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As i write this blog post, i have only one week remaining of my mid term holidays left. The last 2 weeks of my holidays were spent in Melbourne. The 1st week was with my friends and the 2nd week was with my family. I finally could taste some decent chinese food!! Upon reaching melbourne, which by the way was a 10 hour journey… me and my friends started our walk around melbourne city in search for some siu yook… and we found it at a place called A1. The siu yook there, was… not too bad actually, though nothing compared to the ones we have back in Malaysia. Before i continue any further, forgive the lack of expression and creativity in this particular post, coz it’s 2.50am in the morning and i feel obligated to write in my blog, but i can hardly keep my already so heavy eyes open.. =_= As i was saying, i ate some good siu yook with my friends. Hmmm.. what else i did in Melbourne..? Basically shopping and stuffs. Caught a movie while i was there too; 300 The movie was ok, but the blood was rather… animated..? erm… I went to 2 clubs there too. The 1st club i went to, was… ugHhH… it was really packed and though it was autumn, i was perspiring in the club. It was that packed. stuffy and hot and it played r&b music. Not really my cup of tea. The second club… aHhh now this was a club that was more to my liking. Genre of music was… Hard Trance… basically a place for those of the melbourne dance culture… the shuffle! Yes.. i finally got to shuffle my way around in a melbourne club. It was quite fun really… though i must say there isn’t much of a difference compared to Malaysian Shuffling events in terms of the environment and all. The most distinct difference was the quality of the songs being played. Now this was the 1st week of activities with my friends. The 2nd week as said earlier was with my parents. It was down to more homey family time kinda activities which is good, don’t get me wrong. I finally learned to appreciate my family’s presence around me ever so much more than i ever had. I guess, you never know what you don’t have till u lose it, and i had lost my family for 2 months plus so when they came, i was quite over the moon actually. We went to phillip island, which is an island of penguins. Hahahaha, well yah… penguins… they were cute and all, but i had to wait a good 15 minutes before they came out from the sea to the sand to go back to their homes, and mind you… a beach in Australia during autumn with very strong winds can get really really cold~! But it was fun. Had a walk at the federation park where they had the federation bells. These bells play music, but i shan’t explain here. They just play music… =_= ….. I also went to the crown hotel, went into the casino, played 2 rounds of casino wars and ended up not winning nor losing… hahaha, just for the thrill.. ate some seafood, went to the melbourne aquarium, saw some sharks… but there were no great whites. I always had a fascination for great white sharks since the evergreen Jaws series was produced. This is my melbourne holiday in a short breath. As said earlier, my brain really can’t function at this time of the morning. Till my next post when my brain is more awake then… cheers mates!

It’s been a long and winding journey… but i’m finally here tonight~~~ *stops abruptly*  NaHh… that’s not how this is gonna start… appropriate though as it is, since Guy Sebastian was and still is the 1st Australian Idol… but no… hehe Let’s see… where do i start? I’ve been so caught up with everything here in the land down under, that i hardly have any time to go online and do the things i used to when i was back home… namely… blogging… which explains why i’ve not written in my blog for the last 3 weeks… NO! i was not neglecting my blog… i had too much settling down to do… what with the bills, electricity, water and gas alike…  not to mention the assignments, (that are, by the way, piling up at a rapid pace) getting accustomed to the culture here which is rather hard to do if i may say so… for reasons that i myself have yet to discover.. or maybe i’m just afraid they won’t be able to accept the crazy, eccentric, and wild person that yours truly is, though that is one of their primary attributes… Wild Party Animals! Anyways.. as i was saying before i ran off topic(AGAIN!), *ahem* I had no time and there were lots of stuff to do.. and there still is mind you which is why i had no time to blog. Good news is, (for some of you maybe bad news) this post shall be an update of all things i have done since my arrival here. My previous post served as sort of a… preview… if i may, of my life here in Australia. Anyways, I’ve learned to cook, but nothing special… i can cook fried pasta and rice? HAHAHAHA, which is sufficient for me i guess. I am washing my own clothes, vacuuming the floor, washing the dishes, wiping the table after meals… basically, i have to do house chores. Call me a spoilt brat, but I never did any house chores back home.. so this kind of a lifestyle is something new to me… I’m kinda looking at the brighter side of things… this whole independent thing is and will be quite good for me at the end of it all i reckon… what say u? It’s autumn here now, so it does tend to get quite chilly at night and sometimes even during the day… but it’s not THAT cold yet.. somewhere around… I’d say an average of 15 degrees? I love the cold! It has though gotten a bit colder over the past few days and i’m actually starting to dread the winter season… =S YeEeSHhH~~~ I’m here with 5 of my friends and my girlfriend… so that is a major consolation in itself.. we stay fairly near each other… about a 7-10 minute walk from each others’ house… The FOOD!! They have Burger King here, but as most of you know… it’s called Hungry Jack’s over here… and the most significant difference between Malaysia’s and Australia’s Jacks/Kings, is the….. B-A-C-O-? care to fill in the last blank? The ever succulent tender lovely juice dripping BACON!!!! Muahahahahah~!! * takes deep breath and calms down* I think i MAY be putting on weight… but i’m not sure coz i don’t have a weighing machine here, but I have been pigging out a lot… which brings me to my point… i’m gonna have to wish my bacon farewell for the time being just to insure that i’m maintaining my weight properly. (THE AGONY~!!) Hahahaha, erm… let’s see.. the people here… are generally OK… but for the one or two that are… how would you put it….?  different when it comes to people of other races? alas~~~ i have turned my other cheek to them and not cared… in good time… their time will come round.. *ahem* For many of you who personally know the crazy person that i am, I’ve always been speaking with a few accents here and there.. ranging from malay, to indian, to chinese(Duh-Uh) =_=", to irish and etc. and over here… i’ve actually been intensely analyzing how the Aussies speak and converse. I’m actually speaking to them with an accent! How good or bad is my Aussie accent? I don’t know… but they don’t seem to notice… either that or their just being polite… hehehe =p I know.. I know… why can’t i just speak in  my normal Malaysian accent? I don’t know.. is it an effect they have on me? Haha, you know when you talk to people with accents… sometimes you tend to try to ,follow on? Okok… as true as that may be, it’s just an excuse… I have fun doing it! hehehe, Uni life… well, as said earlier.. assignments are piling up, but on a lighter note… i’ve joined the soccer club and I also do play basketball sometimes… though the height advantage they have over me is rather demoralizing… but it’s all good…  My lecturers are nice too, but nothing beats the study culture and home kinda feel IACT gave me. (IACT = My College back home) which is why, as i have said earlier, i’m still trying to adapt… Good news is… easter break is in 2 weeks time!(which is when all 4 of my assignments are due!!) and i shall be going forth to the city known as Melbourne! Yay~~~ i can finally shuffle with Melbourne shufflers!! Ok… that’s not all i’m going to do… I’ll do some sight-seeing, shopping, walking around, eating… but… yah… i’ve always wanted to go to a Melbourne club… so there… I think i may or may not have covered every single detail, but… i think… this is sufficient information for "My Story So Far" See ya then.. Cheers mate~!

Time : 9:40pm Place : Malaysia, KLIA Occasion : My departure. My family and friends… truly, my heart cried out ever so much the night i left all of you guys behind but my ego got the better of me so no tears were shed. My heart though, was heavier. I’m missing my home and you guys, friends and family alike, and i cannot wait to get back on the plane back home. The journey on the plane was ok, though rather tiring. The latest show they had on the plane was some film by John Cena titled the "The Marine" Bah~! Poppicock! I didn’t watch it. :S The food on the place wasn’t that good either. I survived the flight though. The most trying and tiring ordeal though was when i had reached Sydney airport, and i had to wait there(Inside Sydney airport) for 6 whole hours~~!! I had to wait for the domestic flight i had to take to this place/town i’m in now called Barthurst. Small town, farm like kinda place. When i wear my superman t-shirt, i feel like clark kent on the kent farm! Muahahah!! Sorry for the side track. Couldn’t resist! hehe The plane i sat on from Sydney to Barthurst was rather scary. It was one of those scrooge mcduck launchpad kinda planes. I don’t know how to explain it, but the plane dips a fair bit when there is turbulence, so you imagine the feeling. :s Anyways, i’m finally here, and after a week of hassle and organizing all the small itsy bitsy, but important stuff, i’m settled. Yay~! Well, I finally managed to get my internet connected, which is why I haven’t been online for the past week since i left Malaysia which also explains the fact that it’s been quite a while since i last wrote in my blog. That’s, as i have said earlier, due to the fact that i needed time to settle in, look for a place to stay, get my electric, water, phone bills etc all done and all the other nitty gritty stuff. Well, as it is now, i’m finally moved into my house that i’ve managed to rent for the remaining duration of my time here. I was staying in a motel before i found this place, and it’s $72 per night in that motel and i stayed there for 4 nights!! Those 4 nights came up to a grand total of $302 aussie? Golly mate… SPIFFLING figure now ain’t it?  For those of you in the blur, I’m currently in Australia doing my degree in Bachelor of Arts (Advertising-Communication). FOoyOHhH… sounds professional? Nah… it’s basically a degree in advertising. So life here so far isn’t as tough as i would have expected, neither is it a life that is too fun living. I find myself using a lot of money and the "$1000 dollars per month" from my mum doesn’t seem enough to use. :S Oh well, and no… i’m not overspending or doing unnecessary shopping but basic living expenses here are rather high to say the least. I won’t go into details, but just so you know, living expenses are high. I’ve enrolled into all of my subjects so that’s good news… i guess… The people here are generally friendly except for the few that  give me an occasional stare or two…, but all in all, they’re just swell mate! I’m having a problem trying to stick to my diet plan here. Don’t ask why, i just can’t seem to diet!! I just ate bacon, sausages, and spaghetti for dinner…  =_=" Maybe it’s the cold weather here… hmmm *rubs tummy and consoles self* But i shan’t put on weight God willing. Hmmm let’s see, what else… cooking is basically done by Sue-Ann(Girlfriend) and washing is done by me. It’s autumn soon, and the weather at night can really really really get cold~~ *shivers* I dread winter time.. :s Gosh, i have so many things to type and tell, but i’m all over the place aren’t i? I think i’ll just sign off now and perhaps my next post will be a little more well organized. Miss all you guys back in M’sia heaps! Swell on ya’ then mates! See ya then~!

The butterflies are fluttering, the stomach succumbing to the butterflies, the heat is intense, my mind is in a mess, as the day gets closer and closer….. the day… i…. LEAVE FOR AUSTRALIA~~!!!  *sobz*  :`( oh dear.. without noticing, as cliché as this sounds, time flies!! It’s 4.30am on a Friday morning and i have until Sunday to continue living my ever so care-free and joyful life in subang. Wait… i don’t think i’ll even have time on Sunday as i’ll be so busy doing last minute packing and all the nerve-wrecking last minute stuff. There are so many people I love and cherish back here in Malaysia and i don’t even have time to meet up with them and say my goodbyes. OK… so i’ll only be gone for a year, but still, that’s a long time away from home and the people i know and love. Gosh, i don’t even know where to start but here goes. This goes out to those friends that I didn’t get to meet up with and for those i probably won’t see at the airport, and even if i do, it still goes out to you.. basically…. everybody lar….. Muahahaha~! OK… so… i’ll start with Mum, Dad, Chi(Sister) my darling Brando Boy(Pet Dog).. I love you all very much and thanks for funding my studies overseas mum and dad, and chi for always being a good sister to me though i can be a not so good brother sometimes~ and to my fatty brando boy whose like a brother to me, go easy on that leg and don’t worry, i’ll be back before you can even whine "where’s Gav?" Hehehehe… Next, to my extended family, my cousins, Jon, Kat, Liesl, Wai, Mei, Cheong, Roy Ko, Rench, those that i see on a relatively frequent basis lar…. you guys have a huge part to play in moulding me into the boy/man i am today in many ways. My aunties and uncles.. also a big shoutout to them for being there for me. Special thank you to my Lak-ee(6th aunty) and uncle Kim Sing for that BULGING ang-pau… *ngek ngek* :Þ My friends, Yang, i won’t be seeing you until i get back i think, unless you’re at the airport, but I just wanna say, no matter how different we are as we grow older, always… brothers at heart.. Jay, Al, Ren, Moon, Rong, Huat, Meng, Lex same goes to you guys. You guys have been the first batch of friends that i’ve grown close to, and though we walk our seprate ways now, we’ll always be… ASB?? NOLAR~~~ where got ASB… what is this man? LOL!!! But you guys know what i mean. Huat, study hard, and keep on breaking hard,B-boy never dies, but neither do shufflers.. muahaha, Meng, looking forward to working my way up with you when i get back, Moon, you’re gonna be a fine chef! Cook me something to eat! hahaha, Jay, good luck in your studies and come visit me! If you have the time lar.. hehe, Ren, another brother that is there for me… but… don’t have so much FUN lar K? Hope u got that.. ehehe, (inside joke) Al… you’ve grown to be so hospitable as we’ve grown up… at least you don’t let me sleep on your room floor with no blanket anymore! Hahahaha, good luck in you final sem Al! Hoon ki, u got hoon ki not hoon ki? I want a hoon ki lar.. right not rong? Hahahaha Rong, I know you succesful working man now… don’t forget me k? hehe Alex, thanks for always being there not only for me, but for others as well. One of the nicest guys around people! :)  OK… now for my friends that i’ve grown closer to over the past 2-3 years… K.T, my hippo-poto-TAN ar~! Has a playful character by nature, and always makes me laugh just by being himself… (Seng and Uncle Joe, you know when he makes us laugh lar~~ MUAHAHAHA!!) but.. he has a heart of gold… truly a friend to cherish. Ah Seng, Ba-pai Seng (Fussy Seng), has a loud mouth, a huge and big character, but has grown close to me somehow. I don’t know how i can find a hingtai(brother) that is so arrogant and fussy and struts his away around everywhere he walks… Geez~! Nolar… that’s just his appearance, we all know that’s his way of portraying his soft heart, just like K.T And to my DARLING Uncle Joe, (Note: From here on till i say so, there’ll be a lot of inside jokes so pay no attention) Blackie Girl~~ she’s gonna come home with me when i come back from Aussie, because by that time, I’m gonna have some Northern Muscles. Anyway you know lar…who said i went gym… and who said i lost weight *rub chin*… *Kiss mucsle MUACKS* MUAHAHAH!! I’ll sweep girls off their feet with my M-bison slide, and i’ll be a lover-man.. ok? Okok… very good. (End of inside jokes) To my church, i’d like to thank you all for praying for me. I appreciated it very much. Auntie Kala, Uncle Guna, Dim, Reeshma, Arjun, thanks for that dinner. It was very thoughtful. I know Dim, you gonna laugh at me for being sentimental right? LOL, ok… there are so many other people that have been a part of my life, and i’m sorry if i haven’t mentioned your name. You are all important to me and i am grateful. Honestly though, some are more important than others and i have to say this coz if i don’t then you’ll all know I’m just crapping as not everyone can have the same amount of importance in one’s heart. So forgive me, but i’m keeping it real. Last but DEFINITELY not least, my ever loving and gracious Father In Heaven. Thank You for leading me onto the right path and bringing the people that you have brought into my life to make an impact and difference. Again, i’m sorry if i have not mentioned some people’s names, but I am grateful and thankful to everybody. *hugz* OK….. I talk as if i’m going for 10 years or like i’ve won a grammy or something. But i guess that’s me… emotional, sentimental, and rather exaggerated blog posts… *laughs* But, I just felt right in posting this blog before i venture into foreign land as to me, it is a big step in my life. To all, and everybody *hugz*. See you when i get back! Cherioz Mates!

I’m sure by now, most of you have heard of the shootout a week back at Subang Parade where 2 security officers and a robber passed on whilst one more security officer was badly injured. Recent news has it that all the baddies have been caught and that’s good news. Yay! =_=" Anyways, i just wanted to share with you guys what i feel is truly the work of a compassionate and wondrous God. To keep a long story short, on that eventful day, i was to meet my parents at Subang Parade for dinner at 8.00pm but due to unforseen circumstances, i was delayed. The delay, mind you, frustrated me as hell and i wanted to just go already but couldn’t. It didn’t occur to me as the night came to an end and i was resting my tired eyes and body on the couch in my living room as my sister told me "Do you know if you hadn’t been delayed and reached there on time, you quite possibly might have walked out into the shootout?" I was stoned. Literally. *laughs* You see, the lift at where i came up from exited directly onto the scene of crime. Of course, one might say that if i had been on time i might have parked somewhere else and gone up a different lift for the future would have changed. The way i see it, God still delayed me so as to make sure i wasn’t even present in Subang Parade at the time of the shootout and only allowed me in when the nightmare had ended. So there. I am thankful for my God and let this be my testimony to the world as to how loving, good and caring my Lord & God Jesus Christ can be… AMEN? AMEN!

*kicks a football - - - THUD-KRANG*  "Excuse me? Can you throw my ball back over please?" *little girl with huge specs looks at small boy with huge specs* This was the 1st time i met my dear neighbour Jo. At that point in time, we just knew that we lived behind each other and just the occasional smile and "Hi there" kinda look. No further interaction was made. Not until both of us reached our teens. If i remember properly, we were 16 and 15 respectively, yours truly being the elder of the two. As we all know, there comes a time in our young lives that we will start to interact more with the opposite sex in hopes of getting that thrill and excitement kinda feel; basically, flirting. I still remember, i messaged this girl in MIRC (chat room of the past) named Joanne. We got to talking and all and then one day, i asked her where she lived and the conversation as best as my memory can serve me went as such :  Gavin: Where do you live?
Joanne: Subang
Gavin: Which part?
Joanne: SS19
Gavin: SS19?! That’s where i live too. Which road?
Joanne: 19/* (The road shall not be revealed)
Gavin: That’s the road behind my road i think
Joanne: Really?

We got each others’ house numbers down and were wondering where exactly it was. We knew then we were staying behind each other but it never occured to either one of us that we’d seen each other before in our younger days, and i’m talking 10-12 years old. Then we started describing our houses to each other, and then she asked me "Do you have a basketball rimb in your garden? And a black dog?" I went "errrr yah wor…" We then agreed to go out to the back of our houses to meet each other and see if we were really staying directly behind each other. Problem was, everytime i went out and waited, she hadn’t reached yet and i would go in. So this routine went on for about 2-3 rounds (we strongly believed that we were definitely staying behind each other) until, finally we managed to catch each other in the backyard of our houses. I saw her and i said "Joanne?" She said "Yup! Hi" That was the start of "The Windows Of Love" *laughs* Inside joke.. Basically, we got to know each other pretty well, she was schooling in an ss18 school while i was in an ss14 school, which is in the subang district. To cut a long story short, we became pretty close friends, after a few rifts here and there. Those rifts are a bit complicated and can potentially be a long yet interesting topic to discuss, but i’ll leave it at that. Hehe Why i’m only typing about my dear neighbour now? We saw each other on a relatively frequent basis up till the time when she had to further her studies overseas. At that point in time, i was already 20. Or was it 21? Thereafter, we’d only see each other everytime she came back for a holiday and it was few and far between. She just came back to M’sia not too long ago and I just went out with her again earlier in the day and it feels that the older both of us get, the more occupied we are with our own things and that leaves us with barely enough time to catch up. In short, we grew distant. She though, told me that it had been long but she still feels that we are close enough to talk about stuff we used to talk about and that was a relief. I’m glad we went out as it probably re-emphasized our friendship. With all that said, I’m feeling rather sad still. The fact is, we’ve grown distant, though maybe still close, but not like before. In time, we will probably grow more distant as distance can prove to be such a barrier when it comes to relationships. And the saddest part of it all is, she isn’t my neighbour anymore. After 20 years of being neighbours, the windows of love have finally been shut for good. She has moved to bukit rimau and that saddens me. *boo-hoo* :’( I guess this post is just to let people know that she is the only girl that i can say is a true friend to me, and not one that i have alternative motives for nor she. Personally, this kinda relationship to me, does not come by very often; friends of the opposite sex really being JUST friends.. and close ones at that for it is in a guy’s and girl’s nature to flirt with the opposite sex, but not me and Jo. We’re now like bro and sis. Of course, intially, when we first met, i was flirting here and there and all lar, but i’m saying after all that’s been said and done, and after so many years, my dear Jo and me are still going strong as friends. As cliché as it sounds, life goes on and it can go on, but she will always be someone special to me, my dear Joanne, my dear neighbour… :`)

FuwaHhH~~ gila emo man this post… *knocks head* I need to hit reality… Hahaha, nolar Jo, you know i meant every word *hugz*

My laptop arrived last week and it is looking mighty fine and dandy people! Actually, there’s nothing special about it. Hahaha, normal laptop, not very gaya specs also… =_=" but, a laptop nonetheless. My mum said it’s supposed to be some high tech kinda laptop. Don’t know what processor, don’t know what ram etc. computer terms lar… and yes, i’m rather computer illiterate… *laughs* =") Anyway, it’s been getting a lot of my love and attention for the past few days but sadly, it’s brought me to sheer dismay and frustration as there is a problem with the connection (Streamyx $%^*!!) thus a continous fluctuation with the network’s connection. I may be computer illiterate, but i guess even a fool would know that a bad connection doesn’t mean that the computer, or in this case the laptop, has a problem. Why i feel frustrated then? Because it’s a new laptop and everything is supposed to be working properly! I know it has nothing to do with my laptop being spoilt, but the stubborn part of me tells my brain to feel frustrated so i do. So there. =P This baby of mine will be given my undivided attention and in return, it’ll be but my best companion when i end up feeling lonely or miserable in Australia. I already see the start of a bright and happy future with me and my laptop. *laughs* Oh.. and it’s a DELL. I’m not too sure what are the good and bad brands, but it seems this brand isn’t all that bad, from what i’ve heard lar… What do you, my dear blog readers and friends think? Let me know. If we hurry, maybe i can give it back to DELL and buy a recommended brand from you guys. Hehehehe =)

It’s 2007 and it’s a new year. Sadly though, it’s still the same me. Well, maybe it isn’t that sad. I kind of love myself the way i am now. And No! I’m not a narcisist, rather i just love me for me… As simple as that. Life has been good for me thus far. I get to have late nights, and i don’t do much but eat sleep and play. I hardly have any work to do these days as well, so that makes me more of a lazy couch potato i guess, which i do enjoy being by the way! I’ve been playing this online game that I recently got addicted to. it’s called Super Dancer Online, and I don’t know why, but i’ve grown to have a liking for the game. I won’t go into detail about what the game is, but just so you know, this game takes up about, easily….. 5-6 hours of my time on average, per day. Maybe more. Yikes! =_= I hardly play Dota anymore; the famous strategy game that almost every Tom, Dick & Harry are playing as this game takes up all my computer time. Computer games aside, i am also wathcing a lot of DVDs and TV shows recently. OoO American Idol season 6 is here and today was the 1st episode! I’m a total American Idol follower. It seemed like i was waiting for ages for season 6 to hit Malaysian TVs, but it’s finally here, so not so boring Wednesday and Thursday nights for the next few months. Of course, I have taken into account that I will be flying off to Aussie next month, which means I might not be able to follow the series on TV. Alas, the wonders of the internet and the availability for one to DOWNLOAD episodes of TV shows relieves me of my worrying that I won’t be able to follow American Idol anymore. Muahahaha! Ok, so basically, I’m enjoying the everyday activities of my life sinfully, for i shall not be able to do this once i come back with a degree, for that would mean… *drum roll* working life…. =S On the brighter side though, that would means I’d have hit stage 2 of my life succesfully.. i think..? hahaha OK peeps, i gotta sign off now.. take care all, cheeriooz~!

I met up with some of my old high school mates tonight at Yuen Steamboat in Sunway, and it was a rather nerve wrecking ordeal for many reasons; reasons that i can’t even explain. Well, perhaps i can explain them, but choose not to. (I’m a complicated individual, spare me) Other than that though, the night was a rather…. borderline enjoyable night i’d say. Borderline because there were so many people, and they each had their own clicks, i didn’t even have time to talk to some of them. In all honesty though, there were some that i was never really that close to in high school, yet i managed to have a decent conversation with them. What everyone talked about..? Well, i speak for the table i sat in, but i can almost speculate that every other table had this topic as the majority of their conversation, which was "what are you doing now? studying or working?" or "OHh what line/field are you in?" Don’t get me wrong, these questions are fine. In fact, after so many years, they sort of become "pick-up" lines to start conversations. The problem then, lies in the fact that these conversations do not go beyond that for some of us. It’s like, when there’s nothing more to ask about what each individual is currently pursuing in their lives, the conversation goes stale… for some of us, not all. In spite of all this though, as i had said earlier, a decent conversation was still manageable. So there you have it; my reason as to why i deem the night a borderline enjoyable night. On the brighter side though, it was just fun to see old faces and do some catching up, to see the changes in people’s behaviour, attitude, and also how they’ve changed physically. It was also fun guessing the names of those i had forgotten and i wasn’t alone ok! There were others who couldn’t remember names as well. I kept asking a closer friend of mine the names of people that walked in if i couldn’t remember. I feel bad… I even got caught red handed as this guy approached me, shook my hand and said "Hi Gavin, how are you?" And i was just blur. I remember his face but i couldn’t remember his name. The most sheepish look you will ever see on Gavin’s face was revealed at that point in time. In the end, he had to tell me his name, and then my brain was like "oh yaHhH~!" thus sending signals and messages to my hand and body movements. You know when you’ve forgotten something, and you finally remember it, you’re like "oh yaHh!" with the hand movements and all? Yah, something like that. Lame I know, but nonetheless, i was helpless at that point in time. Eugene, i shall remember you along with your name, and will never forget it again! *drama* What else? The food! I hardly ate anything though as i was busy talking. Yes my dear Huey Ling, that is me hardly eating. I know it seems like a lot, but it’s nothing compared to my usual. (Sorry, inside joke) Anyways, i hardly ate anything, and the food there wasn’t really anything to shout about. The company was what made the food taste better i guess. I spent most of the night with just a few friends though, as i’ve mentioned earlier, everybody had their own clicks. After steamboat, we went to this pub in the curve, called… Laundry? Geez, i don’t even know if i spelt it correctly? I’m so out-dated into this "clubbing/pubbing" lifestyle these days. *laughs* Not everyone could make it though. Almost half went their own ways after dinner, so there were only the remaining half. Over there, the same thing again, but with a different environment. We just talked, caught up on old times, I had literally 2 sips of beer and then the night ended. Well, Rohan, Sud, Lee Sun and myself left at the same time as we were in one car, but according to Wee Nee, we set the mood for the night to end so everybody left after we did. So, Rohan, Sud, Lee Sun, we’re supposed to feel bad ok! Hahaha Nah, they wanted to go back already anyway lar. So there, a reunion of a few old faces, with rejuvenated friendships……. i guess…  =_=" Wee Nee says we should do this more often, and more often we shall do this then! But till the day we meet again, I wish all you guys that i spent time with tonight God’s blessings in any of your future undertakings! SMSJ BOLEH! duh-uh.. =_=" ………… Till the next reunion/gathering! =)

It never really did set in, the fact that I’m about to go to Australia to further my studies. But as time passes, my date of departure grows seemingly closer and I’m starting to have a slight fear if i may. Fear because i’m stepping into a foreign land not knowing anything about their culture. Fear because I don’t have my mum or dad to be there for me anymore. Whenever i had problems, i always turned to my parents, but over there, I have but myself. Well, i do have my girlfriend, but she too will be stepping foot into a foreign land by herself for the 1st time. Basically, we  only have each other and in all honesty, I’m not so sure if that’s good enough. True, she is rather resourceful, and one can depend on her to take charge of situations, but she’s going to be with me! And if you must know, i’m quite a handful which in turn will make her task as being the decision maker if you like, or the one in charge that little bit more difficult. *sheepish look* =") My greatest fear is of course, the fact that she, my girlfriend and I, will be staying together for the 1st time for 1 whole year…. It’s like being married, and I’m not so sure if that’s so healthy at such a tender and young age. *sigh* I do believe she and I will pull through though, but I will need God’s guidance and help and you, my fellow friends and blog readers, I will need your prayers. Ok… enough about that. Let’s side track a little shall we? Christmas was good, though i’ll never be able to re-live the days of my childhood during christmas. Those were the days… the joy and happiness of it all was just so much more…. meaningful I guess. Now that I’m older, I still feel the aura of joy and love in the air, but in a different way, you know what i mean? i guess when you’re a child, certain things are meant to be different. New year’s! New year’s was…. how would i put it? Erm… New year’s was not that enjoyable actually. I went to sunway for the countdown and there were people there, with the usual countdown and fireworks happening and all, but it all just wasn’t good enough I’d say. To make matters worse, at about 12.15am after the countdown, i got stuck in a people jam… there’s this bridge linking sunway pyramid and the housing area of sunway together and that particular bridge was jam packed with people jostling their way through to get back to their cars. You see, a lot of people parked across the road of Sunway Pyramid as did my friends and I for parking inside pyramid would’ve been total disaster as before you could even enter the parking lot, you’d already be lining up wayYYy back. Anyway, as i was saying, the bridge was packed with people going up and some coming down so there basically was a 2-way-traffic kinda thing going on there. It took me a good half an hour to reach the other side of the bridge. Silly thing is, I’ve been stuck in these kinda things before when i was a little younger, say… 16 or 17? And i told myself then, "I don’t think I’ll ever come to these kinda events again. it’s so hot and stuffy, and you got all sorts of people around you and in the end of it all, you get frustrated" But I guess i’ve not learnt my lesson now have i? Ok… ok, i’m sure some of you are thinking that these kinda things happen only once a year so what’s the big fuss about getting jammed in a pack of people once in a blue moon or feeling hot and stuffy? I guess you’re right, but personally, i’d prefer not to. Well, let’s just say, it depends on who i’m going with and whether i feel like it at that point in time or not. It’s hot and stuffy and your whole bodyu feels sticky! Hmmm, by the by, do i sound metro-sexual? Some have deemed me as such… okok i’ll stop blabbering… so there, my christmas and new year’s compiled into one blog post. Short and sweet. And i’m going to Aussie soon! I have that butterflys in your stomach kinda feeling now even as i type this… =S but i shall go forth with faith and i shall be victorious in the war for that piece of paper, no matter what obstacles may stand in my way! That includes not having my parents around, and not being able to eat nasi lemak, or maggi goreng! OOo, let’s hope i don’t get too tempted by the food over there and return to Malaysia like a ball now shall we? *laughs* XD