Vivacious Miladies

Sayonara~

2009-11-24T13:30:00.000+08:00

Hello~

Hehe Kesian this blog.. I used to think that this is where the three of us can update each other since we no longer meet up everyday like before. Tapi, the two girls are always M.I.A. Hmm...

Anyway, I won't be blogging here anymore. If you're bored and wanna see what I'm up to, just add me up on Facebook. Or you can go to my blog or Tumblr. Do drop me an email if you want to access my blog, yeah? (Just check my Facebook profile for my email address if you don't have one) :)

Well, good luck to the UBD students for their exams! Especially to Hanie~ You can do it! Hehe <3

xoxo

SHR 1430

2009-09-20T19:51:00.001+08:00

It's that time again...

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri~

Dapatkan Mesej Bergambar di Sini

I would like to minta ampun and maaf for all my wrongdoings sepanjang ku kenal kamu. Biasalah.. Mulut ni selalu tersalah cakap, tersilap kata.. Well, I even said and did some bad things, intentionally, which I am not proud of. I know I'm wrong, but I cannot undo everything. I'm still human after all. Minta maaf lagi sekali.

Sigh.... Goodbye Ramadhan~ I'll miss you..

Ramadhan Greetings

2009-09-09T14:55:00.000+08:00

It has been 19 days of fasting now.. and this blog is dying of neglect. :P

But I guess it's never too late to wish all of the Muslims a Happy Fasting Month~

Public terror

2009-07-05T22:12:00.001+08:00

Hello~

I just got back from jalan2.. My mom dragged me to the indoor stadium.. Today's the final day for the Asean's Products. Yatah she brought me there. Thank god Nonong tagged along because I can't stand shopping for these kains, tudungs and stuff. Especially during these H1N1 commotions. So all I did was looking around.. and avoiding people who seems to be in an unhygienic conditions. You'd never believe what I saw..

There was this old man.. I noticed him because he was sniffling.. So he wiped his nose with his hands.... and then onto his pants.. Eww right?

Then there was this Indonesian guy.. apa kan tu namanya? Salesman? Heh :p Anyway, he was on the phone and it just happened that I was looking at his direction.. You know what he did? He was PICKING HIS NOSE!!! He could've touched all the kains and tudungs there!! I quickly told my sister and mom about it and took them away from him a.s.a.p.

Seriously.. Don't they read/watch the news??? Personal hygiene is important!! Especially at times like this.. But it's still icky.. In the public durang buat cematu.. *shivers*

And then, there were this young couple.. with their little children. They just let their daughter sit and squirm on the floor, which only God knows what was on it.. She could've touched her face, mouth, her little sister.. her parents.. *shrieks*

I am seriously freaking out. I am not going out again. Ever. :p

Panic & Fear

2009-07-02T20:57:00.000+08:00

I submitted my thesis already. *yay* Tapi I felt that it's not good enough.. Oh well, I did my best. I hope I'll pass.. Amin~~

Anyway.. So kesian this blog.. Mana Hanie & Cath ni ahhh??

Well, I always see them online on Facebook, so they're probably busy playing quizzes and stuff. Hanie's the frequent updater on the H1N1 cases in Brunei. Gosh.. 93 cases already. Read here for more info... which brings me to this..

Yang penting for everyone masani is to avoid these activities and places:

Community gatherings
Shopping centers
Markets
Stalls
Restaurants
Cinemas
Swimming pools and the like

Personal hygiene is IMPORTANT!!

Wash your hands regularly with soap and water and dry them using disposable tissue or the like
Use alcohol-based disposable hand wipes or gel sanitizers if there are no hand washing facilities
Cover your nose and mouth when you sneeze or cough and discard used tissue in the dustbin
Avoid from people who has influenza like symptoms
Avoid from going to crowded places

Source: Ministry of Health, Brunei Darussalam

And last but not least, nya Minister of Health (source: Borneo Bulletin, 2nd July 2009):

"We don't have to live in fear and there is no need to panic. It's not necessary."

p/s Panic ku ni! Stay at home people! :p

Wahey

2009-06-18T23:52:00.002+08:00

Fixed already! And a new simple layout.. If you girls wanna change, nanti lagi lah.. :)

To Hanie:
Please jangan pakai MS Word to buat your blog draft.. Ok? Easiest pakai Notepad saja..

Okay, I'm outta here! See you next week (I hope)!

xoxo

Bintang Pekerti '09

2009-06-04T01:35:00.006+08:00

Nuthing much happened today.

Woke up late as usual, around 11am.

Shower. Watch Zack & Miri make porno, cloverfield (which i found it sucks big time alot causing me to feel nausea) and few episodes of family guys from season 7.

Then at night, went to the Police's stadium to watch a friend of mine performed in a singing competition.

These are the police officers's wives entertaining the audience

Honestly, it was boring.
So during the entire show, I spent most of my time cam-whoring with my <3 family =")">

Me and my elder sister.
We don't exactly look-alike that much as siblings.
I have smaller eyes & darker skin tone =D

Me & my significant other <3>

L to R: My elder sis, younger sis and my mom

Our friend who was one of the singing competition's contestants

Guess who we met there? =D
My mom was a fan of him.
She even planned to have him to perform at my wedding one day!!!
=S

Then went to pasar malam at bandar for late night dinnerr.

She didn't get the top 3, but at least ada kana bagi sagu hati trophy right? ;)

My New Baby...

2009-06-03T22:25:00.004+08:00

Hello everyone 大家好...

My first baby is my Nikon D60 purchased earlier this year in January. And now I'm having my second baby :D I wanted to buy it pretty badly when Meha purchased hers recently in Ice Blue... but my love said he'll get me one when my results are out... That's like still so far away and apparently I can't wait any longer~ kekekeke

so I bought this baby myself

in Novel Pink :D

with R4 cart + 4GB memory card

and now I have loads of games to play!! :D

Goodnight peeps 晚安... I'm gonna play with my new baby :D

整体的美，在于个体的修养。。。

The beauty of a group lies in the refinement of its individuals...

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

2009-06-01T23:03:00.004+08:00

Hello everyone 大家好...

My Dad just turned 51 recently on 27th May. This year it sort of coincide with the Dragon Boat Festival 端午節 (28th May) where we eat dumplings wrapped in lotus leaves. As traditions veer towards modernization, people usually celebrate this festival just by having family dinner. My family and I went back to our hometown and I took the chance to celebrate my Dad's birthday :D with this very sinful Chocolate Royale Cheesecake from Mum's Bakery~ Yummy~ :P

！生日快乐！

Here's me and my Dad :D

Me, my Dad and my naughty little cousin sister

who seems to love the cake more than anyone else

and look what chocolate can do to a girl~ even a little girl~ :P such joy!

so boys~ us ladies are never to please :D

Goodnight peeps 晚安...

爸爸，我爱您。。。

I love you Daddy...

BIOCOP / Museum Day

2009-06-01T01:55:00.009+08:00

Hello everyone 大家好...

Just when you think I'm going to disappear from this blog again, you guessed wrong! kekeke~ The event of this post actually took place on 18th May 2009 at our famous World Heritage Park, Tasek Merimbun. For more information on this event, click here and here.

Tasek Merimbun is located in the Tutong District and is famous for this big-ass dragonfly hanging from the ceiling!! kekekekekeke...

Okay seriously~ it's actually famous for this unique black water lake and of course the breath-taking view~ I'm sooo proud to be a Bruneian! :D

We weren't actually there for the real event though, we were actually there to set up photo exhibits and promoting BIOCOP. BIOCOP stands for Biodiversity Conservation Program which is under Brunei Nature Society (BNS). The photo exhibit consists of an amazing collection from numerous activities carried out by BIOCOP throughout the years. Activities include small mammal trappings, camera trappings, bird watching etc. led by Dr. Joseph Charles and Miss Ang Bee Biaw. And this was how the exhibit looked like :D

And apparently, this beautiful moth also decided to exhibit itself on the board!

While waiting for the guests to arrive for the exhibition, boredom sets in and this is what usually happens~ kekeke...

1. Making funny faces at the camera~

2. Playing with a moth on the floor~

3. And just flash pretty smiles!

And when people starts coming to look at the exhibits, there were no more time for funny faces and playing with moths. People asked about the pictures and the activities and we were there to answer of course :)

Rosli explaining what BIOCOP is all about~

Lin Ji doing the same~

Here, we have Mr. Samhan and the Singapore High Commissioner to Brunei, Mr. Joseph Koh, looking at our photo exhibit.

Here, Rosli bidding farewell to Mrs. Koh and other guests from Singapore who were very interested in our exhibit.

And lastly, before leaving, we took a group photo! We look good in our BIOCOP uniform right? hehehehe :D

I dedicate this picture to none other than my beloved Dr. Joseph Charles! "That's a yellow-vented bulbul!" When we arrived for the event in the morning, we were asked to park the car in this empty paking lot. And we came across this! The driver is either very late or the bird is still sleepy~

Goodnight peeps~ sweet dreams :D

多一分付出，就能多一分成就。。。
The more we give, the more we accomplish...

BMC :D

2009-05-26T20:56:00.007+08:00

Okay, i guess its my turn to update now =D

The last few months, I've been busy being a batwoman for my final year project & finishing up my thesis so i can handed it on time.
Then it was exam weeks & it wasnt easy, let just hope i pass all my papers :s amin.

And yesterday, i just had my presentation. the first presenter lagi tu eh! i gave a crappy one, because i was so nervous to present infront the audience & at the same time i was very eager to get over with it.
But hey, i'm glad the misery is already OVER now! =D hehe
Finally, i'm free for movies & tv series marathons :)

Anyhoos, I love to eat buttermilk chicken & so do my other half's ;)
I've been wanting to learn how to cook it since last year, but now barutah ada chance kan belajar masak.. hehe.
So i decided to give it a try & wa~la~!!!!

It was a success.
it tasted just like the buttermilk chicken that u order in t.k or any other restaurants =D

I let my bf to be the 1st person to try my homemade buttermilk chicken.
He loves it and...

He even offered himself to wash the dishes after eating =p

Sweet isn't he?
=D

Seminar

2009-05-25T19:50:00.003+08:00

As promised, I uploaded some of the pictures I took this morning during the seminar. But due to unforeseen circumstances, I didn't attend the afternoon session. So, no pictures for the afternoon presenters. Sorry~ :p

Hanie started the morning off with her bats :)

Then some girl made some claims about doing all her work on her own

Our Nemo talked about his water striders, skaters and the like :)

Catherine finally resolved the issue of doing the work together - not as implied earlier ;p

Then our Aywen brightened up everyone's moods with his usual antics, mistletoes... and a podium :)

Sepol a.k.a. No-more-McMessy then talked about hooves, soil bacteria and antibiotics :)

주라 씨 showed us how much alcohol can be produced by Tapai :)

Qlah explained all about sea stars which can be found in Brunei :)

Mirul, the pirate, talked about Cubozoans and seasonality :)

Yana practically killed Bon with her deadly stare when he asked her about her woolly bats in pitcher plants ;p

Hehe That's my kind of summary of the morning's presentation. If you want to know more about their project, do drop a note and I'll let them know you asked.. :)

Tomorrow's the continuation of this year's seminar, so if you wanna come and see, just go to FOS - room FSM1.12.

Cheers!

Luck

2009-05-24T23:50:00.000+08:00

Greetings~

Am now back from a looooong hiatus. But don't expect regular updates from me. Go ask Hanie and Cath to contribute more in this blog. Hehehe

On to serious matter, tomorrow's the Seminar for the Biology Project students. I posted it up already in my events section in Facebook. So do come if you're free and have nothing else better to do.. :)

GOOD LUCK TO THOSE WHO WILL BE PRESENTING TOMORROW!!

Will blog again some time this week. Insya Allah~

See you! :D

Finally...

2009-05-16T02:08:00.008+08:00

Hello everyone 大家好...

I know I know~ FINALLY right?!?! I have to admit I've not been here for so loooooooong~ so sorry everyone~ my bad, my bad. I just found out my last post was like in October last year~ MY GOD!! After missing for so long, I guess it's only fair to summarize what I've been doing for the last 7 months~ :D so here goes:

November 2008 - I think this month was just a blur... Finishing off last minute assignments... revision week... studying for the exams... failed to concentrate... was playing games instead... exams... not my favourite month anyway~ hahahaha

December 2008 - O~ I remembered this! Exciting month! Attended Ornithology Workshop in Tasek Merimbun for a week~ It was fantastic working with the Museum people, setting up mist nets, learning about birds, the birds are just so amazing~ with their colours~ fantastic week!! :D

After that, it was back to small mammal trapping in Tutong. Managed to finish all trapping sample by the end of December! Hooray!!

January 2009 - Field Ecology II in Belalong. It was also fantastic!! O how I miss sipping coffee at the balcony chatting away with all of you crazy people! hahahaha~ Did a mini project on stream assessment in Sg. Apan... I don't want to imagine how things are over there now :( Here's my team members - that bunch of crazy lot :D with Dr. Ulmar~

And then, semester started and it turns blurry again *sigh* Attended Wan's birthday at Capers :D Thanks Wan for the treat! Happy Birthday!! Had a fantastic evening stuffing down pasta and pizza~ yummy~

February 2009 - Oh I didn't even realize I missed mentioning CNY in January~ hahahaha~ guess there wasn't much to celebrate with so much work to be done~ And it doesn't feel the same without grandma around~ it's just not the same~ I miss her so much *sniff* :'( Attended my cousin brother's huge birthday bash and snapping away with my new baby, Nikon D60!

Attended BB's birthday. Here's the birthday girl enjoying the magic show dedicated to her of course by Aman, the magician :D

Trip to BARC. Taken outside the labs with Hanie being vain and Meha being shy and Wan just being himself~ hahahahahahaha

The three of us wore tudong (a very rare occassion except for Meha) to lecture before the mid-semester break :D And Meha turned 24 on 7th February!!! kekekekekeke Happy Birthday girl!! Mwuah!

March 2009 - Lots of field work for the dissertation. Field trip to Pulau Selirong :D It has to be like the most amazing mangrove forest ever!! Hanie turned 24 too!! Happy Birthday girl! Mwuah!

LEWS Conference in Kuching. The image below may be confusing because we were actually shopping and not conferencing! hahahahaha

Now the conference :D

April 2009 - Still lots of field work for the dissertation. Fantastic Aquatic Bio practicals offshore :D I think I've come to love Aquatic Biology!! It's fascinating! Many sleepless nights writing up dissertation. My new baby cousin brother turned 1 month old :D

May 2009 - Submitted dissertation :D :D :D Exams :S :S :S and then FREEDOM *waving hands in the air* hahahahaha~ and here I am!! Ta-daaa~ only 1000 pounds fatter!! hahahahaha

Just found out I forgot to watermark the pictures -.-" Oh what the hell~ hahaha~

Goodnight peeps... sleep tight!

宁静最美，安定最乐。。。
Tranquility is beauty, equanimity is joy...

Word of the day

2009-01-31T22:03:00.003+08:00

Hiatus (n):

1 a: a break in or as if in a material object : gap hiatus between the theory and the practice of the party — J. G. Colton> b: a gap or passage in an anatomical part or organ

2 a: an interruption in time or continuity : break ; especially : a period when something (as a program or activity) is suspended or interrupted hiatus from writing> b: the occurrence of two vowel sounds without pause or intervening consonantal sound

Source: hiatus

Backkk!!

2009-01-11T17:01:00.003+08:00

Hello internet beings!!

We just got back from Kuala Belalong yesterday afternoon from a 6 days field course. It was FUN! Tiring, but extremely fun!! A trip to remember~ I know Hanie has uploaded some pics on Facebook. Nantilah I posted up the link.

I'm a bit tired and feel dizzy today. I think kan damam ni menjangkit Tika, Qilah & Hanie.. So, no proper update for the time being.

Anyways, semester 2 of 08/09 will start tomorrow. Skulah~~

Sigh.. I need a vacation.....

'Tis the season

2008-12-24T19:21:00.000+08:00

Dear B. Sc. Biological Science Year 4 students,

Nada our reg. no. in the supplementary exam list. NO ONE. Get that? So we either pass or fail the papers.. The results should be out by the end of 2008. Well, according to Khairul lah.. So if salah info, jangan marah~ :p

And nya Hanie, the supplementary result was already out last Monday. Keahiran wah.. Hehe Bah agatah check to those yang alum tau ah.. :)

Wishing a Merry X'mas to those yang celebrate~ :D

Merry Christmas Comment Graphics

2008 Walk-A-Hunt

2008-12-16T19:00:00.001+08:00

I've uploaded the Walk-A-Hunt pictures arah my Facebook.

You can also go here and here for more pictures.

Overall, the hunt was extremely tiring and hard. We had fun jua lah.. Maybe will do it again next year. We'll see.. :)

Feathers, flowers & cats...

2008-12-12T18:20:00.001+08:00

I took my G9 out for a walk around the house. Unfortunately, the battery was low. So I only managed to take a few shots. I was accompanied by my black cat btw.. unnamed because we couldn't decide on one.. I'm rambling.

Anyways, enjoy~

Spotted this near the flowers..

Nice, right? :)

I love this.. The light, the shadows..

P/s I love macro shots!

Post-exams

2008-12-10T17:13:00.000+08:00

Hey everyone~

Hanie's laptop is probably in the shop for repairs.

Cath's probably busy finishing all the movies and TV shows.

I've been quite busy jalan2 and reading novels at home. Hehe Anyways, gonna upload some pictures I took for my outing with my SWOK girls last Wednesday and a gathering with my old friends from the Abyadhs.. Better than nothing, right? Hehe

Oh, foods pictures ahead!

3rd December 2008
Misato

Unagi..

Baby octopus...

Salmon Tanuki Maki~

Mini California Special

Okonomiyaki

Bento~

Gyoza

Something chicken.. Torikatsu?

This is heaven!! Grilled salmon with cheese~

At the Dunes Cafe

Apple Crumble~

Delicious onion rings~

My Mocha~

SWOK-ers

7th December 2008
Pantai Seri Kenangan

Best BBQ chickens ever~

Some kids playing in the water

Random shot..

Our very own mermaid~

Group jump shot!

And this is revenge..

More pictures arah my Face book.

Hehe I'm excited for the Walk-A-Hunt thing this Sunday! Kami akhir register ah.. Kemarin baru decide kan ikut.. Hahaha Well, I'm sure it'll be fun nanti.. :)

Give us a smile!

2008-12-02T17:29:00.002+08:00

Last night, Cath texted me to go outside and look at the moon and stars.. So, I went out but I couldn't see clearly because of the clouds. Then my sister told me that my uncle took some pictures using my G9.. And sorry for the not so good looking picture.. It was taken using a digicam after all~

This one looks like Onion Head.. haha

Smile~

Want more info about this? Click here.

And oh, we finished our exams yesterday.. Cath, Hanie & I went out for lunch and talk, talk, talk and talk.. Hehe I haven't got pictures with me. They're all with Hanie as we took it using her Nokia. Unfortunately, Hanie's laptop crashed sometime last week.. So, she wouldn't be able to upload the pictures.

A belated post about my favourite shot last week was the one I took just outside of my house..

A gloomy day.. sigh

And this is just for fun.. Hehe

Mirul's tee.. Cute kan?!

Good day!

Your attention, please!

2008-11-18T14:08:00.002+08:00

Attention: B. Sc. Biological Science and B. Sc. Ed (Bio) Year 4 students

Regarding the Field Ecology 2.. Prof. Ulmar is in charge, so he wants all of us to submit our names so that he'll know how many are going. Oh, the dates.. Sikit lagi I terlupa~ :p It's going to be 5th - 10th January 2009. 1 week tu ah.. So, please tell the others, yeah..

And for all B Sc. Biological Science Year 4 students, Hanie texted me tadi about the option course for next semester. We must take either Herpetology or Genetics (?) pasal the Food Microbiology dulu atu inda kana kira. I don't know for sure pasal Rawi yang cakap. Better ask Dr. Charles lagi lah.

Harap maklum.

And these are my papers.. :)

Date	Day	Time	Course
24/11/08	Monday	9 a.m.	Biochemistry & Immunology
25/11/08	Tuesday	2 p.m.	Tropical Forest Ecology & Ecophysiology
01/12/08	Monday	9 a.m.	Entomology

Good luck for the exams UBDians!

Indecent Behaviour

2008-11-14T16:43:00.001+08:00

Holiday's coming!!

Hahahah :P Awu, exams coming about a week lagi.. Anyways, just wanna tell you girls yang rajin ke library to study atu.. Ni.. Ada notice..

Siap ada model lagi ni for my iklan.. Hahaha

To those yang inda tau, there was a 'flashing' incident in the library last week. According to a reliable resource, the victims were two girls.. And they were so freaked out that they cried.. The flasher was reported to be a dark, dark, big man.. Freaky..

Yatah ah, just be cautious saja time revision week ani..

Moving on.. I talked with the girls about selecting some random things or pictures for the 'favourite of the week' thing.. Gonna make it a weekly thing.. If Cath and Hanie rajin that is.. I'll try to do it weekly though.. So that the blog won't be so silent for a long, long time.. Hehehe

So, my fave picture of the week is this pic of my penguin keychain. Kata c-Nemo, macam terrorist saja.. Hanie cakap macam chef!! Hahahaha Yep, this was the result of being jobless during class.. Ada canon of pens lagi tu!!

Bahhh.. I'll stop now before I bore you to death.. Hahaha

Fake Orgasm

2008-11-09T21:31:00.002+08:00

LMAO

=p

Selahau eh..

bah back on finishing my ento reports~

:D

I caught my very, very, very first bat!!! :D

2008-11-02T20:33:00.005+08:00

Yesterday, i went off to my trapping site in a disturbed fragmented area near Berakas forest reserve with Salihah, Azman, Rawi & Aywen who happened to help me out setting up two harp traps and we left it overnight. The harp traps are used to catch any low-flying bat & they consist of a frame that supports 4 rows of fine line thread and a catching bag at the base. If a bat detects the first row and swerves to pass through, it collides with the second row and tumbles into the collecting bag.

The next day, Ikhwani accompanied me checking the traps. I was so excited & i couldnt wait to see what did i catch today. We checked the 1st harp trap: no bat was found. The same thing goes to the 2nd trap. sigh. i was pretty dissappointed. Then we moved the 2nd harp trap further up in the same trail as before. But as we carried the enomorous, heavy trap, Ikhwani noticed something moving, then a small bat came out hidding from the pocket side of the catching bag.

I was like WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~~!!! I caught myself a bat on my first trapping!!! wuhhooooooooooooooooooooooooooo~

Its a Cynopterus Brachyotis or commonly known as Lesser Short-nosed Fruit bat. Oh yes, its small & cute but then it makes this really annoying noises & it was pretty darn aggressive!!! We werent confident enough to touch the bat using our bare hands, so we used gloves instead. It tried to escape when we were trying to grab a hold of it & the thing surely bites anything that goes near to its mouth!!!!!

P.S: a very big thank you to Salihah, Sepol, Mirul, Qilah, Marhim, Ikhwani, Azman, Rawi, Chak for helping me out ;)

I'm surely looking forward for my next bats trapping adventure :D

To forgive & forget...

2008-10-28T18:35:00.000+08:00

Ada this quote.. from unknown..

“Men forget but never forgive. Women forgive but never forget.”

I may forgive, but I will never ever forget.

To forgive someone means that you have accepted the person's apologies.. It means that you are willing to give that someone a chance to make things right. It also means that you still have a heart and are willing to accept that someone to be with you.

To forget the things that that someone has done to you or to others, is quite hard. Personally, I cannot just forget the hurtful things that that someone had done or said to me. Even if it's just a little, minute silly thing which other people don't take it seriously.. But the little things mean the most, you see.. Especially if that someone is close to you.

I forgive but never forget. What I would do in such cases, is that I would try to move on and let things be.. As it was before.. Not entirely 'forget' the whole thing, but just move on with your life. What good is it if we were to wallow in our sadness and sorrow? What good is it if we were to plan on vengeful schemes to make a revenge on that particular someone?

Sigh..

Lastly, things which appear to the naked eye don't usually show the real, honest truth. Apa nya orang, "Don't judge a book by it's cover"..

A true friend values the meaning of friendship.
It's not just there to comfort you when you're emotionally in need..
(Meha, 2008)

My love...

2008-10-27T10:24:00.001+08:00

Hello everyone 大家好...

27th October 2008

Happy 27th Birthday to My Love, Hasrin!

生日快乐！

The first time I saw you was in the Dojang during Taekwondo training. You were then the Captain of the Club and the list of girls going after you wasn't exactly short... *hehehe* Our seeds of love blossomed when you told me how you felt on that beautiful evening at the beach during sunset... And I thank God for that moment when you entered my life for never in my life have I met such a special guy like you...

who teaches me lessons in life...
who holds me tight when I'm feeling down...
who thinks about me day and night...
who cooks for me when I'm hungry...

who pampers me with gifts...
who accompanies me to the field...
who helps me catch insects...
who can tolerate my temper...
who can accept my faults...

and most importantly...

who loves me unconditionally...

心是热血的，对我是真心的。。。

And whenever I'm not by your side...

Just remember,

The stars you see represent me saying 'I Love You'
星星代替我说爱你。。。
The breeze you feel represent me saying 'I Miss You'
微风吹起是想念。。。
The warmth of the sun you feel on your skin
照耀在身上的阳光温暖。。。
is when I open my arms, holding you near, hugging you...
是因为我张开手在擁抱着你。。。

有力量去爱人或被爱的人，都是幸福的人。。。
True blessings flow from our ability to love and be loved by others...

Nature is always full of surprises...

2008-10-26T10:16:00.004+08:00

Hello everyone 大家好...

The forest is undoubtedly a place where there are hidden treasures, endless beauty and of course full of surprises... I went to check the traps at disturbed site 4 on one very hot and sunny noon and...

Tell me do you see anything in this picture? Well except for the dried fern and twigs la...

Now... tell me what you see...

I didn't realize its existence until it was about 30cm away from my face. And I stood there for I think a whole 20 minutes under the sun photographing it and enjoying its beauty. Mesmerizing!! Its just so prettyyyyy...

心迷就会苦，心悟就自在。。。
A confused mind suffers agony; an enlightened mind feels at ease...

Bon... James Bon...

2008-10-25T21:51:00.002+08:00

Hello everyone 大家好...

This post is solely dedicated to the one and only Bon... Who is he 他是谁呢?

1. My B.Sc. Biological Science junior
2. My faithful all-time listener
3. My sweet adopted little brother
4. My companion in the field
5. Most importantly, Zyana's Love... *teeheehee*

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday and may success be with you always. Your present I hutang first k... Sorry Bon~

13th October 2008

Happy 22nd Birthday to Bon Wuu Yih!

生日快乐！

Ahahahaha... so nice to have little brother to play with :D *hehehe*

Play is play~ But Bon is very hardworking one you know~

Bon's favorite line: "I'm hungryyyyy... 我好饿哦。。。"

Ok, this part has nothing to do with Bon la... *hehehe* It just coincidentally happened on the 13th October as well ma... Went to the field in the morning to check on the traps... On my way out from my simpang, I found this...

Ditched car in ditch...

要以理来轮事，不是拿事来轮理。。。

We must carry out our tasks according to principles, not let our principles be compromised by our tasks...

Poor Battsy..

2008-10-24T11:54:00.007+08:00

Last friday my mom & my lil' sister found a very cute, small bat lying helplessly on the ground in our car's garage. My mom figured that it was injured so she kept it in a box.

Where did the bat come from? From the roof-top of my house!!! (and No B.B, i dont live inside a cave baahhhh ;P) Apparently there quite number of holes found at the roof which actually allow these bats to come in & roost. Bats are known to be active during night & every night i always hear this squeaking & crawling sound of hundred of feet on the ceiling which i first thought they were mice or rats or birds!!!

I was very excited with my first encountered handling with bat so i brought it to the campus & went off to my supervisor office, Dr David Lane to identify it. He carefully took the bat out of the box & just held using his bare hands only (without using any gloves that is!!) Of cos ler, in our biology department, he's the most experienced with handling bats compared to others.

So the name of the genus is Saccolaimus saccolaimus, which is commonly known as Naked-Rumped Pouched Bat which one of the high-flying bats. It's a male & still a juvenile & it eats insect. The bat have this cute small pouched below its chin to keep any insect that it catches. We found that one of its wings got injured thats probably why it didnt try to fly away.. After he carefully handled & observed the bat i asked him what should i do with it since it still a live. He told me to i.d it first & set it free or keep it as a pet. Then i kept the bat inside a sack that Dr Lane gave.

Right after finished talking with him, i went straight off to B.B room's & showed off my 1st bat. Cath & metis were there too. B.B got so excited about the bat & she wanted to take pictures of it. But the thing was, all of us were too penakut to take out the bat from the sack. So we sorta forced metis to do it instead :D

So the next day, i finally had the guts to hold the bat without using gloves after seeing how relaxed Salihah was when she took it out from the sack. Even B.B, cath & my siblings now arent afraid of touching it anymore..he's one hell of cute little fellaa~ hen ke'ai yo...

My lil sister named it Battsy (i know its pretty lame name for a male bat kan, but i decided just to stick with it) And I got so attached to the bat that i decided to keep it as a pet for 5 days only.. I tried to feed it with insects that i caught, it just wont eat. Look at the size of its tummy, mikin shrink liao without foods for almost a week..

Finally, one day when i was in the campus revising for my biochemistry test, my lil sister text me and said that Battsy heart beats were so weak & he was dying right in her hands.. How was i feeling? honestly i felt a bit sad of losing it... after all he's been a good pet to me..

But looking on the brighter side, i got to preserve Battsy as a wet specimen & keep it in the UBD museum and there'll be my NAME on it, wuuhooo!! :D

P.S: May you rest in peace Battsy...

Ikung-less Frog

2008-10-22T19:50:00.001+08:00

Hello all~

This will be a short post.. (I think..)

Last Saturday, 18th October, we went to Andulau for the BI 4224 practical. It was interesting because I've never been there.. And we even get to visit the small museum there. I uploaded most of the pictures in Facebook so just click here to see 'em all.

I like this pic.. :)

Kinda edited this pic pasal ada orang in the background.. So yeah..

Then, on Monday, 20th October, we had ELISA practical for Immunology. It was fun grinding all those leafy vegetables to get the sap. ~~More pictures will be uploaded to Facebook. So, I will give the link later lah.~~ Here's the link!

Cath menutuk sayur ah.. Haha

Some of us also went to Nadz's for dinner later that evening.. She cooked spaghetti for us~ Cath & I ikut in Ikhwan's car and we were a bit bising nyanyi lagu Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat. That was the only song I can play in his car pasal his other cds are very rock-ish.. I played with his Nikon jua.. Took a few pictures with the Nikon.. Sakainess~

Ani using my G9 by Nemo

The following photos were taken using Nemo's Nikon

Me: Mana ikung nya?
Nemo: Frog ada ikung kan?
Me: LOL

Eseh~

Apa ku gambar ani ah?

Kekurangan objects dalam kereta ah.. Hehe

And oh, had the Biochem test tadi..

Sigh.. Bah, back to my research for the project.

Eksen!

Hahahah

September Babies Part 2...

2008-10-16T21:28:00.021+08:00

Hello everyone 大家好...

Sorry for missing in action again for so long 我又不见了，对不起. Still remember my last post on September Babies Part 1? I know, I know, it was ages ago~ * hahaha* This post will be the sequel of it and the last of the sequel. Tantu la~ It's October already ma~ *hahaha* Ok, here goes...

19th September 2008

Happy 20th Birthday to my brother, Dixon Liew!

生日快乐！

No matter how much you annoy me or how much we argue, you're still my little brother and nothing can ever change that~ Happy Birthday Pighead 猪头!

22nd September 2008

Happy Birthday to Mila Haziman!

生日快乐！

Mila is a wonderful Taekwondo senior (currently a black belt holder) of mine whom had taught me a lot of kicking and sparring skills. His sense of humor is every reason why training is so fun and enjoyable. Happy Birthday Mila! Waacha!

This picture was taken way back in 2006 when I was a whole lot slimmer than I am now *hahaha* Huge difference eh? Talk about improvement in life~ *hahaha*

25th September 2008

Happy 22nd Birthday to ME, Catherine Liew!
*aiyo, I sound so pathetic la~*

生日快乐！

This year, my birthday was celebrated by a bunch of wonderful friends. They had actually planned this surprise birthday for me for a long time. No words can describe how happy I was that night 我真的好开心, Thank You all of you 谢谢你们~ you know who you are.

On 23rd September after Entomology Practical, Meha and Hanie suggested going for sungkai at Misato. So off we went~ Metis was already there when we arrived, followed by the rest, Mirul, Saiful, Ikhwan, Jeffery, Bon, Zyana, Syidah...

Then apa lagi~ we dig into the buffet big time! Lapar kaliah~ *hahaha* Puasa ma~

I can literally hear the sushi screaming: 'HELP! 救命啊！The wicked man is gonna gobble me up! HELP!' *hehehe*

Jeffery on the other hand, was gentle with the sushi~

Then out came my birthday cake 生日蛋糕 leaving a very speechless and blushed me sitting there listening to the birthday song~ Mixed emotion of happiness, touched, giddyness was overwhelming... *emosi bah, hahaha*

My birthday cake, hand-picked by the lovely couple, Bonnie and Clyde *eh salah*, Bon and Zyana~ I don't exactly remember the name of the cake, something chocolate obviously *hahaha* And it was YUMMY!!

Me and my cake~ :D
Birthday Wish: 'I'm giving my wish to all my friends who are here with me now... Wishing all your wishes to come true...'

Me again with my cake~ Thank you so much you guys~

Group photo~ (Hanie is the photographer)

Group photo~ (Now Mirul is the photographer) *hehehe*

Me with the lovely couple~ bila kamu kahwin? *hehehe*

Me and Saiful~

Me and Ikhwan~

Me and Metis~

Me and Hanie~

Me and Meha~

Me and Syidah~

Me and the girls~

Me and the guys~

We actually had so much fun entertaining ourselves. This is what we did:

1. Who has the biggest eyes?
Winner: Mirul~ basar mata nya yo~

2. Who has the smallest eyes?
Winner: Ikhwan~ cute kan ia~ *hehehe*

3. Who is the most girly?
Winner: I think you know the answer to that~ *hahaha*

Metis became the walrus... he has to do this in every sushi restaurant in town!

Ok tell me what you think of this picture? Any resemblance? *teehehe*

Saiful stacked 4 cups on top of one another~ told you we know how to entertain ourselves *hehehe* and guess what? The cup-tower actually felt and we screamed so loud! *hahaha* Kids never try this, you'll only get spanked! Only young adults like us are allowed to~ *hehehehe*

After so much chatting and so much fun~ we reluctantly parted... It was actually because we were the only ones left in the restaurant and the waiter and waitress keep glancing at us~ *hahaha* Ok ok, we get the point~

Thank You for a wonderful night~ Thank You 谢谢~

On the actual day of my birthday, 25th September, my love *eseh wa~* brought me out for sushi! My birthday this year is labeled as sushi birthday~ *hahaha* We went to Excapade Kiulap and had a very nice, enjoyable, quiet sushi sungkai...

Thank you Sayang~ *mwuahz*

From your Sayang~ *mwuahz*

Toot toot toot~~ Sushi train passing by~ Yummy!

*drools*

One of my personal favorite~ Mini Salmon Mayo! Yum~

30th September 2008

Happy 23rd Birthday to Nurul Jannah @ Jenz!

生日快乐！

Happy Birthday to the most gorgeous looking lady in the whole world whom I've known since my high school years~ She is everything a friend can be... lovely, pretty, charming, sexy, intelligent, nice, sweet, cute... and the number of guys hitting on her is longer than Santa's Xmas list! *hehehe* When are you coming back to Brunei? Missing you to bits!! XOXO

以亲切的爱心去关怀别人，这分爱心更是造福的种子。。。
When we care for others with deep sincerity, our heart of love is the noble seed that brings great blessings…

SHR 1429 H

2008-10-03T06:10:00.000+08:00

I would like to ask for forgiveness from all of you if I ever did anything wrong or say bad things about you. Sorry for everything, maaf zahir & batin.

Get Hari Raya Graphics Here

Answer to tags:

[siokngi] - The moon wasn't sighted last Tuesday, so.. yeah.. It was a very clear night btw.. I wonder why the moon wasn't sighted.. hmm..

Optical Phenomenon

2008-09-29T14:05:00.000+08:00

It's been a long time since one of us blogged here. Very busy bahhh~

Plus, it's nearly Raya, and everyone's busy with the preparations. Cath's however busy with the trappings. Good luck lai..

I just wanna share these pictures my sister took on 25th September. I didn't know what exactly happened but she asked for my camera. I was so kusut finishing the BI 4224 presentation that I didn't really care about anything else.

That is until I saw the pictures..

A great sight isn't it? It's apparently called a sun halo. See here and here for details.

Some superstitious beliefs said that the halo's an indication of the loss of some great people.. Well, that's what my sister told me. Hehe Who knows..

Happy holidays to UBD students! Hehe

September Babies Part 1...

2008-09-16T00:00:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone 大家好…

Anyone missed me? 有人想念我吗？If anyone had already forgotten me 或有人忘了我？… I’ll reintroduce myself *hehehe* I’m Catherine, nice to meet you! *lame brabis wah* I have been gone for so so long… I feel like as if I’m in some secret hideout where there’s no internet connection! Actually I am having a competition with Time 跟时间在比赛 and believe me, it’s a pretty tough opponent 好强的对手 and it had overtaken me for quite some time. So so sorry to our faithful readers 好对不起哦… Thank God there’s Hanie and Meha~ Love ya girls~ *mwuahz*

To make up for my long absence, this post will be long with loads of pictures (courtesy of Meha, Syidah, Metis, BB… thanks a bunch gurls… 谢谢你们).

September 九月 is a month when the sign of Virgo begins and ends in the sign of Libra as well as when great people are born!! *kambangz* I wonder what happened in December and January (9 months ago…) *teeheehee*

5^th September 2008

Happy 69^th Birthday to dearest Dr. Joseph K. Charles!

生日快乐！

This is the world’s most wonderful lecturer 世界上最好的教师 and he actually thought that we forgot about his birthday! Little does he know that we actually planned a surprise for him 有惊喜. While waiting for him to appear, we were so excited and so thrilled 好紧张哦! I was about to jump out of my skin already, the suspense was killing you know~ *hehehe* The surprise turn out to be a huge blast!

I'll let pictures of that night's event tell you how much fun it was~

Here's me and Syidah cam-whoring in the backseat of a certain maroon limo~

Introducing our chauffeur for the night, Metis Wong and our butler, Bon *hehe, juz kidding guys~*

The guys memorizing for the biggest exam of their life and the syllabus is the Menu of Escapade! Look how concentrate and attentive they are! *hehe*

The curtain soon to reveal the guest of honor ~

Then came the guest of honor!! *drum please~* Happy Birthday Dr. Charles!!

Look how serious the guest of honor opening his gift~ Hope you like it Dr. Charles!

Ironically, Metis and I got quite a surprise ourselves when BB handed us our birthday gift. And the cake actually had our names on it 蛋糕上有我们的名字耶! Yay~ our birthdays celebrated in advance 早庆祝我们的生日! Thank you so much guys 谢谢你们~ *mwuahz* I was so happy and had so much fun, Thank You 我真的真的好感激，也好开心!

The double chocolate cheesecake saying: Joe the Monkey, Metis the Hippo, Cath the Elephant (This is what happens when you're so in love with mammals~)

September babies~ only like 47 years apart! *hahaha*
(1939 and 1986)

Make a wish 许愿吧~ Blow them candles 吹蜡烛吧~
(Yikes! I'm actually blowing 6 big candles and 9 small candles??? *faint*)

Here's Syidah doing the honor of distributing the mouth-watering cheesecake! Yummy~ it's really really delicious you know 蛋糕真的好好吃耶~

Dr. Charles eating his birthday cake with chopsticks! *hehehe*

Dr. Charles with a gift from Syidah, a towel with his name embroided on it 毛巾上有他的名字~ Wonderful gift!

Andery giving Metis his presie in advance with a card that has clue on it~ He's not suppose to open it until five days later 五天后才能开礼物哦! Can he bear with this curiosity? *hehehe*

Metis isn't the only one with an advance birthday gift~ Andery gave me mine as well 我也有耶!! 20 days in advance 二十天才能开礼物! Thank you so much Andery 谢谢你!! I'll open it on the 25th, I promise!

Many hours later, look at the mess we've made!!

Introducing Charles and his Angels... Syidah, BB and Catherine! (Charles' Angels) *teehehe*

Me and BB, the mastermind behind this amazing surprise birthday party~ Thank you BB *mwuahz*

Dr. Charles and Metis with cream on their faces~ Doesn't it makes you wonder what they'll do next....?

Andery, Jeffery and Bon~ Look how happy they are because they passed their Escapade exam, with distinction and a full stomach!

Syidah and Azman~ so sweet~ *hehehe*

Me, BB, Andery, Jeffery, Bon, Syidah, Azman~ who's missing ah 谁不在? *think think think* O... Metis! He was the photographer! *hahaha*

Because he wasn't in the previous picture... he took tons of pictures of himself!! *hahahaha*

Me and Syidah~

Syidah and Metis~ she left me for him~ *sniff*

Apparently it's true, Bon is either hungry or sleepy! I'm guessing he's very tired judging from the plates in front of him and of course his face! Leave some food for Azman, Bon, he's still eating! *hehehe*

Well the dinner wasn't the only surprise~ Just in case it backfired, no worries~ This is Dr. Joseph K. Charles staffroom door in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Brunei Darussalam

Here's Metis giving double thumbs up!
(He actually meant: "Get to work, you think I chauffeur for free kah??")

Starting our work 开始功做~

And~ Voila~ Dr. Charles is gonna have a jolly morning when he sees this~ *hehehe*

How could we have forgotten 怎么可能忘了呢, Dr. Charles? *hehehe*

7^th September 2008

Happy 29^th Birthday to dearest Sze Sze Jie Jie!

生日快乐，诗诗姐姐！

A sister is always there for you… she accepts you just as you are and always wants the best for you… Just wanna let you know you’re all the wonderful things a sister should be… Happy Birthday! Hope your birthday was a blast with Bro Rahim surrounded by family and friends…

Thank you for all the support you've given me throughout my years and I can never imagine life without you~

When was the last time we went swimming? Next Sunday Splash? *hehehe*

10^th September 2008

Happy 22^nd Birthday to Metis Wong!

生日快乐！

Happy Birthday to this wonderful girl, i mean guy, who has erased the distinct line separating men and women, girl and boy. He can be an adorable little brother 可爱的小弟弟 at times and a great help in the field carrying heavy traps...

Or she can be the most adorable little sister a girl 又是可爱的小妹妹 can have sharing girl problems, gossips and complains. She'll let you put make up on her and braid her hair just so you can be happy... told you she's adorable! Happy Birthday! *hehehe*

Wing It

2008-09-10T19:40:00.002+08:00

Last night we went to the BNS meeting: a talk by Mark Hessels, 4 Light-Years on Borneo.

He was the greatest! I was so captivated and inspired by him & his photographs. I didn't know he's a wildlife photog.. Batah ku nda update with BNS bahhh~ Hehehe Yatah he's leaving soon and that was his last BNS talk. Gilerrr.. Lawa his pictures!! We booked for his book btw.. "Winging the Bornean Skies". Can't wait for it.. Dr. Edwards didn't exactly tell us when the books will arrive. *sigh*

This I curi from BNS email attachment. Mark Hessels' work ni.. :)

Aku masih iski pasal Mark Hessels ah.. Handal ehhh~ And the way ia cerita with pictures.. Hilarious~ We had fun lah di malam.. Even though ngantuk kekanyangan after sungkai. :) Stayed til around 10 p.m. I think.. Cerita2 lagi and stuffs.. Pictures? Took some after the talk..

Mark Hessels, the great wildlife photog~

Syidah capturing the monkey moment

This is the first time Andery didn't try to avoid my camera! :p

Ooohhh! I love this pic!! Liat Azman ah!! LOL

Awww.. the wacky chinese boy without his cap~

Us~ Cath's blurry eh..

Ani nda nampak my eyes.. Lalalala

Cath's blurry again.. with Dr. Charles btw

This is what monkeys usually do before they turn 22.. Hahaha
HAPPY BIRTHDAY METIS!

And tadi, on our way home, I spotted a car accident in Tg. Bunut (I think) and quickly grabbed my camera. But as I was trying to take more pictures, a boy in his Ugama uniform went out of the car with his head bleeding. Cath & I were shocked. We stopped to help them lah pasal Cath ada bawa her first aid kit. When we went to see the boy, he was nowhere to be found. Instead, the mother was busy tidying up her daughter. The girl was unconscious, blood all over her body. Well, sikit2 lah.. Arah her mouth, face, neck, hands.. We helped a bit bagi tissues and water. (Cath's the saviour of the day~)

Then when the mother went out of the car, she asked us to look after the girl while she went to look for her boy. Masa atu jua, she asked me, "Anak c-Yus kah?". I said yes. My mom's name is Yus btw. She's Auntie Didie. Long story lah, but I've known her since damit dulu2. Batah inda jumpa, but she remembers me.. *sniff* Kesian wah when you look at her trying to talk to the girl.. Sedih.. The police was lambat. The ambulance was late brabis.. Crazy I tell you.. It was hot lagi.. Kesian the girl..

Traffic was so panjang.. But as soon as the girl was safely inside the ambulance, we headed for the car. There was also a girl who stopped by to help. But she was alone, and did nothing much but watched saja. Macam ijap jua ya pasal the car accident ah.. She stood close to me tadi.. Hehe Anyways, all the best for the Auntie Didi's family. Amin~

~~p/s oops.. forgot to watermark the pictures.. later lah.. :p~~

Just some updates..

2008-09-10T00:12:00.007+08:00

I had tahlil & makan-makan at my grand's place on sunday last week on the occasion for Bulan Ramadhan fasting with few of our closed related families. Here's are some of the pics taken during that day:

My cousin's son, he's very bit chubby & cute too ;D

Me & my panat cousin Niela, cute amoi kan? =p

More of my cousins, L-R: Niela, Fiona & Rita

Hatim & Emilia

L-R: Awang, Niela & my brother Abu

Then this morning around 10am, i went off accompanying my dad to the hospital for his weekly check-ups apointment along with my mom & sis.

My dad & sis

We waited for nearly an hour plus & our butt already 'sangal' & cramped just for waiting the oncology doctor to come back from his lunch. They should have set my dad's appointment at 12pm next time.

Aiyo, see how pissed off my sis was as if ia mau makan that doctor already...

After we're done in the hospital, i went straight to UBD at 2pm for entomology practical class till 5-ish. Nothing new, just learning more on insect orders...

Sepol a.k.a Mc Messy =p~~

Then i had my sungkai with Qilah & his daling at Hong Kong Halal dimsum in Yayasan..

i order my usual kolo mee with wantan, but it wasnt as good as the ones in Lee Loi Fatt :(

L-R: Qilah & Hanie

Uncle & his huge shopping bag !!!

After sungkai, we did some karaoke singing in the game arcades but i didnt sing much becos i cudnt hit a note ;D

Then played some arcade dance & qilah was hell alot of better dancer than me :~(

Enjoying their chocolate pecan cookies amos ;)~~~

What do you guys think about this pic? LOL

I find this pic is really cute, hehe.. sweet innit? ~ :D

Handphones baru

2008-09-04T21:31:00.003+08:00

Everyone seems to be getting themselves a new phone.. It either because their previous phone already 'rosak' pasal terlampau ganas makai hence can no longer use (its beyond repair ;p) or got bored with the old one..

Among the four of us, Cath was the first to get herself a new hp... so she bought Sony ericsson K660 the one with the white & green colour casing..

Then a month later, Syidah also got herself a SE K660 too but with different colour

Then last week, Meha bought SE W660i...

Then this week, I decided to get myself a new phone too...

*cheng*cheng*cheng*

I here welcome you my new nokia n82 :D

i picked n82 because the reviews stated that it has the camera which is best for taking pictures ( 5 megapixel with real (xenon) flash, Carl Zeiss: tessar lens) among the other n series phones.

Plus it comes in white colour :D

But of cos lah, this phone cost me alot!!!
Now i'm already pokai = kapih = broke early this month
No shopping for new heels, bags, etc for hari raya this year
So kesian right?
=~(

if only $$$ gugur dari langit...

Rojak

2008-09-03T22:05:00.000+08:00

Hullo~

As you can see, a new layout. I'm sick of the old one already. But I haven't asked either Hanie or Cath about changing this layout. Biar tia ah.. I like it.. Pasal kiut~ Hehehe Mun kamu sasak this one, go find one you like and I'll change it for you girls. :p

Oh, btw.. Note to Hanie: This Saturday will be the Biomes presentation. Adui.. I should be doing the final touch-ups on the presentation. I forgot. And Biochem lecture this Sat from 12-2. *sniffs*

Happy bersahur, happy fasting and happy bersungkai~

p/s The title has got nothing to do with this post. Saja ku tesliur.. :p

Numb

2008-09-01T21:25:00.001+08:00

Sakit jiwa ku eh.. I just bought a new phone and it can't connect to internet + mms. Kusut amat sih! I've tried to change the settings for 2 days now and tadi I brought it to DeeJay.. Still cannot connect~ So, brought it to the kedai where I purchased it. The salesperson cakap macam2 lah. Pasal they don't do internet settings for Sony Ericsson and something about the unavailability of software. !@#$%^&*()_+

I was frustrated pasal aku suka the phone already. The salesperson told me to pick other phones instead..preferably Nokia. *grrr* Sekali I asked the salesperson for a few days to decide on which phone to pick. She gave me until Friday saja. Nyeh :p

Balik rumah tadi aku kusut lah milih Nokia apa.. I even asked my sister to pick one for me. I cannot decide on one thing quickly bah.. I need help and guidance~ Hahaha :P Anyways, while I was at it.. I was also surfing about problems on using SE phones. I didn't exactly found an answer.. Tapi I was fiddling with the phone kan.. and I tried connecting to the internet.... MAU!!

Hahahaha I was ecstatic~ There's no need to switch to Nokia lagi.. Hahahaha SE fever~ :D And the thing is... I only changed ONE simple part of the settings. Crazy settings.. Even the salespersons inda tau.. Handal aku tu ah~ Hahahahaha

Bah, enough about that. My sister gave me a link of a youtubed video. Enjoy~

Visiting Tutong Home Garden

2008-08-29T21:37:00.014+08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates.. I'm a bit swamped with uni-life here :(

Netherless!!! we went for a field trip to Tutong last saturday morning with the whole Tropical ecology class. Wuhhooo!! It was surprisingly fun, i had a good time interacting & mingling with the locals who own the kebun there, They were all very bubbly :D

So we visited the home garden in Kg. Kiudang which was roughly around 70 hectares. But of cos lah~ we didnt exactly walked through the entire area.... it's freaking huge like what? This so called kebun is own & maintain mainly by the Dusun people who live near there.

They grow a lot of local fruits! Naming few of them: durian puluh i.e. kuning (I super love durian!!!), petai, kembayau (Canarium odontophyllum), bilimbi i.e. starfruit, mata kucing (Dimorcarpus longan) & many more!!

Most of the fruits that you find in pasar, tamu or supermarkets are mainly bought from this home garden. They sell really, really, really cheap one!!! For instance, you can buy 3 biji buah tarap for only BND 2!!!! so murah right??

Buah tarap

But unfortunately, we werent able to take any of the local fruits back home, becos its not musim buah yet :(

Anyhoos, here's are the pics to share with everyone!

In the bus on the way to Tutong..L-R: Hanie, Meha, Cath

Two 'lalat' boys: Jeff & Metis

Bon: he's either sleepy, tired, hungry or angan-angan about Zyana =p

Erine Bennet

Please meet Metis Austen himself! LOL =p

Inside the Dusun home garden

the "petai' boys

A huge tortoise shell hang in the ceiling is used for emergency call by hitting it using a hard wooden stick just in case if something happen to their kebun.. There's no phone signal bah~

Mr Bon 'Tumnus'

Group photos with the local farmers..

After the tour around the garden ended, we headed back to the main hut, rested & had our lunch while waiting for the bus..

Bon & his pulut panggang, he actually made it look like peeling banana!!

Met & Syidah, eat~ eat~ eat~

Nadz

L-R: Prof. Savitri, Bon, Syidah & Cath

Rawi & Aywen

My classmates

Different assortments of kuih were prepared for us by the all Aunties & Uncles there, xiexie!!! :D

I wonder what were Jeff & Met talking about because syidah seemed to be very disturbed by it.. can see she's frowning bah~

L-R: Syidah, Cath, Hanie, Meha

Andry reading his book

The boys

Aywen sampat lagi posing d keta org~!

All the pak cik - pak cik~

After about 2 hour, the bus arrived & drove us to one of Aunty's house. She makes handicraft products with prices range from BND 2-30 only!!

Met the fisherman, sais kan?

Raihan with one of the Aunties

Hanie & Metis

The girls had been whining wanted to pee, becos cannot tahan anymore~! They were waiting like for almost 3 freaking hours before we finally reached the nearby mosque there..

Emma

Cath & Syidah

Oh by the way, i caught some of the boys like to do some sort of Angelina Jolie's lip pout pose. Here's the top four:

4. Andry

3. Metis

2. Bon

And finally the winner is....our very own Nemo!!! LOL =D

Well that's it for now~

Btw happy advance fasting everyone~

I'm pretty sure 1st day of ramadhan will be on this coming Monday, i cant wait~!!

:D

Cheers!!

Notice for BI4224

2008-08-22T12:30:00.001+08:00

[Note: Fwded by Andery in FS]

Specially for those taking BI 4224…

As have been inform that there will be a field trip to a home garden on Saturday, 23rd August, 2008. The place will be at Kg. Mungkom area, Mukim Kiudang.

In regard to this matter please be informed of the following:

1. Instead of 6 groups as grouped in the class, the groups have to merge to form ONLY 3 groups (FOR the purpose of this visit only). Each of the 3 groups will be directed to 3 different areas so please make sure each member from the former 6 groups will has their member in all the new 3 groups.

2. The bus will leave from UBD at 8am sharp as we are expected to arrive there by 9am.

3. The duration of the study will be about 5-6 hours, which means we are only to leave about 3pm. So please bring enough supply of your own food(lunch). Enough water supply is essential!

4. Protections against insects can also be brought/used.

5. Depending on the weather condition, you might need to bring along your cap/hat to avoid heat stress!

6. The place is very rich in fauna, so you might as well need to bring plastic bags (not supply) for sample collections for later identification.

7. The road leading to the place is narrow so it is advisable to use less vehicles (provided buses).

Lastly do enjoy the trip yea and enjoy the nature..hehe

PS: Forward this post until 22nd August 2008. You might as well inform the others. Thanks.

Morning Monster

2008-08-20T20:00:00.001+08:00

This semester we have this Entomology course and we're supposed to collect insects to make our own insect collection (200 insects!!).

And this morning, while I was getting ready for Uni, I was thinking about the "how, when and where" to collect them..

When something black and big was moving on the floor.

See this?

I was so freaked out that I ran to get Ridsect and sprayed on it. Multiple times!! Because it kept wriggling in a freakish way.. The front legs look so much like hands that I kept on spraying the ridsect til it stopped moving.

It was just after I threw it away that I realised that I should've COLLECT it instead of showering it with Ridsect.

Then, at Uni, we had our Entomology lecture.. Ada that insect in the book! The legs of that particular insect's modified for digging.. Dr. Marshall told us that it's most common here..

So..

It wasn't such a big deal to lose it..

I think.. :p

Memanat using Meha's Canon G9 Camera for the first time..

2008-08-16T23:52:00.009+08:00

Yup, Meha's mum just bought a Canon Powershot G9 just for Meha becos she's been crazily wanting to have it since last semester...

how i wish i can get one for myself but its too expensive bah. It cost like BND 1000++ I am so in green with envy~ hmmmph! =p

So she brought her newly bought camera during our first tropical forest ecology practical class's. I was so sakai & i had it with me the whole day taking pictures of my frens...

During tropical ecology forest practical class's in early morning. Everyone was busy answering the practical questions.

My things...

Meha concentrate brabis buat kaja nya...

so did Samia & Zur....

Aywen pun jua... he so sat far away, isolated from us...

Metis also... but not until he saw the cookies that Syidah baked & brought for us..

see how vain he looks when he posed for the cookie~

Syidah punya oatmeal + chocolate chip cookies taste really sedap one & this boy was like a cookie monster becos he habis kan almost all the cookies bah in the bottle!

See how funny their facial expressions right after eating the cookies.. Syidah must have poured a lot of sugar in it becos they look pretty much 'high' to me =p

Any idea what was Bon doing?

L to R: Bon, Cath, Metis

L to R: Syidah, Hanie, Meha

Practical class finished about 3 hours later & everyone went out hurriedly...

L to R: Cath, Syidah, Chu Tou a.k.a Metis

I even ambil gambar one of the cleaners in UBD when he was mopping the floor & this Pak cik must be thinking i was crazy for taking his picture! hahaha
:D

Mad Tv Parodies..

2008-08-15T19:43:00.004+08:00

I found these funny clips from youtube, you guys should watch them ;D

Family Guy

Grey's Anatomy

Greys's Anatomy + House

Crazy Kids

2008-08-10T11:10:00.001+08:00

I brought my G9 yesterday.. Hanie was so crazily excited about it.. Hahaha :p Anyways, the crazy kids took a lot of pictures kemarin. Tapi too many to upload.. So, compiled a few shots.. :)

Ayu ko Cath~ :D

Advert: Syidah's chocolate chip oatmeal cookies!!

Around noon, we went to McD for lunch.. Isn't my Spicy Chicken McDeluxe sexy?

Iklan shades ni.. Which one do you like?

Nyeh.. Better get back to work now.. Dr. Kam's practical esuk.. Have to read and prepare..

Happy Sunday!

Eights

2008-08-08T20:00:00.000+08:00

Oooohhhh.. I can't resist not posting anything on this date.. 08.08.08~

At 8 p.m.!!

Crazy eights..

Today's the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing..

And I heard that there's a lot of people picked this date to be married. There's even a couple who will be married at 8 o'clock on the dot. Plus, it's a Friday.. Muslims usually do the Nikah ceremony on Fridays.. So, expect a lot of weddings today~ :p

So, next year will be 09.09.09?? Siapa kan kahwin next year? You better pick that date! But, unfortunately it's a Wednesday.. So, payah sikit for Muslims.. Huhu

Another ideal date is 10.10.10... It's a Sunday too.. Agatah kamu kawin!! :D

And don't ask me why I know about these dates.. Hehehe

Cheers! ;)

Ecstatic

2008-08-07T19:15:00.000+08:00

Hello all~

Sorry for the long pause.. Been busy with a lot of things. :)

Uni started officially on 4th August 2008.

Our final year in UBD..

Cath & Syidah are already busy doing their final year project.

Me & Hanie were supposed to be doing Dr. Edwards' projects, tapi unfortunately he's not offering any this year. And ia akhir gitau kami!! Kepisan~ :p

So, in the end, Hanie decided to do Dr. Lane's project on bats and I will be doing Prof. Gad's project. I haven't really thought about which topic I want to do. I like the one about pharmaceuticals... But I don't know.. Still unsure... *lost*

Anyway, enough about that..

I wanna tell you something..

Ehem..

I got my G9 yesterday~

*ecstatic* :D

I love it~

Hehehe

The Notebook

2008-07-29T21:52:00.005+08:00

I just finished watching the Notebook, a film based on a novel written by Nicholas Sparks, which i never read it before.

The film was played by lead actor Ryan Gosling as Noah Calhoun & actress Rachel Mc Adams as Allie Hamilton.

I know its a total cliche to say this but...

OH MY GOD!!! this movie is one of the most romantic movies i have seen

Its about love, memories & death..

There is no words can or will describe the love that is shared between these two characters. The movie was really sad & i was very moved by it. I was crying my eyes out throughout the whole movie.... especially at the end :(

This movie even won the best kissing scene at the MTV movie awards 2005 :D

Ryan Gosling --> he's super HOT innit?!

Rachel McAdams --> remember the Queen B*tch from the mean girls? oh yes that's her, except that she's brunette in this movie instead of blonde :D

And yes, they even make a hot couple on & off-screen too :D

GAHHH!! you people gotta watch it!! and check out the notebook trailer

Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu Teteh-Chan! hohoho

2008-07-26T10:22:00.007+08:00

Happy 15th birthday to my sweet lil' annoying sister, Qurratul Ain Aqilah!!

Since we all are in low cash right now (biasa alum lagi terima gaji & my allowance is not out yet...), so we decided to have a small, simple celebration for her in the hospital with my dad.

One of my sister-in-laws, Mega, posing for her new hair style that i just curled last night! And she was very kindly to lend her Amah to cook mee hoon goreng & nasi goreng kampong. Very sedap one!!!

Three of my very 'Lating' nieces (L to R: Naqibah, Basyirah, & Batrisyah) and yes they even insisted me to get their hair done too just like their mommy!

So I bought my lil sister a Royal Chocolate Cheese Cake from MakCik bakery shop.

See how packed the room was filled with my siblings, nieces & only one nephew!

The b'day girl was so hyper after she ate a big slice of the cake & she was so high that she finally took off her tudung! See how boyish she looks like! hahaha

I gave her a 2 GB pendrive for her present that she's been whining to have it since last month..

Once again, Happy Sweet 15 sis. Hope you do well in your upcoming PMB exam & please try to cut down yourself from watching those japanese animated series bah for the mean time!
I love you sis ;)

Do guys see any resemblance? :D

The different sorts of men...

2008-07-19T16:19:00.000+08:00

Ada this one hilarious "forwarded e-mail" from a novel I'm reading.. I've posted it up arah my blog plang, but I wanna share with y'all.. Hehehe :D

Why ladies today are still single??

The nice men are ugly.
The handsome men are not nice.
The handsome and nice men are gay.
The handsome, nice and heterosexual men are married.
The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men, have no money.
The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men with money think we are only after their money.
The handsome men without money are after our money.
The handsome men, who are not so nice and somewhat heterosexual, don't think we are beautiful enough.
The men who think we are beautiful, that are heterosexual, somewhat nice and have money are cowards.
The men who are somewhat handsome, somewhat nice and have some money and thank God are heterosexual, are shy and never make the first move!!
The men who never make the first move, automatically lose interest in us when we take the initiative.

Source: Warna Hati by Meen Zulaikha.

Latest Movies..

2008-07-19T11:38:00.009+08:00

Good Afternoon peeps!!!

:D

Now i'm off my duty from looking after my dad in the hospital, it's my sister's turn, after all she's off from working today..

So I'm posting this right from my home where i really, really really miss it so much!!!
Because the wireless connection at home is freaking better than those in the hospital which is super-duper SLOW because I have to share the free wireless with everyone else there!!!

Now i can resume & continue downloading the latest movies that i haven't watch yet:
Doomsday
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Ruins
Family Guy The Movie
Definitely Maybe
The Happening

I've already watched the 1st three movies & the rest i'm still downloading them..

Doomsday:
Not a bad movie, i rate it 8/10. It's about Scotland that had been infected with Reaper virus. Don't worry, no Zombies this time unlike other movies such as 28 days later & 28 weeks later. The action scenes were amazing but abit gruesome but i enjoyed it so far :D Click this if you wanna know more info about this movie

Check out Doomsday's trailer --->

Forgetting Sarah Marshall:
This is one hell of a very funny movie!!! I give 10/10!!!! It's a romantic comedy about this guy name Peter Bretter (acted by Jason Segel, remember the big guy from “How I met your mother”?). He’s a composer & he has a steady girlfriend of 5 years who happened to be a famous tv Star, Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell), from her drama show Crime Scene.

But suddenly she dumped him out of the blue moon. He was devastated & letf heartbroken, so he tried to get over her by having sex with women he barely knows. But of course the pain didn’t magically disappear just like that after sleeping with random women! And so he decided to go to Hawaii to clear his head off but instead he met Sarah & his new British-rocker boyfriend that she have been having affair with behind Peter’s back..

Okay, okay, I wont spoil any further now.. bah go watch this movie.. It is SUPER FUNNY but a bit sexy & capi-capi… Hehehe I guarantee you all have a good laughing right from beginning of the movie until the end~ and the ending was so sweet too…:D

Forgetting Sarah Marshall's Trailer:

The Other Boleyn Girl:
Another 10/10 rated movie!!! This film was based on a novel which has the same title by British Author Philippa Gregory. This movie was acted by Natalie Portman (Anne Boleyn), Scarlet Johansson (Mary Boleyn) & Eric Bana (King Henry VIII of England).

This movie is almost a true story, all about a romanticized account of the life of the 16th-century aristocrat, Mary Boleyn, who was the sister of Anne Boleyn and one-time mistress of King Henry VIII.

Here's the summary:
King Henry already had his Queen (Catherine of Aragon) but she was unable to bear him a living son. So the ambitious men help their King by selecting a mistress for him to give him a son. Firstly they chose Anne Boleyn because she was older than Mary, unmarried & mored educated. But somehow, King Henry accidently got hurt during a hunting trip which was indirectly caused by Anne. So they have Mary (who's already married) nursed him instead & the King started to like her & decided her to be his mistress.

You see, this is one twisted story because Anne was so jealous of Mary whom was able to captured the King's heart that she would do anything to get Henry by her side despite of her own sister who had just given birth to a boy (fathered by the King himself). She also made the king promised to her never to bed or speak to Mary again & made him divorced with the Queen of England as well...

Yeah, Anne Boleyn was a very bad, bad, bad person indeed... but of course her marriage with Henry wasn't as happy as she thought & being a Queen wasn't as easy as she hoped for. She was expected to give birth to a son, but instead she had a daughter & named her Elizabeth. The King once again was very upset & hoping her to get him a son next time. When Anne got pregnant again, unfortunately this time, she had a miscarriage. She was so terrified & unable to tell the King the truth about it. So she was desperate & tried to persuade his brother, George Boleyn, to impregnate her. When the King knew about the incest, he was very angry & immediately sent them off for execution.

So Anne did became the Queen of England but for a short period of time. While her sister, Mary looked after the baby Elizabeth & she turned out to be the a suitable heir of England & reigned as Queen Elizabeth I.

The Other Boleyn Girl's Trailer:

I think i spoiled too much here already.. HAHAHA
But you guys have to watch this movie!!!
Very interesting to know how the Royals, Kings, Queens, Mistresses, Duchess, Duke, bla bla bla behaved long time ago in Europe...
It's full of surprising bah~
Haha..

Bah i have to end here abruptly because my sister just texted me & she's picking me up in about an hour..
Going to the hospital again..
Gah~

Bah cheers everyone~
Have a good day :D

Ps: Please do watch all these movies.. i promise you, you'll love it :D

Fantastic week in the forest...

2008-07-18T23:03:00.003+08:00

Hello everyone 大家好...

During a recent brief reunion with my high school classmates, I was given a new nickname and I pretty much agreed with it. They nicknamed me 'Miss M.I.A'. Sounds nice huh? But what does it stands for? M.I.A. actually stands for 'Missing In Action'. Pretty pathetic huh? How I wish there are more than 24 hours in a day *sigh*

Remember my last post? I know it was ages ago though *erm... hehe...* My small mammal project actually started last Friday. And earlier today was the last day for Sample 1 of the trapping process. Here's a brief account of what happened each day in the forest.

Note: 'We' here means Syidah and I as we are working together in both sites.

Ok here goes...

12th July - Trapping Day 1

All the traps were previously baited with banana the previous afternoon and on this morning was our first day of checking for any animals caught during the night before. Dr. Charles came along with us as it was our first day. Basically guide us and help us identify the animals caught.

So we went into the transect line with sky-high spirit checking the traps and the result were amazing. We caught quite a lot of squirrels as well as different species of rats. As we were walking inner into the forest checking traps, all of the sudden, Syidah looked as if she was about to burst out of her skin. Trying her best to control her excitement, she whispered to me and Dr. Charles as we were a few feet behind her.

She whispered: "Dr. Charles, Dr. Charles, we caught a civet!! We caught a civet!!"

I rushed to her side and saw this arboreal trap hanging upside down with something quite big in it. It was a civet alright. Both of us were so excited and it seems like we were about to jump through the roof! Er... I mean the canopy... no roof in the forest lah...*hahaha...* We were having a difficult time controlling our excitement as screaming in the forest is strictly forbidden.

Despite us behaving like two crazy girls, Dr. Charles however did not show whatsoever emotion of excitement. He made his way slowly towards us and merely said: "I heard you..." Well of course, he must have seen civets hundreds of times already *hahaha...* It was the Small-toothed Palm Civet (Arctogalidia trivirgata).

But that wasn't all, as Dr. Charles were busy photographing the civet and I was trying my best to hold the cage despite the civet's constant snaring with its sharp canines, Syidah spotted another cage nearby where inside that cage wasn't our usual squirrels or rats. It was another civet!! It was a baby civet!! And it has the cutest face ever!! Mother civet and baby caught! Tell me... how exciting can a day be?

But sadly, as I was weighing the baby civet, the back door of the cage was faulty and the baby civet escaped and all I could do was just stared at it *sniff*. Photographing opportunities all down the drain *sniff*.

Miss BB said: "You won't catch it again..." And deep down inside us we knew that true as predators usually do not get recaptured *sigh*.

13th July - Trapping Day 2

We were on our own this day and got quite a few recaptured squirrels and rats. Nothing exciting in the morning.

Went into the forest again to re-bait the traps with fresh bananas at 2pm as well as to check if any animals were trapped. I came upon a squirrel in an arboreal trap on a liana. It was the Plantain Squirrel (Callosciurus notatus). While waiting for Syidah to reach where I was standing, I decided to feed the squirrel with the old bananas I've collected. It was so cute holding the banana with its little forearms and standing upright on its hindlimbs! I was enjoying every second looking at it feed.

After Syidah came and recorded this particular squirrel, she moved further down the transect line as it was my job to release the squirrel. After having the experience of releasing quite a few of this species of squirrel, I've learned that it will scurry away from me with maximum speed.

Without thinking too much, I release the lock and open the cage door. The squirrel did not scurried away as I expected. Instead, it walked out of the cage turn around and looked at me! Guess what it did next? It jumped on my head and onto a branch behind me!! That really caught me by surprise! I instinctively let out a yelp and squatted down. I could feel it's claw on my scalp.

Syidah, upon hearing my yelp a few feet away, turn around and ask me "Kenapa?!"

I said: "It jumped on my head!!"

And then we were both laughing our heads off...

14th July - Trapping Day 3

We were doing the usual checking of traps in the morning. Came upon this trap on the ground placed alongside a log. What we saw inside the trap made us so excited and for two whole minutes, we were screaming as silently as possible and slapping each other high-five softly!!

Inside the cage was the same mother civet we caught two days ago!! Yes!! Believe it!! We knew it was the same one because it was marked. We approached it slowly and secured the trap door with wire. We did not dare release it yet because there are traps that we've not checked yet.

After checking all the traps, we came back to where the civet was. Now, releasing it... *take a deep breath* I walked towards the cage and too off the wire lock. Syidah was videoing the whole process a few feet away. I took another deep breath. The civet was snaring at me. Another deep breath. I slowly and carefully slide the trap door lock up, did not even pull open the cage door, and flew the heck away from the cage! I never knew I could move so fast!

When I look back at the cage again, the civet was still inside the cage! Then slowly it push the door open and walked out of the cage. It turn around and looked at the two of us briefly before scurrying away into the forest. Pheeww~

15th July - Trapping Day 4

Did our usual checking and found this really adorable and cute treeshrew. It was a lot smaller than our usual Painted Treeshrew (Tupaia picta) and was generally brown. Dr. Charles and Miss BB came to the field today. And afraid of mis-identifying this particular treeshrew, we brought it out of the forest, put it in Syidah's car and took it for a ride! We drove to another trapping site to meet up with Dr. Charles and Miss BB. It was the Slender Treeshrew (Tupaia gracilis). After our lunch break, we brought it for another ride and release it at the same location where we found it. How cool can a treeshrew get? *hehehe....*

16th July - Trapping Day 5

First of all, a big thank you to Andery and Bon for helping us out in the field today. Thank you! It was a normal day, not much happenings in the forest...

17th July - Trapping Day 6

Went into the forest and did our usual rounds checking the traps. As I walked further into the forest, I came across an arboreal cage with a lifeless lump of fur in it. Hoping it wasn't what I had in mind, I walked up to it and saw a lifeless Callosciurus notatus! I screamed, although I know I wasn't supposed to, "Syidah, 6C mati!!"

Syidah flew beside me and checked the animal by gently poking it with a stick. It moved so slightly and opened its eyes! "OMG! It's alive! It's so weak!" There was a bee-like thingy that was buzzing near it, stupid bee-like thingy stinging the poor squirrel *Hmph!* I looked into its eyes and keep telling it "Please don't die, you cannot die, you cannot die..."

We brought it out from the forest and gave it banana. It wasn't eating. We gave it water and it was lapping the water so fast. Then it regained a bit of strength and started feeding on the banana. We let it rest and recuperate. We were so glad its eating again and recovering. Pheeww~

In the afternoon, it had fully recovered and was live and kickin. We brought it back to the forest and release it. Mission: Rescue C. notatus, Mission Successful! It did not die on us! It recovered! Yay~

18th July - Trapping Day 7

Guess what Syidah brought today? You'll never get it right *hahaha...* She brought with her four fishing rods and and container of earthworm she dug behind her house this morning! This fishing addict had spend her entire week in the forest and was about to go crazy! *hahaha...*

We finished our morning round earlier than usual because Syidah was accompanied by Majeedah and I was accompanied by my *ehem*. So we easily finish checking two different sites by splitting up. Since we had lots of time to kill while waiting to shut the trap this afternoon, our forest guide, Angus, brought us to a small streamlet nearby to fish. My *ehem* also bought two fishing rods and some bugs for baits. Another fishing addict. It was an enjoyable afternoon chatting and laughing.

So that's basically what I've been doing for the past week. We'll start trapping again on 23rd July so until then... Hope there'll be more exciting things to report... *crossing fingers...toes as well*

Goodnight everyone 大家晚安... Sleep tight and sweet dreams...

人要知福，惜福，再造福。。。
Realize you are blessed, cherish these blessings, then continue to cultivate more blessings...

Do you guys miss me?

2008-07-18T22:25:00.002+08:00

Hey guys, sorry for being MIA (Missing In Action) without posting / blogging anything for while!!! Some of you people must be wondering where have I been this past 2 months right? I know you all mish me…. =D No? Yes? Admit it lah!!!! I know u guys miss me!!! haha

Well, to be frank there’s been lot of ups & downs going on with my life lately… I’m pretty darn sure its like one of those many scenes from family dramas / soap operas that you all watch on television & make you cry all the way the entire drama / movie… yeah its a very sad, sad, sad one.. sigh.. I can’t tell you guys everything about it but briefly, one of them is that, my dad is currently being hospitalized for a month plus already & he won’t be able to come out anytime soon yet... So I’ve been busy taking care of my family, doing all the house chores, taking turns looking after my dad, etc..

Dont worry guys, i'll be doing just fine here :D

Next semester is coming soon, to be exact it starts on 4th August, meaning that there's only 16 days left to relax away from uni~~

I am so not enjoying my long break this year, what about you guys?

Anyway, I’ll just post up the pictures & summarizes what I had been doing for the this 2 months in my next post okay peeps? I'm too tired to blog any further right now..

Goodnight all & sleepwell~

Poison

2008-07-16T16:09:00.004+08:00

Tadi I had a talk with my youngest sister (in form 5 now) and she told me about her friends wanting to go overseas to further their studies. My sis told them that she wants to study in Brunei saja - UBD. They were like, "Kenapaaa? Masuk UBD nanti keluar jadi cigu jua tu!".

Deja vu~ Remember the so kesian girl who dissed about UBD in her blog. Heh :p

Overseas and UBD? Difference in available courses and different environment saja.. And oh, the very tough coursework in UBD.. It's up to you really, where you want to study. Just don't say bad things about UBD.

And what's so bad being teachers? Siapa tah kan mengajar if semua inda mau jadi teachers?! Teaching is one of the pekerjaan yang paling mulia.. Kan? :) Inda plang ku kan suruh kamu semua jadi cigu.. Ikut minat masing2 lah.. Jangan kan ngucap saja ani wah..

Sigh.. Kids today.. Their minds are easily poisoned by everything they hear.. Cubatah fikir sendiri ah.. Hmm..

Oh, aku jumpa Hanie tadi. We were planning to see Dr. Edwards... Tapikan... He's on leave until the 30th July. Just our luck~ We talked a bit lah.. Rindu ku c-Cath.. :( Cath!! Saturday ko free??

Btw, the new UBD intake list is out already. Congratulations to those yang dapat masuk UBD~ Especially for my sister, CONGRATS!!

Small Mammal Project Starts!

2008-07-14T00:00:00.004+08:00

Hello everyone 大家好…

Once again, please forgive me for my disappearance 请愿谅我好吗？I’ve been so busy and will still be busy and will not stop being busy for a long time *hehehe…* 真的，真的，真的好忙. I’m starting my 4^th year project and my long vacation had just ended *sniff*. I’m doing a project on small mammals 小动物and will be spending most of my time, morning until dusk, in the forest.

Basically my work is setting traps along a transect line in the forest, baiting the traps with bananas 香蕉, checking for any trapped animals every morning and re-baiting the traps every afternoon. Trapped animals are identified, sexed, weigh, marked and released. It is pretty hectic getting dirty, sweaty, scratches, cuts, bites, bruises (especially on the ass) from slipping etc. The most difficult part will have to be holding in your urine while working in the forest 要小便真的很困难! Despite all the above negative side of things, here is a list of the positive points that greatly counter the negatives.

1. Having Dr. Joseph K. Charles as my project supervisor. It is because of him that I’ve gained countless experiences in the field. I’ve learned so much from him not only in theories but as well as in terms of practical 真的学习很多东西. I sincerely thank him for all the great opportunities he had given me 谢谢您.

2. Having Miss Ang Bee Biaw as my project advisor. She is like our ‘big sis’ 我们的大姐 constantly checking on us, giving us advices, planning our schedules in great details, basically being there for us all the time, whenever and wherever. I can never thank her enough. Love you, BB!

3. Learning about the different species of small mammals. Yea yea I know, you can easily read up in a book somewhere or watch TV to get this kind of information. But being with these forest-dwelling animals in such close proximity while carefully observing them with your very own eyes is a totally different experience 跟森林里的动物在一起的感觉真的很奇妙. Believe it!

4. Every day is a new and exciting day full of the essence of surprise 每一天都是精彩的. Every time I walk through the forest along the transect line checking traps, a million questions run through my head. What species are caught today? Recaptured animals? New animals? New species? Is there something moving in that trap over there? What is it? Did it hurt itself? Is it still alive? What is that sound? Blah…blah…blah…

5. Better stamina and health. This project involves a lot of physical work and it’s a fantastic way to increase stamina for a better health 可以练出一个健康的身体. Increased stamina also means I can train better in Taekwondo and hopefully someday I can reach my ‘8 km in an hour’ milestone! Hahaha… *dreaming~* Hope I can also shed off my tons of fats doing this project 希望还可以减肥吧！ Hahaha…

6. Great way to save up 可以省钱耶. This project requires most of my time in the forest which means you won’t be seeing me shopping around in The Mall or Hua Ho buying all sorts of unnecessary stuffs 因为没时间乱花钱 and I also won’t be spending all my money eating out every day. Which means my wallet can stay fat and plump! Yippee~

I think that’s it for today 今天就到这里. Need to retreat early because I’m going to the field tomorrow. But I have so many exciting stories yet to tell *giddy* in future posts 但是我还有很多精彩的故事. Until then peeps…

P.S: Miladies, ganas jua arah warning column ah? Which one of you menses ani eh? *hehehe...*

Goodnight everyone 大家晚安… Sleep tight and sweet dreams…

人最难看见的，就是自己。。。

To see clearly within ourselves is the most difficult thing to do…

Die already!

2008-07-12T19:42:00.003+08:00

Try and listen to this song carefully..

Sampai Hati - SAFFE Band

Slahau lagu ah! I heard it on the radio last night and I was laughing so hard.. all by myself~ Hahaha The lyrics!! Why all the 'mati'?? It's not a bad song though.. Sedih actually.. Tapi.. Hehehe I can't stand from laughing everytime I listen to the first verse.. :p

Karma

2008-07-10T03:04:00.000+08:00

What goes around comes around..

Evil doings are repaid by evil; and good things happen to those who do good.

And yet, the people here still do evil or bad things to other people. By bad, I mean really-really-really BAD.. Things that threaten the lives of other people..

Why? Because of pure hatred and jealousy.. I guess some people can't stand seeing others to be happy.. And these crazy jealous people will do anything in their power to make the lives of others to be miserable.. Some are desperate enough to hire someone to continue making people suffer..

It sickens me when I hear stories about such things happening to my family and friends.. Karma wah! People normally don't think of the consequences of doing such terrible things. You know very well that there will be consequences if you have wronged someone or something..

Tapi, everything happens for a reason.. So, if you're in the suffering end, you have to be patient and never lose your faith. But if you're in the evil doing end, stop before it gets worse and go seek for help from Him. Wallahua'lam..

Sigh..

I know you probably don't understand what I'm talking about..

Entah apa yang ku merepek ani.. Aku pun inda tau..

*clearing things off my mind*

The Black Swan

2008-07-08T10:06:00.003+08:00

I was surfing randomly yesterday and stumbled upon this article from the New Scientist. Enjoy reading! :)

Life is unpredictable - get used to it
01 July 2006
NewScientist.com news service
Michael Bond

When did you first notice the way humans deal with unpredictable events?
I was brought up in Lebanon, where we always recreate memories, revise experiences and read more into them than necessary. During the war there, when I was 15, I wanted to be a philosopher. While I was hiding in basements I read William Shirer's Berlin Diary: The journal of a foreign correspondent 1934 to 1941. It made me realise three things about the people around me: that they were always predicting (wrongly) that the war was going to be "solved" soon; that they seemed confident about their estimates for the future even though crazy events were happening all the time; and that after the crazy events had happened, people acted as if they were predictable. I realised that you can find an infinity of narratives to fit your data.

Why do we all fall into this trap?
Our brains operate on autopilot most of the time. In a primitive environment, that was fine, since most random variables we encountered then were what I call "type one" randomness: things like the throw of a die, a person's height or weight, or the number of calories we consume on a particular day - the randomness disappears under averaging and is measurable and wellbehaved. The variation in the calories we consume each day disappears when you add up the calories we consume over time; the throws of a die will average out. Today, however, most random variables we encounter are "type two" randomness: socioeconomic variables that can impact the total in a disproportionate way. I call these unpredictable ones "black swans".

Can you give an example?
Individual wealth is a good example. Bill Gates's contribution to the wealth of the world is so huge you cannot discount it. The first world war was "type two" randomness - no one could have predicted its magnitude the year before it happened. The same goes for the invention of the computer. There was not much "type two" randomness in the primitive environments in which we developed our intuitions. The few extreme events we did encounter were not repetitive enough for us to learn from them, and they were often so catastrophic that they terminated the populations exposed to them. Sadly science has not been too interested in this type of randomness. Scientists do not want to tell you what you don't know, and it devalues the field of statistics, given that the statistics we use are based on "type one" randomness.

How bad we are at predicting "black swans"?
Our track record is quite dire. Look at the net, computers, lasers. The internet was designed as a military system, not for chat rooms. The person who first marketed computers didn't think he would sell more than five. The laser was designed by a physicist who had no idea how it might be used. You can't even forecast something that would affect us tomorrow - revolutions, wars, epidemics, political changes, economic variables.

But don't people make predictions based on history all the time?
As well as our ability to concoct empirically flawed narratives to explain past events, there are biases in history that we don't seem to be aware of and that make us overestimate the causal links between events: for example, when you see only the winners and not the losers. When you look at the fossil record, you see only the species that left a fossil. You cannot make a generalisation of all species just from fossils - you have totake into account the species that left none. History has a lot of hidden pockets. You can't take it any more seriously than a visit to a museum.

Does science suffer from this?
Yes, because of the way research gets published. Research that yields no result does not make it into print. The problem is that a finding of absence and an absence of findings get mixed together. Science as a discipline is very sceptical, but scientists are not necessarily so. It is exactly like financial markets. Markets can be extremely rational while dominated by entirely irrational individuals. It leads to overconfidence.

What are the consequences of this overconfidence?
It's massively dangerous. Let me give you an example. I was invited to give a talk on prediction to civil servants at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC. I told them that their social security forecasts were dangerous to society. At the end of the session a gentleman from the audience wanted to speak to me privately. He showed me oil price forecasts by his department for 25 years ahead: in January 2004 they estimated it would be $27 a barrel; six months later they revised it to $74 a barrel. If you had to double your forecast six months after making it, wouldn't you realise something is wrong with your forecasting? So we're depending on flimsy government forecasts. And there's a track record to our prediction failure: think of someone making an inflation forecast in Germany in 1913. My point is that a forecast is irrelevant unless you have an error rate on it. But if this happened, these people would realise there was no point in forecasting, because their error rate would be so monstrous. It wouldn't be a problem if we knew our limits in prediction. People are naturally over-optimistic, which is good because it helps us get by in the world. It's fine for individuals and corporations, but it's very bad for societies and governments when policies are set by such wildly unfounded predictions.

So successful forecasting is just luck?
Yes, and you need a lot of luck to forecast things accurately. There are enough people predicting crazy events for one of them to get it right. After a crazy event, such as 9/11, you will always find someone who predicted it out of luck, but they'll think they predicted it by skill.

Should we change the way we view the world?
We cannot help being fooled by randomness. We're too impressionable. I was in London when the second terrorist attack happened and I automatically behaved like anyone else, ducking for safety. Then I realised that my biggest danger in London came from my jet lag and being used to traffic driving on the other side of the road. We should worry about preventable sources of death. I should worry more about how much sugar I put in my tea than whether I am going to be hit by terrorists. The key is not to try to stop being a fool, but to be aware of when it matters not to be a fool. If you can't do anything about a problem, it's a waste of time analysing it.

From issue 2558 of New Scientist magazine, 01 July 2006, page 50

From Meha,

The Black Swan..

Hahahaha

Belated greetings...

2008-07-05T07:30:00.007+08:00

Hello everyone 大家好…

I truly apologize for not updating anything for the past few days. So so Sorry… Been so busy for the past few days… or was I just lazy…? *cough* So to make up for it, I’m doing an early bird post today *hehehe…* Am I off the hook? *bambi eyes*

03/07/2008

Happy Birthday Qilah! 生日快乐

Sorry Erra and Hanie... I cropped you gurls outta the pic... And it's for Qilah! Hehe...

Sorry I didn’t greet you on your Birthday… I remembered but… My hand phone is acting real stupid these days… A sign of getting a new one…? *hehehe…* *with Bambi eyes...'Daddy...'* Anyways a Happy belated Birthday to you! Good Luck for your observations. Mish you!! *hugs*

The whole team from the expedition met up in the Bio Lab to unpack the stuffs as well as to transfer all the pictures from the recent expedition. Total = 21 GB!! That’s a lot of pics! And I was laughing my butt off while going through the pics and videos… *hahaha…*

04/07/2008

Happy Silk Anniversary (4 years) to beloved Sze Sze jie jie and Rahim ko ko!

An anniversary is a time to celebrate the joys of today, the memories of yesterday, and the hopes of tomorrow ~ Author Unknown

Woke up at 5.45am yesterday and guess where am I going? I’m going to the field! We went to Bang Nalud, Tutong to check out three transect lines for small mammals project students, me being one of them. You must think that I must be sick of all the walking in the forest and getting all sweaty after the expedition. I myself think I’m crazy too. But guess what? I’m back in the field again in less than a week’s time and with the same people from the expedition!

In fact, the team from the expedition had met up three times already after coming back from the expedition! I seriously think that we are all so used to each other’s accompany during the expedition and had acquired an addiction to it. *hahaha…* We should be sick of seeing each other faces already by now but on the contrary, we miss each other’s company more than anything! Well at least that’s how I feel…

Went for Taekwondo training at Menglait Sports Complex last night after making a short stop home for a shower from fieldwork in Tutong earlier on. I miss training so much and had sparring sessions. Now I not only have mosquitoes and sandfly bites on my arms and legs but also blue-black marks from knocking bones! *hahaha...* Came home at about 10pm and I was so tired... Pengsan lah~ but it was a fun and productive day!

And tonight the team from the expedition will be meeting up again for Salwa’s farewell party at the residence of Dr. Joseph Charles. Salwa will be leaving Brunei very soon to Australia to continue her Masters. We will be missing you so much, especially when we go to the field!! Thank you for all your guidance and advices regarding small mammals work, I really appreciate it… *hugs*

Salwa and Syidah 'meng-e-teh' at Hasbullah, Tutong before fieldwork

P.S: I’m still working on the posts regarding the expedition k. Sorry. By the way miladies, I cut my bangs... And Laurence was like 'Macam Mongolian... Hahaha...' Does it look really cali?

Mongolian??

And I'm hitting the gym now... Bye peeps... Take care *mwuahz*

人性之美，莫过於诚；人性之贵，莫过於信。。。
(The beauty of humanity lies in honesty, the value of humanity lies in faith...)

I'm back!!

2008-07-01T21:16:00.010+08:00

Hello everyone 大家好...

Guess what? I actually survived and made it back to Brunei from the Lanjak-Entimau Scientific Expedition! I was in the jungle in the middle of Borneo for the past two weeks where there is no reception or any sort of communication to the outside world... living with hundred plus or so strangers apart from my team. And here I am back to civilization to deliver more of my nonsense so be prepare... (hehehehe...)

This banner was hanging in Sibu Airport to welcome participants of the Expedition

So much had happened during the Expedition I don't even know where to start... Here's a list of things that I acquired during the expedition:

1. An amazing experience for my first ever expedition – Million thanks to Dr. Joseph Charles for choosing me to join the team and billion thanks to Dato Hamdillah for personally funded our entire trip.

The best lecturer in the whole world, Dr. Joseph K. Charles!

2. Newly adopted siblings - BB, Faye, Salwa, Syidah, Bon, Metis, Azman & Andery – Thank you all so much for the support, care and team spirit you guys had given me throughout the expedition (especially when enduring the bitch in me *apologetic*)

BB, the best 'big sis' ever!

Faye, the most observant of us all and a professional photographer too!

Salwa, the cutest bird enthusiast ever!

Syidah, never fail to entice others with her beauty even in the middle of nowhere.

Bon, couldn't bear parting with electronic gadgets.

Metis and the mantis!

Azman, the shy and yet so funny one.

Andery, the youngest of us all.

3. A bronze tan - My worst ever sunburn! I'm now probably 5 shades darker than I used to be... *sniff*

Four burnt arms!

4. Hundreds of mosquito and sand fly bite marks on my legs and arms - And they itch like hell! I couldn't stop scratching! And yes I look diseased, all the scratching and bleeding! I wonder when the marks will disappear and I don’t think it’ll be anytime soon *sigh*

5. Leech bite marks – Yes! My first ever encounter with a leech! And best of all, it was documented (hehehe...)

I got leech-ed on my heel!

6. Track suits with tear and holes in them – That’s what you’ll get walking through forest trails with high rattan density with horrible thorny stems and a barbed wire fence which you need to cross over quite often.

7. Better stamina and better developed leg muscles – That’s from the 100+ stair steps per trip made from the dining area to the hostel (where we reside).

8. A strong dislike towards rice, sardines, pumpkin and salted fish – The meals (lunch and dinner) served everyday for 2 weeks consist of those mentioned. I don’t think anyone of us can take it anymore (hahaha...).

9. Encountered many different species of rats and birds that I've never seen before *giddy* - The best part!

I'll stop here for now regarding the Expedition... If anyone wants to know more about the Expedition, I'll be more than happy to fill in the details because I seriously need help on where to start.

Back to civilization... The next day after returning back from Sibu, the team met up for lunch in Escapade, Gadong. Oh how I miss sushi... how I miss sitting in a proper air-conditioned restaurant and eating what I love to eat... Yummy~

This is what you get after being tucked away from good food for so long.

Went to UBD after lunch and received my result slip. We are probably the last UBDians to find out about our results (hahaha...) My grades were OK but I could've done better. I tell myself this every semester (hahaha...) My coursework pulls my grades down a little though... (hehehe...) because of the common disease known as laziness!

Showed my *ehem* my result slip and he congratulated me for improving a grade and said he'll give me a reward. And guess what he bought me today...

My new Adidas CC Daroga Woman (BND 79.90)

Thank you so much my Love *mwuah* Woohoo~ I'm so going to the gym tomorrow!

Goodnight everyone 大家晚安... Sleep tight and sweet dreams...

心量大福報就大。。。
(The greater our generosity, the greater our blessings...)

Que viva España

2008-06-30T12:26:00.001+08:00

Aku curi dari sini

The Spaniards emerged to become victorious tadi subuh. :p

I still think it's kaluk. It's supposed to be the Netherlands. *grrr* Just because of 1 unlucky loss.. Ceh!

I stayed up to watch the finals with my sister, Bgirl. But I only managed to watch the 1st half.. Baik jua wah.. The only goal was scored by Torres in the 33rd minute.. :)

Congrats España~ *nda ikhlas*

Hehe Anyways, I just want to say WELCOME BACK TO CIVILISATION to Cath~ (As I said to Syidah) :D How was your trip? Can't wait for your stories and pictures!! ;)

And btw, I miss you too!!

Chasing fireflies

2008-06-25T13:14:00.002+08:00

Not really excited about the Euro.. :d

Anyway, had a chat with Hanie last night. She's busy with family stuffs..and Cath's somewhere in the jungle.. So, it looks like I'm the only one left. *sigh*

Been feeling sick lately.. Most probably because I'm sick. Huh.. I can imagine Hanie lecturing me about taking vitamins and supplements.. Ceh :p Had a swim last week..and it was raining.. My fault really.. *cough* :p

Hmm.. Made of Honor is already playing in the cinemas.. :d

Sigh.. Need to sleep now.. I woke up at 5-ish a.m. tadi.. Crazy~

Take care y'all~

Igo!!

2008-06-21T19:00:00.000+08:00

Greetings~

Finally, UBD's exam results are out. Received my result via sms at around 11 a.m. I passed~ The grades are not good, but, I'm ok really.. Not much effort been done to ace the exams.. So, I don't have high expectations.. Hehe :) I asked Amai to check my grade and she also told me that most of my class got Ds.. And I got a D+ for my average grade. Huhu :p

Anyway, just wanna talk about Igo (囲碁) or Go (碁). In Korean it's called baduk (바둑) and in chinese, it's wéiqí (圍棋; 围棋). It's an ancient board game originated from China (Wikipedia, 2008). Whoa!! I just knew that! Hehe :) I thought it's a pure Japanese game.. Hehe Why? Because I watched Hikaru No Go.. It's an anime about playing Go with a ghost. Hahaha Sounds weird when I say it like that.. :p I don't really know about game though, but my siblings tried learning to play the game.. especially via the internet.

My sister, Gdah, joined the Go Club in Maktab Duli. And just before the school holidays, she told me about this Igo tournament - the first Igo Youth League. How cool is that?? Hehe :) The tournament is held from 17th til 24th June 2008. It's organised by the Igo Society and the CHMS Alumni Association Weiqi Society. The participants are to play in teams of four.. The champion will get cash prize of $150, and medals for top 3 teams. The others will receive certificates for participation. :) And I think, it's open to public if anyone's interested to see them play. The venue is in the multipurpose hall 3rd floor of CHMS Alumni Association, and time: 10 30 - 18 00.

Want pictures? :D

My sister's board - she lost against her senior :p

Walaupun kalah, tetap senyum~ That's Gdah there.. Huhu

The one in purple is the founder of the Go Club and Igo Society in Brunei. Props to him~ :)

Practice session..

Finito~ :)

Goodbye France~

2008-06-18T11:18:00.002+08:00

Alas~ Italy won~ Kesian jua France atu eh.. But Holland won against Romania~ I'm happy as long as the Netherlands win. Hahaha I know someone is ecstatic about the defeat of France. Italy is thus qualified to play in the quarter finals.. which will be against Spain.. Viva Espana!! Hehe :D

Now, I'm off to help my sisters to paint their room. ;)

Hallows of the Death

2008-06-17T23:55:00.003+08:00

Hey everyone~

Been away from the blogging world for a couple of days now.. Sorry for that~ ;)

I was planning to have an early night tonight.. But as you can see, I'm still wide awake. I started re-reading Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows this morning and couldn't put it down. I just finished it btw. It felt like reading it for the first time. I was in tears for how many times tonight! Hahahaha :p

Anyway, Cath & Syidah were off to their 2 weeks trip yesterday. Syidah sent me an sms yesterday telling me that she would be meeting up with Howie, our high school friend, there. I know Howie is excited to see her. The last time we met was last year I think.. Syidah was busy with Patoi volunteering work and hence, missed out our small reunion with Howie. Hmm.. Well, have a good trip you two!! And come back safely, yeah! Do you have internet access in the forest Cath?? Hehe

Ohh btw Hanie, sorry about the night before.. When you wanted to chat on msn with Cath.. My brother came home at around midnight and thus, I couldn't go online because of the absence of my laptop. :p What are you up to anyway? Busy with the wedding preparations? :)

Been busy juggling with the many different tv series which I haven't watch yet. One Tree Hill season 1 finished. How I Met Your Mother season 3 finished. The rest? Still watching 'em.. Hehe

Now I'm thinking whether to sleep or stay up to wait for the Euro match later.. Not a huge football fan, but a fan nonetheless.. :) Hmm.. Lets take a few hours sleep and then I can yell alone infront of the tv.. Hahaha :p Alone, because none of my siblings are keen on watching the Euro matches live~ Such great football enthusiasts eh? Hehe

Sleep tight, and dream about France defeating Italy.. Hahaha :D

I'm leaving...

2008-06-16T00:04:00.007+08:00

Hello everyone 大家好...

Sorry 对不起 for my missing in action for the past two days 这两天不见了. I've been busy doing last minute shopping 忙着买东西 (and my wallet has successful loss a lot of its weigh 皮包大出血 *sniff* hehehe...). And I've just finished 90% of my packing which needs to be within a 12kg limit. How do you pack for two weeks in the middle of the jungle within a 12kg limit?!

Arggh!! I'm so excited 我好紧张哦! I'll be in a different country code tomorrow 明天要出国了! Hahaha... I sound so pathetic, humor me k because I very very very seldom go out of Brunei. And this is going to be further than the usual Limbang, Miri or Labuan. I'm so excited! I pray everything will be okay and this expedition will go smoothly as planned 希望事事顺利. I do hope I can sleep tonight because I need to wake up so early tomorrow morning 明天要早起.

I'll be missing you guys a whole lot 我会好想念你们! But no worries, I'll be back with lots of pics I promise. (*cough* new memory stick for the camera bah...hehehe...) Will be back in two weeks time.

P.S: Hanie and Meha, sorry nda tebawa jalan. Gonna miss you girls to bits! *hugs* *more hugs*

Goodnight everyone 大家晚安... Sleep tight and sweet dreams...

只要肯用心去想，用心去修，用心去做，就没有不能成功的事。
(Willing to think, cultivate ourselves and take mindful action, there is nothing we cannot achieve.)

Woohoo~ Milestone reached!

2008-06-12T23:20:00.004+08:00

Hello everyone 大家好...

This is gonna be a short post because I'm so tired 好累哦! Or is it because I want to get back to 'Diner Dash Hometown Hero'...? (hehehe...) I've recently played two new games 两个新游戏 'Burger Shop' (thanks to Siokngi's recommendation 谢谢你) and 'Jane's Hotel'. 'Burger Shop' is so cool 超好玩的耶! High tech gadgets making fries, ice creams, soda, burgers and so on, totally no contamination from the human hand 没细菌耶! No E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus! Amazing huh! 'Jane's Hotel' is also another sweet game but I'm just gonna rate it average. It just doesn't have this attraction 没有吸引感, don't know why 不知为什么...

Ok ok I'm back on Earth from the game world 我回来了(hehehe...) I reached my milestone!! Yay! (sekadar...hahaha...) Went to the gym 去健身房 with my *ehem* at about 7:30pm, did some weight-lifting, did my usual jog/walk session and I reached 7.14km in an hour just now! Yay! Ok I know I'm being pathetic 很可笑吗 (hahaha...) Sorry about that 对不起啦, I just feel I've achieved something and it feels pretty good 我感觉好好耶.

I'm retreating to the warmth of my comforter 好想睡, oh my sweet bed, that is if I do not double-click the 'Diner Dash Hometown Hero' or the 'Burger Shop' icon (hahaha...) 但又好想玩游戏 Can I resist the temptation?

Goodnight everyone 大家晚安... Sleep tight and sweet dreams...

信心，毅力，勇气三者具备，天下没有做不成的事。。。
(Nothing is impossible with confidence, perseverance and courage...)

Time is running out!

2008-06-11T23:39:00.002+08:00

Hi everyone 大家好...

I'm so tired 我好累哦! I'm so worn out! *yawn* I only had a few hours of sleep this morning 只睡几个小时而已. Went to UBD to pack the traps for the upcoming Lanjak-Entimau Scientific Expedition. It's only 4 days away 只剩下四天! *gasp* And I have not started packing yet 还没收拾东西! *sigh* And I still think I'm not physically fit enough for this *sniff* Hope I'll survive this expedition so I can spew more of my nonsense in this blog 希望还可以活着在这里写非话 (hahaha...).

Had a briefing and discussion with Dr. Charles and the rest of the team regarding the procedures of the upcoming Scientific Expedition at about 2pm. I do hope everything will go along as smoothly as planned 希望事事顺利. I mean putting it in paper may sounds easy. But you'll never know what can happen in the forest 但是什么都可以发生, and it is this essence of surprise that is so thrilling 但这惊喜瞒刺激的吗! *giddy*

Went to the gym 去健身房 quite late today at about 8pm with my *ehem* and his brother. I did my usual jog/walk for an hour but I reached 6.64km today. *Yay* (hahaha...emosi, nda jua brapa...) How pathetic can I be 我是不是很可笑? (hahaha...) Hope I'll reach my 7.0km in an hour milestone someday (hehe...) someday...

I'll stop here then, before I leash the b*tch in me because I'm so sleep-deprived! (hahaha...) I'll be going out with some of my other team member to get stuffs tomorrow morning for the trip 明天早上要去买东西. Wanna crawl into my comforter now peeps 好想睡...

Goodnight everyone 大家晚安... Sleep tight and sweet dreams...

好想每天睁开眼睛就能看到你。。。
(Wishing it's your face that I see when I wake up everyday...)

Serial watcher

2008-06-11T23:38:00.003+08:00

안녕하세요~ Ahnyeong haseyo~ (Hello)

Been busy with all the TV series. And you know.. I get bored easily.. So, here are some series that I left unwatched because of something yang bagi sasak in the storyline, or I was so caught up with something that I forgot to continue watching it.. Hmm..

Why Why Love (watched recently, but because of that Judy Qiu.. I got sick of her and stopped watching)
Princess Hours (watched last semester but stopped in the last dvd.. I don't know why~)
My Girl (watched this ages ago.. I forgot about it until today when my sister brought it out and watched the 'behind the scenes'..)
Spring Waltz (I only managed to watch the first episode!!)

Right now I'm hooked onto One Tree Hill. Blame it on Hanie to have lend it to me. I'm still in the first season though. So, shhh!!

I want CSI, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, How I Met Your Mother, House and Prison Break.. Apa lagi? *grrrr*

Hehe Since Hanie brought up the hot little actors.. I like Noah Gray-Cabey.. Nyeheheh.. Heroes' Micah~ Arah My Wife & Kids ia annoying.. Hahaha :p

Source

He is so gonna be hot when he's older.. Kan?? :D

Good night people~

Wedding bells...

2008-06-10T23:50:00.003+08:00

Hi everyone 大家好...

Wait a minute 等一等! Hold that thought! 'Wedding bells...' does not mean I'm getting married soon 不是我结婚啦 (hahaha...) That's not gonna happen very soon. Still a long long way to go 还有好久. I still want to enjoy my unmarried but attached life (hehehe...)

And why such title if I have no intention to get marry so soon? I woke up quite late this morning and when I was getting ready to go out 刚好要出门, I saw a blue card 蓝色卡片 on my car windshield. Hmm~ what could it be 是什么来的? It's a wedding invitation of a close friend! I can't believe she is getting married!! We were really close 好朋友 during our A levels in Maktab Duli where we first acquainted 第一次见面, but became distant because of the difference in courses we are taking in UBD. We did however shared some course during the 1st and 2nd semester in Maths and Geography. And who is she? Hajah Razinahtul Hasyimah whom I usually call Razi. Congratulations 恭喜你 and wishing you all the happiness in the world 祝你幸福快乐.

But sadly, her wedding day is on the 29th of June, the same day that I'll be back from Sibu 同一天. I hope I can make it to her wedding ceremony in time or probably I'll be attending for the night ceremony instead. Now I'm thinking what wedding gift to get for her 要送她什么... Hmm...

Went to the gym 健身房 quite late today because I couldn't stop myself from playing 'Magic Farm' (hehehe...). Did the usual jog/walk session for 6.45km today for an hour as well as sit-ups. Went home after that because it was near the peak hour and the gym was starting to pack up with people 越来越多人了. As I was just getting out of my car, my *ehem* 我的理想情人 arrived on my doorstep. We went for a jog (my 2nd jog session of the day) around the Jerudong area 又去跑步. It felt good 感觉很好 jogging around nature and of course with the special one beside you *blush*...

I think I'll stop here. I have to wake up early tomorrow 明天要早起 because I'll be going to UBD to pack the things for the upcoming Scientific Expedition. Uggh~

P.S: Hanie, bila free jalan ah? Let me know k.

爱情的颜色
(The color of love)

The kid who used to say "I see dead people...."

2008-06-10T18:43:00.005+08:00

Do you guys remember this kid?

That's right, its Haley Joel Osment.
This was him when he was only 9, from the Sixth Sense movie the one with Bruce Willis....

And this is him when he's 20, which is now.
Yup, he's all grown up innit??
Am i the only one who think he's HOT? =p
Bah enough, krg kana ucap paedophile
HAHAHAHAH

Freddie Highmore

2008-06-10T16:10:00.004+08:00

Freddie Highmore

OMG! I am so hooked up with this kid!!!

I am so amaze with his acting skill!! So these past few days, I spent my time watching almost all of his movies. He’s a very talented English actor, Alfred Thomas Highmore is his real name but he is more famously known as Freddie Highmore. I love his accent & he can speak French too! HAHAHA

Even Johnny Depp had requested Freddie to act as co-star with him in Charlie and the Chocolate factory & Finding Neverland! He has a lot of movies lining up for him in the future!! You guys can check it out in wikipedia for the list of movies he’s in & will be in. How cool this can kid can? :D

So If you guys have nothing better to do at home, I recommend you all to watch Charlie and the Chocolate factory, Arthur & the Invisibles / the Minimoys, August Rush, Golden Compass & the Spiderwick Chronicles. I guarantee you will enjoy watching his movies, this kid is one hell of a brilliant actor, plus he’s cute too :D

Arthur & the Invisibles

Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

August Rush

Spiderwick Chronicles

Ps: He has this really cute dimple everytime he smiles :D Look at the his pic at the top! Cute isnt he? Okay u guys must be thinking that i'm crazy over a 16years old kid.. HAHAHHA =p~~

Happy BIRTHDAYSSS to my abang & my sis--in law!

2008-06-10T01:20:00.009+08:00

My brother & his wife during their nikah two years ago

Happy 32^nd & 30^th Birthday to my dearest brother, Talip & his wife, Julie!!

Yup, this lovely couple, both has the same birthday which is on the 9^th June but in different year lah. So we had a last minute, small surprise celebration for them.

At first he told me that he couldn’t make it when I asked him to swing by at home for awhile because he had plans (biasalah celebrating birthday with his wife ;p). I was a bit frustrated because I wanted to surprise them with a birthday cake at least. But then, he did turn up last minute just now, as soon as they finished having their romantic dinner. My other in-laws and nieces & nephew were here too.

Chocolate mousse cake from Mum's bakery

I immediately took off to Mum’s bakery since it was nearest to my place & ordered two pounds of chocolate mousse cake as a gift from me to them ( yeah my brother had been hinting to us that he wanted that particular cake since ages ago!). As I got home, I hid the cake in my parent’s room, on the floor beside their bed, so my brother won’t see it just in case if he enters the room.

Few hours later, when all of them were hanging out in my room, my elder sister lit the candles and brought the cakes to them. After we finished singing the happy birthday song, my brother spoilt the surprised & smiley said, “I knew about the cake all along. I saw it in mama’s room when I was getting my things. Bad hiding spot guys. Plus Babah did a terrible job guarding the cake.” Haha.

And btw...

Happy Birthday to ZaiZai (Vic Zhou) too!! :D He was my all time favourite from F4, but apparently now Chun is taking his spot =p

Oh yeah, currently UEFA Euro 2008 football fever is on and Enrique Iglesias's song "Can you hear me?" has been chosen as their official song for the football tournament. Hope you u guys enjoy his song that i uploaded. *sigh* spanish guys are smoking hot..

*drools over sexy enrique* =p~~~~~~~

A rainy day...

2008-06-09T23:59:00.002+08:00

Hi everyone 大家好...

Today's weather 今天天气 just make you wanna curled up in the comforter and lay in bed all day 很不想起床... better yet if that someone special 理想情人 is there to hug you 拥抱着你 and keep you warm 给你温度... And in that moment you wish time will stop ticking 好希望时间停留 but yet time will jolt you back to reality every so often...

Sorry 对不起 about that (hehehe...), it's the weather and I'm feeling quite mellow (hehehe...). Today is another one of the monotonous days in my life 很闷得一天. Started the day with 6.35km jog/walk for an hour in the gym 健身房. Uggh~ I'm slacking (lazy bum! 懒惰虫). Didn't do any other workout today (lazy bum bum! 超懒耶) and went home instead.

Went to UBD at around 2pm and found the volunteers of the recent Field Ecology course in Patoi pooling small mammals data 小动物知料 in the Biology Ground Lab. I don't remember doing such pooling of data when I volunteered last year. It was only later that I found out their names 名字 will be published in an upcoming journal paper on the small mammals of Brunei! How cool is that?! I'm so jealous 我好嫉妒哦!! And not only that, they actually caught a horse-tailed squirrel, Sundasciurus hippurus, during the last day of trapping! But their workload was hectic, there were a total of 11 transect lines to re-bait everyday! Well done you guys *clapping* well done 做的好!

I've downloaded 下载了 two new games 两个新游戏 recently, 'Real Estate Empire' and 'Magic Farm'. 'Real Estate Empire' sucks! I wonder why it's even called a game, it's nothing like a game 根本不是游西吗! 'Magic Farm' is quite interesting 很有趣, which I've been playing it before writing this post (hehehe...). You plant and take care of flowers 花儿 and fruits 水果 which you'll sell in order to collect enough money to make the trip in search of your parents. A lot of clicking is involved in this game and those who love their mouse, think twice before playing (hehehe...).

My eyes are so heavy now 好想睡哦 and I think I'll call it a night. Miladies, you girls up for 'jalan-jalan' tomorrow? (hehehe...)

Goodnight everyone 大家晚安... Sleep tight and sweet dreams...

你一言一语，我牢记在心。。。
(Every word you say engraves in my mind...)

Wedding ceremony...

2008-06-08T22:18:00.002+08:00

Hi everyone 大家好...

I slept at 4am this morning because I was in Taiwan 台湾 with Mike He 贺军翔 and Rainie Yang 杨丞琳 (hahaha...I wish!). Set my alarm 闹钟 at 8am (planning to continue cleaning my room 想收拾房间) but was woken up by the ringing of my phone 被手机吵醒 instead. It was already 11am *yikes*. It was my *ehem*, he wanted me to accompany him 陪他 to a wedding ceremony 结婚典礼. Got into the shower, got dressed, dried my hair and painted my face. I must say I'm getting pretty rusty in this. Ugghh~~ I don't remember the last time I wore make-up 很久没化妆了, must've been ages ago (hahaha...) I hope I didn't look like a freak 希望不像魔鬼吧!

And there I was sitting in the Berkshire Hall of Jerudong Polo Club attending the wedding ceremony of a couple that I've never met before in my life. It was only later that I found out the bride was actually a staff of UBD, Assistant Registrar of some Faculty if I'm not mistaken. The bridegroom is an education officer in some school and had just recently converted to a Muslim. Although I do not personally know the newly wed, here's a little something for them:

"Today is a day you will always remember.
The greatest in anyone's life.
You'll start the day just two people in love
and end as husband and wife."

Congratulations and warm wishes to both of you on your wedding day.

Went to Giant Hypermart after the wedding ceremony. Guess who I met? Our most faithful reader, Noy! (hehehe...) It was nice seeing you Noy. Went back home 回家 and was practically life-less after that. I fell asleep 睡着了 in my make-up, too tired to even bother removing it. I went out again 又出去 at about 6pm with my *ehem*. I was looking for empty boxes 空盒子 and then it started to rain 下雨了, and the piles of boxes behind those department stores became a pile of wet icky pulp. Yuck! So much for my box-hunting.

Not a very productive day *sigh*... Missed gym session today, didn't clean my room as planned, didn't get any empty boxes, didn't even touch the cross-stitch project for days now *sigh*... Well tomorrow is a new day 新的一天, a new week 新的一周, hope I'll get these things done (hehehe...) How was your weekend girls? I missed hanging out with you all 好想念你们...

Goodnight everyone 大家晚安...Sleep tight and sweet dreams...

每次我閉上雙眼，只想到你對我微笑的臉。。。
(Everytime I close my eyes, and there I see your smiling face...)

Achilles tang

2008-06-08T19:34:00.004+08:00

I recently found out that 'Meha' is a common name for Acanthurus achilles (in Tahiti).

Source

Yes, people.. I am a fish.

Noy told me that it doesn't look a bit like me.

But, I think we kinda share the same type of mouth. Munjung nya sama kan Cath?? :p

Hehe

Lame, I know..

I don't feel too good really. Just wanna clear things out of my mind.

My first visit to Hua Ho Tutong...

2008-06-07T23:23:00.003+08:00

Hi everyone 大家好...

I woke up super early this morning and went to the gym before 8am. Started my workout with the usual jog/walk. Did 6.36km in an hour, I wanted to do another session for the next hour to make it up for yesterday, but then laziness 懒 came over *sigh*. So instead, I did sit-ups and weigh-lifting for my huge flabby arms 手臂 as well as to tone my back 背后 and shoulders 肩部. Really wanted to step up onto the treadmill again for another hour of jog/walk session...hesitated...

Looked out the window 窗, went to the locker, got my things 东西, changed into my swim suit 游泳衣 and jump into the pool instead! (hahaha...) And it was raining 下雨! Swimming 游泳 in the rain is much better than in the sun! Well unless you want the tan... (hehehe...) After not sure how many laps (I lost count, hehehe...), the rain was letting up and the birds were coming out 鸟儿出来了. It was so relaxing 好轻松 to just float on the water watching the swifts and finches flying pass as well as listening to the melodies of the Magpie robins. I wish I had a binoculars during that time so I can see the features of the birds better. Went for sauna after that and I think I fell asleep 睡着了 in there again! (hahaha...)

My *ehem* picked me up at about 12:30pm and we went to Tutong to run some errands for the upcoming PSK (Pesta Sukan Kebangsaan) event. Quite a lot of sports are included in this huge event and of course we are under Taekwondo 跆拳道，태권도. But I will not be attending this event because it coincides with the Lanjak-Entimau Scientific Expedition. I'll be missing lots of sparring matches *sniff*. Went to Hua Ho Department Store for our first time 第一次 *sakai* and it was practically deserted except for the staffs. The place was actually quite nice and comfy 很舒服. Saw a lot of nice things 美美的东西 that I wanted to purchase 很想买 but I tried my best to refrain from doing so. Because I often end up spending all my money on things that I do not need instead of things that I really do need. Waste of money 很花钱 isn't it? But then, isn't that just the nature of us ladies 女人吗...? (hehehe...)

We went to Jerudong beach 海边 at about 9.30pm before he sent me back home. The tide 浪潮 was so low! I think it was the lowest tide I'd ever seen in my life. We saw cars driving on the beach where it is usually covered by the sea. We also saw fishing boats standing completely on sand instead of floating on water! It makes me wanna just run on the beach and play 很想玩! Crazy 白痴是不是? (hahaha...) Reached home at about 10.30pm and I cleaned my room 收拾房间, part of my room (hehehe...), vacuumed the floor (no, I don't have a maid), tidied up my desk and set aside the waste papers that need to be recycled. Wheeew... I still have my wardrobe and dressing table to tidy up. Uggh... Maybe tomorrow (hehehe...). Went for my midnight shower and started this post.

I think I wanna do my nails now. I haven't use any of the nail polish I bought the other day. What color shall it be this time? Purple? Pink? Cream? Any suggestions?

Goodnight everyone 大家晚安...Sleep tight and sweet dreams...

心的钥匙交给你。。。
(Here's the key to my heart...)