Hawaiian Themed Party

Behind us are to 'chew hak yan'

Everyone in light , Hawaiian clothings



The Lee Siblings. Taken the nite b4 my dear bro left

Fat Mou

yeah, already been 3 weeks back from a place I call home- Switzerland. Been hanging around these few days....replying mails which btw should have been replied early.

The Post orientation camp at Shah's Village was ok. Great finally seeing after 1 exciting year.

My dear brother has already left for Germany. I didn't cry as much as I expected. I'm gonna so miss him lah....gonna miss all his crappings...hahahah (no offense my dear...=) still luv ya! )

Went around different colleges to check them out. Damn. Now it's time to study. That's the problem with me. After a whole year of enjoying, it's time to be down to earth. Something I dread. Had a few couple of college choices in mind.

Ended up in Nottingham Uni in Semenyih to check out the Business course there. Was pretty impressed with the campus. Met with one of my best friends since primary, Rahayu who happens to be studying mechanical engineering there. Smart gal. HELP, Taylors, checked them all out.

Last weekend was pretty ok. Attended this Hawaiien themed pool side party in some hotel in KL. It was ok, the music could've been better though. Been downloading tons of spanish music which happens to be the best music in the world. David Bisbal, Alex Ubago....Spanish music is really THE BEST!!!!!

Frens are all into studies and what am i doing now? Moping around doing nothing.

Man, I really should get a life.

Snap Back to Reality

The Goodbye part at Zurich airport was one of the worst things I had to experience. I cried. Mami cried. Pat cried. in Short, all of us cried, joined by our hostfamilies and friends.

The Crying Fest didnt end there. It continued or should i say worsened in the plane when all of us started reading our remembrance book together. Puffy eyes with tears running down our faces, we didnt give a damn of how terrible we looked from all the crying. REading my own book written from my classmates and good friends and of course my hostfamily, I realised that how much they made an impact in my life. These are the people who made my stay worth while, taught me things, accepted me into their lifes for who I am.......

Despite all the crying, I couldnt sleep the whole way back. Watched more than 2 movies...oh btw, I should add that Msians should be proud of our own Msian Airlines.... it's choon...thats all I can say...

Getting used to the f******** hot weather was not the only thing I had to get use to. My English and Chinese was kind cacated. Malay was even worse. The first thing I said to my new Indo nesian maid was ' Halo, ich bin Chong'en, wie heisst du' ? She looked at me wondering was I talking to her. I then finally realized that what I had done. Great. Now I cant even speak the languages I used to speak, at least not as fluent. Takes time.

Typing was another issue. the 'y' and 'z'. Keep typing the wrong key!!!!

anw, things r ok now...not the best...but trying my best to adjust back to my ol' life. My exchange year was GREAT and i have no regrets.

I already miss mami, my hostfamily, my friends, my life in Switzerland.

Time to snap back to reality. Damn

Tears Running Down my Face

Countdown is on. Trying my best to coop with the oncoming stress and return jitters. Trying to meet up with friends whom I wont be seeing for a long, long time.

The Evaluation Camp was pretty boring till the end till we started crying. I'm such a sucker for tears. I?m going to be so depressed when I leave. No kidding. If I cant even handle that, how am I going to handle such a farewell when I really leave Switzerland?

Skiing at Flumserberg was great. Unless u are born Swiss, I suggest that anyone who wants to go on Ski holidays take classes b4 they even start going up on lifts or gondolas. without the ski lessons, skiing down the steep slopes are hell. Trust me. Looking at the steep slopes will just freak u out. Not to mention little 2,3 years old kids happily skiing way pass u is enough to dampen your spirit. Thank god for my ski teacher who came looking for us up in the slopes. If he didnt turn up, I would've literrally WALKED down those slopes myself, BY FOOT. I mean it. A one day ski trip is enough to cost u your energy and money. Skiing is freaking expensive! THank god I have a GA. I dont have to pay for the train rides. But the ski rents and ski lifts pass are enough to kill.

It was all worth it to have the ski lessons. It was sooooo much better skiing down those lofty, steep slopes covered with soft, white snow. The adrenalin rush is just great. SKiing requires control. Just like life. If you go too fast, U lose control. If u go to slowly, it's just as exciting as dried peanuts in the dessert. THe weather was also great. SKiing is a strenous sport. I was too tired to take my sister's advice therefore I had muscle aches ALL OVER MY BODY the next day. However, it was one in a lifetime opputunity and I really enjoyed it.

Weekend dinner with my family at Blindekuh in Basel. It was a great and unforgettable expereince. It's a special restaurant where all the waiters and waitresses are blind. N we get to expereince how is it like to be blind. We were led into the pitch black dining hall by our blind german waiter -Norbert. We were led to our places and we sat there for the whole meal. (Duh, where could we go? WE counldnt see anything! ) Norbert served us our drinks, soups withour spilling a drip. We had a search our way through our utensils and glasses carefully and avoiding spilling drinks. It took quite a while between our appetizers and main course. Cant blame Norbert coz he has to serve 23 guests and he's blind. WHen our main meals were served, it was just hilarious trying to eat noodles and cutting the fish, not knowing how big the piece will turn out. WE are forced to use our senses to really taste our food coz there are no sight senese to distract our tastebuds. Dinner turned out longer than I thought. 3 solid hours as blind people.

THe food was great and the company was great too. It was kinda like a goodbye dinner for me. Mami had to book it really early coz this restaurant is just to popular. People wait months to get a place. Consider myself a lucky gal. REally lucky after the accident I had last Tuesday. Lets just say I was hit by a car. I'm living though. No serious injuries. Thank god.

My whole week is fully booked. EVery day.Weekdays too till the day I leave. Meeting up with friends, family in Zürich,etc. I cant imagine how will it be in the airport. People, just to let u know, I handle farewells really bad, so be prepared.

Skiing trips and New Year's Eve

Skiing trip at St. Moritz......breathtaking view of Piz Palu and Piz Bernina

Flavio and I celebrating the truimph of successfully skiing down the lofty slopes at Flumserberg

New Year's Eve party at a Brasilian Party in Lucern....it rocked!!!!

Together with Taina from Brazil and Virginia from New Zealand at the NYEve's Brasilian party

Countdown

Q : How do u feel now?
A : Tired

Q : How much time do u have here in Switzerland left?
A : ** days (it's a surprise for the peeps back home!)

Damn. I cant believe that we r going home soon. SO SOON! I know I've been crapping bout all these stuff these few days, but I cant help it. I know I want to see my family and friends back in Malaysia, but on the other hand, I also want to see my Swiss family and friends here in Switzerland! I know I'm going to miss them like hell! My family,my weekhostfamily in Zürich, my friends. Esp good friends who has been for me the whole time, friends whom I got to know better at the later part of the year, classmates whom I had a great time with during my stay here......I'm gonna freakin miss everything here! The punctual trains, buses, the security, the cold (despite it's often below 0 degrees now), the cleanliness everywhere (inclu public toilets!) EVERYTHING

Thats life I guess. THe best things in life often has to come to an end. It's snap-back-to-reality-time. I hate it when I have to be down to earth. I hate it when I 've gotta decide for my future. Childhood is the best where we dont have to worry about anything.

My weekends are fully booked. My normal weekdays are also booked. Afs camp, skiing trips in the mountains, meeting up with friends for the last time...etc. All booked up that I dont even have time to organise a GOODbye party! =( Classmates were hoping that I throw a goodbye party, but sorry folks, literally no time.

I'm gonna miss doing all the things I'm used to doing here when I get home.Seriously.

I know I'm gonna cry terribly when I leave. In fact I've already cried in front of mami while talking to her how much I'll miss them and while she was also saying how different it would be when I leave. I'm gonna miss mami soooooooooooo much!!!!!

The bell just rang. Gotta meet up with a friend. Going to the Stadt zu a bis trinken.

Prost.

Welcome 2006

We didnt get pissed as we promised ourselves b4. At least not THAT pissed. Met up in Lucern for the New Year's Eve party. All 7 of us turned up in that Brasilian party in Lucern in the Stadt. Tainà had a great time as she knew the lyrics to every single songs played in the disco. The brasilians can freakin good dance. It's really in their blood. To all non brasilians--No use trying. Unless u haf some bit of brasilian blood in u....it really takes talent and practise to dance as well as them.

The disco didnt turn out as what we thought. The people were older than us. Older in a way where they have gfs or wifes...and even CHILDREN! A little hard to flirt or hook up with ppl our own age. Of course there were some exceptions... =P But anyway, it was still cool celebrating in a Brasilian party with good friends.

Partied till early morning and took a cab back to Izra's place. Almost 4 francs per person. Pretty cheap infact.... considering once I paid a much, much higher price(or rather my friend) from Olten to Aarau, a 10 minute drive with a FR55 cost! BLOODY EXPENSIVE! Thanks to his friend who cost us to miss our last train back to Aarau.

Had a great time with them lah....really....!!!! Laughed, joked, chatted.... Suddenly, we were hit with the fact that we would be going home soon. We will be 19 this year. We will all separate soon. We all promised each other that we will visit each other ---some time or another. Promises are promises, but reality is reality. All of us came from different countries, different continents for our exchange year. 1 year of friendship can't be just erased by the location of our homeland. But based on experience, out of sight, out of mind. I hope to prove this saying wrong with the friendships I 've made during my exchange year here in Switzerland, by keeping in contact with them---despite the distance between our homeland.

To all my friends in Malaysia and Switerland,happy 2006! And not to forget my jakuns, thanks for being there and I really treasure your precious friendship. Hope that it will really last coz it's really a life changing experience where we will never, ever forget. Gotta really enjoy the last bits of our exchange year....coz I'm definitely gonna be depreseed as I start counting the days.

Kisses.

Christmas 2005

Let me start off with Christmas. Christmas eve was a comfortable celebration with my hostfamily. Benny came with his girlfriend and we had a really warm,typical Christmas. It was really my first Christmas where I got to decorate a REAL Christmas tree! Not to mention the Christmas tree looked so MEGA SCHÖN!!!!! With candles lighted, we sang Christmas songs---in German, of course. Stille Nacht. The German version of Silent night. Thank God I learnt it in Deutsch zusatz.

On Christmas day itself was a family gathering at grandmama's place in Lenzburg. Something like CNY. It was also a very lively gathering...which included some conflict between the adults....which is really not worth mentioning.I guess it's a common thing between families.I was surprised to get a present from grandmama. She's 86, but still mentally clear. She's so cute! She thought that I'm from America, therefore she wrote ' Für die Fraulein von Amerika' (For the lady from America). Got a box of Ferrero Roche from her and additional pocket money. A pretty big one...heheh =P

Christmas was really great! Got tons of gifts. A CD and a Swatch from my hostparents....something typical Swiss,they said, that they wanted me to have =) Of course presents from my hostsiblings....really cool!

On Wednesday, a 1 day trip visit to my week hostfamily in Bülach ended into a 3 days 2 nites stay. I really had a great time there too lah! 1st day, Julian and I went shopping together. 2nd day,Julian and I did the salsa, something I've been longing to learn all these time...I'm lucky to have a hostbro who can really salsa! We danced and danced to the music and it was soooooo much fun!!!!! Paula was there to correct my dance steps. She can also verdammt gut salsa!

At night was a trip to the cinema. Mrs Henderson Presents from Judi Dench. I bet this film is banned in Malaysia coz this film is about nudity and u can see boobs hanging off naked women throughout the whole film. It's more of a typical British sense of humour too. Not all appreciate it. After the show, went to the bar with them and took the last train back.

Man, I really love both my hostfamilies. I'm a really lucky gal.

Christmas Stress.......

Have been abandoning this place for quite some time yeah? Well, some upates.....Went to see the Matterhorn last last week....sunday , if I recall......Or known as Tolberone Berg. why? It's one of Switzerland's most famous mountain peak. U getta see it on practically every Swiss chocolate packaging. Travelled more than 10 hours by train to have a peek at the world renowned mountain. Was worth it though. Tons of Japanese and Asian tourists. I think there were a bunch of Malaysia or maybe Singaporean tourists coz these nationalities are so easy to spot.

' Ya lah...U go take the photo lorh'
' No lah....it's my one.....'

Yeah, maybe more Manglish than Singlish.

Sch's pretty stressed up....or maybe tha Christmas time is actually quite stressing. Gotta attend sch till 23rd. Can U believe that? Kinda stressed with Christmas gifts etc.... Typical me. Everything last minute.

Last weekend went clubbing with friends at kettenbrücke. As usual, took the last bus home. I'm gonna miss all the transportation and safety when I get back to Malaysia. I ask u. how on earth U can walk back home about 3am in the morning alone in Malaysia?Unless u wanna get killed or raped or whatever some pervert would wanna do lah. Without any single soul on the street? That's how I've been living my life here whenever I go home late. gonna miss all these good moments........

Deustchland sucht den Superstar. German version of American Idol. It's all the same. All the show. The lady is always the more diplomatic and more lovable charactor. Trying her best not to hurt anyones's feelings. I feel the male juries are less mean and less critical compared to Simon Cowell. THat's my opinion. Or maybe Simon really want to earn his reputation as the 'Jury from Hell'.

Yesterday's episode of DSDS really made me love the Malaysians. Thank god we are not tone deaf. At least Jac won the Malaysian Idol based on her skills. (Dunno about MI 2. Didnt watch)
In yesterday's DSDS,one male candidate in particular,who isnt singing material, is still in the show in the expense of 2 other much better singers. He sucks in my oipnion(I'm not the only one who thinks that). in the end, He's in top 5 guys, thanks to the ' little-tone-deaf- teen-gals's voting, he's still in. I mean, he's not even CUTE?!!!! I guess they're not only deaf, they're blind too.

Thank god the Malaysians are smart enough to vote for the right Malaysian Idol.