Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Merry Christmas!!!

i'm late...but it's better late than never.
Merry Christmas everyone! or Happy Boxing Day!
it's crazy at the stores.

we had a family reunion yday... half the family were here. we'd lotsa fun.
yummy msian food, lotsa card games and christmas pressies.

i've not been updating. sorry. i'm the biggest procrastinator.
i have been doing a lot recently.
i've been attending the christian city church (ccc) which davina chee chee and packy attends.
it's very much like the hillsong church and i like it there.

i'm too lazy. too lazy to update on what we've been doing. let's not talk bout the past yeah? we'll talk bout the present and the future.
i'm going to the beach in a couple of hours. yeaps~ the beach. aunty emily's taking us.which includes janene~nene. and i'm going to push her into the water. haha...we'll see how it goes.

wesley's arriving tomorrow and we'll be having south american bbq prepared by uncle james. that's going to be nice. and in case you want to know, i just had a tempting serving of sweet caramel. haha...i'm evil i know.

that's all for now. bye bye.

~licia~

Monday, December 17, 2007

i'm getting lazy

that's right. i'm getting lazy. too lazy to write long posts now.

okay, on sat : kitchen tea

we attended vicky's kitchen tea. she's my cousin-in-law to be. it was held in a tea room with a beautiful scenery of a waterfront. pretty pretty.

you may be wondering what a kitchen tea is? it's more like a bridal shower. it's organised by the bride's friends. and only the ladies are invited. i took pictures. but i just dunno why it takes me so long to upload them, be it friendster, blogspot or even facebook.
it was pretty warm that particular day. after the kitchen tea, all i wanted to do was to stay indoors and get a good rest.

sunday

i attended my aunt's church which is less than a 5minute drive away from their place.
it's very traditional. very smal congregation. gives me that cosy feeling. everyone knows everyone. it's members are more elderly and they are mostly whites. i think we were the only asians. but they make us feel very very welcomed.

after church service, morning tea was served in a hall adjacent to the sanctuary. we stayed awhile and then we headed for chatswood for lunch.

we went for yumcha. they call in yumcha here. in msia, it's known as dimsum. it was really good. you should have seen the queue. i'm not exaggerating but there were at least a hundred people queing. i'd so much yummy food.

today

met an old friend of mom's. he lives pretty faraway. about an hour's drive from where i currently live. (not telling you where)
we'd asian food. vietnamese for lunch and thai for dinner. i'd lotsa fun playing with julia, 13.
she's very entertaining. and guess what? i got to play the piano. and eventhough i've not been practicing, i was quite pleased with how i played today. teehee...

i guess this post is longer than i expected it to be. again, let me apologise bout the photos. i'll try to think of someway. but not today k? she's tired. very tired. and i wanna play with jassie. or jazzie. she's getting more adorable.so like tasha. really. i was so worried i'll miss tasha. guess i probably won't be missing her too much. btw, i cried quite badly before i left the house. and according to my brother, tasha's been acting pretty weird. i'm not suprised. she's my baby. i pamper her like mad. haha...okie, now i miss her.

i gotta stop here or i'll end up crying. the coming week's gonna be even more exciting because more ppl will be arriving in sydney. sydney's huge. big. not kidding.

woot. i got a tommy hilfiger bag. now how cool's that? yippie.

love,
~licia~

i noe i end abruptly. haha...so sorry. i though i'll write better when i get here..but i've been losing focus. be grateful that i even bother to write and update. hehe...big effort u noe?

Saturday, December 15, 2007

hunter valley

another short one. so sorry.

day 3: hunter valley

it was wonderful. i'd so much fun. just to let u know, hunter valley is about 1 2 1/2 hrs drive from sydney. it's a winery. so it has a lot of vineyards. and in each winery, they offer wine tasting.

i went to four wineries. my uncle picked out the good ones. we'd lunch in temptus two. according to uncle stan, elton john had his concert there very recently. it's a very high-class winery. but the wines there are not that good. maybe because they are a lot newer. i'm pretty good at it now. hehe...

we also did cheese sampling. they were good. cheesy yet tasty. we wanted to get some home but we were afraid of the customs. what if they didn't allow us to bring it in? what are we suppose to do with it? surely, we can't just finish it up there and then. i'll die. lol

my uncle says i've a bright future with wine..lol. laugh it out. i noe you're laughin. hey, but i think i'm good.

i can't upload pictures because it's taking way too long. i gotta go now. i'll update soon on what i did today.sorry.

~licia~

Thursday, December 13, 2007

the land down under...

greetings people forom sydney, australia!

i arrived yesterday around 3am (msian time)....my day started real early.
we're ahead of you guys by 3 hours.
i'm tired now...i'll update soon. was in the city the whole day. and boy, i took lotsa pictures.
sydney opera house, the harbour bridge, the entire city. have been to the city for the past two days. and tomorrow, i'll be going to hunter's valley. it's a vineyard with winery and stuff. it'll be interesting. it's a 2 1/2 hours journey....i guess it's pretty far. btw, my aunt's place is not too far from the city.

things here are pricey if u convert. if you don't, it's a dollar-to-a-dollar. or else u gotta multiply everything by 2.98 which is obscene. haha....

i'm missing malaysia already. life there's good. you don't have to think so many times when you are at the stores purchasing things. here, u gotta think, then count, then think, then calculate again, think somemore, then decide whether to buy or not. food's expensive. bus tickets are expensive too...but then, it's really interesting and a lot of fun too...hehe...

i'll update soon with pictures, i rpomise. but you all be good....haha
take care, till then, God bless...

signing out,
~licia~

Monday, December 10, 2007

the after effects

i'm getting a lil fed up with my wireless connection. it's so unreliable. it may work now, but you can't depend on it to work in a couple of hours later.

i'd plan toblog earlier. especially on the outing of the five wacky ones. but due to unforeseen circumstances, i'd to cancel that.

yeah, all these books burying thingy has left some after effects. i guess it's all part of the nerdish disease. a couple of days after my last paper, while waiting for julie to get home so that i could go over and give her my welcome hug, i decided to do something which would be unthinkable to many (or so according to my bro) who have been reading their heads off in the last few months. don't blame me. i lost my apetite shortly after my exams and was certainly not in the mood to prepare my own lunch. so yours truly decided to skip her lunch and creep into her lovely bed and read a novel.

i'm not sure if i've mentioned it before, but i have this special liking for john grisham. i just feel that he's awesome at writing. and his books never lets me down. i never get bored. in fact, the longer i read the more pages i flipped, i get more intrigued. it's so addictive. reading is addictive. gimme 24 hours and a thick novel, and i'm pretty satisfied. special thanks to auntie tian for the books. i'm now reading "the street lawyer" and i can't wait to finish it up. just about another hundred pages left which i believe i'll be able to finish by tomorrow.

but wait, i've like a hundred and one errands to do before leaving.
i've not packed.
i still have another round of laundry to do.
i need to shop for more gifts. (i'm done with my own shopping, for now)
i need to clean the house.
i need to give goldie and tasha a good scrub. but it's been raining the whole morning, i just don't have the heart to wet them any further.
i need to ring a few friends and say bye-bye.
etc,etc (the list goes on and on)

i'll be updating soon with pictures (i hope) on the latest get-together that we had. who's we, you may wonder? it's me, minnie, julie, yi wen and the sotong (mei lian)

we'd so much fun spending those few couple of hours together. and we certainly had the time of our lives singing our hearts out. i love you girls! you're irreplaceable.

i've uploaded the pictures on facebook. so check it out first if you're getting impatient.

talkin about that, i'm a lil saddened here. i realised that people no longer visits my site. is it due to my lack of updates or am i such a bore? or is it because i'm too long winded.
(minee, teach me how to photobucket) if you're reading this, leave comments la, or a plain hi in my cbox will livened me up a lil too. thanks!

okies, i gotta get back to my errands. i think i gotta hang those jeans out already. but it's still so gloomy out there. how how?

btw, i love JESUS! and He loves me. and better still, He loves you!

signing out,
~licia~

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

the smell of freedom...at last!

pre-warning: it's going to be an all-jumbled up post. to make up for the time loss. hehe.

i praise the Lord for all that He has done and blessed me with! let me be honest, it has not been an easy 3 weeks, at least not as easy as i expected it to be...but i praise the Lord for all He has done! He's really amazing...and He has blessed me in so many different ways. i could feel His presence with me at all times, guiding me and leading me...speechless!

i thank my lovely parents too! without them, i'd have broken down half-way through. they have been superbly supportive, loving...in short, they were my pillars of strength. papa and mie went all the way out for me, sacrificing on their sleep even when they are really tired. mie even fell sick....(i'm so sorry) but mommy, if you're reading, (oh yeah, there was one fine day when my mom decided to take a peak into my blog...boy, i was in a bundle of nerves..haha), i just want to let you know that i really really really appreciate all that you all have done for me...and i really love u! thank u so much! and i hope i'll make you proud! (i always do, don't i? hehe) Praise the Lord!

and just in case you were wondering, yeah, i've finished sitting for all of my 8 papers...God's grace is sufficient for me....i hope i did well...and i shall not be commenting further.....trusting in the Lord in each step that i take....

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guess what? the supposingly "biggest aeon mall in southeast asia" is opened and it's like only a 7- minute walk away from my place! now how convenient is that? n how it's made life so much easier for me???lol.... i've been there 3 times thus far...in between exams (glees happily)...and i got really excited when i heard that mng, g2000, guess, padini concept store, and many other favourites were coming into Klang....lolx....i guess it's upgraded the lifestyle of klangites....

but it's pretty sad and embarassing i'd say, cos the mentality of klangites is pretty much still the same, the toilets are wet and dirty, you see dirty marks on the floor, etc, etc....it's sad....no, it's pathetic.

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i am so going to miss my dad and my brother....and my 2 cutiepies......awwww!!!! i'm like torn apart....one part of me is so excited...and another part of me is crushed. 8 weeks without my babies? what would life be? sighz......and i bet mommy will leave me in tears on new year's day! what a way to usher in the new year! lolx.... u'll noe what i'm talking about soon! i shall not reveal it yet...

oh wait, to make it up to all of you (i hope people still read, or i'll have to do some advertising d) i will come up with a video of my dogs.......just hold on k...i'll hv to figure out how to upload it...anyone care to help? miss mean ee???? *hint hint* i'm pretty sure u're reading....
(p/s: my babie!!!! get a cbox la for gdness sake? or else how to communicate??? leaving comments is so me-mafan-kan!)

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on a side note, putting on weight has its advantages too you know? hehe....really!!!! i'm quite glad that i've piled on a bit of those kilos...teehee :)

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oh and today marks the last time i'll have to:
*dress in my school uniform
*tie my hair to school
*drive that same route which i've been taking every day for a couple of years
*fight for parking spaces in front of the school
*walk into SMKTAR (no wait, i still have to collect my results, etc)
*wear school shoes (my dad even asked me if i wanted to throw them away? NO!)
*wake up so early in the morning to attend assemblies (bla.....what a way to start the morning?)
*listen to those unreasonable teachers nagging and bla-ing during assembly)
*seeing faces that you don't want to see.....especially not the first thing in the morning
*no more dirty, smelly school toilets, which are all wet and yucky

but i must admit that i've grown up a lot...after this morning's paper, i had some extra time for some deep thoughts....i've indeed grown.

when i finished upsr, i was running around the entire school compound, shouting merdeka (i was so ignorant then!), shooting those bullets from staplers (goodness! *smacks forehead*), playing with water and getting all wet, then start blaming each other and say "aiya, i didn't want to get wet wan lo" (i lied, i always enjoyed getting wet, the wetter, the better...hehe)

after pmr, i shouted 'merdeka' too....i still played with water...but i no longer shoot bullets (considered grown rite? rite?)

after spm, i still shouted merdeka, threatened to play with water but didn't because i decided to go home to meet mom and get her to bring me shopping....hehe...

now 2 years later, i didn't bother to shout merdeka, instead with my happy face, i went around hugging everybody and wishing them all the best, bidding goodbye, and at the same time, promising to meet up again.....(big big difference eh?)

and another thing, i realised that after i left MIF, i no longer enjoyed playing with water...in fact, i abstain...and this time i really mean it okay? i really dun wanna get wet! hehe....
now the moral of the story is....I'VE GROWN UP!!!!

mommy should be very happy to hear this...after all, her daughter can still fit into the same tee she wore when she was ten years younger (and it's still loose)....and mommy says, "now, that's sad"...lols

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wait, i forgot to wish myself a "HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY". yours truly is now 19....nineteen wei....big big girl already....hehe...

i'd a simple celebration this year...i insisted that i didn't want something grand because i was so into my books that time (imagine having to prepare for your biology paper which is scheduled for tomorrow early morning when it's ur bday? big turnoff rite?)

but i'd a few suprises...my cg bought me a gift and a cake and sang happy birthday when i was in church....that was really thoughtful...thank you so much....i'll visit you all soon, but not this friday ya...maybe when i get back, i'll drop by.....thank you again!

and a couple of friends got me some nice gifts this year, i really never expected anything cos i've been really bad this year, i never got anyone gifts...lols....and someone even promised me lunch after his exams *hint hint*

now, now, i better stop here...i'll update again...maybe tomorrow...
it's a real long one......a really really long one....
anyway, don't blame me...i did warn you!

EDIT: i tried uploading the video, it took me more than 30 mins and it still didn't work...min, help!