i am sorry for the temporary blogging hiatus.. =(

been busy for the couple of weeks.. so time to cheer up the blog a little and to grumble a little and to waste time a little..

time had been passing by real soon nowadays.. time flies.. as usual.. am having another month holiday in March.. and assignment dues soon one by one in April.. and my finals is in May.. then i am done.. and i am going back to Malaysia.. things are just flying pass me so fast bafore i am able to catch or stop a thing.. that's making me real emo i guess..

i sit and think what i really want.. out of all sudden i am so lost about my life.. i had been studying for 20 years.. and why i need to study for so hard?? isn't it because to have a good future.. and why i'm still undecided when all the good luck befalls on me.. especially now is the time of economic downturn.. =( huh.. i dunno.. i am just a little lost with my future direction and my current position.. erm.. sounds sad eh!!

alright.. i think i should veer away from that topic.. let's talk about holidays.. i will be having 3 weeks break due to the easter day.. so we (sze wan, shereen, kai nee, vera, tat su, alex and i) will be going to travel.. from manchester, we are heading down to cardiff, bristol, bath, london and paris.. 9 days in total.. alex and i are the overall planner.. (praise us!!).. =) we both are really working hard on it to get the cheapest deal.. we study map and places.. not to forget to thank for the advance of google earth.. huh.. not easy.. and everything is 80% done now.. and i am looking forward of this trip.. and i do hope my broken french does help a little when we are in paris.. haha..

and since i came back from Malaysia.. everything goes well and 100% good with me.. i stay happily with my housemates with zero problem.. and my work is also going well.. and i fall in love with my current part time job - as a waiting on staff at the Old Trafford Stadium.. i enjoy meeting with my customers during the match days.. i am happy because they chat with me regardless of the times they need to repeat due to my poor of listening and catching their words.. they talk to me abt my study, my job, my country, their business, their interest, their family.. and their generosity of the tipping is now almost as much as my paid.. seriously being a foreigner in a new environment, without knowing much about their history, their cultural, their everything.. and also their heavy british accent their british slang and also their british jokes make me suffering much.. thus their willingness to chat with me make me a lil warm..

in the month of march.. we do have a lot of birthday celebrations.. huh.. seriously i am not a typical party kaki.. so not to say once a week.. and to hold a birthday party in uk also a kind of difficult matter due to limited space with a big group of people.. and is always become ours (alex, patrick and i) matter to think about the invitation, the menu, the grocery, the preparation of food stuff, games, emcee the celebration.. etc etc.. and the most hatred things is YOU messed up with my blanket and bed sheet with the muffin!! i have no offensive when i spell out this.. i let you guys have fun in my room but i do hope you take care of my room as well.. you can definitely mess up my room but not on my bed.. off course you can mess it and just leave it to me.. and the next day u meet me and say sorry to me.. and i reply and say "it's okay".. do you think i am really okay with that?? ...................................... ahem.. i think i shoudn't elaborate more..

to end this post, i wish sze wan, alex, my mummy and my daddy a very happy birthday in advance!! and i love you all very much.. haha.. xoxo!!

my coursework is killing me now.. is just like what terrence (lecturer) said "it's easy but not too easy".. i think i got his words now.. how am i gonna do that?? to make things worse, i can't seem to find enough relevant sources for that.. i hope someone pops up to help me with that assignment.. lol.. if only there was fairies helping me to clear off.. STOP DREAMING!! u're stuck with ur coursework, REMEMBER!!!!

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sometimes i do wonder.. if i am meant to be a surveyor..
as if i know what i am doing.. SIGH!!

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alright, time to attend the french class.. till then.. cheers!!

I AM SO HAPPY........ I GOT A WONDERFUL V'DAY!!

(to be continued)

unforgettable experience usually includes many many unexpected events.. so cny 2009 is definitely an unforgettable one.. not only because i was far far far away from, but because it snowed!! shd i conclude myself "lucky"?? haha.. whatever lo.. as to experience the coldest weather in the past 13 years in uk.. this is a white chinese new year!! god gave us a white celebration instead..



and here, we built the ever smallest snowman.. haha..



it's freezing outside!!

i still wish to say "Happy Chinese New Year and Gong Xi Fat Cai" to everyone.. yea, i know it sounds late as i am lazy to manage my blog.. =(

well for most of the people, chinese new year perhaps is another reason to party or celebrate, but technically everyday is another reason for celebration and jubilation: birthdays, festivals, anniversaries, etc.. as the Chinese culture so interwined in our lives makes it almost mandatory that we need to have a reunion dinner or travel home to our parents and also relatives.. however this year..

once in a while, i am always thinking an excuse so that i could skip any reunion dinners or visits to the relatives due to some reasons.. but this year when my mother told me "i could hardly get all my daughters together now".. i felt =( and so i think i will not avoid it anymore and do appreciate every gathering from now on..

and this year.. i had 2 days of CNY.. (as we need to prepare for our presentation).. 1st was the reunion dinner.. we had it in a famous chinese restaurant in Manchester with all the Taylor's mates.. celebrating CNY here is not too bad as I have a great company of friends to eat and play together.. anyhow, i had a little small harmless loneliness feel..

I thought the feel of CNY will only last for one night, but playing cards last night brought back more sense of the CNY presence.. and last but not least, the most entertaining show by Mr.Hong Tat Su.. that's the end of my CNY for 2009..

today is a totally new day without that feeling again.. everyone is in the nervous mood for the presentations.. and it is done by today.. and at the same time, it means the end of semester 1 in year 2..

**Add on: after reading the latest blog from Alex, i thnk i need to say one or two words as well.. thanks for all my group members especially the leader.. i dunno what to say.. but i do appreciate everyone putting in the efforts.. and again i think i need to apologise.. i am sorry for taking a wrong design solution.. i am sorry!!

phhhew.. time flies.. 2008 came and went by.. today marks the last day of the year 2008.. well it's approximately 8 hours to go.. this year is definitely a memorable one.. there was a couple of setbacks here and there.. but overall is great.. things were also different in this year, been working 9 months in DK-QS has given me insight into the life of the QS profession.. and then studying in Manchester has tought me plenty of stuffs.. gained lots of experiences with the new environment and all..

here's a flashback in 2008 with no particular order:

1. gained precious working experience in DK-QS as a assistant QS.. got to know a bunch of good bosses, colleagues (QS and Archi), and ppl from all walks of life..
2. been walking a lot, crying a lot, eating (chicken and pork especially) and gaining weight..
3. wandered and explored to farwaway places and off course with the help of good frens and passer-bys.. and i am sure more to come..
4. been talking a lot to my mom.. communication enhanced..
5. learnt a lot more from internet by random surfing and googling.. (apart from MSN, facebook-ing, etc)..
6. "explored" cooking skills.. =)
7. been doing a lot of house chores on my own..
8. hung out more with frens..
9. be more organized in whatever i did.. especially no more burning the midnight oils in order to complete the courseworks.. feel so pround!!
10. became less hasty and thus can avoid unwanted results..
11. oh yea.. i started to blog.. haha..

It's too much and i can not recall..

year 2008 is what i considered as fun and exciting.. I believe there's more to come in 2009, definitely..

And happy new year to you all!!

~hectic weeks ahead.. busy days are coming.. not to mention the stress and frustration come along with it.. it always comes in a package.. great right??

~anyway, i am good here.. still good.. but is freaking cold now in Manchester.. i have started to wear 4 or 5 layers.. so now you know why i need to buy more clothes.. haha!! but still feeling cold.. x'mas is coming!!

~people are wondering.. are you really helping them by giving them everything, or are you making them feel more and more entitled that they "deserve" it at all?? however mummy, i just want to say thank you to you.. and i am so "rich" because you love me!!