2005: a look back

wow... 2005 is almost at an end.. couple more days and we'll be usherin in d new year of 2006. what can i say, if i can sum 2005 up for myself, it has to be that its been a year of many firsts for me. most of em are good.. although i cant remember any bad ones.. among the more memorable ones are :

1)- my first self bought handphone- my v own nokia 7200.. classy , trendy, sexy..hahahaha.. but sadly has minimal functions nia... cost me bout 800+. but im happy wif its one of a kind

2)-first trip to d F1 GP in Sepang - wow, tis one really blowed me away... can still hear d ringing of those 20 f1 car's engines in my ears whn everythings silent. really enjoyed myself there.. had fantastic seats : at d grandstand bout 50 meters away from d start/finish line and wit a giant screen across d paddock on d roof. so didnt miss anything at all.. prices of things there were v steep... so didnt manage to get anything... but luckly d food was sponsored by my dads frens..hehe.. would luv to be there again next season!

3)- first airplane flight - doubted my virgin flight by lynnie..haha.. 'twas fun.. although was jus bout a 4-5 hour flight... not bad for econ class... had a full meal at 3am.. but thn again.. not a big surprise wit all d mamak outings rite... haha.. but 1 thing nice was free booze! .. and good ones as well... had 2 glasses of beer n 1 wine on d way to china n 2 beers on d way back.. and for wat was awaitin me in china.. those drinks really made my day!.. hehe..

4)- which brings me to my first trip to china- well, china wasnt as bad as i imagined.. i mean, the toilets were clean, d food was decent and d accomodation wasnt all that bad. and d weather there was perfect.. not cold enough to freeze and wear more thn 1 layer of clothes nor too hot enough to sweat.. serious.. walkin on d streets in d mid of noon, din even sweat a drop.. amazin! .. all in all , a very eye-openin trip. got 2 see lotsa things...

5)- my first acoustic guitar - just got tis baby a few weeks back. sounds pretty sweet but d strings are a lil higher above d fret board thn usual, gotta get used to it somehow.

6)- first time sleepin in d movies -yes yes... damn malu.. and it was star wars summore!! haha.. missed like 10 mins of d show.. y?? cos of d lack of sleep... played ps2 from 10 d previous nite.. till 10 am.. show was like 11am-12pm.. and b4 d ps2 marathon, went for futsal, at 9 and played football earlier at 6.. so , if tak tido pun bohong mia la.. hahaha..

7)- first pc fair - wow, wat a crowd.. lots n lotsa ppl.. many things to see n buy (if i had d cash).. 1st time i went wit d guys frm bck home.. spent nearly a day in there ( cant do d same for normal shoppin though >.<) . ended up buyin a tv card (which i cant use >:[ ) and some dvdrs/cdrs . but was lotsa fun.. second time i went was wit my cuzzies frm pj.. din buy anything, cos din hav d cash and wasnt lookin 4 anything in particular.. although, i did manage to try out d ipod nano... and boy was it sweet or what~~.. im so gonna get tht whn i have d cash. although my 1st priority would be a new harddisk,... oh well, next pc fair thn..

8)- first time watchin OC, OTH and DHW- boy, was i hooked on the oc and one tree hill or what.. at times i even dreamt i was in one of those places wif d ppl in as well!! haha..the babes on d show.. my my, wish i could have either one of em.. and i swear i'll luv and take care of em 4 d rest of my life..haha.. sometimes i wonder, why o why cant our lives be more open like d ppl there.. well, minus all d hate n anger n 2 timin bastards/bitches. haha.. have to say, i learn alot of thing from wathcin 2 season of oth n oc. seriously... both good and bad.. without them, i dont think i can give that good of advices or takin d rite steps in life tis year.. be prob fallin head over heel over every chun girl that i come in contact wif.. o_o..yes.. kinda scary huh.hahaha... jkjk..but thn again.. both those shows are just fiction rite? hav ta snap out of in and face d real world..

well, guess those are d most significant ones la. other thn tht, lets see...had plenty of DotA marathons.. and by marathons i mean 5-6 hours of stret dota.. i know.. a lil bit.. but considerd alot also la.. if its like 4-5 times a week!!..emm.. got to meet few new n interestin ppl tis year (shall not elaborate more cos nthn much actually)... guess i 've put on a few pounds due to d over eating on trips to china n frazers... hmm.. oh and of cos, ressurected my blog! well, not say ressurcted la.. but just decieded to blog cos cant keep stuff locked inside.. isnt healthy... haha... hmm.. played Dr. Luv on more thn 1 occasions tis year... and im happy to say things worked out well for my 'patients' ....rite???? hahaha.. but honestly, glad i could help ya'll.. and im sure if i were to be in those situations, u'd be there to lend a hand and an ear rite??

ohoh.... manage to get through tis year being single!! and no hearts were broken either by me or mine in d process!! . good thing... being in a relationship that issnt goin anywhere sure sux >.< ..which brings me to say tis : im happy being single but i wont hassitate to get back into a relationship if d right girl comes along... but thn frens around me are findin luv.. both in a good way n bad. feel sorry 4 d bad ones and happy 4 d good. hmmm.. one thing thats been d same year in n year out for d past 19 years is that i o ways dont have someone to spend feb14th wif ;( ... haha.. dunno why, seems like that particular date has been a curse towards me. wonder if 2006 might bring a change.... neah, not as far as i can see.. looks like another lonely feb 14th it will be again..hehehe.. unless somethings happen dramatically in d next 2 months... but thn, 1 thing i would look 4ward to 2006 is by far, the World Cup in Germany.. yes, cant wait til june, if u think im football mad now, wait till next summer!!.. ahhaha.. can remember we skipped tuition just to watch footbal match in '02 . been dumped cos of football in '02... oh well, note to self : if i dont have a girl by thn, dont bother lookin till d events over, if i do, have to think of some stratigic plannin 1 month b4 d event start.. cos it can get really strainius on a r'ship.. and not to mention d odd hours in d morn where d matches are being held.. but if things remain as they are now, i guess i'll be havin a gr8 time .. hehe. take my word: im rootin for brazil tis year.. if not aslo, england la.. m'sia??? hahahah. i think by the time i have grand kids aslo they wont quailify.. hehe... so, theres my 2005 in a nutshell and a lil bit of predictions for '06 . and as far as new years resolutions go, guess im not gonna make any cos 1) i wont do it, and 2) by the mid of d year, i wont even remember wat they are!!. haha.. so to ya'll out there have a great 06 and a happy new year u ya'll!! cheers!

Just got back from fraser's today. all in all i have to say it was quite a nice trip. wasnt packed wit activites, or any in fact, as i tot it would be. i think tis is mostly due to d fact that it was rainin for most parts of d trip.so can say d rain ruined it all.. or did it? .. felt kinda lazy to do any activites anyway.. and i was lucky that we didnt have to go out at nite cos i totally 4got to bring my jacket there and i refused to bring any long sleeved shirts cos i wasnt comfy in em. how ever the weather there was abit colder thn d time i went to china. Oh, and i think i only spent a total of 48 hours there.. cos we only manage to go up d hill at around 3 plus and we left today right at 12. basicly d trip was just hang in apartment, eat, play cards, play pool, walk around apartment abit, eat, play more cards,watch dvd,more cards, sleep. and due to excessive eating, i think i need to go on a diet now -_-'' hmm.. ohhh, another thing tat i felt awfully wasted was there wernt any hot girls to look at while i was there... nor were there any mistletoes for me to pick and use.. but thn .. referrin to d former point.. guess that wassnt necessary at all.. :( .hopefully next christmas would be better though..

But luckly friday was a totally diffent feelin.. it was very hectic and yet a fun day. manage to play football, futsal, dota and yam cha all in a matter of less thn 10 hours!! haha.. come back from kl oni stret go padang.. and as usual, our team is out numbered by those malays there.. but no matter.. thn later on at 9, went 4 futsal, for bout n hour plus.. some how i feel playin futsal in malacca is less tiring thn playin here in kl... maybe its cos i dont run tat much back home.. hehehe... dunno cant be kot. Thn after tht went to Soon's house 4 dota.. huhu.. manage to pawn phang's ass... after all that trash talkin.. phang, u suck!!..hahaha... oh, manage to pawn j o as well, he looked damn tulan cos he had to use d laggy com. hehe..oh thax to dee no less.. 2v1 haha.. speakin of him, i think d brit influence hasnt rubbed off him yet.. doesnt even know any primeirship clubs staduim around him, and his livin in London.. must be at least 5 major clubs there.. 1 thing i notcied. he did get fairer.. dee, u look like some pale walkin corpes.. hehehe..jkjk. Anyway, after bout 4 hrs of dota, went to yam cha at mamak and at last got some shut eyes for bout 3 hours b4 goin off to frazers. O_O

hmm... thn later on today, as soon as i reach hostel oni, wats d 1st thing i hear? "shi en, dota join game, fai ti!" .... lemah sial... but ok la, since got nthin to do, might as welll. Thn later on, went down to petaling street cos fren wanted to change something pants he bought. so took tis chance to buy back my ticket back home tis week! and after that, decieded to drop by at mid valley cos another fren wanted to search for something.. mind u, it was oledi 9+ whn we reached there. stores were startin to close. so in d end, din manage to jalan that much. but kinda happy bout it cos i'm damn tired anyway. so in d end came back at around 11.. on9, unpack, and here i am... bloggin...

guess i need to get some sleep .. got damn stupid class at 9 later on.. sigh.. Xams are approachin and CNY is between thm , and my b'day most prob is an exam date.. fuck.. i hate being here... >.< .. stupid MCA... wanna pawn thier asses.!!!! oh, gonna complie a end-of-year review by d end of tis week.. gonna start thinkin wats been good and bad tis yr.. HMMMMM..

Dear Santa,

i've been a very good boy this year. hope u will grant me my wish list at d bottom. i tried to keep my wishes as reasonable as possible cos i know u got like billions of kids out there to give d prezzies to.. so here it goes ( and in no particular order) :

1. an iPod nano - got to try it at pc fair.. damn its cool
2. a 250GB SATA2 harddisk wif casing - my com got no more space due to all d music n games :(
3. more RAM - Need For Speed Most Wanted is laggy...
4. someone to make an external graphics card and i get d 1st issue - cant play F.E.A.R and quake 4
5. a digital camera - everyones havin one, why not me?
6. a nokia N90 - its a chun phone wif chun camera or a w900i would do ;)
7. a pair of Mercurial Vapor futsal boots - i wanna be like cool like Christiano
8. a TV in my hostel - missing all those cool shows and live footie :(
9. a pair of Oakley glasses - face it, gotta look cool to impress rite??
10. a Kirk Hammet series electic guitar wit a new amp - saw it at mid valley and it was 2 die 4

see Santa, not so bad eh, told u i tried to be reasonable. be waitin 4 d gifts on christmas mornin!

yours faithfully,
Shi En :)

whoa.. juz came back from mid valley 2day. wanted to do some new year shoppin and also just jalan2 to enjoy d christmas atmosphere...oh and suppose to meet may there as well. there were lots of ppl there. jam pack. and takin public transport issnt easy. actually i dont quite like goin to town on a sundays. v hard to get transport from my hostel 2 d lrt station. had to wait 20 min for 1 bus to show up. thn at d bangsar station, had to wait another 10 min 4 d shuttle bus to come. and just for a 1km ride, it took bout nearly 15 min cos of d jam. hmmm.. should've taken d ktm stret.

i have to say, there really is a nice christmasy feeling there. all d lights , d trees, and different christmas carrols playin at each court (which reminds me, i'll be compiling a wish list to santa prtty soon!). went to tis music shop, and sitting there in a corner was tis 12 string guitar.. havent seen one of those b4, and happily i asked if i could pick it up n try playin. boy, did it sound pretty sweet... its a totally different feel from strumming a normal 6 string one; and fyi, pressing d chords on d fret board issnt a problem. and it only cost about 450+ i think.. boy do i want that for christmas.. well, too bad i oledi got my new acoustic guitar. after that meet up wit may, jalan jalan awhile.. thn in d end i bought 1 shirt from romp for bout 45bucks and 1 t-shirt from ruffy for bout 30bucks.. there, im done for my christmas/CNY shoppin... would've bought maybe 1-2 more but i have to budget myself... income runnin low..too bad may had to go wit her parents.. abandon me halfway =-(.... nvm la, no biggie la.. i not small kid anymore k. hahaha...

oh, near romp, saw tis long line queing into tower records.. wondered which artsit was there.. thn lookin at d crowd which consists mostly of young, teeny , to middle age aunties and some ah mahs chinese women, carryin cds and marker pens in hand, it could oni be 1 person. our very own MI2 Daniel something.. hahaha.. honestly, i dont understand why on earth are those ppl goin gaga over him.. he cant sing for goodness sake.. well, even if he could, its juz ur average karoke singing type.. i know a few ppl who can sing way way better thn him. issit cos of his boyish and kononla cute look?? hmmmm..... wonder if i enter MI3 i would be tops.. hahahaha.. jkjk..

hmmm... met an unexpected person there as well, remember zanirah? yea, met her at tropicana life.. and i think she was more surprised to see me thn i was to seeing her.. haha.. cos just met a few of my college frens so wouldnt be a surprise if more showed up rite? well, sinc may abandoned me, i said ok to Z 's offer to go jalan jalan n catchup wit each other.. had good time. i think havent seen that budak since f5 man. haha.. thn as we were just sittin down n chattin at Long John Silvers (i think) up popped wei pinn and ah quan.. hahah. wow, wonder who id see next.. talked wit thm awhile... mentah2 they go and watch king kong.. haha.. dont think i'll be wathcin that d, cos my frens here oledi watched last fri.. dah le tak ajak.. n i tihnk d guys in malaccca d watch... oh well, not to0 interested in a movie about 1 BIG n HORNY ape anyway.. hahaha...

after jalan abit more wit Z, we parted ways as she had to go somewhere and i tot of goin back.. thn as i was about 2 go 2 d train stop, d ringing of chirstmas bells, and carrols playin juz lured me back into d mall. hahahah.. so went another round juz to walk n spent awhile in MPH.. which trip to mid valley would be complete witout a trip to mph rite.. hahaha.. finally went back at 730.. had something to eat back at wangsa.. cos d food at mid valley is o fast food and kinda high on my budget on d day..haha.. so overall i have to say it was a good day. really needed tis break due to d streeses of past n comin up assignments.. guess i'll be dozing off early today.. feel kinda sleepy d. haha. and as 4 d chelsea-arsenal match later on.. i have a funny feeling that chelsea will win 1-0 with a goal curtesy of either terry or crespo.. but of cos i'll be supportin d Gooners 4 tis match la :P

i've found my new love! well, no, its not wat it seems like.. i juz bought an acoustic guitar!! yay~~!! well, only got it cos my sis is pickin up guitar lessons, so gave her my old classical one n got myself a new 1. not tht expensive, only bout 600+... thats pretty moderate whn it comes to guitars ok.. my uncle has one that cost 4500!!.. but i must say, playin tat sounds very sweet!! haha...

tis weekend was pretty hectic for me, came back early on fri cos so didnt feel like goin for class. and it was worth it la.. cos got to play futsal at 4, which i'd wouldnt be able to do if i were to attend tat borin lecture~... after that rushed to MP to watch narnia wit d guys n leo n suling n her fren. wasnt a bad show la.. like soon said, it was something like LOTR wit kiddies in it.. and d lion? haha. fake.. haha. oh, n leo belanja me again..hehe thx ya. oh, n i dunno whos d more dangerous driver, su ling or me? cos while i drive fast n maybe take corners abit too sharply, she on d other hand keeps tellin me to horn la, overtake la, curse la.. ahhaha LOLz.. farny..

after sendin d girls home, me n d guys went out for supper b4 goin to liangs house to start wat has been itchin most of us all week : DotA!! haha.. been ages since i've last played wit tis guys.. pretty fun. n babi, dah la i get all d hero's i dunno how to use...kena tapau pula...haha.. manage to catch d world cup draw as well.. n boi o boi, there are some interestin matches come game time come next summer. in d end, went back at around 630 am after numerous rounds of CS.haha.

but regretted sleepin soo 'early'.. had to wake up at 9 to send my sis o d way to semabok 4 guitar lessons.. n whn i got back at 11, could oni sleep for another 2 hours cos thn, most of my relatives were at d house.. had tis sorta small family gatherin thing cos my g'ma came down... n my mom decieded to host things.. and boy, was she on a high pms alert.. dunno la, it could aslo be becos of all d cookin by herself n all.. but really, had to keep my questionin , sarcasm and rebelness all underwraps for tat day.. eg: me: ' why do we hav to put d dog in my room? very noisy leh, cant sleep, cant put it in waye's room meh' mom: '....(evil stare) dont question me..(contiues wit d evil eye stare)' .. that was juz one, i think i kena 2 more thn oni i jus gav up n did wat i do best, keep quiet, n nod..hahaha...

spent sunday at my cuzzie's place in pj.. and manage to get 4 new episodes of One Tree Hill season3 and 3 new ones of The OC 3. yay~~!! so happy ^_^ . wonder which one will be more dramatic n juicy eh. i prefer d OC but i think OTH's brooke is hotter thn any of d girls..haha..just finish watchin season 1 of Numb3rs an CSI:NY. i think OC n OTH will bring more colour n life into my world.. haha... now if only i can get my hands on d 1st season of House from liang....

well, other thn tat, nuthin much happend... college life still sux >.< ... assigment s loadin up but still reluctant to do. got a presentation due tis thurs..haha.. manU tis year is goin down d toilet... sorry to say tis, n since im an avid red devil supporter ( ithink everyone knows tat) i think it would be best if sir alex would step down next season.. so in d mean time, i'll be rootin 4 my fav spanish team : barcelona! haha..

Here's something interesting my cousin sent to me tru email, lets see how good ur logical thinkin is:

Test for Dementia

Below are four (4) questions and a bonus question. You have to answer them instantly. You can't take your time, answer all of them immediately. OK

Let's find out just how clever you really are
Ready? GO!!! (scroll down)

First Question:

You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?

Answer: If you answered that you are first, then you are

absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second!

Try not to screw up in the next question.

To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the first question.

Second Question:

If you overtake the last person, then you are...?

Answer: If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST Person?

You're not very good at this! Are you?

Third Question:

Very tricky math! Note: This must be done in your head only.

Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it.

Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000

Now add 10. What is the total?

Scroll down for answer.

Did you get 5000?

The correct answer is actually 4100.

Don't believe it? Check with your calculator! Today is definitely not your day. Maybe you will get the last question right?

Fourth Question:

Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini,

4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?

Answer: Nunu?

NO! Of course not.

Her name is Mary. Read the question again

Okay, now the bonus round:

There is a mute person who wants to buy a toothbrush. By

imitating the action of brushing one's teeth he successfully

expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is

done.

Now if there is a blind man who wishes to buy a pair of

sunglasses, how should he express himself?

He just has to open his mouth and ask, so simple.

KEEP THIS GOING TO FRUSTRATE THE

SMART PEOPLE

IN YOUR LIFE!

My life has been damn hectic tis past few weeks man... assigments are startin to pile up like crazy. juz finished handing in my math assignment last monday, and the following day, another one popped up which suppose to be handed up by tis week..and when some of ur group members kinda suck (workwise), its hard not to get stressed up... sigh... not to mention those mid sem test which would all be croppin up sumwhere within d next few weeks. but thn guess thats life whn we start tertiery education huh..

well, had a minor stress reliever last weekend.. cousin from australia came back for break, so spend d weekend in pj. played dota there most of d time. but connection was bad.. how bad? lets say i could only finish bout 4-5 games out of 10 times i tried.. everytime get dc-ed .. something i didnt expect wit a streamyx connection.. damn bloody sux.. oh well, guess nuthin is perfect eh. juz afraid that they will ban my account cos of countless times i dc.

hmmm...had to wake up early 4 b'fast on saturday, went to mamak shop, 1 fascinating was even d mamak shop has its own TV channel! .. yes, called Kayu TV.. haha.. i dont remember seeing any shows but they were promoting thier menu and stuff like that.. and this mamak chain is so big that it even opened a branch in melbourne sumwhere tis yr! talk about global marketing eh.

later on, went to pc fair wif my cousins(sorry la soon, cousins wanted me to go wit em) as usual, tons of ppl goin there.. haha.. and alot of eye candy as well.. nyam.. hahaha... okok, tat was disgustin. but tis time round, din had much to buy, and was on a time limit... so just happened to quickly browsed tru the stuff.. pretty much d same like d one held earlier tis year. manage to finish in less thn 2 hours!!.. was surprised myself.. wats more surprising is, 1 whole pc fair, not even a single shop sells laptop batteries by itself.. and theres 1 fella, cant remember from wat shop said tis to me: "no, we dont sell batteries, but we do sell d laptop WITH d batteries, want to buy a laptop?" .. i was like O_0, wtf , u stupid or jus .. stupid?.. i wanted battery, not laptop... hai... wanted to buy HD as well, but too Xpensive, and dun have the cash at d moment, oh well, guess i have to wait 4 CNY 'bonus' thn come nxt yr n get 1. oh, and if i do have extra cash, i think i'll get a iPod nano.. damn chun n sleek..

thn on sunday, went 4 b'fast at tis place near KDU, someting Village or VIllage somethin was d name.. serves 1 mean plate of nasi lemak i have to say, n price aslo very mean... haha. but guess thats d prices around tht area huh.. straight after that, went to 1U for some shoppin.. and given that i havent been there for a long time, i'm impressed to say d shops there are preety cool,esp d makan shops. and i have to say this.. 1U is like d place for midclass to higher class ppl to shop.. really man, from the ppl tht i see, all branded gear frm head to toe.. can really compare d difference to places like say, even mid valley.. MP no need say la.. bet u all know how low it is.. lolz.. lots of posh restaurants n shops here.. sad thing is its out of d way from where i stay here... if only d LRT service went 1 whole loop and continued all d way past d MRR2 to 1U area.. i tihnk mega sales is here.. so guess might either go there again someday or mid valley to see some stuff..

and due to all my activities durin d weekend, im seriously havin a lack of sleep.. o_o.. had to wake up like 8 in d morn, n only sleep past 2 each nite, and no naps in between d day.. guess i need to be takin a nap now.. wil prob wake up jz in time 4 dinner.. lolz