat model....for da PURPLE one which they call dark red....boo hoo n i couldn't find it. was so upset about it but my dad like bugged his friend to order da purple one so i had 2 wait a few months until a very very very very happy me started snapping wif her new purple camera......of course i had to pay for it myself.....which makes me more sakit hati after losing it......my own hard earned money...sobbies!!!! All da memories i took wif it...haih, my trusty old friend is now serving a new owner, i hope he takes good care of it. We sure did have a good connection.....farewell my purple friend.
By da way if ur asking how i lost it. I got pick pocketed while i was at the Taman Conaught Cheras supa dupa long pasar malam. I was hangin wif Thian Wooi Aik Sha. It's kinda ironic dat some malay dude was trying to pick on Thian Wooi wallet on his back pocket just awhile before I lost mine. I kinda noticed a malay dude wif a helmet getting closer n closer to him from da back while we were watching some sifu doing his stunts. So I started standing closer and da malay dude was like forcing his was closer to Thian Wooi which he then finally gave up n took off realising we were aware of their intentions.
Well da bugger took my purse, camera, hair clip, basically trashed everything in my main compartment of da swiss pouch. I lost all Jin Wei's 21st Bday pics....da pics wif him n da impromptu cupcakes i wrote on wif cocoa n butter wif funky candles.........waaaaAAAA. My only one consolation....i bought a new handbag.......so dat idiot has 25 bucks less to spend !!!!!!! And i just bought 30 bucks credit which i slit into my purse........i sure hope he uses DIG and not hotlink!!!!! Got about 50 bucks in da purse boo hoo, wished I bought da shoes i had in mind so he would have less money to spend. But overall I'm like numb not much feel this is da third time losing ic so like wat eva, just very sakit hati for da camera. So ppl if ur ever going to dat pasar malam, plz dun bring ur precious stuff, put rupiah or something in ur bags n pockets so these pick pockets get trash when they dig into them. In conjuction with the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Scout Movement in Maldives and the 100th Anniversary of the World Scout Movement, The Maldives Post Limited has issued a special stamp set and first day covers. The first picture is the first day cover which is supposed to be folded into half and the second are the stamp sets stuck to the insides of the first day cover. The cost for the whole set is Mrf 15.00 and Mrf 20.00 with the first day cover. Mrf 20.00 = about US 2.00 * Do take note that there are limited pieces for the first day cover If you're an avid stamp or scout stuff collector or just interested to get these do drop me a note here. below is the link to an article where the stamp set was presented to the President of Maldives http://www.presidencymaldives.gov.mv/pages/eng_news.php?news:4610:1    14 June is marked as World Blood Donor Day as a tribute to recognize and thank the millions of people around the world who donate their blood on a voluntary, altruistic unpaid basis to help save the lives and improve the health of others. This is an annual event officially designated by the World Health Assembly. It is also to encourage more people to become voluntary blood donors and will underline the importance of regular donation to prevent blood shortages. The theme this year for World Blood Donor Day 2007 will be "Safe Blood for Safe Motherhood" For more info on World Blood Donor Day visit the official website http://www.who.int/worldblooddonorday/en/To be a donor in Malaysia you must be : 1. at least 17 years old and not more than 60, 2. weigh more than 45kg, 3. have at least 5 hours of sleep, 4. not taking any medication exp. Antibiotics, 5. and be in good general health A healthy donor may donate blood every 3 months Did you know…. ~ Blood cannot be manufactured. It can only come as a gift from people. ~ Blood centers often run short of type O and B blood. ~ Just 1 pint of donated blood can help save as many as 3 people’s lives. ~ The average adult has about 10 to 12 pints of blood in his body. Roughly 1 pint is given during a donation. ~ Since a pint is pound, you lose a pound every time you donate blood. ~ You burn about 650 calories by donating one pint of blood. ~ After donating blood, you replace these red blood cells within 3 to 4 weeks. It takes eight weeks to restore the iron lost after donating. ~ Fourteen tests, 11 of which are for infectious diseases, are performed on each unit of donated blood. Donating blood does not give any negative side effects to the donor. In fact, donating blood gives u a free mini health examination every 3 months. The blood cells in ur body will die anyway every 3 months and replaced with new ones, so why let them go to waste. Besides donating blood trains ur body to reproduce blood more efficiently. There will come a time when u or ur loved one will be in need of blood. Statistics show that 25% of people will need blood at least once in their life. Help those in need so when it's ur turn who calls for the favour, the favour will come easily. Donating blood is like a gift of life............!!!!!!!  putrajaya is FREAKING FAR !!! It was a good decision to not consider Lim Kok Wing as a choice of place to study because of da freaking distance. I tell u i won't last 2 weeks driving up and down, takes about plus minus 45 mins to reach home dats when i step on it like 110 cos dats da max my car can go........sobbies to da max, not to mention dat da jam and bad weather can add about 30 mins to an hour. Putrajaya is a ghost town........at a certain point there is no signs of life, even on a working day. i can see dat it's really convinient to have all the government offices together, it's also reallybeautiful at nite, but it's just TOOOOOOOOOOO DAMN FAR. N bad signage n roads, takes u in circles and there are no petrol stations in dat area, so far i have not seen one, according to my dad there is oni one there. So tip for people driving there, make sure u pump ur tank at least half full b4 u get there, dun wanna et urself into a sticky situation where ur car stalls in da middle of nowhere cos it's really NO WHERE........
as for practices, it's not really all dat tiring, da stage is real big alrite. be we do full runs on actual stage oni once everyday. then we practice somewhere else in our separate groups a little here n there. every rehearsal there are some changes, n new things to learn although it has been choreographed like say 2 weeks ago.........shit happens when u dance in a big group. instead of tiring belive me it's frustrating !!!!! u noe me i can't sit still doing nothing, it kills me to da bone, having so many things in my mind and da list of things i need to get done. argghhhhh.......... i feel so restless n when it's time to dance, i'm like YAY !!!!!! finaly i'm doing something. haih today die f boredom, ipod no bat, just sit n rot.
Well mat sallehs r really punctual, we were supposed to do 2 full runs today but there was an overun, pass 1130. they said yesterday dat we will oni rehearse till 1130 everyday starting from today. we were at stnadby position n waiting for second run, the suddenly da group which was que for stage next started cheering, then da cheer spreaded to da other groups, chinese is like da 2nd last so we were at da other end quite clueless about da situation until everybody stated walking out.......checked da t watch whoa....1130.....kewlies close shop rite on da dot.
as for da pics, dats da grand stand and da chairs they set up for spectator, n dats da malay community rehearsing, da projections wasn't on then, will try to get a pic of da projections, they r really pretty, n da lights, oh gorgeous.   | |
