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Blog Public Again

2011-12-31T01:22:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone... Haven't got to update my blog if such a long time I figured that it wasn't even necessary to privatize my blog anymore... Got that one post of me ranting away cuz that was the only reason I had privatized my blog to begin with....

Neways... 2011's coming to an end and the next school semester will be starting shortly... It should be my last semester in college and I can't wait to get done with school..!! Wahahaha.. XD

Haircut

2011-12-22T10:55:00.000-08:00

Got myself a new haircut two days ago..... Got them cut super short and I'm still trying to get used to it... Planning to upload a new facebook profile picture once I learn how to style it better... XD

Happy Holidays everyone..!!

Blog Privatized

2011-11-30T14:02:00.001-08:00

Wahahahaha.... I've decided to privatize my blog.... Pretty stressed out with my studies nowadays.... I'll talk about it more when I have time... Stay tuned...

New Header

2011-11-20T09:21:00.001-08:00

I finally got a new header.... Thank you so much Janet...!!

Haha, omg loving the bulbasaur so much...!! =)

First Snow of the Year

2011-11-06T17:09:00.000-08:00

Bozeman has been pretty good this year.... We were able to experience a relatively long period of fall... And then this happened...

Everything was still green before I went to bed and I woke up to this....

It's crazy how it only took a day's worth of snow to get everything white.... And it'll stay this way till around the beginning of April before we get to see green green grass again....

Oh well, on the bright side, however, we might be able to do some winter activities such as ice skating, sledding, snowball fights and probably skiing.... Gotta try doing that cuz I haven't had a chance to do so since I've been here...

Anatomical Structure of a Bulbasaur

2011-10-23T21:44:00.000-07:00

Was looking for pictures online to hopefully come up with some ideas for a blog header and I came across this information about Bulbasaurs...... Omg I was sooooo excited as I was reading through it...

Ah...... Bulbasaur.... If only you were real.... Hahaha... XD

Turning 22

2011-09-27T22:01:00.000-07:00

Phew, finally found myself a little spare time to update my blog...!!

Woohoo.... I turned 22 a couple days ago..!! The excitement you getting turning a year older just stops after you reach 21. However, I had a blast my birthday this year..

I invited a couple of close friends so we could hang around for the nite. Josh, Ryan, Clint, Tony, Brittany, Jason and Isaiah bought pop and pizza for the nite and about 15 of us just hung around for the evening... It was awesome cuz it has been a while since all of us got to get together...

How I wish we're still having our Summer holidays...

Omg, I was so happy to receive some of the funniest, most ingenious birthday presents from the gang....

Jason got me some Sweet Chilli Sauce cuz it's like the only thing closest to any chilli sauce that reminds me of home; Josh gave me some Vitamin water (dragonfruit flavored, my favourite) and some ramen (they all know that I'm a ramen hoarder) and some swiss roll snack cakes from Walmart. I remember running around Walmart last Summer with Josh just to get ourselves some of those snack cakes... XD

Josh even invented his own coupons for me to use it anytime...

Note: It's a stereotype over here that Asians annunciate their "L"s as "R"s. Eg. we say "HeRRo" instead of "Hello" and there's a lot of "Ching Chong, Ling Long, Ding Dong"s in Chinese... XD They've been giving me a lot of crap, annunciating every single "L"s in most words into "R"s so I can understand better.... -_-"

On the other hand, Senny and Joanne gave me a shirt and a watch... I loved em so much... But I didn't look too good with the shirt on cuz it just wasn't a good cut for me...

Senny, Joanne and Ryan's Presents

I was in trance when I got the present from Ryan.... A Bulbasaur Yu-Gi-Oh! duel mat... Omg I'm pretty sure that he took a lot of time to paint the Bulbasaur on the mat.... Hehe..

Well, I've got to go now... I'll try updating my blog more often but this semester is Soooooo freaking crazy... T.T

Dreams of Randomness

2011-09-13T08:21:00.000-07:00

I am seriously getting sick of random dreams I've been having this past two weeks....

One of the dreams I had last week involve waking up in the morning and getting ready for class as I was about to be late. When I was brushing my teeth, the toothbrush deteriorated into strings of plastic and I was trying to get it outta my mouth....

I told Tony (my current roommate) about the dream and he was like: "Yeah.... Sounds like one of those wtf moments in life...".... XD

Then, during the weekend, I had a dream that I was out fishing with some of my friends. I was only watching cuz I didn't have a fishing license and all of a sudden I was bitten by a fish.... In my butt.... =O Omg sounds like Bomb's story back in CHMS1 about her getting bitten by a snake... XD

To top it all off, I had a dream last nite....... About Captain Planet....

Yup, you've heard me..... Captain Planet....

I don't really remember what happened but it was about saving the world and stuff..... I was like sitting on my bed with looking like -_-" for like 5 mins upon waking up in the morning cuz it was just so random I couldn't even understand why would I have a dream about Captain Planet in the first place....

Commemoration For My Bloggie

2011-08-18T12:32:00.001-07:00

As promised.... I'm gonna try doing a lil post to celebrate my blog's 201st post... XD

Here are some random stuff related to this blog.

First Post: 25th October 2007

I remember feeling like creating a new blog because I have been slacking off with my previous blog. It was the first week after we've had our UEC and I had nothing else to do before the start of college. Wow, I have forgotten how much free time we've had in the past and we've always feel overwhelmed...

Post that I loved writing the most: Food from Kuching (April 2008)

It was the semester break of my first semester in college and I have always craved food back home in Kuching throughout that entire semester which made me decide to come up with this post. It took me a little more than a week, strolling around all my favorite food places in Kuching, taking pictures and then coming up with simple descriptions for it...

Food to Die for.... Kuching Kolo Mee

Next off, I decided to count the number of pics with me in it since the first post of this blog and compare it to pics of me camwhoring cuz I wanted to know if I'm like some of my frenz who're obsessed with camwhoring *cough* Jin Jin *cough* *ahem*....

Count of Pics of Self in Blog: 73

Count of Camwhored Pics in Blog: 24

Coolest Picture I've Ever Taken: Picture taken from a scope from a rifle during last year's gunning with Alex.

Most Beautiful Picture in the Blog: Snowflake pic (Feb 2011)

Favorite Random Post of All Time: Cactus Makeover(June 2008)

Both me and Poh Kye got two cacti from the market in Nilai and I drew cute faces on em... I know I'm not too good at art but these were prolly the best looking things I have ever drawn... XD

And last but not least, these are a couple of the my most treasured pics with frenz... XD

Band pic with peeps from RCYU5 in 2007.... XD

Trip to Port Dickson with muh fellow Intians... XD

Action and lansi pics during the Genting trip in 2009

Group pic taken in disneyland with Ryan, Josh and Clint, I did not get the cue that they're trying to look like manikins..

Hmm, just found out that I don't have pics with frenz from CHMS1.... Hmm.... Omg I'm gonna take so many pics wif you guyz in the future and upload em in my blog... XD Hahaha

Last Few Weeks of Summer Hols

2011-08-18T10:45:00.000-07:00

Omg, I'm finally done with work in the Potato Lab this Summer.... XD I'm super excited cuz it gives me extra time to work on my final report for my research. It's due the end of this month but I haven't worked on it at all ever since my full time job started in the Potato Lab late June.

I've spent a couple of hours these few days to catch up on what I've done for the research and I'm dreading over writing that report..... Never knew how hard it is to muster the strength and commitment required to write an academic report during the last few weeks of Summer holidays... XD

Neways, I've thought of a brilliant plan to go and complete it in the library as it'll help me focus a little better.... Argh.... Really wanna go long piak now, but I've completed the introduction, background studies and I'm working on the methodology at the moment... Fingers crossed that I'll be able to finish it soon....

Btw, I just found out that this is my 200th post..!! Omg.. Gonna try writing another post today when I get home to commemorate this lil blog of mine since its first post in October 2007..!! XD

Bozeman Zombie Walk

2011-07-31T22:28:00.000-07:00

I'd like to first note that pictures used in this post has been taken by Nina Tucciarelli, a Bozemanite who took so many awesome pictures for the Zombie Walk. Thank you so much cuz I didn't bring my camera along cuz I didn't wanna stain my camera with food coloring and cocoa powder..

I really wanted to write a post about this event since last week but I hadn't had the time nor related pictures for a while.... Haha... XD

I've had one of the greatest Saturdays of my entire life last week. Went floating the Madison river with a group of frenz before heading over to the volleyball court on campus for a couple of super fun volleyball games and then we dressed up and headed downtown at nite for the 3rd Bozeman Zombie Walk....

Braaaaaaaaainzzzzzz.....

Ryan, Josh, Cricket and I were super hyped up when we first heard about the Zombie Walk, it was pretty sad tho cuz Cricket had to work late that nite and couldn't dress up and join us for the event....

The turnout was pretty good this year as people of all age groups dressed up for this hour long event....

A family of zombies...

It was super creepy but fun at the same time. I was pretty lucky cuz I didn't have my glasses during the entire event so I didn't get freaked out by some of the scarier costumes. I was not too embarrassed too when I was strolling along downtown since I couldn't really tell if anyone's focusing on me... Haha...

A lost zombie walking around downtown....

I was also super excited to see people dressed up as survivors.... Characters from Left for Dead in particular...

Kid with first aid kit that is supposedly from Left for Dead...

I need to get my hands on Brit Josh who has a group picture of me, Ryan, Josh and Isaiah who dressed up together.... Here is some pics of us....

Zombie Ryan to the right of the pic...

Zombie Isaiah (guy with sleeveless shirt) and Zombie Josh (to the right of Isaiah)...

And last but not least...

Zombie me...!! XD I was pretty shocked to get a full body pic cuz I thought tat I was pretty good at dodging anyone who were snapping pics that nite... LOL...

Which House Are You??

2011-07-19T19:20:00.001-07:00

First of all, I would like to apologize for posting only Harry Potter related stuff on my blog. It has been one of the hottest topics of discussions among everyone I usually hang around with and at work...

Neways, Alex showed me the video below today at work and it was Sooooo good I decided to use it as a post....

So, which house are you...??

Honestly speaking, I feel like I'm a Hufflepuff.... XD Hope that you guyz enjoyed the video.. =)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II

2011-07-15T17:45:00.001-07:00

Me, Ryan, Clint, Cricket, Betsy and a couple of other new found frenz went to the premier for the final Harry Potter movie today at midnight. Omg I couldn't believe my eyes when we arrived the cinema at around 9pm to see a huge group of people already waiting to get into the cinema...

People standing outside Barnes and Noble, which is just next to the cinema.

And that was only the line for people with 3D tickets for the movie. We had to queue up with a larger group of people at the back of the cinema just to get in as we've got 2D tickets .

The ridiculously long wait was worth it though, cuz you get to see so many Harry Potter fans dressing up as different characters from all the movies..

We weren't left out and dressed up for the movie as well..... Ryan dressed up as a student from Gryffindor, me a student from Slytherin, Betsy as a Quidditch player for the Slytherins and Cricket as a...... dark lord thingy...?? I didn't quite get it because he had an Akatsuki robe on...

Left to Right - Cricket, Clint, Ryan, Betsy and me

How do I look..?? I was super excited cuz it's been a long time since I last dressed up like a student, what more to say a student from Slytherin..!! XD I love the green tie I got from a thrift store for $0.50... XD

I've also taken some extra pics at Ryan's home before leaving for the movie.

Omg I love my cardigan..!! XD

Me and Ryan

The movie was super good. I feel that it wasn't half as dark as the first part and that they've made a super good finale for Harry Potter... It feels now as if part of my childhood has been completed cuz although I have never read any of the books, I have always gone to the movies with my family and frenz. In addition to that, dressing up for the first time for the final movie makes each and every Harry Potter movie I've watched special in its own way.... Omg you guys have definitely got to go watch it...!! XD

Excited

2011-07-13T19:11:00.001-07:00

Omg I've finally got my hands on the tickets for the last Harry Potter movie which will be released on Friday. Me, Ryan, Clint and Cricket will be going to the premier at 12.03am and I've got work early next morning...... I guess I'll hafta artificially bind my soul to my body with the help of caffeine at work on Friday... But it's gonna be worth it..!!

Neways, I heard that a lot of people will be dressing up for the premier and I'm also planning to do so too... We'll see if I'll be able to come up with ideas for costumes before this Friday... XD

Get Your Heart On!

2011-06-22T11:37:00.000-07:00

Simple Plan's latest album "Get Your Heart On!" has just been released yesterday!! I have previously listened to two of the songs from the album "Jet Lag" and "Can't Keep My Hands Off You". "Can't Keep My Hands Off You" was so good it instantly reminded me of the reason I fell in love with this band since 2004.

Album Cover for "Get Your Heart On"

Anyways, I've just listened to "You Suck at Love" and I really love it, hadn't got enough time to listen to the other songs from this album but I'm super excited..!! XD

Planking

2011-06-15T22:34:00.000-07:00

One of the most fun we've had during the Seattle trip was to plank at several random places around Seattle Center.

Planking is known as a "lying down game" in which participants would have pictures of them lying face down with their hands touching the sides of their bodies taken in a random place.

A few weeks before heading over to Seattle, we came across some pictures from the internet involving planking and we thought that it'd be great if we were able to plank around Seattle during the road trip..

Double Planking - Me and Ryan

Josh Planking in Front ~~Mariachis (Mexican Street Performers)~~ a group of performers from Ecuador

It was pretty cool cuz there were a couple passersby who knew what we were doing and were pretty supportive of it.. Gosh it was kind of an embarrassing moment for me cuz it wasn't really my thing to just lay face down on different places... XD

Planking on a lamp - It was hard to get this right cuz you'll have to try supporting yourself on the lamp with your core....

My favorite pic - Josh and Ryan's Stacked Plank..... No it wasn't awkward at all..... XD

Road Trip to Seattle

2011-06-13T11:53:00.000-07:00

Seattle is the most major city in the north western part of the United States. It takes approximately 10 hours to drive there from Bozeman so all of us left at 7am Friday morning... Omg I haven't woken up so early since the beginning of the hols.. XD

It's been a while since I've last gone to a big city and I've always heard so many good things about Seattle, the availability of Asian goodies from all across the globe and food from different countries in particular so I was super excited for this trip.

We arrived Seattle around 4pm on Friday and walked around Seattle Center for the rest of the day..

Seattle

6th and Westlake

This pic kinda reminds me of the monorail and the Petronas Twin Tower back home...

The Space Needle in Seattle

We then headed over to Pike's Place Fish Market. It was pretty awesome, the only thing that wasn't as good was that no one were throwing fishes like how it was famous for. I guess they might have a law or something forbidding the throwing of fishes nowadays...

Fish Market..!!

Fishes for Sale

Inside the Market

Fishes weren't the only things for sale in Pike's Place; flowers, artsy stuffs such as paintings, designer hats, custom made chopping boards, aprons and more were also found there.

The Cheesecake Factory Restaurant; I have never expected it to be a real restaurant cuz I thought that it had been made up in "Big Bang Theory"

Seattle was super nice at nice, how the relatively busy city slows down and is brighten up by lights of different colors... I didn't get too many pics at night cuz my camera is pretty crappy with night shots.

This might be the most "Asian" thing Ryan and Josh have ever done... XD

We had planned to go to the International District on Saturday after Yu-Gi-Oh! regionals but we weren't able to as we got done shortly before 8pm and Ryan wanted to go to a show featuring his favorite band - Emery that has already started sometime after 7pm.

Wahaha I didn't know who's playing when I took this pic..

Lead Singer of Hawkboy - One of the bands who played that night, and the only nice pic I've been able to take in the entire show

It was my very first show and 5 different bands were playing for the night..... It was kinda shocking as it was also the first heavy metal show I've been to and I've learned the definition of "Moshing" that night ...... The hard way..... But it was surely an enjoyable experience, especially when all the fans started singing along when Emery performed some slower, acoustic song from their previous albums.

We started our trip back to Bozeman Sunday at 7am. Omg road trips are fun but they can be devastatingly tiring at times... I've just woken up from a 10 hour sleep cuz we have been driving for 20 + hours throughout the weekend. But I'm looking forward to hitting Seattle again sometime in the near future, cuz there's still quite a lotta things I've haven't done there... XD Hahahahha

Slacking in the Lab

2011-06-08T12:37:00.000-07:00

Wahahahha, it's yet another repetitive day of going to school to work on my research... Got more results out from my analysis and now I'm waiting for a graduate student to tell me what I'll have to work on next.

On the bright side, I'm super excited for this coming weekend. Gonna skip work on Friday cuz me, Ryan, Josh, Cricket and Travis are heading over to Seattle over the weekend... XD And I've got some things I'd like to do over there...

(i) Yu-Gi-Oh! Regionals - Gonna try out my Naturia Deck in a Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament as it's our main objective for this road trip.

(ii) Shopping - I've been repressing my urges to go shopping since the beginning of the holidays so I could go crazy in Seattle, cuz it's supposedly the largest city in the north-west.

(iii) Asian Cuisine - Fingers crossed that I'll be able to find some Malaysian restaurant so I might be able satisfy my craves for seafood fried rice, Laksa, or anything good that reminds me of home.

(iv) Pike Place Fish Market - One of the major tourist attractions in Seattle. I don't know anything more about this place except you see people throwing fishes around.

(v) Stocking up on Asian Goodies - Hopefully we'll be able to drop by some Asian markets where I could find any of the following: Maggi, Sweetened radishes, belachan, Laksa or curry mixes, etc.

(vi) New Profile Pic - This is one super important thing to do cuz I'm sick of looking at my profile pic on Facebook which has been the same since Thanksgiving last year.... Hopefully I'll get some good pics during this trip..

I'll also remember to come up with a post about Seattle as soon as I can... Wahhahaha XD

I'm Not Meant to do Research

2011-06-03T10:49:00.000-07:00

Omg, I finally got done with what I'm supposed to hand in this week for my Student Research Project. I've got another 30 mins before meeting up with my adviser so I thought I could update my blog with some stuffs I've been doing this couple of weeks.

I've spent the past three weeks learning three different engineering software - Autocad, MEMS tool and ANSYS. This was because they were required in order for me to carry out my Student Research Project, which was to determine the mechanical properties of biofilm.

Omg, I finally finish with the basic tutorial and was given a problem from an article to work on about the mechanical properties of biofilm and spent at least 3 hours reading through the article just to understand how the experiment was carried out; another 3 hours figuring out how to write a simple file to run the experiment on ANSYS with the help of a graduate. Omg his help was SO valuable or else it'll definitely take me at least an extra 10 hrs of work.

After that, I had to run tests with three different specimens, each with 18 data points. So it took me about another 2 hours just to come up with an excel plot with three lines......

The moral of this story is.... I feel like I'm not meant to do research at all. Cuz I don't enjoy figuring out different types of experiments, make tons of evaluations and assumptions just to obtain some data that may or may not be accurate....

Neways, I've gotta work harder for another few weeks to get everything done by the end of June, cuz I'll be working in the Potato Lab in the beginning of July till the end of the Summer hols. I'm looking forward to it just cuz I'll be working with approximately 30 more students who are super fun and the work environment is super chill... I get paid by the hour as well.. Wahahhaha XD

*Imagining going shopping after getting paycheck from the Potato Lab* XD

Epic Sign Fail

2011-05-27T11:17:00.000-07:00

Ryan showed us a bunch of pics he really like in Tumblr and this particular sign I am posting below got me laughing so hard....

I'm pretty sure what I read was "If you see someone drowning LOL..!!" Then there's super tiny "call 911" rite below it... XD The sign made my day... XD

My New Recipe

2011-05-16T10:48:00.000-07:00

I haven't been cooking anything new or special recently, mostly due to the fact that I have been busy with school and work throughout the past few months... Summer's finally here and I finally got the time to try out new recipes to (hopefully) satisfy my food craves.... XD

I wanted to do something more exciting yesterday cuz buses do no operate on Sundays and I was alone at home... So I decided to bake some egg tarts cuz I was craving for em.

Neways, I stumbled upon a recipe for Three Cup Chicken (三杯鸡) when I was looking for the recipe for egg tarts online, and decided to give it a try cuz I have not decided what to cook for dinner.

It was a super successful day for cooking and baking yesterday. I found out that I have been using white sugar instead of confectioner's sugar for the crust of the egg tarts and bought confectioner's sugar instead. I constantly questioned if it would make any difference, cuz I thought that both sugars are the same.

Omg, it made a huge difference, the dough was not as dry as my previous attempts and the crust became so much more similar to the ones we have back home. I was crying with joy when I took a bite out of it... I even showed my mom the egg tarts I baked while Skyping with her.... XD

As for the attempt to make the Three Cup Chicken for dinner..... I'll let the picture do the talking..

Bulba's Dinner - 三杯鸡饭

Here's the link to the recipe - http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Taiwanese-Style-Three-Cup-Chicken/Detail.aspx. It's relatively easy to cook and it's super delicious.... Sesame oil and wine makes everything so much more delicious.... At least to me... XD

Literally Harry Potter

2011-05-12T11:48:00.000-07:00

I am currently sitting in one of the computer labs in the school's library using Autocad during SUMMER...!! Omg I feel like a mega nerd cuz there's like only literally 10 students in the library at this time of the year...

Speaking of literally, Ryan showed a group of our frenz this video from Youtube titled "Literally Harry Potter"..... I loved it cuz it was funny.... XD

Literally Harry Potter

Well I hope ya'll enjoy all the "introductory helicopter nature shot"s.... XD Laughed pretty hard when I first saw em...

Finals Week

2011-05-01T19:55:00.000-07:00

Summer's literally only a week away from now...!! Woohoo... Now I've gotta work hard on my final... Gonna have Heat Transfer tomorrow morning at 8, then Engineering Advanced Maths at 4pm; Thermodynamics on Wed at 8pm and Machine Design on Thur at 8am....

The schedule for finals are pretty sucky this semester, especially for Thermo and Machine Design, cuz there won't be any buses available on Wednesdays after 5pm, so I'll hafta cycle back and reach home around 11pm, sleep, then wake up the next day at 6am to catch the first bus to get to school.... Argh...

Anyways, I'm telling myself to study super super hard now, cuz after one more week.... I'll hav a three month long holiday...!! Super excited now..

Ooh yeah, I've also have a few plans for this Summer, since I'm not going back to M'sia... I'm gonna learn how to long board, go to either Yellowstone or Glacier's National Park, earn money so I can shop when I got for Yu-Gi-Oh! regionals in Seattle.... Maybe go visit some of my frenz in other states, practice tons of Guitar Hero.... Omg I'm so excited now..

Rocking Guitar Hero

2011-04-24T19:55:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter everyone...!! Haha.. I did not get any chocolate bunnies or Easter eggs.... T.T

I did, however, had lotsa fun hanging around wif some frenz of mine over this 3 day weekend. Clint (Ryan and Josh's roommate) invited me and Jason over for Easter dinner last nite where he made Pot Roast Lamb with Mint Jelly, Steamed Asparagus and Mashed Potatoes. We watched an episode of Dr. Who and went for an ice cream run at Cold Stone before heading over to Jason's place for some Guitar Hero action.

Omg... It's been more than half a year since I last played Guitar Hero; it was back when I was in the dorms and just recently met everyone. Haha. Omg I was so paise dat I only played a few songs back then, and sang very very softly when I was asked to...

It was a completely different story yesterday.... I played the bass, the drums and was the lead singer for quite a while. The bass wasn't too bad cuz it was similar to playing a guitar; the drum, however, was like the hardest instrument ever. I couldn't step on the pedal and hit the right drum and was constantly lagging like a crappy computer back from the 90's.... XD I enjoyed being the lead singer tho.... Sang like 10 songs, 9 of which I have never heard before, and for that 1 song I knew, I sang as if I were singing K wif all of you back home... LOL... It was awesome...

Then, Josh headed over to Jason's after work and he cranked up some Guitar Hero action as well. Omg, he's the best drummer and guitarist I've ever seen... Wahaha... I've got a video of him playing one of the hardest songs in the game... and it was awesome..

Guitar Hero - Josh

Can't Keep My Hands Off You

2011-04-18T15:48:00.000-07:00

I've only been under the impression that Simple Plan will be releasing their 4th album sometime this year and fortunately for me.... I found out today that they've just released a music video for the upcoming album...

According to wiki, Simple Plan's fourth album will be released on the 21st of June 2011. I'm super excited now.... Simple Plan and Avril Lavigne releasing their albums in the same year...!! YEAH!! XD

Here's the latest music video from Simple Plan "Can't Keep My Hands Off You"..... Omg I fell in love with the music the instant it started playing... Enjoy!!

I Got Promoted!! XD

2011-04-17T13:32:00.000-07:00

Wahahaha.... I was so happy at work today....

As I was chopping up some Romaines for the salad bar at lunch, my boss walked up to me and he was like: "Ming, would you wanna be a student manager for the upcoming semester..?"

A student manager is someone who supervises other students, making sure that they are doing their jobs well and the person who's in charge of dealing wif some issues such as calling up student workers if they're late, finding substitutes (or be the substitute) when a student is absent from work for a particular shift, opening and closing down the dining hall.

I was super shocked as it is pretty rare for an international student to even have an opportunity to apply to become a student manager in any of the dining halls on campus. Super happy now... Wahaha... Gotta move to somewhere closer to campus so I can minimize travel time to help balancing between school and work.. XD Fingers crossed tat I'll get good shift next sem (cuz there will be around 5 student managers working different shifts throughout the week).

New Pair of Shoes

2011-04-06T15:32:00.000-07:00

I was excited when I came back home today cuz the parcel I have been waiting for had finally arrived..!! XD

My First Pair of Converse

I was so excited when I found the shoes on sale last week while surfing the net... Omg online shopping is so bad cuz you tend to spend more money just because you don't actually "see" or "feel" how much you've bought... o.O

Anyways.... Here's a pic of my new baby..!! XD

I wonder if it adds on to my attractiveness (or cuteness) when I put it on.... XD

Kolo Mee for the Soul

2011-03-27T15:26:00.001-07:00

Lol... Was trying to come up with a title which sounds similar to "Chicken Soup for the Soul"...... XD

I'm not sure about everyone... But I'm one of those people that keep memorable, meaningful items cuz whenever I look at those stuffs, I'll be able to easily recall everything I've went through in the past..

Bulba's Scrap Book.... I wonder what's inside....? *Suspense*

I was trying to look for one of my older notes for Differential Equation today when I came across this special book of mine and decided to read it...

Omg... I'm so happy I have this book, cuz I've kept baby pics of me and my brother and sisters, class pictures from J1 to S3 and everything else that's reminds me of home... XD

First page of the book, I remember Janet, Ee Yun and Janice made these for me in S2.... Couldn't recall who did which tho... XD

My Favorite Pages of the book....

Good times, good times.... It's unbelievable that we have graduated from high school for almost 4 years.... Aiyo lao liaw lao liaw (Aunty Hokkien)

I LOVE the rabbit pic on the left Guan Yu drew for me... Or should I say of me.... Note the mole to the left of the nose of that rabbit..

Here are some of the cards I've collected from everyone since high school... Birthday card I got from the Inti gang in '09, CNY card from Carrie and a b-day card from Bomb, Cass and Yun a couple months ago...Hahaha... The origami swans were made by KKL, Ken, Jin, Ruu, U Sun and a couple of other people before I headed over for my first year in Inti in 2008.... I love ya'll...!!

Lessons of Life

2011-03-25T10:05:00.000-07:00

One of the most memorable thing my professor for Manufacturing Processes quoted in his class last semester was....

"You guyz will definitely have to think outside of the scope of what you have learn in school in the real world, be it designing a component or implementing some sort of procedure; always remember these 3 rules I'm gonna tell all of you..

(i) Common Sense is Not Common
(ii) Never Underestimate the Power of Stupidity
(iii) God Loves Crazy People, That's Why He Created so Many of Them"

It seemed funny and a very good way to create an easy atmosphere for students to interact with him at the time, but after giving further thought about it, these 3 simple rules are far more realistic than it seems to be.... Just a random thought for the day..

Friends Forever

2011-03-22T08:18:00.000-07:00

Was busy studying for my Thermodynamics test last nite and started procrastinating by surfing the net and looking at pics we've taken back in high school..!! Omg I miss those times so much..!! Haha.

Honestly, all I can recall of a typical day in high school (especially S3) is going to class late, start crapping wif Adam, Wei Hung and Guan Yu; looking at Lai "fishing"; letting Janet steal my food, kek-ing her and letting her chase me around the entire class; crack lame jokes wif Nick, Vic and JT; then go aunty with Jin, Ruu and Ken (after being bros wif Martz in Inti, I started recalling seeing him kek-ing Jin very frequently); listening to Bomb's nightmares wif Cass; going for lunch before tuition wif Flo, Yun and Janet, which took us forever and we usually end up skipping tuition and going shopping or smt else..!!

Had a super long Skype session wif Adam last Sunday. I think I haven't contacted him since the last Skype three years ago, when I was in Inti and he was in UK; then I talked to Ken for a few mins. Omg, the last time I heard her voice was during the CNY dinner she didn't attend in 2008 (we went to tat one restaurant to kacau her). I've also got to chit chat and kek Janet, letting her show her true nature to everyone on campus... Wahaha... U're gonna thank me one day Janet cuz I free you from the need of acting sweet and demure...!! XD

I've had so much fun catching up wif a bunch of you guyz last week..!! It's really heartwarming to know tat although we've not caught up in like... ever.. But it brings everyone so much closer with just one phone call or Skype... Being able to be frenz wif ya'll is like one of the best gifts in my entire life, cuz I've learnt tat it's super hard to find frenz who are truthful, innocent and sincere as we grow older.

Neways, do remember to appreciate people in your life tat you can count on... Haha. Omg can't wait to get back home and hang out wif all of you..!! XD

American Wedding

2011-03-12T23:50:00.000-08:00

I was invited by Gary, a student manager in Hannon (the dining hall I work at), to attend his wedding which had taken place today...!! Omg I was super excited cuz I really wanted to attend an American wedding to see the difference in culture and just experience what we see in the movies... XD

A cookie cutter with the words "Garett and Beth Meznarich, cut out for each other"

Mindy, Gary's roommate picked me, Senny and Lotus (a fren from China) up and drove us to a church in Livingston to attend the wedding...

We were a little late cuz it took a lot longer than we expected to find the church the wedding was held in so we had to sit at the last few rows in the church... So I couldn't get pics that were of better quality from that distance....

After the wedding in the church, we went to "The Elk Building" in Livingston where the wedding reception was held....

The table where the bride and groom, the maid of honor, the best man and the brides maid sat at..

The most heart-warming moment was when the maid of honor and the best man gave their toasts to the bride and the groom. They're the ones that have grown up with the bride or the groom, and are one of the people who understands em the most... I feel like it'll be an honor to be the best man of a fren's wedding... XD Hahaha

Didn't get anything during the toast but I thought I'd put a pic with the best man in it... This is the during the exchange of wedding rings...

Wedding reception... During the dinner..

One more super touching thing was that Rose, my manager from the dining hall, was in charge of making Gary and Beth's wedding cake... And she made it out of scratch, the decorations, icing, cake.... Omg!!

Rose and Senny

Gary and Beth's Wedding Cake..

It was super touching seeing how much effort ur family and close frenz who love you would put in for this one special day of urs... Kinda hoping tat'll be the same case for me in the future... *Fingers crossed* XD

Neways, the tables were moved aside and the hall was made into a dance floor after the dinner.

First off, the bride and groom danced together;

Looks like a scene from "Beauty and the Beast".... Doesn't it??

Then, there was this "Dollar Dance" in which one would pay the bride or groom a dollar (for their honeymoon) to dance with em for a minute or so... After that, there was an open dance floor where everyone can dance..

I had to dance wif Mindy for a bit and it was pretty awkward.... In case all of you do not know... I'm not too good of a dancer... But after tat Senny, Gargi (a fren from India) and I continued dancing for a couple more of songs.. It was pretty funny tho... Cuz we were just chilling when a song we do not know was playing, but was super into it when songs like "Tik Tok", "Just Dance" and "Tonite's Gonna be a Good Nite" were playing...

A couple more pics were taken during the reception.. Note that all the people in these pics are frenz from the dining hall I work in.. XD

Lawson, me and Ben

Senny and I

Senny, Beth, Gary and I

Gargi, Senny and Gary

Goodbye Lullaby

2011-03-08T20:11:00.001-08:00

"Let me hear you say hey hey hey.... *Echo* *Hey hey hey*"...... Whoops sorry..... I've got the wrong album.... XD Wahahaha....

"All my life I've been good but now.... I'm thinking What the hell..!!"

Omg after waiting for almost 4 years (Cuz if I'm not mistaken "The Best Damn Thing" was released in 2007)..... Avril has finally released her new new album... And I'm so excited..

Besides one of the soundtrack "What the Hell" and another few more songs that sound a little more like her punk-rock style..... The rest of the songs in this album had a very different feel to em... They sounded a lot more like she's letting her weaker, softer side out.... And I'm lovin' it...

Anyways.... I have been listening to "Wish You Were Here", "Darlin" and "Goodbye" a lot these few days..... And they are really good... Haha... Do lemme know how you guyz think about her new album..!! XD

Omg I really feel like going home and singing K wif some of my frenz cuz there's a whole list of new songs that I'd like to sing and hav fun with all of em..!! XD

Snowflakes

2011-02-26T20:31:00.000-08:00

Took a picture while waiting for the bus to campus last Saturday...

Snowflakes

I was super happy at how the picture turned out to be.... Cuz the bus was coming up right behind me just as I was about to take the picture...

Neways, just thought I'd share it to all of ya, cuz it's still pretty amazing to me how beautiful snowflakes are... =)

What The Hell MV

2011-02-22T20:31:00.001-08:00

Wahahahaha just got a chance to watch Avril Lavigne's new music video - What the Hell....

What The Hell MV

Honestly, I wasn't a huge fan of the MV cuz it doesn't really have any meaning in it and it was pretty obvious that Avril was lip singing.... But what the hell (get it... What the hell..!! XD).... It's Avril in a new video... *Thumbs up*

I'm so excited for her new album to be released... Which is this coming Wednesday...!! Omg!! XD

Epic Fail of the Day

2011-02-18T10:18:00.001-08:00

Okay... Just in case no one noticed... I had on my facebook status something about failing to write a blog post in Malay...

Here's the background of the story, I got REALLY frustrated with one of the lecturers in my class today and tried ranting about it in Malay.... With my trustee friend, Google Translate, I tried searching for appropriate words to put in the post.

Got to the point in which I had to search for almost every word that makes up the sentence and I was laughing at myself so hard that...... I forgot the reason I was frustrated in class to begin with..

Epic fail.... I guess it's good to not hold any grudges after having a good laugh...

Random Thought of the Day

2011-02-10T19:28:00.000-08:00

What am I thinking...?? What is the random thought of the day you may ask.....

Well....

既然你诚心诚意地发问了，

我们就大发慈悲的告诉你，

为了防止世界被破坏，

为了守护世界的和平，

贯彻爱与真实的邪恶，

可爱又迷人的反派角色。

武藏!! 小次郎!!

我们是穿梭在银河中的火箭队，

白洞，白色的明天正等着我们。

喵! 就是这样。

Here's the English translation...

Prepare for trouble..!!

Make it double..

To protect the world form devastation,

To unite all people within our nation,

To denounce the evil of truth and love,

To extend our reach to the stars above,

Jessie, James,

Team Rocket's blasting off at the speed of light,

Surrender now or prepare to fight...

Meowth..!! That's right..!!

-_-" ler... XD

I seriously didn't know how did that pop into my mind when I was studying for my test for tomorrow..... Wthuat!!!! (Jin I know u know wad I mean... Adopted it from ya gal!! XD)

Okay... Back to studying...!! T.T

Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament in Bozeman

2011-02-06T11:44:00.000-08:00

*Lik Ming's trading card playing nerd mode on*

This is just a background story for this post.... I've been collecting and playing (only wif my bro back in M'sia) Yu-Gi-Oh! cards since da middle of Junior 1 in CHMS1, and upon transferring to Montana State University, I brought along a deck of my cards... Just in case I meet anyone who plays too...

Anyways, last summer when I was staying with Ryan and Josh, I kinda got em interested in the card game and we started playing each other. It was until around the end of last year that they found a place called "Rooks" in Bozeman where trading card game players would gather playing all sorts of games (Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokemon, Magic, Warhammer 40k, etc.) and we started going every Saturday to trade cards of just to duel with other collectors.

Rooks

A new series of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards were to be released sometime next week and Rooks decided to host a "Sneak Peek" Tournament for local players where challengers will be given 5 packs of the new cards with 9 cards in each pack to build a 20 card deck and duel against each other. It sounds really interesting and every one of us decided to take part in it yesterday....

The New Packs - Storm of Ragnarok

Before the start of the tournament, I walked around Rooks to take some pictures cuz I've always wanted to make a post about this place.

Here's one of the games they play, Warhammer 40k. It's super complicated cuz u'll hafta set up ur "armies" in a "strategic location", and they attack each other by using a transparent disk with angles to do some super complicated calculations....

But the one most interesting part of the game to me was the background for the game. Omg players actually spend so much time and money to build a super sick looking environment.

Doesn't it look very realistic..??

Back to the Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament, the winner of the game would be given a placemat worth $35 and an extra pack of cards. Apart from that, another placemat would be randomly given to another challenger....

Guess who won the first prize yesterday....?? XD (Josh was the lucky random winner of the 2nd mat)

Sweet 2 Minute Date

2011-02-03T20:32:00.001-08:00

Haha.. Omg I feel like I'm not writing anything new recently besides talking about "How I Met Your Mother" or Avril Lavigne... I'll try coming out with a post about how I spent my CNY here maybe tomorrow or sometime this weekend.

Anyways, watched an episode of HIMYM...... And fell deeply in love with this scene. Ted (the main character) is trying to chase a girl who is a doctor and has a daughter. She has only 2 mins every single day for herself and she wasn't interested in gettin into a relationship cuz she wanted to spend all her spare time with the one most important person in the world - her daughter.

At the end of the episode, Ted thought of a way to try to date her and here's wad he did...

It was seriously the most romantic thing I have ever seen... Wahahaha... Isn't it touching...

One last thing I'd like to say to all of ya.... Watch How I Met Your Mother..!! XD

Random Thought of the Day

2011-01-27T20:40:00.001-08:00

Was watching an episode of "How I Met Your Mother" today.... And picked up a philosophy in life worth living up to....

"If you are really honest about what you want out of life, life gives it to you"

Haha... Gtg now... I have tons of homework due tomorrow... T.T

What The Hell

2011-01-26T15:33:00.001-08:00

Listening to Avril Lavigne's new song "What the Hell".... Omg... I'm lovin' it...

Cover Art for "What the Hell"

Oh... Btw I feel like she looks a lot like Taylor Momsen who plays Jenny Humphrey in Gossip Girl in this pic... Haha

I'm so excited for the release of her new album.. Haha.. Omg listening to her music, especially from her album "The Best Damn Thing" reminds me so much of my close frenz in high school...!! Omg Flo, Janet and Yun... Rmb how much we listened to her songs in Janet's car..!! Hahaha

How I Met Your Mother

2011-01-23T18:16:00.000-08:00

Recently I've been caught up by this drama "How I Met Your Mother" and I thought dat I could make a post about it to introduce all of you to this drama.

Cast and crew of How I Met Your Mother

It's an American situation comedy which has been aired since Sept 2005, isn't September a wonderful month?? XD

Anyways, the entire drama happens in the year 2030, when a father, Ted Mosby, shared his stories to his children about his life and how he met their mother. The storyline is pretty good and every episode is super fun..!!

Anyone interested in this drama could try surfing http://www.free-tv-video-online.me/ to watch it online. Hehe.. =)

Supper

2011-01-22T23:58:00.001-08:00

Wahaha it's been ages since I've last came up wif a post... Haha XD

Neways, I had a very wonderful conversation wif Serene earlier, talking so much about food...!! We were planning wad we're gonna do if we meet up the next time and we were like "I'll bring you to eat this" or "There's this super delicious food sold at..."

Omg... It made me SO hungry after we hung up dat I decided to make myself some supper.. Guess wad I had..??

Instant noodles with a cup of hot chocolate wif marshmellows.. Heavenly..!!

*Burp*....

Haha, but seriously I'm so looking forward to the next time I meet up wif my close frenz... Omg...!! It'll be full of fun and food!! XD

First Meal of the Year

2011-01-01T14:56:00.000-08:00

Wahahaha for our very first meal of 2011... We headed over to...

Chilis...!! I forgot to snag a picture of the store.. It was like -16C out so I hurried into the restaurant just after getting off the car..

I was given a gift card from Josh's parents on Christmas so both of us decided to go have lunch today at Chilis...

Chilis Gift Card.. I was so sad cuz the waiter chucked the card after using the money in it.. I actually wanted to keep it for remembrance.. XD

Monday's Special at Chilis...

We've both got ourselves a Southern Smokehouse Burger, it was super delicious... A beef patty with grilled cheese and succulent bacon topped with tomatoes, pickles and string fried onions.. Gosh I was in trance when I first bit into the bacon cuz it was really sweet and juicy..!! *Drools*

Southern Smokehouse Burger

Btw, I found out that Coke looks a lot more tempting in a picture... With the bubbles and all screaming "Drink me! Drink me..!!"

Iced Coke.. Goes so well with burgers and deep fried food.. =P~

Anyways if any of you guyz ever go for Chilis.... Order the Southern Smokehouse... You won't regret it..!! XD

Bidding Farewell to 2010

2010-12-31T15:56:00.000-08:00

This year is definitely one of the most memorable, challenging yet exciting year as I got to experience so many new, different stuffs over here in the United States...

I am really satisfied with what I've done this entire year, some of the most self encouraging things I was able to accomplish was:

1. To adapt to an all new environment where there's literally no one I know when I first arrived

2. Being able to maintain acceptable grades in my studies while working part time

3. Learn lots of new stuffs, including cooking and different types of outdoor activities such as volleyball, ultimate frisbee, tubing, hiking, kayaking, camping, etc.

4. Keeping in touch with my treasured frenz in different parts of the world.

However the year has already come to an end, it's time to say goodbye to 2010 and celebrate the coming of 2011!! Hehe, all the best to everyone in this upcoming year, may it be full of fun, exciting moments and may this year be a meaningful and memorable one for all.

Happy New Year..!

For My Brother

2010-12-26T12:08:00.000-08:00

I was trying to organize my pictures cuz I have left different groups of picture together in a folder and felt like I had to do something about it to help me find pics easier in the future..

While I was reorganizing my family pictures in my laptop, I stumbled upon the cutest, most lovable picture my bro has ever taken (I bet he's gonna hate me so much for making a post outta it)...

Lik Tze..

I miss you so much la... Anyways you can kinda see from the pic that he's not exactly into taking pics... I bet that his Senior 3 classmates were super happy to finally get not only a pic from him, but also a super cute looking one... XD

*Evil big brother laughs hysterically*

Justin Bieber Themed Christmas Gift

2010-12-26T10:48:00.000-08:00

Omg I was so excited to write this post... Not because I'm a fan of Justin Bieber... But because of the creativity and authenticity of the gift Matt gave Cathryn..

Matt, Josh's brother decided to give Cathryn, their sister a Justin Bieber themed gift, just to remind her of her "wonderful" experience babysitting a cousin of theirs who's a huge Bieber fan (it was actually one of her worst days this year and she didn't enjoy it at all...).

The Christmas present was handmade from the following stuffs:

1. Notebooks

2. Magazine Cut Outs

3. Scissors and Glue

I was like =O and -_-" at the same time when I saw a Christmas present under the tree which was wrapped up like this...

Justin Bieber Wrapping (it's actually a poster from Tiger Beat or one of those teen magazines)

Matt really outdid himself... Omg...... Everyone couldn't stop laughing when Cathryn opened up her presents because this was what Matt had given her....

Theme: Justin Bieber Attacked by Wild Animals

1. Attacked by a Goat

2. Gobbled up by a Trout

3. My Personal Favourite, Chased by an Eagle

Christmas Stocking

2010-12-25T16:06:00.000-08:00

It’s Christmas..!!

Josh, me and his entire family woke up at around 9am and we gathered around the Christmas tree to start unwrapping our Christmas presents…

Presents filled the entire bottom part of the tree..

I was so touched dat Josh’s parents bought me pajamas (a tradition in the family in which everyone in which everyone would have to open up their presents in those); his sister, Kathryn made a Christmas stocking for me too, and it was filled with treats from his parents…

Me and my Christmas stocking… I look super blur cuz I just woke up.. XD

The socks was filled with candies, snacks and other goodies... I even got a gift card for a pizza place..!! Haha.. I really love how they sewed my name into the socks cuz I haven't gone with "Aw Lik Ming" in ages... Haha XD

Socks filled with goodies..!! Yum... =P~

Christmas Eve

2010-12-24T23:53:00.000-08:00

To all my fellow frenz who're in either Malaysia or other parts of the country where Christmas falls a lot earlier than in does in the States... MERRY CHRISTMAS..

It's that time of the year... The biggest celebration of a typical American family... Christmas!!

I was so happy to be invited by my fren, Josh, who's also one of my roommates I've lived wif over this summer to Helena to celebrate Christmas with his family..

Well I've been in Helena since Tuesday and we've done almost nothing... Besides sittin' around, chillin' and going shopping... For presents for frenz and family..!! XD Omg you've just gotta love a break from school...

Anyways I just had a scrumptious Christmas meal which consisted of turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, fruit salad, pumpkin pie, green bean casserole and.....

EGG TARTS..

I forgot to take the pictures of the food for dinner but gosh they were super delicious... I especially enjoyed the gravy for the turkey and the mashed potatoes..!! Anyways.... I tried looking online for recipes for egg tarts, cuz I had a sudden crave for em during finals week.... Wahaha I felt so proud of myself when they turned out nice.. XD

Anyways, we chilled for a lil bit after dinner, went to church after that and had a good game of Cranium before going to bed... So I decided to post something on my blog before heading for bed... Well... Good night everyone and Merry Christmas..!!

~Christmas Tree in Josh's house..

Full Jenga

2010-12-18T22:10:00.000-08:00

Omg I was so excited to be able to upload the video especially for this post... Hahahhaha

I'm sure each and every one of us must have played a game of Jenga, Uno Stacko or any game which shares similar traits - Taking blocks away from lower sections and stack em to the top until one of the players cause the entire stack of blocks to collapse....

Tat's why this is such an amazing post to me.... We had a get together last nite just to relieve ourselves of all the stress we've accumulated throughout the entire dead week and finals week... And one of our frenz brought along some Jenga so we could play together.... This was wad we've got during our 3rd Jenga game of the night...

~Picture taken in the middle of the game..

Actually the moment I took the pic was the moment I expect the tower to collapse cuz it WAS the highest stacks of blocks I've ever seen in my life.. All of us were so tensed cuz we didn't wanna lose but it seemed like the next turn will be our last... XD

Here are some of the rules we've played along with:

1. Single Hands Only

2. If a block you don't intend to pull out falls, you lose.

3. If a block you don't intend to pull out is out of its original position, you will have to push it back in after stacking the block you pulled out.

4. You can use the blocks from the second layer only if the first layer is already completed.

5. Everyone wins when there are no more blocks anyone can pull out from the structure...

It was so intense... But everyone managed to stack the blocks up until there aren't any block available left for the game to continue... I seriously never thought that this could happen but I was a part of the game... Omg it was so awesome!! XD

Here's a clip of one of my fren, Isaiah, stacking the final block of Jenga before we officially completed a full Jenga..!! Hahaha XD

Random Thought of the Day

2010-12-12T20:46:00.000-08:00

Hehe I've been studying almost continuously throughout the whole day and I'm kinda sick of it... Can't wait till the end of Wed cuz my finals will be done then... But I still have to go thru Machine Design and Manufacturing Processes on Tue, then Thermodynamics and Engineering Statistics on Wed before being able to fully relax... XD

Anyways, I had da sudden urge to go read my earlier posts in my blog (cuz I was finding something else to do besides studying.. XD)... And this is wad I feel.... I'm really glad I still continue writing this blog of mine... Although I have 10x less posts than most ppl have, but it's smt like a diary of yours in which u share wif yours frenz and keep in touch wif em, and tat's meaningful to me... XD

Now, I feel like going to the computer lab after the finals and design a new background for my blog.. I also feel like making some minor changes in it cuz I haven't given diz blog a makeover in ages... XD Hahahhaa....

But then again.... It all depends whether or not will I still be motivated enough to go to school when I'm already done wif it for the year.... XD Hahahhaha

Super Random Beatboxing

2010-11-30T20:19:00.000-08:00

I came upon a facebook status update from one of my frenz tell us how to make the computer beatbox...

It was awesome..!! XD

Try this..... Go to google translate, paste "pv zkbschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv bschk bschk pv kkkkkkkkkk bschk" without the quotations and select "English to German"....

After tat, click on the listen button and boy u're in for a surprise... XD

Thanksgiving

2010-11-26T21:15:00.001-08:00

I had the opportunity to celebrate my very first Thanksgiving in Bozeman with a good friend yesterday and it was awesome...

Alex and his family invited me over to have Thanksgiving dinner with them... And boy, I had a real good time..

Setup of the table for dinner..

Da main dish of Thanksgiving dinner... Turkey!! Hahaha... Omg da entire house was filled with the sweet aroma of roasted turkey and it was mouth-watering.

One very random thing I've learned yesterday was tat there's a "wishing bone" in turkeys and chicken which looks like this...

Wishing bone..

The special thing bout this bone is dat two people would hold on to an end of da bone, make a wish, then try breakin' it apart. The player who has the bigger piece of the bone will get his/her wish... Both me and Alex tried it and here was our results..

A wishing bone tat broke into two pieces of the same size....

According to Larry, Alex's dad, he has never seen it happen, and both of us should get our wishes... *Jumps up and down excitedly*... XD

Larry getting the table ready with food...

A super hungry, super excited Alex...

Gravy for the turkey, stuffings and mashed potatoes.... They were heavenly...

My plate with turkey, cranberry sauce and gravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli with cheese sauce, stuffings, oyster salad and sweet potato salad... =P~

Alex's neighbor invited us over to their hot tub and went to their place after dinner. Gosh, I've never met them before and they were really nice and friendly... =)

Picture taken while we were in the hot tub.

It was a very special experience, cuz it was like -24C outside and it felt like -31C with windchill and we were outside and wet, but warm and comfy at da same time... Hahahaha... Neways, Alex did something EPIC... He decided to make a snow angel in the snow and run back into the hot tub... And we've got a video of him doing it.... XD

Readers do not try this at home, it takes a highly trained specialist who's very tolerant to da cold to be able to perform this stunt... XD

Alex's Snowangel

久违了的自拍

2010-11-25T11:02:00.001-08:00

Haha I wasn't able to think of a more suitable title for this post.. XD

It's Thanksgiving Day and my friend, Alex, whom I met while working in the Potato Lab over Summer invited me to have thanksgiving dinner with his family. So, after taking a shower, I tried one of da new shirt I've bought but i've only worn it once...

That's when I got the sudden urge of taking my pics... I mean... I haven't been updating my blog enough, and I haven't changed my profile pic in facebook in a while... So wad harm could it be to take pics of urself when u're all dressed up.. XD

First of... I tried da mirror in my toilet..

Snapshot #1.... Da rest were sucky and it felt way too awkward for me to continue taking pics in da toilet.. XD

Then as I was ready to copy the files into my laptop, I took another few more snapshot of myself in my room..

Again, the only good snapshot among many others....

Well.... Seems like I've got quite a bit of tidying up to do after this post.... Hehe.... Neways, I might be posting something new today after Thanksgiving dinner.. Omg I'm so excited about it..!! XD

Second Snow of the Year

2010-11-08T15:58:00.000-08:00

I didn't take any picture of the first snowfall this year so I figured I'd take pics of the second one.. XD It was actually lucky for us to have a whole week of nice, sunny weather (which does not occur regularly in Bozeman)... However today, fall has unofficially ended and it's already the beginning of winter, cuz the forecasts say tat we should be expecting snowfall throughout the whole week and the snow should remain at least till March next year... T.T

I woke up this morning at 6.30am and it was raining, but when I reached campus at 7.30am, it had already started snowing and tat didn't stop at all. Omg... Wet snow is miserable... It gets your winter jacket drenched and it makes you feel so cold when the wind starts blowing...

Anyways.....

Here's how my front porch looked like when I reached home..

The open area between my apartment and my neighbour's..

Wanting to know how deep the snow was.. Here's wad I did..

Notice the contrast of the color of my shoes and the snow... Omg my shoes used to be as white as those snow... XD

And last but not least...

Bulba prints.... I heard so by following them you can catch urself a Bulbasaur.. XD

Seven Food I'm Craving at the Moment

2010-11-04T13:42:00.000-07:00

I'm actually now in my computer lab and have two different lab reports plus my Fluids Mechanics homework to work on but I feel so lazy...

Haha, instead of doing any of those I had the urge to update my blog and here's a super random topic for it...

A list of seven food I'm craving for rite now (I actually tried to do ten but I couldn't finish this post within the 15 mins I have before class... XD)

No. 1

~ Kuching Kolo Mee
Omg, nothing could make me feel happier than having a bowl of Kolo Mee rite now... I'd prefer those with Cha Sio oil cuz the color makes it look so much more appetizing...

No. 2

~ Ipoh Nga Choi Kai (Bean Sprout Chicken)
According to my ex-roommate, Ian... The secret behind this super delicious food is the preparation of the chicken. Apparently steamed chicken in Ipoh tastes a lot nicer cuz they chefs would massage the chicken in a way to tenderize the meat... Weird rite..?? It's definitely a must try whenever you've got the chance to go to Ipoh.

No. 3

~Dried Bak Kut Teh
I'm pretty sure most of ya have already known that Bak Kut Teh is pretty famous in KL... However, if you've ever had the chance to... Try dried Bak Kut Teh... Omg personally I prefer more to the one with soup cuz I'm a huge fan of thick, salty gravy...!! XD

No. 4

~Sarawak Laksa
Wahahaha actually used the pic I've taken for a post two years ago... Neways, there's nothing more I can say... Big juicy prawns, shredded chicken and eggs mixed together in a curry soup... What else does it take to lure anyone into trying this dish.. *Stomach rumbling now*

No. 5

~Teh C Peng Special
Mom always scolds me whenever she catches me ordering a cup of this.... I haven't had it since that day we went to Chinatown in August..

No. 6

~Matterhorn
How can you not love this thirst quenching, body cooling dessert when in addition to all of that... It's GREEN!! XD

No. 7

~ Maggi Goreng
Omg... You've definitely got to try this if u haven't.. Originating from Sarawak, we don't have too many Mamak stalls available... So when I first tried it out in a Mamak in Nilai... Boy... That made me love it so much I've never turned down an opportunity if I had the chance (and pocket money) to order one.. XD

Argh.... Gonna be late for my class... Gotta go now.. XD Hahahhaa

Halloween

2010-10-31T18:58:00.000-07:00

Trick or Treat..!! It's the very first time for me to celebrate Halloween. I was actually super excited since the beginning of October, but as the weeks pass by, I felt more and more stressed out.... Cuz I didn't know what to dress up as for Halloween, and I didn't feel like spending money for costumes here... It's an unspoken tradition that u can only dress up as a particular character only once. Eg. If u spent $60 to dress up as Mario, that costume would have to sit in ur closet for the rest of its life cuz u aren't supposed to wear it anymore..

I was really lucky cuz one of da student managers in da dining hall I'm working at offered to borrow me his work clothes so I can dress up as a handyman... Wahahaha didn't spend anything at all for costumes and I still got to experience Halloween.. XD

~My Halloween Costume..

Neways, I went partying wif some international students and we went to the Haunted House in the basement of one of the dorms.... It was awesome..!! I didn't freak out too much cuz me, Senny and Kia Leh went in as a group and both of em were like super scared and i had to force myself to keep my cool... XD

~Poster in front of the Haunted House..

Neways, it was a beautiful day out yesterday. It hadn't been snowing for a few days so most of it have already melted.... Here's a pic of how da mountains looked yesterday.. =)

~ I really love the snow covered mountains in Bozeman.. XD

Autuum

2010-10-11T19:53:00.001-07:00

Trees started turning red or yellow since the beginning of September, and for the past few days, I've noticed that a significant proportion of the trees around Bozeman had completely shed their leaves... It was really a sight to see...

This is the first time experiencing fall... And I am pretty excited about it... A few weeks ago, a fren of mine told me dat it's kinda rare to be able to see leaves turning yellow or red in Bozeman, cuz it'll snow before they had da chance to and all da leaves would juz fall apart....

So... I took pictures of some trees near where I'm staying and here's how they looked like...

~ In the middle of September... For some reason, I feel like da color of da pic makes it look like it's still spring or summer... XD But.... Da leaves are starting to turn yellow.. XD

However, fall has been pretty nice and warm diz yr in Bozeman, and it hasn't snowed once till today (My previous roomie, Tony told me dat it started snowing around da 20th of Sept last yr). I've got to take another few more pictures a couple of days ago and I'd like to share it with all of you..

~ Fall.... A pathway on campus near to the dorm I was staying in last semester..

~Fallen Leaves...

It was also getting colder and colder these couple of days and I decided to try cooking something different which is warm... I asked one of the cooks from the dining hall I'm working in and he taught me to make steamed pork rib (蒸排骨).... Tried making it last nite and diz was wad it came out to be...

~It was really delicious..... =P~

Halloween Themed Cereal

2010-10-10T16:29:00.001-07:00

Look what I've got myself while grocery shopping in Walmart a few days ago...

~ Cap'n Crunch Halloween Edition (so they named it Halloween Crunch)

I wouldn't have bought it if it wasn't for this feature...

~Makes Milk Green..!!

Wahhahahaha, it's like the greatest cereal ever..!! It makes me so much more excited bout Halloween in another few more weeks...

I tried it for breakfast this morning and this was how it looks like...

~Milk with Halloween Crunch

~Ghosts that turn green... Omg it looks like moss or smt...

~Green Milk... Best tasting milk ever (Cuz it's green.. XD)

Wahhahahhaha.... I loved it..!!! XD Hopefully they make something that can turn milk purple.... Or else there's something else (along wif a list of other things) that green can do but purple can't... XD

First Sushi Experience in Bozeman

2010-10-02T23:05:00.001-07:00

I was so thrilled to have some free time for myself this Saturday, cuz the previous few weeks were crazy... Full of homeworks, lab reports and tests... Neways, me and my fren Senny decided to have lunch at somewhere fancy to celebrate our birthdays that have already passed by a week ago (she's two days older than I am.. XD)

We decided to have some such sushi at a place near downtown called "Dave's Sushi"...

~Mmmmmm, Sushi....

The setup of the restaurant was pretty special. Lanterns were hung on the roof giving it a very Japanese feeling; at the same time, items which you would normally find in western cultures, such as a guitar and a pair of skis were used as decorations as well..

~Decorations on the wall

~Guitar + Lanterns... =D

Sushi is pretty hard to find in Bozeman and it is usually pretty expensive cuz Montana is pretty much a land-locked state and that the population in Bozeman is not enough to maintain the demand of it. But the price of Sushi over there was pretty reasonable, ranging from $4 to $10 for a serving of sushi...... It's still freakin' pricey if it were converted back to Malaysian riggit.. XD

Neways, here are the food we ordered...

~ Seaweed Salad.... Omg I miss this dish Soooooo much cuz I love sesame oil..!!

~ Unagi Sushi

~ Yakisoba with Soft Shelled Crab

Omg.... It was very nice.... One of the best restaurants I've been to in Bozeman.... Haha.... The downside was.... I craved so much for other seafood such as clams, mussels, lala and oysters cuz I really wanna eat em... XD

Songs from the Past

2010-09-19T11:43:00.000-07:00

I was studying in my room, preparing for my Thermodynamics test coming up tomorrow and dragged all my music files from my laptop and put it on shuffle.... Cuz I find it rather effective to keep me focused as there is a less chance for me to surf da net or log on facebook juz to waste a lil time... XD

Neways, I was halfway studying when Avril Lavigne's "I'm With You" started playing and I was like.... "Hmm, omg it's been like 3 yrs or more since I've last played dat song".

It brings back lotsa memories from high school. Good times and darker moments all alike.... cuz it was one of my most played songs back in da days... Hahaha... It's funny how a song dat you've stopped playing for a while triggers all da thoughts and emotions we've felt during that particular period of time... Tat happened once last semester when I randomly listened to SNSD's "Gee" and remembered all da stupid things I've done wif da Inti SH gang.. XD

Okay... Gotta go back to studying now... =)

Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep

2010-09-08T15:47:00.001-07:00

Omg... Da latest Kingdom Hearts game which is released only exclusively for da Sony PSP has finally been released in the United States!!

Birth by Sleep

Haha, I was so happy when I first got to know bout it da beginning of summer.... I dun know too much bout da storyline for diz game yet... But here's wad wiki has to say...

"The game is a prequel to the original Kingdom Hearts, taking place ten years before. The game centers on the journeys of Terra, Aqua, and Ventus, characters briefly featured in Kingdom Hearts II, in their quest to locate the missing Master Xehanort"

Source: Wikipedia

The three main characters in the game.. Left to Right: Ventus, Aqua and Terra

I'm super excited to get my hands on diz game and play it, cuz other than wad I've written out here, I do not have any extra idea on how da game goes and stuffs... But I'm sure it'll be super sweet!! XD

Hmm, wonder if I could still team up wif Donald and Goofy?? I really liked it when Donald talk back in Kingdom Hearts II.... XD

Malaysian Dinner

2010-09-05T08:39:00.000-07:00

Travis (One of the housemates in my current house) had his family come over to Bozeman yesterday cuz there was the very first football match of the year in MSU.

This is just a background story, but remember the bed, dresser and study table from my last post?? It's Travis's family who hauled em from Helena and sent em all the way here to assemble it so I can use em... It was so nice of em and I figured out tat da least I could do was to cook dinner fer em.

I was trying to think bout wad to cook fer em, ABC soup? Corn soup? Ginger and Onion Chicken? Sweet and Sour Chicken or fish.... And tat was da time I spotted one of the Maggi curry paste my mom sent a few months ago and i was like.... Why not make some Malay food?? XD

Here's wad I've done for dinner last nite...

Stir fried prawns wif tumeric and soy sauce

and the main dish (thanks mom!!).... Malaysian Chicken Curry

It's the first time I actually decorated my food and I was like... Omg I muz take pics of em cuz I usually fail epically in making food look tasty... XD Hahahha

Aren't they mouth watering??

Random Thought of the Day

2010-09-01T15:34:00.001-07:00

It's the 1st of September.... 24 days till I turn into a legitimate adult... Hahaha... XD Nt too excited about it honestly, cuz in another few more years, people will start calling u uncle dy... T.T

Neways, the weather in Bozeman seems to be resonating wif the mood of the students... It has been terribly wet and gloomy with occasional rains since the beginning of the semester...

Guess it understands the feelings of students cuz almost all of us have not adjusted to our respective "study mode" yet... Hahaha

Heard so from weather forecasts that it's gonna be nice and warm diz weekend.... Might be cuz it's a weekend and everyone's happy to have a break from work... XD

Fall Sem 2010

2010-08-29T14:52:00.000-07:00

Omg... It's juz another day before the end of summer.... And the beginning of da new school year...

Taking 5 classes and a lab diz semester... Here are da list of subs I've enrolled myself into..

i) Mechanics of Fluids

ii) Applied Engineering Data Analysis

iii) Manufacturing Processes & Lab

iv) Thermodynamics I

v) Introduction to Machine Design

Argh... Da subs sounds pretty hard... Got my fingers crossed real tight so I could maintain a CGPA of at least 3.0... Hahhaha... XD

Neways... I've moved out from my summer house and will be staying wif another two more frenz I've met from da dorms for diz school year... Here are some pics of my room after I unpacked and organized it a lil...

Tada.... My humble fortress of comfort after a tiring day in school.. XD

Wardrobe..

Next to da wardrobe is a dresser and a mirror...

Study table.... Which is now still pretty messy... XD

Day 6: Disneyland

2010-08-22T13:23:00.000-07:00

Personally, this was the one day I was looking forward to the most throughout the whole trip... Omg... The feeling inside of me was pretty much indescribable to be able to set foot on Disneyland..!!

We went to Disneyland wif Ryan's frenz.... Becky and Mel... Who were from California and they kinda showed us some of the super fun rides in Disneyland... Omg... I've had a fair share of roller costers and other exciting rides... XD

Legs of the whole crew... Clockwise from top: Mel, Clint, Josh, Bulb, Ryan and Becky..

The writing was so true..!! XD

Disneyland's front park

Entrance to Mickey's Toontown

Me attempting to escape....

From a place where there were so many explosives... And fireworks.. XD

Didn't take a pic of the Hollywood sign... So I told myself to make up fer my mistakes by taking a pic of diz instead.. XD

Cinderella's Castle... In the morning

Me and Goofy... The only char I was able to take pic throughout the whole day...

Group pic.. =) I didn't get the cue so I was the odd one out..

Chip and Dale

Hollywood Tower... The best ride of the day... XD Cuz we were in an elevator and we fell down from the top... Omg... Sibei kin tio...

I also got to take some pics indoor and so pics of the night in Disneyland... But those are a bit blurry and are of less quality... Enjoy it tho..!! XD

Cinderella's Castle at night..

The magic rose from Beauty and the Beast

Inside the Hollywood Tower

This is the end of my post for today.. XD

Day 5: California Beach

2010-08-22T12:55:00.001-07:00

It's been a while since I last gone to a beach... Hahaha.. XD I think da last time was during my first year in Inti... With our SH gang in Port Dickson...

Neways... The beach in California was a sight to see... It was kinda crowded with people sunbathing, taking naps or just hanging around wif frenz...

A general view of the beach.. I forgot the name of the beach we went to.. XD

Children building a sandcastle

A pic I took at the entrance

A restaurant just by the beach..

I didn't wanna get too much sun.. Cuz I'm already dark enuf after doing all those outdoor activities in Bozeman... So I went to stroll around some of the stores nearby..

Shops near the beach...

I found a shop selling surf pants and I really wanted to get my hands on a pair of Billabong shorts... Omg... They were literally calling out to me... But I had to force myself to walk out of da store cuz it was too exp... Argh.. Heartbreaking... XD

Day 4: Touring LA - Chinatown & Hollywood

2010-08-22T12:37:00.000-07:00

After a good rest da previous day arriving California... We headed out to LA to go sightseeing... The roads, flyovers and cars reminds me so much of those in M'sia, especially KL... Cuz Bozeman is pretty much of a small town, u dun get to see too many buildings which are more than 3 stories tall...

Our first stop was Chinatown... It feels like ages since I was last surrounded by Asians.... Hahhaa... XD

Chinatown

Didn't take too many pics there, but we had lunch at Sam Woo (三和)... The roast duck was so nice... I was so happy to have roast duck again dat i completely forgot to take any pics of it.. XD

I did take a pic of a 八卦阵 in Chinatown tho...

We went to Hollywood after that... Honestly speaking.. We didn't get to do much in Hollywood cuz we had to pay to get into most of the museums and stuffs there... So we juz kinda strolled around fer a bit and headed back... However, here are some pics tat I've taken there.. XD

A random building in Hollywood..

Clint and Rocky Balboa... I mean Rambo... XD

Entrance of the Ripley's Believe it or Not! Museum

Day 3: Arrival in California

2010-08-15T23:07:00.000-07:00

I'm so happy I've got internet connection to finish more than a post today!! Haha.. Sleeping over at Jason's place today.. He's a very nice guy tat I've met from the dorms..

Thanks Jason!!

Neways, here's a continuation of my roadtrip... I actually wrote day 2 a few days ago and saved it in my com, and was trying to recall wad happened on da 3rd day.. XD

It didn’t take us too long to reach California from Las Vegas. However, there were so many different towns and cities in it that it takes a while, maybe about an hour to travel in between these places.

First of all, we went to Baker, a small town which has been popular fer having the world’s largest thermometer.

World's Biggest Thermometer

Took a few pics there and headed over to the Cleveland National Park near to Lake Elsinore to set up our tents before heading over to Corona to meet up wif Ryan’s frenz and have some “In and Out” burgers fer dinner.. Omg it was amazing..!!

In and Out Burgers

We camped out at Cleveland National Park for a few days during our stay in California. It is situated somewhere near to Lake Elsinore and has a very beautiful view..!!

Lake Elsinore... =)

Day 2: Arrival in Nevada & The Strip

2010-08-15T22:59:00.000-07:00

We had a pretty horrible drive from Utah to Arizona and then to Nevada as it was super hot… The places we’ve drove past before reaching Las Vegas, Nevada were deserts and we didn’t have air conditioning in the car we were in..

Red rocks and desert terrain… Super hot..

However, it wasn’t as bad reaching Las Vegas cuz we were staying a nite at Clint’s grandparents and we had a chance to rest, take a dip in the pool and shower to cool ourselves down before the main event… The Strip..

I have not tried using my camera to take pics at nite… So diz happened during my first attempt to take a pic of a building at the strip.. I like da pic tho.. XD
Took several pics dat nite, as there were so many colorful buildings with interesting designs…

This is a hotel named “Exalibur”… Super cool design which makes u feel like u’re in a castle.. =)

Nightlife in Las Vegas

Group pic wif da yellow m&m… XD

Surveillance camera in Hard Rock Café from other branches in the United States and Europe..

A very familiar name showing up in Hard Rock Café.. Made me craved for Oyster Omelet and Lok Lok… T.T (I know wad you guyz will be thinkin… How can diz guy still think of food when he’s in Vegas…. =O)

Roadtrip Day 1: Leaving Bozeman

2010-08-12T17:46:00.001-07:00

Summer’s about to end in just any few more weeks… That means we’ve only got a few more weeks to have as much fun as possible and enjoy ourselves to the max before school starts!!

Josh, Ryan and another housemate, Clint planned to go on a two week long roadtrip to California before summer started and they asked me if I wanted to go with them too when I first moved in with them. I was so excited when they first told me about that and here we are…. Four guys on a roadtrip to California..!!

Day 1:

We departed from Bozeman, Montana, headed west and drove to Idaho.

Clint, the driver…

Ryan, the co-pilot..

Josh, the third guy..

And me, the fourth guy.. (Pic unavailable cuz failed miserably tryin to camwhore in the car throughout the whole trip)

We had some authentic Idaho potato fries at Scotty’s drive in for lunch

Scotty’s Drive in counters

1^st lunch during the roadtrip

We continued our “journey to the southwest” and headed to Salt Lake City, Utah after lunch and ended up wasting an hour or so trying to find our way to the Great Lake… Clint and Ryan came to a conclusion that we could skip seeing the Great Lake and we headed to a shopping mall in Salt Lake – The Gateway.

One part of The Gateway… It’s an open air mall so it looked similar to the Pavilion in Kuching… Hahaha.. XD

Shops are situated along the walkway and a road passes thru the mall.

A Gourmet Gumball kiosk in the mall

After that, we headed to a National Park in Nephi, Utah and camped there fer da nite.. It was beautiful out that nite.. Got to see a shooting star for the very first time in my life..

Well, I gtg now.. Haha will be writing bout da rest of my trip soon!! =)

Hyalite Camp Day 2

2010-08-05T20:45:00.000-07:00

Haha took me a while to find some extra time to spend writing the second part of my two day camp at Hyalite.. Sorry fer the delay..

I slept real well in the tent on Sat and I woke up at 8.30am... Larry had a fire already started so we could cook breakfast - Fried eggs, boiled potatoes and beans!! I thought tat it was already 11am or smt as I felt the sun shining on me for hours when I was still all snugged up in the tent.

We had breakfast, went out kayaking again and started packing our stuffs.. We went on a pretty short hike on Hyalite Creek before heading back to Bozeman. The forest was as beautiful as the lake was... I'll let some of the pics do the talking.. =)

~A board in front of Hyalite Creek

~Tall pine trees

~A waterfall we rested fer a bit before heading back... Nice eh??!!

Dat's all bout my first ever camping experience in Bozeman..!! Haha it was awesome.. =)

Camping at Hyalite: Day 1 (Sat)

2010-08-02T16:53:00.000-07:00

Alex and his family took me on a camping trip at Hyalite Canyon last weekend. It was my first time sleeping in an outdoor tent, making campfires out of the wood we collected from the forest and kayaking.

Transferring to a place like Bozeman, Montana really gives me tonsa opportunity to get involved in some outdoor activities. Most people over here love going on hikes, boat rides, water sports, camps and more to get a chance to enjoy the natural environment Montana has to offer.

According to Alex's dad, Larry, Hyalite is a very popular place to camp for people in Bozeman as it's only a 30 min drive away from the town and the surrounding is magnificent. Both Alex's parents had to drive there on Fri when we were still at work just to get a campsite.

The place was BEAUTIFUL.... The place was the perfect place for my dream house.... A cottage in front of a lake with a view of lush green (in summer), or snow covered (during the winter) mountains..

~Hyalite Canyon... Took diz pic at our campsite

~Our tent under a pine tree, beside the kayaks...

The weather was real nice when we arrived... However it started raining an hour later and we had to chill in our tents for a bit... This was when I took the opportunity to camwhore...

~Bulba in the tent..

~My favourite Adidas shoes... (note: It's really dirty and the shine has already faded cuz I used it on so many activities over here..)

The rain stopped after 10 mins... I guess... And we decided to head out to the lake and do some kayaking... Took a while for me to learn how to paddle, but it was worth it..

~The back of my boat

~Another camwhore pic..

~A pic taken before the second storm hits... And when I was still on the kayak.

The sky turned dark again and both Alex and Larry predicted that a storm will hit us real soon... So we headed back and it started raining pretty heavily a few minutes after reaching our campsite... We had to hide in our tents again...

One of the most unpredictable things in Montana has gotta be its weather... It can be warm and sunny this moment, and cold and wet after 10 minutes... We had a chance to experience one of the extremities of Montana weather that day.... It was 30C when we reached there and the temperature dropped to about 6-8C when the second storm hits... And a few moments after that, it started hailing!!

~Took this frm my tent... Scary....

~Pieces of hail juz outside my tent..

I was really shocked... But thank goodness our tents were very sturdy and it protected us against the storm.. Hahaha... The storm stopped after 30 mins and we started to make a campfire so we can cook dinner... I got to take some pics which were pretty neat after the storm..

~A very random pic.... Of a pinecone... XD

~It starts to fog but still... Da place looks nice.. XD

~ Sunset in Hyalite.... Sibei romantic la!!

I'll continue day 2 of the camping trip real soon..!! Ooh btw, here's a short clip of the hail storm I took in our tents...

First Gunning Experience

2010-07-25T00:06:00.000-07:00

I got to shoot real guns for the very first time in my life!! XD

I met a guy, Alex while workin' in the Potato Lab three weeks ago. We usually hang around during lunches and short breaks and one day we were talkin' about guns and stuffs and I was like:"Hey I've nvr shot any guns before." and he was like:"Really??!! One of these weekends we'll definitely go shooting together."

I was so happy cuz he asked me to go shootin' wif his father yesterday. We met at Walmart and his dad drove us to Logan Shooting Ranch, a place outside Bozeman.

Omg!! It was really one of the best experiences I've ever had..!! I've nvr been too interested in guns and stuffs. For example, while I was back in Inti, I played Counter Strike wif some of the guyz and I kinda liked da game... But I nvr knew the model of the gun I'm using. Martz, Ian and the rest of da gang would be like:"Wow Lik Ming lansi wo, use AK (or sniper, or other models)".... And honestly, I always react by laughing, or lansi-ing em back cuz.... I dun even know wad gun I was using.. XD

Neways, it was SUPER FUN SHOOTING!!! Hahahahaha... Here are some of the pics I took while gunning..

Me shooting a 22 caliber rifle... Diz is da first gun they let me shoot as it does not have too much recoil and it was comparatively quieter.

This is how I did shooting my first target..

My fren Alex.... Shooting the gun used by most FBI agents in the United States..

Alex's father shooting the same rifle I shot.. He dad was really friendly and taught me real patiently about safety precautions handling a gun and the basics we should know about shooting..

A container filled wif 22 caliber bullets

Diz is how it looks like when u look into the scope... Looks exactly like how aiming wif a sniper in Counter Strike or Call of Duty arr..!!

22 Caliber revolver

The second last gun I got to shoot was a 17 caliber rifle. Alex told me dat it's a deer hunting gun and dat particular gun had killed 3 deers previously.. Here's how the gun and the bullet looks like..

Notice how sharp the bullet looks.... It is designed to make it travel faster, and the sound it makes while pulling the trigger was real loud... Made me real scared to shoot it after my first shot..

I hit diz target (an empty shotgun cartridge we found lying on the ground) wif the deer hunting rifle above from about 50m away wif my first shot... It's scary how a bullet so small can kill a deer...

Here's a short clip of me firing the deer hunting rifle... I really like dat gun..!! XD

Me and My Dreams

2010-07-12T22:00:00.001-07:00

I've had some pretty sweet dreams dat leaves me super happy all day long these few months... Hahaha.... However, da dream I had last nite left me waking up super frustrated.... Argh...!!!

Here's how da story goes....

I was surfing thru facebook last nite before going to bed, lookin' at pics of quite a few of my frenz back in high school who went back home and were hanging out together in some of my favourite restaurants back in Kuching... And I was like... Gosh I wish I were back in Kuching juz so I can kisiao wif some of em..

I went to bed shortly after dat.... And had a dream dat I woke up in my own bed in Kuching and I could smell Kolo Mee coming frm downstairs.... I was like "Oh Boy I'm home... And there's Kolo Mee downstairs!!" but I felt lazy and wanted to stay in bed fer another while. It was da most comfortable, most enjoyable feeling, and it felt super realistic.... Before "falling asleep again" in my dream, I remembered thinking to myself "I'd better call Martin and Janet to go fer lunch at 人间茶坊 to enjoy some Bubble Milk Tea, and Hot & Spicy Noodles"....

The next thing I knew... My alarm went off it was already 7am. I had to get outta bed to prepare myself fer work... And fer a millisecond upon waking up, I actually thought to myself "Eh eh, where's my phone... Gotta call em out fer lunch!!"..... Made me really pek chek after realizing I'm nt in Kuching... T.T

Neways, I've had an honestly super heartwarming experience of 日有所思，夜有所梦... I miss u guyz... One more thing, everyone who'll be in Kuching before I get a chance to go back... Please...... HELP ME ENJOY MORE KUCHING FOOD!! XD

Starbucks Coffee Bottle

2010-07-11T15:44:00.000-07:00

Diz is a completely random post as I realized dat I hadn't written anything in my blog fer quite a while. Haha..

My mom asked me to drink a cup of apple cider vinegar cuz a Chinese physician told me to cuz it helps wif my blood circulation, so I have been (or trying to) drink a cup everyday...

Felt like finding a bottle or smt to fill up some apple cider vinegar so I can bring it to work and drink it there, or else I'll hafta drink it first thing after waking up, and it tastes so bad dat it makes u really pek chek...

So.... I went grocery shopping to find a bottle or smt.... I ended up buying a bottle of Starbucks Coffee so I can reuse da glass bottle....

Da design of the bottle makes da coffee look a lot more tempting.... Doesn't it?

Neways, this is the very first Starbucks I've had upon arriving Bozeman and it was super good... The best part is one of diz costs less than a cup of coffee in a normal coffee shop.... Hahhaha.. XD

Bear Trap Canyon Trail Hike

2010-06-20T22:05:00.000-07:00

I got to go fer my very first hike over here in the United States on Saturday!! The hike was organized by the Global Cultural Club (diz was the very first event I participated in tho I've been their member since January... XD).

I was at first super super lazy to wake up early, get prepared, take the bus to campus to meet up wif all the participants, cuz I really feel like relaxing and sleepin' in after a long week's worth of work.... My hands tried several times to text and tell my frenz dat I'm nt going, my brain did not boot up, my eyes refused to open and my whole body was reluctant to move once my alarm went off Saturday morning... But I was super glad dat I've eventually got to get myself to hike....

~Bear Trap Canyon

Bozeman is absolutely beautiful when the snow melts and everything gets warmer... Altho it only has about four months in a yr wifout snow... The trail we hike had an amazing view, a river was only a few meters away from us so we got to enjoy the sound of the flowing river while hiking. I also find the scenery where mountains cross each other very beautiful.

~The River and some Mountains

Here are some of the other pics I've taken wif my phone camera or downloaded from facebook... XD

~Left to right: Senny, me and Sherry..

~A pic of almost everyone who went fer da hike... We were trying to make ourselves look like were in a football team..

~A hill full of flowers and trees.... Doesn't it look like a perfect place where a Bollywood movie could be filmed... Where the main actor and actress runs around dancing, hug each other and roll down the hill lovingly??

Autotune

2010-06-15T19:02:00.000-07:00

Got to know about autotune a few months after coming over here. Me and another fren of mine, Ryan grouped up to compose a song for Human Sexuality. While we were brainstorming fer ideas he said dat it'll be cool if we autotuned our voice.

Autotune is a technology used to disguise off-key inaccuracies and mistakes, and has allowed singers to perform perfectly tuned vocal tracks without the need of singing in tune. It can also be used as an effect to distort the human voice when pitch is raised/lowered significantly. (Source: Wikipedia)

We didn't get to autotune our voice while making the music for our assignment... However, I kinda found a you-tube video by a user called schmoyoho who autotunes the news and composes it into songs... Here's one of my favorite clip called " Auto-Tune the News #2: pirates. drugs. gay marriage".

Auto-Tune the News #2: pirates. drugs. gay marriage

The beginning is still ok fer me... But I really liked da part where the anchorwoman sang about the ice melting in the north pole... XD

I showed JT diz clip yesterday and he was super excited.... He even watched other clips and introduced me to watch another video by the same user.... Here is it..!!

Auto-Tune the News #10: Turtles

Hehe.... I love diz clip too.. It's super catchy..!! XD Hmm, so wad do ya'll think?? Doesn't auto-tune make everything better..?? XD

Kolo Mee

2010-06-08T20:41:00.001-07:00

Wahahahahhahaha..... I've juz had the best dinner I've ever made myself....!! Guess wad I've made fer dinner...???

Here's a clue...

~Does it ring a bell?

Yeah... I found a Chao Sio mix d other day while shopping in Walmart and grabbed it... Took me quite a while to motivate myself into buying pork, tearing off the seal for the Cha Sio mix, marinate the pork overnite, and bake it... XD

I cooked some noodles and mixed it wif spring onions, pepper, salt and fried garlic to try making kolo mee... And here's how it looks like..

~My kolo mee wif some carrots and a fried egg.. XD

Omg... Altho it's definitely nt as good as those in Kuching... But da Cha Sio was superb!! And da mee wasn't too bad too.... I MISS KOLO MEE..!! But I'm super happy I've made myself a modified version of it here... Wahahahhaha XD

Reminiscence of Bulba's Past: Parties and Outings

2010-06-02T20:16:00.000-07:00

One of the best part when we were all in senior was dat most of our frenz had learned how to drive and transportation became nt too much an issue when organizing parties and outings. We could drive or be assigned wif a driver to get to our party/outing destination, and it was super fun!!

I think we've lost count on the total parties we've had during our last yr in high sch... Wahaha.... The very first party we had was held on the 1st of Jan. We went to Ken's house fer BBQ and to celebrate her b-day. Jing Tze (Ken) is definitely the best cook among our frenz, even till today, and her mom makes the greatest lamb chop in the entire world..!! I remember wad we gave her..... lingerie... *Phew...eeet!!*

The second party we've had was about two weeks after Ken's b-day. It was held in Bomb (Mei Fen)'s house and dat was also the time where Ice came out wif a superb nickname fer Janet. The fastest internet service provider is not Jaring... Not tm-net.... Please welcome..... Ja-Net.... XD (Pronunciation: Jar-Net)

Actually I wanted to add pics frm both b-day parties, cuz I used to hav em in my com back in Kuching.. Argh... Who has the pics of em..? I'll add it to my post if anyone can send it to me.... Cuz I seriously like da pic of Wei Hung getting stripped into the lingerie from Ken's b-day party... XD

A few days after dat, we've had our very first CNY group visiting where we did da driving.... And my gosh it was super fun... I rmb driving my dad's Terrano..... Most passengers were freaked out cuz i wasn't too stable dat time.... XD

~Group pic taken at Ah Bird's house

We've also had tonsa other outings and parties dat will take me forever to finish... So I'll let the pics do the talking...

~Second party at Ken's house

~Wan Ling, the BBQ Queen, or should I call her... The Barbe-Queen....!! Ahahahhaa (I still have my cold touch)

~Outing on the day of our final UEC paper..

~Me and Ken

~ Party at Nick's house after UEC... Personally diz is one of da greatest group photo I think we've had...

~Damai Trip

~Umm, Rihanna's "Umbrella" won the mv of the year.... XD

~Jt and Yi Chia creating Rasengan..!!

My First Purple Shirt

2010-05-30T14:30:00.000-07:00

Janet, I bet diz is da one post you have been waiting fer quite a while.... XD

Well..... I was kinda sick of all the shirts I've brought over to Bozeman two weeks ago, cuz most of em are pretty old already and I only hav a few colors to choose from: white, maroon, some green and some brown.... So I went to shop for some new clothes...

I am quite sad cuz the American sizes over here juz do not fit me too well... Most S sized shirts have collars tat kinda strangles me, while M sizes are way too long and big fer me.... Took me a long while to look for clothes that day.... Outta the 8 shirts tat I tried.... I only bought one....

Well..... Wad do you think?? Its a simple v-neck tee but I like the color.... And it's the very first purple t-shirt I own... =)

Reminiscence of Bulba's Past : A Day of Class in SS3A (Class of 2007)

2010-05-27T19:26:00.000-07:00

I got pretty bored with the all so repetitive work today that I kinda found a way to entertain myself while harvesting baby potatoes.... By thinkin' back about the all the good things I have experienced in my life... My mind got almost instantly filled with all the great, fun and crazy stuffs we did back in high school, and I think dat I'll be creating posts to do with all the things that happened in the past... They we so heartwarming, not to mention funny that I started smiling and smirking to myself while harvesting... I sure hope that none of the coworkers spotted me doing tat or else they'll definitely be like:"Omg, that kid's crazy..!! How can he smile to himself while harvesting..

The first post about the past will be about a day in class in SS3A. Basically it starts wif our classmates arriving fer class, doing some chit chatting wif other frenz, frantically trying to finish up all the homework given out by the teacher, or revising for tests until the first class starts and the teacher arrives.... This is pretty blur fer me.... and it is mainly due to the fact that I almost always arrive class late.... Kinda think that Adam, Wei Hung and I were always "competing" to see who will be the last to reach class...

Most of the time I'll be late fer Cikgu's (The teacher who teaches us malay) class... And she'll always be like

"Lik Ming, kenapa tuan lewat?"

The very first time I replied with:"Sorry Cikgu, aku 睡过头了！“

Cikgu asked me to repeat her sentence "Minta maaf, aku terlewat tidur" as mine was nt in proper malay. (or was it tidur terlewat.... Omg sorry Cikgu!!!)

And I kinda used that sentence throughout most of the days in S3... XD

As the classes begin, most of us start daydreaming or talking in small groups... Dat's wad me, Adam, Wei Hung and Gwang Yee usually do.... And since we are sitting in front, we always get caught by the teachers.. Some of our other classmates were pro fishers (钓鱼，dozing off in class), an example is our Miss Ah Lai..!! Omg..!! She's sitting at the first row but she is able to "fish" and nt get caught by the teachers..!! XD

The whole class goes crazy almost instantly when its recess. We'll gather into different groups and carry out "group activities", such as JT, KKL and Shih Zhe going to their "secret hideout where no one can find them" which is located at the hallways of the fourth floor and come up wif crazy stuffs to do, such as stealing rocks or finding places to keep the rocks they stole... While Jin, my honey (Mei Ruu), Ken, Wan Ling and other girls group together and talk.... Sometimes we'll get to see a kek tiok Jin Jin scolding Martin.... I only know last yr (two yrs after graduation) dat Martz kek Jin a lot and finds pleasure in it.... XD

Another very notable fren would be bomb... She has the most entertaining dreams and shares them to me, cass and some of her other frenz... I rmb one of the funniest thing was when she told us her dream about being in a forest and getting' bitten by a snake... Ah Lai, who was very blur tat time, overheard everything besides it being a dream, and she was like :"美芬，你被蛇咬了阿..!!" Bomb was like :"没有啊，那是一个噩梦来的." and me and Cass were laughing our heads off.... XD

I'll usually be doing one of these two things during recess:

1. Hanging around wif Janet, Flo and Yun and eating the food I brought to school

or

2. Being chased around by Janet...

Imagine tat.... Lik Ming chased by a girl.... XD Haha.... Wad can I say... I have this charm on my best fren that she chases me everyday, and sometimes every single recess.... Literally!! It is super important to note that the bulb gets beaten up into a pulp when Janet gets a hold of him... XD

Apart from that, we have 3 "cold spots" in our class, the first one consisting of me, Adam, Wei Hung and Gwang Yee; the second with Nick, Vic and the guyz sitting at the back; and the third consisting of the girls at the front row such as Cassendra, Ken and Wan Ling.... We try to come up wif lame jokes with every single thing, from lecture materials to movies and cartoons.... Omg it's seriously one of the greatest years I have ever spent in my entire life... I miss all of you so much....!!

Summer Job

2010-05-23T13:52:00.000-07:00

Summer has started and I'm free frm sch until the end of Aug...!! Haha... It's a bit sad tho cuz I'm nt going back to M'sia diz summer. However, I am super lucky cuz things turned out nice for this summer.

Remember about the posts I had about searching for jobs and stuffs... Well didn't get any of the 5 jobs I applied. But the lucky part was that I finally got a job when I asked around the plant growth center in my campus, and I am currently working in the tissue culture lab there.

Apart from that, juz after deciding nt to go back to M'sia, two of my frenz in the dorms asked if I wanted to move into their place for summer. So, at least now I'm staying wif frenz and have a job for summer... XD

About the job, honestly speaking..... It's very very very boring.... XD But I'm still grateful cuz at least I can earn my living expenses and allowance.. The main responsibility of the job is to harvest tubers from the plants people from the lab planted about half a yr ago... Here are two pics I've taken while working...

~Potato plants, I have to harvest all the little potatoes (tubers) in a tub, and there's around 1000 or more tubs to harvest.... o.O

~My workspace, we gotta divide the tubers into smaller (left) and larger (right) tubers and put them in different bags. The steel thingy behind is a machine used to filter air and prevent fungi, bacteria and other stuffs from contaminating the tubers..

Haha, gonna shop shop shop after receiving my paycheck!! XD Actually I already spent quite a lot after the first week of work... Should be addin' another post about it pretty soon!!

Am I Like Ah Fook's Daughter??

2010-05-02T21:30:00.000-07:00

I was kinda fed up wif studyin' fer da finals fer today dy and decided to juz surf around da net, turn on skype and chat wif some frenz...

When I was talkin' to Hui Yuan on skype.... We suddenly talked bout Ah Fook's daughter... Diz is a super funny story.... It happened back when me, Mart, Phua, Mandy and Sze Leang went to Hui Yuan's hometown - Bahau during da one week long Hari Raya Aidilfitri hol in 2008. All of us juz reached her house and we were chillin' out in her living room when her parents came back.

She then introduced all of us to her parents... And dat's where smt went really wrong... This is the conversation we've had when she was introducing me to her father..

Hui Yuan: "爸，这是我inti的朋友。。“

Her dad：”我知道她(Note it's "her" not "him")啊 !" (Hui Yuan was a bit shocked cuz her dad has nvr seen me before.... So she said...)

Hui Yuan:" 不可能啊，他是我在inti认识的朋友阿！“

Her dad：”我知道她是谁啊，她是Ah Fook 的女儿嘛！“

Hui Yuan：”不是啊，他是男生ei!"

Her Dad:"我不相信，你(referring to me now)过来一下，我知道你嘛，你是Ah Fook的女儿嘛。"

I walked up and he actually took a serious look at me fer a while and diz was wad he said...

Her Dad (in a very excited tone):"是平的嘞(referring to my chest)！！他真的是男生嘞！"

Omg it was super sia soi la... I dun really know if it's a prank his dad pulled on me, but honestly speakin'.... He really looked serious... Ask Martz how he felt bout it... But I was like... T.T

Haha.. Neways, I strolled around Mart'z blog juz to find a pic of Ah Fook's daughter....

~ Da gal in d middle is Ah Fook's daugther (Diz was da only pic Hui Yuan has and it was taken maybe 10 yrs ago...)

~ And here's a pic wif me in it...

Got meh?? Do I really look like Ah Fook's daughter?? Where got wo?? I'm so handsome... XD Hahaha....

End of Classes

2010-04-30T17:17:00.000-07:00

Woohoo finally finished all my classes fer diz semester... Gosh I was super busy fer da whole week.. It's kinda a long story but I'll tell it... XD.

I signed up fer 4 one credit hour classes diz semester and they do not have a finals during da final's week, so they usually have a final quiz or a final project due on da last week of classes. Apart from that, Human Sexuality, one of da university core electives I've taken diz semester doesn't not hav any finals at all, only a mid term project and a final project.

I had a final test on Mechanical Engineering Computer Applications (A sub teachin' us how to use excel, matlab and mathcad) on monday, a lab report and lab notebook from Material Science Lab, a final quiz on ME Graphics and a final report for Human Sexuality due on Thurs... Juz came back frm da group project for ME Graphics Lab (it's almost da same as ME Graphics, only using computer to do da designing..) and I'm completely exhausted now...

Outta 7 subs taken diz sem, 5 are finally done!! Wahahhaa, but da worst part is still yet to come... I have a finals fer Mechanics of Material, da most difficult sub I have ever encountered yet... Super confused about all da concepts and kinda scared dat I won't do well innit... And I hav Material Science finals on next fri... Jia you Bulb!! XD hahahha... Dun hav any motivation to do any studying ler after going thru diz super tiring week..!!

My Two Versions of English

2010-04-15T10:47:00.000-07:00

Was talkin' on the phone wif Ed a few days ago... And while we were chatting, I suddenly realized that after a few months being in Bozeman, I have changed my way to speak English a lil.... However, dat doesn't mean tat I've improved.... Cuz it's kinda like I'll switch to speakin' proper English when I'm talking to Americans, and switch back to using the way I talk to my frenz back in Inti....

Here are a few examples I've found myself in when I'm switchin' frm English to my Malaysian style English...

I) When asking about what someone is doing...
Speakin' to American:"Hey there, what are you doing man?"
To Edmund:"Eh, wad u doing wor..?"

II) When treating someone fer dinner..
"Hey, leave the tab to me / The food's on me dude.."
vs... "Aiyo eh I chia you la! Dun paise paise one la"

III) Complimenting a tasty food
"I really love the taste of the fried noodles with sesame oil"
vs.... "Eh the cha mee wif "mua eiu" (Sesame oil in Hokkien) si bei nice arr.."

IV) Complaining
"Talking to that person makes me feel so frustrated"
vs..."Talk to him sibei pek chek la!"

V) Asking Americans to visit M'sia vs asking Ed and Kye to come have fun in Bozeman
"Hey you should plan for a trip to Malaysia in the future, I'll show you around and bring you to the best food I know over there"
vs.... "Eh Men (Edmund), next time u and Kye come here and play arr..."

VI) Asking someone to repeat what they've said..
"Umm, Sorry but can you repeat what you've said just now?"
vs...."Eh, wad u said wo?"

Haiyo.... After writing all of these... I kinda feel dat speaking in my Malaysian way is more like me... XD And it's a lot easier cuz it's a lot shorter than proper English... Wahhahaha... XD

Oreo Craze

2010-04-10T17:09:00.000-07:00

I think tat most of ya'll who know me pretty well know that I'm nt really into chocolates and chocolatey food back in M'sia... However one thing I'd like to let all of ya know is dat I'm pretty much of a fan fer Oreo... Even back in M'sia... Da only thing is dat it's kinda exp so I seldom eat it, it's also pretty unhealthy too wif da sugar content and calories in it.....

However, after coming over here... Oreo has become one of da biscuits that I've eaten da most... Cuz most of da other biscuits and cookies are either too exp... Or they're tasteless... like all of those wheat crackers and stuffs... Haha... Ish... Miss da sugar crackers and some of da wafer biscuits in M'sia... Haha

Da packaging in US is totally different frm those in M'sia... And it plays a major role in attractin' me to buying em.... They have diz resealable lid thingy and da cookies do not go soft if u didn't keep em in a container cuz it's pretty dry over here... And they have different designs fer different occasions or seasons...

~Spring Edition Oreo - Da resealable packaging I was telling ya'll with a cool spring design... Wahaha... Da best part is... Da cookies have green stuffing and they taste juz da same....

~How to Train ur Dragon Edition Oreo - Saw diz yesterday in Walmart and I was so excited... Cuz I loved da movie... It was awesome... And another thing is da it has red stuffing... And I'm anxious to see how it looks like.... Cuz I think it'll taste da same... Wahahha

Wad's more.... They even gave anyone who buys Oreo cookies a free gift... Oreo Cakesters... And da aunty-ish part of me could give up this opportunity fer free stuffs.... So I ended up buying it.

~How to Train ur Dragon Edition Oreo wif Cakesters.... Fer free.... XD (Si bei aunty lo me)

Omg... Aw Lik Ming... Dun eat so much oreo liaw...!!! XD Hmm, suddenly feel like smashing em up and mixing em wif vanilla ice cream.... to come out wif some "Homemade Spring (or How to train ur dragon) edition McFlurry... XD No!!!!! Seriously gotta stop eating so much or I'll gain too much weight.... T.T

Planning For Summer

2010-04-09T22:46:00.000-07:00

It's another 4 more weeks of school till the end of the semester. This basically means two things.... 1) Da finals are coming up pretty soon... T.T 2) We'll be havin' a three month long summer break... Haha... While its pretty nice to have such a long break... I really wish dat our high sch clsmates or our Inti SH gang were here so I'd be able to travel around and have loads of fun... XD

Neways, I'm nt gonna talk more bout da finals, cuz I'm already fed up wif all da assignments, homeworks and lab report that I'd hafta do before d end of da semester... Gosh... I'm also tryin' to figure out wad I could do during diz summer... Hoping tat I can get a summer job and gain more work experience over here. But things doesn't seem too well over here wif da economy... Rumor has it it's pretty hard to find jobs around here nowadays....

I've applied fer 5 jobs now... One as an intern fer da wind application department in my uni, one as a research assistant for the crop and agriculture department, one as a desk attendant in our student union building, one as a librarian and da last one as a family graduate housing custodian....

I really hope to get either one of da first two jobs, cuz i'm sure I'll definitely learn a lot frm em.. And I hope dat i can get at least a reply frm one of da 5 places I've applied for, or else I'd hav nth to do at all during da summer... T.T

Keeping my fingers crossed now... Hope dat I can earn some extra money so I might nt need to work anymore during da fall semester and focus more on my studies... Apart frm dat, earning more money means I hav more money to spend.... for travelling around and also shopping!! XD

The End of a Week Long Break

2010-03-23T21:55:00.000-07:00

As much as I wish that da hols would go on.... Even for another day.... Da week long Spring Break eventually came to an end.... However, I have enjoyed every single moment of my break... Traveling to Ames, hanging around wif Kye and Ed, meetin' their frenz and eating all da chinese food they cook.... Hahaha

Omg.... Kye's a super pro chef... Wahaha.... I really love her Steamed Chicken. Omg I miss da texture of steamed chicken drumstick and other parts of chicken wif bones, cuz most of da time da dining hall serves only chicken breast....

Neways, here are some pics taken during my trip to Ames...

~Third picture me, Kye and Ed have ever taken throughout almost three yrs of knowing each other... XD (Cuz Ed doesn't like to be in pics)... Diz pic was taken near a river somewhere close to where Ed's stayin'..

~Steamboat at Kye's... Prepared so much food tat we also had steamboat fer lunch da next day.... XD

~Random snapshot of me tryin' out Ed's shirt... Omg I love dat shirt of his ler... XD

We also headed down to Des Moines on St. Patricks day and we had tons of fun seeing the parade.... Omg they threw so much sweets, beads and also other things such as T-shirts and wristbands to da bystanders.... Got myself a handful of sweets and beads... XD And took some neat pics there too.. XD

~All hail St. Patty's day... Omg I love da color of diz festival.. Everything's GREEN!! XD

~Another green vehicle...

~Dat was super cool cuz all da ppl on da bicycle thingy had to paddle cooperatively or else da whole thing won't move to their desired direction..

~Me and Kye wif a green parrot mascot?? XD

I've also got some gifts frm Kye, Ed and their frenz, and also bought myself something as a souvenir... Wahaha

~Souvenirs from Spring Break, one of Kye and Ed's fren in Ames, Leo, gave me the tigger cup, Kye and Ed bought da watch fer me and I bought myself, Kye and Ed each the same brown cap.

Hmm, really enjoyed da week long break.... Aiyo sch's starting now and I have a test tmr, a mid term next Mon and another exam next Thur... Ganbatte Bulba!! XD

Spring Break

2010-03-16T10:56:00.000-07:00

Woohoo, Spring is here.... Although there are still some snow patches around campus, and also da whole town area.... But it is a lot warmer than I first came, and it feels SO nice.... XD

Da best part about spring is dat we get to hav a week long Spring Break!!! And now I'm enjoyin' and relaxin' myself after dealin' wif exams, papers, reports and homework... Haha, Omg it feels like back in High Sch, cuz ya gotta keep up wif studies everyday dat you REALLY relax when u're havin' a term break or smt like dat...

Fer my Spring Break, I headed down to Ames, Iowa to meet Poh Kye and Edmund.... I used a bus which took me 1 day and 5 hrs cuz it's like around 80 bucks whereas a flight ticket will cost around 200.. Haha.. It was my 2nd longest trip I have ever had in my entire life (Da longest was da journey over to Bozeman), but I managed to sleep quite a lot in it and dat made me nt dat tired upon reachin' Ames...

I met up wif Poh Kye, Edmund, and some other frenz from Inti.. And I also got to make new frenz.... Omg had homecooked meal by Kye, Men and da rest of their family and it was fabulous..!! I took a few pics dy but I forgot to bring my USB cable to send it to my laptop... So I guess I'll hafta wait till I get back Bozeman to upload da pics.... Haha..XD

Celebrating CNY in Bozeman

2010-02-15T17:21:00.000-08:00

Wishin' everyone a Happy Year of da Tiger... XD Hahaha.... There hasn't been much going on over here.... There are no decorations, no events (except a Reunion Dinner event organized by da Chinese Student's Association which I didn't attend) and no CNY feel at all over here in Bozeman... But still thanks to Valentine's Day which falls on da same day as da first day of CNY, we had some parties and stuffs going on here..

Well it's nt too bad celebrating CNY here in Bozeman, cuz me and some frenz came out wif some "self high" ideas which makes us not dat left out...

First of all, we all know dat we'll hafta buy new shirts and stuffs fer CNY.... So...... Me and Senny (an Indonesian gal who I befriended wif after coming over here) went to da mall to get ourselves some new year clothings... Da BEST part of celebrating CNY here is dat..... There's so much sales going on cuz most stores are tryin' to clear their winter wears cuz summer's coming pretty soon..... I bought a T-shirt fer $4.99 and a Billabong hoody for $37...

I was so so so happy, especially when I went to pay for da hoody cuz I didn't know dat it had a 50% discount and gosh...... I LOVE IT!!!!!

~Da T-shirt I bought, I miss those sold in M'sia tho, cuz their cutting fits me more... Da shirts sold here make me look somehow skinnier cuz it was most probably designed fer da guys over here to "show their body".... And I can only show my bones.....XD

~Billabong hoody... OMG OMG OMG it keeps me so warm..... XD

~Camwhoring Bulba.... Eh Jin... U've gotta give me some classes in camwhoring cuz I literally took half an hr juz to come up wif diz pic... XD

Besides that, we had a reunion dinner cookout wif another two guyz from Malaysia.... I cooked Sweet and Sour Fish and Stir Fry Cabbage; Senny cooked Onion and Potato soup and fried potato thingy (I forgot wad's da name of da dish dy), and Najib (Malaysian guy I met here) cooked Udang Masak Kunyit.....

~Preparing da ingredients....

~I juz realized dat I've forgot to take da pics of all da things we've cooked.... So I'm left wif these two pics.. XD

To top all of that.... We celebrated CNY wif...... Bozeman firemen!!! Yeah.... Omg it was super sia soi la... We were frying da fish when a bit of da oil dripped on the electric coil and started a small fire which lasted less than 2 seconds, but it triggered da smoke detector and 5 mins later, da fire brigade turned up and everyone from my dormitory had to evacuate.....!!! Talk about an unforgettable CNY celebration!!

Haha, neways.... We got to continue cooking after going back to da kitchen and things turned out superb.... My roommate, Tony, along wif some other frenz from my dorms tried out some of our food and they said that they loved it.... I love it a lot too, and although I wasn't able to celebrate CNY wif my frenz and family back in M'sia.... Diz yr's CNY was nice too.. XD

Missin' ya guyz loads..... Happy CNY and enjoy diz upcoming yr to da fullest...!! =)

My Life in Bozeman

2010-02-04T22:23:00.001-08:00

Due to the popular demand of my readers.... *winks at Jin Jin and Janet*..... I have finally managed to pull myself together and come up wif a post.... XD

It's da 5th of Feb, exactly one month since I left Malaysia and went to da United States.. Well I'm gettin' used to pretty much a lotta things over here. Met awesome frenz, most of em are from the same dormitory... I am really glad I was assigned to da room I'm in now, as my neighbors are really frenly and I've got to known almost all of em within a week.

I'm currently takin' 7 subjects for this semester,
1. Mechanics of Material
2. Material Science
3. Material Science Lab
4. Mech. Engr. Design Graphics
5. Mech. Engr. Design Graphics, Lab
6.Engineering Computer Applications
7. Contemporary Issues in Human Sexuality

Well, altho I'm takin' 7 subs, I'm actually fulfilling only 13 credit hrs diz semester as 4 of da subs are labs and they hav only 1 credit.... One of da worst things about havin' 4 labs in a semester is...... LAB REPORTS and TUTORIALS...

Omg.... I'm pretty overwhelmed wif da work given out over here, cuz most of da lecturer gives out a homework every single lecture, and it is usually due da next cls... Hmm, but I'm pretty much gettin' used to it... Hope dat I'll be able to do well diz semester.. Haha

Neways, it snowed again today... It's da 3rd time snowing and personally... I love it when it snows.... Haha..

Here are some pics I've taken these few weeks in Bozeman that I haven't posted em out... I'll try my best to update more stuffs whenever I can... XD Haha....

~ A picture of me (don't you guyz juz miss seeing me??)

~Montana Hall, the place we pay our tuition fees..

~This is a duckpond, where da ducks are super lucky to get da pool heated during winter so they can swim in it....

Fattenin' Up da Bulb

2010-01-11T19:32:00.000-08:00

Juz as wad's stated in da title.... I have da feelin' dat I'm so gonna fatten up by da end of diz semester.... Oh even worse.... Diz month....

Hahah.... Actually you can say that I'm d only Asian student who is blendin' pretty well wif all da western food, tho I really miss eatin' rice..... Neways guess wad I've eaten throughout da whole day....

Breakfast -
1. Glass of warm water
2. Oreos..

Nt too scary ler... How can u get fat by eatin' oreos and drinkin' water.... Well... Here's wad I've eaten fer lunch..

Lunch -
1. 1 bowl of salad, wif lotsa Mayonaise and Thousand Island sauce
2. 1 turkey ham sandwich wif cheese and Mayo
3. 2 glasses of Chocolate Milk (I drank a bit milk first but decided to go fer choc milk instead)
4. An apple....

To top it of.... My dinner really made me bloated... Here's wad I had..

Dinner -
1. Cheese Burger
2. 10 Pieces of Chicken Nugget wif Mayo (omg there's no other sauce so I was still tempted into takin' mayo...)
3. Some Rice
4. Sweet and sour chicken (it was yucky)
5. Mixed Veg (Broccoli and Carrot I think)
6. 2 cups of Apple Juice
7. Chocolate Ice Cream

Omg..... Tell me.... Am I eating too much??? XD I really think dat wif diz progress.... I'll be a pumped up bulb in no time... XD

First Few Days in Bozeman

2010-01-10T09:39:00.000-08:00

Well I've already uploaded da pics I've taken in Bozeman in facebook, but I'm gonna use some of em as illustrations here cuz my blog's severely lackin' pics... XD

I stayed in a motel the first two days upon arrival in Bozeman.... And took a pic of myself in da toilet before walkin' to campus...

It was one of da coldest day in the year according to da officers from the international office... Basically I was shocked too cuz I was shiverin' and shakin' all da way when I was walkin' to da Office of International Programs..

~ Da door lock that had been frozen frm the outside.... I was like o.O when I saw it..

~ One of da pathways around the international office... I think dat diz pic looks rather nice.. =D

One thing that keeps me feelin' safe and happy in Bozeman is the people over here... Omg... They are seriously da friendliest and most helpful people I have ever met..

When I was walking to da International Office... I ended up at the backdoor of da buildings but I didn't know about it... They were locked and I stood still at the approximately -23C weather. It was too cold and I went to da nearest gas station and asked fer directions. Juz as da cashier was givin' me directions, a lady who came into da shop to buy a cup of beverage walked up and said..

"Hey are u lookin' for the Office of International Programs? I can drive you there.... It's way too cold for you to be walkin' outside.."

She drove me to da office and I dealt wif some of da registration forms and other stuffs with the officers. One of da officers then asked me to see her before going back... I tot dat it might be something to do wif my credit transfer or my other documents, but when I entered her room she said..

"Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry you have to walk all da way here (actually it's only around a 10, 15 mins walk... But it was really cold)... You look so cold, here take some of these warm clothes and keep em until you've got urself some new ones.."

Haha, actually that really saved me, she gave me a jacket which should be worn as da second or third layer, and another warmer jacket which was to be worn outside..

On Fri, I had to go for an international student orientation, after the orientation I had to move into my room on campus and another officer from the OIP drove to da motel to help me move my luggages. Then on da front door of my block, a guy passed by as I was trying to carry everything into da hostel block and offered to help move em in..

Yesterday, I went out wif a Malaysian and an Indonesian student to stock up on necessities... We went to a nearby mall and also Walmart, and each and every one of us bought a lotta big, bulky stuffs.... Unfortunately we missed da last bus back to campus wifout knowing it... And had to walk all da way back to campus. It was really far and it should take around 40 mins to reach our rooms, although it was not too cold last nite, da temperature was actually -4C..

We walked back.... Wif big, heavy bags hanging from both sides of our hands... I wasn't able to help carry some of da stuffs da Indonesian gal was carrying cuz I was carrying too many things myself.

As we started walking back for around 7 mins, a car stopped in front of us and offered us a ride home... Omg.. It was really a lifesaver as three of us were beginning to feel dat it's impossible to go back... It was a married couple around mid twenties who gave us a ride back, they were so nice and friendly and they even gave each and every one of us their contact numbers and asked us to give em a call if we needed any help, and told us dat they'll definitely giv us another ride if they are free to do so..

Omg... I really agree wif wad my father told me when I first reached Bozeman, he said dat altho da weather is terribly cold in Bozeman, da people over here keeps you warm wif their friendliness and helpfulness...

My Journey to Bozeman

2010-01-07T19:34:00.000-08:00

Hey there, I'd just like to let everyone know that I have safely arrived Bozeman, Montana. My whole trip took me 19 hrs, neglecting the time waiting and transiting in the terminals.... Omg, now I really understand what they mean when they say that travelling oversea is very tiring..

I boarded a plane at 11.35pm in KLIA and flew to Tokyo, reachin' there ar 7am local time, I did not get to sleep as partially becoz it is noisy in the plane... but it was mostly due to the mixed feelings and flashbacks about my life, my frenz and family I have gotten so used with.

After reachin' Norita International Airport, I had to wait till 2.30pm to check in for the 4.30pm flight to Los Angeles. Luckily, I met an aunty who is a Malaysian, and she borrowed me her phone to sms my father, as Maxis roamin' does not cover Tokyo. She was bound to Washington around 4.30pm and we went our own ways after checkin' in. Nothing much to do in the airport as the cost of living in Tokyo is WAY TOO HIGH. I had a tempura soba and it costs $10.20 (my glasses almost fell off). I wasn't able to go online in Tokyo too as ya need to pay fer wireless LAN in d airport...

However, there was one little thingy I couldn't help myself from buying. Guess wad izzit.......??

Wahahaha.... Doesn't it look cute??? XD

My flight to LA took me 9 hrs and 50mins... It was da most dreadful part of da journey.... T.T Haha, I was cramped between 4 passengers and I did not sleep at all during da whole 10 hrs... My whole body was aching after that... Reached LA at 9.30am local time and waited till 1.10pm to fly over to salt lake city before transiting Bozeman...

Neways altho it was really tiring... I'm lucky to hav a safe and smooth journey to Bozeman... However... I really miss everyone.... Aiyo really miss home la now....

A Few More Hours To Go....

2010-01-04T23:36:00.000-08:00

In another 0 day.....

8 hours....

58 minutes....

and a few more seconds.....

I will be flyin' over to Bozeman, Montana...... Really anxious but nervous at da same time...... I will update my blog whenever I can and let everyone know about stuffs goin' on wif me... =)

A Long Bulb Story

2009-12-08T03:21:00.000-08:00

Well I'm pretty sure that most of you haven't seen me updating my blog fer more than a month.... But dun worry, diz blog's still alive and going on.... It's juz dat I had a very busy month and didn't really had any motivation to write bout anything....

Neways, here's a series of updates of wad happened after da last time I updated my blog....

I went on a 3 day 2 nite trip to Malacca wif a group of my frenz in Inti (frm da 1st of Nov to d 3rd Nov), enjoyed my last few days being an Intian wif a blast. Went fer a 5 hr long Karaoke, ate tonsa delicious food and fer da first time in my life... I went to play Paintball. Here's some pics we took there (won't be uploading other pics frm Malacca tho, cuz we took way too many pics... XD)

- Martin and Ian.... Yup, dat tall guy wif da black shirt is Martin... XD

- Our team, left to right: Boon Jian, Ian, Hui Yuan, Me, Sze Leang

- Our opponent, left to right: Jonathan, Matt, Martin, Ah Tan and Gan.

After the trip, I had da chance to go back to Kuching fer a whole week, from the 7th to the 14th of Nov, but I didn't get to meet anyone... So sad... I think dat I won't be able to go back to Kuching dy ler... Haiz..

Neways, after coming back, I took a job in Old Town Coffee Shop near my place in KL. Actually it's nt really a good experience (Actually diz was one major reason I did not update my blog, cuz I was only thinkin' bout writin' bad things)... However, I can only say dat I've learned a lot from it, and I really know how hard it is to earn ur own money.... A word of advice tho, try nt to take any jobs which involves serving KL ppl... Gosh, they can really strip away even single bit of ur patience, heck, I'd splash quite a few cups of white coffee on some customers lo....

On the other hand, da best thing which happened after I had a job in Old Town was to meet my best fren, Janet Fam, in One Utama last Fri...!! Omg, it was da best day I've ever had in a long time during to three reasons:

1. I can meet Janet
2. I can hang around wif my frenz
3. I lied to my manager saying dat I was ill and was unable to go fer work... XD

I introduced Janet to Ian, Eng Hong, Hui Yuan and Sze Leang.... And it was really nice.... We only took a few pics tho... Haha.. But it was unforgettable... I wanna meet all my frenz more before going to da US...

Btw, before ending my post today... I'd juz like to let everyone know dat I've got accepted into Montana State University for the Spring 2010 intake, and I'm currently applying fer my visa... =) Wish me luck ya'll...

K Syndrome

2009-10-29T01:32:00.000-07:00

I'm guessin' dat everyone who read da title for diz post would be wonderin'..... Wad's a "K Syndrome".... Well it's smt I juz made up fer a recent activity me and my frenz in Inti loves to do.... Singin' K (Going to the Karaoke)....

I juz updated my status in Facebook, saying dat "Aw Lik Ming hopes that his voice will be back before da Malacca trip.... XD" Diz is because I have lost my voice twice within diz month..... And frankly, I shouldn't be pitied.... Cuz I lost my voice both times cuz I was singing and screaming throughout da whole K session...

We went to KL da first week of Oct, cuz I had my dad's car to use fer dat weekend and had to go to Subang Inti to meet up wif a representative from Montana State U. After dat, a group of six of us (me, Ian, Ah Siang, Poh Kye, Sze Jing and Jonathan) went to have a 3 hr karaoke session in Sungei Wang's Green Box.... Omg, we screamed and shouted off pitch fer 3 hrs non-stop... Once we came out, most of us had a harsh or funny voice when we talked....

Last Fri (two weeks after Green Box karaoke session and a few days after my voice fully recovered), we went to celebrate Chee Yang (a fren of Rijack whom we went to Genting together)'s birthday at a local Karaoke box near our hostel.... And we sang non stop fer another 2 hrs from 1am to 3am.... A few days after dat, Sze Jing, Hui Yuan, me, Shang Jie, Boon Jian and Chee Yang fell sick wif flu, partially cuz Chee Yang had a flu when we were singing, and most probably we screamed so much dat our immune system had a breakdown... XD

Omg..... We're going fer another 5 hrs Karaoke session on da first nite of our Malacca trip, from 9pm to 3am... Gotta take extra care of myself these few days to regain my voice.... I still owe Cass another K session wif her when we meet up in KL... XD Haha.....

Countdowns...

2009-10-22T20:16:00.000-07:00

Hehe, time flies and in juz a blink of an eye, I juz realized dat I haven't update my blog for more than a month....

Neways, I've finished da last week of classes in Inti, and here's a countdown of all da days left wif all my frenz and stuffs in Inti:

(i) Finals: 4 days to go
(ii) End of Finals: 5 days to go
(iii) AUP Gathering Lunch: 6 days to go
(iv)Trip to Malacca wif frenz: 7 days to go
(v) Last Day Being Roommates wif Ian: 10 days to go
(vi) Last Day Being in Inti: 10 days to go
(vii) Last Day Spending Time wif Inti Frenz: 10 days to go
(viii) Going back to KL: 10 days to go

Omg..... I dun wan day 10 to come so fast....

Ulquiorra Schiffer

2009-09-19T08:48:00.000-07:00

This is juz a very random post.... I had nothing better to do today and decided to go search for some nice pics frm google.... I was searching for some Bleach wallpapers and suddenly decided to post smt bout one of my most favorite Anime character..... Ulquiorra Schiffer.

-Ulquiorra Schiffer

Ulquiorra is the 4th Espada under the command of Aizen Sousuke. He immediately caught my eyes when he first appeared in Bleach.... Omg.... Can't find a way to resist his coolness and also his cold, green eyes....

-His green eyes... XD

For anyone who wanna watch Bleach....... Watch episode 113 first where he makes his first appearance.... Haha.... Before ending diz post, I've gotta tell ya'll his release command (a short sentence summoning his power from his sword).....

Tozase Murciélago (which means Bind, Giant Black Winged Demon; 封锁吧 ! 黑翼大魔)...

-Ulquiorra's Released Form

Omg..... It's juz so cool.... Haha, I'm gonna end my post here.... Hope dat ya'll love his awesome greenness.... XD

Genting Photos

2009-09-09T22:26:00.000-07:00

Wahaha, I've got da pics taken in Genting!!..... We've taken a lot... and I meant A LOT of photos.... Cuz we've around 5 ppl who brought their own cameras (or built in cellphone camera) and voila..... XD Here's some of da pics taken there...

Day 1
We reached Genting in d evening..... And took group pics after karaoke....

-Da whole group (excluding Martin, cuz he's da photographer)

-Da guyz.. Clockwise from left: Ian, me, Rijack, Ah Siang, Cao Yuan, Jue Leang, Chee Yang, Jonathan, Martin and Sze Leang

-Da gals... From left: Wei Lin, Hui Yuan, Jia Kee, Fion, Xiao Hui, Joanne and Ming Wen

After dat we took a stroll around first world and also outside Genting.... Due to da fact dat we've only reached Genting and everyone was pretty much very excited, we took tonsa fun, stupid, action pics there....

-Trying to stand up against a huge gust of wind....

-Blown away....

-Ah Siang makin' a..... umm... I dun exactly know wad pose izzit.....XD

There's still a bunch of action pics.... Can't upload all of em tho, cuz dat line here is seriously bad..... Neways, let's continue wif....

Day 2
Woke up early and we headed fer da outdoor theme park at 9am..... We've had a lotta fun there, we basically rode almost all of da rides available...

Diz is also da first time fer me to try da Space Shot.... Omg, it was really scary, but very very exciting.... However, my personal advice is dat we should get on da ride wif our frenz.... Or else we'll keep in our fear and look like diz...

-Ah Siang

Here are some of da other photos taken in da outdoor theme park...

-Go cart racing....

-Outdoor group photo

-On da Pirate's Ship, don't ya think dat all of us look so extreme..... XD

Well, we used up all of our energy at da theme park, leavin' us exhausted but thrilled at da same time.... It was an unforgettable trip and I'd like to go fer another one more trip like diz in da future... XD