I'm Coming Home... I'm Coming Home

I was in an incredibly good mood today, but that was before the rain started coming down hard in the late afternoon though.

Merry Christmas 2010 !!!

To all my dear family, friends and readers,

Wishing you have a BLESSED and JOYFUL Christmas! ❤

Love Always,

Christina

Checklist of My 2010 New Year Resolutions

In another 4 months, I'll have to list out another batch of new year resolutions for 2011. Time flies and as I speak, we've already came to the last day of August, which is also the Independence Day of my home-country, Malaysia. Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka! The calender reminds me that there's no better time than now to go through the checklist of my 2010 new year resolutions.

Just between YOU and ME

I know that you've been very supportive of me and my blog (I'm just guessing, hugs and kisses to you if you are). I don't usually write much or make jokes in my blog post as I'm not a good joker. And trust me, I really tried to be one but I failed eventually. I was born to have no sense of humour at all. In today's post, I require some "interaction" just between YOU and ME. I always "broadcast" whatever I like posting and whenever I feel like doing it. But now, I'm needing a HUGE favor from all my blog readers, I want to listen to you too!!! Let's begin with the five EASY questions below. And of course, you're freed to voice out whatever's on your mind, good or bad...

1. Do you actually read the contents of my blog?
a. Only 20%
b. Roughly 50%
c. 80% Maybe
d. I read every single word you wrote (I really hope there is at least someone)

2. How often do you visit my blog?
a. Almost everyday
b. 1-2 times a week
c. Whenever I got updates
d. Others (like I only visit your blog when you visit mine :P)

3. What attracts you to my blog?
a. Just the photos
b. My sweet smiling face
c. My personal life
d. Others

4. What do you wish to see more in my post?
a. My life in Australia
b. Places which I've traveled to
c. The photos I take
d. Others (like me making fun of myself or etc)

5. What you DO NOT wish to see in my post?
a. My silly face
b. Me acting cute
c. Things not related to my life
d. Others

P.S. I'm giving away two FREE Dreamworld and White Water World tickets (valid until 29th of September, 2009) for those who are staying in Toowoomba or somewhere near. Just email me at yeayii@gmail.com

Goodbye 2007, Welcome 2008

2008 is coming in another few more hours, it's time to say goodbye to 2007! I feel very much grateful and thankful as one of my biggest new year's resolution of 2007 has already been achieved. It was always my dream to study abroad (United States), ever since I was a kid. Now, although I am here in Australia continuing my studies, I have no regrets. I sincerely wanna thank my family and my boi for making it happen to me, and I am truly content that my efforts are not wasted. Certainly, there are some "things" that I missed, but it's been a really great year to me. I promise I'll cherish my life, my family, my boi and people who cares about me more than everyone else. So to all my friends, "Lets live our lives to the fullest" and Happy New Year!

2008 new year's resolutions

1. To loose more weight. (at least 45-47 kg)
2. To earn more money. (even though my mom told me not to worry about the money)
3. To study harder and get better results in semester 1, 2008. (so that I won't let my family and those who supports me down)
4. To complete my bachelor's degree and graduate at the end of semester 1, 2008. (I can't wait for my family to come and attend my convocation ceremony)
5. To travel to China with my family at the end of 2008. (Thanks my family for postponing the trip to next year)
6. Able to find a good career after I graduate or continue pursuing my Master’s Degree.
7. Able to contribute better quality posts for my dearest readers.
8. To stay healthy and young. (Seriously, I need to consume more water daily)
9. The relationship between my boi and I could be improved or just stays at the current level. (I'll love him more everyday, hope he wil do the same.)
10. There is still a lot of things need to be archived but I couldn't think of others at the moment...

My Desktop is Snowing

You may have seen snowing blog or snowing screensaver, what about snowing desktop? My desktop is snowing so nicely while it's raining cats and dogs out there! It's a small program that "hibernates" on hard drive for quite a long time, I happen to dig it out again yesterday.

Even though I celebrated Christmas alone by myself, but I felt touched and gratified. I had the best wishes and warmest greetings from you, my family, my boi, my colleagues and all my friends. Thank you so much!

Happy Winter Solstice Festival (冬至节快乐) 2007

Happy Winter Solstice Festival to my family, my boi, and everyone in this world! Every year at this time, my mommy will make us yummy and delicious Cantonese-style Glutinous Rice Balls. It's cooked with pork and veggie, with just a little bit of white pepper powder and soya sauce will make it taste absolutely terrific.

When we were still kids, my sis and I used to play around with the glutinous rice flour, and came out with different funny shapes. There were times when we would compete with each other to see who will be the first one to complete all the ingredients given, and I always ended up being the last person. I miss those times...

Warmest & Sweetest Christmas Present

Just now, I had a conversation with my bro on MSN. He was trying to send me some kinda gif file but I declined it at the first time, cuz I was affraid that his messenger might be infected by virus again. You know, that kinda virus which sends unknown files to everyone on your buddy list automatically.

After I received the file, my bro actually told me that it took him 3 hours to complete this piece of free-hand drawing on the above by using Paint. I felt touched and surpised to get to know about it. It would be the warmest and sweetest Christmas "present" I ever received. I even put it as the header of my secondary blog - PinkyYY's DreamWorld. Thanks Ning!!! *huggiez*

COMING RIGHT UP, updates on trip to James Bond Island!!! Please stayed tune...

《放羊的星星》- 我的感想

好不容易终于把二十集的《放羊的星星》给看完了，人生以来第一次在看结局时会感到非常的依依不舍，但看到感动的画面却没有滴下眼泪，连我自己都觉得十分好奇。一直以来，无论看电影、连续剧、漫画或其它的，只要遇到感动的情节我就会忍不住掉下眼泪。不同的是，在看《放羊的星星》的时候，我竟然 一滴眼泪都没掉过！有好几次，我的心里感到酸溜溜的，但泪水却只是停留在眼眶里流不出来。 我本身非常欣赏这部连续剧的故事情节，无论搞笑的、浪漫的、感人的、震撼的、悲哀的场面都拍摄得非常成功。恭喜所有的演员以及幕后工作人员，你们成功了！相信大家永远都不会忘记这么刻骨铭心的一句话：“仲天骐，夏之星” 仲夏夜之星，永远不分开”。

剧情梗概：

夏之星，24岁的女诈欺犯，准予假释。一个为爱入狱的女子，终于等待到今日，与她的情人十三见面，她还特地到六星级饭店，挑选礼物。

今天是E.SHINE集团二少爷仲天骐昔日情人欧雅若与哥哥仲天骏的婚礼，同时也是母亲家传蓝钻的“QUEEN MARY”的切割拍卖会。刻意避开婚礼的仲天骐硬是被怪兽从机场押回来，来到会台的他溜进婚礼后台，将雅若扯入怀，天骐吻了她。同时，窃走QUEEN MARY……一来为了报复雅若，二来不愿妈妈的遗物珠宝成为拍卖物。

QUEEN MARY遗失，停止婚礼的进行。阴错阳差下，保全误会雅若指的小偷是夏之星，逮住阿星铐上手铐，不愿牵累无辜，天骐踅返，拉走阿星，阿星急中生智，赶快将手铐另一端铐住天骐，一次命定相遇，为爱人顶罪刚被假释出狱的夏之星。和经营珠宝事业的E-Shine集团二公子“仲天骐”双手铐在一起逃亡。这一铐，铐出难解情缘。

逃亡的路上，阿星担心天骐对她不利，再加上刚刚出狱的关系，深怕右臂冠上珠宝大盗之嫌，大吼天骐：“你马上放我走…”，并要胁天骐，要打电话给男友十三，以为可以吓唬住天骐，没想到，电话那头被慌乱挂掉。在昔日爱的小屋前，阿星找十三哥未着，拖着铐在一起的天骐，赶去房东拿出的喜帖地址。原来，十三瞒着跟阿星的过去，要跟明美结婚了。

阿星质问十三的同时，十三妻明美早产，善良的阿星难堪又气愤，知道多说无益，这男人如今心里已没有她。但输人不输阵，硬说天骐是她的男朋友，他们也快要结婚了，要十三也祝福他们。在同一天失去的他们成了落难之交，醉饮。

阿星用一根发夹，解开手铐。这是在监狱学到的伎俩。阿星烂醉如泥，天骐只好把她半抱半拖的带进宾馆休息，宾馆雇员觉得奇怪，怀疑天骐是迷奸犯，报警，天骐家人来保，本来阿星跟天骐该就此分道扬镳，但天骐被阿星所说之话点醒，决定与阿星一起去“明日乡”，寻找人生的一万种可能。

因为天骐的冲动，造成仲家的企业雪上加霜……甚至引起董作逼供危机，要天骏一定期限内找回遗失的蓝钻……当仲家为订婚宴之事乌烟瘴气，一张照片，震撼仲天骏。狗仔婚宴上拍摄，雅若与弟弟天骐在休息室热吻。狗仔索取封口费，天骏内心震荡，他从不知弟弟与雅若的关系。天骏开始怀疑，雅若真心爱着的，究竟是谁？……。

正当对未婚妻雅若的猜疑，在天骏心中造成震撼的同时，天骐和阿星坐上开往明日乡的公车，两个因为偶然而紧紧相系的陌生人，爱情的种子正慢慢萌芽，人生的一万种可能似乎即将展开，但是他们却不知道，更多的考验正在前面等待……

Source: MSN.TVSOU.COM

Where My Readers From

Sometimes, It's good and fun to get to know where your blog readers or visitors usually come from. Nuffnang is one of the webpages which I frequently visit to find out my blog's daily unique visits. Still remember the Nuffnang badges we get from The Orient's Voice gathering? My boi have actually brought it here with him and his backpack, LoL! I bet it's too small for to be seen and definitely not helping in promoting Nuffnang here in Australia =X

I'm feeling good today 'cause I've just passed up 2 out of the 3 assignments, that means still one more to go, girl! Exams come during the first and second week of November (in another few days), so there's not much time left for me to do final revisions for all the courses which I'm taking this semester. Wish me luck everyone!

P.S. Daddy, mommy, sis, and bro please take care! I love and miss y'all so much!

Assignments = Graveyard

This gif above looks incredibly horrible, but it best describes our current condition. Assignments are drowning us like crazy, making us suffocate! That sounds pretty serious huh? LoL, what's more? Finals are just around the corner and I'm desperate for job in this coming summer break...

Well, if u wish to help me out a 'lil bit, please offer or recommend me a job before I end up sleeping under the skybridge loose my sanity!!! Alrite, it seems like I'm making everyone worries about me. Truthfully speaking, everythin' is still under control and I'm still able to cope with it, don't worry too much, k?

I miss all of u so much especially mommy, daddy, sis, and bro. Please take a good care of urself, I'm coming home soon... soon as in end of next year maybe...

我的心偶尔也会遗失一小块

呵呵，好一句“我的心偶尔也会遗失一小块”，够有意思！可能，因为思亲的缘故，所以最近的好几个晚上难免都会梦见我的家乡和想念的亲人。我想。。。他们也是一样的想念我吧？下午的时候，突然下了一场倾盆大雨，还挂了一场大风呢。所谓，“天有不测之风云” 但这儿的天气真的很难预测，说来就来，说走就走！

今天，好不容易才把 assignment 给赶完了，瞬然之间觉得心情愉快多了！暂时可以停下来，歇一歇，品尝一下我刚炖好的红枣雪洱。虽然算不上什么人间极品，但至少也可以让我回味一下“甜蜜”的味道。。。是多么的令人陶醉。

My Masterpiece... LoL

Phew, finally... this would be my masterpiece which took me an hour long to edit it. The photo was taken on the night of 25th, August (Mid Autumn Festival aka Mooncake Festival aka Latern Festival). Specially dedicated to my mommy, daddy, sister, brother and my boiboi.

Don't u dare to laugh looking at my poor editing skill >.<" I've tried my best, aite? The truth is... there ain't no designing skill in me, so sad yet it's so true. My Software Development Tool's assignment due on this coming Monday, God bless me and every single one of u!

I Wanna Go Home...

Lately, I've been having dreams of going back to Malaysia ever since I'm here in Toowoomba, most probably due to homesickness. I even dreamt of my grandparents last nite, they brought me lotsa tropical fruits which they plant in their orchard, I was eating "nangka" fruit so happily in my dream... LoL, I told them that the bananas here are expensive!!!

I'm so in love with this song... awesome!!! Here, I'd like to dedicate it to my dearest family, friends, and all da readers.

Michael Buble - Home

Another summer day
Has come and gone away
In Paris or Rome...
But I wanna go home
...uhm Home
May be surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
Just wanna go home
I miss you, you know

And I've been keeping all the letters
That I wrote to you,
Each one a line or two
I'm fine baby, how are you?
I would send them but I know that
It's just not enough
My words were cold and flat
And you deserve more than that

Another aeroplane, another sunny place,
I'm lucky I know
But I wanna go home
I got to go home

Let me go home

I'm just too far from where you are
I wanna come home

And I feel just like I'm living
Someone else's life
It's like I just stepped outside
When everything was going right
And I know just why
You could not come along with me
This was not your dream
But you always believed in me...

Another winter day
Has come and gone away
In either Paris or Rome
And I wanna go home
Let me go home

And I'm surrounded by
A million people I
I still feel alone
Let me go home
I miss you , you know

Let me go home
I've had my run
Baby I'm done
I gotta go home

Let me go home
It'll all be alright
I'll be home tonight
I'm coming back home

Day 22 in Australia: Keep Holding On

Unfortunately, there's still no pretty photos available in my blog. I'm feeling sad that my blog's traffic is going down day by day >.<" To all my dearest readers, friends, and family members, please keep holding on and don't ever give up visiting my blog *muackz*

I'm gonna attend the free BBQ lunch for international students now, see you guys soon!~ *huggiez* Miss y'all !!!~

Day 18 in Australia: Missing Malaysian Food

Howdy, how's everyone doing on this relaxing Saturday evening? It's freezing cold here, the strong wind could actually make your body feel numb. As usual, nothing special happened in the pass few days, keep on repeating the same routines everyday like sleeping, cooking, schooling, watching drama...

I was wanted to upload some photos but somehow forgotten to resize them before I come here >.<" What a dummy!~ Last night, all in a sudden I feel like eating "Leng Chi Kang", "Ais Kacang", and other "Tong Shui" I used 2 have in Malaysia. I feel like going back to Penang *sob sob*

*slap* I shouldn't mention or even think about it!!! It was my dream coming over here to study, now it has come true and I should appreciate it instead of complaining =x Hehe, I understand that every single beginning is hard 所谓，“万事起头难 ” ~ Keep holding on, just stay strong... ~ Gambateh to myself and see u guys around!

Day 16 in Australia: Limited Internet Quota

Sigh, sigh, sigh...

Internet Quota Query
User: XXX (That's me!)
Remaining Quota: 17.05 Mb
Biweekly Quota Allowance (Monday & Friday) : 30 Mb
Quota Cap: 70 Mb
Quota Floor Limit: -70 Mb

How sad could that be?! I haven't visit anyone's blog ever since the day I left Malaysia (10th of July) or probably longer. I'm totally out-dated!!! The last movie I watched was Die Heart 4.0, I've been watching Heroes Season 1 and 高朋满座(a HK drama series which have 6 seasons with 3 disc for each season). That's boring, right?

I went for shopping at Grand Central in Toowoomba City yesterday, had a very nice foot long Sweet Onion Teriyaki Chicken sandwich in Subway with my boi and we've bought quite a lot of groceries. Here, I need to cook for almost every meals daily. It's gonna cost us a lot to eat outside. Plus, the food here ain't really nice at all >.<"

The Asian spices here are expensive, some don't really taste like those we had back in Malaysia. So even if I try to cook something similar which I used to have, still there's something missing in somewhere. I'm talking about the flavor!!!

Alright, it's time to get off now. See you guys later!

Day 13 in Australia: Recovering...

It's still cold in Toowoomba but not that cold compared 2 the first few days when we just arrived here. My skin's condition is getting better, at least it's not so itchy now. According to one of the international students here, the winter will end in this coming September (means still have 1 month to go from now).

These few days, we're all busy with subject enrollment issue. The new rules for International Student Visa has changed starts from 1st of July this year. Unfortunately, we're the first batch of new students who have to enroll at least 4 subjects during our first semester here.

Alright, it's time 2 have lunch now. Get back 2 y'all soon! Have a nice day!

Day 10 in Australia: Not So Cold but Still Cold

A very warm bear hug to everyone who's missing me and whom I'm missing right now especially my family. I think I'll get to update my blog more often in the coming days cause my boi will apply for broadband service soon. He bought a wireless router last night at AUD 135 from a PC workshop in front of Student Village, the owner and the seller of this shop both come from M'sia but they didn't really give us any discounts even though we've asked for it, how cruel >.<"

It was so cold and windy yesterday especially night time where you can't even get to feel your face, your fingers and your toes when you step outha your house. Luckily the weather gets better today, we woke up quite early to deal with our enrollment issues with USQ Student Services but still we can't find any solution and we're required to come back on the next coming Monday at 11 a.m.

I gotta make a move to refectory (aka cafeteria or canteen) now, cause my boi wanna have a check on his banking account. I wonder why they call it refectory instead of cafeteria or others LoL. Alrighty, will catch up with y'all soon. Take care & miss ya! *Muackz*

Day 7 in Australia: Serious Skin Problems

Hi everybody, sorry that I can't get to online for the pass whole week, there's no internet connection provided in the place I stay which is Student Village. I'm currently sharing a 5 rooms house with my boi, one of my coursemates, and another 2 Indian guys from India. At first I thought that it was just a 3 rooms villa but then everything changed when we get here.

Everything here is very expensive compared to Malaysian products, if you keep on comparing the prices with the exchange rates, you couldn't even buy a single thing here. The first few days was tough for me, even until today. The weather is extremely cold, about 5 degrees and it's very cold at night and in the morn, you will hate it when u go outha your room or even hate it when you wanna take bath.

I got quite serious skin problems here since last Saturday, my skin is very dry and causes itching, now whole body is very itchy and full with red dots cause I scratched it too much until I've hurt myself. My noise is pain, lips are dry, my body doesn't feel right at all but don't worry about my condition cause I've seen doctor this morn and she gave me some advises on how to deal with my current condition. I'm advised to consume 2-3 litres of water a day in such cold weather! That will really keep me busy walking to the washroom every 10 minutes.

Aww, how I miss Malaysia... the food, the weather, cinema, my family and every other things there. The first day I reached here, I just ate 2 pieces of bread, now everyday also eating so little until I've lose quite some weight. The room I stay doesn't really have ceiling fan, air-con or heater, so for the pass few days we've spent our time walking for 4-5 km in the cold and wind days to buy our daily goods, sounds pity ain't it? I don't think I'll get internet access for the coming few days as I'm still going under orientation for this week but I'll try my best to keep all of you updated. Take Care & love y'all!