They're Staying

Apparently, I received news that students who went to PJ or Setapak for their courses will not return to Kampar. They'll have to finish their courses and graduate in their respective campuses. Which means I won't be able to meet my TD-mates anymore and which also means, one of my ex-house mate, Ah Wei, will not be my house mate ever again.

Empty.

So, Ah Wei and Guat Shan's room will just be termed as Guat Shan's room now. If Shiau Ping do not change her course, she'll leave Kampar to Setapak next year leaving only me, Guat Shan and Sito in the house. But most probably my sister will be joining us next year, which makes 4 person in a house with the average of RM100 per person.

However, since the contract for the house I'm currently staying only last for 2 years, it'll expire by next year. The owner has the right to increase our rental, which I think he will since the demand for houses now is pretty high. At worst case scenario, the average rental per person will increase to maybe RM200 per person. This is not impossible, I tell you. Some houses now cost RM1000 per month and a single room in West Lake can cost up to RM300.

The ideal notice.

So, I'm wondering if we (my house mates and I) should start pasting notice around our campus to look for new house mate though I do not like the idea of living with strangers.

P/s: I apologize for the lack of update lately. It's currently raining season here in Kampar and my internet connection is usually unstable after rain. I can't load my page to actually able to blog. You have no idea how long it took to post this.

Should I?

I came across this cardigan and fell in love with it at first sight. Have a look :)

The outer yellow piece.

I measured and it's a little long so I'll have my mum to alter it for me, that is, if i bought it. Question now, it costs SD26 which is approximately RM63 inclusive of postage. Should I, or should I not buy it?

Close up look on the pattern.

The main opinions I need are from my mom and dad (since they're paying XD) but others, do let me know if I should spend my money on this. Of course, if you're kind enough, don't hesitate to present it to me! XD

Healthy Living

It's been a while since I last posted due to several reasons but the main reason is, nothing significant happened. So there's nothing for me to blog about. But anyway, just to let you know that I'm still on with this blog, I'm posting this.

I went to the gym today, as in the gym in my university. In order to use the gym, students are supposed to buy tickets which cost RM2 for a 2 hours session. I bought the tickets like quite some time ago but was too lazy and couldn't find the appropriate time to actually go to the gym.

But today, Sito's class was from 2-4 p.m. so we're able to attend the 4-6 p.m. session in the gym. I would say the gym was fairly equipped and clean. Of course, my two favourites equipments are the spinner (the stationary bike) and treadmill. I started warming up with about 15-20 mins of cycling then full 40 mins of walking on the treadmill. There were several options to choose from the modes for the type of exercise you want for the treadmill like, for instance, manual, hill, cardio, strength, fatburn or interval.

Walking is a good way to burn fat.

Just in case you don't know, ever since I came to Kampar, I've gain 4kgs! I've managed to put out 2kgs by controlling my diet. So, obviously during the exercise, I chose fatburn. Each session on the treadmill was 20 mins and I went for 2 session straight. I was quite, but not entirely, happy that I was able to burn 155.9 kilo calories :D

Plus another 101 kilo Cal for the first session
make the total of 155.9 kilo Cal!

After gym, it was 6 p.m. and Shiau Ping's test ends at 7 p.m.. So, Guat Shan, Sito and I walked around the area near Tesco and when we walked back, we talk to one of the guards (he's pretty close to me). And for the first time in my entire life, I was mistaken for being older.

Guat Shan and I, walking towards the new Tesco.

Guard : So, Eliza. How old are you?
Me : 18
Guard : Are you sure you're 18? I thought you're 20 or 21
Me : *shocked* O_O!!
Guard : 'Cuz you know, you looked mature. Not old but mature.

That was one. The second was, it was pretty normal for people to ask if I'm a mix and considering the fact that both my parents are Chinese (minus my ancestors), I would say I'm a pure Chinese. That guard, once again mistaken me for a mixture of race other people never mistaken me as.

Guard : You mix ah?
Me : No la.. I'm a pure Chinese.
Guard : Pure Chinese ah?
Me : Yep ^^
Guat Shan : She looks like mix what?
Guard : 'Cuz she's small and fair ah. Some more her face and eyes..
Guat Shan : Mix Japanese ah?
Guard : Like Chinese mix with Indian or Punjabi.
Me : *shocked* D:

Does this face looked 21 or Chinese mixed Indian/Punjabi?

I don't know if it's just the guard or I've changed. I do hope it's the former XD

I Love Caffeine

I started having somewhat strong liking towards caffeine since Form 5. I used to wonder, "Eww.. How come adults like coffee so much?" I guess I know why now. It's a little addictive but I'm not addicted to it and my favourite caffeine is tea! Teh Tarik~

So, anyway, there was once where a 'Speed Typing Test' was really famous bloggers but I discovered a new test! It's to see how high on caffeine you are by clicking (though it's not really related). Anyway, I did the test and here's my result.

OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets

200 clicks in 30 seconds? Man, that suck! I expected it to be higher since well, *ahem* I always click on my mouse like crazy when a page is stuck (as if it would help). Anyhow, try it! It's fun!

Blind Date, Very Blind.

The other day, I was sms-ing with Cuo Teck, my neighbour and ex-lecture mate, and something really shocking (to me) happened. It started with a very simple conversation about Euro 2008 and then, it diverted. But before reading our conversation, there's something you need to know in order for you not to feel lost.

The blur one.

On the same day, Cuo Teck asked for a favour to fetch him to the bus station. He was going back to his hometown. So, during the journey to the bus station, we chatted about several stuff and one of them include Su Chet (ex-lecture mate) is currently in Kampar. I was like, "Huh?!" since I thought Su Chet went to Setapak already and I told Cuo Teck that I've never seen Su Cheat in university before. And here goes our conversation. (The conversation might differ from the original one a little since I've deleted the message and I'm recalling as I type.)

(CT for Cuo Teck; italic for my conversation.)

Me : I saw Su Chet just now!
CT : U so excited, wan date with him? I help u make a date with him :D My France team can't qualify.
Me : Oh? U support France wa ah? Ic.. France so teruk.. lose 4-1 to Holland! Date Su Chet? Me? Sure his ears will bleed cuz I talk too much XD

The silent one.

Now, I would like to introduce Mr. Su Cheat a little. Su Chet is very very famous for his silence. He seldom speak and only speak when it's necessary. He is also known as DOTA king.

CT : Ya, ya. Tats why i say u always dengki me. Su Chet ear will finish? dun make me laugh la. he can tahan noisiest people than us (td1)
Me : But i so 'chi cha'... wakakakaka! and he wun repond to me.. Sure i bored also la..
CT : U take out the main point, bcoz he too quiet, even ken also lost to him except 2 thing
Me : 2 things, I know, one is dota! the other is car?
CT : Not driving, u driving skill is dangerous than him. 2nd is with his very close friend, he also can be the noisiest.
Me : Yea lo yea lo! I saw him laughing, talking loudly all b4. Especially when he play dota, he can shout! I was like "woah!"

Getting to the main point...

CT : Then u got interest not?
Me : No la! Madness! I nt really interested in dating guys now wan la.. Haven't found the true love XD wakakaka! Joking.. wanna concentrate on studies first ma.. :)
CT : Hah? I help u ask the date ad o!

At this point I was like, "WTF?! @#$%^&*&^%$#@!!!!!" *kills Cuo Teck*

Me : WHAT?! MADNESS!!!!!
CT : U wan reject not?
Me : Reject reject.. I din ask u to ask also..

The noisy one.

As you can see, I put myself into a danger zone and almost took my own life. Forget the fact that I've never dated a guy (yet!) before in my entire life, can you imagine, me, a person who never stop talking date Su Chet, a person who doesn't talk? Poor guy! Poor me!

Fly Away, Little Bird.

2 days ago, when I came back from university, I spotted a pigeon in my balcony. There are lots of pigeons around so I though that little one was just resting outside.

The position of the bird when I first notice it.

That night, when I peep out the balcony, it was still there. I told my kayah about it and he asked if I fed it with some rice. Obviously, I did not since it was a bird and birds were trained to find their own food. So anyway, I did not really care about it, thinking it'll fly away soon enough.

Curled up in a corner when nightfalls. Perhaps it was warmer?

Next morning, when I woke up, the first thing I did was to check if the pigeon was still there and yes, it was. I snap a pic and left for morning classes. When I came back, the pigeon was looking into my room like it wanted to come it. There were several attempts where it tried to come into my room but every time it came close my my glass door, I shooed it away. The little pigeon did not give up. It kept coming near my balcony door, trying to get in. After a few attempts, it succeeded to come into my room. I scared the little pigeon and well, it did got scared and tried to get out of my room. What shocked (at the same time made me laugh) was the bird actually fell when it tried to climb over the low grill door. I mean, birds are supposed to fly when they're falling right?

Little birdie wanna come in?

I figured out as much that the pigeon was injured, perhaps both the wing and feet. I threw out some rice grains, hoping that it will gain some energy from eating and fly away. That night, Guat Shan came into my room, looked out the balcony but couldn't find the bird. I told her that perhaps the bird finally healed and flew away.

I had to block the gaps with newspaper to prevent it from coming into my room.

When I woke up yesterday morning, to my horror, I found the little pigeon dead. Its head was in a pool of blood. My hypothesis is, the night before, it managed to flew to a higher place and when it tried to fly away, it fell, landed on its head and killed itself. I spent about half an hour cleaning the mess the pigeon made (the food, droppings and corpse).

:(

I actually felt kind of sad for the little pigeon. Maybe it knew that it'll die of hunger soon (because when I fed it with rice grains, it took a few grains and stopped eating after that. In stead, it fed on the liquid from its feces.) and still, it tried to live on and fly to else where to get food. Unfortunately, its will power wasn't supported by its own body.

It drank the liquid from its feces.

Rest in Peace, little birdie.

Birthday Celebration and Side Activities

My family and my ta-ker's (big bro in Mandrin) family came over to visit my house mates and I last weekend. Since the day before they came, 13th June was Pearlynn's (my niece, my ta-ker's eldest daughter) birthday and on 15th June was Shiau Ping's birthday, we, as in Guat Shan, Sito and I decided to have a 2-in-1 celebration.

Ta-ker's family.

They arrived on Saturday evening at 5 plus. After they checked into their hotel, we went out for dinner and walked around the lake after that. Returning from the lake, since we were in separate cars, I drove like mad just to make it home earlier than them so that I, along with Guat Shan, Guat Shan's sis (Guat Ling), Sito and Shiau Ping could prepare the so-called surprise. I asked Shiau Ping to 'distract' the occupants of the other car so that she would not know that the surprise was for her as well. Haha.. good plan, wasn't it?

Birthday girl 1: Pearlynn.

Birthday girl 2 : Shiau Ping.

So anyway, after the cake cutting and eating, we went to my favourite hang out place, Ghani, and rest for the day after supper. Early next morning, as usual, we went to the market to get the supplies for the week and had breakfast there as well. When we came back from breakfast, the youngsters (my sis, Guat Shan, Guat Ling, Sito, Pearlynn, Joelle, Emerald and I) went to 'dip' in some cool water. I wouldn't consider the activity we did as swimming since well, we did not really swim XD Oh, by the way, as mentioned above, Pearlynn is my ta-ker's eldest daughter, Joelle is the second and Emerald is the youngest.

Eliza-koko and Joelle.

The 'swimmers'.

After some 2 hours of dipping in water, we cleaned ourselves up. Or at least we were supposed to but heck, there was a big mirror. Enough to tempt me to snap some photos. And from the photos, I found out that Emerald is one hell of a poser! (For all the following pictures, please focus on the little girl.)

Pose #1

Pose #2

Pose #3

Pose #4

Pose #5

Pose#6

Pose #7

Emerald really got into the posing mood after some warming up, didn't she? She knew about Kimura and gosh, I don't even know Kimura is a supermodel until my sister told me. I guess she could make it into kid's modelling.

P/s : What do you think about my new layout? :)