The last day of classes...........................for this week!
Got my mid term results today and amidst all that woohoogaga about me having no knowldege about the exam only until the day before, I faired alot better than I expected so I'm all smiley. Even scored A for my factual reading. *touched tears*
Anyways, there have been alot of comments about me being very plump and people are now wondering if I'm under stress or what because I've never been this big but PFFT omg come to Korea and you will know. Maybe you'll be all slim and nice for the first month because of all that walking but teehee walking never work for Natalie Chai because she consumes twice the amount she walks.
or maybe thrice. =/
Went to the Han Gang river yesterday with friends from the previous semester and drank away with all that yummy finger food, dishing away all the dirty stories of the lecturers in my institute.You see there's this sexy teacher around and she's always trying to make teacher-student relationships with the students five to six years younger than she is. She calls them at 1.00 in the midnight and asks them for kisses and the list goes on. Teehee poor Abdullah was once her target.
And halfway through the conversations, we learned about clouds wth.
You know at certain times, there's always this one cloud that stand outs at night? Normally it's the only cloud around and it makes you wonder how lonely it is, why is it alone and stuff. So yesterday Damien was telling us
"Ah, dizzis a weird gureum (cloud)"
Then we all detested by saying it's normal for a cloud to be there because it's a sky and all and he answered "Iddiz aloone"
Then we gave it a little thought and 6 of us stared at that cloud for about half a minute, and found out that it REALLY was a weird one so we kept asking each other way and such until Damien said
"It will dissapear ..in 5 minidz"
We all exclaimed in disbelief and after all that "Idz true" and "REALLY's" Damien and Yooni made a bet and we all waited.
and waited.
and it really dissapeared!
so Damien claimed joy and suggested that it will form again in within a few minutes. we claimed in disbelief again and waited...
and it formed again!!
So since it was so obvious he knew something about it, he told us that wenever there is a lonely cloud...it's the pollution cloud. He got know because he did parachuting and stuff and they have to take note of all these cloudy stuff.
Anyways, so the cloud forms depending on the heat of the land beneath it. Let's say the cloud is in the middle of the land (between heaty and cool ground), Only half of the cloud will stay and the other half will keep dissapearing until the cloud forms the cloud again and it dissapears again..the whole process continues until the wind moves the cloud entirely towards the heaty grounds or the cool grounds.
pictures from weeks ago. just to update the data pfft.
If you have played Meerca Chase @ Neopets or even Snakes through the Nokia cell, this is exactly how it felt like.
Dummies For Mask Dance wth (can spot me?! :D )
Him who was very dissapointed by our performance teehee.
"Dui mian de nu hai kan guo lai" Supposed to be a traditional mask dance. Reminds me of the hao ancient palace ladies.
The line suddenly proceeded to a very rapid speed see my expression so ugly wth
this was before the picture above
us doing our mask paint I did a funny face before this and the makcik who took this picture told me to "Act like I'm hard at work" pfft. Fei see lei her continue doing only. Nobody rejects my Natalie pose! Nobody!!
One of me favorite people this semester, don't know her name though. Big fan of micky. Sits next to me at poetry class.
"hmm..you look like carmen chiam!" quoted off the girl on the left - Sim Yu.
others at work
poetry classmate as well from China
"OOO WADDAT"
why face so big omg.
my favorite lecturer. the person who I did my entrance interview with. was hoping she'd teach me and now she teaches me Factual Reading :D
teehee so funny this one. others where doing traditional mask this one did sylvester and tweety pfft. or was it Doraemon.
the pose she "requested" again after taking one of us at "hard work" I told you! Nobody rejects the poseee!!
Other classes. Only 2 attended from my class out of 7 so we didn't get to have a class picture. See other people got about 13-14 students also full attendance pfft
Poetry classmate as well.
Pfft, basically my poetry class ALL girls pfft
....the one in pink makes good poems! (better way of saying poetry classmate wth)
but here's the set of pictures I collected from the mom after yesterdays party back in KL (without me!) sigh looked so fun! from here can see my family damn Adidas fan pfft
OMG my family having themed party again this weekend for the dad's birthday. OMG I cannot believe I'm missing a family theme party OMG OMG It's themed sports. OMG Everybody is going to be sporty. OMG If i was there, it'd be the only time I was sporty dressed. OMG.
just don't forget how I look although all my expressions in every sets of webcam pictures are tge same!!
More pictures from the field trip thanks to YuHsin
Yu Hsin, Me, and Jonathan (current classmate!) see how I like initial my stuff pfft. I'm very addicted to myself pfft.
Us learning the mask dance pfft And thats my homeroom teacher in yellow. (!@#!$!@$!)
Spot ME!
can't say much about my current class but when it comes to the good times, it has to be my Spring sem class. Just got some pictures from Yu Hsin and thought that I'd put it up here because Damian took really nice pictures with his DLSR cam.
by the way, almost every teenager has a DLSR cam. or was it DSLR. pfft.
Yooni looks so pretty here! Guess how old is she teehee
Me whipping up my cheese whipped potato
This was from back then. Not from Dams cam
Us having tea
Why posture so like that pfft.
yooni doing the dishes, me cooking, Abdulla being funny.
i guess the reason behind my displacency for milk is because of my youngers days, although I stopped drinking milk (since a very young age), I always ate milk powder from the container (that didnt belong to me!)
kept eating.
and eating.
until i got fed up.
and never liked milky products ever since. not even vanilla.
there was a field trip to the palace museum today. this time round we had to paint traditional masks and learn how to dance the mask dance pffft. felt like Guan Ying dance to me.
anyways it was pouring outside after the even ended so Yu Hsin and I stayed in for coffee until it wasn't that heavy and squeezed under a mini sized umbrella (for one!), walked for about 20 minutes heading to the best bookstore in Seoul (my favorite hangout from today onwards!) with our shoulders totally drenched upon arrival. teehee.
but guess what I bought T____T *touched*
underwater camera for onlyRM20!!
can be reused okay! need to buy films only
ze entrance
ze palace grounds
muah unpainted mask.
Level A5 & B6 (only me!)
traditional costumes
them dolls making me food yum yum
traditional transport for the high officials. see how they have the wheel below to support weight teehee.
they must have been fat people! kekeke.
Yu Hsin reading the history of the "ondol" floors.
It's a traditional way of heating up the floors especially for winter so incase you get to Korea during winter, request for "ondol rooms!"
miniature villages
what they use to transport dead bodies from a short distance to another. like dragon boat only pfft.
you know what's so scary about living in a four season country?
summer.
summer is a total horror i just want to swing it around in circles and stomp on it till its juice gets evaporated. summer is the worst thing that ever happened to me. summer is the devil of all devils! now i know why is hell projected as red, with hot sizzling bubbly tubs. because it IS hell during summer.
well, i know I have been living in a country of tropical climate for about 17 years now before coming to Seoul but its definitely nothing like the heat back in K.L! If there's one thing I HAD to miss about Malaysia, it'd be how kind the sun was to us!
It wouldn't be that bad if the difference between these seasons weren't so distinct. Seriously, the first week I got into Korea I believe it was still winter and was deadly cold I couldn't imagine myself with ONLY two layers of thick turtle necks. That only lasted for one week.
Then Spring came, with all the sakura flowers, all over the city that made me feel that this wasn't THAT bad yeah it's all going well uh huh. but that only lasted for about 3 days and the next thing you know, the petals were all over the floor, replaced by silky green leaves. I totally miss how bald the tree were :(
And now what. SUMMER. It's so humid here in Seoul its terrible. I sweat every second I get exposed to the sun and it's the very first time in my life I find myself looking for shades to walk under. I didn't give two bluahs about the sun back in KL because it was my friend but I think the Sun in Seoul needs some teaching oh yeah it does!
What's MOST terrible is, the DEADLY COCKROACHES have finally made their official "debut" in my life in Seoul! Well, I don't know if its true but Korean cockroaches cant fly! Is that good news or what!! But I still cannot handle the sight of them crawling around the walls of my classroom (no such thing!!......yet)
ANYWAYS ever since I had the mosquito sheild thing installed at my front door we kind of like to leave the door open so that the air gets to cycle but a cockroach got in I spent 30 minutes looking udner the fridge because that was where I last saw it and when it finally came out I go so scared that I quickly slapped a pair of slipper on it for like 7 times pft then although I knew it was dead (because it was already as flat as the floor pfft) I slipped into the shoe aand squished it whilst cursing away its whole family pfft.
I really hate cockroaches. I really really hate cockroaches. I really really really hate cockroaches.
Oh great. Now I'm starting to hear the insects out the window everynight.
this is how tall my brother is compared to my dad. T_______T i remember him being very proud because his hair ends were parallel to my dad's shoulder. i shall still go home taller than him. i shall!
the cousin who I am not able to see because of HanGook Y_Y Wang Lee Hom feel mou!
my mother will kill me upon this sight of dinner.
if you have no idea how filling Korean rice is, Malaysian rice 1/2 bowl = Korean rice 1 bowl This is about 2.5 bowls. pfft. sigh. and it's just ngam ngam
aiyah i dont know why the still picture of the video is so "Ohmygod like i broke my nail!".
and the video stops in the middle because i couldn't handle how boring the video was going
I forgot to upload the pictures from my camera so here they are.
Global Gathering Studio Party, last Saturday. Hanti Station. 6 PM
Them playing with my poms! I was supposed to do a cheer performance but it sucked bad. :P I need the Queens boohoo The one in the middle is Japanese, a senior in KLI.
Teaching the audience how to sing Arirang, a classic Korean traditional song.
My favorite onni because she's very soft mannered. Nods to everything.
Us in *uhm* cheer uniforms
Damian's House WarmingYesterday
Yu Hsin and her boyfriend who's Korean but they speak in Japanese because they met in Japan pfft
Since he's from France he cooked us up something France-y.
Me enjoying the sofa in his house. It was the neatest guys house I've ever been to pfft. Damian are you sure you're not gay! Teehee just joking!
In the making
Forgot his name. There's Yooni in blue admiring the wine because all wine in Damian's house are bound to be the best of wines. Well, why? Because he's a winemaker and he's picky with wines.
Assmuailakum Abdullah and Forever Wine-ing Damian.
He never goes for normal alcohol.
Yu Hsin working up her "salad"
Yu Hsin was supposed to cook up a salad but when it turned out to be like "this", I whipped up my whipped potato cheese but forgot to take a picture of it.
me enjoying the peacefullness.
them chatting away while we waited for Simon who didnt turn up at last because of a date!
Yu Hsin
Random street pictures. Yesterday.
flower along the bridge.easy access for poor old people who cannot climb the stairs for the
because I am the type who gets all distracted by other things when I'm in the midst of doing anything I dislike, I have listed all my "To-Do's"(actually not a list la pfft) to enlighten myself as a congratulatory gift of completing the task.
1. Stream Movies 2. GET A FACEBOOK 3. Cook up the meat cubes 4. Have spaggheti
So far I have done #1 and #3 I finally found a site to stream video *wet eyes*
I'm getting a Facebook the moment I click "Publish Post"
wonder if ill be able to finish it up by today because I spent the past few days looking for an article. It's supposed to be a "Newspaper Article" presentation but everything that comes printed are all so economical it's so boring. I found myself tangled up with percentages and pie charts it's so annoying I want to kill the president of newspapers pfft.
So about an hour ago, out of desperation, I HAD to force myself into reading these articles because I very clever lah pick to become like first batch to present so that I could sit back and relax. Sigh, I found an article..actually not one but a few. But all the appropriate length ones are SO boring. One of them was about viagra in summer grapes pfft, the other's about government houses, and the rest are all about U.S imported beef.
So I caught my eye on three articles but my gawd my lecturer is going chop me off my head at its length but at least its interesting. About 70% of the students are doing on the beef issue (too long a story) and the others about investment etc etc so I definitely won't choose that.
I have now settled for an article about the possibility of tranferring the child's surnames after divorce to the mother's but it's so short and my conclusion should be shorter than the original piece. I was never a person good with conclusions anyway. Reality also talk so much pft pfft pfft beat around the bush.
Aiyah. I have no idea how many marks does this cost for my mid term but it has got to be 20 or 30.
Since I was little, I always thought it'd be cool to have bracelets, ear rings, or necklaces that were customized to my name. Well, I don't know but I have a very special passion about my name pfft so I get very sensitive when there an N anywhere.
So I remember getting around the little mobile shops you see in the malls, picking all my initials in the name and putting them up together but it'd cost me about RM 35 for that cheap plastic accessory and I never bother to wear it around because it wasn't all that pretty after I owned it pfft.
That was when I was in my primary days.
Now that these customized accessories DO exist, I don't get them anymore because I am not an avid necklace person and I am just way too kiamsiap for one anyways as they'd cost about RM 150 and above and I'd rather have 60 plates of roti canai and bloat to death.
But the other day I was talking to my cousin and when we were exchanging our How Are You's I found out she was running this business to make customised necklaces for as cheap as RM 90 or less ringgit as long as your initials don't exceed 8 characters.
A friend of mine made one in Seoul for about RM250 so you could definitely see the contrast. I am not trying to push sales or whatever but this is definitely one of the cheapest I could have found @___________@or maybe because I don't go and find pfft.If you're a friend and interested, feel free to contact me over MSN or leave a msg at the tagboard so that I can connect you with them directly.
i got so into Thai language out of a sudden I came home and googled up "Learn How To Speak Thai", found out it was ridiculous for me to read the text, then i googled up "Learn How To Read Thai"
ended up clicking on the 21 vowels to repeat after the recorded native speaking voice.
gave up 10 minutes later.
now i know why people have a problem with languages.
Well, I've been tagged a few times by several bloggers and they were all really fun surveys but if I dont start doing I'd forget them so here's one that was tagged by Vvens.com and its a tag where I share my opinions about 9 hottest guys and 1 whose SO not.
Here's the list and yes lah, expect to see a majority of Koreans because I don't know much about the entertainment industry.
When it comes to my ideal type, I can't really decide which because they all differ but I really really like those who carries a clean cut black hair (although the pictures below my stray far away from the description) and those who has this soft mannered face. Never fails to make me look twice.
#1 Nicholas Tse I have been a fangirl since I was young until he got frozen by the media because of his badboy behaviour and never got hold of his news again. He's married to a gorgeous women so I can now rest in peace pfft.
#2 Chen Bo Lin I don't usually like guys with grown beard but he brings it off well so I'd choose to forgive! Must.Catch.His.Movies!
#3 Jang Geun Seuk One of my favorite personalities after coming to Korea. He's only 20!
#4 Chad Michael Murray Who doesn't love Chad!! WHO! WHO! WHO! I didn't catch One Tree Hill but A Cinderella Story was enough to sweep me off my feet!
#5 Jo In Sung Ya allah! This is another award winning baby. Why lah God don't give me friends like this! He looked his best during his "Memories In Bali" days. He appears on CF's really often but looks like old man dy :(
#6 Won Bin He is FINALLY released from the military. Now my eyes can have its food yam yam
#7 Kim Jae Joong
I know this isn't exactly hot or what and plays a big contrast to the other people on the list but since he's one of my favorite people (sings well!) and he's not bad looking!
#8 Channing Tatum Those who didn't get to watch Step Up 1, you don't know what you're missing!
#9 Will-Remain-Anonymous
Hoho the best for last! My drawing doesnt do justice but I met this person by coincidence on the streets last week and couldn't believe my eyes. Seriously too good looking to be true. Apparently someone famous (sigh!) but I don't feel like posting his picture for I will only save the best for myself huhuhu! Cornetto rocks!
The "Not" Award goes to : Wu Ke Qun. I don't want his picture in my blog so tadah. No offense to fans really. It's just that Vvens and I are sort of in our little anti fanclub pfft.
realised that I don't have alot of people around me who i'd acknowledge as a friend. of course, i could have but i realised i just dont. there has always been a border line between me and the people i know. those who have been able to wash away that border line, only sum up to no more than my 10 fingers.
it's not because they were paticularly nice.
it was because I allowed them to.
in fact, i had alot of other people around me who treat me so much better than the people whom "allowed" into my "circle". they were so nice that i knew they'd almost do anything i asked for but although i AM thankful, I never let them surpass that "line". I have no idea why.
These people who treat me so well I don't think there'd be anyone else who'd treat me better than others could, tried really hard to make me feel at ease to be around them but I still push them further. away. and away.
They know me so well to the extend that I feel sorry for not even knowing where they stay or when exactly is their birthday. They know which restaurant not to bring me to, how exactly will I react to certain things, my opinions, and even my feelings just by looking at me.
And I am never thankful enough to give something in return. I wonder why.
What's most funny is, these people who I "allow" to walk into my life, majority of them are people who don't know me at all. I am the one trying to run after them, learn about their characters, likes and dislikes, and sometimes struggle to lift their spirits a notch higher when they seem down. Conversations are always about the opposite party but I really never do mind because I want to learn about them.
But they don't know no nothing about me. They think I'm happy when I smile. They think I'm upset when I stare at them. They take everything as what is painted on my face -- expressions and actions.
These people, are special people whom you don't get to meet everyday in the streets.
These people, are ones who make my day so much happier even if the conversation's about anything as simple as a pencil.
These people...are the ones who ALWAYS choose to walk away.
I still don't know why I let them into my circle when there are so many others who are willing to do so much for me.
Why choose to struggle when you can become a princess?
i was coming up from the subway and as usual there were two or three people giving out brochures about couple rooms, plastic surgery etc etc so when I stuffed with a brochure under my nose I just politely smiled, took the brochure with that "Eheh I am so thankful ^__^" face and walked away pretending to look at the brochure so that the person feels very victorious wth wth.
(because I always complained when I was with Vista, like "HE SHOULD HAVE PRETENDED HE WAS INTERESTED!! at least maybe I can think "oh maybe because of me he took the brochure leh")
wth wth wth pfft still like words of comfort!
while "pretending" I realised it was a brochure about Carribean Bay, one of Korea's version of a BETTER sunway lagoon and begun to read more like what time it closes and stuff like that because it has been on my to-go lists since forever. (translation : forever = 2 weeks ago)
THEN!
I caught my eye on two words
"할인"
DISCOUNT!!
PFFT MY BEST FRIEND OF THE DICTIONARY! DISCOUNT!! DISCOUNT!! DISCOUNT!!
This piece of paper could have saved me about RM60 so you can imagine me jumping on the inside like the happiest frog in the world thinking about all that curry laksa I could have eaten. So being the very typical Nat, I turned back, with smiley face like really damn BIG glee, thinking to myself how much luck I have got myself into, went back to the man and asked him for MORE.
He double blinked at me. Gave me another piece of brochure. I never moved an inch. Looked at him and smiled. He gave me another one. I stood still. Then he was hesitating to give me a third one and I felt like he wanted to ask why (I bet he didn't read the brochure wth wth if not he have had ranaway with it!!) so I was so afraid he didn't want to give me third one so I just took from his hand and runaway after saying thank you wth wth wth wth
why am i so like that T______T
then i sat at the benches at the pedestrian roads and kept smiling until pfft................ until i noticed how I acted. regret regret!
.....and not like more brochures means more discount pfft
all the way to Seoul. meets an ex 88' student of SSG who left during the primary days. to tell me I look like who I was told I looked like back then. Still feels very Kuala Lumpur to me ;D
Natalie Chai.
I live an ironic life, ending up with things that I usually do not choose. My life evolves around an extremely limited number of things; the unimaginable. I have fear for the ungreat.
