Knowing "Her" well

After having a hearty dinner at home on Monday night, we -my parents, elder sister and I- rushed straight to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Neither of us nor our relatives were going overseas or outstation. So what were we actually rushing to the airport for? You wonder..

Since the year of 2005, I have been hosting Japanese Youth Exchangees (YE). This year, as usual, I'm hosting once again. As the Lions Club Youth Exchange Program is getting a negative feedback annually, I suppose, the number of YEs that are allowed to come to Malaysia is gradually decreasing, as if there are quotas set. The same situation is as well faced by our fellow Malaysian YEs.

Anyway, the Japanese girl I'm hosting came from a town called Nanno located in the Gifu prefecture. Her name is Yuka Miura. It is undeniable that her English is fabulous for a Japanese student as she understands what we are saying excellently. Body language and dictionary are of seldom use. I'm glad.

It was Monday night when we picked her up at the KLIA airport. She was so excited and worked up when she saw us that she was speechless for a moment. Soon after we arrived home, we brought her out to the Kayu in SS2 to satisfy her empty stomach and to quench her thirst. There, she tried the delicious and crispy Roti Canai, Tosai and Naan. And of course, the never-to-miss Teh Tarik. She was amused by the way those Rotis are made. She has not tasted Roti Tissue and Nasi Briyani though.

On the following morning, we woke up early and brought her to Pasar Pagi.

Tasting some Jack Fruits~

Surprisingly, she doesn't think it smells but she hates the taste of it.

Me teaching her how to play Congkak.

Puzzled with "It"

It has been awhile since I last dreamt about you,
I never stop contemplating our never lasting relationship.
As we thought that the bond we made never did work out,
I told myself profusely never to bother your life as much as I did.

At the time when I was thinking that "It" is almost ending,
You never fail to appear and reappear continuously in my Every dreams.
Telling me how much you want "It" to move on more than usual,
While occasionally informing me that you never knew how much I cared for you?

I feared that I had made the wrong decision for letting you go,
Forgetting that a great effort had been made to bring you into my solitary life.
I am willing to go through thick and thin with you if the decision made is right,
However your confessions to me never fail to baffle Every single bits of me.

P.s. "It" has been occurring for the past three consecutive days and I'm so confused, making you confuse too :)

Resurrection

6 days ago, the feeling of anxiety took over me. Flipping through the Macroeconomics book wasn't a good idea. As I tried to comprehend the Phillips curve, my mind was floating away, thinking about this very day. 12 hours a day was never enough for me as I perspired and struggled through the process with much perseverance. Laughter from my family distracted me and tempted me into stopping. My brain was filled with graphs and information that I found myself incapable of remembering every single thing that was said to me.

Time passed swiftly. The weekend was over in a blink of an eye. I was partially relieved as I covered most of the chapters. Confidence was eventually building up in me. Until Monday night came. I suffered from slight insomnia. I tried to 'coax' myself into sleeping but as usual, it didn't work out. Surprisingly, I did not suffer from any fatigue the following morning.

This day was the final day of the dreadful examination. 5 hours ago, I wrote the last number for the month. I was satisfied. The feeling of freedom and a sense of relieve was beyond description. The moment the great burden alighted from my shoulder was fulfilling. And I was once again... FREED!


Hey! I'm so sorry for being so inactive lately. The past two weeks was real hectic but now.. I've got nothing to do with the exception of watching the television and playing, playing, playing and of course, blogging.. if possible.

Envious

I apologize for my blog has slacken =) Actually, it's not the matter of time that hinders me from being able to manage some time to update my blog. It's my life, my ever simple life with no intriguing happenings to reminisce about that impedes the progress of my bloggie.

It has been a week ago since I last updated my blog. And ever since then, nothing extraordinary and no exhilarating events have occurred in my life that are worth recalling and worth sharing with all of you. Maybe there are but I have not noticed them just yet.

This particular week passed by swiftly without any particular reasons that I particularly know
of. Everything is going well for me as usual. But there is something I have to tell you. Being the top student of a class is something for one to be proud of, but at the same time, a great hefty burden will be placed on one's shoulders as well. Trust me. I am a veteran xD

I took the Macroeconomics subject this semester and got a lecturer with a doctorate who came from Croatia. Cool eh? He is crazy over football and often stay up late to watch the EURO 2008 live on TV3 and NTV7 whether or not there is class the following morning. Cooler eh? His favourite word is "BRAVO", followed by handshakes. He once commented on our sissy handshakes too. One more thing. A lecturer- Miss Lynn from ADP department hates him very much but I don't know why. She hates him even more (I suppose) when my lecturer kissed her hand. (you should see how she wipes her hand later on with a disgusted look on her face)

Ok. It so happens that I got the highest score for the first Macroeconomics quiz and since then he has been expecting the best out of me. He referred me as his "SUPERMAN" -.-" The second quiz was yesterday. He asked me not to be like Turkey, where they played very well for the first few games and screwed up the following games. In short, he wanted me to maintain my hardwork and achievements. He added that he was waiting to see my score for this second quiz. Oh right. What have I done. His attention is all towards me now. Stress.. Bahh..

Anyway, it's also a good thing to have a lecturer noticing your presence, encouraging you and appreciating your achievements =) The first thing he told me was, "I didn't know you are a great student".

Ok. Enough of that. Later someone will say that I'm being lan si.

Dreams for thought

Wednesday was a real tiring day. It was IPRMSA's corporate theme day and me as a member of the club was supposed to be wearing formal attire to show some support to the club but I turned out to be wearing a shirt and a pair of long pants. How disappointing.. But that's me. My friend Dickson was the one semangat enough to wear formal attire.

Something strange happened on that day itself. Everyone seemed to be wearing PINK or RED? WEIRD. Anyway, it wasn't just a corporate theme day on Wednesday, but the IPRMSA club had also held an Artisan Cafe at the ADP block, which is block E at level 1. The foods - tuna potato salad, fruit punch, jelly, sausages and mashed potato with cheese sauce - were selling fast like hot cakes that we packed up and closed the "stall" about half an hour earlier than expected.

Me as the unsung member of the club helped out a little with the fruit punch. And that's all I did, not more. Then at 4, Ian picked Dickson and I up at McDonald's to Midvalley as we decided to catch a movie before heading to Madam Kwan's for Sophia's dinner. Unfortunately, the plan ended in failure. Credits to Ian who came late..

Never mind. Dickson came out with a "brilliant" idea, which was to go to Nana's place and play the board game- "Cluedo". We had fun playing that game and I was the newbie who didn't know what to do. After Cluedo, we played Monopoly like we never played that board game before. Like a bunch of small little kids, we were easily entertained by having millions of dollars in hand. We were too engrossed in buying properties and houses as well as laughing at each other for having to pay heavy income taxes and rentals that we had literally forgotten about the time.

We were 15 minutes late for the dinner (sorry) but we weren't the last to arrive, fortunately. Sophia's father greeted us with a welcome handshake and we were introduced to Sophia's friend from Brunei. It was great meeting them. As I was wondering where Sophia's mother was, suddenly she appeared at the entrance of Madam Kwan's with shopping bags in her hands. She greeted us as well and then we had a little chat while waiting.

Awhile after we ordered, the trio - Ali, Ariq and Ariq's girlfriend - had finally arrived. Most of us ordered either Nasi Lemak or Nasi Boujari. The Nasi Lemak I ordered tasted incredibly delicious and I suppose the Nasi Boujari was similarly delectable too. It was a great dinner. Thank you Sophia for inviting us and Sophia's parents for treating us =) We really had a whale of time there. Thank you once again xD

It really was a tiring day. I reached home at about 9.30 pm. However, I slept with a satisfying stomach that night :D No pics :P