Words Meet Heartbeats.

Hello, good morning, how you do? What makes the rising sun so new?



Examinations. Big word right there. They're evil and they will suck every ounce of brain juice in that tiny little skull of yours and no matter how much I feel like crying my eyeballs out, I can't. My eyeballs are too big for my eye sockets. Such a pity. These torturing tests did put some sense into me, though. As much as I like living in my own little world overpopulated with self-denial, I simply can't. Like for one, I am reminded of how bad I fare in language subjects. I mean, I've been speaking in English for the majority of my life, but I am dumbfounded when I reflect on how badly I performed. I can't complain much, I've never read a novel from cover to cover but hey, that doesn't automatically degrade me to a level of total dumbness. Sometimes, I wonder why at one point of time, I actually considered journalism as a career. Maybe I was immature then, and thought that writing for a living was cool. On the other hand, I totally contradicted myself as I was doing my Career and Enterprise paper. I wrote multiple benefits of having clear career goals and subconsciously claimed that I had clear career goals, which in reality, I don't. I like the subject though, it allows me to explore things about myself in which I never had the guts to confront. Accounting and Finance was supposed to be impeccable, flawless. Sadly, the outcomes weren't close to what I envisaged. Tough luck. Maths? The only one that managed to not make me feel like a total loser. And for that, I should give myself a pat on the shoulder.

Fingers crossed on next Monday's Economics. Time to kiss my pillow and dream about unicorns. (Haven't I said I live in my own little world?)

Sorry, I just had to get that out of my system. (and to make myself feel a little bit better about my writing)

This is Home.

Home, this is home

Now I'm finally where I belong, belong

Yes this is home,

I've been searching for a place of my own

Now I found it,

Maybe this is home

This is home

Exams in 2 days. What else is there to say than GET READY, IT'S A NEW WEEK.

Freelensing v2

Freelensing is the act of taking photos with the lens detached from the camera but held in place and moved around to focus.
If I ever make it big in the photography world, I'd like to be famous for my freelensing skills. As of right now, enjoy the photos.

These pictures were taken yesterday at the Gardens Mall and parts were at the Gardens Hotel rooftop porch (or what seemed like one). Eventually, we got shoo-ed by a security guard. He was annoying and rude. I guess he's gotta do what he's gotta do.

Huge thanks to my models, THW and PJM for not being annoyed at how long i take, meddling with my camera settings. Geez, I need more practice.

Here goes!













YUMMY.

if today was a Fairytale

It has been a long time since I spent a considerable amount of time and effort on my camera. I have a thousand and one names for my camera but I do not want to sound like a person over-obsessed with an object so I shall name it, my camera. Oh yes that was one long sentence to make this post seem less photo spammed.

Anyway, on a different note, I hung out with my college mates today. What's interesting was, it wasn't at Sunway Pyramid - the ultimate hang out spot because it's a canopy walk away from college. Instead, it was at the Gardens Mall, because it radiates a sense of poshness as compared to Mid Valley Megamall (which in my opinion is rather outdated because other shopping malls have outnumbered MV in terms of built-up area, thus making the term Megamall an overstatement).

Photo spam time, because I have a serious lack of words. It was like dragging individual letters of the alphabet from the quagmire that is my brain. Every sentence is a groaning struggle, and staring into space with a vague feeling of desolation becomes a coping mechanism. PS: I have no idea what the last sentence meant because I stole it off a magazine.


Ahh the braces. As much as it has become a part of my trademark look, I'm taking them off this year. =(


Oh yes, the sunlight piercing through the glass panes was just too captivating to not have an OH face.


The infamous Chinese tourist look.


Pirate wannabes.


The person behind the lens, the one, the only LWY! Also the one that knows how to curve a bowling ball and manage to not trash everyone in a match. Ironic, isn't it.

Quick recap of what we did in dashes, so you can write your own UPSR essay.
eat at OUG - laser tag under renovation - bowling - arcade - eat Thai food - drink Chatime - pee in the car.
Not much you can do in shopping malls these days. Sigh.

Just so you know, the ex-form 5 gathering event page on FB is hilarious to look at.

this year.

It’s Friday the 13^th. Despite being tempted to go all out blasting Rebecca Black’s infamous Friday hit, I shall keep it to myself. Although, I must admit that I can actually relate to the lyrics of the song, mainly the part where I look forward to weekends. Weekdays has its perks but mind you, I need some time-off to just stop and stare, reminisce on the past week and plan ahead for the week to come.

The past week has been a very special one for me. I started the week being exhausted and I had loads of doubts on whether I could go through the week alive. I had 5 assignments to complete in 4 days. The most I’ve ever had. It wouldn’t have been that terrifying if the assignments had the same criteria to meet, but a presentation, an impromptu speech, a report and 2 tests? They all had different requirements! Furthermore, two of them were group assignments. This is the part of the post where I stress on how much I abhor group assignments. NO, it is not because I think I am superior to the rest but it is the fact that it is a combined effort and we have to arrange our schedules to accommodate the rest. To a certain extent, I am perfectly fine with that, but the hate factor comes in when one team member is not willing to carry their own weight. Ugh. Anyway, here I am, alive, after the absolutely gruelling week. Not to mention, I’ve got 5 days of holidays.

Moving on, this post is dedicated to the 5 months of my life in 2011. This year has and will continue to be a blast.

This would be my first day at AUSMAT. These three people would be my first official friends.

Brandon's bday

Tuesday’s meeting times

Chinese new year

Freshies night

Roshan’s 18^th

Destressing at the Power Studio after our first presentation

Campaigning for Charis as treasurer

Visiting Alvena

Sports carnival

Switchfoot in KL

These moments are just a glimpse of what 2011 has offered me. There are many many many more enjoyable scenes that aren’t captured in pictures. Cheers to what’s to come.

Holidays aren't fun when the rest of the world are having exams. Sigh.

Switchfoot in KL

It's been 12 days that the event has happened but to make up for my unpunctuality, Switchfoot was that good.

It's not like I really want to stall but due to the overload of assignments I had to. I cross my heart!

First up, a blast of pictures because pictures make my life go round.

Oh yes, for about 133 bucks, we were that close. Explains why the tour was named "Up close with Switchfoot". Albeit the the concert venue being in the middle of nowhere at an abandoned looking building, I loved the crowd. They weren't as wild, desperate, pushy, annoying, rempit-ish as the previous concerts I've been to. So the concert being at a weird venue wasn't such a bad thing after all =)

It was only on the day itself that Ainsleyh invited me to the concert. With transport arranged thanks to my best bro Gaby, it was all set. Okay okay, I admit I am not a big huge fan of Switchfoot prior to the concert. I only know the famous hits such as Meant to live, Learning to Breathe, Stars, Hurricane and one song for the soundtrack of A Walk to Remember. So much for going to the concert!

But hey ho, I just hummed along and went with the flow, living in the moment. It was good, the band did know how to work the crowd and made us, the crowd sing along. Everything was just right - the atmosphere, the music, the friends and the crowd reaction.

The best part: I caught Switchfoot's guitar pick. That was probably the most ironic thing of the night, the random passerby not such a huge fan was the one that got the guitar pick in the end. All I can say was, I got my money's worth. That 133 bucks was well spent. Mind you, I'm a thrifty person when it comes to spending on non-tangible items.

Okay, there's all for now. I've officially lost my blogging mojo.

Time flies when you're having fun

I guess what they say is true, time really does fly when you're having fun.

It's already the 1st of May 2011.

It felt as if I just celebrated new year's eve last night.
Gee, how wrong was I thinking that last year disappeared in a blink.

In just 4 short months, I feel like I've done so much.
I got my butt into college, met some friends I could keep for a lifetime and gained new experiences.

I do admit, I am exhausted.
What Roshan said about time is true, you either spend your time studying, socializing or sleeping. Me being the greedy pig who wants them all doesn't make it any easier. It's a daily struggle for me to juggle between studies, high school friends, college friends, family, church, leadership roles, sleep and fun.

I don't want to be that person who studies twenty four seven neither do I want to be that person who party all night while sleep all day.

This is the life I chose and so I shall live it with no complaints.

I really don't know where this is going, but so is my life.

I don't know what I'll be doing next year, or for that matter, where I would be then. I don't know who I'll meet this year. I don't know what I'll achieve this year. I don't know what I'll be doing next week.

Life is so full of uncertainties.

But I really am thankful for the good uncertainties that come my way.

Take for example, the best weekend of 2011 has gotta be the past few days, hands down. 

No other weekend can top of buying myself a Crumpler bag, recording a video shoot complete with fake dollies, playing frisbee with a couple of good ol' friends at midnight, attending Switchfoot concert and being the lucky one to catch a guitar pick and all you can eat buffet at Shogun. 

The best part: all of what happened was either planned the day itself or the night before.

I love my life.

More importantly, I hope I can still say that for years to come.

Live the life you love.

Living life the way I want,

Sue.