Things That You Could Not Learn From The Textbook

It is true that we learned a lot of things: big, small, easy and hard... throughout our academic years. However, there are a lot of things in life that we could not learn from the textbooks.

I have just got back from a trip and to be honest, I have learnt a lot of things about life throughout this trip.

I got to know some people closer and deeper. I can say that I recognize them clearer and understand them better now. In other words, I got to see and know the true them. It is clearly shown that who are the ones who can be a true friend and who are the ones who can only be a surface friend.

Throughout these few days, I had a lot of thinking sessions. I kept thinking about a lot of things and also a few of the people in my life. I just miss them so much all of a sudden and felt so fortunate being able to meet them and to have them in my life. I wanted to shout out loud, "Hey, guys. I miss you all so so so much and I wished that you guys are here with me at this very moment." I have also realized that I have not treated them the way I should have, which is in a better way. But never mind, I will make it up to them.

Another thing is I really felt very very very sorry to this one friend of mine. I would not say she is my best friend but she is the one whom I think is being the nicest to me. She really care about me and really take good care of me but I took her for granted. She does not have to treat me the way she had and yet, she is just so nice. I have to say that, "XXXXX, you are the sweetest girl with a warm and kind heart who I have met. Thank you for being my friend and sorry for hurting you."

No wonder there is a phrase in the mandarin language that says, "Instead of reading millions of books, why don't we walk millions of miles." Now, I agree 100% with this phrase. Travelling really enable us to learn a lot of new things, to realize things that we do not understand earlier and most importantly to grow up. In a nut shell, it changes who we are, and even not to this extent, it will definitely changes the way we see things.

Oh, and yes. If possible, try go travelling with different groups of people. So that, ahemmm... we can "see" the true colours of these people. Well, I mean so that we can get to know these people better. =)

Cain and Abel

Oopssss !!! I broke my promise again !!!

I have abandoned my blog for 2 months plus. Seriously, life has been super super busy in the past 2 months.

Nah... I lied a little. It is true that life was really busy but I did have some time in between for writing. Yet I really did not feel like writing. There were times I did open the "composing new post page" but just could not write down anything at all because I was just really reluctant to write...

Now, forget about that. I am back home for 4 months. Yay !!! So I will try to update my blog from time to time.

Ermm... What should I share in this post?

Well, I shall talk about the "new" korean drama I have just finished watching just now. Why do I use inverted commas? It is simply because the drama is an old one (2009) but I just got it from a friend and finished watching it just a moment ago.

"Cain and Abel" is the name. It is quite nice and definitely worth watching. You can say that its plot is different from the usual korean dramas storyline and yet quite predictable.

Overall, it is a bit slow and a little boring because it was a bit draggy and quite predictable for me but I continued watching. (Frankly speaking, I continued watching because of the male protagonist --> He is very cute... + the ost for this drama is super duper nice. All the songs are awesome. I am listening to the songs right now. Just cannot stop listening. Oh my ! I am addicted !)

Must list down the OST:-

01 Foolish love - Choi Hyun Joon & G (Guess what. So Ji Sub is actually G, the rapper)

02 Love... is sweet - SAT

03 The sad words of leaving - V.O.S

04 The tears are dry - Lee Soo

05 Goodbye sadness - Jang Hye Jin

06 Fate - Howl

08 Tomorrow (acoustic version) - Chae Jung Ahn

The tracks listed above are recommended ! ^^ I do not like 07 though. The one I like the most is Tomorrow. =) I think I will go get the OST but do not know whether can get it or not since this drama is quite "old". Sigh...

Now, straight to the pros and cons of Cain and Abel:-

Pros:

- The male protagonist is super cute

- Wonderful OST

- Managed to make me shed tears in quite a number of episodes (can save up on Eye Mo ^_^)

- Cannot think of any other strengths. But strength no.1 is good enough for me to watch any

dramas or movies. Haha...

Cons:

- Storyline is predictable

- Male antagonist is super irritating

- Female lead - Oh Young Ji is too selfish (Felt like slapping her sometimes)

- Plot too slow and draggy

- Some parts of the plot is illogical and do not make any sense at all

- The worst male and female lead pairing I have ever seen. No chemistry at all...

But strength no.1 solely is enough to outweight the weaknesses of this drama. Haha...

This drama reinforced the fact of "humans' ugliness because of money, power, and fame" to me. Money is really really bad; and greed + jealousy are really really really scary.

Wow... It is 2 in the morning already. I got to stop writing and go to bed right now because I am going to start my community service tomorrow. So, I guess I will discuss and write more in the next posts.

Gotta go. Good night world !!!

Last Day of February in 2011

Today is 28th February. The last day of the month. I am trying to wrap up what had happened throughout this whole month. Let me think back.

Firstly, it was CNY on 3rd and 4th Feb. This year's CNY was quite disappointing as school started on the 4th day of CNY. So I was supposed to go back to Kelantan on the 3rd day but well, I am not a good girl. So I went back on the the 4th day instead. I actually booked a flight ticket on the 6th day but due to the stupid pharmacology CA and a few important lab practicals, I had to get a new ticket and went back earlier. =( Hopefully I can enjoy next year's CNY.

A photo of me taken during CNY at home

Next were the make up classes in preparation for our campus's CNY Night 2011.

Jamie and I attended make up class together :)

I also had my first hair cut in Kelantan.

Me with my new hair cut

The last week of Feb was extremely busy. I was in the make up team for the CNY event. Thanks goodness, we were able to flee after putting on make up for the performers in the afternoon. Hence, we were allowed to "enjoy" the night (we were not given any seats though, because the hall was full. so we had to stand the whole night).

Lin Hsin, Jia Yin and I

Then, I together with my roomies and course mates went out to have an early birthday celebration. A big thank you to you guys. I really appreciate it. Thanks a lot !

Me with my birthday cake and FOC drink, a compliment from First Station

Lin Hsin, Ya Ping, Jamie and Pick Leng

Yun Fatt, Pet Fong, Vee May and Jia Yin

The FOC drink - Jasmine tea with honey (i guess) but it tasted like perfume

Diet gang (unfortunately, Lin Hsin took a leave earlier to attend meeting (poor girl) and Quee Nee was in Beijing)

Girls power

Oops. we should have cleared the table before taking photos

Princesses of Room 200 (again, unfortunately Pet Fong went back earlier to attend lab practical)

Life is Hectic

Lately, life has been really hectic.

But I could not care more.

Watch dramas and movies as usual.

I need some time for myself.

Reports, assignments, examinations, etc... SCREW you !

I Have Been Bombed

Bomb !

Bomb !

Bomb !

My New Hair Cut

Me, with my new hair cut

Today I went for a hair cut with my roomies after lunch. This is my first time having a hair cut here even though I have been here for more than 1 and 1/2 years. I would wait until I get back to hometown to get a hair cut. However, the next time I will be home is in April. Therefore, I have decided to give it a try.

My verdict: Not too bad but I would say not as professional as the stylists back home.

I Just Discovered My Interest

All this while, I do not have much interest in everything or anything I do. Therefore, I have nothing to pursue after. And maybe this is the reason why I took up Dietetics here (USM offered me a place to study).

Sometimes, I wonder what am I interested in and what do I want to be in the future. To be honest, I have no idea, at all. You might be wondering: are there such people in this world, who do not know what they want in life. Yes, there are. Well, I am such a person. I am pretty much lost in this sense.

Recently, I sort of attended make up and facial classes. I felt relaxed and happy learning more about facial care and make up techniques (I have attended make up classes before though). Finally, I have found something that I have slight interest in. ----> Make up

(well, is there a girl in this world who does not want to make herself more presentable and gaining more confidence. no, right?)

Me with the eye makeup on after the second day of class. (solely eye makeup only, without makeup on other parts of my face.)

Me again with solely eye makeup on only, after the second class. (OMG! my eyebags and dark circles. I need concealer!)

As a matter of fact, I think I have more interest in the non-science stream fields. I have even thought of being a hairstylist or a wedding planner. I cannot really picture myself being a dietitian. Up to this point, I am still unsure whether I really want to become one (dietitian). I just could not find any interest in dietetics, besides being happy with the thoughts of being able to go to the hopsital for work (well, I love the hospital's smell. I am weird, ain't I?).

So, question of the day: Am I in the wrong field for studies?

Hmmm. No answers yet. So I shall just go on with it and grab a degree first. I will see how things work out for me. Hopefully, things will eventually fall into places.

Having interest in something does not mean I have to do it for a living, And not having interest in something does not mean I cannot excel in it.

~P.Yen Ham~

Pei Yen, must have faith in yourself. Even if you do not like something, you can still achieve something out of it with faith and determination.

Making Love Out of Nothing At All

Ever since I got this song from my brother, I just could not stop listening to it. I find its melody very beautiful. I realise that songs from the 80s and 90s are actually nicer than the songs nowadays.

[Making Love Out of Nothing At All] by Air Supply from the album {Making Love... The Very Best of Air Supply} released in 1983.

I know just how to whisper
And I know just how to cry
I know just where to find the answers
And I know just how to lie

I know just how to fake it
And I know just how to scheme
I know just when to face the truth
And then I know just when to dream

And I know just where to touch you
And I know just what to prove
I know when to pull you closer
And I know when to let you loose

And I know the night is fading
And I know that time's gonna fly
And I'm never gonna tell you everything
I've got to tell you
But I know I've got to give it a try

And I know the roads to riches
And I know the ways to fame
I know all the rule
And then I know how to break 'em
And I always know the name of the game

But I don't know how to leave you
And I'll never let you fall
And I don't know how you do it
Making love out of nothing at all
(making love)
Out of nothing at all
(making love)
Out of nothing at all
(making love)
Out of nothing at all
(making love)
Out of nothing at all
(making love)
Out of nothing at all
(making love)
Out of nothing at all


Everytime time I see you all the rays of the sun
Are streaming through the waves in your hair
And every star in the sky is taking aim
At your eyes like a spotlight
The beating of my heart is a drum, and it's lost
And it's looking for a rhythm like you
You can take the darkness from the pit of the night
And turn it into a beacon burning endlessly bright
I've got to follow it, 'cause everything I know, well it's nothing till I give it to you

I can make the run or stumble
I can make the final block
And I can make every tackle, at the sound of the whistle
I can make all the stadiums rock
I can make tonight forever
Or I can make it disappear by the dawn
And I can make you every promise that has ever been made
And I can make all your demons be gone

But I'm never gonna make it without you
Do you really want to see me crawl
And I'm never gonna make it like you do
Making love out of nothing at all

(making love)
Out of nothing at all
(making love)
Out of nothing at all
(making love)
Out of nothing at all
(making love)
Out of nothing at all
(making love)
Out of nothing at all
(making love)
Out of nothing at all
(making love)

It Is Even More Effective than Eye Mo

I was having my supper during a break from report writing last night. So I decided to watch a movie during supper, as usual. I was scanning through the movies in my external hard disk and I chose"My Sister's Keeper".

This is a 2009 movie adapted from a novel with the same title by Jodi Picoult. It tells the story of a 13-year-old Anna who litigates her parents for medical emancipation when she is expected to donate a kidney to her sister Kate, who is dying from leukemia.

My first drop of tears rolled down within the first 10 minutes. It was a very heartbreaking movie. Tears could not stop rolling down my cheeks ever since the first drop. This is the first time I experienced tears "leaking" out of my eyes from the beginning until the end of a movie.

As I was watching the movie, I realized the importance of health. Actually, all of us do know the importance of health and we also know that money cannot buy health. But very often most of us took our health for granted. We think that we are still young and healthy. Thus, we do not really take good care of it.

However, the truth is we cannot predict the future. We do not know will we continue to stay healthy or will we get struck by any diseases. *touch wood* When someone is sick, he or she is not the only who suffers, but the entire family.

So what was in my head when I was watching the movie was I was very grateful that my family and I are healthy so far, we do not have any major illness. So I was also praying that we will continue to stay healthy in the future. Not only my family and I, but everyone I know. I really hope that everyone will stay healthy.

Well, I really lost much tears last night. The one good thing that happened out of the "crying session" was my eyes felt better after that (My eyes felt dry during yesterday evening, and I used some Eye Mo drops but to no avail). Surprisingly, my eyes felt much better after crying. I guess watching a heart-breaking movie is also effective in treating tired and dry eyes.

Oh My ! Again ???

Yesterday after blogging, I was doing my report at around 3am.

All of a sudden, the whole room blacked out. There was no electricity. I was shocked as it was really dark and I was alone in the study room. Therefore, I quickly shut down-ed my laptop and went to bed.

Thank goodness it was not really hot last night. So I managed to fall asleep quite soon after lying on the bed but there were many mosquitoes though.

Actually, I have experienced this quite a number of times and every time it happened on some unusual days. The first time was the first night I was in USM. Could you believe it that there was no electricity during my first night here. It also happened on a night where I was going to have an examination the very next morning and I have not finished studying yet. And, it also happened during my last night here before I go back after the end of my first year. I was going to go home on May 1st 2010 morning and I had a lot of things to pack but again, there was no electricity on the April 30th night.

So is it my luck? Or... To experience this?

I Am A Nocturnal Being

I am pretty sure that I am a nocturnal being... Why?... Well, I have proof.

I am unproductive during the day. I cannot study, do my assignments and reports during day time. I just cannot concentrate. At night, I am focused and I can really do the serious business.

I love the quietness at night.

I love the peacefulness at night.

I just love the night,

For the calmness that it gives me.

It is as if...

Everyone in the whole world is asleep,

It is as if...

I am the only one that is still awake at this moment,

It is as if...

The whole world belongs to me.

Well, I was super-duper tired and not feeling well last night. Therefore, the first time in the history, Miss PY Ham actually did go to bed 15 minutes before 11.00pm. Well, this is a miracle. I think it must be the headache. The headache must be unbearable. That is why I popped a few pills into my mouth and then decided to sleep early yesterday night. I woke up at 9.30am the next morning. But by afternoon, I felt sleepy even though I slept for like almost 11 hours the previous night.

Therefore I have this conclusion: There is no point sleeping early at night because you will still feel sleepy the next day. So it is better not to sleep early and instead, to use the time to do something beneficial such as studying, doing assignments, watching dramas, etc... or even blogging (like what I am doing right now. haha. :P).

Is Life Easy?

My question of the day: Is Life Easy? Or Is It Hard?

Maybe you are wondering what do I meant by the phrase above. What I meant is: do you think that life is easy as in some people do not face much difficulties in life or even if they do, they can solve them easily without much hassles.

I had some thinkings today. Very often, we thought that others are having an easy life. But the truth is: We cannot see the whole picture of other people's life. They do have their own problems and they face challenges in lfe too. It is just that they do not go everywhere to tell everyone about their matters.

Therefore, no one's life is easy. The difference is the method these people used to solve their problems. We can stay put, and continue to blame @#$% for the hard situations we are in and keep thinking why is it not fair that other people do not face these; or we can choose to start thinking of ways to resolve the problems. Choices are in our hands. We can make our own life easy or hard !

What a "CNY Break" !!!

Counting until this very moment, I have been home for 47 hours and 30 minutes. As far as I can remember, I have been busy calculating calories, protein, fat, carbohydrate, calcium and ... intakes.

However, I did spend some time with my family as well. Erm... What did we do? We managed to go to Giant to get some promotional butter blocks last night. We had breakfast at the coffee shop, sent my bro to work, went to the clinic, and went to the shop to get some prayer stuffs this morning. After that, we fried a lot a lot of prawn crackers and crispy rolls in the afternoon. Finally, we had an early dinner at the state. Talking about my early dinner, I do feel hungry right now. Well, I guess this is normal as it has been more than 3 hours since I last eaten. Hmmm... I shall go find something to munch after putting up this post.

Haha. Mom and dad said maybe we should go out to Tesco later after mom finish baking her chocolate chips cookies. So I guess maybe I will be going to Tesco at 11.00pm later???

Oh my, I really do not feel that I am having my CNY break now. Life is so busy ! But what to do? I have a CA and a lot of reports to hand in after this break. So I guess I have no choice. Therefore, bye bye ! I shall go find food to relieve my hunger first ! =)

I am sorry...

I have abandoned my blog for quite some time. I do not even remember when was the last time writing a post. I do not know why but I just do not feel like writing any new posts for the past few weeks. Could it be I am back in this un******** place? That is why I do not have the mood to do anything?

Anyway, I am sorry, my dear blog. I will try to take control over my feelings and try not to feel sad to be stucked here. Then I will be able to write more new posts from time to time. =)

Well, maybe I am able to write again, today because there are only 7 days left and I will be back home for a short break. I really miss home and wish that I will be home real soon. However, I feel scared and worried at the same time because I will have to wait for 2 months before the next round going home. Sigh ! How am I gonna stand being here for 2 months. I am scared that I will go crazy. But what to do? I guess I have to accept this fact and try to survive through the 2 months.

Go, Pei Yen, go !!! I will try my best to get through the following period. I will just focus on my 4 months holiday after finals. Hopefully this will give me courage and strength to put through it.