Eht evoba eltit seod ton evah gnihtyna ot od htiw tahw I detnaw ot etirw ereh. Ti si tsuj a eltit.
Ti sah neeb a yrev gnol emit ecnis I deyalp htiw terces sedoc. Rof esoht ohw nac kaerb siht edoc, stargnoc!
Drah ot epyt, drah ot kniht. Ngis ffo won, lla eht tseb!
Almost every weekend, I go back to my sister’s house at Chong Lin Park. This weekend, I am back to her house again. However, she is not here in Kuching. She went back to Sarikei to attend a wedding dinner.
So, it is only my little brother and I in my sister’s house. I, well known as a useless cook and house cleaner, lived quite happily with my brother. I brought back a keyboard from church and I learn new skills from him. We share house chores and talked about life in hostel during the weekend.
Although my sister not in the house, we can truly feel her presence. Let me tell you why. First, she had already called twice today to ask how are we.
Second, she asked one of her guy friend to take care of us. So that guy friend keep calling my little bro and asking how are we.
Third, she left a note for us. Allow me to share with you all.
End of the note.
Oh, proud to have her as my sister. Thanks for the caring. We do know how to take care of ourselves. Don’t worry. Love you, sis!
p/s Lydia has been having stomachache for days, we suspected unhygenic food. Get well soon, roommate. These few days, you aren’t yourself. Miss chatting with you. 
Will pray for you.
Latest update on Sunday 6pm 1Oct06 My sister came back around 4pm. When my bro and I heard the jinggling of the keys, we hide behind the door and anticipated for her arrival. Twice we were cheated (it was actually next door). The third time however, it was my sister. She stepped in, surprised by the ’seemingly’ empty house. Then, both of us jumped out from our hiding place and shouted ‘Hi!!’ She was shocked (her face told us everything) but later she joined in our laughter. Nice to have you back, sis.
On Saturday - 19 August, 3 pm, we went to TAZA for gathering before going to Bau. As usual, B. Ed TESL Co 2 is famous for taking pictures everywhere. So before departure, we took a group photo.
And again, we took picture when we were in the bus.
We as the irritating brats (usual ba…), shouted and screamed and laughed loudly in the bus, ignoring the other passengers’ needs for peace and silence. We however were only excited for around 20 minutes before our energy is drained (except for Jaime - the one with the hat and jacket - of course who kept on talking till the end of the journey, which I personally think is a feat hard to challenge by anyone) and soon we all enjoy the scenery outside the bus…QUIETLY.
And then, I saw…
and…
The typical scenery in bus. And I, as a sakai, didn’t miss the opportunity to capture those moments.
An hour later, we arrived SMK Lake, Bau!!! SMK Lake was having a ‘Kursus Kepimpinan Pengawas’ at that time and those prefect trainees all went out to greet us. Oh, so sweet of them! The next programme was listening to a motivation talk, and again, my class escaped. :-p We took group photos instead…again.
After taking many other photos, which I think are not appropriate to be posted in the blog, I saw a group of IPBL dancers taking pictures. I ran quickly towards them and got ready for my picture to be taken (the thick-face me!). Suddenly, one of them shouted, "Let’s do dance pose!" And all of them posed gracefully. Hey, wait a minute!!! I didn’t have a dance pose!!! So I simply made a pose and the picture was taken. Suprise, I kinda like it. Although mine didn’t look like a pose at all.
Then the motivation ended. People started to come out from the hall. And I saw my brother - who just finished attending the talk. He didn’t dare to escape from it, he’s new bah… Anyway, here’s a picture of me, my bro and my roommate, Lydia.
And soon it was time for our bath before dinner. We took one last photo group together.
After bath, we wear the free shirt given by college. I was surprised that the quality of the shirt is actually quite good. Before I signed up for this short trip to Bau, I was told that we would be given free shirt, cap and tracksuit (we never get a tracksuit though). I expected a ’see-through’, white t-shirt but instead we were given a collar shirt with average quality cotton shirt, although the design was a bit yucky…
After dinner, we proceeded to the hall to watch performances by IPBL lecturers and students. I’m proud to state that my classmates were involved as well. They are:
Here are pictures of Fel and Hakim singing. If you looked closely, you can see in the background - my bro with his keyboard and Alex with his guitar.
The performances were quite long and I took my time looking at the signs pasted on the wall in the hall. There were many inspiring thoughts but one really catched my attention.
Yeap, it’s really something to ponder about.
At 11pm, the performance ended. We took one last group photo in Bau with the yucky design but average quality shirts.
Tired but satisfied with the day, we jumped into the bus and got ready to return to IPBL.
* When we reached hostel, it was quite late and typical of us, we all got very very very hungry. And then, the guys messaged us to ask any order since they were going to McDonald. Ah, life savers!!! So we ordered ‘hundreds’ of burgers and the guys faithfully used their motorbikes to buy our orders. On the way back however, stray dogs got attracted with the delicious smell of burgers and they got chased!!! Luckily, they got back safely, no physical harm (not so sure about mentally though) and most importantly, the food arrived safely and were now being process back into the toilet bowls.
The next day, 20 August 2006, at 730 pm, we went to TAZA again for a BBQ session. 
Yum yum…the sausages were ‘hangus’, so were the chicken, but I don’t care, I was really hungry that night!!! After the bbq session, we went to TAZA to see performance again…
On the trip to the toilet in TAZA, Mdm Angelia stopped me on my tracks to give me some last minute changes that I needed to do for Yayasan Sarawak World Style Debate.
My classmate, Olivia was involved in a short sketch. She was the Bidayuh girl (in the picture) I think she danced the best among the dancers in the sketch!!! Bravo, Olivia!!
And we were entertained by other performances.
Aiyak..got other pictures to upload but I reached my quota liao. :-( Anyway, we went back to hostel at 11pm, just in time to watch The Apprentice. Another two memorable nights to remember.
This morning (Monday), I woke up and reality hit me square in the face. Holiday has started!!! Wow…Happy Holiday everyone!!!
I read in all motivation books that we should be thankful for everything that we have. However, it is a lot more easier to look at something negative than to look at it positively. That is what we are. We seldom be thankful for all the small gifts from God.
But hey, being part of B. Ed TESL Co 2, even a blind person can see just how blessed I am to be in such a community. With only 23 students in a class and after being together for more than 3 years, we all share a special bonding. I give thanks to God everyday for the gift of such special people in my life. No words can express the feeling we have, allow me instead to bring you to our world…using pictures.
This is our first class photo with our tutor, Dr Chua. It is also the stepping stone to take more memorable pictures. This picture was taken on 27 March 2006.
11 March 2006 - Fiza’s birthday!!! We celebrated at the cafeteria and next, photo taking! We discovered that a lot of us have loud voices - the noise we made during the celebration can be heard a mile away.
28 March 2006 - Anis’ birthday! Due to transportion limitation, we again celebrated her birthday in cafeteria. We ate cakes and had fun! And I’m not in the picture. You see, they took the picture when I went to the toilet. 
Our second class photos with Dr Mary. Boring in showing formal and solemn faces, we decided to make naughty faces in this picture. Can you all feel the fun we all had in taking pictures? By the way, Dr Mary is a great lecturer…6 Apr 2006
09 Apr 2006 - It was TESL Gala Nite. Only TESL students were invited. :-p UKM lecturers were here as well. We ate, we laughed, we shouted and we danced. Looking back at the pictures during that night always brighten up my mood. After that night, we all started to stress like hell…exam just a few days away. We party hard, we study hard!!!
Yeah!! We just finished our exam, so it was time to have fun again before we started our long long 3 months holiday. We went to Damai Beach with the seniors (we miss you all!). Our seniors will leave for UKM when the new semestar start, so we planned a holiday together with them!! Ahh!!! Thanks to Emm’s strict budget, we managed to go Damai for two days, one night with minimum cost.
Ahhh..seniors..how we miss you all!! See you all soon in UKM!! The trip to Damai was on 3 - 4 May 2006. Then, we all went back to our respective hometown for the dreadful and boring Pra-pratikum in school. No? Ok ok…maybe only me.
We were back from holiday!!! How we miss each other. So we took another class photo with our beloved ‘father’ - Mr Tingang. Picture was taken on 21 July 2006. See how Mr T smiled so joyfully!!! Sheer happiness!!
27 July 2006 - We just finished our English Week performance. It was great!! All of us were involved in dancing, acting… It is a musical sketch and wow…i never imagined some of the guys in my class can actually dance so well. Hihihi…
My brother and me. Taken after the English Week performance. He’s new to the college but i think he get along very well. Wow, he made quite an impression to my friends when he surprised them by playing the keyboard and drum. Hey bro, I’m proud of you. Hihihi…
Ahh!!! The Yayasan Sarawak World Style Debate 2006. The committee members. The competition was from 1 Aug to 4 Aug. The finals will be on 29 Aug 2006.
It was Lydia’s birthday!! So we all went to her house and celebrate on 6 August 2006. Another memorable night to remember. Another kg to gain…
07 Aug 2006 - We celebrated classmates’ birthday from July to August. We bought a huge cake. Hihi…
On the same day, 7 Aug, we got our allowance, RM 1175. Feeling very rich (but not for long), we went to Hartz (Satok branch) to eat buffet together!!! Oh, i’m getting fatter. Eat + happiness = FAT
Our latest latest picture. 10 August 2006. Taken when 5 guys from our class participated in Futsal competition. We got second!!! Actually they wanted a female team as well. My friends and I quickly signed up for it. So excited to kick the small ball around. But other class - no gals wanna join. So the Futsal competition for girls was cancelled.
So we became the supporters. At 5 pm, almost everyday, we will shout at the top of our lungs to give them support. We believe that we supporters had played a large part in helping the team to enter final. Hihihihi…
Basically, that’s how my class looks like. Tomorrow, we will be going to Bau and next week, my class will participate in the National Day parade. Busy month. Be prepared for more crazy photos from B. Ed TESL Co 2, a class like no other in the world.
Nowadays it is easy to get internet access in college. I was very excited but imagine my surprise when I knew that the college has banned Friendster… F***
Hence, my long absence from writing blog in friendster. Oh, how I miss publishing my life experiences with my friends all around the world.
I’m currently still in Kuching, and I am now in my sis’ house. I was excited when I knew that my sister got a laptop with an Internet access!! So the first thing I do is to write a blog to explain my absence.
It had been a long one month in Kuching. So many things happen in this one month. The experience going back to my sis during weekend, having a brother studying together in college, adjusting myself to my friends’ changed behaviour. But overall, I have been doing fine.
Of course, the peak event in my life during this one month is none other than getting involved with Yayasan Sarawak World Style Debate. We are lucky to have one great lecturer guiding us and giving me the opportunity to be in once-in-a-lifetime event. Since I was in the final last year, I was not allowed to join the preliminary rounds. But I still get to enjoy myself by being one of the committees. I was also allowed to join the Masters’ Round and me and Emm got second place!!! Haha…such memorable days.
I don’t have any issue to share with you all today. I’m still overly excited knowing my sister house can online. Haha!!! I will look eagerly for every weekend where i can access the web and communicate with all my friends!!
Lastly, peace to you all.
Ah!! Brazil loses to France. When I saw the daily message from Maxis on my phone, I jumped out from the bed and no longer felt asleep. Ah!!! I was hoping Brazil can win the World Cup again, and break the so-called curse about no team can win twice in a row. Maybe the curse is real…
At 1630, Mariana and I went to Kam Chui’s house to pray for her mother. After prayer, I talked with some of my friends and we laughed a lot, including Kam Chui. I hope she will heal fast. Hey gal, you do know we friends care a lot about you, right?
When I went home, I got a video from Anna about a mother giving birth. She warned me earlier that it was frightening to watch, but when I watched the movie with my parents, I felt it’s enlightening and wonderful. I did save the video in my computer, and will share it with my friends in hostel…
Later that night, my brother brought his friends to our house. Since I know most of them, I joined in their "midst of havocing". Nicholas danced for us, and I can see that he is a really good dancer. Hey Emm, I think I found a partner for you already. :-) I am impressed that he can dance that well, plus without professional help. He sure is talented.
Next, I taught my other ‘little sisters’ how to play O2Mania (my recent favourite computer game) and I think I got a few of them addicted. We played Tai Di as well, and overall it had been a fun night.
02 July 2006.
It was 2330. Time to begin our plan. I got out from the house quietly and pushed my motorbike quite a distance from my house before I started to engine. It was late and I did not want to disturb my neighbours.
I went to Leh Kee’s house. She was ready. It was then I noticed that I forgot to bring several things. Cursing under my breath, Leh Kee and I went back to my house to get them.
When the task was accomplished, we went to Amy’s house. In the silence of the night, we thought there was no need to miscall her to come out since the bike’s engine was loud enough. Seconds passed, still no response from her house. So Leh Kee called her twice without anyone answering. I tried to call and presto…someone answered!
“Ni zai na li?” I blurted out. Nothing seemed to be going right that night. No response for the other side. “Hello?” I asked. And a strange voice answered me back, “I’m sorry but Amy is sleeping right now.”
One person ‘down’. Now it was only me and Leh Kee. Though we were a bit discouraged without the most-playful-and-daring friend, we felt we need to carry through what we had planned earlier.
Ladies and Gentlemen, today is Connie’s birthday!!! Our mission was to go to her house before midnight, do some havoc and be the first to wish her HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! But without Amy, we cancel the havoc part (lucky you Connie to be escaping all these…) and just wished her a solemn but happy HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
Connie was really happy seeing us there. Leh Kee and I failed to proceed with our ‘marvelous’ plans, but seeing her so delighted means everything to us.
And I was reminded - that the proverb “It’s the thought that counts” is true after all.
Happy birthday, Connie.
I woke up this morning and switched on my phone. A message came through. It was a daily message on World Cup update. England and Poland passed and moved to quarter finals. I threw my phone away.
Another message came. My close friend’s mother had passed away. And for ten minutes, I was rooted on where I was standing, trying to digest the hard reality.
I am hurt, but she must be hurting more at this moment. I am too sad to be even able to think of what to write in this blog.
Friends, pray for Kam Chui and her family. Let us, Sarikei youth unite together and pray hard with the one same purpose.
My sister and I were watching tv together and talking at the same time. Suddenly, the normal talk turned into a fierce debate on whether it’s right for girls to lose their virginity to guys before marriage.
I told her that I felt it was ok for DESPERATE girls to do so, as long as they realize the consequences following it. Of course, my first stand is that we must not lose those precious moments to the person that we aren’t sure to be spending our whole life with. However, sometimes you have friends that won’t take your advice. They feel that love overcomes everything. No matter how much saliva you waste or how hard you try to open the ‘common sense door’, they are willing to sacrifice their ….errrr….. maidenhead.
When this happens and I can see that my friend won’t stand back from her decision, I will switch to ‘free-thinker-mode’ kind of friend. I will let my friend do whatever she wanted and when she ran back to me crying, I’ll be there for her. As a friend, I do not have the right to force my friends into following my advice. I can only speak and make follow-up and be a concern friend, but that’s all. I won’t step over the boundary.
This is the part my sister did not agree. She believes as a friend, we must try our very best to help in every ways we can. If not, we have failed as a friend. My sister won’t be there when the friend ran back to her crying. My sister had warned her friend earlier, so she did not feel that she will be able to comfort her friend. Also, she feels that as a friend, it means helping and guiding a lost friend to correct path. (I’m sure glad she’s my sister. I can rely and trust on her to lead me to the correct path.) I know my sister is a very soft-hearted and caring person and she continued by giving me lots of reasons why it’s important for us girls to protect ourselves … and she bla bla bla…
Both of us concluded 30 minutes later, that we realize virginity is important. What we disagree is the role of a friend when facing such dilemma on another friend(s).
One of the reasons we should protect ourselves – my sister told me that is that after the first night, girls will guard the secret fiercely, telling not a soul about it. Guys on the other hand (JERK!!!), will hang out with the other males and tell everyone how great it felt and who the poor girl was. Words passed around, soon most people knew about it, even the girl’s friends. Damn, how come it sounds terribly familiar to me???
Are you wiling to take this repercussion? This is just one, there are other worse conseuquences. If you do, my friend, I can switch to ‘free-thinker mode’ anytime you want.
‘To close one eye’ - uttered by the Jasin MP to the custom officers has hit the headlines for several days. For me, these words are the ‘stupidest’ mistake ever done by A MEMBER OF THE PARLIMENT, the very one that we hope can bring development to this country and to the people. But this respectable-but-not-so-respectable-after-all MP has fail to carry on the responsibilities that we trusted upon him. Shame…shame on you, Datuk.
To those who are not ‘peka terhadap isu-isu social dalam masyarakat’, allowed me to explain the above case to you. An MP from Jasin is currently under investigation after he told a custom office ‘to close one eye’ on an illegal consignment of logs to Malaysia from Indonesia by a timber importer friend. This is clearly corruption-in-action.
However, I am curious about one matter. Why can’t he be more discreet about his obvious corruption scheme? Pure stupidity? Too much confidence?
I hope the panel deciding his future will not ‘close one eye’ but open them really wide and clear.
