Nay-a-Holic

iPhone 4s

2012-01-21T23:53:00.001+08:00

That's right! You didn't see the title wrong.

Sometime ago I posted saying that I got a great Christmas present even though my Christmas was rather boring. Took some time for the present to reach here, but finally it came!

Bought it off from the Apple Online Store, which explains the long 2 weeks for it to be processed, shipped and delivered to my house.

Came in a delivery box from DHL. Too bad the battery adapter was unusable when it came. Had to go till Midvalley to have it changed. That's one point off the marks Apple!

iPhone has AMAZING photo apps! That's all I can say. Follow me on instagram! My username is "shanayxw"!

Welcome to the iPhone world!

BTW the girl on my lock screen is Izuoka Misaki,
my favorite model from Popteen Magazine! <3

iPhone 4 me?

Shanay

Dec 2011 Photos

2012-01-12T22:43:00.001+08:00

This blog post is a bit late due to the havoc of Christmas and New Year's Eve and New Year, but nevertheless December post is still up now!

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My poor brother that had no keys to open the door. Forced to sit on the ground and wait for us to come save him! Hilarious!

With my finals here, I really need all the inspiration and motivation I can get. Sadly those aren't always available. I'm stuck now also ><

Blackberry won't allow me to rotate photos when I upload them, and Blogger won't let me rotate them as well. So.... the photo would be easier understood if you turn your head 90 degrees anti clockwise.

These are PART of my sister's comic book/anime collections. We have the popular ones (Naruto, Detective Conan, Bleach..etc etv) and also a lot of not so popular ones and many that are not easy to find in the market already. Added up they might worth more than thousands!

These are what designers call color chart. Had to buy one due to the offset color caused by my computer screen. Orange and Red get mixed up during printing all the time!

A gross picture of an ice-cream red bean potong stick. This photo was taken before I started eating it, and as you can see...the stick is like effing short! The other huge half of it was stuck insde the ice-cream stick! I had to use the tip of my two fingers to grab hold of it, eat it, and lick the melting sides at the same time!

Yup, the cute Viva is mine. Amazed by my parking skill? Try it next time when you visit One Utama Shopping Centre. New Wing parking lot highest floor.

No idea why the management wanted to leave such a big space between two yellow boxes and waste the space that could be made into another yellow parking box....but never mind, I showed them that they should. Either way I'm still using that spare space. =)

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Stay tuned for my next post,

Shanay

2012 New Year's Resolution

2012-01-06T09:25:00.000+08:00

I know its already 6th of January!! But I've been busy since New Year's Eve and stressing about my Final Year Project, so I didn't have the time to blog this!!

So.. New Year's Resolutions. Last year I had one done, but sadly I didn't really achieve most of them. Mostly because most of them were more inner-self stuff, like personality changes and all. This year it won't be like that anymore.

1. Get through my final year project and graduate Diploma.
Something more soon that I desperately need encouragment with. Seeing that I'm currently stuck in half the progress, I really gotta move at a faster pace now. And I really need a A for this one.

2. Get my portfolio done and send out with my applications to many many many Univercities in UK
Who know's which will want me and which won't? Though I might find out later that most of them need a huge amount of application fee. Well, that's a problem for future me.

3. Stop being timid and take the big steps
No more "safe path" anymore. Life is about taking risks!

4. Have a kick-ass 21st Birthday
That's right! I'm 21 now! And my blog profile still says I'm 20. Doesn't count untill I'm over with my birthday!

5. Keep fit
I look the same, but the numbers have gone way up last year. I finally realised, even with the slim blessing that I though would follow me for life, I might actually get super fat one day. And daily exercises really help with my health condition. Less headaches, better sleep.

6. Be more independent and friendly to people
I have no idea how I'm gonna live alone nine months from now. And start all over at a new place with a bunch of strangers.

7. Be with the family as much as possible
Better to do it now then regret it when I can't.

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That's all I can think of right now. I suppose there's much more, but then again a New Year's Resolution is just a form of reminding one's ownself.

Although its 6 days late, I'm still gonna wish everybody Happy New Year 2012! =)

One great year ahead,

Shanay

Good Bye 2011

2011-12-31T22:45:00.000+08:00

At the beginning of 2011, I wrote down my New Year's Resolution. (see here). Other than the first one, I didn't really achieve any of them. Seems like a year is really not enough for big changes.

Now, in the blink of an eye 2011 is almost over. There's a saying that as you get older, times goes by faster.

What was 2011 for you?

2011 was a year of making choices and deciding.

2011 was a year of dealing with stuff that had never been though of before.

2011 was a year of growing up, whether I liked it or not.

2011 was a year that made me realise how heavy the responsibility on my shoulders would, and were; how to grasp on to stuff that I had right now before I lost them to time.

Life is just as simple as this. You don't have another chance to be twenty.

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Sometimes I really wonder, what will happen to us after we graduate. Can we still stay the same way we are now? Can we still just sit down at a random place, and chat till who knows who long?

I'll leave all the mushy mushy drama talk till next year when we graduate. But it'll still be the same sentance : College would never had been the same without you guys.

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I doubt anyone counts the days since they last met each other like we do.

It's been more than 2 months now, but every weekend I still think of the possibilities of us meeting up. Distance is a bitch, and not a very kind one either.

But I can still see into the far future, where our kids will be happily playing together, and calling each of us Auntie something! =)

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Through thick and thin, there are people who still stand by your side. When you're feeling that it the responsibility your age should handle, there are still people that pat you on your head and get everything done for you.

No matter where and when, deep down you still wanna feel like a child.

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2011 is counting down, and 2012 is just right around the corner.

I saw this quote from the movie "New Year's Eve" that day, and I think it's really inspiring. The scene was right after the ball drop at New York Time's Square stopped halfway.

It's suspended there to remind us before we pop the champagne and celebrate the new year, to stop and reflect on the year that has gone by. To remember both our triumphs and our missteps, our promises made and broken. The times we opened ourselves up to great adventures or closed ourselves down for fear of getting hurt coz that is what new years is all about- getting another chance. A chance to forgive, to do better, to do more, to give more, to love more. And stop worrying about what if and start embracing what would be. So when that ball drops at midnight and it will drop, let's remember to be nice to each other, kind to each other. And not just tonight but all year long.

I never did really announce this to everyone, but I alread have a solid plan of flying off to UK next year, and stay there for my degree for two years. It isn't a very long time, yet it isn't a short breeze of time either. That would explain all my sentimental and emotional moments, I guess. The fact of knowing I won't be on the same land next year this time makes me sad.

I know I did a lot of stupid wrong stuff in 2011, and I know I did a great deal of good stuff in 2011 as well.

I'm sorry to those I offended, I apologize for everything I did wrong. At the same time, I'm grateful at those who helped me throughout this long year, and I'm glad to have the love of so many people.

谢谢你们爱我的每个人

Good Bye 2011,
may you step slowly into history, and bring with you all misfortunes of the year.

Hello 2012,
may you be the new chance everyone of us deserves to get.

Angels bought everyone here,

Shanay

2011 Recap Photos

2011-12-30T23:09:00.000+08:00

This has gonna be a traditional yearly-post by now.

RECAP OF 2011!

First Photo of 2011! @Sunway Pyramid

2011 started out as usual, with the beginning of a new, and also my last normal semester at College.

And I still had the cute bangs that I experimented during Dec 2010. Really looks so different, even to myself. But it made my face look so damn small. >< Got the urge to go cut it again.....

January 2011 Cute bangs!

Too bad they started to grow up and end up at an awkward length.

February 2011 - Valentines Flowers!

And of course, there was my brother coming back from Italy after being a transfer student there for almost 2 months. Home just wasn't the same without him. (link)

March was a busy month, with the end of a semester coming really soon.

March 2011 - Stress!

In just the year 2011 I got in the Segi College Dean's List twice. Such a honor! And it looks great on my resume =) (link)

April 2011

A Food Bazaar was held in April for our Principles of Marketing Subject. It was really great to be among the highest earning groups, and being personally praised by our lecturer. A lot of hard work was put into this whole event, and the success was really the credit of all my group members! So proud of us! (link)

In May I started my Internship at a small design company in Puchong. I never really blogged about it due to various reasons, but if I were to say the biggest impact of the year, this would be it.

I spent around 3 months working as an intern, experiencing the dull working life, and 2 more months on and off working part time. What I experienced, what I learned, what I came to realise... was way more than just academic purposes.

Perhaps years later I'd look back and say, that it was at this point of life that made me see all the wrongs in my life, and made me choose what I did choose at that point.

June 2011

And then.. my dear Mark graduated from College! We started college at almost the same time, but now she's already a diploma holder! Envy to the max! (link)

People come and go, but the ones who leave leaves in sorrow, while the one who comes is surrounded by joy. So glad that this year it was all joy and no sorrow.

July 2011

July 2011- I reached the second milestone of my life : my twentieth birthday. No matter how dreadful I was of this age, it still had to come. That's just life. (link)

I was really happy to see all the people that took turns in showing me that there are still people in this world that cared. Having my own birthday in the middle of my internship was really a pain in the ass. Especially since my birthday was on Thursday, a working day.

Friends, distance pulls us apart, but times just gets us closer.

At the same time I also opened a new Facebook account for those I really knew. (Add me HERE if you haven't!) And I got my first ever Blackberry!

While I was celebrating my 2nd decade in this world, my parents were ready to celebrate their 50th Birthday! (Chinese calendar counting of course) And since it was such an important date, there was an important celebration at Marriot Hotel Putrajaya! (link)

September 2011

And officially, my last semester at Segi College Subang Jaya started during October. My sis flew off to Cardiff, UK to finish her law studies, while my brother moved into a hostel at Nilai to be near to his college, leaving me to be the only child at home.

Life was really lonely at first, with no one next door to talk to, no one downstairs for me to kacau every now and then.... And that would explain my significantly decreasing of blogging during that period of time. Life was boring and un-fun..

October 2011

No matter what my camera and my cam-whoring is still going on 24/7, 365 days 12 months! Looking back at it now, I'm really grateful I started doing this since 2008. Every photo was a memory and is a history. Perhaps someday I'll compile all of them into a photobook for the 50 year old me to see! =)

November 2011

Mummy bought a new car during November. It's been a long time since my house had a car this size. And it's a really smart car that's worth it's price!

December 2011

As my latest blog posts would tell you, I spent Christmas at Penang (link), and that basically wraps up all recaps of 2011. One really long blog post, full of photos but lacks feelings.

So there will be one more blog post before 2012 comes! Stay tuned! I only have one day left to get it done!

Remembering and creating,

Shanay

Christmas at Penang

2011-12-29T13:56:00.002+08:00

24 December 2011, Saturday

The journey from KL to Penang was tiring. Rained half the way and jammed with the traffic for the other half. Seems like everyone was rushing back home for Christmas that weekend.

Reach Penang so late there was barely time for anything. My aunt did bring me and my family to Straits Quay late that night though. It was literally FULL of people. And couples.

25 December 2011, Sunday

The main reason of our visit to Penang during this festive season : my cousin brother's wedding. Almost all my relatives from my mother's side were there for this big celebration. A lot of kids, a lot of relatives, and a lot of people I only knew by sight.

Dad and Mum going through the drinking tea ceremony.

My family, my popo and my eldest aunt's family with the married couple!

And as usual, there was the dinner celebration at night.

Main table decoration

Me and my little cousin sister.

And lastly, a photo of the married couple...

So simply, there was nothing Christmas-y about the whole visit to Penang at all. I do not know why I typed Christmas in the title anyway.

But I got one great Christmas present that will blow your mind off. Stay tuned!

Photos : Facebook Album
(Credits to my brother for taking most of them)

All I want for Christmas is you,

Shanay

Merry Christmas

2011-12-25T09:30:00.000+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

This year I'm a reindeer! As if. HAHA.

Spending my Christmas at a wedding at Penang this year, but Christmas should still be celebrated!

Did Santa came to your house and filled your stocking last night? Loads of Christmas presents? =)

Hope everyone has a great Christmas today! Here's one nice Christmas song that I personally like very much. Enjoy the Christmas feel!

Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell,

Shanay

Winter Solstice 2011

2011-12-22T20:38:00.002+08:00

22 December 2011, Thursday

冬至快乐！汤圆节快乐！

Just noticed that today is written as 111222. Triples numbers, cool huh? And you seldom see me actually updating my blog post at the exact same date as written on the top of the blog post. With Christmas and New Year coming I might just be punctual for a change!

Once again it's the time of the year where "tang yuan"s are suddenly a very popular food. My facebook and twitter feeds are full of photos of them, and people discussing about them.

But then again, it really is a tradition that should be kept, even as we grow up.

This year Mum was a bit busy with other stuff, so she bought ready-made rice balls from Jusco, which was different from our usual self-making rice balls. They were larger, and the fillings in it were much more tastier, but on the down side they only had one color : white.

Highly recommend this brand called "KG" though. Really good rice balls they make.

Spot the ginger in the water! Some people don't put ginger when cooking tang yuens, but my mum says it makes it more tastier, other than the pandan leaves taste.

Add some sugar and pour everything out into bowls... and there you have it, 1 bowl of big tang yuens that can barely fit in the bowl!

Happy Winter Solstice everyone!

家家捣米做汤圆，
知是明朝冬至天。
平安皮包如意馅，
冰天雪地不觉寒。

Older by a year already,

Shanay

Just for Laughs - Damn You Auto Correct

2011-12-10T22:06:00.001+08:00

Happened to stop at this hilarious website called "Damn You Auto Correct". They show these iPhone printscreens of chats/messages that turn up totally wrong and funny with their autocorrect words!

All iPhone users should know how hard it is to type on that freaking keyboard that keeps auto-correcting your words for you. Laughed till I couldn't stop when reading through the posts!!

Just gonna share a few I found really hilarious here....

These just made my day,

Shanay

Nov 2011 Photos

2011-12-02T22:27:00.001+08:00

Been so busy this month I've barely been updating my blog. Exactly the life of how a design student's life should be. >< Busy with my final project now, so yah life's like an ongoing assignment that has a deadline around every corner.

Anyway, like usual, some random photos from my twitter and facebook mobile uploads. Notice the poor quality of the photos? Most of them taken by my Blackberry Bold 2. Got half a mind thinking about getting myself a iPhone 4S already. December 16 isn't that far from now isn't it?

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Size doesn't Matter - Meg Cabot

A book I bought during the Big Bad Wolf Book Sales. Most of the books there were in quite good condition (some were almost new!) and were very very very cheap compared to the average price of books in Malaysia. I've always been a fan of Meg Cabot since her Princess Diaries Series, and it cost me only around RM10. Totally worth it.

那些年我们一起追的女孩 You are the Apple of My Eye

Was quite happy to have went to seen this movie way early before it become an "in" thing. The movie officially started showing on 10 Nov but there were special showings at selected cinemas before, so I grabbed the chance immediately!

It's a great movie in fact. Brings back a lot of old memories, and makes you really start thinking. Seriously there was a period of time where all everyone could talk about, even facebook sharing feeds were about 沈佳宜, the female lead of the movie. I think the movie is still showing now, actually.

My little niece 晴晴! Though everytime I call her name I'm reminded of a character that Fala Chen once played in a HK drama that had the same name.

This is actually my gantt chart for my final project. It's like a steep staircase that has no stopping! ><

Double sided Double Eyelid Tapes! You don't really see much of these in the market, but they might get more popular in the future. Bought this at Sasa The Mines.

I really think this is the last Dean List Award I'll get before I graduate. The ceremony was done together with the convocation this year, and it was held grandly at Segi's main campus at Kota Damansara. (The next convocation will be my graduation date! Like, finally?)

新还珠格格

The old version was like everyone's (well, almost everyone. I still can't believe some people of my age never saw this drama when they were young. It was like an idication of a decade!) childhood memory. And like every other new re-shooted drama, the differences between both were placed under a magnifying glass and discussed as much.

I rather enjoyed the new drama, even though I missed the old actors. Gotta admire how 琼瑶 added so many new stuff, without changing the old storyline. I basically skipped most parts that were same as the old version though.

And I really wanted to see 永琪 and 小燕子 get married in this new version ><

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With loves,

Shanay

Oct 2011 Photos

2011-11-09T18:48:00.001+08:00

Some random photos I took during October. If you follow my twitter you might have seen most of them. But certainly not with detailed caption! =)

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At Sen Heng while my mum was buying some electronic stuff, and my first thought was really "these stuff are so cheap in the Facebook Sims Social Game. Why is it so different in the real world?"

My mum gave me this star necklace years ago and I still treat it like a valuable.

I think it's white gold. Expensive stuff should have extra care.

3 Black Myvis in a row!

This just proves how frequent we see Malaysian made cars on the road!

My internship result.
3 months' hard work equals to 1 alphabet of achievement.

2AM, the best singing male group I have ever heard.

Their harmonies were awesome!

I'm totally a girl that falls for the packaging.

L'oreal came out with this cuuuutteee and unique packaging!

And it comes with a face brush/scrub! (the white round thingy)

Tried Mcdonal's new Chicken McBites!

My thoughts? Tastes a lot like KFC's Chicken Popcorn,

and I still prefer nuggets.

Bye bye Oct, Hello Nov!

Shanay

Beginning of the End

2011-10-28T22:27:00.001+08:00

Sometimes in life, you just don't get to choose.

May 2009 I stepped into Segi College for the first time of my life as a college student. Now its Oct 2011 and I'm stepping into it again, but this time for my very last semester of my diploma life.

It sucks that I still haven't graduated after almost 2 years and a half, I know. College problem.

I still remember getting nervous right before my orientation day, and actually showing up late for it. Being alone in that big room was scary, but good thing I wasn't alone for too long. Being in my very first class, facing the very first failure, tasting the very first sweet payback... everything seems so far yet so near.

A few months ago I was terrified by the idea of going through my internship, scared of facing the big cruel world outside the green house our college was once to us.

But now looking back, it really feels like there was nothing to be scared of, nothing to be worried about. Eventually things all turned out fine.

It's my last semester here, with my final project stressing my every mind cell. There's no more hiding from the future anymore. The path is getting clearer day by day, and one day I will be standing on the edge of it, watching the pavement beneath disappear as my feet walk on to another new path.

It's the beginning of the end. Or is it just the end of the beginning? No one knows for sure. But the answer will be there when once again, I look back, and laugh at how timid I was at this exact moment.

No one said I need to be brave,

Shanay

The Big Bang Theory

2011-10-17T18:17:00.003+08:00

Addicted to The Big Bang Theory lately. Since my brother didn't download Season 5 episodes, and the online streaming site only allowed me 72 minutes of streaming unless I became their member to enjoy exclusive benefits... I ended up doing this.

Seems kinda stupid now. And a bit racist. Wonder how many people will actually get it.

If you don't, please consider watching the whole series. Kinda boring at the first but things get exciting once the characters start to grow on you.

I'm spending my time reading online novels, fiction and watching sitcoms. Awh, what a life.

And it all started with the big bang,

Shanay

RIP Steve Jobs

2011-10-08T21:44:00.002+08:00

Steve Jobs, The Albert Einstein of Our Era

"Be brave enough to think differently and bold enough to believe you can change the world."

Remember that whenever you feel like you are nothing to this world

and in need to choose the right path to move on.

RIP Steve Jobs.

Your remarkable life story and contribution to the humankind will stay a legend

and be passed on for centuries from generation to generation.

Mum and Dad's 50th Birthday Celebration

2011-09-28T20:33:00.002+08:00

1 September 2011, Thursday

Celebrated Dad and Mum's 50th Birthday with the HUGE family at Marriot Hotel Putrajaya. It wasn't exactly their 50th Birthday, but somehow Chinese thinking is that your already 1 years old when you're born, so that automatically adds a year to your actual age.

Been a long time since my last buffet meal!

We were obviously divided into three groups there. The talking group, the eating group, and the photo taking group! Guess which one I was in....

my brother and my cousin!

And one rarely seen family photo with almost all family members in. Almost, just almost.

And one last photo.....

Me, tired out from being too hyper! xD

It was great to meet up with everyone in the family, see familiar faces, get updated about their life....

Family rocks,

Shanay

因為有你

2011-09-21T13:28:00.003+08:00

我的心因為有你不寂寞　

無論發生什麼都陪我
一路上幫我加油　只要你陪我　

一起完成我的夢

曾經創造的感動　

每分每秒刻在我腦海中
記得那天抬頭望向天空　

手指天　肩並肩　許下的承諾
請你相信我　當你傷心難過　

我會在你身後　陪在你的左右
傷心會沒收　失落會趕走　

路途在遙遠　你還是有我

請你不要再害怕　

我已經不害怕
永遠是My Dear Friend　

不會分你我他
即使做著不同的夢　

還是珍惜過去的所有
謝謝你為我　謝謝有你　

我會堅強　因為有你

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更好的结局

2011-09-07T15:35:00.000+08:00

我喜欢韩国也喜欢看电影却不喜欢韩国电影，

我喜欢云吞也喜欢吃面却不喜欢云吞面，

我喜欢他也喜欢她却不喜欢他们在一起。

这首诗
是好久以前在学海上看到的
如今已经遗忘了不少
只依稀记得几句

那时候
好喜欢好喜欢这首诗

今天想起时
就想说把完整的诗找出来
可是怎么google都找不到

想起当年应该曾经
在当年的msn space post 过
就log in 回去希望能找到

结果得到的答案却是......

Windows Live Spaces was fully shut down on March 16, 2011.

！！！！

所有以前的东西
都消失了

那儿是我第一个写的blog
那儿每篇文章
都是我三，四年来的字字句句
放着好多好多不堪后首的过去
同时也隐藏着多少多少的回忆

一切一切
就这么没了

以前嘴上总会挂着一句
“总有一天
我会有勇气看回那一篇篇的过去”

可现在
要看也没办法看了

没有什么会永恒的持续
或许这样才是更好的结局

湘。

Baby BB

2011-09-01T11:19:00.004+08:00

Blackberry Bold 2

My new baby <3

And it has rainbow keyboard! Minus purple color that is.....

Rainbow Keyboard!

Now all that's left is a casing....hmmm.. =)

XOXO,

Shanay

Yaw's Birthday Crash!

2011-08-24T11:30:00.002+08:00

1 August 2011, Monday - 1200am

Being the good friends we were, how could we miss a birthday? Even if all of us were busy like hell with work and studies and internship.

So late Sunday night me and mark secretly went to Yaw's house to meet up with Kai Wei... and crash into yaw's house!!!

Tired of cakes, so we bought cupcakes from Full House. Photos taken in pitch darkness, and my camera's flash isn't really the best among its range.

Anyway we tried to trick Yaw to come out thinking Mark was here to get some stuff from her, but the plan failed miserably.

Oh well.

Yaw's Present from us!

Ta-dah! The birthday girl!

We all looked really unprepared that day.. so no group photos to show you all! I'll just keep them for myself to enjoy. xD

Happy Belated Birthday Yaw! =)

Took me 24 days to get this out,

Shanay

Heartstrings

2011-08-18T21:58:00.002+08:00

I wonder if it's that I have no life to blog about, or that I just forgot something big happened in the past few weeks.

Anyway, felt the need to blog so I'm here! =)

Been busy with my internship lately, which fortunately will finish next monday. Then it'll be back to assignment life, with a report and presentation due at the end of September. Life's a bitch. A little bit rest also dun wanna give me.

Addicted to Korean drama "Heartstrings" lately. (Also known as You've Fallen For Me). One main reason : cause it's starring CN Blue's Jung Yong Hwa!

I've always said he looks better in movies, videos... compared to photos. Somehow the photos just can't capture the amazing look of his.

The drama is simple and sweet, without those very dramatic scenes and plots usually seen. Highly recommend for people who are into high school/college romance and like musical instruments.

And...you get a bonus!

CN Blue's drummer Kang Min Hyuk.

Trust me. He's so gonna make your specs fall off (If you have any that is) with just how different and CUTE he can be!

A few more episodes before it ends!

If your interested there are english subs easily found on the web. =) Enjoy!

Sarangheyo,

Shanay

20th Birthday [Part 4]

2011-08-09T20:57:00.003+08:00

I'm officially 20.

Sounds more bearable now. The fact that my age wasn't starting with a ONE anymore used to freak me out. It was like I had no more chances to be childish and be forgiven for all the wrong I did.

Age doesn't equal maturity, but it sure equals responsibility.

Soon it'll be just me, just me facing all the setbacks in life, just me taking care of myself, just me deciding what and which is the best for me.

I had quite a number of cakes this year, but when I was holding my hands with closed eyes, with the candle-lit cake infront of me, making those 3 special birthday wishes, there was always one wish that was always the same :

For life to be smooth for me, and that I live it with no regrets.

With different people I'm forced to take different roles, change different personalities, act out a different me. But deep down, I'm still just that little girl that wants to have a road laid out nicely in front for her to walk.

But that won't be life anymore I guess.

Finishing my birthday blog posts with this final post... I had a great birthday this year, with just a few small holes in it. A really big thank you to all the text messages, tweets and facebook wall posts. For those who actually did remember the actual date, you have my full gratitude.

Don't judge me with my looks, don't judge me with my words, don't judge me with what I own, and especially, don't judge me with my age. I'm 20, but that doesn't mean everything.

So... until next year then! Fingers crossed for 21 to be even more special. I mean, a girl only turns 21 once in a lifetime, right?

XOXO,

Shanay

20th Birthday [Part1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4]

Photos from FB album

20th Birthday [Part3]

2011-08-05T22:57:00.001+08:00

16 July 2011, Saturday

Had a small celebration with my secondary school friends. Kinda surprised me that they still remembered and took the initiative to celebrate with me, since we didn't meet up much since our school life ended.

Went to Sakae Sushi, The Mines at first, but eventually changed places to Little Star Cafe.

And outta no where a birthday cake suddenly appeared! Had no idea when they went to buy it at all. =)

With the "girls"

With the sweettttt couple!

5D3 2008

Group Photo!

Thanks to Fei, Mian, Fen, Mong, Rou Fui, Kar Mun and Jason! <3

With you guys its gossip everywhere! Love that feeling!

Photo-orientated,

Shanay

20th Birthday [Part1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4]

Photos from FB album

20th Birthday [Part2]

2011-08-01T23:04:00.008+08:00

15 July 2011, Friday

Another working day! It's sucks that I still need to work during my own birthday. That meant that I only had night time to celebrate.

And who has the mood to do anything on their big day? Spent most of the day fooling around doing nothing. =)

Anyone, rushed out in the evening for my birthday celebration with Jun Jie. Was so rushed that I didn't even have the time to talk to my mum. I barely even saw her!

So I called her when I was on the car and said "Mum, thanks for giving birth to me and bringing me to this world." Mum sounded quite surprised and keep saying that I was very "gan xing" today.

So he bought me to Victoria Station at Taipan, USJ. Been past that area numerous time, yet I never knew that that was it's name. I just recognized it with the British style telephone booth outside.

The environment inside was nice, just a little bit too quiet for my liking. And the staff : customer ratio was a bit high, and I didn't really like being stared at when eating.

The bread, which was served before the main course, reminds me of England.

Beef Steak!

Steaks really aren't my kinda thing. I know its a high-end food and it's suppose to be delicious and all, but it tastes just so so to me. Maybe it was the restaurant, maybe it was my tongue and mouth. I don't often eat steak, and when the waiter asked me about the degree of cooking, I stared back at him. ==

Usually in those Chinese dramas they say “七分熟”, but I had no idea what that was in English. 70% cooked?

Finished the meal in silence to cope with the equally silence environment. And after watching and staring and finally learning how to fold the napkins into a fan shape (taught by one of the staffs), we finally decided to pay the bill.

And that just made it to the top of our most-expensive meal list.

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Once again I am going to say... I'm too old for surprises. I get suspicious at any weird gesture, and I start questioning every small thing.

Yah, surprises just ain't for me.

So when I was bought to Secret Recipe, Taipan USJ, I wasn't that surprised to see Zac, Sook, Shanz and Rex sitting there waiting for me, with 3 slices of cakes on the table.

But I was 100% surprised by this....

Really wtf right == Trust Zac to come up with such a birthday card. 100% unforgettable!

And a birthday present from Rex & Zac... Coach, Gucci and LV branded tissue papers! Wonderful right?

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And the most awesome thing of my birthday? I finally reached my target of 10k tweets before my birthday ended!

Ignore my totally bu yao lian tweet =)

One HUGE apology to my followers, since I started spamming twitter everyday, since I decided to reach this 10k target. I was just at the count of 9.1k by then, and I tweeted almost 1000 tweets in less than 15 days.

The last tweet was at 15th July 2011, 11:59pm. Good thing I was still in time.

At least there's something, a statement, an important number, for this special day.

And so... I went through my 1st day of being 20, just as simple as that. =)

Happy Belated Birthday to myself... I'm twenty teen!

Ignore the flaws and embrace the goods,

Shanay

20th Birthday [Part1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4]
Photos from FB album

20th Birthday [Part1]

2011-07-26T23:23:00.006+08:00

Happy Birthday to myself! Been postponing these posts for quite some time now due to the photos editing and workload, but here I am now! =)

Starting off with the day before the big day...

14 July 2011, Thursday

Rushed home from work that day to be in time for Yaw to come fetch me. I had no idea where they were bringing me, who was going, what's the plan...etc.

And they (Mark was on the car with Yaw as well) bought me to Gasoline @Hertiage.

Mark and Yaw

These two people tried to bluff me all the way. They actually told me in the box they carried was a RM6.90 sponge cake with raisin toppings, and that it was just us with the usually gang of 5 people when they choose a table that could sit more than 8. But I'm the clever one =)

Slowly slowly people started to show up. Wai Yan, Jiah Hooi, Kah Yian, Kai Wei and most surprisingly Ella! Haven't seen her for quite some time, and it was touching she came even when she wasn't really part of this gang of mine. =)

Well obviously by then I knew what was going on. The only surprise that occured, was the sudden outburst of a very lagging birthday song coming out from Gasoline's own sound system. Very very weird.

my cake!

Making a wish~

Group photos!

A great thank you to everyone who were there that day! =)

Still finding the culprit who made me one year older. ==

Also... I have presents!!! =)

I always say its okay its okay no need presents, but still , its great to get something and guess what it is. It's the anticipation we're all looking forward to.

Handmade by MARK! <3 her so much~~

Birthday card from yaw~

From my gals! <3

Present!!!

Contents...

Wasn't expecting much for my birthday this year, but this blew me off my feet. =) Been years since I graduated from secondary school, but its still amazing that friends from then, are still the best friends in life. <3

Stay tuned for the next few parts of my birthday celebration! =)

Took me two days to finish this,

Shanay

20th Birthday [Part1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4]

Photos from FB album

JunJie's BD Celebration

2011-07-18T14:00:00.000+08:00

7 July 2011, Thursday

Had a small celebration with the birthday boy at Sunway Pyramid's Bubba Gump.

Been wanting to go there ever since I saw the movie "Forrest Gump". Such a coincidence the movie was released exactly 17 years ago (July 6, 1994). It was a award winning comedy film starring Tom Hanks.

And Bubba Gump happened to be inspired by this movie, named for the shrimping company formed by Gump in the film, named for himself and his friend, Bubba.

The restaurant was decorated with a lot of scenes from the movie.

The kid is just adorable!

EPIC NEWSPAPER!

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Birthday cakes are a must for birthdays!

Happy 19th Birthday! =)

Lots more blog posts in waiting line,

Shanay

Nay-a-Holic

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Dec 2011 Photos

2012 New Year's Resolution

Good Bye 2011

2011 Recap Photos

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Merry Christmas

Winter Solstice 2011

Just for Laughs - Damn You Auto Correct

Nov 2011 Photos

Oct 2011 Photos

Beginning of the End

The Big Bang Theory

RIP Steve Jobs

Mum and Dad's 50th Birthday Celebration

因為有你

更好的结局

我喜欢韩国 也喜欢看电影 却不喜欢韩国电影， 我喜欢云吞 也喜欢吃面 却不喜欢云吞面， 我喜欢他 也喜欢她 却不喜欢他们在一起。

这首诗 是好久以前在学海上看到的如今已经遗忘了不少只依稀记得几句

那时候 好喜欢好喜欢这首诗今天想起时就想说把完整的诗找出来 可是怎么google都找不到想起当年应该曾经在当年的msn space post 过就log in 回去 希望能找到

结果 得到的答案却是......Windows Live Spaces was fully shut down on March 16, 2011.！！！！

所有以前的东西都消失了那儿是我第一个写的blog那儿每篇文章都是我三，四年来的字字句句放着好多好多不堪后首的过去同时也隐藏着多少多少的回忆

一切一切就这么没了

以前嘴上总会挂着一句“总有一天 我会有勇气 看回那一篇篇的过去”

可现在要看 也没办法看了

没有什么会永恒的持续或许这样 才是更好的结局

湘。

Baby BB

Yaw's Birthday Crash!

Heartstrings

20th Birthday [Part 4]

20th Birthday [Part3]

20th Birthday [Part2]

20th Birthday [Part1]

JunJie's BD Celebration

我喜欢韩国也喜欢看电影却不喜欢韩国电影，

我喜欢云吞也喜欢吃面却不喜欢云吞面，

我喜欢他也喜欢她却不喜欢他们在一起。

这首诗
是好久以前在学海上看到的
如今已经遗忘了不少
只依稀记得几句

那时候
好喜欢好喜欢这首诗

今天想起时
就想说把完整的诗找出来
可是怎么google都找不到

想起当年应该曾经
在当年的msn space post 过
就log in 回去希望能找到

结果得到的答案却是......

Windows Live Spaces was fully shut down on March 16, 2011.

！！！！

所有以前的东西
都消失了

那儿是我第一个写的blog
那儿每篇文章
都是我三，四年来的字字句句
放着好多好多不堪后首的过去
同时也隐藏着多少多少的回忆

一切一切
就这么没了

以前嘴上总会挂着一句
“总有一天
我会有勇气看回那一篇篇的过去”

可现在
要看也没办法看了

没有什么会永恒的持续
或许这样才是更好的结局