The Puzzle of My Heart

Of 3 Birthdays and New Trimester

2009-02-08T01:32:00.003+08:00

New trimester just started and things had been a chaos. Marketing Research subject clashes with Language Level 2 and we are not able to register for Marketing Research subject, which was supposed to be offered during my second year but it was not offered at that time and thus, we took another subject in replace of Marketing Research thinking that we can register for it on the same trimester in our third year.

We were confident that we will be able to register this trimester yet the matter of subjects clashing made us register for Language Level 2 but not Marketing Research. We are in the process of appealing for a new session for Marketing Research. Should I not able to register for Marketing Research this semester, I will have to extend one semester just for this subject. Hopefully this matter will be resolved by the end of next week.

Knowing that I won't be able to solve it by thinking about it 24/7, I took time off the matter to celebrate the belated birthdays on 5th Feb at McD Sri Kembangan, where my belated birthday was celebrated last year. It was a happy occasion, with 3 birthdays to be celebrated.

Ken's, 23rd January

Mine, 29th January

Jiun Huei's a.k.a. Robot, 5th February

The birthday boys and girl... the 3 of us were born on the same year!

Thanks to Ping Ting, Su Yi, Sophia, Nicky, sis, and Tharan (not in pic) for this celebration. Love y'all!

The topic for the night revolved around the MUET Band 1 graduation policy in MMU. It's weird how MMU would allow those who got MUET Band 1 (The minimum) to graduate. That means the level of proficiency of English of Band 1 students are really low that they have difficulties understanding the subjects in class. Nevertheless, I'm glad that the Band 3 requirement still applies to my batch. Thus, this ensures that the quality of the students to be maintained.

Thanks all for now. Wish me luck in solving the Marketing Research subject clashing problem.

I'm signing off~

Happy Chinese New Year 2009

2009-01-31T17:19:00.006+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year!

May you all have a properous and good moo moo year ahead =)

I celebrated Chinese New Year Eve, 25th Jan, at Genting Highlands, the City of Entertainment. This is the fourth year that we celebrated CNY at Genting, thanks to my 8th aunt for booking rooms for us to stay.

Had lunch at the base of the mountain with my aunt's family. While waiting for my aunt to arrive, a man approached me and my siblings and put a chestnut on the table for each of us. My brother and sister were wondering what did the person gave us the chestnuts and would not eat the nuts but me seeing the guy wearing a shirt of a chestnut chain, I just eat the chestnut given.

Apparently, the man sells chestnuts and boy, the nuts were tasty! Lunch were delicious especially the king prawn noodles! We proceed to Genting Highlands with the Genting Skyway of course. Who would want to miss a ride on the world's fastest and South East Asia's longest cable car system?

Genting Skyway

With siblings and cousins

It has been the tradition for us every year to shop for CNY clothes in Genting and this year is no exception. Everyone got to buy something in the end =) I told myself not to buy anything as I bought a few shirts but in the end I bought a pair of short pants after my persuasion from my cousins.

Dinner is different this year as we would not have our reunion dinner at Coffee Terrace like the pass 3 years. Instead, we had our reunion dinner at Happy Valley Restaurant, the Chinese style. A sumptuous meal indeed.

With family members =)

Night activity is lazing in hotel room as we were tired after shopping in the afternoon. My phone was beeping with Chinese New Year messages received and sent that my dad said I was such a busy person :P

There was supposed to be a firecrackers and fireworks presentation sharp at 12am but it was cancelled due to rain and heavy mist. What a disappointment. The day had not been good as it had been raining since evening and the weather is super cold that night!

Thus, we cousins decided to hang out in Starbucks for a cuppa but we still feel cold even though we are sitting indoor as the wind was blowing in through the slits of the entrance doors. As the guys were hungry, supper was at 1901 Hotdog.

Us at 1901 Hotdog

Went downhill on the Chinese New year 1st day and thankfully this year, the weather is not too hot, so it's not so hot to hang out in relatives' homes. It's nice to meet up with my relatives after so long of not seeing them =)

29th Jan 2009, Thu
Will meet up with Sharron, Wan Teang, Kok Keong and Wei Song for house visits at my home. Thanks to the little birthday surprise by Sharron and Wan Teang. They bought a piece Chocolate Indulgence cake from Secret Recipe. So nice of them. Love them =)

Visited KK's and his family members were friendly as they keep asking us to eat the home made biscuits. Sharron's is next and her dad treated us with red wine for the first time. Next up is Wan Teang's. Wan Teang managed to contact Sze Yin while we were at Wan Teang's and we headed to Sze Yin's home in Serdang after that.

Sze Yin's mum was so nice as she prepared fried chicken and fries specially for us. It's great to meet Sze Yin as I last met her when we took our STPM results.

Wei Song, Sze Yin, Sharron, me and Kok Keong at Sze Yin's house

After much persuasion, we finally got to go to Wei Song's house for the first time since we started house visits tradition 3 years ago. Rushed back home as my relatives will be having dinner at my home.

Birthday celebration with family members. I'm older by 1 year!

Me and the cute little cousins

Thanks to the Birthday text messages, Facebook messages and Friendster messages from friends, really appreciate every single of the messages.

Thanks for the Birthday presents received.

Thanks to Lien Ghee for her present from Japan! She sends me presents for my Birthday from Japan and hers will always be the first that I receive.

Make-up from Japan from Lien Ghee

Earrings from sis. Love the butterfly!

From Sharron and Wan Teang. Love it!

Langkawi Trip

2009-01-20T14:42:00.013+08:00

Langkawi, a place where I longed to go for years, is the destination for my trimester break trip with my uni mates.

This trip had some 'firsts' in my life.

First time on a plane.
First time to Langkawi.
First time spending close to thousand overall for a trip! (RM800+ for souvenirs + chocolates + accomodation + flight + food + entertainment) Imagine that.

Day 1: 13th Jan 2009, Tue
Our flight was at 4.10pm but Mr Ken thought our flight is at 2.40pm in the afternoon that he wanted us to meet up at 10am. What a blur guy -.-" Informed him of the correct flight time and we met up at later time to depart to LCCT in bus from KL Sentral. After check in our bags, we browsed stores in LCCT and saw this gigantic lollipop! So large that you might only be able to finish it in a week!

The lollipop!

Wait for the flight to arrive at the lounge. The seatings are on first-come-first-serve basis so we waited there early.

Boarded flight AK 6306 and experienced a turbulence that the plane dropped in altitude, giving you the feeling that you are on a Genting's Spaceshot ride. Reached Langkawi's airport at 5.15pm.

First thing we did when we reached the airport is to rent a car and Ken was given the responsibility to do that and the people at those counters keep luring him that he was confused! Finally we settled for a Avanza which fits us all. Check in to our hotels rooms at Awana Porto Malai, which has scenic seaview.

Our hotel room with swimming pool

Dinner was at a Chinese restaurant near Cenang Beach. Had a wonderful dinner with tasty food, super-nice boss and superior services.

Fried Vege, Sizzling Hot Plate Taufu, Clams, and Sweet and Sour Fish for dinner.

Walked along Cenang Beach and browse some shops after dinner. We are lucky enough to secure an island hopping trip at very cheap price. Played cards and enjoyed the alcoholic chocolate that Kang bought for RM 11 per bar. Everyone slept early on that day to prepare for an exciting second day!

Day 2: 14th Jan 2009, Wed
Breakfast was at the hotel's cafe. We took opportunity of the nice sunrise and took a few pictures outside of the cafe.

Pimp Ken and the girls =)

Done with lunch, we went island hopping! We went with a girl from China that we met while we were booking places for the island-hopping trip. She was such a friendly lady and adventurous! She went to a fews places in Thailand before came here to Malaysia.

The Chinese lady and me

The boatride is so bumpy that our butts are painful at our first island stop, the famous Pulau Dayang Bunting.

The famous Pregnant Maiden Island. Can you see the maiden's figure in this pic?

We visited the Tasik Dayang Bunting, where there's a folklore that people will get pregnant from drinking the water from the lake but nope, non of us got pregnant from drinking water from the lake :P
Second stop is for eagle feeding. There were a lot eagles waiting for the food and they were swift in grasping their food.

Eagle

Next stop is Beras Basah Island. Nice beach but it was such as waste as the island's resort is abandoned.

Us @ Beras Basah Island. Too bad Kah Giap can't join us in this trip as he was feeling unwell.

Went back to hotel and bathed before we proceed with our next activity. We saw souvenir plates of the island-hopping trip where the pics of Ken and another uni mate (TT) in matching red and intended to get it after we bathed but too bad the plates are recycled to make new souvenirs and pics were disposed.

Bumped into Lit Shiuan after his island-hopping trip

Lunch was at a small decent cafe after we saw their ad in a brochure and the meal there is surprisingly good!

Side dishes of corn soup and vegetables. It tastes nice especially the vegetables!

Makam Mahsuri was our next stop.

Kang loves the cat so much that he included it while taking picture.

Kang loves this cool bird which doesn't move at all when we were there!

Us at the Eagle Square, a must visit place in Langkawi.

Dinner was at Kuah town pasar malam and we bought 80 sticks of satay to go with out Lychee 'drink'. We had a hard time finishing it as we were really full after dinner that we decided those who lose card games will have to eat a few sticks of satay. And we were really bloated by the time we finished all the satay.

Day 3: 15th Jan 2009, Thu
First stop in the morning is Underwater World and Kah Giap can't join us for this outing as he was feeling unwell with rashes all over the body.

Us @ Underwater World

Lunch was at an Italian restaurant near Cenang Beach. We ordered 2 pizzas and we finished it in in no time as it was so nice that we don't even bother to take pictures of it. We ordered an extra pizza as we were still hungry after finishing 2 pizzas.

Next destination is Langkawi Cabel Car station but due to strong wind, the cabel car is not in operation. Browsed the village nearby and we discovered this:

Jalan Dang Wangi of Kuala Lumpur in Langkawi!

We then went to Telaga Tujuh Waterfall which is nearby and the walk leading to the waterfall is not easy.

At the midpoint of the waterfall.

There's 367 steps leading to the top of the hill, and 271 steps leading to the bottom where our car is parked. Kang gave up of going to the top after we stopped at the midpoint with 5 others continued. It was so tiring to climb up and down the hill that you are breathless halfway up or down the hill!

Dinner was at the same restaurant we had our first dinner in Langkawi. This time around, the guys wanted a good meal so we ordered lobster.

Dinner (clockwise from bottom left): Crab, vegetables, sizzling hot plate lobster, taufu

Us and the super friendly boss. He treated us beer!

After dinner, me, Ping Ting, Kang and sis went for a tour around Langkawi as we have abundant petrol and we discovered two luxurious resorts, Tanjung Rhu Resort & Four Season Resort, at Tanjung Rhu. The bellboys will be waiting for you at the entrance of the resort!

Day 4: 16th Jan 2009, Fri

Last day in Langkawi, the last chance for us to go in the cabel car yet the strong wind deters the cabel car to be in operation. Thus, we went to a beach, and unexpectedly, the car stuck in sand. We were struggling to get the tyre of the car out of the sand and it was so hot there! This situation reminds me of The Amazing Race scene where cars of the racers got stuck in sand.

Worried that we miss our flight, Ken and Kang went to a hotel nearby to ask for help, and a tractor came to pull the car out of the sand.

We then rushed to duty free stores to buy chocolates and alcohols, and then to the airport. I bought 3 bars of alcoholic chocolate where each costs me RM11! Total spending on chocolates is RM80. And I bought cute miniature wine bottles which costs me around RM80. What a big spender...

Luckily we managed to check in for the flight as the group after us have difficulties checking as the AirAsia authorities were closing the counters for our flight. Boarded flight AK 6309 at 3.30pm and reached KL after 45 minutes. A 'special' souvenir that Ping Ting put in Ken's luggage broke and lychee flavour was all over his clothes. Very special indeed.

Great trip with great people with such a great experience. Priceless. I'm gonna miss what happened in Langkawi.

I can't wait for another trip with them. They are great travelling partners indeed!

Of Business Law and Trimester 2, 08/09

2009-01-07T01:09:00.006+08:00

This is the second-last final exam in MMU before graduating and in this short semester I took 3 subjects but things in final year are not easier even though I am not active in any activities except DJ Club.

Multimedia & Management and Spanish papers down, now left with Business Law paper on 9th. Spanish is great! I have a great time learning it this semester but we find it hard at times to understand what our lecturer, Señor Joel said in Spanish as he talks like a bullet train! Wonder how many years to go before I can speak Spanish as fluent as him.

Having learnt Spanish and French, I found that it is easier to pronounce Spanish words as there is a specific way of pronoucing the words but French is interesting and challenging at the same time as you have to twist your tongue while pronouncing some words. Nevertheless, I love both languages.

Business Law... A subject that I do not really like at the beginning of the semester as the law cases are complicated and I can't seem to get the clear picture of all the cases studied. However, the more I study, the more I like this subject! It's a challenge to understand the case, but that's what keeps me interested in that subject.

This is a motivation from BBL lecturer, Madam Ummu Kalsom for me to do better in this subject. Thanks madam =)

Can't wait for the exam to be over! Langkawi, here I come~!!!

Counting down to 13th Jan...

Happy New Year 2009

2009-01-01T15:01:00.006+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009 everyone!
It's time for new resolution, new hope and new beginning.

While everyone head down to happening places and parties to countdown to celebrate before the clock strucks 12 midnight, me being lazy and need to study for final exam plus no transport, I chose to have a simple dinner at Nando's in Alamanda with a few uni mates that I'm not so close to, thanks to my sis for asking me tag along.

After dinner, the guys browsed G2000 to buy some clothes and boy, they really can shop! We were there in the shop for almost 1 hour as there was a discount promotion in the shop. This is my first time seeing guys being so fussy about their clothes.

Done with shopping, we went to Old Town for a drink while waiting for the time to struck 12. The guys wanted to play basketball so we went to the court nearby for a quick game (maybe not a quick game afterall). Back to hostel after the game, and have a good night sleep.

Sis, me and the guys.

It's festive season at this time of the year and 2 person are so kind for being a Santa to me. Special thanks to Laura for her maxi dress. Gracias!

Mi ventido (my dress in Spanish)

Thanks to my room mate for the Hershey's chocolates that she got from Langkawi. Can't wait for my own Langkawi trip after the exam.

Hershey's chocolates

That's all for now. Back to studies. Adiós!

Congratulations Fafa

2008-12-28T15:05:00.005+08:00

Congratulations to Fafa on his wedding!!

Yesterday was Fafa's wedding at UIAM in Gombak. Went there with OCs in a MMU bus. I'm so excited about it as it is the first wedding for OC 08/09 and it was the first time I attend a Malay wedding.

What's better is that we are expecting double happiness this year - we have 2 OC weddings this year, Fafa's and Edry's.

So touched to see 2 people that are bond together by marriage. It's a promise of a lifetime, a promise to be together through thick and thin and share of undying love between two person.

Wish Fafa and ber wife happily ever after. Can't wait for the first OC baby to be born!

The bride and bridegroom with the OCs

On the other note, congratulations to Edry and his wife for your marriage! May you and your wife be happily ever after =) Can't wait for the OC babies from both of you~

Edry (front row, black shirt) and wife with us OCs

It's so wonderful to see people found the love of their life and bond together on this special. I wonder when is mine?

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

2008-12-25T16:49:00.007+08:00

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

Every year, the most attractive thing in the shopping malls during Christmas season is the decoration. And people sure love it, taking tons of pictures with the decoration. The decoration gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling, and it never fails to brighten my mood. I love the Christmas decoration of the malls I visited & wanna share it here =)

Mid Valley & Circus

It's the circus ring of Mid Valley!

(Reminds me of Britney: ~All eyes on me in the centre of the ring just like a circus~)

Ikano Power Centre & White Christmas

Traditional white christmas with a house (with chimney for Santa of course!). Love the snow (made of polystyrene) that scattered around.

Bangsar Village (New Wing) & Go Green

Bangsar Village with its go green theme. Look at the tree made of plastic bottles. Wonder how long does it take to create it.

Bangsar Village (Old Wing) & Gingerbread man

Gingerbread men hanging from the top so that they won't ran away *grin*

There is a display of houses made by kids using food! Yummy!

1 Utama (New Wing) & Alice In Wonderland

Blue and yellow lights illuminating the trees!

Cards and garden inspired by Alice In Wonderland.

Countdown to Christmas with the Clock!

Hope you all will be loving the decoration cos I'm loving it! In Christmas mode now~

On the other note, I travelled to Seremban with the SDCians for a Christmas lunch at Alvin's house. Travelled in Din's new Persona. He loves his new car - he did not pushed more than 110kmh at the highway while the others just sped away. It's amazing that his car travelled 440km after he got his car just yesterday!

Special thanks to Alvin for the special treat at his home in Seremban. The lunch is fantastic. Yummy!

~Merry Christmas~

2008-12-25T02:42:00.004+08:00

Merry Christmas everyone!!

It's the Yuletide season again! People had been asking me of my plan for Christmas. Well, no plans for me. Ai Ping and me decided to just go to Alamanda for a simple dinner. I heard from sis that Ken is at 1 Utama and thus, I called him. Thankfully he can give us a lift for both of us back to Cyberjaya so we changed our plan to go to 1 Utama.

Met Su Yi at the bus stop and she gave us a lift to Kelana Jaya Station, which saved us the trouble of taking buses to get there. Thanks Su Yi! We took Ikano shuttle bus and we discovered the beautiful decoration in Ikano as we reach there! It's white christmas in Ikano! What next? Take pictures, of course!

Very much in Love with the decoration in Ikano!

Walked to 1 Utama and took pictures of the Christmas decoration which is inspired by Alice in Wonderland. We were really hungry after that as it was already 9.30 pm! Most of the eateries are full house so we just settled our dinner at Nando's as we were really hungry and we don't need to queue - the place is still full nevertheless.

Alice In Wonderland-inspired decoration

Love this cute cute tree!

Ai Ping with the trees... I was about to take picture with the trees when lights are off... grr!

Met up with Ken and Sophia and walked to The Curve. The place is crowded. Met a lot of MMU students and even my secondary schoolmates there! People there started to play foam spray even before 12! Those people will just spray anyone, even though they do not know you. It's total chaos at the struck of 12am - Foam and ribbons everywhere that one will thought it's snowing!

Sat with Green Club members at the cafe before heading back to Cyberjaya with Ken and Sophia as we have another plan in the morning... Alvin's house, here we come!

P/s: Such a lucky day for me with Ken and Su Yi gave me a lift and I got to see beautiful Christmas decorations!

The Day Where I Got Locked Out of Room

2008-12-23T21:49:00.007+08:00

What a bummer for me today. I went to wash my hands in toilet and locked my room's door. As soon I went back to my room, I discovered the worst thing happened, I forgot my keys! My room mates are not in room, and my phone is in my hostel room!

Luckily for me, I remembered my room mate said that she will be in FOE building to do her assignment and I walked there in my not-so-presentable clothes (I wore a T-shirt and shorts). Lady luck must be on my side as halfway through, my room mate is walking back to room!

And yes, I am back into my cosy little room.

Learnt a lesson, I will be careful in future, as luck may not always be on my side. Who knows, I might get locked out of my room while my roomies are somewhere far. I don't want to pay freaking RM20 just to open the door!

Totally Pissed!

2008-12-19T23:33:00.003+08:00

I'm totally pissed today. My dad is even more pissed then.

I waited for an 40 minutes while he waited for an hour.

I don't have that much patience as my father, I grumbled and mumbled while my dad kept silent. Really admire his level of patience. Maybe that comes with maturity and experience. I should learn from him.

How could people have fun at the expense of others' time? Time is gold. That's so unforgivable. Who can I blame for this?

Enough said. I'm off to cool down myself.

Girls' Day Out

2008-12-13T22:21:00.007+08:00

My day starts early today. Sharron, Wan Teang and me suddenly decided to hang out and off we went to Sunway Pyramid half an hour after we decided the location.

Today is special for me because there are a few firsts for us. It is the first time...
... we hang out together in Sunway Pyramid.
... Wan Teang drives to a location together with us.
... Wan Teang drives to Sunway Pyramid.

What can you expect when 3 girls hang out together? Shopping, of course! We were so excited with the discounts offered and this is the good time for us to shop for Chinese New Year clothes. Sharron and Wan Teang bought some clothes respectively while I ended up empty handed. Christmas is just around the corner, so the mall is decorated with trees and decorations that gives warm feeling of the festive season.

Christmas trees made of lights at the main court... brighten up my day =)

Tired of shopping, we had our lunch at Waffle World. I ordered Tuna sandwich while they order chocolate waffle and banana walnut waffle. Prices of the waffles are reasonable by the waffles not as crispy and tasty as those from Alamanda food court. I miss those waffles in Alamanda - the crispy and hot waffle that blends well with cold ice cream.

Tuna mayo waffle sandwich

Chocolate waffle

Banana walnut waffle

Sharron, me and Wan Teang

Me love to hang out with the girls =) Can't wait our 'firsts' in future :D

The Blogger Me

2008-12-01T18:54:00.004+08:00

Keat Yee is back to blogging atmosphere!

It seems like everyone complaining that my blog is full of cobwebs after not updating it for abount 5 months. People keep bugging me, asking me about lack of updates in my blog, and thought that I'm all lost from the scene. However, I'm here to inform that I'm not lost. I'm still Keat Yee, and I still like blogging =)

Well, let me explained why there's lack of update in my blog. As you may have notice by now, my last post is on 15 June 2008, 2 days before my internship is expected to start. During internship, working hours are from 9.00 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Back to home by 7, had my dinner, bathe, watch TV and before you know that, you are asleep while watching TV. It might sounds peculiar, but gosh, I was too tired everyday.

After a whole day of facing computer screen and typing while working, the last thing that I want to do while at home is facing the computer screen and get disconnected from the world. For goodness sake, I feel sick of computers that I suspect that I am a computer-phobic.

No worries. I am back and will keep you all updated about me!

Thanks to my blog readers for bugging me. That means you all still care about me =)

Love,
Keat Yee

Post-Orientation Blues

2008-06-15T23:14:00.004+08:00

Yo peeps! I'm back again after 2 weeks of not updating my blog. It's because I was part of the Orientation Committee 2008/2009 with 2 weeks of trimester break is spent in MMU. One week for OC Binding Camp and one week for the Orientation Week itself. Mind you, OC stands for Orientation Committee and not Organising Committee or Orange County. I need to clarify this as some confused over the meaning of OC.

Well, I looked forward to be OC for the second time after the great experiences that I gained last year. This year is more special as this is the first intake Cyberjaya accept IT and Engineering foundation students. Foundation students reminded me of my brother as they are of same age.

I was really tired during the Orientation Week but the freshies were my inspiration to continue on until orientation ends. They are the reason why I wanted to join OC in the first place and I still have the same belief to get me going on during the Orientation Week. The freshies had been real great. I managed to get quite close with some of them.

The only thing that I regret is the lack of time to bond with them. As there is lack of LDK session this year due to rehearsal on the first of Orientation the prepare the freshies for the Opening ceremony which falls on next day. Besides that, Orientation starts on Sunday instead of the usual Saturday. That means one day less to bond with them. And I was the station master for the Night Hunt accompany them to all the stations in the Night Hunt as I'm an ex-OC while my OC partner was inexperienced.

But I was proud of my freshies for being the first runner-up for the Night Hunt and also their great sketch for Performance Night. It's really great to see my group of freshies for bonding closely and the prize proves that you all work together as one. Too bad I can't be with you all for the Night Hunt. Great job to my OC partner, Sayyid for guiding them during the hunt.

Group 19 freshies,

you all are the best and I love you all. Wish you all enjoy university life and keep on improving yourselves to achieve something great in future. It's nice to know all of you and I've learnt from all of you and hopefully you all learnt something from me. Cheers!~

And to all the OCs, be PASSIONATE in everything you do. Passion is not merely a word from your mouth, it's the burning desire in you.

I'm starting to miss the times spent with freshies and OCs. I think I'm having Post-Orientation Syndrome or defined by Mr Richard Thomas Fredericks as Post-OC Emotional Trauma (P.O.E.T. in short). And currently I'm suffering from triple attack of flu+cough+sore throat. Hopefully I'll be well before internship starts on Tuesday. *fingers crossed*

With Passion,

Keat Yee

End of Gamma year, 2007/2008

2008-05-24T00:34:00.004+08:00

Phew! Final Exam's over! This is the end of my gamma year in MMU. Orientation Week for June intake 2008/2009 and internship coming up after my one week break. I don't know what to expect from the Orientation Week this year as the number of students double that of last year here in Cyberjaya campus. Internship up after Orientation.

Back to my exam. After finishing my final paper, Research Methodology, I went to Alamanda Putrajaya straight away. I wanna use my complimentary voucher from GSC Alamanda that I won from the DJAN Best Jingle Award as the due date for that voucher is 31st May 2008.

Went alone there but I was lucky to meet Ken in hostel. That means I don't need to take a bus to Putrajaya Sentral. Even though I don't need to wait for a bus from MMU, the bus to Alamanda was making a big round in Putrajaya and I'm late for the movie. The guy at the GSC counter was asking numerous time if I'm watching it alone. Well, watching movie alone is not weird, right? I bet there are many others doing that too... I hate the fact that I can only watch movie with an asterisk beside the movie's name and I decided to watch Iron Man.

Iron Man is good. I love the futuristic theme of this movie. Impressive! You gotta watch this movie yourself. I recommend this movie.Worth me going there just to watch the movie.

Had dinner after the movie. Had a Ice-creamery waffle as a treat for myself. I love this waffle, hot waffle combined with cold ice cream. What a perfect combination.

For now, I'm busy packing stuff as I'll be going home tomorrow. Yay! I miss home! I never realise that I had a lot of things here in my hostel room! Had a hard time packing now.

~Let me go home, I had my run,

Baby, I'm done, I wanna go home.~

Keat Yee back to packing.

Final Exam Blues

2008-05-18T03:12:00.005+08:00

MMU final exam is from 12th May till 24th May 2008. This explains the lack of updates on my blog.

Stress level is super high around the campus. Everyone is so busy studying.

Will not be updating my blog till my final exam over on 23rd May 2008.

That's all for now.

~KEAT YEE back to studying.~

Happy Mother's Day

2008-05-11T13:35:00.006+08:00

I really wanna be with home to celebrate this day with my mummy but too bad my parents say no need for me and my sis to do so and won't pick us up from Cyberjaya.

So now I'm stuck here in my hostel room missing my mummy...

I wanna be mummy's girl today!

Have a Nice Day, mummy!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

Love,
Your daughter,
Keat Yee

*edit*

Yay! I got to have dinner with my mum as she's willing to come to Cyberjaya to meet us. Yes, I'm happy that I got to celebrate Mother's Day with my mum! It's a simple dinner with my mum but at least I got to meet my mum :D

A Story About Two Guys

2008-05-06T00:59:00.008+08:00

When I back to my room after studying, I planned to sign in to my Yahoo! Messenger to check offline messages. Was about to sleep when I saw that both or this people displayed status that are related.

Hong Yi's status... "Hurt me.... and i'll forgive u."

Yao's status... "..bOy bOy..no worry..i wont hurt you......"

I thought that I open the wrong conversation window when Yao suddenly changed his YM display picture as both of them having almost same display pictures. Gosh, there must be something happened between them!

Through conversation with them, they told me stories that they are ex-couple and they broke up because of Yao's infidelity. Hong Yi said that Yao still understands him the best but he doesn't want Yao back because of Yao's betrayal. But strangely he said he will invite me when both of them getting married (Will they ever reconcile?). Yao said that it's impossible for them to get back together as scars remained in their hearts.

I almost laughed my head off listening to their stories. With tension building up as exam dates drawing near, it's good to have something to laugh at to release the tension. It's like sunshine after the rain. Both of them really play along with me with their stories -___-"". I bet they are stressed up too.

Good stories from them. FCMers are really a creative bunch. What a joke! Now I' m so awake after the stories shared. I wonder if they will come up with even crazier story.

Yao and Hong Yi, faith brought you two together... Don't give up so easily... Wish you two will be happily ever after.....

Lovely and matching couple.... Yao and Hong Yi

P/s: I promised you guys that I'm gonna upload the story in my blog, I did it! muahahahahaha

~The joke is over :D~

What a world!

2008-05-04T20:28:00.003+08:00

24 years...

Wonder how long 24 years are?

24 years = 8766 days = 210,384 hours = 12,623,040 minutes = 757,382,400 seconds

I have been living all my life and I am not even 24 years old!

Imagine a psycho dad, Josef Fritzl that locks his daughter, Elisabeth for 24 years and repeatedly rape her until she gave birth to 7 children. This news is reported in Daily Mail and The Star. Click on the links for more details.

Father should be protective of his own children, yet he did the opposite. Imagine the trauma and mental torture that his daughter went through this 24 years... I can't imagine that. He sure is a psycho, a cruel, vile beast, and a brutal dictator. Gotta lock this beast up for the remaining of his life. I bet he couldn't even survive for 24 years more from now.

Poor Elisabeth and her children, the mental scars that have been caused by his father could not be wiped off just like that. The rest of their life will sure a tough one for them. Thousands of hours counseling will not cure the damage caused. The life of children that are being locked up is incomparable to the 3 children that are lucky enough to live with their grandfather (or should them call him father?).

How could anyone not suspecting something amiss escially his wife?

Enough said. For extra information of this case from The Star, click here and here.

That's all for now.

~KEAT YEE signing off annoyed.~

Break the Ice for OC 2008/2009

2008-04-28T23:49:00.000+08:00

Walking to SBA, the walkway seems familiar. Laughters can be heard. The excitement is there.

21st April 2008, Orientation Committee June Intake 2008/2009 Ice-breaking session at SBA.

Familiar faces can be seen and new faces are the latest addition.

I actually kinda dragged to attend the ice-breaking because it will be an awkward for all of us to meet for the first time, at least it is for me. OC 2008/2009 will be a new different committee, but of course I still miss the time with Orientation Committee 2007/2008.

It's time for new encounter and well, I went with an open heart. Ice-breaking was good, with the ex-OCs being noisy, of course, especially the gays! Jega, the Prom King is the target as people were jealous of him being a Prom King :P

Things will be different this time around. Unlike last year, where there are around 80 OCs taking care of 400++ freshies; there will be only 70++ OCs to take care of almost 1,000 freshies. Wonder how would it be?

People keep wondering why I want to apply to become an OC when I need to go for internship in June, well, it's because it will be my last chance of becoming an OC since I'll be graduating next year. I don't know if I would get a place next year so I want to give it a shot this year around.

The journey of OC 2007/2008 has ended but it is just the beginning for OC 2008/2009.

Orientation Committee for June Intake 2008/2009

The 50 Most Eligible Bachelors 2008 @ Zouk KL

2008-04-27T21:09:00.018+08:00

I was at this place last Friday.

The Reason:

Source: CLEO 50 Most Eligible Bachelors 2008 Website

This was my second time been to a club my whole life and first time going to club with friends and what's more first time to Zouk. It's first time for Sharron to club! Gotta thanks to Fly FM for appearing during DJAN to distribute the tickets.

We 4 girls - me, my sis, Sharron and Ai Ping - arrived around 8.00 p.m. and we were the only group with our ICs checked. Are we looking too young to enter a club? The event starts at 8.30 p.m. with the introduction of the 50 bachelors. Gosh, the bachelors were really HOT! SUPER UBER HOT! And there's 50 of them! Imagine the girls screaming everytime a bachelor introduces themself. Those screams almost deafen my ears.

The best pick up line among the bachelors belongs to Bachelor No. 6: Adam Lobo.

Pick-up line: "You know the reason for global warming? It's because I'm too hot!"

Bachelor No. 46: Kenny Sia. He got the loudest cheer from the crowd.

Eligible Bachelor 2007, Christian with CLEO Editor. He's one hot guy! And he's from the reality show "What Women Want" hosted by Hannah Tan.

The 50 bachelors got to play games with the ladies and gosh, there's one guy that took off his shirt during the game of acting out a music viceo scene. And the funniest game is a game where the guys let the ladies guess the songs they are humming to using animal sounds.

Mr Kenny Sia was supposed to interact with the lady to act out a music video but it's one-man show in the end with him trying to untie his belt, haha.

Dina of Malaysian Idol performed that day. Cool!

These hot bachelors danced and stripped off their jackets to reveal their hot bods! Tharan said that the bachelors are only side dishes.

The winner of Most Eligible Bachelor 2008 with the 2007 winner. Charming!

The winner: Brian Lau.

This event rocks! Too bad I can't stay there for the after-event party to take pictures with the Bachelors as we were rushing back home. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the whole event. The only thing that annoyed me that night is the chain-smoker in front of me - he keeps on smoking non-stop!! Puffing off like some chimney releasing smoke.

And oh, not forgetting a group of ladies in front of me that keeps on walking pass me. As if the place not crowded enough, they keep on cramp through us to make way to I-don't-know-where. Sooooo annoying!!

If you have any friends that have what it takes to become Most Eligible Bachelor 2009, you may nominate them here.

Post E-Night 2008

2008-04-23T14:52:00.008+08:00

Curtain falls for Enchanted Night 2008.

It's such a relief for me but at the same time having some post E-Night syndrome. Relieved as I am now free from all the stress and tension of making things right for the night, but at the same time, I do miss the time spent to make this event a success.

I miss the time where I will be at the booth, selling tickets and promoting the event, persuading people to go to the prom.

I remember the time where we sell donuts for fund raising, packing donuts, and even shouted the wrong company's name. (We shouted Big Apple instead of J. Co, must have been blurness got the better of us as we sell donuts everyday)

I still remember the time where we all worry about the budget as it had constrained us from doing a lot of things.

I remember the time spent to go to Kepong to go to a sponsor's HQ and then rush to Klang at the same day. Look for Bak Kut Teh in Klang but ended up in Jusco Bukit Tinggi.

Not forgetting the nights spent to complete the programme book content and advertisement design and of course, getting the Flash presentation done real last minute.

And oh, I won't forget the real slow lab computer that takes tens of minutes spooling before printing a document.

The nights spent on packing goodie bags and cutting tickets.

It's by then that I know that Ken's SLK can fit 24 cartons of milk! Amazing!

And the back of his car can fit 5 person!

And not forgetting the Valerism that is spread by Valerie to me. Monday blues will be all gone if you sit next to her for 2 hours. Her blurness, quirkiness, wittiness and hyperactiveness sure won't fail to cheer you up unless you cannot stand noisy person. I bet Aaron (she mistakenly said that his name is Andrew) did not go to the available on Monday cos he cannot stand being bugged by Valerie. I think I'm infected by the Valerism virus. Someone cure me please!

Today only I realise how much time I spent for E-Night as I sit in front of my PC now blogging.

Post E-Night had not been good as I need to rush for assignment submission - one on Monday, one on Tuesday. I slept for less than 2 hours on Tuesday morning to rush for assignment submission on Tuesday 4 p.m. My groupmates even called me "Superwoman". What a compliment -_- As a result, I dozed off during tutorial for Managerial Communication. I don't know if my tutor saw that. Hopefully no.

2 more assignments submission coming up followed by revision for final exam. No time for me to slow down. Guess I have to be a 'Superwoman' for one month more.

DJAN: The Phantom of the Studio

2008-04-14T01:18:00.013+08:00

After all the hard work for one whole year, it's time to be appreciated. DJ Appreciation Night, named "The Phantom of the Studio", it is based on the Masquarade theme laced with black, gold and red. was held at Cyberview Lodge Resort on 11th April 2008. Being appreciated is nice, but the cost: RM 80. Nevertheless, the fun time that I had there was worth the money. However, there is not much choices in food.

The table setting

Food... There's Western and Japanese to choose from...

Me with Fam, Cantonese slot manager.

Me and my sis with Zeth and Adrian from English slot.

With my mentor and future Cantonese slot manager, Edward

Cantonese slot DJs

When we were at the stage already only we realise that there's not any camera to take any pictures. What a bummer! With so many cameras available, of course this could be done quickly.

The shocker of the night: I was the winner for the Best Jingle Award for Cantonese slot. I was surprised when my name was announced my name as I never thought highly of the jingle I did. Thanks to DJ Club for the award and also Fam and Edward for giving me guidance. I know I'm not a really good DJ at the start but you guys always give me motivation to do better :D

Me with the prizes for MMU Cyberjaya DJ Club 2007/2008 Best Jingle Award (Canto Slot)

Cantonese slot DJs rock!! I'm lovin' it!

Sponsors-Searching Day

2008-04-08T16:53:00.003+08:00

Yesterday me, Ping Ting and Ken went out to meet the sponsor for Enchanted Night 2008 (click here for more info) in Kepong. It's exciting as we search for the place by just using a map. Reached there and got our sponsored products and head for Klang for collecting sponsored items as well.

We saw one car that almost got into accident. The driver was driving very fast and when he braked the car, it took a distance before the car slowing down. And Ken's car was in the next lane!! Thankful that the car did not bang us or others.

It was a long journey to Klang from Kepong, taking almost an hour and we got lost while searching for the sponsor's HQ as the place is quite secluded. Nevertheless, after searching for some time, we got to find that place.

Since we were in Klang, we thought of eating Bak Kut Teh but Klang is so 'big' that we can't found the place where most of the bak kut teh shops located so I suggested to look for AEON Bukit Tinggi since none of us went there before. Was about to give looking for bak kut teh shops and AEON when I saw the building and off we go to the mall.

AEON Bukit Tinggi. Was impressed by the length of the mall.

We were hungry, so we hunt for food before settled down in a Korean restaurant.

Sotong Ken was really tired that he fell asleep. What a sotong!

Ping Ting and me with the food.

The food. It was a filling one as we can refill the side dishes. We refill the side dishes and ate until we were so full!

Shopping after that as Ping Ting looking for a prom dress and I saw this in a shop.

It says, "Please push the button." Haha.

We were back in Cyberjaya at almost 10. What a day but were happy of the sponsored items that we got from the sponsors ^-^

GSC Alamanda's National Treasure

2008-03-29T12:06:00.006+08:00

GSC Alamanda is opening soon! Thanks to Alvin, we have complimentary tickets to watch movie at GSC Alamanda before the cinema is opened to the public.

So Alvin and us chipmunks watched the 9.30 p.m. screening of "National Treasure 2". Before the show, we went to the washroom, which is new. So we camwhored in the washroom, and Tharan and Chee Wei are gutsy enough to enter the ladies'.

My goodness, they were probably too excited being in the ladies washroom that they requested me to take a picture of them with the sanitary bin. And sure I'm gonna share this picture here. Sharing is caring, muahahahaha.

After the movie, we passed by a Britney advertisement. Again, these guys were so excited about the poster and posed for pictures. Beware of these perverts (Take note of their poses)

Pervs...

And again, Chee Wei and Tharan got excited again. This time is the children's rides. They act like kids that love to go on these rides. Guys, guys...

Tharan and Chee Wei showing their kiddie side

However, on the positive note, they are good companion to watch movies. The 5 of us laughed the loudest in the cinema. I wonder if it's only just the 5 of us understand the jokes? I'm gonna go for a comedy with them definitely. Won't be bored with them around in the cinema ^_^

At The Top of FCM Building

2008-03-27T01:45:00.005+08:00

It's such a crazeee day for me. Me, my sis, Tharan, Ken, Ping Ting and Chee Wei went up to the rooftop of FCM building, which is a prohibited area. As you can see, it's dark up there, nothing can be seen and we need to depends on lights of our phone to walk. Thankfully, security guards did not see us there.

It's crazy but, of course we gotta do something crazy while we are still young, haha. Wonder what crazy thing will I do next? Hmmmm...

The view of FOE building from FCM building rooftop.

The Day for NS

2008-03-18T22:22:00.007+08:00

18th March 2008, The Day for National Service trainees. Either they like or they hate this date very much. Like it cos they look forward to the days in camp, hate it cos they never like this programme at all. I'm quite excited actually, because I get to see how's the situation at departure venue, Bukit Jalil.

My brother was selected for this programme and he will be in Tasik Chini camp for 3 months. I wonder how the place will be.

Registration area at Bukit Jalil

Some trainees even took pictures with their family before they go!

The crowd in Bukit Jalil

The crowd is not as big as I imagined to be as the trainees are sent to their camps over 3 days. To my surprise, the traffic around Bukit Jalil is smooth. No traffic jam at all. It is way much better than when the National Service started where there is a chaos at Bukit Jalil - getting into the wrong bus, list of trainees incomplete, serious traffic jam at Bukit Jalil.

Parents bidding goodbye to their children

I hate to bid goodbye. Either at bus station, train station, airport or even at home, I will be the one crying when someone is leaving for a place. This time no exception as well. I told myself not to cry, but as I see my brother went up the bus, tears rolling down my cheek. What an embarassment! I hate it! I am too sentimental. Urgh.

Anyway, hope my brother will have wonderful memories of his days in National Service camp. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Of Red Box and J.Co Donuts

2008-03-15T13:32:00.010+08:00

It is the fourth day without my eyes. Not my biological eyes of course. It's my speactacles which have been really hard for me to see things around me clearly. I feel like I'm half-blind. It's my fault for not having spectacles. How could I accidentally sat on my glasses?

I'm starting to appreciate my glasses now. All this while I never really like wearing glasses as it makes me look nerdy. But now, how can I survive without glasses for days? I'm so gonna get a new one soon.

Forget about sad things. It's mid-term break for me next week but no rest for me as I need to complete my assignment and study for my mid-term exam. But before that, I'm gonna have some fun.

Karaoke session with my roomies yesterday at Red Box Low Yat Plaza. It just costs us RM 6++ for 2 hours of singing with 2 free drinks (I'm not there to eat food anyway). What a great deal! The karaoke room is spacious! It's a room that can fit up to 15 person and there's only 3 of us inside! I'm lucky that I always get the big room everytime I went there. It's better than Green Box even though Red Box and Green Box are under the same parent company.

I wish we could sing longer. However, I needed to go for dinner. If not, I would have extend my singing time until 9 p.m. which only costs RM 10 more. It's cheap indeed. Never mind. There will still be next time.

Mei Kuan and Ai Ping... My K-partners... We'll go there again soon!

Ai Ping and me...

J. Co Donuts Indulgence

J. Co Donuts, my guilty pleasure. Guilty cos it makes me fat but it's a pleasure to my taste bud. Lining up for half and hour was worth it. Soft dough, smooth cream. It's delectable, it's tasty, it's indulgence, it's my guilty pleasure...

The line at J. Co Donuts & Coffee in The Pavillion.

The donuts!!

Start work from tomorrow onwards. Assignment submission and mid-term exam waiting for me after the mid-term break. And not forgetting to get my glasses done as soon as possible. Life is so blur without glasses on.

What A Lucky Day!!

2008-03-06T23:35:00.002+08:00

It's my Lucky Lucky Day today.

I went to Old Town with my roomie and also my sis for dinner. Not long after we got to the bus stop, there's one shuttle bus arrived. Saved RM 1 bus fare. We had dinner there and we walked back to our campus as we were lazy to wait for bus. On the way back, we went to Street Mall for a walk to see the new restaurants opened there.

Out from Street Mall, we were too lazy to wait for bus and continue our journey back to campus. Then we heard someone honked us. It's the shuttle bus driver. Yes!! We don't have to walk the remaining distance back to MMU. We waved and the bus driver stopped for us. Don't need to pay for the bus fare as well. What a lucky day. How many bus driver will stop for you if you are not waiting at bus stop? What a kind bus driver.

Therefore, it is considered a luck day for me :D

Lastly, thanks to Ping Ting, Ken, Tharan and Chee Wei for their belated birthday gift of a pair of earrings and a T-shirt with the wordings "tuff cookie". I'm gonna be a tough cookie.

tuff cookie

D DAY

2008-03-02T00:50:00.010+08:00

29th February 2008 is D DAY!! It's D DAY!!

D DAY is the day where the 2nd phase Yellow Army of MMU, MeTaSe (Metropolitan-Taylor's-SeGi), SuMo (Sunway-Monash) and UNITEN graduate.

Graduation = unemployment :(

Forget about unemployment, I had fun being a Yellow Army. I got to Fu-yohrised our campus and giving free gifts. I remember my first job for Yellow Army - Fu-yohrised our campus and promote a Genting Magician Festival. The magicians were spectacular, till now I'm still thinking how they do all the magics. We managed to create a hype at our campus - people were crowding the stage to see the magic performance.

I also got a chance to go to SuMo campus as well to promote Genting Magic Festival.

Yellow Army with the magicians

Other than that, we also joined a commander boot camp in Malacca and got a chance to meet Yellow Army from other campuses. I still remember we need to wait for almost 2 hours for the bus to pick us up as the students from SuMo campus were late for the bus. But we had in the camp.

MMU Yellow Army in Boot Camp

I also had a chance to go to Youth Street Festival which were held in Taman Tasik Titiwangsa, work and play at the same time. I was responsible to write marks for basketball competition under the sun (where there were controversies due to unexplained rules to the participants), got to see fashion show, and got to go on G-Force X (one ride worth RM60) for 2 times!!

Me and Ping Ting at Youth Street Festival...

With the Yellow Coverage Man

Ken and me on the G-Force X machine

Back to D DAY, it was held in Pizza Hut in SS 15. There were prize giving ceremony for the winners and of course, all the Yellow Armies as well. On the way to SS15, we almost encounter an accident. Thankful we were safe to reach our destination.

Laura, Stella and me...

Me and D

Me with the Certificate of Participation

MMU FU-YOH!!

MMU YA at Club 7 (if not mistaken)

The guys were not full enough eating the pizzas and someone suggested to go to Jalan Ipoh to have dim sum in the wee hours in the morning. The idea was somewhat crazy but we agreed and off we went. We got to enjoy free show by The 3 Gays while we were eating there.

The 3 gays

The 3 were kissing each others before targetting other guys. Poor Alvin was one of the victim...

Ping Ting's boyfriend no exception as well... poor thing.

Thanks to Ken for giving to me the Gwen Stefani charm that he won from Yellow Army web party. I really wanted it since I saw it, haha.

Gwen Stefani handphone charm

Being Yellow Army has been a great experience... I got to know some cool people as well as gaining new experiences. MMU Yellow Army is definitely one of the best Yellow Army troop in the whole Malaysia.

MMU YA rocks!!

Happy Birthday, My Bro

2008-02-25T21:26:00.008+08:00

Happy 18th Birthday to my brother!

Yeah, you are of legal age now. 3 more years to go before reaching the legallest (does this word exist) age of all.

Celebration for my brother's birthday is a moderate one. My dad suggested to go to Bukit Tinggi for dinner. You did not hear it wrong, it's the Bukit Tinggi in Pahang. It's a one-hour-plus drive from KL. Nevertheless, the journey to the place was worth it.

The place was green!! It's surround by hills and the environment is so quiet that you can hear the sound of river flow.

The river... From our view, we can see trees that are planted opposite us.

The river and hills surrounding the place.

As they plant their own vegetables and rear fishes, their vegetables are really fresh and the fish that we had tastes nice!! The vegetables are so nice that my parents ordered a dish again even though we are about to finish all of the food. They even bought some vegetables home, haha.

The place where they plant vegetables. The plants are watered using river water. No wonder it tastes so nice!

The pond where they rear fishes. They flow in water from the river into the pond.

Even though the journey took us 3 hours to and fro, the food worth the time. Can't wait to eat there again in near future!

Happy Chinese New Year

2008-02-21T22:41:00.019+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year!!

This is the last day of Chinese New Year, I wish everyone, Happy Chinese New Year!

It's been a great chinese new year for me. My relatives and my family had an one-night stay in Highlands Hotel durin Chinese New Year eve for the third consecutive year. Countdown to Chinese New Year had been the norm for 3 years and I'm enjoying every moment spent in Genting Highlands. Cool and fresh air in genting makes me feel so relaxed. and refreshed.

View of Genting from room in Highlands Hotel.

For some unknown reason, we will bought Chinese New Year clothes in Genting every year. Maybe it is because we only have to mood to shop when in Genting when Chinese New Year is less than 24 hours away. Must be the cool weather there that motivates all of us to shop. I have bought my Chinese New Year clothes in Genting for 3 years.

Me, my sis and cousin in First World Plaza. The CNY decoration and the flowers are nice!!

The decoration with a resemblance of traditional Chinese mansion entrance.

Us with the stuff we bought from First World Plaza.

We had buffet dinner at Coffee Terrace, where there are varieties of food to choose from - Japanese, Western, Malaysian, Chinese, Nyonya, Indian. With unlimited supply food, we all were so full that it's hard for us to move.

Coffee Terrace... The place where we had our buffet dinner. Full house for dinner time!

Done with dinner, us youngsters had a walk around Genting and camwhored before heading to the empty area in front of Highlands Hotel to see Lion Dances performance and fireworks. Sharp at 12 a.m, firecrackers were lighten up one by one. There's firecrackers hung on 16-18 flag poles (lost count of it), so it's long before all the firecrackers were lighten up.

Siblings... Sis, bro and me.

The guys bringing their sexy back.

Girls posing before the fireworks presentation.

Fireworks presentation lasted for 10 minutes but too bad most of time it can't be seen as there was thick fog that night. What a waste :( I did not manage to go into casino this year as all of my cousins not interested to go. Not that I go in and gamble, I just wanna see how people gamble and the strategies used, haha.

Chinese New Year as usual - visits to relatives home, and we have a karaoke session at my cousin's house with free flow of drinks and food. I managed to visit Kok Keong's, Ming En's, Wan Teang's and Sharron's house and got to see friends that I've not seen for long. Happy happy me :D

Wei Song, me, Wan Teang, Sharron, Ming En, Min Nah and Kok Keong at Ming En's house.

The group picture. Gong Xi Fa Cai!!

Sharron, Nean Hua and moi!

Not forgetting visit to Nean Hua's house. It's almost 2 years that I've not seen her!! She left Malaysia for Taiwan to pursue her dream and so happy that she is back to celebrate Chinese New Year. For sure I will visit her. After all, she might not be coming back soon.

With a great beginning, there will be more good things coming to me, hehe.

Wish everyone has a good year ahead!!

Majlis Kesyukuran & Kejayaan MMU

2008-02-18T22:52:00.006+08:00

I got to meet Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad today!!

Majlis Kesyukuran & Kejayaan MMU was held today to celebrate the successes achieved by MMU during the 10 years of its existence. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad was present for the event alongside his wife, Tun Dr Sith Hasmah Ali. I purposely sit at area next to the red carpet to get a glimpse of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad.

Oh yeah, I chose the right place as he passed right in front of me. I even got the chance to shake hand with him...TWICE. Once when he went into the grand hall and the other time when he leaves the grand hall.

It feels great to meet our former leader, a respected leader.

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad, when he entered the hall.

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad, when he was leaving the hall.

MMU chancellor, Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Ali was entering the hall for Majlis Kesyukuran & Kejayaan MMU.

Thanks for the 22nd birthday presents from my sis, my cousin, Sharron, Wan Teang, Mei Kuan & Ai Ping and lastly Nicky :) I love all of it!!

Happy Birthday to me!

2008-01-30T23:10:00.017+08:00

Happy 22nd Birthday to me!!

27th January 2008

My family celebrated my birthday in a restaurant. Or should I say, it is just a family, with no birthday cake. If we were to have a cake, my mum would have to finish the whole cake when my sis and me back to hostel. It was supposed to be a happy dinner but the dinner was somehow ruined by some unexpected events.

Firstly, there was a wedding held in the restaurant and we have no choice but to sit at an open area. It was raining and water droplets was blowed to our area. We shifted place to closed area where there's a table available. The services by the waiters and waitresses were bad too.

As there is a wedding banquet held in that restaurant, the food was served quite late. We waited for almost one hour just to eat our dinner. There are even a few times of blackout occured. My brother was really unhappy with all these events happened. To add in to that, he developed allergy the last time we ate there. My brother said that he would never go back there for a meal at anytime after these 2 encounters, haha. However. the food there is quite nice.

28th January 2008

My sister asked me to go to Old Town with my room mates. It was supposed to be a 4-person outing but it turns out to be a 14-person outing to Old Town.

The banana split that my sis and my room mates bought for me. Thanks. I love it! :D

Clockwise from bottom left: Mei Kuan, Syawal (if not mistaken), my sis, Ai Ping and me.

When I was talking with my friends, I heard people singing Birthday song. I was surprised as I thought they will only celebrate my birthday during the OC Supper will falls on my birthday. Thanks for giving me a surprise because I thought that my birthday will be the same as last year's where I just stay in my room, haha.

Me and the chocolate cake... Yum yum

Clockwise from top left: Zeek, Ping Ting, my sis, Ken, Naveed, Sim Kiat, Ging Ging and me.

Top (from left): Mei Kuan, Ai Ping, Su Yi, Jega, Zeek, Ping Ting, my sis, Ken
Bottom (from left): Syawal, me, Ging Ging, Sim Kiat, Naveed

29th January 2008 - It's My Birthday!

We went to McD in Sri Kembangan/Equine Park to celebrate the birthdays of January OC babies.

Us camwhoring before going to McD.

The cake... Happy Birthday January OCs

Me and Ken, the January babies... Ken was born on 23rd, 6 days older than me. Yay! I'm not the oldest among my friends born in the year 1986.

Valerie was dipping some cream on my face or was she trying to kill me? Haha...

After Valerie dipped some cream on my face, I did the same thing to every guy there. Girls excluded but Valerie is an exception, haha... They all must have thought that I went crazy... Thanks to all the OCs that celebrated my birthday. It's a memorable one.

Double Joy for Me

2008-01-09T15:16:00.000+08:00

Double joy within one week for me!

I went back home last Saturday, 5th January 2008 after the final exam ended. I was so tired at that time due to lack of sleep for days. My parents picked me up told me that there's a parcel from Lien Ghee waiting for me at home. I can't to wait to be back home and see what's inside the parcel.

To my surprise, it's a Japanese doll! A nice Japanese doll! What a surprise! There's words inside a card stating "Happy 22nd Birthday". It's my 22nd Birthday present! So it's a surprise comes early for me. I was really touched. So it's a surprise comes early. Lien Ghee never forgets my birthday. She never forgets about me. Thanks Lien Ghee! I will take good care of the doll. It's the most precious gift that I ever got for my birthday :D.

Second joy: I got my Nokia 6120 classic yesterday finally!! I paid on Monday and the parcel is delivered to me on Tuesday. Wow! These people in Lelong.com is really efficient. Impressive!

Sleek, elegant, classical and smooth, it justifies to the word "classic" of Nokia 6120 classic. The clear sound of melodies transmitted from the phone gives pleasure and joy to the ear of the listener, the smooth surface gives soothing sensation to the touch sense.

There's a lot of functions awaiting for me to explore! Gonna take some time before I'm familiar with all the functions, hehe. But I had difficulty fixing the SIM card into the phone though as the slot is too tight. Oh yeah, it has 2 cameras too, so making a 3G call is possible.

Can't find the right words to explain, let the pictures do the talking...

The front view of Nokia 6120 classic...

The back view of the phone.

The front and back cameras of Nokia 6120 respectively... You know, I saw people uses front camera as a mirror, it is useful as mirror to me as will if I did not bring one, haha. The back camera is a 2.o mega pixel camera, not the best for a mobile phone, but is good enough for me to use and survive.

Okay, I might sound like a show off here, but I can't hide the joy of owning this phone. After all, I pay for it with my own money, it means a lot to me. Furthermore, I went through the pain of losing a phone in June 2006. Can't forgot the situation till today.

That's all for now.

Thanks to Lien Ghee again for the present from Japan :D

Phew! Finally done with the post after taking a long time to photograph and edit the pictures. What an achievement! I'm no professional photographer... so the pictures taken and edited are not as good as those of professionals of course. Nevertheless, I do love my work, haha.

Happy Holidays to Me!

2008-01-06T22:03:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year 2008 everyone!!

New Year celebration for me this year is quite simple as MMU final exam falls around the new year period, so I did not go any Countdown event to welcome the year 2008. Instead, 12 of us (me, Ken, Tharan, Nicky, Shuk, Alvin, Suyi, Das, Din, Zeek, Wee and Abdul) went to Putrajaya which we decided after a heated-up online conference. There was a slight jam as roads were blocked for fireworks presentation. Cars were parked by the roadside in Putrajaya making it even worse for cars to pass by.

I was in Shuk's car and he went into the wrong route but finally we found our way to a place beside Palace of Justice. We were in time for the fireworks presentation, and after that, we took photographs and gosh, those people sure like to take photographs as we spent a long time there taking photographs. Thanks to Shuk and Nicky for being the photographers. Zeek did some filming for a 'I Am Legend' trailer and the process was quite funny. I would never fail to laugh everytime I see the unedited recordings.

The fireworks in Putrajaya... picture courtesy of Shuk.

The group pictures in Putrajaya.

Tharan, me and Ken... Part of the so-called 'pap-pap' gang.

After taking pictures, we went to a mamak stall popular for their fried yee mee in Seri Kembangan for our supper. We reached Cyberjaya at 3 a.m. but us in Alvin's car (me, Alvin, Tharan and Suyi) were not in the mood to sleep so we went to a park in Cyberjaya to have a chat. We talked about our lifes and some of the stories that were told were very interesting. It's like a drama, a fiction, something that would only happen in movie really happened in real life. I would keep it a secret as promised. We only went back to our hostel at 5 something in the morning.

New Year passed, final exam is over, and now it's time for me to say,

"Bye bye books, welcome holidays!"

The second trimester of the academic year 2007/2008 of MMU officially ended! The trimester had been a roller-coaster ride for me. Work hard, play hard and no rest. A day before I have my first final paper, my parents pay a surprise visit to Cyberjaya and bring me and my sister for dinner and bought us some food. Nyam nyam. A simple dinner and food... it might just some small things for everyone, but the care that was sowed inside was the motivation for me to go on with my studies.

Starting from the second week of the trimester, things have been hectic for me - DiGi Boot Camp, RMMU 70's Nite, DiGi Youth Street Festival, OC PD Trip 2007, OC Supper, DJ Club weekly on-air session, Cyberpreneurship group project, the up-and-coming E-Nite, OC Supper, New Year 2008 celebration.

My body and mind had been real tired for these 2 months. 2 months without a break! Pressures were mounting up as time goes by. For the first time, I had allergy reaction due to unknown reason. Things were almost out of control and I almost broke down. This is the most tiring trimester for me, and it's a relief that it's over.

This trimester had been a real different compared to other trimesters I had been through. Since the start of my studies here in MMU, I never really have any close friends. I always wonder if it is because I am being too independent or because I build a protective wall around me or because of the difference in mindsets between me and the people that I know.

Anyway, I feel happy that I finally found some friends that I can hang out with - the SDCians and the OCs had made me feel that I belong to MMU community finally. And my life in my hostel room is never boring thanks to my room mates - Mei Kuan and Ai Ping. We can share about anything under the sky. Where can you find room mates that can share anything with you?

The memories that were shared together with all of them will be carved inside my heart. It's cool to have them all in MMU. I shall not forget them when I leave this unversity...

I wonder how will my life be if I did not join Orientation Committee, would I able to find cool people as cool as them...Will my life be Boring? Dull? Colourless? or... Interesting?

My Own Nokia 6120 Classic

2008-01-03T16:52:00.000+08:00

I was browsing through Fu-yoh website one day and I discovered something there. There were bidding activities going on in the website. It was called B1D DAT. I was attracted to the items that were on bid - Nokia 6120 and Sony Cybershot DSC-T2. Something about in me that tells me to bid for the items.

On the last day of the bid, 2nd January 2008, I woke up at 11 a.m. and start up PC and log on to B1D DAT website. I started to bid when the bid is about to close at 12 p.m. The strategy for bidding is doing it last minute and of course, others do the same thing (That's for sure!). People outbid me in less than a minute, and I gave up on bidding for Cybershot as it went off my budget of RM 750 (It is sold for RM 984 after that!).

Then, I go after the Nokia 6120 which priced at RM431 when I started to bid. Wow, those people won't give up. Price up to RM500+ to RM 600+, and to RM700+, in less than one hour, the bidding price up for so much. Bidding window for the phone supposed to be closed at 12.15 p.m. but was extended as there were bids going on for it.

It's not easy to beat the other bidders. I set my budget for the phone to be RM750 but I continued to bid on it even though I was overbudget. It must be the competitive side of me that I wanted to win that makes me go on with the bid. That time, the only thing that I thought of is I wanted to get the phone so badly and thus, I increased the budget limit for the phone to RM 780.

When I increase the bid to RM 776.00, no response from the opposition bidder. I thought, "Yes, I'm gonna got the phone!" Times up and yeah, I won the bid at RM 776!! Yay!! RM 776, what a price! It really burns a hole in the pocket. I'm gonna be broke for the rest of the year. Even the whole year expenditure for clothes did not cost that much.

3.5G (HDSPA), 2.0 megapixel camera, voice recorder, music and video player, S60 software, Bluetooth 2.0 - That's more that I want in a phone. Whatever it is, I saw the review for the phone is quite good so I think I won't have regrets in getting the phone. Someone even quoted, "Without a doubt, it had been a joy to use and hold." Can't wait for it to be delivered to my house door, hehe... I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed. The first phone that I'm gonna pay for.

Nokia 6120 classic. It will be MINE soon.

Photoshopped Photos Specially for Friends

2008-01-01T17:12:00.000+08:00

It's time to put my Photoshop skills to good use. I learned using Photoshop, Flash and also Dreamweaver software during Digital Media classes in my first trimester for this year. Paid RM 906.00 for this subject, the most expensive subject for my course so far, of course I need to gain something out of it instead of just study the subject for the sake of getting good grade.

It's hard to master the Photoshop skills but somehow it is a really interesting software to use for editing pictures. Been addicted to it lately, trying to explore new features. Of course, my Photoshop skills are not good as the FCMers for sure. I'm just a noob compare to them, haha, but it's enough for me to survive.

*Drumroll*

Presenting to you my work specially for my friends.....

Friendship for life... A farewell for Yuen Mei who went to the US to further her studies. I used whole day to edit it, even till wee hours in the morning where my mother complained that I sleep late just to edit picture. My friends like it, so the hours spent on doing this was worth it.

Hardergayy!!... OK!!... Specially for Tharan to cheer him up as he was feeling unwell lately. Don't feel offended by Tharan's gay pose though as this 'hardgay' pose is a norm for us OCs (Orientation Committee 2007/2008) haha. How 'hardgay' can you be?

Dialogue (l-r: Das, Ping Ting, Tharan, Ken, Chee Wei, Alvin)... Specially for Tharan as well, hehe. This picture is one of my personal favourite so I thought of putting something in the picture to make it more interesting. It took me a long to think of the dialogues as well as arranging the talk bubble, haha. Good thing that all of them like this picture. Hours spent on it was worth it as well. It even became Das' Friendster display picture, ha ha.

I'm gonna improve on my Photoshop for now and explore more possibilities and squeeze all my creative juice to explore new features and effects, hehe. It's nice to be creative sometimes when you have the ideas, but it's hell when you are at bottleneck.

That's all for now. Back to books again.

Hopefully I can come up with more nice work. It's fun to see the end results. Everyone, have fun exploring Photoshop!!

Happy 2008!

2008-01-01T13:58:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year everyone!

Welcome Year 2008 and Goodbye 2007. I'm gonna miss 2007 soooo much. Lots of things happened in the past year that it gonna take pages for me to review it.

I feel so old now. New Year Resolution for this year? I'm gonna think about it. Resolutions, resolutions, resolutions... hmmmm. *scratch head*

*Lighten up* Finally, came up with this list of resolution for the year 2008.... hehe.

Keat Yee's New Year resolution:

1) Get back my 17-year-old weight (not gonna disclose it).
Since the end of the SPM, I've gained weight on these phases - post-Form 5 working days, post-Form 6 working days and most obviously university life. Studying till late night consumes a lot of energy and I'll binge on food to satisfy my cravings and thus, explains my gain of weight. Mum will always joke that I am getting fatter day by day. I even get hurtful comments that my stomach is bloated. Damn. Maybe it's true.

I can't fit into the pants that were bought when I was 17. How thin I was last time *sigh* For now, I'm gonna resist the late night cravings starting today onwards. I swear. Friends, look out for me! Need your help to achieve that!

2) Improve on my communication skills
I'll be entering working world in one and a half year, good communication skills is a must in every company. I don't know how I'm gonna improve my communication skills, but somehow I will do it.

3) No procrastination
No doubt, that's what all students aimed for. Right?

3 wishes for now is more than enough for me. I am not going to be greedy as I know I am not disciplined enough to achieve it.

That's all for now. Back to books again. 1 paper down, 1 more to go.

I WANT HOLIDAY!!

Post-Christmas 2007

2007-12-26T16:55:00.000+08:00

26th December 2007, Wednesday. It's post-Christmas day, or better known as Boxing Day. I am too tired today, too tired to even do anything. I planned to study but end up sleeping after I came back here to campus. There will be an OC Supper tonight at The Curve, hopefully it will be a blast.

Last few days had been a torture for me, due to lack of sleep. It had been real hectic for me starting 21st December 2007.

21st December 2007 (Friday)
Rushing assignment since Thursday. Did not sleep at all to rush assignment submission today. A sigh of relief for me when I submit the assignment to my lecturer's room. Went back home in the afternoon and manage to get a few hours of sleep and then start to face my laptop again to edit pictures. Editing pictures in Photoshop really comsumed a lot of my time, I am only done in the wee hours in the morning.

22nd December 2007 (Saturday)
Was due to go out with my cousin to club for the very first time but due to miscommunication, in the end, my dad brought me, my sis, my bro and my neighbour to Thai Club in the midnight. My dad bring me to club!! How cool is that!! It's nice to have my dad by my side to go clubbing for the very first time.

Yeah, laugh at me for only been to a club only at 21. Basically, as expected, the place is loaded with alcohol and drunkards. Such an eye-opener experience for me. I can see the ugly behaviours of people when they are drunk - going wild and etiquette is out of mind.

What's more to do in club? Dance of course. Us girls went to the dancefloor to dance (I'm more like moving body instead of dancing as I can't dance, haha). Few guys try to hit on us, dancing in front of us but we never to bother even look at them, haha. Sorry guys, I am not interested *flip my hair backwards*. No no. Clubbing is not my lifestyle but nice to experience new things. Haha. I cannot imagine myself dancing like a wild girl and drinking alcohol like it's water. *shakes head*

Met with a traffic jam on the way home due to a road block, the policemen were checking for drunkards, every car is stopped. No exception for my dad.

P: Policeman D: My dad

P: Encik dari mana? STOP!
D: Bawa anak balik rumah...
P: Ok! Ok! Jaga ya...

Luckily my dad is not required to stop aside and go through all those procedures as we were so tired and so off to home we went. Bathed as I can't stand the smell and slept at 4 something.

23rd December 2007 (Sunday)
Morning, pre-course registration today. Woke up at 8.30 am just for it but end up seeing "Database connection is not establised." Was so pissed that I grumbled about it the whole morning, haha. The problem was only rectified at 11 something when my family was about to go out for lunch. Imagine that! Why would they put our course registration on Sunday? Sunday, the staffs will probably be enjoying their breakfast with no worries, while we all struggle to do our course registration due to some technical problems.

Afternoon, went for lunch in Serdang as my cousin moved in into a new house. There's lake view from my cousin's new house! Such a nice place to live in!

Night, went for farewell dinner for Yuen Mei at Dae Jang Geum, a Korean restaurant. Third time going there yet the food still tastes nice. Not forgetting of course taking some pictures there. Shall post the pictures later. After the dinner, I went to my cousin sister's pre-wedding dinner.

24th December 2007 (Monday)
The wedding day for my cousin sister. Wake up at 7.30 am. I managed to get only 4 hours of sleep. Kinda tiring but still need to be at my cousin's house early as I am one of the 'zhi muis'. The morning did not start out too well as the car drove by my brother scratched someone's car. What a miserable day for us.

After the tea ceremony, we rushed to Putrajaya as the wedding couple is due to register their marriage. Spotlights are on the wedding couple as people will turn the head to look at them when they passed by people in the Registration Centre in Putrajaya. Hehe... Luckily for them, they managed to register their marriage. It's such a touching scene when the couple exchange vows in front of all the witnesses.

Wedding dinner at Holiday Villa Subang Jaya. It was a blast. It was not your typical wedding dinner where you will just sit at your table, eat, then say goodbye. My relatives play games, run around the room in a line, going onstage to sing christmas carols, taking loads of pictures, loads of it and countdown to Christmas together. We can be considered as taking the limelight away from the newlywed couple. Ha ha... Now only I realised that I had such cool relatives, cool cousins. Now that's something different.

Went to Hartamas Square after that. Hang out with relatives and tried Malibu for the very first time thanks to my cousin who bought it from Australia. Tastes quite nice and suitable for girls due to the fruity flavour.

25th December 2007 (Tuesday)
It's Christmas day!! Merry Christmas!! Nothing special on Christmas Day. I was too tired that I slept almost the whole day. Wake up in the afternoon. Ate my lunch and back to my sleep again. Night was no exception as well. Fell asleep when I was watching TV.... Might take days for me to recover from the post-party/ post-festive season fatigue that I experience.

I'm all done with my hectic days. Time to study now for my finals. Wish me luck!

Web 2.0 Concept

2007-12-20T02:49:00.000+08:00

My lecturer for Multimedia Marketing organised a talk on Web 2.0 concept on 17th December 2007, Monday and he managed to invite Mr. Rohan Thomas from Microsoft to give a talk on Web 2.0 concept.

According to Wikipedia, this is how Mr. Tim O' Reilly define Web 2.0,"Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform."

Basically, Mr. Rohan summarised that Web 2.0 as "architecture of application". Users are involved in the phenomenon. It's quite an interesting talk and I never know the definite name for this phenomenon even though we might notice changes in the multimedia world or the Internet.

The talk is quite interesting, with Mr. Rohan showing us the applications that have integrated the Web 2.0 concept and it is quite impressive. I think it's a boring talk for him as we were unable to answer some of the questions thrown out by him and it is quite boring for him to talk to an uninteractive crowd.

Throughout the talk, he kept on asking "Any questions?" but none of us bother to ask a question. Either we are too smart that we understand, or we does not know anything about what he is talking about. In the end, there's 2 person asked him questions. But it is a disappointment for him as he expects more questions.

From the talk, I realised that we, the Marketing students, are not aware of what's the latest trends around which will influence the lifestyle of consumers around the world. The competitiveness, the preserverence, the creativity, the innovativeness and the curiosity that we as Marketing students should have are not inside me.

Multimedia Marketing, is something that is really impressive. Even more impressive is to see the applications that are developed by Microsoft. The Popfly and Silverlight. It's so impressive that everyone in the hall goes "WOW" when Mr. Rohan demonstrated it in front of us. You can't never believe that you don't even have to wait for the page to load or even to click on links to get the queries on the website. It's really impressive!!

Will Web 2.0 incorporated as part of our life in future is still a question now. Nothing is impossible. And we Marketing students will just have to anticipate it. Mr Tim O' Reilly had a detailed explanation of the Web 2.0 concept on his website. For more details on Web 2.0 concept, you may click here.

Try to notice the applications in the Internet. Web 2.0 is everywhere!!

OMG! OMG! Jamie-Lynn Is PREGNANT!!

2007-12-19T16:05:00.000+08:00

OMG! You won't believe what I saw in news today!

Jamie-Lynn Spears is PREGNANT!!

I saw it on my friend's status and when I'm about to search about it in Yahoo, I saw it featured in the website. So, I save my time on searching it. For more details, you may read it here.

When Britney annouced that she will remain virgin until she is married, people made a big deal out of it, and when she said that she is not a virgin anymore at the age of 21, it made headlines all over the world.
And now it is Jamie-Lynn's make even bigger headline with the news that she is pregnant at the age of 16!! Even Britney is pregnant at the age of 23! As innocent as Jamie-Lynn may look, she's not that innocent. Luckily, she did not consider abortion as an option to run away from responsibilities.

It's might just another news of the day but underlying it is a bigger social problem. Pre-marital sex is so common and it can happens to anyone. Did people even consider the consequences of their action? Did the ladies know that they will get pregnant? Some get married after they know that they are pregnant without considering properly. And the marriage ends up with a lot of problems.

People are bombarded with sex-laced information everywhere. It's available to anyone at anytime. Even women's magazine will even talk about pre-marital sex. What to do? Sex sells. It's a fact. Anyway, people responsible for their own actions. It's their freedom to choose what they wanted to do. I am not here to judge anyone. But "think before you do anything".

By the way, there's 2 people who saw my status about Jamie-Lynn is pregnant and they use the word OMG! What a coincidence, the report is posted on the Yahoo! Entertainment omg! beta website. The news real shocking eh? Really OMG!

The Last 2 Weeks of Year 2007

2007-12-17T01:17:00.000+08:00

It's towards the end of the year again. Assignments submission date due, exam is coming. The last 2 weeks of the year 2007 will be busy, happy and emotional for me.

I AM BUSY because...
Assignment submission will due on Friday and I just started to compile it. There's thousands of words that I needed to be read through and editing needed to be done. It's hard to be the one who compile everything, you need to ensure that there is no mistakes in the work done by other group members and it's even more stressful that you are the one who will determine the marks that is given to the assignment. If you did a bad job, there goes your marks.

I AM HAPPY because...
My cousin sister will be getting married on Christmas Eve, and all my relatives will be busy during that time that few days and yeah, my cousin brother, Joon Sing is coming back from Australia, haha. OF course, we cousins have to allocate time for him to hang out together. He even remind us to make ourselves free during that period, haha. He will be bringing back wine with him, hopefully, our cousins' gathering will be memorable. We had memorable gatherings and outings every year, with lots of laughter. I remember we will laugh like mad for some reasons everytime we hang out together, and there will be no exception this year.

*Singy, remember to allocate time for us ya, we cousins for sure will have time for you. You are the VVIP for us every year, haha. Remember to bring back some nice wine ya, and don't let other people to finish the wine that are meant for us!! *wicked smile* I'm gonna make you drunk and dig some secret from you, haha. Hopefully, all of us won't get drunk. I think all of us won't want to tell our own secrets.*

I AM EMOTIONAL because...
Yuen Mei will be leaving Malaysia for the United States at 31st December 2007 to further her studies. It will be emotional for me to see every of my friend left. First is Joon Sing to Australia, then Lien Ghee to Japan, Nean Hua to Taiwan, Wen Jian to the UK and now, Yuen Mei to the United States to pursue their dreams, their hopes for the future. I never bid farewell to anyone of them in the airport because I know that I could not control myself from crying.

When someone will be leaving I can't control myself from shedding tears. It's very painful to see someone close to you leaving for another place far from you. You can't see them face to face, and they are living in a world where the culture is different from yours, and you can't never understand their pain, their lonliness, their desires, how they long to be near to their family and friends...

Yuen Mei had been really a good friend of mine since Form 6. We had known each other since Form 2 when we were librarians back then but we are not close. We were in the same class for Form 5 yet we have our own gang of friends. Then in Lower Six, we were in class of 6R3 where because we were undecided between taking Physics or Biology as our 4th subject. Then, both of us together changed to 6R2 where we still go to Physics class but after a while, she gave up. I gave up on Physics towards the end of the year 2004.

We will sit together in the Biology lab, where we will argue over the facts in Biology, Chemistry, PA and also Maths. I remember sometimes I will argue with Sharron over the facts and you will asking both of us to stop. But still, Sharron and me will be arguing over facts for countless times that you get immuned to it, hehe. Both of us also have a share of arguments over small things like Orlando Bloom and I will said things about him. There's one time we argue over fairy tales in life and till now, I still stand on my opinion that there is no fairy tale in life.

We argue in so many things for so many times that Wan Teang (which sat next to me and in front of you) and Nean Hua (which sat behind me and next to you) will know when we will start arguing and they will say, "They are going to start again." After arguing for a long time, Nean Hua and Wan Teang will make a conclusion for us and we will ask for Sharron's opinion (which sat behind Nean Hua). She will be lazy to even give in our antics because she was busy studying, haha.

I remember Sharron will be annoyed when I start calling "Yuen Mei arrrrrr" and you start calling "Keat Yee arrrrrr" because she sat between us in the Biology lab but then she will continue studying. Till now I still wonder how Sharron can put up to our name calling and continue studying, haha. But I like the innocence and the sincerity that you have. You will be amazed by new things that I told you because and the enthusiasm will be potrayed by the look in your eyes.

May you have a good experience in US and we here in Malaysia will still remain as your friends. The new experiences there will be an eye-opener for you, to venture into better things in future.

That's all for now. I wish that everyone will have a memorable end-of-the-year celebration.

With Love from,

Keat Yee

Keat Yee is Back!!

2007-12-13T16:05:00.000+08:00

Keat Yee is Back! Keat Yee is Back!! *Clap hands*

Yeah, Keat Yee is back after an almost 3 months hiatus... I had not been updating my blog since September due to the hectic schedule as I was busy with assignments and then studied as I had my finals in October. After finals was my holiday, but I was too lazy to update my blog because I wanted to have a rest after a hectic semester - sleepless nights because of completing assignments, study for exams, presentations - AND I also suffered from writer's block once again.

Back to new semester, the schedule is as hectic as ever, with case studies every week for one subject, then busy with DJ Club activities, Yellow Army and also Orientation Committee trip. I do not have much time for myself as also family, where I went back to my home for only twice in 5 weeks. I used to go home almost every week, but this semester I think I had only seen my parents for less than 100 hours. Thus, my blog is abandoned as well.

The last time I went home was on 30th November but my parents was in Singapore that time. So left my brother, my sis and me in the house. I cooked the breakfast and lunch for them but it was just some processed food and it makes me missed my mum's cooking. I can't even remember the last time I ate my home-cooked food.

Enough of that ramble, back to some recent happenings. I just went to Orientation Committee 2007 Port Dickson trip which is from 7th December 2007 to 9th December 2007 and I came back to Cyberjaya feeling unwell. I have flu and also allergy which make me feel unwell. I thought my allergic problem will be over in a matter of days. Instead, it became worse that I need to see a doctor yesterday as I can't stand the itch anymore. Red spots covered both of my legs and hands for now.

Today, I felt so tired that it's hard for me to wake up. Thus, I did not go for a Yellow Army task which I had promised to go for. I felt dizzy this whole afternoon and I talked crap to my room mates without realising it. Luckily, a Nando's waiter lighten up my day!! I went to the Nando's stall in MPH carpark to collect payment from them and then helped my room mate to buy her food at the Nando's stall. The waiter gave me a pack of rice and coleslaw for FREE and he even gave me a cold drink instead of the normal drink! What a nice guy!! Even though it is just some small matters, but I do appreciate what he has done! If it is not for him, I might have been gloomy and flushed-out this whole day.

More updates soon where I will be posting pictures of activities that I had participated in which consumed SO much of my time. It's been a long time since I have time for myself...

That's all for now.

~KEAT YEE signing off.~

My Room is Lively!!

2007-09-19T20:45:00.000+08:00

My room is lively!!

For once, our room is full of laughter. Not some major thing happened in my room.

This night, there's one cockroach in our room. We did not know where did it come from and how did it come into our room. My sister was in the room. As she is scared of cockroach, she screamed when she saw it. I for one who hate cockroaches, attempted to kill it everytime I see one.

So, I whacked the cockroach with newspaper several times but it did not die. It did not move for some moment, so I just pick it up and throw it outside my room. Outside the room, the cockroach moved and therefore, I whacked the cockroach a few times until it became flat. Dead.

So I threw it away. Inside the room, my room mate and my sister laughed until they can't stop. It has been a long time that my room being so lively. The laughters, the satisfaction that I got for eliminating a harmful insect *evil laugh*. How could I let those harmful insects come into my room and ruin the peace in my room? No way.

That's all for now.

~KEAT YEE signing off.~

Experiences as DJ @ Radio MMU

2007-09-12T15:52:00.000+08:00

Yesterday marked the last day I'll be going on-air on Radio MMU for this semester. Chance for me to go on-air next semester will be based on the seniors' evaluation on me. Regardless of the outcome, I enjoyed every moment that I got to go on-air. Fear, joy, nervous or some small hiccups are what I experienced as a DJ.

Things had been going smoothly for me as I had the guidance of my seniors. I consider myself lucky compare to others as I can work with different seniors as my partner stop going on-air due to personal reason. Different people have different outlook and different style when they go on-air and I got the chance to learn from them.

Thanks to my first partner, Edward, for he had given the first guide when going on-air. If not for him, I would not have learned so much about being in studio and people listen to me when I am talking in the studio. I had nervousness for the first few weeks; and thanks to Edward as he covered when I’m stuck without words.

It’s a compliment for me when I got to know that he realize my existence (and even my name!) and according to him, he remembered me because I was mentioned in Critical Thinking class. I thought that I will be a low profile student here where not many people recognise me when I am here in university unless I take the same subjects with them.

Next would be Fam, the Cantonese slot manager, where I go on-air with her for one week as a replacement for Edward as he is having exam. I was intimidated when I knew that I had to go on-air with her as she is the manager. But when I worked with her, I realise that there is something about her that makes her the manager. Systematic, well-organised and well-planned, she can voice her own points without referring much to the paper. I wish I can talk without referring to papers.

Next would be 7-zai, the ex-Cantonese slot manager and the current vice president of DJ Club. He’s such a great DJ. He can spontaneously change the topic or think of something to say when he is stuck with words. But something worth mentioning is there is technical problem when I went on-air with him. First, when we test our microphones, we realise that 7-zai’s mic is not working.

Then, we tried to figure out what’s wrong by testing the other 2 mics and nothing is wrong with 2 other mics. We figure things out for 5 minutes and when I look at the mic, I saw that the mic is not switch on. We thought that it is some major electronics problem, or maybe the mixer problem, but it was just an unnoticed detail. Who had been so ‘kind’ to switch off the mic?

Lastly will be Sharon, we went on-air together for 3 weeks. I learned to do things more systematically in the studio. Under her guidance, I know how to control the mixer more systematically.

That's what I have been through this semester as a DJ. I had my share of ups and downs and this is a new experience for me as I never thought of being a DJ in anyways, left alone try DJing. It sure do help me a lot to open up to more new experiences in life.

That's all for now.

~KEAT YEE signing off.~

What A Shocking and Hectic Week

2007-09-06T03:47:00.000+08:00

Many things had been happening lately and it really makes me think a lot...

In this week alone, I had 1 mid term exam (having exam now even though mid term is 3 weeks ago), 2 presentations, 1 assignment submission but it did not break me down. I still go on, without much sleeping time, wake up late everyday... all just to finish all the work. Even the National Day holiday and weekend are spent on doing work.

No going out at all during the weekend, but hey, this is more important than shopping. I don't like to to shop when it is too crowded, where you need to line up to pay and try on clothes, push around to walk, or walking behind a slow person... you know what I mean.

There will be 2 assignments submission next week and 1 Advanced Managerial Statistics quiz.

Wow!! Work is really stressful as the assignments need to be submitted at almost the same time. I did not sleep much - 3 hours for Wednesday itself just to compile my group's wotk and edit it. Every day, I had been sleeping late. How many times I had vowed not to have last minute work yet everytime I still need to do last minute work... Whose fault is that? Me? My group mates? Hope fully by next semester I won't have last minute work again...

During the Consumer Behaviour this week, my lecturer discussed about the blogging phenomenon and he asked us why people blogged. He wonders why people would even care to read something in blogs that is not related to them. I told him that it's related to have their own identity. The discussion went on and he suddenly said that bloggers are people who do not have the courage to voice out.

When I heard that, I was so shock. But then the lecturer said "No offence" to me because I am the only one who admits to be a blogger in the class. I'm sure there are some other bloggers who did not even dare to admit they blog. But I don't agree with what the lecturer said. Not all bloggers do not dare to voice out their words. I blog because I want to reach out to friends and keep in touch.

Speaking of friends, I received a shocking news from Wen Jian. He will be leaving for UK next week!! That's a little too late for us to know that. There is not even a hint from him that he will further his studies in UK. Chee Wei is the only one in my Form 5 gang that I am still close to who stays in Malaysia. How could I hold back my sadness hearing that news?

First, Lien Ghee left for Japan, then Nean Hua to Taiwan, now Wen Jian will be going to UK, later Yuen Mei will be pursuing her studies in the US. It will be years before I can meet them again. Things will change by then. People change, the environment change. Hopefully we will be still be close by then. Wish them all the best for their future undertakings.

That's all for now.

Gonna back to my work again.

The Light In A Hectic Day

2007-08-29T01:31:00.000+08:00

This Tuesday, 28th August 2007, had been a hectic day for me. I had to be on air at 1 p.m. After that, I need to rush to Digital Media class at 2 p.m. The class is from 2 to 4 p.m. and I need to do some Photoshop tutorial. Class ended at 3.45 p.m. and I need to meet my lecturer regarding the assignment that is needed to be submitted next week. Rush to Consumer Behaviour class after that where my group will be presenting on our topic.

After done with my presentation, went back to my room. Time for my dinner at 7 p.m. HB 3 Hostel Block food court was too crowded, therefore I went to HB 2 for my dinner. Coincidently, meet someone there and therefore the miscommunication was resolved and the person even treat me 100 Plus because the person owe me teh ais.

Met Tharan and he passed something to me in a nice paper bag. Coincidently, Steve and Syakil saw the bag and asked Tharan about it. He said was a present for my birthday which falls on 28th August and they believed it! They sang a birthday song to me and everyone is looking at us! It felt so weird because my birthday is not here yet. Early celebration for me? Hmmm, 5 months till my birthday la, Tharan.

By the way, my dad's birthday falls on 28th August.
Happy Birthday, Daddy!!

Anyway, they light up my day after such a hectic day, thanks to Tharan, Steve and Syakil. Luckily I ate at HB 2 instead of HB 3.

That's all for now.

Hope that there will be more interesting events happen to me :D.

Back to Earth Again!

2007-08-16T23:44:00.000+08:00

Something significant happened to me today. Someone talked to me today and this person made me back to earth. Feels like hell when people will tell the truth, but this hell feeling can bring you back to earth after you are in heaven for such a long time. Yeah, time to back to earth for me, time to back to reality.

The person used the straight-to-your-face way of telling me what I did wrong, which is quite harsh to me. Reality is harsh sometimes, no? And the only person that talk things out gotta be my parents. They will really sit down and talk it over. And it's the best way to get things right without misunderstandings.

And yeah, we talked over it through messenger and I may not talk to the person face to face this time and say sorry, but I'm gonna find ways to meet the person and say that word. It was hurtful to the person for me to say things about the person. The person had always believed that I am not that type who will say bad things about people.

Wanna say thanks to that person too for making things right and understand the situation from others' perspective, a quite mature and critical way of solving problem instead of confrontation or quarelling. Done with the problem now and I now I can put the worries behind, haha. Feel as light as a feather now.

But I wanna get clarification from the others (those who tell 'the person' what I had said) about things that they got misunderstood. No hard feelings for them, because I also wrong in some ways. Yet, they might have misunderstood me in some ways and I want to get things right as soon as possible. Sigh, the problem is, it might takes a long time to make people change their perception about me.

I don't mind if they don't like me, but PLEASE don't include about my family or my school for that matter. You may choose not to like me, but how I act has nothing to do with my family and my school!! Family and school educate me when I am growing up, but how I act is what I chose to be!! I'm pissed with that and sad that they had include my school's name when talking about me.

Whatever it is, up to those people if they wanna hate me and I won't give a damn about it. I have my own live and I have much more important things to care about, I can't control what you think about me, and you people are close-minded to dwell over small things. And still act nice in front of me, how fake is that! Why don't just what you all dissatisfied about me straight away? That would be better.

That's all for now. Will be back with more updates.

I'd Won A Contest!

2007-08-15T11:59:00.000+08:00

Good things happened to me again! Just as when I go online again during Sunday, a guy sent me a message through Yahoo Messenger where I was a selected to answer 3 questions about a product to win a prize.

It's a a Black Fury drink contest that I had been participating months ago where I had to display a picture and a webpage link on my messenger and a person will be selected each day to answer questions to win a prize. But the contest will end on 15th August 2007 and I thought that I will have no chance of winnning.

But luck seem to be on my side, I answered the questions correctly and I won this just 2 days before the contest ends!! This is only the second time I win a contest. The first I won a contest is where I got to have dinner with Daniel Lee last year, hehe.. Check out here for more details.

I'm signing off for now.

Will be back with more updates.

I'm Officially On-Air!

2007-07-31T21:04:00.000+08:00

Yay yay!!

Something good happened. Guess what? I'm officially accepted to become a junior DJ in Radio MMU in Cantonese slot but I will be under probation for one semester. Whether I can continue to become a DJ in the second semester or not, will depends on my performance this semester. The probation duration is quite short. One more month to go and I need to make BIG improvement during this period!

I had been on air since 17th July 2007 but I did not tell anyone at that time because I don't want to be pressured while I go on-air for the very first time. I might not be as good as those professional DJs that you see in commercial radio but Radio MMU or DJ Club which runs the radio is a learning platform for students in becoming better DJs with time.

Seniors evaluation on me - "Shy in talking, read from scripts, not lively, slow response and not spontaneous. There's still room for improvement."

Luckily the senior DJ for my time slot and the Cantonese slot DJ manager gave me some tips to improve myself, so hopefully by the end of the semester I can be a better DJ. The quiet Keat Yee become a DJ? It's a shock to all when I tell them. Haha... Unexpected eh? It's quite fun to see people get shocked.

I still have vivid memory of what I talked on-air for the first time. Haha, but it's too long to share it here because it is an one-hour slot. Too much that we discussed but we did talked about myself. Haha, I remember during on-air my senior said that I looked like a career woman, being independent all the time, don't need company going everywhere.

Thanks to the DJ interview, I can find the song that I had been looking for months on the internet. I heard it when it is used in an advertisement for Taiwanese drama "天使情人". I know nothing about the song so I use hours of my time which is supposed to be used for studying just to look for that song. I streamed through dozens of songs David Tao's songs, after I realise that it's his voice singing that song but to no avail.

"Angel" by David Tao. That's what I heard during the interview. That's the song that I had been searching for months! How happy I am to finally to know that song's name!! I search for that song straight away and realise that it is my recently downloaded songs! I realise that when you are trying too hard, you can't get it. When you are not looking, it comes to you. How irony is that.

That's all for now. More to come.

Stay tune to on Tuesday, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Radio MMU where I'll talk about Horoscope.

The Start of Second Year of University Life

2007-07-23T21:34:00.001+08:00

The sense of helplessness is gone for now. Everything seems to be fine for everyone. They seems to move on with their life. The recent case where a person facing a difficult seems to get her life back to normal. After thinking it through, I think I shouldn't burden myself with their problem. I might just listen to their problem but it will be up to them to solve rather than I solve it. The main answer to their problem is themselves and not me.

Anyway, back to my life. I actually planned to take things more slowly rather than a hectic life where I don't even have some time to myself. BUT, things turn out to be like last year where I am now still busy with clubs and events activities. I still go for meetings and I'll be busier if I am to participate in organising events later. I have to slow down for now - not gonna sacrifice my academics for the activities. I haven't even start studying for my subjects YET... sigh.

Looking at the brighter side of things, I am more comfortable with myself now. Some said that I am more confident after the joining the Orientation Committee 2007/2008. What a big compliment! I do feel more comfortable talking now. I try out on new things; I try to hold a conversation longer and more interesting because I tend to be quiet most of the times, and now I try to voice out what I don't like (I tend to keep quiet about if there's something wrong).

There's still room for improvement. If only I can be as aggresive like those people involved in business... After all I'm a business student, to be exact, Marketing student. Of course I need aggresiveness inside me to excel in this area.

There's still one problem now, it's week 6 of studies yet I still can't concentrate in my studies. I can't find the rhythm for this semester yet. Seems like I lost my path. I tend to lost in my thoughts when the lecturer is talking in front. The lecturers make it worse.

One of my Marketing subjects lecturer is really boring. He seems to talk like no one's business. Less than 50% of what he talked about for 3 hours straight is related to the topic that we are studying. We hardly understands what he is talking about with his SUPER THICK Indian accent. I wonder how I am going to do in this subject....

That's all for now. Now back to my studies and work.

Singapore Trip - long due post!

2007-07-15T12:26:00.000+08:00

Finally, the LONG OVERDUE post!

I went to Singapore a few months ago, 4 months to be exact and I promised to upload the pics for the Singapore trips yet I postponed it till now. Seems like I can't find any suitable time to upload it... Alright, it might be because I am too lazy to wait for all the pictures to be uploaded.

This is the second time I went to Singapore after 15 years. Third time if I include once when I was still a baby and my sis was not born yet. People was shocked to hear that I only go to Singapore for so few times. What so shocking about it? Do you think that I am that rich to go travelling like others? RM 300 per passport is not cheap plus the currency in Singapore is the double of Malaysia Ringgit.

I went to Singapore on the 16th March 2007 to attend my auntie's wedding which will be on the 17th March 2007. Reached there after 6 hours of car trip. We went to my uncle's house straight away and then to luch in some food court. Had some dim sum, duck meat and others which were really tasty.

After lunch, we went to our uncle's condominium (The Atria if not mistaken) which is just situated nearby his house. The condominium is so expensive that it costs at least Singapore Dollar 1 million for one lot!! That's so costly!! The swimming pool there have a futuristic look.

The swimming pool in the condominium area.

We checked in into our hotel after that, Grand Central which looks like some 3-star hotel that is located in the Petaling Street. The settings are almost like Ria Apartment in Genting which is a bit scary.

The good points of the hotel are: 1) Orchard Road is just within walking distance, I can go shopping! 2) it is nearby the destination for the wedding dinner. Dinner at a food court nearby. I tried a pot mee after I saw a newspaper cutting which was pasted on the stall. Quite nice I would say.

I got to meet my cousin which was really smart and I got to see his collection of awards and books that will impress anyone. I just go wild when I saw the collection of story books! 2 full racks!! More than 100 of them! Impressive...

Saturday is my aunt's wedding ceremony, a simple one where they say their vows in their home with blessings from their dearest family and friends. Wish that they can be together forever, 白头到老！I did not post any of the picture of the newlyweds as I did not ask permission from them so let it be.

We went to some tourist hot spots there in Singapore.

My mum and dad at the lake side.

Sis, mum and me with The Esplanade in the background.

Me with The Merlion. I remember I had a picture of me crying looking at The Merlion as I am too scared of it when I was just a little girl.

Setting of the wedding dinner hall at Grand Hyatt hotel. The setting of the hall simple yet nice and classy.

My sis, me and my cousins. My cousins are cute, aren't they?

The food there was delicious. Till now I still can't forget the dessert, Mango with yam paste soup. They use mangoes to get the juice. The texture of the soup is thick and smooth that you got more satisfaction than eating chocolate!!

That's all for the Singapore trip post. It was so long due that I forgotten all the details.....

~KEAT YEE signing off.~

Helplessness

2007-07-06T13:10:00.000+08:00

Have you ever seen someone crying and you don't know what to do?
Have you ever hearing someone's story and you don't know the words to say?
Have you ever just stoned by the person's words?
Have you ever say "I don't know" cos you are so lucky to have everything goes on smoothly for you?
Have you ever say something to comfort and the person just shun you away by saying "I'm fine"?
Have you ever experience the sense of helplessness in you?

I have.

Do you wish that you can say the words "I understand" to that person but can't cos you never experience something like that?
Do you wish that you can do something to help the person?
Do you wish that you can have the knowledge to help the person?
Do you wish that you can have the ability to help the person?

I do.

I just realise that I have seen something like that for recent years. It might have happened around me since I was born but was too naive to know what's happening till I grow up. Growing pain? And I experience this kind of situation more frequent since last year.

I wish I can find the right words to say without hurting the person. Everything seems not right to say. I will just stoned and might say something to comfort but seems the more you say, the more the person will complain. You might just as well better off than staying there.

The sense of HELPLESSNESS. I hate this feeling, especially if someone that is close to me that having problems.

Whatever it is, I'm no super human and I can't solve all problems. My friends, if you have problems, you can just tell me, even though I can't solve the problem but I will lend my ears and be a good listener. That's what I should be....

Pride Being A City Girl

2007-06-28T01:44:00.000+08:00

I had a Consumer Behaviour on Tuesday that touches on consumers' psychology when they buy things. The lecturer then talked about the pride that city people that they are proud to tell people of their place of origin and those from small town were never really proud of their hometown.

He gave the example by saying that you will tell people proudly "I'm from KL" but you will never heard people say proudly "I'm a Dengkil guy". Everyone burst into laughter after hearing the statement. Haha... The statement might be true in some ways.

Why? Why is this happening? He associated it with something. Something that consumer will have in their mind. And he said these:

They want P.R.I.D.E.

They wanted to appear G.L.A.M.O.R.O.U.S.

I might just sing along to Fergie's "Glamorous". Seems like I went out of topic. Back to the topic. People like to be look up to. Imagine that... Being in a place where most of the rich and famous be.

To tell the truth, I like being in the city. Everything is here in the city. The biggest mall, the highest tower is here. We have the best of everything here. Higher pay for employees perhaps? And people from other town come flocking KL thinking that their will change for better.

Anyway, there has been sayings that KL people is arrogant, rude, unfriendly and the way of living is more stressful and competitive than that of rural area and the pace of living is faster. Sometimes I do envy that the life in rural area is calming, less stress but I still love KL the best.

I personally heard from my friend that KL people is rude and unfriendly. Just wanna clear the facts. I think KL people might appear arrogant, rude and unfriendly is because they want to defend themselves from all the harm here and not looking down on people. There are conman around, waiting for every chance to deceive victims. Am I right? KL people, you guys might say something about this statement.

The life here in KL is sure more stressful and competitive and pace is faster as we don't want to lose out to people. You will lose out if you are not competitive in KL.

I love the life here. Being a competitive person, defensive person, and enjoy the best of everything!! This is the pride of being a City Girl!!

Anyone has anything to say on this topic? Does not agree with what I wrote? You are free to leave a comment.

That's all for now.

Oh yeah. Did I mention that I love KL?

~KEAT YEE signing off.~

P/s: Sorry for the lack of updates. Currently in writer's block state. Words can't seem to come to me when I needed it the most. That's explains the quality of the post I wrote. More to come - If only I can find the words to say.

Supper! Supper! Supper!

2007-06-26T12:09:00.000+08:00

These few days had been crazy for me. I went for supper with the OCs (Orientation Committee) and also the freshies for 4 days. I am lack of sleep due to going for supper late at night. I probably gain weight from all the suppers. Nevertheless, I had fun during supper that I might don't even care about the weight problem.

First supper is after the Closing Ceremony of the Orientation week on Thursday, 14th June 2007, where we were so tired that we can't afford to walk to a cafe outside our university that is almost 1 km away. So we just went to nearby mamak in Cyberia, an apartment that is 200 m away. There, I met up with the freshies of my group, giving them guidance and advices that they asked. I feel so happy that I can help them in some ways to get use to the life here in MMU.

We went there around 11.30 p.m without showering at all as we had OC Appreciation Dinner and Supper. There were a lot of freshies that went along with us there. We went back early as we were really tired after the lack of sleep for 2 weeks.

The second supper night was on last Wednesday, 20th June 2007, where we really walk to Hasan's cafe which situated almost 1 km away from our university at 12 in the morning!! How crazy is it eh? We walked there and walked back to our university at 2.00 a.m. in the morning. That probably the craziest thing I've ever done just to go for supper.

Thursday (21st June 2007) was better as we went to Old Town Cafe which is even further than Hasan's by car at 12 a.m. And we ended up going back at 2 something to the hostel. The gang is really crazy. We laughed and shouted in the cafe. This Old Town Cafe in Cyberjaya is really different from other Old Town Cafes as we need to pay before we can get our orders. Must be because they are afraid that it will be difficult to collect money from the students after their meal. Hmmm...

The most recent supper that I went to is the OC Supper Night this Monday (25th June 2007). Will talk more about it in another entry.

That's all for now. Lacked sleep nowadays.

~KEAT YEE signing off.~

Well-spent Holiday

2007-06-19T12:41:00.000+08:00

Announcing: KEAT YEE is back!!

Welcome back! Welcome! (Clap hands)

Well, I was busy studying for finals before this and during the one week break, I was busy cleaning my room, plus my brother will use the PC at home, therefore lead to the lack of updates.

Then Orientation Week for the June intake 2007/2008 arrived. I was in the Orientation Committee 2007/2008 and I therefore I was away for 2 weeks for the orientation.

Now I'm back!!

Last semester break had been a quite fruitful, I cleaned the room and meet up with my friends and shopped for stuff.

Firstly, I meet up with Sharron, Yuen Mei and Wan Teang to watch "Pirates of The Caribbean 3: At World's End". Before the movie, we went to Sushi King for lunch. I had Japanese Curry for lunch. First time tasted Japanese Curry and found it is quite nice even though it is not spicy and a little sour in taste.

We took a few pictures there before we go for the movie. After the movie, we went to a photo shop and print out photos which took us half an hour to decide on the design. That's really a long time....

My cup of tea!!

ME and Yuen Mei with our food, Japanese Curry and Shrimp rice...

Wan Teang, moi, Sharron and Yuen Mei in front of the Times Square theme park.

Next up, I went to meet Chee Wei and Wen Jian in Kuchai Lama for lunch. It's a place called "吹吹水". It is a decent place for friends to hang out and 吹吹水. Haha.... Somehow, I realise that Chee Wei and Wen Jian are of opposite personalities what people will perceive them to be.

Too bad we do not have more time to hang out longer and also the camera out of order while we were taking photos. Luckily the photos can be recovered!! And also thanks to Wen Jian for giving us a lift home.

Chee Wei and me. I looked at my best here in this picture. Must be because of all the sleeping (de-stress) during the holiday.

The best buddies....Chee Wei and Wen Jian.

That's all for now.

More updates coming up.

~KEAT YEE signing off.~

Happy Father's Day

2007-06-18T11:10:00.000+08:00

Happy Father's Day to my dad!!

Yesterday was Father's Day but things seemed to be so normal for us where we just stay at home and hang out as a family watching TV together.

Dinner at some Chinese restaurant in Sri Petaling. It is such a simple celebration for all of us. And my dad even have to pay for the meal. No choice about la, he's the breadwinner of the family. In a few years time, when I start working, my dad won't have to pay for the food on the Father's Day so kasihan.

Happy Father's Day to my Daddy once again. May be happy everyday!!

That's all for now.

P/s: Sorry for the lack of updates during May and June. I had final exam in May and Orientation during June. Back soon with more updates on what's happening!!

I'm DUPED!!

2007-04-26T20:33:00.001+08:00

Tharan duped me!!

I wanted to share this with you guys even though it is kinda embarassing cos I wanna let all you guys know how tricky things will go if you are too committed in doing things right. This is the story:

I was walking back to my hostel room when I saw Tharan with Shasha and Alvin at food court. I was in a hurry as I am going to have class at 8p.m. (it was 6 something when I am walking back to room) so I just wave at them and then proceed to go on. But Tharan call me as he wanted to inform me something. I approached him (I forgotten the content of the exact conversation with the passage of time) and that's how the conversation goes:

Tharan : Hey, Keat Yee. Today, I received a call from the Buddhist speaker. What's his name huh? Brother Vijaya right?

Me : Yeah. Why?

Tharan : Mr. Vijaya is the one that asked us to provide transport for him from his house in USJ right?

Me : Yeah. What happened?

Tharan : He asked for RM 150 for his payment for the Interfaith Talk.

Me : HUH?! REALLY?!! It's already over for one month and he did not ask for payment when I requested him to come here. And the account for treasury is already closed right? When did he called you?

Tharan : You see, when Shasha I were in th SRC room today, Mr. Vijaya called to the SRC room and requested to talk to the director of CF, Shasha (in case you don't know, CF is the short for College Fest) and Shasha passed the phone to me and Mr Vijaya asked about the payment for the Interfaith Talk. He asked me to tell the Interfaith Manager, that means you, to call him back. You got his number?

Me : Yeah. But only his office number cos he did not have a handphone.

Tharan : Ok then. You call him to deal about it.

Shasha : He's the one that asked Richard and Ida to pick him up from his house right?

Me : Yeah.

Shasha : Then he's the one that called today. You call him to ask him about the details and solve this as soon as possible.

Me : Alright. (Turns to Tharan) I've done with all the things already yet suddenly there i some problem like this happening. I thought I'm done with all those stress and now wanted to relax. Good, now I have extra things to do.

Tharan : Keat Yee, Keat Yee. Try to get to know the details from him first. (Turns to Shasha) It is now still April therefore, it's still April Fool right?

Shasha : Yeah.

Me : ?

Tharan : April's Fool!! You are punked!! Brother Vijaya never called!!

Me : What the...? You lied to me!! I felt strange as he never told me about this before! You are so bad Tharan!! You scared me to death!!

Tharan : Haha!! It's still April and therefore it is still April Fool.

Me : Damn. It's not first of April man. I feel like crying man.

(Squeeze Tharan's neck and shoulder)

And that's how I am duped. I can't believe that! I am done with my job as Interfaith Talk manager and out of the blue someone told me that there's more to do. And Alvin sitting there quietly trying to control himself from laughing by looking at the phone and Shasha playing along as well with Tharan giving some lame excuse as April Fool's day is for the whole month of April.

That's cruel man. How could they do that to me! And I looked like a fool. Tharan gave me a BIG "HELP" by telling the hostel committee about it and they recorded a video asking me how I feel about the whole punk thing.

I'm gonna remember this. And Thara, I'm gonna get back to you for what you did to me.

I'LL BE BACK!!

MCM meeting

2007-04-25T12:28:00.000+08:00

Yesterday night, I went to the MCM-student dialogue meeting as hostel committee is the sub-committee of the Student Representative Council (SRC). It is a dialogue between the MCM (Management Council Meeting) and students where students voice out their dissatisfaction over the management of the university. The attendance of the meeting is about 50 person.

During the meeting, the international students complained the most while local students did not have as much as complaints as them. Strange huh? International students are more outspoken than local students when it comes to voice out their dissatisfaction.

And I heard all the time that students complained that MMU sucks. And when I asked them, what is of MMU that sucks, they can never answer my question. They will just go, "Everything about MMU sucks." So if MMU really that bad, you shouldn't be studying here in the first place OR you can transfer to another university. I had forwarded the message to people that complained about the university all the time yet they did not show up.

So I hope that there people that don't even have the courage to complain, don't talk bad about the university anymore. I f you had anything to say, just go to the management. It is the best way to get your voice heard!!

And I got to know how the students can sometimes act so uneducated. The facilities that is provided for the hostel residents is vadalised badly. It may got to do with the mentality that they pay to live in the hostel and they can do whatever they want. I wonder, will they vandalised the stuff that in their own home that way? I'm sure they will not.

It's very disppointing to see them to act that way. They had been through so many years of education yet they still act like they are some uneducated person. An uneducated person might even act better than university students.

It might be due to the mentality that they think themselves as university students and that they are superior to others and they can act in whatever way they want and don't care about the rules. Would you even throw rubbish everywhere you want at home? Would you vandalised your tables and chairs at home? Would you even draw on your house wall? NO right. So act like you are staying at home then! Be more civilised.

That's all for now.

I'm signing off.

The Train

2007-04-23T20:09:00.000+08:00

It's the time of the year again - Sales!!

Thus, I went to mid valley on saturday with my mum and sis to look for bargain items.

We shopped till 8pm, and we went home by KTM. We heard an announcement that there will be delay on the train schedule as there is a landslide happened around the area of Negeri Sembilan.

Since the KTM Mid Valley is one of the busiest station during weekend, the station will be crowded with people. And the crowd keep building up while waiting for the train to arrive. The train was delayed by 10 minutes. And by the time the train arrived, it is almost full.

No doubt, all of the people will rush into the train so that they can get home earlier and would not want to wait for the next train to arrive.

Inside the train, people was packed just like sardin fishes in a can. And this is not the first time KTM trains not arriving on schedule and that day, landslide make the crowd even more than usual!!

It is even worse than you take a Monorail during rush hour. There will be a large crowd when take a Monorail during rush hour but at least there would be a safety guard at each door that guide people to line up and go in accordingly to go into the train.

Not with KTM. No safety guard, no barrier and the people will just push you from behind, squeezing in order to get in. I can't even get to hold any bar inside the train. It is so crowded that you can stand and balance yourself without holding anything. Imagine that!!

I'm not going to Mid Valley anytime soon unless there is someone who will give me a ride there or I go home early, before 4 p.m.

That's all for now.

~KEAT YEE signing off.~

Busy, Busy

2007-04-23T16:39:00.000+08:00

It's been a long time since my last post.

The reason: Busy with assignments and also exams.

Exams, exams, exams.

Assignments, assignments, assignments.

Tutorials, tutorials, tutorials.

AND, all these never end.

Exam took most of my time as I need to study for it and ALL the exams were on Friday!! That means I need to study from Monday to Friday and to top it all, I need to do my tutorials and assignments.

Last week was my Macroeconomics quiz, last last week was my Principles of Marketing mid term.

This week... there's a submission of my Managerial Finance assignment. And oh yeah, Advance Management English presentation is today.

Not quite good during presentation as I can't speak smoothly. Whatever. It's over now.

I had Managerial Accounting quiz today and there will be a Managerial Statistics quiz on Wednesday. Tired, tired... When will the quiz ends?

Next week will be my second Principles of Marketing mid term. And week after that, English test.

I'm gonna got burned out from all these tests. Luckily I'm not involved in any activities right now.

There's still one more month till my 3 weeks semester break. If only I am not involved in Orientation. Went for interview to be part of the committee.

I don't know if I should hope that I become part of the committee (I had to sacrifice 2 weeks holidays if I'm involved) or I'm not part of the committee. Just the SRC decide for me....

* P/s: Thanks to the all the comments from all you guys regarding the "I'm Alone" post. I'm not worrying about it anymore... Will just let things be... As people said “顺其自然”， haha...

Coming up: Long due post of Singapore trip.....

That's all for now. Back to my assignment.

~KEAT YEE signing off.~

Stuck in Lift!!

2007-04-12T04:03:00.000+08:00

Something unexpected happened to me on Monday..... Guess what it is?
.
.
.
.
.
.

I got stuck in a lift in MMU!!! How rare that can be?

I am walking with my course mate to look for a lecturer for consultation regrading our assignment and we wait for a lift to go up and when the life is here, we went inside with a few girls and guys that were there too. Then we press the button for the desired floor. The lift door then close. And we were inside, waiting for it go up for like 10 seconds but it is not moving. So we think that things might not be right. So we try to press the button to open the door. But the door would not open!!

We try again but to no avail. So one of the girls press the bell to alert people about it. There is no one coming for rescue even though we press the button. Strangely, I was calm inside the lift. No screaming, no talking out loud, just smiling.

My friend felt so strange that I am calm. But the truth is, when you are in an emergency situation, you are not supposed to be panic. Some of them start panicking while I still stay calm and cool. COOL. That's a good thing.

Luckily for us, it opened after not long and we went out hastily. Some girls that saw us came out of the lift was trying to go into the lift but luckily stopped by us (you might never know what happened when they 'board' it).

Tell you, it's not a good thing to be stucked in the lift. Don't ever try to think of getting stuck in a lift. You might never know what happened.

That's all of now.

~KEAT YEE signing off.~

I'm Alone!!!

2007-04-10T13:58:00.000+08:00

Many things been going on around me. And now only I realised how much I left out....

It's seems like most of the people that I know are getting attached. Damn. And most of the people that I know who are now international students in some countries are being attached. Double the worry thoughts of feeling left out. And I'm here, being SINGLE! Sigh.

It's not a big deal to me or anyone for that matter. Only when some 'over concerned' people who are not close to me asking me if I had any bf or not is making me frustrated. I'm fine with my close friends asking though.

I'm left out in this. Damn.

Whatever.

I don't care.

I hate it when people make a big deal out of this.

Of course, I don't want to be alone all my life. I believe that there is arrangement by God for me.

That's all for now.

I'm signing off.

Back to studying Marketing where exam will be held this Friday.

Farewell for Lien Ghee

2007-04-02T17:01:00.000+08:00

Well, 2 weeks ago (23rd March 2007 to be exact) , I went out with Lien Ghee and Chee Wei for an outing since Lien Ghee will be leaving for Japan on 25th March. Wen Jian can't join us as he is working. He's been so hardworking in earning money working part time while studying nowadays, probably because he is excited to get money from working. Haha.. just joking, I know the reason why he wanna works.

Too bad Edwin was in Malacca cos he had his Mid-term exam (I had mine too, but luckily not on that day). And that day wad his birthday, so Chee Wei called him and all of us wished him Happy Birthday.

So only the 3 of us hang out together. We decided to had our lunch in Piccolo Mondo but considering it is quite expensive for a meal, we went to Hauted Restaurant located at Sungai Wang. The place not really haunted anyway, just a little dark with some spooky designs and they had staff dressed in dracula robes. There is a magician who perform magic with cards.

There's a funny scenario where Chee Wei didn't realise that the person had a card on his mouth until we told him so. Haha... They also get a staff wearing a dracula's mask wearing a robe that went to scare people around the restaurant area. Luckily we are not scared by him, haha...

This is the set lunch that ordered by me and Lien Ghee, Napoleanita Fettuccine with crispy crackers and chicken ham (can't really remember the name). Chee Wei ordered a spaghetti with meaty tomato sauce (something like Spaghetti Bolognaise).

Fettuccine... My lunch for the day... Mmm Mmm...quite tasty!

Lien Ghee with her new 'in' hairstyle.

Pretty Zac... that's his new name after he ordered a drink with the word 'pretty' in it which is there in front of him..

Me and Chee Wei... my mum said I looked mature than him in this photo... Is that true? Do I look really that mature?

After that, we went to Hong Kong-styled restaurant in Low Yat Plaza called 'Good Happiness 皆大欢喜' where Chee Wei had a bad experience with the captain there. Since he's ok with going there, we hang out at that place.

Yeah, the captain of the store is there to harass Chee Wei again, with his words. 可怜 Chee Wei... The captain is over friendly, telling us his story that strangers would not bother to know. Maybe he has no one to talk to about his experiences and keep it for so long in his heart... haha.

And he told me that there is no 鸳鸯 and I resort to order milk tea and Chee Wei got the 鸳鸯 that he ordered earlier when I was not there. Damn... He's sooooo bad!

Me and Lien Ghee, can u see that we wear shirt with matching green colours?

Our attempt in camwhoring... the resulting photos are not so good.

So we asked the 'over-friendly' captain to take photos for us. I tell him how to use it and he tell me that he's not that dumb not knowing how to use a camera. I didn't mean that, cos different cameras have different and buttons might be different ma... Damn... He took a picture of us and...

here is it!

All ends not soon afterwards as me and Lien Ghee rushing home for dinner with family. I'm having dinner later with my newlywed aunt who is from Singapore. The food is quite nice and in huge portion! 11 of us can't even finish all of it! Imagine that!

What a nice day I had that day... I did not go to airport to see Lien Ghee depart to Japan. I hate saying farewell. I sure will cry and so she went back to Japan on 25th March 2007. Had to wait for one year later for her to be back for having good times again.

Well, that's all for now.

~KEAT YEE signing off.~

College Festival - The Orange Invasion!

2007-03-31T00:41:00.000+08:00

Phew! Exam's over... for one week I'll be free from exam... yeah, one week ONLY... No more coffee drinking and sleepless days for one week! Suffer just for the Financial Management subject! I can't really sleep just to finish studying it with me drinking coffee but coffee seems to have no effect on me as I still feel sleepy but it all worth it cos I managed to cover all topics. Except that I think I don't think I do well for Macroeconomics. Whatever. Gonna work harder for finals now.

Anyway, so many things have happened since I abandon my blog for almost one month as I am too busy sitting in front of the computer blogging for hours.

First up, College Festival 2007 which is from 5th March ~ 9th March 2007. College Festival is a festival organised by the Hostel Committee for hostel residents. There's stalls, talks, concert and auction. Since I'm a Hostel Committee member, of course I'm involved in it. You can never imagine how ORANGE it is during that week (orange is now almost the official colour of CF)

And here are some of the pictures captured:

Fire Drill

This is the first event for College Festival on 5th March 2007 12.05 a.m. to mark the start of College Festival. There are some students that who are not willing to bug from their room when we scream 'Fire! Fire!' or might standing in the hostel area waiting for their friends.

Know what I told them? I told them this is an emergency. If it is for real, they will be burnt alive. They only move after hearing what I said. Stubborn. Now you act like some donkeys waiting to be chased. I'm sure that they will run for life if this is real.

Fire engines and police cars are here for real. Cool eh?

Police and fire fighters in action.

They pull out the hose and even water the hostel building as if it is a real fire emergency which we do not have a chance to experience in secondary school.

Fire fighters who are responsible to rescue victims.

The College Festival 2007 Committee

Ken... the Special Task Bureau Assistant Manager... all the photos of College Festival courtesy of him.

Attempt in cam-whoring...C'est moi! The Interfaith Talk Bureau Manager clad in the official T-shirt of College Festival (yeah, it's orange)!

Aghilan, Food Fiesta Manager in his attempt to cut Ken's hair....

Not successful in cutting hair, he tried to be a killer... (Aghilan, you are such a great poser)

The CF committee with officers from Jabatan Penjara for the rotan demonstration... you never realise how scary the rotan process can be till you see the videos and pictures.

I'm in charge of the Interfaith Talk, which is an event where there will be speakers from 4 main religions (Buddhism, Christian, Islam, Hinduism) in Malaysia talks on a common topic.

I almost gave up on this event, as I can't find all the speakers one week before the event! Imagine that! Luckily I got all the speakers by Friday days before the event.

7th March 2007. Interfaith Talk: The Existence of Evil - the topic. This is the first time I be a leader for an event. I only realise that I had much more to learn before I really qualify to become a leader. But I am relly grateful to have the chance to lead people.

My committee did a good job, helping me with last minute work that I realise need to do from the ex-officio for College Festival which is also the moderator for the talk.

Unexpectedly, students' representative from UNITEN present as they never confirm the presence with me in advance. They said is because the invitation letter is misplaced and they only found the letter few days before the event.

UIAM's SRC (Students' Representative Council or MPP) confirm their presence real early with me... They are really interested in the Interfaith Talk I guess.

The event went quite well, and my committee rocks! All girls team except for Terk Rong which is the thorn among the roses, haha. Yeah, and the girls never know about him being my assistant cos he's wayyy to busy to even attend my meetings.

Picture says a thousand words. And here it goes:

Interfaith Talk (7th March 2007)

The crowd of the talk!

My committee: (Front row, Left - Right) Zilla, Siew Hong, Soo Ling, Kai Sien, me (Back row, Left - Right) She Leng, Li Ling, Pei Hong, See Ching and Wei Shin

The Speakers: Buddha speaker, Christian speaker and Hindu speaker.... and the moderator, Thulaisi.

Tharan, the emcee for the night who is also the Programme coordinator for College Festival. He's the one who helped me the most! Him here with the 'Sleeping Buddha' pose, sexy eh? Haha, just kidding.

Tharan with the girls. How does it feel to be surrounded by girls?

Us committee posing for photos again... This is really an all-girls team ...Girls rock!

I would like to thanks to the girls, Tharan (for helping out with the vegetarian food and emcee for the night and also guide me along the way).

And also the committee for College Festival 2007. You guys rock! Nice to know all of you. Can't forget the days where we had meetings till wee hours in the morning and the problems (budget, internal problem) that we faced before the event and also the long post-mortem sessions each day during the event.

That's all for now. Will back with more updates!

~KEAT YEE signing off.~

One More to Go!

2007-03-29T21:51:00.000+08:00

Today's there a mid-term exam.

And guess what, the exam starts late! The lecturer who is responsible for the exam prepare things late! He just went to the exam hall minutes before the exam's supposingly starting time of 5 p.m.!

He's taking his own sweet time walking there...walking leisurely and yeah, I am there, waiting for the exam to start and nervously studying the formulas as I afraid I'll forgot it but I can't seem to concentrate. AND we only start the exam at 5.15 p.m.

What is supposedly to be a 2 hours exam from 5 to 7 p.m. became a 1-hour-and-15 minutes exam. Even my assignment group members asked me why I meet them before 7 p.m. as it is supposed to end at 7!

There's a guy that is sitting next row keep peeping at people's answer sheet. AND he's looking at mine as well. I had to keep protecting my question paper and answer sheet so that he won't see my answers. DAMN, you wanna try to get answers without working it out?

NOOO WAYYYYYY!!!!!!!

AND I heard some people out there said that they had to work hard peeping at people's paper too.

NAH!!

Why can't all these people work harder to improve themselves rather than just doing nothing to improve their knowledge, skip classes, sleeping, just lepak around or maybe idly lying doing nothing at all? You are wasting your parents money this way! If you think you can't cope with studies after so long, maybe you can start working rather than wasting time in university gaining nothing.

This is not the first time people trying to peep my paper. In the previous times, the person sitting next to me in the lecture hall (we are sitting in close proximity, just the seat next to me in the same row of chairs as all the seats are attached together) for Microecnomics exam during last semester just look straight away at my paper and I don't even realise it! AND I thought no one is looking as we had a different sets of questions and I was too busy working out for the answers. Actually, the questions in all the paper are the same, just that the order is shuffled. DAMN!

There is the other time where we had a quiz during tutorial class for Mathematics during the first semester here where there is a foreign student sitting at the front row turn his head around and look at my paper as I mark my answers on the answer sheet! I hate this! I only got to realise it too late as the guy already got all the answers from me! (without me realising all the while until the end of quiz)

Whatever. One more exam to go tomorrow and I'm free from exams for one week... just one week and more exams coming up... sighzz.

Now back to dig in my books. Eat with books, sleep with books, dream of books.

Exam Week

2007-03-26T16:53:00.000+08:00

I'm having 3 mid-term exams this week - Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for subjects of Statistics, Financial Management and also Macroeconomics. I'm gonna die. Lack of time to study and I can't even really understand that damn Finance subject! Damnit! Lame subject!

Add to the pile is tutorials submissions and assignments. DIE.

Now back to work. Will blog more after this deadly week....

That's all for now.

~KEAT YEE signing off.~

Chinese New Year in MMU

2007-03-05T02:57:00.000+08:00

Well, 4th March 2007 was the Banquet dinner that is organized by the CNYE committee. I was one of them. I was in the group that was in charge of the food for the banquet but on the day of the event itself, there is shortage of manpower and therefore some of the committee members had to become waiters and waitresses for the day. The guest-of-honour for this event is the deputy minister of finance, YB Dato’ Dr. Ng Yen Yen and the vice president of MMU, Prof. Dr Chuah.

The event start of with the first dish, a must have for Chinese New Year, Yee Sang. I’m in charge of taking out the dishes, but luckily, I only responsible for the first 2 dishes which supposedly to be served all at once, but I’ll be in charge of pouring tea to all the guests with 3 other girls. And things go well for the night except that a dancer hurt her leg after accidentally step on a thumbtack while dancing.

Well, the event can be considered a success. I almost gave up to be part of the committee of this event as I had other commitments and also want to concentrate on my studies but I did not because I don’t like to give up on task that I took up even though I make not like what I did.

But to tell the truth, I don’t think that I will be part of it again, because I had experience in this event and wanna try something else, and also the bad experiences related to it and I think there’s a lot of people that almost gave up on being part of the committees as they also had bad experiences like me – bad organisation, cancelled meetings without informing me, and the organising committee failed terribly to had the working committees (working committees are the people of lower ranking in the committee and do all the jobs where the organising committee did the planning of an event) to see the vision as they did.

Yeah, I do made some friends but based on the feedback that I heard, the committee members did not get satisfaction from being part of the committee. I had satisfaction from organising other events, but not this though.

I vowed that I will be the one who will be sitting in the hall, enjoying the food rather that being the one serving the guests next year. My cousin was right, it’s hard to enjoy being part of the committee is no fun and she’s right in some way. No point elaborating this further. Sorry if I offend any of the CNYE committee members but that's a fact. But I did not say anything bad about anybody here right? So don't hate me for it. At least, I'm brave enough to say what I don't like rather than people that keep it inside their heart.

Well, a picture says a thousand words and below are some pictures taken for the night.

The venue of the event before the arrival of guests. Peaceful and clean.

The Deputy Minister of Finance, YB Dato' Dr. Ng Yen Yen (3rd from right), the guest-of-honour to officiate this event.

The top view of the hall where you can see so many people wearing red clothes. Red = Chinese New Year!

People having their cheers.... YAAAAAAAAAM SENG!!!!

The Chinese orchestra performing with the traditional Chinese musical instruments.

Dancing troupe performing traditional dance.

Another dance which tells a story about a love story... forgotten what the story is all about...

A drama telling a story about the children wanna send their mother to the old folks home but pull out at the last minute after realising the happy times they spent together.

The group that is responsible for the 'Banquet Dinner' plus the organising committee.

The Banquet committee. Had a good time working with you guys and nice to know all of you! Can you see me? I'm the fifth person from right on the highest standing row.

That's all for now.

~KEAT YEE signing off.~

Lien Ghee Is Back from Japan!

2007-03-04T02:36:00.000+08:00

Lien Ghee's back from Japan!

And of course, sure we'll take the chance to ask out and we had the privilege to be one of the earliest to meet her. Luckily we met her early, if not, she will sure be tired of talking about her life in Japan cos everyone sure will be asking about that. Chee Wei and Wen Jian and me will be meeting her at Times Square on Friday (2nd March 2007).

It's been a year since I last met Lien Ghee, before she went to Japan, and time passed so quickly and after one year we met again! Wow, so excited to meet her that I sacrifice my time to commute between Cyberjaya and Times Square to meet her. I'm not going back to home for the weekend as I had another commitment here in my campus: CNYE Dinner Banquet on Sunday (4th March 2007) night, which is the last day of Chinese New Year, or Chinese's Valentine's day or Chap Goh Mei.

Back to the previous topic, I started my journey from Cyberjaya at 9.30 a.m. Waited for bus for about 15 minutes before getting onto RapidKL 429. Reached Putrajaya Sentral bus stop after 15 minutes. Took the bus E1 which costs RM 4. Half an hour later, the bus reached KL Sentral at 11.15 in half an hour.

After got down from the bus, I went to look for the Monorail station. I thought that the station is supposed to be inside KL Sentral as the name of the station is KL Sentral and after looking around, I found the station outside KL Sentral. Damn, if the station is not in KL Sentral, the station shouldn't be named KL Sentral! You can't blame on this, this is the first time I took Monorail from KL Sentral. Whatever.. I got to Times Square anyway.

Waited there for Lien Ghee to arrive and after that, we walked around Times Square as Lien Ghee wanted to get a pair of shoes for herself to change. After getting a pair of heels (which cost only RM 10!) we went to Shin Restaurant in Sungai Wang, a Korean restaurant, to have our lunch. Food there was nice, and we really enjoyed it.

Met with Chee Wei after that and watched a movie titled 'Protege' by Andy Lau, Daniel Wu, Louis Koo, Anita Yuen and Zhang Jing Chu. A quite nice movie to say, and it is up to my expectation. Wen Jian will meet up with us after the movie, but we can't contact him (dunno what happened to his phone line) but I guessed he will be in Borders as he went to MPH in MV to search for a book and yeah, my instinct was correct.

We went to a cafe named '69 Sixty nine' and hang out there. The place is nice, with some old furnitures as the concept of their cafe. We get to catch with each other on what's happening only to realised that I had missed out a lot on their lives. But luckily we can still talk to each other happily and all of them still the same except that they had new experiences in life.

About 6 p.m, all of us had to go home and I alone again back to Cyberjaya taking Monorail, which is crowded with people, because people going home at that time. Missed 3 trains before I can get onto one, and back home again with Rapid KL buses E1 and 429. The buses fare only costed me RM 5 only for travelling to and from KL as the bus passes can be used the whole day. Reached MMU at 8 p.m., exactly 2 hours of bus trip.

I had a good time that day, since it was a year since I met Lien Ghee and Wen Jian (no choice la, he's such a busy guy, hard to ask him out). Can have a good laugh and sharing about our life. These are the people that I can hang out and talk for hours. Too bad that I don't have the pictures taken that day. Will sure upload it once I got it.

That's all for now.

~KEAT YEE signing off.~

Happy Chinese New Year Part II

2007-03-03T12:55:00.000+08:00

Continued... Part 2 of Chinese New Year post.

1st and 2nd day of Chinese New Year will be for visiting relatives house as usual. And even though I vowed that I would only eat one piece for every type of cookies, I can't keep to it, and I eat more than one for each and the temptations to eat them are so great as I never tried it all. And the most that I ate when I went to people's house, probably is crackers. Sure gaining weight from all eating all these. Sighzz, how could I keep to my vow of not eating much, if not sure I will become a big, fat girl!! Grrrrr...

And yeah, then there's the meals, ate reunion dinner and lunch and also the sumptuous meals that my mum prepared sure do not help in weight control. And yeah, after back to university my stomach feels better as it is 1. in small portion and 2. just ate bread for lunch (too tired to think of what to eat as the choices here are limited).

3rd day of Chinese New Year, sit at home, with my mum's youngest sister, grandma, and my uncle and aunt (my mum's sis) came with her 4 daughters in tow. The home quite lively with those young children, hehe. They would be screaming and also talking and also approach you to give them cookies as their mum would not allow them to eat those cookies to prevent them from falling sick. Dinner at my home was nice, I'm not bragging, but my mum's cooking is delicious all the time!

4th day of Chinese New Year (21st February 2007), went to 'bai nian' at my friends' house, start at 12.30p.m. with Lai Mun's (where I had to go there by taxi with Kok Keong as my parents are not in), wait for Sharron and Took there. Then to Sharron's, and meet up with Yuen Mei there and Lai Mun back to her house as her friends will be going to her house.

3rd destination, Kok Keong's house with more Wei Song and Kwok Bing joining in for the 'bai nian', played a few games of cards before going to my home with 7 of us in Wei Song's car.

From my house, went to Wan Teang's house and dropped Took at Carrefour (relief for us as the car became a little more spacious). Wan Teang join us to go to Ming En's house before all of us decided to head to Times Square for movie. As Wei Song's car (a Kenari) can't accomodate all of us and fearing traffic police, they persuade me to ask my parents to borrow their car. Thanks my parents for being so generous to lend their car.

Back to my home to get the car with my sister joining in too and then go to Yuen Mei's house. 8 of us (me, my sis, Yuen Mei, Sharron, Wan Teang, Wei Song, Kok Keong and Kwok Bing) head for Times Square with Kok Keong driving Wei Song's car and Wei Song driving my parents' car.

Wonder why Wei Song did not drive his own car? Well, Kok Keong did not really drive usually but he drove Wei Song's car numerous times so he drove Wei Song's car while Wei Song is experienced in driving so he drives my parents' car in order to avoid accident. Yeah, us girls did not drive usually so we can't drive the car and Yuen Mei was the only who drive to shopping malls a lot of times yet she doesn't want to drive as she fears of bumping my parents' car.

So we are there, at 8 something, went to cinema straight away to get the tickets for movie, we can't watch Protege (which all of us interested in watching) as Wei Song watched it already, get tickets for 'Ghost Rider' where we will be sitting on the first row (the nearest to the screen)!!!

Went to Sushi King for dinner, don't feel like eating, so just order a ramen where all of them ate dinner set. Watched the movie, and decent one, not too interesting. Reached home at 12.30 a.m. without a scratch on my parents' car, haha...

*Thanks to my parents for lending their car and also to Kok Keong and Wei Song for driving, had a nice time which took my mind away from the work in uni that makes me stressed out.*

6th day of Chinese New Year (23rd Feb 2007, Friday) went to Nean Hua's house with Wan Teang as Nean Hua will be departing to Taiwan on the following Monday to pursue he dream of becoming a doctor. Wished her all the best, and talked with her. Luckily I did not cry this time when she went off as I tend to cry when someone I'm closed with going overseas. A sign of growing up maybe?

**Nean Hua, may your dreams come true.**

7th day of Chinese New Year, did nothing but just sitting at home and watching TV.

8th day of Chinese New Year (25th February 2007), my brother's birthday. Went to 'Dae Jang Geum', a Korean restaurant wiith my family to celebrate it. Ordered food portion of 4 yet 5 of us had a difficult time finishing it. The food portion is large compare to Chinese's, that I wonder if an average Korean woman can finish it? But the food there is quite nice, ate for the third time there.

First went there with my siblings and cousin for BBQ, and second time went there with Yuen Mei (where she had a fetish for everything Korean) but I didn't really eat anything, except for sharing a big bowl of rice with rice, vegetables and meat in the bowl and is stirred.

That's what I did during the Chinese New Year break before things back to usual here in MMU. Somehow I feel so stressed from all those activities that I participate in which taking its toll on my studies. Regretted joining in all those activities even though it sure boost my interpersonal skills. Whatever, hope that all the events end soon and I can concentrate on my studies.

That's all for now.

~KEAT YEE signing off.~

Happy Chinese New Year Part I

2007-03-03T11:49:00.000+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

The start of Chinese New Year on 18th February 2007 mark the arrival of year of Boar, the year that everyone considers to be bringing wealth.

Wonder how did I welcome the arrival of new year?

Well, my family and my 8th aunt’s family went to Genting Highlands like last year. Went early in the morning to avoid crowd at the Genting Skyway and reach there at 12 something, check in to Highland Hotel, and the room is nicer compare to the room that we stayed last year.

Went for shopping at First World Plaza and my family get to buy clothes there for new year. It’s weird that we buy clothes there even though there are more shops in KL compare to Genting. Haha…

Bowling next and yeah, I am the weakest among the 5 of us who bowl if the youngest person there (which is only 13) is not considered. I only managed to carry 7 pounds ball and my thinner cousins can even carry a 10 pounds ball!!

We got to eat buffet dinner at a restaurant named “Coffee Terrace” for a whooping RM 66.70 net per person. But it was worth it as there is variety of food to choose from – Chinese, Western, Indian, Japanese, Local Favourites and Nyonya food. We ate till we are full, back for rounds of food after taking breaks.

I ate till I feel like I am going to throw up, even the fruits are not helping, cos I can’t stop eating! The food was amazing! I SWEAR I’m not going to torture myself by binging myself with food next time. I had been suffering from indigestion for the whole week since that meal – eating reunion dinner and also snacks and biscuits. For one week, my stomach still felt unwell.

After the dinner, we went back to our room to get rest for a while before the fireworks presentation at 12am sharp to mark the arrival of Chinese New Year. I slept in my room while watching television – meaning I’m too tired. Went to witness the fireworks presentation at 11.45 p.m.

It starts with firecrackers burning on 18 poles (if not mistaken) and then there are the fireworks from the roof of Highland Hotel. The fireworks was better than last year’s, and the part that I love the most is where the clusters of gold sparks bursting at the end, and the sparks purple and green falling down like rain in the middle of the presentation. Alas, too bad that I did not have any pictures of the fireworks. I think pictures will not do justice to how nice the fireworks even if I had any of it.

After that, we went to where the adults will go when they are in Genting – the casino! Went to Starworld (the name of the casino) first, and me and my cousins were blocked by security staffs as we looked young and our ICs were checked and yeah, I’m looking too young for the casino, huh? Then went to the other casino, Casino de Genting where there will be a dancing troupe performing and yeah again, ICs being chacked.

But what happens in the casino is a little different from what I saw in the drama ‘Dicey Business’. The dealer did not talk to the gamblers and the game went on silently without any communication. But they are sure in calculations as they can know the pay for each player is the player wins. Amazing!

I can see the dealers were really pale-looking probably from sitting for hours inside the casino and inhaling second hand smoke. Gosh, the guys there were really fair, and probably due to lack of exposure of sunlight. Poor dealers, they probably die from all those unhealthy exposure in the casino mainly from the second hand smoke. The moment I went in, I can ‘detect’ the smell already.

Well, reality is different from dramas of course, yet I still keep comparing it. But one thing that is really similar, the casinos will be full of CCTVs. And yeah, no pictures were allowed to be taken in the casino. There are people playing roulette, poker, pontoon, baccarat and also dominos. The casino is so advanced now that they have roulette where people can place their bets electronically.

And there’s a show there where a Russian troupe dance to tunes. But mind you, it is an 18-years-and-above-only-can-see dance. They dressed sexily as their outfits for dances.

Highlight: There’s a social dance where the woman wraps her body with a thin, white cloth and there’s a horny uncle stands in front of my 8th aunt at the right side of the stage and then moved leftwards and stands beside my mum, then move leftwards to the left to stand right in the middle front of the stage. Well, all of us were all sure that he tried to take a peep of her undies as the woman keep turning her body and lift her leg and there’s a chance to see her undies if you stand near enough. New insight to you guys who are underaged there are so many things that might happen in an adult-rated place.

Back to room at 3 something in the morning and went back home in the morning to prepare ourselves for the Chinese New Year. Genting Highlands is sure a nice place to celebrate Chinese New Year. Hopefully I can back there next year.

Hmm, I should bug my cousin for the pictures taken there so that I can post it here.

That's all for now. Shall continue with part 2 which is overdue.

~KEAT YEE signing off.~

Happy Valentine's Day!

2007-02-14T01:58:00.000+08:00

Guess what happened today? I can’t sign in to my Blogger account. The reason: I had to have to sign up for a Google account to sign in. I can’t even see my own blog by entering the URL. And the last resort is of course, signing up for a Google account, no other choice.

And now, here I am, blogging about what happened just now. Some kind of lame thing to do. Can’t talk much about it though, as I fear that I might even blocked out of my blog forever.

Well, Valentine’s Day is today, nothing much I can do anyway, no date (I’m single and available, and maybe anyone can introduce guys to me?), and I have class until 10 p.m. at night. Not much time left for myself by then, and there are tutorial classes on Thursday, 4 to be exact and I had to finish it before I the class starts. Sigh, too tired recently, with pressure in an event where I am a part of the committee and also the workload that is piling up.

It’s almost 3 a.m. in the morning now. Gotta go now cos I’m having class at 8 a.m.

And again,

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

Hope that all those couples out there enjoy themselves. Singles out there, even though you have no partners, you still can enjoy it.

That’s all for now.

~KEAT YEE signing off.~