trip to aquaria KLCC

the entrance fee for aquaria is RM38 for adults, 28 for children/students with valid identity. much more expensive than langkawi underwater world. today i explored it.. hm..not much.. value for money? naeh.. *shakin head..

they have a variety of exhibits, but much less than langkawi's, and then almost everything is in glasses, which makes the exhibits look so unreal, even tho' they're actuali alive. hmm.. to name a few, i didn't see otter.. (they're not marine, but they're definitely aquatic..), i didn't see seahorse, wat else? in the class of lionfish, all i saw is exactly lionfish, no other sps. n the labelling of exhibits are not placed appropriately.

today i was bringing the 4,5,6 yr-ol kiddies around petrosains n aquaria. as usual i held their hands, but today i felt different. as a few of them tripped, i held them up/strong, preventing the imminent fall. i suddenly recalled the mt kk guides supportin n holding me up all the way up n down the mountain, esp when i repeatedly fell down.(special tx to chanling for doin tat on the way down also; fanfan tried to help, but i gues she's not strong enuf to support me, hehe).

fazly n jeff (mt kk guides) - how they kept encouraging me, making up silly jokes or topics to make me laugh (or keep me alive?) even tho' they know exactly tat i din hav a single energy to talk/smile. but i can never resist smiling. they even offered to carry me all the way down the mountain (coz i kept falling down, n they're worried..) really, until now i'm stil very grateful and thankful to them. i remembered i wanted so much to hug them the moment i finished the climb, but then was too shy to do so. :p as i narrated tis to my fren, he said, "this' their job." but i believe they definitely did more than tat.

today i felt great, and good - everytime each of the child tripped, or was climbing staircases, i was there - supporting them. ;) each time reminiscing mt kk climb. =) if there's a chance to help Fazly/Jeff in future, i'll never hesitate. yup, not hesitate.

i'm definitely going back to mt kk - i'm coming back!!!!!! n conquer it.. God willing. ;)

a bonus!

These days i'm posting lotsa updates- mayb u can read sth new evyday, bt tat's not a promise. ;) i'm enjoying myself to the fullest here.. everyday is a new, meaningful day..

yesterday i received a call from PL sayin havin dinner at Chen's place. i was thinking, boy, Chen's cooking! Really practising to be a hsewife haa...

2 hrs later.. i found out the truth - her daddy's doing the cooking. :P Anyway, out of my expectation - it was a major gathering - in the sense tat we never had this since.. maybe CNY?? Andrew, Beck, Aaron, Mahen, KK, PL, NC, Chen and me. big .. then later we had 2 cakes - one of it was labelled, "Happy Birthday, 3 blind mice". Chen was askin me, do u know who are the 3 blind mice? i tot it must be her.. coz earlier i received a call by ahemhem asking abt her birthday. hehe..

it turned out that the 3 blind mice were KK, PL n me. hmm.. since when did we start wearing the sunglasses??

anyway, the cakes were marvelous, n we even had wine! sum 13%, but i can't stand the smell, or taste.. or watever..i remember the names of the grapes - marlet n sauvignon. hehe..everyone finished their part, except for me n Aaron, who developed allergic reaction later. All i had were sips of the wine.. i guess maybe totalled up as 5ml? or less...I gave up sipping the moment i heard Andrew fell sick for a week when he "first started off". I'm stil sick, n I'm healing tremendously slowly now.. so i didn't want to burden my immunity.. so there goes my poor wine to the ...d...tb.n. ahem. :P sorry folks..

n the best part was, we managed to organize a trip to singapore yesterday! horay! tat's considered a bonus to a our little gathering. hope it works! ;) i'm gona look forward for it now... counting counting counting on the days... :D

Paradox of Our Times

Today we have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time;
We have more degrees, but less common sense; more knowledge, but less judgment;
We laugh too little, drive too fast, get to angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too often, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
We talk too much, love too little and lie too often.
We‘ve learned how to make a living, but not a life; we’ve added years to life, not life to years.

We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.

We've conquered outer space, but not inner space.
We've split the atom, but not our prejudice;
We've learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes, but lower morals.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion;
tall men and short character;
steep profits and shallow relationships.

More leisure and less fun;
more kinds of food, but less nutrition;
fancier houses, but broken homes.

That’s why I propose, that as of today, you do not keep anything for a special occasion, because every day that you live is a special occasion.
Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs.

Spend more time with your family and friends, eat your favorite foods, and visit the places you love.
Life is a chain of moment of enjoyment, not only about survival.
Do not save your best perfume, and use it every time you feel you want it.
Remove from your vocabulary phrases like “one of these days” and “someday”.

Let’s tell our families and friends how much we love them.
Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life.
Every day, every hour, and every minute is special.

And you don’t know if it will be your last.

i'm bk fr sabah trip! ho...

yup, tat's right. i'm back home now. finally. well, i guess words got around - i didn't get to the summit.

guess, tat day was the day of my worst health in 5 years - i got flu, fever, sorethroat (which is stil ok..) plus severe vomiting. i practically vomited every 30min, i lost all my energy. i took some choc, thought tat it could boost my energy, but vomited it out later. How i wished i brought metoclopramide there.. but i didn't..it didn't sound good at all, but trust me, i'm all very satisfied,happy, and enjoyed every single moment of it. though it's a suffering, but suffering with a smile (after the ordeal, of course!).








i'm lazy to type here, coz i need to post quite some pix.. so for more info, do ask me la. i'll be glad to tell you all the details. ;) but i've got more pix to come - those from chanling n fanfan camera - my camera batt kept running out of energy - so i've got the least # of pix. and oh, how i loved the clouds, greens and blues of sabah. Hey sabah, get ready for me - i'm coming back! ;D

it is finally.. over.

2nd May. Last day for our oral paper with the external examiners (Prof. Lloyd n Sasaki) for comprehensive exam. The very same day, our beloved TDA Dr W announced the names of ppl whose results were in the borderline status to redo their oral exam the next day.

3rd May. Stressed n tension moment for ppl who resat their oral exams. Sweet memories for those who attended the graduation dinner. I dun wana elaborate long here, but those who went would have agreed with me, yup. =) we had fun... taking pix! :p

4th May. Scariest moment for everyone - coz today was the day where our comprehensive results were announced. To our amaze and cheer, everyone passed! well well well.. it was officially the last day of the semester for us - the last day in the faculty. then off we went to genting.. some went to casino, some walked around.. and all took pix. ;)

5th May. Had so much fun in genting outdoor theme park! wow.. it's been a long long time... really! ;)

7th May. Off to Kuantan to visit Dr P with WYee. It was a tour indeed.. =) I'm really lazy to elaborate.. but there are pix of Kam as well.. i havent get it yet. Rite now i've got tons of things to think, pack, throw, clean, wipe, decor..etc.
11th May. Off to KK.... fly fly fly away...

i cant stand friexxster blog!

let me giv u the few reasons.. oops, the very desolee.. i mean the very many reasons.

1. the blog address is too complicated, u cant easily visit the blogs site.
2. u must b a friexxster member in order to read the blogs.
3. u must sign in first.
4. u must click on "Blogs" or your friend's name first. there's no direct path to read the blog. Then you click "view Blog" or your fren's name.

5. uploading time for blog page is more than 2 sec. to read the blog, (including downloading friexxster home page) the total downloading time took more than 20secs.
6. in order to give comment u have to click on "comments". which is reasonable. but after tat, they request u to sign in (again?!!).
7. after re-signing in, you have to repeat the entire process to read the blog again.
8. then u tot of giving the same comment, then the entire process from #6-7 is repeated. hey, when can i every put up a comment??

9. ok, friexxster finally BELIEVES tat you're a friexxster member. happily you typed your essay-long comments. on clicking "post", the entire page is gone. (??!)
10. so you click Back, you see your comments are still there, so you click "post" again. process #9 repeats itself.

11. total time spent in order to post a comment took more than 2 min. good. tats efficient. Finally your pc got tired it hung. or perhaps, explorer got tired beforehand and simply tell you tat "The page cannot be found." Dun blame them, they're realli tired. So ARE YOU.

12. so you restart ur pc, or restart a new explorer. finally after 10 minutes of trying n repeating #1-11, friexxster finally REALLY BELIEVES tat you're INDEED their member. So ok.. they let loose abit. you retyped your essay-long comment again (which took 5 min). heart pounding very fast, eyes staring hard at the status bar, adrenaline shooting high, you click "Post" button.

deng deng...

finally, after 30 min of trying, you finally get ur comments uploaded. good.

finished all exams n presentations.. and yet?

last sat was the last paper for me.. in UPM.. the papers which I must sit in order to be a vet..
last mon was the last time i'll ever present anything in my uni.. ever.. as a vet student..

on coming out of the student surgery theatre where i had the final oral exam with the smart-lookin (but unfortunately smokes alot) professor.... i didn't had the feeling of jumping and shouting "yahoo!" well partly coz i didn't do so well.. but partly bcoz i'm beginning to feel the waves..

waves drifting me apart.. further n further from my current lifestyle..

psychologist, behaviorists all agree tat most ppl dun like changes.. wats more with changes in lifestyles? right now as i'm typing all these.. i'm reminiscing the happy moments i had in upm..

there were bitter.. and sweet moments.. it's the sweet ones that captured my heart most.. where will i ever find those feelings again? those wonderful ppl again? will anyone so nice ever walk in my life again? the laughters.. jokes.. will I? as i packed my bag last sat, i mean packing 50% of my college room stuffs.. oh.. i felt my cheeks flushed and eyes jammed with salty water..

i remember few days ago when i was having lunch with a fren of mine, as he mentioned, "we're gonna grad soon, can't believe it." my throat got groggy right away.. chokey.. nevertheless, hard as it was, i forced a smile across the horizon of my cheeks.

I remember how much i wanted to leave upm and start working.. meet the outside world.. oh.. how i had wanted! but wat's going on now?

yet many ppl agree tat school life is the best life one could have.. and i'm walking out of it now..
working life... u wun get as much fren as you have in school days.. partly true..

i truly do not know what's going to happen to me in a few weeks' time.. i do not know..

it's as though i'm standing in pocahontas' position now.. sitting in a canoe right at a juncture... should i turn to the narrow river on the left? or should i turn right to the wider river?

I do not know.. but she took the left turn.

But i do know one thing for sure.. God will surely guide me. Amen.