Krystal Ho

2011-11-07T13:35:00.001-08:00

Life is not always rainbows and butterflies.

2011-11-06T06:47:00.000-08:00

Hello readers!

Our college had a belated Halloween celebration yesterday and there was fireworks too!:) Overall, it was such a lovely time and experience as it was my first time dressing up! I actually dressed up as Poison Ivy. It was a rather last minute plan, but I was glad that it managed to turn out quite okay. ;) I didn't dare to wear my super bright red wig that I've bought the other day because I was too afraid that it might look ridiculously hideous on me. So yea, I decided not to risk it, hence, resulted in my normal hairstyle. :D

It was a corset top that I bought online, two long black gloves, and some fake ivy leaves that I got from amazon as well as a pair of green stockings and a boyshorts. So yeap. That was basically MY version of Posion Ivy. Laugh all you want if you think it's funny. Haha, cause I somehow think mine is kind of a failed version though.

Oh well, these are just a few pictures... I am just too lazy to upload every single one of them after I've already uploaded some on facebook.

Apart from that, I'm glad that I've finally submitted in my UCAS application! OH my. So nervous now. I wonder whether my personal statement is good enough, whether my results are actually okay. Gosh. So finally, my choices of universities were as follows:
- Imperial College
- UCL
- Bath
- Sheffield
- Loughborough

Yeap. Wanted to go for Manchester but I'm just toooo afraid of the rejections. Oh well, we'll see... Wish me luck!

In the meantime, all the best to those of you who are in the midst of examinations or those who have exams in the coming weeks (like me)!

LOVE,
krystal.

What do you call this?

2011-10-22T16:00:00.000-07:00

I hate what I'm feeling right now. This feeling is supposed to be something that I won't be having anymore, ever. I just hate it that when you really want to find out or know where that person is, or whether he's doing fine or okay, and in return, the person just don't seemed to be bothered by giving you any replies.. In fact, they will just tell you that the reason for not being able to reply is: "My phone was in the room all the time." Yeah, see what I mean? How bad that excuse is. Seriously. Some people just don't seem to realize how much people care for them. To them, they just think relationship is just purely having each other's company during those free and leisure time, that's all. Nothing more and nothing less than that. I guess that just simply make things even easier, it means that the person is not even ready to be in a relationship at all. He's just not mature enough to be caring for someone else. I just feel like I'm wasting too much time, energy and effort in this. I thought this would all be over and gone by now, but I didn't know that it's just too difficult for me to sweep all these problems under the carpet and act like tomorrow is another new day like what he does all the time. This is just too tiring and it saddens to see myself often ending up in this kind of position, knowing really well that the other person clearly doesn't think too much of you. I guess this is just giving me a sign that this relationship isn't going to head anywhere, it's not going to be lasting. It's just something that you feel that it's so hard to let go just cause you're so involved and pretty much quite attached to it already. So I think I shall see how things go and do what I shall do.

Till then.

Embracing love.

2011-10-11T15:37:00.000-07:00

Hi guys, I'm really sorry for not updating this blog of mine as often as I've supposed to.

Anyways, a lot has been going on lately. I just don't know how to list down what are all of them, but I can tell you that it involves loads of preps, revision, UCAS, personal statement, relationships, emotions and yada yada.. Oh well, I've been experiencing quite a lot in my relationship lately. I'm going through a phase which is really tough and I think it requires a lot of effort, time and energy in order to make things work. Right now, I'm trying not to think too much about it anymore because I feel the more I think, the more I feel that I'm the only one truly involved in it. It feels as though the other one don't even care, sometimes. I just can't describe this teeny weeny sense of feeling that I have inside of me whenever something really terrible happen.

So, I have been really happy to treat myself with some guilty pleasures to spend my time instead of thinking nonsense that would just lead to no where good. Know what? Vampire Diaries Season 3. YEAH. Awesome. :) It's been really good so far I think. I've been keeping up until the latest episode, which is episode 4. Teehe. Well, truly, I have to thank my beloved bestie for giving me such a useful website that allows me to stream movies & shows:) Also, I've started to watch Season 4 of 90210 actually. In my opinion, the beginning of this new season seems to be a little bit draggy, and pointless. It now involves quite a lot of other new characters. Yeah, which means more drama I suppose. Don't know whether I have that much time to catch up with it episodes by episodes since Vampire Diaries is actually more than enough for me already.

Besides, I have some exciting news to share with all of you! Half-term holidays in the UK is coming soon! It's exactly 2 weeks from now. Hehehe, I can sense the excitement in myself already. Guess where am I going to explore this time? PARIS! paris Paris!! *grins* I can't believe I'm actually going there. My dream to visit Paris one day is almost coming true :) So excited, seriously. I just hope that this trip is going to be a really good one that could allow me to relax and enjoy myself at the same time. Not to mention, I think I would definitely gain a few kilograms when I come back after half-term since the food there in Paris is just so, so good.

Okay, enough about that already. I'll update you guys more! :)

LOVE.
KRYSTAL..

If only unicorns existed...

2011-09-30T16:16:00.000-07:00

What would you do in order to stop something bad from happening? Well, the answer is, just let it happen. There's no way that you could run away from something that is bound to happen. That's the truth, and so I say, life truly does not go around your way everytime. I feel really sad whenever I see what's happening between me and him right now. It just saddens me that an almost 6 month's of relationship is starting to head to another direction. Comparing to the very first time, many things were all of bed and roses. I'm just really surprised about how things could change in just a few month's time.

Anyway, I think I should really be in bed now. I'm having Saturday tests tomorrow for Maths and Chemistry! Wish me luck! ;)

The real deal.

2011-09-25T10:11:00.000-07:00

Just thought of sharing this. I found it from my brother's Facebook post. Thought that it's kinda true to everything that it says :)

ENJOY.

A Real Boyfriend.

Just read this, it will make a difference.
If only everyone could see this and understand it.

When she stares at your lips,
-Kiss her
When she pushes you or hits you like a dummy,
-Grab her and don't let go
When she starts cursing at you,
-Kiss her and tell her you love her
When she's quiet,
-Ask her whats wrong
When she ignores you,
-Give her your attention
When she pulls away,
-Pull her back
When you see her at her worst,
-Tell her she's beautiful
When you see her start crying,
-Just hold her and don't say a word
When you see her walking,
-Sneak up and hug her from behind
When she's scared,
-Protect her
When she steals your favorite hoodie,
-Let her keep it for the night
When she teases you,
-Tease her back and make her laugh
When she doesn't answer for a long time,
-Reassure her that everything is okay
When she looks at you with doubt,
-Back yourself up
When she says that she loves you,
-she really does more than you can understand
When she grabs at your hands,
-Hold hers back
When she bumps into you,
-Bump into her back and make her laugh
When she tells you a secret,
-It means she trusts you. Keep it safe and untold
When she looks at you in your eyes,
-dont look away until she does
When she says it's over,
-she still wants you to be hers
When she reposts this bulletin,
-she wants you to read it
- Stay on the phone with her even if she's not saying anything
- When she's mad hug her tight and don't let go
- When she says she's ok don't believe it, talk with her because 10 yrs later she'll remember you
- Call her at 12:00am on her birthday to wish her & tell her you love her
- Treat her like she's all that matters to you
- Stay up all night with her when she's sick
- Watch her favorite movie with her or her favorite show even if you think it's stupid
- Offer her the world.
- Let her wear your clothes
-When she's bored and sad, hang out with her
-Let her know she's important.
- Kiss her in the pouring rain
- When she runs up to you crying, hold her tight & ask her "Whose ass am i kicking?"

Relationships.

2011-09-25T10:04:00.000-07:00

Hello. I'm really sorry for not updating my blog for the past few days. It was partly due to the fact that my college's internet has been down for almost more than five days. And fortunately during yesterday's first session of Saturday test, the internet generously came back to life. Yes. So I was sort of computerless for the past few days. Anyway, I am back now. I had Biology test yesterday and I felt that it was not too bad. Hmm, hopefully when the results are back next week I would get a sense of satisfaction about it. Right now, I'll just pray and wait. Because I think this first Biology test would really do a great deal on my future predictions for my teacher. Let's just all hope it would be a great and awesome start for now. :)

On the other hand, I feel that certain things in life are really very hard to be explained. You can't think of the specific words to really describe a situation. For example, relationships. I think it's one of the most difficult things in the world that needs to use up a lot of your brain power and energy in order to come up with a sufficiently good explanation for everything you do. I just don't understand why lately I tend to have this weird feelings, uncertainties, worries, and insecurity about everything around me. And most of it involves and occur within the relationship that I'm having now. Most people would think, why not just end it since it's causing so much problems all that? Why even bother complaining all the time when the best solution could be just ending it? Well, the answer to me is pretty simple I would say. For me, I would say that if a relationship can resort to that kind of solution that easily whenever every dilemma or hard times hit a relationship, I don't think that the both party in that relationship even treasures and appreciates the accompany they have of one another. I would think that it's just purely out of experimenting or curiousity to just have a partner without even realizing the actual whole purpose of having a relationship.

I know that in every relationship, one should always believe in each other and never hesitate and question about their trust. However, seeing from what I am experiencing now, I feel that I am going through a phase of rollercoaster. It's like I would never know what to expect the next moment; whether or not it would be another ride of thrill or just another stage that would surprise you. I think it is important that one should know what to expect and what to offer to the other in return in every relationships. But sometimes, I realize that setting expectations in a relationship will never do you any good. In fact, it would just make life even more difficult because for most of the times, I can assure you that not every other half of yours would live up to the expectation that you've had in your mind. More often, whenever I think back of what I'm having now, I will just tell myself: "Stop expecting the impossible from him. It will just drain your time and energy by thinking all these." So true enough, I've decided to stop expecting anything for good from him anymore. Instead, I will just live my days by following the flow, see what's going to come next and happen. And I will try to give all I can to face whatever that's thrown to me from this relationship. That's just it.

Whenever I think about our relationship, I often ask myself, "Is it worth my time by thinking all these? Why do I even bother thinking about mending and improving our relationship further when I don't even know whether he's doing the same thing too? How would I know whether he is not taking me for granted? HOW?!" Yes exactly. How would I even know all that when we hardly even talk about these things? It's really difficult you know. Thinking whether I should have just given up in the first place or just continue with this. But the answer is clearly quite obvious. That's why I'm still clinging on to the very last bit that I have in this relationship. Hopefully it's going to last. If it's not, then it's just too bad.

Oh well, I'm really very sorry that this post is mainly about my oh-so-boring relationship. I hope that to those of you out there who's in a relationship, treasure one another and tell each other constantly what's the problem in a relationship (only if there is, obviously). At the same time, try not to keep secrets from each other, because that would just make things even worse.

For the time being, I think the main problem in my relationship is the communication part. He always thinks that we are doing really fine that way. But honestly, I just don't see how normal and fine it is. I guess I just expect too much. Maybe I should really stop expecting anything from this relationship from now. Alright guys, I'm starting to feel that I've been talking too much about this for today. So I better end now before I keep going on and on and on....

So, till then!:)

xx.

Your love is like fire that burns for all to see.

2011-09-18T15:37:00.000-07:00

I have managed to survive week one back at Concord again. This time, the difference is, it's a bit more relaxing, less strenous than I was way back in January when I came here. Reason is pretty simple, cause we are now in 6.2 and we have almost more than 6 months time to master a whole new syllabus before we actually sit for the major A2 exams. So much more time compared to previous when we were taking AS. But I'm really glad that tough phase has passed. Right now, I have to really focus on the bigger picture, we are talking about university applications and personal statements here. No kidding. I have to prepare myself entirely to face the fact about what I am actually capable of, and not capable of doing. I really don't want to put such a high hope on something that I can't guarantee of. But one thing I'm very sure about is that I'm willing to do everything, and anything that I can to ensure that I can at least get a place at the one and only university that I'm really, truly, craving of going to further my studies in future. I hope I'll have sufficient determination and strength to go through everything to reach my goals. :)

On the other hand, yesterday was actually a highlight of my year in Concord. You know what we did and where did we go to? We went to amusement park, which is Drayton Manor located about close to 2 hours drive away from Shrewsbury. It was really, really, a great experience and such a fun thing to do. Especially when it was a chance to hang out with your friends around you to play all sorts of enjoyable and thrilling rides. I must admit that yesterday was indeed exciting and challenging. I managed to have the guts to sit almost 4 roller coaster rides altogether.

One was a standing roller coaster, which was certainly something that I have not seen before, so yesterday was officially my first :) And secondly, it was a Ben 10 roller coaster ride which was one of a kind. It had some backwards motion which was my first time experiencing too. It may seem to look like a kiddy ride, but trust me, once you actually get your ass on it, you won't even say that ever again. I sort of underestimated that ride. Teehee. But I've got to say, it was a great one indeed. ;) The third one was well, I would say one of the scariest one among all that I've sat. Know why? It had this slow motion 360 degree turn and right after that, boom, it starts accelerating to the max and off to another faster 360 degree turn.. Immediately after, there's this super high slope that the roller coaster goes to and falls after that. It was insane. That part was practically the most fearful part for myself. I will not forget the feeling of my heart almost flying out of my body and also tears flowing down automatically from my eyes. Finally, it was a ride which was really, really thrilling and fun at the same time. We strapped ourselves on the seats, and then the thing goes on and brings us round and spinning all over in the air almost doing a 360 degree turn every time heading different directions. Gosh. It's just so amazing when you start screaming your lungs out, at the same time, trying to close your eyes to enjoy yourself by not looking down at the awfully high height.

After the rides, I was really worn out. Honest. I couldn't even have the strength to bring myself up to sit for another ride. So we head for lunch and right after lunch, the fun part begins again. I actually spent on playing games just to win an enormous pink unicorn. And with my unfailing perseverance, true enough, I managed to win it in the end. Of course, with the help of my boyfriend for sponsoring me financially about 15 pounds after I've wasted so much of my money on the game and still couldn't win the thing! So, to be honest, I managed to win in the end was partly due to the person whom was in charged. He was really impressed of me keep coming back to win the toy, and so, he decided to go easy on me by giving me more chances to shoot those metal tins. Anyhow, whether or not it was a pity win or what, I still won the pink unicorn anyway! Hee. So no complaints.

Alrighty, I'm done for now. Really tired since this morning. Been to church in the morning, after that, went for yoga, and did some badminton. So yeap. It was quite a productive day for me. So not like my usual routine back in Concord. Anyways, I'm off to bed. There are classes welcoming me bright and early tomorrow!

Have a wonderful week ahead guys.
With much love,
Krystal.

Time is ticking.

2011-09-10T00:09:00.000-07:00

Oh my. Officially another two more days before I really head back to the land far, far away called Shrewsbury. Yes. That's where I'm going back. Ahhhh. I know definitely I'll miss home, once again. And knowing that you will be experiencing the same kind of feeling again, that just creates one kind of weird feeling in me. I'm very sure it would take me for about a week or more to adjust myself all over again before I finally settle in and get used to the whole idea of being away from home.

At the same time, I don't know what to say, but I haven't been doing much packing lately. I don't even know what to bring back to the UK. I have tons of new clothes, shoes, bags, accessories and so many other things which I don't know which to prioritize first. I have a huge bag of new clothes ready to be worn during this coming winter which I haven't experienced before in my life. So, it's certainly going to be something to look forward to. But, when it comes to sorting out which clothes are better off to bring and which are better to be left behind, I'm really bad at it. I would say, the conclusion would result in myself bringing both. I truly, truly despise heavy-duty packing like this when it comes to travelling back to a place so far away where you're going to spend so many months abroad. And the following reasons would clearly tell you why.

You want to bring your whole wardrobe back, but clearly, you can't.
You want to bring a few pairs of heels, but you know they aren't really necessary especially when you will be spending most of your time in the boarding school.
You want to select the cosmetic items which are really essential but you think you need them all.
You want to bring every hair accessories back but the truth is, you rarely even wear them.
You feel like bringing back a few novels in case you have the time to read them, but honestly, you won't even touch them when you're back.
You want to choose a few dresses that you think you would have the chance to wear during special ocassion (in case there are) but in the end, you don't know how to make up your mind.
You don't know whether the clothes you have back in college are sufficient or not, so, you keep adding new ones into your luggage, which eventually result in overload baggage.
You want to take back a few new bag packs but another question is, which would you need the most? Especially when you're in a boarding school. And what handbag should I really bring back this time?
You think you need a few more pairs of shoes, but you don't know whether to choose boots, normal sneakers, or another pair of slippers.

YES. As you can see, there are certainly loads of problems when it comes to packing for me. The above are the problems that I usually encounter whenever I have to do a round of packing to go back to the UK. And true enough, there are actually a few more problems, or shall I say, A LIST OF THEM actually. *bangs head* Such a pain. I don't know whether should I be worried, happy, excited, sad, or what since I would be going back in a few days time, and whether I should really worry about my packing now or not. Alright. I think why not I use the remaining time that I have now to start packing and really stop getting distracted by the game Tetris in Facebook, thankssss.

Okie dokes. I guess that's enough for now. Gotta head back to packing now.

Till then guys.

LOVE,

Krystal.

Belief.

2011-09-05T04:45:00.000-07:00

Helloo peeps.

Guess what? Today I went on an organic diet! Had organic lunch today at a place where I've been planning to dine for a very long time already. Anyways, I've newly created this header, I know it's not really that "wow" but I hope it's good enough to stay on this blog of mine before I finally find a better one. Tehee.

Okie dokes.
Life's been pretty tiring lately. I wonder does it have to do with the fact that I've recently recovered from a severe throwing up & diarrhea session, or is it just because I don't know what else to do rather than wasting my time in front of the computer until the wee hours till the next morning? Hmm. That leaves a big question mark in my head.

Oh well, on the other hand, I hate to say this, but my summer holidays is almost coming to an end. And that means, I have to finally head back to reality, to a place so far away that I don't even know why did I choose that place in the first place. Anyhow, these aren't the important thing right now. What I have to really think about now is my PERSONAL STATEMENT. I've basically completed a few drafts for my personal statement and till today, I still find that they aren't good enough. Could it be due to the lack of confidence that I have in myself? Or is it that I am academically challenged by soooo many students around me? Yeah. That could be it. I know I may not be the brightest, smartest and the one that actually excelled exceedingly well in this AS exam that I've recently sat for, but I believe that nothing's going to stop me from pursuing Chemical Engineering as a degree in University. I just can't stand the fact that people always tend to look down on me, thinking that it's a degree that I have to think more than TWICE before making the decision. I know what I'm up to, and signing up myself for, and I am definitely prepared to face it in future. So, quit telling me what isn't the right thing or what is the best thing for me. I just wish that I could prove these people wrong in the coming days.

It's a bit frustrating whenever you listen to people telling you how bad you are, and that they think they know so well about how you are going to perform in your exams. But deep down inside, you are the only one that knows all these aren't true, because you are going to blow their minds off by surprising them when the real thing happens. That's it. That's just what I keep telling myself. I know that even though these people think they know what's the BEST for you, but do they actually know how it feels when you want something so badly, yet, they try to break your spirit by saying things that defeat you? I truly, truly hope that when I go back to Concord this time, I may have proven some teachers wrong; especially to those who not only have not had any faith in me at all, but also constantly telling me that I'm not up to par. I just hope that I might have made them change their minds. I hope that I won't have to experience anything like this for the rest of my days in college anymore. Let's all cheer for a great start of new semester as seniors back at college! ;)

Alrighty, I guess that's just about it for now. Gotta go now. Will update more.

XO.
Krystalho.

Astonishment.

2011-09-04T09:32:00.000-07:00

Hello readers. I'm back from Hong Kong.

Well, to sum it all, my Hong Kong trip this time was rather surprising.
For the first few days, I really enjoyed walking, eating and spending quality time with my family all that. Also, not to forget, the shopping was awesome. I bought tons of new clothes that I can bring back to the UK to wear, a brand new bag *cough Balenciaga cough* that I adore to the max, and some cosmetics. This trip was most certainly rewarding I tell you;)

Then the second last day, I managed to meet up with Michael who lives in HK. hehe. It was quite a good time catching up with him. He brought me along Causeway Bay and also to a place like an arcade. Something that you often see in Midvalley or Sunway Pyramid. Does that explain much? I don't know how to describe it, but yeah. To my surprise, it wasn't that a bad place after all. Because whenever I walk in to all these places back in KL, most of the time the place will not leave good impression on me. And mostly, I would walk out of the place immediately without thinking twice whether or not I should hang out and play the games in that area. So yeah. The one in Hong Kong was like a whole new type of arcade place. Nothing like the ones you can find in KL. It's rather clean and safe you know. I wouldn't feel insecure or having the need to worry about anything. Also, there's a security guard standing outside the whole time watching. Teehe. So basically we played for quite a while. It was really nice; from playing the drums, piano, guitar, and smashing onto the buttons like maniacs. Haha. The whole thing was quite new to me. If you ask, I would definitely say give it a try too. ;)

Alright... Then, the next day which was Saturday. It was the day where we were flying back to KL. And then, the surprising part comes in. When I wake up in the morning as usual, wanted to clean up all that to prepare for breakfast before departing to the airport, suddenly, the feeling of diarrhea & to puke came. I wasn't prepared for this at all. My stomach felt like it had taken in the wrong food the day before and it really made me felt extremely uncomfortable. After several rounds of defecating & throwing up, it was finally time for us all to get into the car and head to the HK airport. And with an empty stomach, I left the hotel and headed to the aiport.

Once we've arrived at the airport, my face was almost ghost-like. It was really pale and I couldn't even stand properly and walk like a normal person. I was holding quite tightly onto my mum's arm while I was walking along the what seemed-like-it-takes-forever-to-walk-down ramp's of HK airport the entire time. Finally after the ramp, I see some chairs, and thought I could rush towards the chairs to rest before heading to the counter to check-in. AND SUDDENLY. I just couldn't feel my legs and my vision just went blur in short.

I thought I could fight back. I even thought I could stop myself from fainting because I knew something wasn't right and something was about to happen to me already. But before I could even control myself from letting that something happen to me, I just blacked out. I couldn't even recall how did everything happen. All I could remember was hearing my mum shouting and calling for my dad who walks really fast ahead of us most of the time and her pulling me up strongly with her hands to prevent me from falling down to the ground. And then, the next moment when I woke up, I was resting on a chair already. I really thank God that there were a group of really helpful and kind Indonesians lady who offered helping hands to me. They applied oinment on my stomach area, neck and head. Because of the ointment, it managed to wake me up again. It was really quite a frightful moment for myself. The moment that I blacked out, I thought to myself: "This is it, I'm never going to catch the plane back to KL. I might not be able to wake up that soon, I know it, judging by the remaining strength that I have in me."

However, I really have to thank God for such a supporting family and also for providing me with helping hands when I needed them the most. The Indonesians were as though angels sent by Him. I could feel it. It's not something that happen so often. And most importantly, I can be very certain that there are not many people out there who are willing to offer help like they do. :) Really thankful for everything yesterday. Even though I had to suffer throughout the flight which delayed for about an hour again and also experienced some puking during my flight, I still thank God that in the end, I managed to arrive back home safe and sound. At the same time, I have to really thank Him for such a fast healing rate. :) In the end, everything turned out right. And see, here I am again today, blogging every bit that happened to me yesterday.

Okie dokes, I think this post of mine may not seem that appealing to read for you guys, but to me, everything that I've written is really based on what really happened to me; from my personal experience which I'm willing to share with everyone of you:) I hope you guys enjoy the post and I'm off to bed soon! So, I will definitely blog as often as I can before I head back to the UK again next Monday!

Till then,
Krystal. much love*

It's magic

2011-08-29T03:52:00.000-07:00

Hey guys!

Gosh. I redone the whole process of applying my personal domain for my blog. And guess what? FINALLY. IT'S WORKING.

HALLELUJAH! hehe.

I'm so happy & excited at the same time. Now, I'm proud to say that besides www.juicystrawberries.blogspot.com, you, my fellow readers can successfully reach me @ www.krystalho.net as well. :)

Happy happy. Speaking of some happy news, I would be flying off to Hong Kong tomorrow morning! Yaay. I am finally going somewhere during my almost 2 months plus of summer break. See? That explains why I'm so excited at the moment. Also, will be meeting up with probably a HK friend of mine :) Another happy thing. Teehe.

Alrighty, that should be it for now. The rest, I shall update probably when I'm done from my holidays.

Till then,
Krystal.

Puzzled

2011-08-23T09:27:00.001-07:00

Hello guys. I know I have been disappeared for a while now.. Problem is, I thought my own custom domain could work after three days, just like what they told me, but NO. Until now, I still have no idea how the thing will work. Gosh. It made me so paranoid for the past few days. The anticipation of having my own blog domain name has finally wore off now. I realized it might not work after all. *sad face* Anyways, I just have so much to tell right now. But the thing is, my blog being all messed up and lost like that just made me not want to blog anymore :( It's just too depressing. aiks. I just want my blog to be back again. That's all I want!.

Oh well. If you don't hear me, that means I might have given up in blogging or lost elsewhere.

Till then,
xoxo.
KRYSTAL.

Don't be too clingy

2011-08-16T08:22:00.000-07:00

Loving my sister's face expression here while I'm all plastered with a smile on my face! ;) Heheh. Well, what can I do without you in my life, sister? :)

XOXO.
I think tomorrow's the day where I'll finally get my own domain for my blog! heee.

ps. I have to keep questioning myself what's the problem.

Decisions

2011-08-14T01:21:00.001-07:00

Hey guys, I'm thinking of getting my own domain. Finally.

The thought of having my very own domain I remembered was long time ago, and back then, it still seemed a little impossible for me. I've been in the blogsphere for almost 5 years now. I still remember those days of using blogdrive.com before switching to blogspot.com for good. However, I think I'm ready to get my own domain now already :)

But one thing that's been bothering me. It's the name that I should put for my blog. Do you think krystal-ho.com is better, or krystalho.net?! I can't make up my mind. I have to make a choice. It's just a choice that I can't seemed to make. Here is when I really need opinions from all of you!!! Your opinions are deeply appreciated:)

thankyou.

Krystal.

Faith

2011-08-11T08:34:00.000-07:00

Today's been overall another usual day. Except a thing to be really happy & proud of, my cousin brother, Eugene's AS results! Gosh. All A's that guy. Brilliant. Am so happy for him, truly he's a child of God. Yes! :) And indeed, God is good! Isn't it? If you choose to put your faith in Him, no matter how hard the situation is, something good in return will happen to you as long as you continue to believe and trust Him. That's why, I choose to put my faith in Him too since a long time ago:) Trust me, it probably is the best thing that has ever happened to you once you do that.

Goodnight world. Tomorrow's going to be the day where I collect my IELTS results! Wish me luck! I need them :)

XX

Tomorrow will be a better day.

2011-08-10T00:33:00.000-07:00

My fellow readers,
my sincere apologies for the lack of updates. I must admit that last week was truly a week filled with chaos and worries that had led me to no where good but just a state in between of confusion and uncertainty. It was quite a difficult week for me in terms of coping with my feelings and all that. I just thought of giving up for a moment; separating. The idea of being just friends for good even appeared and ran through my mind several times during that week. But thank God, after Sunday's Holy Communion and service, I was so much better. I felt that He was speaking to me particularly. The sermons were as though hinting or telling me that I needed to do something. However, thankfully, I managed to clear the air as soon as he was back from holiday. I'm so glad that almost every little thing that needed to be discussed and talked about has been sorted out. Well, it may not have been the easiest thing when it came to discussing about the problems that has aroused, but, at the end of the day, I'm really happy to see that both sides have finally come to a better term. I feel that it's always better letting the other know about how you feel about the relationship and all rather than keeping everything to yourself. It's better to let them know than never, isn't it? Hehe, I'm so sorry that you all have to read this long-winded post of mine about this.

Oh well, on a brighter note, I would like to show you what's been keeping my time occupied throughout my summer holidays.

This, is what I'm currently watching.

Material Queen.

What can I say? The woman in the show has truly shown me how some people in today's society that allow materials overtake love in their lives and also how far to that extend they can go in order to crave for a better life. It's quite a different Taiwanese drama from what I've watched so far. But one thing for sure is, I can tell that this show is truly worth watching because it certainly is something that happens quite frequent in today's world. The storyline is no doubt a great one I can assure you ;) Why don't you give it a try too? :)

Having second thoughts about whether or not you should watch this drama? Why not just click and watch the trailer bellow to get an overall idea of what to expect from this show :)

Besides that,

Drunken to love you 醉后决定爱上你

This show, on the other hand, I've been watching and chasing episodes after episodes since I was in the UK. Now, they have aired up to episode 17 in Taiwan. So I've basically watched up till there too. This drama, it's comedy + romance in my opinion. It can somehow make you tear but at the same time, making you laugh till you don't stop. That's what I can say about this drama. But if you're the type of person who can't stand all these typical Taiwan dramatic love stories, I suggest that you don't bother watching it. It might not be your kind of drama. ;) But it won't harm giving it a try you know :)

I just loved the way the director has chosen to portray the guy main character in this drama. They have made him so firm and serious, but contrastingly, such a loving and caring man too. It really is a show that I advise girls like me (hehe) to watch. Almost everything that the guy main character has said to the girl and done for her in this show, are things that just melt your heart instantly as soon as you hear it and watch it. After listening or watching it, part of you might silently be hoping that your partner or the other half might say or even do the same thing to you, hopefully, one day. So just give this drama a go too if you're looking for something less action or realistic but more on the relaxing plus romantic side! :D

Lastly,

City Hunter

Well well well, this Korean drama is not your typical love story that you normally watch from any Korean dramas. It's filled with actions, great storyline and also lots of mysteries. Not to forget, a sweet love story too. I've watched until episode 6 for this show so far. But you know, this show is truly good I'm telling you. There's no way that you can compare it to Secret Garden or any other Korean dramas. It's really a great one. It started off very differently too. So, don't expect it to be all innocent and lovey-dovey. Be prepared to be stunned by the action scenes, killing, and fighting that this drama offer! Plus, another brilliant reason why you can't resist this drama is because of my all-time favourite Lee Min-Ho! Oh gosh, this drama has totally taken him to a whole new level. A more matured, and stronger side of him is portrayed in this drama. Something that we might not have seen before from Personal Taste or Boys Over Flowers. You would be super surprised and happy to see what character that he plays in this drama! So, wanna give it a go? I'll let you to decide that! :)

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Okie dokie, this is all for now! I gotta go do my exercise now! :D Been lazying for almost 2 days without any exercise already. I wonder how much fats and weights that I've gained back again after successfully burning them off for the past few weeks! Geee. So, I won't blabber much already. This is it for now. Hope you guys enjoyed the post ;)

XX.

ps; I finally drove on the highway on Sunday to church. All thanks to my cousin, Shermin! :D She's my motivational pill. Teehee.

It's best to end it.

2011-08-07T09:13:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear readers. This, has indeed been my source of happiness over the week:) I thank God for such a lovely sister. Never once regret having her in my life;)

XX

Love like fire.

2011-08-01T00:58:00.000-07:00

Hello people!

I've completed my IELTS exam, finally :D

& that is the one thing that I've probably completed during my summer holidays. Hopefully it all goes well, because in my opinion, I think I gave my best for the written part especially. Task 1 writing part was on a graph about the undergraduates in UK, while Task 2 was a discussion about whether the government should ban dangerous sports or whether or not people should be given the freedom to do the sporting activity that they choose. We were told to give reasons for our sides, and possibly give some explanation about your own experience and knowledge. So yeah, I was actually siding that people should be given the freedom blablabla.. And at the same time, I described about my personal experience in doing ballet as a type of sports. From there, I somewhat tried to connect the idea of whatever sport that we do in our lives, do bring danger to us in a way. I hope I managed to pull that off. But really, from what I think, I thought that I really did quite well on that. I truly, truly hope that I wouldn't be needing to sit IELTS for a second time. *fingers crossed* Let's just all look forward to the day that the results would be out, which is going to be around 13th of August. Going to pray about it till then!

Alright, I think that's quite enough about my IELTS exam already. I wouldn't want you to read about that for all day. Tehee. Anyway, my AS-level results are going to be out officially at the 18th of August! GOSH. That is 17 more days for me, to be precise. I am having all sorts of feeling at once. I really hope that this AS results are going to be sufficiently good for me to start making decisions for applying to the universities that I want to go, and from this results, I would be able to make a solid decision about what degree that I truly want to study in future. Or possibly the degree that I'm actually qualified to study with the results. Right now, Chemical Engineering is still my first choice. Oh well, this is so nerve wrecking! I wish that everything would really turn out well. I really want it to.

Okie dokes, I think I'm going to go and start loading the videos of SYTYCD Season 8 USA that I've missed last week! :) Gotta go then.

Will update soon;)

Till then,

Wish you were here.

2011-07-27T06:01:00.000-07:00

I love this necklace from Tiffany & Co. Simple & gorgeous. It could be one of my list of birthday presents for next year or maybe something that I would like to reward myself somewhere this year :D

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Oh well, life's been pretty much the same every day. I've been editing & editing my personal statement over & over again for the past few days. It just seems that I have so much more to do.. I have to really make sure that I'm picking the right choice in life. So stressful yet exciting at the same time. Gosh. Is this what life is supposed to be? Filled with unexpectations and surprises all at once.. It really is true when they say: "Life is no doubt a rollercoaster." I agree with that statement. Apart from that, I'm quite happy that I've been doing my normal exercise routine quite frequently:) Definitely worth burning those fats that I didn't manage to burn off during my days in the UK. It really feels good and refreshing too once you've sweat out and burn those calories. It is really rewarding, I tell you. The feeling is happy :) Hehe.

Okay, I think I'm going nuts here talking about what exercising could make you feel. Haha. I just want to start doing something really productive. I have in fact send in a resume to F&N for an internship, if possible, I would really hope to be given the opportunity to shadow a chemical engineer there. Right now, I'll just pray & wish that they would accept my internship as soon as possible. Finally, I'm doing something productive tomorrow besides staying at home as usual. I have to wake up in the morning to go for my IELTS speaking test. Feeling a bit anxious, nervous and excited at the moment. All mixed feelings at once. I hope everything goes on really smoothly *fingers crossed!*

Not only that, I am also going out tomorrow to meet up with my bestie, Chloe :) I am sure that I'll be having loads of fun & nice time tomorrow. I can feel it already. Heheh. Definitely looking forward to the shopping hours & endless of chit-chats with her! :) Besides that, another thing to look forward to is the dinner with him tmrw night:) I hope I would have a nice time with him. Haven't been seeing him for quite a while now. Oh well, we shall see how everything goes aite tmrw? Teehee.

Okie dokes people, have a great day tomorrow and wish me luck for my IELTS speaking test for tomorrow and the actual IELTS test on Saturday!! ;)

xxo

Where are they when you need them the most?

2011-07-19T02:32:00.000-07:00

Today was indeed quite a day. Woke up early in the morning. The earliest so far since I've come back from UK: 8 o'clock. Anyway, went to the Curve for dad's opening then ate lunch with Melody, the rest as well as Aunty Pat+Su Wen :) It was good in my opinion. hee.

Okie dokes, I'm actually in a midst of sort of a dilemma now. I don't know why lately I get easily agitated by small little things that he does/says/whatever. Is that a bad sign or something? Oh well. I don't know. Probably it's a sign indicating that my monthly visitor is on her way:(

Managed to take some pictures after I came back from lunch today.

Sorrrrrryyyy :p

Rainbows

2011-07-17T08:09:00.000-07:00

Today was indeed a very productive and good day. I was so happy to finally be able to see most of my cousins from my mum's side altogether again, given that I've missed this year's Chinese New Year, so it definitely brought lots of happy moments back again;)

Apart from that, it was also great to finally be able to take loads of family pictures be it with my cousins or entire family. It felt so good, I'm telling you:) I haven't been taking a complete & proper family portrait since beginning of this year because my elder brother was also back for holidays at the same time with me.. So, today pretty much replaced the Chinese New Year days that I've missed. Since today was basically my first time taking so many pictures with my relatives ever since my last farewell party at the end of last year.

Besides, it was actually such a wonderful Sunday today. Know why? My whole family which is the four of us, siblings, and my parents which makes up the six of us, we actually went out together until dinner and came back. We did most of the things together as a family today too, which was really nice. It felt like it's been so long since we've had such a family outing.

Overall, I'm glad that today turned out waaaay better than the word WELL. Teehee.

Tomorrow's going to be quite a normal day for me since my two younger siblings have school to attend, and elder brother will most probably be out, so as my parents which will head off to work in the morning. So that basically leaves me alone with my maids. Oh well, I'll sure find a way to keep myself occupied. Probably spend my time on cardio, skipping rope, some sit-ups and all that which makes up almost an hour plus. Hmmm the remaining hours, I'll probably be in front of the tv drooling over the oh-so-hot-ever Damon from Vampire Diaries (I got my season 2 part 3 already!!:D)

Okie dokes, I guess this is it for today. Will try my very best to keep this blog pretty much alive while I still have time to do so;) Have a great start of the week tomorrow, my lovely readers!

XOXO

krys.

2011-07-16T07:41:00.001-07:00

Sometimes I really don't understand the whole point of this. I'm clueless. Lost. & somehow confused whenever I'm around you. Is this finally what I see, true colours?

I must be living in a dream.

2011-07-13T23:56:00.000-07:00

HAHA. Behold! & Make sure you take a breather first before you start scrolling down because whatever you're bound to see later might give you a shock of your life.

teehee.

I present you the oh-so-many pictures of yours truly ever since I came back from the UK. :)

My face clearly says it all: HAPPINESS. hehe.

!!!

Oh well, I haven't been able to take such pictures for such a long time. For most of the time it's just pure camwhore pictures, I can tell. But these, well, they just potray a different side of me, which pictures less stressful and a happier side of me. Hehe.

Okie dokie, enough of the craps. I bet you would wanna know how well did my summer holidays go so far. Hmmm, I've been going out & meeting friends for the past few weeks. Also, I managed to hang out with some friends at Red Box for the first time in my life. It was quite an experience I must say. But a good one though. :) I've been going out a lot lately, but surprisingly, I haven't been doing that much shopping since I came back. Hehe, well part of it may be due to the over excessive of shopping that I've already done when I was in London last month. I am a very very happy girl as I've now managed to update my wardrobe of bag collection. The brother bought me a limited edition Prada bagpack from Aussie, which I must say, I truly adore it to the max. :) *thank you so much* At the same time, I have some new Mulberry bags, part of it is the limited edition snake print leather bag; Mulberry Alexa which is of the classic colour; two Lily including one green shimmer leather which is of limited edition, and another classic black one. I loved each and everyone of them. It's made my life so much easier by enabling to complete my outfit look of the day whenever I go out. I must say, they are really, really easy to be matched with.

Besides, I haven't been able to shop for cosmetics that much recently partly because I've came to my senses that I really do own quite an amount of make-up collection until a certain extend that I tend to neglect them. Some may be of brand new and untouched items. I really begin to feel that I've been splurging my money on unnecessary items. Not only that, the reason is I've sort of reduced the amount of usage on cosmetics for quite some time already. I feel really bad. Somehow, I begin to feel really lazy whenever it comes to applying make-up on your face although I'm sure those of you who knows me very well sure understand that I'm a person who certainly enjoy putting make-up be it my face or on other's face;) hmm. Maybe I should start investing on good, leather bags & also shoes as well as clothings from now onwards.

On the other hand, I managed to catch the premier of Harry Potter with my boyfriend & a few of his family members yesterday. It was good:) I didn't feel the long, dreadful hours of sitting in the cinema watching Harry Potter, compared to the previous time. Well, that could possibly be because the movie's pretty good this time since it's the finale for HP already.

I'm still doubtful about whether should I start picking a picture to draw on my new canvas that I've bought since don't know ages ago, or just leave it. If I'm really going to draw, should I pick a contemporary art painting, or an abstract one? I don't know!!

Alright, I'm going to end my awfully long post here for today. I do realize that I've been super laid back in the blogworld for quite some time already. So forgive me if my post really do bore the hell out of some of you. Please accept my apologies. :) Have a great week ahead, my lovely readers, will be back soon!

ps. Going to continue watching SYTYCD USA Season 8 from where I've stopped since last week!

Krystal.

Wonders

2011-05-28T16:49:00.000-07:00

I'm finally smiling thaaaat BIG after so long. hehe. Went to Birmingham with a group of friends today :) It was really good. It was a great way to de-stress after such a long time! Anyway, gotta wake up early in the morning tmrw again cause I'm travelling to London to meet up with my family! :) That explains the smile on my face too. ;)

alrighttyyy, goodbye people.

Till then.xx