My dreamworld

Where work and play goes hand-in-hand. A new terminology for it shall form.
Weekend and weekdays ceased to exist.
7 days a week is a continuous activity filled with everything positive and nice, just a hint of negativity to allow comparison of what is great and what is not, in all aspects, be it physically, mentally, emotionally, intellectually, morally, etc...

Dreams do come true, right?

A beginning of another chapter

My convocation message: Closing of a chapter, but not of a book.
I may have flipped the page, not knowing how the book ends yet, but I wept anyway.
Beginning of a new chapter, new characters unfamiliar to me will appear.
I'll be venturing into alien territory.
Thank goodness, I have a good friend with me. At least one character is still in the picture to connect everything together. *Pressure's on you, Tong* XD

It has been a surreal week, even more surreal past few days.
Yes, I'm talking bout you, my friend!
Aal izz Well... (This may be a quote from the "3 Idiots" movie, but it sure does work in reality!)

I shall end this with a song that accompanied me when I choked myself with tears few days ago.

Add this to my bucket list: To attend JYJ's concert at least once (hopefully soon)

AWESOME SEND-OFF!!

courtesy of Joshua Chew

Memories of the 3 years in UM kept flashing in my mind...
Flooded with nostalgic feelings now and then.
All the friendship I've made, all the fun experience, joy and pain (mostly joy), all the crushes I had, the learning and sharing, the smiles and laughter I've seen and heard, the love I've seen grown...
It was a super-duper fantastical, end-with-a-bang, wonderfully memorable send-off on my official-final-day-as-a-undergraduate!
I can't thank all my friends enough for the colours they have painted in my university-life-canvas.
My apologies for all my misbehaviour towards any of you.

To all who graduated with me, congratulations and best wishes in your future undertakings!
To all who had graduated and still came back for the celebration, and to all coming-soon-graduates, Thank you is an understatement of how I want to express my feelings.
I'm missing all of you already.

Life's short; candles burn, brief;
Fear not of death but life unlived.
(Mine is well-lived with all of you in it!)

Lots of love,
Juin

Scene right out of the movie 'Tangled'... sorta...

hot air lanterns floating up and out~

scribble your wishes on it and send it off to the heavens...

a lil display of fireworks

view while on the river cruise

Happy Belated Mid-Autumn Festival to all. 中秋节快乐!

I'm still very free, so I continued with this:

taking pictures of nice scenery, which is nicer in real view

grating coconuts for grandma

playing with d goggie, that's my sis

just being by the jetty

capturing the sun shimmering on the water

freerice.com. A way to eradicate hunger by playing games! SERIOUSLY!! ^^

My friend Hung Tong introduced me to this: http://freerice.com/
I played games (quizzes to be exact), and for every correct answer, the sponsors will donate 10 grains of rice.
Grains of rice may not count much now, but accumulated grains will be a bowl of rice.
Accumulated grains of rice worldwide will feed the poor.
I may not have the literal money to donate but this website allows me to contribute to eradicating hunger on earth.
I am doing my part already, are you?
Join Us!! The quizzes are super fun too!!

Fact: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/freerice.asp (thx to Willy Yee, my tuition teacher) ^^

strings of events~ well.. i AM super free, so this is what I did

I harvested rambutans straight from the trees.  Dad weighted down the branch and I snipped the fruits right from their twigs!
I climbed a coconut tree which is 2 floors high (without ladder!!) and chopped down a branch of coconuts.
Opened coconuts for the coconut drink, which tasted super awesomely isotonic and sweet after sweating like a pig while harvesting the rambutans.
I drove my dad's Pajero on the way back from Kelantan (4WD doesn't feel much different from normal car but I never dared myself to drive it before)
Sold rambutans the next day cos we harvested seriously LOADS of them. You'll see from the pictures below.

nearly whole back boot of dad's car is filled with these hairy red fruits

poster

selling near d junction to my house

RM3/kg, u want extra?? SURE! ^^

family business - taking selcas during business hour ^^

well~ selling is caring... we have a lot anyway~ LOL

Somehow, I kinda imagine us doing this if *touchwood* we became poor.
Well, the smiles on our faces means we can enjoy this now, we can enjoy this then, IF *touchwood* we need to.
Well, all in all, grandma enjoyed this the most and that's all that matters. =)

Unemployed and enjoying every moment of it.
Yours truly

Out of the Blue, I challenge YOU! (hey it rhymes!)

Seriously did this out of the blue.
Passed by certain spots that caught my eye in ChinaTown, K.Trg, and decided to wake up at 5.30am in the morn the next day to take some pic while hardly anyone is up. (Thinking the lighting would be nice... and save us the embarrassment as well).  My poor sis, Shern had to endure my madness with me.
I am on my road to rediscover my own hometown (if you count more than 12 years staying in a town, a hometown)
Well, if you are in K.Trg, I challenge u to find this places.

like it says! 

smile for me!

Look for the Turtle Alley

Find the door with the word "安仁"

very old door and wall...

another traditional door

Look for this!

Pets, Predators & Prey

my pet feline: Scrawny (Photo credits to my sis, Shern)

Pet Canine: Monday! aka Mandy (Photo credits to my sis, Shern)

A poor injured bird, me feline guilty as charged! Poor bird died the next day.

Having a great time at home playing with my Canon camera.
May the poor bird rest in peace.

To embark on a treacherous journey

Laws of attraction do work! It took a while, but I got what I knew would come to me. An offer.
I may not know what the future holds, but I do know what I decide now will determine the path of my future.
Teaching was never an option for me. But somehow, fate has it that I applied for a teaching program.
I have no idea why, it maybe a sub-conscious calling.
I have been forewarned: "It shall be the toughest 2 years of your life!"
After the congratulatory phone call (which came 3 days later than I expected), to say that I did not hesitate and reconsider will be a big lie.
However, I had put on hold what my mom considered a dream unfulfilled for her which is to be carried on by me- a Masters degree, when I first applied this. Something whispers that I will get this, there will be no need to try anything else. Even if I don't get it, every other application can be done later.
It boggles my mind why I applied this, even up til now.
After some logically nonsensical analysis, my parents may again be a BIG part of the reason. Knowing that if I can't pull through the 2 years, they will push me on (not that I wish so).
Anyway, I would have joined Unicef or UNHCR or some world life-changing volunteering program if this program didn't pop right in my face (or ear, cos I got a phone call).
Anyway, a treacherous journey it shall be, and I shall still follow the wind and set sail out to the unmerciful sea and have a whale of an adventure.