Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

The price of being a Grade A student. (Not me)

If I were given a second chance to go back to the past and fix mistakes, I would. 
Wouldn't it be nice? I would go back to the time I was at my laziest at school and smack my own head and say, "Go read book and study, silly! I know your future. You ain't going anywhere being lazy like this." Yeah. Maybe then, I would realize. 

For all my life, I always wanted to see the world. Being a Grade A student would've been a good help though. Got to travel on scholarship. Bahaha :P I would've pick overseas university instead of the local ones. Took medic instead of admin, engineering perhaps. *sigh* Was too sleepy during Math & Science class anyway.

Not like I don't appreciate what I am having now. But it would've been nicer to be able to live my young life that way. Learning about other culture, people and food within that period. Cause once you got older, at certain limit, all you can think of is commitment. Work. Family. You just can't feel the passion anymore.

So for those young people, don't give up trying. Give your best. Go out and see the world. If you ain't got money, you got scholarship :P  what you'll get back is EXPERIENCE and fun plus, a degree or a master some more. Go explore.

If you got the passion, but you're too lazy to study make sure you have a body of a model. Perhaps you can try to be an international "flight steward/stewardess" instead. That works too. 

As for me. I have not enough cash. Not a Grade A student. Not even eligible to apply as a flight stewardess too. So.......

Don't live with regrets like me :) Go out and PLAY!

**saying all this after seeing my doctor,childhood friend's photos who is currently living in Ireland :3

Have a nice day! xo

Sunday, June 24, 2012

My Sarawak.

If you're wondering where on earth Sarawak is, HERE. I'm gonna provide you with a map that I have found on google ^^


What I love about Sarawak is definitely the multi-ethnic/racial society. In Sarawak, we have the Dayaks, Malays, Chinese, Indians,Orang Ulu, Melanau and a lot more. I am a Lun Bawang myself which is from the Orang Ulu group.You see Sarawak is a very colorful state :) 

During one of our Faculty Annual Dinner back in 2010, the theme for the evening was 1Malaysia in which me and my friends decided to wear our own traditional costumes. Check out some of the photos which I really love to see because it is so colorful!

Me in white and i'm wearing a Lun Bawang traditional costume :) And all of us are representing different ethnics. I'm loving this picture. <3

These people are actually my seniors. They are all wearing different costumes too. Weehoo!!
So that's me in white. Roza (next to me) is wearing her Iban traditional costume, Angie in her Kayan costume, Shelley in a Chinese cheongsam and both of my Malay friends are wearing Malays traditional costume which are the kebaya and baju kurung.
And this one, my friend Jill (skinny one) is wearing a Dusun traditional costume (or Kadazan? Please correct me if I'm wrong). Well, she's from Sabah. :) Her friend is wearing a Bidayuh (Dayak) traditional costume. Colorful right?

I have more pictures but the internet connection is pretty slow tonight :/

Sarawak is a cool place to visit i must say. Other than their wonderful costumes and multi racial society, we have different kind of food too. Some are exotic foods that you can never find in any other state or even country.To experience Sarawak, you must come to visit and see for yourself! :)

WE, Sarawakian welcomes you anytime!

Monday, June 18, 2012

Friends : Those who means the world to me.

Friends. Best friends. Good friends. Close friends. New friends. Old friends. Childhood friends. Ex friends. And all kind of friends. 

I am a type of person who love having friends. The more friends i have, the merrier it would be. We have people we can talk to, share with, have fun with, travel with, and do lots of things. There is no reason for us to live alone, right? 

I have some close friends. Some best friends. These type of friends are very close to my heart. Once I love a friend, I will not trade it for anything. A Pisces love for their friends are unconditional i may say. And i believe that. 

One of my best friend in Donna. Someone i knew since I was 13. Yep. We're still friends. In fact, I just saw her yesterday. For me, Donna is someone that I can share a lot of things with. My joy, my pain, my dreams, my secret. I trust her. Up until today.


And I have Jean, who is married now and blessed with a beautiful baby boy, Julian. She's the most open minded, care free person i ever know. There's Lena. The one who got married too and now lived in another city so we seldom meet. Pamela. Is the petite little woman with a very warm, kind and beautiful heart. She's busy lately so we rarely see each other even when we live in the same town. Then, Stephanie. The one and only doctor among us. It's a shame that we only see each other during Christmas sometimes once in two years. She's working in Ireland for more than 5 years now so I can say that she changed a little but still, she's one of the pack. 

When we were 13, we were so crazy about Backstreet Boys. I was Mrs Nick Carter back then (LOL), Pamela was Mrs Howie D, Donna was Mrs AJ, our dear Dr. Stephanie was Mrs Brian Littrell and Maverlyn (a mother of 2) was Mrs Kevin! :D When I recall back all the memories, how priceless was our innocence. We still wish each other "happy birthday" on our dear boys' birthday! Just to remind how silly we were! :D

As we parted after high school, we remain close. Then i met a few new friends. Some of them I met when i was 18. I have a best friend that will always be my best friend which is my current boyfriend. In a few days we will be celebrating our 10th anniversary. 


When i went to university, I made more friends. My first best friend that I treasure is Shelley. She's like a sister to me. For 5 years, she's been the one who went through ups and downs with me. She's a lovely and helpful person. She's everyone best friends. Then comes Rozalia and Angie. We're like sisters. I love them dearly.


Along the way, I met Faizah and Teodora and Shasha in a very unexpected way, we become close. We were classmates but we never get to know each other better before. But now, I believe, we made a bonding that won't be easily break by anything.  ( I can't find Shasha picture)


Since I love my friends, I really wanna wish them well in their life. I wish they can read this and know that I appreciate them for being a part of my life cycle, to be a reason for me to smile and I am thankful for them for reaching out their hands whenever I need someone to hold on to. I love you guys and may we remain friends for eternity.


Thursday, April 19, 2012

To Kill Two Birds With One Stone.

One of the many things i'd really love to do is traveling. You know, to see the world and stuff. It's a shame to not be able to see people of different races, languages and cultures and eating different type of foods from the other part of the world. I think it would be just awesome to sit among them and be one of the 'citizen' for a day. 

Here's are the top 5 countries that i MUST visit before i die :
1/ South Korea
2/ France
3/ Switzerland
4/ Italy
5/Japan

Typical eh? LOL well, doesn't mean that i won't be going to Thailand, Indonesia, Spain or etc. It's just these 5 are a must visit country for me. But i think it would be great to start from Thailand or Indonesia because they're the nearest and my friend said both countries have the most beautiful scenery when it comes to beaches. So, i would love to see it myself in the near future :)

One of my thoughts that i have never told anyone is that i would love to give something to the people of the countries that i'm going to visit. Not like i'm gonna do big things or what but it will leave meaningful memories to me which i can treasure at least. The thing is. I wanted to visit one orphanage home in every country that i'm going to visit. Let say, out of my 5 days trip i'd like to dedicate a day or a half to spend with children at the orphanage. It won't hurt to read them stories and spend some money to give them candies and foods right? :) 

I know. It sounds too good to be true but hey, where there is a will there is a way right? It is at least a thing that i can show how grateful and thankful i am to be able to visit their country. I might sound like a humanitarian worker but it is indeed a good thing to do. It will be more time consuming for all the processes and paper works if we apply to be a volunteer. For a person like me who would only be able to travel once a year, it would be easier for me to do it my way. To kill two birds with one stone, perhaps? 
You might wonder. Why the orphanage? Well. I'm not an orphan. All i want to do is to visit the children because they need a lot of attentions and loves. I might be a stranger to them but i just want to make and see them happy because they deserves it.

I have been thinking about this. I'd love to travel with people who would kindly share the same passion as me one day because it would be really helpful in order to make things work :) It's not like i want to create a volunteer group or anything like that. I just thought that, if the country that we visited has given us their good services and wonderful experiences, It would be lovely to give something back in which it is also will give us more meaningful memories.

This is my personal thought. I am not trying to make anyone to do exactly this. It's just something that i thought i would like to do when the time comes. I'm just sharing it here :)

Happy reading.