Monday, December 21, 2015

20151222


Patterns on her skin

people shifted their gazes towards her

"What is that mommy?" A child tugged at her mother's shirt.

"Hmm... you should go try this on." Her mother handed her a dress, shoving her towards the changing room. She was too engulfed in picking the best clothes for the new year.

She walked on

not bothered by any of the eyes looking at the marks on her legs

"Don't be like her." An elderly warned her grandchildren.

Thou... they were too busy admiring the girl.

She walked into the book shop.

All eyes were on her for a moment.

But they soon went back to their own things.

Sorting out the stationaries
Reading the new novel
Flipping through comics
Stacking up old books
Browsing through cook books

"Hi, may I know where is the crafting section?" She asked one of the staff, a teenage girl with long curly hair and spectacles.

"Umm... I'm not sure... I think it's around that side... I'm new here..." The teenager stuttered and pointed towards the far end of the shop.

She looked at the name tag.

Pan
Trainee

"Thank you, Pan." She said and went towards the pointed direction.



"Wait for me" She whispered to herself.

A portrait of a mermaid hung on the wall opposite of her.

She started to work on her crafting skills after getting the books and tools she needed.

She has to practice hard in order to make her dream come true.

Saturday, September 19, 2015

2d@y

I'm currently in the school computer lab, waiting for the next class.

Seriously, I'm having a hangover.

Having a hectic schedule last week was exciting and tiring.

But now, I'm having a hangover.

Cheer.S.

Friday, September 11, 2015

2d@y

I tried to wake up early today, setting up four alarms.

But I failed, waking up only one hour later and rushing to tidy myself up before my friend picks me up.

We had this event in school. It's the introduction event for Chinese society. I got to sing a song, and uhm... if I ever have that brave step, I might post the video link when I get it.

It was really fun, especially after my turn. No matter how many times, I think I'll still have to face that nervousness before going up on stage. Well, in this case, it was a lecture hall. After the event finish, we sang whatever that we can before tidying up and packing up the instruments.

I think I went hyper... Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

I hope the juniors won't freak out too much...

Yoochun's version of Drunken Truth is on YouTube now.

Darn it I love that song.

Chen's version next.

Thursday, September 10, 2015

2d@y

Hmm Slept until I felt like waking up cause there's no class today.

Say Yeah to no alarm clocks!

What should I write today?

"Slow motion" by Karina is on the playlist now. Loving the lyrics a lot.

I've got two assignments on my to do list now, one's a quiz while the other is a homework from Geometry Modelling.

Then there's this other list for the school band. It's going to be a busy month for me. Luckily there's holiday in week two and three.

Short post cause I've been daydreaming about a cluster of things.

I need to find guides on keeping a proper schedule. Google, here I come!

Ah, yesterday I discovered a guy in the kpop scene. I watched three videos about him.

One, his Teenager MV.
Two, his audition in Superstar K4.
Three, his episode of Weekly Idol.



Here, I just wanna say,

I am taking Jung JoonYoung as my spirit model!!!

Monday, September 7, 2015

2d@y

So it's the second day of school for this semester. Only one class for today because the lecturers are out of town. I'm trying out this "no naps in the afternoon" thing. Second day success I guess. Hopefully I can continue this cause I seriously need a proper sleep cycle.

Hmm... what to write... Uh... after class we went for lunch at the café, spent 2 bucks on a plate of rice with salted egg and cucumbers. I almost wrote timun instead of cucumbers. And then we went back home by van sapu, paying 1 ringgit.

Spent the afternoon reading this 10 page research report and then a chapter of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I did scroll through Facebook in between reading.

After that I turned on the computer to write... and got distracted by a kpop compilation video by Daredb. I really like his videos. This time it was about DGNA, a group whose voices are amazing. I still can't get over listening to their English songs covers. No many how many years passed I can still go back and listen to them, getting chills down my spine.

There I go all happy about kpop. Anyway, I watched a few videos on Youtube before writing a bit more about the trip to KL with Coffee. Yes, it was more than a month ago and my memory isn't that great. I felt like doing something and that will be my project for now. I've finished day 3 and still have about 6 to 7 days left. Hopefully I can finish writing them before school gets busy.

Ah, a new band just came out recently, DAY6 with the song called Congratulations. I am loving it. It's quite surprising to see more than one member singing and rapping in a band. I got to browse some fan cams too. Uhmm... I believe I've chosen a bias too. But since it's only the first song and I haven't got to know any of their names, let's just wait and see.

So, after trying to write and getting distracted, I started this post of a random day at home.

Ending this to watch Hyuna's performance.

Friday, July 17, 2015

KL Trip with Coffee 4

We went for Thai boat noodles!

I like their tables and chairs. All of them were wooden colour. The noodles are served in small bowls. You could finish them in two or three mouths if you want to. Both of us ordered 9 bowls total, fish balls, a green-white layered dessert... I think that was it? Ah, we ordered drinks... I called coconut while Coffee's one was... Uh oh... can't remember.

Sorry Coffee. Just to show how apologetic I am, I started this paragraph to apologize to you.

After ordering, we read the books we brought. I was slow in progression while Coffee was at lightning speed. She mentioned about this extremely cute scene between the characters. Ah, sweetly romantic.

Food came pretty fast. I took my time eating and tasting the two sauce for the noodles. There's this herb smell but it was nice for me. One sauce was sour? And more appetizing. The other one was nice with the herbs and it had a light taste.

While eating, there was a table nearby with a few ladies... We couldn't help but to overheard their conversation. Office politics and roommate conflicts. It wasn't our fault, they were quite loud too.

After that we went home and chill out. I can't remember what we did, but it's probably variety shows or random videos... of fathers and their babies called Return of Superman.

We had lok lok for dinner. I can't remember how many rounds we went through that area just to find the open space. The traffic wasn't helping us too. The streets were a bit messy but we did finally figured out where the place was. We found a parking quite fast, getting out to see the place full of people.

It was a hard time getting a place to sit but we managed. I had boiled stuff while Coffee went for grilled ones. It was my first time eating lok lok like that. I never get that chance even thou the truck can be found anywhere at my place. I don't know why too.

We had dessert after that. I forgot what it was called. Mat Dou Yao? I forgot the name... but it's suppose to mean "We have whatever you can think of in this dessert" in dialect. We brought it home where we watch videos on Coffee's laptop while enjoying the Taiwanese-ish dessert.

And that's all for today's rambling.

Thursday, July 16, 2015

KL Trip with Coffee 3

We woke up extremely early in the morning... relative to holiday sleep cycle. Coffee had to go for a medical check up for intern. We went out of the house early cause we weren't sure with the directions. This, I might say, is one of the funniest moments in our trip, same level as seeing Kwanghee in Infinite Challenge?

I have no idea how to begin this. Uhm... we drove out, correctly going into the area which the hospital was in. The GPS in the car was working, up to that point only. And... we stopped at a parking lot in front of McD. Debating what to do and even thinking of approaching the car nearby to ask for directions. But we didn't cause based on the driver's reaction, I believe they were also having a hard time figuring out their route.

Somehow we ended up continuing our path ahead. Had a few U-turns and contemplating where to go to next. Ah, and I randomly, assumed that this brown color sign was the hospital. I was extremely wrong thou, it led us to this golf resort. Laughing, and driving randomly, with the help of Coffee's memory and a map on the phone to at least know if there is any road ahead, we stopped at this traffic light to see Jusco in front of us. And on our left was the hospital.

You cannot imagine how happy we were.

We arrived early and waited a while before Coffee filled in her details and went for the tests. I was still reading Vagrant and Coffee was with Eleanor and Park whenever she was free. After completing the tests, we had to wait for the results. Hungry, we ate sandwiches at the cafeteria there.

After that we went home, with the help of the GPS this time. We packed Indian food at the stall near Coffee's dorm. We had lunch at the dorm with air-conditioning. Here, I will say, air-conditioning in KL is an addiction. I cannot stand the heat at all. Or maybe it's just me being fussy hehehe.... I'm still complaining here, in Terengganu where there is none of these electrical miracles.

For teatime, we went out for waffles. Incredibly yummy waffles. It was a café that also specialises in making really yummy waffles. Did I mention that they were yummy? They have these chocolate and caramel fountains at the counter. Looking at them was hypnotizing enough. Coffee was taking photos while we waited. I don't know if it's the atmosphere, deco or lighting, the photos are very nice. There wasn't many people at that time and it was so comfortable there.

After yummy yummy yummy waffle, we decided to have light dinner. Two main reasons. One, waffle was very filling. Two, budget for the day is at its limit. We bought instant noodles and stayed at the dorm for a night of shows and performances. Through the laptop of course, since buying ticket to a concert is too mainstream for a fan girl.

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

KL Trip with Coffee 2

We met up with Kira since she didn't have work. We decided it would be around Midvalley at this place called Antipodean. It's between Midvalley and the Gardens. A lovely place and the people there are so warm and welcoming that it makes me smile unconsciously.

We arrived early and sat down at the table. The menu was written on a wall. Coffee and I stretched out necks to read and discuss what to order. I was in a moment where there were too many words on the wall that I couldn't just pick one. I decided at that moment to wait for Kira since she knows what's nice.

Coffee started taking pictures and I can't remember what I was doing. When Kira arrive, Coffee was playing with the panorama effect. Kira had a cough and it sounded quite bad actually. It was uh... normal (for us) you could say. At least she was taking medicine.

Kira ordered big breakfast and Coffee went for salmon. The waiter there then recommended me grilled chicken with tomatoes and asparagus. We chatted and updated each other while waiting for the food. Kira was working at this book fest and it was crazy work. Adding in her cough, well, let's just say it's not a good mixture. By the way, food was awesome. I went and like their Facebook page. Hehehe...

After the very satisfying meal, we went to the book fest. Kira browsed through the Chinese and English section while Coffee and I went through the English section only. I still have lots of unread books at home but still... the book fest was too tempting to not buy anything. I ended up with 4 books, where there's 3 fiction, 1 I still have no idea what to categorize as. Coffee bought fictions while Kira bought about 3 bags of books. I have no idea what they were. She's a book lover so yeah, you'd expect three times the books bought as compared to mine.

After that we parted ways with Kira and went back home. On the way we bought McD for dinner. Spent the night with some more infinite challenge and running man. Ah, we also started reading the books that we bought. Wait, uh, I started with a new book while Coffee continued hers, Eleanor and Park... I'm not sure if the spelling is correct or not, sorry. I started with Vagrant.

We slept a little earlier since we had to wake up extra early the next morning.

15 July 2015

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

KL Trip with Coffee 1

On the 14th of July morning, Coffee and I departed from Johor to KL for a trip. It was meant to be a triple threat thing but Tea couldn't make it. *Cries*

Coffee drove while I try my best to be a good girl and not be hyper. Did I do it? I'm not sure... I was singing to songs that was blasting from the speakers. Coffee was singing too! The road trip was about 4 to 5 hours. I was a sloth and slept through more than half of that time. Sorry Coffee, I'm noisy and a sleeper.

When we arrive we went to meet up with Pat. The lovely ladies took their thesis paper thingy and we headed back to their dorm. Coffee and I watched a bit of Running Man and Infinite challenge. Okay, a few hours of variety shows. We laughed a lot. I wonder how much calories we burnt. Coffee, mind doing some calculations?

Dinner was at this Japanese restaurant that focused on set meals instead of sushi. It's called Ichiban Ramen? I can't remember the actual full name but that's what I noted down. It was a small shop and there were a lot of customers. Luckily there was a table for two. The food was nice. I remember having rice with meat and kimchi. Don't know the actual name thou.

After dinner we toured the mall, all floors were journeyed. Coffee was the tour guide and explained where the good stuffs are. We were window shopping... There wasn't anything we specifically searched for anyway. Ah, after walking through all floors, we decided to go for dessert.

Mango Sensation was ordered and we shared it. Luckily we called only one bowl since it was HUGE. We took quite awhile to finish it.

I can't remember what we did after we went back to the dorm. I remember writing random stuff...

And so day 1 ended.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

GWSWHU

She heard a light tap, signifying that someone had came into the house. In the kitchen, she stopped cutting the carrots and waited for any more sound.

The stair panels creaked a little, meaning someone is going up the stairs.

"Triel!" She shouted, knowing who it was already.

The footsteps up the stairs fastened and with a bang of the door, she knew that Triel had locked herself in the room again.


"What is going on with that girl..." She mumbled as she continued her work in the kitchen.

UnNamed

"Here's your tea. Do enjoy." She placed the tea in front of the customer with care, bowed and left. She noticed that the customer, a man in his forties, was staring at the newspaper in his hands. An article had caught his attention and she believed that he may have burned a hole into the paper if not for the cup of tea that was served.

"Thank you." He said. After taking a sip of the tea, he dived back into the newspaper.

"You tried the new chorus?"

"Not yet. I'm still trying to change it. The ice-blends here are nice, especially the chocolate one."

Two teenagers came into the cafe. A tall boy with a guitar behind him and beside him was a shorter boy with a black hoodie. Both were in their uniforms.

"Nah. I'll just get some coffee."

The two sat down at a table further inside the cafe, where it was more cooling with the air conditioning.

Her coworker served the two youngsters while she stood at the counter, thinking why is the part timer late for her shift today. The part timer was supposed to check in 15 minutes ago and yet, there was no sign of her. Should she call to see if she's coming today?

"One chocolate ice-blend, one black coffee." Her coworker came to put the order and she started making the beverages.

Serving the two boys, she went on to clean the table where a family had just finish their late lunch and left. The youngest daughter rushing for a language tuition while the elder brother has a game of basketball at the court nearby.

"That one with the guitar looks familiar... You recognize him? I can't seem to remember where I've seen him." Her coworker asked as he cleaned the cups and glasses in the sink.

"Maybe he comes here often?" She guessed. Taking another look, the boy don't look familiar to her at all.

"No... I saw him somewhere else..."

"I don't recall... maybe he looks like someone you know..."

"Hmm... don't know. You need more coffee beans?" He asked as he wiped the cups dry before arranging them back on the shelf.

"Yup. Almost out here. It's on the left side in the storeroom."

"Okay. By the way, where's that part timer? Is she coming?" He realised that the girl was already 30 minutes late.


"Not sure. I'm calling her."

UnNamed

I wrote this a while back,
February 6 to be exact.
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"Help me with table 14."

She finished wiping table 8 and proceeded to the one next to it. There were a few customers but since the part timers are not here today, it's much more hectic for the workers.

"Alright. Table 5 wants cappuccino." Her co-worker nodded and walked towards the table of empty cups and plates.

"Got it." She went to prepare the beverage while her co-worker was stacking the plates.

As she was placing the cup on the saucer, she felt a warm breath of air at her neck. She smiled a little, knowing that he was behind her.

"The cappuccino's done." She said, wiping the side of the cup.

"I know."

Hands wrapped her waist gently, a feeling she recognized immediately. She slowly turned around, making sure to not knock the cup.

"Hi." Putting her arms around his neck, she tiptoed to give him a light kiss on the lips.

Her heartbeat wasn't calm yet she maintained calm on the outside.

She felt herself blush but she was sure he didn't see it.

"I suggest we go get popcorn and watch a movie." He said, observing her facial expression. Even until now, he still finds it hard to read her.

She nodded, contented at the thought of going for a movie after a busy day.

"Nice!" He pushed something into her palm and took the cappuccino to be served to the customer. She looked at her palm to see what he had give her.

It was a paper folded rose. A pink one.

She couldn't keep in her smile as she carefully kept the rose in her pocket. She continued her work inside the kitchen because the dishes need to be washed.

While she was at the sink, a small boy walks in and stops suddenly. He looked around. It looks like he wasn't sure what to do.

"Are you looking for the toilet?" She bent down and asked him.

He nodded, as expected.

"It's right there." She pointed the direction and he ran towards it.

"You know? We need to refill the storeroom. There's not much left." The cook said while checking the logbook for the food stocked.

"Ah... really? How many days?"

"I'm guessing about... 4 days more?" The cook estimated the amount of food left in the storage.

"Then I'll go restock tomorrow. Do you have anything you want to buy? I'll get it together." She wiped her hands dry and went beside the cook to see the book.

"I'll list them down at the remark area here." The cook pointed at the logbook.

"Then I'll go tomorrow evening. So you have time to list the things." She said while scrubbing the pan in the sink.

Saturday, April 25, 2015

2d@y

I knew you existed.
I just didn't know you would appear in my life.

Friday, March 13, 2015

2d@y

I randomly searched for movies and stumbled upon my childhood: Tom and Jerry. This one is a movie: The lost dragon. It's about one hour long and the story is pretty simple. Just like the title, it's about a lost dragon. I won't go into details of course, but I'll say I like it as a simple cartoon to watch. Nothing too dramatic or fancy actions like films nowadays.

I haven't been blogging so this is a small update. 

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Public Speaking Script: Corporal Punishment

Yup, another script~ also for the sake of the hours of typing and editing and reading hahahahaha

Public Speaking Script: Missing Children

So This is pretty much the script/essay I prepared for the course in last semester. The results are out and I'm posting this here for the sake of the torture I went through in making this script hahahahaha...

Saturday, January 24, 2015

2d@y

It's been a few days since I last draw something~ holidays... I'm watching too much TV... 

Thursday, January 22, 2015

20150123

To chewing-gum-phobic Hyesun,

First of all, please don't be mad for the chewing gum I send you. I've really, 100%-ly confirmed that they are extremely stable and will not overreact.

I hope you could try them, it's one of those few projects that I have completed to almost perfection. I am very proud of this, since Taylb also approved this project after seeing the full report. He even praised me, well... for awhile... before his hair turned orange after trying my current project...

I accidentally left a pack of purple-in-the-dark-popcorn on the table and he tried it while I was taking my laptop... And... I got a scolding... while he got a major haircut. You know how he has shoulder length hair? He turned up at the office the next day with extremely short hair. Well, I actually think it looks quite good on him. But yeah, I think he wasn't very fond of it... he was eyeing me the whole time when I was in the lab that day.

Mom and dad finally went on their Rum Island trip. After discussing for a long, long, long time about what to do there and finally agreeing on the "perfect plan" for their trip. They've just arrive there about two days ago. I hope they have much fun while exploring that place just like how you had fun there. Well, not counting the lab research and project report that you were doing. I hope they remember to get that box of rum glass that I ordered. Have I told you? I'm helping out on a project in making glass using rum as a base material. I forgot the leader's name again... he's not very happy when he got to know that I'm helping out. I was chased out of his lab a long time ago.

He just called me, asking me if I have make sure that the lab is fully shut down before I left just now. To think of it... I think I forgot to take my lab coat today. Never mind, I'll just get it tomorrow morning. It's my off day tomorrow and I'm going to the city to get some more food for my pet. A friend gave it to me. I named her Toffee. You should see her the next time you come back. She's so cute.

Anyway, I got to know a few days ago that you are now in a planet that is covered in water? How is it? Are you still well after grey galaxy? Do take care of your health and be careful. Always be safe and don't ever make me worry. You know me when I get worried... I'll board on the next flight to your research destination and grab you back here!

Ah, and how was the meeting with Plut? Was it okay? Did Plut like the sandals? Did you get the book? Have you tried it? If you did, I'm sure you'll love it immediately. Right? After all, that's the book you've always wanted since you heard about it.

About the planet you're on now, I've never read anything about this planet... maybe I just can't recall... I'll try to ask Taylb, when he's not that frustrated about that leader who keeps persuading him to switch me to another project group... I still can't recall his name.

But for now, I hope I can hear from you soon!

Please do try out the chewing gum. I've sent you a few of them so that you can give some to your friends as well.

Take care lots!
Ariel

Friday, January 2, 2015

2d@y

It's 2015~~~
I haven't been blogging for a long time. Reasons, excuses... I can list out quite a lot. But there's no point in doing that huh?

I've just finished my second exam paper for this semester. Another speech and three more papers to go before I can say hello to perfect holiday!

I've just watched two movies. Both Korean, both had actors that I like, both are interesting, well, at least for me.

One's Haemoo, Yoochun's in it. Yeah, I watched it for that guy. But the trailer made me interested in the storyline too since it was "based on an actual event". It was a movie I would never expect... sad, gruesome at some point, and it made me realise once again, that incidents that sounded too dramatized or impossible still do happen in real life, as shocking as it may be.

The second movie I got to watch is Code Name: Jackal. I'm not sure if the title is exactly like that. This one's got Jaejoong in it. It's supposed to be an action/comedy movie. It was funny, but not to the point where I laughed until my stomach ached (it wasn't funny to that level... T.T). The plot's quite messy at some point and there are so many characters to absorb for me.

Then again, the last movie I watch was Finding Nemo in October 2014 and Heaven Postman a few weeks after that (didn't get to finish that one).

There was a twist in the story... wait, I think there's more than one twist throughout the story, which was refreshing for me. It was an enjoyable movie in the end.



Happy new year everyone, you'll have an awesome 2015!!