the gold project.

During exam period, I was itching to do some fun and interesting small projects like learning photoshop and upgrading my blog. Another one of them, was to do some photo shoot projects with none other than my best friend, Ming Han.

We once did a photo shoot for fun in high school when Ming Han first got his DSLR, but that was pretty much low quality as we did not have enough experience and exposure to all these stuff, and we just randomly did it for fun. As much fun as we had, we were mocked by people around us, for the "wannabe" photos and I had a pretty hard time trying to get over people laughing at our works. But now to think back, seriously, and as the way my girl Taylor Swift would say, "why you gotta be so mean?!"

So this time, we promised that we will do another one, much better than the one we did before, and we wanted to make our semester break much more productive by doing this photo shoot project, instead of just sitting around doing nothing completely. I still remember how it started, I was in the library studying, and I randomly FB messaged Ming Han, saying we should do a photo shoot, and surprisingly, he said he had the same urge to do it too! So we made a pact to do this project as soon as we finish our exams.

While we were discussing this, I just randomly called it "the gold project" between us both because of some historical context from high school jokes. But after that, this name got stuck, and I actually got to love the simplicity of this name, and Ming Han could not think of anything else that seems better and more appropriate, so "the gold project." is born.

We started out with our first ever photo shoot project named "Wild Hearts". Ming Han wanted to do a photoshoot that is high fashion and fueled with "oomph" and a strong, feisty feel to it. I wanted to have a photo shoot where the background is grey and made of concrete, as I have always love how photo shoots can make a background that is almost something you would not notice, become a place where beautiful pictures can be created.

Altogether, it was a 3 day effort to create our first the gold project, named "Wild Hearts". We used the first day to plan and visualize what theme and direction for this photo shoot, followed by choosing the outfit and giving the make up a trial run. On the second day, we went out for our photoshoot, and on the last day we edited our photos, chose our favourite ones, and created our FB page. You can visit our FB page to see the whole album HERE.

I am very proud of our first photo shoot as we put in lots of hard work into it, and were really committed. I get questions and even some teasing ( I don't know why, but whenever you do something out of the norm, it becomes a target of mockery), but I don't see how that is going to stop me from doing these unusual small projects that I always wanted to do. Why choose to conform, when you have the potential to do crazy things, embark on different journeys, and just have fun? :)

Here are some photos that were not in our FB page, but which I kinda love as well.

 

With the very professional, and yet fun Zhong Yew :) 

Founders of the gold project. ;)


We asked Zhong Yew to come along, and he helped us a lot! As he is now the founder of his start up company Giovane, which deals with entertainment and media, he gave us a lot of pointers and helpful tips. It was a great day out with these two and we had loads of fun.

Oh, and did I mention that the shoot location was found by coincidence? We planned to go to one of the factories in the industrial area, but when we went in to ask, they wanted us to apply, and write in and all the formality documents etc. So we gave up, and thought of going to the airport area to shoot. But when Ming Han took a wrong turn, we were at this cul-de-sac which has a small road leading to a kampung. There were all these concrete pieces piled up in one messy corner, including a pile of tar. But when we saw this section, what we saw was the different shapes and textures that held potential to be a great background for our photos. (Oh, and we went down to be greeted by the stench of rubbish, because on the opposite was a big rubbish dump area, but we survived through it and got our noses numb to it. )

Who knew a place like this could produce such a nice background for a photo shoot huh? :)

This first phase of the gold project was so much fun, and I look forward to more to come! Stay tuned for more of our escapades!

With Love,

Beach Please.

Hey guys, I'm back! Before this, I had tried to draft out posts but was facing some writer's block.. And I was also feeling a lil demotivated because I was not happy with the way my blog looks... I know, I know, NO EXCUSES.

But ever since sembreak, which started last week, I have been really motivated to get this blog up and going. I created a new header, since I managed to get the Photoshop program from Ming Han and he taught me the few basics, and with the help of google, I manage to create my own headers. Yay!


Now let's get back to the point.


Being a typical islander, I love the beach. Funny thing is ever since I left to Kampar to study, I often long to go back to the beach, even more so than I was in Penang, it's like a part of me is missing, as if I am actually not used to not having the sea around me. A friend of mine once made a statement, Penang people NEEDS the sea/beach.. If they leave to other places, the one thing that they will miss most is the beach. I am not certain enough to say that this is true, but I know I always find myself falling in love each time my bare feet touches the warm sand and cold sea water.


So the other day, when the peeps from Kulim and Mukit Mertajam came to the island, together with the city boy all the way from Kajang who was in town for that few days, we decided to go down to the beach, regardless of the time constraint and traffic jam. I mean, beach please, it's the freaking beach we are talking about. (Pun totally intended! :p )

I love the thrill of the sea waves crashing towards shore and sweeping away the sand beneath your feet. It still startles me sometimes, especially when the waves are strong, because it feels like you are being swept away, literally.

 There was this boat floating on the water right in front of us, as if it's begging us to capture it together with the picturesque background.

Another thing to love about the beach, I love how the sun gleams and reflects on the sea water, making the lighting so perfect to take photos. I believe that the right amount of sunlight is in fact better than any photo filters you can find.

I love this candid shot of myself, sweat glistening on my forehead, looking unladylike, but absolutely happy. Sun, sea, sand, good company, it's impossible to not feel this way. 

Because after all, this is home, and home is where the heart is. <3


Love,

Reunion of Tuition Gang.

To reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share some memories, and play our songs again. 

- Ricky Nelson 

I am back in Penang for the Chinese New Year holidays! 

The first night of touchdown in the Pearl of the Orient itself, I met up with the "tuition gang" a.k.a. one of my favorite groups of company. We bonded through BM tuition during Form 5, together with our crazy Cikgu who was the leader of craziness. So much has changed since we crammed into Cikgu's white Myvi every Thursday after school, go out for lunches, rant through our car rides, have tuition together around the long table in Cikgu's house. It gets to me every time. How I miss those moments where we were just kids laughing at stupid things, and complaining about what seems like nothing now.  Some of us have drifted apart, but for the most of us, we seem to still meet up once in awhile, and there were a few outings where there were lil cliques due to our differences in life changes (Form 6 kids VS University kids), but somehow, we always come back together, and I am so grateful for this friendship. 

I compiled these pictures awhile back when I was in Kampar feeling lonely. My favorite picture is still the bottom picture because that was where we bonded and stuck together ever since. Oh and yes, I am the only girl of this gang, and trust me, it was so not intended to be this way. Long Story. (I started to jio people for this tuition class, asked Ming Han of course, he asked Yong Ming, Dennis and Derrick, and they asked the others blah blah blah, and it ended up with me being the only girl. )

So this was on Monday night. And that is Cikgu (second from right) and her sister. 

That night as we talked in a circle after Cikgu left, I felt how comfortable it all was. Because now that everyone has entered Uni, there seems to be so much change in the way we talk and think. Somehow everyone matured and have grown up. Our topics and thoughts were more in depth, and we were once again in the same wavelength. It was so different like how we were back in school, but somehow still feels the same. And sometimes in between our deep conversations, there comes a stupid childish joke from one of us, and we are throwing back our heads in laughter just like old times. :') We are not the kind of friends who talk often or even hang out often, but we are indeed the kind of group that gets together once in awhile to talk about anything and everything, and reminisce about our memories.

I am not the kind of girl who have lots of friends around me, I don't have different group of friends whom I have to actually plan and schedule outings just to fit all of them in. I never was, never is the popular kid. But when I find good friends, I really, really cherish them. Yes, some of these people are closer to me than others, I share different stories with each of them, but when we come together, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. 

I do not know why I am being sentimental. Probably cause it's first day of CNY and I am stuck at home with no plans and just finished one assignment (yay to that!) and misses the noises we make during tuition as well as our outings. Whatever it is, I am just grateful for this group of people. 

Hope your Chinese New Year too is filled with reunions with not only families, but also old friends. Happy Chinese New Year! 

Best Friend.

"Best friend is the one who makes you the best version of yourself, inspires you to do greatness, and believes in you even when you don't. "


I have always addressed Ming Han as my best friend since we became super close since Flag Day when we were in Form 1. (Yes, my best friend is a dude and I am a girl. and Yessss, its as platonic as it can get. :p ) As the years pass, I become even more sure of our friendship, and even until now, when we are in different places (I'm in Kampar, while he is in KL), we are still super close. We are not that kind of friends who constantly text or call, but each time when something bothers us, we would confide in each other, and sometimes we don't even contact each other throughout the semesters. But each time if we are back in Penang, or when we meet up, we can still talk like nothing has changed. And I am really, really grateful for this kind of friendship.

I know some people say that your best friend should be someone you marry and all, but aint it great if you can have someone else other than your bf/gf/wife/husband/partner to be a constant someone for you? Oh and also sometimes, best friends are in a different level with romantic partners. It does not mean that best friends are better or vice versa, but they are rather from different categories. Besides, when you fight with your partner, you need someone else to talk to, no? (HAHAHA!)

Anyways, last week, I met up with Ming Han for a drink (two drinks in fact) to talk and catch up. Well, this semester have been very stressful for me, and lets just say that I had a lot of obstacles and many things came up, which caused me a lot of frustration and negative feelings. So I was pouring out all my thoughts and frustrations regarding friends, work, preparing for internship etc etc. Somehow, Ming Han was able to make me feel super duper motivated, energized together with a sense of confidence that makes me believe I am capable of doing anything as long as I was determined, at the end of the night. I guess its because he is one who takes initiative to do what he is passionate about and is already making foundations for his future by gaining experience in his field of study.

So from a confused, unsure, insecure of the future person, I was suddenly so motivated to stop finding excuses for myself (although the fact that KL would definitely have more opportunities and chances compared to Kampar), I should actually DO SOMETHING for myself. If I want to improve myself as an emcee, then I should find more opportunities to gain experience. If I want to do my internship at good companies, then I should actually try for it. Suddenly everything became much clearer for me.

The simple thoughts to consider each time I want to do something : "Is it good/beneficial for me in most aspects? Do I want it badly enough? Am I willing to sacrifice for it? " If yes, then I should totally go for it! This can also be a solution to friendship problems, as in if those people are good for you, if the activities they do are good for you or makes you happy, then you should go for it. If not, don't waste your time or energy. Kinda the same theory. (But of course when it comes to friends, emotions and feelings will be involved.)

I know this post seems sort of "motivator wannabe" but in fact, I am just sharing the insight that I got from a good friend.

I have never felt so filled with motivation and inspiration like this in quite some time. This made me realized how much a good friendship can do to you. Good friendships are suppose to make you comfortable in your own skin, instead of forever trying to fit in. They are suppose to make you feel confident, and yet not proud (with their support and constructive feedback), instead of dejected and insecure. I am so grateful for that talk that day with Ming Han. It inspired me so much that on that night itself, I started to do my research on companies for internship. I believe that few hours of talk the other day has change me for the better. I am not sure how long this determination is going to last, but I am thankful it gave me a new insight as well as a push towards my goals. I also believe that as long as you keep GOOD friendships around you, you will always be able to make it through.

Thank you for the people around me that has always believed in me, or have always been there for me. The impact you guys have done to my life is wonderful.

Belated merry Christmas everyone. Be grateful and appreciate good friendships in your life. 

Girls just wanna have fun ;)

Hello from Penang!! 

Year-end sembreak always seem more fun because most people are on break too, which is rare because my uni tend to have weird sembreaks which is different from other uni. Oh and even friends studying in overseas are back (ie: jia ying)! So yay to more outings and hang outs! And of course, its great because its christmas season! So of course a lot of festive mood going on.. So HAPPY SEMBREAK! 

On monday, met up with jia ying for a typical girl time hang out! Went queens to shop and shop and shop! Basically when I hang out with jia ying, we have REAL girlie time by being super beh pai seh and vain.. 🙈 

Both of us in our fav dresses of the day.. But pocket does not allow us to own it, so just camwhore and vain in it, and whine and emo about our "lost love". After all, 爱，不一定拥有.. *drama* 😂 

Another dress which I loved but did not get because its not practical. Rather save up to get more decent dresses that can be worn to work when I do my internship in May. *signs of growing up* hahaha 

Its nice sometimes just being all vain and shopping and having girlie talk and updating each other. Its been long.. ;) 

Shall update again soon because I dont want this post to be too lengthy.. So thats all for now! 

XOXO, 

Final 2!

Usually when I say I still have 2 more papers to go, it usually means one paper the next day, and the other one in another 2-7 days. Usually la. But tomorrow, which is the last day of finals for me, I have 2 papers. 2 freaking papers in a day. Now, I am freaking out, sorta, enough to make me feel gan jeong and jittery, but not enough to make me focus and study like a pro. Tension tension.

But although I keep complaining about having two papers tomorrow, a part of me is actually happy that after 4pm tomorrow, its sembreak/holiday/christmas period for me already! So yay to that! 😁✌️ 

As usual, only blogging when I am not suppose to, and have much more important stuff to do, i.e. study for 2 papers. So yeah. Got to run! 

XOXO,

I'm a Procrastinator.

Guess who is living in the good ol' relaxed, no assignments/exams to worry about, no alarm clocks to wake up to (most days) sembreak life? ME!! Hahaha! (In fact, a lot of other people are also having their sembreak.. LOL!)

Anyways, I finished my last paper on friday, and I came back to Penang right on that day itself! 

So far, I do not have much plans or events going on, because I'm the type of person who would just stay home, watch movies/series from my laptop and just laze around, instead of filling my schedule up to the brim.. If I have so much to do, then it is no longer a BREAK anymore. 

The things I have done since I came back was watching korean drama (I am NOT a big fan, but since I started it some time ago, so I decided to just finish it up), had some bonding/makan with my parents and I met up with Ming Han this morning for breakfast because that sakai is going back later today. Ish. 

So I am living the good life of lazing around at home, sleeping till late, waking up to watch the korean drama, eating, taking naps, eating and more korean drama/movies. My kind of bliss! 

Tomorrow is Wesak Day, which means it's a public holiday and I'd most probably be spending time with my family in the day. 

This is just a short update on what is happening now! I think people who actually read my blog will think I have such a boring life. Maybe I do. LOL. Don't give up on me yet. I promise there will be more interesting posts next! :) 

Random Update.

I'm currently lying in bed, with my hair still wet after my shower, almost dozing off and stomach rumbling in cry for food. 

The sad dilemma when you are hungry and sleepy but can't go out and eat or take a nap because your hair is wet. And you are wayyyyy to lazy to get up right away and blow dry your hair. Solazyomg. 

Anyways, this week I have 3 papers altogether and it is going to be super hectic. I just came back from finishing my applied psychology paper (don't know what to say about it. :/ ) and will have my Personality paper on Wednesday and my Social Psychology paper on Saturday. Tonight is going to be a long night!  *deep breath* 

Anyways, this is a very random update, since I have a bit of "in-between time" and am starting to like blogging off my phone because it is so convenient (I am writing this as I am dozing off in my cosy bed :p) and the photos are uploaded so much faster! 

Sorry about having posts about studying and exams way too often, but currently my life is basically just that.. Sad. Lol! 

Once again spamming photos i took while studying.. I have a weird obsession with studying photos. I stalk people's studying photos to motivate myself. #confession Now i can stalk my own! HAHAHA! *narcisist* 

My table right before my stats exam.. Super duper messy! =x

While studying applied psychology last night. This whole weekend when I was supposed to study for AP, I was slacking like nobody's business and felt so demotivated. I DUNNO WHY!! :( 

My study break snack! Oat crunch! :) 

I have been a total hungry ghost during this exam period! I am constantly craving for good food, not just food, but good food! Not good food as in classy food, but unhealthy food like McD, deep fried stuff and right now I am craving for chips as well!!! (Chipster, come to mama!) Oh and bubble milk tea too! It's the 28th today.. Bo Eight (bubble tea shop) has a promo of RM1 off every 8th, 18th and 28th! 

So hungry now that I think I shall get up and blow dry my hair and go out for dinner! And maybe have snacks and desserts.. And chips afterwards! 😂 

Off to makan! Bye peoples! <3 

Kingsley. Meow.

This post is going to be about.....

KINGSLEY!! <3

So I am going to do a timeline about some happenings since this lil fella came into my life. I don't remember specifically the date or period, so I just agak-agak lah.

End of First Week : 
When stroking him, I realize there were little black "insects" crawling on his neck. I noticed it more around his neck because the fur on his neck is white while the whole body is in a much darker colour. So after a few days, I suspected that it might be parasites. I knew it was not ticks because I have seen my dog infected by ticks before. Ticks are much bigger compared to this tiny black stuff crawling on him. So brought him to the very helpful pet shop around here. (Paw Prints, near KTAR in case any Kamparians might want to find a good pet shop) So they confirmed that he was infected by FLEAS. So to solve this problem, they adviced us to bathe him, and comb out the fleas one by one with a super fine comb. Samuel and I used 45 minutes altogether to get him all cleaned up and flea free (hopefully). He was screaming like mad because it was his first time bathing, and we had to slowly comb out the fleas, so he was wet and cold and miserable. He even peed and pooped in the pail we bathed him. Sure he damn stressed out. Poor little boy. :( But after that, I think he is free from fleas, but sometimes we still see one or two crawling around and that freaks me out. :/



Second Week ( since I took care of him ) :
I guessed because I had no idea about the little details of taking care of a baby kitten, I did not know that his milk will spoil in such a short time, ( I had friends telling me that cats will know when their food is spoilt and won't eat it ), so I accidentally fed him milk that has turn slightly sour. He still finished it, but by afternoon, he actually had diarrhea. The most touching part about this was when I saw him digging my floor, I agak that he might need to either pee or shit, so I put him in his box, where he does his business, and instead of jumping out like he always do, he queitly waited inside, until suddenly I saw him started to lao sai (diarrhea ). Then he messed up the whole box because he peed as well and all his paws terkena the pee and diarrhea mixture. Urghhhhhh. So I had to bathe him immediately even though I was supposed to study. But I guess it was worth it. After bathing and cleaning him up, he slept soundly throughout the whole afternoon.

 

All clean and sleeping peacefully. :') 

End of second week : 

This little baby grows up so much every single day! Even now as I am posting his photos from two weeks back, he looks so different! So there was this one day, when he acted like a hyper rascal, and he was meowing non stop for no specific reason. He scratched me all over my thighs and hands till all the scars were so horrible. And when I bathe, damn the pain!! Super pedih! Another thing was he kept diving into the dustbin that day and I felt so mad! He was acting like a total kopitiam cat which I seriously loathed! But the worst thing was right after I cleaned my room, vaccumed and mop my floor, this little rascal went to pee in the corner of my room where I stacked all my shoe boxes and household items! I was so frustrated because he was already so naughty, and I just cleaned my room, and I seriously felt damn upset at him! It made me question myself if I could even be capable of taking care of this little devil.You might think that I am a quitter, but when you have so much work on your hands already, and this lil fella still hurts you and acts like a total devil, I really really felt so pissed and stressed out. But by the time I went out dinner with Samuel and he asked if I wanted to give him away to another home, so I don't have to feel so stressed out and miserable about it, I suddenly felt protective and this thought jumped into my head, " When we were kids, and acted like little devils and were so so naughty, did our parents ever thought of giving us away?" And that thought follows me till today. :)

Third week : 

We bought him a cat litter! this is a big deal for me because I decided to only invest in a cat litter ( it is not cheap! Costs about 30 plus ) when I am sure about taking care of him. And he is so so intelligent! He learned how to use his cat litter on that day itself!  And before that he did not know how to cover his shit yet, but I think just yesterday he learned how to do it properly! It is such a proud moment to see him learn something new each time! 

2 days ago : 

He purred for the first time! At least it was the first time I noticed it... I was out the whole day in campus and when I came back I was so happy to see him, so I scooped him up and cuddle him.. Suddenly I heard a super super soft sound of "rrrrrrr" and I was so so happy that I teared! :') Because Cally told me, if a cat purrs when you sayang it, it means it is very contented and it loves you very much!! Yayyy Kingsley loves me! :') <3

Here are some more photos of him : 

 

When he first learned to drink from his milk bottle :3 

Beside his cat litter. 

When he is in "hunter"/"predator" mode. He will stare at his target intensely, and then lounges! But it is so funny cause he is still so young so the distance he lounges is like just one or two step forward.

Okay thats all about Kingsley for now! Good night!