The Last Day of 2010 & Happy 2011.

It'd been almost 2 months since my last update. Sorry people!

Today is the 31st December 2010, the last day of year 2010. Can't believe time flies! Tomorrow will be a brand new year.

Here's a recap for my awesome 2010. Uhmm...my 2010 goes quite well except for some glitches and problems. Health wise...very good! No visit to the doctors and I'm able to donate blood...TWICE! In my Love life, I'm still with my guy...for 5 freaking years! Congrats to us... :)

Oh, we managed to get a vacation to Terengganu and Kelantan, which I labeled as "awesome". LOL. Other than that, Finance wise...got output, no input...which is pretty saddening...

However, I'd make my 2011 resolutions.

1) Lose 4kg from my overall weight.
I get comments that I've been getting chubbier from time to time. My weight rose 5kg since I entered Foundation. So, to achieve my goal, no supper, eat smaller portion.

2) Get to make my 1st time oversea travel (Thailand also counted).
I will be 24 next year and I've never been oversea. The closest I'd been is the checkpoint at the Thailand border. So, if possible, I want to go Thailand/Taiwan next year. :)

3) Get a job I love. ♥
No description for this as I'm still hunting for that job.

4) Have a clear and fair skin.
Had been having bad skin (face) since 12. So, I'm going to make more effort for this goal.

5) Learn make-up and grooming.
I've always interested in this field. Had made some inquires about these courses and will enroll in one of them next year. :)
6) Be more patient.

7) Learn to drive...again.
I have a driving licence but pretty much a useless one since my parents do not let me touch the family car. Parents have no confidence in my driving skill (they say it sucks)! If I want to drive I need to get my own car...pathetic! >.<

So what's your resolution for 2011?

Life's Brief Candle.

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day

To the last syllable of recorded time,

And all our yesterdays have lighted fools

The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player

That struts and frets his hour upon the stage

And then is heard no more: it is a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

Signifying nothing.

- William Shakespeare.

Twins?

There're a few times we (5 & I) bumped into a girl who we though was our friend in UTAR (but it isn't). We could swear that this girl have 95% similarity to our friend. Here's a photo of our friend, Tiffany.

Tiffany (photo from Facebook).

And here's the photo of the girl (I don't know the name of the girl and this is the photo I got from my friend's Facebook album.

The girl from PR course.

So similar right? Like literally, twins!

Oh, and the girl and Tiffany had almost the same height (plus minus 2cm) and similar voice!

What a coincident!

Touching Story - Katie Kirkpatrick

January 15, 2005.

21-year-old Katie Kirkpatrick — the girl “with a contagious smile and unrelenting optimism” who had been battling cancer for three years and even took part in champion cyclist Lance Armstrong’s Ride for the Roses cancer fundraiser — married 23 year-old Lapeer County sheriff’s deputy Nick Goodwin, her high school sweetheart and the love of her life, at Church of Christ in Hazel Park, Michigan.

This picture was taken prior to their wedding January 11th, 2005.

Katie has terminal cancer and spends hours in chemotherapy.
Here Nick awaits while she finishes one of the sessions...

Even in pain and dealing with her organs shutting down, with the help of morphine,
Katie took care of every single part of the wedding planning.
Her dress had to be adjusted several times due to Katie 's constant weight loss.

An expected guest was her oxygen tank. Katie had to use it during the ceremony and reception.
The other couple in this picture is Nick's parents, very emotional with the wedding and to see their
Son marrying the girl he fell in love when he was an adolescent.

Katie , in a wheel chair listening to her husband and friends singing to her.

In the middle of the party, Katie had to rest for a bit and catch her breath.
The pain does not allow her to stand for long period of time.

Katie died 5 days after her wedding. Watching a woman so ill and weak getting married and with a smile on her face makes us think - Happiness is reachable, no matter how long it last. We should stop making our lives complicated.

Origins:

On Valentine's Day 2002, Katie Kirkpatrick, then a freshman at Rochester College (a small Christian college in Rochester Hills, Michigan) was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Undaunted, Katie strove to keep up with her studies, but she suffered another setback in 2003 when she was diagnosed with "an inoperable lung tumor wrapped around her pulmonary artery." Nonetheless, in 2004 the resilient Katie took part in champion cyclist Lance Armstrong's "Ride for the Roses" cancer fundraiser.

Dr. Craig Bowman of the Bible faculty spearheaded a campus and area-wide effort that raised $28,000 which made one of Katie's dreams come true: riding with six-time Tour de France winner and fellow cancer survivor Lance Armstrong in his Ride for the Roses cancer fundraiser.

Says Katie of Armstrong, "I like his attitude and his perseverance. I admire him for the way he dealt with his cancer, and his attitude: 'You know what, this isn't going to beat me!'"

On 15 January 2005, 21-year-old Katie the girl "with a contagious smile and unrelenting optimism" who had been battling cancer for three years married Lapeer County sheriff's deputy Nick Godwin, her high school sweetheart and the love of her life, at Church of Christ in Hazel Park, Michigan. Katie Kirkpatrick Godwin passed away at the McLaren Regional Medical Center in Flint, Michigan, on 20 January 2005, just five days after her wedding. Her husband, Nick, said of the wedding and Katie's passing: "It was wonderful. It was a dream come true. She was the most beautiful angel ever; just caring and selfless, and such an inspiration to everyone. She was always smiling no matter what happened, no matter what news she got. She was as close to perfect as they come."

She did not let sickness stop her from living, take away the hope or faith that made her believe she had a future. She had a lovely wedding and she had love and she gave love and love doesn't die. And that is how Katie beat cancer.

Additional photographs of Katie and her wedding can be viewed on the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) web site.

Source: http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/katie.asp & http://www.dawnyang.com/

50 Incredibly Weird Facts About the Human Body

I was on my Facebook just now and I came across a personal message by 5 stating that he dreamed quite frequent in his sleep. And a friend says that dreaming could leads to high IQ and he replied with a link. So, I click over to the webpage and saw these! All the contents are from here.

The Brain

Complex and poorly understood, the brain is what makes everything work properly. The body may be kept alive, but without the brain, a person can’t truly live. Here are some interesting and weird facts about the brain.

1. The brain doesn’t feel pain: Even though the brain processes pain signals, the brain itself does not actually feel pain.

2. Your brain has huge oxygen needs: Your brain requires 20 percent of the oxygen and calories your body needs — even though your brain only makes up two percent of your total body weight.

3. 80% of the brain is water: Instead of being relatively solid, your brain 80% water. This means that it is important that you remain properly hydrated for the sake of your mind.

4. Your brain comes out to play at night: You’d think that your brain is more active during the day, when the rest of your body is. But it’s not. Your brain is more active when you sleep.

5. Your brain operates on 10 watts of power: It’s true: The amazing computational power of your brain only requires about 10 watts of power to operate.

6. A higher I.Q. equals more dreams: The smarter you are, the more you dream. A high I.Q. can also fight mental illness. Some people even believe they are smarter in their dreams than when they are awake.

7. The brain changes shapes during puberty: Your teenage years do more than just change how you feel; the very structure of your brain changes during the teen years, and it even affects impulsive, risky behavior.

8. Your brain can store everything: Technically, your brain has the capacity to store everything you experience, see, read or hear. However, the real issue is recall — whether you can access that information.

9. Information in your brain travels at different speeds: The neurons in your brain are built differently, and information travels along them at different speeds. This is why sometimes you can recall information instantly, and sometimes it takes a little longer.

Your Senses

You might be surprised at the amazing things your various senses can accomplish.

10. Your smell is unique: Your body odor is unique to you — unless you have an identical twin. Even babies recognize the individual scents of their mothers.

11. Humans use echolocation: Humans can use sound to sense objects in their area using echolocation. It is thought that those who are blind develop this ability to heightened effectiveness.

12. Adrenaline gives you super strength: Yes, with the proper response in certain situations, you really can lift a car.

13. Women smell better than men: Women are better than men at identifying smells.

14. Your nose remembers 50,000 scents: It is possible for your nose to identify and remember more than 50,000 smells.

15.Your hearing decreases when you overeat: When you eat too much food, it actually reduces your ability to hear. So consider eating healthy — and only until you are full.

16.Your sense of time is in your head: How you experience time is all about your perception. Some speculate that stress can help you experience time dilation. Apparently, time manipulation isn’t just for superheroes.

Reproduction

How we as a species reproduce offers all sorts of interesting weird facts. Here are some of the weirder things you might not know.

17. Your teeth are growing before birth: Even though it takes months after you are born to see teeth, they start growing about six months before you are born.

18. Babies are stronger than oxen: On a pound for pound basis, that is. For their size, babies are quite powerful and strong.

19. Babies always have blue eyes when they are born: Melanin and exposure to ultraviolet light are needed to bring out the true color of babies’ eyes. Until then they all have blue eyes.

20. Women might be intrinsically bi: There are sex studies that indicate that women might bisexual intrinsically, no matter how they class themselves, while men are usually either gay or straight.

21.Most men have regular erections while asleep: Every hour to hour and a half, sleeping men have erections — though they may not be aware of it.

22. Sex can be a pain reliever: Even though the “headache” excuse is often used to avoid sex, the truth is that intercourse can provide pain relief. Sex can also help you reduce stress.

23. Chocolate is better than sex: In some studies, women claim they would rather have chocolate than sex. But does it really cause orgasm? Probably not on its own.

Body Functions

The things our bodies do are often strange and sometimes gross. Here are some weird facts about the way your body functions.

24. Earwax is necessary: If you want healthy ears, you need some earwax in there.

25. Your feet can produce a pint of sweat a day: There are 500,000 (250,000 for each) sweat glands in your feet, and that can mean a great deal of stinky sweat.

26. Throughout your life, the amount of saliva you have could fill two swimming pools: Since saliva is a vital part of digestion, it is little surprise that your mouth makes so much of it.

27. A full bladder is about the size of a soft ball: When your bladder is full, holding up to 800 cc of fluid, it is large enough to be noticeable.

28. You probably pass gas 14 times a day: On average, you will expel flatulence several times as part of digestion.

29. A sneeze can exceed 100 mph: When a sneeze leaves your body, it does so at high speeds — so you should avoid suppressing it and causing damage to your body.

30. Coughs leave at 60 mph: A cough is much less dangerous, leaving the body at 60 mph. That’s still highway speed, though.

Musculoskeletal System

Find out what you didn’t know about your muscles and bones.

31. Bones can self-destruct: It is possible for your bones to destruct without enough calcium intake.

32. You are taller in the morning: Throughout the day, the cartilage between your bones is compressed, making you about 1 cm shorter by day’s end.

33. 1/4 of your bones are in your feet: There are 26 bones in each foot, meaning that the 52 bones in account for 25 percent of your body’s 206 bones.

34. It takes more muscles to frown than to smile: Scientists can’t agree on the exact number, but more muscles are required to frown than to smile.

35. When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles: Walking uses a great deal of muscle power — especially if you take your 10,000 steps.

36. Your tongue is the strongest muscle in your body: Compared to its size, the tongue is the strongest muscle. But I doubt you’ll be lifting weights with it.

37. Bone can be stronger than steel: Once again, this is a pound for pound comparison, since steel is denser and has a higher tensile strength.

Unnecessary Body Parts

We have a number of body parts that are, well, useless. Here are some facts about the body parts we don’t actually need.

38. Coccyx: This collection of fused vertebrae have no purpose these days, although scientists believe it’s what’s left of the mammal tail humans used to have. It may be useless, but when you break your coccyx, it’s still painful.

39. Pinkie toe: There is speculation that since we no longer have to run for our dinner, and we wear sneakers, the pinkie toe’s evolutionary purpose is disappearing — and maybe the pinkie itself will go the way of the dodo.

40. Wisdom teeth: This third set of molars is largely useless, doing little beyond crowding the mouth and sometimes causing pain.

41. Vomeronasal organ: There are tiny (and useless) chemoreceptors lining the inside of the nose.

42. Most body hair: While facial hair serves some purposes, the hair found on the rest of body is practically useless and can be removed with few ill effects.

43. Female vas deferens: A cluster of dead end tubules near the ovaries are the remains of what could have turned into sperm ducts.

44. Male Uterus: Yeah, men have one too — sort of. The remains of this undeveloped female reproductive organ hangs on one side of the male prostate gland

45. Appendix: Yep, your appendix is basically useless. While it does produce some white blood cells, most people are fine with an appendectomy.

Random Weird Body Facts

Here are a few final weird facts about the human body.

46. Your head creates inner noises: It’s rare, but exploding head syndrome exists.

47. Memory is affected by body position: Where you are and how you are placed in your environment triggers memory.

48. You can’t tickle yourself: Go ahead. Try to tickle yourself.

49. Being right-handed can prolong your life: If you’re right-handed, you could live up to nine years longer than a lefty.

50. Only humans shed emotional tears: Every other animal that produces tears has a physiological reason for doing so.

After reading these, I'm quite surprise. The most interesting fact is male homo sapiens do have a uterus! Wow! Which facts interest you the most?

McD in Kampar!

Official opening date: 14 October 2010.

Official opening time: 0010 hours.

Number of customers: Countless.

Yup. It was so crowded at the new McD restaurant in Kampar. Well, can't blame folks in Kampar for being too ecstatic because entertainment and choice of fast food outlets are limited in this town.

I was planning to go there to buy a RM1 sundae but instead, I went to 7-11 to eat Wall's Cornetto. McD's too crowded! Not worth the wait as I only want an ice-cream.

So crowded!

goo.gl

Hi everyone! I've been exceptionally active in Twitter nowadays and I've been using Google's url shortener to post links on my twitter.

A few tweets using goo.gl

There are another two url shortener namely Tiny Url and bit.ly which are widely used. In comparison, goo.gl is relatively new. So, little or less people will use it.

What I like about goo.gl is you can track the urls you've posted using goo.gl. That's cool right? You can even knows the referrals and how many clicks on the url you post! :) First thing first, you can only view them if you shorten your url when you're logged in to your Google account.

There are 8 clicks on my Hugo Boss Fragrance Sample blog post.

Some of the details you'll get to know.

It's a good url shortener to me. So try it today and you may love it too! :)

10.10.10: Life, the Universe and Everything.

Today is the perfect 10 day - 10.10.10, the answer to life, the Universe and everything. So, I was on my Twitter and a tweet from @Alexia, a writer at TechCrunch posted this:



It caught my attention so I went to Google about it and found this:

101010 in binary is 42, which is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything (don't really know why though). Apparently, it's an auspicious number.

So my question is...how they know 10.10.10 is the answer to life, the Universe and everything? Confused...

Hugo Boss Fragrance Sample.

Two weeks ago, I stumbled upon Hugo's website and decided to try if they'll send samples to Malaysia. Surprisingly...they do! And I deemed it's a quite fast delivery.

The postcard. It's nice!

I like the postcard they send. The fragrance bottle design is so nice! And this one is men's fragrance. I use 5's name and Kampar address for this. For the women's fragrance, I'm using my Teluk Intan address.

The Sample.

And it's from Netherlands. Wow...good effort of them to send samples worldwide.



If you guys want to apply for a sample, visit http://www.hugo.com/.

New Twitter Interface.

Some of you guys may already know that Twitter is changing their interface. Though, only certain "lucky" ones get chosen to test it and I'm one of the "lucky" ones. :)

So, compared to the old interface, the new interface is much more easy to access and is more organized.

Oh ya, the new Twitter now enables you to see photos and videos without clicking on the link and watch it on the relevant website. :)

My Twitter @annetwl

You see, I've found out a site that offers lots of nice background for Twitter! Here's the site: http://web1.colourlovers.com/themeleon/twitter

Themeleon Interface.

Do add me on twitter @annetwl!

Contact Lens.

Last May, I'd received my FreshLook® Illuminate™ Daily Disposable Lenses and I only try them out last few days. FYI, it's my experience using contact lens and I surprised that it actually makes my eyes larger and shinier. Hohoho...

Me with lens.

And as a first time user, I successfully inserted them in less than 5 minutes and remove them in 3 minutes. Quite an achievement I would say. :)

Rose Water.

It's already 6 in the morning and I decided to have rose water. The other day I went to the Chinese medicine shop to get "ching sam fo" (a type of herbal tea) and a jar full of dried red rose buds caught my eyes. So out of curiosity, I asked the shop owner about the benefit of consuming rose. He said that it can reduced stress and relieve anxiety. Besides, the owner also said it helps relieve the eyes and helps in getting good night sleep. So, finals are in 2 weeks' time and I need something that could help me relaxed. Therefore, I bought a packet.

Dried Rose Buds.

Close up.

The preparation is easy. Just immerse the dried rose buds in hot water for 10 minutes or more and you can have a nice rose water.

The buds. It looks like maggots though.

The colour is like normal tea.

Though it had no taste, but once you sip it, the fragrance of rose will stay in your mouth!

Out of curiosity again, I decided to Google for the benefits of consuming rose water and here's what I got:

1. Easy a heavy/troubled digestion process.

2. Rose water is consider a mild astringent. Hence, it a good form of toner as it helps to firm and tone the skin as well as moisturises it.

3. Natural rose water for drinking has a unique scent that empowers the mind and assists in decision making and completion of projects.

4. The rose water is increasingly used in treatments for conditions of stress: nervous tension, peptic ulcers, heart disease, and others.

Since there's so much benefits and dried rose buds ain't expensive and have beauty properties (main reason), I'm going to have a cup of rose water everyday.

Oh ya, the owner of the medicine shop also said adding boxthorn fruits will helps in strengthening your eye sights. Great!

So guys, don't mixed up the "sirap" water and rose water. sirap is made of mixture of rose water, syrup and colouring. So, it's not so healthy.

Will let you guys know if the bebefits really exists after a month of daily consumption. :)

My Birthday Post.

Ehem...my 23rd birthday was 2 weeks ago and actually there's nothing special happened anyway. A week before my birthday, 5 and I went to Ipoh to celebrate it. A day before my birthday, the whole family went to our favourite restaurant for dinner. On my actual birthday, I had dinner with 5, Teoh, Chua and Ching Yi at my favourite claypot chicken rice shop.

This year's birthday is different. No birthday cake (I requested my mum don't buy it), no birthday song (my sibling make 1 funny song with the birthday music so it doesn't count), no presents but I got 2 really nice cards. :) One is from 5 and another 1 is from Chua and Ching Yi. :) 5 gave me the card which he can record his voice and Chua and Ching Yi gave a card which they handmade. So sweet. :)

And there's much to blog about but I'll save it for next time. Currently, I got so much works to do. :)

Oh ya, it's the National Day today. Happy Birthday Malaysia! :)

Glee Season 1.

I'd just finished watching Glee Season 1. Tell you what...IT'S AN AMAZING DRAMA! It's not just entertaining but you get to know how to be a good manager in managing a team. Also, various social issues (especially teens) are raised in the drama. And one unique things that I like about the drama is they have casts from various ethnicity and they openly discuss races. Though, some may get offended by the dialogs in the drama.

There are a total of 22 episodes in the series and two of them are dedicated to Madonna and Lady Gaga. And most of the casts (in fact all) sings and some dances.



Among all the casts, I personally like Rachel's voice. It's so soulful and my favourite character would be Kurt (Kurt is a fashion savvy gay teen). And the 2.d Season will be out next month! Heard that Britney Spears will make an appearance in one of the episodes. :)

p/s: I'm currently working on my FYP. :)

I'm back!

All assignments and presentations for this semester are all over! Yay for that but I do not have much time to rest as I need to prepare to start my Final Year Project (FYP). Viva presentation will going to be on 7th / 8th week of next semester and due date for the FYP would be the 7th week of the next two semester.

Seriously, so much had happened and I wouldn't want to talk about it here and all I can say is it's a decision made for the benefit of all.

And I encounter so many peers with problems centering on their assignment mates. And all I can say is you guys need to make a decision - even it's nasty because it's your life and you take control of take. Seriously, many are too dependent on others and this will kill them in the future.

And for those who want to be Mr./Ms. Kind Hearted, please be remind that you yourself who can make you happy. And if you're helping someone but you don't feel happy inside, that means you're hurting yourself. Helping others means making yourself happy and making others happy.

OK. Enough of emotion pourout here. I need to sort out the photos for the next post. So, stay tune!

Long time didn't update.

Hi guys, I've been neglecting m blog for a week plus by now. Too busy with assignments and some problems. And worry no more as all these will end this Thursday. :)

I've got lots of stuff to blog and photos had been piling in the hard disk. Will sure to update on Thursday night.

Stay tune! :)

Baking Project 3 : Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Last weekend, I made the chocolate chip cookies...again! And this time I eliminate the walnut from the recipe because it taste not so good. I want to substitute it with hazelnut but can't find it at Giant and local bakery store.

I got the recipe from a website (which I forgot the web address) and it makes around 3 dozens ++ as I make extra large cookies just to save baking time. Hehe. I make some adjustments to the method of cooking cause if I follow the original one the results are either burnt or stick to the pan. And this happened to the first time baking them. the cookies stuck to the pan even I'd greased them and end up using butter knife to srap them off the pan. And little sis like it so much that she took a plastic bag and stuffed all the crumbs into it...all for herself.

Anyway, you guys should try to do it too cause IT IS VERY VERY NICE AND TASTY AND EASY TO BAKE! Here's the recipe (modified one) :

Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour (a.k.a superfine flour)
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons hot water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (Hershey's - can get from Giant RM15/packet)
1 cup chopped hazelnut (optional)

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (200 degrees C).

2. Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to batter along with salt. Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and nuts. Drop by large spoonfuls onto aluminium foils.

3. Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are nicely browned.

Right after you took it from the oven, you need to cooled it on the rack first cause it's really soft. But I scrap it with a butter knife and put it in large plate cause I only have one pan (in which I put aluminium foil on it).

Hand beat the mixture.

Close up of the mixture.

Drops of mixture.

The first time chocolate chip cookies.

And my cookies are all gone within 2 days and I only got to eat 2 of them. And I was thinking if I made it for sale would anyone want to buy?

Facts About Left-handedness.

Read some facts of left handedness (I'm left handed) from a few sites and some of it quite true!

Fact #1 : Most left-handers draw figures facing to the right.
This is so true. Most of the time I draw pictures such as animals and they faced right side!


Fact #2 : Stuttering and dyslexia occur more often in left-handers (particularly if they are forced to change their writing hand as a child).
I had minor stuttering problem until the age of 17 and particularly serious when I was required to talk in public.
I had minor dyslexia (slow in learning new words, letter reversing) during my kindergarten times and it diminish at the age of 7.

Fact #3 : Left-handers are generally more intelligent, better looking, imaginative and multi-talented than right hander.
No comment on this but I'm highly imaginative. Hehe.

Fact #4 : Left-handers more likely than right handers to be creative geniuses.
I agree to this as I'm more on the creative side. I sucks at Maths and Science.

Fact #5: Left-handers are high achievers because their brains are structured differently in a way that widens their range of abilities.
Great! :D

Fact #6 : Left-handed people have an excellent ability to multi-task.
No wonder I can multi-task so easily. Watch movie, do assignment, eat and talk at the same time. Hehe...

Fact #7: Half of left handed people use a computer mouse with their right hand.
I'm one! Do they sell mouse for left handers?

Fact #8 : If both parents are left handed, 50% of their offspring will be left handed. 2 Righties only have 2% chance of having a leftie.
Both my parents are right handed and they had 3 out of 5 of their offsprings left handed! Oh, my paternal grandma is a leftie!

Fact #9 : There are twice as many left handed boys than girls.
Really?!

Fact #10 : It is easier for a left hander to try "mirror writing" then a right hander.
Tried it just now and it was easy.

Fact #11 : A left hander is less likely to be able to roll their tongue than a right-handed person.
I can roll my tongue! Yay!

Fact #12 : On a left-handed person, the nails tend to grow faster on the left hand than on the right hand.
Don't really see the difference.

Fact #13 : Some long words that use only the left hand are desegregates, reverberated, watercress, aftereffects, sweaterdresses.
Oooo...

Fact #14 : Some of the wealthiest people are left handed (i.e. Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey).
Great!

Fact #15 : Lefties have a tactical advantage in one-on-one competition.
Yeah! That's true cause people often assume everyone is right handed.

And for your information, there's a special day dedicate to all left handers in the world that is known as the Left-Handers' Day which is celebrated on every year's August 13th!

Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook.

I had been playing this game since months ago and I love it! Reasons being it's just a one minute game and I scored pretty well with and without the boosters! Hehe...

This week, I scored 761,000 which is my highest score since I start playing *proud*. And score is renew every week.


As you can see on the picture above, out of the top 5 (including me), 4 (including me) are relatives which means my relatives are also good at playing Bejeweled Blitz! Haha...but my noob sis Shyuan don't know why she can't score well.

Lol..the score is going to reset in 30 minutes so I'm going to "compete" again! :)

Spot the Mistake.

This is the print screen of my varsity student portal. I think they need to check the spelling before putting it up. Calender?

From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/calender, Calender is define as
1. a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
2. a machine for impregnating fabric with rubber, as in the manufacture of automobile tires.

LMAO.

Lily's Second Year Death Anniversary (4th July).

Lily Tan (14 March 1999 (The day she arrive at our home) - 4 July 2008 (The day she left us))

This is Lily. My pet for 9 years before she passed away two years ago. She's my first pet and my dad's favourite "girl". She's given to us by my cousin. I don't know what breed she is but she's a good girl. Fierce, brave and playful. She's good at catching mouse too.

I still remember how I dropped her form my arm when she was little and it hurts her front left leg. And one time I brought her out for a stroll, she almost get hit by a lorry. That's a close shave.

I remember two years ago I was sitting at the cafeteria at campus when I received a call from my sis that Lily had passed away. She died from heart attack. My mum noticed that she's not moving and she's suspected die during dusk time.

She's buried at the land beside our home. My dad love her so much that he's sad for the whole day. She's definitely a small dog with a brave attitude. Love you Lily. :)

Baking Project 2 : Milo Cookies.

Baked for the second time last weekend. This time I tried the Milo cookies from http://happyhomebaking.blogspot.com. It was suppose to be shaped like a dog but I think mine looks like bear.

It's a failed baking project cause it's not sweet (no sugar involved) and a lot of them burnt (I made them at midnight). :( Though, it taste nice when dipped with Hershey's chocolate syrup. :)

Bears in the oven.

Fresh out of oven.

Bears...

Since Wai Yin's birthday is the next Tuesday, I decided to bake an "extra" large cookie for her.

Extra large cookie.

Lucky that her birthday cookie didn't get burnt. :) And most important of all, she loves it! I baked chocolate chip cookies this evening and they were awesome! Delicious to the max! Will share it to you guys next time. :)

My Name is Khan - Review.

I watched this movie last night. Unexpectedly, it was really a good movie. The plot is goos, the actors and actresses are good and I love the message it delivers.


This movie is about an autism Muslim child who determines to meet the President of United States after his wife (a Hindu) blames him for the death of their child. The child carries his surname, Khan. This happens after the September 11 incident where humanity changes and prejudice and bias towards Muslim and Islam in US. During the arguement, the wife just say it out of anger that if he (Khan) wants to go back to the wife, he must tell all people in America that he is not a terrorist. Hence, "My name is Khan, and I'm not a terrorist."

In the movie, Khan's mother had taught him that this world only have two types of people, good people and bad people, and no other difference. In which it's true, we're all human, difference lies in the good and bad things we do and not the colour of our skin. Many innocent people dies because of racial prejudice. Try see people not from the colour lenses, but feel them with your heart.

Shah Rukh Khan's portrayal as an autism patient character is well worth an applause. It's a much watch movie this year and I don't regret watching it.

Of Building Bricks and 5.

During the last week of our last semester break, we stayed at 5's cousin's house. His cousin have 2 cute kids and the living hall is literally full of kids' stuff - toys, story books, school bag etc.

Well, one day, the kids brought out their building brick (not Lego) and play. 5 was fascinated and start to build some stuff from it (I don't remember it). I, too play along. It was fun to reminiscence the childhood feeling (I'm missing my childhood).


During my childhood, my toys are mainly hand-me-down from cousins. Cause kids grow up so fast so they don't need to have all new toys. And I remember my parents bought me a set of colourful building blocks (Lego is expensive) that I love so much and I played with it always.




So, back to the building brick story. 5 built a magnificent castle from the bricks and it was AWESOME! So beautiful (much better than my tree in the house)!

The castle.

Close up 1.

The "draw bridge".

I think he has the creativity gene in him that he denied a lot cause he say creative people (like me) never good at making and keeping $$ =.=. Haha.

To end this post, presenting you the master and his masterpiece... :)