Dear Aly ,

The End of October

2011-10-29T22:49:00.000+08:00

It has been a solid 4 months since my previous entry. I've just been too caught up with everything. Though, that's a cover up because the actual reason why is because I was happy how productive my life was back in June, with updates about Prom, Pangkor and David Choi. I didn't want to ruin it, the first page. Silly, I know.

In the short 4 months, so much had happened. I shall hopefully try to record it as accurately as I can.

July

Was just unproductive at every single level. I was rotting at home, doing absolutely nothing productive. From watching countless YouTube videos, movies and TV shows. There is one thing though, I started exploring the kitchen. It's funny how my mum owns a Portuguese Seafood restaurant and I can barely cook anything besides instant noodle and fried rice. My food are still not exactly restaurant-worthy, but it's good enough to feed my family, that's for sure.

Had a pretty short trip to Malaysia's Entertainment City, Genting Highlands with the high school friends. It has been at least 5 years since I last visited and the place is certainly pretty run down. A reasonably cheap and fun trip. I can never complain about a short vaca trip with friends.

August

Oh, the august rush! The month was full of meeting new people, getting together with my old friends, getting back my A Level result and starting a brand new chapter of my life.

The Cambridge A Levels result came out in August 11, 2011. Which can only mean I was a nervous wreck the night before. If it was not for the oovoo session I had with my best friends, I think I'll probably stare at the blank walls in my room the whole night long. This whole college journey, was certainly a hell of a ride. A Levels is just a very demanding course and to do it in the short 18 months, that can certainly drive you nuts. Looking back, I don't exactly know how I managed to complete the course, yet alone to obtain A's for all the 5 subjects I took.

So naturally, there was an Award Ceremony session in Taylor's College.

The best part of it all? Catching up with the gang after being apart for 2 whole months.

Another highlight of the month was starting my business degree in Monash University. I have already met a bunch of awesome people and I know my network will just continue to grow. I shall elaborate more on this for the month of September, or I'll have absolutely nothing to talk about for that month.

September

The month of birthdays and finishing assignments.

I ate 5 birthday cakes for the month of September alone. What can I say beside the fact that September is certainly a rather fruitful month.

Naturally, the beginning of university. There will be a whole pile of assignment by the end of the first month. The fact that I have been studying courses that are so exam oriented, I don't exactly have any experience when it comes to assignments. In the beginning, I certainly struggled just a little bit, but very quickly got the hang of it. It is nice to know that I am already securing myself with all these marks and the fact that it would be impossible for me to fail. However, I have to admit, I sort of underestimated a business degree, there are certainly a lot more reading than I thought.

October

Another month of assignments and tests. Trying to balance everything is pretty difficult but after CAL, I feel like I can cope with everything and anything. So adding a couple extra hours of work on campus is not that hard after all.

I am also privileged enough to attend another award ceremony in the short 2 months period. This was actually a pretty big deal, at least to me. I can be nothing but grateful to how things laid out for me. The scholarship that I managed to secure was beyond what I could ask for. You know you're special when the head of school mentioned your name in his speech during the opening ceremony.

Now that I handed up all the assignments for the 2 units I am taking, with my final lecture this coming week, I shall end the post right here and head back to reading since my finals is in 2 weeks time.

Aly.

P.S / Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. - Oprah Winfrey

Father's Day with David Choi

2011-06-26T12:38:00.001+08:00

Oh yes I did. The whole day of doing absolutely nothing but lining up and meeting/watching David Choi plus a bunch of other YouTube lovers. It certainly was nice to be able to communicate with people with the same YouTube obsession. Like I can tell a joke from a video and they'll just understand exactly where I got it from. Teehee.

There was a meet and greet and a concert/showcase on the same day. Thank goodness the two locations are just walking distance away. So I spent the whole day with my sister at Damansara.

We reached there around 11.30am and had brunch at Ikea Restaurant. Then, we went straight to Rock Corner at The Curve. I was surprised to even see a line already. Stood still for close to 2 hours before David Choi came. The line got so long, it actually freaked me out. I mean, you will not even know who David Choi is if you don't go on YouTube and search for covers/songs. So to see a long line of people, I was happy.

Meet and Greet was at The Curve's Rock Corner.

Gave the camera to a guy who works at Rock Corner, and he managed to take a couple of nice shot. I'm happy.

The next picture is just beyond creepy and weird. Both David and I look so excited for reasons I don't even know. Or it was just the awkward conversation, he was about done and wanted to give a hug and I told him to look in the camera and smile.

David Choi then "left" the store using a back exit, which I was certain doesn't exist. I was so convinced that it was just a small store room. So my sister and I stayed back when everyone left, looking through albums with one eye kept to the back door.

I love how nothing is focus here.

Not long after, he came out and took a picture with us. I had the, "I-Know-I'm-Right" smirk going on. I can't possibly leave knowing that I haven't have a decent picture with him can I ! His management team aren't that nice about it though, I mean I certainly think it'll be quicker for me to take a picture with him then to say "no" countless of time. I can be very persuasive and of course David is so nice about it. Not that I'm putting the blame into anybody, they're just doing their job of "protecting" David I guess.

I was so happy with the picture, I decided I'll be civilized and not stalk him all over the place. He left the building and so did we. I thought it'll be a little creepy and stalkerish for me to continue following behind him, so my sister and I decided to use the other entrance to go to Ikea for a quick bite. His car was conveniently there and we waved goodbye.

My mother and brother came for a quick shopping spree in Ikea. So we met up with them over soft drinks and hot dogs before heading over to the auditorium. As I know that we will not be having any dinner or any sort of food until 11pm.

It was already pretty crowded at the auditorium when my sister and I got there. I guess we were lucky, there was a glass door before the door to the auditorium. So we sat outside for about 10 minutes before they open up the glass door. Half of the people rushed to the counter to redeem their tickets, and thankfully my mum bought for me at Rock Corner so I already have mine. So I rushed to the door and sat there.

A couple of hours later with chit chat with DChoi's fans as well as a few of his management team. Oh, there was also a moment when David tried to be all ninja and take a picture of us. Since I was right in front of the door, I cheered and everyone went crazy.

He twitpic about it right away.

They finally open the door and I have to be the first one in the auditorium. Got the best seat in the house for my sister and I. Right in the centre of the very first row. Hell yeah !

Jaydee from Fly.FM was the host for the night while Hunny Madu from Fly.FM as well open for the show. She sang 2 songs, but frankly, I felt as if it was 5 songs. They were all medley and very long.

So when David Choi came out, everyone was excited ! Still wearing the exact same clothes, he sat on the chair and started talking. I can't remember exactly everything that happened but I know it was a fun show. The crowd is amazing being so interactive, it was full of jokes and amazing songs. How much better can that get right ?

Here's a list of what he sang:

YouTube Love Song
Valentines
Something To Believe
So Weightless
Always Hurt
Enjoy The View
Love
My Company
Only You
Rocketeer
Won't Even Start
You Were My Friend
This and That is Life
That Girl
By My Side

I am very certain because I have the paper he wrote the list of songs on, with his scribbling all over it. Teehee.

It wasn't like any other concert I went. This is a lot more smaller with about 500 people and the fact that David really interacted with everyone. Halfway through the show, he started reading tweets and even asked everyone to do a human tsunami wave. He then tweeted about it right away with a list of random words people were shouting out.

Try and spot where I sat, you can't miss it. For the video, just click on the screen cap.

By the time David started singing, I believe it was 8pm and the show ended at 10pm. So there was a total of 2 whole hours of David being on stage entertaining everybody. I would definitely say it's worth every penny though. I can only imagine what will happen if the whole crew came, like nigahiga, kevjumba, wong fu productions, victor kim, aj rafael, jr aquino, kina grannis, cathy nguyen, chester see, and of course the whole quest crew.

All in all, it was such a lovely day. 190611

Pictures credit to : David Choi's twitter page and my own.

Aly.

P.S / David Choi, if you happen to be reading this thanks to your Google Alert, I just wanna say I am an even bigger fan after your show. You're amazing whether it is Terti Kamasa or Terima Kasih.

Pangkor Takeover II

2011-06-24T17:05:00.001+08:00

Here is the second part to the vacation.

I believe I was up pretty early, when I actually woke up Shiva is already up with bright sunshine looking eyes sitting in the middle of the bed. Took a morning stroll around the resort, it wasn't a very big compound anyway. By the time we got ready, some of the guys are already in the pool. Convinced Kareshma and a few others to join in for a fun Water Polo action.

I can't remember the scores at all, the guys were hella competitive and Wai Keong is just plain being himself. He comes up with the craziest things, that you just have to laugh along. The girls will just simply enjoy a dip in the pool, they guys however have to come up with some crazy piggyback game.

Hornbills right in our resort. Such a beautiful creature !

Lunch was at Daddy's Cafe as well. Jian Yong and I made another pretty reasonable bargain with the owner. We get to pick chicken chop, fish & chips or stuffed pita bread for RM10 with free drink. Almost everyone picked fish&chips because I guess it is more reasonable considering we're on an island. I, however opt for chicken chop with Yee Wen and Jian Yong wanted to be adventurous with stuffed pita bread.

Pretty fancy right ?

Follow by the usual walk down the beach.

When we got back to the resort, it was already pretty late. A very very short rest in our rooms before heading back to the beach for snorkeling. I generally don't do such adventurous activities. I've been only traveling with my family, and that is definitely not something you will do with your parents. Since everyone was up for it, I thought why not right.

12 of us hop into this boat while the 3 other brave guys got into the smaller one. The boat is surprisingly stable, Terance said it was because the boat was the bigger one, it's a lot of exciting with the smaller one. I guess I'll never find out about that. The guy brought us around first to look at a few islands and rocks. There was one that looks like a whale and another that looks like a crocodile before stopping at this snorkeling area.

To be honest, I was terrified when I got in the water. Afraid I might step on the fish. Afraid that they might just come and bite my toe off. Being afraid of the most ridiculous stuff. However, I got the hang of it after a while and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was such an experience and I love watching all the fish swimming away. Wai Keong at one point would never stop feeding the fish with bread and he just has to do it at such close proximity to me, I freaked out each time a school of fish got closer and closer to me. It was silly but I had fun. There was even sea cucumber and it was my first time looking at it, without being thoroughly cook and on a plate during Chinese New Year. Shiva and Kareshma have never tried it before, so Jian Yong tried to explain to them how they taste like. He went " Yoink, Yoink " which frankly I believe is the best explanation of sea cucumber but then it is very very funny at the same time.

I used my own goggles and frankly, I strongly discourage anyone to use their goggles and mouth piece. When we got back from snorkeling, I saw how the guys wash them and it was ridiculous. He just dip it into a bucket of water for 3 seconds and then lift it up to dry. What the heck right? So if you're gonna go for snorkeling, just buy yourself a brand new one.

Shiva and I went back to the room first and took our shower. Head out rather quickly after that to catch a look at the sunset. Follow by a buffet style BBQ dinner once again at Daddy's Cafe. The reason why we only eat at the cafe is because there is hardly any other restaurant around. There is one right next to Daddy's Cafe and that is it, tried to bargain with them and it is still more expensive. So obviously, we went for the cheaper option.

Beautiful Pink Sunset. Captured by Yee Wen.

Got pretty tanned after the whole 2 days, even with SPF 90++ . Insane !

A walk down the beach with the whole gang once again.

Follow by a short session by the pool, watching the moon light and chatting away. Then, the 5 of us decided to play Risk at the guy's room. Such a fun game but it is so long one. It is so funny how a person can be leading at the first hour and will be completely gone in the next. I played it once before that game and I did not remember it being so competitive. It sure was playing with Jian Yong, Terance, Joel and Grace though. Having very obvious alliances as well as enemies.

We ended the game at 3 in the morning and Grace won, as she is the strongest one at that point of the game. When I got back to the room, I was wide awake. So Shiva and I decided to have a stairway session of chatting about the future. I am so gonna miss that girl when she is too busy travelling the world or being a new yorker.

Woke up the next day, had breakfast at the resort. They charged RM10 for a plate of nasi lemak with drinks, which frankly is very pricey but since it was our last day, we couldn't really bother to find our way and get breakfast and god knows where.

Follow by a picture session.

We had lunch at KFC over at Lumut, before our long journey back to Subang. The whole bus ride was such a blast though, a ridiculously empty and meaningless but full of laughter chat with my friends. Alicia.FM was created out of no where, with tons and tons of commercials for Spongebob diapers, sea cucumbers and of course, for the radio station itself Alicia.FM 99.9, only 0.1 from perfection. With DJ Shi Shi or Newscaster Panda and the genius behind all the commercials, Terance as well as the wonderful singer Kareshma. Not forgetting, our one and only listener Joel. I'm guessing nobody will understand this whole paragraph but oh well, at least I will and the few that were part of the conversation.

Got back to Subang in about 4 hours.

Souvenirs from the trip include a random Pangkor magnet, a baby tshirt full of signatures and notes from friends and a love quote book from my lecturer.

That's about it. Pangkor is a pretty nice place. Not as commercialised as those bigger tourist spot such as Langkawi and Penang, but it's pretty good. It's definitely best not to keep your hopes that high up. It's a pretty small area and I had tons of fun. Then again, it might be because of the company I had during the trip.

What a wonderful way to close this particular chapter of my life. One very last thing to do before completely being done with college, the result day. Till then, I'll enjoy the short 1 month break I have.

Pictures credit to Yee Wen, Malcolm Ng, and from my personal camera.

Aly.

P.S / Blog post about the day with David Choi is done, will be up really soon too. I just don't like having 2 posts in a day.

Concurring Pangkor I

2011-06-21T13:50:00.002+08:00

I went on a graduation trip with my fellow PM4 classmates, to the lovely lovely island of Pangkor. It was a 4-5 hours bus ride followed by a 45 minutes ferry ride to get to the island and then another 15 minutes drive to our hotel. I just don't work well with long journey and was a complete mess by the time we got there.

In the bus with my roomies, Zhi Lynn, Jon & Shiva. The cool room 112 yo !

This was after. Told you I was a complete mess.

We stopped by Bidor for a quick lunch as well. The food there wasn't that great really, even the place.

We stayed at Anjungan Beach Resort & Spa, which overall was a rather lovely place. Here's a couple of pictures of the resort first.

I believe the room cost us RM250 per night. It's like a huge room, and they split it to the upper floor and the lower floor. 4 of us share a room. The only problem I have with the room is the fact that the air cond is placed right in the middle, so the one sleeping above will be sweating at night. Everyone knows that cold air will sink and the hot air will rise. The toilet is also rather decent, I kept banging my elbows to the shower divider though.

To be honest, I was darn disappointed when I got there. Because right in front of the resort, there were tons of construction going on and the place looks like . The whole cab ride to the resort wasn't very lovely too, with hills and very narrow beach.

You'll be disappointed too right!

So once we settled in, we quickly went over to the beach. It was only a 5 minutes walk from the resort. The girls had a photo session first, some simply refused to get in while Shiva and I with the guys just jumped right in to the ocean. The wave was lovely at first, it has been such a long time since I have ever been to the ocean. I can barely remember the last time I walk along the beach with sands in between my toes.

We certainly can't resist doing a few jump shots.

Follow by a proper group shot.

Jian Yong and I were in charge of the food, so we asked around and bargained for the best price around. Found this stall/hut by the name of Daddy's Cafe. It is right next to the beach and about 5 minutes walk from our resort. So the first night, we sat by the beach and had our fabulous dinner. Curry crab, grilled fish, mixed vegetables and sambal prawns. For only RM12.20 per person, inclusive of drinks and rice. I personally felt it was a pretty good deal, the food is decent as well.

It was nice watching the waves hit the shore with sands in between my toes and eat in a dark candle light atmosphere with a bunch of my friends I made in a short 18 months. Follow by a long walk by the beach before heading back to the resort for a chat session by the pool. I don't exactly remember what we talked about, but it was nice to have an empty talk session.

I'll have another post for the following day and I'll probably combine it with the final day in Pangkor as well since we didn't do much besides the bus ride back. It wasn't that bad though, had a crazy fun chat session with the bunch again.

Pictures credit to: Malcolm Ng, Yee Wen and I.

Aly .

P.S / Productivity is the key to a meaningful life.

Pangkor Island

2011-06-16T23:21:00.003+08:00

I'm back from Pangkor Island. My graduation trip with the rest of my college mates as well as my Biology lecturer. It was nothing but pure awesome-ness. Just slept through the whole day. We did so much for the past 3 days and the lack of sleep in Pangkor, it sure took a toll on me. Since I have a pretty hectic day tomorrow as well as the weekend, I'll blog about the trip in detail early of next week.

Here is a picture to show I was really on an island and did not make any of this up.

(credits to Yee Wen)

But then again, why would anyone doubt what I blog about.

Aly.

P.S / I'm so grateful for 1001PM4, what a wonderful bunch.

Graduation Night

2011-06-12T11:45:00.001+08:00

It doesn't matter if you call it Graduation Night, Promenade or Formal Dance. What actually happens is, everyone put a heck lot of effort into looking their best by spending crazy amount of money on their dress, hair, make up, shoes, accessories, and whatever you have to do to look pretty. All the work for a 3 course dinner at a rather fancy hotel before everyone wonders about and have take more snapshots. Then, you'll say goodbye and probably never meet some of your friends for a rather long time or maybe not (for my case).

Now, this is how my night went or maybe I should say my day.

I got ready pretty darn early, 12.45pm to be exact. I just have to buy a dress without a zipper, so the only way for me not to mess up my hair and make up is to wear the dress before hand. Hair was suppose to be at 1.15pm, thought I'll get it done at a nearby saloon. When I got there, the hairstylist was outside and very obviously just lighted up his cigarette. So I was pretty darn mad when I had to wait for him to finish it, before he get started on my hair. He took about an hour curling and pinning everything up. I was a happy kid when I only paid RM30 for the whole up do. Then, drove all the way to Sunway Pyramid with my sister and got my make up done. Reached back home like 15 minutes before Jon and Hong Ye got here.

Went over to Zhi Lynn's place to pick her up, and after that traffic was just plain horrible. Got a couple of wrong turnings as well and reached JW Marriott a lot later than everyone else.

Met up with everyone and cameras were just snapping everywhere. It was nice to meet up with everyone again, although we sort of have a small visit over to Cheras just a couple of days before Prom. They had this photo session got going on, where a professional photographer will snap and print the picture for you instantly. We took advantage of that as well before settling in our table, table number 35.

It started of with a few typical speeches, follow by a dance by our lecturers as well as the other students. It was pretty good, would have been better if I could get a clearer view from the table. It was a pretty big hall, with at least 60 tables of 10 people. So yeah, it was a rather huge event. Can't remember the rest of the performance cause I was in and out of the ballroom so often.

Food came out pretty quick. It was a 3 course meal, appetizer was wild mushroom soup follow by chicken breast on potato with some soup and ended with a slice of passion fruit cheese cake. I wouldn't say it was delicious but it was alright. Nothing special to remember by, nothing that blows your mind away sort of food.

The rest of the night was full on photo session.
Photo credits to Malcolm Ng, who is so amazing for taking all these wonderful shots.

The class of 1001PM4.

With our Physics lecturer, Miss Khoo (third from the left)

Since my picture quality ain't that good, I decided to make a collage, no point uploading 13254385 pictures up on my blog since it will take forever. Malcolm's picture however is amazing, so I don't have the heart to edit it. Plus, it won't be nice to remove his watermark.

More high quality group shots.

With Chemistry and Physics lecturers right in the middle.

Terance and the girls.

The guys all suit up.

Fortunate enough to know these two lovelies, I'll always a wonderful time with them. You'll never know what silly things they'll say next.

When it was time for lucky draw, all of us certainly got pretty excited. It was hilarious how enthusiastic everyone was with such a low probability of us even winning anything. It was fun anyway. Cheering for the wrong person, cause one of our friend read the wrong number on his little paper. Getting all upset when somebody else won the iPad. It was all good though.

Brought Kareshma, Shiva and Grace to the dance floor after that. K-Town Clan was performing, and it was probably because of the song, it wasn't very fun to dance to. When the DJ started to play more familiar songs. We started to feel the rhythm and joined in with Terance, Yee Wen, Wei Le and Krystle. I flipped when I heard Party Rock Anthem, and started shuffling around with my high heels.

People started to leave around 12am. It was getting late and the journey back home takes at least 40 minutes. No after party for me though, I don't see the point since I don't drink alcohol, and there was a car full of people that I car pooled with.

The dinner itself wasn't much but it was the whole experience that was so meaningful. The prom dress hunting, it was crazy how many malls I went to look for the one I love. The countless of conversations with the best friends about this. The pictures we took with everybody all dolled up, even if it's only for a night. One very final event with the whole class before everyone flying off to different parts of the world; a 3 days 2 nights Pangkor Island trip.

Now that you thought my friends and I would have grown up. Considering the fact that we have been through A Levels, one of the hardest pre university programme out there in a short one and a half years in Taylor's College. Think again.

Blarghhhhh. We'll just never grow up.

I certainly had a wonderful time.

Aly.

P.S / Will be going off to Pangkor Island with the class tomorrow, so so so excited.

For Prom's Sake

2011-06-09T19:16:00.003+08:00

Just got off the phone as well as a Skype session with the best friends about this. It's crazy how much effort everyone is putting in for a silly prom which would only last for a couple of hours. Well, maybe just the girls cause the guys are sure pretty darn chill about it.

But seriously though, I went to Subang Parade, Empire, Sunway Pyramid, Bangsar Village, Sungei Wang, Times Square and finally Mid Valley to find my dress. I didn't even find any until yesterday when I was oh-so-very-desperate for one, I managed to find THE one. To be honest, I don't think I can consider mine a prom dress. It's urmm- not some bright neon colour. It's urmm- not very crazy with tiers or look anything like a tutu. Instead, I went for the .......

( I'm gonna keep it for the next post )

It's crazy how the celebrities have to do this every other day but then again, they don't have to go look for the dresses but the dresses come looking for them. Hair and make up will be done in the comfort of your own house. Most of all, they have a stylist to decide everything for them. Oh, the joy of being rich and famous.

Maybe 10 years from now I'll have the luxury of hiring people to look for dresses for me. That would be the dream. But for now,

Prom it's on Friday, Friday, Gonna get down on Friday.

Will update about prom during the weekend. Before going off to a trip with my fellow classmates to Pangkor Island.

Aly.

P.S / Managed to score an internship interview with nuffnang. Yayyy !

Je suis de retour

2011-06-06T12:39:00.000+08:00

That's French for I'm back and hopefully for good. I've been obsessed with learning the beautiful French language for the past weeks. Ever since my good friend, Jon decided to get me hook to the French version of Jet Lag by Simple Plan. They have been my favourite band ever since 2004 and they certainly still are.

Back to what I'm here for, to officially announce the fact that:

I AM DONE WITH CAMBRIDGE A LEVELS

Oh boy, that was such a ride. I went all the way to rock bottom and then slowly climbed back up. It certainly isn't just any ordinary programme, yes it is 100% academic and we don't exactly have course work but boy, the syllabus itself is so diverse, you pretty much have to know EVERYTHING. I wouldn't complain a thing though. I met wonderful wonderful people along the way, some I know that I will put in effort to keep them close to me.

So what am I up to these days?

Besides constantly thinking which career path I would like to take. I have been searching high and low for a prom dress. I'm telling you, the dresses they got out there are plain hideous. I have another 4 more days and hopefully something good and in my "less than RM300 budget" will come around.

After prom this Friday, which I'm pretty certain someone would sing the Friday song by Rebecca Black. I'll be going off to Pangkor with 23 other people that I would categorize as strangers 2 years back, but now they're my friends, my college friends. I just know it'll be an experience, you don't truly know a person until you live with them right? Well, even if it's only for 3 days, it counts.

I'll end it here cause I have nothing to continue ranting on. Since the next 2 weeks are going to pretty exciting, I'm certain I'll have plenty to blog about.

Aly.

P.S/ Life would be so different in a month.

Yellow !

2011-05-17T09:42:00.003+08:00

Haven't blog for 4 whole months. That's just insane. I have so much going on right now, I absolutely cannot believe all the good fortune coming my way. I'm just very very blessed but I don't want to go into details since nothing is certain just yet. It will definitely be much better in 2-3 weeks though.

I'll be done with college. I'll be more certain where I'll be heading in the near future. I'll be having my prom night. I'll be going off to Pangkor. I'll be meeting David Choi. Finally, I'll be meeting up with my best friends again.

It'll be the end of this chapter of my life. Going to start another one real soon. Before that, I'm going to make sure the last few pages of this chapter will be wonderfully written and exactly, if not better than the way I want it to be.

Aly.

Happy New Year !

2011-01-06T14:24:00.000+08:00

I'm just wishing you guys 6 days late.

My blog is heading no where these days, due to the lack of substance to blog about. Been living a pretty routine lifestyle, in other words a really boring one. One of my resolution for the year is to update this blog of mine as constantly as I could, so that it'll be like a reminder of my past. That way, I can read back and said proudly I was assiduous in keeping this blog of mine alive.

So I'll start off the year with a blog post on a spontaneous trip down to Malacca with the family at the end of the year. I had the sudden urge to go down to the beautiful city and visit someone I love, since it has been a couple of months already. So at 7 in the evening, mum gave the family the green light, and there I went making a whole to-do-list already.

Drove down to Malacca at 9 in the morning, oh yes I drove all the way to Malacca by myself, all 124km ! We went visiting first and then a quick change at Jusco. Before heading off to the city for Chicken Rice Balls. It was already 2 in the afternoon, so the store next to the river that I prefer was closed. I certainly wasn't in the mood to take the same pictures over and over again. So I didn't.

Then, we crossed the Malacca river and went over to The Stadhuys because I saw this gold man standing there doing a photo session when I passed by earlier on. He wasn't there, so I settled for a quick photo with the mum instead.

Can you not tell I was trying to be very tourist like?

Went over to Jonker street to be amazed by all the junk they have there. Also to find for my pineapple tart I was craving for.

You have no clue, how happy I got when I found this store. I ate their pineapple tart 2 years ago, and until this very day, I absolutely love it. I love how it literally melts in your mouth. Damn yummy!

Facebook flipflops. Heck yes! They're cool.

This picture has absolutely no purpose. I just love how long my hair is in this one. Been keeping it for a while and I'm glad how healthy they are.

After the whole being a tourist thing, my mum drove the car and we got lost big time. We pretty much drove pointlessly for a whole hour before finally reaching makhota parade for a quick toilet break.

With the whole new restaurant thing, it was a must to drop by Portuguese Settlement for dinner. So we did. Once again, got very very sesat finding the way there. I just got to point it out, usually I'm superbly awesome with direction but I have no clue why I was a messed on that particular day. Drove all the way to this kampung area which completely freaked me out cause it was just so foreign.

Called up Buaya to ask for direction. It was good for a while before we got lost again. So they met up with us and brought us around the settlement. I must say, I was blown away by all the christmas lightings. You can NEVER see anything like that in the city. They decorated each and every house with raindeer, snowman and blinking lights everywhere. It was beautiful. I love how it's right next to the sea as well.

King Horse Shoe crab. I've seen a lot of crabs and this is certainly a very interesting one. It's funny how I can easily determine the sex of the crab as well. Oh boy, the stuff I learnt from the restaurant is so random. That's Spike, I was too afraid to even hold it up or I'll definitely take a picture like that as well.

Believe it or not, this was my very first time eating kerang. You definitely require skills to eat this or you'll be a mess like I was. Not going to review on the food because obviously, I'll be biased and it won't be an honest one.

Yeah, don't ask me what was going on.

And finally, a group picture with the guys.

Quick stop at McDonalds to freshen up before the long drive back home. It was a really short trip, but definitely necessary.

Aly.

Yellow !

2010-12-22T12:17:00.002+08:00

What's up?! I absolutely cannot believe the last post was 2 months ago. I'm done with my AS Finals, done with SAT II and actually worked for one whole month in my mum's new restaurant, Spicy Crab. With all that going on, there's actually one picture to describe the past two months.

And with 8 days to spare, I'm actually thinking to apply for the states. It'll be a miracle if I can pull through it, but I guess there is no harm in trying. Except the fact that it'll drive me crazy for the next couple of days!

The SAT II result actually came out yesterday. Was in panic mode in the morning, but as soon as I went in to work, I completely forgot about it until I got a text from JianYong. So there I was, in a little corner with Gazi tagging at the back, checking the result on my iPhone. Considering the fact that I barely studied, starting a week before certainly wasn't a good idea. I'm very pleased with the result.

Well, things weren't as crazy as I described. Did a lot of shopping in the past couple of days which I'm very very happy off. Forever 21 has some crazy deals and I can spend hours in that tiny store. I think I'll start keeping it for Chinese New Year, absolutely love the time of the year where I wear new clothes every single day.

As for work, it has been pretty nice so far. Met a lot of people that otherwise, I will never cross path with. They are definitely very different from the people I hang out with but still a very nice bunch. Without realizing, I definitely learnt a lot about food and how it works. Who knew, to start a seafood restaurant would actually require so many men power and coordination. Definitely not as simple as cooking at home.

Life is good .

Now to brainstorm for ideas to write a fantastic essay and impress the people to pick me to enter their college.

Aly .

World's Coolest Intern

2010-10-29T17:01:00.001+08:00

I'll start of with a confession: I'm such a social media junkie.

It all started with Friendster and Xanga back in 2003. As embarrassing to talk about it now, I couldn't live without visiting the sites everyday. Then being like every gullible teenager, I decided to try blogging on Blogger instead and ditch my Xanga site. There was also MySpace, which was such a huge upgrade from Friendster but it didn't get very big, at least not in my social network. Last but not least, Facebook that took over most of our free time. So apparently, Social Network and Blogs are not enough these days, I decided to jump on the wagon and create a microblog as well with Twitter.

Mind you that's not all I have, I think I actually have an account for every site you could think of.

Tumblr? Yup, I used to do this one blog post a day over there.

YouTube? Heck yes, watch it every single day. Nigahiga, KevJumba, iJustine, DaveDays, WongFu, CTFxC, ShayCarl, MysteryGuitarMan, CharlieIsSoCoolLike, AJ Rafael, Traphik, HollyAnnaEree, JLovesMac, JR Aquino and Victor Kim, to name a few. Obsessed much? I totally agree.

LiveJournal? Tried it for two weeks, didn't really like it.

Wordpress? There was a period of time I wanted to switch over but decided not to start all over again.

UStream? Yes, to watch Live Blog TV whenever there is one I'm interested.

Chatroll? Mmhmm, to get in touch with my online friends all over the globe.

Dailybooth? Pretty sure it'll be my new obsession, very soon!

Then there are instant messaging service like, MSN, Skype and AIM. With this little gadget, I'm constantly on social media.

Now, I bet you're thinking, what in the world "World's Coolest Intern" got to do with my confession being a social media junkie? Well, I found out this awesome opportunity from Nuffnang. Basically, Standard Charted Bank is on the lookout for the "World's Coolest Intern" to join their Breezemobile banking team in Singapore and I really want to give it a shot.

Why?

I'm 2/3 done with A Levels and I'm still very uncertain about the path I want to choose, Engineering, Economics, Banking and basically business related course are always on top of my list. So, internship might be a good way to gain some exposure, and decide what I would want in my near future. Besides, after studying for over 12 years, I think it is time for me to have some work experience in my resume. I know I'm eager to go out and try my luck. Of course, I will definitely want to graduate with a degree, I just don't see the rush.

All you need is passion, a thirst for learning, and really fast thumbs to keep up with all the Tweeting and Facebooking

Well, that sure sounds like me. Now, to start my entry and answer the typical question the judges would look for. Why out of everyone who applied, I would want to give this to you?

That's easy! (I'm totally lying)

Now that I already explained how connected I am in the virtual world. Let me share a little crazy stuff I did over the years. Well, to many they would define the word "crazy" as jumping off a bridge or climbing Mount Everest. However, my definition is

How many people could say they traveled to Singapore to meet their famous online friends she made through MySpace? How many people could actually say they never pay a single dime to go to all these fancy concerts? How many people could actually say they traveled to Vietnam with only her best friends at the age of 17?

I'm definitely not bragging. Just trying to show that I'm outgoing and sometimes pretty spontaneous yet crazy in my own little ways. Also, a definite social junkie. I love being around people, interacting, social events and definitely making new friends. It could be in the virtual world or reality. It doesn't matter really because I personally have a few friends that I met on the virtual world and got extremely close to for a really long period of time.

Besides being all crazy, I'm very passionate about life. People have come and gone in my life, some simply walked away and some decided it was best to return to heaven. Always, keeping that in mind, I know that every single day I spend with my eyes open and out doing stuff, I'll do it the way I like it, with the people I cherish and that way, when my hair turns grey and wrinkles begin to show, I can reflect my life with a big huge smile painted on my face.

I think if I keep going on, I'll soon bore the judges. They'll probably just skip everything in middle and jump straight to my conclusion due to the length of it. I'll stop here, short and sweet right?

So to the nice people who will be deciding the World's Coolest Intern finalist, here's a special treat:

( Inspired by Melissa )

Now, are you sure you still don't want me to be part of your team?

Aly .

P.S / To my readers, if you haven't realize yet, this is a contest entry to join Standard Chartered's contest, World's Coolest Intern. Wanna join? Head over to Breeze Blog for details.

Glam Nation 2010

2010-10-15T15:22:00.009+08:00

All thanks to Zhi Lynn and Joon Hoe for the complimentary "the pit" tickets to the Glam Nation Tour. Yee Wen and I definitely got the best view in the house! I thought I'll just do a quick update while listening to Aftermath by Adam Lambert, since everything is still fresh in my mind. The pictures are all from Yee Wen's camera.

Where? Putra Indoor Stadium, Malaysia

When? 14 October 2010

Left for the concert at about 6.45pm with the three guys, Jon, Hong Ye and Kin Hoe. Got there surprisingly quick and met up with Yee Wen. We ran through a couple flight of stairs and a very quiet alley to get to the pit. I certainly was very surprised at how close we were standing with the stage.

All Glamed up! Without the glitz, just wasn't our steez.

Yee Wen :)

Yours Truly.

As you can see, we reached a little before 8.30pm and had a little time to camwhore. Spotted an Adam Lambert look alike, we just had to take a picture with him. Too cool for us not to do it.

The crowd was definitely a lot bigger than I thought it would be. Read in an article it was about 16,000 people. Sure looks like it to me. Most of the seats were occupied and the rock zone definitely looked a lot more crowded than the pit.

This photo doesn't really do justice though.

Roughly at about 8.15pm, the opening act started. A guy who joined the World Championship of Performing Arts with Krystle performed. He did pretty well with his cover of Down by Jay Sean. Unfortunately, I couldn't really catch his name. Followed by a performance by Danell Lee and Dennis Lau.

Who in my honest opinion, did such a wonderful job. Or I could be just biased due to my past obsession over the Malaysian Idol winner.

There was a very long pause after that. They started playing random songs by Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga. Everything except Adam Lambert's stuff. So we waited, and waited, and waited. There were a couple of huge yellow Digi balls everywhere, and it certainly managed to get the crowd all excited. Finally at about 9.00pm, the lights went off .

I couldn't believe my eyes. Adam Mitchel Lambert is singing live right in front of me! He started it off with Voodoo. That particular song is one that I will never understand. Don't love the whole creepy vibe when he said vooodooo. Thankfully, he quickly went and got everyone hyped up with For Your Entertainment.

Followed by Down The Rabbit Hole and Ring of Fire. I certainly was over the moon when he was done with the two songs. Those two are my absolute favourite. After that, everything was a bonus, to me at least.

Next, Adam Lambert sang:

- Fever

- Sleepwalker

- Whataya Want From Me

- Soaked

- Broken Open

- Aftermath

- Surefire

- Strut

- Music Again

(I totally just googled for this)

Anyway, Adam Lambert did this little intro before he sang the acoustic version of Whataya Want From Me which I thought was pure genius.

And my goal tonight through my music is to show you the dark side of love and the beautiful light side of love. And the thing about love is we ALL can feel love. No matter who you are, love is privilege. And sometimes when you are lucky to have true love in your life, in order to make it work you just have to ask the right question.

- Adam Lambert

Let's just hope I heard it right.

Then, he introduced his band members. The crowd went insane when he introduced his bassist, Tommy Joe. Adam kept nodding his head and said "mmhmm". I guess we all know exactly why everyone cheered.

Meet, the super hot Tommy Joe

Adam Lambert wrapped it up with an insane performance of If I Had You.

The crowd went wild and I know I certainly did. Everyone rocked out to the song, singing along and jumping especially during the chorus. It was certainly one of the best part of the whole show. I quickly took out the phone and called the sister.

I was crazy over the lasers they got going on.

The Finale.

Like a typical concert, everyone refused to leave after that and requested for an encore. Adam Lambert did just that and belted out 20th Century Boy and Mad World.

With my rocker partner, Yee Wen

And we were certainly all so proud of our tickets.

We were at the pit, front and center.

Yee Wen and I met a new friend at the concert as well. Everyone, meet Wendy ! She is definitely a hardcore Glambert.

Excuse the hair, took this right after the concert. Tied the hair up halfway because it was just too hot.

Met up with everyone outside the stadium and got some souvenirs to remember this very crazy day. The very last picture of the night with everyone.

Kai Xiang, Hong Ye, Kin Hoe, Ewe Jon, yours truly, Yee Wen and Wendy.

Found a couple bottles of water, sort of just took it and drank the whole bottle. It is certainly very very important to keep hydrated. I was certainly dehydrated at the Good Charlotte's concert a couple years back.

All in all, Adam Lambert certainly gave the Malaysian fans a night to remember. I was so certain the concert would be cancel, but I love how he decided to continue with the show. Kudos to Adam and his mind blowing vocal performance.

Thanks for such an awesome night, Adam Lambert!

Aly .

P.S / This year has been a pretty fun year so far. Boys Like Girls - Quest Crew - Adam Lambert.

Post Birthday Note

2010-09-29T21:16:00.004+08:00

Hello everyone, my name is Aly and I'm officially 18!

Birthday celebration was great. With AS Finals two weeks from now and SAT next weekend, I had as much fun as I could. Even though it was not some extravagant party, I had fun with my phone going off every other minute and the surprise cake my mum made.

My mother certainly is the coolest mum ever. She couldn't bake to save her life so instead she made it. Bought the banana cake, slice it up and put sliced bananas. Ice cream all over it with some cornflakes. It was heaven alright!

Sister was busy taking video, so I took a picture of the cake after I blew the candles out.

Went to college the next day and got another birthday song right when I stepped in the class. It was a quick surprise party thing with the lights off. Very cute though, I like!

Definitely very nice to be able to talk to those who called with my phone going off every other minute. I commented back one third of the birthday wishes I got on facebook, I thought a "thank you" shout out will do but my sister said it was mean. So I thought she was right and started thanking everyone back personally. Will continue that tomorrow. Got a lot more wishes than last year, which put a huge smile on my face.

Right now, I've go back to reality of being a college student juggling with A Levels and SAT.

Aly .

P.S / I'm legal now, so what should I do first? :)

Kaur's Big Day

2010-09-14T16:19:00.002+08:00

Hello there, since everyone did a post about the very sudden surprise party . I thought I should do the same . So the pictures here are mostly taken by LYK and Kinoc . I pretty much stole them from their blog and include some that I took . So, you're gonna have a more complete account of the event . Well, not really it's only from my point of view .

We pretty much axed out the initial plan the day before and plan the whole surprise party . The phone call with Kareshma to distract her while Joycelyn call her mum was just epic . I was laughing half of the time and when I couldn't stand it, gave the phone over to Jon who basically confound Kareshma even more or should I use perplex and bewilder .

I'm just trying to fit in those words I've been reading for SAT . So excuse me .

Anyways, the day for me at least started off pretty late . Woke up close to noon, which has been occurring very often lately and went to the city with the family . Spent the afternoon shopping at Pavillion . It was certainly productive, came back a lot poorer but with a smile on the face . We got lost on the way back because the road was blocked . So it was really bad, caught in traffic/lost/latetomeetupwithJoyandNat . Crazy !

Went I finally reached back my area, called up Joy and met up with them at KFC . Got the crazy packets of chickens and drove to Kareshma's place . The guys were already there for I don't know how long . Four familiar looking cars parked a few blocks away from her house . I was doubting if the plan would even work but there wasn't much we could do .

With the best friend outside Kareshma's place . No clue what we were doing, but I certainly miss hanging out with her .

How bad can this picture get ?

Natalie, eyes closed . I just look plain retarded . Joy, eyes closed . We're awesome like that .

Anyways, we got stuffed into this little room . We were still trying to figure out how to pull it off . All I can say is, it wasn't very well organized . What to do, when we pretty much confirm it the night before and the lack of communication .

The birthday cake; Happy Birthday KareshNadal . Just because that person is very much in love with the tennis player .

Not long after that picture, the cake was ruined . I wasn't exactly there when it happened but at the very end, all I saw was three candles still standing and the rest are just all over with the lights out . Gotta ask the guys and Laviniya about that .

But the surprise went pretty well . Kareshma and her birthday cake !

Here is where I'll wanna do a little introduction about this prudently and ravishingly person . I made friends with Kareshma when I was eleven . Not going to lie and say we're the best of friends but we were pretty close up till secondary school . I guess it wasn't until upper secondary I got closer to her and here we are in college . She has been nothing but a good friend especially one that will actually lend a helping hand .

The girls ;)

While the guys decided to eat like how a Japanese would .

It was movie after dinner . It definitely took us such a long time to even decide what movie to watch . The guys wanted horror which the girls were 100% against it . At least I know I was 150% against it but they won . So we ended up watching, Flying of the Living Dead .

Horror !

It started out pretty bad . I even escaped to the second living room for a while but after we got used to all the bloody and fail zombie scene . It was actually hilarious . The guys kept complaining about how this is NOT a horror movie .

Kinhoe wrote the best review of the movie, so go and read it: HERE

Like a true Malaysian, we ended the night after a session at the mamak store .

It wasn't anything fancy but it is always good to meet up with the friends you pretty much spent your whole childhood/teenhood with . (I totally just made up the word, teenhood)

Managed to reach back home before 12 which is always good . I tried once going out way beyond twelve without my phone with me, it was hell after that .

Once again, Happy Birthday to my dear friend . Celebrated my sister's birthday the other day as well which would be up soon . Before signing off .

Shout out to Joy and Nat . It has been such a long time since we talk properly . I certainly miss all the session we had talking in school about absolutely nothing, or something .

Joy . Nat . Krystle . Laviniya . Jon . Hong Ye . King Yang . Kin Hoe . Edwin . Yen Khye . Nabeel

Aly .

P.S / So many awesome people are celebrating their birthday this month . Wink !

The Up Side

2010-09-05T23:09:00.003+08:00

As much as I love constantly being in a comfortable environment . College somehow was a good change . The first few months sure was rough but now I'm slowly getting the hang of it and hopefully not too late to turn things around .

So I'm done with my AS Trial Examination . I can hardly believe it . In a month, I'll be going head on with my AS Finals . I'll stop being all reflective and go straight on to what I want to blog about today .

The last paper was Pure Mathematics paper which was typical . Nothing like the actual past year papers but as different and interesting as the previous trial papers . The bunch of college friends and I decided to treat ourselves to a full day of fun right after the final paper . So the plan was, Sunway-Lunch-Movie-Empire-Dinner which didn't really happen, instead we had a way better time .

After the crazy paper which literally drain all my brain cells . We headed straight to Sunway Pyramid and had lunch at Kim Gary . Ate baked cheese rice which was delicious yet the portion was just so huge, Shiva and I were literally stuffing ourselves at the end .

The people I've been studying with for the past 8 months and slowly growing close to .

When we got to the cinema, I was so full I got to skip my usual popcorn and sprite . Watched the Grown Ups which was such an awesome movie . The jokes were hilarious right from the beginning . It's even funnier if you're sitting next to Shiva like I did . That girl pretty much laughed non-stop through out the movie and I was laughing at her laughing .

Bowling session next . At first I thought I'll skip it because really, I can never bowl . All I end up doing is roll the ball into the drain . But the price was pretty reasonable so I thought I'll just give it another shot . Wasn't very good but I was pleased with my score !

Matching shoes . That's exactly how we roll .

Went a quick shopping trip with the girls a little later . Got someone a little something at Forever 21 and that's basically it . All of us were just too exhausted to even think where to head to next . Ended up talking away while sitting on the bench . Since it was time for the hardworkin' people to go to tuition, we settled for a round of snowflakes at SS15.

Eleene joined us and dang, I sure missed that girl . Then, we decided to kill our hour and a half at the former CNC Laboratory back in college . It was certainly entertaining to have a bonding session with everyone . Played the silliest little game to kill time but it was in a strange way . Very fun . I certainly enjoyed it at least .

Yeah-uh , we're just fun like that .

Had steamboat buffet dinner at Tasty Pot . I don't have pictures from then onwards because obviously my hand was dirty and I didn't want to take out my phone to snap pictures . The tomyam was good and Jian Yong won't stop promoting their porridge soup . Would have enjoyed it a lot more if I wasn't that full from the lunch .

Reading back what I wrote, it might not be much but all the little jokes and conversations we shared that day made it all good . What a way to end our trial examination . Now, I'm just wondering how we'll celebrate after our finals .

Last picture to end the post , with the girls in the toilet .

Well, my friends may not be some crazy party people but these are just the people I love to hang around with . Those that will influence you to do good yet bring so much laughter to my life . How can I love to hang with all my friends now yet don't have a clue about them a year before ?

I'm always so blessed .

Aly .

P.S / Holly Ann Aeree totally inspired me to switch up my wardrobe . Gonna spend more time in the mall for the next couple of days .

By Chance

2010-08-20T23:39:00.006+08:00

Well, hello there . It has certainly been a long time I ramble on this page of mine . To be honest, I truly miss those days where I have that few extra hours to spare and just write whenever I feel like it . I may not be an amazing writer or a deep thinker but being able to just type out and express definitely feels pretty good . Whether or not the content of the post is a beneficial one is another thing .

By chance, I got into this class with this bunch of people . Actually, I can't put it that way . I actually requested to be in this particular class after switching from a Pre Engineering class to this Pre Medicine class with the bunch of high school friends I'm comfortable with . Long story, and I think I'll do a post about it a little later on . It's different what I wrote back then and after 8 months of college, my point of view definitely changed .

Surprisingly enough, last year at this very moment I was at a whole different environment with a whole other group of friends . Different educators . Different morning routines .

And now , these people define the word " college " for me . Whenever I reflect back on this stage of life , it won't be complete without :

Kareshma, being oh-so-detailed about everything and all the silly eavesdropping moment;Jon, being bright orange and busy away with his blackberry and iPhone; Krystle, carrying tons and tons of SAT books and going over and over again about studying in the states; Joel, being awfully quiet these days and debating away with Grace; Grace, the very humble yet smartest in the whole class, 100% for Biology says it all; Jian Yong, being the tour guide during lunch and decides where should we eat; Terance, being the one answering all my silly questions I have; Kumuta, being the one who pretty much knows all the guys in college; Shiva, being the sunshine; Wai Keong, the active TayMun secretary who is very outspoken; Avisha, the most awesome assistant class rep anyone could ask for .

I'll probably continue the next table and the set of lecturers some other time because this had taken wayyy too long than I expected .

So yes, that's how I defined college right now . It will probably change in a few months but that's not important . The uncertainty of the future is what makes me climb out of my bed each morning and try to make tomorrow a better day .

Aly .

P.S / If you ask me to choose between High School and College, I truly can't do it because they're different . Yet, I know one thing, if you're as lucky as I am, you'll thoroughly enjoy it and cherish the people you met along the way, by chance.

The Thing Is

2010-08-09T19:40:00.003+08:00

I'm currently doing Cambridge A Level , 3 sciences and 1 maths with the AS Trial examination in a week time . You can only imagine half of the stress level I'm facing right now and to be honest, I'm pretty afraid to face what's coming up .

Kid, if you're still afraid do it scared !

Ryanimay actually posted that only as his myspace status but I found it very useful . I mean, it is certainly very true . When you feel like running away from the problem, yeah well you might avoid it for a day, a week or a month but sooner or later, you'll have to face it as well . So why don't I just do it and get over it ? That's just my point of view .

Over the weekend , I went over to US Application talk with Krystle at Taylor's Lakeside Campus . To be brutally honest, I was ready to walk out from the hall during lunch just so that I can get back to my revision at home . I was very surprised when I actually gained a lot from it . Like I really had the inside of what is going on and basically the whole application process . So I stayed on both days till 6 in the evening .

Oh boy, there were tons of people in the hall . All trying to get to a good university in the states . There were guys who applied last year and got into Yale, Columbia, UC Berkeley and MIT . Well, it certainly is not easy for an international student to get into those top universities I just mentioned .

Next year perhaps I'll be sharing my own ?

I don't know really . I have so much on my plate right now . Now that I decided to give the states a shot, I have to sit for my SAT by October together with my AS Final Examination and a month later the subject test for SAT as well . Follow by perhaps, TOEFL . Then the whole crazy process of application .

This is going to be such an interesting five months .

Aly .

P.S / Check out the tumblr page for daily picture/blog kind of thing . The stuff that I don't have to think when I typed or just blog it off my iPhone .

Exploring The Lion City I

2010-07-24T15:10:00.005+08:00

Note : So here is the long awaited post . I just thought I'll want to give heads up that this will definitely be a very lengthy post . Not that I want to boast/fangirly and everything , but the fact that it's nice reading back the post 3 years from now and have the exact details of what went down ( like what I did with my previous meet up with the very inspirational guy ) . Well, that post is private now after 300++ views on that very post itself .

For those who haven't figure it out from my tweets already, I flew to Singapore with my sister pretty much for :

Yeah-uh , The Big Groove 2010 part of Shine Youth Festival and organized by O School .

Day One

Thursday - 080710

Went to college like usual . I don't know why, I actually wasn't looking forward to the trip at least in the morning . College was just too much for me at that moment in time and for me to ditch two days of college and the whole weekend is a big deal if you're doing A Levels an taking up 3 sciences and maths . So anyways , I skipped Thinking Skills and rushed to the airport to catch my flight at 7.50pm . I was a messed, got nothing done and had to do a lot of last minute packing . As usual, the Air Asia flight got delayed and ended up reaching at Singapore close to 10pm .

I was that excited to fly .

With the sister, pretty obvious where we were .

Met up with See Kar at Changi airport and shoosh , went straight to Jurong West . She told me pretty much the plan for the couple of days I'm going to spend in Singapore and I was definitely very very happy . Slept off straight after that .

Day Two

Friday - 090710

Woke up to the sound of television in the living room . At seven in the morning, nothing was on except for the morning news . So I was watching with my "yee poh" and I got wayyyy too excited when they started talking about Quest Crew and the event on Sunday . It's always nice to see pictures of the guys on TV Screen and that's when it hit me . I'm going to meet those fellas on TV . Left the house at 7.30 ish in the morning and took the MRT to Harbour Front with SeeKar and the sister . So the plan for the day was for my sister and I to shop and we sure did . Walked the whole Vivo city as Harbour Front is pretty darn pathetic . Then found out from Siti that the guys are on TV like for real . Unlike the one I saw in the morning, there was interview, performance and everything .

So back to Vivo city, the mall is seriously very awesome . They have all sort of stuff there but unfortunately, when you have to multiply everything by 2.3 . Everything ends up being superly expensive . So I didn't get absolutely anything . Although, I did splurge on a cup of frap from Starbucks just so that I can use their wifi and chill around . Knowing the fact that in matter of hours I'll be heading my way to the studio to watch Hok conduct his masterclass made me all weird and funny . Maybe because I wasn't sure what to expect at all .

I was superbly madly in love with the fountains outside the mall . Although it was blazing hot, I'm telling you it probably reached 35 degrees that very day but my sister and I hung around outside until we took enough shots .

People walking by kept staring at the both of us, taking turns to snap pictures . It was fun except the fact it was so hot out .

Lunch with See Kar and her colleagues at food republic and had my century egg fried rice . Hung around Vivo City again before meeting up with SeeKar after work .

Thank goodness for all these funny looking benches they got going on .

Went up to the roof after that and took more shots . It was so pretty with palm trees and everything . So we had another photo session over there with the sister .

If you look far far away , you can just spot the palace from Universal Studio .

Took the MRT once again and managed to reach Scape without much hassle . Mainly because I wasn't alone or I'll be completely lost . Went straight to the studio and had more of like a starstruck kind of thing when I saw Hok in the studio . I definitely had like one of those, " Dude, that's the guy you watched on youtube oh-so-very often ! " . It was crazy . Then I realized that Aris and Brian were in the dance studio with Hok . So I got even more excited .

I stood at the balcony for a little while to catch some air . I just wasn't very myself and I realized Dave and Andi were sitting behind a counter table selling Quest shirts . So, I went over and tried to talk to them . Asked a couple of questions and found out later that I missed Victor by a couple of minutes . Dave then found out that I was part of the QFam and the fact that I flew here from Malaysia . They told me their itinerary and about the welcome party they got going on . Dave went and checked with the organizers and apparently it's a private event . He suggested we stayed back for a little while and he'll get the guys out during the party . So I did just that and called WanJing along because she'll never wanna miss this .

After the masterclass , Dave and Jerry kept bringing the guys and introduce them to me . I was all smile after that ;)

Talked to Aris and Hirano for a bit . Hokuto was just too busy with all the other fans receiving his birthday presents and etc . It was nice though . Had a pretty chill conversation with them and showed the guys the drawings Veronica drew . It was certainly very nice .

They were trying to imitate the expression in the picture . Hirano is just wayyy too awesome .

Hok's Fan Gift . Andi and Jerry on the right . Superbly nice people .

Before going off, Aris for some strange reason kept saying Sing Nian Kwai Ler, gave the sister and me a high 5 and we're off to dinner .

SeeKar brought us to Cineplex to have dinner at pastamania because it was already very late but umm, i just wasn't feeling hungry . Had spaghetti and you can never imagine how excited I was . I was ~~literally~~ shaking, called up my mum and she was confused, she won't stop asking if I was alright . Stopped by an architectural exhibition and met SeeKar's friend . If only I wasn't going to meet Quest Crew in a couple of minutes, I would have been paying a lot more attention like the university organizing exhibition .

Met up with WanJing after that at the information centre . It was definitely very nice to finally finally meet her . Like, we've been friends since 4 years ago . It's crazy how long it has been . Even Ryanimay said so himself :

Went up and waited at the studio . To find Dennis chilling there as well . Talked to WanJing for a bit , it was after all my first time meeting her and I must say, we clicked rather well .

And took this together while waiting for the guys . Plus this with the sister and See Kar .

Who actually spent the night before her birthday being my photographer . I still can't thank her enough for everything .

Waited for a little while before Dave came up follow by Andi and told us to wait for her a quick second . I wanted a toilet break badly and did just that while waiting . She told us the guys are in the party already but she'll get them out and we can meet up with them . So headed over to the club/pub/cafe/restaurant , never figure out what exactly it was . Shoosh, Andi went in and a minute later ;

SeeKar actually recorded a video for me as well . For that, click ; The Highlight .

( You got to watch it and watch the guy who was in charge of the door, he was totally confused )

I remember very clearly, while the guys were making their way out . I can spot their hair from a far, I looked at WanJing and just couldn't believe what was going on . Aris walked out first followed by Feng , Ryanimay and finally Jerry . Victor, Brian and Hok came out not long after that . Feng went straight to WanJing who was holding her camera taking multiple pictures of him waving .

I didn't hear it at first but Ryan totally walked out saying Heyyy Alyyy . Yeah-uh !

Said hello to Ryan with a hug, more of a long bear hug kind . It has been close to 3 years since I met that guy . Anyways, he introduced WanJing and I to the rest of the guys . Feng went, Oh-you're-Alicia-Tan ! I totally know that name . That made it all good and Victor remembered as well . It's nice to be introduced and not have to do it yourself .

To be completely honest, I can't really remember what went down after that . I know I talked to Victor Kim for a bit . He was superbly nice and I can't get over his accent . Talked to Aris, Feng and Brian later on , basically about Singapore, Malaysia and even the QFam . Then with Ryan, I remembered it was for a little longer than everyone else . Asked him for a shout out and how crazy it had been , then he asked about Dennis . Told Ryan he was at the studio which was basically another floor up . So we both took the escalator up and went looking for him . Found Dennis after a while and went back to join the rest of the guys .

Had a little photo session after that .

Showed the guys the artwork Veronica drew and everyone was amazed at it . I know I was so blown away when I first saw it as well . Andi and Jerry were superbly nice to help us take pictures as well .

Steve wasn't there because he was still on his plane ride to Singapore while Dominic is back in the states as he is involved with So You Think You Can Dance .

Those with black borders are pictures from WanJing's camera that Andi took .

Talked a little bit about his tattoo . I'm pretty sure we were saying how long it had been and what's new and everything . So his tattoo was definitely a big thing .

Aly : Like the tattoo you got .

Ryan : Oh this ? It's not done yet .
Aly : Oh yeah, why haven't you finish it off then ?
Ryan : You know, girlfriend is expensive .

Aly : Pfft, says a guy who owns a Delorean .

Actually I took pictures with the rest of the guys as well but I don't really like it because well, I look horrible . So yeah, only those two above I approved and the next one ;

I feel the need to explain the random circle colour on their shirt . They were divided into groups for the ice breaking during the welcoming party .

Some random dude came out after that carrying drinks for the guys . WanJing went up to him and asked for the drink to give it to Ryan . WanJing and her random moments . HAHA ! It was nice though .

I was standing next to Ryan, so I was curious .

Aly : Hey Ryan, you sure there's no alcohol in that drink ?

Ryan : * put it down * Yeah, I'm not sure .
Andi : Ryan, it's just fruit punch .
Ryan : Oh kay, thanks ! * grab it and start sipping *

He is that serious about not drinking .

Talked more with the rest of the guys after that . I wasn't sure how long everything was but it was certainly not a short meet up . It was nice to finally and had a proper conversation with everyone .

The people in the club were looking for the guys . I guess we stole them for wayyy too long . Hug everyone goodbye and shoosh , they went in . Except for Ryan who was still too busy talking to the other dancers around . So, WanJing, my sister and I went up to him and told him we'll make a move . Had a laughed about it after that .

Took the MRT back with WanJing, See Kar and the sister . The journey back was certainly very fun . WanJing wont' stop bursting out her smile randomly and I must say, I think I did the same thing as well . It just wasn't real . Decided to go to WanJing's university the next morning to finish up our little project got going on .

Went I reached home, I was dead tired to even do anything but sleep . But I did go online for a little while to find :

Totally made everything even better .

Slept off a little before two in the morning .

Next , the awesome day at SIM, Jurong Point, Universal Studio and the big finale concert .

Aly .

P.S / This got to be the longest post I ever written but totally worth it .

Teaser

2010-07-14T17:03:00.003+08:00

It is taking me wayyyy too long for me to complete the blog post because well I want it to be complete . That way when I read it back 3 years from now like what I did with the previous entry on meeting up with him . I'll remember exactly what happened . Yes, so excuse the next couple of posts because it is going to get pretty fangirly .

As of right now , a little teaser of what is coming up is what I can manage .

Long story behind this rather ridiculous picture soon and :P

Because right now , I'm still rather desperate to catch up with my sleep and with the 3154354 homeworks that I begin to pile up .

Aly .

P.S / I was high on caffeine yesterday .

090710 at Scape, Singapore with The Quest Crew

2010-07-10T09:05:00.004+08:00

So basically I went over to the studio and wasn't expecting anything at all but thought maybe at least I could catch a glimpse or something right . Hok was conducting his class with Brian and Aris while the rest are no where to be found . Managed to talk to Dave, Jerry and Andi who are all such lovely person and asked me to stay for an hour or so . So I did exactly just that and called up WanJing to join me .

An hour went by and Andi went and get the guys . They were having a little party and she brought them out of the private event to just chill with WJ, my sister and I . It was definitely very very nice to finally meet everybody and actually have a conversation with them . It's funny how they got oh, you're Alicia Tan . All I did was smile so widely like those little kids who got candy or something . It's wayyyy awesome and I'll share everything here a little later .

Crazy Tight Schedule

2010-07-06T20:53:00.002+08:00

It had been a week since college started and it is definitely not getting any better . Mathematics lecturer was away for the past whole week and everyone was very happy . Now, that we have to stay back till four in the evening on Tuesday & Wednesday to replace the classes we missed just ain't very fun anymore . Plus, the crazy work load all the lecturers are giving out . I can barely breathe yet alone follow my silly revision plan I did over the holidays but I'll try not to get tooo far back from it .

Plus, I basically have a long list of errands to run before to the trip to Singapore I've been looking forward for a very long time . I'm very excited except the fact that I won't wanna miss worldcup . With the pathetic Paul the octopus predicting Spain win over Germany . I want to watch it even badly to prove that yummy plate of fried calimari wrong !

I have a lot to blog about as well . Maybe I'll finish it off and click on the publish post already . A proper update will be coming your way or I could be too lazy and decided to just enjoy my little trip to the tiny island of Singapore and ditch my blog for a while . I don't know !

Aly .

P.S / Back to doing my assignments . That's just how exciting my life is .

Bear with me

2010-06-28T11:46:00.007+08:00

College is starting again tomorrow . After two weeks of superbly awesome break . Not that I would consider it productive but it is definitely needed . Finally had the long hours of sleep that I wanted oh-so-badly .

So bear with me, while I finished off the few assignments that I have in hand . On top of the WorldCup craze I got going on right now . Thank goodness I have today break or else I'll be such a mess when I go back to college because of Germany vs England match which by the way was beyond awesome . Go, young german guys ;P

I really got to get going .

041107 . It's about time I get a new one taken ;)

Aly .

P.S / Klose - Podolski - Muller - Oezil - Schweinsteiger - Lahm - Neuer :D

Ich liebe Fußball

2010-06-24T16:28:00.003+08:00

But I show know enough never to trust Google's translator .

Stayed up late watching the Germany vs Ghana's match yesterday . It started at 2.30am which means I pretty much didn't get any sleep till close to five in the morning . It was all worth it though . This whole Fifa going on is definitely screwing up my sleep schedule . Never know I'll be such fan girl over football .

It was strange watching them for the first few minutes though . They definitely look better in their typical white jersey .

Highlight of the night .

Can their shoes get any brighter ?

The best one of all .

Ha, I know this is pointless but I just wanna make my blog a tad bit more lively with pictures . Proper update soon . So much to talk about and so much homework I should be doing .

Aly .

P.S/ Whenever i type ;) , I am genuinely smiling .

When nothing seems right

2010-06-22T11:49:00.002+08:00

A guy decided to start blogging again, it wasn't updated for a couple of months until a few days ago . And usually whatever he ended up typing, it inspires . At least it will inspires me and in the strangest way, it feels like indirectly he is lending me some very much needed advice .

Before that, let me just fill you in . For the longest time, I feel like a useless piece of junk . No kidding, the fact that I cant' secure a scholarship I wanted oh-so-badly and the pathetic results for the semester examination I'm getting . Let just say nobody will want to be in my shoes . Before you think you should let me know that it ain't that bad, don't . Because I know exactly what will happen in my future solely depends on what I choose to use my next couple of months . If I don't turn this around, I'm in deep shit .

So this guy recently wrote this article . I like calling his blog post an article rather than a post . Because most blog posts I read are meaningless at least to me but his will inspire . Here's a few lines that he typed that I want to hold on to .

I view life like a forever work-in-progress . So it’s
rare that I take a step back and find that I’m not happy with something, because usually, I’m nowhere near finished with it .
No sense to judge it just yet .

I had to read it a few times to finally agree with his view on life . It is definitely a forever work-in-progress and what I'm doing right now is taking the step back and find millions of things I'm upset over . Where else the right thing I should be doing is put my heart out and fix all the little parts that I'm not happy with .

He continued his article by sharing a piece of advice .

But in case you feel like you’re not happy with something in YOUR life, ask yourself if you’re finished with it yet .
If it’s something that you’re still continuing to work on, and you just haven’t completed the improvements, then there’s no reason to sacrifice your happiness over its current state . Just keep working on it, do what you can, and always have an eye on the big picture .

And the very last line, " Just keep working on it, do what you can, and always have an eye on the big picture ." hit me the most . Nothing is set on stone yet . I might not be getting the grades I want now, or even the scholarship, I just have to keep my eye on the big picture while I work and work and work to get my grades back up .

I’m in that space right now . Wanting to know what something means, and being disappointed by what I presently think it is .
Wondering what the price is going to be, if I ever discover that I have to pay it .

If not, then I need to keep working . Finish the improvements . And keep my eye on the big picture .
Even if I have to squint to see it .

A smiley face says it all .

This article was written by non-other than Ryanimay . To most he might just be the dancer dude with crazy hairstyle but if you take time out, like I did . You'll know just how much he has to give to the world .

For the complete article, Life Blog 1 .

To be honest, I have no clue what I just wrote or why do I even do it . I felt the need to just type it out so that this can be a reminder .

That I have to do what I can .

Aly .

P.S/ This is too personal to be posted on innit . So no nang it for this one .

Rambling

2010-06-20T19:14:00.006+08:00

Hello everyone,

I haven't done this in a while and since I have a couple of minutes to spare before dinner . I thought I'll just go on and ramble about life right now . Because I'm so sick of tired of covering events or doing ads . It just don't feel like my blog anymore so I'm going to stop doing it and continue with my usual topic, the blogger's life .

Anyways, I'm still very enjoying my two weeks break from college . I hardly start anything on the crazy work load but I still have a week to spare, so I'll start to worry about that a little later . Been watching a heck lot of cougar town and reading tons of novels . Loving the whole ebooks the college's library got going on . Definitely filling up my time pretty productively . For the whole week, I've been a crazy person running around from this part of town to the other I'll spend the last week just chilling at home before I regret not taking a good break for myself .

That's exactly how I'll spend my time this whole week . No more insane schedule of running to one malls to another .

I need a new webcam because this sucks badly .

Got the thumbs up from my mum to go ahead on my little adventure this July . Will be heading to the beautiful city of Singapore, alone or maybe with the sister in a couple of weeks . A lot of stuff to get it done but i'm very very excited . All the trouble to attend ;

The Big Groove .

Quest Crew will literally be 5 hours away . How could I not be there ? It'll be a bummer Dominic will be too busy with So You Think You Can Dance but there's always Ryanimay, Victor Kim, Steve Terada, Hokuto Konishi, Feng and Brian Hirano . Oh yes, I'm very very excited . Can you not figure that out already ?

Gotta sort out some stuff with people . Hopefully be as good as the birthday party the Hawaiians threw or maybe something more . I have a feeling this might just cost me a fortune but oh well .

Who feel like coming out to Singapore with me ?

Aly .

P.S / I went back to my blog account back in 2006 . There was 300++ views on my crazy fangirly moment post when I met the guys from SYTYCD who traveled all the way from the states .

Sex And The City 2

2010-06-18T23:30:00.003+08:00

All thanks to Fly.Fm , headed over to Pavilion with Lilyen and Jon on a Tuesday evening . Met up with Theresa at KL Sentral and sat the monorail from Bricksfield to Pavilion . Yes, we had to go there with public transport and I am definitely not a huge fan with the crowd and everything . Next time, I'll just stick to the "get somebody to drive us down to the city" plan .

Anyways , got there pretty late and rushed to the cinema straight . Saw the flyfm booth and got these ;

I'm too lazy to upload 'em myself so I stole it from Jon .

Felt a little lost for a while . Apparently there is a cocktail party going on and we were definitely not dressed to attend one . What more , I was wearing my flats and Theresa carrying her backpack around . So we decided to ditch that and go get some food for dinner .

I was craving for my fried oyster so badly but it was rather far away . Theresa and Lilyen settled for Subway so I thought I just grab something quick to join them . So bought myself yam balls instead and Jon got himself some hot wrapper kind of food .

Got back to the cinema right on time . Had a couple of extra minutes so we thought we'll make good use of the sort of red carpet moment they got going on .

Uh-huh . Check out the far right . We got gold class tickets to watch the movie ;)

And they have this blue wig chicks all over the place . I don't know what is the deal with it and how in the world it links to the movie but I being Aly, decided to take a picture with them . Dragged Theresa into the picture as well ;)

The seating wasn't the best but it was alright . I was freezing cold half way thru' the movie though . The place is worse than the rooms in college .

Mum reached pretty early with the sister to get us . Ran our way out to the car after that . I must say, the vibe at Pavilion at night is pretty darn exciting . Tons of people watching world cup and the TV is big-ass like superbly huge .

Then mamak session with the guys . Theresa slept over at my place . She was all I have assignments to finish and I just dosed of the very next minute . I know, I'm superbly nice . Started the next day with a drive yet again to KL Sentral to drop Theresa off .

All in all, it was a fun day . Although we didn't get to do much . Would have been nice to go around Pavilion , been a while since I went there . Free movie passes never fail to put a smile on my face, that's for sure .

Aly .

P.S / I was at the very spot where they got lost ;)

Sony Music Malaysia

2010-06-17T16:34:00.006+08:00

Update : Sorry, just found out the giveaway is closed !

Everyone listen up ! Just found out about this awesome new ~~contest~~ free giveaway by Sony Music Malaysia . I can't believe what I was reading, 2 free cds of your choice by just blogging about it . I just have to bold it because winning cds sounds good at all but if you don't like it, there isn't any point of winning it . So this you actually get to pick the one that you want . How cool is that ?

The collection of CD I got over the years .

Not to brag or anything but I think out of the whole thing, I bought like only 5 . The rest are prize/giveaway/promotion/ijustdidntpayforit . But the thing is I don't get to win the one I always wanted . Like John Legend, John Mayer, Glee or the Adam Lambert one I missed on flyfm .

I just checked out their facebook page ( click here ) and it is pretty darn happening . A minute ago, they just gave out 3 pairs of movie passes . I'm not even kidding . I definitely won't mind clicking the like it button rather than those " I dare you not to laugh when you see this " kind of thing . Get a life people !

I only came across the page an hour ago and there are definitely a lot going on . Unlike those group that are just very dead because nobody even pays any attention to it . It's not easy though, keeping a group this active . It's always hard to keep anything going because people will tend to forget about it after a while . Definitely a page worth liking .

So which CD do I want ?

After thinking and considering it really really hard . I'm going to get ;

John Mayer's Battle Studies

John Mayer's Where The Light Is

I just have to have John Mayer in my little collection . Is friggin John Mayer and who don't love him . His album will definitely be the pick when I'm all stressed out and I need to listen to something calming .

I know I'll regret for not picking love drunk by Boys Like Girls .

Wanna get yourself the albums too ? Click here
And do a blog post like this for the two albums of your choice . There's tons to choose from . Adam Lambert, Alicia Keys, Leona Lewis, John Mayer, John Legend, Boys Like Girls, Kris Allen and Britney Spears . If you're into chinese, there's always Danell Lee, Jay Chou, Evan Yo and even Lee Hom . How about that ?!

For me, I'll be more than happy with the two cds by John Mayer .

Aly .

P.S / thought I'll just give this a shot ;)

Yokohoma

2010-06-15T15:09:00.005+08:00

Last Friday, drove out of my place with Joel in the car at seven in the morning . We managed to reach the place superbly early and decided to go to the library, got a couple of good books to read for the holiday . Didn't know we're suppose to leave at nine in the morning . So all of us got there superbly early and had a round of chat in B23 .

Put the camera on timer without telling everyone first . So everyone pretty much just jumped in right before the flash came on . Teehee .

Went down to cafeteria to wait again .

The table is so epic, it'll turn with the slightest force acting on it .

With Grace . We finally got into the bus and was on our way to Semenyih . The bus ride was surprisingly a lot shorter than I expected it to be . The place is definitely very very very different with the places I'm used to . The kampung-ish style got going on .

( Q : Is my front hair THAT short ?! )

Finally reached the Yokohoma battery factory . I must say, I was very amazed at the building . It was a lot nicer than I expect a battery factory to be .

So then a dude with a very heavy Indian accent gave us a whole talk about battery . Apparently he is the head R&D and he sure knows a heck lot of stuff about the battery and I admire his honesty . Like when questions were thrown to him like " what does the term maintenance free meant ? " , he's reply would be it is a marketing strategy and nothing is every maintenance free . A very honest man indeed . Learnt quite a lot from him .

After that, all of us were given a mask each . Went to the Exclusive Toilet (which later we found out exclusive means there's only one! ) with Grace to take a picture with our masks on . Came out with a bunch of people staring at us both coming out from the toilet . Fun times ;P

At first, it was fun and all but then I can't stand the bloody mask . Like it's so hot, I can barely breathe . I pity those who work in the factory everyday, I think I'll die .

Went around the whole place and learnt a heck lot of stuff . I was determined to take pictures at first but then got really lazy . Like there's so much going on, the dude was explaining and machines were banging here and there . I can barely hear anything, so yeah I kept my camera away after that .

Managed to get this shot because I think the machine is so cool .

Apparently it is 500 degree celcius in there . The lead will melt and mold into place . Less than 2 seconds, you'll have like a metal plate . I personally think it's super fun so I took a picture of it .

There's a heck lot of process got going on . I can barely remember what he was saying but I have the rough idea of how they actually got it done . It is always really cool to find out how things are made . Not as easy as just assembling it and you got your finishing product .

Another mirror picture .

When you can't find anyone to take it for you . Take it yourself and you can include everyone in it ! Apparently this is their Yoga room . No kidding , factory workers love their yoga . I must say, the yokohoma people are really really nice . They prepared for us drinks and each of us even get a notebook and a little keychain .

Oh , WaiKeong with their superbly awesome solar powered car(?)

Overall, it was a pretty fun trip . Doubt any of us will go there anytime soon but it was productive . Considering I would probably sleep the whole day if I didn't sign up for this . However, I realized I can't work in a factory, as an scientist/engineer/whateveritis . Never in a million years I'll survive !

Next , I think I wanna go to a yogurt factory . Or a mattress factory would be good . Yes, that would be a lot of fun .

Aly .

P.S / july is going to be so much fun . just found out usher is coming as well !

The Brand New

2010-06-13T21:46:00.004+08:00

http://dear-aly.blogspot.com !

Worked on the page all night yesterday and I'm glad I finally got it done . Loving it ? Well you better because I'm ridiculously in love with it . Believe it or not , I got the whole header done in paint . My photoshop got screwed up and I can't find the programme anywhere so I had to work with the very pathetic paint .

Added a couple of pages on top so go click click click on it . The gadgets are still pretty much the same . Kept the theme because I personally love grey a lot right now .

Thought of workin' with it for another couple of days but what better day to reopen my blog than today . 13 June 2010 , a very special person celebrating his birthday half way across the globe . So you might just have to bear with a few kinks here and there which I'll fix it up really really soon .

Why am I so free ?

Because I'm on a friggin' desperate needed HOLIDAY . Yes people, no college for two whole weeks and I'm enjoying every single second of it . I have a lot of catching up to do and all the homeworks that have been slacked behind . Gotta clear them all up and start fresh . Found out that I don't have any scholarship which means I have to work 6184657 harder for A Levels to secure myself one next year .

Will be blogging next on the trip to the battery factory with these people .

Aly .

P.S / Thank you for inspiring me .

"Failure is necessary for success, but I choose to succeed exponentially more than I fail . " - Ryanimay .

Best Bits of Project Alpha Season 2

2010-06-07T17:50:00.006+08:00

I must say , the most interesting one got to be the episodes with Xiaxue and Niki Cheong at London and the Lost World of Tambun with Cheesie , KY , Kimberly and ShaolinTiger ain't that bad too . I thinks it is just really cool for Project Alpha to fly all the way to London to shoot it . Definitely something .

Oh , I love the beginning of season 2 where all the bloggers from season 1 flew all the way to Kuching . It's nice to have a good view at Kenny Sia's gym . Yes , Level Up . The one that he had been working so long for like back then , all his posts would be related to the gym . I must say , the gym looks pretty fancy . Love the colour theme going on . Definitely a little better than the gym I got in the clubhouse here .

The scene with the pretty gay guy teaching aerobics was hilarious as well . He can do some fancy muscle stretching work with his ass . I laughed out loud in front of my screen .

Unfortunately , I didn't attend the Adidas Ole KO Challenge . Read from blogs that KY won . Not what everyone expected but okayyy . Would have been fun to go but semester exam got to be in the way as usual . Actually , I'm sitting for it right now and screwing it big time .

All in all , Project Alpha season 2 has been a lot of fun . Earning side pockets as well . Can't wait for season 3 and who knows , if my blog will be as big as Kenny Sia , Xiaxue , Cheeserland and KYspeaks . I'll be featured one day eh ?

A girl can dream ;)

A few more episodes for this season and this is a wrap .

Project Alpha is presented by Adidas Action 3 and supported by P1 and MAS.

Aly .

P.S / This has been fun while it last .

Let The Battle Begin

2010-06-06T15:40:00.004+08:00

Only this time round, I have a strange feeling. Unlike all the other exams in the past, I'm dead ready to do it. I knew exactly what was I getting myself into but this time is different, very different . Definitely not expecting as high as I would like . Even if I get a B , i'll be very very satisfied for this Semester Examination . Because I know, I don't deserve an A .

Maybe then , after the four crucial and torturous day , I'll genuinely smile again .

Why oh why do I have to be such an lazy arse and study at the very last minute ? Only to find out that I don't 100% understand what I'm studying . Just great !

Aly .

P.S / Let's just hope I don't fail anything . Got the nang it idea from Jon .

Gimme Food on Flights

2010-06-03T17:36:00.004+08:00

I literally laughed out loud when I saw today's Instant Cash Blogging post . The fact that I just talked about the exact topic with Kumuta a day before . She pretty much traveled all over the world and she told me that she doesn't eat food on flights . But isn't that what people usually look forward most to a flight ?

The question of the day is what is the dish I would like to have on flights .

My answer for the question right now would 100% be , Pan Mee .

Maybe because I definitely have been eating it a lot since I started college . It's pretty much one of the few good foods that we can get around our campus . Well , everything else is pretty much very blah . To be honest , I was never a fan of pan mee before this . I think I only eat like a bowl or two every year . And this year itself , I lost count already but I know for a fact it is definitely a lot more than two bowls .

The thing is , pan mee is so awesome . How can anyone don't love it ? The awesome texture with a half cooked egg and with some anchovies , never forgetting the chili paste . My personal favourite would be the traditional dry thick noodle and sprinkled the chili paste on top . Or , with century egg dumplings . That would be very very yummy .

Oh great, now i really really want to have a bowl . I think I'll go drive around to find a stall that sells Pan Mee because heck , I don't think there's any in my area or maybe it's just the fact that I haven't really explore the food over here unlike at SS15 .

I guess I didn't think this through . Pan Mee on a flight ? That won't be very good but oh well , maybe that's the reason that they don't serve it on flight just yet . Perhaps , somebody would soon figure it out . Cook it on a plane ? Some special container ? I don't really know / care . I still think Pan Mee will be really really cool on flights . Wait , why didn't I think of sushi as the food on flights? That would be really cool too because I love my raw fish . ~~And everybody loves sushi~~

;)

Project Alpha is presented by Adidas Action 3 and supported by P1 and MAS. Never go hungry while flying with MAS .

Aly .

P.S / This shall be my last ICB post . Since the next one would be during my Semester Examination . Wooo , fun while it last .

I wanna watch Toy Story 3

2010-05-30T22:18:00.002+08:00

Who doesn't ?! It's friggin' amazing and definitely one of the best movies by Walt Disney . At least Toy Story 1 & 2 were my favourites . I remember back when I was kid after watching Toy Story , I put my video camera in my room for a whole hour just to watch it again and see if my toys come alive . I know , it was silly but I was young alright .

A little fact :
Do you know why is Buzz Lighter's suit white, purple and green in colour ?
That is because his creator's favourite colour is green and the wife's is purple. Out of all the days I don't read Xiaxue, I went to her page yesterday and read a whole lot about Toy Story . One lucky blogger to fly all the way to San Francisco to watch Toy Story 3 at Pixar . Someday , perhaps I'll be even bigger ;)

I think I was in the cinema waiting to watch How To Train Your Dragon when I saw the trailer for Toy Story 3 . I went ballistic . I remember how excited I was that there will be a Toy Story 3 in 3 friggin D . I knew I would never miss that for the world and thanks to nuffnang , hopefully I get to save a couple of bucks on those expensive 3D movie tickets .

Like in Toy Story 2 , there definitely will be a couple of new characters . Nothing excite me more than the Peas-In-A-Pod :

Tadaaaa !

Aren't they sooooo adorable . I refused to read the synopsis on wikipedia and to spoil all the fun for myself . But just look at the peas , so very very cute indeed . I wonder who actually comes up with all these , because I know I won't have the creativity to do so .

Speaking of creativity , I have this very talented friend all the way in Canada . Who drew something really neat and so closely related to Toy Story , I thought I'll share it with everyone . If I'm not wrong , it was a birthday gift for Andy Luo from Quest Crew .

I always admire her work and she goes by the name Veronique Sunantori . A very very talented artist so everyone , watch out for her . One of my favourite .

To watch the Toy Story 3 before the release date would be ah-ma-zing . Because I'm a fan of toy story and always will . Andy gears up for college , how exciting will that be . If you watch the trailer , you'll understand exactly why I'm so hype for this very movie . Maybe the fact that I'll be done with my semester examination by then .

Got to get back to work before the positivity in possibility decrease in probability . Still my favourite quote .

Aly .

P.S / To infinity and beyond .

I could really use a wish right now

2010-05-28T16:32:00.003+08:00

"Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are shooting stars"

I'm loving the chorus of the song . It's so addictive . Anyways, I thought I haven't give a proper update on life for a while now . So I'll do it because I need a break after teaching my little kiddo History .

When people say life is unpredictable . It definitely is . You can never expect what tomorrow will be like . Next thing you know, life is going to come crashing down . Then you'll have to pick back up those little pieces and learn the fact that you'll be better today than you were yesterday .

So, what's going on ?

Well, most of the scholarship results are out and I didn't manage to secure any . Perhaps it'll change soon but I won't be counting much on it. I guess, I'm better without it because it gives me more reasons to work my ass off to study for A-Levels . Speaking about that, A-Levels has definitely been very stressful . The workload are insane and I'm just trying to keep up with it . It's my fault for signing up for it in the first place .

How naive was I when I started college . To think that I'll be having so much free time to do other stuff now that I can drive . I can barely keep my eyes open after college . There was a long list of stuff I wanted to do, volunteer, giving tuition classes, online groups, work, and now I can't even find time to just breathe . Don't believe, take up A-Levels at Taylor's College where they cramped the 2 years programme to 1 and a half . You will eventually give up television like I did .

Other than that, everything else is pretty much the same. My room is still very messy with papers lying everywhere . I'm seventeen and still 5'7 .

But I'm loving my very ordinary life and I'll continue to dream big .

Gotta go because;

Everything in life is a possibility . But time causes the positivity in possibility to decrease in probability . So the moment to act is now .
- Ryanimay Conferido

Aly .

P.S / Break in two weeks . Oh I can't wait !

My Favourite Quotation

2010-05-26T20:40:00.004+08:00

Because it is just so honest and true.

Aly .

P.S/ everything is gonna be alright . ~~i hope~~

My Wiggy Design

2010-05-24T18:42:00.003+08:00

Will definitely be something colourful like this ;

Because who don't love colours ?

:)

Project Alpha is presented by Adidas Action 3 and supported by P1 and MAS.

Aly .

My Theme Song, Dear Aly

2010-05-21T23:31:00.005+08:00

Got the news that I wasn't selected for the JPA scholarship , shed a couple of tears until I found this particular video on youtube . Dear Josi Rose Slack whoever you are, thank you for the song !

Dear Aly, by Jori Rose Slack

Dear Aly,
what's it like out there?
Do you see yourself goin' somewhere?
Are you happy or are you scared?
Either way, just know how much we care...

It's been a long time since you've been home
chasin' your big dreams out on the road,
dreams of makin' your dreams come true
know this: we all believe in you...

So run, Aly don't look back
you're gonna fly, Aly
give yourself a chance
to make it big
make it far
show them who you are
'cause what you are
is a star

Dear Aly,
Since you were a little girl
you saw things differently in your world
everywhere you went was your stage
we knew what you were at such a young age

we knew one day you'd

Run, Aly
don't look back
you're gonna fly, Aly
give yourself a chance
to make it big
make it far
show them who you are
'cause what you are
is a star

You're a star

Every moment in your life has led you here
you won't turn back because your dreams are oh so near,
so go
and know
at each and all the shows

shine through
show them you....

Dear Aly,
make it big
make it far
show them who you are
'cause what you are
is a star

You're a star, dear Aly.

Dear Aly....

Aly .

Football = Adidas

2010-05-20T16:17:00.006+08:00

When anybody mention the word football , there are two things that come into my mind and the first one would be Lukas Podolski .

Ah yes , I remember staying up late watching him play back in 2006 . Cheering each time he scored a goal . He was definitely my favourite ever , not that I know a lot about football to judge whether or not he's a good player . He's good looking and to me he can play pretty well , enough for me at least .

So what's the other thing that'll come to my mind ?

Adidas .

For the very last time , Adidas doesn't stand for All Day I Dream About Sex . Well , is just that you can help it but spot the Adidas logo right on the jersey . I'm telling you , every single football game . You'll be able to spot an Adidas logo somewhere or recognize their signature , three parallel lines . It is impossible for anyone to miss . So if you tell me you're a huge football fan but don't know what Adidas is . I'm going to say , you my friend have been leaving under the seabed or you're just lying to my face .

These days , Adidas isn't just the second largest sportswear manufacturer but they have some pretty good casual stuff . Like the pair of Adidas shoes I spotted in Sunway Pyramid a couple of weeks back that I'm dying to get . They even go as far as manufacturing deodorant and shampoo .

Adidas is organizing an event at Mid Valley Megamall . In fact , it is actually going on right now while I'm typing this . So if you're around , go check it out and perhaps you'll bump into the bloggers featured on Project Alpha like Kenny Sia .

I would if only I can find my way there .

More Project Alpha videos :

I watched everything and I must say , pretty interesting stuff they got going on .

Project Alpha is presented by Adidas Action 3 and supported by P1 and MAS. The Project Alpha bloggers will be at the Adidas Pure Game Ole KO event on Friday (May 21), from 7.30pm-8.30pm. Catch them in action!

Aly .

P.S / Tomorrow .

Reflection

2010-05-15T16:21:00.005+08:00

My tweetdeck popped up a minute ago , saying there's a new tweet . I usually ignore it because I'm just that lazy but since I was so bored , I thought I'll just check it and I saw this ;

if the 10 year old version of you came to visit you in present times... you think would they look forward to being you? by Feng

I got me thinking .

I doubt that little kid over there could in her wildest dream , imagine being in the position I am in . I don't exactly have the clearest vision what my life would be when I'm twenty , but right now I'm just grateful . Heck , I don't even know what's going to happen tomorrow

I remember listening to S Club 7 and thought I was so cool for knowing the lyrics for every songs . At one phase , I pretty much idolized Hilary Duff and wanted to be like her so badly . Watched every episodes of Lizzie McMguire . Cycled the entire Segamat town with my two wheelers .

I've changed . Definitely a wiser person . If you show the 10 year old version of me any mathematics questions I'm doing right now , I would probably think I'm a super genius ! I would never even dream of a scholarship . But here I am , still waiting for the result to announce . I would never thought I would actually finish my school years , and here I am studying in college .

So to answer the tweet , I definitely think the ten year old version of me would look forward being me ( with my belt of straight A's , she will be pretty excited ) .

Now , can I visit the 28 year old version of me in the future ?

Aly .

P.S / Listening to all these old school songs are definitely bringing back a heck lot of old memories .

Another College Update

2010-05-13T16:07:00.003+08:00

Since I have absolutely no clue when the scholarship results will be announce , which means I pretty much have no clue what I'll be doing next week or where I will even be . So I thought I should do another 1001PM4 college update , as it is right now . Before the whole farewell and goodbye stuff because I'm pretty sure there will be people from my class getting scholarship , everyone is just too friggin smart .

I'm definitely loving college . It has been what , five months but it surely doesn't feel like it . Met with tons of new people and getting to know them more as days went by.

Got even closer with the ones I'm friend with and new people like Kummie Kums ;P

And how can I forget Kiew Sze-Ern who would never understand why I keep calling people with their full name .

Explored tons of food place ! Had some sort of Japanese food yesterday with the food explorers and today was Korean with the awesome KK people .

Or crossed over the main road to eat the very delicious hor fun @ Kar Heong . Pan Mee @ Face to Face / Jojo's little kitchen . Or even the very crowded Asia Cafe . It is pretty fun and break is always the highlight of our day .

We even celebrated tons of birthdays already ;

Kerr Shiong's expression is priceless . The very very very yummy , chocolate indulgence from secret recipe . We were in our lab which explains all the apparatus on the table .

Or just plain hanging out with them ;

It's always fun . Empty lecture theater = endless fun . Whether you're running between each and every row of chairs like Eleene and Jon . Running down the stairs like a fool , yes like me . Singing songs of worship or just plain talking and creating lame jokes like James Bond . It'll just put a smile on your face .

And my typical end of college day would be ;

Getting a quick rest in the car or talking non-stop about the day while Jon is driving at 120km/h .

So just in case I'm going to drastically change my life again . I just wanna record it down , what a typical day is like in college . I'm grateful I'm here .

Aly .

P.S / there was suppose to be 3 tests this week but somehow , two got postponed :)

Nicolekiss for the Adidas Ole KO Challenge!

2010-05-09T23:11:00.005+08:00

I've been watching wayyy too many episodes of Project Alpha on youtube. It gets addictive ! Anyways, thought I'll share with everyone that the Season 1 & Season 2 bloggers will be playing futsal one-on-one at the Adidas Ole KO road show at Centre Court, Mid Valley Megamall, Friday May 21, 7.30pm! Which coincidently have to be a couple of weeks before semester exam , oh boo .

Which blogger do I think will win ?

My title gave it all away already . Yes, I definitely think Nicole Tan from nicolekiss.blogspot.com will win the whole futsal tournament. I bet there would be 24843518 blogs posting about Kenny Sia so I thought I will be a little different and go for the girl power instead .

I will come clean . I have been a pretty avid reader of Nicole's travel blog . I am telling you, that girl pretty much traveled to every single part of the world already . That includes , South Africa , England , France , Spain , Thailand , Vietnam , Japan , Cambodia and New Zealand just to name a few . ( I'm just reading it from her achieves really ) So each time I visit her blog , I know I will learn something interesting .

Why do I think she'll win ? Besides the fact that her surname is Tan and she might probably be related to me in one way or another . We're awesome like that . She is one of the toughest person I know . As much as I love travelling , I don't think I'll be able to do what she is doing . For someone who traveled the world that often , winning a futsal tournament should be pretty easy .

I bet it'll be a heck lot of fun that day watching all the bloggers compete one another . I have a feeling Kenny Sia and Nicolekiss would put up a good fight . Who knows , maybe bloggers like redmummy, kyspeaks and cheeserland might surprise us and win the thing as well .

Till then , another couple of episodes of Project Alpha to share .

Project Alpha Season 2 is presented by Adidas Action 3 and supported by P1 and MAS. Catch the Project Alpha bloggers at the Adidas Ole KO road show at Centre Court, Mid Valley Megamall, Friday 21 May at 7.30pm!

Aly .

Bank Negara Scholarship Interview

2010-05-07T20:21:00.000+08:00

I thought I'll make this post a little more formal, don't want to get people all confuse when they google search for bank negara scholarship and ended up reading this page.

So exactly fourteen days ago , I found out I was one of the few selected for Bank Negara interview . The interview was scheduled on Tuesday . I don't really have much time to prepare anything at all . I received my email and it says the interview will be conducted from 7.20am to 6.00pm . I kid you not , it is a very lengthy interview process .

There will be 4 stages ;

Essays writing ( English & Malay )
Individual interview
Individual presentation
Group presentation

That was at least the order I did. The first three stages will be conducted simultaneously, so you'll be pretty much dragged from one session to another without any break.

The topic for the essays were pretty general. One of it was ; Why do you think you are Bank Negara's future talent? No word limit so you pretty much write as much as you can . You'll be given an hour to finish up one essay in English and another one in Malay .

The interview process was really good too. There will be three interviewers and each session pretty much last for 20 minutes. Just answer what the interviewers asked you , you'll be just fine . Make sure you are very clear and certain of your replies. You'll have to be able to answer questions like what is the role of bank negara. So do your research, it is very very important.

As for the individual presentation, I was given the topic; Where do you think you will be five years from now and beyond. Something similar because I can't recall the exact question right now. We were given papers and markers and exactly half an hour to draft it out. After that, you'll be presenting it to two interviewers. They will ask you questions here and there. This will be another 20 mins session. Don't worry too much, they're really nice people and they seemed genuinely interested to know about you. So just be very honest and show them who you really are .

After these 3 stages, it would be roughly 1pm already. You'll then be treated to a really awesome lunch at the super fabulous looking cafeteria. Had chicken rice overlooking the awesome view. I'm telling you, their cafeteria is like some five star hotel restaurant, it is that fancy. The next session will only be starting at around 3pm.

The group presentation will obviously be in group. I think the size of the group varies from session to session, because mine was only four. You'll be given a topic and a few roles to play. So just work on it and present your idea with your group members. Half an hour to prepare and finally half an hour to present.

NOTE: Everything will be conducted in English.

By then, you'll pretty much happy you're done with everything. At least I was. They'll still feed you with fruits and you'll be having fun with your group members. Finally really get to know them.

This is pretty much everyone. A pretty fun bunch, by lunch time everyone was sharing jokes laughing here and there. I definitely gained a lot from this. Getting to know different people from different backgrounds and actually have the inside to see the working environment in Bank Negara. It is a lot better than I thought it would be, I definitely won't mind working there for a couple of years.

Now, I can't stop refreshing my email hoping to see an email from Mr.Suapi to congratulate me that I'm one of the Bank Negara scholar . I'm pretty sure I'll be wayyy over the moon . If only the result is out .

Aly .

My Message To AIDSAware

2010-05-06T20:11:00.004+08:00

Hello everyone ,

I've been studying a heck lot about AIDS these few days in Biology class . And I must say , it is pretty scary when you know the statistics . I'm not kidding when I say ;

Everyday 2 women and 7 men are newly infected by HIV in Malaysia .

Think about it , 9 people a day , that's 270 new people every month living with AIDS or should I call it , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome . Let be brag a little about what I learnt so far . The causative agent for AIDS will obviously be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) . The HIV will then infects white blood cells such as T helper cells, macrophages and brain cells . How ? By enclosing within the cell membrane . The virus will replicate and become DORMANT . Which is the main reason it does not stimulate an immune response .

The virus just stays in there . So you're pretty much like a living bomb , waiting for the virus to replicate and you're gone soon .

AIDS do not have a cure however there's treatment to delay it . AZT for example will inhibits reverse transcriptase and prevent the virus from replicating .

STILL ;

Take a moment and think ; living your life with AIDS would be horrible . Scratch that , it is way beyond horrible . To be honest , living with Tuberculosis , Cancer , Cholera and Malaria are horrible too . And if you have no clue what are those diseases , google it . You'll have a pretty productive 15 minutes reading it .

So from now onwards , I'll be grateful for every single day God given me to enjoy healthily and you should too . Maybe , I'll use it to watch another couple more videos on YouTube . I bet Natalie won't understand why ;P

All an all , we should all create awareness for AIDS because without knowingly , AIDS is destroying our lives . Why ? Because ;

This is some serious shit !

Aly .

P.S / Next blog post would be on Bank Negara scholarship interview . Which i'm yet to hear anything from .

Runnin'

2010-05-01T23:03:00.003+08:00

I just wish I know exactly where I'm heading,

That way I don't have to hesitate,

And run my heart out to reach my goal in life.

- Alicia Tan

Prize Giving Day / Hari Anugerah

2010-04-25T17:24:00.007+08:00

The prize giving ceremony was definitely the closing chapter of my high school life . Now is time to brave it up and face whatever is coming at me , who knows two months later I might be blogging from United States or even Australia . I'm just praying for someone to be kind enough to offer me scholarship .

The people I grew up with . I must admit , I'm very very blessed . I moved up a few thousand kilometers with my family to this new township and it changed my life . I can't imagine what it would be like if i'm still living in my hometown , I love that place and everything but I seriously doubt I'll be where I am at .

Went to school that day to collect this . Straight A's ! Just the way I want to end my high school .

She was definitely very proud . Oh , I love her .

With Pn.Chan . She is definitely one of the few teachers that I'll still remember twenty years from now . I can still remember a couple of days before the actual English paper , she came to my house after marking my essays I just handed over and telling me what I did wrong and the mistakes I made . I'm pretty sure that played a huge role because getting an 1 for 1119 is definitely not easy for me at least ;) So , thank you .

Am I seriously that much taller than everyone else ? Because that would be freaky . I can never wear heels again .

Went to the toilet for the one last time with Krystle Koh . I remember during SPM , I'll walked all the way to the toilet with the adjudicator just to freshen up and they'll give me a weird look .

Waiting in line to go on stage . Candid much ?

After the whole ceremony , we actually went back to our old classroom with our very lovely class teacher , Pn. Ong .

Sitting back at our usual spot . Ah , the fun and random moments we had in here .

A year ago :

Now :

In a year , we're a completely different person . Everyone is busy with their own things, pursuing very different course . I bet in a year , there will be hardly any of them staying here anymore . They'll probably fly to UK , US , Australia and even India for all the future doctors .

Groupie . Everyone was confused in which direction we should look that's for sure .

The fun part of the day coming up soon . This shall be the more official one .

Aly .

P.S / Interview with Bank Negara this tuesday , the day I have the cow's heart dissection experiment and scholarship award ceremony at Taylor's . Great !

Uph-date !

2010-04-17T16:15:00.003+08:00

Hey-lo ,

So what's going on so far ? More scholarship applications and ceremony . Yeah-uh , I'm definitely enjoying every single second of it . Drive all the way to PJ and even KL to submit a few scholarship because I can only finish the application minutes before the deadline . I'm not kidding . But most of the applications are closed already so I guess that would be it .

Found out I was shortlisted for Bank Negara scholarship . Interview soon , fingers crossed ! Got into the local matriculation programme as well . Apparently is not easy to get in , I'll have to talk to mum more about that .

Here's a little teaser what's coming up next ;

Picture credits to Lim Yen Khye ( kthxbye )

I'll have to keep this short . Bio assignments waiting for me to do . Going to dissect a cow's heart soon , hopefully this tuesday ;)

Aly .

P.S / Just look at Jon . HAHAHAHAHA !

JPA Interview

2010-04-11T10:46:00.002+08:00

Went to the ever so awesome Putrajaya on Friday . Yes , I was one of the eleven thousand people selected by the government for the interview . Out of the 11k people , they're going to select probably 1.5k people to sponsor . Joel said I have to round the figure up to 10k since some people might not attend it and there's a 15% chance of any of us getting it . How wonderful !

Wore this :

It's a traditional Malay outfit , just in case my other readers don't have a clue what it is . Bought it for super cheap price , but I definitely didn't expect it to be so horrible . Half way through my interview , my heels were caught in those little threads under the skirt . It was horrible !

I seriously don't know what to expect out of this . I don't think I nailed my interview . I definitely did what I could and the questions I was thrown at wasn't really what I expected at all .

It went on pretty quick actually . I didn't even realize I was in the room for over an hour . We had a pretty fun bunch of interviewers except they could be a little nicer and ask questions that all of us could actually answer .

Well , I don't expect much from this anyway , and if I get it . It's definitely God's blessing , because no way I could get this by myself .

Aly .

P.S / I started a tumblr page , http://dear-aly.tumblr.com .Check It !

TLS !

2010-04-01T17:56:00.002+08:00

The Last Song is pretty much the most awesome wonderful book ever written. I've been a fan of Nicholas Sparks book for a solid two years now, pretty much read all his novels and everything has their own twist in it but NOTHING really blew me like The Last Song did. I shed a few tears for the other books but boy, I cried like a baby when I was reading The Last Song.

I actually started the book on a sunday night around ten. Thought I could get some light reading done but I was wrong. Once I started, I couldn't even put the book down. Ended up sleeping that night at three in the morning just to finish the book and yes, I went to college with puffy eyes the very next day.

Road trip to Malacca tomorrow, I'll find for a good book to read in the car.

Aly .

P.S / The movie is coming out in Malaysia soon , it better be good or I'll blame Miley Cyrus for ruining the very awesome book .

I've been watching since the beginning ;

2010-03-29T20:20:00.002+08:00

I haven't seen a routine this sick for a while . This video totally reminds me why I truly adore them pursuing and realizing their dream and passion . I don't have to say much but ;

@4.13

pretty much sum up why I've been so into the whole Ryanimay/Quest thing for the past couple of years, which ended up being a rather huge part of my teenage life . Who could ever imagine, an ordinary evening flipping channels on TV would ended up sort of changing my life .

Aly .

P.S / I'm grateful , checked JPA site this morning and got through the first round . Next ; Interview .

Bloh-ging!

2010-03-21T22:36:00.004+08:00

I'm back and this time I'll try to blog consistently . So how are all my lovely readers doing ? If there's even any left . Anyways , a lot a lot a lot of stuff had changed in my life after my previous "real" post . Major stuff like my SPM result , my brand new car and definitely college .

It's nice to finally have a closure to the chapter and I must say , I think I managed to end it pretty well . Not that way I would hope for but I'm very grateful . So what did I got ?

Straight A's .

The unfortunate part is I got one A- and that's for English for Science & Technology (EST) which everyone expect to score really high. I don't know, maybe I'm suppose to learn something from this. Got a lot more A+ than I expected. Seven in total. I'm pretty sure, I managed to make this person really proud on that particular day. It was nice.

Yeah-uh , that's the leather interior of my brand new car. My mum decided to get me a myvi car which I must say, I'm very pleased with it. Leather seat, tinted and not too big. I like! I think I'm getting better at the whole driving thing too. Drove to PJ rather often these days. I was too afraid to drive to KL this morning, probably in a month time I won't.

As for college, I'm getting used to the early routine. Waking up the latest by six in the morning, get ready as quickly as I can and be at downstairs waiting for Jon by 6.30AM. Reach college at seven in the morning until four in the evening. Get back and rest for a little while, pick up my sister and bring the siblings to dinner. Finally start with the work and sleep.

What a routine right? That's the reason why I haven't been able to put blogging in the list but I will now because I miss doing this.

I'll blog more soon , but right now I have to read up on transpiration pull .

Aly .

P.S / I witnessed a failed flash mob today at Sungei Wang.

:)

2010-03-18T19:07:00.003+08:00

I'm back, not exactly but I am. I'll update this sad little site of mine this weekend. Can't believe it has been exactly one whole month. A lot of awesome stuff had happened in my life, I'll share everything with you all in a couple of days. Right now, I have a chemistry paper to study for. Why can't I just understand this fun little subject like who I understand Physics?

Wait , I just realized I stopped my weird punctuation habits ?! This is strange .

Aly .

P.S / without my weird punctuations , it's not very dear_aly anymore

Funny Moments .

2010-02-18T23:12:00.004+08:00

Random Conversation #1 :
I was walking out of the classroom to go to the lecture theatre and realized Krystle wasn't out yet . So I stood outside for a while waiting for her . Joel was tying his shoelace right next to me .

Aly : Aiyahh Joel , Krystle is taking forever ! Probably talking to teacher again .
Joel : Let's just go then . Why girls like to paint their toe nails black ?
Aly : Whattt ?! Oh * saw my black toe nails * , HAHAHAHAHAHAHA ! I guess because is easy to do it , you just simply do and it will still look nice .
Joel : Mmmmm .
Aly : Did you try getting a pedicure before ? Is super awesome because they will cut all the dead cells and then dig all the dirty stuff under your nails for you ?

I bet Joel thinks I'm such a freak but is so true , I love getting a pedicure and manicure . Your nails would be so clean and perfect after that !

Random Conversation #2 :
I was reading Eat, Pray, Love while doing grocery shopping with my mum at Carrefour.

Mum : Alicia , stand here and walk all the way straight .
Aly : What for ?
Mum : That way you'll bang the pillar right in front of you and stop reading . You're eyes are suppose to help you look where you're walking . HAHAHAHAHA !
Aly : You're a very funny , mummy . * Gave her the look *

Random Conversation #3 :
I was picking out what I'm going to wear tomorrow and ended up creating a huge pile of clothes all over my bed . My mum walked in .

Mum : Aliciaaaa ! There you go again , after you try all the clothes can you put it back to your wardrobe ? * started to clean up my place *
Aly : Never mind la , I'll just push everything to the side later .
Mum : Wait , aren't Lilyen and Theresa coming tomorrow ?
Aly : So ?
Mum : Then I don't have to do it for you , since you're friends are coming you'll surely do it before they come tomorrow evening .
Aly : You're very evil , Mummy !
Mum : HAHAHAHAHA !

Random Conversation #4 :
This was on twitter , so I'm going to copy and paste it :

Aly : @angelheartu2 got hiccups !
Angel : @dear_aly I'm gng to kill u!!!
Angel : @dear_aly is taking a drink
Aly : @angelheartu2 is not alcohol , don't worry i'll never drink :)

Then I went to her room and started laughing right at her face for a solid fifteen minutes .

Random Conversation #5 :
This was during Mathematics class this morning , I was sitting and having a conversation with Krystle , Kareshma and Andrea . We were talking about birthdays because next friday is Nabi's birthday and therefore , holiday .

Andrea : It is also my dad's birthday .
Aly : Oh wait , friday is 26 right ? Then is my mum's birthday too .
Andrea : Oh gosh , my dad and your mum same birthday ? :D
Aly : I guess so , how old is your dad ?
Andrea : Old already la .
Kareshma : How old is your mum then ?
Aly : Sixty-six . * everyone gave me the look *
Kareshma : Whattt ?!
Aly : I mean she was born in the year sixty six la , so she's .... ( pause to do some math ) . Oh she'll so love her age , forty four .
Kareshma & Andrea : Ohhh , we thought you said your mum is sixty six this year !
Krystle : Why she'll love her age ?
Aly : Because she hates the number four .

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !

Oh boy , don't I just love my life and my awesome mother !

Aly .

P.S / I love my mother a lot okay ! Not just because she's about to get me a brand new dslr .

Cause you're strong, strong, strong as a soldier !

2010-02-17T20:25:00.005+08:00

Now that I have nothing exciting to blog about , I have so much free time to blog . I just got wayyy too bored doing my mind maps for biology and i've been jumping around reading everyone's twitter page . I know I have a heck lot to do , but I just don't feel like doing it right now . In fact , I actually feel like driving to Malacca and get myself a plate of fried oyster and then fly all the way to Vietnam to eat a good bowl of pho , but that's just not possible now is it ?

So instead , I entertained myself with my webcam and learnt how to do the pout face . Am I even doing it right ? I really doubt I am .

Yeah-uh , that's my brand new I-Want-To-Look-Like-A-Nerd glasses

Watched the whole two hours of American Idol , just to find out that Andrew Garcia's turn is tomorrow . I don't even know why I'm watching , it is so obvious . He removed everything off his youtube page that got to be something good coming his way . I just don't know why AJ Rafael doesn't want to audition for American Idol , they could all take turns and take over the show . Andrew Garcia , AJ Rafael , Victor Kim , Cathy Nguyen , Jenny Suk , Gabe Bondoc , Lydia Paek . Oh damn , i spent wayyy too much time on youtube .

My title is part of AJ Rafael's song , my soldier . Got hooked listening to it yesterday night , it was on replay for the longest time until I decided to switch and listen to Valentine .

Blehh this didn't really help to kill my boredem , I guess I should take that as a sign for me to get back to my work .

Aly .

P.S / I WILL do something exciting tomorrow .

It's a good excuse , to put our LOVE to use

2010-02-16T16:31:00.005+08:00

My 2010 Chinese New Year break so far had definitely been rather productive . Solving all these Physics questions definitely kept me entertain all night long . As creepy as it sounds , I like wearing my nerdy glasses and trying to imagine any situation thrown at me and then calculate for the right answer . It makes me feel .... smart ! Now , I need to feel smart in the other subjects which I definitely have been neglecting .

Yeah-uh , I'm that bored right now . Thank goodness for this kid , who have been keeping me entertained with his fabulous voice ;

I'm still ripping all his stuff on youtube ;)

AJ Rafael is hella talented . I like ! Plus , I love how everybody on youtube knows each other . You can randomly see Victor Kim , Cathy Nguyen , Jenny Suk , Lydia Paek & you got the idea in AJ's videos . Oh boy , I've definitely been watching too many videos on youtube .

His stuff are just very very very addictive and Kina Grannis' Valentine . Gila obsessed with it right now , it's just so beautiful .

Another thing ;

I can't thank everyone enough for voting . The ever-so-wonderful Ryan Conferido Facebook Group (RCFG) I created last year got #1 as Best Facebook Group . I'm very very very proud of it . It had been an awesome year filled with projects and surprises . We definitely have a lot more planned out for everyone this year :P

Aly .

P.S / I smiled every time someone new join the group .

Rawrrrr !

2010-02-14T22:45:00.002+08:00

The picture of my hand with the needle is scaring the shit out of me . It's just always there and I need something more lovely . So , what better way then to put my awesome ....... face !

Oh you know you love me .

All better now . My picasa is being a bitch and I can't friggin edit anything , I think is time for me to reformat my computer and get everything sorted out once and for all . Tons of college assignments to do , I need to get my lazy arse moving but I still have two more days , right ? Tomorrow , KL ! I seriously don't go that awesome place often enough .

Happy Chinese New Year !

Aly .

P.S / today was a hot hot hot hot hot day .

Hospitalised

2010-02-10T22:16:00.002+08:00

this will be short because it is so hard to type with one hand and another with a needle in it .

it is annoyingly painful .

what happened ?

i basically got really ill for a really long time and i couldn't get better , so my mum decided it was best for me to go to the hospital . got poked so much yesterday that i started to feel really numb of everything . skipped school for the whole week , let's just hope i still can catch up with stuff .

don't worry though , besides the needle part , everything else is completely fine .

i can still make funny faces :)

the astro channels they got here is horrible though , absolutely nothing to watch and i'm feeling too lazy to start reading just yet .

and thank you very much to everyone who came and sent me well wishes

means a lot to have such nice friends .

Aly .

p.s. / night on the rodanthe tomorrow , that's the only thing i'm looking forward !

It still feels so surreal

2010-02-02T20:22:00.002+08:00

That a day at school sitting around the tiny wooden table while joking and laughing about every lame stuff you could think off is gone . College just doesn't feel the same . All the people I met this one month have been amazing , but I still miss these people rather dearly . Ha , I actually shouldn't be the one writing this as I still have six of them with me every single day . A lot more at different classes .

I'm just feeling a tad bit under the weather right now . Physics test tomorrow and I feel like crap . Thank goodness is not Biology or else I might just die . You heard it right , less than one month and we got tests coming our way already .

Don't break down . Don't break down . Don't break down . just yet

Aly .

P.S / I can't think of any p.s notes . So screw it !

I'm done with

2010-01-30T17:33:00.005+08:00

leaving my blog dead . I love this page of mine and I'll keep it updated one way or another . I mean , I have so much going on and it has been a year plus . I promise you guys , I'll try and update it as often as I can . That means , bringing my camera everywhere i go again :)

So yesterday was insane . Went to Boys Like Girls concert at Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club . The place was small but definitely better than Good Charlotte's car park concert a few years back . Got stuck with a whole group of people who cant' stop moshing everywhere . Met a few new friends and found a job ;) I'll update that a little later when I steal the pictures from my friend .

As for college , I'm getting used to the insane schedule . It's definitely hectic but I guess I just need time to adjust to the new kind of lifestyle . Let me tell you , it is definitely not the same as secondary school . We got lab reports due every friday and you can see people running around trying to finish it . It's fun though , because we get to be very hands on with all our experiments .

Or should I say , fool around with them ;)

We're actually very very very professional . Unlike in school , we get to do it ourselves and usually the experiment won't fail . We'll obtained the results we want and truly understand the whole concept . So I like that part a lot .

Benedict's Test . Iodine Test . Sudan III . Emulsion Fat . Biuret Test . DCPIP

I love how all the test tubes look so friggin colourful !

With all my lab partners , Malcolm . Avisha . Natalie . Yours Truly .

I'll bring my camera everyday to college from now onwards ! I promise . That way I can take pictures with everyone and about everything .

Random facts I found out/realized yesterday :

VJ Utt from MTV is gay . I'm not kidding you .
Kris Allen is coming in a week and I'm definitely going .
I'm actually turning eighteen this year . Whattt !

Aly .

P.S / Happy Birthday to my best friend , Krystle Koh . I know you had an awesome birthday :)

As of right now ,

2010-01-14T21:14:00.002+08:00

I am just exhausted and I feel really stupid . The amount of works I'm getting is insane and this is the beginning of the course . Like , I can't imagine what my life will be like in the next couple of months . Not touching my books for a whole month is definitely not a very smart idea AT ALL . Right now , I'm taking forever to do something that I already done back in high school which is not suppose to be happening . I started to get along with everyone . I felt cheap today and forced everyone to walk to the market so that we can eat some cheap food . But the big question mark is still in my head ;

SHOULD I SWITCH FROM FURTHER MATHEMATICS TO ECONOMICS CLASS ?!

Aly .

P.S / I can't stand the traffic in the morning !

First Day of College

2010-01-12T21:50:00.002+08:00

Taken in Taylor's College MPH with my college mates .

The whole thing was a lot different than I imagined for the past five years . To be honest , it didn't even turned out the way I thought it would . It was a little messy today and although we have more than 10 of us from my school there , I was separated from most of them . Thank goodness , Hong Ye is in my class or I don't even know what will happen to me .

I'm not going to comment on anything because I hardly know anyone yet . Played a lot of ice breaking games which was hard . I don't know why I'm so horrible with names . Campus tour and everything . You know , the usual orientation stuff like a heck lot of talks and I got so sleepy .

Lunch at some market . The food there was surprisingly really cheap .

Tomorrow should be a whole different day . Let's hope I get to talk to more people and actually start loving college because I have too . I'm stuck there for a year and a half ! And the horrible traffic in the morning . Blehh ! Now , I need to pick out what I should wear tomorrow .

Aly .

P.S / Cleo people called , they asked if i'm free for a photo shoot ;)

Day Mawt & Hye

2010-01-06T13:16:00.010+08:00

I googled , mawt is one and hye is two in Vietnamese . I can never speak Vietnamese to save my life . Lilyen actually taught me how to say thank you for 1385414 times and I said the complete opposite thing to a waiter . I definitely made a complete fool of myself .

Day one of the exciting adventure in Vietnam .

I remember waking up really really early in the morning . Flight suppose to leave at nine in the morning and we're suppose to reach the airport two hours before that . An hour journey from my place to the airport , that means I got to get out of my house by six in the friggin morning . So I have to wake up at four in the morning to get myself and everything else ready . Reached the airport and met up with my travel buddy , Theresa .

The two travel virgins with our mum .

As usual , the plane got delayed by an hour . Well , that's the service you get when you want a cheap flight . We were bored as hell waiting for the flight with absolutely nothing to do . I started to read and stared at the couple in front . They're just very strange .

On the plane . So since I hardly travel during my high school . We didn't know that Air Asia has seat number already . The last time I checked , it was free seating . It was then we realized that we both got separate seat . I was literally sitting in front and Theresa was sitting right at the back . To make matter worse , I was sitting in between two strangers . I was freakin' out at first until I started making friends . They ain't that bad , except for the random talk about fibre optics .

We reached an hour late and got stuck at the custom . You can imagine how excited I was by the time we're done . Hearing people talking in Vietnamese in the background . The number of motorcycles . We were being such a tourist by speaking in Malay .

Auntie and Uncle picked us up since Lilyen was in school . Our first meal in Vietnam , got to be non other than the famous Pho by Pho 2000 .

It's just so yummy . I was so amazed at how the food taste completely different by adding some leaves . Definitely a lot better than the kuey teow soup we got in Malaysia . You definitely got to try the Pho from Pho 2000 or Pho for President . It's always crowded with a bunch of tourist .

Had a quick stop at the Ben Thanh market right opposite the street . Because we were running late , we went a quick stop at the wet market section . Oh boy , I was so amazed at all the seafood they got over there . Being the seafood lover that I am , I was all excited !

Everything was still moving . There were a lot of creatures that I don't even know it exists .

I find it strange that they sell bag right next to the wet market area .

Went back to Lilyen gigantic house . Took a quick shower and followed the driver to Lilyen's school . Then , we went back to the Saigon Square to start shopping . I definitely got a heck lot of stuff . Learnt a few things about bargaining in Vietnam from the very best . You should see how Lilyen bargain for us , friggin adorable . I remember buying 13546843 dvds . It was what , 10000 dongs each which is like RM2 only ! Where in the world can you get dvds with such price ?

The bags there are so lovely .

Dinner at Marina Seafood restaurant .

Which was heaven . That was definitely the most unique way of serving prawns I have ever seen . Everyone in the restaurant was watching the football game going on . It was insane how enthusiastic Vietnamese can be over a football match . We were warned by uncle about the riot later on but I sure wasn't expecting that .

The picture I took in the car definitely didnt' do justice . There were motorcycles everywhere with flags . Shouting and hitting on all the pots and pans . It was intense ! Got caught in traffic after dinner because of all the chaos . And that celebration was because Vietnam won the semi finals . It's only semi-finals !

By the time we reach back home , I was dead tired .

Day two of the exciting adventure in Vietnam .

It started pretty late . Lilyen was busy doing her assignments and she left to school early in the morning . Theresa and I were too tired to care a thing in the world except to sleep . So we did just that . After breakfast , uncle brought us to sign up for some tour programme .

On the streets of Vietnam .

The wires definitely caught my attention . They were everywhere . Every single part of Ho Chih Minh City was full of cables . And all the very narrow buildings . I don't know why , but almost all the tall buildings in Vietnam are rather narrow . Including Lillyen's house . I guess is a trend there or something . Definitely very different from all the towers we see in Malaysia .

Lunch was at Parkson . The place looks exactly the same like Malaysia . At least one thing that reminds us of home . Uncle told us that the place is manage by Malaysian , so probably that's why . They got your typical Parkson stuff but it's cooler with arcade , food court and clubs .

My lunch . The whole pot was covered with seafood . I definitely could live in Vietnam with all the delicious food . And tried my first cup of bubble milk tea ;

And now I'm missing it oh-so-much .

The rest of the day was a blur because I remember I forgot to bring my camera . I also remember walking all over the city with our foot . I remember not remembering the road after passing it a heck lot of times . I also remember buying a lot of stuff ;)

In the car with my best friends in a foreign place .

Now I remember passing by the big Opera House . We just got to be such a tourist and take a picture . But I was afraid that the random person will run away with my camera so Lilyen got to take it for us and she was literally standing at the edge of the pavement . I was freakin' out .

I think the most tourist looking one in this picture is actually Li-Lyen . How ironic !

Then , we walked to Al Fresco for dinner . The place is one of the most awesome place in the world . The foods are great and the ribs were so juicy . The salmon salad was great too . Yes , I love the place that much that I literally remember the food I ate that night and maybe it's not just the food . I also love the place because ;

Yes , you can actually draw on the table . You have no clue how amazed I was . I was paying so much attention that I didn't realize Theresa took this picture and do you wanna see what was my finish product ?

I know , I'm just so gifted ;)

Al Fresco <3

or was it Fresno ?

Finished the night by walking at the night market . Got a lot more presents for myself . Oh , and I saw frogs everywhere . Vietnam was awesome . Day three , four , five and six . Coming right up !

Aly .

P.S / Looking at the pictures , i miss all the good food we ate .

The First Post

2010-01-06T11:52:00.002+08:00

The very first post of the year definitely has to be related to my resolution and my plan for the year . I can already tell 2010 will be such an adventure with new friends and new environment . I was sort of freakin' out yesterday , telling my mum stuff such as ; If I don't like the friends in my class I'm going to switch to the same class with everyone else . So let's just pray I'll really love everyone .

Here's my resolution for the year ;

Don't grow taller . I think I'm tall enough
To walk closely with God this whole year
Meet new people in college and grow to love them
Be a nerd and don't fool around too much
Fifty Five
Be a way better driver than I am now
Five Hundred
Become an awesome blogger
Meeting Q
Watch at least 88 movies , I'll keep a list at the sidebar for reference
Get a scholarship one way or another
Be more outspoken
Travel to a foreign place

and hopefully I'll stick by this . Let's see how much I'll complete by end of this year . I'm going to even print it out and stick it on my mirror . Oh yes , I'm definitely going to do that !

I can't wait to actually finish editing my post about Vietnam . All the awesome places I went , All the awesome food I ate and definitely All the awesome people I met . The country definitely has a lot to offer . It'll be up by tomorrow . I promise !

Aly .

P.S / I need to get a phone before everyone kills me .

Twenty Ten , I'm ready !

2009-12-31T23:59:00.001+08:00

I did a list last year too , to reflect every single thing I did in the year of 2008 . So I thought I'll do the same thing this year . I went through all my pictures and blog posts to write down my list . This year was certainly interesting but I personally think it ended too quickly . shooosh - and it's gone . I'm still not certain what I'm going to do this new year eve but my mum kept saying she wants to do something special , so I guess we will .

My computer actually crashed in the middle of this year . Thank goodness I kept all my pictures in a seperate place . But right now , I'm too lazy to find all the pictures and put it here . So I think a list will do just fine as well .

So what exactly have I done this whole year ?

Went through a heck lot of examination this year and is finally done with SPM .

Removed my braces after one and a half year of wearing it . 090709

Had a really fun Chinese New Year visiting everyone .

Learnt how to drive .

Created a very special group on facebook , RCFG on 300109 .

Recorded videos for special people and received a few special ones too .

Spent a day in Malacca stuffing myself with awesome food .

Met a lot of new people both in the real world and the cyber world . Just to name a few , Victoria , Veronica , Kat , Melissa , Vivian , Andy , Shamima , Crystal , Alice , Ann , Saman , Shoraya , Mira , Aziza , Jax , Pauline , Victor Do, Siew Kuan , Nicole and a heck lot more .
Become a part of QFam .
Went to David Archuleta's showcase .
Organized the first big project , Ryan's birthday .

Chat with the guys from Quest .

Went to MTV World Stage in the middle of my examination .

Twitter .

Got a scholarship from Taylor's University College .

Graduation .

Won a flat screen TV , movie passes , CDs , tshirt and ...

Last but not least , went to Vietnam with Theresa to meet up with Lilyen .

I'll stop at eighteen because it is my mum's favourite number . She hates the number four and loves whatever with the number eight in it . She's such a typical chinese lady .

This year was definitely interesting . It definitely is a year I'll remember even ten years from now , who won't remember the year they graduate from high school right ? So far , i am pleased what I've done this year . No regrets . I'm a different person from the person typing the list last year . So much had changed . Next year , my life would change even more drastically . I guess change is a good thing .

Anyway , I'll want to thank everyone for an awesome year . What a ride !

Now , I'm excited yet scared what the future has in store for me . Like a very wise young man once said ;

" Kid , if you're scared then do it scared "

Happy Twenty Ten , everyone .

Aly .

P.S / I'll blog about Vietnam next . This post is obviously scheduled .

Not Fangirling .

2009-12-24T22:30:00.006+08:00

NOTE : This post was not meant as a fangirling post . I just wanted to post it up so that I can track it way later . Like those i got three years back , I was so thankful I actually blogged about it back then .

So this year's christmas eve was different . Instead of counting down to christmas day , I'm sitting on my computer blogging about Vietnam because I have to sleep early tonight . Really early day tomorrow , church , taylor's and driving . It's very hectic alright . Technically, I'm almost done with Vietnam but I have to edit all my pictures first which might take a while . So I'll post that up as soon as I'm done with it . Then I have to update the final post just like what I did last year , so be prepared for it . If you think you made an impact on my life this year , you'll definitely be on the list . So only very special people will be on it . Be excited !

Today was interesting . So while waiting , I ended up watching like 546413 old videos . It brings back so many memories . It was insane how silly it was . Like I can't believe I used to think dressing that way was cool . All thanks to that person who created the word " fangirling " . She ended up blog hopping like mad and reading all the fangirling posts she could find . It was hilarious ! I should not elaborate on it or else I might end up in trouble .

Anyway , I was being a little silly and tweeted a really obvious question up . I guess someone decided it was cool too ;)

It was silly how a RT made my day ;)

For all the non twitter users , RT = retweet . And twitter is amazing ! You don't know what you're missing out on .

And a good friend went creeping around someone's page and screen capped this for me . It was all the way back in January 08 . I don't know how in the world she found it .

She was like this might be creepy but get ready to be excited and started to build up unnecessary tension . It was hilarious ! Then she went , Oh do you know you're friends with him before DTrix and Hok . How funny . And I get to dye my hair for free if I go to Louisana . Yes , I'm talking about Victoria Hoang .

It actually feels kinda strange posting a blog like this one . I sure haven't been doing it for a while .

MERRY CHRISTMAS !

Aly .

P.S / There is definitely something with Ryanimay Conferido making my Christmas Eve special . It has been going on since three years back .

The Most Amazing Video on YouTube

2009-12-21T08:49:00.003+08:00

I think this video definitely deserved to be posted . I watched it when I was still in Vietnam and literally went troi oi ( oh my gawd ) in Lilyen's room . Take a minute of your time because a guy who did two head spins and bowl upside down with a strike , it's just the most impossible bowling trick ever . And before this if you think you can bowl really well , think again . Because this dude just put bowling into a whole another level .

Aly .

P.S / This guy is also awesome because he is Ryanimay Conferido .

Back Home

2009-12-20T21:07:00.002+08:00

Hey everyone ,

I'm back in Malaysia . Vietnam was such an adventure . It was definitely really fun . We definitely gained a couple of skills that was useful . Bargaining in the Ben Thanh market was so much fun . And our favourite word ; troi oi . I'm really horrible at speaking Vietnamese . I took me like 52465132 tries to get the word , Thank You right . Especially the waiter in Thao Dien village , he had the wthell look . So funny ;)

The first time when I saw Vietnam , I freaked out . The number of motorcycles scare the shit out of me . Crossing the road was a nightmare because the zebra crossing doesn't work AT ALL . But after a couple of days and a hella lot of try , it was all good .

Complete update soon , now I have to settle all the other stuff that I left halfway and flew to Vietnam .

Aly .

P.S / Facebook is being a bitch , I can't upload all the pictures . GAHH !

Taylor's Open Day

2009-12-16T20:29:00.000+08:00

It was definitely interesting . Learnt a lot from all the talks and the lectures . I was so amazed at the students , they are all definitely very helpful and nice . Talked to a few of them personally and the physics lecturer . I think I'm seriously considering Economics . I don't think it'll be that hard to cope and I get to know a little more about business . Did the Career Interest test too , the lady told me I definitely have a thing for business and not engineering . But I still think I'll continue my pre-university at least with engineering related subjects .

I was definitely amazed at their computer labs , full of Macs . Wow !

I went to the Engineering talk and was pretty bored after a minute or so . It was then I decided I'll skip all the talks and go to Chef Emmanuel Stroobant's workshop .

My goodness , he's so amazingly nice . Like he smiled all the time , cracked really funny jokes and cooked ah-ma-zing food . I definitely learnt a lot , not the actual cooking but overall as a person . He said that one who wants to be successful has to work SMART :

S- Smile Always
M - Minimum input for Maximum output
A - Attitude
R - Respect
T - Team work

Think about it . I think everyone can apply that to whatever field you're doing . I definitely had a whole new respect about culinary arts . He taught a few really good dishes too ;

The salmon was heaven . Seriously , he cooked it at 48 degree Celsius , so it's not too hard and you still get the chewy texture but it's cooked . I definitely learnt a lot today .

Be amazed at my photography skills again . Yah-mee .

And this is some chocolate mousse . It was so easy to do and oh-my-gawd , damn delicious ! It's insane what people can turn food into with a little effort . I like .

The siblings .

I'm definitely going to Taylor's college next year , A-Levels . I think it is definitely the programme that suit me best . I'm excited to see what the future has in store for me . And , umm . Yeah , I love Taylor's . Theresa should know why .

December 13 .

Aly .

P.S / Now I kinda understand why people spend RM100++ at times for a dish .

Puh-Tra-Jah-Yah

2009-12-15T19:45:00.000+08:00

I think I need to stop spelling like that . It is very lame after a while . Everyone would agree on that . Anyways , went all the way to the lovely place , Putrajaya to go to this very building ;

Long story short , I ended up being the very first person to enter the place and finally got my passport done . Leaving the house at five in the morning , waking up at four to get ready . It sucks a lot but if I didn't do that , I think Theresa would probably kill me .

Anyways , I think I have a weird fascination for buildings , structures and etc . I was so amazed at the place . You see , I hardly go to Putrajaya and this technically is the first time I went and look around . I was able to play around with my photography , i am definitely gradually improving .

The lamp posts there are so unique and different . I like .

Considering the fact that I'm in a car moving at 60km/h . This is definitely a really nice shot .

See , ah-ma-zing lamp posts design .

At some point , I kinda feel like I'm in another country . Definitely don't feel like the typical rather dirty with rubbish everywhere , Malaysia .

This particular bridge definitely caught my attention . I bet it'll catch every one's attention . Just so unique and awesome , I love love love love love it .

Tell me the last picture and the first picture are your favourites . They are the same exact bridge , I just took it at different angle . I know you're so amazed at my photography skills right now . You don't have to tell me because I know you are .

Oh , I'm so strange today . I'll blog again .

Aly .

P.S / I'm going to start a photography portfolio . Carbonmade ?

Vietnam

2009-12-14T12:15:00.000+08:00

I'm flying to vietnam tomorrow with my best friend , Theresa . Staying over at Li-Lyen's place for almost a week . It's going to be fun . I just know it , us , camera and a foreign place . It's going to be an adventure for sure . Will update about Vietnam whenever I can . Like I said in my previous post , I already scheduled a few posts to keep my blog alive . I take blogging very seriously .

I'll definitely try and update my twitter , since my mum wants to know what I'm doing and I told her with twitter , you don't have to call me every minute to check . I'm going to be a millionaire , gonna exchange ringgit for dong .

Vietnam , we're coming !

Aly .

P.S / The only part i hate about the whole thing is I got to wake up five in the morning to catch the flight .

The Post-As Pee Am

2009-12-13T17:37:00.002+08:00

Spelling SPM as As Pee Am is cool because I started it . Now that I'm official done with SPM , things started to sink in . I remember two days ago , I was going to Putrajaya and I was packing my handbag . I actually brought along a chemistry book . Then I had an " A-ha " moment , I don't need that anytime soon .

So that evening , a few of us decided to go to Kareshma's place . I remember back when we were twelve . Kareshma's place is like the ultimate hang out place , her mum is always so nice to stuff our tummy with food .

Played some charade board game that Joel got from Australia . Pretty interesting .

Aly : Edwin , what kim kardashian has ?!
Edwin : Butt , Booty , Buttocks
Aly : Ass la !

It was hilarious . Watched Pink Panther 2 . I was confused half the time . Good laugh though . We sat down and talked to everyone . The past , present and future . I just can't see where we will all go in a month time . Everything will change . In fact , a lot of people are already flying everywhere . Joel is already in Australia until end of this month having the time of his life . Krystle is performing in a musical in Singapore and won't be back until end of next week . Kareshma is flying to India soon . Joy is busy with church camp and so will Natalie . I will be flying to Vietnam with Theresa to join Lilyen . Jon would probably meet us up in Vietnam .

It's insane how everyone is so busy with their holiday plan .

Asians with black hairs .

Natalie left early . We took a walk around the neighbourhood . Natalie and I were the only one daring enough to sit in the middle of the road , until a car came and we screamed for our life . We did the hokey pokey , we skipped around , we scream our lungs out . Kareshma was so embarrassed , she kept saying she doesn't know us anymore .

The next day , I decided to join them at Sunway Pyramid for a movie . Joined late because I got to settle my passport stuff in Putrajaya ( which would be in another blog post ) . They were watching the movie half way so I walked around alone . Seriously , pretty much everyone from school was there that day . Every five minutes , I'll bump into someone I know .

Ate at Mr.Tenpanyaki then rushed to the cinema . Watched 2012 . Literally half of the class was in the cinema . The movie was pretty good . I was sitting at the edge of my seat . Kareshma and I were freakin' out most of the time . Then I turned around and look at Joel , he looked super calm and everything . I wonder if we're even watching the same movie .

Walked all the way to Machines because I couldn't find anyone I trust with my camera , to ask that nice guy to take a group picture of us . Then we pretty much ran all the way to the entrance . Kareshma said we looked super funny when all of us were running .

I'll miss you guys , for two weeks :)

Aly .

P.S / We'll go mamak this january and exchange souvenirs .

The Reading Room

2009-12-12T11:03:00.000+08:00

Oh boy , these days there is pretty much a room for every single thing . You name it and I bet it's on MTV Crib . I think the reading room I went is pretty much like a library but without books . So you got to bring your own books which is pretty good for me at least . I don't work well with borrowing books and etc . I pretty much wasted my whole friday , so my mum decided it was good for me to go and read by myself . As most of you guys might not realize , I don't work that well with Chemistry .

I wanted to get a tutor but I couldn't find one . To be honest , I didn't even ask around much . Like I told a friend, I don't want people to think that I'm taking advantage of them just because I'm in desperate need , unless I've always been superbly close to you .

It turned out pretty good actually . Since I lost my iPod , I decided to bring my other trusty old gadget instead which turns out wasn't a very good idea . Why ?

And it was pretty much because a friend said he'll want to see the place . More reasons to take 13254414651 pictures right ?

Plus when I got bored , this happened .

I started camwhoring . Since I realize , I won't be rockin' my dark black hair anymore .

Reason why I love the place oh-so-much ;

Besides the awesome golf view , I got such a lovely place all to myself . Definitely the most awesome place to study .

The purple-ness . I like .

By now , you should obviously know I wrote this a while back and didn't publish it because I decided reading chemistry was way more important . Now that I haven't edited all the pictures I took , I'll bribe you guys with this one . We should definitely do A-Levels group studies there next year .

I know I'm awesome . Oh , I already scheduled a few other blog posts . That way , my blog won't be dead when I'm too busy discovering tunnels in Vietnam with Theresa or eating Pho with my good friends 5000 miles away from home . Be entertain .

Aly .

P.S / The next 50 hours is going to be insane . Musical , Open Day , Airport !

The E.N.D

2009-12-08T15:57:00.003+08:00

I'm officially done with SPM and high school . No more staying up late to study . No more feeling guilty playing Bejeweled Blitz on facebook because I wanna beat Victoria Hoang . No more cutting my phone conversation short and the best thing of all , no more waking up five thirty in the morning to study before the test .

Woooooooooooo .

To be honest , I think i sound more excited than I actually am . Surprisingly , I'm pretty calm . Came out early because almost the whole hall did that . I think it must be something to do with the chemistry paper . It was not as easy as I expect it to be but like I said for Additional Mathematics and Biology . The papers were do-able . Not exactly the way I want to end it but you don't get everything you want in life right ?

The rain is freakin heavy right now . Ruining my whole celebration plan . I'll continue this when the rain stops .

Aly .

Tuesday will be ...

2009-12-05T09:50:00.001+08:00

The last time most of us will be wearing our uniform for the very very last time

I'm making such a big fuss over this but that is because I still could not believe I'm done with high school . Eleven friggin years of waking up bright and early to go to school and study . All the hardwork to complete SPM . Now that I only have one subject left , I don't know what to think or feel .

Besides , I've completely wasted my ~~two~~ one and a half day , doing absolutely nothing related to Chemistry . I watched like four movies , water horse, 21, he's just not that into you and Keith . Oh my goodness , Keith was so so good . Like I cried watching it . It was sooo good , plus I guess JMac acting as Keith is part of the reason why I love it so much . But his acting was really good , I completely believe it and just good la . I like .

So my attempt to study properly , I'll go the reading room today . In fact , I'm going to take a shower now and leave . At least I won't have internet there and hopefully I actually read some Chemistry .

Aly .

P.S / life without ipod sucks . screw you whoever who stole mine .

Staying Alive

2009-12-01T20:38:00.004+08:00

I just watched Travis McCoy's documentary , I like . Very inspirational .

Back to the most important thing in my life right now , AS PEE AM . I like to think I did pretty okay but then I don't think I did enough . Straight A's or not , I can't even figure it out unlike usually after the usual test , I'll roughly know what marks I'll be getting . The papers are okay except for Add Maths and Accounts . I won't say they're extremely hard , just different . Do-able but different .

Biology was alright , I was shaking when I walked out of the hall after Paper 3 though . ~~Stupid Andrew Choo !~~ Seriously , if you don't have any tips , why bother giving people ? Thank goodness , I read most of the experiments and remember my phone call with Natalie about Salivary Amylase and Starch . I personally think , people who ever depend on his tips would be so screwed up in the end . God's way more awesome so I'm going to continue praying and believe his wisdom will guide me through .

Two more subjects , Physics and Chemistry . Then , I'm officially done with high school .

It'll be strange not having a day like this anymore ;

Picture credits to Lim Yen ~~Fern~~ Khye .

I think next week is going to be a very very very interesting week .

Aly .

P.S / One At A Time - Travis McCoy <3

Got Lucky

2009-11-29T14:49:00.003+08:00

Guess who just won a brand new Sharp LCD 32" TV ?

Winning feels good . Just two weeks the mail man gave me an envelope with two tickets to watch White Out which I generously gave it to my brother . Then yesterday , the awesome mail man came again now with two tickets to watch Astro Boy . Why not New Moon ?! Hopefully the next time the mail man rings my door bell it'll be the Boys Like Girls autographed cd .

Switch my twitter name to @dear_aly . So if you haven't follow me , start following and if you did , you're awesome . I was thinking of switching my youtube account as well since I created it with the most embarrassing and horrible name you can ever imagine . Switching everything to dear_aly sounds like a fantastic plan . Don't you think ?

Back to Biology . Like what I told Nabeel , after Thursday I can finally breathe a little . It's time to take out the christmas tree and start decorating it . Definitely a lot behind schedule this year .

Aly .

P.S / I usually get my free movie tickets from Galaxie , the awesome local magazine or Fly.FM , pretty easy .

Feeling Artistic .

2009-11-24T11:38:00.005+08:00

Just a little bit .

Trust in the Lord with all your heart , do not depend on your own understanding ; seek his will in all you do and he will direct your path ! <3>

Studying while overlooking a view like this . What can I ask for right ?

I don't even know why I picked up my camera yesterday and started to play with it when I should be memorizing the nilai murni and akta-akta . But thank goodness the paper was good , we weren't as lucky as last year's batch a total of 10 friggin marks got for all the definition which I didn't really bother to memorize . I don't know la , I want to think that I did pretty good . Modern mathematics was fantastic though , checked my paper with Joel . I think he got freaked out when I was screaming right after we were done with the last question . Exact same answers with mr.smarty pants for paper one at least ;)

Just a little shout out to this missy for getting a blog . Click to link to the page be nice , I promised I'll give her blog a makeover after SPM .

I seriously doubt I can complete my list of stuff to do before A-Levels . I won't stop adding stuff to that list . Workshop at IMU that I haven't sign up for , family road trip to Malacca , go get my hair done and pampered , check out some school in the outskirt of Selangor , camp , AFS ! Teri & Lil , driving license and on top of all that , have fun ? I can't wait , like seriously , now that I'm half way done with SPM . I want it to end like right now . Throw whatever you want to me , I"ll just get over it .

Imagine not going to wear this everyday . The very comfortable uniform indeed but to think that I have to fuss about what I'm going to wear everyday . Let's just not get there .

Definitely more opportunity to wear this . To think about it , not really la . College is so casual . We kids who haven't go to college think it is all that but I'm sure it is nothing big . Everyone looks so casual with their favourite shirt and jeans .

Back to additional mathematics . Focus . Focus . It's friggin additional mathematics !

Aly .

P.S / I checked out Adam Lambert's CD . Pretty rad !

As Pee Am

2009-11-20T14:18:00.002+08:00

Was surprisingly alright . The night before everything started , it was nice receiving text messages from everyone . I must say , it was nerve wrecking . I remember telling my mum ;

I can't believe when I wake up , I'll be sitting for SPM !

I still can't believe I already sat 4 papers . Come to think of it , everything went by so quickly and smoothly . History was fun , Kareshma and I was literally shaking before entering the hall . I just could not stop praying and the moment I saw the questions . I smiled from ear-to-ear . For the very first time , I can do the whole friggin paper ! Compare to my trials it was pretty much 1341351 times better . Now that I can throw away all my History facts , I need to store it with Biology .

There has been a lot going on in my life . We had our graduation the other day . It was fun . A part of me still can't believe that I am going to graduate from high school . It's like the day everyone has been waiting for but yet , once it is here . I don't' really want it to end . Maybe it's just me but I am already missing the moments when we sat in class and talk the whole day .

God always has a way to work things out . I'm telling you , a week before I couldn't even think straight and then this happened ;

I'll rant again on Wednesday .

Aly .

P.S / Now I'm really going to miss school .

The Update Page

2009-10-09T10:47:00.015+08:00

It just wasn't practical for me to completely stop blogging . So being a genius , I came up with this plan . No more new post except for this one . I'll just put a very short update just like what I'm doing with twitter , but I don't exactly keep track of what I tweet or read back my previous tweets . In like two months I already got 630++ tweets . I'm pretty sure I won't read back what I posted .

041009
I just checked out the QFam Annual Awards site . It looks amazing . Seriously . I was a little surprised though , 5 nominations . Woooo ! I was so excited to see my name even on the list . Can't thank the guys enough for nominating . Knowing that I was even nominated is enough to put a huge smile on face .

- Best Personality
- Most Memorable
- Most Quest Knowledgable
- Most Trustworthy
- Best Smile Like Hok

Now , we got to wait for ~~151109~~ 171009 (I actually got the date wrong , thanks Victoria) for the big show . Thumbs up to Kat , Vho and Jess for all their hardwork .

091009
So I was awarded with the Principal's Awards that I was so frustrated about . Only 5k though . I must be honest , a little upset at the beginning but when I look back at my mid-year result . I'm surprised they will even award me with any . I wasn't on top of my game , that's for sure . In fact , I never gotten such a low position before . So yeah , I'm blessed .

Congratulations to Joel , Krystle , Yen Khye , Joy and Shaun as well . You smart people .

111009
I'm a boring person because whatever conversation I have these days , it'll end up being about my future or my education plan . Had more future education talk with friends yesterday night and even my best friend's wedding . ~~I'm never going to log in msn ever again , i promise at least until 8 December !~~ Hopefully . Just read an article in TheStar , I'm seriously seriously considering UNSW , not only top university in Australia for Engineering but for Business too . I want ! Even though I got early warnings about how hectic the schedule is * wink * , it still is a really good school . If i get to go to UCLA , that definitely would be a dream come true . So for right now ,

UNSW / UCLA

I'm telling you , I'll definitely change it again later on .

141009
I decided to let go about all the scholarship talk . I'm going to apply for whatever there is out there but I'm not going to worry about it . I know God will direct my path . I'm such a different person now . I decided to not respond to the Principal's Awards for now . RM5000 doesn't exactly help much , what is the point I pay up the RM6000 now right ?

On the other note , been doing what I can which is studying . The country club is like my second home now . Stayed there for another solid 6 hours there today . Met a few people there . For some reason the gym was full with people today so I decided to skip it . Went there last Monday as well and got an one-on-one physics tuition . She's actually pretty nice . So if you're there , go and take a peek at the reading room . I might be there ;)

RM6 till pay day . Work those finger muscles and click on those ads .

171009
Stayed up till 4 in the morning yesterday night . I just can't write a decent essay . I definitely did not get as much help as I did for Principal's Awards but I'm happy with what I wrote . I think it sounds professional enough yet me in a way . So another scholarship down . All I have to do now is pray really hard and believe God will direct my path . I will however do my part and my mum is so amazing . Staying up with me and cooking late at night just because I said I was hungry . Woke up the next day bright and early and prepared breakfast . I'm pretty sure it is not easy being her , she got to tolerate with me and I can't even tolerate with myself .

Birthday shout out to my good friend Joel Tan .

I feel like going to the club and do my revision in the reading room again . Then I can end the day with a 30 mins cardio . Not today I guess , the club would be full of people . Psh , deepavali . I'm using Psh from now onwards as well , because someone told me urbandictionary spell it as psh not psst . I trust the urbandictionary , not the person who told me about it .

181009
Exactly one more month till SPM and I spent the day at Sunway Pyramid . Got a green jacket from Aeropastale , which I'm so in love with . A blue flat from Nose . A sweater from Gap and finally a bold black belt from Forever 21 . I don't know why I always go Forever 21 last , I would not have any money left for whatever I want there . Saw the most amazing purple jacket , it is to die for ! Gahh .

Can't believe I still have the mood to go shopping . Watched the show , Field Trip USA on 8TV . It looks pretty darn fun . I'm jealous but six months in the states and I can't be free . I don't know if that is what I want . But it'll be a good exposure though . Maybe after SPM I'll check it out . For now , i'm going try and get some studying done . Been a lazy arse the whole two days . That's another two days I'll never get back .

271009
I'm back , well sort of . I'm suppose to be working on a letter and the ideas are not exactly coming to me so I thought I'll blog . I spent RM7000 today . I felt pretty bad at first , Education these days are just so friggin expensive . It is what it is right ? But I'm all set now , no more thinking about what I'll be doing next year .

Cambridge A-Levels , Taylor's University College .

After considering everything , I still think Taylor is the best choice . So I took up the scholarship offer . I'm taking Mathematics , Physics and Chemistry . I'm guessing there will be a few friends of mine in the same class since we're doing the same programme , which is a good thing in a way .

The student advisor asked if I would like to take my student ID card today . I said , nooooooo ! With school uniform ? No Thank You .

Join me in Taylor's ! You know they're a good school .

111109
I just saw the cutest google logo ever .

Friggin' adorable right ? I remember how i used to adore Sesame Street . I used to admire the cookie monster so much . Like I was so jealous he always got a cookie and I don't . Anyways , I really shouldn't be rambling about Sesame Street . Exam is in exactly one week time which is exciting and nerve wrecking at the same time . It still feels so surreal to me , like it is actually next week . Just thought I'll check in and tell everyone I'm alive , not feeling that well but good . All the late night studying definitely start to take a toll on me . I just can't wait for holiday to come . 3 weeks break = a hella lot of fun .

121109
Right from the start I knew today was going to be a good good day . Woke up and I felt like 20987896324 times better . No more sore throat , no more headache . It was all good . Called up someone rather important and got more good news . I was happy and pretty sure today can't be any better . For some reason , I wanted to check my email so badly like is weird because I just opened it yesterday . So i thought I'll take ten minutes break from History . I knew exactly why right when i saw the email notification . I guess I won't be going to Singapore this December , unless it is a family trip . Got to save up my $$$ for next year .

Aly .

P.S / With God all things are possible . Matthew 19:26

Hiatus

2009-10-03T18:44:00.004+08:00

I have been dragging to announce to everyone about my hiatus for so long because I know my traffic would drop drastically . But I don't really care about that now , the C was a huge wake up call that I can no longer put History aside . All my other subjects are either a weak A1 or A2 . Not really that fan-tas-tic .

Plus , reading the newspaper today was like wow . They are probably going to change the grading system . We are no longer using A1 , A2 and B3 instead it'll be A+ , A , A- and B+ . Plus , A+ should be like 90% and above . This is insane . How am I going to get A+ for History ?!

Mr.Tan said this is not true though . I want him to be right but I still have my doubts . So the only thing I could do now is to really study my arse off which means no more fooling around . It's time to put my nerdy glasses back on .

I'm officially on a hiatus until december the 8 .

I won't be shutting this down , I'll just leave this here probably without any updates . Who knows , I might update if I really feel like doing so . You know , not having a life for 70 days is pretty crazy .

Aly .

P.S / I feel so honoured for getting quite a lot of nominations in the awards ;) I feel strange voting for myself though , so I didn't .

Seventeen , 17 .

2009-09-28T19:17:00.010+08:00

It certainly wasn't that bad and it is not even over yet . I got to be honest , I don't make a big deal out of birthdays . I hardly conduct any birthday parties for myself because #1 I'll have to end up doing all the cleaning . That's basically it . So anyways , it started pretty darn good . My two awesome friends conducted a surprise party at the club for me . It was amazing by the way with chocolate cake , music and spotlight for us to dance . The reason I haven't blog about it , is because Joy is having all the pictures , I will get 'em soon .

At exactly twelve sharp , the usual tradition got around and I got texts from my friends . It certainly was nice , then my mum who was suppose to be sleeping came to my room and pretty much gave me this huge hug for i don't know how many minutes with my siblings . Sister was really nice who did this purple and yellow card . She knows about the whole purple craze . Krystle called and sang a birthday song with her sister which I truly appreciate . Then my mum decided to bring me out for Tosai since I was craving for it so much .

The next morning came along and I woke up late . Since I didn't have to go to school , I decided I should sleep . After all , I'm the princess for the day right ? Mum left to work and I was still lazing around . Woke up because some rude guy won't stop ringing the doorbell . I'm telling you , I was so pissed at that guy until I found out he is the mail man . Thank goodness I didn't scream that loud .

He handed to me this ;

Which I instantly recognize the hand writing . It was from my friend , my best friend ; Theresa . I took a quick snapshot and quickly unwrapping it like a kid would do on a Christmas morning .

I friggin love it . The frame is absolutely amazing with my favourite picture . Plus , theresa decided to be a little nerdy and send notes about Logic Gates as well which I read and memorized today . So if it did come out for SPM , I'll owe you a big one .

After that , I decided to go online and got tons of notifications . I smiled . That many people actually thought about me today . I'm just so blessed to have all you guys around . Every texts , phone call , tweets and wall posts . I truly appreciate it .

Thank You . Thank You . Thank You .

To me , birthday is not about how many or what presents you receive but about how many people actually think about you on your special day ;)

I'm going to try and thank everyone here .

Theresa . Lillian . Natalie . Joycelyn . Krystle . Kareshma . Andrea . Reenisha . Jon . Hong Ye . Li Mei . Kin Hoe . Shoraya . Veronica . CKK . Sheen Yeen . PeeJay . Alice . Danica . Renee . Sage . Jess . Britny . Pauline . Anusha . Eunice . Edwin . Shamima . Sarika . Tam . Candice . Aziza . Jun Lee . Jessica . Meng Jiun . Mira . Melissa . See Kar . Priya . Joanna . Jenny . Jason Lee . Mae Yune . Chin Wynn . Jason Gapang . SiewKuan . Vidhya . Mirshal . Marissa . Jax . Mandy . Lubna . Marcus . Huey San . Qao Shaun . Yoong Jim . Raisa . Chelsea . Joel Lee . Crystal . Joyce . Merve . Aminah . Kathleen .

Mandy just called and I'm definitely surprise . Thanks for the prayer ;) Then I was on the phone for 73 friggin minutes with the last person who wished me happy birthday .

~~More to come or less to go . Since it is not over yet .~~

Aly .

P.S / I'm blessed .

Principal's Awards 2010

2009-09-27T12:23:00.004+08:00

The night before the interview , I slept at two in the morning . It was intense , considering the fact that I never go to an interview before , I certainly was having some sort of panic attack . Thank goodness I have such nice friends who were so willing to help . Especially , Sheen Yeen , Caleb and definitely Wan Jing . Plus all the tips from everyone else .

I reached there about twelve and spotted Shaun straight away . Was hanging out with him and Laviniya until the rest came along . I'm telling you , everyone looks so different .

Told you . But I can imagine us , 5 years from now . This would probably be our daily outfit . I was wearing heels okay . That's why I'm like so freakin tall .

Met Angel there as well . Dang , I meet her everywhere . Like the previous Asean Scholarship exam . Then the leadership course at Sunway College .

Moving on .

A guy , Mr.Michael gave us a briefing session after an hour behind schedule . It was certainly really boring . We went there a couple months back and the same guy was giving us the briefing session . He even cracks the exact same jokes . I was like " wthell " . But the talk on Principal's Awards definitely help . At first , we thought once we accept this award we can't get the full scholarship award later on . We're wrong ! So , thank goodness we applied for it anyway .

I think I was one of the first in my batch to get interview . They called out our name , one by one . Alicia Tan Yen Fern from SMK Kota Kemuning . Laviniya Naidu from SMK Kota Kemuning . Krystle Koh Shao Phing from SMK Kota Kemuning . Joel Tan Weng Yu from SMK Kota Kemuning . You got the point . But the funniest one is definitely .

Lim Yen KEY from SMK Kota Kemuning .

Laviniya and I just can't stop laughing .

So I was assigned to this interviewer . Mrs. Quek . Went in and straight away , I was thanking God . She's so nice !

Aly : * knock on the door * Afternoon .

Mrs. Quek : Afternoon , come on in .

Aly : Alright .

Mrs. Quek : Come , take a seat . Give me a moment ya .

Aly : Thank you .

I was nervous la okay . Giving one word reply and everything . I was a little better after she started asking me question .

Mrs. Quek : * Looking at my application form * So I see you're rather active in school .

Aly : Yeah , I try to be as active as I can while balancing with my academic .

Mrs. Quek : So out of all these , which one do you think you're most active in ?

Aly : Definitely , girl guides without a doubt .

Mrs. Quek : Why do you say so ?

It started . The whole interview was about girl guide after that . The problems I faced as a girl guide and stuff like that . She touched a little bit on family after that . All the preparation about my strength and weaknesses , she didn't even ask a single thing about it . Sheen Yeen was absolutely right about everything .

Went out and I saw Joy was already done with her interview . Slowly one by one everyone came out . Signed out and gosh , I was starving . Not a good idea not to eat lunch before an interview . By the time we signed out , it was 3 plus in the afternoon . Went to Subway and ate seafood & crab sandwich . Definitely better than I thought .

Not very sure if I'm going to get it . But this is definitely a very good experience . As part of our training for JPA scholarship later on . I'm definitely hoping for the Tan Sri Loy Scholarship later on . This is just half of what Tan Sri Loy Scholarship can offer but still , better than nothing right .

With Krystle .

Another exam coming my way . Two more weeks of torture . I can't believe this . I am sitting for SPM soon . First it was UPSR with my table buddy , Hazim . Then it was PMR . Now SPM . Gosh , time flies .

Pictures from : Lim Yen Khye .

Aly .

P.S / Trust in the Lord always , for the Lord God is your Eternal ROCK .

Group Studies 101

2009-09-25T11:52:00.007+08:00

First and foremost , I haven't been doing group studies with anyone for the past I don't know how many years . My mum believes you don't really get much done when you're in a group especially with my bunch of friends because I'll end up talking with them non-stop ( which is partially true ) . But we actually got a lot done and I learnt a lot quicker with them explaining to me while doing question by question .

Last Tuesday , a bunch of them went to Sunway Pyramid . So since , Natalie , Joy & I couldn't go , we decided we'll have our own fun with studying . No reason for our parents not to let right ?

We decided to do Chemistry since the day before , Natalie & I did History together . Then an hour before , someone had a light bulb moment and called us to bring our pajamas pants to her house . We agreed and ;

HAHAHA .

Indeed it was more comfortable . Awkward at first but comfortable . So when Joy reached , we started studying . Did like 40 objective questions and we started to feel a little woozy . The questions were pretty hard . Definitely involved a lot of thinking .

So we decided to take a little ride to McDonald's since our friend , Joy can finally drive .

Joy's car is just adorable .

We had so much fun with our RM1 ice-cream . We couldn't stop laughing when we found out the waiter is from school . We actually went with our Pajamas pants on . Better than no pants on but still , it's hella funny .

After our little break , we came back and did like 15 minutes of camwhoring . It was fun and we took like 80++ shots but most of it turned out to be really candid and since I'm not very good with the self-timer .

Then we finished another set of Chemistry paper . My mum called to pick me up right after I finished the 50th question . She was right on time .

It was fun and random . We laughed a lot but we certainly studied . And it was cheap . We spent RM3.15 . Imagine how much we would spend if we go to Sunway Pyramid ? Definitely way more than that .

So we had tons of fun and save money .

Aly .

P.S / Had the best surprise birthday party from Natalie & Joy on Wednesday at the club .

Want A Good Laugh ?

2009-09-21T10:15:00.006+08:00

Why are people so desperate to find out how tall are the guys from Quest Crew ?! Maybe I should do a post soon about that and get 51412165 views . Seriously , this has been going on since forever . Just look at the fourth one . I said enough .

Wanna look at my stats ? I love those people from the states .

Aly .

P.S / I'm still laughing like a dork in front of my computer screen .

Dilemma

2009-09-21T00:23:00.000+08:00

Joy called me up the other day and told me she received a text message from Taylor University College regarding the Principal's Awards . I was all , I doubt I'll get it ( because my results for my mid year examination wasn't that fantastic ) . So I went off and took my phone and pretty much scream my way back to my phone . Haha ! Can't help it and I bet Joy had a good laugh at my reaction .

The interview is this Saturday . I don't know what to expect . Being the eldest in the family , I know nothing . Sometimes , it sucks . Like if i got additional mathematics I don't understand , I can't ask my siblings , I got to pick up the phone and call someone who is smarter than me . Do you know how hard is it to explain a question to another person on a phone ?! It usually takes forever .

My mum told me people where all those formal working clothes , so she brought me to Sunway Pyramid on Saturday and got me one . I was hesitating , I don't know . Do people seriously where that for a scholarship interview ? I'm only seventeen .

Found the skirt while cleaning up my closet . Looks pretty decent to me , I'm pretty sure it was my aunt's because I seriously doubt I would buy something like that when I was twelve . But it's good , save me another RM90 .

I personally love the shirt and the ruffles . It's the shit and cost a bomb .

So here are my dilemmas .

#1 Do people seriously wear like what I'm wearing to scholarship interview ? Or like a blouse ?

#2 Carrying a bag or a file looks better ?

#3 A pair of earrings that make a statement or something small and people won't realize ?

#4 Should my hair be up or down ?

When I'm done with my wardrobe . I should seriously start working on how should I talk . Hopefully , I will sound smart enough for them .

Aly .

P.S / I should definitely consult a few IB students I know personally because IB students are the ultimate nerd aren't they ? . ( Lilyen , Crystal , Andy )

The Whole World Is Addicted To

2009-09-20T10:50:00.006+08:00

TWITTER !

Yeah , the one with the blue bird . I know it sounds really lame , I mean seriously twitter ? But it is pretty darn awesome . I can't believe I haven't write a post about twitter yet . So now I will .

To be honest , there isn't exactly a heck lot of people from school using twitter . Maybe it isn't a " thing " yet in Malaysia . But it is still pretty good . Why ? I get to send my pics / my thoughts and get immediate replies from my followers all over the world . Like the very next minute . There is this one time , I was like should I pick this or that picture as default , so I decided to tweet about it and Victoria , Veronica , and Tam helped me pick the one they think looks better . It's just fun .

When you tweet , it will NOT be complete without this ;

Tweetdeck . Look how organize I am . A column for all the updates , mentions , direct messages and ever a personal one for the Quest Crew . There is another column for my favourites but that is private , so I am not going to show it to you guys .

You can also follow all these famous people ;

And get live tweets from them .

On e! Stage i will be tweeting live during red carpet..6-8pm - Ryan Seacrest

So you bet I'll be reading his tweets while watching the Red Carpet on E! and hopefully , The Emmy Award on StarWorld . According to Ann , she said they will be airing it in the Philippines on a local channel . I am pretty sure we'll be able to watch it then . But they did a lot of last minute changes to shorten the time . They actually took out a lot of awesome part that Neil Patrick Harris & I are looking forward to . Boo :/ Neil Patrick Harris should say something about this

Now that I get you in a whole twitter mood . Go create one and follow me ! Let's be twitter buddy , it is a lot more exciting than it looks . You'll be the first to know everything , like the whole Kanye - Taylor drama ! Twitter should definitely pay me for this post .

Aly . http://twitter.com/AlyTYF

P.S / Twitter is also a very good stalking device .

Parlez Vous Francais ? I don't .

2009-09-18T21:13:00.003+08:00

I don't know why , I just decided it was time to switch my layout . The other one was just so orange and bright . The fact , I don't even like the colour orange , i don't even know why I picked such a bright colour . Okay maybe I do , because it was there and free without a need to edit . HA ! I'm such a lazy arse .

I'm loving the whole polaroid stuff on top . I definitely love the whole old school feel . It was a cheat by the way . I got everything done on Poladroid . Just a little editing and I'm done , plus I don't have my photoshop with me so I did everything with Picasa , which is really limited . Which explains why it's so plain . But I'm happy with it . Plain , Simple , Purple . Definitely say Aly all over it .

And if you have been a loyal reader , you'll definitely understand the whole title on the header .

I checked the TV Guide today , and guess what ? E! will be airing the 61st Primetime Emmy Award's Red Carpet on Monday morning, 9am . I remember I always watch the Red Carpet and the real award show at the same time . But guess what , this year . StarWorld is not airing it . So , we can watch the red carpet but not the award show ? I'm still excited that Neil is hosting . They cut out some performance to shorten the time . Boo , they shouldn't have . I guess , I'll watch have to watch it on YouTube later on

or

Oh goodness , i just got the most brilliant plan . I'm going to watch it on Skype . I'm going to ask that friend of mine if she can do it for me . This will be awesome .

Aly .

P.S / the day is today .

Let's watch Emmy together !

2009-09-15T14:06:00.003+08:00

I have never been so excited to watch Emmy Award before . I mean , I do watch it , every single award shows out there but I get tired of it easily . Each year , it'll be around the same thing , almost the same show dominating the award show . It kinda get pointless and boring .

I don't know why everyone is making such a big fuss over the whole Kanye-VMA-Taylor thing . I mean yeah it is rude he just grabbed her mic when she was doing the acceptance speech and to say something like " Beyonce's video is still the best video " crap . But i personally feel they plan it or he's just really desperate for attention .

Enough about VMA .

61st Primetime Emmy Award would be this Sunday . You wanna know who is going to host it ? NEIL PATRICK HARRIS . That friggin , have you met Ted guy on How I Met Your Mother . I love Barney ! Plus , I know rehearsals are going on like right now . Actually , they just finished their rehearsals . How do i know about that ? Thanks to twitter of course .

Rehearsing for Emmys!!!! Big ups to @nappytabs - Freakin Aris

Finished rehearsal for the day with @nappytabs ! The emmys are gonna be crazy - Ryanimay

rehearsal was cool.... love working with @nappytabs.. tomorrow let the Quest
begin - D-Trix

Yes it'll be insane . So we got to make a date and watch the emmys together . You in ?

Literally moments ago , Joel Madden tweeted this .

I would love to add Jakarta, kuala lumpur, singapore, and bangkok to the DJ tour, contact your clubs and get them on it. Holler! - Joel Madden

HA , i so wanna go please . Malaysia is getting pretty exciting . AAR in 2 weeks , should I go ? or should I be a goody girl and stay at home and try really hard to read .

Aly .

P.S / I can't believe I am almost done with exams .