25 Facts

This thing has been going round on Facebook recently, where I've been tagged countless times. I had to list down 25 things about myself and then forward the list to a number of people on my friend list.

Anyway, here's my fact list.

1. My name gets 'raped' each and everytime it is to be read or spelt out.

2. The longest I've ever survived without a shower was for 3 days and 2 nights whilst jungle trekking in Sabah.

3. Contrary to popular belief, I'm 5 feet tall (nothing more and nothing less).

4. I would like to go bungee jumping in New Zealand some day.

5. I've reached the peak of Mt. Kinabalu but the beautiful view was hampered by bad weather.

6. I have a short fuse.

7. I had conquered Sg. Kampar and Sg. Kiulu, and am looking forward to go white water rafting in Sg. Padas one day.

8. I aim to get my scuba diving licence by 2010.

9. I love to cook but hate washing up, and yes I make delicious tasting scones.

10. As much as I love Medical Law, I'm dabbling with Criminal Law now.

11. I built a kindergarten in Kg. Keranaan, Ranau (Sabah) with a bunch of 20 odd people in 21 days.

12. I would love (very much) to join a Raleigh IW; but things always seem to get in the way.

13. I'm left-handed when it comes to using a mouse.

14. I love watching Formula 1 and football, but seldom have time for it now.

15. I love sunflowers.

16. I love buying acessories/trinkets (necklaces, bracelets, anklets), but always end up wearing the same old pieces.

17. I love Taekwondo, but am unable to find time for it now.

18. I love taking photographs, but have sucky skills.

19. At times I wish I'm back in Manchester. As much as I love my new-found life here, I miss my old life back there!

20. I was hospitalised for the first time at St. Mary's Hospital (Manchester) in September 2006 for 'malaria'. Duh!!!!

21. I always seem to have a pathway that I'd like to lead in life, but somehow I always seem to lose track of it.

22. I have an innate fear of dogs, but am hopelessly in love with Mika.

23. I would love to go for a beach holiday, with a bunch of friends who are water sport fanatics. Jetski, paragliding, windsurfing....

24. I would love to try sky diving but have the fear of parachute malfunction.

25. I have a fear of blood being drawn from my body.

-LV

Political Sandiwaras

Sandiwara (Malay) (n): soap opera

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Defections, Resignations and Deaths...

They spice up the political scene in the country these days...

By-elections soon to come...

Political sandiwaras abound...

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Eat, Eat, Eat!

A long-time friend was telling me about his long hours at work, and how he would often conveniently 'forget' to have his lunch and dinner. He then told me of how often his better half would nag him for such 'forgetfulness'.

I am reminded of how often I would go into a similar nag-mode lately.

Maybe I should quit doing that and be more pro-active. I should probably pry open that certain someone's mouth as illustrated below (or maybe bigger)...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/momnurse/1065264060/

And then proceed to shove food down that certain someone's throat. Save energy, no need to nag! Muahahaha!!!! :P

-LV-

I N.E.E.D T.O R.A.N.T

1. I'm lying in bed, sick again for the 2nd time in 3 weeks. Bloody hell!

2. I find blogging increasingly frustrating nowadays as my bloggable material is restricted somehow. Firstly, I can't blog about work. Secondly, I can't blog to diss and bitch. Thirdly, I can't blog to complain. *sulks*

3. I question time and again some 'wise choices' of mine. And am preplexed as to the reasons I chose to do likewise.

4. I think I'm burning quite a few matches every now and then. And I am really at the risk of burning myself sooner rather than later.

5. Can someone spare me some time and listen to me??????????????? P.L.E.A.S.E......

6. Oh, okay... I need to learn how, when and actually T.R.Y to keep my mouth shut.

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Of Bonfires and Matches

The thought of it is tempting,

But light too many matches, you'll end up burning yourself...

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My New Toy

Surviving with only 30GB of memory on my lappie for the past 5 years has always been challenging!

I had always wanted to get a HDD for obvious purposes but have never gotten myself to doing it.

Was walking in Tesco today, and saw this Western Digital baby on sale for RM189 (160GB).

I stood there, thought for a second. "Well, this may be expensive. But what the heck!!!"

I grabbed it and headed towards the nearest check-out counter.

And home we went....

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Sympathy?

Some shoes are just plain ugly that you'll just have to buy them...

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Living the Good Life

Day 3 post-CLP and I'm not complaining. It feels good to be 'blank' and not having to worry about datelines, etc.

I've been rather busy these few days, meeting up with friends. There are just so many people that I've love to meet post-exams. Mostly friends that I've been neglecting for so long. Sorry people!!!

Day 0:

Met up with KH after I handed in what I hope would be the last exam paper of my life i.e. CLP Evidence and the poor guy got dragged along to KL's house and also on the first of my many rounds of expedition gear shopping.

Anyway, we managed to catch Hellboy and Dark Knight later on, which was good since I've always wanted to watch Heath Ledger's potrayal of the Joker, which has be applauded by many. Dozed off at some parts of the movie, but overall it was a good one by Ledger.

Still running high on adrenaline. Hence, took me sometime to unwind. Eventually crashed to bed at 430am.

Day 1:

Started the day early - 730am

Attended the Raleigh KL fundraising event at HELP Jalan Dungun. Stood around, sat down trying to look pretty throughout the event (ok ok kidding!) I was kinda tired tat morning though. Met up with some Raleigh friends, and some new people. Made myself useful and helped them sell doughnuts ocassionally. I must admit despite my ex-bancuh kopi and cake selling job at Druckers, I still have the phobia of dropping pieces of doughnuts and cakes.

Another round of expedition gear shopping which was sabotaged by the J-Card Day at Jusco Midvalley. Denied entry as I don't have a J-card. I requested for a temporary card and got one. But I gave up shopping when I saw the crowd in there. It's impossible to find anything there admist the sea of people.

Headed off to Vinci, got a pair of flipflops and a handbag.

Met up with VCKY later on for teatime. Ended up in the video arcade playing a round of jungle safari. Supposed to shoot the elephants, tarantulas and tigers on screen, but I somehow got distracted by the guy dancing like a madman on the dance machine nearby. But it was fun as its been ages since I last played such games at an arcade. Oh yes, our compatibility score is 85%, don't play play. *lols*

Met up with the Steph and MW for dinner. Ended up at foodcourt for its more conducive environment. No pressure from the waiters and waitresses and we could just sit down and yak away for however long we wanted. :) Got VCKY a greentea+redbean cake for his birthday and it was a nice desert. :P Light yet satisfying.

Said our goodbyes and I headed home. Met up with Boon for yumcha at Old Town. Yakked away and talked nonsense as usual. And he did comment that I seem happier now. Yes, I am. :P

Day 2:

Had to literally drag myself outta bed, as I was exhausted. Went for another round of shopping at 1U. Finally got all the stuff I wanted. Cargos, bikinis, shorts.... etc. Mission accomplished.

Felt crappy by lunch time. Have got this perpetual headache and my bones are aching. Met up with bro for lunch at Carl's Jr. And I can't understand why people are raving about their burgers. To me, it's more like paying for overpriced McDs and BurgerKing. Can't see the difference.

Anyway, proceeded to pick MW up after lunch and we headed back to our home-state.

Day 3:

Didn't do much today. Repacked all my stuff. Finished now. My poor rucksack's stuffed to the brim. Gosh!

Gonna meet up with the gang for yumcha tonight. Same time, same place. I just hope the sky holds up for us. Kalau hujan, kantoi!

Day 4:

Gonna head back down south again tomorrow in anticipation of my early flight on Monday. Oh well.

Meeting Tanya for dinner tomorrow and maybe some of the girls too?

Day 5:

28 July 2008. Heading off to Sabah.

Hhhhmmmm....

I think that my travel partner is correct when he said that I won't have the time to go to Thailand right after my exams.

Oh well...

-LV-

The Sacrifices?

Exams have ended yesterday and come to think of it, I'm actually busier now (and will so be for the next 3 days until I depart for Sabah).

I've been busy spending time with my friends for the past few days, and popped by a Raleigh fundraising event today. And I'd realised how much I've actually given up over the past 2 months.

The sole purpose of my existence for the past 2 months have been CLP, CLP and CLP. I've missed countless gatherings, yumcha invites, and have basically been deprived of the luxury of just sitting down and relax without going,

"Oh crap, I haven't read XY chapter yet!"

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I've been and (will be) kept busy meeting people over the last (and next) few days. And I realised that there are just so many people I'ld like to meet and spend time with.

Man, thank God that the CLP days are long over (at least for the next 2 months) *touchwood*

Been running around doing errands for the last few days, and boy, I am exhausted. But interestingly, this body of mine seems to be able to function even without the required number of hours of sleep. Say, 4 hours in the past 48+hours? VCKY and SC are both convinced that I'm running on reserves.... Oh well, prolly!

-LV-

So Much for Planning

Gonna have my last paper tomorrow, and I can't stop planning what I'll be doing over the next couple of days till I fly off to Sabah on Monday.

My plans WERE (note past tense used):
1. short hop over to Thailand; 2 days 1 night prolly
2. day trip to Genting
3. hang around in Ipoh (yeah, I know I'm up in Ipoh often enough, but I still like lurking around there)
4. Langkawi
5. Chris Daughtry

*I really wanted to get away and hide somewhere for a few days.

But now,
1. Thailand
- Travel partner opines that 2 days 1 night is too short, plus travel partner ain't free now

2. Genting
- I thought it would be a nice day trip to do alone. But on 2nd thoughts, it's too commercialised for a 'quiet trip'

3. Ipoh
- I doubt it now. Since I'm stuck down South till Friday with a zillion other things to do.

4. Langkawi
- Too faraway. No travelling kaki. So forget it.

5. Chris Daughtry
- SE music jam at 1U. A case of so near yet so far! I've gotta purchase a SE Walkman phone to get passes to that event. And since my dad doesn't print money for a living, I've gotta resort to listening to the concert from my balcony. That is IF the music is not drowned by the noisy traffic.

Dang! So much for the 'wishes' to relax and enjoy myself after the exams! Shod it!

-LV-

Lack of Focus

I mean my SE K610i ;)

Due to its lack of auto-focus function, it's focusing on the wrong thing! Arghh... Potong steam

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Haih...

'The-other-fella' won the British Grand Prix

And Federer lost the Wimbledon finals

The lansi tortoise @ 31900; 6th July 2008

*haih*

I think I'd better stop jinxing anyone by supporting them...

-LV-

On Integrity

In our quest for the gospel truth, one must not leave any stone (or empty coconut) untouched...

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*2 cents worth on Malaysian politics

Weirdly Interesting

I dreamt last night. And in my dreams, I was attending CLP classes. And we covered the topics "The Right to Life" and "Why and When It Is Wrong to Kill?" Yup, all during CLP CLASS! *lols* The side-effects of Clarinase and/or overload of CLP! Welcome to my world, folks!

On Making Time and Effort

It feels good when you receive a call from someone who's 54385489 miles away,

It feels nice when you wake up in the morning to discover a text from someone 2039043 miles away,

It's lovely when someone who lives 45 minutes away makes the effort to meet up for a drink,

It's great when someone who is at the other end of the world drops you an email filled with detailed updates and photographs,

It's a pleasant surprise to receive a short note (snail mail) in the letterbox (albeit hastily (and curi-curi) written ones during those dreadfully long conferences/meetings),

All it takes is a little time, thought and effort,
AND
Tiny gestures do make a difference...

I'm grateful to have met such great people...

-LV-

Fav Top

It reads, "Winged Big Mouthed Lady". Sounds very much like myself, eh? Hard to keep my mouth shut at times... *shy*

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World of Warcraft

Livyen: Level 70 Night Elf Priest on Der Rat von Dalaran

Yup, I've got a character in the World of Warcraft named after me. It happened moons ago when a friend ran out of names to name his characters. All the names he wanted were taken up. And Mr. Smart Alec decided that "Livyen" is rather uncommon and unlikely to be taken up.

Hence, this.... in my honour.

Man, I love my friends!

-LV-

SUPER CUTE softtoys I saw at Jusco Kinta City, Ipoh yesterday.

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Reasons Why I Love My Doctors

I went to the Dermatologist's as well today. (Was just there as a 'moral supporter' and not the patient btw).

Stepped into the room, plonked myself down onto the chair directly opposite Mr. Dermatologist. He proceeded to examine the patient and then turned his attention to me.

"Hey, I've treated you before! I recognise your face!", he exclaimed in an excited manner.

"Yeah, but that was ages ago! Man, you've got good memory!", I remarked.

And Mr. Dermatologist went (note: I'm not the patient for today!), "So did you do anything with your keloid scar?" (I've got a scar on my right wrist, due to a nasty fall during my athletics days.)

"Nah, I've just left it as it is, though it hurts at times. No point doing steroid injections and all for that...", I replied casually.

Mr. Dermatologist continued, "Yeah, cosmetic surgery is an option too, but I don't see the need for it. But you've just got to be really careful you know, no piercings, cuts and all. You're so prone to them."

"Yeah I know..."

And then came the cracker from Mr. Dermatologist...

"But they will love you when you go to Africa!"

And I went (a bit confused), "What?!?!?! They even more prone to keloids themselves!"

"Yeah, but they practice self-scarification. They use bamboo shoots to cut their face so that they get keloids on their face. Well, they think it makes them look more like warriors, you know..."

I was dumbfounded. Really kena cha dou!

PS: My apologies for taking the limelight away from the patient! :P

-LV-

The Dentist's Mantra

One thing my dentist never fails to tell me everytime I visit;

"You should seriously consider Orthodontic treatment".

And I'll never fail to dutifully nod my head and give him my sweet smile. *grins* Yeah, I know my vampire-like teeth look horrible! *grins again*

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