This Version Of Me

I've been meaning to leave a different impression on my friends for my recent convocation, and I decided to lose some weight. I guess I did it, judging from reaction from most people who hasn't seen me since January. Some ask me how did I did it, though I couldn't give them the details because the convo (I'll cover that in another post soon) was such a rush, so here is my side of the story, my story.

I have been chubby for almost my whole life, I love eating and cooking and baking, and shopping for clothes was always never a wonderful experience. Like most people who are dying to lose some weight, I have tried so many weight lose products and the only effect they had on me was wasting my money and time. And being a  university student, I have spent most of my time in front of my computer, exercising only my fingers. So, when we had our little new year eve countdown at a local KFC outlet, losing weight was once again on top of my new year's resolution, but this time, I really wanna make it happen.

The photo above was taken during our new year eve countdown, back then my weight was round 90kg plus. I don't know the real figure because stepping on the scale was so terrifying. Being obese (I never really could say this word out loud), I was kinda unhappy, and I was unhealthy. So right after Chinese New Year, it was time to set my once again #1 new year resolution into motion.

A Few Words

Hmmm. Since when blogging has become a monthly chore for me? I guess it started when I moved home, and no longer a undergrad hogging the internet 24-7. I'm beginning to find life outside of the cyber world, though I still constantly check my Facebook or Weibo on my Iphone. I just couldn't find the need to express what's on my mind to the crowd over the internet. I noticed some of my friends who were in their freshmen year who update their Facebook status and posting photos after photos every 5 minutes. Although I'm sorta annoyed, I just let them me, because some point in my life, I've been there, I've done that too. So who am I to judge then.

Things seem to slow down when my student life has become a thing in the past. Graduation is around the corner, I'm not as anxious as I thought I would. It's just a stupid ritual involving you wearing your borrowed graduation cape, going on stage, shake the hand of some-big-shot-that-I-don't-know-what-his-or-her-name, receiving my certificate or transcript, walking down stage. Seriously, it'd took about 5 minutes I dare say. The only thing that I'm looking forward to is seeing the familiar faces of my friends, which I haven't seen in a few months. I wonder if they have change. Plus, my mom and dad will come along with me. I bet they are even more anxious then I am.

Bride Of March

She's getting hitch! I can't say that I'm not shock and surprise, but she has all of my blessing. I'm really happy for her, I truly am. I have a short list of friends who have been with me since high school and till stay in contact with me up until today, and she's one of them.

She was my classmate and we have been friend since we were 13. She has always been a good friend, her desk was always not far from mine and somehow we get to know each other better with each passing year. During my youthful teen years, I have a group of female friends whom I have labeled my team of wifeys, whom I'll joke about marrying someday (it's just for fun, nothing serious lol), and she's on the team too. I thought we'll all go our separate way once we graduated from Form 5, but it turns out we got in to the same school to continue Form 6. Though we took different class (I took Physic and she took Bio), her classroom was next to mine, and we still hang out from time to time. Then when I've gone to college and she began to work, we began to see less of each other but still keep in touch via facebook.

I got the news from her dad when we bumped into each other at the post office last month. Yup, I always thought she'd make a wonderful wife and she definitely deserved to meet her Mr. Right. So, I attended her wedding yesterday and she was BEAUTIFUL! I'm glad that there'll be one less lonely girl in the world, especially if that lonely girl is one of my best friend. I'll give you all of my blessing, and hope you'll always be happy.

Congratulation, Ebot! This is your happily ever after.

Somewhere I Have Never Traveled

By E. E. Comings

Somewhere I have never traveled, gladly beyond 

any experience, your eyes have their silence:

in your most frail gesture are things which enclosed me,

or which I cannot touch, because they are too near.

Your slightest look easily will unclose me,

though I have closed myself as fingers,

you open always petal by petal myself as Springs open,

(touching skillfully, mysteriously) her first rose.

or if you wish be to close me, 

I and my life will shut very beautifully, suddenly,

as when the heart of this flower imagines

the snow carefully everywhere descending...

(p/s this just reminds me of you, of us, that's all)

Chinese translation after the bump.

I Hate Good People

Well, not all good people, just those who seems too good to be real, and this week, I really have to say that I HATE Elena (from TVD) and Cassie (from TSC), both are the main female lead on the two of my most favorite CW series (p/s I adore Hart of Dixie too). After watching two of the latest episode of both those series, it seems so obvious that all the other cast on the show would be much better off without these two girls.

A witch who just got her witch licence

Trouble magnet

Feb

So January is dead and gone, and  we're half way through February. My last post here was on January, which seems to be a few centuries ago, and some of you might have notice that I haven't been writing much about me, just some random stuff that I found interest in or what might interest you in. It's not that I don't wanna a little bit personal, I do, but with the people who care. So if you care and my blog doesn't provide enough insight to my private life, hit me up, you know my number.

February. The shortest month of the year. Chinese new year is officially over, but there are a couple of highlights for this month. First of all, there's death. The last time I wrote about death, it was about Amy Winehouse, this time, it's Whitney Houston. I guess the glee club in Heaven just got a new member. Am I a fan of Whitney, at some point of my life, yes. I remember the first time I was attracted to her song was when she released her classy music video for 'It's Not Right But It's OK'. Damn, this lady got style and voice. And then I fell in love with her duet with Mariah Carey on 'When You Believe', which was the soundtrack for 'The Prince of Egypt' movie/ cartoon which was never released in Malaysia due to religious issued (if I'm not mistaken). She was like the Rihanna of the music industry back then, with Bobby Brown which was her own personal Chris Brown. He didn't almost beat her up tp death, but he does dragged her down when she was soaring sky-high. After the news of her death spread through my facebook wall and twitter feeds like a wild fire, I saw this particular post, where someone said that Rihanna's 'We Found Love' video was like the story of Whitney's life, but the only difference is that Rihanna left that jackass but Whitney stayed with hers.

Whitney 1963 - 2012  

Lana: Before & After Her SNL Performance

Usually I will check out a new singer or a new movie after there have been so much buzz about it on the internet. So, lately it seems like everyone on the world wide web has been talking about this Lana Del Rey girl, whose album had just came out around the end of this month, entitled Born To Die.

It seems that she has been making the headlines since last year, when she debuted her 'Video Game' single, which was featured on Ringer (another tv show on the CW channel about twins who hate and wanna kill each other ). I couldn't remember which episode this song was featured on, because this ain't a song that will stick in your head after a first listen. Lana's voice is unique, kinda like British singer Birdy, but most of her song kinda took being emo up another notch. The music video for Video Game was released soon afterward, generating more buzz and so many views on Youtube.

More people who didn't knew who this girl was, got their fair share of gloomy husky voice and even knew ho to spell her name right, after her buzz-worthy performance on SNL. Some said it was the worst live performance on the history of SNL, some said it was unique, some said it was amazing. But I guess Lana wouldn't mind what people said, because her performance that night got people talking, and her album is just around the corner, this is what she need. So, if you ask me, about her SNL performance (I'll post the video after the bump), I don't it was as worst as some people said it was, I just got the feeling that she's just not good with singing live.

Her new album