yL the GilbeRt 's

2012-02-11T16:10:00.000Z

I miss caucasians' praises out of politeness.

2012-01-14T01:04:00.000Z

It used to be always about horse riding! Ahh.. haven been riding for 7 months already! If I stumble upon horseball or polo, I might just go for it now. (forget about all the speed and violence!) Desperate mode! lol

And that is my always beloved forever charming gilbert <3

And on that stressful working day, I craved for baking a cake. Just me and the cake in the kitchen for an hour or two. Measuring, mixing, baking, and the most exciting part, decorating! sounds like such a bliss.

Starting 2012

2012-01-01T09:08:00.001Z

Ah ma brought me to Sematan to celebrate new year with her super big family clan.

At 12am, there were fireworks and kong ming deng lighted into the sky. We ran into the sea! Splashing salty sea water at each other! Then watched the so-many-stars on the clear sky!

So great! So happy!

2011

2011-12-28T16:02:00.001Z

A very poor year. Financially.

Moving-a-lot year.

Left Europe for good.

Graduated.

Start working.

Own a car.

Got my salary!

A year full with many important events of my life.

ps. I don't know exactly why I chose to come to work in Kuching. But I know I just want to do it and see how it goes.

2011-12-18T04:48:00.000Z

hmmm... The missing-other-culture curve should go down another 2 cm I think.

Zugersee, Switzerland

2011-12-17T05:32:00.000Z

2011-12-11T11:55:00.001Z

Today I don't care. I got myself the extra virgin olive oil and Modena balsamic vinegar! =D

from www.bakerella.com

24

2011-12-07T12:10:00.000Z

Just that I wished I will learn to be happy again, there were events occured.

The main cause is the lacking of a car. Therefore, I have transportation's problems to be able to turn up for shifts. When I voiced out my issues, I was told you have to settle your own problem and there are 2 choices for you - either you find a substitute or I dont care what you do (ie renting a car/ hail a cab), but you have to be here for the shifts. Ok, I know I have to solve my own problem. But hello! This is only the third week I am here no matter how much you doubt this fact. AND I didnt even know where I will be working until 17 nov when I reported myself to the jabatan kesihatan. For my part, I cant be sending a car earlier even if I already had a car from west msia because I SIMPLY DO NOT KNOW WHERE I WILL BE WORKING though I called to ask beforehand! Secondly, I am finding a car too at the moment and I do hope that there are some realisations that getting a car is not like buying a toy! Furthemore, I do work 5 days a week. It is not like I am 3 weeks here doing nothing and still cant manage to buy myself a car! And it is not my fault that the public transport of this country SUCKS!

Anyway, I have to solve the issues myself. So, I am willing to pay to my landlord so that he can temporarily send me to work for those shifts. I only asked that when I am not doing the shifts, may I change my working time to half an hour earlier so that my housemate doesn't need to wait for me for too long when going back. For this, I was told, it is not fair because you have been working 9 to 6pm for most of the time so you should continue working 9 to 6! -.-''' I simply do not understand what is the fairness about this when the other people with similar situations as me can work 8 to 5 for 4 weeks already and I only ask to be excused for a week. The most which I cant accept is, when I told my reason why I wanna change to 8.30 to 5.30 pm, I was told, you should arrange yourself the transportation again (ie. If your colleagues cannot send you, you should get a cab). Just so that you know, it is not cheap to get a cab to go back and it is not only for once but for 5 days! It is not that I am always only trying the FOC ways. I am already going to pay for the transportations for my shifts! and for your record, at the moment I am still not getting paid yet! Is it too much to ask for a little consideration?

During monday assembly, the realisation that I am back at my home country, when I was slightly touched when I finally sang Negaraku with fellow msians in my own place have disappeared. I am sorry but I did feel more welcomed in foreign country. This is the hard fact. When your gov didnt think of you, when they only did things for their own conveniences and expect that you can fix up all the issues they gave you in split seconds, there goes the patriotism.

It has been so far the worst day with many other things happened. I am getting migraine from it.

So much for asking to be happy again huh? -.-''

However, I do appreciate and GLAD that my new friends + housemates here whom took effort to celebrate my birthday. It has been very kind of them.

So, 24. I want to be happy.

My birthday wish

2011-12-04T09:45:00.001Z

I want a Starbucks Christmas Special- Toffee Nut Latte on my birthday =D

Applying law of attraction.. I will get a Starbucks Toffee Nut Latte tomorrow *mantra mode on* LOL

2011-11-23T13:34:00.000Z

the peak of my life has gone? opppss!

2011-11-19T15:09:00.002Z

I miss 19 Lower Road Beeston & Flat 415 Via Magarotto 9 Padova.

2011-11-16T15:15:00.000Z

Forest Gump: " Life is like a box of chocolates. You will never know what you're gonna eat." (read in na xie nian)

Rafael: "It is exiting not knowing where will be assigned, it is a gamble, maybe will get cool town."

Moving for the fourth time in this year. This time, I am no longer a student.

I bought crayons and did some kiddie paintings

2011-11-01T16:36:00.000Z

For melissa my son! wish u can study the tooth science care-freely! <3

This one for buima! your favourite flower. bright & happy & lively

This time drawing quality reduces. paisei nah

2011-10-26T20:16:00.002+01:00

The exact message that I needed.

2011-10-13T17:51:00.000+01:00

This is very inviting!

from http://www.eatdrinkchic.com

Volare (To Fly) - The Italian Song

2011-10-10T19:15:00.021+01:00

Winner of the Sanremo Music Festical and the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958.

Music by Domenico Modugno
Lyrics by Franco Migliacci

This is the version I like the most. Sung by Gianni Morandi and Massimo Ranieri in this year San Remo Music Festival.

VOLARE (Italian Lyrics)
Penso che un sogno così non ritorni mai più.
Mi dipingevo le mani e la faccia di blu.
Poi d’improvviso venivo dal vento rapito
E incominciavo a volare nel cielo infinito.

Volare, Oh!, Oh!,
Cantare, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!
Nel blu, dipinto di blu,
Felice de stare lassù.

E volavo, volavo, felice
Più in alto del sole ed ancora più in su.
Mentre il mondo pian’ piano
Spariva lontano laggiù,
Una musica dolce suonava
Soltanto per me.

Volare, Oh!, Oh!,
Cantare, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!
Nel blu, dipinto di blu,
Felice de stare lassù.

Ma tutti sogni nell’alba svaniscon perché
Quando la luna tramonta li porta con sé,
Ma io continuo a sognare
Negli occhi tuoi belli, che sono blu
Como un cielo trapunto di stelle.

Volare, Oh!, Oh!,
Cantare, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!
Nel blu degli occhi tuoi blu,
Felice de stare quaggiù.

E continuo a volare, felice
Più in alto del sole ed ancora più in su.
Mentre il mondo pian’ piano
Scompare negli occhi tuoi blu,
La tua voce e una musica dolce
Che suona per me.

Volare, Oh!, Oh!,
Cantare, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!
Nel blu degli occhi tuoi blu,
Felice de stare quaggiù.

VOLARE (English Translation)
I think that a dream almost never returns:
I was painting my hands and my face blue.
Then suddenly I was coming, carried off by the wind,
And I was beginning to fly into the endless sky.

To fly, Oh!, Oh!,
To sing, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!
In the blue, painted blue,
Happy to be up there.

And I flew and flew happily to the heights of the Sun
And higher and higher into the sky.
While the world slowly, slowly
Disappeared in the distance down there.
Sweet music sounded
For me alone.

To fly, Oh!, Oh!,
To sing, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!
In the blue, painted blue,
Happy to be there.

But all the dreams vanish at dawn because
When it sets, the Moon takes them along,
But I continue dreaming in your beautiful eyes
That are blue like a sky dotted with stars.

To fly, Oh!, Oh!,
To sing, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!
In the blue of your blue eyes
Happy to be there.

But I continue to fly happily to the heights of the Sun
And higher and higher into the sky.
While the world slowly, slowly
Disappears in your blue eyes,
Your voice is sweet music
That sounds for me.

To fly, Oh!, Oh!,
To sing, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!, Oh!
In the blue of your blue eyes
Happy to be there.

When I first hearing italian songs in the MTV when in Padova, I didn't like them. Most of the singers have deep, strong and low voice even the female singers. But now, I started to appreciate them after listening for long especially the male singers. To me, italian songs are more mature and have deeper, complicated feelings as if they have figured out life.

Here are another two clips by them in San Remo. Such a perfect pair!

nah.. chokyinling & another one for chabo!

2011-10-08T16:53:00.001+01:00

cincai immitation of fifi's paintings.

for chabo!

2011-10-07T08:11:00.000+01:00

http://fififlowersdesign.blogspot.com/

2011-09-21T09:27:00.000+01:00

from Laura Ashley

LOVE from UK * surprised!! *

2011-09-13T17:34:00.001+01:00

Best son and super gao buima ! thank you very muchhhhhhhh!

nah.. treat u both makan ini green tea bun with red bean paste =) *evil :P *

2011-09-13T10:34:00.002+01:00

After 4 years

2011-09-04T17:48:00.001+01:00

Was having a lot of ideas on writing a blog post about coming back. Thinking of digging out the old photos to make comparisons but nah.. too lazy for that :P

hmmm... back in hometown.. somethings change, somethings remain the same, sometimes I feel like I am a different person now but sometimes I feel like I am back to square one. A mixed up and complicated feeling =S

The town centre is completely different due to the dual-railway constructions. This is the second time i realised a place like humans evolve over time. (ok, I know I am a bit slow at this). The first time is when I returned to Padova after 2 months. Suddenly, the university's Palazzo Bo was under constructions and the big picture of Sakineh from Iran hang on the city council building was gone! I guess maybe thats why people want to revisit their university or somewhere they have stayed for long. Just to see how the place has changed not only to visit old friends/colleagues/family.

I am glad and thankful to say that friendship remain the same! Yesterday when singing k at Tarzan's house, the memory of sending her off in klia 5 years ago slipped in. Back then I was so sad that she was leaving but now we four girls are sitting in her living room chatting and singing and talking to her mom just like old times! There isnt any footprint from the years that we are apart.

Staying at home, I am having the same old routine: wake up- eat LUNCH- watch tv- bathe- play with dog- eat dinner- watch tv- online- sleep. The exact routine that I was avoiding for my 2nd and 3rd summer. I guess home comfort makes you forget that for years you were taking care of your own. I wasnt hyped up about that although it really does make your life a whole lot easier. LoL. Not driving has made me a dependent OKU also. I am not a free bird like how I am in the europe. So, automatically, learning to drive again is an utmost priority now -.-''

Ok, so back at home already. No more cold weather, drinkable tap water, non-existance of ants and mosquitoes and flies, huge and comfy duvet, high speed internet, dry toilet, proper western food, authentic affordable cafe, rachel's greek yogurt with honey..... but got cheap hawker food, laksa, satay, sun ALL THE TIME, great seafood, plenty of leafy veg and bittergouts.....

Last riding June 15th 2011

2011-08-01T17:28:00.001+01:00

Holly was sorry for I have to ride Oslo yesterday, but I am not sorry AT ALL! I was excited! My last private session with OSLO? OMG! It is a perfect arrangement!!! =D

I learnt to do 'turn on the forehands'. Hmmm.. it is something different where we made the horse do something in a halt. For better control, it is better if you made it stands nearer to the fence. So, if the fence is on your left, you should put your left leg behind the girth and right leg on the girth. This is to anticipate the horse to turn left. Really shorten the right reins so that the horse cannot turn right, move forward or backwards. Pull the left reins and kick to make the horse turn. When turning, the horse forehands should be doing only little movements while the back legs are the ones doing the turn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_on_the_forehand

I did again the triple loops turns and Holly said it is better. At the end of the session, finally I managed to canter! Dunno why it is harder for me to canter if I am on the outside arena. -.-''

So, that's it for the last riding session. Oslo is still the best <3 <3

2011-06-17T12:37:00.002+01:00

You are good but you're not good enough.

Paris+Disneyland, Got cheated, Last wed's riding

2011-06-11T11:19:00.001+01:00

So much to update, but so lazy to write and also affected mood too!

Paris.

Paris has its own charm. It is worth visiting. I was wrong. In the center of Paris, near Champs-Elysees, Eiffel tower is in the background! I like the balcony design of the buildings. More artistic and posh I feel. We took the hop on and hop off boat ride and pass through many bridges. The ones I like are pont Alexandre III and pont des arts. Alexandre III is extravagant, gold-ish and royal-like. Pont des arts is a bit like eiffel tower style with the steel design. We spent more than an hour at Eiffel tower to admire it and of course tooks tons of pictures =) from cloudy sad eiffel tower, to sunset eiffel tower and blue sky eiffel tower; from front to back, and from near to far.

Disneyland.

My first disneyland visit. Cartoon comes alive! Disneyland park is very dreamy with the castle and fantasy land. The scariest ride for me is the Hollywood tower because I am very very scared of dropping!! On Saturday, we managed to do 12 rides and 2 shows! I think this is quite an achievement, considering that it is a weekend 0.0

So, I was so so happy after the trip.

Then, when I was going to London Victoria Centre to take the coach back to Nottingham on Monday, I met a stupiak china man. In short, he exploited my sympathy and cheated my money. He said that his car was towed and he left his wallet and hp in the car. So, he wanted to borrow my hp to call his friend for help. Since my hp is under contract, so it is free to call uk mobile number, thus I dont mind. However, he didnt manage to reach his friend. When it was about 25 minutes before departure, he was very anxious and sort of panic I think, then he asked me to lend him money to go back to Sunderland first so that he can go to work and ask help from there. Seeing him so kesian and not knowing anyone, I helped him! stupidly naively, I LEND HIM MONEY! bloody! He called me once before I board the bus. Then after that, no news from him anymore. T.T Seriously, there are more evil people outside in the world now!!! Regreted offering the help, should have let him go after he didnt manage to contact his friends......... dont be busy body next time -.-''' Affected my mood so much and created so much more stresssssss for me!

Riding.

Maybe it is the last riding of this term. I got private lesson with TK (tequila). Very not used to him/her. Cannot even canter properly. Very bouncy that I lost my stirrup. Holly said because I tend to raise my arms which made the horse slow down. A messy session but very tiring because trotting and cantering non stop. If there is another session next week, I want to go ! Just to correct the record and finish nicely.

Yesterday was tai chi last session too! Finally, I learnt all the 24 forms even though there are quite a few blurry memories in between the forms. Haha!

Back to Riding

2011-05-25T23:16:00.000+01:00

Today, unexpectedly, we had a hack! Maybe because there is not enough instructor for our lesson. But I am not complaining as it is nice to walk around the countryside with OSLO!

I was pretty anxious recently before riding lessons because there are so many stories of people falling off! And, with my clean record, I really hope that I can avoid this. So, always anxious before the lessons. But today, everything turned out so well that I found back the enjoyment of riding! I trust Oslo, he is slow and sometimes has some unexpected trips or sudden shiftings due to flies or kettle chips packaging, but these are just his reactions, he is still gentle and steady =)

Hack is better as I can have neater trots. In lessons, as I am the short one so I am always assigned with ponies, I need to hush them to be faster to keep up with those tall horses. This often made a mess especially when trotting because I need to constantly kick them and cut the corners. As a result, I lost the trotting rhythm. -.-

Today, at the end of the hack, I got to remove the saddle of Oslo as well. Then, I told him, this might be the last time I rode him because I am going back home soon.

2011-05-20T12:37:00.000+01:00

Woke up and saw FB's notice that it is ELENA's birthday! Made the day!

2011-05-11T01:36:00.000+01:00

最近, 发了两次回去了的恶梦. 梦里很清楚的知道我不想回. 至少不是永远的归去. 就像之前在意大利时, 心里一直清楚的知道不想离开. 可是当然我也不想再呆在英国.

室友想一直留在罗马.

论文的博士学生指导希望可以来英国发展. 可是没机会, 也不能离开现在的研究所.

无奈! Such is life ....

Manchi

2011-04-21T12:58:00.001+01:00

I miss Italy.
I miss us in apartment.
I miss going to billa and prix.
I miss cycling to prato and hanging out there.
I miss gelato. obviously ;)
I miss the city facade.
I miss greeting with Ciao~
I miss living there.

Acknowledgement

2011-04-13T19:18:00.000+01:00

I would like to express my deepest gratitude towards Prof. Cameron Alexander, Prof. Paolo Caliceti and Dr. Stefano Salmaso for giving me this opportunity to do my final year project in University of Padova and their guidance throughout my project.

I would also like to thank:

· My task supervisor- Dr. Francesca Mastrotto for being extremely patient, helpful and kind in babysitting me

· Dr. Sara Bersani for treating me like her little sister

· Caliceti’s Research Group for their great hospitality

· My school coordinator - Lianne Grant who helped me endlessly with my applications

· My parents for everything

· My friends for accompanying me throughout

Thank you very much for giving me a beautiful ending to my education career!

Darinka - my family in Padova

2011-03-30T19:11:00.001+01:00

<3 Ti voglio bene too! <3

Via Altinate

2011-03-09T21:07:00.001Z

The favourite part of my cycling route to the university - Via Altinate (Altinate Street). It is the only ancient part of the city that I passed by everyday.

Like the sounds of the wheels when going through the narrow, stoned road. "Kling, kling kling"

Once in a while, there is a street performer playing the keyboard, it is some classical songs I think.

Cycling like everyone else makes me feel like I live here =)

Happy Birthday my deary lesbo lizard !

2011-02-27T22:22:00.000Z

Dear Lesbo,

Happy that you are quite 'ong' these days with the good news and birthday =)

With your super patient and amazing skill with people, I am sure that you will be showered with loves always.

Esp me, I love your frankness, your tidiness, your 'geli-ness' =p , your active lifestyle and your persistent with travelling, the similarities in views that we share....

And of course I love that you are always with me, encouraging and supporting me.

Thank you and love you !

Have a blessed birthday! I do hope that some year in the future I can bake you your birthday cake =D

Semplice Cucina Italiana

2011-02-21T22:52:00.001Z

Firstly, I wanna congratulate Buima JIAXIN for her visa approval!!!!! Ang kong and you have done extremely well for this! =D

Ok, back to italian talks. (still so happy for u, bui ma!!!! **EXCITED***)

It is already a month I am in Padova, italian improvements are like tortoise, much much slower than tortoise, regretfully reported :P

My favourite phrase is " Very cold, very hungry, let's go for lunch" -- "Molta freddo, molta fame, andiamo pranzo" =) my survival skill in lab builds on this phrase. LOL.

Then, it started to expand to " Hurry up! come on!" -- " Sbrigati! Dai dai dai! " I think maybe the way I pronounce "dai dai dai" is very accurate and full of emotions, Francesca always tease me with that. Ha!

After that, you know me, I don't normally attract to the polite and normal conversations. So, the next ones are evil-kativa, stupid-scema, i wanna kill you- tei co po =)

And also, lazy-pigra, sleepy- assonnata, tired- stanca. hehe!

Italian is a quite complicated language too. There are males and females, formal and informal, different articles for different functions, different pronouns have different verbs form... hmmm.. maybe english grammars are simpler?

Back to the main points, the simple italian cuisines! I asked Elena to write me some extremely basic recipes. I have tried the Pasta with tomato sauce and Pasta carbonara. Very simple methods, less than 6 ingredients, 5 star ratings =)

Pasta with tomato sauce just need a bottle of tomato sauce (passata di pomodorro), onion, oil and butter, salt, pepper, basil and parmesan cheese for topping. Fry the onion with oil and butter, then add in the tomato sauce. Salt, pepper and basil to taste. Simmer for 30 mins. Then it is done! Serve with cooked pasta and sprinkle some parmesan cheese on top.

Pasta carbonara. This one is extremely interesting! Very different from what we conventionally thought about carbonara. The normal carbonara sauces we get in supermarkets all around the world are creamy, cheesy...generally just feel very heavy. Dislike! But traditional italian pasta carbonara is nothing like that! NO CREAM IS USED AT ALL!

Just bacon, 1 egg, oil and butter, pepper and salt. Cook pasta. Fry the onion and bacon with oil and butter. In a cup, beat the egg with pepper. Then when the pasta, onion and bacon are cooked, add on the egg inside and stir. The heat of the pasta will be able to cook the egg. I just tried, the egg are not fully cooked i think but it taste good =D

Coffee- the moka pot. Just put coffee powder into the filter and water into the container. Assemble the moka pot, boil over the stove for about 5 mins. Then, can have a freshly brewed coffee! This never fail no matter how blur you are in the early morning!

The bicycle. I have to write about this no matter how pigra I am. Sara- the good people from Verona, so kind beyond descriptions, got me the bike from Prof Caliceti. And, the short me cannot touch the ground when on prof caliceti's bike! -.-'''

So, she has to offer me her bike with the seat adjusted to the lowest and exchange with me for 3 months so that I can have a bike to use. Then then, she was worried that the break is not working well, so she spent almost an hr fixing the break with spannars, lubricating oil of HPLC and kept on asking me to try and see whether it is ok as she is worried that it might be dangerous for me! aww.. so so touched! It is already a big favour she is doing for me by borrowing the bike on behalf of me! Now, she is fixing her bike and offering to me! So grateful, so touched! After that, I dunno how to go back from the uni to my place. Ok, after 3 weeks, still not sure the exact route as everyday takes bus to and fro, it is very sweats I know. Thus, she cycled with me the first time from the uni till the round-a-bout where after that just go straight then it is my place.

I am so blessed, so grateful, so lucky to be able to meet these wonderful people whenever I am changing to new environments. So, thank you! Grazie mille!

At Italy - Galileo Galilei, Via Magarotto 9

2011-01-30T20:46:00.001Z

MOKA POT!!!!

hungarian pancake with homemade strawberry marmalade

First week in Padova. This is my apartment - Galileo Galilei. In a very good condition.

My roommate- Darinka. We made CNY peanut cookies yesterday =D. Will prepare a CNY eve reunion dinner on wed night too !
As lizard said - How many times in your life will you spend CNY in Italy? So, celebrate it!

Recently, my friends all are very wise. Always come out with quotes for life =)

Quote from chokyinling

2011-01-28T14:55:00.002Z

" don't worry, after one year you wont remember any financial problems, only the experience stays, you might as well ignore it now. ini theory baru for happiness sake :p "

2011-01-15T00:55:00.000Z

I miss
- Griffin bakery
- walking to and fro William St and Eyre sq branch
- sitting in the capadoccia hostel's typical-turkish-decorated common area, reading my journals and when i look up, it is golden sunset shining on the caves around me!

I think the reasons I wanted to go to Italy are
- staying in Ireland for 2 months last summer made me realise that staying at a place is different from travelling to there. It is a deeper interactions, you actually live like a local and do the local stuffs for a while. It is something that I always fancy since young I guess. It is a little tradition of me to stay over in grandma's and aunt's place during holiday breaks. It is interesting to live the way other's live once in a while.

- I have always been around with my own gang. It is great to feel belonged. But, I think this is a good opportunity to be outside of the protective environment, to challenge myself, starting from zero, and see how well I can cope with it!

2011-01-09T01:42:00.002Z

2011

January to April --- Padova, Italy

April to July --- Nottingham, UK

July to December --- MALAYSIA !

This is my Gong Gong and his famous rojak angtauka stall =)

2011-01-05T17:50:00.000Z

Saw this when browsing through facebook which is a standard activity esp during exam period :P

Very nicely taken by camel yingying's friend. Classic example of nostalgic! I am slightly homesick now....

Interesting quotes from 蔡康永

2010-12-29T14:47:00.001Z

听说有人在电视里面找深度耶。我好诧异。
电视很方便，但很肤浅，在电视里面找深度，太看得起电视了，太看不起电视没出现前的
文明史了。
何苦看电视找深度啊？为什么不去看书呢？
电视没有那么不好，电视只是让我们误以为：好多人好多事都跟我们有关，
却忘了提醒我们一声：
其实那些统统不是我们的人生。

"你知道邮差这工作为什么很寂寞吗？因为邮差永远都不会知道信里到底写
了什么。"

世上到处都有笨蛋。银行有笨蛋、学校有笨蛋、动物园有笨蛋、马路的转角也有笨蛋. 愚笨并不一定该被责怪，我们每个人在某方面都是愚笨的.

人生，是没有账本的。

人类恐怕没有自己所想象的那么喜欢新鲜事。

大概只有做大明星的人，比较适合非常美但是非常讨人厌。

别人并不是为了伺候你而存在的。

this one is funny

遇上对方提起了一个你完全不想接的话题，不必急着要抵抗，而是轻巧地把对方热衷的话题，连接到一个很生活的方向，就行了。

这招拿来对付爱唠叨的长辈也不错。我很多朋友的妈妈，都非常爱念她们的小孩“怎么还不结婚”，唠叨起来可以在电话里讲半小时。
“妈，我跟你说，我老板上个月离婚了耶。他搞外遇，被逮到！”
你使出了移花接木的招数，也许你妈会上当，就开始跟你聊她身边离婚的人，暂时忘记要逼你快结婚。但也可能你妈江湖经验老到，目不眩，神不移：
“那你就去跟你老板交往看看啊，反正他刚好离婚了！”

Mini Christmas Jumping Competition

2010-12-08T19:04:00.002Z

I never did as much of jumpings as today!

It is the last riding session of this term. The tradition of the club is to have a pony game or jumping competition. We did 4 types of games today. ALL ARE JUMPINGS! These are not what I expected as I am quite nervous with jumpings you see. But it turned out fun! Didnt manage to win anything.. nearly got a clear round on the first game.. came out as third position on the swapping jumpings game.

The first game is the normal jumping competition. Need to go through the jumps according to sequences. There are total of 6 jumps. I was doing ok until the third one where I wasnt position straight enough and Blossom refused to jump -.-'' If it was Oslo, I think he will just go on.

The second game is we ran through the jumps then we hopped on the horses and do the jumps all over again. This was when I had a really hard time with Blossom. SHE JUST REFUSED TO JUMP! OMG!!! And, Sheily said I need to really position her straight and keep the rein really short. This game was just OMG !

The third one is they gave us 40 seconds and you can jump according to any sequences you like after the first jump. The normal jump is 5 marks and there are two straight higher poles which give 20 marks each. Blossom doesnt wanna jump on the higher one so I just go around doing the normal jumps.

Last game is swapping partners. We need to do all the outside jumps then swap with a partner and the partner did again the same jumps. This one we did quite well where finally Blossom didnt give us hard times. We were in third place for this =)

It is good to have competition sometimes I guess. You will tend to forget to be nervous and just do it! It stretches you more and actually build up your confidence!

On another note, today was actually quite a disastrous day where our pipe burst and flooded the kitchen -.-'' Caused chaotic for the agent. I also got quite affected that I almost cant calm down to do final checking for critical appraisal. Luckily it all turned out well. I managed to hand in the work before going for riding and the kitchen is restored by Lik Jin. Phew~

Birthday

2010-12-05T23:22:00.002Z

Not an amazing day but definitely a relaxing one =) All credits to The Walk Cafe which lightens up my whole day and also good companies.

My Birthday Cake baked by Naj. Dark chocolate cheesecake. Super rich yet not too sweet! Yum~

Housemates

Cheesecake closed up. Can see the digestives are not smashed up :P

W decorated cappucino at The Walk

My praline and Eugenia's cranberry custard tart

This is hilarious! Naj's best pic of the year!

The multilayer decoration cake at front of the Cafe

Ended the chilling day with dinner at Wetherspoon- One of my personal favourite.

Been suggested not to ride Oslo

2010-11-18T00:19:00.001Z

It was an 'assessed' lesson. Actually it is still the same lesson, we are still doing the normal thing, the difference is that Sheily will observe us and judge whether we are in the correct group according to our abilities. I think I am still well-suited in improver and today we all worked well as a group.

We did jumping today. I finally was brave enough to try on cantering when jumping. However, Oslo was rather slow and it was quite hard to break into canter. So, Sheily suggested that since I am confident enough and doing ok with my jumping position, I can go for more forward-going horses like TK in my next lesson. Huhu.. Oslo.. I need to go out of my comfort zone and try on others already =/

I was working quite firm on Oslo today as I wanted a faster and energetic trot. Thus, I did not hesitated to use my whip on him. (I just tapped, not hitting real of course) And, this earned me a "Nice and bossy" complement! LOL

Before starting of lesson, Millie stomped her feet, causing TK or Romeo got excited and kicked up some soil which potentially mixed with poo poo and splashed on me! -.-''

Flatwork

2010-11-10T20:07:00.002Z

I feel that today's lesson was rather short. I wanna trot more and canter more!

Today we did an exercise to work on the diagonals. It involves changing of diagonal twice. The blue line is the track that we followed, the parts marked with red are the part that we should change our diagonal.

To check on the diagonal is to look at the outside front leg, while to check on the canter lead is to look at the inside front leg. For trotting, you should rise when the outside front leg is going out and sitting down when the outside front leg is coming in. For canter lead, just see whether the inside front leg is raised higher than the outside one. To make the horse balances himself easier, it is better to put the outer leg behind the girth to help on curving the horse's body.

As the front horse was rather slow and need to cut corners to catch up, the whole class was messy. And too bad, I cant get a chance to overtake her! Messy messy!

On the pleasant side, it is precious to be able to grab a view of the autumn of countryside under golden sunset! The magnificient Southwell Minster is goldenly grand!

Jumping position checked! & Long Missed Compliments

2010-10-27T23:29:00.002+01:00

Second lesson of jumping today! I got the jumping position finally! It is like standing up with your weight on your heels, push back your bum, pull down the chest, squeeze in ur knees a bit and your leg shouldn't be pushing back.

We are on body protector for the lesson as it is classified as "jumping" lesson and in case we fall off. The exercise today is trotting through 2 jumping poles. Always trying to let the horse running straight towards the poles. For jumping, it is better to go faster to reduce the "tripping over feeling" because if the horse runs slower, his steps will be smaller, so when jumping, he will need to take his legs higher to cross the barrier. And, Sheily (the new instructor) said that most of the students fall off after jumping and not during jumping. Jamie's case is the perfect example. After he jumped, he wants to go left but the horse thought he is going to jump again and so the horse went right. So, both of them went in different directions but luckily Jamie managed to sit on!

I did quite well today and Sheily has complimented me a few times =D She just commented that I should use the whip on Oslo so that he can go faster and my jumping will be smoother.

So, I jumped!! (slowly) Next time will try to jump while cantering if I feel confident.
The lesson has managed to lighten up my mood.

2010-10-24T21:52:00.002+01:00

坚持自己喜欢/要的东西其实是满吃力的。

过程中，你会经历孤独，必须牺牲掉其他“无谓”的，不能轻易许下承诺因可能没能力兑现，有时会不经意地怀疑这一切都是值得的吗？

还有必须时时为自己心理建设，不一定要和别人一样，才能属于同一个圈子。就算不享受同样的东西，依然可以是好朋友。你有权利选择自己想要的，不必勉强自己。

或许这就是所谓的“自立” ？但其实更像是我不爱迁就他人，一味地固执自见。

庆幸的是，到目前为止，我还不后悔我的选择。

Learning to JUMP!!!

2010-10-20T21:18:00.003+01:00

I didn't expect to go for riding lesson today as the emails sent out were not clear, making me thought that I was being pulled out from the definitive list. But at 3.11pm, (our meeting time is 3pm) Alex the treasurer called me. So, I changed into my jodhpur and ran out of the house to meet them at uni West Entrance. Amazingly I did it in 6 minutes! 0.0

Today lesson is moving towards jumping. We did the jumping position and trot through the poles and a barrier to prepare us for the Christmas Showjump. Most of the people in my class cantered through the exercise but timid me just trotted through. Hehe. I wasn't confident since I cant even get the jumping position (they called it folding) properly! Oslo was rather slow today. It is so hard to get him into trotting without the whip! -.-''

From now on, I will need to try my best to go on every single lesson since the coming lessons will be all about jumping. Talking about saving money right? =.=

But it will be good I think. Then the next time when others ask me, I can proudly say that "Yes, I have jumped before" =)

2010-10-18T23:42:00.001+01:00

The truth is ... whenever I associate Italy with [eat pray love], it makes me so happy! Dreamily type of happiness =)

"Attraversiamo"
"Il bel far niente"
"Tutti"
"Sono sola... molto sola"
"I am having a relationship with my pizza"

^V^

I shall start my Italian with "Non parlo italiano"
:)

British Horseball Championship 17 Oct 2010

2010-10-17T19:10:00.002+01:00

Horseball is not horse polo. I just knew it today. Horseball requires the riders to lean down to pick up the ball while polo uses a stick like hockey stick. It seems really scary to lean that low but since the stirrups are connected, allowing your both legs to move together so it is easier to get up and lean down. The championship is held at Arena UK, Grantham, Lincolnshire, about 50 minutes drive from Nottingham.

The game started with tossing the coin. The winning team gets to pick up the ball from their home while the other team will line up facing their own goal to defend the attacks.

The ball has to be passed between 3 players before scoring a goal. After that, a player from both team will line up. Then, the non-scoring team will restart the game by throwing in the ball straight (non favouring either team).

When half time, the riders will dismount and meet the coach for team meeting while the horses are walked by others.

The Arena UK Logo. The yellow inflated tube is the line. I think it is inflated to prevent the horses to run out the court easily.

The Goal.

The horse ball. It is tied with handles for easy pick up I guess.

The Nottingham teams won 2 matches. The competitive games are aggresive. Horses will bump into each other. When tackling the ball, sometimes, it seemed like the player is leaning to the-one-holding-the-ball so much that you thought the player is going to go ride onto the other horse. The snatching of the ball can only be done with one hand though. It is amazing that they can let go of the rein and just focus on the ball and the horses know where to go! It is like the horses are their legs! And I find that horse sports are interesting in a way that it did not discriminate the genders. Both genders have equal ability and it is one of the rare sport that you can see both genders competing between each other!

I became this dog's chair during the prize presentation. He is Polo. He just jumped on me and sat on my lap to get the view across the arena. I still cant figure out why he cares so much about the presentation -.-'' but apparently there are other dogs that care so much too! 0.0

It is good to have him on my lap actually since he can keep me warm. hehe! Glad that dogs just love me =) [lalalala to bui ma :P ] Lesson to learn also.. Always estimate the stable are maybe 5 degrees colder than normal places! It is just freezing in there that I was trembling through most of the matches ><

The wed before was my first riding lesson in this year. Still in improver group. Got TK. He is taller but still gentle and tame. Haven canter for long caused me to feel wobbly and a bit losing the balance. Generally last lesson was quite of a mess but it is good enough since it is just a warm up.

Padova, Italy

2010-10-15T22:43:00.003+01:00

I got the external project in Italy! This means that next semester I will be spending about 2 months plus in Padova, starting from scratch alone! And since it is a 60 credits project, I wont be having exam in the final semester anymore! Therefore, this january exam is going to be my last exam in my 4-years university life! OMG!!!

This is the research team for the project I am going to do in Padova. The middle green shirt guy is Prof Cameron Alexander who will be my academic supervisor. I actually still not quite clear about the project I am going to do. So, it is quite obvious that I put this as one of my choice due to the coffees, gelatos, ancient university (which has first anatomical theatre and alumni such as Galileo Galilei and Andreas Vesalius), and also the influences from the very sensational "Eat Pray Love". =p

This is my project description:

Diseases such as cancer require very selective drug delivery, as highly potent agents are required to be localised exactly at the target site. This project seeks to develop new drug delivery systems that will enable siRNA to be released to knockdown a specific enzyme subunit believed to be important in metastatic disease. The work will require linking polymer sub-units to cell-targeting agents, based on systems we have already begun to evaluate in cell culture. The project will be based with the group of Professor Paolo Caliceti and Dr Stefano Salmaso in the Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy, and will include some synthetic chemistry as well as some drug release studies. The University of Padova was founded in 1222, and is one of the oldest universities in the world with a tradition and heritage that is truly outstanding. Notable alumni include Galileo, Copernicus and the anatomist Andreas Vesalius, who established the world‟s first (and oldest surviving) anatomical theatre. The Caliceti and Salmaso groups are multinational and English is spoken by everyone in the lab, though a well-chosen Italian phrase is always helpful in the city‟s piazzas and restaurants.....

I only fully understand the part starting from "The university of Padova...." hehe! =p
By the way, the title is Anti-cancer Nanomedicines. (just saw it .. oppps )

OMG!! This is really happening! 0.0

2010-10-05T19:11:00.000+01:00

I dreamt of Gilbert! He is so perfectly healthy and he wants me to let go the leash.

2010-10-01T13:35:00.000+01:00

If I am going to be able to go for more trips, I think I can only spend 450gbp top per month!

Coffee is advertised in Final Yr Project Talk!

2010-09-28T19:33:00.001+01:00

School of Biomedical Science advertised that they have a coffee&toast bar, Boots Science Building said that they only have coffee bar and Prof C. Alexander said that one of his project is based in Padova, Italy which has the best coffee ever!

Hmmm...It seems like coffee has become one of the criteria that can be used to attract students into the research division! LOL!

Elizabeth Gilbert

2010-09-23T18:40:00.004+01:00

Tomorrow is the starting of my final year of uni, but I am deeply poisoned by [eat pray love] ! To be more accurate, I am actually being charmed by Elizabeth Gilbert. Cant wait to read [commitment] !

Cut&Paste-- Bui Ma wrote about US!

2010-09-21T23:37:00.002+01:00

http://buixin.blogspot.com/2010/09/jacqueline-yilin-2009-10-31-nottingham.html

The part about ME !

YILIN，也叫老妈

2009年10月31日，在NOTTINGHAM，托001鸿福。让我遇见这位我认定以后会在我生命里扮演着重要角色的她。对她第一影像其实并不深刻。只是与她，PENG SENG，PATRICK，EDMUND，小伟及001在NOTTS GAME那晚共享一顿晚餐后，就不再联络。直到2010年新年1星期前，受001及LIMEI的邀约到MANCHSTER去庆祝新年，才又再次见到这个朋友。两天在那，我们并没有任何交流，只因001的JUNIORS一罗罗的，我们根本没办法加入其中。直到最后那晚，在我离开MANCHESTER前一小时，当其他人已离去，我们才有机会说说话，哈哈，还可爱的开了YOUTUBE，大唱FISH的<会呼吸的痛>。在UK的日子因她而增添了不少色彩。还记得，我与好友闹翻时，是她在电话的另一端静静的听着我诉说。我为班上同学搞了个PICNIC时是她与TZEN帮忙烘CUPCAKE，是我最喜欢的柠檬口味。2009年冬至，孤独的我，远在英国，只是看着妹妹寄来的照片。我最爱汤圆，或许因为，它代表着团圆吧！是她与TZEN为我弄了好多汤圆，2010年6月5日陪我吃了我在英国的第一颗汤圆。当时心里除了满满的感激，就是感动。自认不懂得好好照顾自己，常常得麻烦她照顾着我。心里是感动的，也感谢上帝的怜悯，赐我一个单纯，心地善良的朋友。喜欢她的可爱与直率。她其实很细心，只是很多时候不认罢了。哈哈！替她的所有朋友感到骄傲，因为可以拥有她。也替她感到开心，她其实不懂，她真的很棒。有时，只是欠缺LUCK，但，她身边都围绕着真的很疼她，很爱她的朋友，长辈们，因为，再一次的，她真的很棒！(我们说好以后老老后还要回来NOTTS的凳子一起坐着聊天) ^^
HAO GAM TONG arrrr... <3

2010-09-11T00:14:00.004+01:00

I miss answering phone with "Hello, Matt O Flaherty Pharmacy William St."

I hate that my parcel finally wont be coming back to me for sure even though I have tried to trace it back, checking the parcel status for like 10times a day and calling the numbers starting with freaking 08. I even had a huge fight with dad about my apparently-not-pushy enough attitude and how I like to mourn about disappointment!

I feel alone in the big crowd of people but I know that they are nice.

I always failed in applications.

It warms my heart that there are people out there worried about my emo-ness.

I suddenly loathe at certain attitudes which I have long used to.

I still have no answer for the question that I have thought for since it first occured to me.

A Real Hot Summer Backpacking

2010-09-06T00:26:00.006+01:00

La Ramla Street in Barcelona.
The one filled with quality street performers, lined with souvenirs stalls. At the beginning of the street, there is a water fountain to quench the thirst, and there is another one somewhere along the street.

Then, there is the market selling super delicious fruit juice-- La Boqueria Market. My coconut banana! coconut papaya! coconut pitaya! Such a heavenly enjoyment for an oven heat weather!! Besides, fruit juices are kinda healthy too right? ;)

Branching from La Ramla there is a small square- Placa Reila. Unlike other european countries old town square, this one is very tropical with a fountain in the middle and plenty of palm trees.

Barcelona has put a lot of efforts on lanterns. All looks very elegant if not special. The unique buildings and architectual of Gaudi also shape the identity of Barcelona.

Cant remember much about Madrid except the Retro Boat Park. It gave the feelings of vintage boat cruising with those ladies and gentlemen dressing up in coats and dresses.

Oh ,, and the small Mc D episode where I sillily agreed to go down to Mc D at night with my pyjamas on! Glad that I dun think I will be going back there anytime soon ! -.-

Then, we reached Porto. The land with Port wine! I am so in love with it! If I stay there, I am sure I will become an alcoholic! The wine is fortified with brandy at the early stage of fermentation to store the sweetness of grapes. So, it is sweet wine! Not too sweet, but it doesnt have the dry or 'bitterness' of normal wine =)

Porto is an old town, but it has its own oldish charm. It is pretty in a run down way and gives the portugese feels.

Lisbon-- the capital of Portugal. I like the Towel of Belem when the sunset is at the background. Rarely I would appreciate monument but Monument to the Discoveries is so grand yet nicely crafted with the discoverers holding the ship facing the sea!

Then, there is the Pena Castle at Sintra. A castle affected by arabic style. In it, there are many rooms with different decorations themes such as India, China, ...

We also visited the recommended oceanquarium in Lisbon. First time I saw a penguin and an otter who keep on brushing its own cheek and rolling around! So cute!

Our last destination is Faro. Original plan was to chill out at the famous beach in Faro but ended up too tired to find out where is it and enough of sun burnt =p So, we chilled out a lot at the bench outside Canine Pharmacy. Interestingly though, for a town as small as Faro, people still walking around and the shop still opens at midnight!

We managed to catch a beautiful sunset at the jetty at Faro on the last day. The airport actually can be seen from the jetty. I always managed to catch sunset (never a sunrise) and have seen quite a few breathtaking ones. This one reminds me of the sunset in Meersburg.

A memorable, proper and hot summer trip which you can never wear 2 layers of clothes! However, I am kinda glad coming back to a country like UK which doesnt really go till 30 degrees celcius even though it is in the middle of summer =)

Oh ya forgot to mention! Portugal coffee is so so cheap! less than an euro! 0.0

I feel appreciated

2010-08-13T19:18:00.003+01:00

Was meant to show off the pics of the appreciations I got, but too lazy to do photo taking and uploading at the moment.

Finally 9 weeks ended and same goes to my summer in Galway- a warm, festive and cheerful little city.

I was asked about whether I will be setting my feet again in this land, and I answered nope. I said that after this summer, I will be back in uni and after graduation, I will be back to Malaysia forever. This is really my plan as I am thinking, with limited time and money, I should be spending on some experiences that I yet to try. But, it is kinda sad thinking that some people whom you got to spend 2 months with, will be whom you will never get to meet again most probably. Hmmm.. so i start to wonder.

About the gifts, one of that really meant a lot to me! Every single means a lot to me actually. But this one is really ... I din know that someone really can be so nice to me! considering the fact that we only met for like 6 weeks. She is Bernie. She invited me over when I am bored on bank holiday and she gave me pocket money for the trip! She even thoughtfully asked me not to open the card until I get home! She reminded me of Krisnan aunty, who loves me as her child, who loves my gilbert too and who will give me ang pau before I fly even though she is an indian.

And to make them remember me for a little longer, I made them a collage, laminated it and pasted it on the pantry's notice board. There are 3 or 4 of my face in it =) (just to make sure right ;p )

Denis was saying how I have the same smile in each and every single of those, that either I have taken tones of pics or I photoshoped my face in it with some random people and showed others that these are the people I am working with -.-'' This is Denis -.-'' But today he said that I am slacking and asked me not to even though this is my last day. But I wasnt! I just went to the pantry and sticked the collage and happened to cant find a spare pins and then met Paula and said goodbye to her :( but this is whatever already it seems.

I have stopped saying 'keep in touch' to people too. I figured I should only say it if I am confident that I can do it.

I din cry when leaving. People come and go. I have appreciated them when I was there and I have enjoyed the moment. So, it should be a happy ending =)

Next week will be the starting of the fun part of my summer! cant wait!

Pictures later.

2010-08-06T20:35:00.000+01:00

Bank Holiday !!

2010-08-02T23:46:00.008+01:00

The original plan was I got too bored staying at home for the weekend so I thought might as well go to work today even though it is a bank holiday. I am only left with 2 weeks for the placement anyway.

Then, Bernie (the part-time pharmacist) texted me. After knowing that I am preparing to go for work, she texted back " Are u mad? If you have nothing to do, you can come to my house!" HAHA! So, [to show that I am normal =p , actually I am very delighted to go] of course I accepted the offer and visited her house!

I would say her house is lovely! It is something like my dream house. The garden with swings, apple bushes?, summer/bbq house (based on finnish design), countryside dining area with big glass windows, tropical kitchen and a roof -windowed attic!

We had an Irish brunch when I reached there. Then I helped her out in making a simple banana cake/bread. And I got 2 scones recipes as well from her! After that they decided to go to the lake and have a swim. When they were getting ready to go, Bernie showed me a swinging ball game. It is quite handy the game i think. It works this way-- a tennis ball hanged on a pole, u swing and hit it to other, then, the other hit it back to you. So, when the ball fall, you wont need to run around and catch it. Smart and handy! LOL

Then, we drived out to the lake. Crystal clear water. The lake is like a natural swimming pool. It will be fantastic if it is sunny hot! but this is Ireland=p I just dipped my feet in the water. Dun think I can stand the coldness of water to swim. hehe. We sat a while at the lakeside while the boys and dog playing in the water.Oh.. I missed out something.. She has a big fat dark labrador named Sam. He is obedient and he too had a gread outing today! He went swimming in the lake, catching tennis ball/water bottle. After having dinner, he got too tired and slept in the dining area, SNORING when we were chatting! It is just cute and funny to have his snores as the background music. =)

A must in a trip -- 99p flakes icecream. We got that on the way back =) The ice cream machine actually has an article about 'how icecream is good at de-stressing' on it! LOL

The night ended with dinner and more chattings at Bernie's house. Jorge ( the tenant/part of the family) was arguing about Portugese's dislikeness towards Spanish 0.0
It is sth new to an asian like me. Hah!

It is a great day! One of the things that will definitely make me heavy hearted when leaving Galway.

Feeling grateful and lucky =)

2010-07-28T21:40:00.000+01:00

我們做過的事情

都會留在人心裡

會被回憶而珍惜.

Songs that make my days!

2010-07-09T20:49:00.004+01:00

They are songs used in the videos made by wei yun's friend-- Ivan Hoo.

http://www.facebook.com/chellevan?v=app_2392950137

And another one he used in the website. Yin Ling said it is [Dream a little dream of Me].
The other two are [Livingston Taylor - Isn't She Lovely] and [Paulinho Moska - Nos Braços De Isabel (Brazilian Portuguese)]

Playing them every morning when I am getting prepared to go to work. They have the calming, soothing, lazying, cheerful effects and give you a feeling of time has stopped at that moment =) , everything is so peaceful.

Then, I go to work with a smile.

Three weeks into Summer Placement

2010-07-02T20:18:00.003+01:00

The Pharmacy I am working in -- Matt O Flaherty Chemist, William St, Galway
Pharmacist -- Denis and Bernie
Working from 9 to 6 Mon to Fri

Job scopes -- pack medicines, cover OTC counters, put away new stocks, counted stocks on hand, updating stock levels on computer, key in prescriptions and do labels sometimes, running between eyre square branch and wheelans pharmacy across the road if not enough stocks, get an americano in Butlers in the morning, buy lunch at Mc Cambridge, occasionally go to Gourmet to buy tart and americano (the ah sei part -.-), NO ANSWERING PHONES.

Need to improve on --- OTC recommendations, prescriptions checking, those clinical stuffs.

After working for a while in a community pharmacy, I think that, in order to be a successful one, ones need to be the ENCYCLOPEDIA in the store. You need to know where is everything, give appropriate recommendations on OTC, knows your patients well(are they on repeat prescriptions, on loan? ) keep track on stocks, wholesaler discounts, improving the business... bla bla.. basically knowing everything in the store! and treat every customer well -- be lovely and well communicated. No matter how blabling the customers are, you have to smile and continue chatting with them. (Now, I understand how Cecil picks up the rolling eyes skill! =p)

Glad to say that I like the placement! At least till now I haven had the feeling of dreading to go to work. Mainly might be due to the talkativeness of irish and the multinationalities among colleagues which made the working environment less complicated (less gossip-sy as far as I know) Denis has been good to work with, except when he is flaming, then I will stand few steps away from him to be safe =p Other times, he is fun, moves very fast in dispensary like a machine, trying to annoy me sometimes, point out that I always said 'Is it?' lol, very picky on teas and coffees and realised that he should stop complaining and make himself a good cup of coffee/tea! HA!

Tomorrow is working day again. Continue trying to be fruitful.....

=)

家庭里少了一个成员

2010-06-17T18:53:00.005+01:00

姐姐告诉我奂斌从槟威大桥跳了下去，结束了他的生命。
小姑姑和叔叔被通知去认领他。

虽然他从中学开始，就有纪律问题。可是我没想过他会走上这条路。

姐姐说婆婆和小姑姑很伤心。可是他们已经尽力了，他们也爱莫能助。

系铃的人都放任他，从不关心他。所以旁人也无能为力。

虽然你是我的舅舅，虽然我知道你的妻子有不是，虽然你让我们认为你曾经让她给伤害很深，可是这一切你已经逃避了很久。如今，你已经回来这个家庭，为什么你不能付出一些给你的孩子？不论发生什么事，孩子也是你的骨肉。为什么你可以每次都说‘赶他走’当小姑姑和婆婆告知你关于他的问题时。你不曾说想要尝试补偿什么。我知道你的妻子的观念有些偏差。这不是完全你的错。他也应该为自己的行为负责。

可是，对不起，我无法打从心底以一个侄女尊敬舅舅的方式尊敬你。

如今，人已逝。希望他能安息。

他说他自己的离去是一个遗憾。是的，这一切也是一个悲剧。

长得楚楚可怜真好

2010-06-07T01:56:00.003+01:00

有时总会觉得假如一个人长得柔弱肯定能得到比较多人的怜惜和帮助。

虽然我没那种命，可是我还有Melissa疼，还有Bui Ma对我好。

=D

Temporary Freedom

2010-05-28T21:42:00.004+01:00

Finished all written papers. Now only left with dispensing exam which will be on the 3rd of June.

Forgot about other things I was planning to say.

The whole main point is--

I AM LONGING FOR A QUIET MORNING/EVENING

IN THE CAFE

WITH A GOOD STORY BOOK

AND A LOVELY CUP OF COFFEE.

Infinity Love

2010-05-22T15:52:00.002+01:00

It is blessings and super lucks that I get to meet you and Ah Bui!
=D

考不及格

2010-05-15T20:05:00.002+01:00

成绩揭晓，如所预期的，我必须重考。

若是以往，我必定沮丧无比。这次，我只是接受。失望也是过了好久才感觉到。

有一位及格了的朋友对我说，他宁可像我一样重考，因他觉得他只是仅仅及格，不会得高分。

当时听了，心里真是一把火。一向喜形于色的我，直接就说：“你想要我杀了你吗？” =p

我想有时人永远都不会满足于他所拥有的，总是羡慕他人。
或者可能每个人心里真的都有两把尺吧。对自己总是苛刻，对他人永远是宽容。

Place that will dramatically increase your studying efficiency -- Café

2010-05-12T19:39:00.004+01:00

We went to Nero Café this afternoon to experience new environment for studying after getting so bored on revision in my room! And the effect is really good !(yinling showed me an article before recommending this but I didnt try until today) We both found it so easy to concentrate in the relaxing atmosphere.

According to Phoebe, these probably due to:
1) The coffee smell is awakening.
2) The volume and type of background music is just nice when blending together with the sound of coffee machine. It is not so quiet that you feel bored and it is not too loud that is distracting.

Both of us in the cafe. Trying to zi pai but failed as hard to estimate where to press on the touch screen to take the pic. Phoebe is reading. I had frappe latte on Phoebe's treat =D

She is impressed with today's efficiency and proposes that we should go there more often. Hmmm.. it seems like I need to expect some extra expenses on coffee in this month ;)

I know I should be studying.. BUT, I went riding =)

2010-05-05T19:57:00.002+01:00

Ya, I know my priority is different from the others. Not that I act cool dun wanna study. But, riding is IMPORTANT to me too! It is also something I need to keep an eye on my progress. =)

And today, I got to know that Rachel cant teach our class anymore T_T. Someone called Lucy will take over. SO SO SAD LA! I MISS the PUSHY RACHEL! (and her praisings .. hehe) I like to listen to her saying: "well riden!" "You have made the horse worked for you!" "you have improved a lot since I last seen you" "you paid for the class so you should make the horse trot even though it is going to toilet!"LOL .. still remember last time when I first saw her in other classes, I felt lucky for she is not my instructor as she is blunt, not the type care to make you feel so easy and comfortable. But now I really miss her.. She made me improved a lot and become confident. She made you believe that you can do it!

We didnt do much today. I was NONSTOP kicking Flojo throughout the whole class. He is so so slow.. so so stubborn. It is just lucky that at last I managed to make him canter.

The field around the school is all YELLOW now! so pretty! really wanna have a hack with Oslo there <3

Now the addiction has come back, my brains cannot stop thinking about whether or not to go for riding next week.

Lee Yi Lin, you have come all the way to UK to study. not riding and travelling ok -.-'''

Riding CLub Award-- Dedication to the club

2010-03-25T00:15:00.002Z

I got the award! ! Didn't thought that it would be me when Kat was giving out the speech simply because the descriptions she gave was too good! Ya, I am flattered =D

Trying to recall the speech she gave, hmmm... it sounded like:

" This is the last award and quite a controversial one as we have quite a few dedicated members. She is very dedicated over the years (actually only 2 yrs). Always signed up and turned up for the lessons. Be there when we needed a reserved.....I would like to present the award to Yi Li Lin (my name appears to be a bit confusing to her as I always put my surname first..LOL), and you got the best choc~" Cant remember the exact sentences, it sounded almost like that, but I think she also mentioned about social which I din attend until today :P

The prize is a box of ferrero rocher and a certificate but the appreciation is huge! I din expect that I will be appreciated that much and normally I am just glad if some of the committees remember my name! As I appeared to be such a minority in the club especially last year when I am the only Asian- international in the groups I went to.

Glad that my addictions really got me and I become so active in the club (just attending lessons), if not I might be putting off by the fact that I am new one in the club, dun really have friends to go with..

Hmm... just glad and happy that I am part of this cool club!

Finally a good weather when having the riding lesson with OSLO ;D

2010-03-17T18:32:00.003Z

Check your diagonal !!! I was pointed out to change my diagonal for three or four times today! >< I thought I was at the correct one and since there isn't anyone stressing on diagonal anymore, I tend to neglect it now =p

Another good lesson with Rachel! Her pushy style made us improve a lot! This is especially obvious on Frances who rode Millie today. Millie just cantered automatically as usual, but Rachel made Frances to do it again and again to tell Millie that she is not supposed to canter but to trot properly. I feel that this is pretty amazing because if I am the one on Millie, I really need someone to push me to correct my mistakes so that I can gain control back from Millie.

Besides all those, I did quite well for the lesson. We did 20m trot and canterS. We were taught to use the girth to control the circle as in put your left leg behind the girth if you want the horse to go slightly to the right. At the same time, you should open your right rein to direct the horse. Then there are 3 canters. I did not do quite well for the first one as the trot is not anticipating enough. So, I just went more wild for the next 2 and the canters turned a bit better =D

Next week is going to be a jumping lesson 0.0 !! It is time for me to go a step further I guess?

Hmmm... have to do more works so that can have time for riding and AGM next wed then >,<

100th All England FunS~**

2010-03-15T00:29:00.002Z

1. LEE CHONG WEI finally WON the men single's title!!!! this is the first time there is a malaysian champion in the 3 all englands that I have been! XD The whole stadium was cheering for him!

2. Qing Xi and I got on to the tv AGAIN!!!! and her face was focus for 10seconds at least! After the video being replayed so many times in msia, I think we can get famous. LOLzzz

3. Get to make friends with random people again too! On sat, we were sitting in front of a family from Denmark. So, at first, we were fighting with them on cheering for lee cw vs peter gade 's game. Then after that, I found out that their flag is really nice to be waved. (I am not pro denmark, I am just fascinated by the good structure of the flag.) Hence, I took their flag to wave on the next game ^^ Oh oh.. and the denmark kids sang a really cute cheering song ~we love you denmark, we do, we love you denmark, we do~
Today, we accidentally found the front seats beside a china guy when we went down to see tine rasmussen. So, poor him got harassed by me to help me to cheer for Leecw after that! HO HO! I got him to hold the flag for us and cheer ' boleh!' when other shouted 'malaysia' =p
But, too bad, I din get to know his name also, was too excited for Leecw ~~

4. AND AND, I met up with a bunch of secondary school friends esp minkang and sherwei whom I haven seen after SPM. We had a long talk at sherwei place yesterday night, bitching about everyone.. LOL... =p

5. This year all england finally is not conquered by china :P (cannot blame me, it gets too bored when china won all the titles :P)

had a great weekend!
next year, anyhow, I dun care I wanna take pic with Lee cw and shake his hands XD

A date with OSLO

2010-03-07T21:25:00.002Z

So, I laughed at him when he slipped at the muddy pool. BUT, BUT he dirtied my hoodie with his grassy saliva!!!!! He practically rub those onto my body ><''' and now the stains cant be washed off already.. GERAMNYA!

We went for a hack this sunny afternoon. The weather is extremely good! I din get that excited as before maybe because I have been on one before. To be frank, I expected to have more trottings and perhaps a bit of canterings but due to not well controlled horses and the incidence of one person got chucked off, we were doing the hack safely after that.

I was happy to have Oslo as usual. He is always so slumber and calm. All the things happened around him are not his matter, he will just focus on eating grass ><''. Ya, and because of that, he was put on the grass rope =p The grass rope stops his mouth from reaching the grass, so his neck movement was pretty much restricted. Maybe thats why when towards the end, when he felt some itchiness (maybe), he kept on shaking his head. I think he did that for about 15 minutes till I loosen the grass rope and he rubbed his head and mouth all over my body AND GET THE GRASSY SALIVA ONTO MY HOODIE! -.-

The things that I learnt from the hack is to lean forward when the horse is climbing up and keep the horse in the middle when crossing the bridge.

Suddenly remember what Rachel always tells us in class -- Tell the horse what to do and not the other way round --

What should I do for summer?

2010-02-24T18:15:00.004Z

Till now, I still din manage to get any placement, attachment, internship, camp work.. bla bla.

even though I have been doing applications since september 09?

People have been telling me you will get one, sure can get one, keep on applying... but dunno why I just cant get. And I have been whinging to mel, yinling, cecil and lz too much that I felt so sien to even talk about it sometimes. I feel quite kelian for people who need to console me also.. I know it is hard to come out with sth for this kinda situations.

The cycles of applying, hoping, disappointing, I-am-a- failure feeling are haunting me.

Dunno should I continue to hunt around or just accept that I am unpreferable and go back to msia, rot for 3 months.... It just felt not worth it for the amount of efforts that I have put in.

But, good thing is I know I will always be welcomed home. Sis has been searching flights for me after knowing my devastating application failure. This is so thoughtful and I really appreciate that.

so, My last summer ----> ? ? ?

hmmm..

2010-02-21T23:38:00.000Z

Your view on yourself:
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You are down-to-earth
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : People like you because you are so straightforward
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties
The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking:
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You like serious
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Smart
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Determined people
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You don't judge a book by its cover
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : So good-looking people aren't necessarily your style
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes
Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You prefer to get to know a person very well before deciding whether you will commit to the relationship
The seriousness of your love:
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You like to flirt
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Behave seductively
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : The opposite sex finds this very attractive
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : That's why you'll always have admirers hanging off your arms
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : But how serious are you about choosing someone to be in a relationship with?
Your views on education:
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Education is very important in life
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You want to study hard
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Learn as much as you can
The right job for you:
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You're a practical person
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Will choose a secure job with a steady income
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Knowing what you like to do is important
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Find a regular job doing just that
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You'll be set for life
How do you view success:
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You are afraid of failure
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous
What are you most afraid of:
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : You are concerned about your image
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : The way others see you
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : It's time for you to believe in who you are
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ : Not what you wear

My horse riding lesson again =D

2010-02-03T19:51:00.003Z

Today it snowed when we are having our lesson! Hence, we started with rounds and rounds of trotting to warm up.

Rachel took over our class and I am happy that improver class has shifted earlier, reducing the sufferings of darkness and coldness :P

I grabbed Oslo the second I saw him at the gate waiting to go in. Yes! I am just more confident riding him as I know I wont fall and he will never be mad. LOL

We did try standing up today while walking and trotting to develop individual balancing so that we wont tripped over if the horse loses its balance. I did quite well on that and Oslo's thick mane is just so helpful. This is because we were told to hold the horses' mane to help us on standing up instead of applying force on reins. So, Oslo's thick mane is able to provide good grip :P

Then, we did again the walking and sitting trot without stirrup to help us to sit more into the saddle and we should feel that the stirrups are shorter after that. I wasn't that able to sit in and put my legs really down, maybe due to my habit of rising on stirrups when trotting.

Oh.. and finally today, I learned how to not letting my stirrups to slip forward when trotting. It always irritates me as this causes rising to be hard and just weird. Rachel told me to put the heel down and after a while, it really becomes better ^^

Then, we did 4 times of cantering but this time around with more controls. We started with sitting trot, then ask for cantering at the first corner, go back to trotting on the next corner and stop the horse to walking in between 2nd corner and 3rd corner. She said we need to put the outside leg back and kick using inside leg to ask for cantering but I just cant figure it out how so I just did the normal way I do (which I think is wrong now :P). But, today cantering is good. I get into proper canters even though the distance allowed is still short ;)

And, the best thing is Rachel praised me for my position! She said 'You have a lovely position there. Do you come for private lessons?' Hoho.. So SS now :P =D

I got my hoodie and gloves too just now. Dun like the hoodie . TOo big and poor quality compared to last year. The gloves are good, it fits well and come in a resealable bag so can dump it in the bag everytime after using without contaminating other things.

1st Horseriding in spring term & yinling is flying tonight

2010-01-30T17:42:00.004Z

The good thing is finally I got to ride OSLO!!! miss him so much! He is good today but as usual, he tends to slow down in cantering >< , so the canter becomes a bit bouncy.

Vicky wasn't the instructor on Saturday class. Sara took over in our class, not entirely ours as we joined some kids. Ya!! Some of them are even better than me! huhu.. After the class, one of the girls actually said that today's class is a bit boring and she is asking to join some class involving jumping ><''

But, I have to agree with her. I felt that it has been plateau since the last beginner lesson. It has always been walking, trotting in group at most changing reins, then individual cantering. I felt that we did more last year. Hmmm.. maybe having a less hectic lesson after a month break is a good thing. And, after so many canterings, I am bold enough to have a go with cantering now whenever I have a chance. So, overall, ya, still good but hoping to get better^^

Time flies. Yin ling has finished her 2-and-a-half year which is half of her medicine course in Ireland. She is going to fly back tonight and resident in penang after that... sob sob T_T
So fast! so fast!!! I guess she has done most of things on the lists and can create another list when back at home (such as trips to indon, taiwan, sipadan, watching dvd murah... ) ;) oh.. and she said she misses the UK more than Ireland.. heh heh XD

Safe journey and enjoy the flightS. KEEP IN TOUCH ok.. I am gonna send you long long fb msg and you have to reply it promptly :P
ya.. I will add quirky facts .. heh heh..

take care yinling!
hugsssSSSS

blissfully calm

2010-01-17T15:29:00.004Z

a.k.a lazying all i want! =)

wanna have an entry so that i wont see the emo, depressed entry of previous everytime i open my blog.

So, after yesterday paper, i started to calm down and go back to previous normal me. To avoid sitting inside the room just with my laptop and being a loner, i decided to go to groceries with tzen and we went out to an indian restaurant for dinner ^^

After that, to add on some fun to our liberation night, we made cupcakes! The whole purpose of doing so is that we want to decorate an evil face representing NAJ! heh heh

That's the cupcakes of our faces. ~me, evil naj, spec likky and tzen~

Today, finally I get to watch Julie&Julia! yes! yinling, i just watched it! it is so heart-warming and loving! I like Julia's pearl necklace^^

now, a bit headache, guess shall continue pigging to recover energy. lol ;)

let me emo a while.

2010-01-13T19:13:00.003Z

i will be happy to get just 40.

sorry to be not ambitious.

but i dun see the point anymore.

after endless rejections.

and after all i will still get a job if i manage to end the degree.

so pls let me have 40.

cos my brains are wonderfully stupid and forgetful.

One Lovely sunday afternoon when I dun study =)

2010-01-03T13:39:00.005Z

Glutton Gilbert XD

2010-01-02T17:33:00.003Z

Gilbert is attracted to jie jie when she has food.

Fully shown determination for mum mum =p

yinling's BIRTHDAY lo.. !!!

2009-12-30T18:47:00.002Z

gonna quote this:

" Birthday girl! You're a precious gem, a cause for joy! "

YA!! you're really a specially good person! very strong, calm and motivated yet very freestyle! I like!

HEHE

finally we turned 22 liao lo..
maybe next time when we realised, we are already 55! or 88! haha =p
time flies bah..
z enn said maybe next time when we have a gathering, everyone will be talking about where to send their children for tuition! 0.0

LOLz

ok ok.. focus back to bday topic

wanna wish you:

healthy always!
go to more places ! (with me)
we both survive this exam ! :P
get ur threadmill and french press !
have free flow of apples supply !
read all the books you wanted !

I know you will be Happy everyday~~

HAPPY birthday! sheng ri kuai le!!!!

HUGsss MUAKssss

love,
alex ;)

A Good Day -- pony game + tai chi social + xmas carol 3D !!!

2009-12-10T00:26:00.002Z

My first christmas pony game. We did 3 races. First was trotting between poles, second is the one picking up cup on second poles and put it on the last poles then run back while the last one is a team race. I din win anything but it was a good experience! I guess I wasnt confident enough to go for it. After this pony game, I learnt that we should just do it anyhow, dont be afraid of anything! hahahha

Then, it is the tai chi social. Just had a buffet at big wok. It is also the first society social that I went. With other society, I cant be bothered to go for their social cos most of the time it is quite hard to fit in I find. However, since taichi only has 16 members, so we kinda know each other better plus they are also a bunch of interesting ppl, thus, I am happy to join it. This is the good side of a small society I guess ;) David--the going -to -learn- shaolin kungfu- in -somewhere -near- shandong italian, is the funny one again. He came out with sth like 'my hp turned on itself at night and the light is like UFO! 'LOL. Then, 'chinese are crazy', me and jennifer : " oh, so we are crazy" hahahha

After that, they all go for a pint at the bar. Me and jennifer went for xmas carol 3D!!! So festive feeling now that I want a big fat turkey roast for christmas dinner!!! the songs are good too!

A great day today starting from pony game ;) Good for my stress level too I guess. hehe

oh.. next time, I think I should join them at the bar, making the social complete. LOL

The 3rd year in Uni, finally, there is the feeling of uni life ^^

Applications are so so hard

2009-12-09T12:39:00.001Z

Just found out that all hospitals offered only 3 to 4 places, at most 6 for summer placement. -_-''''
why so hard one.. aiyo....

I am so touched!!!! Thanks YINLING <3

2009-12-03T16:24:00.004Z

best bday gift / wish ever!!

yinling wished me in fb --

'happy birthday the one amazing girl. bless you with all my heart ♥'

You know I love you always.

2009-12-02T18:19:00.003Z

As far as I love in "dictating", I prefer others to do my bday for me after all.

Reminder to myself : ignore stupid feelings.

FB wall post about krakow

2009-12-01T17:09:00.008Z

Yin Ling Chok hey girl! i just reach. 3 hours flight so long and boring and i binge on pretzels :( shouldnt have bought so many.

the train took 15 minutes like that. reaches and there's a shuttle to bring u to the international terminal, the second one. easy nia, got speak in english wan. then u meneruskan process seterusnya lor. not...hing much in the airport, lots and lots of vodka, the beer is only 5 zl, zywtec, drink la, so can sleep well in the plane. i manage to spend all my money,still got 0.80! hehe

how was your day? castle and ghetto how? you do the homework i gave u? zapiekanka and coney cheese. eh the pretzels taste like sausages with tomato sauce, diff from yesterday! :) sangat nice lah.

Lee Yi Lin wei.. i just back!! walked like 9 hrs today.. leg mati liao ><

the castle so hiong lo... not enough time to go thru everythings.. too big and luxurious, got a cathedral with royal tombs too..
u remembered adam Mickiewicz ? that guy in the middle of the square.. his body also in there lo.
ya.. i did do the homework. go...t the zapiekanka in the jewish quarter square.. so so long and big, i cannot finish it till now >< yummy =")">

Yin Ling Chok CONGRATULATIONS IT'S A CELEBRATION!! :D syok lehhhh... :D

lee yi lin. where got easy la. the place look so different at 11pm at night maaaa.
eh what did u do in the castle and ghetto? i went but so boring wan, nothing much. but cracow is still nice, the beer still nice,just that i cannot eat pretzels anymore.
and now im back to cut throat expensive dublin. HAIH!.

Lee Yi Lin

krakow is one of my favourite eh!!! bombard la.. i dun mind.. everytime i told ppl krakow is nice but nobody wanna go also .. u must go!!
krakow is very cheap.. hostel 6 sth gbp per night including breakfast and it is at the square!! 100% location!
4 days should be ngam ngam enough. 1 day to go to salt mine. 1 day go to auswitch concentration camp... See More. then 1 day to the castle. salt mine and castle all need entrance fee la. those not cheap lo.
then at krakow itself most things are nearby only lo. all near to old town square i.e. near the hostel. There are cloth hall (inside got souvenir market--very pretty deco), st mary cathedral (the altar sculpture is very famous), barbican, city wall. Outside a bit from the old town is jewish quarter, the schindler factory and the ghetto. oh.. i think the uni also very famous but i din manage to go the other day.

When there's cake, there's hope!!!!

2009-11-27T00:33:00.002Z

" inspired by a fine old chap called Bowzer who personifies the eternal optimist. He believes that if he waits long enough and stares hard enough he might just got to enjoy the icing on the cake!! "

i stared very very hard already... why still i cant get ><'''

hmmmm..... maybe i should stare till mata terbeliak??

Improver 5 + Pony Game taster

2009-11-25T20:46:00.002Z

I quickly grab on Blossom after i get prepared ^^ (to avoid from getting Millie =p )

Glad that we went to another outside arena instead of using the one third indoor arena as there are 8 of us today! So, i guess it will be impossible for all of us to trot in such a small size circle.

We started with long trotting which is a good thing as it is kinda freezing out there with the strong wind blowing non stop =/ Then, everyone goes on cantering twice.

At the last part of the session, we did the pony game taster. Firstly, we need to trot in a zig zag fashion, going pass the poles alternately. Then, trot pass the poles which is placed like a funnel shape and stop in between wings. Count for five, then walk on to the first pole with whip, take that up, and walk on and place it into the second pole.

I did fine till the part where i need to stop and take the whip out. I din hold Blossom properly before leaning down to get, so, it goes pass and we need to turn back again. And I forgot that cannot hold the whip so high cos it will excite the horse. So, Blossom went straight back to the end of the line before I managed to put the whip back into the second pole. HAha..

but overall today was fun ! ^^

Cheese cake for Naj's 22nd -- the recipe

2009-11-23T21:56:00.003Z

recipe by sarah sab
Melissa 琬匀 says:

for the base
break the biscuits
mixed with butter 50g
until become like crumb
then spread it on baking tray evenly
i use overproof dish la
but i think u can use any baking try u have

and then
put in oven for 5 min
agak 160 celcius degree (gas 3)

then take out
and then
for the top
soft cheese 600g
blend til fluffy n white
then add sugar
i normally put in like one rice cooker cup
if not sweet enuf put in another quarter
dpeends one la how much u wana put
then blend again

then
plain flour 3 table spoon
then blend
then soured cream
use agak 3 quarters
blend
then add 2 eggs
blend

then pour on the crumb u took out fr oven
then the rest of the soured cream pour on top
160 degree
agak 35 minute

then leave to cool
this is not proper recipe
sarah's one
but it taste very good

usually i put in fridge afta cool down
so the structure better

love this ^^

2009-11-20T02:05:00.001Z

Blog post by yinling --- a proper one --- still about Weekend in Stratford

^^

Improver Lesson 4

2009-11-18T20:00:00.012Z

I think I like Blossom ;) She is as good as Oslo!

There are 7 ppl in the class today. So, it is kinda packed since we only get to use one third of the arena. We din do much, just trotting in correct diagonal and canter. Glad that I managed to do both correctly ^^ since I got to watch 5 ppl do it before me, so it is easier for me to learn from their mistakes. Reminder--need to look at where you want to get to, if not it is hard to steer. Sit 2 or 3 beats before rising so that you can get the right diagonal.

Before getting up on the horse, we were taught on how to release the rein, checking the girth and adjusting the stirrup. Firstly, when fetching the horse from its stable, unbuckle the throat lash, then release the rein which is previously twisted around the lash. Buckle the throat lash back but leave one-palm-width space. Hold the rein quite tight below the mouth of the horse to navigate it out from the stable. Always go out the door before the horse so that you wont be left behind and loss the control.

Then ,when reach the arena, take the rein over the horse's head and pull the rein to your side. If you are standing at the left side of the horse, pull the rein to left so that it is short at the right side of the horse. In that way, you can easily tighten and stop it from going away from right side. If he turns to the left side, you can just push it away using ur hands. =P

After making sure you have the rein ok, check the girth, it should be beside the elbow of the horse. If it is away, it probably is too loose. Unbuckle the girth, then take up the whole saddle together with the blanket thing, put on the shoulder of the horse, then slide it down from the shoulder. By doing that, you can make sure it fits well, then you can buckle it back. Leave one-finger-width space, dun make it too tight.

Finally, you can check on the length of the stirrup. It is a try and error technique. Normally, a person's leg length is the same as the hand length. So, put your hand at the side of the saddle then measure up the stirrup. The stirrup should be touching you armpit. However, it may not be necessary the case for everyone. So, if this way is still too long for your leg, you can try using knuckles instead. Just trying along, then maybe eventually you will get it. So, then next time, there is no need to adjust the stirrup length after getting on the horse.

erm... dunno wanna sign up for next week lesson or not ><...will have a lab report and an essay.. still feel that i haven even reached back the level i achieved before going back for summer ><

Yin Ling wrote an entry about our pleasant trip in Stratford.-upon-Avon. Cherish every moment of it ! Dun ask me about shakespeare and his theatres, i still dunno him :P Brain stops functioning that weekend, just enough brain capacity for shop-hopping, chilling, cruising , high tea and coffee the whole weekend. Then got excited when seeing 'life but a walking shadow' is on one side of the wall of shakespeare's statue. HAHA. Shall keep those happiness safely in my mind to keep me going for this one more month before I go back home again ^^

Improver Lesson 3 -- finally a good one^^

2009-11-11T20:55:00.003Z

Yeah!! Today finally I got good trots XD

We used only one third of the arena today. Vicky said that it is good as this size resembles the real arena size and so it is good for class practice.

I was on Smartie and he/she is surprisingly better than what I expected cos I had it last yr and it wasnt nice. =P

After walking and trotting for a while, we did trotting in 10m circle, shallow loops and cantering. At first, I din realise that my reins are not balanced as Smartie's saddle is actually leaning to one side. So, I was feeling weird that why it is so hard to steer it. Only after I did 10m circle that Vicky realised it and told me that I should check the length of the reins by looking over its neck -_-'''

Oh, and I shouldnt brush over its butt when getting up the horse as some of them dun like it and may jump. Must remember that always!

10m circle is just trotting and making a 10m diameter circle. In shallow loops, Vicky put 3 gates in a non-straight manner to direct us to bend the horse and do some curvy trottings. It is about the girth thing that I learnt before. If you are going to go slightly right, then you should put the right leg on the girth and put an inch behind the girth on your left leg. In this way, you will bend the horse in a banana shape and help it to bend to right easier. Then the last thing we did was cantering. I dint really get into canter today, just a few seconds maybe, but never mind today class is good enough as I not even got to ride but I also got to visit Southwell Minster on the way to the stable ^^ After passing by so many times, finally I got into it and took some pics too ;)

p/s
my butts are in pain now from yesterday's slipping down staircase and today's trotting ><''

Area conference

2009-11-07T22:03:00.002Z

Interesting talks we had today in the conference about Misuse of Drug.

Prison Pharmacy
Safety is always the top priority in there. The pharmacist need to be scanned everyday when she goes into work and they cannot have routine as prisoners will make plan to smuggle drugs if they get the routine. She needs to keep the keys into a pouch all the time too as it is an easy job for the prisoners to copy the keys if they see it! Sounds so like in Shawshank redemption-- prisoners are extremely smart and determined ><'''
Many ppl are attracted to do summer placement or even pre-registration in prison healthcare center after the talk but i think it may be too much for a beginner like me to handle not only safe drug usage but how to prevent prisoners from trafficking the pils for heroin! But it is very interesting i reckon.

Misuse of drug in sport
The speakers told us that there will be an Olympic Pharmacy Service run for 2012 olympic in london to make sure that any medicine dispensed to athletes will not enhance performance and cause issues at drug tests. Too bad I wont be here at 2012, gonna miss this exciting division of pharmacy ><''

Methadone patient
Then, there is a patient now taking methadone for his heroin dependence. He said he only does that for his little girl. and he said he would like to improve more in english and stuffs so that he can help his little girl with her homeworks. Lucky him to still have his daughter even though his whole family has disowned him and his gf too just visits him for the daughter. I think this is what motivates ppl to change, the power of love is undeniably strong.

A step more in professional development. LOL.

2nd Improver Lesson

2009-10-28T20:31:00.005Z

I was quite anxious before the class actually. I was scared that I may lost control again and maybe will bring me into situation worser than cantering. In addition to that, there are few scary stories about horse riding that I picked up during the week too. These all made me doesnt feel right to go on another lesson today. However, I am glad that I made it today after talking to limzhi and letting her cleared all my anxiety ;)

I din get Millie this time around of course :P I got Flojo instead. She is fine, wont canter crazily and unexpectedly, but it is so so hard to get her into trotting in a group! It is so weird cos she is totally fine and lovely when she is doing it alone but she just became so stubborn when we wanna do it together as a group ><''' The instructor said that maybe next time I should get a whip and try squeezing instead of kicking alone. AH!!! Missing Oslo so much!!! He is perfect compared to them =P

We learned a lot today with a new instructor. We tried walking and trotting without stirrup!! It sounds so pro to me that we did that with our legs hanging freely around the horse. Haha. She said the idea is letting us to sit nicely into the saddle so that we wont be going up so much when cantering and to correct our postures as well. I din canter today though. I opt to just doing trotting properly as Flojo wasnt so in my control while in the group. So, I told myself just take it slowly. I would rather be safe than falling off really.

While we put our stirrup away, we were thought to do some stretching with legs---take up take down, twisting ankle, kicking behind.. After doing those, it really feels better and more balanced! Besides that, I was told that I tend to raise my left hand while trotting. So, I should change that habit and try to keep my hands neatly in front as wobbling with hands will lead to whole body's wobble and hence unbalanced.

I had my new purple jodhpurs on today too! It is comfy and warm =)

Bits of the collages I have done for my sis's wedding slides

2009-10-25T10:43:00.001Z

I should be continue working on it this weekend since I haven been working on it after coming back :P

First Improver Lessons & a very plan-changing day

2009-10-21T22:35:00.005+01:00

I din expect to go to the lesson today as I was put on the reserves list. I was kinda planned that maybe I will just go to tai chi at 2pm then later go to JuLi's bday dinner. But, plan changed suddenly. All the sudden changes and rush to a certain extent are also due to me forgotting my hp AGAIN! I think i am turning older now.. always forgot my hp and wallet when going to school ><'''

Ya, then when I checked the email at my friend's place at 1.30pm only realised I was on the list to ride today and the meeting time is 3.50pm. So, suddenly I need to make a choice. Tai chi to relax and can prepare properly for dinner OR riding that I have been waited and rush like hell later for the dinner. At last, I decided to go to see horses and hoped that I can ride on Oslo after a long summer holiday.

After that, things did not turn out smoothly. I rushed back home, changing all my plans for the afternoon, then rushed back to school to wait to go to the stable but the driver was late and we got trapped in the traffic. So, we were late for 15 to 20 mins ><'' Worse, I got assigned with Millie. I am not good with her. She actually stepped on my feet TWICE and got into canter without me asking her to do so TWICE as well! I think she just doesnt like me. She did that to me too last yr ><''

Luckily the dinner turned out well and Juli is really happy for the celebration XD So, I guess that is the only right decision that I made for today. Maybe next time just stick to the plan. Too much sudden changes can cause heart attack -_-''

Today horse riding lesson-- squeeze the rein before starting to ask for a change of movement. For example, when asking for a trot from walking, squeeze the rein before kicking. Other than that I cant remember well cos sudden canters have caused some memory losts :P

Chilling time in Lake Konstanz-Swiss-Stockholm trip

2009-10-18T00:05:00.003+01:00

Basel--boat transfer. Sitting in the boat is like lying in the baby buaian.. swing swing swing.. then we reached the opposite river bank ^^ And the angle of the view is so much more better from the boat.
Fine dining at Sjojungfrun, Stockholm. The nicest mashed potato we have ever had and very well-cooked white fish--Chef's choice of the day! YUM YUM~~~
Jungfraujoch---top of Europe. Admiring amazing snowy mountain scenery with Kaffee Jungfrau.

Konstanz --Imperial Statue. Sitting on the bench under tree, watching kids playing water, ppl sailing in the lake while having icy green tea.

Meersburg sunset. Me with hazelnut ice cream, pck- choc, yinling's is vanilla.

Luzerne--Sitting beside the river (freestyle). Looking over old town bridge.

Montreux-- enjoying sunset luxuriously with red wine. Cheers, sunset ;)

一年了。

2009-08-26T09:47:00.000+01:00