#60: CNY'13 Bff-s Version

This year is kinda special because I got to celebrate the last day of CNY with the #bff-s. So grateful and glad they exist in my life and being such awesome friends. :') Glad that this small lil' steamboat makan-makan works out. Even though it's just few of us. and finally a toast to a better year. x 

Page 259: Series of happenings - Instagram

Ohaii, I haven't been updating since forever, almost a month ago? It has been a roller coaster 4 weeks. From extreme anxiety --> worry ---> relieved --> loads of outings ---> complications --> i guess it's back to kinda normal now? I hope so. Reading back all my backdated post, it's so depressing. Hopefully this post would enlightened my blog a bit. I can be sucha extreme pessimist thinking the world gonna end soon, but at the same time I can also be an extreme optimist. Am sucha contradiction. It's gonna be a visual diary bits and pieces from the friends' iphone, I used their iphone like mine. Hahaha! I scroll on their twitter, instagram and fb whenever I like. I have awesome friends! :DDD and i hope they know how much I treasure them. 

VISUALS 

I don't know where to start. Just random pictures from here and there. 

Went to try Uncle Jang @Bandar Puteri for the 1st time with the unimates after class for lunch. Heard loads of good feedback therefore we decided to go there for a try. The Dak-Galbi turned out to be yummy especially with korean noodles, but a lil' spicy thou. Worth trying (Y).

Sharing an ice-cream on BR's pink day was :) Am ice-cream lover! 

Went to watch StepUp4 @KLCC, was so outdated. But still, we managed to watch the movie before it's not on the screens anymore. Ahh, that movie was the best movie I watched this year. Coffee art @En Ginza Cafe. Always wanted to give a try on this coffee art, thank you for bringing me there. Lovin that tea time moment. :) 

Went over to Klang the usual spot for steamboat to celebrate Alvin's 1st round of birthday celebration with a few unimates. It felt very good indeed not having to dip or do anything, just having to wait for food to be place on the plate. ahahaha! So nais being a girl. Awesome! 

:) 

Went over to Levain for lunch on a Saturday before heading over to Klang for Alvin's birthday party. Decided to go over to Levain since we have loads of time to kill. Look at the Macaroons, oh so lovely! Can't stop looking at them. They tasted extremely nais too! Not too sweet, smelling good. 

Us @ Levain. 

:)

Our kinda cacated LOVE. 

Self-take photos with the #bff in the car. I ♥ this girl a lot. 

Went to Daorae @ Sunway Giza for dinner with a few of my pre-u mates. The service there was extremely good, best I ever seen and the ambience there was very nice indeed. Would visit this place again for the food, am lovin Korean food. Had so much fun teasing a friend that night. Awww so fun. :D 

Had an impromptu lunch ystd. and it's my favourite food. Ahh yummeh! So hungry right now. D:

and then we headed to Bukit Rimau to try out this shop that serves unique Gelato ice-cream. 

Gelato Lasagna that we ordered. Ahh lovin food a lot. Thanks to the #bff, I ate so much yesterday. rawrs :3

As I always said, companions are most important that determines the outing be it just a lunch or a dinner. Good companions, everything would be great! Am glad that my life is back in track. and am lovin all the people around me. Awww :') 

That's all for the updates. Till then. 

Page 165: Quotes that I pretty agree

“People think they know you. They think they know how you’re handling a situation. But the truth is no one knows. No one knows what happens after you leave them, when you’re lying in bed or sitting over your breakfast alone and all you want to do is cry or scream. They don’t know what’s going on inside your head — the mind-numbing cocktail of anger and sadness and guilt. This isn’t their fault. They just don’t know. And so they pretend and they say you’re doing great when you’re really not. And this makes everyone feel better. Everybody but you.” 

Haven't been blogging for sometime. Had been busy since the assignment workload is a lot. like freaking A LOT that I am suffocating. Last week I stayed back in uni until 10pm everyday working on the same assignment for more than 10 hours a day. Getting frustrated of doing the same assignment and it seemed to be nowhere. Struggling with it. Sweets were my best friend that week, countless sweets that I kept popping them into my mouth. We were still struggling minutes before submission. Only with the helped of the unimates we managed to submit our assignment which was pretty in a mess at like minutes before the submission time. It was like an amazing race with our friends holding that important sealed envelope with the precious papers inside running towards the office to drop the assignment. Lecturer was laughing evilly enjoying himself saying that he should have brought along his camera to capture this moment. That panic moment, that stress moment that have been going on for weeks, I breakdown immediately I came out of the office. The tears that flowed, that heartache that I felt, friends looking at me trying to console me. I went to the toilet and continue letting it out, it seems like it did not want to stop. That moment when people started talking about something, and my tears felt like it's flowing again. Am pretty much emotional that day and I blame myself for not controlling myself. But am grateful to have the awesomest unimates ever. Then I went dinner with few of them, we had good food, we had good laugh that I put down everything that night, stopping myself to not thinking about it. The next day I woke up, I sat on my bed, staring on the walls blankly thinking of it again. 

Few days ago, the boy pretty made me felt so helpless. Getting scolded, not sure what can I do, nothing that I can do. I was so depress I ranted to my friend. The friend gave me so many suggestions, consoling me. I did not felt better after that, I was worrying all the time. It went to the extend that I hallucinate hearing the sound when there isn't any sound actually. and I went to bed when I couldn't stay awake anymore. These days I have been pretty emotional. Too many ups and downs. There are still a few more assignments to go. Pending. and finals is around the corner. I really  need to pick up myself and start focusing. I need to handle my emotions well. Maybe focusing on food is a good idea too, having food as motivation. The only thing that makes me happy. So yeah, that's explained the picture above. Mum bought a whole new bottle of Nutella from the airport, different packaging from the one she bought from the sundry shop here. It looks better in glass bottle, therefore it taste better too. :) 

“For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are that you’re not going to be very happy. If someone bases his happiness or unhappiness on major events like a great new job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn’t going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.”

Food. Friends. Family. Food. :) 

Page 98: Klang Food Adventure

Ohey, finally I get to sit down and watch TV and browse browse all I can. Get up this morning without alarm clock is just blissfulness! This whole week has been very tiring going out early in the morning and coming home only after dinner. Sleeping deprivation! We had a replacement class yesterday for the next Wednesday since it's gonna be a public holiday. So after class, we headed off to Klang for food adventure. What was weird that we didn't went to Klang for their oh-so-famous-BKT, instead we were brought by Alvin to all sorts of places which we don't know where we were. From a vintage mamak shop beside the KTM to yummeh chicken rice to icey cendol to Jusco Bkt Tinggi to yummylicious steamboat and finally this Espress Cafe. Ate so much, you know what happened next. Complains about full and fat and this and that. Haha! Felt bad for pestering them to go back already since I have a curfew and I am so gonna get scolded by mom. Reached home at 1130 and thankgod my mom didn't scolded me just a lil' of sarcasm but it's fine. Receiving texts from friends who were concern if I got scolded by mum. Awwww! Am lovin them! :))) Here are some photos that I stole from the friends. Haha, I don't have a canggih phone you see to capture these pictures and I didn't brought my camera along. 

This pai-kut is so yummy!!! crispy and tasty! *droools 

Cendol to quench thirst. 

Steamboat! Didn't eat much after all the food consuming non-stop. 

 ♥

Page 66 : Post-Exam

Hello! Officially done with Sem 5 yesterday. Knowing the fact that there's 4 more semesters to go only, I am getting afraid. Afraid of losing all these awesome unimates, all the fun time we had, and going out to the working force. Thinking of that just freak me out. How's the world out there actually like? Bet there's no going class together, having fun in the lecture halls, going for lunch and celebration and also outings together right. 

Yesterday was kinda fun, there's low fun and high fun. I spent like 4 hours in the library at the quiet zone eating my textbook, reading I meant, snoozing off in the beginning because it was so quiet and cold. Spent some gan-jeong hours at cafeteria before going into the exam hall. Spent 3 hours writing on that freaking exam booklet and I've no idea what I wrote. uh oh. Then an hour hanging around in uni, and 20+ of us and  6 cars headed to Klang. Woots, that was fun! Thought of having steamboat but yeah we went there and the shop was not open. So we all stand on the roadside discussing here and there for like some time and ended up just went over to the shop beside for some Western food. I had fried rice (so embarrassing) and my food came last. Awesome or not?! :O 

#1 Oh this is just some random picture. Had papa john's pizza on Sunday. So yummy!!! Gotta eat this again! 

#2 My breakfast for today! Coffee love and sardin sandwich! Nom nom! 

#3 Got back the assignment marks yesterday and quite happy with it. Actually I am easily satisfied. Heh. Thanks group mates for the awesome magazine we did from scratch! Emergent Leadership rocks huh! 

And now, am gonna share a bit here and there some Words from Mr.Shannon ( my fav lecturer and also for the Leadership subject we took this sem ), not gonna post the whole thing here but most of it. Read it people, very meaningful :)

"Friday, 24 February 2012

Hello, everyone!

Your life is only just beginning, actually. My generation (Gen X, people born roughly between 1969 – 1984) will soon fade away. And so, we are passing the baton and torch of leadership over to you. I hope and pray that you make your choices and decisions count.

Honestly, the days ahead for the world look uncertain. There are dark clouds. I hear thunder in the distance. Sure, yes, there are good things going on as well. But I think it’s important to start sharpening our minds and preparing our hearts for the rough seas. Technology is going to continue its relentless march in transforming every aspect of our lives. We cannot expect things to remain the same. Will things get crazier? Yes, I think so. I urge you to live your life intentionally and not to let life just happen. You can be strategic. You can be significant, personally and professionally, at home, at work, on campus, and wherever you are, wherever you go, whoever you are with, whatever the situation and context.

You can lead and you can learn to lead. You can make things happen. The marketplace is waiting for your leadership, your influence, your voice, your words, your writing, your work, your service, your art and your touch. You are going to spend a great deal of time at the workplace. Therefore, strive to find work that you find meaningful, work that you will enjoy. All types of jobs and work worth doing have their own unique challenges, stress levels, complexities and difficulties. But if you find something you love to do, you won’t mind the effort and trouble so much. Your work will become your craft, your art ... your gift to everyone else around you.

Your family, present and future, are waiting for your leadership and influence. There are things you can do to usher in hope, healing, reconciliation, forgiveness, restoration and peace.

Your campus, your community, your towns and cities, your nations, your circles of friendship, your present and future friends, colleagues and bosses ... all are waiting for your leadership. You can usher in justice, spread passion, solve important problems, lead teams, create stuff, establish foundations, pioneer initiatives, be an example, bring cheer and joy and become beacons of light in darkness. If you like, you can become a lighthouse and help ships find their way through the fog and storm.

It’s a choice, isn’t it?

I’ll let you in on a secret: I read obituaries. I spend time thinking about death a lot. Read this:

Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties.        

After all, everyone dies— so the living should take this to heart...

A wise person thinks a lot about death, while a fool thinks only about having a good time.

(Ecclesiastes 7: 2, 4 – Old Testament, The Holy Bible)

I suggest you take some time off to be alone and to imagine the day of your own funeral. Imagine people you know giving a eulogy on you. What would you like people to remember the most about your life?

Maybe you can write your own eulogy. Seriously. Now. If you don’t know how, do a Google search on ‘how to write your own eulogy’.

Spend time reflecting on how you want to be remembered. Think of the kind of legacy you would like to leave behind. You and I will surely die one day. We need to get over and past our fear of death. With all due respect to specific traditions, if we continue to live in fear of death, we will NEVER live our lives to the fullest and NEVER realize our full God-given potential. Thinking about death and reflecting upon the reality of death will help us live wisely and purposefully. It will help us to do some necessary growing up.

I’m not asking you to indulge in some airy, fairy unrealistic fantasy. I’m not saying you should hang your head down, look depressed, feel suicidal, put on an Angry Bird face and become a morbid person. No. That’s not what I mean at all. Far from it.

I want you to live with laughter, joy and gladness. But life must be lived wisely in order to be lived forward fully. Recklessness, carelessness or care-freeness isn’t the same as courage, simplicity and contentedness.

I’m calling you to “begin with the end in mind” as Stephen Covey would put it in his book ‘Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’. Once we can picture the end and our funerals, and imagine what we would like people to remember and say of us, then we can choose to live and lead intentionally in the here and now. In other words, by knowing the kind of ending we want to have, we can live our lives forward with vision and purpose. You can tune your ‘internal compass and GPS’ towards your ‘true north’. There may be things along the way that sidetrack us but once we know the ending we’d like to have, we can make ourselves get back on track.

I strongly encourage you to invest in your mind by reading good books and attending good leadership conferences and seminars. Start small. Build up your leadership skills bit by bit, step by step. Learn to be genuine and sincere. Practice listening. Communicate with people less on e-mail, SMS and Facebook. Do more face-to-face, live and real human interaction, without any technological interface. Hold a hand. Look at friends and family in the eyes. Turn the mobile devices off at meal times. Maybe have a “NO MOBILE DEVICES OR COMPUTER OR INTERNET OR VIDEO GAMES DAY” once a week. It will change your life. Become people of substance and depth. When crisis and trouble comes, people of substance and depth will be able to withstand the shocks and lead others through the chaos and panic.

Learn to lead and influence for the greater good. Stand and act for what is right.

Learn to lead from the ground up.

Learn to lead without the need for official, formal titles, spotlight or recognition.

Learn to lead quietly.

Learn to lead behind the scenes.

Learn to appreciate and enjoy silence, stillness and quietness.

Learn to be.

Let your ‘doing’ flow from your ‘being’.

Learn to wait for the right moment. Use the waiting time to learn, grow, get equipped, train, practice and prepare. When you are finally called upon, you will be the right person for the right moment. There is such a thing as being premature. There is value is patience. Wait. This requires humility.

You and I can tell people what to do but we will duplicate who we really are on the inside. If we are not genuine, we will duplicate insincerity, no matter how genuine we try to appear to be.

"XO, take her down. Make your depth 800 feet. Downward on the planes 45 degrees, left full rudder, all ahead 1/3. Make your heading 270. Rig ship for ultraquiet. Battle stations!"

Just me,

Shannon "

Am so gonna miss this class, so much that I've learn and I think I grow a lil'. Leadership Sem 5 definitely is a memorable one :')