Two days, Touchdown

for the past few days, i was rather down. i felt lonely without my sis and even worse in two days time without my parents.

it is not like my first time going overseas or being apart from my family but it cracks my heart every time when i knew i would be in Brisbane soon. not seeing them for another 9 months, it sucks totally.

a year ago before i flew to Brisbane.

sometimes i wonder is it really worth it to leave everything you treasure most in your life including your family, friends and food for years just for a piece of certificate?
....
....
better make it really worth it.
alright, enough of emo-ness..
few pictures to enlighten things up.

goofing around with my old glasses back in Intec.

the last few hanging out with my friends before their return to uni.

and
something special for you guys.
good luck and all the best, kawan-kawan ku.
see you guys in the next 9 months!
damn i hate 9 so much.
why is december freaking near to january but january is freaking far from december? if only it was the reverse instead, then i would not be so reluctant to fly back Brisbane even though it would not make any differences in reality wise. lol.
anyway, i love you guys.

Mashed Up

#1. Cny Visitation with friends.
originally wanted to do a post merely on the visitation only but i realized most of the pictures were repetitive, a whole bunch of girls taking pictures in different houses. plus it was extremely hot that day and i looked fugly in most pictures. nonetheless, it was an amusing day because i met most of long long lost contact school mates. but i still find it rather sad because the usual friends that i hang out during cny visitation aren't around for the next 4 years which includes people like jyi, darlynn, pin, yuin yi, mei yueh and jasmin.

#2. Food Hunting
my last week in Malaysia before my return to Brisbane for my 2nd year. my parents brought me around for the best food,be it in Malacca or out of town. in a week, i have eaten bak kut teh, fried cincaru fish, water cress soup, lotus soup, fried oyster, wan tan mee, lo shu fan, and etc.. too long to list all out. not forgetting the amazing otak-otak from Muar as introduced by my friend, Chong Hao. worst of all, i gained nearly 2kg in just a week. horrified.

#3. Last Day with Sis
sis will be flying back to Melbourne tonight and i won't be seeing till the next winter holidays if i only i am capable of saving enough money to visit her. sad. sad. sad.

#4. I adore G-Dragon.
yes, the g-dragon i am talking about is from the Big Bang group. he might be a freak in fashion style (though at times he do look good in what-ever-weird-stuffs he is wearing) in certain times, i find him rather addictive. he is one talented artist and i can't get his songs out of my head. he might be creepy at times but his songs are superb ( i don't care about the plagiarism thingy that he got blamed for) ranging from Heartbreaker to Breathe to But I don't love you to This Love (his version). His band is worth watching too and his dog, Gaho is a cutie pie.

(he is cute, ain't he?in my opinion, his talent is far more worth than his look.lol)

#5. Motor Arcade Freaks
finally and after ages of complaining, i finally found my motor freaks. though they are better than me especially you, Siang Shu Hua (which is so not fair because it was your first time riding it), it is definitely more fun riding with your friends instead of playing it alone.

can't type any longer because my sister is urging me to dress up as we need to send her to the airport after dinner. more sadness. bai bai.

Dad's Birthday

Happy Birthday, Dad!
it is dad's big day today and he actually forgotten about his birthday. as my family and i were pure breed of Hokkien, we celebrated the Emperor Jade's birthday and were awake till midnight for the celebration. so practically my dad wasn't aware that his birthday had arrived when he was busy celebrating Emperor's Jade birthday.

a picture of my dad and he finally does not look fierce in it.dad always look super fierce in every picture and my friends even asked me if he used to be a soldier or a commander? lol. no he is not, my dad is nothing near to a soldier.
he is as sweet as ever.

mummy and papa.
we celebrated dad's birthday at Little Taiwan at the new Jusco mall in Malacca. it was full house as usual and i had never dine in Little Taiwan before, not even in KL.
with high expectations due to the full house condition, we were not disappointed with the food.
the prices were reasonable, the food were delicious and the drinks were so quirky in so many ways.

if you are in Malacca, try out this place. if i had the chance, i would dine there often. unfortunately, i am only capable of going back there till my next summer holidays. how sad is that. =(

my favourite family photo.
as usual, my eating place is loaded with the most plates and bowls because as usual i am the so called 'tong sampah' in my family. even my dad defeated to me which is not good because that is the main reason for my weight gaining back home.
i am gonna miss being a 'tong sampah' in my family.

Dad,

I am just little,
But I love you
BIG

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG DADDY!

Li Lin's 21st Birthday

as most of my friends are officially entering the adulthood this year, 21st birthday celebrations are so often lately. i blew off 2 of my friends' celebrations due to uncertainty and over occupied schedule of mine. finally, i attended one of my closest friend's 21st birthday which was part of my cny celebration too.
happy belated birthday, li lin.
hopefully you had a blast on being a big girl. =)

doll-ing her up for the big day of hers with the help from professional make-up artist. not exactly professional but she is a friend of ours who is really good in make up.
being a girl isn't that simple, looking fabulous on our big day is a big deal in our life.

the results from the long process of putting out the best from her. i believe that every girl is born beautiful and beauty simply lies in the eyes of the beholder.

and even this friend of mine experimented with the mascara. i think she had a horrible nightmare in removing the mascara later at night. she totally freaked out. how cute is that. just check out her post here.

a picture with the beautiful birthday girl. it is really hard to see her dressed up on usual days. trust me, li lin you were really gorgeous that night.

i just can't describe how much fun i had these three months with all my friends back home especially you siang. bringing me around malacca, telling me stuffs,keeping me updated with gossips and feeding me endlessly with scrumptious food. i am so gonna miss you. not just a so but a definite so.
favourite photo of the day simply because one simple picture expressed so many emotions ranging from the enthusiasm in counting the fried wantons to the excitement in watching the counting process to the half-drunk look displayed as the background though she is not drunk.
one picture a million words.

birthday parties are really awesome in some ways, bringing everyone back face to face instead of just facebook-ing with one another and meeting up with more people instead of just with people within the range of your close buddies.

now if you guys are starting to give me the suspicious look for being a potential lesbian as all my friends are only girls, i am sorry but to disappoint you. as a matter of fact, i was from an all girl school throughout my eleven years of schooling and i had lots of girlfriends but fewer of boyfriends. the consequences of studying in a single sex school.

but the best part i enjoyed most being with girls only : none of us are pretending to be someone else be it rowdy or tomboyish or femine or sexy. we are all natural as one.

ok it is not like i don't have a single guy friend at all. i do have friends of all sexes but just lesser in terms of male gender.

the birthday night ended with the usual cny tradition of gambling. i did not join in the fun because i fear of losing the money i won from the gambling with my friends the day before the party. chicken hearted. i won about 25 bucks excluding the initial money i invested. not bad i guess for an un-pro gambler like me.

say cheese!
Happy Belated Birthday, Li lin!
May the best be flourished upon you!

Family CNY

my promise to blog the next day after my previous post turned out to be a white lie. sorry readers. i was too caught up with my chinese new year celebrations and friend's birthday. and whenever i had the chance to online, i spent most of my time uploading pictures on facebook and it took nearly an hour tagging pictures. lesson learnt.
never ever take pictures with more than 15 people because you will have a horrendous time tagging people repeatedly. it nearly drove me crazy. lol.

promise is still a promise, so here i am right now rambling away about my brief cny celebration with my family and most probably i will do another post about my cny with my friends. i hate reading extremely long posts and vow to never do that on my own blog.

my chinese new year celebration was really simple which revolved around collecting angpaus, visiting relatives and eating cookies.
and my family usual tradition- family picture taking using self timer.

honestly, this picture would be a lovely family photo but because of my cocky look display, i despised it and forced my whole family to take another picture on the second day of chinese new year.

and i am not sure if it turned out better because personally, i felt everyone looked much happier in the previous picture including the cocky me. lol.

and this year when i visited my relatives, i just realized how huge my family had became, loaded with lots lots lots of babies and kids. running around, screaming at the top of their lungs, snatching angpaus and stealing cookies to eat. i miss being like them. innocent kids.
and i can't deny the fact that i adore kids and babies. kawai just like them.

and sometimes i think babies are the best actors/ actresses on earth because of their miraculously heart touching crocodile tears. lol. they made fake tears to grab attention and to obtain stuffs they wanted. how amazing it that.

i always enjoyed my cny but exceptionally, i enjoyed more this year. maybe because i started appreciating things around me and realized family moments are the most precious in my life instead of just education and money.
gathering around with your relatives, people whom you had been familiar with since young are few simple things that make me happy.

that's pretty much how my cny was for the first three days of chinese new year. it was simple but precious in my heart. till then, do anticipate for the next post and enjoy the remaining Chinese new year. take care.