Yeah, it's my birthday today.Finally.I'm not sure whether it's a psychological effect or something, coz as it's the last day of the year, my birthday always seems to take an exceptionally long time to arrive.=-=

Last year, I dreaded my birthday as it signified that a new school year was gonna reopen and synonymally, SPM.Oh, shoot.whereas my birthday this year was pretty much looked forward to as it'd mean that I've already finished my Spm and at the same time, holiday!!!^-^

Without realising it, it's already here.I thought of a celebration with my friends but my aunts and cousins who's celebrated my birthday with me every year had already planned one for me.Since it's in the form of a family gathering, which give us an opportunity to gather and have a happy meal, I wasn't thinking of ruining it by declaring,"Oh, no, thanks, I wanna celebrate with my friends," ,It'd seem too ungrateful.So, i sank into a dilemma for days and finally decided that the gathering must go on coz God knows where I might be next year and this might be the last time I celebrate my birthday with my family for years to come in the future.

Ah, and I"m so touched that some of my friends suggested a celebration for me!!T-T
Thank you..As an alternative, I asked whether you guys wanted to come out to penang on 1st Jan and we'll explore the island for one day, maybe for the last time before we all separate.I really hope you guys can come..=)
If you guys would, do text message me asap, k???

Back to last night, my mum mentioned that I'd have to accompany my grandmother for a check up at the hospital today.In my heart, I protested silently that it was my birthday and couldn't my cousin do it??But after some incidents lately, I've learnt to hold my tongue.I merely nodded and kept quiet thoughout the journey.After that, when I thought back about it, I was glad that I hadn't protested or something as it's perfectly alright to do such a thing on my birthday.Birthdays should be a day which we appreciate our family and their sacrifices, shouldn't it?I'm proud to accompany my granny to the hospital on this day, and I'm glad that I've held my tongue.Sometimes, holding back what you wanna say doesn't make you a faker or a person who's cunning or whatsoever, it gives you a second chance to think about things and saves you the time and energy to regret your wrongdoings or the words that came out of your mouth out of anger and immaturity.I guess this, is growing up.

Some weeks ago, granny was bringing us soup to the dining table and suddenly she muttered, as if to herself , and at the same time, as if to my brother and I who were sitting at the table,"Now that you've finished your SPM, it won't be long that you leave here for your studies, and when that time comes , no one else would hold my hand when we walk outside anymore.."
Finishing her sentence, she croaked a gentle laugh.I've always been the one who waited for my granny when we walk on the streets as she walks slower than the others due to old age.And I'd always hold her hand, just like how she held mine when I was a little child.Indeed, who'd hold her hand now?I held back the tears in my eyes and gulped down more rice.Tsk, why do my tears come out so easily??Lolz.

*makes mental note to include that in new year resolutions*

Yes, it's my birthday and I'd like to thank my family for all the things they have done for me throughout these 17 years and for the years to come.As for my friends, I appreciate your friendship and I hope that we'll stay friends forever and ever.=))


And at last, happy birthday to me.

I'm back in s.peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! Not that I love it that much, actually, but since the fact that my friends and family are all here, I guess I'll have to live with it. sigh.

Anyway, the bunch of post-spm girls who were incidentally my friends, called me out for tea since I was pretty much in Penang babysitting my baby cousin all the time.Speaking of which,

He's so adorable right???!!Now, now, no grabbing, snatching, or whatsoever, he's mine, at least, in the afternoons.=p

Ok, I've drifted away from the main topic.I was going to spend the whole afternoon watching a Hong Kong drama at home but decided otherwise in the end.Clad in shorts and a shirt, I pulled on my Three Stripes.Ah, that felt good.Late, I was, as they have already started shopping, or should I say, walking around there a couple of hours ago.You can't really shop there as there's practically nothing to buy there at CS.Or shall I say, nothing that could really ignite a hint of interest in a shopaholic.Now, that's serious.

I guess I'll skip the boring details and go straight to Pizza Hut.Xixili saw a set in the menu with 4 personal pizzas and soups and drinks which cost rm30++.Thinking that she was so clever for finding such a good offer, she volunteered to order it enthusiastically.They were thinking of going to get the bowls of chicken soup when I called out to them lazily that the soups would be served.

"Really?I thought that it's self sevice?" Xixili asked naively.
"Lol.The waitress just said that she'd serve us the soup,"
Don't they ever listen???Ignorant homosapiens.Tsk tsk.

Ok, skip, skip skip till the part when Karen declared that she had to go out to meet somebody.Not wanting to miss out the chance for a good laugh, Xixili and I tailed her out of Pizza Hut.Alas, the cousin was met on the way, and 2 minutes to stop down and say hi and a few pats on the back was compulsory.As a result, we lost our target.

Xixili refused to give up and rounded the floor a few more time, pulling me behind her, needless to say.I suggested that our target may have gone upstairs but Xixili was so absorbed with her own thoughts and insisted that it must be on the same floor.After a few more rounds, we decided that the chase was not worthy as our pizza was at the risk of being cold if we go back later.And so, ended the chase.

Our target came back 10 minutes later, clutching a white plastic bag tightly in her hands.It was candy, she announced after much persuasion.Refusing to believe in words, we'd rather see with our own eyes, and here's the evidence:


Tadaah!A strawberry flavoured Zip chocolate coated waffle bar and a Black Forest Cadbury chocolate bar.How sweet.xp

Well, I'm sure girls know best about what followed.Investigation started.
"Hey hey, who gave you these huh??"
"Come on, tell us, we won't tell anyone~~"
"Whooooa,strawberry flavoured, a sign of love huh??heh.."

Despite our target's screams in denial and embarrassed protests, the investigation had to be carried on.At last, our target succumbed to frustration.


Out of annoyance, a pitiful slice of perfectly buttered garlic bread which was baked to a lovely golden crisp was forked up violently.The target tored at it and gnawed and gnawed.The rest of the gang wasn't frightened by the sudden violent act of the target but burst into a fit of laughter instead, whereas your lovely blogger couldn't resist the temptation to capture the rare sight and therefore, here it is.

When tea at Pizza Hut was about to come to an end, there was a sudden boycott launched at Jiaying and The Target for laughing at something which the rest of us don't know.Group anger is something not to be ignored, I tell you.Xixili and I then threatened to walk out without paying our share of the bill.And walk out we did.xp

We practically ran out of the restaurant and hid.Calling Jinmin on her cellphone, Xixili told her that both of us were on our way home and asked her.It was a hilarious and adrenaline-pumping process filled with squeals and whispers of :"Hide!!!" followed by silent chuckles.During the hide-and-seek, we still managed to do this:

The one in green is Xixili and the one in red is your blogger.Yeah,I know, we can't really see anything but still, it's fun.hah.Out of pity, we showed ourselves at last.=p It is quite childish but who cares, we're gonna be going different ways after a few more months..So, I say, we should cherish our every moment together.=)

One more thing, the Mcflurry which was combined with Cornetto is just heavenly.


Side view.


plane view.

Imagine, a pinkish blend of crispy chocolate chips, cookies, vanilla sundae and strawberry syrup with a hint of maple syrup melting in your mouth.Perfecto.

Anyway, after the chase of The Target to investigate her romance, we were still best friends in the end.Cheers.


Jinmin and Jiaying.

Your lovely blogger and The Target.=p

That's all for now.So much chores, till then, tata!

Swimming has always been a favourite pastime for me since I learnt how to swim when i was barely 6 years old.Never did i feel insecure in the water, all i felt was freedom and coolness.

Until yesterday.

My friends and I were at Sunway Lagoon on a high school graduation trip Karen and I organised to the three places.After waiting in long queues for a few dry park rides, we decided to split as some of us, including me were getting tired and restless waiting our youth away.=-=
So, a few guys and girls and me headed for the "beach"(just a pool like thing with coarse sand and water la no big deal la). I was happy to be in water and did some strokes and back floated. As any other swimmer, I'm sure you'd be tempted to test yourself to deeper waters, right??righhhhtt?Well, I did just that.We saw a rope tied across the pool which was located with the water depth of around at least 1.75m.It might have been 1.8m or 1.85, i'm not sure, but all i knew was it was damn deep.

So, I raced my friend to the rope even though I was in casual wear and goggles-less.I was totally oblivious to the fact that I only had a slice of white bread and nothing else in the morning and it was already close to 1 p.m at that time.I tested my strokes and stretched my limbs.How good the water felt.I took a deep breath and started my swim.I felt that I've been swimming for quite a distance but the rope was nowhere in my reach.I kicked the waters and blinked hard to see.The rope was about 5 m away.With a few more strokes, i was already there.I held the rope and was frustrated to discover that it was slung down too low into the water to hold me up above the surface.Yee You found that I was almost breathless and held my hand tightly.I know she meant to help but that made my condition even worse as I couldn't even kick up above the water surface for air anymore.

I tugged her hand away from my wrist , ignored her calls and tried to swim back to the shallow waters.After swimming for a few metres, I found that my energy and strength was already drained.I couldn't swim anymore, I felt so tired, so helpless.I let myself down to the bottom and kicked the tiles hard to raise up to the surface for oxygen.I cried out to my friends frantically and tried to wave to them but alas, no one heard my screams.I've never felt so helpless in my whole lifetime.So terrified.So close to death.

I felt like my life was slowly falling away from me.I used all the energy left in me to kick and kick and kick to go up for more air.Even though i managed to do that, water streamed down my face, covering up my entire face and blocking out the air.I thought of my family, my friends, and air.Am i going to die now?After years in water, am i going to die in it?I'm still so young, am i going to die now?Please, don't let this happen to me.Please, please don't.

My clothes was dragging me down into the water again and again.The weight of it made it even more impossible for me to go up for air anymore and my strength was decreasing steeply by nanoseconds.Finally, I saw a Caucasian lady swimming beside me.I held on to her and whimpered:"Help.". She seemed to be in difficulty too as we were still in deep waters.She held my hand softly and said:"Swim to the front," I immediately let go of her as I knew I might be dragging her down too if I were to hold on to her for too long.I don't want to do that......
I swam a bit more and felt that I was gonna pass out at any moment.

I managed to swim a bit more forward and stood on my toes. I called out again to my friends who were quite a distance away from me after all that struggling.Thank God, they saw me.I was almost closing my eyes when 2 of my friends reached me.

*Thank you so much Rui Heng and Louis..

I held on to RH and he brought me to the shallow waters.Relieved and secured, I took in long breaths .Never had air felt so sweet before.

At last, I was safe.