Soon

I will update about Paris on Wednesday.

At the moment I'm rushing things all around.

Wind is strong outside.

I need to restock my groceries.

I want new songs.

Shaoran is <3

Now back to work.

Noise

You should have seen this coming.

What is it about staying in a hostel that annoys me the most?

I knew it would be the not-soundproof walls.

The second thing is the kitchen. But this has been sorted out so it's fine.

Now.

Right next to my room is another Malaysian in room No. 4 (who happens to be my classmate back in Malaysia but I couldn't recall or remember seeing her; class is HUGE :P) and on the other side is a British in room No. 2. I have no problems with my British flatmate. In fact, I'm constantly worried if I'm bothering her with my music, singing and movie. And anime.

It's the other one. Because she came here with her friends and they happen to be in the same building, the chattering never stops. Coupled with the fact that they talk REALLY loud, I am always depressed during late nights. I remember on one of my first nights here, she was skype-ing her mother so loud that I can even here what her mother is saying. So yes, I woke up at 0600 listening to her telling her mother how much does the bedsheet and vegetables costs; in £ and RM.

After a while, I informed her subtly:

Me: Do you talk to your friends every night?

She: Oh, very loud ah?

Me: Yea.. *trailsoffsheepishly*

She: Oh sorry sorry

The world is a happy place again.

Until of course, it started again. Loud and late into the nights. A few nights when I myself was skype-ing with my Mother, she asked me why am I not in bed yet bla bla bla. Fact is I can't sleep with all those noise. They can do that few nights in a row and I am particularly annoyed when it comes to Thursday nights because I have IP at 0900 the next day. It was SO difficult for me in the first two weeks. When classes started, it was a NIGHTMARE!

Last weekend, they brought friends over from Liverpool and Aberystywth. OMG. At 0500, I'm still awake. And can you believe it when I was woken up at 1300 by their chattering?? I was THIS pissed that morning (afternoon). Then that night, it was one of the friend's birthday. They sang the birthday song more than three times (according to my other flatmate who lives in No.8, it's only three times. I don't know, I lost count) and started banging and thumping things. Remember I am right beside her room.

Imagine. Just imagine.

I was in the middle of my Sakura movie and suddenly this really LOUD "BANG!!" puts my heart to a stop.

FINAL STRAW.

I paused my movie, opened my door and stepped out. To my surprise, flatmate No. 8 is outside their door, leaning against the wall and looking at me. To my FURTHER surprise, her answer to my question of "What are you doing here?" is "I'm worried about them, they have been drinking."

I was speechless. Here they are, being noisy and waking the whole corridor of people and yet flatmate No. 8 is out there by their door, worrying about their safety. I feel SOOOOOO bad for flatmate No. 8. So after I knocked on their door and one of the dudes came out to apologise, I invited flatmate No. 8 into my room rather than her just standing at the corridor. Poor thing.

For the next hour, we just go in and out of my room as the party-ers go in and out of the toilet to puke. I slept at almost 0400 that day. Few nights of minimal sleep makes me tired everyday. It's so bad!

After the drink drank drunk ruckus however, nights has been peaceful. But I guess it's only a matter of time before it all starts again? The floor below mine has gotten into an argument because of noise too. One of them now wants to move out immediately. That's how bad it is. Sometimes I don't know whether to talk, or you can call it complain, to flatmate No. 4 about this because on one hand, you don't want to mess up the relationship and on the other, your own health is at stake.

Yes, health.

But that's besides the point. You have to live with them for the rest of the term and it's not exactly something nice to do. But to be honest, I don't mind not talking to her for the rest of term :P BUT AGAIN! It's not nice. Just because I can, it doesn't mean I should.

It's well understood that these are all compromises. And it's also something we all expected the moment we decide to live in the halls of residences. If you don't want to comply with the rules, don't live here. It's that simple.

So, kids! What have we learn today??

Lesson is: shhh~!

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Beauty comes in two forms:

What you have and what you don't have.

If there's something you don't have, you go get it.

Eg: Shoes.

P/S: I finally found my size!

What you have, you improve.

Eg: Skin.

Cucumbers as natural moisturisers!

I don't trust gweilou brands because I can't help feeling how they are not made for Asian skin and mind you, I have very sensitive skin.

Everyone thought my skin condition would improve once I'm here but NO. It doesn't turn out like that. It seems that now my skin is too dry thanks to the chilly weather of cold wind and has since overworked hence I still have pimples.

So Mom suggested cucumbers and I jumped on the idea because:

# Mom was a dermatologist.

# Cucumbers are 100% natural. The worse they can do is not work, not harm my skin any further.

Ha! Behold!

The formula is still under observation.

I shall disclose the result of this experiment soon.

I shall go nap now.

Where's Harvey?

Harvey ♥

Ladies and gentlemen,

Let me introduce to you..

Harvey!

STOMP! STOMP! "I'm going to eat youuu!"

Isn't he adorable?? :D

Say hi!

He has the rank of my offspring but I wouldn't call him my son just yet because those positions are reserved. Daughter is a no too because he is a male and I don't want daughters.

If you're wondering if I'm sick, I'm telling you here I'm perfectly fine. Not delusional.

Heee!

Nottingham

I visited University of Nottingham in conjunction with the very anticipated Malaysian event of the year; Nottingham Games 2011.

I joined the MSSCF to go, departing at 0330. I didn't sleep before and thought I could do it in the bus. Who knows the seats are so uncomfortable =.=

We reached Nottingham at about 0730, where we saw buses and buses parked. The university itself is very campus-based, as opposed to mine which has a city campus. There's no life on university grounds; as in, shops, bars etc. They only have halls of residences, schools, tar roads, greens and a 1.97km circumference lake. Anything more than that, you will need to go to town, which is unreachable via your legs. You have to take the bus.

I didn't get to go to town because I don't really have much time. I watched the games and supported the Cardiff red dragons! Most games run simultaneously, so I only get to watch badminton and basketball because from where I am, I get a very good view of both!

Men's Double; on the right- Team Cardiff!

I spot Daniel and Vincent. Vincent won the men's single!

Pictures around the campus.

I will wait for Yannie to upload the pictures on her camera; she took more pictures of the campus. Then I steal them :D

Later in the evening, it was nearing the finals for most games. After witnessing Vincent's nice victory, I went to cheer for basketball. Cardiff lost and placed fourth.

I'm telling you, I never thought I'd like to watch basketball. It is SOOO IDAMNGOOD!

Mom says it's because it's LIVE, so naturally it's more intense. Initially I don't know anything about basketball apart from the you-have-to-throw-the-orange-ball-into-the-hoop. I watched enough matches and had guidance from JooLian to now understand the mechanism! I cheered like mad; I really screamed. Hahaa. Now my throat feels funny XP

Yes, I met JooLian! Like, finally! LOL.

I have to say though, the final isn't as nice to watch as the semis. I expect to see a lot of showdown in the finals but it didn't turn out like that. But, it is still so nice to watch!!

Team University of Manchester!

Team Imperial College London!

MVP! <3 <3 <3

Spot the crowd and the unmoving substitute players of Imperial College!

Manchester has the skills and precision whereas Imperial has a very uniformed height and good defence. Hahaa! I like how the substitute players of Imperial just stands there. Looked so well-trained! :D

The champion is University of Manchester! So awesome <3

Overall champion is none other than the host, University of Nottingham themselves. Basketball wise they placed third and as for badminton, I only know they got thrashed very early and was out of the competition before we know it. Hahaa.

MVP is ♥

Lonely In Gorgeous

I was pretty.

Was. Yesterday.

I attended a dinner with the Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Malaysia. I bought new shoes for that (half)purpose. First we waited for the Minister to tour the stadium, then we waited through speeches- though this part is interesting because the current issue back home is the switching from English to Malay as medium of teaching in science and mathematics is THE topic now, so students asked questions and what not- then finally, food!

I may sound like a leech here because I looked forward to food so much but you can't blame me! Dinner is only served at about 2000! Anyway, my main purpose of attending in the first place is to meet new people. I thought it'll be great to know more people around.

Turns out, I did. I did meet some nice people around. There are also those who only stick to themselves. Oh well, all kinds of them. To be honest, I didn't really have fun. Was kinda tensed up the whole day throughout. Plus, the fact that I had a sad, SAD dream the previous night- me going into jail. JAIL!- does not help.

When I got back I returned being depressed and felt like going out again. But I have tutorial this morning so I can't do that. I can't do it today either because I have class tomorrow at 0900. Tomorrow may sound good but I'm leaving Cardiff at 3.30am on Saturday, heading to Nottingham for the Inter-Uni Malaysian Games, which is apparently a BIG deal. I will go see how BIG it is.

Again, my main purpose of going to the games is not to support Cardiff University- but I will, no worries- it's to see my friends! From other universities! How I miss them. And to see my two-fold cousin! And to inspect Nottingham for Akira who is coming next year. It sounds like I have a lot to do.

Had my first pub quiz! It was fun! Could have won but we ended up second. People would say 'it's not about winning, it's about the game'. Actually I disagree; it's about WINNING AND THE GAME! Heh. Pride is SO going to kill me one day.

I shall go to bed now and hibernate.

Good way to conserve energy!

You know, I have loooooooong realised that since the day few years ago when the few of us who were all hyped up and decided to blog, I'm the only one that actually still does it. Hahaa.

Oyasumi!

So That I Can Blame You

It's going to be a little psychological, philosophical theory talk *wink*

One says we should not judge a book by its cover.

True to that. But not with people-watching. It tells so many things; from the person's expressions, the way they talk, their expression, how they move and even walk can define a person.

Also, I remember that from one day, while sitting in the Economics class, our lecturer was going droning on and on about women and shoes. At one point he said, "When they bought the shoes, they'll come and ask you if it looks nice. They want assurance that they made the right choice."

I can never forget this. Sometimes, some people just want to seek approval.

From who, you ask? It can be anyone.

Let's take myself for example. I can just pass the exam, like, graze through it. But I myself will never approve of it, so I don't do it. I can not attend classes, but again, I don't approve to that, hence I will not do it.

Things are simple when it's just yourself, because YOU know what YOU want. But what if it is to seek approval from someone else?

How far do you have to sacrifice yourself to meet that achievement? Moreover, is this even necessary in the first place?

Easy examples are parents. It's a wonder how many kids nowadays are doing what the parents want, not what they intended. But it's even more of a wonder how many kids are struggling to meet their parents' expectations in whatever they're set to do. Sad, isn't it?

But sometimes, people seek approval only to want to blame it all on them later. When we go shopping, I always ask my sister which one she prefers. I know that if people ever say anything about it, I can just say "My sister chose it, not me. I'm just the one paying." Rest assured I also credit her if I get good remarks. Hahaa.

Anyway, these are trivial matters.

Today, I went to a dinner for the purposes of meeting new people. Prior to that, I have asked some friends to come along if they feel like it. Some said they'll think about it, some turned it down straightaway. But what actually threw me in a state of speechlessness is this one particular friend, who was obviously interested in going, but cannot make the decision himself. He asked me if I'm alright with going alone to that dinner, if I needed someone to come with me.

This theory in my mind never surfaces this much! It felt like jackpot when he uttered those words. I remember reading a manga just few days before that puts this theory in practice; how a guy didn't want to be the first to commit so that he can blame it on his partner for whatever that happens next.

It is evident that he wants me to say "Yes", then if the dinner isn't what he expected, he can just say "Nah, I went to accompany a friend", "A friend asked me to come along" or "My friend was going alone, so I just went along". Whatever. The point is, he don't want to be responsible for the decision that he made.

Well. No one can force another one. Even if I had said "OK" and invited him, he still can say "No". Nothing is stopping him.

I am not proving this is bad or wrong nor is it right or good. I'm simply pointing out this theory that I had in mind for a while now. And it excites me when it actually happened. LOL. I know I'm weird.

On the other hand, maybe I'm just being overexcited. Maybe he just cared whether or not I will get lonely. Heh!

Anyway, throughout the dinner, I also notice people who tries REALLY hard, that it makes me laugh! I know it's a social and people are being friendly but.. Hahaa. I don't know. Something is wrong with me. I know not of any reason why anyone should get offended by this analogy- if anyone ever read this, that is- because these are clearly all in my head.

Right! I shall sign off here.

Till the next theory pops up in reality then~!

Ja, mata.

For Justice

A moment ago..

[02:17:12] Joolyone: reading all these just makes me worked up

[02:17:13] Joolyone: LOL

[02:17:45] See Tho Wai Siong: thats why you chose this career kan?

[02:17:48] See Tho Wai Siong: for justice!

For a second, I am reminded of why I'm doing this.

And I feel so good about it :D

3/5

I done three things out of five that I planned!

I wrote my novel, did my tutorials and seminar and watched Cardcaptor Sakura!

Even cleaned my room.

Not too bad :D

It seems that I don't have to go to the park to see the fireworks after all. I can see them big and clear from my room ^__^

"BOOM!"

The fireworks are still going on everywhere else.

I recalled how this morning I realised that I'm turning 21 next year.

I'm getting older and that actually scares me.

To top it off, I'm already graduating.

Kowaii! :(

Aah, I feel hungry now.

Akira-chan shared the ending of Saiunkoku Monogatari today!! I'm soooo happy!!!

<3 They finally got married! <3

Even though Shuurei died after giving birth, the fact that Ryuuki didn't remarry just shows isn't it? True love <3 <3 <3

Love <3

お休みなさい！

It's The 5th!

5th of November!

The day labelled with gunpowder, treason and plot.

There is going to be fireworks display at Bute Park. But they charge £10! And I don't have anyone to go with me. So it is kind off sad. Hee.

Anyway, these are my substitute plans:

# Continue my novel writing for NaNoWriMo

# Do my tutorials and seminar

# Watch Cardcaptor Sakura

# Watch V for Vendetta

# Watch Elizabeth > to aid in my study of Law and Religion. Hahaa.

Speaking of which, I would really love to watch the movie Anonymous.

I made a pact with myself that if I manage to finish and catch up on all my tutorials and seminar, I will go treat myself that.

In attempt to curl hair.

I walked around the flat with my hair like that and my flatmates just stared at me. LOL.

I kind of forgot I'm not at home anymore.

WHO CARES!

BAI!

New Skin IV

I never go bright colours before.

The brightest I ever went is that striking red with Rider header.

This background is a scene from Garasu No Kantai.

When I thought of a white background, snow immediately came to mind.

How do you like this one?

Hee :)

Hello

When is the last time I REALLY REALLY like a movie?

*checks*

I think it's Rapunzel.

Which is, we all know, VERY long ago.

THIS! THIS IS SO IDAMNGOOD!!

Paradise Kiss

It's based on the manga Paradise Kiss by the all famous Ai Yazawa of NANA. I super love the clothes in the manga as, well, it's a manga centered around fashion designing. When I watched the anime, I am very stunned by the colours and style. BUT WHEN I WATCH THE MOVIE, IT'S A WHOLE NEW LEVEL~!

I think I was literally in heaven.

They follow rather closely to the plot, even getting a male character to play Isabella just like how it is! I talked about this.

I approve of ALL of the character EXCEPT MIWAKO. She is not supposed to be taller than Yukari! But anyway, the movie progresses really well, highlighted all the points and characters developed smoothly. Of course, we would all want to see Osamu Mukai in blue hair but I guess his appearance is just fine. Such a prince!

BUT! The most important part is the ENDING! IT IS SOOOOOOOO GOOD! I BET YOU ALL PARADISE KISS FANS PREFER THIS ENDING TO THE ONE IN MANGA.

WHY CAN'T THE MANGA HAVE THIS ENDING?? NAZE?? NAZE??????

In conclusion, I give this movie 9.5/10. If they find a more suitable actress for the character Miwako, this would have been the first movie to earn a 10/10 from me.

I still LOVE IT TO BITS! Even the songs are great!

Not to mention,

Osamu Mukai!

He, is the definition of my dream prince.

Not even whosoever males I mentioned here.

We also shall not contend with Irie-kyun because again, he's in an entirely different category.

Hee <3

Because of this movie, I feel super good today. I don't know why.

I feel pretty! :D

Ja matane!

Punctuality vs Knowledge

I have noticed this trend ever since my first class here.

Punctuality is of utmost importance here, disregarding events or activities.

Of course, it is also one of my principles.

Here, classes start on time and END ON TIME.

Sharp on the clock. I often see the lecturers rushing to finish their presentation. Zannen desu, they could have tell us more and flows don't come just like that. It's such a pity to see the time has to be the factor to break their concentration and focus on delivering top-notched education to us. On one hand, they have to obey the time and on the other, feeding us with valuable information.

I never did mind lecturers stretching a little more just to explain things right. Heck, if it is really important, I don't mind sitting for another hour of lectures. Back in Malaysia, dragging classes is a norm.

Apparently it is not here and will never be.

One, because time is very respected here.

Two, because the students are SO RESTLESS. To the point that it is quite annoying. They started packing even before the lecturer finishes talking which, to put it bluntly, is just plain RUDE. One of our lecturers actually had to ask them to stop packing few times so that she can finish her lectures because the rustles and noise is disturbing and of course, making other students uncomfortable too. And makes diligent students such as myself unable to hear the lecturer properly.

Hahaa. Diligent student.

But that's besides the point. Apparently this is also a practice in the United States as shared by my baby across the Atlantic Ocean. Students started packing once the clock ticked to the right time and concentration flew out the window.

Since I am blogging about this today, you can expect that it happened today too. It is rather obvious that our dearest Belgian professor was trying to finish the slides but the restlessness of students finally made him stop after only two minutes past the time we're supposed to end. And point being there is really only few more slides to go.

*sigh*

Maybe its the practice in Malaysia that makes this scene not normal to me. Maybe what I experienced should NOT be the way. Maybe I'm just not used to it. Who knows, few more weeks down the road I might become one of the restless rustlers. Heh.

Therefore, my conclusion is I have no conclusion. I cannot say that it is bad neither can I say it is the right thing to do. Thus, we shall leave it at that.

O-YA-SU-MI!