Lunchbox with Love

I hate to sound like a housewife, but cooking and making yummy food is one of the greatest way for me to release stress. Japanese bento is one of my favourite food set and Bento is certainly one of my MUST-COOK. Lucky me, there is someone as crazy as I am for Japanese food and a cooking-date is what it eventually leads to.

Saadah is surely a pro in making cute bentos and she taught me how to make these little duckings with sesame seeds, corns, bird eggs and spaghetti. While the Rilakkuma Omurice bento is the cutest thing I learned online from a Japanese food guru “Ochikeron”. I love her tutorials because she explains everything step by step, and the thing that I love the most is her creativity. Click on her tutorial video below to find out more! *Sharing is caring*

There are a lot of tutorials available on her channel. Be sure to check it out sometime: http://www.youtube.com/user/ochikeron. 

Autumn in my heart

In my opinion, autumn is the most beautiful season. Before I came to Russia to pursue further studies, I used to think that perhaps Spring is the most beautiful time of the year. Imagine my disappointment when I first found out that true Spring just last about 2 weeks and all those flowers that make spring “Spring” withers away under the summerish scorching sun. Yes, it’s still spring as shown on the calendar, but unfortunately not in real life.

Autumn is always the perfect time to snap some photos. It’s a must do for students like us studying abroad. I love the weather: not too cold, not too hot. It’s always just right to scroll to the park right after class.

What I’ll always do is, searching for the perfect leaf to be my next bookmark. I’ve always been a nerd. Bonus is, I’ve always been a nerd, with a sense of art. Thank God for that.

Photo session in Chekistov Park after Pharmacology class. Photo credits to Amber Liew.
 

We don’t always have time for all these, it’s always important to create memories.

The Mamaef Kurgan hill never fail us when it comes to Autumn photo shooting. Golden and red leaves perfectly reflect Autumn.  

       And the best thing about outings and photo shooting? I would say it’s the golden time I get to spend with the people who care about me and I care about. The most important necessaries for overseas students is friends. Not just “friend”, but “true” friend. Some discovers them with ease but some only after a storm. Just like the Jewels in a treasure hunt: no pain no gain.   

Love this vintage feel.

Graduation

Graduation photos in Russia.

Graduation photos back in Malaysia.

This graduation marks the end of their 6 years medical studies and the start of working life. Time to be doctors, all the best. Congratulations to all, especially my beloved Honey Bear and dear sister Janice :3. You two are the most inspiring and the bravest people I’ve met in Volgograd, the lows in life never led you down and both of you taught me to smile in the rain. Life lessons I would never forget, cheers to that. 

Spanish rose

15

“You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors
    It’s the morning of your very first day
   you say hi to your friends you ain’t seen in a while 
   Try and stay out of everybody’s way” ~ 15, Swift.

Yes, I did take a deep breath that day for I knew this is kinda a land of geniuses. That’s the morning of my very first day here, but I am not 15. I’m already 17, going to college. ^^  I didn’t say hi to my friends as, well…. I didn’t manage to make any yet and I was having a race against time. I didn’t stay out of everybody’s way either, in fact, they stayed out of mine. (Imaginary) =.=

When I first got here, I was late. Although I arrived at 8.30 am and the registration was supposed to start at 9.00 am, I was not on time as I had promise my fellow ChungLingiants that I will be there at 8.00am sharp. If it’s not because of the confusing road signs and all those roundabouts, I could have gotten there before 7.30 am! =P

Everything was new to me here. For a second, I thought I will be all alone in my hostel for other Chunglingiants are not taking the same course as me. See: Sheafen, ALG; Sinyen, ADFP. But miracles did happen. After taking my hostel keys, I stopped by before the administration office to pick up some Intec stuffs, and I met Sheafen and Sinyen. We exchanged our room numbers so that we can find each other in the future. Imagine our surprised face when Sheafen and I realized we have been placed into the very same house! Superb! =D

We rushed to Akasia together. At that time, that place was such a maze to me. I walked round and round and round and couldn’t find block 4. Luckily, with the help of the fascists, we found it, and it’s just beside the Photostat center! So much the drama when we realized they had given us the wrong keys: both of us. We anxiously waited for our third and fourth housemates to come and end our torture, coz that was not a good windy day… the heat, ouch!

Hannah from Kuching reached after our “long wait” outside the door. And I was screaming inside: “FINALLY!!!” However, she also had got the wrong keys... =’( Never mind, we continued waiting for our last hope to arrive. Three of us hardly talk. We just introduced ourselves, and talked to our parents, or simply stay quiet.

There comes another girl. The moment we have been waiting for! Unfortunately, after she tried to unlock the door, she turned to us and said “My keys cannot open the door… == ” By the way, she is Rebecca from Bintulu. I used to think that she is a Malay, but turned out she is an Iban. She is doing Russian Program and so do I, so I decided to be her roommate.

After we were done unpacking and arranging our stuffs, we, new housemates sited down and had a little chat in my room, just to know each other more. =) Rebecca was not there, she went to Giant to buy things because She didn’t bring too much things from Sarawak.

I already forgot what was next. A talk in Dewan Cemara, perhaps? Or I slept the evening away? I couldn’t recall back. So…. Ета все. ! ^^

1st outing with housemates and Chunglingiants to Sunway Pyramid. ^^

   Yeemin (A-level, MSU), Hannah, Sheafen (ALG, INTEC), Sinyen (ADFP, INTEC), Me (IRS, INTEC)

Freestyle

I attended CLB cultural night last Saturday.
Basically, we paid RM 15 to get in and chat+sleep+ facebooking using the school's wireless network...
Tat How still looks like a bamboo, nothing change.

The programme that I like the most is . I mean, who don't?
Although they didn't do Air Flare, their skills are still amazing. ^^

Then I love the wind orchestra's performance. Especially
(although I have been listening to the same melody over a hundred times.... still love it ^^)

by the choir was presented in a cReATiVe way. Thumbs up from me! =)
The idea of Card Board animals was a hit, way to go. =D

Well, watching juniors performing on stage was indeed a first time experience for me.
Kinda miss those days when we were the performers on stage instead of being an audience.
But when we were on stage back then, tense and worrying about our performance ,
we wished we were the audiences. 

Life is full of contradictions =D

Yes, Raja Uda!!! ^^

Sushi came to fetch me with his Merz!! haha...

We went back to school to meet with the rest of the gang: Zhenyin, Wanyi, Suiyeen.

The funny thing was... my juniors can't recognise me... T.T

... I'll put the blame on my funny hairstyle...

It took us nearly 10 minutes to finally found a parking spot.

This pretty much proved that Raja Uda is a buzy buzy street indeed.

and the food? the Best of the Best ! ^^

  

Miss Raja Uda's Hokien Mee sooooo much!!!!! XD

Sushi (Mr Driver) eating his Cendol.... =)

Lol... I haven't seen Wanyi and Suiyeen for a long long time.

Wanyi is studying in Singapore under Singapore scholarship. Congratz congratz congratz!!! =)

She'll become a caring nurse in the future for sure...

(although I was quite surprised she choose to take up this profession)

Suiyeen, Zhenyin and Sushi are doing STPM.

You guys will definitely nail it!!! GAMBATE (x infinity)!!!

We talked about "important" things like "The future of CLB" and "Our School's reputation"...zzz (some rumor spreading in facebook... or should I say scandal??? Haiz...=.=)

and some way too UNIMPORTANT things like "a little SOMEONE blocked Sushi in MSN"...

and ... other things. ^^

We simply must take photo with Wanyi's masterpiece!!! ^^

Sushi actually wanna make this his facebook profile pic!!!

So... today is not so boring after all!!! XD

Tournament !!!

"Holidays"? it sounds unimportant to me now. coz to me, everyday = holiday.^^
But, yeah, just for now. After this June, I'll be toiling again, burying myself in books....again. T.T

Jit Sin High school= Battlefield^^

Brother went to Jit Sin High School yesterday morning. Ah~ Martial Art Tournament. I already forgot even the basic set patterns. Lame memory, you can't blame me.=) If I were given a chance, I.... WILL NOT GO BACK TO COMPETE AGAIN!!! (Maybe I'll change my mind? No way! Yes, I still love martial art but...) I still remember how my muscles and my whole body ached til my nervous system nearly break down! Oh my god! I mean its okay when it comes to set patterns 套拳and QiGong气功, totally no problem. But 推手 and 散打? Please! I can't wipe this terrible memory off my mind. I went for a tournament and I got myself "点穴"-ed. Actually, my opponent did that unintentionally lah~ coaches do not teach us how to use that technique but somehow she got the right "穴位" accidentally. Eventually, My shifu had to step in and help me to clear me clotted blood ways. I couldn't raise my right arm for two weeks. -.-

Cat fight?!

Then something about 硬功 and my stupidity. I had to break 6 pieces of wood in one minute. I had broken 4 with some clean smacks but the fifth was really hard. So I jumped off to finish the sixth wood first. I wonder why I couldn't break that damn 5th wood with side kick. Perhaps I should jump higher? You see, I was so distracted until I missed the 6th wood I have to chop with a slap palm. I chopped the building blocks beside instead!!! I was so stunned that I forgot to cry. All i could think about is HOW SHOULD I TAKE SPM WITH A BROKEN RIGHT HAND?! of course it didn't really break la...^^ my blow was not that powerful. My coach's assistant led me outside to apply some medicine and I realized how painful that really is, and that's how I remember to shed a few tears (just a few^^). I couldn't hold a pen for a week as my fingers were swelling badly and that was a pretty good explanation I had for not doing my homework. What? You expected me to do it with my toes? Nah~ not a chance! =P

Brother came back at 7.00pm. Luckily he didn't come back with a broken arm and won himself a golden ticket to the semi-finals. Hurray! Go~ Team Chung Ling!!

Help needed!

I just finish painting this piece of drawing featuring bunnies and butterflies. I am thinking of writing something sensible using calligraphy. But, I can't find anything that matches this picture. Anything on your mind, friends? It could be the chorus of a song, some verse of poem.... ANYTHING!  

My Procedure:

End Product:

Please Help to complete this painting! Thanks.^^

Evil Bunny

Yesterday was just nice. Got a nice chance to hang out with friends. Just Chia Muar, Ching Kwang, a Beh, Eevon and me. We had a pretty good time having breakfast at saitoLim and playing EVIL RABBIT's game at Chin Kwang's house. Althought I don't like the idea of "All bunnies are EVIL", I found the games very amusing. Firstly, the game which the rabbits was playing flute really hurted my eyes, and the "Burping Rabbits" was really disgusting. And then there was the fun parts: the race and the swimming competition. Enjoyed the trill ( even though I din't actually participated). Thanks!! : )