Gong Hei Fatt Choi.. Hong Pow Na Lai?

Happy Chinese New Year, mi amors!

Gong Hei, Gong Hei, Gong Hei Fatt Choi!

*sound effects: firecrackers*
*sound effects: new year cookies being munched*
*sound effects: crumbs from new year cookies dropping on the floor*
*sound effects: aunties scolding,"Use a bowl lah! Cannot sweep floor some more!"*


And this is how we spent the Chinese New Year. Playstation 2.. for four players. Haha! After 5 to 6 years of not playing any computer games, I turned out a worse player than my 2-year-old cousin, Brandon. *ROTFL* I couldn't even get my character in the game to stop looking up at the ceiling - wah those remote control things are so difficult lah... *excuses, excuses*...


I actually really, really like this picture! We were all sprawled on my youngest uncle's bedroom (where the Playstation 2 is), and I was totally bored from constantly having my character killed and brought back into the game.. only to walk, like, two steps and then get gunned down by perhaps a 3-year-old cousin this time! Hahaha anyway my 13-year-old cousin, Amanda (in the middle), was bored too. Ah, the lovely world of teenagers! :P


Mi amor #1! Troy's all dressed up for the festive season too -- see that Chinese New Year thingy at his collar? HAHAHAHA SO CUTE YAH!


Me & Amanda again! I wore light blue for the eve of CNY, was saving my (only) red shirt for "hoi neen" -- meaning the first day of the Chinese New Year. You know, young teenagers grow so tall, so fast! Amanda was so much taller when I saw her, compared to just a couple of months ago. Wow! They may all grow taller than me soon, aaaarghhhhh...


The three monkeys! My adorable cousins, from the left - Kevin, Ryan & Brandon. All my cousins from my dad's side simply LOVE the camera. They're all constantly squabbling for the camera - both to take pictures and have pictures taken of them. Hahahahaha I guess I know where I got my genes from then!


My little apprentice, Ryan! Ryan & Amanda are my clickiest cousins on my dad's side. I'm really close friends with both of them -- despite the age gap! Amanda's 13 yeah, so that's not such a big difference -- but Ryan's like, 5 or 6 years old! But he's really, really bright... when he comes over to my house, he only wants to learn piano from me. And he sticks to me like velcro whenever the family gets together. I love children! Wheee~ Actually, I think he just likes learning stuff - and I'm the only one who seems to have the time and patience to teach him.. :D


Ok - I think one of my cousins was going to cry if I didn't let him take a picture with Daddy's new camera. Not bad for a foot-stamping, tantrum-throwing toddler's work, ey? Hahah! ;)


This is Ashley, from my mum's side. She's also 13 (I have a lot of cousins who are turning 13 this year), and this picture is with the fan blowing our hair back and all! Hahahaha isn't it funny how young teenage girls differ from little toddler boys? I feel so old and wise (HAHAHAHA) being the eldest grandchild... I'm at least FIVE years older than the next one, and the youngest was just born a little over a year ago. And I'm a big kid myself, you know (yup, everyone who knows me knows this hahaha) so I get along really well with children of all ages. Sha-Lene the ringleader. Whee~


Couple furthest on the left -- Uncle Ong & Auntie Patricia! This is the 3rd day of CNY (chor sam). And that cuddly bundle of fluff is Purdy, their cat. And ta-dah ... my parents! The fantastic people who raised me -- gong hei fatt choi! Hong pow na lai! :D

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!

Religion vs Relationship

Hola mi amors and bonjour mon amis!

Today was really, really interesting.

I love those days where I learn something about the people around me, and something really important about the culture I live by.

I went across the campus to The HUB for what I thought would be a "Relgion vs Relationship" talk today (with Rameera & armed with directions from mi amor Shern Ren), and then walked right into InKafe. Wrong place. Whoops. Had to walk out and go a little bit to the right hahaha. Then climbed up an unimaginable number of flights of stairs... and ta-da, Meera & I stepped into a room where everyone shook our hands and asked for our names. The event was organised by Asian Youth Ambassadors (AYA), which is run by a church. Uh-huh. Something like CF from secondary school!

It was quite nice lah, because everyone sang songs for about an hour.. I liked the singing part, although I preferred listening to people give insightful speeches... but anyway, the songs were really nice -- and it was fascinating to watch how immersed in prayer the people around me were! You know, holding up one palm & speaking in tongue. But sadly, when the guy started his speech, my bus came and I had to leave! :(

Quite a cool experience though! Haha, might go again next time.

The XX Chromosome

Hola mi amor!~

In Biology class (back in secondary school), I used to think that chromosomes were so important - but now as a student of Accounting Studies & Economics, it looks to me like biologists all over the world have overcomplicated the study of chromosomes. It's so simple, really - having the XX chromosome means you like to take photos. XD

Enjoy the following pictures!! Hehe special thanks to my adorable new friend, Kang Yun for sending them to me. *mwah*


Back row, from left to right: Kang Yun & Rameera.. middle row, left to right: Cassandra, Foong Wan & moi!... right in front, left to right: Chinn Pey (or was it Chinn Pei? Ah, sorry, I'll find out tomorrow! hehe) & Sarah Goon (Sarah with a "h", because there's another Sara .. without a "h".. AHHAHA yes I really do have a fondness for detail!)..


Different version of previous picture - newcomer into frame is Mary Ng! Haha she's so funny, she speaks with a bit of an Indian accent & says the word "patheetic" a lot! HAHAHA!~


AHH AhHAHA me loves this piccie! That's Foong Wan on the far left, and Alison behind her, and Chinn Pei/Pey is laughing & trying to hold Foong Wan's hand away from her... and that's me, holding my college file hehe (I look like I'd scream & die if someone tried to take it away from me! HUWAHAHHA)... and that's Ming! My absurdly skinny friend Ming who happens to be the funniest & blurrest girl alive! Hehe don't worry, I still love you Ming!


Wow big group picture! It looks like everyone is wearing black, but that's actually because the class agreed the previous day to ALL wear the TCSJ shirt -- but naturally, haha, only half of us showed up actually wearing it. All righty, I just checked with Kang Yun, Chinn Pei's name is spelled with an "i" and not a "y". Yay! Haha. Umm let's see who's new in this snapshot... ok that's Laura Yoong at the back! I have to say "Laura Yoong" every time I refer to her, so as not to confuse my friends with "Laura Chandran" and "Laura Jane Sta Maria", hehe! And Li Shan is also new in the picture! Li Shan is the one who is wearing the red string around her neck (the student ID tag) -- she's one of the best students in class, I think, haha, well, one of those who actually do their homework, anyway! XD


Ok, completely different group of girls! Haha. Natasha (Tasha) in white, she's the classiest girl I've ever seen! Hehe, maybe I can learn something about poise & gracefulness from Tasha throughout the year, hehee! That's Jillian next to her, in the front row -- Jilly is like, SO CUTE, hahaha. She says she was "notorious" in her secondary school (she's from JB, I think!)... anyway, Jillian is pretty outrageous, all right! :) And that's Melissa, sharing the thingy that plays music, haha -- Melissa darn cute la, her eyes are so big and nice! :) And next to Melissa is Chiew Nee, H1's class rep! ;) Chiew Nee is a reaaally pretty girl, holds herself up really well and all! :) Very nice also. And in bright pink is Vivien a.k.a. Jet Xin! XD She's so fun ok! Hahaha I love her hair colour -- and she's got an incredibly cute personality! :)



*Edit: Omg AHHAHA my knowledge of Bio is so rusty that I originally typed the title of today's entry as the XY chromosome ... thinking THAT was the female chromosome, until Kington corrected me.. LOL ... thanx King! *hehe*
**Edit: Denise wishes my theory of chromosomes were real. *HRAHAHAHA*
***Edit: Chu Jie asked why all in a mass of black colour wan. AHAHHAHA. I told her it is a popular colour. But CNY must wear red, ok everybody? Hehe.

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Fish & CO! Fish & CO!

Mi amors!

Why I Love Fish & Co:

#1: The fantastic food! This is the seafood platter for two -- all of us dug into this, and it was just nice for four of us to share, haha!

#2: Denise! One of my bestest friends in the whole wide world -- nobody can understand us when we're talking. It's like a whole different language, hHAHAHA! "Fanta"...

#3: Carmen! I made friends with Carmeny through De -- Carmen is one of the greatest girls in the world!! Wee~~ I love Carmeny -- who doesn't? XD

#4: Mae! Sue-Mae with a hyphen & hilarious, off-your-rocker originality! She's so funny & a fabulous friend -- I'm going to miss her so much when she goes to Melbourne to study in February ... :( ... Maeee... don't go....

#5: Together they are Mae, De & Carmeny! Aih... *sighs happily* ... three of my greatest gal pals... I love you all!! :) *muchos besos* = *many kisses*

Mamak Stall Days

Hola mi amors!

Sue-Mae, Yi Chian & Tysern came visiting the campus during my break today, and we took some pictures! :)

These are some of my classmates from H1! From left: that's Rameera, Alison, Ming, me, then Jet Xin in bright pink, then Kean Foon (doesn't he look like Louis Koo?!), Elaine (Kean Foon's cousin, she's a new student in class -- just joined us today), Mary & Laura.

Mae, me & Ming! XD

Me & Rameera! Rameera is like my "new best friend" in class hahaha -- she's so pretty, she's like a mat salleh although she's Punjabi! :D She's from Port Dickson.

Camera Shy?

You know, this is supposed to be a continuation of the previous post -- because blogspot.com didn't let me upload any more pictures on to the previous entry! Hahaha.. anyway, the following pictures are my favourites! Two of "mi amor"s -- Denise & Ren! :)

"The Irrepressible Sha-Lene" - LOL!

Bonjour mon amis!

Yesterday was sooOoo FUN!

You know how I absolutely adore reading Jackie's blog, but I always hope and hope that she'll post up lots of pictures alongside her commentary on the day? Well, hehe, I guess that explains how I tormented Jacklyn during lunch yesterday by making her sit beside me and take shot after shot of pictures! It was so funny, though, haha, it really was!

By the way, you should all check out Jacklyn's blog for a detailed account of Weiling's farewell party, hahaha, especially the part where I was mentioned, as "the irrepressible Sha-Lene"! *ROTFL* Also, today's blog entry offers an award... it's a new one, called "Most Photographed" -- *giggles in anticipation* -- and the award goes to... Jacklyn Oh!~

Many kisses to you, girlfriend, for being so sporting!! Wee~~~

I love this picture! Everyone's laughing, and I didn't count it down before I took the photo -- but it still turned out so niiice! And it's only Jacklyn Oh's warm-up picture, people! ;) Haha, okay, that's Melissa on the left, Weiling in the centre, and Jackie on the right!

Green Green Grass of Home

Bonjour mon ami!

You know how Wei June always calls 5 Cengal outings "bachelor outings"? Haha well, she wasn't exaggerating!

There were only 3 girls who went to the outing today -- Wei June, Denise & yours truly. *ROTFL* The rest of the people who came were Mark, Wen Tye, Xin Kai, Darryl, Guan Meng, Beng Keat, Victor, Jian Hung, Henry... and Sam & Joshua came for a couple of minutes... I've never felt so "odd-one-out"-ish in a group outing before, even with two other girls! Now I understand how Wei June feels when she goes to one of our class outings and finds only a couple of girls present. I'm so sorry for not going those past few times, mi amor Wei June! :)

All righty, I've got college tomorrow so I'll just post up some photos with some comments, to show you how the day basically went! Hehe! It was very enjoyable!~

Before meeting up with our classmates, Denise & I went window-shopping -- and we bumped into Sue-Mae & her friends! Yayness, more pictures! ;) Haha this was taken with Sue-Mae's camera .. the cameraperson's hand shook so the pic is blur, but look how bright it is! And ... AND... green green green! Hahah! *Note: Sue-Mae and I are wearing the same green bolero thingy by the way! Haha I love this picture!

And look! This is Wong Wen Ming, one of my new H1 classmates! :D It turns out that she is one of Sue-Mae's closest friends, isn't that mighty awesome?

That's Mark, Xin Kai & Jian Hung! :D This was like a farewell thing from 5 Cengal to Mark Tan... because he's leaving to Melbourne soon! The boy in the middle, Xin Kai, is a reaally nice guy.. funny story... I was his Physics lab partner for a P.E.K.A. experiment... and as all of you may know, I absolutely cannot understand physics experiments. Anyway, he explained what ever I didn't understand to me.

You see, you can usually tell who the nice people are during P.E.K.A. experiments in the labs, because when everyone is rushing for time and really can't afford to risk their scores by stopping and helping another classmate; there will be some who will still help. There will always be students who struggle with the experiments & need help (although we're not supposed to receive any help during the experiments)... haha anyway, Mark helped me for Physics too -- told me critical things like where to plug in the batteries on the reostat (how is that spelled in English?). I think I would have just collapsed and died during the Physics P.E.K.As if it weren't for these two guys, HAHAHA...

Furthest in the picture is Jian Hung -- he's in Taylor's College, too! :)

Mi amor Denise, for some funny psychic reason, decided to wear green as well! Hahaha it looks so funny-weird now. We kept laughing about this picture when we saw it come up on the camera screen, because of how black our hair was and how green our clothes were. The rest of our classmates thought we were on some kind of environmental mission!

Group photo! This is at the end of the day when half the group had already gone home... :( ... but anyway, just check out the boy-girl ratio for yourself! Haha!

Guess who we bumped into at the bowling alley? Shern Ren & Jacqueline & a few more of their friends that I don't know! Hahahaha naturally, I said, "Hey, we can take a picture!". Ta-dah!

My National Service hero! Hahaha introducing Chan Wei June from Beranang camp! She's grown so much tanner now, but oh well, that only makes her even more adorable yeah! :D

Getting Away With Laughing

Hola mi amors!

Week 2 of South Australian Matriculation at Taylor’s College has officially commenced! Hehe thanks for the input on acronyms, Weiling – speaking of which, I had my very first LAN 1005 lesson today… Moral Education. Unless I got confused between LAN 1003 and LAN 1005..

Well anywayy, haha, I didn’t quite grasp the whole point of today's lecture! The lecturer just randomly touched on things like how small the TCSJ campus actually is, and that there were 2 buses on the UKM campus itself, and how a bus couldn't even do a U-turn on TCSJ grounds, haha... All I registered was that we were in a very funny-looking lecture theater (it didn’t really look like a lecture theater, more like a big cold classroom with wall-to-wall carpeting and annoying fold-up tables.. the worst thing about these kind of tables is that if you're unlucky, you'll get the ones which slant to one side, so all your things will constantly be slipping off the table. Grr.)..

In a more detailed light of things, the TCSJ bus is really not big on punctuality -- we make it in the nick of time to the college area, and we still have to walk for another 2 minutes to get to TCSJ. By the time we get to the ground floor, I've got about 4 minutes to climb up FOUR flights of stairs (Taylor's College buildings are really narrow and positively smothered with flights of stairs! Hahahaha) and actually find my classroom. All my classes are in Dxx (4th floor), Bxx (2nd floor) or lecture theaters.. the "xx" being two digits. Also, even-numbered classrooms are on the opposite ends of odd-numbered classrooms -- so if you get say, D25 from 8-9am, followed by D24 from 9-10am; you have to walk all the way to the back of the block you are at. Something like that, haha!

Besides that, I've got regular bus buddies now! Haha, I'm really lucky that Kathryn, Lee Ting & Carmen are on my bus. Tai Jia & Adrian Yam (Kok Hing) too -- everyone's really nice & looks after each other! :) A lot of my friends joke that it's like a big DJ society being formed in TCSJ, which I guess is at least a little bit true! Being in a new place with at least a dozen familiar faces is a very sweet deal; it really makes you appreciate everyone much, more more.

So how do I spend my days in college? I wake up, get ready for college, go to the bus stop at about 7am, sit on the bus for a good part of an hour... attend classes ... and lunch break! Lunch break is one of my favourite times of the day. It's not that I don't enjoy my lessons, but you can just chit chat and lounge around with your friends as much as you like, for a whole hour! The cafeteria is a very comfortable place, really -- by the way, the high-tables aren't very practical, now that I've used them a couple of times, haha.

I usually have lunch with my classmates Rameera Kaur from Port Dickson & Laura Yoong from Seremban, but most of the time, other friends join us. Hmm like on Friday, Kathryn ate with us while we were "studying" during break, haha. Ended up doing only a teensy bit of my math homework.. Today was very interesting, because I made friends with a couple of girls from my class (Melissa Mok & Jillian Yeow) and they told us to pull up chairs & join them. You can guess what happened, pretty soon we were the noisiest part of the cafeteria! Giggling & laughing & talking nonstop -- the joys of a big, fun group! Don't worry, we couldn't have possibly been so festive with only 5 girls -- Natasha Lim & Vivien Lim Jet Xin joined us at the table. So we became the outrageously happy H1 girls-only lunch table!~

After lunch, we resumed lessons... Today it was a bit more ticklish because when a big group of girls get together, they usually cook a joke up. And we did, although we couldn't pull it off! :( Anyway, it served us well for a feverish amount of giggling and snorting! Hehe. Then after college, I went to the library -- bumped into Chu Jie, Lee Ting, Michelle, and Kathryn there. Hehehe I should have realised then and there that I wasn't going to get any homework done! Oh my gosh, I forgot to mention that Yi Ping, Mabel & Sin Yee were there too! Okay okay, at least I managed to complete ONE whole question. Number 7. That was a tough one! *giggles*

All righty, Denise is picking me up at 10.30am-ish tomorrow for the "class outing", which really isn't going to see more than a dozen ex-5 Cengalians! :( Daphne & Lydia won't be going, for one thing. Yi Ping & Sin Yee will prolly not go. Aiyer I don't know exactly who will be going, but at least me & Denise will be there and will be able to get a bit of shopping done! :D Also, I want to see Wei June & Mark again! :)

A College Student's Blog! ;D

Hola mi amors!

A whole new world has opened its gateway for us -- college life has begun! And I must say, I really love TCSJ (oh acronyms! It stands for Taylor's College Subang Jaya. It's funny how we've all heard of "Taylor's College" before, but not "TCSJ"; yet on TCSJ grounds, the acronym is resolutely plastered everywhere!).

Besides the fact that I have to get up at a most ungodly hour (5.45am) for five days a week, it's been a fantastic experience! I think the word I've used most often (almost incessantly, really!) this past week is "WOW". I know it's really childish and all, but I can't resist -- everything seems ten times more interesting when you first tell yourself that it's going to be fascinating. Never lose the wow-factor, dear readers! Of course, you may not want to go so far as to point excitedly at the high-tables in the cafeteria (like I did, which kind of attracted weird stares) and giggle at the flat-screen computers in the library (at which the librarian will "shussshhhh" at you for doing... hahaha!).

To sum up my first 3 days of being a TCSJ student, I'll just say... I guess it's not so different from secondary school after all -- besides more favourable clothing, cellphone & liquid paper use, hair colours, body piercings and more facilities (air-conditioning! :D); it's pretty much the same. There are, of course, small differences, such as not calling the lecturer "teacher", and saying "madam", "sir" or the lecturer's name instead ... making new friends who are from all over the country (this part is awesome! I've been making friends in my classes, in the corridors, in the library & on the bus) ... heaving a painfully heavy bag to college (the timetables are not like secondary school when you only have a few of the subjects you take every day, in TCSJ we are taught all the subjects we take, EVERY day) ...

Hmm so what have we done so far in college? 1st day was orientation, getting to know each other & our mentors (my class mentor is Mr Yee Boon Shan, or we can call him Sean -- he's a very nice lecturer, I guess we're very lucky to have such an enthusiastic & patient mentor). He even gave us his MSN Messenger contact, hahaha!

2nd day? Meeting our subject lecturers, being told the ground rules of each class, and finding out which books to get for lessons. I'm taking five subjects (all S.A.M. students are, actually, haha) -- Mathematical Studies, English as a Second Language (ESL), Accounting Studies, Economics, Malay (Background Speaker's Level). We also have two compulsory subjects to take, i.e. Moral Education and Malaysian Studies. They're called our LAN subjects or something like that, and I've yet to figure out what L.A.N. stands for!

Accounting Studies and Economics are really interesting subjects -- lots of theories involved are related to our daily lives. And Malay -- well, I've always liked languages! :) Which explains the outbursts of "Hola!" when I answer my cellphone nowadays, and the "mi amor" that I keep calling my friends. I don't use it for everyone, though, haha, so don't worry, I don't go around calling everyone "my love". I only use it for.. hmm... Tse Mun & Denise, who are my two best friends... Chu Jie & Shern Ren, who I feel are truly "friends in need are friends indeed" friends... K Vin & Jonathan, who I've known almost my whole life... all my close friends (or the friends I spend most of my time with) like Carmen, Lee Ting, Su Lynn, Sue-Mae, Wei June, Kathryn, etc... and last but not least, the people who taught me the whole "holaaa mi amorr" phrase -- Vanessa & Rosie! Thanks for teaching me new things k!

I may, of course, knowing me; get bored of the amusing Spanish phrases eventually and revert back to "heya!" but until then... enjoy the weekend, everybody! And the public holiday on Tuesday -- 5 Cengal of 2005 is having a class outing then, I think -- like a farewell gathering for Mark, who's going to Trinity in February... :( We're all going to miss our Add Math genius & future dentist friend! Parting is so dreadful, really -- just like Ern Sheong going to S'pore & Wei June going to National Service in Beranang (but at least she's coming back in a couple of months!). And we can't even decide where we want to have lunch. Hahaha~

Vertical Limits

Remember how in Kemahiran Hidup (KH), we used to learn that big sized people should wear vertical stripes to look thinner? Okay, I clearly wasn't paying attention when the teacher was teaching that part! *Note to self: Learn to stick chin out so as to not obscenely reveal double chin. Aihh...

This photo was taken on my 3rd day in London, before the Pinnochio play at the Royal Opera place. It was very interesting, although a rather intimidating experience because the event was organised by posh Brits -- and I didn't understand their accent, so I just ended up smiling & nodding at all the wrong times! Hahaha... by the way, that's Vanessa's older sister, Stephanie, on the far right! She's a very fashionable girl!~

Ta-da! The wonderful family who very kindly let me stay in their home, using their hot water! Hahaha, all right, I was not originally in this picture -- I thought it'd be nice to let them have their own family picture, but then they were like, "No, don't be silly, come here"... therefore... there I am... intruder upon the Tan family picture! I look like such a tourist in that photo, don't I? Ahaha! Well, I really felt quite out of place in the beginning, right after my parents returned home to M'sia -- but after a few hours mingling with friends who were London locals, I felt quite at home! My slang even changed ... just a little bit. Less "lah"s lah, haha.

On a lighter note, I also put on too much make-up for the Pinnochio play! I ended up looking like I was permanently blushing, or very red from drinking alcohol.... this is what happens when people don't look in the mirror when applying make-up on.

Of Karaoke & Sleepovers

~ HaPpY NeW yEaR, mi amors!! ~

January 2006 is really here now, and a whole new year has begun! I hope everyone had a really good time celebrating the new year!~ I haven't been blogging for the past few days -- been pretty caught up with end-of-year activities, hehe!

We went to the Red Box Karaoke (at The Curve) for Carmen's 17th birthday! It was so FUN!! I didn't really sing much, taking into consideration my blocked nose and sore throat; but it was very entertaining to watch your best girlfriends singing -- especially Cheryl's occassional deep-male-voice-mimicking (gives you quite a shock, because she does it suddenly when all the other girls are singing in high-pitched girly voices) & Sue-Mae's attempt at rapping! Hahaha, they're very cool people to be around!

The food at Red Box! Not bad, eh? The drinks were a bit annoying because there's no free refill (and it's a karaoke, where we need free refills more than anything else).. but besides that, it wasn't too bad at all -- not too costly. There were six of us, and five of us treated Carmen -- but it only cost about RM 20 per person, for three hours (11am - 2pm).

That's Azrina on then left, and Carmen on the right! Two of Malaysia's greatest gals, hehe!

The people who really sang at the karaoke! Cheryl (laughing) and Sue-Mae (in a really cute skirt, but you can't really see the whole outfit in the picture). I'll see if I can get more pictures from the rest of the crew when I see them on MSN -- almost everyone brought their own camera that day, haha!

That's all of them! Our girls' day out, hurrah -- everyone looks so happy! :D

You know, at times like this, I get really annoyed at my camera because it doesn't photograph well in dark places. Sue-Mae's camera is fabulous, it's screen is huge and all the photos turn out bright as daylight.

Ooh, and after our karaoke session, we went shopping! The Curve is so different from other shopping complexes, like 1-Utama and Sunway Pyramid. So much of it is in open space, but despite humid M'sian weather, it's pretty cool -- something different. Oh haha and the picture above was taken in the fitting room -- I ended up buying the green bolero thingy and the black top I tried on! *happy smile* I love fitting room mirrors! oh YEAH BY THE WAY, haha did you notice that me and Sue-Mae are wearing the same outfit (except for my jeans & her skirt)?

Ching Ling and Alison slept over at my place on Friday night! Alison's visiting from Australia, and she's gone to Ipoh to visit her relatives -- but she's coming back here again after the 1st week of January! She looks so Australian right now, haha -- and it seems like the Australian teenagers are a lot like the British teenagers, except they have different accents and use different slangs. Even when I met Denise's cousin, David (Australian uni student), his accent was really difficult for me to understand. I actually found Vanessa's friends' accents much easier to digest; maybe because of what I watch on TV?

Hmm anyway, speaking of slangs -- foreign colloquials (darn, I forgot how to spell this word) always fascinate me! Okay, like in Australia, "wagging" means "ponteng". So instead of saying "Hey are you going to ponteng school tomorrow?", they say "Hey are you going to be wagging school tomorrow?" Besides that, there are Australian colloquial terms like "bludge" and "dodgy". Hehe.

Along the same lines, Brit teens have very different slangs from M'sian youth! Haha, "taking the piss" means something like "making fun of" and "teasing". So if you make fun of someone, they say, "Hey, are you taking the piss?" There's also "get pissed" which means "get drunk" -- e.g: "You planning to get pissed tonight?" The first time someone said that to me in London, I was outraged, haha: "What! Who's peeing on me?!"... there are also terms like kankles, chavs, townies, and truckloads more!