When I think back...

how on Earth did I manage to kawan the Ang Mohs? I dunno. I'm such an introvert, okay? You say, aiyah, of course-lah you got cousins who are AMs what? Heh. Ya, you think so easy?

Trust me, I don't think it's that straightforward. Maybe I'm just lucky this year that the exchange students seem to be mixing around a bit more. But well, that doesn't change the fact that I took two years just to assess the Ang Mohs. Some gave pretty much one-word answers when I asked them something and then well, I'd just stop there... Most of them just appear to be busy doing their own thing. So, I thought, okay, fine. Aku mmg tak biasa, diorg pun tak biasa, next time, x yah ckp apa2.




This year though, sem 1, My Auth study group... we took some time to break the ice, ease the nerves and small talk. See, I told you? Not easy. But at least, we'd remember each other for life out of that experience.

Sem 2, I came back to uni knowing nothing of the exchange students, thus expecting NOTHING at all! But guess what? Just when I thought they're not interested in initiating conversations with me, suddenly I made ONE (Well, actually, 3 but the friendliest is the ONE). Oh, AND even  got CLOSER to another ONE (coz she was here the previous sem).

And I continue to wonder... 

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When will I ever be closer to my cousins on the other end of the world??? It's so funny. It's always on the last day when they're abt to go off that all of us start T_T and actually TALKING to each other as MUCH as possible before they go off.

You know you're stressed with assignments...

when you RENAME your browser GOOGLE SCHOLAR instead of GOOGLE CHROME

I dunno what I did, "Google Chrome" suddenly got deleted and became "f". Not a good name for a browser, right?

Kept telling myself  :Google Chrome" but for some reason my fingers went and type "GOOGLE SCHOLAR"

I just pray my assignments are OKAY this sem. Don't have to get too many DIstinctions or HDs. I have better things to worry abt after I grad.

the exchange students at their best

What I learn from the exchange students in particular the Australians is that they can never stop talking, they must get their point across, and that they're pretty expressive.


That guy hahaha omg the other day, he said he went bowling which was REALLY REALLY REALLY CHEAP. Haha, see what I mean, by EXPRESSIVE? And then, he thought he could go catch a movie at the cinema/theatre but since you know what month it is now, there were way too many people; tickets got sold out SO FAST!

You know that guy has been talking to me EVERYDAY without fail (okay, maybe except yesterday when he sat with another M'sian... also someone I knew but not very closely... and I was like... finally, he's making friends with other M'sians and he ain't just TALKING TO ME) Isn't it a bit awkward and perhaps, boring to talk to the same person over and over again? Haha, plus, I ain't really the most interesting person on this planet. Maybe, aside from the fact that both our mums share similar occupations. HAHAHAHA! Small WORLD! 

NOW YOU KNOW HOW FRIENDLY HE IS TO ME. AND NOW I KNOW HOW MUCH THEY CAN TALK TO ME... and I wonder why...

I think I need to surround myself with more of those people before I say goodbye to university.

totally made my day

That OZ guy I was talking abt totally made my day. I dunno why but he seems to be VERY VERY friendly to me haha. Is it because I asked him to be my group mate? :) And it's funny how we met. I wasn't sure if he was gonna talk to me or not but we did.

It's only been 3 weeks of friendship but yet it's like we've known each other for like ages! Much of our conversations are small talk but well, sometimes he just brightens up my day. And at times, I feel OMG, what is he gonna ask me next? And what IF I FAIL to answer him back? LOL. He's YOUNGER than me but he seems to know A LOT MORE than me (you tell me why)

He came into a class that I didn't know he was taking and he just went HI! How's your weekend???


In my heart: He's talking to me???? * pinch myself repeatedly*

Then at the cafe where I was eating.

Waved at him when I saw him with a few other Aussies exchange students

What I did not expect him to do was to come by and say Hey, so how's your day been????

After he went off...

My friend sitting next to me said: Eh, actually it's nice you know, he comes and talk to you just like that..

I went: Yeah, see I told you. Now you know why I'm so happy, right???

It's only been 3 weeks!



Mike, you have been very nice to me. Really. It's a pleasure meeting you. I hope Malaysia treats you well throughout your entire stay here. I trust you'll have an amazing exchange period over here :)

when all you wish for is for this to be over

maybe it's true that  after so many freaking sems in uni, all you want to do is grad. Dunno why this sem I seem to be slacking. Never been so 'blur' my entire life as a student.

Here's why

1.Until today, I still can't remember my classes/where my classroom or lecture halls are
2. After so many years of looking for journal articles and scholarly ones, I realize I am SLOWER NOW
3. Not to mention that I actually FORGOT to SAVE my articles after downloading them to my computer
4. Not enjoying my classes at all. Maybe, media texts (because we get to watch films/tv series/read scripts) and Global Cities (because I get to BORAK with the Australian guy (possibly the most friendly))
5. Not really sure with what I'm doing.. as in horrid assignments... even though they are supposedly a lot easier and straightforward in comparison with Authorship and Writing. Survive authorship and writing, and you can basically survive anything, they say.
6. I think this has also partly to do with the countless number of public holidays we have. Yay, you say. But, it's nay when it comes to replacements because it's really tough to find a common time for everyone!!! Boo!:(
7. Can't decide whether to go for that FREE-FOR-MONASHIANS party...

Sigh...

very simply written

Went for the INTRO to POETRY class today. Actually, I wouldn't say it's a CLASS but more like personal enrichment as the facilitator put it. Went in with MUCH curiosity, though my brain probably wasn't ready, knowing I don't usually have my usual classes on Tuesday but just so happen that I had a replacement for Nuzul AL-Quran... so yeah, that's why I was there to KILL time before 2 pm (when my replacement lecture was)

I was thinking: Yay, like, finally, university listened to me. 

Maybe it's just the first class, first time, first whatever but at least, it's something different from the usual TV studies or FILM studies or Media. What do we have? Literature? Yeah, like what? 2 units outta the many similar units with COMMUNICATIONS students. Oklah, for WRT ppl, they have their WRT techniques and what EXPERIMENTS? but that's not gonna meet you until you're in your third year... which I believe is a bit too... meh, never mind.

Anyway, I met this girl whom I think was in one of my FTV tutes probably back in 1st or 2nd year. She was quite surprisingly on ONE crutch. Facilitator asked her what happened and she went: It was an accident. Wahlau, seriously? She at one point disclosed that a motorbike rammed into her suddenly while crossing the road. 

OMG!!! What's wrong with these ppl?

And tthen we also talked abt my beloved lecturer (who's probably the only fun one around) because he happened to have supervised the facilitator before. Man, sometimes I wish my lecturer came back or better still teach the remaining units hahaha nnt semua turun gred sebab he's quite a strict marker.

Now for the interesting bits:-
1. This Malay-mixed(i think so?) girl talked to me for a while. Apparently frm Sci school but berminat sgt in mass comm/wrt.
2. She teman-ed me to cafeteria and for once I walked faster... than her, at least. Hehe. But, I waited for her, OK? (I am so nice, right?)
3. She parted ways when I was approaching the cafeteria
4. I was so scared that she'd fall down. What's worse is that both of us trip and fall... but thank goodness, luck was on my side and her side
5. Unexpectedly met again at the other end of the cafe. Actually not really the cafe but a place to sit...  which btw wasn't v. comfortable. I only sat there becauuse the cafe was so packed with other homo sapiens monashians who decided to come over to study and kill themselves. Okay, i shall stop crapping.
6.then, guess what? she looked for a place for me to sit. lol. I find this downright hilarious lah. 
7. she actually offered to get me sth from the cafe which i initially accepted but later when I got a proper place to sit, I refused because, hello??? she's the one that supposed to be resting, instead, she's going around for me???  FAITH IN HUMANITY restored! :)

Maybe it's true that life can be pretty beautiful sometimes.

there's something about this song that makes me want to listen to it OVER and OVER again

When it all falls down, the only way is UP, UP, UP